I sat cross legged several feet above the tip of the Empire State Building, and I closed my eyes, and started using my powers, as well as my Web Magic, to block all the universes, except for my universe, and Earth-001.
Moments later, a portal opened on the ground, and I floated downwards, towards the portal. The Inheritors filed out of the portal, sans Morlun. "Missing a member, aren't we?" I asked.
Solus looked angry, and he said "You may have taken one of us out, King, but that will be so for only so long, and you will fall, as will your army." He looked around, and said "It's teeming with life, with totems. You realize that this is advantageous for us, rather than you?"
"That's what you think, Solus." I said "As you said, this place is teeming with life. And life, you know what it's about? It's about kicking your enemy in the face, it's about defeating every fear, it's about being on top, till your time is over."
"We shall see, King." He said "How about you see our version of life?"
"Clones, very scary." I said, much to their surprise. I increased my size, then I said "Bring what you got, Solus."
The portal increased in size, and millions of them started pouring out. I bared fangs and stingers, and gave them all Uru edges, making them sharp, and added that to my legs, and I rushed at them, taking thousands of them by the moment. They tried to fight back, but I was just taking care of them like they were nothing, then I sensed more portals being created, so I copied myself a hundred times, and sent my copies across the city, and said "ATTACK!"
Immediately, the spider totems emerged, and started attacking, and the war began in earnest. I was surrounded by five portals, and millions were surrounding me, and I took one of them, and did some Magic on her, making every single version of her under my tracking, so I could use later on, this was Jennix, the smart one. Then I started fighting again, and my eyes turned into a kaleidoscope of colors, and I blasted all of the ones around me, to a pulp.
In another place, I was fighting side by side with 616, and I said "You and Cindy dating or anything back at your place?"
"I need a chastity belt, dude." He said "I can't help but feel that we're just doing this for the kicks. How are you and your Cindy managing to be around each other, but not go crazy?"
"See, thing is," I smashed a hundred of them to the ground. "with us, we're each other for both reasons! With you, it's just the kicks! So get to know her! Not just for your instincts, and the good time you guys have! Know her for the Cindy under the bandana! Know her for Silk, the badass partner who you can depend on! She's not your fuck buddy, she's a person, a beautiful, nice, good, wonderful woman!"
"That makes sense!" He said "We aren't really attracted to each other! That's true! So I have to know her, the girl under the mask. Thanks, Legend!"
"Anytime, 616!" I said "What do you want me to call you? I don't think 616 is a very nice name to always go by."
"Let's see." He said "I would totally say to call me Reilly, but that's Ben's name. Ugh, just call me 616."
"Very well then, 616." I said "If I die, I just want you to know, it's an honor, to have fought with you by my side."
"You won't die, Legend. Not if we have anything to say about it, as a whole. You have a family, a large one, crazy by the way. You need to go back to your family."
"Peter, 616, I'm walking towards my death, as we speak. Don't worry, I'm just saying. It's been an honor."
"You don't need to die!" He screamed at me. "You don't need to! You deserve to come back to your family! You deserve to have more kids!"
"The ones who deserve it don't always get what they want, or deserve, Peter." I said. "There is nothing else left, I am walking to it, as we speak, it's been an honor." And I faded away.
In another place, I was fighting alongside Peter of Earth-7645, my first successful recruit. "What do you think of this, 7645?" I asked.
"I think it's real crazy, but I'm somehow accepting it!" He said "It's as if I'm supposed to not be surprised!"
"That's because this is something our spider side was expecting, since the beginning!" I said "This was always destined for us, 7645!"
"It was!" He said "Don't kill yourself, please, Legend! I know that you're planning some crazy shit, and it may cost you your life, but please don't!"
"I don't have a choice, Spectacular!" I said "Whatever it takes! That's my motto! Not with great power comes great responsibility, mine is different!"
"You are our king, Peter! That means you have to live, so that the Kingdom doesn't fall apart! The world needs you! Your family needs you!"
"Spectacular, I need my family to stay alive, and safe, and unhurt. When you get a family, you'll know why I did this! Goodbye, Spectacular Spider-Man." I faded away.
