Answers to reviewers' questions or statements:
charger2040: Diana won't find out about Peter's cancer for a while since in year two she's out like a lightbulb. And as for why I dislike Naruto well I could always send a PM telling why but the main reason is Naruto himself is an idiot, Sauske's redemption is a joke and the romances for most of the character's suck
Harbinger of Kaos: His reasons will be shown later on why he can't just take a dip in a Lazarus pit or head on over to Thmeyscira for a bit of that Purple ray action
Disclaimer: I don't own any Marvel or DC characters seen, mentioned or used in this story
Year two…
RING…RING…RING…RING
Diana groaned as she buried her head under her covers as the sound of her alarm went off beside her. She waited for it to hopefully stop before she pulled the covers off and slammed her hand down on the device, shattering it to pieces
"And that's why I buy the cheap ones" Peter said as he entered the room with a smile
Diana gave him a playful look as she laid back in bed "Peter…why are up so early?"
Peter shrugged "Was hoping to bring you breakfast in bed but well…I didn't want to risk suffering the same fate as alarm clock number seventy over there"
Diana gave him an amused look "Is that right?"
Peter nodded before they both heard what sounded like multiple people running towards the room "Well that and our little munchkins may have had something to do with it"
Suddenly two little four-year old's, a boy and girl, brushed past Peter and jumped into heir Diana's form and hugged her
"MOMMY!" the girl yelled in delight as she snuggled into Diana's chest while the boy placed a kiss on her cheek
"Good morning mother" he said much quitter compared to his sibling
Diana smiled warmly at her son and daughter "Good morning April, and you to Richard"
Peter than made his way over to the three before he picked them all up with his enhanced strength "Family hug!"
He then began to spin them around much to Richard and April's delight as Diana laughed-
"How utterly pathetic" a dark voice spoke up and suddenly Diana found herself standing in an empty room that felt cold suddenly
Diana turned to the source of the voice and growled at who she saw
"ARES! Why are you here!" the princess growled out and balled her fists
Ares shrugged "Just wanted to see what it is that your dreaming about to be honest… have to admit though, you and the Spider do make such lovely children"
Diana watched the war god circle her with a smirk before he stooped and stared at her "Tell me Diana, do you truly believe that you and your precious Peter can still have this-" he gestured to the room before looking towards her "-After all that's happened?"
Diana stared at Ares with a narrowed gaze "Yes… I do"
Ares watched his half-sister for moment before shrugging "Good luck with that…"
"What do you mean by that Ares?!" Dian said as she took a step towards the war god before he suddenly vanished but not before leaving some rather cryptic words for her
"I'll be surprised if you even recognize him when you reunite dear sister…"
Diana's brow furrowed at that before she suddenly felt some one tugging in her hand. She looked down to see it was Richard watching her with a curious expression
"Mother, are you okay?"
Diana nodded before she leaned down and gave her son a kiss on the head "Yes dear, mommy's just thinking is all. Now go get your sister, I believe a trip to you Aunt and Uncle is due"
Richard smiled before he ran to his room followed closely by his sister as Peter appeared behind her and wrapped his arms around her waist and kissed her neck "You know, I think I'll be able to convince Ben and MJ to take them for the night so you and I can uh…discuss some things"
Diana moaned as she looked over her shoulder at Peter with a coy grin "Like what?"
Peter kissed her on the lips and smiled "Like wheatear or not you can still look good tied up in a giant spider web or not"
Diana hummed at the thought as she began to press herself into Peter "Guess we'll find out later no?"
