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Chapter 10: Symbiotes
The young couple called Dr. Cho and scheduled a meeting that very weekend. They were actually rather impressed they were able to get everyone together on such short notice, because like before; Doctor Strange, Dr. Banner and Shuri would all be in attendance.
Now, all they needed was for their family to arrive. Well...May was already there, so they were waiting for Desirée and Caleb.
As they waited, May helped MJ with her hair. She made two braids, then tied them back into a ponytail.
"Thanks," she said to the older woman.
"Of course, hon," May replied while affectionately patting her shoulder.
MJ then finished getting dressed, deciding on a pair of black jeans, a white undershirt, and a purple and white V-neck sweater. AN: (Her outfit from NWH)
Her baby bump was starting to show more, but was thankful that she could still where her regular clothes. At least, for now.
A minute later, her mother and brother arrived. MJ hugged them, and Desirée looked her over.
"You look so beautiful," she said with a proud smile.
"Thanks mom, though I don't really feel like it."
"You're glowing, honey, and it adds to your natural beauty."
MJ smiled, "That's what Peter says."
One of Doctor Strange's portals appeared, and the sorcerer himself stood in the Avengers Compound.
"You ready?"
Everyone walked through and Strange led them to the medical facility. Bruce, Shuri and Helen were already there, setting up various equipment.
Helen turned to the incoming group with a smile, "Well, I thought we should start with the ultrasound, considering the amniocentesis might make your stomach a bit sore."
MJ laid down on the nearby hospital bed, "That would be great, thank you."
Peter pulled up a chair next to her, while Dr. Cho helped her lift up her sweater and undershirt.
"Oh, well, that's a good-sized belly for eight weeks. That's a good sign," she said as she squirted some ultrasound jelly onto MJ's belly. "Sorry, I know that can be a bit cold."
"So...how does everything look?" MJ asked.
Before Dr. Cho placed the ultrasound wand on her belly, she noticed...the room was quite full, "Would you like for this to be done in private or..."
MJ and Peter were both about to say the same thing, then they noticed that the assorted Avengers and trainees in the room were all waiting on baited breath, silently pleading with their eyes.
MJ sighed, pinching the bridge of her nose, "Would you guys like to stay?"
Kamala tried not to, but practically squeaked, "Yes, please."
"Is it okay with you?" Peter asked MJ.
She shrugged, "It's fine."
"Right," Dr. Cho said. "Well, before we begin, would you like to know the sex of the baby?"
Peter and MJ glanced at each other. They had already spoken at length about this subject, and both agreed...
"No, thank you," Peter said.
"We want it to be a surprise," MJ agreed.
Dr. Cho nodded, "Alright. The reason I ask ahead of time is because this is a very high-definition ultrasound machine. Very top of the line. Most laypeople can't tell the sex of their baby, but this thing is so precise it makes it very obvious. I'll try my best to get our first view in profile..." She said as she applied the wand to the side of MJ's belly.
And just like that… there it was. MJ and Peter both collectively gasped as their baby showed up in very, very high detail on the large projected hologram.
"Oh...my...god...!" MJ whispered while Peter held her hand. "Peter, are you seeing this?"
"Yeah, I am...!" Peter whispered.
Dr. Cho couldn't help but smile. This...this was one of the best parts of her job, in her opinion. She then hit an audio switch, and suddenly the room was filled with a rhythmic whooshing sound.
MJ was already on the verge of tears, but hearing what Peter had been hearing all these weeks really set her off; their baby's "heartbeat".
"O-oh my god..."
And Peter was right there with her, tears flowing freely, "I know, it's...perfect." He held her hand a little tighter.
'This...this is real...!' he thought. 'There's our baby, right there! We're gonna have a baby!'
Dr. Cho continued her analysis, with Doctor Strange piping in every once in a while.
Bruce couldn't really offer that much input, unfortunately. He wasn't really a medical doctor, after all. He just stood in silence, warmly watching the young couple see their child for the first time.
Desirée and May were holding each other, balling their utter eyes out. For Desirée, it brought back the very best memories of her own pregnancies with Michelle and Caleb. And for May, it brought the bittersweet memories of going with Richard and Mary to their own ultrasound appointments.
After a few minutes of observation, Dr. Cho nodded, "Well, everything looks completely normal. You said you're at your eighth week, yes?"
MJ nodded.
"Well," Dr. Cho shrugged. "Then I'd say you're right on track."
Stephen nodded, "I'd have to concur, at least from ultrasound observation. May I do my own diagnostic?"
MJ nodded, then Stephen began making arcane gestures with his hands. Glowing symbology danced over MJ's belly, as Stephen began to float in place.
He could see the fetus perfectly in his mind's eye. "Hm... Everything looks completely normal. Placenta is right where it should be, blood volume is looking good. Bones are developing nicely... Everything's looking right as rain," he said as he opened his eyes and floated back to the ground.
Doctor Cho nodded. Now that the fun part was over, it was time for the uncomfortable stuff. MJ watched with mild horror as Dr. Cho retrieved the largest needle she'd ever seen in her entire life from her drawer.
"Now, I know this looks bad, but we're gonna make it as pain free as possible," she said as she applied a topical anaesthetic to MJ's belly. "However, that being said, this will pinch just a little bit."
Peter held MJ's hand, as Stephen took over the use of the ultrasound wand so Dr. Cho had both hand's free. Under ultrasound guidance, she gently pushed the needle into MJ's abdomen.
"Oh, that does...not feel nice," she winced, trying to stay as still as possible. Peter ran his fingers through her hair, kissing her lightly on the forehead.
"You're doing so well," he whispered.
Dr. Cho retrieved the barest few drops of liquid before she withdrew the needle. Stephen did MJ the courtesy of muttering a minor healing spell, effectively doing in seconds what her body would do over the course of two days.
Instantly, she felt better, the subtle soreness disappeared, and it felt as if they hadn't done the procedure in the first place.
Shuri took the needle and injected its contents into the genetic sequencer. "This'll take- oh look, it's done," she said almost as soon as she was done withdrew the needle.
"Holy crap, that thing works fast," Dr. Banner said as he analyzed the findings. After a moment, he said, "Well, I can say with certainty; the child will have similar abilities to Peter. I can also say they most likely won't be present at birth. From what I can tell, they'll probably grow into their abilities around the time they hit puberty."
"Seriously?" MJ asked. "So, there's no danger?"
"None whatsoever," Bruce assured her.
"Well, that's a relief," MJ replied.
A little bit later, Pepper and Morgan rushed in, apologizing profusely for being late. Apparently Pepper's business meeting went on a little longer than expected.
MJ insisted that Dr. Cho do a very quick ultrasound just so Morgan could see. For one, she wanted to get another quick look and a couple prints...and also because it would be a good educational experience for Morgan.
As everyone gave their own congratulations; Peter and MJ met some new faces. First was a fairly-tanned woman standing at 5'4, with curly dark brown hair and hazel-colored eyes. She was dressed almost like a business woman, but the material for her suit looked flexible.
"Hi, Jen Walters," she introduced herself with a friendly grin, shaking their hands.
"You're that She-Hulk, right?" Peter asked.
Jen grimaced a bit, "Still not too crazy about that name."
"I actually think it works," MJ commented.
The next two were very well known, but the young couple had never met them. Thor Odinson, the God of Thunder himself, and Doctor Jane Foster, one of the world's leading astrophysicists, the world's foremost astronomer, the creator of the Foster Theory, as well as one of the premiere experts on Asgard.
Peter had seen Thor during the final battle against Thanos and at Tony's funeral, but he never got the chance to talk to him, and Jane was another one of MJ's idols.
The God of Thunder gave Peter the strongest handshake he's ever had, "I did not expect the Man of Spiders to be so young. But, you've shown true courage, selflessness, and strength of heart. That makes you a true hero."
Peter didn't expect such high praise from the "second" strongest Avenger, "Thank you, sir."
"You got that from Hercules, didn't you?" MJ asked.
Thor quirked his eyebrow, "I've never met him, but if he's anything like his father, then he's no hero."
Jane chuckled, "She meant the Disney version of Hercules."
"Oh yes, of course! You showed me that film!" Thor remembered. "That was a much more pleasant version of the Gods of Olympus."
"I loved that movie," MJ commented.
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Bruce, Thor, Clint, Scott, Hope, Sam and Bucky stood in the observation room watching the new recruits go through the training regiment. Peter and MJ were off at the side, enjoying some snacks.
"So, what do you think?" Bruce asked the god of thunder.
"They show great promise, and potential," Thor answered. "But they have some things to work on."
"I agree," Clint nodded. "Let's just see what they do."
White Tiger demonstrated some incredible acrobatics as she maneuvered around, slicing the hologram enemies with her claws.
"Ava has a lot of the same skills required for the Black Panther," Sam stated. "She's disciplined and hard working."
"But she prefers pre-planned attacks and doesn't do well with thinking on her feet," Hope added.
"Shang has technique, flexibility and is able to adapt to any situation," Bucky stated.
