Answers to reviewers' questions or statements:
gemm1mt: Oh they will, soon.
treyalexander63917: Reed's backing the Superhuman Registration act and helping to try and arrest Peter. I'll go into greater detail next chapter but that's largely why Kaine think's Reed screwed Peter over. Reed was someone that Peter trusted and looked up to and having the man know about the violated rights that the people the Pro-Registration side were bringing in and saying nothing about it, well it struck a chord with him.
Guest: No, for the most part the story won't be light hearted but it won't be too dark and grim it was like the last few chapters. Every good story needs a dark beginning to get things rolling.
JJChandler: Yes, I would, hell I'd gladly write numerous one shots and maybe miniseries for Marvel on Spider-man if they'd let me.
kival737101: It won't be permeant unless the readers want it to be. Still have plans to pair Kaine with a alternate version of Sue Storm but hey why can't he have both?
EroSlackerMicha: DC's starting to somewhat pull things around again, Marvel I'm not sure the people there understand that no one likes half the crap they've been pulling lately. Legacy seems to be an attempt to bridge the old with the new which with some characters and they'll already screwing that up. No one wants to see Cho as the Hulk anymore, they just don't because he's just in my opinion boring and his stories are meh to me and likely others at best. Just because their taking him to Sakaar doesn't mean jack to me at least. At least with Thor, the writer knows that Jane's time is coming to an end and has acknowledged that we're getting close to the end of her arc as Thor.
Spawn Hades: She's Deadpool and Thanos's girl that's got an eye for Spidey, poor bastard, he's about to have some pissed off ex's coming his way and one of them is a god pretty much.
Atdown: Yeah, Sanjai is that spunky smart girl with attitude that someone like Peter needs in his life sometimes, help him keep his crap together and all that.
Guest: I like the new variant cover, I'm using it for my profile pic.
Dante 101: It's part of the reason why I'm hesitant to possibly add her to it, I mean it could potentially work but then at the end of the day he's someone that to a degree killed her father. Yeah we'll be seeing that Logan's death will be sticking with him for some time. Reed backed Tony during the whole Civil war thing, I'm going to go into deeper detail over the next chapters to further explain why Peter really did join up and all that, at least from my point of view. Well to be fair Kaine's never been one for being considerate or tactful in regards to handing these kinds of situations. Still, it's better than what Deadpool might have said.
LL: No I mean the 616 Jean Grey from the comics. Hugh Jackman retired as Wolverine because the man's getting old, he's like close to 50 now.
Yo: Kaine is getting his own Sue Storm if it's the last thing I do in this story… he's gonna need the support.
DarkJoey: I wouldn't say that Petr is the saint, I mean sure he's never gone as far as Cyclops has over the years but there's a few skeletons in Peter's closet.
duskrider: That's understandable but they seem actually committed to this one for once, Marvel knows, as blind and as deaf as they are lately, that this is one of those few characters that you do not tease and jerk people around over. They tried to do that with Rogers going all HYDRA, there were even plans to have a sort of second Dark Reign or what Tony Stark wne through post-Civil War with him but the outcry against evil Cap was so big that they had to end it the way they did with Secret Empire and jumpstart Marvel Legacy early because of that. Don't believe it when they say it was all planned, no it wasn't. I have a friend in Marvel Comics and while he's not up there at the executive level, he's high up enough to know what's going on most of the time and the back lash for HYDRA Cap put a lot of their plans in the trash. I mean the idea is a good one, Marvel just didn't go about it in the right way. Better to ease people in then just drop a bomb like that on them.
gunman: It was more of bringing in someone that hasn't been affected by what's happened recently but is close with Peter, and Kaine was it. Considering that Scott's X-men is aligned with people like Magento and Namor, it's not too surprising and they likely just didn't expect it to come back to bite them as bad as it did. Let's just say that the Beyonder may have unknowingly or even knowingly screwed up something that Death has been working on for years now.
