Peter and Tony were waiting when suddenly Gwen flung in on a web and didn't know how to stick the landing and she hit Peter and knocked him over because he wasn't expecting it.
"Woah those ARE hard to operate. Wait, what did I slam into?" Gwen said as she sat on Peter without realizing that she was on him.
"It's more like WHO did you slam into." Peter grunted and Gwen looked at him.
"OH! I'm so sorry Spider-Man." Gwen said as she got up off of him and Peter got to his feet. "I mean your muscles are so solid that I thought you were the floor." Gwen said this and Peter shook his head.
"Anyways, I told you, that you shouldn't use the web slingers until I showed you how to use them. You weren't ready to go swinging yet. You have to learn how to aim first." Peter said this as he looked at Gwen sternly.
"NO, I can totally aim. I'm ready for more." Gwen replied.
"No you're not." Peter said this and Tony let out a laugh.
"Déjà vu, am I right Peter?" Tony laughed and Peter frowned at Tony.
"Watch I can totally aim!" Gwen said.
"No, don't," Peter started and Gwen used her web shooter and hit a can of oil and it fell on top of a machine and started a small fire. "Oh come on." Peter sighed quietly.
"That's what I meant to do." Gwen lied as she felt awkward. "Here let me help." Gwen said and she used her web slinger and hit the fire extinguisher and pulled it towards her and she missed it and hit Peter in the chest with the fire extinguisher and Peter let out a deflated sound as he held the extinguisher and then stumbled over and put the fire out. "Ok, well I got the aim down. I just gotta learn how to catch the item when I aim." Gwen sighed and Peter looked to Gwen in frustration and he took a deep breath in.
"Ok, you and I have A LOT of work to do." Peter said this and then Gwen let out a nervous laugh and Tony couldn't hold it in anymore and he started laughing hysterical. "SCREW YOU TONY!" Peter snapped and Tony started laughing harder…..
Tony was sitting at the kitchen table and he was eating food when Peter very slowly walked in and he let out several grunts and he opened the freezer, grabbed a pack of frozen peas and walked over to the seat beside Tony and fell into the chair and put the bag of peas on his eye which was swollen. Peter had several bruises and seemed exhausted.
"How's underoos?" Tony asked.
"Shut up." Peter snapped at him.
"Seriously, how's she doing?" Tony was genuinely curious.
"She's learned how to aim, grab, pull, and she's getting pretty good at swinging and sticking the landing." Peter said.
"WOOHOO!" Gwen yelled from outside and she swung outside the window and landed on the window and stuck with her hands and feet. "THIS IS AWESOME!" Gwen yelled excitedly. "Sorry about the bruises Spider-Man." Gwen sighed and then she shot a web up and swung away.
"You should be out there keeping an eye on her." Tony sighed.
"Oh, my Spider-Sense is pretty on edge right now. I'll be out there quick enough to save her if she falls." Peter replied.
"If she dies, it's on you." Tony pointed out and Peter nodded.
"I know, but if she," Peter started and his spider sense went off and Peter saw Gwen falling from high up in the sky. "I'm on it." Peter had his web shooters on and he ran over to the door and quickly started shooting webs at several trees as fast as he possibly could and by the time Gwen hit them she was caught in what looked like a web. Peter walked over to her with his arms crossed and Gwen sat up and she had a massive wound to her head.
"What happened to YOU?" Peter asked and then Peter heard some type of mechanical sound far above him and he looked up and saw a familiar silhouette. The silhouette landed and a guy stepped out of the mechanical suit and took his mask off and looked furious but Peter could see the pain in his eyes.
"Their dead. YOU PROTECT NEW YORK AND THEIR DEAD!" It was Vulture and Peter didn't know what to say as tears filled his eyes.
"Gwen go inside!" Peter yelled and Gwen got up and started walking over to Peter and Vulture grabbed Gwen by the neck. "SHE HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THIS! LEAVE HER ALONE!"
"WELL IT'S UPSETING YOU SO IT'S WORTH IT!" Vulture yelled.
