Chapter 26: The Travel To The Beginning And Back (Or Keeping A Promise)
I found myself at the beginning of times, with several hundred other beings, and Celestial cores, and The One Above All was there, Knull was as well, and so were others. I recognized many, but there were many, that looked straight up evil, that I knew I had to kill, they were definitely more dangerous than the others.
I looked at the Celestial core closest to me, and I immediately sent a mental message, on how to create himself, or herself, a body. The moment he did, I was in awe. This was Cthulhu, one of the masters of the Eternals. I quickly used my magic to make a cut in his leg, and I drew his blood, and injected it into me.
I felt the power course through my veins, and I used the newfound power to make myself a large body, large enough to rival the others, I was as big as Cthulhu. I made sure to use my noir suit, The One Above All had mentioned the noir suit to me. Once my body was completed, I saw one of the evil gods lunge at The Enigma Force, and I used my Web Magic to block the god from hurting The Enigma Force. "No need to fight, y'all!" I said, mentally and with my mouth.
"On the contrary," the evil god said "there is every reason. Who are you? I will kill you, you denied me my first kill."
"I'm the Legend, Jackass." I said "I'm the Legend Of The Beginning Of Times, and you won't kill me."
The god, or whatever he is, lunged at me, and then teleported behind me, aiming to sink his fangs into my neck. I grabbed his neck before he could, and flipped him over me, using the Web Of Life to make a floor I could smash him onto something. "The universe will have to be rid of you, whatever you are." I said, smashing him on and on. "You will be one of the Legend's kills, thing."
I was just smashing him, when he did some sort of energy blast, and blasted me away from him, into a wall he made, I guess. The wall grabbed me, and I was stuck in it. "Legend, meet your death, the first kill to ever soil this universe." He lunged at me, but I used my speed, and my strength, to blast out of the wall, and duck just in time, and he hit the wall. "Well done, Legend. You may have some chance to live yet."
I just continued to fly away, one of my new powers, dodging all of his attacks. I wasn't going to say anything, I was going to fight for my life. We exchanged blows for a long time, punch here, stab from my spider legs, fangs nearly digging in, and digging in, I truly don't know how long we were fighting. Then some others joined his side of the fight, Knull, and some people I didn't know who they were. I groaned, and blasted them all away, sending them millions of miles away.
Within a second, they returned, and I was fighting in earnest again, I barely got a break, they had basically teleported back to me, or were just that fast. I continued to fight them, then I discarded my tech coat,and used it to choke one of the people, choking her. She was coughing, and my trench coat had some sharp edges that were cutting into her neck, and my magic was helping as well, when the first thing hit me, and threw me off of her, releasing her.
I groaned from the pain of his blow, then I made invisible walls all over, and I was using them to jump all over, using the powers from my pushes off the walls in every punch I hit. I hit basically all of them several hundred times, or more, I don't really know, time was irrelevant, when one of them did something, and I was stuck. Then another lunged at me, aiming to take me down while I was stuck.
Instead of trying to dodge from the one that was about to attack me, I focused on my trapper, and I ripped his arms off, blood leaking out, and he released me, and tried to recreate his arms, but he wasn't able to, I used my Time Stone as well as several spells to deny him the opportunity to recreate his arms. I looked at the one in front of me, and he was nearly at me, his punch was mere inches, or miles from my face, space was truly irrelevant.
I caught the fists that were headed my way, and I spun around, using his body to give me more momentum, as well as a different equilibrium. I spun us for around a thousand years, anyone who came to close would be pushed away by the wind the power of the spin, it would have been epic, if my fight didn't basically dictate the future, and whether it would be good or not. Then I let him go, aiming him at someone else, and him and that other person smashed into an invisible wall, turning into nothing except for some remains.
"Well," I said, readying myself for a fight, "who will face the first killer in this universe?" Immediately five of them lunged at me, and I did my best to fend against all of them at once, but eventually, I was overwhelmed. As if sensing my despair, the Enigma Force came in, and took care of them all, and I said "Thank you."
It sent a glow in acceptance, and we got ready for fighting again. The evil things came back, and swarmed us, several billion of them, and we began fighting for our lives. I was throwing punches, kicks, creating Cloaks Of Levitation by the side, and several other weapons, using them on them, killing dozens, but still being overwhelmed. Then I drew the Ebony Blade in a small hand I made specifically for this purpose, and threw it, using it to slice about a hundred of them, making it easier for us.
But they were too much for us, there were about ten million of them still left, or even more, I don't know, I was just killing with no care, fighting for my skin. Then I saw in the corner of my eyes, a million lightyears away, The One Above All fighting someone valiantly, but having the lower hand, and the other person was about to deal the finishing stroke.
I zoomed to them, and stopped the claws of the thing before they killed The One Above All, then kicked him in the chest while simultaneously pulling his arm that I had in my hands, ripping it off, and making blood float into nothing. I used my magic to create a gravity well, and it started pulling the thing, and it sucked him, and turned him into nothing. "You're welcome." I said quickly, then I went back to where the rest of them were fighting.
Millions of years later, after we had all been fighting for millennia, and we killed millennia, and millions of others joined our team, and thousands of them died, but the rest lived, and there were only a few hundred of my enemies left, including Knull. Well, I thought, this was going to be some of my last moments. At least I'm going down fighting, it would be messed up if I didn't go down like this, honestly.
