Extremely sorry for the long wait, with everything that has been happening lately, I've finally got everything under control. Also good news, I'm transferring to University in the fall. So I have a feeling that is going to take more of my time later on. Oh well, might as well enjoy this free time while it lasts.
I own none of the content, and I hope you all enjoy.
Training
"So, while the Speedster's train, we train as well?" Caitlin said.
"Pretty much, we can't have those runners have all the fun. It's unfair." KF said.
Caitlin couldn't help but giggle at that.
The both of them were back at the airfield, the training that Caitlin had in mind to help her counterpart needed open space. One thing that she felt she need to do was have her counterpart be accustomed or used to her other half. So Frost was taking the reins with helping her counterpart.
"So, the reason why you're here is I become more… accustomed when I go full Killer Frost?" Caitlin said.
KF nodded and said," Pretty much, Caitlin and I had different ideas on how to do that. Guess who wanted to play it safe and have me out all day."
'Oh I'm sorry, are my methods boring?' Frost asked, who was standing nearby.
"Well I see her point. I've known you for a short time, but I know you like to be more upfront and take the situations head on type of person." Caitlin said.
KF snorted and said," You should've seen me in my early days. I was a real loose cannon. One of the reasons why I got along with Wolverine a lot back at the Professor's place when Caitlin and I first got there."
"You have told me about Professor Xavier. I would actually like to meet him later on. But, who's Wolverine?" Caitlin asked.
KF and Frost both gave each other looks, Caitlin waited for them, knowing they were have a telepathic conversation.
"Yeah, we can definitely bring you to meet X, and the others. Also for Wolverine… think of him as a stereotypical macho, keeps to himself, plays by his own rules sometimes, type of guy. But he's also very loyal, and will have your back. And he's one of the rare, mean Canadians." KF explained.
"He's sounds… interesting."
He's also a very versatile, due to his insanely good regenerative factor."
The doctor in Caitlin was interested in the last part, and said," How good is it?"
KF gave her a very serious look, and said," He can be riddled with bullets, and be up and fighting in a manner of seconds. He even fought in World War 2, and got blown up several times. That's how good."
"Oh." Was her response.
"And he's just one of the many members of the X-Men. If there's anyone who could help someone with their powers, it's them. But, I'll or Caitlin will explain more later, right now, we need to train."
"I take it has to do with the ability aspect."
"Not entirely, we also have to touch up on your emotions, and your relationship with your Frost." KF said.
KF could see the hesitation, and slight fear in Caitlin's eyes, and she placed a hand on her shoulder.
"I understand what you're feeling, and so does my Caitlin. When it comes to emotions, it will affect your early relationship with your Frost. All those emotions, especially fear, will have an impact. Not to mention whether you accept her or not. All please play a key factor into what she is like, and what your guy's relationship is like. Allen, Ramon, and the others have told me what has happened since you told them about your powers. And also a recap on your Earth 2 counterpart, just incase they missed anything when you guys told me about her. So I can see that the emotions are mainly fear, resentment, and anger."
Caitlin let's all of this sink in. It was true, she did bottle up most of these emotions, and every time Killer Frost came out, she always seemed to have the same emotions, but more open or amplified. Caitlin would sadly admit she still felt some bitterness towards Barry for his actions, but she still forgave him. And from what she can infer from what KF said, is that due to how her deepest emotions being negative. It will then negatively impact Killer Frost. She was a part of her, and she was still figuring out how their relationship would be.
"So just keep things mellow, talk things out, go out for drinks or whatever. Find a way where you two can end up having a good relationship. Not one where one is scared, and the other one is nothing but pent up rage, and anger. Take the risk and jump. I know my Caitlin and you have the same powers, but each Frost could be different. But it's a given that you should not end up like our bitchy Earth 2 counterpart."
Caitlin blinked, feeling her respect for her Earth-38 counterpart growing. Even though she was talking to Frost, she can tell she… or they had a great relationship. It was pretty obvious for the past couple of weeks, and it always made her wonder if she could have the same thing as her Killer Frost.
One she had to remember now is to call her Frost now, instead of the name Killer Frost. If she did want a good relationship with her Frost, then she would have to treat her as if she wasn't some type of disease, or some scary monster. But someone who had feelings, who was her own person in some type of sense, she wasn't sure how it worked. Although she thought that Frost would've wanted to be called Killer Frost… that would be conversation she would have to have with her in the future. The closet to what she was thinking to a type of roommate or two minds relationship was Firestorm, but she knew it was a different situation with Jax and Professor Stein. But she could guess it was closer to when Ronnie and Stein were first Firestorm.
"Have I ever mentioned how grateful I am that you… or that the both of you are here?" Caitlin said.
KF smirked and said," You have, but more praise is always good. But, unfortunately, we have to save that for later. Right now, Caitlin thought showing the full capabilities of what you can do, can help. So my coolness factor will also rise up. Not the way your thinking though."