"Yeah, that fight on the bus made me feel like I was watching a Jackie Chan movie," Scott commented.
"Tandy and Tyrone need to work on improving their powers," Bruce said. "Tandy should try to see if she can throw more than one or two daggers at a time, and Tyrone should see if he can teleport things without actually going with them."
"Kamala should learn more about what she can do with her elasticity," Hope said.
"Nova's the biggest issue," Sam stated. "He cares more about showing off, bragging, and thinks he has something to prove."
"I've already shown Amadeus everything that goes with being a Hulk, so he's good," Bruce said. "Everyone else seems good."
"I agree," Sam said. "Anything else we've missed?"
"Nope, that's all bases covered," Hope responded.
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"...I guess Gorr wished for me to be healed, and here I am," Jane finished. She'd just told Peter and MJ about how she'd been diagnosed with breast cancer, found a temporary cure with the reassembled Mjolnir, becoming a second version of Thor, reuniting with ex-boyfriend Thor, getting back together, and stopping Gorr the God Butcher from destroying all Gods.
"Wow...!" MJ whispered in amazement. "That's amazing!"
Peter had the look of a nerd who just had his mind blown, but he soon recovered,
"How could there be two Thors at the same time? I mean how-h-how does that work?"
Jane shrugged, "I literally have no idea."
"I think you'd do better as a Valkyrie," MJ commented.
"So would you," Jane responded.
Both girls laughed at this.
After another half hour of talking, the couple and their families returned home.
After doing some of their schoolwork; MJ convinced Peter to watch the movie "Tag".
"After the time we had, I think we could both use a load off," said MJ, and Peter had no arguments.
She then groaned a bit in pain, "My feet are killing me...!"
Peter smiled before he went over and began to massage her feet, causing her to sigh in relief.
MJ always enjoyed when he rubbed her bare skin with his hands. His hands, fingers and feet had scopulae on them, which is what allowed him to stick to surfaces. Whenever he rubbed her, it gave her a slightly tickling and soothing sensation.
MJ giggled a bit, causing Peter to look at her.
"What?"
"Your hands tickle a bit," she answered.
"I guess it's because of the scopulae on my fingers," Peter stated.
MJ squinted, "The what?"
Peter held up his right hand, "When I first got my powers, I noticed these microscopic...hair things grow out of my fingers. Scopulae are dense tufts of hair at the end of a spiders' legs. They consist of microscopic hairs, known as setae, which are each covered in even smaller hairs called setules or "end feet". That's how I...stick to things." (1)
"Cool," she commented. "A little creepy, but cool."
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In a darkened laboratory somewhere at Oscorp, a man in his 50s and in a wheelchair was combing through some new data. The man is Spencer Smythe.
Two years ago, Norman Osborn heard from one of his contacts at A.I.M. about the Clone Incident. The crooked business man/scientist found the idea of cloning Spider-Man fascinating, but also believed the government incredibly stupid for not expecting it to backfire. Still, the idea had some merit.
The Wall-Crawler was one of the best super-powered beings on the planet, and utilizing his powers for financial gain was too good to pass up!
He hired Dr. Smythe to assist him in finding a way to replicate Spider-Man's abilities, so he could create an army of spider-enhanced super soldiers to sell to the highest bidder.
Recently, a small drone managed to obtain a sample of Spidey's blood; though the hero thought the pinch was just a bug trying to bite him. Smythe had the computer display a DNA strand, that slowly turned black. Even the blood turned black, and started to move on it's own.
Norman's face appeared on a separate monitor, "Did you get the sample?"
"Oh, Mr. Osborn, you have no idea," Smythe answered. "I've isolated the deadliest aspects of Spider-Man's DNA. It's...incredible, like distilled aggression. Pure...venom."
"Excellent," Norman smirked.
"Imagine an army clad in living armor that imbues your soldiers with Spider-Man's powers," Smythe said. "I just need a few months to-"
"Months?" Norman questioned.
"Mr. Osborn, this is practically a new life form!" Smythe insisted. "The dangers of rushing-"
"Risks are part of science," Norman interrupted again. "I gave you the facilities and equipment to handle our unique scientific endeavors. Use them."
Dr. Smythe sighed, "I'll have something for you tonight." (2)
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Peter, MJ, Ned and the rest of their friends, dubbed "The American Idiots" by Ava, were gathered at the couple's apartment for another "Try Not To Challenge". (3)
It was Ned's turn and he chose "Try Not To Sing"; that meant no singing, no dancing, no lip-synching, no humming or whistling, and no tapping fingers or hands to the songs. And to make it even harder...they were all Disney songs!
MJ gave Ned a half-hearted glare, "I hate you."
"I'm just gonna leave then," Peter joked. "This is impossible."
Randy, Ava, Betty, Kate and Peter all failed on "I Just Can't Wait To Be King" from The Lion King. Next was "I See the Light" from Tangled. At first, no one was going to break...but right around the end, Peter and MJ ended up singing the last two lines. Everyone lost at "I'll Make a Man Out of You" from Mulan. One of the hardest though was the intro from That's So Raven.
"Oh, come on, you know people are gonna sing that," Ava said.
Kenny and Randy both exclaimed with "Go Ray!" when it got to that part. MJ, Kate and Harry couldn't stop themselves from dancing.
Next was "This Is Me" from Camp Rock.
"Oh how dare you?" MJ stated.
"Demi Lovato, before she blew up," Kate commented.
Betty, Harry and Randy all sang to it, but MJ shockingly held herself back.
"I really thought that'd make you crack!" Ned exclaimed.
MJ playfully flexed her skinny arms as Peter sighed in relief, "Thank God it didn't get to Joe Jonas' part. That would've broke me."
"Okay, next one!" Harry said before "Why Should I Worry?" from Oliver and Company started playing. Nobody could stop themselves from dancing, plus Harry and Kenny sang along. Everyone danced or made sounds for the beat on "Under the Sea" from The Little Mermaid. Only Peter and Harry sang at the line "Darling it's better, down where it's wetter, take it from me~", reminiscing Kingdom Hearts II.
Everyone danced again on "Friend Like Me" from Aladdin.
"No one could've brought Genie to life except Robin Williams," Ava said.
"No question of it," Peter praised.
"He was the best," MJ added.
"A moment of silence, please," Harry suggested as they all went quiet in respect. AN: (RIP Robin Williams)
After they did, they all lost in some way to "Hakuna Matata" from The Lion King. Everyone ended up tossing their heads around during the montage of Simba growing up!
"Okay, last one!" Ned announced before "Try Everything" from Zootopia played. Now this one proved to be the hardest one of all. MJ and Ava were really trying not to sing, and Peter nearly opened his mouth, but covered it.
Everyone else mouthed the words or danced.
"Okay, that was the last one!" Ned announced. "Sadly, no one has zero points, but with the least amount of points being seven...the winners are Peter, MJ, Kenny and Ava!" (Overall Scores: Randy 10, Peter 7, MJ 7, Harry 8, Kenny 7, Ava 7, Kate 8, Betty 8)
"Yes!" Peter cheered while MJ, Kenny, and Ava high-fived.
"Yo, these "Try Not To Sing" challenges are hard enough!" Randy stated. "But the fact that these were all Disney songs made it even harder!"
"It just sucked away any willpower!" Harry agreed.
"Honestly, I try so hard, but it's impossible to fight it," Kenny added. "If you don't laugh, it makes you seem heartless. If you don't sing or dance to Disney songs, it seems like you had a bad childhood."
MJ chuckled at that, then got up, "Excuse me?"
Peter looked concerned as she was holding her stomach, "You okay?"
"Bathroom," she assured him with a smile before going to the bathroom.
"Is she doing okay overall, with the baby?" Harry asked.
"Yeah, for the most part," Peter said. "She has good days and bad days. The other day, she was so grumpy until after lunch. She did nothing but boss me around, or glare at me."
"Yeah, that happens," Harry shrugged. "And on other days?"
"Her mood changes so abruptly, it's hard to keep up with," Peter said.
"Like that episode of Kim Possible with those mood-changer chips," Ned interjected.
"Sort of like that, yeah," Peter agreed.
Five minutes later, the rest of the American Idiots left the apartment. Peter went to check on MJ, but found her on their bed instead of in the bathroom.
She was only in her underwear and she had a sultry look in her eyes. (4)
"Uh...hey, MJ," Peter said after swallowing the lump in his throat. "What's...what's going on?"
"Lemme make it easier on you," MJ replied. "I want you, right here...right now."
"But MJ, you're-" he didn't get to fully protest before she grabbed him and kissed him desperately. She had the friskiness of an animal in heat as she forced her tongue into his mouth, and pulling his hands up to grope her breasts. She panted and moaned with pleasure as he twerked her hardened nipples through her bra.
"Mmm...ahh..." Peter moaned as he suddenly felt himself going hard. MJ removed his shirt before reaching into his pants to grip his dick.
"Ah...! MJ...!" Peter cried out.
