answers to reviewers questions or statements:
darthwolf: Oh yeah.
alexxjuxx 4: Chapter 5, announcement, read it.
Omni-Creator Kami of Anime: Well there's a good chance that the Lanterns on earth aren't even aware yet of what's happened to the Corps. The Lanterns won't be running out of power so long as the Battery remains intact, it still acts as a reservoir of power for the Emotional Spectrum of Willpower, thus Lanterns can still draw power from it via their own personal batteries. though you are right, without the Guardians to make more Rings and in turn oversee the training and expansion of the Corps, no more Lanterns can come to be.
Omni God Emperor Shadic: I've seen these videos and 'lists' and my response remains the same. And bringing up the whole Goku sparing villains' is a mistake, why would someone like Peter, who is a HERO and has on multiple occasions saved or spared his enemies think less of Goku for it? And just FYI, a number of those 'lists' blow things out of proportion when it comes to some of Goku's decisions or character traits. Is he a great father and husband? Not really in the grand scheme of things, but there are far worse ones out there.
Harbinger of Kaos: Oh yeah.
Aragorn II Elessar: Peter will be involved in a arc that I felt may have been shown a little early considering how certain things went in the Tournament of Power. Not sure if they simply didn't think that far ahead or simply glossed over it.
The Anonymous FanFic Author: The only real issue I ever had with Ultimate Hulk was the fact he wasn't the strongest being in Ultimate Marvel like his mainstream counterpart was. Oh and the fact he didn't get his own series which could've been some kind of psychological/horror story, he'd be like Jason Vorhees but on steroids and eats people or had a more authentic Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde thing going for it, man and the monster. Also not sure how a cannibal is more disturbing than a rapist but to each their own I guess. Kid Buu was still plenty powerful in his own right, the little sociopath did wage a unstoppable genocide across the universe for years before being eventually stopped and even than just barely.
keyblade master cole: She shall be the first of many sadly.
DxD-Supreme: Peter hasn't done enough to warrant any sort of attention outside of Zeno's general awareness of his existence yet. No it's poetic if they do challenge Tundra, lose members and don't actually beat him and Peter has to step in and help.
SnakeN3: And it's bound to piss off Vegeta and upset Goku even more than they already were, one didn't get a chance to actually fight while the other got outright denied a proper match. I like to portray Tundra as the sociopathic gentlemen, yes he will kill you but he's at least polite about it. Eh, I figured him taking down the two largest Lantern Corps will show he's a genuine threat that shouldn't be overlooked simply because he shares the same universe now as the likes of Dr. Doom or Luthor.
Grey Starkiller: Some of that might happen, some of it might not.
superpierce: It's less inserted and more of merged with Universe Six's Earth, most of the world's populations were able to sorta 'merge' with their alternate self, if there was one. Those that didn't have an alternate self like most of the DC heroes or villains are just simply there. Identities are still intact they are just now more or less in a 'new world' even though it's technically still the same just with a few added people and nations here and there.
Fortitude501: Galactus was mentioned a few chapters ago when Peter was referring to Champa's appetite.
The Storm Master 567: Peter's martial prowess will increase, at the very least he'll be in the lower end of the top ten in the Multiverse which is still pretty good.
The True Master of FanFiction: A number of the DC heroes are aware of Peter, but Peter's only ever interacted with a few of them, mainly because the Earth more or less ended a few months afterwards.
Mr. NO BO DY: People on Earth's memories go up to the 'apocalypse', after that it's more or less a blank. Tundra is up there with the two, like his raw physical strength may be a bit less than either of them, but his raw power and energy manipulation is on par.
OmniIBIBUltraInstinctGodzilla: GRAMMAR POLICE! GRAMMAR POLICE! Let's just say that Peter's return to Earth after so long will be very... par for the course with his track record. And it'll only get worse as his time on Earth lengthens.
Jonrocksthestar: Is it like a manga or a comic?
ssahu72731: Yes.
Marvel Master: Zeno will not be appearing on Earth.
Mr. Nobody: Your gonna have to be specific in regards to those beings your referring to. The Guardians of the Galaxy honestly eventually all died off, one way or another. Right now the Lanterns that were on Earth have no idea of what's happened to the Corps yet or who was behind it.
