Chapter 7
Peter winces slightly as he gingerly steps down the stairs of UA. For the most part he's healed form his injuries thanks to his healing factor and Recovery Girl's quirk, but that hasn't taken away the full body soreness he's still experiencing. He takes the last step and practically drops down to the ground and kisses the floor now that he doesn't have to deal with anymore stairs! He takes a moment to sit down on one of the steps to give him a little more of a breather, thankfully school has been canceled for the next 4 days to provide the students time to heal and process the traumatic experience… and to give UA a chance to handle the media, who've smelt blood in the water and are practically swarming the school grounds like sharks. Bunch of assholes! Can't we just get a moment of peace!? He shakes his head and suddenly remembers the small conversation he had with Momo before she left ahead of him.
(Flashback)
"Parker-san, may I ask a question?"
"Uh Sure?"
She bites her lip, "Back in USJ, you said you can't let anyone else die again… What do you mean by that?"
His heartrate quickens as he remembers the slip of tongue he had during the heat of battle. Shit I forgot I said that in front of her! He stammers trying to find the right words but nothings coming out. "Mo—Uhh Yaoyorozu… kun? It was just a fib, some crazy talk I had because of the stress-"
"Parker-kun. I don't mean to brag but I'm an intelligent person, my quirk demands me to be so. I know the molecular composition needed to create a MOAB. It's very hard to insult my intelligence but you came very close to it just now."
He bows his head in shame, "I'm sorry. Look it's just that, a lot happened before I got to UA. I have this quirk this power and I can do a lot, but I chose not to. And someone I loved dearly paid the price for my inaction. I-" he takes a shuddering breath, his hands momentarily look stained with Uncle Ben's blood. "I'm… I'm not ready to go into all that right now." He admits.
Momo tentatively reaches out and warmly grasps his hand. He flinches slightly but holds hers as well. He's able to keep the blush from becoming prominent as he notices the apologetic expression she's giving him, "I'm sorry. I didn't mean to stir up bad memories. I shouldn't have tried pushing you into revealing something so personal, especially with us barely even knowing each other."
He smiles and squeezes her hand comfortingly, "it's ok. But if it's all the same to you, I'd like to get to know you more… P-platonically I mean! I'm not trying to ask you out or anything! N-Not that there's no reason to ask you out! I-I mean!—"
Her laughter keeps him from making a bigger fool of himself and he can't help but join in. Yea I really was being ridiculous wasn't I? She offers him her hand, "Alright then, Friends?"
He shakes her hand with a grin, "Friends!"
(Flashback ends)
He runs a hand through his hair, guess the silver lining is that I made a new friend! But I wonder how long that'll last if she or anyone else really for that matter found out how I caused Uncle Ben's death. Would they look at me the same knowing how my selfishness lead to tragedy? Come on Peter don't think about that now! Just take things day by day!... yea right, like as if my neurotic ass ever stops from over thinking.
He walks himself to the entrance and is caught in a tight embrace by his Aunt May, "Oh Peter! Oh thank god you're alright!"
She pulls back from the hug and grasps his shoulders tightly as she frantically searches his body for more injuries, "Are you alright!? Does anything still hurt!? Is anything still broken!?"
"Aunt May! Hey! Look at me!" he says with a smile, "I'm ok, a little bruised but ok!"
Tears fall down as she pulls him into another embrace. "Let's go home ok?"
"Sounds perfect to me Aunt May." He replies, voice tired.
The two enter the car and drive home, no words are spoken, but Aunt May kept her hand on his, afraid that he'd disappear if she let go. After a few uncomfortable minutes, they arrive at their apartment, with aunt May turning off the car but she makes no moves to leave. Peter looks at her questioningly, "Uhhh May? Are you ok?"
She's staring forward, "Peter do you know the extent of you injuries?"
He shakes his head no. she closes her eyes and a single tear falls. "You had a fractured arm, 5 broken ribs, with one puncturing your lung, a cracked skull, 3rd degree burns along your legs and torso and a detached retina. Peter when they told me all of that I thought you'd die!" she drops her head to the wheel of the car crying.
Peter pulls her into a tight hug, he himself crying, his heart breaking as he sees the worry he has put his aunt in. "I'm sorry aunt May! I-I was just trying to help!"
