AU for obvious reasons with a female Peter, not just that but a lot of things will be different and will show as time goes on. And I don't own Spider-Man or any Marvel Characters so no suing please. Enjoy.
Chapter 01: A Day in the Life of Penelope Parker
A man with reddish brown hair had a frown while waiting at a cafe, checking the time on his watch, dressed in a well-groomed blue business suit. "Where is he?" Norman Virgil Osborn muttered in annoyance.
Norman was the infamous CEO of a company known as Oscorp Industries and was notorious for his cold, calculative and underhanded nature in doing business in the weapons and genetics department, trying desperately to unlock the key to human evolution.
A lot of people have tried to outdo him, one of them used to be Stark Industries before the CEO Anthony 'Tony' Stark grew weak and began to dismantle his weapons despite creating what Norman 'grudgingly' thought was one of the best weapons ever.
But he digress, with Stark out of the weapons business he was near the top his only competition being Hammer Industries, he wasn't worried as Justin Hammer was a complete idiot.
So that was why his 'special guest' has asked for him to meet here in this Cafe, although Norman was annoyed at the fact that this man would not show up on time. But he hid his annoyance well as due to who his 'guest' was he could easily reach the top of weapons development.
If there was one thing Norman hated, it was having his time wasted when it could be done working or telling that messenger from Fisk Industries to tell Wilson Fisk to shove it considering he was never going to sell his company to that neanderthalic fat lub of tar.
Looking up from his musings, Norman finally realized that the diner which was full of people was now extremely quiet. No one was around.
Checking behind him to see that even the waitress was gone, Norman turned back around only to see his coffee gone.
Giving a frown, Norman glanced back at the man in front of him. "Sergeant Nicholas Fury, so you finally showed up." He said his irritation showed with the man giving him a bored look.
"It's Director Fury now, Osborn." Nicholas Joseph Fury, a tall, well-built caucasian man in a blue SHIELD uniform that was basically 9-ply Kevlar mixed with beta-cloth, an eyepatch over his left eye, his dark hair that was gray on the sides slicked back. "I apologize for being late, but you aren't the only appointment I've had today."
Norman glared at Fury who glared right back. "So Director, what exactly do you want to speak with me about?" Norman asked, hiding his annoyance again in an attempt to be civil due to seeing the SHIELD Agents outside, no doubt listening in on this conversation.
Fury smirked, already knowing that Norman was annoyed and he enjoyed it a bit considering he knew how ruthless the man was.
It was that sort of ruthlessness he needs at this moment.
But then Fury got a serious glare. "Know this Osborn, everything I'm about to say is top clearance that most people in SHIELD need to be at Level 12 to know and if you utter a single word even in your sleep of what is said I will have you charged with treason and destroy everything you've worked hard to build," He said in a dark tone, showing that he wasn't kidding at all, there was a reason he was the new Director after all. "Do you understand?"
"Perfectly," Norman for his credit didn't look too phased. "I'm not stupid Fury, I'll keep my mouth shut, however I will be including one more scientist in this if I have to."
If Fury didn't have his interest before he did now, Norman knew all too well that SHIELD had up to 13 different levels of intel and only a handful of people was at 13, one of them sitting right in front of him.
So the fact that he was being given access to Level 12 clearance data almost made up for Fury wasting his time.
Fury just fixed his glare at Norman for that before giving a nod, seeing that he was serious as well as guessing on who that scientist was and slipped him a tablet after turning it on.
Raising a brow, Norman just glanced at it, his eyes bugging out due to the formula's. "Is this-?"
"What's left of Erskine's Super Soldier Formula," Fury leaned back, enjoying the shocked look on Norman's face. "The same formula that turned Steven Rogers into Captain America."
"I thought all of it was destroyed." Norman said giving Fury an accusing glance.
"You thought wrong," Fury didn't say anything more to that. "We had a SHIELD team making progress on it but the information on it was stolen and sold to Hydra, renaming it Weapon X."
"Hydra-fuck," Norman cursed at hearing that. "You let Hydra steal something like that?!"
He might not be a saint in his own company but Hydra was a terrorist organization spawned from the Nazi's in World War II that kept to the shadows these days.
"Not willingly I can tell you that much," Fury had a dark frown remembering how John Garrett was a Hydra Sleeper Agent who stole the info, he was killed by Fury himself but not before he transferred half the data. "But you know what this means."
