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This Chapter is out today For BlueInfernoX Happy Birthday bro!
"Seriously we only had half of this chapter ready! He worked me to death in order to get this ready last night! You better review you British son of a-!"
DEADPOOL!
"Sorry."
If this breaks 250K words and I pull off 400 reviews I will fall to my knees and cry. We've come a long way, thanks for sticking with my insanity this far.
Alright I'm just going to be straight with you all this chapter is going to be fluffy and light hearted as hell. Well minus the one fight.
Why?
Because I felt like getting the pallet cleanser for the next few chapters out of the way. Also to hopefully make the emotions more raw.
"I am barfing rainbows."
Also to all Mass Effect Fans you are TOTALLY supposed to hear Javik's voice when Anansi talks.
Chapter: 19: Date Night Part 2
-The Next Day-
-Olympus: Venus' Private Chamber-
"Ah…to what do I owe the pleasure of meeting your acquaintance Kwaku?" A nude red haired woman with bright blue eyes asked with a smirk as her porcelain skin was wrapped in the scarlet sheets of her bed. "You are aware that if my father were to catch you he would strike you down. He's not fond of someone smarter than he is."
"Let Zeus come then." Anansi said simply. "I am going by Anansi now."
"Ah, you change names far too much."
"Not as much as you change hair colors, I have nearly forgotten which your natural one is." Anansi said with a smirk.
"I have to stand out somehow." The goddess drawled before smirking. "You know I can always refresh your memories."
"It is always a pleasure to speak to you Aphrodite-"
"-I'm going by Venus now."
"And you talk about me changing names? Venus then, the love flowing off of you is even enough to fill my Tantric reserves." Anansi said with a kind smile.
"Please tell me you didn't come here just to get a recharge." Venus deadpanned before pouting. "You could have at least done it the fun way."
"No I come with a matter of grave importance." Anansi said before the smile left his face. "It concerns my champion very soon he will almost surely die."
"Are you positive?" Venus questioned seriously. Every one of the Olympus gods and their Norse cousins and so forth new how Anansi felt about his champion. The Spider-Man was treated as his greatest plan ever and the Spider-God even felt a paternal relationship with the young human. "You know that I cannot interfere with someone else's champion."
"I'm not asking you to. Quite the contrary I want you to do nothing." Anansi shrugged.
"What? Please make sense my little spider."
"He is destined to take over my domain." Anansi said making the goddess gasp.
"You're giving the Web of Life to a mortal! This was your master plan!? He's just a child he will kill us all!" Venus exclaimed as stood up, obviously not caring that she was now naked and creating a large ethereal image of herself that glared down at Anansi.
"Did you forget who I am? I've seen every outcome of every possible action he makes and changed them accordingly." Anansi began. "I have personally tailored him to be the perfect person to take over for me, he's managed to keep a pure heart despite every challenge I have thrown in his way. Personally I wanted to do more tests but there is just no more time. He has little over a year before he gains control."
"What will be the point!? Say he does successfully take over he'll live only for a few decades and then die, bringing the entire web down with him. You control bonds Anansi, you told me yourself that if the web shatters it will be complete chaos." Venus bit out. "Every bond will disappear. Mother will not recognize daughter I will not even be able to distinguish who my siblings are. You are jeopardizing everything."
"This is why I came to you." Anansi said calmly. "Let me tell you a secret. I have given those who bear my totem the ability to feed off of the very forces of love and chaos themselves." Venus gaped at him for a second before placing her head into her hands.
"What is wrong with you!? You give mortals access to the very energy that empowers you!? If any of them come in contact with enough love or chaos they will be indistinguishable from us."
"I am aware. Though we both know that such a large amount of love or chaos is nearly impossible to come by." Anansi once again said calmly. "This is why I want you to look down upon the next few moments of his life and treat them as a task." Anansi said, gaining her attention. "With the power of his bonds, Spider-Man must survive the next ordeal. If he does, you must take him as your husband."
"…I see. The power from my love could keep him alive for an eternity, but that's only longevity he will still be able to be killed." Venus said seriously.
"Should he die, then the Web shall be yours." Anansi explained. "You are the only other person I trust, besides him to take my place."
"You know how sought out your domain is. What's to stop me from just killing him if he survives and taking the power for myself?" Venus implored making Anansi raise an eyebrow.
"Because I know that when you see the love caused by that boy, even your heart will be moved by him." Anansi said so surely that Venus actually took it for fact. After all when Anansi said something was going to happen, it did.
Period.
"Besides you have been divorced twice, third time's the charm." Anansi added getting a wry smile from her.
"I am assuming I am supposed to keep this a secret from my siblings?" Venus questioned making Anansi nod before he held up his hand and handed her what looked like a golden rope.
"This is Part of Spider-Man's web; with it you can see his life and the lives of those he has a bond with." Anansi explained as he took a step back.
"Why…why are you doing this? What do we get from this plan of yours?" Venus questioned softly making Anansi give her a small smile.
"Understanding." Anansi said ominously before fading away.
-Utopia: Jean Grey Institute for Higher Learning-
"AHHHHH!" Jean roared in pain from within the Danger room as a flaming phoenix erupted from her body while her eyes shined a fiery orange. Rachel growled as she stared at her teenage mother.
"Don't you dare give in!" Rachel shouted as sweat slid down her face. "You've gotten this far damn it! This is the last fragment."
"I…I Can't Control it!" Jean shouted as tears poured down her face.
BGM: Light My Fire- KOTOKO
"You better learn bitch!" Rachel shouted. "Do not give up on me. Please…" Rachel begged as her face contorted in pain. "Do it for me…mom." As this was going on the time traveling X-Men, Logan, Talon and Jubilee were watching from behind the safety glass. The latter two had become friends of the red-head and were there for moral support.
"Gnh…" Jean winced as she fell down to her hands and knees as she gritted her teeth so hard that blood began to spill from the corner of her mouth. Rachel widened her eyes as the phoenix began to recede back into the young woman's body. "I can hear everyone…their thoughts…there's just so much." Jean whispered making Rachel nod her head empathetically.
"I know…I know….but focus on mine, can't you hear it? My concern for you? Do not give in." Rachel said firmly making the teen nod her head as the aura continued to recede until it appeared to be getting sucked into Jean's left eye. "There you go; the eyes are the windows to the soul so they say, so trap that monster in. You are stronger than it." Rachel said soothingly as blood began to spill from Jean's nose. "Come on…just a little more, chain it down. Don't just contain it; you have to control it."
"GAHHHH!" Jean screamed as the flesh surrounded her left I began to burn off while a miniature flaming Phoenix appeared to try to force itself from her eye like a bird trapped in a cage.
*BOOOOOOM*
"Ahhh!" Rachel shouted as she was blinded by a bright light. After a moment of silence she opened her eyes in horror as the phoenix itself began to rip from her body. "I can't do it…everyone's so afraid." Indeed she couldn't focus at all; the amount of fear being projected was immeasurable.
*CRACK!*
*CRASH!*
"RAHHHHHHHHHH!" a bestial roar shattered the glass. Jean widened her eyes in shock as the sound of the roar seemed to have switched her fear with pure anger.
[Don't you dare stand there and lose to a bird!] Talon's thoughts blasted into her mind. [That thing needs you to survive without you it's useless, rebuke its arrogance and show it its damned place already!] Jean's fists trembled as she glared at the flaming bird. Her counterpart's memories were all too fresh within her mind the Phoenix had gotten away with far too much for one life time.
"No…I will control you!" Jean growled as her left eye burned brighter. Rachel watched with wide eyes as Jean ran directly inside the Phoenix's form and was instantly engulfed in flame. The Phoenix writhed in pain before turning into a flaming orb that shot through the roof disintegrating everything in its path.
The observers all leapt into the Danger room and looked up in shock as the Phoenix seemed to have turned itself into a flaming egg.
"She looked right at you Laura, what the hell did you tell her!?" Logan growled out as Talon glared right back at him.
"I reminded her who the hell was in charge!" Talon shouted as she jabbed him the chest with her finger. "It is about damn time that thing got a leash, it is bad enough it took me for a joy ride…you know how much I hate being used."
*CRACK!*
The assembled mutants looked up at the sound of the egg shattering.
*FABOOOOOOM!*
"J-Jean?" A young Cyclops whispered in shock.
"W-whoa." Jubilee gasped out. Above them was jean floating in a skin-tight white outfit that had a gold sash around the hip and a golden phoenix emblem on the chest. Gold fabric covered her arms from the tips of her fingers to just under her shoulders and from the tips of her toes to her thighs. She floated for a second with her head bowed before slowly raising it to reveal a flaming Phoenix emblem cover her left eye.
"AHHHH!" Jean shouted as she outstretched her arms causing to large flaming wing to rip from her back and spread across the entirety of Utopia.
"Beautiful…" Jubilee muttered as the flaming feathers danced in the air as they slowly fell down. Slowly the wings faded as Jean descended back towards them. Landing between Rachel and Talon, she grinned as the mark faded from her left eye before grabbing both of them in a large hug.
"I did it! I did it! I did it!" Jean cheered making Rachel shake her head in amusement as she patted her mother's back.
"Knew you could do it." Rachel smirked.
"Congratulations." Talon said with a small smile.
BGM: END
"This calls for a party! Tonight we're definitely going to DP's!" Jubilee cheered making Jean, Talon, Logan, and Rachel turn to the half-Vampire in horror. "No glowing drinks though of course."
"Good idea." Logan grumbled before frowning as red envelopes fell from the hole in the ceiling. The mutants gave each other a confused glance before Talon bent down and picked one up. She raised an eyebrow as the seal seemed to be a sticker that had Deadpool's mask on it. Opening it, the feral began to read the contents of the letter.
"Dear, contestants, your friendly neighborhood Deadpool here-can't sue me Spidey- it has just totally hit me that this this tournament is missing the most important part of any fighting game…swimsuits." Talon began as the other mutants looked at her with varying degrees of shock. "To fix this I brought thee matter up to the announcer herself….however due to me asking her while she was in the middle of taking a shower I had to ask her hours later after I woke up from the cold floor of the bathroom. She agreed so all challengers and their teams are to attend a mandatory, swimsuit only, trip on one of my cruise ships."
"He has to be kidding." Jubilee said with a face-palm.
"Even if your team has already lost, you are still invited as this is just for a time of relaxation-which you'll need because shit is about to hit the fan in a few days-you may bring guests if you wanna. The announcer lady said not to worry about criminal activity the cops should be enough to handle anything that can possibly happen. We set sail tomorrow morning." Talon finished as Wolverine groaned.
"I don't know what Wade is up to, but it might be best if we go to make sure no one dies." Logan pointed out, not unreasonably, making his clone-daughter nod. "Come on Rachel; pack your bags you're coming too. You need a break from teaching those brats as much as I do." Rachel gave the feral a slightly forced smile-making him narrow his eyes in concern-before nodding and brushing past him. Jubilee gave the older feral a look that basically screamed: The hell did you do? The poor man just shrugged helplessly.
-Meanwhile: Team Amazing's Apartment-
"AHAHAHAHAHAHA-*Slam*" Spider-Man closed the door to the apartment behind him as Chun-Li continued to laugh her ass off after hearing everything that she had missed on her trip. Shaking his head, Spider-Man entered the elevator and rode it down into the basement where his new lab resided. There was much more room there for more of his projects so after checking how much money he had-which caused him to pass out-he decided to make a new one.
"I don't care what Chun-Li says, using my Spider-sense when buying stocks is not illegal…it's not like I can control it or anything." Spidey mentally defended himself as the door opened. Walking towards a nearby monitor he frowned slightly as he read what was on the screen.
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"It'll be a few more days at this point." Spidey thought to himself as he looked back at a nearby table that had a black fabric with cords sticking out from it and into the monitor. Typing something into the monitor, a window popped up and the hero could see Shelley working on her laptop at Horizon Labs. "Hey Shelley, how's your end going?"
["Better than expected. After that stunt you pulled with the Quinjet I decided to test what else Robyn could link up to."] Shelley said before releasing an exasperated sigh.
"What's wrong?"
["I have created a monster."] Shelley sighed. ["She was always in her own body so I never paid it any mind…but it's virtually limitless."]
"You…mean…?" Spider-Man began cautiously as his eyes widened slightly behind his mask.
["There is nearly no limit to her potential, should she fall into the wrong hands she could send us back into the stone-age. I was young and naive when I made her. She has too much power to continue living like this."] Shelley said sadly making the hero frown and cross his arms.
"You can't erase her. Especially not after all the trouble we went through to keep her around."
["I never said I was going to erase her, but she has too much power for me to handle. So I'm giving her to you."] Shelley said sadly making Spider-Man gape at her. ["She's an AI, a damned good one, only you are responsible enough to handle her. Besides she's just what you are missing for your project."] Shelley trailed off as she sent a meaningful glance to the unfinished Spidey suit. ['Besides I can chat to her whenever I want so it's not like much will change, I'm just transferring where she'll be held."]
"Wow Shelley…this is-"
["Every parent needs to know when to let go, you're going to need to understand that when your kid gets older."] Shelley smirked making the Web-head chuckle. ["By the way, how the hell are you going to power that thing? We simply don't have the technology to make that suit more than a dream."] Shelley frowned making the Web-head chuckle nervously.
"You see…funny story about that…"
["What the hell did you do?"] The red-head questioned in dismay as she took off her glasses and rubbed the bridge of her nose.
"I-um- stabilized a particle to power it." Spider-Man answered vaguely making her narrow her eyes. Ever since she had decided to take Peter's place in helping Spider-Man she had found herself being involved in crap that could get her locked up for years.
