We watched the new episode of Avatar quietly, all of us truly focused on the beast of a show. Then the episode ended on a cliffhanger, and we all groaned, and stretched.

"And it was just getting crazyy!" I whined.

"Yeah, like why? Just give us the dough, without giving us those cliffhangers!" Tess said.

Crystal nudged me slightly, and said "You know, you should get a haircut like Zuko's, it would look good on you."

"You think so?" I said, smirking. I was thinking about doing that before we went to Wakanda, and when we went to Wakanda, I was too busy to think about my hair, and now, it was nearly shoulder length, looking like Bucky's hair, except light brown.

"It actually wouldn't look that bad, it would actually look pretty good." Gwen said from where she was.

"Let's see." I said. "Sexi, do me favor, and cut my hair so that it looks like Zuko's, what do you think, sunshine?"

"I think that I'm about to do it right now." She said, and within several moments, my hair was cut.

"I want to see it in a mirror." I said, and was going to get up, when I realized Natasha was asleep on my leg. I stopped moving, and opened up the camera on my Parkerwatch, and looked at myself. "I look pretty hot, not gonna lie."

"You just realized?" Crystal said. "I swear, when you lifted the rock, I for real thought you were an angel, and your long hair only cemented the idea. Then you started calling me Diamond, and I thought I was for real out of it, and just dreaming, hence why I made the most handsome looks ever. I was only sure it was real when Medusa screamed at you."

"Speaking of Medusa," Shuri said with a smirk "are you going to call her, and tell her you and Peter are together, and that you're in New York, and ignore the breaks that will be in her speech from 'bad connection'?"

"I'm just going to say," Ned said "I don't know what you're talking about, but judging from Shuri's evil expression, I don't think I want to know."

"You don't." Me and Crystal said at the same time.

"What are you guys talking about?" Liz asked.

"Trust me, Lizzy, you really don't want to know." I said.

"I want to know." Gwen said "I don't know why you didn't add me on your crazy world saving thing that's been blowing the internet, and since you didn't take me, you'll pay for it, with the full story."

"Ghost, I didn't take you along, because I wasn't sure you were ready." I said. "I've never even taken you out for patrol, and I can't put you in full danger like that. Not yet. I need to train you first. White joined in the middle, and she was new, and I didn't have a choice to say no to her, so I made sure she didn't come into direct contact with any of our enemies. With Tess, I've taken her on patrol, and I've seen her in action. I know she can think on the balls of her feet, not to say you can't, but I'm not taking a single chance. I did think about bringing you for a moment, but then I realized that it would not be safe."

"Peter." Aunt May saidasked.

It sounded like I was in trouble. "Yes, Aunt May?"

"What was your kill count?" She asked.

I looked at her worrily. "You sure you want to know, Aunt May?"

"I want to make sure you did your job, Peter. You promised your sister, and I want to know if you fulfilled your promise, or not."

Wow. I'm blown away. "I killed three, Aunt May." I said quietly, and soberly.

All of my friends from school looked at me, with a whole lot of emotions in their eyes.

Aunt May looked at me, and nodded, then said "Was it clean?"

I nodded, and bared my stingers and fangs, showing them to her. "I got these while in Wakanda, and they have different intensities of venom in them, I killed the two people who threatened my family with them, giving one of them a painful but fast death, but giving the other a slow and painful death, he had placed Sue in death's grasp. The first one was from before I got these, and I merely snapped his neck with my fingers."

"The bodies?" She asked.

"One was buried, the other was incinerated by lava, and the last is with SHIELD. Oh, shit. They could possibly develop an anti venom, I can't let that happen." I started panicking slightly.

"That would be true," Sexi said "if I didn't make my nanobots disintegrate the body. It's fine, Dad."

I calmed down slightly, but I was still agitated. "It's not fine, hun. Two mistakes in one hour, next time, what will I pay?"

"Hey, Pete." Sue said "Don't worry. You were out of it, you just lost a friend. You forgetting Doom's body was understandable, you were busy thinking about getting the others out. It's fine, you can make mistakes. Now go sleep, we will explain everything to the others."

"Talia is sleeping, I won't wake her up." I said.

