Spider-Cat

## Summary

Oliver thinks he’s living a good life with the help of his friends. One day, however, while visiting a spider lab, Oliver gets bitten by an experimental spider and is oddly granted superpowers. Wanting to use his new powers to be more helpful, not just to his friends, but also to everyone in New York, Oliver decides to make a costume, have a new name: Spider-Cat, and do all he can to protect the city from the clutches of Dr. Curt Connors, aka, The Lizard.

# Story

## Oliver's POV

Who am I? You sure you wanna know? The story of my life is not for the faint of heart. If somebody said it was a happy little tale, if somebody told you I was just your average ordinary cat, not a care in the world… somebody lied.

## Chapter 1: Welcome To Oscorp

It was a normal day in New York City. Jenny was riding with Fagin on his scooter and Oliver, who was fully grown up, and his best friend, Dodger, were on the cart that the pickpocket had hooked up to the back of his scooter. They were riding to a newly-built facility called Oscorp. Before long, the group arrived at Oscorp.

“Thanks for the ride, Fagin,” Jenny smiled, hopping off the scooter and picked up Oliver.

“No problem,” Fagin smiled, and left with Dodger.

“This place sure is cool,” Oliver said to himself at the sight of Oscorp. The two headed inside, where they met Norman Osborn, the CEO and founder of Oscorp.

“Hello, you must be Norman Osborn,” Jenny said, shaking the man's hand.

”Indeed I am,” Norman smiled as a young boy around Jenny's age stood next to him. “And this is my son, Harry.”

”Nice to meet you, Jenny,” Harry smiled, shaking Jenny's hand.

”Nice to meet you, too, Harry,” Jenny smiled back. “And this is my cat, Oliver.” Harry smiled; mostly at Jenny.

“Hey, little fella,” he cooed, scratching the cat's chin. “I assume you're here for a tour?”

”I sure am,” Jenny said excitedly. Harry led Jenny and Oliver inside and showed them around the whole building. Before long, they ran into a scientist. To Jenny and Oliver's confusion, he had one arm.

”This is Dr. Curt Connors, our best scientist,” Harry said. “He lost his arm in a car accident a few years ago.”

”I’m sorry about your arm, Mr. Connors,” Jenny frowned sadly, shaking the scientist’s hand.

“Oh, it’s fine, Jenny,” Connors smiled. “It was hard after my accident. But I didn’t let that stop me.” Harry continued leading Jenny and Oliver through the building.

——

“And this is the spider lab,” Harry said. “Here, we study different types of spiders that we have collected from around the world. Many spiders can move stealthy. For example, here we have a Delena spider that can jump to catch its prey.” Just then, the Delena spider jumped from one branch to another.

”Whoa!” Oliver said to himself.

”Next up, we have a net-web spider,” Harry continued. “Unlike most spiders, this one can spin a funnel-shaped web and its web strands are very strong.”

“Cool,” Jenny chuckled.

”The third spider we have here is a grass spider,” Harry said, showing the two the last spider. “It can move fast because it has a warning system many refer to as a spider sense.”

”That’s right.”

The group looked to see Connors holding a clipboard.

”I'll have you know that we did what was once thought impossible.”

Jenny and her cat looked at each other.

”What is it, Doc?” Jenny asked.

”Over here,” Connors said. The trio followed him to another part of the room with fifteen glass cages, each containing red-and-blue spiders.

”You see, we combined the DNA codes from all three of those spiders and made these fifteen experimental spiders,” Connors explained. Jenny placed Oliver down on the floor for a closer look at the glass cages. She was surprised to see that there was one cage that was empty.

”Actually, there are fourteen,” she said.

”Pardon?” Harry said, confused.

”One’s missing.”

Connors and Harry leaned in and saw the empty cage.

”Huh, I guess we’re still working on that one,” Connors shrugged. “Well, anyway, I gotta go.” As he left, the group didn’t notice that the missing spider had made a web up next to a pillar, and its eyes were focused on Oliver, who was standing next to the pillar underneath the web. The spider came down and landed on Oliver’s front right leg. Although he didn’t notice, Oliver felt like a flea was crawling on him. He didn’t see the spider until it crawled onto his paw, much to his surprise. And that’s when it happened. The spider clicked and sunk its fangs into his paw.

”OW!” Oliver cried, shaking his paw as the spider scampered off.

”And that concludes the tour,” Harry said. “I hope you enjoyed it.” Jenny smiled.

