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 Peter sat down at his desk in his apartment building with a grunt of pain, holding his bruised side which would most likely be healed by morning. 

It's been over a month since everyone has forgotten about Peter Parker and the spider themed vigilante doesn't think he's ever felt this alone in his entire life. 

He has no one anymore, no team, no aunt, no best friend, no girlfriend, no sister, no Pepper...

He's lost everything, and it's all his fault. 

He deserves to be alone for always causing so much trouble, they don't need to deal with his shit anymore, they can live their lives without him getting in the way. 

They'll be happier without him...

Before he could think of anything else though, he was suddenly blinded by a white light which consumed him and everything around him.

The last thought he had before being teleported away was his Parker Luck struck again...

He just couldn't catch a break could he?

 Meanwhile, Avengers and their families were all being transported from different time lines toward one specific place, a place that would show them all the tragic story of Spider-Man. 

 The first to arrive in the theater were the two Avengers who were about to bring back half the population. Tony and Steve. 

 They both landed in the front of what, to them, seemed to be some sort of theater. Once they gathered their bearings, their eyes wandered around in shock from the sudden teleportation. 

 "Where the hell are we?!" Tony exclaimed, looking around for any threats. 

 "Don't fear, I'm not here to harm you, I simply want to show you your future." A voice said from the ceiling which caused Tony to jump in shock and Steve to turn his head around frantically, looking for any sort of threat.

 "And who are you?" Steve asked. 

 "Who I am is no concern to you, for now, I need to bring in the others." Without another word, another flash passed through the room and brought in the rest of the audience minus two people. 

 Natasha was brought back from the moment right before her death, Clint, Kate, his children and wife were brought back right after that very first Christmas with each other, after the Kingpin incident. 

 Pepper, Rhodey, Happy, May, Mj, Ned and Morgan all came from right after they found out Peter's identity had been revealed. 

 The Guardians, Carol, Wanda, Sam, Bucky, Shuri, T'Challa, Scott, Hope, Cassie, Thor, Bruce, Fury and Maria came from right before the whole London attack. 

 Another group of people also flashed in that quickly caught Natasha's attention. Yelena, Alexei and Melina all popped in as well, even though they were very confused. 

All the newcomers to the theater looked around and when they made eye contact with the the three heroes that had died, they were instantly bombarded by their family. 

 "Tony!" The man barely had anytime to react before his wife was in his arms, hugging him like he would vanish at any given moment. 

 "I'm right here Pep, I'm not going anywhere." He tried to sooth her but she wasn't having any of it, her husband was back for some unknown reason but she wasn't gonna complain, not when she could hold him at least one last time. 

He was alive...

 Meanwhile, Sam and Bucky were walking up to Steve with a smile on their faces. 

 "Nice to see you man." Sam said, offering his hand out for the old captain to shake. 

 "Sam?" Steve asked in shock. He didn't know what was happening, but he was pretty sure the two people standing in front of him were supposed to be dead. 

 "Good to see you Stevie." Bucky said, bringing the man in for a hug which he gratefully returned. 

 "Hey Buck, good to see you too." Steve said, grasping his best friend back. 

He missed him...

 When they pulled back, Steve looked at Sam’s attire and raised an eyebrow, "You stealing my look Wilson?" He asked, gesturing to the outfit. 

Sam smirked, "Actually, you gave me the all clear on the look Cap, it was you who passed down the giant dinner plate to me." 

 Steve's eyes widened, "So you're from the future?" 

 "Yeah you could say that." Bucky smiled. 

The last group of people who were reuniting was the assassins and the Bartons. When Natasha first laid eyes on her baby sister she instantly ran towards her, engulfing the younger woman in a giant bear hug. 

 "Yelena." She spoke so softly into her sisters ears, making sure only she could hear her voice. 

 "Natasha." Yelena muttered back, hugging her and burying deep into her older sisters arms. 

 "I'm here, I'm right here." 

The two sisters held onto each other for another minute before Melina and Alexei interrupted them. 

 "My daughter comes back from dead and she won't even give her old man a hug? I'm hurt!" Alexei exclaimed with a wide smile across his face. 

Natasha rolled her eyes, "And I won't, has anyone ever told you how much you stink?" She asked sarcastically. 

 "Yes, you all have. Many times." 

 Natasha smirked before she was suddenly in the arms of her, sort of, mother figure. She smiled though and wrapped her arms around Melina. 

 No words were needed, she understood that the older woman needed physical proof that she was alive, that she was breathing so she let the woman do her thing as she waited. 

 "You know, your sister tried to kill me because she thought I, had killed you." The sudden voice of her partner made her turn around and come face to face with his family plus another girl that she didn't recognize. 

But apparently her sister did. 

 "Kate Bishop, how lovely it is to see you again, yes? I have missed our little get togethers, yeah?" Yelena smiled at who Natasha now knew was Kate Bishop apparently. 

Kate smiled in amusement, "Yeah, we should do so again sometime." 

 "I know right?! We make awesome team!" 

 "Can we back up for a minute, about where he said that you almost killed him?" Natasha said, directing the question towards her sister. 

 "What did you want from me? You both left, only one came back and it wasn't you. I needed someone to hurt for taking my sister away from me." Yelena defended herself. 

 "I took the fall so Clint could come back to his family. To His children who still needed their father. I didn't fall so he could come back only to be killed by you." Natasha raised an unamused eyebrow at her sister. 

 "Meh, we're cool now." Yelena shrugged like it was no big deal she tried to kill him. 

Natasha rolled her eyes before she walked over to Clint and hugged him, an embrace which he gratefully returned. 

 "Missed you." 

 "Missed you too Birdbrain."

All the people in the theater were being caught up on what events they had missed when suddenly, a certain genius, billionaire philanthropist took notice of a certain missing someone who wasn't standing near his aunt or his friends. 

 "Where's Peter?!" Tony exclaimed with wide eyes as he frantically looked around with Morgan cuddled close to his chest. 

 "We're also missing Doctor Strange, where is he?" Bruce asked in confusion. 

 Before anyone could spoil anything else from their time lines though, the voice spoke up, "I assure you Mr Parker will be joining us shortly along with Dr Strange, I just have to bring in one more person and explain a few things." 

There was one last flash before a man in a suit stood before them with glasses and a walking cane. 

"What the hell?" The man muttered. 

 "Mr Murdock, it's a pleasure." The voice said. 

 "Uh, yeah sure thing. Where the fuck am I?" He asked with a raised eyebrow behind his glasses. 

 "We are all here to watch the future. As such, I will have to give you your sight back for the remaining time we are here, is that...okay with you, Mr Murdock?" The voice asked. 

 Matt was shocked for a few seconds before he slowly nodded his head, "Yeah, yeah that's fine." Matt was suddenly aware of light slowly but steadily making its way through his eyelids for the first time in two decades. 

He slowly shook his head and blinked his eyes a few times and realized he could see everyone who was standing in front of him, they were a bit blurry at the moment, but he could see them. 

 "Wow." He muttered in wonder as he looked across the room at all the people who were surprisingly looking at him with a smile, glad that the man could see again, even if it was for a short time. 

 "Now that that's done, explanations. You are all here to watch the future of your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man. For some background for those of you from the past, Spider-Man, aka Peter Parker went on a school trip to Europe when he was intercepted by an alien named Talos. But Peter didn't know that, because that alien could shape shift into anyone he saw which he used the skin of Fury to trick the kid into helping him with a problem." The voice said which caused many people who knew the alien to grumble under their breaths while Tony just glared at no one in particular, just mad that his son was tricked. 

 "Long story short, Peter got tricked and ended up fighting a person that he had trusted, which the man ended up dying due to his own arrogance. What Peter didn't know, was Beck had one last trick up his sleeve. Before he died, Beck recorded all of his interactions with Peter and had his team edit the footage and make it look like he was the bad guy." 

"And to have the last laugh, he outed Peter's identity to the world." The voice said which caused all the avengers who knew the kid to become outraged. 

 How dare that man hurt Peter!! The people who had come from the time where his identity had just been outed were already fuming. Pepper's motherly instincts already kicking in and wanting Peter here so she could tell him everything would be okay. 

 "Now that that is explained, let me bring in the last two members. I'll have to warn you, I'm bringing these two from the future so they might act...a little weird so try not to be too...upset with Peter's reactions." The voice said which confused them but otherwise they nodded their heads, signaling that they understood. 

 Now once the final light cleared up, Peter and Strange were standing in front of them, both in a defensive position, ready to sling into action at any moment. 

The doctor coming from right before the spell completed and Peter coming from a month into his self exile. 

 "Who are you all?" Peter glared at all of them, which confused and worried his family to no end. 

 "Parker, stay back." Strange muttered as he also glared around the room. 

 "Peter? Hey Underoos, it's me, Tony. You gotta tell me what's going on." 

"What's going on?"  Peter scoffed, "That's something I'd like to know because I'm currently standing in a room where I can count at least three dead people so you stop your fucking lying right now and tell me, Who. You. Are." Peter watched as hurt flash across the man's face which caused Peter to internally cringe but even if he had the face of Tony, he knew his mentor was dead, he couldn't just trust him. 

He couldn't trust anyone anymore. 

 "Allow me to take over Mr Stark." The voice said after a few tense seconds of silence, "Mr Parker, Mr Strange, I've brought you two from the future, along with these people from the past so everyone can watch what happens, and how much they've failed." The voice said which caused the heroes to all disagree immediately. 

 But the voice cut them off, "You all have failed. You claim you're heroes and you care for this boy but everyone has failed him in some degree in the past year. He sacrifices everything to save this world yet no hero ever came to his aid when he needed it the most." The voice said strictly, and even though they couldn't see the person, they could all tell they were glaring. 

 "What do you mean?" May finally talked for the first time which caused so much grief and sadness to well up in Peter's chest but he knew this was temporary, he knew that this was the only chance he'd ever get at seeing them again, alive.

Strange saw his brief look of grief and placed his hand on his shoulder, giving it a slight squeeze which caught the attention of everyone in the room. 

 "You will all see what I mean once we watch the future. But I'll tell you right now, it is not pleasant, especially for Peter." The voice answered May's question. 

 "Will you be alright?" Strange muttered to him, low enough that only Peter's ears could pick it up. 

Peter nodded slightly, glad that one person here understood what was happening. 

 "Please, if you all could take a seat, we'll begin the screening." The voice said. 

Everyone took a seat and Peter's family tried not to be hurt when the boy moved over to sit next to Strange, Carol and Fury. 

 They could tell he was hurting, but they didn't know why. Hopefully this screening would show them all though and help them understand. 

 Seating Chart: 

Row 1: Tony/Pepper/Morgan/Rhodey/Happy/May/Ned/Mj

Row 2: Steve/Sam/Bucky/Wanda/Shuri/T'Challa/Bruce/Scott/Cassie/Hope

Row 3: Quill/Gamora/Nebula/Drax/Mantis/Groot/Rocket/Thor

Row 4: Maria/Fury/Matt/Carol/Peter/Strange

Row 5: Alexei/Melina/Yelena/Natasha/Clint/Laura/Kate/Nate/Cooper/Lila

"Now that we're all situated let's watch the tragedy of how Spider-Man lost everything he loved." The voice announced which caused everyone in the theater to turn to the kid in worry. 

 Tony didn't know what to think about watching his son, knowing that he'll be in so much pain. He wanted to grab him and keep him there forever, in his arms, safe. 

 Carol frowned and placed her hand on Peter's shoulder, trying to offer the boy some sort of comfort. He looked up at her with guarded eyes and a frown before his eyes softened and he smiled awkwardly up at her before turning back around. 

After the funeral, the two of them had gotten along well. Sitting around and joking with each other, Carol telling him old stories about Fury and Peter opening up about his life. 

In the short time she's known him, she's grown a little attached but she had to go up into space to help fix all the mess that Thanos left behind, she hadn't been down to earth since she departed. 

Maybe it was time to change that. 

 Meanwhile, Strange silently sighed to himself. He knew what would happen, it's not like he wanted to do it but Parker was right, it was the only thing that would have stopped all those people from coming into their universe and destroying everything. 

 Peter had made a sacrifice bigger than even Starks. 

 And it was tearing the kid apart...

And from the look on Peter's face when he first arrived, Strange would bet that the spell worked in the future, everyone forgot about him and he's been trying to live with that, alone. 

 This kid was something else, his will to keep on going even when he had hit rock bottom was admiring, he'd admit that. 

He wish he could've helped him out more...

 Before anyone could say anything else though, the giant screen flashed before them and the future started to play out right before their eyes.

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Beck: Spider-Man's name is Peter Parker.

Jameson: That's right, folks. Peter Parker, a seventeen year old high school delinquent, harboring a homicidal...

 Tony scoffed at the description of his son. He never liked that Jameson man. How he always focused on Spider-Man and how much of a menace he was, even though Peter saved countless of lives every single day. 

It was completely unfair and it saddened Tony that even after he apparently died, he still got treated that way. 

[Camera Pans to the ground where people are hounding MJ about her relationship with Spidey]

Man: Are you Spider-Man's girlfriend? Are you Spider-Man's girlfriend?

Woman: Spider-Man!

Man: He's here!

[Peter jumps down from the lamp post and quickly made his way over to his girlfriend]

Peter: Whoa, whoa, whoa. Please don't touch her.

 "Wow, you managed to sound pissed and polite at the same time kid, I'm impressed." Clint said which caused Natasha to lean over and smack him across the head. 

 "Stop it." She hissed, worriedly staring at Parker's tense shoulders in front of her. 

 "Wouldn't you if someone was doing that to your wife or kids? You're telling me you wouldn't be mad?" Peter asked with a raised eyebrow. His family was concerned though, Peter would never speak like that to anyone, he'd usually stutter his way through a sentence and blush at the end. It didn't matter how annoyed or mad he got, he'd always have a cheer to his voice, even in the worst of times. 

But that cheer was gone now, replaced by a more mature, a more serious tone of voice. 

Something was wrong, something happened in the future and it looked like it had finally made him lose that last shard of innocence he always carried with him. 

 There wasn't an ounce of cheer on his face, no smile no nothing. He was sitting there frowning at the screen like he would rather be anywhere else in the universe. 

 They were gonna find out what happened to him, and fix it, no matter what.

Man: You're just a kid?

Woman: You murdered Mysterio? You helped him murder Mysterio?

MJ: No, I... I didn't...

[The woman tries to grab MJ but Peter smacks her hand away]

Peter: Whoa, whoa, whoa!

"As much as I hate to say this Pete, that probably wasn't the best move. They'll find anything to blame you for now they know who you are." Tony grimaced. 

 "Not my fault they decided the best course of action was to lay their hands on MJ." Peter rolled his eyes. He was hoping if he gave all these people the cold shoulder now, when he got inevitably sucked back into his timeline, it would hurt less. 

Even if he wanted to run over to the man whom he considered a father, a man who was supposed to be dead, and never leave his side. 

That's not how his luck worked, so it was best for him not to get close to the man to avoid anymore pain. 

It was the only way he'd survive this whole thing.

Woman: He hit me. Spider-Man hit me! He hit me. Spider-Man hit me!

[Peter grabs MJ and swings them away. They pass a billboard with Jameson's face on it]

Jameson: People looked up to this boy and called him a hero. I'll tell you what I call him: Public Enemy Number One!

Fury scoffed to himself, Parker wouldn't even hurt a fly, let alone another human. For the people of New York to accuse the kid of something like being Public enemy number one, it was sort of amusing to the spy. 

 Pepper glared at the screen when she heard Jameson's voice. How dare he call Peter that, how dare he downgrade all his work at protecting the little guy, saving people on a daily basis, sacrificing his time just to make someone else's life just a little bit better. 

 She hasn't known him as long as Tony, but from the very few encounters she's had with him, and from the stories that he has told, she could tell why her late husband loved him so much. 

So much, that he'd want to make time travel for the kid, just to see him again. 

[Peter swings around and MJ is not having it. She yells and clings to Peter like her life depends on it]

MJ: I don't ever wanna do this ever again!

Peter: MJ, I'm so sorry but I can't see anything with your hand in my...

 Even though there was tension in the room, the Avengers and Co couldn't stop themselves from chuckling at the couple on screen. 

MJ: I'm sorry, I'm sorry. Okay, where are we gonna go?

Peter: I don't know. Your house.

MJ: Oh, no! We can't go to my house, My Dad will kill you!

Peter: What? I thought you said your Dad really liked me?

MJ: Yeah, well, not anymore.

[Peter swung over to a nearby bridge to take a break. He set MJ down but before anything else happened, Peter's phone rang so he answered it and it was Ned.]

Peter: Dude.

Ned: Dude!

Peter: Dude.

Ned: Dude!

Peter: Dude.

Ned: Dude!

MJ: Dude!

 MJ rolled her eyes fondly at her two friends behavior, knowing how they were. 

Meanwhile Ned was blushing a bit in embarrassment at having distracting his best friend when he was running from the law. 

May fondly shook her head at her nephew's behavior, he was usually easily distractible with little things and Ned was one of the only ones who could always get a reaction like that out of her nephew. 

All the Avengers and even some of the spies all smiled slightly at the sight of their friendship. It was amazing the bond those two shared, even through a screen they could see that they were super close. 

So that begs the question, why was Peter sitting in back with the spies and not with his best friend, girlfriend and aunt?

"Sorry about that Peter." Ned apologized to his friend. 

 Peter shook his head and shrugged his shoulders, "It's fine dude, no harm done." He said waving his hand around. 

 [Peter turns around and saw MJ balancing on top of the bridge while slightly glaring at Peter]

Peter: What... I'm so sorry! Are you okay?

MJ: No, not really.

MJ: We should go. We should go. Come on.

Peter: But you said you don't wanna swing...

MJ: You should just swing me. Yeah.

Peter: Okay. We can take the subway.

"I have a feeling that's not gonna go well." Bucky said dryly, his mouth slightly twitching upright into a small smile.

 [Peter swung down the bridge and found the nearest man whole. He flung the cover up and jumped down with MJ, pulling the cover back on with his webs once they were down there. But there was a person walking by on his phone which was Flash, who had just found out Peter was Spider-Man]

 [Back in the tunnels, Peter swings around and was about to get hit by a train that was coming right towards him]

MJ: Look out!

"See, I was right." 

"Shut the hell up Barnes, no one asked you for your input." Sam rolled his eyes. 

 Bucky scoffed, "Fucking rude." 

 "You are literally the most rudest person I've ever met, what the fuck are you talking about?!" 

 "You're just mad that I'm better than you." 

 "Alright, you're a cyborg with a staring problem man, you don't outrank me. Plus, kinda the New Cap." Sam smirked. 

 Bucky scoffed again and gave Sam the bird with his fake arm which caused the theater to chuckle or roll their eyes at the pairs antics. 

 "I still want that arm." Rocket murmured under his breath, so quiet that the only one who had heard him was Peter but the teenager got the feeling he was missing something. 

Like a reference he wasn't getting which was kind of ironic, since he's kinda the king of references. 

[Peter dodged the train just in time and found the closest man whole and went back out into the streets]

MJ: That was so much worse. Okay.

Peter: Are you okay?

MJ: Yeah. Yeah...

Peter: Come on, come on, come on. Okay. I'm so sorry.

[Peter and MJ land right outside his bedroom window and the both of them climb in]

"Oh yeah, not conspicuous at all." Yelena said sarcastically. 

 "They already knew who I was and where I lived, I didn't see the point in walking through the door." Peter defended his past self. 

 The assassin raised her hands in mock surrender, "Hey, I'm just saying, if  it was me, I'd have fifteen different secret entrances into the apartment." 

 "You can't make secret entrances in an apartment that you pay for, they don't own the building, they just live there." Natasha rolled her eyes fondly at her sister. 

 "Whatever, still would've done it."

[Scene changes to May and Peter's apartment. May is walking happy to the door while they're having a conversation.]

 Happy: I just feel so dumb. I didn't realize you were miserable.

May: No, it was really fun, alright? You know, that's why they call it a fling! And we flung, It was fun.

Happy was a little saddened that May didn't return his feelings. He thought it was more than that, that they actually had something. 

Okay, he was more than a little sad. he was pretty heartbroken...

 "Ohh, Happy got rejected!" Tony smirked which caused his wife to smack him across his head. 

"That was mean daddy." Morgan pouted up at her father which caused his heart to melt into nothing but a pile of mush. 

 "I know baby, I'm sorry. Could you ever forgive me?" Tony said, his eyes twinkling with happiness and a little amusement mixed in. 

 "Hmm, maybe." The little girl said which caused all the others to smile at the father daughter duo. 

Meanwhile, Peter looked on wistfully. He wished he could have that with someone, but seeing as how no one remembers him anymore, that's not possible. 

Really though, how bad does someone have to be for even the universe to tell you that everyone was better off without you?

Even after all that's happened though, he still wouldn't change a damn thing about it. 

 It had been his mess to clean up, he started it, screwed the spell up in the first place and allowed the villains to come into their universe. 

At the end of the day, it wasn't that hard to choose between letting everyone forget him or allow their universe to be overrun by infinite amounts of people who knew him. 

Happy: I could've been more fun. I can be fun.

May: We'll hang out again.

Happy: Like... when do you think?

[Suddenly, they here a noise coming from Peter's room]

Happy: I should see what that is.

Peter snorted despite his previous attitude. Always count on Happy to try and protect everyone he cares about, no matter how inconvenient it seemed. 

May:No. No, no, no, no. Happy.

Happy: It's what I do.

May: He's always coming and going...

Even though May stated it as a fact, it didn't stop the overwhelming feeling of guilt to creep up his stomach, making his heart clench. 

He never wanted his aunt to worry about him, to feel like he didn't appreciate everything she did for him, because he did. He was so happy that May supported his decisions but at the end of the day, because she cared and loved him, she paid the ultimate price. 

Yet Peter was still here and the only thing he had left was Spider-Man...

Everyone he loved either got hurt or killed, it was like he was some sort of curse. 

First his parents, then uncle Ben, then Tony, May, MJ, Ned, his class and even Stephen got hurt in some way because he had helped him. 

It was better this way, no one would ever get hurt by him again. 

That was a promise he'd make sure to keep.

Happy: Peter?

[He walks in and sees Peter in nothing but his boxers with MJ's hands on his chest]

Peter: It's not...

Happy: Peter? Oh. God. Peter...

The theater broke out into chuckles when they saw the scene and realized what May and Happy would think when they saw that. 

 Both Peter and MJ blushed when they watched the scene play out. Ned smirked and elbowed his other best friend in her side which caused her to glare at him and smack him across the head while Carol teasingly reached over to ruffle Peter's hair with a smirk as well. 

 "Peter Parker's all grown up." She said which caused the teen to roll his eyes even as a small smile broke out on his face which made Carol pleased with herself that she got some reaction out of him, even if it was small. 

 On Peter's other side, Strange's lips twitched upward in what was almost a smile. Glad that Peter was finally showing some signs of his old self. Once the thought passed through his mind though, a small wave of guilt crashed into him. He would be the one to erase everyone's memories of him, he was going to be the reason people forgot Peter Parker. 

The kid didn't deserve that...

 "Peter, do I need to give you the talk?" Tony raised an eyebrow at his pseudo son with mischief dancing behind his gaze. 

 "I know about Sex Tony." Peter deadpanned. 

 "Aww, does Petey need the girl talk. Listen, we understand that your body is going through some changes..." Before Sam could finish his thoughts, a web suddenly landed right on his mouth, effectively shutting it. 

Bucky snorted before he started to laugh at Sam's expense while the Avengers all smirked. 

"How'd you even get a web over there?!" Yelena exclaimed with barley concealed amusement. 

"Ricochet webs. I add some elements to the original formula which makes the webs a little more rubbery for a few seconds after I shoot them. Those few seconds allow the web to bounce off the surface and hit the target I want. Of course I have to take in the trajectory and the angle of the web when fired but that's pretty easy. Not to mention my altitude or how strong a surface I'm bouncing the web off of." Peter rambled about his webs which made Tony and Bruce's eyes glint in excitement.

 "You've changed them from the formula I had?" Tony asked. 

 Peter realized he had went off on a tangent and quickly shut his mouth while the tips of his ears turned pink, "Uh, yeah I did. Sometimes your version would um, would shoot out with way too much force and it would just go through the object I pointed at. Really inconvenient." Peter shrugged his shoulders. 

 Tony gasped in mock outrage while Natasha smirked, "How does it feel for one of your inventions to be called inconvenient Stark?" 

 Tony scoffed, "First off, not my invention, Peter made the webs, I just took the formula and tried to give him more choices to use. Second, ouch kid that hurt and third, how about you shut your trap Natalie." 

 "Whatever you say Stark." 

May: Peter...?

Happy: Oh. Oh, no. We didn't see anything.

Peter: This isn't what it looks like, Happy.

Happy: I'm sorry...

May: Just practice safe...

"Yeah, Peter. Practice safe." Carol smirked which caused him to playfully glare at her. 

 "Watch it Danvers." He warned. 

 "Oh yeah, what're you gonna do, web me?" 

 "Don't tempt me. You're stuck sitting next to me the whole time, don't forget that." 

 "Whatever Web-head." Carol winked at him before tuning back towards the screen. Out of the corner of her eye though, she saw how Peter let a small smile break across his face again before turning back to the screen as well. 

Another point to her.

MJ: It's not what it looks like.

May: Oh, hey! You must be MJ! Nice to meet you.

MJ: So nice to meet you.

