Chapter 1837 - Ch: 9-11

Chapter 9: Facing Doom In The Eye

As soon as we were far enough from our house, me and Tess deactivated cloaking. As we swung towards Manhattan, I asked Tess, "Was it just me, or were Uncle Ben and Aunt May much more accepting of this than expected?"

"Yeah, but who am I to deny a favor?" Tess said.

"Same." I said.

At this point, we reached Manhattan, to see several hundred Doombots, and one Doom in the center of them. All of the Doombots were surrounding and attacking the Fantastic Four, and Doom watched from above. The Fantastic Four were all in one of Sue's force field, but the force field was getting smaller and smaller. Me and Tess jumped into the battle, each of us catching a Doombot and swinging it around with our webs, doing the 'Yank and Throw' move. Doom said from where he was watching, "You have made a grave mistake by facing Doom." Wow, it sounded really stupid and scary at the same time, but way more stupid.

Tess responded, "Yeah, but Karma's a bitch!" And The Fantastic Four joined us, and the battle continued.

At one point, me and Reed were fighting the bots, back to back. "Hey, Reed. After this we can spend a couple hours talking quantum physics, what do you think?"

"Let's worry about getting out first, but if we do make it out, then I would be more than happy to spend some time talking quantum physics. What do I call you while we're out here?" He said, stretching his arm and punching a Doombot with extreme prejudice. "Judging from both of your masks, you want to keep your identity secret."

I smiled under my mask, not that he could see it. "Call me Spider-Man." And I webbed ten Doombots onto a wall.

"Well then, Spider-Man, it's an honor."

"The honor is all mine."

"Do you have an idea on how to take care of these Doombots?"

"One" I said, with a smirk on my face, not that he could see.

"I don't like that tone, Johnny always uses it when he has a bad idea."

"Yeah, well, this plan isn't that bad, but you get the short end of the stick." I said, smirking even more.

Several moments later, Reed could be seen screaming at the end of my webs, with me swinging the web, and him stretching and catching Doombots, as if he were a bag. When he collected enough bots, I sent him in the direction of Doom, then yanked Reed back, assaulting Doom with about a hundred crushed bots.

When he came back to the ground, he said, "I am just going to say that I am never doing that again, and that I need to stay on the ground for the next few minutes."

I smirked, and said "You do you." And then I jumped onto a wall and starting jumping from one Doombot onto another.

After a minute, I found myself with Johnny and I said, "Sup, Johnny?" Jumping on the Doombots, crushing their systems while doing that.

He smirked, "'Sup? That was a real good plan of yours with Reed, I could hear him screaming from a mile away."

"Yeah, he is taking a breather, so I left him, don't want him too angry at me, you know." I said.

"Yeah, I do." He said, smirking even wider. "What do I call you, you're pretty chill."

"Spider-Man, you're cool too, we could spend some time on cars."

"You do cars? Finally, someone else who does cars, I was getting bored."

"I used to have friends that did cars, so I'm pretty good at that stuff." I said, remembering my friends from my universe. "Oh, and Johnny?"

"Yeah?"

"You flirt with my sister, you're dead." Having given the message I came up to give, I dove down, taking almost twenty Doombots down with me.

From afar, I could hear him say to himself, "oh man, and she was hot too!"

I screamed back, "I heard that, Johnny!"

"Oh shit."

When I finally landed on the ground, I had taken about fifty Doombots in my descent. I landed with the 'superhero landing' then continued to beat the bots up. After a minute, I was next to Sue, and she asked, "what were you and Johnny talking about?"

I smirked "I went up there to tell him not to flirt with my sister."

She laughed lightly, then said, "Good thinking, but I thought she was your romantic partner. Guess I thought too early."

I laughed, "No, we're siblings. But I am not surprised, lots of people would think the same at a first glance."

"Yeah, people always assume me and Reed are dating. But then again, Reed does have an attraction towards me, so people assume it goes both ways."

"I actually thought the same as well, my bad."

"No problem, I've gotten used to people thinking that, but the feelings only go one way."

Then a Doombot managed to land a hit on her, and she flew for a moment, before making a force field to lighten the blow from her fall. In a moment, I was next to her, giving her a hand.

"Are you okay?" I asked, pulling her up.

"Yeah, thanks."

"Not a problem, happy to help."

"What do I call you? I would ask you your real name, but SHIELD is probably watching, and you probably don't want them knowing your name."

"My Moniker is Spider-Man. And SHIELD has nothing on me, so it would be preferred that they don't get any more information, thanks for being considerate."

"No problem, Spider-Man."

And we continued to fight the bots. After a minute, we found ourselves next to The Thing.

"Hey Ben." I called out.

"Hey Spidey, can I call you Spidey? You got the whole spider thing going on." He responded

"For sure, it fits. Spider-Man is too long to say casually."

"So that's your actual name, huh? Nice to meet you, thanks for coming to help."

"It's an honor to fight alongside you, and I do what I can to help."

"Still, thanks. We were basically defeated before you guys came in, but now we have breathing space, so thanks."

"It's not a problem."

At this point, we had been fighting for about an hour, and The Fantastic Four were getting tired, while me and Tess were still going just as strong as when we started, courtesy of spider stamina. Doom finally decided to join the fight, and he started attacking us from his vantage point. The fighting continued, when out of nowhere, Doom decided to join the fight in earnest.

He landed on the road, right next to Tess, and the Doombots surrounding her started attacking with prejudice. I quickly started making my way to her, aiming to make it to her before she got overwhelmed.

Then after several hits from Doom made it past her defenses, she was knocked out.

"DOOM!" I screamed.

Almost immediately, the Doombots focused on me, ignoring the others, as if knowing that I was the only threat to Doom. I just plowed thought them, taking them out by the dozens, note caring how many of them landed a hit on me, they were just nuisances between me and Doom.

I was already half the way to Doom, and I said loudly and dangerously, "When you hurt my sister," I paused to smash about fifty Doombots. "Karma is no longer a bitch," another pause, and I was right in front of Doom. I grabbed his armour by the shoulder plates. "It's -" I paused from the amount of pain the defenses his armor was giving me. I continued through the pain. "It's no longer a bitch, it's a son of a bitch." I ripped his shoulder plates off, then I gave him a punch so hard he went through several buildings.

"Spider-Man! Are you ok!?" Sue exclaimed, coming next to me and looking at me, worriedly.

"Don't focus on me, focus on my sister." I said, barely able to focus from the amount of pain, the adrenaline having left my body. "That... Hurt... Like... A... Motherfucker..." I said, then fell.

Sue caught me before I could hit the ground, and Johnny came up next to her, saying, "Is he ok? I'm never flirting with his sister, I like my life too much to risk his anger."

"That's... What... I... Thought..." I barely managed to say.

Then I passed out.

Chapter 10: A Wake Up Call

I opened my eyes, to find myself in some sort of medbay. I just continued to stare at the ceiling, keeping my heartbeat at a slow pace, so no one would be aware I had woken up. I could hear five other heartbeats, one of them seemed like Tess, but it seemed asleep. Why was she asleep? Where were we? Then the Doom fiasco came to mind, and I realized that the four other heartbeats were most probably the Fantastic Four. I elected to close my eyes, after checking the time, it was a little after eight, and not inform them that I was awake, wanting to see what they would say.

After a few minutes, I heard Johnny say, "That was fucking crazy, y'all." I tied the heartbeat rhythm that was coming from the same direction as his voice as his heartbeat, and continued listening in. "Before he got angry, he was already tossing the Doombots by the dozens. But when he was angry, he took them out as if they were ants, mere nuisances. And then his badass talk, 'Karma's no longer a bitch, it's a son of a bitch.' Badass, one hundred percent. And now, it turns out he is just a fifteen year old billionaire," So they knew my identity. Whoops. "like, are his powers his or his suits?" They thought my powers were from my suit? I feel scandalized. "I won't ever flirt with his sister." This man.

Sue started speaking, "Grow up, Johnny. But yeah, it was crazy. I don't know what to think about this. Do his guardians know? What do they think about this, if they do know?"

Ben said "Why did you say guardians, not parents?"

Johnny solemnly said "He's a fifteen year old billionaire, Ben. Connect the dots."

"Oh, that's sad." Ben said.

"I remember when their parents died, it was about ten years ago." Sue said. "I was just a little girl, sneaking around Dad's lab without him knowing, when he received a call. After a moment of listening to what the person on the call was saying, his eyes widened, and he dropped the phone. He quickly picked up the phone again, and disconnected the call, then started mumbling to himself, while picking up some papers and putting his cigarette lighter to the papers. He was saying, 'First the Starks, now the Parkers, who next? Which leading scientists will have to die, just because they followed their morals, and not the people threatening them? I can't just die on Sue and Johnny, that would be terrible. Oh god, what happened to Peter and Teresa? They were such sweet little kids, and SHIELD just killed their parents, oh god. Richard told me this would happen, he warned me, pleaded for me to keep my science on the down low, not wanting me to pay the same price he would eventually have to pay as well. Oh god.' Then he just sat down on his chair, and put his head in his hands. I quietly left, scared out of my life, but not understanding what Dad was talking about, until the next day, when they announced that the Parkers plane crashed. Several days later, we went to the funeral. But I don't think I noticed Peter or Teresa, I was just looking at Dad worriedly, as if expecting a stick to fall on him and kill him."

