“Alright boys, I think everyone knows the rules by now but I’m here to say them again anyway… THERE ARE NONE! Now go!”
“Hey! Deza! Who’s that new kid?”
“Not sure Satsu… Reki brought him,”
“Well if Reki brought him he must not be that bad…” Deza shrugged, he skated over and stood beside Satsu. “Do we know where he’s from?”
“Nope, nothing. Reki just brought him and the kid stupidly took Reki’s place in the race. I don’t think the kid quite knows what he’s gotten himself into…” Satsu explained.
“Damn, this kid either has balls of steel or is one big fuckin’ dumbass,” Deza chuckled.
“Speaking of dumbasses… where are Joe and Cherry?” Satsu looked around. “They’re bound to be around here somewhere…”
“They’ll turn up eventually. I’m sure either Joe will come hornily flirting or Cherry will come make some ominous remark that has some deeper meaning that neither of us get,” Deza waved his girlfriend off. “Woah- looks like the newbie’s got some skill…”
“Well would you look at that…” Satsu smirked. “Looks like he isn’t new to skating after all…”
“Where’s Reki? I gotta ask him about this kid,” Deza looked around for Reki.
“Dunno, just wait for the end of the race, I’m sure he’ll be there for his friend,” Satsu suggested.
“New kid has some skill huh?”
“Yeah-! I mean damn! You see this kid? Like he starts off literally dragging his ass down to get started. Joe, have you ever seen someone do shit like that?” Deza rambled on and on about the new kid skating at ‘S’.
“Ok cool it Dez,” Joe gave Deza a kiss on the cheek.
“But this is so wild! Watch! Watch-!”
“Deza, calm down,”
“Cherry!” Satsu smiled and wrapped her arms around a tall, pink haired man.
“Hey Sake!” Deza smiled.
“I told you not to call me that,”
“C’mon Kaoru, he’s just messin’ with ya,” Joe smirked. “But still you need to take a breath and calm down. You’re practically bouncing off the walls right now.”
Cherry roughly elbowed Joe, “I told you not to call me that here…”
Deza rolled his eyes playfully, the group went over to the end of the race to see who would come out on top. It was a close race, at first nobody knew who would win this… what was going to happen? Who’s it gonna be? Everyone was watching with their teeth clenched, waiting for who would win the bet. Who would be the one to win this beef?
“YEAH! Alright sports fans let’s hear it for the underdog-! Eh… What's your name kid?” Deza asked the newbie who’d won the race.
“Langa… Langa Hasegawa…”
“Ah… you’re not from Japan are you? Neither am I,” Deza smiled at the kid. “Don’t worry, we won’t let anyone rag on you.”
“Is it that obvious?” Langa mumbled, “umm … by the way, who are you?”
“Deza, Deza Kaime. You’re the newbie Reki brought, right?” Deza smiled.
“Yeah… I guess? Where is Reki?” Langa looked around.
“LANGAAAAA! Why didn’t you tell me you could skate like that? Were you holding out on me? I see you’ve met Deza, what about the others?”
“Hey Reki! Is this the little one you brought with you?” Satsu ran over with a smile.
“Yeah, this is Langa. Langa, this is Satsu. And clearly you’ve met Deza,” Reki introduced Satsu to Langa.
“Nice to meet you newbie,” Satsu smiled at Langa.
“You too,” Langa nodded at Satsu.
“Hey aren’t we missing somebody?” Deza looked around.
“Yeah… where's Gabe?” Satusu looked around. “I would think he'd be here…”
Deza laughed. “Gay-ass is usually never late to a beef! Wonder what’s holding him up.”
“Whatever, that was a good race kid, I’m surprised you could catch up like that. Especially after that god awful start you showed us,” Satsu lightly patted his shoulder. “It’s better to make them underestimate you though. That way you fucking blast their asses to bits when you show them how fucking badass you are!”
“Straight up doll,” Deza high-fived Satsu and kissed her cheek.
Note: All translations that aren’t Spanish (my second language) come from Google Translate so please be aware that they aren’t perfect!
Prologue: The Spidey-Squad
You know the deal, New York, spiders, one and only, whatever. Our story begins with telling you no, it’s not ‘the one and only Spiderman!’ It's the Spidey-Squad. Sun-Web, Soda-Bug, and Orchid-Weaver, they defend New York from the crazies and the danger. And they’ve been doing this for years, since they were teenagers! The city has (to some degree) seen them grow up and change. Some most notable changes were Orchid-Weavers tattoo collection (which is still growing), Sun-Webs abilities in crime fighting, and Soda-Bug’s technique with crowd control.
