yae yang: Well if you know your comics you might, did you remember a certain power one of the students have?
Supergirlhv: Thanks, and I know the problem with villain teams is they all got egos that get out of control.
NctrlBst: Don't worry about it, I know sometimes it's hard to fit in things you want to do in a day.
IolantheDuCoudray: Well actually, Damn-my-name-was-taken once threatened me with something not to end a story. I forget what it was exactly but it was unique I'll giver her that.
Red Witch: Yeah I think you'll be surprised at the end though.
Emmett Thompson: Pretty much a given, that is if I can continue the story.
The Uncanny R-Man: I don't know, I'm running out of ideas for this fic, either I'll have to end it or take a break from it to think of a few chapters.
celtcath74: Thanks, and there's going to be a surprise at the end of it too.
THE NEW TEACHER
CHAPTER 25: THOUGHTS OF MR. PARKER
It was a couple of days after the Sinister Six incident and things had finally calmed down and got back to normal, well as calm and normal as things got at the school. Rogue was in her room, it was late afternoon and he was relaxing after the days she had with the students.
Remy was off doing something so she was a lone for a moment. She thought about what she and learned. She remembered how she once absorbed Spider-Man years ago but for some reason she never got any of his memories, at least she thought she didn't.
Then when she saw Spider-Man and the Goblin fighting in the air like that it sparked a memory, a very powerful and painful one. There was a blond woman that he knew, that he cared for. There was a battle against the Green Goblin and she died. This sparked other memories, like the spider bite, and image of a grave with the name Ben Parker on it. Other images too, some nice and others deeply sad or disturbing like being buried alive.
Then she knew. She knew who Spider-Man was, and the weird dream she had of Peter suddenly made sense. She thought about telling the others but then after what she had remembered, she had learned that Peter...was a nice and honest person. That he was trust worthy and he didn't deserve to have his secret out. She knew he was a good person and he was nice, the kids loved him and to be honest she liked him.
So she had decided to keep the secret, although she did wish she could tell at least someone.
STUDENT DOMATORY
It was after classes and several of the students were gathered in one of the large areas the students used to gather about and talk or study. Currently the Cuckoos were there, Josh, David, Sofia, Laurie, Noriko, Jubilee, Paige and Sammy a fish looking kid from Canada, who had returned after his mother had chanced her mind and sent him back to the Institute.
"Man I can't believe you guys got kidnapped by super-villains and met Spider-Man!" Sammy said excited about it.
"Well the part about being in the cage, and getting knocked out wasn't that great." Josh said to the young boy. "But it was kind of cool."
"Man I missed so much, and who's this new teacher I've been hearing about?" Sammy asked. "I hear he's human like Annie."
"Yeah plus he's kind of cool, you know for an adult." David said to him.
"Actually He's a great guy." Jubilee said.
"Says the girl with the crush." Eve said snickering slightly.
"Like you three are one to talk." She snapped back at them.
"We're no longer got a thing for Mr. Parker." Phoebe said to her.
"Yeah, we've moved on to someone else." Fiona finished.
"Really who?" Paige asked curious.
"Spider-Man." All three of the sisters said with a sigh and a smile on their faces.
"Anyways like I said I like him because he's a great guy." Jubilee said. "He helped me out once when I needed someone." She said solemnly.
"What happened?" Sam asked.
Jubilee took a breath. "It was about a week ago, I was walking down the corridors and then it hit me. That day would have been...would have been a year since me and...and Angelo started dating." Paige looked concerned for her friend and went over and placed an arm around her.
"I was suddenly just overcome with a sense of great sadness and I knew I was about to break down and cry, so I found an empty classroom. I went to one of the desks and just fell into it and started crying. I don't know how long I was there but then Mr. Parker was there.
FLASHBACK
"Jubilee are you alright?" She heard a familiar voice say. She wiped her eyes and looked up to see Mr. Parker there looking very concerned about her. Jubilee couldn't talk, she just shook her head while trying to stop the tears.
She didn't know why but he sat down next to her and put his arm around her and she just found herself crying in his chest. After a few minutes she was hugging him closely, and she was able to find her voice again. "I-I'm sorry, it's just that...that...Angelo and me, that." She tried to finish but couldn't.
"I know, I heard about what happened to him...and that you two were close." He said gently to her. "If it's any help I know what you're going through." She looked up at him with a look in her eyes that said 'how could you' in them.
