The Spider Within: A Spider-Verse Story/Transcript

[We open on the logos for Sony, Columbia Pictures, Marvel, and Sony Pictures Animation glitching in and out like in the Spiderverse films. Fade open to see Miles Morales walking down the sidewalk with his headphones on. Multiple comic panels show his two lives interspersing. One has his grades slipping as his parents chastise him, while the other is him as Spider-Man trying to save the day. Voices overlap as the stress builds up from the pressure of both lives. Soon, Miles arrives at his home.]
Miles Morales: (takes a deep breath) Okay.
[He opens the door and enters his home. A TV is showing a horror movie at the moment.]
Miles Morales: Yo, I’m home! Sorry I’m late. (looks around) Dad? You’re really not gonna turn around and…
[His spider-sense tingles and a masked man jumps out behind him, scaring the boy. Luckily, it was just his cop dad.]
Jefferson Davis: (laughs) What am I always telling you, Miles, huh? You gotta keep…
Miles Morales: …your head on the swivel. I know.
Jefferson Davis: Right on the swivel, yes. (chuckles) Oh, that was a good one. Okay, okay, so we got pizza on the way, ice cream in the freezer, oh, and Miles, check this out! I rented three scary movies we’re gonna watch. Three!
Miles Morales: Rent? Did you drive all the way to Jersey to do that? 
Jefferson Davis: (laughs) You got jokes. Now that’s good. I call couch.
Miles Morales: Nah. I would, but I’m just tired. I’ll catch you next time.
Jefferson Davis: Are you okay, son?
Miles Morales: Yeah, I’m good.
Jefferson Davis: Okay. Copy that.
[Miles goes to his room and slams the door.]
Jefferson Davis: (offscreen) Yo, Miles, come on! Don’t be slamming my door, man!
Miles Morales: Yeah, sorry, dad.
[As he takes another deep breath, his spider sense goes off and he turns to look. There’s nothing there. He sets down his stuff, takes off his jacket, and sits by the window. As his headphones are on, he looks at his Spider-Man costume. It has a rip in one of its eyes. Multiple comic panels appear, one showing Spider-Man in some tough fights while the other has Miles struggling in school. Anxiety increases from within him while voices overlap. Then, Miles snaps awake.]
Miles Morales: (pants) Aw, man. I’m buggin’.
[He gets on his bed and lies down in it. He tries to breathe in and out until he sees something in his room. A shadowy figure that resembles him with only its white eyes showing. Miles yelps and hyperventilates as it approaches him. Then, it slips down and disappears. The boy looks around for the shadow until it appears on the ceiling. Its eyes are now yellow. The shadow extends its hand to Miles’s chest and the two get sent down into the bed, falling into the darkness below. Then, Miles wakes up to find himself in a subway train, similar to the one from Into the Spiderverse. He looks across the car to see the shadow standing away from him. His expression turns serious and his fist clutches, generating electricity. He charges and punches the shadow, but it doesn’t affect it. It proceeds to grow bigger.]
Miles Morales: What the…?
[The shadow grows muscles and hulks over the boy, similar to Kingpin. It then sprouts out legs from its back and multiple eyes appear on its face. It is now a giant spider. It crawls after Miles, who backs away in fear.]
Miles Morales: Hey! I’ll never step on another spider again! I promise!
[The nightmare spider comes close to him before bursting into multiple tiny spiders. They crawl all over him with one of them forming a web over his open mouth. He screams and swats them off, crawling up to the wall and onto the ceiling. Coming back on the floor, he hyperventilates as the fear overwhelms him. Soon, he’s awake in the real world. Miles comes out of the room to see his dad watching the horror movie.]
Jefferson Davis: Hey.
Miles Morales: Hey, dad. You got a minute?
Jefferson Davis: Yeah, what’s up, son?
Miles Morales: Can we get some air?
Jefferson Davis: Of course we can. Yeah. Grab your jacket.
[The two go outside the house to take a stroll.]
Miles Morales: (sighs) I just got so much on my mind, you know?
Jefferson Davis: I hear that. Yeah. So, tell me what’s going on?
Miles Morales: It’s just like… homework and girls… Well, one girl.
[Cut to the title card, then roll credits before cutting to black.]
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