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Crisis Of Infinite Spiders
Chapter 1: Opening Up The Multiverse
Hello everyone!
Time for a NEW story that Ghost and I have been planning and looking forward to for AGES!
I really hope you like this
This will be a monthly updated fic
Get ready for some Multiverse insanity and fun! *laughs*
Also for those of you who don't know, today... tonight... tomorrow... Saturday the 19th is my birthday. I am posting this as close to that date as I can. Alongside a few other stories. If you like this one, check them out
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We find ourselves in a large cinema hallway, a series of doors one after another in a hall that seemed to never end.
Here, we see five people walking together.
One was a guy with black hair, brown/green eyes behind a set of black framed glasses, wearing a red shirt with the Flash logo on it, a grey hoodie, black tracksuit bottoms and some grey hiking shoes
The second man had brown hair and dark eyes with bags under them, wearing a black shirt with a red lightning bolt on the front, a grey zip hoodie and dark blue jogging trousers and sneakers.
To the far left, was a woman with shoulder-length spider-web silver-haired woman with tiger's eye coloured eyes, dressed in a mismatch of different era clothes: a red flannel shirt with light brown duster jacket and cowboy hat, blue working jeans, knee-length leather musketeer boots and white tinted goggles around her neck atop a web motif bandana. She was beautiful with a kind motherly smile and F-Cup breasts hidden behind her clothes.
And with the three where two blondes, one with a smaller chest dressed in a school girl uniform and a blue and bronze striped tie and the other being buster dressed in a tight white dress
"Hey, you think we're gonna find the exit?" The second man asked. "It feels like years since we've been here."
"No idea Ghost." The first guy shrugged
"Well, it's still an adventure." One of the blonde women commented, standing next to the first guy spoke.
"I guess, Luna...Hey Grey, I got this for ya. Happy early birthday." The now named 'Ghost' answered, handing a present to his friend.
"Thanks man." Grey smiled, opening the present. Inside the present was a custom-made Sonic Screwdriver, housing a small Kyber crystal and self-sustaining energy source; on the hilt was an engraving of a '46'
"I err...Hope it's good." Ghost said nervously. "Never been good at getting presents."
"This is awesome bro." Grey grinned
Ghost smiled as the cowgirl stopped abruptly at a cinema door. Her head turned to its direction and she glared intently "Huh? Sis, what's wrong?" Ghost asked the cowgirl
"It's here." She smiled
"What's here?" Ghost asked as they stopped and saw the door, it had a large multi-connecting spider web that seemed to have near infinite centre-points and infinite crossovers and intersecting silk-threads. "Oh...THAT one."
"The one to fix a massive mistake." Grey nodded, opening the door revealing a sign
'WELCOME! TO THE SPIDERVERSE!' the sign read
The five walked over and took their seats, looking at the readers "I do not think we need to explain Spider-Man to you, or Spiderverse. But before we start, it would be smart to go over a few things. So you know where we stand on everything." Grey explained "First off, Ghost, what is your history with and opinion of Spider-Man?"
"Um..." Ghost tried to think, remembering all he could about Spidey in his lifetime. "Well, he's one of the greatest heroes in Marvel. He's sacrificed a lot to protect his friends and family. And recently he's gotten dicked over by crappy writing."
"With me? One of my first memories was watching the '90s Spider-Man cartoon." Grey smiled "Since that day he has been my favourite hero and his motto of 'with Great Power comes Great Responsibility', as well as his methodology, has helped me become the man I am today. I admit I did not get big into reading comics until about 2014, as the only way to get comics in my area was to get them as trade paperback graphic novels... And hope new ones ARE in the ONE shop in walking distance for a kid to teenager who can't ride a bike because of having a problem with my brain that means I have a crap sense of balance, so I had been unable to actually FOLLOW any stories but I kept up with news and information as I went... And how the writer who, as of writing this chapter being written, has been writing Spider-Man for just over 10 years and has been just BULLCRAP! Some of his arcs being so bad and insulting they have become literal trigger words to me."
"Now let's talk about the writer, Dan Slott, and his problems writing Spider-Man." Catherine smiled
Both Ghost and Grey powered up two destructive energy beams in their hands. "Two words, honey. 'Fuck' and 'him'." they said as one
"Now now you two, we need to explain everything for the readers." Luna frowned "We need to go over his flaws as... Basically the sole writer for Spider-Man for these ten years. His reoccurring flaws and such."
"I-Okay..." Ghost sighed as the two powered down. "Anyone for something from the fridge?" He asked calmly.
"Please." Luna nodded
"Thank you." Catherine mailed
"Okay, sure. So as a writer Slott comes up with some interesting ideas." Grey nodded "... Sometimes. Other times he has terrible ideas. Honestly his flaws can be summed up rather easily. He is bad at writing dialogue. He does not seem to understand/like Peter Parker as he tried to avoid focusing on him as much as possible. He is bad at making new characters. He is bad at writing mythos. He bastardised well-loved characters and makes people seem stupid, mainly Peter. And he always reverts back to using either Norman Osborn or Doc Ock as the bad guy for his arcs. Anything to add Ghost?"
Ghost, who was currently looking in the fridge for something to eat, popped his head over the door. "Err...Not really. Except that he's always trying to focus shoving science down our throats like an overzealous science teacher. I mean, who gives a shit if the 'psi of a web-shooter is low'? Two words to fix that 'Super-strength', there's no need to science your way through stuff." He tucked back down and pulled a few things out. "Grey, I got you a couple things. Catherine, Luna, Weaver; anything you want?" The girls gave simple answers, smiling as they wanted to get this done
"And now... About Spiderverse." Weaver said
"Otherwise known as one of the worst Spidey plot-lines of all time." Ghost interjected
"Ghost." Weaver frowned
"Oh boy, okay. Sorry Sis. Go on." Ghost sighed, as he passed the food and drinks over.
"Spiderverse. An interesting idea, an AMAZING idea..." Grey nodded before he took a deep breath "... AND THEY FUCKED IT UP!"
"Now THAT, I know." Ghost flinched. "So, what're we gonna do?" He asked
"Well, let's tell everyone the problems with Spiderverse." Weaver suggested
"Where do you want us to start?" Ghost asked his sister. "Cindy 'Silk' Moon, Doc Ock in Peter's body, those 'Twilight Throwbacks' called 'Inheritors'-"
"Let's start from the top." Grey shrugged "The tone."
"Err...It's been a while since I read it." Ghost admitted
"It is a grin dark mess!" Grey groaned "Ghost... Rant as much as you want."
Ghost shrugged and took a deep breath. "Well, there are the fucking Inheritors who are a bloody nightmare, the fact Doc Ock is still in Peter's body, the 'Self-Importance of THREE specific Spiders'! Cause fuck that ridiculous vague 'Spider-Lore'! Well, except for Kain and Benjy, they're okay cause I'm not gonna rag into a baby and how cool Scarlet is."
"However they never explained what these three Spiders are, WHY they are special and so on." Grey added
"Yeah, that too. I mean, even WE came up with a bunch of 'Scions' in our stories, we probably made much more sense back THEN than Slott EVER did." Ghost added
"Now... We will be fixing it." Catherine nodded
"Oh yeah?" Ghost blinked
"Yeah. Now, are you gonna calm down?" Catherine asked
"While DC has been rocky since the launch of the New 52, getting back on its feet come Rebirth, there was one thing that everyone has always loved." Grey smiled "A series of special events... The Crisis On Earth's event series. Originally used to bridge Earth 1 and Earth 2 during the Silver Age, allowing the Justice Society and Justice League to cross over as well as introducing the Crime Syndicate. And the best of all these? The cause of DC's first reboot. The Crisis On Infinite Earth's."
"Oh yeah, I remember that." Ghost answered
"The Crisis... Was spectacular." Grey sighed and smiled "We are using this comic... To make Spiderverse better."
"Huh...Neat." Ghost blinked and nodded. "Well...Shall we, bro?"
"Let's do this!" Grey nodded
*In the universe*
We find ourselves in the Marvel Universe, going to the planet Earth. The Great Green and Blue Marble in the solar system. And right now, we're focusing on one place in particular: New York City. In a penthouse a brown haired man in his late twenties slept peacefully. This was Peter Parker, he was the owner of Parker Industries; one of if not the most philanthropic companies in the world, using new technologies to help third world countries and working on making the future better for everyone.
He was also the Sensational, Spectacular, Astonishing, Amazing, SPIDER-MAN!
BEEP, BEEP, BEEP, BEEP
"Hmm? Oh... Alarm." He grumbled, hearing his seven AM alarm. He sat up slowly, his hand reaching for it... When a slim, feminine, red clad finger reached out and pressed the snooze button
"Hmm, stupid alarm." The woman grumbled.
"Huh?" Peter blinked and looked up, seeing a Korean girl around his age dressed in a costume.
Her first two fingers where red, the soles of her suit was a soft white. Her chest and stomach where all white, almost looking like a leotard or a shirt, with white spider-leg accents poking over her shoulders and down her stomach. In the middle of her chest was a red S symbol, a red circle around the S and going out from said circle was a red spider-web. Around her neck and mouth was a red scarf/bandanna. Her body was very slim, slightly muscular and sexy with a round ass and C-cup breasts. She had long brown hair that hung to the middle of her back and she had soft brown eyes "Morning." She commented
"Cindy?" Peter asked
"That's my name." The now named 'Cindy' smiled, going away from the bed and sat down at a chair.