We had the rest of the enemies surrounded from all angles, and we started killing them, not sparing any of them. Eventually, it was only Knull, and several others, who teleported away, Dormammu among them, I suppose they teleported to other dimensions, I couldn't see them anywhere. I started fighting Knull, the others giving space, while helping as much as they could, this Knull looked like he was as powerful as the One Above All, he was able to punch him, and send him billions of years away, and he nearly killed several Celestials, but I was able to stop him. The only one really able to fight him was me, Enigma Force, and One Above All, and we were fighting for our lives, struggling to stop him, and barely managing to match up against him. I started using some spells against him, getting ready to die at his hands, and setting the spells so my death would be only somewhat real. Then he grabbed me by the neck, and I was struggling against him, and I said "You better come in clutch, Death." Then I did one last spell as the life left me, removing the majority of his power, so that Enigma Force would have a chance against him, like how it was supposed to be.
"And so," Knull said "The Legend Dies, and truly is naught but a legend." He snapped my head off my body, and then he left, daring the others to attack him, but they wouldn't, thinking he could beat them as well. My head was floating in space, but if you were paying attention to my body, you would have seen it disintegrate into nothing, revealing to the one who was looking at it, that my death wasn't real, or there was something to it.
I woke up to nothing, yet somehow something at the same time, and I saw Lady Death. She looked different from future her, this her had a lot more... Baby fat? I don't know, it looked like that, but she was the same person, somehow. "Death? Is that you, My Lady?"
"Yes it is." She said coldly. "You gave me so many people to kiss, and you're in the middle of death and life, and I have to kiss you too. What are you, why did you come at the beginning? I can tell your soul is older than the others, it's weird?"
"It's complicated, Death." I said "But future you sent me to you, somewhat. She wanted me to die at this you's hands, and kiss you, it's complicated, you'll get it, when things unfold. I can't tell you, but I want to. I won't lie to you, I promise, but I can't always tell you what you want to know, it can cause the universe to fracture."
"Understood." She said "But please don't mess my stuff up, and mind your own beeswax. Now, we have to kiss."
We did, and then she said "What's wrong with you? Like, what are you? Why did your kiss feel different, feel that different?"
"It's a long story." I said "Here, I will explain it."
I told her my story, and I spent several millennia with her, the two of us just chilling at the entrance, waiting for others to come. Then the people started coming, or the things, it really depended, the universe was already big. And I saw Death slowly thin, and I knew I had to act. "You realize you're getting thinner?" I asked her.
"No, I didn't." She said sharply, then said "Sorry, that was uncalled for. Yes, I did, it happens every time someone dies, what does your comic knowledge say will happen to me, eventually?"
"There won't be anything except a skeleton, Death." I said soberly. "A skeleton that can speak, but is nothing more than a skeleton in looks. I can stop it, if you want."
She looked at me for a second, then she said "Let me think on it, but I'm pretty sure I will say yes, but what will happen to you if you do it?"
"Nothing too dangerous, I will be fine." I said, that was the truth. "I will be fine, don't worry about me. But take your time, I will be waiting."
A year later, she said "I'm down, for that thing you said. The whole thing where you stop the thinning, I'm down."
I nodded, and said "You ready?" She nodded, and I did the spells on her, using a whole lot of my power, power that I hadn't had till I came to the beginning of times, and collected the blood of several badass enemies. I could never have done this before, but this was still taxing my strength. I groaned slightly, but went through, and pushed through, and just continued to do the spell on her, my Time Stone from the future glowing, sweat on my forehead.
After a year of using the spells on her, it was finally done, and I fell to the ground in exhaustion, and said "Damn, that was crazy."
The last thing I heard before passing out, was Death scream "Legend!"
That was the first time she ever called me that, I realized, and I loved it.
I woke up, and said "Ugh, that was exhausting. How long has it been?"
Death immediately hugged me, and said "Legend! You're ok! I was so worried! It's been a while, but don't worry about that, you're ok now."
"Why didn't you just let me die, I would have come back to you much faster?" I asked, because I was honestly confused about that part from before.
"You told me how you were going to back to your family and friends someday, and I didn't want you to not be able to meet them again, I wanted you to be happy, even if it meant I wasn't"
I hugged her. "Why wouldn't you be happy?" I asked "I want you to be happy too, why don't you tell me what's wrong, maybe I can fix it."
She leaned into the touch, not the way she did in the future, but still, she leaned into it "When you were out of it, I realized that I had true feelings for you. And I wanted to be with you, I realized. I realized that I wanted to sit with you, and stand at the entrance. And I knew that you had people who wanted to see you, and that you wanted to see, in the future, and I would deny you your happiness if I kept you to myself, so I took care of you."
"What if I told you, Reaper," I said "That we could be together, and there wouldn't be a problem? That's how I will go back, through our union, there will be one in the middle."
"Really?" She asked, looking at me, and I nodded. "That's awesome! Thank you for not telling me before, Legend!"
I laughed, then said "I'm sorry that I can't tell you everything, I wish that I could, or would. But I wish I wasn't like this, keeping secrets I shouldn't -"
She cut me off with a soft kiss to my lips, then said "It's fine, you have to keep the universe, and the multiverse, safe, Legend. You'll tell me whatever you can, or want to. It's all right."
I kissed her, and we spent the next few days with each other, kissing each other, than a week later, I lost my v card.
One year later, we had Tartarus, and he was a beautiful baby, and I spent the next millennia, taking care of my baby boy, and watching him grow, and spending time with the fam.
In 1930, my Time Stone received a message, saying "Yes, Peter. We do go back in time with The Goblin, but the rest of it, I'm not sure. I sent this immediately, as soon as I arrived, and realized I was in the past. But I'm not sure how it'll work out, whether those supposed grandkids are real or not, guess we will figure out. But make sure you travel back to your time, we can't risk two of us being in the same time, there's no telling how bad it'll get if we are in the same time."
