Ladies and Gentlemen, we are getting closer to the end of this one! After long hurdles, the Spider-Four adventure is reaching the finish line! So to recap: Wizard released his Frightful Four teammates and gave them a little boost so they could give a sound beating to the Fantastic Four. Valeria and the Grimm children arrive to help them out but in spite of the best efforts, they're nothing against the raw power of a cosmic-enhanced Wizard, but the timely arrival of Spidey paves the way for the one who can actually beat them: The fully recharged and repowered Franklin Richards! So as you can expect, this is the moment when the Frightful Four realize they're screwed.

But before we reach the inevitable beating, let's check the reviews!

ShadowSpider17: I get what you mean, but being fair, she's more annoyed than sour, which in my eyes works the same, after all, deep down she knows that in spite of that, he gave them a favor by helping them getting rid of the cosmic bird (and its corruptive influence)

The Timeless Writer: Sadly, no. It's just a one-sided crush, since she really can't (nor shouldn't) leave her post at the Web of Life and Destiny

Cornholio4: As you'll see here, they'll learn the hard way about messing up with a cosmically powered Franklin Richards

Wolfspider18: I don't think so; even Franklin himself knows that he should have limits about what he can do

Macross94: Ya ahora estamos a 38 números del número 1000 y por como van los vientos, es major no tener muchas expectativas

Wildcard Sparda: As I mentioned to Timeless Writer, it'll be a one-sided crush, as for Magik… let's say that it's just one tiny step forward, but there'll be more progress ahead

Specter11Dragon: Agreed, but as the run went forward, some of those fans' anger was justified due to how editorial responded, and there was some big fumbles on their side

Ka1zen: About Magik, it's a bit of a mix: Of course she's concerned about Kitty and she is baffled that Lockheed approves Spider-Man when the only other boyfriend he ever approved was Piotr (and let's be honest, even though she was the one who planted the seeds of their breakup, a little part of her still has the believe that she and her brother could be together) and about Xavier, I'm sure that he'll be taken aback at the fact that Franklin regained his powers and surely this will be an eye-opener for Frankie

Poser: McCoy surely will be baffled, even more when he hears who the one who discovered it was

Defender: Surely those reactions would come later, but we can guarantee that they'll be pleased with that

NashSlash: I can tell you that it will be in this world, especially since in Reckoning War, Ben was the active Spider-Man, and I agree with that statement, but look at it at just Magik rooting for her fellow mutants

Shadow: As you can see, I'm wrapping this up in 2025! (A lot has happened). Maybe I could add a short story where I highlight what where Peter and Kitty doing during some of the events I've missed in continuity (King in Black, Reckoning War, Devil's Reign, etc.)

Fear of Worthy: Totally agree with you, my friend!

Unknown Speaker: I wouldn't say "strained" but Kitty would definitively be annoyed that Yana keeps going like that

Sergio Kirelli: Loomworld is practically an archive of all things Spider-Man, but of course, not everyone can access to it, but rest assured, people will respect our hero soon

UniversalWriter97: I'm glad you're enjoying my works! I hope my abysmal delay didn't hamper the enjoyment and yes, Marvel is afraid of success

With this said and done, let's go down to the story!

Enjoy the reading!

SPIDER-FOUR: THROUGH THE FOREVER GATE

Chapter 11: The Rebirth of Franklin Richards


"I'M BACK, BABY!"

The words echo in the minds of almost everyone there, the sole exceptions are from Spider-Man and Valeria because they were there when the moment happened.

FEW MINUTES AGO, AT LOOMWORLD

The flash of light emerges, prompting Valeria and Spider-Zero to reach the main room and discover that Spider-Man is stepping out first from the portal.

"Ladies, allow me to reintroduce the fully recharged and repowered FRANKLIN RICHARDS!" Peter makes the announcement, prompting Franklin to walk out of the portal, his body now shining with a bright white aura, his eyes glowing from the energy he just got imbued with.

"Franklin? How're you feeling?" Valeria asks him with curiosity.

"Sis… for the first time in months I finally feel like myself" Franklin comments with a wide smile on his face, his energy slowly fading down as he concentrates.

"You did it! It actually worked!" Spider-Zero exclaims, impressed about how Peter's plan worked.