Then, MJ began to rub up and down along his shaft, causing him to moan. In response, one of his hands went down to her panties and rubbed her vagina. Her body shivered with pleasure and she gasped loudly. Being pregnant made her more sensitive. That's when Peter stuck in two fingers, causing MJ to bite her lip. He unclipped her bra, letting it fall off her body, then kissed all over her naked breasts.
"Ah! Oh, god, Peter!" MJ cried as she held him closer.
Peter gently laid her on their bed, then began kissing her neck, then went to her shoulders, then collarbone, and back to her breasts. MJ held his head the whole time, gasping at the ministrations. She moaned and bit her lip as she felt him suckle on her nips.
He rubbed his hands along her stomach, feeling a small bulge from her growing baby-bump. He went further down to remove her panties, leaving her completely bare. She then got him to take off his pants and boxers, both now having skin-to-skin contact. Soon, the began to kiss each other, captured in their own passion. As they did, MJ grabbed Peter's dick and brought it to her entrance.
First, he rubbed the tip against her opening, causing her to moan even more before he began to penetrate. She cried out in pleasure, relishing the feeling of his dick inside of her for the first time in weeks.
"I've missed this..." she whispered.
"Yeah, me too," Peter agreed as he began to thrust in and out of her, but being sure to go at a moderate pace.
Normally, she would've asked him to be a bit rougher, but being pregnant made her so sensitive that his current pace was enough to turn her legs into jelly.
"Keep going...!" she urged him. "Don't stop, Peter!"
He kissed all over her neck, no doubt giving her some hickeys as he went a little deeper inside her. She gasped at the feeling, then grabbed his face to kiss him as he kept moving in and out of her. It was like MJ's blood had turned into liquid heat. Every motion was pain and pleasure at the same time! Her body started to glisten with sweat, which seemed to turn Peter on even more!
Soon, he began to pick up the pace!
"Oh Peter!" MJ cried out. "Yes, YESSS! AH!"
"MJ!" Peter cried out as he kept moving in and out of her.
He didn't go any faster or harder since he didn't wanna hurt her or the baby, but it didn't seem to bother her.
"Oh keep going! Keep going please!" she screamed, tightly closing her eyes. "I'm gonna cum! I'M GONNA CUM!"
"Almost...there!" Peter cried as he kept moving.
MJ cried with pleasure before screaming as she climaxed! Peter cried as he did the same, groaning as he collapsed beside her.
Both of them panted, then chuckled a bit.
"That was great tiger," she moaned.
"You were great, too..." Peter said, panting heavily.
She held his face and kissed him passionately, moaning as he returned it.
"Easy, there, MJ," said Peter. "Take a bit of a break first."
"I think your spider hormones are rubbing off on me," she stated, chuckling.
Peter placed his hand on her belly, "You okay in there, little one?"
They didn't feel anything...but Peter could just make out a fluttering heartbeat coming from within MJ.
"I felt something," she said. "It's similar to butterflies in your stomach, but different."
"Hmm...I think it's the baby's heartbeat," he stated.
"Yeah...I think so, too," she replied.
They shared one more kiss before going to sleep.
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Norman walked into Spencer's lab, only to see a lot of the computers and consoles were wrecked! The aforementioned scientist was currently being lifted off the floor by his son, Alistair.
"Smythe, what happened?" Norman questioned.
"The organism escaped," Spencer responded.
"How?"
"We were running some tests when it became more erratic," Alistair explained. "But the most bizarre thing was that the computer detected an increase in testosterone levels."
AN: (Basically, the new symbiote became more erratic because Peter was having sex, and since the symbiote came from his DNA; they're connected.)
"Where is it going?" Norman questioned.
"Best guess; back where it came from," Spencer answered.
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The next morning, MJ got up to use the bathroom. As her grogginess started to fade and she rubbed her stomach, she felt something odd...her stomach felt bigger...
She looked down, only to gasp as she saw that her bump had grown a bit bigger! Yesterday she was barely showing, being only six weeks along. Now, she looked like she was three and a half moths along!
"What the fuck?!" she exclaimed, which woke Peter and made him rush to the bathroom.
He was about to ask what was wrong, but the words died before they even left his mouth as he immediately saw MJ holding her now larger stomach. It was such a shock, he couldn't even form any coherent words.
"What is happening?!" MJ questioned. "It hasn't even been three months, yet!"
Peter knelt down and hugged her, trying to calm her down, even though he was worried too. And...the seriousness of the situation made them ignore the fact that they were both naked. He placed his hand on her stomach and focused his heightened senses on their unborn baby. From what Strange and Cho had told him about what normally occurs during each trimester; everything sounded normal.
"Potential good news, the baby still sounds healthy," he stated. "And so do you. Bad news, we don't what caused this to happen or what it could mean."
"I...I wanna see the doctors. We need to know what this means, and I'm this close to panicking."
"Okay, but let's call them before we decide to see them," he responded.
Soon, Peter made the call to let the doctors know that he and MJ were coming later. He left out any details, plus deciding it would just be them and not notify their families, yet. After they had breakfast and showered, Doctor Strange portaled into their living room...and saw what the issue was when he glanced at MJ.
The couple followed him through the portal to the Compound, where Dr. Cho and Bruce Banner had a similar look of shock over MJ's suddenly increased pregnancy. MJ was still nervous, but Peter was still by her side, reassuring her the whole time.
Helen went over to check her, "How did this happen?"
"I have no idea," MJ answered. "Yesterday, I looked the way I did at my last check-up. Today, I wake up, go to use the bathroom...and I see this..."
"Hmm..." Helen hummed.
"Do you have any ideas?" Peter asked.
"I think it might have something to do with your spider DNA, Peter," Helen stated. "When spiders lay eggs, it takes around 30 to 50 days for them to hatch."
"Now, before you start to panic; that doesn't mean you're going to...*cough* lay eggs," Strange assured a worried MJ. "Your child is one hundred percent human."
"With an addition of getting spider powers," she muttered. Peter hugged her to calm her down.
"This could just mean that your pregnancy will be shorter than normal," Helen theorized.
"Well...I guess that's a relief...?" MJ said, though she still sounded uncertain about all this. "By short, how short do you think this pregnancy will be?"
Doctor Strange created some mystic symbols, which briefly wrapped around MJ's body, then closed his eyes as he recited an incantation. After doing that for a minute, he stopped...
"Rough estimate...around six months."
"So, I'm already halfway there?" MJ asked.
"Possibly," Helen answered. "This is new for all of us."
MJ nodded, then asked for another ultrasound, since she was more developed now. She laid on the bed, held up her shirt for Dr. Cho to rub the ultrasound gel on her belly, then applied the wand to the side of her stomach. And there he/she was...their baby showed in very, very high detail on the projected hologram.
MJ and Peter both gasped as they held each other's hands, the former beginning to tear up as she looked at the screen.
"Everything still looks normal," Helen told them.
"We can print a picture for you, if you want," Dr. Banner offered.
"What do you think, MJ?" asked Peter.
She nodded, smiling.
The ultrasound printout was as clear as the image on the hologram display. Not even local hospitals could make images this clear.
MJ only sniffed, tearing up even more.
"So beautiful...!"
"I can even count the fingers...!" Peter added.
A little later, the couple returned home. After studying together for a while, Peter went out on patrol.
But little did he realize that as he exited through the window; a living black ooze that had been slithering up the wall latched onto his foot. As he continued to web-swing, the ooze gradually began to cover his whole body. Once it had, he now had a new costume; it was all black with a large white spider on the chest and torso, with eight legs that wrapped around the sides till they formed another identical symbol on the back. The masks eyes were all white and larger, and there were some white triangle shapes on the back of the hands.
However, Peter didn't realize yet that he had a new suit...
Suddenly, he noticed some police cars driving down the street, their sirens blaring. He perched on one the cars' roofs and listened to the scanners, which reported some strange creatures attacking Grand Central Station.
Wasting no time, Spidey swung his way to Grand Central.
As he did though, he felt like he was moving faster, and covering more distance than he did before he shot another webline.
'What's up with me? Does the prospect of becoming a father somehow increase my powers?' He wondered.
He made it to Grand Central in record time, then took a quick gander of the situation. The place was wrecked and there were a bunch of green-skinned, goblin-like imps running around, attacking any person they could get their claws on!
However, two guys that Peter hadn't seen before were already fighting the creatures! One was a white man with brown hair and greying temples, wearing a blue and black body suit! Amazingly, his arms and legs stretched like Kamala's whenever he threw punches and kicks at the creatures!
The second was a large...person...who's skin appeared to be made of orange-colored rocks. He was very muscular and wearing blue and black pants that were the same design as the other man's body suit, and black boots for his large feet. The rock-man was tossing around the creatures like they were nothing, so he obviously had superstrength!
The first man also had a white circle on his chest with blue-colored "4" in the middle, and the rock-man had the same symbol on the waist of his pants!
"...Who are you guys?" Spidey asked.
"Spider-Man?" The first man questioned with slight-surprise.
"Wait, aren't you Dr. Reed Richards of the Baxter Foundation?" Spidey asked, but then dodged a large slab of earth thrown at him by one of the creatures!
