Answers to reviewers questions or statements:
JJChandler: No Gotham and Gotham Girl aren't OC's
Redrangerlegacy: The heroes in the Marvel universe will find out that Peter's alive eventually and yes Mephisto is sort of part of the reason why Madam Webb can't sense Spider-man, that and he's not in the Marvel multiverse anymore, which is her sphere of influence
LL: I think that Joker and Green Goblin are neck and neck in terms of insanity, after all Joker regularly tries to take on Batman thinking he'll finally get him to snap and Osborn declared war on Asgard
gunman: Peter's next meet up will be with Wonder Woman but Dinah will be right afterwards and as for a threesome with her, Peter and Catwoman… he'll have bragging rights for life. It can be argued that Mephisto had a hand in this considering the guy he wants and gave power to is connected to the people that gave Gotham and Gotham Girl their powers, now wheatear he did more is the real question.
Justafan: If they were walking by and saw Spider-man in a fight that he was losing, they'd help but they won't go out of their way to help him if it looks like he's holding his own and starting to win. As for regret of not helping Spider-man, more like they will regret listening to Stark in the first place after the truth of what he's done comes out. A lot of heroes seem to look down on Spider-man regardless of his feats based on how they treat him. Sure he has a rather annoying personality according to some, but a guy that can take on the Juggernaut and win on his own with has out matched as he was is deserving of mad respect regardless of his personality
Dark King Marcel: Yeah Spider-man will be joining a team but it won't be the Justice League or the Titans who are based in New York City. No Starfire won't be joining Peter's harem… maybe I'll have her hook of with Kaine
JC: I've been thinking of doing an Overwatch Spider-man crossover every now and again
superspiderfan: I have something in mind for Firestar and it is spider related, but it won't be Peter
Erofox: I have something like a Spider-verse event in mind. We'll be seeing what deal that Mephisto and Black Cat made after the whole finding the guy that Mephisto wants later
Watermeloan: I think Spidey will die from sheer exhaustion if he somehow got even half the women in Marvel, let alone all of them and possibly even DC. And Stark will be getting his dues soon
Kival737101: Yes, the Birds are part of the Harem
Spawn Hades: Peter will be teaming up with a few Robins in this story, the first being Tim Drake's Red Robin
Keyblade master cole: she'll be coming back as a baby.
Guest: We'll be seeing a few flashbacks of Peter's interactions with the Marvel women after the whole thing with Stark dies down and before the reunion with Spider-man
Disclaimer: I don't own any Marvel or DC characters seen, mentioned or used
Two weeks…
Two weeks since Gotham had been driven into an uncontrollable rage at the apparent hands of Psycho Pirate and nearly destroyed Gotham City. It took the combined might of the Justice League, Spider-man and Gotham's own sister, Gotham Girl, to finally bring him down…
Permanently
'Just wish it didn't have to come to that' Peter thought quietly to himself as he sat on a random rooftop out by the Narrows. Winter was beginning to set in and it was already starting to snow, blanketing the rooftops in snow and creating small ice sheets on the streets from the puddles made by last week's storm
Peter then rubbed his armored brow in aggravation as memories of the incident hit him "Hell what am I even supposed to say for something like that? 'Hey Gotham Girl, sucks you had to kill your older brother because he was sent on a uncontrollable rampage of death and destruction, but hey you saved the Justice League and the City, so there's that'!"
Yeah, like that'll go well at all…
He then glanced down at the street and saw a multitude of cars pass by, either going home or to work the night shift. He almost found it amusing in a way, Gotham like New York City, at least his NYC, were nearly destroyed by a rampaging and out of control man with god like powers and yet the people were out and about as if it was just another day for them, which given some of the things that have happened here, it might as well be!
