The Gray Avenger Chapter 11, a marvel fanfic

Chapter 3: A Dark Shade of White (2/3)

This rain fucking sucks. Nero Carnby was looking out of the window of his room at the orphanage. There was a heavy rain going on outside, and he was bored as hell since he couldn't go out. Not because of the rain however.

Fuck... Standing up with a lot of difficulty, Nero made his to his bed while jumping on a single feet. Once he reached there, he places his leg on top of the bed which was in a cast.

After his confrontation with Paul Bailey. It turns out that after Sister Maggie went there to grab him. The Paramedics there informed her that Nero actually broke his ankle and that he would require a cast to heal it. So now he required the aid of crutches to walk.

Laying on top of the bed wearing white boxers and a white tank-top. Nero started to reach for something inside the drawer besides his bed to pass the time. On the inside, there was a large wooden box that was locked with a key that Nero has hidden on his pillow, on the inside there was, kind of a collection of things that Nero stole it. Which he seriously needed to find a better spot to hide them later. He reached for four items there, a silver metal cigarette case with an ornate scrolly design on the front, centered with a pewter stag's head, a blue colored Game Boy Advanced, a red iPod and generic looking black headphones. He first opened the cigarette case, which revealed that it was actually filled, not with cigarettes, but with joints that Nero made himself from some Marijuana that he stole from a drug dealer at the end of the street.

The boy with sickly pale skin had an urge to smoke joint. But he decided not to do it inside the room, otherwise someone might discover him. Instead, he placed the cigarette case inside the box and locked again. Then he covered himself with his blanket and connected the headphones on the iPod and put on some music while turning the Gameboy on to play it. He only had one game, The Legend of Zelda: Minish Cap.

On a cold winter morning, in the time before the light
In flames of death's eternal reign, we ride towards the fight
When the darkness has fallen down, and the times are tough all right
The sound of evil laughter falls around the world tonight

No,no, use the bomb. He thought as he accidentally used the wrong item in the game.

Fighting hard, fighting on for the steel, through the wastelands evermore
The scattered souls will feel the hell bodies wasted on the shores
On the blackest plains in hell's domain, we watch them as they go
In fire and pain, now once again, we know

The tail is the weak spot. He was fighting one of the bosses.

So now we fly ever free
We're free before the thunderstorm
On towards the wilderness, our quest carries on
Far beyond the sundown, far beyond the moonlight
Deep inside our hearts and all our souls

Stupid hat, stop talking already. He thought as the long dialogue was annoying.

So far away, we wait for the day
For the lives all so wasted and gone
We feel the pain of a lifetime lost in a thousand days
Through the fire and the flames, we carry o-

Suddenly, someone took the headphones off his head. Moving his head to check, he was greeted by the sight of beautiful green eyes. "Hey, Jean." Nero greeted her with a smile.

Jean was wearing blue jeans, a red sweater and black sneakers. He can also see a raincoat on the coat rack next to the door. "Brought some lunch." She announced while giving him a smile of her own.

After it was revealed that Nero actually broke his ankle, Jean was the person other than Sister Maggie that took the most care of him during his annoying recovery from his injury. Simple things like bringing him a lunch to eat,stuff to pass the time since he can't go out or just keep him company.

"Thanks." She brought him a hot dog from Nero's favorite stand. It was a Colombian-Style Hot Dogs, with topped with pineapple sauce, pink sauce, garlic mayo, and crushed potato chips.

As Nero took the hot dog off her hands, he wondered how things have been on her home. It has been a week since he kicked her sister's ex's ass. Since then however, Nero is completely clueless about what happened afterwards and he doesn't really want to upset Jean by asking about it. But the fact that Jean usually goes there early in the morning and usually leaves late night cannot be just because she enjoys his company that much.

"How is your leg?" Jean asked as she sat down on the edge of the bed and touched the cast.

"It hurts less than yesterday." Nero replied to her as he took a bite of the delicious hot dog. So good... He thought as he appreciate the taste.

"That's good to hear..." She said with a smile, before she looked at something behind him."Where did that TV came from?" Jean asked.

On top of the same drawer that Nero kept his stolen goods on, there was a old CRT TV with an inputted VHS on it, alongside a pile of VHS tapes on top of it. "Sister Maggie found it lying around and decided to give to me, it's still works." He reached his hand and turned on. Suddenly, it started to play an old cartoon that Nero was watching the previous day.

"You were watching Donald Duck?" Jean asked with a giggle as she didn't know Nero liked cartoons.

"Yeah..." Nero looked away embarrassed as he eat his hot dog .

