My own version of the Clone Saga
I own nothing from Marvel or Spider-Man
Chapter 12: The Clone Saga
~One Week Later~
It was now Spring Break, and all the students of Midtown Tech were enjoying their time off!
"So, any Spring Break plans?" Ned asked as he walked with Peter.
He shrugged in response, "Not really. I do know I wanna spend time with MJ, but..."
"Dude, you two are practically always joined at the hip!" Ned joked.
Peter blushed heavily as they came close to MJ's apartment, "We're not THAT bad!"
"I've heard that before," Ned quipped.
"At least we don't do all those pet-names you and Betty did," Peter countered.
"Touché Parker, touché," Ned replied.
They saw MJ and Caleb at the park across from their apartment, playing basketball. She'd gotten her hair trimmed a bit, but still had that unruly, curly look with one strand hanging on the right side of her face, and in her ponytail. She was wearing a light grey sleeveless tank, black Adidas workout pants with white stripes on the sides, and purple Adidas shoes. Caleb was wearing a black and white jersey with red numbers, red shorts and Air Jordan's.
"MJ!" Peter called, getting her attention.
"Hey, Peter! Hey, Ned!" MJ waved as she caught the ball. She then shot a three and made it!
"I didn't know she could play B-Ball," Ned whispered.
"In my spare time, I do," MJ said. "So what's up?"
"Spring Break, duh," Ned replied.
"Ah, right," MJ said. "I'm guessing you guys have plans, too?"
"Not really," Peter answered. "Just wingin' it, really."
"Yeah, same here," she replied, before Caleb stole the ball, ran to the other hoop and did a layup!
"Oh!" Peter and Ned exclaimed while MJ smirked.
"Not bad," she said.
"What happened to "Always keep your guard up" Misha?" Caleb quipped.
"Oh okay," MJ had a challenging tone as he passed her the ball.
"Do her signature dunk, then we'll be impressed!" A new voice taunted. It was an African-American kid the same age as Caleb, with somewhat curly black hair and brown eyes. He wore a Lakers jersey, and not just any; number 24, Kobe Bryant.
"What up, Miles!" Caleb bumped fists with the boy.
"Hey, 'sup Caleb?" Miles asked. "How've you been?"
"I'm great!" Caleb replied.
"Hey kid, bout time you came back," MJ said.
"Who's your friend, MJ?" asked Peter.
"This is Miles Morales, he and his family live in Brooklyn," she answered. "His Uncle lives in our building."
"Hey Pete, two-on-two?" Caleb asked. "I know you got the reflexes for it!"
"You're on!" Peter exclaimed. "I'll go easy on ya!"
To make it fair, Peter with Caleb, MJ with Miles.
Peter blocked MJ from getting past him, but she passed the ball between his legs to Miles, who had just run past them. He caught the ball and scored!
Caleb got the ball, slipped past Miles and passed to Peter. MJ blocked him, but he maneuvered the ball around her head as he held it, confusing her and making her turn her back to him. Being cheeky, he bounced the ball off the back of her head, making Caleb, Miles and Ned go "OOOHH~".
MJ turned to him with a playful glare, "Did you just-?"
"Maybe I did," Peter said as he backed away with a smirk.
She approached him as he jumped. She jumped as well, trying to block him, but he jumped higher and shot. The ball rolled around the hoop, but eventually went in!
"Swish!" Ned cheered, just before a large explosion nearly knocked them off their feet!
"What the hell was that?!" Miles asked.
"Hey, language!" MJ scolded him. "What'd I tell you and Caleb?"
Miles pouted, "Not till we're twelve."
With everyone, including other people nearby distracted by the explosion; Peter slipped away to a nearby alley, activated his suit and began to web-swing in the direction of the blast.
Just as he got to the street, he scooped up a little kid just before he got crushed by a flying car, and handed him to his mother. She thanked him, then he finally saw what, or rather who had caused the explosion;...Scorpion?!
Last time Spidey had seen Mac Gargan, he was taken away by the police after he defeated him. But this...this Scorpion looked different. He had a similar green and black suit, but he wasn't as big in size as Gargan. His mask covered his whole face, with orange lenses. His tail was also thinner, with three prongs at the tip.
Something was definitely up.
"What are you? Scorpion 2.0?" Spidey asked.
"I'm not falling for it! I'm not!" The new Scorpion exclaimed in a frantic voice. He even sounded younger than Gargan.
Spidey squinted one of his eyes, indicating he'd just raised his eyebrow, "Okay...? What aren't you falling for?"
"I-I-I-I know all your tricks! I'm so much smarter than you it's not even funny!" New Scorpion ranted. "I'm better! I know that. So don't try and psyche me out with this damn trick. It's supposed to be here!"
Spidey scratched his head, "Okay... Well, seeing as how you're smarter than me; why don't you lie down on the ground and act like I beat the crap out of you?"
Some police cars started to pull up, but New Scorpion fired some kind of goo from his gauntlets at them, painting the windshields or putting bullet holes in the cars!
"Okay, that's new!" Spidey fired a taser-web at New Scorpion's tail, sending a shock throughout his whole body, making him scream in pain! But then, he used his tail to throw Spidey through the window of a nearby convenience store!
"OOF!" Spidey cried as he landed, frightening several customers inside.
"Sorry," He got up and jumped at New Scorpion, who also jumped toward his opponent.
"'Who are you masked mystery man?! Unveil yourself to the crowd!' He said that!" He continued to rant. "That's what he said!"
The two arachnids crashed into each other, but Scorpion had the upper hand! Spidey punched him repeatedly in the face!
"I'm no doctor, but I think you need serious therapy," he said, just as they hit the street and Scorpion punched him!
"You're not listening! You need to listen!" he yelled.
Spidey kicked him off, "Are you talking to me or the voices in your head?"
"You're still not listening!" Scorpion shouted as he grabbed at his head. "Get out! GET OUT!"
Spidey webbed him in the face, then punched him in the face several times, before throwing him up to a rooftop!
"No! NO!" New Scorpion screamed, laying on the ground almost helplessly. "You have to listen!"
"No, I've gotta end this before anyone else gets-!" Spidey began to respond, but stopped as his eyes widened.
He'd hit Scorpion's face so hard and so many times that his mask had broken apart. He saw his face, but...it was his! He was looking at the terrified face of Peter Parker!
"What in the...?!" Spidey whispered in horror.
In a small flash of purple light, Aaron appeared, "Hey, let's get out of here!"
Spidey pointed back and forth between him and where he just appeared, "How did you-?!"
"I'll explain later," Aaron then stuck his hands out, and moved his right hand in a circular motion. Peter recognized the motion just before a circular portal made from golden yellow sparks appeared before them, leading to the Avengers Compound.
Aaron kicked the fake Peter in the face, knocking him out, then helped Spidey pick him up and walked through the portal.
Bruce Banner and Dr. Cho were already waiting for them, since they saw the portal.
"I was expecting Doctor Strange," Bruce commented.
"Sorry, he'll have to take a rain check," said Aaron.
"What is going on?!" Spidey questioned. "Why is there another me?!"
Bruce and Dr. Cho looked confused until they saw Scorpion's face.
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At MJ's apartment, she and Caleb were watching a news report about what caused the explosion.
"Witnesses at the scene and camera recordings show that the assailant resembled Mac Gargan, also known as The Scorpion. However, this video shows that he might've been someone new, but with the same handle. Spider-Man showed up to stop this new Scorpion, only to later disappear after taking the fight to a rooftop."
Another video appeared on screen, and viewers could hear Scorpion yelling something as the news-anchor kept talking, "This video confirms that is was not Mac Gargan, but someone considerably younger."