[May walks into the room even though her nephew is half naked and shakes MJ's hand while Peter tries to find a shirt.]

"Yeah, just barge in my room why don't you." Peter rolled his eyes playfully with amusement in his eyes. 

 "I pay for the apartment, I can go into whatever room I want thank you very much young man." May said with a raised eyebrow. 

 "You know, I'd help you out, but being Spider-Man doesn't really pay the bills." Peter smirked, thinking to himself about how hard it was for him to scrap money up for his rent. He had to get a job under the man he hated, J Jonah Jameson. 

He literally took pictures of himself to get money for the rent and even then he was scraping whatever change he could to pay for food. 

Which was a major problem for his metabolism. 

But the room just took it as a joke and laughed after he said that. 

Except for some of the spies. 

Both Fury and Natasha stared at the boy with slightly narrowed eyes. There was something off about his tone that suggested he meant something else when he said that, but for the life of them they didn't know what it was. 

By the end, they'd figure it out.

Peter: Wait, have you been crying?

Happy: We broke up.

[Peter heard as people's voices were talking and calling out to him outside which made him panic]

Peter: I didn't know you guys broke up. I thought you were in love, May.

May: No, we talked about this...

Happy: I should probably leave, I think...

[MJ picked up a shirt from the ground and stretched it out in front of Peter, covering his boxers for a moment and allowing the young man to bend over and place his arms through the shirt and pull it over his own head]

The room smiled when they saw how well the two of them worked together, not even needing words to convey what they needed at that moment. 

Peter was smiling softly at the screen. Man he missed MJ, but he could never make himself go back to that donut and coffee place after that first time. 

 He didn’t know if anyone could remember what happened and he didn’t want to give himself false hope. 

 But when she had said it doesn’t hurt anymore that first time, it made him realize that they would be a whole lot safer without him. 

 They didn’t need him 

And it’s not like they’d miss him, they had no idea he existed.

Peter: I thought you guys were such a handsome couple...

May: You know, it's really about boundaries...

Peter: Oh, hey, listen. Go in here.

 [Peter said directing both May and Happy into the sitting room but someone knocked on their door]

 May: Is that the door?

[Suddenly some random person opened up their door but good thing MJ was the only one in the hallway]

Man: Hey, is it true about...

MJ: Not now!

"Thank you Michelle." May said gratefully towards the teenager which made the girl smile. 

 "It's fine. You can call me MJ though, everyone else does." She shrugged her shoulders. 

 May smiled, "Alright, MJ." 

 "Peter, are you walking around in nothing but a shirt and boxers?" Kate asked with a raised eyebrow. 

 "I was kinda panicking Kate. As you saw, there were people right outside the apartment screaming Spider-Man and my Aunt, girlfriend and Happy were still inside. I needed to make sure they were safe. Putting pants on were the least of my concerns...Plus I still had to tell them." Peter pointed out. 

 "I'm sure MJ appreciated the view." Ned teased which made MJ glare at him and push his shoulder while Tony smirked. 

 "Remember to use protection kids." He said while his wife placed her hand in front of her mouth to try and hide her giggles. 

 "Could you imagine a bunch of weird spider babies crawling around the ceiling?" Scott shuddered, "I may be able to talk to ants but even that would creep me out." 

 "I think I'd be cool! Imagine all the pranks we could pull!" Shuri exclaimed with a wide smile across her face which made her brother shake his head in resignation. 

 "Can we please stop talking about my hypothetical kids and their hypothetical powers and go back to watching the future?" Peter said with a blush covering his cheeks.

Everyone nodded their heads and turned back to the screen, even though some of them were still chuckling. 

[MJ marched over to the door and slammed it in their face before walking back in the living room with the rest of them]

Peter: Just make yourself home...

May: About sex, Peter.

Peter: This has nothing to do with sex.

Sam and Bucky both snorted but made no other comment on the matter, not wanting to invoke the wraith of Peter and get another web to the mouth. 

May: God's sakes, it's the goal but if you wanna go over it again...I mean, I'm... What's that sound?

[As May and Happy sit down on the sofa, MJ and Peter are going around to all the windows to close all the blinds, Peter still in  nothing but a shirt and boxers ]

May: I mean, I'm happy to rehash it if you want to. I just don't...

[Peter marches over to them and grabs both of their phones after webbing down a particular difficult blind]

Peter: Can you get off your phones for like, five minutes, I just wanna talk to you about your relationship, okay?

"You should really grab some pants dude. I don't think anyone can take you seriously when you just stand there in boxers." Quill pointed out with an amused smile. 

 "I am Groot." Groot said with a smile. 

 "I completely agree tree, it doesn't matter what our young friend wears, he is still a mighty warrior." Thor nodded his approval. 

MJ: Peter?

Peter: What?

Happy: Is that...

May: Is that here?

 [The screen pans over to the tv where there is footage form a helicopter that their whole apartment building is surrounded]

[Peter sighed in resignation before he walked back over to the webbed blind and un stuck it, showing the helicopter right outside]

Peter: I mean maybe it's not such a big deal.

"Trust me kid, it's a big deal." Tony said seriously. 

"Don't I know it." Peter said under his breath but everyone heard him and casted worried looks at the teen. 

The Stark family was looking at each other in worry though, whatever happened definitely left an impact on him and they desperately wanted, no...needed to know what it was. 

He was so unlike the usual Peter that it kind of scared them, especially Tony, May and his friends. Peter was never this quiet and something happened for him to finally place a lid on his mouth. 

The question was, what made him do it? And how could they fix it?

Before the screen could continue playing though, the voice from earlier spoke up, "From this point forward, everything you watch is the future for all except Strange and Parker." 

 Before it could leave again, Tony spoke up, "Can we, change whatever is going to happen?" He asked. 

 "I am sorry, but all this is already set in stone. There is nothing anyone can do about it now." The voice said somberly before it disappeared, leaving a room with very saddened Avengers in its wake. 

They couldn't stop whatever was going to happen to Peter, they had to sit here and watch and pray for the best. 

But one look at Peter told them all they needed to know. 

It didn't end well...

[Camera changes to a news outlet with Jameson on the screen] 

Jameson: Governments around the world launched investigations into the murderer known as Spider-Man, aka, Peter Parker, aka, the web-headed war criminal, who for years has been terrorizing the decent citizens of New York.

Jameson: Well now, this city and the world see him for what he truly is.

[Scene changes to a news outlet talking about the recent problem]

 Woman: New details from last week's devastating attack in London have emerged.

Woman: For more, we go now to Joint Intelligence Headquarters... who released just a short while ago confirms, that the deadly drones used in the London attack, were designed by Stark Industries.

 [Camera switches to the Parkers listening to the news on their sofa when Suddenly, Peter and May hear knocking on their door]

Agent: Federal agents! Open up!

Tony shook his head while Pepper glared at the screen. The government didn't understand, couldn't process everything Peter had gone through in his short life and he didn't need any more shit piled up on top of what he already dealt with. 

This, was certainly not gonna help him...

May: Federal agents? You stay here!

Agent: Department of Damage Control. We have a warrant for the arrest of Peter Parker.

May: You know the fourth amendment?

Agent: Sure.

May: Unreasonable search and seizure?

Agent: Get in here, guys. Let's go.

Clint scoffed, "Asshole. That guy is a dick." 

Laura smacked him, "Our kids are right there." She glared. 

 "It's the truth! Kids take this as a lesson, when you're older, don't act like that man on screen." Clint said which made his two oldest smirk and roll their eyes while Nate nodded his head enthusiastically. 

 "Did literally no one look through the camera footage from that bridge attack in London? Surely they would have found out that Peter hadn't killed him then." Strange said, knowing a bit more about the attack than the others. 

"They also could have looked through EDITH's real footage in her archives but they didn't do that." Peter said. 

"Wait, they had EDITH?" Tony asked. 

 "Yeah, when they went through all our belongings. But don't worry, I got her back." Peter calmed the man down. 

[They search his apartment before the screen changes to Peter handcuffed to a interrogation table]

 Peter: I didn't kill Quentin Beck. The drones did.

Natasha snorted, "Like one handcuff could keep a teenager with super strength chained down." 

 "Peter, If you don't mind me asking, how strong are you really?" Wanda asked hesitantly, not knowing if she was overstepping any boundaries. 

 Peter shrugged, "Never tested it out before. I have lifted a building before though." 

"What!?" 

"You did what now?" 

 "Holy shit!!" 

"That's so cool!!" 

"Why did you need to lift a building?!" 

 "Where you in it when it went down?"

"When was this?!" 

 Peter waved off their concerns, "It was a while ago, before Thanos." 

Tony started at him in shock, "How come I never knew of this?" 

 "Because it happened in my first suit. Honestly guys, it's not a big deal, I've had worst." Peter said, trying to change the subject of the conversation.

 "You've had worst!!?" 

"I'm gonna, shut up now." Peter muttered to himself as he turned to look back at the screen.

Investigator: The drones that are yours.

Peter: No... Well, look...Nick Fury was there the entire time. Just ask him and he can explain everything.

Investigator: Nick Fury has been off-planet for the last year.

Peter: What?

[Camera zooms in on Peter's face which has a look of shock and slight betrayal.]

Fury sighed, of course Talos had to go and ruin it. He had specifically told the alien to not engage in anything, just watch and gather intel until he came back. 

It wasn't that hard to do. 

Yet here they were, in this current mess because Talos had decided to trust a random man who said he was from the multiverse and decided to not even run a single background check on him to see if he was lying. 

And Parker paid the price for that. 

 [Before he could say anything else though, his attention is caught by a person who screams his name]

MJ: Peter!

Peter: MJ! Uhh...

Peter: They had nothing to do with it, sir!

May and MJ: Don't say anything, we got a lawyer!

Everyone snorted when they said that at the same time. Meanwhile, Matt perked up. He had a pretty good suspicion on why he was in a room with all the Avengers and who this mystery lawyer now was.

This case had everything that he looked for in one, a person who was wrongfully accused, a challenge and maybe a little fun mixed in every now and then. 

He's got to hand it to the kid though, he's got guts to do this sort of job at the age he was, many people would have cracked and gave up at this point. 

But if Matt knows anything, he knows that if you're a true vigilante, once you start, there is never an option to back out .

Not when you've been through as much as Parker has...

Trust him, he knew...

[Changes to MJ cuffed to a interrogation Table]

  MJ: I want a lawyer.

Investigator: Miss Jones-Watson...

MJ: Jones. I don't go by Watson.

Investigator: Miss Jones...Why do you want a lawyer if...

MJ: I have nothing to hide?

Investigator: Exactly. Unless...

MJ:I'm actually guilty of something? I'm very aware of your tactics and my rights.

Peter let a brief smile spread across his face watching MJ handle the interrogator with ease. That was his MJ, she knew exactly how it worked and he knew she wouldn't be fooled. 

Ned on the other hand...

Investigator: Just answer my questions. I've seen your file. You're a smart, young woman with a bright future ahead of her. Why would you risk it all by getting involved with a vigilante like Peter Parker?

[MJ looks at the man with utter disgust on her face and anger at the man who was saying hose types of things about her boyfriend]

"I would not want to mess with her, she reminds me of Nat." Clint whispered to Kate which made her snort and Nat to roll her eyes. 

[Changes to Ned Cuffed to the table]

Investigator: So sorry to keep you waiting. Can we get Ned a snack, please? He's been waiting. Dude, I'm so sorry about that.

"Oh here we go, changing up the tactics." Tony rolled his eyes. 

Ned: I'm not supposed to say anything to you.

Investigator: No, Ned. Not even a thing. I just have one question...When MJ told you that Peter was Spider-Man...

Ned: Whoa, whoa, whoa...

Peter groaned, "Ned, don't take the bait." 

"Sorry Peter!" Ned said while blushing at his on screens stupid mistake.

Investigator: What's up?

Ned: I knew way before MJ did. I was Spider-Man's guy in the chair.

Investigator: Oh, I know about those. I mean, half the guys have guys in the chair.

Ned: Exactly! I literally helped him find the Vulture.

Investigator: I didn't know that.

Ned: And I helped him hack his suit once, and kinda helped him get to Space.

Investigator: So, in Spider-Man's illegal vigilanteism, you were his main accomplice.

[Ned realized what he has done and shuts his mouth and gulps.]

Ned: I would like to have my words strictly from the record.

Rhodey snorted, "That's not how that works kid. That guy was a prick anyways, should've waited for the damn lawyer." He muttered. 

"You have nothing to worry about, I'm an excellent lawyer. Peter will be free of charge in no time." Matt said with a nod which caught their attentions. 

 "You're a lawyer?" Happy asked. 

 "Yup, pretty good one if I do say so myself." 

 "How do you know you're the lawyer?" Shuri asked with a raised eyebrow. 

"Why else would I be in a room full of the Avengers?" Matt deadpanned which made Peter snort. 

"True." 

[May was now cuffed to the Table]

  May: With all due respect, and I mean that very insincerely, unless you have some real specific charges to throw at us, legally, you can't hold us here.

Investigator: You should definitely lawyer up.

May: Excuse me?

"Excuse me?" May said it at the same time her on screen self did. 

Peter was curious himself why the man said that, having not known what went on during his family's interrogations. 

Investigator: Child endangerment is a nasty rap. The boy was entrusted to you, and as his legal guardian, essentially his mother, you not only allowed him to endanger himself, but you actually encouraged it.

"Wow, he actually stooped that low, the fucking prick." Sam scoffed and shook his head while May was glaring at the man on screen. Actually all the occupants of the theater were glaring at the man. 

Peter himself felt angry on his aunt's behalf. She had done nothing but take care of him his whole life so for that man to say that to her, that she wasn't qualified to look after him, it angered the teen so much. 

 "Do you want me to kill that man? Just say the words and I will." Yelena asked Peter. 

 "Yeah, I'll pitch in." Bucky said. 

 "As will I." Thor agreed. 

Before anyone could say anything else, Peter spoke up, "Ah, please no killing on mine or anyone else's behalf. He's not a problem in the future, I promise." He said even as his mind hissed how hypocritical he was being for saying that, considering he was so dead set on killing Osborn. 

But Peter 2 had saved himself from...well, himself. 

And he'd be eternally grateful to the other version of himself for that. 

Even when on the bad days he had wished he had gone through with it...

 "Well let me know if you ever change your mind. I'll be happy to help." Yelena shrugged her shoulders. 

 "Noted."

[Camera pans in on May's worried look before her eyes hardened]

Investigator: Who does that?

"Fuck off." 

 Pepper rolled her eyes at her husband's muttered comment but didn't say anything. 

May: I wanna see Peter right now.

[Changes back to May's apartment with the tv on a news channel] 

 Man: Stark Industries was caught in the web of the Spider-Man/Mysterio controversy today, when federal agents opened an investigation into missing Stark technology. The agents wanna know exactly what was taken...

 [Shows a picture of Happy on the screen and how they were investigating him]

Rhodey snorted while Happy flushed in embarrassment. The Colonel always loved that picture, never missing an opportunity to tease the other man whenever the chance came up. 

And now was no exception. 

 "Love the hair Hap." Rhodey smirked. 

Happy scoffed and shook his head, "Whatever." Meanwhile May, MJ and Ned were trying to contain their amusement. 

Happy: At least they used a good picture.

[Camera shifts and we watch as Matt Murdock sits down at the table after he gets off the phone]

"Looks like you were right Murdock." Tony said when he saw the man on screen. 

 "Of course I was. You'd want the best lawyer in New York which just so happens to be me. I also have a history in dealing with Vigilante cases." The man smirked. 

Matt: Well, I have some good news, Peter. I don't believe any of the charges against you are gonna stick.

"Really? Just like that he gets cleared for wanted murder?" Pepper asked, surprised with how easily Murdock made it seem when she knew in reality it was a lot harder than that. 

 "Like I said ma'am, I have experience in this type of department." Matt replied. 

Peter: Wait, seriously?

Happy: Oh, I knew it.

Peter: Oh, my God, Mr. Murdock. Thank you.

May: Thank you, Matt.

Peter: That's amazing.

Matt: Well, perfect. However...Mister Hogan?

"Oh no, I've got a bad feeling about this."

Happy: Yes?

Matt: The feds are actively investigating the missing technology. I understand you're loyal to Mr. Stark and his legacy, but if you were involved...

 Happy frowned at the screen. He'd never betray Tony, he'd rather die. Even though that would definitely cause him some problems in the future, he'd still rather take that risk then betray his family. 

 "Man Happy just can't catch a break can he? First the break up and now the Feds are up his ass." Sam shook his head. 

 "Will you guys watch your language, there are kids here you know?" Steve said in resignation, wiping his hand down his face. He's been quiet for this first section of the future, content to just watch and analyze everything that would happen to the kid in the future. 

He wasn't pleased by the treatment so far. 

This kid was brave enough and strong enough to fight Thanos, twice and apparently he would lose Tony after the second time, and yet there he was, still kicking. 

He honestly doesn't think he has met someone as selfless and stubborn as Parker. 

And that's coming from him. 

Happy: If I was involved?

Matt: I might secure a lawyer.

Happy: I need a lawyer because I'm un... I'm under inves... I thought, you said, there's no charge. I could say under advisement of counsel, I refuse to answer the question respectfully because I... the answer could incriminate me.

[Happy rambles on and May has to call him down]

May: I know, that's interesting... Calm down. Let's hear what he has to say. Matt?

"Yeah Happy, let the man speak." Tony snorted. 

Matt: You're gonna need a really good lawyer. Peter, you may have dodged your legal troubles, but things will get much worse.

Matt: There is still the court of public opinion.

"Ain't that the truth." Bucky nodded his head, remembering what it was like for the public to learn that the Winter Solider wasn't in jail but walking the streets of this world, always unattended. 

Yeah, it wasn't a pretty sight to see. 

Now that the world thought Peter was a murder, things were surely going to get more difficult for him. 

Weather he wanted it or not.

[Suddenly a brick flies through the window and Peter outstretched his hand to catch it but he didn't need to, because Matt beat him to it. Grabbing the brick out of mid air before it could even reach Peter.]

Everyone turned to look at Murdock with a raised eyebrow, the spies especially suspicious. 

"How'd you do that?" Natasha asked with narrowed eyes. 

 Matt smacked his lips before he spoke with a smile on his face, "I'm a really good lawyer." He said which made Peter snort and smirk in amusement. 

 That's when everyone turned to look at him, "What's so funny?" Happy asked. 

 Peter waved them all off, "Nothing you'll see."

Peter: How did you just do that?

Matt: I'm a really good lawyer.

"Yeah, I call bullshit." Yelena deadpanned. 

 "I've never seen anyone with those types of reflexes except for Pete. There's no way you don't have powers." Tony scoffed. 

 "I can promise you Mr Stark, that I don't have any powers. Still just a normal man who can bruise just as easily." Matt said. 

 "Are you implying that there's a reason you'd be bruised?" Natasha asked with a raised eyebrow. 

 "No, simply stating a fact." Matt smiled. 

Peter secretly smiled to himself. In the month of his new life, he's been all around the city and he's even been to Hell's Kitchen a few times. 

He's run into the Devil before and there's one thing that Matt could not disguise, no matter how hard he tried. 

Every single person had a unique heartbeat, and Matt was no different. 

As soon as he met the vigilante the first time, he knew it was Murdock just by the sound of his heart. 

But that wasn't his secret to tell, Peter knows all to well how important a secret identity was, so he'd keep his secret. 

May: We're gonna need a safer place to live.

Rocket scoffed, "No shit."

Chapter Text

[Peter and May walk into Happy's apartment and the alarms start to blare. May walks over to the wall and puts in the code to shut off the system]

 System: Alarm systems, deactivated.

May: It looks nice and... safe.

[Peter looks around and once his eyes land on Dum-E, the robot waves excitedly to the teen which makes him smile] 

"Happy, you have DUM-E?" Tony asked the man. 

 "Yeah, he's been keeping me company ever since you...you passed away." Happy admitted with a slight shrug to his shoulders. 

 Pepper scoffed, "I also couldn't stand the robot anymore so asked Happy to take him off my hands." 

 Tony gasped and placed a hand on his chest, "How dare you be mean to DUM-E, only I can be mean to my creation, thank you very much." 

 "I can be mean to the robot whenever I want. Especially when it causes more of a mess in the house than your five year old daughter." Pepper deadpanned. 

 "Well I'll have you know, that robot has been around for over thirty years, I made him when I went to MIT, just ask Rhodey." 

Said man snorted, "You mean the same robot that you kept yelling at in the middle of the night?" 

 "Well it's not my fault the idiot can't clean the dishes." Tony smirked at his long time best friend causing most of the occupants of the room to laugh and Peter to snort. 

 Tony turned his gaze to a Peter with a raised eyebrow so Peter elaborates, "It's just that when we stayed with Happy, during the time we're watching now, DUM-E wouldn't go near Happy or May since I was the only one who talked to him like a human being. So when Happy asked him to do something, he'd sit there and beep at him but when I asked, he'd try his best to complete said task. And what're you talking about, DUM-E does the dishes just fine." 

 Tony's eyes narrowed, "What're you talking about kid?" 

 Peter shrugged, "I was alone in the apartment one night and was cleaning up after dinner when DUM-E rolled up next to me, picked up the hand towel and started to dry the dishes." 

 "What, the everlasting, fuck." Tony said flatly. 

 "You're daughter is literally right next to you." Pepper glared but Tony was still too caught up in what the fuck he just heard. 

 "Let me get this straight, I spent literally all my college career trying to get that bot to do the dishes for me, then after I die, and you show up, he literally just rolls over to you and helps you without, having being asked a thousand times. Did I get that right?" 

 Peter let a brief smirk spread across his face, "Yup." 

 "Unbelievable, my bot, the robot I made over thirty years ago likes the kid more than me. I feel betrayed, betrayed I tell you." 

 Rhodey rolled his eyes, "Oh stop being a drama Queen. Literally everyone likes Peter better than you once they meet the kid." He said, getting nods of approval from literally the whole audience. 

 Tony scoffed, "Well it's nice to know how much I'm appreciated." 

 [Camera cuts to the door where happy is seen carrying a few boxes to the room and he pans against his doorframe]

Happy: Welcome, to the spiritual oasis, You like Donkey Kong Jr.?

"You've got Donkey Kong Jr! That's fucking awesome. I need, to play that again." Sam said with a wide smile thinking back on the days where his sister and him would play that game. 

 Unfortunately they weren't the most wealthiest of families back then but after saving up enough money, Sam had bought it for them to share. 

Ahh, good times.

[Scene changes to night time where Peter is laying on the couch, FaceTiming Mj]

MJ: Did you send in your applications yet?

Peter: I literally just finished my MIT one. You?

MJ: Same.

Peter: Imagine if we both got in? And Ned?

MJ: Yeah, but, We have to get scholarships so we could actually go.

Peter: Come on. You got good scores, and good grades, and...

MJ: You think I'm being too pragmatic.

Peter: No, no, no, no. Well...Kind of. That's okay. That's one of my favorite things about you.

MJ: Really?

Peter: Yeah.

MJ: Well, what are your other favorite things?

Peter: I love your relentless optimism.

MJ: Yeah. I am a "glass half full" kind of gal.

Peter: I really like how you're a people person.

MJ: I love people. Love 'em... so much.

Peter snorted but tried to quickly cover it up with a cough, not wanting to invoke the wraith of MJ. 

MJ though, did hear it, so did all the other Avengers and they watched with growing amusement as Michelle turned to glare playfully at the young man. 

 "Honestly, same. I loooovee people." Yelena drawled sarcastically with an amused smirk. 

Peter: You like sports.

MJ: I think the Mets are gonna go all the way this year.

Peter: Really?

Everyone smiled at the couple on screen. Anyone without a brain could tell that these two had so much chemistry, they fit perfectly together. 

 Where they could tell MJ could be a bit blunt about certain things, they knew Peter tended to skirt around the problem and be a bit more gentle at his approach. 

MJ, like she said was a glass half full kinda gal, where Peter tended to look on the bright side of things. 

 They were opposites but they fit perfectly together.

[Happy snores in the background]

Happy blushed while the others laughed. 

 "Nice job ruining the mood there Hap." Tony smirked. 

MJ: What's that noise?

Peter: Oh. That's... that's Happy. Look. He gave his room to May, so he's sleeping down here.

May smiled softly at the man in thanks, even though he didn't have to do so, she greatly appreciated it. 

 "How chivalrous Hogan." Clint smirked, causing Natasha and his wife to smack him across the head. 

 "Ow! What was that for?!" He exclaimed while his kids laughed at their father's antics. 

 "For being you." Natasha stated simply, causing everyone to laugh at Clint's misfortune. 

MJ: I have a weird question. Does any part of you feel relieved about all of this?

[Peter took a second to collect his thoughts before answering her question.]

Peter: Ever since I got bit by that Spider...I've only had one week, where my life has felt normal. Well, kind of normal, I guess. And...That was when you found out.

MJ's eyes softened a little when she heard those words come out of his mouth. Gosh, he doesn't even realize how sweat he is does he? The things that come out of his mouth, like that one simple sentence right there, made her stomach flip upside down and caused butterflies to flutter around in her stomach. 

Gosh she was so lucky to have a person like Peter in her life.

Meanwhile, the Stark family frowned when they heard that, along with May. Peter shouldn't have to feel that way. But they do understood that he hasn't gotten a break like, at all. 