"Fight now, talk later!" The rock-man exclaimed in a gruff sounding voice. He roared as he charged forward, bashing the creatures with his arms!
Spidey fired some web-balls at the creatures and web-slammed them to the ground!
Reed stretched his arms and clotheslined the beasts, then he threw a stretching punch at another one that was trying to attack him from behind. As Spidey kept incapacitating the creatures, he noticed that his attacks were stronger.
'Wow, what's up with me?!" He wondered as he took out the last few creatures.
Dr. Richards approached, "Are you really Spider-Man?"
"I think the costume gives it away," he answered.
"I thought your suit was red and blue, not black," The rock-man stated, making Spidey look at his arm and saw that...he did have on a new black suit. He looked around till he found a good reflective surface and fully saw what this new black suit looked like.
"Whoa...!" Spidey whispered in surprise as he looked himself over. "Where did this come from?" He then remembered he felt stronger; was it because of this new suit?
He turned to the rock-man, "Hey big guy, throw a punch at me!"
"What?"
"I think he wants to test his strength, Ben," Reed told the rock-man, now known as "Ben".
Ben shrugged before throwing a punch with seventy percent of his strength, and Spidey caught it with his hand, without any struggle or sounds of pain!
"Awesome!" Spidey exclaimed with excitement. "Normally I'd have trouble lifting a car!"
"Fascinating," Reed stated as he approached. "I'd like to examine it another time. But for now, it's an honor to meet you."
Spidey shook his hand, "Oh no, the honor is mine Dr. Richards! Your reports on theoretical and applied physics are brilliant!"
Reed gave him an inquisitive look, "And you understood it?"
"Yes, I even plan to write a paper on some."
Reed smiled, "Impressive. What school do you attend and how well do you do?"
"Uh, I'm...currently a sophomore at Columbia University, and I haven't had a grade below "A" since kindergarten."
Reed chuckled as he pat Spidey on the back. "I like you, already."
Ben cleared his throat to get their attention, making Reed chuckle awkwardly.
"Oh right, this is my old friend, Ben Grimm."
"Glad to meet ya, kid," Ben gave Spidey a fist bump.
"You too. So, what's with the "4"? Are you and two others like a..."Fearsome Four" or something?"
"Actually, we're the Fantastic Four," Reed corrected. "Johnny thought of the name."
"What about code-names?"
"I'm "Mister Fantastic" and Ben is "The Golem"."
"Sounds cooler than 'The Thing'," Ben commented. (5)
Spidey's eyes squinted, "Who came up with that?"
"The media."
Reed then put his hand to his ear, "Johnny, where are you?"
"Underground. These mole things are laying eggs. I'm trying really hard not to puke!"
"Do you think you can hold on until we get there?" Reed asked.
"I think so."
"Ben, you meet up with Sue," Reed told his friend. "Spider-Man and I will find Johnny."
"Gotcha," said Ben. "Think you can handle being with Reed, kid?"
"Let's see...I fought against Steve Rogers (Who I actually should've been fighting with), teamed up with Iron Man and Doctor Strange against Thanos, got erased, then came back five years later, fought against Thanos and his entire army and lived to tell about it," Spidey responded, counting down some of the big battles his been through. "So, yeah. I'm good."
Ben chuckled, "Smartass."
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Scene Change~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Meanwhile, just at the border separating New York from New Jersey; a certain man hosting a familiar symbiote was travelling like a wanderer.
"Wait...something's off..."
"What?" Eddie asked the voice in his head. "Is Kasady close?"
"No, it's something else. There's a new presence in the Hive-Mind; one that wasn't there before."
"What do you think it could be?" Eddie questioned.
"It's bonded to that costumed hero, Spider-Man."
"Spider-Man, huh? What do you say we pay him a visit?"
Venom covered his entire body, "Way ahead of you."
The symbiote and host went into a four limbed sprint back the way they came, headed for Manhattan.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Scene Change~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
As Spidey and Reed moved underground to find Johnny...
"So, what are these creatures?"
"They're called Moloids," Reed answered.
"...Moloids? Really?" Spidey asked, unimpressed.
"They're a subterranean species that's been on this planet for thousands of years," Reed continued.
"What do they want?" Spidey asked.
"We don't know, yet," Reed answered.
Eventually, they started getting closer to a large chamber where there were constant flashes of orange, along with a young male voice making taunts.
"Over here, ugly!" shouted a voice, and that's when Spidey spotted a man...literally on fire! His whole body was engulfed in flames and he was floating in the air, throwing fireballs at several Moloids!
"Johnny!" called Reed, causing the flaming man to glance over his shoulder.
"Reed, bout time you got here!"
Spidey looked around the room and saw hundreds of Moloids. Most of them were...leaving. The ones that weren't trying to attack Johnny were damaging some of the walls. Spidey squinted in confusion, until he realized...
"They're gonna cause a cave-in! We gotta run!"
"Ah, crap!" Johnny shouted before he, Reed, and Spidey began to make a run for it, just as the cavern began to crumble and collapse!
They made it just in the nick of time, only getting a face-full of dirt. Well, only Reed got covered in it. Spidey was covered in dust, but the mask spared him from getting any on his face. And Johnny still being on fire made all the dirt that hit him turn into tiny bits of glass.
"Ugh...NOT how I wanted to spend an evening," he lamented.
"Downsides of the job," Spidey commented.
Johnny's flames went out, revealing he was a younger man, probably twenty-five, with dirty blond hair and blue eyes. He was wearing the same blue and black body suit as Reed.
"Dude, I'm a huge fan!" He exclaimed happily to the web-head.
"You are?"
"He is," Reed stated.
"Well, nice to meet a fan," Spidey replied.
"Reed, you and Johnny need to get to Times Square!" A female voice explained from Reed's earpiece. "There's a giant one of these creatures coming out of the ground!"
"We're on our way!" Reed responded.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Scene Change~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Spidey, Reed and Johnny arrived at Times Square, where Ben was standing, ready to fight! Along with a woman with blonde hair, wearing the same body suit as the others.
"Hey Spidey, meet my big sister, Susan Storm," Johnny introduced the woman. "Sue, meet Spider-Man."
"Spider-Man, huh?" Susan stated. "Heard a lot about you."
"Hi," he responded, somewhat awkwardly.
The gigantic Mole creature resembled one of the Skull Crawlers from Kong: Skull Island. Only it's skin was orange-brown colored, it's snout was shorter but still full of large teeth! It had two muscular arms and a worm-like tail instead of legs. It also had stone spikes on its upper forearms, the top of its head, and going down it's spine.
"Sheesh, that thing's ugly!" Spidey exclaimed. "What in the hell is that?!"
"I guess a giant Moloid," Reed answered. "Sue, try to keep the property damage from getting too bad. Ben, Johnny, Spider-Man, we need to take it down."
"FLAME ON!" Johnny exclaimed before lighting on fire and flew around the Moloid!
Ben punched his fist into his hand before running to join him, "IT'S CLOBBERING TIME!"
Reed stretched his entire body to wrap around the Moloid's snout, and went further around it's body.
Spidey took a look around the area and saw there were still some people around,
"I'm gonna get these people to safety!"
"Good idea!" Susan responded just as Ben jumped up and delivered a punch to the Moloid's stomach, making it fall toward one of the billboards!
Susan held up her hands, which began to glow white, and some kind of white-colored psionic force field formed around the Moloid before it hit the building! Somehow, the force field kept the Moloid from damaging the building and fell to the ground!
"Is it over?" Spidey asked, only for the Moloid to growl as it tried to get back up! "Nope!"
Johnny threw several fire balls at it, but it shrugged them off! Spidey saw some people trapped by some rubble, so he ran over and lifted it! Strangely, lifting it didn't take as much effort as it usually would.
'What is going on here?!' he thought as he managed to free the citizens, who ran as fast as they could to safety.
"SUSIE, GIVE ME A BOOST!" Ben called to the blond, who created a circular force-field platform under his feet before it launched him up! Reed started to unwrap himself from the Moloid as Ben delivered three double-handed punches to its face, making it see stars!
"Hahaha! That's how it's done!" Johnny laughed.
The giant Moloid fell back down the hole in the street it crawled out of.
The five heroes looked down, before Spidey commented, "Okay, who wants to go down the large hole after the giant monster first?"
The other four chuckled at his joke, before Reed put his hand on his shoulder, "We'll take it from here, Spider-Man."
"You sure?"
"Absolutely," Reed assured him. "The rest of the city needs you."
"But be sure to look us up if you ever need a hand, okay?" Johnny added.
"Sure," Spidey fist-bumped him. "You guys are set up in Avengers Tower, right?"
"Yes, but we're changing the name to "The Baxter Building"," Susan replied.
"Okay, cool," Spidey said. "Good luck down there."
"See ya around, kid," Ben told him before jumping down the hole. Reed went next, then Sue and Johnny.
After Spidey swung past Radio City Music Hall, 'Now that my attention is free; where did this new suit come from?'
