After interrogating Zemo for an hour, I got nothing more than what I already knew, he wasn't told much, because he was expected to betray the Council. I left, with him cowering in fear, and found the rest, at an assigned place, where we were going to bury Erik.

I gently lowered his body, and we covered it with the mud, and I said "He could have been a great man, but the world sends different people down different paths, and there is nothing we can do." I placed the headstone, and turned around, and left, the others following. I sat down on the top of the mountain, watching the sunrise, and Tess came next to me, and sat down. "My first kill, Tess." I said soberly. "I have no regrets that it was him that I killed, but the question always comes to mind, did he deserve it? I am meant to protect the multiverse, and no person is too small for the multiverse, but should I kill someone who isn't a danger to the multiverse? Erik wasn't a danger to me, or to us, really. Not yet. But -"

"But he could have become a great danger." Tess said. "There is no person too small for the multiverse, you said it yourself. And the people he could have killed, had you not killed him, are safe, because of you. Don't worry about it, Pete. You're my big brother, you're Spider-Man, you're Karma. Karma never regrets, he does what he must. You don't truly regret killing him, Peter, and we both know that. You regret that you don't regret killing him. Keep that regret, Pete, but don't let it stop you from killing someone else."

"What did I do, to get such an awesome sister, that knows exactly I need to hear?" I said, smiling.

"You got bit by a spider." She said, smiling herself.

"Yeah, next time I see a spider though, I'm not letting it bite me. You're awesome, and I won't leave, till I have to."

Tess sighed. "You really can't accept not dying, can you? I have a feeling you'd have committed suicide, if it was your own body."

"No, Tess, I wouldn't. I'm a man in place, and out of place. I will stay in whatever place I am in, until I am taken out of it, whether it be sooner or later." I said.

Crystal sat on my other side, and laid her head on my shoulder. "What happened to you? Where's that awesome guy that saved my life, that fed me, gave me water, nursed me back to health? Why's he hiding? What is there to be scared of, Pete? Pete, this isn't living, what you're doing. You're surviving. I'm not even going to go to the topic of you not eating anything for a week, you're clearly fine, so I won't bother. But look at you, you're a good man, but you don't know what you want. You couldn't tell me what you wanted, if I asked you. I know you want the multiverse to be safe, but for yourself, you don't know, you probably don't even think about it."

I leaned my head on hers "Diamond, I know you never asked, so I never told. But I'm not Peter, not really. His soul is in my body, and I am in his body. My body is in another universe, living with what used to be my family. I'm living a hoax of a life, and as such, it's not imperative, my happiness. This isn't a life, that's why I'm not living. I don't know what I am, who I am. I do know what makes me happy. What makes me happy, is when you guys are happy. I will feel happiness from the bottom of my heart, I feel happiness from the bottom of my heart, when my family and friends are happy. When my family is all sitting together on the couch, all cuddled up, watching Avatar. When my sisters are safe, and unhurt. That awesome guy, as you say, Diamond, isn't awesome. He's a killer, a pretender, someone who shouldn't be trusted." I lifted my head from hers. "But he's still here, showing his nice side." I put my head back on hers. "He shows his nice side, because he feels it makes his family happy. He doesn't trust his nice side, and he doesn't understand why others trust his nice side. He doesn't understand what he is, or who he is, but what he does know, is that he will protect his family, until he dies saving them. And he will be at their service till then, feeding them when they need to be fed, giving them water when they need water. There isn't anything to be scared of, other than his own self, his Karma. That's what happened to me."

