Okay... I may have messed up a bit... okay maybe a lot.
When I initiated code green, I expected to be asleep for about a week or more. Little did I know that I was not a superhuman that has super healing. I am in fact not Spider Man. Just a normal human being with an advanced IQ which is the only reason I've survived this long.
So it shouldn't have been surprising when I woke up and almost two months passed.
Now this just messes up my original plans of warning Peter of Mysterio, helping out in case the whole fiasco in 'No Way Home' happens again, and well just prevent a whole lot of traumatic shit from happening to Peter.
Well clearly I failed in that area. Sure I managed to somewhat save Tony's death, but now everyone forgot about Peter just like back home. I found out that May was in fact alive, I suppose that those were changed because Tony was alive, the same being for the other avengers which meant they probably helped out Peter when it came to his identity being revealed and riling up everyone from an alternate dimension. Doesn't change the fact that Peter is most likely alone now.
I know for sure that everyone has forgotten him since I made sure to immediately check my files on him. Which was wiped out by the way.
I thought that maybe he wasn't erased from everybody's memories since I clearly remembered him, but nope. He really was erased from existence. My theory for why I remember him is because I held memories of him from my original universe which prevented my memories getting erased, thankfully.
Although this means that I'm quite screwed. Everything with patrols and my bots are good since I made sure to program them to be prepared for these kind of situations, but I'm quite conflicted on what to do now that everything else with Peter is quite... all over the place.
Sighing to myself, I got up and changed into my vigilante suite. 'I supposed I have no choice' I thought to myself as I asked my AI to locate the location of Spider man. From what I've gathered of how he's doing in patrols, it turns out that he still does patrols every week although it seems more consistent now. His schedule is usually from 4pm to around midnight. That should not be healthy.
Traveling by the rooftops, the time was around 7pm. It was getting late so it's best I find him fast. Hopefully I don't spook him, I know how he gets around other heroes or vigilantes. Although if anyone looks like they're going to freak out, it should be me. Behind my mask, I'm sweating bullets. I'm going to meet THE Spider Man. 'I just know Rosana would be so jealous of me right now' I thought to myself chuckling under my breath.
'I really miss them' I thought somberly to myself before shaking my head and following the location to Queens one and only Spidey.
Landing on the same roof as Spider Man, I made myself known as I leisurely walked over to him, creating a fair distance to not make him uncomfortable. I noticed him flinch when I landed but didn't acknowledge it.
"Hey, uhm, wh- who are you? Like, if you want to fight me, that's cool but maybe book another time-" Peter started off warily looking at me before I cut him off.
"Peter" I said, voice changer still on.
It went silent immediately, I could see him stiffen from the name.
"...Peter? I'm sorry I don't know who or what you're talking about" Peter said while taking a step back
"Look, I'm also a vigilante, Lights out is what I'm called and I just need to talk to you" He went still when he heard that I was Lights out, staying quiet for a while.
"I'll prefer talking somewhere else, I know a place. I won't hurt you so just follow me... please" I said pausing before the 'please'
I watched as he slowly nodded before I jumped off onto the roof next to the one we were on, heading off to a secret hideout that is close by. I make sure to have multiple different hide outs around the place in case of emergencies.
I glanced behind me to just make sure he's following. Once I was sure he was, I made sure to speed up a bit, knowing he'll be able to keep up. I'm confident he's faster than me, but I bet he hasn't been taking care of himself lately so I doubt he'll be able to beat me right now. Plus, I'm not really this fast, it's just the suite sadly. I've made a workout routine for myself but that doesn't change the fact that I'm just a normal human being that can't really hold myself against aliens or super-humans without my gadgets.
But hey, I try...
Once we made it to our destination, entering through a hidden door, I waited for him to come in before closing the door. I noticed he's still wary of me. Sighing I went to the small kitchen to make some hot chocolate for the both of us. "Go on, take a seat" I said to Spider Man as he awkwardly walked towards the table and sat down on the chair.
"So, is this your place?" Peter said meekly as he fidgeted with his hands. "No, just an emergency hideout in case I'm injured and need somewhere to stay that's close by" I said while sitting down on the chair opposite of him. I placed down the two cups of hot chocolate for me and peter, which also contained small marshmallows floating on top.
It's cute okay.