They heard Scorpion's messed up rant about being smarter than Spidey.
"What is going on?" MJ asked in concern.
Caleb laughed at Spidey's response, then they were both confused when the video showed the flash of purple light on the rooftop where the fight had moved to.
"What just happened?" Caleb asked.
"I have no 'effing' clue," MJ muttered. "Maybe one of Peter's other friends are involved."
"He'll be fine," Caleb said optimistically. "He is Spider-Man after all."
For some reason, though, MJ didn't feel very reassured. Something was definitely going on.
She stood up to go to her room, "Let me know when you're ready for dinner."
"Sure," Caleb responded.
MJ thought reading a book might help take her mind off worrying about Peter. As she looked through her shelf, she didn't notice someone creeping out of her closet. This mysterious person came up behind her and covered her mouth and nose!
"MMMMFFFFF!" MJ's scream was muffled by her attacker's hand. She tried to break away, but this person was too strong. She ceased her struggle as she passed out, then her attacker picked her up and carried her out the window.
A minute later, Caleb knocked on her door, "Hey, can I make a special request for dinner?" When he didn't get a response, he opened the door. "Michelle?"
But she was gone!
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At the Avengers Compound, Dr. Banner and Dr. Cho had the Peter-lookalike in a bio-chamber, while Peter and Aaron stood nearby waiting for answers.
"This is odd," Bruce stated as looked at his computer. "94.2 percent DNA match to Peter Parker."
"But I'M PETER PARKER!" Peter exclaimed. "SO WHO OR WHAT IS THAT THING?!"
"This tail mechanism is grafted into his spinal cord," Dr. Cho said she checked her tablet. "That's an illegal biograft."
"It wouldn't be the first time," Aaron stated.
"So, what is going on here?!" Peter exclaimed.
"Okay, there's two possibilities," Aaron said. "This is either Peter from a Parallel World, or a clone."
Peter's eyes went wide as saucers at the latter theory.
"Um, whoever you are; Parallel Worlds are a theory, and a shaky one," Bruce cut in.
"I'm Aaron Flynn, and I'm actually proof of Parallel Worlds, plus I go to them all the time. On my world, I'm Spider-Man. If you want proof, ask Doctor Strange."
Bruce looked skeptical, but called the Sorcerer Supreme, who appeared seconds later via Mystic Portal.
"What's this about?" he asked, then he saw the copy of Peter in the chamber. "What in Agamotto's name?"
"Care to explain this, please?" Bruce asked.
Strange glanced briefly at Aaron, then performed some hand motions that created some mystic symbols. A three-pronged symbol slowly spun around the bio-chamber, then disappeared.
"Well, this isn't Peter Parker from another Earth," Strange said. "That only leaves one possibility, and it sickens me."
"Cloning, but it's illegal," Dr. Cho stated firmly.
Bruce activated a special communication line, then a full, life-sized 3D hologram of Nick Fury appeared, moving like he was actually there.
"Banner, if this is about what you asked before-"
"It's not, it's something more serious," Bruce interrupted. "What's the government's take on human cloning experiments?"
Fury's eye narrowed, "It's exactly what you see on TV. It's off-limits, no cloning. It's too controversial and morally ambiguous."
"Then what is that?!" Peter questioned. Fury turned to face him, then saw his look-alike in the bio-chamber, making the usually stoic one-eyed man's jaw drop.
"What the hell?!" Fury muttered.
"This is most definitely a clone Peter Parker," Strange said. "As you can see, the real Peter is right here with us."
"It's also not an LMD, those are robots," Aaron added. "This guy is completely organic, except for the suit."
"Only SHIELD would've had the resources to do this, if we wanted to," Fury stated. "But we never would. Unfortunately, we don't have the same resources that we used to, and neither does any government faction. However, there's one faction that could possibly do this; AIM."
Peter was confused, "What's AIM?"
"Acronym for "Advanced Idea Mechanics"," Dr. Cho answered. "They're a company that's been climbing the ranks because of their work in robotics, and other advanced technology. Officially though, they're division in biology doesn't do human testing."
"You think they might have been behind the other me?" Peter asked.
"Possibly," Fury answered. "My team and I will look into it." Then his hologram disappeared.
"Peter, can I have a sample of your blood?" Dr. Cho asked.
"Uh, sure," Peter dematerialized his suit around his left arm. "But why?"
"There are some oddities in the clone's DNA," she answered, getting a small syringe. "I want to see if yours has the same."
After she took a blood sample, Peter paced back and forth, looking like he was about to have an anxiety attack.
"Call us when you have any results," Aaron chimed in. "I think this kid needs some air."
Strange nodded in understanding before the two Spider-Men disappeared in a flash of purple.
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Another flash of purple appeared on the rooftop of Peter's apartment.
"You can teleport?!" Peter questioned.
"It's something I could do long before I got spider-powers," Aaron answered cryptically.
"Okay, I am learning more and more things about you," Peter stated.
"There's a lot more, but not the time," Aaron responded. "Look, try to get some rest, cool your nerves. I'll be monitoring the situation, so I'll be there if anything happens."
With that, Aaron teleported. Once he was gone, Peter let out a huge sigh of exasperation. He climbed down to his bedroom window, and just as he got in, May burst in!
"Peter, where've you been?!"
Peter took off his suit, "I-I had to take who was responsible for that attack to the Avengers Facility. *groan* I'm seriously...I don't even know-"
"Was MJ with you?" May asked out of the blue.
"No, why would she be?" Peter questioned.
"Have you talked to her?" May asked again.
Now Peter was getting worried, "May, what's going on?"
"MJ's missing," The second those words left May's lips; Peter fell to the floor in shock. May knelt down with him, trying to calm him down, but Peter couldn't hear it over the ringing of his ears and the suddenly too loud thundering of his quickening heart. He then found that he was suddenly having difficulty breathing, the respiration center of his brain feeling like it was shutting down and he had to kick it back to life, reboot it so he could breathe again. His nerves were frayed at the ends and he felt trapped in his own body.
This was becoming too much; first he discovers that somehow there's a clone of himself that's like Scorpion, and now this?!
"Peter, sweetie?" May asked concerned. "If you can hear me, take some deep breaths. In through the nose, out through the mouth..."
Peter managed to hear her and took some deep breaths until he managed to calm down.
"I'm sorry...*panting* are you sure about MJ?"
"Caleb called," May explained. "He said they had just watched a news report about the attack you stopped, then she went to her room. When he went to ask her something, she was gone."
"Were there any signs that her room was broken into?" Peter asked.
"None," May answered.
Peter took a few more deep breaths and put his suit back on, "Can I-"
"Go, but be careful," May told him before he even finished asking. Peter jumped out the window and started web-swinging.
He checked some of the places that MJ liked to spend time at; the F.E.A.S.T. Center, Barnes & Noble, the park...but she wasn't there. The last place he checked was the library, but she wasn't there either!
He went to a rooftop across from the library, where...
"Sorry kid," An older male voice spoke out. Peter turned to see someone...sticking to the side of a maintenance shaft? This guy looked like he was trying to copy him; he wore a light-blue sleeveless sweatshirt hoodie with a large black spider on his chest tilted to the left. The spider looked a little smudged, like it'd been spray-painted on. His mask was red with large white eyes and no black outline. His arms were red with some lines and textures that looked like armor mesh, and some large wrist cuffs that looked like his original web-shooters. He wore dark grey pants, and had red boots.
"Yeah, this is weird," The spider-copy stated in an awkward tone.