So this was a message from future me, telling me that I had to leave my family, for a couple years. I gave my goodbyes, taking a year or so, then I used the Time Stone, leaving them.
Parker and everyone else residence, two hours after Peter's death at Morlun's hands
Everyone was sitting in the living room, tears slowly going down their faces for some, others flowing with tears, and the rest trying to keep their cool, but one look at their twitching fingers and you'd know that it was taking all they had not to cry out in fury.
There was something sitting at the coffee table turned council table, and it was covered slightly, but everyone knew what it was.
It was Peter's legs, all six of them. Morlun's body was disintegrated by Sexi, in rage, and the roads where the fight happened was sweeped clean by her nanobots, ensuring not a drop of Peter's blood was left, that was too dangerous. Logan's blood was injected into Natasha, and after thirty minutes, she woke up, with spider legs, fangs, stingers, and wolf powers, and wolverine claws, but she got those too late, she wouldn't be able to save Peter with them, he was already gone.
Tartarus was sitting down, touching the legs carefully, and then he said "I can feel him! Dad's coming through! He's on his way back!"
Everyone got up, and they looked unsure, but hopeful. A minute later, Sexi said "Someone's contacting me... With a song?"
"Play it." Whitney said "I think I know which song is about to play, if it is what I think it is, then Pete's back."
She played it, and at first there was nothing special, just some tunes, then they heard "You know I'm back! Like I never left!"
Then I materialized in front of them, and I said "I'm back! Like I never left! But I did spend several millennia with Death and Tarts, so I'm only back like I never left for you guys -oof!"
Everyone jumped at me, even Hawkeye, Namor, and T'Challa, surprisingly. I made my arms and legs longer so I could hug them all, courtesy of my Celestial powers.
Once my legs were all around them, I said "So, I finally figured out how I would lose my v card, y'all. I lost it to Reaper. Where is your mom, Tarts?"
"I'm right here, Legend." I heard her say, appearing right next to us. I leaned down to kiss her, and I did, then I asked "You know which years of my life were the best?"
"1827 to 1839." Both Tartarus and Death said, and I looked at Tarts. "How do you know?" I asked "You weren't there now, were you? Please don't say yes."
"No!!" He exclaimed, aghast. "I wasn't about to do that, no thank you! But you had a happy go lucky look on your face for the next five years, so I figured!"
"Oh, thank goodness." I said "Those billions of years were awesome, Reaper. Thank you, for giving me such an awesome time."
"They were the best for me too." She said, then got onto me, and kissed my cheek. Then she leaned into my ear, and whispered "Those twelve years, wanna do it again?"
"Oh my god!" Shuri and Tess said, then Tess said "You guys had sex for twelve years straight!? How the fuck are either of you still... Anything!"
I rolled my eyes, then said "That doesn't matter. Nat, you have spider legs now! Spy-ders for real, let's go!"
I took her up in one of my arms, and she kissed me hard, and I did the same. After twenty minutes, or something, we parted, and she said "How are you the same, even after all that time?"
"I wasn't going to become one of those annoying gods, ever, Talia. But what I did come out with, is a very different view of mortality, and time, and space."
"So, explain that part." Aunt May said "How much worse is your view on mortality, and what happened to time and space?"
I scratched my neck with one of my legs, temporarily making a hand on it to do so. "Well, I basically can't die anymore, not while I'm in this universe. But when it comes to the multiverse, there's a large chance of me going to the guillotine and not making it out. And as for the time and space, I think I fought the Evil Gods Of The Beginning Of Times, for like, how long, and how large?" I looked at Death in questioning, then said "At least a billion years, over trillions of square lightyears. It was definitely larger and longer, but I know that at one point, I spent a million years punching that one dude, and there was that other ten million years, and then I traveled sixty million lightyears in a second that one time, and yeah, I don't really know."
Everyone looked at me like I was crazy, then Tess said "How mashed up was that dude after that sixty million years?"
"He was actually unhurt, and that was so annoying." I said casually. "Like dude, I'm using all my magic, and my Celestial powers as well, just get hurt! It took ten million knives to take care of him, in the end. Fucked up, man. Now, I'm the strongest on Earth, for real. There's still Thanos, with the stones, he may be able to defeat me, and there's One Above All, and others, so I'm one of the strongest in this universe."
"I like these legs." Nat said from my arm, "So much more power, it'll just take a tap to knock someone out now! Not that I will use it wrongly, but this feels good."
I kissed her cheek softly, then I stretched my arms to the others, giving them a choice to hop on, and they did, and Sue asked "What's the new limits to your powers?"
"I don't really know." I said "I did put my all when I was fighting, but there was no true measure, we were all relatively just as powerful, more or less. Everything was relative," I shrugged.
"So you're not the Peter we knew, in terms of weakness, and capabilities," Nat summarized, "but you're the same Peter, in attitude." She winked, then said "How about that sparring match?"
I grinned, then said "You're going to get knocked out a million times, even with your new powers. I'm a Celestial, Talia, and we can get real big, and strong."
"How big?" She challenged. "You sure you won't be able to fit in the plane, the cockpit isn't that small, you should fit."
Everyone groaned at our innuendos, and I said "Big enough, that my head makes the sun looks small."
"Woah." Everyone said, then AJ said "You're saying your small head can get that big? Then how big is your dead head?"
