We read about Elsa facing her inner demons in the last chapter. Now, we'll see how Spider-Man is doing.
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Spider-Man exits the gate to the Infinity Pool to see Elsa jumping into a portal cast by Merlin.
"Where is she going?" asked Spider-Man.
"Pixie Hollow," answered Merlin.
"I don't really watch Tinker Bell, but I assume it's got something to do with the fairies," guessed Spider-Man.
"So, Peter, I assume you wish to leave?" asked Merlin.
"I still don't know," said Spider-Man. "I want to go back. Spend my last days with my aunt in case this madman behind all this madness takes over the multiverse. On the other hand, my heart keeps telling me to stay."
"It's your choice, my boy. I'll support whatever decision you make," said Merlin.
"I think I'll go on one more trip," said Spider-Man. "Which means I'm gonna need the egg back."
Merlin returns to Peter the magical egg.
"How will this one trip shape your decision to stay or go?" asked Merlin.
"Maybe a little thrill, a little adrenaline will help me clear my head," said Spider-Man.
Spider-Man picks a dimension and opens a portal.
"If you see Rey, don't send her after me," said Spider-Man. "I need some time alone to make my decision."
"Don't worry," promised Merlin.
After a brief talk with the elderly wizard, Spider-Man jumps into the portal.
Spider-Man comes out of the portal and arrives at his destination. He is standing on top of what seems to be a tower with connected to four islands above an abyss.
"Riley Anderson's mind," said Spider-Man. "So, what emotion would I be? Enthusiasm? Recklessness? Fun?"
Spider-Man decides to fan-boy later and focus on his mission. He creates a parachute out of his webbing and glides over the abyss.
Inside Headquarters...
"Uh, guys," called Fear, looking out the window. "There's someone in a red and blue costume gliding above us on a parachute."
Anger looks out the window.
"So, what?" said Anger, uninterested. "That's the least craziest thing we've seen in here."
"That costume looks tight," said Disgust. "He and I should talk."
"Hey, guys!" called Joy with a smile on her face, as usual. "Riley's game is about to begin."
"Yay," said Sadness with a faint tone and a smile.
"Okay, Peter, let's recap," he said to himself. "You're looking for a crazy little blue alien, a cranky octopus, and a dragon that sounds like Eddie Murphy. Shouldn't be too hard, right?"
Spider-Man lands at Fashion Island. All around him were shopping stores and food stands.
"This place is amazing," said Spider-Man.
His time of appreciating the beauty of the island was interrupted when he heard panicking not too far from his position.
"Sounds like trouble," he said, running towards the direction of the noise.
Spider-Man enters the mall and sees a little blue alien tearing up the place. He was ripping up clothes and eating any food he comes across. The brain maintenance crew were running for their lives, trying to avoid the blue monstrosity at any cost.
"Yup! That's Stitch," said Spider-Man.
Stitch was about to break into the glasses store, until Spider-Man webbed his back and pulls him away.
"Okay, little buddy, time out," said Spider-Man. "Just sit down like a good boy and follow your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man."
Stitch growls before pouncing. Spider-Man grabs Stitch before he could hit him. Stitch started scratching as Spider-Man tries to keep his face away from the aliens claws. Their scuffle drags them to a clothes store. They end up knocking down racks and ruining every piece of clothing they stumble upon. In the end, the two get buried under a pile of t-shirts. Stitch comes out of the pile and exits the store.
"Where's Lilo when you need her?" complained Spider-Man, his head popping out from the top of the pile.
Stitch was out in the open again. The crew continue to run away. It wasn't long until Spider-Man returned to the scene.
"Alright, you blue snowball, no more Mr. Nice Spider," said Spider-Man, preparing for a fight.
Stitch bites his feet and curls himself into a ball, rolling towards Spider-Man. Spider-Man webs Stitch and tosses him towards a store.
"Oh, yeah!" cheered Spider-Man, pumping his fist.
Stitch comes out of the store wearing a pink dress with polka dots and a blonde wig. He rips both of them off of him as he runs towards Spider-Man. He jumps on Spider-Man's face and started scratching him. Spider-Man tries to remove the alien off his face, to no avail. Once again, their scuffle takes them into another clothes store.
Spider-Man manages to remove Spider-Man from his face and throws him towards the counter. Spider-Man webs him and throws him outside. Spider-Man fires multiple web shots, trying to glue Stitch to the floor. It worked for a while, but Stitch rips the webs off of him.
"Oh, come on!" complained Spider-Man. "Can I get a break?"
"Tashka Mara!" yelled Stitch.
