Peter opened the curtains to his home and looked out. His home also doubled as the headquarters for HYDRA. He was the head of the beast, with a million others ready to take his place should he fall. Grunting, Peter felt like he was getting a headache. He then got a few images in his head that he had no idea what they were. Some giant flocks of red hair, a badge with an eagle insignia, and a green-faced monster.

He saw flashes of himself fighting a goblin in New York, wearing a less-armored version of his old armor. He watched as he wasn't able to save Gwen. He fought aliens, and Thanos came, but he won. Peter calmed himself down; his constant stirring had awakened Gwen. Gwen stood up from the bed and looked at her husband as she reached over and grabbed her glasses.

"Babe, why are you up?" Gwen asked as she struggled to keep her eyes open.

"Sorry, I didn't mean to wake you." Peter apologized as he looked out at the pouring rain outside.

Gwen said, "Nightmares again?" as she walked up and placed her chin on his shoulder. "You don't have to pretend to be strong around me."

Peter smiled and looked over at her with a smile. "What did I do to deserve someone as amazing as you?"

"Well, you got down on one knee," Gwen whispered jokingly, earning a laugh from Peter. "And asked me to pledge my life to you, and in return, you'd do the same." She then leaned over and pecked his cheek. "And a lifetime supply of happiness. I don't regret saying yes."

Peter said, "What about all of those resistance fighters?"

"I'm married to the Director of HYDRA, basically the President of Earth," Gwen reminded him as he turned to look at her. "Mother to the smartest girl in her high school. And am almost always surrounded by the deadliest women on Earth. I know my safety is your number one priority."

Peter said as he reached up and cupped her face. "And it always will be."

"And that's why I said yes," Gwen whispered as she leaned in, and so did Peter, this time aiming for his lips and pecking her.

Peter says, "I love you, Gwen."

She was about to respond when they were interrupted by the sound of crying coming from the baby monitor. They both knew it must be their youngest child, their son Richie.

"I'll get him," Peter promised. "It's only fair; I woke you up."

"Aye-aye, sir," Gwen said seductively as she crawled into bed.

Peter smiled at his wife and knew he would do anything to protect her. He then heard the dying sun and went out to help Richie with whatever the issue might be.


FRAMEWORK

Daisy was inside the car while looking out of the window and seeing all the changes in this world. It looked almost like an average city; there wasn't anything different unless you weren't paying attention. But Daisy recognized the dozens of differences, like the Wakandan technology that seemed to have been developed by HYDRA, and giant tanks were patrolling the streets. Similar to the tanks that were patrolling Gotham while she was in it during the Arkham Knight incident. It was odd seeing them around the Washington streets.

"A kid arrested this morning, an Inhuman, of course, was grabbed ten feet from a public market." The radio was reporting to the public. "Who knows what he was planning to do there? And I have it on good authority someone was hiding this Inhuman. I hope this subversive was strung up for treason. Unbelievable."

Looking out the window, Daisy noticed another sign that read, 'SUSPECT IT. REPORT IT. FOR HUMANITY.' Ward was having enough of the radio and turned it off.

"You're quiet," Ward commented. "You we okay or what?"

"Yeah," Daisy said, knowing she had to keep up this charade that she was her counterpart. "I'm fine. I just... I saw the Triskellion. The place we work at." She cut herself off when she looked out the front window and realized where they were. It was the Triskellion. The location where she was currently sleeping while plugged into the Framework. The biggest difference was the entire building was almost entirely black, except for the red few top floors, followed by the red HYDRA symbol. "Oh, my god..."

"Yeah, some mornings the Hydrellion looks so beautiful," Ward commented.

Daisy was left in horror as she wasn't sure if she could stomach what twisted experiments were going on in that building. Ward drove them up to the garage area where they apparently had valet parking. Something she recognized the other S.H.I.E.L.D.-based Triskellion didn't have.

"Come on, we're gonna be late," Ward said as they exited the car and headed over.

Daisy watched out for any of her friends or any of the others who plugged alongside her in the program. As she was looking around, she saw a SWAT HYDRA team that was bearing up on what looked like a kid.

"You can't do this!" He cried.

"Sure, we can, inhuman!" The SWAT member said as they started to kick him down.

Daisy was about to run over and break them up when Ward grabbed her. "They can handle it on their own."

Daisy looked back over at the inhuman betting beaten up and just gave up on it. She needed to remember none of these people were real. They were nothing but a bunch of code and computer programs made to act and feel like real people. It was a prison to feel real enough to keep their friends trapped.

