Chapter 4: Green and Gray (1/3)
"Fuck! Fuck! Fuck! Fuck! Fuck!"
"Shit! Shit! Shit! Shit! Shit!"
Those were the words that came out of the mouths of Nero Carnby and Gwen Stacy, as the two ran as fast as they possibly could down the street as a big green monster destroyed everything in its path. A path that the white haired boy and the blond girl were in the middle of.
"RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!" They heard a loud roar coming from behind them, which was followed by the noise of helicopters coming from the front.
Ah shit! No fucking way they gonna wait for the civilians to get out of line of fire. Nero thought as he made Gwen run faster. Looking desperately for a way out of the street, the boy wearing a hoodie found a solution in an alley on their right. "Come on!" He grabbed Gwen's hand and the two entered the Alley which led to a dead end. "Fuck." Nero spoke as he saw the dead end.
"We gotta-" Gwen was about to speak, but couldn't finish. Because loud noises of gunfire could be heard from the street that they just left.
"RRRRRROOOOAAAARRRRR!" They heard that thing roaring again, before they actually saw it, running towards the direction that the gunfire was heard. Followed by a loud explosion.
Nero desperately looked around since going back to that street was not a good idea. Luckily, he saw a fire staircase above them. Wasting no time, he handed the baseball bat to Gwen and looked to his right where a bunch of dumpsters were located. The boy with white hair immediately ran towards it as Gwen watched and he climbed on top of it, before he jumped and managed to reach the stairs. Once he climbed on top of it, he kicked the stair down for Gwen. The blond girl climbed it in order to follow him.
As soon as she got up, she moved towards the first window that she saw and opened to get inside. Nero didn't really have any better idea, but he decided to follow her. But as soon as they entered, they caught the sight of something way too familiar to Nero.
"Holy shit..." It was Gwen's immediate reaction. "Are they dead?" Asked while staring at him with her blue eyes.
"Nah..." He stared at her with his gray eyes. "They're just high."
Inside the room, there was a couple laying on a double bed. A very skinny black guy with a shaved head and a ugly pale woman with disgusting looking hair hasn't been washed in a while. Both were naked, which was a very unpleasant sight, because the woman was practically skin and bones, while the guy's dick clearly had an STD on it. But what called the most attention was the needle that was inside the woman's arm.
The room clearly belongs to a Junkie as it was relatively empty, as they probably sold all their stuff to buy drugs. It was also very dark inside and the only light there was a flashlight on the floor.
"Fuck..." Nero approached the junkies and decided to remove the needle from the woman's arm.
"What are you doing?" Gwen asked.
"I have no fucking idea..." Nero replied as he removed the needle from her arm and dropped on the floor. Truth is, these two are a perfect portrait of how Nero imagines his parents to be like. Which is depressing in so many ways. Then he proceeds to pick up the flashlight. "Come on..." He told Gwen as he walked towards the door.
The door led to a living room, which was just as empty as the bedroom. Gwen closed the door behind them leaving the couple of junkies alone. The loud gunshots could still be heard from outside. That plus the darkness made Nero very uneasy, but definitely not as much as Gwen, who held his left hand tightly. "It's going to be okay." He tried to reassure her.
"Are you telling that to me or to yourself?" She asked him.
"I'm pretending to be telling you that while actually telling it to myself in secret." He answered.
Gwen chuckled a bit, but another explosion put an end to it.
"Come on, the sooner we get away from this area, the better." Nero pointed out as he gently pulled her towards the door while holding the flashlight with his right hand. Opening the door Nero noticed that the corridor was empty. But it was dark as hell there and only the flashlight was illuminating the place. Gwen was visibly uneasy and was holding the baseball bat on her other hand tightly , not that he can blame because this is practically the type of scenario of a horror movie, that was only enforced by the big green monster outside. In order to distract her, he decided to tell her something personal. "It was because they remind me of my parents..." That was a topic that he really didn't want to talk about, but it was probably the only thing that could distract her at the moment.
"What?" It worked.
"My... Parents were junkies like those two." Nero told her as they moved down the corridors. "I never really met them, but, some people in the apartment where they lived in, told me that they were practically caricatures of what you'll imagine a junkie to be like."
"Shit, I'm so sorry." Gwen replied sympathetically. "Do you even know their names?" She asked him as they reached the end of the corridor.
"My.. supposed father was called Caligula Carnby, but I think it was a fake name." Nero admitted. "My name is Nero, because one of them wrote it on my arm with a marker before they dumped me and they basically went with that name alongside Carnby to register me." He explained the origin of his name to Gwen.
"Dumped you?" She asked that part.
"In their appartement a few days after I was born, but before you ask, I'm glad they did that." Nero immediately added that part for clarification.
"Why?" Gwen asked in curiosity as they arrived on some stairs that probably lead to the first floor.
"I probably would have ended up with two deadbeats assholes that would have probably mistreated me anyway." No matter how many times he tries, he simply can't picture a happy family. Every single time that he tries to imagine his parents, it's mostly either a weird scene involving his mother forcing him to steal cash for either drugs or booze, or an scene of his dad getting beat up by a drug dealer while Nero has go hide the cash that he owns him for him to use it later. Considering the fact that I can read minds, there is a high possibility that these weird scenes I imagine have some degree of truth behind it... Which makes this even more depressing.
"Take the advice of someone that does have one deadbeat parent that happens to also be batshit crazy," She was clearly talking about her mom. "One is bad enough, so two would be a total nightmare."
"Thanks for the confirmation." It was his response as they arrived on the first floor.
"Hey, I'm not implying that you're lucky for not having parents." Gwen immediately clarified. "Hell, I may complain about my dad a lot but I love him and wouldn't exchange him for anything in the world." The blond girl started with a lot of conviction.
"I believe you , Mr. Stacy is a solid guy." Nero spoke as he illuminated the area with the flashlight.
