Answers to reviewers' questions or statements:
justafan: No Powergirl is an older Supergirl from an alternate universe, but in the Justice League Unlimited cartoon she was a clone of Super girl. And yes, Peter did have to grow his eyes back after he first encountered Morlun back before the Marvel Civil war broke out and during the events of the Other, which also in a sense got him killed. And next chapter we'll see why it is that Jean seems to be attracted to Peter and I think it's logical when one thinks about it and yes the Phoenix does play a part in it
gunman: Nah Mephisto didn't make it so May would be unable to connect Peter and Spider-man, she's just an apparent idiot and May and MJ's reaction to learning Peter's death will be shown later as it starts to marinate for them. And yes, Julia can't sense Peter anymore so she believes he's dead which will be showed why this chapter. And yeah while it would be a bit funny to watch the girls completely curb stomp Stark they're smart enough to know that won't pan out to well in the long run, besides in way their kind of going the same route that Peter would have, using his brains instead of his brawn to take his enemy down like he has in the past. As for Peter seeming to act himself in the JL universe well he's more or less putting up an act to hide what he's really feeling which we will see this chapter. And yeah Batman and Spider-man's relationship starting off here will be less than pleasant for both. As for the whole Peter is no Bruce Wayne I meant it that he's not as good at keeping secrets from people all the time I mean Bruce can fool the Robins and Batgirls half the time and Peter can barely trick Spider-woman plus yeah Peter has always been kind of a lone wolf, that high school mentality never really went away…
treyalexander63917: She figured out Peter was Spider-man in the Ultimate universe and I think Peter ended up telling her in the main universe before the whole One More Day crap happened
Oh and to answer a question that a reviewer posted can't remember when or who on why it was Mephisto that Peter saw in that sort of afterlife moment and not Uncle Ben well I thought using Uncle Ben was lazy and unoriginal because it's almost always the same thing, "Great Power, Great Responsibility, stay true to yourself and I'm proud of you and blah blah blah…"
So, I decided to mix things up a bit and make it like 'Yeah I have your kid's soul and will do unimaginable things to it unless you help me get another person's soul deal?'. Hell, of a better motivator for Peter in my opinion
Disclaimer: I don't own any Marvel or DC characters seen. Mentioned or used in this story
The members of the Justice League all sat met in the monitor womb of the Watchtower to discuss the latest conundrum they've come across. Doomsday's return, the appearance of an unknown individual that was fighting said monster, and what to do with both of them now that the fighting was over
"First order of business is what to do with Doomsday?" Batman questioned as he brought up a screen that showed the nearly unstoppable creature heavily restrained in a specialized cell that according to Superman, much to Batman's annoyance, wouldn't hold him very long after he awakens
"Why not toss him into the sun?" Aquaman asked with curiosity
Clark stepped forward to answer that question "Because it won't kill him and even if it did he'd just self-resurrect himself and become incapable of dying the same way twice"
"The hell did this thing come from anyway?" one of the two Green Lanterns asked, Jessica Cruz as she pointed towards Doomsday
"My world" Clark said as he studied the restrained monster for movement
"Your world?" Cyborg asked with curiosity "And here I thought one Doomsday was bad enough"
"We can't just throw him into the Phantom zone again, he's already somehow escaped" Wonder Woman said with a frown "Which means we have to find another way to contain him"
"We could try dropping him off on Apokolips" Flash joked "See how Darkseid and Grail like having Doomsday live up to his name"
"And risk them somehow gaining control over it? Not a chance" Batman said in a hard tone before turning his attention towards Superman "Any suggestions?"
Clark hummed in thought for a moment before answering "We could try leaving him on some uninhabited planet for a while, away from any civilizations that might stumble across him by accident until we can come up with a better solution aside form tossing him into a black hole"
"Would that work?" the other Green Lantern, Simon Baz said with a frown
"For a while" Superman sighed with dread as he rubbed his head "But he'll likely end up escaping…somehow. If there's one thing I've come to learn about Doomsday in the past, he has a knack for pulling off the impossible"
Batman frowned at hearing that before he looked towards the two Lanterns "For now we're strand him on a uninhabited planet that's far enough from any nearby civilizations, I want you two to find a suitable candidate"
"Got it" Jessica nodded while Simon shrugged
"Now let's discuss the other one" Batman said as he brought up a live feed of Spider-man lying in his bed in the medical wing before looking towards Cyborg "What do you have on him?"
"He's a meta for starters" Cyborg said as he brought up an image of the man's bio readings "His DNA has been heavily altered with some unknown arachnid DNA to the point that labeling him human wouldn't be accurate, if anything he's something else entirely"
Flash studied the screen with interest "Hmm…there's also trace amounts of radiation in his blood…is it dangerous?"
