Publisher's Note: [Overall history- of the story so far!] This time around. Thats because of last chapter many things have been retcon, so this recap will show the changes that have been made.
CHAPTER 49
Recap: The Story So Far
The story, overall began with Peter Parker, which is no surprise, as it is his story!
Well, it begins when Peter's school goes to visit Oscorp, run by his friend Harry's own father. The two have a tense relationship, mainly from Norman Osborn's cold and removed personality. Spurred on to go with Gwen by Harry having to leave, the two visit the Spider-exhibit.
When Peter noticed one gone, he tried to stop it from biting Gwen, only to get bit himself. Thinking it a normal spider, Gwen tried to get it off of Peter. Acting to try to stop her from getting bit, He smashed the arachnid and, slowly, began to feel unwell.
Waking up the next day, he found himself no longer needing glasses and stronger and more agile than ever with the ability to cling to walls! Taking a little while to experiment and make sure he wouldn't break things or hurt anyone, he continued his life normally, or so he thought!
Confronting Flash Thompson, Gwen Stacy interjected and sent the bully running. Feeling bad for Peter, who got himself bit by a spider for her sake, she was surprised when he admitted his own new powers to her, confidentially, along with what he had overheard that day after Gwen had fainted- Doctor Alister Smythe would be after him if he knew Peter has super-powers, though, he didn't mention the Spider-sense as he himself hadn't quite worked out its existence yet, unfortunately. The two promised to work together to look into bringing down the villainous Smythe.
In the meantime, Peter began to tutor the sick classmate Felix Hardy.
Investigating deeper, Peter found out that Gwen was having troubles because that the [Black Cat] a mysterious, famous burglar was planning a heist and it was something that could get her father fired as a scapegoat if the thief was able to succeed!
And yet, at the same time, Peter was having his own troubles. In a hidden compartment, he'd discovered the [Hidden Notes] of Richard Parker, his father! And worse, it hinted at Harry's own father, Norman Osborn, as the culprit!
Using these notes and help from Gwen Stacy, they fashioned a makeshift costume with a spider design on it. Working out the confidence to ask Gwen Stacy out, he asked her out, only for her to freak out. Finding a stalker's note addressed to her, he began to investigate what he thought was the main problem, enlisting of the surprisingly outraged Flash Thompson in his search.
Unfortunately, that very night, was also the time when the Black Cat would strike. Stopping the girl, dressed as Gwen Stacy, in her tracks he caught the thief. The victim, J Jonah Jameson, unwillingly paid the reward money he'd promised and before he left, Eddie Brock caught a picture of the vigilante. Yes, [Spider-man] was born that night!
But, upon leaving, he was soon found by the Black Cat, who had already escaped! In a cat-themed costume she straddled the hero and made her interest in him clear! She proclaimed [I will steal your heart!]!
And, even more so, when the youth Felix Hardy turned out to really be the girl [Felicia Hardy], The Black Cat herself! Taking a chance, Peter extended his hand to her, and the Thief had her own heart stolen by our hero!
Unfortunately, it was revealed Peter's old Bully, Mary Jane Watson was returned to be his neighbor. Terrified, our hero met with the frightful specter of his youth, only to discover that she'd become a shutin terrified of the world. Likewise, a student was expelled for his actions concerning Gwen Stacy, his name was 'Phil Urich!'
But, if that wasn't enough, a 'burglary' happened at Oscorp! The wheels of fate began to turn! Peter Parker and his school were attacked by the 'HobGoblin!' As such, Spider-man made his return and made the villain retreat! This was the start of Spider-man's conflicts with the Villain!
In the meantime, Peter began to help tutor Flash Thompson, the old bully he'd already forgiven and made friends with the football player! Likewise, it turned out that the teen had become 'Spider-man's biggest fan' because of the fact he was saved by the masked Hero!
A second encounter with the 'Hobgoblin' brought about a surprising truth from Gwen Stacy- she had the [Same powers as Peter!] and that it was why she distanced herself! The tension between the two was still there, but the beginnings of a friendship reconciliation was beginning, as cracks began to appear in Peter's friendship with Harry!
When tricked by a shady merchant into busying a cursed gift for his girlfriend, Peter decided to look into finding a cure- calling on Gwen Stacy, he finally got a reluctant answer and date proposition! Go see 'Doctor Strange' at his live showing with her! Unfortunately, he had to reveal that he had met someone else, leaving Gwen with a sad smile as she left, alone.
Unable to privately meet with Doctor Strange, Peter had a more terrifying encounter, with one 'Doctor DOOM!' where he accidentally crossed onto the Latverian Embassy's territory! The leader of the country made a deal with Spider-man [Deliver this message to Susan Storm for DOOM and DOOM will cure the curse!]
