Answers to reviewers' questions or statements:
gunman: Peter knows that his deal with Mephisto will likely come back to bite him in the ass and he'll be keeping a close eye on the devil as much as he can. Yes, it can be argued that Mephisto has no 'jurisdiction' in the DC universes, but when has that ever stopped him from screwing people's lives over and claiming their souls? As for two Wolverines, technically there are, one is Laura Kinney who used to be X-23 but has since inherited the Wolverine mantle and then there's the Old Man Logan who's not Wolverine anymore but kind of is. And what Doc Ock as Spider-man has done to Peter's life will be revealed in slow bits, some have a very good idea on how bad it got while others not so much.
spiderman1fan: Yes the Justice League or at least some members will follow Peter to the Marvel verse on occasion and yeah Bruce and Clark won't be too impressed with Stark.
treyalexander63917: Stark is kind of a combination of the Superior Iron Man from the whole AXIS event and a bit of the ANAD mixed with his typical I think I'm right and expect others to forgive me no matter how bad I fuck up because I'm Tony Stark that he had before either event
hollowichigo12: Jean had become one with the Phoenix in a sense and became the White Phoenix and resides in the White Room, it's complicated I know but she never died, she just sort of joined a higher form of existence. As for how she and Peter got close, that will be revealed a bit next chapter and later ones. Same with Wanda
Semi-Functional Eraser: No Jessica wasn't impregnated by Peter, the child came from somewhere else but I can't remember exactly, Jess wanted him to be the boy's father because who can deny that Peter would make a great father? You are right in that Peter had no right to give his daughter's soul away to Mephisto of all people especially but in the comics it was shown that Peter wasn't even aware of what he did until after he struck the deal and in the last moment Mephisto was like "Oh by the way you also forfeited your daughter's existence See YA!". He completely blindsided Peter and hell even I was taken back by that when it was shown. As for Aunt May getting called out on her crap, oh yeah that's coming, Mary Jane's too
So, I decided to change up the pairings a bit for this story.
Spider-man's harem will remain the same: Wonder Woman, Captain Marvel, Black Canary, Catwoman, Spider-woman, Madam Web, Scarlet Witch, Phoenix, Huntress, and Batgirl.
Powergirl is out of Batman's threesome relationship and will be replacing Maxima in Superman and Lois Lane's relationship. I have decided to have Andrea Beaumont to be with Batman and Talia because I honestly feel like this woman deserves more recognition. Seriously in Batman Mask of the Phantasm it was shown that had she not have left Bruce, he would have never have become BATMAN! She's arguably the one! Plus, I like the movie and thought she was a great character
So, it'll be Batman x Talia al Ghul x Andrea Beaumont aka Phantasm
Superman x Lois Lane x Powergirl
Disclaimer: I don't own any Marvel or DC characters seen, mentioned or used in this story
"GAAAAH! LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE THAT HURTS!" Peter screamed as he was painfully awoken inside what looked like some kind of medical room with a window that showed the Earth below
Peter gritted his teeth in pain as he felt his body throb from the numerous broken bones he had and the damaged muscles, bruises and a host of other injuries that made him pray for a durability on par with the Hulk or at the very least a super durable metal skeleton
No sooner did Peter loudly reveal his state of semi-conscious than a man entered the room wearing a blue suit with a giant 'S' on it with a red cape. The man quickly and gently placed a hand on Peter's chest and spoke in a calm reassuring tone
"Easy there, you badly hurt"
Peter shot the guy a pained/annoyed glare "Noooo reeeeeally? Tis but a scratch!"
The man gave him a sheepish smile as he gently lifted his hand off Peter who took several deep breaths before relaxing, somewhat. Kind of hard to do when every breath felt like someone was sitting on his chest and holding a pillow over his face. He took a quick look around and frowned
"The hell is this place? Doesn't look like SWORD's base, too fancy and friendly looking with subtle anti-alien propaganda and subliminal messages of control and order" Peter looked towards the mysterious man
"This is the Watchtower, headquarters of the Justice League" the man said with a watchful look on his face "And based on that look of confusion on your face, you're not from around here, are you?"
"Heh, someone's earned their observation badge for cub scouts" Peter quipped
The man grinned as he crossed his arms "Finally, been trying to get that one for years…"
Both men laughed at the joke before Peter winced as he felt something in his chest shift painfully "Ow, why laughter? Why do you hurt me?"