"War is coming," Norman got the idea quickly. "All that is needed is for someone to light the match."
"And with Stark being Iron Man, SHIELD can't count on him making weapons," Fury stated, though he did have respect for Stark after everything the man went through. "Xavier won't involve his X-Men to this war, especially since he only has five students. What we need is Captain America."
"Rogers died taking the Red Skull with him." Norman pointed out, although he got an idea of what Fury wanted him to do.
"Which is why we need a new one," Fury stood up, walking to the Diner window. "Let me get this straight Osborn, I despise you and I'm certain that the feeling is mutual but you're the world's best leading Geneticist with a degree in Bioengineering that isn't in SHIELD at this moment and Banner is currently MIA after the Gamma Explosion."
"So you need me to crack this formula." Norman had a gleam in his eyes at the challenge.
This was it. This project will be the one to lead him to the top and make history as the one who cracked the mythical Super Soldier Serum.
"Yes but you screw me over and there will be nowhere you will hide from me," Fury warned darkly. "I'll be keeping an eye on you."
"Of course you will." Norman snarked, nearly making a remark about Fury needing it at the moment before he held his tongue.
Antagonizing the man at this stage will not do well for him.
Fury gave a nod and pulled out a Flash Drive tossing it to Norman who caught it. "Don't make me regret this."
"Don't worry Fury, I plan on making good on my end as long as you make good on yours." Norman said hiding a smirk.
That night, Norman entered a lab beneath Oscorp Industries as he saw a man in a white lab coat with a bowl-shaped haircut and goggles, working hard on a project that he had going on. "Octavius, how goes the joint project with Mr. Smythe?"
"It's going well Norman," Doctor Otto Octavius began, looking up at the man and taking the goggles off to look at him. "Smythe despite his young age is a genius with robotics, even more so with my tutelage."
"Good, but I'm going to have to reassign you to a different project soon." Norman said surprising Octavius.
"Norman you know this is my life's work."
"I'm not telling you to destroy it or to stop working on it, but I have another project one that I will be working with you personally." Norman stated, now earning Otto's curiosity.
"Oh?"
"Tell me, what do you know about Project Rebirth?"
"Only that the formula was destroyed with the death of Doctor Erskine." Otto said before Norman plugged the flash drive in and it came up. "Norman, how did you-?"
"Compliments of Nick Fury the Director of SHIELD." Norman answered smoothly. "You ready to get started?"
Otto smirked, leaving the project that was shown to be an unfinished metal tentacle on the workbench.
"Astounding." Otto muttered an hour later of looking into the project, a cup of coffee in his hand. "Erskine was definitely a man born years too soon."
"How long do you think it will take to complete it?" Norman asked looking at the screen as well while writing down some new formulas.
"If we're being optimistic two years at most." Otto answered his boss. "A year if we work endlessly."
"Then get ready to work until you drop," Norman said coldly, as whenever he wasn't running the company he was going to work on this project just as much. "We'll need some animals to test it on once we have a breakthrough."
"Any particular ones?" Otto asked knowing how Norman operated, with him copying the formula to paste it on his personal laptop and began making changes to it.
"Rats, Iguanas, Scorpions, Spiders," Norman listed various animals off. "I don't care, any of them."
The two got to working on the formula, but after a bit, Norman himself actually got tired of the silence. "So how was that Science Class you were teaching?" He asked a bit curious about that knowing that Otto took the summer off to teach it.
"As usual most of the children there were sent by their parents to get a break from them." Otto muttered in distaste before brightening up. "There was however one student that showed potential."
"Oh?" Now Norman had looked interested as it took quite a lot for someone to show potential with how picky Otto was.
"Yes a young lady, Penelope Parker-."
"Parker?" Norman stopped and looked at Octavius, causing the man to look up from the formulas.
"Yes, you know her?"
"My son is friends with a Penelope Parker, she's thirteen with brown hair right?" Norman made a mental note to look into her while Otto gave a nod, confirming it was the same person he was thinking about. "How did young Miss Parker catch your attention?"
"By asking me about some of my work in robotics," Otto said proudly. "She read my thesis from my college days and surprisingly understood all of it."
Norman frowned at hearing that.
It wasn't everyday someone like that came around.