"No need to be embarrassed, I like cartoons too." Jean reassured him while touching his shoulder.

The boy with white hair finished his hot dog, before speaking again. "If that's the case, do you wanna watch it together?" He asked as he cleaned his mouth with tissue paper.

Jean just smiled. "Sure." Then she started to untie her shoes to take them off.

Nero then grabbed the TV and placed on top of the bed, right besides his thigh. Jean then decided to join him on top of the beds, while also joining him under his blanket. The two best friends cuddled together with Jean placing her head on his chest and Nero wrapping his arm around her. The two of them then spent the remaining of the evening watching Donald Duck cartoons together.

Five or six hours passed by as Nero Carnby and Jean Grey laid on top of his bed cuddling and watching cartoons together. The white haired boy adored every second of it, but he noticed that it was getting dark and the rain was as strong as ever, but his red head friend didn't seem to be planning to leave. Not that he minded, but he found it weird.

Jean laughed a bit at the TV due to Donald Duck throwing a rage tantrum on the cartoon. Her laugh was adorable in his opinion. And she probably knows that he thinks that. But her laugh was short lived as a loud thunder was heard by them. Which startled Jean, causing her to hug Nero tightly.

Nero just chuckled a bit. "Still afraid of lightning?" He asked in amusement. She looked down embarrassingly in response, but moved her eyes back up once he hugged her tightly. "You're safe with me, there's no need to be afraid." He assured her as he patted her head.

Jean just smiled at him while gladly accepting the pat on the head from him. But he smile soon turned into a sulking face, with Nero immediately wondering what was the cause of it. "If you wanna ask me, just do it." She gave him permission.

The boy with white hair was quick to sigh in response. "Do I have to?" He asked. "You already know what I want to know." He kind of already expected her to have read his mind.

"I wanna hear you say it." The red headed gir stated before sitting up on his bed.

The white haired boy then sat up and stared deeply into her eyes. "What exactly happened after I kicked that padophile's ass?" He bluntly asked his best friend.

Jean just stared at his gray eyes with her green ones, before she grabbed his cheeks and affectionately pressed her forehead on his. And before Nero could react in anyway, flashes passed through his head. Flashes of very loud arguments between Jean's parents, flashes of strange behaviors coming from her sister and a flash of... "What the fuck?!" It was Nero's immediate response. "Your sister tried to kill herself?!"

Jean didn't responded him right away, she just kept her forehead connect with his. Then... "Two days after what happened." She informed.

"Jean..." Nero couldn't believe that. "Why didn't you tell me?" He immediately questioned her on that.

Jean didn't responded him this time, she just stayed silent.

...

"DAMMIT!" Jean yelled, which startled Nero. "IT WAS OVER, YOU GOT RID OF PAUL AND IT WAS FINALLY OVER BUT THEN SHE RUINS EVERYTHING AGAIN!" She was furious, not at the situation but with her sister. "WE MOVED HERE TO GET AWAY FROM HIM, TO "SPARE MY SISTER FROM THE SHAME", IT DIDN'T WORK!" She stood up from the bed and started to walk to left and right. "WHEN HE FOUND US, I THOUGHT IT WAS OVER BUT THEN YOU... YOU... YOU ACTUALLY MADE HIS GO AWAY FOR GOOD AND I WAS SO HAPPY, I... I THOUGHT, THINGS WE GET BETTER... BUT... BUT..." Nero could see tears starting to fall from her eyes. "But... It just stayed the same..." She was crying. "Is that... All that it will ever be now...?" It wasn't really a question.

Nero Carnby only stood there, listening to her outburst fully, until she just stood there crying. His immediate response once she was done talking, was to get up from the and approach her by jumping on a single foot. Once he was close enough, he embraced the crying girl, who accepted instantly. The boy with white hair wanted to tell her that thing would get better, but it was uncertain and he didn't want to lie to her. All he could do, was be there for her.

"That's all I want from you." Jean spoke, probably after she read his mind.

"Then you'll have it." Nero replied.

...

The two stayed on the quiet embrace until. "Ummm... Do you mind if I sit down?" He asked as he was on a single foot.

"Oh!" Jean seemed to have forgotten for a minute that Nero had a broken ankle. "So sorry!" She immediately placed him back on the bed and sat next to him.

Once they were sitting besides one another, Nero asked. "What is going on in your home right now?" He asked her bluntly as he needed to know.

Jean, who luckily calmed down, sighed. "My mother took my brother and left to my grandparents home." She looked down when she said that. "Dad is either... Working or visiting my sister, he's barely home to be honest."