"And who, may I ask, are you?" Peter questioned, a bit irritated there was yet another Spidey look-alike.
"That's kinda hard to explain," The copy-cat responded. "As for a name, call me Scarlet Spider."
"Whatever," Peter scoffed. "Where's MJ?"
"I don't know, I'm actually kinda looking for her too."
"WHERE IS SHE?!" Peter yelled. "I WANNA KNOW WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON!"
"Like I said, it's hard to explain," Scarlet said, only for Peter to fire webs at him, making him jump away. "HEY!"
"TALK!" Peter lunged at him, only for Scarlet Spider to reverse his momentum to throw him back.
"I'm not gonna fight you, Peter," he stated. "You're off your game as it is."
"How do you know my name?!" Peter yelled.
"Look, if you could just let me-" Scarlet Spider tried to talk, but Peter fired a web-ball at him, which he dodged. "Okay, fine!"
Scarlet fired a webline at Peter's chest, pulled him over and punched him square in the face! Peter hit the wall of the rooftop entrance, knocking him unconscious.
"Oh crap!" Scarlet Spider ran to check him. "Still alive, whew! I'm sorry, but I promise to get her back for you. For all of us."
He jumped off the roof and swung away.
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MJ began to stir, groaning in discomfort. She even shivered from the cold metal floor she was laying on. She looked around, trying to get her bearings, but then got scared as she didn't recognize where she was. It looked like an abandoned laboratory, and she was in some kind large glass chamber.
"H-hey?!" she called out as she put her hands to the glass. "Where am I?! Where is this?! Let me out!"
"Don't do that, MJ," A voice she was all too familiar with spoke out. "Just calm down."
MJ turned to see someone standing in the shadows. But she recognized the voice and body-shape.
"Peter?"
He nodded, and she could tell he was smiling.
"Peter, what are you doing?" she questioned frantically. "Please let me out!"
Peter raised his hands, "I have a confession to make. I've always had a lingering fear that I wouldn't be able to protect you. But now I know how-"
"Just let me out of here, okay? Then we can talk about this," MJ pleaded.
"Shh, it's okay. I'm going to make sure no one can hurt you ever again."
The more he talked, the more MJ began to feel creeped out. He sounded like Peter, but something was off about him. She'd spent so much time with him that she'd picked up everything that made him who he is; his speech pattern, his mannerisms, even the weird quirks he had. This person had all that, but something in his voice sounded insane.
"You're not Peter," she said. "Whoever you are, let me out!"
"Of course I am," he insisted. "And I know how to protect you. I have to make us equals, make us peers. Make sure you can defend yourself."
He walked closer so she could finally see him, and she gasped in horror. The left side of Peter's face was horribly disfigured, like he'd been burned, and his left eye was completely white. But what really unsettled her was the crazed look in his right eye.
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Peter woke up, gasping for air, then looked around frantically.
'How long was I out?! Where is he? He was talking like he knew me. Ugh, you dumbass! You were so angry that you didn't even listen to him! All you cared about was MJ! But...it seemed like he did, too.'
Peter began web-swing toward MJ's apartment, wanting to check on Caleb.
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At the Avenger's Facility, Doctor Strange held the Peter clone in a mystic barrier, while the other two doctors tried talking to him.
"Mister Parker, can you hear me?" Dr. Cho asked, trying the gentle approach. "You're safe and you're among friends. We want to help you. We know you're awake because we're reading your vital signs. We really need to speak to you so we can work out what's going on here."
The Peter clone finally opened his eyes.
"Much better, thank you," Bruce smiled.
"I'm Dr. Helen Cho," she introduced herself. "This is Dr. Bruce Banner, and Dr. Stephen Strange. Do you answer to Peter Parker? Is that your name?"
The clone looked around, confused.
"It would really help if you spoke," Strange commented. "We just want to piece together what exactly is going-"
"Am I back in the zoo?" The clone asked. That question confused the three doctors.
"Zoo...what zoo?" Helen asked.
"You're in the Avenger's Facility in upstate New York," Bruce told him.
"How-how did I get here?" The clone asked.
"You attacked an area in Midtown," Helen reminded him. "Spider-Man brought you here."
"SHUT UP!" The clone shouted, getting angry. He then stabbed at the barrier with his tail, but Strange kept it up!
"Hey, calm down!" He told him. "I have you in a force field. You can't hurt anyone but yourself in there."
The clone stopped attacking, then clutched his face, looking devastated.
"...What is happening?" asked the clone. "It wasn't supposed to be like this!" He then started to fall asleep, "The others... The zoo is where the..."
"The zoo?" Strange threw the question out.
"No idea," Bruce answered. "This clone's brain is completely misfiring. And whoever created this clone did some biograft experiments on it to see what would happen. That's the sick, twisted nature of science sometimes."
"He mentioned "others", does that mean there're more clones?" Strange wondered.
"I shudder at the thought," Helen muttered. "One clone is enough..."
"I can't help but feel sorry for this poor thing," Strange stated as he looked at the clone. "It's like he's Peter, but with the mind of a 9-year-old child."
Bruce breathed heavily and some of the blood vessels in his neck and face turned green. He took some deep breaths to calm himself.
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The disfigured Peter put his hand against the glass, "It's going to be good, MJ. You'll become a better version of yourself. Be able to protect yourself. We'll be a power couple! And isn't that-?"
His speech was cut off by a black boot kicking him in the face, knocking him down! MJ looked up to see another Spider-Themed hero sticking to the glass chamber. His suit was black with a large white spider on his chest and back, large white eyes and a white diamond shape on his forehead. The weirdest thing was, he had six arms, giving him a total of eight limbs, like an actual spider.
"Get away from her, Kaine!" The six-armed spider threatened.
MJ didn't know whether to be relieved or even more horrified than she already was.
'What is going on here?!' she thought.
The six-armed spider, dubbed "Tarantula" webbed "Kaine" in the face, then kicked him again!
"I knew you would try something like this!" Tarantula yelled as Kaine rebounded, then he blocked a kick from him!
"You don't-" Kaine was about to say, only for one of Tarantula's hands to grab his hair and slam him face-first into the ground.
"YOU'RE NOT TOUCHING HER!" The six-armed copy exclaimed. "IT'S NOT GONNA HAPPEN!"
Kaine locked his head between his legs, then threw him, "THIS IS MY LIFE! MY LIFE!"
Tarantula rebounded, created a web-slingshot, and flew at Kaine, punching him square in the face!
"No, it's not! I get that you're confused, I understand that! But THIS ISN'T happening! This isn't why were created."
"Please, just let me out of here!" MJ cried. "I have a little brother at home! My Mom's probably wondering where I am! Just please, let me go!"
"Once this lunatic is finished, I'll get you home," Tarantula assured her. "I promise."
Kaine picked up some kind of remote from the ground and pressed a button. A second later, the glass chamber began to fill with some kind of smoke. MJ pounded on the glass, trying to break out, but then she started to feel light-headed.
"NO!" Tarantula exclaimed. "What are you doing?!"
"Relax, it's just anesthetic gas," Kaine answered, just as Tarantula jumped at him again! MJ fell to her knees, starting to fall asleep. Just before she lost consciousness, she uttered, "Peter..."
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Peter made it back to his apartment. May had called him, telling him that Caleb and Desirée had come over.
The moment he entered, he saw the worried mother and brother sitting on the couch.
"...No sign of her yet, huh?" he asked.
"We were hoping you might have a clue," Desirée responded.
Peter shook his head, "I checked every place she goes to when she wants to be alone, but she wasn't there."
Caleb looked out the window, noticing a bunch of black SUVs with blinking red and blue lights pull up.