["Which Particle?"]
"Well…it's not nuclear if that what you're worried about."
["Which. Particle. Spider-Man."] Shelley said each word with growing annoyance.
"*Cough* Parker*cough*" Spidey cleared his throat making the red-head stare at him in blatant horror.
["The same ones that made Alpha? You could kill us all!"] Shelley whispered harshly making sure she wasn't accidently over heard by a passerby.
"Like I said, I stabilized it. The power doesn't consistently grow anymore but it will continue to pump out the same amount for eternity. A single particle is all I need to power my suit." Spidey said proudly as the young woman gaped at him.
["If you were anyone else, I would have called bullshit."] Shelley drawled making him chuckle. ["You've just created limitless energy…do you realize what you've done? You can single-handedly change the world."]
"Aww shucks, thanks! But I won't be doing that anytime soon." Spidey said as his voice became serious making her nod with a frown.
["Good idea, humanity isn't ready for that just yet. Though it does bring up a question."] Shelley began as she folded her hands under her chin. ["There will always be heroes because there will always be villains, the inverse is also true. This circle of chaos will never be unbroken and because of it humanity will never truly progress. My question to you is…if we're not ready now…will we ever be?" Shelley questioned curiously, shocking the web-head. ["According to you Reed Richards saw this and left those particles alone, but the moment you or anyone else puts on that suit, that's it, you will force humanity to move forward whether you want to or not."]
"That's pretty deep; when you put it like that I don't know whether or not I'll ever have the courage to put it on." Spidey said sheepishly, he honestly hadn't thought of it that way. Could he willingly force humanity forward when he himself didn't think they were ready?
But then again, who was he?
He didn't consider himself above anyone else so he couldn't make a call for billions of people.
"You know I'm not going to get any sleep tonight right?" Spider-Man deadpanned making her snicker. "Alright, I'll get back to you later. Spidey out." Spider-Man said as he exited the video chat. Spider-Man released a sigh as he stared at his unfinished costume. It was then that he looked up as he heard the sound of the elevator open. Spider-Man raised an eyebrow under his mask as Chun-LI walked out holding a red-envelope while obviously trying to force herself not to continue laughing at him.
"W-we h-have t-t-to p-pack AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!" Chun-Li fell to her back as tears fell from her eyes. "B-bring a swimsuit." Spider-Man shook his head as the woman ran out of breath.
"I need a new team mate."
-Meanwhile: Emora-
"I've got it!" MJ exclaimed suddenly as she sat upright in her throne just as Natasha walked in.
"What does she have?" Natasha asked as she quirked an eyebrow at a hopeful looking Viper. "Better yet, what the hell were you two doing?"
"Trying to get a slogan for this country to attract tourists." Viper explained. "So far we have had zero luck."
"Oh? What have you come up with?" Natasha questioned as she turned to the empress.
"Amore in Emora." MJ said making Viper widen her eyes. "Hell we can even put that on the flag."
"That's actually pretty damn perfect. Many of the buildings have been remade to have a more gothic theme thanks to Sonja. This country looks ancient despite the fact it's only a few months old." Viper said thoughtfully. "Yeah we can sale the romance angle, got for it." MJ nodded her head and put a memo in her phone.
"Have either of you seen Silver around?" Natasha questioned with a frown. "I see a glimpse of her hair every now and then but when I approach she vanishes with that damn stealth tech of hers."
"That's…weird, she's avoiding you?" Viper questioned as she crossed her arms. "What did you do to piss her off?"
"Me!?" Natasha asked defensively. "What makes you think I did anything?"
"Because you have the emotional intelligence of a rock." C. Viper spoke up helpfully as MJ nodded her head apologetically.
"She…has a point; you are a little too blunt and harsh at times." MJ said carefully as Viper gave her a looked that made her realize how much of an understatement that was. Natasha closed her eyes and mentally counted down from ten to calm herself down before someone got shot-
-okay maybe they did have a point.
"I assure you, there has not been any argument, infact last time I talked to her we were relaxing at a spa and I asked why she was putting a cream on her face." Natasha explained to her team mates.
"Oh God." MJ Groaned as she face-palmed she didn't even need to hear the rest of the conversation to figure out where this was headed. "Just continue." MJ said as she felt Viper and Natasha's curious stares.
"Well she said it was for preventing wrinkles and offered me some, but obviously I declined after all she needed it more." Natasha shrugged before frowning when she saw Viper staring at her in something akin to horror as MJ shook her head. "What?"
"Please tell me your exact words weren't: You need it more than I do." Crimson-fucking-Viper actually pleaded.
"Yes…?" Natasha asked perturbed at how accurate Viper's guess was. "She then said she forgot something after I said that and left. Haven't seen her since."
"You…really don't see where you went wrong do you?" MJ questioned slowly. "Do you have any idea what's probably going through her mind right now?"
"Do I look like a mind-reader?" Natasha questioned helplessly as men across the globe felt a disturbance. Black Widow is a very good spy who can read body language excellently especially with the opposite sex. Problem was that Silver, Natasha grudgingly accepted, was pretty good as well. Not as good as her, of course, but give her a few years. Add on to the fact that she wasn't even looking at Silver when the conversation took place it's safe to say she honestly thought Sable had forgotten something.
"Okay let me explain this slowly to you, both of you." MJ said gaining confused looks from her team mates. "Sonja is lost too." MJ explained to Viper making the woman nod. "Silver does genuinely care about both you and Spidey, however, between the three of you she is the weakest; let me tell you from personal experience that loving someone that is stronger than you can really make you insecure at times, whether the other person meant I make you feel that way or not."
"Now add on the fact that you'll look the exact same way when she is half your age." Viper piped up making MJ nod.
"Exactly remember, she is a strong hearted woman, she led a country brilliantly before the war broke out. Her pride is probably even bigger than yours in all honesty. Age to her is a weakness that is shared by every 'normal' person, a weakness that you don't really have."
"I hadn't really thought about my lack of aging normally mattering, to be honest." Natasha muttered as it finally began to click what had gone wrong.
"She probably didn't either, but ya sure as hell reminded her." Viper pointed out making the assassin groan.
"Unbelievable." Natasha said as she shook her head. Viper chuckled before walking towards her team mate and handing her a red envelope.
"You know your luck is impeccable." Viper said as Natasha looked at the envelope in confusion. "There's a cruise for those who participate or have participated in the tournament tomorrow. Myself and her highness-"
"Hey!"
"-Are too busy with matters here, take Silver on the cruise and try to fix it." Viper finished as she blatantly ignored MJ.
"Good idea, besides it'll look bad if Spidey and only one of you are there." MJ said with a small smirk.
"How do you even know he's going?"
"Simple, I doubt Tiger wants to go so by the laws of the universe he's probably going to end up there." MJ said as if that was fact.
And really, it kind of was.
"If you say so." Natasha said with a raised eyebrow.
-The Next Morning: DP Cruise ship & Casino-
"Alright everyone! Time for some relaxation, after all I have put you all through hell!" Rebuff said enthusiastically as she stood in a simple black bikini as sunglasses rested on her forehead. On the left breast of her bikini was a white "X7". "Listen there will only be one fight when we first set sail and after that there is no more. You fight you get disqualified from the tournament. You already disqualified and decide to fight? You get put in the box."
"The box?" Spider-Man questioned as Rebuff pointed at a cage that was raised above the water off to the side of the boat. "Never mind…"
"Now that we have that settled is this everyone?" Rebuff questioned as she looked at Team Amazing, Incredible, Arachnophobia, The Soldiers, Team Badass, Team Immortal, Team Sue Your Ass, Alpha, Andy, Captain Marvel, Trish, Jean, Rachel, Vergil, Natasha, Silver, Sue, and her two children Franklin and Valeria.
"Well, I'm still waiting on my brother and his date." Sue spoke up gaining the announcer's attention. She was wearing a white one-piece swimming suit that had the Future Foundation insignia on it The competitors were allowed to bring guests so Spidey decided to invite the FF. Reed politely declined so he could continue his research, and Ben decided to look after the other kids and Give Sue some time to relax with her children. Johnny agreed and said he was going to bring a date.
"I wonder who the lucky lady is that finally managed to calm the storm." Spidey chuckled as he stood in nothing but his mask and a pair of Spider-Man swim trunks.
"Probably not anyone we know." Talon said as she wore a simple black two piece swim suit with a small back hoody over it.
"Oh crap! How late are we!?" A voice shouted making everyone turn to see Johnny running up to them in a pair of black swim trunks that had flame patterns.
"Told you we shouldn't have gone for round three." Megan whispered to him harshly making him chuckle. Ironically she was wearing a red version of Laura's swim wear.
"Well now that we're all here. Let's get this party started!" Rebuff cheered as the boat lurched forward. "The fight will begin in thirty minutes so please get yourselves situated." Rebuff advised before fading away.
"So Johnny, this is the girl I've heard so much about?" Spidey chuckled as he approached his friend making the Human Torch scratch the back of his head sheepishly as he held Megan's hand. "Pleased to meet you, I'm Spider-Man."
"The pleasure's mine, finally get to meet the Amazing Spider-Man in person." Megan smiled as she shook the web-head's hand. "Johnny told me that you are a real deviant, but you look like a pretty nice guy."
"Seriously dude?" Spidey groaned as he turned to Johnny who crossed him arms with a smirk.
"Hey just protecting my woman, do I look like Reed to you?" Johnny questioned confusing the hell out of Spider-Man. The Web-head decided to just ignore it and play it off as Johnny being Johnny.
"Spider-Man…" Megan began gaining his attention. "I have a favor to ask, your teammate Talon wouldn't happen to be her as well would she?"
"Yes, infact…" Spider-Man trailed off as he tried to find his lover, he smiled beneath his mask as he found her talking to Chun-Li who was wearing a tight one-piece blue swimsuit. "There she is, talking to my other team mate Chun-Li. Why are you a fan or something?" Spider-Man questioned as he pointed towards his team mates, gaining their attention. Talon's eyes widened in absolute shock as she stared at an equally shocked Megan.
"Or something…" Megan said faintly as she watched the feral shake herself form her shock and run towards them.
"Megan?" Talon questioned as she approached her cousin. "What are you doing here?"
"I saw you kill that monster on T.V." Megan said quietly as she referred to Kimura. "I figured it would be safe enough to find the only remaining family I had left." This made Talon narrow her eyes.
"What happened to your mother?" Talon asked quietly making Mean shut her eyes.
"Kimura found her; she bought me some time to get away but she-she…" Megan trailed off as Talon embraced her tightly while Spider-Man crossed his arms as Johnny frowned.
"I don't understand, you should have been able to hide, how did Kimura track you down when she was no longer backed by the Facility?" Talon questioned softly.
"We think it was Osborn." Johnny answered for her cousin. "Whenever they formed their team I think he used his resources to find her for Kimura."
"Osborn…" Spidey growled out, even in death that monster still managed to mess something up.
"I wish he was still alive so I could remove his head myself." Talon growled as her talon's popped out.
"Come on let's give them some space." Johnny said making Spidey nod as they walked away.
"What's going on?" Chun-Li questioned as she approached Spider-Man and Johnny.
"Turns out Johnny has been dating Laura's cousin." Spider-Man explained to the fighter. "Before Laura killed her, Kimura killed her aunt."
"Kuso." Chun-Li cursed as she gritted her teeth.
"There's nothing we can do right now. Both Kimura and Osborn are dead." Johnny began. "Later we can try to figure out a way to shut down the Facility before they do this to someone else, but for now we can't focus on the bad. Megan wouldn't want to feel like the reason were all down, so for today we just need just smile and continue our lives."
"Just grin and bear it, that's tier ten of fifteen about being Spider-Man, you're on your way Johnny." Spidey quipped making his friend shake his head was a small smile.
"Yeah…yeah…" Johnny waved him off as Talon and Megan approached them. Johnny smiled at Megan and wrapped an arm around her.
"Wow, this is going to take a while to get used to." Spidey snickered making Talon nod her head before narrowing her eyes slightly at Johnny. The feral said nothing as she raised her fist towards the blonde man.
*SNICKT!*
"Whoa!" Johnny shouted as the talons stopped just before his face as Megan gaped at her cousin.
"Don't fuck up." Was all Talon said making the man nod as he stepped back. Talon retracted the blades and gave him a gentle smile. "Good."
"Bet you wish you were back in your world so you could sweat drop, huh?" Deadpool questioned Chun-Li as he walked up to them. "Hey you guys should really go grab some rooms before you get stuck with the crap ones. Your bags are inside." Deadpool explained before teleporting away. Shrugging they left to do just that.
-15 minutes later-
Team Amazing was walking down a hallway towards the deck when they ran in to none other than Arachnophobia.
"Oh this is awkward." Spidey muttered as Chun-Li glared at them viciously as she saw the emotionless form of Cammy.
"Took the words right out of my mouth…or is it your mouth?" Ero questioned as she raised an eyebrow.
"Are you wearing a Spider-Man bikini?" Spidey asked in confusion. Indeed, the blonde was wearing a blue and black Bikini that had web patterns on it.
"Yes I am I do believe I get to considering I literally carried your ass for most of your hero career." Ero deadpanned making Spidey chuckle nervously. Seriously, what the hell could you even say to your own body?
"I had a feeling that you would come to me eventually China Girl." Juri smirked at the fighter. Juri was wearing a black and purple micro bikini. "You must still have that schoolgirl crush on me."
"You little-"Chun-Li began as she stepped forward only to stop when Talon rested a hand on her shoulder.