Redrangerlegacy: Well from the looks of it, Scott may still be dead by then so it'd be a moot point, but Peter and her can always have Death go to the other side and let the man know that Jean's now sleeping with Peter… and Wanda…
Scott the Wanderer: Well the Mutants from the Jean Grey institute where Logan was headmaster of will still be looked on favorably, they sided with him when this all went down, it was just Rachel that went turn coat. Nah the Beyonder after this chapter will be taking a back seat for this story for a while, we won't be seeing him again until the final Incursion between the 616 earths and 1610. Good point for Laura, but I'm still on the fence at the moment, I'll mull it over as the story goes on for a little while before making a decision.
cabrera1234: Maybe…
Gundamfreedomzer: We'll be seeing some of the X-men's reactions to what's happened soon. For now, I have no real plans to include a woman from the X-men, figured that Wanda sort of counts. Sure, she's never been an actual X-man, far as I know, but she is a mutant so goal accomplished sort of, maybe? Yeah Kaine has a lot more insight then most on what Peter's likely going through, his hands aren't exactly clean either during his less than heroic days before his first death at the hands of Kraven's family.
chucky700: Yeah, Madam Web will be showing up next chapter. No, he's dead here, fire caused by the sin is one thing, but cosmic flames from the Dark Phoenix is something else entirely plus the Phoenix had more or less shut Logan's healing factor off before he died so there ain't no coming back from his death.
90skid4life: Yeah, a lot of Peter's friends and teammates know he's in K'un-Lun but there's a sort of authorization thing they need to seem him. I'll go into more detail on that next chapter. A few might come to see him as that over time, but for now no not really.
Gamerslegacy: She'll be showing up soon and we'll see her reaction to Spider-man becoming the new host of the Phoenix and the fallout of the X-men's assault on Wakanda.
Disclaimer: I don't own any Marvel characters seen, mentioned or used
"I can't go on Logan, please kill me now!" Peter whined as he lumbered into the kitchen located in Avengers tower in the middle of the day, his suit torn and dirty from an intense battle he just had with the Hobgoblin and the new Venom that Peter's seen around a few times that apparently lost control for a few minutes before regaining his senses and helping Peter beat the homicidal orange clad goblin.
Logan, who had his cowl pulled back as he prepared to take a drink of his beer glanced at Peter with a raised brow "Bad day I take it?"
"Bad week…" Peter said with a sigh as he sat in the chair next to him and dropped his damaged mask on the table "And its only Tuesday!"
"Well then the rest of the week should turn out fine" Logan said as he went back to taking a sip of his drink.
"With my rotten luck, by the end of the week I'd have faced down two doomsday plots that I was just barely able to stop, face down some enemy that I haven't seen in a while who will push me to my absolute limits both physically and mentally before ending the week on a high note with either me missing a due date for an assignment at my job or having to cancel another date with Carol"
"You and Carol dating or something?" Logan said with surprise.
"No, I mean maybe- ugh I don't even know anymore!" Peter groaned as he ran a hand down his face "I mean I think she wants to date but at the same time I think she's just trying to make up for the crap first date that we had is all"
Logan stared at Peter for a moment before a thought came to him "What about Jessica?"
"What about her?" Peter asked with confusion "Is she okay?"
"Last time I checked but I couldn't help that every time she sees you lately she's had this look that says she's waiting for you to say something to her" Logan explained.
"Really, what's she wanna talk about?" Peter asked with worry.
"Don't know kid, why don't you go find out" Logan said as he took another sip of his beer.
"I guess" Peter said before he heard a faint beep from his web shooters which caused him to panic and attempt to remove them before a faint hiss was heard and web fluid began to leak out the die along with compressed air "Oh come on!"
"Is that a bad thing?" Logan nodded towards the fluid leaking from Peter's wrist, where the web shooters were located.
Peter scowled at the man "Nooo, it's a new feature for my web shooters I'm trying out!"
"I'm just asking, no need to be a little twerp about it" Logan said as he emptied his beer before he crushed it against his head and made a throw towards the garbage can and watched it bounce on the rim before going in. He then reached for another that was on the counter as Peter grumbled as he removed his web shooter and tried to stem the leaking.
"I swear today's been the worse for me"
"Probably, but it could be worse" Logan said as he took a sip of his newly opened beer before humming in approval at the taste "Mmm, that's good"
At this Peter snorted in grim amusement as he fiddled with his damaged web shooter "Really, how?"
