Previously on A Different, Superior Spider-Man…
I opened my eyes, and heard gasps in my comms.
My eyes were white.
...
In a flash, I ripped all of Olivia's arms off of her, and put my hand to her suit, and screamed "Now, Sexi!"
Several seconds later, Olivia's suit powered down, and I tapped her on the head and knocked her out.
Unfortunately, my body went back to its normal state immediately, and I wasn't able to make this easier on all of us.
"Fuck." I said. "My plan was to finish all of this at once."
Now now, what fun would that be? Father said in my head.
"Go away." I muttered.
"Peter, who are you talking to?" Sue asked.
"No one." I said. "Just thinking too much."
"Really?" Nat asked. "Because it didn't seem like it."
"I was talking to Father." I said.
"Oh." Sue said.
"Yeah." I said. "Now I'm going to advance. Comm silence, please."
I went back in the way I entered, feeling for any traps.
I found my way to the hallway that we all used to enter, and everyone else was already there. "Everything went according to plan?" I asked.
"I met Electro." Sam Alexander said. "It was too easy. He's knocked out right now."
"Did you just say Electro?" I asked.
"Yeah?" Sam said, unsure.
"What the fuck?" I asked. "Last I checked, Max Dillon was still a normal human. He works at Parker Industries."
"Surprised, Webhead?" Someone asked from behind me, and I turned around, and unleashed all my stingers and claws.
"Gobby." I said. In this universe, it seemed he would be the monster, with wings and the ability to control fire, plus a glider for whatever reason I don't even know, but his soul felt familiar. "Why does your soul feel- oh shit."
"That's right, oh shit." He said, looking at me gleefully. "How nice to see you again, after all this time."
"I killed you!" I exclaimed. "You were the only kill I ever was happy about! You were-"
"C'mon Peter." Goblin said. "You can't think you were the only one who could have lived through their death so long ago."
I knew I wasn't going to get out of here without a fight, so I said, "Everyone, get the information to the main base."
"Peter!" I heard from my comms.
"Oh, does @%#%!% have people he cares about in this universe?" Gobby said gleefully. "How amusing!"
"Fuck off, Gobby." I said, seething.
"Yeah, no." He said. "How about this?"
He ripped the walls off, and threw them at me telekinetically. I just managed to dodge the sheets of metal, and I was on the wall, glaring at him.
"Peter, who is this?" Felicia asked.
"He's the one I told Shuri about, the scary one." I said, then I went on the offensive.
I jumped off the wall, and started casting magical webs, binding spells, and spirit weakeners.
He struggled for a few moments, and I took advantage of that and started punching him in the face repeatedly, putting Tao Mandalas on my hands each time, so as to put more force into my punches, and each time I punched him, the Tao Mandalas broke.
I picked up my speed, going as fast as I did when I faced Morlun all that time ago, the day I died.
Then it seemed that Goblin had enough, and he roared, then ripped all his binders, and started punching me with the same ferocity as I punched him.
We were exchanging blows at the same speed, and not even bothering to dodge the other's punches as we just aimed at the other.
"Last I remembered, you were faster." I grunted out. "What happened?"
"This is the fastest I can go." He said.
All of a sudden, two portals opened, and Ben and Kaine came out of them, and joined the fight.
We were starting to defeat Goblin, when he said, "This was good and all, but I have some other stuff to do." Then with a puff of dust, he disappeared.
"Fuck!" We all exclaimed, punching the ground.
"Is it that bad?" Wanda asked.
"No." I said. "It's worse."
We were all gathered around the council table, with the Wakandan members of the family holographically present. We were all frowning, and my brothers and I looked almost petrified.
"So let me get this straight." Namor said. "That was some dude who very nearly beat you up during your big fight?"
"Yes." I said.
"My only question is this." Miles said. "How did you two not know of this?" He looked between me and Death.
"I didn't get a breather after I thought I killed him." I said. "I didn't have the chance to make sure he was dead."
"Ok, what about you?" Miles asked, looking at Death.
"Oh, he died all right." She said, with a dry chuckle. "That's the thing. He died. But it wasn't like the normal deaths. He fell further than me. He kissed me fleetingly, then he died in this universe."
"So the rumors are true then." I said, calculating.
"What rumors?" Tess asked.
"That there is another Web." I said. "They used to say there are two webs, the Web Of Life, and the Web Of Death. If I'm to guess, he is the center of it. Isn't that right, Father?"
Everyone looked at me as if I was crazy, but I just gave them a look as if to say I know what I'm doing.
Sure enough, he responded. You are correct, Son. He said in my mind. I'll tell you something added to that. The two Webs come together to form the Web Of Life And Death.
"And that is what Anansi controls." I thought out loud.
"He actually talked to you?" Jean asked, intrigued.
"Yeah." I said. "Even gave me a bonus hint. Both webs come together to form the Web Of Life And Death."