"Well, I got smaller before I died, AJ." I said "So it's bigger than the sun, by a lot, but it is not my biggest head size. No plastic can fit those, Talia. Just warning you, you seem to want it."
She smirked, then said "How about we spar now? I'm feeling up to it." She stretched, then said "These legs and powers are a whole new ballgame, and experience. What do you say?"
"Get to your room first, before going too deep into the topic, all of you." Aunt May said, pushing me, the rest were already in my arms. "But have you confirmed that you have grandkids?"
"Well I have confirmed that I go back in time," I said "but there's nothing confirmed about the kids. Thankfully."
Then Crystal's watch beeped, and she looked at it, then said "My sister is calling. They probably have heard of your death, and want to confirm, and possibly come here."
"Well then, why don't you answer?" I said "I doubt there will be any breaks in the connection, at least I hope not."
"You fucked your woman for twelve years straight, and you have a problem that a man is only taking a week, and has nothing on your stamina?" Shuri asked.
"I would rather not hear someone else's sounds, or anything, Dudette. Why you got to blame me like that?"
"She has a point, you know." Tess said "You're practically omniscient now. You can't tell me you haven't heard others."
"Good point," I said "But you," I waffles my finger at her "you can't say that, when I fought for billions of years, or some shit, with your promise one of the things forefront in my mind."
"It was?" She said softly, and when I nodded, she hugged me with all her strength, and I hugged her back, softly, but just as tight as she did. "Thank you, Pete. You're the best."
"I try." I said "But it's you guys, who are truly the best. Had it not been for y'all patching my soul before I left, I would never have found the mental strength. Thank you."
Then I felt something in the web, and said "Julia! I didn't expect you to come this fast, but I guess when the multiverse calls, it calls. What's wrong?"
"You killed Morlun for good, Peter." She said. I turned to face her, putting everyone in my arms down. "You've set the whole family on your ass. They are in council, I would not have known that, but your power boost has given our connection to the Web more power, so I know. They may consider killing the other Peters, and we can't let that happen. The Web will snap for sure, not everyone has what you have in terms of successors, and you know that. What's the move, King?"
"I'm guessing king is one of my titles, so I will flow with it, but what is Karn up to?" I asked.
"Karn is with his family, I thought you would have known that." I nodded, and she said "Oh, it's just for confirmation, understood. What shall we do first, My King?"
"Don't call me King, Julia. I'm not one for official titles, you know that. Even if I am your King, I don't need the formalities, nor do I want it. We're traveling through the Web, if it's locked, we will unlock it, then travel. Earth-982, is our first destination."
"What of your Bride?" She asked "You may need her, she was there in your comics in the first fight, you may need her."
"I think I will bring her, I guess I will do that first, I was planning on doing that after we go to Mayday's earth, but this works too, hopefully. You know of the comics?"
"I saw it all happen, the change, the speech you had with The Shadow, with Peter, I saw all of it, and I wish I didn't. I may not have seen the visions you did, but your pain was unbearable."
"I apologize for being a pain to you, it was not my option, I attempted to close my eyes, but that did nothing."
"It is all right, Peter." She said "You had no choice, neither did I. Now, we must advance."
I nodded. "We're doing this, whatever it takes."
"Whatever it takes." Julia said.
Chapter 27: The King, And His Bride (And Others)
I sat down, thinking, planning. After a moment, I said "Sexi, can you find me a building with a bunker, that has the person that went to The Moon's house, and possibly has some food deliveries, or something to indicate someone in the bunker."
"You could have just asked me to find your Bride, y'know, Dad." Sexi said "I've had the place knocked down for a while, and I've been waiting for you to ask for her location. Head out, I will give you the location. Take the Agents with you, they can take care of any SHIELD agents that want to apprehend you."
"Oh, shit!" I said "I just died like three hours ago! That's going to be annoying."
"That's also helpful," Julia said "Your death, is why the Inheritors have not attacked our universe yet. You have freedom in your movements, but don't use any of your Web Magic, Sorcerer."
"Yeah, but the people, is what I'm worried about." I said "They won't trust the fact that I just died, and didn't, at the same time. I truly died, y'know, not when Knull killed me, but when I came into my time. But my death is besides the point, what I need is to... Get Cindy, I guess."
"You're scared, aren't you?" Aunt Nari asked, smirking "You're scared, that Cindy will turn out to be that one person from your world, who straight up hates you, and you guys will have to do the deed, without really wanting to, but your instincts will control you. She's a nice girl, Peter. I don't think she will kill you, she will at least wait for you to save the world." Aunt Nari winked at the end.
"Yes, I am." I admitted "We're basically together for good, and what happens, if she turns out to be that one person from my universe, and we have that mutual hate for each other? Who knows, that's what I'm worried about."
"It'll be fine, Peter." Aunt Nari said "And if all goes wrong, just go in your car, and you're ensuring you have it locked down."
"Wait!" I said "That works! So well! I'm having my music playing, Glorious by Macklemore featuring Skylar Grey!"
"What is so special about your music?" Shuri asked. "Like yeah, it's way better than Wakandan music, I will admit it, but what's so special about this song?"
"You see, Shuri," I said, as if teaching a child "the first line in Glorious is 'you know I'm back! Like I never left!' I played that in the message I sent to Sexi, and the world needs to know too!"
"That's actually pretty nice!" Tess said "But send a video to the world, explaining that you came back for real, and it's not a copycat."
"They would never be able to know that it is truly me, would they?" I asked "Unless any of you went out to get my legs without hiding yourselves."
"Well, no." Tess said "But Aunt May may or may not have punched Fury really hard, wearing her super suit, and he may have some injuries."