Logan's response was to laugh as he gave Peter a light pat on the shoulder that didn't feel right to the wall crawler. He turned towards the man's limb and felt his eyes widened as he saw it was only an Adamantium skeletal hand on his shoulder. Peter swallowed nervously as he slowly looked up to see Logan was now a scorched skeleton, his empty eye sockets staring into his very being as dark red and black flames suddenly erupted around the duo.
"You could be dead… like I am"
…
"GAAAH!" Peter shouted as his eyes suddenly shot open as he fell out of his bed, breathing heavily as he found himself drenched in sweat. Peter backed away from his bed until he felt his back hit the cool wooden wall of his new quarters located in the heart of K'un-Lun and let out a heavy sigh as he pulled his knees in and rested his elbows on them while he held his face in his hands.
"Just… just a dream… just a dream…" Peter muttered as he felt his body shiver at the image of Logan's skeleton looking at him.
It's been over a week since Peter was moved to the mystical city and every night since then Peter's been haunted by the same thing… Logan's skeleton. It could be argued that Peter made a mistake in wanting to see what was left of his friend and maybe it was. But to Peter, he needed to know what he… what the Dark Phoenix… had done to the man that was the best at what he did, and what he did wasn't very nice.
Peter took several shaky breaths as he tried to calm himself before he looked over at the night stand that was by his bed or more specifically, the item resting on the wooden surface. It was an upgraded psionic damper of the one that was currently on his wrist to help better keep his telepathy under control. Peter raised his hand, as if to call it over to him, before he stopped halfway and frowned as he looked down at his partially outstretched hand and sighed. He then got up and approached the device and picked it up and began to attach it to his other wrist just as the voices began to creep into his mind.
Peter inhaled deeply before exhaling out his nose as the voices stopped dead and he was left to his own thoughts… well his and that of the still silent Phoenix. Peter glanced down at the older psionic damper Reed had first given him and frowned as he saw what looked like faint burn marks on the smooth metal.
"Well… that's encouraging" Peter said to himself before he heard a knock at the door, causing him to flinch in response.
"Peter… are you okay in there?"
It was Wanda, she must have heard him and decided to make sure he wasn't about to have a breakdown or just wanted to make sure he was okay, or both.
Peter took a steady breath before answering "Yeah, I'm fine… just a bad dream is all"
Wanda was silent for a moment before Peter heard her open his door and slip right in. Peter couldn't help but blush at the red and pink nightgown she had on under her equally tasteful black robe. It did a great job of displaying her body in a way that would have men drooling and Peter was willing to admit he fell into that category.
He quickly shook his head of those thoughts before he suddenly became self-conscious of his own sleep wear in that he only had on a pair of sweat pants.
And based on Wanda's staring at his bare torso, she noticed too.
"Sorry…" Peter said as he looked around for a shirt "Just give me a moment to uh-"
"No, it's fine…" Wanda smiled shyly as she adverted her gaze for a moment as Peter placed on a blue shirt.
"So what time is it?" Peter asked as he glanced at the mutant beauty while sitting down next to his bed.
"Close to three in the morning… that's two hours longer sleep than last night" Wanda said as she came to stand next to Peter before sitting down next to him, being mindful to keep a few inches between them. Not because she was wary of him, but because she didn't want to make Peter any more nervous than he already was with her being in here.
'I thought Jess was joking when she said Peter got extremely shy and nervous around women, makes me wonder how he was able to hold a relationship with someone like Mary Jane Watson for so long' Wanda thought as the two sat there in silence. After a few minutes, Wanda decided to speak.
"Where was the dream this time?" she asked, the nightmares were largely the same in that it ended with Logan appearing as a burned skeleton but the setting was always different. One night it was in the X-mansion, the next in the Avengers Mansion and with last night being in one of the old bunkers that the Secret Avengers used during the Civil War.
"Avengers Tower… the uh, the kitchen" Peter said as he wiped some sweat off his forehead "We were talking about how rough a day I was having being… you know… Spider-man and he eventually said, 'it could be worse', before I saw he was…"
"It's okay…" Wanda said as she placed a hand on his shoulder and felt that the man's skin was warm to the touch.
