Pam, Pete, and Harley

by Wiggles-n-stuff

Good ol' Parker Luck. Peter Parker is living with two very attractive ladies. Both are strong, intelligent... and villains. Oh boy. Spidey is sucked into the DC verse by accident, and immediately stumbles upon the two women. How will the web-head deal with this new world, and what's the goal of the Sirens in keeping him under thumb? Cover Art by Comfort Love and Adam Withers

12. The Once and Future Spidey (Part 1)

I have the feeling I'll really need to put one of these here for the next two chapters so...

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Chapter 12: The Once and Future Spidey

Part 1

"I... I don't know..." A danity green finger presses to Peter's lips, quieting him. Ivy shakes her head and looks into his eyes with a tiny smile. Her gold and black eyes lucid pools relaying her feelings. The finger falls form his lips, and she steps up into him again, wrapping her arms around his back and holding him against her.

Pamela's head rests against his wildly beating heart, her left ear pressing right against the thundering muscle's cage. Her breathing steadies, and she relaxes in the quiet moment between the two. Peter, or at least the working part of his mind, directs his arms to do embrace her. They slowly move up from his sides, and shaking go to return the hug.

His mind and body were too slow it seems, as Ivy pulls back from him and takes a few steps back. His head follows her movement, and as soon as his gaze reaches her face, Poison Ivy has returned. Her emotion is schooled behind her usual calm and collected expression. The woman who just professed her love for him, was back to being the sorta villainess eco-warrior slash terrorist he had long known in his time in this dimension.

"Knowing you and your ways with women, I've effectively shut off most of your brain." The left side of her mouth twitches up in a sideways smirk. A slightly different hue to her pale green cheeks blossoms. "Annnnd I may not have been in total control of my pheromones there." She adds cutely.

Peter blinks at her, and his arms drop back to his sides, unable to even form a reply to the sudden shift in the discussion.

"I know you'll need time to process this... and I'm willing to wait. I'd rather continue this conversation under less... stressful conditions and with fewer prying ears. So we'll talk more when things calm down." The blush in her cheeks seeps away and her eyes harden a bit, taking on a threatening gleam. "However if you take too much time it may hurt my feelings, and I know you know better than to do that."

"Uhhh..." Peter is about to reply, but Ivy cuts him off again.

"For now lets make sure Harley is okay?" She continues, interrupting his intelligent and masterfully structured reply. Her eyes meet his again, and take on a confused look.

"Peter?"

"Pete?"

"Yo Pete, you in there?" Peter jolts out of his memory from a few hours ago, and his vision focuses on Wally sitting in front of him holding a spork toward his forehead. Parker shakes his head a few times, readjusting to his surroundings. He's sitting on the other side of a table from Flash in the Watchtower galley, a tray of cooling food in front of him. The empty tray in front of Wally indicates he's been lost in thought for a bit.

"Uh yeah... yeah, sorry man just been a long night." Peter glances up and goes cross eyed at the spork held dangerously close to his unmasked noggin. He shifts back down to his nervously chuckling friend. "Were you just about to poke me with that spork?"

"Maybe. Kinda depended on if you came out of your trance fast enough." Flash quickly flips the spork back in his fingers, and leans back into his seat.

"At least you're honest." The memories from earlier that evening start to creep back into his mind, but Parker shakes his head, and them, away. "Ugh. What were we talking about, again?"

"One of my best qualities. And I was regaling you with our little Amazo thing today. Then I asked you how your roommates were doing, and you kinda slipped into Lala Land. You okay dude?" Wally, his mask off too, asks. Concerned for his spacey friend.

"Oh... that. Yeah yeah, no I'm okay. Harls is already out of the worst of it. Wanda's probably gonna be on a week of pain medication. And Pam has..." Peter pauses remembering her confession for the millionth time since coming to the Watchtower a few hours ago. He forces it away, and brings his right hand to his face, covering for his slip up again. "... she's already back to one hundred percent."

"Whoop. You paused at Ivy." Flash taunts with a smile, leaning forward conspiratorially. Waving the spork in Parker's general direction again. "Alright man spill. What's got your spandex in a bunch?"

"I don't wear spandex, it's a..."

"Uhh uhh uhh, no changing the subject. Girl problems, Pete, that's what we're talking bout now." Mentally Peter panics.

'Noooooo. C'mon Parker there's gotta be a way out of this awkward question. Need a diversion quick.'

"More than he knows about, I can tell you that." Dinah says in a sardonic tone, as she and Wanda approach the table, trays in hand. Peter seizes a bit, his back going ridged, and gulps audibly as the Clocktower burning down comes back to him. 'Ooooh yeeeeah... crap. Well I asked for a diversion.'

Wanda takes a place next to Peter, and Dinah slides in next to Wally. Pete takes one look at Black Canary's stern appearance and his face scrunches in guilt. He groans and smacks his head on the table with a loud thump, making the trays and silverware clatter. His arms go around the top of his head trying to cover himself as much as possible from the embarrassment. Incomprehensible groans come from inside the makeshift barrier.

"Geeze Dinah, way to put a damper on the conversation. The guy was already down in the dumps. Now your just kicking him." Wally scolds.

"I... I was just kidding. C'mon Spidey, nobody blames you for what happened to the Nest. Shit happens." Dinah quickly corrects, and Peter responds by whimpering more.

"At least Babs and I don't blame you. Helena though..." Dinah tries to make light with a joking tone, but Spidey's groan increases in volume, sounding even more downtrodden.

"Not helping." Flash hisses.

Amongst his child-like coping mechanism, Peter feels a warm hand rest on the back of his head. The hand gently pets his hair consolingly. He turns his head to the side and peeks above his arm to see Wanda smiling sympathetically at him. The auburn haired woman's hand continues it's surprisingly soothing ministrations.

Maximoff's expression holds no blame, only understanding and empathy. This breaks through his self admonishment enough to bring him a slight smile.

'I know I'm being a big baby right now. And I know it was Morlun who attacked me. Everything that happened was because he wanted to kill me, but as per usual I can't help feel it's still my fault. Everyone who came to help, or got involved, got hurt in the fight before the League showed up. And the collateral damage was devastating. The Birds lost their headquarters, a couple of warehouses got torn up and set on fire, probably an entire city block in the five to six digit repair cost, and lord knows what else. Of course I feel crappy.'

'But seeing that look in Wanda's eyes... it helps. All of us in this space station have most likely had situations just as bad. When problems just got waaaay out of hand, or a baddies were just on their game that day. I know I shouldn't be this weepy, and I don't know why, but Wanda's smile just eases the guilt. Maybe it's because we come from the same place. Maybe it's just cause we know each others pasts. I don't know, but damn if her hand and that smile don't put me at ease.'

His smile changes to a genuine one, and he closes his eyes for a moment to enjoy her calming petting.

"Not every victory is without it's victims. All we can do is pick ourselves up and strive to do better. Do not worry Peter, we are here for you." Wanda speaks softly, but with utter conviction. This brings the Wall Crawler's head up from his arms.

"Thanks Wanda. That helps a lot." Peter sniffs for effect, and sits up strait.

"You are welcome, but I'm only relaying the words you once gave me." Wanda's hand comes off of his head, and she smiles sweetly.

"Apparently I have a hard time taking my own advice." Peter kids, a grin coming to his face. 'She's right. I'll own up to it, and do what I can to help. But wallowing in self pity isn't gonna help anyone.'

"That you do." Wanda snickers, and picks up her spork.

"Dang man. I wish I had a pretty lady that would say such nice things to me when I wreck stuff. I'm jealous." Wally chimes in, a sly smirk gracing his face after he says this. Peter grumbles under his breath and sends a quick glare at Flash. He glances over to his fellow dimension hopper, seeing Wanda avoiding looking his way, a hint of red on her cheeks.

"Thanks for making things awkward." Peter mumbles, and pulls his tray to him, now wanting to focus on eating.

"Anyway... don't worry too much about the Clocktower. Babs says Batman is going to help us set up shop somewhere else. At least I know my Savage Dragon comics are safe at your place. Do you know how hard it would be to find some of those issues now-a-days? I would have had to kick your butt if I lost those." Dinah kids, giving Peter a mock stern look.

"Good thing too. I'm up to issue one thirty nine, and the hunt for his wife seems to be coming to a head." Peter perks up after swallowing a bite of food.

"Mmhmm that's a good one. He meets Invincible for the first time in that issue." Dinah confirms enthusiastically. Something in Spidey's mind clicks at the mention of that name. He squints quizzically at the blond.

"What?" She asks.

"Invincible. Is that another hero's name or something?" He questions suddenly very serious.

"Um... yeah. He's a young guy who's got powers really similar to Supes', just he wears a yellow black and blue costume, with a mask. He's from another of Image Comics series." Dinah relays, and immediately Peter's eyes go wide in realization, his spork falling from his fingers and tinking on the table.

"Peter, is something wrong?" Wanda asks noticing the Web-Slinger's complexion pale. Suddenly Spidey starts to chuckle, which quickly escalates into full on laughter.