Peter sat up, his eyes unable to look away from her body as his bedding fell down onto his lap. The slight skin that showed proved he slept nude last night, having been out Spider-Man-ing all night, which also gave a slight teasing peak at his erection. For some reason that Peter and Cindy Moon, the girl in front of him, did not understand, they were linked on some form of primal level. They gave off pheromones that made it hard to be around each other without jumping the others bones "Why are you here Cindy?" His asked as she crossed her legs
"Look, we need to talk." She said, crossing her arms under her breasts while looking at his naked chest
"Yeah, yeah okay. Um, just-just give me a sec." Peter spoke, motioning his right hand to the 'sign of horns' hand gesture which with a 'THWIP' a white sticky silky substance shot out of his wrist and grabbed a dressing gown from his bedroom door.
"What are you doing? Not like I haven't seen it before." Cindy rolled her eyes, although you could see her nipples poking through her costume lightly "And since when did you have organic web shooters?"
"I've had them for a while." Peter nodded as he got dressed "I just don't use them because they are... Unreliable. I need to eat a lot of starch for them to keep working. And I'm getting dressed because if we have to talk, I don't want us getting 'distracted'."
"Fine." She shrugged
"So, what do you want to talk about?" Peter asked, tying up the gown
"You need to leave the city." Cindy said casually, in a way showing she didn't understand what she was saying properly
"'Leave the city'? What's brought this on? What's going on?" Peter asked, getting dressed under his dressing gown
"We keep sleeping together every time we meet up; you're getting in the way of me being a hero." Cindy said naively, again showing she did not understand the situation properly
"Well...I'VE been a hero longer than you. But I understand." Peter nodded. 'Could've worded it better, Cindy.'
"But you are a billionaire. You can travel the world and fight crime while I take care of New York." She shrugged
"Cindy. Look." Peter frowned as he dropped his dressing gown, now wearing the lower half of his Spider-Man suit "You are new at this. You know no other heroes. You don't know villains. You've been stuck inside a BUNKER for YEARS! Social norms and society aren't exactly your forte! And you, again, are NEW at this! You are still learning the trade. Besides New York is in a big mess, after what happened before you were released from the Bunker."
Cindy tried to get a rebuttal... but she was almost hypnotised by Peter's upper torso. She shook her head to collect her thoughts. "THAT is why I need to do this alone."
"Well you don't know if your parents are even IN New York. If you REALLY think we should be separated... I can hire you for Parker Industries and have you move to somewhere else." Peter explained, his eyes moving to her heaving breasts
"You... you'd do that for me?" She asked, trying to avert her gaze from his well-toned body
"Yeah, of course." He nodded, walking towards her
'Oh god. He's getting close!' Cindy thought in worry and a growing lust. She reacted, ripping her scarf down to her chin and pulled Peter into a kiss. She wrapped her arms around his neck/arms whole she pulled him down to her and kisses him deeply
'Oh dang it. Again!' Peter thought as he kissed back, wrapping his arms around her. In a way he didn't care, one hand reaching down and grasping her ass while her other cupped her cheek
'Yes, Yes, Yes!' Cindy thought lustfully, pinning him to the bed using her Spider-Strength
"Cindy." Peter moaned into the kiss before rolling them over, pinning her under him
"Peter~." She mewed as she felt like she was being dominated by this stronger Spider-Hero
"Cindy." He panted, pulling her scarf off and kissing her neck. She moaned from his kisses, their pheromones playing up their senses as they wanted to ravage each other.
BANG!
The two immediately pulled back and jumped out of bed, hearing that loud 'BANG' put fear in them. Looking out the window they saw a giant red spider robot with some Goblin gang members operating it "OH SHIT!" The two shouted, Peter grabbing his gear before the Goblins could crash through his apartment
Peter was dressed in a new, high tech version of his classic Spider-Man suit. It was mainly red with the iconic black webbing design, the blue sections of his trousers and underarms were a cyber-mesh style, his white eyes were replaced with cybernetic flexi-glass that allowed him to have some software data to help him out in fights. There was a slight green glow coming from his lenses and from around the spider on his chest, this spider being slightly larger and 'sharper' looking than normal
"New suit?" Cindy asked.
"Parker Industry's best. Come on, Silk!" Peter answered, opening his window and THWIPPED away to fight the Goblins. Cindy nodded and did the same web shooting from her fingers. The two were headed off for a fight against one of Spider-Man's oldest and worst enemy. Well, the left overs of him.
A few weeks ago Peter's enemy, Norman Osborn, had started a campaign against New York. Pumping Goblin Serum around the place, hijacking robots, hacking computers and gathering gangs to back him up. It almost destroyed the entirety of New York, and it didn't help that during that time Spider-Man was not himself, being Doctor Otto Octavius was Spider-Man and tried to be 'Superior' to Peter. It did not work out well.
But... Yeah. It was weird
The maniacal Goblins laughed aloud, causing destruction in their giant robot. What was once Ock's giant spider robot as part of his personal army "There! Over there!" One of the Goblins laughed, pointing at a building, to which the giant spider-bot crushed into it with its long legs
"Hey! Knock it off!" Peter called with a frown, swooping down and double kicking a Goblin in the chest
The goblin grunted as he was almost flung off the spider-bot, but banged into its railings "SPIDER-MAN!" A goblin growled and tried to fight him by throwing a kick
"That's my name." He joked, leaning back to dodge "Wow. You guys DO know it's a bit early for Halloween, don't you?"
"And do you ever stop talking?" A teenage girl's voice quipped playfully, the voice having a slight Spanish accent, as a rather slim and attractive teenage girl clad in black and white came swinging out of nowhere, landing on a wall and using webbing to guns from the Goblins
"Not really, Spider-Girl." Spider-Man joked.
"TWO of the bloody bugs?!" Another goblin frowned, getting to the railings and lunged at the younger one
"Arachnids! Why does EVERYONE get that wrong?!" Peter snapped gently
"Because not everyone is a nerd like you." A smooth, sexy feminine voice teased as a black haired woman in a costume slipped out of the shadows and unleashed green blasts from her hands that badly damaged the robots knee joins
"Spiderwoman?" Another Goblin growled before being zapped
"Good seeing ya, work-wife." Peter quipped, saluting her with a chipper tone before he bowed gentle-manly
"As I said, nerd." Spiderwoman rolled her eyes
"More spiders?!" Cindy gasped
"Hey, who's the new girl?" Spider-Girl joked but also seemed a bit jealous as the three female spiders where webbing up the robots legs
"Surrounding yourself with hot girls? This is unlike you." A gruff and grumpier version of Peter's voice commented, a black and red dressed Spider-Man dropping onto the spider bot and slashing at it with spikes jutting out of his wrists
"Not my fault that we're so influential, Scarlet." Peter smiled as he quipped, fighting the Goblins
"Who's he?" Spiderwoman frowned, the group soon knocking out the Goblins
"HE, is my brother. The Scarlet Spider!" Peter introduced the Spider-Women to his family while talking a bit dramatically. He wrapped his arms around Scarlet's shoulder, pulling him into a hug... Only for an elbow to hit his gut "Oof!"
"DON'T hug me." Scarlet glared at his brother, pulling back his elbow
"What the hell?" Cindy blinked
"We-" Peter strained a little before composing himself. "We've got a STRAINED relationship."
"Why are there so many Spiders?!" Cindy said, ignoring him before she added "You know with so many Spiders here, this just backs up my point." She joked
"I'm from Hudson." Scarlet stated simply
"And who are you? You feel different." Spider-Girl frowned gently
"I'm 'Silk', for your information." Cindy answered, glaring at Spider-Girl
"Catfight." Scarlet commented
"What was that, Scarlet?" Spiderwoman asked, catching his comment
"This is weird, having all of us together." Peter frowned "Any reason why you guys are here?"
"I don't know. I just found myself... Drawn in this direction." Spider-Girl shrugged
"Wait...you guys too?" Spiderwoman asked
"Flies to a slaughter." A goblin jeered...before Scarlet Spider punched his head in, knocking him unconscious
"Let's go to my lab." Peter frowned, leaping up and swinging away
"Hey! Wait up!" Spider-Girl called out as they all followed the original Spider
"Damnit Spidey." Spiderwoman frowned and took off, looking like she was flying after them
"Trust my bro to do something like this." Scarlet Spider soon followed, lastly followed by Silk who wrapped up the Goblins nice and tight so they wouldn't escape until the police got there
The group where at a sleek and high tech lab, Peter walking around with his mask off. Where Spider-Girl froze in shock when she saw his face, the others in the lab and not shocked "P-P-P-Peter Parker is-is-?" Spider-Girl stuttered in shock, seeing Peter as he was
"Don't blow a gasket, Spider-Girl." Scarlet answered
"... Who even are you though?" Scarlet asked as he looked at Spider-Girl, removing his own mask revealing a face just like Peter's only with MUCH shorter hair. As in next to no hair
"I-Well, I'm err-" Spider-Girl blinked in shock, almost brain dead
"Give the girl some air, Scarlet. Let me, I'm Jessica." Spiderwoman spoke, removing her own mask, to help Spider-Girl calm down "Jessica Drew."
"Kaine Parker." Kaine commented lightly
"I-I'm Anya. Anya Corazon." Spider-Girl introduced herself, removing her own mask. She pulled it down so it was scrunched around her neck "Collage student."
