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Chapter 05: The Hunt Begins Part 1
Black Panther inspected the ground where the Sinister Six and Spider-Man fought on one knee, carefully tracing a finger on it, his eyes giving a slight glow-showing that he was scanning the footprints and mystical energy on the ground.
Above him, Iron Man was doing practically the same thing, only on a much bigger scale with the whole area, using Jarvis to do the scanning while keeping an eye out for anything out of the ordinary.
"Come on, at least let there be a clue." Iron Man muttered looking around.
He would go with anything that would point to where the Web Head ended up.
Captain America however was doing his part by asking anyone who passes by what happened, some of them he recognized from the video as they were nearby, doing his own work on gathering information.
"So what are the Avengers doing investigating this?" A random person asked after Cap got someone who explained it all happened from their view, just like in the video. "I mean don't you guys leave the street criminals alone?"
There was a hint of distaste in that tone that Cap knew all too well, but he ignored it to answer. "Spider-Man is an Avenger and that makes this Avenger business," He said turning as Iron Man called his name. "Thank you for your time."
Whispers broke out at that news as despite how Spider-Man has been seen with the Avengers sometimes, it was never truly confirmed that he was a member until that moment.
Especially due to a certain Newspaper that attacked the web head while praising the Avengers. While Captain America was one to believe that the truth would come out with the actions that Spider-Man takes despite the slander, he was more than happy to set the record straight for a fellow Avenger.
"Did you find anything?" Cap asked, Iron Man landing to speak with him.
"Just a few energy signatures that I had Jarvis record," Iron Man told Cap, making the soldier look confused before he flipped the faceplate up to show an amused expression. "It's for whenever Richards make it back, he could use the signatures to track down where Spider-Man ended up and get him back."
"I see." Cap said despite how he didn't.
He still wasn't that caught up with technology after seventy years of being frozen in a block of ice.
But he trusted Iron Man's word on this subject.
Iron Man saw that and smirked, the faceplate going back down. "Whatever you say Grandpa."
"Iron Man is correct with his assumption," Black Panther stood up before frowning as he could see a spike of energy leading into the sewers. "Stark, did you scan for mystic energy?"
Iron Man went silent before doing so, now seeing what Panther saw. "A trail?" He asked frowning at where it lead. "Why is it always the sewers?"
"We don't do this for comfort, Stark," Cap said on hearing that, placing a gloved hand on his metal shoulder, a look of amusement on his face. "Come on."
Across Manhattan, Thor landed on the docks crouched, his cape billowing in the wind before looking up. "Heimdall," He called out his voice echoing around the area. "Open the Bifrost!"
A few seconds of silence passed before a funnel appeared in the sky as a beam of rainbow-colored energy shot down enveloping Thor and in a moment he was inside of a gold room, where a dark skinned man with yellow eyes stood guard in golden armor.
"Welcome back Prince Thor." Heimdall the Guardian of the Bifrost greeted with a respectful nod.
"Tis good to be back in Asgard, Heimdall," Thor returned, a smile on his face before it was overcome by a frown. "But I need thou's help-."
"To locate the Mortal Spider-Man," Heimdall interjected, showing that he knew exactly why Thor came up before sighing. "I cannot help you in that regard."
Thor looked surprised. "Surely thou knows something."
"I sensed the disturbance when the Tablet of Order and Chaos was shattered and I looked into it my Prince," Heimdall looked away from Thor, his eyes seeing the fight play out again from every angle possible. "But when I look into the Mortal's whereabouts my sight was blocked."
"Tis troubling news." Thor said at hearing that, a worried look across his face as not a lot can block Heimdall's sight. "Hast thou told Father what happened?"
"I did not wish to disturb him whilst the Odinsleep draws near." Heimdall explained catching Thor off guard, making the Guardian smile. "Ah, thou hath been on Midgard too long to forget."
"I suppose I have." Thor agreed as he didn't expect for it to be this soon and knew that he would eventually have to take a leave on the Avengers to defend Asgard while Odin rests. "Thank you Heimdall, I shall take my leave."
Thor went to walk off, but he paused-considering something.
"My Prince?" Heimall asked cautiously.
"Heimdall, where is my brother?" Thor asked not missing the darkened look on Heimdall's face.
"Loki is still banished to his tower for all his trouble, surely you don't mean to enlist his help?" Heimdall asked despite knowing the answer.
"Loki owes the Man of Spider a debt." Thor said walking off. "He may be one to cause trouble, but even he honors his debts."
"Just watch yourself My Prince," Heimdall warned the God of Thunder who was still walking away. "Thou might consider Loki your kin, but thou would be a fool to blindly trust him."
Back on Earth, a lone man was walking through the neighborhood of Queens.
This man had on a plaid grey shirt that was unbuttoned to show a black shirt and blue jeans. His muscular arms had a lot of hair on them while a cowboy hat hid his messy black hair.
Finally he reached his destination, a seemingly normal house.
"Webs you owe me big time for this." James 'Logan' Howlett, the man known as the Wolverine mused in annoyance.
Yes he knew who the infamous Spider-Man was, but he respected the kids privacy enough to not interfere with his personal life unless necessary.
And now it was.
"Damn kid getting me into this." Logan muttered now approaching the house.
