The number one hero, Iron Man. Age late 30s early 40s, Quirk unidentified. He dashed onto the scene of the hero world, revealing his identity as Tony Stark, the genius billionaire playboy and received unwavering popularity based on his tech and ability. Ever since he appeared, the once critically high rate of crimes committed by villains decreased year after year and his existence itself became a deterrent. He became Earth's Greatest Defender, the Symbol of Peace in both name and reality. And he said to me-
Tony: kid. You can become a hero
Peter still remembered the harsh words of Flash and others doubting him, his aunt and uncle apologizing to him and all he wanted was for someone to tell him he believed in him and it was the person he admired the most.
Tony: but that Quirk of yours. I still need you to come to Stark Industries, to run tests" he walked to the teenager "to make sure you don't hurt or kill yourself. Won't even charge you. You already proved yourself worthy to be a hero. Lets see if you're worthy of keeping that power" Peter lifted his head back up, looking at the hero "that is if you're up for it?"
Peter: y-yeah. Yes sir" he wiped the tear on his cheek "I'll do my best!"
Tony: good answer, Mr. Parker" he smiled "though, don't think you had much choice in the matter" he put his hand on Peter's shoulder "go home, get a good night sleep. Tomorrow morning we start training" he started walking away leaving Peter alone, leaving the boy feeling astonished and growing a smile on his face
A few days later, after being scolded by his aunt May for doing something so dangerous, she and Ben were shocked when Peter told them about him meeting Iron Man and arranging a appointment in meeting him at Stark Industries. He hadn't told them about the spider bite and him gaining a Quirk.
There was a cool breeze in the air, the sun was rising over the horizon, the bells and cries of the city were silence. In this blissful morning, people were still in their beds, well almost everyone
"Come on Peter, lets go!" his Uncle Ben called out from downstairs
Peter: coming. Coming" he rushed downstairs, wearing his uncle's old gym clothes a hooded jacket, baggy pants and red shoes. Peter wasn't much of a athlete, he was more in using his brain than anything else, but Tony did tell him he would be running and start training, so he would be prepared for what was thrown at him today. His uncle Ben was wearing a old tracksuit of back in his early days.
Ben: you already?
Peter: yeah, I'm ready" he and uncle jogged out of the house and down the street
May: you both be careful! Especially you Peter!" she yelled out to them. She was still rattled after knowing the Riot situation, she insisted Ben go with Peter for extra protection, even for someone of Ben's age he knew how to defend himself.
Peter: I will!" he yelled back, waving back. As the uncle and nephew jogged toward the bus stop. When it arrived, they boarded, the ride was fairly, they passed by landmarks and buildings such as Central Park, the Science Center and the Pier. Stark Industries, which was blocks away, they got off the bus and jogged the rest of the way. "hey Uncle Ben slow down a bit!" he called out to his uncle jogging ahead of him
Ben: come on, Peter. Pick it up! Its not too far now!
Peter: Mr. Stark's probably already gonna work me today with training
Ben: consider this a warm up. Besides I think we're here" he stopped followed by his nephew looking up a large building with 'STARK INDUSTRIES' on the side of it. Ben whistled "isn't that something?" they entered inside which looked like the reception area, cushion chairs and couches, TV screens hanging on walls showing the news channels of heroes and such. Peter was amazed looking around as he and Ben made their way to the reception desk, where a woman with a headset on was answering phones, placing them on hold or transferring them
"Thank you for calling Stark Industries, please hold"
Ben: hi. Excuse me" he tried to get her attention "I'm Ben and this is my nephew Peter Parker" he introduced themselves "he's here to see Iron Man"
"Thank you for calling Stark Industries. Hang on let me transfer you" she redirected the phone. She suddenly noticed Peter and Ben "yes? Can I help you?"
Ben: we're here to see Iron Man
"Do you have appointment?"
Peter: umm, yes
"Name?"
