"I'm going to need some Aspirin for this shit"

"you see..."

"NO! Look, me and Miles have already heard this story too much lately. You were bitten by a radioactive spider in some way giving you powers making you some version of a spiderman. We've heard it once and I certainly don't need to hear it again! But we would like to know how you got here", I said, cutting them off. I did not need to hear another origin story today, especially from these guys. I can tell they're going to be a lot more outlandish than earlier.

"Well it's kind of a long story", Spider noir started.

"You see we were suddenly pulled from our universes ending up in Times square. Though the one here seems much bigger than the one back home. Maybe not that long", Noir said with a shrug.

"Now we're just trying to find a way home", Penny said as her mech showed a sad face.

"The only way home is back through that collider gizmo. The only problem is...."

"One of us has to stay behind to destroy it", Spider-ham said, cutting him off. Seriously, the guy looks like he came straight out of a cartoon. Wouldn't be surprised if he was able to pull items out of thin air just like a cartoon character.

"I'll do it", they all said in unison. Gotta love the hero mindset. That would work in a perfect world but there's one thing I don't think they realize.

"Love the enthusiasm guys but there's once issue you're not getting"

"What's that...". On que they all started to glitch just as penny was mid sentence. What was strange though was everyone did. Why am I not glitching? ever since I got here I haven't had any kind of glitching episode. Not going to bother thinking about it since science is not my forte.

"see? None of you can stay here because if you stay here you'll die. I'm the guy who's going to turn it off and get you all home before I do. Look I made a promise, so I have to keep it", Miles said full of conviction. He's come a long way since we've started this but I really don't think he's ready. He hasn't got a handle on his powers yet but maybe this is one of those trial by fire scenarios. The woman said to follow him so I will. He's shown great bravery through this whole ordeal. He may just surprise me.

"Who are you again?", Noir said, confused.

"This is Miles Morales, the new spiderman of this dimension. He may not have a handle on his powers yet but I believe he can do this"

"Your getting better at this Jack"

"Shut up miles, your ruining it"

"yeah this is miles! He's going to save the multiverse! He can turn himself invisible, see he can do it now. He can't do it on command but it is cool", Peter said, helping to sell it but doing the opposite. The others just looked at us unsure.

"Peter stop it, you're not helping", I whispered to him trying to get him to stop. Which like every plan so far went down in flames.

"Do the zappy thing miles", Peter said looking proud. Miles tried but couldn't do it. Peter then continued to try and make Miles look good but did the complete opposite.

"Look, I've seen him in action and he's got potential. I think he's going to get us home", Gwen said trying to salvage this. I gave her a look thanking her for trying to help. It only got worse though.

Noir came up asking if he could take on a bunch of Kingpins men before sweeping him off his feet. Then Penny asked if he could rewire a mainframe while being shot at before being punched in the nose by Noir. Gwen asked him if he could flip and swing with the grace of a trained dancer. Soon they all started overwhelming him with different questions but started picking him up to only knock him back down. The whole thing started to get me angry to the point I had enough!

"ENOUGH!!!". Everyone went quiet looking at me surprised by my outburst. Walking over I helped miles up as he struggled obviously having a slight panic attack. He was able to knock himself out of it though catching his breath.

"You ok?"

"Maybe I'm not meant to do this Jack", he said defeated. Behind me I heard the others talking about him about how he wasn't ready.

"No one is ready Miles. I was told that when you get these powers at first you're lost and not sure what to do. That's until you take a leap of faith, you'll have your moment miles just like I'll have mine. You may not be ready Miles but you have to be and you can do this. Don't listen to them Miles, the only one who can decide your worth is yourself", I said but I could tell he was too busy listening to what they were saying. Taking a deep breath I pulled him back onto his feet.

"Get some air Miles. I've got a lesson to teach them that you don't want to see", I said glaring at the others. Miles got the message and it ended up activating his invisibility. He walked onto the platform of the elevator as it began to raise him up.

"Miles! miles where are you going?", Peter said. The minute he turned around I punched him across the face knocking him on his back. He held his Jaw looking up at me and this got everyone's attention.

"Heroes my ass, what kind of hero picks on a kid huh!? Kid just got his powers and shoved into a life and death situation which in my opinion he's been doing great considering the situation. Now he's getting beaten and berated by the only people who can understand him? and this is coming from someone who isn't a spiderman in his dimension or a hero! just a kid who uses the excuse of fighting crime to bash people's heads in to deal with his anger! maybe I should let out some of that anger now"

"Now Jack, don't do anything hasty!", Gwen said trying to calm me down. Not this time though as I set my sights on Noir.

"So is the hat to hide your bald spot?", I asked noir. He just had wide eyes before a glare showed.

"And what about you girl? can't fight your own fights so you had to make a robot to fight them for you?". This earned a glare from Penny. Then I set my sights on Porky. Getting down to his level I said my last words.

"And how long until you become someone's breakfast?"

"Jack! that's to..."