"Should I feel bad that I'm feeling so good that you did that?" I asked Aunt May "And who kicked Rogers' ass?"
"Me." James admitted regretfully. "I was angry at him, that he didn't help you. I don't know if you realized, but he was merely watching, not willing to help, even when you were choking that person, without a single bit of your body. I wore the typical suit, so he could see my eyes, and I kicked his ass hard, and now I'm regretting it, I'm running out of blood relatives that I can say that I have not hurt them physically, and there are none I haven't hurt emotionally."
"Hey, Uncle James." I said "While you didn't have to be the one that kicked his ass, I'm thankful that you did. Not because you did it for me, but because I can feel a little less bad for keeping you from your father, which I shouldn't be doing at all. But is there anything else that I should know that happened while I was dead, that you haven't told me yet?" I smirked, and said "Nothing y'all say can truly be something I've never heard of before, I've been through almost all of the past."
"Well, I may have talked to Steve." Bucky said "All of us Agents went in our normal suits, and the rest took care of anything in the Helicarrier, while me and James stayed on the floor. I took my mask off, and we had a very big argument. Because I totally could see what you were talking about happening, and I would have been clueless that Tony was letting Steve beat him up, I usually didn't know Tony beforehand, I believe. You made it a point to introduce the two of us, so I'm pretty sure we didn't know each other any where else beforehand, and I'm sorry that I was a participant in the beating up of Tony."
"Ok, it's not a problem, it wasn't you, it was other you." I said "If anything, this is good." I used my Celestial powers to control the molecules around me, and I created an adamantium shield, fitted with the Captain America logo and design. "The original one broke like a couple hours into the fight, I didn't use it too much, but when I did, I was only able to kill one person with it, and it broke immediately. Neither the weapon, nor the killed, were very strong, so yeah." I gave the shield to Falcon, and said "You got this, Captain."
"I'm not the Captain, Peter. I can't be the Captain, I don't deserve it." He said, not wanting to take the shield, while I was basically pushing it into his hands.
"That's what other you always said, Sam." I said "But in the end, it's proven that you're the better Captain, in every universe."
"I'm not ready." He said "Maybe one day, if you say so, but not yet."
"Very well then." I said "This shield will wait for you, but for now, let's give it to someone else." I handed it to Sharon, and created an injection, then handed that to her as well. "The shield, and the super soldier serum, they're yours. Wanna fulfill the family legacy?"
"Why are you trusting me with two so powerful things?" She asked. "I shouldn't be trusted with this, I don't deserve it."
"You picked up the Ebony Blade, didn't you?" I shoved the blade into her hands. "I killed several million people with that, since the last time you saw me. I trust you, because you're worthy."
"If you say so." She said, then stabbed the needle into her, then after a few minutes, she was a new person, of sorts. She looked much more buff, and she clearly felt the change, her face was red from the strain.
"Well done, Captain Carter." I said, then I made a portal, and said "You'll find your suit in your room, I got it ready from before. Now I got to go, wish me luck."
"Luck!" Everyone said, then I walked through the portal, to the garage.
I got into the McLaren, and then I drove off, my music playing, and I was making a video for the people, saying that I didn't truly die, thankfully.
I stopped in front of the building Sexi said was Ezekiel's and knocked the door, I was going to be cordial, for now. When I got no answer, I knocked even harder, and the door opened.
There was no one there, the door just opened on its own. I walked in, and said "Ezekiel, show yourself. What do you have out of hiding?"
He got out of an elevator, and said "Nothing. I just wanted to see if you knew who you would find here, so as to know if you were worthy, a good king prepares beforehand."
I nodded. "You know why I am here. Don't waste my time, I have to get her, and my people, ready for the war. Where is she?"
"You have started something, child, that you may not be able to finish. Are you prepared for that eventuality?"
"Ezekiel, I already died once, and I know I will die again. I may not come back next time, and my people have been prepared for that, and I have always been ready."
"Have you chosen your successor?" He asked "Have you prepared your successor, and will they be worthy?"
"Yes, I'm working on that part, he's still being prepared, and yes, hopefully, by the time I leave, my successor will be worthy. You have asked enough, Ezekiel."
"As you wish, my King." He walked up to a door, and said "I can give you the code, or you can open it yourself. Which will it be, My King?"
I walked up to the door, and used my powers to merely make it so there was no longer a door. I saw Cindy in there, and she just turned around at the sound, then when she looked at me, both of our eyes widened, as our spidey senses told us the identity of the other. I blinked, then walked closer to her, then enveloped her in a hug, which she reciprocated. I hugged her tightly, then said "#$%$&#? Is it really you?"
I guess my voice was being bleeped, I couldn't say her name out loud. She hugged me tightly, then said "Yes, it's me, Peter. We can't use our old names anymore."
"I know." I said "But I've gotten kinda used to it, but then again, I've lived through almost all of the past, and I have several names."
She looked up at me. She was about 6' 1", so she didn't really look up that much, but it was still there. "You'll tell me your adventures one day."
"As you wish, Crescent." I said "Ever since I came here, I found out that I had this knack for giving nicknames, did you see Nickelodeon?"
"I thought Control Freak was better, but Nickelodeon was second best." She said, then laughed. I could feel our instincts getting higher, and she could too, I think.
"It's getting hot here, don't you think so?" I said, and she nodded. "What do you say we go to my room?" I asked "Don't want to go crazy in public."
"Just get us there, Peter." She whispered into my ear, and I shivered. "I'm running out of control, and I know you are too."
