Rising From The Ashes

by Hector Flores

Once again Hector and Hiro have become Peter and Harry and like always Peter and Harry do whatever a spider can...But can they survive a superhero school well still being heroes and managing their relationships? Multiversal shinanigans throw Peter and Harry into this wild ride in another fused universe.

1. Chapter 1

This is a Spider-Man MCU Fanfiction Only, Other Franchises will be included.

Hector could not help but feel dread, as he noticed that the break between missions was much larger than any of the previous times, it was two months since the last mission, which made him feel the next mission was so utterly horrible, that his wife was giving them plenty of time to relax and enjoy life, before being forced to go into one hellish situation.

In all honesty, he knew that the next mission was in a word going to suck, there was no doubt in his mind about it, but the thing is about those horrible missions, he could never in good conscience simply deny going into them, they were things that could cause the end of everything, the death of everyone, his friends and family all gone should he fail, and the other aspect is that those two bastards were always either the cause or try to use that place for their own benefit.

It was very much like going into a game, where the odds were already stacked against the players, a game that did not say that they could die, but rather that they will die. Like in his previous life, where he was a professional gamer, and the game was something that came from From Soft games, those games were players seeing the message, you have died, over and over, was not something unexpected, that was the norm. For his wife and daughters, he would march through the very gates of hell, and his friend ever the thrill seeker, to him those horrible places were exciting, something he drew nothing but sheer enjoyment from, Hector used to say to Hiro that was pure insanity.

"Honestly I am still angry you dare to call me nuts, when in one of these realities, you are the fracking green goblin, if anyone is nuts here it would be you, your dad Norman appearing in hallucinations, demanding you avenge him and hearing voices, that is schizophrenia, and your anger control sucks worse than the Hulk, so stop calling me nuts." Hector's only comment was who was the person who sneaked behind one of that world's top assassins and slapped her on the ass? Suddenly Hiro remembered doing that to Natasha, but if he was not blushing at the time, he would have said how in the world could he not?

"I swear that if I end up as a goblin again, I am upgrading the living crap out of my tech, and don't give two shits on who complains that it is out of character, I am sick and tired of ending up with Norman's hand-me-downs. If I am going to have to be a goblin, I will be the very best there is, and will not take less." Hiro joked saying that is something he expected from Osborn anyway, their entire families are known for their desire for ungodly amounts of wealth and properties. Hector glared at his friend saying only two words, Parker Industries, which made Hiro glare right back at his friend, "Fine you hate having low-quality tech, I hate the fact that the Parker Family is just a little below poverty, so excuse me if I want to make enough money for my entire family to survive. Yes, I mean my entire family, I ain't going to let my mother and father die due to a stupid SHIELD suicide mission if I can help it! If I am Peter, I am saving those people who are precious to me, and if someone does not like it, that is their problem!"

Serket asked why were they arguing about what they would do if they were Harry and Peter, there was no telling what reality they would have to go into, or what caused the reality to merge, even what realities were merged, so there was no reason to think that they would go into a Spider-Man reality. Hector began to shake his head when he heard his wife, and he told her, that he hates his time as Harry Osborn, so much so, that this lengthy time between missions, almost guarantees that they will be going to a merged reality based on the Spider-Man realities, but the real question what was merged into it.

"Too many things could have been merged, the Spiderverse goes from the MCU to games, television shows, and comics, far too many things could be merged, considering it also encompasses things like the Fantastic Four, X-Men, and SHIELD, which has several series included in that one, there are too many things that could be merged, it could be anything, form a merger between realities based on one or multiple parts, or could even go as bad as multiple merged realities. In reality, it depends on how badly those two Jokers want to screw with us."