Making their way into the front doors, Daisy found a gigantic HYDRA logo 3D printed in the front lobby. Several escalators heading upward, and dozens of people acting like everything is normal.

"Where are you going?" Ward asks as Daisy isn't acting like her usual self. "You're on another planet this morning. Look...I get it. You put yourself out there last night, and I let you down. I'm sorry."

Daisy wasn't entirely sure she was following exactly what he was saying. "What exactly are you apologizing for?"

"It's been a few heads." Wars explains. "It makes sense to take this step. I would love to live with you. It's just...it's not the right time."

Daisy was still a little bit confused. "I asked you to move in?" But then she remembered Barry must not exist in this world the same way he did in her own. Wherever he is, it could be possible that he and her never met, and Ward isn't exactly a double agent. "I mean...I did. And you're right...it's a bad idea."

Ward says, "I just need some time, some space." He looks at Skye and adds, "Skye...there are things about me you wouldn't like if you knew them."

"Trust me. I know." Daisy stated and walked off. She just needed to keep her head down and try to not draw attention.

Skye." Ward called her out, causing Daisy to freeze. "It's that way."

Daisy stopped walking sighed in annoyance and muttered. "Kill me already."

Daisy followed Ward to stop herself from making any more mistakes and found themselves in a strange office space where the Secret Warriors meeting room should be. Daisy was weirded out by all of the plants everywhere; it was almost like HYDRA was worried about being environmentally friendly or something. Seeing her desk, Daisy decided to try and find any plausible excuse for everything that was going on there.

"I am gonna check my email," Daisy tells Ward.

"Why? Anyone who would email you is likely in the briefing." Ward reminded her.

"Yeah, that's why I want to catch up," Daisy said and took a seat.

Ward saw it was plausible and shrugged. "Okay."

Daisy tried to use the computer, but it seemed like there was some sort of security in place. "Please put your hand on the scanner." A computer voice called out. Daisy looked down at the desk where there was something she thought was a toaster for drinks or something. When she placed her hand against the scanner, it granted her access. "Skye, access granted."

Daisy then used their advanced technology to do a few searches on a few of her allies in the real world. Starting with the first person that came to her mind, Phil. Coulson. But to her surprise, there were two results under the same name. Confused by this, she dug a little deeper into the background of both Coulson's. And no real answers came to life as to how that is possible. Seems the files that explain it are redacted to her and only allowed for Level-A listed members. She wasn't sure what Level A was since there was a number system for clearance levels in her world.

But then she looked for a location between both Phil Coulson's and found that one of them was a teacher. The other one seemed to be some sort of resistance fighter who was captured and sent to the HEX. Doing some digging on the HEX, Daisy learned that it was basically like a mind prison. People who were too powerful to control but too precious to kill were sent there as a way of studying their abilities. And it seemed they were put in some sort of TV reality so they would never even know they were in prison.

"Oh my god..." Daisy scanned through the list of people inside the HEX and saw what kind of powerhouse they had locked away:

Jessica Cruz

Courtney Whitmore

Eli Roberts

Alice Dean

Wanda Maximoff

Elsa Oldenburg (Earth-118)

Peter Parker (Earth-118)

Then that was when it hit her this must be some sort of converged reality where the multiverse merged into one timeline. Almost similar to Battleworld or what happened during the Crisis Barry told her about after Iron Specter told him about it. All of the realities were merged together, and HYDRA ruled the world. That is one hell of a simulation to make, but it does sound plausible nowadays.

Barry.

Daisy realized she could find everyone on this list and did a search for the kids first. When she searched for Peter Barton, no identities came to life. "How could that be?" She muttered and recalled that Peter wasn't born into the Barton family but adopted into it. Searching through all of the Peter's across the planet was going to take forever, so she needed to hope to find him through one of the others. "Alright, who else?"

Daisy looked up FIRESTORM, and it seems that the only connection to it was a project a while back in the '90s. It involved a man named Jason Rusch who became one of the first powered HYDRA Members but died during testing. So, seeing that Jax and Stein might not have powers in this reality, she googled Jefferson Jaxson and Martin Stein and found they worked at a school. Stein was apparently a science professor while Jaxson was a janitor.

Now getting into the more powerful friends, she searched for her world's Barry Allen. To her surprise, it seemed all the other variants of Barry Allen were deceased. Which only scared her as she searched to learn where her Barry Allen was. When she found one that wasn't deceased, she found his location was redacted.