Nero placed his hand on her shoulder gently. "Is that why you been... Spending so much time here with me?"

Jean then held Nero's hand. "It's one of the reasons." She admitted. "The main one is the fact that you're literally the only person in my life right now that doesn't make me wanna scream."

The boy with white hair let out a sad smile before he wrapped his arm around Jean and she immediately placed her head on his shoulder in response. The two stayed like that for a minute, until. "Wanna have a sleepover?" He asked her, as there was no way that he'll let her walk home at this hour with the big storm going outside.

Jean took a little while go respond him, but she had a question first. "What are you going to do if I say no?" She asked him while looking at him with a curious face.

"Put my outfit on and escort you home." He was not joking, he will indeed do that if she refuses.

That caused Jean to smile as she probably read his mind to know that she wasn't joking. "Then the answer is yes, because you can't wet the cast." She pointed out in a semi-joking manner. But then she remembers something. "Wait, I don't have anything to wear."

"Just use my hoodie," He suggested. "It's baggy enough, so it will cover..." It would cover her panties but he was a little embarrassed to say it.

"Ummm..." Jean probably figure it out what he meant by that. "C-could you..." She was clearly trying to ask him to turn around.

"Okay," He then moved towards the other edge of the bed and stood there looking at the opposite direction. "My hoodie is on the first drawer." He informed her.

With that Nero heard a Jean taking a few steps and opening his drawer. "How did you... Got the bloodstains off?" She asked as his hoodie was spotless.

"Sister Maggie wanted to throw away, but I managed to convince her in letting me try to take the bloodstains off." Nero explained as he heard the notice of the zipper on her Jean's opening. "So, I researched on internet and found a way to take the blood off."

"You really love this hoodie don't you?" She asked in curiosity.

"Not the hoodie itself." Nero scratched his head in response. "I don't... Have much so... I tend to be a little... Overzealous with my things."

"Hmm..." It was Jean's only response. "Well...?" He heard Jean speaking, causing Nero to take it as a sign that he could look now. Turning around, he saw Jean standing besides the edge of his bed, wearing his white hoodie, which seemed extra-baggy on her. Which did the trick perfectly as he couldn't see her panties as the hoodie went into her thighs and the sleeves covered her hands. "How do I look?" He could see her clothes folded on top of his drawer.

"Like a girl wearing a baggy hoodie." Nero said that with a smirk.

Jean smirked too in response. "Should I..." She pointed at the light switch.

Nero nodded in confirmation.

With that, Jean moved towards the light switch and turned off the lights. With the curtains close, the room was pretty dark, but Jean found her way to Nero's bed. Pulling up the blanket, and getting underneath, right besides Nero, who she was kind enough to cover as well.

Both Nero Carnby and Jean Grey then laid on their sides staring at each other despite the darkness surrounding them. Neither said a thing or use telepathy to read each other's thoughts. But the boy with white hair had an urge to do something, which was wrap his arms around her torso and hold her tightly. Something that the red head girl responded instantaneously by wrapping her arms around his shoulders.

Another loud thunder was heard by the two of them. But Jean had absolutely no reaction to it.

"Come on Nero..."

After a very peaceful and comfortable night with Jean Grey. Nero woke up from a very surprising sleep, since he usually doesn't sleep anymore. Once he did however, he awoke in a very tight embrace with the red head girl. An embrace that was quite difficult to come out of it without waking her up. But he managed.

Still raining outside, Nero put on some clothes and put Jean's raincoat to go out without being noticed. He did that in order to go grab breakfast for the two of them in a place not far away from the Orphanage. He managed to keep his cast from getting wet by wrapping around a trash bag.

"Hey, I'm just returning the favor." He told her as Jean was mad at him for going out to grab it.

Jean just stared at him apprehensively while her hair was messy because of Nero's pillow. Until she just checked what he brought for her. On top of the bed, there were two plates that he got from the Orphanage's cafeteria. The plates had two really nice looking egg sandwiches and two grape juice boxes. "I'm only forgiving you because it smells great." She told him before she grabbed her plate to taste it. "Mmm..." It was the only sound she made as she chewed the delicious looking sandwich.

Nero then took a bite of his own sandwich and it was delicious. But as he chewed, his gaze accidentally fell upon something. Jean took off the blanket off herself in order to not get it dirty, but by doing that, it exposed her legs which were in full display to Nero. Did... Jean always had those lovely legs? He wasn't really exaggerating, she had really nice looking legs. Moving his gaze up at Jean's face. Who am I kidding? Every single part of Jean is lovely. He thought as he watched Jean enjoy the taste of the sandwich that he brought for her.