The man frowned as he looked at Peter's chest "You have multiple broken ribs and the ones that aren't are either cracked or fractured some of which punctured your lungs"
"Is that all? Peter groaned out before he noticed something odd "…I can't feel my legs…"
"Several of your vertebrate were broken near the base of your skull which has already healed and a few others lower on your spinal column. Your skull has already healed though and so have the multiple breaks in your arms" The man revealed to a surprised Peter
"Hmm… considering I once had to regrow my eyes after they were plucked out by a interdimensional energy vampire guess I shouldn't be too surprised I'm still kicking" Peter said off handedly
"Your eyes were ripped out?" the man said in surprise, while he's seen others in the past recover from equally if not worse injuries it still takes him by surprise
"Yep… by the way how long is sir grumpy pants over there going to keep looking at me?" Peter nodded towards a man dressed in a black and grey Kevlar suit with a cape, and a black bat symbol outlined by yellow on his chest who had entered the room not long after the blue suited man with a cape
The man turned and gave the other caped hero a look of slight annoyance "I have this covered…"
"Yeah he has this covered" Peter said with a nod before looking towards the blue suited man "So what are you covering?"
"I'd like to ask him some questions in regards to why he was fighting Doomsday and how he got here" the dark man said
"Weeeeeell he was trying to kill me, so that's partly why I was fighting him. Also, Doomsday really? Who came off with that? And as for how I got here, well I'm pretty sure you guys are the ones why I'm sitting in this fairly comfortable bed" Peter said the last part with a snort
The pointy eared man gave Peter a look while the man in blue had to stifle a laugh. Peter just gave the Kevlar clad man a look of mild intrigue before he looked around the room and frowned "Where's my super cool suit of techno organic armor?"
"It's being taken care of" the man said in an even tone
Peter rolled his eyes at that "Suuuure, when your done trying to study it, please give it back untampered with preferably. I really don't feel like kicking your ass over something as important as my suit at the moment"
"We'll return it to you… so long as you prove to not be too…" the blue suited man trailed off as he tried to find the right word
"Evil, bad, a Trump supporter?" Peter smirked but winced as he felt something in his lower back flare "Well I can safely say I'm not one of those things"
The man smirked at Peter before he held his hand out "Superman…"
Peter saw it and with some effort and a bit of near whimpering he raised his most functional hand and shook it "Spider-man…esquire…the third"
"Do you always make jokes" the other man growled out in annoyance
"Do I make jokes all the time? Yes…yes I do" Peter said with a serious nod before giving Superman an equally serious expression "I don't think he approves of my brand of comedy"
"I have a bad history with people who joke around" the man said in a growl
"Not my problem sunshine" Peter said with a yawn "By the way, I'm hungry. Mind fetching me some food other than the stuff your pumping into me? Just because I go by Spider in my name doesn't mean I live off a liquid diet like one"
"I'm sure we have something for you to eat up here" Superman said as he turned towards the other man "Right?"
The other man glared at Superman before turning on his heel and leaving
"That guy needs to get laid" Peter said with a grin before turning to Superman "So I have broken ribs, a few broken vertebrates and I feel like I got ran over by a tank, anything else of note?"
