Chapter 5: Spider-People
We walked up to Aunt May's house, which was covered in flowers and memorials for Peter, and I started to walk up to the door to open it when Parker said. "We should probably go."
"Peter, we're literally on the doorstep." Gwen said to him. "Bad idea. Bad idea. This is a bad idea." Parker said as he starts to walk away but Gwen web shoots him and pulls him back. "Just relax." We said as I knock the door and open it. "Aunt May?" I called out and she comes out from the kitchen area. "(Y/n)! What a pleasant surprise!" She said as she walks up to me. "Yeah, uh....listen...there's someone here I want you to meet." I said. "Oh, please, no more fans. They're all sweet and everything but...." She started to say but I shake my head. "This one you definitely have to meet." I said then I lead her outside and point towards Parker, who still looked nervous, and she gasps as she looks at him.
"Peter?" May said, tearfully, as she walks up to him. "Hey, Aunt May. So this is gonna sound crazy, but I'm pretty sure that I'm from an..." Parker started to explain but May finishes it. "An alternate dimension." She said. "Yeah." He said. "You look tired, Peter." She said, smirking. "Well, I am tired." He chuckles. "And older. And thicker." May said. "Yeah. I've heard that already." Parker said, exasperated, then she noticed the sweatpants. "Oh, jeez. Are those sweatpants?" She asked. "Yup, that's what they are." Gwen said.
"(Y/n) and I were there, when it all happened. I am so sorry." Miles said as he walks up to May, who looks over at me and I nodded. "And what dimension are you from?" She asked Miles. "Brooklyn." Miles replied. "May, this is my friend Miles." I said. "Oh! So this is the Miles I heard so much about." She said and I smiled. "All good, I hope." Miles said with a smile. "Nah, I've only told her the bad stuff." I said, winking at him, then May and I laughed.
Miles face turned red a bit when I turned to May. "We need to get into the lab, so that we could make another one of these." I said as I hand the broken key to her. "A goober." She mutters as she takes it then looks over at us. "Follow me." She said and we started to make our way into the backyard and towards the shed.
"Oh, yeah, I got one of these, too. A little, old shed where I keep my Spider-gear." Parker bragged as Aunt May unlocks the lock and it lights up and opens. She looks over at us and I look towards Miles and wink before we all get inside. "I mean, this place is pretentious." Parker mumbles when the door shuts and we head down into the lab. "Whoa. Dude. Was yours anything like this?" Miles asked Parker. "Mine was like this, but take away the jeep, the plane. Imagine it way smaller. Imagine a futon. I feel sad for this guy." Parker said once we make it down to the lab.
"Hey, wanna see something cool?" I asked Miles and he nods and I take him over to a wall that had all of Peter's Spider-Man suits and point at one that had a cape. Miles looks at it and smiles. "Hey, Peter. I think this is a cape." He said as he shows the cape. Parker, who was looking at a picture, looks over and chuckles once he sees the suit.
"Peter knew how dangerous the job was. But he figured the only one who could stop this guy was Spider-Man." May said. "Kingpin knows we're coming. We're going to be outnumbered." I said to May. "Don't be so sure. You might need these." May said and she holds up these name tags and markers to us.
Then Gwen, Parker and Miles start to look around then turn to look up, I follow their gaze. "You think you're the only people who thought to come here?" She said and my jaw drops once I see a guy, all in black hanging, above us. "Hey, fellas." He greets, tipping his hat. "Is he in black and white?" I asked. "Where's that wind coming from? We're in a basement." Parker said.
"Wherever I go, the wind follows. And the wind, it smells like rain." The guy said, dramatically. He kinda reminded me those old detective movies my dad, my real dad, used to watch when I was younger.
"Hi, guys!" A small female voice greets and I look over to see a girl, who looked like she came straight out of an anime cartoon, as she jumps down with a giant red and blue robot. "This could literally not get any weirder." Parker said.
"It can get weirder." Another voice said and we look over then down to see that it was a walking talking pig in a Spidey suit. He holds out his hand to us but it was covered in...something. "I just washed my hands. That's why they're wet. No other reason." He said. Then our three new allies, Parker, Miles and Gwen all stare at each other.
"You're like me." The three new spider people said in unison.
My name is Peter Parker.
My name is Peni Parker.
My name is Peter Porker.
I was bitten by a radioactive spider.
I was bitten by a radioactive spider.
I was bitten by a radioactive pig.
