Chapter 1
Peter Parker lied down in his hotel bed wide-awake. He looked over at the clock to see it was 1:30 in the morning. He then looked over at the second bed to see his aunt, May Parker, fast asleep.
"Aunt May?" Peter asked.
Aunt May continued to sleep.
"I can't sleep," Peter said.
Aunt May snored louder.
"I'm going out," Peter said. "Okay, bye."
Peter put on his house shoes and walked out of the room. As he walked down the hallway to the elevator, he heard a familiar voice.
"Parker!" a voice called out.
Peter turned around to see MJ standing there in her pajamas and house shoes.
"MJ!" Peter cheered.
Peter and MJ rushed to each other and embraced. They then quickly separated and awkwardly looked at each other.
"I guess you blipped too," MJ said.
"Yeah," Peter said.
"It's so strange," MJ said. "My family and I are staying in a hotel until we can find a new apartment."
"Same," Peter said.
"I can't believe I was technically dead for five years," MJ said.
"Me neither," Peter said.
"Let's go explore New York and see how it's changed," MJ said.
"Okay," Peter said.
"You tell anyone we hugged, and I will kill you," MJ said.
An hour later, Peter and MJ walked around Manhattan.
"We seem to be walking around Manhattan in our pajamas," MJ said.
"Yeah," Peter laughed.
Peter and MJ looked over to see an electronic billboard with Tony Stark's picture on it. Peter stopped laughing and stared at the picture.
"Peter?" MJ asked.
Peter looked at MJ with tears in his eyes.
"You really liked him, didn't you?" MJ asked.
"Excuse me?" Peter asked wiping the tears from his eyes.
"I mean, you did that internship with him for like two years," MJ replied.
"Oh, yeah," Peter said.
Peter looked over to see the old Avengers Tower.
"Look," Peter said, pointing at the tower. "It's the old Avengers Tower."
"That big ugly building?" MJ asked.
"It's not ugly," Peter said. "It's really cool inside."
"Too bad we can't go inside," MJ said.
"Unless we can," Peter said. "I still remember my old code."
"Peter," MJ said. "It's been five years. Your code is not going to work."
MJ looked in disbelief as Peter typed in the code and opened the door.
"Wow," MJ said.
Ten minutes later, Peter and MJ sat on the roof and looked out over New York City.
"I wonder why Tony Stark spent all that money building this ugly tower and then sold it," MJ said.
"He was, um, like that," Peter replied.
"You sounded strange, Parker," MJ said. "You've always been so strange. What are you hiding?"
Suddenly, an alarm went off.
"Oh no!" Peter shouted. "We have to get out of here!"
Peter and MJ ran to the door and down the stairs. As they ran down the hallway, MJ began shouting.
"Looks like that code of yours doesn't exactly work anymore!" MJ shouted.
Peter and MJ ran to the elevator and pushed the down button. The elevator door did not open.
"That means the police are in the elevator!" MJ shouted.
MJ ran through the emergency exit as the elevator doors opened.
"MJ!" Peter shouted.
Peter got into the elevator and rode it down to the ground floor. As he rode down, the alarm stopped. The elevator opened and MJ stood there.
"How did you get down here before me?" Peter asked.
"Adrenaline," MJ replied.
"So the alarm stopped," Peter said. "Want to see the basement?"
"Let me think," MJ said. "No."
"Well, I'm going down to see if Mr. Stark left any inventions," Peter said.
"Why are you obsessed with possible Stark inventions?" MJ asked.
"You stay here," Peter said. "I'll be right back."
Peter pressed the basement button.
"Peter!" MJ shouted before the elevator door closed.
As Peter exited the elevator into the basement, he noticed the gadgets with the Stark logo.
"I knew you'd have stuff here, Mr. Stark," Peter said.
Peter looked a metal chair with the Stark logo.
"Whoa!" Peter exclaimed. "What's this?"
Peter sat in the chair.
"Look at me!" Peter shouted. "I'm Tony Stark! I rule the world!"
Peter accidentally pushed a button on the chair with his foot. This caused him to vanish into thin air. The elevator door opened and MJ walked out.
"Peter?" MJ asked.