Co-Writter: GhostKaiser23
Disclaimer: I do not own Marvel
A Web of Love: Rewoven
Chapter 7: The Sinister Ten, Spider's Return
The group of four landed in front of Avenger's mansion, Peter sulking. They walked inside to see newspapers on the mat... the newspapers all being about them
"New Spider in town!"
"Tangled webs of love!"
"Spider-Man or Spider-Pimp?"
Those where just a FEW of the headlines of the papers
"Oh man...!" Peter groaned seeing the headlines
"Jonah's been busy." Gwen shrank at the sight of the headlines
"Jonah, New York Press, The Inquirer, The Drunken Man's Rag...ALL of them!" Peter face-palmed groaning
"Well, at least Gwen's photo turned out okay..." Jess smiled sheepishly
"Course they did, Peter took them." Carol chuckled as she walked towards them from inside the mansion
"They're good..." Gwen examined them "You REALLY got my good side."
"Hey thanks..." Peter blushed "But this is bad...VERY bad..."
"How is it bad?" Natasha asked
"Well look how they're portraying you!" Peter showed the headlines "That's not how I intended the pictures!" Peter defended his art.
"None of those headlines attack me... it's really all attacking you." Gwen shrugged
"But..." Peter started
"It's fine." Gwen reassured
"They're attacking me through you." Peter answered
"You can change the way people look at you. There'll always be people who'll support you Peter." Natasha comforted him.
"Yeah but now Jonah has ACTUAL proof of me being with you. It's not just hot air." Peter pointed out
"Peter... does it LOOK like we care?" Jess deadpanned, gesturing to herself and the two other girls
"... no?" He muttered
"Then calm down." Gwen reassured
"I...sure." Peter accepted defeat
"Are there any missions that're for us?" Gwen asked trying to get back on topic
"Not really, but there are new members." Carol said "And hey Jess, glad you joined the team." She smiled, hugging her best friend
"Great. Who's on the roster sheet?" Peter smiled
"DareDevil's inside alongside that new Nova, didn't know he was a kid." Carol shrugged
"Cool." Peter grinned
*with Julia*
Julia was standing in an empty field, two white urethral spiders in her hands "Finally, I found you both." She smiled "As spirits, your threads where no longer woven so I had to look for you the old fashioned way... which is very heard when you are blind." She carefully placed a nearly folded red and blue costume on the ground alongside casual cloths with a brown trench coat "I don't know why I am explaining this to you, you can't talk and you won't remember this." She then let the spiders crawl off her hand and into the earth "I hope Peter likes my present." She smiled, blushing lightly, refusing to look into the future to see if he did or did not
She then vanished... only for two hands to burst from the ground
*Avenger's mansion*
"Oh man you... YOU'RE SPIDER-MAN!" The new Joava called. He was a teen boy wearing the traditional Nova costume with a black helmet that had a three pronged head crest
"Sam Alexander." The new Nova extended his hand
"Peter Parker." Peter smiled at the new and obviously enthusiastic recruit and shook his hand
"Gwen Stacy, Natasha Romanov, Jessica Drew." The girls smiled accepted also.
"Hey Peter." DareDevil entered
"Hey Matt." Peter answered
"How have you been bud?" Peter asked, shacking his hand
"Not very busy, the Lawyer business has been a bit slow the past month." Matt said
"Sorry to hear that man." Peter flinched
"So this is Gwen Stacy, back from the dead?" Matt asked, turning to the girl with a raised eyebrow
"Does everyone know about my double being dead?" Gwen deadpanned
"It was hard for everyone." Matt explained "Especially for Peter."
"Things have changed since then." Peter spoke with a happy tone.
"And to be fair, it was in the newspapers. There is a death certificate. And I told my friends."
"Fine." Gwen muttered in defeat
Matt sniffed before giving Peter a look "Really Pete? Two where NOT enough? You had to get a third?"