Frost, who was standing nearby, gave her alter-ego a look, but she had clear amusement on her features, and said,' We should talk about your ego, y'know.'
KF mentally smirked and said,' As if.'
As Frost watched KF start showing Caitlin the basics of her powers, her mind wandered to Peter. He said he was doing his own training, which she knew had to do with Gwen. And she was very interested in seeing how her best friend handled a mentor role. And she reminded herself that she would have to ask him how it went.
Meanwhile, in Earth-38, Peter sat on the ledge of a building, admiring the view. Gwen was to his right, and she was sitting on a stone Gargoyle. They were high enough that no one could see them, and they both had their masks off. The most noticeable thing was that Gwen's costume looked different, it didn't look like the homemade costume that she wore when Peter met her, but it had more of a mechanical or high tech looking feel to it. Just like how Peter's suit he got from Tony looked.
"I always wanted to visit New York City, visit Time Square, and see the sites. And it looks like I'm going to today." Gwen said.
Peter smirked and said," Well, I take it going to an alternate New York City is a step higher?"
Gwen grinned and said," Definitely cooler. Thanks again for helping me with testing out my new suit."
"No problem. I gotta help out my fellow spider. And Wells did a pretty good job, I think it's in the same league as mine. I guess genius is the same in different realities."
A week after meeting Gwen, she had called, and told him that Harry had finished her suit, and she wanted to test the features out. He was more than happy to help, and once he met her on Earth-2, he got the idea to try it out on his Earth. It did take a little convincing on Harry's part to allow them to do that, but he soon relented. And Peter had to promise that if there were any issues, then Peter shouldn't attempt to fix anything, but head straight back to Earth-2, so Harry could fix it. Gwen thought he was being paranoid, but Peter saw his side, and decided to agree with it.
But on the bright side, Harry had also wanted feedback and tips on how he could improve the suit. Due to Peter knowing more about this type of power set, and what would work in the future.
Once they had finished talking to Harry, the both of them went to Earth-38. Peter felt a change of scenery was needed, and thought going to his home Universe was the right idea. Gwen had no objections, and once they walked out of the portal, they decided to just sit, talk, and let Gwen take in being on another Earth.
"So, how are things with you? I hope with Jesse's absence, the evils of Central City are taking it easy on you."
Gwen snorted, and said," Yeah, everything's fine. Nothing that I can't handle so far. Hotstreak is pretty easy to handle once you douse him in water or Flame Retardant. I've also been thinking about what you said. My Peter wouldn't want me to feel sorry for myself, and wouldn't blame me. Sure my friends and family told me the same, but, I think talking to you allowed me to heal more."
Peter gave her shoulder a comforting squeeze, and said," That's good. Maybe if hero work doesn't work out for me, then motivational speaker could do."
"Y'know, my Peter did make some horrible jokes as well."
Peter scoffed, but he wasn't offended, and said," I guess people don't know a good joke when they hear it."
Gwen shrugged and said," Whatever you say."
Peter rolled his eyes with amusement, and the placed his mask on, and said," Well, I believe we relaxed enough. What say we try out how much your suit can take?"
Gwen put her mask, and hood on, and said," Your not planning on getting the suit damaged?"
"No, we're going to see how much friction, and how it fares with fast Web-Slinging. I know Central City doesn't have the same buildings, so I know you'll have to be careful. But just follow me, and you'll be fine. Our target from here is Time Square. Does your Web Shooters work like your old ones?"
Gwen nodded, and Peter said," Good, then let's go."
Peter jumped off the building with whoop, and Gwen did the same. The both of them swung, from building to building, Peter did a couple of flips, and Gwen used her last swing to use the momentum to run across a ledge, jump, fire a web, and did a flip. She landed on a Fire Escape, fired another web, and continued to follow Peter. Peter saw this, and gave her thumbs up.
"Nice job Rookie. You're a natural!" Peter said.
"Hey, we have the same power set, we were bound to be the same. Also, having a Speedster for a friend, makes you consider speed a part of your skills."
"Can't argue with that."
The both of them swung, and found themselves passing by a terrace. A family saw them, and the both of waved at them. The parents were surprised, but the kids waved happily at them. Both spider themed heroes would've continued on their way, but Karen spoke into Peter's mask.
"Peter, Police Scanners have gone off, and are saying that a robbery took place nearby, and the robbers are currently on a chase with Police. Do you and Miss Stacy wish to intervene?" Karen said.
"Hey Gwen, what say you and me handle a robbery?"
Peter didn't see it, but he was pretty sure she was giving him an uncertain look, and it was made clear with her voice, when she said.
"Are you sure?"
Peter let go of a web, did a mid-air shrug, fired another web, and said," Sometimes on the job work helps with training and working things out."