"Redacted?" Daisy knew that couldn't mean anything good. But she moved on and knew she would have to find another way of finding Barry. Searching for Jemma, she wondered where she could have woken up in this world. But when she saw that she was deceased, she wondered what kind of condition Jemma woke up in this world. "That can't be."

"What can't be?" Melinda May asks, shocking Daisy when she turns and sees her standing there.

"May?" Daisy said in relief as she saw her. "You're here. Are you okay? I came here looking for you."

Melinda, however, seemed to be a little confused by this. "The briefing is about to start."

Daisy was confused as to what was wrong with Melinda, but then she realized if she had been there for so long, it was possible that she might even consider this to be her real life. And if she even remembered the real world, all she would chalk it up to being a weird dream. If she stayed in here for too long, the same thing could happen to her.

That's when she noticed Cisco wandering the halls and looking toward her in surprise. He seemed relieved to see her and they started having a silent conversation with one another, mounting what they wanted to get across.

'What the hell is going on?' Cisco mouthed.

'I don't know. I'll find your number and text you an address to meet at. I have to go now,' Daisy mouthed and even played it out to her best effort, trying not to draw attention. 'I'll meet you there.'

Cisco gave a thumbs-up to say he understood and walked off.


CHAPTER 7

ONE WHERE WE ARE STUCK IN A COMPUTER


As Jemma opened her eyes, she found herself in an open field. The ground felt cold and damp beneath her fingers as she tried to dig her way out of the dirt. Her vision was blurry, and she struggled to comprehend what was happening. Suddenly, a hand reached out of the ground, and she realized it was hers.

Jemma pulled herself out of the dirt and tried to make sense of her surroundings. She looked around and saw nothing but an endless stretch of fields. As she looked over herself, she noticed two bullet holes in her sweater and a dark red liquid that appeared to be blood. However, as she inspected herself closely, she realized there were no injuries or any signs of blood on her body.

Despite her confusion, Jemma felt a sense of familiarity with the situation. "I was murdered."

She looked down and freaked out when she noticed that there was another body in with her, causing her to gasp in shock. Jemma crawled her way out of the area and found there was some sort of fence that was blocking off the area. When she exited the fence, she saw there was a sign on the area: RESISTANCE - ACCESS RESTRICTED.

"Oh, my God..." Jemma knew she needed to find the others. She then noticed a car driving down the highway and tried to wave it down. "Hey! Hey!" When the car came to a stop, the door opened, and Jemma was shocked to see that it was Cisco who had found her. "Cisco?"

"Jemma!" Cisco cried in relief as he ran and hugged his friend. "Oh, I am so glad to see you."

"Feeling is mutual, Cisco," Simmons said in relief and chuckled. "Where were you coming from?"

Cisco jumped as he looked and noticed that Jemma came from the resistance base a short distance away from the Hydraskellion. "Uh, we need to run. Get in the car."

Jemma complied as she and Cisco ran into the truck and took off down the street. Luckily Cisco had clearance to get through the checkpoints without being stopped thanks to his counterpart. Cisco was working quickly on trying to catch Jemma up to speed on everything that had gone down in her absence.


Daisy was still within HYDRA headquarters and made it to the briefing room where she sat alongside Ward. She still felt a little uneasy sitting next to him since last she recalled, he was trying to kill them. But she needed to remember that the last act he did was to save the multiverse and that this wasn't the one she fought against in her world. This was just a bunch of computer programs that don't share the same history.

"I warned you not to be late." One of the agents said to Daisy.

"Shut up..." Daisy wasn't sure what else to say.

May was at the head of the table and seemed to be the one running the briefing. "Let's start. We've got an inhuman gene-positive detainee, possibly linked to subversive groups. The doctor wants this fast-tracked. Don't disappoint him." She then pulled up a photo of someone Disy instantly recognized from the real world: Frankie Parker. "The subject is a woman named Jennifer Connoly. We believe she's funneling Terrigen to subversives." That action didn't go unnoticed by May who saw Daisy's reaction. "Look who's perking up. You know this girl?"

Daisy had to remember that this wasn't the real world and her friends seemed to have been here so long they don't even remember the real world. "No."

"Then get to know him," May said as she approached Daisy's chair. "You and Ward take point. I want this intel at any cost."

Daisy sure didn't like the sound of that as she figured exactly what she was saying meant and involved torture.