Raventus Dracoria: Well considering the place the Tournament takes place in doesn't have a Sun, and what solar energy is already stored in Superman's body will be used up pretty fast once he starts using his powers, I figured having him there would be pointless.
ShadowLord56: And I see Zeno erasing them for their gross disrespect, assuming of course the likes of the Grand Minister or the tribunal don't do it instead.
Disclaimer: I don't own any Marvel, DC, or dragon ball characters seen, mentioned or used.
Things were going to go sideways in the worse way possible, Peter just knew it.
Ever since Champa demanded he be taken to the newly restored Earth, despite the fact he had a fast approaching meeting with some sort of cosmic judge person, Peter has been dreading the fallout of what's to come. With the Earth's in habitants restored, it meant that the Wall Crawler's former teammates, the Avengers and their rivals the Justice League, were bound to be running around the Earth doing... well whatever it is they do.
With a being as temperamental and as destructive as Champa running around, Peter just knew that both teams were going to take notice and confront him.
'Earth's gonna be back not even a week and Champa's going to up and reduce it to literal ashes. Ironic considering how far he was willing to go to get a Earth of his own' Peter thought with a dejected sigh as held on to Vados's shoulder with one hand while the other tried to massage away thee growing headache he was feeling with the other.
"Hey Vados, are we there yet?" Champa demanded as he held on to Vados's other shoulder with one hand while the other held a energy drink of some sort.
"We'll be arriving in five minutes my lord, have patience" Vados stated as the three of them raced through the cosmos via her Warp.
Peter's like ninety percent certain that the only reason they weren't taken the Cube to his world was because it gave Vados an excuse to have Peter touch her. For a supposed 'Angel', this woman was more shameless than a freakin Demon, and Peter's met plenty. With a shake of his head, Peter turned his thoughts inward as he considered what he was going to do when he's back on Earth after over two hundred years. He'll have to check up on his Aunt May of course, long after Champa is gone and Peter steers him clear of her by a good thousand miles. And there was also his friends Flash, Mary Jane and Harry and the Daily Bugle, like Betty and Robbie and as much as Peter hated to even so much as think it... John Jonah Jameson.
Which also reminded Peter, he had to make sure to keep Champa from seeing or hearing of any Jameson's rants WHEN he realizes Champa's presence and nature or else the God of Destruction might decide to really give the Daily Bugle's editor in chief a reason to hate him.
'Ugh, this is gonna suck on soooo many levels' Peter thought as he sensed they were now entering the Sol system and would be reaching the Earth within a minute at their current speed.
As the trio passed the moon and entered earth's atmosphere, Peter idly wondered if the Justice League in their overhyped satellite thing or even SWORD had noticed their approach. Peter had no doubt that the X-men were aware of the Phoenix's approach, they had a annoying habit of noticing it when it was close, and Reed has to have something set up to monitor large energy signatures approaching the Earth in the event Galactus decides he wants to actually eat the Earth for once.
"We have arrived Lord Champa" Vados said as they touched down in the middle of what seemed to be a park in the heart of a large city.
Peter blinked as the glow of Vados's Warp faded and he looked around to see if he could make out where the Angel had landed them.
The city vaguely reminded Peter of New York, but it was much more... cleaner looking. It also had this weird feeling of being built and designed by some super rich guy who has an ego larger than Doctor Doom himself if that was possible. There was also this sense of old fashioned, early to mid fifties vibe that the people gave off that made Peter think they were at the very least nicer than anyone from New York.
"Huh, looks like we're in Metropolis" Peter stated as he saw that a number of people who were at the park today were now all looking at the strange trio that arrived in a literal flash of light from the heavens.
A number of people had begun to pull out their phones to begin recording and taking pictures of the trio while Champa cupped his chin in deep thought and looked around for something that looked eatable. He briefly considered trying one of the humans to see if they tasted like a Tamaranian before deciding against it, he might end up catching a case of heir stupidity.
"All right nerd, where's the goods?" Champa turned towards Peter and placed his hands on his hips and gave the wall crawler an expectant look "Times' a wasting and I'm hungry"
'Well I know a lovely salad bar you can hit up on your first steps to losing some mass you diabetic looking tabby' Peter thought with a twitching brow under his mask before he sighed "Honestly, I have no idea. I've only ever been to this city like twice and it was for business"
"WHAT!?" Champa yelled out in frustration before he finally noticed people were recording him and growled at them all as he formed a small purple energy ball in one of his hands "The hell you people looking at? Screw off before I blast you into atoms!"