It was an empty lobby that didn't stand out in any way. But Nero could see the door, which led to the street.
"Ummm... Is going back to the street a good idea?" Gwen asked him. "It coul-" Whatever she was going to say, got interrupted.
"OH SHIT!" Out of nowhere, a red Chevrolet Monte Carlo came through the front door, destroying it completely while also blocking the passage. The two of them quickly walked back into the corner of the wall as soon as the car appeared with shocked expressions due to how sudden it was. They observed the car, waiting for someone to come out of it, Nero was sure that whoever was driving that car, was probably gone. But then, some smoke started to come out of the radiator. "Back upstairs..." Nero gently pushed Gwen towards the stairs, since the entrance was out of the question and that car could blow up.
"What the fuck..." Gwen justifiably cursed as she climbed the stairs in front of Nero.
Welcome to my world... Nero semi-joked to himself. Though, big green monsters are new.
As they reached the top of the stairs, more loud noise could be heard, from a distance. "Hear that?" Nero asked. "The Green Monster is probably far away now."
"That's good, but now we're trapped in here." She pointed out.
"Trapped?" It wasn't a question. "We just have to get out the same way we got in."
"Through the junkie's room?" She cringed as she probably didn't want to see two naked junkies and their STD infected privates.
"It's the only room that we know of that it's open." And certainly, neither did Nero but they may have no choice.
Gwen sighed as she clearly knew that Nero was right.
Both of them, although reluctantly returned to the room where the Junkies were. Room 103, which they opened once again to enter. But once the stepped foot inside, they heard an explosion that was followed by a tremor.
"What the fuck?" Nero asked her as he removed the hood from his head.
"I'm pretty sure that was the red car exploding, so let's hurry up please." Gwen spoke as she gently pushed Nero from behind with her free hand towards the bedroom.
But as soon as they opened the door, they were greeted by an unpleasant surprise. The junkie guy that was on the bed, was now on top of the junkie woman. But they weren't doing anything intimate, instead, he was strangling the woman with both of his hands. "BITCH! YOU USED ALL OF MY SHIT!"
They widened their eyes in response to what was happening in front of them. In a heartbeat, Nero reacted by grabbing the baseball bat from Gwen's hand while handing her the flashlight before he jumped on top of the and smashed the guy's head with the bat. The hit caused the junkie to fall from the bed into the floor. But surprisingly, it didn't knock the guy out and he stood up despite the heavy blow to the head.
"Stay down, dopehead!" Nero yelled before he swung the bat into the guy's face again. Only for him to simply stumble into Gwen's direction.
"AH!" Gwen immediately moved out of the way as the naked STD infected junkie stumbled towards the door, but he was still up after passing through the door frame. Only to Nero to jump down from the bed and smash his head a third time, and he was still up afterwards.
"Oh my god!" Nero yelled in annoyance. "The fuck is this dopehead on?!" He decided to just close the door and lock it from the inside. Then he dropped the baseball bat next to the pale woman. "Come on."
"Are we gonna leave her like that?" Gwen asked as he passed through the window.
"Yes, unless you wanna carry her around." It was his reply as he zipped his leather jacket up. He already did enough for her and he just wanted to get the hell away from that place.
Gwen took a final look at the unconscious naked woman, before she followed Nero through the window.
"Up." Once they were back at the fire staircase, they decided to go up this time. Mostly because they wanted to reach the other side of the building. They didn't say anything as they climbed, they simply focused on running as fast as they could until they reached the roof of the building. Gwen went in front of Nero, but she forgot a very important detail in that situation, which was the fact that she was actually wearing a skirt due to her school uniform. Ummm... Blue... Which allowed Nero to have a view of Gwen's panties. Considering that he needed to wash his mind up from the STD infested guy from earlier, that was a good start.
"Come on." Luckily, the blond girl didn't notice that he was staring under her skirt. Eventually, they managed to reach the roof of the building.
Once the two of them reached the roof, they noticed that there were a few helicopters from a distance. They could hear gunshots and explosions as well. "They're shooting that green monster's ass." Nero commented.
"And I don't think it's working." Gwen pointed out. Then she looked at a distance, apparently searching for something. "That's my building." The blond girl pointed at a building a few blocks from there.
"RRRRRRRRRRROOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!" The monster's roar was heard by the two of them, but it was from a safe distance.
"I think we're good for now." Nero spoke in relief. Before he checked the street below from the other side of the building. The street was fairly empty though there were some cars down there. "Come on..." The white haired boy signalled his blond friend to follow him. This time Nero went ahead as they descended through the fire staircase.
"Do you think it's safe?" Gwen asked him.
"Nope." Nero decided to be honest.
"Didn't think so." Gwen added.
The two eventually managed to descend the stairs and get into the street. Though, Gwen once again didn't notice that Nero was once again looking under her skirt from below her as they descended through the final staircase. I think blue might become my favorite color now. He thought as he enjoyed the view of his friend's dark blue underwear as they reached the street.
"This way." Gwen said once she completely climbed down the stairs.
The two of them then walked down the street in order to reach Gwen's apartment, but once they arrived at a corner . They noticed that there was a massive fight going on involving dozens of people that were surrounded by cars on fire which lightened the street. "What the fuck?" Nero asked in confusion as he saw a bunch of people fighting each other. "Is that a gang confrontation?"
"Does that old lady hitting a guy with a chain look like a gangster to you?" Gwen pointed out as they watched from afar. There was indeed an old lady wearing a green dress beating a guy with a tank top with a bike chain.
"I once met a granny that was a drug dealer..." She sold me some really nice weed alongside a nice chocolate box. Nero thought as he watched the old lady bash a fat guy's face with the chain.
But then, out of nowhere, some big fat guy wearing a leather jacket pulled a handgun from his jacket's pocket and started to fire into the air, apparently trying to break the fight up. Unfortunately, it only led other people to also pull out guns and start to fire.
