CHAPTER 2

SPIDER-MAN…NO MORE

PETER'S APARTMENT

Peter stood there in his apartment complex, he was dumbfounded and completely frozen by what his former mentor and once truly great friend just said to him

"You heard me Peter, you're done, Spider-Man is done" Iron-Man said to Peter who stared at him "You're Done Peter"

"I'm sorry what?"

Tony removes his helmet, the entire thing compacting down to his neck, he stared at Peter directly into his eyes, repeating what he said once more with a much sterner tone to his voice. Peter was once again confused, but much more he was enraged by Tony thinking he could just come into his apartment and order this from him, Peter stared at him almost dumbfounded by what Tony was ordering from him

"Did he you hear me Kid? I said you're done; you don't get to be Spider-Man anymore"

"No, just no Tony, that's not something you get to decide, you didn't make Spider-Man and unlike everybody who puts up with your arrogance and ego, I don't work for you, so shut up and get outta my place"

"This is no joke Peter, you can't go out there anymore, you've been going more and more off the deep end lately, from more violently stopping crimes, to ignoring orders during Avengers Missions and now you've brutalized one of your rogues" Tony listed off

"Oh you actually noticed a difference between me and a year ago (claps hands) you actually know me well enough to get something like that now, congratulations"

"Are you ever gonna get over that Superior thing, we already apologized for that"

"I can get pissed off for many things and that will be one of them"

"What other thing have I done?"

"There was the time you sent Supervillains to kill me during Civil War, the time you stole my spider-sense, when you stole my company from me after the Secret Empire…I can keep going if you'd like?"

Tony listened to Peter's list and frankly he didn't care about that, but then he glared at the Horizon employ, then he laughed

"I don't get you Peter, when you were young and doing this, you were enjoying it, you had so much life in your eyes" he said as he picked up a picture of Peter and his deceased family "But watching you grow, you've lost more than any person should lose, your family is gone, the love of your life cheated on you (More than once) and you still cared about her" Tony goes on "Your first love dies in front of you, then everything else that's happened, I'd be doing you and everybody a huge favor, because there is no point to doing this anymore, you've done enough Kid"

Peter could see right through Tony's bland attempt to reason with his thinking, Peter had already lost interest

'PLEASE MAKE HIM SHUT UP!' the voice kept yelling 'I WILL ACTUALLY SHUT UP FOR YOU, IF YOU SHUT HIM UP'

Peter was already taping his foot as Anthony continued to ramble, he knew it would be stupid to just blatantly attack Tony outright, he probably has some kind of protective force field or something, knowing him, if not that then the armor he was wearing would latch onto Peter and explode. He walked to the kitchen getting bored of this conversation

"Well that's a lovely sentiment Tony, but my answer is still No"

He opens the fridge, getting himself some ice cream

"You can go out the front door which I doubt you came through in the first place, use it and go"

Tony getting his armor, he just scoffed "That isn't how this works Peter, you do what I tell you to do! Or else!"

"Nope I'm good, Why? Because I don't work for you, now please get out of my apartment, I have work to do and a patrol schedule to keep"

"No you don't, because I said so"

Peter realizing, he was basically talking to a brick wall at this point, didn't say anything again, Tony was the definition of an immature man child who listened more to his own ego than anything else, made sense why he and Carol dated, neither of which would even understand when they were in the wrong, or when what they were doing was guided by their own selfish ego and not anything else.

The two men glared at each other with blinding deadly intensity, before finally, Peter walked away from Tony, going to his in house workshop full of Horizon Projects

"Get out of my house Tony, I've got a busy schedule to keep"

And with that Iron Man left the Parker Residence, knowing fully well that Peter wouldn't listen, the kid was a killer now and he needed to pay for his actions, Tony knew that he was in the right, after all, he was Tony Stark, Genius, Billionaire, Playboy, Philanthropist and Superhero, he was always in the right and no one could say otherwise.

And with that logic, he flew off.

Peter, after that whole debacle with Tony, decided that sleep wouldn't be an option so he went to continue working on something taken from one of his many battles with Vulture, it was a sonic based device, it's been proven that music and sound can help plants to grow, so he devised using particular sounds to help increase the chemical compound that helps plants grow, essentially causing them to triple growth while also furthering nutrition to the plants, helping the world by healing it.

Peter had had enough tinkering for one night, but he knew he couldn't go out on patrols tonight, what he did to Otto, he'd need some time to get over that, the dead look in his eyes and the way his arms were torn from his body, so he just went to bed and slept that off.

