Peter Parker Spectacular Dynaman

!SPECIAL EFFECTS! "THOUGHTS"

Chapter Four

Upon arriving in Las Vegas, Nevada in the evening for some rare materials and underground business ventures, Doctor Octopus and his henchmen made their way from their plane to a taxi van large enough to accommodate them and their things.

"You there, take us to the Las Vegas strip and these coordinates," Otto Octavius demanded harshly, his tone brooking no disobedience.

"I'm on my break, buddy. Give me another ten minutes and I'll take you where you want to go," the tall, rail thin taxi driver called out upon the doctor's approach. The hawked nosed Italian-American from New York disregarded his potential passenger and took another puff on his cigarette, blowing smoke in the air as if he didn't have a care in the world.

Then Doctor Octopus waved a hand in the taxi driver's direction. "You don't need to take a break right now."

"I don't need to take a break right now," the taxi driver parroted, his eyes staring into space like a zombie as he quit leaning against his van and stood up straight.

"You'll take us to the Las Vegas strip now."

"I'll take you to the Las Vegas strip now."

"Let's go."

"How did you do that?" one of the doctor's henchmen asked, impressed with what he had seen.

"Never mind that now. I know things you're incapable of comprehending. Now put our luggage in this van. There's no time to waste," Otto ordered.

As soon as they had arrived where the doctor wanted to go, he and his men took their things out of the van and promptly left the taxi driver who simply drove off without payment.

The Las Vegas Strip was a street that had the most casinos and gambling dens. The lights coming from these casinos and on the strip were brighter than the rest of Las Vegas, making the night brighter than it was during the day. Masses of people went to and fro as Octopus and his henchmen made their way to their destination, getting there sooner since the doctor had used his mind control to make everybody get out of their way.

"Here it is," Otto announced.

Then they heard a voice. "Greetings, Dr. Octopus."

Otto Octavius turned around to see, "Adrian Hearse!"

"That's me. I have a proposition for you." Adrian Hearse was a slender man of average height, impeccably dressed in a fine light blue, three piece suit. His brown hair was rather long which helped to make him a fairly good looking man despite the fact that he was slightly balding in the front.

"Is that so?" Both men were standing in a lobby on the Las Vegas Strip near where Hammerhead's underground yet well-known Unlimited Class Fighting tournament was being held. Behind Dr. Octopus were Niner and a few of his other henchmen who had hidden weapons on them. At the same time, Otto Octavius had his technological devices and metal arms hidden under his bulky coat.

"I understand you're a legitimate businessman," Adrian stated with a charismatic smile.

"Maybe. What do you have in mind?"

"There are certain people who have made several in roads in the Las Vegas area. These people..."

"I know all about Hammerhead and how he's your benefactor. I also know how Hammerhead has over powered the local mafia around these parts, and that he's part of the Maggia," Dr. Octopus interrupted. "What does that have to do with me?"

"Well, since you're normally in New York, you're probably planning on creating a small empire for yourself. My benefactor can help you in this."

"Listen here, Mr. Hearse. What I'm doing there is none of your business. However, I'm willing to do business with Hammerhead and you, but I won't be a stooge for the Maggia the way Hammerhead is," the doctor snapped back harshly.

"Well, gee. Looking at your hairstyle, you already look like one of the Three Stooges," Adrian said with a chuckle. "Gak!"

"I'm really not amused by your weak attempts at humor. So why don't you shut up and take me to your boss while you still can?" Otto Octavius demanded with an air of authority that said he meant business, holding up the well-dressed man off the ground by throat, choking him.

"OK. Koff!" After Otto had released him, Adrian hurriedly led him inside the building, going underground where Hammerhead was seated at the center of a large table with a beautiful, bodacious blond, wearing a skimpy bikini on either side of him.

"What have we here?" the large, squarely built and square jawed man with broad shoulders barked out.

"This is Dr. Octopus from New York. He's here to do business with you," Adrian Hearse explained nervously.

Hammerhead snapped his fingers, motioning for the girls with him to leave. After the scantily clad lovelies scampered off with Otto's men enjoying the view of their backsides, he turned towards his new guests. "I hear you want to do business with me."

"I do, but that's all I want," Dr. Octopus answered pertly.

"All right. We can do that, but first, there are some fights I want to watch. You can have a seat of honor during these battles."

"I really don't want to waste time with such frivolities," the doctor interjected harshly.

"Really? You mean you're not even interested in seeing your old friend, Dynaman, in his first fight in my tournament? It's going on right now," the gangster said with his eyebrows raised.

