answers to reveiwers questions or statements:
rmarcano321: Used it because far as I know, there's been no Spider-man/ Tomb Raider crossover before.
marcoskowla: It's set in a universe that's sort of a mixture of the Tomb Raider reboot, MCU, the X-men cinematic universe and Ultimate comics, though Spider-man and Tomb Raider will be front in center. If the X-men or Avengers do show up in this story, it'll be brief.
chimera629: Knowing your faults is one thing, fixing them is another. He's 28, seven years older then Lara is.
Spawn Hades: A few things will be different but Peter wont be involved in some of the events of the first game as he'll be busy doing something else on the island.
Mezazra: Did it cross your mind that maybe he and Trinity want to maintain a low profile. Also, just because he's a famous archiologist dosent mean he's loaded like Lara is.
Guest: Maybe.
Bladewolf101: Possibly, they do have a good twenty days before the Endurance wrecks on Yamatai, plenty of time for two people who've gron up in this time to sleep with one another when their both sexually active and find the other attarctive.
MadmaxSpidey: For now it's just Peter and Lara and perhaps Silver Sable as well.
coki13566: Well he's not with them nesseicarily out of choice.
Chaos Sorcerer: He'll have his normal powers with no real alterations to them. Peter's 28 to Lara's 21 during the events of the game. His backstory is sort of a mix of his comicbook origins and a bit of orginality on my part.
Yohart Meltz: Maybe for the regular Solarii guys that he'll face on the island yeah but compared to the Oni, no not really. I say it'll put him on even terms with them. Peter is the kind of guy that would bring his gear on the off chance he might need some of it or all of it. The whole have it and not need it rather than need it and not have it kinda of mentality.
Hardlight: His powers will make it easier for him to deal with the Solarii, the Oni will be a little more difficult. But, this isn't Peter's first rodeo for Trinity.
Retrogamer7800: Yeah, she is. Not fan girl obsessed but more she admires what he's been able to accomplish and only be a few years older than her. Sort of like, hey if he can make it, I can too.
Disclaimer: I don't own any Marvel or Tomb Raider characters seen, mentioned or used.
It was well over a day and a half into their expedition before Peter ran into James Whitman and suffice to say, he came to dislike the man just a little more. And it wasn't because he thought the guy was a hack with a lame reality show.
"Why are you even here Parker?" Whitman said with a scowl as he and Peter were standing near the bow of the ship in the late morning of the expedition's second day at sea.
"Well in case it wasn't obvious, I'm enjoying the sun" Peter said with a lazy draw as he sat up against the ship's railing and looked up at the sky, mentally picking out shapes of various clouds that passed by "Enjoying the nice sea soothing breeze, heck I think I'll even start to work on my tan a bit while I'm at it"
James scowled at Peter as he stood above the man "That's not what I meant! I meant why are you here on this expedition? Your fields of study are Egyptian, not East Asia!"
"I know, try not to tell Egypt that I'm seeing bits of Asia on the side" Peter said with a grin "I don't think she'll take it too well and make me pay for it on my next trip there"
Peter had to resist the urge to laugh as he could actually hear Whitman grind his teeth together in rage at Peter's evasive answers, if they could be called answers. After several minutes of tense silence, James spoke in a angered tone that almost interested Peter.
"Your trying to steal credit for finding Yamatai aren't you?"
Peter quirked a brow at this as he turned to James "Really, that's why you think I'm here? Some good old fashion 'oh he's about to discover something amazing, let me steal the credit from him'"
"It's the only reason you'd come all the way out here!" James yelled at Peter, catching the attention of a few nearby crewmen.
"Or maybe I'm just hear to learn under such a great archeologist" Peter said as he tapped his chin in deep thought "I mean from what I've heard, this Croft girl's pretty smart"
James scoffed at this "Really? Your hear because of some pretty face?!"
"Aren't we all?" Peter asked with a smirk before he snapped his fingers "Oh yeah, that reminds me. How's the wife James? Heard about the divorce, real bummer"
"Screw you!" James said as he turned on his heel and literally stomped away "And don't even think you can swoop in and try to take any sort of credit for this expedition!"
"Trust me Whitman, if your involved in it in any shape of form, being connected to it is the last thing I want!" Peter hollowed towards the departing man "Some of us, namely me, have actual credibility they don't want to lose for being associated with a half ass Indian Jones reject!"
Whitman's response was to flip Peter off as he brushed pass the owner of the ship. Conrad Roth, and headed back inside. Roth watched the man go for a second before he turned his attention towards Peter with a slightly confused expression.
"Do I even want to know?"
"Whitman thinks I'm here to steal credit in the event that Yamatai is discovered" Peter said as he relaxed a little and went back to cloud gazing.
