Study the past, if you would divine the future. - Confucius
Future Neon City - Oscorp - Time: 12:05 PM
May 30, 3016
"Regeneration process complete in three... two... one." A computerized voice said as the chamber opened, revealing Spider-Man, still beat up, having rips in his costume, and was still not moving until he landed on the ground, but slowly awoke while he got up weakly.
"Ugh... where am I?" He asked until he realized something and felt his neck, realizing it's no longer broken. "I-I thought... I was dead..." He looked around the room he was inside of in question, seeing it was more futuristic than it was in his time. "Where am I? Burton? Are you there?"
"K-King? You're alive?!" Spider-Man 3016 asked in shock and surprise as he looked at his friends. "Guys! He's alive!" Everybody sighed and cried a bit in happiness, except for Alexander, for he didn't know what was going on with them.
"Yeah... guess I am. Where am I exactly? This definitely doesn't look like MY Neon City." Spider-Man asked while he still looked around.
"You're in 3016 King; MY timeline. Considering you're there and I'm over here, I need you to test the portal to see if it's working on your end." Spider-Man 3016 said as Spider-Man nodded slowly.
"A-Alright, I'm on it..." He said as he shook his head and went down on a hallway, to see the portal room and looked through a window, seeing the entire city of 3016 being covered in symbiote tendrils, along with the people being symbiotes. "Oh my god... is this REALLY what the future looks like?"
"Apparently so. That's why we need to see if it works, so not only will we go back to our own times, but to also stop it on our proper ends." Spider-Man 3016 said as Spider-Man nodded while he kept staring at the city.
"With what I'm seeing, I'll believe that." Spider-Man said as he looked at the portal, walked to the control panel, and activated it, creating the portal while he backed up and picked up a piece of metal. "Alright, metal coming your way!" He threw it inside the portal, waiting for a response. "Anything?" As he said this, Spider-Man 3016 saw the piece of metal and caught it.
"Came through! It works!" Spider-Man 3016 said as Spider-Man nodded.
"That's good, now... stand back!" He said as he prepared himself to run, to which questioned 3016.
"Er... what do you mean?" He asked in a bit of fear.
"I'm going through the portal of course! I'm heading back ho-" Spider-Man said until he was interrupted.
"Wait! The energy for the return circuits are fried. I won't be able to get back over there even if it's working on your end, I'll be stuck here." Spider-Man 3016 said as Spider-Man stood back up.
"Then why won't you fix it then?" He asked in question.
"Well for one, the technology here was most likely rare until my timeline. I'll need you to go around the city in 3016, find what I need, and then just send them through onto my side." Spider-Man 3016 said as Spider-Man nodded.
"Got it, whatever it is, I'll get it. As long as I get to go back home, I'm ready, willing, and able." He said.
"The power source is a Nuclear Arbin, or known as a nuclear battery in your time. It's not as dangerous as it's named, don't worry. Just get that an I'll get the portal on my end ready. Should be in the abandoned military base." Spider-Man 3016 said as Spider-Man nodded.
"Alright, it won't be long. But while you're there, do you think you can get my friends and family out of there and to safety? It would mean a lot to me." Spider-Man asked as Spider-Man 3016 looked at them and nodded.
"Sure, don't worry about a thing, you just get the Arbin." Spider-Man 3016 said as Spider-Man nodded.
"Thanks! And don't worry, I'll get it in no time!" He said as he began to walk to a broken window, seeing and absorbing the view of the symbiotic consumed city until he sighed. "Well... time to get to work." He leaped off the building and began to fall, to which he stopped by swinging from building to building while he looked at the streets, to see symbiotes crawling on the walls and streets, showing there was no longer and life in the streets along with cars abandoned. "I'll stop all of this... I promise guys..." His skull then began to tingle, making him land on a building and look around. "I-I sense something with... CLAWS!" He looked and dodged an attack from a man leaping at him, which made him end up diving down a building.
Spider-Man looked at him and jumped down to see the man getting up, for he had black hair standing up on the sides, sideburns, and had three metallic claws coming out of the knuckles of each hand, while wore a destroyed white shirt, jeans and boots, and began to walk to him.