 First he loses his uncle and becomes a vigilante and not even six months later, is recruited by Tony to fight the Avengers in Germany. Then the whole Homecoming fiasco with the vulture, then there was Thanos where he went up into space, fought an alien, died, came back to life, fought the same exact alien and watched as his mentor died, then had to deal with a full year of school readjusting to life, his trip to Europe which practically explained itself and now, to top it all off he had to deal with everyone now knowing his identity. 

Damn, he just couldn't catch a break could he?

Peter: Because then, everyone that was in my life that I wanted to know...knew...And it was perfect. But now everybody knows. And...I am the most famous person in the entire world... and I'm still broke.

 Everyone in the theater started to laugh when they heard that line, including Peter himself who let a small smile break out on his face. 

 "You know if you ever are having money problems, you can come to me, right Peter?" Pepper said after she was done chucking. On her face now was a gentle but still serious look. 

 "I know Pepper, I know but I wasn't that serious, it was just a joke. May and I get along just fine." Peter tried to calm down the motherly side of Pepper, hoping she'd just drop the subject. He must be getting better at lying or something because she nodded her head with a slight smile. 

 "Still, I'm right here if you ever need help." 

MJ: I'm... excited to see you tomorrow.

Peter: Yeah, me too.

Happy: Wrap it up.

[Peter turns around and sees Happy is still awake]

Happy: You both like each other. We get it. Hang up. There's no new ground being broken. Okay? I need my eight hours.

"Way to kill the mood Happy." Bucky snorted and shook his head while Sam practically died from his laughter. 

 Happy let a smirk slide across his face when the screen played. Of course he couldn't fall asleep down there, not when Peter was there yapping his brains out all night long, the man thought fondly to himself. 

Peter: Have you been listening this whole time?

MJ: Hi, Happy.

Happy: Not by choice.

Peter: MJ says hi.

Happy: Hello.

"Happy seems so done, he just wanted to get some sleep and instead has to listen to you blab all night long to your girlfriend." Ned teased his best friend which caused him to mock gasp and place a hand over his heart. 

 "My own best friend? My Guy in the Chair? Oh how you wound me, oh friend of mine." Peter cried dramatically causing everyone to chuckle at the teens snark. 

 "You'll get over it." Ned shrugged his shoulders. 

 "Oh the horror! The betrayal! It's blasphemy I tell you, straight blasphemy!" Peter crossed his arms over his chest and despite himself, let a little pout form on his lips which made MJ internally debate on how cute he was while the others laughed. 

[Scene changes to the morning, right outside Midtown high]

 Betty: We're covering the first day of senior year for Midtown High's most famous student, Peter Parker! Go get 'em, Tiger! Or should I say, Spider?

"Okay that was bad, even for me." Peter said, gaining his compose back pretty quickly. His playfulness now gone, changed back to his previous mood which consisted of this seriousness that no one liked to see on him and a blank look behind his eyes, trying to hide his emotions from everyone in the room. 

It was like he remembered something and that one thought made his old self shut back down, and allowed this new Peter to surface. 

A side of Peter that no one liked.

Reporter: The crowd has continued to grow here all morning long at the Midtown School of Science...

Reporter 2: The crowd seems evenly divided between supporters of Spider-Man, and protesters.

Man: MJ! MJ, we love you. MJ, are you gonna have his spider-babies?

MJ and Peter both glared at the man on screen even though they were both blushing. 

 "That was pretty insensitive of them." Steve said with a disapproving frown on his face. 

 Sam scoffed, "Yeah you think? If that was me, I would've sucker punched him right in the nose." 

 "Which then would have made you look like the bad guy, which is exactly what some of them are looking for." Peter pointed out a pretty good point. 

 "Yeah, still would've done it though. I'm not gonna let some asshole say something like that to me and get away with it." Sam said while glaring at the man on screen. 

Man 2: Mysterio forever! Murderer!

[Ned had enough and turned to look at the man who said that]

Ned: Back off!

"Yeah, you go Ned!" Carol exclaimed with a wide smile. 

 "It's nice that you come to his aid. You're a good friend." Wanda smiled at the boy which made him blush at being called a good friend by the literal Scarlet Witch. 

 "T-thank you. I try my best." Ned said with a wide smile. 

 Peter smiled gently at him, allowing a portion of his mask to drop for a second, "You've always been the best Ned." He said which made his friend beam up at him before they both turned back towards the screen to watch. 

Man 2: Who are you?

Ned: I'm Ned Leeds. I'm Spider-Man's...

Flash: Peter Parker's best friend. You come at my boy? You come at Flash Thompson. If you wanna read about our inspiring friendship, you can now with my new book, Flashpoint. One spider, two hearts, a million crazy-ass memories. Check it out.

"Who is that guy?" Tony asked with a raised eyebrow. 

 "His Name's Eugene, he goes by Flash. He's kinda the Midtown bully. It seems that he's trying to act all cool now since Peter is outed as Spider-Man though." MJ said while glaring at the screen. 

 "Don't you guys go to a smart school?" Bruce questioned. 

Ned shrugged his shoulders, "That doesn't mean there aren't bullies. Just because the kids at midtown are more academically involved than other schools, it doesn't make certain people immune to jealousy and stuff like that. 

 "Did he ever bully you three?" Stephen asked with a raised eyebrow. 

Ned shrugged again, "He picked on everyone at least once." 

 "But Peter and Ned were his main targets. It mostly switched to just Peter though because Flash learned pretty quickly that bullying us would anger Peter like, a lot. And the one time anyone stood up to Flash, was actually when Peter almost knocked him on his ass because he called me a slut and Ned a fatass." MJ continued before her two friends could sprout off any lies to the others. 

 "You've been bullied Peter?" May exclaimed, "How come you never told me?" She asked, her eyes shinning a bit in hurt. 

 "I didn't want to worry you, especially after you found out about Spider-Man so I just kept it to myself and handled it if he ever though about picking on my friends." 

 "But in exchange, allowing him to pick on you whenever he needed to blow off some steam." Natasha summarized. 

 Peter shrugged his shoulders, "I could take a little name calling and the occasional shove, I fought criminals all night long. Better me then someone else who wouldn't be able to handle something like that, who would let the names get to them." 

 "And they don't get to you?" Pepper asked with a raised eyebrow. 

 "Trust me, I've been called a lot worst then one of Flash's petty insults. You should hear the mouth on some of the criminals I take down, especially the ones of the sex trafficking variety." Peter said somberly, thinking about how he had to save little kids at least once a month from the scum of New York who thought it was fine to kidnap children and take advantage of them for their own pleasure. 

It utterly disgusted him just thinking about it.

 "You know, sometimes I forget that even though you're still a teenager, you've been through so much...Much more than any normal adult ever has." Pepper said with a sad smile on her face while Peter stopped and thought about her sentence. 

It was the exact opposite of what Strange had said to him after he messed up the spell. 

 To be honest, he believes Pepper now more than Strange. He sure as hell doesn't feel like a teenager anymore, not after the shit he's been through last month. 

He feels like he's aged fifty years. 

It seemed that Strange was thinking something along those same lines because out of the corner of his eye, Peter could see how his eyes dropped a bit in sadness, most likely thinking about what he had said to the teen. 

  [Peter, MJ and Ned all walk to the front door where they have to be scammed by police officers before entering. Peter is clear and is told to go in but he want to wait for MJ, but the cops aren't having it.]

Police officer: Go. Go. Go. Go. Go!

Peter: No wait...I'll see you inside, okay?

"Okay, he literally fought with us against Thanos and this is how they treat him? Anyone who stood up to that purple raisin asshat deserves better treatment then that." Quill rolled his eyes. 

 Gamora nodded her head in agreement, "Anyone who stood against my father deserves respect." 

 "Why are they being rude to the Spider kid?" Mantis asked with a sad frown across her face, not liking how the boy was treated at all.

 "Because they're all jealous of his strength and wish to be like him, except they cannot. So instead, they take their anger out on the boy." Drax nodded his head with a serious frown across his face, causing the Avengers to stare at the alien with incredulous expressions across their own faces. 

Quill sighed, "It's better if you ignore him."

  [Peter turned around and is escorted into the building by another officer while his friends are being searched.]

[Changes to tv screen showing Betty talking about school news]

Betty: Keep watching Midtown News all year as we bring you upclose and personal coverage of Peter fighting his biggest battle yet: college admissions.

  [Peter walks up the set of stairs and comes across three of his teachers, Coach Wilson, Mr Dell, and Mr Harrington.]

Mr Dell: Peter. We would love to...Welcome you back... To Midtown High.

"Could he be any more awkward?" Sam muttered to Bucky who nodded in return. 

Mr Harrington: Where we shape heroes.

Tony rolled his eyes, "Oh I can see where this is going."

Coach Wilson: Uh-huh. Or murderers.

Natasha and Yelena both glared at the screen when those words came out of the man's mouth. He didn't know the full story, hell they didn't even know the full story but they knew with one hundred percent certainty that the teenager sitting in front of them was no murderer. 

Meanwhile, Melina scoffed at the mere thought, of that kid trying to kill anything, let alone a human being. He wasn't possible of that kind of violence, no way. She didn't even need to know him to know that one fact about him. 

 May, Pepper, Tony and MJ were all glaring daggers at the screen. Honestly with the amount of glaring that's been done, the screen should've crumbled a long time ago, because their glares were full of pure rage at how their family was being treated. 

All the avengers grumbled to themselves with how rude and mean the comment was but didn't say anything, not wanting to risk the wraith of the family and the angry spies. 

Harrington: Stop it....It's an honor to serve you...Sir.

Despite himself, Peter let a small smile break out across his face at his favorite teacher's awkward attitude.

Wilson: God! Mysterio was right.

Harrington: Stop. We don't... that's all.

Harrington: Some of the students put this together for you.

Wilson: No. You did that. You did that.

Harrington: I helped a little bit.

Tony smiled at the scene of at least one person in the school honoring his son's work as a hero, glad that not everyone forgot about all the good he had done over the years. 

 "You seem to have a fan Peter." Sam smirked. 

 "Well I did save their lives multiple times, so that's probably a big reason for that." Peter said. 

Wilson: I tried to stop him so many times, but you piled through. He did all of that.

Cue more glares towards the man onscreen.

Dell: You did a great job.

Harrington: I hope you have time to stop and check it out...

Dell: And feel free to walk... Or, or swing through the hallway... Or crawl on the ceiling to avoid everybody.

"Yeah, no thanks." Peter rolled his eyes. 

 "Come on Pete, you're telling me you didn't think for at least a second what I'd be like to swing across the hallway or crawl on the ceiling?" Tony asked with a smirk. 

 "He's not you Stark." Fury scoffed. 

 "Hey, I take offense to that." Tony said while placing a hand on his chest, his smirk sliding off his face and replaced by a frown. 

 "Your problem not mine." Fury shrugged. 

Harrington: We all know you can do it.

Peter: I'm just gonna...

Wilson: You know what you did.

Harrington: Stop it. You're embarassing yourself. He's a conspiracy theorist.

Despite the not so happy scene, the Avengers where glad to see that some of the staff didn't care about what was said about the young man, and went off of what they knew about Peter from years of experience. 

The kid deserved a normal life, even though they all knew he'd never get one now.

[Peter and MJ are now on the roof, trying to get away from everything]

Peter: Can we just like, stay up here all day? It is so crazy down there.

MJ: Wait, this one's good. Some suggest that, Parker's powers include the male spider's ability to hypnotize females, which he used to seduce Jones-Watson into his cult of personality.

Tony chuckled, "Pete? Seducing? Those two words don't belong in the same sentence." 

 MJ smiled at her future selfs words. Peter Parker was literally the worst around girls. For anyone to come up with the idea that Peter Parker, the teen who stuttered his way through telling her he was Spider-Man, could seduce anyone was down right hilarious. 

Her boyfriend was many things, cute, adorable, strong, brave, stubborn, smart, crafty, determined, funny, awkward...

You get the point, she could literally go on all day. 

But the one thing he wasn't, was good with talking to girls. 

Or anyone if she was being honest, his social skills were pretty much non existent as well. 

Peter: Stop! Stop.

MJ: Yes, my Spider-lord.

[They're about to kiss before Ned interrupted them]

 Ned: Finally. Some privacy. It is so crazy down there. So, I was thinking... When we get into MIT, we should live together.

 MJ glared at Ned while said boy blushed in embarrassment as the Avengers laughed at the teen's misfortune. 

 "I bet you weren't happy about that, were you?" Scott teased the young hero which made him blush a small amount and glare at Ant-Man. Said reaction which only made both Scott and Hope chuckle at the arachnid before turning back to the screen. 

MJ: Yeah, for sure.

Peter: Yeah. Love that.

Ned: This is gonna be us.

[Shows them a picture of a group of people smiling and playing frisbee]

MJ: Yes. Minus the frisbee. And the smiling.

Lila and Cassie both started to chuckle at MJ's attitude for things. Her delivery was just so good, the tone of voice, her facial expressions all hilarious. 

Maybe they would be able to get to know the other teens during this screening a bit more, they all seemed like a great group to hang around.

Peter: MIT's obviously the dream...But if we match-up our backup schools, either way, we'll all be together in Boston. New school, new town. I can Spider-Man there. I mean they have crime in Boston, right?

MJ: Yes. Yes, they do.

"Good backup plan." Steve approved with a smile across his face. 

 "Yeah, I wasn't gonna stop being Spider-Man. No matter how many people in New York wanted to believe I was the bad guy, they don't see what happens when the sun goes down. That's when the real bad people come out to play and let me tell you, it's is not a walk in the park on those bad nights." Peter said. 

Matt was thinking to himself after Peter stopped talking. It kind of reminded him of his time being a vigilante, how he'd have people praising him or painting him as the villain to their story. 

 He's had years of experience to make sure it doesn't get to him, but at the same time, Peter had been through a whole lot more shit than Matt had ever been through, he's fought aliens, went to space, been in a war. 

Matt's never been to war before and he knows that there is a big difference from what he does, to what the Avengers do. 

He's glad he's a vigilante though and not a superhero, he doesn't think he'd be able to handle all the shit that came with the job. 

Which is why, he now has a new found respect for the web slinging vigilante. 

He hopes they ran into each other on patrol every now and then. That was a team up that Matt wouldn't mind all that much.

 "You should still focus on your studies though Peter, you don't want to somehow get behind on your work." May said and was about to continue when Tony said something. 

 "Wait, if you're from the future, then you've already seen this, right Pete?" He asked. 

"Yeah, why?" Peter asked, suddenly very confused. 

 "So...are you in? How's college treating you?" Tony asked with a wide smile which instantly made the teen shut down. 

After a moment of hesitation, Peter spoke up, "I'm not in college." He admitted. 

 "What!?" Was the exclamation from almost everyone in the room. 

 "Why not? Did you not get picked for MIT? What about any backup schools!?" Tony asked frantically. 

 "What about us, did we go?" Ned asked with wide eyes while MJ's were narrowed like she was trying to figure out a giant puzzle. 

 "You two went to MIT, don't worry about that." Peter waved off their concerns. 

 "Okay...so, what about you?" Rhodey asked with a raised eyebrow. 

 Peter exhaled out his nose before shaking his head and hiding behind his mask again, "You'll see soon enough." Was all he said before he turned to stare at the screen, leaving his family very concerned. 

What had happened?

Ned: Yeah, wicked crime.

Peter: Yeah, so it'll be like a fresh start.

[Peter noticed MJ's look on her face]

Peter: What's up?

MJ: I don't know. I just feel like if you don't... If you expect disappointment, then you can never really get disappointed.

Natasha's eyes softened when she heard those words come out of the teen's mouth. That was no way to live your life, if you always expected disappointment, then how would you ever truly be happy in life?

 She had a hard time herself with being happy with her new life after leaving the Red Room and even years down the road, but her family had helped her, made her feel better about things like that so she knew that MJ would get better. 

Because she had Peter to help her through whatever troubles she had.

He'd never let her go through something like that, at least not by herself. 

Peter: Come on. It'll be a fresh start. And, we'll all be together.

MJ: Yeah. You're right.Fresh start.

 [Peter grabs her hand and locks their digits together, squeezing just slightly]

May smiled at the screen, glad that her nephew had finally found someone who understands him just as much as he understood her. They were so perfect for one another that May couldn't get rid of the small smile across her face. 

Ned: Fresh start.

 [Ned joins the hand hold by placing his hand on top of their interlocked ones]

 Ned blushed while the others laughed. 

MJ turned and raised one of her eyebrows at him, "Really, that's twice now." She deadpanned. 

 "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to you know, ruin your moment!" 

 Bucky snorted, "Too late for that."

[Scene changes to a bunch of clips showing Peter getting his letters from various colleges]

 May: First one's here!

[Camera pans to Peter in his pajamas eating a bowl of cereal with DUM-E still at the table. He quickly looks at May before the camera again changes to them sitting together]

[Didn't get in]

Peter: It's okay. It's a backup school.

Tony frowned, he had a bad feeling about this and there was literally nothing he could do about it since, one he was dead and two, the voice said so. 

Everything was already set in stone. 

It didn't mean he didn't wish he could change it all...

[Second one arrives]

May: Peter?

[Peter swings off of the ceiling with his cup of coffee in his hands and almost spills it but he managed to only get a few drops out of the cup. May and Peter move over to the table and open it up but it's not good]

May: No?

The theater smiles at the teens antics when he swings off the ceiling with a cup of coffee but quickly sobers up when they realize that another letter had come and it rejected him. 

 And they all knew why the colleges were turning him down, they weren't stupid. The colleges didn't want to deal with the backlash the public would give them once they knew they had accepted Spider-Man, the murderer into their school. 

 If it was even possible, the room just got more angry at the unfair treatment Peter was experiencing. 

[Third one arrives]

May: Last one.

Peter: MIT?

[Peter exclaimed from his spot at the table, eating another bowl of cereal but this time even DUM-E got excited and in his excitement, he crashed his arm into the Lego Death Star which was half built and made it fall to the ground]

Tony rolled his eyes fondly but had a small smile on his face as he watched his son and his first robot child bond over Happy's table. 

 He wished he could've gotten to do that with Peter, sit down in the lab with DUM-E, U and Butterfingers, mess around, banter back and forth while having a cup of coffee together while they worked on a project. 

His time was cut short with his son, and that was one of the main regrets that he'd carry with him to the afterlife. 

[Scene changes to Peter walking into the cafe MJ works at, Ned and MJ already there with their letters]

 Peter: Okay.

MJ: Ready?

Boss: Jones...I told you to take down the Halloween decorations...

MJ: Actually, that was Sasha, so...

Boss: Enough attitude, just do it.

MJ: On.it.

Peter clicked his tongue when the screen played out. He never liked how his girlfriend was treated by her boss, always made into the work mule because the other employees couldn't do what was told of them. 

She deserved way better than that and he hopes she finds it after this whole mess was over with. 

Ned: I feel like I'm gonna puke.

MJ: Well, don't. Because, he will just make me clean it.

 Despite the tense situation, a few chuckled at MJ's half annoyed half exasperated tone of voice.

Ned: This is our only shot. It's here, or nowhere.

Peter: Hey! Come on.

MJ: Okay. You guys ready?

Peter: Okay. On three. One...Two...Three...

[They all tear into their letters and after a few seconds of reading, their faces are all saddened]

"No." Tony muttered under his breath sadly, watching as the expression on Ned's face in the theater dropped from happy to saddened in a matter of seconds. 

Peter shook his head softly. It was his fault that they didn't get in to begin with, his fault that literally everything bad happens to the people around him. 

 That's why it was easier if they all forgot him, never even remembered him so they could never be hurt by him or his actions again. 

He'd do anything to keep them safe, even if they had to forget he ever existed. 

Peter: No.

MJ: No. You?

Ned: "In light of recent controversy, we are unable to consider your application at this time." This is so not fair.

"Really? They can't do that, can they?!" Wanda exclaimed, shocked that they could restrict a person their right to college just due to some rumors going around. 

 "They shouldn't be able to." Pepper glared at the screen, mad that the college would do something as stupid as that. 

 "I mean, I got in when I was fifteen and there was a lot of controversy about me back then, and they still let me in. They can't just tell you to screw off without even looking at your application!" Tony exclaimed, angry that his son and his friends were denied their rightful spot at MIT just because the school didn't want any bad comments about them. 

Peter: I mean, this is so not fair. I didn't do anything wrong. And you guys definitely didn't do anything wrong.

MJ: Expect disappointment, and you will never get disappointed.

The Avengers shake their heads at the girls words. That wasn't anyway to live, but they had to be honest, most of life was disappointment and what the girl said did hold some merit to it. 

 Kids shouldn't have to live like that though...

Flash: Busted!

 [Flash enters the building and starts dancing with an MIT sweatshirt on]

Flash: You guys didn't get in?

Ned: Yeah. Because we're actually friends with Spider-Man.

"I don't like him, can I kill the annoying brat?" Drax asked. 

 "Yeah, I'll pitch in." Yelena shrugged her shoulders. 

 "Me too!" Bucky exclaimed. 

 "No, there will be no killing anyone, thank you very much." Peter quickly said. 

"But he serves no purpose, why can't I kill him?" 

 "Because it's frowned upon to kill children, no matter how annoying he is." Peter countered. 

 Before Drax could say anything else, Quill quickly placed his hand over his mouth to shut him up, "Nobody is killing anyone, and when I say that, I am talking to you, Drax." He glared at his teammate. 

 "Whatever." Drax muttered, crossing his arms across his chest. 

Flash: Uhh, yeah...I better get going. There's a mixer for new admissions...And... sorry, guys.

Boss: Jones, what are you doing? Get back to work.

MJ: Yeah. Coming. You know what?

 [MJ rips the letter]

MJ: I wouldn't change a thing.

Ned: Me neither.

 [He ripped his letter too but after doing so, remembered something]

Ned: Although, I should show this letter to my parents.

"You have good friends Parker, I can see your bond is very strong." Thor said with a smile directed at the teen. 

 "Yeah, we've been through a lot together." Peter said with a small smile. 

[Peter stares at the Halloween decoration and takes notice of the wizard hat hanging from one of the strings and his face suddenly has a thoughtful expression on it, like he's thinking over some sort of plan]

Strange snorted loudly at the scene. Of course that was how Parker thought about him, he saw a wizard hat and realized he could ask for help. 

It was weird for Strange to see Parker like this, it really did give him a new perspective of things, from Peter's point of view and if he was being honest with himself, he may have been a little too harsh on the kid to begin with. 

He was just trying to fix a different mistake he had unwillingly caused for his friends, and all Strange did was yell at him again once he made another one and basically told him he was a just kid. 

Yeah, he probably should've handled this whole situation a lot better then he did...

"Have something to share to the class Strange?"

Tony asked with a raised eyebrow, taking notice of his snort of amusement. 

The doctor just smirked, "No, I think you're about to see anyways, so there's really no point." He said.

Chapter Text

[Peter is seen walking on a sidewalk while looking down at his phone before the camera shifts and he is seen right next to the Sanctum] 

"Why're you going to Strange kid?" Tony asked, his eyebrows furrowed in slight confusion but he didn't receive an answer from the young man which caused him to slightly frown. 

 Why would Peter go to Stephen just because he didn't get into college? It didn't make much sense, the man couldn't help him with something so trivial, he only knew...

 Oh no...

The man knew magic, and Peter definitely wasn't there just to stop by and say hello. 

 He hopes Peter knows, or...knew what he was doing. 

God, he hated time travel.

[Peter walks up to the door and gets ready to press the doorbell when the door opens for him. He looks around in slight shock and awe before he walks in] 

[He sees the place is covered in snow and there are two people shoveling it into buckets]

"Why is there so much snow?" Sam asked. 

 "You'll find out, it'll tell you in a second." Peter nodded towards the screen. 

 "Okay, then what the hell are those people doing there?" Sam said with a raised eyebrow. 

 "Um, I don't really know, Strange?" Peter said, turning to the doctor. 

 "They came through when the snow did, we didn't have anyone else around so they stayed to help clean up their snow." Strange shrugged.

Peter: Hi..I'm...

[A portal opens to the young man's right]

Wong: The most brainless person in the world. I know.

"Well that wasn't nice." Yelena scoffed. 

 "That's Wong for you, he's not the most...nicest of individuals. He's kind of an acquired taste." Strange shrugged. 

 "Still, Peter isn't brainless." Ned frowned as MJ was glaring at the screen, actually Pepper and May were also glaring. 

Basically all the women who had grown fond of the young spider. 

 Peter shrugged, "It's fine, I knew it was only Wong's personality, I didn't take it personally." 

Peter: Wong. 

 Wong: Try not to slip. We don't have liability insurance.

"Yeah Pete, try not to slip." Ned smiled in amusement. 

 Peter scoffed, "Excuse me, do you really have that little faith in your best friend? I'm hurt." 

 MJ smirked, "You are literally the most clumsiest person I've ever met, you're probably the most clumsiest superhero as well." 

Peter pouted while the others all chuckled at him. 

Peter: Is all this for a holiday party?

Wong: No, One of the rotunda gateways connects to Siberia. Blizzard blasted through.

Strange: Because someone forgot to cast a maintenance spell to keep the seals tight.

 [Strange announces himself and floats down from the upper balcony. He lands and almost slips but he catches himself]

"Nice entrance there Strange." Tony snorted in amusement. 

Strange rolled his eyes, "Thanks Stark, I try my best." He replied sarcastically which made Peter snort in amusement. 

