Chapter 28: Another Knows The Secret
We rushed in to our classes, and then the first half of school went by smoothly for me, then we all headed to lunch. I sat on my seat, then a moment later, Jean slid into the spot she was at yesterday, and took a look at my face, and said "Had a good night, didn't you?"
"I thought I hid the signs on my face." I said "But clearly, what Talia taught me wasn't good enough against you, for whatever reason."
"I didn't know it through your expression." She said "Yesterday, you and her were talking about stamina, and sparring, and soft, and hard, and at PE today, she had the slightest limp ever. The only reason I saw it was because I was looking for it. But that isn't the only thing I found out."
"What else did you find out?" I asked.
"So, here." She said, as if it was something important. "I'm a mutant, and I have powers. And she was broadcasting, basically mentally screaming about the good night she had with her Spider."
"Your powers have already awakened here?" I asked, surprised.
"That's not what I'm focusing on." She said "Did you just invite me to your table, because you knew I had powers?"
"Jean," I said, stretching my hand towards her, "touch my hand, I will give you some information, tell you something."
She did, and I spent several seconds giving her the knowledge of me, and what I was, and why I did it. "Ok." She said.
"I honestly didn't bring you to our table because of your powers." I said, as the others made their way to the table, and looked at us in confusion. "I brought you, because you're family, and remember, I have family to protect, and I will protect them. I brought you, because I thought your powers didn't awaken yet, and I wanted you to trust me before Charles manipulated you, so I could keep you safe. That's all I wanted, honestly."
"I get it." She said "You just wanted to keep me safe, I get it, and I'm thankful for that. I thought you just wanted me for my powers, and I felt violated."
"Birdie." I said "I would never do that, I could never do that. I make allies for their power, and I make friends, because I like them. I am sorry I made you think that, I should have seen this coming, and I should have cleared this up beforehand."
"So, how filled up is your house?" She asked. "Oh, and how was last night?"
"My house is filled nearly to the brim, but more people are always welcome. And last night, I think it was a day for me, I'm not sure, I went to another planet, and lived a millennia."
"Peter." Gwen said "How about you tell us the story from the beginning, like from when you died? That's where we lost track of what was going on."
"I can do that." I said "But how about we do this after school, at my place? What we're talking about has a lot of gore, and I can't eat at the same time, it was a lot."
"Ok." Liz said "But is Jean coming too? Apparently she knows your secret."
"If she wants to come, then she can." I turned to face her. "You want to come, Birdie? There'll be several more mutants, and like a whole bunch of mutates."
"Two things." She said "Birdie? And what's the difference between a mutant and a mutate?"
"Birdie," I said "is a reference to something that will happen to you, I'm almost one hundred percent sure it will happen, and that's why I brought you to our table, I wanted to be near you when The Phoenix awakened, and I wanted to make sure you stayed safe, and the Shi'ar Empire, or The Kree, didn't attack you, or even if they did, that I would keep you from having to maul them, I was willing to maul them instead. And a mutant, is a race of people that are born with the power, while a mutate, is someone out of the race of people, who gained s the power, through some sort of something. So, Captain America is a mutate, while you are a mutant. There are others too, like the Inhumans, if you come to my place you'll meet one, but I think she's... Temporarily disabled." At that, Tess started laughing, and I said "Remember, we said no laughing, I fulfilled my promise, I went to the beginning of times, and I came back. Respect that, and control yourself. Laugh if you want, but don't say anything."
"You went to the Beginning Of Times?" Gwen, Liz, Ned, Betty, and Jean all asked at the same time.
"Yeah!" Tess said for me. "He saved the universe, and died, and -"
I slapped my hand onto her mouth, and said "No spoilers. I will tell my glorious story, that covers all time, with proper gusto, and you won't talk anything, about anything."
She nodded her head, and said "If I said it, you could totally just undo it, right? And do some crazy shit, I don't even know how much more powerful you are."
I was about to respond, when I saw The One Above All mopping the floor. "I have someone to talk to." I said, and got up.
They all protested slightly, but I ignored them, and I walked up to The One Above All, and said "You're welcome."
"You did it all, that fast, and you're back!?" He said in surprise, then shook his head. "I knew you were greater than me, Legend."
"I collected the blood of several of the ones who nearly killed you, Stan. I would say that I am stronger than you, in some aspects."
"Yes, you are." He said "I thank you for saving me multiple times that day, and I will forever be in debt to you, me and the universe."
"You know who brought me here, don't you?" I asked, and he nodded. "I don't want to call in the debt just yet, but one day, I just might. You're welcome."
I turned around, and went back to my table before he could give a proper response, but I heard him say "He was the same before he saved me, he was the same when he saved me, and he is the same, after he saved me. The One Truly Above All, I applaud you."
I sat down with a smirk at what he said, and Tess said "You had that information in your grasp!"
"I won't tax him with giving me information that will cost him his life, Tess." I said "I know how people like The Shadow think, and I'm not about to risk a tantrum that kills my people."
She realized the truth in what I said, and she relaxed, and said "He was right, you are The One Truly Above All."
"I'm many things, Tess." I said "We can go into the long discussion of which name properly covers all my bases, but I won't. Now, in eight seconds, the bell will ring."
Sure enough, the bell rang. "How do you know that?" Liz asked, getting up from where she was sitting.
"Familiarity, with one's self, with one's powers, with one's magic, with one's artifacts, does that to you." I said cryptically.
"When did you gain such a wise, and old, and powerful side? You're doing this as if it's normal, what happened yesterday?" Gwen asked.
"I became The Ghost, and I lived through time and space, becoming a new person, within the same old person." I said, not letting them get the answers they were fishing for.
"Guys, he won't give you an answer, admit it." Betty said "His new side is quite interesting, and I wish to know what happened, and he will tell us in his own time."
"Fiiine." They all grumbled, and we headed to class.
After class, they all piled into my car, squishing in the back, and Jean called shotgun before anyone even came to the car, sitting in the seat like it was hers, savage. I drove home fast, but not roughly, or like I was in a rush, simply as if I just wanted to go fast.
We arrived at our house, and I said "Don't faint at the amount, and diversity, of people in the room, please."
I knocked the door, and then opened the door, and said "We're home, everyone! And we've got guests! So behave yourselves, and Clint, don't think about grass skirts! No one wants to see your boner!"
"That's totally the type of thing you would say when you have guests over." Natasha said, crawling on the ceiling, coming up to us. She dropped in front of me, and hugged me, and kissed me on the cheek, then said "Crystal's still sleeping, and Cindy just woke up. I was lucky to wake up, and Death was laughing at us."
"She had millennia of practice over you guys, of course she was laughing at you guys!" I said, laughing lightly myself.