Finally, Reed spoke up, "SHIELD sent us a message, asking us for their identities, I am sending it to them." I wanted to see the others' reaction to that, so I kept still, resolving to get up only if Reed started sending the answer.

"What! Are you crazy!" Sue said. "I just told you about how they were responsible for his parents death, and you are willing to just serve him up to them! Don't you dare send anything about them!"

"SHIELD should know their identity, Sue. It's safer that way." Reed said resolutely. Heh, alliteration. "Besides, they're just kids. SHIELD can possibly stop them from risking their lives on the streets. You saw how close they were to dying today, what if Peter didn't attract the attention of all the Doombots? What if Doom's armor was just slightly stronger? One of them, or both of them would have died today. If we give their names to SHIELD, they can either stop them from continuing, or outfit them with SHIELD technology."

"Seriously, Reed?" Sue shot back. "We don't trust SHIELD at all, and you're willing to send them to SHIELD? And the only reason why we're alive, is because of them. We were backed up when they arrived, and they just rocked the show. Sure they were close to dying today, but we owe them our lives. We didn't even save their lives once today! They just kicked ass, and saved our asses! And they don't need SHIELD tech, theirs is already advanced enough as it is! We can't even make heads or heels out of their suits, and our tech makes SHIELD's look like child's play! Their tech makes ours look like a toy for a newborn, that's how advanced it is! You saw how angry he got, you can see how smart he is, you saw how skilled he is! Don't incur his wrath on yourself Reed, when you won't be able to live through it. You saw how ripped up Victor's suit was, it wasn't even there. While I may not care for you romantically, Reed, I still care for you as a friend, and I don't want to see you die at Peter's hands."

Johnny said "Reed, I honestly admire your brain. I may not like the way you display it, but I admire it nonetheless. But where the hell is that brain of yours right now? You're risking the anger of a man, who will probably be able to kill you in his sleep, even with your powers. No one even got a clear view of how his suit looked, until today. If he wanted, he could kill you, and we would not even be able to find your body. His bad side, is something no one should ever risk incurring. The whole time during the fight, he was talking around, not worried at all. Only when the Doombots surround his sister, did he feel any sort of fear. We were all fighting for our lives, and he was fighting like it was a normal weekday for him. Don't do this man."

Sue said "Honestly, Reed, what has gotten into you? What did he do to you, that you think SHIELD is a punishment he deserves? That man, yes I said man, that man right there, deserves the right to keep his identity. He doesn't need for us to keep it, he earned the right. He saved our lives, and you're willing to send him to a torture session for no reason."

Reed said in defeat. "Fine, I know better than to argue with you guys on this, you guys are set on keeping him. But beware, that much power, if his hands turn out to be the wrong one, -"

"No one would be able to stop me." I said, much to everyone's surprise, even Tess, judging from the flick of her finger. "Trust me, Reed, not even I know what my limits are. The punch I gave Doom, it was the type you give when you're exhausted, and you feel that you need to get the last punch in. That was me, when I was out of it. Every day, my powers develop more. But still, all the power I currently have will not be enough to fight the threats that are coming. But I am trying to do my best, and I cannot pull my punches. I cannot risk the future consequences. But anyways, did Doom go to Latveria yet? And Tess, stop faking, there's no longer a need to."

Tess got up and said, "And here I thought I could play a prank on them."

Reed blinked, then said "Yes, Victor is in Latveria." He said, emphasizing Victor.

I said "Grow up, Tess." Then I sent a smirk to Sue, saying "The life of being an older sibling."

Sue rolled her eyes "The only kind of unbearable burdens that you can be ok with."

Johnny said "Hey! Not cool!"

I smirked at him "You're the younger sibling, deal with it." Then I turned to Reed. "Listen, Reed. I get it, you're mad at me for beating the shit outta Doom. But see, thing is, I have knowledge of the multiverse. So I know how bad Doom can get if he goes unchecked. So, while I would rather not hurt a friend of yours, I have to."

Reed said "There's a multiverse!? Can you show me!? Are there other Reeds!?"

I realized what type of a topic I brought up, and groaned inwardly. "Yes, there's a multiverse. No I can't show you, us Spider-Men have to clear the threats first. Which won't happen till I am ready, which I am most certainly not. Yes, there are other Reeds all the same. Somehow super egotistical assholes that are really nice and understanding at the same time. So egotistical that they created a world for 'The Council Of Reeds' A world that can be reached from any universe, and with every Reed thinking that the greatest accomplishment ever made was that universe, while us Spiders can just go to Earth-001 and make a world that looks so much better than simple black space and a bunch of Jedi council chairs and a non aesthetic blue floor. So egotistical that whenever they fucked things up, they just pointed fingers at anyone that wasn't them. So egotistical that they don't see a problem with a Reed that goes rogue, thinking that he is a Reed, so he is part of the Council, so he can just fuck people's lives up. But at the same time really super nice, a friend, who's smart and understanding, who knows how to help when shit hits the fan, and that nice side is what smashes the really large want to just kill that ego." Then I realized I wasn't just ranting to myself, and Tess smirked at me. "I said all that out loud, didn't I?"

Johnny smirked "Yeah, you did. But you explained Reed in one rant, something I have been trying to do since he got the hots for Sue, so I think it's all right."

Sue said "Johnny, grow up, please. But why am I not surprised by the whole rant? Like the idea of a 'Council Of Reeds' It's just so... Reed."

Ben said in his gravelly voice with a smile "I think you'll fit right in."

"Ben, I don't think, I know. In a good amount of universes, we're so close I just straight up become the fifth member of your team, and we turn into the Fantastic Five! Those days were good for other me." I said, almost nostalgic.

"Hey!" Tess called out. We all turned to her. "Just because I was stuck with SHIELD in the other universes doesn't mean I can't be in the gang!"

"We never said that, Tess." I rolled my eyes "younger siblings."

"Always thinking they need the thunder." Sue said, with an eye roll of her own.

"I know right! Like c'mon woman," I turned to mock glare at Tess. "let me talk to my friends in peace!"

"Yeah, well, when you're the older sibling, your friends are their friends, right Johnny?" Tess said.

Johnny didn't respond, instead looking at me. "Am I allowed to talk to her?" He asked seriously.

We all started laughing hard. "What!?" Johnny exclaimed. "That was a legit question! I don't wanna die today!"

We all just continued laughing.

Then I said "Sexi, hun, did you get a recording of that? I need the blackmail material."

Then after I didn't get a response, I realized that Sexi might not have made her way past Reed's defenses yet. Then I also saw everyone looking at me, with confusion in their faces.

Johnny asked "So I can't flirt with your sister, but you can flirt with mine?"

I looked at him, confused "I'm not flirting with your sister, why would you think that? Oh, haha, that's why you would think that. Sexi is my daughter, I wasn't talking to Sue, why would I be flirting with her?" Then I realized that I practically insulted Sue, so I twirled to face her, quickly saying. "Not that you're not hot or sexy or something or that I don't want to flirt with you, it's just-Wait what the actual fuck am I saying?"

Then my voice started playing from all around us, of me saying "I think I brain farted so loud, it echoed." And when I said 'echoed' my voice echoed away.

All of the Fantastic Four looked like they were ready for a fight with whoever they thought hacked their defenses, while Tess just smirked, and I groaned loudly. "Sexi, seriously hun? Betraying me twice in one day? How could you do this to me? Me, your father! Twice, in one day!"

At my words, the Fantastic Four relaxed, and Reed looked indignant that someone went through his defenses. Sue, Johnny, and Ben looked confused.

"Sorry, Dad." Sexi's smug voice came from the computers in the room. "It's not my fault your brain farts so frequently." Then her voice turned into mock sadness. "It's a pity, that my dad, one of the smartest men on the world, can't survive a thing, without brain farting. Don't you think so, Aunt Tess?"

"Before Teresa answers the question, can you explain how a teenager has a clearly teenaged kid?" Sue asked.

"Hello, Mistress Storm." Sexi said. "I am Karen SEXI Parker, SEXI stands for Superior Engineered Xquisite Intelligence, without the e in exquisite. -"

"Wait, you're an AI? Then how are you so advanced!? How do you have emotions!?" Reed asked excitedly, as if he found a cool piece of tech.