Hector quickly remarked that nothing those two was even slightly funny, so no real humor there, they are more fiends than the actual Joker, stop mentioning that, and besides Spider-Man is based on Marvel, not DC. Hiro only mentioned that they have been in merged realities between DC and Marvel before, it would not be strange if one of those merged realities got merged into the one they were going to. "The fact we have so much time between the last mission and the next one tells me all I need to know, this is as bad as when we had to go into a Winx, Charmed, Equestria, or Buffy reality, and those are some of the worst we had to go into, so there is very little that does not make me think the next one is a Spider-Man reality, I can practically feel it."

Hiro began to laugh and looked at his friend, "Hey the whole Spidey sense is my thing, why are you acting like it is practically telling you what is going to happen? Come on, why do you hate going into a Spider-Man reality so much?" Hector merely hates the fact that thanks to Norman, every single person who ever sees a person under the moniker of Goblin, is automatically labeled a villain, every single time, and in every single reality, having to work up from public enemy number one, is no fun. Even when he does good deeds, they will initially think it is a trick, a con job, or an attempt to lower the defenses of someone or a group of people, so that he can take advantage of it. He explained it was like expecting Victor Von Doom to do a charity event, only to lull the Fantastic Four into a false sense of security and attack them.

"It is easy for a Hero to fall from grace, and end up becoming a villain, but they always had a possible redemption in their future, but a villain never ever has that benefit of the doubt, so redemption for a person who started as a villain will always be several times harder. It got so bad in that reality, that I had to literally not give a shit about what people say about me, and just focus on what I needed to do. Who would not hate being treated like that?" Hiro told him that he was treated as a masked menace by an entire newspaper, and even when they fired that idiot from the paper, he started a blog to continue this vendetta against him.

"Will you knock it off, J. Jonah Jameson would have stopped immediately if he knew you were his cousin, he has that weird hand up against people who wear masks, that is all, but when he thought that Spider-Man was his nephew, you know, the astronaut, he was singing a different tune them, so how about if we simply have someone place a Lawsuit on his ass, say Matt Murdock comes to mind, he is a good attorney that could make it so it actually hurts Jameson in a place he would actually care about his wallet," Hiro said that he would want him to stop, but by showing his actual true identity to Jameson, there was no guarantee that he would not either blab or print an article about it, but having Matt sue him, would be borderline inhumane, Matt has no sympathy towards those he litigates against.

Hector simply said that it was to be expected, an attorney is supposed to look for the best interests of his clients and defend those interests zealously, Matt Murdock would do just that if he actually agrees to take him on as a client, and the fact that the Kingpin also was responsible for blinding him, would mean that he would be willing to if Matt knew that he would be helping one of the biggest enemies of the Kingpin.

As Serket heard them talk she decided to tell them that they would first need to go to the 616 Marvel Universe, to try and prevent the destruction of the multiverse, and should they fail, more than likely the multiverse will reset once again, so they can try at least two times before the multiverse is fully destroyed, "Chances are the one below all is the one trying to influence corrupt individuals to do his bidding, and we all know his one true desire is to bring an end to the multiverse, as for your powers sadly, you will not have immediate access to all your powers since in 616 you two will have to live with the confines and constrictions of actually being Peter Parker and Harry Osborn."

Hector did not like the sound of this making him think of the many ways this would actually make their mission even harder than it should be, "Guess this only shows that we have grown quite dependent on the gamer powers and the many abilities and skills we have learned from previous missions, this will however cause us not to be able to save everyone, as simple ordinary heroes, there is only so much we can actually do. Not even Superman can save everyone, and without all of our skills and abilities, we are no better."

She smiled at her husband as he admitted, "Yes, I can imagine how this would be quite the humbling experience, but I do believe this will give you a much better understanding of the limitations and troubles that Harry and Peter face in the other universes of the multiverse. So all in all, I think that rather you thinking of this as a limitation or a restriction, think of it as a learning experience. Sort of live life as you two once did long before you even got your gamer powers. This should give you also a new appreciation for those abilities and skills, that otherwise, other people might take for granted."