"Uh, is that the government?" he asked, making everyone stiffen, before a voice announced from a megaphone. "YOU ARE COMPLETELY SURROUNDED!"
Peter looked out the window as well, now on the verge of panicking again!
"THIS IS SECRECARY ROSS, I'M WITH THE FBI! AND I AM HERE TO TAKE YOU ALL INTO CUSTODY! I RECCOMEND THAT ALL OF YOU COOPERATE WITH THE MEN COMING TO GET YOU. THE NEIGHBORHOOD HAS BEEN EVACUATED AND WE HAVE SECURED THE PERIMETER!"
Before Desirée could question why the FBI were here, some agents burst in, "Hands above your heads, now!"
"Wait! What is going on?!" May asked.
"Mom, what's happening?!" Caleb asked as he clung to Desirée, who held him close.
"It's gonna be okay, baby!" she said.
"Hands on your head, NOW!" shouted another agent. "Do as I say!"
Everyone complied and some agents forced their arms behind their backs, then escorted them down to the first level, then outside. Peter recognized the oldest person with the agents, Secretary of State Thaddeus Ross. He'd been at Tony Stark's funeral, but Peter knew about his shady past.
Long before the formation of The Avengers, Ross was a lieutenant general of the US Army leading a manhunt for Bruce Banner after he first became the Hulk. He wanted Bruce dissected so he could turn the Hulk into a weapon, but that failed when Emil Blonsky became the Abomination, so Ross had to accept Hulk's help to defeat him. Six years after he became Secretary, he approved of those damned Sokovia Accords, which led to the Avengers Civil War. And the icing on the cake, when Thanos first attacked the planet in 2018; Captain America, Falcon and Black Widow returned to defend the planet after being on the run, and Ross told James Rhodes/War Machine to arrest them! A threat to the universe, and Ross cared more about laws! Thankfully, Rhodes disobeyed.
"Mr. Parker, we never officially met," Ross said, but Peter only glared at him.
"What is going on here?!" Desirée questioned. "Why are you arresting us?!"
"Not you, ma'am," Ross responded. "Just Mr. Parker-"
Everyone heard the sound of a jetpack, and Caleb gasped as Sam Wilson/The Falcon dropped down, wearing his new red, white and blue suit, which technically made him the new Captain America.
"What the hell are you doing, Ross?!" he questioned. "You arresting kids now?!"
"Wilson, your services aren't required at the moment," Ross retorted.
"Considering how you're handling the situation, I'd say you're wrong," Nick Fury walked over to stand eye-to-eye with Ross. Maria Hill, Bucky Barnes and Rhodes in his War Machine Mark IV armor also showed up.
"All due respect, Mr. Secretary, but what exactly has Mr. Parker done wrong?" Rhodey questioned.
"Nothing, however-" Ross began, only for Bucky to scoff.
"Nothing? I was taken in for something I didn't do, but I can understand being arrested for everything I did as a HYDRA Assassin. However, arresting an underage US citizen for doing nothing-"
"Mr. Parker is at the center of the biggest scientific disaster since Banner became the Hulk!" Ross shouted. "We have to clean it up, and that includes him-"
A small purple light flashed next to Fury and Ross, and someone that looked exactly like the G.I. Joe character Snake Eyes appeared!
He spoke in a deep, modified voice, "'Clean up'? More like 'cover up'. You never change, Ross."
Snake Eyes punched Ross in the face, making every agent point their weapons at him, "Unless you want your bullets to bounce everywhere, I strongly suggest that you don't shoot!"
A Ruger Mk II pistol appeared in his hand, then he fired two shots at the agents holding Peter! They felt a sting on their necks before they passed out. Snake Eyes rolled over to Peter as one of the agents fired at him, but Falcon America blocked it with his shield! Snake Eyes grabbed Peter's shoulder and they disappeared in a flash of purple!
"Whoa, what the hell was that?" Rhodey questioned.
"Guess Parker has more friends than you expected, Ross," Sam taunted.
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Snake Eyes and Peter reappeared inside...Aaron's warehouse?
"Aaron?" Peter called as he looked around for him.
Snake Eyes' mask went away, revealing Aaron's face, "Yeah, it's me."
He went over to his computers and Peter followed after him, "Wait, how can you be two costumed heroes?"
"No one on my Earth knows that Spider-Man and Snake Eyes are the same person," he answered. "Well, except my friends. There's more to it, but we'll discuss that later. For now, we have visitors who need to speak with you."
Peter then noticed Scarlet Spider was there, as well as a...Spider-Girl? Her costume was all red with a large white spider on her chest, and the bottom legs went around her waist. She had large white eyes and white fingers on her gloves. Interestingly, she let her long dark brown hair out of her mask.
"Yeah...this is awkward," Spider-Girl muttered.
"Hey kid," Scarlet greeted Peter. "Sorry for roughing you up last time, but you didn't give me much choice."
"...What is happening?" Peter asked, feeling more confused and frustrated by the second. First, he runs into a cloned version of him, followed by all these alternate versions of Spidey, then MJ goes missing, and to top it all off, the FBI placed him under arrest. This was all starting to be too much or him.
Little did he know it was about to get worse. Scarlet Spider and Spider-Girl took off their masks, making Peter fall to the floor in shock again.
"Yeah, I don't blame that reaction," Scarlet commented. He looked...just like Peter...! If he was blond, and older. Spider-Girl also looked just like Peter would if he was a girl.
"That Scorpion clone, he's not the only one," Aaron told him.
"My given name is Ben Reilly, and this is Jessica Drew."
"Hi," Jessica waved awkwardly.
"Next thing I know, you're gonna tell me there's a version of me as a Cartoon Pig!" Peter exclaimed in exasperation, causing the others to look at him.
Aaron quietly cleared his throat, 'Too soon for that.'
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MJ finally woke up, noticing that she was out of the glass chamber and sitting in some kind of medical chair. Kaine appeared, smiling at her and she noticed Tarantula knocked out in the corner.
"How do you feel?"
MJ got up, then felt some pain in her left arm. The kind of pain you have after getting a shot.
"What...what did you do to me?"
"Do you know about the company AIM?" Kaine asked. "They secretly created an enhancement serum called Oz, attempting to recreate the serum that made Captain America and Bucky Barnes super-soldiers. It doesn't do that, but I've seen what it CAN do! AIM's made miracles with it, and now that miracle has helped you."
MJ glared darkly at him, "You put this serum inside me?"
"Because I wanted to protect you," Kaine insisted. "There was going to come a time where I could protect you anymore-"
"Who are you?" MJ demanded, breathing heavily.
"Honey, it's me. It's Peter!"
"No, you're not!" MJ exclaimed, getting more angry. "That six-armed guy called you "Kaine"! Besides, I know my boyfriend; he's not clearly insane!"
"Will you SHUT UP?!" Kaine questioned as he slapped her across the face. "How ungrateful can you be?! Don't you understand?! I'm doing this for you! FOR BOTH OF US!"
MJ's eyes widened and she clutched her arms tightly, grunting in pain.
"No, I'm sorry," Kaine apologized. "I shouldn't have done that. I was just-"
MJ's nails grew into claws, then her teeth grew razor sharp, then her body began to increase in size, as well as grow red fur all over! Her increased mass tore apart her clothes, and her muscle mass grew as well! She grew horns and pointed ears, and her eyes turned glowing yellow with no pupils!
"MJ, calm down-" Kaine tried to coax her, but the now transformed MJ roared at him!
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"We're clones, of you," Jessica said.
"Like that Scorpion?" Peter asked.