As Cisco used the ID, he found in his wallet to enter his apartment, he was hit with the musty smell of old furniture mixed with the scent of stale air. Stepping inside, he and Jemma were met with the sight of a shabby apartment. The walls were painted a dull white, with peeling paint in some spots. The old couch in the middle of the room had seen better days, with tears and patches of discoloration all over it. A giant flat-screen TV was perched on a makeshift stand in front of the couch, the only source of entertainment in the room. The bedroom was messy, with clothes strewn about on the floor and the bed unmade. Cisco had to do a small double-take and even checked his own key, as he looked around the room, wondering how he ended up living in such a place.

"And here I thought your labs were a mess," Simmons commented as she looked around.

"Wow, I am a slob," said Cisco, as he surveyed his living space within the FRAMEWORK.

"You could say that again," Ava said, her voice filling the apartment as it caused Cisco to shriek and turn toward her. She was leaning against the kitchen counter, holding a cup of coffee in her hand. "I've had a very bad day."

"Ava!" Simmons cried as she ran over and hugged her. "Oh, thank God you are alright!"

"Well, where is everyone else?" Ava asked as she looked around.

"Well, we haven't found the kids, Warriors, or Firestorm," Cisco said as he calmed down. "But I ran into Daisy, she - get this - is working at HYDRA."

Ava however didn't seem to be paying attention as she looked towards the television and saw Cisco left it on. "Everything is tickety-boo. Everything is tickety-boo."

"We are all seeing this, right?" Ava gestured to the television.

Cisco looked towards the television and was just as confused when he saw Coulson, Courtney, Alice, and Eli were all on the television. "Okay, what?"

"They are stuck in television?" Cisco asks.

"Uh, okay, let's take this one creepiness at the time," Ava commented as things were getting too weird. "Jemma, shower."

Jemma looked down over herself and nodded. "Uh, yeah, that could do me some good."

"Cisco, keep your eyes on the TV. I wanna know what the hell is going on in that world." Ava commented. "And what the hell our Warriors are just going through the plot."

"Actually, I know why," Cisco said as he walked over to the TV. "They are trapped in the HEX."

"The... What?" Ava asks.

"It's short for Hexadecimal, Experience, XVR." Cisco continued to explain. "Consider it as some sort of prison used to hold all of the greatest enemies of HYDRA. All of the most powerful wielders of power are trapped in there in this sitcom life to keep them out of the way."

Ava wasn't sure how to respond to that as she faced the television again. "Okay...debrief me on what I missed." She stated as she looked over her dress attire. She then started to head for the doorway with a groan. "I am gonna go steal myself and Jemma some clothes."


Meanwhile, at the same school that Peter and Cindy attended, Jax woke up and found himself in what appeared to be a broom closet. Confused as to why and what was happening, Jax opened the closet and looked out to see the start of the school day. He wasn't sure why he was there, but he looked down at his jacket and realized that he worked there.

"I am a janitor," Jax said, unable to help feeling like he had been given a bad hand. "Come on, who set me up?"

"Jefferson," Stein called as he exited the classroom across from Jax.

"Grey!" Jax exclaimed in relief at seeing him. "What are the odds of us ending up across the hall from each other?"

"I'd say the same odds as us finding you this quickly," Peter said, getting the two to turn and see Cindy and Peter. "I am so glad to see you guys. It has been a weird hour."

"An hour?" Jax asks. "I just woke up."

Stein looked around and watched all the students wandering around. "Astonishing," he said.

Cindy asked, "Astonishing?"

Jax says, "It's his phrase."

"This whole world is one augmented reality, yet everything seems so...real," Stein commented as he watched the students move around like real people. "They are essentially automated characters, but all have their own code, wants, and beliefs."

"And behind all of this belief is HYDRA," Cindy said to them.

"What?" Jax asks.

"Yeah, Nazis rule the world," Peter confirmed. "And my mom is alive here."

"Okay, that's a lot to digest," Jax commented.

"Well, I would say that it would be in our best interest to keep up the act of our counterparts until we find an escape," Stein tells them.

Peter nodded. "He's right," he said. "We don't want to arouse suspicion and get ourselves caught. Especially in this world."

"Great. No matter what dimension I'm in, I still have to go to high school." Cindy scoffed as she walked off.

Peter pointed in the direction of her class and walked off. "Sorry, I am with her." He then ran over to keep up with her. "Apparently, we know each other, so we are stuck with one another."

"Oh, great, and here I felt sorry for Courtney." Cindy scoffed.

"Why are you so mean?" Peter winced, even though he understood that she had some reasons for being this way in her life.

"Wait, if we are living a parallel life..." Jax looked to Stein. "Do our powers work here?"

"That is a fair question," Stein admitted as he wasn't sure. "Perhaps we should confirm this now and rather in a dire situation later."

