Hey, what's up, fanfiction readers. Thank you to everyone who has favorited, followed or reviewed this fic so far. So now, we're about see Harry and Felicia meet the MCU's version of Peter Parker and their eventual reencounter with their Peter. After four chapters worth of buildup, we finally get to that moment. It's also a mind-blowing encounter for Peter, as he's never had a Harry Osborn or a Felicia Hardy in his universe so far.
From this chapter forward, the MCU's Peter will be referred as "Peter", Harry and Felicia's Peter will be "Pete" and Andrew Garfield's Spider-Man will be "Parker". They will refer to each other as "Peter-1", "Peter-2" and "Peter-3", but I decided to change their description to distinguish them better.
Disclaimer: I do not own Spider-Man or The Marvel Cinematic Universe. They belong to Sony Pictures, Marvel Studios, Kevin Feige and Sam Raimi.
Times Square, New York, Night
As the rain poured down the city, Peter was standing on the One Time Square building with his mask off, which broadcasted a news report by J. Jonah Jameson from the Daily Bugle. Placed on his feet was a bag that included the devices he created to cure the time-displaced individuals from their conditions before returning them home. He had been contemplating about the events that took place about an hour ago; He had just placed a new inhibitor chip on Otto Octavius, replacing the one destroyed by Octavius' fusion machine in his hometown, regaining him control of his mechanical arms, but things got out of control once Norman Osborn succumbed to his Goblin persona and freed the other villains, killing his Aunt May along the way.
Peter could sense his rage boiling his blood as he felt immense anger towards the man responsible for taking away his only parental figure; Norman Osborn. Even if he was aware that the Goblin persona had taken over him during that moment, Peter still wouldn't forgive him. Peter could hear Norman's words haunting him.
"Peter Peter Peter, no good deed goes unpunished. You can thank me later."
"Your weakness, Peter, is morality! It's choking you! Can you feel it?"
"I've watched you from deep behind Norman's cowardly eyes. Struggling to have everything you want, while the world tries to make you choose."
While Norman's words taunted Peter, the young man's focus was on Jameson's report on the large screen in front of him.
"Tragedy. What else I could call it? What more need to be said? The damage, the destruction. You saw it with your own eyes. When will people wake up and realize that everywhere Spider-Man goes, chaos and calamity ensue? Everything Spider-Man touches comes to ruin. And we, the innocents, are left to pick up the pieces. J. Jonah Jameson reporting. Good night, and God help us all."
As his thoughts lingered on the last 24 hours, Peter's eyes were filled with tears as he felt remorse for losing May and putting his friends into danger, all because he wanted to help these displaced individuals from their deaths, when he should have brought them back to their respective dimensions. Peter then thought to himself that none of this would have happened had Mysterio not reveal his identity to the world four months ago.
However, Peter was taken off his thoughts when his Spider Sense, or his "Peter Tingle" as he called it, went awry and Peter felt a hand reach out to his shoulder. Believing someone was going to fight him, Peter turned around and gasped in fear as he noticed Felicia Hardy in her Black Cat suit standing next to him.
"Easy." Felicia tried to calm down Peter. "I'm not here to hurt you."
"What do you want from me?" Peter demanded.
Felicia then noticed that the young man was not the Peter she was looking for. She then glanced at his youthful appearance before looking at the advanced Spider-Man suit, which had a large yellow Spider logo on it.
"You're not Peter Parker." Felicia realized.
"That's what Octavius told me when I first saw him." Peter inquired.
"You met Octavius?" Felicia asked.
"Yeah." Peter replied. "I assume he's from the same universe as you?"
"Technically, yes." Felicia admitted. "We're here to look for our Peter."
"We?" Peter pondered.
It was then that Harry arrived with his hoverboard, before placing himself on the building and removed his retractable mask, approaching the young Peter.
"Who are you?" Peter demanded.
"I'm Harry Osborn." Harry introduced himself.
"Did you say "Osborn"?" Peter asked, before recalling Norman mentioning his son when he encountered him and May at the F.E.A.S.T. center. "Wait a minute. You're..."
"His son." Harry added. "Though our relationship hasn't been the best at the time of his death."
Peter then noticed the scar on Harry's face. "How did you..."
"It's complicated." Harry said, not wanting to tell him the details about how he gained the scar.
"I'm sorry about May." Felicia apologized.
"How did you know that I..." Peter was about to talk before he was cut off by Harry.
"We saw you holding her in the building." Harry added. "We were trying to look for her so that..."
"Harry, please." Felicia pleaded.
"You two were there?" Peter demanded again.
"We left before the SWAT arrived and cornered the place." Felicia told Peter. "I know what's like to go through..."
"No, no, no. Please don't tell me that you know what's like to go through a personal loss." Peter snapped at her. "If you two are trying to help me, I don't need it."