"Oh shit!" Nero said as he grabbed Gwen in order to get out of the street.
"There!" Gwen pointed at a subway station entrance.
The two ran as quickly as they could as the sound of guns being fired increased behind them. Entering the subway as quickly as they could with only a flashlight to illuminate the way. As several gunshots could be heard by them from the street, they decided to continue to enter the dark subway in order to get away from it.
"Seriously, what the hell else?!" Gwen asked as they descended down the dark subway.
"Do you really want me to tell you the possibilities?" There is a high possibility that they're going to find something else down there and that was a prospect that Nero did not enjoy. As they entered the subway, Nero noticed something upon they're way in. "Great!" He was referring to a vending machine that he was illuminating with the flashlight.
"Really? " Gwen asked. "Now?"
"Yes, I'm hungry." Nero said before he approached the vending machine, which was almost empty. But instead of putting money on it, the boy wearing a leather jacket simply charged into and delivered a sloppy jumping side kick into the machine.
"What hell are you doing?" Gwen asked as he grabbed two bags of Ruffles through the broken glass.
"I don't have any money." He spoke as he also grabbed some Snickers and put it inside his jacket's pocket. "Want something?" He asked as he opened a bag of Ruffles.
The blind girl stared at him with her blue eyes, but it wasn't in an apprehensive manner like Jean often does. "Lay's please." She requested.
Nero then reached for a bag of Lay's and tossed it to Gwen.
"Twix too." She also requested as she opened the bag and Nero tossed a Twix bar for her too.
As the two devoured their bags of crisps with only a flashlight to illuminate their surroundings, they looked at one another as they did. And ended up smiling at each other.
"What a night." Nero commented.
"Yup..." Gwen agreed as she ate a potato chip.
Nero's smile then disappeared. "I assume that you don't want to repeat this afterwards?"
Her response was to simply throw a chip on his face. "If by this, you mean running away from green monsters, almost getting jumped by junkies with STDs and eating chips in a dark subway... Then the answer is hell no."
Nero retaliated by also throwing a chip into her face, which she managed to catch with her mouth and eat it. "I meant, hanging out with me again."
That surprised the blond girl. "Why wouldn't I want to hang out with you after this?" It was clear that it wasn't really a question. "It's not like you asked for this to happen."
"Yeah, but I can't say that this is the first time that something like this happened." He couldn't help but comment.
"So you run away from roid up monsters and beat up junkies on a daily basis?" Gwen asked him in amusement.
"Well... No... But..." Nero didn't know how to respond to that.
"Look, I don't have any friends and I really would like that to change after today." Gwen stated to him. "So..." She pulled out the bar of Twix and extended her hand. "Friends?" The blond girl offered her chocolate as a token of friendship.
Nero responded by also grabbing his bar of Snickers and offering it as a token of friendship. "Friends."
Both then picked each other's chocolate bars from each other's hands, officializing their friendship. Then they dropped their empty bags on the floor and opened the chocolates to eat. "We should get fuck out of here." Nero pointed out the obvious as he ate his not so tasty chocolate bar.
"How?" She was visibly not enjoying her chocolate bar either. "There's a shootout going on in the street."
"Well..." Pointed his flashlight into the station, then he started to move without saying a word while chewing the chocolate with Gwen following behind him.
After looking around the station for a bit, they arrived at the tracks.
"This is a really bad idea!" Gwen spoke as Nero jumped on the train tracks.
"If you have any better ideas, please say so." The boy with white hair pointed out while he stood in the middle of the tracks.
"Where are we even going?" Gwen asked.
"That way." He pointed towards his right. "It will lead us to another station which is closer to your home." Nero actually studied the train routes and if he's correct, it should take them to a station a block away from Gwen's building.
Gwen, however, was still reluctant.
"Can you please trust me on this one, friend?" Nero tried to convince her while extending his hand to help her down.
Although still reluctant, Gwen took Nero's hand and jumped down the tracks. "Are you sure that no train is going to come?" She was clearly afraid of that possibility.
"Nah, not with the power out like that." Nero reassured her. "Come on." He took Gwen's hand and started to move forward.
As they walked down the dark tracks in a pretty spooky silence that was only enhanced by the darkness. Nero was trying to think of something to kill the silence. Until he remembered that he had something in his pocket. "Wanna hear it?" He asked as he pulled out his iPod from his pocket.
Gwen looked at him with a face that probably said "are you serious". But immediately sighed and asked. "What songs do you have there?"
"Take a look." He showed me the iPod's screen.
"Heavy Metal, Dubstep, Old School Hip Hop and... K-Pop?" She giggled when she saw it.
"What?" Nero asked. "I like it."
She giggled a little more. "You're just full of surprises aren't you, Nero Carnby."
"More than you can imagine, but you'll have to figure them out as our friendship progresses." Nero replied as she put the right earplug on her left ear.
"Alright." Gwen said as he put the left earplug on his right ear.
Beware a deal that is meant to be fair
Among the crowd at the feast
Where the prey is pleased to share
The same bench as the savage beast
Once the song started, the two of them kept on going with the soundtrack now occupying their ears.
Fed with the need to win the race
While remaining at a proper place
Until being struck by the late hour
As we shudder at the taste turning sour
The tunnel that they were in was pretty dark and the flashlight only slightly illuminated. But all they had to do was keep their eyes open for the other station.
We live as if time wasn't going by
Polite guests, not even scared to die
Forgetting to get back on the road
To leave behind all the truths we believed to hold
Honestly, his outfit probably camouflages him. Since his black jeans and black leather jacket allowed him to blend in with the darkness.
Settle for the chill of the forest stream
To quench your thirst, and go forward
Lightened by the faint undergrowth gleam
Rather than the dull shine of rewards
I wonder if Jean is okay, I highly doubt that a family gathering will be pleasant. Nero thought since Jean hadn't contacted him since morning.