"Dad is gonna be mindblown when he hears it!" Valeria exclaims but then realizes of one thing "Wait, Dad's still in danger!" she exclaims to Peter and Franklin, who both look at each other also realizing that.

"You're right! We have to go" Peter replies and then looks at Spider-Zero "Thanks for allowing us to use the Web, Zero"

"No problem guys" Spider-Zero replies and then walks towards the Web, using its power to open a portal towards their home "I'm glad things worked out well, and Franklin… Good Luck" she smiles at him, a gesture he returns in kind, nodding as he approaches the portal.

"Alright kids, let's jump right to the action!" Peter exclaims as he leaps through the portal with the kids and Lockheed following behind him, leaving Spider-Zero alone as the portal closes, but the silence is cut when her arachnid companion on her shoulder makes a small chirp.

"Huh? Oh, is alright, I know it's not gonna work as long as I'm the guardian, but hey, at least I got to meet the Prime Franklin Richards" Spider-Zero makes the comment about having met Franklin, content with what just happened in that place.


BACK TO THE BATTLE

"It's impossible…" Wizard murmurs with a mix of astonishment and disbelief "I left you stranded on that world, you had no power… YOU HAD NO POWER!"

"Is that… the damn kid?" Yellowjacket poses the question as he looks in bafflement.

"This must be a joke…" Hyde mutters in his own amazement.

"Madre Santísima…" Diablo mutters in Spanish as he looks at the scene.

"You thought I had no power but as you can see, I'm about to kick your…" Frankie taunts him but he is interrupted by a blast from Wizard that he manages to block and deflect towards Mister Hyde, blasting him away from the Thing.

"Sweet Aunt Petunia!" Ben exclaims at the sight of Hyde crashing against the side of a truck.

"Ughn! That was unexpected…" Hyde murmurs as he tries to stand up, he shakes his head and then cracks his knuckles as he prepares to tackle him, but Franklin floats near his uncle, using his power to charge his uncle's fist for a cosmic-imbued punch.

"Ready to pack a superpunch, Uncle Ben?" Franklin asks him, to which Ben smiles in response.

"Let's give this schmuck some Grimm-Patented Pain" Ben quips as he swings his arm, ready to throw the punch "Aha Toro, Toro, Toro…" he taunts him as Hyde approaches him and prepares his punch, glowing with a white aura "This is for threatening my kids, you sonnuva…" right then Ben connects a powerful uppercut that halts Hyde's momentum and then sends him flying up towards the building "Whoooooaaaaa…"

Right then, Franklin flies up to reach the knocked down Hyde, using his powers to siphon the cosmic energy given to him and take it for his own, leaving him without his boost, reverting the villain back to his human form in the process.

"Screw this! I'm outta here!" Yellowjacket exclaims but before he could activate his Pym Particles, his arm is held by the Human Torch "Hey! What're you…? OW!" he yells in pain after realizing that his gauntlets were melted and burned down by Johnny.

"Guess there's a positive thing about being unable to Flame Off, after all" Johnny quips after holding down Yellowjacket and then gives him a headbutt, leaving a burned mark on his helmet.

"You son of a…" Yellowjacket's complaint is interrupted when an energy beam blast him on the side, just as Franklin arrives floating near his uncle.

"You OK, Uncle Johnny?" Franklin asks his Uncle, who only replies with a thumbs up.

"All good kid, I'm glad to see you're fully powered" Johnny replies, while genuinely glad to see his nephew back in full power, he still lacks the emotion to be glad after what he is going through with his own powers, yet that does not stop the young Franklin from taking out Yellowjacket.

"Now if you'll excuse me" Franklin comments as he approaches the criminal "No shrinking, no growing, no service pal" he quips at him as he begins to siphon his cosmic energy as well, leaving him down and with his armor shut down as well.

"Wait! Wait! Dammit! I'm stuck in this tin can!" Yellowjacket exclaims, visibly upset at what just happened.

"That's too bad for you, creep" Johnny taunts him with a slightly bitter tone as he looks at him while Franklin now faces Diablo.

"NO! NO! I will not fall down to some child!" Diablo exclaims as he tries to escape the fight, only to bump into an invisible wall in front of him "Wait! No! Ay No otra vez!" he murmurs in Spanish until he turns to try to escape, bumping into another wall, then turns to bump into another, now realizing that he is trapped inside an invisible box.

