Spider-Man: No Justice
Forward:
Johnny in his grief let go a Flash Cry a flame so intense it burned the atmosphere and would have consumed the world if not for the timely intervention of Doctor Doom. Now in the aftermath of the Spider-Man's No Justice declaration the Fantastic Four is dead, Iron Man has fallen, the Thunderbolts are no more, and Hero and Villains alike have felt the wrath of a Not So Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man. Now a gathering of the remaining Illuminate takes place with old and new faces to discuss the future of the world, and the Skrull Threat…More importantly the child of Peter Parker is on its way what will be the outcome.
Epilogue:
Madam Web sits in astral projected form time, Doctor Strange floats beside her. Professor Xavier is present as well his form contemplative. Doom form sits at the astral projected table. The Black Panther appears in the form of the Panther God, before turning into the image of the man T 'Challa. The White Queen takes her seat at the table along with demonic presence of the Hood.
"We are all gathered here to discuss the fall of Spider-Man," Madam Web states looking at each of the men present.
"His fall nearly destroyed the world," the Hood says his voice hard.
"Yes his physic break lead to the death of many valiant men and women. Heroes and villains alike fell to Spider-Man in his rage," Professor Xavier says his voice sad. "Yet this is why we must come to peaceful understanding."
"Your pacifist nature seems to be at odds with your pupil and chosen leader of your military organization the X-Men."
"Scott has…"
"Spare us Xavier we all are aware of his recent activities to ensure the survival of Mutant kind," Doom says.
"Can you blame my husband," White Queen says her beautiful face turning to hard planes of diamond.
"Enough we are here to discuss the aftermath of the Peter's decision," T'Challa says his deep voice silencing the others and gaining slight nod of respect from Doctor Doom. "We lost the Fantastic Four, Iron Man, the Thunderbolts, and Spider-Man himself. Six of the greatest heroes living have fallen. Yet there is an imminent Skrull Invasion."
"How do we plan to deal with aliens, please don't tell me you plan to bring all our forces together in some cliché team-up for the ages," The Hood says mocking those at the table.
"No," Says a new voice appearing at the table.
"Scott!" The White Queen says in surprise.
Cyclops ignores his wife looking at the assemble group, "More secrets Charles, is this not what nearly destroy our world when the Hulk returned from space?"
"Secrets Scott that is interesting almost as interesting as you being here in the astral plane, and more importantly X-Force."
"What of it Charles, you aren't the only psychic. I am doing what you trained me to do lead, to make the hard decisions."
"And was that murder and assassination?" Charles asks angrily standing up his voice raise the power of his telepathic mind pressing in on the gathered astral forms.
Cyclops smiles, "I'm the leader of the X-Men Charles, and I will do what is necessary to protect my students and those in my charge."
"To what end?"
"Do not fear I'm neither you nor Magneto. My course is clear."
"Enough of this father son bickering," The Hood says the demonic voice echoing on the Astral Plane.
"Yes enough with the bickering what has brought you here Scott Summers?" Doom demands.
"I have procured a counter to the Skrulls."
Eyebrows lift as Cyclops speaks and Madam Web shakes her head in sadness. "It is simple if they enter earth's atmosphere I will unleashed the legacy virus upon them, and there already depleted population will cease to be."
Charles face blanches, the White Queen at her husband in a mixture of fear, respect, disgust, and love. Doom nods his head the mask obscuring any form of emotion. The Black Panther says nothing. The Hood smiles beneath his cowl.
"Am I the only one who finds this unacceptable?" Professor Xavier asks.
"It solves the problem," Doom says.
"Cyclops actions are not without merit," Doctor Strange says drawing all their eyes onto him. "I fear this threat must be dealt with swiftly and Cyclops solution offers that."
"Then it's decided, Beast has already left the team after designing the virus that is adapted solely to them, but your dream Charles is no longer even an option. We are going extinct in this case Magneto was correct, but I will not be a tyrant and preach aggression and domination nor will I preach assimilation and acceptance."
Madam looks at the two seeing diverging futures she shakes her head and speaks. "I have gathered you here, because Spider-Man is needed he is a part of the web of fate, he is the moral compass of our universe and his fall has trigger events that can't be stopped."
"You speak as if Spider-Man was the glue holding the universe together?" Doom says.
"As you well know Victor," Madam Web says. "The Hulk is an anomaly his strength protects us in our greatest time of need, Reed mind allowed us to comprehend the abstracts and for them to comprehend us. But Spider-Man held a different purpose, and he is dead along with Reed, and now only the Hulk remains, but it was Sue who kept the balance of comic continuity for her power kept us shielded. With her death that shield has been removed."