"Remember what the announcer said and calm down." Talon muttered. "Besides, this is not a favorable match up." Indeed the feral could tell if they attempted to fight Arachnophobia…
…they would lose terribly.
Not only were they outnumbered but Ero was supposedly just as strong as Spider-Man and she knew his powers better than even he did.
It didn't help that something about Ero basically screamed that she was the stronger of the two.
Juri might have been able to be taken out by Chun-Li, but even then with Cammy helping her Chun-Li would go down as well as she would more than likely try her best not to harm her friend.
Worst of all was the Queen. That woman was enough to take down all three of them by herself if the events of Spider-Island were anything to go by. She could send Talon into unconsciousness with her voice alone, take over Spider-Man with a snap of her fingers and use him to take out Chun-Li. The Queen looked down upon all of them causing her to be arrogant; the problem was she could back it up.
"Hmph the dog does have a brain." Adriana drawled as Ero frowned briefly, which went unnoticed by her team mates. The Queen was wearing a black one piece swimsuit that had a split down the middle that revealed a modest amount of cleavage.
"It appears so." Ero agreed. "Adriana…" Spider-Man's other side drawled as she glanced back at the powerful woman. "Let the poor girl go for today, let it be a show of good will. You can always get her back tomorrow." Ero said as she jerked a thumb at Cammy, who was wearing a simple blue bikini. The drone looked up at her fellow blonde blankly, but Ero could see the repressed gratitude. Ero had been doing her best to protect the woman and had been doing a damned good job.
Spidey would be proud.
Wait, she was proud of herself so she supposed that was enough.
"Besides…" Ero continued. "You're supposed to relax, how can you do that when you're too busy making sure your grip on her is firm?"
"I suppose you're right…" Adriana said eventually. Chun-Li watched with wide eyes as her friends lifeless eyes once again showed emotion.
"Let's go, you can go enjoy the pool while Juri and I find some place to train." Ero said making Juri grin and the Queen roll her eyes.
"Fight and train that is all you two do. Any reason why that is?" Adriana questioned making Ero smirk.
"I have my reasons. Why is her highness actually concerned about me?" Ero asked with mock hope making Adriana snort and brush pass them.
"Do not flatter yourself, the only one besides myself that matters, is my king." Adriana said as she rubbed a hand across Spider-Man's chest as she walked pass him.
"Hmph, Queenie knows she loves us." Juri spoke up making Ero chuckle.
"Come on, let's go." Team Amazing watched carefully as Arachnophobia left the hallway.
"Okay, now that they're gone I have to ask. Why didn't my Spider-Sense go off around any of them?" Spidey questioned carefully making Talon glance at him.
"It's not really that surprising." Talon said with a shrug. "The Queen doesn't want to hurt you, she actually just wants to make you ruler of all mankind." Talon said dryly as she raised a finger. "Juri just wants sex." Talon added as she raised another finger. "And if I'm correct Ero isn't even an enemy at all." The last one made Spidey look at the feral in shock. Now that he had his old memories he could finally remember the first time he fought Ero.
"That can't be, she hates me." Spidey denied firmly making the feral raise an eyebrow.
"Does she? You told me about your encounters with her are you sure she doesn't just simply want to live?" That made Spidey pause, now that he looked back on it; all of her actions were driven by her wanting to live longer. "If I had to guess, I think her memories as you finally caught up to her."
"She…she isn't a bad person." Cammy finally spoke up making them turn to her. "She puts up an act to throw the other two off, but she's done nothing but help me."
"Cammy…" Chun-Li began making the blonde turn to her. "Are you okay?"
"Nothing has happened to me if that's what you mean." Cammy sighed. "Juri almost used me as a fighting dummy once, but Ero intervened and agreed to be her sparring partner. Like I said she's a good person, you can trust her."
"What I don't understand is why doesn't she just grab you and leave if she's changed so much." Spidey said sounding completely confused at the situation.
"She's trying something dangerous. Very dangerous" Cammy sighed sadly making the heroes frown.
"What's she trying Cammy?" Chun-Li questioned worriedly.
"She's trying to reform them." Cammy revealed making their eyes widen.
-Later on the Deck-
"Alright!" Rebuff shouted from the deck of the cruiser as a screen floated behind her. "Today we have Team Badass!" Rebuff shouted as Deadpool, Dante, and Squirrel Girl stood before her. Dante, who was wearing a pair of red swim trunks, turned to Squirrel Girl with a raised eyebrow.
"Yo, haven't seen you in a while. What have you been doing?" Dante questioned his female teammate who was wearing a simple one piece green swimsuit that had an opening for her tail. Squirrel Girl suddenly adopted a thousand yard stare. Her clenched fist trembled slightly as sounds of gun fire, crying, and rejoicing echoed throughout her thoughts as a feeling of incredible sadness and pride ripped through her very being while images of deceased comrades, ultimate betrayals, and the destruction of her darkest enemies rippled in her soul.
"Hero shit." Squirrel Girl said simply making him blink owlishly.
"And today they will be fighting…Team badass-ER." Rebuff shouted making Dante turn to her in shock.
"Team Badasser?"
"Yup. And as always here are the introductions." Rebuff smiled as a picture of a young man with short silver hair, blue eyes, and a long black coat appeared. On his back was a large sword with a red hilt, in his left hand was a silver revolver and his right hand seemed to be some sort of demonic claw that had neon blue talons.
"You have to be kidding me….how the hell did that kid get caught up in this mess?" Dante groaned.
NERO
BGM: Devil May Cry 4 - The Time Has Come (Nero's Battle theme)
Nero is a Holy Knight in the Order of the Sword, a religious order that worships Sparda and fights to protect the world from demons. Not much is known about his origins except that he was an orphan, he suspiciously has ties to Yamato, Vergil's sword, and that he does have Sparda's blood within him.
Dante stared in disbelief as Nero appeared before them in a flash of light wearing a pair of black swim trunks.
"Kid?"
"Old Man?" Nero muttered before pointed a finger at him. "So this is where you've been, I've been looking for you for a while now. Where the hell did my sword go!?" Nero shouted making Dante blink in confusion before realizing that Nero wasn't wielding Yamato.
"Of course not. Vergil has it right now." Dante thought to himself before raising an eyebrow. "Well it's here but how the heck did you lose it?"
"I don't know! I woke up one morning and it was gone." Nero said as he shook his head in slight disbelief. "Whatever, I'll deal with it later since I'm here I guess it means my team is fighting yours."
-Meanwhile: Ship Bar-
Trish raised an eyebrow as she noticed Vergil staring at the screen in confusion. Trish was wearing a black and red bikini and the half-devil was wearing a pair of blue swim trunks.
"Normally I'm all for ignoring the elephant in the room but I have to ask…" Trish began with a sigh gaining the son of Sparda's attention. "You're not a virgin are you?"
"Of course not you foolish woman." Vergil said with a frown making her eye twitch, but she reined in her anger for obvious reasons.
Like the fact that the man was too fast with Yamato for comfort.
"Okay so, your first time wouldn't have happened to be when you were a teenager would it?"
"What does that matter-" Trish silently took pride at being the first to see Vergil gape in shock and horror.
"Yeah, oh." Trish repeated bluntly before smirking. "Congratulations, karma's a bitch isn't it?" Vergil couldn't even respond as he stared at the screen in shock.
-Back on the Deck-
BGM: END
BGM: See What I've Become-Zack Hemsey
"Next we have…Scorn!" Rebuff shouted as a woman that was covered from head to toe in a skin tight organic looking purple costume appeared. Her right arm seemed to be made of a silver colored metal and her body was covered in intricate silver metallic markings. Scorn was holding up a brunette (LIAG Fun Fact: Shriek for those that care) by her neck and effortlessly punting Carnage off of a mountain.
"Tanis Nieves was a psychiatrist assigned to Shriek. She lost her right arm trying to figure out what was happening to Shriek, and then her arm was replaced bio-mechanical arm that was created from Carnage.
Her prosthetic starting giving her hallucinations of her colleagues dead while on her way to Hall Industries M.D. Once there she saw what they were doing to Shriek and demanded to see her. While trying to convince them to let her out her prosthetic arm wouldn't remove itself from the window of the control room. As the scientists were trying to make the arm budge, the symbiote started killing everyone. Her arm then started to strangle her and in fear Tanis asked what it wanted to her response it pointed to Carnage. Doing what it asked the prosthetic started breaking the container he was in and touched a piece of his body to make him active and started bonding with Tanis.
After using Tanis to get to Cletus, the Carnage symbiote left her body, leaving behind a second spawn. Shriek escaped and stole this spawn. Later Tanis stole it back, as the spawn wanted to be with the first host it had been with, Tanis. Tanis let the spawn bond to her in order to stop Shriek's psychic riot gathering, and named herself Scorn. Then Scorn forced Shriek to fire a large sonic blast at Carnage, effectively allowing Spider-man to defeat him."
Nero glanced to the side as his symbiotic team mate appeared next to him.
"This was supposed to be a swim suit fight." Nero drawled at the purple clade woman. In response, the symbiote began to retract revealing a woman with brown hair and brown eyes.
BGM: END
"We hope, this counts." Scorn said as the symbiote shaped itself into a purple bikini shape. The excess material just went back to her right arm and fused with it. Rebuff looked her over and nodded. (LIAG Helpful Info: Those who bond with their Symbiotes tend to refer to themselves as two people.)
"Not gonna lie Symbiotes plus hot women equals some shit I thought I could only see on some pretty messed up porn sites." Deadpool said as he wore a black and red scuba diving suit and his mask. He had two Black desert eagles strapped to his sides and two Katanas on his back.
"Only you Deadpool, only you." Deadpool sighed.
"Pretty sure you meant to say 'Dante sighed'" Deadpool pointed out like the little asshole he is as he stared up at the typo.
I'm tired I've been typing for a while sue me.
"Oh I will. Don't worry."
You know what? I was going to give you an easy person to defeat on their team for the third member but screw it.
"Wait no!-"
"Are you kidding me? There are two of them." Nero groaned making Scorn face-palm.
BGM: Aisha - Bounce like my Check (Saints Row Sound track)
"Now leading Team Badasser is my girl, Lady Deadpool!" Rebuff cheered as a picture of a blonde haired woman with blue eyes bathing in a tub of money appeared. She was cleaning a gun as she smiled at a picture of Deadpool that was hanging on a wall. Her mas could be partially seen hanging on the edge of the tub.
"Unbelievable." Dante face-palmed. "It's a sad day when I join a team and I'm the voice of reason."
"She's Deadpool. And female." Rebuff said as the merc flashed before her wearing a red and black Bikini and her mask. "Hey! You weren't supposed to come out yet!"
"You said the only part that matters now come on! Start the fight!" Lady DP shouted making Rebuff pout.
"Fine…ruin my hard work." Rebuff said sadly. "This will be a three on three match, that will take place right here. Now considering each team has a member that can't freaking die, I'll enable the out of bounds rule. Any member that is knocked out, killed, or touches any type of water loses. Understand?" Rebuff questioned.
"Start the match!" Lady Deadpool and Deadpool shouted making her sigh.
"Screw you two."
"Heh. Rhyme." Both Deadpool's chuckled before looking at each other. "Whoaaa it's like you're me! Are you like a clone or something"? They asked once again in unison.
"You two already know the answer!" Dante, Nero, and Scorn bit out angrily.
BGM: END
"Can it just be us four against those two?" Nero questioned making Scorn clear her throat impatiently causing the young man to twitch slightly. "I'm sorry, us five." Nero corrected as he included the symbiote as well.
"Sorry no can do bro." Rebuff said apologetically before fading away.
Team Badass vs. Team Badasser: Begin!
BGM: United*CRACK* We *CRACK*Stand, Divide We fall- Tw*CRACK* *CRACK*
"Music Switch!" Deadpool and Lady Deadpool shouted as they shot the back ground music.
I hate you two so much it hurts.
"Love ya too Reb!" Deadpool said as Lady Deadpool reached into her top and pulled out a boom box.
"H-how t-the Hell?" Dante, Nero, and Scorn all stuttered in disbelief as Squirrel Girl continued to reminisce about her epic off-screen adventure across the multiverse that had her teaming up with heroes of different fandoms.
Truly it was a magnificent adventure, I would love to share it but it's simply not my story to tale –Manly tear-
"I'll miss that space cowboy." Squirrel Girl thought as she stared up into the sky sadly. She could still remember that last word he spoke to her before he died: Bang.
"Hit it!" Deadpool shouted as the woman pressed play.
BGM: I'm On a Boat- Lonely Island Feat. T-Pain
"There can be only one!" Deadpool shouted as he charged Wanda with both of his Katanas.
"But why!?" Wanda seemed to pout from under her mask as she parried bout of his blades with her own.
*BZZZZZZZZZZZ*
Dante widened his eyes when Scorn transformed her right arm into a large chain saw which she stabbed into the ground before charging him.
*CRAAANANNNNG*
Dante gritted his teeth as he used Rebellion to parry the surprisingly strong chain saw.
"Nero! Back us up." Scorn said before her team mate landed on her back and aimed his gun, Blue Rose, at Dante's face.
"I got him." Nero smirked slightly.
*BAM* *BAM*
Nero blinked in shock as he watched his bullet get shot down by another bullet form one of Dante's guns.
"Nice try kid, but ya got a long way to go." Dante said cockily as he pushed Scorn back, forcing Nero to jump off of her. Running forward, Dante pulled out his guitar, Nevan, and slid on his knees in between his two opponents. "Jam Session!"