He decided that he'd best look into it, first. He didn't know why, but he had a bad feeling. Later, he got to campus, dropped into alleyway so he could change into his street clothes...but then his new suit actually morphed into regular clothing; a dark blue plaid shirt to go with his brown pants.
'Whoa! I just thought of changing to my normal clothes and this new suit literally "changed" into some! Cool, but alarming...!'
Soon, the bell rang and he made his way to class.
After it was over, Peter showed MJ and Ned his new suit...
"Dude, that is awesome!" Ned exclaimed.
"More like creepy," MJ commented.
"I know, it is pretty weird," Peter agreed.
"Where did this suit even come from?" Ned asked.
"I have no idea," Peter answered. "All I know is that I apparently had it when I arrived at Grand Central."
"Speaking of; what were those guys like?" MJ asked.
"Very cool! They call themselves "The Fantastic Four"!"
"Badass," Ned approved.
MJ nodded, "Not bad."
"I also noticed that while I was fighting, this suit gave me...extra strength or something."
"How so?" Ned asked.
"I lifted a large amount of rubble to free some trapped people, and normally I'd have a little trouble lifting that much," Peter answered.
"But not this time," MJ finished.
"Which is why it's so weird," said Peter.
"After this Mole-thing is finished; I wanna ask Dr. Richards to take a look at it."
"Good idea," MJ and Ned agreed.
Later that night, however; as Peter and MJ slept, the new suit "slithered" over to the bed...
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~The Next Day~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
At the FEAST Center...
"MJ, I know you still wanna help, and I appreciate it," May told the girl. "But you are carrying my grand-niece and I don't want you to overwork yourself."
"I'm fine, really," MJ reassured...even though she looked like she was having a bit of a time walking.
May brought a wheel-chair over for her, "I know it's not ideal, but it's better than walking on swollen ankles."
MJ sighed, knowing that May wouldn't relent, so she sat down in the wheelchair. She had to admit, it was a relief from standing up a lot. May took her to the kids area, where the children all gasped at seeing MJ's condition.
"Michelle, you're having a baby?!"
"Yeah, I sure am," MJ replied, smiling warmly at the kids.
"Wow!" exclaimed one of the little girls.
"Congratulations," Martin Li came in and smiled, "You're absolutely glowing."
"Aww, thanks," MJ replied as she rubbed her belly.
~~~~~Later~~~~~
"Hey May," Peter arrived at his aunt's office.
"Peter, you look exhausted," she noticed.
AN: (When the symbiote slithered over to the bed, it put itself back on Peter, forming the suit. Then, it snuck out to do Spider-Man stuff, but used Peter's body as a vessel. So, the whole time, Peter was asleep. But since the symbiote was making his body move, he still used up energy, that's why he's tired.)
"Yeah...I know," Peter said, tiredly. "Thing is...I haven't even been doing anything."
"You sure? You know you can be a little scatter-brained-"
"I used to be scatter-brained," Peter defended himself. "You know I've gotten better at balancing regular life and "work"."
"Oh, I'm just teasing," May assured him.
"Where's MJ?"
"She's with the kids," May told him.
"Are you sure it's okay for her to be down there?"
"Why wouldn't it be?"
"Well, I mean, it's a lot for her to do while she's pregnant," he said. "I just don't want her overdoing it."
"She knows not to," May responded. "But you know she hates to be treated like an invalid."
"Yeah, I know."
"Oh, by the way..." May got up from her desk to close her office door. "How did MJ go from being one month along to suddenly being three months along?!"
"Oh...that's, uh..." Peter nervously scratched his head. "Because of my DNA. Doctor Strange and Dr. Cho said that her pregnancy would be shorter than normal."
"Really?" May asked, surprised. "So, when do you think she'll be due?"
"Maybe six months," he answered.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Scene Change~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
After a couple days of using the black suit, Spidey was mostly enjoying it. But that bad feeling about it wouldn't go away.
At the moment though, he was stopping a drug deal. Once the main thugs were down, the leader tried to escape, only for Spidey to pull him back with a web! He was a tall, bald Hispanic with tattooed writing on his face. Peter knew who this was from MJ's description; Mouse, one of Fezco's dealers, who made MJ take Fentanyl! The moment he saw him, his whole-body tensed in anger.
He quickly webbed up the other criminals, told the student to leave, then took Mouse to a rooftop. Where he proceeded to beat the drug-dealer almost near an inch of his life! He then wrapped his hands around his throat, trying to choke the life out of him!
But then, a hand grabbed his shoulder to pull him back, "Hey, hey! Easy kid! Easy!"
It was Frank Castle, in regular civilian clothing.
Now, Peter could've easily pushed him away, but something about the look Frank was giving him woke him up. He released his grip from Mouse's neck, making the drug-dealer collapse to regains his breath.
Peter looked at his hands, realizing that he'd almost killed someone,
"I...I..."
"Hey, relax," Frank told him. "What'd this asshole do to piss you off?"
"...He gave my girlfriend Fentanyl," Peter said.
"Did she OD?"
"No, but the withdrawal was painful."
Frank nodded in understanding, walked over to Mouse who was still on the ground, and shot him in the head!
"Why'd you stop me if you were gonna kill him?" Peter questioned.
"Listen kid; when you've been through the same shit that I have, you get a sense about people," Frank answered. "Now you, I can tell you've been through a lot. The Avengers' fight against that space warlord, you probably got dusted as well...but you've never killed a person."
Peter paused before he sighed. "Yeah...I'll give you that one."
"Killing someone, it does something to ya," Frank continued. "It tears your soul apart. You don't want that on your conscience, trust me."
Peter quietly stood as he digested that. It was true, he never killed his enemies...and truthfully, he never wanted to.
"Go home and cool off, yeah?" Frank suggested.
"Yeah...good idea," Peter replied before he soon swung away on his webs.
Before he went home, though, he decided this would be a good time to visit Dr. Richards.
He swung up to the helipad, where Susan Storm had just exited the doors leading inside.
"Spider-Man! This is an unexpected treat."
"Hi, Ms. Storm-"
"It's "Dr." Storm," she corrected him.
"Sorry, Dr. Storm," Peter corrected himself.
"So, why'd you stop by?" she asked.
"I'd like Dr. Richards to take a look at my new costume," he answered.
"Sure, just follow me," said Susan as she led him away.
The inside was very similar to the Avengers Compound, but that made sense since the Tower was made first, and both were built with tech from Stark Industries. Susan led Peter to an expansive area with a large holo-table serving as most of the floor, where Dr. Richards currently working on...something.
"Dr. Richards?" Peter called, causing Reed to turn and face him.
"Oh, Spider-Man!" He stretched his arm over to shake hands. "I'm guessing you're here to examine your new suit?"
"You guess correctly."
~~~~~~~~Moments Later~~~~~~~~
Peter stood inside a holo-projection as he made the costume change to regular clothes.
"It can apparently mimic any outward appearance that you picture in your mind," Reed stated. "Fascinating!"
Susan silently gasped at the new data she received, "The suit somehow contains some of Spider-Man's DNA."
"Is that a bad thing?" Peter questioned.
"With the parts of your DNA it contains, yes," she answered.
"Spider-Man, please...don't panic," Reed began. "Your new suit is actually a symbiote created from the deadliest aspects of your DNA. It's attached itself to you both mentally and physically."
Peter felt instant dread like he was in a horror movie, but did his best not to panic,
"You mean it's...IT'S ALIVE?!"
"Basically, yes."
Just as Susan was about to suggest that Peter remove the suit immediately, he started trying to do that very thing! But, no matter how much he struggled; the symbiote would not come off!
"I can't get it off! In fact, it feels tighter!"
"I was afraid of this!" Reed exclaimed. "The symbiote is afraid of being separated from its host!"
Susan quickly checked any data they had on symbiotes from the Life Foundation, until she found a solution. She turned on "Rollin" by Limp Bizkit and turned up the volume for the speakers in the lab. As the song started, the symbiote started to spasm around Peter's body, like it was in pain!
"Is this really the time for a song, Susan?!" Reed questioned as he covered his ears.
"The symbiote is severely affected by loud noises!" Susan yelled as she covered her ears, as well.
Now reminded of that, Reed grabbed a special container, just before a large glob of black ooze jumped off of Peter! Susan created a spherical force-field around the symbiote, trapping it, then Reed closed the special container around it. Susan then turned off the music as Reed placed the container on one of the consoles.
"Thanks," Peter said as he panted heavily from the effort.
"You're welcome," Susan responded as she helped him up.
"This is...most disturbing," Reed muttered.
"What?" Peter asked.
"Someone artificially created this symbiote from your DNA," he answered. "Specifically, the deadliest aspects of it. Distilled aggression..."
"Who would do something like that?" asked Peter.
"I don't know, but most likely someone who wants to exploit your powers and weaponize them," Reed responded.
"Perhaps we should look into this later," Susan suggested.
"Thanks," Peter said, before putting on his regular suit. "Ah, that feels better."
Reed stretched his neck around him to examine his suit, "Fascinating! A blend of nano-bots working in harmony to create a covert suit of armor!"
