The second clone of Spider-Man from the series "Ben Reilly: Scarlet Spider" part 1

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Now you will find out what happened to the Scarlet Spider (Ben Reilly) before Spider geddon, as well as before his first death and intersection with the characters of the DC Universe.

The action takes place on the original Land 616 in Las Vegas. To restore his reputation as the Scarlet Spider and don his old suit, Ben decides to become a hero again. Reilly stops the robber and takes the loaded pistol from him. Taking the injured girl named Mandy aside, the Scarlet Spider shoots the robber in the leg. After the conversation, the main character takes 50 dollars from her and gives the gun, and then flies away on the web. While in his apartment, Ben destroys the New Jackal (616) mask. Entering the Mercury Rising Hotel and Casino (616) under the pseudonym Peter, Reilly sees an elderly woman named June (616). Posing as her nephew, Scarlet Spider escorts her husband away. After that, the robbers appear. The main character beats up one of them, and the rest - the guard of the Slate (616) casino appears. After the conversation, the guard takes Ben to his boss, who is Cassandra Mercury (616). It turned out that once Reilly, being a Jackal, "resurrected" (completely cloned and cured) Cassandra's daughter named Abigail (616), while the real Abigail was dying of an incurable disease. When the Scarlet Spider asks Mercury for help, promising to cure the real Abigail, she, pointing a gun at him, decides to kill him. Dodging the bullet and breaking the pistol, Peter tells Diva to take him to the room where Abigail lies and examines her. When Cassandra points the second gun at the protagonist, Abigail comes out of her coma. After leading Ben out of the room, Slate attacks him. When the latter points a weapon at Reilly's head and the latter in his mouth, they stop fighting.
Cassandra later agrees to Scarlet Spider's first proposal. Peter asks her to give Aunt June unlimited access to their safe. Slate fulfills the request.
The next day, the main character receives a phone call from his former secretary Rita Clarkson (616). Ben learns that his brother Scarlet Spider (Kaine Parker) (616) kidnapped Rita and began hunting him. Upon learning that Kaine entered the building of his old company "New You" (616), Reilly dispatches his cleansing squad there. During a conversation with Diva, Slate implants a tracking device in Peter's neck. After changing clothes, the main character goes to look for helpers to save Abigail.
Flying around the city, Ben meets Mandy again. Reilly sees that a band of robbers called the Web Spinners (616) is breaking into the casino. They include:

  • Friendly Neighbor (616)
  • guy dressed in a Scarlet Spider suit
  • guy dressed in Spider-man 2099 suit