"Don't laugh!" Nat said, easing herself into my arms. "It's not funny! How powerful are you these days?"
"I still have to find my limits, Talia." I said "What're Tarts and Sexi doing? I can hear them sitting in a room, in intense- oh my god they're playing Monopoly!"
"The ultimate game to make siblings hate each other, perfect." Tess said "Just two or three days after they met, you're letting your kids fight each other."
"Hey!" I said "This game will actually be interesting! Tarts has experience over her, but Sexi can see all the possibilities!"
"Since when did you have another kid?" Ned asked "I thought you only had Sexi, when did you get another one, what happened last night?"
"Let's sit down on the couches." I said, and led them there, when I saw Cindy, sitting on the couch with a blanket over her, eating some chips. "You're not still naked, right?"
"I didn't have enough energy to make myself some clothes, so yes, I am." She said "We're doing that again."
"After we beat the fuck out of the Inheritors." I said, sitting next to her, and pulling her into me. She cuddled, then said "So I'm a queen now, right?"
"I don't see a throne anywhere near, but if there was, then you would be the queen." I said "But don't ask for a throne, I don't want that, not yet."
Then Julia appeared in the room in her red dust, or whatever, and said "Peter, The Inheritors have sensed your energy, and they plan on attacking us, and other universes, in five hours."
I gave the slightest nod, then said "Thank you for telling me, Madame Web. Is there anything you believe I should know before we get ready for the fight?"
"The army you have is strong, but it is not strong enough." She said "I believe you know that, but I advise that you call in your debts, and bring in your allies lieutenants, and armies."
"You're suggesting that I bring a whole lot of pawns, Julia." I said "I don't operate like that, and neither do you, and we both know that. I will recruit other Spider totems, from the multiverse."
She bowed her head, then said "While I may not operate like that, Your Highness, I know that we may need that, but what you suggest should work."
I nodded, then said "Thank you, Julia. I will handpick our soldiers, give me fifteen minutes, and I will go, then I will come back with an army."
"As you wish, Your Highness." She said, then disappeared, teleporting away.
"I swear," I said "she calls me Your Highness just to peeve me off, while she's being so serious! She thinks I can't see her smirk, or something! But ignoring my lieutenant/advisor/other stuff, I have a story to tell."
"Before you regale your tale of glory throughout all time," Talia said "what will you call your planet? Please don't call it something simple as Utopia."
"I would never!" I exclaimed "I don't have a name, not yet, but I was thinking the Planetary Web, but that's corny, so I don't know."
"You made it!?" Cindy asked, surprised "No wonder it was so beautiful! The coral, the fish, and I totally want to ride those dolphins one day!"
"So the jungle wasn't beautiful?" I asked, in mock sadness. "I made all the most beautiful animals and birds, and even the bugs!"
"That spider!" Nat said "It was blue, and had red legs, and was glowing blue on lines on its legs! That was so cool! How long ago did you make the planet?"
"It was in the early 1800's" I said "I was bored, and I wanted to waste my time, so I made a solar system, it took me all of three seconds, but I spent the next two hours on the details."
"Yo, what?" Ned said "Can you just explain, instead of talking about crazy shit that I'm not sure what to think about!"
"Ok, fine." I said "But you'll totally love the planet I made for you, it has tech that is billions of years ahead of what you have, no joke."
He blinked at me three times, then said "Dude. Just. Fricking. Tell. Us. What. Happened. To. You. Yesterday."
"Oh, right!" I said. "So, y'all remember the talk about me being the Legend Of The Beginning Of Times?"
"Let me guess," Liz said "turns out those legends are true, and you fulfilled your destiny, or something."
"Let me explain!" I said "So, yes. The Legends, were true, but the thing is, I didn't want past me to be prepared for what was coming, he had to do it in the spur of the moment. So, when it so happened that Thanos said that he would send me to the Beginning Of Times, I thought it would be him, and started making plans for such an eventuality, when in reality, I would nearly die fighting Morlun, and would be left without my legs, merely a torso and a head, laying on the concrete. Then when I was there, I realized my plans, and so I used the last of my mortal strength to take Morlun out, then I went back in time, after ensuring Talia's safety, and landed in the Beginning. I didn't reveal any of my other names, I just used Legend, and collected the blood of a Celestial that I will meet again in the future, and started fighting The Evil Gods Of The Beginning Of Times, fighting for my life, alongside many others, against many others, there were about billions, on each side, and I was the leader of the good side. Every time I saw someone who's powers I could use, I collected their blood, and eventually, became one of the strongest there were, there were only three that matched, or was close to my power, and the janitor was one of them. He's not really a janitor, but that's his way of getting close to me, for now, I think. But the evil guy who matched my power, he was Knull, and he killed me, but right before he killed me, I used a spell on him,making him weaker, but I let him kill me, it was my destiny. This war, had lasted billions of years, or more, and was in a very large space, over billions of square lightyears. With my death, the war was over, almost all of the evil gods were killed, the only one left was Knull, and he just killed me, making him the most powerful man in the field, and no one dared to attack. But what no one knew, is that while I may have died, it was what I wanted, and I didn't truly die, but I still kissed Death. Then several millennia later, me and Death had Tarts, and then a few millennia after that, Earth came into existence, and I had fun watching the dinosaurs, then they left, and humans took their place, and then before I knew it, it was stuff I already knew about, the fall of the Roman Empire, and stuff. So I started getting bored, and I made a solar system, tailored to my future needs. Now, you'll meet my oldest son. Tarts!"
"What do you want, Dad?" Sexi called "We're in a very intense game of Monopoly! Don't disturb us! If you want, you can watch, but no advice! You're older than Cherry Face by a few million!"
"Cherry Face?" I asked, surprised, but amused. "What type of a nickname is that, for your own brother?"
"She decided that since Cherries were tart," Tartarus said "and since you and Mom called me Tarts, it would be a good slur for me."
"What is the problem with that?" Sexi said "His face is so white, when he blushes, he gets as red as a cherry, and his future girl will looove it."
"Stop trying to pinch my cheeks!" Tartarus said "You're disrespecting your older brother, how dare you!"
"Half-brother!" Sexi said "And last I checked, I was brought into Dad's life earlier than you, so in his eyes, I'm older!"
"I'm several billion years older than you, you Karen!" Ooh, Tarts just did that! "You're just an old white lady, who thinks she can tell people what to do!"
I heard Sexi pounce at him, and then she said "You're not even fricking alive! What shit do you think you can tell me, you ghost?"
"I am alive!" Tarts said "I'm the product of life and death, so I'm both, and neither! You claim to be the smartest soul alive, but you're just an over glorified computer!"
"Says the person who is so old, he's practically crawling! You can't even run as fast as Dad, and he's older than you, you virgin millennial!" This was clearly not their first time at this.