"No, at least not unless you inject yourself with a few pints of it into you" Cyborg said
"He also has enhanced strength and durability, and a good healing factor form what I've seen" Clark revealed before he smirked "And a bright personality"
Batman growled at that "He's also in possession of some sort of techno organic suit. So far every attempt by me and Victor has been less than successful"
"Thing has one helluva security system in it. When I tried to hack it, it started hacking me and threatened to detonate some sort of explosive if me and Batman didn't stop" Cyborg revealed
"Where is it now?" Aquaman asked
"In a stasis field until we figure out what to do with it and it's owner" Batman said
"Do we know why he's here and how he came into conflict with Doomsday?" Wonder Woman questioned
"No, he wasn't up to talking much and honestly I can't blame him" Superman said as he folded his arms and gave the slowly awakening man a thoughtful look "He doesn't strike me as a villain"
"How can you be so sure?" Batman doubted the man of steel
"Experience" Clark responded with a shrug "Plus I've met people like him before, finding themselves in an unknown universe having no idea where they are…I'm surprised on how well he's taking this"
"How do we know he's not faking it, that this isn't some sort of plot to get us to lower our guard so he can take us out?" Flash said suddenly which caused everyone to look at the blushing speedster "What? Oh, when Batman says it, it sounds reasonable but when I do it's crazy?"
"We're just surprised it was you that said it Barry" Jessica giggled at the scarlet runner who coughed awkwardly
"Why not just ask him" Clark said with a raised brow "With Wonder Woman's lasso and me and Batman questioning him, shouldn't be too difficult to find out how he came to be here"
"Would he agree to this?" Wonder Woman asked with some doubt
"Doesn't matter" Batman said as he turned to make his way towards the medical room "He owes us some answers"
"Somethings really are universal" Clark muttered to himself before following the man "We'll be back…"
…
Peter let out a yawn as he found himself suddenly feeling wide awake and feeling starting to return to his legs which he found was nice as he moved his toes. He also found himself starting to think on his current situation
He was somewhere on a massive floating station in space, in a nice medical room mind you, and was in what seemed to be an alternate universe with people that looked sort of similar to the Squadron Supreme but less asshole-ish and friendlier too, barring the guy dressed like a bat. He was kind of douche-y in Peter's opinion
"Still the man isn't up to Stark's level so there's that" Peter mumbled to himself as he looked out towards the earth below 'So somewhere down there is apparently a man that Mephisto wants…'
The spider themed hero let out a sigh as he rubbed his face "Really starting to regret ever making that damn deal with Mephisto"
It was then that the door opened and Peter was greeted to the sights of Superman and the brooder. Peter couldn't resist the smirk growing on his face
"Hey Superman, broody Mcbroodster, how's it going? Bring me some actual food or are you both here to cart me off to jail?"
Superman was about to answer but the bat dressed man beat him to it "We have some questions we want you to answer"
Peter quirked a brow at this "Or what?"
"Or we'll make you" the dark clad man growled
Peter couldn't help the snort from escaping him "Suuuure…how you gonna do that? Mind rape me with a telepath, threaten my family or what's left of it that's in another reality, or force me to relive every horrible thing I did and regret by using some sort of demonic sprit of vengeance"
Superman frowned at some of those suggestions "Uh… we're going to use a magical lasso to get you to talk"
Peter stared at the man for a second before laughing out loud "Okay that's a new one!"
Batman growled and approached Peter "Get up"
"I can't, my spine she is broken beyond medical aid" Peter said dejectedly "I fear I will be unable to come with you…"
"And according to Superman it's now healed" Batman countered with annoyance, the man's personality was really starting to get on his nerves
"But I don't know if my legs can't support me at the time" Peter whined before a thought came to him "Hey maybe you could carry me? After all you're a hero right, and heroes always help the less fortunate, so uh superhero piggy back ride?"
Batman's response was a glare of annoyance as he complemented rebreaking the man's spine while Peter kept smirking at him. After several seconds of the two staring each other down Clark cleared his throat, breaking the tension in the room
"Batman, I'll carry him if it comes to that" he said as he approached the bed
"Actually…" Peter said as he with some difficulty got out of the bed and stood up on shaky feet and held in a wince as he felt something in his back and chest shift painfully "I'll walk unless you guys have a wheel chair around here"
Batman grunted as he gestured for Peter to follow him with Superman taking up the rear. Peter also took this time to examine the place he was being held at and was surprised by how empty it was
'Least it might mean possibly breaking out of here easier if things go south. Now I just have to find my suit; I refuse to leave something that awesome here' Peter thought as they finally entered a room that had several other people in it and to Peter's surprise the woman that saved him earlier
"So…" Peter said as he clapped his hands together before rubbing them "Who are you and who has the first question?"