"She's my daughter, Reed." I said somewhat coldly. "Not an AI, and not a piece of tech for you to geek over."

"Sorry," Reed said.

"Thank you for the intrusion Dad, but going back to Mistress Storm's question, -"

"Just call me Sue, Karen, or Sexi, whichever one you prefer."

"As you wish, Sue. I prefer Sexi, that's the name Dad gave me. But back to the question, I was born on Saturday. Now, as I was saying, Aunt Tess," wow, Sexi was really intent on embarrassing me. "Isn't it a pity that Dad just brain farts all of the time?"

"Eh, no, Sexi, not really." Tess responded with a smirk. "After all, isn't it cute that he always brain farts when -"

I jumped onto Tess, and got into a sibling tussle against her, with me struggling to close her mouth, and her trying to finish her statement.

"Don't you dare finish that statement." I said, seriously scared she would finish it.

Tess loosened up, admitting defeat, then raising her hands up. I let her jaw go, and then she said "ok fine I won't," then she smirked. Oh no. "But Sexi will."

"SEXI! DON'T YOU DARE!" I shouted.

"What can you do to stop me, huh Dad?" Sexi said in an amused and challenging voice.

"Please Sexi, please." I said, nearly on my knees.

"Sorry, no amount of begging will stop me from embarrassing you on the topic of your twenty -"

I shouted so loud, no one could hear what Sexi said "REEEEEEE!!!!" I shouted.

After uncovering his ears, which he covered while I screamed, Johnny said, "Wow, Pete's really doing his best to keep this secret, wonder how bad it is."

I turned to him, glared, then said, "Don't push it, Johnny."

Then Sexi said in mock disappointment "What type of a dad are you, screaming over your poor little three day old daughter?"

I groaned "There's no getting out of this, is there? Why do you guys always team up against me?"

Sexi sweetly said "Not my fault you created me to adapt to the parameters of every and any possible situation, I learned how to embarrass you, so I'm doing it."

"Yeah, I'm just going to kill myself, and let y'all embarrass me while I'm dead. Bye!" I said as I activated my suit, opened the tinted window, and jumped out.

"Is it bad that I'm not worried?" I heard Johnny say as I jumped.

"No," I heard Sexi say gleefully "but I am considering controlling his suit so he has to come back."

"Sexi, don't you dare." I said. "I'll rip my suit off if you do."

"Fiiine." She said "Such a spoilsport"

When I finally arrived home, I deactivated cloaking and took my suit off. I changed into one of my least favorite shirts, and put it on. Then I poked my legs out of the shirt, making four holes in the shirt. Then I made my way downstairs, hoping to find Aunt May and Uncle Ben, and alleviate any worries they would have.

When I got to the living room, I found the two of them watching CNN, which was displaying my rage filled frenzy. The video had caught all of what I was saying, and I have to admit, Johnny was right, I was acting like a total badass son of a bitch. When the video finally got to the point where I fell into Sue's arms, I said "Yeah, not one of my finer moments, but a highlight of my life nonetheless."

Both of them turned to look at me, surprised, then jumped at me, and gave me a hug. "Pete! You're okay! Oh thank god!" Aunt May said.

"Sexi said you all were ok, but I want to hear it from you, Pete. Are you okay? And what about Tess?" Uncle Ben said.

"Yeah, we're ok. Tess is ok, she decided she wanted to stay at the Baxter Building for a while, her and Sexi were intent on embarrassing me. Not cool by the way, Sexi. Have you even thought about how awkward it will be now?"

Sexi said, "Eh, yeah I did. But I don't know what to say now, with Sue talking to me on one side on how it would have been better to let her attraction to you develop naturally, instead of speeding it up so much, Johnny on another side, mumbling to himself about wether he should give you the shovel talk or not. Reed is in shock, and stress working in his labs, and Tess is considering that both of you deserve an apology from us."

"Now you realize" I said, but my tone wasn't spiteful or anything, I merely said it, with no inflections. "It's fine, sunshine, but please don't do anything rash just for the laughs again, you can see how bad this went."

"Yes, turns out I don't have enough experience to judge how far to go, I apologize. I should have merely kept the humor that I found within the event to myself, and then possibly tease you about it later when we were alone, if I mentioned it at all. I may have all the knowledge of the internet, but I don't have the experience."

"It's okay, sunshine. Everyone has this moment, when they take a joke too far. I'm not disappointed in you, if anything, I am happy that you went through this event. I know you're beating yourself more than enough about this mess, you're my daughter after all. You have no idea, hun, how many times I took a joke too far in my first life. Not to say what you did was ok, or right, but I'm tryna say that it happens. That's what life is all about. Learning from your mistakes."

"Sexi and Tess decided that the urge to talk to Sue was too big, huh?" Uncle Ben said.

"Yeah, but luckily her and Reed aren't dating, Reed just has a very large crush on her. But that also makes it worse at the same time." I said.

"Yeah, it does. You're a smart man, Pete. I know you'll be able to salvage this situation, and I expect you to." Aunt May said, and that put me out of my self induced funk.

I straightened up, then said to Sexi, "Sunshine, can you please tell Sue that I want to talk to her, and ask if she is willing to talk to me?"

"On it." She said. After a moment she said, "Connected. And I would like to tell both of you that I am extremely sorry for thinking all of this as a joke. It was my fault, I apologize."

"It's ok, sunshine. I told you, everyone has this experience, of taking a joke too far. Don't beat yourself about it." I said.

"What Pete said, Sexi. From what you told me, this is new turf for both you and Tess, and you're expected to make mistakes in any new field."

"Ok, thank you for accepting my apology, and sorry again. I will disconnect while ensuring that the line is secure, this conversation should be between only the two of you, I believe."

I saw Aunt May and Uncle Ben walking out of the room, clearly thinking the same thing as Sexi. "Thank you for your thoughtfulness Sexi, it makes me happy to see you mature."

"Thank you for the compliment, Dad." Her voice became significantly warmer, to the point that I knew she was glowing from the praise. I smiled and she said "Bye guys."

After a moment, Sue said somewhat softly, "So what's it you wanted to say? You say your piece, then I will say mine. By the way, you're a good dad. It looks good on you."

I knew that was her way of saying, 'I'm thinking about doing this with you' so I said "Thank you for giving me a chance even after the mess they created, I deeply apologize for not being able to stop this from happening. I don't even know how far they went on the topic, so I'm just going to come clean. I'm not actually Peter Parker, and all of Peter's family knows. On Friday, Peter went to OsCorp for a school fieldtrip. Over there, they saw twenty radioactive spiders, one of those twenty spiders had interdimensional and self cloning powers. One of the clones of the spider came to my universe, where Peter Parker, The Fantastic Four, and all of you, really, are thought of as fiction, and your stories are narrated in comics, movies, and shows. Another one of the clones made its way to Peter Parker. Then they bit both of us, and we were made to switch bodies, and it turns out that this was all an elaborate plan by someone. I don't know who it was, but before I came into Peter's body, I met him. It was just a shadow, or some sort of black matter, I don't know which. Before I talked to him, my new body's life flashed before my eyes, all of it. Then I met the Peter whose body this originally is, and we spoke for a moment, then we were parted. Then billions of Peters' lives flashed before my eyes, and let me tell you, Peter has the crappiest life in every universe. He usually loses not just his parents, but his uncle and many other people that he loved. Then I met the shadow, and he told me that he had one rule for me, to keep the fact that I'm not from this universe close to my chest, and that those billions of lives were other Peter Parkers in this multiverse, whose story I believe I could change, if I got to their universes in time. But that's mere speculation. But those lives, weren't just what their eyes saw, or what their ears heard. It also had what their brains deduced, what their minds, and most importantly, what their souls felt. So now, if I see any of the women other Peters loved, my feelings go overdrive. So I decided, that I can't do feelings with any of y'all until I'm actually able to say that it's my feelings, me, Peter Parker of Earth-313, not feelings from another Peter. But i doubt i can ever love, the life of Peter Parker just damns those around him. But at the same time, the feelings are so muddled with each other, I honestly think that it's my feelings. It's so confusing, I don't even know if I'm thinking or not, when I see one of you, hence the brain farts. And I also was a big fan of comics back there, and I honestly admired almost all of you. Not in a weird way, but you were women that I thought deserved my deepest respect. There was one that I just didn't understand, her relationship with Peter was the longest in many universes, and she was considered the future wife of Peter Parker. But what I don't understand was why Peter liked her, what he saw in her. She never approved of him being Spidey, even though he had to do it, not only for his sanity, but also for the multiversal threats that only us Spider-Men are equipped to take care of. She never thought he should go out, and risk his life for people who he doesn't know. She thought she was indispensable to him, in her on words, and didn't respect the fact that their relationship was not going to work out, with their opposite opinions. But there are some Peters that have a good relationship with her, where she doesn't conflict with him on the topic of Spidey, and they do have kids in those universes. But when I saw her, the feelings still went overdrive. Eventually I was able to control my urges and tell her about me not being me, but that didn't end well and now she doesn't want to see or talk to me. Which wasn't what I was aiming at, I was aiming to see if I could understand the feelings Peter had for her. But what I'm trying to say, that I do respect you, and I understand why other Peters loved their versions of you, and as such, my feelings for you go higher. It's real confusing, I don't know how to explain. But yes, that's what I was tryna say. Sorry for possibly hurting you, and I wish this all could've just worked out naturally."