"A thir... JESS?!" Carol gasped, catching on to what Matt meant
"Aha-ha..." Jess blushed
"How'd he...?" Gwen asked
"He's got superhuman heightened senses: reflexes, strength...and in this case smell." Peter explained with a deadpanned look
"Just don't ask me to judge a "Scratch and Sniff" contest...*shudder* not after last time." Matt explained thinking back to a very overwhelming and slightly traumatizing memory
"Wait... Spider-Man has a harem?!" Sam gasped
"... er... I... guess?" Peter blushed
"... YOU ARE NOW MY HERO!" Sam bowed
Peter was almost overwhelmed by the praise of this kid so all he could do was laugh. "Trust me Sam, it gets funnier."
"What d'you mean by that?" Gwen and Sam asked
"Back of the knee..." Peter raised his eyebrow
"Oh..." Gwen blushed, but went over Sam's head.
"What?" Sam asked in confusion
"It's a grown up thing Sam. I'm sure you'll know about it later." Matt smirked
"Spider-Man we've got a something!" Captain America's voice spoke.
"What's wrong Cap?" Peter asked
"The Sinister Six are robbing an Oscorp storage facility... well, they seem to have grown into the 'Sinister Ten'." Cap explained
"Got it Cap!" Peter nodded
"Okay. Sorry about bringing you into a war zone Sam, but we're gonna need some help. You up for it?" Peter asked the newbie
"Really? AWESOME!" Sam cheered and instantly saluted "Nova ready for take off Spider-Man!"
"Okay, Carol? Matt?" Peter asked
"Your rogues are a bit too easy for me Pete." Carol shrugged
"Sure, why not." Daredevil shrugged
"Let's move out!" Peter called, running outside with his lovers as well as Nova and Matt. Peter and the girls took off web swinging, DareDevil launching his Billy-Club Grapple and Nova flying
Carol just huffed, sulking at the Mansion
"Okay, Nova first rule of your new gig: observe then attack. See your enemies then use that to your advantage." Natasha explained
"Yes Ma'am!" Nova understood
"Hey she's not "ma'am" yet." Gwen commented
Peter blushed a bit as they reached where the new 'Sinister 10' where attacking. The members of this new team: Doc Ock, the Vulture, the Rhino, Mysterio, Sandman, Hydro Man, Electro, Scorpion, Shocker and...
"Kraven." Peter growled, his body seemingly glowing for a second before he took off at full speed leaving a small trail of after images. He slammed his fist into Kraven's face sending the hunter flying
"Ah, Spyder... it has been a while." Kraven grinned, rubbing the blood from his lip
"You and your family killed Madalyn Frank... you killed Madam Web... you killed my BROTHER! I'm not letting you walk away with the ABILITY to walk this time Kraven!" Peter growled in near blind fury
"Then come Spider, will you become "Predator" or "Prey"?" Kraken taunted with a smile. Peter blonde by his rage started his assault on Kraven, ignoring the other nine.
"Attack!" Doc Ock ordered
"Damn it Peter!" Jess groaned
"Nova take: Vulture, Sand-Man, Shocker and Electro." Natasha ordered "Gwen, Jess you're on Hydro-Man, Scorpion, Mysterio and Rhino. I've got Ock and Kraven."
"Got it!" The three knew what they had to do and begun to attack the ten.
"We've got the girly Spiders." Rhino grinned, charging
"Oh, I cannot wait to use my illusions to shatter their minds! We can have so much fun with them after." Mysterio laughed as smoke began to surround the six
"I don't care about such stupid stuff! I want the Symbiote back!" Scorpion growled
"Jeez and I thought it was girls who talked too much." Jess joked webbing up Scorpion swinging him into Mysterio
"Okay...sand, sand...heat!" Nova said to himself frying out of Electro's way and started to attack Sand-Man with his nova blasts.
Sand-Man howled in pain as the flames slowly turned him into glass
"Now calm down you little brat!" Vulture snapped as he flew into Nova's back
"Back to the kiddie pool for you!" Shocker grinned, firing his sonic blasts at Nova
"AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!" he screamed in pain
"Time to roast this kid." Electro grinned, only for an insulated cable to wrap around him and Shocker. Shocker howled in pain as he was electrocuted before Electro was grounded, a red clad boot slamming into both of them and knocked them out
"You okay Nova?" DareDevil asked, now standing in front of Nova and offering a hand
Nova grabbed it "I'll live...behind you!" He startled as Vulture was flying down but had his jaw broken by DareDevil's billy club
"Takes more than rickety old man in a green bird suit to get the better of me." Daredevil spoke
"I'll get the others." Nova spoke starting to fly.