"And so it begins..." Peter said in a sarcastic tone as people began to scream and run away as Champa held his energy blast at the ready.
If Superman didn't show up and make things worse right about now, Peter would literally hug Jameson as he went on one of his rants about Spider-man being a plague on mankind for some reason.
"Lord Champa, do try and control yourself" Vados chided the Deity with a frown "We are guests here after all, and Peter will be unable to show us many of the culinary delights Earth has to offer if he's too busy keeping you in line"
"Like he could if he wanted" Champa said with a scoff as he had the energy in his hand dissipate and turned to leave "Come on, let's find somewhere to eat, I'm starving"
"Sure" Peter said with a sigh as he began to follow Champa and Vados out of the park and into the city proper.
Metropolis really did seem like a more upscale looking New York in Peter's eyes, the streets and buildings were all clean looking and a number of the cars on the streets looked new instead of old and one oil change away from breaking down. He also saw that, like in New York, Metropolis seemed to have some kind of prominent newspaper called the 'Daily Planet' which he saw on a number of billboards, newspaper stands, sides of busses, trucks and even a blimp above, flying leisurely through the sky. It also seemed to often cover some sort of Superman story, which almost all of the stories painted the Man of Steel in a heroic light instead of making him out to be the Anti-Christ like the bugle does.
'Huh, wonder if I can get them to cover me for a change' Peter thought with a snort as the trio arrived at a busy intersection.
They were still attracting a lot of attention, more so Champa and Vados than Peter at any rate but luckily no one has tried anything that might set Champa off. Though Peter did notice a number of people looked at them with something close to hate in their eyes. A brief surface scan of their minds revealed to Peter that they believed Champa and Vados were Mutants of some sort, surprising Peter a little. He never thought he'd see Anti-Mutant sentiment in Metropolis of all places, but he supposed even a city as seemingly nice as it would have it's bad apples-
'Spider-sense!' Peter thought as he turned and caught a large purple fist aimed to take off his head.
Peter's eyes widened as he took note of his attacker and felt himself pale at the sight of the purple mass of muscle before him. A number of nearby people had let out screams of shock, surprise and fear at the sight of the monstrous looking man and were already running to get as far away as they could.
"Well, well, well..." the Parasite said with a savage grin as he eyed Peter up and down with a dark hunger in his eyes "It seems Luthor wasn't bullshitting me when he said you've changed. I can SMELL the power in you! I could spend a century holding on and still not even put a dent in the reserves you have!"
"Parasite? The heck you doing here?" Peter said as he pushed the man back, something he'd never be able to do on his best day before becoming the Phoenix's host "Also the heck does Luthor have to do with any of this?"
Though now that Peter thinks about it, he's in Metropolis and he's dealing with a bad guy, of course the malevolent bald jerk was involved to some degree.
'He probably sent him here when he picked up the Phoenix's energy signature in the city and began to track it and found it was me and figured the best way to fight me is to send someone that's known to grow stronger the more energy he absorbs' Peter thought as he placed himself between Champa, Vados, who seemed completely unaware of what was going on right next to them, and the smirking Parasite 'And he's given him instructions to bring me back alive, or at the very least a sufficient amount of energy from the Phoenix so he could study the- wait, how the fuck do I know any of this?!'
Oh yeah, Phoenix, source of any and all psionic power in the Universe... like telepathy... which he's been using subconsciously to read Parasite's unguarded and warped mind apparently.
"Huh, talk about a life hack" Peter said to himself as he raised his arms to fire off a literal maelstrom of psi-webs to pin Parasite down with before he felt Champa grab his shoulder and give it a shake.
"Hey, when your done playing around, take me and Vados somewhere classy, but with good food" the Deity ordered.
Peter felt a tick mark form on his brow before he replied in a slightly strained tone "Sure thing"
Champa nodded, satisfied that he'll soon be indulging in the apparent treasure trove that was Earth's food before he turned away and noticed that the sidewalk they were on was largely empty now. Odd, he could've sworn there was like, a thousand people around them only a few seconds ago-
"How's this for playing around!" Parasite said as he suddenly blitzed past Peter and made a beeline straight for Champa, his mouth open in a yell and his hands reaching out to grab hold of Champa and suck him dry of his power.
