Parker Episode 2: The Outsiders

The Outsiders is the second episode of the first season of the television series Marvel's Spider-Man: Parker. The second episode focuses on Peter's survival after banishing himself to the wilderness.

Summary
The episode begins with Peter awakening to the sound of metal and metal. He gets to his feet - just as he anticipated, he stands in the middle of the same forest. It is daytime now, and Peter searches for the source of the noise.

Sitting on a log is an elder aboriginal man in grey robes sharpening a sword. On his back is the symbol of a spider. Peter asks the man who he is.

"Spider." The man says. "I am the Spider."

Peter learns more information: the man is a lone survivor, a warrior banished to the forests of Arachne at a young age. The man has been defending his tribe from evil since he was twenty years old. It is revealed that the Outsiders have really been terrorizing his people for over a decade. Spider feeds Peter cooked meat and gives him a good shelter.

In the middle of the night, the two are ambushed by a legion of Outsiders. Spider is killed in the fight, but Peter manages to flee the scene. In his final moments, Spider makes Peter promise to take his cloaks and become the leader of the Spider Tribe. Peter reluctantly agrees, but leaves the cloaks behind. He just wants to return home.

Peter finds cover behind Spider's shelter. He scales a tree with his bare hands, sticking to the skies as he defeats the sinister army. He defeats Blaze, sending him flying into a bush of thorns. Peter wanders through the forest for several days before coming across the Spider Tribe. They take him in, and Peter discovers that the Spiders live in underground tunnels forgotten by the city of New York. He also meets Spider's daughter, Arachne, who was named after the forest itself.

Suddenly, the Outsiders attack again, wiping out the Spider's civilization and murdering the survivors. One Outsider with a flamethrower burns the forest. Peter and Arachne barely escape with their lives. They dash through the forest, outrunning the raging fire behind them. The two discover a giant landing platform in a field, and jump in an Oscorp helicopter. They manage to fly the copter, but Arachne is shot by a Outsider guard in the distance. Peter attempts to escape, but crashes the plane in the forest, jumping out at the last second. Landing in a heaping pile of mud, Peter is knocked unconscious.

Several days later, Peter awakens in a hospital with Aunt May and Uncle Ben by his side. He is told that he was rescued by a band of Oscorp workers attempting to protect the Spider Tribe. Oscorp is being praised by the media for their rescue of Peter, much to the boy's disgust. He knows the truth, and so do the Outsiders.

Once he recovers from his injuries, Peter storms to Oscorp Tower, furious at Norman Osborn for dispatching the Outsiders and destroying an entire civilization. Osborn tells Peter not to worry, and that survival of the fittest is essential to the survival of the human race. Peter vows to destroy the Outsiders while Norman simply laughs.

"I think that in time, you will find that you underestimate me." Peter says.

Once Peter returns to school, he acquires unwanted attention. Swarmed by students and teachers alike, he is questioned about his time as a runaway and survivor. Peter cries, and storms out of the school sobbing. He