"You done with your morbid shit?" Tess asked, her voice wet with tears. I looked at her, and he face was streaming with tears. "You want to convince yourself that you're a bad person! You don't trust yourself not to hurt people too much, when I've only seen you hurt people no more than what's needed! How can I be happy, when you're sitting in your mind, killing yourself from the inside!? You don't see a problem in experimenting on yourself, by not eating, when you have like sixty energy bars in your suit! I'm worrying about losing you all the time! And I'm so worried, I don't realize, that I already lost you! I lost you to yourself! You want to know why we trust your nice side!? It's because you are the nice side! Both of your sides, the menace, the Karma, the vengeance, the night, and the father, the brother, the family man, are one and the same! They both put their family in front of everything, they both will do anything to protect their family, they will both kill, they are the same! You don't switch personalities, you are only one personality! I have never seen a switch, I have only seen rage start to cloud your face! That's something everyone feels! Please, Peter, tell me! What can I do to win against you? I don't want to lose you all the way, what do you need!?"

I looked at her, and removed Crystal's head from my shoulder gently, I had already lifted my head a while ago. "I don't know, Tess." I said regretfully. "I don't know, because I am fighting a losing battle. Every single punch, every single stride, every single kill, I go down, losing the battle against me. I don't even know how I'm fighting me, when I agree with me. I agree that I should kill Doom. Or N'Jadaka. Or Tigershark. But I'm just fighting myself. Wait, that's it!"

"What's it?" Tess asked.

"Have you never felt the instinct within you?" I asked her, excited.

"Yeah, but what does that have to do with anything?"

"It has everything to do with it! In the comics, each spider totem had the pure spider within them, known as The Other. It is purely instinctual, and fiercely protective, but it isn't me! Not really! It has the same idea as me, but it isn't me! So I'm not fighting me, I'm fighting The Other within me!" I stood up. "I'm going to go to my quarters in The Masque's Home to meditate, and get into my mindscape, and make a deal with The Other! See y'all!" I said, jumping down.

I webbed my way to the Masque's Home, and went to my room there. I sat down, cross legged, and entered my mindscape. Immediately, I saw The Other. "Hey, Other."

He spat. He looked like me,exactly like me, but a little more dark, and animal like. "That name is disgusting, just call me by our name."

"Ok, but which one?"

"The new ones, either Karma or Peter works."

"Ok, Peter."

He smiled "That's better. Now what was the deal you wanted to make with me?"

"I was honestly going to try and find a way to kill you, but now I'm curious. How do you work, and how are you me, and why are we fighting?"

"I am basically you, with the same ideals. If you were actually Peter, and not you, we would have killed each other by now. I am you, but I am meant to fight you. This is what we are, how we work. The comics were wrong, what The Other really is, is an Anti-hero of sorts. I am the Anti-Spider-Man, and you are the same, but we were meant to fight. Each totem has their Other, and it's basically them, but with our type of ideals."

"Ok, so I'm fighting an alternate version of me, basically" he nodded at that. "Then how about we do that thing they always do after fighting each other?"

He looked at me in confusion, and asked "And what may that be?"

"The badass team up!" I said, as if it were obvious, which it was.

"Will that work? I'm down, but what if I take you over? I don't want to hurt you, you're way cooler than the other Peters."

"Let's test it." I said, and jumped at him, grabbing him, and thinking of infusing himself into me, and he was fading into me, being pulled into me.

"Guess it's working." He said. "But warning, I have a tattoo of sorts, and venom stingers, that can be adjusted to whatever intensity of venom you want it at."

"It's too late to stop, and I'd do it anyway." I said, feeling his energy starting to pour into me.

He nodded, then he faded fully, and there was nothing to suggest he was ever there. I exited my mindscape, and woke up.

I was surrounded by everyone, and they were looking at me worriedly. I blinked several times, then immediately, I looked at my hands. They looked slightly different, as they neared my wrist, it seemed bigger than before. I turned my hands into fists, and ejected my stingers. They were sharp at the tip, and-

"Beautiful." Tess said. "I take it your deal with your Other went well?"

