"Peter." Uatu said, reappearing beside Peter-3. "If you wish to avoid this part, perhaps I can make an exception for you to leave."
"No." Peter-3 said, after thinking for a moment. "Gwen deserves this at least, I have to see this through."
"Very well." Uatu said, before vanishing again.
As Peter and Gwen went to reunite, they saw a flying figure approach and laugh, as Harry descended on a glider, seeing Gwen with Spider-Man, he realised who Spider-Man was, telling Peter that he had betrayed him and taken away Harry's hope, so Harry would take away his, grabbing Gwen and flying away, as Peter gave chase.
"He's here." Peter-1 spat, seeing the Goblin glider descending, even if it was a different goblin and a different glider, the feelings of hatred bubbled inside of him.
"Well, the secret is out about the identity now." Kingo grimaced. This wouldn't be good at all.
"Gwen!" Cindy cried, as Harry grabbed her and flew away.
Peter-3 clenched his jaw seeing the scene unfolding, feeling the tears prickling at the edge of his eyes already. He wouldn't give in to it, the feeling of helplessness, washing over him again. He wouldn't give his inner demons the satisfaction, he was with his brothers, their friends, he wouldn't break in front of them, he just couldn't.
Peter begged Harry to let her go, it was between them, Harry agreed and dropped Gwen, Peter catching her as they fell through the clock tower ceiling, Harry dropping a bomb after them. Peter saved her and lowered her further down as Harry swooped in, Peter jumping around him, throwing webs at him as Harry chased Peter.
"Why would he do that?!" Betty demanded to know as Harry dropped Gwen, breathing a sigh of relief as Peter-3 caught her.
"Kick his ass, Pete!" Tony cheered as the two men began to fight, seeing Gwen in danger still.
"Knock him out!" Quill cheered.
Peter and Harry caught one another as Gwen fell further down, Harry's glider smashing into the platform she was on. Peter caught Gwen in a web and held her as Harry tried to pin his arms, Peter wrapped another web around his neck and tightened it, as Harry tried to strangle Peter, the web holding Gwen finally gave way, caught in a clock clog, and she fell.
"I can't watch." Cindy whispered to Betty, covering her eyes as she saw the scene get more and more dangerous. She knew how this would end, how there was going to be no happy ending, but she couldn't watch this.
'Kick his ass, Pete.' Clint thought, seeing it all. He knew he couldn't say it aloud, it's the last thing Peter-3 would want to hear at that moment. He could tell the moment was coming, he could see it in the haunted look in Peter-3's eyes, the slump of his shoulders, the slight quivering in his entire body. He knew if he said anything, Peter-3 might snap.
"No!" A voice screamed out, Peter-3 whipped his head around, trying to figure out where it had come from, who had yelled out at this moment, seeing Gwen fall, before realising it was his own mouth that had opened, had screamed.
"I-I can't." Peter-3 mumbled, before rising to his feet, rushing as far as he could, as fast as he could, he saw a door appear and raced through it, as it closed, they could all hear his sobs.
"I'll go to him." Peter-1 and 2 said at the same time, before looking at each other. Giving a slight smile to the other, the two of them left together, Peter-1 mouthing an apology to MJ, who waved it away. His brother needed him.
Peter threw Harry off of him, webbing him to the side and jumped after her, throwing another web to her, catching onto her.
"Kill him." Flash growled, seeing Harry thrown off and webbed to the side. "Don't let up on him."
"I wish I had." Peter-3 snarled. He hated seeing Harry again, if only the man could have died of his disease, not been cured later on.
"Please...Please..." Betty chanted to herself, hoping Gwen would be ok, that she'd get out of this somehow, even though she knew the truth.
The room watched in bated breath as they saw time seemed to be slowing, the web was slowly inching towards Gwen, Peter's look of horror through his mask, Gwen closing her eyes as she felt herself plummeting towards the ground below.
"I can't watch this." Peter-3 mumbled, sagging in his seat as he closed his eyes. Peter-1 and Peter-2 looked over at their brother in concern, both putting an arm on his shoulders to let him know they were there for him, no matter what.
"We won't make you do so." Natasha said. "Go to the corner with your...brothers, if that's allowed?" She asked, as a door appeared. "Or go through there, I guess."
Peter-3 stood up shakily, walking towards the room, Peters 1 and 2 on either side of him, offering support, as he looked at the screen one last time, seeing Gwen's look of horror as she gazed at him, knowing the web wouldn't reach her in time, he bit back a sob and hurried. The other two Peters walked in behind, as the door closed. The rest of the room waited for a moment, hearing nothing, before the screen began to play again.