"Wow Pete! Didn't know you liked them young." Kaine snarked with dry humour
"Ignoring that, Kaine." Peter called out
"What about you? What's your name." Jess asked Silk
"Cindy Moon." She nodded gently "I was bitten by the same spider as Peter and was then locked in a bunker since the day I was bitten until about a month and a half ago."
"Wow, not only young but also sheltered, what a life YOU lead." Kaine joked
"She's about our age Kaine, back off." Peter said as he typed away at a computer "You're being really grumpy today."
"Yes, sir." Kaine answered, giving a slacking salute that turned into flipping the bird to Peter
"Saw that Kaine." Peter said casually "Hmm... This is strange."
"What is?" They asked, getting closer to Peter
"There is some sort of energy field that was liking is together." He commented with a frown "Sort of like Jess or Cindy's pheromones."
"Can you track it?" Jess asked seriously
"Not really." He sighed "It's like nothing alive ever seen."
"Then it might be something dangerous." Kaine spoke with a paranoid tone
Peter nodded in agreement and sighed, a familiar cowgirl sitting on a bench
"You know, you'll ruin your postures if you stand like that." The cowgirl woman commented with a jovial smile. The woman had shoulder length spider-web silver hair with tiger's eye coloured eyes, dressed in a mismatch of different era clothes: a red flannel shirt with light brown duster jacket and cowboy hat, blue working jeans, knee-length leather musketeer boots and white tinted goggles around her neck atop a web motif bandana. She was beautiful with a kind motherly smile and F-Cup breasts hidden behind her clothes
The spiders all turned to see her, all ready to attack as they took defensive positions
"Oh calm down now. Did ANY of your Spider-Senses go off?" She asked.
"I don't have that." Anya frowned
"And my Spider-Sense does not react to Symbiotes and a few other things." Peter added
"Well, I assure you, I'm NOT a Symbiote. But I AM something else. I am the Weaver." She introduced herself
"Who?" Kaine asked
Weaver smiled at the innocence of the Spiders in the room. "Alright, let me explain. I am, the grandmother of all Spiders. Your powers derive from me."
"... How?" Jess frowned "I got my powers from genetic engineering."
"From a mystical cult." Anya raised her hand
"Bitten by a radioactive spider." Peter nodded
"And I'm this suckers clone." Kaine finished
"Wai,t what?!" Anya gasped
"Oh my dears, there's more than one way to bestow powers among people." Weaver smiled manifesting a spider in her hands "Despite the different methods of empowerment, all of your powers come from me. From my father. From the Web of Life." As she said that, the spider vanished, teleporting into another world, but to the Spiders in the room, it just looked like it had vanished
"Okay. That's weird." Peter blinked, the group getting a proper look at her
"I suppose to some I AM weird, but then again...who dreams to be 'normal'?" Weaver smiled "Now I called you all together by simply tugging your threads of the Web as I must speak to you." She informed "I called all Spiders except for the Symbiotes and Madam Webb, as someone must protect your world."
"You manipulated us? What are we, puppets?" Kaine growled.
"Nothing of the sort. Your lives have always been your own. Your actions and your choices. I just needed to bring all of you here in one location." Weaver answered "The Multiverse is in danger."
"God, what do we have to do?" Peter asked with a slight groan, putting his head in her hand
"The Multiverse? That's a bit big." Cindy gulped
"And I'm guessing that there are multiples of us?" Jess asked
"Yes." Weaver nodded as she opened a glowing golden portal
"Wow, okay." Anya blinked in awe seeing this portal.
"Please step through." Weaver asked
Kaine frowned, still being suspicious as is his nature
"I won't bite." Weaver reassured them.
Peter sighed and looked at the Grandmother character. "...Alright. I'll enter." He did not know why, he just trusted her
"If you're going, I'm going to." Jess added, standing with her 'work-husband' 'That's just his way of joking around Jess, snap out of it.' she thought, shaking her head subtly
"I'm not letting this dumbass die." Kaine said as he walked up
"Thanks, bro." Peter smiled
"I'm coming too!" Anya raised her hand... out of instinct, she didn't know why
"You sure Anya?" Peter asked "This might be out of your league."
"If Weaver brought me here, I'm probably here for a reason!" Anya spoke determined
"I should go to." Cindy nodded
Weaver smiled as she looked on at all the Spiders. She was proud of them, all of them "Come along then." She nodded gently. The group of Spiders followed their 'Grandmother' through the portal, heading to wherever she lead.
"Kinda bright isn't it?" Peter quipped
"Sorry, but this doesn't really have a 'dimmer'." Weaver joked back
"Oh Christ, there's TWO of them!" Kaine groaned "Please... Please no."
"I don't think I can deal with two of them." Jess admitted
"You might have a problem with this then." Weaver smiled as they emerged from the light
"Gah! Turn the bright down, will ya?" Kaine snapped as each of them saw spots for a few seconds.
The light faded away... Revealing hundreds of Spider-Man!
"Oh, my god." Anya gasped, covering her mouth
"Holy crap." Jess followed
"God." Cindy added
"Fuck my life." Kaine groaned
"I-Who are they?" Peter asked, pointing to the Spider-Men.
"As I said, it is a Multiversal problem." Weaver smiled
"Hey, who're these five?" A Spider-Man asked; he was wearing a black and white costume.
"Who is he?" Peter asked
"I'm Spider-Man." The black and white wearing Spider-Man answered
"He's from a universe where the Venom Klyntar, or 'Symbiote' as you call it, had only HIM as his host." Weaver answered "They never separated. Now, come with me."
"I...Okay." Peter and the others left with Weaver.
Kaine quickly glared at the 'Venom-Spider-Man' and gestured 'I've got my eyes on you' with his hand.
The group followed Weaver into a room, noticing the place looked like a strange farm, where several Spiders where waiting for them. The first was a young woman, wearing a female version of Peter's old costume, only the spider logo on her chest had longer and thicker legs, and more blue on the trousers and two metal wristbands.
The second was a tall man wearing a solid blue costume with a large red skull-shaped spider and red markings that looked like eyes, with a webbing cape on his back.
The third was a black and grey costumed Spider-Man, but instead of a normal costume, he looked to be wearing a large black/grey overcoat, black shirt and dark coloured trousers, silver and white goggles that looked like his eyes.
Next was a small Spider-Man...who looked to be a pig, even on his snout, there was the Spider-Man logo.
The second woman in the group was wearing a hoodie white and black costume, with pink underarms and interior to the hoodie and a white face mask, with soft blue soled shoes.
The forth was a man wearing a similar costume to the first girl, like very few differences. He was Peter's hight and build, next to no differences
And lastly...
"Ben?" Peter and Kain gasped, seeing him
Lastly was a Spider-Man wearing a silver and blue costume, with a belt around his waist holding different pouches. His spider-logo had the legs more connected, two legs as once, going over his shoulders and down his legs "So, we're all here?" The last Spider-Man asked with a familiar and cheerful voice
Peter and Kaine where frozen, looking at the man in the red suit with a large spider, while the girl wearing the same costume was looking at Peter awkwardly
"Is this an awkward staring contest or what?" The black jacket suited Spider-Man asked
"Ben?" Peter and Kaine asked
"Hey guys." Ben smiled, taking his mask off. There he was, an exact copy of Peter... barring the fact he had blonde hair. "Long time no see."
"Ben!" Peter pulled Ben into a hug, nearly crying
"Ha-ha, it's good seeing you too, bro." Ben smiled, hugging back and patting his brother's back.
"You're alive." Peter smiled, holding back tears
"Course I am. So are you." Ben nodded. "Hey, Kaine. It's good seeing ya."
Kaine just shrugged, folding his arms "... It's good to see you." He sighed, commenting lightly
"Dad?" The girl dressed like Ben asked, taking her mask off revealing a teenage girl with short brownish red hair and brown eyes. She looked a lot like Peter... And Mary-Jane Watson
"'DAD'?" The group who came with Weaver earlier asked.
"D-Did you just say-?" Peter asked, before being hugged by the girl.
"I... I... I'm May... May Parker... Oh dad..." She cried sadly
"'May'?" Peter asked, hugging her back. 'Why is she crying?' He thought to himself, not wanting to answer but... this felt right hugging her... like a father.
"Oh man..." The group answered, feeling a bit uncomfortable.
The white dressed Spiderwoman was sitting in back, trying not to look
"I believe introductions are an order." The silver and blue dressed Spider-Man greeted, his voice having a strange echo to it
"Yeah... Just... Who are you all?" Cindy asked, looking at them.
"I am Ben Reilly, clone of Peter Parker. In my world, I am Spider-Man." Ben introduced "Pete's retired and married, got a daughter. He is retired. I am protecting New York in his place."
"Miguel O'Hara. Spider-Man of the year 2099." The Spider-Man with the skull on his chest said, removing his mask revealing a red eyed and brown haired half-Mexican and half-Spanish man with sharpened canines
"Peter Parker. The Spider-Man of New York... But you can call me 'Spider-Man Noir'. Everyone else has been." The black jacket Spider-Man removed his mask and goggles revealing an older looking Peter Parker, like he was in his late 30's.
"I'm Peter Porker." The pig said
Kaine snorted a little for laughing, finding it hilarious "Seriously?"
"Yeah, yeah. Yuck it up, Kaine." Porker spoke with a roll of his eyes.