Leave a sheltered easy life
To adventure into the wild
We might fail taking to the woods
But can't be bound by shallow goods
Eventually, the two managed to arrive at the station that they were trying to reach. Nero immediately put his iPod and the earphones away before he helped Gwen climb up the edge. He followed behind her and climbed.
"And... As empty as the other one." Gwen commented as she grabbed the flashlight off Nero's hand for him to climb up.
"Yeah, why would anyone want to leave a dark subway station during a blackout?" He asked sarcastically.
"Point taken." Gwen replied. "Come on." The blond girl signaled the boy with white hair to follow her.
The two of them then moved towards the exit of the subway station, with Nero actually following behind Gwen as he assumes that she knows the place since is so close to her apartment. The place fell like it was the scenario of a slasher film that he saw once, though he thought the movie was super lame. As he followed Gwen from behind, the two eventually found some stairs, which they climbed in complete silence.
Reaching the top, they were relieved to know that the street was pretty calm in comparison to the others. There were some people out there, but they seemed to be just waiting for the light to come back on. Luckily, they could see Gwen's apartment just across the street.
Gwendolyn Stacy then signalled him to follow her and the two crossed the street together. Both ran across the street and reached the entrance of the building. Which Gwen opened with a key from the pocket on her jacket. "Home sweet home." She spoke sarcastically.
As the two entered the apartment however, they noticed two boys hanging around the mail boxes illuminating their surroundings with the light on their phones.
"Oh shit." He heard Gwen curse as they passed through the door frame.
The two boys seem to be a year or older than the two of them. One had brown hair, fair skin and was wearing a gray T-shirt with a denim shirt tied on his waist. The other had black hair, dark skin and was wearing a brown hoodie and a black cap.
My shithead detector is ringing. Nero thought as soon as he saw those two. Which was made it worse by Gwen's reaction as she seemed worried.
Soon enough, the two guys noticed them due to the light of their flashlights. And as soon as they saw Gwen, they approached them, clearly with bad intentions.
"If it isn't officer Stacy's daughter, exactly who we were hoping to meet." The brunette guy spoke
"I highly doubt anyone hopes to meet you though." Nero rebuffed as he stood besides Gwen.
"What'd you say?" The other guy asked in annoyance .
"That he's an ugly motherfucker, but don't worry, you're even uglier than he is." Nero said in a very condescending tone. The truth is, Nero read their minds as soon as he noticed Gwen's worried expression and saw that they're fathers are a duo of con-artists and that they were both arrested by Gwen's father. And they have been messing with her in retaliation.
The dark skinned guy then pointed the light into Nero's face. "Man, look at this freak."
Hearing that, caused Nero to grind his teeth and close his hand into a tight fist.
"Where did you get him , did your dad brought him from an abortion clinic?" The other guy commented.
"What the hell with you?" Gwen asked the guy in rage after hearing what he said.
"My dad lost all of our cash because of your father, that's what is wrong with me." The guy said to Gwen while pointing the light on her face.
"Maybe your dad should get off his lazy ass and get a real job then." Gwen immediately rebuffed in rage. "
"Oh, the bitch finally has a voice." The guy insulted Gwen while he closed the distance.
"I didn't hear him say anything." Nero said while pointing at the other guy. "Hey, bitch, mind saying something so the ugly motherfucker doesn't get embarrassed?" He asked nicely.
"Shut the fuck up, freak!" The guy shoved Nero and he fell on the floor.
"Hey!" Gwen immediately reacted before she got shoved too.
"Hey man, chill." The other guy smartly stopped the guy before he did something stupid with the daughter of a police officer.
Sadly, for the two of them, the moment that the guy called Nero freak again, was the last straw. So as the dark skinned guy was holding the fair skinned guy, Nero grabbed the flashlight from Gwen's hand and stood up. Once he was up, Nero tossed the flashlight into the fair skinned guy's face and as soon as it landed on his forehead, Nero delivered a cross into the guy's balls, dropping him almost instantly.
"What th-" Before the other guy could properly react, Nero delivered a right hook into the guy's liver. He visibly felt the damage of the punch and fell on his knees. Then the boy with white hair , picked up the flashlight and smashed into the guy's head.
"Holy shit..." Gwen spoke as she stood up from the floor. "Are you okay?"
"Couldn't be better." He commented before kicking the fair skinned guy while he was down. "Asshole."
"Where did you learn to fight like that?" She asked as she picked up the flashlight since everything was still dark.
"Boxing." Nero told her. "I kind of go berserk when people call me a freak." He revealed it to her. "Like when I knock a guy out in a movie theater once."
Gwen signalled him to follow her, leaving the unconscious and the barely conscious behind. "Who was the guy?"
"I think his name was Flash Thompson." Nero remembered.
Gwen immediately widened her eyes in surprise. "You were the guy that knocked Flash out?!" She seemed deeply surprised by the information.
"I assume that you know the guy." Nero could tell.
"Know? I went to school with that asshole for years." She revealed it to him as they climbed up the stairs."I laughed my ass off when I heard that he got knocked out." You do have a lovely ass by the way.
"So, you're not mad that I knocked him out?" It was quite obvious but he wanted to be sure.
"Mad? If there was any doubt for our friendship, it's completely gone now." Apparently, she was the opposite of mad about that. Which kind of indicates that she really didn't like Flash Thompson.
"Good to know." It would have been incredibly awkward otherwise.
The two of them eventually arrived into the penultimate floor which apparently was the floor that she lived on. The floor was thankfully empty and Gwen walked down until the end of the small corridor that had several doors on each side of it. The final one on the left seemed to be Gwen's apartment, room 404, wasting no time, she unlocked the door and the two friends entered.
"No offense, but your apartment is kind of..." Nero spoke as soon as he entered.
"Dull, yes." Gwen agreed with him.