"EVERYTHING upsets me! She's innocent just like your wife was!" Peter yelled this and Vulture dropped Gwen and Gwen shot a web and swung up to the top of Stark Industries so she was safe. She had never been attacked before and she was trying to get over the trauma that she had just endured…
MJ was feeding Annie when she spit the bottle out and started crying. MJ immediately ran out of the room and went over to Tony.
"Where's Peter?" MJ asked as she was incredibly worried.
"He's outside." Tony replied and MJ looked outside and saw Vulture.
"And who is that man with him?" MJ asked and Tony frowned and looked outside.
"SON OF BITCH!" Tony yelled and he turned to MJ. "Get Annie to safety. This guy is going to try to avenge his family and he's going to want to take everyone out that matters to Peter. Now go somewhere safe." Tony said and MJ took Annie away. ….
Peter stood in front of Vulture who was beyond upset.
"Look, your wife was killed by Norman Osborn." Peter revealed and Vulture looked hurt. "I'm sorry. He sent Liz after me and Liz was trying to kill me when one of my hero friends shot her. I tried to save her SEVERAL times, but she wouldn't listen. I'm so sorry. Trust me, I nearly left the Avengers because of it. I actually DID leave them for a while. But I came back because they might not be blood to me, but their family. Their all I have. If you want to take them out, you can try, but they've fought the most dangerous people in the world. If I could take you down, what do you think they could do to," Peter started and then he realized something. "Wait a minute. Did you rob damage control AGAIN?"
"No, we just had some stuff left over. Don't worry, we aren't selling weapons. I just rebuilt my suit to come after yah." Vulture replied.
"It wasn't my fault and I put away the son of a bitch who killed your wife and sent Liz after me." Peter pleaded and Vulture looked like he was angry for a minute and then his face seemed to soften. "Norman killed my parents and he tried to kill my Aunt May. Norman made me Spider-Man unintentionally and sent several villains after me. Then he ruined his son's life and had his son try to turn me into a weapon and they were almost successful. Don't let HIS hatred make you a victim as well. Please." Peter said and he held his hand out hoping for a truce and Vulture nodded and pressed a button and the mechanical suit landed and disarmed itself.
"What are you doing?! Take him down!" Gwen yelled from the top of the building.
"Some people are not real enemies! You can't just take down everyone! You have to give them a chance to change!" Peter yelled.
"He hit me and you're not even going to fling a web at him!" Gwen said in frustration and Peter put his hands on his hips and looked up at Gwen.
"Spider-Gwen, get down here!" Peter snapped at Gwen.
"I'm not a dog Spider-Man!" Gwen snapped.
"GET YOUR BUTT DOWN HERE NOW!" Peter demanded just as Tony walked out in shock.
"Sorry, Are we friends now? I'm confused." Tony sighed and Gwen landed beside him.
"Yeah, apparently we're friends with the guy who probably gave me a concussion!" Gwen snapped and Peter turned to her.
"YOU'LL HEAL! This man lost his daughter, lost his wife, and found out about it the day that he was released from jail! I'm sure hundreds of villains asked for my identity from him and he didn't say a word! Now listen to me Gwen!" Peter snapped. "Sometimes you have to understand why the villain is doing what he is doing, and sometimes, it is rare, but it happens, and the villain isn't actually a villain. He just found out that he lost everything, and he trusted me to protect them because he was protecting me and I failed him. Gwen being a hero is much more than taking down bad guys. You have to understand the people you fight, but most of all you are responsible for every person in your city. If people get hurt it's on you. If people die it's on you, and when people get upset about deaths and blame you then you need to take the responsibility for it and that's what I'm doing." Peter explained and Vulture gently grabbed Peter's shoulder and he hugged him.
"Thank you for trying." Vulture sighed and then they parted. "Am I gonna get arrested now?"
"No, go home." Peter replied and then Vulture got into his suit and flew away.
"But he hit me." Gwen said and Peter looked to her as his eyes widened and he was at a loss for words.
"If you're gonna be a hero, you need to grow the hell up." Peter sighed and then he walked into Stark Industries.
"Wow, he's got patience. I would have taken your suit away for that dumbass selfish comment." Tony sighed.
"Wow, Tony Stark calling ME selfish. Hey Pot, my names kettle, and guess what, your black too." Gwen snapped back at Tony and then she walked into Stark Industries.
