Act 1 Issue 1: Graduation Day

Manhattan, New Vale City

BGM-Sonic Unleashed OST-Endless Possibility (Rockestrate My World) Cover by Falk)

About 1 week and a half has passed ever since the multiversal tournament known as the "Cosmic of Smashers", where champions from across dimensions battled each other for ultimate power and their freedom. The entire population of New Vale City were kidnapped by the cosmic being known as the Collector for the tournament to properly "motivate" Earth's heroes to give it their all in the Contest. A short time has passed since then. The champions won the Contest and New Vale returned back to normal.

It's a beautiful summer morning for our friendly neighborhood Spider-Man to take a calm and relaxing free-fall, high above his beloved city to get ready for some spectacular web-swinging action, "WOOHOOOO!" The fun-loving webslinger web-zips and vaults over buildings with a breeze to continue attaching his weblines to nearby buildings to swing from before leaping high into the sky, in view near Oscorp Tower.

"What you got for me today, New Vale?" Spidey asked. His Advanced Tech Suit's built-in radio system picks up a frequency that looks to be urgent, as Peter spots a few news helicopters flying pass him.

'Reporting live from New Vale One Chopper. An Oscorp truck carrying plutonium has been hijacked by the White Fang, accompanied by the Shocker, and skunk brothers, Rough and Tumble! A police chase is in progress!' The news chopper informed.

"Alright, let's get to work!" Spidey swings through the city to assist the police chase against the White Fang.

A couple blocks ahead, several dozen police cars are chasing the hijacked Oscorp truck dragged along by a bigger truck guarded by two dozen White Fang goons riding on stolen Stark Boards EGXs, the Extreme Gears produced by Stark Industries. Mercenary anthropomorphic skunk brothers, Rough and Tumble, were hired by the White Fang to help them drive the truck carrying the stolen Oscorp material.

"Chasing us down?" The muscular, tall white-haired stunk called Tumble started talking from the passenger seat.

"You're causing a rumble." The smaller teal and cream-white fur stunk named Rough rhymed while driving their truck.

"You won't catch-."

"ROUGH AND TUMBLE!" The skunk brothers finished their coordinated rhyme before going into a laughing fit as the police continue to fail to catch them while they recklessly ram through multiple cars at intersections.

Three White Fang goons make a hole on top of the Oscorp truck to steal the precious plutonium stashed inside while the rest use their pistols to shoot down the police cars chasing them to slow them down. Thankfully for the police, Spider-Man's on his way. The amazing webslinger swings as fast as he could to catch up to the action, saying hi to pedestrians that spot him web slinging.

"Spider-Man!" One man shouts his name.

"Hello, pedestrians!" Peter replies before catching up with the robbers, beginning with the Extreme Gear-riding White Fang goons who pathetically try to shoot him down off his web. "Is there any reason why Adam Taurus wants plutonium? That stuff doesn't work well as shampoo unless he prefers the explosive kind!" Peter jokes, using gadgets like Impact Webbing and Concussive Blasts to blow the WF goons off their Gears to eat concrete. Once enough criminal faunus were cleared out, Spidey web-zipped to the lead truck and sticks by Rough's door and politely knocks on the window to startle him and his bro.

"Knock knock! Rough! Tumble! How ya been, fellas? You remember your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man? The guy that put you away like 20 times in the past few months? If you don't, you might remember me as 'webhead' or 'amazing'…" Peter lightly jokes around, not seeing the skunk brothers as a threat. The only real thing threatening about them is their smell since, ya know, their skunks.

"We're not going back to jail because of you again! SHOCKER!" Rough called out his other partner's name.

"Huh-?" Peter casually turns around to get blasted by the armored criminal, the Shocker, and his shockwave gauntlets that blasted the hero, causing him to skip across the road until he web-zipped himself to the top of the Oscorp truck to confront his old enemy. "Usually the White Fang hates working with humans. They must be really desperate and short-sighted if they could have recruited you." Peter mocked his old foe.