LOCATION UNKNOWN

The area was completely webbed, webs everywhere as Peter walked through the area, he was without his suit, wearing just his normal clothes as he walked through the only path that was available to him, he didn't know how but he remembered where he would be headed. He looked up to the webbing in the air then he saw it once again, The Other, the Spider God, Peter looked up to the god of Spiders and the most dangerous and lethal of the Spider Deities, it was gigantic to Peter, looking at him down with all several eyes that it had from its even larger webbed pattern.

"Other?"

"Hello Peter"

"What're you doing in my head?" Peter asked with an arched eyebrow and shrugged shoulders "Wait, are you the one that was screaming in my head to kill Otto?"

"You wanted to do it for a while, it's been nagging on the back of your head for a while" The Other answered

"You made me nearly kill Otto"

"No! I made you finally take off the breaks to yourself and do what you've always wanted to do, same as what the Symbiote was doing, because of one simple thing"

"And what is that?"

"Because we care about you, idiot"

"That's the strangest and nicest thing you've ever said to me"

"Thank you" the Other said

"Why did you bring me here?"

And just in that moment, Peter awoke from his slumber, rising out of his bed in a cold sweat, he took in a hard breath, then another, he filled his lungs to the brim before releasing each time, looking at his hands, he clenched his fists to check for his stingers, but there weren't any, good, right? Getting out of bed, that was when his alarm clock went off, the sound annoying him through his already soring headache, he punched the clock, smashing it completely. He picks up the pieces and goes to throw them in the trash. The next thing he goes to do was get his day started, he opened the door to his room, then he remembered that his home was much better than it used to be, when he started working at Horizon 6 Months ago, even if the people there still hate him for all that Otto did in his body, at least yesterday he finally gave that old fart what he deserved. The thought put a smile on Peter's face…that he completely slapped away, what was he thinking, enjoying nearly killing someone, how could he be enjoying the thought of that.

Leaving his house, he walks through the streets of Manhattan, his domain in the city, Manhattan was his to protect, because every part of this strange city needed someone stepping up to protect it, instead of what Tony does of just handling things that involve him, the man is a hero he will not deny that, but he could stand to protect people from more than just the things he creates.

The day was actually a bit of a slow burn for him, nothing much was happening this morning, so he decided it would be better to go and get a morning coffee at The Coffee Bean. Entering the bean, he feels something go wrong, SPIDER-SENSE, and he turns to the side to see Steve Rogers and Logan, both sitting in the corner and both were watching him, he didn't fully turn his head, he knew better than that and since he was wearing black sunglasses, it was better that they couldn't see his eyes.

Peter ordered his coffee

"One Spidey Chino with Extra Whip cream and two Donuts please"

"Make that Two Spidey Chinos" a female voice said from behind

Peter gasped when he heard it, that not an angry or sad, it was happy as he turned around but that smile quickly faded away as he didn't see anybody there, then he was poked in the back "Boop" turning around he saw Zoe holding up a two finger peace sign with the cutest smile on her face

"Zoe…I didn't expect to see you here" Peter stammered as he saw the Black and Purple Haired Asian beauty "Nice to see you, by the way"

"Same to you, but I've never seen you here before"

"Yeah I thought 'bout trying this place out"

"Weird how we both work together and now we go to the same coffee shop, if I weren't a woman of science I'd say this was fate trying to bring us together" she flirted with Peter with a sultry smile

Peter noticed this and turned around while hearing the other two laughing. Logan and Steve both got up from their respective chairs to go closer to the web slinger, but they decided to stay away and come back later, since as they could see, him and this Asian American Beauty he's with, they can tell that he might be trying to flirt and is failing at it,

"Are we watching the same thing here?" Steve asks his clawed mutant friend "I mean this is really hard to watch, right?"

"I know right, the kid is seriously gotta step us his game or I might just go there and steal his girl" Logan joked as they watched the wall crawler with this mysterious lady "I gotta say though, the woman has an ass that will not quit and that rack"

Logan ogling at the Asian American Woman was something Steve noticed, raising an eyebrow at the Canadian Mutant

"They really need to find a way to help people like you"

Logan turns back around with an odd look on his face "Do you mean Mutants or Canadians?" he asks his friend with a confused look

"What do you think?" was all the captain said in retort "But good for him, he's been through so many versions of his own personal hell"

Back with Peter and Zoe, she and he both had their coffees delivered to them, they two cheered the two cups and then Peter pays for the coffee for both of them as they head out of the shop

"I could've paid for mine you know"

"But what kind of gentleman would I be if I didn't pay for thy fair lady's mead"