In another place across the city, I was fighting alongside Peter of Earth-68537, and I said "You know my responsibility as a leader, so you know what I will do."
"I do." He confirmed. "If you make it out, and you ever need help, maybe your universe kicks you out, anything, I'm here for whatever you need."
"I appreciate the gesture, Ultimate." I said. "But I request that when I go down, that you help my family, every now and then."
"I will do my best, Legend." He said, then after we smashed a couple Inheritors, he said "But I can't help but notice, you're not exactly with Ava here. Something wrong?"
"It's barely been a week since she met me, I think. It may be more, my timekeeping was always spotty, and with my going back in time, it got worse. How are you and your Ava?"
"We're doing good!" He said, happily. "We've been together for a while now, almost a year and a half, and we're engaged!"
"You should've told me, Peter." I said "I stopped several family men from joining, and I didn't want any of you to risk your family."
"I didn't tell you, Peter. Don't worry about it, we're past that point now. Now, good luck, you need all your focus." I nodded, and then I faded away.
I appeared where the rest of my family was, five clones of me, and I said "Guess this is our goodbye, the last one, probably. I just wanted to say -"
"Shut up!" Tess screamed at me. "Get your ass in the fight, and don't give us any goodbyes, because you're going to come back! You can't not!"
She started crying, and I just shook my head softly at myself, and said "I'm sorry, Tess. You're my baby sister, and you always will be. Guess we're not saying goodbye, then. Any of us."
I took my mask off, and went to Tess, and put it in her hands, and kissed her forehead, and she sobbed into me, while another one of me went to Hunter, and said "Keep her safe, Wolf."
"I will, Karma." He said, then he hugged me, and said "You're my bro too, Karma. We've gone a long way from being simple fanboys, but just, try your best to come back."
"I will, you know that, Wolf." I said, hugging him back. "Make sure my nephews and nieces now who I am, 'kay?"
"They will, Peter." He patted me on the back, then we parted, and he sajd. "Good luck, and don't forget to give your goodbyes to Tess, if you don't come back, it will kill her."
"I know." I said, then I hugged Tony, and said "You're getting Parker Industries, along with Tess and Sexi when they're old enough, I put it in my will."
"I can't, Peter. I-" he started saying, but I cut him off "You were supposed to get some of it from before, Spark. Keep the future safe, I know you will."
He tried to say something against what I told him, then he gave up, and sighed, and said "Whatever you say, Peter. Good luck."
We parted, and I patted his shoulder, then I turned to Namor. "Namor, I don't know what to tell you, other than I got you some stuff, you'll find it in your throne room."
"Thanks Spider." He said, then he slung a shoulder over me. "Come back, will ya? I need some anti-heroes to chill with."
"You'll find more of us, just you wait, you'll love the others, most of them." I said, smirking. "But for now, you're stuck with T'Challa, he's the closest to us crazies."
"Yeah, but he's not crazy like us." He protested, then said "I think I will just go and chill with that Kraven dude, he seemed kinda nice."
"That works too." I said "But then again, he might've died, but I doubt that. And he will hunt you, just play along."
"I will, Spider, even though I dislike the sentiment of being hunted. Good luck, and till next time, hopefully."
"Hopefully, although it's practically impossible." I said, then I turned to T'Challa, and shook his hand. "It was an honor, Your Highness. We had a good run." I said.
"The honor's all mine, Your Highness." He said, then he knelt on his knee, in front of me. "Should you ever need anything, I am here, sir."
"Tich, we're far from that." I groaned out. "I'm Peter, and you're T'Challa, but if I'm mad at you, or annoyed slightly, it's Tich! No kneeling!"
"You were always my king, Peter." He said, rising. "I just never acknowledged it, until later. I wish I had more time to serve you, it was an honor."
"I'm too great, I think." I said, jokingly, then I patted him on his shoulder, and said "We had a good run." Then I turned to Johnny, and I hugged him, and said "We needed to work on some cars."