“I sure did, Harry.”

She picked up Oliver, the two left the building, and waited for Fagin. But Jenny failed to notice Oliver’s wincing face due to the bite on his paw.

## Chapter 2: Strange New Powers

That afternoon, Fagin picked up Jenny and Oliver with his scooter and took the two home.

——

Back home, Georgette was eating some kibble, when Jenny and Oliver came in through the front door, although Oliver felt dizzy.

”Hey, Oliver,” Georgette said. “How was Oscorp?”

”I don’t know,” Oliver said, and froze for a minute. “I’m going to bed.” Georgette was taken back by this.

”You are?! At this time?! Why?!”

”I just don’t feel so good.”

”Well, why not?!”

”Nothing serious. A spider just bit me.”

Georgette shrugged and headed into the kitchen while Oliver headed upstairs and climbed onto Jenny’s bed. But his dizziness got so worse that as soon as he climbed onto the bed, he collapsed.

——

Later on into the night, Oliver kept rolling in his sleep. His dizziness kept getting worse by the second. As it did, he had visions of half of red DNA strands turning blue.

——

The next morning, when Oliver woke up, he felt like he was laying on something sticky. He looked down and gasped; there was a huge web in the middle of Jenny’s bed, and he was in the center of the web!

”How did this get here?!”

He jumped down and started to exit the room, when he passed by a mirror. He looked into it and saw that his shoulders, forearms, and upper chest looked more muscular than before.

”Whoa. Have I been working out?”

Oliver ran fast down the stairs and flipped over the bottom step, and landed in front of Georgette, who saw the whole thing.

”Whoa,” she said. “Impressive. I could use that for the upcoming dog show in a few months.”

”Who knows, Georgette?” Oliver shrugged as the two animals walked into the kitchen for some breakfast.

——

Later that day, Oliver, Dodger, and Rita were going for a walk. The two dogs were surprised to see that Oliver looked more muscular than before.

“You okay, kid?” Rita asked.

”Never better,” Oliver chuckled. But just then, his ears perked up high and his eyes widened. With all his strength, he pushed Dodger and Rita away just before a big box full of dumbbells crashed. Dodger and Rita panted heavily and quickly looked at Oliver.

”That was close, kid,” Dodger panted heavily. “Thanks.” But to their surprise, Oliver stood still. And immediately, he ran off while Dodger and Rita looked at each other in confusion.

——

Oliver ran all the way home, ran upstairs to Jenny's room, and started pacing around.

”I wonder what happened to me.”

That was when Oliver noticed the mark on his paw where the spider bit him. Deciding to find the answer, he dug through some of Jenny's stuff, found some Spider-Man comics, went through the pages ——often times, the pages would stick to his paws—— and something caught his eye: a spider on Peter Parker's hand, biting it.

“I wonder if the spider that bit me was experimental.”

Trying to find out more about what happened to him, he left the mansion.

——

Lost in thought, Oliver found himself in an alley. He looked up and saw a spider on a web. Since he saw that the spider was climbing, Oliver started to rub his chin.

”I wonder if I can climb, too.”

Oliver looked at his paw and could see tiny spikes sticking out. He placed his paw on a wall and started climbing. And he didn’t even slip!

”Oh, this is awesome!” he said in amazement.

——

Oliver headed home and started thinking about his powers. He also started thinking about a saying in that comic he found very important.

”With great power comes great responsibility,” he said to himself.

Georgette must’ve overheard him because she said, “Did you say something?”

”Uh, no, I didn’t,” Oliver lied. Georgette shrugged and headed upstairs.

## Chapter 3: Becoming Spider-Cat

Oliver probably decided to be a hero because in the basement, he made some web fluid, put in containers that Jenny got as a souvenir at Oscorp, set it off to the side, and started working on his web shooters. Once he had them assembled, he put the web fluid containers on the back of the shooters. Then, he placed the web shooters on his wrists.

——

Oliver climbed to the top of a building and looked at a crane arm. He stared at the arm for a moment, looked down at his right web shooter, and took a deep breath.

”I sure hope this works,” he said to himself. He held his wrist up, aimed it at the crane arm, and…

THWIP!

A long string of web shot out of the shooter and landed on the arm. Oliver climbed onto the edge of the roof and looked down at the road.

”Here goes nothing,” he said, and took another deep breath. He jumped and swung through the air, howling in excitement. But the excitement quickly shattered because…

WHACK!

Oliver crashed into a wall. Dizzily, he let go of the web and fell onto a roof.