I nodded, then I kissed her as I made a portal to my room, and parted from her and said "Sexi, put all the noise cancellations there are, all around our walls, please."
"How loud do you think we'll get?" She asked.
"It's not about how loud we will get, Crescent." I whispered into her ear, while taking our clothes off with my arms and legs, she was doing the same, and I felt her shiver when I whispered into her ear. "It's about how loud I will make you get."
"Is that a challenge?" She asked.
"It's a promise." I said, then we started.
The living room, the moment they entered the house
Everyone was sitting in the living room, when all of a sudden, Sexi started laughing. Everyone was looking at her like she was crazy, and she controlled herself, then said "Sorry. Oh god, they're both just going at it, like there's no tomorrow."
"I saw that coming." Aunt Nari and Aunt May both said, then Aunt Nari asked "Are they in the room, or are they doing it outside? Please tell me they're inside."
"They just made it," Sexi said, laughing. "They both had enough self control to last them all of thirty seconds, and now, he's making her scream. Oh god."
"I can vaguely hear it." Tess said "I thought you said they were in this house, they sound like they're a hundred miles away."
"That's because I put a million different types of noise cancellers all around the room." Sexi said, struggling to breathe.
"How is he able to do that?" Natasha asked. "I can hear them, and I will just wait for them to shut up, then it's my turn. Unless Sexi will let me in before."
"No, I'm not." Sexi said "Cindy's voice will go through for those several moments, and I'm not about to scar everyone else."
"You guys are stuck here," Death said "But I'm totally going to just make my way there. Sorry for scarring you Tarts, but you've heard me and your dad talk a million times."
Death disappeared, and Tartarus said "Yeah, maybe I've caught you two dirty talking every once in a hundred years, but this, this is different!"
"There's no one here to answer to your protests, bro." Sexi said "I'm honestly regretting that I didn't deactivate my mics in time. I tried, but they didn't give me a chance."
"Whatever." Tony said "My bro of a playboy thinks he can outdo me, but he can't. Not at all, it won't happen."
"Uhh, bro." Bobbi said, her and Tony had some sort of sibling vibe. "You realize he has a hundred plus grandkids?"
"We don't know that!" He shot back. "That was something he told his family, so he would think he would go back in time later on!"
"That's a good point, but somehow, I wouldn't be surprised if it just happened to be true." Tess said, shaking her head "I swear, his skills know no bound."
"That's our dad for ya." Both Tartarus and Sexi said, then Tartarus said "When it was just the three of us, he never did anything special, but whatever he did, it was always the best."
"Enough guys." Aunt May said "Go do some training, or something. You guys have a war to fight in a couple hours, or more. Don't sit around, get ready for war."
They all agreed, then went to The Masque's Home to train, and prepare.
Peter's room, ten hours later
Oh god, that was good. We spent a couple of minutes just the two of us, then Death came, and for the next few hours, I don't even know how long, it was a whole lot of different types of threesomes, then Cindy had enough, and she passed out, and me and Death went at it, until both of us decided to take a break.
"You feel different when you're fully alive." Death said.
"Do I now?" I asked "Is it better now, or did you like it better then?"
"This is way better." She said "Like, I literally feel the energy of life itself coursing through me. It makes sense, your connection to the Web is stronger."
"You wanna go again?" I asked "My celestial body has allowed for a fast replenishment, and while we can't go for twelve years, because we have things to do, we can do a little longer."
"Oh, totally." She said, jumping onto me, our bodies rubbing against each other, slight sweat covering hers, while I was fine.
We were about to go again, when I heard the doorknob turn. I threw Death onto my bed, and covered her before the door fully open.
"Relax, it's just me." I heard Nat say as she quietly closed the door, then said "You knocked both of them out? How much energy did you save for me?"
"He didn't knock me out." Death said, sitting up from under the blankets. "I think he thought you would be Tess, or his Aunt."
"So he hid you under the blankets." Talia said, smirking. "Totally ingenious, and will hide your figure, totally. What were you thinking, Peter?"
"He wasn't." Death answered for me, then jumped onto me again. "But that's when he's best, right Legend?"
The doorknob turned again, and Death stayed in my lap, but Nat jumped up, and stuck onto the ceiling, hiding from whoever would open the door.
It turned out to just be Crystal, and Crystal looked up at Nat, and said "I thought you were good at your job."
"No one ever looks up, unless they know they need to, which they rarely do." Nat said. Then she turned to me, and said "What round would this be for you?"
"Round hundred and seven, I think." I said "But if you're down to have Melina, we're going to a different planet, I'm going to make you scream loud enough to break a whole lot of walls."
"Don't forget me!" Crystal said, jumping into one of my free legs. She kissed me on the cheek, then she said "Knock me senseless, I want to feel it."
"If you want to join," Death said "you have to be fine with no protection. The magical protection he made always took the fun out of it."
"I'm down." Crystal said "I know that his thing most probably has a hundred percent fertility rate, and I'm fine with that."
"Ok, guess we're doing this." I said, then made a portal to a secluded jungle planet, and we all went through, with Cindy's limp form in one of my arms, wasn't about to get her mad at me.
Living room, ten hours after Peter left
Everyone flopped onto the couches, tired from their sparring, and training.
"Wait!" Johnny said "We've been training for like more than fifteen hours with several two hour breaks, and we're out of it, and Peter's still at it?"
After a moment, Tess said "I'm just going to say, what type of a stamina is that? How long can he go, before stopping?"
"Well, he did go for twelve years once, apparently." Sue said. "Not that I'm denying the veracity of the statement, but just, how?"
