Miles - Mach 1, Bulletproof Boots

“That wasn’t in the How-to-Spider-Man handbook,” I whisper to myself as they lunge at me again. This time, I catch my web on the wall across the way and hurl myself off the building, keeping level with the top. I feel the air on my face as I spin around mid-air and hook a second web onto the same ledge. Then, the soles of my feet fly forward, and I turn into a 110-pound feet-first cannonball that just entered Mach 1.

WHAM!

They fly backward, head-first off the edge, but their claws catch them just before they can fall all the way off. I hear a shattering of glass below them, and a tinkling of glass pieces tumbling down the side of the building. I can’t imagine iron boots make for a soft impact against windows, and I smirk, grateful my feet are limber inside these sleek shoes of mine. They’re as light as water shoes, but as strong as Kevlar.

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Chapter 7