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(New York City, Earth-616: 8:30 p.m.)

"Give me that bag ya bitch!" A mugger growled as he pressed a serrated knife against his victim's throat. "If ya scream, or make any sudden moves, I'll slice your throat open!"

"H-Here! Just take it!" The woman exclaimed with tears in her eyes, handing over her purse with trembling hands. "Just please don't hurt me!"

"Good, smart decision..." The mugger said with a twisted smirk as she snatched the purse from the woman's shaking hands. His eyes lit up when he saw a phone, several pieces of jewelry, and a wallet full of cash within the handbag. "Now don't ya dare follow me, or send any fucking cops! If I find out ya did I'll come back and cut ya up real good!"

"Man, it feels good to stop a normal mugging for once, instead of saving the whole city or the entire world. That stuff starts to get tedious really fast." Spider-man quipped, suddenly appearing behind the mugger, hanging upside down from one of his webs. Before the mugger could react, Spider-man fired a ball of webbing from his web shooter, pinning the would be mugger's knife-wielding hand to the alley's wall. Doing a backflip off his web, Spider-man sauntered up to the thug with a cocky stride in his step and grabbed the stolen purse from his free hand. "I'll be taking that back, thank you!" With a taunting salute, Peter turned his back to the thief. "It feels like I'm really getting back to my roots!"

"Damn it Spider-man! Piss off ya annoying bastard!" The mugger exclaimed, frantically attempting to tear the webbing on his hand off, to absolutely no avail. "When I get this shit off I'm gonna slice ya up!"

"Yeah, yeah, that's what they all say," Peter said with a shrug of his shoulders as he walked up to the frightened woman who had been assaulted by the mugger. "Here you go ma'am, I believe this belongs to you." With still trembling hands, the woman took her purse back from the masked hero. "Try not to lose this again...and you should probably avoid dark alleys in the future, especially at this time of night."

"T-Thank you so much Spider-man!" The woman loudly cheered, suddenly lunging forward and hugging Peter, which caused him to become momentarily flustered. "You saved me from that creep!"

"No *Cough* No p-problem ma'am," Peter said, coughing into his hand as he quickly regained his composure. "It's all in a day's work."

"Would...would you mind if I got a picture with you?!" The woman asked with an enthusiastic smile, pulling out her phone and opening its camera app. "My friends will never believe I was saved by Spider-man!"

"Sure, one picture couldn't hurt," Peter replied as he stood next to the woman, holding up a peace sign. "Make sure to get my good side."

"Hey! Don't fucking ignore me!" The mugger yelled, pounding his free hand against the wall in rage. "Don't ya dare take a picture of me!

"This is so awesome!" The woman giddily exclaimed, purposefully angling her phone so that the mugger was in the background of the shot, just before her phone's flash went off as she took the picture. Once the picture was taken the woman gazed at it happily before she slipped her phone back into her purse. "Again, thank you so much Spider-man! Is there anything else I can do to repay you?"

"It's fine ma'am I'm happy to-" Peter was cut off when a familiar buzzing sound rang out unexpectedly. "Excuse me for a moment." The woman was surprised when Spider-man suddenly pulled out a phone of his own.

"Uh...where do you keep that?" The woman asked in a confused tone as she closely examined Spider-man's suit. "I don't see any pockets or anything."

"Don't worry about it," Peter said, dismissing the question as he examined his phone. The web-slinging superhero gasped in surprise when he saw the reminder that had popped up on his phone's screen. "Oh shit! I'm gonna be late!" Putting the phone away seemingly nowhere, Spider-man bolted out of the alley. "Sorry about this ma'am, but I've gotta run! Stay out of trouble! And make sure to call the cops and have them come and arrest that guy!"

Reaching the end of the alley seconds later, Peter leaped into the air and fired out a line of webbing. With Spider-man zipping away in a clear rush, the woman was left behind in a slightly confused state, with the webbed up mugger still screaming obscenities at the both of them. With incredible speed, Peter dashed and swung his way through the streets of New York. His signature red and blue costume appearing to be a blur as he raced passed people and buildings as fast as possible. Many of the citizens below were cheering and calling out to him as he swung passed them. There would be time to mingle with his fans later, right now Peter needed to put the pedal to the metal and really start moving.

"Shit! Shit! Shit!" Peter exclaimed in a panic as he checked the time on his phone again, absent-mindedly firing out another line of webbing. "I'm so gonna be late, I can't blow her off again! This will be the fourth time in two weeks, she's gonna totally kill me!" As Peter neared his destination, he suddenly heard what sounded like an explosion ring out overhead, seconds later his Spider-senses suddenly began to go haywire, in a way he had never felt before. His entire body began to tingle, feeling as if it were almost vibrating, and his vision began to blur slightly. The sudden strange sensation caused Peter to become disorientated and miss a shot of webbing. Catching himself on the side of a nearby building to regain his composure, Peter took off sprinting moments later, before leaping off the building. Firing his webs at another building that was close by, Peter took off swinging once again. "Come on, I don't have time to deal with this right now! Can't this wait until tomorrow!?"

"AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH! LOOK OUT BELOW!" A new voice screamed out from overhead. "ACTUALLY SCREW THAT! SOMEONE HELP ME!"

"What the hell!?" Looking up, Peter was shocked to see a person dressed in a white and black costume rapidly descending towards him. His mind instantly kicking into superhero mode once again, Peter used his webbing on two nearby building to create a makeshift slingshot. Using the web slingshot, Peter launched himself towards the falling person at an incredible speed, catching them mid-air. Holding the mystery person close, Peter protectively wrapped his body around theirs, as they both rapidly descended towards a rooftop below. "Hold on tight, this is going to get rough!"

With a dull thud, Peter's back slammed into the hard rooftop, his arms still tightly wrapped around the person he had saved. Peter hissed in pain as he skidded along the rooftop for several feet before he finally came to a stop. Groaning softly, Peter unwrapped his arms from around the mystery person, splaying himself out on the rooftop with the person he had saved still lying on top of his chest. Taking a few moments to catch his breath and recompose himself, Peter was the first one to speak.

"Are you okay?" Peter asked in a caring tone, finally getting a good look at the person he had rescued. The first thing Peter noticed was that the person was a woman and that she was wearing a costume that was quite similar to his own. Her suit was largely black, with several white accents along her calves, waist, arms, and upper chest. The mask she wore was pure white, with a faint magenta hue surrounding the eyes and a white hood was worn over her masked face. The inside of her hood was a bright magenta color, with a cyan webbing pattern, a similar design was on the inside of her upper arms as well. The last thing Peter noticed was that she appeared to be wearing bright cyan ballet shoes on her feet. "Whoever this chick is she's got a great fashion sense because this suit kicks ass."

"Ugh..." The woman groaned as she sat upright, gripping her head in pain. "What the hell was that...it feels like I got hit by a damn truck."

"That voice..." Peter thought, his eyes widening in shock as he felt a sudden chill run down his spine. "It sounds so familiar..."

"Where the hell am I?" The girl muttered in a groggy tone as she scanned her surroundings. "It looks like I'm still in New York...but something feels...off." It was then that the woman finally noticed she was currently still sitting on Peter's chest. "Oh my gosh!" Yelping in surprise, the girl quickly hopped off Peter's chest. "I'm so sorry about that! You must be the person who saved me! Thank you for that by the way!"

"It...it can't be..." Peter thought, slowly getting back onto his feet, finally putting the pieces together and recognizing why the voice was so familiar to him. He could feel his heart beginning to thunder in his chest as a tragic event from his past flashed through his mind. "This can't be happening..."

"Nice costume by the way." The woman commented as she gestured towards Peter's suit. "I love the colors."

"G-Gwen..." Peter said suddenly, causing the girl to immediately stiffen in surprise, appearing to be on edge now. "Gwen Stacy? Is...is it really you?"

"How do you know my secret identity?" Gwen asked in an intimidating tone as the eyes of her mask narrowed dangerously, her fists balling tightly. "You have two seconds to answer before I beat it out of you."

"Gwen...it's me..." Peter said, slowly walking towards Gwen and pulling off his mask, revealing that tears were streaming down his cheeks. "Peter...Peter Parker."

"P-Peter..." Gwen gasped as she took a step away from Peter, her mind racing to comprehend what she was seeing. He may have looked slightly older, but there was no way that Gwen could mistake that face, it was definitely Peter Parker. Tears quickly welled up in Gwen's eyes as she covered her mouth to choke back a sob. "This...this can't be happening...you're dead...I saw you die...I held you in my arms when it happened..."

"I...I should be saying that to you..." Peter said, stopping in front of Gwen, his hands cupping her cheek through her mask. "I couldn't save you that night...you died because I wasn't quick enough...you were taken from me because I wasn't strong enough..." Gwen's heart ached when she heard the pain in Peter's voice and saw the grief in his eyes, she could tell what he was saying was true, he had seen her die right before his eyes, just like she had done with him. "Can I...can I take your mask off? Please, Gwen...I want to see your face again...it's been so long." Gwen bit her bottom lip as she hesitated for a moment, but she eventually nodded her head. She felt Peter pull her hood down and slowly slip her mask off, the cool night air hitting her face. "Wow..." Peter's eyes widened when he saw Gwen's face, she may have cut her hair into a side undercut and pierced her eyebrow, but there was no way Peter could mistake her face or those beautiful blue eyes. Peter chuckled lightly, hoping to break the heavy emotional tension that was filling the air. "I like the hair...very uh trendy..."

"T-Thanks..." Gwen muttered quietly as she ran a hand through her shorter blonde hair, a slight blush spreading across her cheeks. Without warning Gwen suddenly lunged forward and embraced Peter in a tight hug, burying her head into his chest, tears once again falling from her eyes. "Peter...I can't believe this is happening...I can't believe I get to see you again."

"Uh, Gwen...I'm happy to see you again too..." Peter said awkwardly, his face flushing bright red in embarrassment, subtly trying to escape from her embrace, but she only seemed to tighten her hold on him. "You're kinda crushing my ribs, Gwen."

"Just let me stay like this for a little while..." Gwen said barely above a whisper as she gripped the back of Peter's suit, her tears staining his chest. "I want to make sure this isn't a dream or some damn hallucination...I want to make sure you're really here...that I'm really holding on to you...I...I just want to enjoy this."

"Sure thing Gwen..." Peter said with a soft smile, finally returning Gwen's embrace. Peter could feel his own tears returning as he wrapped his arms around Gwen and rested his head on top of her's. "We can stay like this for as long as you want...because I want to know that you're really here too."

(Ten Minutes Later: Still With Peter and Gwen)

"Thanks for doing that...it really helped me," Gwen said as she wiped the tears from her eyes, sitting on the roof's edge next to Peter, their hips almost touching. "It's nice knowing you're not just some figment of my imagination or some other crazy shit."

"No problem Gwen, happy to help," Peter said with a smile, staring out at the bustling city ahead of them. "I really needed that too." A comfortable silence fell over them for several moments, before Peter spoke up once again. "So, you have spider powers too?"

"How did you know?" Gwen asked as she clasped her hands in her lap. "I mean I do...I was bitten by a radioactive spider and got these powers...but I really haven't been doing any spider-like things since I got here."

"Well for one we seem to share a similar taste in costumes, that's a nice suit by the way...looks great on you..." Peter said with a chuckle, gesturing towards both of their suits, his compliment earning him a smile from Gwen. "Second, my Spider-senses went totally haywire for a moment when I first was around you, I'm guessing something similar happened to you."

"Now that you mention it..." Gwen said as she placed a hand to her head, remembering the sensation she had felt when she first ran into Peter. "My Spider-sense did totally go bonkers when you first caught me...I've never felt anything like that before."

"My guess is that our Spider-senses were alerting us that someone with similar powers was nearby, kinda like a spider-person radar or something..." Peter explained, causing Gwen to nod her head in agreement with his assessment. "Lastly..." With a cheeky grin, Peter reached down and turned Gwen's wrist over, revealing a familiar looking cyan-colored device on her wrist. "I totally saw your web shooters." Smile widening, Peter turned his wrist over to show his own red-colored web shooters. "I have the same ones."

"You were always such a genius..." Gwen said with a sad smile as she stared down at her lap, twidling her thumbs. "So..." Gwen nervously rubbed her arm, finally deciding to address the elephant in the room. "Apparently we both saw each other die...but yet here we both are...kinda freaky isn't it?"

"Yeah...I've been thinking about that for a while now...and I can only come up with one logical explanation..." Peter said, turning his head to lock eyes with Gwen. "You're from an alternate dimension and somehow got sucked into mine."

"That's a logical explanation?" Gwen asked as she quirked an eyebrow, almost wanting to laugh at how serious Peter was being. "Sounds pretty crazy to me."

"Gwen we both have spider powers we received after being bitten by a radioactive spider," Peter pointed out, suddenly standing up and walking off the roof's edge, his feet sticking to the side of the building as he tried to drive home his point. "I don't think alternate dimensions are too far of a stretch for us. I mean scientists have theorized about limitless parallel dimensions for years...I guess they were right after all."

"I suppose you're right, I see crazy shit all the time, so I guess me being zapped into an alternate dimension isn't too out of the question. I mean one second I was taking down one of the Kingpin's safehouses, then the next thing I know I'm getting sucked through some sort of portal and I end up here falling through the damn sky. So, I suppose your alternate dimension theory might actually be true," Gwen pondered as she stood up and joined Peter standing on the side of the building. "The only questions now are why was I pulled into this dimension and how I can get back to my own?"

"Oh, trying to get away from me so soon?" Peter joked with a smirk, causing a bright red blush to spread across Gwen's face before she playfully punched him in the arm.

"You know that's not what I meant, Peter," Gwen said with a light chuckle and small smile as she stood right next to Peter, resting her head against his shoulder. "It's just...this isn't my dimension...and I have people I care about back home...I can't just abandon them."

"I know Gwen," Peter said, turning and placing both his hands on the blonde woman's shoulders, his strong grip sending a feeling a reassurance through her body. "I'll do everything I can to help you find a way back home, we'll figure this out together..." Peter smiled as he gave Gwen's shoulder a comforting squeeze. "But I was just hoping we could enjoy the time we spend together before you have to go back."

"Sure thing Peter...that sounds nice," Gwen said as she brushed some hair out of her eyes. "I'd like to spend some time with you-" Gwen was cut off when a sudden buzzing sound rang out. The blonde spider-woman quirked an eyebrow when she saw Peter pull out a cellphone.

"Oh...oh shit!" Peter suddenly exclaimed, reading his phone's screen and seeing who was calling. "I totally forgot!"

"What's wrong, Peter?" Gwen asked surprised by the worried expression on Peter's face. "Is something up?"

"Oh god, she's gonna fucking kill me..." Peter groaned, turning to face Gwen, his entire body showing how nervous he was. "I have to take this call, Gwen, can you give me a second?" Seeing Gwen nod her head, Peter took a deep breath and answered the phone call. "H-Hey MJ! What's up?!"

"Oh, I don't know..." Mary Jane's clearly upset voice echoed into his ear. "Feeling like an idiot as I waited here for you...only to be stood up...again! This is the fifth time in two weeks, Peter!"

"Fourth time..." Peter corrected MJ meekly, instantly regretting the decision.

"What was that?!" Mary Jane exclaimed in a rightfully furious tone.

"N-Nothing..." Peter muttered, nervously rubbing the back of his head. "Please continue."

"I don't know why I put up with this, Peter." Mary Jane said as she released a heavy sigh. "You're a great guy Peter, and I know you're busy with the whole Spider-man thing, but a girl can only be blown off so many times. I really like you Peter, and I want to make things work out between us, but I don't know how much more of this I can put up with."

"Please MJ, I have a good reason for being late this time, I swear!" Peter exclaimed, running his gloved hand through his messy brown hair. "I was on my way to see you when..." Peter paused for a moment and spared a glance at Gwen. "Something came up..."

"Oh, something came up?" Mary Jane asked in an unimpressed tone. "It must have been pretty important to make you stand me up again."

"MJ please, I know you're mad at me right now and you have every right to be, but I swear there is a really good reason I was late tonight!" Peter pleaded, his grip on the phone tightening slightly. "Let's just meet up and I can better explain what happened...I can't really do it over the phone." There was a very long pause and Peter was worried he had pushed her too far this time. "MJ?"

"I'll give you fifteen minutes to get to my apartment and explain yourself." Mary Jane said, which caused Peter to breathe a sigh of relief, he still had a chance and that's all he needed. "If you're not here by then, or if your excuse sucks, I'm done Peter...and I'm serious about that this time."

"Thank you! Thank you, MJ!" Peter exclaimed in an ecstatic tone, kissing the phone's screen. "I'll be right over!"

"You better not keep me waiting, tiger." Mary Jane said before she hung up the phone.

"MJ? As in Mary Jane Watson?" Gwen asked, walking up next to Peter.

"Yeah, I was on my way to meet her...before you showed up," Peter said with a light chuckle as he rubbed the back of his neck. "Her and I have been kinda dating on and off for a while now...but the whole Spider-man thing kinda puts a strain on our relationship."

"I see..." Gwen muttered, turning her head away from Peter to hide her flushed face. "So the Mary Jane of this dimension is dating Peter...I wonder if this dimension's Peter and I ever..." Gwen suddenly shook her head, pushing those thoughts from her mind. "I can't be thinking about that right now...even if this version of Peter is totally cute..."

"Gwen, I know we need to find a way to get you back home, but I need to ask you a huge favor," Peter said as he grabbed ahold of Gwen's hands, causing her already flushed face to turn an even darker shade of red. "Can you come with me to meet MJ? She'll never believe me if I just tell her that you poofed in from another dimension. She needs to see you in person. MJ and you were good friends, I'm sure she'd love to see you again."

"I guess I can come along...Mary Jane and I were kind of close in my universe too...until she became a total bitch and I quit our band..." Gwen said, muttering the last part underneath her breath. Slipping her mask back on and flipping up her hood, Gwen adjusted her web shooters. "Alright Peter, lead the way."

"Thanks so much, Gwen! I totally owe you one!" Peter exclaimed with a grin before he put his own mask back on. "I know someone who may be able to help us out with your situation, we can visit them tomorrow." Shooting out a line of webbing, Peter launched off the building in the direction of Mary Jane's apartment. "Try to keep up, Gwen! We don't have a second to spare!"

(Fourteen Minutes Later: Mary Jane's Apartment)

"*Sigh* Why am I even doing this?" Mary Jane muttered to herself, checking the time on her phone to see that Peter only had about a minute left. "Even if he shows up on time his excuse is going to suck. He keeps ditching me time and time again, but every time I forgive him and give him another chance." Sighing wistfully, Mary Jane stared at her phone's background picture, a photo of Peter and her on one of their first dates. "I just can't hate him when he begs and gives me that sad look of his, but a girl can only handle so much Peter." Just then Mary Jane heard a few soft taps at her window. Turning around, MJ wasn't surprised to see Peter's upside down face smiling awkwardly at her. Mary Jane chuckled softly and got up off the couch. Walking over to the window, Mary Jane opened it and allowed Peter to enter her apartment. "Wow, you're exactly on time for once, I must say I'm a little impressed."

"Yeah, I really busted my ass to get here on time," Peter said as he crawled into MJ's apartment, doing a quick flip before landing on his feet. "Thanks for giving me a chance to explain myself."

"No problem, tiger. Now get talking." Mary Jane said, crossing her arms underneath her chest and giving Peter an annoyed look. "And it better be a damn good excuse."

"Well, you see...I had just stopped a mugging when my phone went off, reminding me about our date...that I was totally going to be late too...sorry about that..." Peter explained in an apologetic tone as he nervously gripped his mask. Seeing Mary Jane roll her eyes, having heard a similar excuse from him countless times before, Peter decided to just get right to the point. "Well I started swinging as fast as I could to meet you...but along the way...something happened...something I still can't really believe..."

"Oh, and what would that be?" Mary Jane said, quirking her eye in intrigue, Peter definitely had her attention now. "I'm on the edge of my seat."

"I think it would be better if you saw for yourself," Peter said as he turned back towards the window he had entered from. "You can come in now." Mary Jane was surprised when she saw another head appear outside her window, this one hidden behind a white mask. The redhead was even more surprised when the mystery person crawled into her apartment just as Peter had. The white and black costumed girl flipped through the air and landed right beside Peter. "She's the reason I missed our date."

"So...you met another person with spider powers?" Mary Jane asked, closely examining the newcomer, admiring her choice in costume. "Okay tiger, I'll give it to you, that is a pretty good reason to be late."

"She's not just some random person with spider powers," Peter said as he nodded to the masked girl standing beside him. "You can take your mask off now."

Mary Jane watched in anticipation as the girl pulled down her hood, before slowly pulling off her mask. The first thing MJ saw was her blonde hair, then it was the piercing blue eyes and when the mask was fully off the redhead gasped in shock. Mary Jane was sure that she was seeing a ghost, or she was definitely seeing things because there was no way she was staring at Gwen Stacy.

"Hey, Mary Jane..." Gwen said with a nervous smile, waving awkwardly. "Long time no see...I guess?"

"G-Gwen..." Mary Jane stuttered out as she slowly approached the blonde woman, before reaching out and gently touching her cheek. The redhead's hand recoiled slightly when she felt it make contact with Gwen's skin, proving that she wasn't some sort of illusion, a few tears escaping her eyes. "How...how is this possible...you're supposed to be dead...I...I saw your body..."

"Yeah, Peter told me the same thing..." Gwen said, staring down at her feet. "It's really weird for me too."

"MJ...Gwen...this Gwen is from an alternate dimension...at least I think she is." Peter explained, which caused Mary Jane's eyes to widen in shock. "I caught her falling from the sky after I heard a loud explosion echo out overhead."

"An...alternate dimension...that sounds absolutely crazy..." Mary Jane said, taking a seat at her kitchen table, looking back and forth between Peter and Gwen several times. "How can you be sure about this Peter?"

"I'm not one hundred percent certain about it either MJ," Peter said as he sat down next to Mary Jane and gently placed his hand on top of hers. "But after all the crazy things that have happened to me, I think I can believe in alternate dimensions."

"I can't think of any other explanation," Gwen said, taking a seat next to Peter at the table. "This world is similar to my own, but it's different in several ways."

"How so?" Mary Jane asked as she gazed at Gwen.

"Well for one...I was the one to receive spider powers, not Peter," Gwen explained, before lowering her head, a pained look in her eyes. "And Peter died in my dimension...he died right in my arms..." Mary Jane gasped audibly when she heard this, gripping Peter's hand tightly. "It took my best friend dying for me to realize I needed to take this whole superhero thing seriously and use my powers to help people."

"Just like me, Gwen has people she cares about and needs to protect in her own dimension," Peter added as he placed his free hand on Mary Jane's shoulder. "That's why I need to find out why Gwen ended up here and help her find a way back home to her own dimension."

"Okay, I think I understand..." Mary Jane said, slowly nodding her head. "I know that I won't be able to do much, but I'll do everything I can to help you guys."

"Thank you, Mary Jane, that means a lot to me," Gwen said with a smile just before the redhead stood up from the table.

"If it's okay with you guys I'm gonna go to bed...I've had a crazy day already and meeting a Gwen Stacy from an alternate dimension just added on to that." Mary Jane said, walking across her apartment and stopping in her bedroom's doorway. "Peter, Gwen if you guys want you can both crash here tonight...I can give Gwen some spare clothes to wear tomorrow morning...and I have some extra pajamas Gwen can wear in the guest bedroom."

"Thanks MJ, we'll take you up on that offer," Peter said as he stood up from the table and smiled at Gwen. "Come on, I can show you to the guest room."

"Alright, we'll talk about this more in the morning." Mary Jane said, waving to both spider people before walking into her own bedroom and closing the door behind her.

"You don't have to stay with me Peter, I'll be fine by myself," Gwen said as a slight blush spread across her face at the thought of sleeping in the same room as Peter. "I'm a big girl, I don't need a chaperone."

"Oh, I don't doubt that," Peter said, flashing Gwen a toothy grin. "But you're a big girl who was just warped into a different dimension, a dimension where she's supposed to be dead, I wouldn't feel right if just left you alone."

"What about clothes?" Gwen questioned as she gestured to the fact that Peter was still in his Spider-man costume. "Do you plan on sleeping in your suit?"

"Got that covered already," Peter said with a cheeky smile, shooting a line of webbing across the room, pulling over a duffle bag a second later. Unzipping the bag, Peter revealed that it was full of spare clothes. "I always keep a couple of sets of clothes here in case I ever need them."

"Ah...I guess it's fine then..." Gwen said with a light sigh as she finally relented, deciding that sleeping next to Peter wasn't the worst thing to ever happen to her. "But don't you dare try and peek when I'm changing, or else I'll web your damn eyes shut!"

"I-I would never!" Peter blurted out in embarrassment as he became flustered by Gwen's sudden declaration. "I always respect a woman's privacy!"

"Looks like this Peter does have something in common with my own...he's still a total dork when it comes to girls..." Gwen thought with a small smile, walking up to Peter and playfully slapping him on the shoulder. "I was only messing with you, now let's get some rest because I actually am pretty tired."

"Sure thing Gwen," Peter said, his own smile returning as he showed Gwen where the guest bedroom was. "We do have a busy day scheduled tomorrow!"

As Peter and Gwen walked into the guest room, neither of them noticed a black leather-clad figure watching them from a rooftop across the street. The buxom white-haired woman smirked as she watched Spider-man lead a blonde-haired girl into another room she couldn't see into.

"So, it looks like the Spider found himself a little spider girlfriend..." Felicia Hardy, better known by her alter ego Black Cat, said with a devious smirk as she licked her lips. "Hmmm, I think things are about to get real interesting." Sparing one last longing glance at the apartment, Felicia hopped off the roof towards the streets below, she could tease her Spider later but right now she still had a job to do.

(Three Hours Later: Inside Mary Jane's Spare Bedroom)

Peter released a light sigh as he stared up at the white ceiling overhead. After the crazy events that had happened earlier that day, he couldn't really fall asleep. It also didn't help that Peter decided to be chivalrous and had insisted he sleep on the floor, while Gwen took the bed. Turning over onto his side, Peter stared at Gwen on the bed next to him, her eyes closed and breathing softly. Peter bit his bottom lip as he stared at Gwen's sleeping face, he knew she needed to rest, but he couldn't get something out of his mind.

"Hey, Gwen...you awake?" Peter whispered as he continued to look at Gwen, waiting for some type of response from her. After several moments one of Gwen's eyes cracked open. "I didn't wake you did I?"

"No...I couldn't sleep either...I was trying but nothing was working..." Gwen groaned, sitting up in the bed and resting her back against the headboard. "My mind is too active right now... too many crazy things have happened to me in only a few hours..."

"Do you wanna talk for a bit? Maybe that will tire us out?" Peter suggested as he went back to staring up at the ceiling.

"Sure," Gwen replied, resting her head on her knees as she gazed out the room's window. "What did you want to talk about?"

"If you don't mind...if it's not too much for you..." Peter muttered before he paused for a brief moment, wondering if this was something they should be discussing. Releasing a light sigh, Peter decided to just rip the band-aid right off, he needed to know. "How...how did I die in your dimension?"

"Starting with the heavy hitting questions right off the bat I see..." Gwen said with a light chuckle, briefly balling her fists, something that wasn't missed by Peter.

"If you don't want to we can-"

"No it's fine," Gwen cut Peter off before she turned to look at him, their eyes meeting. "It will be good for me to talk about it...especially since I usually avoid thinking about that day as much as possible." Taking a deep breath, Gwen steeled herself to recall one of the most tragic events in her life. "I guess I should start from the beginning. Back in my dimension Peter and I were best friends, we were both kinda introverts and we shared a love for music. We were both sort of outcasts and were bullied a lot, Peter more so than me. Then one day I was bitten by that spider and gained my powers, becoming the crime fighter known as Spider-woman...although at the beginning I wasn't taking the job very seriously and was only really doing it to get famous. Over time Peter was bullied more and more, and eventually, he started to idolize Spider-woman, but he didn't know that it was me behind the mask. Soon the constant bullying pushed him too far and he created a special serum, on prom night he took that serum and turned into the Lizard." Peter's eyes widened in shock when Gwen said this. "Peter went totally berserk and I was forced to stop him, but I went too far during our fight...he eventually turned back into a human and I rushed over, holding him in my arms..." Gwen chocked back a sob as tears poured from her eyes. "God...I hurt him so bad...I just...pushed him too hard during that fight...shortly after that he died in my arms...after I realized what I had just done I was so overcome with grief that I just bolted...I didn't know where I was going, but I just knew that I couldn't be there any longer...once everything was over I was blamed for Peter Parker's death and became a public menace...ever since then I've dedicated my life to being a real hero...someone that my Peter would be proud of."

"Gwen...I'm so sorry you had to go through something like that." Peter consoled Gwen as he got up off the floor and sat down on the bed next to her, pulling her in for a comforting hug. "That sounds like what happened with me and my Uncle Ben...I made a huge mistake and it cost him his life...and ever since then I've been working to be a hero that he could be proud of."

"It's just...I had these amazing powers now...I should have done something to help him..." Gwen said through her tears as she grabbed ahold of Peter's shirt, crying into his chest. "I should have helped him scare off those bullies...I should have done something damn it..."

"I know it hurts Gwen, but you can't dwell on the 'what ifs.' If you do, you'll never be able to move forward." Peter said in a soothing voice as he gently rubbed the back of Gwen's head. "I used to constantly think about what I could have done differently...what I could have done to keep you and Uncle Ben alive...but eventually I realized that way of thinking was only holding me back, not just as a hero but as a person too."

"I know...I know..." Gwen muttered, wiping away her tears and sniffling several times. "It's just hard sometimes..." Looking back at Peter, Gwen laughed when she saw the large wet spot on his chest. "Sorry about crying all over you like that."

"Oh, don't worry about it," Peter said with a smile as he chuckled himself. "MJ likes to watch sad movies, so I'm kinda used to it."

"So...I told you about what happened to my Peter Parker...can you tell me how your Gwen Stacy died?" Gwen asked, feeling Peter's entire body momentarily stiffen. "Peter...I'll give you the option too...you don't have to tell me."

"No, you told me...it's only fair that I tell you...I knew this would come up as soon as I asked you about what happened to your version of Peter Parker," Peter said as he released his hold on Gwen and clasped his hands in his lap, staring down at the floor. "Besides, just like you...it's probably a good thing for me to talk about this..." Peter didn't speak for several moments as he recalled the night his Gwen Stacy had died. "In my dimension, you and I weren't just friends, we were actually dating...and I really did love my Gwen..." Gwen's eyes widened slightly when she heard this, a faint blush dusting across her cheeks. "Things seemed to be going pretty well for a while but one day she was kidnapped by the Green Goblin...I eventually found them at the Brooklyn Bridge...I tried to get Goblin to stop...I tried to talk him out of it...but...but he still threw Gwen off the bridge." Gwen felt her heart ache slightly when she saw Peter get choked up for a moment, pausing his story briefly to recollect himself. "So naturally I dove after her...but I quickly realized that I just wasn't going fast enough and that I wouldn't reach her in time...so I shot out a line of webbing to catch her...but...but..." Peter couldn't hold back any longer, tears were freely falling from his eyes as he tightly gripped the fabric of his pants.

"Your webbing caught her, but the sudden whiplash...snapped her neck..." Gwen finished, piecing together where Peter's story was going. "Oh Peter, I'm so sorry...no one should ever have to go through something like that."

"That's not even the worst part," Peter said as he chuckled bitterly, staring at the wall across the room with tears still streaming down his cheeks. "After Gwen died...I just snapped...Goblin had pushed me too far. I chased after the bastard...and I beat him...I beat him to within an inch of his life...I was so angry and wanted nothing more than to kill the son of a bitch who took away the woman I loved...but I stopped...I stopped because I realized killing Goblin would make me no better than him." Sniffling slightly, Peter wiped away his tears. "After I stopped, Goblin tried to use his glider to kill me, but my Spider-senses kicked it and I dodged his attack. He was impaled by his own glider, but even as I watched him die I didn't feel any better...Gwen was still gone and Goblin's death wouldn't change that."

"Peter...you did the right thing...killing the Green Goblin would have led you down a dangerous path that you couldn't turn back from..." Gwen said, placing her hand on top of Peter's, trying to comfort him. "Your Gwen Stacy may be gone but I'm here right now, and I promise you'll never have to go through something like that with me."

"And I'll promise the same thing for you," Peter said as he smiled at Gwen, turning his hand over and interlocking their fingers. "We'll have each other's backs until I get you back home to your dimension."

"Heh, we've both been through some terrible shit..." Gwen said with a chuckle, resting her head on Peter's shoulder.

"You can say that again," Peter added as he wrapped a comforting arm around Gwen's shoulders. "When will we ever catch a break?"

"You know..." Gwen muttered, fidgeting slightly as her cheeks burned red. "You don't have to sleep on the floor...the bed is big enough for both of us."

"Gwen, you don't have too..." Peter started to say, but he stopped when he saw the look in Gwen's eyes, practically begging him not to leave her alone. Releasing a light sigh, a soft smile spread across Peter's face. "Alright thanks, Gwen." Turning his head, Peter's eyes widened when he saw what time it was. "We really should be getting some rest, it's really late."

Nodding her head, Gwen got back under the bed's covers, with Peter following right behind her. Soon Peter's eyes slowly began to drift shut as sleep started to wash over him. But just as Peter's mind started to drift off, he felt a comforting warmth gently press against his back. Turning slightly, Peter was surprised to see Gwen snuggling up next to him, her eyes red from crying and her cheeks tear stained. With a smile, Peter brushed a few locks of blonde hair out of Gwen's face. Turning back over, Peter moved closer to Gwen, allowing their shared warmth to lull him to sleep. She may not have been his Gwen Stacy, but he couldn't help feeling a special connection to her, and he would not take the time they spent together for granted.

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(The Following Morning: Mary Jane's Apartment)

"God, last night was crazy..." Mary Jane muttered to herself, suppressing a yawn as she stretched and slid out of her bed. Walking into her bathroom, Mary Jane quickly fixed her bedhead and brushed her teeth. After she had showered and freshened up, Mary Jane quickly slipped something on and decided to check in on Peter and Gwen. After quietly opening the door to her guest bedroom, Mary Jane poked her head inside. She saw that Peter and Gwen were still fast asleep. But she was surprised to see that both of them were sleeping on the bed, with Gwen snuggling up rather close to Peter. Seeing a scene like this would likely make most people jealous, and any other time Mary Jane would be livid seeing her boyfriend so close to another woman. But given the shared history between Peter and Gwen, and the events that had transpired the previous night, Mary Jane figured that both of them had let out some seriously pent up emotions, she confirmed this after seeing that Gwen's eyes were still slightly red and puffy from crying. Smiling softly, Mary Jane quietly closed the door and walked towards her kitchen. "Guess I'll make some breakfast."

About twenty minutes later, Peter began to wake up, the smell of pancakes and sausage filling his nostrils and stirring him from his slumber. With a long yawn, Peter sat up in the bed, rubbing the sleep out of his eyes. Before Peter could move, he heard a soft groan next to him. Looking over, he was momentarily surprised when he saw that Gwen was sleeping next to him, but then he remembered what had happened the night before. When Gwen rolled over, still fast asleep, Peter smiled and brushed some hair out of her sleeping face. Soon the smell of breakfast became too tantalizing and Peter decided it was time to get out of bed. Using his spider-powers, Peter silently crawled out of the bed and onto the ceiling, before dropping onto the floor beside the bed. Peter exited the room after sparing one last glance at Gwen. Walking into the kitchen, Peter saw MJ standing in front of the stove, cooking and humming to herself. The beautiful redhead was dressed in only a large, loose-fitting t-shirt and panties. Peter took a moment to take in how sexy Mary Jane looked, before walking over to her and wrapping his arms around her waist. Mary Jane was momentarily surprised by the sudden embrace but smiled when she saw that it was Peter who was hugging her.

"Morning MJ..." Peter said with a smile as he placed a gentle kiss on her cheek.

"Morning tiger..." Mary Jane said with a slight smirk, turning her head to give Peter a brief kiss on lips. "Breakfast will be ready in a minute, so why don't you take a seat at the table."

"Sounds great." Peter said as he let go of Mary Jane and walked over to where the dining table was, seeing that his girlfriend had already set out three plates, silverware, syrup and butter, and some orange juice. Smiling at the well-prepared table, Peter pulled out a chair and took a seat. "How'd you sleep MJ?"

"Not bad, considering what happened last night. I'm still having a hard time believing Gwen is really here with us." Mary Jane replied, walking over and setting down two plates, one piled high with pancakes and the other full of sausage links. The redhead sat down next to Peter and quickly fixed herself a plate. "Where is Gwen by the way?"

"She's still asleep..." Peter said before he spread some butter and syrup on top of his pancakes. "I didn't want to wake her up, she went through a lot yesterday, so I figured she could use the extra rest."

"You went through a lot too Peter..." Mary Jane said in a sympathetic tone, taking a sip of orange juice. "I can't imagine how you felt seeing Gwen after...you know..."

"It was a shock, that's for sure..." Peter said with a sad smile as he stopped eating for a moment. "She may not be the Gwen Stacy that we knew, but she's still Gwen and I'm just happy to see her alive and well, even if she is from another dimension."

"I feel the same way..." Mary Jane said, looking down and picking at her food for a bit. "But your whole alternate dimension theory...are you sure it's right? How do you know she's not a clone...or an android...or something else crazy like that? I mean it wouldn't be the first time something like that happened."

"I'm not sure MJ, that's why it's just a theory right now..." Peter said as he released a light sigh, setting down his fork. "That's why I'm taking Gwen to see somebody who might be able to shed some more light on what's going on."

"Morning you two..." Before Mary Jane could ask any further questions, Gwen walked up to the table, suppressing a yawn as she sat down at the table across from Peter. "Woah, who made breakfast? It looks great."

"That would be MJ." Peter replied, gesturing towards the redhead beside him. "I can't cook worth a damn, so you can thank her for all this."

"Then thanks Mary Jane, I'm starving..." Gwen said with a smile as she piled her plate high with pancakes and several links of sausage. "So what were you two talking about?"

"We were just discussing our current situation, regarding you more specifically." Mary Jane said, before biting into a sausage link. Hearing this caused Gwen to perk up slightly. "Peter mentioned knowing someone who might be able to help."

"Yeah, he said something about that last night too." Gwen added as she turned her attention towards Peter. "Who are we seeing anyways, Peter?"

"An old friend of mine..." Peter answered cryptically, before finishing off the last scraps on his plate. Gwen and Mary Jane both appeared to be unsatisfied with this answer, but neither prodded any further. After cleaning off his plate and putting it in the dishwasher, Peter walked back over to the table. "Alright Gwen, we're gonna head out as soon as you're done eating. You can dress casually, but you're probably still gonna want to bring your suit."

"Okay...but wait...I don't have any other clothes..." Gwen said as her face tinted red in embarrassment, sheepishly looking at Mary Jane. "I hate to impose, but could you-"

"Don't worry, you can borrow some of mine. When you're done eating just head into my room and grab whatever you like." Mary Jane said with a chuckle, standing up from her seat and walking into the kitchen. "Peter, can I talk to you for a moment?"

"Sure thing MJ...take your time and eat Gwen, there's no rush...we'll head out as soon as you're ready." Peter said with a smile as he followed Mary Jane into the kitchen. When he saw the redhead washing some dishes, he leaned on the counter next to her. "So what's up MJ?"

"I understand you need to go help Gwen, but you still owe me for the date you skipped out on last night, tiger." Mary Jane said in a seductive tone, quickly turning to face Peter and wrapping her arms around his neck. The redhead smirked when she saw Peter's face flush bright red as she leaned closer, her hot breath on his face. "To make up for standing me up last night, tonight you're gonna take me to an expensive restaurant for dinner. Once we get there, we're going to have a wonderful evening and spend all night talking. After dinner, we're going for a stroll in the park and you're gonna be a big strong man and keep me company and make me feel safe. Then after that...we'll see where the night takes us...I may even invite you up for some coffee." Peter audibly gulped at what Mary Jane was implying. He and Mary Jane may have been dating for a few months, but they hadn't crossed that line yet. Peter wanted to respect Mary Jane and wait for the right time, but her constant teasing made that extremely difficult sometimes. "Does that sound good to you, tiger?"

"Y-Yes, sounds lovely..." Peter stuttered out which caused Mary Jane to smile in satisfaction. "I look forward to it."

"Good, I'll make reservations then." Mary Jane said, unlocking her arms from around Peter's neck, gently brushing her hand down his cheek as she stepped away from him. "Now no standing me up tonight Peter...tonight will be about just you and me."

"I promise MJ, I won't let anything get in the way of our date tonight." Peter said with a smile as he followed Mary Jane towards her bedroom.

"You better not, tiger. I want tonight to be special." Mary Jane said, stopping in her bedroom doorway and turning to face Peter. Leaning forward, Mary Jane gave Peter a brief kiss. "Now go keep Gwen company, I need to get changed and she's been sitting at the table all by herself."

About ten minutes later Mary Jane emerged from her room and ushered Gwen in, offering to help her pick out an outfit to wear. After another fifteen minutes, both girls walked out fully dressed. Gwen now wore a light, pure white coat with tight black pants that hugged her toned legs. (Imagine her casual outfit from her backstory in Into the Spiderverse). However, she still wore her cyan colored ballerina shoes, but now also sported a green backpack, which Peter imagined held her costume.

"You ready to go?" Peter asked with a smile as he stood up from the dining table. "I like the outfit by the way, looks great on you."

"It was mostly Mary Jane..." Gwen said with a slight blush, brushing some hair out of her eyes. "She picked everything out."

"And I must say that I did a damn good job." Mary Jane said with a smirk as she admired the outfit she had picked out for Gwen. "It looks perfect on you Gwen."

"Alright, we should get going." Peter said, leading Gwen towards the door. "The sooner we figure out what's going on, the better."

"Sounds good to me." Gwen said with a smile as she walked out into the hallway.

"Hold on a second, tiger." Mary Jane called out, grabbing ahold of Peter's hand before he could get away. Without warning, Mary Jane pulled Peter towards her and captured his lips in a passionate kiss, catching him completely off guard. When Mary Jane broke the liplock, Peter looked completely dumbfounded, while Gwen appeared to be slightly jealous, but she did her best to hide it. "Don't forget about tonight."

"I-I won't, MJ..." Peter stuttered out with a goofy smile as he simply stared at Mary Jane, getting lost in her beautiful eyes.

"Okay, that's enough lovebirds, we really should going now!" Gwen exclaimed in a frustrated tone, grabbing ahold of Peter's arm and dragging him down the hall, causing Mary Jane to chuckle as she watched the two spider people walk down the hallway.

"Have fun you two!" Mary Jane called out with a smile as Gwen and Peter disappeared around a corner. "Well, I better start planning for tonight. Oh, Peter and I are gonna have so much fun!"

(Two Minutes Later: Roof of Mary Jane's Apartment)

"What the hell are we doing up here, Peter?" Gwen asked, an irritated edge still in her tone as she rapidly tapped her foot. "I thought we were gonna take a cab or something?"

"Nah, it'll be way faster if we just swing there. Traffic at this time of day is a fucking nightmare." Peter replied, pulling out his mask and putting it on. "You're probably gonna want to put your mask on too."

"Fine..." Gwen said as she released a light sigh, pulling her mask out of her backpack and putting it on. "But why did you say to dress casually?"

"I don't know how long we're gonna be there, so I figured we'd both be more comfortable in normal clothes." Peter replied with a shrug of his shoulders as he stepped onto the edge of the roof, taking a moment to adjust his web shooters. "I love wearing my costume, but it can be a little stifling if I have it on for too long."

"Where are we going anyways? You've been super vague about it." Gwen pointed out, stepping up onto the edge next to Peter. "Do you have some super genius buddy or something?"

"Something like that." Peter replied with a chuckle as he pointed to a massive skyscraper towering out in the distance. "That's actually where we're heading." Gwen was surprised to see the massive building, whatever it was it didn't exist in her dimension. The main feature on the building that stood out to her was a massive 'A' near the top of the skyscraper. Suddenly Peter leaped off the roof, immediately firing out a line of webbing at another building across the street. "Keep up, we're gonna get a little help from the Avengers!"

"The Avengers?" Gwen asked in a confused tone, before jumping off the roof and swinging after Peter. "Who the hell are they?!"

After about fifteen minutes of swinging, Peter and Gwen stood outside Avenger's Tower, staring up at the gigantic building before them. On the way to their destination, Peter gave Gwen a brief crash course on who the Avengers were. Apparently, they were a group of heroes who had been formed to defend the Earth from various threats. According to Peter, they had taken down some seriously dangerous threats throughout the years. Gwen couldn't help but notice that Peter seemed quite proud as he seemed to brag about being a part of the Avenger's team, even if he wasn't their heaviest hitter.