He tolerated Spider-Man but he didn't like delivering the news to his kin.
Hell, he didn't even know if Parker told his Aunt anything about his after-school activities.
And it's been years since he's seen any of the other Parkers.
Making it to the door, Logan knocked, idly wishing he could smoke a cigar as Mayday Parker opened it, her eyes a bit bloodshot to show lack of sleep. "Yes?" She greeted politely if not a little cautiously.
"Mrs. Parker, you might not remember me-." Logan began as he grimaced, his damaged memory going at work here.
Despite not remembering anything, he knew he was a friend to Richard and Mary Parker, Peter's parents.
That was the main reason he did look out for the kid.
"Despite what you believe Mr. Howlett I do," May said showing that despite her age, she had a good memory. "It's been years and you haven't aged a day."
Seeing the smirk, Logan groaned and took his hat off. "You know what I am." He stated knowing it as a fact.
"Just because you're a Mutant doesn't mean you're not welcomed here," May told him shaking her head, opening the door. "Come on in."
Logan looked surprised before accepting the invitation, walking in to see the News, showing that the Stark, Rogers and T'Challa were investigating the area where Parker disappeared.
"I'm assuming you came here because of Peter?" May asked her voice cracked as she looked at the screen.
Now Logan looked surprised, something that May saw.
"Mr. Howlett, I'm old not stupid," May said giving him a look, pausing the TV as she did so. "I figured out that Peter was Spider-Man after a while"
"Does Webs know?"
"No, he doesn't," May said sadly looking at the paused screen. "I'm assuming you know what happened?"
Logan kept quiet before looking up. "The Avengers are looking for him right now, once Richards gets back we'll be enlisting his help," He said not saying anything about the webheads condition as he didn't know himself. "Why didn't you ever tell him that you knew?"
May gave a small smile. "It's because of how much like his father and Ben that Peter's like," She said to the X-Man/Avenger. "I knew that no matter how much I would ask for him to stop he wouldn't because Ben and I taught him to be there for others. I felt that if I told him, he would just worry more about how I would be knowing he's out there risking his life."
Logan saw how she placed a hand on her chest and understood. "Especially after the heart attack you had?" He asked already seeing that her knowing made it a little worse considering how worried she was.
May nodded, looking up at Logan. "As much as I hate that my Nephew is risking his life, I've seen how much happier he's been ever since he started," She said to him. "He's made a lot of friends with you, the Four and other heroes because of what he's done… Just please bring him home."
Staying quiet, Logan looked up and nodded.
He was never one for making a promise like that as he didn't know exactly how this would all play out, but he was still going to try his damn hardest to get the kid back.
Despite how annoying Webs could be, the world couldn't have asked for a better hero.
~Remnant~
"Do you have any idea about what you did?" Goodwitch angrily asked with Peter being in Ozpin's office without his mask on, a copy of the Vale Times in front of him, showing a blurred picture of him swinging from a crime scene after stopping a mugger.
The headline was 'New Hero on the Rise?'
Peter had his arms crossed. "What I usually do," He answered back, not the least bit intimidated. "Just because I'm not on Earth doesn't mean I'm going to ignore something happening."
"You didn't ignore it, you deliberately sought it out." Goodwitch snapped at him.
"It's called a Patrol and I would do it again," Peter said standing up, his posture tensed. "If I didn't go out last night, what do you think would've happened to some of the people I helped?!"
"No one is saying that you didn't help," Prof. Ozpin spoke up, playing the peacekeeper as he saw the points that both of them were making. "What Professor Goodwitch is trying to say is that you are taking some big risks doing this."
Peter went to say something but Ozpin beat him to it.
"Risks that involve my school more than your own health," Ozpin said making Peter wince not thinking about that. "Fortunately for all of us, I sent a letter to the Vale Chief of Police and he accepted the help of the 'Huntsman' In-Training that I suggested before you did that so there shouldn't be any strain relations to the police."
"Uh right." Peter muttered actually a bit bashful as he didn't think about the police response here, heck they try to arrest him back home despite being on the Avengers.
"Did you find any of the fragments?" Ozpin asked after a small silence, taking a sip of his coffee, deciding that a change of conversation was in order.
"None, I'd hoped that maybe I would get lucky on patrol but as on par with the usual Parker Luck it didn't go my way," Peter said with a shrug. "I didn't see or hear any news of the six either, but that doesn't mean they're not out there."
"I have a contact looking into the Fragments after explaining the situation to him," Ozpin said placing his coffee down. "I'd like for you to meet him when he finds one."
"Anything I should know about him?" Peter asked a little curiously.
Goodwitch scoffed. "Only that he's a drunk."
"Professor, I've fought alongside Iron Man and Wolverine and they drink a lot of alcohol-although Wolverine can't get drunk as far as I know." Peter muttered that last part under his breath.
"That makes it a little easier, I'll tell Qrow to contact you when he comes up with something." Ozpin told Peter, also keeping quiet that this Qrow was also looking into something that had him worried. "You should get some breakfast before class begins."
"Got it Oz." Peter said grabbing his mask and pulling it on as he left.
"Ozpin you should've told him not to go out there anymore," Goodwitch said to the Headmaster who was now standing up to walk to the window. "If any other student went out there like that, they would've been given detention or expelled-."