"We're the Justice League Spider-man" a man with blonde hair and dressed in orange armor said
"Wonder Woman" Batman gestured towards the armored woman who approached with a golden lasso
"Whoa hold up" Peter raised his hands before looking towards Batman "She's questioning me? Dude why didn't you say so, I would have been here the moment I first woke up if I knew that the resident badass was going to be my interrogator"
Peter than turned to Wonder Woman who was pulling the rope from her side "So how's this work, you hog tie me and threaten to release the image on social media or we play hangman extreme edition?"
"Is everything a game to you?" Batman asked with narrowed lenses
Peter thought about for a moment before answering honestly "Yes, but that's just to hide my insecurities and numerous inferiority complexes that I've had since high school…" Peter than looked a bit surprised by what he said "Also, why the hell am I telling you this?"
"The Lasso of Truth forces all who touch it to tell the truth" Wonder Woman said as she showed Peter that she wrapped it around his hand without him noticing, girl was sneaky
"Oh…well as long as were being honest, me not having a real choice in the manner, I have to say you looked amazing kicking the crap out of Doomsday earlier" Peter said with a smile towards the woman
"Thank you" Wonder Woman said with a grin before her face grew more serious "Why are you here?"
"Was fighting Doomsday in my home but was losing horribly, like this was one of my top four most one-sided fights I've ever fought and one of those was with a god for all intents and purposes. Anyways, I decided that if I can't be the giant eyesore I thought I could at least trap him somewhere. So, went to the Baxter building that's home to my world's smartest man and send old Doomsday to the Negative zone or at least I tried to…" Peter said with a shrug before he winced at the sudden pain in his chest "Didn't work out too well for me obviously"
"So you intended to dump him here?" Batman asked with a pointed glare
"No, I was hoping to dump him on a barren planet in the Negative zone" Peter said with an eyeroll "When I activated the portal Doomsday attacked my and redirected one of my suits arc beams into it and caused a singularity to form and unfortunately I got caught in the event horizon and ended up here"
"What's the Negative zone?" Aquaman asked with interest
"An antimatter universe that's ruled by a real charmer called Annihilus whose past time involves trying to invade my universe and conquer it" Peter said in a bored tone "Anything else you wanna know?"
"Are you a hero where you come from?" Wonder Woman asked
"I was…" Peter said with a sad look in his eye "Not a very good one to be honest despite what others say but I did what I could to help people"
Wonder Woman nodded as she unwrapped the lasso from Peter's wrist which he proceeded to rub "Is it normal for my wrist to feel a little tingly?"
Wonder Woman smiled as she took a step back "It'll ware off in a few minutes"
"Oh, okay than…by the way thanks for the save from big tall and snarling" Peter said with a grateful smile on his face
"Your welcome" Wonder Woman said in a friendly tone
Peter than turned towards Batman with a pointed look "I'd like my suit back please"
"That's not going to happen" Batman said with an equally pointed look "Just because you've proved to not be a threat doesn't mean your off the hook that easily"
"I wasn't asking" Peter said as he took a step forward and right into Batman's face "I was telling you, give me back my fucking semi sentient armored suit"
Batman's hand started to move towards his belt and Peter's body tensed when suddenly he felt a hand on his shoulder and he turned to see it was Wonder Woman
"There is no need for violence Spider-man, you will receive your suit after you are fully healed" the woman said in a reassuring tone
Peter frowned before pointing towards Batman "Make sure he's the one who give's it back and has to say sorry for taking it and I'm a horrible dresser"
"I'm sure he will" Wonder Woman gave Batman an amused look that he returned with a scowl as he turned to leave
"Where you heading Bat's?" Flash asked the dark knight
"Back to Gotham, I have better things to do that stay in the presence of a clown" Batman replied curtly as he left
Peter watched him go for a second before snorting "I know what city I'm visiting later, just to spite him"
"Don't know if that's a good idea, Batman doesn't like it when other people operate in his city" Superman said with a grin
"Is Gotham in America?" Peter asked
Superman nodded "Yeah…"
"Well good news I'm American and last I checked I'm aloud to go where I want" Peter said with his arms crossed and pout on his face "No big mean vampire reject is gonna stop me!"
