Ghost & New Spider

by AndrosWren

Andrew was living his life in New York at Visions Academy, getting good grades and making sculptures with his roommate, Miles. But everything changed when he was bitten by a radioactive spider, taking the first step towards becoming a hero in the big city of New York. All the while, he meets the girl who will change his life.

7. Chapter 07 - The hospital

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p style="line-height: 18.0pt;"span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"Fortunately, New York was a city that never slept and as such, the light shone on her way home. Allowing him to see an albino man emerge from the shadows, standing in his way with a cigarette stuck between his teeth as he inhaled the tobacco. Looking over her shoulder to check for both an escape route and the man's accomplice, she found the man she recognized as Adrian Toomes, better known as Vulture, standing some distance behind her./span/p
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p style="line-height: 18.0pt;"span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"Sighing, she set her duffel bag on the ground as she rolled her shoulders and neck. She had a turkey to fry and a snowman to melt./span/p
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p style="line-height: 18.0pt;"span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"Spider-Noir could only shrug./span/p
p style="line-height: 18.0pt;"span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;""No idea." He answered./span/p
p style="line-height: 18.0pt;"span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"When Gwen saw Andrew freeze in place with shock and his phone slipping out of his hand, she knew something was wrong, something important and vital to him. She walked over to him./span/p
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p style="line-height: 18.0pt;"span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"Receiving no answer, Gwen crouched down to pick up her phone, which was still on the line with whoever was calling her./span/p
p style="line-height: 18.0pt;"span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;""Hello? Mr. Bateman, are you there?" Said the person on the phone./span/p
p style="line-height: 18.0pt;"span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;""Hello, this is Gwen Stacy, I'm a friend of Andrew's." She answered as she stood up. "He uh, he's busy." She glanced at Andrew and saw that he hadn't moved, however, his arm had started to shake. "And I don't think he's okay. Can you tell me what's going on?"/span/p
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p style="line-height: 18.0pt;"span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"As they entered the front door, no one looked at Gwen's Ghost-Spider outfit, something that amused her slightly despite the situation. They immediately headed to the elevator and pressed the button for the third floor of the building. Once there, a nurse they had spoken to led them to a station where a doctor had left a room./span/p
p style="line-height: 18.0pt;"span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;""Doctor West?" Asked Andrew. "I'm Andrew Bateman, we spoke earlier on the phone."/span/p
p style="line-height: 18.0pt;"span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;""Yes, of course." Doctor West nodded before smiling at the nurse in appreciation. "Thanks, Janet, I'll take care of it." Once the nurse had left, he turned his attention back to Andrew. "I'm sorry I couldn't talk to you about the details on the phone before, but your mother's status was changing at the time, I didn't want to give you any news in case things went wrong."/span/p
p style="line-height: 18.0pt;"span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;""Okay." Andrew nodded. "But how is she? My mom is okay?"/span/p
p style="line-height: 18.0pt;"span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;""Your mother is fine." Assured Dr. West. "She suffered multiple bruises, a few broken ribs, a broken arm, a mild concussion and internal bleeding. But we've taken care of everything, she'll need a lot of time to recover, but she'll be fine."/span/p
p style="line-height: 18.0pt;"span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;""Oh, thank God." Said Gwen, breathing a sigh of relief./span/p
p style="line-height: 18.0pt;"span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"Andrew inhaled and exhaled slowly, his heart rate had sped up when the doctor had listed his mother's injuries and he swore he could feel his head getting pounded. He almost collapsed to the floor in relief, but managed to stay steady on his feet./span/p
p style="line-height: 18.0pt;"span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;""What happened?" He asked. "Who did this to him?"/span/p
p style="line-height: 18.0pt;"span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;""I'm sorry, I don't know." Answered Doctor West shrugged ruefully. "The police will probably know more."/span/p
p style="line-height: 18.0pt;"span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;""Okay." Andrew sighed. "Can I see her? Can I see my mother?"/span/p
p style="line-height: 18.0pt;"span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;""The surgeon is closing her wounds." Answered Doctor West. "Don't worry, you can see her when she's done. Although she's still under anesthesia. But I can take you to the room we've assigned her so you can see her when the nurses bring her in."/span/p
p style="line-height: 18.0pt;"span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;""Yes, thank you." Andrew nodded./span/p
p style="line-height: 18.0pt;"span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;""Sure, if you'll follow me." Said the doctor./span/p