Then the two raised their hands and attempted to merge into Firestorm, but just like Peter and Cindy, their powers didn't work.

"Oh, great." Jax scoffed. "That's just terrific. Stuck in a world where Nazis rule, and we don't have powers."

"All this does is prove my point that we must keep a discrete approach to this world until more information dawns on us," Stein tells him.

And to Peter and Cindy's surprise, their first-period class was with Phil Coulson, one of the people they knew was trapped within the FRAMEWORK from Earth-S. He was writing on a chalkboard 'Inhumans and Why We Fear Them.' This got Peter worried; not only were the Nazis ruling the world, but it also meant that powered individuals were outlawed.

"This is a dangerous world. The Cambridge incident proved that. To understand this, you have to imagine individuals over the state." Coulson said as he taught. "It was a mess. People were divided. They had their own truths, their own media, their own agendas. There were so many untruths about powered individuals out there that some people saw them as these magical, heroic creatures, like unicorns."

There was some light laughter across the room.

"When no one would tell us the truth, HYDRA stepped forward. They brought us law and order, and purpose. They galvanized us for the good of the state over individual interests. They-" Coulson was saying when one of the students raised their hands, "yeah, Burnell."

"But, sir, isn't it true that hydra came from Nazis?" Burnell asks.

"That's not true. Never say that." Coulson quickly denied it.

To Peter's surprise, Cindy quickly stepped in. "But weren't they the Nazis' science division?"

"Anyone who's informed knows... That hydra originated centuries ago." Coulson said as he approached Cindy. "So they couldn't be Nazis. That's just propaganda. But this is good. This shows how important it is to separate fact from innuendo. Before the war, there were over 1,500 newspapers, some of them-"

Then some HYDRA officials knock on the door. "Mr. Coulson? Sorry to interrupt."

"I'm sorry. How can I help you?" Coulson-S asks.

"Yeah, Chris Adler."

Coulson looked to one of his students who was sitting next to Peter. "Chris?"

"We're just gonna run a few tests." The official says.

Peter and Cindy both saw that this definitely wasn't just a mandatory test. This was something they saw was a false promise. But without either of

Chris got up in worry as he knew what this meant for students, when he was about to leave Coulson stopped him. "wait, Chris."

"Yes, Mr. Coulson?" Chris thought he was able to escape this,

"Don't forget your bag, son." Chris sighed and knew it was too good to ask as he walked back to grab his bag.

"I'll take that." The official said as he took Chris's bag and they left the room,

Coulson however went on like nothing happened. "Okay. Let's get back to the lesson."

Peter and Cindy eyed one another and knew they had to be safe from being grabbed like that; not only were their parents HYDRA officials but they had also been cleared since neither of them had their powers in this world. But if HYDRA could just come into random schools and take kids without question, then this world was much worse than they could have ever imagined.


Back with Daisy and Ward, they entered the interrogation room where she found Frankie was hooked to the ultimate lie detector from Earth-616, which had been retrofitted for torture if the means became necessary.

Ward was the first to approach and speak to her. "You're in a very precarious position, Ms. Connoly."

"Inhuman status isn't a crime." She stated.

"But lying about it is," Ward replied.

"I never lied," Frankie stated.

"We'll see about that," Ward stated. "Hydra cares more about what you've done than what you are." He then looked over to Daisy. "So when my partner here asks you about smuggling charges...I highly suggest you cooperate."

Daisy saw that was her time to get at it. "Your name is Frankie, from Central City?"

Frankie sighed and knew she couldn't even lie. "Yes."

"Did you know that you were inhuman before today?" Daisy asks her.

"Yes."

"And it says that you own an import business, but hydra surveillance says one of your trucks is missing." Daisy noticed through the file. "Where is it?"

"I don't know." Frankie lied. "It was stolen."

"Was stolen, but you didn't file a police report." Daisy noticed.

"I'm an inhuman." Frankie stated. "I was afraid to talk to the authorities."

Daisy then felt her cell phone vibrate and saw a text message from May: "I expected more."

Daisy looked through the one-way mirror and saw that she had to act like her evil counterpart to survive in this world.

"What was stored in the truck?" Ward asks.

Frankie shrugged. "I don't know," he said. "I don't deal directly with those kinds of shipments."

"Bullshit," Ward said. "Where's the truck?"

Daisy saw there was a way that she could figure out what to do without torture. "Forget about the truck." She then showed the ID card. "This girl has never seen Terrigen before in her life. It's a HYDRA-issued citizen's card. But I know for a fact that your name isn't Jemma Carlos, so I wonder, who made it?"

