So this is the finale of Far From Home, NWH will probably take a little while to come out, the people have spoken so it will be just two chapters, but both will be about 10-15k long in words. So, yeah, expect it to take a week or two at least for the next chapter.
Peter hung onto the outside of the quinjet as he told Happy they needed to get high so Beck didn't see him drop in, before telling Happy they needed to discuss Happy and May together before he flew off the plane.
Tony went to make a joke about it, but stopped at seeing the haunted look in Happy's eyes at the reminder of his time together with May.
"I'm sorry pal." Tony said softly to him as Happy smiled back at him, his eyes watering.
"I loved her, man."
"I know. I'm sure she loved you too." Tony reassured him.
Fury asked for a report as Beck called on Guterman for a response, giving one to Fury about the new Elemental drawing power from the Earth's core as they had all fused into one. Fury just turned to Hill and said how it was some bullshit, before Hill and Fury noticed Peter dropping into the storm from above.
"I guess they did get what Happy was on about after all!" Betty cheered.
"I guess even if it's not Fury, this guy isn't a total idiot." Clint shrugged.
"I like how he can't even think of a lie for himself, he needs a storyteller for it." Sprite giggled.
"I'm sure you could make up a towering story for any illusion, Sprite." Druig teased her.
"I could definitely come up with something better than what he did." Sprite protested.
"What experience do you have with illusions?" Bucky asked.
"More than most." Sprite simply said, turning back to the screen.
Fury told Hill to get ready for anything as Peter entered the illusion, calling the appearance awesome, as Hill got atop the building they were in with a large case. Beck noticed the drones were breaking formation as Peter webbed them, William told him it was probably just some birds, as Beck insisted on viewing it. Seeing Peter swinging around his drones and webbing them, William asked if Beck saw what it was, Beck said he had, and he was going to kill him.
"Damn, I have to admit, that does look pretty good." Sam admitted.
"Why couldn't he have just assumed it was birds as well and let it go?" Kate moaned, tugging at her hair as she watched, stressed. She hadn't ever met Peter and she already knew that she wanted him to be safe.
"You aren't going to touch a hair on Peter's head, not if I have anything to say about it!" Tony growled.
"He won't hurt Peter ever again, you know that Tony." Rhodey tried to calm his old friend. "Don't worry, we just need to sit through this and get back to him, help him."
"That's easy for you to say, I can't help him." Tony frowned.
"You've helped him for years, Tony. Peter idolises you, it's clear to see, I'm sure that'll never stop. Now it's our turn to help him." Spider-Man 2 spoke up, interrupting Tony's train of thought.
"How would you know that? You never knew me." Tony told him.
"We know Peter though. He wouldn't be the hero he is today if it wasn't for you or the others in this room." Spider-Man 3 explained. "You helped shape him, all of you."
"He's going to kick Beck's ass, make no mistake." Spider-Man 2 said. "What worries me is the aftermath of it."
"What do you mean?" Rhodey asked.
"The kid needs support." Eddie spoke up for the first time in a while. "We'll all be there to give him it."
Peter activated his taser webs as the drones began to short, de-cloaking and ending the illusion. One appeared before Fury as he asked "You got me?" before the drone exploded, focusing on Hill, aiming a rocket launcher, she just said "I gotcha."
"Well at least they didn't totally ignore my warning." Happy grinned.
"I love those taser webs. Will one of you brainiacs make me some?" Yelena asked, looking around to the scientists in the room, who all tried to avoid eye contact with her.
"Tell you what, I somehow meet you, I'll make you them." Tony promised.
"I'll hold you to that, Stark." Yelena smirked at him.
William told Beck the illusion was failing as Peter launched himself towards Beck, Beck used E.D.I.T.H to get Peter away as he told William to end the illusion, asking William to get his illusion suit ready though.
"Face himself you coward!" MJ yelled.
"You said it yourself, young one, he's a coward, he won't." Thor told her. "Not unless he thinks he has the advantage in some way or Peter forces a confrontation."
"Peter will win, he always does." Tony chanted, desperately hoping the kid came out of it unscathed.
"He'll be fine, Tony." Steve tried to reassure him. "Believe in him, you know what he can do."