"That's because I inherited Dad's control!" Tarts said "You don't have none of it, you be watching the club cams all the time, you horny baby!"
"Guys!" I called out, nearly laughing. "While your roasting match is very entertaining, get over here, we've got some guests!"
"Some more step moms of mine?" Tartarus asked "I'm coming!"
I facepalmed. "He totally got that from you, Tess." Tarts came down the hallway, and I said "Guys, this is my son, Tartarus. He is very handsome, he got that from me, and his mom, we're the hottest people from the Beginning Of Times."
"And he still didn't fuck once, even with his Cherry Face." Sexi said, jumping onto his back, then pinching his cheeks, making them red. "There's my baby bro's Cherry Face!" She said
"Stop it, Sexi!" Tarts said, trying to throw her off. "We're supposed to behave! You didn't even need to destroy our Monopoly game, you white bitch!"
"Shut the fuck up, Deadweight!" Sexi said "Stop your grim whining, and get me a nephew, or niece, you small peen!"
"Kids!" I said. Immediately they stopped, but Sexi was still hanging on Tarts' back. "How many times have you done this before?"
"What, her calling me a small peen?" Tarts asked. "She doesn't realize that since I got your Celestial powers, my dick can be as big as I want."
"Well, that's a part of what I was asking you." I said, shaking my head amusedly. "What I wanted to know, was how many times have you had sibling roasting matches?"
Sexi and Tarts both blinked at me, then they both looked at each other, then looked at me, and they both asked "That's called a sibling roasting match?"
I started laughing, then said "Go along, clean up the mess you made in the room with your tussles," I pointed a finger at them. "But no powers, do it the old-fashioned way."
They both groaned, then Sexi kicked him in the balls, and he groaned, and she said "Stop crying, you virgin millennial. This is your fault." She started walking back to the game room.
He followed her, saying "How was it my fault? You literally pounced at me like ten times! I only pounced at you three times! And you're the one who destroyed the board!"
They both were arguing with each other, as they entered the room, and started cleaning up. "They'll be all right." I said, laughing.
"No, we're not!" They both screamed from the room. I started laughing even more, and said "Yeah, sure. Say what you want, kids, but the Legend knows all, sees all, before they happen."
"Was he always like this with you?" Sexi asked Tarts.
"Yeah, some weird voodoo shit he says for the jokes every now and then, was what I thought of it, honestly." Tarts said "What about you? Was he like that with you, or did you have a normal dad? If you did, I feel sorry for you."
"Cherry Face, I'm like only a couple of weeks old. I couldn't have had a normal dad, you dumbfuck. But yeah, he was always like this, but you couldn't have known, Baby Boy."
I looked at everyone, ignoring the kids, and said "Any questions, comments, concerns, clarifications, suggestions, confusions, you have, that I may alleviate?"
"Yes." Jean said "So while I know, my powers helped me know, no one else here does, so, what happened last night?"
Cindy looked confused, then said "It was only one night? I thought it was longer. But everyone here knows, other than Liz, Gwen, Ned, and Betty. Hey y'all by the way, I've been... Busy."
"Where have you been?" Liz asked. "How about you tell us the full story, Peter. You're really good at that, don't leave the part about why Cindy is naked, and in your arms."
"You're still naked?" Nat asked. "How are your instincts not... Y'know, giving y'all a crazy libido? I saw you two last night, you guys had it bad."
"You didn't just see," Cindy shot back "you were a part of it too, you had it just as bad. And I don't know, but I don't care."
"You know who had it worst?" Talia asked "Death, she was just going at it, like there was no tomorrow, she didn't even pause."
Death appeared, then said "That's what happens when you've been separated from your lover for a couple decades, when you've been with him for millennia, mortals."
"What I don't understand," Nat said "is how you can just call us mortals, and we just take it in stride, knowing it's just a joke."
"Because I'm chill like that." Death said, then added, "And it was longer than a night, Peter used the time stone, it was actually about two days."
"How did you know?" I asked, then I realized, then said "Ohhh, you realized because way more people die in that long, so you realized."
She sat on my lap, then said "Nail on, Legend. You didn't have time on your side like usual, so you made time work for you, smart man."
"Reaper, I have to go recruit other Spider totems, sorry." I said "Can you please get off of my lap, I have to go?"
"Last I checked," she said "you still had to explain last night's events to your two, or three, not sure there, two or three other lovers, and your two friends, last night, so I'm here till you're done."
"You're technically in my spot, Death." Cindy said "I'm The Bride, also known as The Spider Queen, according to Ezekiel. That should be my spot."
"I'm not moving, mortal, and you can't make me." Death said "Wait till I leave, you don't even have enough energy to move, probably."
"You had him since the beginning!" Cindy protested. "Be a little nice to little mortal me, and give me some space, please?"
Death turned to glare at Cindy, but Cindy already had puppy eyes out, and Death tried glaring, but after several moments, she said "Fine, mortal." And made space for Cindy, who took it eagerly.
"Ah, shit." Cindy said as she got on. "You're making me a portal to bed tonight, I don't think I'm going to be ready to walk again yet."
"The story, please, Peter?" Ned asked "Like, last time I saw you, you were going to fight Captain America, and call him out, then, next time I see you, you're immortal! And you lost your v card!"
"I just told you the story!" I said, indignant. "I just explained everything! I lost my v card to Reaper here, and I told you how I'm immortal!"
"Yeah, but you didn't tell them about last night now, did you?" Jean said smirking. "I think they want to know how you have an Asian chick in your arms, claiming to be your queen, and who that red girl is, and what the war will be about?"
"Guess we're starting at last night, when I appeared in the living room, back to life." I said "So we started chilling, more or less," the others all filed into the room, wanting to hear my story, while they were parts of it, but everyone enjoyed the tones of my storytelling, I was a pro, not a natural, but a pro. "And then all of a sudden, Julia appeared, and she informed me of something I expected from before, that The Inheritors were declaring war. So we decided that I would need to recruit an army, and then it was suggested that I bring Cindy, from where she was. See, the thing is, Cindy was bit by the same spider as me, and in the lore, she's known as The Bride, or The Spider Queen. And when we're around each other, them urges go up, and then when we do the deed, it reflects across The Web Of Life. So, since they know of me anyways, and we would rather have Cindy with us, rather than a cold dark bunker, locked in, we decided to bring her here, and I brought her, and then our instincts went up, and we were in my room, then we went to one of my planets, along with several others, and that is where I will stop telling this story. But as for Julia Carpenter, she is Madame Web, -"
She appeared, and said "You called for me, your Highness?"
"Wipe that smug smirk off your face, Julia." I said "I have yet to understand why you wish to spend your time here, annoying me to no ends, instead of taking care of Rachel."