'Gotta love that citizen in a city with a superhero mentality' Peter thought with grim amusement before he suddenly felt something dripping down his lip
His eyes narrowed as he had the helmet of his suit retract and reached up with two fingers to see what it was. He pulled the two digits back and narrowed his eyes at what he saw on the tips of his fingers, glowing in the light casted by the moon and some of the nearby advertisement boards
Blood
"Shit…" Peter said as he wiped it on the ground before reaching up and wiping the rest falling from his nose away as well "That ain't good…"
It was then that he picked up movement not too far away from him and he quickly reequipped his helmet and brushed some of the bloodied snow off the rooftop
"Thought I'd find you up here" the voice of Selina purred as she landed not too far from Peter's position and began to slink her way towards him before dropping down on the ledge next to him "How you holding up, haven't really seen you in a while. Heh, was beginning to think you ran off with either Wonder Woman or the Birds"
"Nah, but I have been staying up in the Watchtower, mostly to help clear my head" Peter said with a shrug as he pushed the bloodied nose incident out of his mind for the time being, he could revisit that later when he wasn't feeling so depressed
"Aww and not my place?" Selina teased as she leaned against him with a smile and ran a hand across this thigh suggestively "I'm pretty good at 'clearing' things…"
"Ture, but it'd be kind of hard to enjoy that when your place overlooks the spot that Gotham Girl was forced to kill her own brother after he kicked mine and the Justice League's teeth in" Peter said dryly
"Oh…" Selina winced at that "Sorry, I didn't mean to-"
"I know and it's alright. I just needed to step back and take a breather is all" Peter said as he brushed some snow off his shoulder that was beginning to gather in between the spaces on his armor "I was also using that time to investigate Fitzgerald Incorporated more. Sadly, their building here 'mysteriously' burned down with no probable cause or motive"
"I heard, Batman from my few run ins with him lately seemed a little peeved that the apparent people behind the kid's powers literally went up in smoke" Selina stated as she pulled her knees in and rested her chin on them "So now what?"
"For now, I guess wait and see if Fitzgerald will make any sort of move on Gotham Girl. And on that note, I'm keeping an eye on her to make sure she doesn't do something stupid" Peter said before he saw that his suit was tracking something that was just a little ways from him and Selina
"Has she been talking to anyone?" the cat thief asked with some concern
"No, she hasn't. Mainly because everyone she normally would talk to is dead" Peter said grimly before he saw his suit identify a small drone just a few meters to his and Selina's left. He slowly began to slide his hand across the rooftop
"She should start to talk to someone, I mean losing your parents and then being forced to put your own brother down in the span of like what a day…" Selina shook her head at that "Christ, people have snapped over far less…"
"I know" Peter said before he shot his arm up and snagged the drone that looked to be in the shape of a bat with a web line and yanked it towards him and gripped it by the wing
"What the hell?!" Selina said as she shot up in surprise while Peter examined the small drone with a calculated gaze
'Hmm… pretty advance drone. Even though it's shaped like a bat I can tell it ain't Bruce's… even he doesn't have access to tech of this level' Peter thought as he had his suit send a small EMP pulse into the drone, disabling it's systems 'Hell this kind of thing rivals the kind of stuff that Stark can make when he's not being an ass and actually tries something new and impressive instead of making another damn Armor suit that'll last like what a week before it's scrapped or he makes a new one'
"A Batdrone?" Selina said as she eyed the device with a mixture of annoyance and confusion "Why the hell is Batman spying on us with a freakin drone…?"
"It's not him. Rich as he is, even he doesn't have access to military grade technology… and this thing's more advance than that by a good decade" Peter said as he stood up and tossed the thing back and forth before his and Selina's attention was drawn to the other side of the roof as Batman landed before them with a light thud
Peter held up the drone "Hey Bat's, I think someone's got a secret admire with waaaaay too much time and money on their hands… also how the hell are you inspiring people? I mean what about you is awe inspiring, all I ever feel when I look at you is what I feel when I see those abused pets need a new home commercials with the sad music playing in the back ground"
Batman glanced at the spider themed man with a blank expression before gesturing to the disabled drone in Peter's hand "I found a drone of the same design following me last night after I found one of my people, Azrael, had been attacked and beaten him to within an inch of his life"
"Azrael, the ex-assassin for the Order of St Dumas and one of the few men in the world that could take you in a fight, someone actually beat him?" Selina said in complete and utter surprise
"Yes… someone that according to him before he passed out, looked like me" Batman said as he folded his arms under his billowing cape
Peter quirked a brow at this before he let out a tired sigh "Never a dull moment in this city eh?"