Superman looked a bit uncomfortable for a moment before speaking "I've also noticed that you have a uh… tumor in your brain"
"Oh that, that's been there for like what a month now? Trust me I've completely come to accept that I have a bulge or irregular cells growing in my head that'll kill me in say I don't know seven months, give or take a few weeks" Peter said with a shrug as he settled himself back into his bed with no trouble
"I'm sorry" Superman said with a sympathetic look that Peter swore rivaled the ones of Steve Rogers, they'd probably be good friends if they ever meet
"It's alright, besides all things considered it's not the worst way to go" Peter said with a faraway look in his eye before he yawned "Hey you uh, mind giving me a few hours? Feel like I deserve a few more hours of sleep after fighting a nearly unstoppable tank of rage and growling"
Superman grinned at Peter "Considering what you were able to do to Doomsday of all people on your own as outclassed as you were, I think you deserve a week off"
"Heh, a hero taking a week off…your funny" Peter said as his eyes began to droop
Superman used that time to quietly leave the room but just as he was about to exit the room Peter spoke up in a low voice that indicated he was just about to fall asleep
"Hey if it turns out the badass woman with cape and sword were real…tell her thanks for saving me…"
Clark stopped and gave the man a nod of assurance "Sure thing…"
Clark than lowered the light setting for the room before leaving the wall crawler to sleep while he prepared himself for the 'fun meeting' he was going to have with the Justice League in regards to Spider-man
'What are the chances that they'll be as understanding as mine was' Clark thought with a chuckle
…
Meanwhile back in the Marvel Universe, Stark Industries San Francisco office
"I'm sorry but can you repeat that?" Mary Jane Watson said with a look of confusion on her face as she stood in her office with Julia Carpenter aka Madam Web
Julia exhaled loudly before repeating herself "I said that Peter is no longer alive. He died earlier this morning in a fight with a monster that hailed from another world"
Julia had taken it upon herself to alert Peter's friends and families outside of his life as Spider-man of his demise and so far she was hating it, it was hard to tell people that abandoned the man you've slowly grown to love over the years, people who left him to drown his sorrows in liquor and possibly a gun, that he was dead
"That's what I thought you said" Mary Jane said as she made her way to her desk, unable to see Julia's frown
She and Mary Jane had never gotten along entirely; they were civil for the most part to each other but that was about it. Julia never liked how the red head always harped on Peter for being Spider-man when they were together (she was aware of their marriage had been erased by Mephisto thanks to her predecessor and the Web of Life) and after they ended their relationship.
Mary Jane had also dropped a few dozen points in Julia's book when she accepted a job offering from Tony Stark as executive administrator to his company. That, Julia knew, was a kick in the teeth for Peter. Not only did Stark take his company but in a sense had his ex-girlfriend start to run it and she knew this!
'Joke's on Mary Jane if she thinks that this happy life of hers will continue' Julia thought as she stared at the red head. Perks of being able to see the future… she can see people she hates or dislikes get the short end of the stick in the end
"I know that this might be a little difficult for you-" Julia began only for Mary to interrupt
"To be honest it's not. I mean I knew he was one day going to run out of luck, I'm just surprised about how anticlimactic it was" Mary Jane said with a sigh
"…What?" Julia said, having not seen that coming at all!
"I mean I always figured it'd be some grand self-sacrifice to stop Thanos or Ultron or something. Not some big dumb inbred looking Hulk" Mary Jane said with a shake of her head "Than again Peter is always surprising me…"
Julia stared at the woman before her with a blank gaze on her face "So what your saying is… you don't feel saddened that he's gone?"
"What's the point? He's a hero, he was bound to die in the line of duty at some point and besides, chances are he'll come back eventually and if not… well I guess I'll apologize to him on the other side when it's my turn to bite the dust" Mary jane said as she gestured to the door "Now if you please, I have a meeting with the executives of Roxxon in five minutes"
Julia stared at her for a long moment, her rage bubbling inside her "Well I best not take up any more of your time Ms. Watson"
Julia turned to leave before she paused and looked back at the red head with a glare under her red shades "By the way… enjoy the car accident next month"
She vanished in a swirl of red energy before Mary Jane could say anything with only one thought on her mind
'Next stop, May…'
…
"So now what?" Jessica asked with a sad expression on her face as she fed her son his breakfast while Carol, Wanda and to her surprise Jean sat in her living room quietly mourning the man they loved
"Now?" Carol said in confusion that quickly turned to anger "We go and pay Stark a visit and see if the title 'Invincible Iron man' holds any weight!"
"Carol, we can't just attack Stark" Wanda said as she wiped some tears from her red eyes "Mainly because the Avengers will have his back"
"What's it matter to you!" Carol said as she stood up "You, me and Jean here can easily bulldoze our way over them! Need I remind you that the three of us possess god like powers."
