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History is written by the Victorious. It all began in 2019. Russia president Demitri Kovacs declared war on Ukraine in an attempt to reunite the former Soviet Union, in response, Nato sided with Ukraine. An elite team known as Night Fury were contracted to infiltrate the Russian HQ and uncover their plans, however, five members turned rogue and massacred the rest. Wanted for treason, the remaining members of Night Fury disappeared, becoming ghosts. Russia's war continued. Night Fury eventually resurfaced in 2020, attacks a weapons expo and hijacking the Reaper, using it to wreak havouc and chaos in their wake. Decimating cities and armies, Night Fury tipped the world further towards ruin, bringing about catastrophe when they attacked and destroyed the Wuhan Medical Laboratory in China. The resulting viral outbreak spread with uncontrollable speed and devastation, infecting thousands within the first few days and causing severe casualties and mutations. The world was plunged into a dark age as war engulfed countries, riots filled the streets of cities, and the pandemic only worsened. Humanity was ultimately its own downfall. Years of darkness and chaos followed, until Imperia Corporation rose from the ashes of the old world and began to restore order. They rebuilt cities and helped form a new governmental order, suppling thousands with jobs and homes, and established the first united nation of earth.

Chapter 1: Death/Birth of a Spider (Pt. 1) Noe London, Oct 31st, 2054. A dull rain fell upon the city as Spider-man swung from building to building, he was searching for signs of trouble. Something was off in the city, major crooks and criminals had been less frequent in their appearances and activities. "What the hell is going on?" He mused out loud, swinging up to the side of a glass tower and perching on the smooth surface, slowly looking around. Clad in an Indigo blue suit with amethyst purple web-patterns across the chest and forearms, pale silver lens protected his eyes. He saw nothing unusual, heard nothing strange, and couldn't sense anything either. "Five days in a row and no Nekro attacks, no Widow heists or Raven sightings, somethings definitely not right. But what?" he sighed, unable to shake the uneasy feeling in his stomach. ~ "Are you ready?" asked Thaddeus Flint, he was a large well built dark skinned man with square shoulders and a bald head, dressed in a smart black suit with a white button down shirt and black pencil tye. "Making final adjustments now," Said Maria Hawthorn, a short silver-blonde haired woman of five foot six inches. She wore a loose white feathered hooded cloak over her shoulders, her body grabbed in a white Armoured body suit with mechanical attachments connected to her spine, shoulders, head and waist. Her forearms were wrapped in protective vambraces, her feet covered in a pair of white and silver mid calf boots with elevated heels and armourments. Maria sprung to her feet with a grim and twirled on the spot, flexes her limbs and spine. "Now I'm ready" She nodded approvingly. "The let's get this show on the road" Thaddeus replied in his usual manner, cold and straight to the point, he was a man of business. "Of course" Maria chirped as she merrily skipped past him, heading towards the exit doors and the corridors beyond. Turning his attention to the large monitor above the desk of his computer, Thaddeus reached out and pressed a button on the digital keyboard. "Raven, are you in position?" he asked as the screen flickered and changed to show a three-dimensional map of the city "Ready and waiting" came the muffled voice of a woman "Good, and Hunter?" Wilson continued "All set over here" a deep male voice joined them "Perfect, Owl is heading out now, you all know the plan" Thaddeus smiled darkly, soon, he'd have that pesky spider to squash in his grip. "Got it" Hunter replied unenthusiastically "Finally time to play" Raven cackled softly. ~ "Mmm" Maria hummed softly, enjoying the feeling of the cold evening rain splashing against hear face, and pulled down the hood of her cloak. Upon her head rested a pair of mechanical owl-like ears, decorated in metal father's of silver, white and gold. Attached to the mechanical spine down the