Roth hummed at that as he came to stand near Peter and stared out at the ocean "So why are you here then mister Parker? If what I remember is accurate, Egypt is your usual place"
"What can I say, walking through a scorpion infested dessert is interesting only for so long, you know this" Peter said with a yawn.
"Really?" Roth said in a tone that said he was anything but convinced.
"Yeah, really" Peter said as he aced his fingers behind his head and kept staring up at the sky "Plus, I like to think of this as a sort of mini-vacation. I mean, hello a almost free cruise through the Philippines sea, who wouldn't go?"
"People with a bit more sense or have something to lose" Roth said.
"Well if that's the case I can definitely say I'm going to lose my hair, a bit of my hearing and possibly my sanity being near Whitman for so long and in such close proximity" Peter snickered.
Roth smirked at this before he glanced back out to sea and Peter returned to his cloud watching but made sure to keep the older man in his line of sight. While Peter doubts Roth will figure out just why Peter really is there, the man was far smarter than he let on. Plus Peter has worked with the man in the past, when eh was on a archeological dig in Egypt and Roth and his men were hired to help transport and protect any artifacts discovered from thieves and mercenaries hired to acquire the artifacts for a shady private collector or two.
'Probably should watch him the most' Peter thought as he made out a cloud in the shape of a cat head.
Half an hour of silence passed before Roth eventually excused himself to the bridge while Peter remained where he was. It wasn't until the time reached the middle of the day and the sun's unforgiving heat and light were on Peter's face that he decided to move inside for something to hit, having had little for breakfast earlier. After climbing to his feet and stretching out his arms until he heard his shoulders pop, he made his way inside and towards the ship's galley.
"Hmm, lets see what Jonah's cooked up today" Peter said with some eagerness in his tone.
Up until now Peter has never had any Polynesian food before, but if what Jonah has made was any indication, he's been missing out.
"Note to self, visit Polynesia at some point" Peter said to himself as he made his way through the halls of the Endurance, passing several crew members along the way until he entered the ship's galley.
Most of the tables were already occupied with only a seat or two being available at any of them. Peter shrugged at this as he made his way towards Jonah as the man stirred something in a large pot that smelled wonderful in Peter's opinion.
"What up Jonah?" Peter said as he glanced at the pot the large man was stirring "What's on the menu for the day?"
"an old family recipe" Jonah said with a grin as he fetched Peter a bowl and pored some of the pot's contents into it.
"Dude, your family should a restaurant with this food" Peter said as he took the bowl of steaming soup "You'd be millionaires within a few months"
"Perhaps I will after this expedition" Jonah joked as he retrieved a few more bowls for more crew members entering the galley.
Peter picked up a spoon and glanced around the galley for a good place to sit. It was than he noticed Sam sitting at one table with none other than Lara Croft, the woman he's been sent to watch. Seeing that both women were distracted, and there was a seat open next to Lara, he silently made his way towards the duo. He came t a stop behind Lara before he cleared his throat and spoke in a polite tone.
"excuse me, can I sit here?"
"Yeah, sure..." Lara said offhandedly as her focus was divided between what Sam was rambling on about and a map with various sketches and her own personal notes marked on it.
Peter shrugged at this before he sat down next to her, but sending a bemused Sam a distinct wink "Thank you miss Croft"
"Yeah..." Lara said as she kept studying the map.
Sam shook her head at this "Wow Lara, is this how you treat your idols when you meet them in person?"
Lara frowned at this before she glanced at Sam "What are you talking about?"
Sam merely grinned at Lara who stated at her friend for a few seconds before her eyes widened and she paled "Please don't tell me"
"Afraid so babe" Sam smirked.
Lara slowly looked over her shoulder to see Peter sitting there with a smirk on his face "Idol huh?"
Lara stared at the man with wide eyes before she slammed her head into the table "Please, kill me now!"
Sam and Peter both broke out in laughter as the Croft heiress began to apologizing to Peter.
"I'm sorry Doctor Parker, I didn't mean to be so ru-"
"It's fine" Peter said with a grin "And please don't call me doctor, makes me sound even older than I really am"
Lara blushed at the man as she cleared her throat "O-Of course Doc-... mister Parker"
"Or Peter's fine" he teased as he took a taste of Jonah's soup 'Wow, that's sweet... I love it!'
Sam decided to speak up, having been amused by her friend stumbling through sentences long enough "Lara, just breath. The man puts his pants on just like everyone else"
"How would you know?" Peter asked with a grin.
"Just a hunch" Sam said with a wink before she nudged a still flustered Lara "But Lara here could verify it for me, can't you?"
