Hey everyone, I'm super excited to continue my new series. This is the second installation of my Spiderman work. This is the "sequel" to Spiderman: Evolution and I hope you guys love it. It took a good long while to finish this one up because it's much more serious than the first, but I hope you guys love it nonetheless. So here is Spiderman: Ascending.
The Avengers sat at a table while Peter had his arm around MJ.
"Ok so we have a couple of options Pete. We can either have you quit being a hero so your friends and family aren't targeted, or we can have you quit being a hero so that your friends and family aren't targeted." Tony said.
"Tony, Peter has handled himself well enough so far, so I think he will be just fine." Bruce pointed out.
"I understand that, and in any normal circumstance, you would be right, but it's different now. They know his secret identity! It's incredibly dangerous for everyone involved and we can only protect so many of them!" Tony snapped at Bruce.
"He went behind my back and fought criminals and even when I told him that I knew he was sneaking out, he continued to lie to me about it. What makes you think that you're going to stop him from doing that to YOU?" May asked and Tony knew that she was right and then he turned to Peter who seemed to be in deep thought as he clung to MJ.
"Tony don't be so worried. He'll be fine." Steve added.
"He already has enough to worry about. He's got May, MJ, Ned, his unborn child, his friends, and…."Tony stopped himself as MJ and Peter both looked to Tony. MJ was shocked but Peter was frustrated.
"What is he talking about?" MJ asked as she turned to Peter and the whole room grew silent. Peter started to look around the room and noticed that Nat had a worried but curious face, Bruce seemed shocked, Thor was emotionless, Steve clearly didn't want to believe it, Wanda seemed taken back, Tony seemed like he regretted saying what he said, and May stared Peter down in frustration.
"Welcome to the Dad club Pete." Hawkeye laughed.
"I'm not the only one you should be welcoming. Tony's joining too." Peter revealed in frustration and Tony glared at Peter.
"Did you have to go and do that?! We didn't want anyone knowing just yet!" Tony snapped at Peter and Peter looked at him in outrage as he stood up and slammed his fists against the table.
"I haven't been able to talk to MJ about it you narcissistic asshole!" Peter snapped.
"Watch your fucking mouth Peter!" May demanded.
"So this is the guy that you chose to be your best man?" Thor joked and Tony and Peter frowned at him.
"Ok can we just focus with the situation at hand here?!" Nat yelled and Hawkeye let out a laugh.
"I bet Peter had a situation with MJ's hand." Hawkeye joked and Thor started laughing.
"Oh that is very funny, because she's pregnant and so it's true." Thor laughed and MJ stood up and was about to walk away when Peter gently grabbed her shoulder as his forehead started to glow yellow.
"I'm sorry. I didn't mean for you to find out this way MJ." Peter sighed and MJ shoved his hand off of her.
"Then stop using the mind stone and actually talk to me as YOU Peter!" MJ snapped and Peter looked like he felt bad.
"I can't control when it happens. It just does." Peter admitted as he looked at the ground and everyone seemed to be worried for him.
"How do you know that I'm pregnant?" MJ asked as she was clearly terrified of the possibility that the reality could be true.
"I had a vision while I was sleeping. When I woke up I felt your stomach and could feel that you were going to be pregnant. If we wait a few more weeks we'll know for sure, but I could be wrong." Peter explained and then one of his eyes had a green glint to it and Peter felt his body fall to the ground. Everyone in the room either stood up and rushed to Peter's side or they looked even more worried.
"PETER!" MJ cried and Tony ran over to Peter and saw that his eyes were closed but one was glowing. "What's happening to him?!"
"He's having a vision." Tony explained…
Peter was in a slightly fuzzy world but it was clear enough to see what was going on. There was a very massive guy and he was standing above MJ who was on the ground while Peter was tied to a table. MJ was clearly pregnant and the guy had a gun pointed at MJ's stomach. Peter saw the gun go off.
"NO!" Peter shouted and the world he was in got blurry and then it showed three tombstones. One had his name on it, the one beside his had MJ's on it and the third one was too blurry to make out.
"Show me if there's another way, where MJ stays alive!" Peter yelled and then things got very blurry and changed again. Peter was still tied to a table and MJ was standing behind the table. Suddenly Iron Man came in and kicked the massive man down.
"GET OUT OF HERE MJ!" Peter heard himself yell and MJ refused.
"I'm not leaving you here!" MJ cried.
"MJ, I'll be fine. Now I need you to go. You have to protect the baby!" Peter insisted and MJ kissed him and then as she pulled away she looked to him sadly.