Peter started to chuckle as tears fell down the side of his face "It's kinda funny when I think about it now. I mean I've seen some terrifying things in my life… but the image of Logan's skeleton…"
Peter let out a small sniffle as he wiped his eyes "Heh, seeing his skeleton makes every nightmare I've had of either Carnage, Venom, Osborn or Otto combined look like a bad joke in comparison"
Wanda nodded at this as she rubbed Peter's shoulder "I wish I could say it gets easier, that the dreams eventually leave but…"
"But they don't, do they?" Peter said as he turned towards Wanda with a sad expression "No matter how hard you try, they always creep up back in there"
"Yes…" Wanda nodded as her own nightmares came to mind, the words 'No more Mutants' echoing through her mindscape again and again, like a dark twisted chant that sounded worse and worse each time.
The two sat there for a time, neither one saying anything. Eventually Wanda's head rested against Peter's shoulder and he laid his head on top of hers and noticed that her hair smelled like vanilla as he and the powerful Mutant slowly drifted off to sleep.
…
It was over a day and a half later that Peter found himself sitting in a lotus position in the middle of an empty dojo with two others watching him off to the die as he had several large rocks slowly orbiting around him. Peter felt his head begin to throb as he tried to increase the rotation before his vision was briefly blinded by what could only be described as fire and a faint echoing screech of a bird.
'You could be dead… like I am'
"AH!" Peter jumped as the rocks suddenly fell to the ground, one of them cracking slightly under the force of which it landed.
"Again…" the Immortal Iron Fist said as he watched Peter take several deep breaths to try and steady himself.
"Uh no offense Danny, but how does this help me?" Peter asked as he tried to steady his breathing like the master martial artist taught him to.
"It's supposed to help you better control your telekinesis" Danny explained as he leaned against a wooden pillar next to him "Your training yourself to hold multiple objects, each of varying degrees of weight and size, and trying to move them at the same exact speed in the same exact pattern until doing so becomes second nature to you"
"Right…" Peter said as he closed his eyes and tried to lift the varying stones up at the same time, another exercise that Danny's having him do.
The stones shook for a few moments before only the lighter ones rose while the larger ones simply shook or rocked back and forth. Peter's frowned began to darken as he struggled to life the several ton boulders up.
"Come on… come on… come on" Peter said to himself as he felt the rocks begin to rise only for the smaller ones to fall to the ground. Peter opened his eyes in annoyance as he slammed his hand into the ground "DAMMIT!"
The stones around Peter were then suddenly pushed away from him by some unseen invisible force before they settled again.
"Calm yourself Spider-man" Danny said in a cool tone.
"I'm trying!" Peter snapped at the man and would have continued had he not caught himself and took a deep breath before he repeated his words in a lower, softer tone "I'm trying…"
"Your troubled" Danny said as he approached Peter "You were doing well for a time, then something happened that caused you to lose control for a second"
"It was nothing, just mind wandered a bit" Peter said as he ran a hand over his face.
Danny's eyes narrowed as he saw faint marks under Peter's eyes "When was the last time you slept?"
"Uh after dinner and doing a few of those telepathic sessions with Wanda last night like every other night, why?" Peter asked with a frown.
"I mean when was the last time you got a full night of sleep?" Danny questioned the man with a pointed look.
Peter stared at Danny for a moment before he looked away "Before I lost it and the Dark Phoenix went on a rampage because of it. Ever since I woke up and learned what happened… Logan dying… every night I keep… I keep seeing his skeleton and him telling me he's dead"
Danny didn't say anything about this as he stared at the man and was about to speak before the doors to the dojo opened and Wanda entered, she briefly had a scowl on her face that she quickly erased and adopted a much friendly look as she stepped into the light and gave both men an apologetic smile.
"Sorry, the conversation with Steve went on longer than I hoped"
"What was it about?" Peter asked with interest.
Wanda seemed unwilling to answer, likely because the news she had wasn't great before speaking in a cautious tone "Peter, you know how SHIELD is trying to have you arrested for what happened at Wakanda, yes?"
