Answers to statements or questions by reviewers:
gunman: Batman and Spider-man won't become instant best friends in this story, Batman won't trust Spider-man for obvious reasons and Spider-man won't trust Batman once he sees that he's a billionaire and we all know Peter's experiences with billionaire heroes and or villains *cough* Stark and Osborn *cough*. Peter will not be going back to the Marvel universe, he'll head over occasionally to help out but he won't stay. As for some coming to help Peter in his fight with Doomsday after he was given his body back, some would have had they known what was going on and the ones who were shown leaving the Avengers would have in a heartbeat. I'm also going to sort of show why he didn't call the X-men or the Defenders in his fight with Doomsday
justafan: Julia will bring up the tumor to his friends after everything sort of settles down. As for no one pointing out that Stark took Peter's company from him, that will be addressed and yeah a few will be less than pleased to hear that.
Jestalnaker94000: Perhaps, or maybe start an Avengers team of their own in the DC universe, still debating it
Dark Avenger847: This Wonder Woman is the New 52/Rebirth version
Lustful-Angel96: Ms. Marvel in this story is Kamla Khan she's an Inhuman
And as for timeline for this story, this takes place after Marvel's Battleword and all that
Disclaimer: I don't own any Marvel or DC characters seen, mentioned or used in this story
Batman ejected out of his jet and used his cape to glide down towards Superman's location. The rain and wind made it a bit difficult for him but he was able to land on the muddied ground without too much trouble. Superman turned to look at the dark knight while he wiped some blood off his face
"Welcome to the party" Superman said as the Flash appeared next to them shaking his hand
"Gah! I just punched that thing at Mach thirty and it feels like I broke something"
"I told you Flash, this Doomsday's stronger than the one you faced before" Superman said as he used his X-ray vision to see Doomsday quickly approaching them
"How much more powerful is he?" Batman turned towards Superman
"Strong enough to physically beat me to death and knock out Darkseid in one punch…" he replied with a shrug
Batman's eyes widened under his cowl as he processed that bit of information. So far he's concluded that this Superman before him was far stronger than the one he's known and if this man says that this Doomsday beat him to death and in one hit took down Darksied, than this fight may not be as easy as he thought
"So how do we beat this thing?" Flash asked nervously
Superman was about to answer when suddenly Doomsday tore through the brush and ran straight at them.
"Don't let him get a hit on you and out think him, he's strong but he's no Einstein!" Superman said as he shot towards the towering monster and just at the last minute he zoomed around Doomsday's bulk and blasted him point blank with his heat vision
"RAAAGH!" Doomsday roared in rage and was just about to turn and hit the Man of steel when suddenly the Flash running at high speeds delivered a punch towards the back of his knee and forced him down to one leg
Batman pulled back and observed the fight for a moment before he contacted Cyborg on the Watchtower "Cyborg, we may need the cannon for this one"
"Uh yeah give me a second, I'm helping Wonder Woman set up some of the machines in the medical wing for the guy she brought in" the cybernetic hero responded "Shouldn't take long"
"How bad is he?" Batman asked as he saw Superman and the Flash both start punching the armored form of Doomsday to the point that their arms were a blur. Batman noticed that Superman seemed to be aiming for the wound on Doomsday's head
'This Superman seems to actually rely on tactics more than ours did' Batman thought to himself
"According to Wonder Woman, this guy must have someone looking out for him, because his injuries are pretty bad. Like I'm tempted to just call the time rather than prolong it" Cyborg said
"Understood, let me know when the cannon's ready and send Wonder Woman back while you're at it. We're going to need the extra muscle until it's ready" Batman said as he took remote control of his jet and had it begin to circle around and open fire on Doomsday while Superman pulled back and unleashed his heat vision and Flash charged up a bolt of lightning and sent it towards the bone armored super weapon
Doomsday growled in rage as he felt Superman's heat vision pour into his head wound and began to roast the inside of his head. Doomsday then raised his arms over his head and slammed them down into the ground
KRAKOOOM!
The impact upheaved the entire area and sent dozens of rocks and bits of trees into the air and forced the Flash to retreat along with Batman. Superman pushed through and kept up the attack on Doomsday
'Can't let up, even though he can't really tire, I don't want to give him time to come up with some sort of counter attack' Superman thought as he pushed through the flying debris. Over the years, Clark has come to see that even though Doomsday wasn't the most intelligent of his enemies, in fact he may be dumber than Bizarro was, he's slowly come to understand battle tactics such as purposely endangering people's lives in their fights knowing that Superman will be forced to help them
Doomsday suddenly jumped towards Clark and delivered a powerful punch to his head that could level an entire mountain and cause Clark to briefly see stars
KOOOM!