back of her torso armourment, were a pair of silver white and gold mechanical wings, capable of stretching to an eight metre wingspan. Thrusters were fitted between the wings and under the base joints to thw spine/shoulder-blade mounts/joints. "Such a good night to fly" said Maria, inhaling deeply and sighing slowly. She most enjoyed rainy days or nights. She stood out on a wide balcony protruding from the west facing side of Wilson Fisks Tower. A playful wind tugged at her hair. As her mechanical wings unfurled to their full length, the armourments on her boots became to unravel and reform as large talons beneath her feet, and a protective visor formed across her eyes. Dropping to a crouch, Maria tensed her body and kicked out at the floor, propelling herself into the sky with a strong burst from the thrusters. "Come out come out, Spider-man, it's time to play" She cackled joyfully as she soared through the air. ~ Perched on the edge of the roof of a tower, Spider-man waited in silence, deep in thought. The city was calm and quiet in the gradually darkening evening, save for the general public going about their lives. So why did he still feel so uneasy. Suddenly his spider-sense flared up with extreme urgency and he sprung to his feet, leaping forward and turning around. The first thing he saw were the white silver and gold wings, then he saw the figure of the woman called the Owl, as she glided quickly over the roof Edge he had just occupied. "Come and play, Spider-man!" the Owl cackled as she reached out for him. "Shit, where'd you come from, you ugly old bird" he shot back, flexing his left wrist and releasing a thread of web that sped towards the neighbouring tower. As the line of web reached it's mark, Spider-man gripped the end tightly, bracing as the tension jerked him to the side and brought him into a swinging fall. "Old bird?! Who you calling," the Owl began to respond with irritation, pausing to adjust her path as he swung away from her "You can't run from me, insect!" She hissed and dived after him. Raven watched through her red tinted visor as Owl engaged Spider-man, grinning with amusement as the webslinger swung from building to building to escape the chase. Her objective was to force spider-man to turn to his right and align himself with the waiting Hunter to spring the trap. The roof of Phantom Corp tower provided her with an excellent view of the city. Leaning forward, Raven let herself fall over the edge of the room and descend away from the tower as her black mechanical wings unfurled. Raven silently glided down into the maze of towers and building, disappearing into the noise. "What the hell, five days of peace and then this happens? I knew something was off" Spider-man muttered to himself as he twisted and twirled through the air, occasionally narrowly escaping the clutches of the Owl. “Don't run, we only want to play!"the Owl cackled as she continued to purse him "What is up with you lot, like seriously. You disappear for five days and suddenly come back, what is going on?" he asked, running across the side of a building and releasing another line of web, using it to swing to another tower. "Nothing out of the ordinary, we promise" the Owl cackled with a smirk, effortlessly gliding around as she tailed him. "Sure, like I'm gonna believe that," Spider-man remarked "There's always something going on" He sprung from the edge of the tower, leaping into the air and moving to release another line of web, when a dark figure rapidly approached him from his left. The figure collided into him and fung him across the street, smashing him into the brick wall. " Ah, damn that hurt" Spider-man groaned, lifting his head to see the black figure approaching him again. Wincing as he pushed away from bricks, Spider-man let himself fall before quickly slinging a Web line to his right and swinging around the building and along the adjacent street. Raven slammed into the wall a moment after her prey had fell and swung away. She hissed and darted after Him, the Owl following close behind. Spider-man had gotten a few blocks ahead of them, the pair smirked triumphantly. Hunter , dressed in his black and purple Armoured suit, sat on his bike with a rocket launcher resting on his shoulder. Watching through the weapons