"it's not possible." Ward commented.

"Exactly." Daisy saw this as a way to get around. "Unless someone within hydra provided it." Frankie however was still not talking. "I am trying to save your life here. Who's the mole in HYDRA?"

Frankie was however biding her time, as it seems they did in fact believe she didn't have powers. "You? Help? You're the face of evil in this organization." She snarled in disgust. Then she grew a smile. "And now...I'm out!"

Frankie then used her metallic powers to rip off the chair restraints, sending Ward and Daisy flying. Frankie then grabbed the small metal bolt that had helped her escape. It seemed someone had gone cheap or hadn't checked the chair properly, as it was supposed to be made out of all non-metal materials.

When Frankie made her way down the halls, she used her small bolt to throw it at the approaching guards. It was as fast as a speeding bullet, except she was able to control where it went and who it killed. When she reached the elevators, she was met with an electrical grid that zapped her. She cried in pain before falling unconscious and met with a swat team.

Daisy and Ward ran to chase her when they saw someone editing the elevators. Leopold Fitz exited the elevator and approached. And this definitely was nothing like Fitz that she knew. He was dressed professionally, had a beard growing in, and seemed to be the person in charge.

"Fitz..." Daisy was shocked to see what this world made him.

"You lost control of the prisoner." Fitz commented to the two.

"It was a problem with the chair, sir." Ward reported. "I think you should remind the manufacturers we ordered nonmetallic parts after our incident with Erik Lehnsherr."

"Yes. Magneto." Fitz said and eyed the girl. "Think she could be related? A daughter perhaps?"

"Possibly." Daisy decided to play along.

"Well, glad to see the prisoner electrical grid is working." Sarah Parker said as she approached the situation, watching Frankie get collard with a meta dampening. "Hey, Fitz."

"Looks like we missed a few things." Gwen commented as she saw the scene. "Fitz. He in?"

"In his office." Fitz confirmed.

Gwen nodded and eyed Daisy. "Daisy. Come with me. Please."

Daisy wasn't sure who this girl was, but knew that she should follow along since she seemed to be someone important in the organization. She followed what she guessed was her daughter as the three of them entered an elevator and were brought upward.


HEX

Within the HEX, Elsa and Peter were currently asleep in their bed and sleeping peacefully when a noise suddenly woke up Elsa. She jumped up in fright, looking around the room.

"What was that?" Elsa asked as she waved her hand and the lamp in the room turned on.

She listened for a moment and then turned off the light; she hadn't heard anything. But then she heard another thud, so she turned the light back on. It went quiet once more, but her constant flickering seemed to have woken Peter up, as he removed the red-and-white eye mask.

"Elsa, darling?" Peter called out.

"Yes, dear?" Elsa replied.

Peter asked her, "Are you using your snow magic to turn the lights on and off?"

"Yes, dear," Elsa confirmed.

"Allow me, honey," Peter said as he got up and turned the lamp on before opening the shades.

Peter began to search the area, while Elsa asked in concerned tones, "What do you see?"

"Only your beautiful white rose bushes," Peter complimented his wife as he continued to look around.

"That's all?" Elsa asked in confusion. "Are you using your super senses?"

"I see nothing wrong or amiss. You have no reason to worry." Peter said.

That's when he turned around to face her just as a loud bang was heard. The loud noise caused him to shriek and jump back into bed. He even pulled the covers up over his eyes for good measure. Elsa looked over at her husband with a look of 'I told you so' on her face.

"As you were saying," Elsa said, crossing her arms.

"Actually, I did hear a few rumors at the office about a few unsavory characters settling in the neighborhood," Peter said suddenly. "Now, who knows what those ne'er-do-wells might be up to? Robbing houses, vandalizing property."

"Climbing up walls. Freezing objects with solid ice," she declared jokingly in a sinister tone.

"What? Honey, you don't think they were referring to us? Peter shook his head. We've lived here for years; no one's ever suspected us before.

"Well," Elsa was going to respond when another thud was heard and caused the two to shriek.

Elsa ended up using her powers to freeze the ground by accident. Even the bed shifted a little in the process of the ground freezing over.

Peter said, "One of us should investigate the source of that sound."

"Yes. One of us should!" Elsa stated as she looked at Peter, hearing another thud. "Okay, now this is getting ridiculous!" She declared, holding her hands up and snowflakes starting to come from her palms. "I'm going to take a look!"