"Ooookay that's disconcerting." His speedster watches his friend worried.

"Oh hahaha man. Wow I can't believe it. Well I can... but heh heh heh. Just wow." Peter wipes away tears from the sides of his eyes, and looks to Canary. "Boy Mimi do I have a tale to tell you."

X X X X

"I still don't believe it." Black Canary repeats for the fifth time. Her right hand holding her forehead in disbelief. Peter snickers again and shakes his head, a huge smile on his face. He, Dinah, Wanda, and Wally are heading down a corridor, working their way toward the medical wing. Peter and Wanda were on their way to see Harls and Pam, with the other two tagging along.

"Believe it, I wouldn't lie about something so amazingly mind blowing. I actually met Invincible once a while back. That means the Image Verse is an actual reality." Spidey reiterates, loving every minute since the cafeteria conversation.

'Still pretty surprising though. Maybe Wade was right after all... as terrifying as that is to believe. My whole life, all our lives, could very well be a comic series in another dimension or reality. Boom. Mind blown. But yeah, a while back, I think in my active Avengers days, in the time line I was married to MJ, I had a run in with Invincible, err actually he ran in to me. The kid's real name is Mark.'

'Mark was stuck dimension hopping thanks to a villain of his, and ended up in between a brawl I was having with Ock. He helping me take down Ock before another portal popped open for him. I gave him some advice and we said our goodbyes. Good kid, loved making fun of our choice in hero names. Small multi... err I guess it's an omni-verse now. Small omni-verse I tell ya. And now Mimi is losing her mind, and I have successfully diverted Wally from asking about Pam. Comics rule!'

"Well this is our ride." Wally says, as they come to the T split at the end of the hall, in front of an elevator. The speedster of the group presses the call button for lift, and turns to his friend.

"Your ribs gonna be okay, Pete?" Wally asks, as Dinah stops at his side, coming out of her mental battle with reality altering perceptions.

"No worries bud. I heal pretty fast. I'll catch you later, Wally." Peter and Wally fist bump and nod to one another.

"It was good to meet you again, Wanda. Keep an eye on Webs, he's kinda a trouble magnet." Flash smirks toward Spider-Man, then bows his head to the red clad woman, who returns it gingerly.

"I will do my best, Mr. West." She replies politely.

"Try not to run into anymore walls Mimi. I don't need you blaming me for that too." Peter chuckles and waves to the Birds member.

Lance rolls her eyes and shakes her head, her lips pursed slightly. "Can do Webhead, but try to keep outta trouble for the next twenty four hours okay?" Canary turns to Wanda and giver her an apologetic smile. "We'll try the meet and greet at a later time."

"No promises." Spidey grins, as she waves him off and enters the same elevator.

"Hopefully under less duress next time. Take care." Wanda smiles and also waves them off. The elevator door closes, and the two alternate Earth beings are left alone. Spidey and the Scarlet Witch continue on their way to their destination.

They walk together for about a half minute in silence. And that was a half minute way too long for Peter to not feel it was getting awkward. Turning his head to the attractive mutant, he's ready to break the silence, when his sight lands on the bandage covering the welt on her cheek.

"Do not worry Peter. I may not have the healing factor you do, but it'll heal all the same. It is just another injury gained in the line of duty." Wanda heads him off before he can say anything.

"I... right." He deflates, cut off by her spot on intuition. "Look... I know I've probably said this to an annoying amount already, but thank you Wanda. If you weren't there I don't know how we would have stopped Morlun and his family. You really saved my bacon, all our bacon's back there." His right hand rubs along the side of his cheek, to the back of his head.

"I appreciate your every thanks, so you need not worry. But you are welcome all the same." She smiles warmly to him, her snow white cheeks slightly rosy.

"Yeah... I was really kinda hoping that we'd at least have a week to relax some before the big stuff came rolling in again. My Parker Luck isn't usually considerate of time tables." Peter jokes, earning a giggle from the sorceress.

"Maybe you should apply for some vacation time?" She asks tapping her finger on her chin in psuedo thought.

"Odin knows I should've racked up enough PTO by now." Parker laughs, and Wanda joins in.

"I have no doubts that Miss Isley and Quinzel would enjoy some time away as well." She glances over to her smiling friend slyly.

"No doubt, but don't count yourself out of that equation either. I think we could all use some vacation..." Suddenly the station alights in red alert. The female voice used by the stations computer system rings out throughout every deck.

"WARNING. INTRUDER ALERT ON DORMITORY DECK A. WARNING INTRUDER ALERT ON DORMITORY DECK A." The announcement repeats.

Spider-Man closes his mouth mid sentence, and his eyes follow suit. He groans in frustrated annoyance and looks over to the wall sign with the floor name on it. Dormitory Deck A was nearby. "Thanks Parker Luck. C'mon Wanda, that's not to far from here." Without hesitation Spidey sprints down the opposite direction they were heading, pulling out and throwing on his mask as he does. The Scarlet Witch's body glows with a pinkish hue, and in a moment she is soaring right next to him.

X X X X

Spidey and Witch round the corner at the same instant Wonder Woman and Lantern round the opposite end of the hallway. Together the two groups merge, heading for the only open room door.

Inside the darkened room they find a spindly looking man in a dull turquoise jumpsuit, with a white backpack. A mask covers all but his mouth area, silver goggles cover his eyes, and a distinctive yellow belt is around his waist. The suit looked simple, but also quite technologically advanced, especially the belt. He was pulling one of Batman's utility belts from an eroded hole in the wall.

Before the man notices the four of them, a web ball tags the utility belt in the intruder's hands and sticks it to the wall next to him. The mystery man flinches and turns to the assembled heroes.

"Is this Batman's room? Oh man you are in so much trouble." The Web-Slinger chides playfully, keeping his devil horns leveled on the intruder, his fingers resting on his web shooter trigger. 'Good thing I decided to grab these before we left home. I haven't rested enough to replenish my natural supply.'

"Who are you, and how did you get in here?" Green Lantern demands.

"Yo... you weren't supposed to see me." The man trembles and backs himself up against the wall, nervously looking between them. The League members plus one advance further into the room, which seems to startle the guy into action. "Stay away, no one's supposed to know I was here."

"Pump the brakes a bit budd..." Spider-Man is cut off as the man quickly grabs the dial on his belt and turns it. A gray, black, and white void opens up behind him, and he jumps inside. 'A portal... why does it have to be a portal?! Bad things usually always happen when portals are involved.'

"C'mon!" Diana shouts and flies right into the monochromatic portal without hesitation. John follows just as quick, with Spidey hot on their heels. Just inside the void he looks back, and sees Wanda rooted firmly in place in Batman's room.

"Wanda?" He manages to ask as the portal closes. Wanda's fear filled expression is burned into his eyes.

!SPIDER-SENSE!

His back hits some sort of invisible wall, and he bounces off into another invisible wall. Immediately Spidey grabs the sides of his head in his gloved hands, his mask lenses thin white lines. The hits don't hurt nearly as much as his head does from his thundering sixth sense.

After a few seconds of throbbing head pain and bouncing off unseen walls, a green light envelopes him. His Spider-Sense quells to a ringing sensation, and he looks up to see John using his Lantern powers to form a bubble around him. Wonder Woman is next to him, just as disoriented as he.

"What's going on!?" Peter asks, and looks behind him. A blinding white light meets him, and in the next second the three are tossed out into a world of color.

The green bubble slams into the ground once, making Diana and Peter tumble around in it. A second impact, and third follow, only adding to the tangle of limbs and bodies. After the fourth hit they slide to a stop, and the bubble retracts away back into Lantern's ring.

Peter flops out onto the ground, the weight of another person resting on his back. A feeling of normalcy finally returns while he lays there, his Spider-Sense stopping all together. That's when reality came rushing back to his regular senses.

"Okay who turned on the lights... and heater... and..." Spider-Man's lenses finally open to reveal a sun drenched mid western American desert before him, one right out of an old west flick. On cue a tumbleweed rolls by. Peter finds himself bobbing his head along with the brush as it makes it's way past. "... this can't be good."

"Where are we?" Diana asks as gets up off the Webhead's back and stands up. Spidey shakes his head from the bewitching tumbleweed, and gets to his feet too.

"Judging by the surroundings I'd say we're not in Kansas anymore." John states as he follows the others gazes.

Peter snaps the fingers on one hand, and turns to John. "Beat me by one second." The Green Lantern smirks at Spider-Man, crossing his arms over his chest.

"Well well what do we have here?" An unfamiliar voice interrupts their musings, as the trio turn to see three men in clothing from the 1800's Old West. Behind them are several saddled horses. However most pressing of all the cowboys had six shooters trained on them.

"Whoa there cow poke, ridiculous clothing aside, we come in peace." Spidey placates looking from the guns to the the man leading the pack. The leader has a black duster and matching hat on, looking a bit older than the rest.

"Aren't you all just the most colorful bunch of people I've ever met, y'all circus folk?" The man asks stepping up to Diana. He takes a brief glance at Peter and John, before leering at their female companion.

