Spider-Man: Arkham Island
by Gunman

Disclaimer: I do not own Spider-Man, Evangelion, Marvel comics, DC comics, or their characters.

Summary: Spider-Man and Super Soldier are teleported to Arkham Island to face off against an army of criminals and psychos to save the lives of several female hostages.

Idea from DragonMaster4872.

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Chapter 1
Captured

(Queens, New York City)

"For some reason I want to blame you for this." Shinji 'Super Soldier' Ikari groaned as he was crouched behind the half-destroyed car.

"What did I do?" Peter 'Spider-Man' Parker asked innocently next to his friend.

"Well, they are YOUR enemies!" the blue-garbed shield wielder, dressed in Captain America's old SHIELD mission suit, complete with blue and silver shield, said.

"It's not like I asked them to be my enemies!" the red and blue garbed webslinger said.

"Not like anyone else wanted them."

"I HEARD THAT!" Green Goblin shouted as he hurled another pumpkin bomb at the car.

The pair of heroes leapt away from the car as it exploded.

"Little hot under the collar, Gobby?" Spider-Man shouted. "I didn't know you missed me so much!" He teased his foe.

"Not as hot as you're going to be." Green Goblin shouted as he hurled several more bombs at the web-slinger. But not at him.

"What?" he gasped as the bombs exploded around him, releasing a suffocating cloud of smoke and gas around him.

NO! He's trying to box me in! Spider-Man gasped as the gas surrounded him. I gotta get out of here!

"It's a special toxic gas that I've made up just for you. Filled with spidercide serum as well." Green Goblin cackled.

Damn! He knows me too well! Spider-Man thought as his spider-sense was flaring up left and right.

He suddenly heard something soaring towards him. He turned around just in time to see the orange-garbed Hobgoblin flying on his glider towards him.

"I've got a new toy to play with! Try this on for size, hero! Inferno Grenade!" he shouted as he hurled a new type of bomb that he had never seen before, at the spider-hero.

Super Soldier suddenly sprinted from out of nowhere and hurled his shield at the grenade, striking it and sending it flying passed Hobgoblin, who cried out in shock and surprise.

"What?!" Hobgoblin gasped.

The blast lit up the sky like a hundred industrial fireworks all exploded at once. The heat rained down up the two who were closest to the blast. Namely, Hobgoblin and Green Goblin.

"AAAAHHHH! You Idiot! You had the perfect chance to kill the wall-crawler!" Green Goblin shouted as he tried to shield himself from the intense heat.

Super Soldier hurled his shield and struck the underside of Hobgoblins glider, causing him to hurl out of control and crash into Green Goblins glider.

The pair of goblins crashed into the ground as their gliders crashed and exploded only a few meters away from them.

(Cough, Cough!) Spider-Man gasped and wheezed as Super Soldier helped him to stand.

"You okay, Spider?" Super Soldier asked.

"Yeah. I'll be fine, once my lungs air out. Super spider healing has it's advantages." Spider-Man gasped.

"Can't say Logan's gonna be jealous." Super Soldier said.

"He's just upset that he doesn't have the monopoly anymore." Spidey said.

"Between Sensei Rogers, Victor, Wade, Vanessa, Curt Conners, Hannibal King, Blade, Laura and Daken, and of course the Hulk..."

"I know, right? It's like we're not special anymore."

"Are you two done yammering?" Green Goblin groaned as he and Hobgoblin stood not a few meters from the two heroes.

"You destroyed our gliders!" Hobgoblin shouted in anger. "We'll kill you for that!"

"You'd kill us for a Klondike bar!" Super Soldier said.

"Hey! I do the jokes around here!" Spider-Man said as he slapped his partners in chest.

"You are a joke, webhead!" Hobgoblin said.

"You look like one!" Spider-Man retorted.

"You may have destroyed our gliders, and evaded our carefully laid trap, but you won't defeat both of us!" Green Goblin growled.

"Uh... you guys are just barely holding together. So, what's your ultimate plan to win here?" Spider-Man asked.