*CRASH*
"Damn!" Nero cursed as he was blasted back by the pillar of electricity. Scorn, unlike her teammate, back-flipped away and landed right in front of Squirrel Girl. Scorn wasted no time in transforming her arm into a large gun and aiming the large barrel at Squirrel Girl's face.
*BAM*
-With the Deadpool's
"Bang, Bang, Bang, Bang, bang, bang!" Both of the insane Mercs shouted as they continued to shoot at each other.
*THUD!*
Wanda glanced to the side as Nero landed on his back next to her. Growling slightly to himself, Nero leapt forward to his feet and clenched his right claw, his infamous Devil Bringer, and shot it towards Deadpool causing his fist to shoot out and slam into the merc.
*BAM*
"WHOA!" Deadpool shouted as he was sent flying off of the boat.
"Hey, appreciate the help, but you didn't happen to leave Scorn off screen with Squirrel Girl did you-"
*CRASH*
"AHHH!" Scorn shouted as she crashed through the deck and landed in a hot tub in a lower floor of the cruise ship.
Team Badass vs. Team Badasser
Scorn: Out of Bounds
Team Badass: 1
Team Badasser: 0
"W-what?" Nero stuttered in shock as he turned to see Squirrel Girl waving at him politely as she sat down and ate some nuts with her side-kick squirrel.
"Never get caught off screen with her, you will lose instantly." Wanda said sagely.
"Again with the weird talk, and also shouldn't we have a point I knocked that guy in to the ocean-"
"POSEIDON LOOK AT MEEEEEEE!" Deadpool shouted making Nero look up in shock as the merc stood on the back off a dolphin like a skate board while he flew over the boat. Nero gritted his teeth at the insanity before leaping away from the storm of bullets. As he landed, nearly instantly Nero found himself on the defensive as he dodged Dante's slashes.
"That's it!" Nero shouted as he used his Devil Bringer to throw Dante away from him. "I'm tired of this crap." Nero muttered as he crossed his arms in front of him. Maneuvering in mid-air Dante landed on his feet and mirrored his actions.
-With Vergil and Trish-
"What?" Vergil questioned as he felt Yamato vibrate suddenly. Before he could even grab his blade, it shot out from its sheathed and slammed through the wall. Turning back to the screen, Vergil watched in shock as Nero caught Yamato.
-With Nero-
"Look who finally came back." Nero said as he caught his sword before ripping his arms apart causing his Devil trigger to activate, an ethereal-demonic phantom wielding it's own Yamato that floated behind him.
"Let's see how strong you've gotten, kid." Dante said with his own activated.
-With Wanda-
"Suck it PETA!" Deadpool roared.
Wanda watched in shock as Deadpool, who was still somehow airborne, grabbed the tail of the dolphin and threw it at her. Wanda closed her eyes as she waited for the large aquatic animal to slam in to her before she felt a sensation of weightlessness.
"W-what?" Wanda questioned as she opened her eyes to find herself being held bridal style by Deadpool, who stood at the very front of the boat as seagulls flew overhead. "W-wade?"
"Wanda…"
"Wade…"
"You should've read this chapter ahead like I did." Deadpool said softly before tossing her over the edge of the boat and into the shark infested waters.
*SPLASH*
Team Badass vs. Team Badasser
Lady Deadpool: Out of Bounds
Team Badass: 2
Team Badasser: 0
"Wade!" Squirrel Girl shouted as she tossed a volley ball high into the air. Deadpool put on his rape face, which was visible under his mask, and teleported into the sky. "DANTE!" Deadpool shouted as he slammed the ball towards his demonic team mate.
-With Nero and Dante-
The two relatives of Sparda were about to collide when Dante heard his name being shouted. Looking up Dante saw a ball headed straight towards with what looked like an uncomfortable amount of force behind it.
"Heads up kid!" Dante warned before teleporting.
"What-?" Nero barely managed to get out as he turned around to see Dante in the air behind him. Nero could feel the half-devils smirk as he spiked the volley ball right into Nero's unsuspecting face. "Oof!*" Nero grunted as he stumbled back into the hole created by scorn and fell into a hot tub.
Team Badass vs. Team Badasser
Nero: Out of Bounds
Team Badass: 3
Team Badasser: 0
TEAM BADASS WINSSSSS!
BGM: END
-With Spider-Man-
Spider-Man was currently watching the match with Johnny as they relaxed on chairs while Talon and Megan swam in the pool on the opposite side of the boat from where the match was being fought.
"That's got to hurt." Spidey piped up making Johnny nod.
"I just want to know what the hell Squirrel Girl did to Scorn." Johnny said as he took a sip from a coconut. Spidey was about to respond when he stopped as he and Johnny saw possibly one of the oddest sights ever. Silver waking passed them with a dangerous eye twitch as Natasha walked behind her looking exasperated. Both women were wearing a black and Silver fabric version of Sonja's metal bikini respectively. "Trouble in paradise?" Johnny questioned making the red-head glare at him as Silver continued walking away.
"The heck did you do?" Spidey questioned with a tone of slight disbelief.
"What makes you think it was my fault?" Natasha questioned dryly.
"Because you have the same look I did whenever I screwed up with my wife." Spidey deadpanned. "Let me guess, you said something that was taken the opposite way and you had no idea because you're not a damned mind reader. Am I anywhere in the ball park?" Natasha's wide eyed expression was all the two needed before they shook their heads.
"This one looks like a doozey." Johnny muttered as he leaned back with a smirk. "Not my problem, I know better. Mainly because of the horror stories Spidey has told me about his previous marriage." Johnny chuckled as he waved at Megan who happily waved back.
"Alright if you two are such experts on this, what do you suggest?" Natasha questioned making Spidey lean back. Inwardly, he took a moment to re-evaluate his life as he realized he was giving Black-freaking-Widow relationship advice. Let's not forget the fact that he was married to both said woman and who she was trying to apologize to.
"How the heck did my life spiral out of control like this?" Spidey idly wondered to himself. "Well first, tell me what the heck you told her in the first place." Seeing no harm, Natasha proceeded to do just that. As she explained she wasn't sure exactly just how horrified Spidey looked but she had a good estimate from Johnny's face.
"Well?" Natasha questioned.
"Okay, it's bad but nothing you can't fix." Spidey sighed. "First you need to find a way to get her alone so you can explain yourself."
"I suggest doing something unique so that it isn't completely obvious that you had to go to someone for help." Johnny added his two cents making Spidey nod.
"Yeah for example if you were like me, you could either recreate one of your more iconic moments or simply get a firm grip like this." Spidey said as he reached over and grabbed Johnny's arm.
"Exactly." Johnny nodded. "Then you can look her in the eyes; let them convey that you want to talk. Explain yourself and then go in for a kiss." Johnny said as he turned to Spidey and gazed at the lenses of the man's mask.
BGM: Carless Whisper- George Michael
Natasha found herself looking on in complete and utter shock as the men gazed at each other seriously.
"What the hell." Natasha wondered as their faces got closer, but before their lips met they both burst out laughing. (LIAG Fun Fact: Not today Fan girls)
BGM: END
"Oh my God AHAHAHAHA!" Johnny laughed so hard tears fell from his eyes.
"The- l-look….the-look on your face...AHAHAHAHA! Come on, my mask was on you didn't honestly think-AHAHAHA." Spidey laughed as he fell from his seat making Natasha clench her fists angrily. "S-seriously t-though, d-do that."
"I don't know if you noticed yet but I do not have romantic feelings for Silver." Natasha bit out as she glared at the two men.
"The lady doth protest too much." Spidey quipped. "Besides it's no use in hiding your feelings for her, ever since I gained the ability to use this Tantric energy I have become one hell of an empath. You can't hide your feelings from me." Spidey said seriously making the woman widen her eyes slightly. Natasha gritted her teeth before turning away from her husband and walking away. "You can't hide what's inside!" Spidey called out as she left while Johnny turned to look at him in shock.
"Dude, is that true?" Johnny questioned making Spidey turned to him. "About the reading emotions thing?"
"Hell no." Spidey deadpanned. "If it was I wouldn't always be caught so off guard by this kind of stuff. I just took an educated guess and went with it. You can't pretend to be in love with someone who actually might have grown some feelings for you for long. Eventually you might start returning them, against your best intentions."
"Brave." Johnny muttered as he shook his head at his friend's antics. "Well at least I now know that what you're doing to sis isn't intentional." Johnny muttered quietly to himself.
"You say something, bro?" Spidey asked innocently making him shake his head.
"Not at all, you must have too much webbing in your head."
"Screw you."
-With Ero and Juri-
"Unbelievable." Juri muttered as she fell to a knee and stared up at Ero. The two were currently sparring in the indoor gym. Spar was a bad word actually.
It was really more like Juri failing to connect a single blow and Ero slamming her every time she missed.
"How the hell do you get stronger every time we train?" Juri questioned in disbelief making Ero smirk. The blond helped her up before pointing at her head.
"Spider-Sense, I use it to dodge and the more we fight, the stronger it gets. I think it may have tripled in efficiency sense we started this routine of ours." Ero explained. (LIAG Fun Fact: In What if Spider-Man vs. Wolverine, Spidey trained his Spider sense so much to the point he could blatantly see into the future and knew who and how someone was going to hurt him before even they did.)
"So you're a cheater?" Juri questioned as she quirked an eyebrow before revealing a vicious smirk. "Nice. Though I do have a question."
"Shoot."
"What's with the streak of gray?" Juri questioned bluntly as she point at a streak of gray hair in her Team mate's hair. "It's been getting bigger ever since we started training all those weeks ago."
"*Sigh* Damn." Ero muttered before explaining. "Remember that fight Chun-Li had with her descendant?"
"Yeah? What about it."
"Remember her descendant's explanation of other's?" Ero questioned making Juri nod with a slight frown. "I'm Spider-Man's other. My life span is incredibly short, the more we fight the more energy I use and that increases my aging rate."
"So the stronger you get, the faster you die?" Juri questioned getting a nod. "Well why don't you get some more or something. You said yourself that Queenie was the strongest of you Spider-people and basically overflowing with the stuff."
"Exactly because of what you said. The reason she's over flowing with it is because she's still trying to regain her former strength." Ero said gaining a confused look from Juri. "You were there when I gave her a body; she had nearly died before you met her and her body was scattered across New York. I do my best to make sure she doesn't over exert herself until she's back to her former power."
"You make it sound as if she really is your Queen or something." Juri snorted as Ero went silent. "Oh don't tell me…"
"Despite popular belief, she really is the queen of us with the Spider-totem. I don't even believe she herself realizes that to be honest." Ero sighed. "She was handpicked by Anansi, probably even before she was born; every event that happened in her life was so that she would end up with her power."
"Considering that Spidey is his champion, according to you anyway, why would Anansi make one of his enemies stronger?"
"I have no idea, but I've learned to pay close attention to everything that happens in my life. No matter how coincidental it seems it was all orchestrated by Anansi…after all what are the odds that all three of us would meet?" Ero questioned making Juri blink owlishly. "I was actively trying to find Adriana, but where the hell did you come from?"
"I….I honestly can't remember why I was there." Juri muttered as she shook her head.
"There is a hero in all of us." Ero told Juri sagely getting a disgusted look in return. "As much as we want to escape it, eventually we'll find ourselves doing at least one good deed. Who knows, maybe it's that one deed that Anansi requires from Adriana."
"Well I know one thing." Juri muttered. "I do not trust this guy….that's just too much power. Still though, you're about to die because you don't want to inconvenience Queenie? If I didn't know better I would think my cold blooded leader had a heart."
"Hmph. Don't be ridiculous." Ero muttered as she turned away from the smirking fighter. "I buried that part of me away a long time ago."
"If you say so." Juri teased getting a frustrated growl in return.
"What was with the sudden interest in my health? Don't tell me 'China girl' isn't the only one with a schoolgirl crush." Ero said as she glanced back at the now frowning fighter.
"Please, don't flatter yourself. Don't get me wrong, I'd hit it, but I am incapable of having crushes." Juri said making Ero shake her head. Ero was going to continue their banter but stopped when she thought she saw a flash of black hair from the doorway.
"I must be seeing things."
-With Adriana-
The Queen was walking away from the gym with a frown on her face. She was going to see who had won the sparring match when she overheard Ero's explanation of her rapid aging by coincidence-
"No…I have to stop thinking of things that way. I have too much experience with the Web of Life to believe in coincidence…what the hell do you want me to do Anansi?" Adriana thought in frustration. "Ero was telling the truth, I can't afford to part with any of my energy at this point in time so what the hell am I supposed to do?" This was going to bug her for a while. (LIAG Fun Fact: That pun was not intentional.)
-Four hours later: Deck-
We now find Spider-Man, Captain Marvel, Hawkeye, and Spider-Woman glaring at each other. What were they doing you might ask? Playing the single most epic game of volleyball ever.
"You know you can't win Spidey, I have a Logan!" Spider-Woman declared as she jerked at thumb at Wolverine. Jessica, unlike her fellow web head, was not wearing her mask and was wearing a red and yellow monokini. Hawkeye was wearing a pair of purple and black swim trunks.
"Ha!" Spider-Man scoffed condescendingly. "I have a Carol."
"Damn." Jessica cursed to herself. "I knew I should have asked Tony."
"Hey!" Hawkeye exclaimed indignantly.
"Should we be concerned that we're treated like objects?" Carol asked Hawkeye skeptically making the archer shrug. Carol was too lazy to go by a swimsuit so she just settled for altering her Ms. Marvel outfit. It had no mask, boots, or gloves and showed her midriff.
"Game point." Jessica said as she served the ball over the net. Spider-Man went to get it but found himself flipping over a wave of electricity.