'Funny… it always takes a second for me to feel the pain' Clark thought as he was sent flying hundreds of feet into the ground 'Not because I'm that durable, but because my pain receptors are trying to comprehend the damage inflicted on them'
Batman watched Superman's impact from his spot and could feel the ground shake at the force of the landing. He turned his gaze towards Doomsday and saw that he was clutching his wound, trying to stop it from smoking. His healing factor seemed to be having trouble working
Batman's eyes narrowed at that as he contacted Cyborg "Is the cannon ready?"
"Thirty seconds" was the response "Wonder Woman's inbound!"
Not a second later the Amazon Princess appeared out of a boom tube and rammed her fist right into Doomsday's armored chest and sent the massive alien flying into the woods.
Flash appeared next to Batman and looked towards the two on one fight as Superman rejoined Wonder Woman in fighting Doomsday. While it was clear that in terms of raw physical strength, Doomsday had both beaten, Wonder Woman and Superman were showing that they had the superior speed and agility over the tank built self-resurrecting immortal
"So Bat's, if we do happen to beat this guy where do we put him?" Flash looked towards Batman with a curious look "Because I don't think there's a prison on earth strong enough to hold this guy"
"We'll worry about that after we beat him" Batman said as he contacted Superman and Wonder Woman "Get out of there, Cyborg's firing now"
No sooner did he say it that the two powerful meta's broke away from Doomsday's seemingly confused form and made their way towards him and Barry's location. Doomsday saw this and looked like he was ready to attack when suddenly the area around him started to glow red. Doomsday paused and looked around before looking up in time to see a powerful beam of energy blast him
KAAABROOOOOM!
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Meanwhile back over in the Marvel universe…
Jessica Drew was just getting ready for bed when she heard the doorbell for her apartment ring. She frowned as she wasn't expecting any guests tonight and if she where she'd be curious to know why they showed up at nearly midnight
She sighed as she grabbed a robe and pulled it over her red and blue night gown and began to make her way to the door, while also stopping to make sure that her son Gerry was still asleep. Once she reached the door she unlocked it and opened it to reveal to her surprise Carol.
Jessica was shocked to see Carol back already and once more she was surprised to see that her friend's eyes were red like she's been crying recently. A sudden feeling of dread began to build up inside her as she let Carol in
"Carol, what's wrong? Are you alright?" Jessica asked concerned
Carol didn't respond as she looked at her for a moment before she started to break down again. Jessica pulled the powerful woman into a hug and began to comfort her
"Hey it's alright sweetie" Jessica said as she rubbed her back
Carol cried into Jessica's shoulder causing the spider themed heroine to slowly maneuver Carol to the couch and helped her sit down. She took Carol by the face and held it up so she can look the woman in the eye
"Carol, what's wrong?" Jessica questioned
"J-Jess… i-it's Peter… he was fighting t-this monster and it… it…" Carol struggled to get out in sorrow
Jessica's eyes widened with tears starting to build as the feeling of dread intensified tenfold at hearing Peter's name "Carol… what happened to Peter?"
Carol didn't respond, she just simply cried back into Jessica's shoulder with her body shaking from the heavy sobs she was giving out. Jessica started to try and comfort her even though tears were starting to fall down her face as well
"Shhh… i-it's okay honey… i-it's going to be a-alright" Jessica struggled to say as she tried to comfort her friend while she cried at hearing that the man she and Carol loved was gone
…
Steve Rogers let out a sigh as he sat in the Guardians of the Galaxy ship that was nearing X-men's current base of operations. As it turns out, Scarlet Spider, Venom and surprisingly Toxin were there helping the X-men with some sort of mutant clone issue that the Jackal caused.
'It's been years since I've visited the school' Steve thought to himself as he looked down at the passing landscape 'Wonder how it's different from Xavier's school…'
The Jean Grey School for Higher Learning was named in honor of the former X-men member that was dead but also not dead at the same time.