In my universe, it's 1933, and I'm a private eye. I like to drink egg creams, and I like to fight Nazis. A lot.
I'm from New York in the year 3145. I have a psychic link with a spider who lives inside my father's robot. And we're best friends. Forever.
Sometimes I let matches burn down to my fingertips just to feel something, anything.
I'm a photographer for the Daily Beagle. When I'm not pooching around, I'm working like a dog, trying to sniff out the latest story. I frolic and I dance and I do this with my pants...
"Okay! Enough!" Parker shouts then sighs. "So how did you get here?" I asked them. "Well, it's kind of a long story." Spider-Noir said and all of them said the same thing that Gwen said, they were pulled in through a portal and was flung here. "Maybe not that long." Noir said. "And now we're just trying to find a way home." Peni said and her robot makes a sad face on its helmet.
"The only way home is back through that collider gizmo. The only trouble is..." Noir started to explain. "One of us has to stay behind and destroy it." Spider-Ham finished. "I'll do it." All of the Spider people said and Miles and I shake our heads.
"No, no, no. You guys don't get it." Miles said.
"Don't get what?" Peni asked then all of them started to glitch out. "None of you can stay here. If you stay here, you'll die. We're the ones who's gonna turn it off." I said pointing at Miles then myself. "And we're gonna get you all home before we do." Miles said as he places a hand on my shoulder. I look up at him and smile before I turn to the others. "Look, we made a promise. So we have to keep it." I said and they all look up at us with hope.
"Who are you two again?" Noir asked us. "This is Miles and...(y/n). And they're gonna save the multiverse. "Yeah, man." Miles said, smiling, as I nod and place my hands on my hips. "This kid can turn himself invisible." Parker said as he walks up to Miles. "Watch this. He can do it now." Parker said and Miles tries to turn invisible but nothing happened.
"I can't do it on command." He said. "He can't do it on command. But it is cool. Show 'em the zappy thing, Miles." Parker said to him and Miles tries but nothing. "Can't do it on command." He said. "He can't do it on command. But he can do so much more. What else do you do?" Parker asked. "Just those two things." Miles replied. "Just those two things." Parker said.
"And what about her?" Noir asked as he points at me. "I...don't have powers. I'm just a girl that just has web shooters and is really acrobatic." I said and all the spider people look at us in disbelief. "You're only human?" Spider-Ham asked, shocked, and I nod. "Look, I've seen them in action. They've got potential. I think they're gonna get us home." Gwen assures them and Miles and I smile at her.
"Okay, little fella and little lady, Kingpin's gonna send a lot of mugs after ya. I'm talkin' hard boys, real biscuit boxers. Can you fight them all off at once?" Noir asked us as he gets into a boxing stance. "I haven't actually fought anyone." Miles replied as he and I get into a stance. "I've done a little bit." I said. "Surprise attack!" Noir shouts and he gets down and starts to swing at our feet but I jump as he kicks Miles down.
I land back down on the floor and go help Miles up. "Can you rewire a mainframe while being shot at?" Peni asked us. "Can we what?" Miles and I asked at the same time. "Show me!" Peni said and Noir shouts. "Surprise attack!" And he goes to kick us and knocks us down, I only got hit cuz I was just dumbfounded by the rewiring question.
"Can you swing and flip with the grace of a trained dancer?" Gwen asked us. "Can you close off your feelings so you don't get crippled by the moral ambiguity of your violent actions?" Noir asked. "Can you help your aunt create an online dating profile so she can get out of the dang house once in a while?" May asked. "Aunt May!" I exclaimed. "Can you float through the air when you smell a delicious pie?" Spider-Ham asked.
"Can you be strong?"
"Ruthless?"
"Disciplined?"
"I don't know. Maybe." Miles and I said, we were really getting overwhelmed with the questions.
"Psychic?"
"Show me some moxie, soldiers!"
"Above all, no matter how many times you get hit, can you get back up?" Gwen asked then she kicks Miles down and goes to kick me but I block her then spin kick her down. She looks at me, impressed, as everyone continues.
"Cause when a Spider-Man is on the floor..."
"When you think you can't keep goin'..."
"Come on, guys."
"Come on. You can do it."
"You can do this." They were all saying to us as they just kept trying to knock us down. I did my best to fight them off but Miles couldn't do it. "Guys, cool it." Parker said to the others but they just kept coming.
"Come on. You can do it!"
"Get up, you two."
"Come on, guys. Get up."