"Medieval dialect, thou are truly a nerd after mine heart, but my shinning knight must know that I am no ordinary maiden" Zoe adds to their nerdy conversation

The two nerds walk out of the café together, both laughing hysterically as they learn something more about each other, the two of them walk towards the streets heading towards George Washington Park, Zoe loved the beauty of nature, she walked with him with her hands behind her back walking on the pavement, with her eyes closed. She jumped over a lodge landing on the other side without even looking and landing perfectly on her tippy toes, twirling around as she does and looking at him almost straight…almost straight

"Wait as second, did you get taller?" Zoe asked and causing Peter to glare at her confused "I was not that much shorter than you yesterday"

Peter picked her off the ledge of the streets, her being surprised that he could just pick her up like that without so much as a struggle or saying anything about her weight, and he put her down on the ground, to now compare their heights, as he was now three inches taller than the woman, and two more than he was yesterday.

"Well what can I say, guess I grew last night" Peter says back with a cocky smirk as he gives her a pat on the head, making her muff her cheeks as she starts steaming from her ears, patting his chest as she whined "Come on, you cannot be taller than me, I'm not short"

Peter handed her an ice cream cone, "I know you like Ice Cream, so I got you Butter Pecan, hope you like it"

"I do, thank you" she takes the cone from him, licking it with a huge and cute smile on her face, making Peter blush at the way she so cutely ate the ice cream. Peter and Zoe walked around more of the park, Peter could tell that Logan and Steve were still watching them, but then he noticed that so was Natasha Romanoff, the Russian Spy clearly not doing her job well as she was able to be spotted by not just Peter, but also Zoe, this actually surprised the spy, how the hell was she spotted by that regular woman.

Spider-Woman, Brooklyn Spider-Man, Scarlet Spider and Silk all watched Peter, both of the woman were eyeing the woman that Peter was with, especially Silk, Zoe and Cindy Moon were both Asian American woman, both had amazing asses, and extremely sexy bodies.

And sitting down, on a bench next to them, sat Susan Storm and Johnny Storm, who were both using newspapers to cover their faces as Peter and Zoe were on date. The two walked away from all of them, Peter reaching for her hand, and Zoe holding his carefully, and the two held hands with a smile on their faces, while the others were watching

"This is weird, why're we watching Peter and this lady?" Jessica Drew asked

"Because Tony said that Peter had killed Doctor Octopus, beating him to a near death state before his wounds finally killed him" Miles Morales stated

"So we're here because Tony said so, since when did Tony become your boss?" Scarlet Spider asked

"You do know that Peter and Ock have been fighting for years, Peter beating him to near death is honestly something that should've happened a long time ago" Chasm stated

"You don't believe that Ben, you're meant to be just as nice as Peter, and also who is that girl and why does she look a lot like me"

Back to Peter and Zoe, the two walked underneath a tree, it was an orchid tree in the summer, as the pink flowers flew through the air, the girl was happy to be with Peter, a huge blush appeared on her face as she and he rested under the shade of the tree.

"So, you have any family?" Zoe asked, her tone showing she was nervous. She wasn't the only one as Peter was already rubbing the back of his head, showing he was just as nervous as she was. Jessica and Miles, knowing Peter the best ultimately knowing that this means that he was also in a state of unsurely knowing what to do next. Knowing that Peter's family, May Parker had recently passed away, leaving Benjamin Reilly, Teresa Parker and Kaine Parker were the only family he had now, but the woman who was basically there for him his entire life was now gone, (Old Age) but still.

Peter looked at the woman calmly "I have two brothers and a baby sister, you?"

"I have an older brother, but he…yeah, I have a Big Brother"

"So I heard you ran a company before"

"Yep, Parker Industries, bankrupted by me and the people who worked there hated by me during one of the lowest points of my life"

"Well seeing how nice you are, I doubt those people are gonna hate you for much longer, if they saw how good of a person you are, maybe they'll turn around"

"I doubt they will but thanks for the encouragement anyway"

Zoe smirks as she pokes his cheek with her index finger, smiling with her eyes closed, it was such a cute smile, she was so cute, not just her face, but the way she acted, she was literally just adorable and would refuse to admit it.

