Chapter 1: House of Q?
The City was beautiful and lively.
The people with different shapes, sizes, colors, and even species by the looks of it, were all casually starting their daily lives.
Except for one panicking certain Spider swinging along the concrete jungle.
This man was Peter Parker.
A regular soon to be 22 years old man wearing Red & Blue colored web pattered tight suit with black Spider emblem on his chest.
And for some unknown event to his knowledge, he was teleported to this place. Tokyo. The City of Japan.
While Peter cursed himself for not attending Japanese Language class properly, for obvious Spider-Man reasons, he was also so glad that his efforts invested in animes and video games were not in vain. Much to his surprise, he could somehow roughly understand the words what the people were talking about him.
"Look Mom! There's someone with 'Monkey Quirk' swinging! Is he a Hero?!" A little boy who looks like no older than 6 years old was pointing at Spider-Man while screaming at his mom with joy. "Now, now. Don't point your fingers at strangers." The boy's mother calmly taught her son about manners. Also she didn't seem surprised, much less cared, to see Spider-Man at all.
"Hey, look at that kid. What is he? A new hero or some kind?"
"Maybe he's a Monkey Type Quirk hero?"
"Is there a trouble? Even heroes don't use their Quirks in public like that"
"Nah… I bet he's just another school boy late for his entrance exam today."
But the more he heard, the more confusing he get.
"Monkey? Well that is somewhat insulting. And Quirks? What are these Quirks?
And man do I really need a press agent. Don't they know who the Spider-Man is?"
Also, he had very hard time processing what he was seeing.
It was as if Humans, Mutants and Inhumans all finally came to an understanding and found peace.
The sight was something unimaginable back in New York. To his knowledge humans, especially Purifiers, hated both Mutants and Inhumans all alike and was constantly trying to hunt them down whenever and however they could.
The Avengers almost went to civil war against the government to shut the Purifiers down.
However, here all he could sense was harmony.
Mutants and Humans were actually living together, working together, going to school together, having a cheerful conversation together,
and even suffering a traffic jams together. Just like what normal people would do. Not only that, but there wasn't any hate or conflict in the atmosphere.
"Wow… Look at this place. Did that Light changed the whole city? The whole planet even? This is like the world 'Professor X' always dreamed about!" "Man, I wish he could see this. I bet my whole year salary that even his shiny head would grow his hair back to rival Thor's"
While casually swinging across town and checking the new environment he was in,
he noticed that there was an urgent news being reported live on display.
'Bright Blue Clouds, Lights The Night'
'That must be the thing that brought me here'
Peter stopped and stuck himself to the side of the building and focused to listen to what the reporters were about to say.
"Last night, almost at midnight, an unusual scenery lighted the night sky of Tokyo. As you can see from these footages, the night sky of Tokyo was almost as bright as day. And it seems the cause of this was due to the Bright blue clouds which were spread across the sky of Japan. This unusual phenomenon went on for almost 30 minutes, and it disappeared to clear sky as if nothing happened"
'Whoa it went on for 30 minutes!? I never noticed it was that long'
"Daisaku-san, what do you think of this phenomenon? Could this be some sort of new event? What could be the cause of this?"
The female news caster asked as her fellow caster, who looked like normal man but with cow like horns on his head.
"I don't know Maya san. Even in my 30 years of working career, I've never seen such thing as last night as well."
"There were rumors from social media that it was all just a prank or entertainment show from individuals with strange Quirks.
What is your opinion on this?"
"It is a possibility. Individuals with the Quirks capable of lighting up the cloud particles or moistures in the air like light bulbs.
Last night could have been a city wide prank or just an entertainment show. Just like that vigilante/idol known as Pop Step usually does"
'Pop Step?'
The man with horns continued. This time, however, with somewhat serious expression.
"However another possibility, is that this could be one of those warning signs that the Environmentalists were screaming about"
"You mean, there's something wrong with our ecosystem?"
"Well… according to Environmentalists, ever since Quirks have become a very common thing, humanity has been utilizing their Quirks to its fullest, and by doing so it also has led to an increase in consumption of our planet's resources more than ever. Last night could have been warning signal from our planet"
'Quirks again? Just what are these Quirks? Is that a Japanese terms for Mutants & Inhumans?'