"What does this have to do with Spider-Man?" Doctor Doom asks.
"It was Spider-Man who held in check the entities that have consumed our friend here Parker Robbins. Even now I can hear the demons of lower realm rejoice at his fall for demons love nothing more than the morally pure to plunge into evil."
"So what you want to bring Peter back?" the Hood asks his face turning to shadow while his eyes turn a glowing yellow.
"No I have Peter Parker, the real Parker or what the world will believe is the real the Peter. I have already sent him to his wife to oversee the birth of the new Fantastic Four."
"You lie Doom killed him," The Hood says.
"No Johnny Storm killed him I merely ended Johnny's life to extinguish his flame that would have burn away the atmospheres and reach the core of this world."
"Peter can't return," the Hood says shaking his head.
"Why not heroes return all the time, Thor, Captain America," The Black Panther says eyeing the Hood looking sideways at Doom.
"He is returned our moral center is firm, it is for Victor to raise our Mind, for even our world resolves around a trinity, Mind, Body, and Spirit. Richards embody the mind, Bruce Banner aka the Hulk the body, and Spider-Man the spirit. In every cosmic have these three been necessary."
The Hood screams "You will not rob me of this", the Hood roars the Demonic form of Dormammu stares out at the gather assembly. Doctor Strange rises up and brings his powers to bear on the demonic entity the clash the powers blanketing the astral plane. Doctor Doom rises up mystical powers swarming around him. The Black Panther rises as well adding his Mystical powers to Dooms and Strange. The three lock the demon in prism of energy Dormammu laughs as he throws his powers against the three knocking them back at the same time shattering the Prism and moves towards the gather assembly.
A scream tears through the astral plane momentarily distracting Dormammu, "Beware They Come!" "Judgment Destruction," Wails the voice that seems to shatter dimensions driving Dormammu back. Doctor strange uses all his power summoning energies beyond his control with the help of Doctor Doom and Black Panther. They imprison the entity in multiple energy prisms that Dormammu shatters into pieces. Dormammu screams opening a portal to his own dimension even as pieces of him are trapped in prisms crystals as he runs from the scream of terror that races through the astral plane.
"That was Black Bolt," Professor Xavier says. "I can sense is mind he has been overwhelmed and the End of our world approaches…Ahhhhh!" Xavier screams his form vanishing from the astral plane. White Queen in her diamond form reaches and recoils cracks appearing in her face as she looks to Scott before vanishing from the astral plane.
Scott reaches out, "Emma," He cries as she vanishes before then he too disappears.
Parker Robbins fall from the astral plane his body bleeding from every opening he open his eyes the cloak he's worn nothing more than ash he opens his hand holding before his eyes a prism crystal. He frowns before passing out the prism sinking into his chest.
Mary Jane cries out her voice rising to levels of critical force her legs are fasten down by stirrups. Her breath comes in harsh gasp. "Where's Peter?" she asks no one answers having the news footage. "He's not dead," Mary Jane says to the silence of the room. "He's not evil."
"Of course I'm sure he's on the way," her Anna says.
"Ma'am there are complications," The doctor says, "Fascinating I've never seen anything like this."
"What wrong with me…ahhhhh…should I be feeling this way?" Mary Jane asks her Aunt Anna beside her.
The doctor pulls Anna aside, "Ma'am your niece is suffering from what looks like a strange mutation, considering who her husband it not as strange as some things we've seen though."
"What is wrong with her?"
"Instead of a single child, there are multiple children her womb has changed into a spider sack."
"What will become of the babies?" Anna asks a horrified expression on her face.
"We will have to deliver the children and see."
In Latveria Doctor Doom awakes in his bed his head pounding he sits on up to see Valerie Richards on a plush rug thousands of years old playing with an artificial dog she has built with artificial intelligence surpassing that of anything he has seen her father do. "Daughter come, show me what else you have been up too," Doom says in a fatherly voice sitting fully up as he takes Valerie into his arms.
"Well you have cured the world disease solved world hunger and almost brought about the end of war, however can I follow that up?" Valerie asks with an impish grin.
"I'm sure you will enlighten me."
"Of course universal peace," Valerie says.
In Wakanda the Black Panther sits up with a grunt Storm sits beside him rubbing a hand over her round belly, "He is growing fast T'Challa," Storm says looking at Franklin Richards who juggles miniature planets on his fingertips.
"You are right Ororo, the world has changed greatly for that one, but he seems to be adjusting."
"Only time will tell, but Charles believes he is the strongest mutant in existence."
"Then that strength must be temper with prudence. I think it is time to take his training to the next level."