Breaking into the quarantined Baxter Building, Peter Parker met with and broke out [Susan Storm] and her brother [Johnny Storm] who has both gained fantastic powers from their trip into space, along with Reed Richards! Barely, they escaped as they noticed a strange helicopter with three ominous figures entering the Baxter Building, their leader a man with an eyepatch!
Returning to the embassy, Peter was indeed helped by DOOM,who sent Peter into the future for a cure! In the future, Peter met with [Doctor Spyral], a woman who had made herself into a cyborg, a cyborg girl without a past [Alice], and [Agent Venom]-Who was none other than Flash Thompson! The three of them were attacked by a monstrous monster named CARNAGE!
An aside- Carnage was, in Peter's time, a nickname for a serial killer who was on the lose.
But here, it seemed to be, in this ruined world, no less than Gwen Stacy herself- or so it appeared! It seemed like the pure murderous madness of CARNAGE has become a parasitic life form that possessed others, and for some reason it needed Peter's own blood!
Alice, Doctor Spyral, and Peter were able to escape, but not without a cost! A Hero's life was taken by CARNAGE. Peter swore that Flash's life wouldn't be in vain!
The group raced across the future to Doctor DOOM's only remaining base, chased by the monster known as CARNAGE!
Upon arrival, it seemed like that they had been tricked- The Jackal, a madman who cloned Peter's blood in the past to make clones- food for Carnage- was waiting there! The three of them fought, tooth and nail, but it was no use, CARNAGE had obtained the Blood it needed and declared itself 'the Ultimate Being!' before a distraction came! A monstrous white tiger with familiar eyes began to maul and distract CARNAGE and The Jackal, giving them an opening to move on to the castle!
Confronting Peter in DOOM's throne room, Peter revealed that he'd been observing CARNAGE and revealed his trump card- the Alien Symbiote [Venom!]- by gaining Peter's spider-sense, CARNAGE had made itself weak to the symbiote as well! Defeating it, Alice and the symbiote held off the monster from regenerating itself, in order to give Peter the time he needed!
In the final room, Peter found what had been left to him- preserved for his arrival, DOOM had left the cure and a notebook to himself in the past- he'd sacrificed everything to keep his word. Before he was sent back with the cure, Doctor Spyral handed him a letter for herself in the past- the cold and ruthless cyborg held a look of remorse and regret as she did so- before sending our hero to his correct time and destroying the time machine!
Returning to the past, Peter immediately, after recovering, took action! He reunited the stubborn Storms with their comrades, and forced the beginnings of reconciliation. Before he left, Reed Richards had, quieter than anyone else but the masked hero could hear, thanked Spider-man!
Getting back into his life, from the horrifying future was stressful, but he did his best. And then, on Halloween, he, once and for all caught the Hobgoblin, who was no other than the expelled [Phil Urich]! It was also the first appearance of the [Scarlet Spider]! Suspecting Norman Osborn, Peter hid the equipment so it couldn't be recovered, but the next morning when he went to recover it, it was gone!
As he worked on advancing his tech and cracking his father's encryption on his hard drive, time advanced. And, before he knew it, it was Thanksgiving, where Peter's old family friend [Eddie Brock], who he'd made friends with again not too long ago showed up. A surprise visit from Norman and Harry Osborn turned out to be a tragedy, as Harry Osborn, when Peter asked him to help out Mary Jane Watson, revealed his true colors and spitefully attacked Peter and his friends verbally.
After finding Mary Jane, the dinner finally happened, with Norman Osborn trying to scout Peter and Gwen and revealing he was interested in recreating Tony Stark's personal [Arc Reactor].
Following the disastrous holiday, Peter through himself into his work and cracked the harddrve, only to find it potentially tampered with. As he worked through the files, he found that his mother might've had connections with [SHIELD]- as an agent, which had caused conflict with his own father! Likewise, Norman Osborn might've been framed.
This culminated on Christmas night, where, when the security of OsCorp mysteriously went down, so Spider-man and the Scarlet Spider investigated, splitting into two teams- lured into cold storage Peter found his father's work in the form of the monstrous [Project Venom] before the cold storage shut down and the beast attacked! Fighting the beast while Norman Osborn arrived, it seems like Peter managed to take control of [Venom] and eject its old host, Emily Osborn- Norman Osborn's wife tried to make the project her husband and best friend were risking it all on work.
Taking the last two untainted samples of his father's work, Peter left the crying and grateful Norman Osborn to find the Scarlet Spider, only to find her at the ruined R&D, as someone had already ransacked it! Worried for Peter and the suit he wore, the two reluctantly split ways and headed home, only to find that the secret compartment and his bag had been busted open, from this inside!
The next day, when he tried to stop the [Crime Master] and his gang he discovered his [Spider-sense] wasn't working as he was shot with strangely advanced weapons by the Criminal! Venom, breaking from control, turned into a raging monster.
