Preview for my drafted story: Black Knight

EVERYTHING WAS FINE TO THE SMALL GRAY FAMILY THAT LIVED A QUAINT, SIMPLE LIFE IN THEIR HUMBLE APARTMENT. IT WAS A LIFE LED BY HAPPINESS AND CHARITY, WITH THEIR FAMILY MOTTO BEING "NEGATIVE THOUGHTS ARE ONLY A SHADOW WISHING TO BE POSITIVE."

THEY LIVED BY THIS COMMAND, ALMOST AS IF GRANDMOTHER GRAY - THE ORIGINATOR OF SAID SAYING - WAS THERE TO EMBRACE IT HERSELF, RATHER THAN PASS IT DOWN TO HER SON.

THE FAMILY OF THREE WAS SMALL, YES, BUT THAT WAS ALL THEY NEEDED. WITH TWO BEAUTIFUL LITTLE GIRLS AND A FATHER WHO DEDICATED HIS LIFE TO SEE A SILE ALWAYS ON HIS DAUGHTER'S LIPS, THEY WERE THE PICTURE PERFECT FAMILY, EVEN IF THEY WERE MISSING A DEAR MOTHER THAT PASSED AWAY SHORTLY AFTER THE BIRTH OF THE YOUNGEST DAUGHTER CARSON.

BUT EVEN STILL, THEY WERE COMPLETE, AND THEY FELT THAT WAY. NO MATTER THE TIME OR PLACE THEY COULD LAUGH OVER A SILLY JOKE THEIR FATHER SAID, OR EVEN CRY AT A SAD MOVIE PLAYING ON A SCREEN.

BUT JUST LIKE THE MOVIES, ALL IT TAKES IS ONE BLIP IN THE WORLD TO CRASH ALL HOPES AND ALL DREAMS AND ALL SPIRITS. IT WAS THIS THAT ABRUPTLY HALTED THE FANTASTIC LIFE OF THE GRAY HOUSEHOLD. IT WAS THIS THAT MADE COMING HOME TO WHAT USED TO BE A WELCOMING ABODE A TRAVESTY THAT MADE PAXTON WISH SHE COULD STAY AWAY FROM.

FUTHERMORE, IT WAS THIS THAT MADE PAXTON GRAY LOATHE THE RUTHLESS, CONNIVING, INCONSIDERATE SPIDER-BOY TEN TIMES MORE THAN THE SICKNESS THAT KILLED HER MOTHER. THE CANCER THAT CORRUPTED JULIA GRAY TOOK OVER THE WOMAN SO MUCH SO THAT SHE DIED WITH NO CHANCE OF SAVING. BUT THE ACTIONS OF SPIDER-MAN TOOK AWAY SOMETHING FROM THE GRAY FAMILY PIECE BY PIECE UNTIL THE ONLY THING LEFT WAS SKIN AND BONE WITH FRAGMENTS OF HAPPINESS SHINING THROUGH.

SPIDER-MAN RUINED THE FAMILY PAXTON GRAY LIVED SO WONDERFULLY, AND SHE WAS GOING TO REPAY THE GIFT HE HAD GRANTED HER IF IT WAS THE LAST THING SHE EVER HAD THE CHANCE OF WITNESSING.

IT WAS TIME FOR SPIDER-MAN TO MEET HIS MATCH.

AND THE RESULT WOULD BE AS BLACK AS NIGHT.

Cast:

BREC BASSINGER / PAXTON GRAY
❝WE MIGHT AS WELL INVENT A ROBOT TO DESTROY SPIDER-MAN. HEY, WAIT, THAT'S NOT A BAD IDEA! GIVE ME THAT WRENCH!❞

COY STEWART / TROY LEWIS
❝HE SHOOTS WEBS OUT OF HIS HANDS AND WEARS A SUIT THAT OUTLINES HIS ASS, I DON'T THINK THE BLUEPRINT WILL BE TOO HARD❞

KYLIE ROGERS / CARSON GRAY
❝I'M GOING TO BE THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, PAX! YOU AND TROY AND DADDY CAN COME LIVE IN MY WHITE HOUSE, TOO!❞