"WHOA, WAIT-!" Peter began as the Parasite was about to grab the back of Chamap's head before the God of Destruction suddenly turned and caught the man's hand by the wrist, Parasite's fingers stopping only inches from his face.
Parasite's eyes widened in shock while Champa simply stared at him with a bored look on his face.
"What are you supposed to be anyway?" Champa asked as he felt the purple skinned creature try to pull himself free from his grip, he responded by tightening his grip until he felt the bone in his grip snap, causing the man to hiss in pain.
"He's called the 'Parasite' Lord Champa" Vados said as she peered into her staff's orb and went over the man's life in a literal flash "Former bike courier for a number of companies in Metropolis before he was afflicted with a alien virus of unknown origin and transformed into a being that gains power by absorbing the energy of others"
"Hmm..." Champa said as he eyed the purple creature up and down for another moment before shrugging and letting him go, seeing he wasn't a threat, no matter how much energy he tried to leech off of him just now.
"AH!" Parasite yelped as he stumbled back a few steps and cradled his broken wrist while Champa gave him a dismissive wave.
"Well since I've found myself in a generous move, I'll let you off with a warning. Now run along before I get upset-" Champa began before he suddenly sidestepped another clawed swipe from the now enraged Parasite.
"I'll kill you!" the energy absorbing being yelled as he rushed towards Champa.
Peter watched as a dark look entered the God of Destruction's eyes as he almost casually dodged each attack from Parasite. The Queens born man stepped forward to stop the fight, and more or less save the Metropolis villain from his imminent demise, when Vados's staff suddenly blocked him. Peter looked towards the Angelic woman with surprise and saw her give a slight shake of her head.
"Vados, move" Peter said as he reached up to push the staff out of his way before Vados pushed him back with it a few steps.
"Lord Champa is perfectly capable of holding his own" Vados said as she stood between Peter and the two fighting entities "Your assistance is not required, though it is appreciated"
"It's not him I'm worried about" Peter said with his lenses narrowing as he planned on how to get past Vados when he saw Champa dodge another slash from Parasite before calmly holding a hand up and having his palm face out towards him.
Before Peter could even so much as think, a faint light shot out from Champa's hand and struck Parasite square in the chest. There was no titanic boom, no scream of pain from the energy absorbing being or even a shred of emotion on Champa's face as the body of the longtime adversary of Superman was encompassed in a pink, purple and white light before being rendered to dust.
"Pity, he looked tasty, like that fruity gel from Hala... maybe" Champa said as he lowered his hand while Peter simply gaped at the sight.
"ARE YOU OUT OF YOUR MIND?!" the current host of the Phoenix yelled as he looked around to make sure no one had just witnessed Champa use his power of destruction on Parasite.
"He was trying to kill me!" Champa pointed towards the pile of dust that was once one of the deadliest beings on Earth "I was protecting myself!"
"You could've easily just subdued him or intimidate him into submission. You just straight up dusted him" Peter accused the Feline like God.
Champa rolled his eyes at the mortal's dramatic tone before he suddenly looked up towards the sky and frowned in displeasure. Peter saw this and felt himself pale as he slowly looked up to see what drew Champa's attention. He fully expected to see Superman there, eyes glowing and fists balled and ready to throw down with Champa and probably Peter too since the Wall Crawler was going to be doing everything he could to stop the two. Instead of a super powered Kryptonian hovering above them, Peter saw something that might've been even worse... a slowly descending Quinn Jet.
"This... this can't be happening..." Peter said as he gripped his head as the advance jet came to a stop a few meters above the trio "Please don't be happening, please don't be happening, please don't be happening!"
The hatch to the jet opened and Peter saw a single person standing in the middle of the hatchway, dressed in a red, white and blue colored suit with a circular metal shield attached to his arm with a similar color scheme as his suit and a large white star in the middle of it. The figure leaped down from the Quinn Jet and landed in a crouch before slowly standing up and approaching the three.
"Spider-man..." the figure said with a simple. respectful nod.
"H-Hey Cap..." Peter stuttered as he stared at a literal living Legend and former teammate of his.
And childhood hero, then again, Peter was pretty sure Steve fucking Rogers was George Washington's childhood hero despite one being born and dying two hundred years earlier than the other. He was also still in shock at seeing the man after so long, alive and not a zombie and with apparently no idea of what had happened all those years ago. At least, Rogers gave no outward signs of being aware of his state of existence for the past few hundred years until recently, the man's mind Peter noticed with the briefest of scans was under such tight guard it was every bit as solid as the shield in his hands.
