Chapter 2
The Parade
As the car drove through the city streets of New York, More and more people were either walking or standing behind event fences. "Guess we're getting close to time square." Said Peter as he looked out the window. "More than close buddy. This is your stop." The car suddenly went to a stop as the driver pressed on the breaks. "Alright, ladies and gentlemen, please exit the vehicle with all of your personal items in a calmly way." Said the driver in a robot accent. "Thanks buddy, and keep the change." Peter pulled out 2 dollar bills and gave it to the driver as he exited the vehicle. Then the taxi sped off on the road and out of sight. Peter, MJ, and Meg walked through crowds of people as they walked on the sidewalk.
After about 9 minutes they came across time square which was completely filled with about a dozen civilians. The group of trio found a place an open space behind an event fence, that was big enough for the three of them. They leaned on the fence and observed the road from left to right. On their right the leading parade band started to get in position. On the left side was of the road, there were passive crowds of people on there side of the road and the other. On the side that Peter, MJ and Meg , 2 people merged from the crowd to an open spot that was right next to the event fence. The person who was closer to the fence was a women in her 30's with curly blonde hair, light blue eyes and wearing a white strapped shirt that was covered by a pink buttoned up jacket, and wearing a white shirt , and she was holding a microphone in her right hand .
The person that was with her was a man that seemed to be 32 years old, he had on a yellow buttoned up shirt and a dark navy blue jacket along wearing blue jeans and had on dark brown tennis shoes on his feet. On top of his brown hair he had a baseball cap that was facing backwards. He was holding a large news camera that was aiming at the girl. Mary Jane was the first to notice the pair as they merged from the crowd . "Look, there's Audrey and Animal right over there." She said getting Peter and Meg's full attention. "Well that's my cue , see you guys in the crowd ." Said MJ just as she was heading to Animal and Audrey but not before giving Peter a quick kiss on his lips.
Just as Mary Jane disappeared into the crowed , Peter turned to Meg " So what should we do while we wait." "Maybe see if your cousins are here yet and try and find them." Replied Meg. "Aright then." Said Peter as he and Meg started to head to the right. Just as Peter took 2 steps a hand grab his shoulder causing him to flinch and Meg to gasp as they turned around quickly to see who's hand it was. The hand belong to a men that seemed to be 25 years old , he had one a Tennessee black jacket on and black tennis shoes and he had a red backpack with yellow strips going across the front and where the zipper is. He had brown hair and his eyes were light blue like the ocean. "Davis" said Peter and Meg surprised.
"You know you always look funny when you get spooked Pete." Replied Davis Meg went up to Davis and gave him a friendly hug and received a hug back from Davis. After Meg and Davis were done embracing themselves Peter came up to Davis and shook his hand. "It's good to see you Davis how's it going working at Stark Industries?" asked Peter. "It's going great , Stark and I just finished making our giant robotic spider and its working perfectly . "That's sounds awesome , I'll put it on my list of things to do. Anyway if I may ask, what brings you here to time square?" asked Peter. "I was finishing up some upgrades when I heard about the parade and while I was on my way Meg told me that you're meeting your cousins here too, and she and I thought that it would be cool to meet them." "Of course, it'll be totally cool ." Replied Pete. Just Before Peter could finish his sentence he felt a vip form his left jean pocket. Peter reached his hand into his pocket and pulled out his phone , on the screen a message read " Noah: We're at the festival can you come get us ." "It's my cousins, they're at the festival and they're asking for me o get them." "Alright will save our spot for the others while you get your cousins." Said Meg "Alright I won't be long." Said Peter as he started to walk away from Meg and Davis, leaving to go back to where he and Meg were at.
As Peter walked out of the crowed he came across a row of white tents parallel to each other with tables full with different kinds of food and drinks on each table. Peter thought that he should get a drink before continuing to find his relatives. Just as Peter was going to get himself a Sprite , a young man that seemed to be in his 20s but a year older than Peter approached him. He had dark brown hair and he had on a blue hooded jacket , blue jeans and black tennis shoes. He was as tall as Peter was. His eyes were light blue like the evening sky. "Buy me a drink buddy?" he asked.