BRADLEY COOPER / BRYSON GRAY
❝WE'RE THE GRAY'S. WE CAN DO ANYTHING AS LONG AS WE'RE TOGETHER, YOU HEAR?❞

TOM HOLLAND / PETER PARKER
❝THIS ISN'T WHO WE REALLY ARE, PAXTON. AND YOU KNOW IT, TOO❞

SMHC / SMHC

My plan for Black Knight:

[ EVERY DAY HER BEST FRIEND ENTERS THROUGH HER WINDOW BEFORE SCHOOL ]

[ SHE IS A VILLAIN AND NEARLY KILLS THE MEN WHO ARE DRUNK BECAUSE THEY ALMOST KILLED HER BROTHER ]

EVERYWHERE IS SAYS BROTHER IN HERE SHOULD REALLY BE SISTER!!
SHE IS CALLED BLACK KNIGHT BY PEOPLE IN QUEENS

SHE DOESN'T HURT OTHER PEOPLE UNLESS THEY ARE IN HER WAY OF HURTING SPIDERMAN

BROTHER IS PARALYZED BECAUSE OF A DRUNK DRIVER. SPIDERMAN SAVED PAXTON BUT NOT HER BROTHER SO SHE BLAMES SPIDERMAN FOR HER BROTHER NEVER BEING ABLE TO WALK AGAIN. [ PROLOGUE ]

FAMILY DINNER WITH PAX, HER BROTHER, AND HER FATHER AND ALL ARE TALKING ABOUT THE ODD BEACHFRONT MISHAP WITH SPIDER-MAN AND ADRIAN TOOME'S FROM A MONTH AGO. PAX NARROWS HER EYES AS HER FATHER EXPLAINS THE SITUATION AND SHE LOOKS AT HER BROTHER WHO IS HAPPILY EATING HIS FOOD. SHE SAYS 'DAD, SPIDERMAN IS AT FAULT FOR WHAT HAPPENED TO OUR FAMILY.' AND HE SAYS 'MAYBE SO' BEFORE SHRUGGING AND RUFFLING HER BROTHER'S HAIR. THE NEXT MORNING, TROY JUMPS THROUGH HER FIRE ESCAPE AND THEY GO TO SCHOOL. WHILE THEY'RE THERE THEY ARE WALKING THE HALLS AND PAX SAYS 'DAD TALKED ABOUT SPIDERMAN LAST NIGHT' AND TROY SAYS 'HOW DID THAT GO?' AND SHE SCOFFS. SHE SAYS I HATE THAT MAN WITH MY ENTIRE BEING.' AND PETER OVERHEARS BUT DOESN'T SAY ANYTHING, HE JUST WATCHES HER MOVE ON AND HE NOTICES THAT THAT'S THE GIRL HE SAVED FROM A CAR ACCIDENT BUT DIDN'T SAVE HER BROTHER.

AUNT MAY AND PETER ARE WALKING UP THE STAIRS AFTER GETTING GROCERIES AND THEY SEE TROY, PAX, AND HER BROTHER PLAYING FOOTBALL IN THE FLOOR LOBBY AND PAX IS HOLDING HER BROTHER IN HER LAP AND HELPING HIM LEAN TO CATCH THE BALL. MAY SMILES AND SAYS 'POOR BOY. IT'S ONLY BEEN FIVE MONTHS.' AND PETER FROWNS BUT THEN GIVES THE BOY A LITTLE WAVE AND HIS FACE LIGHTS UP. PAX LOOKS AT WHERE HER BROTHER IS GIGGLING AND SEES HIM WAVING TO PETER AND SHE SMILES AT HIM IN APPRECIATION.

ONE DAY THEY ARE IN SCHOOL AND PAXTON IS WAITING FOR HER DAD TO TEXT HER ABOUT HER BROTHER'S DOCTOR APPOINTMENT AND SHE GETS A TEXT AND STARTS TO TEAR UP. HER BEST FRIEND ASKS WHAT IS WRONG AND SHE SAYS I HATE SPIDERMAN. I HATE HIM SO MUCH. BECAUSE OF HIM MY BROTHER WILL NEVER WALK AGAIN. PETER AND NED OVERHEAR AND PETER FEELS BAD AND HER BEST FRIEND AGREES WITH HER AND SUCH.