He wasn't phased by it and went on. "My first great love in my life was a girl named Gwen Stacey, and she died too. I saw it happen and I couldn't save her, I...I lost her. It still hurts to this day, and I'm sure it will still hurt you too, but I did go on, and I found MJ. It may take time, and you will go through a lot of hurt, but it will get better, and one day when you're ready...you'll find someone else who makes you feel alive and happy."
PRESENT
"He helped me that day and well I think he was right. I do still hurt, but it does get slightly easier every day sometimes." She said finishing her story.
"Wow, I never knew any of that." Sammy said quietly, reflecting on what was said.
"Man I think that beats anything I got on him." Josh said. Everyone was looking at him then. "Well you guys know how hard a time I had fitting in after, well you know."
"You mean when you joined that mutant hate group even though you knew you were one." David said sharply, he still hadn't completely forgiven him for it yet.
"David!' Sofia chided him.
"Go on Josh." Laurie said to him.
FLASHBACK
Josh was feeling down. His parents had just basically told him he was no longer part of their family not one week ago, his roommate David hated him, and no one seemed to like him. He hated his life.
He wasn't even paying attention during science class and was so lost in thought he didn't notice when the class ended. He was just sitting at his desk head on his arms that were across his desk.
"Josh class is over, unless this is your idea of extra credit." Josh snapped out of his thoughts and looked at Mr. Parker.
"Oh sorry Mr. Parker." Josh said quickly and raised himself up to leave. Peter placed a hand on his shoulder to stop him. Peter sat down next to him.
"Josh is there anything wrong?" Peter asked him. Josh didn't really want to talk about it. "Look Josh we both got some time before the next class, tell me what's wrong."
Josh looked at him and sighed and avoided Peter's look. "You wouldn't understand, no one hear likes me that much, especially David. I feel like an outcast among outcast here."
Peter smiled sadly at him. "Well you're wrong about that, I do know what it's like." Josh looked at Peter again. "In high school when I was you're age I was an outcast too. I used to have glasses, got picked on, I didn't have many friends either. So I do know how hard it is."
"Yeah but did you make a really stupid mistake and seem to pay for it the entire time?" Josh said angrily mostly he was angry with himself for joining that group.
Peter was strangely quiet for a moment. "Yes I did." He said quietly, Josh wasn't sure what he was talking about but the look in his eyes told him he did. "Let me offer you some advice Josh. Learn from you're mistakes, because we can't take them back, can't change it no matter how hard we try. We have to learn to live with our choices and to try and be a better person for it."
"Now I'm not saying it will be easy, but give it time. Try and change things for the better, and don't let yourself be weighted down by it all the time or you'll never be able to move on."
Josh took his words to heart that day. After that he tried to make peace with David and the others. He was still working on David but he had finally found some friends in the others.
PRESENT
"He did the same with me." Laurie said to them all. She was sitting in one of the chairs by herself feeling a little regret at speaking out. She was still a little shy and not to comfortable around anyone. "Only it I was sitting alone in the cafeteria and he sat down across from me to talk. He said basically the same thing to me too, only that I shouldn't be afraid to be around others or I would always be alone."
"You know for a grown-up he sounds pretty cool." Sammy said to them all.
They all continued to talk each one had their own story of Mr. Parker and they moved to the more humorous ones, like some of the things he had done in class to make it fun to learn.
LATER THAT NIGHT
While in her room Sofia laid herself down on her bed staring up at the ceiling. After hearing all of those stories she couldn't help but feel that she could have blasted them all out of the water with what she knew.
Her mutation did allow her to control the wind, but it also allowed her to hear things far away. Just like it did that night her and the others were freed. They were all standing outside the warehouse looking at Spider-Man fight the Green Goblin, but she had heard what they said to each other.
She could still hear the words echoing in her mind. She never would have guessed that her teacher was Spider-Man, or that such things had happened to his life. She knew she couldn't say anything, she owed him that much at least. It was amazing really when she thought about it, and she wished she could talk to him about it...or could she?
NEXT UP CHAPTER 26: ONE CRAZY DAY
I could use some ideas for other chapters since I'm running out of them. Any ideas would be appreciated.
Supergirlhv: Thanks, and I know the problem with villain teams is they all got egos that get out of control.
NctrlBst: Don't worry about it, I know sometimes it's hard to fit in things you want to do in a day.