"And how many gods have the Avengers bested over the years again?" Jean said as she floated in the air in a lotus position with the Phoenix flames coating her body in a way that lit the room up
Jessica was a bit nervous about the cosmic flames being so close to her son but Jean assured her that Gerry was in no danger. In fact, the several month-old boy had tried to touch the flames much to Jean's amusement
"Jean's right Carol we can't just barge on in and kick Stark's teeth in" Jessica said with a frown at mentioning the man's name. It made her want to wince her mouth out with acid
"So we just sit back and let him get away with the fact that he let Peter die!" Carol asked in disbelief
"No…" Wanda said as she crossed her arms and legs with a dark glare on her face "Stark won't get out of this scott free like he has in the past. But we have to play this smart…"
"And how do we do that?" Carol frowned as she sat back down
"Simple" Jean said with a dark smile, her eyes glowing with literal red cosmic fire "We tear him apart bit by bit until all that's left is a hollow shell begging for an end…just how je left Peter in the end"
"And I already know a place to start. A place that will have all of the information we need to break Stark without ever having to put a finger on him…" Jessica said in a hard tone as her son smiled up at her in adoration. Not because he knew what was going on but because she was his mother and she was close, ergo he was happy and content
"Where?" Wanda asked with interest while Jean and Carol leaned in, eager to here what the female counterpart of Spider-man had to say
"SHIELD…"
…
Julia took a deep breath as she waited patiently for May to come to the door. She already knows that her husband Jameson Senior is out with his son for 'Father son quality time'
'May every god on the Avengers give you the strength to endure your son's rants Jameson' Julia thought with a little humor
While John Jonah Jameson Jr. was a real piece of work, his father was surprisingly pleasant from what she's seen. She can already tell that the older man will be saddened to hear that Peter died. His son on the other hand was the real wild card, she wasn't sure how the man would react. While the former chief editor of the Daily Bugle in the past as never liked Spider-man, he's always to some degree cared about Peter
The man didn't have to take Peter in and give him a job all those years ago, he didn't have to always make sure that Peter got the kinds of photo opportunities that were reserved for more qualified photographers.
While Jameson was an ass to Spider-man he was a decent enough man to Peter. Hell, he even tried to look after Peter after he was more or less black listed by just about everyone thanks to Otto's horrid run as Spider-man. Wasn't that great of a job but it was a hell of a lot more than some of Peter's closets 'friends' did
'I wonder if I should reveal that Peter was Spider-man to her, not like it matters anymore for him to keep it a secret…' Julia thought as she heard the door unlock
When the door was opened, Julia was greeted to the sight of May who was holding what looked like a small book in her hands. The elder woman gave the second modern Madam Web a curious look
"Hello dear, can I help you?" May asked with a polite smile
"May Jameson correct?" Julia faked not knowing her well, after all the two have never met…least in this life time and even than they hardy spoke to each other
"Yes, is there a problem?" May asked with confusion
"It's about Peter Mrs.-" Julia began only for May to cut her off
"What'd he do now?" she asked with annoyance
Julia was taken back "What?"
"Peter, what'd he do now? Run out of money or lost a job and is hoping for a hand me out again?" May asked with a frown
"What no that's not why I'm here" Julia said with a little bit of annoyance in her tone
"Oh…let me guess he knocked you up and now you're looking for him because he pulled another one of his vanishing for weeks on end acts?" May asked unimpressed
"NO!" Julia shouted with tears threating to fall from her eyes "I came to regrettably inform you that Peter's dead!"
May was taken back by that as she blinked several times "If this is some sort of joke-"
"No it isn't" Julia growled out "Last night Peter died while Spider-man was fi-"
"You mean to tell me that menace got Peter killed?" May said with outrage
"No Mrs. Jameson" Julia said with a sigh "Peter died because-"
"Why was Peter even around the monster in the first place! All Spider-man has done is bring him misery" May said with anger pointed unknowingly at her 'son'
"Mrs. Jameson that's no-" Julia tried to defend Peter has his aunt was tearing into his alter ego
"First he lets my husband die by not stopping that crook than he gets poor Gwen killed by having her get caught up in his fight with that Green Goblin and now you're telling me he's gotten Peter killed too!" May said angrily
Julia had to bite her tongue at several of the comments May made in regards to Spider-man being behind Ben's death. While yes it was unfortunate and Peter should have done something, how could he have known that the men he let go free would not even a few hours later kill his father figure, hell Peter has even said that if it wasn't him it would have been someone else. And then the part about 'poor innocent Gwen Stacy' being caught in the crossfire of Peter and Norman's fight, that was bullshit. That blonde was far from innocent in their fight and even before than she held nothing but contempt for Spider-man because the man was blamed for her father's death without definite proof!
'Does this woman only ever see the bad in Spider-man? After all the times that unknown to her, Peter has risked his life to save her and hundreds of others she still thinks that Spider-man is a menace?' Julia thought angrily
Now she was willing to admit that Otto as Spider-man didn't help in regards to showing that Spider-man wasn't a villain or a menace considering he punched Mac Gargan's jaw off right in front of her but still!