”Man, I think I should know when to let go,” he said dizzily.

——

Back in the basement, Oliver started using some red and blue fabric to make his suit. He used a black paintbrush and slowly painted webs on the red parts of the suit. He even cut out a hole at the backside of the suit for his tail. With a black spray paint can and a stencil with a spider cut in, he made a black spider on the upper front torso of the suit.

——

At a local connivence store, Oliver was going for a walk outside. He sensed a gun cocking. He looked in and saw a robber dressed in black drawing a gun on the cashier.

”Open that drawer and give me all that money, now!”

Before the robber could get the money…

”Huh? Whoa!”

A line of web grabbed the robber on his ankle, yanked him out, and hung him on a streetlamp.

”Look!” a man cried, pointing up. Everyone looked to see an orange cat dressed in a black ski mask and a red vest. He shot a web up and swung off.

——

Back in the basement, Oliver used a spider stencil and with red spray paint, which he used on the back. Now, for the mask. Oliver took two lenses off some old glasses and glued some white transparent paper to the inside edges and placed them in the mask. He also cut off holes at the top left and top right for his ears.

——

Once Oliver had his suit on, he grabbed two new and improved web shooters, placed them on his wrists, and turned them on.

——

The next day, Oliver, who had his mask under his paw, was in his Spider-Man suit, looking over New York from the top of a building, when he heard sirens. He looked down and saw an FDNY truck driving down the road. He put his mask on and started swinging through the city to catch up with the fire truck. Then he landed on the roof.

——

The fire truck stopped at the emergency: an apartment building on fire. Oliver could see a man wearing a horrified expression on his face.

“Somebody help! My boy's still inside!” the man cried in horror.

”What’s the name of your boy?” the fire chief asked.

”Harry, and he is seven years old.”

Oliver's eyes widened in shock. But quickly shaking it off. Oliver shot a web onto a street lamp and used it to swing into the building. Once he was inside, Oliver looked all over.

”I want my dad! Daaaaaaaaaaaaaad! Help!”

Oliver looked to his left and saw a closet. He looked inside and saw Harry hiding behind the coats. Once he saw Oliver in his suit, he tried to back away.

”Get away! Leave me alone.”

Oliver could tell that Harry was more scared than his costume than the fire. He shot a web onto Harry's chest and pulled him to the window. Harry picked up Oliver, who shot another web onto the same street lamp as an anchor and the two slowly lowered themselves to the ground. In relief, Norman ran up to his son and hugged him.

”Dad!”

”Harry! Oh, my son!”

At the sight of this, Oliver started to feel emotional; he remembered the life he had when he was a kitten and before he met Dodger and the others. Harry, Norman, and the firemen looked at Oliver.

”He looks like a cat version of Spider-Man,” a fireman said, and everyone agreed. So, they called him, “Spider-Cat”, and Oliver liked the name. He started swinging through New York as onlookers looked up at him.

——

At the Foxworth residence, Jenny and Winston were watching the news.

”Harry Osborn, the son of Oscorp founder Norman Osborn,” the newscaster said, “was saved by what appears to be a cat in a Spider-Man suit from a burning building. People all over New York are calling him, 'Spider-Cat'.” At that moment, Oliver was walking into the room. Jenny looked down at her cat and picked him up.

”Oh, Oliver, I wish I could meet Spider-Cat.”

Oliver smiled.

”Who knows, Jenny?” Winston shrugged. “I’m sure you'll meet him soon.”

——

The next day, Oliver was thinking about how he needed to put on his suit when he was out in public. Just then, he got an idea.

”Maybe I could make a bag.”

And so, he got to work making his bag using some black fabric.

——

As time went by, people were completely captivated by Spider-Cat and his deeds. For example, he saved a bunch of kids on an out-of-control school bus. He helped a small kitten down from a tree. He even foiled a bank robbery.

——

Lots of people all over the city have been talking about Spider-Cat. This is even too much for J. Jonah Jameson, the CEO of the Daily Bugle newspaper.

”I will not rest until Spider-Cat is off the streets,” he vowed.

## Chapter 4: Say “Hello” To The Lizard!

The next day, at Oscorp, Dr. Connors and Norman were talking.

”What you see here is a computer model of a lizard,” Connors said to his boss as a hologram of a lizard appeared. The two looked to see Harry looking out a window.

”Something on your mind, Harry?”

”I'm fine, Dad. I’m just thinking about Jenny.”

