Ned and Peter discussed him asking MJ out when Ned suddenly collapsed onto the bed, a dart in his neck. Peter turned to see Nick Fury sat in the chair, stating how Spider-Man was a difficult person to talk too.

"Ah, wonder what took him so long to track the kid down." Clint asked.

"Well if he's there, what's the betting this Mysterio is with him?" Steve wondered.

"I doubt Fury doesn't have his hand in it somewhere. But something still doesn't feel right about this and about Mysterio as a whole. If this guy has powers, why hasn't he come forward to help us before now?" Natasha questioned.

"I got shot by Nick Fury? That's the coolest thing that has ever happened to me, ever!" Ned beamed.

"Getting shot is cool?" Kate asked, bemused.

"What about dating me?" Betty teased.

"With a tranquilliser? Yeah. Sorry Betty, but yeah, coolest thing ever!" Ned reiterated.

Peter then stumbled over himself with excuses as Nick mentioned how he had to bring him in, their conversation being interrupted by constant knocks on the door, eventually Nick told him that if someone else knocked on the door, He and Peter would be attending another funeral. He told Peter to get changed into his suit and come with him.

"Yeah, that's not really a time to network." Tony joked.

"Damn, Fury is really not taking prisoners with this, he's pissed at Peter, no doubt." Scott remarked.

"I'm glad I've never met this Nick Fury." Spider-Man 2 remarked to his alter self, who nodded.

"He seems intense as hell. I'm surprised Peter-1 is so calm with him, I know I'd have mouthed off by now."

Nick and Peter went to a tunnel in a speedboat as Nick presented Peter with some glasses, a last gift from Tony Stark, saying "Uneasy lies the head that wears the crown. Stark said you wouldn't get that as it's not a Star Wars reference."

"I'm sure the kid knows other pop culture, he did know Alien after all." Strange smirked.

"Looks cool, a secret base inside the Venice canals, got to try find that someday." Cindy marvelled.

"If you find a secret SHIELD base, walk away, they'll lock you up or worse, recruit you." Yelena remarked.

"We never locked up or recruited everyone." Natasha rolled her eyes.

"I'm giving him E.D.I.T.H, I guess that's a good idea." Tony shrugged.

"What's E.D.I.T.H?" Rhodey asked.

"Even Dead I'm The Hero." Tony smirked. "It's a command piece, I guess, giving Peter access to all Stark Industries systems and tech."

"That's alot to give to a kid." Rhodey frowned.

"Even weapons?" Steve asked, as Tony nodded and everyone's eyes widened. That was some serious power for someone so young to wield, they just hoped it didn't go to Peter's head.

"There's something about that, I'm trying to recall exactly what it was though." Happy said, Ned and MJ had similar thoughts as well.

Nick introduced Peter to his team, finishing with "Mr Beck."

"Beck? Why does that sound familiar?" Tony remarked, as they got a good look at Mysterio for the first time.

"Mysterio?" Peter asked as Beck looked confused. Peter explained that was what they were all calling him, Beck saying "You can call me Quentin."

"Quentin Beck!" Tony gasped. "I knew I recognised him!"

"Who is he?" Steve asked, eyes hardening. If Tony knew him, and had seemed suspicious of him from the get go, it couldn't be good.

"Quentin Beck. He used to work for me, he helped develop my therapy machine, B.A.R.F, the thing I used to deal with painful memories, I showcased it just before Lagos happened." Tony told them, as Steve winced.

That was definitely a bad time for them all and he was glad they had put that behind them since the Snap happened.

"B.A.R.F is illusion technology, allows you to render illusions. He must be using it somehow to look like he has powers." Tony explained.

"That's how he's hurting these monsters whilst Peter struggled. They're not real, it's a projection." Natasha said.

"But how is he doing that? There was genuine damage." Betty argued.

"Drone technology, I remember helping Spider-Man in London, drones were attacking. I didn't recall all of what happened, but we helped Peter deal with this." MJ spoke up.

"So Mysterio's a bad guy?" Spider-Man 3 spoke up.

"I should have known." Spider-Man 2 stated, everyone looked at him confused.

"How would you have known about this?" Eddie asked.

"When they named him Mysterio. I should have clicked straight away. There was a Mysterio in my world I had to fight a few times." Spider-Man 2 explained.

"Peter needs to stop him before he can do any further damage. But how is super spy Fury falling for whatever he's pedalling?" Tony wondered.

Peter was told by Beck that he did good work and he could have used him on his Earth. Peter asked what he meant as Nick explained that they were from another universe. Beck clarified he was from Earth 833 as Peter geeked out about the physics behind it all. The rest of the team looked bored and Peter apologised, before Beck told him to never apologise for being the smartest person in the room.

"Bullshit." Clint coughed.

"I mean, I hate Beck, I want to know what he's up too, but I do agree, Peter's the smartest one in that room by a mile, he shouldn't apologise for it." Tony agreed.

"I mean, it isn't all lies. The Multiverse is real." Strange admitted.

"It is?!" Tony and Bruce geeked out.

"I mean, how do you think we got here?" Spider-Man 3 said, gesturing to the two Spider-Men and Eddie.

"Oh yeah." Bruce rubbed his neck sheepishly.

"It's something we know frighteningly little about though, and not something to take lightly, even if this guy is lying about being from elsewhere within it." Strange warned them.

"Definitely not to be trifled with without foreknowledge." Wanda agreed. "I looked into it, shortly after Westview, trying to understand my own powers, but once I learnt a little about it, what it could cost me to explore it and use otherworldly powers, I shut it down. It's far too dangerous without some way to navigate it."

Beck explained how these creatures, the Elementals, were formed in black holes and destroyed his Earth, he was one of the last defenders trying to stop them, but they could only delay it. Now they were attacking their Earth, Hill stated that their satellites confirmed they were hitting the same spots that they had hit on Beck's Earth.

"How are they faking it so well that Hill and Fury are believing this though?" Natasha asked. "Neither of them are this gullible."

Nick says three are down, there's only one left. Beck explains its fire, the strongest of them all, the one who destroyed his Earth and killed his family, as he twirls a wedding ring on his finger. Peter apologises as Hill explains it'll be in Prague in 48 hours, Fury tells Spider-Man he's coming with them to kill it.

"He's trying to manipulate Peter." Clint's eyes narrowed.

"I WILL EAT THIS BECK MYSELF!" Venom vowed.

"No eating people!" Eddie hissed.

"Actually, I'm alright with this one being eaten." Tony's eyes also narrowed at the screen. What did Beck want, how was Fury falling for this and why are they trying to force Peter to help them with it?

Peter explains he's busy and asks if Thor, Doctor Strange or Captain Marvel could help, being shot down each time, he says how he really can't help, and eventually they agree they'll do it themselves, returning him to his hotel.

"Yeah, I was never even contacted. Why is Fury lying about all of this?" Strange questioned.

"Oh my God." Natasha started.

"What is it?" Yelena asked, concerned.

"That's not Fury. Is this all a Beck illusion?" Natasha said as everyone gasped.

"This is not good at all." Steve shook his head.

Back to work after a week off tomorrow, so updates about to slow down again.

Should check out SpiderWidowFam88 and their story "Avengers Watch Spider-Man No Way Home" on Archive Of Our Own, if anything, it's even better than this one, last update they've just brought the Peters in and it's an amazing fic if you haven't read it!