"So uh... what uh, what uh brings you to Metropolis?" Peter asked nervously as he noticed the figures of Black Widow, Hawkeye and Mockingbird emerging from the Quinn Jet after it set down on the street.
"I think you know why we're here son" Steve said in a patient tone as he nodded towards Peter, or more specifically the fiery suit of cosmic fire he was wearing.
"You want my autograph?" Peter asked with a nervous laugh "Cap, I'm honored and all, really, but you didn't have to fly all the way out here for one. You could've just shot me a text"
"Spider-man" Steve said, his tone packing a bit more authority in it "There's a time and place for your jokes, this isn't one of them I'm afraid"
"You are absolutely right, if anything it's for Avengers Tower... in Manhattan... which I will see you all at... later" Peter nodded as he prepared to turn away from the Avengers, and find a away to get Champa and Vados away from them as well, before he heard a familiar jet like sound fast approaching before a red and gold armored being shot down from the sky before coming to a half above the group in possibly the flashiest way imaginable.
"Sorry I'm late, tried to find the right suit to wear for this little shindig" the armored man quipped.
"Who the heck are you?" Champa said with a frown before he looked towards the rest of the Avengers "In fact, who the heck are any of you?!"
"Their called the Avengers my lord" Vados answered.
"The Avengers?" Champa repeated with a raised brow before breaking out into a fit of laughter "Really, that's what they call themselves? What are they avenging? Their sense of style?"
"Says the fat cat dressed like an extra from a Walmart brand Prince of Egypt" Hawkeye stated.
Champa's laugh died instantly as he turned to stare at the purple cladded archer with narrowed eyes "What?"
"Oh would you look at the time but we really need to go" Peter said as he grabbed Champa by the arm and began to pull the still glaring feline God away from the Avengers before he decided to wipe them all out.
"How do you know we need to go Peter, if you don't have a watch?" Vados asked cheekily "Are you embarrassed by me and lord Champa?"
"If anyone should be embarrassed, it should be us for being around a loser like you" Champa scoffed as he shrugged Peter off him and turned his attention towards the Avengers "Now what do you people want? I'm hungry and I'd like to finally try the food on this backwater of a planet after all the trouble I went to getting it back!"
"Even though it was your brother's actions that allowed it to be brought back in the first place Lord Champa" Vados added.
"Shut up Vados!" Champa snapped.
Steve's brow furrowed at this before he glanced at Peter "What's she mean Spider-man?"
"It's a very long story" Peter sighed tiredly, he was starting to understand the phrase 'getting too old for this' now more than ever.
"And you'll have plenty of time to talk about it... after I get my food" Champa said.
"Is all you can think about is eating? I thought the Blob was bad, but your sure taking the cake and scarfing it down, aren't ya?" Tony said as he hovered around the trio.
"You sure giving him a cake is a good idea Stark? He looks like he's one candy bar away from being a diabetic in need of a forklift to get out of bed" Hawkeye added with a smirk.
"Oh god no" Peter muttered as he held his head in his hands "We are all so dead. So very, very dead"
Natasha frowned at this and turned to look at Clint "You might wanna hold off on the insults there Legolas, since your one sandwich away from having to start wearing a size bigger for your glorified costume"
Hawkeye pouted at the Black Widow's remark while Tony laughed "Hey, you can always shop at whatever thrift shore King Meow Meow there goes to! They expertise in plus sizes"
"Stark stop antagonizing him!" Peter snapped at the Armored Avenger before he turned to a confused looking Steve "Please get him to stop before he gets us and everyone within a thousand miles killed!"
"What was that?" Champa shouted as he held a hand up to one of his ears in a exaggerated manner "I couldn't quite hear you muttering under your breath way up there tin can, wanna install some balls on that suit of yours and come down here and repeat it? Or do I have to come up there and force it out of you?"
"I'd be happy to Garfield" Tony said before he flew down towards the street and landed in front of Champa, an arrogant smirk clearly plastered on his face even though it was hidden behind his armor's faceplate "I said-"
KOOOOM!