 "Don't worry Stephen, ice gets the better of all of us at some point." Peter teased which made Stephen turn to look at the teen with a raised eyebrow and a small smirk. 

 "You would know, wouldn't you?" 

 Peter narrowed his eyes, "Shut it." 

Wong: That's right. He did. Because he forgot I now have higher duties.

Strange: Higher duties?

Wong: The Sorcerer Supreme has high duties, yes.

Peter: Wait, I thought you were the Sorcerer Supreme?

Strange: No. He got it on a technicality cause I blipped for five years.

"Oof, downgraded from the wizard to just a, wizard. Gotta be a blow to his ego." Kate whispered to Clint which made him snort in amusement but Strange had heard them and turned around to glare at the two archers. 

Peter: Oh. Well, congratulations.

Strange: If I'd been here, then I'd...

Wong: Burned the place down...You two, no one said stop shoveling.

All the Avengers laughed at Wong's description of Strange while the man in question fondly rolled his eyes at his friend on screen. 

Strange: So, Peter...To what do I owe the pleasure?

Peter: Right. Umm...I'm really sorry to bother you, sir, but...

[Peter follows after Strange and almost slips but catches himself. The doctor walks over to a fireplace to light it up]

Ned laughed, "Like we said, clumsy." 

 May smiled at her nephew, "I thought the tingle told you stuff like that?" She teased. 

"Tingle?" Tony asked with a raised eyebrow and a small smirk. 

 "It's not a tingle! It's a sixth sense, it warns me of incoming danger before it even happens…You know, when you call it a tingle, you make that power sound ten times less cool." Peter complained even though his eyes held amusement behind his gaze. 

 Fury was deep in thought. Having a power like that, to sense danger before it even happened did sound like it was pretty useful, he bet it had probably saved the young man many times before. 

 If Parker was properly trained, hell he'd make a good agent. And he needs more of those since Shield is effectively disbanded, the only ones left was Maria, Coulson's team and him. 

 After this is all over with, he'll see if Parker was willing, he needed more people like him. 

Strange: Please. We saved half the universe together. I think we're beyond you calling me sir.

Peter: Okay, uhh... Stephen.

Strange: That feels weird, but I'll allow it.

"Dude, you get to call Dr Strange by his real name, so cool." Ned said in awe. 

 "Uh, you do know that I fought Thanos right? A literally alien from outer space? I know most the Avengers by their real names." Peter said. 

 "Yeah but Peter...it's Dr Strange!" Ned whisper shouted like no one could hear him when really everyone could. 

 "Yes I know, and I'm Spider-Man, he's Captain America, that's the Falcon, she's the Black Widow and Iron-man is literally to your left." Peter deadpanned. 

 Ned blushed a bit when he realized that all the heroes were staring at him in amusement while MJ and Peter were now smirking at him. 

 "Shut up." 

Peter: When...When Mysterio revealed my identity...My entire life got screwed up, and...I was wondering, I mean, I don't even know if this would actually work, but I was wondering if...Maybe you could go back in time and make it so that he never did

Suddenly the temperature of the room dropped when Peter said those words. Everyone turned to stare down the young man with varying degrees of shock and trepidation. 

 "Kid I don't think that's a very good idea..."

 "Time travel is very dangerous son, it's not something you should..."

 "The consequences aren't worth it..." 

 "Peter I swear if you..." 

 "Alright enough!!" Strange exclaimed, "Let's just get on with the future and you can pass judgement later yes?" He said with a raised eyebrow and waited until everyone quieted down before he turned back to the screen. 

 Peter gave Strange a grateful nod which the man returned before the screen played again.

Strange: Peter... we tampered with the stability of space-time to resurrect countless lives. You wanna do it again now just because yours got messy?

Peter: This isn't... it's not about me. I mean, this is really hurting a lot of people. My...My Aunt May, Happy...My best friend, my girlfriend, their futures are ruined just because they know me, and...They've done nothing wrong.

Everyone's eyes softened when they heard his reasoning, he was just trying to look out for his family, trying to make their lives easier and fix something that he didn't even directly cause. 

 He didn't want them hurting because of his decisions so he tried to fix it. 

They couldn't fault him for that.

Strange: I am so sorry, but... even if I wanted to...I don't have the Time Stone anymore.

[Peter suddenly remembers that and his face drops in disappointment]

Peter: That's right.I'm really sorry if I... wasted your time.

Strange: You didn't...

Peter: Just forget about it.

MJ frowned at the screen, not liking how dejected and defeated her boyfriend sounded. He always tried to protect the people he loved and it always seemed to blow up in his face, no matter how hard he tried. 

He didn't deserve that, Peter deserved the world and if MJ could, she'd find a way to give it to him. 

Wong: He will. He's really good at forgetting things.

[Strange goes to say something when his eyes suddenly widened and a slight smile makes its way across his face while he points at his friend]

Strange: Wong. You've actually generated a good idea.

The Avengers all shared a wary glance, not knowing if they liked where this was going.

Wong: What?

Strange: The runes of Cafkal.

Peter: The runes of Cafkal.

"That fuck is that?" Clint asked with a raised eyebrow. 

 "Maybe if you shut it and watched, you'd find out." Natasha said sarcastically causing Lila to snort. 

 Clint glared at his daughter, "Watch it missy." He said teasingly. 

Strange: Oh, it's just a standard spell of forgetting. Won't turn back time, but at least people will forget that you were ever Spider-Man.

Peter: Seriously?

 "Wait, we're all gonna forget you?" Ned asked in barley contained fear as MJ's eyes widened at what Peter wanted to do. 

 "No no no, the spell was only supposed to make you forget that I was Spider-Man, not who I was. You’ll all know me, just not that I'm Spider-Man." Peter quickly calmed down his slightly panicked family before they chewed him out for doing something reckless. 

 "I don't want to forget Petey mommy." Morgan said from her spot on her mothers lap. 

 Pepper smiled softly down at her and laid a kiss on her head, "You won't honey, you still remember don't you?" Morgan nodded her head at her mother's words, "Then you don't need to worry about it." 

 "Wait, what do you mean it was supposed to? Did it not go how it was supposed to?" Natasha asked with a raised eyebrow, containing her concern behind her gaze. 

 Peter and Strange looked at each other for a second before they turned back towards the screen, "You'll see." They replied at the same time. 

 "Peter Benjamin Parker." May glared at her nephew but Peter wasn't budging, not about this, he wouldn't be able to explain everything. 

 It was better if they just watched it themselves. 

Wong: No. Not seriously. That spell travels the dark borders between known and unknown reality. It's too dangerous.

"That doesn't sound like a standard spell to me." Bucky muttered. 

 "And how would you know what a standard spell looked like, huh?" Sam asked. 

 "I know standard spells aren't supposed to travel the dark borders or, whatever." Bucky glared. 

 "Says the man who doesn't believe in Wizards when there is one literally in the same room as him." 

 "Sorcerer, he's a sorcerer, not a wizard!" 

 "Will you two shut your Fucking trap!" Rocket exclaimed at them, causing both men to stop and turn to look at the screen, but not before glaring at each other one last time. 

Strange: God, we've used it for a lot less. Do you remember the full moon party at Kamar-Taj?

Wong: No.

Strange: Exactly.

 "I mean, if they used it for forgetting a party, it shouldn't be that bad right?" Lila asked Kate who shrugged in response, "Who knows, magic is involved." She said, her words speaking for themself. 

Magic was unpredictable and she didn't need to be buddy buddy with an Avenger to know that. 

[Wong narrowed his eyes a bit, still not sure but Strange powered on]

Strange: Come on. Wong. Hasn't he been through enough?

At the man's words, the Avengers and Co couldn't help but nod their heads. He's been through far more than any other teenager ever has, he lost a lot in his short life but he still decided to power on and smile, not letting all his loss get him down. 

 He was truly a remarkable human being.

Wong: Just leave me out of this.

Strange: Fine.

Wong: Fine.

[Wong gives one last look towards strange before he closes the portal and he is gone, leaving Strange and Peter alone]

[Scene changes to Strange and Peter walking down a set of stairs and the two of them are in some sort of basement]

Peter: So what is this place?

Strange: The Sanctum's built at the intersection of cosmic energy currents...We were the first to seek them out. Some of these walls are thousands of years old. And they shot an episode of Equalizer here in the 80's.

Peter: Well, I, umm...really appreciate you doing this for me, sir.

Strange: Don't mention it...And don't call me sir.

Peter: Right. Sorry.

Strange: You ready?

Peter: I'm ready.

Strange: Nice knowing you, Spider-Man.

"Holy shit, it's actually gonna happen." Ned muttered under his breath. 

[Peters eyes narrow for a second and his face takes on a slightly confused look]

Peter: Wait, excuse me?

Strange: The entire world is about to forget that Peter Parker is Spider-Man...Including me.

Peter: Everyone? Can't some people still know?

Strange: That's not how the spell works. Very difficult and dangerous to change it mid-casting.

"Oh Peter." Tony mumbled and shook his head. He knew how his protégé was, he knew that he'd keep talking on and on and on and it was only a matter of time before something went wrong. 

Tony just prayed that whatever happened, it didn't have any serious consequences. 

[Strange is seen holding a glowing orange line, casting the spell and runes are forming above his head, making a sort of circle around the man]

Peter: So my girlfriend is just gonna forget about everything we've been through? I mean, is she even gonna be my girlfriend?

Strange: That depends. Was she your girlfriend just because you're Spider-Man, or...

Peter: I don't know. I really hope not.

MJ clicked her tongue and was about to say something when Peter beat her to it. 

 "I didn't mean it like that MJ, I was just worried that because we officially got together when I was Spider-Man back in London, and I was in my suit during that final battle, I didn't know if you'd remember us getting together or not." Peter explained which made sense to her. 

 She nodded with a small smile on her face before she turned back to the screen. 

Strange: Alright. Fine. Everyone in the world is gonna forget you're Spider-Man, except your girlfriend.

Peter: Thank you so much... Oh, my God. Ned. Ned!

Strange: What is a Ned?

"Ned, my friend is a person." Clint smirked. 

 "Holy shit, Hawkeye just said my name."

Peter: He's my best friend so it's really important to me that Ned knows.

Strange: Okay. Let's not change the parameters of the spell anymore...While I'm casting it.

Peter: Okay, I'm done. I swear I'm done.

[Peter winces before he talks again, his hands gesturing around wildly]

The Avengers all wince with him, they knew that it was now only a matter of time before something went wrong, but they couldn't really fault Peter for wanting the people he loved to know his secret. 

He wanted things to go back to the way they were before his identity was reveled. 

But the world was never that simple.

Peter: But my Aunt May should really know.

Strange: Peter, stop tampering with the spell.

Peter: Once she found out that I was Spider-Man, it was really messy, and I don't think that I can go through with that again...So, my Aunt May?

Strange: Yes!

Peter: Oh, thank you. Happy?

Strange: No. I am annoyed.

The whole room snorted or chuckled at that line, including Peter and Strange himself. Happy let a smirk slide across his face, his nickname always a source of entertainment for others. 

It didn't really bother him anymore, he just chuckled along with everyone else. 

Peter: No, it's a nickname. Harold "Happy" Hogan. He used to work for Tony Stark...

Strange: Could you just stop talking?

[The spell gets out of hand and the room they're in starts to crumble around them, revealing a multitude of colors surrounding them. It looked like they were floating in space, purples, oranges, greens all around them and small little dots glinting in the distance. Strange looks around in shock before Peter speaks up as he starts to float around]  

 The whole room tensed when they saw what happened, not exactly knowing what was going on with all those colors and the whole room crumbling down around the two, but knowing that it wasn't good either way. 

 Strange and Peter both looked down when they saw what happened on screen. They were both equally to blame for what happened, Peter shouldn't have gone to Strange to fix his mess and Stephen shouldn't have went through with the spell. 

They were both at fault.

Peter: Basically, everyone who knew that I was Spider-Man before, should still know!

 [The spell pulsed again, causing more of the floor to give way, only leaving the mystical looking sky in front of them both. Strange narrowed his eyes before outstretching his hand and forcing the spell back, trapping it into a protective shield. The room comes back to its normal state while Strange slightly pants and Peter looks on in shock]

"Well, that was kinda anticlimactic." Quill said. 

 "Yeah, I was hoping for more explosions." Rocket agreed. 

 "You do know that if there was an explosion, they most likely would've gotten hurt, right?" Gamora said with a raised eyebrow. 

 "Meh, they both would've been fine." Rocket waved off his teammate's comment, not at all worried which made her roll her eyes. 

Idiots, she was stuck in a room full of idiots.

Peter: Did it work?

Strange: No. You changed my spell six times.

Peter: Five times.

Strange: You changed my spell. You don't do that. I told you, and that is why. That spell was completely out of control. If I hadn't shut it down, something catastrophic could've happened.

Peter: Stephen, listen, I am so sorry...

Strange: Call me sir.

Peter: Sorry, sir.

 "You didn't need to be that mean." Laura said with a disapproving frown etched onto her face. Lila and Cooper were also staring at the screen with a frown, he didn't have to get so mean about it. 

Peter was just trying to look out for his family, he didn't want them to forget him. 

 Peter looked around the room and saw that everyone was about ready to yell at Strange for his treatment towards him so he spoke up first, "It's not his fault, I messed up the spell, all of that was on me, he had a right to be mad." He said with no room for argument in his tone, effectively silencing the others in the room. 

Meanwhile, Tony, Pepper, May and MJ were all silently fuming at how Strange was talking to Peter. They didn't like how he was jumping in to defend the man either, he didn't have to be so rude when talking to him, the man could have easily told him he did something wrong without raising his voice like that. 

 But they'd keep their mouth shut because by the look on the doctor’s face, it looked liked like he slightly regretted his words. 

 Also because Peter was right there, and he was currently coming to the man's defense. 

 Strange: You know, after everything we've been through together, somehow I always forget...You're just a kid.

[Peter looks a little hurt by the words and what has happened but overall he just looks tired]

Pepper frowned, those words were the complete opposite of what she had said not thirty minutes ago to the young man. 

 Peter was far more mature than anyone his age, yes he was still a teenager, but he had been through enough to be treated like an adult, not a kid. 

Exactly what Strange was treating him like. 

A kid who needed scolding for messing up. 

Strange: Look, part of the problem, it's not Mysterio. It's you. Trying to live two different lives. And the longer you do that, the more dangerous it becomes. Believe me.

Peter slightly nodded his head, agreeing with the man on screen. He had tried living two separate lives, and the only thing that came out of that was him ending up hurting the ones he loved. 

He tried to live as Peter Parker, but the world didn't need him, they didn't need just another random person on the side trying to live his life. 

They needed the man with the mask on, they needed Spider-Man, New York needed Spider-Man not Peter Parker. 

 It was easier for everyone if he stayed by himself, only living as Spider-Man. 

After all, Peter 3 had said so himself, he didn't have time for "Peter Parker" things anymore.

Strange: I'm so sorry about, you and your friends, not getting into college, but if they rejected you, and... you tried to convince them to reconsider, there is nothing else you can do.

Peter: When you say "convince them", you mean like, I could've called them?

Strange: Yeah.

Peter: I can do that?

MJ scoffed, "Wow, you didn't even call them?" 

 "Just because I'm smart, it doesn't mean I'm not dumb sometimes. And, just so you know, the both of you didn't call either." Peter said 

 MJ shrugged, "How do you know that?" 

 "Because you told me?" Peter deadpanned with a slight smile. 

 MJ smirked, "Fair."

Strange: You haven't called?

Peter: Well, I mean, I got their letter, and I assumed that...

Strange: I'm sorry, but are you telling me, that you didn't even think to plead your case with them first, before you asked me to brainwash the entire world?

Peter: I mean, when you put it like that, then...

"Yeah, kinda sounds stupid when said out loud." Carol smirked at Peter which made him roll his eyes. 

 "Okay, I get it thank you." 

[Scene changes to Peter in front of the Sanctum, the door slamming in his face. He suddenly turned around before he got out his phone and dialed a number.]

 Peter: Come on. Pick up, pick up, pick up...

Flash: Dude, what? I'm busy.

Peter: Flash, where's the MIT mixer?

Flash: Why?

Peter: Because, I need to come and talk to someone. I'm trying to get Ned and MJ a second chance at getting in.

"What about yourself kid?" Maria asked with furrowed eyebrows. 

 "I didn't think they'd give me a chance because of who I was, but I was positive I could've convinced them that my friends didn't do anything wrong. I would be fine if they had been given their shot back." Peter shrugged his shoulders. 

 "That's mighty selfless of you." 

 "They were in that mess because of me. They were revoked their chance just because they knew me and I wasn't gonna have that." 

Flash: What's in it for me? I'm risking a lot just talking to you.

Tony scoffed, "Okay asshole, you're risking absolutely nothing by talking to Pete." 

 "I really don't like that guy." Yelena muttered to her sister. 

 "Me neither." She muttered back while glaring at the screen. 

Peter: Okay. I will...Pick you up and swing you to school for a week?

Flash: For a month.

Peter: For a week.

Flash: Two weeks.

Peter: Flash, please. Come on, help me.

"I swear to god, if he doesn't help you Peter..." May let her comment linger in the room to get her point across. 

 "It's fine May, he does, no need to worry."

Flash: You tell everyone...

Peter: Okay, I'll tell everyone that you're my best friend. Flash, please help me.

Ned gasped and placed a hand on his chest, "Peter, I am so, hurt right now. That fact that you'd even say that out loud makes me want to vomit. Flash? Your best friend? Does he even know your favorite color? I didn't think so." 

 Peter smirked, "I was just saying it to get what I wanted Ned, no need to worry." 

 "Smart, knows how to play people when he needs to." Yelena said, all the other spies nodding their head in agreement. 

Flash: Cool, cool, cool. So there's this lady. The assistant vice chancellor. You can plead your case with her.

Peter: Okay, perfect. Where is she?

Flash: She left.

Peter: To go where?

Flash: To the airport.

[Cut to Peter face looking slightly annoyed but determined]

"Oh I have a bad feeling about this." Bucky said. 

 "You say that with everything." Sam rolled his eyes. 

 "And I was right last time, wasn't I?" Bucky smirked. 

 "Whatever terminator, let's just get on with it yeah?" Sam said before turning back towards the screen, waiting for it to continue and show them what happened next.

Chapter Text

[Scene changes to Peter flying in with his nanosuit and his nano web wings before he lands on a nearby light post in his signature pose, scanning the area]

"Damn kid, you upgrading my tech? I never added those wings to the Iron-Spider." Tony said. 

 Peter shrugged, "It was in my other suit and it comes in handy. Better then a parachute for sure." Peter teased the man with a small smirk which made Tony turn around and send a glare at the kid. 

 "Watch yourself kid." 

"Or what?" 

 "...I didn't think that far ahead, but give me five minutes and I'll get back to you." Tony said which made Peter snort. 

 Before the screen could continue though, Yelena groaned and pouted at the screen like it offended her, "Why!!!? Why must you be such a poser like my sister? Is it a spider thing? Is it?" She complained which made Natasha roll her eyes and made her parents smirk in amusement. 

 "All superheroes do it eventually." Peter shrugged before his eyes grew a mischievous look to them, "I bet even you've done it, at least once." 

 Yelena glared at the smirking boy, "No proof." 

 "Oh I bet you there is. If the voice in the ceiling can show us my future, I'm sure it can show you a part of your past. Especially if it was a time you posed." 

 "If it does, you will pay for it, I hope you know that." 

 "Are you saying that there's a reason you'll need to make me pay for it? Because if you had never posed in your life before, then you wouldn't have anything to hide, and you wouldn't be so defensive at the moment." 

 Natasha snorted while Melina smirked and Alexei bursted out laughing at the look Yelena was giving Peter. 

 "You know, I like this kid." Natasha said with a smirk directed at her sister, Melina and Alexei nodding along with her. 

 "I mean, to be fair Yelena, I have seen..." Kate wasn't even allowed to finish before Yelena turned her glare at her. 

 "Don't finish that statement Kate Bishop or girls night is canceled." She said with narrowed eyes which made everyone chuckle. 

System: Stark Network, unavailable.

System: Facial recognition, unavailable.

 Peter: Hi, I can see you! 

 [Peter looks up to see a Daily Bugle helicopter following him around so he waved. You can practically hear the sarcasm in his voice though when he speaks]

"Do they honestly just follow you around everywhere you go?" Hope asked with a frown across her face. 

 Peter nodded, "Since my identity has been leaked the Bugle has tried everything they could to try and find incriminating footage of me." 

 "That's not right, they should at least honor your space, you're still a minor and they should all know better." Scott said while shaking his head, thinking about if his daughter was in that situation, he wouldn't want her to be followed and painted as a villain. 

He wouldn't wish that on any child. 

[The woman's face he needs to find pops up on his visor in his helmet so he jumps down onto the backed up highway and starts to run through traffic, letting his suit retract and he is shown in a suit and tie]

"Really Pete?" May asked fondly. 

 "What? I needed to talk to her and I didn't want to look like I had just crawled out of bed." Peter defended himself. 

 "I'm talking about the running between cars." 

 Peter just shrugged, "I needed to find her." He said lamely, not knowing what else to say. 

Meanwhile Strange was looking at the screen with slightly narrowed eyes, this was the bridge, where Parker had encountered the first of the many villains who entered their universe. 

He sadly shook his head, it all went down hill from here...

[He walks through the lanes of cars trying to find the woman, getting barked at by a dog and waved at by kids before he finally sees the woman's face through their back window]

[He walks up to the back of the car, buttons his suit before he walks up and knocks on the window, letting the woman know he was there]

"Hate to break it to you kid, but that suit is rumbled beyond belief. You still look like you just crawled out of bed." Rhdoey smirked back at the kid so Peter did the mature thing and stuck his tongue out at the man. 

Peter: Hi. I'm Peter Parker...

Woman: You do know you're in the street, right?

Peter: Yeah, I know. I'm sorry. I just, I really needed to talk to you, I know you're on your way to the airport...

[The woman nods her head but looks slightly annoyed so Peter just guns it]

"Just get it over with kid, this is painful to watch." Sam said which made Bucky smack his shoulder and glare at him. 

Peter: MJ Watson and Ned Leeds are the two smartest people I've ever met in my entire life, and I'm the dumbest person, because...I let them help me, but if I didn't let them help me, then millions of people would've died, so please...Don't let MIT be dumb like me.

Everyone in the theater was amazed at this boy's loyalty to his friends, just wanting them to have a chance in college even if it meant he didn't. 

 But that didn't stop some people from chuckling at the part where he called MIT dumb. 

 MJ was staring the screen with a slight frown even though her insides where fluttering wildly from being called smart from Peter, one of the smartest he's ever met to be precise. 

 But she didn't understand why he wouldn't be selfish for one damn minute and try and get himself a spot either, he deserved it, hell after everything he's been through he just needed one giant break. 

 Probably a therapist as well, but she knew his opinions on therapy.

Woman: MIT is dumb?

Peter: No! I'm saying don't let MIT be dumb. I mean, like the...the dumber version of me that wouldn't have let them help.

"That...kind of makes sense." Scott said with a tilted head and a small smile. 

 Clint snorted, "No it doesn't." 

 "No, he meant that when he asked his friends for help, he was being smart, and if he didn't let them help, he would've been dumb for letting millions of people die. So, he is saying don't let MIT be dumb by not taking Ned and MJ." Scott explained. 

 Clint frowned, "I mean, I guess that kind of works, but that's stretching it..." 

 "No it's not, it makes perfect sense if you speak Peter." MJ shrugged. 

 "What does that mean?" Peter asked with a raised eyebrow. 

 "You have to admit Dude, when you go on a rant, it's sometimes very hard to keep up with that brain of yours." Ned said which made Peter shrug with a slight blush across his checks before the screen unpaused. 

Woman: You didn't rehearse that, did you, Peter?

Peter: Basically, what I'm trying to...

[He gets cut off when he feels the hairs on the back of his neck stand upright. He shuts his mouth and he frowns as his senses warn him of something, tingling, warning him.]  

"Woah!! Is that what your senses are like Peter!?" Ned examined with a small, looking at how his danger sense works. 

 "Yeah, my hairs stand up and I hear like, this very slight ringing in my ears. Not like normal ringing, it's more of a...a rhythmic, I don't know, ding? That's the best way I can actually describe it in words, you've already seen it." Peter said, gesturing to the screen which made the others nod. 

The Avengers though were more worried about why his sense warned him. He was in the middle of traffic so maybe there was a car crash up ahead? Something like that, they all hoped. 

 Meanwhile Strange silently sighed.

[He narrows his eyes and jumps up on top of the car to get a better view and he sees people from in front of them start to run in the opposite direction, abandoning their cars just to escape something Peter can't see. He tries to ask a fleeing man what's happening]

"That's definitely not good." Maria said getting nods from every single person in the room. 

 "Did you have to jump on their car kid? They don't need your footprints on their roof." Tony teased. 

 "Trust me, that's the least of their worries." 

Peter: Why are you running? What...

 [Suddenly, the street in front of him starts to cave a little bit, making some of the cars explode and Peter can see more people start to run away from the commotion when suddenly more cars explode so he gets down in his signature Spider-Man pose and activates his nano suit]

Yelena groaned again, "Such a poser!!" She exclaimed. 

 Natasha turned to glare at her sister, "That's what you're worried about? There's a bridge collapsing but all you seem to notice is his pose?" 

 Yelena shrugged, "What do you want from me? He's probably capable of dealing with whatever the fuck is wrong." 