"And you?" Jess asked the blue and silver spider
"I'm Peter Parker. And... Well..." He answered casually, looking at Weaver with a small smile "I WAS Spider-Man, before Weaver found me... and made me better." He wrapped an arm around her and pulled her close, Weavers hand resting on his chest while her head rested on his shoulder "She has jokingly called me Spider-God but I think Master Web sounds better in my opinion, but then again there aren't many other names I could think of."
'Oh, for fuck's sake.' Kaine groaned, rubbing his eyes.
"So, not to be a downer or anything... But WHY are we here?" Cindy asked
"For that I must explain the Web of Life... Who here knows about it?" Weaver explained and asked
Master-Web raised his hand with a cheeky grin
"Okay, so aside from the obvious." Weaver chuckled, elbowing him lightly
"Something about connections?" Peter shrugged
"It's more than that, Peter." Weaver answered as she turned serious again "It's the infinite and ever-changing realities and timelines in the omniverse."
"O... Kay?" Noir blinked
"I'm not making this any clearer am I?" Weaver sighed "Look, you are all connected to the Web of Life; you're ALL Spiders. Your worlds are connected and interwoven."
"Let me babe." Master Web chuckled and turned to everyone "Okay. So there is a super special invisible energy spider web. It connects every universe in the multiverse. And it keeps each universe together, like a skeleton, by going from that world's main spider, that world's center, and spreading outwards through bonds of any kind. And the people now tied to the spider make more bonds, the web spreading. And so on and so forth. Entire planet, entire galaxy, is connected by this thread which connects to other spiders and the entire multiverse then looks like a giant spider web."
"Ah, I get it now." Ben, Peter and Mayday nodded
"So what does that make us? Unique or the same?" Anya asked, scratching her head
"Both." Weaver nodded
"Kinda paradoxical, but I'll roll with it." Peter answered. "Are you feeling better, May?"
"A bit but now I'm confused." May nodded "If my dad is the 'center' then... how am I here when he... He..."
"It's alright, May. It's because THIS Peter is the center of his OWN Universe, like how your father was the same for YOUR Universe." Weaver answered.
"I mean how am I here when my dad's dead?!" Mayday snapped
"I'm WHAT?!" Peter gasped
"Different universe Pete." Master Webb sighed
"I-you...*sigh* just...give her a straight answer, please?" Peter asked
"Well since Spiders connect with each other, as long as there is another spider alive in that world when the center dies, the position of center shifts after death. In your case it moved to your brother Benjy." Weaver explained
"Benjy! Is he-?" May asked
"Fine, he's fine." Weaver answered, reassuring her.
"I have a son?" Peter asked
"Can we get back on topic?" Miguel frowned
"Very well, Miguel." Weaver answered "As I have said, I called you here because the Web of Life is in trouble."
"Someone is attacking Spiders, cutting their threads and destroying their worlds." Master Webb continued "We must gather as many as we can, team up, and stop this madness."
"Find these bad guys; stop them, save the world." Jess smiled
"Basically." Weaver smiled
"I'll help." Peter added.
"Knew you would." Ben chuckled.
"I can't let you fuck up, now can I?" Kaine added
"Spider-Brothers, finally reunited." Peter smiled and hugged them
"Hell yeah!" Ben agreed.
Kain shrugged off the hug and glared. "I told you, I DON'T do hugs."
"Haven't got much of a choice if the Multiverse is in danger." Jess shrugged Anya, nodding a few seconds later
"I'm in too." Cindy added, pointing to herself even if she seemed awkward
"I'm not leaving my future in ruin." Miguel nodded
"I'm not gonna let ANYONE destroy my home." Noir added, putting his mask on
"I need to protect the farm!" Spider-Ham nodded
"Thank you." Weaver smiled, seeing all the Spiders in the room in agreement. They could do this!
"I'll help to." The white clad female Spider in the corner of the room said in a shockingly similar voice
"No...No way." Peter spoke in shock
"Can't be." Kaine whispered
"Who are you?" Anya asked
"In my world people call me Spiderwoman." She said, pulling down her hood before removing her mask. Shoulder length blonde hair became visible, slightly curled and misshapen from the mask, along with some piercing blue eyes "My name is Gwen Stacy."
"Gwen." The Spider Brothers whispered
"As in dads dead ex?" Mayday blinked
"I... Yes. But... I've never dated Peter before." Gwen answered
"Gwen here is from a universe where SHE was bitten by the spider." Weaver answered "And her Peter... Died."
"...Oops." Kaine answered, not having anything clever to say.
"It was my fault." She shrugged only for Peter to cup her cheek "Huh?"
"It's alright, Gwen... I failed too." Peter answered. Kaine and Ben looked at Gwen and sighed... they knew they didn't belong there at this point and headed out. The others did to, Jess and Anya frowning lightly "It... It's great to see you again." Peter smiled "Even if you are a teenager." he joked
"I never thought I'd see you grown up." Gwen teared up, choking on her words "You died... Trying to be like me. I killed you."
"You died when I failed saving you. I killed you." Peter told her, resting his forehead "Hey, let's make a deal. I'll watch your back, make sure you don't die, and you do the same for me. Deal?"
Gwen sniffed and nodded. "Deal." Wiping the tears from her eyes "But don't get any funny ideas; you are too old for me." She grinned
"Old?! I'm twenty four!" Peter huffed
"Like I said 'too old'." She joked, pushing him gently
"Oh haha." He rolled his eyes, smiling. He felt a... New sort of bond with this new Gwen. Like a brother/sister or father and daughter dynamic
"Come on, Spider-Man. We've got work to do." she called
"Let's do it Spiderwoman." He smiled
Waiting outside, the rest of the Spiders were getting a little impatient "Okay everyone, we need to split up and gather any last in danger spiders. To at least give them refuge." Master Webb called out "We will now be split you into teams!"
"As long as I'm not teamed with Ben, I'll be fine." Kaine answered.
"Hey, what's that supposed to mean?" Ben frowned
"Two clones. BOTH named 'Scarlet Spider'. Confusing as fuck." He answered
"I go by Spider-Man in my world." Ben defended
"Then that's fine." Kaine answered, turning his back to him.
"Why do I feel like this is going to be a long mission?" Jess sighed
"And finally Ben Reilly of Earth 651, Peter Parker of Earth 616, May Parker of Earth 617 and Cindy Moon of Earth 616 are to go to Earth 1610." Weaver finished
"Wait, what did I miss?" Peter asked
"We were given teams." Anya explained "Me, Jess, Gwen and another female Spider are off to Earth..."
"391." Jess said "While Kaine is with some more 'darker' Spiders to Earth 839."
"Oh... Okay." Peter nodded
"What about me?" Cindy asked
"You and Mayday are with us." Ben smiled and looped an arm around Peter
"Oh, thank you." Cindy answered, smiling and felt a little better knowing that someone would help restrain her pheromones. Because right now she wanted to hump Peter's bones as she stood next to him, his scent driving her wild. And she found that weird as no other Peter in this room seemed to have that effect on her
"So, when do we leave?" Kaine asked
"When you are ready." Master Webb nodded, the meant other Spiders already at work
"Well... Let's get going then." Kaine answered, pulling his mask on.
"Be careful." Peter told Jess and Anya, putting his mask on
"Thanks." The girls answered, putting their own masks on.
"So... How do we do this?" Cindy asked, adjusting her scarf
Weaver smiled and clicked her fingers... Several space ships appearing
"...Oh." They blinked.
"SHOTGUN!" Kaine called out.
Peter and Ben, meanwhile, where grinning and fist bumped
"Oh no." Mayday and Jess groaned
"What's up?" Cindy asked
"Here is something you should know about my dad, Cindy." Mayday sighed "They are MASSIVE geeks..."
*Time skip*
Peter was sitting in a large comfy chair in the middle of the bridge, speaking into a recording device and he was speaking with a William Shatner impersonation "Parker's Log. Spider date... 22... 1... 2... 23. After being... Brought to another universe, the centre of the multiverse, me and... long lost friends where... Reunited. Together we must... Head to another world. Another time. Another... Possibility. To save... The multiverse."
"Oh my god. This... This is hell." Cindy grumbled
To the side, Mayday and Jess were banging their heads against the dashboard... this was embarrassing. Especially for Mayday, Jess was finding it insufferable... It wasn't even a GOOD William Shatner impression!
"Peter... Knock it off!" Jess snapped, releasing her pheromones to help her
"Okay, okay." Peter sighed as he stopped the impression
"Oh... We were having fun." Ben pouted. He made the ship take off, heading into the web directly "I hope you're ready to go to 'Ludicrous Speed'." Ben smiled, holding back a laugh
"Uncle Ben... Stop." Mayday groaned, Peter and Ben doing as they were told as they lowered their heads sadly
"Sorry, May." Both Peter and Ben apologized
"I... I'm sorry." Mayday gasped, seeing their faces and realizing what she did while covering her mouth
"What? What was with the-?" Cindy asked in innocent ignorance.
"'Uncle Ben' is their Uncle... The one Peter looked up too." Jess explained sadly
"The one who died because of my mistake." Peter finished and walked off
"...Oh god." Cindy whispered sadly before she ran after him
"Dad, Uncle Ben, I'm-" May tried to apologise to them
"May, just sit down and relax." Jess urged "They will be back soon."