Peter smirked as he brought her into another kiss
…
In the outside world Diana was being watched over by her mother who couldn't help but wonder what it is that Diana was dreaming about that would have her smile ever so slightly
'Perhaps it's this Peter…' the queen thought as she gazed out towards the sea
…
Peter was currently standing behind Jim Gordon who was preparing to address the former members of what appeared to be most of the GCPD with Harvey Bullock and his partner Renee Montoya flanking him on each side
Behind Peter were Black Canary, Huntress, Batwoman, and Catwoman who were also watching the crowd with a careful eye
Jim looked at the group before him before he cleared his throat "It's boiling over out there. Superman doesn't understand. Gotham won't just sit still while super powered thugs take over the city"
"Church comish!" one of the officers towards that back yelled in agreement while many of his fellow officers nodded as well
Peter chuckled quietly at the comment and he saw that Jim himself seemed to be struggling not to grin before he continued his speech
"He thinks soldiers marching in, declaring curfews and beating people up will result in order" Jim smirked than "But Gotham citizens have never been known for their compliance"
"Damn straight!" a man who belongs with GCPD's SWAT team said loudly with several of his men clapping him on the back
Jim nodded at the man "We know this. We know that violence alone doesn't get the job done"
'Oh but it makes it sooooo much funner…' Venom hissed quietly in Peter's mind
"We don't have a job anymore" one of the female cops said that was near the front of the crowd said with a saddened face
Jim looked at her with an understanding look "We still have a job to do. It just got a lot harder and a lot bigger"
Peter couldn't resist and let out a snicker that was heard by a few people both behind him and in the crowd. Huntress rolled her eyes as did Black Canary while Catwoman and Batwoman were both smirking
Harvey looked like he was tempted to say something about Jim's choice of words but thought better of it and just settled for giving the man a smile that said 'Yeah I ain't letting this go for a long time Jim'
Jim mentally face palmed 'Sounded better in my head…'
He then took a deep breath and continued "We need to protect Gotham's citizens from their so-called protectors and we need to keep our city safe"
It was than a man from the crowd stepped forward "And how do you propose we do that commissioner?" he then gestured to Harvey "You know what happened to Bullock. He had a badge in his hand when they did that to him"
Peter at that moment leaned into Catwoman's ear and whispered "Harvey's face was already the scene of injustice acts before they even touched him"
Catwoman had to stifle a laugh "Your awful…"
Harvey sent the two a glare of annoyance before he turned to the guy who mentioned his beat down from a group of Superman's soldiers earlier "Yeah, I did have a badge in my hand. And now I'm standing here for a reason"
Jim than stepped forward and raised his voice "You won't need your badges anymore!"
As Jim continued his speech Peter heard Black Canary's ear piece go off with the voice of Guy Gardner one of the four green Lanterns of Earth or three now since according to Dinah through Guy, Kyle Rayner was missing and presumed dead and given what Superman did to Oliver Queen…
Peter shook his head to clear it of the dark thoughts trying to take route in it
"Guy what is it?" Black Canary asked
"Oracle's mystery person on the inside was right about the location of the battle" Guy said in a serious tone that Peter has rarely heard from the man "And it's not good. All your fears about Superman didn't prepare me for this level of insanity. I think Superman is working with the Sinestro Corps"
"Wait what?" Peter said as he turned his head to Dinah who looked equally shocked
Peter quickly approached Dinah and pressed his finger to her ear piece and had his suit connect him to it "Guy it's Peter can you repeat that?"
"Peter?" Guy said in surprise at hearing his old friend's voice "Much as I want to catch up with you at the moment I'm afraid I'm now pressed for time but yeah I think Superman has actually gone over to the dark side"
"So Superman now has an apparent army of Yellow Lanterns at his disposal…great" Peter said with a sigh of annoyance
Guy nodded even though no one could see it "This thing just got way bigger than the Guardians realize. I have to return to Oa. I don't know how long it'll be until I can come back with a way to bring Superman down"
"Copy that Guy, do what you can. Even if it means getting the backing of Atrocitus and his Corps instead" Peter said as the powerful leader of the Red Lanterns came to mind
"Heh, I know that old Arty wouldn't mind tearing Superman a new one" Guy chuckled before his voice grew serious "Try to stay alive Webs yeah? I still want to have a drinking buddy when I get back"
Peter smirked at that "And here I already had the funeral planned out. Don't worry Guy, until you get back with hopefully a couple hundred Lanterns we'll try not to do anything stupid"
Guy on the other line smirked "Anyone else said that I might believe them, but since it's coming from Spider-man, I'm going to have to call bullshit"
Peter smiled at the accurate statement "Stay safe Guy…"
"You to web head, and tell Ben and MJ that I said sup" Guy said before he ended the call
"Things are about to get complicated, aren't they?" Dinah looked at Peter who nodded
"Oh yes they are" Peter said as he turned to see a woman who spoke up earlier approach the sort of stage that Jim was on
"We won't need our badges anymore? Your asking us to quit the force? How are we supposed to pay our bills?" the woman said in disbelief
"Money won't be much of an issue" Catwoman said as she stepped forward
The woman gave Selina a look if contempt "Maybe not for you thief. But my kids are used to a certain lifestyle that includes extravagances like food!"
"Enough with the attitude" Renee said as she crossed her arms under her chest
"We have a private benefactor. You will all be very well taken care of financially" Peter said before he shrugged "can't say that they will but hey who cares, it's money being offered up on a silver platter"
Jim gave the woman a look of understanding "I understand your concerns and I didn't bring you here to waste your time"
"Why did you bring us here?" the woman asked with suspicion
Jim's face grew serious at this "Because your good police. You care about this city and its people. And every single one of you has stood up to authority without fear when you thought it was the right thing to do. Some of you have even stood up to me"
"Yeah and I still got suspended for it" a guy from the back yelled in good humor which earned a chuckle from Jim
Jim than placed his hands on his waist and spoke in a clear and loud voice "I'm offering you a chance to stand up for what's right again! I'm offering you a chance to be police!"