 "First of all, not the point. Second, there are little kids in the room, watch your mouth. Third, shut the hell up." 

 Yelena groaned, "You're such a mom."

Peter: Oh, my God. Ma'am? You should get out of the car. Everybody get off the bridge!

[Everyone starts to panic and run from the scene, including the driver in the car the woman is in. But what he didn't know, was that he had locked the doors behind him, trapping her inside.]

Woman: We're locked. Doors... hey!

"That's not good." Pepper muttered which made her husband nod in agreement. 

 "Pete will save her, he's good at that." Tony said, having full confidence that Peter would deal with whatever the problem was and save those people.

[Peter's attention is quickly caught though by the giant metal claw bursting from the street and when the smoke and dust clears out, there is a man there, two of the arms holding him up off the ground while the other two claws are at his side, waiting to strike.] 

[He smiled at him]

Otto: Hello, Peter.

"Well ain't that fucking creepy." Sam commented. He didn't get a response though, everyone else was too worried about Peter and this new villain to care at the moment. 

 MJ and Ned looked at each other in concern, not liking how this random man just came and destroyed a bridge, and it looked like he was after Peter so, not good. 

They hoped he stayed safe. 

 Fury and Maria looked at each other, slightly worried with the man on screen. They've had aliens and evil organizations before, but they've never had a full blown supervillain like the one on screen. 

They hope this kid knows what he's doing.

Peter: Hi? Have we... Do I know you?

"Yeah, not the best time to have a chat with the man kid." Happy said. 

 Peter shrugged, "I had to try and see what he wanted first."

Otto: What have you done with my machine?

Peter: Your ma...I don't know what you're talking about. What machine?

Otto: The power of the sun, in the palm of my hand. It's gone.

Peter: Listen, sir. If you stop smashing cars, we could work together and I can help you find your machine.

Tony narrowed his eyes at the screen. What was this man talking about? A machine with the power of the sun? That sounded really fucking dangerous in the hands of that crazy man with the metal tentacle arms. 

It also didn't make any sense why the man thought Peter had the machine, and he named him first, like he was the prime suspect. 

Something was off, and Tony wanted to know what it was...

Otto: You wanna play games? Catch!

[The man throws two cars at him, one empty car and one filled with people, including a child] 

"Shit!" Bucky exclaimed worriedly as all the heroes looked at the screen with wide eyes. 

MJ scoffed quietly to herself, she knew her boyfriend would save them but that didn't stop her heart from beating a little bit faster when she saw them in the car.

  [The car knocks him off the bridge but he quickly gets the mother, father and child out of the car, swings them back up onto the top, and sets them down on the road]

[He hands the child off to her mother before lightly pushing them in the other direction]

Peter: It's okay. You guys are fine, you're safe. Get out of here.

Otto: You think your fancy new suit's gonna save you?

[He grabs Peter and bashed him against the car the woman is still trapped in before he chucked him back into a road sign and makes Peter slam down into an UPS truck]

 "That looked like it hurt." Carol winced. 

 "Meh, kinda. Sorta used to the pain that comes with the job now." Peter shrugged which made everyone frown at his words, mostly the Stark family, May and Peter's friends. 

 They knew that they couldn't stop him, he loved being out there protecting his city, his home from criminals but that didn't stop them from worrying about him. 

He may be pretty mature for his age, but to them he was still a teenager who had an insane hero and guilt complex who thought every little thing that happened was his fault and it was up to him to fix. 

 They also knew that he didn't have a problem with sacrificing his own life if it meant saving someone else's.

 They knew they couldn't change who he was, but damn did they wish they could. 

Otto: I should've killed your little girlfriend when I had the chance.

"Oh shit, No he didn't!" Sam laughed. 

 "You're gonna get your ass whooped!" Bucky snorted. 

 [Suddenly, the camera switches back to the truck where we can see Peter's nano spider legs burst from the ceiling of the truck and climb his way out and onto what was left of the roof of the truck, in his pose again]

Peter: What did you just say?

 "Damn, looks like tentacles has some competition." Carol said. 

 Peter slightly smiled at her wording, "He started it." 

 "Damn, did you hear how his voice changed when he threatened MJ? Protective boyfriend mode activated." Ned said with a teasing smirk. 

 "Yeah, I'm with Ted on this, how the hell does this man know your girlfriend? And when would he have killed her?" Tony asked worriedly. 

 Peter frowned, "You'll see." He said, which did not make anyone feel good. 

[Otto looks at one of his arms and it looks at him]

Otto: Looks like we got competition.

 As soon as the words left his mouth, everyone chuckled at the similarity between Carol's words and the villain's. 

[The car was now balancing over the edge, almost falling off. It would only take one more push before she plummeted down]

Woman: Peter! Help!

Peter: Don't worry, Ma'am! I'm coming!

[Peter runs towards the car and dodges all the man's attacks at him, dodging under cars and pipes that were thrown his way right before he gets there though, one of the pipes knocks him into a car, denting the vehicle in the process]

"Major oof. That looked like it hurt." Kate grimaced before she took a sip of her drink that was in her cup holder. 

Clint stared at her like she grew two heads, "Where the hell did you get that?" 

 Kate looked at her cup before looking back at him, "This? I don't know, it just appeared." She shrugged. 

 Natasha snorted, "Yeah great idea there, take a sip out of a drink that just magically appeared. Your instincts are soo on point." She said sarcastically but Kate only shrugged and smiled before taking another sip. 

 [Peter shakes his head and runs for the car with his shooters outstretched. Otto tried one last thing to stop the superhero, chucking a car at his back but Peter sensed it way before it even hit him. He back flipped over the car and on his way down, webbed the bumper of the car, catching it before it fell down but it was too late]

[The car started to fall over the edge with Peter now attacked but as soon as Peter got to the edge, his nano legs outstretched again and caught him and the car just in the nick of time before it fell down right into a speeding train]

May breathed a sigh of relief when she saw her nephew not plummeting down into a train, even though she knew he could catch himself. 

She never liked to see him hurt anyways so she definitely couldn't handle it if her nephew had gotten hit by a train too, along with the whole super villain with four metal tentacles casing him. 

[Peter webs the car safely to the road again, having it dangle there while he jumped down and hung upside down from one of his webs, looking at the woman in the car]

Woman: Peter!

Peter: Ma'am, just stay calm. Just take a deep breath. Are you okay?

Woman: No!

Peter: I've got it all under control.

[As soon as he said that, Otto's arms reached over and grabbed the young man. He bashed Peter against the bridge, pushing him through the road before he brought him back towards his position where he was hanging underneath the bridge. He pinned him down while another claw rested on his chest and grabbed a huge chunk of the nano bots which made up the suit, exposing his clothed chest to the other man]

 The tension in the room rose about tenfold. The parents where hugging their children towards them while the older people grasped their chair in anticipation, not knowing what the hell was gonna happen, but slightly comforted by the fact that Peter is currently in the room and he's from the future. 

System: Suit compromised.

Otto: Nanotechnology. You've outdone yourself, Peter.

[The nano bots spread across his arms and gave the claws a red outline, using the nano technology to upgrade his own device]

Tony scoffed, "The asshole can't just steal my tech like that." 

 "Well, it looks to me like he just did. We all know it isn't that hard to be fair, I should know." Rhodey smirked at his best friend which made him glare at the man. 

 "Shut it platypus."

Otto: I underestimated you. But now, you die.

 [A spike formed on the end of his claw and the man turned to glare at Peter as he tried to stab Peter with the weapon]

If looks could kill, Otto would be dead right now with how many people were glaring at him.

[Peter commanded the nano bots at the last second which formed his helmet to change and move towards his chest so he wouldn't get stabbed. Once they covered his chest, the claw clamped around him and it would have for sure punctured his chest if the nano bots didn't cover him up in time, showing off his face]

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

[Peter grunted but Otto pulled his sunglasses off to study Peter's face.]

Otto: You're not Peter Parker.

 And suddenly everyone was now confused again. 

 "What the hell does he mean by that?" 

 "You're definitely Peter Parker. I'd know my best friend!" 

 "There's only one Peter Parker who's Spider-Man." 

 "This dude is delusional!" 

 "Didn't he literally say your name less than five minutes ago?" 

 "I am Groot." 

 "You're right tree, it is getting quite confusing." 

 "Alright everyone calm down, you'll understand it in a few minutes." Peter suddenly said which made them all slightly calm down and turn back to the screen. 

Peter: I am so confused right now.

Happy snorted, "You and me both kid." 

[Otto's arms look over at the man and start to make a sound which confused both of them]

Otto: What's happening?

[Peter looks down at his forearm and saw that the arms are now connected to his suit, which means he can control them so he presses the button and starts to pair them together]

System: New device detected. Pairing new device.

Otto: Don't listen to him, you listen to me.

"Excellent job kid!...Look at that, my tech already saving the day, again." Tony smirked which made everyone fondly roll their eyes. 

Otto: Hey.

[Peter starts to control the metal limbs with his hand  and when Otto tries to strike him, he stops it instantly, causing him to giggle in amusement.] 

MJ smiled at the screen. She loves the sound of Peter's giggle, she loves the sound of him being happy in general if she was being honest here. 

Recently she just never saw that much joy in him, especially during that whole Europe trip, he was just a giant ball of nerves and anxiety the whole trip. 

 She couldn't really blame him, after knowing exactly what happened but these small moments where she could see him enjoy his life, even if it was due to him trapping a villain, she made sure to memorize and store in her mind for a later date.

 [He gets his other arm unstuck from the claw's grip and starts to control the arms to grab the dangling vehicle and bring them all back up onto the bridge.]

Otto: Hey. Hey! Listen to me. No, not him. Me!

[Peter sets the car down and deactivated his suit, leaving him in his slightly ruffled suit and a missing tie as he makes his way over to the woman's car and uses his webs to pull the door right off]

Peter: Ma'am are you okay? Come on, you can still make your flight.

Woman: Peter. You're a hero.

 [Peter looks shocked for a second before he shakes his head in denial]

Peter: No. Well, I'm...No, I'm...

 All the heroes look at the screen with mixed emotions. Some were happy that the kid was finally being recognized as a hero but a lot of them were also saddened that the boy didn't think he was good enough to be categorized as one. 

 He fought Thanos, twice and came out the other side. Yes, he probably has a few too many problems due to being thrust into an alien war, but he came out alive in the end. 

 That kid was more of a hero than probably ninety percent of the human race as a whole, they knew his morales were better than all of theirs combined as well. 

Peter was the best of them, but it seemed the young man didn't think the same thing...

Woman: I'm gonna talk to admissions about your friends, and I'm gonna talk to them about you.

Peter: No, but, Ma'am, this isn't about me.

"Peter just accept it." Tony rolled his eyes fondly with a small smile, his son was going to get the place he deserved in that college. 

His thoughts turned sour though when he remembered Peter's words, how Ned and MJ are in, but he still wasn't. 

Woman: I'm going to talk to them about your friends, and you. Okay?

Peter: Really?

Woman: And if you keep your noses clean, maybe you'll have a fair shot. Here. Get out of the way. Let me get that man.

[The woman shoves her purse into Peter's arms and gets out of the car, rushing the man after she grabbed her purse back from a shocked and elated Peter]

Woman: You. I see you. Come here! That was not okay. Unbelievable.

Sam snorted, "Don't mess with her, she'll beat the shit out of you with her purse."  

[As she walks away, Peter then starts to approach the villain. When he gets close enough, Otto tried to strike him but Peter was too fast with his sixth sense and ducked before he could hit him.]

"Damn, gotta respect those reflexes." Yelena muttered to herself. 

 "I wish I could sense when stuff was going to happen, it would've made that fight with you a lot more easier." Kate said which made Yelena smirk. 

 "Oh please, even with fancy senses, you wouldn't be able to take me down." She raised an amused eyebrow at the younger archer. 

 "I bet Peter would." Kate teased back. 

 The older woman scoffed, "The kid fought the biggest asshole in the galaxy, I'm not doubting his senses any time soon." 

 Natasha smirked, "You just don't want to be beat." 

 Yelena glared at her sister, "Fuck off."

Peter: Hey! Until you stop trying to kill me, I'm in control, buddy.

[Peter pulled back his shirt to reveal his nano suit safely compressed on his belt, the hologram of the metal arms showing that he still had control over him]

Peter: Of this whole tentacle situation you got going on here. Okay? Now, who are you? What is going on...

[Peter senses something else and looks around to see some weird green looking elf flying on a hover board throwing bombs]

 "Well, that's not good. Where are all these assholes coming from?" Clint scoffed with a look of disbelief on his face. One villain was already enough to handle, but add in another one to the mix, and it's a recipe for disaster. 

 May grew concern and grasped the arms of her chair a little too tightly, she hated this part of his job, the never ending danger her nephew always seemed to be in. 

She wished she could help him, but he wasn't sitting near her which stung a little, but she assumed he had a good reason for it. 

Hopefully. 

While the others were worried about the new villain, Peter was glaring at the screen with so much heat and fire behind his eyes it would have burned the whole room down. 

The only people who took notice of his reaction though was Strange, Carol, Fury and Matt. The doctor being the only one who knew why just placed his hand on the boys shoulder, hoping to give him some sort of comfort but he knew that it would do little. 

That man killed his aunt, the only living relative he had left in his family and she wasn't even related by blood. 

 It would take more than a few weeks to forgive the man, if he even could at all...

 Carol looked down at the boy before looking at Strange with a clear question in her gaze but the man just shook his head, silently telling her she'd find out later.  She didn't look happy about it, but she nodded and turned back to the screen. 

Otto: Osborn?

"He knows that man?" Sam questioned. 

 Peter silently nodded, not wanting to give anything away yet. 

[Before the Goblin could get to him, both Otto and Peter are teleported away by Strange and his portal, they're in some sort of dungeon in the Sanctum]

  [Peter looks around and tries to figure out where he is with a worried look across his face]

Peter: Doctor?

 [Suddenly, a giant lizard bashed against a forcefield which made Peter jump in fright and back up]

Fury scoffed, "Jesus Christ, how many of these assholes were there?" 

 "There's at least two more that you haven't seen yet." Peter said casually, trying not to let his anger control him and for it to show. 

 Because the last thing he needed was the questions on why he was pissed. 

They'd all see the outcome anyways, best not spoil anything like that...

 [Which then made Otto, who was in his magical prison, to bang on the forcefield and call out to him, scaring him again, only making Peter back up into Strange, who had outstretched his palm to land onto the young man's shoulder, which made him jump again in fright]

"Jesus kid, what happened to the tingle?" Tony teased which made Peter glare at him. 

"Not a tingle first off. Second, my adrenaline was going haywire then, I was also still a little shocked when I was portaled away so I got a bit distracted. Also, my senses knew they were there, but they were behind forcefields and couldn't really harm me, so not dangerous." Peter explained. 

Strange: Be careful what you wish for, Parker.

"Damn, you look worse for wear, what happened to you?" Tony asked the doctor. 

 "You're about to find out Stark."  

 "What does he mean by be carful what you wish for?" Clint whispered to Nat, causing the spy to shrug her shoulders. 

Otto: Let me out of here!

Peter: Can you please explain to me what is going on?

Strange: That little spell that you botched where you wanted everyone to forget that Peter Parker is Spider-Man, it started pulling in everyone who knows Peter Parker is Spider-Man, from every universe into this one.

 "Wait what? Are you saying what I think you're saying Doc?" Tony asked with wide eyes. 

 "What? What is he saying?" Scott asked. 

 "The multiverse, it's real?" Banner asked with equally wide eyes. 

 Both Strange and Peter nodded, "It is." They said at the same time. 

 "Can someone please explain to me what the fuck a multiverse is?" Sam asked but before Banner could speak, he interrupted him, "In English please, not some science mumbo jumbo." 

 Tony scoffed, "Basically there are infinite amounts of universes like ours, except most of them, if not all, are different. For example, I could've never been born in one, Peter could've never been Spider-Man in another and I'd bet that the Avengers probably don't exists it some of them either." 

 "So, your saying that there are infinite amounts of say, Clint Barton's, Tony Starks' Natasha Romanoffs and all that shebang?" Sam asked with a raised eyebrow. 

"Yes, which means there's also an infinite amount of people, especially villains, who know Peter Parker is Spider-Man." Strange said seriously which made all the people gathered to become even more worried for the young spider. 

 Infinite amounts of villains, in their universe. Well, they'd need more than one super powered spider to deal with them that's for sure. 

Peter: From every universe?

Otto: Who are you? Where am I?

Strange: I think it's better if we don't engage with him because, frankly, the Multiverse is a concept about which we know frighteningly little.

The Avengers all frown at the screen. If this whole mess was making Strange frantic and worried, it was definitely something they needed to be worried about themselves. 

Peter: The multiverse is real?

Strange: This shouldn't even be possible.

Peter: But I thought you stopped the spell?

Strange: No, I contained it, but it would appear that a few of them squeaked through. After you left, I detected an otherworldly presence. I pursued it into the sewers, where I found that slimy, green, son of a gun.

[Peter leaned back and made eye contact with the lizard which made him growl and Peter quickly turned back to the man]

"Yeah, so what's his deal? Is he another villain from another universe who has a Peter Parker?" Clint asked. 

 "Yeah." 

 "Jesus, I feel sorry for the version of you who had to fight him, he does not look like a pleasant man to come across." Clint grimaced. 

 "Trust me, he's not." Peter said.

Otto: Spell? As in, magic? What is this, a birthday party? Who is this clown? What is this madness?

"Man, this dude is so confused right now." Sam laughed. 

Strange: Watch this. Do you know a Peter Parker who is Spider-Man?

Otto: Yes.

Strange: Is that him?

Otto: No.

Strange: See?..Okay, here's what we gotta do. I don't know how many of these visitors we got...

"Man, that's confusing. Imagine more than one Peter Parker in one room, hell imagine more than one Tony Stark in a room." Clint shuddered making both Peter and Tony to smirk, for two completely different reasons.

Strange also snorted in amusement but the two men from the future didn't elaborate on their reactions, making the spies narrow their eyes in suspicion at them. 

Peter: I saw another one. On the bridge. He was like a...Like a flying green elf.

"A flying elf! I'm gonna use that from now on!" Sam and Clint laughed along with the kids in the room. 

 "You tell me he doesn't look like an elf." Peter smirked. 

Strange: Well he sounds jolly. Why don't you start with him? I need you to capture them and bring them here, while I figure out how to get them back. Before they destroy the fabric of reality, or worse, Wong finds out.

"You sure do have your priorities straight, don't you Strange?" Tony smirked, amusement leaking out of his gaze. 

 "Wong would've been insufferable if he ever found out. Trust me, that would be way worse than destroying reality." Strange said seriously even though there was a bit of amusement in his gaze which made Peter snort. 

Peter: Uhh... Doctor Strange?

Strange: What?

Peter: My friends and I just got a second chance at getting into MIT. If the school sees me fighting these...crazy monsters,

Otto: Hey, watch your mouth!

Peter: I'm sorry.

"Pete, we don't call people monsters, you should know better." Tony said with a fake serious tone of voice. 

 "I apologized." Peter said, gesturing to the screen with his hand. 

 "Yeah, cause that makes it so much better." Sam rolled his eyes, "I'm gonna call you a freak and then apologize right after, we're all good right?" Sam said sarcastically. 

 Peter clicked his tongue, "Alright, I see your point, but he tried to kill me, I think I can get one pass!" 

 "Yeah Sam, he deserves a pass." Bucky said with a smirk making the New Cap roll his eyes. 

Strange: You're seriously still talking about college?

[Strange extended his hand out which caused Peter nano suit to fly off of his body and over towards the wizard, forming it into some sort of forearm brace while he casted a spell over it]

 "Hey! What the hell did you do to my tech?! You just ruined his suit to make a fancy arm band!!" Tony said angrily, not liking how his tech that was made to protect Peter was messed with. 

 "Relax, you'll see what it is in a second." Peter said. 

 "You know, I don't know how I feel about the two of you knowing everything that's gonna happen and keeping it from us. I'm really starting to hate the phrase, "you'll see." Honestly, you're getting on my nerves." Tony said with narrowed eyes. 

 "Everything that you don't know gets on your nerves Stark." Natasha smirked. 

 "Shut it Romanoff." 

Peter: Hey, what did you just do?

Strange: This.

[He pointed the device at Peter and shot him, shooting out an orange glowing web that once it hit Peter, he vanished from where he was standing and got transported into one of the cages.] 

"What the Fuck Strange!!" 

 "Peter!!" 

 "What the hell was that for?!" 

 "Not cool Mr Strange!!" 

 "Asshole." 

 "Stop!!" Peter exclaimed, making everyone turn and look at the boy, "You're probably going to see more things like this in the upcoming scenes so just stop will you! It's not the man's fault, it's mine. I asked for the spell without knowing the consequences, that's on me, not Stephen. He has a right to be annoyed with me."

 "No, Parker I'm equally to blame for this mess. After all it was my spell, I should've wanted you before hand. For that, I'm truly sorry for what you'll have to endure because of my stupidity." Strange cut him off but Peter wasn't having any of it. 

 "No, I brought that onto myself Stephen, you were only trying to help and I messed it up. I only have myself to blame for the outcome." Peter muttered angrily to himself, mad that he was so stupid to begin with and mess up basically everyone's lives in the process of trying to fix his. 

 "Let's just say we both have the blame yes? I should've warned you, and you shouldn't have come to me to brainwash everyone, yeah?" Stephen offered with a small sad smile on his face, truly miserable on the inside with how this boy was going to have to live in the future. 

 Peter sighed and looked up at him and nodded, "Yeah, we're both stupid." He teased which made the man snort. 

 "Even though I have a Phd and you're practically a certified genius." Strange smirked, letting the boy know he was only teasing too. 

The room was shocked at what just transpired in the room. Apparently, this was only the beginning of everything bad that would happen to the boy. They didn't know exactly how to feel about that either, it seemed that Peter didn't blame Strange for what is happening, but from what they're watching...he should've at least gave him a heads up, and it was Strange's spell. 

I guess all they could do was watch as see what would happen...

  [Otto looked at the doctor in shock]

Otto: How did you do that?

Strange: Lots of birthday parties.

His comment though did get snorts of amusement from some of the audience members. 

Peter: Hey!

[Strange walked over to the controls and turned a stone which then broke the barrier to where Peter was, allowing him out. Strange then outstretched his arm and allowed the improved device to fly back to Peter, the young man catching it with ease, allowing it to encase his arm]

Strange: One shot, send them here, and move on. You're welcome. Get to work.

Peter: Sir?

Strange: Now what?

May glared at the on screen wizard, not liking at all how he was talking to her nephew but knowing she couldn't say anything, not when said nephew was coming to the man's defense. 

Peter: I know this is my mess, and I swear to you that I'll fix it, but I'm gonna need some help.

"Oh? And who are you gonna call Pete?" Tony asked. 

 "He should call one of us, we could help him with all this shit." Rhodey said, gesturing towards the screen. 

 "Yeah, but you know the kid, he's defiantly not, gonna call another Avenger." Tony pointed out. 

[Screen changes to Strange leading Ned and MJ through the Sanctum]

Ned and MJ both smile, happy that their friend would come to them first with a problem like this. 

They were glad he trusted them enough for this, and didn't try to protect them by keeping them in the dark. 

 Ned: I can't believe I'm in the Sanctum Sanctorum.

Strange: Neither can I.

Ned: So...How did you know you're made of magic Because my nanna says that we have it in our family, and sometimes I get these tinglings in my hand...

Strange: You should talk to your physician.

Peter secretly smiled to himself when his friend said that. He knew Ned was on to something, having witnessed his best friend's portals in the future. 

 He was also amused with Stephen's response. 

MJ: Peter!

Peter: Hey!

MJ: Hey.

Peter: I'm so sorry for dragging you in this, you just gotta help me find these guys...

MJ: You don't have to apologize. You got us a second shot at MIT.

 All the people smiled at MJ's support of her boyfriend. They were glad that Peter had found someone who supported every aspect about him, including his superhero side. 

Ned: So, how did the bad guys get here?

Strange: He screwed up a spell trying to get you into college.

"Wow, way to ruin it Strange." Tony rolled his eyes. 

MJ: Wait, what? I thought it was that lady you saved?

Ned: You did it with magic?

Peter: No, that was after. Let's just focus on the good news, okay?

Strange: No, let's just focus on the bad news. As of now, you have detected zero multiversal trespassers, so...Get on your phones, scour the internet, and...Scooby-Doo this shit!

All the children in the room laughed at the wizard's reference which confused some of the adults but they didn't comment on it, much more focused in on the part where Strange was pitting most of the blame on Peter. 

 Before they could speak up though, Stephen spoke up, "I know I was harsh alright? There's no need to keep bringing it up." He said, rolling his eyes at their protectiveness of the boy, even though he understood where they were coming from. 

 He may have been a bit of an asshole in the past, he'll be the first to admit that but he knew that it was his fault too, he was just angry and annoyed at that time, not that it's an excuse, but it is an explanation. 

MJ: You're telling us what to do, even though it was your spell, that got screwed up. Meaning that all of this is kind of your mess.

[Strange tilts his head and slightly narrowed his eyes at her, shocked that she'd say that to him.]

"Yeah, you go MJ! Tell the Wizard who's the boss!" Kate exclaimed along with Lila, both smiling widely at the teenager standing up to the Avenger who was being mean to her boyfriend. 

Because everyone knew that Peter wouldn't say a thing about it, him being too nice of a person and all. 