"Yeah," Ben answered. "And yes, there are more."
"And we're about to go find them," Aaron chimed in, before typing a few more keys, then picked up a scanner. "I just created an algorithm to scan for Peter Parker's DNA. Three of you are here, that one is Scorpion, and...bingo! Hmm, that's odd. Two of them are in the same place."
Ben and Jessica put their masks back on, "Where ever they are, that's where MJ is."
"Then I'm going with you!" Peter said.
Aaron tossed him the spider-symbol for his suit, "Then put on your Sunday-Best."
Peter put the symbol on his chest and pressed it twice, materializing his suit. The four spider heroes exited the warehouse and jumped onto a passing tractor-trailer. Since Aaron had the scanner, everyone followed him.
"Where did you guys come from?" Peter asked his clones.
"We'll tell you everything we know and how we know it," Jessica responded. "A few months ago, give or take... we were born."
She explained how she woke up, and some woman named Monica Rappacchini explained to her that she was a biological replica of Peter Parker, created by AIM for the CIA. Ben continued saying they wanted to create their own super agents, and they even planned for a psych team to implant new memories into their minds, make them forget they were clones, everything about Peter Parker.
"I know this is gonna sound dumb," Peter began. "But...why make clones of me?"
"Because of your powers," Ben answered. "You're the closest to a modern-day version of Steve Rogers. AIM and the CIA studied your fight against him at that airport in Germany. You nearly overpowered him, but Cap beat you because he had more experience."
"If you were being held by the CIA, how did you escape?" Peter asked.
Jessica explained that after she did some training tests, they brought in the psych team that would erase her memories. But...
~~~~~~~~Flashback~~~~~~~~
Something crashed through one of the walls inside the facility, knocking several scientists down, then something monstrous emerged from the smoke! It was seven feet six inches tall, really muscular, with a smooth, oily black appearance. It also had large white eyes and a large mouth full of sharp teeth!
"Oh my God, it's loose!" One of the scientists yelled. "The symbiote experiment is loose!"
A CIA agent fired his gun at the monster, but the bullets didn't even effect it! It's arm grew tendrils and tossed the agent around, before grabbing a scientist.
"I'm not an experiment!" The creature barked in a deep voice, then...bit the scientist head off!
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHH!" another scientist screamed at the sight, just as the creature skulked out of the shadows.
The creature approached Jessica, who stood completely petrified in fear. The creature squinted at her, as if it was examining her.
"If you want out of here, follow me," it said.
Jessica breathed a sigh of relief as the creature ran down the hallway and jumped through the ceiling, completely crashing through it! She eventually followed after it through the hole it made, when she noticed a door ajar on the next floor.
Inside, she found the other clones!
"Whoa..." Kaine muttered.
"Okay, this is weird," Tarantula commented.
"We should get out of here and find MJ," Kaine stated.
"No," A scientist told them as he came in. "There's been an accident. All of you just go back to your rooms and wait for the power to-"
"But MJ needs our help!" Kaine insisted, only for Ben to grab the front of his shirt.
"No, we leave Peter and his friends alone," he told him.
"What is this? What have you done to me?!" Scorpion exclaimed.
"Okay, everyone calm-" Jessica tried to coax everyone down, only for Kaine, Tarantula and Scorpion to run out. The scientist called for them to stop, only for Ben to knock him unconscious. He looked at Jessica, then they escaped together, seeing the other clones go in different directions when they got outside.
~~~~~~~~~End Flashback~~~~~~~~~
"We decided to stick together cause we thought two heads were better than one," Ben said. "Once Jessica got her head as straight as it could get, we wanted to make sure none of us bothered MJ. But..."
"But...?" asked Peter.
"Kaine..." Ben said, worriedly. "He just wouldn't stop obsessing over her. He said something about protecting her, making her an...'equal'."
"Is that another one of my clones?" Peter asked.
"Yeah," Jessica answered. "I just hope I'm wrong about what he did."
"We'll know in a minute," Aaron said. "That large, abandoned facility past the warehouses is where we need to go!"
Right now, Peter was growing more and more anxious. He put his hands to his head, trying to focus on whatever needed to be done...but it was like everything was coming to a boiling point.
The four of them jumped off the trailer and ran toward the facility. As they got closer, they heard monstrous roars.
"What is that?" Peter questioned.
"Sounds like a Lycan from the Underworld movies," Aaron commented as they got inside, and heard crashing sounds in the same direction the roars were coming from! They ran down the corridor to where the sounds were coming from, and saw the horrific scene waiting for them. A large werewolf-like beast with red fur and glowing yellow eyes was attacking a Peter clone with half a burned face, and there was a six-armed spider-hero on the ground! Kaine tried in vain to coax the creature down, but to no avail! Jessica shot some webs from her fingertips, grabbing Tarantula on the ground and pulled him over to them.
"Hey, wake up!" Ben told him as he took off his mask, revealing that Tarantula's face had dark brown fur all over it, his eyes were completely black, and his teeth were sharper. It's like he had more spider characteristics than the others.
Tarantula came to, and saw Peter, "Oh my God."
"Yeah, we'll do our "oh my God's" later," Peter responded. "What is that thing?"
Tarantula gasped in horror, "Shit, he did do it!"
"Do what?" Jessica questioned.
Tarantula sighed, then explained for Peter's sake, "AIM secretly made an enhancement serum called Oz, trying recreate what made Captain America. Most of the test subjects became monsters, and...Kaine injected MJ with it."
Peter gasped in horror, "You're telling me...that that's...MJ...?"
"...I'm sorry," said Tarantula. "I tried to stop him; I really did!"
Peter ran over to the creature as it had Kaine pinned, and removed his mask, "MJ!"
The creature turned to him, and it's eyes widened.
"It's me, it's me..." he assured her. "Please, please stop."
MJ shrunk down and her fur disappeared until she was human again, lying face down, unconscious and...completely naked.
Kaine got up, smiling like the lunatic he was, "See, see? Now she can protect herself."
Peter delivered a hard right cross to Kaine's jaw, knocking a tooth out!
"YOU DID THIS TO HER, YOU FUCKING PSYCHO!" he shouted while Kaine lay on the floor. "This Oz, where did you get it?! There's nothing here, so where did you get it?!"
"From this guy," Bucky Barnes' voice spoke out.
Everyone turned to see Falcon America, Bucky, War Machine, Nick Fury and his SHIELD team. Bucky was holding some scientist, but Peter recognized him; Dr. Miles Warren, a former teacher of his.
Dr. Warren smiled smugly, "Hello, Peter."
Peter felt so many things at the moment; shock, disbelief, confusion, despair, desperation, and most of all, anger. Aaron put a hand on his shoulder, and gestured to MJ, still lying unconscious and naked on the ground. Peter sighed, using every bit of willpower he had not to lose control of his emotions.
Sam came over and put a long jacket over MJ's body, "Is this Michelle?"
"Yeah," Peter muttered. "How'd you-?"
"Her brother told me about it," Sam answered. "Nice kid."
"Two-Face over here injected her with something called Oz," Aaron explained while pointing at Kaine. "It made her turn into a monster."
"No," Kaine protested frantically. "No, she's okay now."
Aaron grabbed him by the throat, "You! Don't! Talk!"
"Can you take her to The Compound?" Peter asked. "Have Dr. Banner, Cho and Strange help?"
Rhodey called the Facility, "Banner, it's Rhodes. I'm sending you coordinates for my current location. Can you have Strange meet us here? ...Thanks."
A couple seconds later, one of Strange's portals appeared and he came out. When he saw the situation, he was very surprised.