Every time something went wrong the three of them would be there to save the day. Soda-Bug would handle crowd control and make sure the civilians in the area were ok, Sun-Web would go in for the major hits, and Orchid-Weaver would play in the backgrounds and help Sun-Web with the take down. It was a team effort, everyone played their part and had their important role when it came down to the important things. And that was protecting the general population and avoiding as much collateral damage as possible. It didn’t always work out, but eight legs are better than two.
Now, let’s meet the Spidey-Squad…
Meet The Squad: Sun-Web
(Sun-Web and Lorelei is an oc created by my pookie wookie bear @keithyp00 )
Bonjour! I’m sure you know how this goes…
Hi, I’m Lorelei Monet. I’m from San Francisco, California. I was raised to be the ‘perfect’ child. My parents had me enrolled in every extra-curricular they could get me in, taught me every language they knew, and told me I better become a lawyer or don’t bother coming home for Christmas…
So! when I was 18 I moved to New York for college (education major because I really want to be a teacher and I really don’t care about my parents anymore thanks to my friends) where I met the love of my life, was bitten by a radioactive spider, became a super cool hero, watched the love of my life die in front of me, and then met my two best friends Binx and Fizzy (more on them later). And now, for the past four years we have been the Spidey-Squad. Well, emporte-le Binx! (take it away Binx)
Meet The Squad: Orchid-Weaver
Hola, hacemos le otra vez, me llamó- I’m sorry- I’m sorry-, nah I’m not gonna do that to ya…
Hi, I’m Binx Pérez, well actually my name is Titan, but we’ll come back to that maybe… I was born in Matamoros, México, and when I was 15 my parents died and I was temporarily taken in by mis vecinos until I was ‘adopted’ by some rich family in Nueva York (it was low key a sketchy ass adoption but whatever). My community celebrated me and told me I would do great things there…
Well, after my ‘adoption’ I tried to off myself on two separate occasions (failed obviously), almost died again after being hit by a car, then once more I almost fell off a roof! But enough about my close encounters with death, you’re here for the spider story! So one day I was watering my orchids when some random fucking spider bit me and poof! I had spider powers.
Then I went to college for a double major in pre-vet and zoology and a minor in bio, and then moved on to veterinary school (lo siento familia de México…) met Lorelei and Fizz and bada-bing bada-boom Spidey-Squad… te toca a ti, Fizz.
Meet The Squad: Soda-Bug
(Soda-Bug and Fizzy belong to MAH SHAYLAAAA @buggysoda )
Howdy! I’m pretty sure y’all know how this goes…
Hi! I’m Fizzy Pop and I’m from Nashville, Tennessee! I grew up in the south with my two dads and dog Sprinkles. Then Sprinkles died. I held him while he died in my arms… best dog I coulda asked for… after a summer without him I moved to New York for fashion school. Best. decision. ever! New York is one of the best places you could ever be if you ask me.
While in New York I got bit by some weird spider, met my two best friends (who also happen to have cool spider powers), became a cool super hero (more or less…). I designed the costumes for myself and my hero buddies, and now we protect the citizens of New York! Well… I keep the citizens safe and away from the battle while my friends handle the fight. We all work as a team you know? And it’s great!
Chapter One: This Is How We fight
There are a select few recurring criminals that the Spidey-Squad fights. But no one remembers their names, the one who robs banks and the one who steals from the elderly. There aren’t that many actual villains in this New York. The ones that do exist are normally caught in good time and put in prison.
When the threats to the city are to the degree that the Squad needs to get involved each member has their strength. Their whole fighting style depends on each member doing their part. Soda-Bug keeps pedestrians away from the fight, Orchid-Weaver keeps the fight from moving around the city and takes part in some of the big fights, and Sun-Web takes care of a lot of the fight. Everyone doing their part is what keeps the city safe and (mostly) in one piece.
Another important part of the fights is what comes after. Once the threat has been neutralized Binx goes to the top of the nearest building staying out of the public eye. For good reason too, their suit doesn’t really do much to cover their very distinct tattoos so hiding from the media is something they do quite a lot. Fizzy and Lorelei are the ones to talk to the media when they can. All questions about Binx are either answered briefly or completely brushed off. Binx also doesn’t really like being in the media. It’s not something they really feel like dealing with… again…
Once the fighting is done and over and the media clears out, Lorelei and Fizzy meet back up with Binx. Then the three usually go out for a little treat. Then they all go back to their college dorms until they have to go back out and do hero stuff again. Sometimes they would go out on patrol around the city or just mess around and go swinging from building to building. Sometimes they would race from one place to another. Binx’s favorite thing to do was go up to random people who were alone on the streets, give them a high five, say ‘no one will ever believe you’, and leave. Lorelei always tells them not to do this. Fizzy on the other hand has a great time laughing about this.