"Now we REALLY know what it would have been like if Peter would have been female." Tony sighed…..
Peter walked into Tony's workshop and found MJ sitting in a far corner with Annie.
"MJ what are you doing in here?" Peter asked and MJ saw Peter and got up and carried Annie over to him.
"You don't want me holding her right now. I'm sweaty, I got chemicals on me. She shouldn't be in here. She could get sick." Peter warned MJ and MJ hugged him and then carried Annie out.
"Hey MJ." Gwen said as she walked in.
"Hey Gwen." MJ replied and Peter looked at Gwen and then started working on some type of shield.
"You know I'm new to this stuff. YOU had to learn, why are you being so hard on me?" Gwen asked.
"Because Tony was hard on me. Trust me, I'm not being as hard on you as he was to me, so I'd be grateful if I were you." Peter snapped and Gwen looked ashamed.
"I just want to help people." Gwen explained and Peter looked to her.
"Sometimes villains need help too Gwen." Peter replied. "Look I wasn't worried about you fighting him. I was worried about you KILLING him. You need to understand that death is the last option. I have only killed one person and it was because I knew for a fact that," Peter started and then his eye started to glow green and he felt his body need support and so he grabbed the counter as he saw a vision.
"SPIDER-MAN!" Gwen yelled in worry.
Peter was watching as Gwen and the Green Goblin were fighting and Peter saw himself on the ground, knocked out.
"LEAVE HIM ALONE!" Gwen yelled and then the Green Goblin pushed her off the side of the building and Peter looked forward and he was back by Gwen. The vision was over.
"DAMNIT!" Peter snapped as he was frustrated because he didn't know the outcome of the vision.
"What?!" Gwen yelled as she was freaked out.
"Nothing!" Peter said in frustration. "My infinity powers were trying to show me something but I couldn't pass out so I didn't get to see enough. I guess all I need to know is that one of the Green Goblins will bust out of jail and both you and I are going to have to fight him with all our powers." Peter explained as he didn't want to deal with what was going on. " was right. This battle is far from over." Peter said this and suddenly Steve, Bucky, and Antman walked in.
"Oh look who it is, Spider-Douche." Antman said.
"Play nice man." Bucky sighed.
"Oh I do play nice, just not with the Worlds Sexiest Dumbass." Antman replied.
"Look I'm not in the mood Scott, so can you please just NOT do this today and cut me some slack?" Peter asked.
"Sure. You know Spider-Ass, I heard you recently murdered a guy. I bet your city doesn't love you after that shit." Antman said this and Peter looked at him intently. "And you knocked up your teenage girlfriend and had a baby. You talked so cockily the last time I saw you, acting like you were a better hero than me. What kind of a hero lets a girl get her neck snapped because of him?" Antman joked and Peter grabbed him and pushed him against a wall.
"Damn it man. This is why no one fucking likes you." Steve said in frustration.
"Don't you EVER talk about my girlfriend and daughter like that again, and if you EVER bring up that poor girl again, you will fucking regret it. YOU DON'T JOKE ABOUT DEATH YOU FREAK!" Peter yelled and then he walked over to his station and put Scott down.
"I wasn't joking about death, I was joking about murders that you refuse to take responsibility for." Antman decided to keep on joking and Peter turned around and punched Antman in the face so hard that Antman fell out of the room.
"Peter, calm down." Steve sighed and Peter looked to him.
"What is he doing here?!" Peter snapped.
"He came to talk to Tony about joining the Avengers." Bucky replied and Peter shook his head.
"If he joins the Avengers then I quit." Peter said and Antman got to his feet as his nose bled.
"Well then happy trails." Ant Man said and Steve turned to Bucky.
"Get the idiot out of here. We aren't losing Peter again." Steve sighed and then Bucky started escorting Scott out.
"Are you fucking kidding me?!" Scott shouted and then Bucky took him out. Steve turned to Peter sadly.
"You know he's wrong right?" Steve asked.
"I know. I'm just, I'm already on edge." Peter sighed and he returned to what he was doing.
"I'm sorry. I didn't mean to upset you." Gwen said regretfully.