Gwen's apartment had very little furniture other than the standard ones, no pictures on the wall and the painting is a pretty dull color. The living room only had a blue couch and a table in the front but no television, there was a bookshelf with only a few books on it, an old looking red mat on the floor and not much else.
"Hold on, I'm gonna grab a lantern." Gwen spoke as she moved towards a room with the flashlight, leaving Nero in the dark. But she came back a minute afterwards with a green electric lantern on her hand, which illuminated much more than the flashlight. "There you go." She spoke as she turned it on.
"Ummm..." Nero noticed the rest of the apartment and it all looked incredibly dull. "Did you ever think about decorating?"
"Not really," She confirmed to him. "You see, my dad is actually being considered for a promotion to Police Captain, and if that happens we'll probably move into a better place."
"Oh, yeah, that makes sense." Nero understood, it actually makes complete sense, it would be a waste of time to decorate something if it's only temporary. "You're dad is a solid guy, so he'll probably get it."
"Ah, I don't really c-'' Gwen was about to reply, but suddenly, they heard a phone ringing inside one of the rooms. "It's my phone, my dad is probably calling, excuse me." Gwen spoke as she grabbed the flashlight from Nero's hand and moved to the room to answer the call.
Leaving Nero alone in the living room of the dull apartament. Not really knowing what he's supposed to do, since Gwen is now home, he should just go back to the orphanage. But he was hungry, so he decided to take advantage of Gwen's hospitality and eat something in the kitchen before moving out. The kitchen was just as dull as the living room, there were a few cabinets , a stove, a refrigerator, a microwave and a sink filled with dirty plates and cups. Not much for cleanliness. Nero thought as he inspected the place to get something to eat. Ummm... Cup Noodle ... He thought as he found some inside one of the cabinets, deciding for the cheese curry flavored one.
Moving towards the stove, Nero turns it on in order to heat some water to put it on the cup. He had to wash a pot that was in the sink, but he immediately filled it with water afterwards and put a bit of water on. But as he waited for the water to heat, he noticed a window on his left and moved to see through it. No signs of damage or destruction anymore, I guess the green monster was contained. He thought as he didn't hear anymore gunshots or explosions, which was a good sign, though the energy was still nowhere to be seen.
"What are you doing?" Gwen, who has come out of the room, asked him.
"Heating some water for the Cup Noodle." Nero replied as he turned around to look at her, and noticed that she actually changed her clothes and was now wearing a Nirvana T-shirt and a white sleeping shorts. "Nice outfit..." He gave her a thumbs up.
"The uniform was sweaty." She informed him. "My father told me that the green monster disappeared, but the lights will continue to be out for a while and won't come back and there are a lot of riots going on in the city because of it."
"Great," He said sarcastically. "What else did you and your father talk about?" He asked in curiosity.
Gwen folded her arms and leaned on the wall besides the window. "He asked me why I took so long to answer the phone, which I said that it was because I forgot at home. Then he questioned me about where I was exactly and I said that I was hanging out with my new friend." Nero pointed at himself with both of his thumbs and gave her a proud smirk which caused her to chuckle a bit. "He kind of chastised me for staying home late, but then he said that he was glad that was okay and told me to lock all of the doors and not go out until morning, and that he would be stuck at work trying to help contain the chaos that the green monster called it." That was the summary of her conversation with her father.
"Umm..." Nero had to ask. "Does he know that your new friend is here?"
"Yes, and he told me to tell you to not go out until morning because the streets are in total chaos." Gwen informed him, before she moved her head to look at the stove. "It's ready."
Oh." He moved towards the pot and prepared to pour into the cup of noodles. "So, I'll take the couch and bounce once morning arrives." That was his plan.
"Pretty much," Gwen said as she opened the cabinet as well and grabbed a cup of the chili tomato flavor and opened it in order to make something for herself as well. "Some please."
Nero then poured some hot water inside the cup in order to prepare the noodles. Then they took it to the living room and placed them on top of the table in front of the couch. As they prepared, Nero took off his black leather jacket and his white hoodie, placing them on top of the couch before he sat down with only a tank-top covering his torso. Gwen sat besides him as they waited for the Noodles to get ready.
"What do you think it was that green monster?" Gwen asked him as she hugged her knees on top of the couch.
"Maybe some government experiment that went wrong or something like that." It was Nero's best theory. "Ever read about Captain America?"
"Saw some documentary about him, they injected him with sometype serum that gave him special abilities." The Super-Soldier Serum, a formula designed to create super-soldiers. Allegedly, the only working formula was used on a man called Steven Rogers, best known as Captain America. Though, Nero thinks that is a load of bullshit and they probably created more of this formula but just kept it a secret to avoid some unwanted attention. "You think that monster was something like that?"
"Probably..." Nero replied, then he remembered something. "I think his name was Hulk."
Gwen chuckled. "Who the hell names something Hulk?"
"Someone with a really bad taste for names." Nero chuckled as he also thought that the name was stupid. "They probably shot it down or blew him up with a rocket launcher."
"Wish I could have seen that." She commented.
"Me too..." He agreed.
After a few more seconds, they checked on the noodles and it was ready.
"Here we go..."
After Gwen Stacy and Nero Carnby had instant noodles for dinner together, they decided to call it a night. Gwen decided to land him a pillow and a blanket for him to use.
"Thanks." Nero said as he took off his shoes, before he took off his baggy black jeans which revealed his USA flag boxer shorts.
"Nice underwear." Gwen commented as he watched him undress.
"Thanks." He took off his tank-top and placed it on top of his jacket and hoodie. Then he turned around and noticed that Gwen had widened her eyes. "What?" He asked in confusion.
"Umm... nice abs." She was referring to Nero's six pack abs.
"Oh, thanks." I honestly forgot I had abs, I hadn't looked at myself shirtless in a while. "I'm gonna..." He pointed at the couch indicating that he was going to try to get some sleep.