"What's he planning now?" Natasha narrowed her eyes.
Flash reported the elemental was full of drones as they raced towards the Tower of London, Happy using it to land near to them. Beck noticed the quinjet landing, and as Happy told the four kids to get on the jet, Beck sent some drones to blow it up, forcing the five to flee to the Tower, more drones in pursuit.
"Now he's after Happy and the kids again." Bucky glowered.
"He won't get us you know he doesn't, we're all in here." Flash reminded him.
"Doesn't mean I can't hate him kid, even you, who has just been a prick during all of these so far, doesn't deserve to die."
Beck told E.D.I.T.H to target Spider-Man, saying he'd kill the kids himself, sending a few drones after them, they raced into the Crown Jewels vault as the guards opened fire on the drones, taking one down as the others entered the Tower.
"You know Peter would never let you kill any of us." Betty stated.
"He won't harm any of you, you're safe from him now." Bruce said.
"Yay for the random guard!" Scott cheered.
Beck opened fire on a suit of armour as MJ hit the drone with a mace, knocking it to the floor, they raced further into the vault as Happy threw a shield at the drone, it falling to the floor harmlessly, Happy asked "How does Cap do that?"
"Years of practise." Steve grinned at Happy, who scowled at the reply.
"That was a pretty good swing, you may even be skilled at wielding Mjolnir." Thor told MJ who blushed.
"I know I'm not gonna be able to lift that." She replied.
"We could always see?" He asked her with a raised eyebrow and a slight smirk as she blushed even redder.
Peter checked in to make sure Happy was still alive as he swung around, throwing things at the drones to try shake them off of him as Beck sent more and more after him, using flamethrowers on him as well. Peter used a bunch of webbing to destroy some drones before more used sonic blasts to knock Peter off the bridge.
"Gee, glad he thinks of us." Ned joked.
"This Beck guy is a real d-bag." Quill growled.
"You've only just realised that?' Rocket asked.
"No, I just didn't think it needed saying until now."
"Then why say it at all?" Nebula asked.
"I don't know!" Quill responded.
"I SAY WE USE THESE DRONES TO DICE BECK INTO LITTLE PIECES, HE CAN BE FINGER FOOD FOR DAYS TO COME!" Venom exclaimed, overjoyed at having a new idea, as Eddie shook his head fondly.
"No, buddy, no finger food people."
"BUT EDDIE!-"
"-No."
"FINE. PUSSY."
"PETER!" Happy yelled, not seeing this part before as Peter went tumbling towards the Thames
Beck remarked "Finally" as William rebooted the Elemental illusion, unsure how Beck would spin it as Peter climbed back onto the bridge. Seeing he was out of webs, he saw a nearby trapped drone still blasting sonic waves. Throwing a stuffed bear at it, he saw it blast the bear into the sky, where other drones shot it to pieces.
"Damn, how is he meant to get through all of that back to Beck? E.D.I.T.H is defending him too well." Spider-Man 2 spoke quietly to his other self. Fortunately he had never had anything like this with his Mysterio, but his had been bad enough, how did little Peter manage to pull this off?
"He's brining the illusion back, why?" Sprite wondered. "It was clearly a fake, how can he possibly explain it as real now everyone has seen the drones?"
"People are easily fooled." Natasha frowned. She had a bad feeling he would manage to pull off a spin on this, somehow.
Cutting back to the Tower, Ned wondered if they were going to die as the drones continued to hammer at the door, they began sharing truths, like MJ saying how she pushed people away, Ned said he wasted his life playing video games and Happy admitting he was in love with Spider-Man's aunt before saying how they were sharing.
"You've always got us MJ, you haven't pushed us away." Betty told her with a smile as MJ gave a hesitant smile back. She had let people in alot more in the past year, but she still worried she would. She didn't fully remember everything that happened with Peter, did she drive him away? Is that why she couldn't remember him? It may have been a worldwide thing, but what if she was the cause? What if Peter had actively tried to avoid her over something? Is that why he didn't try get them? Did he even remember her? How would she find him again after all of this?
"Awkward moment to admit it, Happy." Tony laughed as Happy scowled.
"Well I didn't expect to have to rehash ever saying that." He crossed his arms as everyone laughed.