"I will bring Rachel now!" She said, and disappeared.
"I should lock the Web off this area, but I won't." I said "So guys, be nice to Rachel, she's a nice, sweet, little girl, and be nice to her."
Then Julia reappeared, with Rachel in her arms. Rachel was a cute seven year old girl, and she had red hair like Julia. "Hey, Rachel!" I said "I've heard so much about you! How're you doing?"
"Uncle Peter!" She said, then hugged me. "I saw you, with my powers! I saw you come here, and I decided you would be my Uncle Peter! Is that ok?"
"It's totally fine, Rachel!" I said "It's awesome, even! I wanted you to call me Uncle Peter! How're you doing, how was your day? Was your mom spending too much time here?"
"No, Uncle Peter!" She said, jumping in my lap, she was really excited, clearly. "She had to, you guys were in danger! It's fine!"
I looked at Julia, who was smiling softly, and said "Just because you're Madame Web doesn't mean you have to leave your daughter like that, Julia."
"Unfortunately, Peter, I do." She said. "You leave your daughter, your son, your lovers, your family, all the time, and I am bound to do the same."
"The king takes the brunt of the work, Julia." I said "You do not have to leave her like that, I won't pull you from your daughter. But you both have powers here?"
"Yeah, we do!" Rachel said, jumping around "The Madame Web before Mom came to our house, and gave Mom the powers, but I was so close, so we both got them!"
"As Rachel said," Julia said "she was too close to The Web Magic the previous Madame Web used, and the power was given to both of us, but neither of us lost our sight."
"I can see that," I said smirking "Saw what I did there? Saw that? Pun aside, you guys can join the freakshow crew, and live here, then you're not leaving Rachel alone."
"That would be awesome, Uncle Peter!" Rachel said, jumping off my lap and running to Julia, and started pleading "Mom, can we, please!?!?"
"I suppose we can, Rachel." Julia said hesitantly. "You really want to stay here, clearly, and you can learn a thing or two from your Uncle."
"Yeah! Like how to use my powers without getting people in danger, and having fun at the same time!" Rachel said, then she ripped her spider legs out of her shirt.
"Wait, why do you have spider legs, Jellybean?" I asked "I thought that was something only us Adaptoids had."
"It's something for those of Earth-313," Julia said "that are vital to the Web, or have a major position in the Web Of Life."
"So you're saying Gwen is one of us, but has no major position in the Web Of Life?" I asked "How's it working, and what's Tess's position, and Talia's?"
"She is major, but only as major as Peter Parker of Earth-616, he is one of the greatest, but he's no king, or such." Julia answered "As for your other two questions, I believe Teresa is known in the lore as the mother of The Wolf Spiders, future children who will take their mother's name, as well as their father's powers, making them worthy of the name. As for Natasha Romanov of Earth-313, she is the Black Widow, one of the major spider totems."
I looked at Hunter, who was looking confused, but happy at the same time. "I knew something like this was coming." I said, smiling. "Congrats, Wolf."
"Thanks, Karma." He said "But, I'm not a family man. I'm the lone wolf, who stays out of the pack, and I will fail them.'
"You're sitting here," I said "and you're a part of this pack. You've been with us, for the whole time, and I've heard you reassure Tess quietly. You're a pack wolf too, it's about if you're accepted or not, Hunter."
He nodded, then said "If you trust me with your nieces and nephews, then thank you."
"Hey, I'm not trusting just you," I said "I'm trusting Tess as well, to smack you into shape when the wolf wants to leave, or when you want to do self sacrificial shit."
"Oh, he won't." Shuri said, smirking "Because he knows that if he somehow makes it back home, he will get his ass whooped to your solar system."
"Ok, now, we have some things to do, we have to go recruit the others, this will be a war, that will be recorded in the books of history." I said "This is one of the few things I cannot predict how it will turn out, there are so many possibilities, be ready for anything, be ready for everything, be ready for whatever, be ready for however, be ready for whenever, be ready for universes to be thrown at us, anything."
"That was a bad speech, Pete." Tess said "I've seen, and heard you do way better, this was the worst ever, do us one better."
"My good speeches are waiting for when I've come back, with my army, I need to give them a pep talk, that makes them fear me, instead of the enemy."
"Uhh, what?" Johnny asked "You want them to fear you? What type of a king are you? You're supposed to make them love you!"
'Not that type of fear, Matchstick." I said "There type of awe, or intimidating vibe, that's what I'm talking about, you burnt brain idiot." Johnny protested, but I ignored him, and looked at Nat, Cindy, and Death, who were all on my lap, and said very politely, "Would you please get off of my lap? I have to get the army, then come back, and play with Jellybean, she's been waiting for me to play with her for like forever, right, Jellybean?"
"Yeah!" Rachel said eagerly "I saw you do that talk with the other Peter, then I couldn't see anything other than you, screaming in pain, and I wanted to help that pain go away!"
I got up, the others having got off me while Rachel was talking, and I squatted in front of her, looking into her eyes, and said "You just took all the pain away, Jellybean. Thank you."
I hugged her, and placed a kiss on her forehead, and she said "Why am I a Jellybean? Jellybeans are yummy, but I'm not yummy!"
"Not because you're yummy, Jellybean." I said, laughing. "It's because you're jumping around, and bouncing around like a Jellybean, and you're making my day."
She hugged me with all her spider legs and arms, and said "You're going to beat the fuck out of The Inheritors, Uncle Peter."
"Woah, woah." I said "Big words for a little girl, where did that come from, huh, Jellybean? And don't you worry, they're not going to be alive to cry, when I'm done with them."
"Thank you, Uncle Peter." She said, sadly. "I saw them when you came back, and I don't want them to live, I'm scared of them."
"Just stay behind me, Jellybean." I said "They won't get through me, they won't get you, ok? Your Uncle Peter is going to keep you safe."
"I know that, Uncle Peter." She said "That's why I asked if we could stay here, I wanted to be able to cuddle with you and Mommy, when I am scared."
"You're a big girl, Jellybean." I said, sad that such a little girl was so old, already. "I'm a big man too, and I don't think that it's bad when I'm scared. I will admit it, I will scream about it, I will cry about it. You saw me, Jellybean. It's fine to be scared, and I will be there for you, whenever you're scared, and there's always anyone else in the house, we're all here for each other, till the end of the line. The fear always is real, but we can always have family to help us."
She hugged me tightly, then said "Take care of those fears, Uncle Peter, please. I'm afraid that you won't come back, I've seen it happen. Please, Uncle Peter."
I enveloped her, hugging her from all sides, being a blanket for her. "I will, Jellybean. Whatever it takes, you know I love that statement. Whatever it takes, I will take care of it."
"Thanks, Uncle Peter." She said. I kissed her forehead, then I got up, and said "See you guys in twenty minutes, with my army."