sight scope, Hunter took aim at the approaching oblivious Spider-man. "We rule the city now, Spider-man, it's our turn" he chuckled in his deep voice, gently squeezing the trigger and letting a small rocket fly towards his target. "Hmm, what?" Spider-man frowned as his senses tingled, turning to the direction he was going, fear gripped him. The rocket that races towards him suddenly split open into five pieces, the shelf and an unravelling net. "Dammit!" Spider-man groaned releasing more lines of we in an attempt to evade the net, but it was too late and the net slammed into him and wrapped itself up, sending Spider-man plummeting to the ground. "Shit, I'm gonna die" he panicked as the ground came rushing up to meet him. "Not yet you aren't" Raven cackled as she swooped in and used her black mechanical talons to grasp the net and breaknits descent. "This is bad" He mumbled quietly to himself as Raven lifted him higher into the sky and circled round. "Where are you taking me?" he asked cautiously "Boss wants to see you, face to face" Raven replied with another cackle 'Boss?' he thought with a frown. ~ Thaddeus Flint was sat in a large fire side high back leather arm chair, a wide oval mahogany wood desk infront of him with only a circular glass ashtray and a square glass tumbler of whiskey resting on its smooth surface. A slow burning cigar hung between Thaddeusć lips, grey smoke wafting around the air above the man's head. Across from him, the ceiling to floor glass wall stretched across the room, housing only one pair of double doors large enough for the Owl or Raven to walk through with their mechanical wings folded down. The rain pelted against the glass with a dull pitter-patter in the silence of the room, a hint of a smile tugging at his lips as two figures appeared in the sky beyond the glass, steadily approaching. The blurred figures of the Owl and the Raven glided down onto the outside balcony, a dark figure dropped roughly onto the floor, and folded their wings back. The Owl approached the glass doors first while Raven grabbed the figure on the floor and dragged them to their feet. Opening the doors, the Owl led the way inside and veered to her right to step out of Thaddeus' view. "We bring you a present, a much desired specimen" Raven cackled joyfully as she marches Spider-man across the room, forcing him to his knees a few metres away from Thaddeus' desk. "Welcome to my Office Spider-man, you got my invitation clear" Thaddeus spoke up, addressing the masked hero of Neo London with an arrogant and victorious sneer. "Governer, so, you're the boss. Should've seen that coming, damn," Spider-man replied slowly "So what's the deal?" "Nothing out of the ordinary, I assure you, just the usual attempts of murder and criminal activity" Thaddeus shrugged "So who's dying this time?" "You are, Spider-man, for destroying my family. With you gone, this city will be mine, and I can restore my family" said Thaddeus . "Right, that's cool and all, but you can't change what's been done. You lied to them for years and they left you, that was their choice, killing me won't change that" Spider-man replied "Oh but it will, it most certainly will, such a shame I can't kill you the second time" Thaddeus laughed darkly, reaching to his right and opening a draw tucked under the edge of the desk "Second time?" spider-man murmured quietly "I've found a way to undo what you caused, Spider-man, to ensure my family remains together" Thaddeus rose to his feet, pushing his chair back, and pulled a gun out from the desk draw, raising it and aiming at Spider-man. "It can't be done, Governer, it's not possible" Spider-man replied "Oh but it is, we've cracked it, you see" Thaddeus grinned as he walked around the desk and approached them, stopping a few foot in front of the webslinger. "What you're talking about, it's not possible" "What does it matter, you won't be here to see it" Thaddeus stared down at him menacingly as he aimed the gun at the man's chest. "Goodbye Spider-man" A loud bang echoed throughout the room, blood sprayed across the floor and Spider-man tumbled forward, collapsing lifelessly. "Clean up this mess and dispose of the body, leave no evidence" Thaddeus instructed the Owl and Raven, turning on his heels and marching away.

