A/N thank you to all the reviews/dms about One Day More, I think it was a terrible arc that Spider-Man had to go through and thought of skipping it altogether, but it just has so much stuff I could do with Adrian.

Adrian rolled over on his mattress yawning, the smell of fresh soup in the shelter tickled is nose as the boy sat up, He was wearing an oversized grey sweatshirt that was torn on the shoulder, he had on dark blue dirty jeans and shoes held together by tape. Rubbing his eyes he got up from the bed looking around the shelter, a hollowed out gymnasium that had a hundred bunk beds that many homeless people were in.

"Good morning Adrian." Someone said next to him.

He looked to his left, it was a girl with dark black hair in twin braids down here hair, bronze skin with brown eyes. She was wearing a green shirt with white jorts and matching shoes holding a bundle of blankets.

"Good morning Emilia." Adrians aid as he got up and stretched.

… wait Emilia Rodriguez, from LA from the shelter, what is she doing in New York?

"Emilia!?" Adrian looked over at her in shock "What… what are you doing here?" Adrian said looking around noticing he was in the shelter, he saw posters of the Lakers and an American Flag next to the Flag of California.

He walked up to her "Is this… is this New York?"

"New York, you feeling okay cabron?" Emilia asked him cocking a brow at him.

What… what, I was just in New York, we'd gone to see Aunty May, Damage Control, Tony Stark he offered me to be an Avenger?

Adrian reached up to his hair "No, no, no, what's going on ... whats…. what's going…" Adrian never finished his sentence as he fell back onto the floor out cold "MAMA, PAPA, Adrian's sick!"

So you thought my was weird, well it's about to get weirder cause I was right, I was still in New York, until something else happened I never expected. The Universe it hates me, it really really really fucking hates me oh and sorry for the language I'm a teenager now I guess.

Adrian was sitting on the roof of the Avengers Mansion, in New York the card in his hand looking down at it, He was wearing a hoodie over is spider man suit that was to big for him but it kept him warm. He had the hood pulled up over his head and kept looking at his face in the picture, it was an old photo when he wore his old suit.

He put the card away and got up heading back inside, suddenly something landed on the rooftop behind him. Turning around it was his trusty mutated lycan spider dog, "Wolf… good boy." Adrian said kneeling down letting the dog run up to him and lick his face as he rubbed the dogs ears.

The two of them went back down into the house, it was empty like it was when he first woke up. Making his way back into his room he saw a fresh set of clothes were laid out for him and a note.

Opening it, the note read 'Dear Young Master Parker, I took the liberty of acquiring you some fresh garments for as long as you see fit- Jarvis'. Adrian looked at the clothes there were shirts, pants, a jacket and even some underwear with socks next to it, plus two pairs of new shoes.

Adrian stripped off the sweatshirt and old suit still mostly ripped, he tossed it off onto the bed and put on the clothes. Selecting a pair of dark khaki chinos he put them on and looked at himself in the mirror to see how they fit. When he did, he noticed he wasn't the same boy he was in the picture of the Avengers card.

I barely recognize myself in this photo, my hair is down my back, my chins filled out more and that smile… I don't think I can smile like that anymore. I think I was hitting my growth spurt cause I was longer in the chest now, my arms too legs probably as well.

He grabbed a long sleeved red shirt and slipped it on over his scarred chest, walking toward the window he left the shoes behind sticking the card in his pocket he opened it.

I need to clear my head, Tony's offer…

Adrian leapt out of the window onto the dirt of the Mansions yard and ran to the gate, jumping over it with his incredible power he shot a web out of his hands, no longer needing his web shooters he swung over the open city as it slowly kept cleaning up. Damage Control and Heroes alike were everywhere in the city as he swung above them. Adrian landed on top of one of the few remaining buildings left standing. He stood there looking around the ruins, he spotted a group of Damage Control working to clear some rubble among them was a giant of a man with a small Afro, brown skin wearing a white suit with black around the collar and holes in the sleeves.

Thats Tom Foster, the guy who was at the Hulk's arena…

He knelt down watching the new Giant Superhero picking up rubble with his bare hands that were as big as busses. Next to him was a few other heroes who Adrian couldn't name but they were clearing the streets of any rubble, anything that looked alien was being shipped into trucks and taken away.

Maybe I should go and-

"HELP, THIEF!" Adrians train of thought was boarded by a call of distress, he looked in the direction of the scream to see looked to see a black car speeding across the cleared street not the other side of the building. Adrian ran to the other end and jumped off swinging down after the car, he looked to see it was a convertible with the top down, there was a series of valuables in the back. TV's, Computers, even some registers, the two people driving the car weren't even wearing masks only holding guns.

Adrian swung down over it and the one in the passenger seat saw him "We got company."

Whenever I turn my head someone's up to something here.

The one in the passenger seat, actually a woman, held up a machine pistol and opened fire on him, Adrian zipped around the bullets twirling till he landed right on the hood of the car "Pull over now!" He barked.