Norman smirked.

”Let me guess: you have a crush on her, don’t you?”

Harry blushed.

”Well, yeah, she’s kind, friendly, and sweet. And she’s really caring about her cat, Oliver.”

——

Since Connors likes to work late, it gives him time to work on some of the assignments that he missed. He would also use this time to work on his experiments. But since he has one arm, it always makes it more of a challenge for him. So, he decided to have his right arm back by taking a huge sample of his own DNA. Next, he took a very small sample of a lizard's DNA, and combined the two types of DNA together. When he was done, he placed it in an injection pipe and placed in his right shoulder.

”Now, all I have to do is wait,” he said.

——

The next day, Connors was working in his office. When he couldn’t access another website, he winced, and heard a bang under the tabletop. He saw that something was sticking out from his right shoulder. Gently, he peeled it, and saw it was a new arm!

”I can’t believe it,” he said to himself. “It worked.”

——

That evening, Connors took a taxi to the bank to see if he could withdraw some of his money. As the taxi drove off, Connors started feeling funny. He looked at his new arm and saw that the nails on it were turning into sharps claws and the smooth skin turned into rough, green scales. Not only that, but scales were appearing all over his body. He also felt something sticking out of his posterior.

”Hey, man, are you okay back there?” the driver asked.

”Just. Drive,” Connors growled as his teeth turned into fangs and his eyes turned yellow.

——

Oliver was looking at New York from a window of Jenny’s room. Just then, he heard a scream.

”Time to become Spider-Cat.”

With that, he grabbed his bag with his suit inside it. He put the bag over his shoulder and, with his web shooters, swung all the way to the top of a building.

”Now, where did that scream come from?”

He looked around the edge of the roof, and quickly he saw a lot of panicked people running out of a bank. He reached into his bag, pulled out his suit and mask, and put them on. Spider-Cat swung through the city to the building. Once everyone was out, Spider-Cat could see that the front entrance was ruined. He ran inside, and saw a creature that had a lizard claws and a lizard tail. The creature was destroying everything that stood between it and the vault door.

”At last,” the monster grinned devilishly, “time to steal some money.” Before he could grab the latches on the vault door, something sticky grabbed his hand and pulled it back. He looked back and saw an orange cat wearing a Spider-Man suit.

”Well, well, well,” the creature said. “If it isn’t Spider-Cat. I heard about how you saved my boss’s son from that burning building a few days ago.” Spider-Cat gasped: the creature was Curt Connors.

”How do I look?” he said, feeling pleased with himself. “Say 'hello' to the Lizard!” Spider-Cat jumped at the Lizard and pushed him into the vault door.

”Oh, it’s on now!” the Lizard growled, and lunged at Spider-Cat, who quickly jumped over the creature. He shot two webs, each at a filing drawer, and held onto the webs tightly as he walked back. He jumped, shot for the Lizard, and kicked him to the ground. The Lizard looked up at Spider-Cat. Lizard raised his claws and was just about to scratch Oliver again when…

SWIPE!

Spider-Cat swiped his claws against the creature's left arm, causing him to wince in pain. The Lizard ran off at high speed with Spider-Cat on his tail, all the way to a bridge. There, Spider-Cat stopped before the Lizard, who stopped in front of a group of cars.

”Try to catch them all, Spider-Cat!” he cackled, and started throwing the cars off the bridge. However, with each car toss, Spider-Cat used his webs to connect the cars to side of the bridge, much to the Lizard's shock. Before the villain could do anything, he moaned and twitched. He looked to see that his scales were starting to disappear.

”We'll meet again, Spider-Cat!” he shouted, and disappeared into the night. Spider-Cat jumped and swung away while police cars and fire trucks arrived at the scene.

——

Jenny was up in her room, looking for Oliver. Just then, the window opened, and in came Spider-Cat.

”Oh, Spider-Cat!” Jenny said relieved. “Good timing. Could you help me find my cat, Oliver?” To her surprise, Spider-Cat hung his head. Wanting to know why, Jenny placed a hand on his mask and pulled it off. Once the mask was fully off, she gasped and dropped the mask in shock.

”Oliver?! *You’re* Spider-Cat?!”

Oliver knew there was no way out of this. He looked up at his owner sadly, hung his head again, and nodded slowly. But Jenny smiled and picked her cat up, much to his confusion.