"You better get your sorry ass home as fast as possible." MJ joked.
"It may be a late night, but I'll try." Peter laughed and then MJ kissed his forehead.
"I love you Peter." MJ cried and Peter nodded.
"I love you too." Peter sighed and then MJ ran out and left. The scene got blurry and showed the massive man pointing his cane in the air and shooting the ceiling above Peter and Iron Man, and as it quickly fell, Iron Man pushed Peter out of the way as he tried to get away but his leg was pinned and crushed to the ground to the point where he couldn't get out. Tony cried in pain.
" !" Peter heard himself cry and then the scene blurred and it showed Peter helping Tony walk with a mechanical leg. Then Peter opened his eyes and saw that he was back at Stark Industries. He was in his bedroom and he was surrounded by the Guardians of the Galaxy, , The Avengers, and now Falcon was there as well. They all were sitting around the room. Ned, MJ and May were talking to each other in a separate corner of the room, and then Peter saw Tony sitting next to him.
"You were out for a few hours." Tony sighed and everyone heard him and they looked to see if Peter was ok. Peter sat up and felt a pain in his head and Tony put his arm around him. "Woah, woah, woah, hold on there tiger. Take it slow and easy." Tony seemed a little worried for Peter.
" , you and I have business to attend to." said and Tony turned to him.
"I'm sorry, did you not hear me out there. I told you that his heart beat has been too fast for three hours and so he is not dealing with that much stress. Capeesh?"Tony snapped at Strange and Strange looked to him and shook his head.
"I'm worried. He's already learned how to master the Time Stone powers, and he's starting to understand the Mind Stone. That's already a third of his new powers and it has only been 4 days. If he can learn that much, that quickly, then it is possible that the Infinity Dominion is within him and if it is then we need to terminate his powers immediately." Dr. Strange explained.
"If you terminate his powers, it will terminate him." Mantis pointed out and walked over to Peter.
"You're not hurting my kid! Do you understand me?!" Tony snapped at .
"He's not your kid!" May and Quill yelled at the same time.
"Can you all just be quiet please?!" Peter snapped and everyone grew silent as put his hand to Peter's forehead and Peter's eyes started to glow with all of the colors.
"You can't kill him!" Tony yelled and then stepped away and the glowing in Peter's eyes went away.
"Well that was the weirdest shit I have ever felt." Peter joked and then looked to Tony.
"He IS the Infinity Dominion, but he is completely in control of himself. He should be fine, and he also doesn't even need my help, so I will be on my way." said as he made a portal.
" ?" Peter said and looked at him.
"Yes ." Strange replied.
"It's nice to see you again." Peter sighed and slightly smiled.
"It's nice to see you too. And Peter, you can call me Stephen." said and Peter smiled widely.
"And you can call me Peter." Peter replied and nodded and then he walked through the portal and the portal disappeared.
"I don't understand why everyone likes you Peter. It's like your some sort of male succubus." Drax admitted as he became curious of Peter.
"I don't know, he's brave, smart, attractive, young, and he has a really nice butt." The Scarlet Witch said and then she got up, winked at Peter and then walked out of the room.
"One day I'm gonna get her." MJ sighed and Peter looked over at her sadly.
"You still angry at me?" Peter asked and MJ walked over to his side and sat down on his bed.
"Do I LOOK like I'm still angry at you?" MJ asked.
"Not really, but when it comes to women, you can never really tell what their thinking." Peter sighed.
"Ain't THAT the truth?" Steve laughed and then MJ kissed Peter on the head and Peter got teary eyed immediately and he looked down at the ground. Tony noticed this immediately.
"Alright everyone, let's give Peter some space for a few minutes so he can catch his breath." Tony sighed and everyone walked out of the room except for him. Tony walked over to Peter's bed and sat down.
"What did you just see in that vision?" Tony asked and Peter looked to Tony.
"You don't want to know." Peter replied and Tony shook his head.
"Don't give me that bullshit. If it involves me, then tell me anyways." Tony snapped and Peter looked away as he knew that he had to tell Tony.
"I saw two visions, the first vision happened in 400 different realities, and it was that MJ was pregnant and she got shot by this really tall and fat guy who was heavily built. He had a cane that could shoot some type of laser. In all of those realities accept for one MJ dies, I die, and the baby dies. The only other reality that we survived in, was when you came to save us." Peter decided not to tell Tony about his leg. "It was just very traumatic to go through."
"I know who was attacking you guys. How long do we have?" Tony asked as he seemed to be very worried.