p style="line-height: 18.0pt;"span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"Doctor West led the two teenagers into an empty room and left them there to attend to his other cases. Gwen sat down on one of the chairs in the room, but Andrew couldn't sit down, despite the doctor's words, he needed to see if his mother was safe. So he ended up pacing the room./span/p
p style="line-height: 18.0pt;"span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;""Andrew, your mother is fine." Said Gwen, trying to reassure him./span/p
p style="line-height: 18.0pt;"span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;""Mmhmm." Said Andrew./span/p
p style="line-height: 18.0pt;"span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;""You heard the doctor." She said./span/p
p style="line-height: 18.0pt;"span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;""Mmhmm." Andrew repeated./span/p
p style="line-height: 18.0pt;"span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;""So can you stop pacing and sit down? You're giving me a bit of a headache." She said./span/p
p style="line-height: 18.0pt;"span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"Andrew paused and looked at her to see that she was giving him an exasperated look. Sighing, shoulders slumped, he walked over and sat down next to her. However, much to her displeasure, her knee began to bounce, so she groaned as she massaged her temples./span/p
p style="line-height: 18.0pt;"span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;""Okay, Andrew, tell me about your father." She said./span/p
p style="line-height: 18.0pt;"span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"Surprised, he gave her a bewildered look./span/p
p style="line-height: 18.0pt;"span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;""What? My father? Why?" He asked./span/p
p style="line-height: 18.0pt;"span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;""Just talking, okay." She sighed. "What was he like?"/span/p
p style="line-height: 18.0pt;"span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"He frowned./span/p
p style="line-height: 18.0pt;"span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;""I don't know, I don't remember much about him. I'm pretty sure I told you, Gwen. My mother and grandmother could probably tell you more than I could." Answered Andrew./span/p
p style="line-height: 18.0pt;"span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;""Well, then what did they tell you?" She asked, tipping back in her chair./span/p
p style="line-height: 18.0pt;"span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;""I..." Started Andrew in a hesitant tone. "He was a good guy, worked alongside Kurt Connors to create cures for Alchemax. He got along well with his colleagues, and Connors apparently came over for dinner sometimes. Apparently my dad told a lot of silly stories that happened at work, like the mini civil war in the cafeteria to get the last beagle." He bit his lip, an amused smile tugging at the corner of his lips. "My mom could never beat him at cards, she used to tell me he had terrible luck when it came to that kind of game, even when they played with friends. But she said it didn't bother him much, he just wanted to have fun."/span/p
p style="line-height: 18.0pt;"span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"Gwen wrapped her fingers around her friend's hand./span/p
p style="line-height: 18.0pt;"span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;""Andrew, I'm so sorry that Fisk killed your father. I can't even begin to understand what you're going through, especially now with your mother in the hospital." She said./span/p
p style="line-height: 18.0pt;"span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"Burying his face in his palms, he let out a groan as he leaned forward a bit in his seat. Sliding his hands over his face, he let out a deep sigh as he stepped back./span/p
p style="line-height: 18.0pt;"span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;""Pfff, what a day." He muttered./span/p
p style="line-height: 18.0pt;"span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;""Andrew?"/span/p
p style="line-height: 18.0pt;"span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"He and Gwen looked up to see Jeanne standing in the doorway. Rising, he met her halfway as she entered the room, hugging her grandmother./span/p
p style="line-height: 18.0pt;"span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;""Hi, Grandma." He greeted cheerlessly./span/p
p style="line-height: 18.0pt;"span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;""I got the call a few minutes ago." Declared Jeanne, stepping back. "I had my phone on silent mode, seen I was with friends I had not seen for a while." That's when she noticed Gwen. "Oh, Gwen, you're here too."/span/p
p style="line-height: 18.0pt;"span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;""Good evening, Jeanne." Welcomed Gwen as she stood up./span/p
p style="line-height: 18.0pt;"span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"Only to be surprised when Jeanne hugged the teenager./span/p
p style="line-height: 18.0pt;"span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;""Wow!"/span/p
p style="line-height: 18.0pt;"span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;""Thanks for being here, Gwen." Said Jeanne sincerely, stepping back to smile at her./span/p
p style="line-height: 18.0pt;"span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;""Andrew is my friend." Said Gwen. "I was with him when he got the call."/span/p
p style="line-height: 18.0pt;"span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;""Just a friend, huh?" Jeanne murmured with a sly smile./span/p