"You'll know how, when you learn how." Shuri said "Let's just stop thinking about that, please, and let's plan for the fight."
"Is Peter not the one who makes the plans?" Emma asked. "He is your leader, and king, to an extent, the planning falls on him."
"You're right." Aunt Nari said "And for that very reason, I'm kicking them out of their honeymoon, and we're going to have a plan set in twenty minutes."
She went to the door, and banged on it, and when she didn't get an answer, she said "Tess, can you hear them, are they in here? They're not responding."
Tess walked up to the door, then put her ear to it, then after a few moments, she said "They're not here. I can't even hear a heartbeat."
Sexi cautiously opened the door, then they all looked in, to find a messed up bed, and some clothes on the floor, and no people.
"I know what happened!" Tess said "Nat probably made her way in the room somehow, and because Peter knew that she would be too loud, he took them to some other planet!"
"Nat was just with us, she didn't go into the room." Clint said, then took a look at the crowd, then said "Ok, yeah, she is wherever they are."
"Ok, I will admit it." Tony said "He has a better stamina than me, I couldn't do more than five hours." When everyone looked at him, annoyed, he said "Sorry..."
Wanda said "I am about to contact him with my mind, we have a connection, and I can use it. Should I use it, or shall I leave it, and let him come in his own time?"
"Do it." Shuri and Tess said. Tess added "I didn't think him going to the beginning of times would change things in this direction, but if it didn't, then I wouldn't have a nephew."
Wanda's eyes turned red, then after a minute, they cleared, and she said "They are in a very beautiful planet, it's a jungle planet, and it's filled with lush vegetation, and beautiful birds, and they have web hammocks and webs all around. I talked to Peter, and he said he was on his way," then her cheeks reddened as she said the next bit. "But we would have to clear the room, their clothes were ripped, or washed away in the river, and are no longer available."
"Their?" Aunt May asked, and Wanda bit her lip as she realized she made a mistake. "Who else is with them?"
"Death and Peter do not require clothes, they can make their own, they have the power. But Cindy, Nat, and" at this she paused, then continued "and Crystal need clothes."
"How many of them are knocked out?" Aunt May asked, then added "I really can't believe I'm asking this."
"I don't know, and I'm thankful for that." Wanda said, blushing. "He just asked to clear the room, and when I asked why, he explained."
"I can get the answer." Emma said, and several moments later, she said "All the mortals have been knocked out at different intervals, and the only mortal awake is Crystal."
"Did he use the word mortal?" Tartarus asked "I know my dad best out of all of you, no offense, and that doesn't sound like him."
"No he didn't, but I felt it would be easier to explain it that way." Emma said, shrugging. "It's the truth, and Peter knows that too, but he respects us mortals well enough not to use the word."
"He will use the word mortal, only when he feels angry, or he tells the need to intimidate someone." Tartarus said simply, stating a fact.
"Ok, y'all, clear the room." Aunt May said "I don't want you seeing things you will never be able to unsee."
When everyone cleared the room, and the door was closed, Emma said "I will contact him, and let him know that the room is cleared."
Jungle planet, five minutes ago.
I was almost done with one more round, and moments after I finished, I felt Wanda tickling my mind. I let her in, then mentally said "Hey Red! What's up?"
Hey Pete! she said back mentally. So I think it's been like eighteen hours, or something. Your mother-in-law decided you had enough, so she knocked on your door, then when she got no answer, Sexi opened the door to an empty room. I said I could contact you, and tell you to come, but I also knew that you'd go to a beautiful place, and I wanted to see it. Can you show me, please?
Sure! Look through my eyes, you'll see the place we're at, the whole planet is like this! Oh, and please tell the others to clear my room, they all lost our clothes either with them getting ripped, or washed off at the river. I said mentally, lowering my defenses so she could see the view. I felt her look, and then I realized that she could see that Crystal and Talia was with us as well.
The planet is beautiful! And they already figured out that Nat was with you guys, but we didn't realize Crystal was with you. But this place is beautiful, and everything is so beautiful. Take me here one day, I want to see this with my own eyes, and feel, and smell, and hear everything!
'For sure!" I said, both mentally and with my mouth. Crystal looked at me from under me, and asked "For sure what?"
"Wanda contacted me." I said, materializing my clothes. "She said the others wanted us to return, and she wanted to see the planet, knowing that I would take us to a beautiful place. I let her see through my eyes, and she asked to see the planet one day, so I said for sure."
"Wait, if she saw through your eyes, then she saw me too, right?" Crystal asked.
"Yeah, she did." I said, getting up, then giving Crystal and Death a hand each, then looked at Nat and Cindy, who were both out of it. "That's going to be a problem." I realized.
Crystal used my hand as a support, then when she got up, she immediately fell into me. Death got up using my hand, but she was fine, we had done more than this several million times. Death got into my arms anyways, and said "Cozy."
"I try my best, Reaper." I said, placing a kiss on her cheek.
"What do you say I reap the benefits of our fun," Death asked "and we give Tarts a sibling, and Sexi a half sibling?"
I smiled and said "That would be nice, really nice." Then I picked Nat and Cindy gently, and created a blanket of sorts out of my body, covering them up. "I think I'm gonna jump off this tree, into a portal, and land us onto my bed. Good idea, right, Diamond?"
"As long as you take all the brunt of the fall, yes." She said "I have no idea how I am still alive, I lost my v card, and got knocked out like five times."
Then I felt Emma tickle my mind. I let her in, then said out loud and mentally "Hey, Ice Queen! What's up? I'm guessing you want to see my beautiful planet, right?"