*In another part of New York*
Spider-Man and Kraven had taken their fight to the cemetery, Peter's costume was torn in places and his left lense was broken. Kraven's physique was more or less the same only with minor scratches. "You disappoint me Spider, I was hoping for a challenge. Those other Spiders were more thrilling to hunt." Kraven taunted the wall crawler. Peter threw a web into Kraven's face but he caught it, the two struggled to gain the advantage, ultimately Kraven pulled it to his side. "You think I don't keep track on my prey? Ha, I know of your family...your harem. And when I have your head in my collection, I'm going after them next! And maybe, JUST maybe, they'll be more of a challenge."
Peter's rage grew even more he tried to kick Kraven in his stomach but was thrown back. "I'll... NEVER let you harm them!" Peter spat out blood
Kraven laughed "My prey, don't worry...I'll let them live long enough to know: that their father died by a hunter's hand." He bore his hunting knife to Peter's neck "Any last words?"
Peter's eyes widened as he saw something, no...SOMEONE he hasn't seen in a long time "Kaine...? Ben...?"
Kraven's vision was instantly blinded by hands wrapped around his face "ARGH! Get of of me!"
"No chance." The gravelly voice spoke as he tightened his grip on Kraven's face
"I got you." A more youthful voice released Peter from Kraven's grip "NOW BROTHER!" He shouted
"Gladly." The gravelly voiced man answered
"Argh! ARGH! AAAARRRGGHH!" Kraven roared as his grip burned his eyes blinding him "You! I killed you!" Kraven roared
"We got better." The gravelly voiced man answered simply
Standing on the left was a man wearing a Spider-Man suit although his spider emblem was MUCH larger and there was more blue instead of red while he also had larger, rounder Web-Shooters. And on the right was a man who looked like Peter, except his hair was much larger and fairly long beard, the man on the right wearing a white shirt and blue jeans with black boots and a long brown trench-coat
"But... how?" Peter groaned
"Talk later bro." the man on the left said
"Let's do this Ben." the man in the trench coat growled, massaging his right wrist lightly
"You got it bro!" Ben grinned as the two charged at Kraven, the bearded man clearly faster, as Natasha arrived
"What's going on?" she muttered, landing by Peter
"INSECTS!" Kraven yelled as he pulled out two Machete's
"Arachnid's!" Ben joked, firing something from his Web-Shooter. It was a small peace of webbing that exploded on Kraven's arm encasing it in webbing
The bearded man then slammed his fist into Kraven's gut making him stumble back, then preforming a round house kick sending Kraven fall to the floor
"I'll... kill... you." Kraven growled, pulling himself up
"No...Not this time." The bearded man grabbed Kraven's arms and tied them behind his back and kicked him to the ground. "Ben!"
"Got it!" Ben tied up "The Hunter" who was now called "The Hunted" and hung him upside down by his legs
"Really? Not one broken limb?" the bearded man asked
"You've already blinded him Kaine. So you're up for a pinata match?" Ben asked picking up a heavy branch
Kaine grinned showing his teeth "You know how to make things fun." He aimed ready to take off Kraven's head from his shoulders
"Hey!" Natasha shouted "Enough!" she stared right at the two
"One hit? In the stomach." Kaine asked Natasha maintained her stare "Fine...killjoy."
"OOF!" Kraven groaned being punched in the stomach by Ben
"What? She was shouting at you not me." Ben smirked
"Who the HELL are you two?!" She glared "And WHY are YOU dressed like Spider-Man!"
"Well...that's...sort of a delicate subject." Ben spoke
"Considering the bullshit this bastard put us through." Kaine pointed at Kraven "You wouldn't believe it."