However, it's what May said next that sent Julia over the proverbial edge
"Where did I go wrong with Peter, after all I've sacrificed he still chooses to associate himself with a man that's brought him nothing but misery, violence and pain? He'd rather stand by Spider-man's side than some of his friends and family! Looks like he was no better than his actual mother-"
"Shut up you ungrateful bitch!" Julia shouted at the woman who looked taken back by her outburst and use of language "Do you wanna know why Peter was there last night while Spider-man was fighting that monster? It's because he was Spider-man! All these years he's done nothing but try and help people and keep them safe and what does he get in return for all his blood sweat and tears? He gets nothing but scorn from the people he regularly tries to protect, he gets harped on by his fellow heroes because he doesn't 'focus on the bigger picture' and has to come home and hear nothing but contempt from the woman that's raised him like a son as she constantly harks on his alter-ego! I mean do you really expect me to believe that you've never known what he does? Are you really that stupid and incapable of putting two and two together? For Christs sake, he was absolutely horrible in hiding his identity when he was in high school, his next-door neighbor Mary Jane of all people was even able to figure it out"
'Granted that's because she saw him climb out of the window but has May really been that ignorant of what Peter has done over the years? Even Peter has admitted that he's certain that May's either suspected who he was or knows at several different points in time. Dose she really expect me to believe that for thirteen years, she's been unaware of Peter being Spider-man?' Julia thought in annoyance
May looked like she was about to say something and if Julia wanted she could predict what it was but she didn't want to hear or see it so she pressed on, she wanted the woman to know just how much Peter has done for her
"And what's worse was when Spider-man and by proxy Peter were replaced by Otto did you once stop and think or say 'Hey that's not my boy that I've raised for years', no you didn't! You just packed up and left and even after he came back to himself and tried to get in contact with you knowing that he'd probably never earn your forgiveness but you know what? He'll never know because you never bothered responding! Peter the man you see as a son, the man who's sacrificed numerous chances to get anywhere in life in order to stay close and keep you safe, the man who's risked his life on numerous occasions to save you as both Peter and Spider-man and even forfeited his marriage to a fuckin demon to save your life. Despite all of that you were unwilling to give him the benefit of the doubt, instead of hearing his side of the story you practically tell him to fuck off! And don't you fuckin say 'He never told me he was Spider-man' as an excuse, half the things he's had to give up for you he did as Peter Parker!" Julia shouted the last part with such intensity that she had unconsciously sent out a psionic wave that cracked all the windows in the house and caused several cracks to appear in May's book
The two stood there in tense silence before Julia turned around "I thought you should know that the man you always claimed to love and see as a son had did died doing everything in his power to keep this world and you safe, knowing that you wanted nothing more to do with him anymore…"
May didn't say anything as she watched the woman go and to her surprise disappear in a flash of red light. May stared at the spot for a while before she sighed and closed the door and went to call a window company to replace the ones that were shattered by Peter's friend
…
And done.
So next chapter will deal with the Justice League discussing what to do with Peter, we see how the Fantastic Four is handling things, minor warning not everyone in the family was okay with cutting ties with Peter, and we see Peter pissing Batman off more because honestly why shouldn't he?
Also I know a lot of you are expecting the Marvel women to storm Avengers tower and curb stomp Stark's face in they will, they just want to destroy him first before they kick the ever loving god out of him
I'll revisit May later, but I feel like I botched the thing up somehow but Julia isn't wrong in regards to that Peter has sacrificed a lot over the years for May. His marriage, possibly several ivy leagues when he was looking for a college to go to because he wanted to stay close, and a bunch of other things. I can't even imagine what it's like for him to come home after a particularly bad day as Spider-man and hear his own Aunt complain about the man, that has to take it's toll
Plus, I find it kind of hard to believe that for thirteen years May never once suspected that Peter was Spider-man, like ever! I mean the guy as much as I love him kind of sucked early on in his career of keeping his identity a secret, hell you can look at the Ultimate verse as a prime example if you want. Also didn't she ever once find it odd on how close her nephew and Spider-man seemed to be, like they had some sort of connection?
Hate to say it, but Peter is no Bruce Wayne when it comes to keeping his identity a secret from somebody that close to him for years!