SHE LIVES ACROSS THE HALL FROM PETER AND DOWNSTAIRS FROM HER BEST FRIEND AND THEY WALK TOGETHER every day. ONE DAY THEY COME HOME TO HEAR HER BROTHER LAUGHING AND SCREAMING AND THEY RUN UPSTAIRS SHOUTING HIS NAME ONLY TO FIND HIM PLAYING CATCH WITH PETER PARKER. PETER IS PLAYING WITH HIM BECAUSE HE FEELS BAD ABOUT NOT SAVING HIM SOONER AND HER BROTHER SAYS THIS IS MY NEW FRIEND, PETER. PAXTON SIGHS IN RELIEF AND SAYS 'HI, PETE' AND HE SAYS HI AND THEY TALK WHILE HER BEST FRIEND PLAYS WITH HER BROTHER.

THEY ARE TALKING IN SCHOOL AND PAXTON TELLS HER BEST FRIEND THAT SPIDERMAN IS THE REASON FOR ALL THIS TROUBLE AND SOMEONE NEEDS TO PUT HIM IN PLACE. HER BEST FRIEND SUGGESTS SHE DO IT AND SAYS YOU'VE BEEN TAKING BOXING LESSONS AND SHE SAYS, YOU KNOW WHAT, I WILL. LET'S DO IT. SO THEY DECIDE TO GIVE HER AN ALTER EGO AND COME UP WITH A PLAN ON TAKING SPIDERMAN DOWN. PAXTON ENGINEERS WEAPONS IN CLASS WHILE HER BEST FRIEND GETS WORKING ON THE COSTUME.

HER BEST FRIEND DESIGNS HER OUTFIT AND SHE GOES OUT ONE NIGHT AND FOLLOWS WHERE HE TELLS HER TO GO. SHE SEES SPIDERMAN AFTER HE STOPPED A BANK ROBBERY AND SHE USES HER SONIC BLASTER THAT SHE ENGINEERED CLASS TO BLAST HIM TEN FEET AWAY. HE IS CONFUSED AND FIGHTS HER, AND SHE WINS AND LEAVES HIM ON THE GROUND IN CONFUSION. SHE GOES HOME AND THE NEXT DAY HER BROTHER SAYS LOOK, SPIDERMAN HAS A NEW ENEMY. AND SHE SAYS ALL HE HAD TO DO WAS SAVE YOU, BUD. AND HE COULDN'T EVEN DO THAT. MAYBE HE DESERVES THIS.

AT SCHOOL ONE DAY IN THEIR ENGINEERING AND ROBOTICS CLASS AND THE AFTERNOON ANNOUNCEMENTS COME ON AND SAY THAT TROY CARLSON AND PAXTON BLAH WILL BE REPRESENTING MIDTOWN AT THE ANNUAL ENGINEERING CONFERENCE IN PITTSBURG THIS YEAR. THE TWO ARE SURPRISED AND GIVE EACH OTHER HUGS WHILE EVERYONE CONGRATULATES THEM. SHE GOES HOME THAT NIGHT AND TELLS HE FAMILY AND THEY ARE HAPPY FOR HER AND THEN SHE FINDS A LETTER UNDER HER FRONT DOOR FROM PETER SAYING GREAT JOB, YOU DESERVED IT. SHE SMILES AND SLIDES A THANK YOU NOT UNDER HIS DOOR BEFORE GOING OUT.

HER AND PETER START HANGING OUT MORE AND HE GOES TO THE PARK WITH HER AND HER BROTHER WHEN HER BEST FRIEND IS BUSY. THEY TALK AND HANG OUT THERE.