"Not really." The Amazonian Princess says as he looks her over, his eyes resting on her golden lasso.

"Isn't that being a bit rude? I mean I know we run around in onesies and all, but that's just stereotyping." Spidey huffs indignantly, putting his fists on his hips. His white lenses squinting at the man.

"At least I am not." Diana snarks, earning a retort of "Hey!" from her compatriots.

"Well doesn't quite matter to me what you are. This here is Elkhorn, Oklahoma. Tobias Manning's territory, and you need to pay a toll to be on his land" The bushwhacker says smirking at Wonder Woman.

"You want us to pay tribute?" She retorts, narrowing her eyes at him.

"Yup. And that golden chain certainly appeals..." He pauses his smile widening as he reaches toward Diana's ebony hair. 'Ohohoho this's gonna be fun to watch.' "... but I'm sure you might be able to pay in other ways." His hand was an inch from touching her face.

SMACK

The man is backhanded and sent flying past his gang, tumbling to a stop a good ten feet away. His two friends level their guns, and Spider-Man readies to web up their guns. Lantern rests a hand on his shoulder, and smiles reassuringly, drawing a curious gaze from his mask's eyes. The guns go off, but oddly his Spider-Sense does not.

The sound of bullets ricocheting brings Peter's attention back forward. 'Oh right... magic bracelets. I forgot.' Wonder Woman, with barely any effort on her part, deflects the bullets with the bracelets on her wrists. It's as if she can read the trajectories, and is easily fast enough to bring the magic metal up in time.

"These are the biggest slowest bullets I've ever seen." Diana says nonchalantly as she looks back at her companions without a care.

'Right, not in Gotham anymore. I forget the company I'm currently keeping. Diana and John are firmly in the super side of the hero business. I don't work alongside supers as much as I did back in my world. Fight against them yeah, but Gotham's protectors aren't your standard definition of "Super". Guess I can relax a bit more. Though I'm not sure exactly where B-Man sits in that equation.'

As she's gloating the bullets stop. "They're getting away. Should I?" Spidey asks, but Wonder Woman grins and pulls the lasso from her side.

"I got this." Diana expertly throws the magic rope into the air. The lasso opens wide while in flight and falls over the three desperadoes. One quick yank and the men are tied up and flying back toward them. They land in a heap, their heads conveniently knocking together on impact, rendering them unconscious.

"We may not be a part of the circus, but dang if you wouldn't be the star attraction of any rodeo." Peter claps and steps up to the Amazon.

Diana looks at her colleague skeptically for a moment before shrugging it off. "I'll take that as a compliment." She says unsure of the comment.

"Cool. That was totally my intent. Sooo..." Spider-Man looks around them, only seeing desert, desert rock formations, and desert foliage as far as his eyes can see. "... any idea's on where we actually are?"

"Well if I were a betting man I'd say the actual old west." Lantern says standing next to the cowboys' horses, his back to Queen's native and Princess of Themyscira.

"I'll take that bet, how do ya figure space man?" The Wall Crawler asks in a drawl as he picks a brown ten gallon hat off the ground as he and Diana head toward John. Parker rolls the hat in his fingers and aptly flips it onto his masked head. The Princess just shakes her head at his antics.

"Says so in the paper." Green Lantern turns around and holds out a newspaper to them.

"Haven't you learned by now to not believe everything you... read... huuuh." Spider-Man begins but peters out as he and Wonder Woman get a closer look at the Elkhorn Gazette's date.

"We've traveled to the past it seems." Prince crosses her arms, seemingly nonplussed with the whole concept. As a matter of fact all three of them took the news as if an everyday occurrence, unperturbed by the idea.

"Great Scott!" Peter exclaims, putting his right hand on his forehead.

"Don't you dare quote that movie the entire time we're here." John warns Peter.

"I won't..." Spidey pulls his hand from his head, and waves it dismissively at Lantern. "... maybe..." The Web-Slinger tilts his head to the side and looks away sheepishly.

"Doooon't."

"C'mon guys we need to get back to the future!" Spider-Man postures dramatically, pointing toward the horizon. Lantern smacks his hand over his face and lets out a frustrated sigh. Wonder Woman looks between the two men, a confused concern etched into her lovely features.

"I believe I am missing something. Who is this Scott, and why is he so great?" Diana asks. At the same time Parker and Steward turn to look incredulously at her.

"What?" Wonder Woman's brows furrow a bit, under their respective gazes.

"And this is why we need to have movie nights at the Watchtower." Spidey turns to and gestures at John with splayed hands.

"Whatever. Listen let's just focus on getting back home for now, okay?" Lantern huffs.

"Fair enough. So then what's the plan, Nightlight?" Spider-Man asks moving his hands to his hips.

"It may be prudent to guise ourselves." Diana chimes in, looking a bit annoyed that her previous question went ignored.

"Yeah. We walk around town dressed like this, we're liable to get shot... or hanged." The brown haired hero grins underneath his mask.

"This's gonna be my whole day, isn't it?" The Green Lantern gripes, and raises his ring fist up, his suit quickly morphing into similar garb to the tied up men. He now wears a white dress shirt, black cowboy hat, and black trousers with a gun holster around his hips.

"Most likely." The Webhead snarks back, and grabs a rope from the nearest horse.

About ten minutes later Peter Parker pulls his shirt sleeves over his web shooters, and plucks the hat he was wearing off of a tree limb, flipping it back onto his head. Now wearing a brown coat with a white shirt and blue jeans. The desperadoes are tied against said tree with one of their own ropes, two of which are stripped down to their long johns.

Peter strolls over to Diana, who was outfitted in a pair of surprisingly form fitting blue jeans, tan jacket, white undershirt, red scarf, and white ten gallon hat. She's using a tall rock as a balance while adjusting her right boot, looking uncomfortable.

"These shoes are killing me." Peter hears her complaint and looks at her quizzically.

"Don't you fight in high heels?"

"Yeah, but high heels that fit." Wonder Woman replies, and sets her boot on the ground again.

"Ready to go?" John asks as he leads the horses to them.

"Wait we're riding horses?" Parker asks a worried inflection to his tone.

"Yeah. We're trying to be inconspicuous, aren't we?" John's frown was all the explanation Peter needed.

"I... well I don't know how to ride a horse." 'Okay, to be fair, I have ridden them in the past... just not like for fun ridden them. Usually it was to stop them from running into a dangerous situation or save them from one. Not for fun, at least. To be totally honest, I'm actually a bit scared to.'

"So?" John asks skeptically.

"I'm... not comfortable with horses." Peter rolls his right hand as he says this, trying to sound less like the wuss he felt.

"Heh heh heh. That's precious. You can bench press a tank, and you're afraid of a horse." The Lantern chuckles heartily, bringing a scowl to Spidey.

"You may ride with me then." Wonder Woman says as she pulls up next to John on her horse. 'Okay on the one hand I have just lost a crap ton of cred with Nightlight... on the other hand I get a ride with Wonder Woman... ugh... I mean I get a ride from Wonder Woman... no I mean I get to ride on a horse, with Wonder Woman at the reigns. Dammit brain get your mind out of the gutter.'

"In that case I won't look a gift horse in the mouth." Spider-Man hops on the animal behind Wonder Woman, but pauses at where to put his hands.

"Let's do this." Lantern says, and immediately starts off in a gallop. Diana follows suit, forcing Peter to throw his arms around her stomach for balance. 'Steward you ass! You're did that on purpose!'

X X X X

After about thirty minutes of riding the three heroes come across a small town at around dusk. Peter does a magnificent job of ignoring the stares and laughs at his expense from the townspeople, considering he's back seat to a woman. It was Green Lantern's chuckling that grated on his nerves.

'For the time lady rider's weren't uncommon, but guys relying on lady riders were.'

After pulling up to the local watering hole, the three dismount and head inside. In classic fashion the tavern slash hotel was alive with piano music in a western saloon style ditty. The bar was littered with almost every type of cowpoke one would imagine. Most of the occupants were focused on a high stakes game of poker near the center of the room.

Peter, Diana, and John slip in unnoticed, and sit at the table nearest the door. The poker game looks to be coming to it's conclusion as one of the three men folds and steps away from the table. This leaves a a man in dark attire, a black mustache and sideburns, against a thin looking cheerful fellow, with a flower adorning his vest.

"Think our little time jumper might be hiding out in this here town?" Peter asks scanning the room, not seeing anyone resembling the thief.

"We can only hope." Diana answers, just before both gambling men quickly step up from their chairs. The burlier of the two draws a gun that has no earthly business existing in this era. Peter and his friends instantly focus on the distinctive weapon he's holding. The other man slips a Derringer out of his sleeve and the two have a stand off. The other patrons in the bar give the men a wide berth, moving well out of the line of fire.

"Seems like a waste of a good sized pot. How bout we split it and walk away?" The vest wearing dandy looking fellow says, trying to dissuade violence.

Sideburns smirks and then six separate barrels on thin metal arms extend from the main barrel of his high tech gun. "How bout I keep it all." He says in a deep baritone.