"We'll keep an eye on her and hire her when she graduates if she still shows promise." Norman said making Otto chuckle.
"Duly noted." Otto erased a formula showing the Vita Rays and wrote down the idea of Cosmic Rays to see if it would work. "Speaking of your son, how is he?"
"Harry is nothing more than a disappointment these days." Norman stated coldly with no hint of regret. "I swear that boy takes after his mother."
Otto gave a nod and wisely dropped the subject.
~A Year Later~
"Alright you can do this," A skinny fourteen year old girl muttered, taking a deep breath with short brown hair and taped glasses covering her brown eyes.
She was currently standing outside of Midtown High School, dressed in simple blue shirt with a pocket that held a pen and blue jeans on, showing a nerdy look.
"It's just High School." Penelope 'Penny' Mayday Parker muttered, swallowing a lump in her throat.
She already knew she would fail with first impressions of the last road before graduation considering her family didn't have enough money to buy some better looking clothes, but she was happy with what she got.
"Penny, are you just going to spend all day standing out here?" A voice asked causing Penny to let out a small 'eep' before glaring at the guy who snuck up on her. "Man, why did Gwen teach you the look?"
"Because it's effective with you Harry." Penny deadpanned before smiling at one of her two best friends, Harry Osborn, a young man who was nearly the spitting image of his father, only with green eyes instead of blue, dressed in a white shirt and black jacket. "You ready for High School?"
"Why not, it definitely has to be better than Middle School." Harry gave a shrug.
Penny gave a small snort. "Anything is better than going to school with a mixture of small preteens and giant shaved gorillas." She remarked, making Harry chuckle.
"I suppose it is." Harry remarked before the third member of their little trio caught up to them, a blonde haired girl in an orange hoodie, holding two books to her chest. "Morning Gwen."
Gwendolyn Stacy smiled at him. "Morning Harry. Morning Penny, you guys excited?"
"Define excited." Harry drawled not too thrilled about school being back in session.
"Nervous is more like it," Penny told Gwen biting her lip. "I mean we just have four years left."
"It'll pass quickly." Gwen reminded her.
"So did you girls catch the news?" Harry asked with them walking through the front door. "Apparently Iron Man is doing a Charity event in New York in about two months."
"Really?" Penny asked in surprise. "Doesn't he live in LA or something?"
"When you're a billionaire, Italy is right around the corner." Harry said with a shrug before smirking. "Hoping to get a peek of your hero?"
Penny gave a glare, her cheeks going red. "Hey, I just think it's cool on how he was able to build the first model of the suit in a cave, I would love to ask about some of the stuff he made."
"True that," Harry said agreeing with her, turning to the blonde of the group. "You want to go Gwen?"
"You know how my Dad feels about heroes." Gwen said reminding them that her Dad was the Chief of Police and always thought that crime should be handled by the law instead of 'Superheroes'.
Harry winced. "Right, forgot about that," He muttered, brightening up when they saw a board. "Hey there's the Homeroom list, think we're in the same homeroom again?"
"Probably-." Gwen paused when she saw her name on one list while Penny found her's on a different one, Harry soon finding his. "We're separated?"
"Oh boy." Penny muttered, surprised by this as they already had their schedules with different periods.
But still it was already nerve-wracking just adjusting to High School without having to be separated.
"I-It's not the end of the world," Harry said a bit nervous now but putting on a front to act like he wasn't. "I mean we can still see each other after school."
"Yeah, with three hours to hang before we have to go home." Penny agreed with a nod before wincing. "Damn you're with Flash?"
Harry groaned at that.
Eugene 'Flash' Thompson was the Quarterback for the Middle School Football Team and would most likely be the Quarterback for the High School Team. Originally he was friends with the trio during Pre-K but he had a bit of a falling out with the group and became a distant bully, although his favorite target seemed to be Harry due to how he wouldn't hit girls.
"I'd worry more about you Penny, you're with Sally." Gwen said, making Penny pale.
Sally Avril was another of the popular group-a cheerleader that seemed to love messing with Penny, calling her washboard or geek, the classic Cheerleader vs Nerd.
"What about you?" Harry asked with Gwen checking again.
"Liz Allen." Gwen revealed making the two give light-hearted glares for different reasons.