"I don't know, maybe a couple months. MJ was getting pretty big in the stomach area." Peter answered and Tony nodded.
"His name is Kingpin, originally Wilson Grant Fisk. He is the biggest crime lord in New York and he's probably one of the biggest in the United States. I'm not joking, or being harsh. He is incredibly dangerous and he knows who you are now. You CANT stop him. Do you understand me? He will capture your family and torture them in front of you. He's a mad man of the worst kind Pete You can't go after him." Tony explained.
"I won't." Peter lied and then Tony nodded and walked out of the room. Peter got up and ran over to his closet and pulled out his Spider-Man suit and put it on. Just as he put his mask on Nat walked into the room.
"You know Pete, fighting isn't everything that's important in the world and now that you're expecting a," Nat started and she saw Peter and crossed her arms. "You were gone when I got in here. Now go." Nat sighed and Peter went over and hugged Nat.
"Thanks Nat." Peter said and then he went over to a window, opened it, and swung out…
Peter was waiting on top of a building trying to figure out what to do when Tony quietly landed in his suit and went out of the suit and crossed his arms.
"You can't be doing this Peter! What don't you get?!" Tony snapped and Peter turned to him and pulled his mask off and the yellow in his head was glowing.
"I understand more than you do! I'm the only one who knows what's going to happen and if I don't go after him he will eventually brutally murder every person I know. He needs to know that all of us together are a threat. But above all he needs to know that he can't do what he is doing without paying for it, and if you stand in my way Tony, I WILL fight you! I can't simply think of my own safety anymore! I have a child and a family to look after! So please, fight me, make my day!" Peter snapped and then the glowing went away and Peter seemed slightly shocked at what he had just said. "I'm sorry, that was the mind stone."
"Vision, is that you?" Tony asked and Peter's forehead flickered. "Leave the kids head alone, do you hear me?"
"It's best that I control this stone Tony." Peter said as his head started glowing again.
"Ok well let him say the words, not you." Tony snapped and Peter nodded.
"As you wish." Peter said and then the glowing went away and Peter looked to Tony sadly. "This can only go bad." Peter sighed and suddenly there were multiple shots over by the bank. Peter then turned to Tony.
"I've got this. Now stay here unless Karen calls for you." Peter said and he put his mask back on and shot a web at a light post and swung into the bank. He found two henchmen and it was the massive man known as Kingpin.
"I think your little rendezvous is over." Peter said and the big guy laughed and turned to Peter slowly.
" , it's nice to finally meet you." Kingpin said. "Boys, put your weapons down. I'm not in danger with this young man."
"You'd be surprised." Peter replied and Kingpin looked to Peter and let out a laugh.
"Most men call me Kingpin but you can call me ." Kingpin added and Peter shook his head.
"You know a very wise person once told me that when you're in a fight there isn't usually much talking." Peter joked and Kingpin let out several laughs and the henchmen did as well.
"You are quite correct in assuming so young man." Kingpin said and then at lightning speed Kingpin shot at the chandelier above Peter and Peter's spider sense kicked in and Peter barely got out of the way as he covered his face to protect it from any glass that may have shattered. Kingpin then shot down a piece of concrete that was above Peter but this time Peter couldn't get out of the way. His spider sense had warned him but his heart was pounding too fast for him to be able to escape and the massive piece of concrete crashed down on him and he was stuck. Then he saw Kingpin's face come into view as pain filled Peter's body. Kingpin then removed Peter's mask and threw it as far away as possible.
"So you are New York's best defender? Looks like I am going to have a fun time torturing the entire city while you sit in a hospital dying. They'll cry for you, but you'll be too damaged and humiliated that you won't do anything to save them. You are weak Peter Parker, and you will die the next time you come after me. I will spare you now, but you must stay out of my business, are we clear?" Kingpin asked and Peter couldn't move. "Here let me help you." Kingpin then forced Peter to nod and Peter felt pain fill his neck and it seared from pain.
"SPIDER MAN! SOMEONE HELP HIM!" A teenage girl said as she was one of the hostages. Kingpin then got up and nodded at his henchmen and one of them picked the girl up and dragged her over to Kingpin. She looked terrified and Peter saw her and he couldn't deal with it. Then he noticed that the girl's mom and younger brother were in the room and they were crying.
"Please don't hurt her!" The mom cried and then Peter looked down.
"Ok power stone, now would be a good time to do what you do best." Peter sighed and then he saw his hand glowing purple in the reflection of the black and white marble floor. Peter then pushed as hard as he could and Kingpin turned to him in shock as Peter pushed the concrete off of himself.