He hugged me back, and said "Yeah, bro. I wish I could have met my nephews and nieces, but I guess I can't. If you come back, then thank you for doing that."
"I'm sorry, Johnny, for what it's worth. I should have been an annoying person, so as to make sure none missed me when I left. I'm sorry I'm giving y'all this pain."
"No need to apologize, Pete. There's nothing to apologize for. Just do your job, the world needs to be safe, as you say, whatever it takes. Till next time, bro."
"I got you a couple of cars, when you go back to the Baxter Building, take a look at them, you'll love those bad boys." I parted from him, and turned to Ben. "Close your eyes, Ben." I said.
He closed his eyes, and I did some Magic on him, making it easier for him to switch between forms, and I also switched his form to the normal person. "Open them, Ben."
He opened them, then looked at himself, and said "Woah! Before, it used to be so hard! Now, it feels just about as normal as my rock form! Thanks, Spidey!"
I gave him my fist, and said "Bump it up, Ben. You got this, bro." He bumped my fist, and said "Good luck, Pete. You're destined for winning, do it again."
"I will, Ben." I said "And that is not the only part of my destiny, and you know that." He nodded, and I said "Here's to hoping only one side of my destiny is fulfilled." I gave him my fist again.
He bumped it, and said "Here's to hoping only one side of your destiny is fulfilled." I nodded, then I turned to Sam, and said "Buckethead, I'm sorry I couldn't improve your aim."
"You think you can improve a Nova's aim, Webhead?" He said. "News flash, we're the best at what we do, and you don't have our power."
"No," I said with a smirk "but I am the one who created the first Nova helmet, so I think I can improve your aim."
He sputtered for a second, and the others laughed at him, then he said "Yeah, I'm never going to try to one up you again."
"That's a good idea, Buckethead. Perhaps you're better than your Star Wars buddies." I turned to Danny, and said "Don't doubt yourself, Danny. Your brother cannot have the throne, I know that."
"I do know that, sir." He said respectfully, and when I groaned, he said "the one with standing is to be respected by those below him."
"We're brothers, Danny." I said "I wouldn't call my older brother sir, and neither are you going to call me sir."
"As you wish, Peter." He said, and I nodded, then I turned to Luke. "Sorry I couldn't help you with your parents, Luke. Sexi has all the intel, go with someone, and get your parents."
"I will, if you don't come back, Peter." He said firmly. "But if you do, then I'm waiting for you." he leaned in, then said "Ava may or may not have a thing for you, say something nice to her before you go."
"Thanks for the advice, Luke." I said, then patted his shoulder, and turned to AJ.
I hugged him tightly, and said "Sorry, AJ. I should be there for you, for your sister, for your parents, but I'm leaving. I'm a bad family man."
"You're doing it for your family, bro." He said, hugging me back. "You're doing it for us, and that's why it's ok. Good luck."
I nodded, and went along with my regards to everyone, paying attention to giving everyone a personalized message, I wanted them to remember me, for who I was to them, not for who I was to the world. When I was done, I said "This is it, then. Goodbye, Tess."
She hugged me tightly, and said "Bye, Pete. I will be an awesome aunt, for your kids."
"I know that, Tess. I love you, you're my baby sister. I will try my best to keep my promise, trust me." I kissed her forehead, then faded away.
The last thing I heard her say as I was fading away, was "I've always trusted you Pete. Do your best, and even if it's not enough then it's all right."
I entered one of the portals surrounding me, condensing all my copies into one form, having said all my goodbyes, and I was attacked by billions of them, who I just took care of efficiently.
I was just blasting them away, without a care in the world for them, when several of the Solus' grabbed me, and I was unable to escape, no matter how hard I tried.
"And so, the King never gets to rise to his throne." Solus said, chuckling, when two of his clones/carbon copies started sucking my energy.
I struggled to throw them off, but when that failed, I jumped up, and used some of my Magic, stopping them, somewhat.
I was thrown away, and found myself in one of their cloning machines, and my magic was causing the machine to mess up. "Oh no." I said, realizing what would happen.