p style="line-height: 18.0pt;"span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"Easily understanding what the old woman wasn't saying, Gwen's jaw dropped a little as a blush spread across her cheeks./span/p
p style="line-height: 18.0pt;"span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;""I, uh." Said she trying to figure out how to respond to her friend's grandmother's insinuation. "Yes?"/span/p
p style="line-height: 18.0pt;"span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"She chided herself inwardly for phrasing it as a question./span/p
p style="line-height: 18.0pt;"span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;""I see." Jeanne chuckled softly before turning to look at Andrew, who was unaware of the short conversation that had just taken place and looked at them both with confusion. "Did the doctors say anything?"/span/p
p style="line-height: 18.0pt;"span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;""Just Mom's injuries." He answered. "They said they were all healed, but we still don't know how it happened."/span/p
p style="line-height: 18.0pt;"span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;""Okay, okay." She nodded slowly./span/p
p style="line-height: 18.0pt;"span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"A contemplative frown marked her features as she thought clearly about who was responsible for hurting her daughter. A dozen names came up, all relating to when Isabelle was Taskmaster, but none of them knew her daughter's true identity. Or at least, she hoped none of them did./span/p
p style="line-height: 18.0pt;"span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;""Jeanne, would you like to sit down?" Offered Gwen pointing to the chair she had left free./span/p
p style="line-height: 18.0pt;"span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;""Thank you." Said Jeanne giving the teenager a smile as she sat down./span/p
p style="line-height: 18.0pt;"span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;""You're welcome." Said Gwen before glancing at Andrew, who was watching the door, waiting for the nurses to arrive with his mother./span/p
p style="line-height: 18.0pt;"span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"When they did a few minutes later, they put his mother on a hospital bed and placed him where he was supposed to go. From what Andrew, Gwen and Jeanne could see, gauze and bandages were wrapped around his mother's head and her left arm was placed in a cast. She was unconscious because her other arm had wires coming out of it and was connected to an IV bag./span/p
p style="line-height: 18.0pt;"span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;""She won't wake up tonight, but she might tomorrow." Declared one of the nurses. "But don't worry, we'll take good care of her."/span/p
p style="line-height: 18.0pt;"span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;""Thank you." Said Andrew to the nurses before they left, closing the door behind them to give them some privacy./span/p
p style="line-height: 18.0pt;"span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;""Oh, I haven't seen her this hurt since the first week she became a Taskmaster." Jeanne sighed as she stood beside her daughter. It was then that she looked at her grandson who was standing across from her on the other side of her mother. "Gwen knows about your mother, doesn't she?"/span/p
p style="line-height: 18.0pt;"span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;""She knows/I know." Said both teenagers simultaneously./span/p
p style="line-height: 18.0pt;"span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;""Good." Said Jeanne nodding her head in approval./span/p
p style="line-height: 18.0pt;"span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"Andrew was a little confused as to why his grandmother would approve of Gwen knowing their family secret, especially when she didn't question the details, but he pushed those thoughts aside. He thought it best not to try to delve into his grandmother's mind, for the sake of his sanity./span/p
div style="text-align: center; line-height: 18.0pt;" align="center"hr align="center" size="2" width="100%" /div
p style="line-height: 18.0pt;"span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"...The Fisk Tower.../span/p
p style="line-height: 18.0pt;"span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"Fisk was sitting at his desk, reading a report from Octavius on the Collider. This was all good news, because of the new data collected during the last use of the Collider and after repairs, the Collider could be used again tomorrow night. Which, coincidentally, was also when the Spider-man memorial party was taking place, a hundred floors above the same place where the spider died./span/p
p style="line-height: 18.0pt;"span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"If only Spider fans knew./span/p
p style="line-height: 18.0pt;"span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"Dismissing his thoughts, he put the tablet down and sighed. That's when he noticed the photo of Vanessa and Richard sitting on his desk. Reaching out and grabbing it, he smiled slightly as he remembered when it was taken, it was at the park, celebrating Richard's seventh birthday. All his son wanted was to get out and enjoy the fresh air. Even at a young age, his son was a better man than he was.../span/p
p style="line-height: 18.0pt;"span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"That's why he needed to get them back./span/p
p style="line-height: 18.0pt;"span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;""Sir?" Said someone, knocking on his office door./span/p
p style="line-height: 18.0pt;"span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;""Come in." He answered, putting down the picture frame./span/p
p style="line-height: 18.0pt;"span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"Tombstone opened the door and entered the room./span/p