Meanwhile, Flash Thompson, who has felt like he'd been watched for the entirety of the day and previous night was with his little sister, only for them to be right in the path of the monster's rampage! As he prepared himself to die to save his sister's life, he was contacted by a voice, which offered to make him a hero. Accepting, it took his goals and plans to join the military and be a hero like spider-man.
[The Black Spider-man] who in the future was [Agent Venom] was once more present. Stopping the parasitic monster, which was weak to electricity with power lines, he was unable to see who it had taken over as a red and blue figure gathered the person up and fled!
Weak and recovering, Peter planned his next move as Flash laid low. Spider-man was reborn! His original self-made costume with new equipment once more entered the field. While recovering, he found his knowledge was broader than it had once been, perhaps as a result of the suit he'd worn?
Regardless, waking up, Peter felt like there was something off. That, though nobody else had noticed, there was a hole in the world. That there was something important missing...
End
To Be Continued…
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Publisher's Note: Next chapter gets back to the story.
Stella: Yes, Stella is gone for the cost of what Kaine did in the last chapter, that's why Peter felt that something was missing.
Also, I should put some of the characters info down here as well.
[Gwen Stacy]
Gwen Stacy has always been someone around Peter Parker, though they didn't interact much in their youths, their equally great smarts drove them into an easy, lighthearted rivalry. Even so, they didn't talk much Peter was generally rather meek and usually stuck with his friend Harry Osborn. However, as Peter's Uncle and Gwen's father were friends, they have met on more than one occasion.
There was a possible attraction on both parts' behalf but an unsure way of breaking the ice- unfortunately, the perfect event, which is when they were a group at the trip to Oscorp began a journey that broke that fragile balance. Both bitten by the spider- though Peter was sure he'd stopped it from biting Gwen, they both began to undergo supernatural changes. Unfortunately, unlike Peter, Gwen began to become introverted and terrified, unaware of why strange things were happening to her.
When Peter Parker confessed to her, she was terrified and turned him down, avoiding him out of fear of herself and began avoiding him, afraid that he would think her a freak. Always self-conscious of her appearance, she intentionally underdressed as she'd prefer to read a book than deal with some random guy hitting on her. There was an incident about a stalker, but it was quickly reported to the school and she thought it dealt with as she felt more and more 'danger' begin to surround her.
As it is, eventually Peter confronted her and she realize that Peter was in the same boat as her, but also soon after found out that during the time she'd avoided him, there'd been someone else that had approached him and became his girlfriend.
Frustrated and a little annoyed by the overly catty girl, Felicia Hardy, she's grown suspicious when, more closely looking into her past, there seems to be inconsistencies, such as her brother- Felix Hardy- having never been admitted to any hospitals for treatment after he left the area- like he and her family didn't exist anymore. Worried for Peter's sake, she began to investigate.
[Mary Jane Watson]
Rather overbearing and a bully to Peter during their youths, she actually started off as a girl that always clung to her sister, Gayle. There's a lot about her youth that Peter's not too sure about, but he remembers that his father was rather upset with Mary Jane's father leading to him confronting the man shortly before he moved, taking Mary Jane, her sister, and their mother with them.
Returned to staying with their Aunt after their mother died, and their father in jail for abuse, Mary Jane's rather withdrawn- to use one of Harry's terms -a 'hikikomori'- who spends most of her time online and playing videogames. Peter often tries to spend some time with her at the request of Anna Watson, who is worried about her niece.
She could take better care of herself, but thanks to her Aunt, who is a nurse, she at least has to try to stay in shape.
[Harry Osborn]
Peter's known Harry for several years now. Mainly Harry was the one to approach Peter, but he'd declared himself Peter's best friend so that was how it had been.
The two never really got along one-to-one. Harry, who has gotten whatever he wants thanks to his ridiculously large allowances from his distant father, has lived in the lap of luxury and has a bit of an ego problem.
Unfortunately, Harry's got no real friends other than Peter as most of them only want to be around him for his money and he knows it. But, when Norman Osborn showed more interest in Peter than he usually shows in his own son, Harry didn't take it well.
Acting like a spoiled rich brat, he broke off his friendship with Peter by taking things way too far, to the point Gwen threatened to break his nose on thanksgiving night. Did he regret what he said? Well, Peter's not too keen on caring until Harry gets over himself and actually apologizes for what he did and said.
[Flash Thompson]
He's been a bully to Peter for a while before this, mostly for academic stuff. He's since then tried to make amends and he's asked for tutoring from Peter.
As far as Peter knows, there might be some problems Flash has with family- he never, other than his sister, mentions them. He's also firmly opposed to violence against women, which makes Peter have some suspicions, but Flash is a proud person and will likely shut Peter out if he forces the issue.
Seems like he has an interest in joining the military, but he's also got the opportunities to do sports scholarships.