"How is this delicate?" Natasha demanded an answer
Peter got up, he observed the two doubles...quite literally "Ben..." He put his hand on Ben's right shoulder "Kaine..." he did the same to Kaine's left shoulder. He immediately hugged them "You're back!"
"Good seeing you too bro." Ben hugged his brother he turned his head to Kaine to reassure his brother
"Ah alright...you know I was never for the sentimental crap. But in this case...What the hell." Kaine groaned then hugged his brother.
"I... those are... them?" Natasha gasped
"Oh yea! Guys, this is Natasha Romonoff. She's my fiancee." Peter grinned, directing his brothers gazes to his lover
"Fiancee? Jeez Peter, you've got a great girl!" Ben grinned
"Damn...she...she's not Black Widow is she?" Kaine asked to which Peter nodded "Fuck a duck. You lucky bastard." Kaine grinned
"I hate to split up this family reunion but we've still got another nine members of the Sinister Ten." Natasha spoke after the lovely compliments
"Okay then, let's go!" Ben grinned
"The Spider-Brothers swing again!" Peter grinned, the three jumping into the air and swinging away
"Do NOT call us that!" Kaine snapped
"Awwww!" Peter and Ben pouted
*Back at the fight*
"You little BITCH!" Rhino roared at Jess as he rushed her but landed into a car
"That was close! Thanks Nova." Jess thanked the newbie
"My pleasure." He smiled then threw her into the air to web-swing into Shocker
Electro, Vulture, Hydro-Man, Scorpion, Mysterio and Sand-Man where all unconscious leaving only Rhino, Shocker and Ock
1h ago"Please. As if you could beat MY genius." Ock said arrogantly as he caught Gwen
"SERIOUSLY?! AGAIN?!" Gwen growled as she fought against the four tentacles that held her arms and legs
"Hey Ock!" A voice called before Ben kicked Ock in the back of the head
"Leave her alone!" Another voice called, Peter slamming his foot into Ock's face making him drop Gwen. "Gotcha." Peter grinned as he caught her
"My hero." She grinned
"There are TWO Spider-Man's?!" Shocker gasped as everyone saw the two variations of the classic costume, the OG and the redesign, standing side by side
"Stay down Ock." Kaine growled, pressing his foot against Ock's neck "Or I'll kill you again."
"Fuck... you." Ock growled before he fell unconscious
"Heh." Kaine scoffed, throwing Ock's unconscious body to the ground
"Let's do this bro." Peter grinned
"Right behind you." Ben nodded, fist bumping Peter before they charged at Rhino and Shocker
"Two Spider-Men?" Jess asked in confusion
"Three." Kaine corrected
"Whoa...Dude, this. Is. AWESOME! THREE SPIDER-MEN?! HA, HA!" Nova was having a fanboy moment
"Last man standing Shocker. D'you give up?" Ben asked
"I..." Shocker observed his odds, his teammates were unconscious and badly beaten "I give up."
"Smart choice." Peter said webbing Shocker's hands together.
The police arrived a few minutes later, the ten villains being thrown inside
"That was easy." Ben grinned
"Easy for you to say." Gwen muttered bitterly
The Spider's, Nova and DareDevil were at the top of the clock-tower observing the villains being put away. "Okay am I the one who's gonna ask this but: who IS this chick?" Kaine asked almost in an insulting manner
"Kaine! Jeez..." Ben groaned "A bit more tact next time?"
"What? We we're thinking it, I just said it. So who are you kid?" Kaine answered
"Well...that's kinda hard to explain..." Gwen spoke rubbing the back of her head
"Sweetheart please...We're CLONES created from him over there." Kaine explained pointing his thumb at Peter "Because of our psychotic science teacher who had an obsession over our girlfriend was trying to make the "perfect" Spider-Creation. TWO of us clocked out..." Kaine listed off on his hand "He dyed his hair and changed his name to stop confusing the crap outta everything and let's face it I'M not winning any beauty pageants anytime soon." Kaine gave his honest view on the situation. "So...with THAT outta the way: who ARE you?"