"Oh this is so unfair!" Spidey shouted as he dove down and hit the ball high into the air.
"Haha, Looooooseeerrrr." Jessica quipped as she pointed at a grumbling Spidey.
"Like you said web-head, you've got me…" Carol began as she blasted off into the sky and spiked the ball straight at Hawkeye. The archer smirked as he managed to lock on to the speeding object. He was about to set it when he was blasted away by a weak blast of energy. "…and she had him." Carol smirked as Hawkeye lied on the ground as the ball landed on his side of the court.
"And the Dynamic duo wins again!" Spidey exclaimed as he prepared to give Carol a high five.
*Smack*
"Ow…" Spidey winced as he held his aching hand.
"Oops. Sorry." Carol apologized sheepishly.
"Okay I guess we had that one coming." Jessica sighed as she helped her boyfriend up.
"I'm going to be sore in the morning." Hawkeye sighed.
"By the way, Jessica did you ever find out if it worked?" Spidey questioned curiously making his fellow web-head look at him in confusion.
"If what worked?"
"You know the Spider-Secret?" Spider-Man questioned innocently and at her embarrassed and horrified expression, he face-palmed. "No not that one." Spidey sighed making her sigh in relief before averting her eyes with a blush.
"Yeah it worked."
"Cool I thought you were moving a little bit faster than normal." Spider-Man's smirk was visible even beneath his mask. Catching on quickly, both Captain Marvel and Hawkeye gaped at them.
"Seriously?" Carol questioned as she turned to her friend as Hawkeye silently limped towards Spider-Man and embraced the man tightly.
"I-I love you man." The archer said as he shoulders began to shake. "That had to be the single greatest discovery ever."
"A-are you crying?" Spidey asked incredulously as he looked at his 'work wife'. "The hell did you do to him?"
"Everything." Hawkeye said before Jessica could say anything.
"Wow." Both Spidey and Carol said blankly, oddly gaining a sense of déjà vu.
"Guess it's not just the quiet ones." Carol muttered making Spidey shake his head. Then again she shouldn't really be surprised some of the things she had done with Spider-Man after their date literally defied gravity.
"No, but it's still mainly the quiet ones." Spider-Man piped up. He still had scars from Talon, but he didn't regret a single moment. "Whatever, we won so that means drinks tonight are on you."
"Trust me, I can really hold my liquor I won't stop ordering until I'm wasted." Carol smirked making Jessica pale.
Her wallet hurt already.
-Twenty Minutes later: Upper Deck: With Alpha-
Here we find Rachel, Jean, Alpha, and Andy. The two red-heads we're sunbathing as Alpha played a guitar while Andy listened intently.
"-Awaiting In the sky, in the sky…" Chrissy sung before grimacing as she snapped a guitar string. "Damn." Chrissy muttered, making Andy chuckle at her. She was wearing a dark green top and a pair of matching boy shorts and Andy wore a pair of bright green swim trunks.
"Don't worry you'll get a hang of it eventually. Mind explaining why you decided to pick up the guitar as a hobby?"
"Well, I figured it could help me control my strength." Alpha explained sheepishly. "Ya know? Like trying not to break the strings…although it doesn't seem to be working."
"Well it was good pretty good before the whole breaking thing." Rachel said gaining Alpha's attention. "Interesting lyrics though, where did you get them from?"
"I don't know." Alpha shrugged. "They just came to me." Alpha explained making Rachel nod her head in understanding before lying back down on her towel. Both Red heads were wearing matching orange bikinis.
[You know, you're going to have to talk to Logan eventually right, poor guy doesn't even know what's going on.] Jean thought to Rachel making the woman give a mental sigh.
[I Know, I know. It might be best now to just end it and get it over with.]
[Why?] Jean frowned slightly as she glanced at Rachel.
[Maybe because I'll be old and wrinkly before he gets a gray hair?] Rachel questioned dryly. [Besides neither of us have any luck with romance.]
[You never know unless you try.]
[Let's not forget the fact that we don't exactly live lives that allow us to settle down, not like he would want to in the first place.]
[How do you know that?] Jean questioned feeling slightly confused.
[It's Logan.] Rachel deadpanned.
[Point…] Jean conceded reluctantly, from her memories of the feral she could tell he wasn't exactly the one to live a quiet life.
[So like I said, it's best to end this before it grows into something neither of us wants.]
[So instead of explaining all of this to him, you're just going to end it.] Jean thought dryly getting a frown from Rachel.
[I'm sure he feels the exact same way I do-]
[-He's a man.] Jean thought in exasperation. [He can't read your mind like I can; he probably doesn't even know what's bugging him. You need to understand something about Logan, he lives in the moment he could probably care less about what happens years from now because to him either he or you could be dead by then.]
[I…need to think about this further]
[You better, both you and the poor guy need someone.]
[I don't understand, if you have all your memories wouldn't you want to be with him? In a few years when your body fills out again anyway. You know you always have a place in his heart.]
[No thank you.] Jean denied firmly. [He's in too many of my Nightmares…his claws hurt by the way.]
(LIAG Fun Fact: Jean has been shown to have Nightmares about Logan and the older Cyclops now.)
[Yeah…that would be a problem.] Rachel said with a mental chuckle. Alpha and Andy glanced each other.
"You know…I can't help but feel as though we just missed something." Chrissy muttered making Andy turn to her.
"Weird, I just had the same exact feeling." Andy muttered as the red-heads smirked. Alpha shrugged before gazing out at the clear blue ocean.
"It's so beautiful out here." Alpha sighed. "If I die I want to buried at sea."
"Well I don't think you have to worry about that, after all who could possibly hurt you?" Andy asked as he raised an eyebrow.
"There is always someone stronger. Talon made sure I remembered that." Alpha told him seriously making him look at her skeptically.
"If she says so." Andy shrugged as he placed an arm around the over powered hero. "Personally I think that no one can beat my broken girlfriend." Andy said proudly getting a playful shove from Alpha that sent him crashing on his ass.
-A few minutes Later: With Wolverine-
[…And that's her problem.] Jean's voice rang through the feral's head as he ordered a drink from the bar.
"Thanks Jeanie, I owe ya'" The feral thought with a sigh as he was handed his drink.
[Don't worry about it. Just remember should we ever cross paths with Cyclops and his mutants- I get dibs on Emma.]
"Deal." Logan smirked as he downed his glass down before looking at the insane bartender. "Hey Wade, do me a favor…"
"Already on it." Deadpool said as he gave the man a thumb's up. "Your idea is much better than Nat's." Ironically it was at that moment that Spider-Man ran to the bar frantically.
"Deadpool, please tell me you've seen Natasha!" Spider-Man shouted in worry.
"Whoa! What's wrong webs?" The merc with a mouth questioned as if he didn't already know the answer.
"I told her to confront Silver in a way that was unique to her…" Spidey groaned. "It wasn't until later that it hit me that I gave that advice to Black-freaking-Widow."
"Way to go web-head." Logan smirked as Spidey put his face in his hands. "Don't worry; I don't think that she will do anything too extreme."
"You realize you just jinxed him right?" Deadpool questioned as he cleaned a cup.
"Yup."
Spidey was about to respond when Johnny entered the bar with Megan as Franklin and Valeria trailed behind him.
"Spidey, bro, there you are! Listen I need you to do me a solid." Johnny said as he approached his friend making Spidey cross his arms and turn to his friend.
"Oh God what do you want?" Spidey groaned before waving at Megan who waved back with a smile.
"Hey Spidey!" Franklin said happily making Spider-Man look down at the blonde boy who was wearing Spider-Man trunks.
"Hey lil' man!" Spidey greeted as he ruffled the boy's hair before turning to Valeria and giving a bow. "Lil' madam." Spidey greeted the little girl who was wearing a white one-piece swimsuit that had the Future Foundation insignia on it.
"Hello." Valeria greeted with a small smile. Johnny placed an arm over Spidey and grinned at his niece and nephew.
"Give me a sec guys, I need to ask a favor from uncle Spidey." Johnny said as he led the web-head a few feet away.
"What's going on Storm?" Spidey asked as they got out of hearing range.
"Listen, I need you to be a pal and entertain the kids for me. Sue had been playing in the pool with them for a few hours so I took them off of her hands for a bit so she could rest. Sis nearly wept in joy." Johnny snickered a bit. "I've been hanging out with them with Megan, who by the way is surprisingly good with kids; anyway I need you to take them for about an hour or so."
"Why?" Spidey asked curiously making Johnny scratch his head sheepishly as he sent a meaningful glance towards Megan who was chatting with Logan. "Ah, got it. Sure I don't mind, I didn't have anything to anyway besides those kids are awesome."
"You only say that because Franklin basically worships you and you can release your inner nerd with Valeria." Johnny accused with a mock glare making Spidey chuckle as they walked back to the group. "Alright ya brats, you can terrorize Spidey for the next hour or so.' Johnny said good naturedly as the kids looked up at Spider-Man.
"Cool!" Franklin cheered as Valeria nodded.
"Let's go." Johnny said quickly as he picked up Megan and ran from the room. Spider-Man stared after him for a bit before beckoning the kids to follow him. He wasn't sure where to take them, but anywhere away from Deadpool was a good start.
"Hey is it true that you don't use your web-shooters anymore?" Franklin questioned curiously making Spider-Man glance back at him.
"Yup, call it an upgrade." Spidey quipped as he formed devil horns with his left hand and shot a web-line out into the ocean making the kids widen their eyes slightly.
"Whoa!" Franklin said starry eyed as Valeria tried to figure out where in the world a large quantity of webbing could be stored inside a human's body.
Seriously where did he make it?
"Shame though, those devices were interesting, at least in a scientific point of view anyway." Valeria said as she looked up at the hero.
"Yeah, they were my pride in joy when I first made them." Spidey said as he wiped away a fake tear making Franklin snicker. "That's it! How about I show you two how to make some? Though you need to ask your parents whether or not you can use them unsupervised…wouldn't want you swinging twenty stories in the air over heavy traffic and running out of web-fluid." Both children winced at the thought and nodded their heads. "Come on. Follow me."
"Okay." Franklin said with a nod as he followed his hero with his little sister.
"Hopefully Natasha doesn't do anything TOO extreme, while I entertain these kids."
-Meanwhile: Outside Silver's Room-
Silver paused slightly as a chill went down her spine nearly as soon as she placed her hand on the handle.
"[What's with this foreboding feeling?]" Silver questioned with a small frown as she slowly opened the door to find her room vacant. Stepping inside slowly she frowned as she felt her instincts screaming at her to be on guard. Looking forward, she frowned when she realized her lamp was on its side. "[Someone's been here]" Silver realized as she walked forward and set it upright.
*Click*
Narrowing her eyes, Silver quickly reached under her pillow and pulled out a silver hand gun before turning around and aiming at her now closed door.
"[What the hell?]"
*Thud.*
Silver widened her eyes in shock as she heard someone land behind her. Glancing back, she barely managed to catch a flash of red before a hand reached out and forced her arm behind her back causing her to drop her weapon, much to her dismay. Silver grunted when she found herself slammed into her door.
"I'll admit it; you are not the easiest target I've had." Natasha said nonchalantly as her wife glared back at her.
"What do you want?"
"I want you to shut the hell up and let me talk." Natasha bit out with a glare. "You've been avoiding me for two days and I believe now it is time you let me speak. Your attitude has been annoying me greatly and people have died for that by the way." Natasha explained heatedly as her grip tightened. "I'm trying to apologize, something I rarely ever do yet you've somehow forced me to twice (LIAG Helpful Info: Check the Chapter Love-web). Listen I don't think about what I say to you before I say it because quite frankly I don't give damn about you." Natasha said bluntly.
"Then why do you have me pinned against a wall and trying to apologize?" Silver questioned the older assassin angrily.
"I don't give a damn about you that is true." Natasha began before sighing and loosening her grip. "But God help me I'm starting to. You, Spider-Man, and I are going to be stuck with each other for the foreseeable future. I tried to deal with it without getting too close to you two, but with a weaker part of me actually in love with him coupled with you being so damned helpful- I mean honestly, you buy me weapons before missions and can actually understand my life- you can see how you two managed to worm your ways into my heart. So that's why I'm fucking apologizing. Because somehow I managed to hurt the feelings of someone who genuinely gives a damn about my existence." Natasha finished angrily as she released the shocked woman.
"Natasha…" Silver began as she turned to face the older woman with confusion written clearly across her face.
"Damn, I said too much." Natasha thought herself angrily. She had wanted to find the woman, apologize, and leave, whatever happened after that was no longer her problem. That was the plan. She always did her best to stick with a plan so why she began to speak like a woman possessed when she saw Silver was beyond her. "That wasn't me speaking at all. I am calm and collected; why the hell is she still plaguing me."
Honestly, why Nancy Rushman couldn't stay in the past where she belonged was getting on Natasha's last nerve.
"…Apology accepted." Silver began with a sad sigh. "I completely over reacted, and now I owe you an apology. I didn't mean to hurt you either."
"You didn't hurt me at all." Natasha said with a small frown which deepened further when she saw Silver give her a look that blatantly said that she didn't believe the red-head.
At all.
"You know you are more like Spider-Man than you realize." Silver began confusing her. "You both always put on a strong act but he does it to protect others, you do it to protect yourself." Silver analyzed calmly as she approached the red head. Silver idly noted that as Natasha crossed her arms, she was clenching her fist tighter as she approached. "If you keep that up, both of you, that image you make will end up crashing down on you when you least expect it."
"Silver…." Natasha began with a hint of warning as her eyes widened slightly.