"Can't argue with that, I'm game."
"Good, we may have to be creative with webs. Well's did have voice command, and a small screen added to your suit. You check what you have, see which one helps in this type of situation. We'll both handle the bad guys, and try to keep everyone safe. Got it?"
"Got it."
The sounds of sirens and gunshots were heard coming down the busy Manhattan streets. People were scrambling to get out of the way. While the police were trying to keep property damage, and potential injuries to a minimum, but it was hard, due to a group of robbers trying to get away from an armored truck. Interestingly enough, the 4 robbers were all wearing Avengers masks. The one wearing a Captain America mask, who was sitting shotgun, heard a noise on the roof, and briefly looked up, but then turned to the side, when he heard tapping on the window.
"Hey Cap, what are you doing in an armored car? Last I heard, you were in National City with Supergirl." Spider-Man said casually.
Spider-Girl appeared on the driver's side, and said," Hey Spidey, what are you doing driving, when you are over there by the window?"
Spider-Man pretended to realize what was going on and said, "That could only mean you guys aren't the real Avengers. I mean, Superman, you let yourself go a little bit."
The Spider-Man tried to side punch him, but Spider-Man dodged, while Spider-Girl punched the Captain America when he tried to shoot her.
"Web Net: Activate and fire." Spider-Girl ordered.
Her Web Shooter fired a web, and once it made contact, the passenger was ensnared in webs, and couldn't move.
"What the hell!" He yelled.
The other occupants of the armored car, either out of stupidity, or anger at their partners capture, started to fire their weapons. Both Spider-themed heroes had to get out of the way, while the driver swerved out of fright, and the passenger was still screaming. It didn't help the armored cars window's were bullet proof, and the bullets kept bouncing everywhere. As soon as they got onto the roof, the driver drove erratically, in an attempt to get them off the truck, but considering the both of them can stick to any surface, it didn't have a desired effect. But they knew they had to end this quickly, before anything bad happens.
"Man, these's guys are dumb." Spider-Girl said.
"All criminals are. I'm going to the back, you take the front. Do you have your license?"
"Learners Permit."
"Close enough."
Spider-Girl goes to the driver side, and places her hand on the drivers shoulder.
Before he could react, she says, "Taser: Activate."
The guy gets shocked, and she then punches him twice in the face, and pushes him off the seat, when realized he was unconscious. She then took control of the wheel, and then fired a web at the passenger, who was starting yell insults at her. Her Spider-Sense went off for a moment but stops. She heard the back doors open, and the sounds of a timer go off. she glanced behind her, the other robbers were stuck in webs by Peter, who used a Web Grenade on them. She had never driven a vehicle like this, but it still had the same principles as any other car. She hits the brakes lightly, and then fully when they get to a regular pace.
She could hear sirens behind her, and gets out of the vehicle along with Peter. A couple of Police cars stop, and the officers rush out to apprehend the criminals. One of them stops for a moment and gives the two spider themed heroes a grateful look.
"Thanks Spider-Man, things would've been a lot worse. Also, who's your friend? You have a sidekick now?"
"No problem. And nope, just a friend from out of town. I'm showing her the ropes or webs in this case."
Peter was grateful people had warmed up to him over the years, and found himself having pleasant conversations with others. He remembered when he first started out, people were suspicious of him, and mistook him for a mutant... he sorta was, but he wasn't. Only a handful of people did like him, but people warmed up to him over time, and due to him helping save New York during the invasion, people trusted and liked him more. Jameson had also started to approve of him more, although a little begrudgingly. But it showed how he came along as a hero, and wished Gwen the best as she grew as one.
Gwen rolled her eyes at what he said, while the officer looks slightly amused, he said thanks again, and walked off to help the others. She sighed as the adrenaline left her system, and she felt a hand on shoulder.
"Not bad for your first trip to New York City in an alternate earth." Peter praised.
"Heh, yeah, I guess your hands on approach worked. The functions of the suit I used so far work great."
Peter nodded, and said," I guess it also helps that we also got from point A to B."
Gwen raised a brow at that, but then took in her surroundings, and was surprised to see that they were in the outskirts of Time Square. It didn't look different from her version on her earth, although some of the advertisements on the billboards were different.
"I would suggest going civilian mode, and seeing the sites, but I'm not sure that would work."
"Why's that?"
"Apparently, there is a Gwen Stacy on this Earth. And I don't want people to confuse you as her, due to you and your counterpart almost looking the alike."
Gwen blinked under her mask, processing what he just said, and could only say one thing," Huh."
Hope you all liked this. Don't worry, Caitlin will be using her powers soon, I have a plan for that. And I also hope you like my version of Spider-Gwen so far, I'm currently working on a prequel story for her that details her life when she got her powers, and sometime before she goes to Earth 1.
Till next time.