"Sounds fair the way you explain it." Flower carefully sets his gun on the table and raises his hands in surrender.

"That some very out of place tech." Peter says softly, before Diana starts rising from her seat. "Whoa there, let's not draw attention to ourselves just yet. Remember incogneetus." Not sharing his worried look, the Amazonian woman sits back in her seat and watches.

"Hang 'im at dawn." Sideburns grins, and his mini barrels retract back to the original. He spins his gun and holsters it, as two other men grab Flower from behind.

"Wait! Don't I get a trail?" Flower asks as he struggles against his captors.

"Sure. You're guilty." Sideburns mocks, as he steps up to his captive. "My town, my rules." The two men start dragging Flower away and toward the saloon swinging doors.

"Wait a minute, can't we talk about this? What about another hand, double or nothing?!" Flower shouts as he's drug out of the building. Sideburns turns and starts collecting his winnings, chuckling. He heads to the bartender to cash his chips in.

"We have to help that man." Wonder Woman announces, looking at her companions with conviction.

"I'm game, John?" Parker turns to his fellow Leaguer, who looks less willing to go along with this course of action.

"Okay, but right after we need to ask the guy at the bar where he got his gun."

"Then it's agreed, we'll break him out after sundown." Diana nods and the three leave the saloon.

X X X X

Just outside the small frontier town of Elkhorn, our heroes are hanging out on some rock formations waiting for nightfall to take full effect. Spidey in his cowboy casual wear is watching the sun finally set over the horizon. Next to him, sitting on a rock outcrop, is Wonder Woman, currently rubbing her bare heels. Lantern is leaning against a tree, his back to the town keeping an eye out for anyone or thing suspicious from behind them.

Since they took up this post Peter had been reflecting on the last couple hours. 'I'm cursed. I must be. Not four hours after Morlun's crazy family nearly kills me and my friends, Blossom confesses her love for me, I'm back in the Watchtower for the second time this week, and I end up chasing a thief through time into old west Oklahoma. Now we gotta find the thief and change the past back to what it once was without mucking it up more.' The brown haired man sighs heavily, lowering his head to look at the dirt around his feet. That train of though brings him around to the last image of Wanda.

"Why'd she freeze up at the last second?" He thought aloud, not realizing he did.

"Who froze up?" Diana asks as she is replacing her borrowed boots.

"Sorry... didn't mean to say that out loud." Spidey leans back resting the back of his head against the cool rock. He turns his head to look at the Themyscarian. "I was wondering why Wanda didn't follow us through the portal."

"Now that you mention it she was right behind us, wasn't she?" John chimes in, his right hand holding his chin in a pondering gesture.

"Yeah she was. After I jumped in I looked back just as the portal closed. Wanda was on the other side, and she looked scared." Peter explains, meeting John's gaze.

"Does she harbor some sort of fear that could cause this?" Diana asks, wondering herself.

"Not that I know of. When we get back I'll have to ask her." The Webhead replies.

"If we get back." Green Lantern pretending pessimism.

"Don't jinx us John. I don't know about you, but I got people at home who are kinda depending on my return." Peter scolds, adding a wagging finger for emphasis.

"What exactly is going on there anyway?" John queries with a sidelong look of curiosity. "I mean its been a year since you've started living with them, and they go from using you for crime to turning themselves in to help you. What did you do to sway the hearts of a man hating Eco-terroroist, and the Joker's ex-girlfriend?" This questioning piques Wonder Woman's interest, and she turns toward Spidey to hear his explanation too.

"I... really didn't do anything special." Peter sighs. After looking between the intent expressions on their faces, he turns his gaze back to the dirt near his feet. 'Of course I'm not gonna get away with just a half assed answer like that. But to be honest I don't fully know why either. I was just being me, or as much me as I could be while with them.' "To be perfectly honest I think all I did was get to know them and treat them like regular people. Pam and Harls are just like us after all. They just..." Peter pauses to scratch the back of his head out of habit.

"They just had a bad hand dealt to them." He finished after a second to think of some articulate answer.

"We've all had terrible things happen, yet we still chose to follow the righteous path. They chose to follow their own paths." Diana says to counter his logic, gesturing to all of them.

"True, but not everyone is given a clear choice. And not everyone has the emotional fortitude or willpower we do to make a conscious decision." Spidey rebuttals, meeting Diana's gaze. "When I first got my powers I used them to make some easy money and push back at the people who bullied me. If my Uncle's death didn't spur me to use my powers responsibly, I may have ended up being like them too. While it's ultimately our choice, the people around us influence that choice too. Blossom and Bubbles both had very bad influences swaying them. So their choice wasn't as clear as it may have seemed."

Diana's eyes widen a bit in realization. 'I don't know much about about Diana's past, or where she comes from. But I do know that where she comes from is a place almost completely removed from society and the world at large. I know she knows now that things are very different from where she was raised. Diana has a habit of seeing the world in black and white. Sometimes she needs to be reminded of the wide world grays.'

After a few moments of silence John whistles in awe. "That's... pretty insightful, especially coming from you."

"That's from Harley." It was John's turn to widen his eyes. 'Score one for Bubbles.' "Believe it or not Harley is quite the accomplished psychiatrist. Our sessions have done wonders for me since I've gotten here... also bit me in the ass one time, but that's a whole 'nother story." Peter says smugly.

"But they have had opportunities in the past to change. They did not take them." The Amazonian adds, still not completely convinced.

"Again, true. And I'm pretty dang sure they aren't totally reformed now either. But I believe in and care about them, and they ..." Images flash in his head. Harley in his arms, crying long into the night. Harleen laying next to him whispering that she is lucky to have him. Ivy hanging her head in shame and apologizing to him for what she did. Ivy asleep in the chair next to his bed in the Watchtower. Pam kissing him and professing her love for him. "... they believe in me."

"I feel it's more than believing in you." Diana says, a knowing smile gracing her lips.

"And vice versa." John throws in with a smug smirk.

"..." Peter tries to drill a hole into the sand with his eyes so he can hide in it. The other two heroes share a laugh, only making the burning in his cheeks hotter.

X X X X

"No no trust me this is gonna be good." Spider-Man, in a hushed tone, giddily says to a skeptical Wonder Woman.

Green Lantern's ring shines, and a ghost strait out of Scooby Doo coalesces in the room. Lighting the Sheriff's office with an eerie green glow. John grins and sends his ghost down into the hallway, where the Sheriff is trying to quiet down the prisoners.

"Ooooo ooo ooooo." Lantern bays from around the corner, unseen by the lawman.

The sheriff lets out a scream of terror and bolts down the hallway. A loud smack is heard, followed by a thud, and the heroes round the corner.

"Hah hah classic." Peter laughs as the ghost flickers away, returning to the green ring. Wonder Woman rolls her eyes at his childishness.

"I'll get the door." John starts, but Diana steps in front of him, and grabs the bars to Flower's cell in her hands.

"Allow me." She effortlessly yanks the bar door off it's hinges, and sets it against the wall behind her.

"Or that." Steward sighs and watches as the surprised skinny man inside steps out toward them. He offers Flower his gun and holster back. Which the man takes happily.

"Might be best to high tail it outta town partner." Peter says to the man in a drawl. The former prisoner takes out his gun and inspects it.

"Thank you kindly. And I'd like to, but my pappy always said: A man who sticks his head in the sand makes a pretty big target. I got business to complete before I can leave." Flower says as he spins his gun front and back on his trigger finger. He holsters it and offers his hand to Wonder Woman, who returns the gesture. "Bartholomew Aloysius Lash. Friends call me Bat Lash."

"I'm John, and these are my friends Diana and..."

"Eastwood." Peter quickly interrupts, grinning from ear to ear. John slowly turns his head to Peter, an unbelieving look in his eyes. Diana cocks her head curiously, uncertain if she should call him out on it. "We're lawmen looking to bring a criminal to justice." He finishes by putting his fists on his hips.

A small shake of her head, and Wonder Woman is back in the game. "You may have seen him. He's got incredible machines. We think the man who put you in here works for him."

"Not quite Wonder Woman." The man from the other cell interrupts, standing at the door to his cell. Immediately this puts the three League members on guard, despite his appearance. He's a scrawny man, with piercing sky blue eyes, a scruffy gray beard and matching unkempt hair.

"How do you know who I am?" Diana asks suspiciously, eying the small man.

"My guess is he's either a psychic or the guy we're looking for." Peter moves to get a closer look at the man, who seems unfazed by the stares he was receiving. 'Surprisingly calm, considering just a few hours ago he bolted at just being seen. Curiouser and curiouser.'

"David Clinton, inventor of the Chronosuit. At your disposal." David puts his hand on his chest and bows slightly to the group.

"You tried to steal Batman's utility belt." Lantern points out, as the rest of the heroes come to stand near Spidey.

"And you chased me. But Time Tunnels are somewhat counter intuitive." The time traveler stares off at nothing an annoyed look on his face. "Even though your were only seconds behind me, I arrived here nearly six months before you."