Taking a sip of the juice box as he looked at the window. The rain doesn't seem like it's stopping anytime soon. But the orphan boy didn't really mind. Then he moved to the drawer where the small TV was on top of it and turned on.

"Several sources did confirm that a deal between the Stark Industries and Oscorp has been denied." The News Report was on. "Tony Stark himself quoted "Not in a million years" when asked about the subject by one of our-" Nero decided to change to another channel, the weather prediction. "Heavy rain can be expected for the next several days, though it will come in a smaller intensity, it is still suggested that you remain in doors in case of i-"

He turned off the TV as he already learned what he wanted. "More rain..." He commented to his friend.

"I like rain," Jean spoke up before he drinks a bit of juice from the juice box. "It's the sound of it calms me down."

"Me too," Nero agreed with her as the sound of the rain dropping on his window is really relaxing. "Especially if I get to spend the rainy day with you because of it."

Jean smiled at him in response. But then she got startled by the sound of something. Looking at her pants , which were folded on top of his drawer, she had a look of concern. She put down her sandwich and the juice box and moved towards his drawer. Only to grab his pants and pull cellphone out of her pants. "H-hello?"

Oh shit, it's probably her father. Nero was immediately concern as she was definitely going to get scolded for sleeping with him.

"Oh... Okay... Yeah..." Strangely, Jean seemed completely calm and even a bit disappointed. Which surprised Nero as he was expecting to her to be apologizing and being a bit upset for being scolded. Why... Wait... Don't tell me... Nero immediately figure it out. "Okay... Love you dad..." Jean spoke with a weak voice before she put down the cellphone.

Jean stood there unmoving for a bit, causing Nero to get up from the bed and approach her by jumping on a single leg. Hugging her from behind as soon as he was close enough. "He didn't even noticed that you didn't sleep at home." It was kind of obvious.

The red headed girl didn't reply, she just looked down sad, confirming Nero's suspicion.

""Check this out..."

After comforting Jean over the fact that her father didn't even noticed that she didn't slept at home. Both friends decided to hang out for a bit. Despite the heavy rain, they decided to go on a place because Nero needed to buy something. The place was a music store called Jinx TTS, because Nero was looking to buy an instrument for himself. With some money that he got from sister Maggie under the promise that he'll play in the at Clinton Church.

Nero while holding a really nice looking dark blue hollow electric guitar with Jean sitting on a seat of a drum set located in the middle of the store. And to Jean's shock, he starts to play the guitar perfectly in front of her.

"Wait, what?" Jean immediately questioned him with a smile. "Since when do you play guitar?"

"I play guitar, drums and keyboard ." Nero admitted to her, he did learned after only a few classes of each, which shocked many of his teachers."But, I more of a music listener than a music player."

Jean just smiled at him. "Play a song for me?"

Nero just smiled back in response, before he started to play the guitar.

You got me so wild, how can I ever deny?

Jean was admittedly dumbfounded as Nero had a beautiful voice and clearly wasn't expecting him to sing for her.

You got me so high, so high I cannot feel the fire

Some of the people in the stories noticed the boy wearing a white hoodie, singing.

And you keep telling me, telling me that you'll be sweet

The song was actually a dumbstep song, but he was singing like it was a rock song.

And you never wanna leave my side as long as I don't break these

He heard the door bell making noise, indicating that someone entered the story but he was too focused on playing the song to actually listen to.

Promises, and they still feel all so wasted on myself
Promises, and they still feel all so wasted on myself
Promises, and they still feel all so wasted on myself
Promises, and they still feel all so wasted on myself

He started an long and complex solo on the guitar as Jean and everyone else on the story was watching like they were the audience on a concert, with a few people even filming him.

And they still feel all so wasted on myself

The solo just became even more complex, as Nero was trying to turn a bunch of dumbstep noises into a guitar solo, and he was actually succeeding to shock of the few who apparently knew the song.

You got me so wild, how can I ever deny?

He stared deeply into Jean's eyes as he was singing for her.

You got me so high, so high I cannot feel the fire

Jean let out one of the brightest smile that he ever saw her make.

And you keep telling me, telling me that you'll be sweet

A loud thunder came from outside but no one was paid attention to since everyone was focused on the song. Especially Jean, who completely ignored despite being afraid of it.

And you never wanna leave my side as long as I don't break these

Suddenly, someone appear behind Jean, watching Nero play closely. It was a girl with short blond hair, wearing dark blue jeans, a black long-sleeved T-shirt with white sleeves, pink hi-tops and a really cool looking black a-2 bomber jacket that was pretty baggy on her.