Peter's mood quickly dropped into one of sadness, granted it was halfway there but the sudden topic of his actions in Wakanda brought him the rest of the way "Yeah…"
Wanda took a steady breath as she continued "At first Maria tried to get you charged with the murder of Logan but She-Hulk and Daredevil were able to prove that it wasn't you that killed him"
"Tell that to my conscious" Peter said a little bitterly before he took a deep breath and gestured for Wanda to continue "So what was Hill's back up then? She always has one"
Wanda seemed to be even more hesitant to answer this question, something that instantly worried Peter because now he was wondering if he wanted to know at all…
"She's… she's trying to now have you charged for multiple charges of manslaughter" Wanda said nervously.
"What?" Peter said with wide eyes "How the heck can she do that?"
It was then that Danny spoke "Peter, as you remember, when Namor attacked the Golden City, he flooded it, correct?"
"Yeah…" Peter said with a careful nod.
"Well… there were still hundreds if not thousands of people in the city after the initial attack, many of whom were likely in critical condition, that needed to be evacuated. T'Challa's sister Shuri had already dispatched a large number of men and women to aid in the rescue efforts but… not all of them could be gotten to in time"
Peter swallowed nervously "So, Maria is saying that because of that, because I was the reason that Namor attacked, she's trying to have their deaths pinned on me?"
"To a point yes, but there's more to then that" Wanda said with a sigh "Because we have reports that you were, to some degree, in control of your actions before the emergence of the Dark Phoenix when you engaged the Avengers, Maria is saying that a lot of people could have been saved had we not been tied up in trying to stop you. Not the Dark Phoenix, but you, from possibly killing Scott and his X-men"
Peter felt his breath hitched at that before he lowered his head in his hands "God dammit…"
'All those people… it was bad enough that I killed Logan but because I lost control... hundreds of people died because the heroes were too busy trying to stop me from killing Scott and his X-men' Peter thought as he felt himself struggling to breath.
Peter suddenly stood up and placed some distance between himself and Danny and Wanda while he tried to control his breathing that was growing more erratic by the moment. It didn't help that for a few brief moments, bits of cosmic fire could be faintly seen flashing over his body.
"Peter…" Danny said as he took a step forwards but stopped as Peter suddenly slammed his fist into a large boulder.
The stone cracked and fragmented almost instantly as Peter stood there in silence, his body shaking with fury from the knowledge that his rampage caused the deaths of hundreds.
'You fuckin idiot, you fuckin idiot!' Peter mentally raged as he ran his hands through his hair and began to pace back and forth while Wanda began to slowly approach Peter despite Danny warning her to don't.
"Peter…" Wanda said as she toughed Peter's arm, causing him to recoil in surprise before he saw who touched him.
It also allowed Wanda to see his eyes were beginning to water as she slowly approached him again and brought him into a hug "Shhh… it's okay…"
Peter slowly wrapped his arms around Wanda and buried his face into her hair and began o shake ever so slightly as his body was racked with silent sobs "No… no it's not…"
Wanda didn't say anything as she slowly helped Peter sit down on the floor while she continued to keep her arms wrapped around the man, as if she could keep him safe from the world almost. Danny didn't say anything as he watched the scene, feeling a little uncomfortable before he steadied himself, he knew when he offered and accepted the role of helping Peter learn to control the Phoenix that there will be times of emotional distress and well now was one of those moments… and sadly the first of many he reckons.
'Thank god Wanda's here… not sure if I'd be able to help him… not like she could' the man thought as he waited for what felt like hours to calm down.
…
Mistress Death rarely found reason to ever visit the Infinite Embassy in her entire existence. Mainly because she wasn't much of a social creature and partly because she couldn't stand some of the other beings that would inhabit the halls of this place.
The Infinite Embassy was created by the Living Tribunal eons ago as a sort of neutral ground that was located at the top of Earth's dimensional clusters at the same point in every reality at the same time. Gods, demons, immortals, talented mages and other beings of sufficient skill and power could stay and interact here but they had to all abide by one rule. Everyone and that mean's everyone that chooses to be here must come in peace.
Failure to do so, risked the wrath of the Living Tribunal himself.
The last time someone broke such a rule was a powerful demon lord that was often regarded as the 'True Satan' and well… no one's seen him sense afterwards.