p style="line-height: 18.0pt;"span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;""Mission completed, boss. We couldn't find Andrew Bateman at his school, apparently he left for the weekend. But we found Isabelle Bateman, Toomes and I took care of her." He explained./span/p
p style="line-height: 18.0pt;"span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;""Is she dead?" He asked./span/p
p style="line-height: 18.0pt;"span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;""In accordance with your orders, we made sure that she and everyone else in the city got the message." Tombstone dutifully answered. "Spider-man's death shows that there is no place for heroes in this city anymore, all the cops on the payroll know what to do with the investigation."/span/p
p style="line-height: 18.0pt;"span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;""Right." Fisk agreed. Despite his misgivings about Isabelle as a Taskmaster, he knew the woman was extremely talented. And talent should never be wasted. Who knows? Maybe he could get her to work for him as a Taskmaster. "Make sure Octavius has everything she needs for my Collider. No more bullshit this time."/span/p
p style="line-height: 18.0pt;"span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;""Yes, boss." Tombstone nodded./span/p
p style="line-height: 18.0pt;"span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"Fisk made a gesture, one that the former gangster realized he could dispose of. With a nod, the white-skinned man turned on his heels and left his boss' office./span/p
p style="line-height: 18.0pt;"span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;""Oh, and one more thing." Fisk added./span/p
p style="line-height: 18.0pt;"span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;""Yes boss?" Asked Tombstone./span/p
p style="line-height: 18.0pt;"span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;""Contact Mac Gargan, I'm sure he'd love the chance to kill some spiders." Fisk ordered./span/p
div style="text-align: center; line-height: 18.0pt;" align="center"hr align="center" size="2" width="100%" /div
p style="line-height: 18.0pt;"span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"...The next day.../span/p
p style="line-height: 18.0pt;"span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"The next morning, Andrew, Gwen and Joan were still in Isabelle's hospital room. Gwen and Jeanne were sipping their respective coffees while Andrew ate a doughnut he had picked up in the hospital cafeteria. One of the nurses had graciously brought a cot last night for Jeanne to sleep on while Gwen had claimed the couch at Andrew's insistence. He settled for one of the chairs he'd dragged next to his mother in case his mother woke up during the night. Fortunately, he didn't wake up with a stiff neck or back./span/p
p style="line-height: 18.0pt;"span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"Someone knocked on the door, drawing their attention to it as they heard low voices arguing from the other side. The three visitors shared confused looks as an argument could be heard in the hallway arguing. Something about not wanting to see another naked old man taking a sponge bath.../span/p
p style="line-height: 18.0pt;"span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"Peter's head glanced up before he looked around./span/p
p style="line-height: 18.0pt;"span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;""Hi." He smiled awkwardly when he saw Andrew and Gwen. "Sorry, I didn't want to go to the wrong room again." He said, sliding his whole body into the room, he was followed by Peni and Spider-Noir. Peter seemed to have had his suit repaired at May's, it was either that or he had it replaced./span/p
p style="line-height: 18.0pt;"span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;""Oh, hello." Jeanne greeted was troubled by their presence./span/p
p style="line-height: 18.0pt;"span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;""Hello, ma'am." Hi Spider-Noir tilting his hat. "Sorry for the intrusion."/span/p
p style="line-height: 18.0pt;"span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;""What are you doing here?" Asked Gwen, baffled that they were here. Even as she lazily wondered where Peni's robot was, and Spider-Ham./span/p
p style="line-height: 18.0pt;"span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;""Uh, who are you exactly?" Asked Jeanne, puzzled./span/p
p style="line-height: 18.0pt;"span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;""Uh, they're in my book club, Grandma." Answered Andrew hastily./span/p
p style="line-height: 18.0pt;"span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;""Book club? You never mentioned being in a book club." Reflected Jeanne with a frown before looking at Peter and Spider-Noir with a raised eyebrow. "Who are apparently big Spider-man fans."/span/p
p style="line-height: 18.0pt;"span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;""Uh, yeah." Peter nodded. "Very big fans."/span/p
p style="line-height: 18.0pt;"span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;""It's a shame what happened." Said Jeanne. "He did so much good for this city."/span/p
p style="line-height: 18.0pt;"span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;""Yeah." Peter nodded./span/p
p style="line-height: 18.0pt;"span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"Gauging everyone's faces, Joan looked down at her coffee cup./span/p
p style="line-height: 18.0pt;"span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;""Anyway, I'm going to get a pick-me-up." Said she walking out of the room under the gaze of all the awake people in the room./span/p
