An Arachnids Adventure

Chapter - 7 - Awakening

Many a Light Year away from Earth

In a span of space close yet far from earth, there resides an Orange Supergiant, This star was around 185 times the diameter of the Milky Way's 'Sun'.

Normally this star, also known as Enif, would be able to brighten the entirety of the Pegasus Constellation.

However now, this immaculately bright and burning star was darkened as if visited by a specter, this shadow cast itself over the Star, bringing its luminescence down to an almost pathetic level. Barely covering its own system.

If astrologists back on Earth were able to see the current sight, it would no doubt shake the very foundations, which years of research had built up. Lucky for them and their feeble minds they would not see this sight for a long time coming. After all, it would take the light an exorbitant amount of time to travel to Earth's side.

The star was 690 Light Years from Earth, thus taking 690 years for the light to grace Earth with its current circumstances.

Yet, the strangest sight had yet to make its presence known.

This star soon began to shake, tremble and downright move. From out the circumference of the star, came two wings which dwarfed the star, flaming and blazing looking like two gorgeous flaming Eagles wings.

Solar Flares were flying left and right as these wings stretched out and soon a plume of Firey tail feathers followed. As beautiful as the sight was, all of its splendiferous light did not escape the shadow shielding the star.

Soon a flaming Eagles head with smoldering eyes rose from the sun's center, then talons the size of planets erupted from the stars lower frame. The flaming Eagle or as some would call it the 'Phoenix', completely rose out of the star, leaving the star in a paler and calmer state than prior.

"Finally...after a few cycles, you decided to come out." An Ephemeral voice called out, calm and flirtatious.

If any bystander were present they would, in fact, hear nothing, no sound at all. After all, no sound waves were present nor possible in the void of space and yet there it was, ringing out almost seductively, clearly making the impossible, possible.

This 'voice' seemingly came out of nowhere, and yet it only existed in the shadow sphere covering the star and its peripherals.

The Phoenix with its head standing tall made not even an attempt to respond, its eyes piercing, seemingly through the void. Before long had passed, the Phoenix 'spoke' without even opening its mouth.

"Hmmm, it seems he awakens... strange...for it to be so soon...how? How were those lesser creatures able to do this? 'They' were able to awaken their avatar, before I mine? HAH! A stain on my name!"

As the Phoenix was stewing in its own disgrace, the shadow sphere surrounding the star, began to ripple and change shape and tone. Before long, an infinitesimally small speck sprang forth from the barrier.

This speck soon built upon itself, becoming larger and larger. A slow but steady process, one that sped up a multitude of times per second. In less than 10 seconds, a figure was built up, black and in the shape of a human, a bipedal form. This shade soon expanded a few sizes more, reaching the size of around twelve feet tall. While amongst humans or most other mortals, this size would seem gigantic. However, in front of the star in front of it, it seemed so small in comparison, even a dust mite to a human would look larger. Let alone when comparing to the Phoenix who dwarfs even the star, 2 to 1.

This form soon began to grow more in-depth features, a face, curves along its sides, emulating the body of a human female. Gentle and elegant fingers and toes, arms and legs slim yet full, the shade then began to sleuth back a ways in certain areas surrounding the figure. Showing porcelain white skin, her face, immaculate in a way most people could never hope to imagine, looking to be an idol of Athena or Aphrodite, beautiful in a way mortals could never be, except for those blessed such as Persephone.

The shadows covering 'her' body began to give way and remold themselves in an all black cloak with a hood, covering her body in a magnificent way.

The 'woman' opened her eyes revealing black pools of darkness therein. No pupil, no sclera, nothing but blackness.

Her hair black and long, spooling out of the sides of her hood. This 'giant' woman looked towards the Phoenix's head and called out.

"Phoenix, must you always present yourself in such ostentatious ways? You really leave no face for those of us who still follow the rules of order."

The Phoenix finally rising from its stupor, looked down at the speck in its presence for the first time, looking and seeing who it was, the bird scoffed.

"Hmph, it's not as if you couldn't make yourself appear as a celestial power, you yourself hold yourself back."

The Phoenix finishing its sentence began to shrink down, the once mighty and celestial bodied sized bird, began to rapidly shrink, at a rate impossible to recreate by most powers.

The Phoenix now the size of a football field looked towards the 'giant' before itself and said.

"For the past few cycles, you have pestered me, chasing me to this star and forcing me to hide within. What is it you want 'Death'?"

The woman before the still large bird, chuckled and smiled flirtatiously, then spoke in a teasing manner.