I teleported out of the room, not waiting for an answer. I was headed for another universe, and hopefully save a father in time.
First destination: Earth-982.
Chapter 29: The Recruitment
I found myself at the top of the Empire State Building, but I just knew it wasn't the one from either of my universes, this one just felt different, somehow. I jumped off, and started searching for Peter Parker of this world, and his daughter.
I didn't come to this universe to recruit anyone, really, I came here, to make sure that a girl didn't lose her father. I remembered from the comics that this was Mayday's universe, and her dad was killed by Daemos, the second brother of The Inheritors. I found Peter, and I headed his way, and when I found him, I saw he was fighting Daemos, with a metal leg, and losing, then he got kicked onto the floor. I swung down, and said "Pick someone bigger than you, Daemos!"
I kicked Daemos away, then gave Peter a hand, and said "Peter Parker of Earth-982, glad to know I came in time. I'm Peter Parker of Earth-313, the strongest Peter there is, but I may not be strong enough. Make sure your family is safe, I got this, unless his family comes."
I turned, not waiting for an answer, and said "Daemos! Dude, I killed your big brother! Why are you daring to attack my people?"
"Sorcerer," Daemos said "there is only so much you can do, you haven't drawn power from The Web in person, and you don't have the power necessary to defeat me, and my family."
"I'm the King, Daemos." I said, cloning myself, making twenty more of me. "Your family will go down at my hands, never to rise again, like your brother."
I rushed at him, all my bodies going at him in one motion. I revealed my legs, on all my bodies, and put Uru blades at the end of them, making them lethal. He fended himself against me bravely, but I overwhelmed him, and I cut his legs off, and said "Your brother did the same to me, I had nothing but two arms, a torso, and a head, and I came back, stronger than ever. I'm not killing you for good, not yet. Go back to your family, and tell them they face no chance."
I sliced his head off, and said "Another one bites the dust, temporarily. I will take care of you for good, Daemos." I took his blood, and injected it into my bloodstream, giving me his power.
"What are you?" I heard Peter ask from behind me, and I turned to look at him, bringing all my carbon copies into me.
"I said it, I'm one of the strongest Peters there are." I said "There's more than just this small Earth, and that's how I got these powers."
"Yeah, I got that part, I was in the war we had against Thanos, in this universe." He said "But no Peter, would ever be so ruthless, so sharp. I get how the multiverse works, Spider-Man."
"I'm known as Peter in my universe, under this mask." I said "I am not Peter, not in soul, you are correct, but that stays between us two, I need to keep that on the low."
"How do I know I can trust you?" He said "You're not me, not really, so I can't know that you're doing this with the multiverse's well-being in mind."
"I'm not you, but I was forcefully placed in this body, Peter." I said "I was placed in this body, and ever since then, the only job I've had is to keep the multiverse safe."
"Let me guess, you want me to help you in your war against that person, and his family?" He said "Well, flash news, while I have killed, I have family, and I'm retired-"
"I know that, Peter!" I exclaimed, cutting him off. "That's not why I came to this universe! I knew beforehand, that Daemos was going to come here, and I wasn't about to let your family lose you! I may need an army, of Spider totems, but I'm not risking any family men, or women! They're my responsibility to keep safe, not my soldiers! You were always going to stay here, I just needed to make sure you were safe!"
"So you are here for the multiverse then, I know I can trust you now." He said, smiling. "I'm joining your army, Spider-Man. Give me a real leg, and I'm ready."
"No." I said "I will give you the leg, but you're not coming. I'm not letting Mayday lose her father, neither are you going to lose your daughter."
"So be it." He said "Thank you, but you may not be able to gather an army large enough, and should you not, I'm still waiting. What do I call you?"
"Legend." I said, then put my hand to his metal leg, and turned it into a flesh leg, equipped with spider powers. "Is it good? I have made a solar system, but I've never done a person."
"It's perfect, Legend." He said, stretching it, then he called out "Mayday! I have a surprise for you! Come look at this! It's safe out here!"
Mayday ran towards to us from inside the house, and then she looked at Peter's leg, and said "Dad, how did fighting that guy reverse time for you?"
Peter laughed, then said "That's not what happened. Peter of Earth-313, who goes by Legend, fixed it up, he's the strongest of us all."
Mayday nodded, then turned to me, and said "Thank you, now no one will look at Dad like he's some pity case, or something. Mom! You'll love this!"
A red haired woman with a baby boy in her lap came out, then looked at Peter, and said "Pete! How did you get your leg back?"
"Legend here made it for me, he's the strongest Peter Parker in the multiverse." Peter said "What powers do you have, anyways?"
"A lot, Peter." I said "I gained the strongest powers from The Beginning Of Times, and some come from other places. Are you MJ?" I asked Mayday's mom.
"Why, yes I am." She said "How are you and your MJ? From what Pete told me, the multiverse is somehow similar, but different. Have you had Mayday yet?"
"She hates my guts, unfortunately." I said "While I would at least want to give her a gadget or two to keep her safe, she won't even let me near her."
"Now what exactly did you do that brought her wrath upon you to such an extent, Legend?" Peter asked.
"I'm not the one she wanted, Peter. She wanted someone else, a better person, but the person she wanted was gone." I said
Peter got the message, so he said "It's not your fault, Legend. Do you have any kids then, and who are they from?"
"I've got two!" I said, proudly. "One of them is just from me, I created her myself, her original purpose was as an AI, but I didn't like that, so I made her more human, and gave her a body, and she's my oldest daughter, and the smartest mortal soul ever! And my oldest son is from Lady Death, his name is Tartarus, but we call him Tarts, and my daughter calls him Cherry Face, because he got Death's pale face, so when he blushes, he goes red!"
"How the hell did you knock Death?" Someone asked from behind me, his heartbeat just appeared, and I turned to face him.
"Strange!" I said "Gotta admit, it's nice to see you! In my universe, you're just a doctor, and I get the Time Stone, so I only saw you like once."
"Sorcerer." He said "Why have you come here? You are putting this world in danger, Karma, Legend, Dark Knight, Vengeance, whatever."
"I came here to save Peter Parker of this world, got a problem with that, deal with it." I said "Besides, I'm your leader, you don't have the right to question my motives so sharply."
"You're The Sorcerer Superior?" He asked. "The Sorcerer Superior was said to be very old, while you are no more than fourty years old, Karma."
"Strange, I'm called Legend for a reason." I said "I was there, at the beginning of times in my universe, and you can look at me closely, and confirm that for yourself."
He looked at me for a moment, then said "You are the Sorcerer Superior, I apologize for doubting the veracity of your statement."