~Scarlett Nights, Mances Office~ 20:40pm. Mance was watching the security feeds on his Holo-display above his mahogany wood desk, leaning back in the plush leather high back armchair, when the black wood door across the room suddenly burst open. A small lass with curly blue hair dressed in a sparkling blue dress rolled into the room and sprung up to her feet, ready to continue. Mance jumped up, reaching for the row of knives attached to his belt and grabbing some out, he made ready to fling them across the room. "Who thru fuck are you?!" Mance demanded as he stared darkly at the blue haired girl across from him "Reaper, a Hunter who's come for your bounty" She replied, her voice sounded young and Mance grinned. A little girl had been sent to apprehend him and he couldn't help but laugh out loud. "Is that so, eh? Well, I could give you a better job, working as one of my whores!" Mance cackled and flung a knife at her before darting to his left and heading for the adjacent door. Lyzer leaned to her left and reached up, grabbing the knife in midair, twirling it around her fingers and throwing it back at the man as he yanked the door open. 'Thunk!' The knife embedded itself into the wall next to the door frame as Mance fled from the room. Cursing under her breath, Lyzer gave chase, retrieving the blade as she hurried after the man. "He's heading to the back!" Said Lyzer "On it!" came Legions response through her earpiece. ~ The reception lobby was a scene of carnage, blood and entrails and bone fragments were splattered across the walls and floors, and Legion left the building with a menacing chuckle of delight. Outside the rain had worsened considerably, forcing citizens to retreat to the safety of their homes and lock their doors. Beyond the sounds of splashing rain drops, a deep rumble could be heard, the storm was almost up the city. Turning to his left, Legion floolwed the Edge of the building and worked his way around towards the back of the establishment, using a narrow alley to his advantage. ~ Believing he had slipped away from the blue hair girl, Mance smirked as he carefully opened the staff exit door and peaked outside, he couldn't see anyone anywhere. The back yard was completely vacant save for the disposal bins and bits of rubbish that littered the tarmac. Glancing back over his shoulder to check he was in the clear, Mance quickly stepped outside and began making his way towards the alley that would lead him to the main street and his waiting car. "Where do you think you're going?" a rough and growly voice cackled as a tall hooded figure emerged from the alley, bringing with them the scent of fresh blood. "Shit!" Mance hissed, skidding to a stop and scurrying back, turning to go back inside, only to find himself face to face with the blue haired girl. "You can't run anymore, Reed, we've got you now" the tall figure cackled again with his menacing voice, sending shivers of fear door Mances spine. "I think you drop this" Lyzer smiled innocently as she raised the knife up that he had flung at her, then she lost her innocent expression and threw the blade at him. Mance tried to evade, but Legion had closed the distance between them, plunging the blades attached to his right forearm into his waist and stomach. "Gah!" Mance spat blood as he doubled over Legions arm, trying in vain to punch the man. "For such a large bounty, you're really quite pathetic" Legion remarked as he gripped Mances shoulder with his free hand, shoving the man back and removing the blades from his abdomen, causing blood to spray across the tarmac. Lightning flashed in the sky and thunder boomed loudly, Mance had no escape and he knew it, but still he would try. Trembling, he quickly went for his other knives, throwing them at the pair erratically and trying to duck past Legion. "Oh no you don't" Lyzer sprung forward, leaping up and over Legion, twirling around as she fell to the ground in front of the alley. "Move, dammit!" Mance spat viciously, coughing up more blood as he pulled out his handgun from under his grey suit jacket and took aim at her. "Silly man, I was just the decoy" Lyzer remarkes with a grin, Mance frowned with confusion. "Wha-" Mances voice was drowned out by a deafening rumble of thunder, he lowered his gaze to see two narrow blades protruding from his chest, dark red stains forming across his shirt and jacket. "This is the end of the line, Mance Reed" Legion purred psychotically in the man's ear as he head lulled back briefly before falling forward, his body going limp. Retracting his blades, Legion let Mances body collapse into a heap on the tarmac, the man's blood pooling and mixing with the puddles around them. "I'll get the Herse," said Legion as he headed around them towards the alley "You good?" he asked, glancing over his shoulder at Lyzer as she approached the now deceased Mance Reed. "Yeah, I'm good" She nodded once, crouching down and examining the man's firearm. "Should keep that, as a trophy" said Legion before he disappeared down the alley. 'It would make a nice trophy, maybe one day I'll even be able to use it' Lyzer mused to herself as she carefully picked up the Desert Eagle, it was heavy in her grip and she sighed. She would have to become a lot stronger physically to use the gun efficiently.