So this is also a test of sorts, Hector did not like the feeling like he was being tested, but Hiro probably loved it considering this nothing more than a mission with an extra hard challenge added to it, Hector did not, he considered the possible loss of life to be both tragic and regrettable. He looked at his wife and could not help but shake his head, and she knew that her husband did not like the notion. "What is the matter, honey? Why are you against this very restriction so much?" Hector looked at her and said he was against it because this would severely limit their ability to save lives, and the fact that every time he failed to save one person, he would feel like the person who died was one of his daughters.

She kissed him on his lips, and told him, "Honey, no matter what you do, you know you can't be in two places at the same time, the sad truth is no hero can save everyone, they can only save those who the hero decides to save, and if he saves everyone, he will be spread too thin and thus save no one." Hector told her he was very well familiar with the cruel calculus of combat, but that did not mean he liked it any better.

Hector smiled at his wife, "Our skills and abilities may be restricted, but the memories we always keep, and thanks to the fact we have done a lot of missions into realities from the Marvel Multiverse, our knowledge of what happens is pretty solid. We have a better understanding of the actual threats, much better than the two whom we will take over. So even then we should be able to save some people at the very least, even if they are not all the people I would prefer that didn't die."

She began to shake her head at him, "That reality is sort of like a game that is rigged to be against you two from the very beginning, it is so one-sided, that fair should not even describe it, and yet they did that for that exact reason. To frustrate you two to such an extent, that you will eventually just quit, and guarantee their own victory, whether the victory is earned or basically a participation trophy, doesn't matter to them at all, those two pretty much figure once you two quit, the level of death and destruction they will cause on such a large merged reality, will essentially become near god-like. At least that is what their goddess bragged to me about when she decided to call me. Honestly, can't she just pick Zector or Ziro marry one of them, and leave me and my husband alone?"

Hector's only remark if those kinds of wishes could come true, so easily, life would be a breeze, he could simply stay with her and their daughters for all eternity, and simply enjoy the bliss of their marriage and being surrounded by his precious family. Hiro decided to mention upon hearing that it would also get boring so damn fast, it was not even funny. As much as Hector complained about it, Hiro said that there was a good chance the reason, their marriage was so shall we say outside the norm, was because these missions actually kept things fresh in their marriage, considering how many times Serket used those missions for who knows how many romantic and embarrassing moments, which Hiro had no desire or interest of ever heard of.

Hector glared at his friend, "So says the man whose main goal in life is to form the largest group of women he can sleep with, never mind that some of them probably will be some of my own daughters, which I consider just sick. In some realties he desires such a large harem, that even the Red Dragon Emperor calls it excessive." Hiro's only remark was saying that was no better than the pot calling the kettle black. Serket smiled and said that her husband never actually formed a harem at all, in fact, if they had a harem it was hers, not his, the fact that she shared them with him was just something she liked to do.

Her husband did not want to get involved with this argument but sometimes, that is really not a choice. "So basically this guy wants to keep all the women alive, but the men, only those he considers either useful or close enough that he considers relative alive, everyone else can just die, this guy will not shed a single tear over it. Personally, I think we should divide the effort so we can save everyone, but not this guy, because the men who will die, no doubt are people who would have gotten into a relationship with some beautiful ladies, which Hiro is more than likely interested in. Getting rid of romantic rivals as it were."

Hiro glared at his friend, "I am not that callous or selfish, I just know that it is impossible to save everyone, so I rather save those I know I can, and not take foolish risks, with all our abilities sealed, including our gamer powers, rescuing as three-fourths of all people is going to be a Herculean task, if we had all of our abilities and powers it would have been a piece of cake, which is why this universe was set up so we had them sealed. We have to focus on those we can save, and yes, I would love to form a relationship with some of those women, but I ain't no home wrecker, they are in a loving relationship, and I ain't messing with that."