"Well, let's head inside." Peter said as he opened the door into the lobby, ushering Gwen into the building. As Gwen stepped inside, she was surprised at how sparsely decorated it was, and how few people there were. The only person in the expansive room was a single receptionist sitting behind a large circular desk in the center of the lobby. As Peter entered the lobby, he took off his mask before smiling and waving to the receptionist. "Hey, Carol!"

"Hello, Mr. Parker." Carol said with a small smile and nod of her head.

"Is it cool if we head on up?" Peter asked, gesturing towards a set of elevators on the other end of the room.

"Of course...but who is your friend?" Carol replied as she turned her gaze towards Gwen. "I've never seen her before."

"That's exactly it, she's my friend and she's in a bit of trouble. So I wanted to see if I could get some help." Peter said, pressing the button to call down the elevator. "Don't worry, she won't cause any trouble."

"Okay, I'll let them know that you're on your way up." Carol said before she turned her attention back to her computer monitor.

"Are you sure it was okay to let her see your face?" Gwen asked after stepping into the elevator, the doors closing behind her. "What if she tells someone your secret identity?"

"Who? Carol?" Peter asked in a confused tone as he quirked an eyebrow. "Oh don't worry about her, she's a hologram programmed to greet people who enter the tower. I'm pretty sure she also gives guided tours on the weekends." Gwen stared at Peter in shock and was about to say something else, but he suddenly pressed his hand against a scanner near the door. After a few seconds, the scanner flashed green several times and a panel above it opened up. Gwen jumped in surprise when an emotionless, robotic voice echoed within the elevator.

"Fingerprints identified. Now requiring retinal identification."

"This new security system is a real pain in the ass, but I guess it is necessary..." Peter said, releasing a light sigh and leaning forward, his eye inches away from the scanner. A brief scan was performed and the retinal scanner closed back up. After blinking several times, Peter rubbed his eye. "That should do it."

"Identity confirmed. Welcome, Spider-man."

"Alright, let's head up." Peter said as he pressed the button for the top floor, which was now glowing faintly. "Enjoy the view, because this is gonna take a minute."

"This place is insane, Peter." Gwen said in awe, crossing her arms over her chest. "You really work with these guys?"

"Sure do." Peter answered with a smirk as the elevator slowly began to rise. "And if you think this is crazy, wait until you see the rest of the building." After the elevator had gone up about two floors, Gwen soon realized what Peter had meant by 'enjoying the view.' The back of the elevator was see-through, giving Gwen a clear view of the bustling city below them. No matter how many times she saw it, Gwen still marveled at the city's expansive and breathtaking skyline. However, Gwen was pulled from her sightseeing a few moments later when a sweet, feminine voice suddenly spoke up over the intercom.

"Hello Peter, it's good to see you again."

"Oh, hey Karen!" Peter exclaimed with a grin, waving to the small camera within the elevator. "It's been a little while!"

"It has. How have you been, Peter?"

"I've been good, the whole Spider-man thing sure keeps me busy!" Peter said with a light chuckle as he rubbed the back of his head. "Sorry I haven't been around too much lately."

"It's fine, I understand that you are a busy person. If I may ask Peter, who is the woman with you? I have no recollection of her within my data files."

"Ah, this is an old friend of mine Gwen Stacy." Peter said, wrapping an arm around Gwen's shoulders and pulling her closer, making her feel quite awkward. "We haven't seen each other in a while and she was in trouble, so I decided to help her. I needed some extra help, so I figured that the Avengers were a good place to start."

"Gwen Stacy? Wait, I do have that name on file...Peter, I don't know how to put this, but didn't she-"

"Yes Karen, she did..." Peter cut the AI off before she could say anymore as his hold on Gwen tightened slightly, something she didn't miss. "That's kinda why we're here."

"Ah, I see...well I hope you can help Ms. Stacy with her...predicament. And of course, I'll provide any assistance I can."

"Thanks, Karen..." Peter said with a small smile as the doors to the elevator opened. "I'll talk to you later."

"Okay Peter, I look forward too it."

"Now who was that?" Gwen asked, stepping out of the elevator with Peter. "Another hologram or something?"

"No, Karen is an AI that Tony developed for me while I was training to become an Avenger." Peter replied as he led Gwen through the winding halls and passed numerous rooms. "She helps me out with various things when I'm in the tower and I can even take her on the go if I need to. Tony wanted to put her into my suit, but I ended up turning down the offer. However, she is compatible in some of my other suits though, especially my newer ones."

"You mentioned someone named Tony, is that who we're here to see?" Gwen asked, reading the names on the various doors they passed, recognizing none of them. "Steve Rogers, Natasha Romanoff, Carol Danvers, Bruce Banner, Wanda Maximoff, Thor Odinson..." Gazing down another hallway, Gwen spotted another set of rooms, but she couldn't make out the names on the doors. "These must be rooms for the other Avengers to stay in. I wonder if Peter has his own room here?"

"Yes, Tony Stark, he's a genius and the guy who helped form the Avengers, he might be able to help us, he had this tower built actually." Peter replied, pressing his hand against another scanner, opening the door into a large area that appeared to be a lab and workshop. "If we're lucky, he'll be around here somewhere."

"Huh, there's an Anthony Stark in my dimension..." Gwen muttered as she gazed at the various machines, and what appeared to be several suits of armor, filling the lab. "He's a billionaire who is a weapon manufacturer and coffee mogul, but he also has a private mercenary company called War Machine that does all his dirty work. The guy seems like a total asshole to me."

"Well, that isn't very nice little lady." Gwen nearly jumped out of her skin once again when someone spoke up behind her. Whipping around, Gwen glared at a middle-aged man with a goatee, who was poking his out from behind one of the suits of armor. "I know I'm quite the ego-maniac, but I wouldn't exactly call myself an asshole."

"God, would people and AI seriously stop coming out of nowhere and scaring me half to death!?" Gwen exclaimed in frustration as she threw her hands up in the air. "Really wish my spider-sense would have given me a heads up!"

"Well, I don't think he was really posing a threat, hence why your spider-sense didn't go off." Peter explained with a chuckle, walking up and shaking the mystery man's hand. "Good to see you, Tony."

"You too kid, it's been a while since you last poked your head around here." Tony said with a smirk as he walked over to a computer monitor and began to feverishly type. "Things are slightly less awkward without you around and that's just no fun."

"Sorry about that, I've just been...busy lately..." Peter apologized, nervously rubbing his arm.

"Don't apologize kid, I know this job can get to be a little much sometimes, we all need to take a break every now and then." Tony said in an understanding tone as he looked up from his monitor to gaze between Peter and Gwen several times, noticing that she was still wearing her mask. "Miss...whoever you are, you don't have to worry about the mask in here. I won't post your picture online or anything...unless you start to irritate me." Gwen glanced at Peter and he quickly nodded his head, giving her the ok. Releasing a light sigh, Gwen took off her mask and slipped it back into her backpack. Tony let out a low whistle when he got a good look at Gwen's face. "Oh my, you're quite the looker. I don't get it, why do all the attractive ones seem to flock to you, Parker? Do you exude some type of spider-pheromones or something? It's one problem I can't seem to solve."

"Tony, we really don't have time for jokes right now. This woman is-"

"She's a spider-person from an alternate dimension, right?" Tony cut Peter off, leaving a webslinger momentarily stunned. "How'd I do? Did I hit the nail on the head?"

"H-How did you know?" Peter asked, still shocked as to why Tony seemed to know about Gwen and her situation. "I haven't told you anything yet."

"It's funny that you ask how I would know that." Tony said as he backed away from the monitor and walked over to Peter and Gwen. "It turns out you're not the only dimension hopping spider who's visited me today." Both Peter and Gwen's eyes widened in shock when they heard this. "Hey, stop working for a second and get your ass out here, you've got guests!"

A few moments later, a costumed man walked out, appearing to be messing with a small device on his wrist. The man wore a costume that was similar to Peter's, but the colors where the inverse of his, being largely blue with several red accents along the arms, mask, and chest. With the most standout features being the large red skull on his chest and what appeared to be a cape made from a web-like material. As the man approached, both Gwen and Peter winced slightly as their spider-senses went haywire, similar to what had happened when they both met for the first time.

"Ah, it's a pleasure to meet you two." The newcomer said as he stopped in front of Gwen and Peter. "My name is Miguel O'Hara, I come from Earth-928 in the year 2099." Before Peter or Gwen had a chance to say anything, Miguel raised the device on his wrist and scanned both of them. A split second later an image of Peter and Gwen projected up from the device, along with some basic information about both of them. "And you two are...Gwen Stacy from Earth-65 and Peter Parker from Earth-616...huh, it looks like you're this dimension's Spider-man."

"What the hell was that? How did you know who we were?" Gwen asked in a suspicious tone, her eyes narrowing slightly as she glared at Miguel.

"Oh, I knew because of this little beauty." Miguel said as he gestured to the device on his wrist. "It's a nifty little gadget that I invented that can deduce the dimensional origin of anybody it scans. I was actually looking into cross-dimensional travel before I was sucked into this one."

"So you may know why Gwen came to this dimension?" Peter asked in a hopeful tone, causing Gwen to perk up slightly.

"As of matter of fact, I likely know exactly why she was brought here." Miguel replied as he messed with the device on his wrist for a moment, before the schematics for a massive machine projected from it. "As I said, I was actually looking into how to safely travel across dimensions. The machine you see in this image is one I created for that very purpose. I was nearly finished and just needed to run some preliminary tests. But before I could do that, I was attacked by a villain named Goblin. He had somehow learned of my experiments and wanted to use my machine for his own plans. I caught him trying to steal the schematics for my machine and I attempted to stop him. During our fight, the machine was activated and I was thrown into it. I can only suspect that because the machine wasn't calibrated that it threw me into this dimension, while also dragging along others with dimensional signatures similar to mine. That's where you come into play, Ms. Stacy. Since you're your universe's version of Spider-man, your dimensional signature matched mine and brought you here."

"If what you say is true, then that would explain why I was brought here." Gwen muttered, crossing her arms over her chest. "But you mentioned others with similar 'dimensional signatures.' Does that mean there were others who were also brought to this dimension aside from you and me?"

"Yes, I've detected at least one other person matching our shared dimensional signature who was brought into this dimension." Miguel said as he released a light sigh and turned off his wrist computer. "But I don't who they are, or where they are within the city. We'll just have to keep our eyes out for them. However, that's not our only problem. Aside from trying to get us back to our own dimensions, we'll have to deal with the Goblin. He was brought to this dimension along with me and could be changing his plans to cause havoc in this dimension."

"That's really bad. He could possibly get in contact with other villains in the city and get them to help him." Peter said, before walking over to Tony. "Where are the other Avengers, Tony? We may need their help on this one, especially if Goblin gets help from other villains."

"Sorry kid, but almost everyone else is out on missions right now, including me. I'm heading out in a bit to help Cap and Banner, the only reason I'm still here is because future man over there showed up on our doorstep." Tony replied as he rapidly typed a few things into his computer. "Natasha is somewhere around here and Danvers should be back in a day or two, so they can help you. Wanda might be in the area, I honestly have no clue where she is, but I'm sure she'll show up eventually. If you want, I can also contact a few other people and see if they'll help."

"Please, any extra help is appreciated." Peter said, turning his attention back to Miguel. "So, you know the most about what's going on, what's our next move?"

"Well you're right, we'll need some extra help, not just to track down and take out Goblin, but to find the last person who was brought to this dimension and help them too." Miguel replied as he walked back over to Tony and began to type on the computer next to him. "And Tony may have found someone who needs our help and might be able to assist us."

"Well, I didn't exactly find them." Tony said, holding up a small USB drive. "This little baby showed up in an unmarked package earlier today. Normally I wouldn't trust something like this, but Jarvis scanned it and gave it the all clear." After plugging the USB into the computer, Tony turned the monitor around so that Gwen and Peter could better see it. They were both slightly surprised to see several images of a dark-haired woman being held in a small holding cell. "This is Cindy Moon."

"Cindy Moon..." Peter muttered as he stroked his chin. "That name sounds familiar."

"I know she may look like an ordinary girl, but watch this..." Tony said, starting a video of Cindy in her cell taken from a security camera. Peter and Gwen both watched in shock as Cindy went from sitting on her bed to crawling on the walls and hanging from the ceiling. Peter was particularly surprised when he saw that Cindy was producing what appeared to be webbing from her fingertips. "As you can see kid, she's got spider powers similar to yours. The craziest part is, the USB I got contains a ton of information on Cindy and apparently she was bitten by the same spider that bit you."

"What? How is that possible?" Peter asked in a stunned tone as he leaned in closer to get a better look at Cindy, watching as she hung from her cell's ceiling by her feet. "I thought the spider died after it bit me."

"Apparently it bit her just after it got you." Tony replied, turning the monitor back around. "We have her location if you want to go and get her."

"Of course we're gonna save her." Gwen said in a determined tone as she rested her hands on her hips. "We can't just leave her locked up forever."

"I like this one, she's got spunk." Tony said with a smirk, before rapidly typing a few things into his computer. "Alright kid listen up, Cindy is being held in a hidden laboratory underneath the Alchemax building in the Hudson Valley. Apparently, they've been running experiments on her to try and harness her spider powers. Now you're gonna need to go in fast and quiet on this mission. If you set off the alarms, they're gonna lock the place down along with Cindy and we don't know what they'll do to her if their operation is compromised."

"Got it, I can do stealthy." Peter said before he turned his attention to Gwen. "Can you handle that?"

"I don't have much experience, but I'm sure I can manage." Gwen replied in a slightly uncertain tone, tightly balling her fists.

"Alright kid, you're gonna need to give Gwen here some pointers." Tony said which caused Peter to nod his head in understanding. "As I said, I'm leaving to help some of the other Avengers on another mission, so I won't be there to hold your hand. But what I can do is get you access to identification cards and access codes to get you through any doors in your way. You should also consider bringing Natasha along for support. She's better at all this espionage crap than I am."

"Sounds like a plan, I'll go find Natasha and see if she'll help us out." Peter said, walking up to Miguel with Gwen following closely behind him. "And what about you? Will you be helping us get Cindy out?"

"I would Peter, but I need to focus on tracking down Goblin and possibly locating the final person who was sucked into this dimension." Miguel said as he backed away from his monitor and made his towards the elevator. "There's also the issue of getting us all back to our own dimension." When the elevator doors opened, Miguel stepped in and pressed the button for the lobby. "I'm gonna head out and look for any possible leads, I'll keep you all posted on anything I find."

"That guy's not very social, is he?" Peter joked, turning back around to see that Tony was already in his Iron Man suit. "Heading out too, Tony?"

"Yeah kid, I need to get going." Tony replied as he fired up his armor's thrusters, levitating a few feet off the ground. A split second later, a hidden passageway leading outside opened above Tony. "Don't worry kid, you'll be fine. I contacted some people who might be willing to help you out, they should get back to you soon. Oh, just so you don't spend all day looking for her, I found Natasha. She's in the training room right now."

"Thanks Tony, good luck on your mission, tell Cap I said hi." Peter said with a smile before Tony waved and rocketed out of the room. Releasing a light sigh, Peter turned his attention to Gwen, who seemed to be taking everything that she had learned fairly well. His smile returning, Peter wrapped his arm around Gwen's shoulder and led her towards a door on the other side of the room. "Alright Gwen, let's go see if Black Widow will help us."

"Black Widow?" Gwen repeated with a quirked eyebrow, giving Peter a confused look. "Does she have spider powers too? Jesus Peter, how many freaking spider people are in this dimension?"

(Five Minutes Later: Avenger's Tower Training Room)

"So she doesn't have spider-powers..." Gwen muttered as they entered the training room, spotting Natasha in the center of it. The room was filled with plenty of standard workout equipment, along with punching bags and training dummies. However, Natasha wasn't using any of the equipment within the room. The redheaded spy was dressed in basic athletic attire, except for what appeared to be a VR headset. As Gwen and Peter approached Natasha, the redhead suddenly threw out a flurry of punches and kicks, one of which caught Gwen off guard and nearly hit her in the head, causing her to jump backward. "Holy hell, is she trying to take my head off?!"

"Don't worry, she's in the middle of a training simulation right now, so it wasn't on purpose." Peter said, leading Gwen towards an enclosed room filled with several monitors. Turning on one of the displays, Gwen was surprised to see footage of Black Widow fighting several people simultaneously. "With this, we can see exactly what Natasha is up to in there." Gwen watched in awe as Natasha effortlessly took down over a dozen opponents in less than a minute. Peter chuckled as he watched Natasha steal one of her opponents' handguns and knock him unconscious with it, hitting him with a powerful bash to the head. "Man, she's really going all out today."

"God damn, she's incredible." Gwen breathed out as she watched Natasha take down another six enemies, each one dispatched with surgical precision and brutal efficiency. After five more minutes, Natasha seemed to finish her training, breathing a sigh of relief as the simulation she was in shut down. Taking off the headset, Natasha shook her head and let her flowing red hair loose, ending just a few inches below her shoulders. Chuckling lightly, Natasha turned towards the room Gwen and Peter were in.

"Did you two enjoy the show?" Natasha asked with a playful smile, using a towel to wipe the sweat from her brow.

"Quite the impressive display you put on, Natasha." Peter said with a grin, clapping as he walked out of the monitoring room. "You really kicked some ass in there."

"Well, I had a feeling that I had an audience, so I figured I'd put on a little show." Natasha said with a wink as she sauntered over and hugged Peter, surprising him with the sudden embrace. "It's good to see you again Peter, it's a been a little while."

"T-Thanks Natasha, it's great to see you too..." Peter stuttered out, before awkwardly returning Natasha's hug. "Sorry I haven't been around much lately."

"Ahem..." Gwen said with a fake cough as she walked up to Peter and Natasha, causing them to break their embrace. "Are you two done catching up?"

"And who might this be, Peter?" Natasha asked in a slightly irritated tone, scanning Gwen up and down, appearing to size her up. "I haven't seen her before."

"Uh, this is an old friend of mine, Gwen Stacy..." Peter replied with an awkward laugh as he rubbed the back of his head, hoping to defuse some of the tension that had built up. "She's in a bit of trouble and I'm trying to help her out. But this whole situation is turning out to be a bit bigger than I had originally thought, so I figured I should get some help from the Avengers."

"Ah, so that's why you're here..." Natasha said with a smile, brushing some hair out of her eyes. "I was kinda hoping you had shown up to see little old me and say hello to everyone." Seeing that Peter had once again become flustered by her teasing, Natasha chuckled and decided to get serious. "Okay, I'll help you out, what's the mission?"

"Tony received some information about a girl named Cindy Moon who's being held in a hidden lab underneath the Alchemax building." Peter explained as he led Natasha over to one of the monitors and plugged in the USB Tony had left. "Apparently she has powers like mine and is being experimented on. Gwen and I want to break her out, but we need to be stealthy, so we can't go in guns blazing."

"And that's why you need me." Natasha said, stepping in front of the computer and quickly scanning through the info on the USB. "Okay, it doesn't seem too tough, but you're right we definitely need to do this quietly. Not only will the mission be scrubbed if we're caught, but it also won't look good if people find out that the Avengers infiltrated a seemingly legitimate private organization." After reading the last of the information, Natasha turned off the monitor and took out the USB, before making her way towards the exit. "If we do this, I'm gonna need IDs and access codes to help you two get passed security."

"Already on it, Tony set everything up before he left." Peter said as he and Gwen followed Natasha towards the door. "We should be all ready to go."

"Great, let me shower and suit up, then we'll go." Natasha said with a smile, opening the door and walking out into the hallway. "If everything goes smoothly, we should be done before lunch."

"Sounds great." Peter said before he turned his attention back to Gwen. "We should get suited up too, and go over the information we have again while Natasha is getting ready."

"Let's do this." Gwen said with a grin, punching her fist into her palm. "I've been dying for some action, and it'll be awesome to take out some bad guys with you."

"Damn straight." Peter said with a smirk as he slipped on his mask. "Let's go save another spider-person."

Chapter Text

(Half-Mile South of Alchemax Headquarters, Hudson Valley: With Peter, Gwen, and Natasha)

"Alright, let's go over the plan one last time." Natasha said, turning on a holographic display that showed the blueprints to the Alchemax building. "Remember, these plans are only for the main building, I have nothing regarding the hidden lab. So, you'll be going in blind unless I can find those blueprints hidden somewhere within their system." Seeing both Peter and Gwen nod their heads, Natasha continued going through their infiltration plan. "Using the forged IDs we got from Tony, I'll pose as an employee and gain access to the security office. While I'm doing this you two will enter through the ventilation system and wait for my signal." Opening up a separate screen, Natasha pointed towards an image of two guards who appeared to be protecting an empty hallway. "Once I get control of the security office I'll switch off the cameras and open the hidden entrance that is in this hallway, that will be your signal to move. You two will need to act quickly and quietly to take out those guards. This whole plan goes down the drain if they manage to set off an alarm or call for help. If we're caught they'll scrub everything in that lab and possibly even kill Cindy, so we need to do this right on the first try. Once you two get into that lab, you'll pretty much be on your own, but I'll try to get down there and help if I can. Locate Cindy as fast as possible and get her out of there. Do you all understand what needs to be done?"

"Got it!" Peter said with a small grin before he gave a thumbs up and slipped on his mask. "I'm ready if you guys are! How about you, Gwen?!"

"Yeah...yeah...I got this..." Gwen said in a nervous tone, taking a deep breath and putting on her mask, flipping up her hood as well. "Let's get this done."

"Well, if everyone is good to go, let's get this mission started." Natasha said, sparing a glance back at Gwen before opening the doors to the van they were in. "Remember, once you two get inside, wait for my signal. We can't jump the gun on this job, Cindy's life is at stake."

"Understood." Gwen said as she hopped out of the van first, doing a few quick stretches to limber herself up. "We got this...everything will go according to plan..."

"We'll see you inside, Natasha." Peter said, moving to exit the van as well, but he was stopped when the redhead grabbed his arm. "Huh, what's up Natasha?"

"Keep a close eye on her." Natasha whispered in a quiet tone so that Gwen wouldn't hear, as she pulled Peter closer towards her. "I know you saw it too, the jitters and nervous energy...I've seen it a hundred times before...that girl is freaking out right now. I won't ask you to make her stay behind, but just be careful and make sure she doesn't do anything reckless...maybe talk to her a bit, give her some encouragement, that might help."

"Yeah, I did notice that..." Peter said, letting out a light sigh as he looked over at Gwen, who was nervously messing with her web-shooters. "Don't worry, I'll keep a close eye on her."

"Good." Natasha said with a smile as she patted Peter on the cheek. "Now get going, we're on the clock."

"On it." Peter said with a light chuckle, flipping out of the van and landing next to Gwen, causing her to jump in surprise. Placing a comforting hand on Gwen's shoulder, Peter pointed towards the treeline to their right. "We'll use those trees to swing closer to the building, then make our way into the vents from the roof." Giving Gwen's shoulder a reassuring squeeze, Peter got a running start and jumped into the air, firing a line of webbing at the closest tree, before zipping into the treeline. "Don't worry Gwen, we got this in the bag!"

"Heh, I don't know where he gets all the confidence from." Gwen said with a small smile as she took a deep breath and swung after Peter, quickly catching up with him. She may still have been nervous, but now at least she felt much calmer than she did before. "Peter is right, we've got this in the bag!"

It only took a few minutes for Peter and Gwen to reach the Alchemax building. To avoid the outer security cameras, Peter and Gwen climbed to the top of a large tree near the building and leaped directly onto the roof. Having safely reached the roof, Peter quickly found the external vent they were supposed to enter from. Removing the grate, Peter carefully crawled inside, Gwen following closely behind him. Using their spider-powers, Peter and Gwen stuck to the top of the vents as they crawled through them, to avoid banging their way around. Neither of them said a word, not wanting to risk being heard. Eventually, Peter came to a sudden stop, with Gwen almost smacking into him. She was about to ask why he had stopped, but she saw that he was gesturing to the grate below them. Looking down, Gwen saw a long, seemingly empty, hallway with two guards standing by, this matched the picture Natasha had shown them back in the van. Peter and Gwen locked eyes and nodded, now they just had to wait for Black Widow's signal.

(Same Time: With Natasha)

"Okay, it's go time." Natasha said to herself, quickly tying her hair up into a ponytail and putting on a pair of glasses. Grabbing her forged employee ID, Natasha threw on a lab coat and exited the van. The high security in the building meant she had to leave all her weapons behind, they'd give her away instantly. Reaching the front entrance, Natasha scanned her ID, breathing a small sigh of relief when the doors unlocked. "Over the first hurdle." Walking into the lobby, Natasha spotted another security checkpoint directly ahead of her. Acting as if she belonged in there, Natasha confidently approached the guards. "Alright, remember Natasha, you're just another employee here. You're not here to do anything suspicious."

"Identification." One of the guards said as he approached Natasha, holding his hand out. With a big, fake smile, Natasha handed the guard her ID. As one guard looked up her credentials, the other walked up and began to scan her body with a handheld metal detector. Once the scan was complete, the other guard returned and handed back her ID. "Okay, everything checks out...but I've never seen you around here before. You a new hire or something?"

"Yes, first day actually!" Natasha said, keeping up her cheerful facade as she clipped her ID to her lab coat. "I'm pretty nervous, I've never worked for a big corporation like this before!"

"Well, that makes sense, Mr. Fisk has pretty high expectations for everyone that works for him." The guard said as he stepped aside and pointed towards a hallway on the other side of the lobby. "You should head down that hall. The second room on your left is where they do orientations. Just let them know it's your first day and they'll walk you through everything you need to know."

"Thanks! Have a great day guys!" Natasha said, quickly walking towards the hallway the guard had pointed out, disappearing down it. Having memorized the building's layout, Natasha knew exactly where the security office would be found. Avoiding any other guards and ignoring all the regular employees she passed, Natasha breezed through the building's winding halls. However, as Natasha turned the corner to where the security office would have been located, she ran into a wall, metaphorically. Standing in front of her was an absolutely enormous man, one who easily towered over her and blocked a large portion of the hall. Natasha had expected to possibly run into a few bumps in their plan, but nothing like this. The man blocking her path was none other than Wilson Fisk, the Kingpin himself. Knowing that she absolutely could not break her cover, Natasha quickly thought of a plan. "O-Oh, I'm terribly sorry! I didn't mean to run into you like that!"

"Oh, it's fine dear..." Fisk said as he stared down at Natasha, quirking an eyebrow as he scanned her from head to toe. "Do I know you? I swear you look kinda familiar."

"I'm terribly sorry Mr. Fisk, but this is the first we've met." Natasha said, tapping the employee ID clipped to her lab coat. "This is actually my first day. I was heading to orientation, but I wanted to go to the bathroom first. So, I tried to find one and ended up getting all turned around. I apologize, sir, I'm probably not making the best first impression."

"Don't worry about it, I'm more interested in seeing what you can do inside the lab, not outside it." Fisk said as he turned and gestured down the hall. "If you're still looking for a restroom, there's one down the hall on the right. You should hurry up and get back to your orientation."

"Of course sir! Thank you very much!" Natasha said, before darting down the hallway and stepping into the bathroom. Once inside, Natasha leaned against the door and let out a massive sigh of relief. "Holy shit that was close...I know he owns this place, but I seriously didn't think Kingpin would be here in person..."

"That girl..." Fisk muttered as he turned back around and began to walk down the hall, adjusting the cuffs of his suit. "I'll have to keep my eyes on her, something seemed off..."

After waiting a few minutes, Natasha checked to see if the coast was clear and exited the bathroom. Quickly making her way over to the door leading into the security office, Natasha listened for anybody who might be inside. She could faintly hear two people talking inside the room, which meant she'd have to take them out before she could proceed with the plan. The information Tony had given them also included codes for most of the rooms in the building. Using this knowledge, Natasha quickly punched in the correct code and unlocked the door with a click. Both guards inside the security office were surprised when the door suddenly swung open and Natasha stepped inside.

"Hey! Who the hell are you!?"

"And how you'd open that door?!"

"Oh, my bad, I thought this was the restroom!" Natasha said with a chuckle, scanning the room for any other possible threats. From what she could see it was only the two guards, but both of them were armed with pistols and collapsible batons. Both of them also had walkie talkies, which meant they could call for back up if she wasn't fast enough. One was sitting in front of a row of monitors, while the other appeared to be looking over some papers. "No problem, this should be a breeze."

"I'll ask again, how the hell did you open that door?! It needs a special code and I know they don't just hand it out to everyone!"

"Man, you guys sure on edge..." Natasha said as she took a few steps towards the guards, causing both of them to reach for their weapons. With a sly smile, Natasha stopped and leaned against a table. "You should both just relax."

"I'm warning you bitch! Take one more step and we'll be forced to take you down!"

"Now just let us escort you out of here quietly, don't do anything stupid!"

"Ah, I was kinda hoping to have an easy first day on the job, but I guess that isn't gonna happen..." Natasha said, releasing a light sigh as one of the guards began to approach her, hand hovering over his pistol. Before either guard could react, Natasha grabbed ahold of a stapler that was on the table she was leaning against and hurled it at the closest guard, hitting him square in the face. The guard roared in pain as he fell to the ground, blood pouring from his nose. "Time to get to work."

The other guard immediately drew his pistol, but Natasha was on top of him in an instant. Lunging towards the guard, Natasha instantly disarmed him, ejecting the magazine and forcing the slide back to force out the bullet in the chamber. Springing off the ground, Natasha wrapped her legs around the guard's neck and used the momentum to slam him into the ground. By now the second guard had begun to recover, gripping his still-bleeding nose as he got back onto his feet. Reaching down, Natasha grabbed the baton off the guard she was on top of. Natasha fully extended the baton with a flick of her wrist, before dashing forward and hitting the guard in the leg. With a pained grunt, the guard collapsed down onto one knee. Using the baton, Natasha hit the guard in the back of the head, knocking him out cold. The second guard was just now recovering from the body slam he had received, but Natasha didn't even give him a chance to get back up. Rolling across the floor, Natasha hit the guard in the face with the baton, knocking him unconscious as well.

"Well, that wasn't so bad..." Natasha said, panting slightly as she slowly stood back up, making sure the guards wouldn't be getting up any time soon. Once she was sure the guards were down for the count, she checked back out in the hallway to make sure no one had heard the disturbance. Once Natasha knew she was in the clear, she quickly made her way over to the monitors one of the guards had been using. With just a few clicks, Natasha had complete control of the building's security systems. The first thing she did was disable all of the security cameras. Seeing all the camera feeds on the other monitors around her go dark, Natasha turned her attention to opening the door the hidden lab. After a few moments, Natasha found the right overrides, opening the lab's secret door. Pressing the button on her communicator, Natasha got ahold of Peter. "Alright Peter, it's your turn now."

"Got it, Natasha. Let's go, Gwen."

"Now..." Natasha said as she cracked her knuckles, before opening up a series of files on the computer. "Let's see if we can find that lab's blueprints."

(Same Time: Back with Peter and Gwen)

"Alright Peter, it's your turn now."

"Got it, Natasha." Peter said, looking down through the grate to see that the two guards were surprised that the wall behind them had opened, revealing the hidden door to the underground lab. As quietly as possible, Peter removed the grate and gave Gwen a thumbs up. "Let's go, Gwen."

Slowly crawling out of the vent, both Peter and Gwen moved to the ceiling above the guards. Getting Gwen's attention, Peter pointed towards the guards and then gestured towards his web-shooters, before making a pulling motion. Getting the gist of what Peter wanted, Gwen nodded her head. Using his fingers to count down, both Peter and Gwen simultaneously targeted one of the guards and wrapped them in a cacoon of webbing. Then before either guard could yell for help, they were yanked up into the air, both of them receiving a knockout punch to the face. With a short swing, Peter and Gwen stuck both guards to the wall, applying an extra coating of webbing to their mouths in case they woke up early.

"See, that wasn't so bad." Peter said in a cheerful tone as he dropped down, opening the hidden door. "You were great, Gwen."

"I guess, my heart is still racing in my chest though..." Gwen said as she released a short breath and followed Peter through the door, letting out an annoyed groan when she saw an elevator at the end of a short hallway. "Ugh, why's there always gotta be a secret elevator? Can't bad guys stop being lazy bastards for once and just use the stairs. I bet you we don't even go down two floors."

"Okay Natasha, the guards have been taken care of." Peter said, stepping into the elevator, with Gwen following right behind him. Chuckling lightly, Peter nudged Gwen and pointed towards the elevator's control panel. He could almost hear her eyes roll when she saw that there were only three floors the elevator went to. "Gwen and I are heading down into the lab now."

"Give me one second, Peter...I may have something...Yes, right here! I managed to find the blueprints to the lab and it shows where they're holding Cindy. I'm uploading them to you now."

"Thanks, Natasha. Just got them now." Peter said as he noticed a notification pop up on the small HUD inside his mask. "Karen, open up the lab's blueprints and show us where Cindy is being held."

"On it, Peter."

"Karen is in your suit?" Gwen asked in a slightly surprised tone, watching as a small holographic display popped up from his web-shooters. "Wow, my shooters don't do that."

"Yeah, I upgraded mine recently to integrate with Karen's AI and use a variety of different web types. And like I mentioned back at the tower, Karen can integrate into some of my suits. I figured she might be useful on this mission, so I brought her along. About my web-shooters, it was tough to improve the design, but with some of Tony's tech it wasn't that bad." Peter said as he fiddled with the display, watching as it zeroed in on a specific section of the lab's blueprint. "I can tweak yours when we get back to the tower, it should be pretty easy now that I know what I'm doing."

"That...actually sounds pretty awesome." Gwen said with a hidden smile, playfully punching Peter in the shoulder. "Thanks, Peter."

"No problem..." Peter said as a small red dot began to flash on the holographic projection. "Looks like Karen has found where Cindy is."

"Yes, there's a series of holding cells towards the rear of the lab. I can guide you there once we're inside."

"Should we expect any guards or security down there? And are there any other people being held in those other cells?" Peter asked, pressing the elevator's button that led down into the lab. As the elevator went down Peter scanned through the lab's layout, looking for anything that could get in their way. "I'm not seeing much on the blueprints."

"From what I can gather, the security down in the lab should be fairly light. Ms. Natasha has already disabled the security cameras, so you won't have to worry about those. So, other than a few roaming guards and workers, you shouldn't run into any trouble. And from the data I could find, Ms. Moon is the only person being held captive within the lab."

"Well, that's good to hear." Gwen said as she crossed her arms over her chest, the elevator coming to a stop and the doors opening. "If we run into anyone, we just have to make sure to take them down before they can set off an alarm or something, and we only have to worry about Cindy."

"Right, let's get Cindy out of here." Peter said, stepping out of the elevator and closing the holographic display on his wrist. "Lead the way, Karen."

With Karen guiding them, Peter and Gwen took the shortest and most direct route to where Cindy was being held. The only problem with that was this path took them through the most populated portions of the lab. Gwen stuck to Peter like glue, following his every move as they snuck passed several guards and lab workers. Both of them largely stuck to the ceiling or outer edges of any rooms they had to cut through. Going as quickly and quietly as possible, Peter and Gwen swiftly moved through the lab. Along the way, they noticed that many of the experiments being done seemed to involve Cindy's powers in some way. From trying to manufacture a webbing similar to Cindy's, to developing technology that allowed people to easily stick to surfaces. Seeing Cindy being used as a guinea pig only served to anger Peter and Gwen, further motivating them to complete their mission. After almost ten minutes, Peter and Gwen had arrived outside Cindy's cell with little problems. The only thing that slowed them down was when Gwen had accidentally bumped into a table and alerted a pair of patrolling guards. But the guards were quickly knocked out and webbed up before they had a chance to call for backup.

"Here we are..." Gwen said as she stared at the large cell door in front of them. "Now, how the hell do we get this thing open?"

"Karen, can you override the door's controls and open it?" Peter asked, looking the door up and down, searching for any alternate ways in. "Please tell me you can."

"I'm sorry Peter, but I cannot. If you plug me into a computer that has access to the lab's network, then I should be able to then."

"I don't want to risk doubling back and looking for someplace to plug Karen in..." Peter muttered as he stroked his chin, staring intently at the cell door. As Peter gazed at the door's locking mechanism an idea suddenly popped into his head. "Hey Karen, load taser webs into my shooters and use the maximum voltage."

"Of course, Peter."

"Please tell me you have a plan, Peter." Gwen said in a mildly concerned tone, glancing down at Peter's web-shooters, watching as a new type of webbing was loaded into them. "Because we can't just stand around here all day."

"Oh, I definitely have a plan..." Peter muttered as he noticed a pop-up appear on his HUD, letting him know that his taser webs were ready. "Whether it will work or not, that I don't know." With a flick of his wrist, Peter fired out a line of electrified webbing, which hit the door's locking mechanism. Gwen watched as streams of electricity arced off the webbing into the cell door, causing it to spark and hiss. "Since this thing is using an electric locking mechanism, I figured I could use my taser webs to overload the entire system!" After a few more moments, Peter stopped electrifying the door and took a few steps back. "Okay, that hopefully did it. Karen, now swap to heavy-duty webbing."

"Give me one second, Peter...and done."

"This webbing is much stronger than my normal webs, but it's also much harder to produce, so I try to use it sparingly." Peter said, before firing out a thick line of webbing at the door. "Let's see if my genius plan worked!" With a grunt, Peter began to pull on the line of webbing, attempting to yank the door open. Peter's muscles flexed as he used his enhanced strength, he could feel the door moving slightly, but it wasn't enough. "Gwen! Can you give me a hand here!?"

"Step back." Gwen said as she stepped in front of Peter and grabbed ahold of the webbing as well. As soon as Gwen began to pull as well, she realized why Peter was having trouble. Even with their combined super strength, the door barely budged. "Motherfucker! This thing is a real bitch! Is the damn door jammed or something?!"

"Come on, Gwen!" Peter exclaimed, putting all his strength into his arms. "Really dig your heels in! Give it everything you've got!"

Soon the door began to slowly slide open little by little, a small amount of light from within the cell streaming through the crack. Suddenly without warning, the door finally gave way and swung wide open, causing Gwen and Peter to fall onto the ground. Picking themselves back up, Peter and Gwen peered into the cell, quickly spotting Cindy huddled in the back corner. The dark-haired girl was shivering slightly, dressed in only a dirty medical gown. Her eyes were wide as they darted back and forth between Peter and Gwen. Peter took off his mask and slowly approached Cindy, not wanting to spoke her. Gwen decided to hang back at the cell's door so that Cindy wouldn't feel crowded and overwhelmed.

"Hello, you're Cindy Moon right?" Peter asked with a bright smile as he extended his hands towards Cindy. "My name is Peter Parker and the girl behind me is Gwen Stacy. We came here to bust you out of this place." As Peter got closer to Cindy, he couldn't help but notice that his heart was starting to beat faster and his face felt hot for some reason. Peter's breathing began to get heavier the closer he got to Cindy, his spider-sense freaking out in a way he had never experienced before. "C-Come on...let's get you out of here..."

When Peter crouched down next to Cindy, he noticed that her face was flushed bright red and she appeared to be panting slightly. When Peter reached down to grab Cindy's hand, he felt a jolt of electricity race through his entire body. Peter locked eyes with Cindy, both of them simply staring at each other for several moments. Then without warning, Cindy lunged forward and captured Peter's lips in a fierce and passionate kiss. Cindy pressed her body against Peter's, running her fingers through his hair as she slipped her tongue into his mouth. A low moan rumbled in Cindy's throat as she rubbed her body against Peter's.

"What the fuck!?" Gwen exclaimed as her eyes shot open in shock, watching as both Peter and Cindy continued to makeout. But what surprised Gwen the most was that Peter didn't seem to be fighting the kiss at all. In fact, he appeared to be returning the kiss with just as much passion. Snapping out of her dumbfounded stupor, Gwen stormed over and fiercely shook Peter's shoulder. "What the hell are you doing, Peter!? What about Mary Jane!?"

That seemed to snap Peter out of whatever lust-filled trance he was in. Eyes shooting open, Peter pushed Cindy away from him and quickly backed away from her. Scrambling to his feet, Peter clutched a hand over his racing heart. Peter felt an immense sense of guilt wash over him as he tried to catch his breath. Moments later, Peter grunted when he felt Gwen shove him against the wall. The blonde had taken off her mask and was fiercely glaring at him, her blue eyes narrowed dangerously.

"What the hell was that, Peter!?" Gwen asked in a pissed off tone, jabbing a finger into Peter's chest. "I didn't think you were that type of guy! How could you just cheat on Mary Jane like that?!"

"I...I...don't even know what came over me..." Peter said in a panicked tone as he ran his hands through his hair. "I...I just felt...I don't know...drawn to her! Fuck! I don't know why I did that!"

"P-Please don't be upset with him..." Cindy finally spoke up, slowly getting onto her feet. "It's not his fault."

"No, I guess he's not entirely to blame because you're the one who just threw herself at him..." Gwen chastised as she turned her angry gaze towards Cindy. "Why the hell did you do that anyway? You don't even know Peter!"

"Like Peter, that's what you said his name was, said...I felt a strong...almost...instinctual attraction to him..." Cindy explained, brushing some hair out of her eyes before she clasped her hands together. The dark-haired woman's eyes were fixed on the floor, trying to avoid Gwen's piercing gaze. "I know I got my powers from a radioactive spider bite...and I've overheard the lab workers mention that someone else was bitten before I was...Peter must have been the person who was bitten before me..."

"And what does that have to do with anything?" Gwen asked as she quirked an eyebrow, wondering what Cindy was getting at. "You and Peter were bitten by the same spider, so what?"

"Well..." Cindy muttered, nervously rubbing her arm, her face flushing bright red. "I overheard the lab workers mention something else...apparently...I...release pheromones..."

"Pheromones?" Peter repeated as his eyes widened slightly. "Are you serious?"

"Yes, it's not something I can control..." Cindy continued, fidgeting slightly and twiddling her thumbs. "I'm guessing you release similar pheromones...and since we were both bitten by the same spider..."

"So our pheromones are unconsciously attracting us to each other?" Peter finished which caused Cindy to nod her head, agreeing with his assessment. Releasing a heavy sigh, Peter pinched the bridge of his nose. "Are you serious? What the hell man?"

"Okay, I don't really know what's going on, but we can discuss this later." Gwen said as she ushered Cindy out of the cell, doing her best to keep her away from Peter. "We need to get you out of here and away from this place."

"Hold up Gwen!" Peter exclaimed, reaching out and grabbing ahold of Gwen's hand. "We can't let Cindy leave this place looking like that."

"What are you-" Gwen stopped mid-sentence when she saw Cindy's current attire. Her dirty medical gown was much more tattered and worn out than they had originally thought, it was practically falling off the poor girl. "Oh shit, yeah...we gotta find her something else to wear."

"That won't be a problem..." Cindy said as organic webbing began to pour out from her fingertips. Both Peter and Gwen watched in amazement as Cindy formed a makeshift costume out of her own webbing. "This should do it."

"Wow, that was seriously cool..." Gwen said in a surprised tone, resting her hands on her hips. "I must say I'm impressed."

"Creating a suit out of your own webbing...think of all the money I could have saved on costumes..." Peter muttered as he released a light sigh, hanging his head in disappointment. "Now I'm a little upset."

"Hey, what are you guys doing just standing around for?" Natasha hissed in an irritated tone, suddenly appearing behind the three spider-people. "We need to get out of here now! Our cover hasn't been blown yet, but I think people are starting to get suspicious. I noticed increased security activity on my way down here."

"Natasha is right, we need to get going." Peter said as he slipped his mask back on. "Cindy, follow us and we'll get you out of here."

"Okay, I'll be right on your tail." Cindy said, forming her own makeshift mask out of webbing to partially hide her face.

"How are we going to get out though? We can't just walk through the front door." Gwen asked, putting on her own mask and flipping up her hood. "You said security was tighter, so we need to be extra careful."

"You three will need to exit through the vents, I'll be nearby with the van ready to go." Natasha said as she adjusted her glasses. "But when you leave, don't take the elevator, they're monitoring that heavily now. Instead, climb up the elevator shaft, I checked the blueprints again and you should be able to enter the ventilation system through there."

"Sounds like a plan." Gwen said, nodding her head before turning to face Cindy. "Keep close...but not so close to Peter...we don't want another...incident..."

"What incident?" Natasha asked as she quirked an eyebrow in intrigue. Being the master of espionage she was, Natasha easily noticed the awkward atmosphere that had suddenly formed between Peter and Cindy. Both of them seemed to be avoiding the other's gaze, their faces slightly flushed red. With a teasing smirk, Natasha walked over gently cupped Peter's cheek. "Oh, did I miss something?"