"I didn't because Mr. Parker isn't like any of the other students," Ozpin interrupted, grasping his cane while watching the various students walking around the courtyard as they are, just students. "Remember he's been doing this sort of stuff on his own for two years with barely any help and he's not from this world. He's no more a child than you or I are. Would you stand idly by if you were in his position?"
Goodwitch went quiet, giving him that one before speaking up. "He should still be more careful, he's registered here as 'Spider-Man'. Doing those deeds in Vale will draw the unneeded attention here and there's no guarantee that these Six will not attack Beacon."
"There isn't, but from what Mr. Parker told us about them they would most likely attack him when he's by himself after learning more about this world themselves," Ozpin said his mind already thinking of the multiple scenarios. "If they learn about this school they would be wary with each student having their semblances much like their powers. I'm counting on them taking that into account and avoid the Academy."
"That's a big risk." Goodwitch had doubt in her tone with Ozpin giving a nod agreeing that they might still attack.
"I've sent information on them to the other Teachers and local law enforcement to have them keep an eye out for them," Ozpin said taking another sip. "It's their move now."
Spider-Man hummed a certain tune to himself as he walked through the school. "Hm hmhm Hm hmhm Spider-Man," He said finding it a bit funny as how he apparently had a theme song back home that one of his enemies hummed in the elevator. "Hm hmhm Hm hmhm Spider-Man."
Ox was right about one thing, it was pretty catchy.
Spider-Sense flaring, Spidey didn't have time to move when Ruby shot from around the corner, accidently slamming into him, rose petals in her wake.
Ruby shook her head in confusion after falling on her butt while Spider-Man just stumbled, his balance keeping him from falling over. "Sorry Spidey." She spoke up, not meaning to do that as Spider-Man looked a bit confused under her mask.
Shouldn't he have sensed that earlier-then again it was an accident and there was no ill-intent so his Spider-Sense didn't really pick up on it until it was too late.
Come to think of it, it was like that time he bumped into Harry and accidently spilled hot coffee on him, his Spider-Sense didn't detect Harry as a threat so it didn't go off.
"It's fine Red, what's the rush?" Spider-Man helped her up, not seeing her team behind her.
"Heheh, I was just looking around hoping to find the forge," Ruby said sheepishly. "I wanted to work on Crescent Rose a bit more while I have time."
"Crescent Rose?" Spider-Man asked not hearing that name before.
"It's my weapon," Ruby said excitedly showing her fondness of weapons. "Every student has one."
"I see." Spider-Man said thinking back to the numerous weapons he saw from the others.
A lot of them seemed cool, if not impractical but somehow they worked extremely well in this world.
Then Ruby perked up, just thinking of something. "Oh right, Yang said you had a weapon, what is it?"
Feeling a little surprised by how she was acting as he's never seen her in full weapon-geek mode, Spider-Man took off one of his web shooters and showed it to her. "Just my web shooters."
Ruby blinked as they looked like metal bracelets with a pressure pad lever in the middle. "Wait, the webs are fake?"
"Well yeah, I don't shoot actual webs," Spider-Man chuckled at her surprise. "I needed a way to get around as well as something to trap any enemy of mine and what spider is without his webs?"
"Sorry but it's… Just simple looking." Ruby said despite thinking it was pretty cool how he made a weapon that shot webs.
Maybe because she thought it would be as flashy as the other weapons.
"Never had a lot of resources back home, heck the suit I wear right now has more versatility than my webs because I had help with it." Spider-Man said with a shrug.
"Not that there's anything wrong with it looking simple," Ruby quickly said afraid she might've put her foot in her mouth again. "It look's pretty sturdy and the mechanic is pretty impressive, does something go into the slot?"
Spidey grinned as the uniform shifted to show the belt and pulled out a web cartridge, not having to search for one as he made plenty the other night. "These are where my webs come from," He said handing it to her to inspect. "It's basically a high pressured fluid that hardens when it comes into contact with the air, making it webbing."
Ruby blinked as while that sounded extremely complicated, Spider-Man said it in a way for her to understand not using scientific words. "So it's like a gun?"
"In a way," Spider-Man said going quiet at hearing the word 'gun' an image of Uncle Ben's body in his mind. "Especially with my impact webbing."
Now Ruby looked a bit shy. "Sorry, I'm kind of a dork when it comes to weapons." She apologized, thinking that him being quiet was because he was a bit unsettled by her. "I tend to go overboard with them."
"It's fine." Spider-Man said actually not minding that part before grinning. "But I think I now know a hero in my world that you would be a fan of then."
"Really?" Ruby asked not expecting that, all thoughts of finding the school forge put out of her mind for the moment. "Who?"
"The Iron Man," Spider-Man told her, they were both walking through the school now with him putting the web shooter back on. "One of the legends of Heroes, he has a suit of armor that can fly, shoot beams, lift a few tons and that's just a few things that suit can do."
Spider-Man was right on the money as Ruby looked awed at that. "That is an awesome hero!" She said already thinking of the mechanics of how a weapon like that would work.