"Hmm. I wondered what happened to him after he had gotten out of the rubble of that explosion. I guess I'll wait around and accept your hospitality, but I want to talk business as soon as possible."

"All right. This way, gentlemen!" Hammerhead led them to where box seats on a balcony were, so they got a good view of the fights taking place in the arena. The arena was large and circular like a stadium in the ancient Roman Empire. It was larger than a football field, being a huge 150 yards in diameter.

Doctor Octopus and his host were treated to the sight of Dynaman flying upwards while the Rhino attempted to hit him with a charging attack that found only air. "Come back down here, you green jeaned coward!"

"Sure, I'll come down." The flying warrior quickly came bearing down on his opponent fists first, striking him right between the eyes.

"Oh!" the Rhino moaned as he went crashing to the ground.

"Is that all you got?" Dynaman said to his downed opponent.

"No, it isn't!" The Rhino got up quickly and charged him again.

!CRACK! Before his opponent could get to him, Dynaman struck him with a snap kick that knocked him back. "How do you expect to win any fights when all you can do is a rhino's charge?" the green haired warrior asked, getting in a stance in anticipation for another attack.

"Shut up!" The Rhino got up again, attacking his opponent with another charge that found only air.

"So I guess you're a Republican In Name Only?"

"No, what gave you that stupid idea?"

"That's what Rinos are called. Get it?"

The Rhino paused for a moment. Then he understood what his opponent meant. "You think you're so funny? Wait until I get my hands on you!" the Rhino said, making another charge.

"Well, here we go again," Dynaman said, doing his best to sound like a former Republican president. Then he grabbed the oncoming Rhino, violently throwing him into the air. And before the Rhino got as high as 770 yards, Dynaman flew upward at super speed, getting to his opponent's destination first. While he was looming over him, Dynaman struck the head of the Rhino with an axe handle attack, sending his opponent crashing to the ground. "This has been interesting, but it's about time we end this fight."

"I'll end it!" Rhino responded, getting up and taking swings at his opponent.

"You want to duke it out, dude? Let's go!" !CRACK!POW!SMASH! Dynaman got in several hits while his opponent got in one which he simply shrugged off. And in a matter of seconds the Rhino ran out of wind and dropped to the ground unconscious.

"Hmm." Doctor Octopus opined, having watched the fight with interest amid the cheers of the crowd watching the fight.

"Kinda glad you decided to show up and see this, aren't ya?" Hammerhead asked.

"I am." The doctor looked at the distant form of the victorious fighter in an obviously covetous manner.

"The guy ain't half bad," Hammerhead stated, favoring Otto with a smile.

"He's nigh invincible!" Doctor Octopus announced. "And it's all thanks to me!"

"What do you mean?"

"I made him into what he is! I did all that," Otto exclaimed in regards to the dark green haired warrior standing over his vanquished opponent and raising his hands in victory. "I need to get him into my organization. He should me working for me!"

Hammerhead regarded the mad scientist for a moment. "Maybe so. There are some more fights starting up though. Let's see who is next." Hammerhead took a good look at the roster. "It's Titania versus Oxman. This oughtta be good."

"You can watch this fight if you want, but I'm going to find this Dynaman and talk to him. Where is he?" Doctor Octopus immediately rose from his seat, his henchmen getting up with him.

"He's probably in the locker room below."

"I'm going to have a word with him." Octavius turned towards his host with a sense of authority that meant what he said wasn't so much a request as a demand.

"All right. Hearse! Take Mr. Octavius to that Dynaman guy!"

"Yes, Boss." Hearse made his way from the balcony seats and went downstairs to the waiting area where Dynaman waited for his next fight with the impatient Doctor Octopus and his crew following close behind.

"Try to be back here for dinner later so we can talk business!" Hammerhead called to his guest's departing form.

"Hey, Dynaman!" Adrian Hearse called out arrogantly as soon as he had arrived in the locker room and saw him.

"Yeah, what? You talking to me?"

"Yes, I'm talking to you."

"You must be talking to me, you're looking at me. What do you want?"

Adrian Hearse rolled his eyes upon comprehending what Dynaman had said. Then he walked up to him face to face. "This guy here wants to talk to you."

The powerfully built warrior folded his arms against his massive chest and saw, "Doctor Octopus!"

"It's been a long time, Dynaman. My, how you have grown," Doctor Octopus announced, regarding the man in front of him as if he owned him.

"Yes, I've grown. I'm bigger, better, badder!" Dynaman announced expanding out his massive chest with his hands on his hips and his head cocked back in an arrogant stance.