"We have this!" Hobgoblin said as he pulled out something behind his back.

Spider-Man and Super Soldier looked at Hobgoblin and gasped when they saw he had a remote detonator.

"OH! You've got a garage door opener?" Spider-Man chortled.

"It's A Detonator, Web-Head! I've laid bombs all over the sewer systems of this neighborhood. One push of this button... and the whole place goes up like a roman candle!" Hobgoblin said.

"Surrender peacefully... and we'll spare this neighborhood and it's pathetic citizenry." Green Goblin said.

"Uh... okay. Go a head." Spider-Man said with a carefree shrug.

"What?" Hobgoblin gasped in shock

"Are you serious?" Green Goblin gasped.

"You mean you'd allow all these innocent people to die? Just like that?" Hobgoblin asked.

"What innocent people? You do realize that the neighborhood we're standing in... is deserted, right?" Spider-Man asked.

"Huh?" Hobgoblin asked.

"What?" Green Goblin asked.

"This neighborhood, from 11th Street down to 8th Street, is nothing but a bunch of condemned buildings and empty warehouses." Super Soldier said.

"It's actually been deserted since you've been trying to kill us. Even the homeless ran away." Spidey said.

"You might actually be doing the city a favor by demolishing it." the soldier said.

It was then that Hobgoblin and Green Goblin looked around, not seeing anyone but the four of them.

That was when Super Soldier hurled his shield and smashed the detonator pieces.

"AHHHH! My Hand!" Hobgoblin shouted in pain as he held his hand.

"The Detonator!" Green Goblin shouted.

"You're Finished, Goblins!" Spider-Man shouted as both he and Super Soldier rushed them.

"I'm gonna kill you with my bare hands, Parker!" Green Goblin shouted as he raced at the webslinger.

"Never gonna happen, Osborn!" Spidey replied.

Green Goblin growled as he threw punch after punch at Spider-Man, only for his attacks to be deflected with ease and precision.

"What?" Goblin gasped.

"Like it? It's nice to have friends who are martial arts masters." Spidey laughed.

Spider-Man lunged in and punched, hit, chopped and struck at the Goblins neck, chest, arms and his knees. The points on his body he had hit were affecting Goblins nerve and muscles, despite that he was enhanced.

"Uh... what... how...?" Green Goblin gasped, feeling himself unable to move.

"Just a little thing my Ex taught me." he said, thinking of Felicia Hardy, the Black Cat.

Meanwhile...

Super Soldier leapt into the air and kicked the orange-clad villain in the chest, sending him stumbling backwards a few feet. However, he didn't press his attack.

"What? One kick? That's all you got?" Hobgoblin asked.

"No. You're right where I want you." Super Soldier said with a smile.

"Want me? What are you..." he asked, not hearing the whistling the sound approaching him.

CLANG!

"Ohhhhh..." Hobgoblin groaned as the blue and silver shield struck him from behind, and caused him to fall flat on his face.

"And, that's the end of that." he said as he held out his arm and caught his flying shield as it came back around to him.

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(Meanwhile, in a secret location...)

The large man wearing the black-rimmed red-lense glasses grinned maliciously as he stared at the monitors. The images of Super Soldier and Spider-Man battling the Hobgoblin and Green Goblin were causing his already wide grin to increase.

"Hmm. Yes. Yes. Perfect." he grinned as he turned towards a figure cloaked in shadow. "You were right. They will be perfect my experiment. Can you bring them here?"

The figure nodded before vanishing completely.

The man turned towards the monitor and grinned evilly.

"Yes. Soon, my experiment will commence."

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As the two Goblin-garbed villains were being carted off by the medics, under watchful eye of the police, the Japanese super soldier and the Queens-borne arachnid hero just looked on from a nearby rooftop.

"You know, it's a good thing they don't know how to work together. They might have had us." Super Soldier said.

"Yeah. Villains are like that." Spider-Man said. "Least mine are. The Sinister Six would have been the death of me if they weren't so personally motivated to kill me."

