Spiderman: Lost In Time
quick one shot maybe a continued story depending on reviews and comments of readers reactions
Chapter 1: Foreseen Darkness
It was a normal day in New York City traffic was backed up, Parents walking their kids to school, just a normal day... unless of course you're Spiderman.
Spiderman was whipping through the city sky like bullet from a gun, he was in a hurry he had an appointment to keep and no force on earth or heaven was going to keep him from it, "gotta keep up this speed if I'm late I'll never forgive myself" he told himself as he zipped over the Daily bugle billboard. He was so focused on getting to his appointment he didn't even acknowledge usual rantings about him, "oh damn it, come on Spidey move!" he said trying to motivate himself into going faster but with poor results.
He swung through Queens borough bridge catapulting himself into a tree, ("note to self always spare 2 seconds to line up a proper shot") Spiderman fell from the tree landing on his head, "son of a..." he growled as he started changing from his suit to the clothes he had in his back pack. Peter was half dressed when he saw the time "crap!" he gasped throwing on a shirt and running towards his house. he tore through the neighbours backyards jumping hedges and fences, he was almost there just one yard left, but it was rex's yard, rex was a vicious big dobermen dog who ever since Peter was a kid tried to use him as a chew toy, Peter had just set foot on the fence when the hair raising growl echoed from the dog house and out came Rex teeth showing and snarlling "bad dog...bad dog, really bad do... ow!" rex had latched on to peters pant leg nipping his ankle as he did so before tearing the leg sleeve from his pants.
("I hate that dog so,so much") he made it home with 10 minutes to spare, the house quiet, which was a good sign it meant nobody was there yet or so he thought, "nice pants Tiger... are you setting a new trend?", Peter spun on his heels to face a beautifull red head sitting on the couch reading a book. Peter was taken back, he nearly choked on his tounge "gah... Mary Jane what are you doing here?" he gasped, M.J looked up at Peter and smiled "did you really think I'd let you go through today alone?" she replied softly she knew today was normally a rough day for him.
Peter had changed his torn pants and returned to the den to escourt Mary Jane across the borough, they arrived at Queens community cemetary as they approached a lonley tombstone on the hill M.J let go of Peter's arm and stayed back while he continued on his way. Peter could feel a lump form in his throat it had been three years but the wound was still there a permnent scar on his soul like a tattoo "happy birthday uncle Ben" he whispered kneeling at the grave. "I'm sorry i couldn't save you... but I never stopped listening to you, everything I am and everything I do is because of what you told me... I miss you Uncle Ben" he whispered fighting back his tears, he stayed by his uncles grave for who knows how long.
Peter stood up and realized it was getting dark and M.j was gone but there was somebody waiting for him at the exit, some one he wasn't expecting...Ava. "What are you doing here?" he asked, Ava looked at Peter with puppy eyes "Fury sent me to get you for a training excersise, but when i got to your house your Aunt said you and M.J were hear" Ava replied "I'm not training today Ava i have prior plans" Peter deadpanned.
"yeah I kinda figured you would, your Aunt told me what today is... Peter i know days like today are hard, if you want to talk..." Ava trailed off emotional wasn't her strong suit but Peter had been there for her when she needed help and she wanted to return the kindness.
"Ava i made my peace with my Uncle's death long ago, coming here and talking to him just helps deal with things" Peter muttered
"what exactly are you dealing with?" Ava asked or rather polietly demanded
Peter sighed and shook his head as much as he trusted Ava, he didn't trust to tell her what had been bothering him. "nothing important" he replied "I'll see you around Ava" he finished walking past her and out the gate.
Ava watched Peter leave with a smile "I'll hold you to that web head" she whispered, "Ava come in" came Luke's voice from her communicator, "what's up?" she responded, "Trainings cancelled Sam did something to the training room controls and it's all out of control so Fury put it under lock down" Luke said. Ava sighed disappointedly she was looking forward to training today but now she had to find something else to, she finished her homework and aside from the guy's she didn't really have any friends "Parker! wait up!" she called chasing after Peter.
The two teens wandered around aimlesly through the city until a poster of and old woman in a red and silver out fit caught Ava's attention "Madame Webs secrets of the future: palm readings glimpses of your Future" "feel like learning about your Future Parker?" Ava asked tugging his arm towards the building. They entered the dark room surrounded by candles and a lingering mist, "Welcome to my parlour, Ava Ayala & Peter Parker" came a voice through the dark, "I think that only works if the Spider says it to a fly Madame Web" Peter replied with a smile. Ava turned to Peter slightly in awe "you've been here before?" she asked, but before Peter could answer the entire room lit up with candles, "yes he has a number of times but as his alter ego" Madame Web was sitting in a sophisticated chair with designed to look like a Spider web but what caught Ava's attention was the red band covering her eyes.
"yes young Tiger I'm blind and confined to this chair" Madame Web said, Ava was stunned this blind old woman knew Peter as Spiderman and had just called her White Tiger. Peter stood beside Ava giggling to himself "How are you laughing about this she knows who we are... we should call Fury" Ava whispered, " you sound worried Ava" Peter continued to laugh under his breath.
"how are you laughing this is serious!" Ava hissed, "Ava she's a dimensional guardian...she's an actual pshycic" Peter finished walking her over to a chair, Madame web turned to Ava "what would you like to know?" she asked.
