So this is sort of a companion piece to my Noble Spider story. There's no plans to have the two crossover, I just thought it'd be interesting to see Spider-man and his supporting characters placed in such a radically different scenario than we're usually used to. Case and point, this one will be set in the Gears of War universe, so expect lots of dark themes, gore, swearing like there's no tomorrow which in this world is pretty likely and just general depression and angst

This will pick up just before the events of E-Day or Emergence Day, when the Locust invaded the surface world and started an all-out war against the Humans of Sera for the next fifteen to seventeen years which a lot and I mean a lot of people died. This will be a sort of A.U. since I'm going to be making some alterations to the history of the Locust, the Lambet parasite thing, the COG and several others.

Warning: Expect quite a few lemons, some with incest and vast amounts of gore, extreme harsh language, some of which can be seen as racist but hey that's war and soldier mentality for ya, some very dark themes, morally questionable decisions and acts and lots of death

It's Gears of War people, it's a dark series so there's your warning and because of this, this Peter Parker will be sort of fitted to this world and that he'll be a bit darker, a bit more cynical and what not, but he'll largely stay the same in that he uses humor as a sort of coping mechanism for all the crap he's about to go through but there will be times where that darkness and anger we all know he has and have seen sometimes will come out and well… Dark Spidey with a Lancer is a scary image regardless if he has powers or not

Disclaimer: I don't own any Marvel or Gears of War characters seen, mentioned or used

Six years… sixty-six months… just over two thousand seven hundred and forty-two days… seventy-one thousand two hundred and ninety-two hours…

That was how long Peter Parker signed on for when he first joined the COG Army after graduating high school along with his estranged twin sister Terresa just over two years ago. The main reason was to help pay for the college that he wanted to attend but couldn't afford even with student loans or grants given the university was among the top five in the COG, like you'd need to come from some serious money to get in at least like Prescott or Fenix or something along those lines.

So, he did what any other kid in his position would do after looking to see if there was another school that could possibly substitute for him and was within his price range before finding there was none…

Find himself some serious courage that he lacked in high school when he was the resident bookworm and nerd, march his skinny ass over to the nearest recruiting center and enlist and pray to every god there is that he lived long enough to actually enjoy the benefits of being in the Army such as discounts at stores when you buy things, half of which you probably don't need, better healthcare options and oh yeah, having the COG pay for his education at almost any school in the Collation he wanted to attend and the school he wanted was one of those!

Now early on in Peter's time at boot camp his gifted intelligence was shown in some of the rather interesting and often unconventional tactics he would employ in training and even simulations to compensate for his less than at the time, stellar physical qualities. This sort of outside thinking gained the attention of quite a few influential people, most notably Colonel Erza Loomis of the Onyx Guard who was scouting Peter's training facility and several others for possible recruits into arguably the COG's most elite military unit.

After a few weeks of keeping tabs on Peter, the Colonel approached Peter after seeing the young man had scored higher than any of his fellow trainees and well any other Gear trainee in the past decade on his aptitude test and offered him a chance to be transferred to Halvo Bay Military Academy, the training ground of the Onyx Guard itself

Peter at the time, well he may be a little slow on certain things that weren't related to science and sometimes came off as dense, especially when it came to women, but he knew a once in a life time offer when he saw it and quickly accepted the By the Book man's offer and not a week later he was shipped out to Halvo Bay to further his training which he secretly would admit was hell on earth to a guy like him.

Over the next year, Peter was pushed to his absolute and he mean's absolute limits both physically and mentally and even a bit on the spiritual side until he finally graduated in the top of ten of his class at number ten itself. After that, it was simply being assigned his unit that was under the command of Captain Davis and getting to know his squad mates who were some of the coolest guys and girl he's ever met and wait to be deployed, as unlikely as that would be given that the Pendulum Wars had ended just a few days after he graduated not even six weeks ago.

So that meant Peter's tenure in the Onyx Guard would be uneventful. Sure, it had it's moments of excitement but he wouldn't be seeing any sort of actual combat outside drills and simulations which he was okay with, he was going through all of this because it was his way of eventually living his dream of being a well-respected scientist…

And then, Emergence Day… the day when Humanity discovered that it wasn't the only sentient race on Sera, and these new guys that have apparently been living underground for who knows how long, weren't willing to share. Within the first day of this new war breaking out, over a quarter of Sera's human population all over the world in almost every major city had been killed by what were soon to be called the Locust Horde

And now just six weeks after the beginning of a brand new and even bloodier conflict the Pendulum Wars, Peter along with thousands of other Onyx Guards and Gears had been deployed to defend Halvo Bay as the Locust had arrived with one thing in mind

Kill every last human in their path…

…

"Well… I'm sooo going to die" Peter said as he and his squad and dozens of other Onyx Guards were busy fortifying the Museum of Military Glory in the heart of Halvo Bay. Why, Peter didn't know since from his view point this city was lost and the smart thing would be to get as many Gears and Civilians out of here as possible before leveling the place with either a lot of bombs and artillery or the Hammer of Dawn and regroup with the rest of the COG's army

One of Peter's squad mates glanced at him with an incredulous expression under their helmet as he set up an automated turret that operated similar to a Gnasher shotgun in that it worked well at close quarters and fired off shotgun shells "Really? Where's that usual and often annoying optimism of yours Parker?"