"Oh shit its that Spider-Boy." The driver said slamming his breaks, the one with the gun aimed it at him "Dumba-" "Oh shut up." Adrian said webbing up her mouth and the gun out of thieves hands. The car came to a screeching halt

"What the hell is wrong with you guys, don't you realize we almost lost the city." Adrian snapped at them on the hood.

The driver held his hands up "Don't kill us, we just lost everything our apartment is gone we… we're desperate." The driver said, Adrian looked into the man's eyes.

"And you think that's a good reason to steal?" Adrian asked "We're desperate."

Adrian smashed is fist through the windshield pulling the man out of his seat ripping the belt open "That's no excuse, you think you can just…"

Dammit I'm getting soft.

Adrian dropped him in his seat "Get out of here now before I change my mind." Adrian said ripping the webs off the woman. Both thieves got out of the car looking at him uneasily.

"Y-your letting us go?" The woman asked, "Just leave the stuff here okay." Adrian told them before they ran off into the nearest alley out of sight.

The store owner came over soon after, let him take his stuff back and the car before I left. Swung around for a bit more till I found another ruined building with half of it ruins. An abandoned apartment where I found a couch to lay on and look up at the sky, Heroes, Jets and helicopters appeared overhead every so often till I wasn't alone anymore.

The sun was going down now, Adrian was still in the ruined apartment half of the floor like the building was gone in a pile of rubble, Damage Control hadn't yet arrived to clean it up, "Thought I told you to stay in the mansion?"

Adrian sat up from the couch to see Spider-Man standing over him "I couldn't stay locked up in there."

"I don't blame you, come on Mary Jane is waiting at the hospital with Aunt May."

"He's waking up?"

Adrian shot up in a medical room, he was in the shelter in Los Angeles, the Rodriguez family were gathered around him, a woman with tan skin and gray hair dressed as a doctor. Adrian sat up, his sweatshirt was on and he was wearing a dirty white shirt that was turning yellow.

"You fainted Adrian, how do you feel?" The Doctor said.

Fainted, but I… yeah I was in New York, now I'm here is this some sort of short term memory?

Adrain said nothing, looking down at his hands he saw they were both dirty bandaged up around his wrists hiding the natural web shooters in his arms. "Those bandages, what are they for, drugs?" The doctor asked.

Why do I remember wrapping these up last night, like I've done every night, why do I remember coming to this shelter too. I've got two sets of memories in my mind from here and New York…

"Listen to the doctor Adrian she only wants to help." Mrs. Rodriguez's said, Adrian looked at her along with Carlos and Emilia "H… how long have I been here?" Adrian asked.

"You've been staying here for five months now, we thought we'd never see you again are you sure your okay?" Carlos told him. Adrians face turned white all the color disappearing from his face.

FIVE MONTHS, NO I… agh there right but there wrong why Can't I tell which one is real?

The doctor noticed his distress too as Adrian grabbed onto his head, "I'm going to take some blood young man, please relax, I've seen a lot of withdraw victims so don't worry we won't tell the police."

Adrian saw the needle and her reaching for his arm, like lighting he grabbed her wrist "Don't touch me." Adrain said squeezing her wrist. "Aaa Ah." The woman yelped at his iron grip.

"Adrain stop your hurting her." Carlos snapped.

Need to get out of here, NOW.

Adrian let go of her wrists and ran to the door, opening it running out barefoot into the hallway. The doctor came out behind him "We got a runner, JOE!" She yelled.

As he ran, Adrian realized he'd forgotten his shoes and sweatshirt but didn't care he was to busy seeing a large police man standing between him and a door that read EXIT above it. "Hold it boy, don't want to hurt you."

The boy dropped from his run into a slide, slipping between the man's legs and breaking through the door like it was nothing "Holy shit." The cop said running out after him into the alleyway behind the shelter with Adrian nowhere to be seen. Up above him on the wall Adrain was climbing up across the wall onto the roof where he ran across it and shot a web out leaping into the city skyline. Later, Adrian had climbed to the top of one of LA's tallest buildings panting, he was sweating out of his clothes and sat down up against the ledge of the building the hot sun beating down on him.

I forgot how hot it was here… but how… how did I get here. Think, think try to remember dad came to get me with mom, MJ. No, she was already at the hospital with Aunt May she'd been shot by an assassin. Oh god I remember how weak she was, the doctors said they couldn't do anything for her, Mom and Dad left. I stayed in the room, I fell asleep and…

Woke up here- hnnnn my head no that's not right- no it is my head its like its splitting open.

Adrian held both hands on each side of the cranium that was in maximum pain, he started to try and breathe deeply to calm down and ease the pain. "IF THIS IS SOME SORT OF GAME I DON'T THINK ITS FUNNY!"

There was no answer as he screamed at the universe, he took a deep breath he got up and looked out across the city.

"... dad what happened?"

I need to call him, I need to figure out what happened.

Adrian dropped down from the building in a secluded spot, brushing his brown hair behind his ear he approached the nearest phone booth, reaching into his pocket he found a quarter and sighed in relief. Slipping it into the slot he started to dial his dad's number and let it ring for a few moments before he hung it up quickly.