"It's not you. I've got enough on my conscience as it is." Peter sighed and then he felt like he was going to be sick. "I really don't feel good." Peter said this and Steve looked concerned.
"You ok son?" Steve asked and then Peter felt very dizzy.
"No." Peter replied and then he blacked out and he fell back into the vision. He watched himself kill the Green Goblin and then he woke up and found himself on a couch. He looked around and saw that everyone was waiting close by.
"Hey he's awake." Gwen said and Peter looked around.
"How long was I out?" Peter asked and Gwen looked uncomfortable.
"Four hours." MJ replied and she handed Annie to him and Peter looked at Annie and pulled her close to him and felt his spider sense go warm.
"Hey, I'm ok. It's ok." Peter sighed as he knew that Annie was upset and then he felt Annie calm down and took a breath in. "Yeah it's alright." Peter sighed and May put her hand on his shoulder.
"Peter, there's a problem. Harry Osborn escaped the bus that was taking him to jail. He's probably going to start causing trouble." May warned Peter and Peter nodded.
"I know. I just didn't realize it would be so soon." Peter sighed and May looked a little worried but she decided not to push Peter. "Alright Gwen, I'm going to warn you now, you're going to have to fight him." Peter said as he looked to Gwen and Gwen didn't seem very happy about it but she nodded anyways.
"After what he did to you, he's not a guy worth worrying about." Gwen sighed and then she got up and walked over to the stairs and went to go get something to eat. Peter noticed that MJ was upset about something.
"MJ what's wrong?" Peter asked.
"He turned you into a Winter Soldier. Are you really going after him so soon?" MJ said this and everyone seemed to get a little uneasy.
"Sadly I don't think I'm going to have much of a choice." Peter replied and MJ looked at how he was holding Annie and saw that all Peter wanted was to make sure that Annie was safe.
"Why are you holding Annie like that?" MJ asked as she became worried and Peter looked confused.
"Um, I always, hold her, like this." Peter said like it was no big deal.
"No you don't. You want to protect her from something." MJ replied.
"Of course I want to protect her because I'm always in danger and everyone knows I'm Spiderman." Peter said in irritation and MJ got angry.
"Then why don't you quit?!" MJ snapped. "Let Gwen take over!"
"Because, Queens is almost too much for me on its own. I can't ask someone who is just learning to use their powers to take care of Queens AND Staten Island!" Peter replied as he got frustrated.
"Well then don't act so protective! Don't act like you can protect us when you're out saving the world! You're lucky Venom didn't KILL us!" MJ snapped and Peter looked very regretful.
"I did everything I could to protect you two." Peter said as his voice shook.
"Everything except telling us what was ACTUALLY going on. Everyone assumed you had told us and when we asked what was going on, they thought that you didn't want us knowing and so they refused to say anything. I was terrified!" MJ yelled and Peter felt a few tears fall down his face.
"Are you sure this isn't about your parents?" Peter asked and MJ shook her head.
"They are gone and I don't blame you. I called them and they refused to go into hiding. It's their fault that they wouldn't listen." MJ started and then she started to get teary eyed as well. "This is about YOU damn it! I can't lose you! You and Annie, are all that I have and I can't raise Annie on my own. She looks just like you. I can't lose you Pete." MJ cried and Peter went over to her and got close and put his free hand on her cheek.
"You won't lose me. Even if I can't protect myself I have the Avengers and the Guardians to protect me, and they have ALWAYS had my back, and you know it. M, I know you are scared for me. But I need you to support me. Please. I can't take anything else. I'm begging you." Peter reassured her as his voice shook and MJ hugged him.
"I just love you two so much." MJ cried as the two of them stood there.
"I know, and we love you too." Peter added and they parted slightly and Annie looked at MJ.
"Mmma."Annie said and MJ smiled and let out a laugh and gently pulled Annie out of Peter's arms and held her.
"Hi, baby." MJ sighed. Gwen felt a hand on her shoulder and turned to find Wanda beside her.
"I know, it's heartbreaking. Follow me." Wanda sighed and then her and Gwen went into the kitchen.
Everyone in the room decided to give Peter, MJ, and Annie some privacy so they could have their moment.