Letting out a chuckle, Spider-Man nodded. "Yeah, Stark is a pretty cool hero, and get this he built the first Iron Man suit in a cave full of nothing but scrap metal-." He stopped when he saw Ruby looked as if she had stars in her eyes.
"I want to meet him." Ruby said wanting to ask about the inner workings of that suit as she heard about a lot of weapons in her time, but that one was just nothing but awesome.
That was when they saw the Cafeteria before Ruby gave a pout at not finding the Forge, but she decided to look for it later as she wanted to ask Spider-Man a bit more about his world.
"Ruby," Weiss's voice caused the two to stop talking as the rest of Team RWBY were approaching. "If you don't pick up the pace we'll be late for class."
"Relax Snow, class won't start for another half-hour." Spidey said with a chuckle and Weiss did nothing but roll her eyes at him.
She didn't frown in annoyance, so it was a big improvement over the other day.
"Hey Weiss," Ruby said with a wave. "Blake! Yang!
"Morning." Blake said with a bored look, giving a wave.
Yang however had a big grin. "Hey Ruby, let's show Beacon what Team RWBY is capable of."
"Where's Team JNPR?" Spider-Man asked, not seeing the other team.
"They should be around soon." Yang said with a shrug.
"I see." Spider-Man said as they entered the cafeteria together and he saw some people looking at him, although they had a copy of the paper so it wasn't hard to see why.
"Why are they looking at us?" Ruby asked a little nervously, showing that they haven't seen the news yet.
Weiss however saw the paper and looked at Spider-Man. "You're on the paper already?"
"Apparently, man the camera just add's ten pounds, don't you think?" Spidey asked jokingly, earning a sigh from her.
"Dang, you work fast." Yang said grabbing a paper for herself.
Eventually they were sitting down, eating-Spidey had his mask up to his nose in the process when Spider-Man spoke up. "Hey I've been wanting to ask, what is this Dust stuff anyways?"
Weiss took over since this was something she knew from heart at this point. "Well, it's… Born from our planet, it upholds the world of man. The font of power itself." She explained to him, not bothered by it since it would be understandable about him not knowing about Dust, coming from another world after all and she was now willing to accept that for the moment. "Fire, Water, Lightning. All of them are crystals brimming with the power of nature. They're the foundation that our lifestyle has been built off of. Just about everything from cars to airships uses dust as well as everyday goods and military weapons."
'Huh, that sounds a bit like the Arc Reactor Stark built.' Spider-Man mused thinking about that as he took a bite out of toast.
Weiss was about to continue when Ruby groaned. "Isn't there another explanation than the Schnee Dust Corporation's Ad copy version of events?"
Weiss looked a little miffed by that, but she didn't say anything about the interruption. "Well there's still a lot about it that we don't know, like where it comes from."
"Hold on, you don't know where it comes from and yet everything uses it?!" Spider-Man asked in disbelief at that as a good many things could go wrong from that.
"Well it's extremely effective against Grimm, so why wouldn't we?" Weiss asked making Spider-Man shrug, obliging the good point from that.
"So basically," Blake looked up from her book. "Your family built a business on some crazy fairy sparkles of unknown origins?"
"I'll have you know our researchers are doing their best." Weiss said a bit down at hearing that while Spider-Man was snickering at how Blake described it.
"Man, I bet you anything that Reed, Stark and Banner would give anything to study them." Spider-Man said with a fond grin.
If anything, those three would actually figure it out, no offense to any of the scientists in Remnant.
After all they were three of the smartest people in his home universe and Reed was the expert on dimensional travel due to spending most of his time examining alternate universes, the microverse and such.
Bruce would have more luck as he was one of the best scientists for studying radiation, most notably Gamma Radiation, even if it turned him into the Hulk.
Stark would probably compare these Dust crystals to the Arc Reactor, one of the most powerful energy source in the world and study them like it.
Then Spider-Man winced. "Although, if Doom got his hands on them that wouldn't be good."
"Doom?" Blake asked with a raised eyebrow.
Yang snickered. "There's seriously a guy calling himself Doom?"
"Yeah, Victor Von Doom actually number two of the most dangerous criminals from back home and is even the ruler of his own country so he has diplomatic immunity. Combined with his strategic mind and mastery of technology and magic he can go head to head with Gods and win." Spider-Man explained, now poking his food, remembering his run in with Doom.
It was during his first month as Spider-Man and due to New York thinking he was a menace, Doom thought he would be a good candidate to manipulate into taking out the Four.
Spider-Man declined and they fought, Spidey knew now that he was lucky to get out of that fight unscathed because Doom didn't think him worthy of going all out on.
If Doom didn't hold back, he wouldn't even be there.
Team RWBY looked a bit unnerved at hearing that, all of them imagining someone like that in Remnant.
"Wait," Yang now looked curious. "If he's number two, who is the number one bad guy?"
"Galactus, an entity who tried to devour the planet last year." Spider-Man commented, not even looking up.
"What?!" Spidey had to stop himself from jumping at how loud their voices were from that piece of info.
'I really need to learn not to just drop bombs like that.' Spidey thought as he could see why they were in disbelief because even in his world that was a huge event, nearly the end of the world and it was only because every hero and villain teamed up against the planet eating monster that they won.
That was when his Spider-Sense went off right before Jaune came flying out of nowhere, slamming into their table.