Wait what if something happened, what if this is a trap what if… that was my last quarter…

"Fuck, why'd I hang up." He moaned as he banged his head on the glass.

Alright, take a deep breath got to figure out if I'm even in my own universe. Nobody seems to recognize me here, my face has been on the news for the past two years… wait what date is it?

Adrian walked out of the phone booth and started walking down the street, barefoot brushing his long brown hair out of his eyes he passed by a newspaper to look at the front page. 'NEW YORK CITY ALMOST NEW FROM HULK ATTACK', Adrian reached in and took out the paper and walked over to an alleyway to get off the busy sidewalk. Heading into the alleyway he found a spot between ad up dumpster and a couple of garbage bags out of view from any prying eyes.

In the after smash… clever, of the Hulks invasion stopped by the Avengers… eyewitness reports a monster like Spider-Man similar to Venom or Carnage defeated the hulk, but both Spider-Man and sidekick Spider-Boy… have not been seen for 100 days? A hundred days have passed and…. aaaaah!

Not again…

"Hey Aunty May, it's me Adrain I don't know if you can hear me but I miss you, I really do." Adrian was sitting on a chair in front of Aunt May's bed inside the hospital, Mary Jane and Peter were on the other side, Mary Jane had her arms around Peters chest behind him holding him close. She was wearing a sleeveless black shirt with tan pants and matching shoes to her top.

Adrian turned is attention to his parents "What have they said, the doctors?"

"She's… she's struggling." Peter said "She's not going to make it is she." Adrain said looking back at her.

"Adrain what- no she's-" "Dad you always pause before you lie." Adrain said interrupting him calling his lie.

Peter looked at Aunty May hooked up to all the machines "This is all my fault." Peter said "You were right Adrian, I should've never gone along with what Tony's plan, you know I was only doing what I thought was best for us." Peter said back.

"I know Dad, can't we do something Dr. Strange he could heal her right?" Adrian asked her.

Shaking his head back and forth slowly Mary Jane let go of him "Strange won't be any help just like in the war, Tony's given us money for medical expenses but its just…" Peter leaned down over the bead squeezing the railings so hard the metal brushed under his grip "It's not enough." He said his voice cracking.

Adrian held in his own tears like his dad "What are we going to do then?"

Two of LAPD's finest were standing over Adrian as the sun went down on the Big Orange, one of them knelt down "He's breathing that's for sure?" One of the cops said kneeling down "Is he hurt, you see any blood?" The second one asked.

The one kneeling lifted up Adrians shirt and saw the scars from bullets, knives, and even the five claw marks right in his chest "No… holy mother of god." The police officer whispered.

"Damn what's this kid been through?" The second one said leaning over to get a better look.

"Must be a runaway, scars like that?" The first one said standing up "We take him back to the hospital first?" The second asked.

Runaway, now Runaways… that's it.

Adrian's green eyes shot open and he jumped up into the air onto the wall bouncing off it to the other side of the alley all the way up onto the roof before the cops new what had happened "Huh mutant?" The second one asked.

"Probably, should we report it?" The police officer asked his partner "And fill out all that paperwork, hell no lets go get some coffee." Adrian peeked over the top of the building he was watching the two cops head toward a police cruiser and drive off.

LA's finest ladies and gentlemen, never care about a poor white kid in LA. But they did give me an idea I don't know who to trust right now, save for a couple of anti-adult superhero wannabes… but how am I going to find'em?

KA-BOOM

A loud explosion shook the city, with Adrian rolling his eyes looking over at the now rising tower of smoke in the distance, with a sigh he started heading toward it.

Where there's smoke, there are probably teenagers mad at the world

Adrian shot out a web over the skyline and swung toward it, running up and down the walls of the buildings in downtown LA. He landed on a roof looking down to see the Los Angeles residential superheroes the Children of the Pride aka Runaways.

Nico Monroe, Karlina Dean, Chase Stein, Molly Hayes, Victor Mancha and Xavin the Skrull. Oh and a freaking velociraptor named Old'Lace'.

The Runaways were currently locked in a less than epic battle with a small army of monsters coming out of the ground. A stout man with in a green suit blue goggles holding a staff and yelling at the pridlings. He had brown hair slicked back with a large nose and sharp teeth. "Foolish heroes, the Mole Man's time has come I will make LA my staging point for the invasion of the surface!"

Mole Man, wonder what he was up to?

The Mole Man's monsters were charming the pride children in droves, Chase was riding on the back of Old Lace who bite at the monsters and swung her massive tail like a wrecking ball. Molly using a fallen over light pole as a club swatting away the tiny monsters like flies. Victor held them away from Nico using his electrical blasts as Xavin and Karolina took to the skies shooting at the barrage of creatures with fire and rainbow power. The monsters they were fighting were about the size of a dwarf with narrow eyes but long sharp claws.

"If we have a plan I'd love to hear it?" Victor said to the witch behind him "Just hold them back okay." Nico told them.

Molly kept swinging her lamp pole like a baseball bat "These things are mean and gross, and they smell."