"Then you won't." Okoye said, and shook Nat. Immediately she opened her eyes, and groaned.

"I was just getting warm, what was that for?" She said, glaring at Okoye.

"You were warm the whole time, and Peter needs to sleep, and we need to debrief those who weren't with us on the happenings of the past week." Tess said.

"Fiiine." Nat said, and got up, letting me go. She turned to look at me, and then said "Your hair looks better, but the previous look was good as well. Just let your beard grow a little more, and you'll fill this look out."

I blinked at her, and said "Ok. I was planning on doing that anyways, but the unneeded advice was greatly appreciated."

She glared at me, and I smirked back. "Why aren't you scared by my glare?" She said, admitting defeat.

"Because you raise your eyebrows when you're actually mad, and when you glare, it's just an act." I said, in Russian.

"Why do you know me this well?" She complained. "It's not fair!"

"Yeah, well as they say life isn't fair, so deal with it." I said, and got up, heading to the stairs. Once I was there, I turned around slightly, and said "Goodnight y'all, I'm gon' rethink life for the next few hours while my body sleeps, and I will see y'all in the morning."

Everyone chorused goodbye back to me in their own ways, and I headed up the stairs, and sent go my room, and closed my door, and dug the key out of my pocket, and looked at it. I would go to Wakanda, and get to the Lost Temple, and destroy the crown, when I had some free time.

"Dad?" Sexi's voice came from my Parkerwatch.

"Yes hun?" I said.

"You were looking at the key, what are you going to do with it? Shuri brought it up, and T'Challa was also wondering." She said.

"Tell them I said not to tell T'Chaka, but I said that I would use my magic to destroy the crown. I won't reveal why, except that a dangerous spirit is captured inside the crown, and I wasn't about to risk unleashing it."

After a moment, T'Challa's voice came on. "Are you sure of this, Peter? I know that as Prince of Wakanda, I shouldn't let you do this, but if you say there's a danger, I guess I have to trust you."

"I'm sure. You don't have to trust me, not really. It's your choice. Even if you don't trust me, I will do it, so this effects only you, really."

"I trust you to do what's best." He said.

"Good. Now, should you want to know what's inside, you can come to my room, and I will tell you."

"I am coming."

A moment later, he knocked on the door. I gave him permission to enter, and gave him a chair. "So, what do you know, of the beginning of Wakanda? What do you know of Bashenga?" I asked.

He took a deep breath, then said "Bashenga was the founder of Wakanda, as we know it. He found the vibranium comet, and he used the vibranium to strengthen Wakanda's defenses, to give it stability, and protection."

"All true, but none of the important facts. So first thing missing, is that Bashenga had a sister, by the name of Bast. Second thing, is that this was before Atlantis was born, and they used to be raiders, who used to take advantage of Wakanda's weakness, and attacked Wakandans. Two such Wakandans were Bashenga and Bast. They were escaping the raiders, when they fell into a hole, which had a metal that was able to fend them against the raiders. Bashenga and Bast went through the hole, until they found a red core. Bast touched the core, and its power coursed through her veins for the first time. Bashenga stopped her from using the core, but they took it up, alongside some of the metal, to protect Wakanda. As you said, he used the vibranium to strengthen Wakandan defenses, but what you didn't mention, was that Bast was insistent that they attack as well, not just defend. They disagreed over this for a while, and over time, they strengthened their defence, but still disagreed over this, and those that were before the Atlantians continued to hardass their borders. At one point, Bast had enough, and she took the core, and attacked the raiders, sending them to the deep sea, and thereby causing the birth of Atlantis. Bashenga tried to go and stop her from causing bloodshed, but he was too late. He tried to tell her to put the core down, but she didn't listen, and said that they could use this to enlarge Wakanda's borders. He disagreed, and they were going to fight, when Bast was sucked into the core, and there was no Bast, the core was all that remained. This core later came to be known as Bashenga's Core, and as they say, the rest is history."

"Understood." T'Challa said "You don't want to risk her coming, and using the crown to wreak havoc on the world. This will stay in between the two of us, thank you for trusting me."

"Thank you, for trusting me." I responded.

He nodded, then said "Will that be all?"