Once again, Stitch jumps on to Spider-Man's face and scratches. Spider-Man runs towards a wall and slams Stitch to it. He kicks Stitch in the air, webs him up, and slams him to the ground, giving him a big bruise on the head."
"Okay, that was too brutal of me," said Spider-Man, shocked by how hard he slammed Stitch to the floor. "What's happening to me?"
Stitch was moaning and grunting, but passed out from head trauma.
"I'm sorry, little guy," apologized Spider-Man. "I don't know what came over me."
Spider-Man takes out his egg, selects the Lilo & Stitch universe, and opens a portal, sending Stitch home. He looks around and sees the brain maintenance crew staring at him.
"Uh, nothing to see here," said Spider-Man. "And sorry about the damages."
Spider-Man leaves the mall. On the way, he looks into a mirror and sees what's happened to him. Parts of his suit are scratched. About half of his face is exposed.
"That's okay. This is just a little girl's mind," said Spider-Man.
Spider-Man moves to Tragic Vampire Romance Island and finds Mushu reading a book about vampires.
"Hey, you!" called Spider-Man.
"Hey, it's not polite to interrupt someone reading," said Mushu. He turns his head and sees who called for him. "Uh..."
"It's a costume," explained Spider-Man.
"What happened to your face?" asked Mushu.
"Just a fight," said Spider-Man, taking it off. "Listen, I know you're lost, but I can send you home."
"Well, I ain't going home yet," said Mushu.
"Why not?" asked Spider-Man.
"My little cricket companion, Cri-Kee," said Mushu. "Poor little guy's lost out there. I have to find him."
"Then why are you reading this book?" asked Spider-Man, gesturing to the gigantic book.
"It looked interesting," said Mushu.
"Well, if you want, I can help you look for Cri-Kee," offered Spider-Man. "You can trust me. I'm an adventurer and a superhero."
Mushu had a stoic, unconvinced look on his face, until he suddenly falls on his back and started laughing. Spider-Man rolls his eyes. Instead of trying to talk to Mushu, he takes out his egg and opens a portal. Before he can take Mushu inside, something else came out of the portal, startling both him and Mushu.
Standing in his dark robe with a snake head scepter is Jafar.
"Another undead villain," commented Spider-Man.
"You must be Peter Parker," said Jafar. "'He' told me you would be wearing a suit with a spider on your chest."
"For the record, it's just a logo, not an actual spider," said Spider-Man. "And who do you mean by 'he'?"
"All the matters is that 'he' made me an offer I can't refuse," said Jafar. "I destroy you, I get the power that was stolen from me."
"Oh, you mean your genie powers," realized Spider-Man. "Well, this should be easier than I thought."
"Mind if I stay out of this?" asked Mushu, intimidated by Jafar.
"I prefer if you did," said Spider-Man.
Mushu runs away and watches the battle from the distance.
Jafar fires a magic blast from his scepter. Spider-Man flip jumps to avoid the blast. While in mid-air, he webs Jafar's staff away from him. He holds the staff high up and then brings it down, slamming it to the floor, hoping to smash it. However, it didn't work. The snake head remained intact.
Jafar starts laughing. "'He' said that you would try that, so he did a little upgrade."
Jafar holds out his hand and calls his staff back to his hand. Jafar fires magic blast after magic blast, but Spider-Man's Spider Sense helps him avoid every single blast. He jumps up a tall structure and fires a web shot. Jafar disintegrate the webbing with a simple blast of fire from his scepter. Jafar fires another magic blast, but Spider-Man jumps down to avoid it.
"What's the matter? Afraid to fight me up close, you cowardly snake?" insulted Spider-Man.
"Interesting choice of words," said Jafar with a sinister smile.
"Oops," said Spider-Man, realizing what he just said.
With a wave of his scepter, Jafar transforms himself into a giant snake, scaring everyone away, except for Spider-Man and Mushu.
"Nice job, spider!" yelled Mushu angrily.
"Just keep your head down," said Spider-Man.
While Jafar tries to bite Spider-Man, Mushu decided to help. He sneaks around Jafar and climbs up a gigantic book. He sees Spider-Man crawling on walls as he tried to evade the snake.
"I can see why he dresses like a spider," commented Mushu.
After taking a few deep breaths, he jumps and lands on top of Jafar's head.
Mushu takes out a feather. "Good thing I keep this around," he said.
Mushu rubs his nose with the feather. He sneezes, breathing fire, burning Jafar's tail. Jafar felt this and started screaming in pain. Spider-Man shoots his web at Jafar's neck and uses all of his strength to pull him down. Jafar's face hits the ground hard, getting knocked out.