”Don’t worry,” she said softly, hugging Oliver. “Your secret's safe with me.” Although Oliver smiled, he wondered where and when the Lizard will strike again. As Jenny placed Oliver on the mattress, he showed his owner his bag.

“I’m guessing that’s what you put your suit in if you’re out and you need to put it on.”

Oliver nodded, smiling. But quickly, his smile disappeared as he looked down at the mask. He sighed and looked up at his owner, who started to feel emotional.

”I heard about how you stopped the Lizard on the bridge. I’m sure you’ll encounter him again, soon.”

Oliver smiled sweetly and started kissing Jenny.

## Chapter 5: Strike In The Sewers

A few days later, while Georgette was out with Tito, Oliver was looking out the window in Jenny’s room. Ever since he fought the Lizard the previous night, he couldn’t stop thinking about the bad guy. He looked down at his mask and picked it up. Oliver sighed and put in his bag.

”Oliver!”

Oliver dropped his bag down and bolted downstairs to behind the couch. He jumped high over the couch and landed on the seat next to Jenny.

”You might want to see this,” Jenny said, turning up the volume of the TV.

”Some subway repairmen were scared,” J. Jonah Jameson said on the screen. “They said they had seen something with green scales, a ripped lab coat, sharp teeth, and sharp teeth.” Oliver knew there was only someone he knew who had all those things.

*Lizard,* he thought to himself.

——

Spider-Cat pulled a manhole cover, dove into the sewers, and pulled the manhole cover back with his webs. With his ability to climb, he walked on the wall. Up ahead, he saw a water drainage with a fan. Deciding to make a web with strands coming out at the center and join them all together at the center just above the fan.

——

Nearby, the Lizard, who has changed back into Dr. Connors, made his new lab in the sewers.

”Now, let’s see, I think that’s everything,” he said confidently. Just then, he heard some whooshing. Deciding to investigate, Connors made the same DNA combination he made before and injected it into his right shoulder. And before long, he started to twitch.

——

With his mask on his forehead, Oliver was sleeping in the center of the web. He didn’t get much sleep last night. Just then, his eyes opened. His spider-sense was acting up. So, he pulled his mask over his face and…

”Surprise!”

It was the Lizard. He jumped onto the web and attempted to scratch Spider-Cat. The two got into a fight, causing the web to bounce up and down.

“Now, you may have stopped me once, Spider-Cat. But I'll have you know that you *won’t* stop me again.”

Spider-Cat kicked the Lizard in the chest and rolled to the side. The two fought and fought until the web broke apart. They jumped off and continued fighting until Spider-Cat kicked him into a wall, knocking him out cold. Then, he left the sewer.

## Chapter 6: Dodger Finds Out

As a few days without the Lizard went by, Oliver felt relaxed. So one day, he decided to visit Dodger and the others at the barge.

“Hey, Dodge.”

”Hey, kid.”

”Where are the others?”

”They're out for a ride with Fagin. Why?”

”Eh, I was just wondering. Wanna go for a walk?”

”Absitively Posolutely.”

——

Dodger and Oliver took a stroll through New York. Dodger was surprised to see that Oliver still has his black bag.

”Why do you always wear that bag whenever you’re out?”

”I just thinks it suits me,” Oliver smiled, hiding the real reason why he wears it. Dodger shrugged as the two continued walking.

——

At the Daily Bugle building across New York, Harry and Norman were talking with J. Jonah Jameson.

”Man, I know that Lizard creep is a threat,” Jameson said. “But that Spider-Cat? He is an even stronger menace!”

”I wouldn’t be so sure about that, Mr. Jameson,” Norman said.

”My dad's right,” Harry added. “Besides, not only that, but Spider-Cat saved my life once.”

——

As he and Dodger walked into an alley, Oliver tripped and his bag flew off his shoulder.

”You okay, kid?” Dodger asked, and quickly froze. “Wait a minute.” He walked to the cat’s bag and saw something red sticking out. Oliver gulped and bit his lip as Dodger dug through the bag. The dog pulled out a red mask with black lines.

”You’re Spider-Cat,” Dodger said in disbelief as he put the mask back in the bag. Oliver hung his head in shame.

”Look, I’m sorry, Dodge, but——“

”What? You kept a secret from your best pal? Why would you do that?”

Oliver sighed heavily as a tear streamed down his cheek.

”Dodger, please——“

But Dodger was furious.

”You lied to me! I’m gonna tell the others, now!”

The dog stormed down the alley. He was passing by a dumpster when…

CLANG!