I nodded, and ripped my shirt off, to reveal a brown spider tattoo on my chest, matching the logo on my suit, looking as though it were burnt into me, hence the brown color. It wasn't really brown, but it was the closest color to what it was. I remembered The Iron Fist had a tattoo like this. "It went well, we are now one. The Other is within all of us spider totems, and he is an Anti-Spider-Man of sorts. And with me being the same, but with him being made to fight me, we were just fighting, for no true reason. So we merged, and are now one. These new powers can be useful. Stingers, with adjustable levels of venom intensity, and a badass tattoo, which isn't really a power, but hey, it's badass."

Tess hugged me, and asked "No more morbid identity crises?"

I hugged her back. "Not sure, let's wait till the whole clone conspiracy happens, and I will come home crying, out of joy, and sadness, at the same time."

"Clone Conspiracy?" Whitney asked.

I spread an arm out for her to join the hug, and she gladly joined. "It's something that I am looking forward to, but not looking forward to, at the same time. Basically, I'm gon' get cloned, and there will be three of me, but each slightly different. They're my future brothers, and I can totally wait till later for that to happen. But at the same time, nobody knows me better than me, and I want to get to know me, or some shit. So I want it to happen sooner too."

"Yeah, I get why you'd be conflicted over wanting, or not wanting that." Tess said. "For the past three hours, you had been shaking vigorously, and we couldn't come close. You were sucking something in through both of your hands, judging from the glow that was on your hands, that was being sucked into you. We were all worried for you."

"Sorry." I said sheepishly.

"Don't be." Shuri said. "You did what you had to, without wasting time. Father keeps on sending me messages, saying that he needs us, for the next phase of attack. I guess we go to war again, huh?"

"Yes, to the battlefield we go!" I said, in mock seriousness. "To the glorious battlefields, where blood shall be spilt. Dost thou knoweth, I hath spilt a man's blood, in the honorable battlefield of Atlantis? But before we head to the infirmary, I must consume Poptarts!"

"What was that for?" Whitney asked, getting up.

"I don't know, when Shuri said war, I just decided to go all Thor, and show glee at going to war, and the want for Poptarts."

"He likes Poptarts?" Tess asked, she already got up a while ago.

I got up. "A whole bunch of him will drop Mjolnir, just to get a box of that stuff. But not all of him, just most of him."

"Yeah, that's not confusing at all, Dude." Shuri said "How do you live?"

I blinked at her. "We going there again?" I said, annoyed somewhat. "Like, I just fixed one of my main problems, give me a day, then I can figure out how I live."

Whitney giggled, then said "He doesn't live, until he does."

"What she said." I said. "But now, to the hall. We are running out of time."

We made our way to the Great Hall, and found everyone there. I saluted the king, and said "Apologies, your Highness. I had something to do, and it was imperative that I do it before we head to war again."

He nodded, and asked "What's the plan?"

I walked up, then pressed a button on my suit. Immediately, a holographic globe came up, with two of the three dots in the same spot as before, while the dot signifying Doom was in Latveria. I thought for a second, then said "Ok, although they are in at least two places, I'm not splitting us, that's too dangerous, and we need all the shots we can get, and not take any chance. So first, we will attack this base." I tapped the two dots, and it zoomed in on the dot, revealing a volcano. "So, this base, as you can see, is a volcano. N'Jadaka once suggested to the king that he make a base for Wakanda there, and the king agreed, but then pulled out of the plan. N'Jadaka took advantage of that, and made it into a base. It has several defenses that N'Jadaka set up, which when activated, will cause the base to fall into the lava. Diamond, you'll be real useful for this one, your elemental powers could possibly save a life or two. Namor, use your flying powers, they'll be more useful in the fight then walking, or ground combat, in your case. White Wolf, you and Okoye will fight Tigershark, he is your main target, and Okoye will be right there to help you, and I've configured your suit to retreat, should he gain the advantage. Tess, me and you are using the walls, don't really use the floor unless you need to. Shuri, you're staying in Wakanda, I'll need you and Sexi here to take out the missile. White, bring The Home, and stay as air support, but stay on cloaking, and get ready to blast any ships that come out of the side of the volcano, any of us will get out through the top, keep that in memory, but beware of any ships that come out through the top, it could still be them. Don't let them near the Home, until I've confirmed that it is me, I will use the words 'the other' Is there anything I have forgotten, sorry, I am slightly out of it, I will be back to full potential by the time we arrive there."