"We'll tell you later." Gwen said with a huff, grabbing ahold of Peter's hand and pulling him away from Natasha. "Come on Cindy, let's get out of this damn place."

"R-Right..." Cindy said as she quickly followed after Gwen, nodding to Natasha as she passed by.

Taking a similar path back towards the elevator, Peter, Gwen, and Cindy took extra precautions to avoid running into anyone. To help prevent any more 'pheromone' incidents, Gwen acted as sort of a barrier, keeping herself between Peter and Cindy at all times. Eventually, the trio managed to make it back to the elevator without any troubles. In no time, Peter had opened the elevator's top hatch and was leading Gwen and Cindy back through the ventilation system. Back on the building's roof, the trio heard an alarm start blaring inside. Leaping off the roof, the trio began to swing back into the treeline, making their way towards Natasha would be meeting them. Cindy appeared to struggle with swinging off her own webs at first but managed to pick it up quickly after Gwen and Peter gave her some tips. After only a few minutes, Peter, Gwen, and Cindy piled into Natasha's van and were speeding away from the Alchemax building.

"Great job guys! The plan went off without a hitch!" Natasha said with a smile, flooring it down several winding roads. Glancing back in the rearview mirror, Natasha saw that Cindy appeared to be sitting as far away from Peter as possible. "Okay, seriously what the hell is going on between Peter and Cindy? You said you'd explain later and it's later, so I'd like an explanation, please."

"I...Well..." Peter stuttered out before he turned towards Gwen, looking at her for help.

"*Sigh* Fine, I'll bail you out..." Gwen muttered in an annoyed tone, crossing her arms underneath her chest. "Peter and Cindy made out, practically when they first saw each other."

"What the hell!?" Natasha exclaimed as she slammed on the bracks, whipping around in her seat to face Peter. "Aren't you with that Mary Jane girl!? What is wrong with you, Peter!?"

"Gah, I already feel guilty enough!" Peter groaned, hiding his face against the headrest in front of him. "I know I fucked up, but it's not my fault!"

"How the hell isn't this your fault!?" Natasha asked as she flicked Peter in the head, getting him to look her in the eyes. Peter was surprised by the look he saw in Natasha's eyes. She was pissed at him, but he also saw what appeared to be disappointment. "Answer me, Peter! Tell me why I shouldn't call Mary Jane right now and tell her what you did!"

"Ease up on him Natasha, it really isn't his fault." Gwen said in a calm tone, hoping to diffuse the tense situation. "Trust me, I was pissed too when it happened, but Cindy explained something...and I can't really blame Peter for what happened."

"It better be a pretty damn good explanation..." Natasha said as she turned her angry gaze towards Cindy, who flinched slightly. "Because I can't think of any."

"Don't look at Cindy like that, she's been imprisoned in that cell and experimented on for who knows how long...she doesn't need you yelling and glaring at her..." Gwen said, moving in between Cindy and Natasha. "Look, Cindy said that she releases...pheromones...it's not something she has control over...and apparently Peter does too..."

"Pheromones? Like an animal?" Natasha asked as she looked passed Gwen at Cindy, seeing her slowly nod her head. "Are you serious?"

"I know it's hard to believe, but when I saw them kiss..." Gwen recalled, before releasing a light sigh and pulling off her mask. "It was like they couldn't control themselves...it seemed like their bodies moved on there own...acting almost instinctually..."

"Damn, if that's true, then it might cause some complications..." Natasha said as she turned back around and started driving again. "Okay, let's just head back to the tower and get Cindy situated. Once she's had some rest, I'd like to run a couple of tests and see if this pheromone thing is true. Maybe we can find a way to stop it, or at least weaken its effects." Looking back in the rearview mirror, Natasha saw Cindy staring at her. "Is that okay with you, Cindy?"

"Sure, you guys busted me out of that damn place..." Cindy said, turning her head to stare out the window, her fists balled tightly. "I have to repay you somehow, and if it will help Peter somehow, I'm happy to help." Taking a deep breath, Cindy suddenly turned back around and looked at Peter and Gwen. "I just ask...that if I help you...you'll help me take down the bastards who held me captive."

"Well..." Peter said as he took off his mask and looked at Gwen. With a smile, Gwen nodded her head. "Of course we'll help."

(Later That Night: Back at Avengers Tower)

"How's Cindy doing?" Peter asked, walking into the tower's kitchen as he finished buttoning up his suit jacket. "Also, how do I look?"

"She's fine, just resting now. Natasha said she'd keep an eye on her." Gwen said as she turned away from the sink, letting out a low whistle when she saw Peter. He was dressed in an expensive-looking suit, even sporting a tie and dress shoes. "And hot damn, you look good, Peter. I must say, I'm a little jealous of Mary Jane right now."

"T-Thanks Gwen..." Peter said with a slight blush as he adjusted his tie. "I borrowed one of Tony's suits, is it too much?"

"No, you look great." Gwen said with a smile, before walking over and helping Peter with his tie. Once she was done, Gwen patted Peter on the chest and leaned against the counter. "Just relax, Peter. Focus on Mary Jane tonight, have some fun together." Pausing for a moment, Gwen released a light sigh. "Are you gonna tell Mary Jane about what happened...between you and Cindy?"

"Yeah, I'll tell her." Peter said with a sad smile as he clenched his fists. "I don't want to keep any secrets from here, especially one like this...I'll talk to her about it before the end of the night. But before that, I'll try to just relax and show MJ a good time, I don't want to ruin our date by bringing something like that up..." Peter chuckled lightly as he turned his gaze towards the windows, a worried look in his eyes. "Yeah, I'll try to relax..."

"Ugh, I know that look...my Peter always did the same thing..." Gwen said with a sad smile, pushing herself off the counter and walking over towards Peter. "You're worried about something."

"It's that obvious?" Peter asked with a small smile before he released a heavy sigh. "I want nothing more than to spend tonight with MJ and just enjoy our time together. But...I'm just worried something might happen...and I won't be there to stop it..."

"I know that feeling..." Gwen muttered, stepping in front of Peter and playfully punching him in the arm. "Well, tonight you don't have to worry about anything. While you're on your date with Mary Jane, I'll patrol the city and cover for you."

"Are you serious, Gwen? You don't have to-"

"I know I don't have to." Gwen said with a smile as she pressed her finger against Peter's lips, silencing him. "But I want to. Now, get out of here and enjoy your date."

"Thanks, Gwen!" Peter exclaimed, lunging forward and pulling the surprised blonde in for a tight hug. When Peter ended the embrace, he bolted towards the elevator. "I'll see you tomorrow, Gwen! I really owe you one!"

"Damn right you do..." Gwen said with a small smile as she grabbed her mask and costume, which were laying on a nearby chair. "Okay, let's see what bad guys this universe has to offer."

(40 Minutes Later: Outside Mary Jane's Apartment)

"Calm down Peter...everything is gonna go great...you've gone on tons of dates before..." Peter said to himself, nervously fixing his hair and fidgeting with his tie again. Once Peter had properly composed himself, he took a deep breath and knocked on MJ's door. "Tonight is all about MJ...everything has to go perfect tonight, absolutely no screwups..."

"Coming!" Peter flinched slightly when he heard Mary Jane's sweet voice call out within the apartment. Hearing heels clicking towards the door, Peter did one last once over to make sure he looked okay. Moments later, the door opened and Peter was left speechless. Mary Jane looked absolutely stunning in a flowing red evening dress, that hugged her curves in all the right places. She had also applied a light amount of makeup and had curled her hair slightly, making it look even more striking. "Wow tiger, I'm impressed, you're actually early for once."

"I...I didn't want to..." Peter stuttered out as he openly ogled Mary Jane's beautiful form, causing her to chuckle lightly. Words failing him, Peter quickly handed MJ a bouquet of flowers and a box of chocolates, cliche, but he knew she'd love it. "Y-You look stunning tonight."

"Thanks Pete, you don't look too bad yourself." Mary Jane said with a teasing smirk, looking Peter up and down, before licking her lips seductively. "Face it tiger, I think we both hit the jackpot tonight."

After putting the flowers in a vase and setting the chocolates down on her kitchen table, Mary Jane grabbed her purse and exited the apartment. Mary Jane quickly linked her arm with Peter's, resting her head on his shoulder. Peter's face flushed slightly, but he smiled at Mary Jane's intimate display. The couple made their way out of the apartment building and hailed a cab. Normally they'd just web-swing to wherever they wanted to go, but MJ refused to let him ruin all the effort she had put into her appearance. During the cab ride, they simply spent time catching up and enjoying each other's presence. Once they arrived at the restaurant MJ had picked out, Peter helped her out of the cab and paid the driver. However, when Peter actually saw the restaurant, he audibly gulped. Looking through the windows, Peter could already tell it was going to be the most expensive meal he'd ever had, he could practically hear his wallet crying already. But he sucked it up and lead Mary Jane inside, being a gentleman and opening the door for her. When Peter and Mary Jane sat down at their table, he picked up a menu and his eyes nearly popped out his head. Suppressing the urge to scream at the insane prices, Peter smiled and gently gripped Mary Jane's hand. Tonight was the first time, in what seemed like forever, he'd be able to properly spend time with MJ, and he'd do anything to make her happy.

(One Hour Later: Streets of New York)

"Jesus, what is wrong with this town?" Gwen said with a heavy sigh as she sat down on the edge of a rooftop, quickly checking the amount of web-fluid she still had left. "It's barely been two hours and I've already had to stop five muggings, a convenience store robbery, two carjackings, and take down some lame-ass villain named the Kangaroo..." Rubbing her aching arm muscles, Gwen flipped down her hood. "Does Peter do this every night? No wonder he has no time to spend with Mary Jane..."

Looking down at the streets below, Gwen was surprised when something caught her eye. Sitting in a fancy looking restaurant across the street were Peter and Mary Jane. Both of them appeared to be having a great time, constantly smiling and laughing. Gwen watched as Peter and Mary Jane stopped their conversation and simply stared into each other's eyes, their hands resting on top of each other on the table. As Gwen watching the loving and intimate display, she couldn't help but feel a twinge of jealousy. She hadn't known this version of Peter Parker very long, but he was so much like the one she knew and loved, so it was easy for old feelings to bubble up inside her. As Gwen continued to stare at the couple, she started to imagine what it would be like if she were in Mary Jane's place. It was easy for her to picture what a life with Peter would be like, they'd be an unstoppable crime-fighting couple.

"You know, it's not nice to spy on other people." A seductive feminine voice whispered into Gwen's ear. Eyes widening in shock, Gwen sprang up and flipped over whoever had spoken behind her. As soon as Gwen's feet touched the ground, she sprang forward and was on top of the person, pinning them to the ground. Finally getting a good look at the mystery newcomer, Gwen saw that it was a woman, a very attractive woman. She had snow-white hair tied up into a ponytail and wore a skin-tight black leather suit. Also, the woman was...very well endowed, something Gwen could feel squashing against her own modest bust. With a teasing smirk, the woman winked at Gwen. "Meow, this spider has some bite."

"Who the hell are you?!" Gwen growled as she grabbed ahold of the woman's suit and cocked her fist back. "And how the hell did you sneak up on me like that?!"

"Mmm, did your little spider-sense not detect little old me?" The woman asked, causing Gwen to hesitate for a moment. At that moment, the woman lunged forward and knocked Gwen onto her back. Now the woman was straddling Gwen, her fist cocked back ready to strike. Suddenly the woman's fist shot forward and Gwen prepared to take the hit. However, she was surprised when instead of a punch, she received a flick on the forehead. Looking up, Gwen saw that the woman was smirking at her. After a quick chuckle, the woman hopped off Gwen. "That must mean I'm not a threat to you, right? Oh, and the name's Black Cat, but you can call me Felicia."

"Okay, Felicia..." Gwen said as she got back onto her feet, turning to face the white-haired woman. "What are you doing here?"

"Well, I came to spy on my little Spider..." Felicia said, walking passed Gwen and crouching on the edge of the roof, her gaze fixed on the restaurant Peter and Mary Jane were in. "But to my surprise, someone else had beat me to the punch."

"What do you want with Peter?" Gwen asked in a threating tone as she stood over Felicia. "I swear to god if you try to hurt him."

"Relax, I would never hurt my little Spider...intentionally..." Felicia said with a small smile, before standing back up and locking eyes with Gwen. "And you should be a little nicer to me. I am the one who got all that juicy info on that Cindy Moon girl after all."

"Wait, you're the one who dropped off that anonymous envelope at Avengers Tower?" Gwen asked in a surprised tone as she began to relax slightly. "Why would you do something like that?"

"Well Spider is always trying to help me whenever he can...and I always end up hurting him..." Felicia replied with a sad smile, a faint blush on her face as she spared another glance at Peter. "I figured...I could help him out for once and do something nice for him...without asking for anything in return..."

"I guess you really aren't a bad person..." Gwen said as she pulled off her mask and approached Felicia. "But for some reason, I get the feeling that spying on Peter isn't the only reason you're here."

"Aw, you caught me..." Felicia said with a smirk, holding up her hands in mock surrender. "You know, you and I are quite similar in one respect. We're both women pining after a man we can't have." Felicia stood in front of Gwen and cupped her chin. "I have a proposition for you, one that could let you and I both be with the Spider, along with that sexy redhead." Gwen's eyes widened when she heard this, Felicia knew she had her attention now. "Will you listen to what I have to say?"

(45 Minutes Later: Central Park)

"That was an amazing dinner, tiger." Mary Jane said with a massive smile as she held Peter's arm, resting her head on his shoulder. The couple was currently enjoying a late-night stroll through Central Park. "Thank you so much for taking me out tonight."

"Anything for you MJ." Peter said, kissing the top of Mary Jane's head. "I'm just happy you're having a good time."

"I'm happy whenever I get to spend with you, Pete." Mary Jane said as she tightened her grip on Peter's arm. "And I'll have to thank Gwen later. That was so nice of her to cover for you while we're on our date."

"Yeah, that was-" Peter was cut off when someone suddenly crashed into him, almost knocking him off his feet. Quickly recovering, Peter saw that someone wearing a hoodie was on the ground in front of him. Reaching down, Peter tried to help the person up. "Hey buddy, are you-" Peter stopped mid-sentence when he felt his spider-sense start to freak out, similar to when he had first met Gwen and Miguel. However, before Peter could get a good look at the person, they scrambled to their feet and took off running into the park. Before the person took off, Peter got a glimpse at their face, and he could have sworn they looked like a kid. Peter wanted to chase after the potential spider-person, but he didn't want to ditch MJ during their date. "Damn it, I'll have to look for them tomorrow."

"Are you okay, Peter?" Mary Jane asked in a concerned tone as she helped Peter back up. "Who was that?"

"I don't know...that was strange..." Peter muttered, gazing the direction the person had run in. "Anyways, it's getting pretty late MJ, why don't I take you home?"

"Actually tiger, I'm not quite ready for this night to end..." Mary Jane said as she locked eyes with Peter, pressing her hand against his chest. "Why don't we go back to my place for some coffee and dessert?"

"S-Sure MJ! I-I'd love to..." Peter said in a nervous tone, an intense blush spreading across his face when he saw the lust-filled look in MJ's eyes. The young man's heart was thundering in his chest as they began to make their way back towards Mary Jane's apartment. "Oh my god! Don't fuck this up, Peter!"

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(9:00 P.M.: Mary Jane's Apartment Building)

"Oh my god! Oh my god! Oh my god!" Peter screamed in his head over and over, heart thundering in his chest and mind racing. Stepping out of the elevator, Mary Jane gently grabbed his hand and lead him towards her apartment. "Is this really happening!? This can't be real! I'm just dreaming, yeah this all a dream!" Briefly letting go of his hand, Mary Jane pulled out her keys and opened the door to her apartment. Then out of nowhere, Mary Jane grabbed Peter by his shirt and yanked him through the doorway. In an instant, the door was slammed shut and Peter felt his back slammed against it, Mary Jane's lips roughly and passionately pressing against his own. "aHOLY SHIT THIS IS ACTUALLY HAPPENING!?"

Peter had kissed Mary Jane before, but nothing this intense. This kiss was filled with months of pent up lust and yearning. Not wanting to let Mary Jane take full control, Peter cupped her face and returned the kiss with just as much fiery passion. Making the next move, Peter snaked his tongue into Mary Jane's mouth, causing a moan to rumble in her throat. Their tongues danced together, both of them fighting for dominance. Peter felt Mary Jane's fingers running through his hair as she tried to deepen their kiss. Wrapping an arm around Mary Jane's waist, Peter pulled her close, her ample breasts pressing against his chest. Their intense liplock continued for another minute before they finally separated, both of them panting heavily. Peter locked eyes with Mary Jane, seeing the desire and lust clouding them.

"Bedroom. Now." Mary Jane ordered as she stepped aside and pointed towards her room. "I can't wait any longer, tiger."

"O-Okay..." Peter stuttered out, practically sprinting towards MJ's room, with the sultry redhead only a few steps behind him. After walking into the bedroom, Peter could feel his nerves starting to get the better of him. He wanted nothing more than to cross that line with Mary Jane, he couldn't think of anyone better to have his first time with. But for some reason, an inkling of self-doubt was bubbling in the pit of his stomach. What if it was too soon? What if he messed up somehow? What if he wasn't good enough? All of these questions raced through Peter's mind as he stared at MJ's bed. Needing a minute to collect himself, Peter looked for a way to get some privacy. "U-Uh MJ, could I use your bathroom for a second?"

"Sure thing, tiger." Mary Jane said with a smirk as she teasingly traced a finger along Peter's jawline, causing a pleasurable shiver to run down his spine. "That'll give me time to slip into something more comfortable. Just...don't keep me waiting too long."

"S-Sure thing!" Peter awkwardly exclaimed, before dashing into MJ's bathroom and shutting the door behind him. Taking a deep breath, Peter walked towards the sink and turned on the water. Looking at himself in the mirror, Peter could see that he was sweating profusely and that his hands were shaking slightly. Peter had faced down countless villains without any fear or hesitation, but the thought of ruining his relationship with MJ or possibly disappointing her, now that truly scared him. Tightly gripping the countertop, Peter leaned forward and looked at his own reflection. "Okay Peter, calm the hell down. You've been dreaming about this day for years, you can't let MJ down." After splashing some water on his face, Peter stared at his reflection once again. "You've got this Peter, you're Spider-Man for god's sake."

Turning the water off and drying his face, Peter gripped the doorknob and took another deep breath. When Peter pulled the door open, he was not prepared for what was waiting for him. Lying on the bed was Mary Jane, dressed in only black lingerie, so thin that it was practically see-through. The sexy redhead was lying on her side, a sultry smile on her face and flowing hair strewn about on the bed behind her. Peter couldn't stop himself from ogling Mary Jane's stunning body. Her delicious curves and ample breasts causing blood to flow into his lower half.

"Hey there, tiger." Mary Jane said with a seductive wink as she beckoned Peter over with her finger. "Come and get me."

(Lemon Start)

All of Peter's earlier worries instantly disappeared when Mary Jane said this, his lust getting the better of him. In an instant, Peter leaped across the room and landed on the bed. Peter now hovered over Mary Jane, before leaning down and capturing her lips in another passionate kiss. Mary Jane moaned into the kiss, reaching up and running her hands through Peter's hair. Rolling over, Mary Jane now straddled Peter's waist, their kiss deepening. Peter's hands began to roam Mary Jane's body, rubbing up and down her sides and back. Feeling a bit more daring, Peter's hands ventured lower, eventually landing on Mary Jane's hips. A moan rumbled in the sexy redhead's throat when Peter's hands suddenly squeezed her ass. Breaking their liplock, Mary Jane and Peter were both panting heavily, their faces burning bright red.

"Oh, you're a naughty boy, tiger." Mary said in a husky tone, before reaching down and rubbing Peter's erection through his pants, causing him to stiffen slightly. "My oh my, aren't you excited?" With a seductive smirk, Mary Jane tugged at the straps to her bra. "But I don't it's fair that I'm the only one showing some skin. How about we get you out of these stuffy clothes."

Peter had never gotten his clothes off faster in his life, slipping off his suit coat and practically tearing off his shirt and tie. With a little help from MJ, Peter got his pants off and was now dressed in only his boxers. Mary Jane licked her lips as she ran her hands across Peter's abs and toned chest. He didn't have massive muscles like some of the other superheroes, but Peter was still extremely fit and Mary Jane could feel the power behind each of his muscles. Her sexy demeanor softened a bit when she spotted several scars on Peter's chest and side. All of the testaments to the numerous battles he had fought over the years and the punishment he'd endured protecting the city. With a loving smile, Mary Jane gently ran her fingers along one of the scars on his upper chest.

"I'm sure you could get these scars removed, Peter." Mary Jane said as she leaned down and gently kissed one of them. "You know so many people with crazy tech and magic, it should be really easy."

"It's okay, I like them." Peter said, sitting up on his elbows and locking eyes with Mary Jane. "They're a reminder of how hard I've fought to protect the people I love." A grin spread across Peter's face as he chuckled. "And I think they make me look pretty cool."

"They are pretty manly." Mary Jane said with a smirk as she reached back began to fumble with the clasps to her bra. After a few moments, the hooks came undone and the straps on Mary Jane's shoulders went slack. Gazing at Peter with lust-filled eyes, Mary Jane slipped her bra off, using one arm to hold it in place. Peter's face flushed bright red, Mary Jane's bare breasts only a foot away and barely hidden. "Now, why don't I reward you for all your hard work."

With a flick of her wrist, Mary Jane tossed away her lacy black bra, her generous D-cup breasts now on full display. Peter simply stared in awe, barely able to form a coherent thought. Mary Jane's breasts were perfectly round and perky, showing no signs of sagging, and were topped off with pink erect nipples. With a seductive smirk, Mary Jane grabbed one of Peter's hands and guided it towards her breast. The beautiful red-head let out a soft moan when Peter's hand pressed against her bust, his fingers slowly sinking into the soft flesh. Giggling at Peter's awkward nervousness, Mary Jane allowed Peter to knead and massage her breasts.

"OH MY GOD!" Peter thought, reaching up with his other hand and gently gripping both of MJ's breasts, eliciting another brief moan from her. "This is the best day of my life!"

"Mmmm, your hands feel amazing, tiger." Mary Jane moaned as she felt Peter's hardening erection press against her butt. With a devious smirk, Mary Jane wiggled her hips and ground her ass against Peter's stiff rod. She took immense pleasure when she heard Peter gasp suddenly, his face flushed bright red as he panted slightly. "As much as I'd love to spend all night having you fondle me..." Gyrating her hips once again, Mary Jane heard another gasp escape Peter's lips. "I think this big boy is eager for something else."

With a teasing smile, Mary Jane slid off of Peter, now sitting the bed beside him. Reaching down, Mary Jane gently stroked Peter through his boxers, licking her lips when she felt the size of his shaft. The sexy redhead didn't want to wait any longer, she gripped the top of Peter's underwear, then with one swift motion yanked them off. Peter's erection sprang free, almost slapping Mary Jane in the face. If MJ had to guess, Peter was at least eight inches fully hard, he definitely wasn't lacking. Unconsciously licking her lips, Mary Jane reached out and grabbed ahold of Peter's shaft, feeling how it was hot to the touch. Peter let out a brief moan as Mary Jane began to slowly stroke his rod, her hands feeling incredibly soft.

"Sorry if I'm a little inexperienced, tiger." Mary Jane said, her confident and lustful demeanor faltering for a moment, a faint blush dusting across her cheeks. "It's my first time doing anything like this."

"It's fine, you're doing great so far..." Peter said just as a low moan rumbled in his throat, watching as Mary Jane's hand moved up and down. "Your hand feels incredible..."

"Glad to hear that..." Mary Jane said with a smile, her earlier confidence returning in full force, spurred by Peter's encouragement. After another minute of stroking, Mary Jane's hand suddenly stopped, a new idea popping into her head. "Hey tiger, how about we try something more...stimulating?"

"Uh sure...what have you got in mind?" Peter asked as he sat upon his elbows, locking eyes with MJ. "We'll take this as fast or slow as you want."

"That's sweet..." Mary Jane said, sliding down the bed and positioning herself between Peter's legs. "But we both want this, there's no need to be nervous." Bending down, Mary Jane blew lightly on Peter's rod, causing a pleasurable shiver to run down his spine. "Gotta be honest tiger, I'm really gonna be winging it here, so just bear with me."

"What are yoUUUUUUUUU-" Peter stopped mid-sentence and let out a long moan when Mary Jane suddenly stuck his shaft in her mouth. Slowly and somewhat awkwardly, Mary Jane began to bob her head up and down. The heat and wetness of her mouth sent jolts of pleasure throughout Peter's body. Throwing his head back against the pillow, Peter tightly gripped the bedsheets. "Holy shit, MJ!"

"Glad you're enjoying it, tiger." Mary Jane said with a wink, briefly taking Peter's rod out of her mouth. Leaning down, Mary Jane placed a gentle kiss on Peter's lower head. "I'm kinda just recreating what I've seen in dirty videos."

"You watch porn?" Peter asked in an intrigued tone as he quirked an eyebrow. "I never knew that."

"Girls get horny too, Pete." Mary Jane said with a smirk, using her head to gesture towards her dresser. "I've got a couple 'toys' hidden in there."

Peter was about to say something but was stopped when Mary Jane's mouth engulfed his shaft once again. Her head began to bob once again, but this time a little faster as she gained a bit more confidence. Peter moaned once again as Mary Jane took him deeper, now swirling her tongue around his cock. Whatever part of his shaft Mary Jane's mouth couldn't reach, she began to stroke with her hand. She was still a bit awkward, but Peter could tell that Mary Jane was getting better and better very quickly.

"Damn MJ..." Peter moaned as he reached down and gently ran his fingers through Mary Jane's silky red hair. After a few more minutes of fellatio, Peter could feel himself getting close to his climax. "MJ...I'm almost there...let me..."

Peter tried to pull out of Mary Jane's mouth, but in response, she took him in deeper. Mary Jane suddenly sped up, bringing Peter even closer to his orgasm. Hissing through his teeth, Peter couldn't hold on any longer. Placing both his hands on Mary Jane's head, Peter gave up on trying to pull out, instead he held her place as he shot his seed into her waiting mouth. A moan rumbled in Mary Jane's throat as she swallowed Peter's seed. It was an odd taste, but there was something very erotic about the act and it seriously turned her on. With a satisfying pop, Mary Jane released Peter's shaft, swallowing the rest of his load.

"H-Holy shit MJ..." Peter panted out, coming down from his orgasmic high. "That was amazing."

"I'm glad you liked it, tiger." Mary Jane said with a lustful smirk as she licked her lips. "To be honest, you didn't taste half bad..." Peter's shaft twitched when he heard this, causing him to audibly gulp. "We'll have to do that again." With a wink, Mary Jane began to slowly rub Peter's shaft. "Are you ready to keep going?"

"Yeah, but I think it's time I pleasure you, MJ." Peter said, before lunging forward and capturing her lips in a passionate kiss. With their lips still connected, Peter and Mary Jane changed positions, with her now lying on her back. Breaking their liplock, Peter trailed kisses down Mary Jane's body, his hands massaging her sides. Mary Jane bit her finger to suppress a moan, pleasurable tingles causing goosebumps to form across her body. Lifting her hips off the bed, Mary Jane allowed Peter to pull her panties down her slender legs. Fully naked now, Peter took a moment to drink in Mary Jane's beautiful body. The sexy redhead couldn't help but chuckled when she saw the stupefied look on Peter's face. "Hey tiger, you just gonna stare or are yoOH SHIT!"

Mary Jane suddenly moaned loudly when Peter lunged forward and his tongue delved into her wet folds. Peter did whatever he felt was right and judging from the lewd moans escaping Mary Jane's lips he that knew he was doing a pretty good job for his first time.

"Fuck, Pete! For your first time doing this, you're pretty damn good at it!" Mary Jane screamed, arching her back slightly off the bed, her hands tightly clenching the bed sheets.

While Peter's hot tongue probed her womanhood, Mary Jane was a writhing and squirming mess. Sweat formed on MJ's brow as she bit her bottom lip to hold in her moans of ecstasy. Mary Jane had no idea how Peter was doing it, but he seemed to be hitting all of her sweet spots. She could feel a warm, tingling sensation building up in the pit of her stomach. Mary Jane knew that her own orgasm was rapidly approaching, but she still needed one final push to go over the edge. As Peter relished the taste of MJ's juices, he spotted a small nub of flesh. Reaching out, Peter gave the nub a quick squeeze, knowing what the sensitive sex organ was. Pinching Mary Jane's clitoris was the final push she needed to experience her orgasm. Mary Jane let out a scream of pure ecstasy as an orgasm rocked her whole body.

"H-Holy shit tiger...I've never came that h-hard before..." Mary Jane panted out, as she tried to catch her breath, staring up at the ceiling.

"You did taste half bad either, MJ." Peter said with a smirk, giving the sexy redhead a wink.

"That was fantastic Pete, but I think it's time we get to the main event." Mary Jane's eyes were full of lust and need as she gently pushed Peter onto his back and slowly crawled up his body. She dragged her breasts across his chest and rubbed her dripping womanhood against his now erect shaft. "And it looks you're ready to go once again."

"You're still absolutely sure about this, MJ? I don't mind waiting for a little longer." Peter said, wanting to give Mary Jane one last chance to back out if she wasn't ready.

"You're sweet for asking, tiger." Mary Jane said, as she leaned forward and gently kissed Peter on the lips. "But we've both been waiting for this. I want to do this Peter. I want to be one with you."

"Okay, then your wish is my command." Peter said, smiling up at the beautiful redhead.

"Here I go..." Mary Jane said, as she grabbed ahold of Peter's manhood. The busty redhead lined Peter's rod up with her womanhood and slowly began to drop down onto it. Both Peter and Mary Jane hissed as more and more of his shaft entered her. Peter was shocked at how tight MJ was. At the same time, Mary Jane was amazed at how much Peter stretched and filled her. After about a minute, Mary Jane had fully impaled herself on Peter's shaft. Mary Jane had heard how a girl's first time was usually a painful experience. But Mary Jane was surprised when she didn't feel much pain, just some slight discomfort due to Peter's size.

"You okay, MJ?" Peter asked in a concerned tone, seeing the look on Mary Jane's face. "I know it's supposed to hurt a bit the first time."

"I'm fine, Pete..." Mary Jane replied, as she wriggled her hips a little to get more comfortable, which in turn caused the web-slinger to moan slightly at the sudden motion. "It's weird, but I don't really feel any pain. Just give me a few more minutes to get used to you." Peter nodded his head and smiled at his red-haired lover. Mary Jane returned Peter's smile and laid her head against his chest while she waited. A few minutes later Mary Jane experimentally rolled her hips. Instead of discomfort, immense pleasure shot through Mary Jane's body, causing her to release a soft moan. "You can move now, tiger."

"I'm gonna start then..." Peter said, slowly pulling out of Mary Jane. Both of them moaned at the movement. When Peter was about halfway out, suddenly he thrust back in. Peter had to stop himself from violently pounding into the redhead. The pleasure was amazing and Peter's instincts were telling him to throw Mary Jane down onto the bed and ravish her, to make her scream his name in ecstasy. But this was both their first time, and Peter knew he had to take it easy for now. There would be time for more aggressive lovemaking later. Until then he had to hold himself back a bit. "Fuck...you're so tight MJ."

"Shit...this feels amazing, Pete!" Mary Jane moaned loudly, as she began to rock her hips in time with Peter's thrusts. Soon they both had found a steady and pleasurable rhythm. As Mary Jane slowly bounced up and down, Peter reached up and grabbed the busty redhead's jiggling breasts. Mary Jane moaned in pleasure as Peter's warm hands massaged her breasts. She enjoyed the slow and filling tempo they had going, but she wanted to experience everything Peter had to offer. "Ah! Pete! Harder! Faster! Please! Fuck me!"

Mary Jane's moans encourage Peter to pick up the pace. He grabbed ahold of Mary Jane's hips and began to pound into her wet womanhood faster. Mary Jane howled in ecstasy as her pleasure shot through the roof. As Peter continued to pound into her, Mary Jane leaned forward and pulled him in for a passionate kiss. They both moaned as their tongues began to battle for dominance. However, Peter squeaked in surprise when she felt Peter suddenly pick her up. Moments later, Mary Jane felt her back hit the bed as Peter loomed over her. With a lustful smirk, Peter once again started to rapidly thrust in and out of Mary Jane. The busty redhead let out a loud moan, the pleasure the new position offered was fantastic.

"Fuck! Peter, you're amazing!" Mary Jane screamed, arching her back off the bed. Peter leaned his head forward and began to suck on one of Mary Jane's erect nipples, as he continued to make love to the redhead. "Shit! I'm getting so close Pete!"

"I'm almost there too, MJ!" Peter grunted out after giving Mary Jane's nipple a quick bite. The redhead's large breasts were now a dull shade of red from Peter's near-constant groping. Peter could feel a familiar sensation as he felt his own orgasm quickly approaching. After a few more minutes of intense pounding, Peter was finally at his limit. "Fuck! Where do you want it MJ?!"

"Inside! I want to feel it all inside me!" Mary Jane exclaimed, as she went over the edge into her second orgasm of their lovemaking session.

Mary Jane screamed in pleasure as she felt Peter release his seed deep inside her. The sexy redhead wrapped her arms around Peter and held him close, her body twitching as she was rocked by yet another orgasm. After a few more moments, Peter slowly pulled out of Mary Jane, a mixture of both their sexual juices following after him. The web-slinger plopped down onto the bed, with Mary Jane lying down next to him. Both of them were panting slightly as Mary Jane snuggled up close to Peter, resting her head on his muscular chest.

"Holy shit...that was amazing MJ." Peter said, turning to flash the busty redhead a wide grin.

"Yes...it really was fantastic tiger..." Mary Jane said as a lustful smirk spread across her face. Peter quirked an eyebrow when he felt one of MJ's hand snake down his body. Then he moaned as Mary Jane began to stroke his manhood back to life. Mary Jane then rolled on top of Peter once again, her ass pressing against his shaft. "In fact...I want to do it again...if you're up to it...my superhero."

A low growled rumbled in Peter's throat when he saw the pure lust in Mary Jane's half-lidded eyes. The redhead began to giggle when Peter lunged forward and began to kiss her neck. It was time for him to go all out and really let loose.

(Lemon End)

(Two Hours Later)

"Ugh, I'm so damn tired..." Gwen groaned, landing on the roof of Mary Jane's apartment building. Releasing a heavy sigh, Gwen sat down on the edge of the roof, staring out at the still-bustling city. Gwen sat in silence for several moments, seemingly in deep thought. Suddenly groaning in frustration, Gwen threw her hands up into the air and roughly pulled down her hood. Reaching up once again, Gwen pulled off her mask, revealing that her face was flushed bright red. "I can't believe that Black Cat chick suggested something like that...what the hell is she thinking?"

"What do you want with Peter?" Gwen asked in a threatening tone as she stood over Felicia. "I swear to god if you try to hurt him."

"Relax, I would never hurt my little Spider...intentionally..." Felicia said with a small smile, before standing back up and locking eyes with Gwen. "And you should be a little nicer to me. I am the one who got all that juicy info on that Cindy Moon girl after all."

"Wait, you're the one who dropped off that anonymous envelope at Avengers Tower?" Gwen asked in a surprised tone as she began to relax slightly. "Why would you do something like that?"

"Well Spider is always trying to help me whenever he can...and I always end up hurting him..." Felicia replied with a sad smile, a faint blush on her face as she spared another glance at Peter. "I figured...I could help him out for once and do something nice for him...without asking for anything in return..."

"I guess you really aren't a bad person..." Gwen said as she pulled off her mask and approached Felicia. "But for some reason, I get the feeling that spying on Peter isn't the only reason you're here."

"Aw, you caught me..." Felicia said with a smirk, holding up her hands in mock surrender. "You know, you and I are quite similar in one respect. We're both women pining after a man we can't have." Felicia stood in front of Gwen and cupped her chin. "I have a proposition for you, one that could let you and I both be with the Spider, along with that sexy redhead." Gwen's eyes widened when she heard this, Felicia knew she had her attention now. "Will you listen to what I have to say?"

"W-What the hell are you talking about?!" Gwen exclaimed as she shoved Felicia's hand away, her face burning bright red. "I-I don't love, Peter !"

"Oh god, we're really gonna go through this routine?" Felicia said with a frown, sighing and resting her hands on her hips. "Listen blondie, you can kick and scream, and deny it all you want, but I can tell. It's written all of your damn face. The way you were looking at those two in that restaurant, you were imagining yourself in that pretty redhead's place. You were wondering what it would be like to date him, instead of her." Gwen stiffened slightly, knowing she had been caught redhanded. "The sooner you just accept you love him, the sooner we can-."

"Okay! Okay, damn it!" Gwen suddenly yelled which cut Felicia off mid-sentence. She could feel tears stinging her eyes as she tightly balled her fists. "I do love him! I loved him back in my own dimension, but then I screwed up and he died! Seeing him again after so long, I can't stop those old feelings from coming back!"

"Died? Your own dimension?" Felicia parroted in a confused tone, quirking an eyebrow and cocking her head slightly. "You sound like you've got one hell of an interesting story to tell."

"But it doesn't matter." Gwen said in a dejected tone as she down on the edge of the roof, hiding her face in her hands. "He's dating Mary Jane...and they really love each other...I don't have a chance..."

"I wouldn't be so sure of that." Felicia said with a smirk, sitting down next to Gwen and wrapping an arm around her shoulders. "You know, Peter and I used to date."

"R-Really?" Gwen asked as she sniffled a few times, turning her head to lock eyes with Felicia. "What happened?"

"It was a couple of years ago...Peter and that fiery redhead down there got into a really bad fight...and they decided to take a break..." Felicia explained, releasing a wistful sigh as she stared up at the night sky overhead. A small smile spread across Felicia's face as she continued reminiscing. "It was during that time Peter and I got together...he was feeling really down and I was there for him...we got really close during those couple weeks we were together...that's when I knew that I loved him...and I could tell that he had feelings for me as well, even if he was still pining after that girl down there..."

"So...what happened next..." Gwen asked as she felt her heart ache a little, feeling like she knew where the story was going.

"Well...things were going great for a while...but I have some bad...habits...that I just couldn't seem to break...and Peter didn't like that. He tried to help me go straight, give up being a thief, but I always kept slipping back into old habits." Felicia continued, frowning slightly as she gripped the edge of the roof. "Eventually Peter, being the upstanding hero that he is, had to stop me...and our relationship ended after that. Soon after that, he hooked back up with Ms. Mary Jane down there."

"Why are you telling me all this?" Gwen asked, not know where Felicia was going with her story. "I'm sorry about what happened between you and Peter, but what does this have to do with me?"

"I'm getting to that." Felicia said with a chuckle as she turned to face Gwen once again. "I brought up that little story because...despite our falling out...every time I meet up with Peter, I can still feel that spark between us. I can tell that he still has some lingering feelings for me, even if he wants to deny it...and I'm sure he still has some strong feelings for you...Ms. Gwen Stacy."

"How do you-"

"Peter talked about you once and I ended up doing some digging around...so either you're a ghost or the whole alternate dimension thing is the real deal." Felicia explained with a smile, reaching down and gently gripping Gwen's hand. "You were Peter's first love...losing you devastated him...and I'm sure seeing you again stirred up a lot of old feelings. Peter is pretty awkward, especially when it comes to women, but he has a big heart and lots of love to give. He'd never cheat on Mary Jane, but if we can convince her..."

"Felicia...what are you suggesting?" Gwen asked as her face tinted red, feeling like the Black Cat was about to say something scandalous.

"It's such a simple solution..." Felicia said, patting Gwen on the back and gently squeezing her hand, as a devious smirk spread across her face. "We all share Peter!"

"Share him!? How can she even say something like that?!" Gwen exclaimed before she huffed and ran her hands through her hair. "Peter is with Mary Jane right now, he'd never agree to something like that...would he?" Deep down Gwen could see the logic in what Felicia had suggested, a way for all of them to be with Peter. The more emotional part of her wanted it to happen, just so she could have the chance to love Peter and have him love her back. But the more rational side of her knew that a polygamous relationship like that would stressful and had a decent chance of failing. She was torn on the matter and would have to give it some more thought. Groaning in frustration, Gwen stood back up. "Whatever...I'm fucking exhausted and I just want to get some sleep...I'll worry about this tomorrow."

Slipping her mask back on and flipping up her hood, Gwen crawled down the building's wall. Finding the window to Mary Jane's apartment, Gwen quietly opened the window and crawled into the living room. Gwen hissed in pain as she landed on the floor, her muscles aching from a long night of crime-fighting. Rolling her neck, made her way towards the guest bedroom, she'd see Peter and Mary Jane tomorrow. However, she stopped dead in her tracks when she heard a loud moan come from Mary Jane's room. Feeling her face instantly heat up, Gwen slowly approached the bedroom, the moans getting louder the closer she got. With her heart thundering in her chest, Gwen pressed her ear against the door. She immediately recognized the sounds of a bed creaking and flesh slapping against flesh.

"FUCK YES, PETER! HOW LONG CAN YOU KEEP THIS UP!?"

Gasping in shock, Gwen quickly backed away from the door, almost tripping over the coffee table. Gwen stopped when her back eventually hit a wall, panting slightly. There was no mistaking it, Mary Jane and Peter were having sex and it sounded like the redhead was very much enjoying it. Gwen felt her heart clench when she pictured being intimate with another woman. Another lewd moan rang out from the bedroom and Gwen felt her blush darkening several shades. Her mind began to wander and she started to picture herself in Mary Jane's place, her naked, sweaty body pressed against Peter's. She imagined the joy and pleasure she could feel if they were together. Gwen suddenly shook her head, trying to rid herself of those indecent thoughts.

"Looks like I'm spending the night at Avenger's Tower, I can't listen to this anymore..." Gwen muttered as she grabbed a pen and paper, quickly scribbling Peter a note to let him know where to find her. After placing the note on the kitchen table, Gwen made her way back towards the window, glancing back at Mary Jane's door one last time. Gwen's brow furrowed before she sprang out of the apartment, firing a line of webbing. "I have some things to think about."

(One Hour Later)

"Damn tiger, your stamina is insane..." Mary Jane in a loving tone, panting slightly as she lazily drew circles on Peter's chest. "For the first time, that was amazing."

"Yeah, it was fantastic MJ..." Peter said in a slightly apprehensive tone as he wrapped an arm around his redheaded lover.

"Is something wrong, Pete?" Mary Jane asked, sitting up and wrapping the sheets around herself. "It looks like something is on your mind."

"MJ...I...I need to tell you something." Peter said as he reached down and gently gripped her hand. "Something happened earlier today...I was on a mission with Gwen...and I didn't want to say anything during our date because I didn't want to ruin our special night after all the planning you did..."

"Jesus Pete, what happened?" Mary asked in a slightly concerned tone, reaching up and resting a hand on her boyfriend's shoulder, slowly rubbing it. "You don't have to be worried, you can tell me anything."

"Before I say anything, I just want you to know that I love you MJ...that will never change..." Peter said before he released a heavy sigh, trying to prepare himself for what he was about to say. "The mission Gwen and I went on...we infiltrated Alchemax Headquarters to save a girl named Cindy Moon...they were doing all kinds of experiments on her...it turns out she has spider-powers like me...well after we freed her from her cell...she...I...we..."

"She kissed you, didn't she?" Mary Jane finished which caused Peter's eyes to widen in shock. "Don't act so surprised, I could tell something was seriously bothering with you and I put things together." Chuckling softly, Mary Jane reached up and stroked Peter's cheek. "She was grateful that you saved her and kissed you, so what? I'm not mad Peter."

"That's...that's not really it MJ..." Peter said, clasping his hands in his lap, a look of shame in his eyes. "When Cindy kissed me...I didn't pull away...in fact, I kissed her back. I wouldn't have stopped if hadn't been for Gwen pulling us apart. We found out that Cindy was bitten by the same spider that bit me...and that she releases some type of pheromones...these pheromones attract us to each other and were really hard to resist." Mary Jane was silent for several moments, which caused Peter to start worrying. "MJ...I'm so sorry...if you hate me now, I totally understand."

"I don't hate you, Pete." Mary Jane said as she flicked him on the forehead. "You're not a liar Pete, so I know you're telling the truth about the pheromones. You couldn't help yourself, I can't blame you for that. But I just have to ask...this Cindy Moon...do you love her?"

"NO!" Peter exclaimed, bolting upright and frantically shaking his head. "Of course I...I don't..." Releasing another sigh, Peter deflated and sunk back down onto the bed. "I don't know anymore...we just met...so I don't have any romantic feelings for her...but I can't deny the spark I felt when I kissed her..."

