DISCLAIMER: I DON'T OWN STUFF OTHER THAN MY "PLOT"
Started: 3/29/18
Ended: Whatever day it was put up
Revised 4/9/18, Like WTF I put ready instead of read WHY DIDN'T ANYONE SAY ANYTHING. My high school English teacher would be disappointed.
Chapter Start(AN will also explain something that has become an interesting idea that could make for good stuff here, and it means incorporating other Spider-Man comics)
Sorry if you were notified about this chapter, I kinda forgot to do some proofreading so now it's back up.
Peter Parker, Baxter building, Monday 8am
The rest of Saturday and Sunday were uneventful. Another Big Zam type of guy didn't pop up,but he was sure another villain would show up. Once one of them got ballsy enough to show up, the rest would eventually come out of the woodwork. And now it was Monday and the big reveal of the Daily Bugle's piece of PI. Peter didn't sleep well, the anticipation keeping him up, and hoping it'll turn things around. He got out of his impromptu room and headed towards the CEO office confident Harry would be there as well. As he walks in Harry ushers Peter over to his computer to show him the online headline for their story.
The Great Responsibility
"That could be taken as good or bad Harry. Have you read it yet?"
"A little bit, sit down lets read the rest."
As Harry and Peter were reading the Parker Industries piece written by various Bugle writers contributing to it. Overall it was a piece that vindicated Parker Industries and explained well the decisions Peter made. Even the ability for people to get their data from their phones was mentioned. The piece didn't have too many holes for the public to try and turn it around, except maybe Jonah could do it, it's one of his many skills.
Then the office phone rang. Seems like a crowd of reporters were outside of the Baxter Building, hoping for a statement from Peter. A public statement at this moment could only help, and Peter capitalized on this by going down to the lobby to address the crowd out front.
Once outside he is bombarded by questions and decides to just answer as much as quickly as possible.
"Parker Industries has always prided itself on serving the larger public by providing the best technology and services. Our partnership with Spider-Man further emphasized our willingness to help people, but lately the situation around the world put us in a situation to stand by our ideals, or abandon them to stay in business. We have helped to save and feed so many people around the world, but had to make a tough decision in disabling our Webware line of product and services to stop its seizure and abuse. We can't offer the best technology services in the industry anymore, but we still want to strive to help people as best we can. Very soon Parker Industries will allow access to a repository of all our customers backed up information from our Webware devices and services. Everyone will be able to retrieve their information using the usual credentials that would have been required for our Webware products. I am sorry for the unexpected inconvenience I caused. I simply didn't want Hydra to use everyone as pawns in their plot for conquest. I'm not a perfect person, but I've always been taught to do the right thing and I had a personal responsibility to not let our users and technology to be turned against everyone. I'm sorry to everyone who lost their job. I never expected that I would have to betray the trust of my employs to protect our users, I wish I could have protected everyone but that wasn't possible in that situation. Even though I betrayed everyone's trust, Harry, Aunt May, and myself hope that you'll support us in our shift away from a technology corporation. Helping out those in need has always been important to the Parker Industries family. It's why the Uncle Ben Foundation was created. Right now we want to shift to focus entirely on the Uncle Ben Foundation to assist the people of New York city and eventually the world. One day we hope that we can get back to helping everyone around the world and regain everyone's trust.
And with that Peter ended his statement to the press.
Back in the Baxter Building
After the public statement Peter went down to the basement to check in on the recovery efforts with Anna. Day in and day out she was swamped going through the exabytes of information to separate the user and company data. Plenty of research could be recovered and be useful for collaborations with research institutions or selling it to previous competitors since the Uncle Ben Foundation wasn't going to be a corporation. Special rules could even be negotiated so the Foundation could still use it in it's own people helping ventures.
Once he's down in the basement all Peter sees are rows and row of servers set up. Somehow Anna had set up the rest of the equipment. Peter had helped her the past week or so, but damn she sure went through a marathon to have had set up everything. People were going to be getting what's theirs soon. The only indication Anna was here was a note saying "It's done. Taking long nap." Peter just smirks and uses a pen nearby to write "OK".
From here Peter inspects everything making sure it was possible for people to reach their system and download their data. As long as someone still knew their Webware credentials they could download what was theirs. Obviously there would be a bunch that didn't and that meant using the small group in HR to verify these people on a case by case basis. There was an automated system to handle this, but this is New York some people were going to take it personally and go in person.
After a few hours of verifying everything was ready to go when they gave everyone access he got a text. Not just any text, but one from MJ. Peter wasn't expecting to hear from her so soon, but at least from her text he could tell she had some Panucci's and Panucci's is always good news.
Heading back topside he was hoping it was a meat lovers ooooooooh how it would hit the spot right now.
"Hey Tiger, I brought some celebration food. You're making waves."
"Thanks I haven't had anything all morning."
"Since your not a CEO anymore I brought some regular folk food, PIZZA."
"Well since you're an executive still, I guess I'll chow down all this Panucci's." And with that Peter takes the pizzas MJ is carrying.