He played the guitar very intensively with his eyes closed, just letting the music flow through his fingers.

And they still feel all so wasted on myself

With that, everyone around applauded the boy with white hair. With Jean being the first one to do it as she stood up from her seat and clapped loudly.

Nero just gave them a bow, like he was really playing on a concert. Once the applauding stopped, he just looked at Jean and asked. "So... .This one?" He asked as he displayed the guitar for her.

"One hundred percent." Jean said while giving him a thumbs up.

Before any of the two could say anything else. Nero noticed that the blond girl was still staring at them, with a weird look on her face. Jean also noticed and turned her head to look at her.

"Is... something in the matter?" Jean asked her.

"Umm..." She pointed at the drum. "Could you..."

Jean then noticed that she was blocking the passage of the seat of drum. "Oh, so sorry." She immediately apologized and stepped away for the girl to take her seat.

"Cool song by the way." The girl told him as she picked up the drumsticks.

"Thanks," Nero told her. "Promises by Nero, only that it was my own version of the song."

"Promises by Nero, Nero's version?" Jean pointed out, as it was indeed a little ironic since he has the same as the band that played the song.

The blond girl chuckled. "Wait?" She seemed confused. "You're name is Nero and you played a song of band named Nero?"

He nodded slowly in response.

"That's both funny and cool at the same time." She clarified.

Nero decided to respond by extending his hand to her. "Nero Carnby and this is my friend, Jean Grey."

She shacked his hand before speaking. "Gwendolyn Stacy, but you can call me Gwen." She introduced herself to them.

Nero immediately recognized her last name and decided to ask. "Stacy? Are you..." Before he could ask her the question, he got interrupted by someone calling out for her.

"GWEN?!" A familiar voice called out for her as they hear the front door opening. Oh fuck me... Nero thought while cringing as he turns around and sees George Stacy entering the music store wearing a dark blue suit. It didn't took long for the NYPD Detective to recognize him. After sighing, he spoke. "Mr. Carnby."

"Mr. Stacy." They awkwardly greeted one another after another random encounter between the two.

"Wait, you two know each other?" Gwen immediately questioned the two of them after noticing that they knew each other.

"Let's just say, I have a very annoying habit of getting into a lot of unbelievable and out of nowhere situations, that usually involves the police in one way or another." It was the best description of his odd relationship with Mr. Stacy.

"That's an understatement." Jean commented as she picked the guitar off his hands and handed him the crutches.

Mr. Stacy then, luckily, removed his attention from Nero and focused on Gwen, who's apparently his daughter. "You can't run off like that." He told Gwen apprehensively.

Gwen however seemed annoyed. "I just went for a walk." She spoke defensively while folding her arms.

Nero had an urge to just grab Jean's hand and get the hell out of there, because part of him still a bit paranoid to be around the Police after the whole thing with the ring and the fact that he set an train on fire while he was smoking pot. But then he looked at Jean, and she had a sympathetic towards Gwen for some reason.

As the father and daughter argued about something, Nero decided to ask.

"Did you read her mind?" Nero asked through telepathy.

She nodded. "Her parents divirced recently and her father received full custody after a... Very chaotic trial." Jean explained to Nero.

"Chaotic?" Nero had to ask what is that supposed to mean.

"Apparently... She overheard her mother saying that she was only trying to get her custody so she could get money from he father." Jean revealed to him.

"Shit..." It was Nero's opinion about the subject.

Both friends saw the father and daughter arguing about something that they were a bit clueless about it, since they were concentrated on communicating to one another.

"What is going on?" Nero asked Jean.

"Mr. Stacy is a bit absent." Jean pointed out. "Not on purpose but..."

"Oh..."

"You promised!" Gwen spoke angrily at her father.

"I know I did, but I told you, I'm low on money since the trial." Mr. Stacy spoke in a apologetic tone to her daughter. "Listen, I pr-" He was about to say something to her, but before he could say something to get, his phone ringed. The moment it did, she looked at him angrily. "Gwen..."

She looked away in response. "Just go, I know the way home." There was a lot of disappointment in her voice.

Mr. Stacy opened his mouth to speak but immediately closed once again. Then he sighed and just said. "Don't stay out until late, please?"

"Okay..." She replied in a low voice while appearing disappointed.

Mr. Stacy clearly didn't want to go, but he pull out his phone to answer. But before he did. "Despite the circumstances, it's good to see you, especially when you're not convered in bruises or blood."

Nero scratched his head in embarrassment. "And I'll pray to stay like this." He stated.