Peter: Peter. Peter Parker
"Let me see, Peter. Peter" she looked through her tablet "no, I can't seem to find you"
Peter: b-but Mr. Stark wanted me to come here to train me" he was frantic hoping his idol didn't forget him after that happened, getting his hopes and his dream coming true
"I'm sorry, but unless you have-"
"Mr. Parker" they looked to see a tall woman with long red hair tied into a low ponytail and green eyes. She was wearing a light brown blazer with a black t-shirt, a brown skirt and shoes. She had a tablet in her arms "Peter Parker?"
Peter: y-yes
"So sorry about that. Mr. Stark is this way"
Peter: great!" he started to follow the woman, when he looked back to his uncle "Uncle Ben aren't you coming?"
Ben: oh nah" he waved "you have it covered. Beside I can't leave May alone. Make sure to call when you're done"
Peter: I will" he waved back "I'll see you later!" he kept behind the woman. As Peter followed the woman, he couldn't help to stare at her she looked familiar "excuse me, you look familiar. What's your name?"
"My name is Pepper Pots"
Peter: wait! Aren't you a hero?!
Pepper: I was
Peter: you're Rescue!
Name: Virginia "Pepper" Potts
Hero Name: Rescue
Quirk: Magnet Production
She can generate a magnetic field around her body. Only in combat use, if given more energy, hence the generator in her chest. She used an iron suit created and given from her boss Tony Stark.
Pepper: I was a hero. Now I'm Tony's personal assistant and secretary. He's in here" she led Peter a door, before he could ask even more questions. Peter entered the room, inside he saw what looked like a gym, a boxing ring, multiple weights and other exercise equipment. He saw Tony running on a treadmill with his phone to his ear, talking to someone
Tony: yes I know Bruce. Don't worry slime villain is still weaken from the fight and he's in the Raft. He won't be any trouble for a long time" he turned the machine off, stopped running when he noticed Peter in the room "hey, something's come up, I talk to you later" he hung up the phone "oh you showed up"
Peter: y-yes, Mr. Stark! Iron Man!
Tony: kid, you can skip the formalities.
Peter: oh yeah, Mr. Stark" Tony sighed
Tony: okay, I take it, it's gonna be a while. How about we get started?
Peter: right, yeah" Tony lead the boy to a table in the room, pressing the surface of it, activating a holographic screen projection of Peter, which shocked the teen "woah" he looked in amazement
Tony: right" he nonchalantly agreed with him in the amazement of his tech "looking at the primary analysis I was able to figure out two things about you. First, it looks like your glands seem to have changed and how they're also producing a kind of silk that solidifies on contact air.." he says observing the chemical calculations of the teen's sweat analysis
Peter:... like spider webs...?" he looked to the wounds on his wrist
Tony: that sums it up, yeah" he didn't even look at him, not seeing his excited face "than there's a growth of barbed in your hands and feet.."
Peter: Scopulae. Hairs that allow spiders to climb vertical surfaces even upside down" he looked his hands, trying to feel the hairs, but unfortunately were too small
Tony: yeah" he looked at the boy in how he knew before turning back to the screen "not really a biologist, but we'll test it for sure. You also seem to have improved strength and agility, I could already tell the way you acted with Riot" he remembered how the boy was able to dodge the villain's blades being swung at him
Peter: actually Mr. Stark there was something else, about that" the genius looked to him "I... sort of... had this sense or vibrating in my head... like it was alerting me to dodge him. Like a hyper sensor of space movement"
Tony: like a Spider-Sense, hmm. Spider-Sense, that works, right?" he turned Peter, before he could answer as if the number one hero was selling a pitch, he already accepted it "right. Sounds catchy" he turned back to the hologram one last time, noticing something else of the holographic figure of Peter, a tiny multi-color dot in the boy's chest area, which puzzled him "kid aside from all that. How else are you feeling?" he turned to the boy
Peter:.. um. Fine really" he answered
Tony: no nausea? Dizziness? Feeling a need to glow or anything?" he asked in precaution
Peter: umm, no again. Is everything alright, Mr. Stark?" in concern maybe the genius billionaire might've found something else about his Quirk
Tony:... nah" he turned off the hologram and turned walking ahead of the teen "nothing to worry about" he didn't want to spoil the boy's time worrying him, if anything he would reach to the other scientist heroes he knew in what the possibly could be "alright kid, think its time we decide your training montage. You're gonna have a lot of work to do if you're join M.A."