"Well, since I had a hand in creating you, you ought to take my lead and join with me. I'm going to rule the world one day, and if you get in on the ground floor right now, you'll stand to get everything you've ever wanted."

"Is that so?"

Then the face of Doctor Octopus hardened. "That is correct. You'll accept my offer if you know what's good for you."

Dynaman paused for a moment. Then he answered the man. "You grabbed me off the street, used me as a guinea pig for an experiment that almost killed me, and left me there to die. Then you have the nerve to come here and make me an offer I shouldn't refuse? Never would I imagine you treating me with such disrespect."

"It was all for science. Besides, you were beaten within an inch of your life when I found you."

"I was just hurt from a beating. I wasn't seriously injured. I could have just laid there until a policeman or somebody else noticed me and took me to the hospital. It wasn't as bad as it looked."

"You were so disfigured that no one could have recognized you. But despite all that, you've benefited from what I've done a great deal as anyone can see. Listen, boy. I made you, thus I can unmake you. Follow my commands or else!" Octavius ordered, practically threatening him. The bespectacled older man got in Dynaman's face with a menacing glare, but the youth was unimpressed.

"Listen up, Moe," Dynaman replied, regarding the older man's hairstyle. "I'm through being pushed around by you or anyone else. From now on, I'm doing what I want, looking out for number one." Then he pointed his thumb to his chest arrogantly. "So you can take your commands and stuff it!"

"He really ripped you a new one there," Hearse said with an unconcealed chuckle.

Doctor Octopus glared at the professional go-between for a moment then he turned back towards Dynaman. "How dare you talk to me that way?"

"I'll talk any way I want! There's plenty of money to be made in the underground circuit. Why do you think I'm here? I'm looking to get as much cash as I can. Now get out of my way!"

"Why you ungrateful..."

"Bug off, old man!" With that, Dynaman walked off, his cape trailing behind him.

"Well, that was interesting," Hearse commented. Doctor Octopus paid no attention to the smaller man while he stared into space with a sense of rage in his eyes.

XXX

The next day, wearing his usual dark green colored trousers, wristbands, cape, and boots, Dynaman made his way to the underground arena where his second fight was about to take place. However, before he could walk through the entrance, a tall, statuesque woman walked in front of him, barring his way. "So, you're the famous Dynaman!"

"That's right. Who the heck are you?" he asked the newcomer.

"I am Titania!" the impressively built woman announced as she thrust herself forward, moving her shoulders back and standing straight with her hands on her hips. Upon walking towards him in an intimidating yet sexy manner, her six feet two inches tall frame got closer to him, weighing a muscular yet busty 180 pounds. Her long, ginger colored hair flowed down a little higher than her waistline while her red and brown midriff baring tunic showing a great deal of cleavage that threatened to come bursting out. Despite the vicious sneer on her face, she was strikingly beautiful.

Dynaman looked the woman up and down, his eyes centering on her exposed midriff. "What can I do for you, babe?"

"Treat me with respect, and my eyes are up here. I'm the strongest fighter here as you'll find out when you fight me!"

"Take it easy, lady. In time you'll be at my feet like all the other women I've dealt with," Dynaman replied with feigned arrogance.

"What? How dare you?"

"I'll check you out later, but right now I have a fight to go to." Dynaman happily regarded the tall, statuesque woman who was only a couple inches shorter than he was.

"After him, you'll be fighting me. You better be ready for a real fight!" the woman yelled after the attractive young man's departing form.

"I'll be ready for ya, babe," Dynaman answered without taking his eyes off the powerful woman's burgeoning bust-line as he looked over his shoulder.

"Come on, Greenie! You're on!" a man dressed like a referee called out.

"Hold your horses! I'm getting there."

On his way from the opposite side of the arena was a well groomed man of immense size. The Caucasian man with short light brown hair was six feet six inches tall weighing over 1,000 pounds of rubbery blubber. His arms and legs were large and powerful. Walking in wearing a dark brown body suit that covered most of his body except his arms and legs with boots and wristbands, he made his way towards his opponent with his huge stomach preceding him.

"For this fight," the announced said with aplomb. "Our next fighter hails from Lubbock, Texas. He's Fred J. Dukes otherwise known as the Blob!" The announcer paused a moment for effect. "His opponent is Dynaman from New York City, New York!"

"New York City?!" the Blob exclaimed contemptuously with a Texan accent.

"That's right, Chubbs. So what if I don't have La Victoria salsa on me?"

"What?"