Mr. Stacy then nodded, before giving one last look at his daughter and then make his out of the store. Leaving the white haired boy, the red head and blond alone in a awkward silence.

The silence lasted for nearly a minute. Until Nero decided to break it by asking. "Do you play?" Nero asked as he approached her.

Gwen, who was looking down sadly, immediately moved her head up. It took her a couple of seconds for her to answer. "I'm... Learning, but I kind of suck."

"Let me be the judge of that." Nero told her. "Play a song for me?" He requested her.

"No way." She immediately denied. "After you rocked that guitar just now, it would make my music skills seem more mediocre than they already are." The blond girl spoke, demonstrating a clear insecurity of her musical skills.

"Come on..." Nero asked with puppy eyes. "Just one song..."

Gwen just smirked and stated at Jean. "Has that ever worked?" She asked his best friend.

"Sometimes." Jean admitted while looking a away embarrassed. "But, you really shouldn't out yourself down, especially when you're still learning." She reassured the blond girl. "Besides, Nero can play drum too, he could give you directions."

The girl with blue eyes then stared at the boy with vivid gray ones. "Oh really?" She asked.

Nero gave her a thumbs up.

She still seemed a bit reluctant, but she eventually sighed. "Just one..." She finally decided to give in.

"Awesome!" He said enthusiastically.

Gwen Stacy smiled in amusement before taking a deep breath and preparing the drumsticks to play. Both Nero and Jean watched as she play the drum. She was definitely a beginner but clearly had talent as she was playing in a slow but consistent pacing. Though Nero didn't recognized the song that she was playing. After two minutes, she stopped and the two gave her a small clap.

"You're indeed learning but clearly have talent." That was Nero opinion on her skills as a drummer.

Gwen's response, was a weak smile. "Thanks for the compliment." Nero assumes that she doesn't get complimented often.

"It's a genuine compliment." He affirmed. "So, you got a drum home?"

The weak smile immediately disappeared from her face. "No..." She was clearly disappointed by that.

"Oh," Nero scratched his neck before continuing. "Came here to buy one?" He asked.

Her disappointed seemed to grow even more, which immediately caused Nero to regret asking it. Gwen then twirled the drumsticks before answering. "I asked my father for one and he promised to buy it but..."

"Low on cash?" He remembered that part of the conversation.

"Yeah..." She was visibly disappointed.

"Hmmm..."

The white haired boy stared at his best friend for a second. Then he thought of something and waited for Jean's opinion on it. After a few seconds, he received a thumbs up in affirmation. Prompting the white haired boy to look back at the disappointed blond girl in front of him.

"Wanna make a deal?" Nero asked her.

Her predictable response was a confused look. "What... Kind of deal?"

"Well, more like an exchange." Nero corrected while moving his eyes up for a second.

Her confusion did not ceased.

Jean sighed before speaking. "Just say it already Nero."

Nero rolled his eyes before finally clarifying. "Fine..." He removed the hood on his head. "How about I buy you this drum in exchange of your awesome jacket?" That was his offer.

...

"Holy shit, are you for real?!" It was Gwen's justifiable reaction after widening her eyes in response.

Questions and Answers.

Re read that little preview from the last chapter again and one aside from finding his Symbiote to be kinda adorable in how it didn't want to part from Nero for even a few moments the fact he has a Symbiote plus the Ebony Blade has me wondering if he'll do what Malekith did in the war of realm events where he took Venom and combined it with the Ebony Blade to make something akin to the Necroblade

More pairing suggestions

Amora the Enchantress, Clea, Umar, Gamora, Kamala, Zarda, the Stepford Cuckoos

Also just thought Nero could get Mjolnir and just say this is a world where Thor kept Jarnbjorn as his weapon of choice or after no one was able to pick up Mjolnir due to the God Tempest being more picky Odin had Stormbreaker crafted much earlier and Thor was worthy to wield that hammer

I can also imagine now a older Nero being able to go to Cosmic entities like Galactus and telling them to frankly piss off some of the great demons to like Mephisto well with him Nero could kill him

Can't help but think to with Thanos he'd be jealous of Nero for holding Death's care and wanting to kill him except Nero could kill Thanos when he beats him

I'm also curious if he'll gain names like the Grey King and the Grey God

Nero will be the first human host that the Symbiote becomes attached to and unlike Peter, it doesn't affect Nero negatively {Nero's biology is just too complicated for it to be able to affect it in anyway and it gives the Symbiote a feeling that it's equivalent of the most powerful drug.} And Nero doesn't rejects the Symbiote like Spider-Man so it becomes exceptionally attached to Nero and even obedient towards him. [There will be a time when it bonds with Peter and even Eddie, but it immediately dumps the two and goes back to Nero when the chance appears.]