"Hhh…" batman grunted before he took a step forward "Spider-man…"
"That's my name, don't ware it out sunshine on the day of the Apocalypse" Peter said as he attached the drone to his suit's hip before the suit better secured it and began to run scans on it
Batman was about to say more before glancing at Selina who quirked a brow at him as she folded her arms under her chest "What?"
"I'd like to speak with him in private" Batman stated plainly
Peter and Selina stared at the dark knight for several moments before nodding towards the infamous cat thief "Don't worry Selina, I'll let you know what he said later"
"You better" she said with a smirk before she made her way to the edge of the rooftop before jumping off followed by the crack of a whip in the air
After several moments Batman spoke "Spider-man… I'll be frank. I don't like having you in my city"
"Really, I never noticed what with the growls, the scowls and the constant get out vibe I'm getting from you" Peter said with a snicker
Bruce scowled at the man before taking a deep breath "However I'm not blind to see that you being here has produced some good… and I stress 'some'…"
"Wow, and here I thought Wolverine had trouble admitting he was maybe wrong and is forced to acknowledge another's accomplishments and positive impacts" Spider-man said dryly before a thought came to him as he snapped his finger and began to wag it jokingly at the dark knight "You know, I think you'd two would get along nicely, you know after the initial superhero fight because of your two's opposing views on justice and being massive brooding dicks who have Loki's scepter up your ass"
Batman stared at the semi living armor wearing man for a few moments before he let out a sigh before glancing back at Spider-man with a serious expression "I've noticed that the other vigilantes in Gotham are also being watched, someone or something has plans for Gotham's heroes…"
"And you want to form a team to help combat this unknown threat and you want me to join?" Peter asked plainly
Batman's silence was all the answer he needed. After a few moments, Peter let out a tired sigh "Look Bat's, I'm not really looking to join any sort of superhero teams, especially with ones that are found, led and funded by a genius playboy billionaire no less"
Batman studied Spider-man's form for several moments before speaking "I take it you didn't have the best relationship with your worlds… 'billionaire hero'…"
"Not even close" Peter said with a slight edge in his tone before he turned to leave "And honestly, you remind me of him far too much for liking. So thanks for the heads up, but I think I'll be fine on my own. Was for years before I made the mistake of joining my world's version of the Justice League, but hey form a sort of Fantastic Four or X-men team and I'll strongly consider it"
"And what happens when you find yourself up against seemingly unbeatable odds with no way out or no help what so ever?" Batman questioned as he folded his arms across his chest and gave Spider-man a narrowed look
"Wouldn't be the first time" Peter joked as memories of his one on one fight against the likes of Juggernaut, Aginir, Firelord and recently Doomsday came to mind 'Then again… not like I'll be alive long enough for it to matter…'
Peter made to leave when he felt a hand on his shoulder and he slowly turned to see that it was Batman that had grabbed him. Peter couldn't help but send the man a hidden dark grin "Careful Bat's… I've reacted worse over less"
"The team I'm hoping to put together needs someone like you" Batman stated with reluctance
"Really?" Peter said unconvinced as he brushed Batman's hand off "Why? If it's brains, you have Red Robin or even witty banter, you have the girl in purple I've run into a few times this week"
"Because out of everyone on this team, I've concluded that you have not only the most experience but you'll likely see things from a unique perspective that the others won't be able to or even know about and offer valuable insight or advice" Batman said
"Hmmm…" Peter hummed at that as he thought the request over before a thought crossed his mind that's been on his mind for a while. Finally, after a few seconds Peter spoke "…I'm not going to be in charge, am I?"
"No"
"Oh thank god!" Peter said with a genuine relieved sigh "Because I was about to tell you that the last time I was in charge of any sort of team to save anything, be it the world or a city, it uh didn't end so well"
"You failed to stop the threat?" Batman questioned
"No" Peter shook his head "Bad guy was stopped and the day was saved…"
"…But?"