"I see..." Mary Jane muttered as she twiddled her thumbs, staring down at her lap. "What about Gwen?"

"What about her?" Peter asked in a confused tone, turning his head to look at MJ.

"Do you still have feelings for her?" Mary Jane clarified as she locked eyes with Peter, her gaze telling him that he couldn't avoid this question. "She was your first love, Pete. I'm sure seeing her again has brought up some old feelings."

"I...I'd..." Peter struggled to say, trying to find the right words. He wanted nothing more than to deny it and say that he didn't have those feelings for Gwen anymore, but deep down he knew that wasn't true. Deciding to just own up to it, Peter laid his heart out on the line. "I'd be lying if I said I felt nothing for Gwen...you're right MJ...seeing her again stirred up a lot of old feelings. But I DO love you MJ, more than you could possibly imagine...but a part of me still loves Gwen...I...I just..."

"Shhhh, that's enough for now, Pete." Mary Jane whispered as she hugged his head against her chest. "We'll talk about this more tomorrow, with Gwen as well...we'll work all this out." Cupping his head in her hands, Mary Jane gave Peter a gentle kiss on the lips. "For now, let's get some sleep, tiger."

"Sure thing, MJ." Peter said, releasing a heavy sigh as his head fell back and hit the pillow. "Good night MJ, I love you."

"I love you too, Peter." MJ said before she flicked the lights off.

(The Following Morning: Avenger's Tower)

"Morning Karen." Peter said, stepping into the tower's elevator.

"Good morning, Peter. It's good to see you again."

"How was Cindy last night?" Peter asked as he looked at the letter Gwen had left him. "I'm sure she was little on edge."

"Ms. Moon was fine. Ms. Romanov spent most of the night with her and sure she was comfortable. It seems like both of them are actually waiting for you to arrive."

"What about Gwen?" Peter continued, tucking the letter back into his pocket. "She came by last night, right?"

"Yes, Ms. Stacy came by late last night and slept in your room. She's currently eating breakfast."

"That's good, I'm glad she made it back okay." Peter said as he breathed a sigh of relief. "I was worried she might get in trouble."

"Ms. Stacy was uninjured, but she did appear to be on edge when she arrived at the tower. Her breathing was erratic and her heart rate was quite elevated."

"Huh, something must have gotten her pretty worked up." Peter said, stepping out of the elevator as the doors opened. "Well, I'll talk to you later Karen."

"Of course, Peter. I look forward to it."

Walking through the winding hallways, Peter eventually found himself in the tower's kitchen. He quickly spotted Gwen sitting by herself, eating a bowl of cereal. As Peter approached, Gwen perked up slightly, her Spider-Sense alerting her of his presence.

"Morning Gwen." Peter said as he walked passed her and took a seat at the table, pouring himself a bowl of cereal as well. "Where's Cindy and Natasha?"

"Natasha is helping Cindy with something, didn't say what." Gwen replied, not looking up from her bowl. "They should be around soon."

"Okay..." Peter said as he stared at Gwen, instantly picking up on the awkward tension between them. "Is everything okay, Gwen? You seem a little...off right now."

"Everything is fine, trust me." Gwen said, doing her best to hide her blushing face. The last thing she wanted to talk about right now was how she had almost walked in on them having sex. Wanting to avoid the topic, Gwen quickly changed the subject. "So, how was your date with Mary Jane?"

"It went great actually...much better than expected..." Peter said with a smile as he ate a spoonful of cereal. However, as Peter recalled his date with MJ, he suddenly remembered something that had happened. "Actually Gwen...towards the end our date, MJ and I were walking through Central Park...and someone ran into me...a kid actually...but when it happened my Spider-Sense started freaking out."

"Do you think it was the final person who was sucked into this dimension?" Gwen asked, finally looking up from her cereal, forgetting about her previous worries. "If it is, we need to find them, fast."

"That's what I'm thinking, we can't leave them all on their own." Peter said as he stroked his chin, his brow furrowing slightly. "But New York is a big city, it'll be hard for the two of us to find them."

"How about if you had an extra pair of eyes?" A familiar voice spoke up. Turning to face whoever had spoken, Peter and Gwen were surprised to see Cindy, decked out in a brand new costume. Cindy's new suit had black arms and legs, with red fingers and lightning patterns near her upper thighs and shoulders. The design on her chest was pure white, with red webbing surrounding a small 'S' on the center of her chest. Lastly, instead of sporting a full mask, Cindy opted for a red wrap, which covered everything below her eyes. With a smirk, Cindy did a short twirl. "You like the new suit? Natasha helped me design it."

"It looks fantastic." Peter said as he gave her a thumbs up. "You and Gwen both have a great fashion sense."

"You really did a great job, Cindy." Gwen said, letting out a low whistle, scanning Cindy from head to toe. "What's that 'S' mean though?"

"Oh, that's for my superhero codename!" Cindy explained in an excited tone as she practically skipped over towards the table. "Natasha said I should have one, so I thought about it forever and I think I finally came up with a good one! From now one, when we're out fighting crime, called me Silk!"

"Silk huh? Kinda like a spider's silk. That's pretty creative, Cindy." Peter said, before turning his attention back towards Gwen. "In fact, that reminds me...we should come up with a codename for you Gwen?"

"You're Spider-Man, right? Wouldn't I just be Spider-Woman?" Gwen asked as she shrugged her shoulders. "I'm fine with that."

"There's actually already a Spider-Woman." Peter explained, causing Gwen's eyes to widen in shock. "Her real name's Jessica Drew and she's currently operating in San Francisco."

"Ugh, there's way too many spider-people." Gwen groaned as she rested her head on the table. "Okay then, what should my code name be then? You guys think of something because I'm terrible with that stuff."

"Hmmm..." Cindy hummed, staring at Gwen, then at her costume. She looked between them several time, before suddenly snapping her fingers. "I got it! How about Ghost Spider!?"

"Ghost Spider?" Gwen parroted as she lifted her head back up, mulling the name over in her mind. "You know...that actually sounds badass! I love it!"

"Looks like you guys are having fun." Natasha said with a smirk, finally entering the kitchen. "I hate to interrupt, but you guys should see this." Now having everyone's attention, Natasha grabbed the remote and turned on the TV that was in the kitchen. Quickly flipping through the channels, Natasha stopped on the local news. There appeared to be some type of police chase in progress, but what shocked everyone was the person being pursued appeared to be crawling up the side of a building. From the live footage, the person was wearing a hoodie and looked to possibly be a teenager. "This just happened. Apparently this person was acting suspicious and when the police tried to question them, they just took off running. If the reports are accurate, this is happening pretty close by."

"Peter is that-"

"Yeah, it has to be." Peter said as he stood up from his seat. "That's gotta be the spider-person who ran into me last night."

"Then we have to help them." Gwen said, standing up as well and grabbing her costume. "We can't let them get in any more trouble."

"Hey, if you guys are going, you can count me in." Cindy said as she gazed at the television, watching the possible spider-person leap over a police car. "You guys helped me escape Alchemax, so I want to return the favor."

"Then let's get going." Peter said, grabbing his backpack and pulling out his suit. "Natasha, can you stay here and run comms? Also, where's Miguel?"

"Sure thing, Peter." Natasha said as she began to walk out of the room. "And Miguel is still looking for that Goblin creep. He was here for a few minutes earlier, but didn't stay for long."

"That's fine, the three of us should be able to do this." Peter said, before slipping on his mask and web-shooters. "Okay, Gwen, Cindy, we've got another spider-person to save."

Chapter Text

(Avenger Tower: Helipad)

"Natasha, where's our spider-person's location?" Peter asked, adjusting his web-shooters as he stood on the edge of the tower's helipad. "We're ready to go."

"They're a half-click to the south and moving fast. You guys should get moving fast, the police are gaining on them."

"Alright, let's do this!" Peter exclaimed as he turned to face Gwen and Cindy, both girls standing a few feet behind him. "Karen, can you send a feed to my HUD?"

"Already on it, Peter."

"Great job, Karen..." Peter said, pausing for a moment when he saw a new notification pop up on his HUD, displaying a live feed of their mystery spider-person's location. "Just got it! You girls ready to go?"

"Definitely..." Gwen said with a smirk before she slipped on her mask and stepped toward Peter. "If this person is in a similar situation to Miguel and me, we have to help them!"

"U-Uh...I...I don't know about this guys..." Cindy stuttered, inching closer to the end of the helipad and glancing over the edge. As Cindy stared at the ground below, her vision began to unfocus and her stomach lurched. With a frightened yelp, Cindy leaped back, her heart thundering. "I know I was all gung-ho a minute ago...but...I didn't think we'd be this high..."

"Cindy...are you scared of heights?" Gwen asked in an amused tone as she did her best not to giggle. "You've got to be kidding me?"

"I mean...I'm usually fine with heights..." Cindy said, wincing slightly as she was hit by a strong gust of wind. "But...this is nuts!" Turning her head, Cindy glanced back towards the elevator. "How about I go down to ground level, then catch up with you two?"

"We don't have time for that..." Gwen said in a mildly annoyed tone as he rested her hands on her hips. "We don't have time for that, we need to go now!"

"Okay, okay!" Cindy said, taking a deep breath to calm herself. "Peter, were you scared when you first did anything like this?"

"Fucking petrified." Peter replied as he smiled underneath his mask, remembering his miserable first attempts at web-slinging. "I've faceplanted and chickened out more times than I'd like to admit."

"How did you overcome this fear?" Cindy asked, tightly balling her fists in an attempt to stop her hands from trembling. "My whole body is shaking right now and my stomach feels like it's floating."

"I mean...I didn't really do anything special." Peter said as he rubbed the back of his head. "I heard scream out for help...and my body just kind of moved on its own." Shrugging his shoulders, Peter moved to the edge of the helipad. "I just trusted in myself and..." With a quick salute, Peter leaped off the helipad. "TOOK A LEAP OF FAITH!"

"Uh..." Gwen muttered awkwardly, staring at Cindy for a moment before she whipped around and dove after Peter. "WHAT HE SAID!"

"That helped..." Cindy said as she released a heavy sigh, slowly making her towards the edge of the helipad. Leaning out, Cindy looked below and saw Peter and Gwen speeding towards the ground. Then, about twenty feet above the street, both of them fired out a line of webbing, skimming right over a line of cars stuck in traffic. As Cindy watched Peter and Gwen get farther away, she clenched and unclenched her fists several times. "It's a leap of faith...I'll never get over this fear unless I face it head-on." Taking a deep breath, Cindy turned her back towards the edge, so that she wouldn't be looking straight down. Holding her arms out wide and closing her eyes, Cindy squashed down her fears and fell backward off the helipad. Cindy felt the air whipping her face as she plummeted towards the ground below. Finally opening eyes, Cindy was shocked to see that she was already closing in on street level. "HOLY SHIT!"

Instantly raising one of her hands, Cindy fired a line of webbing from her fingertips. When the webs hit the side of a building, Cindy's entire body jerked as she rapidly lost speed. Cindy screamed in horror as she began to swing forward, skimming the sidewalk and nearly colliding with several people. However, when Cindy pulled out of her first swing and launched back into the air, she was amazed when her fear was quickly replaced by excitement. Buildings blurred past her as fired out another line of webbing, speeding through the streets of New York. Reaching the apex of her next swing, Cindy soared above several smaller buildings. With a massive smile on her face, Cindy let out an echoing cheer as she performed several flips in the air. After several more swings, Cindy had already caught up with Peter and Gwen.

"Hey! Look who decided to join us!" Peter exclaimed in an excited tone, before quickly zipping around a corner as he followed the path Karen had set up for him. "Looks like you managed to take the plunge!"

"Honestly, I didn't think you'd do it!" Gwen yelled as she dove down and grabbed ahold of a lamppost, flipping several times to gain some extra speed, before propelling herself off it. "But I'm glad you did!"

"This is amazing you guys!" Cindy cheered, laughing in pure joy as she sprinted along the side of a building. When Cindy reached the building's corner, she leaped off and fired a line of webbing at a billboard above her. Flinging herself off that, she was now right beside Peter and Gwen. "Now, I see why you guys love doing this!"

"Cut the chatter guys, you're closing in on your target."

"Natasha is right, we're catching up fast!" Petet announced as he began to hear the sounds of police sirens. Zipping around a corner, Peter saw a line of several squad cars chasing after their mystery spider-person. Glancing overhead, Peter spotted a police helicopter hovering above, the gears in his head turning. "Gwen! Cindy! I'll be back in a sec! I've got an idea!" Thwiping out another line of webbing, Peter latched onto the bottom of the helicopter and began to climb up. Sticking to the side of the police chopper, Peter knocked on the windshield, which startled both pilots. When Peter gestured towards the helicopter's door, the pilot nodded his head. Quickly sliding the side door open, Peter crawled inside the helicopter. "Hey guys! Having a good day?!'

"Spider-Man? What the hell are you doing up here?"

"Yeah! We're kinda busy, don't have time for small talk."

"Oh, well I heard all the commotion and decided to check out what all the fuss was." Peter joked, leaning back in his seat and kicking up his feet. "So what's the situation guys? Maybe I can help."

"We received a call about some kid stealing food from a convenience store. When officers arrived on the scene, he punched one of them and webbed up the other."

"He's been on the run ever since. It's nuts, we keep losing him for a minute or two, it's almost like he just vanishes into thin air. Then, he just pops up again out of nowhere."

"That sounds awesome!" Peter cheered, before clapping his hands together and shooting forward, leaning in-between both pilots. "Hey, could I ask you guys a favor?"

"Uh...sure...what's up Spider-Man?"

"You guys can talk to all the squad cars below us, right?" Peter asked as he rested a hand on both pilots' shoulders. The pilots briefly looked at each other before nodding their heads. "Well, I was hoping you guys could call off this little chase of yours and let me handle our convenience store robber."

"I don't know-"

"Look guys, I have a situation that I'm dealing with right now and this kid might be apart of it. I can't go into specifics, and you probably wouldn't even believe me if I told you, but I need to talk with this kid. He's actually in a really messed up situation and must be cared out of his mind." Peter explained, springing forward and sitting in-between both pilots. "I know I'm asking a lot, but come on, the kid only stole some food from a convenience store and punched someone. This whole chase you guys are on seems a bit excessive to me. Please, I just need to talk to the kid. I promise I'll make sure he stays out of trouble."

"I can't make any promises...but I'll get in touch with the chief and see what can be done."

"You've done so much for us and this city, Spider-Man. It's the least we can do."

"Thanks guys! You all really are New York's finest!" Peter exclaimed, patting both pilots on the shoulder before he leaped back and threw the helicopter's door open. With a quick salute, Peter leaped out of the chopper. Firing out a line of webbing, Peter rejoined Cindy and Gwen. "Alright, things should hopefully clear up soon!"

"What the hell was that all about?!" Gwen called out as she watched several of the squad cars suddenly turn down side streets, seemingly giving up on their chase. "Why are the cops leaving?!"

"I may have pulled a few strings and abused the good faith I've built up with the city's police department." Peter explained, sticking to the side of a building and giving a thumbs-up as he watched the police helicopter veer off and fly away. "Now that we don't have to worry about the cops, let's finally catch this spider-person."

"Well, we should hurry!" Cindy yelled as stuck to the building next to Peter, pointing down the street. Turning his head, Peter saw that their dimension-hopping spider-kid was correctly scaling up the side of a building. "He's getting away!"

"No, he isn't!" Peter exclaimed, quickly forming a web slingshot and flinging himself towards the fleeing spider-person. In only a few seconds, Peter caught up with their target just as they reached the top of the building. Tackling them midair, Peter's momentum kept them both flying. With a dull thud, Peter's back slammed onto an adjacent rooftop, eventually coming to a skidding stop. Breathing a sigh of relief, Peter rested his head on the roof. "Damn, you were hard to catch!"

"Get off me man!" The mystery spider-person screamed as they began thrashing around in Peter's arms, trying to break free from his grasp. "Let go of me!"

"Whoa! Calm down!" Peter yelled, flipping them both over so that he was now on top of his target, pinning their arms down. Now that Peter got a good look at the mystery spider-person, his eyes slowly widened in surprise. Looking back at him was a young African-American boy, who couldn't have been older than fourteen. Suddenly, Peter and the young boy winced as their spider-sense temporarily went haywire. "Holy crap...this is the guy we were looking for...but he really is just a kid."

"You...you're Spider-Man aren't you..." The young boy said as he stared at Peter in wide-eyed shock, slowly shaking his head. "T-This can't be real...you're dead! I saw you die!"

"Oh great, is there a dimension I'm not dead in?" Peter groaned in an annoyed tone, getting back onto his feet and helping the young boy up. As Peter dusted himself off, he noticed the boy's unkempt and disheveled appearance. He could tell the boy had been having a rough time ever since he came to this dimension. Peter felt a twinge of guilt, maybe if he had found this kid sooner, he would have had an easier time. Pulling off his mask, Peter crouched down a bit so that he was eye-level with the boy. "Okay kid, I know you've probably been through a lot the last few days, but I'm here to help you. Why don't we start with your name? I'm Peter Parker."

"Yeah...I know who you are...I saw you die, remember? You were actually trying to show me the ropes of this whole superhero thing." The boy said as he released a heavy sigh and sat down on an air conditioning duct. "The name's Miles by the way...Miles Morales..." Pulling down his hood, Miles ran his hands through his messy hair. "Man, what the heck is going on?! First, I'm sucked into a weird portal! Then, I end up back in New York, but it's not the New York I know! Now, I'm seeing dead people! I must be going crazy!"

"I know that feeling...a little too well..." Peter said with a chuckle, walking over and sitting down next to Miles. "Believe me when I say this Miles...I understand what you're going through. I've actually run into a few other people who are in a situation similar to yours."

"Really?" Miles asked as he turned his head and locked eyes with Peter. "Does that mean you'll be able to get me back home?"

"We're working on that right now, but I promise we'll get you back home." Peter replied with a smile, gently patting Miles on the back. "I know this a lot to process Miles, but you've been transported to an alternate dimension...my dimension to be exact. I can explain more later, but we should hopefully be able to build a machine to send you and the others back to their original dimensions."

"Peter!" Gwen exclaimed as she suddenly swung in and landed in front of Peter and Miles. "Looks like you managed to catch our little runaway." Pulling off her mask, Gwen offered Miles her hand. "Good to meet you kid, I'm Gwen Stacy. I'm sure Peter filled you in a bit, but I'm in the same situation as you."

"I'm Miles...Morales..." Miles said in a somewhat confused tone as he shook Gwen's hand, giving her a strange look. "It makes me feel a bit better that I'm not the only one going through this."

"Geez Gwen, you're too fast!" Cindy complained, landing next to the blonde spider-woman and slapping her in the arm. "Couldn't you have slowed down just a bit? I'm still getting ahold of this web-slinging thing!" It was then Cindy noticed Miles staring at her, and she immediately dropped any pretense of being upset. Pulling down her face covering, Cindy crouched down and smiled brightly at Miles. "Hello there! I'm Cindy Moon! And you are..."

"Miles Morales..." Miles said as he paused for a brief moment, giving Cindy the same strange look he gave Gwen. "Wait a second...you two are Ghost-Spider and Silk!"

"Huh, we must be heroes in his dimension too." Gwen said with a smile, resting her hands on her hips. "Good to know there are alternate versions of me that are still kick-ass crime fighters!"

"Not just a hero, you're a part of a whole team!" Miles cheered as he began to perk up a bit. "You guys are super famous! I remember right, there was Spider-Man, Ghost-Spider, Silk, Captain-" Miles was cut off when his belly began to growl loudly. With a faint blush, Miles clutched his stomach. "Sorry about...I'm starving."

"We could take him back to the tower." Cindy suggested, gesturing towards the massive building standing tall in the distance. "I'm sure we could whip him something up there."

"That is an option..." Peter muttered as he stared down the street, before standing back up. "But I know a closer place. We can get Miles something to eat and he cane clean himself up." Stepping up onto the edge of the building, Peter pressed a hand to his ear. "Natasha, are you there?"

"I read you loud and clear, Peter. Karen has been keeping me updated."

"Well caught our target, he's safe and secure, but we're going to make a quick stop before we head back to the tower." Peter said, sending the video feed his visor had been recording to Natasha. "If you see Miguel before we do, have him look over this footage. Maybe he'll be able to identify which dimension Miles is from."

"Got it, Peter. I'll see you and the others when you get back."

"Where are we going?" Miles asked as he stepped up onto the ledge next to Peter. "And how will we get there?"

"My girlfriend lives nearby, we can stop at her place." Peter explained, putting on his mask and checking his web fluid levels. "And we'll get there by swinging of course."

"That's fine and all..." Miles muttered as he pulled down his sleeve, revealing a beat-up and outdated-looking web shooter. Peter quirked an eyebrow when he saw a small red light blinking on the bottom of the shooter. "But I'm all out of web fluid...and to be honest...I'm not very good at web-slinging..." Miles' eyes were filled with sadness as he stared down at his feet. "The Peter in my dimension was going to teach me...before you know..."

"I'm sorry Miles..." Peter said, placing a comforting hand on the young boy's shoulder. "I can't replace any memories you had with your Peter, but if you want I can teach you how to swing. Hell, I can teach you all the basics of being Spider-Man."

"I'd really like that." Miles said as a small smile spread across his face before his stomach began to growl once again. "But first, can we please get some food? I am starving."

"I'm with Miles here." Gwen said, stepping onto the ledge and rubbing her stomach. "I'm freaking famished."

"I was busy with Natasha all morning, so I skipped out on breakfast..." Cindy admitted sheepishly as she pulled up her face mask to hide her embarrassed blush. "I could really use something to eat."

"I'm sure MJ will whip us up a feast!" Peter cheered, wrapping an arm around Miles' waist and pulling him close. "Hold on tight Miles, I'll carry you until we get to MJ's apartment!"

"Wait, what are youAHHHHHH!" Miles screamed at the top of his lungs as Peter suddenly leaped off the rooftop. Instantly, Miles wrapped his arms around Peter's neck and legs around his waist. Rushing winds whipped Miles' face as Peter fired out a line of webbing and started his first swing. "YOU COULD HAVE GAVE ME A HEADS UP MAN!"

(Five Minutes Later: Mary Jane's Apartment)

"I wonder what Peter's doing right now...maybe I'll call him in a bit." Mary Jane muttered to herself, taking a sip of her coffee before she sat down on the couch in her living room. After getting comfortable, Mary Jane grabbed the remote and turned on her TV. After flipping through several channels, MJ stopped when something on the local news station caught her eye. She couldn't stop the smile that spread across her face when she saw what appeared to be cellphone footage of Spider-Man sitting in a police helicopter, chatting it up with the pilots. "Oh tiger, you do the weirdest things sometimes."

As Mary Jane went to take another sip of her coffee, she heard a few soft taps at her window. Knowing who it likely was, a warm smile formed on the redhead's face as she made her way over towards the window. However, when Mary Jane went to let her boyfriend in, she was surprised to see four faces greeting her. She noticed Peter and Gwen right away, but two of the faces she did recognize. Quirking an eyebrow, Mary Jane flashed Peter a confused look. Her boyfriend merely shrugged his shoulders in response. Releasing a light sigh, Mary Jane slid her window open, allowing the four wallcrawlers into her apartment.

"Wow, you found two more spider-people...and they're both in my apartment..." Mary Jane said in a mildly annoyed tone as she watched her four guests crawl onto her ceiling, before dropping onto the floor. "You couldn't have called first?"

"Sorry MJ, this was sort of a spontaneous thing." Peter replied, rubbing the back of his head in embarrassment. When Peter saw MJ eyeing Cindy and Miles, he could tell she was waiting for him to introduce them. "Ah! I suppose some introductions are needed!" Walking over, Peter smiled and patted Miles on the shoulder. "This is Miles Morales...he's in the same situation as Gwen."

"Ah...I see..." Mary Jane said as she nodded her head, crossing her arms over her chest. "Well, I'm glad you found him before he could get into any serious trouble. Is he the last dimension hopper we have to worry about?"

"Hopefully yes..." Peter said, releasing a light sigh as he gestured towards Cindy, doing his best to keep some distance between them. A nervous tingle shot down Peter's spine when he noticed Mary Jane staring suspiciously at Cindy. "And this Cindy Moon...I kinda...already told you about her..."

"Oh...so this is the girl who made out with my boyfriend..." Mary Jane said in a slightly upset tone as she glared at Cindy, her eyes narrowing slightly. Almost immediately an awkward tension filled the apartment as Cindy avoided Mary Jane's gaze, nervously rubbing her arm. However, before things could get too weird, MJ suddenly laughed and a small smile spread across her face. "Calm down, I'm not really mad or anything...Pete and I already talked about that little...incident you two had."

"Really? You're not mad at me?" Cindy asked in a surprised tone, slowly turning her head to lock eyes with Mary Jane. "Even after I did something terrible..."

"Peter told me about the pheromones, Cindy...I know you couldn't help it." Mary Jane said as she walked over toward Cindy, placing a hand on her shoulder. "But if you were still going after him..." Cindy flinched slightly when Mary Jane suddenly squeezed her shoulder, a frightening smile on the redhead's face. "Then we'd have a problem."

"U-Um MJ..." Peter said, coughing into his fist in an attempt to diffuse the increasingly tense situation. "I know this is sort of last second, but we were hoping you could make us something to eat? Miles is starving and we figured we'd stop here before we went back to Avenger's Tower."

"What am I, your personal chef?" Mary Jane asked as she whipped around to face Peter, crossing her arms underneath her chest. "Why don't you guys-" Suddenly a low rumbling sound filled the room and cut Mary Jane off. "Uh...what was that?"

"Sorry...that was me..." Miles admitted, sheepishly holding up his hand. "Peter wasn't lying...I am starving...I haven't eaten anything substantial in almost two days."

"Oh geez, I can't say no after hearing that..." Mary Jane said as she released a light sigh and checked her watch. "Okay, it's almost 11:30, I'll make us some breakfast." As Mary Jane strolled toward her kitchen, she stopped and placed a quick kiss onto Peter's lips. "I have to go shopping, so I don't have much to choose from..." Opening her fridge, Mary Jane hummed to herself as she scanned through what she had to make. "Alright, I have a shitload of eggs...and some bacon left...I hope you all like scrambled eggs, cause I'm just gonna make a huge batch."

"That sounds great to me..." Gwen said, pulling off her mask and hood as she walked into the kitchen. "Is there anything I can help with?"

"Me too!" Cindy exclaimed as she darted into the kitchen, energetically looking around for something she could do. "I can't just stand around and do nothing! I wouldn't feel right!"

"Alright, Gwen you're on bacon duty..." Mary Jane instructed, before quickly tying her hair up into a ponytail. "Cindy, I'll have you make the toast and start brewing us some more coffee...just press the flashing button, coffee cups are in the cupboard above the coffee maker..." Bending down to reach her lower cabinets, Mary Jane pulled out two large cooking pans. "Peter, I want you to get out the juice and set the table...Miles, you just relax and let us do everything."

"Got it MJ!" Peter said with a smile as he squeezed his way into the crowded kitchen, grabbing five plates and utensils for everyone. After Peter nearly smacked into Gwen, he made his way back to the table. Quickly setting out all the plates and silverware, Peter soon dove back in between the three bustling girls. Peter snaked his way toward one of the cupboards, grabbing several glasses before grabbing a carton of orange juice from the fridge. With a smile, Peter set one of the glasses in front of Miles and filled it high with OJ. "There you go Miles, breakfast should be ready soon."

"Thanks Peter..." Miles said, grabbing his juice and taking several long gulps. Releasing a refreshed sigh, Miles set his glass back down and sniffed the air several times. His stomach growled once again when he smelled the bacon Gwen was cooking. "Man...that smells so good."

"Wait till you taste it." Peter said with a chuckle as he sat down at the table across from Miles. "MJ is a great cook, I know you'll love it."

"Coffee is ready!" Cindy called out, before filling up and passing out four cups full of coffee. However, when Cindy got to Peter, she reached out as far as possible and awkwardly handed him his coffee. Even from this distance, she could feel her pheromones subtly drawing her closer to Peter. It was something that was constantly nagging at the back of her mind whenever she was around him. And when Cindy locked eyes with Peter, she could tell that he was wrestling with the same issue. Reaching out, Peter quickly grabbed his cup and set it onto the table. "P-Peter...do you want any cream or sugar?"

"No, I'm fine..." Peter said with a smile as he paused and took a sip of his coffee. "Thanks, Cindy."

"You're welcome..." Cindy trailed off, before whipping around to hide the faint blush that was spreading across her face. "I-I'm gonna go start the toast!"

"These damn pheromones, it's hard just being in the same room as her..." Peter muttered underneath his breath as he released a light sigh and took another sip of coffee. When Peter set his cup back down, he noticed Miles giving him a strange look, something he had been doing quite a lot. Quirking an eyebrow in confusion, Peter got up and moved to sit down right next to Miles. "Hey, is everything alright Miles? You keep giving me and the girls a weird look."

"Oh! Sorry about that! I'm fine Peter, really..." Miles said, turning in his seat to gaze back at the kitchen. Watching the three girls chat and seemingly get along quite well, Miles' brow furrowed slightly. "It's just a little weird..."

"What's weird?" Peter asked in a confused tone as he took a sip of his coffee.

"I mean you guys are famous in my dimension..." Miles said, turning back around to face Peter. "But people have never seen you just casually hanging out with your wives likes this."

"*PFFFFFFFT*" Peter began to cough and sputter as he spat out a mouthful of coffee, luckily managing to avoid hitting Miles. In the kitchen, everything came to a screeching halt, all three girls overhearing what Miles had just said. After a few moments, Peter managed to somewhat recompose himself, still panting slightly. "M-Miles...what did you just say? I mean MJ and I are dating right now...but she's not my w-wife! Neither are Gwen and Cindy!"

"Huh? Really?" Miles said, not it was his turn to be confused at her looked between Peter and the three women in the kitchen. "Cause you four are all married in my dimension...along with a few other girls."

"O-Other...girls..." Peter stuttered as he audibly gulped, feeling three sets of eyes drilling holes into the back of his head. "This damn kid may have just gotten me killed!"

(Same Times: Alchemax Headquarters)

"What do you mean subject 16 is gone?" Wilson Fisk, aka The Kingpin, asked in a menacing tone, causing the scientist in front of his desk to cower slightly. Drumming his fingers on the table, Kingpin looked beyond frustrated. "She was secured yesterday morning, I even oversaw some of her tests."

"T-That's just i-it sir...we d-don't exactly know w-what happened." The scientist explained as he noticed Kingpin's fingers had stopped drumming. "We didn't discover that subject 16 was gone until we went to run some tests on her this morning."

"HOW THE HELL IS THAT POSSIBLE!?" Kingpin roared, slamming his fist onto the desk, causing part of it to splinter and cave. Yelping in fear, the scientist leaped back a few feet. "This place is crawling with guards and has cameras everywhere! She couldn't have just walked out of here!"

"W-We believe our security system was t-tampered with..." The scientist explained as he hesitantly approached Kingpin, setting a laptop onto his partially destroyed desk. Opening the laptop, the scientist began to playback some security footage from the previous day. Kingpin quirked an eyebrow when he spotted the red-haired scientist he had almost bumped into that day. "This woman was likely the culprit..."

"Wait a minute..." Kingpin muttered, picking up the laptop and closely analyzing the footage. After looping through the security feed several times, Kingpin's widened when he suddenly realized who the scientist likely was. "I knew that I recognized that woman! That must have been Natasha Romanov! But why would Black Widow bust out one of my test subjects? That's way above the Avengers' paygrade."

"There was one other thing sir..." The scientist said as he tapped the laptop's screen, causing a series of pictures to appear on the screen. "We found guards unconscious and webbed up."

"Spider-Man..." Kingpin growled, tightly gripping the laptop, before hurling it towards the wall. With a loud crash, the laptop exploded into pieces. "He's interfered with my business once again!" Taking several heavy breaths, Kingpin sat back down into his chair, straining the seat. "Well, upsetting as this may be, it was just a side project...I have other larger plans I'm working on. Once they're complete, I'll-" Kingpin was cut off by several knocks at the door to his office. "I'm busy! Come back later!" Another series of knocks filled the room. "Are you deaf!? Leave! NOW!"

Just then, the door to the office exploded open in a small fireball, a security guard flying into the room. Grunting in pain, the guard slammed into the wall behind Kingpin, before collapsing to the ground. Smoke and debris began to fill the office just as a figure appeared in the doorway. Coughing and hacking, the scientist stumbled back and himself on Kingpin's desk. Slowly figure in the doorway began to approach Kingpin, still hidden within the debris. Soon the mysterious figure stepped out of the smoke, revealing what appeared to be a green-skinned humanoid monster, wearing a purple cape and horned mask.

"Green Goblin..." Kingpin asked in a confused tone as he closely examined the intruder. Whoever this person was, they looked like the Green Goblin, but something seemed off about them. "No...you're not the Green Goblin...you're something different. Who the hell are you? And what are you doing in my office?"

"They call you the Kingpin...they say you run things in this city..." The goblin-like intruder said in a surprisingly feminine voice, stopping her advance directly in front of Kingpin's desk. "You can call me Goblin...and I have a proposition for you..." Pulling out a small circular disk, Goblin placed it onto the desk. Kingpin's eyes widened slightly when the blueprints for a massive machine projected out of the device. "You help me build this machine and you'll be able to get anything you could ever want..." Leaning forward, a sadistic smile spread across Goblin's face. "And you'll be able to squash any spiders that get in our way."

"That's quite an entrance you made...you could have just scheduled an appointment..." Kingpin said as he leaned back in his chair, locking eyes with Goblin. "Well now that you're here...I'm listening."

Chapter Text

"These damn pheromones, it's hard just being in the same room as her..." Peter muttered underneath his breath as he released a light sigh and took another sip of coffee. When Peter set his cup back down, he noticed Miles giving him a strange look, something he had been doing quite a lot. Quirking an eyebrow in confusion, Peter got up and moved to sit down right next to Miles. "Hey, is everything alright Miles? You keep giving me and the girls a weird look."

"Oh! Sorry about that! I'm fine Peter, really..." Miles said, turning in his seat to gaze back at the kitchen. Watching the three girls chat and seemingly get along quite well, Miles' brow furrowed slightly. "It's just a little weird..."

"What's weird?" Peter asked in a confused tone as he took a sip of his coffee. "Is it something we did?"

"No, nothing like that. I mean you guys are super famous in my dimension..." Miles said, turning back around to face Peter. "But people have never seen you just casually hanging out with your wives likes this."

"*PFFFFFFFT*" Peter began to cough and sputter as he spat out a mouthful of coffee, luckily managing to avoid hitting Miles. In the kitchen, everything came to a screeching halt, all three girls overhearing what Miles had just said. After a few moments, Peter managed to somewhat recompose himself, still panting slightly. "M-Miles...what did you just say? I mean MJ and I are dating right now...but she's not my w-wife! Neither are Gwen and Cindy!"

"Huh? Really?" Miles said, now it was his turn to be confused as he looked between Peter and the three women in the kitchen. "Cause you four are all married in my dimension...along with a few other girls."

"O-Other...girls..." Peter stuttered as he audibly gulped, feeling three sets of eyes drilling holes into the back of his head. "This damn kid may have just gotten me killed!"

"Now isn't this interesting..." Mary Jane said in a tone dripping with venom, walking over to the table and roughly setting down a large plate full of scrambled eggs. The redhead's sickly sweet smile sent a chill down Peter's spine. Glancing over his shoulder, Peter flinched when he saw both Gwen and Cindy glaring at him. Soon, Mary Jane made her way to Peter's side and tightly gripped his shoulder. The wallcrawler hissed in pain as Mary Jane's fingers dug into his skin. "Please, tell us more, Miles."

"Oh...uh sure..." Miles said as he shrugged his shoulders, not noticing Peter frantically gesturing for him to keep quiet. "Well, in my dimension women outnumber men 3-to-1, so polygamy is a fairly common practice. My dad is pretty old school and ended up only marrying my mom, but I know plenty of kids whose dads have married multiple women. The Peter in my dimension is..." Miles paused for a moment as he stared down into his glass of juice. "...was...loved by a lot of people. Because he was so popular, Peter obviously drew the attention of a lot of women...especially the superheroes he worked with. So, it was only a matter of time before he entered into a relationship with some of them."

"Let me ask you something, Miles..." Gwen said somewhat timidly, walking over to the table and taking a seat next to the teenager. "Did...did the Peter in your dimension...did it seem like he loved the girls he was with? Or was he like a playboy and just slept around with a lot of women?"

"Playboy? We're talking about Peter Parker, right?" Miles asked in a confused tone as he quirked an eyebrow. Seeing that Gwen was actually serious about her question, Miles mulled over his answer for a few moments. "Look, I may be from a different dimension, but trust me the Peter I knew was awkward as hell when it came to girls. I think it's a freaking miracle he even got married in the first place. So no, he definitely wasn't some sleazy playboy. He only dated girls he genuinely cared about and had feelings for."

"If I may interrupt for a moment..." Cindy said nervously, butting into the conversation and standing behind Miles' seat. "I must know...did Peter and the girls he was married to seem happy?"

"Of course! They were always smiling and laughing whenever I saw them on TV or something." Miles replied as he grabbed a spoon and piled his plate full of scrambled eggs. "I never got to meet any of Peter's wives...but whenever he mentioned them while we were training...he'd get this goofy ear-to-ear smile and his entire demeanor seemed to change. It was like simply talking about someone he loved lifted his spirits and made him feel better." As Miles went to shovel a fork full of eggs into his mouth, he stopped when he noticed that everyone in the room was staring at him. "Okay, now you all are acting weird. Why were you all so interested in Peter's wives any? Is something up?"

"No...no...I...we just needed to clarify a few things." Gwen said, feeling a rush of confidence as she glanced over at Peter. In the back of Gwen's mind, she could hear the crazy suggestion Black Cat had made to her. But after hearing what Miles had said, maybe it wasn't so crazy after all. "Alright, that settles it, I'm talking with MJ tonight and I'm just gonna go for it. If she agrees then I'll have a chance to be with Peter...but if she says no...I'll let go for good."

"If you don't mind Miles, I'd like to ask one last question..." Mary Jane said as she crossed her arms underneath her chest. "Who were the girls Peter was married to?"

"Um, let's see...there was-" Miles was cutoff when Peter suddenly lunged forward and clamped his hand over the teenager's mouth.

"For the lover of god Miles, that's enough! I can't take any more of this!" Peter exclaimed, locking eyes with the young webslinger. Seeing the panicked look in Peter's eyes, Miles knew that it was time to drop this particular subject. With an unspoken agreement, Miles nodded his head and Peter removed his hand. An uncomfortable silence immediately fell over the entire room as Peter sank back into his seat. Wanting to help break at least some of the tension, Peter coughed into his hand. "Well Miles, when you're done eating we'll head to Avengers Tower and get you set up there. You can crash in my room while you're staying in this dimension."

"That sounds awesome!" Miles cheered with a large smile before he at a mouthful of food. "Will I get to meet any of the Avengers?!"

"Unfortunately most of them are out of missions, so the tower is kinda empty right now." Peter replied, causing a frown to spread across Miles' face. "But who knows, maybe some of them will pop in over the next few days."

"That reminds me...when we saw Tony the other day, he mentioned that he'd contact some people to help us..." Gwen said as she leaned forward in her seat, clasping her hands on top of the table. "Have you heard anything from anyone?"

"No one's contacted me yet." Peter replied, slowly shaking his head and crossing his arms over his chest. "Hopefully we'll hear something soon because, with those inter-dimensional machine blueprints still out in the wild, it could be really bad if they fall into the wrong hands."

(Same Time: Alchemax Headquarters)

"Simply incredible..." Otto Octavius breathed out in awe as he gazed at the expansive and intricate blueprints projected before him. Using his mechanical legs to raise himself higher into the air, Otto slowly walked around the schematics and carefully examine their every detail. "Never in my wildest dreams would I have ever believed that alternate universes existed, it was always just an interesting theory...but this machine...the science behind it...it's so incredibly advanced." With a smirk, Otto adjusted his goggles and turned to face the other two people in the room with him. "You really did come from a different universe, didn't you?"

"Yes, where I come from the year is 2099 and Nueva...I apologize...New York...is a very different place." Goblin replied, clasping her hands behind her back and looking up at Otto. "I discovered that Spider-Man was working on some massive project...but when I went to steal these blueprints, the device he was working on was damaged and activated during our fight. I was then sucked into this dimension, with my Spider-Man following after me. If we want to get this machine up and running, we'll have to squash a few spiders and make sure they don't interfere with our plans.

"Ugh, dealing with one Spider-Man is already a pain in my ass." Kingpin grumbled as he walked over to his desk and sat down in his chair, causing it to groan slightly due to his immense size. Leaning forward, Kingpin clasped his hands and furrowed his brow, appearing to be in deep thought. After a few moments, Kingpin grunted and pulled out his cellphone. "Alright...alright...I'll make some calls and get us some backup...real heavy hitters."

"Did you have anyone particular in mind?" Otto asked, making his way over toward Kingpin's desk. "Because we've tried ganging up Spider-Man before and that didn't exactly work...and he'll likely have some help this time."

"If this machine works...we'd have the entire multi-verse at our fingertips." Kingpin said as he began to type out a text message to his head of security. "I want every available criminal in New York supporting us on this. Rhino...Electro...Lizard...Vulture...Eddie Brock...we'll get everyone to help us take down Spider-Man."

"Brock? Are you sure he'll help us?" Otto asked, quirking an eyebrow as he lowered himself onto the floor and retracted his mechanical arms. "Hasn't he worked together with Spider-Man before? I believe they're on good terms right now."

"Oh, he'll help us." Kingpin said with a small smirk as he finished sending his message and put his phone away. "Unless he wants something bad to happen to that pretty little ex-wife of his." Getting up from his desk, Kingpin walked over and gazed up at the projected blueprints once again. "Okay Otto, I want to get started on this machine immediately, what will you need?"

"A man of action, I like that." Goblin said with a grin, standing next to Kingpin and crossing her arms over her chest. "I knew coming to you was the right call."

"Excellent, excellent..." Otto said as he rubbed his hands together, the glow of the blueprint's projection reflecting off his goggles. "Let's get to work."

(Back at Mary Jane's Apartment)

"Could breakfast have been more awkward?" Peter thought as he released a heavy sigh, quickly rinsing off a plate before placing it into MJ's dishwasher. Knowing that Mary Jane was still upset, Peter volunteered to wash all the dishes. He knew that MJ would still want to talk about what Miles had revealed, so any extra brownie points he could earn right now helped. Picking up a dirty glass, Peter paused his cleaning for a moment, Miles' words bouncing around his mind. A faint blush spread across Peter's face as he imagined himself in an intimate relationship with Mary Jane, Gwen, and Cindy. It didn't take long for Peter's thoughts to become very erotic. Suddenly coming back to his senses, Peter rapidly shook his head to help rid his mind of any inappropriate thoughts. "What the hell am I thinking!? A relationship like that would never work...right? Gah! Why am I even considering something like that!? I love MJ...but...a part of me still loves Gwen too...and I can't ignore the spark that I feel when I'm around Cindy forever." Gripping the edge of the sink, Peter stared at his reflection in the soapy water. "Shit...what the hell am I going to do?"

While Peter was having an emotional crisis in the kitchen, the girls seated in the dining room weren't doing much better. An uncomfortable silence had fallen over the table, with each of the girls occasionally eyeing each other as they sipped their coffee. Miles was caught in the middle of the staredown, causing him to fidget awkwardly in his seat. Gwen felt a pang of worry when she caught Mary Jane staring at her, frustration burning in the redhead's eyes. Shifting nervously in her seat, Cindy tightly gripped her coffee mug as she glanced between Gwen and Mary Jane.

"Fuck me...this silence is actually painful..." Gwen thought, resisting the urge to throw on her mask and bolt out of the apartment. Drumming her fingers on the coffee mug in front of her, Gwen released a light sigh. Noticing that Mary Jane was staring at her again, Gwen took a deep breath. Feeling a sudden rush of confidence, Gwen slowly exhaled and got out of her seat. "Screw this! I was gonna do this tonight, but we're settling this now!" Walking around the table, Gwen stopped next to Cindy's seat. "Sorry Cindy, but you're involved in this now too!"

"W-What's up GwWOAH!" Cindy blurted out as Gwen suddenly gripped the confused spider woman's hand and pulled her out of her seat. Not knowing what else to do, Cindy allowed Gwen to pull her around the table, now stopping next to Mary Jane. "H-Hey, what's going on, Gwen?"

"MJ...we need to talk..." Gwen said, locking eyes with the redhead, her grip on Cindy's hand tightening slightly. "And I think you know what about."

