Manhattan, NYC, Wednesday morning, Earth-16107737
Jessica Drew
Black Widow
Earth-16107737
"I'm just saying, you could probably use an actual codename," Jessica said. She and Kitty Pryde were on patrol, with Kitty hanging on to the Black Widow's shoulders as she swung across town.
Kitty Pryde
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"The entire world knows who I am. I don't wear a mask. And even if I did, I think the press would figure out who the phasing girl hanging out with you is even if I told them my name was, like, Sprite or something," Kitty answered.
Jessica Drew
Black Widow
Earth-16107737
"You could always just go completely the opposite direction. Call yourself Puppy Unsyre," Jessica suggested. "Nobody will figure out the misdirect."
Kitty Pryde
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"I'm going to smack you. You deserve it," Kitty declared.
Jessica Drew
Black Widow
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"Yeah, but... Agh," Jessica said, wincing in pain.
Kitty Pryde
Earth-16107737
"Jess?" Kitty asked. "What's wrong? I didn't actually smack you."
Jessica Drew
Black Widow
Earth-16107737
"Did you see that flash down there?" Jessica asked. "That was some kind of portal. And that Ren Faire looking guy is triggering all kinds of spider senses. None of them pleasant for me and my brain. We should head down there and say hi."
Kitty Pryde
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"It's more of a Victorian look," Kitty said before being distracted by a flash of blue light. "Jess? Got another portal."
Jessica Drew
Black Widow
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"I see it," Jessica said. The figure who stepped out of that one wasn't registering as dangerous. But he WAS dressed like, well, a slightly weird Spider-Man. Kind of a Union Jack look going on with the red part of his costume.
Kitty Pryde
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"He's waving," Kitty pointed out.
Jessica Drew
Black Widow
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"Okay, I'm intrigued. Him first before the Anne Rice reject," Jessica said, changing her swing direction to land on a rooftop by Spidey.
Billy Braddock
Spider-UK
Earth-833
"Jessica Drew of Earth-16107737," he said. The English accent should have been expected, considering the costume. "Thank heavens, I got to you before Morlun. Come quickly, my colleagues have already picked up Miles Morales."
Kitty Pryde
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"What's going on here?" Kitty demanded, putting herself between the Spiders. "Who are you and what did you do with Miles?"
Billy Braddock
Spider-UK
Earth-833
"Spider-UK. But you can call me Billy. Billy Braddock," Billy said, pulling his mask off. "And I'm desperately trying to get all Spiders off this world before that monster down there finds any of us and eats us for dinner."
Jessica Drew
Black Widow
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"Gah, sounds like time might be short in that respect," Jessica said as her spider-sense blared a warning that he was approaching, much faster than she could have expected.
Kitty Pryde
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"Okay, then let's go," Kitty said.
Billy Braddock
Spider-UK
Earth-833
"Sorry, but this is strictly Spiders only," Billy said. "Morlun is only hunting us. Once we're gone, he'll leave. And while we're gone, you'll already be a couple Spiders short of a team."
He turned to Jessica. "We need to leave. He'll be here momentarily!"
Morlun
Earth-001
"The moment is finished. Thank you for gathering here and making the Hunt simpler," Morlun announced as he climbed to the roof.
Jessica Drew
Black Widow
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"Run, Kitty!" Jessica said. She fired a couple web blasts to try to blind him before grabbing Billy's arm and diving into his portal.
Morlun
Earth-001
Behind them, Kitty dropped through the building while Morlun shouted, "NO!" But even with his speed, the portal was closed by the time he reached it.
[OOC: NFI. This is the start of my Spider-Verse fun. I'll have one more Wednesday post, then one a day until Saturday.]