MJ: You know, I know a couple of magic words myself, starting with the word 'please'.

T'Challa smirked and elbowed his sister, "That sounds like something you'd say." 

 Shuri smirked back, "You know me so well." 

 "Damn, she told you good Wizard." Yelena said. 

 Stephen sighed and rubbed a hand down his face, "For the last time I'm not a wizard, I'm a sorcerer." He said, annoyed with that word. 

 "See?! I told you Wilson, no such thing as Wizards. Which mens your stupid big three idea goes down the drain." Bucky exclaimed. 

 "And I told you Terminator that a sorcerer is just a wizard without a hat." Sam glared. 

 "Um, to be completely fair here, what hypothetical wizard do you know that wears a hat?" Peter asked, "Have you met one before?" He said with a raised eyebrow. 

 Sam sputtered, "Well, No I haven't..." 

 "Then how can you say that Wizards wear hats if you've never seen a real one? You know, since Stephen is a sorcerer and all, not a wizard." Peter smirked at the new Cap which made a few people laugh. 

 "What about Harry Potter? Some of those wizards wear hats." Sam glared. 

 "That, is a fictional universe made from an author who had an idea about what wizards looked like in her head. That doesn't make it real." Strange said with a small smirk playing on his lips as well. 

 Sam scoffed and turned around, "Whatever, the big three is still a thing." 

 "No it's not!!" 

 [Strange huffed a bit before he shrugged]

Strange: Please, Scooby-Doo this shit. You can work in the undercroft.

Ned: The undercroft?

"Ooh, sounds scary." Clint said. 

[Screen changes to the dungeon where Strange had the Lizard and Otto locked up but it also happened to be the laundry room for wizards. Ned turns on the light and it illuminated the room]

"Or...maybe not." Clint shrugged, "Who knew wizards had to do their laundry the boring way." 

  Ned: Badass.

Scott made a so-so gesture, "Not really the word I'd use but okay, whatever floats your boat." 

Peter: Guys, listen. About this whole spell thing...

MJ: It's totally okay.

Peter: Wait, really?

MJ: Yeah. I mean, I get it. You were...just trying to fix things...And so...Maybe just run it by us next time, you know? That way, when you're thinking, "Hey, I'm about to do something that could...break the universe", we could like, help you. Workshop something, or...brainstorm ideas.

"The support that you have from your friends is a gift Parker and it's something that should be cherished for how ever long they stay with you, trust me." Thor said somberly, thinking about Heimdall and how Thanos killed him. 

 "I did." He whispered to himself, not wanting anyone to hear him but Carol, Strange, Steve and Natasha all did. The three people who didn't know what happened stared at the teenager, concern bleeding from their eyes. 

What happened? Did one of the villains hurt his friends? Did one of them get captured? Why did he use the past tense? 

Did one of them die?

They sure hoped not, knowing what the kid has been through, everyone has to break eventually and they hope that Peter never had to find his breaking point. 

Peter: Deal. Ned?

Ned: Oh, dude. I don't care. And seriously, not a big deal.

Peter snorted, "Wow, feeling the love Ned, felling the love." 

 "Okay in my defense, you brought me to a wizard's dungeon and expected me to not totally geek out? That's your problem Peter." Ned smirked. 

 "For the last time, I'm a sorcerer!" 

[Ned sees something behind them and gasps, still holding the crossbow in his hands]

Ned: A torture rack.

MJ: That is a pilates machine. That is...

Peter: The crypt.

"It even has a badass name Peter, I mean, The Crypt?! Awesome, probably the best day of my life!" 

 "Hey, I though the best day of your life was when you found out I was Spider-Man?!" Peter pouted at his friend. 

 "Sorry man, but it's literal magic!! How can you not be excited!?" 

 "...I think I'm done with magic for a good long while Ned. If I ever see any spell again, it'll be too soon." He said quietly, making Strange wince. 

MJ: Okay, so we get the rest of the guys. You zap them, Doctor Magic will send them back. And when we get into MIT, round of stale donuts, my treat.

Ned: Let's catch some multiverse men.

Otto: Hey! Who the hell are these two?

"Well isn't he just a ray of sunshine." Bucky scoffed. 

Peter: These are my friends. This is MJ and this is Ned.

Ned: Hello.

Peter: I'm sorry, what was your name again?

Otto: Dr. Otto Octavius.

[Peter and his friends start to laugh at him]

 Everyone in the theater, except for Peter and Strange, but even they smiled, started to chuckle at the scene. They can't say they wouldn't have done the same thing if they were in their position. 

Honestly, what kind of a name is Otto Octavius?

Peter: Wait, no seriously, what's your actual name?

Ned: Oh, is that a dinosaur?

[Scene changes to a little montage of Peter trying to find stuff to clean his suit, Ned setting up his laptop to search for any useful information, and MJ looking through random things, including a box of hair dye]

"Strange! Do you dye your hair so it looks like you're younger?...Incase you didn't see, there's still a bit of grey on the side of your hair, I think you missed a few spots." Tony smirked causing the doctor to roll his eyes. 

 "Very funny."

 [Suddenly the camera switches to Peter on the phone with May while he tries to scrub off the green paint that someone had thrown on him]

May: If the paint won't come off, bring it by the shelter and I'll get it out.

Peter: No, no, no, May. We gotta find these guys first.

May: Well, finish your mission, then come by. We're having a canned food drive.

Peter smiled sadly at the screen, little did he know that in literally a few days, May would be gone and he'd never get to see her again, never hear her voice either. 

 He lost the only family he had ever had, and he was to blame for that, no one but himself. 

 She was there because of him...

 She was there, because he helped the villains...

 She died because he wasn't strong enough to get her out of there, wasn't fast enough to save her...

 Osborn was right, she died, she was there because of him. 

He had killed his aunt...

 "Parker." A voice to his right said and that was when he felt a hand rest on his shoulder, grounding him to reality. 

He broke out of his trance and saw that everyone's eyes were staring at him worriedly but Strange had an understanding look across his face. 

"I'm fine, let's continue." He said, dismissing their questions and ignoring their looks as he turned to look at the screen. 

Ned: I got one, I got one, I got one.

Peter: Oh, May? I gotta go.

May: Okay. Love you. Bye.

[Peter runs up to Ned and MJ who are stationed next to his laptop]

Ned: I mean you can take the guy out of the chair but you can't take the chair out of the guy.

[At his words, MJ's face scrunched up in confusion and she tilted her head, like she couldn't figure out what Ned meant by those words]

"Alright...that kind of, didn't make sense." Ned said with a blush dancing across his cheeks as some people laughed at his wording. 

 "Don't worry loser, we know what you mean." MJ said as she bumped her shoulder against his with a small smile on her face. 

Peter: What did you find?

Ned: There's a disturbance near a military research facility outside of the city. And witnesses say they saw a monster flying through the air.

Peter: That's gotta be the guy I saw on the bridge, right?

Otto: That's impossible.

The Avengers perked up, they were finally going to learn more about these villains, or at least the flying green elf. 

[They all turn to look at Otto, Peter narrowed his eyes]

Peter: You know him, don't you? On the bridge, you said his name.

Otto: Norman Osborn. Brilliant scientist. Military researcher. But he was greedy. Misguided.

"Sounds pretty smart." Tony noted. 

"Yeah, well in some universes you two compete for biggest tech industry. You practically hate his guts." The sudden voice from the ceiling said which made some people jump but as soon as the words registered in their brains, some smirked and others, Tony, glared. 

Peter: What happened to him?

[Peter hit a nerve and caused the man to whip around in his direction with a glare across his face]

Otto: We tire of your questions, boy!

"We? What the hell did he mean by we?" Rhodey asked with furrowed eyebrows. 

 "You'll see eventually." Peter smirked which made most of the room groan. 

Peter: Okay... I gotta go. Where are we going?

Otto: It can't be him.

Peter: Why?

Otto: Because Norman Osborn died years ago. So either we saw someone else, or you're flying out into the darkness, to fight a ghost.

[Peter's eyes furrow in thought and worry before the scene changes]

"Well shit." Clint said with his eyebrows furrowed in concern. That didn't sound good at all, if this man was supposed to be dead, when he actually wasn't.

 Man, he really hated magic...

 Peter's family all looked back at him to see if they could gather anything from his expression but it was surprisingly blank, he was masking all his emotions and wasn't allowing anyone to see his true emotions. 

 Which was very concerning to them, considering he was usually an open book about his emotions. 

 They could only pray that he'd be okay, but with the way that this was going, they knew that wasn't the case.

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[Cut to an admittedly riveting yet also ominous shot of Peter swinging alongside trees and power lines at dusk.]

"Wow, that's so beautiful. Do you always get to see things like that Peter? Beautiful sunsets and stuff like it?" May asked with a small smile. 

 Peter smiled sadly, "Yeah, I uh, after everything happened...I love going to the top of the Empire State Building and...watching the sunset now. It's truly an amazing view up there." He said, thinking about Peter three. 

[In the undercroft Ned tries to find something to eat in the fridge, but backs off, seeing it's full of weird interdimensional creatures. MJ monitors Peter's actions and surroundings via a camera placed on his chest.]

"Strange, what the fuck was that shit?" Tony asked flatly. 

 "Creatures that slip into our reality, nothing to worry about." Strange said while waving his hand around, dismissing their concern. 

 Matt scoffed, "Doesn't sound like nothing." He muttered under his breath, talking for the first time in awhile, content with just silently watching everything play out. 

 He's gotta admit, watching this part of Peter's life play out, it was...concerning. This teenager had already been through enough and if what he saw so far was anything to go by...

 The world wasn't done with Parker yet.

MJ: Keep an eye out on those trees, we don't really know where this guy is. I genuinely don't know how you do this without throwing up.

"Honestly though, I'd fucking barf my brains out." Bucky said. 

 "Of course you would, you can't handle cool shit." Sam said. 

 "Yours and my definition of "cool shit" must be completely different. You're telling me that swinging around on a piece of string looks like fun for you?" Bucky asked with a raised eyebrow. 

 "I mean, it doesn't look so bad. I'd give it a try." Natasha shrugged her shoulders. 

 "You don't count Romanoff, actually over half of you don't have the right to say anything because you're all adrenaline junkies. You'd literally sell half of your soul if it meant getting your blood pumping." Tony said with a roll to his eyes. 

 "Oh really? And what about you Stark?" Fury asked with a raised eyebrow. 

 "I may have a hero complex, but I'm not a full scale adrenaline junkie, at least not anymore. As much as I loathe to admit it, I'm not as nimble as I used to be." Tony admitted. 

 "Tony Stark? Admitting that he's old and can't do what he used to do? Someone pinch me I must be dreaming." Bruce teased causing the others to laugh with him and Tony to scoff. 

 "Whatever, let's just get back to the movie."

[Spider-Man continues swinging, lowering his altitude and finally lands in a gloomy forest spot. He starts sweeping the area. He suddenly stops.]

Peter Parker: Did you guys see that?

MJ: No. Uh...

Ned Leeds: It's, it's really dark.

"Shit, that doesn't look good." Scott muttered, Hope nodding right next to him, staring warily at the sand that just blew off screen. 

[Parker continues scouring. After a while he completely freezes in his tracks, his suit's eye lenses widen. Behind him, something sparkly and blue starts forming from the power lines. The air starts whirring, louder and louder. Blue light illuminates the darkness of the night. Peter starts to power up his spell infused gauntlet]

"Damn, that's so cool." Ned muttered to himself. 

 "Jesus Pete, that's a lot of villains." Tony said while watching the screen in concern, not liking how many super powered people his son was dealing with. 

Ned Leeds: What's happening?

MJ: Peter, what is it? Are you getting the tingle thing? Is the tingle thing happening? Is your tingle tingling?

"Yeah Peter, is your tingle tingling?" Natasha smirked with mirth dancing behind her eyes which caused the teen to turn around and playfully glare at the spy with a pointed finger. 

 "Watch it Romanoff." 

 Her smirk just widened, "Oh yeah, or what?" 

 Peter smirked right back at her though, "Don't make me web you to your seat." 

She glared at him, "You wouldn't dare." 

 "Wanna bet?" He asked. The two spiders had a silent staring contest between each other for a good ten seconds before it was broken by their family members. 

 "Jesus, will the two of you stop and turn back to the movie? God, can't watch anything around here with you bugs causing so much of a disturbance." Clint rolled his eyes. 

 "Spiders are arachnids, not bugs." They both said at the same time which caused them to smirk at each other while the others either groaned, rolled their eyes or backed up in fear. 

 "God, there's two of them." Clint whispered fearfully, looking between Nat and Peter in horror while everyone else was amused by the archer's reaction. 

 "I have a feeling those two are gonna get along well." Fury muttered to Maria which made her snort. 

 "I have a feeling all of them are gonna get along with the boy, especially Nat's sister." 

[Peter turns around with his web gauntlet ready to fire and sees the figure. It has achieved a nearly corporeal shape.]

Peter Parker: Are you guys seeing this?

MJ: Yeah.

Ned Leeds: Osborn?

Peter Parker: No. He was green. This guy's blue. (to the electric being) Uh... You wouldn't happen to be from another universe, would you?

"What is it with you and talking to the villains?" Kate asked with an amused smile. 

 Peter shrugged, "Helps me deal with the stress of the situation." 

MJ: What's he doing?

Peter Parker: I don't know. Looks like he's charging.

MJ: I don't like this. Just web him.

[Spider-Man shoots a web, but it flies straight through the blue visitor's body, hitting a tree, which materializes in the crypt, startling both MJ and Ned.]

"So that's how that happened." Strange hummed with a raised eyebrow. 

 "Yeah, sorry about that." Peter shrugged. 

 "No need to apologize Parker, mistakes happen." Strange said, nodding and offering the teen a smile. 

[Back at the forest, the villain - Electro - opens his eyes and and fires a bolt of electricity towards Peter, who quickly avoids it and scurries away through the woods]

Ned Leeds: Go left, left! Go left!

MJ: Wait! Right, right!

Peter Parker: [dramatically evading lightning] Guys! This is not helping!

"Sorry dude." Ned said, MJ nodding along with him, not meaning to take Peter's focus away from the fight. 

 "It's fine, no harm done." 

[A burst of electricity then hits him, causing the young webslinger to fall down to the ground. In the undercroft, the feed on the laptop glitches and is turned off.]

MJ: No, no, no. What happened? Peter? Peter?

MJ turns to glare at her boyfriend, "No harm done?" 

 Peter smiled with a shrug to his shoulders, "I was fine." 

 "You know I've barley known you for an hour, but I can already tell you that I hate that statement coming out of your mouth." Yelena deadpanned. 

[Back in the woods, Peter seems to be done for when a gigantic electric blast slowly crawls over the ground to the fallen hero. Suddenly, a huge wall of sand rises in front of him, shielding Spider-Man from the blast]

"Thank fuck, who is that guy?" Tony asked, pleased that his son wasn't gonna get fried anytime soon. 

 "Watch and you'll see." 

Peter Parker: Whoa.

[In the midst of it stands another man]

Flint Marko: Peter, it's me. Flint Marko. You remember?

Peter Parker: I'm Peter, but I'm not your Peter.

Flint Marko: What do you mean, "you're not my Peter"? What the hell is going on?

"So wait, we've got a guy with metal tentacle arms, a lizard, a flying elf, a dude made of electricity and now someone made of sand?...Jesus, what the hell has our world become." Sam muttered to himself as he rubbed his hand down his face. 

 "Yeah, I thought aliens would be the weirdest shit we've had to see, but now all these villains are coming out of the wood works and I don't know what's real anymore." Bucky said. 

 "I'll tell you what's real, the fact we have five super villains on the lose and it looks to be our only defense is a sorcerer and a kid with spider powers." Fury frowned, not liking how no one else was there to help them. 

He made the Avengers protocol to protect the earth from threats, to people who wish to cause harm to their world. 

 It was an idea to get together a group of remarkable people, to fight the battles normal people never could. 

 A team, to protect the world. 

 He only saw two people on screen, and those two people were obviously struggling to contain the mess. 

 He didn't make the Avengers so they could split up and not help their other teammates who were in need of support. 

Peter Parker: I'll explain everything, but first can you help me stop this guy?

Flint Marko: (nodding) Okay.

Peter Parker: You try to surround him and I'll pull the plug. All right, let's go.

[Marko transforms into shapeless masses of sand again and moves towards Electro, absorbing all the bolts hurled at him. Peter swings to the nearest electric tower and lands, trying to assess the situation. Sandman surrounds Electro (whose form has turned from blue to yellow) and closes him in an unbreachable sand tornado. Still, the guy has enough gas to fire at Peter, who has to perform some additional evasive maneuvers.]

Sandman: I can't hold him much longer!

Peter Parker: I got him. I got it.

[He webs two electric towers and pulls them towards himself, breaking them and causing an overload in the process. It knock Peter down, who crashes on the ground and gets back up in a classic superhero landing pose. Sandman lets Electro go, who powers down and stops shining. Peter removes his mask as Flint appears by his side again.]

"Nice job there kid, excellent idea." Rhodey nodded his head with a small smile. 

 "Thanks." 

 "You know, your ideas are really good kid. You're really good at making plans up on the spot." Tony complemented the teenager, making his smile widen just a fraction of an inch. 

Flint Marko: Different Peter... Weird.

Peter Parker: Thanks.

[He tries to give the Sandman a low-five, but Flint's hand falls apart upon impact]

Peter Parker: Sorry.

Flint Marko: Don't worry about it.

"You know, this dude seems alright." Scott said with a small smile. 

 "Looks can be deceiving." Hope said. 

"Actually, Flint wasn't all that bad. I mean, he had his moments but he was just scared. He wanted to get home." Peter said somberly, thinking about the man who only wanted to see his daughter again. 

[Electro, Max Dillon, gets up. He has changed. The blue hue he emitted has vanished and he has returned his human form.]

Max Dillon: (looking at his hands) I got my body back.

Peter Parker: Hey, um... This is gonna sound really crazy, but this isn't your universe.

Max Dillon: Another universe?

Flint Marko: What?

Max Dillon: That's what I was feeling. The power. It's different. (smiling) I like it. [A flash runs through his pupils.]

"That don't look good." Happy said. 

Flint Marko: Easy, buddy.

Peter Parker: It's actually my fault that you're here.

Max Dillon: Like the universe? Or the woods? I hate the woods.

"Why do you hate the woods? It's so peaceful out there." Clint said with a smile. 

 "I actually don't like the woods that much either. Ever since I got my powers you all know my senses are really enhanced, the woods for me is too quiet, my ears are used to the buzz of city life, not nature." Peter admitted. 

 "Don't worry Pete, I hate forests too. I'm more of an open field kind of gal. Hills, a couple trees here and there, nothing too fancy." Yelena shrugged her shoulders which made Natasha stare at her sister with a half shocked half appalled look. 

 "When the fuck have you ever been in the woods?" 

Yelena smirked at her sister which made her roll her eyes and turn back to the screen while Yelena cackled. 

Peter Parker: I meant the universe, sir.

Max Dillon: So what? Y'all just gon' stand here and act like I ain't butt-ass naked?

The theater started to laugh at his statement while Peter slightly blushed at a reminder of this scene. 

Flint Marko: I am.

Peter Parker: Uh, no, no...

[Spider-Man looks over to a nearby power station. Several uniforms are on display, ready to be used.]

[Back to the undercroft, Electro is trapped into another cell. Both Ned and MJ look at the new visitor, who's inspecting the electricity trickling between his fingers. He looks to his right and sees Doc Ock. Otto waves at him slightly.]

"Oh Peter, you tricked that man. I bet his feelings were hurt." Carol smirked which made Peter roll his eyes. 

 "He literally just spent five minutes trying to kill me." 

 "You know the Doc there's pretty funny, minus the whole villain thing he's got going on." Clint shrugged which made Natasha smack him. 

Flint Marko: What was that? What did you just do to him?

Peter Parker: No, no, no. It's okay.

Flint Marko: Did you kill him?

"Please, Pete couldn't kill a fly." Tony rolled his eyes. 

Oh, if only he knew...

Peter Parker: Whoa, listen. I can explain everything. You just have to trust me, please.

Flint Marko: I don't trust you. I don't know you.

[In panic, Peter shoots Flint, transporting him to the crypt.]

Flint Marko: What is this?

Max Dillon: (to Sandman) You picked the wrong side.

[He looks over to one of the other captives. The Lizard looks and behaves much more vigorously than before. He cackles slightly.]

Max Dillon: Connors?

Otto Octavius: What? You know this creature?

"The lizard has a name." Bucky deadpanned. 

 "It sure looks like it." Sam shook his head in resignation, already done with everything. 

 "So, which category does all these assholes fall into the big three, huh Wilson? Cause it looks like to me, that none of them are aliens, Androids or wizards." Bucky asked with a shit eating grin. 

 "Shut the Fuck up Barnes." 

Max Dillon: No, no, no, no. Not a creature. A man. From the same universe. Dr. Curt Connors. He was a scientist in Oscorp when I worked there. A brilliant scientist, till he turned himself into a lizard. Then he tried to turn the whole city into lizards. It was crazy.

"Well doesn't he sound pleasant." Fury rolled his eyes. 

 "What is it with people and trying to destroy New York? We don't se anything like this happening in Missouri." Lila asked. 

 "That's because a lot of heroes are stationed in New York. Sadly, no matter how helpful heroes are, they always bring in trouble. People who dislike them or want to make sure they don't stop their evil plans. You can't have heroes without villains." Peter said with a frown on his face, making all the other heroes nod sadly along with him. 

 "It's true, we may protect the world, but not everyone likes the way we do things." Steve said. 

Curt Connors: It wasn't crazy, Max. It was the next step in human evolution.

"Holy shit, the lizard talks." 

"Honestly, are you even surprised now?" 

 "No, not really." 

Ned Leeds: The dinosaur can talk.

MJ: Lizard.

Ned Leeds: Right.

Curt Connors: Speaking of which, what happened to you? Last I recall, you had bad teeth, glasses and a comb-over. Did you get a makeover? You know I can give you a real makeover.

Max Dillon: Let me guess. Into a lizard?

"I hate to keep complementing the villains, but that dude is also pretty funny." Clint said hesitantly staring at his best friend with wary eyes. 

 Natasha glared but didn't hit him, at least not directly because she looked over Clint's shoulder and smirked. 

Suddenly his wife smacked the backside of his head and smirked back at Nat which caused the archer to whine and the others to laugh. 

Curt Connors: Exactly.

Flint Marko: Could you two just shut up? Where are we?

Ned Leeds: It's complicated.

MJ: A wizard's dungeon.

Shuri laughed, "I mean she isn't wrong." 

Max Dillon: Wizard's... Wizard's dungeon?

MJ: There's no real way to sugarcoat that. It's literally the dungeon of a wizard.

[Doc Ock hesitantly nodded his head with a slight grimace]

Strange rolled his eyes as soon as everyone started to laugh, "It's not a dungeon." The sorcerer mumbled. 

 Peter smirked, "I mean, it's pretty much a dungeon." He shrugged. 

 "Most definitely dungeon, I've seen many in my day and that, right there, is dungeon." Alexei said with a smile. 

"Indeed, looks like a dungeon to me." Thor smirked.

Strange just sighed and shook his head before looking back at the screen. 

Max Dillon: Look, you can keep your magic. (looking back at his hands) I want a taste of that new energy I just felt.

[Behind Ned and MJ, the lights briefly flicker. MJ's phone then buzzes, she picks up]

MJ: Oh, Peter. Hey.

[Back to the woods]

Peter Parker: Hey. Uh, did those guys come through yet? There should be an electric guy and a sand guy.

MJ: Yeah. They're.... They're all here and locked up.

Peter Parker: Perfect. I'm gonna just stay here for a bit, and try to fix some of this damage so they don't blame it on me again.

"Yeah, that's probably a good idea." Pepper nodded. 

 "God knows that blowhard Jameson would take anything you did and make it seem like you were the next Thanos, coming to destroy the world." Happy rolled his eyes. 

 Peter winced, "Yeah, he never gets better." 

 "We should do something about it. Kate Bishop, wanna go on date? We've got a meeting with the dude with the nasty mustache first, then dinner, yes?" Yelena smirked at a now blushing Kate. 

 "Um yeah, I'm free after this. How about let's skip the date for now though, and just give the dude a piece of our mind then go have dinner." Kate said with a small smile, a blush still coloring her cheeks. 

 Yelena smirked, "Suit yourself Kate Bishop." 

MJ: Okay.

Peter Parker: Hey, I, uh... I couldn't do any of this without you, so... Thank you.

MJ: Yeah, of course.

Everyone smiled at Peter's acceptance of his girlfriends help, glad that he didn't try to shelter her from everything and allowing her and his best friend to help. 

Ned Leeds: Hey, ask him if this is like a tree monster, or like a scientist that turned into a tree.

Max Dillon: It's just a tree, man. Just a tree.

Ned blushed at his on screen self while the others laughed. 

 Quill laughed though, "We already have a tree hero." 

 Thor nodded with a smile, "Indeed, tree is a very formidable appointment in battle." 

[Cut to the next day, a wideshot of New York. The camera then creeps through an alleyway. The Green Goblin mask hangs on the side of a garbage bin. Its owner, Norman Osborn, sits on the ground, a few metres away from it, trying to cover up his glider]

Green Goblin (vo): Coward.

[Osborn looks up and turns around, whimpering]

"What the hell?" Tony muttered. 