Peter: wait. How did you-?"
Tony: if you're gonna become a hero that's the school that's the one with the right hero course for you
Peter: right" he followed the man
A short time after, the two were dropped off at a beach by Tony's personal driver
Peter: umm, Mr. Stark. Why are we here? I thought you said we were start training
Tony: I did. This is it" he then activated his armor to materialized on the left side of his arm, he took a piece off analyzing the weight of it, tossed it at the boy, who moved away dodging it as it fell into the sand landing with the rest of the junk on the beach. Peter looked at Tony questionably before he went to pick up the piece, lifting it up and two hands, he realized the weight of it how to be 20 to 25kg he guessed "in this training, we need to able to see what you can handle and how much. And looking at the data I adjusted the training that would be perfect in increasing your strength for starters than we'll move into your reflexes all enough for the registration in M.A.. But you know this is gonna be difficult the next 6 months are going to govern the aspects of your life, you think you can handle it?" he asked the boy handing him papers of a diet, proper sleep schedule and exercises, Peter looked at them
Peter:... I always knew I would have to work harder than others. But this is my chance to achieve my dream, I'm not gonna stop until I reach it" he looked to the man with determination, which made the hero smile "until I become a great hero like you"
Tony: that's what I like to hear. Lets start by cleaning up this beach" the rest of the morning, Peter had to push, life, pull and carry of types of debris scattered on the beach, tires, household appliances such as stoves, refrigerators, filing cabinets, washing machines, dryers, ACs, stereos and TVs, felt like he was cleaning out a whole house and offices. All the whole 6 months Peter made to maintain his training with Tony, his classes in middle school he got caught murmuring in class about his schedule unknowing he was getting attention by his classmates and biology teacher Aaron Warren, who snapped him out of it while his peers laughed at him. Once he was walking by the football field of the school, taking notes while Flash and his friends were tossing around the football, one of them accidentally threw it towards Peter while he wasn't paying attention, taking notes in his notebook
"Hey heads!" one of the boys warned, Flash thought the ball would hit Peter directly in the head since the boy had no athletic traits at all, but to his and the others surprise Peter had caught it thanks to his newly Spider-Sense "what the?"
"Did he really just catch the ball?" Flash was stunned by this action
"Hey how Parker did you do that?!" one of the boys asked, Peter was too startled to answer
Peter: umm... just luckily I guess... umm here" he tossed the football over to the boys, who caught it as Peter continued his way home. Flash looked at him, he had this feeling something was off about Peter, first Riot now that
"Hey Flash you okay?" one of his friends asked him
Flash: yeah. Fine" he went back to throwing the ball. Peter had to try to still maintain his chores and home life with his aunt and uncle, who were really happy for him, but slowly started to see it was changing their nephew a bit. Peter had been in his room, testing his Quirk climbing onto the ceiling of his room even webs from his wrists which caused strain of pain, nearly getting caught by either his uncle and aunt, he had quickly hid the evidences pulling the webs and hiding them under his bed or tossing them in the trash. His muscles were growing slightly, his hair had grown a bit spikier and shaggier even impressing a few girls, which made his aunt question if that was the reason behind the change, but Peter reassured her it wasn't even though he blushed while explaining, Ben tried helping with his nephew, but Peter would brush him aside telling him he had under control, he hadn't been walking with Peter taking to Stark Industries, which did worry the both of them.
Peter: okay, uncle Ben, Aunt May, I'm heading out!" he ran downstairs in his red hoodie, dark blue baggy pants and red sneakers "heading to see Mr. Stark!"
Ben: oh wait, Peter. I'll come with you!