Meanwhile standing on top of a turned over taxi was the Mole Man still shouting "This is pathetic, I came here for war where are the Avengers where is Iron Man, I shall make him bend the knee to his new master!" Mole Man bolstered.

"Here's a plan kickass." Chase barked kicking one of the monsters away from attacking.

In the air above the Super Skrull Xavin sent a wall of flames into the creatures coming out of the hole "I do not usually agree with Chase, but it seems fighting these creatures is our only option until we can come up with a solution."

"Someone agreeing to Chase, this is bad?" Karolina said as the monsters leapt up into the air slashing their claws at her but missed cause she flew away.

Wow, these guys are really bad at this. Don't they know the Mole Man controls the monsters, its an animal thing take out the alpha and the rest will retreat.

He leaned is head on his hand shaking his head "Amateurs." Before he jumped off the roof and landed on one of the lamp poles that Molly hadn't ripped off.

"Still being not superheroes I see?" Adrian said loudly, getting the Runaways attention for a while "What… who the heck are you?!" Nico said as she used her magical staff to create a wall around her, stopping the monsters from flanking her.

"Anyone else see a skater kid on a lamp post?" Chase said seeing him to.

… they don't remember me?

Adrian looked around them as the monsters were starting to overwhelm them due to the heroes being distracted "Nico we're in trouble!" Karolina said as she flew down for another blast only to get dragged down into the monsters "MY LOVE!" Xavin yelled flying to her aid trying to pull her up.

"Oh this is painful to watch, this is Mole Man for Thor's sake?" Adrian said holding his hands up "Are you going to lend a hand or just sit there whoever you are?" Nico snapped at him.

"Hadn't decided yet, but if you insist." Adrian looked over at the Mole Man still yelling madly like a crazy person "Now watch closely kids this is how the professionals do it."

Adrian jumped off the light pole and into the crowd of monsters, jumping off their heads and dodging the claws he landed right in front of the Mole Man "I will defeat all- what?" "Put a sock in it shorty." Adrian said punching the Mole Man right in the jaw knocking him out cold. Catching the villain by the collar he whistled to get all the monsters attention, when they saw their alpha had gone down with Adrian holding him over his shoulder.

"Fetch." Adrian tossed Mole Man back into the hole and all the creatures began to scurry back into the hole after him, in less than thirty second the street was clear save for a lot of property damage and some super powered teenagers staring at him in disbelief.

"So who is this?" Victor asked scratching the back fo his head "Why do I feel like I've seen him before?" Karolina asked scratching her rainbow chin.

"I as well seem to know him from… somewhere?" Xavin said when Adrian got off the taxi.

They don't remember, something weird is going on.

"My name is Adrian and... look its a long story while I'm here now unless you want to stay here and get arrested we better get out of here back to that base under the tar pits?" Adrian suggested to the sound of blaring police sirens.

All the Runaways exchanged worried glances "How do you know about that?" Nico asked in shock "Like I said… loooooooooong…. stooooooooorrryy."

Nico and Victor exchanged a glance "Victor, the leapfrog?" Just then a massive frog shaped ship landed behind them to take them back to the Runaways.

LATER, BENEATH THE LA BREA TAR PITS

Turns out, none of the Runaways could remember me but all of them said I looked familiar. But I remembered them, the Pride Children weren't exactly keeping a low profile so it was easy.

Adrian was sitting in the living room of the Runaways hideouts, it was a large great room with a couch and multiple other chairs, Adrian was sitting on one arm chair as Chase and Molly sat on the couch, Nico was across from him in another chair with Victor behind her and opposite of the couch were the Pride Children's two alien lovers. The underground base was a series of caves and hallways hollowed out with fine furniture and hanging portraits of the Pride family.

"So, who are you and how do you know who we are and where we live?" Nico asked.

Adrian slouched in the arm chair "Because, I use to be here for a while I was one of you, at least but somethings happened?"

Nobody said anything till Nico spoke again "Look we like to give kids the benefit of the doubt, but we've been duped before we're going to need a bit more evidence to trust you?"

"Can't say I have a lot, like I said I was only here for a bit but we use to run together when Shield came here and arrested you I helped get you out, remember?" Adrian asked.

Suddenly a series of invisible light bulbs went on "Wait, your Spider-Boy?" Victor said pointing at him, "Thats right Shield they arrested us… then you showed up saved us… and crashed their Hellicarrier on Catalina Island?" Karolina said trying to think of everything.

"Right, thats right but why am I so fuzzy on the details were you wearing a mask or… I can't remember?" Nico said.

So they know me and they don't, I've got two memories of the event one of them is what I remembered happening Shield attacking us, arresting them and me crashing the Helicarrier into Ms. Marvel god hope she forgot about that. She scares me, but this one the one their telling me I hid in LA, I met the Runaways but I never went with them I was somewhere else… but I wasn't… oh god the headache again?

"Oh come on, this is bull we're supposed to believe this skater kid wannabe?" Chase asked getting to his feet, as Adrian grabbed onto his head walking over to Adrian who gripped the couch tightly his head splitting.