But something struck out, there was an explosion in the corner of the Park, the two of them weren't sure what was happening, when Peter knew he suddenly had to move, but he didn't want to just outright leave Zoe without an explanation. But that was when something unexpected happened

"Oh I'm sorry Peter…it's just our…I mean my, my brother is really sick and I need to get to his hospital and check on him, thanks for the date, I really liked it, Bye! Let's do this again"

Peter had heard a lot of bullshit excuses to leave, he would know, he had used thousands of them before, he could actually feel the weird looks that everybody was giving him

"Okay you guys can come out now and make fun of me, Flame brain, Claws and Work Wife, I can tell you three are here, just come and get it over with"

And as if one queue, all three of them come out together and put their hands on his shoulders, Logan being the first to pat him on the chest

"I'm not gonna make fun of yah, yet…actually this is weird but I think you were actually doing a great job at that" Logan said to encourage his longtime friend

"Yeah, you almost made it there, heck I'd make out with that girl if I were you, man the Ass on that woman" Jessica Drew said, the agent's words sounding sultry

"Jess?" Peter said with a raised eyebrow

"What, I'm just saying, you better not fumble this bag, you've got a history with that"

"True" was Johnny's only addition

The three heroes took their friend back to the tree he and the girl were about to make out under, they all sat there with Logan handing him his flask, and to no one's surprise, Peter turned it down, Jessica didn't though, until Peter finally remembered something

"Wait wasn't there an explosion before?"

"Don't worry 'bout that, the others are handling that"

"Okay, but another question is what're you doing here now?" Peter asked "I mean what're all of you doing here"

The trio of his closest friends all turned to view elsewhere

"Let me guess, Tony showed up and said that because I was a bit more aggressive on Octavius Yesterday that I need to be stopped"

"What~ No!" Jessica lied through her teeth

"Jess, for a super spy you are a terrible liar, so he did didn't he?"

"Yep, honestly after what the Old Doc did to you with the Superior incident, I'm honest to Hope surprised you didn't do this sooner"

"Honestly, if that were me I would've incinerated his face" Johnny stated

"Same, a Venom Blast to take his head off if that was me" Jess added

But unknown to the group, Tony Stark watching them in his Mark Nil Iron-Man armor, scanning Peter and their conversation with a strained look on his face, the Billionaire Playboy knew what had to be done about this Spider. He was a wilder card than all the others, the others could be controlled but Spider-Man, he couldn't be, he refused to be, first during the Civil War and then with Parker Industries, Peter was just too unpredictable and that couldn't stand.

Peter, Johnny, Jessica, and Logan all left the park, they went towards where that explosion had happened, when they arrived they found Miles, Kamala and Anya having handled it, it was just the Rhino and Shocker with some new gear was all, the three had some bumps and bruises here and there, but they had indeed one the fight. The three all gave their mentor a thumbs up, Peter doing the same for them, Jessica giving on to Anya who retorted with the same and a happy teenage girl smile, and finally the three young heroes all departed from the area, leaving the area for the police to come in and take these guys away. There was this sense of pride in the air with Peter, he was a good teacher and always would be

"Hey, don't forget they had other mentors too" Jessica teased as she nudged his arm with her elbow "Like me training Anya"

"I thought Nat did that?"

"What?!" Jessica screamed in annoyance "I specifically told Nat that Anya was my protégé, she can get her own" Jessica said while walking off and calling Nat "Hey Nat, can we talk?"

Johnny leaned to his best friend "You did know you just started a secret agent chick fight, right?"

"Send me the Video" Logan said

"Oh I will"

"Eh, if you really wanna make Jess fight somebody, she'll fight Julia if you tell Jess that Julia has a better Ass than her"

"Wait seriously/What?" Logan and Johnny asked at once

Peter nodded before wishing his friends good luck with whatever it was they were planning on doing today as he goes into an alley, taking off his clothes securely as he reveals his Spider-Man costume underneath, shooting a web line out from the street, he begins swinging through the air, pulling the line closer to the ground, his fingertips riding on the ground. A car comes near to crashing on him, he kick flips off of it and performs a frontal backflip, shooting a straight zip-line web, he drags himself forward, going higher up into the air, performing a side leg spiral and landing perfectly on his hands on the ledge of a building.

He shoots himself off of it, 'Tsk, I can't believe Tony said I couldn't do this anymore like he owns me, Spider-Man works for Spider-Man and no one else, I work with The Avengers, The X-Men and The Fantastic Four, but for them, never, although he would actually like working for the Four, they were basically family after all.

As the friendly neighborhood Spider-Man swung through the streets of Manhattan, stopping at a bank he heard an explosion from inside, stopping, he sees an old time Foe, the Scorpion, Peter leaned against the wall and just sighed

"When will these guys learn, seriously this is just getting tiring at this point"

Peter drops down from the top of the building and Mac Gargan makes off with thousands of Dollars of Stolen Money, Peter shoots a web line as he chases the Supervillain down

"Hey Gargan, oh come on man, I thought you were on the side of the law now, working to do some kind of good with your life, No?"