Something sticky pushed Dodger up against the front of the dumpster. He looked at Oliver having his right paw facing the dog. Dodger saw there a metal ring around the wrist. He figured that was one of Oliver's web shooters.

”Don't tell them,” the cat said firmly. Upon hearing this, Dodger had second thoughts.

”Okay, I won’t tell. You secret's safe with me. But, *please* get me out of this.”

”Sorry,” Oliver said, and got to work. “But there’s something very important that you should know.”

”What’s that?”

”With great power comes great responsibility.”

Dodger grinned.

”A wise set of words.”

## Chapter 7: Meet Gwen Stacy

That night, at their apartment, Norman was getting ready to go out to dinner at a local restaurant.

”Now, Harry, be good.”

”But, Dad, there’s no one else here to look after me. Besides, Mom died when I was four.”

”Don’t worry,” Norman smiled, rubbing his son's head. “I got you a babysitter.”

”Really? Who?”

Just then, there was a knock at the door.

”You're about to see,” Norman smirked. When he opened the door, there stood a beautiful teenage girl. She looked to be 15, had blonde hair, wore a white blouse, a black jacket, and a black headband. She also wore glasses.

”Meet Gwen Stacy,” Norman said to his son. “She’s a freshman at Midtown High, works part-time for the Daily Bugle, and she’s a great photographer. Now, Harry, be kind to her.” Then, he left.

”Nice to meet you, Harry,” she said kindly, shaking the boy's hand. Gwen closed the door and the two sat in the parlor.

”So, Gwen, Dad told me that you're a great photographer,” Harry said, trying to make conversation with her. “What exactly do take pictures of?”

”Let me show you,” Gwen said, pulling out some printed photos from her bag, and gave one to Harry, whose eyes widened.

”You take pictures of Spider-Cat?!”

”Yup.”

Harry whistled impressively.

”I bet you keep them to yourself, huh?”

”Yeah. When I showed my first Spider-Cat picture to Mr. Jameson, he gave it a thumbs down.”

——

The next day, at school, it was lunchtime. Harry and Jenny were talking.

”You know, you probably would’ve loved Gwen, Jenny.”

”I'm sorry. Gwen who?”

”Gwen Stacy. She’s a freshman at Midtown.”

”Oh, yeah. My parents are friends with Captain Stacy, her dad. What can you tell me about her?”

Harry shrugged.

”Well, she works part time for the Daily Bugle and takes pictures… of Spider-Cat!”

Just when Jenny was about to take a bite into her chicken-and-cheese sandwich, at the words, “of Spider-Cat”, she dropped the sandwich and her eyes widened in shock; she couldn’t believe what she just heard!

“Shut the front door!”

”Not kidding,” Harry smirked.

## Chapter 8: Dog Fight At The Dog Show!

A few weeks later, it was time for the seventh annual dog show that’s being held at the Yankee Stadium. All the dogs and their owners were very excited. But one one could be more excited that Georgette. She was six-time national champion. And now she was hoping to become seven-time national champion. She was in the hall with the others. The Osborns have come to support her, too. Currently, Jenny and Georgette were in the hall, practicing different poses. Oliver, still having his bag, and his friends were watching.

”There you go,” Harry said, cheering the poodle on.

”You've just about got it,” Norman added while Fagin and Tito clapped. Everyone smiled at the poodle. But just then, Oliver’s eyes widened and his ears perked up as his spider sense acted up. Immediately…

CRASH!

They all looked to see a green figure pop out of a wall, wearing two straps over its shoulders, both of which have beakers full of of different colored liquids. It was the Lizard! Everyone screamed in horror and started to run out of the building.

”Go! Now!” Oliver ordered. As the gang ran out of the building, Dodger and Jenny looked back at Oliver, standing firm before the Lizard, and he had his web-shooters on, ready to fight. Dodger and Jenny looked at each other and “left” the building. Once the last person was past him, Oliver ran at top speed towards the Lizard, shot a web at his right ankle, and yanked it back, causing the Lizard to fall to the ground. Just as the Lizard started to get up, Oliver jumped onto his back and was about to bite his shoulder, but the villain grabbed him and threw him to the ground. The Lizard grabbed Oliver's bag, pulled it off his shoulder, and dropped it to the ground. He grabbed Oliver and threw him into a wall. Oliver landed with a skid on the field. Just then, the Lizard followed through the wall and stepped on one of Oliver's legs, pinning him to the ground. Oliver shot a web onto a trophy and pulled it back, sending it flying into the Lizard's face. It landed on his face with a whack, and he pulled it to the ground.