"Jaune?!" Ruby jumped off her seat in worry for her friend while he groaned.
"Owie."
Spider-Man also got up to help, but he couldn't help but shake his head.
Seriously, what was with this guy and flying through the air?
"Alright Joan, how many fingers am I holding up?" Spidey asked kneeling in front of him holding four up.
"Uh, you're all holding fingers." Jaune muttered a bit dazed before shaking his head.
"Oops, my bad." An obnoxious voice said causing everyone to turn to see an orange haired teen with a cocky smirk. "Look's like our ball's gotten a little out of hand."
"Cardin Winchester." Ruby said recognizing him from Initiation.
Spider-Man glared as he could recognize exactly what happened due to being a victim of bullying himself and this Winchester just reminded him painfully of how Flash used to be.
"Jaune, are you alright?" Ruby asked turning her attention back to her blonde friend who quickly sat up.
"I'm fine, in fact I'm better than fine," Jaune said on seeing he landed near Weiss and adopted a flirtatious look. "So Weiss were you worried about me?"
Weiss had a deadpanned look. "Keep one meter away."
Jaune looked put off before he got over it. "Anyways, I'm fine. I just tripped over a large rock and fell over."
Spidey gave him a look. "Joan, we're inside there's no rock here for you to trip over." He said making the blonde wince at his bad lie. "Besides it's obvious in what happened."
"I was just helping Jauney-Boy with his flying considering how he needed help during Initiation," Cardin said without a care. "I don't see how Prof. Ozpin let him in the school with that pathetic display."
"At least he doesn't overcompensate for something he doesn't have." Spidey quipped causing Cardin to go quiet with a red face.
Yang covered her mouth to stop herself from laughing as Weiss looked annoyed at what he referenced. Blake just raised a brow at what he said.
Ruby just looked a bit confused and Jaune was embarrassed at how this was escalating.
"What did you say to me animal?" Cardin asked harshly earning a confused look from Spider-Man.
"Animal? Huh that's a new one," Spider-Man said not sure how that was supposed to be insulting but hey at least he didn't call him Bug. "Oh well, looks like the education system is working after all considering no one called me that before. A for effort."
"Tch cracking jokes, I bet you just wear a mask to hide your features." Cardin said with a smirk.
"Okay now you lost me-." Spider-Man stopped remembering the Faunus and now got a suspicion in what Cardin was getting at. "Oh now I get it."
Ruby however gave a glare at Cardin, not liking at how he was picking on her friends causing him to smirk. "Oh? Another student for my flying class?"
That caused Yang's eyes to turn red while Spider-Man tensed, ready to intervene although he was confused on why his spider-sense was pointing towards Yang at the moment.
Luckily, for Cardin, someone walked up to them. "So lively here," Prof. Goodwitch said taking in the scene as everyone froze. "You kids must be having a lot of fun, hm?"
"Prof. Goodwitch." Ruby wasn't expecting to see her while Spider-Man quickly relaxed, knowing that with the teacher there Cardin shouldn't be stupid enough to try anything.
"I have already spoken about the qualities of Huntsmen and Huntresses, the devotion to improving your skills as well as believing in those skills you have," Goodwitch stated, looking at everyone, taking in their posture or how Jaune was covered in food. "Nothing is more important to a Huntsmen or Huntress."
Then she adopted a stern glare at Cardin making him take a step back.
"However Responsibility for that power goes hand in hand with that deal," Goodwitch said making Spider-Man's eyes widen at how she said that. "In any situation, one must ask themselves if they should use that power and whether it's the place for such as well."
"I know already," Cardin said nervously, obviously cowed by her demeanor but not really letting what she said sink in. "As long as I devote myself to my studies, there's no problem right?"
Goodwitch gave him a stern glare, but Spider-Man spoke up. "Yes there is."
Now everyone looked at him as his joking tone was gone again while Cardin sneered a bit at him.
"Like Prof. Goodwitch says, Power and Responsibility always goes hand in hand, that's something I strived to show people because of the man who taught me," Spider-Man said crossing his arms, looking Cardin in the eye, wanting to at least try to help him before he takes things too far. "Every choice a person makes, every show of power has a consequence that affects not only you, but the people around you. How you make those choices is solely up to you."
"Spider-Man is correct with that," Goodwitch continued, giving an approving nod to hide some surprise. "Devoting to your studies is good but you must also watch how you act if you wish to become a Huntsmen."
"I-yes Professor." Cardin muttered, not wanting to make things worse, but he still had anger in his eyes, something that Goodwitch noticed and looked from him to Ruby.
"Now with that said, since we have a chance." Goodwitch let that die off as Ruby blinked in confusion.
~Asgard~
Thor was on edge as he entered a tall tower that looked decayed, an ominous wind flowing around him, not even his powers could dispel them.
"Well isn't this a surprise?" A loathing voice spoke up as Thor walked into the room with a frown. "To what do I owe the pleasure of this visit, Odinson."
Thor frowned at the being who walked out of the shadows dressed in gold and green armor, with a helmet that had two long horns on it. "Loki, I require thy aid."