"Oh, yes." Solus said "You will be weakened by the machine, and I will have no trouble with dealing with you.
"This is a problem for you, Solus." I said "Not for me. This is good for me, in fact. Just you wait, and you'll know what I mean."
Then I started feeling something literally pulling me from within myself, and I started growling, the pain was very painful. I just couldn't.
After several moments, the pain stopped, and I replenished my energy with my powers, then said "You're down for the count now, Solus."
Then two voices came from beside me "What he said, dumbass!" Then all three of us threw punches at Solus, and he was blasted away.
"Well, you guys finally joined the freakshow crew." I said, then turned to look at them. "How's it going, fellas?"
"Weird." One of them said "I think I'm Kaine. That's just what I feel like I am, but I don't have any ugly skin, so I'm not sure."
I looked at him, he looked like me, but not exactly, almost like a twin would, you could see the differences, if you knew what to look for. My spider sense blared for a second, telling me his identity, and I said "You feel like Kaine to me, but Ehh, who cares? You don't want to be Kaine, you're not Kaine."
"I'm Kaine." He said "What about you? Are you going to be Ben Reilly or not?"
We both looked at the last one, and he thought about it for a second, then he said "I'm Ben Reilly, but I'm not Scarlet Spider, that's for when Peter and Wanda have kids, that'll be my nephews and nieces team name."
"Not a bad idea." I said "But what are you going to be? Like, you no longer have a moniker then, what's your moniker now?"
"I don't know." He said "I will think about it, but there are names to take, and I will get one of them, don't worry about it."
"I guess so." I said, then looked at Kaine, and said "What's your moniker? I can't remember yours, but that's good, cuz then your name is yours."
"I don't care, I will just go by Kaine for now, I don't want to waste headspace on monikers." He said.
I nodded, then said "Ok, y'all. Now we got to head to the Web, and end this, once and for all." I stood up, and so did the other two.
We headed to where we felt the pull coming from, and after a few seconds of sprinting, we stopped sharply, and we all said collectively "Woah."
The Web was white, with golden lighting of sorts, and it had one center, and surrounding the center, there were several other focuses of the Web, which I could tell were the universes from the shows, and movies. I jut sunk it all in, then I drew The Ebony Blade. I heard Karn say from behind me, "It's an honor, my liege. I was forced to devour the Weaver, and now I am the new Weaver."
I turned to look at him, and he was kneeling, and I said "I know, Karn, Master Weaver. Rise, the time is running out."
"Yes, your Highness." He said, then he rose, and I turned to face The Web again. I started using my Web Magic, and then I groaned in pain from the power changing me.
I was channeling some of the power to the Ebony Blade, and I was changing it, evolving it. After several moments, the pain was over, and I felt something else occurring.
I turned to look behind me, and I saw a space glowing, then a throne rose out of nothing, outfitted with decorations, but incredibly simple and basic at the same time, it was an elegant work. I looked at it, and I saw a spot for a blade, which seemed slightly different from what The Ebony Blade looked like, which wasn't at all what I expected, and I didn't understand, till I looked at The Ebony Blade.
It was almost a totally different blade. It had red lines running along the blade, and golden edges, and the handle was not of the one that I was used to, this was something else, and it felt so much better. I sheathed the blade.
"Badass." Ben commented, and I totally agreed.
I looked at the room, it was changing again. Several thrones rose out of the floor, and you just knew which throne was for who. I could tell which one was for Tess, which one was for Cindy, which one was for Talia, for Ben, for Kaine, for Hunter, his was next to Tess, for Gwen, there was one for Peter of Earth-616 as well, and I looked at mine again.
On the right side, was Cindy's, and it was beautiful, and perfectly made for her. On the other side, was a throne, and I knew just who it was for.
It was for Miles, this was his throne, as my successor, and I was already proud of how high he already came, without even trying to.
"We need to go." Ben said, and I ripped my gaze from his throne, that was my focus, and I was going to focus on that throne this last time.
"Yes, we do." I said, then I teleported us back to the center of the city. "Inheritors!" We all screamed together, the three of us, it was badass.