"..." Mary Jane didn't say anything for a few moments, simply crossing her arms over her chest and staring up at Gwen, refusing to break their eye contact. But eventually, the redhead released a light sigh and got out of her seat. "I suppose you're right. It won't do any good if we just ignore the elephant in the room."

"Can we do this in private?" Gwen asked as she gestured back toward the kitchen, where Peter was still taking care of the dishes. "This is between the three of us...Peter doesn't need to listen in."

"Sure, we can talk in my room." Mary Jane said, making her way toward her bedroom, with Gwen and Cindy following right behind her. "We'll have to keep our voices down too, knowing Pete, he'll get nervous and try to snoop on us."

"H-Hey...seriously what's going on guys?" Cindy asked nervously as she let Gwen pull her into Mary Jane's bedroom. "Why am I being dragged into this?"

"Okay everyone, I finished washing..." Peter said, trailing off a bit when he saw that Miles was the only one sitting in the dining room. "Where'd the girls go?"

"They went into Mary Jane's room..." Miles replied as he watched all the color drain from Peter's face. "It sounded like they needed to talk about something important."

"Oh no, I need to-" Peter was about to burst into the bedroom, but he was stopped when Miles grabbed his wrist. "Let go, Miles! I need to-"

"You need to let them talk things out, Peter. Things were really tense during breakfast, and that's my fault...I brought up something I probably shouldn't have. But there's obviously some stuff that those girls need to work out and simply ignoring it won't help." Miles said as he pulled out the chair next to him, seeing Peter's brow furrow slightly. "Now come on man, sit down and let them talk things out."

"I...I guess you're right..." Peter said, releasing a heavy sigh as he sat down next to Miles. Running his hands through his messy brown hair, Peter forced a smile and turned to face Miles. "So...is there anything you want to talk about?"

"Hmmm..." Miles hummed as he tapped his chin, mulling over possible conversation topics. Suddenly Miles' eyes lit up and scooted a bit closer to Peter. "You're an Avenger, right?! Tell me all about them! What's Hulk like in person!?"

(Same Time: Mary Jane's Bedroom)

"Alright, we should be alone..." Mary Jane said, exhaling through her nostrils as she made her way over to the bed. Sitting down on the edge, Mary Jane crossed her legs and locked eyes with Gwen. "You wanted to talk Gwen...so start talking."

"Okay...I'll just come right out and say it...I'm in love with Peter." Gwen admitted with full confidence as she balled her fists, refusing to break her eye contact with Mary Jane. "I was in love with Peter in my dimension, but I never got to tell him my feelings before he..." Gwen paused for a moment, tensing as she tried to not relive the traumatic moment. "This dimension's Peter is so much like my own...all those old feelings I had buried away started to resurface. And when Miles mentioned that his Peter was in a polyamorous relationship...and that it seemed to work out...I started to hope that maybe I could have a similar relationship with this Peter, to experience the love I never had a chance to."

"Damn it...I was afraid you were going to say that..." Mary Jane said, releasing a heavy sigh as she slowly shook her head. Turning slightly, Mary Jane turned her attention to Cindy. "So...what about you? Do you share Gwen's feelings? Are you in love with Peter too?"

"W-What!? No! I...I don't...I mean..." Cindy sputtered out as she tripped over her words, nervously wringing her hands and doing her best to avoid Mary Jane's gaze. After a few more moments of incoherent rambling, Cindy released a heavy sigh and gripped her arm. "Okay...look...I don't love Peter...at least I don't think I do. I'm grateful that he helped break me out of that Alchemax lab and I want to help him fix this crazy situation he's found himself in...but I don't love him, I barely know anything about him." Mustering up some courage, Cindy finally locked eyes with Mary Jane, a faint blush spreading across her cheeks. "Look...I may not be in love with Peter...but I won't deny the physical attraction I have for him. It may be the pheromones...but every time I'm in a room with him, my entire body feels electrified and I can feel an almost overwhelming amount of lust welling up inside me. That kiss I shared with Peter when he freed me from my cell...it was simply amazing...and I'd be lying if I said I didn't want to do it again."

"Wow...that's two very different perspectives..." Mary Jane muttered, glancing between Gwen and Cindy several times. Crossing her arms underneath her chest, Mary Jane mulled over both women's responses. "Okay, Gwen...hypothetically speaking...let's say we gave this polygamy relationship thing a try...just because it worked for Mile's Peter, how do you know it'll work now? And what're you gonna do when this whole situation is resolved and you can return to your own dimension? Are you just never going back home?"

"That's the thing MJ...we won't know whether a relationship like this will work unless we give it a chance...and if there's any man who could make this work, it's Peter." Gwen replied as she walked over and sat down on the bed next to Mary Jane. "As for returning to my own dimension...of course I want to go back, I have family and friends there. But I also want to stay here with Peter and be close to him...I don't know...maybe Miguel can come up with a way for me to freely travel in-between dimensions? He is the one who originally built the machine that brought me here, but we'll cross that bridge when the time comes." Reaching down, Gwen gently gripped Mary Jane's hand. "I'm just asking for a chance MJ. I know you want Peter all yourself, and if I was in your position I would feel the same way, but if things don't work out we break off this whole harem thing right away."

"Damn it...you are being really convincing right now..." Mary Jane said with a chuckle, resting her other hand on top of Gwen's and patting it. "Look, Gwen...Cindy...I get what you're both saying and I want to help you out..." Suddenly getting up from the bed, Mary Jane ran both her hands through her flowing red hair. "But...I just don't know if I can do this."

"Okay, I understand MJ, I won't keep pushing you on this..." Gwen said as she released a light sigh, deciding to play one last card she had hidden up her sleeve. "But you must know there are girls other than Cindy and I that are interested in Peter. Will you be able to handle them all?"

"Oh, and who might you be referring to?" Mary Jane asked, stopping in her tracks and glancing back over her shoulder at Gwen. "Is it Natasha? I know she's been flirting with Peter quite a bit lately, she thinks I don't notice, but I do."

"No, I was actually referring to Felicia Hardy...you know, Black Cat...her and Peter did date for a while." Gwen replied which caused Mary Jane's entire body to visibly tense, something that didn't go unnoticed by the other two girls. "I ran into her last night...and she's actually the one who first brought up this whole 'harem' idea. Seems like she still has a thing for Peter."

"So, that slut is still after Peter, huh?" Mary Jane said with a scoff, tightly balling her fists in frustration. Whipping back around, Mary Jane locked eyes with Gwen. "Okay, you know what, if Felicia really was the one who suggested trying this harem thing, then we'll give it a chance. I may not be 100% on board yet, but it'll help you two out and I'll be able to keep a close eye on that scheming cat because I know that she's up to something. The last thing I need is her trying to steal Peter away from me again."

"Wow, Felicia was right, Mary Jane really doesn't like her." Gwen thought as she quirked an eyebrow, watching as the redhead huffed in frustration. "They must have some bad blood between them."

(Five Minutes Later: Back in the Living Room)

"There was this one time when Cap and I teamed up on a mission..." Peter said with a smirk, watching as Miles listened to his story with rapt attention. The teenager was leaning forward in his seat, a smile of his own on his face. "And we ended up getting into a huge fight with a bunch of thugs...I was swinging around and webbing bad guys up...Cap was doing his own thing, kicking serious ass like usual..." Peter's smirk widened as he recalled the intense battle. "Then out of nowhere, Cap and I got into this groove, where we started comboing off each other...taking out thugs in unison...there was even one point where Cap tossed me his shield and I used it to take out like five guys. It was honestly one of the greatest moments of my life."

"Oh. My. God. I can't believe you got to use Captain America's shield! That is so awesome!" Miles exclaimed with a beaming smile as she shot up out of his chair, excitedly throwing his hands up into the air. "The Peter in my dimension worked with the Avengers sometimes, but nothing like you man! I mean you were a part of a massive team-up and helped stop Thanos from wiping out half the universe! I want to do stuff like that someday!"

"I know it sounds exciting Miles, but you really don't want to rush into the universe saving stuff...it's really dangerous." Peter explained, standing up and placing a hand on Miles' shoulder. "I love your enthusiasm Miles...and I have no doubt that you'll become an amazing hero...but you're still young and you lack experience." Miles deflated slightly when he heard this, but he knew what Peter had said was true. "But don't worry, while you're here in my dimension, I'll show you the ropes and teach you how to become an amazing Spider-Man."

"That sounds awesome!" Miles cheered as his eyes shot open in delight, practically bouncing with excitement. "When can we start training!?"

"We can talk about that later." Peter said with a chuckle, sharing a bit of Miles' excitement as he patted the teenager's shoulder. "First, we need to get you a suit."

"WAIT! I get my own-" Miles was cut off when the door to Mary Jane's bedroom opened and the three girls walked out. Peter felt his entire body tense as he locked eyes with Mary Jane. However, his worry slowly began to fade when he saw that MJ didn't appear to be angry any longer. She still looked a bit frustrated, but at least she wasn't pissed of anymore. "Oh, you guys are finished? How'd it go?"

"We...worked some things out...and came to an agreement." Mary Jane replied, brushing some hair out of her eyes as she glanced at Gwen and Cindy, the three girls nodding in understanding. Walking up to Peter, the redhead smiled at him and gently brushed her hand across his cheek. Mary Jane couldn't help but smile in amusement when she saw confusion and worry in Peter's eyes. "I know that look, tiger. I've seen it a hundred times before, you're freaking out right now." Leaning forward, Mary Jane placed a tender kiss on Peter's cheek. "Don't worry Pete, we really did work things out. Gwen and Cindy will tell you about it later. But right now, you need to focus on helping Miles out."

"Y-Yeah, you're right..." Peter said as he breathed out a sigh of relief, a faint blush spreading across his face. Glancing over at Gwen and Cindy, both girls flashed Peter a brief smile. Suddenly clapping his hands together, Peter turned to face Miles. "Well, now that things have calmed down and we've all had something to eat, why don't we head over to Avengers Tower? We can get Miles situated and check-in with Miguel."

"Sounds like a plan." Gwen said, slipping on her mask and flipping up her hood. Taking a moment to stretch, Gwen made her way toward the front door."Cindy and I will meet you on the roof."

"Yeah, I'll head up with Gwen." Cindy said as she pulled up her facemask, following closely behind Gwen. Turning around for a brief moment, Cindy energetically waved to Mary Jane. "It was nice meeting you MJ! I hope that we can hang out again!"

"Cindy is quite the character." Mary Jane said with a chuckle, crossing her arms underneath her chest. Looking at Peter and Miles, the redhead smiled at both men. "Alright you two, you should get going as well."

"She's right Miles, let's head out." Peter said before he slipped on his mask and patted the teenager on the back. "You'll have to swing with me again."

"Oh man, I can't believe I get to go inside Avengers Tower! This is so awesome!" Miles cheered, flipping his hood up and pumping a fist in the air. However, Miles suddenly stopped his celebration and shot Peter an annoyed look. "Please warn me before you jump off the building this time, man. You nearly gave me a heart attack earlier."

"Sorry about that, won't happen again." Peter apologized with a laugh as he ushered Miles toward the door. Stopping for a moment, Peter shared a brief kiss with Mary Jane as he passed her. Both lovers smiled at each other before Peter opened the front door. "I'll drop by later MJ, love you."

"Love you too, tiger." Mary Jane said with a smile, closing the door behind Peter. Once she was sure Peter and Miles were gone, Mary Jane pressed her back against the door and released a light sigh. Sinking down to the floor, Mary Jane stared up at the ceiling. "If everything works out well, I don't think I'll be seeing you tonight, Pete." Picking herself back up, Mary Jane made her way back into the kitchen. The beautiful redhead poured herself a fresh cup of coffee. After taking a long sip, Mary Jane's eyes narrowed slightly. "What game are you trying to play, Felicia?"

(Fifteen Minutes Later: Avengers Tower)

"Woah!" Miles exclaimed as he sprinted out of the elevator, his eyes wide in wonder. Wasting no time, Miles dashed toward the row bedrooms, staring at the nameplates in awe. "This is where the Avengers sleep...I can't believe I'm actually here! This is so cool!"

"He seems quite excited." Karen's amused tone chimed in Peter's earpiece. "Should I alert Natasha and Miguel that you've arrived?"

"If you don't mind, thanks, Karen." Peter said, pulling off his mask and stepping out of the elevator. Gwen and Cindy followed behind Peter, de-masking themselves. "Where is Miguel? We need to talk with him."

"He is currently in Mr. Stark's workshop. It appears that he's made some headway in our search."

"Okay, we'll meet him there. Send Natasha over too." Peter said as he tracked down Miles, gently gripping the teenager's shoulder. "C'mon Miles, you can explore the tower later, right now we've got some work to do."

"Aw, but this Captain Marvel's room! Let me-" Miles stopped mid-sentence when he saw the look on Peter's face, quickly understanding that now wasn't the time to play. "You're right. I'll have time to goof around later."

"Good, let's get going." Peter said with a smile as he wrapped an arm around Miles' shoulders, guiding the teenager through the winding hallways. It didn't take long for the four spider-people to enter Tony Stark's lab, the sounds of a clacking keyboard filling the room. Rounding a rack filled with out-of-date Iron Man armor, Peter spotted Miguel with his back to them, appearing to be preoccupied with something. "Hey, Miguel! How are you doing?"

"Oh, I'm glad you're all here..." Miguel said, stopping his furious typing and turning to face his visitors. Quickly tapping the small device on his wrist, Miguel scanned Miles, startling the teenager. "Hmmm, so you're Miles Morales...from Earth-169...that's an interesting one." After finishing his scan, Miguel deactivated his wrist computer. "Well this is great, we've found all the alternate Spider-Men that were sucked into this dimension. The only one missing is Goblin, and once we find her we can get to work rebuilding the machine to send us all back home."

"Karen mentioned that you've made some progress in your search." Gwen said as she rested her hands on her hips. "Do you have an idea where Goblin might be?"

"I don't have her exact whereabouts yet, but I've ruled out that she's in the city." Miguel replied, showing the computer screen he had been using moments earlier. Stepping closer, the four spider-people saw a map of New York. "I've been using Tony's drones, with his permission of course, to scour the entire city. If Goblin was operating in New York, I would have found her by now."

"You sound kind of upset..." Cindy pointed out as she clasped her hands together. "Does that mean something bad has happened?"

"Not necessarily..." Miguel replied, releasing a light sigh and crossing his arms over his chest. "But it does mean that Goblin has likely found someone to help her out. We'll have to expand our search area. She may not be in the city, but I doubt she's gone too far."

"If this Goblin character has gotten someone to back her, it's not gonna be some small-time thug." Natasha said as she suddenly entered the lab, popping up between Gwen and Peter. "That narrows down who we need to search for. I can have my contacts investigate all the big players in New York, see if they've run into our missing Goblin."

"That sounds like a good idea." Peter said, turning to face Black Widow. "We need to find Goblin before she can finish building this machine."

"Don't worry Peter, we'll find her." Natasha said with a smile before she turned her attention to Miles. "And who might this cutie be? I don't believe we've met, I'm-"

"You're Natasha Romanov! Black Widow!" Miles cheered with a massive grin, reaching out and enthusiastically shaking Natasha's hand. "You kick some serious ass! I'm a big fan!"

"This is Miles Morales..." Peter said with a chuckle as he patted the teenager's head, much to his annoyance. "He's the last spider-person who was dragged into this dimension." Stepping closer, Peter spoke in a hushed tone so that Miles wouldn't hear him. "I was hoping you could help him design his suit, maybe give him a tour of the tower too? He's a big Avengers fan, it'd mean a lot to him."

"You're lucky I like you, webhead." Natasha said, smiling softly and shaking her head. Crouching down slightly, Natasha got eye-level with Miles. "Nice to meet you, Miles. Why don't you come with me, I'll show you around. Then, we can make you, your own special suit."

"No way! Not only do I get a tour of Avengers Tower, but Black Widow is gonna be the one guiding me! This is the best day ever!" Miles exclaimed excitedly as he grabbed Natasha's hand and began to drag her out of the lab. "Come on, let's go!"

"Okay, okay, calm down kid, no need to pull me." Natasha said with a chuckle, waving to Peter as she followed Miles toward the exit. "I'll check in with you later, Peter!"

"That kid has too much energy." Peter said, turning back around to face Miguel. "So, you want us to do anything, Miguel?"

"Until we get any new info, there's no point in you guys swinging up and down New York looking for Goblin. You'd just be wasting your time." Miguel replied as he went back to rapidly typing on the keyboard, dozens of new files opening on the computer. "For now, you all can relax, maybe go out on patrol and stop some bad guys. I'll let you know as soon as I find something out."

"I wish there was something we could do, but Miguel's right." Gwen said, shrugging her shoulder and releasing a light sigh. "We'd just be wasting time and energy searching street-to-street."

"Well, we can still stop crimes in the city while we wait. So, we won't be just sitting around doing nothing." Cindy said as she glanced between Peter and Gwen, a small smile on her face. "I do want to go out on patrol with you two, start to get the hang of this whole superhero thing."

"I like the sound of that." Peter said, raising his wrist and checking his remaining web fluid. "We can bring Miles too once he's all ready. He needs to learn the ropes too." Popping out an empty web cartridge, Peter grabbed a fresh one off his belt and placed it into his shooter. "Why don't we rest up for a bit, then head out in like an hour?"

"That works for me, chilling out for a bit sounds amazing." Cindy said as she began to walk toward the lab's exit. "I'll be in the common area watching some TV, let me know when you're ready to go."

"Will do." Peter said with a wave, before turning to face Gwen. "What're you gonna do Gwen? Kick back and relax too?"

"As nice as that sounds, I have something I need to do first." Gwen said in a surprisingly quiet tone as a faint blush spread across her face. Peter was surprised when Gwen suddenly reached out and gently gripped his hands. Both Gwen and Peter locked eyes, intimately staring at each other. "Can we talk, Peter? Somewhere private if possible."

"U-Uh sure thing, Gwen..." Peter said in a somewhat nervous tone, starting to blush himself and feeling his heartbeat quicken. "We can talk in my room. No one will bother us in there."

"That sounds good." Gwen said with a small smile as she gave Peter's hand a quick squeeze. "Lead the way."

(Same Time: Eddie Brock's Apartment)

"Ugh, I'm never going to finish the article on time." Eddie groaned in frustration, running his hands down his face as he stared at the blank word document in front of him. "I fucking hate writer's block!"

"Maybe we should head out and eat some bad guys! That might get the creative juices flowing!" The gnarly and deep voice of Venom rang through Eddie's mind.

"God, not now! I have a deadline!" Eddie exclaimed as he hovered his hands over the keyboard, trying to will himself to start writing. "I can't waste any time right now. We'll go once I finish this damn article!"

"BAH! You're no fun, Eddie! I'm getting bored and hungry! We haven't done anything exciting in weeks!"

"I'm trying to keep a low profile right now." Eddie hissed, tightly balling his fists in annoyance. "You did eat an entire biker gang last time we went out."

"They were assaulting that poor girl! And you said it was fine for me to eat bad guys!"

"I...I did...you're right...but did you really have to eat all of them!?" Eddie asked as he angrily closed his laptop, finally yielding to his writer's block. "You scared that poor girl more than those damn bikers!"

"You...do have a point. I did go a bit overboard. I'll try to hold back next time."

"Good, I'm glad we could come to an agreement. We work better when we're on the same page." Eddie said, releasing a heavy sigh as he got up out of his seat. "Staring at this damn screen isn't going to help. Why don't we-"

Eddie was cut off when he heard knocking at the door to his apartment. Quirking an eyebrow at the unexpected interruption, Eddie made his way toward the door. Glancing through the peephole, Eddie was surprised to see three men dressed in suits and sunglasses standing out in the hallway. Getting a bad feeling, Eddie contemplated running away before something bad could happen.

"Don't you dare be a pussy and run away! If these are bad guys, we'll stop them!"

"Alright. Alright. Just be ready to take over if things go south." Eddie growled as he reached out and gripped his doorknob. Taking a deep breath, Eddie opened his door, plastering a fake smile on his face. "How can I help you gentleman?"

"Eddie Brock, we'd like you to come with us." The largest of the men said, flashing an Alchemax security badge. "Wilson Fisk would like to have a word with you."

"Oho, this sounds interesting!"

"What does Fisk want with me?" Eddie asked in a suspicious tone as his eyes narrowed dangerously. "It's not like we know each other."

"Mr. Fisk has a business opportunity for you, that's all I can say for now." The well-dressed man replied, clasping his hands behind his back. "Now please come quietly, Mr. Brock."

"I think I'll pass." Eddie said dismissively as he went to close his door. "I don't work with criminals."

"If you don't come with us now, we'll have to pay your ex-wife Anne a visit, and we won't be as polite with her." Kingpin's thug said as he reached into his breast pocket and pulled out a picture of Anne. Eddie's eyes widened in a mixture of rage and shock when he saw the photo. He could feel Venom instinctively starting to take over. "I wouldn't call out your big friend either. We already have men stationed outside Anne's apartment. If I don't report in, my men will kill her." That stopped both Eddie and Venom in their tracks, they couldn't make any moves right now. "Good, it looks like you understand the situation."

"Alright you bastards, I'll go with you...but if you touch a fucking hair on Anne's head, I'll kill all of you." Eddie growled in a mixture of his and Venom's voice, angrily stepping out in the hallway. "Let's get this over with."

"We have a car waiting." The lead thug said as he began to walk down the hall, the other two silent thugs following behind him. "Now come with us."

"I don't like this Eddie! We have to do something!"

"I know, but I can't just run off right now, they'll hurt Anne..." Eddie thought, racking his brain for a way to either get help or escape their current situation. Then, like a flash of lighting, an idea popped into Eddie's head. "I may not be able to leave...but you can. I'll go with these pricks, you go get us some help."

"Ah, I get what you mean..." As Eddie followed Kingpin's thugs, he could feel a piece of the Venom symbiote leave his body and drop onto the floor. "And I know exactly who to call for help. Don't worry Eddie, I'll get us some backup."

Chapter Text

"Until we get some new information, there's no point in you guys swinging up and down New York looking for Goblin. This city is massive, so you'd just be squandering your time." Miguel replied as he went back to rapidly typing on the keyboard, dozens of new files opening across the computer screen. "For now, you guys can relax, maybe go out on patrol and stop some bad guys. I'll let you all know as soon as I find something out."

"I wish there was something else we could do, but Miguel's right." Gwen said, shrugging her shoulder and releasing a light sigh. "We'd just be wasting time and energy searching street-to-street. Hell, Goblin may not even be in the city anymore."

"Well, we can still stop crimes in the city while we wait. So, we won't be just sitting around doing nothing." Cindy said as she glanced between Peter and Gwen, a small smile on her face. "I do want to go out on patrol with you two, start to get the hang of this whole superhero thing."

"I like the sound of that." Peter said, raising his wrist and checking his remaining web fluid. "We can bring Miles too once he's all ready. He needs to learn the ropes too." Popping out an empty web cartridge, Peter grabbed a fresh one off his belt and placed it into his web shooter. "Why don't we rest up for a bit, then head out in like an hour or two?"

"That works for me, chilling out for a bit sounds amazing." Cindy said as she began to walk toward the lab's exit. "I'll be in the common area watching some TV, come get me when you're ready to go."

"Will do." Peter said with a wave, before turning to face Gwen. "What're you gonna do Gwen? Kick back and relax too?"

"As nice as that sounds, I have something I need to do first." Gwen said in a surprisingly quiet tone as a faint blush spread across her face. Peter was surprised when Gwen suddenly reached out and gently gripped his hands. Both Gwen and Peter locked eyes, intimately staring at each other for a few moments. "Can we talk, Peter? Somewhere private if possible."

"Uh sure thing, Gwen..." Peter said in a somewhat nervous tone, starting to blush himself as he felt his heartbeat quicken. "We can talk in my room. No one will bother us in there."

"That sounds good." Gwen said with a small smile as she gave Peter's hand a quick squeeze. "Lead the way."

Still holding Gwen's hand, Peter led her through the winding halls of Avenger's Tower. An awkward silence fell over Gwen and Peter as they found themselves back outside the building's dormitories. Standing outside the door with Peter's name on it, the wall-crawler flashed Gwen a clumsy smile before stepping into his room. With how similar this dimension's Peter was to her own, Gwen wasn't surprised to see that room was somewhat messy and filled with various 'nerdy' objects. Gwen couldn't help but smile as she felt a familiar and comforting sensation as she stepped into the bedroom.

"Wow, it's almost like I never left my dimension..." Gwen muttered underneath her breath, performing a slow spin and gazing all around the room. Spotting a section of the room littered with various types of Avengers memorabilia, Gwen smirked as she picked up an Iron Man action figure. Gwen whipped toward Peter and pressed a button on the figure's back, causing different parts of it to light up and make laser noises. "Are you an Avengers fanboy?"

"I wouldn't say that I'm a fanboy per se. I was a teenager when I got my powers and became Spider-Man...and the Avengers had always been an inspiration for me...I mean who wouldn't want to be one of 'Earth's Mightiest Heros'? Plus since I'm an Avenger myself now...I got a lot of that stuff for free." Peter said with a faint blush as he felt a twinge of embarrassment, taking the action figure from Gwen and setting it back down. Walking over to his unkempt bed, Peter made it somewhat presentable before sitting on its edge. "Sorry about the mess, I'm not here too often, so I don't really bother cleaning up."

"It's fine, I don't really mind it." Gwen said with a small smile, before walking over and sitting down on the bed next to Peter. "It reminds me of home."

"So, what did you want to talk about?" Peter asked as he glanced over at Gwen, but he quickly looked away when he realized that he had been staring at her for too long. "It seemed like it was something important."

"Yeah...it is pretty important..." Gwen said quietly, staring down at her hands and nervously twiddling her thumbs. After a few moments, Gwen took a deep breath and scooted a little closer to Peter, her hip brushing against his. "Earlier...when Miles talked about the Peter Parker in his universe...and how he had multiple wives...how did that make you feel, Peter?"

"Oh, wow...that's quite the question..." Peter said with a nervous chuckle as he awkwardly rubbed the back of his head. When Peter glanced over at Gwen, he saw her staring at him expectantly, eagerly awaiting his answer. Knowing that there likely wasn't any way he could out of answering the question, Peter released a light sigh and pondered what Gwen had asked. He knew that if he gave the wrong answer, it could land him in some seriously hot water. "When I heard that an alternate version of me had multiple wives...honestly...my first thought that he was a lucky bastard. Being surrounded by beautiful women who loved him...and somehow making it all work. It just sounded too good to be true, I was a little bit jealous."

"So...you aren't completely opposed to the idea..." Gwen muttered, causing Peter to quirk an eyebrow. Feeling a bit more confident, Gwen reached out and rested her hand on top of Peter's. Both Gwen and Peter stared at each other, faint blushes on their faces. "Okay, next question...hypothetically speaking...if you were to try dating multiple women...do you think that you could make it work?"

"Gwen..." Peter said as he felt his entire body start to heat up, his heart pounding in his chest. Ever since Peter had first met this alternate version of Gwen, he had immediately felt a spark between them. Those old feelings for his Gwen he had buried away had been bubbling up to the surface quite a lot the past few days. And while she did a decent job hiding it, Peter could tell that Gwen was likely experiencing similar feelings. Peter had an idea of why Gwen was taking him these questions, and that idea both excited and terrified him. "Why are you-"

"Please, Peter..." Gwen pleaded in a tone that caught Peter completely off guard. Gazing into Peter's eyes, Gwen gave his hand a gentle squeeze. "Please, just answer the question."

"Well..." Peter muttered as he began to fidget slightly, feeling a wave of nervous energy. However, as he continued to stare into Gwen's beautiful blue eyes, Peter felt his nervousness slowly begin to fade away. "It'd be a lot of work...and I'm sure there'd be some difficulties...but if an alternate version of me could make it work, then I don't see why I wouldn't be able to."

"That's great to hear!" Gwen exclaimed, her eyes lighting up as she scooted even closer and pressed up against Peter. "I'm so relieved you feel that way, Peter!"

"Gwen...earlier at MJ's apartment, she mentioned that you and Cindy came to an 'agreement' with her." Peter said which caused Gwen's face to suddenly flush red in embarrassment. Based on Gwen's reactions and enthusiasm to his answers to her questions, Peter had a pretty good idea of what the three girls had discussed. But he didn't want to jump to any conclusions and needed to hear from Gwen herself. "She mentioned that you'd tell me later...so...what happened during your talk with MJ?"

"After what Miles told us about your alternate self...I'm sure you can probably guess what MJ wanted to talk about...especially after she learned what happened between you and Cindy." Gwen explained, tearing her eyes away from Peter and staring down at her lap. "We of course talked about our feelings for you...and the possibility of sharing you."

"Oh..." Peter said as he paused for a moment and audibly gulped, feeling his heart starting to pound in his chest. "A-And what was the o-outcome of that conversation?"

"MJ sympathized with Cindy and me...but she wasn't on board with the idea initially..." Gwen replied, resting a hand on Peter's thigh and looking up at him once again. "But she changed her mind after I brought up that Felicia Hardy already had the idea of sharing you."

"Wait...so Felicia still has feelings for me?" Peter asked as his eyes widened slightly, clearly caught off guard by this revelation. "I knew there was still some chemistry between us...but I had no idea she still felt that way about me...and to think she'd be so willing to share me, I guess I underestimated how much she cared about me." Peter frowned and released a heavy sigh, running a hand through his messy brown hair. "Shit...I'll have to talk to her...soon." Noticing that Gwen was staring at him, Peter's face flushed red in embarrassment and he coughed into his fist. "Sorry about that Gwen, you can continue."

"No, it's fine Peter...if I want to be with you, I'll have to get used to you thinking about other girls." Gwen said with a small smile, leaning in a bit closer and placing her other hand on Peter's chest. "But as I was saying after I mentioned Felicia...MJ changed her mind and begrudgingly agreed to the idea of sharing you. So...what do you think, Peter? We're up for it, are you willing to give it a chance?"

"I had a suspicion that you had feelings for me, but I didn't want to jump to any conclusions..." Peter said as he reached up and cupped Gwen's cheek, feeling a sudden rush of nervous energy. "And I'm sure you picked up on my feelings for you, I know I did a terrible job hiding them. I lost my Gwen once, but because I met you I have a chance to get her back...I don't want to pass that chance up, because I don't know if I'll ever get it again."

"And I get my Peter back..." Gwen said, a few tears escaping her eyes as she inched even closer, her lips only a few inches away from Peter's. "If you're fine with the whole 'sharing' idea...can I kiss you, Peter?"

"If MJ gave the okay...then I don't see why not." Peter said as he cupped Gwen's face in his hands, getting lost in her brilliant blue eyes. "I've been wanting to do this ever since I saw you again."

(Lemon Start)

Gwen's breath hitched as Peter closed the distance between them, before suddenly lunging forward and capturing her lips in a passionate kiss. Being a bit more experienced, Peter took charge and deepened the kiss. Gwen instinctively wrapped her arms around Peter's neck and pulled him even closer, their bodies now pressing against each other. When Peter took the next step and slipped his tongue into Gwen's mouth, she couldn't suppress the moan that rumbled in her throat. Gwen tried to keep up, but she was soon overwhelmed by Peter's more experienced tongue. Feeling Peter's tongue swirl and dance around her's caused a flood of excitement to wash over Gwen. After another minute of intense kissing, Peter and Gwen eventually broke their liplock. Both spider people were panting lightly, their faces flushed red as they stared at each other.

"Wow...that was incredible." Gwen breathed out, a smile spread across her face as she pressed a finger against her lips. Feeling a strange heat welling up within her, Gwen's breathing became a bit more labored. Reaching out, Gwen pushed Peter back down onto the bed and straddled his waist. Peter's face flushed in arousal as Gwen began to run her hands along his chest. "I've never experienced anything like this before, Peter. My entire feels hot and I can't stop thinking about you." While being completely inexperienced when it came to anything sexual, a satisfied smirk spread across Gwen's face when she felt something hard press against her thigh. At the very least, she knew that she'd aroused Peter. "Do you feel the same, Peter?"

"Of course I do...before I fell in love with MJ, Gwen Stacy was the love of my life...and you're just like her, except for the spider powers." Peter said with an awkward chuckle as he resisted the urge to reach out and grab Gwen's hips. "You're insanely beautiful Gwen and you have no idea how much I'm holding myself back right now."

"Well...we do have some time before we go out on patrol with Miles and Cindy." Gwen said in a seductive tone, partially slipping off her costume and revealing her bra-covered breasts and toned stomach. Leaning forward, Gwen pressed her chest against Peter's and cupped his face. "So, why don't you stop holding back and let's have some fun."

"I don't see why not." Peter said with a smirk as he pounced forward and pinned Gwen down, causing her to giggle in excitement. Following Gwen's earlier example, Peter began to strip off his costume as well. Gwen let out a low whistle when she saw Peter's chiseled body, licking her lips as she admired his six-pack. "But we should try to keep it down. The last thing we'd want is someone walking in on us."

"Whether I'm quiet or not depends on how good you make me feel." Gwen said with a teasing smile, sticking her tongue out at Peter. However, Gwen was surprised when Peter suddenly dove forward and captured her lips once again, sucking on her exposed tongue. Gwen groaned in disappointment when Peter eventually broke their liplock, a smirk plastered on her face. "See, how am I supposed to keep my voice down when you kiss me like that."

"Oh, I'll be doing more than just kissing you." Peter said with lust-filled eyes as he reached down and gently ran his hand down Gwen's side, causing a pleasurable shiver to run down her spine. Gripping Gwen's partially-removed suit, Peter gave it a few playful tugs. "But first, we need to get this suit off."

"Only if you join me..." Gwen said, reaching out and pulling on the leg of Peter's costume. With half-lidded eyes, Gwen flashed Peter a seductive smile. "I'm not gonna be the only one getting naked."

"Sounds good to me..." Peter stated as he slowly began to pull the suit down Gwen's toned legs. As the costume inched further down her body, Gwen could feel her face starting to flush in embarrassment. Once her suit was fully off, Gwen reached up and covered her bra-covered chest. While Gwen was confident in her sex appeal, it was still the first time a man was seeing her naked like this. Noticing that Gwen was starting to feel a bit self-conscious, Peter leaned forward and placed a gentle kiss on her lips. "You look beautiful Gwen...don't ever doubt that."

"Heh, you always did know the right thing to say to make me feel better..." Gwen said with a small smile, before sitting up on her elbows. "Well, I've got my suit off, it's your turn now." However, as Peter reached down to remove the rest of his costume, Gwen quickly stopped him. "Wait! I want to do it."

"Your wish is my command." Peter said as he immediately stopped what he was doing and moved his hands away, a small smirk spreading across his face. Laying back on the bed, Peter clasped his hands behind his head. "I'm all yours, Gwen."

"Wow, you're usually a nervous wreck when it comes to girls..." Gwen said, cocking an eyebrow as she sat on her knees in between Peter's legs. Reaching out, Gwen began to slowly tug Peter's costume down his legs. "I kind of like this confident side of you."

"Well, don't get used to it, I'm practically shaking with nervous energy right now...and I think that it's boosting my confidence quite a bit." Peter said with a chuckle as Gwen got his suit down past his knees. Gwen paused for a moment, admiring the sizable bulge in Peter's boxers. "I'll be back to my usual awkward, dorky self in no time."

"That's a shame..." Gwen said, now straddling Peter's waist and pressing her bra-covered breasts against his chest. With a teasing smile, Gwen placed a gentle kiss on Peter's lips. "But I do like your awkward side too." As Gwen raked her fingers down Peter's muscular chest, she gently traced some of his fading scars. "Damn, those are some nasty scars."

"Looks like you've got your fair share too..." Peter pointed out as he gazed at the scars across Gwen's body, a particularly nasty one across her stomach catching his eye. "You don't do what we do and come out completely unscathed."

"Tch, ain't that the truth..." Gwen said with a chortle, glancing down at her body and feeling another rush of self-consciousness. "I know you said it before, Peter...but do you really think I'm beautiful? I mean...I'm not as busty as MJ or Felicia and I'm not as curvy either...and I know some guys are turned off by athletic girls...I just-" Gwen was instantly silenced when Peter captured her lips in a passionate kiss. Peter didn't need to say anything, he conveyed his feelings through their kiss. When the liplock was finally broken, Gwen smiled and stared at Peter with half-lidded eyes. "Well...I guess that answers my question."

"You have your own appeal, Gwen, so don't worry about comparing yourself to MJ, or any other girls for that matter..." Peter said as he reached up and cupped Gwen's cheek, her face flushing slightly. A low moan slipped past Gwen's lips as Peter's other hand rubbed across her toned stomach. Leaning closer, Peter whispered into Gwen's ear, causing a pleasurable shiver to run down her spine. "And I think your muscles are sexy as hell." Gently pushing Gwen back down onto the bed, Peter hovered over her, a passionate look in his eyes. "In fact, I can't hold back any longer."

With one hand, Peter reach underneath Gwen's bra and began to gently massage her modest bust. While one hand was busy kneading Gwen's breasts, Peter's other hand snaked its way into her panties. Gwen bit her bottom lip to suppress a moan as two of Peter's fingers slipped inside her. Peter's hands continued to pleasure Gwen, causing her to writhe around on the bed, tightly gripping the sheets. As Peter's fingers curled inside her, and his thumb rubbed her clit, Gwen couldn't hold back any longer and let a loud moan. Feeling a wave of pleasure, Gwen's entire body shuddered as her back arched off the bed.

"Damn Peter, what the hell are you doing to me..." Gwen moaned as she continue to wriggle and squirm, feeling a wave of pleasure as Peter's fingers continued to work their magic. Now panting slightly, Gwen was so lost in ecstasy that she didn't even notice that Peter had slipped her panties off. A groan of displeasure rumbled in Gwen's throat when she felt Peter's fingers leave her womanhood. "Hey, why'd you stop? I was so close to cuAHming!"

Gwen screamed out in pleasure when she felt Peter's hot tongue slip into her womanhood. Instantly, Gwen was a moaning and wriggling mess. She bit her bottom lip in a vain attempt to hold in her moans of ecstasy. Gwen was shocked at how amazing Peter's tongue felt, he seemed to be effortlessly hitting all of her sweet spots. Almost instinctively, Gwen reached down and gripped Peter's hair, doing her best to suppress her super-human strength and not hurt him. After only a few minutes, Gwen could feel a warm, tingling feeling building up in the pit of her stomach, slowly spreading throughout her entire body. Gwen knew that her own orgasm was quickly approaching and one small push would send her over the edge. As Peter continued to work his tongue, he reached out and gave Gwen's clit a quick rub. Stimulating Gwen's clitoris was the last stimulus she needed to experience her orgasm. Gwen screamed out in pure ecstasy as an orgasm rocked her whole body.

"W-What the fuck Peter...I've never came that hard in my life..." Gwen panted out, as she tried to catch her breath, a pleasurable aftershock causing her entire body to shudder. "Where the hell...did you learn how to do that?"

"Lots and lots of practice with MJ." Peter replied with a chuckle, licking his lips as he snaked his way up Gwen's body and gave her a brief kiss. "She was practically insatiable once we really got going."

"With the way she flirts with you, I'm not surprised..." Gwen said with a smirk as she sat upright, easily pushing Peter down to the bed with her impressive strength. Positioning herself in between Peter's legs, Gwen reached behind her back and unclasped her bra. Sliding the straps off her shoulders, Gwen tossed the brasserie aside and finally freed her humble-sized breasts. Having always been a little envious of bustier women, Gwen felt a swell of pride when she saw Peter ogling her chest. "But right now, I'll have you forget about Mary Jane for a while and just focus on me."

Peter looked as if he was about to say something but was immediately stopped when Gwen lunged forward and engulfed his shaft. To Peter's surprise, Gwen began to rapidly bob her head up and down, not holding anything back. The warmth and wetness of her mouth sent waves of pleasure throughout Peter's body. Throwing his head back against the bed, Peter tightly gripped the sheets. As Gwen took his manhood deeper into her mouth, Peter let out a long moan. Hearing Peter's pleasured moans seemed to spark a new confidence in Gwen as she began to twirl her tongue around his cock. Whatever part of his shaft Gwen couldn't reach, she began to stroke with her hands.

"Fuck Gwen..." Peter moaned as he reached down and gently ran his fingers through Gwen's short, blond hair. After a few more minutes of intense sucking, Peter could feel himself getting close to his climax. "Gwen...I'm almost there...I'm gonna..."

Knowing that Peter was now close to his orgasm, Gwen took him even deeper into her mouth. Hissing through his teeth, Peter couldn't hold on much longer. Suddenly gripping Gwen's head, Peter thrust his hips several times, completely burying his shaft down her throat. After one final thrust, a growl rumbled in Peter's throat as he completely sheathed his manhood in Gwen's mouth. Both spider-people moaned as Peter's shot his seed down Gwen's throat. After several spurts, Peter let out a content sigh and pulled out of Gwen's mouth. After taking a moment to catch her breath, Gwen licked her lips, tasting the remnants of Peter's seed. With a gulp, she swallowed all that was left, finding the taste strange, but not one she totally hated.

"God damn Gwen..." Peter panted out, coming down from his orgasmic high. "That was fantastic."

"I enjoyed it too." Gwen said with a lustful smirk as she licked her lips. "The other girls in my band talked about how they hated giving their boyfriends blowjobs...I don't know what the hell they're talking about because that was pretty hot...in fact, I want to do it again..." Peter's shaft twitched when he heard this, causing him to audibly gulp. "But that can wait for another time..." Crawling up Peter's body, Gwen gave Peter a brief kiss and began to slowly stroke his manhood, feeling it start to harden in her hand. "I think it's about time we got the main event."

"Yeah, I don't think I can wait much longer" Peter said, smiling up at the seductive blonde. After shifting around on the bed, Gwen laid down on her back and Peter positioned himself between her legs. Gripping his shaft, Peter lined himself up with Gwen's dripping womanhood. "Alright, here I go Gwen..."

Gwen hissed through her teeth as Peter slowly entered her, feeling a mixture of pleasure and discomfort. However, it didn't take long for the discomfort to disappear, being fully replaced with intense satisfaction, causing both Peter and Gwen to moan. The blonde spider-person was amazed at how much Peter stretched and filled her. After about a minute, Peter had fully sheathed himself inside Gwen. Fully expecting her first time to be a painful experience, Gwen was surprised by how good she was feeling. Peter's manhood seemed to be the perfect size for her and felt amazing inside her.

"Damn...this feels incredible..." Gwen moaned loudly, as she began to thrust her hips in time with Peter's thrusts. Within no time, they both had fallen into a continuous and satisfying rhythm. As Peter continued to pound into Gwen, he raised her legs and rested them on his shoulders. With this new position, Peter gripped Gwen's muscular thighs and pounded into her even harder. Gwen wailed in pleasure as Peter's thrusts became faster and reached even deeper. She enjoyed the rapid and powerful tempo they had going. "Fuck! Peter! How long can you keep this pace!?"

"As long as you want..." Peter grunted, releasing his hold on one of Gwen's thighs and reaching down to massage her breasts. "I'm barely breaking a sweat!"

"That's what I like to hear..." Gwen said with a smirk as she licked her lips, a seductive glint in her eyes. Showcasing her impressive strength and flexibility, Gwen suddenly wrapped her legs around Peter's waist and leaped off the bed. With a grunt, Peter's back slammed onto the bed, with Gwen now riding him. Peter leaned his head back and moaned loudly as Gwen began to rapidly bounce on his shaft. "I think I'll take charge for a bit..."

Not one to idly sit by, Peter started to thrust his hips in time with Gwen's bouncing. Hearing the blonde let out a pleasured moan, Peter grabbed ahold of Gwen's hips and began to pound into her wet womanhood faster. Gwen bellowed in ecstasy as her pleasure shot through the roof. As Peter continued to pound into her, Gwen leaned forward and pulled him in for a passionate kiss. They both moaned as their tongues began to battle for dominance. However, Gwen squeaked in surprise when she felt Peter sit up, bouncing her in his lap. Their pace slowed down as Peter and Gwen lovingly embraced each other, letting years of buried feelings bubble up to the surface.

"Peter..." Gwen breathed out, staring into his eyes as they broke their liplock. With her heart racing in her chest, Gwen couldn't hold her feelings back any longer."I love you, Peter. I loved you back in my universe...and I still love you in this one."

"Gwen..." Peter said quietly as his eyes widened slightly, caught off guard by the sudden confession. Suddenly, a massive smile spread across Peter's face and he lunged forward, wrapping his arms around Gwen and hugging her tightly against his chest. "I love you too. I never stopped loving you." Gwen could feel tears welling in her eyes as she embraced Peter, burying her face into the crook of his neck. Feeling a wave of happiness, both Peter and Gwen's pace quickened and it didn't take long for them both to approach their orgasm. "Gwen...I'm getting really close..."

