Spidey, Surfer, and Quickie had just stopped a bank robbery and were now on top of a tall building.
"Wow," said Pietro. "Being a hero can really be tiring. I think I'm going to pass out from exhaustion."
"Hey, Pietro, I've been meaning to ask you," said Harry. "When does your vacation end?"
"Yeah, you've been here for awhile," said Peter. "When do you go home?"
"What? You guys want me gone?" asked Pietro, smirking.
"No. We were just wondering."
"To tell you the truth, I don't think I'll ever go back."
"What?"
The three turned around to see Wanda and the Brotherhood boys.
"What are you guys doing here?" asked Pietro.
"We thought we'd stop by," said Todd.
"Give me a minute," Pietro said to Peter and Harry.
"Sure," said Peter.
They left.
"So, they're Spiderman and Night Surfer," said Todd.
"Yeah," said Pietro.
"What are you doing, Pietro?" asked Lance.
"What do you mean?"
"Why are you pretending to be a hero?"
"I'm not pretending. I really am a hero."
"Ha! You're no hero. You're a selfish bastard who thinks of no one but himself."
Pietro snapped.
"A selfish bastard who thinks of no one but himself? I think about you guys all the time! I'm the only person I don't think about! I'm getting real tired of everyone thinking I'm a selfish, spoiled rich brat, bastard! 'Cause I'm not! I was never spoiled! Magneto made my life hell!"
"He made mine worst!" yelled Wanda.
"I'm not saying he didn't! But it doesn't matter if my life was worse then yours or if yours was worse then mine! Magneto treated us both like crap, Wanda! He beat me and used me as a lab rat!"
"He did?" asked Todd. "You never told-"
"There's lots of things I never told you, Todd. Things I told Harry and Peter."
"Are those their real names?"
"Wait. You told them, but not us?" asked Lance.
"Yeah. Because they're my friends. My real friends. They care about me and they don't talk bad about me. I have their backs and they have mine. They understand me. Non of you were ever my friend. They only one who was close was Todd, but Todd, you weren't perfect. You went along with everyone talking bad about me. And I know about the monkey pictures. The one with and the one without the pickle nose."
"Oh yeah. Funny, huh? Heh."
"Yeah, funny. Wanna know what else if funny? I'm never coming back to Bayville."
Pietro flew away.
"You guys should be ashamed."
Peter and Harry came back.
"Pietro cared about you guys so much," said Peter. "Especially you, Wanda."
"Why didn't he tell us Magneto treated him like dirt?" asked Lance. "And why did he still follow him?"
"To keep him from hurting you guys," answered Harry. "He was trying to protect you all."
"He was?" Wanda asked, softly.
Peter nodded. "Would you believe him if he told you?"
Wanda frowned. No, she wouldn't. She was convinced her twin was heartless.
"Tro is a hero," said Todd.
"We were wrong about him," said Lance.
"You were dead wrong," said Harry.
He flew away on his glider and Peter swung on his webs.
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