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"They're right," Peter thought, "It does all go before your eyes before you die. Steadily his mind took him through the past. He watched himself get bitten, he watched himself wrestle, he watched all the failures, and all the horrible mistakes he'd made in his life. It filled him with despair, he felt nothing he had ever done was worth this much tragedy.
Then he heard a voice, prim and familiar, saying, "No, no, no. Here." suddenly, where there had once been images of failure and death, there were images of life, and success; the time he had saved a kindergarten class from the Rhino, the time he had delivered a baby (the elevator was stuck, and the woman couldn't be moved), the time he caught a jumper who had gone on to create a new kind of drug to combat cancer. Not just as Spider-Man did he see images of heroism; the time he had taked Harry out of opening his wrists, the night he held Gwen in his arms for three hours when her dad died and mother split, the times he helped Aunt May from one room to another in her closing days. He saw all the good he had done.
As he tore his eyes from the scenes of joy, he realized he was in a tunnel. At one end, far away he saw a light, perfect and beautiful. Then he noticed that there were people around him, six of them. Two were faces that no one could wipe from his mind, the faces of Aunt May and Uncle Ben. The beamed at him with . . . could it be? Pride?
Then beside them was another couple, one that despite the fact that he could remember seeing their faces, he would never forget them . . . his mother and father, smiling with approval.
Then next to them a lone figure in a trench coat with his shield hung on a chain around his neck. The man who had haunted Peter's dreams gave him a simple thumbs up. "Thank you Captain Stacy," Peter whispered.
The he turned to the final person, the one who had whispered. She was a face all to familiar. Peter had mixed feelings about seeing her there. "What is the test this time Madame Web?" Peter asked of the extra- dimensional being.
"No test this time Spider-Man, this time it is over." She said it all with a smile of warmth, "You gave your life for another, that is impressive, not at all unexpected, but impressive nonetheless. It is time for you to be at peace young man."
Peter's mother and Aunt put there arms around his shoulders and hugged him tightly. "So I'm dead?" Peter asked of the mysterious Madame Web.
"You are what you choose to be," she answered, "as always when you see me, you may choose."
"Do you mean I can still be alive?"
"You can choose to go back to earth, and struggle through an excrutiating recovery, which may not even be complete. You would then continue to live your life the way it has always been, marked with persecution, pain, and abandonment. Or you can choose to continue on to the next realm, to paradise, to heaven. The choice is yours."
Peter had made many more important decisions in his life, but none had been as startling as this. He looked behind himself, away from the light. He saw all the X-Men digging furiously to get to his body. Then he saw them find it, with no pulse. He saw Rogue go into a fit of curses, Jean began a frenzied attempt at CPR, Scott, Kurt, Amanda, and Jamie wept, the others paced waiting for the finality. He looked back at his family that stood around them. One by one they began to nod simply with understanding smiles. Peter faced Madame Web and said, "I'm not done yet."
Madame Web smiled her knowing smile and said, "Impressive, not entirely unexpected, but impressive none the less." She waved her hand and . . . . .
"Goddamnit, Fight Peter!!" Jean screamed before she breathed into his mouth. She felt once more for a pulse. Noth . . . wait! There was a pulse! It was faint, but there. The adults were just starting to arrive, as were the news crews. In the end, Daredevil, the Scarlet Witch, and Avalanche all came back to the mansion. It was going to be along period of recovery. But Peter would be there. On the way to the mansion Peter opened his eyes and said to Scott, "yer mom wanted me to say 'hi'" then once more he passed out. He would live to fight again another day. For such was the life of the Amazing Spider-Man.
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next chapie: Visitors! Spidey has made a lot of friends in his career, but who will it be that comes to visit him, and why is it that the mansion now looks like half a jungle?
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
"They're right," Peter thought, "It does all go before your eyes before you die. Steadily his mind took him through the past. He watched himself get bitten, he watched himself wrestle, he watched all the failures, and all the horrible mistakes he'd made in his life. It filled him with despair, he felt nothing he had ever done was worth this much tragedy.
Then he heard a voice, prim and familiar, saying, "No, no, no. Here." suddenly, where there had once been images of failure and death, there were images of life, and success; the time he had saved a kindergarten class from the Rhino, the time he had delivered a baby (the elevator was stuck, and the woman couldn't be moved), the time he caught a jumper who had gone on to create a new kind of drug to combat cancer. Not just as Spider-Man did he see images of heroism; the time he had taked Harry out of opening his wrists, the night he held Gwen in his arms for three hours when her dad died and mother split, the times he helped Aunt May from one room to another in her closing days. He saw all the good he had done.
As he tore his eyes from the scenes of joy, he realized he was in a tunnel. At one end, far away he saw a light, perfect and beautiful. Then he noticed that there were people around him, six of them. Two were faces that no one could wipe from his mind, the faces of Aunt May and Uncle Ben. The beamed at him with . . . could it be? Pride?
Then beside them was another couple, one that despite the fact that he could remember seeing their faces, he would never forget them . . . his mother and father, smiling with approval.
Then next to them a lone figure in a trench coat with his shield hung on a chain around his neck. The man who had haunted Peter's dreams gave him a simple thumbs up. "Thank you Captain Stacy," Peter whispered.
The he turned to the final person, the one who had whispered. She was a face all to familiar. Peter had mixed feelings about seeing her there. "What is the test this time Madame Web?" Peter asked of the extra- dimensional being.
"No test this time Spider-Man, this time it is over." She said it all with a smile of warmth, "You gave your life for another, that is impressive, not at all unexpected, but impressive nonetheless. It is time for you to be at peace young man."
Peter's mother and Aunt put there arms around his shoulders and hugged him tightly. "So I'm dead?" Peter asked of the mysterious Madame Web.
"You are what you choose to be," she answered, "as always when you see me, you may choose."
"Do you mean I can still be alive?"
"You can choose to go back to earth, and struggle through an excrutiating recovery, which may not even be complete. You would then continue to live your life the way it has always been, marked with persecution, pain, and abandonment. Or you can choose to continue on to the next realm, to paradise, to heaven. The choice is yours."
Peter had made many more important decisions in his life, but none had been as startling as this. He looked behind himself, away from the light. He saw all the X-Men digging furiously to get to his body. Then he saw them find it, with no pulse. He saw Rogue go into a fit of curses, Jean began a frenzied attempt at CPR, Scott, Kurt, Amanda, and Jamie wept, the others paced waiting for the finality. He looked back at his family that stood around them. One by one they began to nod simply with understanding smiles. Peter faced Madame Web and said, "I'm not done yet."
Madame Web smiled her knowing smile and said, "Impressive, not entirely unexpected, but impressive none the less." She waved her hand and . . . . .
"Goddamnit, Fight Peter!!" Jean screamed before she breathed into his mouth. She felt once more for a pulse. Noth . . . wait! There was a pulse! It was faint, but there. The adults were just starting to arrive, as were the news crews. In the end, Daredevil, the Scarlet Witch, and Avalanche all came back to the mansion. It was going to be along period of recovery. But Peter would be there. On the way to the mansion Peter opened his eyes and said to Scott, "yer mom wanted me to say 'hi'" then once more he passed out. He would live to fight again another day. For such was the life of the Amazing Spider-Man.
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
next chapie: Visitors! Spidey has made a lot of friends in his career, but who will it be that comes to visit him, and why is it that the mansion now looks like half a jungle?