"What in the name of-?"
"Doc, MJ needs help!" Peter pleaded, then the Sorcerer kneeled down to pick her up.
"We'll do everything we can to help her," he assured the young hero. "Wilson, Barnes, we may need you in case something happens."
The two soldiers went through the portal to The Facility, but Kaine was trying to break free of Aaron's grip.
"No! No, she's going to be okay! She just needs-" He then made a sickening noise, like he got stabbed in the throat! And he had, with a kunai, courtesy of Aaron!
"Enough of your psycho-bullshit," he muttered in a deep bass tone before dropping Kaine to the ground, letting him bleed out.
Peter's eyes widened at seeing Aaron kill someone like it was nothing.
Dr. Warren finally spoke again, "Fury, I appreciate your good work in what is a very tense situation today. But this is our problem and we'll have transport ready to take all these subjects back to safe keeping."
"Doctor, you ain't taking shit," Fury retorted. "You have a lot to answer for."
"But I don't have to answer to you," Dr. Warren responded arrogantly.
"The minute this little house of horrors you supposedly created dropped onto civilian property- you better believe you do," Fury said in a threatening tone. "You're under arrest."
Dr. Warren didn't look the least bit worried, "You might want to call my supervisor before you do that."
"Let me guess, the federal government?" Aaron asked rhetorically.
"I was going to go to prison after you and your friends exposed me," Dr. Warren glared at Peter. "But, I made a deal with the government to work with AIM, to help them design a super soldier. It seems that as a result of Thanos' Invasion, and what everyone is calling "The Blip", the Sokovia Accords are now null and void. And a few higher ups in the government aren't happy about it, cause now they can't control people more powerful than them. The one most upset is Secretary Ross."
Aaron scoffed, "Figures. First hunting Banner to have him dissected and turn Hulk into a weapon, just to cover up the fact that he's partly responsible for creating Hulk in the first place. Then, the Accords split the Avengers apart, leaving the world more vulnerable. Ross never learns!"
"Okay, I've heard enough," Rhodey aimed one of his wrist guns at Dr. Warren. "You're under arrest."
"Actually Colonel, I'm not," he scoffed. "I have credentials, and I have rights."
"How did you make these clones?" Fury asked.
"One of AIM's spies swiped a blood sample of Peter's from the Avengers Facility," Dr. Warren answered. "And with it, we went to work. And we're in phase three of a super-soldier clone experiment." He then pointed at each clone. "And all of you are proof that it's working. My favorite part of this project is that it completely perverts and destroys every single part of you and your life, Parker. The perfect revenge for destroying my life."
"You got yourself arrested for your sexual obsession with Gwen Stacy!" Peter shouted. "You blackmailed her and tried to have sex with her!"
"I LOVED HER!" Dr. Warren exclaimed. "THANKS TO YOU AND YOUR FRIENDS, WE CAN NEVER BE-"
"Motherfucker, shut up!" Fury interrupted, pointing a gun at his face. "I may not be able to arrest you, but I can still kill you."
"And you'll face life in prison for murdering a government asset on US soil," Dr. Warren smirked.
"Fury, can I ask a favor?" Aaron asked. "Give me, Peter and the others ten minutes. Then we'll go with you, all of us."
Dr. Warren chuckled, "Cute, but Fury isn't in charge of this situation. Fury, just do something useful and round up all the Parkers for me. The fed team is on its way for clean-up. Use whatever force necessary."
Fury gave Dr. Warren a cold look, before giving a very small smirk, "Alright, you heard the man."
Maria Hill nodded, "Everyone out. Set a perimeter around the building."
Rhodey and every member of Fury's team headed outside, shocking Dr. Warren.
"What? What are you doing?!" he questioned.
"You're right, Warren," Fury said, smirking. "I'm not in charge. You are. Go be in charge."
"ARE YOU INSANE?!" Dr. Warren exclaimed. "GET BACK HERE AND DO YOUR DAMN JOB!"
"We'll be outside," Fury responded as the doors closed. Now it was just Dr. Warren, Peter, Aaron, Jessica, Ben and Tarantula, who jumped at the older man, pinning him to ground.
"Hi "Daddy"!" he growled. "Who wants first dibs?"
Aaron switched to his Spider-Suit, "I get him last."
"What?! Are you all going to beat me up?! Will that make you feel better?!" Warren exclaimed.
"YES!" Peter yelled as he jumped at him, only for Warren to actually kick him and Tarantula away! But the amount of strength behind his kicks shouldn't have been possible for a man his size or age!
Warren took off his coat as his body started convulsing, "I was hoping to do this myself. Now I get to tear you all apart with my bare hands!"
His muscles grew larger, tearing apart his clothes, grew green fur out of his body, his eyes turned yellow and his teeth grew sharper, and he grew some large ears! He looked like a large, muscular Gremlin!
All the spiders backed up a bit in fear, and Aaron asked, "So what are you now; the Furry Goblin?"
"I prefer, JACKAL!" The newly transformed Dr. Warren exclaimed before attacking!
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Doctor Strange brought Princess Shuri from Wakanda to the Avengers Facility for some extra brain power.
"This Oz serum is unlike anything I've ever seen," Dr. Cho looked through her tablet.
"Can you get it out of her?" Sam asked.
"Possibly, but we'll need to know more about it first," Bruce answered.
MJ laid in a hospital bed, unconscious and some scanners showed her vitals were mostly stable, but there some irregularities in her blood.
"I might need to draw blood from her," Dr. Cho answered.
Bucky went over and gently took a sample. Since his hands were so steady, MJ didn't have any reaction...until after a minute when she started groaning in pain.
"Miss Jones, calm down," Dr. Cho tried to coax her. "You're safe."
MJ woke up, wide-eyed and gasping! Feeling that she wasn't wearing anything, she clutched the sheet to her body as she sat up.
"Wh-Where am I?!"
"Relax," Dr. Cho gently set her back down on the bed. "You're safe now."
"...Where's Peter?" MJ asked.
"He's dealing with a situation, but he'll be here when he's done," Strange told her.
MJ felt severe pain in her stomach, "Ugh! Oh God...! What's happening to me?!"
"We're gonna do everything we can to help you, but I need you to calm down," Dr. Cho said.
MJ grunted until she unexpectedly started to transform! Bruce took off his glasses...
"Get the Scorpion clone out of containment!" he ordered before he turned big and green, blocking creature MJ's large, clawed hand!
MJ roared in his face, causing Bruce, or rather the Hulk, to roar back.
Doctor Strange grabbed her neck, wrists and ankles with his Eldritch Whips, attempting to restrain her, while Bucky hopped onto her back and injected some anesthesia into her neck...but it didn't seem to work!
"The Oz must be burning through the anesthetics," Shuri guessed.
Sam opened the containment chamber, and the Scorpion clone woke up, then looked at MJ. She noticed his face and stopped struggling against Strange's whips, who eventually let her go.
MJ shrunk back to normal, covering her chest, "P-Peter...?!"
"MJ?" The clone questioned before they both passed out.
Thankfully, Shuri caught her, "AAAAND, she's out."
Sam breathed in relief, "We got lucky, that could've gone a lot worse."
Bucky dragged the clone back into containment, while Strange checked MJ's blood sample and made some magic symbols appear above it.
Shuri covered MJ and put her in a different bed, "What are you doing?"
"Trying to isolate the Oz from Michelle's blood," Strange answered. "If I do, then-"
"Not only will we have the exact formula and properties for the Oz, but we can also make sure her blood goes back to healthy!" Shuri concluded with excitement.