"Me too Peter...please don't stop..." Gwen groaned as she nuzzled against Peter's neck, giving him several gentle kisses. "Please do it inside...I want to feel everything..."

Both Peter and Gwen moaned in pleasure as they experienced the second orgasm of their lovemaking session. The sensual blonde wrapped her arms around Peter and held him close, her body twitching as she was rode out her orgasm, feeling his seed shoot inside her. After a few more moments, Peter slowly pulled out of Gwen, a mixture of both their sexual juices following after him. The web-slingers both dropped down onto the bed, with Gwen cuddling up next to Peter. Both of them were panting slightly as a thin sheen of sweat covered their bodies. Gwen had a satisfied smile on her face as she lazily drew circles on Peter's muscular chest.

"Wow...that was amazing Gwen." Peter said, turning to flash his new blonde lover a smile. "I never got to do something like this with my Gwen."

"Same for me...it really was fantastic..." Gwen said as a lustful smirk spread suddenly across her face. Peter quirked an eyebrow when he felt one of Gwen's hand trace down his body. Then he moaned softly as Gwen began to stroke his manhood back to life. Gwen then rolled on top of Peter once again, her toned ass rubbing against his shaft. "In fact...I want to do it again...if you can keep up."

"Oh, I can keep up..." Peter said as a low growl rumbled in his throat, lunging forward and pinning Gwen's arms down. Gwen giggled as Peter captured her lips in another passionate kiss. When Peter broke their liplock, he glanced over at a nearby clock, a lustful smirk spreading across his face. "We still have a half-hour before we're supposed to go out on patrol, that gives us plenty of time."

(30 Minutes Later)

"FUCK! You're amazing, Peter!" Gwen yelled out in pleasure, her entire body trembling as she experienced another earth-shattering orgasm. Feeling Peter's seed shoot inside her again, Gwen threw her head back and bit her bottom lip, doing her best to hold back a scream. With a soft grunt, Gwen fell back onto the bed, with Peter sitting on the edge. "I...I need a damn break..."

"We should probably take a quick shower..." Peter said as he got off the bed and made his way over to a dresser, grabbing his phone. "There's a shower in my bathroom...we can take one together...you know...to save water..."

"Sure, saving water..." Gwen said with a chuckle, before stretching and sliding off the bed. "I can't believe you're still horny after everything we did."

As Gwen made her way over to Peter, neither of them noticed a blob of black ooze slip through an air vent. Slowly, the black slime slid down the wall, before silently plopping down onto the ground. The blob began to rapidly slink across the floor, appearing to be aiming for Peter. However, before the glob of black ooze could lash out at Peter, Gwen got in its way. Unable to switch targets in time, it committed to latching onto the blonde.

"Huh...I got some type of alert from Karen..." Peter said as he turned on his phone and noticed he had missed an alert from the AI. Quickly opening his phone, Peter checked out what he had missed. "Hey Karen, what's up? It looks like you've been trying to contact me."

"I have! There's been a security breach, Peter! Something entered the tower through the vents and managed to slip past most of our security! I only just caught it! And whatever it is, it's heading straight for your room!"

"Huh!? Are you-" Peter stopped mid-sentence when his spider-sense suddenly started flaring. Fearing that Gwen may be in danger, Peter immediately whipped around to get her to safety. However, what he saw when turned around caused his eyes to widen in shock. The person standing before him wasn't Gwen, at least not entirely. Taking a deep breath to calm himself, Peter tightly balled his fist. "You...what the hell are you doing here? Why aren't you with Eddie?"

"Hello Peter, such a nice welcome after we haven't seen each other in such a long time." Gwenom said in a warped mixture of Gwen and Venom's voice, crossing her arms underneath her chest. The symbiote had successfully fused with Gwen, covering her in a warped version of her costume. Instead of white, the suit was jet black, with what appeared to be a tongue hanging most of the midsection, acting almost like a zipper. Various sharp fangs also jutted out of the suit in several spots, especially around the rim of Gwen's hood. "Before you freak out, Peter...I'm not here to fight you. Eddie's in trouble, we need your help."

"..." Peter said nothing for several moments, simply glaring at the symbiote he had a shaky alliance with. However, as Peter's spider-sense began to fade, he could tell that Venom really wasn't here to cause any trouble. Releasing a light sigh, Peter unballed his fists. "Start talking."

"Sure thing...but..." Gwenom giggled as she gestured toward Peter's lower half. "You may want to put some pants on first, you're still hanging dong."

"Huh..." Peter muttered, quirking an eyebrow as his gaze lowered toward where Gwenom was pointing. His face flushed bright red in embarrassment when he saw that he was still completely naked. Whipping around, Peter quickly grabbed his underwear and a t-shirt off the floor. Once Peter was semi-decent, he recomposed himself and turned back around. "Sorry about, now tell me why you're here."

"Wilson Fisk..." Gwenon simply replied as her eyes narrowed dangerously, telling Peter how furious the symbiote was. "He's up to something and he's forcing Eddie to help him. We need your help to stop him and free Eddie."

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"Huh...I got some type of alert from Karen..." Peter said as he turned on his phone and noticed he had missed an alert from the AI. Quickly opening his phone, Peter checked out what he had missed. "Hey, Karen, what's up? It looks like you've been trying to contact me."

"I have! There's been a security breach, Peter! Something entered the tower through the vents and managed to slip past most of our security! I only just caught it! And whatever it is, it's heading straight for your room!"

"Huh!? Are you-" Peter stopped mid-sentence when his spider-sense suddenly started flaring. Fearing that Gwen may be in danger, Peter immediately whipped around to get her to safety. However, what he saw when turned around caused his eyes to widen in shock. The person standing before him wasn't Gwen, at least not entirely. Taking a deep breath to calm himself, Peter tightly balled his fist. "You...what the hell are you doing here? Why aren't you with Eddie?"

"Hello, Peter, such a nice welcome after we haven't seen each other in such a long time." Gwenom said in a warped mixture of Gwen and Venom's voices, crossing her arms underneath her chest. The symbiote had successfully fused with Gwen, covering her in a warped version of her costume. Instead of white, the suit was jet black, with what appeared to be a tongue hanging most of the midsection, acting almost like a zipper. Various sharp fangs also jutted out of the suit in several spots, especially around the rim of Gwen's hood. "Before you freak out, Peter...I'm not here to fight you. Eddie's in trouble, we need your help."

"..." Peter said nothing for several moments, simply glaring at the symbiote he had a shaky alliance. However, as Peter's spider-sense began to fade, he could tell that Venom really wasn't here to cause any trouble. Releasing a light sigh, Peter unclenched his fists. "Start talking."

"Sure thing...but..." Gwenom giggled as she gestured toward Peter's lower half. "You may want to put some pants on first, you're still hanging dong."

"Huh..." Peter muttered, quirking an eyebrow as his gaze lowered toward where Gwenom was pointing. His face flushed bright red in embarrassment when he saw that he was still completely naked. Whipping around, Peter quickly grabbed his underwear and a t-shirt off the floor. Once Peter was semi-decent, he recomposed himself and turned back around. "Sorry about that, now tell me why you're here."

"Wilson Fisk..." Gwenon simply replied as her eyes narrowed dangerously, telling Peter how furious the symbiote was. "He's up to something and he's forcing Eddie to help him. We need your help to stop him and free Eddie."

"Wilson Fisk?" Peter repeated, furrowing his brow as he stroked his chin. "I should have known he was up to something when we freed Cindy. But what does he want with Eddie?"

"I can already tell what you're thinking, Peter..." Gwenom said, slowly shaking her head and shrugging her shoulders. "We don't know what Fisk wants with Eddie. Before Kingpin's thugs picked up Eddie, all they said was that Fisk had a 'business opportunity' for him. Other than that, we know nothing. The best we can do is tell you where Eddie currently is."

"Fisk obviously needs Eddie for some serious muscle...and with Goblin still on the loose...this is too much of a coincidence. Goblin has to have found Fisk and is probably working with him..." Peter thought as he released a light sigh and crossed his arms. "No matter the reason, Fisk needing Eddie's help can't be a good thing. So, what's our next play? Do we find Eddie?"

"No." Gwenom said, before walking across the room and crouching down next to Gwen's scattered clothes. Rooting around for a few moments, Gwenom soon pulled out Gwen's cell phone. After a quick search on the internet, Gwenom turned the phone toward Peter, showing him a pick of a pretty blonde woman. "This is Anne, she's Eddie's ex-wife. Fisk's men are watching her. So, if we go after Eddie, they'll hurt her."

"So, we find Anne and get her to safety." Peter said as he began to gather his suit and other belongings. "Once Anne isn't in danger, Fisk won't be able to threaten him anymore and we'll be able to help him."

"My thoughts ex-" Gwenom started to say but stopped mid-sentence, growling in a mixture of pain and exertion. Falling down onto her knees, Gwenom dropped the phone in her hand and gripped her head. "Get out..." Slowly, Gwenon's voice began to return to normal, losing the symbiote's edge. "...of my head!"

"Gwen!?" Peter exclaimed as he rushed over and crouched down next to his blonde-haired lover. "Are you okay?! What's happening!?"

"P-Phone! Grab my phone!" Gwen exclaimed, frantically gesturing toward her cellphone, which had skidded a few feet away. Quickly dashing over, Peter snatched up the cell phone and in an instant was at Gwen's side once again, handing her the phone. "T-Thanks..."

With shaky hands, Gwen snatched the phone and began to tap away on the screen. After a few moments, Gwen found what she was looking for and tapped the screen one final time. Instantly, astonishing loud rock music began to blare out from Gwen's phone. The Venom symbiote immediately screeched in pain, trembling, and bubbling before it retreated. While it didn't fully detach itself from Gwen's body, the symbiote did retract and gave Gwen full control once again. Shutting the music off, Gwen clutched a hand over her racing heart and panted lightly.

"Jesus, Gwen...are you okay?" Peter muttered in a worried tone as he kneeled next to her and gently placed a hand on her back. "How did you know symbiotes are sensitive to loud noises."

"This isn't my first time dealing with one..." Gwen replied, eventually standing back up with Peter's help and making her way to the bed. With a light sigh, Gwen sat on the edge of the bed and clutched her head. "I've run into a symbiote in my universe too."

"Yeah, they can be quite the hassle." Peter said with a dry chuckle as he sat down next to Gwen, rubbing the back of his head. "I don't know what type of experience you had with the symbiote in your universe...but we can...kind of trust Venom...well, at least I know it wants to protect Eddie."

"It's fine, Peter...this thing is already latched onto me, so we may as well help. Once we help this Eddie Brock guy, this chunk of the symbiote will return to him." Gwen said, standing back up and making her way toward the bathroom. "Plus, if this Wilson Fisk guy wants a symbiote to help him, it can't be for anything good."

"I think it may have something to do with Goblin and Miguel's dimension-traveling device." Peter added as he began to follow Gwen into the bathroom. "So, after we save Anne, we'll need to track down Fisk."

"Yeah, he's definitely up to something and even if he's not involved with Goblin, we need to..." Gwen stopped mid-sentence when she realized that Peter was about to follow her into the shower. "What do you think you're doing?"

"I was joking about the whole 'saving water' thing earlier, but I'm serious about that now." Peter said, stepping into the shower with Gwen and closing the door behind him. "We both reek of sex, so we'll need to freshen up before we meet up with everyone else. And I don't want us to waste time taking two separate showers."

"..." Gwen said nothing for several moments as she gazed at Peter, mulling over what he had said. In any other situation, it would have sounded ridiculous, but right now it did seem like the logical thing to do. After a few more moments, Gwen released a light sigh and turned on the water. "Fine. But keep your hands to yourself! As you said, we can't waste any time right now, so no getting frisky!"

"You may say that, but you'd like that to happen." Gwen's face flushed bright red as Venom's voice echoed in her mind. "I'll never understand the obsession you humans have with procreation, it utterly baffles me."

"Would you just shut the hell up!" Gwen thought, resisting the urge to slap herself in a vain attempt to silence the symbiote. "Okay! Yes, I'd like to be intimate with Peter again, but we don't have time for that right now!"

"Whatever you say, girl. Just make sure to heed your own words and keep your hands to yourself."

(Ten Minutes Later: Avenger's Tower Meeting Room)

"What's up, Peter?" Natasha asked as she took a seat at the meeting room's impressively large table. "You seemed kind of worked up when you asked us all to gather in here."

"We may have a possible lead on Miguel's device." Peter replied, standing at the head of the table as he crossed his arms and slowly paced around. "Wilson Fisk may be involved."

"Wilson Fisk?" Cindy repeated as she tensed up slightly, remembering the countless experiments she had to endure at the hands of Fisk's scientists. "Why'd it have to be him?"

"Why do you think Kingpin is involved?" Natasha asked, quirking an eyebrow and leaning forward in her chair. "I mean, I wouldn't be surprised if he was...but what lead you to think he's got a hand in all this?"

"This..." Gwen said as the Venom symbiote spread across her body, encasing her in its jet-black suit. Everyone, minus Peter, was shocked by this sudden reveal, with Miles even recoiling in his seat. "We came here to ask for your help."

"W-What the heck is that thing!?" Miles exclaimed, practically leaping out of his seat and sprinting over to Natasha's side as he hid behind her. "What happened to Gwen!? Bring her back!"

"Am I really that repulsive?" Gwenom asked as she cocked her head and stared down at her body. "I actually find this form quite appealing."

"It's fine Miles, you don't need to worry...at least I don't think you do. Gwen's still in there...she's just sharing her body with a symbiote." Natasha explained, instantly seeing utter confusion across the young boy's face. Raising her hand and pinching the bridge of her nose, Natasha cut Miles off before he could bombard her with questions. "It's a long story Miles, we can fill you in later. Now Peter, can you please explain why Venom is in Avengers Tower? How'd it even get past our defenses?"

"You Avengers may have spent billions of dollars on this tower, but it's not nearly as impenetrable as you think." Gwenom explained with a cocky smirk as she crossed her arms, causing Natasha to shoot her an annoyed glare. "And as for why we are here. As I said previously, we need your help."

"I don't mean to be rude..." Cindy interjected, awkwardly raising her hand to get everyone's attention. After receiving a few confused looks, Cindy nervously lowered her hand. "Aren't you symbiotes really strong? Why do you need our help?"

"Yes, we are very strong, thank you for noticing." Gwenom said as she failed miserably to hide her smug satisfaction at Cindy's compliment. "But Wilson Fisk has taken Eddie captive and is forcing him to help with whatever he has planned. Fisk is threatening Eddie's ex-wife, so if he doesn't cooperate she'll be killed."

"So, that's why you think Fisk is involved with Miguel's device." Natasha muttered, furrowing her brow as she stroked her chin. "I'm guessing you want us to help you find Eddie's ex-wife and free her."

"Yes." Gwenom replied as she nodded her head. "It will take us too long to find her on our own, and who knows what kind of trouble Eddie will get in while we're searching for Anne. With your help, it will lessen the chances of Anne being hurt and will allow us to get Eddie away from Fisk faster."

"That makes sense. And even if Fisk isn't involved with Miguel's device, he's clearly up to something." Natasha said, pushing back her chair and getting out of her seat. "Okay, we'll help you, Venom. I'll contact Miguel and let him know that we may have a lead. Then, I'll start doing surveillance and try to find Anne."

"Sounds like a plan." Peter said before he put on his mask, checking his web fluid levels. Seeing that he was low, he popped out the cartridges and grabbed some fresh ones off his belt. "I know we planned to help you learn the ropes, Miles, but that will have to wait a bit longer. Cindy, Gwen, and I will split up and hit some of Fisk's usual hideouts. Maybe we'll get lucky and find Anne, and if not, we can at least question Fisk's men and see if they know anything. Miles, you just stay here with Natasha for now."

"Okay..." Miles said as he released a light sigh and got out of his seat, making his way out of the meeting room. "I'll try to find a way to help out from here."

"Don't worry, I'll cheer him up a bit before I head out." Cindy said with a small smile, following after Miles. "Natasha, just send me the locations of some of Fisk's hideouts and head to as many as I can."

"I'll make those turds tell me where Anne is, or else I'll-" Gwenom stopped mid-sentence as the symbiote forcefully retracted, returning Gwen to her normal self. Shaking her head, a frown spread across Gwen's face as she started to walk out of the meeting room. "We aren't killing anyone, so don't even think about it."

"I'll send you two some spots to hit." Natasha said, watching as Gwen and Cindy walked out of the meeting room. "Be careful you two! You'll be on your own out there."

"Thanks for all your help the past few days, Natasha." Peter said which caused Natasha's cheeks to flush slightly, something that wasn't missed by the spider-powered superhero. Making a mental note to talk to Natasha later, Peter began to make his way out of the meeting room. "I'll be heading out as well. Keep me updated."

"Sure thing, Peter." Natasha said, waiting for Peter to leave the room. Once he was out of sight, Natasha released a heavy sigh and sank back into her chair. "Damn it, I need to stay focused right now, we have a mission to complete. I can't let my feelings for Peter distract me...at least for now. Something definitely happened between him and Gwen...but Peter's in a relationship with Mary Jane and he wouldn't cheat...so, they must have come to sort of agreement to share him. And if things worked out for Gwen, then I may still have a chance."

(That Night: Abandoned Warehouse)

"Damn it, this is the fourth hideout I've raided tonight and none of Fisk's men know anything." Peter muttered to himself as he finished tying up one of Kingpin's thugs with his webbing, releasing a light sigh. Thoroughly searching through the building, Peter found a cache of drugs and weapons but nothing else that would help in his search for Anne. Exiting the warehouse, Peter contacted the police so that they could pick up Fisk's men. "Karen, can you contact the others, please? I want to check in to see if they have found anything."

"Of course, Peter. I'll call them right away." After a few moments, Karen's cheery voice chimed in once again. "Everyone is on the line, Peter."

"What's up, Peter?" The first person to speak up over the line was Gwen. "Have you found anything?"

"Actually, I was calling you guys to ask the same thing." Peter replied, climbing up the wall of a nearby building, before sitting on the edge of the rooftop. "The last spot I hit was a bust. None of them knew anything about Anne and I couldn't find any leads in the warehouse. I did find a bunch of guns and drugs, and sent the police to get them."

"It's been pretty much the same for me." Peter could tell she was currently swinging, given the slight strain in her voice and the sound of rushing wind. "I've gotten to three hideouts already and nothing has turned up. How about you, Gwen?"

"Ugh, I've had no luck either. I'm actually leaving my fourth location right now." The sound of a door closing could be heard, signifying that Gwen had just left one of Kingpin's hideouts. "Fisk must have let only his closest men know about this. I don't think we'll get anywhere going after his street-level thugs. We may have to start hitting his higher-ups."

"I can send you guys some possible locations of Fisk's top guys." Natasha's voice chimed in. "But I'll have to warn you all, these places are going to be a lot more heavily guarded."

"That's fine, Natasha. We can handle it." Gwen spoke up as she could be heard swinging now as well. "So, send us those locations and we'll all take a few."

"On it, sending them to you now." The clacking of a keyboard could be heard as Natasha sent out the information. "Okay, I've sent everything to you guys. Stay safe out there."

"Got it, Natasha. Seems like there are three places near me, so I'll take those. Cindy, Gwen, let us know right away if you find anything." Peter said, hearing agreement from both girls as closed the communication line and got back onto his feet. Gazing at the HUD in his mask, Peter looked at the locations Natasha had sent him. "Alright, looks like the closet location is three blocks away. I'll head there first."

However, before Peter could leap off the roof and start swinging, he nearly leaped out his skin when he felt a pair of arms wrap around his neck and a pair of soft objects press against his back. Initially shocked that his Spider-Sense didn't go off, Peter soon had a good idea of who had latched onto suddenly him. It wasn't his first time being in this type of situation while out fighting crime.

"Felicia, it's been a while." Peter said as he relaxed his guard, having no doubt that it was Black Cat who was currently feeling up his chest. "How have you been?"

"Mmmm, I've been good, Spider..." Felicia purred hotly into Peter's ear, causing a pleasurable shiver to run down his spine. "I noticed that you've been hitting up some of Fisk's hideouts, so I decided to check in and see what's up. You seemed to be in quite a rush, must be something important."

"I-It is..." Peter managed to stammer out as his face started to flush and heat up, feeling Felicia's hand continue to roam his body. As one of Felicia's hands started to descend lower, Peter quickly snapped back to his senses and grabbed it before she could get too frisky. "I'm serious, Felicia. I don't have time to fool around right now. Fisk kidnapped Eddie Brock's ex-wife. He's holding her hostage and is forcing Eddie to help him with some plan he's scheming."

"Ah, Eddie's ex...I believe her name is, Anne..." Felicia said in a slightly disappointed tone, before releasing Peter and taking a step away from him. "So, that's what has you and your little spidey crew all worked up."

"Wait, how do you know about..." Peter stopped himself mid-sentence when he remembered the conversation he had, had with Gwen before they made their new, polyamorous relationship official. Suddenly, Peter's body became filled with the awkward energy he felt whenever he was nervous, especially around women. "That's right...you talked to Gwen...about a lot of things..."

"Oh, so Gwen told you about the little conversation I had with her...and the suggestion I made..." Felicia said, noticing that Peter's body tensed up ever so slightly which told her that she had hit the nail on the head. "Can I also assume that fiery redhead of yours knows as well?" Stepping closer to Peter once again, Felicia pressed her body against his, slowly raking her fingers across his muscular chest. Felicia smirked as she watched Peter's hand hesitantly start reaching out toward her. He was clearly using all his willpower to stop himself from holding her closer. Wanting to tease Peter even further, Felicia pressed her full breasts against his chest and whispered into his ear once again. "So, Peter...what did Ms. Mary Jane think about my...proposition."

"She...she uh...MJ...she..." Peter began to stutter and trip over his words as he desperately tried to resist Felicia's seduction. But he was still a man, and when he looked into Felicia's eyes, seeing them burning with passion and desire, his resolve eventually cracked. Taking a deep breath to calm himself, Peter reached out and wrapped an arm around Felicia's waist, pressing her against his body. "MJ said that she's willing to give the whole sharing thing a chance. I made things official with Gwen earlier...when we were um...finished, that's when we learned about what happened to Eddie."

"Hmmm, so you made things official with Gwen. I'm assuming that means you rocked her world." Felicia purred, wrapping her arms around Peter's neck and bringing her face close to his, their lips only a few inches apart. "Can I also assume that Gwen told you about the feelings I still have for you? That those feelings are why I suggested sharing you in the first place."

"Yeah...she told me..." Peter said as he stared at Felicia's tantalizing, full lips, using every ounce of his strength to resist kissing them. "I have to admit...I was a bit surprised to hear that."

"We may not have dated for very long, Peter...but you left quite a lasting impression on my heart." Felicia said sincerely, a small smile spreading across her face as she leaned in even closer, her lips practically brushing against Peter's. "I've missed you so much, Peter. I know my bad habits got in the way of our previous relationship, but I've changed, for real this time. If you give me one more chance, my days stealing from innocent people are over."

"Are you sure, Felicia?" Peter asked in a skeptical tone as he slowly shook his head, wanting nothing more than believe what she was saying. "Are you really done this time? Can I really trust you on this?"

"I know it may seem hard to believe coming from me, but I really do mean it." Felicia said, before reaching into a pouch on her belt and pulling out a thumb drive. "To help prove I'm on the straight and narrow, I'll help you find Anne. I swiped this from one of Fisk's enforcers earlier. The dude is pretty high up on Fisk's chain of command, so it may have the info you're looking for."

"Felicia, I'm happy you want to help, but you just said-" Peter started to say, but was cut off when Felicia pressed against his lips.

"I said I was done stealing from innocent people. Nothing wrong with stealing from criminals, right?" Felicia said with a smirk as she hand the thumb drive to Peter. "I give you this and help you save Anne...then, can you give me...us...another chance?"

"..." Peter said nothing for several moments, before taking off his mask and looked directly into Felicia's eyes. "You're one hundred percent serious about giving up on crime? Because I can't go through a situation like our previous relationship again, Felicia."

"I'm dead serious, Peter. I'm done for real this time." Felicia said as she continued to stare into Peter's eyes, wanting him to see that she was telling the truth. "I love you, Peter and I'm tired of hurting you. I want our relationship to last this time."

"Felicia...I..." Peter struggled to say, completely taken aback by her sudden confession. After pondering for a few moments, Peter released a light sigh and smiled softly at Felicia. "Okay...if you help us save Anne...I'll give us another chance."

"Oh, thank you, Peter! You won't regret this!" Felicia exclaimed with a beaming smile as she lunged forward and embraced Peter in a tight hug. Giggling lightly, Felicia buried her head into the crock of Peter's neck. "I promise I won't mess things up this time." Enjoying Peter's warmth for a few more moments, Felicia reluctantly let him go and stepped back and him the thumb drive. "Here, as promised."

"Thanks, Felicia, this will be a huge help." Peter said, staring at the flash drive for a moment before he put his mask back on. "We should head back to Avengers Tower and find out what's on this drive. Even if there isn't any information on Anne, there may be something we can use."

"Avengers Tower, eh?" Felicia said as she smirked and rested her hands on her hips. "Are you sure I'll be welcome in your fancy schmancy tower?"

"It'll be fine, Felicia." Peter said, walking toward the edge of the rooftop. "As long as you don't cause a fuss, everyone should be pretty welcoming." Pressing a finger to his ear, Peter activated his communicator. "Hey guys, I may have a lead on Anne's location. But we'll need to head back to the tower to check it out."

"Did you find something on one of Fisk's higher-ups?" Cindy's voice spoke up over the line. "Because I'm still coming up with nothing."

"Sort of..." Peter replied, glancing over at Felicia, who winked and blew him a kiss. "I'll tell you more when we're back at the tower. Oh, and I'm bringing a guest with me."

"Who are you bringing with you?" Natasha asked this time. "I'm only asking for security reasons of course."

"Felicia Hardy...Black Cat." Peter answered as he released a light sigh, not looking forward to the awkward situation that was likely waiting for him back at Avengers Tower. "She's the one who gave me the possible lead on Anne...and she said that she's willing to help us."

"..." The communication line was silent for several moments and Peter was about to speak up but was stopped when Natasha cut him off. "As long as she doesn't plan on stealing anything, she can enter the tower."

"It's fine, Peter. Don't worry about it." Felicia said, seeing that Peter was about to say something to defend her. "I'm used to it...and you can't really blame her, I don't exactly have a sterling track record."

"We'll see you back at the tower, Peter." Gwen spoke up now. "And...it's nice to have you helping us out, Felicia."

"Oh, isn't she sweet..." Felicia said with a smirk as she walked over and joined Peter on the edge of the rooftop. "Well, we should get going, don't want to keep everyone waiting."

"Yeah, we need to find Anne as soon as possible." Peter said, before crouching down and motioning for Felicia to climb onto his back. "Hop on. It'll be quicker if I carry you."

"Thank you, my knight in shining armor..." Felicia teased as rested against Peter's back and wrapped her arms around his neck and legs around his waist. As Peter stood back up and prepared to leap off the roof, Felicia leaned forward into his ear. "You're totally doing this just because you want to feel my breasts pressing against your back. It's fine, I don't mind."

"That's...not entirely accurate..." Peter muttered, leaping off the roof and firing off a line of webbing. Despite Peter's mask hiding his face, Felicia could tell that blushing up a storm just from his tone. "But I do enjoy it."

(Fifteen Minutes Later: Avengers Tower)

"Alright, we're here." Peter said as he landed in front of the massive skyscraper, setting Felicia down next to him. "Uh, welcome to Avengers Tower."

"No need to be so formal, Spider." Felicia said with a small smile, teasingly patting Peter's cheek before walking into the lobby. Letting out a low whistle, Felicia gazed around the expansive entrance. "You know, I've always wondered, but who the hell pays for all this stuff? Do you guys get paid by like...I don't know...the government or something? You do protect the world and everything."

"Um...not exactly...I...don't really get paid for this. That's why I have a job at the Daily Bugle." Peter admitted with a nervous chuckle as he rubbed the back of his head. "As for the tower, Tony paid for all this. You could say he's our benefactor."

"Ah, so daddy Stark supplies all the funds." Felicia said, walking across the lobby toward the elevators. "It does suck that he doesn't pay you. Maybe they could do like...I don't know...a bad guy commission or something. Take down a certain number of bad guys and you get a juicy payday."

"Now you're making us sound like bounty hunters." Peter said as he stood next to Felicia and took off his mask. Reaching out, he pressed the elevator's button and called it down. "Would it be nice to be paid for the work I do as Spider-Man? Of course, some extra money never hurts. But I don't do this whole superhero thing for money and fame, Felicia. I do it because I have to. Because with great power-"

"Comes great responsibility. Yeah, yeah, I got it. I've heard your little motto a hundred times before." Felicia teased, stepping into the elevator just as the doors opened. After shooting Felicia an annoyed look, Peter followed her into the elevator. Quickly scanning his hand and retinas, Peter pressed the button for the tower's top floor. A few moments later, they were ascending the tower. "Lotta security in this place. Wouldn't be easy to break into."

"You casing the place?" Peter asked jokingly as he glanced over at Felicia. "Because if you do decide to break in, you may run into another one of the Avengers. And trust me, if Tony or Carol catches you, they won't go easy."

"Trust me, Peter, I'm not stupid enough to try and rob the goddamn Avengers." Felicia scoffed, brushing some hair out of her eyes. "I'd never be-"

"Hello Peter, looks like you've brought another guest."

"Holy shit!" Felicia exclaimed in a panic as she leaped back and pressed up against the back of the elevator. "Who the hell is that, Peter!?"

"Karen, you really need to stop surprising people like that." Peter chastised the AI, glancing up at the camera Karen was using to monitor them. "You did with Gwen the other day and scared her half to death."

"My apologies, Peter. It wasn't my intention to frighten Ms. Hardy."

"Peter, who is talking right now?" Felicia asked as she stepped behind Peter, using his body as a makeshift shield and hiding behind him. "This is sort of creeping me out."

"Sorry about that, Felicia. That was Karen." Peter replied, the elevator dinging and the doors opening. Stepping out of the elevator, Peter began to lead Felicia through the halls. "She's an AI that Tony created for me. She's very helpful, but can also be a bit...overbearing."

"Again, my apologies, Ms. Hardy. Peter, I've alerted the others of your arrival. They're all waiting for you in the meeting room."

"It's fine, just beep or something next time, so you don't scare the shit out of me." Felicia said as she released a light sigh and followed closely behind Peter. "Let's just meet up with everyone else."

"The meeting room is right around the corner." Peter said, moments before reaching the double doors of the meeting room. Stopping just outside the room, Peter turned around to face Felicia. "You ready to head in there?"

"No need to worry about me, Peter. We're all grown-ups here." Felicia said with a smile as she patted Peter on the shoulder and opened the doors to the meeting room. Waltzing in, Felicia was surprised to see how empty it was. There were only four other people in the meeting room, and one of them was a teenager. "Wow...it's dead in here. My first time in Avengers Tower, I was really hoping to meet Captain America...or at least Hulk."

"Well, sorry to disappoint you, but most of the team is busy doing other missions. Being superheroes keeps us quite busy you know." Natasha teased, spinning around in her seat to face Felicia. "Now, let's see this supposed lead you have."

"What, no time to relax and chit-chat? How about a cup of coffee?" Felicia asked jokingly as she rested her hands on her hips. Seeing Natasha's serious and unamused expression, Felicia flicked her wrist and the thumb drive appeared in her grasp. Peter's eyes widened in surprise when he saw the USB stick as he frantically patted himself down. "Calm down, Spider, I nicked this off you in the elevator when that AI jump-scared us." Sauntering over, Felicia handed the thumb drive to Natasha. "Here you go, your welcome."

"We'll see if this thing is even useful." Natasha huffed, snatching the drive and making her way over to a nearby computer. "Give me a minute to look through this."

"Uh, it's nice to meet you..." Cindy said somewhat awkwardly as she approached Felicia and offered her hand. "I'm Cindy Moon."

"..." Felicia looked at Cindy from head to toe, quirking an eyebrow before she shook her head. "Felicia Hardy, nice to meet you too."

"Good to see you again, Felicia." Gwen said with a small smile as she walked over and sat on the edge of the table next to Black Cat. "How have you been?"

"Not as good as you apparently..." Felicia replied with a smirk, wriggling her eyebrows and shooting Gwen a knowing look. Unable to deny anything, Gwen simply turned her head slightly in a vain attempt to hide her blushing face. "You'll have to give me all the juicy deets later."

"Uh..." Cindy muttered as she looked past Felicia and at Gwen. "What is she talking about, Gwen?"

"I'll tell you about it later." Gwen answered, releasing a light sigh and running a hand down her face. "Have you found anything yet, Natasha?"

"I...think I may have...just give me another minute..." Natasha said before she leaned back in her seat and looked at Gwen, a smirk on her face. "And I'm interested to hear all about these 'juicy deets' too, Gwen."

"Girls are weird." Miles said, standing next to Peter and watching as the four girls continued to banter with each other. "I don't get them at all."

"Me too buddy, they confuse the hell out of me." Peter said as he scratched his head, crossing his arms. "And trust me, it doesn't improve with age."

"Hey everyone, I think I found what we're looking for!" Natasha suddenly exclaimed, gesturing for all of them to gather around her. Once everyone was next to Natasha, she pointed toward the computer screen. "I found some messages from Fisk to Dr. Octavius. Apparently, they're holding Anne captive in an abandoned factory. We can get there in less than twenty minutes if we leave now, but there should be a lot of guards watching her...Doc Oc may be there too."

"It doesn't matter how many thugs are in our way, we'll save Anne and get Eddie away from Fisk." Peter said in a determined tone as he put his mask back on. "Let's get going right away. We may even find some information about Goblin and Miguel's device there."

"We'll definitely free her..." Gwen said, the Venom symbiote spreading across her body, which caught Felicia off guard. "And tear those bastards to pieces."

"Okaaaay...that's new..." Felicia said in a cautious tone as she took a step away from Gwenom. "Well, like I told Peter earlier, I'll help you guys out."

"I don't know how much help I'll be, but I'll do my best." Cindy said enthusiastically, practically bouncing with bubbly, excited energy. "Let's kick some bad guy's butt and save Anne!"

"I guess I'm not coming along this time either?" Miles asked as he looked up at Peter, already knowing his answer. "I guess I would just get in the way."

"That's not it, Miles." Peter said, bending down slightly so that he was at eye level with Miles. "This job would just be too dangerous for you, especially since you don't have any training yet." With a small smile, Peter reached out and placed his hand on Miles' shoulder. "But once this job is over, I'll definitely show you the ropes!"

"Sounds good, Peter." Miles said as he smiled himself before his eyes suddenly lit up. "Oh! I know what I can do! I can put the finishing touches on my costume while you guys are gone! I'll have it ready by the time you all get back!"

"Can't wait to see it, kid." Natasha said, clicking on her utility belt as he patted Miles' head. "Alright guys, I'm all ready to go."

"If we're all ready, let's head out." Peter said as he turned to face the rest of his team, seeing the determined looks on all of their faces. "Let's get this done."

Chapter Text

"Hey everyone, I think I found what we're looking for!" Natasha suddenly exclaimed, gesturing for all of them to gather around her. Once everyone was surrounding Natasha, she pointed toward the computer screen. "I dug up some messages from Fisk to Dr. Octavius. Apparently, they're holding Anne captive in an abandoned factory. We can get there in less than twenty minutes if we leave now, but there will be a lot of guards watching her...shit...Doc Ock will probably be there too."

"It doesn't matter how many thugs are in our way, we'll save Anne and get Eddie away from Fisk." Peter said in a determined tone as he put his mask back on. "Let's get going right away. We may even find some information about Goblin and Miguel's device there."

"We'll definitely free her..." Gwen said, the Venom symbiote spreading across her body, which caught Felicia off guard. "And tear those bastards to pieces."

"Okaaaay...that's new..." Felicia said in a cautious tone as she took a step away from Gwenom. "Well, like I told Peter earlier, I'll help you guys out."

"I don't know how much help I'll be, but I'll do my best." Cindy said enthusiastically, practically bouncing with bubbly, excited energy. "Let's kick some bad guy butt and save Anne!"

"I guess I'm not coming along this time either?" Miles asked as he looked up at Peter, already knowing his answer. "I would just get in the way."

"That's not it, Miles." Peter said, bending down slightly so that he was at eye level with Miles. "This job would just be too dangerous for you, especially since you don't have any training yet." With a small smile, Peter reached out and placed his hand on Miles' shoulder. "But once this job is over, I'll definitely show you the ropes!"

"Sounds good, Peter." Miles said as he smiled himself before his eyes suddenly lit up. "Oh! I know what I can do! I can put the finishing touches on my costume while you guys are gone! I'll have it ready by the time you all get back!"

"Can't wait to see it, kid." Natasha said, clicking on her utility belt as he patted Miles' head. "Alright guys, I'm all ready to go."

"If we're all ready, let's head out." Peter said as he turned to face the rest of his team, seeing the determined looks on all of their faces. "Let's get this done."

"Well, since Widow and I don't have fancy web shooters, I guess I'll go with her." Felicia said, resting her hands on her hips as she glanced over at the redheaded Avenger. "So, are we taking one of the Avenger's fancy jets or something?"

"We're in the middle of New York City. No, we will not be flying there." Black Widow replied dryly as she reached into her pocket and pulled out a pair of keys, dangling them in front of Felicia. "We'll take my bike."

"Ugh, fine. My hair is gonna be absolutely ruined..." Felicia said, pouting a bit as she brushed some hair out of her eyes. "If I'm gonna work with the Avengers, I figured I'd at least get to use some of your fancy toys."

"Oh, can it." Natasha grumbled as she walked past Felicia toward the set of elevators. "Let's just get this over with."

"We'll meet you both at the factory." Peter said as he led Gwen and Cindy toward the second elevator. "Now, let's go save, Anne!"

(Two Minutes Later: Avengers Helipad)

"Okay, let's do this..." Gwen said, walking to the edge of the helipad and staring at the streets far below them. A split second later, the Venom symbiote spread across Gwen's body. "So, you still scared of heights, girl?"

"Nah, I'm good now! This whole crime-fighting thing is actually pretty fun!" Cindy replied with a smirk before she pulled up her face wrap. Taking a few steps back, Cindy got a running start and lept off the helipad, letting out an excited scream as she descended toward the ground. "Come on, you slowpokes!"

"Can't let the newbie show us up!" Peter exclaimed, leaping off the roof and following after Cindy, with Gwenom right behind him. As Peter rapidly approached the street below, he fired out a line of webbing, attaching to a building and swinging only a few feet off the ground. After propelling himself forward, Peter quickly caught up with Cindy, noticing that her swinging technique had improved significantly. "Looks like you're really getting the hang of this, Cindy!"

"It just feels so natural!" Cindy yelled as she fired several lines of webbing out of her fingertips, swinging off a lampost and propelling herself forward. Performing several aerial flips and twirls, Cindy laughed heartily and swung off a nearby building. "I had no idea being a superhero could be this fun!"

"It's not all fun and games girl." Gwenom said, sprinting along the side of a building before leaping off it and firing a line of jet-black webbing. "If you're not careful, you'll end up getting killed in this line of work."

"That was a bit harsh...but she's right Cindy." Peter said as he swung alongside Cindy, seeing the pensive look in her eyes. "There's nothing wrong with enjoying being a hero, hell, I love being Spider-Man. But you always have to remember that every time you're out here, your life, and more importantly, other people's lives, could be on the line."

"I guess you're right...I need to remember how dangerous this job is." Cindy said, releasing a light sigh as released her webbing at the apex of her swing, launching her several stories into the air. Once Cindy lost momentum and began to descend, she fired out a fresh line of webbing and continued swinging. "I mean, we're going rescue someone from a bunch of Fisk's armed thugs, and probably Doc Ock. It's time for me to get serious."

"You both can shut up now, we can see the factory." Gwenom before they grunted softly, landing on the side of a building and sticking to it. Their eyes narrowed slightly as they gazed at the sprawling factory, a low growl rumbling in their throat. "Damn it...this place is massive..."

"And judging from the guards posted outside..." Peter said, scanning the front of the factory and quickly spotting almost a dozen guards near the entrance alone, with several more patrolling the rooftop. "There's probably a lot more inside too."

"I see Felicia and Natasha, we should meet up with them and come up with a plan of attack." Cindy said as she pointed toward an alley below, spotting Widow's motorcycle. Climbing down the side of the building, the three spider-people dropped down in front of Felicia and Natasha. "Looks like you guys beat us here."

"You should have seen this maniac driving. I was scared to fucking death." Felicia grumbled, jamming her thumb toward Natasha as she frantically tried to fix her wind-blown hair. "I thought I was going to die."

"Ugh, would you stop complaining for five minutes..." Natasha muttered as she began to rifle through her utility belt. After a few seconds, she pulled out what appeared to be a miniature drone. "You can walk next time."

"So, what's the plan?" Peter asked, partially removing his mask as he checked his web fluid. "We can't just rush in through the front gate."

"Why not?" Gwenom growled as a few black tendrils extended off their body. "We'll smash through those bastards and rescue Anne."

"Just calm down and give me a moment." Natasha said, tapping a device on her wrist. After a few more clicks, the small drone in Widow's hand whirred to life and lifted up into the air. "I'll use this drone to scout the area." Remotely controlling the drone with her wrist device, Natasha began to circle the factory. "I'm seeing ten guards at the front gate...four more near the entrance...six patrolling the rooftop...and...eight more at a back loading dock."

"Damn...almost thirty guys and the drone hasn't even entered the building yet." Peter said as he stroked his chin and narrowed his eyes slightly, pondering their current situation. "I think our best bet is to enter through the roof and work our way down into the factory."

"I agree with Peter." Cindy said, gazing at the display on Widow's wrist as the drone finally entered the factory. "Our best bet is to go in through the roof."

"You pussies can sneak around like scared little babies..." Gwenom snarled as their eyes narrowed dangerously, glaring at the guards standing near the front gate. "We'll keep the guards outside busy." However, just as Gwenom began to storm out of the alley, they grunted as the symbiote began to retract, with Gwen taking back full control. "Okay, we need to lay down some goddamn ground rules. You do NOT talk to my friends like that dude! I'm cool with distracting the guards out front, but come on, there's no need to insult everyone else." The symbiote rumbled and grumbled before fully spreading across Gwen's body once again. With a huff, Gwenom walked back toward the rest of the group, crossing their arms. "Fine, we'll play nice. And...sorry...I suppose you're not all pussies..."

"Glad you're not going rogue on us..." Natasha said, piloting the drone through the air ducts and into the factory. Entering the main production area, Black Widow clicked her tongue when she spotted even more guards inside. "I've spotted at least twenty more guards inside...they couldn't make this easy could they..." Maneuvering the drone toward what appeared to be a set of offices, Natasha stopped when she finally got eyes on their target. "I've found Anne. She's one of the offices overlooking the production area...and there's..." She stopped midsentence when she spotted the unmistakable mechanical legs of Doctor Octavius just out of frame. "Shit...Doc Ock is definitely in there with her."

"So, stealth really is gonna be our best option." Felicia said as she rested her hands on her hips. "The last thing we need is to cause a commotion and have Doc Ock either endanger Anne or run off with her."

"So, that means you can forget about distracting the guards out front." Natasha said, glancing over at Gwenom which caused the symbiote to grumble in frustration. "We can't have you alerting the guards until we've rescued Anne."

"We understand, but we do not do stealth." Gwenom said moments before the symbiote retracted and Gwen took back over. "For the record, I can do stealth just fine."

"Looks like you're still working things out with your new...uh...partner?" Cindy said in a confused tone, cocking her head slightly as she stared at Gwenom. "Either way, why don't Peter, Felicia, Natasha, and I sneak inside the factory? Gwen can hang back and provide extra muscle if we need it."

"That works. I'll actually hang back and provide support with Gwen." Natasha said as she hid the drone in a corner overlooking the main factory floor. "The more of us in there at once, the easier it will be for someone to get caught. Three should be more than enough."

"Fine..." Gwenom grumbled, a low growl rumbling in their throat. "But I better get to see some action."

"Sounds good..." Peter said as he began to climb up a nearby wall. "Cindy, Felicia, let's do this."

"Right behind you, Peter!" Cindy exclaimed, following behind her fellow spider-person. However, before she got too far up the wall, Cindy looked back at Black Cat. "Felicia, do you need help getting up to the roof?"

"Nah, I'll be fine." Felicia said as she reached into her belt and pulled out what appeared to be a grappling gun. After taking aim, Felicia fired out a line that attached to the building's roof. Once she was sure the line was secure, Felicia began to rapidly ascend up the wall. "Let's get this over with quickly."