"Come now darling, it's been millennia since I last laid 'eyes' upon you, then one day you just show up, on Terra no less, than travel to the Astral Realm and shake up the Web of Life and you what? Did you really not expect anyone to find trace of you? Why if it weren't for my shadows I imagine you would've had plenty of followers showing up, you should really thank me."

Death, finishing her words, turned to her side and snorted through her nose, looking ever so 'miffed'.

The Phoenix seeing Death's little show, had no patience for it.

"Enough drivel, you know as well as I, there are only a handful of powers dumb enough to cross me!"

"Yeah, yeah, yeah, I've heard the spiel before. Anyways, you obviously didn't come out here for me, I've been outside of this little star for a few cycles with no response. I wonder what could attract the Great and Mighty Phoenix's attention to the point of moving her true body?"

Death turned around and looked towards the direction the Phoenix had looked earlier.

"Hmmm, is that Terra? That's strange...once more you grace it with your presence...you haven't looked towards Terra's shores since the beginning of true sentient life there. If I remember correctly you had an avatar there at the time, didn't you?"

"To think you would remember things so clearly, what? Do I interest you so?"

"But of course dear, you who once had power over both orders of Life and Death, you who then left the natural order for chaos, leaving me to take the order of death upon my shoulders. You, my dear, interest me very much!"

"Hmph!"

"Come to think of it, it's about time for you to claims a new host—er...avatar...It seems you have already laid out your seed."

"Leave it be, Death! My avatars are not for you to touch!"

The Phoenix finishing her sentence let her wrath be known, shaking the very foundation of this galaxy, shifting her wings and letting her fire shine.

The shield surrounding the star began to tremble, looking as if it could not hold the stress of the power radiating from within.

"Oh calm down, I'm not interested enough to ruin your fun."

Death calmly stated, reinforcing her shield to the point where it quaked no longer, it's shade grew a few tones darker.

The Phoenix seeing Death indifference to her threat, looked down at her and scoffed, thinking to herself that this power had grown dangerously close to growing her own personality and that because of that, she was, in fact, growing ever closer to chaos herself.

"Oh? What's this? Jean Grey, this is your new avatar?"

Death turned and asked the Phoenix.

"So what if it is!"

"Same as ever, a beautiful red-haired woman, or should I say girl? Oh well, she'll grow. Hmm? What's this I see? She's already pining for another?"

Death spoke aloud, seeing Jean's thoughts, well she wasn't exactly seeing into Jean's mind, after all, Jean was projecting them quite fiercely, although it seems Jean was unaware of her doing so.

Phoenix hearing Deaths inquiry's thought to herself that Death was getting dangerously close to seeing something she shouldn't...however it wasn't her secret to keep. Thus she decided to let what was going to happen, happen.

"Peter Parker...oh, oh that's a precious memory...the damsel in distress, is it? Wait, why don't I know this name?"

Death coming to this point looked through her memory once more, a memory that had every name of every mortal who ever lived or will live...except for those who were touched by another divinity or celestial power, they would be able to shield her 'sight' until that mortal's death.

Death no matter how hard she tried to recall simply couldn't do so, this Peter Parker wasn't someone under her 'jurisdiction'. This got her cogs turning, she looked towards Phoenix once more, she saw the giant bird looking towards the same boy, this boy was currently in a coma of sorts...down on Terra or as the human's call it, Earth.

Death following the Phoenix's gaze soon found the boy she was looking for...before long, her eyes widened and she gasped out.

"So many Divinities! All in one mortal coil...Impossible! These...these energies belong to the totems...the Spiders'? Wait...there is another...no, this...this is a...fire?"

Death coming to this point looked towards the Phoenix once more and then it came to her, it hit her.

"I see...now it makes sense for you to have visited the Web, the totems, the reason that your flame watches over the boy, you've been observing him...I don't blame you. This boy, he's-"

"Unlike any other before him...except for maybe the Purple one...the one who pines for you…"

"Do not mention that fiend before me!"

For the first time in this encounter, Death looked towards the Phoenix and spoke in a solemn voice. The surrounding space in the barrier grew turbid further reducing the star's luster, however, the Phoenix's flames seemed untouched.

"You know he has the destiny..the destiny to wield all of the Primordial stones, you should also know why he does it…"

"Enough!"

The space in the surroundings grew even murkier, looking as if the surrounding void itself would soon die.

Seeing this Death took a deep breath, calmed herself and thus her aura. The surrounding space grew calm as a consequence.

"Do you know why I like you, Phoenix?"

"..."

"It's because of your love for life...that's the reason isn't it?"

"..."

"The reason you abandoned your order and sought to create a new one? One of rebirth...it's the reason you chase for new avatars after each one burns out, looking for a way, a way to do so in a true corporeal form?"

"...You knew?"