'Leave it to Jean to somehow make death more complicated than it should be' Steve thought with a tired smile
"Something on ya mind Cap?" Star Lord asked with a small grin has he adjusted the Milano's settings
"Just remembering old friends is all and its just Steve… I'm not Captain America anymore, especially after finding out that I was a sleeper agent for HYDRA this whole time" Steve said as he leaned back in the co-pilot seat
"Fair enough… but your always be the Captain to me Rogers" Peter Quill said with a nod before he frowned "Just wish your replacement wasn't such a dick, the previous guy was better in my opinion. And that's saying something considering he's a freakin former assassin"
Steve hummed in agreement as he saw the school coming up and sighed "Kaine and Flash won't like this and Laura won't take this very well either. Peter aside from Daken was the only connection she had left to Logan"
"Don't be surprised if half the Avengers end up dead mysteriously" Star-lord said with a grin "That girl scares me more than even Logan ever did and the boys won't have any problems helping her out"
Steve smirked at that as the ship began to land and the First Avenger can make out Kitty and Storm coming to greet them with another person that had both men gaping in shock
Jean Grey clad in her White Phoenix suit
"Forget what I said about Laura and the spiders killing the Avengers Steve… Jean there's going to wipe them from existence" Star-Lord paled
"I take it she and Peter use to be close?" Steve said with a raised brow
"They were, but Peter never made a move mostly because of Logan. According to Kitty and Angelica and a really drunk Jean who told Kitty at one point, he didn't want to hurt Logan and thought she would be better off with either him or Scott anyways since at the time Peter was going through a lot of issues" Star-Lord said as the two got up and proceeded to the ramp of the ship
"…God help Stark when she finds out it was mainly his fault that Peter died by not helping him" Steve said
"With her powers Cap, Jean pretty much is a god" Star-Lord responded nervously as they descended the ramp
…
"Okay I'm not seeing any pearly gates and thankfully no fire and brimstone so I guess I'm in limbo…" Peter said as he found himself standing at what looked like an old bus stop at night.
To his left he could make out a bright blue and white light in the distance that looked peaceful while to his left a distant red light that made him feel the same kind of dread whenever he's around Mephisto
"Speak of the Devil and he shall appear!" a dark amused voice said behind Peter
He quickly turned to see none other than Mephisto himself standing there with a smirk on his face.
"Oh for fuck's sake! Can't I catch a break for once in my life!" Peter shouted in annoyance
"Aww Peter I'm hurt, especially after all the fun we've had over the years" Mephisto said as he circled Peter "And I must say I really enjoyed your 'last' hurrah. Very noble and self-sacrificing, it almost moves my blackened scared heart… almost!" Mephisto chuckled darkly
"What do you want Mephisto? Why are you here?" Peter demanded as he glared at the lord of lies and the creator of the Ghost Rider
"Oh you know meddling in the lives of others and taking peoples well thought out and executed plans and turning them on their heads. The usual" Mephisto said with a shrug
"And now?" Peter said warily at the man that cost him his marriage with MJ.
Granted it was mainly his fault and he's come to accept it, doesn't mean he can't hate the demon for its part in the loss of his marriage… and his daughter.
"Ah that reminds me!" Mephisto said as he clapped his hands together and a small white orb appeared before him and Peter "I have a deal for you-"
"Fuck off!" Peter said angrily "I'm not making any deals with you. Not after last time!"
"Aww but Petey you'll love this one and in fact out of all the deals I've made over the years this one will actually benefit you more than me!" Mephisto said in a way too chipper of a tone before his face sobered "Well not really but it'll be a lot more in your favor than anyone else before you. My former Ghost Riders included"
Peter narrowed his eyes at Mephisto "How so? You get part of my soul instead of the whole thing?"