Peter rigged part of a drone and grabbed the Tower Bridge sign, forming a makeshift shield and hammer, reminiscent of Captain America. The drones turned and began to fire at Peter as he threw the drone part at them, it exploding as a makeshift bomb, destroying the nearby drones and sending Beck reeling.
"He stole your look, Steve!" Sam joked as Steve pouted.
"Gotta say, he does make the look work." Bucky joked.
"Damn, now you're scared, aren't you Beck?" Tony grinned as he saw Beck stumble away.
"Go get him Peter!" Cindy cheered.
Using the sign as a springboard, Peter flew through the glass floor of the bridge, grabbing Beck and punching him as the drones broke through at the Tower, suddenly stopping. Peter told Beck his lies were over as Beck called on E.D.I.T.H, as a drone blasted Peter backwards.
"He's not out yet." Yelena snarled.
"Peter's gonna kick his ass, don't worry." Kate told her, looking like she was reassuring herself.
"Give up Beck." Quill said to the screen.
"You know he can't hear you, right?" Rocket asked Quill as he looked embarrassed.
"You know what I meant." Quill defended himself.
Peter stood up and told Beck to hand E.D.I.T.H over, Beck said if he wanted the glasses, he would have to come take them, firing up another illusion. Peter closed his eyes and begged the Peter-tingle to work as he ran forward, dodging drones and smashing them into one another, clearing through the bridge, Beck ordered E.D.I.T.H to fire all drones, regardless of the risk to himself, he had to kill Peter there and then.
"He called it the Peter tingle!" Happy cheered.
"A dumb name still." The two Spider-Men groaned.
"I bet you both call it a tingle of some kind." Scott grinned.
"No comment." They both said after a long moment, to the delight of the room.
"Damn, his senses are absolutely insane." Bruce said, jaw dropping at Peter dodging and throwing drones about.
"He's the best of us all, I said that." Tony stated.
"He's completely mad though, all of those drones attacking one area at once, he'll definitely be hurt by it." Bucky said.
"The Mysterio man is insane." Drax agreed.
"FIRE ALL THE DRONES, NOW!" Beck screeched at her as more drones began to fire.
"Is he meant to be this stupid?" Mantis asked, confused as to why he would risk his own life in this way with the drones.
"No, he's just desperate, he knows he can't win fighting Peter and he knows Peter will get past the drones when they're just using illusions." Nebula explained.
"Desperation makes people do foolish things." Sam agreed.
Peter used one of the drones as a shield to block the gunfire as he smashed through other drones, one of them hitting Beck in the crossfire. As he took down the last drone, he saw Beck on the floor, clutching his side. Peter ran over to him, telling Beck he trusted him, Beck said that was the most disappointing part, such a weakness in him.
"There's nothing wrong with trusting others, it's when you don't trust anyone, issues can happen." Natasha said sadly, thinking on her own life, Yelena and Clint nodded along with her.
"But to trust overly is also bad, isn't it?" MJ asked.
"Yeah, it can be, as Peter learnt here, but how many sleepless nights do you think Peter has had after this, wondering if he can trust everything, with all of these illusions?" Yelena asked MJ who pondered it.
"Peter is always going to be stronger than you." Tony hissed.
"Tony, he's safe now, he won." Rhodey told him. "You can relax man."
"I'm kinda sad he got shot, as I don't want anyone to be, but if anyone deserved it, he did." Ned said as the others nodded. Beck was definitely a piece of work.
Beck offered E.D.I.T.H back to Peter, saying Stark was right and he did deserve them, before he could take them, Peter swung around and grabbed Beck's arm as a gunshot missed Peter's head.
"HE DESERVES HIS BRAIN TO BE EATEN!" Venom roared.
"He came so close to being shot, how did he do that?!" Abe called out.
"He's Spider-Man." Spider-Man 3 grinned.
"You can't trick me anymore." Peter said as Beck looked stunned.
"DAMN RIGHT YOU CAN'T!" Scott cheered as everyone else in the room smiled.