"...Of Course, I knew. I inherited your order over death, of course, I would understand why you hate it so…"

"..."

"One who so casually dispatches death over the mortal's stars...one who does so in a misguided attempt at flattery...I would never give him the time of day...never."

"Then you understand, don't you? Why I've been watching over the boy...this reality cannot handle another one such as he...hence I've been watching not only the boy but the Spiders' as well."

"Mmn, I understand...the Spiders' place in the order is...delicate, to say the least."

"I know, but even if that is true...I would put a stop to it if necessary…however...look at the boy once more, cast your sense over my watchful flame, I will show you all I have seen, then look into the boy's psyche, see who he is. I truly doubt he will be another such as the one before him. Besides, the Spiders' have been very careful not to overdo it, they've given him a slight grasp on their divinities, not the whole of them. It seems they're just as worried over the direction the avatar will take as we are."

Death, hearing the Phoenix's words, was immediately put into doubt, to think that one such as the Phoenix would put so much faith into a mortal who wasn't her avatar...was shocking at the very least.

Death cast her sense into the flame around the boy, she saw all of Peter's experiences since the day Peter met Jean and consequently the Phoenix.

She saw his up's and his down's, how he helped people, his cleverness, his worry, his first encounter with violence at MJ's home, his constant repression from his peers, she saw him deal with it all, without being tainted, remaining pure through it all.

Seeing all this reminded Death of all of the saints she had seen through her 'life'. Caring and kind, yet all seem to pass too early. Akin to stars' burning in the night sky, abrupt and brilliant...yet all stars are fated to perish

Death then cast her sense into the boy's psyche looking into his mind and his memories, then his feelings throughout all of his experiences. She felt some resistance at first, however, she pushed her way beside it, not looking to harm, only to observe.

Death seeing all this was flabbergasted...how could there be such a man, a mortal who remained so pure...regardless of what came his way.

"...It seems they truly chose wisely...one such as he seems to have nary a malicious bone in his body...however, even that can be perverted when tempted with power...I've seen it first hand."

"Mm, which is why I've been watching…"

Death hearing the Phoenix's words looked towards this cautious and arrogant power, what she saw shocked her...the Phoenix, a cosmic and celestial power, one who could shake the very foundations of the multiverse and the web of destiny itself, that very same Phoenix was looking down on a mortal with...care?...compassion?...infatuation, maybe?

Death seeing all of the above took a moment to take it all in and then wryly smirked, she then spoke.

"Hmm? Is that the only reason?" Her voice a coy and insinuating tone.

"What do you mean…" The Phoenix sensing the irregularity in the 'air', spoke cautiously.

"...It's a well-known fact that when you take an avatar, you tend to meld so well together...it's mainly because of your compatibility…I've already seen the girls' feelings...could you have fallen for the boy as well…?"

"...RUBBISH!"

The Phoenix and the star behind it grew so bright in response to the Phoenix's outburst it seemed as if they were both about to go supernova.

"...you really have…I thought I was the only one to grow an attachment to the mortals'..."

"Cease your babbling Death! I would never stoop so low to grow attached to such a lesser lifeform as a human!"

"...uh-huh, In that case, I'll just pay the munchkin a visit then."

"...What?"

"I said I'll visit him. Why? You don't mind, do you? After all, I find mortals to be far more suitable partners than the egocentric divinities or celestial powers."

"Stay away from him! MY Avatar has already claimed an interest in him!"

"...Right, your 'avatar'...anyways I think I'll hold back a while, after all, he already has enough interest in him from the opposite sex, that and he's still pretty young, and judging by the fact that he already has a new romantic trouble heading his way I doubt there's much reason to interfere right now...you have noticed it haven't you, the other avatar the Spiders' have taken, they have a soul effect, such a connection will no doubt leave behind a rather frightful attraction."

"You need not tell me, I know of it well. The boy may have as many mortals as he wishes...however, he will only have one divinity...my avatar!"

"...you really meant 'me'...didn't you?"

The Phoenix grew quiet before deciding to strike back.

"Speaking of your 'partners' how has that pathetic devil Mephisto been? Oh, and tell that devil shrew to keep his hands to himself!"

"...I'm leaving... you should know better than to mention that wretch to me...always revoking my work...his stupid deals and contracts…"

"Just tell him his scheming hasn't gone unnoticed, even if I don't interfere, the Spiders' will."

"..whatever. Goodbye old friend."

And no sooner after Death has said her farewell did the Shadow sphere surrounding the star disappear.

The Phoenix seeing her 'friend' leave so quickly smirked to herself and thought.

'Mentioning Mephisto always seems to get her in a bad mood...not that I blame her.'