"Back in the barracks, along with a will to my sister, and my Aunt and Uncle" Peter said as he lifted a large price of stone and tossed it aside and helped their squad leader set up several rows of barbed wire and laser trip wire to help slow the Locust down, not that it would but a few seconds would be all they need to send these things back to whatever hell they came from

"Cut the chatter and get these defenses up" their Sergeant said as he looked around to see several more squads securing the doors and laying out more fortifications

Peter finished tying down his side before a violent explosion from outside caught his attention and caused him to look up towards the windows in time to see a large majority of them shatter "Ah crap, that's not good…"

"We'll be fine" his C.O. said dismissively as he reported in to Colonel Loomis on the progress of the museum's fortifications

Peter frowned at the man's comment "But sir, those Nemacysts' could-"

"It's fine Parker now get the rest of those damn turrets up!" the man snapped before turning on his heel and walking away with a huff

Peter scowled at the man before he did as ordered and began to set the rest of the automated turrets up in key areas that will give them a clear and wide range of fire along with valued cover from any return fire from the Grubs

"Still don't get why we call them Grubs, they look more reptilian then insectoid in nature" Peter muttered as he placed his Lancer on the ground and moved a few old wooden benches to better cover the turret "Then again, calling them genocidal lizard men sounds too long and not catchy enough, oh well maybe in the next war…"

"If there is a next war…" a woman's voice spoke up behind Peter and he turned to see the only member of his squad that he actually got along with, mainly because she had a passion for science like he did but was sadly unable to really follow her's thanks in some small part to her father who she has yet to really mention other than he was some military bigshot and made a deal with her, six years in the Army and he'd bend over backwards to get her into any school she wanted.

So, she attended and later graduated Halvo Bay Military Academy before she and a select few Onyx Guards were deployed to aid in the battle of Aspho Fields that saw the COG acquire the Hammer of Dawn technology from the UIR who had beaten them to it by quite a few years.

Corporal Barbara 'Bobbi' Morse, his squad's second in command and most experienced Gear despite the fact she was only four years older than Peter. She had her helmet in her hand while her Mk-1 Lancer was attached to her armor's magnetic holster, located on the back. Her blonde hair was tied in a tight bun and her face was marred a bit by grime for spending the better part of this morning and last night trying to hold the docks before she and Peter's squad were pulled back to here

She nodded towards some of the defenses in the room as she slid her helmet on "Think it'll hold?"

"Against humans?" Peter asked as he stepped up and brushed some bits of dust that fell on his armor when another explosion shook the building "Yes, against Grubs… I give us two minutes tops"

"That's half a minute longer than what I give us" Bobbi said as she and several others including Peter lost their footing thanks to a powerful tremor originating from somewhere nearby, likely another 'E-Hole' either being destroyed or created by their inhuman and relentless new enemy that according to her and some of the older Gears makes the 'Indies' look like a bunch of pushovers in comparison

"I still think this city is done for…" Peter said as he straightened himself before arming himself with his Lancer and attached the bayonet to it, not that the blade will do much given the Grubs rather thick hide, against a Wretch sure no problem, but the bigger Locust ground forces were another story entirely

'Let's just hope my blade doesn't snap like yesterday' Peter thought with dread as yesterday's fight came to mind when Peter tried to impale a Drone in the gut with his Lancer only to stare in terror as his bayonet snapped and he was early killed by the darkly amused Grub, thankfully, Peter had a backup plan, he opened fire on the bastard with his rifle on full auto and watched as he more or less bisected the surprised Grub

'Though I doubt that'll work again' Peter thought as he and Bobbi took their positions not too far from each other

"Halvo Bay is home to the Onyx Guard Peter, a lot of men and women here won't let this place go without a fight, neither will Command if they can help it" Bobbi said as she made a few adjustments to her Lancer

"There's always Ephyra" Peter said in regards to the Onyx Guard's place of origin or at least, it's predecessor which so happens to also be Bobbi and Peter's home

"Fair point, but honestly how many people even know that these days?" Bobbi asked with a chuckle as she glanced up towards the shattered windows to see the night sky was illuminated by a combination of fire from the war outside and artillery fire from both sides of the conflict before suddenly they received an update from Command about the situation outside

"Squads Black-Four and Three, incoming hostiles on your position, dozens of them" a male's voice said that was nearly drowned out by another explosion "We're also picking up reports of the East Wing under attack"

"Copy that, we're in position and ready to show these bastards how Onyx kick's ass!" Peter and Bobbi's Sergeant responded as he gestured for the squads to take cover and aim for the door into the city outside

Peter steadied his breathing as he lined up the Museum's door in his rifle's sights and held firm 'Okay Peter you can do this, you've done it at least four times in the past few days and dozens of times before that in very safe and non-life-threatening simulations. Just aim at the first Grub and squeeze the trigger until it's dead and move on to the next… easy…'

Peter then felt a hand on his shoulder and turned to see it was Bobbi's as her helmet's blue lenses stared into his "Stick close to me alright? I don't want to almost lose you like earlier, okay?"

"Yes ma'am" Peter nodded as he adjusted the grip on his rifle

The Onyx Guards waited in tense silence as the sounds of gunfire and explosions outside increased until the door suddenly shook and cracked as something big on the other side had hit it. They waited for several moments as they picked up the growls and grunts of the Locust outside before suddenly the doorway exploded and was soon filled by numerous Grubs entering the hall

"All right ladies, light em' up!" the Sergeant yelled as he and the rest of the Guards opened fire on the advancing horde

…

And done.

Next chapter, the battle for the Museum of Military Glory begins!