p style="line-height: 18.0pt;"span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"They all watched her leave and when the door closed behind her, Andrew looked at Peter, Peni and Spider-Noir in disbelief./span/p
p style="line-height: 18.0pt;"span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;""Really, guys? You couldn't have called or texted? You had to come here in full gear?" Asked Andrew./span/p
p style="line-height: 18.0pt;"span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;""Nobody seemed to notice us." Said Spider-Noir with a shrug, hands in the pockets of his trench coat./span/p
p style="line-height: 18.0pt;"span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;""We weren't the only ones in suits." Peter agreed. "We saw that there were other people in costumes too on the way here."/span/p
p style="line-height: 18.0pt;"span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;""Just the three of you?" Asked Gwen./span/p
p style="line-height: 18.0pt;"span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;""The pig and the robot are on the roof watching." Answered Peter./span/p
p style="line-height: 18.0pt;"span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;""Which begs the question, why are you here?" Explained Andrew./span/p
p style="line-height: 18.0pt;"span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;""I finished updating the gizmo!" Peni proudly declared as she held up a new flash drive with a Spidey emblem on it. "Using the data you retrieved from Alchemax, this key should be able to take control of the Collider and set off a chain reaction that would cause a systematic failure of the machine, allowing it to be destroyed. I've also given May a copy of the data so she can disclose it to the proper authorities so they can arrest Fisk when it's all over."/span/p
p style="line-height: 18.0pt;"span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;""Good." Andrew nodded./span/p
p style="line-height: 18.0pt;"span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;""I know, I'm the best!" Said Peni puffing out her chest as she crossed her arms, a satisfied smile pasted on her face. "Rent me more!"/span/p
p style="line-height: 18.0pt;"span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;""Let's put a pin in that." Interrupted Peter. "First, the others and I while you and Gwen were gone, we talked. I don't think you should come with us to Fisk's tower, Andrew."/span/p
p style="line-height: 18.0pt;"span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"Andrew blinked./span/p
p style="line-height: 18.0pt;"span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;""What?" Andrew asked, frowning. "No, I need to be there to send you all home and stop Fisk's Collider so it doesn't destroy the entire multiverse. How are you supposed to get home if I don't?"/span/p
p style="line-height: 18.0pt;"span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;""I'll stay behind to destroy the Collider." Said Peter./span/p
p style="line-height: 18.0pt;"span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;""If you do that, you'll die." Declared Andrew with an incredulous look. "Probably by tomorrow given how bad the problem was for you last time."/span/p
p style="line-height: 18.0pt;"span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"Peter frowned before resolutely raising his head./span/p
p style="line-height: 18.0pt;"span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;""It's part of the job." He said./span/p
p style="line-height: 18.0pt;"span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;""What?" Said Gwen looking at the other Spider-heroes from another dimension. "Guys, Andrew can do it. Sure, he only has one day of training, but he can."/span/p
p style="line-height: 18.0pt;"span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;""It's possible." Spider-Noir nodded before gesturing to Isabelle's unconscious body. "But the kid's family got hurt and we passed some real crooked cops on the way here. They're on the Kingpin's payroll and they've been told to block the investigation of your mom's case, kid. We're trying to keep you out of the way of danger. Your father's death and now with your mother lying there? All because of him. We can't forgive ourselves if we give Fisk the Bateman family package."/span/p
p style="line-height: 18.0pt;"span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"Andrew's jaw dropped a little as he tried to process this. The Kingpin seemed to enjoy giving him reasons to stick a sword in his bald, shiny head./span/p
p style="line-height: 18.0pt;"span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;""I..." He sighed./span/p
p style="line-height: 18.0pt;"span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"Andrew's jaw contracted as he turned his gaze to the person who had been with him through all this. But when he saw Gwen's face, he saw that she had come to a conclusion./span/p
p style="line-height: 18.0pt;"span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;""No. No, no." He denied it./span/p
p style="line-height: 18.0pt;"span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;""Andrew, don't make this harder than it has to be." She said trying to put on a brave face./span/p
p style="line-height: 18.0pt;"span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;""Are you taking their side, Gwen?!" Said Andrew, scandalized./span/p
p style="line-height: 18.0pt;"span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;""We should probably leave." Said Spider-Noir as he turned on his heels and headed for the door. Peter and Peni both followed the trench-coated hero, giving them room./span/p
p style="line-height: 18.0pt;"span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"Gwen bit her lip and tried to put a hand on his shoulder, trying to make him understand her actions. But he pulled away as she approached, making her wince./span/p