"I would expect no less, Sorcerer Supreme of Earth-982." I said "Now, I must go, I spent too long in this world, and as much as I am bending the time-space continuum of the multiverse, I still have other places to go, people to recruit. Till next time, all of you."
"May you have the best of luck, Legend." Peter said, and I nodded, then teleported away.
I found myself in one of the several million universes that closely resembled The Spectacular Spider-Man, in front of Peter's house.
This Peter Parker went past season two, going all the way, and telling Gwen his identity, and going out with her, and having a beautiful senior year with her, and then after a year, Norman Osborne returned, and threw Gwen off the Bridge, killing her, like how it happened in so many universes. Peter mourned for her, but eventually, he got with Felicia, and that's the point my knowledge of his story stopped.
I was invisible, and I knocked on the door, and the door was opened, by an older Peter than the one from the show, and when he saw no one, he said "It's no one, Felicia."
He was about to close the door, when I said "I'm someone." Then I entered, and closed the door, and became visible.
"What the hell!?" They both screamed, and I looked at Felicia of this universe, and I saw that she was pregnant, so I said "Hey y'all. So there's this thing called a multiverse, and I'm Peter Parker from Earth-313, and I'm the strongest of all of us Peters, and there is this family of vampires called The Inheritors, and they eat Spider totems, which is what us Spider-Men and women are, and I wanted to get your help, but Felicia's pregnant, so I'm not taking you from your family."
"So my child," This Peter said "and me, are in danger, since we have spider powers, and you're fighting the things attacking us?"
"Yes, now if you will pardon me, I have to find my army, we're running out of time, The Inheritors are going to attack my world soon."
"Good luck, Peter." He said "When you're done with your war, come, and visit us, we will owe you our baby's life, and we will never be able to repay the debt."
"I will try my best, Peter." I said "Should I not visit, suppose I am dead, that's actually the highest possibility, and I didn't even get to meet my Felicia yet, so sad." I teleported away.
I landed in front of another universe which closely resembled The Spectacular Spider-Man, and I knocked on the door, and Peter answered, to see nothing. "Hello?" He asked out.
"Hello." I said, just thin air. "I need to talk to you in private, Spider-Man, and I don't want to risk your family, can I come in?"
"I guess so, thing that I can't see." He said, as he opened the door fully, and I walked in, and closed the door, and became visible.
"Hello, Peter." I said "I am Peter, there's a multiverse, and there's this threat to all of us Peters, in the form of a family of multiversal vampires called The Inheritors, and they kill Spider totems, which is what we are. I am recruiting an army of us Peters and Spider totems, to take care of the threat, for good. Are you down to help me? I need an army of all the best, and you're one of them, one of us."
"You're hoping that I say no?" He asked, and when I nodded, he said "I thought so, I would hope that I said no, for my own sake as well, but I'm in. How long do we have?"
"Couple hours, I'm bending time-space continuum to our favor, but it will give us only so much time." I teleported us away, and we went to the next universe.
We landed in front of another universe which closely resembled The Spectacular series as well, and he said "How are you doing this? And where are we?"
"I have Magic on my side, Peter." I said, we were invisible. "And this is Earth-467583, it resembles your world, which is why it looks like your house, but not."
"Got it." He said "And magic is real, and I totally knew that from before which is why I'm not freaking out, at all."
"It's merely science and technology you don't understand yet, don't worry about it." I said, ringing the bell.
The door opened, and to my surprise, it was Gwen who opened the door, and said "There's no one here, Pete."
"We're here." I said, and slipped in, pulling Peter from Earth-7645 in with me, and closed the door, then said "Hey, Gwen of Earth-467583, I'm Peter Parker, from Earth-313, I need Peter."
"The multiverse theory is real!?" She said "What for? If it's Spidey stuff, then both of us are in, definitely."
"You're a totem here?" I said, surprised. When she looked at me in confusion, I said "Sorry, that's what us Spider things are called."
"Oh!" She said "Yes, we are. I was bit at Dr. Connors' lab, later on, so, yeah." She shrugged her shoulders, as if it was explained, which it kinda was.
Peter appeared at the stairs, and he said "What do you want? I can't put my kids in danger, sorry. They may have started swinging the streets, but no."
"I'm only taking people who don't have children depending on them anyways, so it's fine." I said "I am leaving my kids back home, and I'm not going to give any other kids the fear that they'll lose their father, or in your case, a father and a mother. Good luck on parenting." I said, and I was about to teleport out of there, when Peter of Earth-467583 said "Wait!"
I stopped, and said "How'd you know I was leaving?"
"That's what I would do." He said, shrugging.
"Makes sense," I said "but we only have a couple of hours, I'm running out of time, I can bend the time-space continuum for only so long, what were you going to say?"
"I will come." He said "You're leaving your family, and you might not go back, and I have no right to not do the same, Peter."
"No!" I exclaimed sharply. "I'm the greatest of us all, I'm The King, I am responsible for you guys! I am not about to risk any family men or women. You guys are staying, and that's final."
"Peter!" Everyone in the room screamed at me. Peter of Earth-467583 took a deep breath, then said "You may be stronger than us, and you may not -"
"There's no may not, Peter." I said "You haven't lived since the beginning of times in your universe, so you aren't. I can't do this to you."
"You're not doing this to me, I am." He said "You're leaving your family, lord only knows how big it is, if you've lived for that long, but you need help, and help you'll get."
"Fine." I said. "Get ready, and make sure you say your goodbyes to your kids, I can't believe I'm letting you do this."
They both solemnly went back up the stairs, meaning to say bye, and as soon as they were up, I made a large sound, and as soon as they were looking at us again, I touched Peter of Earth-7645, and teleported us out of there, leaving a note for them, I wasn't going to risk their kids.
The note said "I'm doing this for your kids, keep that in mind."
We arrived at a universe that resembled The Ultimate Spider-Man, The Show, and before I knocked on the door, and before I entered the Triskellion, Peter said "I'm sorry I ever thought you were a jerk, you're truly the best of us, the strongest of us, no one else would leave their family, and be insistent that no one else go through what you're going through, I never thought about why you were acting slightly cold, I'm sorry."
"It's fine, this is my responsibility." I said "Like I said, I'm The King, and I will do whatever it takes, but I will not do it at the risk of the future."
"Do you have a badass sword?" He asked, and I showed him the Ebony Blade, and he said "Woah, you're really a king."
"Yeah, I am." I said "I can't believe I'm willingly going to a SHIELD base, without meaning to fight them."
"You have history with their version in your universe?" Peter asked "We don't have them in our universe."
"That's what you think, Peter." I said "I doubt there are many worlds where SHIELD is not there for real, but they killed my parents, and nearly killed my family."
I entered, and Peter came in after me, and alarms started blaring, and then Peter and everyone else surrounded us, and I said "Hey y'all. There's a multiversal threat, and I need both Spider-Men."