"You remember the last time something weird like this happened." Chase barked pointing at Adrian "He could be some sort of Pride trick like when Alex's dad showed up and killed Gert? I'm not willing to risk that." Chase barked grabbing Adrian suddenly.

"Look at him, he's not right in the head he's-" "Oh would you stop being such an ass Chase, I don't want to be here anymore then you want me here!" Adrian barked slapping his hand away and pushing him off so hard he back into the couch.

Adrian yelled grabbing his head "Are you okay?" Karolina asked starting to get closer to him but Xavin stopped her holding her and back "NO!" Adrian screamed.

"No, I'm not okay one day I'm in New York with my family the next I'm back here, I've got two sets of memories in my mind and there splitting my head open every time I try to figure out which is real but there both so vivid, I remember them I remember meeting you and telling you who I was and I remember never going back to New York just staying here and doing nothing and-" Adrian suddenly grabbed the armchair and through it across room smashing it on the wall.

Adrian paced back and forth while the Runaways spoke amongst themselves "What do we think?" Nico asked the older kids but even Molly was in the talk.

"He seems honest, a bit unhinged but what he's describing… it kind of makes sense I remember meeting him, but I don't does that make sense?" Victor asked the group.

"No I remember him but not his face, it's like when you see someone in public you know but can't remember their name?" Karolina said looking at Xavin "Indeed."

Nico looked down at the only mutant "Molly he says he's got head problems do you think your mutant powers could do something?"

Molly shrugged scratching the back of her rabbit hat "Maybe, but I haven't really got the hang of those powers yet?"

"Are we seriously trusting him, did you forget how he through me across the room?" Chase asked them.

The teens all glared at him "Chase he's a kid on the run, we help him that's what we do." Nico said adamantly.

Chase smirked "Oh yeah well he's gone." He said pointing toward Adrian, but the spot he was in was vacant "Where did he?"

"Up here."

The Runaways looked up to the ceiling to see Adrian was hanging upside down by his feet hands above or in this case below his head. His hair was hanging between his fingers, but whatever it was he was doing it was working to calm him down.

"Um.. do you mind coming down?" Nico asked him.

Adrian let go of the ceiling and landed on one hand flipping right side up "I've always been curious about the Spiders, but how do you guys stick and not stick to stuff?" Victor asked.

"Can you not be a total superhero fanboy?" Chase asked arms crossed "Sure when you stop being a jerk." Victor hissed.

"Down boys." Nico said "Listen, Adrian isn't it if you know us then you know Molly's a mutant she can use telepathy maybe she can-""Let me stop you right there Nico, its not going to work, my spider sense well it doesn't really work with telepaths." Adrians said pointing to his forehead tapping it.

"But if the problems in your head can't you just turn the spider sense off?" Victor asked him.

Adrian shook his head "Its not like my wall crawling or webbing, the last telepath who tried to get in my head was Charles Xavier and it took us weeks to find a way around it."

"How come?" Molly asked him "Because my mind isn't a pretty place, I use to share it with an evolved alien symbiote and its getting worse."

"The symbiote?" Victor asked him confused "No he's gone, but now I got this thing which is new." Adrian said.

There was a pause in the room with no clear path of what to do next till Nico sighed "I didn't want to say this but, you stink Adrian."

"Um…?" Adrian asked cocking a brow "Yeah Nico, that was a bit harsh?" Karolina said "I smell nothing?" Xavin said actually sniffing the air.

Nico shook her head as she took out her switchblade "No, I mean he stinks of magic look like this." She dragged the black across her wrist and the Staff of One appeared out of here chest "When the blood is shed…" she finished the incantation and held up the staff looking through the ring head on it.

"I'm a witch so, I guess I can see things differently cause with the staff you have some aura I guess its all around your head?" Nico said to him.

"Are they swerving yellow lines?" Adrian asked "No, more like dark brimstone smoke and purple stuff?" She said getting closer to him she leaned down holding up her staff like Sherlock Holmes would hold up a magnifying glass.

"So this is magic?" Adrian asked her "Maybe, something otherworldly is coming off you."

"Well I was roommates with a wizard for about a week?" Adrian told her "No, this isn't like normal magic I know it sounds weird but this is… I'm not sure what this is?" Nico told him standing up straight.

She scratched her chin thinking "You said you have two sets of memories and whenever you try to focus on them your head starts to split?" She asked.

Nodding at her "Yeah its like I'm staring into one of those black and white targets but can't look away while trying to read Lord of the Rings?"

Nico looked at her staff before back at him "Okay, I'm not saying this will work but the Staff of One hasn't let me down yet, so are you willing to give this a try?" She asked him.

"I am." Adrian said, Nico reached out and put her hand on his head, her palm was soft and warm against his forehead "Close your eyes, focus on the two memories and tell me when your head starts to hurt." Nico ordered him.

Adrian closed his eyes as he began to focus "O-okay its starting again."

"Good now… show me truth."

Adrian heard a knock on his door inside the Avengers Mansion, he looked over at the door "Yeah?" It was night outside, almost midnight as the rebuilding of the city continued well into the night.