"I so have to see that go down" Simon whispered to Cyborg who snickered
"They'd probably end up killing each other" the cybernetic man said with a grin
"Way to stand by your teammate guys" Jessica said sarcastically while Flash chuckled
"Well I have to get going, I'll be by later to check on things" Superman said as he left followed by Aquaman who gave Peter a nod and both Green Lanterns who mentioned looking for a planet and the Flash until only Peter, Cyborg and Wonder Woman remained
Peter felt his legs about to give out the longer he was standing and the pain in his back was starting to act up again. He looked at Wonder Woman and gave her a sheepish smile "Would it be too much to ask for a hand getting back to my surprisingly comfortable bed?"
"I don't see a problem" Wonder Woman shrugged as she let Peter lean on her as they left the room while Cyborg went back to monitoring things on Earth that may require their assistance
"So what can you do aside from kick the crap out of a nearly unstoppable rage monster?" Peter asked as the two made their way down the hall
"I can fly" Diana said
"So you can take on a guy whose easily in my world's upper echelon of heroes and villains in terms of strength and you can fly?" Peter said with surprise before he pouted "Better than my powers, all I can do is whatever a spider can"
"And that would be?" Diana sked with intrigue
"Super strength, speed, durability, and I can stick to things" Peter said with a yawn "Also I have a knack for making poor decisions"
"It can't be that bad" Diana said with a chuckle
"Oh it is, I actually thought I stood a chance against Doomsday on my own" Peter said with a grim chuckle
"You actually faired very well according to Superman. Doomsday or at least this one is one of the strongest beings the League's ever faced. It took both me and superman combined to beat him the first time around and even more members the second time along with this towers cannon" Diana said as they neared Peter's door and she could feel his body was starting to sag
"Yeah well I softened him up for ya" Peter said with a smirk, his eyes drooping
"That you did" Diana said as she helped Peter into his room and watched him make the rest of the trip to his bed on his own before collapsing on to it with a huff "Sleep well Spider-man…"
"Peter…" the man said with his face still in his pillow
Diana watched him for a moment before giving him a small smile "Sleep well…Peter"
She then turned off the lights and closed the door before making her way back to the monitor room so Cyborg could boom tube her back to London.
…
Meanwhile back in the marvel universe…
"I HATE YOU!" came the very loud and very angry voice of Franklin Richards as he slammed the door in his mother's shocked face
Susan Storm, the Invisible Woman of the Fantastic four had just told her son the death of Peter Parker aka Spider-man and the young Alpha level mutant did not take it well
Not at all.
Franklin along with his sister Valeria were less than pleased when She and Reed decided to cut all ties with 'Peter' when he first started to act outside the norm. Franklin on several occasions said that they needed to investigate the manner with Valeria pointing out that Peter was not acting himself and was likely under the influence of something or someone
Susan and Reed however didn't want to risk it and well she hates to admit it but Stark did bring up some good reasons for her and Reed to not investigate Peter's sudden shift in character which made the two feel all the worse when it was revealed by Miles that Peter was in fact Doc Ock for the past year. It also didn't help that they had to deal with surprisingly Mephisto and Annihilus teaming up to try and invade the Earth with their combined forces at the time
'Why the hell was Annihilus working with Mephsito of all people?' Susan thought as she left Franklin's door and made her way into the living room where she saw her daughter Valeria glaring at Reed who looked like someone was holding a gun with Adamantium bullets in it pointed at his head while he was frozen
"Based on the energy readings that I've been able to gather from the park that this monster had first appeared in, I have been able to narrow down the point of it's origin to seventeen different universes. You are going to help me find who sent this creature here and killed Spider-man" the young super intelligent girl said to her father
Reed sighed "Look Valeria I know that you miss Peter bu-"
"You will help me with this or I'll have Uncle Doom do it!" Valeria said in a cold tone as she stared down her father even though she barely made it to his waist in height
"Valeria!" Susan said in a stern tone as she approached her daughter who returned her look with one of her own "That's no way to speak to your father"
"Excuse me mother if I find myself finding to see him as such due to his abandoning of Peter when he needed help! For months, I've been telling you that Spider-man running around New York was not Peter and had given dozens of examples and reasons and in the end, you sided with Stark of all people over me!" Valeria said in an angry and hurt tone
"And now because of that, Spider-man is dead and the one responsible behind this is still out there and likely already enacting a contingency to compensate for the unknown organism's failure" Valeria said as she brushed passed Susan and made her way to her room with a scowl
Susan watched her go with a sigh before looking to see Reed's less than happy expression as he slunk on to the sofa and rubbed his head which stretched slightly under his actions "She's not wrong, it was foolish of us to trust Stark. Considering the man's track record of betrayal and manipulation"
"Honestly, I wouldn't be surprised if he somehow knew that Octavius was Peter the entire time and chose to do nothing about it" Sue said as she sat by her husband and leaned into him "To think we abandoned one of our own…"
"Oh trust me Sue, even though I'm not one for the more mystical side of our things I know enough to that Karma will be paying us a visit" Reed said as he stood up and began to pace
"Johnny still isn't talking; he's really taking Peter's death hard and Ben…next to Franklin and Valeria he was the most vocal on seeing what was wrong with 'Peter' at the time" Sue said sadly as she looked out towards the city through the cracked window that still had yet to be prepared along with several walls and the lab that would have to be rebuilt
Suddenly Reed stopped pacing as his mind began to race through several possible posabilities, none of them good "Sue…that was around the time that Mephisto and Annihilus attacked, right?"