"Oh, ummm, sure." She awkwardly responded. "G-good night."
"Good night." Without any type of warning, Nero actually wrapped his arms around Gwen and gave her a good night hug. She was surprised at first, but returned the hug after a few seconds. "Sorry, I have a habit of hugging my friends." He informed her while he was still hugging her.
"Mmmm... Cool..." She replied to that information, before the two separated from the hug. Then she walked towards her room. "Ummm... Thanks, for... helping me today."
"Would do it again without thinking twice." He assured her while giving her a thumbs up.
Gwen smiled, and gave him a thumbs up as well.
With that, Gwen closed the door of her room to go to sleep, leaving Nero by himself in her living room. The boy with white hair decided to drink some water before going to sleep, so he went to the sink and filled a cup with tap water. While he drank, he moved towards the window one more time to look at the dark city. It looks so fucking spooky like this. He thought as he saw some lights from afar. Moving his head down to look at the street in front of the building, Nero saw some lights from cell phones down there, probably from people that decided to stay put until the energy comes back. Finishing his glass of water, he was about to move away from the window, but before he did, he saw something.
"What the hell? " He spoke out loud as he saw one of the cellphones illuminating something strange. Looking closely, he saw that it was a man with torn clothes, running towards the subway that Nero and Gwen came from. "Mmmm..."
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Questions and Answers:
Bruh half the chapter was the author's notes…
Because I got a lot of questions and this is the only way to answer a lot of them.
Great to get a new chapter
While it's still sad that Jeans home life is coming apart at least Nero is there as her constant and rock and while on the trip to her grandparents would be surprised if it was mentioned Nero and Jean still spoke a ton
Was wondering if Nero spotting Bruce on the bus was just a cameo but evidently it wasn't haha
Gwen asking to meet up with Nero to hang out was nice as was Nero being happy to open up with Gwen about the truth of the incidents he's been apart off you know minus the detail about some of his powers and all also good to know he's looking forward to a eventual reunion with Felicia
Nero and Gwen getting to know each other in general was good to like how stunned Gwen is still by the trade she made with Nero for her new drum set
Now when a certain someone's rampage caused a blackout I did like a Nero's first thought being keep Gwen safe
The future Grey Avenger meeting the future Green Avenger was definitely not something I was expecting this chapter and that's some cliff hanger to leave us on with Hulk seemingly in full rampage mode in a city no less and of course this does get me thinking who's the one who caused this rampage my first instinct would say this was a attempt by good old Thunderbolt Ross to capture the Hulk but not sure even with his obsession with capturing the Hulk would lead him to attempt something in a city where the Hulk can cause the most damage
Preview time as always love them
Nero asking Hope just how many children he has in the future was hilarious as was Hopes response of we don't have a exact number also loved getting how Nero's personality has definitely bleed into Hope a good deal and it is honestly heart warming and wholesome to learn that all Nero's future children love and adore him
The second preview while no Steve Rogers, USAgent is no slouch so seeing Nero tear him and the dumbass shield agents a new one was pretty entertaining makes sense Nero could one shot the lot of them and if I'm guessing right they scooped Nero up after he hopefully gave the Hulk a ass kicking
Also nice to know Nero will like the Hulk despite the fight and the encounter he's going to have with him in the present day also very interesting to learn Nero for a lack of better term will be exiled from the X men despite the vast majority not being in favour of such a act but it seems like even if he's "banned" Nero will still freely walk around on the schools grounds and interact with the X Men
In regards to his nickname snowball why is it I see Nero only letting the girls get away with calling him names like that haha liked his bit of banter with Bobby and of course liked his interaction with Psylocke also appreciate how his hands immediately went to Betsy's ass when making out which you know makes all the sense in the world haha liked what we got of Venom and Ultron to and speaking of Ultron then so while not becoming a hero in his own right then still hope Nero finds him in Avengers mansion not long after Hank makes him and after Nero talks to him Ultron decides to join with Nero as his AI assistant
Kinda cool learning the One Above All has a interest in Nero's life makes sense since he'll be the closet thing to him on the hierarchy
Looking forward to Rogue's reaction when Nero first touch's her then haha
With the Symbiotes fair enough then on keeping Venom's natural spawning to one and thanks for confirming the new friendly Carnage will be going to Gwen as for Toxin and who it goes to hm what about Laura or Cindy
Okay thank you for explaining how the Phoenix will be apart of both Jean and I assume Madelyn again I thought it was a Phoenix five type deal where it was a full split but thanks for explaining that won't be the case
Again with his DNA regardless of who gets a sample and regardless of how smart they are no one literally no one can understand the pure chaos that is Nero's DNA and they find it impossible to work with this reminds me to in regards to Nero's many future children hope with them their genetics are a lot simpler
I see the kids still inheriting bits and pieces of Nero's power but none of them come close to their fathers power partly because none of them inherit his status as a Beyonder but yeah while his children will be powerful mutants, Eternals, Gods etc none of them match papa Nero in power even with him not going all out in part due to none of his children inheriting Nero's status as a Beyonder and them not being hybrids to the extent that Nero is
With Nero letting the telepaths into his head glad he's happily letting them all in and well in regards to Emma be fun if Nero just tells her you can enter my mind if you just say please you know haha as for the Five in One calling Nero daddy while trying to seduce him… yes please haha
Preview wise oh boy I'm torn between the likes of
1 - with Emma and the Stepford Cuckoos that would ideally also have Jean in it…. Ororo to haha
2 - with Felicia
3 - with Sue Storm and She Hulk
To many options frankly I know trust me haha but it's where the mind wonders to haha but out of those they are pretty much in the ideal order I personally would want to see haha
I'm glad.
They spoke a ton all the time.
It was originally going to be just that, but then I got the idea since I really want to at least introduce the Avengers. (This is Bruce in his early days as the Hulk.)