Harry and Felicia understood that the young Peter was going through a tough time in his life and suffering because of it.
"She's gone. She died because of me. Because I let him get through me." Peter said. "I went through so much in my life and there's no way it could get worse."
Felica then sympathized with Peter, placing her hand on his shoulder. "That's why you need our help, Peter. Even if you're not the one we remember, we know what you're feeling."
Peter then swallowed his throat and let Felicia's words sink into his head. Even though he preferred to be alone at the moment, he wouldn't lose a moment to talk with Harry and Felicia and express his situation with them.
Midtown School of Science and Technology, Queens, New York, Night
Later, the rain had stopped and Peter was sitting on the rooftop of the school alongside Harry and Felicia. The last time he sat on the rooftop was with his girlfriend, Michelle Jane "MJ" Jones, back before the whole multiverse chaos started and when everything was a bit peaceful. Peter wished he could go back to these quiet, peaceful days, but for now he at least some sort of company.
"So, how did you two end up here?" Peter asked, curious about Harry and Felicia's appearance.
"Um, I was on my way to the construction site to help Peter save MJ, because I came to the realization that I was following the same path as my father before he died and I needed to make up for my mistakes." Harry explained. "Then, as I was heading there, I saw a bright light flashing in my eyes and I suddenly ended up here."
"I was on the Empire State reminiscing about my history with Peter, before I saw the light glowing in the skies and engulfing my surroundings, and then I was here. I began to search for Peter everywhere and had to disguise myself since no one knew who I am." Felicia told Peter.
"How long have you and your Peter known each other?" Peter asked.
"Well, we first encountered each other during that museum robbery, when he stopped a a bunch of robbers from looting the place. Even back then, I always thought he was so adorable." Felicia recounted. "After what happened at the museum, Peter and I ran into each other a bunch of times and I tried to persuade him leave his Peter Parker persona as I was drawn to him as Spider-Man at the time, only for him to make me see the error of my ways and help me become a better person."
Peter nodded while paying attention to Felicia's story. He could sense Felicia being remorseful in not realizing the goodness with her Peter much sooner.
"Then, we ran into each other again when we fought against the Vulture and revealed our identities to each other. I had that feeling that I had someone whom I couldn't hide my identity with and we gave each other a chance." Felicia continued. "The problem was that I was still attached to his Spider-Man persona and couldn't handle myself being around him as Peter, and his own thoughts were still lingered to that redhead, so we decided to remain as friends and he went back to her. I don't blame his decision for doing so, but I wish I had given myself a chance to be with him as Peter."
Peter nodded and sympathized with Felicia, understanding the burden of having someone knowing his identity as Spider-Man and struggling to handle the truth.
"Peter?"
Knowing who that voice belonged, Peter turned around and saw Michelle Jones standing next to him, Harry and Felicia alongside his friend, Ned Leeds. The trio then stood up and looked at Michelle and Ned. Michelle was holding the magical box Macchina di Kadavus, which was intended to sent the time-displaced individuals back to their home dimensions.
"I didn't know you had company." Michelle said.
"MJ?" Peter asked. "What are you doing here?"
"We heard about what happened to May." Ned said. "We came to check on you if you were okay."
"You're MJ?" Harry asked Michelle. "You're different than usual."
"Actually, it's Michelle Jones." Michelle replied.
"I'm his best friend, Ned Leeds." Ned added.
"You don't have a Harry in this place?" Felicia asked.
"No." Peter told Felicia before turning back to Michelle and Ned. "Anyway, why you two are here?"
"We came to see you, and there are some people who'd like to talk to you." Michelle explained.
"Who?" Peter asked before raising his head and looking at the building above the school rooftop.
On the top of the building, Peter saw two figures hiding in the shadows before they jumped down from above as Peter got a better look at their faces. The first one was a tall man clad in a red and blue Spider-Man suit that was much different from his and had a small perma-stubble and brown hair and eyes, and the other one was a man of the same height as Peter wearing a green jacket, blue shirt, black jeans and trainers and had short brown hair and blue eyes.
"Hey, wait, wait! Whoa!" Peter exclaimed as he stared at the two for a moment.
"Sorry… about May." Pete spoke.
"Yeah. Sorry." Parker added. "You know, I've got some understanding of what it is you're..."
"No. Just don't. Don't tell me that you know what I'm going through." Peter snapped.
"Ok..." Parker nodded with a sigh, knowing that right now his counterpart was still in pain.
Pete than noticed Harry standing next to Peter and couldn't believe his eyes. The emotions came rushing as he was overjoyed in seeing his best friend alive again, while saddened that he couldn't properly resolve his issues with him. "Harry?"
"Hey Pete." Harry greeted. "Looks like you're old man now."
Pete chuckled. "You haven't changed at all, Harry."