IolantheDuCoudray: Well actually, Damn-my-name-was-taken once threatened me with something not to end a story. I forget what it was exactly but it was unique I'll giver her that.
Red Witch: Yeah I think you'll be surprised at the end though.
Emmett Thompson: Pretty much a given, that is if I can continue the story.
The Uncanny R-Man: I don't know, I'm running out of ideas for this fic, either I'll have to end it or take a break from it to think of a few chapters.
celtcath74: Thanks, and there's going to be a surprise at the end of it too.
THE NEW TEACHER
CHAPTER 25: THOUGHTS OF MR. PARKER
It was a couple of days after the Sinister Six incident and things had finally calmed down and got back to normal, well as calm and normal as things got at the school. Rogue was in her room, it was late afternoon and he was relaxing after the days she had with the students.
Remy was off doing something so she was a lone for a moment. She thought about what she and learned. She remembered how she once absorbed Spider-Man years ago but for some reason she never got any of his memories, at least she thought she didn't.
Then when she saw Spider-Man and the Goblin fighting in the air like that it sparked a memory, a very powerful and painful one. There was a blond woman that he knew, that he cared for. There was a battle against the Green Goblin and she died. This sparked other memories, like the spider bite, and image of a grave with the name Ben Parker on it. Other images too, some nice and others deeply sad or disturbing like being buried alive.
Then she knew. She knew who Spider-Man was, and the weird dream she had of Peter suddenly made sense. She thought about telling the others but then after what she had remembered, she had learned that Peter...was a nice and honest person. That he was trust worthy and he didn't deserve to have his secret out. She knew he was a good person and he was nice, the kids loved him and to be honest she liked him.
So she had decided to keep the secret, although she did wish she could tell at least someone.
STUDENT DOMATORY
It was after classes and several of the students were gathered in one of the large areas the students used to gather about and talk or study. Currently the Cuckoos were there, Josh, David, Sofia, Laurie, Noriko, Jubilee, Paige and Sammy a fish looking kid from Canada, who had returned after his mother had chanced her mind and sent him back to the Institute.
"Man I can't believe you guys got kidnapped by super-villains and met Spider-Man!" Sammy said excited about it.
"Well the part about being in the cage, and getting knocked out wasn't that great." Josh said to the young boy. "But it was kind of cool."
"Man I missed so much, and who's this new teacher I've been hearing about?" Sammy asked. "I hear he's human like Annie."
"Yeah plus he's kind of cool, you know for an adult." David said to him.
"Actually He's a great guy." Jubilee said.
"Says the girl with the crush." Eve said snickering slightly.
"Like you three are one to talk." She snapped back at them.
"We're no longer got a thing for Mr. Parker." Phoebe said to her.
"Yeah, we've moved on to someone else." Fiona finished.
"Really who?" Paige asked curious.
"Spider-Man." All three of the sisters said with a sigh and a smile on their faces.
"Anyways like I said I like him because he's a great guy." Jubilee said. "He helped me out once when I needed someone." She said solemnly.
"What happened?" Sam asked.
Jubilee took a breath. "It was about a week ago, I was walking down the corridors and then it hit me. That day would have been...would have been a year since me and...and Angelo started dating." Paige looked concerned for her friend and went over and placed an arm around her.
"I was suddenly just overcome with a sense of great sadness and I knew I was about to break down and cry, so I found an empty classroom. I went to one of the desks and just fell into it and started crying. I don't know how long I was there but then Mr. Parker was there.
FLASHBACK
"Jubilee are you alright?" She heard a familiar voice say. She wiped her eyes and looked up to see Mr. Parker there looking very concerned about her. Jubilee couldn't talk, she just shook her head while trying to stop the tears.
She didn't know why but he sat down next to her and put his arm around her and she just found herself crying in his chest. After a few minutes she was hugging him closely, and she was able to find her voice again. "I-I'm sorry, it's just that...that...Angelo and me, that." She tried to finish but couldn't.
"I know, I heard about what happened to him...and that you two were close." He said gently to her. "If it's any help I know what you're going through." She looked up at him with a look in her eyes that said 'how could you' in them.
He wasn't phased by it and went on. "My first great love in my life was a girl named Gwen Stacey, and she died too. I saw it happen and I couldn't save her, I...I lost her. It still hurts to this day, and I'm sure it will still hurt you too, but I did go on, and I found MJ. It may take time, and you will go through a lot of hurt, but it will get better, and one day when you're ready...you'll find someone else who makes you feel alive and happy."