"You would teach him? He is my godson and he holds the fate of reality itself in his hands we can't hope to win should his mind fracture as Legion's and the Scarlet Witch's power did."
"Will this be discussed at the illuminate meeting husband?"
"That is if we have another, last time Dormammu nearly destroyed and Black Bolt's warning nearly trapped us in the astral plane."
"Do you find it strange that you and Doctor Doom have become such allies?"
"It is no different than your Xavier and Magneto Ororo. Victor has always worked to a greater ideal, and while Reed is my dearest friend we trusted in his vision absolutely to the harm of us all. As have the X-Men trusted to Xavier dream. Cyclops is trying to navigate in a new world as we all are. The status quo has been changed."
Storm leans her head on his shoulder, "I can only wait and see he has put is faith in Hope."
"And you would place your hope in Franklin?"
"Yes T'Challa, I think it is best that he chose to stay with us and go with Doom. Even if he has change and been accepted by the Panther God. I feel more comfortable."
Scott looks over Emma head bowed Wolverine stands beside him, "We have to prepare Emma is out Xavier is lost to us. Magneto has taken him away to recover."
"What threat is there that could not out such heavy hitters."
"I don't know, but X-Force will be needed, they don't trust my judgment, but a force more powerful than the Skrulls awaits us."
"What about hope, what if what Bishop said is true."
"Seen a team a after her shadow her Logan and make sure she is alright."
"Will do, we will be in a tight spot with brains and his bunch, and Tony and his tech gone."
"We will have to make due, we are down to less than two hundred mutants with active powers. We need Hope to discover more or else we are going to be extinct in a few more big confrontations."
Mary Jane cries out in pain and anguish the television lays in shatter pieces from where she shatter it by throwing the remote at it. "He is not a villain Peter would never do those things all lies!" She rages.
"It will be alright," Her Aunt says calmly.
"No I won't allow my children to grow up in a world where their father is murderer and villain," Mary Jane says adamantly. Anna shakes her sadly turning away from her distraught niece.
The door to hospital opens at that moment a familiar face appears. Anna freezes in place, her hand going to her heart before fainting. "Hello, Mary Jane, I'm sorry I'm late please forgive me."
"Pete!"
"MJ," Peter says with a sigh.
"You survive."
"No that Peter didn't he is dead, and with him my best friend, and family. But he wasn't able to take you from me or our children."
Behind Peter another woman enters her hair is black with a widow's peak she looks over Mary Jane, "You look well child, I am Cassandra Web Peter's godmother," The woman who looks to be in her mid-forties says smiling. "I've come to return Peter to you."
"How is this possible?"
"It's a long story, and first we must name the children," Peter says leaning in close kissing Mary Jane.
"Of course," Mary Jane says fluster.
"I will get the doctor then," Peter says exiting the room Cassandra following behind him stepping over Anna.
Outside the hospital room Peter composure breaks, "I can't do this," he says gasping for breath as a panic attack over takes him.
"You must the world needs Spider-Man and MJ needs you the most, besides those children are your blood will you leave to face an uncertain future alone?"
"No Uncle Ben took me in," Peter says. "I can do know less I will do it, but can't I tell her the truth."
"No! Absolutely not," Cassandra says.
"Then I must become Peter Parker and give up being Ben Reilly."
"Yes this is the true test of heroism Ben, and this will be the last time I call you by that name. Be what the world needs you to be. Be Spider-Man, be Peter Parker, and be the Hero."
Ben Reilly bows his head looking at Madam Web his face filled with pain, "So be it I will be Peter Parker. I will become Spider-Man."
As Peter walks towards the doctor gaining curious stares from the staff and frightful glances from the patients Cassandra smiles, "maybe you always were him," She says softly entering the room with Mary Jane.
Later Cassandra watches as Peter juggles two children in his arms Johnny Benjamin Parker and Benjamin Harry Parker, while Mary Jane breast feeds Sue May Parker and Reed Anthony Parker. "It is good that you named them after your friends."
Peter glances up smiling sadly, "What other choice was there to make," he says looking down at the children.
"They are the future," Cassandra says looking into distance. "And fantastic one at that."
The End…Maybe…
From The Author,
Dear Reader,
It has been awhile, but before I could put this out I had to think about the next story I would tell, and if I would keep it in this timeline Since I'm not Marvel. This story is the aftermath of Spider-Man No Justice. But it leads into a new story arch I'm developing that will be as epic I hope as any of the Marvel Crossovers. So please keep reading and keep reviewing and read some of my other stories that I post the most recent being THE LEGEND OF HYRULE.
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