Peter started to shutter in fear as the snowflakes flew off from Elsa and opened the curtains, revealing it was just a tree branch smacking against their window. Elsa looked surprised and embarrassed at the same time, but she refused to show her embarrassment.

"Well, I think we handled that quite well," said Elsa triumphantly.

"Yes, I must say I'm very proud of myself," Peter stated as he got back into bed. "But I must say, now I'm filled with all of this adrenaline, and I don't know what to do with it."

Elsa then smiled seductively at her husband. "I think I can think of a few things."

Peter seemed to have caught on and smiled back. "Elsa, dear?"

"Yes, dear?" Elsa replied in a seductive tone.

Peter said to her, "Get the light," and they both crawled under the covers.


Meanwhile, in the FRAMEWORK world, Cisco was sitting in his apartment and eating his food while watching the show over breakfast. While he was doing that, Ava was pacing as she realized this world was getting only more messed up the longer that she stayed in it. Jemma came out of the bathroom and was dressed in some new clothes.

"You know what, you gotta give it to them, this show is seriously funny," Cisco stated as he was eating. "You want some?"

"No, my appetite went when I woke up a corpse," Simmons tells him.

"Can you stop acting so calm?" Ava asked of him. "It's getting on my nerves."

"What, you want me to freak out? Because I already did plenty of that when I woke up in HYDRA Headquarters." Cisco stated sarcastically. "Don't worry, I sent a call and Daisy is gonna dig up whatever she can to get us to Peter."

"We have to find a way to break them out of that place!" Ava scoffed as she started to pace around the place. "Eli and Alice are stuck in there, and we don't know where Cindy or Peter are."

"Well, what about the resistance?" Jemma asks. "Cisco mentioned them on the drive here."

Ava considered that and looked down at what Shuri gave her. "Let's see what's on this drivehere." She approached the computers and placed the drive into the stick but was surprised to see it was encrypted. "Great. And we don't have a hacker for this."

"You are kidding?" Cisco scoffed. "To crack this, you would need a highly advanced computer."

"Any idea where to find one that won't trace us back to HYDRA?" Jemma asks. "No doubt they are monitoring everything. Likely a handful of cameras here alone."

"Nah, they have no reason to doubt me," Cisco promised them. "We just need to find the rest of our team. What about the Resistance? Can you find them?"

"No, we need to rally the troops and somehow get them together. Maybe Peter's kid doppelgänger or even Daisy could crack this," Ava said and wondered how to do it. "We can't access the outside world, so they can't help."

"And we don't even know how things are going out there," Simmons replied.

"There has to be someone we can get into contact with," Ava muttered. Then she got an idea and turned to Cisco. "Cisco, S.H.I.E.L.D. kept an Index on all assets and people with powers. Does HYDRA do something like that?"

"I don't know, I am with the Media Empire section, but let's see what I have access to," Cisco said as he pulled up his HYDRA login and quickly searched for the Index. "Well, you have to give them credit for being so thorough. They have a list for criminals."

"Who's on it?" Ava asks.

"Well, I got...some guy named Howlett. No, deceased." Cisco moved on to the rest of the list. "Elsa Oldenburg, ice powers. Moved to the HEX. Jessica Cruz, ring and lantern taken for experiments; subject moved to the HEX."

"Okay, look for anyone not dead." Ava wanted to narrow the list.

"Okay. Dead. Dead. Dead. Wait, his name is Vandal...no, he's definitely dead." Cisco tried to find someone. "Oh, wait here's something." He then groaned. "Oh, come on."

"The Green Arrow?" Jemma was surprised to see him alive. "You never got caught and went into hiding after Mirakuru soldiers rampaged through the city."

"Okay, that's someone we can use." Ava was happy to say. "We will go meet with Daisy. Cisco, you go and get Arrow to help us."

"Wait, what?" Cisco asks as Ava and Jemma get ready to leave. "Why me?"

"Because we need to get to Daisy, and figure out our next move," Ava said as she prepared to leave. "We still need to find our friends and find a way to get into that Hex. Or at least get them out."

Just outside of the building, a HYDRA drone came flying by and happened to see the group through the window and sent an alert when it seemed to recognize the group.


Ophelia saw the photo of Jemma Simmons, Ava Ayala, and Cisco Ramon and realized that something had changed. These weren't the programs she helped create; they were the real people from the real world.

"What is it?" Peter Parker asks, causing Ophelia to jump and turn to her boss.

Even though she had created this world, even a power as weak as Peter's was still strong enough to shape the world around him to his image. He was still considered the hero of this world and the one who helped protect it.

"what did you see?"