Through the spaceship, Peter managed to get to an empty room and sat down. He knelt down, head in hands "Damn it." he mumbled
"Peter?" Cindy spoke, seeing him looking sad.
"Huh?" He blinked, looking up at her... As sitting down he was, ironically, stomach height with her "Oh... Hey, Cindy." Peter spoke gently
"I'm sorry to hear what happened." She said, hugging him against her
"Oh, yeah... It's fine. I mean-I've lived with this for years." Peter explained
"I'm still sorry." She frowned
"It happens... I WAS taking that joke too far." Peter answered, inhaling the pheromones. He began to kiss her stomach, going lower
"Hmm... Peter." Cindy moaned gently, feeling his lips gently kissing her.
His hands massaged her costumes ass, his lips brushing along her thighs. Cindy bit her lower lip and smiled, feeling this euphoria rise...and she pushed him closer. Peter caught a zipper with his teeth, pulling it down and unzipping her suit between her legs revealing her wet slit "You're wet." Peter whispered, gently licking her slit.
"Peter!" She gasped, resting a knee on his shoulder as she leaned against him to feel more of his tongue
"Shh... Don't let the ship hear you." Peter spoke lustfully, pinning her to the wall and continued to affectionately dive into her pussy
"It's... Hard!" She moaned, biting her finger
"Endure it; it's MUCH better that way." Peter answered, unzipping his trousers to reveal his cock. Cindy moaned into her finger, moving her leg up and using her foot to return the pleasure "Hmm... So good." Peter moaned gently, beginning to want her more... and wanted to ravish her.
"I want you to fuck me, please." She begged gently
"Don't have to tell me twice." Peter smiled, lowering her onto his dick. He held her ass, pushing her down onto him
Cindy's eyes widened as she smiled, panting as her pussy was spread out by Peter's dick "So good." She moaned, bouncing her hips on him
"How long have you been waiting?" Peter asked, teasing her breasts as he pounded her slick wet pussy
"Since this morning... When we were interrupted by those robots!" She gasped
"Stupid Ock!" Peter moaned, his hands gripping down to her waist to keep her on his dick, he soon kissed her as he was reaching climax "I'm... I'm close." He grunted
"N... Not inside!" She moaned "B... But I'm so close to! I want to cum!"
"I-I... AH!" Peter grunted, pulling out and squirted on her stomach
"Peter~!" Cindy moaned, feeling the warm cum in her toned stomach through her suit before she started to finger herself to climax. Her pussy juices stained onto Peter's trousers and stomach, the two of them panting in exhaustion. Cindy gently whipped away the cum from her stomach, moaning as she licked it off her fingers
"How's it taste?" Peter teased, rubbing her ass gently
"Hm... you need to lay off the junk food." She teased after a moan
"So do you. You've got a bubbly round ass." Peter teased rubbing said ass
"Fuck you." Cindy frowned and slapped his chest playfully
"It's a compliment." Peter chuckled
Back in the cockpit the remaining Spiders were getting to know each other. Mayday was hugging Ben softly, upset are messing with both her father and uncle "It's alright, May. It's alright." Ben reassured her "We know you didn't mean it."
"What's taking Peter and Cindy so long?" Jess asked, tapping his foot
"No idea. There is no Cindy Moon in my world." Mayday shrugged
"Yeah, there's no 'Cindy Moon' in my world too." Ben added. "Who is she?"
"No idea, some girl Peter found in a bunker when Nick Fury ripped the eyes out of the watched and revealed to everyone a big secret related to them." Jess shrugged
Ben and May blinked in shock. "Nick Fury... ripped out the eyes of The Watcher... and split the beans on EVERY big secret?" Ben asked
"No, like one big secret per person." Jess corrected
"Right, so... Like this Cindy woman being locked in a bunker for years. What else? Exposing something big in the X-Men? Osborn or anyone?" May asked
"Exactly." Jess nodded sadly. "Like how Tony helped make the Hulk, Logan regaining his memories, the X-Men remembering that Xavier erased a mission where a lot of people died from their minds, so on and so forth."
"Oh my god." May whispered
'Fucking hell.' Ben thought, so that he didn't swear in front of May. Yes he knew she was 18 but still
BEEP, BEEP, BEEP
"Huh? Oh, looks like we're arriving." Jess spoke "I'll go get our missing friends." She commented, following the path that Peter and Cindy went
"Okay." May and Ben nodded
Jess left the room and headed to the bedroom... And saw the half-naked Spiders there. "Oh god damn it." She gasped, seeing Peter with his pants down and his hands on Cindy's ass while Cindy was lying atop him, licking his cum off her fingers
"Huh? Jess?" Peter blinked seeing her standing there.
"Ah!" Cindy yelled, trying to cover herself
"Sorry, I didn't know you were a couple." Jess said, turning around after spending several seconds staring at Peter's dick
"We're not." Cindy said, adjusting her suit and rezipping her crotch
"Oh. So casual fuck buddies?" Jess asked casually
"More our pheromones messing with each other and make us fuck like rabbits, it just kinda... Happens." Peter explained, pulling his pants on
Jess nodded at that. "Yeah, I can understand that."
"Cool." Peter nodded, feeling a bit ashamed
"Just... Get dressed. We're approaching the different Earth." Jess asked, feeling a bit wet AND jealous
"R-Right. Sorry." He answered, sorting out his trousers 'Damn, what would Mayday think of me?... Who even is Mayday's mother, I didn't ask.' Peter thought
"Peter, you okay?" Cindy asked
"I'm just... Just thinking." Peter sighed
"Okay." Cindy shrugged and walked away
"Dang it all..."Peter groaned as he followed, going to the cockpit 'That ass.' he thought, staring at Cindy's ass... And also looking at Jess' superior backside 'Yep, Jess' is bigger.' Peter thought 'WHAT AM I THINKING?!'
"Dad? You okay?" Mayday asked, breaking Peter from his thoughts
"Huh? Oh, yeah. Yeah, I'm fine May...Just...Thanks for snapping me outta my head." Peter answered
"Okay." May nodded, looking concerned
"Hey, we're here." Ben spoke, putting his mask on.
"Earth 1610." Jess nodded
"Right, now we've got to find this world's Spider and hopefully save them." Peter spoke, thinking about what Weaver said
"Of COURSE we are in New York." Ben chuckled
"Hey look, they've even got the same taste in movies on this Earth." Mayday pointed out jokingly.
"This place is familiar." Peter frowned gently
"Yeah? Is that gonna be a problem?" Ben asked
"I dunno." Peter answered "... Wait, I know this world!" Peter gasped and swung away
"Wait, dad!" May followed and swung after him.
"That's our Spidey." Ben rolled his eyes and swung off
"I am so use to this." Jess said simply, gliding after them
"Jeez... Men." Cindy sighed and followed.
Soon, the group of Spiders were swinging around the City of New York. Towards... A graveyard
"What? Why're we going towards a graveyard?" May asked in confusion
"I'm not sure, but I think it's important." Ben answered
The Spiders soon landed down in the graveyard... And Peter looked sullen in his stance as he looked on at a single grave "Not to be disrespectful but...WHY are we in a graveyard?" Jess asked
Peter just knelt down and wiped off some debris off the grave... And what was written on that stone shocked the group, save for Peter.
Peter Parker
A real hero
"Oh my god." Ben whispered
"Daddy." May followed
"How did you-?" Cindy asked before Peter raised his hand to ask them to stay quiet.
"I know which Spider is here." Peter answered, deflecting the conversation "He's kinda young, but...He's not a bad guy."
"Peter?" An older woman gasped, the sound of flowers hitting the floor
"Calm down May, it's me. The older Peter from the other world." Peter said to her, the group turning to an elder Aunt May. The Aunt May from this world
'Great Aunt May?' Mayday thought in a happy shock
"Oh, Peter. It's good to see you again." The Elder Aunt May whispered, tearing up and hugged him.
"It's good seeing you too, Aunt May." Peter answered, patting her back "I'm sorry for freaking you out, I just wanted to be sure I was in the right world." He assured
"Aunt May." Ben mumbled
"Who are these people?" May asked, whipping the tears from her eyes
"Don't be afraid of secret identities, no need to hide here." Peter smiled
"You sure?" Cindy asked
"Of course." Peter nodded.
Ben was the first to remove his mask, Mayday following soon after. Then followed Jess and Cindy.
Aunt May blinked in shock. She couldn't believe that there were more Spiders like Peter "Are-Are they-?"
"Yeah, they're Spiders." Peter nodded
"Nice to meet you, I'm Jessica Drew." Jess smiled as she held out her hand "I've never really met you in our world, Peter and I don't hang out too much."
"Funny. I thought I was Jessica Drew." A female voice said from behind them
"Huh? Who-?" Jess asked, turning around
Standing there was a woman dressed in a tight dark red outfit that covered her entire body... Well at least up to her hair, her long brown hair flowing down her back. She had large blank white 'Spider eyes', the fingers of her suits gloves where all white and there was a large white spider on her chest
"Oh... Hello there." Jess blinked seeing the woman.
"Hello." The girl frowned
"Everyone, this is Jess. Jess, Jess." Peter spoke, having a little joke at the end. "She's... This world's Peter Parker's sister/clone."
"... What?" Everyone but May blinked
"Thanks for the reveal 'bro'." This world's Jess spoke, removing her mask. She had hazel eyes and somewhat reminiscent features of Peter, but mostly she looked like her own person.