The Beck on the floor faded away as the real, injured Beck fell down. Peter swiped E.D.I.T.H from him and took control of the system again, telling it to execute all programmes to cancel the drones programming and end the attack. The drones began returning to the Stark satellite as Happy took a weapon from Ned to protect them, in case the drones returned, and Peter said a small thank you to E.D.I.T.H and to Tony.
"Yay Peter!" The room cheered at large as they saw the young man take back control of the system.
"Even dead I'm the hero, kid." Tony smiled, eyes watering slightly. "That settles it, first thing I'm
doing when back, before the heist even, is destroying the E.D.I.T.H system."
"I think that's one of the smartest moves you've ever made, Tony." Steve beamed at him.
Peter turned to the dying Beck and asked how could he do all of this, Beck whispered that people need to believe and nowadays, people will believe anything. Peter asked E.D.I.T.H if this was real, E.D.I.T.H confirmed all illusions were gone. Cutting to the van, William finished downloading a program and left.
"He's not wrong. People will believe alot of stuff these days. Everyone believed Mysterio was a
hero. When we get back, we need to do something to prove he was a fraud." Abe said.
"I feel so bad for Peter. He can't trust his own senses, especially when it comes to Beck." Cindy
cried.
"He's had a harder life than most, even without the superhero stuff." Bucky said gently. "It's natural
he would be like that."
"It's not right though." Betty sniffled.
"It's not right at all, but it's what he has." Ned sighed, pulling Betty in for a hug.
"I just wish we could help him." Betty murmured into his shoulder.
"When we get home, we will." Ned promised her before they broke apart.
"I'm sure we all will, however we can." Matt said, as Ned looked over at him, shocked.
"How did you hear that?" Steve asked.
"I'm a really good lawyer." Matt smirked as the assassins narrowed their eyes. More and more
didn't add up about Murdock.
"What did he put on that USB?" Tony demanded.
"Whatever it is, it isn't good." MJ said.
Happy and the others left the Crown Jewels vault as MJ raced off, meeting Peter on Tower
Bridge, she told him what had happened to them, hugging, MJ showed him the black dahlia
necklace, seeing it was broken, Peter apologised and started rambling about the plan, before
MJ kissed him.
"Goals." Hope snorted as she saw them reunite and kiss.
"MJ, you ok?" Ned asked as he saw her suddenly bend over, putting her head in her arms, noticing
her shake slightly, he reached out an arm to comfort her.
"That little shit. He promised us, Ned! He promised." MJ choked out.
"MJ?" Ned asked, still somewhat confused.
"You don't remember, do you?" MJ asked, her voice sounding hollow as she spoke, worrying most
of the room. What did she now remember? What did Peter do that was so bad? Was it to do with
Strange and these Runes?
"I remember bits of what happened after this, but not all of it, no." Ned replied quietly. He'd gotten
most of his memories back, he was sure, he remembered returning to New York after London, he
remembered applying to other colleges and being rejected, but what had gotten MJ so scared and
angry? "What happened? What did he do?"
"He promised us, Ned." MJ said again, stunned and angry and most of all, heartbroken as she turned away, unsure how to react, what to say, what to do. All she knew was, Peter Parker had broken her heart, and she hated him for it.
MJ explained she wasn't just watching him as she thought he was Spider-Man, that she liked
him. He apologised for the broken necklace again, as she said she preferred it broken and they
kissed again.
"I kinda like it broken too." Cindy smiled at her old friend, before falling silent at the haunted look
in MJ's eyes.
"Seriously, what's so bad about all of this?" Tony asked, starting to get annoyed. He had a terrible
feeling about whatever was eating MJ so badly.
MJ said nothing, just starting at the screen in silent horror.
MJ went back to the class as the scene cut to the waterfront and Nick Fury approached Happy. Nick said he needed to speak to Spider-Man, Happy told him that Peter would call him. Nick asked incredulously that Spider-Man would make him wait, Happy confirmed he would, Nick showed he respected both Peter and Happy and left.
"You tell him, Happy." Clint smirked along with Natasha, seeing this Fury lookalike back down. They both wished they had told the real Fury more where to stick it sometimes, so to see it happen now, even if this guy wasn't the legit Fury still in their eyes, was still good for them.