"Still, that bluff was risky." Super Soldier said. "Letting them think that the WHOLE neighborhood was deserted."

Spider-Man hung his head as his friend said that.

"Yeah. I know. But these old buildings haven't seen a fresh coat of paint or spackle in years. Figured they wouldn't look too closely. Or care, for that matter."

"Care or not, they probably would have triggered the bombs anyway if I hadn't destroyed Hobgoblins detonator."

"Yeah. Great shot, by the way. And nice playing along, too."

"Thanks, but... I hope you're not getting reckless like Johnny Storm was."

Spider-Man looked at his friend and partner and sighed.

Johnny Storm, a.k.a. the Human Torch, had always been hot-headed and impulsive. It had landed him in trouble hundreds of times. Made him more enemies than anyone else in the Fantastic Four. It had also lead him to dying in a bid to save the universe.

He had been one of Peter's best friends, which was the reason he had given Peter his place on the team in the event of his death. But that was a lifetime ago, and the Future Foundation was steadily growing into a force for good in the world.

Suddenly, Spider-Mans spider-sense went crazy.

"What the..." he gasped, looking around as a giant shadow appeared behind them and swallowed them whole.

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Shinji and Peter groaned as they looked around, finding themselves in a strange place.

It looked like a large prison area, three different levels with glass doors on every cell and a central command center at the far end that overlooked the central hub. There were also numerous television monitors and speakers covering the area.

The place had a high-tech look to it, but the walls and floors were covered in a thin layer of grim and mold. As if the place hadn't been maintained for a while.

"Where are we?" Super Soldier asked

"Some sort of prison facility. This doesn't look like Strykers." Spider-Man said.

("You Are Correct!") a voice boomed over the loud speakers.

The two heroes looked up and saw a digitized face appear on the monitors all around the prison area. Actually, what they saw was a pair of thick red-lense glasses

("Welcome, My Test Subjects, To Arkham Island!")

"Test Subjects?" Spider-Man asked.

"Arkham Island?" Super Soldier asked.

("Yes. After Arkham City Was Decommissioned, The City Council Of Gotham Decided To Rebuild Arkham Asylum On This Island Within Gotham Bay.")

"We're in Gotham?" Super Soldier asked.

"Sort of." Spider-Man said.

"Who are you?" Super Soldier asked the monitors.

("Oh? You Don't Recognize Me?") the voice said as he stepped back from the monitor to reveal his full face.

"Hugo Strange?!" Spider-Man gasped. "I thought you were dead!"

("I Have Been Brought Back. To Serve As Warden Of This New Facility.")

"A dead psychiatrist with a screw loose, brought back to serve as Warden of a facility that hasn't been announced as operational, for a bunch of psychopathic criminal inmates? Oh, yeah, can't see anything going wrong here." Spider-Man snarked.

("Oh, But It Already Has!") Strange said.

"Already has? Oh, no!" Super Soldier gasped.

("Oh, Yes. You Perceive The Truth!")

"What?" Spidey asked.

"The inmates have taken over the prison." Super Soldier explained.

("Not Only That, But We Have Prisoners Of Our Own.") he said. ("You Might Recognize Them.")

The screen images split, showing several female prisoners, who actually looked like costumed criminals, and one who was a familiar vigilante.

Catwoman dressed in her purple bodysuit with black gloves and boots. Harley Quinn, dressed in her red, black and white Nurses Outfit. Poison Ivy, dressed in her red shirt and green leaf panties. Copperhead, dressed in her orange and black leather-skin outfit. Lady Shiva, dressed in a rather nice looking red and black attire, complete with trench coat. Talia and Nyssa Al Ghul, both dressed up in their black catsuits, sans their weapons. Tracey and Candy, who were dressed up in their black and white suits, complete with glasses.

And the last one was Batgirl, decked out in her dark blue bodysuit, complete with yellow boots and gloves and belt. Her red hair flowing behind her.

Catwoman, Batgirl and Copperhead still had their masks on, the others didn't, mostly since they were never known to wear ones.