Loki the God of Mischief and enemy of the Avengers just laughed at the audacity of his 'brother'. "You really think I'll help you with anything Odinson?" He sneered at the God of Thunder. "You must be joking."
"Not me, but someone thy owes a debt too, lest thou hath forgotten who saved thy mortal daughter." Thor said causing Loki to go quiet.
"So the mortal Spider-Man has finally decided to make use of my debt?" Loki asked curiously, not expecting that.
While he thought of every mortal as beneath him, he was intrigued by the one calling himself Spider-Man for in all of his experiences whenever a God or Goddess owes a mortal a debt they would ask for their biggest desire immediately.
Spider-Man however just shrugged it off and refused to look at the debt saying he didn't do it to have the God owe him a favor.
While at first the God of Mischief was insulted by that, he was later curious in why that was, especially when he used his powers to look into his life, actually finding out who exactly was behind the mask.
A mortal who is practically treated like dirt from the people he became a champion for, a mortal with no riches always putting his life on the line not only for the people, but even for the villains he fights. A mortal whose own friends left him because he chose his responsibilities of Spider-Man over them.
Beneath all the arrogance and annoying quips this mortal showed lied a mortal child with a heart of gold and Loki couldn't help but be intrigued by this one mortal.
"Not of his own choosing, the Man of Spider's was taken after the Tablet of Order and Chaos was shattered in a fight." Thor said causing Loki to frown, his surprise hidden at that piece of info.
Despite most of his powers being sealed by the 'Allfather' Odin himself, Loki felt the shift in power from Asgard and knew something happened.
"I see." Loki said a bit unnerved by that.
The Tablet could easily be used as the end of times in Asgard, or the predicted Ragnarock that all the Asgardians fear.
"Thou surely knows I can't do anything with my powers sealed," Loki said looking at his brother now smirking as this could also work in his favor, especially with the Odinsleep near. "If thou wishes for my help then you know what you must do."
Thor frowned as he gripped Mjolnir tightly before giving a nod, knowing what must be done.
~Earth~
Rats scurried around as Captain America, Iron Man and Black Panther moved through the sewers, Iron man was of course using his thrusters to fly through rather than walking.
"The trail is getting stronger through here." Black Panther stated, his mask seeing the bigger surge of energy.
"Yeah, so's the smell." Iron Man muttered, thankful that his helmet has a filter while Cap gave him a look.
"Just be on your guard, we have no idea what we'll find-." Cap began only for them to come to a huge open space in the Sewers where they saw something glowing a blue light on the floor. "Stark?"
"It's a piece of that tablet." Iron Man said not expecting that, the energy signatures matching what was on the video. "This is good, now we have a way to track what happened to Spi-."
He was cut off by Panther, who tensed, his gloves glowing purple. "We are not alone." The Prince of Wakanda said warily.
Those words caused an effect as something burst through the piles of debris and snatched the fragment.
"The hell?" Iron Man muttered, aiming his repulsor at the figure who looked at them, snarling.
Captain America however had his eyes widened at seeing the figure, gripping his shield in preparation. "Whelan?" He asked the figure stepping out of the shadows to show a humanoid rat creature with red eyes and green pants, snarling in anger.
"The Vermin? Isn't he one of Zemo's experiments?" Iron Man asked, not taking his eyes off the Vermin or the man he was once known as Edward Whelan.
"Trespassers." Vermin snarled in a garbled tone showing how long it's been since he had contact with people. "Not welcome."
"We'll leave, but we need that-." Iron Man attempted to talk him down but Vermin hissed.
"No, mine." Vermin hissed, gripping it tightly as it pulsed with power. "Not yours."
"Whelan, what happened to you?" Captain America asked as the last time he saw Vermin the man's state of mind wasn't this feral.
"No business of yours." Vermin was crouched, ready to spring into action at the slightest hint of hostility. "Come my children."
That had the three on edge before Jarvis began to pick up some interesting stuff. "We're surrounded." Iron Man said looking around as rats were coming out of everywhere, some of them bigger than dogs.
"Leave now or die." Vermin warned causing Captain America to frown.
He didn't want it to become like this, but they needed that fragment.
Iron Man agreed his repulsors powering up. "Sorry Splinter, but we need that fragment and we're not too keen about leaving it with you in your state."
Vermin hissed. "Then you will be devoured by my children." He snarled turning tail and running with the rats rushing the three Avengers.
"Panther after him!" Cap ordered, quickly kicking one rat as he threw his shield, slicing through four of them, the shield ricocheting off the wall to knock a few more.
Panther gave a nod, using the vibranium in his suit to slice his way through the horde of rats, giving chase.
Beams of energy erupted from the palms of Iron Man's hands, blasting the rats into the walls. "Jarvis contact the other Avengers!" Iron man ordered, not letting any of them get too close, but for every one he blasted a few more came up.
"Unable to do so sir, the power of the fragment is messing with my systems." Jarvis explained making Iron Man bite back a curse.
"We're on our own Cap." Iron Man said he and the super soldier quickly going back to back with more rats showing up, the shield quickly returning to the soldier's hands. "Think you can keep up?"
"If one more shows up we might have some trouble." Captain America stated, getting ready to fight, the rats showing intelligence they didn't normally have with them circling the two Avengers.