I was knocked down again on the ground, next to Miles and try to get up just as they stopped. Then they go over to Parker and gather at the other side of the lab.
"You need to be more honest with yourself about this. He's not ready. It's obvious. She seems to have potential." Gwen said. "There's no way. They're just kids." Noir mutters. "If they can't do this, we have to stay and do it for him." Gwen whispers as Noir leans back to look at us. "They're looking right at us while we talk about them." He said just as I heard something behind me.
I turn around and saw the lift go up. "Miles?" I called out as I get up. "Miles?" Parker and I said at the same time but the lift kept going up. "You see that? He can, um...He can turn invisible." Parker said as the lift kept going up. I turn to the others and said, sarcastically. "Thanks. You guys are sooo helpful." They all seemed to look down in guilt as I said. "I may not have powers like you guys, but....Peter...my Peter....he obviously saw something in me when he trained me. So I might not be the most powerful, I do have the heart and determination."
I call the lift down and get on it then head out of the shed. "Miles!" I called out as I walked out of the shed. I put on my mask and start to web swing away from this place and go look for my best friend. "Miles!" I called out as I began my search.
At one point, I was swinging around at a certain part of the city when I saw someone in a Spider-Man costume running from a guy on a motorcycle. "Miles." I whispered and I make my way to him as he comes up to a corner. I swing towards him and grabbed him then swing away. Miles gasped and started to fight until I said. "Miles! It's me!" He looks up at me as I swung through some traffic then through some alleys. "(y/n)! We have to go! We gotta warn the others!" He said, frantically. "Whoa! Miles, what's wrong?" I asked as we land on the roof.
"M-My uncle! He's the Prowler!" He shouts and I look at him confused. "Wait! Aaron?! You're cool Uncle Aaron...is the Prowler?" I asked. "Yes, I saw him with my own eyes!" Miles said and I placed my hands on his shoulders. "Okay, try to stay calm. We'll go tell the others!" I said then I hold my hand out to him. He takes it and I shoot a web at another building and we swung our way back to Aunt May's house.
Once we made it to May's house, Miles runs inside once we landed at the front steps. We get inside and see everyone in the living room. "My uncle...." Moles said, frantically. "Hey, where have you two been?" Parker asked us. "My uncle Aaron, he's the Prowler." Miles shouts. "Slow down, Miles." Parker said, calmly. "He works for Kingpin. He tried to kill me!" Miles shouts.
"This is a pretty hard-core origin story." Noir said and Peni and Gwen look over at him. "It's okay. We're gonna figure it out." Parker assures. "Were you guys followed?" Gwen asked. "No, I don't think so." I said but then we heard a noise from outside the door and all of us put our masks on and get ready.
The door bell rings then a mechanical arm comes in and knocks a plate of food out of May's hands. Then Doc Ock comes in. "Cute place. Real homey." She said. "Oh, great. It's Liv." May said, unenthusiastic. "I guess we were followed." Miles said, nervously. "Oh, no." Gwen mutters a d Parker looks over at us. "Get out of here, kids." Parker said and Miles and I started to run towards the back way but Tombstone was standing there.
"You messed up bigtime, kids. Very sloppy." He said as he walks towards us and Miles and I back away. Then Scorpion walks in and said something in Spanish. "Let me guess. You're Scorpion. Well, we're the Spider gang." Parker said as all of us gather in the living room. "Would you mind taking this outside?" May asked. "We don't pick the ballroom, we just dance." Noir said then Doc Ock looks at Parker and I look at him and noticed he had another key, or goober.
"Ooh, I think I'll be taking that." She said and she tries to grab it but Parker dodges and grabs her mechanical arms then she uses them to slam him up against the wall and that's when this battle started.
It was utter chaos as everyone started to fight in this small room. I felt bad for May as all of her furniture and walls were getting busted. "I said, take it outside!" She shouted as she smacks Tombstone out of the house and the goober was being flung around. I aim a web at it and pulled it towards me when Miles, who was next to me, turns to the window and grabs my hand.
"We gotta--" he started to say when Prowler bursts in and we ducked away. He lands on the other side of the living room and looks at us. "I got this, guys." Parker said as he takes the key out of my hand. Prowler looks at Parker as he shouts. "Leave the kids alone!" And they start to fight. "No, no, no! No!" I whispered as Prowler started to beat up Parker, he drops the goober and it slides over to Miles and I. I pick it up as Prowler looks right at me then Parker took this chance and kicked him out of the house, causing a hole in the wall.
