Sorry for the long wait, but the next chapter of "Shocket: Far From Home" is here! Let's get our two heroes to formally meet each other, shall we?


"Alright, you got everything you need?" Lylla asked as they approached Earth.

"Yes mum," Shocket replied, rolling her eyes. Instead of usual space-faring attire, Shocket decided on a more casual outfit, wearing a purple jacket with a light blue shirt underneath and jean pants. She held up a backpack that contained all of her supplies. "I've got all that I need in this Quantum Storage Pack, including weapons and communications."

"Do you have my gift?" Drax asked.

Shocket pulled out a knife that was large, at least for an ottercoon. "Yeah, I've got this thing. Don't think I'll need it, but sure."

"And remember, we'll be out of communication range while you're down there," Star-Lord reminded her. "Captain Marvel doesn't want us getting involved with Earth unless it's an Avengers-level threat."

"Not that I want anything else to do with this backwater planet," Rocket said. "If it wasn't for so many of our allies coming from here, I'd say screw 'em."

"Rocky, be nice," Lylla chided. "Either way, I hope you have fun with Peter and his friends this summer!"

"Will do," Shocket smiled. "I'll make sure to stop by and say hello to Morgan as well!"

With that, Shocket used the secondary ship on the Benatar to get down to Earth, ready to meet up with Peter and his friends for a peaceful, Earth vacation. With a quick search on the internet (and some help from her connections to the Avengers), she got herself a plane ticket on the same flight as Peter's class, ready to surprise the young hero once they landed in Venice. Shocket did get a few odd looks from the humans, but a quick flash of her Avengers ID convinced them to not question why a talking raccoon/otter hybrid wanted a first-class fight to Europe.

Once on the plane, Shocket got herself comfortable, though a voice from the middle-class seats got her attention.

"Yo, Parker," said the voice. Shocket looked back to see a teenager around her age (in Earth-years) speaking to another student. "This is called an airplane. It's like the buses you're used to, except it flies over the poor neighborhoods instead of driving through them."

What an asshole, Shocket thought.

"Exscuse me, Mam?" another teenager said. She seemed to be in the same class as Peter and the other kids. "He Blipped, so he's technically 16, not 21."

The stewardess promptly took away the jerk's drink, despite his protests. Shocket smirked at that, sensing that she would get along just fine with this group of kids. After an eight-hour flight, the plane landed in Venice, where Shocket grabbed her bag and readied herself to meet Peter face-to-face.

Over with Peter, he had a less-than-ideal flight, being stuck between his two teachers while his crush, MJ, sat next to Brad, a student that didn't get Snapped and was now the guy to date in Peter's grade. Once they got off the flight, Peter went over to his best friend Ned to explain the situation.

"Hey man, did you see Brad and MJ on the plane? They were watching movies and laughing the entire time."

"Dude, don't worry, okay? I'm sure it's nothing," Ned assured.

Suddenly, Betty Brant, another student, came up to Ned, asking him to hold her stuff and giving him a kiss on the cheek. Peter was visibly shocked and confused by these actions. "What was that?" he questioned.

Ned looked embarrassed. "Uh, well, we got to talking on the plane and it turns out, we have a lot in common. So, uh, we're boyfriend-girlfriend now."

"Whatever happened to being an American bachelor in Europe?" Peter asked.

Ned sighed. "Peter, those were the words of a boy. And that boy met a woman. A very strong and powerful woman, and now, that boy's a man."

Betty then called Ned over, leaving Peter all by himself. That is, until Shocket finally caught up to the young hero, pulling on his pants to get his attention. "What's up, Spider-Man?"

Peter was shocked and jumped a bit. "Woah talking raccoon!"

"I'm an ottercoon, but I'll let it slide?" Shocket said. "So then, what's on the vacation to-do list, Spider-Man?"

"First of all, I am not Spider-Man," Peter denied. "And second of all, who are you?"

"The name's Shocket, one of the Guardians of the Galaxy and honorary Avenger," Shocket explained, pulling out her Avengers ID. "We meet during the battle with Thanos. My parents were there too. My mum saved Tony, remember?"

Peter recalled an otter with Phoenix powers saving Tony's life that day. "Okay, but why are you here? Did Fury send you or something?"

"Fury? Who the hell is that?" Shocket asked. "I'm just here to vacation with a fellow super teen."

"Yeah, well, I'm on vacation from being Spider-Man at the moment, so you can just go back to whatever planet you're from," Peter replied.