With slight gasp and a fake offended face MJ replies, "You wouldn't let a lady starve would you? Guess I'll have to call in Aunt May and the Gentlemen Police."
"Fine I'll share."
Peter left some pizza in the staff room for his employees and went to the CEO office with MJ to check if Harry was there and have lunch.
"Oh hey Pete, MJ. You two brought pizza?"
"MJ brought them to celebrate our unofficially failed company."
"It's not a total failure, Harry and May are still around."
"Thanks I guess. Sorry I can't join you two for some pizza but Liz and I planned a tiny lunch date."
"Doesn't mean you can't sample a slice." Peter says while dangling a slice over Harry's head as he's leaving the office. Harry hops up and grabs the piece with his mouth.
"Aww man its Panucci's, so good." Harry comments as he's chewing the slice.
"I'll leave some grease stains on a few papers for you."
"You better not you slob". Harry tries to say while chewing and talking. By the time he makes it to the door and leaves the slice of Panucci's is verifiable gone.
"He calls me a slob, but he talks with his mouth full." Peter says with a pout.
"Is your room clean?"
"Ya, I get around it just fine."
"Climbing the walls and ceilings isn't normal, so ya you're a slob."
"If it works, it works."
As they slowly eat the pies begging to get devoured, both MJ and Peter were building up the courage to ask each other questions. There conversation at Starcuts was great, but before that they were both on edge due to Regent and his abduction of Miles and others. And even before that when Peter first launched Parker Industries and Octavius's deception was known to MJ, both of them were not on the same wavelength. Even Carlie Cooper was not on agreeable terms with Peter and very much on the same boat as MJ, get as far away as possible. Something always happened to halt and reverse any progress they may have made.
"So how long are you on vacation for MJ?"
"Not sure. Tony is finally out of his coma and his AI Friday has been running the company just fine, not much I can do directly."
"Wait Tony's back? I thought he died months ago?"
"We'll he kind of did, you know super hero stuff. He kept himself hidden and his AI self was basically going around being him. But he's back now, hasn't made a big announcement yet but pretty sure his mom is planning a big reveal for him."
"His parents died a long time ago." Peter says obviously confused.
"He's adopted."
"Damn, guess it's not that far out of an explanation, things get crazy sometimes."
"Pretty sure it isn't that much more crazy than your clones that were running around a couple years back."
"Um okay it isn't as crazy as that but I have a story that could top it though."
"Maybe another time, that grin on your face is telling me its a huge headache, one I don't want to have. What is your plan now that you're not a globe trotting CEO?"
"Focus on things here at home. I have a lot of people to make things up too. We don't have the resources to stay international with the Uncle Ben Foundation and there's no place better to improve than home. The world keeps getting more complicated and I feel that kids these days need mentors and people who can help them along and not push them to be a certain way. I'm also still trying to find balance in the force and all."
"You did pretty well as a CEO, I'm sure you'll do fine as a 'tutor."
"I could teach, but that would cut into my other job you know. Tutoring wouldn't be too bad either, something I could split with Anna to get us in parents good graces, but research is our expertise. Aunt May already has a few other locals ready to help out in shelters. Harry is still in contact a few other groups we could partner with to help clean up the city and take care of people. We'll have plenty to do, won't be any shortage."
"Things will be fine as long as you don't stretch yourself into 10 different directions. Your other job has hectic hours, and that first group of kids you've been 'tutoring' shouldn't be put under a lot of pressure either."
"Those kids have already been through a lot. They've be through somethings I didn't experience much later. I'm just trying to keep them alive and pass on a little advice. They can take care of themselves but they really want to shine on there own. Giving them some guidance on working as a team will keep them together even after tough days."
"Interesting, didn't you try to join the Fantastic Four by breaking into this building?"
"Ya, but the younglings don't know that. Pretty sure once they meet Johnny and I'm around he'll tell them anyways. It'll be good to give them an example of what NOT to do."
"That will be interesting to see, maybe you could get more moments like with 'Big Zam'."
"I didn't teach her that." Peter dismissed.
"Of course you didn't, just means she's a natural."
A little while later, Peter received an urgent message from the group, some Russian dude was running around the city with tattoos and a katana.
"Uhh, something came up MJ, some dude is running around with a katana."
"Can't Miles just web the guy up."
"The guy kinda whacked Spider-Boi hard with the grip of his katana and Nova is keeping the dude busy for now."
"Okay, stay safe." MJ finishes a little deflated that Peter is going off again.
Peter runs out of the office and his Mk IV armor activates and surrounds him in his familiar super suit.
Peter Parker, New York Skyline
As Peter is swinging he is scanning the airwaves for anymore information the authorities may be saying about this Russian guy, or other crimes also in progress.
Once he gets into the area Peter finds Miles sitting down, obviously in a daze.
"How you feeling."
"Really dizzy and kind of nauseous."
"Probably a concussion, stay here we'll take care of this guy."
"You know his guys name Nova?" Peter asks getting close to nova.