Before Gwen could finish Ham was on me but I was ready. Grabbing him by his throat I threw him into noir knocking him on his back. Spider bot came at me with penny inside it. It threw a punch but I caught it showing it a smirk. Pulling it in I punched it in the dome launching it across the room. Leaning back I dodged a flying kick from noir. He was quick to come back with some quick jabs. So he fights like a boxer, how fitting. Dodging one of his jabs I jumped into the air with a back kick into his face but I had to quickly jump over Ham who tried to hit me with a wooden mallet.

Dodging the mallet I punted him across the room knocking him into a wall before falling to the ground comically, my god he even falls like a cartoon. Soon I was in a choke hold but after two elbows to the side their grip loosened allowing me to slip through then pull them toward me then clothes hang him. He swiped me off my feet making me land on my back before I rolled to the side dodging the foot of a robot. Getting back up they all stood together ready to fight me which I welcomed but Gwen stood in the middle us stopping the fight.

"STOP! get a hold of yourselves! this is not the time to fight with each other!"Gwen said, staring us down.

"Speak for yourself, I had them on the ropes", I said with a smirk. She shot me a glare making me shut up.

"He's right though, when were any of us ready? Who are we to decide if he's ready or not?"

"Gwen, I believe in the kid I really do but we need someone who we can rely on. Which sadly isn't miles", Peter said trying to show her reason. I can see his side but I do believe in Miles.

"Fuck this shit, I'm getting some air. Come get me when it's fixed. This is bullshit!", I said walking toward the elevator. I stopped for a moment though to say one last thing to everyone.

"Fuck all you also, sorry aunt may. You're all hypocrites in my eyes. You can all go to hell for all I care!", I said taking the elevator up. The whole time up I could feel my blood continuing to boil. Even after I stepped outside it was running hot to a point I slammed my fist into the side of the shed punching through it. Pulling it out I felt a little better then I remembered the cloth wrapping my hand. Surprisingly it didn't hurt that bad even though I just punched through a shed with it but should still get it looked at.

Deciding I wanted a nice place to sit I climbed May's house taking a seat. The sun was starting to rise so I got a pretty nice view. Watching the light replace the dark shadows of night over Queens New York was peaceful. A day has ended but a new one has begun. Suddenly I heard footsteps approach me but I didn't acknowledge them.

"Feeling better?", Gwen said, breaking the silence.

"A bit"

"Why do you always choose violence to solve your issues?", Gwen asked, annoyed while taking a seat next to me.

"I think it allowed me to get my point across. Why didn't you jump in? seemed to be in agreement with them"

"I don't know, I felt myself freeze up when you started fighting them. I've never froze like that but thankfully I was able to knock myself out of it to break it up before anyone got seriously hurt", Gwen said, hugging her legs close, resting her head on the top of her knees.

"Thanks for at least trying to stick up for miles with me. Doesn't seem like many believe in him at the moment"

"Reminds me of myself when I first started out. Confused, nervous, not a clue on what I was doing". We both laughed since I also knew the feeling. Though it didn't last long with me. Suddenly she grabbed my hand.

"We should get this looked at since I'm pretty sure you didn't have time to sterilize it", Gwen said with a smile. I just let her slowly take the wrapping off not feeling like fighting her. Once it was off we both were surprised to see no sign of the cut.

"That's new"

"I know we have a healing factor but I'm jealous of yours. Usually it takes me a day or two or even a week to heal depending on how bad the injury is. Can you imagine the amount of times I wore a sweater to hide an injury?". She let go of my hand as we both sat in silence enjoying the sunset. Suddenly I felt a weight on my shoulder and saw Gwen leaning on it. I didn't question it and let it slide enjoying her company. Then I remembered something I thought when she told me about her peter.

"You had a crush on your peter didn't you", I suddenly said. For a while I didn't get an answer so I let it pass not expecting one seeing I may have crossed a line. Never been good with talking to people.

"I did"

"I know what that feels like, not losing someone you love but heartache. Believe it or not someone actually wanted to date my delinquent ass. It was great for a while being with someone who understood me and what I was going through in some way. She never wanted me to speak about my feelings unless I wanted to and never tried to force them out. That was until she moved away ending our relationship. Got a lot more angry for a couple of weeks before I saw it was for the best"

"Someone actually dated you?", Gwen said with a smirk. I nudged her with the shoulder she was resting on getting a laugh out of her.

"Yeah, so let me tell you it's not something that goes away over time. Like losing someone you hold dear you learn to live with it. Never forget him and he'll never be forgotten"

"You know, you're starting to get better at showing empathy Jack", Gwen said genuinely with her compliment. I smiled in response as silence enveloped us again but this time neither one of us wanted to break it. To a point I felt myself leaning my head against hers. Don't know why but I feel all my worries and doubts wash away when I'm around her.

"hey love birds! The goobers ready!". Me and Gwen both shot up looking at each other with red cheeks. Turning around I glared at Peter.

"We're not!!!", we both said at the same time. We both looked at each other blushing more before looking away.

"Sure, come on down we'll be in the living room"