'I did warn him that trying to assassinate the then current king of Asgard at the time wouldn't end badly, but he just had to ignore my warnings and go for the kill anyhow' Death mused as she passed several Kree Gods who did well to part before her as her dark cloaked form stalked through the bright hallways towards one of the rooms on the far side of the embassy that's tailored for visiting entities, be they mortal or not.
As she approached the rooms she began to see more and more gods, some from earth, some from the many worlds under the Shi'ar empire, the Skrulls and even a few that have come seeking refuge from Gorr the God Butcher's rampage across the cosmos.
She had just turned down a hall when she saw several young gods standing in the middle of the hall, laughing about something trivial. Her empty eye sockets briefly glowed red in annoyance as she tried to pass by them only for one of them to accidently step in front of her when one of its friends shoved them.
The entire area went silent as the young god's hand brushed her cloak.
Death, feeling the contact froze while the god that touched her looked around in confusion at why everyone was so silent… so afraid. Only then did he turn to see who he touched and paled at the sight of Death's skeletal skull staring at him.
"A-Apologies my lady" the god stuttered. While it was clear he was young, it was obvious that he knew the rules, or implied ones at least.
No terrestrial bound gods of any world or dimension were to ever touch a cosmic entity of her caliber without a very good reason.
Death stared down at the young god for a moment, before she turned and kept moving. Everyone watched her go before suddenly a cold dark feeling crawled its way up every one's spines present as Death turned back towards the god with a lifeless stare that could break Adamantium with its intensity.
"I expect to hear of you demise within the next few days godling… you can't hide in here forever and I'm a very patient woman" she said in a cold whisper before she continued on her trek, leaving the horrified god and his friends to figure out how they were best going to kill him to avoid her nigh unrivaled wrath.
She had no intention of going through with the remark of course, such petty things were beneath her… but they didn't know that.
'As if they could' Death mused as she finally came to the room she wanted and without ceremony barged in to see the Beyonder sitting on a small couch with two goddesses, both topless and allowing their large firm breasts to hang as they planted kisses on his thigh with one of them slinking their hand towards his belt.
Death didn't even have to speak as the three turned towards her. She just moved to the side and gave the goddess a small stare.
They didn't even bother to grab their clothes as they rushed past her at speeds that defied man kinds understanding of physics. They knew the drill, when cosmic gods like Death say or imply you to leave, you leave, no questions asked.
"Really?" the Beyonder scowled at the embodiment of death in the universe "Cock blocking Death? Is that what you've resorted to?"
"When others do as you did, then yes… be lucky I'm being reasonable" Death said as she stared down at the powerful being with barely veiled contempt.
The Beyonder quirked a brow at this "Oh, and what is it that I've done?"
"You made Spider-man of Earth the Phoenix Force's new Avatar which led to the death of James Howlett… the Wolverine" Death said as she took a step closer to the sentient cosmic cube "A death that was not due for some time now"
"You're here because I caused the death of a guy earlier then what you had planned?" the Beyonder said with a raised brow before he began to chuckle "Wow, things must be boring if you're willing to come all the way here to tell me that!"
Death's fists tightened to the point the joints popped, causing his smirk to fall and be replaced with something more serious "It can't be just that. After all, what's one death compared to the thousands you get from Thanos or that other little agent of yours that's gone amok in the past few months… oh now I see"
"What are you talking about?" Death questioned the being with a confused expression.
"Oh nothing" the Beyonder said as he waved off her confusion "Just that you're not pissed that I caused a person's death earlier then what you intended, your pissed that I intruded on your territory, you sly little vixen of destruction"
"What?" Death said as she recoiled in surprise.
The Beyonder chuckled "Oh come on, you really think the other cosmic beings aren't aware of your 'sweetness' on the Spider? I mean the fact that the man seems to somehow survive seemingly impossible odds that have killed more powerful beings over the years should be clue enough, and don't even get me started on the whole letting him come back to life after his death at the hands of Morlun. I mean at that point you're not even trying to be discreet that your head over heels for him, or what counts for head over heels for someone like you"
Death stared at the being for a moment before she made to grab him before he suddenly appeared on the other end of the room with a smirk "Uh-oh, someone's mad. Careful Death, wouldn't want to piss of the owner of this fine establishment and risk getting wiped from existence. If that happens, who's going to strike up an odd yet fitting romance between you and the avatar of life and rebirth hmm?"
