Spider Man: Duty And Loss - Chapter 79

Ben sprinted forwards with reckless abandon as Doom almost looked bored as he waited for him. Rearing a fist back and coming in for a right hook, Doom leaned back slightly to dodge the blow before jabbing him in the Ribs. *Bang*

*Urgh* Ben let out a small sound from the resounding blow, but didn’t go down as he steadied his feet and brought up a guard. He had gone in with a rushed blow just then. He was no rookie at fighting. Preparing for a long fight, Peter came from behind to help.

Doom still stood still as he regarded the orange mass before him. “Do you truly think you can defeat me abomination?” *Crack* Cracking his knuckles in satisfaction Ben grinned even more. “I’ll let my fist tell ya.”

“How Barbaric.” Doom, Peter and Ben began to brawl as Sue and Reed made it to the cargo ship. Scrambling on board, Sue placed Johnny down gently into one of the seats that lined the inside and strapped him in. With that done she moved to the front to help reed.

Walking through the small door leading to the c.o.c.kpit, she saw him gaze intently at the controls and numerous buttons that littered the small space. While she may have been a genius in bio medicine and science, Sue had no idea where to start as she looked around.

Reed was mumbling to himself as he started to go over the small details that he had read over the years with regards to planes, flying and piloting. Though as he had created the Fantastic-Car and based those controls loosely off basic air craft’s it didn’t take him long to realize what everything did.

*Click* *Click* Flipping a few buttons a small red light came to life and the engine that had been quite all this time came to life, or began to start. “I’ve figured it out; tell the others we can get going once the engine is primed for takeoff.” Flashing a smile backwards Reed spoke with confidence before turning back to hit another few buttons.

Sue didn’t have to be told twice as she rushed back through the craft and out to the loading ramp. Doom was getting irritated as he took another blow to the back of the knee. If it wasn’t for the armour he was wearing that blow would have forced him to the ground, something which was unacceptable.

Taking a glance behind him at the perpetrator, the resident blue and red clad figure, his eyes narrowed and spat flames. “You petulance shall not be allowed to continue BUG!” Peter who was about to go back in for another shot, took a step back as if offended.

“Doomsie! You were doing so well, a cut above the rest, actually using the correct name for my species.” He genuinely sounded hurt as he let his head rest down in defeat. While this was going on, Ben came back for another left uppercut; with Doom distracted he thought it would connect. Too bad for him at the last second Doom dodged out of the way before firing one of his energy blasts at the big lug.

The green energy surged with a bit of extra power as it slammed right into the chest of the Thing. *Bang* The force was so great that he was lifted off the ground and flung back towards the cargo plane. Crashing heavily, Doom let out a small smirk at his downed foe. “Urgh” Ben let out a pained sound as he got back to his feet. That was the worst hit so far.

Doom was prepared to continue his assault while he was down when Peter spoke up once again, keeping the downcast attitude. “I guess in the end you are just like the other common criminals…” The words seemed to hang in the air as Sue got to the ramp and saw Ben’s struggling figure.

She went to help him, as Doom, not minding the two, slowly turned around to stare at the arachnid. The words seemed to have cut deep, but for Peter it was hard to tell. With the whole suit on, nothing much could be seen of his facial muscles, only his eyes.

But as he stared into them, he let out a small grin, he had gotten under his skin, if the pure hatred and death glare he was getting was a sign, he had really pissed him off this time. “You ready Crystal?” Peter whispered the words as he sent a glance at the 2 members of the fantastic four.

Though Ben could have kept fighting, Sue was ushering him into the cargo plane, Sue sent one look over her shoulder, matching eyes with Spider-Man’s lenses. Making sure that she had his attention she mouthed her message. ‘Almost ready to go.’

“Ready to begin when you are Peter?” Crystals voice also chimed as Peter gave an almost imperceptible nod towards Sue, before turning back to doom. He had stayed quit as he glared at his foe; the words that had been spoken continued to ring in his ears. “Common criminal?” ‘Rabble? Commoners? Riffraff? Peasants? Plebeians?’ “YOU DARE COMPARE DOOM TO THEM?!??!?!?!”

The quite wasn’t meant to last as Doom finally shouted out in rage. He had been insulted before, most of the time by ignorant people who could not understand his brilliance and were too stupid to realize their folly. These people would later wind up dead after being shown their foolishness. He could not let such a comment stand, not in his own castle! He would not let such a bug insult his name, his honor, his brilliance by referring to him as a common criminal!

Dooms eyes narrowed dangerously, as he channeled all his power into the weapons on his arms, ready to obliterate this insignificant spec of trash from his sight. Peter felt a buildup in his spider sense as doom raised his arm, if he hadn’t been through so many situations in the past, he might just… just be afraid.

But as he did those times before, he just let a smile grace his lips; it was always fun to rile up the bad guys. *Fwoosh* Diving out of the way before the blast could hit him, Peter dodged shot after shot that was sent his way.

The blasts were so powerful that when they hit the area where he once stood, the ground would melt and pieces of the ground would be flung backwards. Peter stayed away from the side the ship was situated to make sure that it wasn’t hit in the cross fire, and barely broke a sweat dodging each blow, his spider sense made sure he was untouchable.

After 30 good seconds of a full onslaught from Doom, he finally lowered his arms, his eyes narrowed. It didn’t take one of the smartest people in the world long to realize that he was getting nowhere fast. Switching up tactics, he started to move closer so that he could stop the bug himself.

“Stand still bug, so that you can face your Doom.” Peter stopped and looked as if he were going to retort before he shook his head. “Nah, that one’s too easy.” Doom gritted his teeth once again at the ridicule he could feel aimed at him. “But that is a good idea…”

Peter raised a finger as Doom got closer and closer to him. “…Standing still…Maybe a game of statue? First one to move loses?” Doom was only 5 meters away from him now, if Sue or Ben were to see him just standing there as Doom prepared to kill him, they might have had a heart attack.

*Whirl* The charge began to build as Doom leveled his arm “Have you finally realized the folly of your belligerence bug?” Peter was still talking without a care in the world. “Ok lets begin in 3…” Doom sneered behind his mask. “..2..” The green glow lit up Spider-Man’s mask. “..1..”