"Well I'm not that knowledgeable about these things, but I think I should ask, who are the Totems of the other Web?" Aunt May asked.
"If I'm to guess, Goblins." I said. "I sensed some multiversal energy I didn't sense in him last time, and I wouldn't be surprised that if I traveled to another universe, the Goblin of the other universe would have the same energy, albeit fainter."
"Ok, what will we do about this?" Ben asked.
"There is no 'we'" I said. "I'm going to deal with this, and I won't be held back by any softies."
"So you'd let Harry lose his father?" Ben asked.
"Oh, cry me a fucking river!" I said. "I don't do the pity bullshit. I don't know if you remember, but there was something about me going back in time with Goblin. That won't be happening right now, so I will break the news to Harry before it happens."
"You've got to be kidding me." Ben said. "You're Peter Parker, for crying out loud. You don't kill. You're the hope of the city. You're a fucking savior, not an executioner!"
"Gotham wasn't as quiet as it was when Red Hood returned." I said.
"Yeah, because he took control of the underground dealings!" Ben said.
"And?" I asked. "It worked, if it hadn't been for Bruce poking his nose where he shouldn't have! I can't risk Norman, especially with how he bonded with whatever that was."
"Ben." Aunt May said. "What do you think Goblin wants?"
"He doesn't really want anything." Ben said after a moment.
"Exactly." Aunt May said. "He just wants to bring chaos. How many people will die?"
"No one will die, if we try our best." Ben said, not budging.
"Hmm, and you tried your best when the other version of me died, and when the other versions of Gwen died, right?" Aunt May asked, putting a hand on her hip.
"That's not… I did." Ben said.
"And did people still die?" Aunt May continued.
"Yeah." Ben said. "But that was different. We weren't as experienced."
"Ben." Uncle Ben said. "This is your responsibility. You put that mask on, because you have to. Everyone out there," He largely gestured to the outside vaguely. "Is your responsibility. And every time one of them dies at the hand of a villain, all three of you feel guilty. If you kill Goblin, none of them will die at his hands."
"We have to do this, Ben." Kaine said. "One way or the other, we have to destroy him. And from there, we take control of the other Web. And from there, we get to the Inheritors."
"...Ok." Ben said. "Just this time. But if we find a way to take him down without killing him-"
"We won't take it." I said. "He's just going to take the serum again, or something. When it comes to Osborn, it's better to just stay on the safe side, and you know that."
"Fine." Ben said. "Where do we start?"
"To Karn." I said.
All of us Spider totems of Earth-313 were present at Loomworld, along with Peter Parker of Earth-616 and Karn.
We were all seated in our respective thrones, and I placed my blade in its sheath that was in the throne, and I said "What do we have, Karn?"
"Very little, my liege." He said. "My family lurks at the Web Of Life And Death, and the Goblin sits in his place at the Web Of Death. He is using it to mask his position, but I am able to get a general sense of his position."
"What is the bond he has?" I asked.
"It seems that there was a spell placed on you." Karn said. "The being from long ago, took the spot of being your nemesis. Then when the Goblin emerged, and they seemed to both be your nemeses, they bonded, and this is the current condition you are in.
"Hmm." I said, thinking. "So where was the thing in between then and now?"
"He was sitting at the throne." Karn said.
"Then why didn't he attack?" Kaine asked.
"He couldn't." Karn said. "He needed a form, and the only form he would be able to take would be a nemesis of yours. But due to this, he is only able to reach the highest physical speed of his body. Although that does not do much to his aura, it is still as strong as ever."
"Where is he now?" I asked.
"He is entering Oscorp." Karn said, after a moment. "But he is in his civilian state, and he is looking at me, as if to dare you."
I stood up, and touched the Web, drawing energy from it, and seeing through it.
I looked Norman in the eye, and he looked back at me, sitting in his office with a manic grin.
I raised my hand, and my blade came to my hand, the hilt resting within my fingers.
Norman smirked, and raised his own hand, and the glider came to his hand, and he morphed into his Goblin persona.
I felt a little person hug my legs, and I looked down to see Rachel.
"Don't die, Dad." She sniffed out, hugging my legs tightly.
"I won't, Jellybean." I said, picking her up and kissing her forehead quickly.
"I'm waiting." Norman said, his voice somehow reaching us through the Web.
I put Rachel down quietly, and looked back at everyone else, and gave a quick nod, which was responded in the like.
I looked at my brothers, and we all gulped slightly, then walked through a portal.
I cast a spell as soon as I entered the room, causing the whole room to go out in a controlled explosion.
Goblin rushed at me, and backhanded me, throwing me out of the building, and I used my repulsors to stabilize myself.
Moments later, both my brothers came flying out of the building, and they stabilized themselves, then Goblin came out, flapping his wings and holding his glider in his hand, and turning it into a double bladed sword.