"Didn't pay as well, wasn't as fun either as caving your teeth in" Scorpion said as he drops to all fours, aiming his tail, he fires an Energy Beam at the Wall Crawler. Peter dodges the blast and lands on the side of a building, his growls were audible

"Well maybe I should just remove your jaw again" Spidey growls through his teeth

Scorpion hears that and is stunned to hear that from the Spider

"You…you okay Bug, you sound different, Otto's death affecting you"

"Not at all, actually, I think maybe I should send you to him"

Scorpion immediately knows what the Bug is talking about and he drops the bags full of money and raises his arms in fear

"Woah! It's okay, money is dropped and I'm going…Urghh" he does finish his sentence as a fist is felt on his face, the punch was sent much faster than he had done before, the amount of Speed and Strength even surprising Peter as he normally held back, but as of recent, he can remember why, but he doesn't feel that reason too anymore.

"Woah Spidey come on, I gi-Urhh!" he receives a flying knee to the face, sending him skipping across the hard concrete of New York city streets "Urghh, fine Bug, you wanna fight, I'll give you one!" Scorpion lunges at Spider-Man, his claws and tail set to kill, but Spider-Man didn't care, as he effortlessly evaded the claw strikes, before delivering a knee to the gut followed by a left jab to the face, a spinning elbow to the ribs and a cartwheel kick to the side of the face.

That last kick sent Scorpion crashes into the side of a building face first, the enhanced individual managed to pull himself from the wall, his face being in extreme pain and his eye already black and swollen, he drops down to one knee as Spider-Man walks towards him, slowly, menacingly, the Scorpion had faced the Spider many times in the years of their lives, he was even quite literally designed to be superior to him in every way, and for a long time, he believed that, but the day that his jaw was removed from a single punch from the Spider, was a true eye opener for the Scorpion. That day he had learned a truly haunting lesson that will stick with him until the day he dies, that the Spider doesn't make those jokes so he can feel safe, he makes those Jokes so his enemies can forget on how much devastating power he really has, he could've killed him from day one, he could and he would have if he wasn't just so nice.

As the Spider quietly approaches his prey, the air suddenly becomes weighted, being filled with the Spider's killing intent, the way he walked wasn't the way he had done it before, he moved slow, like a predator ready to do the finishing move on their kill, but the Scorpion was not ready to meet his end. Gargan lashed at his opponent, who dodged, weaved and evaded all of his sloppy attacks with agility and grace of one skilled for many years, as soon as the attacks stopped coming, the Spider hopped back and rushed at his foe once more with such speed that he was almost a blue to any seeing him, landing a devastating blow to the Scorpion's face, blood and metal teeth flew out of the man's mouth and he could barely believe the damage that singular punch had done to the man's brain or from what Spider-Man believed he had of one.

Unknown to most, Iron-Man wasn't the only one watching the Spider show his more animalistic side, Julia Carpenter, aka Madame Webb was also nearby, watching what was going on along with Silk and Kaine, the three were watching as their longtime friend and for Kaine, his Brother, was absolutely tearing Scorpion apart in such a brutal fashion, and all three Spider-Totems can feel something in their Center.

"The Other" Kaine states, him having been a wielder of the Spider Deity's power, he had the abaility to feel it was close by "It wants Peter again?"

"Seems so" Silk answered "Not sure why though, I mean it only goes after ruthless Spider-Totems to use as hosts, like you Kaine, why would it want Peter, he's too nice"

"Does that look like too nice to you?" Julia asks her friend

Facing down towards fight, Cindy Moon sees Peter Parker, the guy who popped her cherry, shattering every bone in the Scorpion's body one after the other "Nope, you're right, should I call an ambulance?" Silk asks

"Or a Garbage Truck?" Julia quips, to the surprise of her associates, she turns to see both of them with wide eyes, gaping mouths and had backed away from her "What?"

"You just quipped, who are you and what've you done to the real Julia?!" Silk yelled out

"I can be funny too" was all Julia said back, "Oh look!"

They all turned around to see Spider-Man deliver a straight jab to Scorpion's torso bringing his head down in gag, The Spider follows up with an uppercut that sends him flying into the air, Spider-Man grabs his leg while he was in the air, slamming him down to the ground on his face, "This is fun" was all he said to him, his voice cold and callous, like a ghost out for blood of his enemies, he grabs him by the chest in a bear hug, holding him upside down, The fear on Scorpion's face as he can only imagine what's going to happen to him now, he knew what it was, no point in imagining it. The Spider leaps backwards into the air and falls down to deliver a devastating supplex to The Scorpion, causing him to shatter the concrete ground with his spine, luckily he hadn't actually done that, but if the man was walking after this, he'd be damn.