"You took care of everything." Hunter said, and I nodded.

"Well then, good luck, and let's go." I took a bar out of my suit, and started eating it, while heading out.

"Did he just start eating?" I heard Shuri whisper to Whitney.

"I think so, but I might just be hallucinating." She whispered back.

Ten minutes later, we were all boarded on The Masque's Home, and on the way. We would arrive there in five hours, I told Whitney to make the ride that long, so everyone would have time to prepare. I took Hunter to the side, and said "Hunter, I'm not giving you a chance to fight him and live, I'm giving you a chance to do to him, what he did to your multiversal counterparts. I'm giving you a chance to prove it to me, to prove it to yourself, to prove it to Tess, that you're better than the other versions of you. Don't pull back, snap his neck. Do whatever it takes. Don't do it for yourself, do it for Shuri and Tess. They're both worried that I gave you this mission, but they both know that we all need you to do this. We clear?"

"We're clear." He confirmed. "Thank you for giving me the chance, Karma. I won't let them down."

"That's the spirit, Wolf." I said, then I patted his shoulder. "Let's go back to the others."

Later on in the flight, Crystal came to me. "Can you tell me everything about you?" She asked softly.

"Of course, c'mon. Let's go to my quarters, I can explain it there." I said.

Fifteen minutes later, it was all explained, and she asked shyly "So in any other universes, do me and you, y'know, get together?"

I sighed. I would have to be real careful with how I said this. "No, because I'm not in other universes." She opened her mouth to say something, but I continued. "Peter was in those other universes. As I told you, Diamond, I'm not Peter. I'm just super similar to him. I was sucked into his body, and he was sucked into mine. And as I said, his feelings towards his women come to me naturally as well. But him and the other versions of you never dated, I doubt you even met more than once or twice. But I still do feel towards you, hence the nickname, and so much more. But I don't know, it's so weird. Peter has feelings towards more than twenty women, and my feelings extend that way too, for the most part. I -"

I was cut off by her lips kissing mine, effectively shutting me the fuck up. I put my arms and spider legs around her, and kissed her back. We were like that for a few moments, just kissing each other, when we parted. I still held her in my arms, and she looked at me, her eyes shining. "I don't care really, honestly. I heard Tess and Shuri teasing you about it before, so I did think about it. And I totally noticed the slight looks from Okoye. She may be trained to keep her emotions in, but she's lover girl for you too. And Medusa said it, us sisters got a type."

I kissed her gently, on the cheek, then said "Ok, I don't know how to respond to that, but I'll keep what you said in memory, and just do this." I kissed her, and she kissed me back. We were kissing for a while, when Tess appeared at the door.

"Congrats, Y'all!" She said, rubbing her hands as if she just got in on the biggest scoop of the year. "But I came to tell you two that we were arriving in thirty minutes, and Whitney sent me to get you, saying I would understand why she didn't want to risk any bitten tongues when I got here, and oh my god! I'm going to go tell Shuri!"

I groaned, then said "So you and Hunter are yesterday's gossip?"

"No, we were day before yesterday's gossip. Got a problem with it, deal with it." She said, and with a twirl, said "I'm off to tell Shuri, you guys can have a few more kisses in, then you have to be in the main room!"

We both groaned. After she left, I turned to look back at Crystal, and said "Gossip about me is more important to them than anything else, I swear, it's so annoying, it's cute."

"Well, I'm the younger sibling, but I don't act like that, but I can see why they would." She said, still in my grasp. "But enough of that, we need a few more kisses in."

