I finished this on AO3, but I decided to also post it here.
After saw Spider-Man: No Way Home, I...was...FURIOUS!
How dare they do this to Peter, MJ, Ned, and poor May!
Enough with this stupid trope that says Spider-Man has to alone and that superheroes can't be happy! FUCK THOSE TROPES!
*heavy breathing* Anyway, this is my own version of the trio getting through the rest of High School with Peter's identity still being secret.
I own nothing from Marvel or Spider-Man
Chapter 2: Another Spider-Man?!
The bell rang for the end of Chemistry.
"Chapter 1 by tomorrow, ladies and gentlemen," The teacher reminded the students. "Mr. Parker, a word?"
Peter turned and walked back into the classroom, just as he was getting ready to leave.
"I trust you remember the field trip we took Freshmen year to ESU?" The teacher asked. "To Dr. Connors laboratory?"
Peter chuckled to himself; that was the trip where the spider bit him and he got his powers.
"Of course, sir."
Connors had been a scientist Peter had read about for years, a man accomplished in the study of both human and animal biology, particularly that of reptiles. Anyone who was anyone in the scientific community knew who Dr. Connors was!
"Glad to hear it, because he's offering an internship to promising high schoolers," The teacher said. "I recommended my star pupil."
"Seriously?!" asked Peter in unbridled excitement. Waiting by the door for him, MJ smiled.
"Connors is holding a tour for his lab so people can view his work, and I trust you'll be there?"
"Absolutely!" Peter exclaimed.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Scene Change~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
At lunch, Peter, Ned and MJ sat together.
"So how'd you think you did?" MJ asked him about their Spanish pop quiz.
"The vocabulary part wasn't so bad, but that translation paragraph was insane," Peter replied.
"No way, the free write was the worst," Ned argued. "Like I can talk about my favorite family trip in Spanish for 500 words?"
"Maybe she should have asked you to talk about Star Wars," MJ replied sarcastically. "Bet you could have gone on about that for at least eight pages."
Peter and Ned rolled their eyes, "So, did you guys see that we have a new kid in our class?"
"Harry Osborn," MJ said with disgust.
"Are we talking about the son of Norman Osborn, head of Oscorp?" Ned asked.
"Is there any other famous Osborn?" MJ replied sarcastically.
"What's the big deal?" Ned wondered out loud.
"Norman Osborn may be successful, but he's known for being crooked," MJ explained. "Tony Stark did some shit before he reformed himself as Iron Man, but Osborn is worse. And get this, they had a rivalry, but Stark always won."
"And now Norman Osborn's son is gonna be attending," Peter added.
"Just because his father is crooked doesn't mean his son is," Ned stated.
Peter shrugged, "Maybe..."
His phone beeped, indicating he got a text, but the number was "Blocked".
Curiosity getting the best of him, he checked the message, only to get more confused. It was GPS coordinates on a map, and a caption.
"BE THERE AFTER SCHOOL
BRING YOUR BF & GF"
Now Peter went from confused to concerned. Whoever this was, they knew about MJ and Ned...and he could only wonder about what else they knew.
"What's with the look, dork?" MJ asked, with genuine concern.
"Is something wrong, Peter?" asked Ned.
"I just got a weird text."
"Weird how?" Ned asked.
"All I got was GPS coordinates, and asking all three of us to come."
"Okay, I don't think this is a good idea," said MJ.
"I agree, but it doesn't seem like a threat," Ned countered. "I mean, the message doesn't say "Come here, or else"."
"Well...I guess it can't really hurt to see," Peter said, "But the moment something's up, you two run."
Both of them held up three fingers, meaning "Scout's Honor".
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Scene Change~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
After school was over, Peter, MJ and Ned cautiously went to the location, which strangely was an abandoned warehouse at the corner of a street just north-west from Mid-Town High.
"So far, so good," said Ned as he looked around, but then he heard a thud. "What was that?!"
A cat suddenly ran by, having knocked over a trash can.
"Be careful, it can smell fear," MJ said, sarcastically.
Peter chuckled, then looked around for anything out of place when he got another text.
"CHECK THE BACK
HIDDEN DOOR NEXT TO GRAFFITI"
Soon, they headed around to the back of the warehouse, where they found a wall that was covered with graffiti.