"We got more than two, fella." Iron Spider said.
"I'm talking about actual totems, Amadeus, not you wannabes. I need Peter and Miles, I'm Peter from Earth-313, hello, fellas from Earth-68537."
Fury came around, and said "What's the threat, kid, The Siege Perilous is safe. And be a little nice, they didn't do anything to you."
I grabbed him by the collar, and everyone tensed, and I said "Don't call me kid, Nicholas. And I don't answer to you, don't ask me shit, it's not for you to know, spiders only."
"What did other me do to you?" He asked, trying to get out of my grip, but failing. "What did I do, to make you hate me so much?"
"While I could talk about how in my universe, you were responsible for my parents' death, I will talk about something else, two words: Teresa Parker."
His eyes widened, and he said "Why do you know about her? You shouldn't have known about her!"
I choked him, and said "Look at Peter of your universe, he has no idea what we're talking about! How could you keep him from his sister!?"
"Sister!?" Both Peters screamed.
"Yes, sister." I said "You both have a biological baby sister, and she's working for SHIELD, and she has no idea her last name is Parker, nor does she know that her brother is Spider-Man. Fury likes her too much as an agent, he doesn't want her to have even a little bit of a family life."
I released my hold on Fury's neck, and he said "Cat's out of the bag, huh? Yes Peter, you have a sister, she's with SHIELD, you want to see her, you can."
I tapped him on the head, knocking him out, and said "Peter, Miles, I need y'all to help me, y'all down?"
Miles and Peter looked at each other, then they both looked at me, and they said "Yes." Then Peter added "What's the threat?"
"Multiversal vampires, that suck the energy out of people, like Morbius, but they prefer Spider totems energy, we're practically life itself, real complicated, I will explain that once we're at base."
"Copy that." Peter said, then he said "Can I just say bye? I have people to say bye to, and I can't leave without that, if I die, then I will have left without even saying bye."
I nodded, then said "You got kids yet, or are expecting? If so, I'm not letting you come with us, not about to ruin a family."
"Well, not that I know of." He said "I don't think we're expecting, but hey! Never know, right? What about you?"
"I've got two kids, and I think I got a few more on the way, don't ask for an explanation. I am a very common type of Peter, but I'm avoiding all the universes with situations like mine, because they for sure have at least a kid, or two, or more, and I'm not doing that."
"Wait!" Peter from Earth-7645 said "You're with women!? Like, plural!?"
I groaned, then said "I thought I said, in very clear words, don't ask! What's with us, and asking unnecessary questions? Yes, I'm with several women, but you knew that! Don't ask more!"
Danny looked at me closely, then said "You have the aura of one familiar with many things, I sense K'un-Lun, and magic, and others."
"I'm older than time itself, in my universe, Danny." I said "I've picked up several things over the first few millennia, that's what you're seeing."
"And yet, you require help from mortals." He said "What type of a threat is there, that the strongest person currently in this universe, an immortal, requires help?"
"You don't want to know, Danny." I said "I may be one of the strongest in the multiverse, but I cannot face several such strong opponents at once."
Strange came into the room, through a portal, and he stepped in front of me, and knelt on a knee, lowering his head. "Sorcerer Superior, it's an honor. How may I be of assistance?"
"Rise, Sorcerer Supreme of Earth-68537." I said "One more sorcerer wouldn't hurt, we are going to a large war, and I won't risk any initiated more than necessary."
"It would be an honor, Sorcerer Superior." He said, standing up. "I sensed your energy when you came back from the beginning of times in your universe. It's an honor, sir."
Danny walked up to us, and went down on a knee himself. "I had no idea, sir. It's an honor, and I would wish to offer my services, as a lowly king, to a higher king, to help you in your war."
"Rise, Iron Fist of Earth-68537." I said. "I require help, to a dire degree, but I would not risk your people of K'un-Lun to lose their king, unless you would wish that you join, even with the risks."
"It would be an honor, sir." He said "I was meditating, when I saw you lock Mephisto, and I already owe you, we all do."
"He isn't coming for the next few millennia." I said "I locked his Hell even stronger, and he's in there for a while."
Peter and Miles came up to us, and Peter said "I've given my farewells, I'm ready. I'm not going to contact my sister unless I come back, no need to give her unneeded grief."
"A decision worthy of a true leader, Peter." I said "And you know the other end, where if they already know, you would warn them, and tell them. Well done, Peter." I teleported us away.
Two hours later for the multiverse, but thirty for me, and the others with me(I made an energy spell, for them), I had an army, about several million strong. I teleported us to a pocket dimension, adorned with beautiful walls, and tech, and clean air, and holoprojectors, and a lot more. I brought my people from my universe, and when they entered, I said "This is my army! Think it'll be enough?"
Rachel looked, and said "Maybe. They've down this weird thing, called cloning, and know they have thousands of each of them. You sure this'll be enough, Uncle Peter?"
I hugged her and said "Jellybean, I don't know. But I did know they would do the cloning thing, so that's why I brought so many. It'll be alright, Jellybean. Even if I don't come back, you have this!" I gave her a hand, and a bracelet appeared in my hand. "It's from me, your Uncle Peter. It's a piece of me! It'll keep you safe, forever, and ever. Even if I'm not there, touch the bracelet, and remember that I promise you, that I love you, Rachel."
"Thank you." Rachel said, as she put the bracelet on, and hugged me again. "Don't die, please, Uncle Peter. Dad did too, and I don't want to lose you too."
"Jellybean..." I hugged her even tighter "I will do whatever it takes, Jellybean. I promise, I will do my best to come back."
"Ok, Uncle Peter," she said, then we parted, and I hugged both Tarts and Sexi. "Tarts, if I die, I'm sorry, I couldn't do it in our universe, so I'm gone, for good."
"Dad." He said, his voice wet. "It's fine. We spent a long time together, no one else spent that much time with their dads. You're the best, Dad. I will miss you, if you leave. Do your best, please. And I will be right there, by your side, fighting with you, please. I can't stay back. What happens, if you go down? I will have been sitting someplace else, and you'll be dead, and I won't be able to say I tried-" his voice broke down.
"Tarts." I said, crying "It will be fine. Even if you would be there, I would still have died. I'm sorry, Tarts. Your Cherry Face still has to catch itself a girl, please."
"Dad..." Tarts said, but instead of me, it was Sexi who stopped him "Cherry Face, you're not going." She said "I'm worrying enough already, and so is your mom. Don't do this to the two of us, don't, please... I won't be able to live, if neither of you come back. Please, Cherry Face." She broke down, and was sobbing into me and Tarts for a few moments, then she said "Please Cherry Face."
"For you, Sexi." He said, his voice catching on his tears. "I will stay, for you, Sexi. Stay safe, Dad."