It opened with his dad standing in the doorway, Peter was dressed in his red and blue spider-man suit without the mask, clutched firmly in his hand. "Dad, what's wrong?" Adrian asked him as he walked in.

"Nothing, nothing I just wanted to talk to you?" Peter said coming in, he sat down on Adrians bed making the boy sit up looking confused.

"Adrian, it's not looking good for your Aunt." Peter told him putting his hand on his shoulder "Isn't there something we can do?" Adrian asked him.

Peter was silent "We've tried everything, but there may be… there may be one one thing we can do but I wanted to ask you about it."

"What is it, whatever it is we should at least try?" Adrian suggested to him throwing off his covers and getting up in front of him, "It isn't going to be that simple Adrian if we do this it could change everything for us." Peter told him getting up.

Adrian gaped at him "So, we save everything right?"

"Adrian-" "Everyone, I don't care how we do it but if we can save Aunt May we should, right?" Adrian asked him interrupting, Peter knelt down and grabbed his son by the arms "You don't know what you're asking, I don't even know how this is going to effect us all I know is we're out of options."

Adrian grabbed onto his dad "Doesn't matter, we owe it to Aunt May, it won't change the fact your my dad and I love you." Adrian said hugging Peter, who hugged him back hiding his own tears "I'm so sorry Adrian."

Adrian came too on the floor of the Runaways underground hideout, the Staff of One started to hum and glow with a red aura, the living room started to grow dark till it was pitch black except for the red light coming from the staff "N-Nico I'm not sure it worked I only got a brief image can we do it again?" Adrian said opening his eyes to see Nico was absolutely frozen all of the Runaways were, except for Adrian.

"Nico?" Adrian asked seeing something was amiss.

"She cannot hear you Adrian Parker." A voice said behind and in front of him, Adrians spider sense burned hot as he felt the shadows close in around him. "Who's there?" Adrian asked looking around in every direction, "Are you the one doing this to me?"

"Clever boy." The voice said "Why then, why are you doing this are you like Anasi another guy playing with me?" Adrian snapped at the voice. At first Adrian only saw a shadow cloaked in scarlet red, the two who eyes burning like flames, then he appeared.

A towering demonic figure with wild red hair, a face like a dagger and knives for teeth smiling at him, "Who… who the hell are your?"

"I…" the demon said a forked tongue slithering out "... am your truth." The demon said to him.

"My truth?" Adrian asked the demon odder before the Demon gave a slight bow or nod of confirmation "You mean, you did this, your the reason I'm back in LA, why nobody remembers me?" Adriana asked.

The Demon smiled at him with his fangs "Yes… and no, if you truly wish to know who is responsible look to your beloved family that you crave to return to."

Adrian curled both his hands into fists "What, Who the hell are you!" he snapped jumping off the floor toward the demon only to be knocked down with the demon not even moving an inch "Foolish mortal I am Mephisto lord of Hell, Keeper of Souls and one soul I lost was your Aunts."

"My Aunt?" Adrian asked getting up "Aunt May, what are you talking about?"

"You're parents mortal, your oh so beloved father and stepmother made a deal with me." Adrian heard the Demon laugh.

"What, why?" Adrian asked Mephisto confused.

"Why, hahaha I'm going to enjoy this more than I should but what do I care. You see boy you're dear father and mother made a deal, a deal to save your aunts life from the eternal rest."

"What kind of deal?"

"The things they cherished most dear of course, your father offered his marriage to your mother and subsequently you being partner to that family he cherished." Mephisto answered from the shadows "A love so pure, it's a rarity among even the multiverse."

"WHAT?!" Adrian yelled in shock.

"Hahahahaha, that's not even the best part it's what she offered, would you like to know oh I'll tell you anyway for my own amusement." The demon spun his cape around in a scarlet swirl before Adrian came face to face with a little girl wearing a blue Spiderman shirt with bright red hair, she had Mary Jane's face with Peters eyes and nose she was shorter than Adrian and smiling at him.

"Who, who's this?" Adrian asked backing away in a single step.

The girl started to giggle then cackle "You don't recognize me big brother?"

"Brother you mean... MJ she- you mean she was pregnant?" Adrian asked Mephisto who was nowhere to be found. The girl gave him an evil grin that had sharp fangs before Mephisto burst from her skull "Not anymore, not ever haha haha- HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA BECAUSE YOU AGREED TO IT YOUR FATHER ASKED YOU AND YOU AGREED HAHAHAHA." Mephisto howled in laughter, Adrian looked down at the floor at his own hands.

All of this… all of this is my fault, just like before its all my fault and I… I… no, no…

"YOU BASTARD!" Adrian leapt off the floor at the laughing Mephisto, the demons laughter was silenced by Adrians fist connecting right with his jaw. In a half second his guard down Mephisto the Malevolent had been struck by a mortal "Whelp." Mephisto said flicking his finger, Adrians entire body was frozen and held in the air.