"I know you were and I'm so proud of you for doing that but Peter… all I could think about is how I just lost your uncle and I can't lose you too!" she whimpers.
"You wont! I promise you! You won't ever lose me!"
She sniffles as they finally break out of the embrace and she takes a tissue out the glove compartment, dabbing her eyes. "Peter I just need to ask, are you sure that this is what you want? I'll support you either way, but… I need to know, is all this worth it to you?"
Peter takes a moment to really ask himself that question. To be honest, yes he has always idolized Ironman, but it's not just because he's a superhero, but because of his intellect. Peter had always felt like he could relate to Tony Stark because of their intelligence and love of science. He's always dreamed of helping people through research in whatever field he chose to be in. He had long accepted his quirklessness, so being a pro hero was never on his mind. Until that damn spider bite. Yes he has been thrust into this new path in life, but as much as he wants to say that he was forced to, he can't blame anyone but himself. His choices led him here. All because he didn't fully understand what Uncle Ben was trying to tell him. "It's not exactly how I had imagined it, but helping people, that's always been my dream. This is another way for me to do it. Even if I didn't want to be a pro hero, I've been given this power. And I think I finally understand what Uncle Ben tried to tell me… That with great power—"
"Comes great responsibility." She finishes with a watery smile. "He and your father lived by that principle all their lives."
He smiles, "And now so will I. so yes Aunt May, this is all worth it to me."
She pulls his head and plants a motherly kiss on his forehead, "You won't be doing it alone. I'm gonna worry no doubt, but I'll be strong, as long as you are too!"
"I promise!"
"Good now let's head in, I'm betting your hungry."
They exit the car and head into their home when Peter's phone goes off, "Hello?"
"KID! OH MY GOD THANK YOU! YOU'RE OK!"
He cringes and holds the phone away form his ear for a second, "Mr Stark? You're calling me?"
"Well of course I'm calling you! I find out you nearly died trying to fight some rage monster! What the hell were you thinking!?"
"I had to do something! We were attacked! If I hadn't of acted then people could've died!"
"And you could've died fighting it! You almost did!"
"But I'm alive and well right now aren't I?"
He hears a sigh, "Quit being a smartass kid. I was worried alright?"
The inner fanboy in Peter screams and hops around inside as he hears that the man he's looked up to all his life was worried about little old him! "M-Mr Stark there's no need—"
"Yes there is! I promised I'd watch over you two and I've done a pretty bang up job of it."
"No come on Mr Stark you've done more for us than we deserve!"
"Don't sell yourself short Pete and definitely don't sell that aunt of yours short either! She deserves the world!"
He smiles, "Yea she does."
"Kid, look From here on out, I'm gonna make some time to see you personally from now on, no if ands or buts about it! I need to make sure myself that you're ok."
"Oh uh, t-thank you Mr Stark!"
"Don't mention it kid. And you know what? I hear they're gonna debate whether or not to keep the sports festival going. If they do, you bet your ass I'll be in there watching it myself!"
"Really Mr Stark!?"
"Of course! I wouldn't miss you announcing your presence to the entire world and thousands of people in the stadium!"
Peter begins to pale, "T-thousands of p-people? The e-entire w-world!?"
"Yea! No pressure though, with how natural a talent you have to this, I'm sure everyone will be impressed! Hey listen kid I gotta go but I'll stop by tomorrow ok?"
"y-yea." He hears the call end and he drops the phone. Later on he'll be thankful that this was the first phone he could afford to have a case on since the screen was the only thing that cracked on impact.
"I gotta be in front of thousands of people… I-I think I'd rather fight Nomu again!"
5 days later
Dr Miles Warren and Dr Stromm both exit the elevator that takes them to the sublevels of Oscorp. It doesn't take them long before they find Norman Osborn in front of some machinery that seems to be extracting a green fluid from blood. Dr Warren raises an eyebrow, "I assume you haven't slept for a few nights?"
"I can't afford to sleep when I am in the precipice of greatness." Osborn responds as he takes a vial of green liquid from the machine and takes an unused blood sample out as well. He lifts the green liquid in the air with a smile.
"Gentlemen, we may very well hold in our hands the key to controlling human evolution itself! And by we, I mean me."