Thanks for the suggestions.

He might temporarily get the Mjolnir, though, Thor will be pissed off with him for stealing it.

Let's just say... Nero may use a certain Silver Surfboard to deal with him.

Here's a little dialogue that may answer your question.

{

Thanos: Such a waste...

Nero: Shut the fuck up! No wonder she preferred Deadpool, you such a fucking loser.

Thanos: I did everything for her, you don't know what you're talking about.

Nero: She made a cuckold out of you, because she knew you were pathetic, and just to add salt to your fucking wounds, I actually prefer Deadpool as a step-dad over you.

Deadpool: Owww... Call me daddy...

Nero: Fuck no!

}

He calls himself the Gray Avenger as a super-hero name, but he may get titles like that from other people.

So given how attached Nero and Jean are to each other I'm guessing that Nero is going to spend plenty of time around the X men and helping them out even with him not actually being a mutant

Can totally see one of the X men questioning why Nero is around them and he just reply's with Jean is here so I'm here to help haha

Plus I can see when he stays at wherever the X men are based Nero is invited by Jean to share her bed with the likes of Laura joining them haha

Speaking of Jean I hope Nero is able to help her with the Phoenix Force so no Dark Phoenix doomsday scenario to deal with

I'm also curious since it's established that Nero is going to be picking up various weapons here and there will he get any of the weapons that are related to Asgard namely a hammer not Mjolnir but one of its sister hammers like Stormbreaker

Will we see Nero take on a sidekick or two like for example Ghost Spier aka Spider Gwen

Umm... Nero will join the X-men with Jean because he is a mutant as well. But, let's just say that he doesn't have much interest in belonging to the group and he only went there to be close to Jean.

Let's just say that Nero and Jean's relationship has a hand of the Phoenix on it. (There's a reason to why they can read each other's mind the way they do.) And Let's just say that Nero actually finds a way to stop the Phoenix while allowing Jean to keep half of it's powers without being corrupted by them.

Thor will probably try to give it to Nero whether he wants it or not, but Odin will not be pleased. (One of Nero's many, many, "parents" is an Asgardian.)

He will actually be very close friends to the Spiders (Peter, Miles and Gwen.)

Cool

Awesome!

Can we please get a preview when Nero is in full Power?

I can't, the only time that will happen will be major spoiler.

Good chapter. Glad to see this updated.

I'm glad.

Glad I gave this a read

But ain't going to lie going to be more fun when Nero is much more powerful

I mean he's half beyonder half cosmic entity he's going to be insanely powerful when he's older I mean I do feel like he should be way more powerful than he is right now like a scum bag like Paul hitting him with his gun shouldn't have knocked him out

Has been fun seeing him develop some of the powers he'll get in particular I liked during his interaction with Felicia we got her thoughts thanks to his mind rewarding going to be fun getting the thoughts woman have of him in the future haha

His relationship with Jean is also nice looking forward to when she becomes the first official member of the harem when they are older

I enjoyed the preview of when Nero is older and a active hero and seeing the fact he's got a Symbiote, the Phoenix Gun, the Shield of Captain America and the Ebony Blade going to be fun when he gets them maybe some could be gifts from his old man as late birthday presents and others he just picks up as time goes on and he has adventures like in a time skip

Few things thought I'm guessing that shooting the Phoenix gun won't kill him and I hope with the Ebony Blade's curse doesn't effect Nero given the kind of being Nero is

Wouldn't mind another glimpse of Nero's future maybe even some of the fun he has with the ladies

Speaking of Laides who I hope love our Nero and since Jean, Felica and Laura seem to be confirmed here we go

Gwen Stacey, Emma Frost, Psylocke, She Hulk, Wanda and Lorna, Storm, Rogue, Sue Storm, Wasp, Hope, Madelyne, Shuri, Electra

Powers I hope we see Nero get

Reality warping
Super strength, speed, endurance etc
Various kinds of vision like x Ray
Telekinesis
Healing factor

I'm glad you did too.

Yup.

Ummm... Actually... He's just part Beyonder {Despite being created by him} and part Cosmic Entity. You see... Nero has... A LOT of mothers and fathers.

That was accidental but, let's just say that Nero will not leave Felicia's mind for a while.

Sadly, Cyclops will kind of cause trouble to Nero before that happens.

Oh, no,no,no. His old man is the reason to why Nero can't achieve his full power. Forcing him to rely on weapons,martial arts, tech and magic. Yes, everything that Nero has, he actually stole it.