Mephisto brought him close rubbing his jaw seeing Adrian had tears in his eyes but they did nothing to hide his absolute rage at the revelation "Such fury, I've condemned souls to eternal damnation for less then striking me but that would be such a waste to the carnage you could release on the world." Mephisto said before releasing Adrain from his grip onto the floor.

"You have your truth Adrian Parker, now live with it or not I care neither." Mephisto said as a large black portal with ringed flame burned behind the demon.

"..." Adrian said something muffled on the ground as he got up "Hmmm?" Mephisto asked "I swear I'm going to get you for this… I'm going to make you pay I don't care how long it takes, your going to pay for using us when I'm done your going to wish you'd never met me." Adrian whimpered.

The demon shook his head "You mortals, so quick to blame us demons for your problems you ask for our help then scorn us for aiding you very well come for me then I'll be waiting though it will probably be a long time." Mephisto said before he walked into the portal, Adrian saw a chance and took it. Getting up he ran at Mephisto and tried to hit him again but the demon vanished into the portal that shut as soon as he was in making Adrians fist connect with solid stone. The red hue around them vanished and the Runaways unfroze from Mephisto enchantment, they looked to see Adrian up against the wall his knuckles buried into the stone of the bedrock blood trickling down in thick droplets mixing with a puddle of tears.

"Did it… did it work Adrian?" Nico asked him "Y-yeah… it worked." Adrian said taking his left hand from the wall, he had a few broken fingers that were split open "I know why now."

Nico and Victor gave each other worrisome glance again before Adrian turned around "It was me I did this." Adrian said.

"I can't go back now, I can't go home or else it'll keep happening, I won't be able to see my mom or my dad, I won't be able to go back to school to my friends cause they won't even know I ever existed." Adrian said leaning on the wall falling down on his ass clutching his forehead to hide both crying eyes.

"I had it… god fucking da-a-ah-ah-mit I finally had what we wanted, what we always wanted and lost it all cause I was to dumb to see what an idiot I was…" Adrian moaned balling his eyes out.

But as he spoke the only Runaway who moved toward him to comfort him, was the least qualified ChaseStein "Don't worry about it kid, parents, school it's all overrated." Chase said kneeling down looking at him "In a week you'll see your better off without them and if they really loved you they'd have done something about it." Chase said getting Adrian to look up but instead of sympathy Adrians eyes had returned to anger.

He grabbed Chase by the kneck jumping on top of him "Fuck you, do you hear me FUCK YOU you don't know anything about my family or me, so dodn't act like you know!" Adrian snapped at them "Don't you see, I don't have anything anymore, no home, no family not even my dog or my name it's all gone… its all…" even as his anger spiked the sadness he felt was still too strong to beware "It's aaaalll… g-g gooooooneea ahahahahaaaahhaaahh." Adrian cried and spoke at the same time before he let go of Chase and got up running to the door.

"Jesus, what's his problem?" Chase holding his neck as he got up.

"Can you not be an ass for once Chase!?" Victor suddenly snapped to the oldest Runaway.

Chase glared at him as turned their attention to them "What parents are overrated, so he doesn't have to go to school anymore, that's great." Chase snapper arms in the air confused at the sudden world against him.

"Dios mios Chase not all of us grew up in Malibu with an asshole dad and drunk

Mom, can't you tell this kids hurting?" Victor snapped pointing in the direction where Adrian ran "He came to us for help, then he attacked me, twice!" Chase barked holding up two fingers to make his point.

The android grabbed his head pulling at his hair "Jesus you're pretentious Chase, don't you think about anyone else's feelings but yours? Didn't you listen to him he just lost his whole life because of his parents, trying to save more of his family no less but they weren't murders like ours his father's Spider-Man— he's like the coolest hero ever?"

"And there's the fanboy shit again, who cares what happens to him we did what he asked now he's gone." Chase groaned sarcastically rolling his eyes not seeing Victors fist, suddenly Victor smashed him across the face with a right hook.

"Aaaaahhh why is everyone hitting me!?" Chase screamed holding his jaw before walking towards victor in search of retribution before Xavier creates an invisible wall between the two boys.

"Cause you're being a jackass, God Chase we know you're dad was an absolute piece of shit to you, we're sorry you think we wish he was still around we don't, but at least you had a dad when you were his age? As the only one who didn't have a dad in his life I think I can say having one who loved you only to be erased from your life isn't something you can just shrug off. Didn't you hear him, unlike you he loves him and his mom and it sounded like they... they loved him." Victor got really quiet then, head bowed shaking it putting his hands in his hips. He tucked his lip into his lower one as he walked away from the others taking a deep breath.

"Don't you guys remember that, that feeling when you come home or when they picked you up from school when you fell who picked you back up, when you were sick who took care of you; kissing boo boos away being tucked in being held and loved unconditionally by who..." Victor started to get distressed his eyes growing red and puffy, wiping them

Before he continued looking back at them "I miss my madre okay, I miss her cooking and I miss hearing her voice even if it was telling me to go to school or yelling at me okay."