Harry had a bit of a crush on Liz in Middle School, wanting to ask her out if it wasn't for the fact that Flash was dating her-although he has gotten over it recently while Penny felt that Liz was the nicer of the Cheerleaders and felt Gwen got lucky avoiding having a class with Sally.
"Hey what's with the looks?" Gwen asked seeing that.
Penny sighed while walking in the hallway after homeroom, feeling thankful that Sally didn't try anything too bad on the first day of school only to bump into someone, knocking some books to the floor. "Sorry." She apologized, stopping to help only to hear a familiar chuckle.
"That was on me, Sis." Penny's head snapped up to see a blond haired young man wearing a black jacket with a white shirt on underneath it. "How's it going?"
"Eddie?" Penny asked in shock, her face turning a shade of red, embarrassed by running into someone who was practically her brother. "W-What are you doing here?"
Eddie Brock Jr. gave a mock frown. "Now is that anyway to treat your old friend?" He asked shaking his head. "I'm hurt."
Penny knew he was kidding from the grin he had on his face. "I meant what are you doing in school? I thought you graduated. Heck you chose to go to college in Florida."
"I did but I transferred here for my last year and Doctor Connors asked for me to speak with Mr. Warren about something." Eddie explained to the girl who was like a little sister to him.
"Doctor Connors?" Penny asked, her eyes wide. "As in Doctor Curt Connors one of the world's leading experts on genetics behind Harry's Dad?"
"The very same." Eddie said with a chuckle now having everything picked up before he smiled. "In fact the reason for the meeting is to ask Dr. Warren to keep an eye out for some students who would be good interns for Doctor Connors, you have him don't you?"
"Y-Yes." Penny's breath was hitched at the thought of this, knowing what Eddie was giving her the heads up for.
If she impressed Dr. Warren she might be recommended to be an intern for Dr. Connors.
That would be an amazing opportunity.
"Remember, you didn't hear it from me Sis." Eddie said giving a stern look.
"Hear what?" Penny asked innocently, earning a laugh.
"Exactly." Eddie said clapping her on the shoulder before leaving with a wave. "Hey tell Aunt May and Uncle Ben I said hi."
"Tell them yourself when you visit." Penny called after him with a fond smile.
Eddie was pretty much a part of the family in all but blood as both Penny's and his parents were on a plane that crashed, leaving Penny with her Aunt and Uncle while Eddie looked about ready to grow up alone-or rather he would've if the Parkers didn't adopt him due to being close friends of the Brocks.
So with that she walked around the corner only to see the sight of Harry being held against the locker by a blonde teenager wearing a red jacket and blue jeans. "Seriously Flash? It's the first day of school!" Harry complained to the jock, a little miffed by this.
Usually he would have no problem punching Flash, but Harry was warned by his father to not cause any trouble that would involve him being phoned, so he had to forget that idea.
"What can I say, I missed the quality time we had Harry." Flash said with a smirk.
"Hey!" Penny approached the pair with a glare. "Put him down."
Flash just gave her a glance, not even intimidated before his smirk got bigger. "Aw do you have to rely on your girlfriend to help you?" Flash taunted Harry earning a glare from both of them. "Wow, how pathetic."
Then Penny smirked. "Hello Mrs. Darrel." She said making Flash tense as that was the name of his homeroom teacher and spin around, letting go of Harry to see-... Nothing.
It took a split second for the jock to figure out what just happened and he turned to see Penny between him and Harry giving him a look.
As they stared each other down, Penny swore she saw what looked like an old bruise on Flash's cheek, but he turned away before she could be sure.
"Tch, whatever." Flash muttered shaking his head while he walked off.
Once he was out of sight, Penny turned towards Harry who was still on the ground, looking down. "You alright?" Penny asked holding a hand out to help him up.
Harry instead pushed himself up, ignoring the hand. "I'm fine," He said, although there was a tinge of annoyance in it. "I could've handled that."
That surprised Penny who gave him an incredulous look. "Hey I was just trying to help." She said to him, not getting why he was annoyed.
"I didn't need any help," Harry muttered, not even looking at Penny with an embarrassed expression on his face. "It was just Flash being an asshole."
He walked away without another word at that point, leaving Penny to give him a worried look wondering what that was about before the bell rang, bringing Penny to realize that she would be late if she didn't move.