Dr Warren grins, his eyes shows the eagerness to take this next step while Dr Stromm. Didn't share the same enthusiasm. "Sir, I feel like I must ask, are you sure that it's a good idea to proceed with this? This project was shut down years ago because of the high mortality rate it had, less than 1% of any subject injected with the formula survived and the ones who did were driven mad and had to be euthanized!"
"But Parker didn't! he's now thriving on the other side of the world with no ill effects whatsoever!"
"That we know of!" Dr Stromm retorts.
Warren shakes his head, "Come now Doctor, we are men of science. We built our careers by taking risks!"
"But don't you see that this may be too big a risk to take?"
He simply shrugs, "fortune favors the bold."
Norman smirks, "You took the words right out of my mouth Dr Warren. And since I see I can rely on you, I'll need you to use your expertise in cloning to create more samples of our subjects blood." He hands him the vial.
"You want me to clone him?"
"Heavens no! I can't risk the only sample we'll get in a while to create imperfect monstrosities. No I just need you to create a large reserve for us to use for further experimentation."
He nods but warns, "Understood, but I must warn you, it won't come out as pure as the source. The more artificial copies of his blood I make, the more corrupted it'll become."
"It's a good thing we have no shortage of disposable volunteers right?"
"Right you are."
And warren then leaves. Dr Stromm shakes his head but his eyes widen when he sees Norman take off his shirt and fill the green liquid in a container in a small dispersal unit. "What're you doing?!"
"What does it look like? We need to see if the formula will work on anyone else!"
"You're planning to expose yourself with it?! Didn't you hear me before! Everyone we've injected the formula with has died!"
"Yes injected! But I've studied this for years Dr Stromm, if applied in aerosolized form in small doses over time, the subject has more a chance to survive. And that is what I'm planning on doing!"
"But Dr Osborn—"
Norman grabs him by the collar threateningly, "Enough! I've already studied the formula enough and added new components to the molecular structure so that it'll bond to my DNA more efficiently. All the numbers are crunched and all the variables considered. Now I'm going to strap myself in and place my name in history. Now the question is Doctor, will your name be there beside mine? Or will I have to terminate your employment here?"
Dr Stromm gulps before shaking his head meekly, "Good. Now that you're here, I am in need of your assistance." He releases him, "Get me the promachloraperazine."
He does so but asks, "For what?"
Osborn lays in the table he's to be strapped to, "It begins catalyzation when the vapor it's the blood stream."
He hands it to him and Norman looks at the bottle ruefully, "forty thousand years of evolution and we've barely even tapped the vastness of human potential until today." He chugs the contents of the bottle before smashing it to the ground and ordering Stromm to strap him in and begin the process.
The doors close as Stromm exits the unit after securing Norman. He gets to the computer and begins the process to disperse the vapor. Norman watches as the vapor begins descending around him. He grins in anticipation, savoring each deep breath he takes, looking forward to his destiny. Stromm watches as the gas fills the unit until it obscures his view of Norman. He checks the computer and sees that the reserve has been depleted and that Normans heart rate, though rising, is still steady. Time passes then suddenly something happens. An alert pings his monitor as it shows Norman's blood pressure skyrocket and his heart rate drop and rise dramatically. Frantic he looks into the unit and as the gas begins to disperse, he sees Norman seizing and screaming. "Norman! Oh god Norman!"
He presses the emergency shut down and The doors to the unit open. Stromm pants but covers his mouth using his lab coat and waits until he gas is completely gone before entering the unit. His hands hover over Osborn but he doesn't touch him as he's still seizing but he suddenly stops. He hears the flatline and sees that there's no heart rhythm! "OH GOD NORMAN!"
He releases him from the straps and places him on the floor and begins CPR. He keeps checking his pulse but there's still no response. He's still frantic, hoping that he hasn't just watched Norman die. Sure he could be a bastard but no one deserves to die! He keeps screaming for Norman to wake up when he suddenly hears the computer pick up on his heart beat again. He smiles in relief but that smile becomes a look of dread as powerful hand latches onto his throat, already crushing his trachea. His eyes widen as he sees the crazed glare Norman is giving him, his skin becoming green and scaly, his nose elongating, and his eyes becoming a sickening Yellow. Norman stands on his feet, raising Stromm by the throat into the air like as if he weighs nothing. Norman looks at his scaly green hands then back at Stromm, "Disgusting."