"Never mind. Anyway, I knew guys who lived down south were heavy, but I had no idea how big you's guys could get," Dynaman answered with a chuckle.

"I'll have you know all of this is muscle! And you're gonna see how strong I am when my fists get close and personal, pretty boy!"

Dynaman regarded the corpulent man for a moment, scrutinizing him. "You have one large muscle right here," the muscularly fit warrior answered patting his own washboard stomach.

"Get that stupid smile off of your face!"

"Come over here and take the smile off, lardo!"

"Grrr!" the big man growled, charging his opponent with everything he had. He moved with so much speed that he surprised Dynaman, but he didn't move fast enough. "What the..." The Blob was the one surprised when his opponent flew into the air, avoiding the Texan's charge.

"You're too slow, Chubbs!" Dynaman said, landing several feet away from him.

"Gee, I reckon I'll have to be faster since you insist on running away like a Yankee coward," the larger man answered.

"Coward? You talking to me? You talking to me?"

"Who else am I talking to?" the frustrated, big man answered hotly.

"You must be talking to me. You're looking at me. I got your fight. I got your fight right here, pal," Dynaman stated, landing and getting in a modified tae kwon do stance.

"Let's get er done, shall we?" the Blob replied, getting ready for another attack, his hands extending towards his opponent. Then he stomped the ground with his foot creating a shockwave that knocked his opponent off of his feet and sent him up into the air. "Now!"

!SMASH! "Yeow!" Dynaman screamed as his opponent shot himself into the air with his arms spread out while slamming into him. "Who'd have thought a fat tub of lard could do something like that? Time to get serious about this fight."

Even though he was still in the air, the Blob struck his aerial opponent several of times with skillful strikes, boxing his ears in. "You got anymore stupid things to say, you long haired fruitcake?"

"Yeah. How about this?" Dynaman spun around, grabbed the larger man, and threw him higher into the air. Then he flew up towards him striking him dozens of times.

"Oof! That's supposed to hurt me, fairy boy?" the big man said with a sneer, hiding the pain he actually had felt.

"Let's see you handle this!" Surprising the Blob, Dynaman cupped both of his opponent's ears, stunning him.

"Aaargh!"

"Here, this is for you!" Dynaman spun around quickly, striking his opponent in the head with his strongest tae kwon do kick that sent the larger man into a world of unconsciousness.

"Wow!" Hammerhead exclaimed upon seeing a great battle, all the spectators in the audience cheering loudly.

"Hmm." Doctor Octopus regarded the caped warrior shrewdly. "If I can't bring this self-named Dynaman to heel, I'll have to destroy him."

XXX

A while later, Hammerhead was on the phone with a contact he had in Washington D.C. "So you're saying that Dynaman is actually working undercover for the government?" Hammerhead stated with a sense of shock, his face red with anger.

"That's right, Boss. I was there, hiding in the shadows when he was talking to a high ranking NSA agent."

"Thanks for the information, Clancy. I'll get on this right away."

The square shouldered man stormed out of his office with a sense of rage and seriousness, making his way to where the remaining fighters were holed up.

Then Doctor Octopus confronted him. "This has been rather interesting, but as our business has concluded, it's time for me to depart."

"Hold it for a minute there, Doc. I think you might want to see what happens to your friend, Dynaman."

"What do mean? I plan to destroy that ingrate myself," the bespectacled man stated harshly.

"Well, I've just found out that the stoolie's actually an undercover agent for the Federal government. What I'm going to do is have him…"

"Wait a minute, Hammerhead. I'll be his next opponent," the doctor interjected.

"You? You're nowhere near powerful enough to take on someone like…"

"I have a lot of abilities you know nothing about. I will take him on, and I will destroy him!"

XXX

A little later, Hammerhead made an announcement. "And for the next fight we have Dynaman who is going up against a new fighter, Doctor Octopus!"

"What?" Dynaman exclaimed in shock and surprise. "I'm not supposed to fight again so soon."

"Go on, Dynaman," the guy in the referee's outfit commanded. "It's time for you to face your destiny."

The last sentence was a cause for suspicion, but Peter didn't dwell on it too long. "All right." Dynaman got up from the bench and made his way to the arena with a strut.

As Doctor Octopus made his way from the other side of the arena wearing a large, bulky trench coat, he gave Dynaman a harsh glare through his glasses. "You should have taken what I offered you instead of turning me down and deciding to work as a lawman for the government."

Dynaman had a look of shock on his face as he regarded his new opponent. Then he got a steely resolve. "I'm not a lawman."