"Too late for that," Shocket said. "I already got myself in as part of your class, so you're stuck with me for this." When Peter sighed, the ottercoon crossed her arms. "Look, Peter, I get that this wasn't what you planned or whatever, but with me here, I can guarantee that your vacation will be normal as you wanted it to be. Besides, I can help you with that girl you want to get with."

"Really?" Peter questioned.

"Sure," Shocket nodded. "I'll just stage an 'accident' and all your Brad-related problems will be gone- "

"Woah, woah, woah, we are not killing Brad," Peter stopped her. "I just need to get MJ to notice me instead of him, and I already have a plan for that."

"You could just tell here that you're Spider-Man," Shocket suggested. "Girls love superheroes."

"Yeah, no, I'm not going to give my secret identity to someone that could be put in danger by knowing," Peter said. "My Aunt May and Ned already know, and that's enough people in my personal life that know that I really care for."

As the two walked over to customs, they had their bags checked for any illegal items. When Peter's suitcase was open, he found that Aunt May had packed his classic Spider-Man outfit inside, with a note and everything. Peter looked nervously at the customs lady, only for her to ignore the suit and pull out a banana instead. "This, no," she said.

Peter let out a sigh of relief, while Shocket smirked and climbed up to sit on Peter's shoulders. "Mind if I sit up here? With Groot not around this'll be easier than trying to walk everywhere. I should look into getting a jetpack like dad…"

"No foreign animals, sir," the customs lady said.

"Oh, she's not mine," Peter started to say.

"Technically, I'm a partial citizen of Earth, mam," Shocket said. She pulled out the necessary documents and handed them over. "You'll find that all of the paperwork is in order so that I have all the legal rights of an American citizen on your planet."

After the momentary shock of seeing talking animal, the customs lady looked over the papers before nodding. "Alright, my mistake. Enjoy your vacation, you two."

"You had those papers ready?" Peter asked.

"My Mum had Natasha forge me some legal documents through her connections," Shocket causally explained. "It helps that I lived most of my formative years on this planet."

"Wait, how old are you?" Peter asked.

"Six in your years, but I'm considered a teenager by Half-World standards," Shocket replied.

"Oh, here's my class," Peter said, bringing their attention to the group of students. "I'm here!"

"Oh Peter, there you are," said Mr. Harrington.

"Yo nerd, you brought your trash panda with you?" Flash jeered.

"Actually, I'm the last-minute exchange student for the trip," Shocket replied, surprising the class.

"Holy shit it talks!" Shouted.

"The 'it' you refer to is a girl, thank you very much," Shocket said. "Shocket of the Guardians of the Galaxy, honorary Avenger."

"You're an Avenger?" Betty asked.

"Yep, I was there for the battle with Thanos," Shocket replied.

"And how do you know Peter? You seem close," MJ pointed out.

"Oh, we meet at my, uh, Stark Internship," Peter covered.

"I've been homeschooled for most of my life, so my parents asked a family friend to get me on this trip," Shocket lied.

"Ah, yes, I was wondering about the extra person on the list," Mr. Harrington said. "I thought it was just a computer glitch, but welcome to the trip, Miss Raccoon."

"Glad to be here," Shocket replied.

"So, are your parents also talking raccoons?" Flash asked, trying to recover from his initial shock.

"My mum's an otter, actually," Shocket said.

"And what's with the British accent?" MJ said.

That made the ottercoon pause. "You know I'm not entirely sure. My mum has it too, so it must just be a family thing."

[***]

Out in the city of Venice, the students of Midtown were led by their teachers to where they would be staying in Italy. Shocket stuck with Peter, looking out over the canals as the class floated along in their gondola. Ned was busy taking pictures with Betty, Flash was livestreaming the entire experience, and Peter looked wistfully over at MJ. Soon enough they all arrived at the hotel, though it wasn't what any of them had been expecting.

"Everyone, here we are," Mr. Harrington announced, opening the door to a frankly run-down establishment.

"Sheesh, and I thought my dad's workshop was a mess," Shocket said.

"This place is sinking," Flash said, shaking his foot after stepping in some water.

"I think you mean 'charming,'" Mr. Harrington suggested.

"This stinks," Betty groaned.

"Okay everyone, drop your bags off, we're going to meet at the da Vinci museum at three!" Mr. Del announced.

"Vamanos!" Mr. Harrington called.

"It's 'andiamo,'" MJ corrected, rolling her eyes.

"I think I'm starting to see why you like here," Shocket said to Peter with a wink. "So, how can I help you out?"

"I'm going to be buying here a gift here in Vince," Peter said. "You can just, I dunno, keep her away from Brad or something?"