Each of them were tied up, hanging from the rafters by steel cables, by their wrists. They also looked like they were unconscious. The two heroes then noticed that there were several prison inmates that were surrounding them. Walking around them like they were guard dogs. And behind those inmates were the more dangerous costumed criminals that often frequented Gotham.

Penguin and Bane seemed to be guarding Tracey and Candy. Deathstroke and Deadshot appeared to be guarding Talia and Nyssa Al Ghul. Two-Face was guarding Harley Quinn. Mr Freeze and Firefly were guarding Poison Ivy. Clayface was guarding Copperhead. Scarecrow was guarding Lady Shiva. And Solomon Grundy was guarding Batgirl. They couldn't see who was with Catwoman.

Shinji noticed that some of them seemed to have glowing eyes. Just like Strange.

Something's not right here. They look... strange. Could they all be... possessed? Shinji wondered, having encountered these types of problems before, alongside Spider-Man.

("You Have Twenty-Four Hours To Find And Rescue Them. If Not, They Die!") Strange said.

"Sounds simple enough." Spidey said.

("Oh, And To Make It More Of A Challenge, I Have Placed A Huge Bounty On Your Heads. And with 500 Active Inmates On The Island, I'm Sure It Will Be Quite A Challenge.")

"You had to say it." Super Soldier hissed.

"Yeah, I know. I know." Spider-Man groaned.

"And why are you doing this?" Super Soldier asked Strange.

("To Prove The Ultimate Experiment Of Good Against Evil. And To Start You Off...I've Elected To Provide You An Opening Contender.") Strange said.

"Opening Contender?" Spider-Man asked.

"That doesn't sound good." Super Soldier said.

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

The pair looked to their right as the doors to the main prison facility exploded open, and a large humanoid figure stalked towards them.

The figure was eight-feet tall, burly and covered in scales. He had on a pair of dirty trousers, chained manacles around his wrists, a tail with reptile scales and fins, and a row of sharp teeth along his wide, open mouth.

"Killer Croc!" Spider-Man gasped.

"Shouldn't he be waiting in the sewer for us?" Soldier asked.

("I Thought You Could Use A Strong Warm-Up.") Strange grinned.

"This is a warm-up?" Spidey asked.

"This is cheating, plain and simple. Also referred to as 'Stacking the deck in your favor'!" Soldier said.

("Well...") Strange said with an 'innocent' shrug of his shouders.

"Right." Soldier grimaced.

Waylon Jones, a.k.a. Killer Croc, snarled as he lunged for the two heroes.

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From his hideout in the Asylum, Ras Al Ghul and minions were intently watching the fight on the monitors.

"Master, should we proceed to rescue your daughters?" one of his ninjas asked, standing behind him.

"No." Ras said as he watched Spider-Man leap over Croc.

"Sir?" the man asked.

"There is plenty of time. And I wish to see how these two 'heroes' acquit themselves to these challenges." he said as he saw Super Soldier throw himself at Croc, slamming into his face, shield first, like a battering ram.

"Understood." the ninja said.

"Have our forces keep an eye on my daughters, and the movements of the Islands inmates. Especially the enhanced ones." Ras said as Croc shook off the attack.

"Yes, sir."

They might prove useful... as fathers for my heirs. Ras thought to himself as Spider-Man kicked Croc in the neck.

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From his own hideout on the other side of the island, the clown prince of crime was watching the monitors with interest.

"No mistakes, this time around." the pale-faced psycho grinned as Super Soldier repeatedly struck Killer Croc in the stomach and face with his shield. "But this is going to be so much fun. Isn't that right, pussy cat?" he said before cackling softly at the bound and hung purple-suited femme that dangled from the ceiling only meters away.

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From his own hideout, the Cloaked Stranger was watching and observing the events that were playing out.

"Change is the only constant. And true change comes about by doing something unexpected. And this, will have truly unexpected consequences." he said as he saw Spider-Man use his webbing to create a slingshot and then hurl himself at Croc, delivering a fiercesome punch to the crocodile mans face.

"Should have brought pop corn." he muttered to himself as he intently watched the fight between the two heroes and Killer Croc.