He then throws Stromm with all his might across the room and into the wall, a sickening crack echoing as his head impacts the concrete. Norman exits the unit and revels at the sheer power that now flows in his body. He turns and faces his reflection at a black screen, his face twisting into one of anger as he gingerly touches his deformed features. But then his skin begins to clear, returning to it's pale white and his eyes return to their natural color. He sees that his hands are now human again. Confused he focuses his mind and his left hand becomes green and scaly once again. He takes a moment and it reverts back to normal. Norman looks at his own eyes in his reflection and his eyes become a sickening yellow once again. His frown starts to upturn as a small chuckle escapes his lips. His smile becomes a wide toothy grin and his chuckle becomes a high pitched maniacal and insane laugh, a screeching sound that could even make the walls quiver. This was the night that the Green Goblin was born.
Authors note: and there you have it folks, the green goblin rises! In case anyone was wondering, Norman in this story is based on 616 norman osborn though i did add a little of ultimate green goblin in him, just with his ability to change forms into human and goblin. he's not gonna be a giant hulking monster, just will physically look like the traditional goblin costume. i always liked his whole jekyll and hyde thing so i wanted it in my story. Anyway, next up will be the sports festival and then the internship! When Peter interns with Ironman, that's when I'll incorporate some of his villains into the story, so no unfortunately he will not be facing stain but when stains ideology is brought up, some of the students might be surprised by Peter's stance, and at least one other person will surprisingly agree with him! Anyway thank you to all who have favorited, followed and reviewed!
OK KO: Thank you for the recommendations! and since you mentioned her are there any good comics featuring Scarlet Witch? Im curious about her too, thanks!
Nick of SHIELD: I' glad you liked it! I actually liked Amazing Spider-Man and the guy had some good jokes in there so of course i wanted to pay homage, plus have you seen the suit in the Spider-man PS4 remaster!? It looks absolutely gorgeous! Yea Mom and PEter are definitely gonna have some moments before they officially get together lol, and i hope you enjoyed the followup here. i was gonna add it to the previous chapter but i decided to split it because it felt like i was making the last chapter a bit too long, but the Avengers or some of their members, won;t make an appearance just yet, they'll come in later on. And yea it was my mistake on that one, i thought i got all of the Mom's lol but I'll make sure future chapters are clear!
TheGreatGodzilla: ShIELD is defunct. i have never actually liked shield in any format because it seems like they cause more damage than good and also both the MCU and comics they were infiltrated by HYDRA so for them to not notice that they've been taken over means that their methods and MO are way to close to a terrorist organizations MO than a lot of people like to admit. The world secuirty council as well were disbanded once it came to light generations ago of the infiltration and eventually to create better relations betwern the quirkless and those with quirks the Hero Public Safety Commission was born. Again the whole world security council was a group i didn't like that i felt needed to be disbanded way before the movie winter solider especially when they decided to try and nuke New York without thinking of any other alternatives. And let's be honest, SHIELD has always been shit with handling superhumans. You're right that Izuku's generation thinks that they're the first superheroes but it's because of their actions. Everything the X men do, was in the name of jsutice for mutants and humans and peace. All their actions were heroic so it laid the foundation for modern day pro heroes. The X men didn't do it for personal gain or fame they did it because it was right and that is what Stain wishes modern day society would return to, seeing heroics as a responsibility. Plus Magneto's way of fighting for mutant rights was with violence and since the Xmen always thwarted that violence, they appeared all the more heroic, so i guess when people look back in history with their modern day morals and principles, everyones actions will subconsciously fit into what they believe in. So To Izuku, they look like the first superheroes. The MRD was disbanded once SHIELD and the World Secuirty Council fell along with HYDRA since they were a sect of Hydra, leading to the destruction of all sentinels and prowlers (though it's possible they may make another appearance in the future). M belief is that HYDRA would try to use the fear of the world to their advanatge so they'd play both sides until everyone would be so afraid for their lives that they'd throw caution to the wind and lay in bed with Hydra jsut to survive. I had forgotten about Master Mold so i don't know where exactly he would fit into this but at this point he probalby would have fallen with Hydra as well. Unfortunately when it coems to Peter and things betwene him and Momo's parents, some outrageous things will happen