Lara's head snapped towards Sam so fast that Peter swore her hair made an actual whip like 'crack' in the air. She narrowed her eyes at the smirking woman "Shut. Up"
Sam simply replied with an innocent shrug while Peer took a few more samples of his soup before he spoke "So, your the famous Lara Croft"
"You've heard of me?" Lara said with surprise.
Peter nodded at this "Not everyday a girl from a family like yours would rather go to some small time college that most people have barely heard of compared to Cambridge. Plus one of the professors there is a friend of mine and he mentioned you once or twice"
"Oh, uh I hope it was all good" Lara said with a sheepish grin.
"It was, in fact it was so good that I'm a little saddened to see you'll probably be out here more than in Egypt. Be nice to see a new younger face around there for a change" Peter said with grin before he nodded towards Lara's map "Research I presume?"
"What, oh yes, research" Lara said as she showed the map to Peter with a few marks on it "Just some, um some theories I've been working and disproving a few others"
Peter gave the map a glance and hummed at some of the small notes she made "So you think Yamatai is closer to Japan than what most people believe?"
"Y-Yes" she said with a nod "According to my research"
"She's real good at research" Sam added as she secretly began to film the duo "So I'd take her word for it"
"I believe it" Peter said as he took another bite of his soup "So Yamatai…"
"What about it?" Lara asked.
"Just curious about it" Peter said with a casual shrug "Like it's history and all that. Hate to say it but the only East Asia mythological city I know about is K'un-Lun"
Lara nodded at this "Well Yamatai is a long lost ancient kingdom, dating back to the Yayoi period and was ruled by the Priest Queen Himiko. She was regarded as the Sun Queen and was protected by elite warriors known as the Storm Guard. Legend says that she also possessed supernatural powers that allowed her to communicate with the Spirit World and could let her summon storms"
Peter let out a low whistle at that "Whoa, impressive"
"Which is why I believe that Yamatai is located somewhere in the Dragon's Triangle" Lara said with a nod "All myths are based in some sort of fact-"
"So if Yamatai really is in the Dragon's Triangle, a place that's reported to have some of the most intense and spontaneous storms on earth, she could have created the myth that she could summon storms as a way to deter any possible threats to either her rule or her kingdom" Peter interrupted as he recalled myths in ancient Egypt that had a ruler that used a natural phenomena to help portray them as someone more than human.
"Exactly" Lara said with excitement that her idol wasn't so dismissive of her theories as others have been in the past.
Before Lara could continue any farther, a new individual joined the trio at the table.
"Afternoon Lara, Sam" the young man said with a friendly grin thrown towards them before he noticed Peter and gave him a nod "Sup man"
"Yo" Peter replied before he returned to his soup before it got too cold.
"Hello Alex" Lara said towards the newcomer.
"Hey" Sam said with a warmly smile.
"So, what brings two beauties such as yourself down here" Alex said with a grin as he took a bite of some broth that Jonah made.
"Lunch" Lara said.
"Same" Sam said with a nod as she took a bite of her salad.
"I'm here to start a food fight the moment Whitman walks in" Peter said as he glanced at the doorway "I want to see how much food that mustache of his can hold on it's own"
"Cool, cool, cool..." Alex said with a nod as he took another taste of Jonah's broth "Man this is good"
"I know right?" Peter said as he downed the last of his soup in one go before putting the now empty bowl on the table "He should open a restaurant with this stuff. I'd pay to eat there for every meal"
"Especially if he makes those kabobs like he did last night" Alex said.
"Oh my god yesss" Sam moaned at the thought of eating them again.
Lara merely hummed at this before she returned to looking at her map, but stealing small glances at Peter every once in a while. There was so much she wanted to ask him, but she found herself nervous and a little intimidated. Here he was, a man only a few years older than her but has accomplished so much already that Lara can scarcely believe it.
'Just get a grip Lara' she mentally told herself 'He's just a guy... a cute guy, but just a guy all the same. You've talked to lords in the past without batting an eye, you can talk to a man that's one of the most renowned archeologists that specializes in Ancient Egyptian culture and history in the world...'
Finally, she took a deep breath and spoke "Peter, can I ask you something?"
Peter glanced at her for a second before he nodded as he rested his elbows on the table, giving Lara a great view of his biceps "Sure, what is it?"
"W-What was your first expedition like?" she asked nervously.
Peter quirked a brow at this before he chuckled "Ah, feeling a little nervous on your first big official search for the ancient and mysterious?"
Lara was tempted to say no, but she relented after a few seconds "A little, yes"
"Don't be" Peter said as he patted her on the shoulder "Besides, exploring the Philippines Sea is way less dangerous and stressful then the harsh, brutal, scorching hot desserts of Egypt. Also, there's no scorpions, rhinos, vultures or crazy temple traps trying to kill you"
"Nah, all you got to worry about is the ship wrecking, sinking and all of us being stranded either in the shark infested waters like Jaws or stuck on a remote island" Alex said with a laugh that was quickly replaced with a pained groan as Sam kicked him in the shin under the table.