"Shut up, bug! In fact, let me do it for ya! Free of charge!" Shocker retorts as he charges up his gauntlets with high-pressure air blasts.

"Thanks! Kinda low on cash at the moment!" Peter quips as he dodges the armored criminal's shockwaves. He hops above Schultz to web his gauntlets before web-slamming on top of the criminal. "Ready to surrender? Kinda have somewhere to be at the moment." Peter quipped, only for Shocker to blast off the webbing off his gauntlets and blast Spider-Man off the truck.

Just as the webhead stands up and prepares to zip back to the chase, he turns around to get humorously rammed by an incoming police car. Of course, since he's Spider-Man, he survived and instead casually sticks to the front of the speeding car. He hears his phone ringing a version of the 60s Spider-Man theme and picks it up to see it's his best friend/ex-girlfriend, Mary Jane Watson, calling him. He answers it while still attached to the police car, "Hey, I, um, I'm sorry, I'm, um, running a bit late. I got stuck in some traffic…"

East River Park Amphitheater

"Your timing is terrible. It's started already. Principal Davis already announced you won a science scholarship to Empire State." Mary Jane secretly replied through the phone and there's a reason for that.

Today is a special day for Midtown High's students. It's graduation day. After four long years studying at one of New Vale's best high schools, Peter's class is finally going to graduate to become true adults to the world and choose their next path in life. Mary Jane and her classmates are sitting at the East River Park Amphitheater wearing blue gowns surrounded by hundreds of family and friends who have come to see their favorite sons, daughters, or friends graduate. Among MJ's graduating class is her other best friend and CEO of Oscorp, Harry Osborn. Princess of her own kingdom from another dimension, Lucina. And the goddess of light taking the appearance of a teenager, Palutena, but in her teenage form, she prefers to be called "Paulina". The latter two attended Midtown at the start of senior year acting as transfer students simply to gain an education. Lucina's reasoning was because her world was too devastated to gain a proper education and Palutena's was just another excuse to hang out with her friends, as the playful goddess she is.

'I know, I'm sorry.' Peter apologized to MJ for being late to his own graduation.

"Where are you?" MJ quietly asked him so she won't gain attention from others while her principal is still giving an opening speech.

'1st in Broadway, 2nd in Broadway, 3rd in Broadway…' Peter listed frantically, 'Five minutes. 10 tops.'

"Are those sirens?"

'…No.'

"Peter?"

'No.'

"Peter?!"

'No sirens.'

Meanwhile, Principal Davis just finished the opening graduation speech to get ready to introduce someone else into the stage, "And now I am proud to announce our guest speaker is the renowned scientist and founder of the leading company creating the most advanced technology in the world, Max Modell, head of Horizon Labs."

People clapped loudly when Max Modell, redhead, glass-wearing, and somewhat obese founder of Horizon Labs, walks on stage to speak to the students of Midtown, "Thank you, thank you, Principal Davis…"

"You better hurry, Peter. Your idol, Max Modell, is giving a speech. And before you know it, it's YOUR turn to close off with one." MJ whispered to Peter, reminding him that he was also appointed valedictorian for being the highest ranking student among their graduating class and is the one to deliver the farewell speech.

'Max Modell?! Alright! I'll wrap this up as fast as I can!' Peter replied before hanging up.

From the seats surrounding the amphitheater, a lot of Peter's friends have shown up to see him graduate from Midtown. Obviously, his beloved Aunt May is right there attending her nephew's graduation. His Mobian friends: Sonic the Hedgehog, Tails, Amy Rose, Cream the Rabbit and her chao, Cheese. His friends and former classmates from Beacon Academy: Team RWBY and Team JNPR. His two other classmates: Pit, who is also from another dimension attending Midtown, moving from a junior to a senior along with Tails and Amy, and Oscar Pine, one of Peter's newest friends moving from a freshman to a sophomore, blissfully unaware of Peter's secret life. And from Lucina's world in an alternate timeline she visited: Her father, Chrom, her mother, Sumia, her aunt Lissa, her cousin, Owain, her younger sister, Cynthia, and good friends, Robin and Frederick.