In the Astral Realm

"Sister Weaver, I'm sorry for throwing things out of control…"

Atop the Web of Destiny, in a dimensional pocket in the Astral Realm, A total of 5 gigantic Arachnids stood and leaned against the Webs surface, each of these creatures all looked to be staggered and weakened, all to a different extent.

The smallest and 'purest' of the bunch was downright tuckered out, lying down on the web's surface, it's legs splayed out in an almost unseemly fashion. The scion being the youngest and in consequence, the weakest of the bunch was truly tired out after the recent affair. It seemed he wouldn't be moving anytime soon.

The largest of the Arachnids was, in fact, the second most stable at the moment, looking to be quite all right with the recent expenditure of energy. If anything he seemed a bit on edge emotionally, more than likely having to do with whatever the reason, the previous Arachnid apologized. The Other was truly quite perturbed by his sibling's current state of being.

The Black and White Widow-esque spider, being the second smallest of the group, was the Arachnid who had spoken earlier. This spider was leaning over on her eight spindly legs, looking as if she would topple over at any moment. The Bride was not only the second smallest of the group but as of right now, she was also the second most exhausted, following the Scion once more in the new list.

By the Brides side looking concerned in its mannerisms, stood a large golden and purple arachnid, The Keeper, a master in the Mystical arts and as well as the one who gave the least energy in the recent activity was actually the only spider who seemed to be completely undrained, only appearing worried, in concern for his Sister in front of him.

The second largest of the troupe of arachnids also seemed rather spent at the moment, seemingly looking to be a little lost and tired. Her large green aurora surrounding her body seemed slightly paler than ever before seen. The Weaver looked towards her only sister and asked.

"Sister Bride...what happened?"

The bride hearing the Weaver ask this, took a moment to catch her 'breath', then responded albeit slightly winded.

"Sister—After we finished injecting our divinities sources into the Champion and my Legacy Avatar, as I was preparing to hand control back to you, I noticed something, when you told me that I would be able to feel the Champion's significant others and then be able to bless them, I truly didn't know what exactly it was you meant, however, at that moment, in which my senses were present down there beside the champion...I felt a calling…..a calling just as strong as my Legacy Avatars."

"What? But we may only be able to have one Legacy Avatar as a time, are you sure you felt correctly Sister?" The Keeper looked towards the Bride in astonishment.

"Of course, I'm sure!" The Bride lashed out at the Keeper, more than likely in anger at being second-guessed and interrupted mid-story.

The Weaver seeing the two looking as if they were about to resume their age-old arguments, interrupted.

"Brother, please be quiet and let Sister Bride finish, after all, It's not strange for her abilities to present themselves in strange manners. They are after all connected to the Champion's loved ones, and thus very important to the Web of Life's prospering future."

The Keeper hearing the Weaver say as such, took a step back after helping the Bride to stand more firmly.

"As I was saying, I felt the abrupt calling, and before I knew it I had taken the plunge, going after her...however, I didn't expect the Champions interference...this resulted in the current scenario, where we were forcefully expunged."

"...I see that explains things…" The Weaver mumbled to herself under her breath.

"Sister Weaver, is the Champion well? Can you see him, the process would normally be stressful enough, yet now with the situation, as is, I can only hope he is stable." The Other grumbled out in his gravelly voice.

The Weaver seeing her Brother's concern for the Champion, inwardly smiled thinking to her self, 'It seems ever since the Champion connected to the Titan's Divinity innately, Brother Other has shown more care towards him, it more than likely has to do with understanding the pain the Champion went through, to be able to summon that power unconsciously.'

The Weaver spoke calmly. "He is fine, in fact, we now have at least one piece of good news, do to our 'now' strengthened bond with the Champion, I can view his current situation through reading the Web. Something that was once insanely difficult to do is now possible, although his future remains unpredictable. It probably has to do with the fact that even the Web of Destiny itself doesn't have a grasp on what his future holds."

The Weaver turned to look at the Web's center, seeing the once chaotic-ly illuminated center, now shining in a much more stable manner than in the past, she also saw her final Tether strengthening its grasp onto the Champions Cocoon.

This would no doubt strengthen her connection to the Champion, hopefully, it would make communication possible between the two, easier. After all, he would soon need guidance with regards to his new abilities, his new 'powers'. If he could not get the guidance he needed down on Earth, then she would have to step in, she only hoped that her guidance wouldn't interfere with his understanding of his powers too much.

The Keeper, thinking back on the Champions interference, spoke up and said.