"Will do." With a thumbs up, Shocket went to drop off her stuff before heading out into Venice with the class.

Their first stop was St. Mark's Square near the da Vinci museum, with Shocket taking the initiative to keep MJ distracted while Peter went to go buy his gift. Pulling out her own camera, Shocket to into position to take a picture of MJ with some pigeons, much to Brad's jealousy.

"You know, I could probably take that picture better," Brad said, thinly veiling his annoyance.

"Hey Brad, why do you go buy us some Italian ice cream?" MJ said.

"Oh, yeah! Okay," he said, going off to do that.

"And now out little distraction is gone," Shocket smirked. "I had a feeling that we'd get along just fine. Why do you let him hang around you like that anyway?"

"Brad isn't a bad guy," MJ said. "It's more like he's just creepily hanging on to me for some reason."

"Well since we're in Europe, we can make this vacation for the ladies," Shocket replied. "Although, I don't think there's anyone on this planet I would consider my type…"

After successfully evading Brad, Shocket led MJ over to where Peter was getting his gift, that being a glass flower necklace. The duo had also picked up a few Italian words and were ready to share them with their friend.

"Boh!" MJ greeted Peter as he came down the street.

"What?" Peter asked.

"Boh: It's the most perfect word in the world. Italians created it, we discovered it."

"What does it mean?" Peter pressed.

"That's the thing: it can mean a million things," Shocket grinned. "I can mean 'I dunno,' 'get outta my face,' 'I dunno and get outta my face.'"

"It's the best thing Italy created, except maybe expresso," MJ added.

"Oh, so you've been drinking expresso," Peter asked, only getting a shrug from MJ.

Suddenly, an Italian man can up to the trio, offering up roses to them. Clearly he was trying to sucker money off of tourists in the area. "German? American?" he asked.

"Boh," MJ said, getting the man to leave them alone. Peter was impressed by that. "'Boh' is my new superpower," MJ smiled. "It's like the anti-'Aloha.' I was born to say this word. So what's in the bag?"

Peter stammered a bit, holding the gift close to himself. "Oh, uh, Boh."

"Nice," Shocket said, rolling her eyes as they walked down towards the canals. As her eyes drifted to the water, the ottercoon took notice of tiny crabs crawling out onto the walkway from the canal. "Hey, check that out!"

"Woah, cool," MJ said, pulling out her phone take a picture of the scene.

Peter looked over to a nearby manhole, seeing the water drain from it into the canal. Suddenly, the water came together in the middle of the canal and sprang up in a giant explosion, sending boats rocketing down the river and making people panic from the commotion. Ned and Betty's gondola ran aground near Peter, Shocket, and MJ, with the three friends helping their classmates out of the boat.

"Okay, what the flark is that!?" Shocket shouted, pointing out to the water as a giant figure made of the stuff came out a roared.

"Flark?" Ned questioned.

"It's an expression where I'm from," Shocket rolled her eyes. "Anyway, I guess we'll have to take care of this."

"I left my suit in the hotel," Peter said.

"Why!?" Ned panicked.

"Because I'm on vacation, Ned!" Peter replied. "Everyone will see my face just get them out of here!" Ned nodded and led Betty and MJ to safety, while Shocket reached into her backpack and pulled out what looked like to Peter as toy gun parts. "Uh, Shocket, I don't think toys are going to work on that thing."

"These ain't toys, Peter. They're very, very real," the ottercoon put on a manic grin as she snapped the parts together into her signature weapon, the Multi-Launcher. "This bad girl here can fire a variety of ammo types, from incapacitating rounds to lethal shots. Of course, having a jetpack would be nice about right now."

"Whatever that thing can do, these people need help," Peter said, pulling them behind cover as he put on his web shooters. "Time to be heroes, I guess."


Author's Note

Hey everyone! This chapter took so long because school started up for me again, but I'm ready for some more Shocket and Spider-Man action!

As with Half-Worlders, I'll mostly be trying to cover actual scenes the Shocket is present for/ changes due to her being there. Anything that's left out from the movie you can assume happens the same way.

If you're wondering why most people aren't freaking out about Shocket, I'd imagine that after the Snap and the Blip, people got used to weird things happening with superheroes around. I mean, a talking otter/raccoon hybrid isn't so strange when compared to literal gods and gamma monsters running around, right?

Shocket is bonding with MJ, which makes a lot of sense to me. They're both snarky girls that have a connection to Peter, though Shocket isn't interested in him romantically. The fun times will have to be put on hold, though, as Hydro Man has appeared!

Next Time: A fight with Hydro Man, and a new ally appears?