p style="line-height: 18.0pt;"span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;""Andrew, please. We can handle Fisk. But we mustn't forget that he killed the Peter of this world who was more experienced than you. And in your current state, there's no guarantee that you'll be able to keep a cool head if you have to fight him. You could die. And if destroying the Collider also destroys the building..." Said Gwen./span/p
p style="line-height: 18.0pt;"span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;""I'll find a way out!" Retorted Andrew trying to find a way out of their reasoning./span/p
p style="line-height: 18.0pt;"span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;""What if you don't make it in time?" Said Gwen without raising her voice. She didn't want what might be her last conversation with... the boy she had come... to love, to be an argument... "Andrew, you don't have to risk your life. Do you really think I could live with myself if you died in that tower? That my actions cost your mother's only child her life and that she and your grandmother would be left to pick up the pieces?"/span/p
p style="line-height: 18.0pt;"span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"Andrew tried to think of a reason, any reason, even if it was a stupid reason. Any reason that would allow him to stay... with her./span/p
p style="line-height: 18.0pt;"span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;""We both know how hard it is, Andrew." Said Gwen, shaking her head as she continued. "I already know what it's like to be responsible for hurting a family like that, I refuse to do that to another family ever again."/span/p
p style="line-height: 18.0pt;"span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"She remembered seeing the Ben and May Parker's of her world crying at the freshly buried grave of her best friend, how heartbroken they were. She didn't need to be here in this dimension to know how similar Isabelle and Jeanne would be when they cried over Andrew's grave./span/p
p style="line-height: 18.0pt;"span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;""Gwen... I..." Said the teenager still trying to find an argument to accompany them./span/p
p style="line-height: 18.0pt;"span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"She put her hands on his shoulders, offering him an affectionate smile./span/p
p style="line-height: 18.0pt;"span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;""Andrew, you've been with me this far, you should be proud of that. And I think it's safe to say that I'll never forget what you've done for me. But now it's time for me to stop relying on you. We're working out how to get home." Explained Gwen calmly./span/p
p style="line-height: 18.0pt;"span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"But he didn't want to hear it, he didn't want to say goodbye, not like this./span/p
p style="line-height: 18.0pt;"span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"Seeing the dejected look on Andrew's face almost broke Gwen's heart. So she took a deep breath and stood on her tiptoes, pressing a kiss to his lips as she gripped the sides of his face. Pouring every ounce of affection she had for him into that kiss, she had no idea how much time they spent like that. It could have been seconds, minutes, an hour, but nonetheless she was enjoying what was their first and last kiss./span/p
p style="line-height: 18.0pt;"span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"When she finally pulled back, leaning back to stand completely on her feet, her hands moved to his chest. And seeing the surprised look on his face, she couldn't help but laugh a little, as shaky as he was, he looked cute when he looked like that. It was a shame they never took a picture together, the memories were going to be all she had of him./span/p
p style="line-height: 18.0pt;"span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;""I'm sorry, but I had to do it at least once." She whispered against his lips, tempted to kiss him again before turning on her heels and leaving the room. "Goodbye, Andrew."/span/p
p style="line-height: 18.0pt;"span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"She found the others waiting, all turning to her when they noticed her./span/p
p style="line-height: 18.0pt;"span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;""Are you okay?" Asked Spider-Noir./span/p
p style="line-height: 18.0pt;"span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;""Mmhmm, yeah." Answered Gwen trying not to cry as she sniffled a little./span/p
p style="line-height: 18.0pt;"span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;""You did the right thing." Said Peter laying a hand on her shoulder. "I know it hurts, but you did the right thing."/span/p
p style="line-height: 18.0pt;"span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;""Look, can we not talk about this?" Asked Gwen, clearing her throat./span/p
p style="line-height: 18.0pt;"span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"It took everything she had not to fall apart right away. The first guy she liked and started having feelings for ended up coming from another dimension that she probably couldn't get back to. She was really down on her luck for that one. "We still have an infiltration to plan, don't we?"/span/p
p style="line-height: 18.0pt;"span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"Peter nodded as he led the way to the elevators./span/p
p style="line-height: 18.0pt;"span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;"Gwen followed the rest of the gang after pulling her hood over her head, her and her hair creating a curtain to cover her eyes from the world./span/p
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