"I see. But it was such an unusual phenomenon. Don't you think there's a possibility that last nights event could be related to 'The Incident'?"
'The Incident?'
"Perhaps... I heard from the social media that some religions and researchers are already calling last night's event as 'Second Coming'.
The sign of new evolution of Quirks since 'The Incident' that happened nearly 150 years ago"
'…..'
"A 150 YEARS AGO?!"
"Hold on a Sec! Did I Hear That Right? 150 Years Ago? Oh God… Did I Travel Through Time and Space?! And what's this Incident?
That Another Earth showing up and world collapsing, is that what's called? Then… What happened to the Avengers?! X-Men?! Fantastic Four?!"
"Well we still have no straight answer for this. Until the Government has a full explanation about this event,
we suggest civilians to remain calm as usual. We will get back to you once we have more clear information."
"Now for our Next Topic. The Day of Entrance Exam has finally arrived for out next generation of young heroes who wishes to join U.A….."
While swinging away, Spider-Man was in a state of nothing but panic.
Being teleported to unfamiliar territory is one thing, but travel through Time? 150 Years into the Future? That was something he never expected.
Sure Spider-Man have traveled to parallel universes, and fought warriors from other worlds before but this was something entirely new.
"Ok deep breaths Spidey. Don't Panic... You've been in this kind of weird situations before. You found your way back home then, so you can do it again. First things first, I have to get back to New York. Find my way to the Baxter Building, find the future FF, turn on the time machine and go home."
But not soon after few blocks of swinging, his Spider-Sense warned him of a disturbance from the dark alley behind the buildings.
'Oh come on! Really? I set my destination, just started swinging and then This? Can't it at least wait until I have any Idea what is going on?'
Peter settled down at the rooftop of the near building to see what the fuss was about.
"Come on little girl! Just hand over your tools and we all might have very happy good morning"
A large man with head of a warthog, was threatening a blonde hair teenage girl who was holding some sort of research device in her hand.
He wasn't alone either. He had 4 other henchmen who were all wearing hoods.
However, the girl who was cornered, didn't seem to back down easily. she was holding a red colored staff in her other hand and ready to defend herself,. "I… I don't know who you are, but th.. this is a very sophisticated and valuable equipment. I.. I won't just hand it over" The girl with blonde hair responded with shivering voice. She looked prepared to engage and defend herself, but her voice indicated that she was clearly terrified.
"Sure you can" The warthog headed thug said with an evil grin.
"Just like you said. That's a valuable equipment. Which is translated as priceless.
We just want to take a good care of that thing for you. Imagine what would happen to that device if you were to lose it while wandering around in the dark corners of some mean people's turf? We don't want that to happen now, do we?"
"Aww, You're so kind boss"
"I know right? You're in luck girl, cause our boss is so kind he just can't stand and watch a beautiful lady carry a such heavy burden by herself."
"Don't be shy girl. We're not that bad hehehe"
Soon one by one the hood wearing henchmen were closing in on her. Leaving no room for her to escape.
"If… if you won't stand aside… I… I'll call the cops"
The girl kept her stance while warning them. But her face expression showed that she was slowly being overwhelmed by fear.
"Ha Ha go ahead girl. Not even Pro-heroes can hear you. You should've known better to walk in to dark corners like this. This part of the alley is well covered by buildings and its ventilation sounds. Your scream will do no good. And since the people and heroes are all so busy starting their morning paper works, this place is just a blind spot to them. It's below their attention. So stop wasting our time and just hand it over!"
Before she could even respond,
one of the henchmen stretched his fingers and snatch away the staff she was holding.
"Wait! No!"
"Should've kept your fingers tight girl"
'Whoa.. Stretchy fingers. What is he? Another version of Reed Richards?'
"Take a look at this boss. This also looks like a high tech"
"You're right. This girl is full of surprises. This maybe our lucky day"
"Let's keep her boss. Don't you think it's about time we update our gang?"
"Yeah boss. I'm tired of hanging around with just guys. We need a new face. A Girl is much better"
"Heh nice thinking. I've always wanted a blonde girlfriend anyway. Well boys, Grab her!"
'I guess that's My Cue!'