I said "Yes, you are dismissed." He nodded, and left the room. Wait what? I literally acted like I was a king, dismissing him! What the fuck! Guess Medusa was right, I'm a king in my own right.

I shrugged the thoughts off, and lay down, and fell asleep.

The next morning, I woke up, screaming, and even though my device was lowering the volume, it was still loud enough to shake the walls. That wasn't supposed to happen. My door was practically blasted open, and I saw Crystal, Okoye, Liz, Gwen, Sue, and Nat all there, looking for a threat. I took a deep breath, then said "Nightmare. Don't worry, I'm not in danger."

Tess pushed her way through them, and said "Except from yourself, huh?"

I furrowed my eyebrows at her "What do you mean?"

Tess sighed "Your brain is creating thoughts, sights, images, of you losing us all. That's exactly why you're in danger from yourself. I thought you created a device to stop the sound, but it was never this loud, what happened?"

I thought for a second, then said "It should have worked, but I guess the power boosts I got made my voice even stronger than when I had my scream contest with Blackbolt."

Everyone else made their way into my room, and Aunt May said "That's not what she was asking, Peter."

"Oh." I said. "No comment?"

"Peter." Basically all the women in the room said, except for Talia, unsurprisingly.

I sighed. "It was the Sinister Six, but they were all Thanos' Heralds, so they were given more power than they originally had, and The Black Order was with them. Thanos was with them, and they ripped you all apart, one by one. Thanos let them do everyone, but when it came to Sexi, and several other kids, nine boys, and seven girls, I think they were my other children, he did it himself, and said 'this is a warning, Peter. This is what can happen to you in the future, should you not stand down. I am using the mind stone to give you the message, so heed the warning, and keep your family safe.' And then I woke up."

"It's just a dream, Peter." Tess said "It's your subconscious, creating scenarios you don't want to see, but you think of them."

"No." I said. "It's a message, sent to me by Thanos. I know a message, when I see one. But that doesn't mean I will stop, I can't do that, the people need me. This means I need to ask the Ancient One if she felt the tremor of the mind stone, and I need to train anywhere, and everywhere that I can, even in the Hand dojo."

All of a sudden, a portal was made, and The Ancient One came through. She looked at me, and said "I suspected that you would be the one."

I looked at her. "Why do I feel like you know something, because of the eye of Agamotto, that you don't want to tell me?"

"Don't ask questions you know you don't want the answers to, Sorcerer." She said.

"I may not want the answers, but we both know I need the answers." I countered.

She nodded. "Well said, you have passed your training."

I blinked. "What do you speak of? I have more to learn, from you, and from others."

"Not from me, the Eye of Agamotto will teach you that which I haven't taught you." She said.

"Before you give me the Eye, explain to me, what happened to us earlier today?"

"A message was sent, through the mind stone. From who, I don't know, nor do I want to. But I believe you know. But the time stone was used through the other stone, and I felt the aggression, the coldness, the rage, and all the negative emotions, in overdrive. I made a portal to wherever, or whoever, the message was sent to, and here I was."

"What brought me to the Mad Titan's attention?"

"I know not who that is, but I believe he is the one who sent the message to you. If so, then last night, your spirit flamed, illuminating our vision. You fulfilled the first step of your path to glory, to saving the multiverse. You finished your first level, as one would say in a game, and you were given congratulations. You advanced to the next level, and that puts you closer to the level of having to fight the dangers of the universe, and the multiverse after that."

"Well, shit." I said. "And how does the Time Stone being given to me connect to this, what will this do?"

"The Stone wishes not to be used for the pain of the universe, and it knows there is no way better to avoid that than to be in the service of The Savior Of The Multiverse, The Sorcerer Superior, The Sorcerer Of The Web, among other titles. This will merely give you stronger health and larger damage, and special combo attacks, using the game analogy."

"Are there rites in this universe? For the switch?" I asked.

"No, the wielder merely has to be willing to hand the Eye."

I took a deep breath. "Then let's begin." I said, getting ready.

She nodded, and lifted the necklace from her neck, and placed it around mine. The moment her hands left the chain, I felt power surge within me, and I growled loudly, my voice echoing in the room "Why... The... Actual... Fuck... Does... It... Have... To... Hurt!" I grabbed my head in pain, and then the pain stopped, and I sighed in relief, nearly falling onto the ground, instead just managing to make it to my bed, and falling on it.