"Sister Weaver, how is it possible that the Champion was able to react in time to catch the projection? From what I know he didn't activate Brother Other's previous divinity...yet he was still able to react in time in a way that most humans would never be able to. Our combined projection was not only moving at a speed most mortals can't respond to, its body was in and of itself quite durable, yet the Champion was able to reach out and catch the Spider but also crush it in his palm."

"Brother Keeper, you really need to get a handle on that selective hearing problem, don't you?" The Bride hissed out.

"What do you mean?" The Keeper confused with by the Brides words spoke up.

"Sister Weaver and Brother Other mentioned it before, while it's true that the Champion connected to the Titan divinity, in doing so it also awakened something within himself as well. I imagine the Champion was already quite impressive in his own way before we interjected our own divinities into him." The Bride haughtily finished her sentence, then looked towards the Weaver and said, "Isn't that right Sister?"

The weaver seeing the Brides smug actions inwardly shook her head and said.

"Yes, that's correct. Worry not Brother Keeper."

"...But if that's true...then how will he react to our divinities...won't they present any changes?" The Keeper cautiously spoke.

"You speak true Brother, however, it isn't our place to question fate nor to control it, we can only do our best to abide by its whims." The Weaver spoke out, looking firm and confident in her words.

"Sister it seems there are some changes in the Web!" The tuckered out Scion spoke up at this moment.

The other four arachnids quickly turned about and looked towards the Web's center.

The Web's center, now more stable than prior began to blare with light, it's pristine and regal golden sheen began to grow pale, looking as if it were being purified. Growing more and more clear and gaining a pure, untainted white sheen in replacement of the golden glow of prior.

The other four arachnids seeing this bizarre phenomenon thought this color looked truly familiar, then suddenly it clicked for all of them and they looked at the smallest of the bunch, each with their own inquisitive glare.

The Weaver unable to control her self, looked towards the Scion and asked.

"Brother...little one, yo—you didn't, did you?"

The Scion, seeing the current circumstances looked towards his siblings, each once and stood up from the web, looking pitiful in his attempts at standing tall. The Scion knew that there was no way to hide things any longer, thus he decided to speak up.

"...I, I didn't have a choice….when the projection had bitten the Champion, with or without my intention to do so...I acted….it was almost instinctual...I gave him the whole of my abilities...at least the entirety of my Potential…."

The other four, hearing their youngest siblings' confession, went silent, glaring daggers at their foolish sibling.

Before too long the phenomenon in the center of the Web calmed down, and she felt the Champion awakening, she turned and looked at the Webs center once more, saw her Tether holding tight onto the Champions Cocoon, she sighed.

"*Sigh*...It seems that what's done is done...besides its true that Brother Scions abilities will only show their true potential when injected into a still-growing Avatar... with my final Tether holding strong and true, it seems to be acting as a shield of sorts, keeping his presence hidden from other Cosmic entities...but...should that Tether ever snap….we might have to take action, personally."

The Weaver spoke out in a cold tone, cold for her at least, considering her usual kind and caring tone.

The other arachnids, forced into the situation as is had no choice but to accept things.

The Other looked towards his youngest sibling, the one sibling whom he had spoiled since young, thought back on his actions and wondered if his spoiling him led to the Scion's current nature.

The Weaver took this time to speak up.

"The Champion awakens, what's done is done, and cannot be changed. We now have no choice but to move on, all of you go back and perform your duties appropriately but, be prepared, prepared for a time in which I call out for you, should there ever be a time in which the Champion needs our protection...we shall head out for battle…"

The other four looked towards their usually gentle elder sister, saw her current state and heard her fierce reminder and thought

'It seems Sister Weaver is truly quite peeved this time…'

With nary another thought, the four went out to perform their duties, not wishing to tempt fate around their eldest sibling at the moment.

At the Oscorp Building, In the Employee's Break Area.

"Mr. Ramirez, I'm telling you Peter has a special condition, he needs to go to his Docter's, not the hospital!"

The young Gwen Stacy was standing firm and tall, staring down her Teacher with nary a bead of sweat on her brow. Her current actions truly shocked her teacher of the past three years, this was the first time he had seen her act with such fervor, such passion.

Gwen's words and actions, in truth, shocked every single person in the room.

The room in which they were currently residing was, in fact, the main laboratory's Breakroom, this room was currently packed to the brim with people, not a strange sight in and of itself mind you, however, more often the people in the break room would be sitting down, eating or relaxing.

However, at present all of the people were surrounding one place in the hall, the people in the center of this 'circle' were a total of four people.

Peter, Cindy, Gwen, and their Teacher.

Peter could be seen lying down on the ground in a cold sweat, eyes pinched closed, the occasional pained moan came from his mouth, reminding the surrounding people that he was currently in an unknown condition.

