Chapter 12: Sparing Partners
Peter stepped out of his steaming hot shower with Ava right behind him, "you're getting better Peter" she said in a bubbly tone kissing his head.
Peter felt extremely light on his feet after their little session "well the consistent practice is helpful" he laughed, there was a clatter and a crash as Ava tripped over pile of laundry and hit the sink.
"Damn it Peter turn some lights on!" she snapped, Peter picked up his shades before flipping on the light,
"Sorry Ava but…my eyes" he trailed off as Ava wrapped her arms around him, her warm body felt soothing.
"I know Peter, I know" she whispered there was a knock at the door which brought the two out of their embrace,
"Hey if you two are done in there we think we found a way to send Peter home" came Sam's voice from the other side of the door.
"15 years later and he still manages to irritate the crap out of me" Peter moaned,
Ava & Peter quickly redressed and joined the others in the situation room Doc Connors had a hologram floating over the table of which Peter recognized from the records recording he saw as the time machine that was supposed to take him home.
"If I'm remembering right the recording showed that plan tanked" Peter said,
Connors looked over at him "15 years ago when Goblin destroyed the original and stole the plans…yes it didn't work, but now Goblin has rebuilt it should he ever want to alter a moment in time but since you never returned he never needed it"
"So what we storm Oscorp tower and hope to find an old time machine and Dr. who my ass back home?" Peter scoffed "guys I'm sorry but I just don't want to put too much faith in a plan that already failed once" with that Peter stood up and went for a walk.
The others all stared at each other around the table "did we miss something? Either the boy doesn't want to go home or some things got him spooked" Connors said.
Everyone turned to Ava & Felicia expecting them to have the answer but unfortunately they didn't.
Peter had changed back into his black suit and went wall crawling rather than walking, he didn't like the time machine idea for his own reasons or rather his future reasons, he didn't know why he even considered listening to Wolf-Spider but he knew he wasn't lying about the events that took place after the time machine failed.
He swung from the roof tops leisurely, it always helped him think clearly he dropped on to a roof where a familiar red and black Spider-man was waiting for him.
"Geez kid M.j was right we should have invested a watch" he laughed, as Spider-man walked up to him,
"You were right…they want to use Goblins time machine to send me home" he sighed, Wolf-Spider leaned back against the ledge.
"So are you finally ready to trust yourself?" he asked crossing his arms even under the mask Spider-man knew he had a self -righteous smile, this version of him was responsible for the world around him and yet had ambitions to save it, he wanted a better life for himself and everyone else.
"…yes, I'm ready" Spider-man replied extending his hand,
"Good boy, I'll have you home and back to your cat girls and your friends soon enough" Wolf-Spider replied shaking Spider-man's hand.
"I'll call you when I've worked the details just make sure you're there both our lives depend on this" he said as he turned to leave "oh yeah…Hulks looking for you" with those last words he swung away.
Leaving Spider-man alone the roof "Hulk?" he asked himself in confusion
Harry was enjoying a massage from his beloved mistress, he figured after spending the day being exposed to performance enhancing chemicals he needed the rejuvenation time, "Marina your hands are magic" he laughed.
The woman named Marina slipped out of her robe "if you like my hands…you're going to love what the rest of me can do" she cooed as Harry rolled on his back. Marina had just climbed on top of Harry when Green Goblin barged into the room.
"Get up!" he growled grabbing Harry by the face and slammed him into the wall punching a hole in the drywall "you're far from ready to confront those insignificant pests or to dispatch Wolf-Spider so why are you wasting time with the help!"
He threw Harry across the room, he crashed into a massaging chair "I'm more than ready to get rid of all of them and I can do it alone so screw off!" Harry snapped standing up.
Goblin swatted him away like a fly, "when you're ready to man up you can try again until then…get to the synthesizing chamber!" he retorted and left leaving Harry emasculated in front of his mistress, "I'll show you… I'll kill those heroes and the new Spider-man after I'm done with them… I'll turn my attention to you and the traitor Wolf-Spider for sleeping with my wife" he growled.
Peter was still swinging around the city trying to think up his own way home incase his double ganger double crossed him,
"Whether or not he is me he still hasn't proved I can trust him…and then there's Ava and Felicia if I go home I'll have to choose between one and the other…" that's when Peter dropped on to a window and froze if he went home the timeline would alter completely. He wouldn't have the girls, his aunt May wouldn't be happily married to Coulson, as dark and depressing as this future was there were some better aspects to it then to the world he left behind.