Green Goblin (vo): We have a new world to conquer. You make me sick.

Norman Osborn: Leave me alone. Please.

"Wait, so Osborn and the evil side of him, they're two different people?" Ned asked with furrowed eyebrows. 

 Peter swallowed past the bile threatening to rise up his throat, "Yeah." 

 "Shit, please tell me you help him out?" Tony asked with a raised eyebrow, knowing what his son was like and knowing he wouldn't be able to ever send them back if they were hurting. 

 But when he didn't answer him, and he only stared at the screen with a blank look behind his eyes, a pit of dread grew in all the heroes stomach. 

 That wasn't good...

Green Goblin (vo): Hiding in the shadows... Hiding from who you truly are.

Norman Osborn: No!

Green Goblin (vo): You can't escape yourself!

[The frightened man grabs a rock and smashes the mask to pieces, which fall onto the pavement. He then walks away, the Goblin's cackle lingering behind him. In the forest area, meanwhile, Peter has seemingly covered up all the damage the supervillains caused, when his phone starts to ring. It's his aunt]

Peter Parker: Hey, May.

May Parker: Hey, Peter. I'm at work, and, um... One of the guys you're looking for just walked in.

"Shit!"

[Spider-Man immediately realizes the danger and travels to the FEAST facility, May's workplace. He enters the building and scours it very haphazardly.]

Peter Parker: May? Where's May? Thank you.

May smiled at the screen, happy to see how much Peter cares about her. She knows how mature and grown up her boy truly is, but she wished he didn't try to take on the role as the protector as much as he did. 

She was the adult, she was supposed to protect him. 

 But in reality, how was she supposed to protect her super powered nephew?

[He runs into a room and sees May sitting at a table with Norman Osborn.]

May Parker: Hey, here he is. Norman, this is my nephew.

Peter Parker: Norman Osborn? I thought that you were...

Norman Osborn: I saw Spider-Man in an ad for this place. And I thought he could help me. But you're not him.

Peter Parker: Wait, so you want Spider-Man's help?

May Parker: He just wandered in.

Norman Osborn: (empty look in his eyes) I didn't know where else to go. Someone's living in my house. Oscorp doesn't exist. My son... Sometimes, I'm not myself. I'm... someone else. And, everytime he's in control, I can't remember. And now, I'm here, in this place, in this city, and I don't know... I don't know what's going on with me. I don't... It doesn't make sense.

The whole theater felt for the man. He was just confused, lost and his mind was taken over by an evil version of himself. 

It wasn't his fault, he didn't know what was happening. 

May Parker: He's lost. And I don't mean just in the cosmos. I mean in his mind. Are they all like this?

Peter Parker: Yeah. Well, I mean, they all have their own... mental or physical issues.

"Twenty bucks the kid tries to help them all." Clint whispered to Natasha which made her bit her lip. 

 "Maybe. I don't know, something feels off." She muttered. 

May Parker: Well, he needs help, but maybe they all do.

Peter Parker: What, you don't mean... No, May, this... This isn't my problem.

"Peter?" May asked hesitantly. Everyone in the theater turned to look at the teenager, a teenager who they knew had a hero complex and always wanted to help everyone he could. 

 "Pete?" Tony asked with a raised eyebrow. 

 Said teenager swallowed, "I don't know what you want me to say." He finally said, not looking anyone in the eyes. 

 Before anyone could say anything else, Strange cut in, "Let's just watch yes, I'm sure everything will be explained."

May Parker: Peter, not your problem? Mmm?

Peter Parker: May... Their chance of getting help is way better back where they came from. Sending them home, That's the best thing that we can do for them.

May frowned at the screen, it sure sounded like he was doing the thing that was easiest for him, not them. It didn't sound like they had gotten help before, so what would sending them back to their own universe accomplish? 

May Parker: For them? Or for yourself? Look around you. This is what we do. We help people. 

 Peter Parker: This is what's best for them. Trust me.

Tony sighed to himself. He didn't understand what was happening. Why was his son so suddenly against helping people? He always jumped at the chance to help anyone in need and those men looked to be all sorts of messed up. 

They needed help, and Peter was capable of giving it but he was refusing. 

Why?

What happened to him that made him so less...trusting in he future?

[Cut to a television station. A broadcast for The Daily Bugle is being filmed]

J. Jonah Jameson: But the fact remains, Spider-Man is a menace! We'll be right back, after a brief word from Daily Bugle Supplements. The only other daily fix you need.

"Asshole." Yelena muttered while glaring at the screen. 

Cameraman: And, we're out.

[An assistan passes JJJ's phone to him. He picks up the call.

J. Jonah Jameson: What?

Daily Bugle Informant: [inside his car] I got eyes on them. He's with his aunt and some guy I don't know.

Peter scoffed and shook his head, of course they were following him, that's how they were there during everything that happened at Happy's apartment. 

They had been following him for that whole day. 

 "Are they literally just gonna follow you?" Cooper asked with a raised eyebrow. 

 "Yeah, you get used to it after months." Peter shrugged. 

J. Jonah Jameson: You sure?

Daily Bugle Informant: They're just leaving the shelter.

J. Jonah Jameson: Okay. Don't lose him [Prepares to leave the studio]

"I'm serious about the whole murdering this bitch after this movie. Anyone else want to join?" Yelena asked. 

 "Yeah, it'll be fun." Natasha smirked. 

 Peter sighed, "You can't just kill someone because they're slandering my name." 

 "You will learn very quickly Peter, I can and will." Yelena smirked. 

[Cut to a FEAST truck arriving at the Sanctum Sanctorum.]

Norman Osborn: Thanks, May. Hope to see you again. [He leaves.]

[As Peter is about to leave too, May stops him.]

May Parker: Hey. He trusts you. And so do I.

Peter closed his eyes and sighed through his nose, trying to fight back the tears wanting to leak out of his eyes. 

He misses her, so damn much but there's nothing he can do anymore. 

He messed up, and he paid the price for it...

Peter Parker: Thanks for cleaning my suit. I'll see you later.

[Back to the undercroft.]

Peter Parker: Guys, this is Mr. Osborn.

Norman Osborn: Hey, it's Doctor.

Peter Parker: Sorry. Um... Dr. Osborn, these are my friends, Ned and MJ.

Norman Osborn: Mary Jane?

MJ: It's Michelle Jones, actually.

Norman Osborn: Fascinating.

"So what, the other version of you is named Mary Jane?" Ned asked with a raised eyebrow. 

 MJ shrugged, "I guess, not a bad name either." 

Ned Leeds: Do you think there are other Ned Leedses?

Peter nodded with a small smile, "Definitely, but I don't think their name is Ned Leeds." 

[He gets back behind his laptop. Osborn steps into the dungeon, towards Doc Ock.]

Norman Osborn: Octavius?

Otto Octavius: (turning around) Osborn?

Norman Osborn: What... What happened to you?

Otto Octavius: What happened to... You're the walking corpse.

Norman Osborn: What do you mean?

Otto Octavius: You died, Norman. Years ago.

Norman Osborn: You're insane.

Max Dillon: God, I love it here.

Peter Parker: What are you talking about? He's standing right there. He's not...

Flint Marko: Dead. They both died, fighting Spider-Man. 

The theater suddenly grows very tense with the amount of tension that one statement caused. 

 "Fuck, this kid needs a vacation. Have you ever thought of taking one Pete?" Sam asked. 

 "I did, then it got hijacked by an alien who looked like Nick Fury which made my identity become revealed to the world." Peter deadpanned causing everyone in the room to wince. 

This kid needed a major break. 

Flint Marko: It was all over the news. Green Goblin, impaled by the glider he flew around on. And a couple of years later... you. Doc Ock. Drowned in the river with your machine.

Otto Octavius: That's nonsense! Spider-Man was trying to stop my fusion reactor. So I stopped him. I had him, by the throat.... And then, I... And then I was here.

Tony shook his head, if the look of onscreen Peter's face was anything to go by now, he knew his son wouldn't send them back now. 

Not when he knew they died by another him...

Max Dillon: Oh, please. Let me tell you something. I was whooping Spider-Man's ass. He'll tell ya. And then he caused an overload. I was stuck in the grid, absorbing data. I was about to turn into pure energy, and then... And then... (it clicks) Oh, shit. I was about to die.

Curt Connors: Max, do you know? Do I die?

[Before he has any chance to get a response, Doctor Strange materializes via an abrupt portal. His eyes immediately close in on Osborn.]

Stephen Strange: Oh, great. You caught another one.

Peter Parker: No, wait. Strange, he's not dangerous-

[The Sorcerer Supreme disregards this and portals Norman into the last remaining cell.]

"Shit Strange, listen to the kid!" 

Peter Parker: It's okay. [Notices an odd object in Strange's grasp.] What is that?

Stephen Strange: It's an ancient relic. The Machina de Kadavus. Trapped your corrupted spell inside, once I've finished the proper ritual, it will reverse the spell. And send these guys back to their universes.

Otto Octavius: And then what? We perish?!

Max Dillon: Nah. No thanks, I'll pass on that.

Norman Osborn: Let me out of here. Peter!

Peter Parker: Strange... We can't send them back. Not yet.

May smiled, that was her nephew. The boy who always wanted to help no matter what. The one who couldn't condemn any person to death. 

Stephen Strange: Why?

Peter Parker: Some of these guys are gonna die.

Stephen Strange: Parker... it's their fate.

"The fuck do you mean by that?" Rhodey asked with a raised eyebrow. 

Peter Parker: [visibly disturbed] Come on, Strange. Have a heart.

”Yeah, I’m with the Kid on this one, that’s a little extreme Strange, don’t yah think?” Tony said but received no answer in return. 

Stephen Strange: [In a calm yet somewhat fanatical tone] In the grand calculus of the multiverse, their sacrifice means infinitely more than their lives. I'm sorry, kid. If they die, they die.

 Strange would have been mauled by two angry assassins if it wasn't for Natasha holding back her sister and Alexei holding back Melina. 

 "What the Fuck?! Are you saying that my sister's life means nothing!? That my sister died for nothing!! Fucking asshole." Yelena hissed at the sorcerer and Pepper was not faring any better, Tony having to restrain his wife from jumping the man. 

 "You fucking prick! You're saying that my husband was always fated to die and leave his wife and daughter behind? His family? His son?" Pepper glared with tears collecting in her eyes. 

 Strange shook his head, "I'm sorry, but that's how the universe works. It has a plan for all of us and when it's done, it tosses us to the side to be forgotten. In Tony's case, his sacrifice, meant way more to the universe as a whole than his life ever did, same thing with Romanoff. The universe doesn't care about your lives, it's how it works." 

 Peter looked down in sadness at the doctors words, as much as he didn't want to accept them, he was right. The universe had a plan for them all, and Peter likes to think that his fate, his destiny was always meant for him to be alone, no team to rely on, on special gear, just his powers and his wits to fight the bad guys. 

He wasn't meant to be an avenger, but he was meant to be a vigilante. 

 That was for sure...

 "God I hope this kid kicks your fucking ass for that comment." Yelena hissed before sitting back down with a huff and turning back to the screen. Everyone else gave the doctor one last glare before also turning back. 

[He starts the ritual. The tension in the room thickens as the camera pans onto the faces of Connors, Octavius, Dillon and Osborn, all potentially experiencing their last moments.]

Norman Osborn: PETER!

[Just as the Sorcerer Supreme is about to finish his ritual, Spider-Man does the unthinkable. He webs the Machina de Kadavus.]

"Yeah, you go Pete!! Show him who's boss!!" Bucky exclaimed with a smirk. 

Stephen Strange: Don't!...

”Peter, yes.” Yelena Smirked.

[Peter pulls the relic to himself, throwing Stephen out of balance, then blasts the startled magician with his gauntlet, trapping him inside Sandman's cell.]

Ned Leeds: Dude, what are you doing?!

MJ: Peter, you gotta go. Go! [She adopts a defensive stance, shielding her fleeing partner]

"Yeah MJ! Protect your man!" Shuri said with a smirk. 

 "Beat his ass Peter, just pummel him right into the ground. Go for the jugular!" Yelena exclaimed which made her sister smack her head. 

 "Ouch, what was that for?" She pouted. 

 "Stop being mean." 

Stephen Strange: This is why I never had kids.

Clint snorted, "Yeah, they can be a handful." He teased which caused his oldest two to scoff. 

[He walks straight through the barrier of Sandman's cell. Flint tries to follow him, but his head bumps against the force field.] 

"Aww, poor Flint." 

[Outside, Peter shoots a web and tries to flee, but a portal opens right in front of him, teleporting him back on the top of a car near the Sanctum, courtesy of Stephen. He jumps off and turns around, seeing a definitely annoyed Sorcerer Supreme, his arms folded.]

"Damn, how's he gonna get out of this shit?" Sam asked. 

"Twenty bucks the Kid wins." Bucky smirked which made Sam snort. 

 "You're on one arm, there's no way he can beat the wizard." 

Stephen Strange: Give me the box.

Peter Parker: No.

[He tries to shoot Strange again, but the gauntlet dissipates in a second's fraction. Peter swings away, but just as he fires his next web, Strange creates two portals in one line, which attach the web's end to Parker's foot, actively immobilizing him. Stephen conjures a whip, wraps it around Spider-Man and yanks him down, then finally punches his soul out of his body. Peter quickly realizes the gravity of his predicament.]

"The fuck did you do to the kid?" Tony exclaimed. 

 "It's called Astral projection. It's what the ancient one did to me when we went back in time." Bruce said getting nods from his fellow avengers who knew what happened.

 "Is he okay?" May asked worriedly. 

 "I was fine May." 

Peter Parker: Oh, my God. I'm dead.

Stephen Strange: You're not dead. You've just been separated from your physical form.

Peter Parker: My physical... What?!

[When Strange reaches out to retrieve the box from Peter's grip, the arm suddenly moves upwards]

Stephen Strange: (confused) How are you doing that?

Peter smiled as the theater laughed at the doctor's annoyance causing Stephen to roll his eyes. 

 "Your senses are really something else. Even without your consciousness in your body, it's still able to react and dodge certain things." Bruce marveled at the boy's powers. 

 "Very useful." Fury said 

Peter Parker: I have no idea.

[Stephen reaches out, again and again, but the arm keeps going up and down.]

Stephen Strange: (under- and overreaching) You should not... be able... TO DO THAT!

Peter Parker: This feels amazing.

[While Strange is dealing with the moving arm, Parker air swims towards his body. When his astral form reconnects with his body, it flings back onto the pavement behind him. Peter quickly gets back up]

"Ouch, that must've hurt." Tony said sympathetically.

Peter Parker: That might be one of the coolest things that's ever happened to me, but don't ever do that again.

"Really, you've fought aliens before and the coolest thing you've ever done is separate your consciousness from your physical body?" Tony asked. 

 Peter shrugged, "It Felt cool." 

[He proceeds to swing away, with Strange immediately sending his cloak in pursuit. The cape reaches Parker a few block later and grabs him mid-air, holding him in place.]

Peter Parker: Hey! Get off of me!

"The blanket of death strikes again." Drax said while frowning at the screen, causing the people who were on Titan the first time to laugh. 

[Strange reaches them soon enough. The cape lets go of Spider-Man, flinging him away, and as he flies aimlessly, Strange opens the gateway to the Mirror Dimension. Peter hits the gate and starts falling in an opposite direction, as reality around him warps beyond recognition. Strange follows him and tries to trap him through creating obstacles from various objects and structures. Peter evades them all, but as soon as he enter open space, he is caught by surprise and hit by Strange's combo-attack. Then a random train hits him. Machina de Kadavus falls on its top. Just as Stephen is about to intercept it, Peter webs it back to himself, jumping on top of the train.]

"Shit, the place is trippy. It looks like you're on LSD."  Bucky said which made everyone in the theater give him a weird look. 

 "What?" He asked. 

 "Since when do you know what being on LSD is like?" Steve asked in concern. 

 "A story for another time." 

Peter Parker: What is this place?

Stephen Strange: The Mirror Dimension. Where I'm in control. [warps some more]

"See, Pete's gonna get his ass kicked." Sam said. 

 "I wouldn't be so sure of that, have a little faith in мой маленький паучок." Natasha said which made her family smirk with a knowing look behind their gaze which made Nat glare at them. 

Peter Parker: Strange, stop!. Can we please just talk about this?

Stephen Strange: Parker, don't you realize that in the multiverse, there are an infinite number of people who know Peter Parker is Spider-Man? And if that spell gets loose, they're all coming here!

"Gotta admit, the sorcerer has a point." Maria said reluctantly. 

 "If there are infinite amounts of universes, you've gotta take into account that in at least one of them, there's probably a Thanos who knows Peter Parker. And if that's the case, we'd have a very big problem on our hands." Clint said causing a lot of the heroes to grimace. 

That did not sound good, they didn't want another Thanos roaming around. 

Peter Parker: Look, I know. I get it. But we can't just send them home to die.

Stephen Strange: It's their fate. You can't change that anymore than you can change who they are.

All the theater shook their head. As much  as they wanted to dispute the man's words, none of them did. His words were kind of true after all, no one could change who someone was. 

 Like Pepper couldn't change how Tony became a hero, no matter how much she tried, no matter how hard everyone tried to tell Peter he didn't have to be Spider-Man or like how people tried to tell Natasha she wasn't a monster, but deep down she knew that she'd always be the assassin the Red Room made her to be. 

These things were fundamental of what made them who they were, and no one could change that.

Peter Parker: But what if we could? What if we can change their fate?

"Oh kid." Tony said.

[Stephen mainpulates the dimension once again, multiplying the train and creating a cage of them.]

Peter Parker: Whoa, what are you doing? I'm not giving you the...

[Strange creates a portal loop, making Peter fall endlessly as the Cloak of Levitation springs into action once again, fighting Peter for the artifact. The young webslinger stops himself from falling by webbing himself to the cape.]

Peter Parker: Give me that back!

[Intent on ending the skirmish as soon as possible, the Sorcerer Supreme pulls out a whip and tries to pull the artifact and the cloak to him. With Peter not letting go of the webbing, the portal loop folds in on itself and shatters the mirror dimension, sending everything flying in chaos. Strange and his cloak dive after Machina de Kadavus, while Peter takes a while to land on a relatively stable piece of land and notices some familiar structures around himself.]

"Shit, that was intense." 

Peter Parker: Wait a minute, is that an Archimedean spiral? The Mirror Dimension is just geometry? You're great at geometry. You can do geometry. [starts webbing objects together] Square the radius, divided by, plot points along the curve... [Meanwhile Stephen has gotten a hold of the artifact.]

"Peter, are you seriously going to out magic the sorcerer by using math?" Tony asked with a raised eyebrow. 

 Peter smirked and Strange rolled his eyes, "Maybe."

Doctor Strange: It's over, Parker. I'll come pick you up when it's done. [Opens a portal to the dungeon]

Peter Parker: [finishing his geometric trap] Hey, Strange. You know what's cooler than magic?

[The Archimedean spiral closes around the Sorcerer Supreme, immobilizing him completely. Spider-Man appears next to Strange.]

Peter Parker: Math.

Sam stared blankly at the screen while Bucky smirked at him and outstretched his hand, "Pay up." 

 Sam grumbled before slapping a twenty in the ex assassin's hand and turning back to the screen.

Doctor Strange: Don't do this.

[He then webs the Sling Ring from Stephen's hand]

Stephen Strange: (annoyed) Ow.

"You do not look happy Doc." 

"I wasn't."

Peter Parker: I'm sorry, sir, but... I have to try. [He jumps through the portal, back to the Sanctum's dungeon.]

[After a brief look at Strange's disbelieving face, the portal closes, trapping the Sorcerer Supreme in the Mirror Dimension]

"Dude!! You just fought Doctor Strange, and won!!!" Ned exclaimed while MJ smiled. 

 Yelena scoffed, "Of course he did, I knew he'd win from the very beginning. Serves the doctor right for making that comment." She grumbled while glaring at the doctor. 

"Okay, enough bashing Stephen, he was just trying to protect our universe, he's not a bad guy." Peter said, effectively shutting down all the rest of the comments. 

Ned Leeds: Dude, what happened?

Peter Parker: I just had a fight with Doctor Strange and I totally won!

Ned Leeds: What?

Peter Parker: Look, and I stole his ring thing. [Ned takes it from him and puts it on] I was swinging through the city, and then I went through this... massive mirror thing, and then I was back...

MJ: Where is he? Where is he?

Peter Parker: He's trapped, but... I'm not sure for how long.

Otto Octavius: You could've just left us to die. Why didn't you?

MJ: Because that's not who he is.

Peter looked down at the ground. He was no longer that boy, that teenager who would drop everything to save someone. 

He's been betrayed, beaten down, broken and lost everything that he has ever cared about. His moral compass is no longer straight anymore, he's not that same naive boy who though heroes always won. 

 He knew the reality of it now, that this job, once you put the suit on, it was basically your death sentence. 

No way to escape.

 No happy ending. 

 Pain and loss around every corner. 

Having to Sacrifice everything to protect your home. 

There was no place he'd rather be though, than in the suit.

And he doesn't regret one damn moment of it...

Peter Parker: I think I can help you guys. If I can fix what happened to you, then when you go back, things will be different and you might not die fighting Spider-Man.

Max Dillon: What do you mean, "fix us"?

Peter Parker: Look, our technology is advanced...

Norman Osborn: I can help you. You know, I'm something of a scientist myself. Octavius knows what I can do.

"You know, I don't know how I feel with having that man help you when he has an evil side to him who likely sees everything he does." Tony said getting nods from the rest of them. 

Peter didn't say anything, knowing that they'd find out about it later...

Otto Octavius: Fix? You mean like a dog? I refuse.

Peter Parker: I can't promise you guys anything, but at least this way, you actually get to go home and have a chance. A second chance. I mean, come on. Isn't that worth trying?

Curt Connors: Trust me, Peter... When you try to fix people, there are always consequences.

"As much as I hate to keep agreeing with these villains, he's got a point." 

 The others nodded in agreement but didn't say anything else. 

Peter Parker: I mean, you don't have to come. I also didn't know that you could talk. [The Lizard growls in disapproval] But if you stay here... you're gonna have to deal with the wizard.

Curt Connors: So, we go along, or die. Not much of a choice, is it?

"Excellent negotiating there kid." Tony smirked, "Come along or face the Wizard." 

Strange sighed, "Why do I even bother anymore?" 

Flint Marko: I just wanna go home.

Max Dillon: Well, I myself don't wanna be killed, especially by a guy dressed like Dungeons & Dragons, so... what's your plan?

"Dungeons & Dragons!" Sam laughed, "I'm totally gonna use that from now on!" 

 "Honestly, I can't catch a break can I?" Strange asked rhetorically but Peter smirked at him. 

 "No, you're not allowed to." He teased the other man which caused him to glare at the boy. 

Peter Parker: I have it all under control.

[He calls Ned and MJ for a little timeout.]

Peter Parker: What are we gonna do about this thing?

MJ: Well, we need to find somewhere safe for it, right?

Ned Leeds: Yeah. Yes. Yes.

Peter Parker: You got to take it.

MJ: Wait, what?

Peter Parker: If something bad happens, I'll text you, and then you just push this and then it's all over, and they'll all be gone.

MJ: We're going with you. We're not gonna leave you.

Peter Parker: You can't come with me. It's too dangerous. You guys have already done enough.

MJ frowned at the screen, not liking it one bit but understanding where he was coming from. He didn't have to allow them in on this little mess but he did. And he even allowed them to work in the Sanctum to help him find the villains too. 

It didn't mean that she had to be happy about leaving her boyfriend with a bunch of super villains.

Ned Leeds: Peter, we're in this together.

Peter Parker: I know we're in this together, Ned, but I can't do this if I know that you're in danger. Okay? So for me, MJ, please just take this. Please.

MJ: Fine.

Peter Parker: Thank you.

MJ: But Peter, I swear, if I don't hear from you, I'm pressing the button.

Peter Parker: Sure.

MJ: Okay. [To all the villains] And I will do it! [Norman nods in approval]

Max Dillon: Yeah, we all believe you, Michelle.

"This dude is honestly funny." Kate said with a smirk but she shut up when Yelena smacked her. 

 "Ow, what was that for?" She pouted. 

 "He's the enemy, we don't complement enemy." 

Curt Connors: [amused but also disbeliving] No way that's his girlfriend, no way.

MJ smirked at the disbelief in the, lizards? Tone of voice, she doesn't understand why it's so hard to believe that she and Peter are dating. 

 They worked so well together and completed each other perfectly. 

Peter Parker: She'll do it.

Ned Leeds: Absolutely. She will.

Peter Parker: Okay.

[He bids his friends farewell.]

Peter Parker: See you later.

Ned Leeds: Be safe.

Peter Parker: You too. [As they high-five, a few sparkles spring from Ned's palm] Whoa. Okay. 

"Hold the phone, I've got Dr Strange magic?!" Ned exclaimed with shock behind his gaze. 

 Peter smiled, "Maybe, guess you'll just have to wait and see." He said which caused his friend to groan in fake annoyance. 

[Ned leaves. MJ kisses Peter]

MJ: Be careful, okay?

Peter Parker: Yeah. You too. [He watches her leave as well, then turns to the villains] So, uh... Who's coming with me?

[Osborn seems to have made up his mind. He glances at Octavius, who in turns glances at Parker with annoyance, but also reluctant acceptance.]