"Pete?" Tess asked.

"I'm fine, for now." I said "Something tells me, it isn't done yet."

"You sure you're all right?" Crystal asked.

"Yes, Diamond. I'm all right I -"

I screamed all of a sudden, as the second wave started. This time, it showed me the lives of the different wielders of the Eye of Agamotto, starting with Agamotto himself, and going all the way down to the Ancient One. When it was all over, I turned to the Ancient One, and said "You never jerked off, or had sex, in your life, that was over two hundred years long? What are you?"

Everyone laughed at that, and I just leaned my back against the wall, and said "Will this be all, Ancient One?"

"Yes. But be ready for when you have to fight for what you saw, it wasn't a threat, it was a promise, that will be fulfilled should you fail."

I nodded, and said "Understood. Now if you could all please let me rest for a minute, I will come down, just let me catch my breath."

The Ancient One made a portal, and said "Well done, Sorcerer Superior. You have chosen your path, and you will tread a long and difficult path, and I wish you the best of luck, and know, that should you need any help, all the sorcerers across the multiverse will aid you, you are our leader."

I nodded, and said "I will visit frequently, as much as I can. I thank you for your help, and for teaching me."

She nodded, and went through the portal, and it closed behind her. I dropped my head, and fell onto my pillow. I mumbled from my pillow "I'll be fine y'all, don't worry about me. Go eat your breakfasts, I will be there in a minute."

"If you say so." Tess said, and they all filed out of the room. I blanked out for a couple moments, then I got up, and headed downstairs, to see everyone sitting at the table, eating breakfast, and joking around.

"Since you guys don't need me, I will just reverse time, to before I met y'all, and be back in my own place, what do y'all think?" I said teasingly.

"Peter!" They all said, then Tess said "it's been half an hour, Pete. You said it would be only a minute."

"Well, I honestly thought I spent only a minute drooling into my pillow." I said, then took my usual seat.

"You took a while more than a minute, Pete." Ned said. "And how loud were you? That was crazy! You shook the walls the first time, and the second time it was echoing!"

"That was my voice under control." I said "I made a device, that lowers the power of my voice, I don't want to kill anyone that's in my room when I wake up, nor do I want to destroy the house. But it seems that I have to increase the power of the device when I go to PI HQ today." I turned to Nat, and said "You ready? Today's your big day, Talia, and I am not letting you back out."

"Can we do it tomorrow?" Nat asked.

I looked at her in a combination of disappointment and amusement. "You're really going to say that?"

"Had to try..." She said, looking down at her food.

"What are you two doing today?" Liz asked "Was it that thing you guys were talking about before Avatar started? I swear, if y'all just do this, I will have to learn Russian."

"Don't do it, Lizzy. You will go crazy with the vulgarity in what we're saying, I'm for real, the first thing I said to her was 'Ahh, bitch! That was mine!'" I looked at Nat, asking her if I should tell what we were talking about, and she nodded minutely.

"Wait, what was yours?" Tess asked "Your dick? It never was yours, it was Peter's."

I groaned. "And here I thought I could avoid that thought being said out loud. Before the bite, it was teeny, and after, it was as big as mine in my old universe, so I think I can call it mine. I hate you, Tess. That was the weirdest shit I ever had to say."

"The only comment I will add," Aunt May said "is that I don't understand how you can speak of this stuff in the breakfast table. I'm not going to tell you to stop, or anything, I'm enjoying listening to you kids, but I just don't understand."

"She attacked my honor, the honor of The Savior Of The Multiverse, and I was required to defend it." I said in mock seriousness.

"Speaking of, What were those titles?" Crystal asked. "They seemed important, and I want to know what you're getting into."