(Five Minutes Later: Factory Roof)

"Okay Natasha, we're on the roof of the factory..." Peter whispered, hanging off a smokestack, with Cindy and Felicia waiting beside him. "Guide us inside."

" Give me one second Peter, I'm bringing the drone back outside now...alright...okay...from what I can see, there's only one way inside the factory from the roof. There's a door, that leads to a stairwell...that's your ticket inside...but from what I can see, there are at least five guards patrolling near that entrance. If you can take them out, you'll have your way inside. "

"Got it, we'll get it done." Peter said as he glanced at Felicia and Cindy, gesturing toward the guards Natasha had pointed out. "Okay girls, we need to take those guards out quietly. Then, we'll have a way inside the factory."

"I-I'll do my best..." Cindy breathed out, taking a deep breath to try and calm herself as he clutched a hand over her racing heart. "I can do this."

"Please, I won't even break a sweat." Felicia said with a smirk before she dropped down onto the roof, landing gracefully without making a sound. "This is my specialty."

"I'll take the two on the right." Peter said, landing next to Felicia and pointing toward a pair of guards leaning against a railing as they took a smoke break. "Felicia, you take the two on the other side of the roof. Cindy, you get the guy near the door. But Cindy, you need to take your guy out first. He'll be able to see Felicia and me before we're able to take down the other guards."

"Our you really sure I should-"

"Cindy, I believe in you." Peter cut Silk off before she could continue doubting herself. Hearing Peter's reassuring words caused a faint blush to spread across Cindy's face. "You were so confident when we were swinging earlier. Use that same confidence here. I know you can do it."

"You're right. I'll get it done. Thanks, Peter, I needed that." Cindy said, taking one last deep breath before she sprang off the smokestack and latched onto another one nearby. After a few moments, Cindy managed to use the smokestacks to cover most of the rooftops and position herself above the guard she needed to take down. Using her webs, Cindy began to slowly and silently lower herself toward the guard. Looking utterly bored, the guard seemed to be more interested in scrolling on his phone, instead of keeping an eye out for intruders. "I need to take him out quickly and quietly. I can't let Peter and Felicia down."

"What's the situation on the roof?" Less than five feet above the guard, Cindy's breath hitched when she heard his radio go off. Immediately freezing in place, Cindy watched as the guard groaned in frustration and slipped his phone back into his pocket.

"Things are just peachy up here. Same as the last fucking fifteen times you've checked in Doc. Why the hell do you even have us standing up here anyway? Who the fuck is gonna come in through the damn roof?"

" I don't appreciate your tone...but if you really can't figure it out yourself...you're up there to keep an eye out for Spider-Man. "

"Spider-Man? Didn't we kidnap Venom's broad? Why the hell would he show up here, don't those two hate each other?"

"Those two may not see eye-to-eye, but they certainly aren't enemies anymore. So, it's logical that Brock may try to reach out to Spider-Man and ask for his assistance."

"Tch, I guess you're right. But, how the hell would Brock even get in touch with Spider-Man? We took his phone away and have been monitoring his every move."

" Brock's more clever than he looks. I have no doubt that if he hasn't already, he will find a way to contact Spider-Man. So, it is of the utmost importance that we stop him from rescuing Anne before we're finished with Brock. Do you understand? "

"I got it. I got it. We'll keep our eyes peeled for Spider-Man. Sheesh, you're a lot different than I expected Doc."

" Hmmm, well, you're about what I'd expect from the typical, expendable goon. "

"Hey! Listen here, you-" The guard started to hiss in anger but stopped when the radio feed was suddenly cut off. Growling in frustration, the guard began to dig into his pocket. "Fucking bitch." Pulling out his phone, the guard was just about to start his aimless scrolling once again. However, just as he went to unlock his phone, he stopped when he noticed something odd in the darkened screen's reflection. Whipping his head up, the guard's eyes widened in shock when he locked eyes with Silk. "What the fuck!?"

"Hey." Cindy said before she released her webbing. Just as the guard was reaching for his gun, Cindy crashed into him. With a thud, Cindy slammed the thug to the ground, kneeling on his back. Just as the guard began to groggily look up, Cindy punched the back of his head, slamming it back against the roof. After taking a few rapid breaths, and feeling her heart thundering in her chest, Cindy saw that the guard appeared to be knocked out cold. "Well, that could have gone better...but it could have also gone a lot worse. I'll take it as a win."

After webbing the guard up, Cindy signaled for Peter and Felicia to take down their targets. Black Cat sprang into action first, bounding across the rooftop and closing the distance on guards in seconds. Once she was close enough, Felicia lept toward the closest guard, wrapping her legs around his neck. Showcasing her impressive flexibility and strength, Felicia used her legs and slammed the guard onto the ground, knocking him out cold instantly. Before the second guard could even reach for his gun, Felicia pounced on him. Wrapping herself around the guard, Felicia wrestled him to the ground and soon got him into a chokehold with her thigh. The guard frantically began to slap and pound at Felicia's leg, but it was no use. After a few moments, the guard's attempts to break free slowed, before stopping entirely.

"My two are down." Felicia said over the radio, quickly stripping both guards of their weapons and radios. "Just you now, Spider."

"Hey, fellas." Peter said in a jovial tone as he popped up behind the guards having a smoke break, causing them both to yelp in surprise. Clicking his tongue in disappointment and shaking his head, Peter fired a line of webbing and snatched the cigarette out of one of the guard's hands. Dropping the cigarette, Peter stomped it out. "You know, you really shouldn't smoke these. They're bad for your health." Just as the guards scrambled for their weapons, Peter webbed both their heads and slammed them together. With a pained grunt, both guards collapsed to the ground unconscious. "Well, I guess head trauma isn't good for your health either."

"We all clear, Peter?" Cindy asked, approaching the webslinger and flinching slightly when she saw the unconscious guards. "Man, you really knocked those guy's lights out."

"They'll be fine in a bit...when they're in police custody." Peter said as he took a moment web both guards up and destroy their guns. "So, how's your first mission going?"

"I mean...I'm still pretty nervous." Cindy said, pulling down her face wrap as her face scrunched up. "But, I'm trying to stay confident like you said. Like with the guard I took out...I fumbled a bit, but I got it done."

"There's no playbook on how to be a hero, Cindy. I've been doing this for years and I still make mistakes." Peter said as he pulled up his mask and locked eyes with Cindy. "But no matter how many mistakes you make, you need to keep getting back up and pushing forward. Those mistakes are valuable lessons and will help you grow into a better hero. I can't tell you how many times I've screwed up, but ended up learning a new technique or solutions to a problem because of it."

"Wow...that actually makes me feel a lot better." Cindy said, a smile spreading across her face as her cheeks flushed slightly. "Thanks a lot, Peter. You're actually a pretty good teacher."

"Man, I wish I would have recorded that. I could have rubbed it in Tony's face..." Peter said with a chuckle as he rubbed the back of his head. "I just hope I do a good job showing Miles the ropes. After what happened to him...he really needs someone to show him the way."

"Don't worry, Peter. I'm sure you'll-" Cindy stopped mid-sentence when she felt her entire body starting to heat up. She could feel her heart racing as her breathing began to quicken. It was then that Cindy noticed how close she was to Peter. Throughout their brief conversation, she hadn't even noticed how her body was subconsciously moving closer to him. By the time Cindy realized their proximity, she was practically touching him. Recoiling away, Cindy took a few gracious steps back. "I...um...I'm sorry about that, Peter. I completely forgot about the pheromones."

"Don't worry about it, Cindy...I forgot about them too..." Peter said with a small smile as he pulled his mask back down, hiding his flushed face. "Now, let's go check on Felicia."

"Looks like you two are finally done flirting." Felicia teased, glancing over at Cindy and Peter as they approached. Crouched down in front of the door that would lead them into the factory, Felicia turned her attention back to the lock she was currently picking. "Give me one sec and this will be..." Felicia's tongue stuck out slightly as she continued to work the lock. Then, after another twist, Felicia smirked when a satisfying click sounded. Standing up, Felicia opened the door with a smug smile. "And, we're in."

"Nice work, Felicia." Peter said as he pressed a hand to his ear and entered the factory. "Natasha, we're in."

"I've golt eyes on you now." Just then, Peter noticed the miniature drone hovering in front of him. "Anne is being the offices above the main factory floor. Once you guys exit that stairwell, you should be on a catwalk near the back of the factory. The good news is, that you'll be able to take that catwalk to the offices. Just avoid any guards and you'll be able to grab Anne and get out."

"What about the freak with robot legs?" Felicia asked, starting to descend the stairs, with Cindy and Peter following right behind her. "We'd hate to bump into him."

"I didn't see him leave the offices, so expect him to still be there."

"Well...with the three of us...we should be able to handle Doc Ock no problem..." Cindy said as the trio finally reached the bottom of the stairs. "Right guys?"

"It's not Doc I'm worried about..." Felicia said, slowly cracking open the door that led into the factory. Once the door was partially open, Felicia poked her head through and scanned the area. After a few moments, she sighed and turned to face Peter and Cindy. "I'm more concerned about the thirty or so armed goons patrolling the floor below us. If we're caught, it's gonna be a lot harder to get Anne out of here safely."

"We just need to keep moving stealthily. I can see the offices from here." Peter said as he pointed toward a structure with several windows toward the center of the factory. "And Natasha was right. We just need to follow this catwalk. It's pretty much a straight shot."

"But we can't just walk across the catwalk." Cindy said, gazing at the vast amount of open space they'd have to cover. "If just one of those thugs looks up, we'll be spotted right away."

"Tsk, tsk, tsk. Did you actually think we'd be walking across the catwalk, Cindy?" Peter asked as he jokingly wagged his finger. Seeing Cindy give him a confused look, Peter pointed toward the ceiling above them. Quickly realizing what Peter meant, Cindy muttered an embarrassed 'oh' and nodded her head. "Cindy and I will have no problem..." Gazing up, Peter noticed a series of support beams that spanned the entire ceiling. "But, will you be okay, Felicia?"

"Please, this is child's play." Felicia said, pulling out her grappling gun and firing a line at the ceiling. Once her line was secured on a support beam, Felicia quickly scaled a nearby wall and made her way to the ceiling. Hanging upside down, Felicia clung to the support beam and began to make her way to the offices, with Peter and Felicia crawling along the ceiling beside her. After swiftly and quietly crossing above the factory floor, the trio dropped down in front of the door that would lead them into the offices. "See, that was easy. Now, let's get Anne and get the hell out of here."

"I'm still worried about Doc Ock, where the hell did he go?" Peter muttered before he reached out and slowly opened the door. Stepping inside the area holding the offices, Peter crept through a dimly lit hallway, with Cindy and Felicia following closely behind him. After walking past several darkened offices, Peter spotted light poking through a door at the end of the hall. Soon reaching the cracked open door, Peter peeked inside and breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Anne, tied to a chair in the center of the room. Quickly scanning the rest of what appeared to be a break room, Peter noticed no one else was inside besides a brunette woman who was typing away on a laptop. "Okay, I see Anne, and there's only one person in the room with her."

"I say you just web the other person up and grab Anne." Felicia suggested as she leaned against Peter and peeked into the room as well. "The sooner we're out of here the better."

"Alright, let's do this." Peter said, pushing the door open and stepping into the room. As soon as the woman typing on her laptop noticed them, Peter fired out a line of webbing, sticking her hands to her computer. The woman wore a white lab coat, with a scarf wrapped around her neck, and a pair of white-rimmed glasses. Her brunette hair was frizzled, disheveled, and thick, held out of her face by a plaid headband. "Sorry about this ma'am, but we really need to save your captive. Don't worry, those webs will dissolve in about an hour."

"Oh, now this is fascinating..." The woman said with a smirk as she watched Peter, Cindy, and Felicia approach Anne. "I must thank you for not damaging my laptop. I have a lot of valuable research on here."

"Can it lady. Don't even think about yelling for help." Felicia said with a frown, pointing a finger at the woman before turning to face Peter. "Okay, let's hurry up and untie Anne."

"Peter...that woman...I don't know about her..." Cindy whispered as she glanced back at the webbed-up woman, who was still smirking at them. "She seems oddly calm."

"We don't have time to worry about some random scientist. Our goal is to get Anne out of here." Peter said, before removing the bindings from Anne's legs. However, when Peter went to remove the ropes binding Anne's arms, he noticed that she appeared to be panicking. Her eyes were wide and she was trying to say something, but the tape covering her mouth was stopping her. "What's wrong, An-" Peter stopped mid-sentence when his Spider-Senses started flaring. Before Peter could react, he was sent flying across the room, slamming hard into a wall. Groaning in pain, Peter watched with slightly blurry vision as the brunette woman was lifted out of her seat by a set of four inflatable legs. "What...the hell? Am I seeing things? A-Are you...Doc Ock?"

"The name is Dr. Olivia Octavius." The woman revealed with a smirk as she shed her lab coat, revealing that she was wearing a high-tech-looking suit underneath. "But my enemies do call me Doc Ock."

"Peter...what the fuck is going on here?" Felicia asked, quickly untying Anne and backing away from this new Doc Ock. "When did the egghead turn into a woman?"

"Wait...what if that's not our Doc Ock..." Cindy muttered as her eyes widened in realization. "What if she's from another dimension."

"Give this girl a gold star." Olivia said, slowly clapping her hands. "With the tech, Eddie Brock has stolen for us, my counterpart from this dimension was able to create a prototype of Miguel's inter-dimensional device. It still needs some kinks worked out, but after some initial tests, they were able to bring me into this dimension."

"Why the hell are you helping Kingpin?" Peter said with a grunt as he got back onto his feet, clutching his arching chest. "How much is he paying you?"

"Oh, I could care less about the money. I'm much more interested in helping develop inter-dimensional travel, it's truly fascinating stuff." Olivia revealed, raising herself higher into the air so that she now stood over the trio. "And once Kingpin gets the device working properly, there's nothing that can stop him from uniting villains from every dimension and ruling over the multi-verse!"

"That's what his plans are!?" Peter exclaimed in shock as he felt a chill run down his spine. "I won't let that happen! We'll stop you!"

"You're welcome to try. But your efforts will be in vain." Olivia said, before using one of her legs to grab a radio and raising it to her mouth. "Attention everyone, we have intruders. Spider-Man and some of his friends are here. Make sure they don't leave this factory alive...but try not to harm Anne, we can still use Eddie Brock."

"Felicia, Cindy, get Anne out of here! I'll handle Doc Ock!" Peter exclaimed as he leaped toward Doc Ock, trying to hit her with a punch, but she easily dodged him. Knowing it wasn't smart to argue, Felicia and Cindy quickly ushered Anne out of the office. After dodging an attack from one of Doc Ock's legs, Peter clung to a wall and pressed a hand to his ear. "Natasha! We managed to get Anne, but we've run into some trouble! No time to explain! If you and Ghost Spider are gonna help, now's the time!"

"We're moving in, Peter!"

"Calling on your little friends for help?" Olivia asked in a snide tone, rushing toward Peter at an impressive speed. The wallcrawler gasped in surprise when the metallic claws on one of Doc Ock's legs began to rapidly spin like a buzzsaw. Leaping out of the way, Peter narrowly managed to avoid the spinning blades of death, watching as it slammed clean through a wall. Retracting her mechanical leg, Olivia turned to face Peter. "I'll enjoy killing you, just like we killed the Spider-Man in my dimension."

"Man, I'm dead in SO many dimensions, it's a little disheartening." Peter quipped as he side-stepped another attack from Doc Ock. Reaching out, Peter grabbed the inflatable leg and yanked Doc Ock toward him. Cocking his fist pack, Peter hit Olivia with a powerful punch, sending her stumbling backward. "But as long as I'm alive, I won't stop until Kingpin is stopped. I won't let you bastards rule the multi-verse!"

"Tch, I'm tired of constantly having to squash annoying bugs..." Olivia grunted, regaining her composure and wiping some blood from her lips. "No matter how hard we knock you down, you always manage to keep getting back up."

"I can be stubborn like that." Peter joked as he balled his fists, glaring at Doc Ock. "Now, why don't you just make this easy for the both of us and give up?"

"That's a tempting offer, but I'll pass." Olivia said, using her artificial legs to lift herself into the air before she rushed toward Peter. However, she stopped when the front doors to the factory blew open, followed by several gunshots. Looking out a nearby window that overlooked the factory floor, Olivia's eyes widened when she saw what appeared to be a symbiote burst into the building. Black tendrils shot out of the symbiote user, picking up and slamming down several of her guards. Suddenly, Black Widow rushed into the factory as well, quickly dispatching two guards with her electrified batons. "What!? I thought Brock was still under our control! Why is a symbiote here?!"

"Looks like you didn't know that pieces of Venom can attach to new hosts." Peter said as he watched Gwenom tear the guns out of several guards' hands, effortlessly destroying them. With quick and brutal efficiency, Gwenom and Natasha made their way through the factory, taking out every guard that stood in their way. "We've rescued Anne and your guards are dropping like flies. Looks like you're running out of options, Doc. Wanna reconsider giving up?"

"Grrrr, you spiders truly test my patience." Olivia growled, whipping around to face Peter, her eyes narrowing dangerously. "I'll kill you, then return to Kingpin. We don't need Anne any longer and I don't need to deal with you pesky friends."

"Seems like we're both quite stubborn. The hard way it is then!" Peter exclaimed as he rushed toward Doc Ock, firing out several balls off webbing, pinning Olivia's mechanical legs down. Leaping into the air, Peter flipped over Doc Ock and kicked her in the back, sending her crashing to the ground. Pressing his foot onto Olivia's back, Peter grabbed ahold of one of her inflatable legs and began to tear it off. With a strained grunt, Peter managed to tear off one of Olivia's extra legs and toss it aside, causing her to scream in frustration. "One down, three to go!"

"ENOUGH!" Olivia roared, yanking one of her inflatable legs free and grabbing Peter's neck. Freeing her other legs, Olivia raised herself up and roughly slammed Peter to the ground. With a grunt, Peter attempted to pry away the claws wrapped around his neck, but his efforts seemed to be useless. Panting lightly, Doc Ock glared down at Peter, reveling as she watched him struggle to breathe. "I won't allow a few pesky spiders to stand in the way of our plans! Once I squash you, I'll kill your friends as well!"

The grip around Peter's neck tightened and truly began to panic, his vision starting to blur slightly as he felt his air supply dwindling. Peter attempted to kick at Olivia in an attempt to break free, but she simply dragged him across the floor until she was out of his reach. Then, when he tried to fire a line of webbing, Doc Ock used her two remaining legs to pin both his arms to the ground. However, just as Peter's vision began to darken, the wall beside him suddenly exploded open. Managing to turn his head, Peter felt a wave of relief wash over him when he spotted Gwen standing in the hole in the wall.

"Spider-Man! We're here to..." Gwen stopped mid-sentence when she saw the situation Peter was in. Immediately, Gwen's mind unconsciously flashed back to the day the Peter Parker in her dimension had died, remembering his body going limp in her arms. "Peter! No! NO! I can't let this happen again!"

In an instant, Gwen's emotions took control as she was overcome by an overwhelming rage. The Venom symbiote spread across Gwen's body as she let out a ferocious yell, black tendrils writhing around her body. Before Olivia could even react, Gwen exploded across the room and tackled her. Once Doc Ock was off of him, Peter coughed several times as he took several deep breaths. Rubbing his neck, Peter grunted as he got back onto his feet. However, there was no time to relax. Hearing a terrified scream, Peter whipped around and was shocked by what he saw.

Gwen, seemingly lost in a symbiote-powered rage, was on top of Olivia, her black tendrils savagely ripping the mechanical legs right of Doc Ock's suit. Before Doc Ock could try to escape, Gwen's tendrils pinned all of her limbs to the ground, causing her to yell in pain as her bones nearly broke. With an animalistic growl rumbling in her throat, Gwen tightly gripped Olivia's throat with both hands and began to squeeze. Panic filled Olivia's eyes as Gwenom leaned in closer, her grip on Doc Ock's throat tightening considerably.

"You...you...bitch...you were going to kill the man I love. " Gwenom snarled as her eyes narrowed, lifting Olivia's head slightly, before roughly slamming it back down. Olivia began to gasp and writhe violently as her face started to turn blue. "How does it feel, having the life choked out of you? With every second that passes, you draw closer and closer to death. Go on, let me see the light drain from your eyes."

"GWEN! THAT'S ENOUGH!" Peter exclaimed, immediately dashing across the room and grabbing ahold of his lover. Grunting in exertion, Peter tried to pull Gwen off of Olivia. But Gwenom didn't seem to budge, completely ignoring him. "Stop, Gwen! You're going to kill her!" Panic began to set in as Peter watched Olivia's eyes roll back, knowing that she was likely seconds away from dying. "GWEN! We don't kill! You need to stop! NOW!"

"We leave for two minutes and everything goes to shit." Peter was shocked when he heard a familiar voice speak from behind him. Turning around, he was surprised to see Felicia and Cindy standing behind him. Grabbing a small spherical object off her belt, Felicia twisted its top and tossed it in front of Gwenom. "Spider, Cindy, you're gonna want to cover your eyes and ears."

Quickly realizing what the object was, Peter did what he was told averting his gaze and covering his ears. A split second later, a blinding flash of light and deafening noise filled the room as Felicia's flashbang went off. Gwenom roared in agony as the symbiote partially split off of her body, rolling off of Olivia. Quickly moving in, Cindy grabbed Olivia and moved her out of the way, laying the horrified villain against a nearby wall. However, Gwenom quickly recovered from being stunned, still in a violent rage. Spotting Olivia, she tried to rush toward Doc Ock and finish her off. But, Gwenom was stopped in her tracks by Cindy and Peter, both of them wrapping her in webbing.

"C'mon, Gwen!" Cindy grunted, doing her best to hold Gwenon back as she kept trying to break free. "Snap out of it! This isn't you!"

"Gwen! I'm fine! We're all safe! Venom! Anne is safe too! There's no need to keep fighting! Stop now before you do something you'll regret!" Peter exclaimed as he fired out another barrage of webbing, fully encasing Gwenom. Taking a gamble, Peter rushed forward and hugged Gwen tightly, holding her close. This seemed to have an effect as Gwenom stopped thrashing around and seemed to calm down a bit. "It's alright, Gwen! Everything is okay! I know you were probably scared, seeing me like that, but I'm safe now." Grabbing Gwen's head, Peter pressed it against his chest. "Come back to me, Gwen. Come back to us."

"P-Pe...ter..." Gwen said, taking a shaky breath as the Venom symbiote fully retracted off her body. Feeling tears sting her eyes, Gwen wrapped her arms around Peter and returned his embrace. "I'm so glad you're safe. When...when I saw the woman strangling you...I just saw red and my mind went black..." Looking around the destroyed office, Gwen's breath hitched when she saw the horrified state Doc Ock was in. "W-What the hell did I do?"

"It's okay, Gwen. We stopped you before you went too far." Peter said in a reassuring tone as he gently pushed Gwen away and locked eyes with her. "You really had me worried there for a second."

"I-I'm...I'm so sorry, Peter..." Gwen cried, feeling tears streaming down her cheeks as she hugged Peter once again, burying her face into his chest. "I...I almost did something terrible."

"Shhhhh, everything is fine now..." Peter comforted as he allowed Gwen to cry against him. Turning his head slightly, he saw that Cindy and Felicia staring at him. "Thanks for coming back...I don't know if I could have stopped Gwen by myself. Did you get Anne to safety?"

"Yeah, we dropped her off at Natasha's bike before we came back." Cindy replied, glancing over at Olivia, who was shivering and rocking in place. "So...that's the power of a symbiote...pretty scary."

"Girl, you don't know the half of it." Felicia scoffed as she rested her hands on her hips. "The last thing you want to do is piss off a symbiote. We're lucky Gwen only has a fraction of the Venom symbiote on her."

"Hey guys, things are all secure-" Natasha stopped mid-sentence when she walked into the trashed office and spotted the strange scene. "Am I interrupting something?"

"Nah, everything is good now, Natasha." Peter said before he pointed toward Olivia. "But we've got a serious problem. We need to get her to Miguel ASAP."

(Thirty Minutes Later: Avengers Tower)

"This is bad...seriously bad..." Miguel muttered as he began to pace back and forth, looking at Olivia's scan as it projected off the computer on his wrist. "She's definitely from a different dimension...Olivia Octavius...Earth-1650A..."

"So, that's why Fisk needed Eddie Brock..." Natasha said, leaning against a nearby wall as her brow furrowed. "He was using Venom to steal parts he needed."

"And if they were able to bring her here, that means they're close to having it fully operational." Cindy added as she stroked her chin, a worried look in her eyes. "All they'd need to do now is basically refine and expand."

"Bringing in villains from across the multi-verse..." Gwen said in disbelief, tightly gripping the edge of the table she was sitting on. "I hate to say this...but this might be getting too big for us to handle."

"Natasha, have you been able to get in touch with any of the other Avengers?" Peter asked as he glanced over at the redhead. "We're gonna need some serious backup."

"I'm sorry, Peter, but it's been pretty much radio silent." Natasha replied, slowly shaking her head. "But, all hope isn't lost. Tony did manage to secure us a bit of support before he took off."

"Who did he get?" Peter asked as he crossed his arms over his chest. "Because we're gonna need all the help we can get."

"Well, apparently Tony's check just cleared, so...we'll have the support of the mercenaries from Silver Sable International." Natasha answered, causing Peter's eyes to widen slightly. "And apparently Carol Danvers is on her way here from off world."

"Carol Danvers?" Gwen repeated in a confused tone as she cocked her head slightly. "Who's that?"

"Captain Marvel is her hero name." Peter said, looking over at Gwen. "And she'll be our ace in the hole. She's who you call when you need the big guns."

"Glad she's on our side then." Cindy said before she looked at Peter. "When Natasha mentioned Silver Sable International, you looked kind of surprised, Peter."

"Uh, let's just say Silver Sable and I have history." Peter replied, releasing a light sigh as he shrugged his shoulders. "Let's just leave it at that."

"Oh, don't be so coy, Spider." Felicia suddenly said as she leaned against the room's doorway. "You can tell you had a brief...and I mean brief...little fling with Sable. I think you guys barely lasted a week together."

"Thanks for bringing that up, Felicia." Petter said, doing his best to hide his slightly flushed face. "I thought you went back home."

"I was just about to head out. But, I needed to do something before I left..." Felicia said as she sauntered over to Peter, putting a large sway in her hips. Peter's red face darkened as Felicia stood before him, a teasing smirk on her face. Then, to everyone's surprise, Felicia lunged forward and wrapped her arms around Peter's neck, pulling him in for a deep, passionate kiss. After breaking their intense liplock, Felicia leaned in and whispered hotly into Peter's ear. "Remember our agreement. I helped you rescue Anne...I expect a very romantic date tomorrow night."

"I...I uh..." Peter stammered with a near neon red face as he stared in shock at Felicia, stunned by what had just happened. "I...sounds good to me..."

"Alright then. I'll start making plans." Felicia said with a satisfied smile, walking out of the room with a noticeable bounce in her step. Stopping the doorframe, Felicia turned around and blew Peter a kiss. "See you tomorrow night, Spider."

"Well, that happened faster than I was expecting." Gwen said as she stared at the door Felicia had walked out of. "But, I guess I shouldn't be surprised."

"I am so confused." Natasha said with wide eyes as she looked at everyone in the room several times. "What the hell just happened?"

"Gwen and I will tell you about it later." Cindy said, walking over and patting Natasha on the back. "There's a lot to talk about."

"Can we please get back on topic? We have more pressing matters." Miguel said as he clapped his hands to get everyone's attention. "If we don't find Kingpin and Goblin soon, they could have my device ready and fully functional within the week."

"What the hell are we going to do?" Peter said, tightly gripping his mask as he looked down at the floor. "We have no idea where Kingpin is building this device...and we can't just swing up and down the streets looking for him."

"Well, all hope isn't lost let." Miguel said as he tapped away on his wrist computer, throwing up a large projection. "My device lets out a special energy signature not common in this dimension whenever it's used."

"So, we just need to look out for this energy signature." Gwen finished, hopping off the table and nodding her head. "That makes our job easier."

"Not necessarily." Miguel said which quickly dashed everyone's hope for a quick victory. "The energy signature only lasts for a few seconds and it could appear anywhere in the city, at any time. But, I'll send out my drones and have them scour the city...I just hope we locate my device before it's fully completed."

"So, what should we do?" Natasha asked as she crossed her arms underneath her chest. "I don't like the idea of standing around and doing nothing."

"Well, you could probably use your web of contacts to try and dig up some information on where Kingpin might be. Someone has to know something." Miguel said, before gesturing toward Peter, Gwen, and Cindy. "As for you three...just do what you usually do. Go out on patrols. Stop crimes. Be friendly neighborhood spider...uh...people. Don't let Kingpin or any of his goons get suspicious that we may be onto them. The last thing we need is for them to catch on and move my device into an even more secure location. In fact, Peter, you can start right now. I believe you promised Miles that you'd start training him."

"You're right, can't let the kid down." Peter said as he began to jog toward to door. However, he stopped in the doorway and spun around. "While I'm gone, Gwen, why don't you take Cindy out on a patrol too? She could use the experience."

"That's not a bad idea." Gwen said, stroking her chin as she glanced over at Cindy. "If we're gonna go up against Kingpin, and who knows who else, she's gonna need to learn fast. What do you say, Cindy?"

"Sounds good to me." Cindy replied as she eagerly nodded her head and pulled up her face wrap. "Kingpin needs to be stopped, and I'll do everything I can to help you guys."

"That's good to hear." Peter said with a small smile, before waving and dashing down the hall. "I'll see you guys later!"

(Avengers' Meeting Room)

"Hey, Miles! You in here!" Peter called out as he walked into the meeting room, expecting to see the teenager eagerly waiting for him. However, Peter was surprised when he saw that the room appeared to be empty. "Miles? I'm ready to do some training...where are-"

"Hey, Peter!" Suddenly, Miles materialized directly in front of Peter, causing him to yelp in shock. "Heh, sorry, didn't mean to scare you."

"W-What the hell!?" Peter exclaimed with wide eyes as he stared at Miles in disbelief. "Were...were you just invisible?!"

"Uh...I guess..." Miles said, shrugging his shoulders as he scratched his head. "I've done it a few times before...but it's always been involuntary...I don't know how to control it yet."

"Hmmm, that's something we'll need to work on then. Turning invisible...that's an incredibly useful power." Peter said which caused Miles to smile brightly at the praise. "Is there anything else you can do?"

"I..." Miles said as he stared down at his hands, clenching them a few times and furrowing his brow. "I don't know."

"Well, let's head out and see what you can do." Peter said with a grin, clapping his hands together. "So, is your costume ready?"

"Oh, man! I can't wait for you to see it!" Miles said with a beaming smile before he dashed to the other side of the meeting room, ducking inside a small cubby. After a few moments, Miles emerged dressed in his very own costume. "So! What do you think!?"

Peter couldn't help but chuckle when he immediately noticed that Miles had grabbed one of his old suits to work on. Instead of his traditional blue and red color scheme, Miles seemingly spray-painted most of the suit black, leaving a few red highlights around the shoulders, fingers, feet, and around the lens of the mask. But the most standout feature was the somewhat crude-looking spider symbol on the back and chest, with the symbol on Miles' chest almost resembling a basketball.

"Hmmm, it could use a bit of refining, but it looks great, Miles!" Peter said, giving a thumbs up which caused Miles to cheer and pump his fists into the air. "Alright, if you're all set, let's get going."

"Awesome!" Miles exclaimed as he followed Peter out of the meeting room. "So, what are we doing?"

"Well, let's get all the boring, practical stuff out of the way first." Peter replied, leading Miles toward the elevators. "First, be careful washing the suit, you don't want it shrinking on you. Second, always remember to disinfect the mask or else it gets gross real fast. Third, use a lot of baby powder on the joints, it'll stop you from chaffing. Lastly, and this is gonna sound weird, but if you can, try not to swing everywhere. That way you'll keep your arms and legs fresh."

"Okay...okay...got it..." Miles said as he tapped away on his phone, appearing to be taking notes on what Peter was saying. "What else?"

"That's about it for the boring stuff." Peter said, stepping into the elevator and pressing the button for the roof. "Now, we get to the fun part. I'm taking you out on patrol."

(Two Minutes Later: Avengers' Tower Helipad)

"A-Are you sure about this, Peter?" Miles asked hesitantly as he looked over the roof's edge at the street far below, feeling his stomach churn. "I don't know if I can do this."

"I'll tell you the same thing I told Cindy. You just need to take a leap of faith, Miles." Peter said, facing Miles as he stood on the edge of the helipad. "Believe in yourself and let your instincts take over." Peter flashed Miles a smirk before he pulled down his mask and fell backward off the helipad. "I'LL SEE YOU DOWN BELOW!"

"Peter wa-" But Miles was too late, Peter was long gone, having already fallen several stories. Watching Peter's descent, Miles watched as he effortlessly fired out a line of webbing and swung off a nearby building. Feeling his heart thundering in his chest, Miles took several deep breaths as he looked at the ground below. Shaking his body in an attempt to limber up, Miles suddenly sprinted toward the edge of the helipad. However, just before Miles lept off the helipad, he tripped over a small divet, tumbling over the edge. "WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!"

Screaming in terror, the only thing Miles could hear was the rushing wind as he rapidly plummeted toward the ground. He frantically waved his limbs, looking as if he was trying to swim in the air. Desperately thinking of what to do, Miles remembered what Peter had told him moments earlier.

"Just believe in myself...let my instincts take over..." Closing his eyes, Miles took a deep breath and shut out everything surrounding him. Once he had regained his composure, Miles opened his eyes and aimed his webshooter at a nearby building. Firing out a line of webbing, Miles performed his first swing. It was somewhat awkward and didn't look particularly graceful, but Miles managed to propel himself forward after letting go at the height of his swing. After a few more sloppy swings, Miles seemed to fall into a grove, his form already improving greatly. "YEAH! THIS IS AWESOME!"

"Look at you, Miles!" Peter exclaimed in a proud tone, hanging upside down on his web as he looked back at the young spider person. "You're really getting the hang of this! You'll be a pro in no time!"

"HAHAHA! This is the best!" Miles cheered as he vaulted off a lamppost to launch himself forward. "So, what's next man!?"

"Next, we stop your first crime. Something small though, I don't think you're ready to take down Scorpion or anything." Peter said before landing on the side of an apartment building. Moments later Miles joined, panting slightly as he caught his breath. Activating his HUD, Peter began to analyze the police scanners, looking for anything that caught his eye. "Car-jacking...bodega robbery... high-speed chase...maybe a-" Peter was cut off by a sudden scream coming from nearby. Gazing down the street, Peter spotted two men dragging a woman into an alley. "Here we go! A classic mugging, this will be perfect practice, Miles! Let's go!"

Both Spider-Men quickly followed after the thugs, finding them halfway down the alley. One of the thugs had a knife to the woman's throat, while the other rifled through her purse, looking for anything valuable. Miles and Peter silently dropped behind the thugs, neither of them aware of the wallcrawlers' presence.

"So, what do we do?" Miles whispered nervously rubbing his hands together. "Do we each take one?"

"Nah, this one's all yours, Miles. I'll jump in if you need help, but I can't really hold your hand for stuff like this. You need to learn through experience." Peter replied quietly as he gently nudged Miles toward the thugs. "Now, get in there. I know you can do this, Miles."

"Would you hurry the fuck up man! We don't go all damn day!" The first thug exclaimed as he shoved the woman they were robbing, causing her to yelp in fear.

"I'm trying man! There's like a hundred fucking pockets in this damn purse!"

"H-Hey!" Miles awkwardly announced as he stood in behind the thugs, resting his fists on his hips. Immediately both thugs whipped around, shocked to see the masked hero. "L-Let the woman g-go!"

"Who the fuck is this?"

"I don't know man, there's a new masked weirdo every fucking week, I can't keep up." However, the second thug instantly tensed up when he spotted Peter leaning against the wall behind Miles, observing the situation. "Spider-Man? You're here too? Do you know this guy?"

"He's a newbie I'm training." Peter replied as he stepped away from the wall, crossing his arms over his chest. "And you guys are the first bad guys he's going to take down. Being a new hero's first bust, you should feel really special."

"Fuck...why'd it have to be god damn Spider-Man again..." The first thug growled in a frustrated tone.

"Wait a second..." Peter muttered as he stroked his chin, closely examining the first thug for several moments. Suddenly, Peter gasped and burst out laughing. "Oh my god! You're the same mugger I caught a few days ago! How are you doing man? You got out of jail quick!"

"Screw you Spider-Man! I ain't forget how you and that bitch humiliated me! She posted those damn pictures online! I was made into a joke!"

"Hey, you can't blame anyone but yourself." Peter said as he shrugged his shoulders. "Anyway, you unfortunately won't be dealing with me today. My friend here will be personally kicking your butts."

"Tch, you're looking down on us!" The second thug exclaimed in anger, pulling out a knife of his own and rushing toward Miles. "I'll gut you both!"

"Woah! Crap!" Miles exclaimed as he jumped backward, narrowly avoiding the thug's blade. With his spider-sense and increased reflexes, Miles easily managed to avoid each of the thug's wild knife swings. But, Miles knew that he couldn't just dodge forever, so he decided to go on the offensive. After side-stepping another wide slash, Miles kicked out the thug's legs, causing him to crash to the ground. Quickly kicking away the thug's knife, Miles webbed him to the ground before he could get back up. "Alright, that's one-"

"You little shit!" Suddenly, Miles was tackled to the ground by the first thug. Slamming onto his back, Miles' eyes widened in shock when the villain straddled his waist, preparing to perform a powerful, overhead swing. When the thug brought his knife, Miles reacted quickly and grabbed his wrists, stopping the blade a few inches away from his chest. "Die you fucking bug!"

Peter was about to step in and help Miles, but a strange crackling in the air stopped him. Suddenly, the air around Miles seemed to hum as sparks of blue electricity began to crackle off him. The amount of electricity only seemed to increase with every second that passed, practically surging off Miles' body now. The thug was completely terrified of what was happening, pulling his knife away from Miles in a panic.

"Get...OFF ME!" Miles yelled as he unleashed the electricity he had been building up, blasting the thug back several feet. Panting heavily, Miles got back onto his feet, slowly approaching the thug. Thoroughly singed and smoking slightly, the thug appeared to be out cold. Just to be safe, Miles webbed the thug up as well. Bending down, Miles picked up the woman's purse and handed it back to her. "H-Here you go, ma'am."

"Thank you..." The woman said as she took her purse, hugging it against her chest. "Thank you so much...uh...what do I call you?"

"Oh...that's a good question." Miles said, chuckling lightly as he scratched his cheek. "It's my first day, so I don't really have a superhero name yet."

"Just call him Spider-Man." Peter said as wrapped an arm around Miles' shoulders and pulled him close. "That's the perfect name for him."

"But...aren't you Spider-Man?" The woman asked in a confused tone, pointing directly at Peter.

"We're both Spider-Man." Peter replied as he patted Miles' shoulder and began to lead him out of the alley. "Now, you have a great day ma'am! Make sure to call the police before you leave!" Once they were out of the alley, Peter dashed in front of Miles. "That...that was amazing, Miles! Not only can you turn invisible...it seems like you can harness bio-electricity! That is so cool!"

"Uh...thanks, Peter." Miles said with a small smile, somewhat embarrassed by the rush of praise. Reaching up, Miles began to rub his arm. "Hey, Peter...I really appreciate what you said back there...but are you sure? Can...can I really be called Spider-Man?"

"What are you talking about, Miles? Of course, you can." Peter said in a reassuring tone as he gently gripped Miles' shoulders, locking eyes with him. "Sure, in this dimension, there may be two Spider-Men. But when you get back home...it's just gonna be you, and someone needs to be Spider-Man there. And I can't think of anyone better, I'm sure your Peter would agree."

"Pete...I...I don't..." Miles began to get choked up, feeling tears sting his eyes. Sniffling a few times, Miles suddenly lunged forward and embraced Peter in a tight hug. "Thank you...thank you so much...I promise I won't let you down."

"I know you won't." Peter said as he gently patted Miles' back. After a few more moments, Miles ended their embrace and pulled up his mask, quickly wiping away his tears. "Now, why don't we keep going with our patrol? I'm sure we'll run into-"

"Hello. Peter, are you there?"

"Miguel?" Peter said in a somewhat confused tone, pressing a hand to his ear. "What's up, man?"

"I need you and Miles to go check something out for me. I'm detecting some weird energy spikes...the same ones that appeared when Gwen, Miles, and I were brought to this dimension."

"So...that means another spider person may have been pulled into this dimension." Peter finished as his eyes widened slightly. "Then, we need to find them fast. Where did the energy spike come from?"

"I don't have an exact location, just that it came from Central Park."

"Okay, Miles and I are on it! We'll find them!" Peter exclaimed, leaping into the air and firing a line of webbing at a nearby building. "Come on, Miles! We need to hurry!"

(Twenty Minutes Later: Pathes of Central Park)

"So, what exactly are we looking for?" Miles asked as they walked down one of the many paths sprinkled throughout Central Park. "We've kinda been walking around aimlessly."

"Not what. Who. Someone else may have been sucked into this dimension, just like you Miles, and we need to find them." Peter said, walking underneath a footbridge. "I just don't know exactly where to look. Miguel only said that they were likely in Central Park. I guess we could just walk around until our spider-senses start going haywire."

Then, almost as if on cue, both Peter and Miles grunted in pain as their spider-senses began firing off. Hearing a pained grunt from overhead, Peter looked up into a tree overhead and was shocked to see someone staring back at him. Before Peter could react, the mysterious stranger dropped from the tree and tackled him to the ground. With a grunt, Peter landed on his back, with the newcomer straddling his waist, their fist cocked back.

"Anata wa daredesuka!?" Hearing an unfamiliar language, Peter took a moment to examine who was on top of him. Whoever it was, judging by their appearance, they were definitely the spider person Peter was looking for. The stranger was a woman who appeared to be in her early twenties. Her suit was quite unique because it didn't have a mask, simply a hood that went over her head. The girl had large brown eyes and brown hair that was visible underneath her hood. Her suit was largely a pale pink, with portions along her legs, hands, and most of her torso. Her chest sported a large, stylized pink spider symbol, and her hood looked like it had lenses similar to the ones that were on Peter's mask. "Naze watashi o sagashite iru nodesu ka!?"

"Uh, Peter!? What do I do!?" Miles asked as he stood a few feet away, awkwardly raising his fists. "Do...do you want me to get her off you?"

"No...no...let me handle this, Miles. She's probably just scared." Peter said, raising his hands in an attempt to show the girl that he meant her no harm. "Karen, can you auto-translate what she's saying."

"Of course, Peter. Give me a moment."

"Mōikkai dake kiku yo!" The mysterious girl exclaimed as she balled his fist, ready to strike Peter. "Ittai dareda...are you!?"

"All finished, Peter. It appears that she was speaking Japanese. I've tuned your earpieces so that they'll work with my auto-translation program."

"Wait! Wait! Wait!" Peter exclaimed, digging into his suit and pulling out a set of earpieces. The girl looked quite confused as Peter offered them to her. Hesitantly, the girl reached out and took the ear pieces as Peter began to gesture toward his ears. Taking the hint, the girl plugged the ear pieces in. "So...can you understand me?"

"Woah...I totally can...and it looks like you can understand me too." The girl said in a surprised tone as she tapped the ear piece a few times. "These things are amazing." Realizing that she was still on top of Peter, the girl quickly hopped off him and offered him a hand. "Sorry about jumping you like that...I just don't know what the hell is going on."

"That's gonna take a bit of explaining." Miles chuckled, crossing his arms over his chest as his own ear pieces translated as well. "But don't worry, we're here to help you."

"So..." Peter said as he took the girl's hand and got back onto his feet. Pulling up his mask partway, Peter locked eyes with the newcomer, now realizing that he was a good bit taller than her. "My name is Peter Parker...and that's Miles Morales..." Extending his hand, Peter offered it to the mysterious girl. "And you are?"

"The name's Hida Haruka." The girl revealed with a bright smile, enthusiastically shaking Peter's hand. "But you can call me Sakura Spider!"

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"So, what exactly are we looking for?" Miles asked as they walked down one of the many paths sprinkled throughout Central Park. "We've kinda been walking around aimlessly."

"Not what. Who. Someone else may have been sucked into this dimension, just like you Miles, and we need to find them." Peter said, walking underneath a footbridge. "I just don't know exactly where to look. Miguel only said that they were likely in Central Park. I guess we could just walk around until our spider-senses start going haywire."

Then, almost as if on cue, both Peter and Miles grunted in pain as their spider senses began firing off. Hearing a pained grunt from overhead, Peter looked up into a tree overhead and was shocked to see someone staring back at him. Before Peter could react, the mysterious stranger dropped from the tree and tackled him to the ground. With a grunt, Peter landed on his back, with the newcomer straddling his waist, their fist cocked back.