"Then why are you still here?" Peter asks. 'Considering we were bushwhacked almost as soon as we got here...'

"Now that's a story. As soon as I got here I was robbed." Clinton rests his forearms on one of the horizontal bars. 'Wow... there's so much crime in the desert.'

"By Tobias Manning." Wonder Woman states.

"Yes Ma'am. He took my suit and used it to take over this town." Clinton explains as he starts pacing in his cell. "He keeps taking trips to the future and coming back with stolen technology. He keeps me here to teach him how to use the stuff... he cant work out himself."

"Which I suspect is most of it. What with him being so mule stupid and all." Bat Lash interjects.

"Heh, mule stupid. You just don't hear that kind of insult anymore." Peter chuckles out loud, and successfully derails the serious conversation. Everyone is looking at the brown eyed man, and he goes into I-didn't-say-anything mode, putting his hands behind his head and whistling. He turns his gaze to the ceiling, trying to avoid their looks.

"Anyway... it's been horrible here... humiliating. I just want to go home. I'll gladly take my punishment if you help me get back." Clinton pleads while grabbing the bars.

"How did Tobias take over a whole town with a time machine?" John continues questioning, and Peter comes out of his avoidance strategy to answer Lantern, when he notices a security camera up in the corner of the hallway. 'Well... I really shoulda saw that coming.'

"Future tech, like his extra dimensional six gun." Clinton answers as if it were obvious.

"Um guys. We're on candid camera." Spider-Man speaks up and points to the camera. The others follow his finger, and for a few seconds there is dead silence in the jail.

"I think it's time to go." Spidey says and turns to Clinton's cell door, ripping it from the hinges. Clinton blinks a few times in surprise. "You're with us Doc."

"Doc?" The time traveler's face scrunches up in confusion.

"Don't ask." Green Lantern grumbles as the group heads for the front door.

"What are you feeding those two?" Bart asks John on the way out, hooking a thumb back at the two powerhouse heroes.

Just as Green Lantern and Bat Lash reach the door, the Webhead's Spider-Sense kicks on.

"Everybody down!" Peter shouts, and pushes David and Wonder Woman behind the Sheriff's desk. Lantern summons up a wall of green energy between him and the open door, just as the bullets start flying. The windows shatter from the gunfire, and holes are blown through the walls.

John peers past his wall and through a broken window, ticking off the enemy forces.

Spider-Sense

Spider-Man looks toward the hallway just as a groggy Sheriff rounds the corner. He stands and gets into a stare down with the lawman. Spidey pinches the brim of his hat between his index finger and thumb of his left hand, pulling the ridge down to dramatically cover his face. The sheriff's hand starts toward his holstered gun, and Peter's right hand hangs at his side near his hip.

"Before you reach for that piece you gotta ask yourself one question: Do I feel lucky?" Spidey smirks still holding the brim of his hat. The sheriff's eyes narrow at him. "Well do ya... punk?"

The Sheriff's hand flies to the handle of his gun, only to be cemented to the gun still in the holster by webbing. The man stares down at his hand and yanks a few times, before nervously looking back up at the hero. Spidey's right hand is raised at his hip, shaped like a gun. Bringing his barrel finger up to his mouth he blows imaginary smoke away, briefly showing the man his web shooter. Peter then pretends to holsters it at his hip.

"They call me the Web Slinger." Spider-Man channels his best Clint Eastwood, before the Sheriff is decked of nowhere by Wonder Woman and knocked out. Peter's badass veneer shatters instantly. "Aww come on Princess I was doing a thing."

"Not really keeping to that Back to the Future theme there Webs." Lantern points out, just before his eye's widen. "Gatling gun, take cover!" Spider-Man and Wonder Woman duck back behind the desk a second before a hailstorm of rapid fire bullets tears through the front wall to where they just were.

Spider-Man pokes his head up above the desk, and shouts in defense. "It's analogous!"

"How are Dirty Harry and Back to the Future related!" Green Lantern whips his head back at him, shouting over the loud thrumming of bullets pounding away at his shield.

"Clint Eastwood reference in Back to the Future 3. Remember, the whole metal plate under the poncho thing from The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly." Peter shoots back.

"Oh right, touche." John admits, the connection dawning on him.

"See analogous." Peter smiles triumphantly.

"What in tarnation are you two yammerin about?" Bat Lash asks from his spot on the other side of the desk.

"They were discussing connections between old reel film movies from the twentieth century." Clinton says sitting next to Lash.

"Focus. We need to figure out how to get out of this." Wonder Woman shouts over everyone, gaining their undivided attention. It was then that they all heard fewer shots hitting Lantern's wall. John peers back out past his shield, and see's several of the bandits knocked out.

"Something's happening out there." He informs, and Bat Lash comes over to his side to take a look.

"Something's happenin' alright, Cavalry's arrived." Lash says with a smile.

It only takes a few more seconds, and the thundering crash of a toppling water tower, before the bullets stop completely. Giving the all clear John retracts his construct, and the group head outside. Waiting for them outside are three new faces.

"Who are you people?" John asks the newcomers.

"Sheriff Ohiyesa Smith." The man on the left says. He's a Native American, wearing a rawhide coat, gloves, and pants. A gun is strapped to either side of his hip. The guy has the look of a man on a mission.

"El Diablo, ever at the service of justice." The man in the center says as he gives a cordial bow. His attire reminds Peter of Zorro. Almost entirely black attire, cape, and wide brimmed hat rounding out his likeness. He even speaks in a Spanish accent. A gun also adorns either side of his hips, though he has a rolled black bullwhip hanging at his side as well.

"Jonah Hex. Don't have a lot of time for jawing. In these parts there's an abundance of bad men who need setting strait." The last to speak up says in a heavy southern drawl as he reloads his shotgun. Hex wears a confederate uniform from the American Civil War, and is armed to the teeth, with the double barrel shotgun in hand, and several more guns strapped to him.

Most notable about Hex is the left half of his face is mangled. His cheek all but missing aside from one strand of flesh defiantly in place. Through this his teeth and gums are showing. His left eye is more exposed, looking swollen and yellowish. 'He's still prettier than Two-Face.'

"If ya'll are working for Tobias, there's gonna be difficulty." Hex continues, eying them. 'It's weird how that eye just seems to follow you.'

"Easy Jonah, they're with me." Lash placates Hex walking up to him with patting hand motion. "They helped me out of a spot while I was incognito, trying to find out more about Tobias."

"What have you learned?" Smith asks in an hasty tone.

"Among other moral failings, the man cheats at poker."

"Humph. I coulda told ya that." Hex confirms, hocking a loogie to send the point home. 'Ewwww.'

"How about you start from the beginning?" Lantern asks.

"I've lived in Elkhorn since the war. Been Sheriff most that time. This here's a mining town, booming too. Folks might get a mite rowdy on payday, but still it's a good place to live." Ohiyesa recollects to the assembled. "There's never been any mischief here I couldn't handle."

'Here comes the but.'

"Till about six months ago. Tobias Manning's always been trouble, I've run him outta town before... Well... he came back, except this time he had, I don't know, magic powers."

"There's no such thing as magic, my friend. Was some sort of trickery." El Diablo interjects, sounding wholly convinced in his own statement.

'Hoooo boy how wrong Zorro is. He'd flip his lid if I told him the woman next to had a magic lasso, magic bracelets, and magical gifts bestowed upon her by the Greek Gods. Gonna keep that chestnut to myself for now though.'

"Well it tricked me near to death." The former Sheriff sneered in remembrance. The ever present scowl deepening on his face, taking on a hint of guilt. 'I know that face. I make it a lot.' "He whipped me good. Ran me outta town like a stray dog. Took over the town. Runs it like his own personal kingdom. Treats the townspeople like slaves." His expression changes from indignation at himself to hatred for Tobias. "That's unacceptable to me."

"The Sheriff went looking for men who would help take Tobias down, he found us." El Diablo summed the rest of the tale up quick.

"And what's your stake in this?" Hex asks the future group in a very interrogative manner, tapping the barrels of his shotgun against his right shoulder.

"We're lawmen too." John states without hesitation. 'If these guys don't believe in magic, watch brains exploded if we tell them the truth.'

"From back East?" Jonah sceptically looks over the trio.

"I'm from New York City born and bred." Peter hooks his right thumb against his chest, smiling proudly.

"We came here to bring this man to justice. Indirectly he's the source of your trouble too." Wonder Woman grabs Clinton by the shoulders to indicate the guilty party. David has the decency to look worried about the accusation at least.

"Tobias stole a weapon from him. It's the source of his magic." Lantern continues.

"And we're looking to take it back." Spidey adds.

"Since we all want pretty much the same thing we should work together." Prince offers.

"I ain't about to turn down help." Ohiyesa says.

"What's the plan?" John asks.

"Plan... humph. We put 'em in the ground." Hex answers as if it was obvious, and the Old West group starts toward the edge of town.

Diana, Peter, and John share a brief look of concern. It went against their general code of conduct, but they were the strangers in a strange land here.