I sighed "The Savior Of The Multiverse, self explanatory. I've mentioned it before, that I would have to protect the multiverse with every single cell within me, and I think I don't need to explain. Sorcerer Superior, was a myth, since the time of Agamotto, the first Sorcerer Supreme. They all thought it was just a myth, but The Ancient One suspected that it would be me, and that it wasn't just a myth, so she extended her life, wishing to be the one with the honor to hand me the Eye. My suspicion was proven correct, this is the universe in the center, and the greatest Sorcerer Supreme, of this world, of this universe, of this multiverse, was to be given the title of the Sorcerer Superior. As Sorcerer Superior, I am the leader of the sorcerers across the multiverse, and I can, and will in the future, lead them in battle. Sorcerer Of The Web, needs some background info. There's this thing in Earth-001, it's a Spider's Web. It's the physical form of the multiverse, known as The Web Of Life, and every single Spider totem is connected to it, and there's a universe at every conjunction of two web strings. The center of the web, is the center universe, which we are in. The spider totems in each universe are vital to their universe, if they are connected well to the web, and they die without leaving a successor, it can be detrimental to their universe. And when they die, it can snap the Web at the conjunction that signifies their universe, and the more vital their universe is to the Web, the more in danger the multiverse is in. And as such, the universes closer to the center usually have several totems, so the Web is in less danger. I'm one of two people who can interact directly with The Web, and manage it. The other is The Weaver, the one who weaves the Web, and adds universes, should it be needed, and he nurtures the Web."

"And here I thought SHIELD knew everything." Luke said, surprised at the amount of information I just spurt out.

"They don't know anything, they know it only after others do." I spat out.

"I know this insensitive," Ava said "but what did your parents have to do with SHIELD, and why were they killed?"

"They were killed for the same reason that SHIELD let Luke's parents go. They were forced to attempt to make a Super Soldier Serum, under the threat of my Aunt and Uncle's life, so they accepted, but instead of making the serum, they pretended to, and they knew that if SHIELD got a hand on the serum, they would unleash hell on earth, so they created a serum, that could defeat the Super Soldier Serum. It was named the Adaptoid Serum, when placed into one's body, it doesn't give you any powers, but it has the ability to take powers from other blood, and add a bump of power on its own. So if you injected a super soldier's blood within an Adaptoid, he would get the power of the Super Soldier, and more. And there are four people with it in them, me, Tess, and the other two, I will not reveal their identities, they will stay hidden, I'm keeping them safe."

"Dad," Sexi said "I think it's imperative to tell you that Fury and Pierce have come to an agreement, that their organizations will temporarily team up, in an attempt to apprehend you. But there is no true trust in between the two parties, and SHIELD has given a press conference of sorts, saying not to trust you, and that you were a threat to the people's safety, but Namor asked me to get him in, which I gladly did, and he revealed Atlantis, and said that you saved the world last night, and he swore on his life that you were a good man."

I blinked twice, then said "I expected everything of what you just said, except for that Namor part."

"Of course you didn't expect anyone to stand up for you, you... I don't even know what to call you." Whitney said.

"This moves up the timeline, but I and Talia are still going to HQ, and doing our stuff there, then we will start." I said.

"Goddamn, you already have a plan? It's barely been an hour!" Sam said.

"Dude," I said "it's been a whole night, I think that's enough time to make a plan. I got y'all out more than eight hours ago."

"You were sleeping the whole time!" Johnny said, joining Sam's team.

"And?" I asked, confused.

"I think what they're trying to say is," Luke said "how the fuck do you already have a plan, when you were sleeping most of the time."

"What I'm not getting," I said "is that what does sleeping have to do with anything? I used my mind and soul while resting my body, and made a plan. Why does sleeping make me useless all of a sudden? Confused me, you have."

"You plan while you're sleeping?" Basically everyone asked, except for Tess, Shuri, Hunter, Crystal, Talia, and T'Challa.

I just looked at them like they were idiots. "Yes, duh. I have free time, I'm not about to just let it go. Make the most out of the least."

"Peter, don't punish yourself like this." Aunt May said "Don't force yourself to not get any rest, you need it. Your soul is an engine, and it needs to get its gas."

"My souls gas is keeping you all safe." I said. "My soul doesn't need rest, it's so many souls at once, some sides can get their rest, while the other sides stay awake. I'm not truly a person, Aunt May. I am something else, I'm Karma, and he never truly sleeps, he just rears his head, preparing for vengeance."

"I literally said the same thing about you, in similar words." Hunter said. I gestured at Hunter, saying "See, he gets the vibe."