I could see Peter cocking his head at the appearance of the cup of hot chocolate, confused. I understood how my public image thinks of me as a 'I like coffee as dark as my soul' kind of person. Understandable but wrong.
Pulling up my mask to my nose I took a sip of my hot chocolate, which clearly surprised Peter with how comfortable I am around him.
Pulling down the mask after, I continued speaking
"Okay, basically I remember everything with how Mysterio revealed your identity to people from other dimensions came to ours and that led up to you getting erased from everybody's memories except for your alter ego" I said all in one go as I leaned onto the palm of my head, staring at Peter behind my mask.
I could tell he was gaping at me. "But how!? This shouldn't be possible since cast the spell and everyone including Aunt May, Ned, MJ, and even Karen forgot me! It doesn't make any sense-"
"Look, I know you're panicking, as you rightfully should, but I need you to calm down and maybe drink some of your hot chocolate" I said calmly even thought inside I was freaking out. 'I'm having a conversation with Peter Parker, Spider Man- TOM HOLLAND. Sure I'm more of a Andrew fan but this is still Tom Holland, like woah.'
He listened to me, taking off his mask (which surprised me, didn't expect him to just yank it off in front of me) and taking a huge chug of his cup of hot chocolate.
I winced 'does his tongue not burn?'
"Okay, so you remember me? Wow, I literally forgot I'm talking to THE Lights out. I'm a huge fan by the way, me and my friend would always make theories with how the hell you were able to disappear right after saving someone, which was super cool-" He rambled on, his smile contagious on his childish face.
"Yeah, I get it, but first lets talking about your living arrangements. Look, I know that you were erased from not only people in real life, but also online" I said to him, which made him go quiet all of a sudden.
"... I- I managed to find a cheap apartment and a part time job... so everything's been alright I guess, I'm fine seriously" He said, his smile hesitant.
I sighed to myself "Nope, that won't do. Okay kid, you're moving in with me from now on. Can't change my mind, I've already decided" I said with a serious tone although its hard to tell with my voice changer.
All he did was gap at me and then after a few seconds, he immediately stood up from where he was seated "You can't just do that- I can take care of myself plus I turned 18 a while ago! Not to mention, how do I know you aren't some weird old man that wants to experiment on me and steal my powers or something!" He continued saying while making weird gestures with his hands, frantically shaking his head.
All I did was raise my brow "Right, since we'll be living together from now on I might as well reveal my identity since I already know yours and all" I said taking off my mask fully.
"The names Vio, I'm also 18, originally from New Zealand but moved here because of some family issues (Not exactly a lie. I am originally from New Zealand in my universe) oh and it's a pleasure officially meeting you Peter" I said smiling a bit awkwardly. It's been a while since I've talked to someone outside my mask.
He stood there looking at me with wide eyes.
A few seconds passed by and he finally said something "You're a GIRL!" he shouted hands on his head. "Woah, that like so cool, there's not that many female heroes out there that I know. I mean, Nat was one of the most badass ones I knew, also Wanda although I didn't officially meet her. There's also captain Marvel- OH and Pepper is like really strong too" he said naming off strong women.
"Wait- you called me a kid though even though we're the same age! How does that work!?" He said mostly offended to being called a kid even though he's technically an adult by the law.
"It's complicated okay, but anyways, how about we get your things and move them to my apartment. You can sleep in my room, I don't mind using the couch."
"What? No, I- look you're being really kind and all but like I said, I'm fine. I don't need your help... really..." He said, his hands clenched tight.
I just stared at him for a moment before walking up to him to put a hand on his shoulder. He looked up at me confused.
"...I need you to know that even people like us need help. You may feel like the whole world is in your hands, but believe it or not, it really doesn't have to be like that. I know it's cheesy but just, share your burden with me. You may feel like it's annoying to hear this, but I understand. Really."
It was quiet for a while.
"Come on Peter, go get your stuff packed, I'll send you a bot to navigate you to my place" I said smiling before moving to the door.
He stood there for a while before speaking up again. "... That really was cheesy..." He laughed to himself "Fine! but I can take the couch you know" he shouted out, finally caving in.
"Nope, I'm good. Plus I'm moving out into an actual house in a few weeks so it's fine." I said already on my way outside the door.
He stood there for a while, taking a deep breath before more confidently this time, following me.