"I don't know we've just been calling him Ivan cause of his Russian accent."
"Miles couldn't disarm him with a webbing?"
"Guys has tattoos that flare up and seem to burn off anything around him except his clothes. It lasts a little bit then stops, but it was enough time that Miles got in close and was smacked hard before he could use his Venom blast. It was like the guy was super roided out and got really fast when he did it."
"Alright. You harass him from up above, maybe make a few decoys to confuse him. MS MARVEL, GO MINI ME!" Peter hands out his orders, with Ms. Marvel trying to stop Ivan by grabbing or kicking him in an enlargement form, but he was just ducking away and giving her small cuts as he did.
Peter decides to test out some of his different webbing types. First off he fired some electric webbing hoping this guy will get shocked, but no the dude just does his tattoos fire stuff and it's stopped inches from Ivan. had to back off a bit as well to get away from the heat. Nova simply kept blasting him from above and created a few light constructs as decoys. The decoys would rush in, but Ivan would just chop them up with his full sized katana. Peter went in for some hand to hand fighting and had a few close calls with Ivan's blade. Ivan was good with his blade, but he still hadn't heard him say anything like the others had.
"So comrade what brings you to the red, white and blue?" Peter asks while fighting.
"Revenge for cutting my life into pieces." Ivan says in a thick Russian accent.
"Well sorry, but there are plenty of good people out here you know. You have leather pants, no shirt, and a bald head, you'll fit in just fine with Vin Diesel."
"Capitalist pigs." Then Ivan decides 'Hey I'll try to slice this guy up'.
Peter fires more webbing at Ivan's feet to knock him down, but Ivan uses his crazy tattoo powers again. So Peter uses the one thing he knows can withstand some heat, some fast acting concrete webbing. He grabbed two capsules that were loaded in his web shooters and threw them at Ivan's feet. When they got close enough, the heat Ivan was giving off burst the capsules and made the webbing compound expand quickly around Ivan's feet and legs. Nova fly's in and spears into Ivan knocking him away with blocks of the concrete still on him. Then Kamala smacks an enlarged hand flat onto Ivan, stopping him. Peter secures Ivan's sword and places Ivan in more concrete to stop him in case he wakes up before being in custody.
"You two alright?"
"The guy cut me a couple times, just a lot of stinging." Kamala says.
"Alright the cops are already here lets take you and Miles to get fixed up."
With that Peter takes the two injured heroes along with Nova to the Baxter building to check their injuries.
End Chapter
A/N: In the start of chapter I mentioned an idea I've been thinking about that could be really cool. Time travel and going to different dimensions has popped up in Spider-Man comics lately and would be a cool way to expand the story. Spectacular Spider-Man, Spider-Man, and Spider-Men have all had some kind of time/dimension travel and I'm really feeling it in being a way to expand the scope of the story AND stay true to what I want this story to be. I have a lot of things in my head so I'm still trying to wrap my head around being a fic writer and being cohesive in my story. However side type adventures could be fun and also let me build things over time almost like story arcs.
Please leave reviews if you can, anything really to get more feedback and see what you guys are interested in the world or nerdom or geekdom or whatever you identify as. IE: I support all Apache Attack Helicopters. The rest of the AN is now explanations and other little updates
Explanations: This chapter is just tieing up the PI loose ends and setting the new direction in stone. I kinda rushed it and the statement wasn't epic or anything, but I just wanted to get it over with.
The MJ lunch is something I just did randomly to try and figure out how I'll get her away from Stark Industries by moving here into Peter's circle again. Her being in the Iron Man world just didn't make sense at all except for the weird love triangleish crap they were obviously trying to make. The inevitable is going to occur in the comics and Tony Stark is coming back even though he already WAS back but they're padding that fact to hell. Tony is actually heading towards some closure, but the whole 2 comics Peter Parker has committed to his current lore-self is kind of a mixed bag, with lots good moments and tid bits, but with an unclear pay off. And that little thing about Peters clones "years ago" is more like DECADES to us, but in comic book land its really only about 10-13ish years since Peter became Spider-Man. He's AT LEAST 25, not sure on exact canon age, but a few years in his past was basically the whole clone stuff. Ya comic books are weird, almost like their Earth year is 3 of ours sometimes. So expect some of these things about time and how far ago something was to be more in line with THEIR age not ours.
And finally to explain the last scene the fight was inspired by Game Grumps again, first thing that popped in my head to get a villain. Watch their Devil's Third play through that wasn't completed, its pure gold.
Beyond explanations I need to do research on Spider-Man villains to see who is available and active. Random original villains is "fine", but I gotta find some good stuff to bring the sweat. Besides Doc Ock, Gobby, and Rhino, and someone else I forgot, I don't know the status of the others. And Black Cat won't be a part of this story, she kinda doesn't matter anymore.
Aaaand I'm most likely getting a job near the bay area since I live in California and that means a few hours commute every day. So updates may turn into a single weekly chapter, just depends how quickly writing comes to me and if I'll have time to do it.