"Just because I get the vibe, doesn't mean I like it." Hunter said "I was going to straight up confront you about it, before I gave you the leader of the pack, when he said that that was the sign of the best type of leader, to go to sleep worrying for his people, and wake up knowing how to keep them safe."

I lowered my head slightly, then raised it again, saying "What he said. I will have failed my responsibility should I not put my best in. As Medusa said, I'm a king in my own right, and I have to keep my people safe, day in, day out. This is a choice, not something I was forced to do. I will do my best, put my best in, and then, and only then, will I come on top."

"What aren't you?" Ned asked.

"A good man." I said frankly.

I was met with objections from all around the table, and I cringed at the type of discussion I brought up. I wasn't getting up anytime soon.

"You're incredibly self-deprecating, Pete." Tess said "But before I rant at you, why don't you tell us why you're not a good man?"

I winced. "You really want to know?"

"Yes, because whatever you're thinking, I know it's not true."

I sighed "I'm not a good man, because I can't even keep my people safe. I'm not a good man, because I don't tell them everything, I keep their own secrets from them. I'm not a good man, because I've become practically insensitive to pain, and loss, and grief, and I have no idea how long I will grieve someone, before I just get over it. I'm not a good man, because I'm already leaving my baby sister in the dust, while I have fun. I'm not a good man, because I made a man see his best friend die a painful death, and I was ok with that, and I still am."

Sue said "Tess, let me take this." When Tess nodded, she turned to me "You're a good man, Pete. You're only looking at your mistakes, but look at your accomplishments. You have your family all sitting at a table, joking around. And no one here expects you to tell them all about their multiversal counterparts, I know I don't want to know about them, and I'm sure the others agree. And so what if you got over Reed, it's fine. No one is expecting you to do more than what you did, but you're still killing yourself over it. You aren't killing yourself over the fact that you imprisoned him, you're killing yourself over the fact that you don't truly want to release him. And your sister would want you to be happy too, she's probably playing with Peter right now! And last night Peter, you did what you had to, and you don't regret it, but you think you should. What did Doom do to earn your regret? Nothing! But your regret isn't for Doom, it's for Reed. This was going to happen to him, sooner or later. He was always destined to go down this path, he wasn't like the other Reeds, I think. The Reed we knew, was a man who loved his science more than his family, and couldn't truly be trusted. He was a snake in a way, none of us trusted him, but he was family. What I'm trying to get at, is that Pete, it was going to happen sooner or later. He would have turned into The Maker sooner or later, and we would have needed to put him down sooner or later. Why do you think Johnny was willing to put him on fire? Because he wasn't the Reed you wanted to know, he was The Maker, even before yesterday. He just finally showed his face for the first time yesterday. And Doom needed to be killed, and you know that. I know you're regretting killing him in front of Reed, and let me tell you, and you know this too, that if you waited, Doom would have escaped. But then again, that's not what you're regretting. What you're regretting, is that you don't regret doing that. And let me tell you, you killed Doom for me, so it matters the most that I'm saying that I am happy you don't regret it, I'm happy that you gave him a painful death, I'm happy you did what you did yesterday. It's all good, Peter. We're all safe. We don't want to know everything, we don't trust ourselves with that information, but we trust you with it. And it isn't true that you're insensitive. I've seen you get angry at people when they threatened or hurt us, and I know you're not insensitive. If you lose any of us, Peter, it's going to be your first time losing one of us. You may have seen loss beyond counting, but it wasn't you truly losing, it was the other Peters. You're a good man, Peter."

I just sighed and said "I don't know what to say, you're right, but you're also wrong. I should be feeling pain now, and loss, and guilt, and regret, but I'm not."

"Because Reed wasn't your friend." Johnny said "You didn't trust him from the moment he wanted to reveal your identity, and you were a good man for that. I know I was kinda worried when they said you and Sue were together, or whatever, that shit is for real confusing, but I know my sister is safe with you."

I nodded, and said "Thank you, both of you. I needed that."

They both nodded, and Sue said "It's not a problem Peter. You're there for all of us, all the time, so we're here for you, all of us, all the time."