Cindy could be seen to his left, although she wasn't in as bad a condition as Peter, she herself looked to quite labored as well. Cindy was currently sitting up on her rear, not looking pained, however, she was matted in sweat, giving her current outfit a new, somewhat promiscuous look. A white button-up blouse, her jacket she was wearing prior, on the ground beside her, her dark blue knee-length skirt riding up a bit showing her shorts underneath. Her shoulder-length hair currently styled in a Layered and Teased, Stylish Deep Side Part. {Look it up, it's hot~~}

Cindy although not in the best condition herself was looking over Peter's face, in worry over him, although they were bitten by the same spider, she had awoken not 5 minutes later, while a bit sore she felt fine. Peter, however, had yet to awake even though he was bitten earlier than she.

This let Cindy think the worst, it had already been around 5 minutes since she had awoken.

Gwen as previously mentioned was standing in front of her Teacher in a standoff of sorts, asking her Teacher to stop calling for an ambulance, as she thought they wouldn't be able to help him. Gwen spoke up once more.

"Please, just let me call his Doctor she'll be here soon!"

Gwen could be seen holding her phone in her hand, a T-Moblie Sidekick, after the happening at MJ's home those few years ago, her father had acquiesced and got her a phone, and she had been upgrading it every year, as would most peers her age. In truth, MJ also had a phone now, the only one without a phone in their little group now was Peter, even Liz had one, although that isn't very surprising, it seems Liz came from a very well-to-do home, financial issues were never a problem for her and her family.

Their Teach Mr. Ramirez, seeing the current situation, decided to not give Gwen's anymore thought, and said.

"Gwen even if that is true, I still have to call the ambulance, Peter's physician can come over to the hospital to check up on him."

Saying as such he grabbed his own phone and began dialing the correct number.

Gwen seeing the current situation grew restless and spoke out.

"Mr. Ramirez, his doctor's place is only a few blocks away, it would be quicker to just take Peter to their place!"

The People in the surrounding's were all murmuring this and that, wondering what it was that was going on, a few feet away from this circle was a group of around six people, all in a little circle of their own.

The people in the center of this circle were surrounding a person in official Lab wear, the person in the center was, in fact, the Scientist who had spoken to Peter and Cindy earlier, just outside the Spider exhibit.

The young Harry Osborn was currently staring down at this Scientist, looking as if he would devour him whole in anger, he spoke out in hushed tones. "Are you sure there was nothing wrong with that spider?"

The scientist answered quickly in fear of making his current situation any worse.

"Yes, quite, we had separated the poisonous subject's from those in who have been de-fanged, quite early on, those who are still fanged are kept in the weapons department, there should be no way for the spider to have been able to bite those two students….even then that young man went ahead and crushed the spider, it's impossible to decipher if that spider had somehow been able to grow its fangs back….although such a situation is technically possible, it hasn't happened before, this kind of stuff would never hold up in court…"

The scientist went on with his rant, doing his best to reassure the young man in front of him.

Harry looked towards all the other scientists in their little circle and saw all of them nodding their heads. Each one of these people was the head of their research projects, thus they were familiar with all the procedures they would have to go through before they could bring out these different yet 'harmless' creatures out from out back. They knew that the head of the Spider division was speaking the truth.

Harry then looked to his right at his father's Secretary, Samantha.

Samantha was covered in sweat, currently on the phone with his father, from what he could hear, his father was cussing up a storm, shouting vulgarities like a sailor gone bad...he then heard his name come up...hearing this Harry knew he was about to get it...

"Harry...your father want to-to t-talk to you.." Samatha held out her Razor flip phone, shaking slightly.

Before he could hear his father's mouth shoot off, Harry heard a commotion go off in the larger circle to the side of his group.

"Father, I'm sorry there's been a change in the situation, I'll talk to you later." Harry hung up the phone as quickly as possible, then walked to the main circle's group pushing his way through.

The group behind him scrambling to follow.

"Uggghhh."

Peter could be seen sitting up, with a hand to his pale face, the other pushing against the floor, trying to stable himself.

"Peter!" Cindy no longer able to hold herself back, threw herself on top of the recently recovered Peter...whether she did so out of worry or some other nefarious purpose was unknown, she herself might not even know.

Peter, finding himself with a new burden pressing against himself, fell back down onto the ground...surprisingly, however, he felt no pain, only an aching soreness, that too however faded, he soon smelt something...heavenly, whatever was making this scent was truly quite a blessed thing, that's what Peter thought at least until he heard a voice call out once more, causing Peter to open his eyes.

"Peter, are you alright?! Cindy! Get off of him!" Gwen's distressed voice echoed in Peter's ears.