As Hiro said that it was clear that this mission was not going to be pleasant for anyone, they always counted on the abilities, skills they gained or learned from other missions, and their gamer powers were the key for them to always have access to them, so by blocking the gamer powers, they found themselves depowered and it was a situation that was pissing them off, they never thought that the gamer powers would be blocked like this, and completely felt like an absolute low blow, but in war, everything is fair, even underhanded tactics.

They first attempted to do that by destroying the very concept of gaming, and now this, those two bastards will not stop until they have a way to make them lose their gamer powers, if this was MHA, and the gamer powers were a quirk, they would do anything they could to get one of those quirk erasure bullets for each of them. The worst part is that essentially they are what would have happened if both Hiro and Hector had given to their base and darker impulses, dark reflections of themselves, which were always disturbing, the fact that these two had killed them many times before, meant they had no empathy or care for anyone other than themselves, the only way a person like that could be described is a psychopath, but they hate everything that lives, so maybe sociopath was a better fit.

"Well this will be very much like those missions before we got the gamer powers, we managed to do those missions before, no reason at all that we can't do this one. Come on Hector, cheer up and smile, don't want to make your daughters worry now do you? This is no better than any other mission we have been involved in, we may not have the gamer powers, but Serket does, and once she reaches us, she will be a major help to us." Hector had to admit that this situation was getting to him, but Hiro was right, need to focus on the mission, and he needed to put distractions where those two also belonged, in the garbage.

As they disappeared and went into that reality, things were hard, almost unfairly so, they did not get their gamer powers back, so they had to make do with the abilities and knowledge of who they were, Peter Parker, and Harry Osborn, Peter had done some crazy things, or at least what Harry considered crazy, he might not picking fights with the school bullies but he definitely finished it, never letting people walk all over him, and while people used to think he was a nerd growing up, that implied because of the baggy clothes he wore, a size bigger than his actual size, he was, however, no push over as Flash Thompson came to know, Eddie Brock was next when he started to work as an intern of the Daily Bugle. His college required him to do some intern work in one major career path, and Peter chose journalism, Harry on the other had chosen stock market investing.

"For the last time Peter, I did not choose that, it was Dad and you know exactly why, he wants me to one day take over his role at Oscorp, I told him many times I had plans for my own company, but you know him, he does not listen to the opinion of others. Only a masochist chooses to work under J. Jonah Jameson, he is the very picture of an abusive black company employer. Did he really win a Pulitzer, or did he get it in some underhanded way, bribe a few committee members, threaten them to publish some sordid secret maybe?" Peter laughed and said that if he did, he was keeping that secret better than his many attempts to flirt with the lady reporters at the newspaper, which was not saying much.

Peter looked at his friend and began to laugh, "Will you drop it, Harry, you are still holding a grudge after all these years, he wrote one bad article about you, only one, and you had a mentality of that bastard needs to die and painfully ever since, we are not kids, we are both Twenty-Eight years old, and we each have too many responsibilities to deal with, so acting rashly or letting our rage take over our decision making not really not an option for us, I mean I can't believe that you got your dad kicked out of his company and you did a hostile take over of Oscorp."

Harry looked at his friend and could not help but shake his head, "Look Peter we both know he was making some rather crazy and stupid decisions, all I had to do was to go to the board of directors and tell them of all the crazy shit he did and was going to do, it didn't take them too long to realize that I am a much better choice as head of Oscorp, especially since I mentioned to them how dear old dad would one day kill all of them using one of his pumpkin grenades." Peter simply couldn't help himself and started laughing like an absolute maniac, "So basically you told them if you don't make me the new leader of Oscorp, my dad will one day go nuts and kill all of you, to save their own greedy butts, they immediately were in favor of naming you the CEO of Oscorp, and you father was shall we say less than pleased."

Harry told him less than pleased was putting it mildly, he screamed everything from traitors, and selfish backstabbers, to a few colorful remarks about them engaging in sexual intercourse with their parents. "Yes, the man who once punished me for using foul language, calling such a thing s swearing as undignified and lewd, was swearing like a drunken sailor as soon as the board of directors got done telling him and me their decision. He also said that I would be the ruin of the company, and he would later buy it back on the cheap when I was done ruining it. Of course, that will not happen, but once I told him my reason for doing that, he slapped me and said he did not want to speak to a traitor like me."