All of a sudden, the front door opened, and me and Nat had knives in our hands, ready for a threat. Then Uncle Ben walked in, and he said "Whoa, no need for those sharp things, I'm not a threat. But I did bring two friends, who you trust." He turned to face outside, and said "Al, Nari, c'mon in."

I relaxed, and in a fluid move, my knives were hidden in my clothes again, and Nat did the same. "Where did y'all even have those?" Tess said. "Like I couldn't even see where they went, for either of you. They were just there one moment, and the next moment, they weren't."

"It's Classified." Me and Talia said at the same time, and I put out a fist to her. "Point Two?" I said. She bumped my fist, and said "Point Two for Spy-ders."

Aunt Nari and Uncle Al came in, and looked at the freak show that was our breakfast table. Uncle Al looked at me, and said "Yeah, I'm super thankful I didn't bring AJ, he isn't ready for this."

I stood up, and went to them, and hugged them cordially, and said "C'mon, take a seat. I know our freak show of a table is devoid of food, what with so many people that have enhanced metabolisms, but I will get y'all some tea."

Aunt Nari looked at me as she took a seat, and said "Your parents taught you well, I would never be able to have AJ or Cindy be that nice."

I laughed, and said "They actually never taught me this stuff, I just had to learn how to give different auras to different people, I couldn't act like a gangster in front of my parents friends, and I got it knocked down."

"So this isn't real, huh?" Uncle Al said with a smirk.

"You could say that, or you can say that I am actually happy to see you, and to know that you're safe, and I know that you would appreciate it if I treated you like this, so I will, as I want for you to be happy."

Aunt Nari turned to Uncle Al, and said "He's a good son-in-law."

I sputtered, and they all laughed. "It's not like that yet." I said, when I finally regained my bearings.

"Key point, yet." Shuri said, and they all laughed again.

Aunt Nari looked at me, and said "You want to try telling me it's not like that yet, when in the lore, Cindy is known as The Bride?" She saw my surprised look that she knew of the lore, and said "Yes, Cindy and Ezekiel explained the lore, before they left."

"I'm just going to go make the tea." I said, and went to the kitchen, and set the water to boil.

"What's my grandkid looking like?" Uncle Al asked.

They all laughed, but I sobered, and said "I saw him and her die this morning."

Instantly they all sobered, and Aunt Nari asked "What happened?"

I poured the tea, and gave them all their cups of tea, and I said "A lot."

"Are you ok?" Uncle Al asked.

"No I'm not." I said honestly and soberly. "This morning, the Mad Titan sent me a message, because I am a risk to his goals, to the carnage he wishes to unleash, and is unleashing. He used a stone that could control minds, and tried to use it to control my mind, but he couldn't, because my mind is not of this universe, not really, so you'd need a multiversal weapon to mind control me. When he failed, he settled with a message. He showed me all the ones I love, and will love, even my brothers, and he had them ripped apart, by my enemies. But when it came to my children, he took them himself, and ripped them apart, limb by limb, muscle by muscle, right in front of me. I saw two of them, that looked like me and Cindy combined, and I knew they were ours. They were little pearls, all of them. And when he got to Sexi, he did her the second slowest, and giving her the most pain, even giving her pain through her tech. But the one he did the slowest, was my baby girl, she was only about three months old, that's how little she was. She had Natasha's eyes, and my hair. Her older sister, gods above, she was totally mine and Natasha's. She cussed at him in English, then Russian, then Spanish, and even choked him for several moments, before he pulled her off his neck, and, and" I broke down. This whole time, tears were streaming down, and my voice was choking every now and then, but I couldn't do it anymore.

Nat quickly came to me, and hugged me. I hugged her slightly back and said "Sorry, Talia. I couldn't do anything." I broke down again, and she hugged me even tighter.

"It's fine, Pete." She said. "You couldn't do anything this time, and the next time he sends a message, you won't be able to do anything either. But what we will do, is go to PI HQ, and get me fixed up, and I will meet our kids, one day, and we will make sure that son of a bitch doesn't touch our kids."

"Her last words, Talia." I said, choking on my voice. "They were in Russian. She said 'Dad, when I see you again, we will beat the fucking motherfucked up shit out of that son of a bitch, and we will hug each other, all of us, and I'll hold my baby sister.'"