I'm trying to make this Gwen, I mix between my favorite versions of her. (Mainly, Ultimate Gwen and Ghost-Spider.)
She got a free Drum set in exchange of an old leather jacket, of course she would still be stunned by it.
Nero is just that kind of guy.
Let's just say... That Bruce found something really bad on his destination which lead to his rage.
There will be an arc where Nero will be sent to the future and he will meet with a painfully high number of his children. (Which kind of composes a lot of the future versions of the Hero teams. Like Rachel Carnby being the leader of the Future X-Men, two of his children being the Scarlet Spider-Man and Spider-Man 2099 and his daughter being the future Black Panther, etc.) Nero's personality actually bleeds into all of his children in a way or another.
In that preview, Nero has already fought Cap before that (It was a draw though.) so Walker wasn't in so much trouble. Like I said, the Phoenix Gun works as a multi-function gun (It's modeled after a Smith & Wesson Model 500 , it never runs out of ammo and he can apply special effects on the bullet to cause even more damage.)
Nero gets along with all of the Avengers (Kind of understandable: Thor and Nero are technically family. Tony and Steve have a weird and contradictory mentor and pupil type of relationship with him. Bruce/Hulk are very close friends with him. and the list goes on.) Yes, but funnily enough only Prof. X and Cyclops act like he's out of the team with everyone constantly acting otherwise and even openly calling Nero the true leader of the X-Men.
Nero hates the nickname because it reminds him of the sexual slang of it that he accidentally saw when he was watching porn as kid. His best buds in the X-Men are Nightcrawler and Iceman, he has a kind of teacher and student type of relationship with Beast and Ororo, last but not least, he will see Wolverine as a father figure, against the man's wishes. More or less.
They will kind of meet later on.
You should, it will be hilarious.
Cindy would probably not accept as she probably won't like the idea of an alien wearing her. If Nero gave to Laura as a gits I'm pretty sure that he would accept.
You're welcome.
That is precisely the case. It will be half-(Whatever their mother's are) and half-(Pure chaos), so yeah, their DNAs will be much less complicated.
They will either inherit a more powerful version of whatever powers their mother's have or a random power that Nero happens to posses.
He will let all of his favorite redheads in immediately. Psylocke is to help her with her near unbearable migraines. Emma, he will mostly mock her for her attempts but will eventually warn her. His "Step-Daughters", will kind of be a complicated case.
I'll put one at the end of the chapter and another on the next one (I don't want the A/N to be too long as I've been getting a lot of complaints because of it.)
Thanks for the chapter keep up the great work this may favorite Marvel fanfic by far hope you update soon
Thank you! ! ! !
Liked the preview and that he killed those agents. He should've killed Walker too.
Him and SHIELD will not be on good terms. Probably...
Can we get a dialogue between Nero and the X-Men? it can be any random thing, I'm just curious.
Sure: (This is a random dialogue during one of their missions.)
{
Cyclops: Has everyone been here but me?
Marvel Girl: You always refuse when we invite you.
Shadowcat: Anna and I come here at least three times a week.
Marvel Girl: I usually come here when Nero is performing on stage.
Cyclops: (Clearly bothered by that information.) Isn't that Rogue's job?
Shadowcat: Rogue is not his girlfriend, they're just friends with benefits.
Marvel Girl: (Folds her arms and looks at him apprehensively) And what exactly do you mean by job? I happen to really like Nero's music.
Cyclops: I... (Regrets asking that.) didn't mean it like that, it's ju-
(Nero and Bobby are talking a few steps away.)
Iceman: Are you on drugs?
Gray Avenger: Yes...
(Everyone immediately looks at Nero in surprise.)
Cyclops: Are you serious?!
Marvel Girl: You promise me you wouldn't smoke Marijuana anymore!
Gray Avenger: No, I didn't. (He yawns) I promised I wouldn't smoke next to you anymore.
Shadowcat: Is that why your room smells so weird?
Gray Avenger: (Looks at her angrily) Stop entering my room without permission, Kitty!
Shadowcat: Let me borrow the video game and I will gladly stop going there.
Gray Avenger: Forget it! You overwrote all of my saves last time you did.
Iceman: Where did you even get weed?
Gray Avenger: From a fat guy that works at Burger Frog in exchange for Jean's number but I gave him Scott's number instead.
Cyclops: WHAT!? (Kitty bursted into laughter after that) THAT GUY THAT KEEPS CALLING ME IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT TO SAY A BUNCH NASTY STUFF IS BECAUSE OF YOU!?
(Bobby and Jean did their best to not laugh, but it was quite obvious that they found it funny.)
Gray Avenger: The weed was pretty good, so... Totally worth it.
Cyclops: You can't use drugs on the manor!
Gray Avenger: Says who?
Marvel Girl: Nero... (She looks at him apprehensively.)
Gray Avenger: What? There's literally no rule against it.
Cyclops: I'm telling the Professor about this.
Gray Avenger: I don't give a shit, Scott.
Cyclops: You jeopardize this whole mission!
Gray Avenger: So far, I literally did most of the work here while you did nothing but shout useless orders.
Cyclops: Useless?! I was guiding the team against the enemy! What did you do!?
Gray Avenger: (Approached Scott angrily and stood in front of him.) I fought alongside the fucking Team. You should try to do that some time, you fucking coward.
Marvel Girl: ENOUGH!
}
{Preview for Mr Guest}
{
"You look peaceful..." Opening his eyes, slowly, he was greeted by the sight of five identical blue eyes staring at him.
Taking a deep breath, he asked. "Celeste, Esme, Irma, Phoebe and Sophie, when the hell did you girls get here?" He asked his "daughters"
"We came to see if you were okay, Daddy." Esme told him.
"We were worried, and mother said that you were here so we came to check on you." Phoebe added.
"Are you hurt?" Celeste asked as she touched his pale face.
"Do you want something?" Esme asked him.