As soon as Peter laid his eyes on him ,he suddenly recognized the guy in a heartbeat. "Ryan Dockery?" , "In the flesh." Replied Ryan. Peter both gave each other a pat on the shoulder before they continued talking. "I'm actually surprised you're in New York, it s great to see you ."Thanks man and I'm not the only person here." "Wait What?" replied Ethan. Just as Ryan said that 5 more people emerged from the crowd . There's 2 men and three women, they all seemed to be in there 20's as well. One man was in a police uniform, his hair at the front seemed to go upwards and his eyes were light green like leaves in the spring. The second man had black curly hair and wore glass s that shielded his black eyes , he wore a black sweat shirt and long blue jeans and wore black shoes. The first girl was skinny , had long brown hair that went over her solders , her eyes were also brown and she had on a dark navy blue jacket on and a small yellow backpack . The second girl was as tall as the first but had curly light brown hair, brow eyes , and she had one a strapped shirt , dark gray jeans , and a purple jacket on. The third girl had long brown hair that went over her shoulders as well and brown eyes but she was wearing a light blue strapped shirt and jeans , along with a black Converse .
" Tynan , Andy, Carmen , Maria , Sara?" Peter asked the people from the police officer to the third girl who appeared. " Nice to see ya Pete." Said Carmen. "Same to you guys." " And Tynan wow you're a police officer ." said Peter surprised. " Actually I'm the new Police Captain." Replied Tynan showing Peter his police badge that had police captain on it. "And I'm a Journalist ." said Sara. "And Carmen , Maria, and I are marine biologist , we study marine life. I Collect marine samples , Maria studies them , and Carmen documents then." Said Ryan. "Wow that's cool bro , really cool." "And 'm a computer designer , I help computers that contain viruses. " Said Andy.
"Anyway what do you do in the glorious city of Manhattan ." Asked Carmen humorously. " I work at the Daily bugle , I usually work on the bugle s website , but mostly take pictures of Spider-man." "Awesome you get to work with electronics and take pictures of your favorite super hero, that's amazing." Said Carmen. "Yeah it really is." Said Peter with a thought in his mind saying , "They have no idea." "SO what brings you all to New York." Asked Peter. "We thought of coming here for thanksgiving break and also to see you." Said Tynan ."
"Out of curiosity , what brings you to seeing the parade." Asked Ryan. "The Bugle wants their best photographer to get pictures of the raft , also my relatives are visiting and I'd meet them here." "Peter!" yelled a man voice getting Peter's attention and his friends. The voice belonged to a man who looked to be in his mid 20s , he was wearing a light blue hooded jacket, he had short yellow hair over his head and mix of green and blue eyes. He seemed about 1 inch taller than Peter was. On his left was a young woman with brown yellowish hair with brown eyes who was in her 20s but younger Peter is. But she was Peter s height. "Noah, Jessica?" Peter asked . The man replied "Peter!" "Hey there ." Followed the girl in the conversation. The duo race toward Peter and Jessica gave him a hug while Noah gave him a pat on the back. "Wow you great and a little different." " I've been working out." Replied Peter. " Oh Noah , Jessica these are my high school friends Ryan Dockery, his girlfriend Maria, Tynan O Connell and his girlfriend Sara, Andy , And Carmen Dosev. Guys these are my cousins Noah and Jessica." Said Peter .