"If you won't do it for yourself, do it for me." Silver said and Natasha could have sworn her voice had a hint of pleading in it. "Just for one day-no- one moment just let me see that weaker side of you. Let her free for just an instant so you can relax. You won't break from it, and should you begin to fall to your repressed emotions let me catch you. Please…"
"Stop." Natasha demanded as she found herself stepping back from the Silver haired woman. This was not how this meeting was supposed to go. Silver sighed and placed a comforting hand on her shoulder. Idly, Silver could swear she could hear Natasha's resolve shattering.
"…Just let go."
-A few minutes later: Spidey's room-
We now find Spidey pulling up a three dimensional blue print of his web shooters and showing the kids what each part was designed for.
"And that's the trigger. It has to be pressed twice so I can't accidently fire it if I clench my fist or not." Spidey explained.
"It is so simple, yet it is obviously effective." Valeria muttered as she stared at the design.
"Sis, you have to make me a pair when we get home." Franklin said as he turned to his younger sister. "I'll do your chores for a week."
"Deal….providing I get to use them at least once a week."
"I can work with that." Franklin conceded as he and his little sister shared a mischievous smile that only two kids that are up to absolutely no good could pull off. Valeria frowned when she noticed a file that said 'plus' and clicked on it. "Whoa…." Franklin muttered in awe as he saw what looked like a diagram of a Spider-Man suit.
"Ah, I see you found my current project." Spidey said as he looked at the design. "Yeah, I know, it's pretty amazing."
"It's so cool!"
"It's suicidal." Valeria muttered gaining both of their attention. "That's too much power going towards the head, the second your Spider-Sense goes off your head would explode." Franklin paled as Spidey began coughing frantically as he went over the design. "See right there in the middle of the forehead, you need to move that circuit or you're dead."
"Holy Shi-err-shoot, you're right." Spidey muttered making Valeria nod.
"Other than though, your design is infallible, I am actually impressed. Should you find a way to power it you would be an untouchable adversary in combat." Valeria said before turning to Spider-Man with her eyes shining with interest. "Just how do you plan to power it? I can't really think of anything that could power it efficiently."
"I'll explain, on one condition." Spider-Man said getting a raised eyebrow in return. "You translate everything for your brother so he doesn't get lost. I don't want him to get too bored by our science talk."
"Deal."
"Well, to put it simply I've found a way to stabilize Parker Particles and was going to use them." Spidey explained getting a confused look from Valeria.
"Parker…particles?"
"Those things that created Alpha." Spidey clarified making the kids eyes widen.
"I…see. You've managed to perfect where my father feared to go." Valeria said to herself before a small smile appeared on her face. "That's…interesting. You really are smart underneath that mask."
"Uhh thanks?" Spidey questioned carefully. "You're pretty smart yourself kid." Spidey said as he ruffled her hair earning a giggle from the girl. "Understatement of the freaking century, her intelligence is super-human…it's terrifying. Oh God….when she's my age…" Spidey shuddered at the thought. "Tell you what, how about you two help me out then since your uncle kind of didn't give us anything to do."
"Really?" The kids questioned with wide eyes.
"Sure, you…" Spider-Man trailed off as he pointed a Valeria. "Can help me figure out where to put that circuit so I don't blow myself apart."
"But what about me?" Franklin piped up. "I'm not as good at the science thing as you two."
"Isn't it obvious?" Spidey asked as if the kid should have known what his part was. "You help me come up with a design." Spidey said as he searched around the room before handing the boy some colored pencils and a note pad. He was going to do it himself during his down time, but hey, he was cool with a second opinion.
"Alright, sis, let's get started!" Franklin said getting a nod from the younger girl.
-3 hours later-
The three worked well into the evening, but Spidey could tell that the day of playing had caught up to the children. In fact, Franklin was sprawled out on his bed unconscious and Valeria looked as if she were going to follow his lead.
"Alright thanks for your help, but I think you should go to sleep too. You can't even keep your eyes open." Spidey chuckled getting a small glare from the girl.
"I….I am not tired." Valeria denied getting a sigh from the web-head who effortlessly lifted her up and placed her next to her brother.
"Yeah, and I'm the Hulk." Spidey deadpanned. "Listen, you are a smart girl…very smart actually, smarter than myself and probably even close to your dad so I would hope you know how important sleep is for a child your age."
"But…"
"Now you're sounding your age." Spidey chuckled getting another half-hearted glare. "You're smart but you can't help how old you are. Whether you like it or not you're a child…but…" Spider-Man trailed off as she yawned. "You are going to grow up to be possibly one of the greatest individuals ever and you will excel in whatever you find your interests in."
"What if…" Valeria began as she averted her eyes. "What if I become a villain, I read that there is a fine line between genius and insanity."
"Then…" Spidey said as he nodded towards the sleeping Franklin. "You better get ready; if you think your brother is annoying now just wait until he starts thwarting all of your schemes." Spidey said making Valeria grimace at the thought. She was smart enough to understand just how strong her brother was.
What It me is it? LIAG BREAK DOWN TIME!: Franklin Richards
Franklin is an omega level mutant with vast reality warping powers and psionic powers. Roma the guardian of all realities said his power level was equal to the Celestials. His powers have been shown to include telepathy over a radius of 250 miles long as well as telekinetic abilities shown to lift himself and tons of weight. He uses his telekinesis for a bio-blast which can even knock the Thing across a room. Franklin also displays precognitive powers, manifesting in his dreams that are mostly always going to happen. This power has increased to the point where he could see the future when he is awake. He can astral project which he calls his Dream self-projection. This has no limit to how far he can go. One of his main abilities is reality warping. His reality warping power is at a cosmic scale and may have no upper limits at all. He has shown to create a pocket universe, create life doubles of someone, bring back the dead, and create whole planets. Franklin is one of the most powerful beings in the Marvel universe.
Bonus fact: An Adult version of him was powerful enough to control even Galactus as a herald
Breakdown: Over
"Seriously though kid, why would you even consider that as a possible choice?" Spidey asked in concern.
"It's just that, I know I'm a 'kid' and all but the hero life just does not seem like the right choice for me." Valeria answered; inwardly glad to find someone who would talk to her as an equal.
"Normally I would agree with the kid statement, but you aren't the same as others your age. You are smarter a more mature than many adults. Take Johnny for example." Spidey added getting a smile from the girl. "I'll tell you something a wise man once told me; with great power, comes great responsibility." Spidey said as her eyes widened slightly. "Trust me as strong as your brother is physically, you match that mentally so yes your brain is considered a power, a pretty great one infact." Spidey told her seriously. "In many cases yours even beats his, but don't tell him I said that he's my biggest fan." Spidey said getting a smile from the girl before she sighed.
"So I guess that means hero?"
"Not at all." Spidey denied making her look at him in shock. After all he was practically the poster child for the word hero. "What it means is just that, use it responsibly. You could use your mind to further advance all of mankind, to make inventions that could save lives without ever putting on a spandex outfit-unless you're into that kind of thing, uncle Spidey doesn't judge- people may even call you a hero for that. You could impact society so well that thousands of years from now, your name will still be remembered with pride."
"…that does sound fun." Valeria smiled as Spidey nodded.
"Yup, however that will be years from now. The future will come whether you want it to or not, so if you ask me I think you should be well rested for when it does." Spidey advised getting an eager nod from the girl.
"That is the logical…*Yawn* choice-"
"And out like a light." Spider-Man chuckled as her head fell back on her brother's stomach as she fell asleep.
"You would have been a great father." A voice spoke up scaring the hell out of Spider-Man. "And you will be a good one should you ever continue to go down that road again."
"Oh the irony of that statement." Spidey thought to himself as her turned to find a smiling Sue in his doorway. "Uh thanks? No offence but why are you here?"
"Well Johnny told me he came to get the kids from you, but you three were apparently having so much fun that he decided not to interrupt." Sue said dryly as Spidey twitched under his mask. "I decided to come pick them up after failing to get any sleep for the past three hours."
"Failing?" Spider-Man repeated in confusion.
"I made the unfortunate choice of having a room next to your Wife's." Sue said with a slight blush "Natasha and Silver have been at it for hours."
"Wow….guess they made up." Spider-Man said unsurely as that lovely image floated around in his skull for a bit.
"Understatement." Sue said as she shook her head.
"So how long have you been there?" Spider-Man questioned curiously as Sue gained a sad look as she stared at her children.
"Long enough to realize that my only daughter was contemplating being evil." Sue said sadly. "There had been hints of something like this happening, but to hear it from her mouth is a completely different matter." Sue said before giving Spider-Man a grateful smile as her eyes watered. "I don't know how I could ever repay you for setting her back on the right path."
"Hey it's okay; she's a little girl with one of the greatest minds on the planet." Spidey began as he stood up to pat the woman's back. "Just think of it like this, how would you feel if your peers treated you like a child?" Spider-Man questioned as Sue blinked away her tears and stared at him with wide yes. "Now add in that you are probably smarter than all of them. That should give you a close feeling."
"But she is a child." Sue frowned as Spider-Man nodded his head.
"She knows that, she may not like it, but she knows it. You just have to pay special attention to her because sometimes you just might need to speak to her as an adult to communicate properly." Spidey then began to shake his head as he released a low whistle. "I do not envy you; when she finally hits puberty…man that is going to suck."
"Oh God." Sue groaned as she placed her head into her hands. The very thought was enough to nearly make her faint.
"There, there it'll be okay let me grab my stuff because obviously we are going to have to switch rooms." Spider-Man said making the blonde stare at him in confusion. "Unless you want your kids to hear the moans of two women, I don't judge, though I would be highly concerned." Spidey said as Sue stared at him in horror before nodding her head.
"Please…let's switch."
-Minutes later-
As Spider-Man and Sue approached her room they stopped awkwardly as they ran in to none other than Natasha and Silver.
"Oh this is awkward." Spidey whispered and Sue had to agree with him, it was very hard for her to look at the two.
"I'll go ahead and start packing." Sue said as she hastily entered her room while fighting the urge to just disappear.
"Hello Spider." Natasha greeted normally while Silver released some unrecognizable noise as she stared ahead blankly.
"I see you two…made up?" Spidey questioned as he tried to figure out what the hell Silver was staring at.
"Yes we did, I doubt there will be any chance that a civil war will be breaking out for a long time." Natasha said simply making Spider-Man nod.
"Right…" Spider-Man muttered as he snapped his fingers in front of Silver's face only to get no response. "Alright, screw it; I'm just going to ask. What the heck did you do to her?" Natasha glanced around slightly as if looking for listeners before releasing a sigh.
"I know over forty ways to pleasure a woman and the same is true for a man." Natasha explained as Spidey gaped from beneath his mask. After all, he probably only knew like…two. "I showed her thirty….consider it…training?"
"Wow…what is this…I don't even…" Spidey trailed off. "Wha?"
"We're headed to the casino so we'll meet you later." Natasha nodded as she guided the Silver haired woman away, but before the two left the hall Black Widow glanced back. "Oh and Spider?"
"Yeah?"
"Next time you are in Emora… if you want, I'll train you as well." Natasha offered before leaving a gob-smacked Spider-Man in the hallway.
"Well then…how did my life end up like this again?" Spider-Man wondered before shaking his head. "Wait…why do I even care?" Spidey muttered again as he made a mental note to definitely go visit Emora sometime in the near future. Spidey entered Sue's room to find the woman packing as she listened to some music on a nearby radio.
BGM: -Insert any song you want-
"Huh, had no idea you were in to that type of music." Spidey said as the woman glanced at his.
"I guess it's true when they say you can learn something new every day." Sue smiled making the man nod. "I don't know how I could ever thank you enough for this, you're always helping us. I'll admit that if my brother is good at one thing, it's picking friends."
"Aww shucks, you're making me blush." Spidey quipped getting a small giggle from the woman.
"Seriously Spider-Man." Sue said as she placed a comforting hand on his bare shoulder. Spidey had to refrain from flinching, he wasn't sure why but her touch seemed burn, not literally of course but he couldn't describe it. "If I had known that the reckless hero who gave me a webbed heart of all things would grow to be such a great man I probably would have-"Sue stopped suddenly as she stared at the hero with wide eyes.
"...Would have what?" Spider-Man questioned.
! Spider-Sense: You are entering FORBIDDEN territory. Leave. Now!
"N-Nothing." Sue amended as she turned away and continued packing hastily.
"Come on Sue what's wrong? Something is obviously bugging you." Spider-Man said with concern lacing his voice. "You can tell me anything, especially after everything we've been through."
BGM: END
["We hope you enjoyed that song. Now we shall play a song that was requested by a mister Wade Wilson for two of his friends."] The radio DJ said enthusiastically.
BGM: If I didn't Know Better- Luther Vandross (I went old school for this one lol, don't judge it's a classic.)
"I know, trust me, I know." Sue said as she turned to face the web-head and placed a hand on his chest making him once again fight the urge to flinch. "You are one of my closest friends outside of my team and even then you are a member of that as well." Sue said with a chuckle.
"So you know you can tell me if something is bothering you." Spidey said making the blonde shake her head and step back as she slowly pulled her hand away off of his chest.
"This is something that should be ignored." Sue said softly as Spidey tilted his head.
"Not if it's hurting you, Sue." Spidey said seriously. "Is it something I did?"
"No-yes-listen it's just something I'm going through, I have to deal with it myself." Sue said as she shook her head. "You ever hear the phrase: Some things are better left unsaid?"
"Yes, but that always screws someone over in the end." Spidey pointed out. "Listen you've already partially answered the question, it's something I did so at least tell me if I offended you or something. Did you not like the advice I gave Valeria?"
