A poignant silence had fallen on the rooftop of one parker industries; Man and demon lord staring each other down, ready to fight .

No words were exchanged, the arachnid hero making his way out of the ruined summoning circle as mephisto observed him impassively.

And then... Peter acted .

He shot out a web, grabbing one of the fallen evokers on the ground , and after holding it in his hands for a short amount of time , he pointed it to his temple.

And pulled the trigger.

The shattering of glass filled the air , and under the surprised eyes of Rise and Mary jane , Peter's persona manifested itself in bright blue light .

It was ... surprising to say the least .

It had a humanoid look with a fairly large frame , maybe a little bigger than arachne , but its limbs and body much like spider-man betrayed both power and speed despite them also having a mechanical look,only instead of white, it's red and blue patterns mimicking the famous costume .

The persona stood tall matching the demon lord's height and clutching it's fists . All six of them .

Peter's persona was the idea of Spider-Man itself.

Mephisto could feel it's power . 'Impressive... but not impressive enough' he thought with a satisfied smirk. .

Without , a moment to spare the fight began .

Spider-Man , the persona , immediately went on the offensive , charging and punching from every angle as mephisto called barriers blocking each attack . It seemed as ineffective as arachne's assault .

That is until the onslaught sped up , the persona acrobatically dancing around his opponent and a single punch getting through , hitting mephisto square in the jaw .

Reeling back, massaging his face the demon lord... smirked once again .

Peter narrowed his eyes and prepared the evoker , as mephisto summoned a fiery red sword and charged putting spider-man on the defensive .

That is until the shattering of glass resounded out once more . And a new persona summoned by Peter joined the clash , a mechanical angel shooting a powerful beam of light , pushing back the demon lord .

For the first time the demon's countenance showed surprise . He stared at both personas being summoned at the same time . " interesting " he said " so this is what happens when you combine the wild card with the costitution of a metahuman . But how long can you keep that up ?"

Peter didn't answer , stoically staying silent as a single bead of sweat appeared on his forehead .

It didn't go unnoticed by Mephisto who finally talked again " Well , i suppose I can only answer in kind "

He made his sword disappear before plunging a hand inside of himself surprising his opponents .

That surprise raised once the demon's hand came out with a large red spider which mephisto promptly and gorily devoured to the spider-family shock .

His forced connection to the web of life complete, stolen with the totemic energy of Peter he had been gathering , Mephisto started laughing as his frame started shifting and enlarging turning into a spider abomination with the demon lord's face using multiple skycscrapers as support to it's massive frame made of misshappen limbs , humanoid and spider , wailing facades along it's belly, and disgusting spider-legs .

Under the shock of both MJ and Rise , peter simply raised his head , and pulled the trigger again.

As a large blue skinned figure in traditional indian attire appeared and raised it's wand a powerful red, green , and blue aura surrounding peter and his personas . The battle began anew .

The battle grew in intensity with each strike and attack, for every spell conjured by mephisto peter summoned a new persona to counter it , for every powerful strike dealt on the demon, mephisto grew bigger and stronger , sapping other spider totems across the multiverse to near exausthion.

But things didn't look up for our hero . After having summoned and arrayed all of his personas,one for each arcana , keeping up the onslaught with every single one of them , he was at the limit of his energies .

And it showed .

Bloodshot eyes , panting heavily and on his knees , a drip of blood coming from his left nostril , peter had never felt this tired . Maybe his endless first battle with morlun came close but something draining on this scale , this fast, was a first even for him.

"Pete.. " he looked to the side seeing MJ on the ground as the battle raged on " I know you can't stop even if it's killing you " her mask off , the concern marring her features and voice was clear but the icy determination in the red head's eyes shook peter out of his funk . She continued " but i want you to know , that i believe in you. I believe that you can finish this and get us all home beacause you promised to me that you always will and you never let me down before . So , why start now Tiger ?"

Peter took a deep breath and stood back up as MJ smiled to him and put the evoker to his temple before closing his eyes .

As he started to focus , Spider-Man started glowing and raising into the air surrounded in a blue aura.

Until with a gesture, blue ethereal webs shot out of it , grasping every single persona fighting and calling them to itself forming into a coocon around the now clustered entities.

"NO!" Mephisto screeched " I won't let you !"

He shot a massive wall of flames headed straight toward peter .

Until suddenly arachne's frame stood in it's way .

" armageddon..." MJ whispered letting down the evoker she was still clutching in her hand .

And so the spider-woman held a small spark of pure flame between her hands before closing them in a prayer gesture , unleashing a flame so powerful that it stopped the demon lord's powerful attack and cleared the skies over the island of both lesser demons and clouds ,and as arachne returned to Mary jane . Peter's eyes opened, irises glowing of a perfect blue velvet .

And then he shouted, to the horror of the demon lord "ANANSI!"

The cocoon shattered as a persona of the world arcana stood tall , A bald , dark skinned figure with a lithe frame , barely smaller than it's previous form , holding a wooden walking stick.

The avatar of the spider-god raised it staff , as treads of perfect shining silk like strings immobilized mephisto , constricting him to the point of drawing blood out of it's massive frame .

"stay away from my family ... and go back to hell !"

Anansi lowered it's staff, calling forth a massive ball of white energy that hit the demon-spider face first , severing it's connection to the web , restoring the drained spider-energies and annilathing Mephisto out of the realm sending it back to his own ,as a giant flash of light engulfed the city blinding everyone watching it for miles.

The last thing peter saw before losing consciousness was three figures standing in front of him .

And then darkness.

AN: all fight , all chapter but it was very necessary to close out Mephisto's menace , next is the epilogue , longest chapter of exposition , and the effects of the deal being undone with some help from some benevolent figures. And a couple of surprises for Peter . see ya soon

R&R