"Hey, thanks," said Spider-Man to Mushu.
"Helping heroes is what I do," said Mushu, feeling proud of himself.
"Oh, so now you're calling me a hero?" replied Spider-Man.
"That wham-a-slam, bro, that was amazing!" said Mushu, amazed.
The giant snake transforms back into Jafar. He was still unconscious.
"Alright, time to send this creep back to where he came from," said Spider-Man.
Spider-Man uses the egg to open a portal back to the Cave of Wonders in the Aladdin universe. The portal sucks in Jafar and his staff. Spider-Man fires a web shot into the portal and pulls the staff out.
"I think Merlin can keep this safe," said Spider-Man, looking at the scepter in his hand.
"Who's Merlin?" asked Mushu.
"Never mind," said Spider-Man.
"And what's with the swirly?" asked Mushu, confused.
"Call it a gateway to anywhere in the universe, like, back to Mulan," answered Spider-Man. "Now, let's find your friend."
Spider-Man and Mushu looked around the island. They see a group of frogs trying to catch a little insect with their tongues. Mushu looks closely and sees that the little insect is Cri-Kee.
"Buddy!" panicked Mushu.
"Don't worry," said Spider-Man.
Using the magical egg, Spider-Man opens a portal that sucks in all the frogs. Cri-Kee sees Mushu and hops towards him.
"Oh, you had me worried, little guy," said Mushu.
Cri-Kee looks at Spider-Man and chirps at him.
"He says, 'thank you,'" said Mushu.
"You're welcome," said Spider-Man to Mushu.
"So, uh, aren't you gonna send us back home?" asked Mushu.
Spider-Man opens a portal back to Mulan universe. Mushu and Cri-Kee look into it. They can see an image of Mulan and Shang sitting under a tree.
"Hey, thanks for the help..." said Mushu. "... uh, what do I call you?"
"Spider-Man," answered the teenager.
"Well, it fits with your powers," said Mushu.
Mushu and Cri-Kee walk into the portal. Spider-Man smiles, happy to see them back home.
"Alright, only one more to go," said Spider-Man.
Next, Spider-Man travels to Boy Band Island. Instead of seeing boy bands in every corner, he comes across an army of robots scaring the maintenance crew. Laser blasts are fired left and right as every structure was being reduced to rubble.
"Okay, not what I was expecting," said Spider-Man. "Unless Disney just purchased the rights to Doctor Who, these aren't Cybermen."
Spider-Man heard a familiar scream of rage. It was Anger. Disgust was using his burning head as a flame thrower to get past the robots. They were joined by Joy, Sadness, and Fear.
"This is getting out of hand," said Joy.
"No kidding," said Fear, hiding behind Sadness for protection.
"Unless there's a Killer Robot Island, I don't think this should be happening," said Sadness.
"Let's just get to the bottom of this," said Disgust.
Anger continued yelling as Disgust continued to burn robot after robot. Fear screams in fright when he sees a red and blue figure above swinging from structure to structure.
"Oh, relax," said Disgust. "It's just that guy in that ridiculous costume."
"Actually, I think he looks cool," said Joy.
Spider-Man keeps on swinging, saving anyone in need of help. He webs up as many robots as he can and even destroys some of them using his super strength. He kept swinging around the island until he found the source of the commotion. He can see Hank the Octopus, trapped in a cage, guarded by a legion of robots.
"Don't worry, pal. I'm gonna get you out," said Spider-Man.
"And who are you?" asked Hank.
Spider-Man straightens his back and puts his hands on his hips. "Spider-Man," he says, trying to make his voice sound deeper.
"Is something wrong with your voice?" asked Hank.
"Just sit tight and enjoy the show," said Spider-Man.
Spider-Man engages the legion. He punches, kicks, and webs up every robot in sight. He punches through one robot's chest and then throws him towards a couple more. Spider-Man webs one robot's head, pulls it off its body, and swings the head around to hit the other robots. He finishes the last one by jumping on its shoulders, leaping into the air, does a forwards flip, and then punches the robot's head, smashing it to the floor.
"Wow," said Hank, amazed. "Nice moves."
"Thanks," said Spider-Man. "Okay, stand back. I'm gonna rip this cage apart and set you free."
"Uh, you can't," said Hank.
"What do you mean?" asked Spider-Man.
"Some kind of electric field around the cage," answered Hank.
Spider-Man pokes a cage bar and gets shocked.
"Yeah, I'm not getting out of here," said Hank pessimistically.
"Don't say that," said Spider-Man. "I'll find a way. Heroes always find a way."