"And all of it is usually stored in the spider emblem!" Peter stated with enthusiasm. "Carrying it in my pocket is a lot easier than an entire suit in a backpack."
"I imagine it would be," Susan agreed.
Then, Johnny came in, "Yo Spidey!"
"What's up, matchstick?" Peter high-fived him.
"Oh, nicknames, huh?" Johnny asked. "I got 'em, too, y'know."
"Well, I should get home," Peter said as he turned to leave.
"Hey, before you do; how about a quick race around the city?" Johnny challenged, looking confident.
"What, you think just because you can fly in a streak of fire, you can beat me?" Peter questioned.
Johnny chuckled, "I do believe that's what I'm saying."
"Then I've got two words for you; bring it." (6)
Susan rolled her eyes, "Boys..."
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Scene Change, The Helipad~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Johnny was now on fire and floating, "Race is to Times Square and back!"
"See you when I get there," Spidey teased.
"You mean after I get there," Johnny retorted. "Ready? Set! GO!"
With that, they were off!
As it started, Johnny was in the lead!
"Hope you're stacked up on the web!"
But then, Spidey passed him, "Honk if you're losing!"
"Hey, no fair!" Johnny shouted before he started to boost his speed. Still, the web-slinger proved faster than he originally thought.
And taunts kept being thrown, "If you played more video games, you'd make those turns better!"
"Very funny, Spidey!" Johnny called after him.
Eventually, they returned to the Baxter Building/Avengers Tower, but Spidey got there first!
"NOW I OWN YOU!" He cheered.
Johnny scoffed/chuckled, "Whatever."
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Scene Change~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Currently climbing along the underside of the Brooklynn Bridge, so as not to scare anyone; Venom came to a sudden stop.
"Hmm, that's strange," The alien muttered. "Do you feel it?"
"Yeah; somehow Spider-Man has separated the symbiote from his body," Eddie replied.
"Did he figure out its weaknesses, or did someone tell him?" Venom theorized two possibilities.
"One way to find out," Eddie said, before they kept moving.
~~~~~~~~~~~~Scene Change~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Peter arrived home, seeing MJ, and Ned on the couch.
"There you are!" The latter exclaimed. "We knew you wouldn't miss movie-night, but where's your new suit?"
"...MJ...Ned," Peter said. "What I had...was NOT a new suit."
"What do you mean?" Ned asked.
The explanation took almost twenty minutes, and then...
"So, that suit...was actually a symbiote...?" MJ started, sounding creeped out.
"Created from your DNA?" Ned finished.
"Basically, yeah," Peter replied. "Honestly, I don't even know how that happened."
"Most likely someone wants to weaponize your powers, like that clone incident," Ned theorized.
"You know something?" Peter stated, incredulously. "That wouldn't even surprise me."
"Me, neither," MJ agreed.
"Could this maybe have something to do with the Life Foundation?" Ned asked. "Remember that report from San Francisco by Eddie Brock about how Carlton Drake was using living organisms from space for shady experiments?"
"Yeah, I think so," Peter replied. "You think that has something to do with this?"
"Maybe," Ned answered. "I mean, that new suit being a symbiote certainly hints at it."
"So, what do you think I should do about this?" Peter asked.
"I suggest waiting a few days," MJ said. "Let Dr. Richards run some more tests on it, then check in with him."
With that, they started watching a movie; "Madea's Family Reunion".
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Scene Change~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
At the Baxter Building...
"This symbiote amplifies the characteristics of its host, especially aggression," Susan stated as she viewed a close-up of the organism.
"That would explain the increase in violence," Reed commented as he looked at the screen, showing the organism's vitals.
"The big question remains; who ever created it, how did they get Peter's DNA?" Susan asked, sighing. "Still can't believe that Spider-Man is only a college student..."
Reed hummed in agreement, "He must've been at least 15 or 16 when Thanos erased half the population, and he was one of them..."
"Poor thing..." Susan whispered.
However, the two scientists didn't notice a small, green-colored drone hover behind them. It quietly flew over to the test-tube the symbiote was trapped in, and fired a small laser. The laser wasn't lethal, but it was strong enough to pierce the glass. But it was so quiet that no one heard it. (7)
Soon, the symbiote began to make its way out of its prison.
~~~~~~~~~Scene Change~~~~~~~~~
Peter, MJ and Ned laughed hysterically when Madea started to hit the boy on the school bus.
"Oh, man, she is WAILING on him!" Ned laughed.
"I would not wanna be that kid!" Peter exclaimed.
"That's why you never mess with Madea!" MJ added.
Much later, at the part when Lisa threw hot grits on Blair Underwood after he hit her...
"Oh, jeez, here we go...!" Ned winced.
Outside, Madea said they were playing "Grit-Ball".
"I love that part!" MJ laughed while clapping her hands.
"It's not so fun being the one getting beat up, is it?!" Peter questioned rhetorically.
"You should use that for some of the muggers you beat up," MJ suggested. "Like "Aw, no fun getting beat up? Well, sit with that for a while"."
"Ooh, I better write that down!" Peter said.
They all laughed at the church scene when Madea said she shot 2Pac.
"Yeah, first time we were arguin' over a parking space! I didn't kill him, though. That wannit me!"
"Oh, dear god, that's hilarious!" Peter said.
Lisa and Vanessa arrived at the church, where the former revealed that she's been abused every day since she got engaged. But now, she was breaking it off and living for herself.
"Good for her," MJ said with a proud smile.
Everyone applauded for her, except her gold-digging mother. The trio especially loved it when Madea finally told off Victoria in front of everyone.
"Victoria, shut up! We feel sorry for you! Shut UP! That child got her own life to live! You need to go out and get you one, stop trying to live hers!"
"THANK YOU!" Ned shouted. "It's about time someone said it!"
~~~~~~~~Scene Change, Earlier~~~~~~~~
At the Baxter Building/Avengers Tower, thirty seconds after the symbiote escaped...
Johnny came into the lab and spotted the little drone!
"What the hell?!" he questioned in shock.
Reed and Susan turned around to ask what was wrong, when they saw the drone, as well! Susan created a force-field around it and smashed it into the floor!
Then Reed noticed, "Oh no, the symbiote is gone!"
Susan examined the containment tube and noticed the hole, "Did that drone do this?"
"Hopefully, it hasn't gone far!" Reed headed for the exit. "Johnny, come with me!"
"On it!" Johnny called as he ran after him. As the two went across the rooftops, they didn't notice a large figure following after them.
~~~~~~~~~Scene Change~~~~~~~~
Back at the apartment, the trio was watching Detective Pikachu, then Peter got a 911 text. He checked it, and...
"Oh crap!" He got up from the couch to get his suit.
Ned paused the movie, "Pete, what's wrong?"
"The symbiote escaped!" He responded.
"What?!" Ned and MJ questioned.
"I gotta go!" Peter shouted as he headed out.
It didn't take long to find the symbiote; White Tiger, Ms. Marvel, Hawkeye II, and a girl he didn't recognize were fighting the organism near the campus! The symbiote was currently using a new host, and judging by the shape, the fact that it was now flying, and the blasts of blue energy from its fists; it was Nova!
"Oh, crap...!" Spidey cursed quietly.
When symbiote Nova saw the web-themed hero, it flew over and tackled him onto another rooftop! The new girl threw a punch, which created a large, star-shaped crack in the air that looked like a portal, which led to the rooftop where Spidey was dodging all of symbiote Nova's attacks!
"Hey! Easy!" Spidey shouted, only to get punched in the face and sent crashing to the ground.
"Get, OFF!" Nova yelled as he flared up his aura, blowing the symbiote off him! Unfortunately, this gave it the opportunity it needed to snag Spidey!
"Ah, no!" Spidey shouted as he tried to shake off the symbiote, but it wouldn't let go! Soon, it completely covered him, creating the black suit look! Only this time, he grew a bit in height and muscle-mass, but the large white spider was on his chest and back.
"I am Venom!" The symbiote-possessed Spidey hissed in a creepy voice, showing that he now had a mouth, with an outline for sharp-teeth, and swirly-narrow eyes!
But then, he was tackled and pinned to the ground by a...monster?! It was seven feet six inches tall, really muscular, with a smooth, oily black appearance, and some silver-colored veins on its shoulders. It also had large white eyes and a large mouth full of sharp teeth!
"Actually, that's OUR name!" It spoke in a deep, menacing voice!
"What in the hell is that?!" Ms. Marvel questioned.
The monster lifted Symbiote Spidey into the air and tried to forcibly tear the symbiote off of him! But it produced spikes from its body, knocking the monster back!
Johnny arrived after that, "Alright, let's burn that thing off!"
"Johnny no!" Reed yelled as he laned on the rooftop. "We can't risk hurting Spider-Man!"
"Then what do you suggest we do?!"
"Only weakness we know that a symbiote has is sound," Reed responded.
"Wish we knew that earlier!" Hawkeye II stated before drawing an arrow from her quiver.
"Wait!" The monster exclaimed as it got up. "Not until we've worn it down!"