"He so casual about that it's like we're in a Western or something." Spider-Man shakes his head watching the men leave.

X X X X

Not ten minutes later, everyone is on horse back heading to Manning's stronghold. Once again Spider-Man finds himself riding pillion to Wonder Woman. Something Bat Lash found very amusing, laughing for the first five minutes of the trip. Ignoring the gambler, Spidey went about reloading his web shooters, just in case.

Securely adhering his butt to the bouncing saddle seat, he slipped the last cartridge into his right shooter. Pulling his sleeve back down, he caught Hex watching him intensely while riding next to him and Diana.

"Can I help you?" Peter asks politely, downplaying the feeling of weirdness he got from the unblinking eye. 'Seriously that thing is creepy!'

"Mighty interesting contraptions ya got there. I'm thinking you folks are time travelers." Hex says, catching Diana and El Diablo's attention, who is riding on the other side of him.

"How do ya figure partner?" The Webhead plays off.

"Experience." And then Hex smiled. 'Okay correction, that's even more disturbing.' "I've had an interesting life."

"Haven't we all?" Peter chuckles nervously.

"We're getting close. I wanna warn you, there's some downright unusual activity goin' on here 'bouts. Don't let it throw you." Ohiyesa warns to the rest.

"Don't worry about it. We've got a lot of experience wi..." Lantern is cut off by the screech of something in the sky above them. All eyes shoot up and land on a Pteranodon with a cowboy riding it.

'... weird but not new; the Savage Land broke me of that.'

"... I'm sorry you were saying?" John finally finishes, legitimately caught off guard. 'Amateur.'

"We've been sighted. They'll be ready for us." El Diablo warns the group.

"I sincerely doubt that." Wonder Woman takes off into the air without a second thought. Peter owl faces for a split second, then throws himself forward, fumbling for the horse's reigns. He mentally screams in terror, managing to keep the actual scream to a semi-loud 'Eep'.

The Amazonian Princess rockets toward the dinosaur and its rider. The man fires a few laser rounds at her, only for them to be deflected by her expert bracelet defense. She barrels into the wing of the Pteranodon, and surprisingly tears right through. The snaps and grinding of metal and wires accompanies her break through.

The creature screeches in pain, and then plummets, sparks and smoke training its descent. The rider jumps off, and grabs his sides. In a final shocking twist he produces ninja kite wings and flies away.

"Well... you don't see that every day." Spider-Man muses, completely distracted from the horse he's trying to control by the bizarre scenario in the sky. Of course this lasts for all of a second before his horse whinnies. "PRINCESS HELP! INEXPERIENCED RIDER HERE!"

"My friend the horse is riding fine on its own. You are the only one panicking." El Diablo points out, and the hunched over Peter opens one eye to confirm.

"Yeah... well, I can websling, and that's ten times more dangerous then this." Spidey defends childishly, still gripping the reigns tightly. The heroes break out into roaring laughter. It was a nice change of pace from the direness of the situation.

X X X X

A short time later most of the group is overlooking a heavily fortified homestead. From the rock formation nearby they can see barbed, and probably electrified, fences over traditional wood post ones, along with motion sensor security cameras, and patrols of men.

Spider-Man looks back down from rocks where his friends and allies were hiding. He was reconnaissance and if possible sneak thief of the already stolen time belt. While the terrain and broad daylight didn't hide a red and blue spandex suit well, his active camouflage mode certainly helped.

Peter carefully moves from small bush to small rock as he approaches the compound. So far unseen by the patrol or cameras he nonetheless is cautious.

'I have so few occasions to use this TGUS mode. The real problem is that it takes way to much concentration on my part. The suit wasn't originally designed to refract the light around me, so I have to keep commanding it to do so. In any situation where my mind gets overly distracted from that command I lose it. So really as long as nothing takes my...' Gunfire quickly saturates the air. Instantly Peter pops up from behind the bush he's hiding behind.

The men along the fence aren't men at all, but robots in disguise. 'Insert inadvertent Transformers reference here.' He guesses that their sensors picked up on the others somehow. Peter curses under his breath, and his suit bleeds back into existence. 'I can't even think of a what-else-can-go-wrong-esque trope, can I?'

"So much for my stealth suit's marvelous comeback." Spider-Man fires a web line to the gate arch, and slings himself forward. The robot at the gate looks up at the web and follows it to a pair of red clad feet. Spidey kicks the machine man's head clean off, and lands in a squat. Several of the nearly dozen bots get sharp shot by the Old West heroes, as they try to turn back to intruder from the fences.

Spider-Sense!

Spider-Man bounds upward into a front flip, once upside down he fires impact web from both wrists. The balls of thick webbing tag two cowboy bots in the face plates just as they open fire, staggering them. Landing he spins around inhumanly fast. Launching a line to the right bot he yanks it hard to the left, and the two machines smash into each other, disabling them.

His sixth sense chimes in again, and the Wall Crawler spins around. He ducks to the side just in time to avoid a bullet meant for his head. A bullet fired by a man riding a Deinonychus. Spidey's lenses go wide, as he grabs the robot he beheaded earlier and throws it in between him and the gun shots.

"I'll have you know I'm not impressed!" Spider-Man shouts as bullets bounce of his cowboy bot shield. 'Actually that's amaze-balls, and something I've always wanted to do. But the dinosaurs of the Savage Land aren't usually so accommodating.'

From the sky Wonder Woman drops onto the the raptor, wrapping it in a headlock and expertly wrestles it to the ground. As the Diana and the dino slide toward the gate, the desperado on it is thrown off. He wobbles to his feet only to put back down with a swift pulled punch from Peter.

"Talk about the Land That Time Forgot." Spidey muses before looking back to Wonder Woman and gives her a thumbs up. At that moment the cavalry breaks through the gate and enters the yard.

Spider-Sense!

Spider-Man leaps backwards a good ten feet, just as a bazooka shell explodes where he was. Looking up he sees the shooter in a guard tower through the raining dirt and debris.

Spider-Sense!

As the man reloads the ground rumbles suddenly. Spidey turns in time to see Lantern and Smith dive away as a tank plows through the side of the main building. The porch of the building collapses around them.

Immediately the tank's lower turret begins firing at Hex, who sprints just ahead of a trail of bullets. He dives away to safety, tackling Bat Lash in the process, the two narrowly avoiding the cannon shell fired above them.

Suddenly Spider-Man is picked up by Wonder Woman as she flies by him. "I have the tank, you take the tower." She says as they speed toward the offending death machine.

"With pleasure." Peter says a moment before he is lobbed toward the guard tower. Sticking two web lines to the tower Spider-Man pulls himself to it. Releasing his left line, he shoots a glob at gunner. The web hits the bazooka as it is being lifted off the floor, and extends into a net trapping it to the wood paneling. Spider-Man drop kicks the shooter away from the weapon as he soars in.

The now unconscious man is sent toward the edge of the tower, until a web line sticks to his chest and halts him. He snaps back away from the ledge and falls face first onto the wood. Spider-Man spins around in time to see Wonder Woman bend the tank's cannon backward, and El Diablo expertly lasso and send flying the bad guy on the tank turret.

SPIDER-SENSE!

Four large holes open in the ground, and giant robots emerge from them. The closest one stretches out it's claw toward Diana. "Princess look out!" Spidey shouts, but she gets caught by the huge mechanical hand.

That same robot swings it's free arm at the guard tower. Spider-Man collects the unconscious bad guy and jumps toward the grain silo nearby. As the tower is utterly destroyed, he and his passenger land safely on the side of the silo. A quick web up and he surveys the weird battle before him.

Lantern, in a pseudo showdown, easily dispatches one of the suits, creating a spinning buzz saw, slicing the machine into pieces. Lash distracts one while Hex used the bazooka from earlier to take care of it. El Diablo wrapped his whip around one's arm and swings up to the cockpit. He punches into it and pulls out the pilot. That gives Peter an idea.

He sticks a line to the back of the robot Wonder Woman was captured by and swings to it. "Hey Diana you ever see that movie Empire Strikes Back?" He manages to catch her confused look as he swings around front of the mech's legs. The pilot bringing her closer to the cockpit to take a look at his prey.

"Remember that part where they're on the snow planet, with the walking thingies?" Making another swing around to the front of it's legs, he see's Diana smile and nod to him. As Spider-Man passes around back again, Wonder Woman lifts up her legs and kick the robot's chest. It tries to re-balance but it tied up by webbing, and falls backward. He gives her a thumbs up as he lets his line go and drops to the ground.

The machine crashes hard into the ground, and the pilot is knocked out on impact. The brown haired hero runs over to the Amazonian, who just broke the mech's claws and freed herself.

"You've seen Empire?"

"What is Empire?" She asks as she tilts her head to the side a bit.

"And this is why I keep putting Movie Night in the suggestion box at the Watchtower." Spider-Man says in a huff, throwing his hands up in the air.

"TOBIAS!" Ohiyesa shouts over the calmed homestead.