Returning to New Jersey, MJ told Peter to not be late as she left, asking Betty and Ned for a double date, they explained to Peter they had broken up, Betty calling Ned wise as she left. Flash was then seen sad as he was greeted by a chauffeur, his mother too busy to come meet him.
"I'm sorry, Flash." Abe said to his old schoolmate, who shrugged.
"I went to MIT to get away from my family, it hurts that they don't really care about me, but I'm starting to move on with it. Got to live my life for myself, nobody else." Flash said, looking down.
"I am wise, aren't I?" Ned asked, winking at Betty.
"Well I'd say so." Betty replied, walking over to him and kissing him on the cheek.
"What was that for?" Ned asked, confused.
"When you figure it out, tell me." Betty said cryptically.
Back at his apartment, Peter spoke with May and Happy about their relationship, her calling it a fling as Happy thought it was serious, as they awkwardly discussed what was happening with them, Peter told them he had to go, grabbing MJ, he began to swing her through the streets of New York.
"Your first proper date?" Sam asked MJ, who still said nothing, still shocked at the scene. The sense on unease deepened in everyone who didn't know what Peter had done. MJ seemed so tough, what had caused this in her?
"I'm sorry Happy." Rhodey said, seeing May dismiss it as a fling.
"It may not have been a proper thing to her, but she cared for me, and I cared for her. To me, that's something." Happy said sadly.
Putting her down after their mini date and going to head off, he was interrupted by a news broadcast, showing the last moments of Mysterio a week before, through footage obtained from the Daily Bugle and J. Jonah Jameson, Mysterio stated he had sent the Elemental back, but Spider-Man had called on drones to attack him and London, saying he would be the next Tony Stark, nobody else.
"This is total bullshit! Nobody will believe that!" Tony roared at the screen.
"I'm sorry to say, Mr Stark, but many people did." Abe frowned. "I remember alot of backlash against Spider-Man due to it all."
"Who would believe a crackpot like the Bugle though?"
"It's come along alot in the past few years, especially with this scoop against Spider-Man." Cindy shrugged.
"Damn, they've managed to edit it well, if I didn't know Spider-Man before all of this, if I saw this for the first time, I may have fallen for it." Sam admitted as most of the other Avengers sadly agreed. If they didn't know Spider-Man before all of this, they may have believed Mysterio and may have gone after him for this attack.
"How could this get any worse?" Tony worried, thinking Peter may be on the run now as Spider-Man.
Jameson called Spider-Man a murderer and Mysterio a hero before cutting back to Mysterio with Mysterio then hitting them with a bombshell.
"Wow, he looks so similar." Spider-Man 2 said.
"Jameson?" Spider-Man 3 asked, as everyone else listened in.
"Yeah, he looks exactly like he does in my universe." Spider-Man 2 stated. "Weird, I assumed different versions always looked different."
"Spider-Man's name is Peter Parker!"
"WHAT THE-?" Tony asked, incensed, as everyone else looked shocked as well.
"Now I think I know why we used the Runes of Kafkall." Strange ominously spoke.
"It's still wrong, but I think I can guess why you would have." Wanda agreed.
"He made us forget him." MJ whispered out of nowhere, drawing everyone's attention back to her, with several of those in the room gasping as they realised what she had said. "Peter made the entire world forget him over this. It wasn't something the wizard just did, or anything. Peter made this happen."
The scene then cut to Fury and Hill, who changed to reveal they were Skrulls, before they called Fury up, to say there were issues, but they thought it all went well and Peter got the glasses from Stark. The screen cut to black as it showed Fury on a spaceship, calling for someone to bring him his shoes.
"Fury wasn't even there?!" Steve asked.
"I knew it." Natasha narrowed her eyes. "What are those things though?"
"Skrulls." Nebula said, eyes darkening. "Beings with the ability to shapeshift."
"I'm not the only one thinking it, am I?" Scott asked, gulping.
"What if one of us in here is a Skrull?" Quill questioned, as everyone looked between each other.
"Great, so we've got magic and shape shifting aliens." Clint drawled. "We need to get out of here and fix all of this mess, somehow."
"He made us forget him." MJ said again. "I don't think this can be fixed, and even if it could, I don't think Peter wants us to fix it. He made his bed, I say we let him lie in it."
Poor MJ.