"Anything you want, Daddy." Irma said to him.
"Ummm... Where is your mother?" Nero asked the Stepford Cuckoos. He still gets a little awkward from time to time when they call him Daddy.
"I'm right here." Suddenly, their attention was called to the door, where Emma Frost was standing, wearing a really elegant looking white dress. "Daughters, would you kindly let me have a talk with your father."
The five girls made disappointed grunts at Emma's requests. Then the girls proceeded to take turns in kissing Nero's face. Two kissed him on the cheeks, one kissed him on the forehead, one kissed him on the nose and one kissed him on the lips. Before they all left the bed that he was on top of, and made their way to the door. "Bye Daddy." The Five-In-One said at the same time. Once they passed through the door frame, Emma closed the door behind them.
"Remind me one more time, why did you tell them that I was their father?" Nero asked, not that he minded but he was still a little confused. Technically they had no father since they were all clones of Emma.
"It was either you or John Sublime, and I don't need to say which of you I prefer." Emma stated to him.
"You could have said that it was Scott..." Nero spoke before he moved and sat at the edge of the bed.
"Summers and I, was a mistake and that's all I'm going to say about it." She spoke with a tone of bitterness and he could see a bit of a scowl.
Shit, what the fuck did Scott do to make her this mad. "What happened?" He decided to ask.
"I'll tell you later..." Emma told him before she touched his head gently. Moving his eyes up, Nero looked into Emma's eyes as she smirked at him. Nero smirked too as Emma pushed him down, and pulled his pants down before she got on top of him. "We'll have to make it quick." She warned him.
"Why?" Nero asked.
"You'll see..." Moving her hand down Emma proceeded to lift the skirt of her dress, once it was high enough, Nero caught sight of the sexy white lingerie panties that she was wearing. Giving him no time to appreciate the view, Emma grabbed his dick out before pulling her panties to the side in order to slide his dick inside of her. "Mmmmmmm..." A moan escaped her lips as his dick completely entered her.
"Ahhh!" A moan escaped Nero's lips as well.
Wasting no time, Emma started to move her hips, not too fast but not too slow either, which was good enough for Nero. Wrapping his arms around her torso, the Gray Avenger pulled the White Queen closer, and she responded by pressing her lips into his in an intense kiss as Nero moved his hips in conjunction with hers.
"Not fair!" Suddenly, Nero heard a voice inside his head.
"Mother just wanted Daddy for herself." Another voice was heard.
"We could barge in and demand to join them."
"We shouldn't tire Daddy, he's going to need his energy for what is to come."
"Sisters, I think they can hear us..."
As Nero and Emma fucked in a cowgirl position. They could hear the voices of their "daughters" in their minds.
"They are watching us..." Nero pointed out using telepathy.
"So?" Emma didn't seem to care as she kept on kissing him.
"So..."
Emma pulled away from his lips, straightened up and pressed her hands on his chest, moving her hips at a much slower pace. But as she did, Nero could feel that she was looking into his mind. Having no idea what she expected to find or see, Nero thought about asking her. However, images started to pop up in his head, absolutely disgusting images involving Scott Summers and Emma Frost during an intimate moment between the two. The Gray Avenger was about to yell at the White Queen to stop showing him that, until he saw it. Motherfucker! It turns out that Emma was simply showing him what Scott did to make her so mad at him. He was thinking about Jean when he was with Emma.
Seeing that, caused him to sit up and immediately pulled Emma into a hug. She barely reacted to it, but wrapped her arms around his neck a second after. "I would never do that." He stated.
"I know..." She caressed his head in response. "I don't care that you have other woman, as long as I'm the only one in your mind when we are together." That was literally her only demand.
"Am I thinking about anyone else at the moment?" Nero asked her in amusement as he his lower lip due to Emma's slow movement of her hips.
"Our daughters." It was true, but they were clearly an exception. "Come on in already." She demanded as she moved her head to the side.
Nero moved his head to the side, only to catch the Five-In-One standing by the door in a painfully visible spot. The five of them entered through the door and stood there looking at their intimate moment. His gray eyes moved back to Emma who was obviously communicating with them through telepathy. Suddenly, she touched his chin and moved his head to look at them, only to catch the sign of their "daughters" stripping in front of them. Their bodies were identical to Emma's though with a slight difference here and there, but they were just as lovely as their mother.
"We don't have much time, so you girls help me finish your father off." Emma told them as the girls finished stripping down.
"Yes, mother." The five naked girls spoke in perfect conjunction before they slowly moved towards the bed and gently pulled Nero to lay down.
"Girls, what the hell is going on?" Nero asked them as this talk about not having much time was worrying him.
"Please don't worry about anything, just let us take good care of you, Daddy." The Five-in-one spoke in perfect conjunction as they all started to plant kisses on Nero.
"Ummm... Okay..." He said as Celeste pressed her lips into his while Phoebe and Irma lifted his shirt up and started to lick and suck on his nipples, Sophie actually went behind her mother and started to suck Nero's balls as Emma moved her hips slowly. Esme grabbed Nero's left hand which was caressing Phoebe's head and moved towards her privates and Nero started to fingerfuck her as soon as his hand got close enough.
"Aaahhh..." Esme moaned as Nero's fingers were inside of her.
Then Celeste separated from the kiss. "Me too..." She demanded before grabbing Nero's right hand and moving towards her own privates and Nero complied. "Hmm... Daddy..." She moaned as his fingers entered her as well.
I'm starting to get used to being called Daddy... He thought as he wouldn't mind this happening again.
"Good, the sooner the better." Emma spoke as he kept riding him slowly. "Because they are your daughters and that's final."
"And we all love you..." Esme told him before she approached her face to kiss him. He was certain that it was actually the five of them speaking through her.
}
The rest would be a spoiler but I hope you enjoyed it, and the next preview with Felicia that you requested will be on the next chapter.