PRESENT
"He helped me that day and well I think he was right. I do still hurt, but it does get slightly easier every day sometimes." She said finishing her story.
"Wow, I never knew any of that." Sammy said quietly, reflecting on what was said.
"Man I think that beats anything I got on him." Josh said. Everyone was looking at him then. "Well you guys know how hard a time I had fitting in after, well you know."
"You mean when you joined that mutant hate group even though you knew you were one." David said sharply, he still hadn't completely forgiven him for it yet.
"David!' Sofia chided him.
"Go on Josh." Laurie said to him.
FLASHBACK
Josh was feeling down. His parents had just basically told him he was no longer part of their family not one week ago, his roommate David hated him, and no one seemed to like him. He hated his life.
He wasn't even paying attention during science class and was so lost in thought he didn't notice when the class ended. He was just sitting at his desk head on his arms that were across his desk.
"Josh class is over, unless this is your idea of extra credit." Josh snapped out of his thoughts and looked at Mr. Parker.
"Oh sorry Mr. Parker." Josh said quickly and raised himself up to leave. Peter placed a hand on his shoulder to stop him. Peter sat down next to him.
"Josh is there anything wrong?" Peter asked him. Josh didn't really want to talk about it. "Look Josh we both got some time before the next class, tell me what's wrong."
Josh looked at him and sighed and avoided Peter's look. "You wouldn't understand, no one hear likes me that much, especially David. I feel like an outcast among outcast here."
Peter smiled sadly at him. "Well you're wrong about that, I do know what it's like." Josh looked at Peter again. "In high school when I was you're age I was an outcast too. I used to have glasses, got picked on, I didn't have many friends either. So I do know how hard it is."
"Yeah but did you make a really stupid mistake and seem to pay for it the entire time?" Josh said angrily mostly he was angry with himself for joining that group.
Peter was strangely quiet for a moment. "Yes I did." He said quietly, Josh wasn't sure what he was talking about but the look in his eyes told him he did. "Let me offer you some advice Josh. Learn from you're mistakes, because we can't take them back, can't change it no matter how hard we try. We have to learn to live with our choices and to try and be a better person for it."
"Now I'm not saying it will be easy, but give it time. Try and change things for the better, and don't let yourself be weighted down by it all the time or you'll never be able to move on."
Josh took his words to heart that day. After that he tried to make peace with David and the others. He was still working on David but he had finally found some friends in the others.
PRESENT
"He did the same with me." Laurie said to them all. She was sitting in one of the chairs by herself feeling a little regret at speaking out. She was still a little shy and not to comfortable around anyone. "Only it I was sitting alone in the cafeteria and he sat down across from me to talk. He said basically the same thing to me too, only that I shouldn't be afraid to be around others or I would always be alone."
"You know for a grown-up he sounds pretty cool." Sammy said to them all.
They all continued to talk each one had their own story of Mr. Parker and they moved to the more humorous ones, like some of the things he had done in class to make it fun to learn.
LATER THAT NIGHT
While in her room Sofia laid herself down on her bed staring up at the ceiling. After hearing all of those stories she couldn't help but feel that she could have blasted them all out of the water with what she knew.
Her mutation did allow her to control the wind, but it also allowed her to hear things far away. Just like it did that night her and the others were freed. They were all standing outside the warehouse looking at Spider-Man fight the Green Goblin, but she had heard what they said to each other.
"You've gone too far this time Norman!"
"You mean like when I killed the love of your life, what was her name again, oh yes Gwen wasn't it? Or how about when I made MJ lose your unborn child, Parker?"
"You monster!"
"Until next time Peter."
"You mean like when I killed the love of your life, what was her name again, oh yes Gwen wasn't it? Or how about when I made MJ lose your unborn child, Parker?"
"You monster!"
"Until next time Peter."
She could still hear the words echoing in her mind. She never would have guessed that her teacher was Spider-Man, or that such things had happened to his life. She knew she couldn't say anything, she owed him that much at least. It was amazing really when she thought about it, and she wished she could talk to him about it...or could she?
NEXT UP CHAPTER 26: ONE CRAZY DAY
I could use some ideas for other chapters since I'm running out of them. Any ideas would be appreciated.