So as I'm writing this, It's my birthday. So yay me. But also I got a message from a reader. First off, they know who they are and two, if you're reading this and you're the person that sent me that message, I just wanted to say thank you. Like that was literally the first thing I saw when I woke up. So once again, thank you. Now on with the story.

Sky high, FranceOnce again, Peter had another nightmare about the X-Men but this time it was different. Instead of being thrown off a helicarrier like last time, this time he was kneeling in front of the Xavier Manor and to his horror, it was on fire. He saw the bodies of all his friends lying in pools of blood. Wrench, Sydney, Gambit, Forge, Kitty, Nightcrawler, they were all dead. He looked down and what he saw left him speechless. It was Widowmaker, dying in his arms. He looked back up again and saw Stryker aiming a pistol at his head. There was no fear, only hatred and regret.

"Should've stopped when you had the chance." Stryker said as he pulled the trigger. Peter woke up, breathing heavily and sweating from his head. He looked around and saw he was still on the dropship he got on in Japan.

"Calm down Pete. It was just a dream. A very, very bad dream." Peter tried to calm himself but it wasn't working. He was still shaken from seeing Widowmaker dying in his arms. But why was it that she was the one that made him speechless in that nightmare? Was it because she was in his arms? He didn't know why, but he had to worry about that later. For now he needed to meet up with everyone else. He left the room and almost ran straight into Sombra.

"Dios mío your blind." Sombra said jokingly as Peter rubbed his eyes.

"How far away are we from Widow's house?" Peter asked.

"About a few minutes away. Also Arana was looking for you." Peter was confused about what Sombra was talking about, so she put it in a way Peter would understand.

"You know, your girlfriend. The one who shoots people." Sombra smiled as she said that, which made Peter sigh. He didn't want to tell Widowmaker about his dream and he was annoyed at what Sombra said.

"She's not my girlfriend." Peter responded.

"Why not? Look Peter, honestly last night was the only time I've ever seen her smile." Sombra said. Peter wanted to end this conversation as soon as possible.

"Well we're trying to go against a terrorist group that wants to rule the world and wants me and all of my friends dead so it was only a matter of time before she smiled." Peter joked as his phone rang. It was Wrench again and this time he was happy Wrench called him. He picked up the phone.

"We're on our way Wrench." Peter said. He didn't get a response back, but when he did, he wished he was asleep again.

"Well hello Peter Parker. Long time no see." It was Stryker. Peter was worried about Wrench and Sydney. Soon that worriness would turn into anger.

"What did you do to Wrench?" Peter asked.

"Now don't worry, your friends are safe with me at your new place in the ocean, remember?" Stryker said. Peter was furious and all he wanted to do now was gun down Stryker. But he knew where that would lead.

"What do you want?"

"Well I want my god damn sniper back, and more, but let's settle this face to face. What do you say?" Stryker said. Peter didn't have a choice or even a witty comeback. He knew that Stryker wasn't going to let Widowmaker stay free, but he couldn't let her go back to being a mindless soldier.

"Fine, face to face." Peter said while trying to not crush his phone.

"Perfect. Oh and Pete. Don't show up or do something extremely stupid and you'll be the one putting your friends in their graves." Stryker said hanging up. Peter went back into the room he was in and closed the door as he started yelling. Sombra heard him through the door and was about to go in when Peter came back out and went to the control deck where everyone else was. Reaper and Widowmaker were both looking at Widow's house when Peter came in.

"Stryker has two of my friends hostage." Peter said as the both of them turned around. Sombra came in after Peter and tried to think of a plan but couldn't.

"I'm going down there." Peter said. He turned around but was stopped by Reaper.

"You go down there, there's no telling what their going to do to you. We can come up with a plan." Reaper said. It was enough to make Peter stop at the door.

"So what's your plan?" Peter asked.

"Me and Sombra bring you and Widow down there and when the moments right, we'll strike." Reaper said. Peter looked over at Widowmaker.

"It's the only option we have Peter." Widowmaker said.

"Fine. We'll do it." Peter said. Reaper got the drop ship to land. Peter and Widowmaker were in front of the door when it dropped. There were too many soldiers for Peter to count. They put their hands up while they got off. Stryker emerged from the soldiers with Doomfist and Moira behind him.

"Peter Parker. You know, I'm actually happy to see you again." Stryker said. Peter didn't respond. He looked at Doomfist and nodded his head, who then grabbed Widowmaker by the shoulder and dragged her over to Stryker. Still, he didn't get a response from Peter.

"No witty comeback or one liner? Jesus, either you must be a unsung badass or you don't even care about your friends." Stryker said getting in Peter's face.

"You want to punch me don't you? Well go ahead. Throw a fucking punch." Peter put his hands down then swung his right fist into Stryker's face. As soon as Stryker hit the floor, everyone aimed their guns at Peter but he didn't care.

"You're so high and mighty on your fucking pedestal in Talon, you can't see the people your stepping on." Peter said as he had his phone in his hand. He turned on the bastion unit in Wrench's room and had it slowly move towards where everyone is.

"The people? You don't even know what the people want. All you care about is money and death." Stryker said getting up. "That's why the X-Men are in a facility and not in that mansion."

"Where are they?" Peter asked seeing the robot in the distance.

"No no no, this isn't how it's going to work. You don't ask me questions. I tell you what to do if you want your friends back. Excluding Widowmaker, you understand that I need my people to stay loyal." Stryker said smiling.

"She stays free from Talon." Peter said. He didn't know how this plan of Reaper's was going to work out, but it wasn't going to end well.