"I will do my best to stay alive, Tarts." I said "Sexi, I'm sorry. Sorry, that we couldn't spend long enough together, that I failed you, that I couldn't keep you safe, that I'm going to die, and leave you, I shouldn't be doing this, but I have to. I'm sorry, sunshine."
"Dad, it's fine." She said, sobbing softly, the tech all around hiccuping along with her. "You gave me life, gave me purposes, gave me family, in so little time. It's going to be all-"
Her voice broke down into sobs, and the tech all around was glitching like crazy, all displaying different colors, and no data, or anything, just switching.
"It's going to be alright." She said finally, pushing through the pain. Her voice, and the tech as well, was still hiccuping, but she found her strength. "We will be ok, Dad."
"I know you will, both of you." I said, the molecules around us glitching, from my instability. "You guys will have each other, both of you. Stay together, stay strong, kids."
"You have a war to win, Dad." Tarts said, after we were all just sobbing into each other for minutes "Go win it, Dad. You always win, Dad. Do it one more time, please."
"For you two, I will." I said "I will win it, for you two. I'm sorry, kids. I love you guys, to every single universe, and back." I got up, and everyone was already quiet, just watching my interactions.
I stood at the large council table, and I said "So, guys! We're all things, called spider totems! We are the fabric of the universe, basically. There's this thing you'll see while we are fighting, that looks like a fancy web. It's called the Web Of Life. It is the fabric of the multiverse. At each junction between two strings of web, there's another universe. And we're connected to The Web Of Life, what with us being spider totems, and it being a spider web. If we die, and we're connected to The Web well, we can be the cause of our world's destruction, and the junction between the two strings will snap. And if it's closer to the center of the web, it's more dangerous, so the people towards the center are typically stronger. And I'm from the center of the web, hence, I'm the strongest. And if you die, and you have successors, then your world is fine, hence, also why my world automatically made several totems, as a precaution. Now, we're fighting a family of multiversal vampires called The Inheritors. They suck people's energy, but feed off of our energies, because we are practically life itself! So the whole point of fighting, is to make sure you're antagonizing them, but you're not fighting any one of them alone, our strength is in our numbers today, not our skill! We may be some of the greatest fighters in our universes, but that doesn't mean anything here! Every single one of us is vital, not as a fighter, not as a soldier, but as shield brothers, and shield sisters! Whenever one of you starts getting sucked up by The Inheritors, the others will hurt said Inheritors, drawing their attention away! Every single one of us is vital to winning this war! You will kill them thousands of times, and they will come thousands of times! This is a battle of patience! A battle of grit! And us, we're life itself! We're grit, at its greatest point of evolution! We are heroes in our universes, and we're going to be heroes for the multiverse as well! Are we clear!?"
I was met with agreements, and rumbles of agreement across the room. Peter Parker of Earth-616, it was 2014 for him, and both him, and his Cindy were here, anyways, Peter Parker of Earth-616 leaned towards me, he was right next to me, so it was fairly easy for him, he leaned towards me, and said "And here I thought Captain America was the best at speeches. Well done, Legend."
"Thank you, 616." I said, with a nod of my head. "You know, you are one of the greatest of us, after me. It's an honor to fight alongside you, all of you." I drew The Ebony Blade, and said "To our after fight party!"
The others all shouted their agreements, and I smiled softly at the army I collected, this would be good, and our numbers would be our advantage. I pointed to the left, where there were shelves, filled with Parkerwatches, and I said "Each one of you, wear a watch, then activate it. These will be your suits, it will automatically change to your colors, and it has gadgets, and everything you might need."
Everyone started heading to the shelves, and as everyone was suiting up, I turned to Talia, and brought her into my arms, and said "What do you say you get a gift from me, before I go?"
"I think that would be awesome, Spider." She said, in Russian. "But I'm coming with you, and that's final."
"No, you're not." I said "Don't you dare raise your eyebrows at me, I won't budge on this, and Death glared at me for a thousand years once, and then she backed down."
Nat stopped raising her eyebrows, then she said "I can't let you go alone, Peter. Don't say you're not alone, you're surrounded by other self sacrificial shits. -"
"And self sacrificial shits never let other self sacrificial shits do the self sacrificial shit!" I said "You're staying, Talia. You have Melina, keep her safe, for me."
"Fine." She said, then kissed me softly on the lips, and I kissed her back. After a moment, we parted, and everyone started clapping.
I ignored it, and I hugged her tightly, then said "Don't you dare do stupid stuff, Talia. Keep our baby girl safe, and be a nice stepmom to Sexi and Tarts."
"I will be their favorite, just you wait, come back, and you'll find them cuddling with me." She said, then caressed my cheek, and said "You need to meet baby Melina too."
"I will do my best, Talia." I said, then took Death, while becoming larger, so as to have more space to fit more people. "Keep Tarts safe, Reaper." I said, laying my head on her shoulder.
"I should go with you, Legend." She said softly, then added "But for Tarts, I won't. Win the war, for your kids, and come back, another Legend to your name."
"I will try my best, Reaper." I said, then we kissed, and I said "If that was our last time, I'm sorry, and find someone else, unless it's Thanos, then don't fuck him."
"You're my first, Legend." Death said "Come back, please, and then we will have more kids, and live our lives."
"You were my first too, Reaper." I said, then I took Cindy, and said "You inherit the throne, until Miles is ready, Spider Queen."
"Where's all your confidence gone, Peter?" She said, hugging me. "You're usually the most optimistic person ever, I remember. Bring your confidence back, as well as yourself."
"I will try my best." I said, then I kissed her. When we parted, I said "You get my cars after, except for the Ferrari I made for Talia, that's her surprise."
"You picked that up from your hood boys, right?" She said, rolling her eyes. "They were all about cars, but you weren't, but you knew everything about them, now you got cars. Congrats."
"Thanks, Crescent." I said, then I went through everyone one by one, and Okes kissed me on the cheek, so did Sue, and Wanda kissed me, and Emma just said that she wanted to see my web hammocks in person, and I said that if I couldn't do it myself, then I gave Sexi the coordinates. Then after all was done, I turned to my army, who were all suited up, and said "Who's ready to kick some Inheritor ass!?"
I got a lot of agreement, then I made portals to several places across my New York City, and said "This war will take place across my city, and I will push at least one of them to go to their base, and that's when the war will turn tides. Good luck, and may Karma be with you!"
"Was that a Star Wars reference?" Half the people asked, and I facepalmed, and said "No, it was Star Trek, you dumbs! Of course it was Star Wars, now get on with it!"
We all went through the portals, and I sat one hundred feet above the tip of the Empire State Building, cross legged, waiting for the enemy.
This was going to suck, abysmally.