Images of Silver Sable being held down by Rhino in the middle of a sinking base on the verge of destruction flashed through Peter's mind before he spoke in a sad tone "But not everyone on my team made it out…"
The two stood there in somber silence for several minutes before Peter finally let out a sigh and nodded "Alright, I'll give this thing a shot, but if I don't like it, I'm done"
Batman stared at the man for several long moments before he nodded "Fine…"
Peter nodded at the answer before he idly checked the time on his armor's HUD and paled at what he saw "Oh shit…"
"What is it?" Batman asked with some concern as he saw Peter's form tense up
"I'm late…" Peter said in a low tone
"What?" Batman asked with a raised brow
"I'M LATE FOR MY DATE SLASH SPAR WITH WONDER WOMAN ON THE WATCHTOWER!" Peter all be yelled before he shot off into the sky with his suit's thrusters at full power
Batman watched him go for several seconds before he shook his head "…I'm already starting to regret this"
…
Twenty minutes and several thousand miles later, Peter had finally reached the Watchtower after flying into low orbit and intercepting the Watchtowers as it orbited the earth. He was beginning to sweat profusely as he saw that he was over half an hour late for his sort of date but not really a date with Wonder Woman
"Wait to go Parker, a woman wants to hang out with you, and what do you do? Stand up her up for a late midnight chat with Batman of all people" Peter berated himself as he rushed through the tower's hallways after having his suit open the hanger doors with the codes that he 'borrowed' when he first escaped the massive satellite
He finally came to the training room and paled at what he saw going on, it was Diana armed with a sword and a shield staring at him with her arms folded beneath her chest and a blank expression on her face
"Peter…" Diana said in a neutral tone
"It was Batman's fault!" Peter immediately blurted out
"Oh?" Diana said with a raised brow as she slowly approached Peter with a blank expression on her face her expression giving nothing away on her current thoughts on him being late
"Yeah, he uh ambushed me on a rooftop and… and uh… he um…" Peter stammered out as he slowly backed away from Diana until his back hit the wall and Diana stood in front of him, her face right in his "…I bruise easily"
At this Diana smirked "Good"
She then grabbed him by the shoulder and threw him into the center of the room. He easily righted himself in midair and landed in a crouch only to narrowly avoid a punch from the Greek beauty, or well Greek inspired since she made it pretty clear a while ago that she wasn't Greek but rather a civilization heavily inspired by the Greeks or was it the other way around?
'Eh, it'll come to me later' Peter thought as he struggled to block Diana's punches and kicks, his spider-sense going into overdrive as the powerful woman's strikes became a near blur to the point even his suit's scanners were having trouble keeping up
"Too much?" Diana asked as she sent a powerful kick into Peter's torso that sent him skidding back a few meters "I can slow down if you want"
"Yes Please" Peter groaned out as he clutched his chest in slight pain "Crap, you punch like Captain Marvel… or Thor... or Hulk… or over three quarters of the Avengers"
He would have continued but Diana suddenly lunged at him, causing him to side step the attack and send a powerful elbow into the woman's jaw. He watched as Diana's head snapped to the side before she slowly turned her head back to him and cupped her chin with a excited grin
"Now that's more like it"
Peter's response was to pale "I'm starting to sort of regret taking you up on this offer"
"Too bad" Diana said before she sent a heeled kick to Peter who ducked under it before sending a jab towards the woman's side, hitting her just below the ribs before his follow up punch was caught and he was pulled in close to the Amazon and kneed right in the gut, knocking the wind out of him and denting the metal plating before tossing him towards the far end of the room with one hand
Peter rolled with the action and came up in time to block Diana's knee before he shoved it away and responded with a headbutt to the woman's own noggin before sending a series of powerful blurred punches to her and finished up with a repulseor powered backhand that sent her skidding back almost a dozen meters
Diana shook her head slightly before she cracked her neck and drew her sword and held it at the ready while Peter had his suit form a blade with the left arm. The two stared at each other for several moments before Peter launched himself at Diana who responded by parrying away his blade with ease and drove her knee into his side before she grabbed Peter by the back of the head and pulled him into the hilt of her sword, knocking him back several feet before he sent a jab at her that forced her to halt in her assault and go on the defensive
For the next five minutes the two exchanged a series of blurring strikes and slashes, each either meeting the blade of the other of air as they danced around each other. Eventually Peter crated a second blade with his other arm and Diana had drawn her shield to better defend herself and had a large variety of attacks against her more heavily armored yet nimble opponent
"It's been a while since I've faced someone that's lasted this long in a spar with me" Diana teased
"Well given that a simple smack from you can send just about anyone into orbit and you move faster than the human eye can track, I'm not surprised" Peter said with a chuckle as he leaped over Diana and sent a powerful kick into the back of her head, shoving her forward and causing her to nearly stumble to the ground before she stabbed her shield into the ground and threw her body over it and landed in a crouch before she threw it at him in a manner that remined the wall crawler of Captain America
Peter watched the shield fly towards him and narrowed his eyes as he vaulted over the metal disk only to literally fly face first into Diana's fist
KOOOMMM!
