All four of us were sitting in the living room, Aunt May and Uncle Ben looking at us, waiting for an explanation. I groaned inwardly, having been prepared to reveal my secret to them this weekend, but not preparing for it to be revealed. Well, what can I do, guess secrets have a way of revealing themselves.

Surprisingly, Tess started talking before I started. "Ok guys I just want to say before Pete explains everything," Ahh, that explains a lot, because it was my call how much of me I wanted to reveal, and Tess respected that. "Please don't get irritated, angry, sad, or display any sort of negative emotions towards Pete, MJ just ranted at him about an hour ago, and he is still reeling from losing a friend and possible love. So just please be nice to him."

"Possible love, Pete why didn't you tell me? And you got another one of those?" Uncle Ben asked with a smirk.

I opened my mouth to respond, but Tess spoke up before me, "Actually Uncle Ben, he has two more of those."

"Tess!" I groaned.

"What? You would have lied about it, and fellow advice never hurts."

"Really, Teresa, you'd do this to me?"

"Ooh he said Teresa, you're in trouble Aunt Tess!" Sexi said in a gossiping tone.

Tess gulped then said, "Shutting up now."

"That's what I thought." I said

I turned to Aunt May and Uncle Ben, then said, "You want an explanation, but I don't know how to start. The reason I made all that is because of the nightmares, I suppose. The nightmares were all about you guys dying, in the most horrific manners. I just can't take any risks."

"Pete, it's ok to be scared." Aunt May started saying. "It's also perfectly understandable to keep us safe. But nothing will happen to us, we aren't in danger."

I looked down and said to myself, loud enough for them to hear, "Now if only I didn't have evidence pointing to the fact you are in danger, that would be so much better. All my stress gone."

"What's that supposed to mean, Pete? What are you spouting on about? What does SHIELD have to do with this?" Uncle Ben asked.

I turned to Tess, and said. "Let's do a demonstration, stand up."

Once we were both up, I said, "Ok Tess, I am going to punch you, no pulling back. Grab the punch with your hand, let's see the shock it gives." I turned to Aunt May and Uncle Ben. "Stay out of the way, this'll be big."

I looked at Tess. "Ready?" I asked.

"Ready." She said, in a pose to take the punch.

With no warning, my fist went for the punch. Tess raised a hand to stop it just in time, and the shock from the punch shook the walls.

Immediately I pulled back, nursing my fist, and said, "Ow, that hurt like a motherfucker."

"You can say that again." Tess said, nursing her own hand.

"Ow, that hurt like a motherfucker." I deadpanned.

Tess rolled her eyes good naturedly.

I turned to look at the folks, and they were in shock at the amount of power the punch had.

"How?" Aunt May asked, not believing it.

"It is a very long story."

Forty five minutes later, we explained everything about my parents, their work on the serum, the Adaptoid Serum, and the spider bite, but not the multiverse or the Peterswitch

After a minute, I said, "There's also something else, guys."

Tess said, "Are you sure you want to discuss this, Pete?"

"Yeah, I am sure."

"Your call Pete."

Ten minutes later, the multiverse and Peterswitch were both explained, but I left out the Inheritors, and the whole thing about me having all the different Peters' memories.

They were both looking at me, when Uncle Ben said, "You lost your whole family, are you ok?"

Surprised at the question, I frowned. "Why does that matter? I am here, they are there. I have a responsibility here, and I can't afford to be stuck in the past. Yes I miss them, but acceptance is the final stage of grief, and I have always been in a state of acceptance. So yes, I am ok, but I don't see the need to ask me such a question."

Tess said, "Pete, you're not telling the truth. You are not ok, you're having nightmares of us dying! And you have died, seen people die, more than you can count! So tell the truth Peter, you can only do this for so long, keeping the emotions in while feeling them in overload."