Nora Valkyrie is standing from her seat cupping her hands in front of her eyes to use as makeshift binoculars to scan for Peter. "Do you see Peter?" Jaune asked his teammate.

"Nnnnope." Nora replied.

"He's not here yet?" Ruby asked, surprised Peter hasn't shown up yet.

"He's late, as usual. He remembers he's the valedictorian, right?" Weiss asked with a deadpan look as she's used to Peter always showing up late to almost every event related to him.

"Give him time." Blake told her, putting faith Peter will show up before it's his turn to give his farewell speech.

"Sonic, maybe you should go find…" As Tails turned around to ask his best friend to look for Peter, he notices his fast friend was already gone looking for him, "Seems he's already on the case."

Back with Spider-Man…

"I TOLD you I'm running a little late!" Spidey quipped as he pins down Shocker with a web-strikes so he could bounce off his body and zip down through the hole to fight the three WF goons stealing plutonium vials. "This stuff's radioactive ya know, like me, only I came out handsome!" Peter jokes while easily defeating them with a few punches but causes them to accidently drop the many vials of plutonium off their hands and hurries to grab them all before they fall off the truck and cause a disaster while also dodging the many bullet fire from the remaining White Fang out of the truck, "Gotcha! Gotcha! Nope! Gotcha too! You're not going anywhere! Come to daddy!" He successfully dodges all their attacks and grabs all but one vial as it falls out of the truck, "Oh, come on."

"Need a hand, Spidey, or perhaps some fast feet?!" Speeding into the chase at supersonic speeds comes Sonic and his cocky grin using his signature Homing Attacks to zigzag the remaining White Fang goons and grab the skipping vial and tosses it to a leaping Spider-Man.

"Thanks, Sonic!" Spidey replied as he webs up the plutonium to a nearby pole for the police to retrieve once the chase is over.

Sonic jumps over to defeat a recovering Shocker with another Homing Attack off the truck for Spidey to create a web-net to grab him as the hedgehog stomps on the engine of Rough and Tumble's truck.

"Whassup?" Sonic grinned at the startled skunk brothers.

"AAAAH! Him too?!" Rough shouted.

"Bro, look out!" Tumble shouts as he points to a bus full of people about to intercept them.

"Wuh-oh." Sonic said with a shocked look.

The truck crashes into the bus, causing it to topple over with the people screaming inside. In a hurry as if everything is moving in slow motion, Spider-Man vaults over the bus before it topples on top of a man and his daughter and stops it with his amazing strength by pushing it back to place before it could topple completely, saving everyone in the process.

Rough and Tumble were the only ones left from this theft and they aren't going down without a fight. They run out the truck and take out their guns in a last-ditch effort to kill the wallcrawler and the blue blur. Too bad for them, they underestimated their speed and reflexes, and as Spidey web-yanks away their weapons, Sonic hits them with two Homing Attacks before Spidey vaults over and fires a Trip Mine device on Rough to web-pull his brother towards him, causing them to slam together in defeat.

"The tables have turned." Spidey started joking next to Sonic.

"They've certainly bumbled." Sonic grinned.

"Looks like it's game over for Rough and Tumble!" The two jokesters mocked the brothers of their rhyming thing.

"NO! NO! NO!" Tumble shouted in defeat while he's webbed up to his bro.

"STOP THAT! STOP DOING OUR THING! WE HATE IT WHEN YOU DO OUR THING!" Rough yelled as the heroes casually walk away to leave them for the police as they have a graduation ceremony to attend to.

BGM End

East River Park Amphitheater

"…And I hope to see you all again one day as successful adults. Congratulations, and thank you again for having me. It's been an honor." Max Modell finished his speech to the Midtown students as the audience and students clap for giving out some inspiring words a certain webslinger will only hear from a video recording.

