A Rooftop in Manhattan, NYC, Thursday Evening, Earth-6162563
Jessica Drew
Black Widow
Earth-16107737
A portal opened and Jessica stepped out onto a Manhattan rooftop at night. At first she wasn't sure where this Ben Reilly guy was. Her wrist device suggested he should be right here. And then her spider-sense started blaring. She dodged with a leap backwards as a guy in a pretty weird Spider-Man costume dropped out of the sky with a huge man below him to cushion the landing.
Ben Reilly
Spider-Man
Earth-6162563
"Sorry about that, lady," Ben said. "No time to talk. It's a Kingpinpalooza and I seem to be the special guest act!"
Jessica Drew
Black Widow
Earth-16107737
"Ben Reilly?" Jessica checked.
Ben Reilly
Spider-Man
Earth-6162563
Ben had been ready to fire a web and swing up to rejoin the battle, but that stopped him cold. "No?"
Jessica Drew
Black Widow
Earth-16107737
"Shut up, yes you are, listen fast," Jessica said. "I'm a Spider from an alternate world. We're being hunted across dimensions. The people who want to eat us - yes, I said eat - also want to set up shop in Fandom to help them conquer all reality."
Ben Reilly
Spider-Man
Earth-6162563
"You just said about eight things that I didn't want to hear," Ben said. "You're really from Fandom? I guess that explains that."
Jessica Drew
Black Widow
Earth-16107737
"Yeah. And I think the Kingpins who just jumped off that roof so they can squash us are helping the bad guys hunting us," Jessica said.
Ben Reilly
Spider-Man
Earth-6162563
"What makes you say that?" Ben said, dodging as the first Kingpin hit the roof... and broke through it. "Oops."
Jessica Drew
Black Widow
Earth-16107737
"Call it a hunch," Jessica said while kicking another in the face as he hit the roof. "You in or what?"
Ben Reilly
Spider-Man
Earth-6162563
"Guess it can't hurt to see the old place," Ben said. Dodging and webbing feet as that second Kingpin recovered and rushed him. "Just need five minutes to clean these guys up."
Verna
Earth-001
Just then, another portal - this one glowing red - opened up. A woman in a black dress dove out of it, landing just a couple rooftops away.
Ben Reilly
Spider-Man
Earth-6162563
"I don't recognize her," Ben said. "But I'm guessing she has something to do with the Kingpins here."
Jessica Drew
Black Widow
Earth-16107737
"Seems like a safe bet," Jessica said as the woman approached. "We should go. Now."
Ben Reilly
Spider-Man
Earth-6162563
"I kind of want to see what we're up against first," Ben said. "Hey, lady! I think you've dropped some trash. I'm gonna have to bring you in for littering!"
Verna
Earth-001
"A pair of Totems," the woman said while a Kingpin moved to her side. "What luck. And one of you is so young and succulent. Fisk, retrieve her while your mistress Verna deals with the older meat."
Ben Reilly
Spider-Man
Earth-6162563
"Which one of us is supposed to be more offended by that?" Ben asked as he fired a pair of impact webbing pellets at Verna that she dodged easily.
Jessica Drew
Black Widow
Earth-16107737
"Me," Jessica said, leaping over the charging Kingpin. She webbed him in the eyes, then webbed his heels as she landed behind him, yanking the lines until he crashed onto the roof. Once he was down, she hit him with a web net. "She didn't think I could take this chump."
Ben Reilly
Spider-Man
Earth-6162563
"ARGH!" Ben cried as Verna's razor sharp nails cut into his arm. She was so fast. Impossibly fast. His spider-sense was just about useless here. That wasn't encouraging.
Verna
Earth-001
Verna licked her nails and savored the taste of Ben's blood for a moment. "Ah. A clone. I haven't tasted a cloned totem in so long."
Jessica Drew
Black Widow
Earth-16107737
"Taste this!" Jessica called as she moved in with a series of strikes, giving Verna several body blows before snapping a thrust kick to her head.
Ben Reilly
Spider-Man
Earth-6162563
Flipping above Jessica, Ben came down with a two-fisted smash to Verna's head.
Verna
Earth-001
All that, and she didn't take more than a step backward. Worse, she followed it with a step forward and a trust to Ben's chest, throwing him into Jessica and knocking both down onto a skylight. "I've played with my food enough. Now it's time for a feast."
Jessica Drew
Black Widow
Earth-16107737
"Yeah, sorry, but I don't really feel like being lunch right now," Jessica said before pounding on the skylight, smashing it and sending herself and Ben falling toward the floor below. Before they hit, Jessica activated her portal device.
Verna
Earth-001
As Verna watched below her, a blue portal opened up and swallowed both Spiders. No matter. She had their scent. And even better, she could sense Fandom on them. They would lead he right to her goal. The Great Hunt was on.
[OOC: More Spider-Verse. NFB, NFI, naturally. This is the same Ben Reilly who was in Fandom for a while, running Things Reborn and bartending at Caritas. Hi, Ben!]