And by the time Peter was done with him however, the Garbage truck joke, might actually be warranted now as the state Scorpion was in, woof, it was so bad that they could barely recognize him anymore, his metal jaw was missing a few teeth, his arms were bent in all the wrong ways, his tail was torn off his body which means that a large portion of his spine was now severely damaged, like that wasn't obvious already.

But all of that wasn't the worst of it for anyone who saw it, the worst part was the expression on Spider-Man's face, or lack there off of one, it was like he was perfectly calm, the man who would throw a hissy fit over some small things like a Phone going missing and trying to return it to the owner no matter how long it would take, saving a cat from a tree after a really busy day. But right now, he didn't have any of that, he was just calm, and then he just swung away. Leaving Captain America and Wolverine in states of even more confusion as the friendly neighborhood Spider-Man had just brutally beaten not one, but two of his Rogues to within an inch of their lives in the span of a Week.

Swinging through the city, Peter was thinking about what he had just done, but that was when the weirdest sensation hit him, which was a feeling of indifference, like what he had just done to the Scorpion hadn't mattered to him at all, the man had been a thorn in his side of almost 15yrs and now, he was going to probably be in a coma for the next few months maybe years along with Otto. But knowing Octavius, he would probably try to do something crazy like steal his body again or make a clone of him, this time though, he wouldn't be dumb enough to actually go and see him off.

Swinging through the city, Peter waited for the feelings of guilt or something to hit him but it didn't, in fact, it felt good, he had bested a predator, another force of nature like him, and it was the Spider's natural predator, he knew he hadn't finished him off, but he didn't care, it just felt good to know that he wouldn't come back for quite some time now. Then he stopped, of course he cared, of course it mattered, how could he think that?

He needed to stop and think.

THREE NIGHTS LATER

The Sun had set, and Peter Parker was currently coming out of a Hospital in Manhattan, this was one of the few that covered Superhumans, so this was not only the place where they were treating the Scorpion, but also Doc Ock, when he departed from those doors, he had an almost distraught look on his face, one that spoke of what he had learned in there.

10MINUTES AGO

Peter after a long day of web swinging, and tidying up his usual patrols routes, not much crime going on currently, so he had decided to pay a visit to Grand Greer Hospital, this place specialized in treating Superhumans, Mutants, Inhumans and the like. Peter decided to pay a surprise visit to the wards of Otto Octavius first, he knew this would be a dumb idea, he knew it would probably be a trap, which was why he came prepared for Otto's usual tactic of a brain swap. He had worn a small device around his head, something he had invented with the help of Reed Richards to particularly block mental attacks and brain swaps, so he knew Otto wouldn't be able to do anything.

But he would learn that all of that would almost be irrelevant as he would find that Otto Octavius was being cared for, but the condition he was in, it had been three days since he had been brought in and at least now they had managed to stop the bleeding. Otto was hooked up to multiple devices that were keeping his body alive, his arm and leg were both hung up by straps to allow them to properly heal, but that was when Peter noticed it, the man only had a singular arm and leg, while reading stiffing through his medical report, he found that the damage to his right arm, leg left, kidney, and left eye were all so intensely damaged, that the doctors were forced to amputate them. Covering his mouth, he continued to sniff through the medical reports, and then he found the worst part of it, that during their fight, the sheer force of the punches to the head caused Otto to have severe blunt force trauma, causing parts of his skull to cave deeper into his head and stab into his skull. Peter looked up at him, but he didn't have a scared look in his eye, he didn't have an apologetic look in his eye, he just…he was just calm.

Peter looked up at Otto's disfigured form, knowing that he most likely had a copy of his consciousness out there somewhere, but Peter couldn't help but feel like all of this, this was deserved to Otto Octavius, the man was indeed a brilliant scientist and researcher, but what did he do with all that intelligence, what did he do. He tried to be remembered as 'History's Greatest Mass Murderer' he tried to 'Destroy all of New York City with a Uranium Bomb' 'Killed GeorgeStacy' 'Killed Numerous People over the years' and the worst thing, he even did to Peter himself

"You stole my body Otto, stole mine because you are so afraid of dying because you know your nothing but a waste of a scientist, all that genius and you know you had done nothing with it, helped no one, made the world a worse place because you exist…" Peter said his words, years of anger being poured into these words "…Norman was right about one thing with you Otto, you are a failure, and that's all you'll be remembered as, you failed as a person, you failed as a scientist and you failed as a hero. And I hope that whatever afterlife that comes for you I want you to know that you get what you deserve, because this (he motions to Otto's brain dead body) is too little for all the things you've done, Goodbye Otto and Good Riddance" Spider-Man says as he leaves the building.