"Nice to meet you both." Said Tynan. "Ah Carmen, so you're the lucky girl who got Peter's attention." Said Noah giving Peter the (your in love) look. "What's he mean by that?". "I told him about the time I asked you to go to homecoming with me during our Sophmore year." Answered Peter. "Oh" . "Relax Peter you know we love teasing you ." said Noah. "Speaking of we aren't - -." Before Peter could finish a women's voice yelled. "NOAH ,where 'd you go ." The group and Peter turned to see the person who shouted a women in her early 20s with brown eyes like Peter s , she hand long brown hair. Next to her was an English yellow lab with brown eyes and a blue color with yellow flowers all over it. "Who's that?" asked "You mean the angry lady , that's my younger and stubborn sister. "She's visiting too. Show is- -" just before he could finish another women who had on a ponytail and mixture or blue, green, and grey.
Then 3 more girls showed up the first one taller than Peter but shorter then Noah. was wearing a grey hooded jacket and jeans along with black converse, the second girl has curly brown hair and was as the lady with blue eyes and was wearing a blue and black winter jacket , the final girl out of the 3 had black curly hair and is wearing a black jacket with a hooded shirt what all 3 of them had in common was that they have brown eyes. "And the lady with blue eyes , that s my twin sister Meghan Parker, the other one is Brooke, and the next 2 are her sisters Keeley and Reagan and finally the cute little dog is Bella." Peter finished as the Emily , Meghan, Brooke, Keeley, Reagan, and Bella approached the group.
"Hey everyone glad you could make it. " I see you're still taking pictures Peter , how much money are you getting." Asked Emily. "Great how s soccer going." "Come on guys lets not start an argument ." said Meghan. "Hey Brooke , Keeley, Reagan these are my high school friends Ryan Dockery, Maria, Carmen Dosev , Sara , Tynan o Connoll , and Andy. Friends these are also my cousins Brooke , Keeley, and Reagan." "It's great to meet you guys Pete's told us a lot about you." Said Keeley. "Its great meet you guys , and just to say it it s great to meet some of Peter's relatives ." said Ryan. "Thanks Ryan ." replied Noah. Bella walked up to Carmen and gave her an exciting hello by swaying her body next to her leg. Carmen bent down and petted her and giving the dog a smile. "She's really cute and funny." "Thanks , she loves seeing new faces." Before Peter could continue a whistle went off coming from the leader of the parade , announcing that the Thanksgiving Parade is about to start. " The parade's about to start , come on guys I have spot for us to get a good view of it." "Will we all be able to get to fit?" asked Ryan. "Yeah with an 80% chance." Peter walked through the crowed trying not to push anyone down , following behind Noah, Ryan, Jessica, Carmen , and the rest are following behind also trying not to push anyone down.
Meghan and Emily were having a harder time getting threw the crowed because Bella kept coming up to Civilians and trying to get them to pet her but they Emily was able to calm her down eventually. "Hey Meg , Davis over here." Peter yelled as Davis and Meg are in the same spot they were earlier before Peter went looking for his relatives , Davis was the first to here Peter threw the crowd and see him followed by a people he never meat before except for Carmen, Ryan ,Tynan, Maria, Andy, and Sara . "Hey guys sorry it took me a while to get back." "No worries at all buddy." Said Davis. "Davis Henry , Meg Langhorne Brant. I'd like you to meet my cousins Noah and Jessica Ethrige, Brooke ,Keeley , Reagan Doyle , and my twin sister Meghan Parker , my younger sister Emily Parker , and her dog Bella. " Guys ,this Davis Henry and Meg Langhorne." "Nice to meet you guys." Said Meg . "Nice to meet you too said." Said Jessica. "You guys remember Ryan , Tynan, Andy, Maria, and Sara from high school right?" asked Peter. "Yeah I remember you guys." Said Davis.
"Guys look the floats are already coming down the street and Holy Crap look at that." Yelled Brooke getting the others full attention. Coming from the groups side was a castle like float being pulled by Woog , walking like a robot alongside Dweeb and Rex , Elsa was on his back opening her wings like she was a robot too. On the balcony of the float ,Louie and Celicia along with R J,Alex, and Stacey were enjoying the parade. Louie was the one that was holding the ropes that were attached to Woog as he pulled the float down the road. "Wow I know they're robots but they look so real." Said Jessica who was now against the event fence . "You guys have no idea." Thought Peter. "Out of all the parade's I've been in and watched this one's the best I've been to." "I like this one to Ryan." Replied Andy. Noah s attention suddenly turned from the parade and to a man and women in their 20s that he recognized in a heartbeat. "Hey Peter look , this that who I think it is." "Oh My gosh , I'll be back." Replied Peter before walking towards the couple. "Who's that?" Ryan asked curiously, "There friends of the family," answered Noah.