"You said it." I said, then closed the distance between our lips again.

Five minutes later, we made our way to the main room, and we got smirks from Tess and Whitney. I rolled my eyes, then said "Well, this is the second last time we're attacking the Council, hopefully. I'm just going to say, it was a crazy couple of days, or weeks, whatever, same shit y'all, time didn't really matter to me, for this past week or so. It was an honor, and I look forward to the next time we do this again, there's really no point in hoping it doesn't happen again. But y'all are free to stop by my place anytime, whether you need help beating someone up, or you need help with science, or you just need a shoulder to cry on."

Namor nodded, and said "While I have not been with you for too long, I already have come to consider you as people I can depend on, should Atlantis be in danger. Should you need help, any of you, don't hesitate to make a visit to Atlantis, and ask for my assistance. And Peter," he said, turning to me, "Bring whoever the fuck you want, whenever you want, and as long as you beat up the guards at the front, you're welcome."

"Ohhh, your guards will fucking hate the fact that you said that." I said.

"And you'll love it." He shot back, with a smirk.

"I will." I confirmed, with a smirk of my own.

T'Challa spoke next "I agree with your sentiments. We have spent less than a week together, and I know I can trust you all with Wakanda's secrets, as well as my life, and the Wakandans as well. I may have had a rocky start with some of you," he nodded at Whitney, who nodded back, "but should you need anything, even vibranium, come to Wakanda, and I'm sure me, or my family, will do their best to furnish your needs."

The next few minutes were spent with everyone giving a parting speech of sorts. Eventually, we were all done, and we were arriving at the base. "Well, this is it, folks." I said. "If I die, just know that I died so you guys didn't, and that it's not your fault, it's mine, for not seeing whatever happens down there coming." I turned to Crystal, and gave her a kiss on the cheek. "Stay safe, Diamond." She nodded, and I jumped down, the others following, except for Whitney. Once we were close enough, I pressed a button, and everyone else's suits activated a web parachute, while I just landed on the ground, doing a superhero landing. Namor landed softly beside me, shaking his head good naturedly.

"You just have to be the only one who sticks the landing, huh, Peter?" Tess said.

"What can I say? Karma's the best at what he does." I responded, then signalled for quiet, I could hear someone's heartbeat close by.

All of a sudden, T'Challa said "Show yourself, Kraven." So that's who it was, makes sense. He was outside in the show too, but he was managing a show called Kraven's Greatest Hunt. And T'Challa knew it was him because his suit remembered the heartbeat.

Kraven emerged from the shadows, (saw what I did there? Shadows, y'know. I'll see myself out.) and said, "Hello, Panther. We meet again."

I stepped forward, and said "You killed my friend's father, Kraven. It's me and you, but I will spare your life, but leave you with a lesson till I meet you again, with my friend."

"And who was your friend? If I killed him, or her, then they were weak, and deserved to die." He said, taking his knives out.

"Ayala, that's the name. And if they were weak, then you would have gotten the amulet." I had my stingers out, and we were circling each other.

"Ahh, you know that's not true." He said, as if he was seriously telling me something. "His death was SHIELD sanctioned, and he knew that. He let himself die, because he wanted to make sure his daughter was safe. I suppose that's your friend, huh? Ava, she is your friend. She is currently with SHIELD, with the people that killed her father, and she doesn't know that, but they are using her. I will not hunt for the White Tiger, not until she regains her family's honor, and leaves SHIELD, or a new White Tiger rises, there is no honor in getting the amulet now."

"Well, I'm not surprised. SHIELD is responsible for the death of many good people, and they'll get their Karma soon enough. But you know, you gave me information, and information is everything." I said. By now we were only two feet away from each other, and I was on my spider legs.