"Wait... She's this world's Peter's clone... But she's called Jessica Drew..." Ben rolled off, looking at himself and 616 Jess while the woman did the same
"Yeah, it's not that difficult, Ben." Peter answered with a gentle shake of his head.
Ultimate Jess rolled her eyes, webs shooting from her fingers to make an umbrella as rain began to fall
"Thank you, Jess." Aunt May spoke kindly. "Do you all need a place to get out of the rain?" She asked
Cindy blinked, looking at her fingers
"We are actually looking for Miles." Peter said
"Oh, he might be around the city on patrol." Aunt May answered
"Can... We go to your house to wait for him?" Ben asked
Aunt May blinked...and then smiled. "Of course you can."
"Thanks, Aunt May." Peter answered
*time skip*
It was kind of awkward at May Parker's house, Ben and Jess looked at this world's Jess due to the combined history of Ben's cloning and Jess' name. But aside from that, things were... simple. It was nice. They did hurry so people did not notice Peter and the others being dressed like Spiders
"Thank you for letting us stay here, Mrs Parker." Cindy spoke, her clothes drying on her body
"It's fine." Aunt May smiled, making some cookies
"These are Great Aunt May's cookies? They smell so good." Mayday whispered in wonder at the smell
"Yeah." Peter nodded gently, unable to look away from Cindy with the suit sticking even tighter against her body
"So, who's this 'Miles' person?" Jess from Earth-616 asked
"He's the Spider-Man of this Earth. The one who took over the name when Peter...Died." Jess from Earth-1610 answered
"I kind of chose him after he had been a bit of an idiot." 1610 Jess grinned "He reminded me of Peter."
"Yeah...Yeah, he does." Peter from Earth-616 answered with a nod, looking to the two and smiling. It didn't take long before a 'THUMP' from above them. It was from the roof "Sounds like he's here." Peter spoke
"Hey Jess, I got your signal." The voice of a cheerful teen male called through, a black and red figure sliding into the house through the window
"Ah, good. We've got company." 1610-Jess spoke, seeing the teen
"I... Whoa. What're you having, a party?" The Spider joked, removing his mask showing an African-American teen with black hair and brown eyes.
"He DOES have that humour about him." Ben chuckled
"Just not as terrible." Cindy added "You know, not as puny."
"I-Hey!" The teen groaned
"It's alright Miles. Guys, this is Miles Morales." Peter answered, introducing the,
"Er... Hi." He waved
"Miles; this is, from my Earth, Jess Drew and Cindy Moon, Ben Reilly from a different Earth and...My daughter from a different Earth, May." Peter introduced them
CRASH!
FAINT!
"What?!" Miles gasped while 1610 Jess fainted and Aunt May dropped the plate of fresh cookies she was carrying as she entered the room
"Ah, crap. I've done it now." Peter groaned, face palming at his own incompetence
This was going to be a headache
It took a little while, but Aunt May came around and had in her hands a glass of water "She's you'd daughter?" Jess 1610 repeated
"Yes." Peter nodded
"From a different Earth?" Jess 1610 added
"Yes." Mayday followed suit
"Oh, my days..." Aunt May whispered, feeling winded by this news. She felt like a grandmother, a joy she didn't think she would ever feel especially after her Peter died
"Please don't be mad, Great Aunt May." Mayday hoped
"How could I be mad?" Aunt May smiled gently. Mayday smiled gently and gave her 'grandmother' a big hug.
'Awe... That's adorable.' Both Jess' thought
"So... Jess is basically those three fused together?" Miles asked, point at Cindy and Ben and 616 Jess
"I dunno. I know it's me and you, Jess... I'm not sure where Cindy fits in." Ben admitted, pointing to the three of them
"Web fingers." Cindy said, as Ben did not know, before she shot web from her fingers
"Oh, okay." Ben answered
"Huh... Neat trick." Miles answered
"True." Cindy answered, as she ripped off the webbing
"The multiverse is weird." 1610 Jess blinked before... The world began to shake
"Wh-what's going on?" May asked "Earthquake?"
"No, WORLD-QUAKE!" Peter answered. "Spiders get ready!"
The seven Spiders pulled their masks on, swinging outside to see the sky was turning purple "Okay, THAT'S not normal." Miles spoke in shock
"Nope." The others said at the same time
Soon, the dark purple sky opened up a hole through the clouds...and out came a figure plummeting down. Landing there was a large seven foot tall, muscular man wearing fancy Victorian clothing "Who's that?" Miles asked
"Probably the guy we've got to stop." Jess-616 answered
The figure stood tall, eyes burning with pink flames. It looked around the busy streets of Queens and seemed to sniff the air. Looking around the houses... until it saw the Spiders. He grinned, raising a hand. Down fell several bolts of purple lightning. The Spiders' Senses were blaring like mad. "DODGE!" They called out
They all jumped out of the house, landing. When the lightning faded it revealed several figures that where similar to Peter, only differently.
The first one was a bald man with a silver backpack, but his whole body seemed to be a melted substance that smelt terrible, like glue.
The second was a large humanoid fly creature, with multiple arms and a drooling thorned proboscis; large sharp wings that seemed to be razor sharp and ragged
The last one seemed to be a hulking amalgamation of three humans, in the middle was a muscular man whose arms seemed to have fused with the two other men, both arms had cowboy hat wearing men with guns infused into their arms, their mouths were stitched shut with their own skin.
"I think I'm gonna be sick!" Mayday almost threw up.
"No way...I haven't seen these guys in years." Peter spoke in shock
"Who are they?" Cindy asked
"The walking glue factory is Trapster." Peter pointed one by one. "The second guy is Richard Deacon, AKA the Human Fly."
"Okay, so who's THAT walking monstrosity?" 1610-Jess asked as May spat out some sink
"Those are the Enforcers: Montana, Fancy Dan and the big guy in the middle is Ox." Peter answered "Gotta say...Looks like someone's been going through a horror movie."
"Wait, the Trapster? You mean Paste Pot Pete?" Ben blinked
"The very same...But it looks like he's BECOME a 'Paste Pot'." Peter answered. "LOOK OUT!"
The Spiders dodged out of the way as the globules 'Paste Pot Pete' flung some of his pungent paste at the heroes "What happened to them?" 616 Jess asked
"I'll take: the Scary trench-coat looking guy for a hundred, Pat." Ben pointed
"Who are you?!" Mayday yelled
The figure smiled darkly as he looked at the Spiders...and licked his lips, revealing two pairs of fang length canines. "Hungry." He answered
"Hi Hungry, I'm Spider-Man." Miles grinned
"Get them. But leave them alive." 'Hungry' ordered his monsters.
The monsters snarled and charged "Scatter!" Miles called out, the group web-swinging out of the way to dodge the attacks of the monsters. Miles himself turned invisible, the group splitting up
"Did he just-?" Jess-616 asked her named double
"He did, just keep ahead of those guns!" 1610-Jess answered, dodging bullet-fire. The two went in different directions, Jess 616 swinging away with Peter while 1610 went with Ben. And that left Cindy and Mayday to go the third way
"Who's following us?" Cindy asked
"Ugly with wings." Mayday answered "WHOA! Ugly ACID-SPITTING with wings!" She added, dodging a snot-rocket from Human Fly.
"Holy crap!" Cindy yelled, nearly crashing into May
"Building!" May's Spider-Sense blared. The two span, clinging to the building with their bodies pushing against each other and the window. The two panted as they dodged the acid spit. Mayday could smell Cindy's pheromones...Her eyes widened in shock, but it was also shuddering.
"You okay?" Cindy asked
"Y-Yeah." She nodded
Mayday managed to move her head out of the way to see Human Fly right in front of them. "Move, now!" She called out as the monster shot another load of acid. The two jumped out the way, swinging around him and kicking the Human Fly in the back
"BZZZ-ARGH!" Human Fly cried as he splatted on the building's windows
KERSPLAT!
"Eww!" The two groaned as the splattered remains of Human Fly were still twitching on the wall.
"I'm gonna be sick again." Mayday held her stomach.
"Must've been unstable or something." Cindy held back her vomit.
The two swung to a rooftop where they did not have to see that sight, to regain their... Well, regain their stomachs to put it simply "So, it looks like they were mutated badly...That one strong hit will kill them." May thought aloud. Before she shuddered, realising she killed him... But was he still human? It raised that moral question which brought her father's moral code into question.
It made her feel guilty
"May, May! Look at me, whatever he was, he's not human anymore." Cindy spoke, trying to get her to snap out of it. "I know it's terrible...But he must've been suffering as what he was."
"I... I guess." May whispered, remember a version of her clad in blue and black being crushed by a building before she shook her head to get rid of those thoughts
"You gonna be alright?" Cindy asked
"Yeah. I-I think so." Mayday nodded
"Okay, let's go find the others." Cindy urged
May nodded, staring at Cindy's body as she swung away before she shook her head 'What was that?' she thought
*With Ben and Jess 1610*
"Any sign of Paste Pot Pete?" Ben asked
"Okay, did YOU come up with that name?" Jess-1610 asked as they were hiding
"Err...Fifty-fifty." Ben answered "It's what he originally called himself."
Jess-1610 gave an understanding nod at that. "Any ideas on how to beat him or are we going in blind?"