The couple seemed to be looking for someone threw the massive crowd as Peter came closer. "Conor ,Molly?" yelled Peter getting their full attention. Connor wore a light blue sweatshirt hoody and wore blue jeans , tennis shoes. His hair was dark brown and looked a little shaggy but the rest of it pointed upward over his brown eyes . His younger sister Molly wore a ponytail that kept her dark brown yellowish hair in a knot , she wore a strapped shirt and jeans but unlike her brother , her eyes were brown too . The moment they saw Peter they speed-walked to him and Molly was the first to greet him with a friendly hug and a smile. "AH it's great to see you Peter, it's been too long." "Same to you guys , I missed you both." Replied Peter. "Wow buddy you look great , what have you been up to ?" asked Connor. , "I been working out," replied Peter. "What brings you guys to the Big Apple on the beginning of thanksgiving." "We were trying to think of what to do this break , then Molly suggested that we'd visit you and I said let's do it and surprise you." "Well I'm surprised and I got some people I'd like you guys to meet." Peter lead Connor and Molly to where everyone else was.
They were now completely focused on the Parade cause Rex started to dance and Sing just like how Louie told Peter the first time they were at a parade. "Hey Peter you gotta see this , the T-rex just started singing and dancing." "Wow you right Ryan it is , oh and this Connor and Molly, Connor and Molly this is Ryan Dockery and that's Carman Dosev, Andy, Tynan, Maria, and you remember my relatives and siblings.'' As Peter and the gang are enjoying the parade from the crowd MJ is siting in a chair in front of a table confronted by news cameras, on her left Audrey Tatopoulos in a chair sat up and ready to broadcast the news. "This is Audrey Tatopolus with an exclusive look of this year s Thanksgiving Parade, today's interview we have a special guest from the Daily Bugle reporter Mary Jane Parker, A.K.A Mary Jane Watson." "Hey Peter your lady on's the big screen." Said Noah looking on the Time Square Jumbotron. "Wow she's really pretty Pete, and also really lucky.". "Thanks Ryan!" Replied Peter. "Roll back the Rock," " roll back the rock" , "Turn back the clock," "turn back the clock" sang Rex and groups of kids that seemed to be 8 to 9 years old at the front of the crowd joining in.
"Roll back the rock to the Dawn of Time and sing this song with me." Finished Rex. As the crowed applaud rex s performance Peter s facial expression turned from enjoyment to shock . "Spidey sense," he thought to himself as a tingling feeling seemed to flow threw his body. Meg and Davis turned to see Peter who seemed to be looking for something and with that concerned face that they recognized , they knew what that meant. "What is it ?" asked Meg . Peter was about to answer when his spider-sense detected something that was stored in a building ; then he detected other similar objects stored in multiple buildings surrounding the parade and from the constant beeping from all of them they sounded like BOMBS. Suddenly they all started beating rapidly,
"EVERYBODY GET DOWN NOW," he yelled just before waves of fire exploded out of the buildings. The crowds cheers changed to screams as the buildings exploded around them. Peter, Davis, Meg and the others ducked for cover while the Rex ,Tweeb,Woog, and Elsa were covered by a large balloon that popped from the explosion. On the castle float Louie ,Cecilia , R J, Alex, and Cassie could only watch in horror as the buildings around them start to burn. Alex s attention was suddenly turned to something coming towards them from the distance. "Hey guys I think I can see the police coming." "Wait a minute , those aren't the police , they're Insurgent s ," answered R J.