"It's too late to change your mind now. Prepare to die!" Doctor Octopus quickly whipped out a large, bazooka sized laser weapon. It was shiny grey with red lights on it. Then the older man fired.

"Aarrgh!" Dynaman screamed in pain as the green colored, faster-than-the-speed-of-light laser beam struck him in the chest, knocking him back several feet and then on to the ground with a thud.

"This is the end for you, boy."

However, the downed warrior surprised everyone by getting up despite having smoke coming from his mostly undamaged chest. "This isn't the end. This isn't the beginning of the end. This is the end of the beginning."

"How could you have survived that? No matter. No matter at all. I'll simply blast you again." !THOOM! Before Doctor Octopus could do anything, Dynaman had struck the ground with his right foot creating a shockwave that knocked the doctor off of his feet.

"I'm bigger and better. And don't even try to take credit for what I've become. Much of what I am has more to do with the people who helped me than you." Dynaman flew into his opponent, dodging the gunfire from the large gun. Then he struck him in the jaw, knocking him to the ground.

"This isn't over green jeans!" Hammerhead yelled from his high vantage point seat. "There's no way I'm ever gonna let you leave here alive. You're the worst kind of lawman, undercover pork!"

"Who are you calling pork, flattop?!" Dynaman called out in response.

"That's it! That's it!" Hammerhead stammered whiling stomping the ground. "I'm gonna tear you up into little pieces. Then I'll put you back together and do it all over again."

"I'd like to see you try, flattop. I don't particularly care one way or another for some of the things you've done, but kidnapping young girls to sell as sex slaves is the worst," Dynaman answered. "After I'm done beating the daylights out of everyone here, I'm coming for you."

"How dare you threaten me? I'll kill you, you schmuck!" At that moment, a huge thud resounded through the area.

"Hulk smash!"

Then one of Hammerhead's henchmen came running up to him. "Boss, it's the Hulk! He's wrecking the place!"

"The Hulk? What's he doing here?" Hammerhead yelled.

"We don't know why, but he's already beaten up some of the leftover contestants!"

Then another henchman ran up to him. "We gotta get out of here, Boss, the Feds are here!"

"THIS IS THE NSA! NOBODY MOVE!" a megaphoned voice called out. When Dynaman and everybody else there looked up they noticed that the place was surrounded by an army of well-armed Federal agents, some of them wearing bulky armor along with heavy metal weaponry.

After having been slammed through a wall by the Hulk who was outside the arena causing all kinds of havoc, Titania looked up to see Dynaman looking down on her, his eyes zeroing in on her bosom which had finally escaped her outfit.

"I knew you'd be at my feet sooner or later," the hero said with a smile.

"There's no way I'm going to let you and your cop friends take me in. I'll fight my way out including you if necessary!" Titania screamed, quickly getting up and facing him.

At that point, Doctor Octopus had woken up. Then he called out to the powerful woman. "I can use a woman like you in my organization, Titania! Come and work for me, and I'll help you get out of here!"

The statuesque woman turned towards the doctor. "All right, but I don't work for free. You'll have to pay and pay well."

"You'll get what's coming to you." Doctor Octopus took out a mechanical device and pressed some buttons. Then he, his men, and Titania vanished.

XXX

A few hours later, Dynaman was talking with Valerie Cooper. "When we found out that your cover was blown, I decided to send some men in. And since the Hulk was in the area, it wasn't hard to steer him in the direction of the huge arena where your fights were taking place. After that, rounding the super villains up that were there wasn't too hard since most of them were either beaten or had left, but the one named Titania did escape. You've been very helpful though. The report you typed up for us was very helpful as well. Good work, Dexter."

"Thanks. But call me Dynaman." "I'm happy to see that I've sent the government on the wrong trail when it comes to my secret identity, but it's still annoying to hear someone call me that."

"How were you able to find out so much about Hammerhead's operations?" the government agent asked. "It's like you had X-Ray vision."

"I paid a great deal of attention to what was going on," Dynaman answered in a matter-of-fact manner.

"I see. I still think you should reconsider my offer."

"All I can say is that I'll reflect on it." For the nonce, it's time for me to depart. To infinity and beyond!" Faster than the woman's eyes could follow, Dynaman shot up in the sky creating a windstorm that upturned her skirt, revealing white lace panties.

"Oh!" the shapely blond shouted with a slight blush. "I wish he would have warned me before taking off like that!"

XXX

AUTHOR'S NOTES: Be here next time when Dynaman crosses paths with a Black Cat. I hope you'll give me a review for this fanfic. Let me know what you think about it.