After a moment, Sue said, "Ok, I will take what you said from the beginning, and then tell you what I think, ok? So firstly, when your younger siblings and your kids are set on embarrassing you, you can never stop them. But I'm not blaming them, just saying, I know how it works. And I can see what you're thinking about the other Peters' lives, you're thinking you can't bear to let anyone live through that pain, and you just desperately want to change it, but you're 'hoping for the best, while expecting the worst.' But the thought sucks, that you have that many feelings within yourself. How did you control yourself, that's admirable. I also thank you for respecting me even though you thought I was fake. I'm just going to say that what you just told me proved to me even more that you're a good man, many other people would keep this to themselves, not wanting the other person to think bad of their feelings. Now for what I wanted to say, when I saw you fight, I thought it was admirable, and admittedly hot. Then the way you took care of the Doombots while angry, it was somewhat scary, but in a good way. I felt more safe at that moment, not because the Doombots were no longer aiming at me, but because I knew I couldn't get hurt as long as you were in the area. Then your speech, it just made me wish that I could be considered your family, because then I would have the most badass man I ever seen to protect me. Then when you passed out, I was extremely worried. Then when we took you into our building, we still didn't know who you were, but just felt that we owed it to take care of you. Reed disagreed slightly, but he didn't say it, just showed it. But the moment you both were in our medbay, your masks came off, and I was simultaneously disappointed and happy at the same time. I was disappointed, not in you, but in me, because I was simping on a fifteen year old. Granted you're a man, but I'm legal age, and you're underage. I was happy because I was thinking that you definitely already trusted us enough for your mask to just deactivate the moment it was just us. Then when you woke up, I admired how you just told Reed the truth about you, and you not knowing your limits. So I'm thinking that while we don't pretend as if tonight never happened, let's keep it on the down low and not really be a couple or anything for now. It seems that's the same thing you were aiming at from your side, so I believe we're in agreement, aren't we?"

"Yeah, it was. I'm happy we're on the same page here, and I'm sorry for the tension that has most definitely been created between you guys, I never meant for my family to break up the day I met them."

"It's fine, Pete. I'm happy that we're on the same page as well, and I'm happy that you consider us family."

I smiled "Bye, Sue."

"Bye, Pete." Then she disconnected the call.

Then Sexi's voice came on, saying "Aunt Tess is on her way here, she should be about five minutes away."

"Thank you, hun."

Sexi sounded confused "But what did I do, I only messed up your and Sue's relationship, and-"

"Hun, if you were here, in human form, I would put my finger to your lips. Sure, you messed it up temporarily, but you connected mine and Sue's call, and now we're on the same page, even a page ahead of where we would be in a year, if you didn't do that." I started walking to the dining room, where Aunt May and Uncle Ben's heartbeats were coming from. "Not that I'm telling you to do something like that again, but that I'm telling you it worked out. So stop killing yourself about it, sunshine. What's there to worry about?"

Quietly, as if scared for her life, she said "You might be mad at me, and leave me alone, and I don't want that to happen."

I froze in my footsteps. I was already at the dining room, so Uncle Ben and Aunt May both heard what she said, and their eyes widened. "Sunshine, hun, that would never happen. You're my oldest daughter, if I ever have other kids. You're my baby daughter, I could never bring myself to do that. I would never even think of that, and I didn't even think of that. Yeah, I did think about grounding you for a couple of hours, but I quickly put that thought aside when I saw how much you were already beating yourself up. You're my sunshine, that bright beacon in the morning, when I wake up from my nightmares. You're so much to me, I don't even bother to try and hide my pride when it comes to you. I could never, won't ever, wouldn't ever, will never, couldn't ever, would never, even let the thought of abandoning you cross my mind."

Sexi sounded like she was sniffling, and said "Thanks dad."

"It's ok, hun. I should have realized you might be thinking that, and taken care of it before you had to admit it."

"It's fine, both of you." Aunt May said. "You've both made a mistake or two, and that happens. You guys worked it out, thankfully. There's no need to dwell on it anymore. What there is need to dwell on, though," and Aunt May's eyes started shining with happiness and questioning, "how did your talk with your girlfriend go?"

I groaned "Aunt May, she isn't my girlfriend! She's just... Sue. And it went pretty well, I think. We both were on the same page, thinking- Wait didn't you guys leave the room so I could have my privacy, What happened to that!?"

"That doesn't mean we won't ask for a recap." Aunt May said, as if that were obvious. Which it was.

"Yeah, I know, I was just teasing." I said.

"A smart one, this one is." Uncle Ben said, in a Yoda imitation.

At that moment Tess made it to the house, and quickly came to hug me, not bothering to even take her suit off, just turning cloaking off, surprising me slightly. I hugged her back, then said "It's fine, Tess. Me and Sue worked it out, but please don't do anything that stupid without my approval first. Are you ok? Sorry I wasn't there with you, you had to come home on your own, I should have gone back to get you."

Tess rolled her eyes playfully as we parted from the hug. "I'm happy that you two worked it out, I'm sorry that I messed it up. I may be the crazy cool aunt, but I should know which ideas are too crazy. And you're keeping your legs out on the open? Nice." She deactivated her suit, revealing one of her favorite shirts, and poked her legs out. "I know you're probably thinking I just destroyed my favorite shirt, but I actually just personalized it. And you don't need to babysit me all the time, I just kept cloaking on the whole time, and jetted my way here. But most importantly, what's your and Sue's game plan? I want to know."

"We were just going to know how it went, when you came in." Uncle Ben said.

"How what went?" Tess asked, excitement in her eyes. Ugh, women in my family and their need for gossip about me. At least Sexi wasn't one of them.

"The call between him and Sue!" Sexi said from our watches, excitement in her voice(s? Is it voices?) "I removed myself from the call, because I felt they needed privacy, but I want to know too!" Ok, I stand corrected, they all need gossipy information regarding me.

I rolled my eyes. "I think it went pretty well, actually. Me and Sue were on the same page, and it all worked out. We decided not to pretend as if tonight never happened, but to keep it on the down low, and not really be anything, officially or unofficially, to each other, and see how it goes. I also came clean to her about the whole thing of me not being Peter in soul, but somewhat being him in mind, because I would have to come clean with her sooner or later, and it's best not to start off with a secret like that."

"That's good, Peter." Uncle Ben said "You sure you were Pete's age back there? I haven't seen a fifteen year old with that much intellect." Then he smirked a little. "But that's good, as long as you don't Netflix And Chill."

I blinked. "Y'all have that phrase here too? Y'all got Netflix too? Do y'all got Avatar the Last Airbender here too? And yes, I'm sure I was Pete's age before, but I was closer to sixteen by a little bit, but my thought process comes from the place I grew up in."

"Yes, we say 'Netflix And Chill' too, and we got Netflix too, and Avatar The Last Airbender, what do you think our universe is like?" Uncle Ben said, and he saw the next question on my tongue, so he just answered my future question himself. "And they're still only releasing season two, if that's your next question is. And for the record, I'm sorry you were forced to become a man so early, but I'm proud of the man that you are now. But are you two going to Netflix And Chill? You didn't answer the question. I'm not sure wether to be worried or not."

"It's fine, what happened happened, and I became stronger because of it, and that's what I always have done, am doing, and will always have to do. And I don't think we're going to Netflix And Chill, but if we're alone, and just chilling, I'm not sure wether I will be able to control the urge or not, which is why I avoided the question a little, to think on my answer." Then I decided to be evil. "Oh, and I finished Avatar The Last Airbender. It was so annoying, they just killed Aang off, and the next avatar has to defeat Azula, who takes the position of Fire Lord after Zuko's dad dies, and Zuko becomes good after a few seasons, and dies in the last episode. One of the worst ends to one of the best shows."

After a moment of all of them looking at me, Tess started screaming (not as loud as she could, but screaming as loud as a normal human would) "NOOOOOO!! Zuko was the best! He was my favorite character in the whole show! He was supposed to be the next Fire Lord!! Whyyyyy!!!! Unfair! I need to rethink life!"

Uncle Ben said, "I know right! Zuko was so good! That hair, that badass scar, that attitude! Him and Katara should have gotten with each other! Mai was not as cool for Zuko as Katara was! Whyyyyyy!!"