"Oh, she's mine all right," Nat said "that's the exact same way I'd say it."

"Yeah." I choked out. "Her name was Melina, after her grandmother."

"Her name will be Melina." Nat corrected.

"Let's go." I said quietly, and stood up. "Conceal your face, I don't want SHIELD knowing me."

I was going up the stairs, when Nat asked "Pete, will I meet Yelena again?"

I turned to face her. "She's in the Room as of now, Talia. You will, if you want to."

She nodded, and I turned back around, and went up the stairs. I went to my bathroom, and washed up, then put on some good looking clothes, and then went back down. I saw Nat standing there, waiting for me, with one of those face changer masks in her hands.

She looked at me, and said "Guess we're doing this, then, huh?"

I smiled slightly. "Guess we are."

She put her mask on, making her look like Tess, and we headed out.

On the way, Nat asked "I thought I took the Room out for good."

"You just blew up a building, and there were no bodies, Talia. Isn't there the saying, if there isn't a body, don't believe it? Both Dreykov and his daughter are alive, but his daughter is greatly disfigured. They are based in the sky, and instead of mind control, they decided to do pheromone control, making the Widow have her intellect, but not control over her choices."

"And Yelena is there?" She asked, her voice wet.

"Yes, she is. And when she comes out, she will be mad at you, thinking you left her. You need to go back, and rescue your baby sister."

"She's not my actual sister." Nat said. "But I thought that she was out, and that she just didn't want to see me. I thought she was ok."

"She's your actual sister, Talia. Just like White is mine, and Shuri is too. And she needs you, her big sister, to save her. You want to do it?"

"They weren't my real family."

"You're saying that, because those were the years you truly felt the best. You had a family, a baby sister, a mom, a dad. You didn't just have a house, you had a home."

"It was just a hoax, a joke."

"To the world, it was. To the KGB, it was. To your neighbors, it wasn't. To your family, it wasn't. To your mom, it wasn't. To your baby sister, who you played with, seeing who could be upside down longer, it wasn't. To the kid Natasha, who had green hair, it wasn't. To your dad, it wasn't. He even has a tattoo with your names."

"For Yelena, I will." She decided. "But don't make me be nice to my dad, when we see him. He's annoying."

"I am not going to be nice to him either, and I'll be only slightly nice with your mom, and me and your sister are going to be homies."

"A real family, with the kids. I like the idea."

"I'm glad you do. We're here now."

We went in, and I took her to my lab, and placed her in The Cradle, and gave her some anesthetics, and put The Cradle to work. When it was about ninety percent done, Sexi said "I know this isn't the best time dad, but these three people from SHIELD are contacting you, wishing for your help."

"How'd they get into contact with you?" I asked, confused.

"They're just sending emails to each other, with the content, Spiderman, we need help, and we have intel."

The Cradle was ninety eight percent done. "What are the names?" I asked.

"That's where it gets interesting. The names are Maria Hill, Sharon Carter, and Bobbi Morse."

Well this'll be interesting. "Give them a meeting place, me and Talia will go there. Preferably an abandoned building."

"You know their relations with you, and Fury, right?"

I pressed a button, that revealed a suit closet. "Yes, I do. An Aunt, Peter's lover, and Fury's on and off girlfriend."

"Her and Fury never displayed anything short of professionalism, if anything, they dislike each other."

I gently injected something into Talia, that would wake her up. "This'll be really interesting, Sexi. They're all crazy badass, so I will have fun."

Talia groaned, and sat up. "I feel different a little, but not too much. What did I miss?"

I smirked at her, and said "Suit up, I got a suit ready for you, we will have some fun."

She raised her eyebrows, and I gulped. "No good morning, or hey, Talia? Just straight up Suit up?"

"Hey, we're going to have fun. Maria, Sharon, and Bobbi are defecting, and I'm totally going to have fun, and so are you."

"I only know Maria." Natasha said.

"Oh, that's why you're not excited yet. Sharon is Peggy Carter's niece, and Bobbi was a lover to a bunch of Peters. They're badass, so I'm totally going to have fun."

Immediately, Talia jumped, and suited up in a lucid motion. "Now I get it. Don't you dare do all the fun parts without me."

"I wouldn't dare, Talia."