"Usually I'd web up his glue guns, making them explode...But now that he's a glue monster, I dunno." Ben admitted
"Add water or sand to him?" She suggested
"Good ideas. Not sure they'd stick." Ben responded
"I should slap you for that." Jess-1610 deadpanned
GLOOP!
"Crap!" The two called out. Yeah, the two had been stuck to the wall
"Spi..." A gloopy dark voice groaned, sliding down the sides of the wall "Ders..."
"Oh, this stinks!" Jess-1610 groaned, the aroma of the glue was terrifying.
"Please don't... Be... Either of the things I'm thinking of." He flinched
"Spi-" Paste Pot Pete groaned as he splattered to the floor and rose up like a gloopy pile.
"Okay, that is just gross." Jess 1610 flinched
"-Ders..." Paste Pot groaned, his melting face right in front of the two.
"What's happening?" Ben frowned
Paste Pot Pete reached out and grabbed the two of them, peeling them off from the side of the building and gripping them in his messy sludgy hands.
"I think he's taking us back." Jess-1610 answered
Ben hit a button on his WebShooter, a few small blue capsule dropping into the Trapster's body "ARGH!" Paste Pot Pete roared in pain as the blue capsules exploded within him, causing his body to freeze and shatter, releasing Ben from his grasp
"Hang on Spiderwoman!" Ben called out, shooting out the capsules at Paste Pot Pete, causing his other gloopy arm to freeze and break, shattering as Jess-1610 broke free
"What the hell was that?" Jess asked
"Freeze cartridges. I use them against Sand-Man and Hydro-Man at times. It freezes the molecules in place and makes them brittle." Ben explained briefly.
"... I don't think we have those in this world." Jess 1610 blinked
"I'll give you the recipe later." Ben answered. As the two were quickly finishing up their chat, Paste Pot Pete's body was getting more and more solid and brittle; the freeze capsules weren't slowing down! They should've stopped by now.
"What the hell?!" The two gasped
"SPIDeeerrrsss...!" Paste Pot Pete roared as his brittle body began to crack and break, crashing to the ground. Dead.
"... Oh fuck." Ben groaned
"D-Do they NORMALLY do that?" Jess-1610 gulped
Ben shook his head. "Never."
Jess-1610 looked at him and felt the distraught in his voice. He was confident that the capsules would only work in small portions, nothing this severe. "It...His body must've been mutated beyond repair, Ben."
"I've seen degradation like that before." Ben nodded, his eyes shallow and hollow from haunting memories "From imperfect clones."
"'Imperfect-', oh my god." Jess-1610 gasped. "So they know how to clone people?!"
"It seems so. We need to find the others. We've got to tell them." Ben answered
*With Peter and Jess-616*
"Move your ass Spidey, he's gaining on us!" Jess yelled as she flew through the air
BANG BANG BANG!
"No need to tell me twice!" Peter responded, dodging bullets
"This Enforcer monster is stupid!" Jess frowned
"Yeah well... They were REALLY early in my career." Peter answered, the two hiding around the side of a building.
"Oh? So before I became a hero?" Jess smirked
"Yeah, that's-Hey!" Peter nodded, before realising what she said.
"Hey ugly!" Jess-616 called out, webbing the monster's back. She gave a mighty pull and threw the monster into a car with a loud CRASH! The amalgamed monster roared in pain, the car's alarm was blaring maddeningly.
"'Hey ugly'?" Peter came down and began to web the amalgamed Enforcers.
"What?" Jess-616 shrugged
"You're better than those sorts of one-liners." Peter answered "JUST saying."
"I've been spending too much time with you." She scoffed, even if she blushed and looked away 'Should I ask him?' she thought
"Is that such a bad thing?" Peter asked, as the Enforcer amalgam tried to rip itself out of the webbing. "You're not gonna get through that webbing. No, no stop!" Peter called out, hearing the groan of the webbing but also some tearing from that direction.
"Not on my watch." Jess frowned and added to the webbing but still, the amalgam creature tried to rend itself from the car, but its body was tearing all the sinus and muscles were becoming and exposed like someone was pully taffy...Only more bloody and disturbing.
"This is gross!" Peter groaned
"I'm gonna be sick!" Jess-616 groaned as the amalgamation tore his arms off trying to escape the webbing...But was just bleeding out profusely, there was nothing they could do. The Enforcers had died from blood loss
"What happened to them?" Peter frowned
"I dunno... but maybe that trench-coat wearing guy likes his monster sadism movies." Jess-616 awkwardly joked
"... Yeah, hanging around me is definitely bad for you." Peter smiled gently
Jess scratched the back of her head and nodded. "We...We should get back to the others."
"Right." Peter nodded, the two swinging off
*With Miles*
Miles stuck to the shadows, invisible, before jumping out at the strange giant man "Hmm?" The giant man hummed, seeing Miles in front of him.
"Okay, big guy; who are you and why are you here?" Miles asked, getting ready for a fight.
The giant man chuckled darkly and breathed deeply. "Ah... Bravery. In a Spider so young... It's almost precious... But ultimately pointless."
"We will see about that!" Miles yelled, throwing a punch only to have the giant of a man dodge it with ease and with a single kick, repelled Miles back, flinging him into a car.
"Heh, pathetic. Won't even make enough for a snack." The giant man answered
"I have no idea what you're talking about." Miles frowned, sling-shotting himself back at the man and aiming for a kick. The man grabbed Miles' foot and smiled, licking his lips his eyes, glinting with gluttony "Gotcha." Miles grinned as he grabbed the man, the man screaming like he was being electrocuted
The giant man released Miles' foot as he was getting hurt, Miles hoping he was paralysed from his Venom Blast. Suddenly a barrage of needles came out of nowhere and stabbed the man's neck and arms "ARGH! What the hell?" The giant man snarled, turning around. On the roof of the opposite building stood Ben and Mayday, holding out their webs hooters "More food. Still conscious?" The giant man asked
"Um, did you call us 'food'?" Mayday asked, sounding disgusted
"I'll be honest, not heard THAT ONE before." Ben answered "Good to see you use my web shooters." Ben grinned at May
"Of course." May answered
"Grr! Damn it." The giant man growled, feeling light headed only to be webbed up by both Jess's and Cindy
"Good work." Jess-1610 spoke
"Could say the same for you." Cindy responded
The giant man struggled as he tried to rip out of webbing, but as he heard and saw the two girls, his eyes widened. 'The Bride.' He thought in shock and awe 'She would make the perfect power source!'
"... Hey, I remember you!" Peter quipped as he swung down "Morlun right? Don't turn to dust this time dude!" He grinned, kicking him hard in the face as he swung down which knocked him out
"'Morlun'? What the hell's a 'Morlun'?" Miles asked
"A REALLY bad guy who tried to eat me." Peter answered
"You didn't listen back then, did you?" Ben deadpanned
"Kinda." Peter admitted. "Kinda hard when you've got ringing in your ears from a dozen car alarms. And just died only to come back with new powers."
"You DIED?" Mayday gasped
"Yeah... But I got better." Peter answered with a sweat drop
"... That happen often?" Ben joked
"You have no idea." Peter sighed heavily
"What do we do with this guy?" Cindy asked
"Either we keep him under-wraps or we get Weaver." Ben suggested. The others nodded gently, unsure which to go with
Morlun groaned, trying to get up, but still felt the poison of the previous attacks pin him down. He pressed a button on his belt, disappearing
"What the-Where'd he go? How'd he do that?" Mayday called out
Ben and Peter shared a look, frowning "A teleported?" Ben asked, Peter nodded
"We have to go back. We have to tell Weaver." Jess-1610 suggested
"... Who's Weaver?" She and Miles asked, looking at the others
"Ah...You need to be kept up to speed." Cindy sighed.
"Sit down, we'll tell you." Jess-616 answered
"On the ship." Peter nodded
"On the ship." Jess-616 responded
*Time Skip*
"And that's the whole deal." Peter finished up, telling Miles everything.
"... Seriously?" Miles blinked
"Yes, seriously." Ben nodded. "It's our job to stop Morlun from doing what he's doing."
"And I doubt he's alone." Mayday added
"So, do you need my help?" Miles offered
"OUR help?" Jess 1610 reminded
"Sorry Jess, I didn't mean any offense." Miles apologized
"I know." Jess-1610 nodded
"This will get confusing." Ben muttered
"Like there aren't a hundred odd Peter's, at least, back there." Cindy reminded
"That is true." Mayday nodded and pointed in agreement.
"We're in." Jess 1610 said simply
"You are?" Jess-616 blinked at that.
"Yeah, if this 'Morlun' guy is on the prowl, we're going to help." Miles nodded. The others nodded in agreement, glad
"Hope you two don't get space-sick." Mayday chuckled
"Huh?" They blinked, the ship taking off "WHOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAA!" The two screamed in awe and fright, having the ship take off.
"On our way back." Ben nodded
"Air-sick bags are under the chairs." Peter warned the two. Miles and Jess 1610 took some seats while both Cindy and Mayday helped steer the ship towards the centre of the web
"Peter. Can I talk to you?" Jess 616 asked
"Sure, Jess. Be right back everyone." Peter nodded, walking with Jess-616 to a different room
The male and female Spider's walked in, Jess holding herself lightly as the ships door closed behind them 'Okay girl. This is simple. You can do it... Just ask him.'
'She seems nervous.' Peter noted in confusion, seeing her cheeks being slightly pink "So... What did you want to tell me? Or is this a question?"