"Uh... Hi?" Spider-Man asked the claws were being pointed at him. "Do you... er.. mind explain-"
"You look just like those things around here, but you don't smell like them." The man said in a rough voice as he began to smell him, to which made Spider-Man uncomfortable as he stepped back.
"Hey, I'm not a symbiote, ok? Or at least... not anymore." He said as he rubbed his head, while the man stared at him for a bit until he backed away along with making his claws go back into his body, catching his attention. "Doesn't that hurt?" The man nodded.
"Every time. But you get use to it, it's who I am." He said as Spider-Man looked at him in question.
"Who... are you exactly?" He asked as the man looked at him more, then began to respond.
"...Logan; Logan Howlett, or Wolverine, whichever you want." Wolverine said as Spider-Man nodded.
"I'm... Ken King; Spider-Man." He said while Wolverine looked at him.
"..I knew you looked familiar." Wolverine said as he crossed his arms. "You're that punk that left this place to be turned into ruins a thousand years ago."
"Er... not exactly... I was put into this timeline thanks to... a friend I guess-" Spider-Man said until what he said caught his attention. "Wait... how do you know this?" Both of the heroes looked at each other while Wolverine looked at the streets.
"I've been alive for the longest of time, more than a thousand... I never age, it's because of what I have, my healing factor." Wolverine said as Spider-Man looked as well.
"So... you're a mutant then." Spider-Man asked as Wolverine looked at him more and nodded. "I see... anyway, I best be going. I need to get to the military base and get something."
"Is that right? How about telling me?" He asked as Spider-Man looked at him while he rubbed his head, then nodded in agreement.
"Alright... so the reason why I wasn't there in 2016 was most likely because I was put into this time with the help my friend saving me from death. So I'm going to get something called a 'Nuclear Arbin' or whatever it's called to restart the portal on his side, so I can return back in my normal time and make sure this timeline doesn't exist." Spider-Man said as he looked at Wolverine in question. "I... guess it sounds weird, huh?"
"...I'm coming with." Wolverine said as Spider-Man looked at him in question. "Trust me kid, I've heard of crazier things, this isn't even close."
"A-Alright then. Think you can keep up with me?" He asked as Wolverine nodded. "Alright then, let's go!" He shot a web and swung away while Wolverine followed.
Neon City - Oscorp - Time: 12:11 PM
May 30, 2016
Spider-Man 3016 backhanded a symbiote near the door while he and the others looked around, seeing the city getting worse than before, for fires were lit and people screaming by being chased by symbiotes or from the chaos.
"Good lord... it only got worse..." He said as he looked at them. "Look, find somewhere safe to be until whatever government there is in this timeline intervenes with it."
"Got it, I'll be sure to have what remains of my men prepared." John said as Spider-Man 3016 ran back inside, while a symbiote leaped at Micheal, to which John grabbed his gun and was about to shoot it, but it was sent back by a pinkish ball of energy. They all looked to see it was from a man with a green suit, also revealing his chest as it showed a dragon symbol on it, a banana covering the top of his head as it was tied by a long cloth and has white lenses, along with a yellow belt and boots.
"Are you ok?" The man asked as April nodded.
"Yes... but who are you?" She asked as he was about to answer that.
"Iron Fist, that's enough." Another man said as they saw a African American man with a beard, while he was wearing a black eye patch, jacket and pants, with Iron fist as he got out of the way, to which John and the man looked at each other.
"You... You're Colonel Nick Fury, director of S.H.I.E.L.D, correct?" John asked as Nick nodded as he smiled.
"You're damn right son." He said as he looked around. "From the reports we've been getting, it's our job to deal with disasters such as this going on."
"But this is something even S.H.I.E.L.D can't solve... er, sir." Micheal said as he rubbed his head while Fury looked at him.
"We're the government kid, we fight for the people even if there isn't a chance." Fury said as he looked at John, Micheal, Elise, and Alexander. "And we'll need all of your help."
"What do you need us for?" Alexander asked.
"We need guys like yourself, and Jordan over here..." Fury said as he pointed at John. "...Along with your men. The more the better, if you want to help." John, Micheal, Elise and Alexander looked down until they looked at Fury and nodded.