"Crap I hate quantum mechanics" he mumbled,
"HULK SMASH!" came a thunderous roar from the roof tops beside him, Peter's head torqued to the left just as his spider sense went haywire and a big green object slammed into the building inches from where he was standing. The wall caved in and crumbled as Hulk tackled him, they crashed through the first 6 floors crashing in a crater in the lobby, Spider-man had slipped out of Hulks grip just before they hit the ground.
"Hey big guy…what the hell!" he shouted down at Hulk,
Hulk sprang from the crater his glare fixed on Spider-man "Hulk Smash fake bug man, bug man was Hulks friend…you not bug man!" he threw his boulder sized fits at Spider-man who quickly dodged them.
Hulk like everyone else thought he was a clone, so Hulk attacking Peter wasn't exactly a mind boggling conundrum, Hulk threw Spidey through the nearest wall and into the open street "ok that hurt a little bit" he groaned as he pushed himself up just in time to be slammed with a car sending him flying down the street.
He was muscled and over powered on this one but he had sparred with Hulk before at the Avenger tower although he never could knock him out he did know how to distract him. The civilians that were surrounding the fight quickly ran away with some recording the fight on their cell phones, some remembered black suit Spidey as venom but today he was the good guy.
Spidey quickly dashed over to the nearest hot dog stand "excuse me I need to borrow your hot dog cart" he blurted as he grabbed the stand and ran "I'll bring in back thank you!",
"Hey! Spidey just stole my cart!"
"Hey Hulk look I got hot dogs", he called over "I hope this works" he mumbled to himself.
Hulks fist slammed down in front of him but he still held his ground "look hot dogs…you remember hot dogs don't you?" Spidey asked nervously,
Hulk jammed his hand into the cart and pulled out a massive handful of hot dogs and started wolfing them down "you good fake bug man" Hulk said jamming more and more hot dogs into his mouth.
"Wow that was easy" Spidey laughed Hulks fist slammed into him forcing him through another wall "OH come on!"
"Hulk don't like to share" Hulk said calming down and shoveling more hot dogs down his throat.
Peter returned to the Tri-carrier with Hulk trailing behind him still wolfing back the hot dogs, Peter was holding his head which was spinning like a top, "guys I found us a new door man" he yelled, the others all gasped and jumped back in worry "Hulk!" they screamed.
"It's ok he's good again…he just needed to be fed" he protested waving his hands back and forth,
Ava was the first to step forward "what the hell do you do when you run off on your own hold up a banner saying I'm Spider-man?" she snapped smacking him on the back of the head,
"OUCH!" Peter wailed rubbing his head "that hurts you know he just put me through a building".
Hulk patted Peter on the head "you ok for fake bug man"
Sam stood there with his jaw hanging open "…..how?"
But everyone brushed him off as Ava & Felicia walked Peter off and Hulk went to the kitchen,
"have you thought about considering using the time machine Peter because as it is you have no other way home" Ava said, Peter sat on a chair and shrugged "not really sure about it… is there any other methods we could think up instead of having one plan?" he asked,
"Ok we'll think of another plan Peter but please consider all ideas" Felicia pleaded, Peter nodded then jumped between the two "just in case I do make it home I want to remember this relationship" he laughed snapping a photo as the girls kissed his cheeks.
Harry was in his dads lab suiting up in his night goblin armor he was hell bent to prove to his father he was worthy of being his son "first I kill the copycat then that back stabbing clone and finally when my dad says he's proud of me…I'll end him to and take the entire city for myself" he hissed as he dawned the mask
"Tonight the night the world can rest easy… tomorrow the night Goblin takes flight"
Peter's formed a shaky alliance with Wolf-Spider but can he trust him?
Harry's prepped his armor and ready to set out and kill not only the new Spider-man but also Wolf-Spider!
how will Goblin take being crossed by his own son?
still to come:
A Mexican stand off with the heroes, Goblins and alternate versions
shared secrets between Ava and Felicia (2014)Mysterio revealed
the time machine (another Spider-man)
paradoxes (turning back the clock)
Mystery and Future history
tying two worlds
the date
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