"Do you really think I'll let you escape after you attacked my family?" Susan Storm's voice is heard echoing around him, taking advantage of her invisibility as she keeps him trapped inside "And this time, there's something worse than a dragon aiming at you"

Right then, Diablo looks up to realize that Franklin is now floating above him, charging his fist but instead of striking him, he just siphons the cosmic energy he was imbued, leaving him back to his normal status.

"Oh… You didn't attack me…" Diablo mutters and then turns to see a very furious Susan Storm who delivers the knockout punch to his face, landing him down to the ground.

"That was a good punch, Mom" Franklin comments as he lands near his mother, who promptly grabs her son for a tight hug "Mom! Not in front of the beaten villains" he jokes in embarrassment.

"Oh my God Frankie, Y-y-you got your powers back!" Sue looks at her son still in amazement at the recent development, feeling almost overwhelmed to see his son as he used to be.

"I do Mom" Franklin replies smiling at his mother "And I'll explain everything later, because right now…"

"Right now… you are dealing WITH ME!" the Wizard angrily exclaims as he creates a burst of energy that expands like a shockwave. Peter quickly improvises a web shield to protect himself and the Grimm children while The Thing blocks the wave as it pushes him, Reed molds himself like a ball to take cover while Johnny and Valeria fly higher to avoid the wave "I don't know how, and honestly I don't care how you escaped or how you miraculously regained your powers, but you are nothing but a child with a power that you don't deserve" the Wizard exclaims as his eyes glows in anger and his aura charges around his body "A power that should be MINE!" he exclaims, firing a burst of energy towards Franklin, who manages to deflect it upwards to the sky.

"You don't get it, don't you?" Franklin speaks to him with a daring tone as his aura glows brighter than the Wizard's "You tried to trap me and my family into that dimension!" he then fires an energy ball at him "You tried to hurt them!" he fires another "You tried to kill them!" and another "But you didn't count that I'd finally get the chance to get my powers back…" he then creates a ring under the Wizard's feet to surround him.

"OK, I'll admit that it caught me by surprise that you were able to regain your cosmic level, but you're still a child who can barely grasp such power" the Wizard stalls, charging his aura around his body "So let me show you how someone truly powerful makes use of it!" he then lunges at Franklin, preparing to tackle him, only for Franklin to vanish at the last second and reemerge at the same spot just when the Wizard flew past him, crashing into the ground.

"That's where you're wrong!" Franklin replies, preparing four energy balls that fly around himself "Because as I've learned from my favorite hero, 'With Great Power comes Great Responsibility'…" he then opens his arms, causing the balls to fly around, reaching Reed, Susan, Ben and Spider-Man, in order to give them a slight boost "And it's my responsibility to help my family to shape the future…starting with the beating you deserve!"

Just as the Wizard stands up, he receives a powerful punch from Mister Fantastic that causes him to wobble on his feet, surprising him at the impact, only to receive a barrage of punches stretching from the other end, then he is yanked towards Reed, trapping him as he takes a spherical shape to give him another barrage of punches underneath, then he is thrown towards Susan, who receives him with a force field around his body that begins to shrink and press him inside, then he is thrown to the ground, forming a flat crater on the street, leaving him open to a shower of flames courtesy of the Human Torch, followed by his body being yanked by Spider-Man who lifts him up in the air with enough force to connect a dropkick that sends him flying towards Ben, ready to receive him with a powerful punch of his own, connecting it to send him flying towards a building.

"It's over, your machinations won't be a threat to anyone, any longer" Reed speaks to ensure the family's victory "As for you, I advise to you that you should surrender" he speaks to the three remaining villains, who now look dejected and beaten.

"You know what? Screw it" Yellowjacket speaks for the group "Just send us to the Raft and let's be done with it" he groans in frustration while Diablo just sits and Hyde cradles and mumbles.

"NO!" The Wizard exclaims, bursting out of the building "I REFUSE TO SURRENDER!" he screams, full of anger but physically weak due to the beating "I've come too far for this! I refuse to take this as another failure! I won't… what? What's going on?" he then begins to feel something weakening him, only to realize that Franklin is effectively siphoning the cosmic power he stole, leaving him back to his normal levels

"Say, Wizard…" Franklin calls him from behind "Do you ever watch Dragon Ball?"