Symbiote Spidey turned his arm into a large scythe-like blade and swung at the heroes! The monster caught it, slammed the symbiote to the ground, then kicked it in the face, knocking it back!
"You're not symbiotic!" The monster declared, before grabbed symbiote Spidey by his ankle, and started slamming him into the ground over and over! "Spider-Man does not want you, so you're not working in unison! That's why, you can't win!" He then pinned the symbiote with his foot, then turned to the heroes! "Sound, now!"
Hawkeye II pulled an arrow from her quiver and hit a switch on the tip, which activated a high-frequency soundwave! The heroes all covered their ears, but the symbiote and the monster had it worse! They both let out these inhuman screeches as they writhed around in pain!
Spidey got separated enough from the symbiote to yank it off of him, slamming it to the ground! He then hopped over to his friends, before falling to his knees in exhaustion.
Hawkeye II turned off the sonic arrow, then Tiger knelt down to check the web-hero, "You alright?"
"More or less," Spidey answered while the symbiote attempted to slither away...only for the monster to stomp on it, causing it to let out a screech of pain before it was picked up. Then the monster started to eat it! And not in just one bite/gulp!
Everyone except Reed looked away in disgust, each voicing their own discomfort...
"Come on, I'm still recovering!" Spidey complained.
"There goes my appetite, forever," White Tiger muttered.
"Don't puke, don't puke, don't puke," Hawkeye II kept telling herself, while Ms. Marvel and Johnny just made gagging noises. Reed watched with fascination as the symbiote was consumed by what he presumed was another symbiote.
Soon, the disgusting display was over, and the monster grunted a bit.
"Kind of spicy."
Then, some ripples began to run across it's body, until a large white spider symbol formed on its chest and back. It became a bit more muscular, grew a little taller, and two white squares formed on the back of its hands.
"What are you?" White Tiger questioned.
"We are Venom," the monster answered.
"We?" Reed questioned. "Who's "we"?"
The monster's face opened up and slithered down into the neck, like living water, revealing a very human face that had been underneath. It was a Caucasian male, probably in his mid-to-late-thirties, with hazel eyes and black hair. He had the stubble of a growing beard on his face, chin and upper lip. He was about 5'9 and his clothes looked like they were only ones he'd worn for weeks.
The man smiled and waved, a bit awkwardly, "Hi, I'm Eddie. Eddie Brock."
"...And now I am officially weirded out," Spidey commented.
"Is that creature a symbiote, as well?" Reed asked.
"Yeah," Eddie answered. "But he came from outer space."
"So...it's an alien parasite?" Spidey asked.
Eddie suddenly looked panicked, "Whoa! Hey, no! Do not call-!" His arm then shot out a black tentacle at the hero, wrapped around his neck and pulled him over to him before slamming him to the ground! "I'm really sorry, but he hates being called that!"
"Urgh...duly noted...!" Spidey grunted. "My bad!"
The black tentacle receded into Eddie's arm, then pulled the hero to his feet.
"Um, Spider-Man?" The new girl chimed in. "We, uh...didn't get a chance to officially meet."
Spidey turned to fully look at her. She was a teenage Mexican girl with long black hair and dark brown eyes. She was 5'6, wearing a jean jacket with red stripes and white stars on it. She also wore a gray shirt, black jeans, and black and white shoes.
"This is America Chavez," Ms. Marvel introduced. "Doctor Strange saved her from...from Wanda..."
Spidey's eye lenses squinted, "Wanda Maximoff? I mean, I know about what happened in Westview, but I thought she was still a hero."
White Tiger and America spent the next few minutes explaining what happened with Wanda being corrupted by the Darkhold and chasing the latter and Strange across the Multiverse. AN: (Basically the whole plot of Multiverse of Madness)
Spidey gave a sigh of exasperation, "Jesus...!"
"So the Multiverse is real..." Eddie muttered. "Yeah, I know you told me, but I was still skeptical about it!"
Everyone looked at him strangely, "I was talking to Venom."
"He talks to you?" Reed asked.
Venom extended out of Eddie's body, head forming on the end of a tentacle beside his host.
Most of the heroes gasped as they watched the creature make itself known. Reed looked closer, seeing the skin of the tentacle shifting ever so slightly, like water rippling.
"Hello, Richards."
"You know my name?" Reed questioned.
"Saw you on the news," Eddie clarified. He then went on to explain how he and Venom met, dealing with the Life Foundation, Carlton Drake, Riot, and now searching for escaped serial killer, Cletus Kasady. Needless to say, everyone was rather shocked by this whole thing.
"So, why did you come after me?" Spidey asked.
"I sensed your symbiote, one not born like me," Venom responded. "A symbiote created artificially is what you humans call, "a flight-risk"."
"So, can you tell us more about this?" Reed asked. "The more we know, the better."
"I will later, but first...I gotta eat something," Eddie answered.
America made a portal to take them to the Avengers Compound, then went straight to the kitchen.
Eddie explained that being the host of a symbiote made him more hungry more often. Plus, like most sentient beings, Venom needed his own food source to stay strong. As it turned out, the type of nourishment the symbiote needed could be found in multiple sources on Earth. But only three of them really give it the amount it needs.
Chocolate, certain seafoods...and human brain tissue. Although Eddie did his best to avoid the last one, he made exceptions if they were very, VERY bad people. Needless to say, everyone was just a little creeped out by this.
As Eddie ate some sushi, Spidey had a question...
"Hey Venom, how did you sense the fake symbiote attached to me?"
Venom's head came out again, "All of my kind are connected with the Symbiote Hive-Mind; a mental and metaphysical realm. It also serves as the afterlife for us and our hosts."
"That's...a little weird," Spidey stated.
"You should know, Parker," Venom said. "The symbiote that came from your DNA, originated at Oscorp."
"Oscorp... What would they want with me? ...Wait, how do you know my name?"
"By consuming that creature, I know everything about you," Venom answered.
"What I don't understand is how did Cletus Kasady escape from prison?" Ava questioned. "That psycho was on death row!"
"We still don't know," Eddie answered. "But we'll find out once we find him."
"We...could hack the prison's surveillance archives to see what happened that day," Spidey suggested.
Peter had FRIDAY hack the surveillance archives of San Quinten State Prison and went to the date when Kasady escaped. The first feed they saw of right outside the Execution Chamber. Everyone saw the door leading into the Execution Chamber burst open, kicking up a large cloud of dust! In some brief sparks of broken machinery, they could make out the shape of symbiote tendrils through the dust.
"Did Kasady have a symbiote of his own?" Kamala questioned.
Kate shook her head, "I think he got it that very day; otherwise he would've escaped prison sooner."
"Yeah, that's true," Kamala concurred, furrowing her brow in thought.
On the video, the warden started to crawl away, before the new symbiote revealed itself!
It was completely red, except for a black area around it's face. Like Venom, it had large white eyes and a large mouth full of sharp teeth! It was six feet five inches tall, and while not as bulky as Venom, still had a muscular appearance. It had some black lines spread along it's body, most likely to indicate it's muscles. Finally, it had four red tentacles protruding from it's back, forming sickle-edges at the tips!
The video had no audio, but it looked like it released a roar before it went after the warden!
"That's horrifying," America stated.
"OH SHIT!" Venom exclaimed in surprising fright, before retreating back into Eddie's body.
"What's the matter with your friend, there?" Kate asked.
"It's worse than I thought!" Venom said to his host. "That is a "red one"!"
"So?" Eddie asked, not knowing what that meant.
"Red symbiotes are naturally more powerful than all other members of my kind," Venom explained.
"Are you serious?" Eddie questioned in disbelief, before telling everyone else.
"So...what does that mean for us?" Kamala questioned, sounding a bit worried.
"Eddie, if you and Venom would be willing to come to the Baxter Building; maybe we can discuss possible solutions," Reed suggested.
"What do you think?" Eddie asked his partner.
"As long as there's no poking and prodding," Venom responded.
"Sure, we'll go," Eddie answered Reed's question.
Spidey spoke up next, "Okay, if everything is taken care of; I gotta get back to the city."
"I can open a portal for you," America offered.
"Thanks," he said, then bumped fists with Eddie. "See you two again?"
Eddie smirked, "Definitely." A small black tendril came out of his back and formed a hand to give a thumbs-up.
America then punched the air, creating a star-shaped portal into Manhattan. Spidey high-fived her and stepped through.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Scene Change, Thanksgiving Day~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Peter and MJ ate breakfast as they watched the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade on TV. Of course, they could've gone to it in person, but the crowd would've been a nightmare. Besides, MJ didn't really feel like being out with everyone, anyway. She felt a bit tired and sore in some places. Specifically her feet, back...and breasts.
Right now, Peter was giving her a foot rub.
"Mmm, that feels better," MJ moaned in relief.
"Hey, look, Baby Yoda!" Ned said as he pointed at the TV.
"Oh, and there's Spidey!" MJ said as she spotted one of Spider-Man.
"Again?" Peter asked, not sounding at all surprised.
Next came the Pillsbury Doughboy, Boss Baby, Blue from Blue's Clues, a truck dragging a colorful house with the characters from Sesame Street, all dressing for the cold and waving to the crowd!