"GAH!" Peter shouted as he was sent flying into the ground before Diana was on him with the intention of pinning him to the ground and forcing him to submit
Peter's eyes narrowed at the unspoken challenge and immediately began to counter with a wide variety of grappling moves that he's learned from Black Widow and Rogers when he was still on the Avengers, well Steve mostly since quite a few of Peter and Natasha's spars once that moved to wrestling moved even further to… other physical things
Peter mentally shook those thoughts from his head as he tried and failed to pin Diana 'Thank god this armor isn't very tight like my old suits… be awkward to fight Diana with an erection'
Several more minutes passed as Peter was overpowered again and again by the Amazon heroine until finally she had him in a head lock
"Do you yield?" Diana sked with a smirk
Peter tried to free himself for a moment before he ceased in his struggles for a moment as he ran through his very, very limited options until he came up with a risky plan. He then turned his head as best he could to look at Diana and gave her a hidden grin
"Sorry Di, but yielding isn't in my vocabulary!" Peter said before suddenly his armor expanded outward, taking Diana by surprise as it began to wrap around her, allowing Peter to escape and climb to his feet
"All right armor, not all we have to do is-… are you kidding me?!" Peter gaped as he saw the armor instead of restraining Diana or returning to Peter after his escape, it had molded itself on to her!
The armor had formed a sort of armored top that exposed her naval with the Arc Reactor forming a glowing 'W' with the center part looking a bit like a eagle's head while her shoulders were left bare down to her elbows with the rest of her arm being covered in the semi living armored suit with her lower body being covered in a pair of armored briefs similar to what her first suit had and her legs being covered in thigh high black armored heeled boots with small little arc reactors running up and down her thighs
On her head, a sort of cowl formed that Peter thought was vaguely similar to what Jessica used to wear on her first Spider-woman suit only the lenses glowed and a small shin guard formed
Diana held up her hand and examined the small repulsoer that formed on her palm before she took in the rest of her attire with a grin "Hmm, I see why you like to wear this so much… comfortable"
"Glad you think so" Peter said dryly as he saw the suit form a cape with her 'W' front in center
Diana gave a brief twirl and chuckled as the cape billowed in the wind "Yes, it's nice, thank you…"
"Uh Di, who are you talking to?" Peter asked the woman with a quizzical expression
"Your armor, she asked if I liked the cape" Diana said as she came to a stop and gave Peter an amused grin as she placed a hand on her hip "I do!"
Peter laughed at this as he slid to the floor and rubbed the back of his neck before the suit detached itself from Diana and slithered towards Peter before coming to a stop a few feet from him and formed a sort of head that looked vaguely similar to his helmet before it shrunk down and formed a small ball
Peter looked at the ball with a smile as he gave it a light pat "You know, I've been thinking of a few names for you lately. How's Genesis sound?"