"Actually my dear arachnid, you get a soul I took from you" Mephisto said quietly as he held up the glowing orb of red and blue light "This right here Peter, is or was to be your daughter…"
Peter's eyes widened in shock before they narrowed in rage and he tried to make a grab for it even though he didn't know what he was going to even do with it. But he would feel a hell of a lot better with it in his hands than Mephisto's of all people
However, before he could even take a step he found himself frozen to the spot. Peter tried to fight it while Mephisto watched on in amusement until Peter finally gave up
"You didn't let me finish Peter, not very responsible" Mephisto snickered which earned a growl from Peter "Not anyways this soul right here was meant to be your daughter's but thanks to that whole sacrificing your marriage thing I made you and that lovely red head what's her name do, I'm now am in possession of it"
"How? You said that you wanted our marriage!" Peter said angrily
"Yes but this soul is a result of that marriage and since you traded it away for some old bat, you in a sense gave me your own daughter's soul…even for a demon like me that's cold" Mephisto chuckled
"When I get my hands on you…" Peter growled darkly at the creator of the Ghost Rider with a level of fury that only the likes of the Hulk has achieved
"I have no illusions it won't be sadistic and make me envious, but I'm not here to flaunt your daughter's soul in front of you and talk about my eventual torment at your hands. No I'm here as I said to offer you a deal and a rather good one if I do say so myself" Mephisto said as he began to circle Peter
"What do you want!" Peter snarled as he tried to renew his efforts to free himself
"Many years ago I offered a man power and vast intelligence to help him save his miserable world and for the most part he succeeded. But when I came to collect I found him gone and realized that I was duped in a sense" Mephisto said with a growl
"And this should bother me why?" Peter asked
"You see Peter, this man owes me his soul and I intend to collect and I need your help to get it. This is my offer Parker, help me claim this man's soul and I will return your daughter's" Mephisto said as he leaned in and whispered into Peter's ear
"This man, he's a monster for all intents and purposes. He's willing to sacrifice millions to save a few undeserving billion. Willing to lie, manipulate and betray his friends if it means attaining his goals for the betterment of mankind"
Peter's eyes narrowed at hearing this but the demonic dealer wasn't finished yet as he went in for the kill that will either make Peter accept the deal or refuse it outright
"This man has destroyed entire lives, torn families apart and more or less manipulated several universes into his own twisted reality that he can control and monitor, the same thing he was about to do to yours if I might add. After all, who do you think sent that monster to your world in the first place?" Mephisto said with a grin as he pulled back from Peter and began to circle him again
"So what will it be Peter, stop this man and hand me his soul in exchange for your daughter's or die and live in either purgatory or heaven knowing that you had a chance to save your daughter and you let pass because when it came down to it you didn't have what it took to be a proper father…"
Mephisto came to a stop and stood in front of Peter and crossed his arms and waited for his response with a blank expression
Peter was quite as he processed the information he was given. It sounded simple, stop some evil guy from hurting people in and hand him over to Mephisto and get his daughter back. But Peter didn't know if he could do it, could he live with himself knowing that someone would spend the rest of eternity in Mephisto's realm being tortured in unimaginable ways?
Then again this man whoever it was obviously knew the consequences of making a deal with Mephisto and in a sense he was by obligation to follow through with his part of the terrible bargain.
'But I made the same choice too…' Peter thought to himself 'I chose to sacrifice my own innocent daughter's soul all to save my old dying Aunt's… the aunt that half the time never supported me as Spider-man despite me even without her knowledge at the time, saving her from danger. The same woman that never gave me the time of day after I came back and reclaimed my body, the same woman who never even noticed my odd behavior…'
After some time passed Peter finally spoke "Won't getting my daughter's soul back render the previous deal null?"
"You mean will it result in your Aunt's death? To be honest I can care less for that woman's old withered soul. What I want is this man's, now which is it, deal… or no deal?" Mephisto said with a smirk as he released Peter from his hold and extended his hand out for Peter to take or refuse
Peter stared at the hand for a long time, maybe for hours until finally he slowly grasped the demon's hand and shook it
"…Deal"
Mephisto smirked as Peter began to feel an odd tingling sensation in his body "Excellent and oh don't worry about immediately finding the man, he'll make himself known soon enough so enjoy the new universe your end and who knows Peter… you may even find a woman or two that'll make your last few decades alive actually enjoyable… also I gave you back your upgrades your welcome by the way!"
Before Peter could respond he was blinded by a bright light
…
Steve stood before the assembled group of the current X-men lead by Strom, the X-Force, the younger versions of the X-men brought from the past and past members of any of the past incarnations now working as teachers. Then there was Scarlet Spider, Venom and Toxin standing off to the sides
The room was tense as Steve had just finished explain to all of them that Spider-man was dead while Star-Lord took Kitty aside to tell her in private. Honestly Steve didn't know what to expect, part of him thought that a few would be upset while the rest while sympathetic wouldn't be too bothered