Around lunch time, Penny was poking her food a little disheartened due to how Harry or Gwen weren't in the Cafeteria-although given the food they were serving she wouldn't blame them.
"Man and I thought Aunt May's Meatloaf looked bad." Penny muttered in a joking tone.
"Don't let her hear that," Gwen's voice surprised Penny who looked to her left to see the blonde giving her a weird look. "Something wrong?"
"Nope," Penny said hiding her relief at seeing one of her friends at the moment. "Had a happy surprise with running into Eddie earlier."
Gwen's eyes widened. "Eddie? What was he doing here?"
"Wouldn't say, something about business with a teacher." Penny said a brief flash of guilt for lying to her friend but she knew Eddie wasn't supposed to tell her for a reason. "I told him that he should visit now that he's back in New York, Aunt May and Uncle Ben would be thrilled to see him again."
"The only person who wouldn't be thrilled would be Flash." Gwen commented earning a chuckle from Penny.
"Given how Flash wouldn't go near Eddie again after destroying our friendship that's no surprise." Penny said remembering that day clearly.
But then her mind flashed back to the bruise on Flash's face and she gained a concerned look.
When they were still friends, there were times when Flash had injuries with no explanation but would always keep the conversation away from them until one day he just started picking on other kids.
'Maybe if I just confronted him about that he would've been here still being our friend.' Penny thought before Gwen snapped her fingers in front of the girl making her blink.
"Okay spill, what's wrong?" Gwen asked a bit worried.
Penny bit her lip a bit unsure about telling this to Gwen, especially in school where anyone would overhear before deciding to say something else that was bothering her. "Oh Harry was a bit cold earlier because I stood up to Flash who was messing with him." She said with a frown while Gwen raised a brow.
"Penny you can be so oblivious sometimes." Gwen muttered under her breath.
"Hm?" Penny looked towards her in confusion, not hearing what was said.
"Harry will be fine after school," Gwen said already knowing how it was as she also stood up to Flash for him at times. "You know he's prideful."
"Right." Penny looked a bit sheepish at that, truthfully forgetting that part.
Penny had a smile on her face with school letting out, so far it hasn't been a bad day.
Sure there was the cold shoulder with Harry earlier but it was still an enjoyable day and today she'll be working on her father's formula when she got home-.
As soon as Penny finished going down the stairs, ice cold water poured over her causing for her to drop her books in surprise while her clothes stuck to her skin, her glasses falling off.
"Oops sorry Parker," Penny looked up to see Sally giving a smirk at her, an empty bucket in her hands. "You looked like you could use a drink."
Penny gave a glare, although her eyesight was blurry due to her glasses being on the floor now.
"Ooh be careful or your face will stay like that," Sally laughed at the glare before putting a finger to her chin in mock thought. "Then again it might be an improvement."
With that said, Sally left with a laugh while Penny sighed and picked up her glasses and now sopping wet books. "How is it I can stand up to Flash for my friend but I can't stand up to Sally?" Penny quietly questioned herself kicking herself for thinking that maybe for once Sally wouldn't have tried anything.
Hearing an AC-DC song coming from her pocket, Penny took her phone out to see a text from Harry asking where she was at, reminding her that Harry and Gwen were waiting for her to hang out in town that day.
But instead, she typed that she had to make a rain-check, saying that her Aunt and Uncle just called.
She paused before sending it with a sigh, she'll make it up to them tomorrow.
Harry looked surprised when he got the answer from Penny. "Huh."
Gwen looked over and saw the message due to how Harry was making no attempts to hide it. "That's weird for her."
"Hey do you think she's angry at me for earlier?" Harry asked as Gwen talked to him about it earlier.
"Probably, but Penny isn't usually angry about stuff like that," Gwen said sounding a little worried. "She seemed distant at lunch too, then again it could be because Eddie is back in town."
That surprised Harry. "He is?" He asked not expecting that, although it would explain why the Parkers called Penny home if her adopted brother was back.
Then Harry smiled.
"Think we can all get together then like old times?" Harry asked with a grin as before Eddie graduated he hung out with them.
"That does sound like a good idea," Gwen said a smile on her face before raising a brow. "Although old times? Really?"
Harry felt himself turn red. "What? It feels like it's been too long." He protested despite her chuckle.
"You're right, it has been." Gwen agreed, thinking back on it before a smile filled with mischief crossed her face.