Aunt May said "While I don't think Katara was good for either Aang or Zuko, I am sad that they killed both of them off." She actually looked sad, I kinda felt bad pranking them this bad. I wouldn't want this type of a punishment on myself, even though I have gone to hell and back, this was pure torture. "Zuko was much better than Aang though, with the redemption story they were going for, and death in the last episode, fighting against Azula!! Scary cool, but it wasn't supposed to happen! But I still honestly think Zuko and Katara was better than Aang and Katara, but Zuko and Katara would have been best if they developed his character a little bit more. A true loss, that Zuko died too early. We will lose a true warrior in the future." Woah, she really admired Zuko, and this whole family was invested, big time. I'm not judging, I was invested too.

The Sexi said in a sorrowful voice, "I may or may not have hacked the Nickelodeon database to see if Dad was telling the truth, as I suspected he may have been doing a prank," Ooh, good girl, she saw through it. "But to my surprise, he was telling the truth." Wait what!

"Wait what!! I was just pranking them! In my universe it actually only has four seasons, and Zuko becomes good around season three! He doesn't die! He can't die in this universe! Nooooo! Tell me you're pranking me! Please!"

Then Sexi said in an amused voice, "I wasn't meaning to prank you, I thought you would know that I was cementing your prank. But over here they are planning on more than four seasons, but in season four Ozai is defeated in the finale, but Azula rises. She nearly kills Zuko, but Katara saves him." This was all the same. "This is the part you all will love. Them two defeat Azula together, but have to retreat because they were outnumbered by skillful fire warriors. On the way back, they admit feelings to each other. They're still working on how the story advances after season four, and it seems Toph and Sokka are slated to be with each other."

Wow. That was different. "If it's this different from my universe, then the first season must be slightly different, and Peter was an idiot for not watching Avatar, so I have to binge it all now! Who's up for binging with me?" I asked

"But you have school, you won't be able to sleep if you binge it now." Aunt May protested weakly, but she clearly was down to binge it.

"Oh, shush." Uncle Ben said. "You don't have to pull the strict parent move when it comes to Avatar, and we never watched with Pete, either of him! I honestly am enjoying new Pete even more every moment, this is awesome! Let's go!" He said, standing up.

"But the kids need to sleep..." Aunt May still was protesting, clearly not wanting to be too loose of a parent, while simultaneously really wanting to watch it now.

"It's fine, Aunt May. You're not being a bad parent by letting us watch now, if we were normal kids then yes that could be considered bad, but other Peters have stayed up without sleeping for more than a month, without a problem. And we're stronger than them, so we can go longer than them, not to say that we will test that sleep thing unless we need to, or we have nothing better to do, which we still do, thankfully. So, let's go." I said, tapping her hand, almost like a child begging for candy.

"Ok, ok, we're going." Aunt May said, standing up.

In five minutes, everything was ready. The popcorn was in a bowl, the TV was on, the lights were off. We all sat down on the couch, cuddled altogether, and before I told Sexi to play the show, I said "This just gave me a wake up call of sorts."

"What's the wake up call you got, Pete?" Aunt May asked gently.

"Just because I'm Spider-Man, just because I'm Peter Parker, doesn't mean I can't enjoy whatever time I have, doesn't mean I have to always contain how I feel, how I think. I can trust people, love people, care for people, and do my best to keep them safe, but I don't have to remove myself from fun, or positive emotions. This whole day was the longest day in my life, and so much happened, but I'm also happy."

"That's a good wake up call, Pete. We would not have been able to convince you that ourselves, no matter how hard we tried. It's good you realized that yourself. I'm proud of you, Pete, that you know how to adapt, and even though you thought happiness was not possible your whole life, you saw that you could adapt, and change your thoughts on that." Uncle Ben said

"Thank you all for showing me that I could be happy, and that it would be a good thing."

"That's what family is for, Pete. To teach you the things you can't learn yourself." Aunt May said "Karen, you want to play the show?"

"Of course, Grandma." Sexi said, and we started watching.

Life was good, and that was a good thing.

Chapter 11: How To Cast A Web

We spent the whole night watching Avatar, or their version of it. It was quite different from what I grew up watching. For one, Zuko didn't have the long hair he had in the first season in my universe, instead he had a cliff, exactly like what Thor had in Infinity War, and it was admittedly a badass cut. His scar was also so much more badass. The others all looked the same, but the other differences were all in the plot. For example, in episode one, Zuko gets in an Agni Kai against that one general. Compared to how I first saw it, Zuko was much more badass, twisting all around and taunting the general, eventually taking him down. All in all, it was the same plot, but with more intensity and seriousness. Over here it was actually R for light violence, instead of TV Y7. I was decidedly hooked. Sokka was still the comedic humor, but he was also much more intelligent. Aang was the same, and so was Katara. Toph was so much more badass, much more than she was in my world. She used bricks to smash peoples heads like it was the most normal thing in the world, which it somewhat was. I was just going to wait for the next episodes, which would come out on Saturday mornings. Apparently they all just forgot last Saturday, which made sense, because that was our first somewhat official day at HQ.

After we finished, we all got up, and started getting ready to begin the day. When we were both ready to go to school, me and Tess left, all the while talking animatedly about Avatar. Classes went by normally, I didn't even feel sleepy at all. What a change from the usual can't even move after running or biking or playing soccer or basketball for ten hours straight (I actually used to do that, yes.) This was so much better. I headed to lunch, expecting to have some of a difficult conversation, after all, yesterday I got knocked out only about two hours after I last saw everyone.

When I got to our usual table, everyone except for Tess and MJ were already there, and everyone was decidedly not looking too happy. "What's wrong, guys? Why the long faces?"

They all turned around. "Pete!" They all said. Well, except for Liz, who said "Petey!"

"That's my name, don't overuse it. It's going to lose all the hot, and then Johnny is going to be hotter than me, which I don't want happening. What happened?" I said, as I sat in between Liz and Gwen.

"Well, for one, you beat the shit out of some people last night," Liz said playfully, giving me a side hug, which I reciprocated. "And then you passed out, and you never thought of telling us you were ok!" Whoops, I should have done that, but I was too busy binging Avatar. "Sure, Sexi told us you were ok, but we needed some confirmation from you! I was going to march up to your place, but then Sexi said you were having family bonding time, and when I woke up at 2:30, and asked Sexi if you were up, and she said yes! Then I asked if I could talk to you, and she said you were still having family bonding time! Care to explain why you were fucking the spiders in your bathroom, or whatever you were doing with them?"

I choked on my water at that, and said "What. The. Fuck. Why would I be fucking spiders. Eww! We were watching Avatar! And Uncle Ben and Aunt May know all about us, while MJ and Tess were screaming yesterday, Aunt May nearly got mugged and so Sexi had to activate the suit, and when we got home, we found two parents wanting to see the reasoning behind that strong of a weapon. So when we got home, we had to explain the reasoning, and I figured to tell them everything. No need not to tell, right? And that went well, then we went to fight Doom, and then-"

I was cut off by Gwen, who said, "Now now, don't you dare skip over that part. You fucking fought this super powered asshole with thousands of suits, and I think that's the most important part of what happened to you since we last night."

"Well, it's actually not." Tess said while coming to the table, having heard everything. "Trust me, while that was one of the most important parts of last night, nothing is as important as Avatar." Then she lowered her voice to a whisper, "Should we tell them about the whole thing at Baxter?"

"You realize I can hear you too, right Tess? You and Pete can't do that anymore, sorry." Gwen said

"Well, shit. I guess we're explaining everything that happened yesterday, but you're explaining the part at Baxter," i said, looking at Tess, who nodded, knowing that I just would not be able to talk about it properly. "and I'm talking to them about Avatar, I grew up on a kid version of that shit, I earned that right. And you guys can't ask questions until I finish talking about Avatar, y'all ain't finna be disrespecting that shit."

"I have one question beforehand." Gwen said.

"Shoot your question, Ghost." I said.

"Ok, now you made it two. One, what's Avatar? And two, Why'd you call me Ghost?"

"Ok, I'll answer two first. I called you Ghost, because that's your moniker in the other world Ghost Spider. And one, how do you, I can't even imagine, what type of a childhood I could have had, had I not had Avatar. That show was my lifeline, my first show. The first love of my life, the one show I-"

Liz cut in "we get it, you grew up on it. But it's rated R, why'd you grow up on R stuff?"

"Where I come from, it was TV Y7."

"Oh my god, that's so cool! It literally is on two sides of the spectrum of shows, how!?" Ned asked.

"Just take out Toph smashing people's heads, Make Zuko less of a badass, a less intense plot that goes along the same lines, and you got it." I responded.

"I can actually see that making sense, surprisingly. I guess I need to rethink life." Ned said, putting a hand on his chin.