As soon as he leaves, a doctor comes into the room, the woman looks down and notices the medical reports scattered across the ground she bends down to pick them all up and then looks at Otto's Life Support, seeing it still working, she wasn't sure as to why, but she just had a feeling.

And with that, Spider-Man crawled to another part of the hospital, checking in on the Scorpion whom he had also put in a near death state the man having finished surgery and was now just resting in his room alone, he seemed okay, he had a regenerative healing factor, but then he saw Spider-Man just staring at him through the window and panicked reaching for the service button, but his hand was yanked away

"Stop it Mac, I'm not gonna hurt you" Spider-Man said in a calm voice

"What?!" The Scorpion screamed in rage "You put me in a hospital!"

"Yeah I did, and I part of me wants to say the usual things I'd say if I was actually feeling like myself on a good day and for the last few days, I haven't had good days"

"So what, you take that out on me?!" Scorpion yelled

"Mac, let me ask you something" Spider-Man said "Every time you've killed an innocent person at a bank, in an Armored Vehicle, or just somebody who was doing a security job, did you never think this would happen to you?"

"No!"

"Well I did, because let me be frank I could've done this to you, years ago"

This latest statement made the Scorpion's eyes wide

"Yeah, and I don't mean put you in the hospital, I mean what Octavius did when he was in my body, remove your jaw, that wasn't some added strength he gained" Spider-Man stated in a matter of factly "That, that was me at anything above 30% Strength, or as I call it, an off day, I'm 25times stronger than 10 Captain Americas and I chose to be good with my powers, not break your limbs off"

All of this made Scorpion watch on in terror for what the Spider was saying

"But I don't want what I did to you today to ever repeat itself again, because honestly I'm just so tired of you and the others never just… you know what never mind that, Otto's brain dead a few rooms over just so you know, do with that as you wish and I hope you get better"

Spider-Man said as he fell backwards out the window, shooting a web line and swinging away, leaving Mac Gargan there to contemplate all that he had just learned, not only was the man whom he had been fighting been holding back for what is presumably a decade of fights between them, he had lied about their fights and treated this like it was nothing more than a simple game, no this indignity would not stand, it would not and he would have his revenge for this.

Unknown to either of the two of the arachnids, someone had been listening in on their conversation from outside the Hospital, recording and following on what was being said, but this beings focus was on more of the Spider than the Scorpion, watching and observing him, camouflaged from his field of view until finally revealing themselves to be.

THE INVINCIBLE IRON-MAN

"I warned you Parker"

As the Billionaire once again turned Invisible

Peter Parker swung through the night sky of New York, he had thought about Scorpion's condition a bit while he was swinging, but ultimately, what he thought was that the man could at least just finally get some clarity to do better with his life, he hoped he would listen to him though, but deep down, he knew he wouldn't, and this game for him would continue forever.

Peter lands on his roof of his apartment, he was always happy with the new place he had managed to get with his Horizon money, changing back to his regular civilian clothes while he maneuvers through the fire escape, eventually making it down to his floor and entering inside.

Laying on the coach, he finally was able to get some rest for this day of non-stop crime fighting and punching bad guys in the face, still thinking about Otto's condition though, Peter lamented not going to watch them pull the plug on him, he was already brain dead and at this point, they were just tending to a pile of useless flesh, but there was one thing that Peter needed to do. Getting up from the coach, he went into a room in his apartment, one that he had built himself, opening the door, inside the room is revealed to be a small work station, it wasn't actually his main place of operation, it was actually just a branch he had made so he could deal with things from home.

It contained several different suits inside, ranging from his more Iconic Outfit, to his Black Venom esk suit, and more, but what he was looking for was in his equipment, he had many pieces of gear here, Web Shooters, Impact Webs, Trip-mine Webs, Web Bombs, Concussion Blasts, Concussion Bombs, Iron-Arms and more. But what he found was the device Otto used to reinstate his mind over his own and finally another device, it was a small trigger like device, an EMP

"If this works Peter, you'll be erasing any and all copies of Octavius mind from any Technology directly, without affecting the technology itself, aiming for his own brainwaves while avoiding the one currently in his body, if it's even there"

After stating the purpose of the two devices, if what he was saying was true then he would be able to destroy the mind of Otto Octavius from any machine within the entire range of New York City, essentially making sure the man could never come back to life again. And with that, Peter swung out of his apartment, he held both devices in his hand as he swung with the other one, until finally reaching where he needed to be, a place he could set off.