"A... Question. Yes, that's it." Jess nodded gently "We have been friends for a while. Really close. And I am... Well, age is a thing. And I know it will be a while before I get old but there are things I want to do before then and... Oh gosh I am rambling." She groaned, raising her hands and covering her face "I feel like an idiot. This is so weird."
'... Why does this feel like high school?' Peter thought before his mind connected the dots and jumped to a conclusion 'Oh God! Is... Is Jess in love with me?! Is she... Asking me out?!'
"Okay. Okay. Here we go." Jess sighed, calming down "Peter... Will you..."
'Here she goes! She's going to ask! What... What do I say? Would... would we work?' Peter thought, blushing with wide eyes 'Jess is VERY beautiful, one of the most beautiful women I have ever known! And I call her 'my work wife' sometimes as a joke but... I... Do I like her? I... Haven't even considered it... Here, here she goes. She's gonna ask. Okay Parker, here we go.'
"... Will you be my sperm donor?" Jess asked in embarrassment, Peter finding the world screeching to a sudden stop
"... What?" He blinked, his brain basically shutting down
"Will you be my sperm donor?" She asked again, almost now a whisper
"I... I want to be a mother. It is something I want a lot. But as Carol likes to tease me with... I can be a control freak. I don't want to have to struggle with a relationship JUST to have a child. And I'm not having some random guy's jizz being part of my child. You... You're my friend and the only one I trust to ask this. Also we are both spiders, I am hoping that would give the child a higher chance of being healthy and happy."
"Oh." Peter blinked. "I-I wow... Just, okay."
"You don't have to say yes. Heck it was stupid to ask." She mumbled and turned to leave
"No wait, Jess!" Peter stopped her and got her arm.
"Huh?" She blinked
"I-I'd be honoured." Peter answered "I mean... I WILL be your sperm donor."
"R... Really?" She asked, her eyes widening gently
"Yes." Peter nodded. "I will."
"Thank you!" Jess grinned widely, hugging him close
"Hey, it's okay. It's alright." Peter smiled gently and hugged back "Everything will turn out fine."
'I hope so.' Jess thought happily, wanting to kiss him but holding back
*In the main hanger*
"What are they doing?" Cindy asked
"I dunno. Maybe they're talking battle strategies or something." Mayday thought innocently
"You are precious." Cindy smiled gently
"Huh?" Mayday tilted her head and blushed gently
"Nothing." Cindy blushed
"So, are there other versions of me in this...'Web of Life'?" Miles asked Ben
"I admit, haven't met any." He shrugged
"Kinda worrying." Miles admitted
"There's infinite versions of Peter. No doubt there's infinite versions of you." Ben reassured him "I think it's just because you are a rather new Spider."
"That's true. I mean, I don't think I've seen versions of ME around." Mayday added "That's a bit... Worrying."
"I'm sure it is fine." Jess 1610 assured "Most probably just felt like they weren't needed."
"That's made me feel a little better." Miles answered. It wasn't long later that Peter and Jess-616 came back to the bridge.
"What've you two been doing?" Ben asked seeing the two walk back in, with a 'teasing brother' tone to his voice while he wiggled his eyebrow
"Just talking." Peter sighed, knowing Ben was joking with him "Jess just needs help with something when this is all over."
"Ah, okay." Ben nodded and sighed
"What's wrong Ms Drew?" Mayday asked
"Nothing. Nothing's wrong." Jess smiled and sighed, sitting in her chair.
"Heads up, we're coming back to the Web of Life." Cindy spoke
"Wow." Miles and Jess 1610 muttered as they emerged from the web
"Welcome to the home world of Weaver. And the birthplace of all Spiders." Ben spoke
"It's also home-base for the moment." Peter added "We need to tell Weaver what we have discovered."
"Mind if we look around?" Miles asked
"Sure, but don't get lost." Jess-616 answered. Their ship landed, alongside five other ships
"Looks like the troops have come back." Cindy spoke
"We are the last ones back." Mayday agreed
"Hey, how was the mission?" A Spider asked from one of the ships
"Good." Peter nodded, point at Miles and Jess 1610 as they got off the ship
"Whoa, two more Spiders join your crew?" The Spider asked
"We were sent to bring them here." Cindy nodded
"Calm down girl, its fine." The Peter, who was wearing an armoured version of the classic Spider-Man suit said. His suit looked a bit like a suit of armour, clearly made of metal, with the normal red replaced by shiny silver and the blue replaced with a deep black
"I'm sorry... But, did you just call me 'Girl'?" Cindy asked glaring at that Peter.
"Yeah?" He blinked "So?"
"Kind of RUDE isn't it?" Cindy responded
"We're facing murderous goliath sized monsters. 'Rudeness' at this point is arbitrary and unimportant." The Spider-Man glared at her before leaving.
"... That version of my dad is a dick." Mayday said, a hand on Cindy's shoulder to try and sooth her
"Yeah...He is. What the fuck happened to him?" Cindy sighed and felt a little better
"Money at an early age." Peter easily deduced
"Oh. Really?" Mayday asked
"Yeah, it happens a lot sometimes." Peter responded and sighed. "It's not good."
"Look whose back!" Weaver smiled as she walked towards them carrying a bundle
"Oh, hi Weaver." Cindy spoke
"Benjy!" Mayday smiled, going over to the bundle.
"Benjy?" The others asked
"May's little brother." Weaver smiled "I'd just gotten him to sleep."
"Little brother?" Peter asked in amazement
"Yeah. D-do you want to see him, Dad?" May asked innocently and honestly
"Yeah." Peter nodded dumbly. The Spider-Man looked down at the bundle and he saw the baby inside. It looked like Peter but with MJ's eyes. "He's...so tiny." He choked up smiling "Who... Is your mother?" Peter asked, having never asked before
"Mary-Jane Watson-Parker." Mayday smiled. "We're... we're your kids."
"... Mary-Jane?" Peter whispered gently, remembering his ex
"Uh-huh." Mayday nodded. "In our universe, you're a detective."
"... A detective? Really?" Peter blinked in disbelief
"Yeah, you're really good." May answered. To which Benjy chuckled in his father's arms
"Hey, what's going on over here?" Another spider asked as he walked over, noting Benjy in Peter's arms
'Oh please don't let this be a jerk Spider.' Peter thought hopefully.
"... Another dad?" The spider blinked
"Huh?" Peter and May asked, turning to the side to see a blue and red costumed Spider-Man, on his chest was a skull-motif Spider.
"Hola Papa." The Spider smiled, taking off his mask, revealing a young man, almost exactly like Peter, except for his green eyes.
"I-I'm sorry?" Peter and Mayday blinked
"Ah, lo siento. Guess you don't speak Spanish. I'm Miguel." The man apologised and explained "One of your sons from a different universe."
"ANOTHER kid?" Jess 616 blinked
"Hmm!" Benjy mumbled, hugging the blanket.
"I... err, how MANY kids do I have in these alternate universes?" Peter asked, trying to comprehend it.
"... You don't want to know." Miguel laughed lightly
"May." Benjy mumbled.
"I'm here, Benjy." Mayday answered, gently getting his hand.
"Here, take your brother back." Peter spoke gently, handing Benjy to May.
"Thanks, daddy." May answered
"Guess I'm one heck of a person, right?" Peter joked.
"Si." Miguel nodded with a smile.
"You have NO idea." Another spider laughs
"Wait, what?" Peter turned around and saw an older Spider, who was a woman wearing purple and dark blue. She had violet coloured hair and a Galactus-styled Spider moniker.
"I...Who're you?" May asked
"Well, alternate sister, I am the Daughter of Galatea. Granddaughter of Galactus. And Daddy's little girl." She listed off dramatically before she grinned jokingly, hugging Peter's arm
"HUH?!" The group asked, except for Miguel.
"I-You-Huh?!" Peter tried to ask but was flabbergasted.
"AND a mother myself." The daughter of Galatea smiled
"I'm a grandad?!" Peter almost screamed
"Yes, you are. I'm old enough." Galatea's daughter smiled with well practiced puppy dog eyes "I'm Gabrielle, I haven't introduced myself."
"... Nice to meet you?" Ben blinked
"Hi, Uncle Ben." Gabi smiled, hugging him "Lots of Peter's, Ben's and May's here." She joked
"Very true. I better get going." Miguel spoke with a smile. "Fue un placer conocerte. Sorry, 'it was nice to meet you'."
"... You to." He blinked. With that, Miguel vanished going... WHEREVER he went.
"... What?" Miles blinked
"I... Have VERY weird kids." Peter whispered
"Hey!" Gabriella frowned and huffed
"Sorry, Gabi." Peter apologized "All this...REALLY too much for me all at once."
"Understandable." Gabriella shrugged and stood back
"Um...See you later?" Peter asked
"You clearly need to speak to Weaver so sure." She nodded, leaving
"Bye, Gabi." May waved and did the same with Benjy's hand. "Say 'bye-bye' Benjy."
"Ba!" The child echoed tiredly
"Let's get you to bed." May smiled, going off somewhere.
"So...Looks like I need to bring you up to speed with all your children?" Weaver asked... having not left the spot she arrived at.
"Actually we need you to tell Miles and Jess about everything." Peter said, pointing at their new friends from Earth 1610 "And we need to tell you about what we found on their Earth."
"Well then, let me hear it." Weaver answered, sounding serious.
"... Does the name Morlin sound familiar to you?" Peter asked