"He always like this?" Nova asked Peter
"Trust me he could've said worse." Peter whispered back
"Okay...fine...but not here. We'll head back to Avenger's Tower." Gwen promised an explanation
"LOOK AT THIS NEW YORK! NOT ONE, BUT THREE SPIDER-MEN! THREE TIMES MORE DESTRUCTIVENESS AND WE'RE THE ONES WHO'LL PAY!" J. Jonah Jameson ranted off
"Doesn't he ever shut up?" Peter, Ben and Kaine groaned before realizing they had just done an unusual "Twin/Triplet" copy speech.
"Awesome!" Peter grinned
"And now you know that there IS SOMEONE who thinks your jokes are funny." Jess teased as the group landed in front of the mansion
"Yea." Ben nodded before he and Peter realized what she said
"HEY!" They both snapped as they entered the large estate, Carol having left while they were gone
"Now, who are you?" Kaine glared at Gwen, the blonde replying but just taking her mask off
1"No..." Ben gasped
"No freakin' way..." Kaine was shocked
"Gwen...?" The two clones gasped
"This...is it..." Ben asked an obvious question
"I'm the real Gwen..." She smiled as Peter wrapped his arm around her
"Whoa, whoa, whoa, wait, hold up! Correct me if I'm wrong but: didn't Norman bloody Osborn DROP you off a FREAKING bridge and you died?!" Kaine stood dumbfounded
"You're not one of Jackal's clones are you, cause..." Ben added hoping that she wasn't a clone.
"Nope, the real deal." Peter spoke
"Bro...you have got some explaining to do!" Ben exclaimed
"Alternate universe." Peter said simply, the clones instantly understanding
"Well... okay." Ben muttered
"And he has a harem!" Nova called out from the kitchen
Both brothers dead panned at what the kid had just said, Peter an his family even more so. "You've got...WHAT?!" Ben shouted
"How long HAVE we been gone?!" Kaine couldn't believe it either "Last I remember you suck at getting girls! Now this?!"
"Hey remember, you two aren't exactly hitting home runs either." Peter defended "Besides you two are also Uncles. So start acting responsibly!"
"Wait...UNCLES? When did you have a kid?! Gwen looks as old as we remember her! Who is it: Natasha?" Ben asked in dismissal
"You're not far off." Natasha blushed "Speaking of; I wonder where Rogue is with Nicholas and Ben?"
*with Rogue*
The Southern Bell of the X-Men was exhausted, but the kids had finally calmed down
"Those...*pant* those guys owe me BIG!" Rogue panted as she sat down on the settee. "What the...?" Rogue wondered as she suddenly sneezed "Someone's talkin' 'bout me."
*with the others*
"But how did you come back?" Peter asked
"That would be my doing." Julia smiled as she reared "Do you like my gift Peter?"
"JULIA!" Peter yelled, jumping back
"Hello." She waved
"You're behind... this?" Ben said, pointing at himself and Kaine
"Yes, and you have NO idea how much work it was!" She groaned
"How...? WHY?" Kaine asked
"Because Someone, has big plans for you all. Although you don't know it yet." Julia answered cryptically
Groaning Peter spoke "Again with this "Someone" can't you just GIVE us a straight answer?"
"I could...but where's the fun in that?" Julia walked seductively to Peter.
"Ee..." Peter blushed
"Why are you calling this a 'present' for Peter?" Gwen glared
"Well...what else would you call it?" Julia smiled
"How about 'dicking around with the order of the universe'?" Kaine commented
"Please in this universe people come back from the dead every other month." Julia deadpanned
"Shes right there, I've done it two or three times myself." Peter shrugged
"I'd call it a surprise myself." Natasha said "A present indicates it is specially for that person for a reason."
"Thank you Natasha." Julia smiled
"Okay, just so we're not ungrateful: Thank you." Ben grinned
"Thanks." Kaine added
"I've got to ask: what do you two look like underneath all that hair and mask?" Gwen asked
"Like I said: he's dyed his hair, I'm ugly as sin." Kaine answered simply
"Come on..." Gwen pouted
"Bro..." Ben went wide eyed knowing the same thing Kaine was thinking
"Damn that pout..." Kaine groaned knowing Peter could NEVER resist it. "Alright...got a shaving kit?"