"Well, here we are," said MJ. "You see a door?"
Peter tried to feel the concrete on the wall, but his hand went through it! This made him panic a little; holograms? Was this Mysterio?!
"No, this isn't one of Quinten Beck's illusions," A familiar distorted male voice spoke out.
The three teens recognized it was the hacker who exposed Mysterio's lies!
"It's you!" Peter called. "Why did you call us here?"
"Easy Parker, we can play 20 questions later," The hacker responded. "Please, step inside."
Tentatively, Peter stepped through the hologram wall, followed by Ned, then MJ. Inside was a space the size of a waiting area, and one door. A camera light above it scanned the three teens, then the door slid up.
The teens walked in hesitantly and faced quite a sight. Peter had never seen what Tony Stark's workshop, lab, or whatever he called it looked like, but he imagined it was something like this!
Some upbeat rock music boomed from the surround speakers, and the playing track was "Eden Through the Rough" from Edens Zero!
"Well...this was not what I was expecting," said MJ.
"And what did you expect?" A youthful male voice called out, grunting in effort. "The usual look of an abandoned place in New York?"
The three teens looked to the left and saw a young man of at least 27 years doing pull-ups on a Salmon Ladder, and jumping up the levels.
He had dark brown hair in a buzz-cut, his skin was a mixed complexion of Caucasian and African-American like MJ's, but lighter. He wore a red, sleeveless exercise shirt, and black exercise shorts.
He had the slim, but muscular build of an athlete.
"Are you the one who...made that video?" asked Peter.
"I recorded the fight, and hid your face to keep your identity secret," The guy answered, reaching the top of the ladder, then dropped down, landing perfectly. "And it was me talking the whole time."
"Dude, what kind of software do you use?" Ned asked with enthusiasm.
"That's hard to explain," The guy responded.
"Okay, stop beating around the bush; who are you?" MJ demanded.
The guy turned to face them, revealing a rather handsome face. He had hazel-colored eyes, and a noticeable slash-scar over his right eye. Thankfully, his eye wasn't damaged.
The guy smirked, then squinted. Peter felt the buzzing sensation of his "Peter Tingle" in his head, and felt a similar kind of signal coming from the mystery guy's head.
After the buzzing stopped, Peter silently gasped, "You're like me...!"
"So now there are TWO Spider-Mans?" asked Ned.
"Even though Beck and his crew made up the story of him being from a Parallel Earth, the Multiverse does exist," The guy said. "You can ask Doctor Strange, he'll confirm it."
"You know Doctor Strange?" Peter asked.
"The one from my Earth, but I know there's one here," the guy responded. "Beck also lied about what Earth this is; Earth 616 is another one. This is Earth 199, and I'm from Earth 325."
"Okay, but we still don't know your name," MJ pointed out.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Narration~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"Alright, let's do this one last time. My name is Aaron Flynn. I was bitten by a genetically altered spider. And for 9 years, I've been the one and only, Spider-Man.
Years before that, I lost my parents, and now the only family I have left is my younger sister. We survived on our own, made friends, went to Duel Academy, made even more friends...and rivals, saved the world at least 8 times with the power of Duel Monsters.
Went to high school, then the spider bit me. I saved the city a bunch of times, fell in love, founded The Avengers, saved the world twice with them, then saved the city some more. Oh, and I made lots of super-friends along the way, as well as enemies.
After years of good deeds...The Avengers broke up and...friendships were lost. But we came back together and saved the freakin' universe...after we lost the first time around...
But after everything, I still love being Spider-Man. I mean, who wouldn't? So, no matter how many hits I take, I always find a way to get back up, because I'm one of the heroes that protects my home from oblivion."
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~End Narration~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"...What was that?" asked MJ.
"A flashback, I'll tell you later," Aaron replied, "But yes...I am, essentially, Spider-Man from an alternate universe."
"Dude, Yu-Gi-Oh! is real in your world?!" Ned asked excitedly.
"Yep, but I guess here it's an anime," Aaron said.
"So, from what you've said, the same stuff happened in your universe as it did here?" Peter asked.
