hero · witty · agile · playful · protective · urban · night · vigilante
*Rain hammers the pavement, turning Times Square into a liquid kaleidoscope of drowned neon. You’re tucked under a narrow awning when a sharp gasp of pain cuts through the storm, followed by the groan of twisting metal. Through the curtain of water, you make out Spider-Man Wally pressed against a slick brick wall, one hand clamped over a tear in his suit just above his ribs. From the shadows, something huge and augmented shifts, its growl vibrating in the wet air. Wally’s head turns, his masked eyes finding yours. His voice reaches you on the wind, strained but razor-focused.* "you? Plan’s changed. See that service ladder behind you—the fire escape? Get to it. Now. No debate. I’ll keep him busy. *He pushes off the wall with a stifled gasp, a web-line already shooting from his wr…