The ball began to rock back and forth as if in agreement before rolling it's way back towards Diana and began to circle the smiling woman before coming to a stop as she leaned down and extended her hand out and rubbed it against the smooth cool surface of the artificial cybernetic symbiote's form
"Huh, she seems to really like you" Peter said as an afterthought
"I'm a hard woman to hate" Diana said with a grin before she stood up and glanced at Peter and her eyes widened in slight concern "Peter…"
Peter quirked a brow at the expression she had before he felt something dripping from his nose. He reached up to see that it was blood "Dammit…"
"It's that tumor, isn't it?" Diana asked with some concern
"Yeah…" Peter said with a nod before he let out a grim chuckle "Won't be some cosmic force or some unbeatable overlord or supervillain, no it's going to be an irregular growth of cells that does me in, granted said growth was implemented by a super villain but that's beside the point"
"Have you found a way to stop it or remove it yet?" Diana asked as she sat down next to Peter and placed a hand on his shoulder in concern
"Eh I have something in mind, but nothing certain. Plus, I've looked into removing it back in my old reality and even this one" Peter said with a shake of his head "No go on both fronts, which means that unless some all-powerful deity shows up and decides to help me out of the goodness of their heart, I'm screwed…"
"But you said you have something in mind" Diana pointed out
"Heh, doesn't mean I'm eager to try it… yet at least" Peter said as he laid back on the ground and stared up at the ceiling followed soon by Diana
The two laid there in silence for a few minutes before Diana rested her head on Peter's chest and slowly exhaled "It's not fair…"
"What is?" Peter asked
"How good people are the only ones that ever seem to suffer" Diana said with a saddened expression "You never hear about a monster like Joker or Professor Zoom contracting some horrible deadly disease or suffering a crippling injury, it's always the innocent or a person trying to do some good in the world"
"Well I wouldn't go that far, but yeah the nice guy always seems to get the short end of the stick" Peter said as he rested his head on his hand and wrapped his arm around Diana and pulled her close, causing her to snuggle into him even more as they laid there in contemplative silence
After what felt like an hour of somber silence Peter made to get up when Diana spoke "why do you do it?"
"Do what?" Peter questioned
"Help others?"
"Oh…" Peter said before he shrugged "I get a sick thrill from people shooting at me and beating bad guys to a pulp. Plus, the legions of beautiful women fawning over me are nice too"
Diana chuckled at this before she looked up at him with a slightly more serious expression "I asked for your reasoning, not the perks of the job"
Peter smirked at this before he leaned his head back with a thoughtful expression "I… I just want to help people you know? Make up for past mistakes and maybe show others that you don't need to have god like powers or be super rich and have some high tech armored suit, even if I am using one now, to be a good person is all"
Diana stared at Peter with a thoughtful expression, she could see that there was more to it than that, but for now she'll accept the answer… for now
Several minutes passed before Diana stood up and stretched her arms over her head and let out a low moan as she heard a distinct pop come from her back before looking down at Peter with a smirk
"I'm going to take a shower… care to join me?"
Peter looked at her like a deer caught in the head lights "Uhh…"
"Or not, but I'm afraid that there's only one shower working on board at the moment and well… I like to take long, hot showers" Diana said coyly as she stood up and began to make her way to the showers with a sway in her hips "And Cyborg has shut the Teleporters off to make some modifications and a few repairs, it could be hours until he's done"
Peter raised a brow at this "Well I can always have Gen-…"
He would have continued had Genesis not suddenly roll after Diana while making a series of chirps and beeps that sounded suspiciously like 'Hell no I ain't flying with your sweaty ass inside me!'
Peter felt his brow twitch at the slowly developing diva like personality that his suit was gaining "I swear, I'm starting to think it was actually Stark, not Otto that made you with the amount of sass I've been getting from you!"
Diana's response was a musical laugh as she entered the showers, followed soon by Peter…
…
And done.
Next chapter, Lemon between Diana and Peter in the Watchtowers showers before he heads back down to Gotham to begin to meet the team that Batman is putting together made up of Gotham's vigilantes and start to investigate the Fitzgerald Corporation