"You gotta go, guys." He said and then the fight was taken outside as they fight out on the streets or on rooftops. Miles and I get up then turn to see Prowler coming back in. "Run! Go!" I shout at Miles as Prowler jumps at me. I duck and pushed Miles to the side as the Prowler flies over us then starts to charge at me again.
I jumped and dodged then shot a web at his hand to attach to the wall. "Give me that thing." Prowler said in this distorted voice box as he removes the web. "You want it? Come and get it!" I teased as I dodged another attack by him. "Don't be stupid, girlie. Hand it over, now!" He ordered me and I make my way up the stairs. I was about halfway up the stairs when he grabbed my ankle and started to pull me towards him. I kick him in the face and shot a web at his face and run up the stairs as he struggles with the web.
I make it through the hole on the roof and started to climb on it when I heard something behind me and I turned just in time to see Prowler bursting through the roof and flies towards me then punches me hard in the face, and that's the last thing I see before I blackout.
*3rd person POV*
The Prowler jumped out of the roof and flew right towards (y/n) and punched her right across the face and she falls back and lands on the sides of the roof, she was knocked out. He comes upon the girl until Miles appears before her. "Stop!" He shouts but Prowler grabs him by the neck.
"Nowhere left to run for you and your girlfriend." Prowler said and he raises his right hand up, making the claws come out.
That's when Miles pulls up his mask to show who he was. "Miles?" Prowler asked, confused. "Uncle Aaron." Miles whispers to him and Aaron removes his masks as he looks at his nephew in shock. Then he looks over at the girl's knocked out body then back to Miles. "Is that...?" He started to asked and Miles gives a slight nod to him. "Oh, no, no, no, no, no." Aaron mutters in despair. "Please, Uncle Aaron. Prowler." Miles whispers, pleadingly, to Aaron.
"Prowler? What are you waitin' for? Finish it." Kingpin ordered, as he sat in the car outside of the house. Aaron looks over his shoulder then back to Miles. He lowers Miles' mask then let's him go and backs away from him.
But that was a mistake.
At that moment, a loud gunshot goes off and Aaron falls backwards and lands next to (y/n). Miles runs over to Aaron then looks over to see that it was Kingpin that shot him. Kingpin was about to shot him when Parker comes up and kicks him away. "Get out of here!" Parker shouted and Miles looks over at (y/n). "What about her?" Miles asked, concerned, and Parker makes his way up to the roof.
He looks down and sees (y/n) knocked out and his heart started racing. "I'll take care of her. You need to go!" He said and Miles nods then goes over to (y/n), takes the goober out of her pocket then takes one of her hands in his and squeezed it. Please be okay! Please be okay! I can't lose you, too! He thought as he let's go of her hand, pockets the goober and grabs his uncle and web swings away just as the cops come in.
Parker watches Miles leaves then looks down at (y/n). He removes her mask and saw blood running out of her nose. He goes to check for a pulse and luckily she was still alive. "Hang on, (nickname). I got you." Parker whispered as he picks her up then takes her back inside to May, who showed him the spare room for her.
He puts her to bed and pulls the blanket over her to cover her suit. He sighs as he looks down at her, with sadnees, then makes his escape through the window.
Meanwhile, Miles took Aaron to this alley way and places him down. "Miles." Aaron groans as Miles places his hands over his mouth. "Uncle Aaron." He said, tearfully. "This is my fault." He whispers and Aaron shuts down the claw and pulls his hand out of the claw and takes Miles' hand. "No, Miles. I'm sorry. I wanted you to look up to me. I let you down, man. I let you down." He said as Miles takes his hand and holds it.
"You're the best of all of us, Miles. You're on your way. Just keep going. Just keep going." Aaron said as Miles' eyes fills with tears. Aaron let's out his last breath before he dies and Miles places his hands over his head and begins to cry and mourn his uncle.
"Hands up! Put your arms up. Now!" A voice shouts and Miles knew that it was his dad.
He raises his hands up as he dad shouts. "Turn around." Miles starts to turn but then he turns invisible, making his dad jump from fright. "Hey! Hey!" He shouts then he looks down and saw his brother's dead body. "Aaron. Aaron, no. No!" His dad cries as he kneels down to his brother. He let's out a few sobs then raises his hand to his radio on his shoulder. "All units. I want an APB on a new Spider-Man." He orders while Miles, still invisible, watches from above.
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