That's the unofficial reason, she said mentally but the official reason, is that they want to know who is knocked out, and who isn't.
"Look through my eyes, Ice." I said, then felt her look through them. "This is my beautiful planet, and as you can see, Nat and Cindy are knocked out."
I can see that. Take me here sometime, will you? I like this place, it's beautiful, and those web hammocks look kinky. her voice sounded amused, but serious at the same time.
I rolled my eyes. "If you think you can survive the tribulations of the jungle, and survive the limping, then far be it from me to deny you what you want."
I felt her roll my eyes, then she left my mind. "Now we just have to wait for the go ahead that the room is cleared." I said.
"I knew you and Emma Frost had something between you two!" Crystal said "What did she say? Why would you mention limping?"
I laughed "She asked to visit the place someday, and also commented on the kinkiness of our webs."
I felt her come back to my mind, and when she came in, she said Your room is cleared, you can come in now. Do you already have a plan?
"Ice, I had a plan for this ten thousand years ago, but things will probably not be just as easy as I'd like for it to be, so we will see." I said.
Don't die, Peter. We still have to take you to the Institute at least once, and you have to take me to your beautiful planet, to face its tribulations. and with that, she left my mind.
I laughed, then jumped off the tree, then turned around, so I was under everyone, and I made the portal, and fell through it.
I landed us on the bed, and said "Woohoo! A perfect landing! Once again your man Peter delivers!"
Then I heard Tess say from behind the door "Peter, we can hear you! Please don't do anything stupid!"
"I went to a beautiful planet, filled with only the most lush vegetation, and only the most beautiful birds, and the balance of the planet is in accordance with the Web Of Life, I made that planet myself! I only chose the most beautiful birds, and even got the hawks, and falcons, and the panthers, and the jaguars, and the leapords! I'm not stupid, how dare you! I am one of the smartest people ever!"
Then Crystal groaned, and said "You made that planet? Not surprised, but can you teleport me to my room? I need clothes, and to give my body a lot of rest."
"Mortal, that was Legend when he is only using a minute fraction of his power." Death said amusedly. "Step up on your game, girl."
"Oh really?" Crystal asked. "When he is using a large amount of his power, what happens to you? How long do you just lie down on your bed?"
"He rips my body apart, woman." Death said, enjoying herself. "I barely have a body left after he does that, and I lay wherever we were for the next couple of years."
"We can hear you!" Tess screamed from behind the door. "Would you guys stop, and get on with it!?"
"Why the fuck are you guys still at the door!?" I shot back. "Give us some time, y'all! And don't encroach on my personal space!"
"Whatever." Tess said, then I heard her and everyone else leave the door, and I gave a light chuckle.
"Please, just let me fall asleep here, Peter." Crystal said, her eyes closing as she was talking. "I'm too done to move, or even be moved. Just put some of your clothes on me."
"I doubt my underwear would fit you, to any extent, Diamond." I said, laying her on the bed softly, Death laughing in my other arm.
"Just get it from my room..." She said, falling asleep. "I'm done for good, just let me get this rest, I don't care that I'm going to be like a baby getting her diapers..." She fell asleep.
I put a hand to my forehead. "This is so weird, what do I do? She was too out of it to be giving a conscious decision, I think."
"Just do it." Death said, smirking. "You'll have to do it with all three of them, they're all out of it, and you can't let them go like that, what happens if someone comes to your room?"
"Ugh, this is so weird." I said "I'm just going to put them down, and then wrap their blankets around them."
I did it, then I put another blanket over them all, then I said "While I don't need to take a shower, I'm already physically clean, I will. Want to join me?"
"Why not?" She said, wrapping her legs around my torso, now that she had me to herself. "While today was really fun, like really fun, I want some lone time."
She kissed me, and I kissed her back, as I took us to my bathroom, and we spent twenty minutes in the shower, then we got out, and headed to the living room, fully clothed.
"Before you do anything," Aunt May said, "You have to go to school. It starts in ten minutes, and I think you have some people to pick up."
"Oh shit." I said, then I ran, my clothes changing, as I made a portal, landing in my car. I turned it on, and revved away, activating the cloaking, then one minute later, I arrived at the alley.
I went through the entrance, then I exited through our garage as soon as Tess got in the car, then I zoomed to Liz's house, and found her waiting.
"Sorry!" I said "I totally forgot about school, and then Aunt May reminded me! I came here impromptu, we have to get Gwen!"
"It's fine, Petey." Liz said, laughing "I kind of expected it, but I just wanted to know, what delayed you, and made you forget? I couldn't get to your house when you temporarily died, I'm sorry."
"So there's that," I said "I died, and went to the beginning of times, and died then, then stayed with Death for the next millennia, and raised my son, and came back. But that's not why I forgot."
"Oh no, it isn't." Tess said, laughing, as Liz got in the car. "You were just spending your time in your Utopia, and -"
"Let me tell the story, Tess." I said "So what happened, Lizzy," I braked hard in front of Gwen's house, and saw her get up from where she was sitting on the steps. "Let me just explain it once."
Gwen got into the car, and said "Hey guys! Pete, my dad knows who you are, I freaked out when I saw you die, and he figured out."
I nodded "I trust him with my family, he's one of them. I don't mind that he knows, and I'm happy, to an extent. But I guess I will just tell my story after school."
"Ok, we're running late anyways." Liz said.
I smiled, and said "We will arrive thirty seconds before the bell rings, just you wait."
Thirty seconds before the bell rung, we all got out of the car, and rushed in, and then the bell rang, and we headed to our classes.