PETER ASKS HER ON A DATE AND SHE AGREES, HE SAYS WHERE DO YOU WANT TO GO TO DINNER, MY TREAT. AND SHE SAYS 'NO COME ON, I DON'T LIKE PEOPLE SPENDING MONEY ON ME. HOW ABOUT WE COMPROMISE?' AND HE ASKS WHAT DO YOU SUGGEST AND SHE SAYS 'HOW ABOUT I MAKE A PICNIC AND WE MEET AT THE PARK?' AND PETER AGREES. THEY GO TO THE PARK THE NEXT FEW NIGHTS AND HAVE THEIR DATE THERE AND IT'S FUN. THE NEXT DAY SHE IS WORKING HARD DURING LUNCH WITH TROY AND THE ARE ARGUING OVER THE BEST WAY TO MAKE THEIR ROBOT AND ITS COMMANDS. PETER AND NED WATCH THE TWO SHOUT AT EACH OTHER AND PAX IS SO STRESSED THAT SHE DOESN'T EAT LUNCH EVEN THOUGH PETER AND TROY TRY TO GET HER TO. AT HOME PETER KNOCKS ON HER DOOR AND SHE COMES OUT WITH A SENILE ON HER FACE AND THEY GO ON A WALK AND TALK ABOUT HER STRESSES AND SHE TELLS HIM ABOUT THE COMPETITION AND SHE IS NERVOUS THAT SHE DOESN'T HAVE WHAT IT TAKES AND PETER ASSURES HER SHE IS THE BEST ENGINEER AT MIDTOWN.

SHE CONTINUES TO GO OUT AND FIGHT HIM EVERY COUPLE NIGHTS AND HE HAS NO IDEA WHO SHE IS. PEOPLE START TO CALL HER A VILLAIN AND SHE DOESN'T OBJECT. HER AND HER BEST FRIEND ARE PROUD OF THEMSELVES FOR PUTTING SPIDERMAN IN HIS PLACE. SHE GOES TO SCHOOL AND HOLDS HANDS WITH PETER IN THE HALLWAY AND THEN GOES TO DINNER AT HIS APARTMENT THAT NIGHT.

SHE IS AT LUNCH WITH TROY AND PETER AND NED AND PETER IS SITTING NEXT TO HER AND HOLDING HER HAND. TORY LOOKS AT HER AND MOTIONS TO PULL DOWN HER SLEEVE BECAUSE SHE IS SHOWING BRUISES SO SHE DOES. THEN HER AND TROY LAUNCH INTO A BIG-ASS ARGUMENT OVER WHO IS NEXT TO DIE IN GREY'S ANATOMY. PETER AND HER ARE WATCHING A STAR WARS MOVIE IN HER ROOM.

TROY AND PAX HANG OUT AT AN ENGINEERING CONVENTION AND THEY MARVEL OVER THE CREATIONS. THEN THEY PRESENT THEIR OWN AND WIN THE ENGINEERING COMPETITION FOR MIDTOWN. SHE GOES TO SCHOOL THE NEXT DAY AND HER AND TROY ARE CONGRATULATED. PETER HUGS AND KISSES HER IN CONGRATULATIONS AND SHE IS HAPPY.

PAX AND PETER ARE MAKING OUT IN HIS APARTMENT WHEN THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO BE STUDYING FOR A TEST. SHE GOES TO SCHOOL THE NEXT MORNING AND IS EXHAUSTED FROM HER LATE NIGHT DRUNK HUNT. ALSO WRITE ABOUT THAT NIGHT AFTER HER SESSION WITH PETER AND HOW SHE WENT OUT AND BEAT UP THREE DRUNK MEN TO A PULP AND SPIDER-MAN GOT ANGRY AT HER BUT SHE DISAPPEARED BEFORE HE SAID ANYTHING.