When these three first went out and started saving people and the city, they received some backlash for some of the things they did. Mostly with how uneven the workload was seemed to be distributed. Everyone criticized Binx and Fizzy for not doing as much as Lorelei. Lorelei cleared up all the drama at one of their first TV interviews and eventually made a social media post about it. She explained that each of them did what they were best at to keep the city safe and minimize extreme damage.
The fan favorite of the Spidey-Squad is Sun-Web, mostly because she gets the most media attention. She is kind of the leader, the ‘Alvin’ or ‘Blossom’ of the group if you will. Then Fizzy, the ‘Bubbles’ of the team, they also do a lot with the media. Most of the time you’ll see her talking with the kids who happen to be around the fight. Fizzy’s media look was very positive and the people loved him. It was Fizz’s warm personality and charming southern accent that drew the people in. Sun-Web and Soda-Bug being the main faces of the Spidey-Squad was great. Binx did everything they could to stay out of the media as much as possible. This made them popular on social media. From theories on why they stay out of the media to fanfiction, wild ass fanfiction… the only thing that the media had in terms of ‘Orchid-Weaver’ facts was a picture on Soda-Bug’s insta of Binx with their mask off, but completely disguised by the shadow from the sun. This picture drove the internet crazy.
Reki was ready to shred against Shadow. He had the confidence to really go for it, but not so much the skill… sure he was a great skateboarder but unfortunately not enough skill to handle ‘S’ and its lack of rules. There were elements to skating at ‘S’ that were very different from casual skating and being on the street. Anything could happen at ‘S’ and anything did happen. People got hurt and people got sabotaged. It wasn’t uncommon for people to bring dangerous objects into races but that was just part of what made ‘S’ so much better.
“Here we go guys! Another wonderful night to race! Tonight we have a race for honor and dignity! Shadow vs Reki! Shadow doesn’t know how to keep his fat mouth shut and ended up saying some shit that pissed off Reki. So now, we have a beef!” Deza, the starting pistol of ‘S’ began his announcement and started the race. “That poor kid is gonna get his ass handed to him…”
“Why did we let him do this?” Satsu, one of Deza's partners, stood beside him.
“I don’t know babe… Shadow is an angry bitch but I don’t know… maybe he can do it…” Deza thought.
The race was pretty standard especially for ‘S’ and just the way Shadow tends to be with how he skates and loves to sabotage. It was part of what made him so annoying to skate against and deal with. It was scary too… sometimes Shadow does some really crazy shit.
And it was that crazy shit that was what got Shadow the win… it was nowhere near a close race, but only because Shadow was psycho and used firecrackers when he raced. It made things even harder to skate because you had to worry about blinding lights and little burns. His technique was interesting too, he was reckless and crazy in the way he skated.
“Hey kid, you ok?” Deza skated over to Reki who was pretty beat up after the race. “Let’s get you patched up.”
“HEY! LOSER! LET’S GET YOUR ASS OVER HERE!” Shadow yelled, like he always did…
Shadow ended up burning Reki’s skateboard right there at the track. Reki was so sad watching his skateboard burn… it was hard to watch… Shadow was laughing like a maniac while watching the board burn. It was scary to hear and watch…
“You ok?” Satsu walked up to Reki and put a hand on his shoulder.
“Yeah… I’ll be fine…” Reki frowned.
Satsu thought to herself for a moment before smiling. She had a wonderful idea, “hey! Shadow.”
“What?” Shadow turned around to see Satsu standing in front of him smiling like a mad woman. “What do you look so happy for?”
“Oh nothing, just thought about a little something from our past y’know?” Satsu crept up behind Shadow and grabbed the bottom of his shirt and pulled it up revealing a tramp stamp at the base of his back.
“HEY-!” Shadow pulled his shirt back down to hide the tattoo. “WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH YOU?”
“What? You ashamed to remind people of how hard you lost against me?” Satsu laughed.
“S-SHUT UP-” Shadow yelled.
“Oh I remember that tattoo, I’d say it was some of my best work. I show it to some other clients when they ask about tramp stamp designs,” Deza smirked.
“Wait what-?” Reki’s frown turned to a smile when he heard this.
“C’mon kid, I’ll buy you ramen and boba,” Deza led Reki away from the track and towards the exit with Satsu. “Text the other two and let them know where we’re going.”
“You got it babe,” Satsu pulled out her phone.
The three left the ‘S’ track and made their way out to the city to get ramen and boba. The rest of the night was peaceful and nobody bothered the group. It was a good way to end a night with a bad beef.
(Erm, thanks for reading this shit? If you goofy goobers want more jus lemme know)