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Spider-Man and Super Soldier stood over the defeated Killer Croc. Both heroes were huffing and puffing as the mutated human groaned slightly.

"Thick skin. Super strength. Healing abilities." Super Soldier listed. "And that tail!"

"Yeah. Curt Connors was quicker, though." Spider-Man said.

"Thank god for small favors." he said as he looked around. "So, what now?"

"Our best chance to rescue the hostages is to split up." the webslinger said.

"That's pretty dangerous. We're literally in enemy territory." Super Soldier said.

"I know. Plus we don't even know were the hostages are being held and we don't know the layout." Spider-Man stated.

"This whole thing is a trap." Soldier said.

"Thank you, Captain Obvious." Spidey replied.

"Well, I've got a plan, but you're not going to like it." the shield wielder said.

"I'm listening." the arachnid said.

"The hostages are being guarded. So... we head to the largest concentration of warm-bodies we can find." he said as he tapped his mask. "Our suits are equipt with thermal imaging, Infrared and X-ray. So finding them shouldn't be a problem."

"You're right. I don't like it. It's clearly a trap. Worse, we don't have a better plan." Spidey grumbled.

"And no way to call for help. Worst case scenario: Strange has this place on lock-down. It's just us and the Arkham inmates." Soldier said.

"To rescue the nearly dozen female prisoners." Spidey said.

"Let's go?" Soldier asked.

"Let's go!" Spidey replied.

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(Avengers Tower, New York)

"Nothing as yet?" Captain America asked the other Avengers, not happy that his protégé just up and disappeared.

"Sorry, Cap. Nothing." Wasp said as she continued monitoring the news stations on the main computer.

"They have to be somewhere. Two of New Yorks best heroes don't just up and vanish without a trace." the WWII super soldier said.

"It's not like we haven't come up against this sort of thing before." Falcon said as he was dialing his phone, talking to his street contacts.

"Granted, but usually there is some clue." Steve said.

"Yeah. If someone was actually playing a game." Scarlet Witch said as she entered the War Room

"He's right. Whoever did this could just be planning to get rid of them." Black Widow stated, standing behind Janet Van Dyne.

"And not announce it in some fashion? That's unusual." Ant-Man said.

"But where do we start looking?" Wanda asked.

"Guys! I think you should see this!" Hawkeye shouted as he spun his laptop around for the others to see.

On the monitor the group saw Spider-Man and Super Soldier fighting a large, humanoid crocodile man.

"What the..." Falcon gasped.

"This was posted to YouTube 10 minutes ago." Hawkeye said.

"That's Peter and Shinji, alright. But... where are they?" Black Widow asked.

"And what are they fighting?" Wasp asked.

"Not 'what'. Who. That's Killer Croc from Gotham City!" Captain America said.

"Looks more like a 'what'." Ant-Man said.

"But where are they?" Steve asked.

"No clue. The ID signature and location are being blocked." Hawkeye said.

"Can't you hack it? Back-trace it?" Steve asked.

"No. If Iron Man or Vision were here, sure, but... Peter could do this easily." he said, suddenly feeling very sheepish at saying that.

"They're currently on another assignment. And Peter is otherwise occupied." Widow said.

"It looks like some sort of prison complex." Scarlet Witch said.

"That doesn't narrow it down." Hawkeye said.

"Hmm." Captain America mused as he stared at the screen. "Someone is posting this online. They want us to see what's happening to our friends, but have prevented us from finding them. Contact the Justice League, The X-Men and any others you can think of. And get a hold of every reserve Avenger you can." Cap said as he walked out of the room, grabbing his shield on the way out.

"Where are you going?" Wasp asked.

"To follow up a lead." the elder super soldier said as he walked out the door.

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Authors Notes:

Sorry if this isn't my best work. I was trying to get it uploaded as quickly as I could.

I should also mention, that this story takes place in a universe where the Marvel and DC universes co-exist.

I'll get more into that later. This is mostly Spider-Man and Shinji Ikari rushing in the save the day.