He lands on the side of the Empire State Building, running upwards to the very top, still holding the two devices as he runs up the building and once he finally reaches it, he sits down on the very top of the building, on the very top. He sits down on the top the needle, using his adhesive abilities and making sure he wasn't falling, he sets his machine up, with it powering up completely and finally, but after finally setting it up, he finally starts to think.

"Should I do this? I mean, Otto is a person, right?"

All the memories of what Otto has done coming back to face him, all that Otto has done to him, everything he had done to not just him, but to the World itself, the things he had done to The X-Men, The Avengers, everything and everyone.

Then he finally came to his conclusion and said it, he agreed to it, he knew what had to be done. He knew what to do.

'You Know'

'YOU KNOW!'

And with that, Peter pushed the button and the pulse from this device, targeting the and any digital consciousness of Otto Octavius anywhere around the world. And that was it, it was done, the Digital Consciousness of Otto was gone. Peter held his two devices up, this was the most sadistic and maybe even the darkest thing he had done, Otto was gone, no way to come back, no way to be revived ever again so tomorrow, when Otto's plug is pulled.

Otto Octavius dies…

Because of this, our friendly hero had one more thing he needed to do, sleep it off. Swinging back home to catch his rest, he did just that, but on the swing home, nothing was said, but no crimes were ignored. Stopping all of them with a speed and grace never before seen from the wall crawler, as his moves matched that of a trained assassin, silent, deadly and without a single missed or wasted strike.

And then he was gone, off to his nest to finally be able to relax and get some sleep.

Reaching his home, he opened the window, too tired to even realize that his Spider-Sense had rung, unable to tell if it was a headache from the lack of sleep or from all the consistent web swinging, and that would prove to be a fatal mistake as Peter's once mentor figure would be waiting for him in his own home.

"I warned you Peter" said the voice of Tony Stark

And this snapped Peter out his dazed state as he turned to face the Stealth Suit Iron-Man, the green and silver colors shining and he became Visible again

"What do you want in my home Stark?"

Iron-Man said nothing, he just reached into his side and brought out something, one of the same vials from the Superhero Civil War, the ones that they were going to use to take his powers away,

"You wouldn't"

"I'm sorry Peter" said the man in the suit "But this is for the best, you just stepped over not one, but two lines, you've basically killed one of your Villains and now you've brutally beaten another one. I can have that Peter"

"You don't get to make that decision for me, that's my choice, not yours"

"Then I guess I'm making it for you, this is for the better"

With that Iron-Man activates a frequency that disables the Spider-Sense, then a flashbang to blind the hero, Peter was tired, weak, he hadn't slept in two days and had been nonstop either fighting crime or getting actual work done at Horizon Labs. So for the fact he was able to dodge that first strike from Tony's rocket punch was impressive, he was able to dodge yet another one, too tired to retaliate much longer, until Tony decided to fire a concussive sonic blast, wide burst, knocking Peter back and trashing his apartment, Peter is sent backwards, hitting his back against the edge of the walls, falling to the ground and groaning in pain. "Arghh…. My back" he really needed to sleep, he was already about ready to sleep, and that was when Tony took his chance, he fired suppression cuffs at both of Peter's hands and legs, binding him down as he got closer to him, Peter struggles and struggled, but nothing, he couldn't break free "Tony stop!"

"I'm sorry Peter, but you brought this on yourself"

And with that, Tony Stark, injects Peter Parker with the Neutralizer, the sting is instantaneous and the effects, take hold immediately, Peter can't feel his powers, before he could feel it, but now, something felt missing in his mind.

And with that Tony stands up from Peter

"You should've listened to me, I know this seems cruel, but this is…"

"Shut Up Tony, I don't want to hear it, just get out of my apartment"

"One day you'll see, this was for the best, come on, I'm Tony Stark, when am I ever wrong?" the Arrogant Billionaire declared and left Peter's apartment, still in shambles

Peter himself was on the ground, bloodied and beaten, his back was aching and he felt weak, he still had his physique, but now, he felt like a large part of him was missing from whom he was. He wasn't Spider-Man anymore, so, who was he.

Who was he…

…. Because….

…. Spider-Man was no more.

A/N: And that is it for my second chapter, yes and now I know this chapter has taken a long time to come out, honestly, I've been working on a lot of things and I got sick recently so I've…yeah that's a whole can of worms on its own. But Man, Tony taking Peter's powers away, that was unexpected right, him doing this to his once great friend and confidant, now leaving Peter the same as every other man, a hero no longer.

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