"Are we done already?" Spider-Man scans the yard, and aside from some hobbling and groaning goons, they cleaned house. Putting his gloved hands on his hips, he turns to Wonder Woman. "I guess we are. Huh. Alright go team." Half heartedly he pumps his fist, and he and Diana jog toward the rest collecting team.

"Go for your gun chief, so I can ventilate ya proper." Tobias, who apparently came out of hiding to confront Smith, challenges as his Extra-Dimensional Six Gun sprouts it's six barrel appendages.

Spider-Man and the rest of the heroes march up behind Ohiyesa, and stare down the outlaw.

"Six guns, six of us. What's say we make this a fair fight." Peter proclaims, and everyone draws their respective weapons. In the span of a second two guns, a energy ring, a web shooter, a tiara, and a whip go off at the exact same time. Each takes off or utterly destroys one of the barrels, and the main weapon itself detonates in Manning's hand.

"My guns!?" Tobias stares at the remains of his weapon, then to the collected heroes.

"You and me partner. Right now." Ohiyesa stands up from his crouch, and bares his fists at the man.

"Another day lawman. NOVA!" Tobias shouts back to the barn behind him. The barn door explodes outward into splinters, and a white Pegasus run out to a waiting Manning. He grabs onto the horse as it jukes and heads away from Smith. Smith runs after it, only a step or two behind.

Green Lantern raises his ring finger, ready to give chase, when Hex grabs his shoulder. "Let him. Man needs to balance his own accounts." Hex says, and the groups watches Ohiyesa jump onto the horse, and grapple with Tobias.

The Pegasus looses it's altitude and it and the two men fall toward the far fence. They crash land just out of sight of the rest. Diana and John take off into the sky to follow them.

X X X X

About fifteen minutes later the heroes are tying up the bandits as Lantern's Power Ring finishes collecting the future tech Tobias had. Wonder Woman and Green Lantern are back in their usual attire, and Spider-Man is examining Clinton's Chronosuit belt behind them.

'This is pretty advanced tech. Heck I'd hazard a guess that David is from the future of our present. I mean most of these parts I can guess at what they do and are, but everything is so much more... streamlined, compact. It seems that this is the... I'm gonna call it the Flux Capacitor, and it connects to these... Screw it, I'm staying with the theme, Time Circuits. So that means this is where the input is dialed in for the destination.' Peter thinks as he's trying to figure out how to get them back home safely.

"Near as my ring can figure, that's everything that shouldn't be here." John announces as he sends the future devices off into space in a green energy bubble. Their destination: the Sun. Spidey looks up from the belt to watch the bubble float out of view.

"Shoot I wanted me one of those fancy ray guns." Bat Lash says offhandedly, also watching the tech vanish.

"Ain't dependable. They jam." Hex chimes in next to him and walks off.

Clinton watches worriedly as Spidey is fiddling with his device. "Oh, you forgot to reset the compensator." He says and reaches for a button on the belt. "Here let me."

Spider-Sense!

His warning system goes off a fraction to late as Clinton pushes the button, and a powerful electrical shock stuns Spider-Man with a yelp. The time traveler grabs the belt and starts pressing buttons.

"Or maybe I'm lying." David gloats, and straps the belt on as a Time Tunnel opens up. He quickly jumps into it laughing, and disappears into the swirling void.

"That little... WHOA!" Spider-Man groans as he sits up off the ground, and Wonder Woman grabs him under the arms as she flies by. The trio enter the portal which hurriedly closes behind them.

!SPIDER-SENSE!

Once again they are bouncing off the walls of time, but unlike last time the trip is considerably shorter for some reason. In seconds they eject out onto a cement sidewalk, and rebound off it. Spider-Man pushes off the ground shakily, the electric shock and drum solo Spider-Sense having done a number on him. The smells of the concrete jungle assaults his nose, and he allows himself a small smile. 'I'm back Doc. Back from the Futu-'

"We've been expecting you." A gruff sounding voice interrupts Peter's thought. The three look down the dark street as six figures step out into the light of the street lamp.

The lead is a burly bald young guy, in too short black patched up overalls with one connected strap, and greyish skin. The next into view are two teen girls who are identical in appearance. They are wearing bright red tube tops, white short shorts, pink thigh high boots, puffy white newsboy hats, white face paint with red cheek spots, and short red straw-like hair. The next is a Hyena/Man hybrid with metal arms, a blue vest and black onesie suit under that.

The final two are a stalky trick-or-treat version of the scarecrow, complete with pumpkin candy pail and witch's hat, and a fat clown wearing a pink tank top, who's... missing his lower half and is floating on a big red ball.

'Uhhhhhh... WHAT?! I mean WHAT!?'

As the oddly dressed young people approach, a purple lightning bolt strikes the sidewalk in between the two groups. It literally cuts a line in the cement for emphasis.

"Then I bet you weren't expecting us." A new voice calls from above, and when Peter looks up he sees who appears to be a much older version of Static Shock floating down to them. He's followed by a black winged Thanagarian wearing silver armor, and a man who resembles a skinnier Batman in a full body black costume and red wings attached to his arms. The three land in front of the heroes, ready for combat.

"Static? What's going on?" John asks the electric man. It was then that the Thanagarian turns to look at Lantern, and he goes wide-eyed.

"Dad?" The hawkman states surprised to John. 'DAD?!' John mimics the man in surprise, as Diana and Peter turn to look at the Green Lantern.

"Well well, it's just a day of family reunions. Isn't it Dee Dee?" The doll girl on the right giggles in a playful tone. This brings the heroes back around to the group of teens.

"It really is Dee Dee. Father meets Son..." The left Dee Dee smiles widely placing her left hand on her hip.

"And Granddaughters reunite with Grandfather." The right Dee Dee mirrors her sibling, and they both raise their free hands in between them to point upturned index fingers at Spider-Man. Their smiles widen as their gray eyes focus solely on him, and there is no mistake to whom they are addressing.

"It's been a while Granddad / It's been a while Granddad." They say in unison.

CHAPTER 12 END

Chapter 13 Preview

"If you really are my Grandkids then why are you working for the bad guy?" Spider-Man yells at the teen girls as he's nimbly dodging their energy whip strikes.

Their attacks were dangerously in synch and their tag team strategy was putting pressure on Spidey's reflexes. What really worried him about this fight is that they also seemed to be able to get close to matching his own speed.

Both girls' expressions read as dangerously excited. Their smiles relayed their intent desire to do him actual harm. 'Are they being brain washed? Why are they attacking me?!' Was all Peter could wonder.

"We've been waiting..." Delia says front flipping to gain ground on him. She stops and her sister Deidre hand springs high up in the air from behind to land on her sister's shoulders. Both teens extend out their whip arms.

"For this day." Deidre finishes, and then leaps off her sibling's shoulders and whips the extendable energy rope down at Spidey. He back flips away as the tip cuts into the road like a knife through butter. When he stops Delia is right there in front of him, bringing her whip down at him.

On reflex Peter grabs her weapon wrist with his left hand and open palm strikes with his right. Even pulling his punch, his hit connects hard with her chest and sends her flying back. Immediately he panics pulling back his right arm, and bringing both hands up toward his masked mouth.

"Oh shit! I didn't mean too, I'm so sorry!" He freaks as he watches his supposed granddaughter hit the road, and suddenly there was another one of her rolling right along side her. Spider-Man's lenses stretch open to the max size, as the two Delia break their fall expertly and roll to a crouch.

"Oooookay that's not good."

Preview End

A/N: What a cliffhanger. That Wiggles guy is such a jerk. Heh heh. I'm back dear readers. Here's the first part of one of the arcs I've had planned since the very beginning of this story. It took some time, but I wanted to set things up right for this two parter. I hope it'll be worth the wait.

If it wasn't obvious I wanted to do this arc because of the last part of this chapter. It was all leading up to those last three lines of dialog. Unfortunately I had to go through the Old West part to set it up. Still I can't wait for you all to see what I have in store. I am excited to finally be writing it.

I hope to have the next chapter out sooner, and I hope this one was worth the wait. To all you patient and awesome readers of my story thank you so much for sticking with me this long. I really appreciate everything you have to say on my story, good and bad. Thanks everybody, and I'll see you all in the next chapter. Wiggles out!

A/N PS: Due to the overwhelming amount of reviews I tend to get each chapter, I regret to inform that I will be cutting back on review responses starting next chapter. I will still be review responding, but I need to pick and choose so as to not drag out the chapters to to much. I want everyone to know that I read your reviews, appreciate every single one of them, and want to respond to each, but the review response section is four pages just for this last chapter. Thank you for understanding, and I look forward to your future reviews.

Thanks, Wiggles.

MEleeSmasher: Yes the Spider-Verse is sorta involved, but only this one part. We won't be seeing any of the Spider Army showing up unfortunately. Thanks for reading MElee.

Ranmaleopard: Well thank you kindly, and here's the more.

Byakko-179: Those sound like end of story routes. Which we are still far from. But here's the next chapter.

Hero of the Multiverse: I was going for intense.