Victor held back his tears getting silent, Karolina was getting emotional too from Victors speech "I-I need a minute." She said hurrying out of the room with Xavin following, even Nico was holding it in as Chase stood there his face growing sullen at the pain he'd caused his friends. None more so than their youngest member, Molly was biting her lip trim bling till she couldn't hold it in anymore.

"I-I-I-hic... I want... my... I WANT MY MOMMY AND DADDY TOO WAAAAAAHHH!" Molly suddenly burst into tears screaming giving Nico her escape, she rushed over to Molly and pulled her into a sobbing hug.

Chase slapped his forehead in regret and walked over to the girl "Molly I'm sorry I didn't-" "You've done enough Chase now did this." Nico snapped her eyes also watery at Chase missing her own parents despite who they really were.

"Come on Stein." Chase heard Victor say gesturing to the door "What?"

"We're going after him." Victor said dragging Chase by his collar to the door.

SOMEWHERE IN LA

Adrian was curled up on top of one of LA's skyscrapers at the peak of the skyline, in the fetal position, he looked up his eyes red and puffy from the night sky and looked over the edge of the building knowing it be a long but short way down. Getting up he sighed extending one foot over and fell down.

Maybe this is better, maybe if I end it now nothing bad will happen to them anymore.

The wind rushed past his long brown hair, the wind whipping against his face roughing toward the pavement a rapidly increasing speed.

But That's not who I am.

Adrian let fly a web from his left arm and it caught up on a building making his hair brush against the pavement as he swung back up onto another building, his heart was racing a million beats per second as he got off the ledge and down onto the roof trying to catch his breath.

What does this mean, does it mean I get a do over does it mean I lost I'm so confused. Maybe that's it actually maybe this is a do over, I get to try it all over again on a clean slate but will dad remember me will Mary Jane? That newspaper didn't make any mention of Peter Parker or Adrian Parker, did Mephisto wipe out his memory too?

I need to know.

Adrian jumped off the rooftop and swung down to the nearest abandoned phone booth on an empty street, looking around to make sure nobody was near him. He smashed his already injured hand into the phone booth breaking its coin box letting he coins sprinkle out onto the floor, picking up some quarters he slipped them into the slot and took off the phone dialing in the number he'd never forgotten.

"I'm sorry the number you have dialed is a cellular device please deposit an additional 25 cents." The phone said to him, Adrian picked up another and slipped it in and let it start to ring.

He heard the sound of a phone being answered not the other end and held his breath "Go for Peter Parker?"

Adrian didn't say anything for the longest time "Helloooooooooo I can hear you breathing?"

"... dad?" Adrian asked.

"Da…." Adrian heard the phone drop and clatter on the floor "Oh my god, Adrian I've been looking everywhere for you oh thank god where are you, are you hurt, tell me where you are I'll be there right away and-"

Oh Jonas he remembers, oh thank Thor he has forgotten me too

"Dad oh god I thought you were like everyone else everyone's forgotten me." Adrian said finally managing to shed some tears of joy.

"God Adrian I don't know where to start we-" "Made a deal with a demon that cost you and Mom your marriage for Aunt May and somehow erased the memory of our secret identities across the globe?" Adrian said interrupting him.

On the other end of the line Peter asked "How did you figure that out?"

"Well I ran into some old friends, well not my friends but they have a witch." Adrain said laughing it off before he sat down in the booth finally founding some reprieve from the nightmare.

"Well don't keep me in suspense Spider-Boy, tell me where you are so I can come get you?" Peter asked his son.

Wait… what if I'm right, what if I do go back and things do get worse it seems anytime I try to do right I end up wrong.

"Dad… I don't think I should come back, at least not yet I need to think on some stuff figure out things." Adrian said squeezing the phone.

"What, Adrian you're still just a kid we can't figure this all out." Peter replied urgently "I don't think we can, I need to do this on my own." Adrian said looking at himself in his own reflection.

"No, Adrian listen to me don't go it alone you don't have to be alone, nobody wants to be alone, believe me we all need help sometimes." Peter said quickly almost screaming into the phone "Don't worry Dad I won't be alone." Adrian said as he started to hang up the phone seeing Chase and Victor standing outside the phone booth.

"Adrian just wait, just-just tell me where you are, we can go back to how it used to be we can go back-"

Click*

Adrian walked out of the phone booth toward Victor and Chase looking up at them wiping his eyes "How are you feeling?" Victor asked "Like crap, I just said goodbye to the one person in the world who I think cares for me, you guys got room for one more Runaway?" Adrian asked them.

"Course we do even more so that your a boy, since I don't consider Xavin a guy most of the time." Chase said smiling goofy like.

"Ha guess so and sorry about before Chase, hope I didn't hurt you?" Adrian said "Only his pride, now let's go home Adrian." Victor said leading him back to the Leap Frog as the sun rose on a Brand New Day.

I can't go back, I know that now I've spent so many years trying to be Spider-Boy but Spider-Boy can never be gone it's who I was born to be but for now I'll settle for Adrian Parker. You can't go back, you can only go forward so that's what I'll do I'll go and seize tomorrow for today and keep moving forward.