"Oh my god Ned, you just reminded me about the prank I played on everyone in my family!" I said "Sexi can you pull it up, sunshine? Start at the point where I started telling the about my Avatar."

"Of course dad, but first you have to admit that I turned the prank on you." Sexi said sweetly, expecting me to deny it.

"Of course, you literally rocked it hun. Good moves sunshine." I said

She took a moment to recompose herself, clearly expecting me to deny it "Why thanks, dad. Here's the recording."

She played the recording, and by the end we were all laughing. Then I realized something. "Wait, you guys didn't explain why I found you all with long faces!? What happened?"

Immediately their moods all soured, and then Ned said "We tried to have MJ join us here, but she was adamant that she would not sit with a 'pretender' on the table, and that she honestly wished that you died last night."

"Oh." I said, sadly. While I didn't think of her as a possible romance, I wanted her to be a friend to me, or some sort of a sister. It was kinda sad to think that she was hurting inside, and I could do nothing about it. "That sucks, I promised Pete that I would keep her safe, and she won't even accept a Parkerwatch to keep her safe."

Liz said. "Worry about yourself, goddamn. How are you feeling about this development?"

I looked at all of them "No judgement?" I asked, unsure of how they would feel about what I would say.

"No judgement." Tess confirmed.

"I didn't ask you, Tess. I could kill everyone in the world, and you would still love me as your big brother." I said. "I seriously still don't understand what I did to deserve that."

"You don't need to understand, big bro. Just continue being you, and I will only respect and love you more." She said, seriously.

"I don't even know what, or who, if I can even be considered a who, I am, so I guess I'll just wing it, like how I've been doing the whole time. But I was saying, No judgement? Actually you know what I just realized I should be saying will you be honest with what you think of what I will say, and not just be nice, or something."

"I think I can say for everyone that we aren't afraid to say the shit we think, so you can trust us to be honest." Liz said, and everyone nodded at what she said.

"Ok, so basically, that first day, I was basically drunk with emotion. I was just managing to pull myself back, and whatever I did, wasn't actually me. Well it was me, but I was feeling emotions that I didn't have any reason to have. But on the second day, my brain came back for the most part, and I could see why I liked you, and not just like you straight up. And back on my universe, when I used to read the comics, I never understood why Peter liked MJ. Spider-Man was always a block between him and her, because she didn't understand why he would risk his life for people who he doesn't know, and she thought Spidey was his main flaw. And she always made it hard for him, when he came home. So I just didn't understand. Like why? You have a girl right there, who literally accepts, and loves both of your parts, is so much more understanding, she even goes on patrol with you, while you go with the girl who has no respect for your mask, no respect for the fact that you need it, to keep your sanity, who you bonded with over the fact that you were both mourning the love of your life." I looked at Gwen, and the increased control I had over my vocal cords was the only thing that stopped my voice from breaking all the way as I continued. "That's why I always look at your neck, you know, Ghost. The Green Goblin, Norman Osborn, and sometimes Harry, it depends on the universe, threw you from the top of Brooklyn Bridge, and I jumped off the top to save you, but when I realized I wasn't going to reach you before you hit the water, I shot a web, and it caught you, but-" At this point my voice broke, and my eyes were shining with tears I refused to let drop. I recomposed myself, then forced myself to finish. "It caught you, but the whiplash," at that point everyone realized, and they all collectively put their hands to their mouths, in shock. Gwen hugged me, as a reassurance. "Your head stayed on, but I've seen your neck just dangling so many times, I can't even." I shook my head. "But that's not what we were talking about. What happened only matters to me, so I can stop it, stop all of it. Not again, never again. Anyways, what I was saying, on the first day, it may have seemed like I cared for her romantically, but now I am in control for the most part, having gotten used to the feelings in the background, and I was hoping for some sort of platonic relationship between me and her. But it looks like I won't be able to do that, nor will I be able to protect her, she's Peter's family, and I promised him. So, while I am disappointed, I am not sad, or depressed at what happened, or what she said. I'll die when I do, and I am not a pretender, yet am a pretender at the same time. I don't know what to think about it, therefore I have no thoughts on it. That's how I feel about it."

"Ok, you explained your feelings towards MJ, but what about the rest of your harem?" Tess said frankly.

"Tess! What the actual fuck is, ugh." I put my head in my hands for a second. Then I raised my head, and said "Need you use such language!?"

"What?" She said "You're trying to tell me that you fell in love with some twenty women in the multiverse, and you didn't have one of those in a bunch of the universes?"

I facepalmed. "That doesn't mean you have to use language like that, it sounds so weird."

"Just answer the question." Tess said smoothly.

"Ugh, fine. So I truly understand why Pete fell in love with them, so my feelings towards them just go higher, so I guess I do love them, but I don't want to pursue a relationship with any of them until I can safely say that the feelings are truly mine, and not another Peter's. That's what I told Sue, and she commended me for telling her so. I've already given thought to it, and I feel I can safely say that with you two," and I gave both Liz and Gwen a gentle squeeze, who had both been hugging me for a while now, "that the feelings are ninety percent mine. I'm not truly sure if I can ever make it hundred percent, but I have to be content that I've pushed it down that far."

Liz looked up at me "Can I ask you two questions, one more important than the other?"

"Fire ahead, Lizzy." I said.

"Is Sue the same Sue that caught you when you fell yesterday, Susan Storm?"

"Yes, due to some... Events last night, the fact that we had a relationship in other worlds was revealed, and we had a conversation on this topic. I will go to The Baxter Building to see if everyone there is ok, and to pick up Ben, not that he knows, I couldn't tell him yesterday, and take him to a place where he can learn how to change between his human form, and his rock form."

"Where are you taking him, you didn't tell me you were going somewhere before?" Tess asked.

I sighed "I didn't tell you, because I didn't want to take you, I can't risk you getting hurt, or The Ancient One wanting to teach you magic as well. I promised you I would try and learn how to use the magic stored within me, but if you learn too, you will gain new enemies, which I don't want to happen."

"Look, Pete." Tess said, reaching out for my hand with her hand. "If I learn magic, I can be more safe right, and your enemies will automatically target me, so it's better I learn magic as well, if 'The Ancient One' whoever that is, agrees to teach me. Right?"

Her logic was sound, so I said "Yes. Ok, I will take you. Lizzy, you had another question?" I said, turning to Liz.

"Yeah, but you just added one more question, and I want to ask my original question after the new one. There's an actual magician called The Ancient One that lives in New York?"

"No, she isn't a magician, she's a sorceress. The term magician is what we, or they, use for fakes. For people who just do tricks. They call themselves sorcerers. And she doesn't live in New York, one of the three entrances to Kamar-Taj, the real life Hogwarts, is placed in New York. Now for your other question?"

Liz looked hesitant, almost scared to ask her question. I put my hand on her shoulder, reassuring her, and she looked at me. She quietly asked "What happened to me, that you always look at my breasts? Like I know it's not sexual, you said it, and I can see the fear in your eyes when you look down. I know I'm punishing you by asking you to tell me, but it's been eating at me since I left your lab. It's fine if you don't tell me, I just had to ask."

My eyes widened slightly as she talked, then returned to normal. This question was coming sooner or later, and me telling Gwen just shoved the question to the front of her mind. "Are you sure you want to know? And are you ok with everyone knowing, or do you want me to talk to you alone? It's not very pretty."

Liz took a deep breath, then said "Yes, I'm sure. And I would prefer to do it away from the table, thanks for asking."

"Your want will always be forefront to mine, Lizzy." I said as I stood up, then gave her my hand, which she gratefully took. When she got up, we let go, and we went towards the doors. Once we were out the doors, I turned to face her, and placed my hands on her shoulders. "Are you sure you want to know, Lizzy? This is your last chance."

"I have to know, it's eating at me, I'm sorry, I'm asking you to do something you shouldn't even be asked to do. If you don't want to tell me, then it's fine." Liz said.