”No place left for you to hide, Oliver!”

Oliver rolled to the side just as the Lizard scratched the dirt with his claws. Oliver climbed onto the Lizard's back, looked up and saw his black bag laying in the middle of the hallway. Using his left web shooter, he reeled it in. Just as he grabbed it, the Lizard grabbed *him* and threw him into another wall. With his chemicals, he made a bomb and tossed into the hole.

”All these souls! Lost and alone!” the Lizard said, brushing dust off of him. “I can save them, cure them! You don’t have to stop me, Oliver!” At that moment, something flew through the air and landed on the Lizard's face. Furious, he pulled it off and roared, right as Spider-Cat jumped out of the hole. He shot two webs onto the Lizard's ankles and yanked them towards him, making the villain drop to the ground. Spider-Cat jumped onto his chest was about to scratch him when the villain grabbed and threw him to other side of the stadium…

WHACK!

Something hit the Lizard in the face, *hard*. It was Jenny holding a trophy.

”Jenny!” the Lizard growled. He got up and was about to scratch her, but Dodger ran up behind him and bit him on the tail, hard.

”OUCH!!!”

Spider-Cat pulled both of his arms back with his webs. With all his strength, he pulled the Lizard and made him crash into the wall. Spider-Cat used his webs to seal up the hole.

”Oliver!” Jenny said happily, hugging her cat as he started kissing her. The three looked at the webbed-sealed hole. They looked in and were surprised to see that the Lizard was gone. The two looked at each other in other.

”Where did he go?” Jenny asked.

## Chapter 9: Dodger's True Feelings

The next week, Oliver was visiting Dodger and Rita.

”Hey, kid,” Dodger said, rubbing his cat friend's head.

“Hey, guys.”

“How you doing?” Rita said, hugging Oliver as Dodger smiled at the sight.

——

The next day, Oliver and Dodger were at the mansion, talking on the couch.

“Hey, kid, I have something really exciting to tell you,” Dodger said, wagging his tail.

”What is it?”

Dodger smiled.

”I'm gonna tell Rita how I feel about her!”

Oliver smiled and hugged his friend.

”Big step up. When are you planning on telling her?”

”I think tomorrow night.”

——

For Dodger, tomorrow night came by quickly. He and Rita were on their own; the others were out for an evening stroll with Fagin. Dodger saw Rita sleeping. Dodger took a deep breath and walked over to her.

“Hey, Rita. I have something to tell you.”

”What is it, Dodgie, baby?” Rita yawned.

Dodger took another deep breath.

”I… I love you.”

Rita gasped in surprise. But quickly, she smiled and blushed.

”Oh, Dodger,” she smiled, and tapped his nose with hers, much to his surprise. “I love you, too.”

”Well, well, well.”

The couple looked to see Fagin and the other dogs, smirking.

“I knew you guys would confess your feelings to each other soon,” Einstein smiled.

“You said it, man,” Tito said, high-pawing the Great Dane. Dodger chuckled nervously.

”Big step up, Dodger,” Francis smiled. Fagin hugged Dodger and Rita.

”I'm proud of you, too.”

Dodger and Rita smiled.

## Chapter 10: He Took The Kids!

The next day, Norman had taken the kids out for lunch at a local diner.

”Thanks for bringing me here, guys,” Jenny smiled.

“It was no problem,” Harry smiled back. Just when Norman was about to take a bite out of his grilled-cheese sandwich…

“AAAAAHHHHH!!!!”

The three looked to see the Lizard heading straight for the diner!

”Under the table, now!” Norman shouted as a taxi flew towards the diner. The trio hid under the table right before the taxi crashed through the window. Two green hands grabbed both sides of the tabletop, pulled it up, and threw it to the side. And to the trio's horror, there was the Lizard standing in the window! They backed away, but the villain grabbed the kids by their shirts and wrapped them around his arms.

”Connors, please, you don’t have to do this!” Norman begged. “Let them go!”

”Over my dead body!”

”What do you know want from us?” Jenny said in a shaky voice.

”Simple: I want you guys to have front-row seats for the next step in Human Evolution!”

Harry and Jenny looked at each other and gulped as the Lizard took off, cackling. Norman could believe what he just saw; his best scientist had kidnapped his son and his friend!

”Oh, what am I gonna tell Winston?” he moaned.