"Ooh, this'll be fun." He said, grinning at us.
"No mercy." I said. "Combo moves, no dog piling."
My brothers nodded, and we all flew around Green Goblin, surrounding him.
"I'm scared." He said sarcastically.
None of us responded, opting to prepare ourselves for a whole shitload of pain and struggling instead.
Goblin rushed at me, raising his blade in an overhead blow.
I raised my own blade quickly, and our blades clashed against each other, making a large boom, and causing soundwaves to travel through the air, which pushed Ben and Kaine back.
I grunted against the force that he was putting into the blade which was pushing my blade dangerously close to my head, and I stuck my spider legs to my blade, and started pushing back even more.
Unfortunately that did no more than make sure that the blades didn't go any lower, and I grunted angrily.
All of a sudden a web attached to Goblin's blade, and it was wrestled away from him, into the waiting hands of Ben and Kaine.
I took advantage of his defenselessness, and quickly used my blade to attempt to slice his lower body straight off, which didn't work, as his skin was too strong.
But the blow still benefited me.
"Aaahhh!" Goblin screamed. "It burns!"
I dug my blade even deeper into his skin, and he screamed even louder, and I noticed that he started changing back to his human form.
Before I could properly react, he was back to being Norman Osborn, and he started falling to the ground, and I looked at him hesitantly, and watched as he fell to the ground.
"Aren't you going to catch him?" Ben asked.
"Look at his hand." I said simply.
His right hand was open, as if calling something to him. Once he was about twenty feet away from the ground, it was obvious.
His blade flew out of Ben's and Kaine's hands, and went straight to his, and he used it as a pole in the ground to break his fall, and he turned back into his Goblin form.
"Luckily this area was already cleared." Kaine commented as we dived downwards.
I didn't respond, and the three of us landed in front of Goblin, in an eerily similar fashion to when Thanos fought Cap, Ironman, and Thor in Endgame.
Goblin grinned, and slammed his blade into the ground, causing a Shockwave that threw us back several feet.
"Your Father told me all about you, Peter." Goblin said evilly, and my eyes widened in surprise, then narrowed in rage, and I charged at Norman with a roar, Ben and Kaine following me.
Norman spun his blade parallel to the ground, and I slid under the blade, going in between his legs as I used a spider leg to hit his groin, while Kaine jumped above, and grabbed at Norman's head, while Ben gave a well placed kick to Norman's side, causing him to stop spinning his weapon.
I attempted to dig my blade into his back, but he flapped his wings while backhanding Ben, causing both of us to get thrown back.
I landed on a wall, and sprung back at Norman, while Kaine started screaming into Norman's ear, nearly blasting all of our ears apart by the strength of the sound.
My feet connected with his back, while Ben's feet connected with his stomach, causing him to grunt in pain.
In a flash, I handed Kaine my blade, and he dug it into Norman's neck, attempting to go through the tough skin.
"Enough!" Norman screamed, and his hand stuck into some dark portal, and pulled out a weird rectangular thing that looked kinda like a rock.
Kaine immediately dug deeper into Norman's neck, while Ben threw Norman's blade away, and Ben and I dug our claws and stingers into Norman, our recent trip to the Web Of Life causing him more pain.
Norman roared in pain, and squeezed the rock, which caused a shockwave that threw all of us off of him, and he temporarily reverted to his human form, but before we could regain our breaths and try to attack him, he reverted back to his Goblin persona.
He grinned at us, and walked towards us, calling his blade back to him, when all of a sudden he frowned and looked up. "I didn't want any nuisances." He said.
Then several portals opened, and Miles, Tess, Cindy, Julia, and Peter Parker of Earth-616 came out, and rushed at Goblin, which did no good as he just swiped his hand, and threw them all away, somewhere in the sky.
"That was a big mistake." I said, looking at him angrily.
"Well, I'm the one who's winning, so I wouldn't say so." He said manically.
"You won't be winning for long." I said, as we all charged at him, and slid and jumped around his spinning sword.
The three of us were using whatever if the Way Of The Spider that we had already compiled, and so far, it was working. He didn't get any hits on us, and we were bruising him and making him bleed all over.
But clearly, Parker Luck always has a hand in these things, and he just squeezed that rock again, and we were all blasted away.
The rest of the Spiderfam came, all of them, except for Felicia, Natasha, and Wanda.
I looked at them hesitantly, then I nodded, and said "Spiders inside, everyone else far, no one dies."
They nodded, and everyone charged together, but I held Gwen back.
"What?" She asked, looking at me.
"I'm not risking anything." I said, and she looked confused for a second, then she glared at me through the mask.
"I'm not a baby." She said.
"What will I say to your dad if…?" I asked, not being able to voice my thoughts.
"They're all very nearly dying, and you want to talk now?" Gwen asked, gesturing at where everyone was struggling, and fighting Goblin.