"Like I said, Liz. Your wish is forefront to mine, and my wish is yours. So, in thousands of universes, me and you, we were engaged. Several days before the wedding, the day changes based on the universe, I came home from work, to find you not there, just a note, in green lettering, which told me you were in a warehouse, the specific location changing in each universe. I got ready immediately, sometimes even calling The Fantastic Four, and went to the warehouse. When I got there, I found you hanging by your arms in some chains, unconscious, naked. You were just waking up, and I was running to you, when I saw The Green Goblin was behind you on his glider, two blades on his glider out, and he pushed it into your chest. He jumped off the glider onto another one he had ready, and flew away. I just ran to you, no care for where The Goblin went, just wanting to spend your last moments with you. I wasn't dumb enough to think you would live, I just wanted those last moments. Those last moments, Lizzy. I broke your chains, and held you in my arms. You were awake, and looking at me, sadly. You were saying that you were sorry, and I said even if I tried to, I wouldn't be able to find a reason you had to be sorry. You said I would know why you were sorry when I saw the message in your hair. You gave me a kiss, and you asked me to remove the blades, to end the pain. I- Lizzy, those few moments of pulling them out, they were too long and too short. As soon as I pulled the blades, you started bleeding, and you died, I closed your eyes, and I went to kiss your hair. As I kissed it, I found a USB. It had a picture of a goblin on it, and I would've smashed it, but I knew you told me there was a message in your hair, so I kept it. I went home, and I opened the file on it, when I saw a video. Hesitantly, I played it. The video was slightly different every time, and I remember every variance. It started off with Gobby, telling me he made this so that I had a video by which I could remember you. He moved out of the view, to reveal you in the chains, but you were unconscious and clothed. He slapped you on your face, and you woke up. You and him started talking, you were putting on a brave front, and he was being his maniacal self. You told him that he picked the wrong day to kidnap you, and he said, no, it was the perfect day, considering the situation. You asked what the situation was, and he said that it was the fact that you were pregnant. You were surprised, and asked what would make him think that. He said, the fact that usually, once a month, when they collected a negative pregnancy test from our house, but this month, there was no test thrown away, therefore telling him it was a positive. You said that it would have been better if he waited till tomorrow, because you were going to tell me tonight, but he said that it was nicer if you told him now, and he pointed the camera out to you. You looked straight at the camera, and told me thousands of times, in thousands of universes, with thousands of variances, that you were sorry that you didn't tell me before, and that you wish that you could tell me in person. All the while, Gobby was walking around you, and then he decided it was enough. He didn't end the video, that would be so much easier for me. He took off your clothes, with you telling him not to, to at least have that much honor of his own self. He just continued, then he started raping you, laughing all the while. He went on till you were unconscious, then when you went faint, he went to the camera, and said 'and you found your fiance in this position. Nearly dead, her honor tainted, her child mixed with my semen. Sorry, not sorry.' That's the one thing said, that didn't change. Ever. I'm sorry, I couldn't save you in time. That's what happened, Lizzy. I'm sorry that I couldn't save you, and I will never stop being sorry."

Liz gave me a hug, while looking at me in the eyes. "I'm sorry I made you tell me what happened. I should not have ever done that. And there's nothing you need to be sorry for, you weren't those Peters, you just saw it happen. If you were them, Norman wouldn't be alive to do that. And I know that you're keeping an eye on Norman, and that the moment you see him misbehave, he will permanently be out of the picture, with no one there to blame you for it. And I know that I can trust you to make sure everything is ok. And I can trust you with my life, and my heart, and hopefully, our future children's lives. So for that, you deserve this." She said, reaching upwards, with me automatically reaching down, and we kissed.

After about two minutes, we broke the kiss. I looked at her, love shining in my eyes, with her the same. "That was awesome, how were you able to stay without a breath for that long?"

She laughed "Of course you would ask that, after our first kiss. That was awesome, you're right. Ten out of ten, would want kisses like that for the rest of my life." I frowned slightly at that, out of worry if I could keep her safe, so she added to what she originally said. "No matter how short it is. I don't care how long my life gets, I want kisses like that all the time. And my wish is forefront to yours, remember?"

"Yes, I do. And your wish is also mine, I hope you keep that in memory." I said playfully.

"Oh, I will, just wait till I say I want you to change the kid's diapers." She said, just as playfully.

"You think I'll manage to get us there?" I said softly, worried for her life.

"I know we will manage to get us there. I'm not about to get outdone by my multiversal counterparts, and neither are you. So yes, you'll change my baby's diapers because I wanted you to." She said, then reached up again and kissed me fiercely, which I reciprocated just as fiercely.

After we broke apart, Liz said, "I think we should get back to the others, right? But what should I say? Like about us?"

I smiled "We'll say what you want to say, but Gwen and Tess most probably heard all of what was said, and done." I added done teasingly, and she smirked.

"Well, Tess can't keep a piece of gossip to herself, so I guess they already know, which decides for us right?"

"Yes, yes it does. Let's go back." I said and we parted from the hug we had been, and then I asked, "you want to hold my hand, or not?"

She thought for a second, then said "While I'm down for PDA every now and then, holding hands just like that seems so cringy."

I smiled "Agreed, one hundred percent."

Then we went back to the table, and sat back into our spots on the table, with Gwen giving Liz a fist bump behind my back, and everyone else smirking.

"Congrats, guys. I'm already an aunt, but having a nephew or another niece within a year wouldn't hurt. What do you say, Sexi?"

"It would be awesome." She said, but her voice betrayed her insecurity.

Immediately I took action, saying "Sexi, say that again, what do you think about having a sibling? I can hear that you're not sure, and I'm not surprised. It's normal, Sexi, to be worried at the thought of siblings, and trust me, it's a good thing to be worried. You're my big girl, my eldest child, and you can talk to me for anything you need, and if you don't want to talk to me, you can talk to your crazy aunt, or someone else. So hun, tell me, why are you worried?"

"It's just, you guys always ignore me without realizing, because I don't have an actual body, and I just, ugh this is stupid!" If Sexi had a human form, she would have been pulling her hair off.

"No, Sexi, it isn't stupid." I said. "You raised a valid concern. We do ignore you without realizing, and it's our fault, Friday, mine first and foremost. I'm your father, and I should have seen my mistake. What do you say, me and you, jet to Wakanda, and get their help in making a human body for you, that can connect to your presence?"

"That would be awesome, Dad!" She squealed from excitement.

"Of course it would be, but I better be the first person you hug." I said in mock sternness.

"Of course you will! You'll be the first person I touch, the first body heat that I actually feel, rather than sense, the first person who'll mess my hair up, the first person to kiss me on my hair, like how you did a few minutes after I was born, the first, well the first everything!" She said, practically vibrating the table with her excitement.

I laughed "Now, now, I won't be the first person who kisses you on the lips, or the first person who French kisses you, or the first person you have sex with. That'll be someone else, in at least ten years."

"Dad! Stop!" She said, clearly embarrassed, but not letting that affect her excitement.

We all laughed. "Now that that's out of the way, how long can I expect to hear that Liz is pregnant?" Tess said, with a smirk.

Liz said "Would you stop? You know we're not having sex anytime soon, so bug off." Then she turned to me and said "At least, I don't think we are anytime soon, what do you think?"

"Whatever you want, Lizzy."

Liz started talking to herself "Then we won't, but then again, Petey is so self sacrificial, he's going to die before we turn 17 so, eh, I don't know. I have to think on this. That okay, Petey?"

"Take all the time you want, Lizzy. But we're having this conversation in front of everyone." I said.

"oh, shit." She Said, just realizing.

Tess smirked "What, Lizzy? there a problem with me knowing when to expect a nephew?"

"Bug off, Tess." Liz said "And don't call me Lizzy."

Tess just grinned. "Someone's possessive of her nickname. And spiders are arachnids, not bugs."

"You're calling me Liz, Tess." Liz said "And if that's how you want to play it, then arachnid off, Tess."

"If so, then Pete has to arachnid off as well. But we can't take your sweetie Petey wheatie, can we? So no arachnid off."

"Lay off, Tess." I said jokingly.

"Fiiine" Tess said.

As if on cue, the bell rang, and we headed to our classes.

The rest of school went by uneventfully. After school, me and Tess went to The Baxter Building, and came through the front door like normal people. But we were still wearing our suits. When we got to the living quarters of the fantastic four, we found all of them except Reed in the living room, just chilling around.

"Why, hello. Have I interrupted anything? If not, then I came to tell you something, Ben. It's about a way to cancel your powers temporarily." Everyone's eyes widened at that, and I smirked, then got serious again. "It's not concrete, but it's your best shot. I know you really want to be able to be a normal person every now and then, and I'm trying to help you, bro." I reached my hand out in a handshake, and he looked at it for a second, before shaking it.

"Where are we going?" He said, clearly happy at the thought of being normal again. "Thank you, Pete, for trying your best to help me."

"It's no problem, there are some worlds where this works out, and others where it doesn't, and others where the idea never crosses our minds because Reed doesn't believe in magic. I mean, I do, but I know Reed doesn't."

"Magic isn't real, Pete. Have you gone crazy?" Johnny asked.

"Ok fine, the correct term is Mystical Arts. Happy now?" I said.

"Buddy, are you screwed up up there? I don't believe you."

"Yes, I'm screwed up up there, what told you that? The fact that I'm not a normal person? I know my facts Johnny, and when I come back tonight, you'll believe me that magic is real." I said, exasperated.

"Is that a bet?"

"If it is, I'm betting all my money. I already know I'm winning. You have to bet all your money too."

"Bet."

"Johnny, you just lost all your money." Sue said, from where she was sitting on the loveseat. "Hey, Pete." She smiled.