"What?" Wizard looks visibly confused while Franklin shows a playful smile.

"Oh, then you won't get this reference" Franklin quips as he moves his hands in order to charge an energy ball "Kaaaameeee… Haaaameeeee…." That energy ball prompts the Wizard to make a run, flying as far as he can from them, but that does not seem to be enough to avoid the incoming energy ball "HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!" he fires the energy ball, further pushing the Wizard away into the distance "I love doing that" he mutters to himself, slowly descending to his still surprised family.

"Well, that seems to be the end of that Frightful Four" Spider-Man quips "But Frankie, what did you do to the Wizard?" he ask with slight concern but Franklin just shrugs his shoulders.

"Oh, don't worry, all I did was to push him to the place he rightfully belongs, and it's alright, I added a little bit of energy over his body to cushion the landing once he's there" Franklin replies to assuage Peter's concerns, just as his parent rush towards him to give him a tight hug.

"Oh my God, This is… this is just so amazing!" Sue joyfully exclaims at the sight of her son while the rest of the family approaches.

"Now this is what I call a Fantastic Miracle!" Ben quips with a laugh

"But how did it happen?" Johnny poses the question and then looks at Reed "Did you finally decipher it?"

"In fact…" Reed replies as he turns to look at Spider-Man "He's the one who figured it out"

"Hey, like I said before, it was only a matter of time until you figure it out" Peter humbly replies "I'm just glad to be of help"

"So does that mean we accomplished our mission?" Jo-Venn asks the family.

"You can totally betcha, son" Ben replies, ruffling his son's hair while the police sirens begin to blare in the distance.

"Well, the boys in blue are here, I guess that should be my cue…" Peter replies, preparing to jump and take his leave, but Franklin intercepts him.

"Wait! There's no need for you to go, you'll be safe here with us" Franklin replies, showing him that now he is surrounded by the people he calls family.

"You're right, it's a force of habit" Peter laughs in response as the cops arrive alongside a couple of containment trucks.

"And that should take care of that" Nikki quips as she dusts off her hands as she sees the officers take Yellowjacket, Mister Hyde and Diablo into custody.

"Yeah but, what happened to the Wizard?" Valeria poses the question "Where did you send him?"

"Oh don't worry about him" Franklin replies "Let's just say that he took ahead on the trip and he'll wait for his boys" he quips.


THEN, AT THE RAFT

On the Helipad that acts as main platform for the notorious prison for the superpowered criminals, two guards are standing at opposite sides of the platform, waiting for any incoming ship, only to notice a small twinkle in the sky.

"Hey, are you seeing that?" the first guard points at the sky.

"Yeah… wait, is it actually getting brighter?" the second guard asks, noticing that is growing in size as if it were approaching "Oh God, INCOMING!" he gives the warning, rushing to ring the alarm, only to see something crash land over the platform "What the #$% was that!?"

"Hang on…" the first guard approaches it while he activates his communicator, his eyes widening once he recognizes him "All units, we need a custody squad at the platform, we have a crash landing arrival over here" he gives the report.

"Wait…" the second guard mutters as he approaches the point of impact, seeing that the body did not damage the platform, yet it looks severely beaten "It's the Wizard, but… he looks like someone just beat the crap outta him!"

"Hhhhggggnnnnn…" The Wizard inevitably groans in pain, just as the guards arrive to handcuff him and take him into custody, putting the final nail to the proverbial coffin of his nefarious plans.


Man, it's been A REALLY LONG WHILE, Huh?

Yes, I know, it was a short chapter, I apologize but as you've seen, after a really long year dealing with lots of personal and working issues, lots of changes in my life and a long period where I was lacking motivation to keep going, the spark is slowly reigniting and I'm taking the pace once again to wrap up these pending stories and move on to the calendar.

So yeah, I'm still a bit rusty, but I'm sure it'll take time, so I hope you enjoy it! For those who still remain here, thank you for your patience, for those brand new, welcome aboard!

NEXT CHAPTER: A WHOLESOME MOMENT TO WRAP UP EVERYTHING!