Felicia glanced at Pete with a smile as he spoke with Harry, content to see that her former lover was safe, before turning her attention to Peter as he began speaking.
"Look, my aunt May died because I couldn't save her. She died for nothing. I thought I could help them but things got worse because of it." Peter started before reaching the box. "So I'm gonna do what I should have done in the first place; sending you all home."
"Peter..." Pete tried to speak before Peter cut him off.
"Please, don't. You don't belong here." Peter begged as he looked up at his counterparts again before turning to Harry and Felicia. "Any of you."
Harry and Felicia looked at Peter with concern as the thought of returning to their own home dimension without helping Peter first frightened them.
"So I think it's best for all to go home. Some of those other guys are from your worlds, right? So you deal with it. And if they die, if you kill them… that's on you. It's not my problem. I don't care anymore. I'm done." Peter swallowed, being tired of everything that had transpired, before he continued. "I'm really sorry that I dragged you guys into this, but you have to go home now. Good luck."
As Peter reached the box, he was stopped by Felicia, who placed her hand on his right shoulder.
"Peter, is that really what you believe?" Felicia questioned Peter. "Or is it what you're telling yourself right now?"
"I've been where you're going through." Harry reasoned. "When my father died, I held a grudge against Peter for killing him. I let my desire of revenge consume me and destroy my relationship with my friends, but deep down, I knew I was in denial that my dad wasn't himself in the end and couldn't make peace with myself."
"My uncle Ben was killed... because I let my own arrogance get the best of me." Pete explained. "The last time I saw him alive, we ended up arguing over my newfound responsibility. Not a day goes by without wishing he was on my side right now." Pete shed a small tear before sniffing it off and continuing with his story. "I went after the robber I let run away, because I thought he was the man who killed Ben. I wanted to kill him. I got what I wanted, but it didn't make it better. It took me a while to get over that darkness and move on."
"I…" Parker swallowed, tears filling his eyes as he recalled losing Gwen Stacy in his home dimension. "I lost Gwen. My, um… she was my MJ. I couldn't save her. I'm never gonna be able to forgive myself for that. But I carried on, tried to, um… tried to keep going, try to keep being the uh… that 'Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man,' 'cause I knew that's what she would have wanted, but at some point, I just… I stopped pulling my punches."
As everyone in the building looked into Parker's eyes, they saw that those were eyes that had seen pain, tragedy and misery.
"I gave into my anger and I got bitter." Parker continued. "I just don't want you to end up like… like me."
"My Aunt May once told me that you have to start doing the hardest thing, you forgive yourself." Pete advised Peter.
Peter let Pete's words sink into his mind, but couldn't find himself doing so as he was consumed by thoughts of revenge against Norman Osborn.
"I..." Peter swallowed before speaking up. "It's not that easy. I wanna kill him. I wanna tear him apart. I can still hear her voice in my head."
As Peter spoke, his voice began to break as he couldn't fight off the tears coming from his eyes.
"Even after she was hurt, she said to me that we did the right thing. She told me that with great power…" Peter continued.
Pete widened his eyes, recognizing the words. "…comes great responsibility."
All three Peters looked at each other in shock and surprise. Even Harry, Felicia, Michelle and Ned looked at the three Peter with surprise.
"Wait, what? How do you know that?" Peter demanded in disbelief.
"Uncle Ben said it." Parker said.
"The day he died." Pete finished. The three Peters stared at each other, an understanding passing between them, overwhelmed by this uncanny connection. Bound together across universes by those words before Pete turned to Peter again.
"Maybe she didn't die for nothing, Peter." Pete told Peter.
As Peter looked at his counterparts and Harry and Felicia, he began feeling hope again. Perhaps there was still a chance in saving the time-displaced individuals and bringing theme home.
And that's the end of the chapter. Finally, we get see all three Peters together. For this chapter, I decided to take some liberties with the rooftop conversation from No Way Home by adding extra dialogue, but I wanted to make sure it remains similar to the one from the movie. For example, Peter is comforted by Harry and Felicia before MJ and Ned arrive and Pete/Peter-2 goes in depth with his story of losing Uncle Ben in the 2002 Spider-Man film. I also added the "Forgive Yourself" quote from Spider-Man 3 as way to help Peter get over thoughts of revenge, but for those who have watched the film, it would take a long time until the ending of the film to do so.
I also decided to change MJ's name from Michelle Jones-Watson to Michelle Jane Jones, as I found the latter name better and more creative and I wasn't a fan of the decision of naming her "MJ Watson". You know you could make an MJ character without associating her with MJ Watson.
For the next chapter, we will see the three Peters preparing to cure the villains alongside Harry, Felicia, Ned and MJ.
Let me know your thoughts on this chapter and I hope you enjoyed it. Stay safe everyone and take care.