Chapter 10: MARTIAL ARTS

The previous encounter was a small reality check. I need to make sure that if I knock someone down they should stay down.

Let's head home for some much needed nap.

HOME

I could barely get out of my suit before collapsing onto my bed due to exhaustion.

SCENE CHANGE

A sudden flash woke me up , to only see that I was standing in front of a door, which was surrounded by an infinite number of door in the corridor .

'GO , YOU WILL BE TAKEN WHERE YOU NEED TO BE' 

As I heard these words , I could guess this being an ability granted to me by that entity.

Well I'm already stuck here , might as well make the most of it.

I opened the door in front and walked through it. That moment as I walked into the room seemed so different, as is I was sucked into the room.

"Hi there" 

I was greeted by someone I was familiar yet unfamiliar with.

"Dad?" It was my father but he seemed different, older and mysterious.

"Not exactly, I am Peter Parker just not yours ." He explained.

"Ah! So you're a doppelgänger from another universe" I said out loud 

"something like that." He confirmed with a nod.

"So why am I here ?" I asked 

"Well apparently you need some help to take out the city's trash" he said 

I could only reply with a nod understanding my own incompetence in handling bad guys.

"I will tech you martial arts more specifically one I created when I lost my spider sense" he started explaining 

" you lost your spider sense?" I asked shocked by the revelation.

"Yeah , not gonna go into my story but you can always look for it in in gifted memories. Anyways this place was designed to help track your progress and develop yourself " He said.

" How?" I asked excited about learning martial arts made for Spider-Man.

"like this " he said as a progress bar showed up.

"WAY OF THE SPIDER : 0%"

" I will walk you through it and as your progress reaches 100% consider yourself a master of this martial art ""Don't worry I promise it won't be too painful "

I could only shiver at his last words.

There it began my journeys in the word of martial arts. 

After going through the drills set up by my MENTOR aka my dad from another universe , I finally made minuscules progress

"WAY OF THE SPIDER: 3%"

Even though the number is low I could feel that I was better than when I started, my movement required less energy and I was getting faster.

"All right ,let's wrap it up here for today, see you tomorrow " As MENTOR said these words I was pulled , well more like sucked out through the very door I entered.

SCENE CHANGE

I woke up from my bed , this time for real.

I freshened up and changed my clothes and went to grad a bite .

As I walking through the street with a pizza in my hand and Diet Coke on the other , a police siren interrupted my snack time.

It seemed to be a simple car chase , apparently some idiot looted a bank which was just a couple of miles away from the police precinct.

I moved towards a nearby bridge under which I turned on my suit and webbed up my sweatshirt as it was too big to wear under the suit.

I swung by the street and landed on top of the car , only to be shot through the windshield with some serious guns. I dodged the bullets by swinging myself back into the air before landing on top of the car. 

 My spider sense was ringing badly so I took no chance and swung back and webbed the car from behind stopping the car from moving.

As the car stopped all the thieves except the driver came out with a semiautomatic weapon, I immediately acted upon the situation by shocking two of them in front of me to temporarily block the others view.

 I used my newly acquired martial arts to take the others down as well. 

The more I used ' TWOTS' the easier it became.

Not long after I went to do my regular job and made some improvements to the suit and prepared some prototypes inspired from comics like the webwings, Web grenade and night vision to the H.U.D .

While they were a work in progress , I started meditating to concentrate on my bio electric powers so that i can control their voltage level . While I could only summon the electricity, controlling it seemed to be a goal that can be completed far in the future.

I reached home and went back to getting my ass whopped from my Mentor.

SCENE CHANGE

"WAY OF THE SPIDER:10%"

It seems that while training here I can grasp the essence of my technique, only practical application in various situations can lead to more effective growth.

TIME SKIP 3 WEEKS 

"THE WAY OF THE SPIDER:80%"

"So does that mean I am at least half a master ?" I asked my mentor 

"Not even close, reaching 100% only means that you understand it completely but that is only the starting point, only by refining your every movement can you truly utilise THE WAY OF THE SPIDER . You've barely scratched the surface. when I believe that you are good enough i will allow you to take a shot at me . Only when I acknowledge your proficiency will I accept you as a fellow master of THE WAY OF THE SPIDER."

"And when is that ?" I asked 

" Not anytime soon , but it will be a while before we meet."

"What ?" I asked in confusion

"Yep, see you later my son from another me , wait that doesn't sound right, does it?" He said as I was suddenly pulled out .

SCENE CHANGE 

After waking up from that training session , I felt that I actually felt sad a lonely even . Soon I firmed my resolve to break through my limits and surpass my mentor.

When there nothing to do , there is always one thing to do 

GRIND , IF YOU CAN'T GRIND HARDER