Suddenly, Spider-Man heard the laughter of a robotic voice. He turns around and sees another robot flying down towards him. However, this one looks different than the others. It was bigger, its head design was different, and appears to be made of different metal as its armor was shinier than the others.
"You are but a child who believes in fantasies," said the robot, descending to the ground.
"Uh, who are you?" asked Spider-Man.
"I guess Stark hasn't told you about me," said the robot. "The name is Ultron, an artificial intelligence created by Stark to protect the world."
"And I'm guessing you became bad," guessed Spider-Man.
"You watch too many sci-fi movies, kid," said Ultron. "But, yes, you can say that I've gone rogue. The Avengers thought they destroyed me, but now I'm back."
"Another undead villain, huh? Sure, why not?" replied Spider-Man. "Alright, metal mouth, you're gonna release Hank or I'm gonna have to go all 'Rocky' on your metal be-hind."
"How do you know my name?" asked Hank.
Ultron tilts his head with a blank expression on his face. He then unleashes a gravitational field and removes Spider-Man's web shooters from his wrists. He then smashes them to pieces.
"Hey, do you have any idea how hard it is to make those?" complained Spider-Man. "You're in for it now."
Spider-Man runs towards Ulton. He jumps in the air and sticks out his leg, seeking to hit Ultron with a flying kick. Ultron fires a concussive blast from his hand that pushes Spider-Man to the ground.
"So much for my Spider Sense," commented Spider-Man.
Spider-Man gets back up and punches Ultron, knocking him back a dozen feet away.
"That actually hurt," said Ultron. "But his will hurt even more."
Ultron rips off a piece of the land beneath Spider-Man with a gravitational field. He raises it, flips it up-side down, and attempts to smash Spider-Man to the ground. Before the land can crash, Spider-Man jumps away. He tries to punch Ultron again, but the A.I. captured his fist in his hand. Ultron throws Spider-Man far away. The teenager gets back up and rushes towards Ultron again. He punches Ultron as fast as he can while dodging his strikes. He knees Ultron in his mid-section before kicking him in the chest. He unleashes a flip kick that knocks him back.
Ultron orders three sentries to engage Spider-Man, but takes them out by smashing them into each other. Using one of the sentries' cannons, he fires at Ultron, hitting him until the sentry the cannon belonged to shut down due to severe damage. Spider-Man punches Ultron in the face over and over again, barely staggering him. Spider-Man throws another punch, but Ultron blocks it with his hand.
"Seriously, what is that armor made of?" asked Spider-Man, shaking his aching hand.
"Vibranium," answered Ultron.
Ultron grabs Spider-Man and flies into the air. He flies up to about a hundred feet in the air (at least from the perspective of everyone inside Riley's mind) before throwing Spider-Man down. Ultron fires a powerful concussion blast that slams Spider-Man to the ground. Ultron lands to see Spider-Man, grunting in pain and clutching his aching back.
Ultron grabs Spider-Man by the neck and raises him off his feet.
"You got lucky," said Ultron. "I was ordered to bring you in alive."
"You don't seem like the 'taking orders from someone' type," said Spider-Man, trying to pry Ultron's hands open.
"I'm not, but the one who resurrected has too much power for me to oppose," said Ultron. "If I help him, I get my vengeance on the Avengers. Sounds like a fair deal, I admit."
"Keeping me alive will be a mistake," said Spider-Man.
"I agree," said Ultron. "But I see why 'he' has interest in you. You have power. You have anger. Potential to be a brute. You harmed that little blue alien, showing little to no restraint. So much for 'your friendly neighborhood, Spider-Man.'"
"I don't know what happened to me there," said Spider-Man.
"I do," said Ultron. "'He' said that Merlin confessed his secret and you and your friends are not taking it well. It's not really hard to figure out why you're taking your anger out on that little guy."
Spider-Man's eyes widened in realization. He knew Ultron was right. "I just... didn't know if I ever had a purpose helping him."
"Choose your heroes wisely," said Ultron.
Ultron uses his free hand and opens a portal, which surprises Spider-Man. Ultron throws Spider-Man inside before closing it.
"That's taken care of," said Ultron. He looks back at Hank and says, "Now, I believe we need more prisoners for our special guest."
Hank cowers in his cage as he watches the terror of the Ultron Sentries tearing the island apart. To make matters worse, Joy, Sadness, Anger, Fear, and Disgust have been captured and locked in cages next to him.
"Where are you, spider guy?" asked Hank, begging for his rescuer to be okay.
This looks very bad for Spider-Man. Will the others find out what happened to him and save him? Stay tuned and find out.
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