On seeing that, Harry grew wary. Years of friendship with the blonde had him on edge with that smile.
"So you and Penny are still going to that charity event that Tony Stark is throwing?" Gwen asked innocently.
"Maybe." Harry responded, having a feeling on where this was going.
"So is this your way of asking her out?"
Harry went silent, placing a hand on his face. "I should've never told you about this." He muttered as last year when he got over Liz he began to feel something for Penny, one of his best friends.
So he went to Gwen for advice, something he wish he could take back.
"Harry it's pretty obvious even Kong was able to see it," Gwen commented a bit amused but she had a kind smile. "Come on, you and Penny would look cute together."
"I'm not having this conversation." Harry denied placing his hands on his ears. "La-la-la."
Truthfully he just didn't want to screw up his friendship with Penny so he kept quiet about it.
"At least just give it a shot, it doesn't even have to be a real date, more like a practice one," Gwen suggested despite Harry not wanting to talk about it. "Just try and get a feel for it."
"Maybe I will when you ask Hobbie Brown out." Harry returned, surprising Gwen as she looked away, blushing.
"T-That's different." Gwen tried to deny while Harry chuckled.
"So you say."
"I'm home." Penny called out, her clothes partially dried during the walk from Midtown High to Queens, New York.
"There she is." A forty year old man with brown hair turning grey said, a smile on his face while reading a paper, a pair of reading glasses on. "How was school?"
"It was fine Uncle Ben." Penny said, taking her shoes off.
Benjamin Parker raised a brow, noting how her clothes were wet. "Weren't you supposed to be in the city with your friends?" He asked curiously.
"I was just tired from school, you know how it is on the first day." Penny said with a shrug, although Ben gave her a look of disbelief. "So where's Aunt May?"
"I'm in here," A young woman in her late thirties poked her head out of the kitchen, with black hair on the verge of turning grey like Ben's. "Did you walk by yourself today?"
"I figured it was a beautiful day." Penny looked away while Mayday Parker met Ben's eyes before he tilted his head causing for May to give a nod.
"Penny do you want to help in the kitchen? I'm making some banana bread." May offered earning a smile from Penny.
"Who'd refuse an offer like that?"
"Not anyone who's sane that's for sure." Ben quipped, happy that whatever was bothering Penny seemed to be forgotten for the moment.
"I'll meet you in the kitchen in a bit Aunt May, I just need to put my bag in my room." Penny promised, walking past them. 'As well as put on dry clothes.'
Both adults waited until she was upstairs before Ben sighed. "Think it's that Sally girl again?"
"I know it's something and I don't like it." May remarked a worried look on her face, neither of them aware that Penny was listening right at the top of the stairs. "Penny is such a fragile girl."
"Hey Penny is a smart girl, she knows she can tell us anything May." Ben said with a warm smile.
"You're right." May sighed, giving a nod to Ben. "But I can't help but worry."
"She's practically our daughter, of course you'd worry."
Penny stopped listening at that point and headed to her room.
That night after dinner, Penny was in the basement where her makeshift lab was dressed in a red shirt and grey sweatpants, formula's on the chalkboard along with beakers and vials, while she looked over the formula left by her biological father Richard Parker.
It was a formula to create, if her father was right, an adhesive bond that would be ten times stronger than glue itself and possibly cement if Penny can finish it.
This was the whole reason she started to get into science, to finish the formula that her father started and maybe if she played her cards right she could make money off of this and make sure that Aunt May and Uncle Ben can live a good life.
"Carry the one," Penny muttered underlining a certain formula while erasing another equation. "No, no definitely not."
A knocking, caused for Penny to stop in surprise as it was coming from the door leading from the basement to the backyard.
"Penny you in there?" Harry's voice came through.
"Harry?" Penny walked to the door and unlatched it to show the Osborn scion there. "What are you doing here?"
"What? I can't swing by to see a friend?" Harry joked with a grin, causing for Penny to cross her arms, an amused look on her face.
"You know if Uncle Ben knew there was a boy down here with me this late he would have his gun ready right?" Penny quipped, seeing Harry's face pale a bit.
"Didn't think about that," Harry muttered, earning a laugh from Penny before he whistled, seeing the lab. "Man you must have more science stuff in here than Dad does back home."