Nero would never keep anything that causes him harm and curses don't affect him. (The Pheonix Gun will kind of work differently, it will basically be a multi-function hand gun, if that makes any sense. {It will still have the ability to shoot Pheonix Force bullets, but Nero is smart enough to not actually use it unless it's extremely necessary because of the amount of damage that it would cause it.) (The Ebony Blade, let's just say that he will have to take it from a tragic individual that completely succumbed to the blade's curse.

I'll put one at the end of the chapter.

Some of them, others will be more of one night stands, some will be fuckbuddies. (Count Hope out though, because... Let's just say that... Hope and Cable will be technically half-siblings in this story, having the same father but different ( although genetically similar) mothers. And the father will not be Scott Summers. (Which may lead to a much better outcome for Cable's mother than it originally did due to his new father actually handling the situation much, much, much better than Scott did.)

He has all of those and many, many, many more, but sadly they only work when they feel like it.

Is Nero gonna meet the X men at some point? Hes hes friends with Jean I figure he is bound to meet them somehow. Also great chapter

Yes, he will actually join them for a time as he does posses the X-GENE. Even share a leadership role with Cyclops, even though the two won't like each other at all. With the two constantly butting heads due to Scott's feeling for Jean and his control freak nature, alongside the fact that the X-men listen to Nero way more than they do him despite Scott being the assigned leader.

thanks for the chapter, BTW how old are the main characters? I would love to see them when they are older.

Currently they're on their pre-teens.

[Preview for Mr. Guest]

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It was soft and comfy, which made him wonder why does her bed feels better than his. Did they put me on a cheap cushion or something? He thought as he enjoyed the comfort. But it was cut short because of a very small thing that Nero forgot about it. The sun light went into his face because he forgot to close the curtain.

"Shit." Nero complained as the sun went into his face. Forcing to open his eyes and sit up on the bed, before he decided to use telekinesis to close the curtain. I'm getting the hang of it. He thought happily, but he doubted that he would ever be as good as Jean. The satisfied boy then fell back into the bed, to enjoy the company he was having.

Rogue was sleeping peacefully, wearing a yellow T-shirt and green sweatpants. Which was a shame, but they had to put their clothes back on, in case of Kitty rudely entering the room like she does with everyone else's.

Unfortunately, that was also interrupted. This time, by the sound of Rogue's cellphone ringing. Which caused her to open her eyes in annoyance and reach for her phone before sitting up to answer. "Hello?"

Nero just layed there, observing his friend with benefits speaking on the phone.

"Are you seriously gonna explain all of it through the phone?" She spoke with a very uninterested voice, clearly not interested in that conversation. "Okay... Go on..." She rubbed her eyes as she said it. "Uh hum... Yes... Okay... Uh hum..." It was painfully obvious that she wasn't paying attention to whatever the person she was speaking with on the phone was saying. "Yeah,yeah, of course..." Suddenly and without any type of warning however, Rogue pulled the blanket that was covering Nero. Causing the boy with white hair to lift his brows in curiosity. That was followed by a smirk as Rogue started to caress his dick through his USA Flag Boxer Shorts .

Hey... It was Nero's first thought as he enjoyed the feeling of her hand.

"No, of course I'm listening." That was clearly a lie, because she said that as she pulled his underwear down to stick out his dick. "Yes, that's... Interesting." She said to the person on the phone as she grabbed his dick and basically gave him a handjob as she spoke.

Oh shit... He thought as she rubbed the tip of his dick with her thumb. It's kind of selfish to be the only one to get a morning treat isn't it. He thought as he observed Rogue's figure. Causing him to sit up right next to her and put his left hand inside her shirt. Her response was to move her head to look him and bit her lower lip as Nero's hand found it's way toward her left breast. Something that he found out about Rogue, is that she was incredible sensitive when it came to touching, which is kind of expected considering her powers. Something that Nero took advantage of it as started to kiss her neck before gently rubbing her left nipple with his index finger.

That caused her grip around his dick to tighten up, not that Nero minded. "No... I-I I'm not... D-doing anything." Except doing a pretty bad job in keeping your voice down. He thought humorously as Rogue was a screamer. "G-go on." She said that while staring at him, which he assumed that she was actually speaking to him. So he decided to happily follow her order. By placing his right hand inside her sweatpants and panties, while proceeding to plant kisses on her neck.

She immediately bit her lower lip to keep herself from making noise as Nero caressed her down until he licked her lips, asking for entrance, which she happily obliged as he hears, whoever was calling her, mumbling something on the phone.

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