"Mostly," Aaron responded. "Some things are different, like Black Widow is dead."
"So, Tony still...?" Peter couldn't even finish the sentence, and Aaron just nodded sadly.
"...I see..." Peter said, sadly, causing MJ to hug him from the side.
"So, where's your suit?" Ned asked after a minute.
Aaron smiled, then grabbed a really cool watch from one of the tables. He put it on his left wrist, pushed a couple buttons, then pressed down on the face.
What happened next was one of the coolest things Peter, Ned and MJ had ever seen. Just like Iron Man's last two armors, Aaron's suit was made of nanotech that originated from his watch. It materialized in seconds, finishing with the mask, then the eyes closed like lenses.
The mask, neck and collar area was all red, but the rest of the costume was mostly a dark blue color. There was a large red spider on the chest area, the first two legs went into the collar, the next two stretched into lines going across his shoulders to another large spider on his back, and to some small spider-shaped gauntlets on the tops of his wrists, with two of spiders' legs wrapped around his wrists. The knuckles had small had spikes on them. The next two legs of the spider on his chest wrapped around his back, just above his waist, and the last two legs went down to just above his abs. Under his arms were patches of all red, then the waist down to below the knees was all dark blue. The boots were red, with four dark blue lines wrapped around his calves. Finally, the eyes were larger than the ones on Peter's mask, mostly white with black lining around them.
(AN: The suit from Spider-Man Unlimited, but no Cape.)
"...That is severely cool," said Ned.
"Did Mr. Stark make your suit?" Peter asked.
"Yes and no, we worked on it together," Aaron answered. "Along with Reed Richards; don't ask."
MJ approached him and tapped the suit, discovering that it was made of metal.
"How can you move in a suit like this?" asked MJ.
"If you're familiar with Vibranium, this material is even lighter, and stronger," Aaron answered. "Tony and I agreed to call it Gundamium, and yes; that name is based off Gundam."
"...Awesome...!" Peter and Ned whispered in awe.
"Oh, great, you turned on the nerd in them," said MJ.
"Hey, no shame in using pop culture to name your stuff," Aaron said.
"So, why are you here on our Earth?" MJ asked.
"I have an acquaintance that can send me to different dimensions, among other things," Aaron responded. "And I decided to come to this one, cause...you need a mentor, kid."
Peter looked a little put off, "I-I think I do pretty good."
"You do, but you can better," Aaron put his suit back in his watch. "For one thing, two of your enemies know who you are. In every other universe I've been to, including my own; Vulture and Mysterio never know Spider-Man's identity."
Peter bit his lip and looked a little sheepish.
"Second, you need to take better care of your suits," Aaron took a backpack from one of the shelves and tossed it to Peter.
Peter caught it and opened it up...revealing the first suit that Tony Stark made for him!
"Oh my God, thank you!" Peter exclaimed. "I thought I lost this!"
"No prob, can I see your new suit for a sec?"
Peter reluctantly gave Aaron his new suit, then the tech whiz hooked it to a USB plug and brought up a bunch of 3D holograms.
"Whoa, it's like Mr. Stark's workstation!" Peter exclaimed.
Aaron went over to the digital projections, grabbed a couple and dragged them over to the image of Peter's suit.
"What are you doing?" Ned asked.
"Giving the suit a few upgrades," Aaron answered. "Improving the Heads-Up Display, converting Karen and all of Tony's ideas..."
"Who's Karen?" MJ asked.
"Some female A.I. that Mr. Stark put into the suit for me," Peter responded. "But she was held back at first because of Mr. Stark's "Training Wheels Protocol"."
MJ scoffed; she wasn't too surprised that Stark tried to "baby" Peter.
Aaron added a couple more things, then he was finished.
"Booyah, fully armed!"
Aaron added a couple more things, then he was finished. Peter took the suit back, and Aaron promised he'd stay in touch.
Strangely, the fan wiki site for the MCU labels Peter's first suit as "Destroyed", but we don't see it happen on screen. So, I saved it, cause it's a damn shame to lose it!
I hope everyone likes this, because we especially need it after the disaster that is No Way Home!
If you agree, give me a "HELL YEAH" in the comments.
Read and review, please!