Sue looked towards Reed "Yes…why, what's wrong?"
Reed had a calculated look before looking around the room with a cautious look on his face "Sue…go get the kids and Johnny"
Sue was starting to get worried "Reed, was it? What's wrong Reed?"
"I'll explain after you get them Sue trust me, but right now I don't want to discuss what I'm beginning to suspect, at least not here where anyone can hear…anyone" Reed said as he went to grab a few things from his lab while Sue reluctantly went to retrieve her children and brother
Reed as he made it towards what was left of his lab pulled out a small tablet like device and hit a particular contact on it and waited for an answer. It didn't take long for a man's face to appear with interest on his face
"Ah Richards, how can I help you?"
Reed looked towards the screen with a cautious look "Doctor Strange is it alright if I drop by with my family, there's something I want to discuss with you"
The Sorcerer Supreme looked concerned "Is there a problem Reed?"
"Honestly Steven…yes I think there's a big problem" Reed said with dread
…
Peter had found himself standing in what looked like the Daily bugle only it was empty and the windows only showed darkness outside. No lights, buildings or anything in the void
"AHHH Peter, I'm sooo happy to see you again!" the figure of Mary Parker said in joy as she approached her son out of nowhere
Peter's eyes narrowed at his mother while taking several steps back already knowing that this wasn't a dream, least a good one "Seriously? You're going to do that!"
Mary stopped and gave her son a frown before smiling darkly and spoke in a male voice as she shrugged innocently "Worth a shot"
Mary soon morphed into Mephisto who was now dressed in an all-white suit with a cane that had a red skull with fire glowing inside it "But no I actually wanted to talk to you before I left you to your own devices for the time being as I have a few things back home to sort out real quick"
"And what are those?" Peter asked with a narrowed gaze
"Well for starters, the soul I want you to get for me, don't bother finding him. He'll come to you thanks in some large part to your new friends the uh…what do they call themselves?" Mephsito gave Peter an expectant look
Peter sighed "The Justice League…"
"Right them" Mepshisto nodded as walked through the office space "Anyways their actions are going to force the one that I want out into the open and once that happens that's when you strike. Afterwards I come and collect my long overdue soul and you get your daughter's back and if you're lucky, I'll even throw in a new body for her to use"
Assuming I live that long, my tumor will make things a little challenging to last that long" Peter said with an even tone
"I'm sure your figure something out and if you don't just ask these people, Batman especially about the Lazarus pit" Mephsito stated with a wave of his hand before he frowned "Well I'm off and hopefully when I get back you'll have my soul, oh and pleasant dreams!"
Peter shielded his eyes as the demon lord vanished in a bright red light leaving Peter standing there in the empty office. Suddenly the voice of Jameson caught his attention
"Parker over here!"
Peter sighed as he looked towards his fake boss and nearly ripped his eyes out in horror with what he was seeing
Jameson in a Spider-man speedo approaching him with a sway in his hips and a lit cigar in his mouth "Well Parker what are ya waiting for? Take a picture!"
"…"
"…"
"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"
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"AHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"
Peter screamed himself awake before he fell of his bed and rolled around on the floor clutching his head, completely oblivious to the pain his still healing body was in form his actions "OH GOD MY EYES! MY SEMMI INNOCENT EYES!"
Peter found it increasingly challenging to fall back asleep after that nightmare
And done.
So yeah funny ending to this chapter. Next chapter we see the Marvel women pay SHIELD a visit and we check in on Scarlet Spider, Venom and Toxin who are still with the X-men. And we see Peter start to get to know some members of the Justice League a little more before he decides to hell with it and takes his suit down to Gotham and annoy Batman!
As for what Reed wants to discuss with Strange, well the worlds smartest man is beginning to put a few things together regarding Otto's run as Spider-man and he ain't liking what he's seeing and it does have to do with Mephisto leaving Peter for the time being