Principal Davis too claps for Modell as he walks back up to the microphone to announce the closing speech and the chosen student to give it out, "Thank you, Mr. Modell, for those inspiring words I'm sure our graduating students will cherish forever…"

At the same time, Sonic gave Spider-Man a speedy ride to his graduation and to a good hiding spot to change into his cap and gown. "C'mon, c'mon! It's your turn now!" Sonic hurried Peter to change clothes. He did, except for the mask which Sonic quickly tells him to take it off, "Dude, your mask!"

"Oh, damn it!" Peter quickly takes off his mask and puts it in his bag for Sonic to carry back to the audience seats while he quickly heads to stage as he's about to be called up.

"…This year's valedictorian, please welcome, Peter Parker!" Principal Davis announced Peter's name. And for once in his life, Peter actually arrived on time, running out from the back of stage to surprise everyone of his sudden appearance, causing everyone from his fellow students, including Flash Thompson and his group surprisingly, to his friends and family and everyone else at the audience seats to clap for his special role today.

"Did I miss anything?" Sonic snarkly asked his friends after suddenly reappearing to his seat as if he never left in the first place.

"Nah. You arrived at the best part. Thanks for picking him up." Yang smiled, thankful for the hedgehog's assistance to get Peter on time to his speech.

"No problem." Sonic winked.

BGM-Avengers Endgame OST-Whatever It Takes

Peter shakes his soon-to-be-former principal's hand before walking up to the mike to give out the closing speech to his graduation, "Good morning to the esteemed faculty of Midtown and to the families and friends of my fellow graduates. It's an honor to be standing out here today, to close off the graduating Class of 2019. It's been a long, tough road these past four years. Some harder for others. Some of us has lost friends. Lost family. Maybe a part of ourselves. But, that didn't mean we made new friends along the road. A new family. Gained another part of ourselves stronger than the last. So, no matter how big that next bump on the road is, there'll always be someone behind you watching your back and pick you back up on that road to greatness. Though most of us will go our separate ways after this, the bonds we forged throughout the years are endless and will NEVER be severed. A new life brings new challenges, and we'll beat those challenges, together. Whatever it takes. Thank you."

Peter's speech was probably the best speech of the entire ceremony. It greatly impressed people like Max Modell standing from across the stage, instantly taking an interest in Peter. His speech got some people from the crowd emotional. It got people like Team RWBY and Amy teary-eyed while Nora bawls her eyes out as everyone else stands up to give one amazing round of applause for hidden hero's most sensational speech ever spoken for his class.

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A few minutes later…

With the valedictorian speech over, so was graduation. The graduating class, one by one, got their diplomas to show the world they graduated from high school and have taken the next step in adulthood. After they got their diplomas, Peter, MJ, Harry, Lucina, and (Paulina) Palutena went to go find their friends somewhere in the middle of this massive crowd of other families and friends congratulating other graduates.

"Peter! Guys!" Tails is seen shouting in mid-air thanks to his twin tails, happily waving to get his graduating friends' attention to meet up with the rest of the cast.

"Ha ha! Everyone!" Peter smiled as his little squad runs up to reunite with everyone else.

"We're so happy for you guys!" Ruby smiled as everyone shares hugs, high-fives, and kisses among couples.

"Peter, dear, I just can't tell you how proud I am that you won that science scholarship! This means you'll be able to have the college education you've always dreamed of," Aunt May hugs her nephew, "Life hasn't been easy since your Uncle Ben died, but somehow, this makes all the sacrifices seem so…worthwhile."

"I know...Still wish he was here though." Peter said, still thinking about his Uncle Ben to this very day, but he knows very well he would be proud for his nephew and all of his accomplishments over the years.

"We're still here. Your one big, crazy family." Yang smiled, giving a one-armed hug to her boyfriend.

Pete chuckles, "Yeah. Me, MJ, Harry. I'm still surprised we survived four years of high school."

"WE'RE surprised you survived four years of high school." Both MJ and Harry quipped, getting a small laugh out of everybody else.

"Technically, four years as a high school and four years dealing with my 'other' life, so wouldn't that make it 'eight' years total?" Peter joked.