Death hissed at the sentient cosmic cube as her hollow eye sockets glowed with dark crimson energy while the room was suddenly filled with a dark sort of tension. The Beyonder smirked at Mistress death for a moment before his gaze flickered towards the doorway and he tensed at who he saw.
Death didn't bother to turn, already knowing who was there.
"What… is the meaning of this ruckuses?" a deep voice that seemed to be echoing through the air.
It was the Living Tribunal himself, having appeared once he sensed the power of Mistress Death flaring to worrying levels.
"Nothing Tribunal, just a little… disagreement on my tampering with Death's little spider boy toy" the Beyonder said before glancing at Death's silent but seething form.
The Tribunal stared at the white clad being for a moment before he turned his attention towards Death and narrowed his eyes at her "Death… stop"
The energy pouring from Death's eyes died immediately before she glanced at the powerful entity with annoyance, or what passed as annoyance with her skull like face.
The Beyonder saw this and nodded with a whistle "Wow, reigning in Mistress Death… you just went up a few notches in my book Tribunal"
The Living Tribunal glanced at the Beyonder with annoyance before he narrowed his eyes at the sentient cosmic cube "Leave Beyonder"
"Fine" the Beyonder said with a sigh as he faded from their sight leaving Death and the Tribunal alone in the room.
Since passed between the two cosmic entities before the Tribunal spoke in a lower but no equally powerful tone.
"It isn't like you to act brash Mistress Death"
"He's intruded upon my affairs for the last time" Death said as she turned her gaze towards the Tribunal.
"Perhaps, but that does not give you the right to attack another while in the confines of these walls" the Tribunal said as his three sets of eyes bore into her own "Do not think that because you represent a universal aspect of this reality that makes you above the rules I've set for this place and all who either dwell or visit it"
Death stared at the judge of the Multiverse for a few moments before she huffed "Fine…"
The mistress of decay and destruction made to leave back to her own realm to think upon further what Spider-man becoming the new host of the Phoenix could mean before she suddenly the Tribunal's voice stopped her.
"Before you go, there is something I wish to make clear to you in regard to your… 'fascination' with Spider-man"
Death glanced at the Tribunal with curious gaze a she folded her arms across her chest "What is it?"
"Death, I am aware of your original plans to try and turn the Spider into an agent of yours and use him to create your supposed 'Web of Death' by corrupting him as you did Thanos in his younger years and have him kill the Master Weaver and take his place and have him become a sort of mate for you" the Tribunal said as he stared at Death's slightly shocked form before she straightened herself.
"And…?" she asked carefully, knowing that trying to upstart the cosmic balance of that scale was usually warranted a greater response then just a stern talking to from the One Above All's glorified enforcer.
The Tribunal was silent as he stared at Death's tense form before he spoke "Had it risked coming to fruition… I would have been forced to step in and destroy you before searching for a replacement for you, regardless if it angered your siblings"
Death's 'eyes' widened in slight shock before she schooled her features and nodded "Well then, I suppose it's good that I never got a chance to enact such plans"
"Indeed" the Tribunal nodded before he turned to leave "Death, I understand that you have grown lonely over the years and wish for a sort of companionship that your other siblings and various agents are unable to provide, but there is a balance that must be held and I cannot risk it being destroyed because you seek some form of intimacy"
"So, to keep your precious balance I must live the rest of my existence alone?" Death questioned, anger and hurt just barely detectible in her tone.
The Tribunal stopped for a moment before he turned back towards Death with one of his faces "Where there is life, there must be death. Where there is decay, there must be rebirth… perhaps you can obtain your long-sought co-existence with the Spider without having to go to such extremes as you originally planned"
And then the Tribunal left, leaving Death to her thoughts before she silently faded back to her own realm of influence.
…
And done.
Peter's training continues with varying degrees of success while Jessica tries to figure out what exactly happened to Carol during her fight with the Phoenix. Meanwhile, Kaine is approached by Captain America and made an interesting offer.