Psudocode Samurai: Well as far as I know there wasn't any tongue so hopefully not lol. I felt the fight drug it's heels too, but time wise it was like at most fifteen to twenty minutes of combat. The lions share of that is when Spidey was waiting in the warefhouse for Morlun. Trust me when I say a freak out is incoming.

Jebest4781: He wont be actively participating in it, especially since Wanda sealed Morlun from the dimension. But he would certainly be part of 616 Spidey's main party if he were.

Bman66: I'm glad you liked the chapter, and I will do my best.

josephguy217: Will do.

Fateburn: I was gonna make ya wait longer for it, but I felt the time was right lol.

Rakjo: WOOOOO!

HaywireEagle: Yeah my time table is a cluster f ^& lol. Sorry for the wait Haywire, here's more. Also I'm just terrible at teasers, ain't I?

Blizzardfang: No problem. Knowing that you read this is more than enough. Thank you, I'm actually really proud of how Peter turned out.

Jack Inqu: Not all fights can be won without the big guns. Thanks for reading.

Brown-Eyed-Fiend: I'm glad we cleared all that up off screen lol. Thanks as always B-E-F!

Dantegrey: Wow that's some praise. Thank you so much. What kind of things would you have done different?

Mayhem296: Can do!

SwayOfTheWind: I don't know about that. *Snickers evilly*

EroSlackerMicha: WOOOOOOOO!

Spidey Ryan: The last scene actually came about at the last moment. And I was so glad I did it.

ABNALLDAY: Dang... I'm really glad you enjoyed the chapter. Thanks for the props my friend. I hope to continue to keep you impressed. Thanks ABNALLDAY.

docfrodo2: Action everywhere!

nekochan1994: Forged documents. Possibly. He's not, it's just to keep Roman busy. Yup it stings a bit lol. Uncle J may not like pissing Spidey off. Glad you like the last chapter.

hollowIchigo12: I think I've said this before, but I really try to write what I'd want to read, and that means things making sense and flowing right. I have pretty high standards and that translates to you guys. As always thanks for every praise hollow. I hope this chapter is just as fun.

Croniklerx: You are very welcome, and there is a vast amount of Spideypool isn't there? No worries on the critique, in fact keep it coming. I agree the chapter was a bit different feeling. Can't quite pinpoint it, but it may have been due to the long span between them. Thanks for reading Croniklerx. As for the whole Other thing... I wonder about it. Heehee. Yes this chapter is from that particular cartoon, but there is a method to my madness trust me.

xbox432: I happy I can bring Ivy into a better light for you, but don't count Harls out just yet lol. Also yeah I'm a 90's Spidey fan myself.

Devil Rebel: Ivy will not let Peter's Parker Luck ruin it lol. I based the Amazo thing off a Justice League Unlimited episode, and trust me they needed everyone they could spare for that. Thanks for waiting, here's more.

The Hero named Villan: Totems are essentially when a someone has a strong spiritual connection with an animal, whether by mystical means (Spidey/Black Panther) or by heavy association (Batman). Yes, but a long winded explanation I don't have space to tell here is why he couldn't stop Supes.

Harbinger of Kaos: Honestly I haven't even heard of that arc. That is true, the girls could start fresh.

: Well I'll have to make you wait for a bit longer. Please bear with me till them. Thanks for reading.

Primordial Phantom: It may be organic but it still needs nutrients to be created. Not enough nutrients no webbing.

Bael92: Glad you liked it. And yeah they are aren't they. Hmmm.

Angel of Atonement: No worries, and thanks for reading Angel.

alchemists19: You were on a mission for two years? Where were you? Yeah Pam and Peter were always my main focus, but Harley wormed her way in there so easily. Sometimes it's so hard to choose just one. Yes they could potentially return to 616, but that's all left to be seen. Thank you so much for reading.

titan616: As soon as the bazooka idea popped into my head it was over and had a part.

roxasdualwielder: Pam x Pete 3

diagonalpumpkin: That's something I really wanted to highlight in the chapter. Heroes will fight insurmountable odds to protect others and their friends. Even when Spidey told them the dangers they still fought with him. I wanted to show that. Yeah that is the biggest difference between DC and Marvel. Diagonal thank you for reading and I hope you like this chapter.

Cashagon: Doubt it, lol. I know right!? And I'm so glad she did.

SPIDERTRON: And who might this enemy be?

SolarEnergy07: Sweet I've converted another. Boy do I.

kspidey2: Yes, yes she does.

FORGEMaster: Hmmm... well there's a possibility.

theblacklightprojekt: Sorry but it still a ways off.

Bleute: I'll think about it.

im ur misconception: I was emotional just writing it. I can;t imagine what it must have been like reading it for the first time.

War Cry's: Look forward to the next Arc.

Blue Soki: Well if I introduced the Spider Army they might take Spidey back home without the girls. And I can't have that... yet. Hee hee.

vmage2: Aye I noticed that too lol.

Tarix: I have a big soft spot for Wanda, trust me. She will not be forgotten.

Darksnider05: Probably, but he's not always on guard.

Vsin: I knew that. *shifty eyes*

Psionic108: I'm glad to have renewed your faith in fanfiction. He is a variant of 616 Spidey yes.

Hikari no Suzaku: *sniff sniff* Smells like time travel to me.

Guest 1: Nope not gonna edit it, but I can offer an explanation... *runs out of the room quickly*

ThePhenomenalSpider-Man: Heh I see what you did there with your name lol. Thank you kindly for the praise. We would all love to see that happen.

Edgar3t: Alright! Point Wiggles!

Anonymous 1+2: Wait you mean people don't hear those voices all the time?

Reaper1nthedark: Guaranteed.

Gold Testament: Technically I haven't gone above a teen rating. But Hulk is biggest target there is. Luthor will take any chance to beat Supes he can. Oh they definitely deserve a vaca... unfortunately. Whoa there, where that Diana observation come from, lol?

Mister k: Well... maybe is the best answer I can give you right now.

Rev: See above ^, lol.

thealphamale: I believe later chapters answer that question.

Graphene: No guarantees, but there is definitely something there between Ivy and Spidey. Is it the other though? Morlun wants him dead and would kill everyone Peter knew just to see it happen. What's more he knows who Peter is under the mask, so he could easily kill those he loves, and has tried before. So yeah Pete would have little reservations about it.

Retrokill: The time changes, but has been quite long lately. Sorry no definite timetable.

blazedflame: I am working on it, but outside the time and place indicators it'd be even more clunky.

Asteriz: I thought that was what I was doing?

JLSpidey: Thank you for the long and kind review. The League showing up was a tough choice, but not all fights end dramatically. The problem with more Marvel character showing up is it would take away from the hopelessness of returning home, as the dimensional bridge would seem to be easily crossed. All that aside, thank you for enjoying my work, and I look forward to your reviews in the future.

DJ Meltdown of Ground Xero: Are you chanting?

drunkonbleach: We'll have to see.

StayBlessed: Thank you very much. Honestly I wanted Ivy to not be liked at first. She is not an easy person to get to know, especially if you are a guy. And relationships are never built in a day. The main theme for Pete and Pam is time. It took them time to get where they are, and I'm so glad you stuck around to find that out. Thanks for reading StayBlessed.

griezz: This is very true. However they have the Great Weaver on their side, and he's got a location on every Spider. Madam Web is an envoy and mostly focused on the Spider in her verse. DC is so far removed that it would take a major event... like say a reawakening of powers and weakening of reality to find him. Hope that helps.

SonicAnime2010: YAY! Someone got my T reference! Awesome. And no worries on the fights. I understand they wont be for everyone. And I feel I excel more at the in between interactions more. Thanks for enjoying my work.

jevcyber: Huh? Well of course it'll continue.

Nick: Nope not abandoned.

drago: Well I'm happy you love it.

Protagonist Jones: If I have a proof reader I'll never learn from my mistakes, lol. But mostly it's because in the post read through even I tend to auto correct words and punctuations. Ah I have actually answered the plot hole in a previous chapter. She was faking knowing what he reported. Basically it was a tracking beacon for his location and nothing more. Aye The Web is a potential gateway, but not for some time. Since the Inheritors control the Great Weaver, and the dimension was sealed from their bloodline, until the Weaver is free he couldn't open up a pathway for then to return. I think I do my best in the in between moments, because that's what I want to know about. Yes the fights are fun, but they don't usually build relationships. Really I just wanted a way to tie in Spider-Verse, but also set things up for the future. Well there have been many major spikes in reality altering magic lately, so maybe someone picked up on it. Thanks for the long review Jones, I hope to keep you interested for a good long while.

Guest 2: I do not plan to abandon this fic. Life however keeps me busy and away from writing. I'm glad you are enjoying my fic. Don't worry there will be more Harley coming soon,

EYKFAN: Didn't know my work was a gateway drug to fanfiction lol. Thanks for liking my story.

Ianmac: That's what I try for.

chimera629: Reasons my friend, reasons.

Mandalore Requiem: Short but sweet reviews, I love it!