Peter looked at him and said that it could have been worse, Norman could have tried to use that gun he always keeps on him, and shoot his head off, he had no problem killing off those board members, even during a holiday parade festival. Harry told him that he was under the effects of that serum he was developing, and was more than likely under the control of that twisted personality, known as the Green Goblin, had his father used the serum then it was a wonder why he didn't do that. Peter began to wonder, that maybe Norman was angry if not furious his own son did that, but chances are Harry did that long before the Green Goblin Serum was even used on himself, which means the Norman in that meeting was not under the effects of it, and thus by doing this the Green Goblin would not be created or the worst it was delayed.

"Chances are that with you as the CEO, Norman almost lost any access he had to any of the labs, equipment, and even chemicals, it was practically impossible for him to even get a hold of the glider, and the explosives, let alone that enhancement serum. so I say you almost did a pretty good job of preventing the birth of the Green Goblin too bad Norman had a secret lab and had enough money to pay the chameleon to steal the Green Goblin Serum and the glider for him, yet you still developed a glider and new Goblin Serum and armor for your own use, but why golden? Isn't that a bit too ostentatious? It is no better than a guy buying a golden car, almost flaunting your company's wealth really." Harry said actually the color was chosen because at the time when it was first designed it was actually the cheapest one they could have picked, and thanks to thermoptic camo. People would not even get to see the armor or glider at all. Never mind that gold also happens to be a very good electric conductor, thus this would present a possible perceived weakness that simply was a ruse.

"You might be a hero Peter, but I never said anything to that effect, I may help people, but to me, it is all good business. As for Jameson, my legal division is going to have a field day on his ass, any time, and I mean any time, he as much as thinks of spreading his anti-helmet and mask propaganda, by the time I am done with him, he will either learn to stop or he will need help from your Aunt May's homeless shelter. Cause like any Osborn, I ain't showing him any mercy at all." Peter just had to ask, why was he so angry with Jameson, why all the hate, he only has done that to him once, in contrast, he has done dozens if not hundreds of articles against him, and he does not have the same level of hate.

"You want to know why, cause he pretty much treats every single person who has to wear a mask to do their job, everything from welders to firemen, if they have to wear a mask out in public, he just said we are all the scum of the world and we should all be treated worse than the cops treat the Kingpin. Do you have a clue how many professionals have to wear a mask? Firemen, Police, Doctors, Lab workers, Soldiers, Hazardous waste workers, and that is only mentioning a few. Scuba Divers, underwater pipe repair people, a lot of people, and he just called every single one a menace to society." Peter had to admit he did not take into consideration that so many professionals actually wear masks to be able to do their vital work, he even mentioned some entertainers also do that for many things such as acting to actual professional sports, so it made more sense why Harry was so angry about this.

"Oscorp is also a major military gear maker and supplier, his comments are also an insult to the very products we make, which keep hundreds of American soldiers alive, so in a way, what he is doing is unpatriotic. He might have a hang-up due to what one person wearing a mask did to him and a person he loved, but overgeneralizing to every person wearing a mask, is both insulting and stupid." Peter mentioned that it was someone Jameson loved very much, and that is why he keeps holding on to that grudge against anyone who wears a mask because the person who caused the death of the woman he loved was wearing a mask when she was killed.

"Can we please focus on the patrol, and forget about the idiot, come to think of it why is a crowd of people running towards us, you don't think something bad is happening, and that these people are running for their lives right?" Harry looked at the mob as he was at a higher altitude than Peter was, and realized that indeed they were running, from the looks of it, it was as bad as if something was threatening to kill hundreds of people, in such a horrible way, that these people immediately took off running away from the area, Harry had no doubt they might have pushed and trampled some people running away.