Ava thought for a moment there was a lot she would want to know, would she have a family?, what kind of hero would she turn out to be?, what kind of future would she have?, will her friends be with her?.
"What will my future be like?" she asked, a thick mist enclosed around Ava cutting her off away from Peter's side as Madame Webs chair began showing multiple White Tigers and Ava's within the strands of webbing, "there is more than one future that pretains to each individuale person, for you i see 2 alternate visions each one is affected by your choices in this time".
Ava was quiet as she looked at her 2 Futures each was different in one Future she had two kids playing in a yard, another she was dressed in a black Tiger suit giving orders to Nova, IronFist and Powerman but they all looked like they had seen hard times, Nova's helmet was dented with a few scars on his face, IronFist was missing his right arm and Powerman had 3 long scars running across his eyes under his glasses.
"the first one is a future where you have met &fallen for your true love, gone to college and as you can see became the perfect aunt to your niece and nephew" Madame Web said, but Ava's attention was focused on the other Future. And Madame Web took notice "this one is a darker time, the world has fallen into darkness the heros of the world either perished or scattered through out the world, only a few remained to fight the ultimate the evil", Ava looked closer at the visions before her the guy's were there but Peter wasn't, "where is Spiderman? shouldn't he be with us?" Ava asked.
Madame Web delt two cards onto the table one was the grim reaper the other was a demon looking Spiderman with claws like wolverines, "In this time line the Spiderman you know and trust has been dead many years, in the other ...he is a great influence upon your happiness" Madame Web said disheartedly.
Ava froze in her chair "...dead?, ...how?,...when?" the smoke cleared and they had returned into the parlour, "I'm sorry child but that question is not adjacent to you" Madame web said, Ava went to turn and find Peter when Madame Web stopped her "you can not tell him what you saw the events of time must unfold uninterupted or you could change the future for the worse".
Ava left the parlour with a haunting chill in one future the world was right but in another the world was dark and her closest friend was gone and in the other he was only an influence upon her happiness, "so how was it?" came that stupid proding tone. Ava turned to Peter he had an uplifting smile on his face, "it was... strange" she said, "it usually is... and it's occaisonalily scary" he replied as he entered the parlour, "what exactly did you show her?" he asked, he wasn't even at his chair yet and the mist filled the parlour as it was with Ava multiple Peter's and Spidermen appeared within her webbing.
"you're always a special case Spiderman" Madame Web said softly, Peter watched as Future version of himself was working with some one who looked like Doc Conners on an experiment Peter took notice of a slight red discoloration mark on his neck "is that a hickey?" he joked, "as a matter of fact yes your girlfriends are very passoniate and territorial about you" Madame Web replied with a sly grin. "girlfriends as in plural? as in more than one?" Peter gasped excitedly, Madame Web simpely nodded "yes two to be specific" she finished, before shadows from another future played before him it was a dark, cold and nightmaresh future, a Spiderman based figure was cutting down people the screams rang through the open space blood spattering and spraying every where, this Spiderman was a cold blooded killer, his costume resembled Peter's only it was red and black with a gold Spider on his chest exactly the way it looked when he took on Phoenix's power.
"how...how could I become that!" he stammered in disgust, Madame Web did not answer him, instead her head turned to the door "it would seem I over looked this detail" she whispered.
Peter averted his eyes from the shadows he was witnessing to Madame Web "over looked what?" he whimpered ("Spider sense tingeling!") "Ava!" Peter shouted turning to the door but was lifted from his feet by a massive explosive shockwave, he was thrown into the mist which began swirling like a twister sucking him in, as Madame web was thrown back across the parlour.
Ava was pinned under a large chunk of debris, her head spinning and a loud ringing in her ears as purple smoke and and snakes swarmed around her, Ava wasn't a girly girl but she still didn't like snakes she was paralyzed as she felt the snakes slither over and around her "ewww so nasty" she cried.
A green mech suit with a crystal ball on his head entered the room he walked over the destruction, Ava didn't recognise this masked foe even if she did she was pinned and couldn't move.
the green mech suit entered the parlour to find Madame Webs chair was over turned and she was a few feet away laying limp on the floor, the man in the mech suit walked over to the her and took a scan of her.
"you have a true connection to the tempremental time rift, a power to see the future... most useful" he laughed turning his back leaving the old woman on the ground,
"you will never poses that power Mysterio and Spiderman will stop you" Madame web said in a raspy voice.
"I have a special act for Spidermans appearence" Mysterio replied before vanishing in a cloud of purple smoke.
Ava had finally wiggled out from under the debris and hurried into the parlour she took a moment to asorb the sight of the destruction before her eyes found Madame Web, "Madame Web!... are you alright" Ava panicked,
"I'm fine child" Madame web replied as Ava helped picked her up and placed her back in her chair. Ava began scanning the room looking for Peter but there was no sign of him,
"Peter!...Peter!...Peter where are you!" she called her voice echoing off the walls of the empty parlour she was getting worried Peter might have been one for dramatic appearences once in a while but even this was over kill.
"Peter i swear if you jump out and say boo... you'll wish you were crushed under this concreate" she growled trying to mask her concern, "he's not here young one" Madame Web whispered as she caught her breath. Ava looked back at the old woman with tears building in her eyes "then where is he?" she whimpered, Madame Web was quiet as her breathing became steadier
"he is lost in time" she finished.
well and guys & girls let me know what you think? is worth continuing?