"Your math is blowing my mind." Weiss casually quipped.

"I'm a bit jealous you became an official Huntsman before us, and now you're a high school graduate heading to college." Jaune remarked.

"When did Pete become a Huntsman?" Oscar asked, completely oblivious to the events of Battle for Remnant, which took place months before the Convergence.

"It's a long story that's overly complicated and perhaps filled with retcons." Peter quipped. "So where's Axl? He didn't make it?"

"He's busy with business, but said he'll make it to the graduation party tonight." Sonic replied.

"Awesome. This is great. Already found a decent apartment in the city, so I'm all set this fall. And I'm also thinking of getting a second job as a teaching assistant at ESU." Peter revealed, which kinda surprised certain people like Weiss he plans on applying for a teaching assistant position.

"You want to become a teaching assistant?" Weiss asked him.

"I can see myself as a teacher one day. Is that bad?" Peter replied.

"No, no. That's…I could REALLY see you as a great teacher." Weiss smiled, finding him as a potential teacher pretty heartwarming and fitting.

Peter smiles back, "Thanks."

"Harry. Peter. Congratulations." Approaching the two best friends and their massive group of friends from behind is the surprise appearance of famous Max Modell himself.

"Max Modell?!" Peter remarked in shock one of his science heroes have come to personally meet him and Harry.

"Oh, hey Max." Harry casually greets Max, implying the two already know each other since they're the heads of their respective super-science companies.

"He's that super-smart guy who made a speech before Peter's, right?" Sonic asked Tails since he doesn't know much about Max Modell or all the work his company has done for the world.

"Max Modell is one of the smartest scientists on the planet and founder of Horizon Labs. If it wasn't for his company, we would've never stopped the Spider-Virus back then." Tails excitedly told his best buddy as he too is a big fan of Max Modell's work.

"He kinda looks like a good version of Dr. Eggman without the big mustache and that's a little unsettling." Sonic quipped.

"Max, this is my best friend, Peter, and perhaps your biggest fan, the one I've told you about from our meetings." Harry introduces his best friend to Mr. Modell.

"Nice to properly meet you, Peter. You gave a wonderful speech back there." Modell complimented Parker on his graduation speech.

"I-It was nothing. Honest. I just spoke from the heart, that's all." Peter replied, still nervous from standing on the same grass as his favorite science idol, surpassing his other idol, Tony Stark, in favoritism.

"Best speeches always come from the heart. I heard you won the science award. Tell me: How good of a scientist you are?" Modell asked some interesting questions.

Ruby decided to chime in and speak for her surrogate big brother, "Peter's the best! Top of the line! He's the one always upgrading me and my friends' weapons! We're from Beacon Academy! Peter also used to intern for Stark Industries."

"That makes things much easier." Modell replied, stroking his red beard.

"What does?" Peter wonders what his hero is talking about.

"I was thinking, Peter, if you're interested in a paid internship at Horizon Labs for the next 4 years while you're studying at ESU. If you complete it, I'll hire you full time after you graduate college. I'm accepting 2 people right now. One of the spots were filled. Thinking of taking the last spot?" Modell offered Peter the offer of a lifetime to basically work at Horizon Labs early over the course of his college life.

Hearing those words enter through his ears and into brain and nervous system almost pushed Peter into a pleasure coma while he's in shock, "A paid internship?! At Horizon Labs?! Well…YEAH!"

"Great. I'll see you in three months at the start of the semester. I'll mail your Horizon manual later. Happy to have you, Peter!" Modell waved goodbye to his newest intern as he walks away through the crowd.

"Did the universe aligns itself? I just graduated high school and was basically offered a job to work at Horizon Labs. This isn't a dream, right? Somebody pinch me?" Peter asked, which his girlfriend obeys and pinches him in the cheek. "Ow! This isn't a dream! It's real! YES!" He immediately hugs Yang, much to her surprise.

"Whoa! Okay! Wow. Haven't seen you this happy since the first time we had se-."

