Chapter 2: A Shroud Of Darkness
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Ava was at a loss for words Peter was gone as Madame Web stated he was lost in time during the attack she wasn't focused on her abilities and Peter disappeared in the confusion, multiple dimensions with various futures hope of finding him was virtualy non existant.
Fury and the team arrived at was left of the Parlour Ava was crying actually crying while Madam Web was just lost, she had lost track of her favourite champion. "I can't believe he's gone" Ava whispered from her spot on the stairs as the team was digging through the rubble she hadn't yet found the words to tell them that he wasn't here,
"how is it even doing something as simple as seeing a psychic web head manages to have a building dropped on him?" Nova laughed thinking that this whole senario was a joke that is until he saw Ava's shattered expresion.
"you won't find him guy's" she sniffiled prompting the guys to gaze in blighten shock never once in 2 years together had they seen Ava shed a single tear, "what makes you so sure?" Powerman asked hesitently taking a cautious step backwards.
"because... there is nothing to find" she mumbled, the guys barely caught her words but took them to heart all the same, "he is dead?" asked IronFist, before Ava could repsond Madame web cut her off, "not dead...lost" she said "Ms Ava should I find a trace of Spiderman I shall inform you and the other" Madame Webs voice echoed through the air as she disappeared. the 4 teens remained in silent shock and sorrow for a few minutes 3 unable to comprehend what they were told and 1 starting to crave vengence on the man in green mech suit who ambushed the parlour.
"if that guy in the stupid suit hadn't attacked Madame Web she wouldn't have broken her focus and lost Peter to some distant time line!" Ava was getting angery, she wanted nothing more than to track down the Mystery man and make him answer for what he did but first she had to find him.
Peter awoke sprawled over jagged and broken chunks of concreate some of the pointer pieces were poking him in the back, he was sore and had a throbbing pain " awwe man Who got carried away with party poppers?" he groned before realising he was alone and it was extreamely dark. It's never dark in New York especially to this degree "Ava are you ok?" he called out. there was no answer so he got up and searched the area, but the area of the entire block was demolished except the museium that was still standing untouched, "what the hell happend?" Peter asked scanning the destruction of the city.
"Attention it is now 8Pm the city curfew is effect any citizen caught in the streets after curfew shall be dispatched with extreme prejudice" came a robotic voice from around the corner. Soon after a squad of androids came marcing around the corner guns drawn they were all police colored blue and black except one at the lead, hes was red and black, "that's new" Peter gulped as the robots turned down an alley way,
"hault you are out past curfew the sentence is death!" the robots voice stated,
"try it metal mouth" I'll turn you to scrap metal came a voice from the same alley.
Peter crept up to the alley way he could scarcely see who the robots were crowding only that he was a srawny middle aged man, the robots were circling him as the red and black one barred down on him "retinal scanning confirms... Sam Alexannder A.K.A super hero Nova".
"Sam!" Peter gasped poking his head back around if the man he was looking was in fact Sam then something went screwy at Madame Webs parlour,
"Sam Alexannder you're charged with treason, willfull destruction of sentry droids, and vigilatisum the sentece is execacution" the robot said pointing it's blaster at Sam's face.
Peter couldn't stop himself he had to help Sam, he quickly grabbed a lid from a nearby garbage can and whipped it like a frisbee, the lid struck the blaster knocking his shot out of alignment missing Sam's face. Admist the confusion the robots began searching for their secondary target, Sam tried to find an escape route but he knew if he moved to much their motion sensors would detect him and he'd be fried.
he took one step back and felt a hand grab him by the scruff of his shirt and pull him upwards on to a fire escape, he didn't see his rescuers face just the back of his head as he lead him up to the roof tops, "who are you?" Sam asked cautiously in this city a good semaritin was nonexistent only people who wanted something for themselves would pretend to help another.
Peter stopped at the edge of the roof and turned back to Sam if this was an alternate dimension or a distant future he would have to explain himself "Sam it's me Peter..." he trailed off as he caught Sam's reaction, he was stunned and slightly mortified at who he was looking at,
"not possible... you're dead" Sam gasped looking at Peter like he was crazy "you've been dead for 15 years, you can't be hear...It's not possible" he was denying what he was seeing.
As far as Sam knew Peter died 15 years ago when he was on a date with Ava at some psychics shop, "Sam I swear to you it's me" Peter said calmly but Sam continued to deny this " I don't know who you are but there is no way in hell you're Peter Parker, he was one of my best friends and he died along time ago" Sam protested.
Peter stood in shock 15 years into the future and he was believed to be dead and what was really weird was Sam just admited he was one of his best friends, "are you refering to what happend at Madame Webs?" he asked.
Sam was still hesitant about talking to a possible fraud but his instincts were telling him to go along with the conversation "the psychic that you and Ava saw before you died?... yeah the old lady said she couldn't find you" he stated,
Peter just had a blank stare on his face "I didn't die that day Sam I ended up being transported to... when the hell am I?" he asked.
Sam looked over both shoulders with a scared expression " if you're really Parker then you should be able to tell me something that only you and i would know" Sam said,
"when you and the team were staying at my place i found your journal about how your exgirlfriend dumped you for some jackass" Peter replied.