"I aim to please," Penny quipped turning back to the formula as Harry closed the door behind him. "So what do I owe the pleasure of the impromptu visit?"
"Do you have your phone on you?" Harry asked surprising Penny by the question. "I texted you a half hour ago saying I was on my way."
"Oh, sorry I usually turn it off whenever I'm in here," Penny apologized sheepishly, tilting a beaker into a vial to mix two chemicals together. "I need to have some safety measures after all."
"I see," Harry said never realizing that, but then again he never really went into Penny's home-made lab before considering he wasn't much of a science person. "So what are you working on?"
"A formula Dad never finished, I'm hoping to crack it," Penny said giving a grin that faltered a bit. "Hey sorry for missing out on hanging with you guys earlier."
"It's fine there's always tomorrow." Harry said showing that there were no hard feelings about that.
Penny gave a nod, feeling some relief. "Yeah, tomorrow." She agreed before pointing to another beaker by Harry. "Mind handing me that?"
Harry shrugged and did so, stepping back while Penny continued working. "Hey are you mad at me?" He asked a bit hesitantly.
Penny blinked and placed the beaker down. "Mad at you? For what?"
"You know, the thing with Flash." Harry rubbed the back of his neck. "I shouldn't have sounded so annoyed with you when it was just Flash I was annoyed at."
"Hey look at it this way, Flash is only famous in his own mirror." Penny quipped earning a snort from Harry at the ridiculous joke. "On a more serious note, I'm not mad at you so don't worry."
Harry smiled a bit and went quiet while Penny went back to her work, his eyes wandering around the lab before he saw a picture.
It was one that showed Penny with her parents, her Aunt and Uncle along with Eddie and his parents, Harry, Flash and Gwen with her father on a picnic in Central Park.
But he stared more at how happy Penny, Eddie and Gwen were with their family while remembering how his Dad was. 'Must be nice having a family that cares.'
"Harry?" Penny's voice brought Harry back to the present while she looked curious. "Something wrong?"
"No." Harry said after a moment, not wanting to bring his thoughts up as he saw Penny give him a worried look before he sighed. "But I want to say sorry about the whole incident with Flash anyways."
"Wow, you're apologizing?" Penny asked in surprise.
"Hey just because Norman Osborn doesn't apologize doesn't mean I can't." Harry crossed his arms and looked away.
"How is your Dad by the way? I don't think Gwen or I ever met him." Penny was curious about that while Harry shrugged.
"He's been working a lot this last year, even I rarely see him." Harry's answer caused for Penny to wince at the obviously sensitive subject before she decided that she wasn't going to be able to focus and closed her book.
"Hey you wanna watch the Tick?" Penny asked surprising Harry.
"You still watch that?"
Penny shrugged. "It's funny and what other show uses a spoon as a weapon in one episode?"
Harry just gave her an amused look before she turned the TV in the basement on.
To Be Continued…
Alright let me get some things straight.
First off I'm using the original Fury, nothing against the Ultimate Fury or Samuel L. Jackson but he's been used way too many times in fanfics that barely anyone remembers the original kickass soldier and showing many mentions of various characters like the X-Men, Iron Man, Hydra, Captain America and the Hulk-the Fantastic Four don't exist yet.
Secondly yes Penny hasn't been bitten yet so no Spider-Man yet-it will be explained on how she gets called that despite obvious reasons-but that might change in the second or third chapter.
Eddie Brock was adopted by the Parkers after the death of his and Penny's parents thus making a closer relationship between those two. Flash used to be their friends and yes he's being abused as that much is obvious-it's canon in the Earth-616 comics with his father a cop being the abuser, it will be explored upon later.
Aunt May and Uncle Ben are in their forties due to the fact that it's kind of unrealistic for them to be so old with Penny just being a teenager.
Now Penny here is different from Peter Parker despite being the same person just a different gender. She's a bit more confident due to how Flash never picked on her-hey he might be a jerk at the moment-albeit one with a good reason-but he never hits girls so she has no trouble standing up to him for her friends. The same can't be said when Sally's involved for obvious reasons.
And yes Harry has a bit of a crush on Penny, just ship-tease at the moment may not turn into anything. I have some plans despite making this up as I go along so be sure to look forward to that and there will be a lot of drama because she is still Spider-Man, it comes with the package.
So tell me what you think.