Peter grabbed Steve by the shoulder and pulled the First Avenger down as Stark was sent flying over them and down the street at speeds that created a literal vacuum in the air before it quickly closed with a powerful gust of rushing air. Champa growled as he lowered his fist and glared in the direction he sent the mortal before he looked towards the rest of the Avengers, his teeth barred and eyes glowing with anger.
"Anyone else?" Champa asked before he was suddenly struck by a blue blur that sent him flying down the street and into the side of a parked car.
Vados sighed and shook her head while muttering about 'carelessness' before she turned to face the being that sent her charge flying. If Peter wasn't rushing over to make sure Champa wasn't about to rip the whole solar system apart with his bare hands, he'd be too busy having a panic attack at the sight of the one person he didn't want to see since coming to this city appearing.
"So your the Kryptonian known as Superman" Vados said as she studied the red and blue clad hero before her "That symbol on your chest marks you as a member of the House of El"
Superman returned her curious gaze with a hardened expression as he spoke to Steve "Captain, mind filling me in on who these people are?"
"We were in the middle of figuring that out" Steve said with some strain in his voice as Vados turned her back on Superman and began to make her way over to where Petter was trying to help a confused Champa back on his feet.
She didn't see he was in any sort of pain, in reality he probably felt like a strong gust of wind knocked him down. Still, it was best she sooth his imminent bout of rage before he ups and decides to destroy this world. The Angel didn't make it even three steps before she felt a grip on her upper arm, forcing her to stop and look to see that it was Superman that grabbed her.
"My, my, aren't you a rude little mortal" Vados said with a blank expression on her face "I kindly ask that you to release me Superman"
"Not until you tell me who you are and why your here" Superman said with narrowed eyes.
Vados's eyes narrowed as she reached up to forcibly remove Superman's hand when suddenly a sonic boom echoed through the street a split second before a purple blur slammed into Superman, causing the windows on every car and building facing thee street up and down it's length to shatter. The Kryptonian reeled back in shock and pain as Champa pulled his hand back and delivered a powerful backhanded slap to the hero's face, sending flying through a building and into the next block over.
"Knock me over will you!" Champa said as his entire body shook with race, his face a dark shade of purple as he snarled at the hole Superman made with his body.
With a yell Champa raised both of his hands over his head and created a small golf ball size orb of red and orange energy that began to greatly expand as he poured his energy into it.
"SCORCHED EARTH! SCROCHED EARTH!" Champa yelled as the energy in his hands grew to the size of a basketball before violently expanding to that of a semi before having even more power pour into it and increasing it's size to that of a small building with the edges of the energy ball burning into the sides of some of the nearby shops and sides of skyscrapers adjacent to the street.
"TAKE COVER!" Steve yelled as he watch Champa prepare to throw the destructive energy ball towards them before Vados suddenly smacked the God of Destruction's head with the end of her staff.
"Lord Champa, enough" Vados stated, causing Champa to stop and scowl at her.
"What the heck Vados?!" Champa demanded as he cut off power to his attack and allowed the energy to dissipate.
"My lord, remember why we're here in the first place. To enjoy earth's food, not destroy it because a few of it's residents decided to be rude and disrespectful" Vados said towards the aggravated Deity.
"Yeah... what... what she said..." Peter said as he stumbled over towards them, rubbing the side of his face that Champa punched earlier when the God of Destruction was back on his feet and decided to pay Superman back for his earlier attack "Also why'd you hit me?"
"You were in the way nerd" Champa said as it it was the most obvious thing in the world.
Peter stared at the Deity for a moment before his shoulders slumped "Why do I even try?"
"Uh, Spider-man?"
Peter turned to see Steve slowly emerge from his cover, his shield at the ready as his gaze flickered between the three of them. Hawkeye was already out and had a arrow notched and aimed at Champa while both Natasha and mockingbird had their sidearms out and aimed at the purple cat being as well. Vados slowly adjusted the grip on her staff while Champa continued to stare in confusion at the man aiming a bow and arrow at him.
"Is that supposed to be threatening?" Champa pointed to the archer's choice of weapon.
"Yes" Hawkeye said as he aimed at Champa's head before Peter's arm suddenly shot up and a stream of glowing energy like webs shout out from his wrist and snagged his bow "Whoa, what the fu-"
"Gimme that" Peter said as he yanked the bow out of Hawkeye's hand and tossed it over his shoulder once he caught it with his hands. He turned his gaze towards Widow and Mockingbird who both gave him glares that told him to try it.