and it won't be him losing his surname, like i said there are some things i plan on doing but i can't elaborate on or else i'll end up spoiling the story, but let's jsut say Peter and momo will both make mistakes (but no, neither one will cheat at all). When i say that Tony has investments in UA i just mean that he donates them money, ever since i first saw MHA i always thought, damn they need a ton of money to not only build these training facilities alone but also to repair and maintain them. so I thought, they probably need investors and such to help pay the bill and we all know our favorite genius billionaire playboy philanthropist! Though yea i'd say he most likely did orovide them with a arc reactor to power their school, multiple ones in case a back up is ever needed or if there was an attack. yea there's no way he'd give anyone else his armor lol and even when Rhodey took it, he did it on purpose, had the suit coded to him and even orchestrated Rhodey taking the suit (in the MCU). It'll take a bit before they all see the Iron Spider suit but yea they'll definitely be jealous once they see it! Wow the origin you thought of for where Norman got that idea is actually really good! i mean i was planning on it being similar to how in the Ultimate universe he jsut wnated to create super soldiers of his own that he could sell all over the world and instigate more conflicts so that his 'product' could always be on demand, but this actually fits him a lot better! When i said that Peter would rather donate his money, i said it because i know that it wouldn't sit right with his soul being paid to do something that he feels obligated to do because 'with great power comes great responsibility.' I do not know much at all about anything from pre-islamic arabia or any of those customs so everything you jsut told me is new to me but also very interesting, i actually interested to see what other comparisons could e made betwene MHA society and pre-islamic Arabia! I undertsand why you mean it should be a vicitm of Bakugo's, but i would at least make it someone both Peter and Bakugo have wronged because what originally drove eddie was how wronged he felt by Peter which is what lead to his intense hatred for the wedhead and what attracted the symbiote to eddie, at least in spectacular spiderman which me too i love venom's interprataion there as well, plus i love how as peter gets more and more influenced by the symbiote, the more the suit turns into the traditional look! I would've put Wakanda in my story but with how i planned it, it would be too much to me since i already have latveria and Symkaria in this, maybe if i made a new fanfic i'd add it in but for how i've outlined my story, i can't comfortably add Wakanda in. I think I'm just gonna keep Shoto single in this story, future one he'll find someone but for now he's single, the main relationship that'll be focused on will be Momo and Peter plus a bit of Izuku and Ochaco, the rest, there'll be a sentence here or there that'll talk about it but it won't be the main focus. But when i said that his mother would be a dscendant of iceman i meant that the connection would be more of just me dropping an easter egg rather than Endeavor wanting to feel more connected to the X men. But with how Endeavor is, i'd imagine him wanting Shoto to go to UA so that he can surpass All Might entirely, from his time in UA to eventually his place as number one hero, i beleive to show that he went through the same thing he and all might did and surpassed them both fairly. I believe that just because of how he reacted once All Might had to retire and he became number one hero, he was raging because he didn't want it like this. So i think he has in his mind set, not only for Shoto to surpass All Might, but also how he'd go about it. Homo superior is also a term that is not used bcause lets face it, Magneto definitely use dthat term as another way to look down on non mutants, so again to build peace between the two worlds, homo superior is another taboo term. not exactly as derogatory as Mutant but still pretty bad. Captain america will not be in this story, he would have been revived at the time of the Xmen. The thing is All Might already fits the role that Captain America has, if anything to me, Captain America is someone who also inspired All Might, or at the very least his costume, it's jsut that it also fits for what Ironman will talk to Spiderman about when he brings all this up in their internship, can't say more from there though. hulk will actually be someone who was helpoed by Peter's dad, we'll learn more once they get to I-Island though. But i'll say now, this story won't have savage hulk, he's too refined now lol. But yea Ant-man will also help shape what Peter will change in the MHA world. Signature no, but Punisher yes but later on cause he's gonna appear at one of the worst moments he can appear in Peters life lol, he'll definitely thow in wrenches in Peters plans. I don't want to hint at what Stan's cameo will be becuase i want it to be a surprise but still i hope you all like it, and of course RIP to Stan lee!
AtomicGod666: Thank you! and yes The Pairing is Peter and Momo! the iron spider suit will make an appearance but later on in the story.
Anyway, until the next one guys!