"Oh God no." Sue denied firmly. "It was perfect, you are perfect and that's the problem." Sue said as she tried to brush passed the man only for him to put a comforting hand on her shoulder that burned her to her core.
"Listen you said I have become a great man, well if you ask me you too have become a splendid woman and mother to your children." Spidey began softly. "If there is any trouble between us we can talk about it like adul-*MMPH*" Spidey widened his eyes behind his mask as he found himself falling on his back on to the bed with Sue stepped back and placed a on top of him. After a bit Sue stepped back and placed a hand over her mouth with a horrified expression. Even with though he had his mask on, the burning sensation on both of their lips was proof enough.
Susan Storm Richards had just kissed The Amazing Spider-Man.
"Do you understand now?" Sue asked quietly. "We cannot go anywhere with that so it's best we stop this before someone gets hurt."
"I don't know what I was expecting, but it certainly wasn't that….you're right, I won't lie and say I didn't feel anything but Reed is a friend I couldn't bear to hurt him or the kids." Spider-Man said as he stood up. "Listen, no one knows what happened here. We will never speak of it again or bring it up again." Spidey said seriously getting a nod from the woman.
"Agreed." Sue said before averting her eyes. "I have to be the worst wife ever."
"Not at all, listen Sue I know you. You're a great person and a damned good mother and hero." Spidey said as she looked back towards him. "Let me tell you something a wise woman once told me." Spidey began making sure he had her full attention. "You're only human."Sue widened her eyes as Spider-Man threw her words right back at her. Sue stared at him silently for a bit before shaking her head with a tired smile.
"You…you are Amazing." Sue said with a small chuckle. "Now I can understand why you have so much female attention on you, it's because they are starting to realize this as well." Spidey scratched the back of his head sheepishly.
"Thank you…I would give you a hug, but I think touching would be a bad idea right now." Spidey said getting a nervous laugh from the woman.
"T-that might be true." Sue said as she grabbed her belongings. "Let's just give it a couple of days so we can clear our heads so we can go back to normal, after all you still owe the Future Foundation a home cooked meal and I don't want to be walking on pins and needles around you."
"Right…"Spidey said dryly as he remembered the bet. "Don't worry besides this was probably just a phase that will blow over eventually."
"You're right; I doubt anything like that would happen again." They were in denial, they both knew it. They were both too afraid to even think about what the true nature of their relationship had become in the span of a few moments. "One thing though Spider-Man." Sue said with a surprising amount of seriousness. "Don't you dare think what just happened was your fault, I know that's probably where your mind is going so stop it. I did it, not you. That's it." Sue said firmly getting a shocked nod from the man. "Good, I'll go put my stuff in your old room. I think it's time that I retire for the night."
"Cool I'll go find something to do then."
"You're about to go get a drink aren't you?" Sue asked knowingly, honestly she could have used one as well, but sleep seemed to be a better idea.
"You already know." Spidey chuckled. "After that…probably a cold shower." Spidey added getting a mock glare from the woman.
-30 minutes later: Bar-
"Alright y'all!" Deadpool shouted from a microphone as he stood on a stage. "We'll have live entertainment from none other than Wanda in a few minutes. So get ready to have some fun."
"That should be…horrifying." Peter muttered as he sat next to Laura at a table that was occupied by Laura, Jubilee, Chun-Li, and Cammy.
"Indeed." Chun-Li nodded as Laura and Jubilee, who was in her vampire form and wearing a black monokini, sniffed the air and turned to him with varying degrees of disbelief.
"S-seriously webs?" Jubilee questioned with wide eyes.
"You're embracing your other side pretty well for someone who was so reluctant." Laura deadpanned making Spidey groaned.
"Listen, it didn't get anywhere near as far as you two think it did, and I'd really appreciate it if we never bring it up again." Spidey deadpanned making the women shrug.
"If you say so, not my problem." The half-vampire shrugged as she sipped from a gold flask of blood.
"You are an adult; you know what you are doing, I suppose." Laura said with her own shrug.
"So did you two catch up?" Spidey questioned curiously as he turned to Chun-Li and Cammy.
"Yes it was nice speaking to a friend after so long." Cammy replied before sighing. "It's a shame that I am going to be a drone again in a few hours."
"We will save you." Chun-Li said firmly getting a nod from her team mates.
"I hope you do, I hope you do, but if you don't my last chance is that Ero can succeed in reforming them."
"I never thought I'd say this…" Spidey said before shaking his head. "I hope Ero succeeds. If Juri and Adriana can genuinely change there is no telling how much good can come from it."
"However if she can't succeed we have to prepare." Laura said seriously. "Chun-Li can more than likely best Juri but the other two are going to be a problem and we can't forget the fact that Cammy will be there too."
"I really hope I don't fight you all. Chun-Li has gotten a little too strong for comfort." Cammy said dryly but with a hint of a smile getting a laugh from her friend.
"It will be like our sparring matches…only faster." Chun-Li said getting a mock glare from the woman.
"Oh no, get ready." Jubilee sighed as Wanda walked up to the microphone. "This is about to hurt."
"Hi!" Wanda chirped getting a few groans from the audience. "I'll be singing for you for the rest of the evening."
"No, please…just no!" Nero shouted in terror only for Scorn to place a hand on his shoulder.
"Just go to your happy place." The woman said as her psychiatrist side came out.
"Let's get started, this song was requested by my pal Logan! But it can apply to many couples here this evening." Wanda began earning confused looks from the entirety of the room. "Without further ado…"
BGM: Young and Beautiful- Lana Del Rey
"I've seen the world…done it all, had my cake now…" Wanda began and much to the shock of the listeners it was spot on.
-Meanwhile: On the deck-
Rachel widened her eyes as she heard the music and turned around to stare at a smirking Logan in disbelief.
"I can't believe that you of all people actually did this." Rachel said with a small smile as she shook her head in slight disbelief making Logan smirk.
"I am full of surprises, you haven't seen anything yet." Logan smirked. "Still it took me awhile but I finally managed to figure out why you were so weird lately"
"Jean told you didn't she?" Rachel deadpanned.
"I have no idea what you're talkin' bout." Logan denied as Rachel muttered something about nosy mothers making Logan laugh a bit. "Still you thought you aging would be a problem for me? Even if you become a wrinkly old woman, you are my wrinkly old woman."
"I know, I know, you're loyal almost to a fucking fault." Rachel said as she sighed. "I don't know what it is. I've always been strong, stronger than many and no offence, stronger than you….yet somehow…you make me feel weak. You bring out a side of me that I don't like."
"And that's what has been bothering you?" Logan questioned skeptically. "Listen you're easily one of the strongest women I know…and trust me that's saying something. Everyone has that part of them that they don't like but is a key part of their life. The trick is knowing who to show it too."
"So, are you saying even the infamous wolverine has a soft side?" Rachel teased as she grabbed his chin. "And here I thought you were a badass."
"You'll just have to wait and find out then won't ya?" Logan smirked. "Besides I thought the same about you." Logan finished before claiming the red-heads lips.
-Bar-
"She is really good." Ero thought as she sat by herself at one of the tables. She sighed as she twirled silver strand of hair. "Damn, I don't have much longer…"
*Clink*
Ero blinked as she saw none other than the Queen setting a shot glass in front of her.
"You looked as if you needed one, be grateful that I decided to get you something." Adriana said as she sat down.
"Not that I don't appreciate the company…but why are you here?" Ero questioned skeptically as the woman seemed to gaze directly through her.
"You're weak." Adriana deadpanned.
"Gee thanks." Ero muttered as she picked up the glass.
"Tell me, why don't you just refill your reserves it's not like a prostitute or something is hard to find in New York." Adriana questioned curiously.
"I don't need tantric energy." Ero sighed. "What I need is power directly from the Web of Life, the energy that you are currently filling up on, the only way to get that would be either to reproduce or take some of your power."
"Why did you not simply ask me for some?"
"We both know that you can't afford to risk weakening your connection right now, especially with your body trying to stabilize itself after being dead for so long."
"True…" Adriana nodded "Then why not just reproduce then? You only need one offspring."
"No normal person would be able to survive one of my eggs hatching." Ero said as she downed the shot glass.
"My, my you've grown a heart." The Queen smirked making Ero roll her eyes.
"Bite me." Ero said as she flipped the woman off. "Man that was some strong stuff." Ero muttered as her vision blurred slightly.
"No, I don't think I will." Adriana said nonchalantly. "I will, however, show you mercy. You have been a great ally and one I wish to see by mine and Spider-Man's side when it's time to make my kingdom."
"W-what did y-you put in my drink?" Ero questioned drearily as she felt her body go limp.
"Be grateful, it's not often that I part with my venom so easily, however with my weakened state you would be able to break free from my control much too easily. You're strong willpower is a nuisance." Ero couldn't even reply before her vision went blank.
-With Spider-Man-
Spider-Man glanced towards Laura when he felt the feral grab his hand tightly underneath the table. He was confused until he remembered that he would leave the earth much earlier than Laura….if she ever did. HE had no idea what he was supposed to say to her, but when she turned to him and gave him a small smile he realized that no words were necessary and just settled for holding her hand. To at least let her know he was still there.
Chun-Li smiled at her teammates' interaction before frowning slightly as she felt a small pang her chest.
"[Where did that come from?]"
BGM: END
-Hours Later: Upper Deck-
Peter sighed contently as he as he leaned over a rail with his mask in his hand and stared out at the rising sun with the city of New York visible in the distance.
"You're up early." A familiar voice spoke up making Peter smile as he glanced back to See Carol approaching him with a towel over her shoulder as she still wore her swimwear.
"Never went to sleep, you?"
"Wanted an early swim, not every day you get to relax like this." Carol shrugged getting a nod from the man. "Now that I mention it, you used to be a reporter or something like that for the Bugle; lack of sleep shouldn't bother you if you want to get a good picture."
"Nah, after all I just took pictures of myself, I could do that whenever." Peter said nonchalantly making Carol give a fake gasp.
"Well aren't you my smart little reporter-"
"Photographer." Peter correct as Carol placed an arm around him.
"Whatever. In the end you still worked for a newspaper so I got that part right." Carol said bluntly making Peter snicker.
"Yeah, I'm a regular Lois Lane." Peter smirked as he turned to the blonde who laughed at the comparison before bringing the man into a hug.
"Guess, that makes me your Super Man?" Carol questioned as let the towel fall from her shoulder. "I don't feel like swimming anymore."
"Carol?" Peter questioned in confusion before holding on to the woman tightly as he felt himself leaving the ground. "Whoa!"
"Hang on!" Carol said as they flew above the boat and turned towards the sun rise. "Now you can't tell me the sight doesn't look much better from here."
"I'll give you that." Peter agreed as he stared at the sun before glancing down. "If you drop me, I'm going to be sooooo pissed."
"Don't worry I got you, I am your hero after all." Carol said softly with a smile as Peter widened his eyes.
["Looks like I'll have to save you from yourself."]
Carol's words rung through his head making Peter soften his gaze at his friend.
"Carol-"
"-Place your feet on mine." The blonde interrupted him making him frown in confusion, but he did as he was told. "Good, now place your hand around me like this." Carol said as she placed his arm around her waist.
BGM: Hall of Fame- The Script
Both heroes frowned as they suddenly heard music, only to look down to see Deadpool placing a boom box down on the upper deck. The merc, surprisingly, didn't say a word and just gave them a thumbs up before exiting their field of vision.
"Well I suppose that does help." Carol said with a smile as they began to rotate slightly. "Follow my lead."
"I believe that's the man's job." Peter pointed out making her snort.
"I don't think you are in a position to complain right now." Carol pointed out making Peter shake his head with a small smile, before following the powerful woman's lead and dancing in mid-air.
-Meanwhile: Ero's Room-
Ero awoke feeling better than she ever had. Sitting up on her bed tiredly she rubbed her eyes as she saw Adriana getting ready to her room. It was then that she remembered what had happened and quickly sprung to her feet to look at a nearby mirror. Sure enough, much to her horror, she was back to her prime and feeling better than ever.
"Try not to over-exert yourself until my connection to the web stabilizes, you can still fight yourself into an early grave." Adriana said calmly as she placed a handle on the door.
"A-Adriana…" Ero gaped at the woman. "Why?"
"What kind of Queen would I be if I let my best warrior die when I could prevent it? I am no fool."
"But you could die; you can't afford to part with so much of the Web's power."
"Who said I used the web?" Adriana asked calmly confusing Ero greatly until her eyes widened in horror. "Queen's make sacrifices." Adriana said calmly as she opened the door. "It will be excruciating, but don't you dare think I am weak enough to die from something like that." With that Adriana left as Ero fell to her knees as her eyes filled with tears, unable to comprehend what her 'evil' team mate had just done for her.
-Meanwhile: On the Bow-
*Click*
Jubilee smiled as she took a picture of a smiling Laura, whose back was to the rising sun as her long hair blew towards the half-vampire. Jubilee sighed as she stepped forward and placed an arm around her mate and turned her around so they could stare at daybreak.
"Daybreak, it's so beautiful…" Jubilee began with a small sigh. "But as a vampire it was so dangerous…yet…" Jubilee trailed of quietly as she turned to face Laura. "I still love it."
"Understandable, you do have a history of loving beautiful and dangerous things." Laura said with a nod making Jubilee's eyes widen.
"Did...did you just tell a joke?" Jubilee said in disbelief before glancing up at a dancing Peter and Carol. "If Spidey wasn't preoccupied right now I'd give him a hug for rubbing off on you." Jubilee said with a smile. "You're so unpredictable it always keeps me on my toes, and I love that about you."