ONE DAY, PAXTON AS THE BLACK KNIGHT, IS ABOUT TO FALL OFF A ROOF AFTER SOME ODD ENERGY ( OR SOMETHING ELSE IDK ) PUSHES HER BACK AND HER OPPONENT SPIDERMAN GRABS HER. SHE YELLS TO LET HER FALL AND WONDERS WHY HE IS TRYING TO SAVE HER AND HE TELLS HER HE SAVES PEOPLE. HE PULLS HER UP AND SHE STARES AT HIM FOR A MINUTE AND HE DOES THE SAME. AT THE SAME TIME THEY ASK 'WHO ARE YOU' AND THEY BOTH PULL DOWN THEIR HOODS. THEY BOTH GASP AND SHE SHAKES HER HEAD, YELLING 'I LET YOU GET CLOSE TO MY BROTHER AFTER HE ALMOST DIED BECAUSE OF YOU!' AND HE YELLS BACK THAT HE TRIED TO SAVE THEM BOTH BUT HE COULDN'T DO IT. HE TRIES TO TELL HER THAT SHE DOESN'T HAVE TO DO THIS. HE SAYS YOU CAN BE GOOD. WE CAN BE A TEAM, PAX. I'M NOT GOING TO BE MAD AT YOU FOR FIGHTING ME, OKAY? YOU CAN CHOOSE THE RIGHT SIDE. AND SHE SHOUTS BACK THAT SHE IS DOING WHAT'S RIGHT. 'I AM KEEPING PEOPLE AWAY FROM YOU!' AND THEN SHE DISAPPEARS.

THE NEXT DAYS AT SCHOOL ARE AWKWARD BECAUSE PETER KNOWS THERE IS A VILLAIN IN THE STREETS BUT HE CAN'T TELL ANYONE AND SHE KNOWS HE IS SPIDERMAN BUT CAN'T TELL ANYONE.

SHE GOES OUT AGAIN ONE NIGHT AND FINDS HIM ON A ROOFTOP AND SHE BLASTS HIM AWAY WITH HER SIREN. HE STANDS UP AND SAYS I DON'T WANT TO HURT YOU, AND SHE SAYS YOU SHOULD'VE THOUGHT OF THAT WHEN YOU SAVED THE WRONG PERSON. I SHOULD'VE BEEN THE ONE WHO WAS LEFT PARALYZED, NOT MY BROTHER. HE HAD A FUTURE, A GOOD ONE. AND NOW HE CAN'T EVEN TAKE A BATH BY HIMSELF. HE SAYS THAT IT SOUNDS LIKE SHE BLAMES HERSELF AND NOT HIM, AND THAT IT'S NORMAL TO FIND A SOURCE FOR YOUR ANGER, BUT NOT WHEN IT'S HURTING OTHER PEOPLE. HE ASKS HER TO THINK ABOUT WHAT SHE'S DOING ONE MORE TIME AND SHE SAYS I KNOW WELL WHAT I AM DOING. I AM STANDING AGAINST THOSE WHO RUINED MY BROTHER'S FUTURE. THEN SHE BLASTS HIM AWAY AGAIN BEFORE HE HAS THE CHANCE TO SAY ANYTHING ELSE. FROM ATOP THE BUILDING, PATON SHOUTS THAT NEXT TIME, SHE WON'T STOP THERE, AND THEN SHE DISAPPEARS WITH PETER GASPING FOR AIR.

SHE IS WALKING THE HALLS WITH HER BEST FRIEND AND TALKING ABOUT HER BROTHER AND HOW THE PARK WAS FUN WHEN PETER STORMS UP TO HER AND GRABS HER WRIST TO DRAG HER INTO AN EMPTY CLASSROOM. HER BEST FRIEND SHOUTS 'WHAT THE HELL, PARKER?' BEFORE REALIZING THAT SPIDERMAN IS GOING TO HAVE A TALKING TO WITH PAXTON. HE DRAGS PAXTON IN AND SHE ROLLS HER EYES, FOLDING HER ARMS ACROSS HER CHEST. HE SAYS 'THIS HAS GONE TOO FAR, PAX. I WANT THE OLD YOU BACK. I WANT THE YOU THAT WOULD PLAY BALL IN THE LOBBY FOR HOURS ON END INSTEAD OF WORRYING WHERE I WOULD BE AT NIGHT SO YOU COULD KILL MY EARDRUMS WITH YOUR STUPID SONIC BLASTER THING. I WANT THE YOU THAT INSTEAD OF WANTING ME TO TAKE YOU TO DINNER, YOU WANTED TO MAKE ME A PICNIC AND SIT IN THE GRASS BECAUSE YOU HATED PEOPLE SPENDING MONEY ON YOU. I WANT THE YOU THAT WOULD ARGUE WITH TROY FOR THE WHOLE LUNCH PERIOD ABOUT WHO THE PRODUCER OF GREY'S ANATOMY WAS GOING TO KILL OFF NEXT. WHAT HAPPENED TO THAT PAXTON GRAY? HUH?' SHE RESPONDS WITH 'I DON'T KNOW, PETER.' AND THEN WALKS OUT WITH PETER REACHING FOR HER BUT IT'S TOO LATE.