"Okay everyone, let's... try and calm down" Steve said as he stepped between everyone and held his hands up.
"Oh I'm calm... I'm absolutely flaccid even" Champa stated, causing everyone to look at him "Yes I know what I said and I'm committed to it"
"Now if only we can get you to commit to a health plan" Peter quipped before he turned towards Steve "Can we talk later? I really need to get this guy something to eat before he decides to dust the entire planet"
"I'm thinking of destroying the whole star cluster at this point" Champa stated.
"WOULD YOU PLEASE?" Peter snapped his gaze towards Champa for a moment before returning it to Rogers "Pretty please? With cherries on top? And whipped cream too? I'll be your best friend if you do!"
"That's... alright, but we do need to talk about your..." Steve paused for a moment as he glanced at Vados and Champa and considered his next choice of words "Friends"
"Making a lot of assumptions there star boy" Champa said with a dismissive snort "I wouldn't be caught dead near that weirdo if I could help it"
"I believe the more adequate term here should be... close acquaintances" Vados said with a knowing grin aimed at Peter "With the potential for deeper comradery"
Peter let out a sigh of exasperation, mostly at Vados' word play and the hidden meaning in them before nodding "Thanks cap, and when you see Stark and supes, can you tell them sorry for me-"
"Oi, Nerd, you see anything wrong here?" Champa asked with a frown on his face.
"No Lord Champa, I don't" Peter said so dryly that Steve felt like he was standing in a desert "Would you care to enlighten this hapless mortal as to what you feel is wrong with that divine wisdom of yours?"
Champa's eyes narrowed as he gestured between himself and Vados "No food! FOOD NOW!"
Peter's brow twitched while Steve looked back and forth between the three with confusion, unsure if he was missing something before the purple haired feline turned away from them and began to wander off in a random direction with Vados right behind him. Peter let out a startled yelp and immediately followed after the pair, leaving Steve there to watch them go for a moment before he reached up and pinched the ridge of his nose.
He wondered if it was too late to find a nice remote iceberg to fall back asleep in.
"Well that... different" Mockingbird said after a few moments.
"Your telling me" Hawkeye said as he ran over to retrieve his bow "Also someone call Spider-woman and let them know that Spidey just stole her shtick"
"I don't think Jess can do... the glowie web thing Clint" Mockingbird said.
"He meant Julia" Natasha said before she looked towards the hole Superman made "Think this will make relations with that idiot better or worse?"
"To be fair, he swung first" Mockingbird said as she looked up to see Tony racing back towards them, though his suit seemed a little worse for wear than earlier "And it looks like Stark's back up"
"Oh joy" Natasha said with a sigh as she turned and headed back towards the Quinn Jet and get it ready for take off.
"So what'd I miss? I was too busy pulling myself out of a laundry matt while wondering if anyone got the number of the tank that just hit me" Tony asked when he landed next Steve and had his armor's faceplate retract to show the slightly sweaty billionaire playboy's face.
"Spider-man made some new... friends" Steve said after a moment of observing some of the damage don to the street and a odd pile of dust on the ground "Rather destructive ones at that"
"And we're just going to let them go?" Tony asked with a frown.
"You got anything in that suit of yours that can stop something like them even if we wanted to?" Steve asked the armored avenger with a raised brow, his gaze briefly resting on the perfectly fist shaped dent in Stark's chest piece, causing the armored Avenger to shake his head "Than yes, I'm letting them go. Besides, I think Spider-man is more than capable of keeping him... calm, and at the very least, distracted for the time being. Once he gets his food he'll be on his way and than we can worry about the fact that one of our own is wandering around with a force of nature inside him that's at best ambiguous in it's wants and desires"
"Making a lot of assumptions there" Tony pointed out, causing Steve to chuckle in grim amusement as he remembered Champa's own use of words when being referred to as Spider-man's 'friends'.
"Yeah..." he said before he saw Metropolis's hero and 'leader' of the Justice League, Superman, approaching them and based on the expression of the Man of Steel's face he wasn't exactly happy, though considering he was just backhanded through several buildings, Steve supposed he had every reason to be upset.
And so begins the next round of headaches.
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And done.
Next chapter, A tour of Earth's culinary delights begins... in Gotham.