Matt threw a mini shaving kit to Kaine with a grin
Ben sighed as he took his mask off, showing his face which was basically identical to Peter's except he now had blonde hair
Wow, blonde?" Gwen grinned
"Yea, kinda had you on the mind." Ben chuckled
"That's sweet. But I'm sorry, I'm taken." Gwen smiled, hugging Peter
Any more conversation was stopped by a loud crash from the bathroom
"You okay bro?" Perer asked, only for Kaine to stumble out... and his scars where gone, leaving him looking like a slightly older Peter without his beard
"Whoa..." Ben spoke
"No way..." Peter followed
"If THAT'S not winning any beauty pageants then...you're definitely wrong Kaine." Gwen stood in shock
"How...? Why did you do?!" Kaine shouted
"Well bringing you back from the dead DOES have some advantages. One of them being: no scars or wounds." Julia grinned
"Hello good-looking..." Jess's and Natasha's whispered while their eyes sparkled
"Hey, I'm right here!" Peter glared lightly "Stop drooling over my brother!"
"Don't get jealous. Wait a few years I'm sure you'll get better looking." Kaine joked flexing his arm "Still got more muscle than you."
"Okay, okay." Ben began to push Kaine into another room "Put some clothes on before you give them a nose bleed!"
"Don't worry Peter, I prefer the slimmer and sleeker build." Julia flirted before she kissed his cheek shocking everyone "Now I need to pick my daughter up from school. Oh, and Jess, you might want to go back to that ally you amd Peter where at yesterday soon." And with that, she vanished again
"Are you SURE you never dated her?!" Natasha asked
"NO! NEVER! ... although she DID once say she considered asking me out." Peter said
"Yea, and less than 24 hours later I had a spear through my heart!" Kaine called back
"You got pants on yet?" Peter yelled back "You're not walking around naked!"
"What d'you take me for? A ten year old?" Kaine shouted back
"Yes!" Ben joked back as Kaine walking out wearing a white shirt, blue jeans, black boots and his brown trench coat again
"Ha, ha Ben." Kaine turned back at his brother
"Again with the trench coat?" Peter asked
"It's a look that works. And I'm getting fashion tips from the guy who revolutionized spider-styled clothing." Kaine poked back at his brother.
"I'm wondering: you said you had kids right?" Ben asked
"Yeah? You're up for seeing them?" Natasha asked
"Yeah. I mean Peter FINALLY settling down. I'd pay to see that." Ben grinned
"You'd pay to see Gwen in spider underpants." Kaine joked
"Paid, seen and replaced." Peter grinned
"Peter!" Gwen blushed
"Oh, damn!" Peter's brothers groaned
"Besides, he has settled down with more than one remember?" Natasha smiled as she wrapped an arm around Jess' waist and the other around Peter's arm
"Oh...Fuck!" Kaine groaned
"Lucky bastard." Ben laughed
"Kaine, one thing: watch your language around Nicky an Ben okay?" Peter asked
"Which one?" Kaine asked to which Peter and his family raised their eyebrows "I'm joking I'm joking. Cause I'll be careful."
"Last thing we need is Peter's kids picking up your language." Ben answered
"Same applies to you Ben." Peter pointed his finger at his other brother.
"Ha, ha." Kaine laughed
"Shut it." Ben muttered as the group walked outside
"See you tomorrow guys!" Peter yelled back, shoving a bag over Kaine's head
"Hey!" Kaine snapped, ripping holes into the bag for his eyes
"You have the same face as me, can't have people knowing who I am." Peter shrugged, jumping into the air and swinging off
"I am NOT being the 'Bombastic Bag-Man'!" Kaine roared
"Do you have a spare mask?" Ben asked pulling his own mask down then web-swung away
Kaine saw a spare black shirt that was just laying around "This'll do." He tore it up and covered his face with it. "Oh jeez...someone's split hot-sauce on it... argh! Fine! The bag it is..."