What he didn't expect was for the teams was complete in utter silence. The tension in the air was so thick that a blade of Adamantium would be needed to cut it. The first to respond was Jean who quietly got up and slowly exited the room with a blank expression on her face. No sooner did she exit that they all heard a cream of intense rage and sorrow as the building shook and the teams could make out bits of the Phoenix fire under the door
Storm immediately ran out to console her friend while Logan (Old man Logan) activated his claws and steeped forward with a growl
"Where's. Stark!" the aged mutant from an alternate universe growled
While he never got to know this universe's Peter he was saddened to hear that another version of his best friend had died all because of the inactions of the Avengers. Laura had tears falling from her eyes as did Angelica who immediately broke down and started to cry while Bobby tried to console her while trying to keep himself composed if not for his sake than for Angelica's
Hope Summers simply stood there with a stunned expression as her mind seemingly shut down. Her mentor Wanda Maximoff placed a hand on her shoulder and tried to comfort her but was clearly failing. Steve saw the amount of raw hurt in the Scarlet Witch's eyes showed that Wanda cared far more for Peter than as a friend
'Than again, the two did spend a lot of time together after the House of M and the war between the X-men and the Avengers' Steve thought
The rest of the mutants had varying degrees of sadness and rage on their faces while the three spiders stepped forward
"Cap, are you telling me that the Avengers knowingly and willingly let my genetic template, my brother… die because they did see helping him worth their time?" Scarlet Spider hissed out in rage and shock
"…For the most part yes" Steve nodded before the doors were blasted open by an enraged Jean who had her entire body surrounded by the aura of the Phoenix
She quickly approached Steve and before anyone could react she hoisted him up with one hand on his suit's front and shot the man a glare that would give Thanos pause
"Steve… where was everyone when this was happening! Why are we only now finding out that Peter was fighting something on par with the Hulk on his own!" Jean said as her red hair seemed to morph into scarlet flames
"Tony revoked Peter's membership as an Avenger, which by proxy revoked his access to any of the channels used by the X-men, Defenders and even the Thunderbolts… even if Peter tried to call for help… he wouldn't have been able to…" Steve said sadly as Jean slowly lowered him with tears falling down her face
"Was it just Tony, or did he hold a vote?" the younger version of Scott Summers stepped forward "To kick someone of the Avengers from what I understand requires for the current members to hold a vote"
Steve nodded at the young man "Your right in that Tony had to hold a vote to decide wheatear or not Spider-man was to be kicked off. In the end, of the sixteen members present only two voted for him to stay"
"Who were the last two?" Colossus asked "I wish to know which ones to spare from my rage"
"Ditto" Toxin growled sinisterly. While Brock and Parker have had a very complicated history he felt like he could call Peter a sort of friend/acquaintance. Sure in the past he wanted to hurt Peter and on a few occasions kill him, but there was always this small part of him that told him no. Well that and Venom that still sort of loves its previous host
"I don't know who but tell me this, are you all willing to start a war over this?" Steve said as he turned to the group of powerful mutants "Yes I know Peter was a great man, one of the best even, but tell me do you all think he would have wanted this?"
"…Probably" Deadpool said with a shrug as he was loading a pistol the whole time "After all the shit Stark's done to him with the whole taking his company from him, leaving him broke penniless and even on the verge of possible suicide it was the betrayal in trust that really got to him"
"Who whoa whoa, did you just say verge of suicide?" Venom stepped forward and stared at the merc with a mouth
Deadpool slapped the clip into his pistol and holstered it "Yep, just before his fight with the big monster from another universe Peter was actually considering putting a bullet in his head"
"How do you know all this?" Bobby said as he felt Angelica cry even harder at hearing her friend was considering killing himself
"I'm Deadpool" the red and black themed merc said as he stood up "Now if you all need me, I'm going to go pay Stark a visit and kick his ass"
"No Wade…" Jean said quietly with power lacing her voice
The tone stopped the man cold as even he knows not to fuck with a woman that could wipe him from existence immortal or not
'Yeah I'm pretty sure that my BAE Death won't be able to stop her' Deadpool stated with a shrug 'Also, anyone see that trailer for the new Logan movie? The feels are unbelievable'
"Jean?" Steve said cautiously as the White Phoenix turned towards him with rage burning in her eyes "Me, Wanda, Carol, and Jessica get first crack at him… you can have whatever's left"
Before anyone could respond she moved to grab Wanda's shoulder much to said reality warper's surprise and vanished in a cyclone of Phoenix fire
"…Stark and the Avengers that support him are fucked…" Scarlet Spider stated before he looked towards Logan "Where's the bar? I want to black out drinking before I go confront Stark!"
"Right this way" Logan gestured for the last living clone of Spider-man to follow him. They were soon joined by Steve, Laura, Venom, Deadpool, Toxin, Bobby, Hope even though she wasn't old enough, and Angelica while the rest of the mutants broke off and retreated to their rooms, the Danger room, or somewhere private to mourn for the death of one of their greatest allies and in some sense an honorary X-men
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And done.
So next chapter the Justice League heads back to the Watchtower, We see Mary Jane and Aunt May's reactions while the Marvel women that adored Peter come together and mourn for his loss while also planning how to get back at Tony
Yeah Stark is about to have the most powerful women in the Marvel universe after him along with the Spiders who won't be sitting back and a pissed off Wolverine, Firestar, Ice man and Old man Logan.