It was than another man from the crowd spoke up "How? How are we supposed to do the job with 'them' in our city?"
It was then that Peter spoke up "Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls of all ages… and whatever the hell Harvey is- "Screw you bug boy"- As of now you all will be witnessing a revolutionary breakthrough in biotechnology"
Peter than snapped his fingers and Batwoman stepped forward and held up a small pill
"This here" Peter gestured to the small pill "Will help solve all of your problems with Superman's band of Judge Dredd rejects"
"What's it do?" another person asked from the crowd
"I'm glad you asked kind sir" Peter said as he looked to Jim "Jim be a sport and take the pill"
Jim nodded before eh grabbed it and swallowed the enhancing drug. Peter in the meantime went over towards Renee and held out his hand "My dear if you'd be so kind…"
The woman gave Peter a skeptical look as she handed him her side arm and no sooner did she do it that Peter turned around and fired into Jim's head at point blank range. The crowd was stunned while Jim didn't so much as flinch as the bullet bounced of his head and fell to the ground
"One of these beauties has a host of benefits that come with it including but not limited to strength on par with the likes of Superman, durability that'll let you walk through a nuclear minefield and not get so much as a scratch on you. Warning side effects may include trouble sleeping, random moments of arousal and constipation or chest pain. This spill shouldn't be taken with alcohol or with an erection lasting more than four hours and make sure to ask your doctor if your healthy enough to kick the crap out of Superman…any questions?" Peter said as he gave the crowd an expectant look
"It was than a man with a hook on his arm that Peter remembers going by the name Cash spoke up with a grin on his face "Yeah, why didn't you just lead with that in the first place?"
Peter couldn't help but smile as he saw everyone in the room taking a step forward willing to aid the Insurgency in stopping Superman
'First week and I've gathered an army…so far so good' Peter thought
…
"So how'd it go?" Bruce asked from his bed as Peter sans his black suit and Barbara entered his room
"Well Jim was able to convince them that standing up to Superman and his meta human army was the best thing they can do" Peter said as he hopped on to the wall and folded his arms across his chest "But Jim didn't stick to the original plan I'm afraid"
Barbara gave him a smirk "You mean the one where you wanted my father to drop to the ground after shooting him in the head and you suddenly saying oh wait now I remember i have to wait five minutes before the pills affects take place?"
"Oh come on, it would have been funny" Peter whined
Barbara shook her head in slight disbelief and amusement at the man's antics while Bruce cleared his throat loudly
"Let's get back to the part where Superman and Sinesrto are now allies" Bruce said grimly
"Yeah, they also imprisoned the Green Lanterns who came here to arrest Superman ironically enough" Barbara said as she pulled out her laptop "Bruce things aren't looking good and it'll be some time until Guy gets back with any kind of re-enforcements"
"Considering how much of a threat Sinestro is to the Green Lanterns and Superman himself, it'll be some time until the Guardians can gather a sufficient force to fight them" Bruce said in deep thought
"It can't take that long can it?" Barbara asked with a frown
"Babs" Peter said getting the red head's attention "The Corps has over several thousand other sectors that are likely going through their own crap, they can't just drop everything and rush here to fix our problems without risking something worse in another sector from happening"
"Peter's right Barbara, the Guardians won't be able to get here any time soon…maybe months" Bruce said as he rubbed his head before looking towards Peter "Your contact said they found something of interest?"
Peter nodded "Yep, they're part of this mercenary group that's being led by some unknown leader that's having them tear up an island out in the middle of nowhere. According to them, they found Kryptonite"
"How much?" Barbara asked "Thanks to the Justice League any remaining Kryptonite on earth after Metropolis has been located and destroyed"
"Thirty kilos" Peter said
Both Barbara's eyes and Bruce's widened at that amount which caused Peter to chuckle
"Yeah and according to them, the group they're with may have found even more buried in other parts of the island"
"Bruce, if we could just get a few pounds of that-" Barbara started only for Bruce to interrupt her as he kept his gaze on Peter
"What do you have in mind?"
Peter stared at the crippled man for a long time before he spoke "I'm going to need a team to go retrieve some of it. Having some Kryptonite on hand my come in handy when we make our move against Superman"
Bruce nodded at that before looking towards Barbara "Get the Birds ready and see if you can have Jim ge-"
"Actually Bruce…" Peter said as he hopped of the wall and gave the man a sheepish look "…I kind of already have a few people in mind that can help us"
Bruce looked at Peter with a questioning look "Who?"
"The Ultimates"
And done.
So, next chapter Peter beings to reassemble his team with a few newcomers and the Insurgency learns from a surprising source what happened to the Teen Titans…