"Fine." I said, and I jumped into the fight, Gwen following.
It was all a blur, all of us trying to take him out, Ben trying to get the rock thing out of Norman's hands, Kaine doing the same with Norman's sword, I was holding Norman's wings, and everyone else was weaving through us, giving him blows, and weakening him.
He roared, and spun, throwing all of us off.
Except for one of us.
"Peter, would you look at that!" Goblin exclaimed, holding Gwen by the neck. "Poetic, isn't it?"
"Fuck you." I said, and used the Time Stone to freeze him, but he was anticipating that move, so he used his dark magic and his rock to stop the attack.
Thankfully, that was all the distraction I needed, as I slid through, and kicked his solar plexus, and his right arm, then yanked Gwen out of his now weakened grip, and flew up with her in my arms, setting her on a rooftop.
"He's aiming for you." I said.
"Ok." Gwen said after a moment. "I'm not going down."
"I love you." I said, and quickly pressed a kiss to her cheek, then jumped backwards, and dived right onto Goblin, making a crater.
Ben and Kaine both immediately wrapped their spider legs around his legs, while grabbing at the weapons in the hand closest to them, while I grabbed his wings with my spider legs, and used one of my hands to dig my stingers into him, and the other to press my sword into his temple.
The other Spider totems all came around, and started dealing blows to him, none of them staying at one spot, and weakening Norman even further for us.
"Can I use my Venom Blast?" Miles asked, as he dealt an uppercut to Norman's jaw.
"To his dick, with a good kick. Everyone else, move back for a moment." Me and my brothers all said at once.
Miles did exactly that then he jumped back and started zapping other sensitive spots, like his knees and ankles, and first Goblin howled at the kicks, then he roared as the electricity coursed through his veins, passing on to us as well, and we all gave a light groan.
All of a sudden, the rock in Norman's hand started glowing, and Ben said "Shit! This is the Siege Perilous!"
"Miles get back!" I screamed to no avail, as the five of us were enveloped by a white light, then I could no longer see any of the others, only the rock, then I saw the rock fracture into five pieces, and four of the pieces vanished, while the last was in my hand, then I passed out.
I woke up in a dark place, then after giving a testy sniff, I realized that I was in a dumpster, and after giving a groan, I angrily kicked the lid off, and watched as it flew into the air.
I peeked out of the dumpster, and found myself in an alley with five scantily dressed guys looking at me with anger, and after a closer observation, I saw that they had their knives out, and there was a person on the floor, looking like she was being harassed by the others before I arrived.
Immediately jumping into action, I jumped onto the wall above the prone lady, and struck a very spidery pose, and hissed at them. "You better leave here, before I hurt you. I don't like bullies."
Their leader scoffed at me. "What can you do, freak?"
"Last chance." I warned them.
"Yeah, tough luck." He said. "You'll be the one with their tail between their legs." Then he pretended to give me a look over. "Well actually, with their legs in between their legs. How did your mom feel, giving birth to an eight legged freak?" His gang gave a chuckle at that. "Or was your mom a spider?"
I looked down at the woman. "Is it just me, or is he just jealous of me?"
The woman looked surprised for a moment, then said, "He's definitely jealous."
"What's there to be jealous, I wouldn't want to have to walk with eight legs, or in pussy's ca-"
I grabbed him by the neck, and had him hanging over everyone else. "You want to insult me, fine. But what you just did, was a big mistake, fella. You wanna know why we're so cool?" I asked. "Because we can do things you can't."
I threw him in the air, and he gave a girly screech, then I shot a web at him, sticking him onto the wall of the alley.
I looked down at his crew, and crawled down, making a point of crawling with all eight legs like a spider, which felt way more normal then before, interestingly.
"Last chance, fellas." I said, in my spider-like position in front of the girl, showing my fangs and hissing at the thugs.
"Fuck this, I'm out of here." One of them said, and he ran away, and the others ran away barely a moment later.
I turned back to face the woman, and I stood up like a normal human being, took my mask off after a moment's thought, and gave the woman my hand.
"Are you ok?" I asked softly.
"Uhh, yeah." She said, "Really cool by the way, that spider pose."
"Why thank you!" I said. "Now, could you please tell me where I am?"
"You're in New York." She said, "Queens, to be precise."
"Forgive me for asking, but what is the date?" I asked.
"It's August 30th." She said. "What, how long were you hibernating in that dumpster?"
"The answer to that, depends on the year." I said.
"It's 1939." She said, and I blanched.
"Were you hibernating for five years, or what?" She asked, seeing my expression.
"I'm from 2009." I said.
"So you can time travel?" She asked. "That's cool."
"I can, but this time it wasn't my doing." I said. "But this won't be the prettiest five years."
"Why what happens?" She asked.
I looked at her seriously. "World War 2 starts in three days."