Strange smiled a bit at her enthusiasm.
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"FURY!" Ross shouted as he and his team of FBI Agents approached Fury, his team and War Machine.
"We have this situation under control, Ross," Fury told him. "So you and your farm boys can go home."
One of the agents, a blond man with glasses approached, "Henry Gyrich, and this is an FBI operation. So, no offense, you should leave."
"Make us," Rhodey/War Machine threatened, pointing his shoulder mounted cannon at him.
"What is the meaning of this, Fury?!" Ross questioned.
"Funny, I was going to ask you the same thing," Fury responded.
"Where's Dr. Warren?" Gyrich questioned.
"Who?" Fury feigned ignorance.
"Dr. Miles Warren, where is he?!" Gyrich repeated.
"Hm, older man, was arrested for attempted blackmail and sexual assault against a high school student?" Fury pretended to remember. "I don't know, in jail, right?"
"Fury, this is a very serious situation," Ross stated, losing his patience.
"And what is the situation?" Fury questioned.
"I know you know," Gyrich got in his face, but Fury didn't flinch. "What are you doing?!"
"Defending the country," Fury answered. "What are you doing?"
"Fury, where is Dr. Warren?!" Ross demanded.
"Oh, wait a second..." Fury finally dropped the act. "Did you make a deal with Warren to work with AIM to create super-soldier experiments behind the government's back and it predictably blew up in your face and now you're going to get fired, arrested and maybe indicted-"
"It was a government project!" Ross shouted.
"Sanctioned by you alone," Rhodey added.
Ross growled, his right eye twitching in irritation.
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All five Spideys jumped out of Jackal's path, then Tarantula webbed onto his back and started pulling at his face! Peter, Aaron, Ben and Jessica were about to join him, only for Jackal's fur to stick out like a porcupine and shoot out in all directions!
Peter, Aaron, Ben and Jessica moved around to dodge the flying green spikes, but Tarantula wasn't so lucky. He flew across the room; his body was skewered by the spikes!
Jackal's left arm stretched out, slamming Jessica into a wall!
"Ugh!" Jessica cried as she was pinned down. Jackal smirked as he raised his claws at her, but then Peter used his webs to hit him in the head with a computer!
The large creature grunted, dropping Jessica, then Ben grabbed a couple spikes and threw them at him! The spikes pierced Jackal's arm, but he didn't seem to care as he suddenly threw a fireball at him!
Ben used his webs to pull himself out of the way!
"No witty come-backs?" Jackal mocked. "That's how I know you're scared, little boy!"
Peter dodged several fireballs before firing some web-balls at Jackal's face, temporarily blinding him! Jessica web-slingshot herself at him, delivering a double kick to his face!
"No, that's how you know he's serious!"
Peter, Aaron and Ben delivered punches and kicks, one after another, until Jackal blew them away with a small wave of fire!
"You are NOTHING against me!" Jackal roared.
As he flew backward, Peter fired some trap webbing at him, which proceeded to shock him!
Thinking in unison, the four Spiders made a plan. Ben jumped at Jackal and started crawling all over him, covering him in webs, until the big monster went porcupine again. Luckily, Ben jumped away before he got skewered!
Aaron delivered a double kick to the monster's gut, then jumped over his back, switching to his Snake Eyes suit! Peter and Jessica leapt at Jackal and delivered a team-up double punch to his face, sending him flying!
Aaron drew his Chokuto and announced to someone only he could see, "Anyone who's queasy, look away!" (Fourth Wall break!)
He threw his sword into air, where it floated and started spinning! Jackal flew toward the spinning blade, where it shredded him into pieces!
Thankfully, Peter and Jessica had already turned away before it happened.
"...It's over," Ben stated, panting breathlessly.
"Ugh, just hearing that was gross!" Jessica groaned.
"Fatality," Aaron stated in the Mortal Kombat voice before cleaning his blade.
Peter looked at Tarantula and Kaine's bodies. Despite what the latter did to MJ, he still felt bad for him. Ross, AIM and Dr. Warren had made him the way he was, so he couldn't help himself.
"You two should go," Aaron told Ben and Jessica. "If the Feds and AIM get a hold of you, they'll most likely destroy you."
Ben nodded, then jumped through one of the holes in the ceiling. Jessica shortly followed after him.
"Ross and the FBI are out there screaming at Fury," Aaron told Peter. His scanners picked it up.
Peter walked towards the exit, intending to have some words with Ross and the FBI. Aaron followed after him, also looking to vent. Soon, they were outside and found Ross and the FBI waiting for them. As well as War Machine, Fury, and his team.
"Where are the...other versions of you?" Fury asked.
"They uh...they left," Peter answered. "Two of the...the clones died. They're in there."
"Two down? Good," Henry Gyrich stated callously.
Peter whirled on him, "Good?! Who are you, FBI?!" He glared at both the agent and Ross. "You started a secret project to clone me?! Just because I'm the next best thing to Captain America?! Because you can't control superheroes anymore because the Sokovia Accords are now gone?! You go and hire someone who attempted sexual assault against a minor to do this to me?! Tell me, I really wanna know- IS THERE ANY PART OF YOU THAT UNDERSTANDS HOW INSANELY EVIL YOU ARE?!"
Ross just glared at him with contempt, while Gyrich got in his face, "Listen to me, you lousy piece of-"
Snake Eyes pointed a Desert Eagle at Gyrich's face, "I suggest you shut that filthy sewer you call a mouth."
Gyrich froze, stepping back a bit in shock.
"Y...you can't do this to me!" he shouted.
All the other FBI agents pointed their weapons at Snake Eyes.
"Dude, what are you doing?!" Peter whispered in a panic.
"Thaddeus Ross!" A female voice called out. Three people approached the large group, two men and one woman. One of the men looked like a scientist, while the other man and woman looked like CIA.
"Dinah Madani, Everett Ross," Snake Eyes addressed them. "What brings you here?"
"Thaddeus Ross, you're under arrest for sanctioning an illegal cloning experiment," Madani handcuffed Ross.
"That's ridiculous!" Ross exclaimed.
"We have a witness to the whole thing," Everett gestured to the scientist. "This is Dr. George Tarleton, head of AIM."
"I also have a recorded confession from Dr. Warren before his unfortunate demise," Rhodey chimed in.
"You can't do this!" Ross protested. "I'm the Secretary of State!"
"Not anymore!" Madani told him.
"See? Despicable pieces of shit like you always get what's coming to them," Snake Eyes stated. "Whether it's getting arrested-" Then he shot Gyrich in the head, shocking everyone! "Or killed."
Everett, the FBI, and Fury's team all pointed their weapons at him, but he grabbed Peter and disappeared in a flash of purple.
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They reappeared at the Avengers Facility, but Peter was still in shock over Aaron shooting someone. In fact, he remembered that he'd also killed Kaine, and Dr. Warren.
"Don't think too much about it," Aaron told him. "I'm more morally flexible, but it's another part of me all together that kills. But I'll explain that another time."
Both of them removed their masks as they headed over to the medical center. When they got there, they saw MJ lying in bed, wearing a blue, sleeveless gown with the Avengers logo on the chest. Dr. Cho and Dr. Banner were at some computers, while Shuri put an injection into MJ's IV. Doctor Strange pulled a long magical thread from her arm.
"What's that?" Peter asked.
"It's the base formula for the Oz," Strange answered. "Without it, her immune system can get rid of the rest."
"The compound I'm injecting is isolating the formula from the Oz in her blood," Shuri added.
"So that should help her, right?" Peter asked.
"Hopefully, yes," Strange answered. "Really, the rest is up to her."
