Miles - Hit by vulture

Suddenly, a flash of white, an explosion of pain across my face. I go flying backwards and the ground knocks the wind out of me. The sky is spinning, with stars. Stars! Which I haven’t seen in forever because of the smog. I can smell blood.

“You’ll undo none of my masterpiece!” comes the familiar voice of Vulture. I peel myself up off the floor just enough to see Peter jumping up and leaping at Vulture.

“Thought I left you where you belong,” exclaims Peter, just as Vulture swipes his claws through Peter’s webbing. But Peter’s ready with another thwip as he sails through the air around Vulture.

Everything in my body is screaming at me to shut my eyes and hold my head, and wait for these stars I’m seeing to disappear. My head hurts. Everything hurts. For an old man, that Vulture guy has a mean right hook. I see flashes of red spandex and green metal, and even some yellow jetpack flames, and by the time I focus my vision on what’s happening, I hear Peter making choking sounds.

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Chapter 17