Millions of them surrounded us, and we fought them, not really worrying, but fighting fiercely nonetheless.
I mauled them, not caring about anything, just going through them like they were mere nuisances. There were news helicopters above us, and above them, the Helicarriers were floating in the air, weapons out, ready to attack whoever was the winner of the fight, clearly. I took one of each Inheritor, gathering a carbon copy of each of them, and getting ready for my major spell. I called out "Love y'all!"
"No!" I heard several spider totems cry out, and I shouted out "This was how it was always meant to happen! Goodbye!"
I started enchanting, and the landscape changed, putting us in front of my throne, and a portal was in front of me, letting me see the battlefield. I cast another spell, and The Web started glowing Golden, and golden lightning was covering the battlefield, hitting all the Inheritors, and killing them, while the Inheritors in my hands stayed alive. I cast a few webs, wrapping The Inheritors, and one web connecting each one of them to me, making me the center of a web of sorts. I opened a portal between the pocket dimension where my family was, and my world, letting them return, as I had made sure that world would only be able to be opened my me, and if I didn't open it before my death, then they would never get out.
"We had a good run, y'all!" I called out. "Ben, Kaine, take care of my family! Love y'all! I wish it could have been longer!"
I started the last enchantments, and I growled loudly, shaking the world, I was destroying some of the strongest people in the multiverse, and it was taking a lot out of me.
All of a sudden, The Web spit out a ball, of some sort of energy, and it went towards the city, and I couldn't track it, I had to focus on what I was doing now.
I groaned, and I was feeling the life literally leaving me, as I just continued to grab the webs, and was enchanting fast paced.
I was in the last moments, and they were still not down, I could still feel their energies, they were almost gone, but not there yet, we all had to go down, this was how it was meant to be.
"Legend!" I heard 616 say, and I looked at him. "It was an honor, to fight under your leadership, Legend. You're the greatest of us all."
I nodded, not having enough energy to say anything. I saw portals open all around 616, and Sorcerers poured out of all of them, and they went on a knee, all kneeling, and they tried to give me their energy to help me, but I didn't let them, they would have died immediately, this was taking so much out of me, and I was way stronger than the rest of them. I didn't have energy to even groan, I was on the last bits of my life.
Then I felt something coming from my blade, and I looked at it, it was glowing. I immediately made a hand and took it, hoping that its revival powers weren't taken away by its new upgrade.
It didn't do anything, unfortunately. I cried out, and I let tears flow down my cheeks, purposely making it so, I wanted my family to know I would miss them.
"It'll be alright, Peter." I heard Wanda say, and I looked up, to see her floating towards me. I nodded, tears still flowing, and I whispered out "I will miss you all, I'm sorry."
"It's going to be ok, Peter." She said, but she had tears flowing down her face as well. I blinked, and just nodded my head. "Tell Sexi and Tarts I love them." I choked out.
She nodded, and said "They know, Peter. I will tell them anyways. They love you too, from the bottoms of their hearts."
I nodded, and gathered what I could of energy, hoping to be able to stay alive, but I couldn't call anymore energy. "I can't take anymore, Wands." I said mentally. "I've tried my best, tell Tess I tried my hardest, and it wasn't enough. Tell her I'm sorry. Love you, Wands."
She nodded, tears running down her cheeks, and said "I know, Pete. Love you too."
I nodded, and struggled to hold the webs, as I felt the energies of The Inheritors nearly fade out, all at the same level as mine.
"You're the Legend, Pete." Wanda said "You'll always be The Legend to the world, but to us, you'll be more than just a story, don't worry, Pete."
I couldn't even find the energy to nod, and I felt the energy slowly leave me, when all of a sudden, I felt someone grab me.
I felt the strain go out of me slightly, and when I looked at the one who gave me a chance to live again, I was surprised.
It was Miles, the one from my universe.
He groaned, as both of us held the webs, and said "Neither of us are dying today, I promise! Just a little more, a couple moments more! I'm The Heir, and I say so!" What happened? Since when did he have this power?