He reached the floor himself to find that Gwen had hit her head, and snapped her neck. Peter cradled her, calling her name, as she gave no reply, eyes closed that would never open again. He clutched her close and began to cry.
"Peter..." May whimpered, wishing she could do something, anything, to help him with the pain he must be feeling, the pain he felt at the time.
"Harry Osborn is a dead man, even if I have to figure out a way to travel between universes myself." Tony said. Most of the room looked like they agreed with him, whilst Wong,Wanda and Strange shook their heads.
"Yeah, we won't be doing any of that." Strange told Tony with a glare.
"I just wish there was something I could do to help Peter, all of them." Happy sighed.
"I'm sure they're helping each other." Natasha told him.
The scene changed to Gwen's funeral, and Peter watching it, still standing there after everyone else had left. The scene showed the changing seasons and Peter, still by her grave, visiting every day, deep in grief and mourning.
"This isn't healthy." Bruce shook his head.
"What else is he going to do? He's had his heart ripped out, and he has nothing there to replace it." MJ replied.
"He needs to talk to someone, anyone, about all of this." Bruce stated.
"I get the feeling he'll be getting that with the others." MJ returned.
At Ravencroft, it showed Harry still alive and recovering, speaking to a man about forming a group of villains to take down Spider-Man, with the Special Projects at Oscorp tech to be used to do so. He suggested starting with the man who had stolen the Plutonium that Peter had caught so long before. A mysterious man walked past tech that looked like Vulture's Wings and Doc Ock's tentacles before coming to a giant mechanical suit.
"He's been cured?!" Tony raged.
"And he's still plotting ways to hurt Peter, as if what he did wasn't enough." Betty growled.
"We have to go deal with him." Matt shook his head in disgust.
"No multiversal travel, even for this." Strange insisted. "I mean, I'll just portal a Stark missile onto him if you want?" Strange tried a joke, worried how many people nodded at the idea.
"Wait, aren't those Vultures wings?" Ned asked.
"And Otto's arms?" Abe wondered.
The news showed the escape of the criminal as Jorge, the child who Spider-Man had helped so long ago, watched it, the news said Spider-Man had been gone for five months and New York cried out for his return, as Peter also watched it in sadness.
"Five months? Oh Peter..." May covered her mouth with her hands.
"Harry truly broke him." Cindy cried.
May told Peter she was sorting Ben's stuff, that she couldn't get rid of it, Ben was a part of her, but she could hide it away, put it where it belonged, so she could move on. Peter then went upstairs and listened to Gwen's full speech from her Valedictorian speech, talking about how they had to be the hope of the world, to bring hope, even when all seemed lost, to be the good in the world, when the world seemed darkest.
"I get that, I was the same." May admitted. "I couldn't just get rid of their stuff, it would have felt like I was getting rid of them." May said. "But I could move it, so I could move on too."
"I like we're getting to see the rest of her speech." Ned said. "I think it's just what Peter needed to hear at the moment, he's a symbol of hope, no matter what he may think, what any of them may think, and they need to embody that."
In downtown, we see Rhino attacking the police as Jorge, dressed as Spider-Man, slipped under the cordon and challenged him, Rhino prepared to attack, mocking Jorge as he slipped his homemade mask over his head. People began to look up and talk as a voice thanked him for stepping up when he was gone. Turning, Jorge saw Spider-Man stood before him. He then told Jorge to run to his mother, as he dealt with Rhino.
"That poor kid, he's going to get hurt." Wanda's eyes widened, seeing Rhino threaten to attack the kid.
"Peter's back!" Betty, Flash, Abe and Cindy cheered as they saw Jorge turn to him,as Peter thanked him for stepping in.
"This Rhino guy doesn't stand a chance." Tony smirked.
Spider-Man then used a megaphone to ask Rhino to surrender, who said he would kill Spidey. Spidey then said he would be right with him and that there was no place like home, as he and Rhino charged each other, Spider-Man grabbing a manhole cover and swinging it towards Rhino as the screen cut to black.
"Well at least villains don't know when they're beat in any universe it seems." Clint tried to lighten the mood with a quip.
"Yeah. that's true." Scott said, thinking of San Francisco. "There is no place quite like fighting to protect your home."
"That looks badass." Kate blinked, seeing Peter-3 swinging a manhole cover.
"I hope the three of them are ok." MJ bit her lip, looking towards the room that the Peters had taken themselves into.
"They will be." Happy assured her.
So, this is done. Next chapter will be the three Peters in a heart to heart, and then, NWH PART TWO!