"True, and you're not getting anymore, so enough dancing, and more fighting!" He pounced like a lion. I pounced to the side, and back, like a true wolf, when it meets the bear, hitting Kraven on his side. The force of my blow threw him away, and he grunted. I growled in return, my wolf and spider instincts both going on full throttle for that growl.

"You sure you came from the KGB, Kraven? Even The Red Guardian isn't this inadequate, show me a good fight Kraven, and prove Mother Russia proud."

"What do you know of Russia?" He said, lunging at me again. I merely dodged, and said "My teacher was Russian, and my mother lived in Russia."

He lunged at me again, then said in Russian "Then prove your roots proud, and fight me like a Russian man, not like an American coward."

I smiled evilly, but he couldn't see it, and I said "I was waiting for you to say it." Then in a blur, I was behind him, and I injected some of my venom into him, strong enough to give him pain, even with his super soldier serum.

He groaned, and fell down, and said "That was cheating."

"It's not cheating if I have these naturally. These come with my spider powers, Kraven." I said, bending down so I was eye-to-eye with him.

"It's not cheating then. You won, because I didn't know your skill set, but next time, we will see."

"Till next time, Kraven. But wait till Ava regains her honor, I don't really want to waste my time."

"A rematch worth my time. I will wait, and look forward to it, and so will you, I believe."

"I will." I said, then stood up, brushed some imaginary dust off, and turned to everyone else, and said "Let's go."

We started going, and Tess caught up with me, then asked "So another person who lost their parents to SHIELD, huh?"

"This isn't a coincidence." I said. "When we get back home, I'm going to check on this. Luke lost his parents to SHIELD, and so did Ava. I have to see if the same happened to Danny, and Sam."

"Who were they to Peter?" Tess asked. "You told me about Ava, when you were still not fully your own person, but what about the rest?"

"Family." I said. "They even lived in our house with us, for several months, almost a year. They called that Peter's Aunt May, Aunt May, and they were part of the family. You'll meet them, when I get them out of SHIELD'S grasp."

"You would be honored to have them as family." Tess said, as if stating a fact.

"Yes." I said without hesitation. "I would be extremely honored, and should they need a place to get away from SHIELD, I will not hesitate to host them."

We arrived at the entrance to the base, and we all stopped in from of it, looking at it carefully. I stepped forward, and with a punch, blasted the doors away. They all looked at me, and I said, shrugging, "They know we're here, so it doesn't matter, but every show of power helps."

They nodded, and we all went in, going with our partners, if we had one, or going in alone. I was with Tess, so I said "All we have to do, is web the structures up, so it takes more to explode the base." She nodded, and stepped into the shadows, starting to do her work, while I continued to lead the group.

The hallway opened up to show the base, and N'Jadaka was there, wearing his suit, sans the mask, while looking at a computer. "So, have you sent the missile yet?" I called out to him, and he froze, slightly. Then he turned to face me, smirking, and said "Yes, I have. But not just one missile, I've sent a hundred."

"Good." I said, much to his surprise. "That makes it much easier for Shuri to send it to space." I didn't mention Sexi, because he didn't know she existed, and it was better that way. "Shuri, you and your assistant are up!" I called into the comms.

"Copy that, they should be taken care of in the next minute." Shuri said, her voice not just on our comms, but on the speakers too.

"Possibly, but you walked into a trap, one you're not going to walk out of." N'Jadaka said, then donned his mask. Tigershark appeared on the side, looking for a fight.

"Killmonger 2.0, I'm scared. What do you say, T'Challa? Me and you, take care of him?"

"Why don't you stay as backup, I'm pretty sure I can take him by myself." T'Challa said.

"He's all yours." I said, and T'Challa charged, and all hell broke loose. Hunter was going at Tigershark, and attacking him from all sides, taking advantage of Tigershark's large form, not staying in a single place, while hitting Tigershark on every sensitive point. Tess revealed herself, and was shooting webs everywhere. T'Challa and Killmonger were going at it, each of them gaining the advantage for a moment, then losing it. Crystal was using her elemental powers, and had lava floating around her, and she called out to me.

