Chapter 2 – Hi Pete, I'm Ben
Ultimate Spider-Man Universe
1
When all was said and done, Peter and his team returned to their home and compared notes. Ever since the SHIELD Helicarrier had been almost destroyed by Venom and the Green Goblin, Peter's team had lived with him and his Aunt May. He didn't mind the company—at least there were people in the house who knew his secret life as Spider-Man, and in fact had secret lives of their own—and it allowed them their planning sessions.
"What could make her turn her hands into tech?" Ava asked, running through SHIELD files on her laptop. Thanks to her computer prowess, she was the group's hacker. Fury would probably kill them if he knew they did this, but Ava covered her tracks well. "I can't find a single file in here about baddies that could do that."
"And what's with those robots?" Sam asked, stuffing a chocolate bar into his mouth. "Doctor Doom could take a few lessons from her on how to build robots, they were tough to bring down."
"I don't know about her robots," Danny said, sitting cross-legged in a pose that monks had taught him, "but her chi was very off, as if she had some form of technical advancement that we haven't seen before."
"Everything about her screamed 'advanced tech'," Luke said, catching the ball that he was bouncing against the wall, "and I don't think SHIELD's faced anything like her before. She was out of this world, guys."
Finally, Peter spoke up, "I think you're more right about that than you wanna be, Luke."
"Whattya talkin' about, Webbs?" Sam asked.
"I don't think she's from our dimension."
"Whoa, whoa, whoa," Ava's eyes suddenly darted upward from her laptop, "look, we've fought some weird bad guys, but, different dimensions? SHIELD's tech division says that's only theoretical, and that only a super genious like Tony Stark or somebody like that would be able to figure it out."
"And Tony Stark did figure it out, he showed me a chamber that would send you to a different dimension, but it was random. We used it to take down the Living Laser."
"So, what? Iron Man broght that chick here?" Sam asked.
"I don't think so, but Doc Doom's a pretty smart guy, maybe he made the same kind of dimensional doorway that Tony did, and brought this lady here from a different dimension. That would explain the robots."
"In that case, I think we need to go to the Latverian embassy and pay Doom a visit," Sam said, standing up from Peter's bed.
"Whoa, are you crazy?" Ava nearly screamed. "That embassy is sovereign territory of Latveria, going there could put us in a lot of trouble!"
"That didn't stop Webbs and Captain America from going in there and kicking Doom's butt just to get Cap's shield back."
"Yeah, but Fury found out that Doom was stealing SHIELD stuff, otherwise me an' Cap would have been on our own then, too," Peter said, taking a drink from a can of soda on his dresser.
"Wouldn't a multi-dimensional take over warrant a raid on the Latverian embassy?"
Peter practically slapped himself in the face. So the bucket head can think of that, but I miss it? Great job, Peter. "Okay, suit up, everybody. Latverian embassy in ten minutes."
Generator Rex Universe
2
He had once been called a hero. Thanks to the powers granted to him by the nanites, Rex Salazar had saved the world from evos on an almost daily basis. Agent Six, Doctor Holiday, Bobo the monkey—they were all imprisioned now, just like him, though they at least got indoor prisons. He was shackled to an archway, and now simply hung there. The cuts in his mouth from where Black Knight's energy mace had hit him were finally healing, though he'd long since stopped bleeding. The whip slashes on his back, however, were another story.
It had been three days since the invaders came. He and Six had been taking care of a disturbance Van Kleiss had stirred up in Los Angeles when the doorway opened up. It reminded him of the one that had first brought Ben Tennyson to Rex's universe, only instead of a kid who turned into different types of aliens, it brought death and destruction.
The first one through looked similar to the alien Ben had called Upgrade, only it was red and black instead of green and black. It's face was frozen in a perpetual smile, though not one that would have put anyone at ease. It's right arm was a cannon, and that's when the chaos ensued. Suddenly, Van Kleiss had been forgotten, and Rex and Six focused their attention on the villian they'd come to know as Malware.
Unfortunately, Malware wasn't the only threat from another dimension. The Mechamorph alone had been a problem. Every build that Rex could make, Malware could replicate a stronger version. Even Six had a hard time keeping up with it, and was constantly being thrown around. Rex was already struggling to stand by the time the second invader arrived. That one was taller than Malware, wearing a breathing aparatus and muscle enhancers. He was known as Vilgax.
Rex built his sword and rushed at Vilgax, only for the alien to draw a sword of his own. Not only was Vilgax naturally stronger, but Rex was winded and weak from Malware's assault. He never stood a chance. Above a crowd of millions and on the televisions of billions, Vilgax held Rex by the neck and declared himself conquerer of this dimension. Even Providence stood no chance against Vilgax's robotic army.
Black Knight was the one to whip him, the one to bloody him as he was shackled to the archway, all the while robots roamed the streets, holding the world in a state of constant martial law. Van Kleiss stood before him once, his hands clasped behind his back, a wicked smile on his face.
"How the mighty have fallen, young Rex," he said, in his cultured voice, "so sorry that none of this went the way you wanted it." Rex attempted to speak, but all that came out of his mouth was a sticky wad of blood, which dripped from his mouth to the ground only centimeters from Van Kleiss's feet. In disgust, the villain took a step back and the smile on his face turned into a scowl. "Defiant to the last, I see. I expected no less from you. Your parents did the same."
Van Kleiss grabbed Rex by the chin and held his head upward, so that they were facing one another. "Don't worry, I have personal assurances from Lord Vilgax that you'll be kept alive long enough for me to deal the final blow. Once he's taken over all the dimensions, I shall be given control of this one, and I'll finish the job I started six years ago when I killed your parents." Rex said nothing, and spat another wad of blood out, this time splattering it all over Van Kleiss's coat. "Fine, have it your way. Lord Vilgax and I are off to another dimension, where a group of heroes even more pitiful than you will be dealt with."
As Van Kleiss walked away, Rex tilted his head up and said, "You're gonna screw him over, aren't you?" Almost as if he was surprised, Van Kleiss turned his head and looked at him out of the corner of his eye. "You betrayed Black Knight the first second you could, and you're gonna do the same to Vilgax, aren't you?"
Van Kleiss smiled and continued walking away. "And I thought you were just a simple, dimwitted 'hero', just like all the rest."
Ultimate Spider-Man Universe
3
Spider-Man landed on the building first, and tried to get a look in the windows. Iron Fist followed, his free climbing skills allowing him full access to a rooftop highway, same as White Tiger. Nova carried Power Man, and they landed just a few minutes later.
"Okay, Webbs, what's the plan?" Nova asked.
"We go in there, use our SHIELD authority and demand to know what it is Doom's doing with people from alternate dimensions."
"Great plan," White Tiger said, sarcastically, "so what do we do if his Doombots try to rip us a new one?"
"I haven't thought that far ye—" he was cut off by a brilliant flash of light off to the side, where a human-shaped figure walked into their dimension from another. When the light cleared, Spider-Man saw a kid his age standing there, wearing a simple pair of jeans and a black shirt with a single green stripe going up the center, the number 10 inside a circle on the chest. On his left wrist was a white and green watch. "Who the heck are you?"
"The name's Ben Tennyson, and I'm looking for a red Galvanic Mechamorph named Malware, have you seen him?"