Sam's draw dropped open he couldn't believe his eyes "Peter it really is you" he laughed, Peter smiled and nodded as Sam gave him a brotherly hug "dude this is awesome you're alive... you're extreamely young but you're alive!" he cheered,
"Sam where is everyone? and what the hell happend around here?" Peter asked nervously. Sam went quiet trying to figure out the best way to sum up what transpired over the past 15 years he only had one answer "follow me I'll take you to the others they'll help explain everything" he whispered.
Sam lead Peter to a storm drain and slid beneath the city streets it was dark and damp and had a weird smell, it took a few minutes for Peter's eyes to adjust to the dark but once they did he was able to speed up and find Sam near the harbour. "the Tri-carrier went down sometime ago and sunk here in the harbour" Sam said as he knocked on the door,
"password?" came a voice from the inside, Sam looked at Peter and nodded "Fury" he replied, the door hissed as it depressurized and Sam lead Peter inside, the layout was different it was cluttered with pappers and equipment but Peter's eyes fell on two older women in skin tight black suits one had silver hair and high heeled boots, the other was wearing a tiger costume even in their older age they still looked amazing.
"hey Tiger! look what i found running around on the streets" Sam laughed pulling Peter ahead of him,
Ava pulled off her mask as she and Cat turned to see 17 year Peter Parker before them, at first Peter was expecting Ava to be happy to see him, But instead her claws sprang out and in a blur she had Peter pinned under her boot on the floor with her claws dangeling inches from his face "who are you!" she growled.
"Ava! It's him... It's really him from 2014" Sam said pulling her off of Peter,
Ava looked Peter up and down before a gentle smile crossed her lips and she pulled him in tight in a constricting hug "I can't believe you're here, we had all given up hope" she whimpered in his ear.
"Ava since when did you start wearing black?" Peter asked curiously checking out her costume,
Ava smiled "due to the extreame lack of light in the city at night we had to adapt our camoflauge so Black Cat loaned me one of her old suits and I made myself a new mask" she said. Now Peter was smiling "so seeing as you're what 32 ish now does this make you the black cougar or is it still Tiger?" he chuckled
Ava Patted Peter on the head playfully "I had forgotten how bad your jokes were" she said pulling him over to a table "first things first we better tell you what's all happend while you were away" Cat said siting on the otherside of him.
Peter sat at the table as the two women beside him told him the highlights of world changing events.
"After you disappeared we tried finding the guy who attacked Madame Webs but shield didn't have any files on him, so we were left waiting for him to resurface but he never did, It was 3 years before Madame said you were gone we had to stop searching for you when..." Ava trailed off as she remembered the following events,
"Osborn found away to aqciure samples of Spiderman, Hulk and Lizard D.N.A he engineerd a perfect Spiderman double that would only serve him. He used that Spiderman to destroy the Tri-carrier and... destroy other heroes, those of us who survived were forced into hiding down here" Ava finished.
Peter sat insilence and was starting to feel sick, he was presumed dead, Norman Osborn had created doubles of himself, Hulk and Lizard and used them to destroy the tri-carrier and kill the other heroes, "Ava where's Aunt May and Fury?" he asked.
Ava took a deep breath before she spoke " your aunts on board in the lounge and Fury... Fury died the same day the Tri-carrier was lost"
"Fury died!" Peter choked, "how did all of this come to happen and couldn't have been just because I disappeared" he protested.
Cat spoke up this time " once the rumour was out that Spiderman was dead every villain and low life hit the streets and took overthe city, It was Electrode who destroid the citys power supply and himself in the proccess, once the city went dark the villains had the advantage they could move around in the dark while the heroes were still exposed... that's why i gave Tiger one of my black suits to help blend in to the shadows" she said.
"is that Parker?" called Lukes voice from the doorway, Peter jumped from his chair, Luke had long scratch marks across his eyes leaving him blind "thought i heard your voice, It's good to have you back my brother" he chuckled holding out his hand,
"Luke what happend to you buddy?" Peter asked shaking Lukes hand,
"courtesy of Spider Lizard" Luke deadpanned touching the edge of his scars.
"Spider Lizard?" Peter asked turning back to Cat and Ava, "Osborn crossed the gene samples of you and Hulk and Lizard he made a few genetic twists" Cat replied,
Peter went quiet again Osborn created an evil double ganger of him and then crossed his genes with that of Lizard and Hulk, "where's Madame Web I have to go home I have to fix this" Peter whimpered.
"Peter Madame Web died a little over 10 years ago" Ava replied, "So i can't even go home!" Peter shouted, looking at Ava and Cat with a defeated expression.
(chibi Spidey swings across on to Peter's shoulders holding a shovel "were stuck in the future with no way home! should i start digging a hole now?" he asked)
Peter cupped his face with his hands, he was stuck in a dark Future with no way home to change it and his only connection home is dead.
Peter is stranded in the year 2030 with evil genetically altered versions of himself and roving death squads of androids who know the identities of the last living heroes.
meanwhile in 2014 Ava and the guys are ready begin the hunt for Mysterio and away to bring their friend back , can the team somehow change the past to alter the current Future?
or is the Future set in stone and Peter's fate sealed?