Max Dillon: Well, I'm in. But, if this goes sideways... I'mma fry you from the inside out.

"And suddenly, I don't like him as much." Kate glared at the screen along with all the other occupants of the theater. 

Meanwhile, Peter was preparing himself for the next upcoming scenes. He knew what was coming, he knew that the death of his aunt would be broadcasted soon and he doesn't think he's ready to see that again. 

But when has the universe ever done what he wanted?

Chapter Text

[The door of Happy Hogan's apartment is unlocked. From the viewpoint of the entrance security camera, we see Peter opening the door as the villains enter living space in the following order: Norman, Otto, Max - who glances menacingly at the camera for a second, causing it to glitch, and finally Flint. The last one to come in before Peter is aunt May.]

"Peter." Happy said while slightly glaring at the teen, "Why are those villains in my apartment?" He asked. 

 Peter coughed into his hand, trying to ignore the stares coming from the man much to the amusement of everyone in the room. 

Peter Parker: Where's Connors?

May Parker: He told me he wants to stay in the truck.

Peter Parker: Okay.

Security System (vo): Alarm systems, deactivated. [Spider-Man proceeds to close the door.]

Peter Parker: Okay. I feel kinda bad using Happy's place like this.

"Then why the hell are you still there?" 

 "Cause I needed the space!" 

May Parker: No, no, no, no. He'll get over it.

Happy turned and looked at May with a betrayed look across his face causing May to slightly blush and brush a stray curl away from her face. 

 "You're outvoted Hap!" Tony laughed. 

[Electro fires a dim pulse of energy at the TV, causing it to turn on. On the news we see that the majority of American society - 67 % - has voted against the adittion of Captain America's shield to the Statue of Liberty in a national plebiscite. Sandman sits down on the couch, immediately leaving some dirt on it.]

"Wait, they want to put my shield on the Statue of Liberty? Why?" Steve asked with furrowed eyebrows. 

 Peter shrugged, "Most people didn't want it, they wanted to keep the statue how it was originally, but when do politicians or anyone else in power really care what the people want?" He said sarcastically with a roll to his eyes, causing many of the heroes to reluctantly nod their head, especially Sam and Bucky. 

They knew how politicians were and if they wanted something done, they'd find a way to make sure it happened, even if it was against what the people wanted. 

Hell even if it was against that the world wanted, if it furthered their agenda, they'd find a way. 

Damn politicians...

Flint Marko: Oh, sorry. [He tries to remove it, soiling it even more]

Kate snorted, "He just wants to sit down, give the man a break!" 

Otto Octavius: So this is your plan, Peter? Mmm? No lab, no facilities, just performing miracles in a condominium? What, you're gonna cook up some churros, some frozen burritos in a microwave?

Norman Osborn: [tinkering with the Dum-E robot] I could go for a burrito.

 "Mood." Shuri said which made all the children in the room snort in amusement, much to the confusion of most adults. 

Tony frowned at the screen though, "I don't like him touching my baby like that." 

 Pepper smirked, "What? Jealous that someone smart is touching your toys?" 

 "No, I'm wary that the evil man inside that guy is touching my toys." 

Otto Octavius: He's gonna kill us all.

Peter Parker: Well, let's hope not. You're up first, Doc. [He heads to his room]

Otto Octavius: What? Hey, I told you. I don't need fixing. I don't need fixing! Especially by a teenager using scraps from a bachelor's junk drawer.

[Electro walks up, clearly interested in whatever is in Peter's room.]

Max Dillon: No, no, no, no. He got something back there. I can feel it. That weird energy.

"What? The hell's back there?" Sam furrowed his brows in thought. 

[Inside his room, Peter walks up to a rectangular box-like object covered in sheet. He removes it, revealing an advanced tool made by Stark Industries.]

 Tony smirked to himself, his fabricator. He was actually pretty excited to see if Peter made the technology to help these people. 

Man, he'd be surprised if he didn't, his kid could literally do anything he put his mind to. 

Norman Osborn: What the hell is that?

Peter Parker: It's a fabricator.

[Spider-Man presses a button on its surface, causing it to unfold into what can be called a household engineering lab.]

Peter Parker: It can analyze, design, construct basically anything.

"Damn Happy, why the hell do you have that in the back room to your apartment?" Clint asked with a raised eyebrow. 

 Happy shrugged, "It was incase of emergencies. I had the backup incase anyone ever needed to use it." 

May Parker: I thought that was the tanning bed Happy broke.

Tony snorted, "You broke a tanning bed? You've gotta tell me the story May, I'd literally do anything." 

 May smirked, "Anything?" 

 Tony shrugged, "Reasonably anything, yeah." 

 "Damn, you took the fun out of it." 

 Tony raised an eyebrow, "Do I even want to know what you were gonna ask me?" 

 "No, you probably don't." 

[From one of the device's recesses springs the Arc Reactor. It catches Electro's attention.

Max Dillon: Look at that.

"Oh no, that right there my friends, is called foreshadowing. As such, I've got a bad feeling about this now." Clint shook his head. 

 "He's in a room with four other villains and you're only now starting to get a bad feeling?" Natasha raised her eyebrow at him. 

 Clint shrugged, "What do you want from me?" 

 Natasha rolled her eyes, "Not to be an idiot but that's impossible."

[The device finishes unfolding itself. Upon the Arc Reactor's activation, the fabricator jolted and made a hole through the wall, causing Dock Ock to flinch in fear.]

Otto Octavius: [visibly frightened] He's gonna kill us all.

Peter snorted at the Doc's obvious fear written across his face, it wasn't his fault the machine was too close to the wall, technically that's on Happy, not him. 

Speaking of Happy... 

Said man was turned around in his seat and glaring at the teen with no real heat behind his gaze which made Peter wink at the man before looking back towards the screen. 

[Outside, the FEAST truck abruptly shakes, startling two random passerbies. The Lizard is definitely having a great time.]

"Well, he sure seems to be having fun." Sam deadpanned. 

[Back in the apartment, Peter and Norman are standing next to the fabricator, with the former explaining the intricacies of Octavius' tentacles to the latter, using the visual symbols and semi-tangible 3D models, the staple of Stark Industries technology.]

Peter Parker: So, the chip in the back of Doc's neck was designed to protect his brain from the A.I. system that's controlling these tentacles. But if you look here... The chip is fried. So rather than him being in control of the tentacles, the tentacles are now in control of him. Which, I guess explains why... he is so miserable all the time.

"Wow Pete, that wasn't very nice of you." Kate smirked which made the teen roll his eyes. 

 "So what, his arms are controlling his mind? Like he's not even in control of himse...Wait, is that what he meant when he said "We" back in the Crypt?" Ned asked with wide eyes causing everyone to look back at Peter too. 

 He nodded his head, "Yeah, he's been having their voices guide his actions ever since he made those arms." 

[May walks up to Doctor Octopus with a glass.]

May Parker: Thirsty?

Otto Octavius: Well, yes. I am thirsty.

May Parker: Fresh water or salt? You know, because you're an octopus.

Otto Octavius: (frowning) What?

May Parker: Fresh water it is.

Peter smiled sadly at the screen while May blushed and everyone else chuckled at her reasoning. 

 "Does that mean that just because I'm a spider, I like to eat bugs?" Peter took the chance and teased his aunt which made her turn around and glare at him, but he saw she was trying to fight a smile. 

 "Watch it young man". 

[Electro stares out of the window, observing the alternate New York he's in.]

Max Dillon: Look at this place. And all the possibilities.

Flint Marko: What? This condo?

Clint, Sam and Bucky all snorted. 

Max Dillon: (sarcastic) Yeah. yeah, the condo. I love the whole overfloor plan. (normal) No! No, man. I'm talking about the world. I kinda like who I am here. And all that power back there? I could be so much more. So why did you come here?

Flint Marko: I have a daughter. And I wanna see her. But he's not gonna send anyone home. Till he's finished his little science project back there.

Once the man was done speaking, all the heroes eyes softened just a bit. This is what Peter meant when he said he wasn't really bad, he just wanted to get back to his daughter. 

 All the fathers in the room could relate, and they hugged their daughters to their side just a little tighter after this scene played out. 

Max Dillon: You trust him?

Flint Marko: I don't trust anyone. How'd you end up like that anyway?

Max Dillon: The place where I worked at... They were experimenting with electricity created by living organisms, and then... I fell into a vat of electric eels.

"Man that does, not sound pleasant." Ned winced. 

MJ scoffed, "You think?" 

 "It does seem kind of painful." Wanda muttered with a sympathetic look across her face, it must have been so hard for him when he first got those powers. 

She understands how hard powers can be, but that doesn't mean she liked the man on screen. 

He was still a villain after all...

Flint Marko: You're kidding. I fell into a supercollider.

Sam scoffed, "What is it with people falling down and getting super powers? If I fall, can I get powers?" 

"No, you don't deserve super powers." Bucky said. 

"Oh go and fuck yourself." 

 "No, you go fuck yourself." 

 "No you." 

"No You." 

No.You." 

"No, You." 

 "Enough, both of you." Steve said, smacking both his friends upside the head while rolling his eyes. 

Max Dillon: Damn. Gotta be careful where you fall.

That comment though, did get a few chuckles out of the audience.

[Back in Peter's room, him and Norman are preparing the neural inhibitor chip. Osborn watches in fascination as young Parker carefully aligns pieces, completing the device.]

Norman Osborn: Remarkable. The technology and you. When all this is over, if you need a job and you're willing to commute to another universe...

"Peter no." Tony said which made said teen smirk. 

 "Peter yes." He teased which made everyone either groan, chuckle or glare. 

 "Peter no." This time it was Pepper. 

 "Peter yes." 

 "Peter no." Happy glared. 

 "Peter yes." His smirk only widened. 

 "Peter, no." May said. 

 "Peter yes." 

 "Peter no!" Ned said with wide eyes. 

 "Peter yes." 

 "Peter...No." MJ glared at him with made him stop and think a second before he answered. 

 "Peter...Maybe?" He said, which made his family all groan while the other Avengers laughed. 

[Peter puts the last elements in its place. The chip is finally ready.]

Peter Parker: [in awe] It worked. That totally worked!

"Nice work kid!" 

[He rushes back to the living room, showing the device to May.]

Peter Parker: I got it. I did it. I did it. Will you send him up?

May Parker: Yup. Here we go.

[Peter runs upstairs, onto the mezzanine, throwing a remote control to May haphazardly.]

Peter Parker: Sorry. Hold on, Doc.

"How dare you throw that at me Peter, I'm hurt." May teased which made Peter snort. 

 "It hit the table, it didn't even touch you." 

 "It doesn't matter Peter, the fact is it could've hit me." 

 "But it didn't."

"Alright, nope I'm gonna put a stop to this before it even begins." Sam said waving his arms around. 

 Natasha raised an eyebrow at him, "Oh yeah? What about your stupid fight with Barnes literally every five seconds, hmm?" 

 "Shut it Romanoff." He muttered but when he realized she heard him and was raising a challenging eyebrow at him, he backed off. 

He may be an idiot sometimes, but he wasn't dumb enough to invoke the wraith of Natasha Romanoff.

[May lifts Doctor Octopus to Peter's level.]

Otto Octavius: Oh, will all these humiliations never cease?! You! [Noticing Peter is about to "fix" him] Keep your science fair project away from me!

Norman Osborn: Hey, it will work. Have faith.

Otto Octavius: Says the reckless fool who turned himself into a monster.

[Norman goes silent, evidently subdued and somewhat offended.]

"My dude Norman can't catch a break can he?" Shuri asked rhetorically. 

Peter Parker: Please stop. Hold still.

Otto Octavius: Don't you dare!

[May, Norman, Max and Flint watch in suspense as Spider-Man struggles to immobilize Doc Ock's head.]

Otto Octavius: I swear... when I get out of this wicker, I'm gonna...

[Parker finally manages to place the chip on his neck. Doc's head falls down.]

Peter Parker: [slowly panicking, realizing he may have killed him] Doc? Doc? Doc? Doctor Octavius?

All the heroes sat in tense silence, not knowing what just happened but breathed a sigh of relief when the next scene played out. 

[Otto's head quickly lifts up. It's as if he has woken up]

Otto Octavius: (whispers) It's so quiet... Those voices... Inside my head... (gasps) I'd almost forgotten...

Everyone smiled at the screen, he did it, Peter saved one of the villains from their own self, giving the doctor his mind back, for him to control it without the AI of the arms influencing him. 

They knew Peter would come around, now it was just a matter of fixing the rest and sending them home. 

Norman Osborn: Otto.

Otto Octavius: Yes... Norman. [He descends and stops on the floor, with a joyful expression all over his face] It's me.

[Peter jumps back down.]

"Nice form." Yelena and Natasha said at the same time which made Peter smile at their praise. 

"Thanks."

Flint Marko: [with admiration] Would you look at that.

[Spider-Man slides his fingers against the nanotech remote control for the last time, and one of Otto's tentacles pulls forward, pressing against Peter's chest, transferring the stolen metal particles back to their owner. Programmable metal melds with the fabric of Peter's uniform, creating one and only Integrated Suit. It has some really impressive looking golden patterns thanks to the nanotech. ]

Clint whistled, "Damn, nice suit Pete."'

 Tony nodded his head, "Yeah, like the new look." 

 "Thanks, I'm more of a fan of my original red and blue though." Peter shrugged. 

 Natasha nodded her head, "Yeah me too, you look too much like a mini Stark with all that nano technology." 

 "What do you mean?" Peter asked. 

 "Well I've always seen you as the vigilante who doesn't need fancy tech to get the job done. You don't need a suit of metal armor to keep you safe or to save the day, you use web shooters and that's it. I feel like that's what makes you so relatable and likable to the people of New York, you go out there with barely any protection to save others and get hurt in the process. That stuff adds up after a while." Natasha said with a small smile across her face making Peter blush at her praise. 

 "I...thank you. That...means a lot." Peter said, slightly chocked up but Natasha just smiled wider and nodded her head before she turned back to the screen. 

Otto Octavius: I'm grateful, dear boy. Truly.

Peter Parker: Yeah. You're welcome. [They shake hands.]

Otto Octavius: How can I help you?

"Yeah, let's save the rest of these assholes and send them home!" 

Peter Parker (vo): This is Peter. Leave a message.

[Cut to Happy Hogan driving, on his way back home.]

Happy Hogan: Uh, yeah, Peter, this is Happy. I accessed my doorbell camera... Who are those guys, huh? Is that a cyborg, you bring a cyborg with robot legs into my house? One of the guys was made of mud? What's going on? Call me back.

"Oh, Happy is not a happy camper at the moment." Clint smirked which made Kate snort into her hand while the other shook their head at the archer's behavior. 

 "I still can't believe you call him Happy." Kate muttered under her breath. 

[Back to the condo, Doctor Octopus and Norman Osborn are overseeing the creation of the anti-Goblin serum.]

Otto Octavius: How does it feel, Norman? You're about to become whole again. No more darker half. Just you.

Norman Osborn: [a bit somber] Just me.

[He turns to Octavius, with a surprisingly jovial expression on his face. Otto reciprocates the smile.]

Natasha narrowed her eyes at the screen. There was something off with his tone of voice there, he hesitated for a second and she had a pretty good guess about why. 

 His darker half was definitely not okay with them trying to kill him, there was no way it was going to allow them to finish this. 

She just hoped that Peter and May get out of it unscathed...

[In the living room, Peter prepares to start curing Electro with a newly constructed electricity drainer.]

Peter Parker: OK...Umm... It just goes right here, this... [Max looks at him suspiciously as Parker embeds the drainer on his chest. The device hums, stagnates, clicks and beeps, signifying the start of its procedure.] That should be drawing power now. I'm gonna come back in a second just to check on it, but... keep an eye on the lights. When they're all green, it means all the electricity in your body's dissipated. Well, not all the electricity. I mean, obviously you know you need electricity for your brain to function... Your nervous system is... I'm not really sure why I'm explaining electricity to you. [Max shakes his head, not sure why Peter is doing that either]

MJ smiled at her rambling boyfriend on screen. He was always so cute when he got into his geek mode, not that she'd ever say that out loud in a room full of Avengers though. 

 She wanted to at least keep some of her dignity with her...

Max Dillon: Can I ask you a question?

Peter Parker: Sure.

Max Dillon: Are these your legos?

Sam snorted, "A very valid question indeed." 

 Peter glared, "Shut up." He said with a slight coloring to his cheeks. 

[Before he can respond, Peter hears a sound from the fabricator. It's the anti-collider for Sandman, which has just finished its initial construction stage.]

Peter Parker: I gotta go. I'll be back. [He leaves.]

[Electro is left in the living room with Sandman. As the electricity sapper ignites the first light with a beep, he hisses, as if the thing is inflicting pain on him.]

Max Dillon: Something feels off.

"Uh oh, I don't like this." Bucky said. 

 "Yeah you think? Obviously something bad is gonna happen. I mean, you can't have a superhero without a conflict can you?" Clint rolled his eyes which made Natasha glare at the archer but it was actually a Yelena who reached over and smacked the man upside the head. 

 "Owww, why am I the one being abused?!" Clint whined like a five year old. 

 "Because it's fun." Yelena shrugged. 

Flint Marko: What do you mean?

[A slow, unnerving music creeps in, starting to build tension, which is only going to rise from now on.]

"Damn, even the music agrees. Shits about to go down." Sam said. 

Back a few rows though, Peter was trying to get his breathing under control and he was actually doing a pretty good job so far, with Strange laying a supportive hand on his shoulder to help him but unlucky for him, the spies saw everything. 

 Maria and Fury looked at each other warily, not sure what was about to happen but knew it couldn't be good while the Widow family stared at the boy with open concern leaking from their gazes. 

 Natasha and Yelena both just wanted to get up and protect the boy who was too good for this world but first off, that'd be really weird if they suddenly just got up, two, it would probably embarrass the poor teen and three...

Well they had an image to uphold, they could wait to comfort the boy until they had a little more privacy. 

Max Dillon: I don't like this.

Flint Marko: Leave it alone. The sooner you guys get through with this, the sooner we go home.

[The drainer beeps again. Electro sits with his teeth gnashed.]

[Cut to J. Jonah Jameson stepping out of a Daily Bugle truck to meet up with his informant at the front yard pavement linked to the condominium's lobby.]

"Oh great, this bitch again." Yelena groaned before glaring at the screen like it personally offended her. 

 "Who's ready to murder Hitler 2.0?" Bucky asked which caused many of the occupants to turn and stare at him like he was a devil. 

 "What? I fought against the bastard, I have the right to call whomever I deem worthy of the title. And that asshole there? He deserves it." Bucky shrugged like he didn't just accuse a human, no matter how scummy he was, of being the next Hitler. 

 "Dude, I'm crazy, I'll admit that, but not that crazy." Yelena said with a raised eyebrow. 

 "What? Look at his mustache! It's hideous! You're telling me it doesn't sort of resemble Hitler's?!" 

 "No!"

J. Jonah Jameson: Well? Where is he?

Daily Bugle Informant: He's inside.

J. Jonah Jameson: And yet here we are, outside. Did you not hear me say, "don't lose him"?

Daily Bugle Informant: Yes, sir, I-

J. Jonah Jameson: I want incriminating footage of Spider-Man. The place is about to be swarming with cops!

"And why would that be Jameson?" Natasha asked with a fake smile on her face but everyone could see the hidden fire behind her gaze which caused some people to shudder. 

An angry Natasha, was never good.

[Inside the FEAST truck, the Lizard is observing the impending mayhem menacingly. His eyes narrow as he overhears the conversation.]

Curt Connors: And so it begins...

"See! Even the Lizard knows a fight's brewing!" Clint exclaimed, causing the rest of them to roll their eyes. 

[Back in the apartment, Peter is tinkering with the anti-collider when his Spider-Sense Tingle goes off, sending warning signs from every direction. Peter stands up, with Otto and Osborn tailing behind him.]

"See!! See!! I told you, here it comes ladies and gentlemen, the big fight! I've got my money on the electric dude." Clint said but instantly stopped when he saw Nat's glare. 

But it wasn't one of her normal warning glares, she was pissed, at him. 

 She gestured her head to the row in front of him and he instantly understood why she was so mad with him. Parker was sitting there staring blankly at the screen but to the trained spies, they could see there was a slight trace of a few different emotions swirling through his gaze. 

 The emotions were so intense though, that it took the breath away from the archer for a split second. 

There was anger, sadness, regret, hate, and those were just the ones that were the most present. 

Okay, maybe this wasn't the time to be making jokes about this shit...

Otto Octavius: Peter?

Norman Osborn: What's wrong?

Peter Parker: I don't know. May?

[They move through the corridor and enter living space.]

May Parker: What is it, Peter?

Flint Marko: What's up, Peter?

Max Dillon: Why are you looking at me like that?

"Come on, come on, come on." Tony muttered to himself as he held his sleeping daughter in his arms, trying to comfort himself that his son was still okay, they were all okay. 

The spies though saw how Norman walked off screen and knew instantly what had happened. 

The Goblin had come out to play...

[Peter closes his eyes, focusing his instincts. Norman moves to the side of the room, with Octavius watching him closely. The tension rises further and further, with camera panning on the faces of Peter, May, Flint, Dillon, Octavius and Osborn, until Peter fires a web at Norman's hand, sticking it against the window. Norman smiles creepily, his other side is in control.]

"God damn it, Pete you'll have to stop them all real fast, this dude is bad news." Tony said worriedly. 

 "I know." He said flatly. 

Green Goblin: That's some neat trick, that sense of yours.

Otto Octavius: Norman?

Green Goblin: Norman's on sabbatical, honey.

Bucky scoffed, "Asshole." He said, thinking about his time as the winter Solider as he was basically kept prisoner in his own mind, forced to watch all the terrible deeds performed by his own hands. 

At least Norman wouldn't remember anything that happened, Bucky never got that luxury though...

Max Dillon: The hell?

Peter Parker: The Goblin...

Green Goblin: No more darker half? [May moves to the kitchen] Did you really think that I'd let that happen? That I'd let you take away my power, just because you're blind to what true power can bring you?

Tony rolled his eyes, "Great another classic villain line. My power makes me invincible, I am a god and I deserve better in life so I'm gonna kill till I get what I want." He said. 

Peter clicked his tongue and shrugged, "Yeah, that's about it." He said but it sounded wrong with his monotone tone of voice, his eyes staring blankly at the screen. 

 Strange sighed sadly, so it begins...

Peter Parker: You don't know me.

Green Goblin: Don't I? [May grabs the anti-collider and both serums from a stash, and puts it in a bag.] I saw how she trapped you. Fighting her holy moral mission. [May returns to the living space.] 

"Okay first off it's not a bad motto to live by, she just helps everyone she can, and you can obviously tell Peter got that from her by his Spider-Man persona. He helps anyone in need." MJ said while glaring at the Goblin on screen, making all the other heroes nods with her and also glare. 

Peter though, he sighed to himself. 

They wouldn't be saying that very soon when they saw what he almost did, what he still kind of wished he did to the Goblin...

Green Goblin: We don't need you to save us. We don't need to be fixed! [He looks over to Max]. These are not curses. They're gifts.

[Max looks down at his drainer. It's two bars away from ridding him of his power.]

"Shit man, everything was going so well!" 

Otto Octavius: (shaking his head) Norman, no.

"At least we have one of them still on our side." Rhodey said while frowning at the screen. 

 "Yeah, but for how long?" T'Challa asked. 

Green Goblin: Quiet, lapdog.

Peter Parker: You don't know what you're talking about.

Green Goblin: I watched you from deep behind Norman's cowardly eyes. Struggling, to have everything you want, while the world tries to make you choose.

"Damn he's creepy." Clint muttered while the rest were thinking about his words. 

As much as they loathed to admit it, he was sort of right. Peter was trying so hard to latch onto his family and try to keep them away from harm, to try and save them while all these bad things were happening, trying to test his strength. 

He had lost a lot of things in his life, and he was struggling so hard to keep the very little he had left. 

 He lost his parents.

He lost his uncle.

He lost five years of his life. 

He lost his father figure. 

 He's been through one heartbreak to the next with very little time to grieve and everything, along with the weight of being a Vigilante, was starting to crush him. 

 He was going to break sometime very soon, and there was nothing they could do to stop it...

[The drainer has nearly completed its procedure.]

Green Goblin: Gods don't have to choose. [Max looks at his device again] We take.

Peter Parker: May, RUN.

[May turns around and runs as the score blasts into full battle mode. Max removes the drainer from his chest. Norman maliciously tears the webbing, freeing himself. Electro steps forward, fires a lightning and pulls the Arc Reactor to him through it, frying the Stark fabricator in the process, much to Otto and Peter's shock.]

"Great, now he was an Arc reactor which isn't good whatsoever." Tony scoffed while glaring at the screen. 

May was also glaring, willing those villains to hurt her nephew because she swears if one of them does, no matter what she'd have to do, she'd find their universe just to kick their asses. 

 [Osborn takes advantage, slamming Parker against the stairs. Flint takes the third option and turns into sand, flying out of the window. Electro's newly enhanced power causes a momentary blackout in the building, freezing the elevators which May is unable to use right now. Doctor Octopus looks at his companion with dread.]

 "Shit, Goblin's strong. Like super soldier strong." Rhodey said with a grimace. 

"Yeah, that couldn't have felt good." Carol winced in sympathy as she rested her hand on Peter's shoulder. 

 "It didn't." 

Otto Octavius: Oh, my God. What have you done?