"Not helping!" she hissed in annoyance.
"Ow... sorry" Alex winced as he rubbed his now sore leg "Also did you used to play soccer or something?"
"Kick boxing" Sam said with pride.
Peter snorted at the two's antics before he refocused his gaze on Lara "But no seriously, your doing fine"
"Thanks" Lara said with a smile.
"Don't mention it" Peter said with a grin before he noticed Whitman had entered the galley "Hmm, there he is. Quick someone pass me something that'll stick to that mustache!"
The four broke out into a laugh before the lights suddenly flickered a little and they all heard a faint sound down the hall.
"The hell?" Lara said with confusion.
"I didn't do it/wasn't me" Alex and Peter said at the same time while Sam scanned the galley with her camera as she took in a few of the other crew members reactions.
Almost all of them looked unconcerned as one of them, a dark skinned woman that Sam recognized as Joslin, stood up and gestured for several crewmen to follow her "The engine's acting up... again. And from the looks of it, the damn generator too"
Lara's shoulders slumped at this before Peter spoke "Hey, better than your Camel collapsing from heat exhaustion because it didn't drink enough water when ti took you into the dessert"
"That's happened?" Sam asked.
"Not often, but with me it's like every other Camel that's all defective" Peter said with a sigh "The Camel gods hate me"
Lara cracked a small smile as she watched Joslin leading the repair party out of the galley "Come on, damn thing isn't going to magically start working on it's own. I thought I told Roth to replace the damn thing..."
"I can help!" Alex said as he stood up suddenly, shaking the table slightly at the sudden movement "I'm pretty good with machines- er at least the electronic aspect of them"
Joslin stared at Alex for a moment before she shrugged "Fuck it, come on then. Let's see if that brain is as good at fixing this ship's piece of shit engine as it is at hacking"
Alex nodded before he turned to Lara and Sam and gave them both a wink "Ladies, if you need me..."
"We'll be fine Alex" Lara said with a snort.
Alex nodded at this as he ran to catch up with Joslin and the rest of her party. Peter watched him go before he spoke "He strikes me as a guy that tries too hard"
"Yep" Lara said as she took a drink of her water "Kinda annoying"
"Oh don't be like that Lara, he's like a puppy!" Sam said as she ruffled Lara's hair, causing the other woman to bat her hand away with a annoyed scowl.
"What kind of puppy?" Peter asked with a grin "A cute little Beagle puppy or a yapping little Chihuahua puppy?"
"Heeeey, their both adorable!" Sam fumed.
"No, one's a little rat and the other is adorable" Lara chuckled.
As the two women descended into an argument about Chihuahua puppies, Peter glanced down the passageway that led to the engine room with a thoughtful look on his face. after several moments of consideration, Peter shrugged and got up and quickly followed after the repair party, it at least gave him something to do to help pass the time.
'Plus, I really don't want to hear Whitman whining for the rest of the night' Peter thought as he descended further into the ship.
...
Lara watched Peter go before she turned to see Sam smirking at her with one of those knowing looks.
"W-What?" she asked with a confused grin.
"Nothing" Sam said as she turned her attention to her camera.
"Sam" Lara said with a annoyed look.
"I just thought it was sweet seeing you just barely Fan Girling over your idol is all" Sam teased.
"I wasn't Fan Girling over him" Lara stated with a huff.
"Sure you weren't"
"I wasn't!"
"I believe you" Sam said as she examined her footage before she made a dramatic sigh "But damn, look at those biceps... wonder what it's like to have them wrapped around you at night-"
"Sam!" Lara said with a faint blush.
"What?" she said with a look of mock innocence "I'm just admiring how built he is. Guy's like Nathan Drake but younger and isn't married as far as we know"
"Yeah" Lara said as she went back to looking at her map.
Sam saw this before she looked around Lara and gasped "Holy shit, Peter has a eight pack Lara!"
"What?" Lara said as she looked in the same direction that Sam was looking only to see Grim entering the galley with a small canteen filled with some sort of liquor. She scowled at the sight and the sound of Sam breaking out into a laugh as she turned back towards the cinema savvy girl "Not funny"
"No, but the speed you turned to look was" Sam struggled to say as she kept laughing, eventually descending into a snort "Oh god, that was priceless- hahahahaha!"
"I hate you" Lara said with a groan as she planted her head back on the table while Sam patted her on the back.
"Sure you do sweetie, sure you do"
And done.
Next chapter, Peter vs the Endurance... or it's engine at least.