Peter: no its fine!" he put his sneakers on, heading out the door
Ben: Peter" he followed out the door behind him "hang on, I wanted talk to you"
Peter: now?
Ben: now
Peter:... okay. What do you want to talk about?
Ben: well we haven't talked at all for so long, your Aunt May and I barely recognize who you are any more. You've been shrinking in your chores lately
Peter: I know, I know, I've just been busy with school, my training with Mr. Stark getting into M.A.
Ben: I know. And we're proud of you. Meeting your hero for the first time, I still remember you wanting me to put on his videos on the computer and getting so happy seeing them
Peter: yeah" he and his uncle smiled remembering that memory
Ben: and the incident with that villain with your friend Flash, helping him, never expect anything less from you always being the right. Peter... these are the years when a man changes into the man he's gonna become the rest of his life. Remember, with great power comes great responsibility.
Peter: I know, uncle Ben" he nodded "I'll see you and Aunt May soon" he ran off
Ben: make sure to call!" he yelled to the boy, who waved at him
Tony arrived at the beach he took Peter, to his surprise he not only saw the debris in piles, but some were wrapped in looked like webbing that was lifted in the air. He looked to see Peter hanging on the lifted debris in webbing, his wrists seemed be bleeding a bit with veins on the surface, the teen looked exhausted. The beach was completely cleaned. Peter had hopped off the debris, landing on the ground with Tony
Tony: damn. This is impressive work, kid" he observed the beach
Peter: yeah... I did it... Mr. Stark
Tony: you did. You really are a hard worker. Have take a look at this" he showed Peter his phone of himself months ago "this is you, or was you. I should say" he looked at Peter's slim muscular body "you really changed kid. I'm willing to say, I'm proud you" he smiled
Peter: you see I'm just lucky, Mr. Stark
Tony: nah" he patted the boy's back "you worked hard for this. As the ceremony how about we start with rethinking a new name for your Quirk?"
Peter: huh?
Tony: I mean, Spider is good, but I think it could be a little more pizzazz. I was thinking Arachnid or Araneina or-"
Peter: actually I want to stick with the name Spider. It suits me better
Tony:.. okay. Spider it is. Well you have about a month till M.A. Entrance Exam, think you're ready. Its been a long road for you, kid. And you're there" Peter smiled at him weakly who returned the smile back "come on, I'll take out to dinner" he wrapped his arm around the boy, walking to the car "and since we've been bonding these five months, I think you earn it" Peter looked at him confusedly "I'm sure you have questions, go ahead and ask. Any" Peter's eyes widen as his mind raced at this moment
Peter: is it true you don't have a Quirk?!" he blurted out it was as if the tiredness of his was gone "could you called upon your otherarmorsinthefightagainstRiotorwhatnotcallRescueoreven-"
Tony: whoa, hey" he stopped the hyper talkative teen "slow down. You're really bad at talking"
Peter: sorry. My aunt says I have social issues" Tony giggled
Tony: don't worry about it. I'll have to get used to it
To Be Continued
Jade: here's the next chapter
Julie: the ending with Tony thinking of a new name for Peter's Quirk, that was kinda out of nowhere we admit. Even him webbing up some the trash too, almost kinda seem like he figured it, but he hasn't
Jade: and for the month break for Peter, different for how Izuku was, but that's the point for what comes next
Julie: and for the 'a tiny multi-color dot' in Peter's chest that does lead to something as well, but you'll have to wait and see on that
Jade: Peter being secretive and blowing off his uncle, that kinda seems like something he would do, especially in Tobey's Spider-Man movie
Julie: so we just went with it and him throwing the ball at Flash's friend, that was a little something Andrew's Peter did in Amazing Spider-Man when Peter and Gwen were sitting in the blenchers, he caught and threw the football, hitting the goal post bending it slightly
Jade: Flash being suspicious about it and shaking it off, is gonna come later too
Julie: for Pepper we gotta thought maybe she'd be a retired hero and be better just being Tony's personal assistant
Jade: but that's it for it here, hope you like it and tell us what you think