——

At the mansion, Oliver and Dodger were talking on the couch, when the news came on.

”Breaking News: A lizard-like creature has kidnapped two kids. They’ve been identified as Harry Osborn and his friend, Jennifer Foxworth!”

Oliver and Dodger gasped in horror.

”He took the kids!” Dodger cried, almost speechless.

”Don’t worry, I’ll get them back, and I *will* stop the Lizard!” Oliver said sternly. Before Oliver went upstairs to change into his Spider-Cat suit, he felt two arms wrap around himself. It was Dodger, hugging him.

”Take care of yourself, kid.”

”I will, Dodge,” Oliver smiled, returning the hug. As soon as they parted, Oliver ran upstairs to get his bag with his suit in it. Almost immediately, Oliver came back downstairs with his black bag over his shoulder. Before he headed out the door, he looked back at his dog friend and said something that made Dodger blush.

”Take care of Rita.”

”I will, kid.”

And with that, Oliver shot a web up and swung through the city, chasing the Lizard as the villain carried the kids all the way to Oscorp. Oliver stopped on a building just across the street from Oscorp.

”This is it,” he said to himself, reaching into his bag.

## Chapter 11: The Final Battle

At the top of the Oscorp building, the Lizard let go of Jenny and Harry and tied them together.

”I am *so* glad that you would be here with me tonight,” he cackled.

”Wh-wh-wh-why are you doing this?” Harry asked, frightened.

”Because since I can regrow missing limbs in my Lizard form, I decided to do that with every living soul in this city, even both of you.”

Harry and Jenny gulped. Before the Lizard could do anything…

POW!

Something red and blue kicked the Lizard on the cheek, making him collapse onto the roof.

”Spider-Cat!” the kids cried in excitement. The Lizard looked up to see the four-legged hero standing before him.

“You are *seriously* starting to get on my nerves,” the Lizard growled in frustration. Spider-Cat leaped up and kicked in the Lizard in the face. Just when Spider-Cat was about to make the Lizard trip, the villain grabbed him with his hand, and picked him up, and threw off the roof, much to the kids' horror. Thinking fast, Spider-Cat shot a web string on the side of the building and climbed up at top speed. With his speed, Oliver jumped up high. The Lizard looked back in surprise and grabbed him with his tail. He grabbed the mask and pulled it off. Harry gasped.

“Oliver’s Spider-Cat?!”

”Yes, he is,” Jenny sighed with a nod. Oliver didn’t care that Harry knew his secret identity. He shot two webs at the Lizard's feet and yanked them up. The Lizard fell onto the roof.

”I’m not gonna let you stop me, Oliver!” The Lizard shouted, and started to upload his Lizard formula into his machine, a cloud maker.

”There we go,” he grinned. Before he could press the button…

YANK!

The Lizard quickly fell to the ground immediately before Oliver jumped up and started to deactivate the machine.

”Oh, no you don’t!” the Lizard growled. Just when he was about to pull Oliver down to the ground…

”Whoa! Oof!”

The Lizard fell to the roof. He looked back and to his shock, Harry and Jenny had untied themselves and were pulling him back against his feet.

——

Oliver typed as fast as he could to stop machine from making the Lizard formula spread all over the city. Once he was done typing a kill code, he slammed the red button and the machine powered down, and Oliver knocked it down to the roof, where it shattered into pieces.

”NOOOOOOOO!!!” the Lizard shouted, and started to change back.

——

Norman, Fagin, and his dogs came to the mansion to watch the news with Winston and Georgette.

”Everyone in New York is now safe,” the newscaster announced, “for they now know that the mastermind of this awful plot, Dr. Curt Connors, is arrested and locked up.” At that moment, the front door opened. Everyone looked to see the kids come in.

“Harry!”

”Dad!”

The Osborns hugged. Everyone smiled at the sight. Just then, Oliver came in through the front door, feeling a bit dizzy.

”Glad you're okay, kid,” Dodger said, hugging his friend.

“Thanks, Dodge,” Oliver smiled, returning the hug.

——

The next night, Spider-Cat looked over New York from the top of a building. He shot web up and started to swing through the city. Everyone cheered as he swung through the city, but he ignored them. While Spider-Cat loved saving people, he still wanted to be responsible, so he'll keep trying and never give up, no matter what comes his way.

## Oliver's POV

Whatever life holds in store for me, I will never forget these words: “With great power comes great responsibility”. This is my gift, my curse. Who am I? I'm Spider-Cat.

**THE END**