Ophelia knew she couldn't keep this from her boss and showed it to him. "It appears that one of the members of the Wakandan royal family has survived."

Peter took the tablet and saw the image of Ava. Ophelia watched and wondered what would happen if he saw someone who looked like her so closely. She hadn't seen many images of Ava, let alone ever met her in person.

Peter didn't show it, but he had a mental conflict occurring when he started having what appeared to be some sort of a flashback. He didn't remember this happening, but he watched as his younger self entered the office of what he noticed was his own office. There he saw a younger version of Ava who seemed happy to meet him.

"I gotta say, I've been a fan of you ever since you took down Norman Osborn in New York." Ava tells Peter. "I've been following you for a while."

Peter shook off whatever that was and handed back the tablet. "I'll send my special squad to the place. Have Cisco Ramon arrested and see if we can understand why he's working for them. He could be being forced. Who's the other girl?"

"We're still looking into her." Ophelia lied. "I'll let you know when we find something, sir."

"Good." Peter nodded. "I'll have Canary and Donna take point on this one. We don't want her getting away, and Yelena takes too long worh those trophies."

"Understood, sir." Ophelia nodded.

Peter nodded back. "Hail HYDRA." He then turned and made his way for the elevator. He looked down at his hand and wondered what that strange vision was. That girl looked like the one he had been dreaming about. But he shook it off when he reached his office; Fitz was already there waiting for him. "Fitz. How is everything in your department?"

"With the energy we drained from Max Dillon, we have finally worked on creating a functional power source." Fitz cornfield. "Project Tabula is now running on schedule, and with it, we can crush the resistance and finally end this."

Peter nodded as he looked out the window. "Let's hope so. Then the world can finally know what peace truly is."


Cisco took his car out to what he couldn't believe was Starling City, which didn't look much better than his real version of the city. Instead of trash and criminals around every corner, there were clean streets, and the air smelled fresh. It was a stark contrast to what he'd left behind in Las Vegas, where there were too many nightclubs to even count, and every other light had prostitutes standing by, dressed in skimpy outfits.

As Cisco approached the location where he knew the grand Queen Mansion stood, he was taken aback by its current state. The once immaculate front gate was now a twisted and broken mess, no longer able to provide security and elegance to the property. The garden, which was once a beautiful display of expensive landscaping, was now a sad and lifeless sight, the plants have withered away to nothing. Cisco couldn't help but feel a pang of sadness as he realized that the Queen Mansion had seen better days.

Making it up to the doors, he gave it a knock, and there was nobody to answer. No servants, nobody seemed to be home, and he just decided to enter the place.

That turned out to be a chore considering the doors were rotten together. He used his elbow, glad his avatar was fitter than his real self, as he broke the doors open and looked inside to see the entire home looked run-down.

"Oliver? Thea?" Cisco called for anyone to answer. "Hello?"

Little did he realize that someone was watching him from above. The hooded figure walked across the wooden joists to follow Cisco.

Cisco walked into the living room and saw the family photo of Thea, Oliver, and their parents. "What happened to you guys?"

Suddenly, the figure came leaping down, scaring Cisco who shrieked and turned to face the man, but he was immediately punched in the face, sending him dropping down.

"Who are you?!" The figure asked in a disfigured voice as he kept his head in the darkness and marched towards Cisco. "What are you doing here?!"

"Wait! Oliver!" Cisco cried as he backed away.

"I said..." The figure went as he kicked Cisco. "Who the hell are you!?" He then kicked Cisco again, sending him flying into the fireplace.

"Oliver! It's me! It's Cisco!" Cisco cried as he struggled to get himself back up. "Cisco Ramon! Over here!"

The figure then grabbed Cisco and held him against the wall, shattering some picture frames. "Oliver is dead! I watched him die!"

Cisco was extremely confused as he touched the hand of the figure. Then, he had a flashback to the day the boat went down.

"Oh, my God!" Cisco exclaimed in shock. "You and Oliver survived the yacht sinking and made it to the island. But he didn't survive Deathstroke, and you took the serum. You're his father. You're Robert Queen."

The hooded figure exerted more force, pushing Cisco deeper into the wall. As Cisco struggled to free himself, the hooded figure slowly lowered his hood, revealing his face. It was Robert Queen, but he looked much different than the Robert Queen who had died 18 years ago. His once clean-shaven face was now adorned with a scruffy beard, and long strands of gray hair protruded from under his hood. The lines on his face showed the weight of the years, and his piercing eyes revealed a depth of experience and knowledge beyond what Cisco had ever seen before.