I smiled back. "Hey yourself. How're you doing, are any injuries of yours from last night still there?" I said, making my way to the couch, and I sat down next to her.

"My stomach is still a little cramped from when that Doombot punched me, but other than that, I'm fine."

"Hey! Why didn't you tell me you got hurt!" Johnny said.

Both of us turned to glare at him "Because you didn't ask." We both said at the same time.

Johnny shrunk into himself. "Yeah, I'm just going to shut up."

"That's a good idea, Johnny." I said, then turned back to face Sue. "We have to leave now, I don't know how long I'll stay there, but I need to make sure I get there as early as possible."

"Do you have an appointment with them?" Sue asked.

"In a way." I shrugged. "The Ancient One definitely knows I'm coming without me having contacted her, so you could say I have an appointment."

"That's not an appointment, Pete, but I guess things work different with the magicians."

"They aren't magicians, they're sorcerers. And no, it shouldn't work like this normally, but I'm a special person, so I know she knows I'm around, my magical aura is super high, I know that."

"Ok then, see you guys tonight." Sue said.

I got up "See y'all, but I might just spend the whole night there, I'm not sure."

"Ok, till next time."

"Till next time."

All three of us got into the elevator, and then we left. I carried Ben by one arm, and we swung to the Sanctum. When we got to the Sanctum, I put Ben down, and he said "How are you able to carry me, I'm super heavy."

"I've carried buildings on my shoulders, you're nothing."

"Wow." Ben nodded at me in respect, and I returned the nod.

Then I walked up to the door, and shouted "Hey, Wong, or whoever is guarding this Sanctum, open the door! I don't got all day!"

The door opened, to reveal an annoyed Wong, who got surprised when he saw me in my mask, then he grumbled. "What do you want?" He challenged.

"You know what I want, Wong." I said.

"Or do I?"

"The Ancient One may not have told you, but she has probably sensed my presence. I'm filled with magic, and I want to see her so she can teach me how to use it."

"So the rumors are true then, there was a major magical entity sensed by the higher masters." He said to himself.

"So will you let me in? Dude, I'm waiting."

"Of course, sorry, come on in."

I walked in, and Tess and Ben made a move to follow me, when Wong blocked them. "They're with me, Wong. Do you not see the fact that they have magic?"

"I didn't look, I was paying attention to the fact that you were here, and not them." He focused on them for a moment, then said "Yes, the girl has a minor presence, and the man has a spell of Petram, but it has been changed." He said, then moved to make space for them to come in.

I took my mask off, and he studied my face for a second, before saying "Follow me."

We followed him, then when we got to a specific place in the Sanctum, he activated a portal, and said "Kamar-Taj is beyond this portal, you will be told where to go by the ones waiting for you on the other side. It's been an honor to meet you, Parker."

So he wasn't an idiot, he knew who I was. "The honor is all mine." I said, then walked into the portal, Ben and Tess following in after me.

As soon as we entered, we were surrounded by several sorcerers. They all had their shields activated, and were ready for a fight. Ben and Tess immediately got ready as well, but then I raised my hand, telling them to stand down. They did, and then I looked at the sorcerers who had surrounded us, until I saw a familiar face. "Baron Mordo, what's the meaning of this?" I asked him.

He stiffened in surprise that I knew his name, then said "You're the presence we can all sense. We were unsure wether you would be a threat to us, so we were prepared accordingly."

"Well, I'll only be a threat if you stand in my way, so I would recommend you take me to The Ancient One as soon as possible."

"Of course." He said, and gestured to the rest of the sorcerers, and they all deactivated their shields. "Please follow me."

We did, and then when we got to a door, he said, "The Ancient One is beyond this door, I will leave you from here." Then he briskly walked away.

I knocked on the door, and a man's voice came out, "Come on in."

When we entered, we found three people sitting on chairs, two of them I didn't recognize, and on the left was The Ancient One. I looked at each of them, giving a nod in respect, which they returned. Then I looked at The Ancient One, and said, "You know why I am here, or at least my story?"

She nodded, then turned to the other two and said, "You two may go, Masters Kaecillius and Richard." They nodded, and left the room. Then she changed what room we were in, and now we were in the weaponry. "I know of your story, who you really are. I don't know your name, I had no need to. Like me, you have taken a new name or names. Peter, and Spider-Man."

I nodded "Ray, and The Ancient One."

"Correct." She said, "Now, before we start with you, let's look at the warrior of Petram." She looked at him, and smiled sadly "You're a happy man, with a sad situation. The spell was changed for you, because it wasn't truly a spell, so it didn't have all the aspects." Out of nowhere, she shot her hand at his stomach, and his rocks just flew off of him for a moment, then came back on. "It seems I could not do anything to remove the skin forever, he is stuck with this skin." Ben had been happy when the rocks came off him, but hearing what she said, he looked sad again.

I said "But there is a spell that can remove it temporarily, am I right?"

"You want him to be taught that one spell, don't you?" She said, looking at me.

I nodded, then said, "Yes, I am saying that. Ben deserves this, and I believe this would also help for relations between sorcerers and super powered humans. Ben gets a chance to live his life normally, the supers will not look at the sorcerers with distrust, and you will be able to move more freely, not as restricted as you have gotten. I know you have been around since the 1800's, and so I know you know what I mean. This would be advantageous for all parties involved."

She looked at Ben "Would you be ok with living over here for about six months? That's how long it will take for you to learn the spell."

Ben considered it for a second, then said "Yes, that would work. But can I say my goodbyes to my family beforehand? And will I be able to visit them once in a while?"

"Yes, you can visit them every now and then, and you can also go back to say bye." The Ancient One said.

"Then I am willing. This is the first true chance I have at this, and I won't drop it." Ben said determinedly.

"Then it is decided." She said, then made a portal that opened to the Baxter Building living room. "You can go and offer you farewells to your family, this portal will be open till you return, don't worry about rushing."

He nodded and said "Thank you, Ancient One. I finally have a shot at normal life." She nodded, then he turned to me. "Thanks so much, Pete. You just brought me, and you took the first step for me. When I'm done, I will be in your debt."

"We're family, Ben. This what family does for each other, and I'm happy to do it." I said gently. He nodded, then turned and walked through the portal.

The Ancient One looked at us, and said "You want to both learn magic, correct?"

"If I want to protect my family, then I must use all the powers I can get. I have magic within me, pooled up, and I wish to control it, fine tune it." I said.

"I want to learn magic so I can protect Pete when he is in danger, and the rest of our family. We will make several enemies, and I want to be able to use all the power that I can to protect my family from them." Tess said.

"You will be learning with me." The Ancient One said, looking at me. Then turning to Tess, she said "And you can learn with Master Kaecillius, he is a learned sorcerer."

"Not Kaecillius." I said. "He betrays you, and unleashes Dormammu onto the world. I don't trust him with my sister's life."

"Very well, then. I will keep an eye on him, and she can learn under Master Richard." She focused on something, then after a moment, Master Richard came, and then when everything was explained, him and Tess went to the training area, and Tess was going to go home by portal around our eight pm, and come two days a week, Mondays and Wednesdays.

Then she looked at me, and said "If I teach you magic, then you will be practically unstoppable. The eye is reaching for you, and it's telling me to test you before I can teach you." She switched which area of the weaponry we were at, and she pointed at something behind me. I turned around to see...

"The Ebony Blade." I breathed "Forged by Merlin, for Sir Percy. Can only be wielded by the impure, until they become bloodthirsty. Why would this be my test." I could feel a pull from the sword, and I ignored it.

"Everyone is impure. What you say is right, the spells on the blade make it so it can only be wielded by the impure. But the question is, are you willing to do what it takes? When you attempt to wield the blade, to be able to move it, you must be willing to kill, when it's needed. But the moment the blade makes you bloodthirsty, it also destroys you immediately. So the test is, can you kill, when it's needed, but not more?" She said.

"We'll see." I said, and then placed my hand on the handle of the blade, and grabbed it. Immediately I felt the blade, as if it had a mind. I pulled the blade off of it's rest, and grabbed the sheath that was sitting next to the blade, and sheathed the blade. Then I turned to The Ancient One, and said "I guess that's our answer."

"Yes, that's our answer." She confirmed, then switched where we were once again. Now we were in some sort of training grounds, and she said "Remove your suit, all eight of your limbs will be needed."

I deactivated my suit, and stretched my spider legs. Then she started teaching me.

After several hours, I was exhausted, but still learning. We did mental training, made shields, bands, pocket dimensions, and made illusions, and so much more.

"You have done well, Peter." The Ancient One said. "What takes my usual students weeks to master, you have taken days. Now, we will move onto the part where I can only tell you, and not do with you, as I am not a Spider Totem. Are you ready?"

"Yes, I am ready."

"Good. So first you will learn, how to cast a web."

"Yes, Master."