Shuri used her Kimoyo Beads to bring up a 3D image of the inside of MJ's bloodstream, where everyone could see white blood cells attacking some yellow-orange balls. This went on for a couple minutes, but then MJ seized up in pain and the machines monitoring her vitals beeped rapidly!
"Synapse fluctuation!" Strange announced, worried. He and Dr. Cho held her down as best they could, while Aaron held Peter back.
MJ writhed in agony for a few more seconds before calming down, and opening her eyes, breathing heavily.
At first, everything was blurry, but then, slowly, her vision became clearer and she found herself in an unfamiliar room...but then, her eyes fell on Peter, whose eyes went wide as he stared at her.
"...Peter...!" MJ whispered.
"Take it easy, Ms. Jones," Dr. Cho advised as she gently took out her IV. "Do you feel dizzy?"
MJ shook her head as Peter came closer, "Are you really you?"
"It's really me," he assured her as she touched his face.
"You promise?"
"It's really him," Aaron added.
"What happened?" she asked.
"Long story short; Thaddeus Ross and Dr. Miles Warren cloned me with help from AIM, then the clones escaped and one of them kidnapped you," Peter explained.
"Oh my God..." MJ whispered, but then her eyes widened as what he said started to sink in. "Oh my God! What, a clone?!"
"Hug the guy, he's been through a lot," Aaron told her.
Without further prompting, MJ hugged Peter, who smiled as he hugged her back...but what she didn't see was that tears were falling from his eyes.
"I'm so sorry," he told her.
"You didn't do this, did you?" she asked.
"No."
"Then why are you apologizing?"
"Because I felt like I should have prevented it from happening in the first place!" Peter replied.
"I love you, dork," she told him. "Nothing's ever gonna change that."
Peter laughed, causing MJ to laugh, as well...and everyone else smiled warmly at the touching scene.
After they separated, Peter asked, "She's going to be okay, right?"
"Definitely," Shuri answered. "But we will have to keep an eye on her in the future, just to make sure there are no side effects."
"Thank you all, so much!" Peter said passionately.
Most of them nodded, Shuri said "You're welcome", Sam stated "It's what we do".
"Alright, we should get MJ home," Aaron stated. "Her family must be worried sick."
"I'll take her back," Peter said.
"Dude, express-travel," Aaron grabbed their shoulders, and they teleported to the rooftop of her apartment building.
"Whoa!" MJ exclaimed. "Why didn't you tell us you could teleport?"
"You never asked," Aaron remarked.
"Okay, fair point," said MJ. "So, where are my Mom and brother?"
"Inside with May," Aaron responded. "Until next time."
He then teleported away.
Peter took MJ in his arms and gently lowered them down to the fire escape by her bedroom window. He'd made sure to put his mask back on before they went in.
Caleb was sitting on her bed, then looked up when the window opened, and his face lit up when MJ stepped in along with Spider-Man.
"Michelle!" Caleb cried as he ran into her arms, crying loudly. "You're back!"
Desirée ran into the room and joined the hug, "Michelle, thank God you're safe!"
MJ just sniffled and cried as she hugged her mother and brother, relieved to finally be back home, safe and sound.
"Thank you, Peter," Desirée said to Spidey, making his eyes widen.
Before he could stammer a response, May calmed him down, "After that guy in black took you, Ross and Fury argued more about what was going on, and Ross let it slip that you were Spider-Man."
Peter sighed, closed the blinds to the room and removed his mask.
"Okay, yes," he said. "I'm Spider-Man."
"So, what happened?" Caleb asked.
Peter gave a short story version of everything that happened, leaving May, Desirée and Caleb shocked.
"I don't believe it...!" May whispered in disbelief.
"Clones...I thought that was only science-fiction..." Desirée muttered.
"With everything we know that exists in the world, including aliens; I think "science-fiction" will soon become non-existent," MJ commented.
Desirée turned to her, "Are you sure you're okay?"
"I feel fine," MJ assured her. "But Dr. Banner and Dr. Cho said they would check on me from time to time."
"Can we discuss more tomorrow?" Peter asked. "I'm exhausted..."
Wanting to stay close to each other, Peter spent the night with MJ.
The next morning, she woke up first, then looked at Peter sleeping next to her. But she saw Kaine's face, making her scream in fright!
Her screaming woke Peter up, "MJ?!"
She backed away from him, clutching her heart and hyperventilating, but he put his hands to her face, and that broke her hallucination. Now she saw Peter's face again.
"It's okay, it's me..."
"I...I'm sorry," MJ said as she leaned against him. "I...I woke up and I saw...that other you..."
He hugged her close, "It's okay...it's okay..."
MJ sniffled as she hugged Peter tightly, afraid to let him go. He kissed along her cheek multiple times.
"Shh, it's okay," he whispered.
"...Thank you, Peter..." MJ whispered.
"Always..." he whispered back.
Later that night, while on patrol, Peter went to Aaron's warehouse and found Ben and Jessica waiting for him.
"Thought I'd find you two here," Peter stated.
"That's why we came here," Jessica responded.
"That's weird," Peter cringed.
"Everything about this is weird," Ben added.
"So...what are you two gonna do now?" asked Peter.
"Go elsewhere and start lives of our own," Ben answered. "Actually be Ben Reilly and Jessica Drew."
"You're gonna be superheroes?" Peter asked.
"Maybe," Jessica answered. "Spider-Woman and Scarlet Spider."
"Or the other way around," Ben remarked.
Peter chuckled at that.
"Well...I'm hoping things turn out great for you guys," he said. "Good luck out there."
Jessica hugged him, which he hesitantly returned.
"The most awkward hug on the history of the planet," Ben muttered. Once Jessica separated from Peter, he and Ben fist bumped, then the clones swung away.
Over the next few days, MJ had a couple appointments with Dr. Banner and Dr. Cho. They gave her a clean bill of health, except for the nightmares, which started to lessen over time.
By the end of the week, Peter had gotten something for him and MJ. It came in a white velvet box.
"Whoa, whoa, you're not about to propose are you?" she asked him like he was crazy. "We're a little too young for that."
"What?! No!" Peter blushed heavily. "But...it's more like, uh..."
He opened the box and there were two rings inside, both made of shiny metal. One was blue, the other was purple, and both had the words "Let's Rewrite The Stars" engraved on them with white lettering. On the inside of the rings was another engraving; a heart with "PETER+MJ" in the middle of it.
"...Peter...!" MJ whispered in surprise.
"They're promise rings," Peter said.
She covered her mouth, gasping.
"I'm sorry if this comes off a little too strong," Peter apologized. "But, I almost lost you...and I realized that I really need you in my life. I love you so much, it hurts."
MJ was just too stunned to speak...so instead, she hugged Peter and planted a big kiss on his lips. He kissed her back, feverishly. His tongue requested access to her mouth, which she granted. Their tongues danced against each other as they kissed more passionately, moaning a bit. But they separated before it got TOO heated, panting heavily.
"So, um...which finger do we put these on?" Peter asked. "I mean, we're not engaged or married..."
"I've read that couples usually put them on their right ring finger," MJ told him.
"Right," said Peter as he put his ring on his right finger, and MJ did the same.
"I guess I don't mind purple," she stated before they kissed again.
Aaron said that another part of him kills. The concept of that is like Khalil and Painkiller from the Black Lighting TV Show. Two personalities that are aware of each other and work in harmony, but Snake Eyes is the one that kills.
So, I hope everyone liked this rendition of the Clone Saga, which took lots of inspiration from the Ultimate Comics! Miles and Venom even made an appearance!
Read and review, please!