"Get him Spider-Man!" The little brother yelled and Kingpin went to shoot the girl and Peter shot a web at her and pulled her over to him. Then Peter saw that the bullet had hit one of the henchmen and Kingpin didn't even care.
"Normally I would tell you to pick on someone your own size, but that must be pretty hard to do." Peter joked and then Kingpin grabbed the money he was robbing the bank for. Peter shot a web to grab the money but Kingpin grabbed the web and flung Peter into the broken glass chandelier. Peter could feel every single piece of glass try to puncture his suit, and while some were successful, most of them didn't get to him. The collision still hurt like hell though. It was such a strong collision that both Peter and the chandelier went sliding into the wall. When Peter hit the wall most of the pieces that had failed to puncture his suit, succeeded, and Peter hadn't felt so much pain in his body in a long time. Peter was incredibly wounded and then Kingpin went over to the teenage girl who had been cheering for Spider-Man and he grabbed her by the neck and dragged her over to Peter.
"You showed an enormous amount of courage to save this girl. It's too bad that my goal is to weaken you. On a normal day basis I would have spared her. Your strong Parker, but you get too connected to the people who don't even care about you." Kingpin said.
"Please don't kill me, please!" the girl begged and then Kingpin put her on her knees in front of Peter. Peter wanted to get up but he couldn't and that's when Peter realized his spine was injured. Peter reached out for her but couldn't touch her and Kingpin laughed.
"Help me Spider-Man. Please, I don't wanna die." The girl cried but Peter couldn't help her. Peter tried so hard to move but he couldn't. Kingpin then got down on one knee and whispered in the girl's ear.
"Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man can't save you child. He doesn't have the strength right now." Kingpin said and then he put one hand around her neck and the other hand on the opposite side of her head. Then he quickly did a twist and the sound of her neck breaking filled the room and then the girl fell onto her side and she died.
"NO! MY BABY!" The mom cried.
"SISSY!" The brother yelled and Peter felt tears fill his eyes as he laid there.
"Heed my warning and stay out of my business child." Kingpin said and then he grabbed the bag again and shot his other henchman and he then walked out of the bank through the back door and Peter saw everyone staring at him.
"Karen, call Iron Man's suit and tell him I'm severely injured." Peter said as his voice shook. Then suddenly a little girl who couldn't have been any older than 6, walked over to Peter and she kneeled down and grabbed his hand.
"It wasn't your fault. It's ok Spider-Man. Everything is going to be just fine." The little girl said and she handed Peter his mask. Peter didn't know what to say. Then suddenly Iron Man flew in and saw what had happened and then he looked to Peter and he forced his suit to open and he stepped out and Peter saw that Tony was as heartbroken as he was. Tony went over to the little girl and gently pulled her away from Peter and then Tony started helping Peter to his feet and Peter cried in pain.
"I can't ! I CAN'T!" Peter cried in pain.
"Yes you can. Now come on. We need to get you out of here." Tony said and then Tony felt Peter slip out of his grip and Peter landed on his hands and knees and his spine was killing him.
"I can't do this." Peter cried and there was a long moment of silence as Peter saw the teenager lying on the ground with her mom and brother beside her and the mom looked to Peter.
"How old are you Spider-Man?" The woman asked.
"17." Peter replied.
"And yet you had more courage than any of the adults in this room. This WASN'T your fault. You did all you could. Please don't blame yourself." The woman replied.
"But your daughter," Peter started and then the woman shook her head.
"Was killed by that man, not you." The woman interrupted and Peter's eyes filled with tears and he closed them and several tears fell out. Tony stood there trying to hold himself together.
"If anyone has a problem with you then they are crazy. You are great at your job, so go get yourself fixed up." The woman sighed and then Peter still couldn't find the ability to stand. After a moment people started clapping and chanting "Spider-Man" and Peter shot a web at the ceiling and he started pulling himself up into a standing position.
"Karen, cocoon web." Peter grunted and then he shot a cocoon web around his chest and hips so he had a brace to make walking easier. Peter let go of the web and he found the ability to stand and walk on his own. Peter looked to Tony who was incredibly taken back by the crowd's reaction and then suddenly Tony saw reporters and he jumped into his Iron Man suit and it closed up while he grabbed Peter by wrapping his arm around the chest, and they flew out of the building.
"They know who I am, why aren't we talking to them?!" Peter yelled as they flew away.
"That's not the kind of press you want Pete. Always wait till after you arrest the villain!" Tony advised. …..