Peter looked down and saw a red-faced Cindy holding onto him quite tight, looking as if she wouldn't let go no matter what. Peter took another deep whiff, recognizing the scent coming from Cindy, Peter looked distracted.

Peter then looked up and was surprised to see a whole group of people staring at himself right now.

Peter only recognized around half of them, and only two of them were people he knew.

Gwen was looking at him, half in worry and half in helplessness, she looked down at Cindy in wonder and frustration, Peter in his mind had an inkling as to why, yet he felt quite helpless in this matter.

Peter then saw his Teacher on the phone, he overheard his conversation and was able to mentally piece things together. The others surrounding him and Cindy were the tour group he was a part of, the others were probably bystanders such as employees.

Peter decided to speak up,

"Cindy I'm alright, please get up, I'd like to make sure everything's alright." Peter softly reached out to Cindy's shoulder, upon contact he felt an electric spark, shocking him to his core, judging by how much Cindy jumped as a response he wondered if Cindy felt that as well.

Cindy in fact did, Peter's touch sent her reeling, Cindy wasn't a fool, she knew about her deeper feelings for Peter, but they had always remained just that, deep, hidden to almost all but herself. Yet when she felt Peter lay a hand on her, all those feeling rushed forth, in a way like never before, her body ached, in certain places that they never had before.

Her face flushed up even further than prior, she pushed herself off of Peter and sat up, her face down, looking at the floor, doing her best to control her body and blush both.

Peter seeing Cindy back away got up once more, quicker than prior, he did a self-examination on his body, testing his immediate senses then his appendages, trying to do movement and see if there was a problem with his nervous system. He raised a hand to his throat, reaching for his pulse with his index and middle fingers outstretched. After running every self-check he knew, Peter found the only odd thing's about him was a weakness, as if he was having difficulty moving, after standing up, Peter just attributed it to fatigue, the other strange thing was the very obvious bite mark on his hand, it was red and sore, as well as a bit numb.

Peter finally looked around himself once more and noticed the strange glances he was receiving, the people around him were looking at him like he was an alien.

Peter decided not to give it any mind. He looked towards Gwen and said.

"Gwen, I'm fine, just feeling a bit weak...it probably has to do with my 'condition'."

Gwen hearing Peter's words grew calm and let loose a sigh of relief. She then looked towards Cindy and asked out.

"Cindy are you alright?" Cindy at this point in time had been able to restrain herself.

"Mmm, I'm fine, just tired." Cindy responded somewhat exhausted.

Peter at this point in time remembered that he wasn't the only one bitten, he looked toward Cindy's neck and worried. Peter saw only a slight and small red bump, it looked as if it was already healing up at a perverse speed, quite different than his own mark.

Cindy saw Peter staring at her so intently and her body began to grow red and numb once more, she looked down and did her best to calm down once more.

Gwen seeing this thought back to the fact that the spider that had bitten her two friends before her and thought back to the fact that Peter had saved her from its bite, this made her heart go aflutter. Gwen did her best to bury this feeling, she knew best how Peter felt about MJ, and she didn't want to get in the way of two of her best friends. Thus she buried her feelings doing her best to look past them, but who wouldn't be further enamored by having their crush come to their rescue.

Peter saw his teacher begin to approach him in his peripheral vision.

"Mr. Ramirez, I'm alright, although I would like to call my Doctor now and take a visit, if it's possible when the ambulance comes could you please tell them of the situation? I'll give them the address."

Peter's Teacher was still quite shaken thus instead of doing his job as the adult in the situation, he simply nodded his head and went to the front of the building to await the Ambulance's arrival.

Harry stood forth with his group of Scientists and spoke up.

"Mr. Parker wasn't it?"

Peter saw Harry come forth and begin to speak and chuckled.

"Call me Peter, Mr. Osborn, how may I help you?"

"Please If I can call you Peter then you have to call me Harry, Peter I've already received word from the scientists in charge of the Spider exhibit and received their word that the Spider that attacked you and Miss Cindy here, was in fact already de-poisoned, we have the paperwork and lab work to prove it. Thus you shouldn't have too large of a worry with regards to any possible repercussions, a simple doctor's visit should clear you with a clean bill of health...should anything actually happen, I'm sure my father would be happy to compensate you two."

Peter, truthfully already expected something like this to happen. Though he didn't expect it to come from the bored-looking Harry Osborn. Peter spoke up and responded calmly.

"As an aspiring scientist myself I understand the possible risks in the field, however, I'm only speaking for myself. With regards to Cindy I won't speak up, however, I should warn you Cindy's mother is a scientist herself, Nari Moon, a leading expert in her field."