IS POSSIBLE FOR TONY STARK TO SEND SUPPLIES NEEDED FOR TROY TO BUILD SOME SORT OF SYSTEM FOR SISTER TO WALK

PAXTON IS SITTING ON HER BALCONY WITH TEARS IN HER EYES AND HER BEST FRIEND IS AT AN AFTERSCHOOLMEETING SO E DOESN'T KNOW ANY OF THIS. HER LEGS ARE DANGLING OVER THE EDGE AND SHE IS CRYING. PETER SWOOPS IN NEXT TO HER AND SAYS 'OKAY, THIS IS IT, PAXTON. WE NEED TO TALK.' AND SHE SHAKES HER HEAD AND SAYS 'IT'S OVER PETER. YOU WON, ALRIGHT? SPIDERMAN WON.' AND HE PULLS OFF HIS MASK AND THEN CROUCHES ON THE FIRE ESCAPE, LEANING OVER THE SIDE. HE SEES HER CRYING AND ASKS 'WHAT'S WRONG?' AND SHE LOOKS AT THE SKY AND SOBS, '( LITTLE BROTHER ) WAS ADMITTED INTO THE HOSPITAL AN HOUR AGO,' SHE TOLD HIM. 'HE HAD A SEIZURE,' SHE ADDED. 'GOD, WHY AM I SO STUPID? I COULDN'T EVEN SEE IT COMING. I'VE BEEN OUT FIGHTING YOU BECAUSE OF MY OWN STUPID GRUDGE THAT I DIDN'T EVEN REALIZE HE NEEDED ME.' SHE CONTINUES TO CRY AND PETER KNEELS BY HER SIDE AND PLACES A HAND ON HER SHOULDER, 'IT WASN'T A STUPID GRUDE, PAX. IT MADE SENSE. I SHOULD HAVE SAVED HIM, TOO. NOT JUST YOU. SO IT'S MY FAULT YOU FELT THAT YOU NEEDED TO PUT ME IN MY PLACE.' SHE SHAKES HER HEAD, 'DON'T TAKE AWAY MY BLAME, PETE. I'M A HORRIBLE PERSON, OKAY? I-I JUST, I WANTED TO DO IT FOR HIM. I NEVER MEANT FOR IT TO GO THIS FAR. I WANTED TO PROVE A POINT, AND BECAUSE OF MY HATE, AND MY NEED TO BE RIGHT, MY BROTHER COULD BE DEAD.' PETER TRIES TO ARGUE WITH HER BUT SHE CONTINUES TO TELL HIM IT'S HER FAULT AND THAT SHE'S SORRY FOR ALL OF THIS. 'I REALIZED WHEN THEY WERE ROLLING HIM AWAY, THAT I WANT TO BE GOOD. I WANT TO USE MY STRENGTHS TO HELP PEOPLE, AND HELP YOU, PETER. BUT I'VE DONE SO MUCH WRONG THAT AT THIS POINT IT'S NOT WORTH IT. IT'S OVER, PETE. YOU WON.' AFTER SHE SAYS THIS SHE GOES BACK INSIDE AND SHUTS THE WINDOW WITH PETER BANGING ON IT TO OPEN UP AND TALK. BUT SHE LEAVES THE ROOM AND SINKS TO HER KNEES ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE DOOR WHILE SOBBING.