"Looks like a real lively parade this year!" Ned stated.
Next was one of the dogs from Paw Patrol, Red Titan from Ryan's World, a float with a giant Lego dragon, and Super Saiyan Blue Goku!
"Ugh, okay, we get it!" MJ scoffed. "Goku's amazing, but he's not the only hero in the show!"
"Thank you!" exclaimed Peter and Ned.
Then came a Bluey balloon, followed by a Steamboat Willie float, with Mickey, Minnie, Tiana, Prince Naveen, live-action Mulan, Mirabel, Goofy, Cinderella, Prince Charming, Pluto, Raya, and more!
Then came a balloon of SpongeBob with Gary on his head, and a float and balloon for Baby Shark!
MJ immediately plugged her ears, "No, no, NO! It took me a month to get that song out of my head!"
"Ugh, I know!" Peter cried as he covered his ears, too.
Then came the balloon of a green long-necked dinosaur with a baby on it's back. Then a float that represented Toys 'R' Us, a balloon for the USA Team competing in the FIFA World Cup, then a Ronald McDonald balloon!
"Man, there sure are a lot, this year!" Peter said.
Then came Snoopy dressed like an astronaut, then Papa Smurf, and a float promoting a new show on Amazon Prime; Pitch Perfect: Bumper in Berlin, with the main stars of the show, Adam DeVine and Sarah Hyland waving to the crowd! Next came a Minions balloon, followed by more marching bands, floats, and a balloon of Pikachu and Eevee wearing winter gear and riding a sled styled after a PokeBall!
Finally, a float with a large Christmas tree with choir singers performing Christmas songs, a balloon of a giant candy cane, and a float carrying Santa himself!
"I think my favorite version of Santa is the Russian from Rise of the Guardians," MJ stated.
"Yeah, he was a badass," Peter agreed.
"Totally," Ned agreed. "Of course, Jack Frost is awesome, too."
"But the best was Hugh Jackman doing an Australian Easter Bunny, who was a tough guy," MJ added.
"Oh, yeah, I loved him!" Ned added.
Much later in the day, everyone gathered at Ned's house for Thanksgiving. MJ ended up eating more than she usually would, since she was pregnant.
After dinner, everyone played some games, however...
"Jeez, is it warm in here?" MJ asked as she took off her sweater, leaving her in a thin t-shirt.
"Hot flashes again, MJ?" Peter asked. "You've been having them a lot, lately."
"Are you alright, sweetie?" Desirée asked her daughter.
"I...I think so," she responded. "Must be a pregnancy thing."
"Maybe you should go home and rest," May suggested.
"If you wanna go back home, you can," Peter reassured.
"Okay," she said, sounding out of breath.
Ned helped her with her stuff and showed her out the door. Once they were away from any prying eyes, he created a portal to her and Peter's apartment. Ned's lessons in the Mystic Arts with Doctor Strange were going really well; he was very close to mastering portals.
MJ stepped through it, into the living room of her apartment before the portal closed. She then headed straight for the bedroom and stripped off her remaining clothes, down to her panties. She'd recently stopped wearing bras since she outgrew her largest pair.
She laid down and immediately went to sleep, not even bothering to cover herself with a sheet.
Thirty minutes later, Peter arrived home with some leftovers. He put them in the fridge and went to the bedroom. As he climbed into bed with his girlfriend, he felt how warm she was.
She was really...really warm. He could even feel it through the bedding. "Hey, Em?" No answer. "MJ?" He asked a little more panicked. "MJ! Michelle!" He practically cried as he tried to shake her awake, to no avail. It was only then he noticed her eyelids fluttering, her body trembling despite her obvious fever. But he couldn't get her to wake up at all...
Less than five minutes later, Peter was carrying his trembling girlfriend bridal style through a portal and directly into the Avenger's medical facility.
Dr. Cho helped him lay MJ down on a medical bed and hooked her into all kinds of diagnostic equipment. "How long has she been like this?"
Peter shook his head, trying to keep calm. "U-uh...I dunno, less than forty minutes? She complained that it was really warm and went home from Thanksgiving dinner pretty early so she could rest. When I got in home and checked on her, she was already like this..."
Dr. Cho looked over various medical readings, whilst Stephen performed diagnostic spells.
"Her vitals are all normal, except for her brain waves and temperature. She's pulling a one hundred-and six-degree fever, and her brain waves are... I don't even know what's going on..." The female doctor said, worry etched on her face.
"What about the baby?!" Peter questioned with more worry.
"Whatever's happening doesn't seem to be affecting the fetus much, if at all. Despite MJ's temperature, it seems to be doing completely normal," Stephen replied, his eyes still closed in pseudo-meditation. "Wait...there is something strange. The placenta...it seems to be allowing more cellular transfer than normal..."
The placenta's function was normally to transfer nutrients, oxygen, and waste without the blood supplies from the mother and fetus coming in direct contact. But for some reason, this placenta formed in such a way that allowed for a degree of direct blood sharing. Since it didn't cause a problem until now, he never considered checking for this kind of abnormality...
Stephen's eyes shot open, "I think I know what's going on. She's stable, correct?"
Dr. Cho nodded, "Yes, for now...why?"
"Because I'm going on a quick jaunt to Wakanda..." And with that, Strange opened up a portal and all too calmly walked through.
Peter collapsed into a nearby chair, trying to stave off a panic attack. Right now, all kinds of thoughts were going through his head. What was happening? Was MJ all right? Was the baby all right? What if the baby was dying and killing MJ from the inside out? Or maybe...MJ was going into labor.
"Hey Peter," Dr. Cho tried to sooth him. "I don't know what's wrong with Michelle, but she isn't deteriorating or anything. Try to stay calm..."
Peter nodded, taking MJ's hand. It was really warm and clammy...but he could feel her steady pulse, and hear her normal-ish breaths. Slowly, he started to calm down. "R-right..."
Strange returned in record time, bringing along a concerned Wakandan princess, an extremely worried Desirée, and an equally worried Aunt May.
Shuri wasted no time and collected a quick blood sample from MJ, then got the genetic compiler running. May immediately wrapped Peter up in a hug, while Desirée clutched MJ's free hand and tried very hard not to completely break down. The DNA compiler returned with a result unnervingly fast, as usual.
"Well," Shuri began, "With just a cursory glance I think I know what's going on..." She projected a hologram of MJ's DNA into the center of the room. "MJ is exhibiting similar genetic markers to both Peter and her child. From this, I can surmise that-"
"She's gonna be like me, isn't she?" Peter asked, as he began to hyperventilate.
Shuri nodded sympathetically. "I believe so, yes. The genetic markers aren't a one hundred percent match to yours, Peter, so there might be some differences. But I believe she will develop abilities similar to yours."
"How did this happen?" Desirée asked.
"I think I have a presumptive answer to that," Strange responded. "I noticed the placenta allowing for more maternal-fetal blood transfer than usual. I believe eventually they shared enough blood that-"
"It triggered a mutagenic response..." Dr. Cho finished for him, then turned to Peter. "What happened to you directly after you got bit by that spider, Peter?"
Peter gulped, "Well, uh...I got really tired. I slept for like, three days straight, and I might have had a fever throughout most of it..."
"But otherwise there weren't any other negative symptoms?" Dr. Cho asked, which Peter shook his head in response. "Then I think the only thing we can do for now is monitor her condition and wait this thing out..."
So, that's what they did. Desirée and May called Columbia University and explained that because of medical reasons, Peter and MJ wouldn't be returning for the foreseeable future. The university agreed, setting up a system where their classes and homework could be done remotely, that way they wouldn't be too far behind when they were finally able to return.
1. If anyone remembers that scene from Tobey Maguire's first movie, those little thorn things grow out of his fingers.
was in the Ultimate Spider-Man cartoon.
3. The American Idiots was from RavageDarkness' "Rebuilt" series. Shoutout to that series!
4. Pregnant women have increased libido during the first and second trimester.
5. Not to insult the people who originally came up the character's name, but it was kinda lame. Someone on DeviantArt came up with "The Golem" and I think it works better.
6. For anyone who played the Ultimate Spider-Man video game, remember the Johnny Storm Races?!
7. Smythe was controlling the drone.
So, yeah. This method of MJ getting powers was originally thought of by Baron_Barkonnen, but I really liked it.
I recently found out what the original idea was for the plot of Wakanda Forever is T'Challa was still alive. I won't spoil anything for anyone who hasn't the movie, but for anyone who has; the plot is mostly the same. So, with this AU, I'm going with that, because I just can't let go of T'Challa's character despite Chadwick Boseman's passing.
So, I wanna hear from you guys; which of these three actors would you like me to fancast as T'Challa?
Omari Hardwick, Trevante Rhodes, or Wayne T. Carr?
Also, Quantumania was amazing! Kang was a terrifying villain, more powerful and dangerous than Thanos! Can't wait to see more of him in the future. And I might have an idea to use him for my version of Spider-Verse!
Anyway, read and review, please!