Iron Man smirked under his helmet. "Then that'll be the one I'll have to take care off." He said before turning to fire his repulsors at Cap who raised his shield, the metal deflecting the repulsors to blast into all the rat's around them, giving them some breathing room.
Madame Web frowned while watching these events.
It didn't make any sense, she didn't detect any fragments on Earth, only on Remnant.
So why was there one on Earth?
And if there was one, there will undoubtedly be more.
"Quite the game of wits, isn't it?" An arrogant tone spoke up, causing Web to tense, now getting how this happened.
Someone deliberately hid the power of the fragments on Earth to keep her from locating them.
And that person was visiting her domain.
"Beyonder." Web greeted courteously despite the annoyance she felt as a man entered the room, dressed in silver armor with dark hair and a black goatee smirked at her, sensing her annoyance. "What have you done?"
"Just tipped the scales," The Beyonder answered, not caring with a shrug. "It's been awhile since our last battle of wits."
"Yes I remember quite well how you started the Secret War." Madame Web stated, watching him cautiously.
While her powers were great, she was only mortal. This man was the closest thing to a God as anyone could get.
Just a flick of his finger and a reality could be destroyed, but he was forbidden from such acts due to the nature of his powers. It didn't stop him from indirectly interfering to sate his own curiosity.
"A war you won with your chosen champion if I recall correctly," Beyonder said in good humor, remembering that as well. "Now will he win this time or will my chosen champions win?"
"You did this." Web said, no doubt in her tone. "You caused all of this to happen in the first place. You're the power that's preventing me from bringing Spider-Man home. You blocked Heimdall's sight."
"All it took was a little suggestive thought in Octavius's head to steal the Tablet which was conveniently placed in the Museum to get your Champion's attention." Beyonder said, not even denying that he was the one to place the tablet there in the first place. "Your champion intrigued me with winning the Secret War. So much that I wished to test him a second time."
"Have you lost leave of your senses?" Web asked sharply. "The Tablet can give even a child the strength to match Uatu's powers."
"The Watcher's power is nothing compared to my own," The Beyonder stated with arrogance evident in his tone. "The mortal's lives are nothing more than a game of chess that we all play. Whether it's on Earth or Remnant. You yourself already know what would've happened in Remnant if your Champion never went there."
Web didn't deny it as she looked into the future of that world and now with Spider-Man's arrival, many things were different.
"Why are you here?" Web changed the conversation with a frown. "Is it to gloat?"
"No because I respect you out of all the mortals in the world Web for you are the only one to match me in wits," The Beyonder said honestly, giving a smirk. "Besides it's not a fun game, if I don't give the other side a chance every now and then."
"You are making a grave mistake." Web said causing the Beyonder to laugh.
"So you say, now Web I bid you a farewell," Beyonder said, his own being disappearing from sight before his voice echoed. "And now we will see exactly which one of us will be the true winner."
As the Beyonder's presence disappeared from the air, Web placed a hand over her face, exhaustion evident from the strain of using her powers to both help her Champion while attempting to locate all the pieces taking its toll on her.
She was still mortal and knew her time may be close.
Web only hoped she would have enough strength to see this to the end before her time comes.
To Be Continued…
Not as long as the fifth chapter, but I hoped you all enjoyed this one as it revealed a lot.
From the three Avengers finding a piece of the tablet with the Vermin taking it- who expected for him to show up, be honest-to Spider-Man learning a bit more about Remnant, then to Thor and Loki talking-it's hard to write how they talk damnit and finally to the real mastermind behind it all, the Beyonder who is basically making another Secret War this one involving Remnant.
So you can see that I'm attempting to blend in as much of Marvel as I can along with RWBY to make an epic story, just not sure if I'll be able to succeed yet or not.
And yes the part with Spider-Man talking to team RWBY was from the first Manga chapter of the RWBY series so you know what might show in the next chapter along with the Avengers fighting a fragment powered Vermin, you all know that last part is coming. Plus like I said there is a bit of difference with time in both worlds as Earth is going a bit slower due to it all.
Also, yes I still have both Team RWBY and JNPR a bit awestruck with Spidey because honestly, wouldn't you if you met someone from another dimension all together? But they will still have their kickass moments.
Next chapter I'll show how the fact that 'Peter Parker' has disappeared will go over with some of the characters I have yet to introduce.
Oh one more thing, I'm also going to have Cardin be competent, I know a lot of people bash him but the guy did make it into Beacon without forging his way in-I like Jaune's character don't get me wrong-but with all of that there's no way that Cardin is weak, he's just unlucky to always be fighting the two strongest teams of Beacon.
Anyways, let me answer the reviews.
Gamelover41592: I hope I did good with showing how she reacted and thank you, typing those flashbacks were fun to do.
Lambertjohnathan63: Yes, I plan on including a bit more of Marvel while also showing how Remnant can kick ass despite all of that so I don't plan to overshadow either side. It's just hard to think about finding a balance.
Dark Mage Wyvern Lord: Thank you and yes I have at least one or two Spider-Man villains that will be Remnant based.
Doc Slendy: I know, it's an awesome line.
Duskrider: Thank you and yes the Other will eventually be involved and I might have the other heroes find out about Peter's identity, but no promises on that.