Slate kills the Friendly Neighbor. After that, Peter attacks and defeats the first, after which he quickly takes the Web Spinners out of the casino. It turned out that these guys are Spider-Man fans and want to act like them. Ben tells the Web Spinners to stop doing this and flies away on the web.
A few hours later, the stripping squad informs Reilly that Kaine has dealt with them and went to Las Vegas after his soul. Entering his new office and putting on his suit, Peter waited for Kaine. Upon meeting him, the protagonist remembers his origins and Spider-Man (Peter Parker) (616). After that, Kaine attacks him, but Ben wins. After the conversation, the Scarlet Spiders announce a temporary truce.
A few days later, Reilly creates an experimental serum to slow the progression of Abigail's disease. If it doesn't work, then the girl will die in half an hour. After that, he injects her with serum.
While walking around the hotel, the main character encounters Marlo Chandler-Jones (616), who is the wife of Rick Jones (616). It turned out that she knows about Ben's secret identity. Once at the scene of someone's murder, Reilly and Marlo learn that it was purely random. Having learned who the shooters are and what they are traveling on, the main character tracks them. Finding psychopaths, Ben attacks them. Reilly shoots three bullets into one of the shooters and then breaks their pistols. Climbing onto the roof of a nearby building, the main character recalls the death of Uncle Ben (616). After that, he meets Jones again. Their conversation is interrupted by Kaine. It turned out that the serum finally killed Abigail. When Marlo touches Kaine, he dies. Ben tries to start Kaine's heart. Unfortunately, he doesn't succeed. It turned out that Chandler is Death (616). She tells Reilly that he is special. Also, Death tells the main character Thanos (616), an alternative future and its inhabitants, and also that her and Deadpool (616) love was just fun. Ben's peculiarity is that he died and was resurrected 26 times. This is a real record in the entire universe. When Reilly came to Cassandra, Abigail woke up thanks to Death. Having decided to show the main character something, Death tells him to close his eyes.
The action is transferred to the Realm of Death, the location of which is Earth 616. When he wakes up, Ben sees the souls of all beings on Earth 616. Reilly learns that his soul is badly damaged. According to Death, if the main character dies and resurrects again, the soul will split, and the mind will be mired in madness and evil. If Ben doesn't die, then his soul will be healed. After the conversation, Death tells Reilly to close his eyes again.
The action continues on the original Earth 616 in Las Vegas. When he wakes up, the main character asks Death to resurrect Kaine and Abigail. Death tells Ben to choose one. As a result, Reilly asks Death to kill him so that Kaine and Abigail are resurrected. Death refuses, after which the main character attacks her. Ben defeats her. Death laughs and with one kiss resurrects both, and also heals Reilly's body from degeneration. After that, Death disappears, and the main character goes to the casino. Arriving at Abigail's room, Ben realizes that she is alive.
The next day, Reilly, having slightly dyed her hair, tells Kaine about what happened. When Kaine begins to demand his reward, the protagonist puts him in his place. After the conversation, Kaine flies away on the web.
After the "Secret Empire" Ben, returning to the city, sees that most of it has been destroyed by the aircraft carriers of Hydra (616), led by Captain America (Steve Rogers) (61311), known as the Hydra Supreme (61311). Fortunately, the casino was not affected. After visiting Abigail, Reilly learns from Dr. Ryder (616) that she has approximately 2 weeks to live. Later, the main character learns about Dr. Sheldon Sanders (616), who is in Carson City (616). When Ben talks about this Diva, she kisses him. Upon learning that the food delivery workers working for Cassandra have been attacked, Reilly goes to the scene of the attack. Arriving there, the main character sees that the attacker is Hornet (616). Ben attacks Hornet. As a result, the Hornet paralyzes Reilly and throws him from a great height. Fortunately, Ricochet (Johnny Gallo) (616) saves the protagonist. When he wakes up, Ben learns about the Hornet (Eddie McDonough) (616). After the conversation, Slate appears unexpectedly to apologize to Reilly for killing the Friendly Neighbor. The protagonist learns that the Hornet was hired by Silas Thorne (616), the manager of the Royal Casino (616). After that, Ben and Johnny go in search of the impostor. Climbing onto the roof of a nearby building, Reilly glues Gallo to the roof with his web. After knocking out the ninja guard and putting on his costume, the main character gets into the enemy casino. Unfortunately, his operation is thwarted by the freed Ricochet. After that, the Hornet attacks them. Ben and Johnny defeat him. The hornet, using an unknown magical artifact and a spell, opens a portal from which tentacles crawl out. The heroes are joined by the unexpectedly appearing Dusk (Cassie St. Commons) (616). As a result, Cassie moves the creature to an unknown location. After that, Reilly flies away. Pretending to be a security guard and finding Silas, the protagonist brutally beats him.
The next day, Ben looks in the mirror and realizes that his face is degenerating again. After that, Reilly calls Death. She responds. It turned out that the degeneration was caused by the beating of Thorn. Also, the main character learns that Death once intervened in baseball, betting against his sister Infinity (616). After that, Death leaves. During a conversation with Cassandra, Ben learns that she knows his secret identity. Hearing the sounds of a struggle in Diva's room and changing clothes, Reilly bursts in there. The main character finds only Slate there. It turned out that the Dusk and the Prodigy (Ritchie Gilmore) (616) entered here and took Cassandra with them for 24 hours. If Ben doesn't go to the police and surrender, they'll kill Diva.
After much thought, Reilly goes to the police station. Being near him, the main character meets Kaine. It turned out that the second and Slate had managed to trace Cassandra's phone. After that Ben and Kaine go to Thorn's Theater (616). Penetrating there, Reilly realizes that Kaine has become invisible. The Scarlet Spiders also face the Black Marvel (616) and the new Slingers (616). It includes:

  • Ricochet
  • Hornet
  • Dusk
  • Prodigy

When the Black Marvel reveals Kaine, the Scarlet Spiders attack him and the Slingers. The Spiders see that the Black Marvel is actually a demon-twin, and the Hornet is Silas Burr (616), known as Cyber (616). Cassie destroys the Black Marvel and the others stop the Hornet.
Thanks to Dusk, the protagonist finds Quentin Beck (616), known as Mysterio (616). Disguised, Ben bursts into Quentin's apartment. After tying Beck up, Reilly begins interrogating him. It turned out that Quentin just wants to live a normal, happy life. Having gagged Beck with a web, the main character leaves.

To be continued...

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