"Unpredictable?" Laura questioned in confusion getting a nod from Jubilee.
"Every time I think I have you figured out, you prove me wrong. It's when that happens that I really wish I didn't…" Jubilee trailed off as she brought up Laura's hand and stared at her ring."…have to wait."
"…Then don't." Laura said suddenly making Jubilee widen her eyes. "I'm ready whenever you are." Jubilee stared at the feral in open mouthed shock. She tried to put how she was feeling in words but just couldn't.
"I-I…oh screw it." Jubilee muttered as she went in for a kiss only for Laura to place a finger on her lips. "What?"
"I love you." Laura said awkwardly and softly as she removed her finger causing Jubilee to look at her in shock. "Jubilee?" Laura frowned when Jubilee's eyes began to water until eventually tears cascaded down her face. Laura was about to say something when her mouth was claimed by the tearful woman's. Laura returned the kiss and wrapped her arms around her.
-With Peter and Carol-
"What was with this sudden dance by the way?" Peter questioned awkwardly as he found himself being twirled much to his dismay.
"It's just when I realized how unlikely it is for us to ever get time to relax like this, let alone have functioning relationships I decided that a change was in order." Carol began softly confusing him. "I don't want to wait until after the tournament to tell you this…"
"Carol wait-"Peter began; already knowing what was coming. He'd be damned if her lack of knowledge about his current situation lead to one of his best friends being heartbroken.
"It's okay, I know." Carol said as they spun while Peter looked at her shock.
"Know about what?"
"Everything." Carol answered with a soft gaze. "Logan told me why you stole the Quinjet."
"Oh…but what about the other thing?" Peter asked carefully being dropped form that height was not going to be pleasant.
"Other thing? There's more?" Carol questioned in confusion as they continued to dance.
"I'm kind of in…how do you say a very open relationship." Carol stared at him blankly and Peter looked down ready to find something to web-zip to when he got dropped.
"No shit." Carol said simply making him blink in shock. "You're married to two different women and have two kids from two other women coming and you are apparently on good terms with all of them. Was this something new to you or something?" Peter gaped at her for a second before shaking his head in wonder.
"Never mind." Peter said before finding himself being dipped. "Okay I draw the damn line at dipping me."
"Peter? Do me a favor." Carol asked quietly as she gazed down into his eyes.
"What?"
"For once…just shut up." Carol said as she closed the distance between them. It was for that moment that time seemed to stand still. For once, Peter's life just seemed to be….
Amazing.
BGM: END
"Oh…shit." Peter thought in horror.
To be continued…
Next Chapter: The Untouchable Spider-Man Act 1
~Omake 1~
-Earth 616: Year 2099: Space-
We now take a bird's eye view of what remained of the once prosperous planet known as Earth. Instead of a blue marble we now find that a majority of the planet was destroyed leaving nothing but a crescent shaped floating object with a large green glow where the core was supposed to be
-Time Variance Authority HQ: New York Branch-
(LIAG Helpful Info: The Time Variance Authority is a society of far-future time travelers. These agents usually travel through time making sure that no time line is corrupted. And sometimes having to deal with renegade agents who use their powers to their advantages. These people use incredibly advanced technology to do their work, and to keep the time line how it must be.)
"Sir!" A man with no face shouted as he ran into his boss's office.
"What is it?" A man with black hair and brown eyes who was wearing a black suit questioned in concern.
"Something has drastically changed the past and it threatens to rewrite the future completely!" The faceless man shouted in alarm making his boss narrow his eyes.
"Well? Who's time line is in danger of being re-written?"
"Everyone's sir." The man stressed out making his boss stare at him in complete horror.
"Well what the hell are you waiting for!? Send in our best agents now!" The man shouted angrily.
"That's just it sir, all of our time traveling technology has been either hacked, wiped out, or stolen." The faceless man said grimly making his boss grit his teeth.
"Who the hell would do such a thing?"
"As if you need to ask." The faceless man scoffed as he threw down a white playing card that had a black Spider on it. Inside of the spider was a white mask and in the upper left and bottom right corners was a black "P".
"Phantom." The boss cursed as he clenched his fist tightly. "He has been causing havoc for decades; he even tried to destroy the remaining source of the planet's power. Why is that damn terrorist doing this?"
"Terrorist? No my poor boy you have gotten it all wrong." A voice spoke up making them turn to find a man who wore a plain white mask that covered his face perfectly. It looked like one of those that you would find associated with drama only it lacked a mouth and it's eye holes were pitch black lenses. The man was wearing a black suit with a red tie and white shirt and had a pitch black cape over his shoulders. The two were barely able to make out his pale skin on his neck and his platinum blonde hair that almost seemed white. "I am a visionary." The man said with a voice withered with age.
"You're a madman. You and your damned rebellion!" The faceless man shouted. "Your father would be rolling in his grave-"
"-That man was not my father." Phantom cut off. "That man stole my father's life and left him to die like a dog and look what happened because of it, a majority of the planet is laid to waste." Phantom gave a rueful chuckle. "Perhaps I envision a different world than you do. I envision a world where Earth is whole again and can sustain itself without having to depend on a murdering psychopath for sustenance."
"That psychopath is the only reason we're alive!"
"Perhaps that is the truth for you, but I am alive due to my need to fix this planet." Phantom said simply. "I am an old man. I have been fighting you all for nearly seven decades and I grow tired. I thought I was going to die a meaningless death, but then something wonderful happened-thank the Weaver-the time lime is trying to erase this reality. The past is trying to stop this reality and I will do my best to help it, even if I have to go back and fix it myself."
"You have no idea what will be the effects of this rift!" The boss shouted indignantly. "This could wipe humanity out completely!"
"It's a gamble that I will have to take." Phantom said nonchalantly as he pulled out a golden pocket watch and stared it for a bit. "I shall go down in history; gentlemen when you wake up tomorrow children shall be praising that who is the immortal thief Phantom Spider! This will be my greatest heist yet; I shall steal everyone's suffering and leave only joy!" Phantom declared proudly as he pocketed the watch.
"No this is it! I refuse to let you get away with this." The boss of the New York TVA declared as he pulled out a gun and pulled the trigger, causing a red beam of light to shoot through phantom's chest.
"Such passion." Phantom said condescendingly as his figure distorted slightly. "Now I see where your wife gets it from, do tell her I am sorry but I will not be tied down just yet." Phantom said making the man grit his teeth in outrage. "I am just a hologram, I'm afraid that it will be too late to stop me. Good day sirs." And with that Phantom blinked out of existence.
"PHANTOM!" The black haired man screamed in outrage.
"Sir what do we do, we can't follow him without our time tech!" The faceless man shouted making the man frown.
"No there's still another way to get to the past, not even Phantom can shut down the time vortex back at the Main HQ."
"Nobody is strong enough to go through it without being ripped apart."
"There is one-"
"You can't be serious." The Face-less man interrupted his boss firmly. "She's powering the planet if she were to leave we would all die!"
"She's given us enough to last a few more millennia go take a trip to the core and tell her that we need her help." His boss said sounding resigned. "It's time for Alpha to come out of retirement."
-Omake: END-
-Omake 2-
-Abandoned castle-
A tall white haired man with crimson eyes whose body was wrapped in a cloak stood silently as a large muscular figure appeared before him in a flash of light.
"Grr…the hell am I?" The man growled out as he stared up at dispassionate figure. "Heh…never thought I'd see you again…Dracula."
"Hmph. I would have preferred if you didn't, be grateful that I freed you from your dark prison Romulus." The ancient Vampire drawled as the ancient feral stood up with a vicious smirk. (LIAG Helpful Info: Little is known about Romulus. He has been shown, however, to be extremely intelligent with connections with various governments and government programs. Romulus was ultimately behind the Weapon X Program. Given his great lifespan, and the few instances revealed about his past, Romulus is an exceptional warrior, planner and tactician.)
"I am, but why have you freed me…that is the question?"
"A very…unpleasing matter has come up." Dracula began. "Recently, a very powerful vampire has appeared who's powers could potentially rival mine and I want her as my mate. The problem is that I have been at ends with her before so I do not believe it will be easy for her to see the light and be mine."
"So you have women problems?" Romulus scoffed. "I fail to see how this concerns me."
"She has currently mated with a very powerful lupine mutant." Dracula answered making Romulus narrow his eyes. "Should you take her mate as your own, it shall make it easier for me to take her. If I were to simply kill her mate, it will just make her resist more."
"Hmph. One flaw with your plan." Romulus began as he turned around. "I do not take the same sex as a mate."
"Her mate is a woman. Many know her as a new hero that goes by the name Talon." Dracula replied and the feral could practically feel the monster's smirk. "A clone of another mutant that goes by the name Wolverine. She, however, has become much stronger than him and I believe she suits your tastes. Does my plan still have a flaw?"
"Heh…tell me more about this…Talon."
"With pleasure."
OMAKE: END
-Omake 3-
Emora: With MJ and C. Viper
"You know, I wonder Natasha got Silver to forgive her?" Viper spoke up as she sat lazily on her throne as she looked up at the Crimson Empress.
"Please, Silver was not truly angry." MJ said almost boredly as her head rested on her fist. "That was just the hook of her plan." MJ said as she laid a surprisingly powerful gaze on Viper. "To make stronger, you must first destroy."
"Wait, hold up, you can't be telling me-"
"Natasha is a strong woman, normally the perfect choice to take my place should something happen. However she tries too much to be uncaring and dispassionate." MJ drawled. "Silver saw this and chose to undertake the task of 'destroying' the 'Black Widow' so that a more powerful woman could take her place. One that knew when to care when the time arose."
"That….that almost sounds evil, playing with someone's emotions like that?"
"You misunderstand." MJ said patiently. "Silver's love for both Natasha and Spider-Man is genuine. It's for this reason that she was driven to do it in the first place. After all, could you really sit down and watch the people you love destroy themselves?"
"I…I think I understand."
"Nothing but good will come from it should she succeed." MJ said calmly. "Now, for obvious reasons, this will be the last we speak of this."
"I understand, but one question if you don't mind?" Viper asked as she as she stood up from her throne and pulled off her glasses so she could get a good look at the model. "Who the hell are you?" Viper asked in concern making the model widen her eyes and shake her head frantically.
"W-what t-the hell was that?" MJ muttered in disbelief. She knew it was her speaking…but those mannerisms and her perspective on the situation clearly were not. "What the hell is going on?"
["If I had to hazard a guess, it would seem as though you have been unconsciously assimilating my behavior."] Sonja spoke up.
"Wait, are you saying we're becoming one person?"
["Not at all, think of it like and infant and its parent. You are just picking up on my behavior that is all. You should be able to keep your own behaviors if you concentrate slightly. Do not fear."]
"Alright…you haven't given me a reason to distrust you yet." MJ thought and even though she believed that she couldn't help but feel as though Sonja wasn't telling her the entire story.
OMAKE: END
-OMAKE 4-
What if? Spider- Man was present for Jean's training.
"I can't…Control it!" Jean grey roared as flames began to shoot from her back.
"Well you better learn bitch!" Spider-Man yelled. "Ultimate WEB! Gotcha!" Slamming Phoenix into the ground and rendering her unconscious our favorite web head pointed at her body. "LOOOSSERR" He stopped when he felt a hand on his shoulder. Turning around he came face to face with Cyclops holding out his hand.
"Join the X-men." Stunned as everyone else Spider-Man just looked at the hand. Cyclops pressed harder. "Please."
OMAKE: END
-OMAKE 5-
-Rebuff's Apartment-
"Hey, Rebuff…is there someone important to you?" Wanda questioned curiously gaining the white haired woman's attention.
"What?"
"You know like a lover or something?" The Scarlet Witch questioned making the announcer frown to herself.
"What brought this on?' Rebuff inquired curiously making the mutant point to a picture that was on the coffee table. The picture had a grinning Rebuff standing as each of her arms were wrapped around two men. One was a black haired man with green and silver eyes who was wearing a black trench coat and smirking into the camera while the other looked like a shorter male version of Rebuff who was wearing a black suit.
"I saw you staring at it longingly one night and I was curious."
"Ha! Those two fools? In their dreams." Rebuff snorted making Wanda shrug. The very idea of her having any romantic feelings for her boss or his second in command made her laugh.
"Oh sorry for prying then, I was just curious about my roommate." Wanda shrugged as she left the room. Rebuff watched her leave before sighing and picking up the photo.
"A dream…" Rebuff trailed off as she traced her thumb over the image of her boss. "That's all it can be…just a dream."
OMAKE: END
To the guest that asked if Spider-Girl will be in the harem: NO. If you are speaking of the Mayday, then absolutely not. Peter would never under any circumstances date his daughter. If you are talking about the earth 616 one then she is too young for him and they have a sibling relationship if anything.
Wiggles-n-stuff: -Evil Smirk- Hope you enjoyed this Chapter bro!
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Zangoules: Actually I think Thor partied with them in canon if memory serves me right.
Heromtz: Honestly I always favored the Rouge pairing too after reading some fics by Agent-G but I just don't know how to weasel it in, if I can I will but I make no promises.
RebukeX7: Alerts are back on lol I'm thorough with my replies.
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Sage of Eyes: We all do…we all do…even though a body wasn't found so there's hope.
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John doe: Holy shit….you're right!
J.E.P 1996: No it won't be different Spider-Men (Peter Parkers)
Gravitate: Well with the Uni power alone he won't reach 100%, not close actually. Also FEAR THE LONG SWORD!
AthanMortis: Ha that's funny considering you've read more comic than I have, honestly I just read Spider-Man after like Issue 680 and everything else has been bloody-teared research. Damn I'm good.
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