Harry and more importantly the scientists surrounding him grew shocked, and a few shades paler.

Cindy hearing all the commotion, looked towards the group once more, doing her best to avoid looking at Peter and said.

"If everything is alright like you all said then it's fine, I'm sure my mother won't press very harshly, however, if anything actually does happen then prepare yourselves."

Harry began clearing the surroundings, sending people back to work, and had Samantha take the majority of the Tour group back to the main laboratory.

Peter and Cindy received a few well-wishes from some of the Teachers and older students.

The surrounding had quieted down somewhat when Harry approached Peter once more.

"Peter, I'm sorry all of this happened, but it doesn't change the fact that it has, I have to contact my father and give a report now, so if you'll excuse me."

Peter rushed forward to respond. "Don't worry about it, do what you have too, hey Harry?"

"Mm? Yes?"

"What school are you going to next year?"

"Oh...I'm trying to go to Midtown High, why?"

"I just remembered that professor's earlier words is all, we're actually going to Midtown too, I'll see you next year!"

Harry hearing Peter's words went still for a moment, he then smiled and said.

"Mmm, I look forward to it!"

It had been around ten minutes since Peter's awakening and the ambulance had arrived, Peter's teacher rushed into the room with two EMT's and pointed at Peter.

"There, that's my student Peter, you may speak with him."

The two EMT's walked over to Peter and Cindy and asked.

"You two are the ones bitten? If so then please, enough nonsense, a black widow bite isn't anything to scoff at. We have to get you two to the hospital, now!"

One of the two spoke up, quite urgently.

"Sir, please calm down, while it's true that were bitten, but we've already received word that the spider was de-poisoned, although we feel a bit fatigued, I was hoping you would take us to my Doctors place of work, it's only a few blocks from here. My teacher could get a ride while you drive us over, I'll call them now if you'd like, we should also call our guardians."

The two EMT's looked towards the few scientists left in the surroundings and received their guarantee's, thus they acquiesced and began the process of escorting the two to the Ambulance. Gwen was following close behind, Mr. Ramirez slightly behind her.

When they finally reached the ambulance the two EMT's went to inform Gwen.

"I'm sorry miss, you can't come on."

Gwen hearing this went quiet and was about to step back, however, before she could, Peter spoke up.

"She has to come, she knows my Doctor well, and she was aware of the happening while I was out, she'll be able to explain things appropriately. Besides shes our friend."

Cindy nodded to Peters words and looked imploringly at the two EMT's.

The two eventually relented and allowed Gwen to board the vehicle.

The doors shut to the outside world as the three were then driven to the Baxter Building.

*Authors Note*

It's finally here! A day late and a bit shorter then I would've hoped...but it's here...

Alright here's the skinny, the holiday season has really cut into my free time, like drastically, that and school and work has left me really drained as of late.

Before anyone asks no I'm not going on hiatus, as I've already had a few PM's asking me that...like seriously.

This has been a real mood killer and has begun to affect my writing, what I once was able to churn out in half the time is now taking twice as long. Which suck big ass ball's.

The whole "a chapter every three days" thing is really starting to seem impossible, it would totally be possible if I were to just limit a chapter to 3000 words as I had originally planned, however, things don't always go as planned. Whenever I write, I write until a chapter feels right, thus 3000 words a chappie just doesn't seem feasible. I stated it prior, this is not only my first Fanfiction but also my first writing project in general. and it has shaped up into something much larger than I thought it would, with around 10,000 words a chapter being the usual ratio, I've already written around 80,000-ish words...which still blows my mind.

It could just be the holiday season being majorly stressful, maybe by the time it's left us, I'll be back to my usual pace, however, as of right now it has most definitely eaten into my time, energy and as sucky as it is to say, my passion for this novel.

This is why for the rest of the holiday season, I.E the rest of November(whatever little of it remains) and December, I'll be writing as much as I can, what this means is you shouldn't be checking the site or waiting for a chapter to come out every three days. I'll still be writing however, I just don't know how many chapters will come out during this time, or if any actually will. (though I imagine there will)

Also, it's come to my attention that the Astral Realm sequences can be a bit hard to read, or follow as it were, for those of you who agree with that sentiment, know that this will be the last Astral Realm segment for a while coming, though the totems might still appear, they will more than likely do so in Peter's dreams and psyche, or converse with him mentally.

I'm really a bit drained and tired right now, I was up all night finishing this chapter and then editing it, it's currently 3:15 pm where I am, and I just want to post this then get about 4 hours sleep before I have some night classes.

If any of you have any questions or concerns about things, feel free to leave a review, I'll respond in a PM as quickly as possible.

This has been your ever useless author, MisterMC. signing off, later peeps!