"DON'T RUIN THE MOMENT!" Peter immediately cuts her off, getting a laugh from Yang.

"Alright! This calls for a celebration on top of a celebration! It's PARTY TIME!" Sonic announced, fist bumping the air along with his many friends who are eager to celebrate with the graduates.

Unbeknownst to Sonic. To Peter. To their friends and loved ones beside them as they walk out to party back home, someone was watching them from afar on top of a building. A robot. Which actually is Metal Sonic in his upgraded "Neo" form, fully known as Neo Metal Sonic, distincting himself with a black cape protruding out of the back of his waist. And it sounds like his speaking with his other partner.

"The hedgehog and his friends are leaving the premise. It doesn't look like they know of your operation." Neo Metal Sonic replied to his partner, Mecha Spider-Man, of their secret plan through his internal comms.

'Acknowledged. This shouldn't take long to begin with.' Mecha replied as Metal continues staring at his organic counterpart.

The Raft

BGM-Mega Man X8 OST-VS Sigma Demo

The Raft. A super maximum security prison for super-criminals located near Ryker's Island, New Vale. It is run and operated primarily by SHIELD, with helpful assistance from GUN and the Atlas Military. Nigh-impossible to break out from a place like this, even for those proclaiming themselves as super geniuses, such as Alistair Smythe. A mad scientist and son to the deceased Spencer Smythe, original inventor of the Spider-Slayers – a series of robots designed to destroy Spider-Man in the past. After his father died, Alistair inherited the legacy to destroy Spider-Man, creating new Spider-Slayers that improves on the last. It then came to the day when Alistair enhanced himself with cybernetic parts to become his own Spider-Slayer. The Ultimate Spider-Slayer. But he can't prove he's the ultimate while he's rotting in a secured jail cell with the functions of his armor disabled by an inhibitor collar.

"Alistair Smythe." Lucky for Smythe, someone has come to see him outside his cell, which is a first, especially since his mystery visitor is fully cloaked in dark red hoodie and speaks with a metallic voice, hiding everything about himself but his glowing red eyes emitting out of the darkness hiding his face.

"Huh? Who are you?" Smythe asked the cloaked figure.

"Your newest employer. My name…is Cyber." The mysterious Cyber, who is actually Mecha Spider-Man in disguise, introduced himself to Smythe from beyond his cell. "You are needed, Smythe, to join my organization."

"Why should I join you? I don't know anything about you." Smythe replied, preferring not to trust the words of a total stranger.

"Soon, you will, but for now, let me say you and I have similar problems that's needs to be erased. Spider-Man…" Cyber said the one name that instantly grabs Smythe's ears and interest.

"Spider-Man? What does he have anything to do with this?" Smythe asked his mysterious cloaked friend.

"Like you, I've too been humiliated by the spider for far too long. He stands in the way of ultimate victory. To defeat him, I need your genius combined with mine. I want to give you the opportunity to prove your name as the ULTIMATE Spider-Slayer. Don't you want your revenge for what happened to your father? Revenge against Spider-Man? Against J. Jonah Jameson?" Cyber manipulated Smythe and took advantage for his hatred against not only Spider-Man for the cause of his father's death, but against J. Jonah Jameson as well, who also played a big role for those horrible events as well.

"…When do we begin?" Smythe asked, accepting to work with 'Cyber' Mecha Spider-Man and his mysterious new organization.

Now that Smythe agreed to work for him, Mecha easily hacks the control panel for his cell and frees him without setting any alarms, "By the time they realized you've escaped, our master plan will have been finalized."

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KFX Here: The first chapter of Act 1, and things are looking good for Peter. He graduated high school. Got a science scholarship to attend ESU for free. And was hired to work as a paid intern for Horizon Labs for the upcoming college year.

Mecha Spider-Man is going under a new alias called "Cyber" and recruited Alistair Smythe, the Spider-Slayer, to join his new organization. What is this organization? You'll find out later.

Question of the Chapter: What are your first impressions of the story so far?