"Yes, you're right, I can only do this for so long, and I can only survive for so long. So why bother? This is the destiny of being Peter Parker, dying early, just managing to leave someone to take the mantle after me. I am not meant to need to vent, or grieve, or feel. Just meant to do, do, and do. Everyone close to me has died, are dying, and will always die. That's the truth, Tess, and there's nothing we can do about it."

Uncle Ben said, "I don't know much about this, but I know enough to know you're wrong. That's not living, that's surviving, and you know that. Just because you have been given the bad hand of life, doesn't mean you can't use your cards to come out on top.-"

I cut him off, too ticked off to think properly, and let him finish. "That's what I am doing! I am playing my cards, carefully, precisely! For me, coming out on top is taking out The Inheritors, Thanos, The Beyonder, And Doom! It doesn't matter wether I live or not! They just have to be dead, and you have to be alive! Whatever it takes! If I am losing my sanity, my life, my brain, why the fuck does it matter! My soul is content with you staying back, and me going! All of you safe is all I need!"

"That's fucked up, Pete." Tess said. "You have a life to live, or at least a place in our lives! Pete used to be distant, but you're here, you're now! You're acting like an actual big brother! You're beating the shit out of people who cuss at me! You're there as a shoulder for me to cry on, if I need one! Peter never paid attention to me, or how I felt! He just cared for me and sat in his room doing stupid shit! You spend time with me, you may have never asked me how I was, but you always pay attention to how I'm feeling! You give me hugs! You're my big brother! I want you to be there for my graduation day! I want you to be there to give the shovel talk to dudes who date me! I want you to be there for my wedding day! I want you to be an awesome uncle to my kids! All the while, you're just standing here, caring for us so much you'd go through torture for a million years in one go, if that meant we'd be safe! But you are throwing your emotions so far away! How does this make sense! We need you around! I need you around! You're my big brother! You're spouting out names of random assholes who will try to kill us, and you're willing to just die, if it means they die too! How the actual fuck do you think that's fair for you! What about Gwen, what about Liz! How do you think they will manage if you just fucking die! Stop being so self sacrificial! You're scaring me! How long will I have to look at you, and wonder if it's going to be my last time seeing you! I can't just see you act like this! Please!" Tess broke into sobs.

I quickly hugged her, and she continued to sob into my chest. Aunt May and Uncle Ben just watched, unsure of what to do. I said to Tess, "Tess, I promised you, I would collect all the knowledge and power I could collect that I needeed. I will kill who I need to, and save whoever I need to, as long as you're safe. All of you. But life sucks, Tess. I learned that the hard way. And seeing Peter's other lives, just cemented that ideal in my brain. Granted, a lot of it was his fault, for holding back, and not killing the ones that needed killing, but still. I don't know what to do, what I am facing, and I have to do my best. If it means I become a menace of the night, I become a menace of the night. If it means I kill, I kill. If it means I die, I die. Whatever it takes. And I'm honored to be your big brother, and I'd love to be a crazy cool uncle, but I might not be able to. And I promise, from the bottom of my heart, that I will do my best. Whatever it takes. I wish I could stop Tess, stop being so self sacrificial. I hate myself so much, that I worry you. But I don't know how to stop, can't stop, and won't stop. I am sorry, Tess."

Tess's sobs had lowered to sniffles, but she stayed in my arms. She started talking, "How do you make me worry less, when you are talking about killing and dying at the same time?" She gave a wet laugh. "Promise me, Pete. Promise me that you will do whatever you can, that you will keep yourself safe, that you will retreat from a battle if it means you live, that you will do your best to be there to teach my kids how to shoot their first webs, that you will try to be there. Give me a promise from the bottom of your heart."