"Spidey! What should I do with this?" She called out, gesturing at her lava.

"Use it to help Wolf Spider!" I said. She nodded, and together, the two of them were strengthening the base.

I looked at T'Challa, and he was losing, and backing up, while preparing for his next moves. Killmonger lunged at him, and T'Challa dodged the attack, flipping over Killmonger, thereby gaining the advantage, with Killmonger now in the corner. "You may think you're in the advantage, but I wanted to be here." Killmonger said, and flipped a switch. Immediately there was a resounding boom, and the base started shaking, but it was relatively safe. I webbed towards Killmonger, and said "You think I didn't plan for that? I feel offended, N'Jadaka. We're both master planners, you should have known I would see this coming." I hit him hard, with a backhanded slap, and he flew across the room, but rolled, therefore decreasing his injuries. I looked at T'Challa.

"You want the kill, or do you want to capture him? I can interrogate him, if you want." I asked.

"You get the kill, or capture him. I prefer kill, though" T'Challa said. "I can't beat him, not really."

I nodded, and before N'Jadaka could even blink, I was grabbing him by the neck, holding him up. I gave him enough room to speak, but it hurt him slot. He coughed, then said "What do you want?"

"I want the people of Wakanda to be safe." I said. "I want the people of Earth to be safe. I want the people of this universe to be safe. I want the people of the multiverse to be safe. That answers your question?"

"Yes." He choked out. "You have all the pieces of the key, when were you going to get it, and what were you going to do with it?"

"After both N'Jadakas were dead, I would go, and destroy the crown, Bast cannot be released."

"So you knew our plan, all along." He said. "Bast was a contingency, should N'Jadaka die."

"I know, I knew all along."

"Well played, Karma. But I think you'll find the surprise waiting for you at Doom's Castle will surprise you."

"I think that's what surprises are for, right?" I said, tightening my grasp on his neck, getting ready to snap it.

"Yes, but you're known for standing by your family, and Doom has a grudge against some of your family, I think you know who they are."

"I do." I said, my voice filled with anger, and instead of snapping his neck, I took out a stinger, and gave him some venom, that would kill him, not as fast as a snapping neck, but fast, and painful. I dropped him, and took his mask off, bending down so that his last sight would be me. His mouth started frothing, and his veins were bulging, and his eyes were bloodshot, then all the life left him. I stood up, and turned around, to see Hunter stab one of his stingers into Tigershark's chest, killing him.

"Well done, Hunter." I said. "But we have to hurry. Doom has the Fantastic Four with him, and aims to use them as bargaining chips against me."

He nodded, and everyone gathered around me, and I made a portal to The Masque's Home. Everyone went in, quietly and quickly. I was the last one in, and before I entered the portal, I threw several charges onto the floor, and went through the portal. We were in the deck, and we were all looking out at the volcano, Whitney included.

"Three.." I started counting down. "Two... One... Now!" Immediately, the volcano burst, and lava was gushing out into the air, while we were at a safe distance. After several moments, I said "Now, SHIELD will be embarrassed." At that moment, fireworks started erupting from the volcano, with the wording

'COURTESY OF YOUR FRIENDLY NEIGHBORHOOD SPIDER-MAN

PS SHIELD, YOU'RE BAD AT DOING YOUR JOB, I JUST SAVED EARTH.'

After the fireworks were over, I turned to Whitney, and said "Latveria, as fast as you can. Doom has a trap set there, finished up with family members of mine."

She nodded, and lowered her mask, and immediately, we were covered by the protective glass, and the ship was going really fast. She lifted her mask, and said "We'll be there in five."

I took a deep breath, then said "Tess, me and you, go through a portal, and get there early." She nodded, and I made a portal, and we stepped through.

Doom would never get a chance to cross the line again. He was dying tonight, or today, whatever it was.