Death of Snipers: Yes that is true, but it still exploded in his face, and I haven't forgotten that blades and bullets can still kill him, but his suit can now give him more protection considering the material it's made out of now. 1) Oh they'll play big roles in this story if this chapter is of any hint. 2) Well not really, Spidey may be kickass, but he doesn't have any formal training so he's not the best one to teach Jaune how to fight, he will however support him and help with spars to help him get better.
The Flame of Judgement: Thank you, I'm happy you liked how the chapter went despite it being flashbacks. I hope you continue to enjoy this story and I will do my best to make it a good one.
Revan. Sheppard: Haha yup, Spider-Man's life always has nothing but drama at times. I figured Spidey would be the perfect person to talk to Weiss about what happened. I figured with Pyrrha being a champion of Mistral and how analytical Ren was they would see the promise and flaws in his fighting style. While this Spidey hasn't punched a T-Rex unconscious like Canon, he can still deliver a lot of strength in a punch. And yes the Avengers are on the hunt and actually found a piece of the tablet that was left in their world with a not-well known baddie snatching it. Hope you enjoyed that one.
Superfanman217: Thank you, not so sure about the shipping yet but you're right it would be funny to type his reaction, although he hasn't dated anyone since Gwen died so it might be a good character development for him.
6tailedninja: You raise a very good point with Spider-Man not just registering under an alias, but he couldn't risk it because Octavius would recognize him immediately after seeing his face and while he might be famous in name only, if he took that risk he would be risking the only family he has left on Earth. Besides it would mean showing his identity to Team RWBY and JNPR who while he might be on good terms with, he doesn't trust them at all with his identity. Hell, he wouldn't have trusted Ozpin or Goodwitch if Web didn't interfere with that. And Electro isn't really an idiot, he's just blinded by hatred at points.
Now as for the flashbacks, they are necessary to show which version of Spidey I'm actually doing as while I might be using the Ultimate version, some of his enemies are the Spectacular versions. While most people know Spidey's origins at this point, typing the origin is an important part of typing a Spider-Man story. But thank you for liking and reading this story, I hope you continue to enjoy it.
Silverking77: Thank you.
Croniklerx: Thank you and while yes I've read the 'Pete, Pam and Harley' story-it's a good one- the Bruce reference was actually from the 90's Spider-Man cartoon where it showed quite a few of his mythos from the comics and had carnage in it. At one point he was actually talking to a Gargoyle and he named it Bruce. Yeah, it's always weird at how you never read what happens in the home dimension while the main character is in another world, all the opportunities are usually wasted, such as what I used here with some fragments still being on Earth as well as who the real mastermind was.
Yup, Spider-Man doesn't usually kill his enemies unless it was completely out of his control, something that I always liked about him and I figured it would be the perfect moment to show it with the Boarbatusk. And Spider-Man's fighting style while unique is still just random kicks and punches, something I felt should be a good part of this story.
Ugh, Grammar is always my kryptonite, sorry about that. And I'm too impatient to try for a Beta as I work on this whenever I have time so I have no time to get a Beta or wait for one. Hopefully this one was better as I actually went slower to try and fix stuff, but old habits die hard so meh.
Yeah, Spidey taking Port's part I'll admit is a risky move, but I felt that Spidey made it work better. I'm happy that despite the flaws you enjoyed this story and I hope to continue it to the end, but there are times where even I don't know how it will end as the end is kind of changing every time I write with new ideas and possibilities in my head. Oh and I hope you liked how Loki was portrayed as short as it was.
Slenderbrine: Haha yup, Loki is always a cool villain.
Guest4: Sorry for the wait.
Croxeye: Yeah I suppose so, there are many ways I could've done that chapter better than how I typed it now that I think about it, but even if everyone knows Spidey's origins at this point, it's still pivotal to the story itself.
Maga016: Haha thank you, that was actually the riskiest part of that chapter as I wasn't sure how it would be taken.
Raygha Raikouga: Thank you and sorry it took so long for this chapter.
Taromaru: Yes I will as those were cool upgrades to his web shooters and I already hinted that he would add dust to his webbing.
LilMichaelxSonikku12: I will, thank you.
Toprichie97: Thank you and I hope you liked this chapter.
Guest5: Haha don't worry more is here.
Kung-Fu Blaziken: I hope you enjoyed this addition to the story.
Next Time on Spider of Remnant.
"And just who are you supposed to be?" A young man asked with a raised brow, wearing a black fedora to cover his orange hair and a white suit, eyeliner on his face, giving an unimpressed look at the being who just infiltrated his hideout, but he had his hand on his cane cautiously.
Just because this guy looked ridiculous doesn't make him any less of a danger, especially considering he just broke in here without setting off any alarms.
A dark chuckle emanated from the being as another man stepped out of the shadows dressed in a green bodysuit with a purple cape and what looked to be a fishbowl covering his head. "Just someone who wants to make a bargain with you, Mr. Torchwick."
Roman Torchwick raised a brow, ready to sound the alarm to bring his henchmen in before the man's voice sounded behind him and turned to see an exact replicate behind him with a blade to his back.
"But Mysterio is also one to not take for a fool." The man said in a dangerous tone. "Press that alarm and you will not live long enough to regret it.