"Wow you are bad at this game. Seeing as you don't understand how this game is played, we're going to leave, and when you get that fact through your head we'll talk the day before Christmas." Peter didn't even realize that it was December or that this was the same week as Christmas. Stryker was about to leave when he heard another dropship near them. When the door opened, Peter saw Iron man, a woman with a staff, and a girl with goggles. Seeing that Stryker is distracted, Peter pushes a button on his phone activating Bastion and tackles Stryker over the railing. Widowmaker stepped on Doomfist's foot and headbutted him with the back of her head while Sombra and Reaper started shooting at the Talon Soldiers. Widowmaker got over to Wrench and Sydney and untied them as they hid behind the counter in the kitchen.

"Were those two with you and Pete?" Wrench asked, referring to Reaper and Sombra.

"It's a long story but yes." Widowmaker said as she looked over at Sydney.

"Who are you?" Widowmaker asked.

"Peter and Wrench's other best friend. And right now, I feel like we should be shooting at these tossers instead of having a conversation." Sydney said almost yelling. Back over to Peter, him and Stryker were both trying to get up.

"You're not leaving here alive Stryker." Peter said as he fully got up. He looked over at Stryker, who then charged at Peter and tackled him into a wall.

"You're not the hero here Peter, I am." Stryker tried ro punch Peter, but he dodged the punch and made Stryker punch the wall, almost breaking his hand. Peter headbutted him and got some space between the both of them as he put up his hands.

Iron Man and Tracer were out gunning the Talon soldiers, but decided to duck behind some cover to catch their breaths. Tony grabbed the guns that belonged to Peter's friends and took cover behind a pillar in front of the counters in the kitchen. Tony saw Wrench's head and threw the guns to them.

"Seeing as you three are Peter's friends, here are your guns." Wrench caught his gun, but Sydney and Widowmaker's both hit the floor. They got them and started to shoot at the Talon soldiers too.

"Sombra, status report. Where's Peter?" Reaper asked, trying to fend off Doomfist and Moira.

"He's in the basement fighting Stryker but there's a lot of soldier's trying to make sure no one gets to him." Sombra said as she hacked a few of the soldiers' guns to not fire. Wrench reloaded his shotgun then got an idea. He looked over at Widowmaker.

"How likely is it that after this we're still staying here?" Wrench asked.

"Highly unlikely. This really isn't the time Wrench." Widowmaker said as she saw Wrench pull out a grenade.

"And how likely are you going to miss this house?" Wrench asked with his eyes turning into equal signs.

"As long as we live, I could care less." Widowmaker said as Wrench threw the grenade. When the grenade went off, almost all of the Talon soldiers, including Doomfist and Moira, scrambled for cover.

Hearing the explosion from downstairs, Stryker ordered everyone to retreat. While he did that, Peter punched him in the face and headed for the stairs. Stryker caught up with him and put him in a chokehold as he dragged him back to his friends.

All the soldiers that were in the house starting heading for their dropships. At first, Tony thought they had won. That was until he saw Stryker holding Peter hostage. Everyone that was fighting Talon aimed their guns at him until Stryker pulled out a knife and held it against Peter's throat.

"Let him go Stryker. I got more than enough evidence to put you away instead of Peter now." Tony said as Stryker laughed.

"You really think that Nick would believe a cocky, arrogant, and frankly stupid kid over a high ranking military officer?" Stryker asked sarcastically.

"Now I'm only going to ask this once. I want Widowmaker back. If not, he dies." Stryker said. Everyone looked ready to line up a headshot on Stryker. Peter closed his eyes, ready for his death when he heard that French voice again.

"Stop! Don't hurt him." Widowmaker said surprising everyone. Wrench looled at Widowmaker like she was crazy and Tony was about to stop her, but she pushed his arm out the way.

"If I go with you, you let him go and leave everyone here alone." Widowmaker said. Stryker was impressed that within a week, she had no signs of the reconditioning expect the blue skin.

"Fine, but he's only being let go after you come over here." Stryker said. Widowmaker nodded her head as she started to walk towards Stryker and Peter, who desperately tried to tell Widowmaker not to.

"Widow, you don't-"

"Yes I do Mon amour. I'm sorry this couldn't turn out another way, but you made me feel alive again. I'll never forget that." Widowmaker said as she tried to not cry. Stryker laughed as soon as she finished.

"Well if that's how you feel about him, you're going to hate this next part." Stryker took the knife off of Peter's throat, turned him around and stabbed him in the stomach. Peter couldn't even react or speak. All he could do was look down at the wound as Stryker pushed him to the floor. As he looked up at Widowmaker being pulled by Stryker, he couldn't tell if she was yelling or not. Everything was a blur to him until he heard Sydney cursing as she started shooting at the dropship they got on.

"Fuck, fuck, fuck! Peter it's Tony. Look at me. You're going to be alright." Peter saw Tony in front of him. Peter's mind raced all the way back to the conversation he had with his uncle before he went to that wrestling match. How great power came with great responsibility. It was useless now. Peter's last vision before he blacked out was of Wrench's mask changing and of Mercy pulling out the knife. He woke up in a completely black area until he heard a familiar voice.

"Hello Peter." The voice said. Peter turned around and saw who it was.

"Hello Madame Web."

Oh boy. This Chapter was one I didn't know how to go about. Either way I wrote it, this was going to be the Chapter that really helped Kickstart the rest of the story. Also this is the Chapter that officially starts the romantic relationship between Peter and Widowmaker. Proof?Mon amour- My love