Chapter 1 Shattered

Her name is May "Mayday" Parker and today she is going to learn something about herself and her family that she never knew, but first she needs to dunk. She thrashes the ball through the hoop, shattering the backboard and breaking the hoop clean off. She falls down and glass falls in her brown hair. The crowd cheers as Midtown wins 92-43. Mayday is the happiest she has ever been, but her mother and father in the stands, not so much.

Peter Parker and Mary Jane Watson-Parker feel a sense of dread in both their stomachs. They didn't know this day would come so soon. Mayday being fifteen, the same age when Peter got bit, makes sense. Peter holds Mary Jane by the hand and they rush down the bleacher and see Mayday cleaning off glass and then being hoisted up, by her team.

"Peter, let her enjoy this... We can tell her tonight." Mary Jane whispers as she strokes his hand with her thumb.

Peter whispers back with a sense of dread, "Mary Jane… I didn't want this for her. Now the odds of little Ben becoming like me skyrocketed. Talk about responsibility."

Peter and Mary Jane keep holding hands as they walk outside to their car. Mayday is dancing with some of her friends and Peter sees the same looks he had when he first had his powers, wanting to use them for glory. If Peter would have not played the hero, he may not have ended up a high school teacher, he may have been a wrestler still. He wants his daughter to succeed but he doesn't know what to do.

Mayday runs up to her mother and father hugging them both, "Did you see me wreck that backboard! Coach Thompson said it had to be that Parker Luck we have dad!" She shifts tones, "Speaking of Coach Thompson, Felicity wants me to spend the weekend with her, is that oaky."

Peter says, "Yes" without any pause.

Mayday hugs her father and squeezes him using her new found strength, "Thanks dad, kiss Ben for me!"

Mayday runs off to Felicity while Mary Jane smacks the back of Peter's head, "You can't put this off forever."

"I just want her to have a good time before I ruin her life." Peter says in his grim voice. Peter gets in the passenger seat and Mary Jane starts the car to drive home, "Peter, I love you, May loves you, but what do you think will happen if we tell her? She is our flesh and blood, she is a Parker. We can take tons of damage and still get back up."

"She is a Parker. That's why I'm scared. I don't want her in tights fighting crime like I did. I almost died so many times when I was her age. I can't help but think she will want to live up to her father's legacy. I was pretty good at being the guy in the red and blue… for a while at least."

Mary Jane pulled into their driveway and with a smirk said, "And you didn't look half bad with the red and blue."

"Is that a complement to me or insulting because I was wearing a mask?"

Mary Jane said with an even bigger smile, "Take it as you want tiger."

Mary Jane rushes in and grabs Ben and cuddles him. Peter stays by the car looking up at the night sky. He sees their sitter leave and waves bye, but he continues to stare into the sky. He wonders what Uncle Ben would have thought of this, him being a father of two, a science teacher, married to a beautiful woman; he likes to think he would be proud. Peter was at least glad his Aunt May was alive long enough to be at his wedding. Peter felt something he hadn't in while. Spider-Sense.

Peter looked around and heard rustling. He heard a voice say something. He listened and heard it closer, "Parker". Peter felt a surge of adrenaline. He feels something familiar in the air. Peter hears something by the dumpster. He runs over and out of nowhere a hand goes around his throat and picks him up into the air, pushing him against the wall.

Peter looks at the suit and notices theirs a black spider over red spandex. Peter mutters through the hand on his throat, "Kaine?"

Kaine drops him to his feet, "Brother… I need your help."

"Do you need a place to stay? Some money? Some manners? You don't need to jump me just knock, you know if May isn't home and not in that costume" Peter remarks back feeling his throat.

"I don't need Peter Parker. I need Spider-Man."

"Pretty sure, Spider-Man is in out there right now."

"I need your help. It's worse than we thought. Something big is going down. It's Venom, Carnage, and Scorpion."

"You have beaten them before Kaine and you are stronger than me. I believe in you."

Kaine lifts up his masks and Peter sees that the sores from his regeneration, once gone, are back in full force. Peter sees that Kaine has been crying as well.

"Peter. I don't have much time left. I know you quit. I know you are out, but you started this when you first sewed together the red and blues. You need to end it, I am not strong enough anymore to do it. We need to kill them. You can end them like you did for Osborn."

Peter punches Kaine across the face knocking him down, "I killed him in self-defense and I would do it again, but you want me to kill these others because you are dying? No! That's not how it works. When I killed Norman I had no choice. I am not a killer. This is why I quit. I am a father. I am a teacher. I am not Spider-Man anymore. I am done."

"What about May? I was there Peter, stealth suit and all, what are you going to do about that? Deny you are Spider-Man to her? You can run from this Peter… It is too big for Miles, Me, and Anya. We need you."

Peter walks away leaving Kaine in the alley with a black eye. Peter hears Mary Jane in the shower and walks into Ben's room. He looks at his smile and Peter smiles.

"Daddy loves you Ben." Peter says stroking his red hair.

Peter feels Mary Jane in a towel hugging him.

"I love you tiger."

"I love you Mary Jane." Peter says as they hold each other. Peter sees Kaine in the ally swinging away, from the window in Ben's room. Peter goes and shuts the blinds, then goes back to holding Mary Jane and staring at Ben.

"What was that for?"

"Nothing at all Mary Jane. Nothing at all."

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