"I promise you, Tess." I said solemnly. "I promise you from the bottom of my heart, with all of my soul, with the entirety of my mental landscape, filled with my deepest, darkest secrets. I promise that I will give it my all, my A+ game, every single thing under my belt, every single skill, every single brain cell, everything, to do whatever I can to keep us all safe. I promise that I will ensure my safety, do whatever I need to to keep myself intact, that I will kill before I am killed, that I will break the arm before my arm is broken. I promise that should I be in an unfair battle, with the stakes against me, I will strategically retreat, making sure I receive no injuries that are not required, or lose a life that was never needed to be lost. I promise that I will do whatever it takes, whatever is needed, whatever I can do, whatever I will do, to teach your kids how to shoot web, to hang upside down on the roof with them, to have Sexi be the older cousin, to be their favorite uncle. I promise that wherever I go, be it hell, or Asgard, or Joutenheim, or Xandar, or the core of a nuclear star, or Knowhere, or Klyntar, or the Negative Zone, I will do my best to make my way back. I promise you, with all my knowledge, and the Web Magic within me, and with all the lives I will take, I promise you. I promise you from the bottom of my heart."

Tess locked eyes with me. "You spent ten minutes promising me, make sure you keep those promises."

I nodded, then she got out of the hug.

"Ok, that was a beautiful moment, but now can we go back to topic and discuss this whole superhero thing?" Aunt May asked.

"Yeah, Pete. Tell us. Who were those names? Doom, Beyonder, Thanos, Inheritors, who were they? Hell and Asgard are real? Where's Joutenheim? Where's Xandar? Why would you be in a nuclear star? Why would you be nowhere? Where's Klyntar? Where's the Negative Zone? Magic is real? What's Web Magic? Why do you have that magic? Do you guys shoot webs out of you? Do you guys have eight legs? What powers do you have?" Uncle Ben asked his questions fast paced.

"Ben! What type of questions are those? Why would you ask if they shot webs out of their body or had eight legs, if they do, they can tell us themselves. Don't pressure them into telling us their powers, they have enough stress as it is!" Aunt May scolded him.

"It's ok, Aunt May. Should I still call you guys Aunt May and Uncle Ben?" I asked.

"Of course, it doesn't matter who you really are, either way you're still our nephew." Aunt May said.

"Thank you," I said, giving a thankful smile. "to answer your questions, Uncle Ben, Doom's full name is Victor Von Doom, he -"

"The prince of that country in Europe!" Aunt May said. "I saw him on the news the other day, him and these four other people crashed a plane, and somehow got powers."

"The Fantastic Four have already been born?" I asked, surprised. "Guess that decides my schedule for tomorrow after school, I will go to the Baxter Building then."

"The Fantastic Four? That's a pretty cool name, gotta admit." Tess said.

"Yeah," I said, "sometimes I join them, and we become The Fantastic Five. We were basically family."

Uncle Ben said "That's nice, I saw the news too, their names were Reed Richards, Susan Storm," at that, Tess turned to me. "Johnny Storm, and Ben something, I can't remember his last name."

But I wasn't paying attention to Uncle Ben anymore. I was looking at Tess, and she was looking at me, amusement in her eyes.

"You said basically family, not family, why are you still hiding things?" Tess said, while widely smirking.

"What's she talking about, Peter?" Aunt May said, looking confused.

"Oh nothing," Tess said, in a tone that said just the opposite, "just the fact that Susan Storm is a lover of his in other universes, and that he was going to that building for a date, which I will go with him for."

My face reddened. "I'm not going for a date! I just wanted to see them, they are really cool, and fine, you can come tomorrow, but warning, in every universe, Johnny is the biggest flirt ever, thinks he is hot because his power is to get as hot as the sun. Just don't say anything stupid, or suggestive to Sue, she should currently be dating Reed, and if she is happy with him, I am happy that she is happy."

"Good thinking, Pete." Uncle Ben said approvingly, and Aunt May nodded in agreement.

"Thank you." I said.

"Not to disrupt the session or anything," Sexi called out, "But The Fantastic Four are currently battling Doom in Manhattan, and they could use some help."

Tess smirked at me as she activated her suit. "Looks like your date is being moved up." She said.

I groaned, then activated my suit. "Bye, y'all." I said.

"Good luck guys." Uncle Ben said.

"Thanks!" We both said, and activated cloaking, then swung out the window.

This was turning out to be the longest day of my life.