I groaned, and felt myself dying. "Sorry Miles." I said mentally. "This is how you always receive the mantle, at my death. I wish we could have spent more time together."
"No!" He said, then he looked at me in the eye, and our spider senses blared, and our eyes both widened. He was my brother, my baby brother, from my universe! "%#?" I asked.
"I can't let you die, & %# !" He said "You're my big brother! I'm not letting you go! So what if this is how it was meant to be! I defy destiny!"
I tried to hold on for him, and for Tess, but I was unable to, and I fell, The Inheritors dying at the same time. " %$% !" He called out.
"You are going to have a crazy awesome life, %#%# , just you wait." I choked out. "I never forgot you, even though it was a crazy couple of years."
"No!" He cried out. "That one day, about ten years ago, you changed! I never knew why! Now I know, and I have you again, for real! I can't lose you again!"
I took one last shuddering breath, seeing everyone else surround me, and then, Miles took The Ebony Blade, and pushed it into my hands. "It has to save you!" He cried out.
I shook my head, and said "This is how it was always destined for us, Miles, &$% $. I know you're not Miles, but Miles and Peter, it always goes this way."
I felt the life flow out of me, then to my surprise, it all came back again. I looked at The Ebony Blade, and it was glowing golden. "It's working!" I said in surprise.
I felt all my energy come back, and I stood up, and raised the Blade above my head, and said "I'm alive!"
No one responded, and I looked around, to see, to my surprise, everyone was on a knee, in front of me. I looked at The Ebony Blade, and back at the people around me, and this reminded me vaguely of something else.
It reminded me of when Sabine raised the Darksaber above her in Rebels, and then they all knelt in front of her.
I shook my head, and then I said "Rise, all of you."
My family did, and then Tess hugged me, and said "You can't always win alone, Pete. Guess you learnt that."
The Helicarriers started shooting at us, but I made a force field, stopping the blasts, as everyone was still kneeling, and I hugged her back, and said "You and Miles will be homies, totally."
Miles hugged me, and said "It's been a long couple of years, Pete. I will have to get used to calling you that."
"You know him from your other universe?" Tess asked, and I nodded, and said "I more than knew him. He was my seven year old brother. And it's only been a couple of weeks, and he's fourteen."
"It's been seven years for me, Pete!" He said "And that is why time travel and multiverse travel is supposed to be annoying."
I parted from both of them, then I exited the portal, reentering my universe, while reactivating my mask, and dug my blade into the ground, and said "Rise!"
They all rose, and then 616 said "It was instinct at first, you're our King, but then we stayed, out of respect, you've earned it."
I nodded, and then I looked up, and saw Captain America jump out of the Helicarrier, and I made a hole in the force field, and he fell through it, landing several feet in front of me.
"Captain." I said coldly. "Tell your boss that he's going down, for good, I'm too powerful, and he's merely a pawn, in the long run."
He rushed at me, but before he could get within six feet of me, Sharon stopped him, using her shield to hold him back. "Stand down, Rogers." She said.
He tried to push through her, but he failed, and gave up, and tried to jump over her, but that failed as well, Wanda grabbed him with her magic.
"What's the need to attack me?" I asked, walking up to his face. "Why do you feel the need to attack me, you? I know why your boss has beef, but why you?"
"Because you're a danger to society." He said "You have control over an army, that no other army could ever match up to. You need to be either put down, or under another person."
"Ahh, now that second part, I want to focus on." I used my powers to destroy all the offense on the Helicarriers, and then I removed the force field. "So it's ok, when I'm merely a pawn, a very powerful one, but it's not ok, when I turn into the queen, is that how it is? I cannot have the power
I have been entrusted with in my hands, it has to be in another's, and then it's fine. Go back to Nickster, and tell him he's the pawn now."
I made a portal under him, and Wanda let him go through the portal, and he fell into the Helicarrier, right in front of Fury.
I closed the portal, then said "It's been a long day, y'all. Let's go home."
I teleported us all home, and then I fell onto the couch, and said "Questions?"
Everyone's hands shot up.
This was going to take a while.