"Anata wa daredesuka!?" Hearing an unfamiliar language, Peter took a moment to examine who was on top of him. Whoever it was, judging by their appearance, they were definitely the spider person Peter was looking for. The stranger was a woman who appeared to be in her early twenties. Her suit was quite unique because it didn't have a mask, simply a hood that went over her head. The girl had large brown eyes and brown hair that was visible underneath her hood. Her suit was largely a pale pink, with webbing patterns, and pure black portions along her legs, hands, and most of her torso. Her chest sported a large, stylized pink spider symbol, and her hood looked like it had lenses similar to the ones that were on Peter's mask. "Naze watashi o sagashite iru nodesu ka!?"

"Uh, Peter!? What do I do!?" Miles asked as he stood a few feet away, awkwardly raising his fists. "Do...do you want me to get her off you?"

"No...no...let me handle this, Miles. She's probably just scared." Peter said, raising his hands in an attempt to show the girl that he meant her no harm. "Karen, can you auto-translate what she's saying."

"Of course, Peter. Give me a moment."

"Mōikkai dake kiku yo!" The mysterious girl exclaimed as she balled his fist, ready to strike Peter. "Ittai dareda...are you!?"

"All finished, Peter. It appears that she was speaking Japanese. I've tuned your earpieces so that they'll work with my auto-translation program."

"Wait! Wait! Wait!" Peter exclaimed, digging into his suit and pulling out a set of earpieces. The girl looked quite confused as Peter offered them to her. Hesitantly, the girl reached out and took the earpieces as Peter began to gesture toward his ears. Taking the hint, the girl plugged the earpieces in. "So...can you understand me?"

"Woah...I totally can...and it looks like you can understand me too." The girl said in a surprised tone as she tapped the earpiece a few times. "These things are amazing." Realizing that she was still on top of Peter, the girl quickly hopped off him and offered him a hand. "Sorry about jumping you like that...I just don't know what the hell is going on."

"That's gonna take a bit of explaining." Miles chuckled, crossing his arms over his chest as his own earpieces translated as well. "But don't worry, we're here to help you."

"So..." Peter said as he took the girl's hand and got back onto his feet. Pulling up his mask partway, Peter locked eyes with the newcomer, now realizing that he was a good bit taller than her. "My name is Peter Parker...and that's Miles Morales..." Extending his hand, Peter offered it to the mysterious girl. "And you are?"

"The name's Hida Haruka." The girl revealed with a bright smile, enthusiastically shaking Peter's hand. "But you can call me Sakura Spider!"

"Sakura Spider? That's a cool name, it fits your costume perfectly." Peter said as he pressed a hand to his ear, opening a line of communication with Avenger's Tower. "Hey Miguel, we found that newest dimension hopper?"

"Nice job, Peter. I've actually been monitoring the situation using a drone I had in the area. If Ms. Cherry Blossom doesn't mind, I'd like to get a scan of her. Just give me a moment, I'm updating Karen and giving her access to some of my tech."

"Dimension hopper?" Haruka repeated in a confused tone, quirking an eyebrow as she glanced over at Miles. "Just what the hell is going on?"

"Oh boy..." Miles said with a nervous chuckle as he rubbed the back of his head. "I could try to explain it...but, I promise it won't make any sense."

"Uh...Haruka..." Peter said, awkwardly raising his hand to get the woman's attention. "If it's alright, could I scan you really quick?"

"Scan me?" Haruka asked in a suspicious tone as her eyes narrowed slightly, using her arms to cover herself. "What's up with that? This isn't something perverted is it?"

"No! No! NO!" Peter exclaimed, frantically waving his arms as his face flushed red. "It's just to determine what dimension you were pulled from!"

"There you go mentioning 'dimensions' again..." Haruka said as she stepped forward and roughly poked Peter in the chest. "I think it's about time someone explained to me just what the hell is happening. The last time I remember, I was taking down a Yakuza hideout. Then, there was a bright flash and I was sucked into a portal or something and I ended up here." Releasing an annoyed huff, Hida gazed at the towering buildings that surrounded the park. "And where the hell am I anyway? This definitely isn't Tokyo."

"You're in New York..." Miles chimed in, partially pulling up his mask as he attempted to ease the tension. "I'm in the same boat as you Haruka. There's a few of us actually Trust me, Peter is here to help."

"..." Haruka said nothing for several moments as she gazed into Miles' eyes. It didn't take her long to determine that he wasn't lying. with a light sigh, Hida stepped away from Peter and pulled her hood down. "Sorry about that, this whole situation just has me on edge." Resting her hands on her hips, Hida looked at Peter. "Okay, scan away."

"Thanks, Haruka..." Peter said with a smile before pulling his mask back down. "Karen, did you receive Miguel's update?"

"Yes, Peter. I've applied the update to your HUD. Just stare at Ms. Hida for a few moments while the scan finishes."

"Let's get this over with." Peter said as he activated Miguel's program, looking at Hida from head to toe as she was scanned. After a few moments, the scan was completed and Peter was hit with a flurry of information. "Haruka Hida...from Earth-346...you were taken in by Aunt Mei and Uncle Tsutomu...your mother is alive...but your father was...killed by a Hyrda agent."

"That's why I was infiltrating that Yakuza hideout." Haruka said, tightly gripping her harm as she turned her gaze away from Peter. "They were aiding Hydra in Japan...and I couldn't let those bastards hurt anyone else."

"You don't have to explain yourself, Haruka." Peter said as he walked over and placed a comforting hand on Haruka's shoulder. "I understand, I've been there too."

"I may still be new to this whole 'Spider-Man' thing, but I understand that feeling too." Miles said, staring down at his hands and clenching his fists. "I feel like I need to do everything in my power to help others. Because if I don't...who else will?"

"With great power, comes great responsibility." Peter said as he pulled up his mask, a sad smile on his face. Seeing the looks Miles and Haruka were giving him, Peter chuckled. "It's something my Uncle Ben said to me...right before he was killed...and it's really stuck with me."

"It sounds like you Uncle Ben was a very wise man." Haruka said, flipping her hood back up. "How about we get out of this park? Do you have a base or something?"

"Yeah! We'll take you there!" Miles exclaimed in an excited tone as his eyes lit up. "You're gonna love Avengers Tower! It's so awesome!"

"Avengers?" Haruka parroted in a confused tone, quirking an eyebrow. "Is that an idol group or something?"

"Oh boy, we've got a lot to fill you in on." Peter said as he released a light sigh and pulled down his mask. "Come on, I'll explain things on the way."

(Twenty Minutes Later: Avengers Tower)

"Wait, wait, wait..." Hida said, walking backward out of the elevator as she faced Peter and waved her arms. "You're telling me that you went to space and fought a big purple alien?"

"And that half of life in the entire universe was just snapped out of existence? Man, you've experienced some crazy stuff, Peter..." Miles said as he pulled off his mask and rubbed the back of his head. "The craziest thing that's happened to me is almost getting caught throwing up some graffiti by my dad."

"When you've been Spider-Man as long as I have, weird stuff is gonna happen...a lot..." Peter said with a chuckle, leading the group through the halls toward the conference room. "So, how about you, Haruka? Have any weird stuff happen to you?"

"Hmmm..." Haruka muttered, tapping her chin as she wracked her brain. "I'm a part of this group called the Samurai Squad and have had a ton of weird stuff happen to me. But, I guess the strangest thing was when I had to recruit an idol called Neiro Aratabi, who was the host of a symbiote called Kage. I was teamed up with this total psycho, Deadpool. I thought he'd be a hindrance at first, but he ended up being a big help."

"..." Peter suddenly froze stiff and stopped in his tracks, surprising Miles and Haruka. "Did you just say Deadpool?"

"Uh, yeah?" Haruka said in a confused tone as she quirked an eyebrow. "What's up, Peter?"

"Hold up, I'm lost..." Miles said, scratching his head as he looked between Peter and Haruka. "Who's Dead-"

"SHHHHH!" Peter exclaimed as he rushed over and slapped his hand over Miles' mouth, surprising the young hero. "Don't say his name too much! I swear, he can hear you and will pop up out of nowhere! We don't need that lunatic showing up."

"You have to be kidding me?" Haruka said with a chuckle, resting her hands on her hips. "I know Deadpool is a little...eccentric...but he's not a bad guy."

"No, he's not a bad guy. But, he is fucking insane..." Peter said as he pulled his hand away from Miles' mouth. "I can't deal with him right now on top of all the other crazy shit happening."

"Peter, we're in Avengers Tower...one of the most secure places in the whole world." Miles said, spinning around in the hallway as he gestured toward the advanced-looking architecture around them. "There's no way this Deadpool guy could just show up here."

"Heh, you'd think that was true..." Peter said as he released a light sigh, walking backward down the hallway. "But, he's done it before. I don't know how he does it. Deadpool just-" Peter grunted when he suddenly backed into something. Immediately knowing what it was, Peter groaned in annoyance. "Oh, fuck me."

"If you insist." A jovial voice said from behind Peter as a pair of arms wrapped around his waist. Miles and Haruka were surprised when a masked face suddenly rested on Peter's shoulder. "How are you kids doing? I heard my name and I thought that I'd see what's up."

"GAH!" Miles exclaimed, leaping backward and wildly swinging his arms as he briefly turned invisible. "Where the hell did this guy come from!?"

"Miles, this is Deadpool." Haruka said as she rested her hands on her hips. "Huh, guess you were right, Peter?"

"Hey, are you multiplying or something? There's a lot more of you Spider-Men...Spider-Women? Spider...people? There are more people crawling on walls than normal." Deadpool asked, playfully poking Peter's cheek. However, he cocked his head as he stared at Haruka, his eyes narrowing slightly. "You...I don't know why, but I feel like we've met before."

"Well, we have...sort of..." Haruka explained as she pulled down her hood and rubbed the back of her neck. "We worked together back in my dimension."

"Your dimension?" Deadpool said in a confused tone, stepping out from behind Peter. "The hell are you talking about?"

"It's a long story, Wade." Peter said as he released a light sigh and pulled off his mask. "Long story short, several people have brought to this universe from different dimensions. And the tech to do that is in Wilson Fisk's hands. There's a chance he may be trying to raise an army and take over the multi-verse."

"Whoaho, that's wild." Deadpool said, clasping his hands behind his head and letting out a low whistle. "Seems like you guys are in quite the predicament."

"So, does this guy have any crazy powers?" Miles asked as he looked at Peter and Haruka, gesturing toward Deadpool. "Would he be able to help us?"

"Nah, sorry kid, I don't have any insane superpowers. I'm just your run-of-the-mill, virtually immortal merc for hire." Deadpool said, walking down the hall past the three spider people. "And, even if I did have awesome powers like you guys, I wouldn't help anyway. I've got other things to do. So, if you'll excuse me, I'll see myself out."

"Are you seriously just gonna leave?" Haruka asked as she shot out a line of webbing and stopped Deadpool in his tracks. "The entire multi-verse may be at risk and you're just gonna run away? I didn't know the Wade Wilson in this dimension was a coward."

"Look kid, the Deadpool in your dimension sounds like a real badass, but trust me, I ain't no fucking coward. And I can guarantee you that I'm twice...no three times better than him!" Deadpool said, unsheathing one of his katanas and slicing the webbing that was attached to his back. Continuing to walk down the hall, Deadpool disappeared around a corner. "Good luck guys, you're gonna need it!"

"Wait, Wade! Hold-" Peter stopped mid-sentence when he looked around the corner Wade had gone, but saw that the Merc with a Mouth had seemingly vanished into thing air. "Damn it, how does he do that?"

"Man, that sucks..." Miles said as he released a light sigh, frowning and resting his hands on his hips. "We could use all the help we can get."

"Oh, don't worry. Wade may have said that he won't help, but I bet he will...at least not directly." Haruka said with a smirk, flashing Miles a 'peace' sign. "If he's anything like the Deadpool I know, he hates being called a coward."

"Wow, you really have spent a lot of time with Deadpool." Peter said with a chuckle as he patted Haruka's shoulder. "I usually can't stand the guy for more than ten minutes. Now come on, you should meet the rest of the team, Haruka."

(Avenger's Tower: Meeting Room)

"So, you guys are finally back." Gwen said, watching as Peter, Miles, and Haruka entered the meeting room. "And you brought a new friend."

"Yeah, I'm sure Miguel briefed you all. This is hopefully the last spider-person that gets dragged into this dimension." Peter said as he placed his hand on Haruka's back and gently nudged her forward. All of the members of their ragtag group smiled and waved to their newest potential member. "Everyone, I'd like you to meet Haruka Hida."

"Kon'nichiwa, min'na..." Haruka said with a smile as she bowed her head slightly. "Minasan to issho ni hatarakeru koto o ureshiku omoimasu. Watashi o yoku atsukatte kudasai."

"Ugh, Peter..." Cindy said in a confused tone, rubbing her ear. "Unless my hearing is messed up, this girl doesn't speak English."

"That's weird..." Miles said as he looked at Cindy and quirked an eyebrow. "I thought you'd understand her, Cindy."

"Dude!" Peter hissed, immediately slapping Miles' arm. "Cindy is Korean, not Japanese!"

"O-Oh! Shoot!" Miles exclaimed as his face flushed bright red in embarrassment. "I'm so sorry, Cindy! I didn't know!"

"It's fine, Miles. I know you didn't have any bad intentions...and like you said, you didn't know." Cindy said with a small smile, causing Miles to breathe a sigh of relief. "But, this is an issue, Peter. How are we supposed to work with Haruka if we can't understand her?"

"I actually speak Japanese." Natasha chimed in as she approached Haruka and smiled. "Ano futari wa kurō shimashita ka? Chinamini watashinonamaeha Natasha Romanov desu.

"Wow, Ms. Romanov, I'm impressed. That was pretty spot on." Haruka said with a smirk, crossing her arms underneath her chest. "And no, they conducted themselves perfectly well. We had no issues."

"Well, that's good to hear." Natasha said as she glanced over at Peter and Miles, giving them a thumbs up. "Nice job not screwing up guys."

"Hey, I resent that! I never screw up...that often...only every now and then...anyway, let's get back on topic! We've got the whole 'not understanding Haruka' thing figured out." Peter said as he reached up and tapped the communicator in his ear. "Karen can auto-translate for us. In fact, can you configure everyone else's earpieces?"

"Already on it, Peter. Auto-translation should now be working for everyone."

"That's great..." Gwen said, taking a moment to adjust her earpieces. "Can you try talking again, Haruka?"

"Sure, thing. Test, test, 1, 2, 3..." Haruka said as she looked at everyone present in the room. They all nodded, telling her that they were understanding her loud and clear. "Good, now we can all understand each other. So, let's all get along."

"Here, here to that." Miguel said walking into the meeting room as he tapped away at the computer on his wrist. "I received the scan from Peter...Haruka Hida from Earth-346...lived in Tokyo, Japan...I think you'll make a fine addition to the team."

"That's Miguel O'Hara." Peter said as he leaned closer to Haruka, watching as Miguel powered over the data he was receiving. "He's kind of running point of this operation. Actually, he created the thing that brought you to this dimension."

"So, I take it he's from another dimension too." Haruka said, carefully studying Miguel as her eyes narrowed slightly. "He does look kind of out of place."

"Yeah, right now, including you, there's been four spider-people sucked into this dimension. Miguel is from Earth-928 and apparently, it's the year 2099 there." Peter explained as he rubbed the back of his neck. "I know this can all be a bit...overwhelming. I know it took me a while to process everything that's been happening."

"Yeah, it's a lot to take in. But, like you said earlier, when you do our job, you kind of get used to weird shit happening." Haruka said, releasing a light sigh before she approached Miguel. "So, since you're basically the point man of this team, what's the plan? How do we fix things and get us home?"

"That's a deceptively tricky question." Miguel said as he turned off his wrist computer and pulled off his mask, locking eyes with Haruka. "The simple answer is, we need to stop two villains, Kingpin and Goblin, from using my machine to create an army to take over the multiverse. The problem with that is, that we have no idea where they're hiding. Most likely they're laying low as they test and refine my machine. We've already seen them bring in one villain from a different dimension."

"How do we find them?" Haruka asked, clenching her fists. "There has to be a way to track them."

"There is. Whenever they use my machine, it releases a special type of energy not native to this dimension. I have drones constantly scouring the city searching for traces of this energy." Miguel said as he released a heavy sigh as he tapped away on his wrist computer, throwing up a projection of New York. After a few moments, dozens of red dots began to pop up around the city. "You see all those red dots? Each one of those is a spike of the energy signature we're searching for."

"That can't be right." Peter said, stroking his chin as he closely analyzed the projection. "They must have figured out we could track them by the energy signature and are setting up decoys to throw us off."

"My thoughts exactly." Miguel said as he closed the projection. "So, unless there's a larger energy spike that's distinct from the others, our best option at the moment is to use my drones to scout out each location and eliminate any decoys."

"Do we have any other options?" Cindy asked resting her hands on the meeting room table and leaning forward as she looked at her teammates. "You saw how many energy signatures there were. It could take weeks to search them all."

"I have been hitting up all my contacts for any useful information." Natasha said as she sat down, kicking her feet up on the table. "A few of them have heard rumblings of something big going down. Apparently, Kingpin has been receiving a lot of shipments. But, none of them have revealed anything specific. They're all too scared to cross Kingpin."

"What about Olivia...the Doc Ock that was brought here from another dimension?" Gwen suggested, one Venom's tendril materializing on her shoulder. "She's worked directly with Kingpin. I'm sure we could get some information out of her."

"I've been trying to crack her, but she's damn stubborn." Natasha said as she released a heavy sigh, pinching the bridge of her nose. "And she's so...so annoying. She won't tell me anything I want to know, but also won't shut the hell up."

"How about Venom and Eddie?" Miles chimed in, looking over at Gwen. "Maybe they learned something?"

"Unfortunately, Eddie was kept in the dark. Kingpin simply had him run a few jobs, stealing tech and supplies." Gwenom said as the symbiote temporarily took control of her body. "But, now that Anne is safe, Kingpin no longer has any leverage over Eddie. So, he's cut Eddie loose."

"Huh, so you're a symbiote host?" Haruka asked, analyzing Gwenom from head to toe. "I was wondering if I'd run into one of you in this universe."

"This girl is not my normal host." Gwenom explained as she turned her attention to Haruka. "I simply split off a portion of myself and came here to enlist the help of Spider-Man and his friends."

"Huh, I didn't know a symbiote could do that." Haruka said, before shrugging her shoulders. "Well, I know how strong you symbiote are, so I'm happy you're on our side."

"I've gotta ask..." Peter said as he crossed his arms and gave Gwenom a suspicious look. "You've got what you wanted. We helped save Anne and got Eddie out of Kingpin's hold. So, why are you still here? Shouldn't you be rejoining Eddie?"

"Trying to rid of me, Peter?" Gwenom joked, a distorted chuckle rumbling in her throat. "You don't have to worry about me, I have no ill intentions toward you or your team, especially since you helped Eddie and Anne. But, the reason I haven't left is because I need to make Kingpin pay. He dared to endanger those I care about. So, I will destroy any plans he has in the works. Also..." Reaching up, Gwenom ran her hands over her sleek form. "I've begun to enjoy this body. She is an excellent host, and our compatibility is quite high."

"Wow...am I the only one who was creeped out by that?" Peter asked which earned him nods of agreement from the rest of the team. "Okay, as long as don't try anything weird, you can stay Venom. Lord knows we're gonna need all the help we can get."

"Excellent." Gwenom said, before relinquishing control back to Gwen, the symbiote disappearing from her body. "Ugh, I hate when he takes full control like that. He's just lucky I've got experience with symbiotes or else I'd get him the fuck out of me."

"So, we've established that we have no leads outside of using Miguel's drones?" Miles said as he groaned and hung his head. "Is there anything else we can do?"

"Well, since there are more of us now, we can increase patrols. I'm sure I can get Felicia to help out, so that would bring us up to eight people." Peter said, looking at the rest of the team. Most of them looked a little uneasy, so he tried to lift their spirits. "We can split up into teams of two, cover a lot more ground, and possibly nab some bad guys who work for Fisk. It's better than just sitting around."

"Peter has the right idea." Haruka said as she nodded her head. "It's better to be proactive in this situation."

"Alright, we'll form teams and set up quadrants for us to cover tomorrow." Miguel said, starting to walk out of the room and waving to the rest of the team. "It's getting late, so we should all get some sleep. I'll see you all in the morning."

"Man, he's right, I didn't notice how late it had gotten." Haruka said as she suppressed a yawn, glancing out a nearby window and noticing that the Sun had nearly set. "So, I'm kind of homeless in this dimension. Is there anywhere I can crash while I'm here?"

"Well, since most of the Avengers are out, I'm sure you can crash in one of their rooms. Miles is using my room, but you can have your pick from the others." Peter said, placing his hand on Haruka's back and leading her out of the meeting room. "Come on, I'll show you the way."

"Sounds like a plan, you can tell me all about these Avengers as well, they seem pretty interesting." Haruka said as she began to walk out of the room, briefly spinning back around to wave to the rest of the team. "Good night everyone! See you all tomorrow!"

"I'll show Haruka to her room, then I'm heading home." Peter said, pausing in the meeting room's doorway. "Are you gonna stay here Gwen, or you gonna come back to MJ's place?"

"I'll stay here tonight." Gwen said as she glanced over at Cindy and Natasha. "I've got some things to discuss with the others. Goodnight, Peter."

"Night everyone." Peter said with a smile before disappearing into the hallway. Leading Haruka to the dorms, she decided to bunk in Wanda's room. Peter sent the Scarlet Witch a message informing her of the situation and she gave him the okay, even allowing Haruka to borrow her clothes. Once she had changed out of her costume, into a pair of Wanda's casual clothes that were a tad too big, Haruka sighed and plopped down on the bed. Peter walked over and sat down next to her. "How are you doing, Haruka?"

"I'm fine...just worried about what might be happening back home." Haruka said, pulling out her phone and staring at a picture seemingly of her with her aunt and uncle. "I need to get back to them...that's why I was pushing to solve things quickly."

"I understand, Haruka...not the whole being sucked into another dimension thing...but being worried about your loved ones when you can't be there for them." Peter said as he clasped his hands in his lap, staring down at the floor. "We'll fix things and get you back home, Haruka. You and everyone else. I swear we'll stop Kingpin."

"I know we will." Haruka said with a small smile, reaching over and patting Peter's knee. "You seem like a really nice guy, Peter. Your universe seems nice, I could have been thrown into a lot of worse places."

"I don't know how long you'll be here, but I'm sure you'll love New York..." Peter said as he stood up and began to walk toward the door. He stopped in the doorframe and looked back at Haruka. "If you want, I wouldn't mind showing you around. I know the best sights in the city."

"I'd love that." Haruka said as she put away her phone and lay down on her bed. "If you ever find yourself in my dimension, I'd be happy to show you around Tokyo."

"It's a date." Peter said with a smile, not noticing the blush on Haruka's face as he began to walk back toward the elevators. "I wonder what Felicia has in store for me tomorrow."

(The Following Night: Mary Jane's Apartment)

"How long are you gonna be in there, Peter?" Mary Jane called out as she sat on the sofa in her living room, resting her head on her palm. "You've been in for almost twenty minutes."

"Coming out now!" Peter's voice echoed out from the bathroom before the door eventually opened. Stepping out, Peter was dressed in a form-fitting suit with his hair slicked back. Looking a bit uncomfortable, Peter began to fuss with his tie. "So...how do I look?"

"Damn tiger, you do clean up nice." Mary Jane said as she let out a low whistle and stood up from the couch. Walking over, Mary Jane adjusted Peter's tie so that it wouldn't bother him any longer. "I hate to admit it, but Felicia does have good taste. How expensive was this damn suit anyway?"

"I don't even want to know. But, Felicia insisted that I wear it tonight." Peter said, taking a moment to adjust his cufflinks as his brow furrowed slightly. Once he was satisfied, Peter looked Mary Jane in the eyes. "Are you sure you're okay with this, MJ? You gave the green light on this whole 'sharing' thing, but I know how much Felicia...frustrates you."

"That's putting it lightly. Damned thieving cat." Mary Jane muttered under her breath as she released a light sigh and crossed her arms. "Would I have preferred if I was the only person you were dating? Most definitely. But, the last thing I want is Felicia trying to steal you away from me. Better to keep her close so that I can keep an eye on her."

"I'll try to make sure Felicia doesn't act out too much." Peter said with a smile, leaning in and giving Mary Jane a kiss as he held her close. However, just as MJ was melting into Peter's embrace, their intimate moment was interrupted by his cell phone. Breaking their liplock, much to MJ's annoyance, Peter pulled out his phone. "It's Felicia. She's out front."

"Well tiger, best to not keep the lady waiting." Mary Jane as she gave Peter another quick kiss on the cheek. After giving MJ's hands a quick squeeze, Peter began to walk toward the door. "I have a feeling you won't be coming back tonight. So, make sure to text me tomorrow morning."

"Of course..." Peter said, opening the door to the redhead's apartment. "I'll see you later, MJ. I love you."

"Love you too, tiger." Mary Jane said with a wave as she watched Peter exit her apartment. Once Peter was out of sight, Mary Jane let out a light sigh and tightly hugged her shoulder. "We'll make this all work...somehow."

Practically buzzing with nervous energy, Peter stepped into the elevator and made his way down to the lobby. Once down there, he took a few extra moments to fiddle with his appearance one last time before stepping out of the apartment building. In the street in front of him was parked an expensive-looking black limousine. Standing next to the lavish vehicle was presumably the driver, even dressed in a uniform. Spotting Peter, the driver stepped aside and opened the door for him. Noticing that several people were staring at him, Peter felt a rush of embarrassment as he slid into the limo.

"Man, this is a nice ride, Fe...licia..." Peter felt his breath hitch when he sat down and finally noticed his date seated across from him. Felicia was dressed in a stunning, sparkling black dress that perfectly hugged her body and accentuated her curves. The dress sported slits on the sides that show off just enough skin to tease him. While a deep 'V' on the chest gave him a tantalizing view of her cleavage, highlighting her ample breasts. Her stunning white hair was styled in a French Twist, allowing Peter to see the elegant earrings she was wearing. Felicia's outfit was finished off with a pair of black high heels and a gold necklace with a decent-sized red gemstone draped around her neck. "W-Whoa..."

"What's wrong, Spider? Cat got your tongue?" Felicia teased, chuckling when she noticed that Peter's face was flushed deep red. "Well, it's good to know that you approve of my outfit."

"How could I not?" Peter asked as he nervously rubbed the back of his neck, trying not to blatantly ogle Felicia. "You...you do look beautiful, Felicia."

"Well, now you're making me blush." Felicia said with a smirk, playfully fanning her face as her cheeks tinted slightly red. It was now Felicia's turn to observe Peter, her eyes dragging up and down his body. "Damn, Spider, you look hot right now. And, I must boast a bit, I have impeccable taste. That suit looks fantastic on you."

"T-Thanks, it is a great suit." Peter said nervously as he tugged at his sleeves. "Do I even want to ask how much you've spent on this date?"

"Probably not. But, money isn't an issue." Felicia said, moving across the limo and sitting right next to Peter. His face flushed bright red and he stiffened slightly as Felicia hugged his arm, resting her head against his shoulder. "I want this date to be perfect."

"I'll do my best to not disappoint you..." Peter joked with a half-hearted chuckle as he tried his best not to look down Felicia's dress, averting his eyes anywhere else in the limo. "S-So...where are we going to eat? I'm sure you've picked some place amazing."

"I'm not gonna spoil the surprise." Felicia said with a smirk, looking up at Peter as she snuggled a bit closer to him. "But, it should be special."

(Thirty Minutes Later)

"Do we really have to do this, Felicia?" Peter asked as he slowly walked forward, a blindfold covering his eyes. "I feel like a total dork."

"You ARE a total dork. And yes, you have to keep it on. This is supposed to be a surprise." Felicia laughed, gently nudging Peter forward. After a few more steps, Felicia let out a content sigh. "Alright, you can take the blindfold off."

"Finally..." Peter said as he undid the blindfold, taking a moment for his eyes to adjust. However, Peter wasn't prepared for what he saw. Before him was a single, candle-lit table which was positioned next to a large window that overlooked New York. Looking around, he saw that the rest of the restaurant they were in was empty, minus a single waiter and a small band. "Holy shit, Felicia...did you seriously rent out this entire restaurant?"

"I told you that I wanted this date to be special." Felicia said with a smile, placing a gentle kiss on Peter's cheek. "So, what do you think?"

"I...I literally don't know what to say..." Peter said still in shock at the lengths Felicia had gone. Hearing Felicia clear her throat, Peter quickly snapped out of his stunned stupor. Without any hesitation, he pulled Felicia's chair out for her. "You went to all this trouble. Let's enjoy our evening."

"Thank you, Peter." Felicia said, adjusting her dress as she sat down. A smile spread across her face as she watched Peter sit down across from her, resting her head on her palm. "Do you want a glass of wine?"

"Sure, that sounds nice." Peter said as Felicia motioned for the waiter to come over. "MJ loves wine, so I've kind of gotten a taste for it." Realizing that he had likely made a mistake, Peter's eyes widened slightly. "Oh shoot, I'm sorry, Felicia. Tonight is about you and me, I shouldn't be bringing up MJ."

"It's fine, Peter. No need to get all worked up." Felicia said with a smile, winking at her date. "Besides, the only reason we're even on this date is because Mary Jane decided to give my whole 'sharing' idea a chance." Just then, the waiter arrived at the table, ready to take their drink order. "Bring us your best bottle of wine."

"Very good ma'am. I'll take your dinner orders when I return." The waiter said as he bowed slightly before walking back toward the kitchen.

"I've gotta ask..." Peter said, leaning a bit closer to Felicia. "Why did you come up with this plan to share me?"

"When you and Red took a break...and we had our little fling...it was the most fun I've had in a long, long time." Felicia replied with a smile as she reached out and gripped Peter's hands. "And during that time, I fell for you, Peter...hard." Taking a breath, Felicia squeezed Peter's hands. "But, things didn't work out between us and you ended up going back to Mary Jane. Despite that, my feelings for you never went away. I still pined after you for a long time."

"I'm sorry, Felicia..." Peter said, looking into his date's eyes. "I never noticed...I should have-"

"Shush, I'm the one who screwed things up. You have nothing to apologize for." Felicia said as she pressed a finger against Peter's lips. "I knew how much you loved Mary Jane, so I figured that if I couldn't have you all for myself, sharing you would be the next best option. And with Gwen suddenly coming back into the picture, it gave me the best opportunity to put my plan into action."

"I'll give you points for originality because this plan of yours is pretty out there. But, I'll do my best to make sure this weird relationship we're all in works out..." Peter said with a chuckle just as the waiter returned and poured their wine. Lifting his glass, Peter extended his drink toward Felicia. "Let's toast to new beginnings." Felicia smiled and toasted with Peter, clinking their glasses together. Pausing for a moment to take a of his wine, Peter let out a content. "Wow, this stuff is fantastic."

"Ms. Hardy asked for the best and we aim to please." The waiter said with a small smile as he clasped his hands behind his back. "Our sommelier worked hard to select the perfect wine for this evening."

"Well, tell them that they did an amazing job." Felicia said, setting down her glass and picking up her menu. "Now, I don't know about you, Peter, but I'm starving. So, let's eat."

After ordering their food, Peter and Felicia continued their pleasant small talk. The only sounds in the restaurant were the soft music being played by the band and the occasional laughter that broke out from their table. Being Spider-Man gave Peter seemingly endless, amusing stories he could tell. And being the charismatic person he was, Peter was able to truly bring his stories to life. The entire time they talked, a smile never left Felicia's face as she occasionally asked him questions or interjected with her own comments. Felicia didn't let Peter completely dominate the conversation. She discussed what she had been doing after giving up her life of crime, well, 'bad' crime as she put it. The itch to steal was something she couldn't completely get rid of. So, she switched targets to robbing exclusively criminals, even giving some of her ill-gotten goods to those in need. In her own words, turning her into a sexier version of Robin Hood.

Once their food had arrived, the conversation kept going as they enjoyed their meals. They even shared their food, letting the other try things off their plates. Once they had finished eating, which Peter could safely say was one of the best meals of his life, Felicia finished off her glass of wine and stood up from her seat. With a sultry smile, Felicia walked to Peter's side and offered him her hands.

"How about it, Peter..." Felicia said as she snapped her fingers. Immediately, the band changed the song they were playing to a more upbeat one. "Care to dance?"

"Uh, sure..." Peter said somewhat nervously, taking Felicia's hand and letting her guide him toward the small dance floor in front of the band. As they stepped onto the dance floor, a single spotlight shined down on them. "I gotta tell you, Felicia, I'm really, REALLY bad at dancing."

"Really? With how flexible and athletic you are? Well, you're such a dork, I guess it makes sense..." Felicia said with a chuckle as she wrapped her arms around Peter and pressed close against him. "Fine. Just let me take the lead."

Peter simply nodded and allowed Felicia to guide him. They started off slow and steady performing the waltz. Felicia's movements were slow, gliding motions that were easy for Peter to pick up. The band suddenly swapped a faster song and their dance changed. This time, it was the foxtrot, a more footwork-heavy dance. The steps were simple enough and Peter managed to match Felicia's movements.

Just as Peter was easing into a rhythm, the band changed songs once again. The song may have slowed down, but Felicia and Peter's dance became much more passionate and intimate, now performing the tango. Their moves were dramatic and had major flair. to their dancing. With his great sense of balance and control, Peter was able to quickly pick up the dance, matching Felicia's rhythm perfectly. With one final flourish, Peter ducked Felicia down, his hand clutching her back as he held her just above the dance floor.

Both Peter and Felicia were panting lightly as they stared into each other's eyes. An overwhelming sexual tension filled the air as Peter and Felicia gazed at each other. Then, just as the song that was playing reached its crescendo, Peter pulled Felicia closer and captured her lips in a fiery kiss. A moan rumbled in Felicia's throat as Peter's tongue snaked into her mouth. Wrapping her arms around Peter's neck, Felicia deepened their liplock, her own tongue now dancing with his. Peter held Felicia's body against him, not wanting their kiss to ever end. But, when they finally ended their kiss, Felicia had a big, satisfied smile on her face.

"Wow..." Felicia breathed out, her face flushing bright red. "You've never kissed me like that before."

"Well, I've never felt this way about you before." Peter said as he leaned in close, whispering into Felicia's ear. "How about we get out of here?"

"..." Felicia said nothing for several moments, simply staring at Peter as her heart pounded in her chest. With a sultry, half-lidded gaze, a lustful smile spread across Felicia's face. "I'll have the car pulled around."

(Twenty Minutes Later: Felicia's Apartment)

(Lemon Start)

Peter and Felicia couldn't keep their hands off each other the entire car ride. Their lips locked and their hands explored each other's bodies, firing them both up. When they finally arrived at Felicia's apartment building, they practically sprinted to the elevator. As soon as the doors to the elevator closed, they were on each other again, making out the entire ride. Once the elevator dinged, Felicia grabbed Peter's hand and quickly led him to her apartment. They weren't even through the door before Peter was kissing her again. Somehow, they stumbled their way into Felicia's bedroom, falling onto her large bed.

Peter straddled Felicia, leaning in and capturing her lips in another passionate kiss. Felicia moaned into the kiss, reaching up and running her hands through Peter's slicked-back hair. Want to take some control, Felicia wrapped her legs around Peter's waist and rolled over. Now straddling Peter's waist, their kiss deepened as Felicia cupped his face. Peter's hands soon began to roam Felicia's body, rubbing up and down her thighs and back. Having resisted the temptation all night, Peter's hands began to venture further, eventually landing on Felicia's hips. A moan rumbled in the white-haired beauty's throat when Peter's hands gave her ass a good squeeze. Breaking their liplock, Felicia and Peter were both panting heavily, their faces flushed bright red.

"Oh my, you're getting eager." Felicia breathed out in a husky tone, before reaching between her legs and rubbing Peter's erection through his pants, causing a moan to tumble in his throat. "Wow, you're still hard already? I must say, I'm flattered, Peter." With a seductive smirk, Felicia tugged at the straps of her dress, letting it fall and pool around her waist. Peter inhaled through his nose as he stared at the erotic, lacy white bra Felicia was wearing, barely containing her ample breasts. "I've started Spider, let me see those big, strong muscles. Let's get you out of that suit."

Peter wasted no time, sliding off his suit coat and quickly unbuttoning his shirt. Lifting his hips off the bed, Peter pulled down his pants, leaving him dressed in only his boxers. Felicia licked her lips as she ran her hands across Peter's abs and toned chest. Felicia appreciated that Peter wasn't built like a brick wall like some heroes. While Peter wasn't massive, he was still extremely fit and Felicia knew the immense power his body held. Reach out, Felicia gently traced Peter's abs with her finger.

"God damn, I'm getting all worked up just looking at your body." Felicia said as she leaned down and ran several kisses along Peter's chest. "And right now, this sexy body is all mine."

"That's right, I'm all yours tonight, Felicia." Peter said with a smile, sitting up on his elbows and locking eyes with Felicia. "So, let's enjoy ourselves."

"Oh, I fully intend to." Felicia said with a smirk as she reached back and began to fuss with the clasps to her bra. After a few moments, the hooks came undone and the straps on Felicia's shoulders fell down her arm. Gazing at Peter with lust-filled eyes, Felicia slipped the straps of her bra down, using her arm to keep it in place. Peter's face flushed bright red, Felicia's breasts less than a foot away and barely hidden by her arm. "Now, we can start having some real fun."

Moving her arm, Felicia let her lacy white bra fall onto the bed, her generous DD-cup breasts now on full display. Peter simply stared in awe, drinking in Felicia's beautiful form. Felicia's breasts were perfectly round and perky, her pale white skin almost glowing in the dimly lit room. Her large breasts were topped off with pink erect nipples, showing how aroused she was. With a seductive smirk, Felicia grabbed one of Peter's hands and pulled it towards her breast. The beautiful white-haired woman let out a soft moan when Peter's hand sank into her bust, his fingers squeezing into the soft flesh. A soft moan escaped Felicia's lips as Peter slowly began to knead her breast.

"After teasing me all night long, I finally get to touch them..." Peter thought, reaching up with his other hand and gently gripping both of Felicia's breasts, eliciting another brief moan from her. "It was worth holding back!"

"Mmmm, your hands feel amazing, Spider." Felicia moaned as she felt Peter's hardening erection press against her thigh. With a devious smirk, Felicia waggled her hips and ground her ass against Peter's stiff member. A satisfied smile formed on her face when she heard Peter gasp suddenly, his face flushed bright red as he breathed heavily. "As much as I love having you play with my girls..." Gyrating her hips once again, Felicia heard another pleasured groan escape Peter's lips. "I think this bad boy wants to play."

With a lustful smile, Felicia slid down Peter's body, now positioned between his legs. Reaching up, Felicia gently stroked Peter through his boxers, licking her lips when she felt the size of his shaft. Not wanting to wait any longer, she gripped the top of Peter's underwear, and with one swift motion pulled them down his legs. Peter's erection sprang free, standing tall right next to Felicia's face. Taking a moment to examine the pillar of flesh, Felicia guesstimated that Peter was at least 8 inches long, so he definitely was packing. Unconsciously licking her lips, Felicia reached out and grabbed ahold of Peter's shaft, feeling how hot it felt in her hand. Peter let out a brief moan as Felicia began to slowly stroke his rod, her hands feeling incredibly soft.

"Just relax, Spider. I'll treat you right." Felicia said, her confident and lustful demeanor shining through, a faint blush dusting across her cheeks. "You may not be my first rodeo, but you're the one I've been the most excited for."

"I can tell you know what you're doing..." Peter said just as a low moan rumbled in his throat, watching as Felicia's hand expertly worked his shaft. "Your hand feels amazing..."

"Well, stealing isn't the only thing these hands are good for..." Felicia said with a smile, her confidence rising higher, spurred further by Peter's encouragement. After another minute of stroking, Felicia's hand suddenly stopped, wanting to take things to the next level. "Hey Spider, I hope you don't mind, but I've been dying to have a taste ever since I saw this beast you were hiding."

"By all means, don't hold back." Peter said with a smirk as he laid back, clasping his hands behind his head. "I'll make sure to return the favor."

"My, aren't you the gentleman..." Felicia said with a giggle, leaning in close and inhaling Peter's musky scent. Bending down, Felicia blew lightly on Peter's rod, causing a pleasurable shiver to run down his spine. "I usually hate doing this, but now just the thought is making her super horny."

Peter let out a long moan when Felicia suddenly inhaled his shaft, wrapping her lips around the tip. Slowly, Felicia began to bob her head up and down, working her tongue around Peter's manhood. The heat and wetness of her mouth sent jolts of pleasure throughout Peter's entire body. Resisting the urge to start bucking his hips, Peter tightly gripped the bedsheets, breathing through his clenched teeth.

"Seems like you're really enjoying this." Felicia said in a sultry tone as she briefly popped Peter's rod out of her mouth, giving him a teasing wink. Leaning forward, Felicia placed several gentle kisses on the tip of Peter's shaft. "Just let my mouth take you to heaven."

Peter was about to say something but was stopped when Felicia's mouth engulfed his shaft once again. Her head began to bob once again, but this time a little faster as she wanted to increase Peter's pleasure. He moaned once again as Felicia took him deeper, twirling her tongue around his cock. Suppressing her gag reflex, Felicia took Peter's entire length down her throat. As she deepthroated Peter's shaft, Felicia reached down and gently massaged his sac.

"Fuck Felicia..." Peter moaned as he reached down and gently ran his fingers through Felicia's flowing white hair. After a few more minutes of fellatio, Peter could feel himself getting close to his climax. "Felicia...I'm almost there...do you want me...to pull out?"

Peter tried to pull out of Felicia's mouth, but he quickly got his answer when she grabbed ahold of his waist. Felicia began to bob her head even faster, bringing Peter even closer to his orgasm. Hissing through his teeth, Peter couldn't hold on any longer. Placing both his hands on Felicia's head, Peter thrust his entire shaft into her throat, holding her in place as he shot his seed into her waiting mouth. A moan rumbled in Felicia's throat as she swallowed every drop of Peter's seed. She normally hated the taste, but this time it was strangely addicting and it seriously turned her on. With a satisfying pop, Felicia released Peter's shaft, swallowing the rest of his load.

"God damn, Felicia..." Peter panted out, coming down from his orgasmic high. "That was...out of this world..."

"I'm glad you liked it, Spider." Felicia said with a lustful smirk as she licked her lips. "To be honest, I might get addicted to that..." Peter's shaft twitched when he heard this, causing him to audibly gulp. "I'm gonna have to try again to make sure though." With a wink, Felicia began to slowly stroke Peter's shaft, causing it to stiffen. "Are you ready to keep going?"

"Yeah, I did promise that I'd return the favor." Peter said, before lunging forward and capturing her lips in a passionate kiss. With their lips still connected, Peter and Felicia flipped around on the bed, with her now lying on her back. Breaking their liplock, Peter trailed fiery kisses down Felicia's body, his hands rubbing her sides. Felicia bit her bottom lip to suppress a moan, pleasurable tingles causing goosebumps to form across her skin. Wriggling her hips, Felicia helped Peter to pull her panties down her slender legs. Fully naked now, Peter took a moment to ogle at Felicia's beautiful body. He took note of the tuft of styled pubic hair just above Felicia's soaking womanhood. The white-haired beauty couldn't help but chuckle when she saw the lustful look on Peter's face. "Hey Spider, I get that you're mesmerized, but you've got work to do."

Felicia moaned loudly when Peter suddenly lunged forward and his tongue delved into her wet folds. With the experience he had gained, Peter knew techniques that would have Felicia writhing in pleasure. And from the lewd moans escaping Felicia's lips, he knew that he was doing a pretty good job. Wrapping her legs around Peter's neck, Felicia pulled him deeper into her soaked slit.

"Fuck, Peter! I'm kind of glad I let Red and Gwen go first! You've gotten so good at this!" Felicia screamed, arching her back slightly off the bed, her hands tightly clenching the bed sheets. Throwing her head back, Felicia bit her bottom lip. "You've really been practicing!"

While Peter's hot tongue probed her womanhood, Felicia was writhing and squirming on the bed, tightly gripping her sheets. Sweat formed on Felicia's brow as she bit her bottom lip to hold in her moans of ecstasy. Felicia was amazed that Peter seemed to be hitting all of her sweet spots. She could feel a warm, tingling sensation building up in the pit of her stomach. Felicia knew that her own orgasm was rapidly approaching, but she still needed one last push to go over the edge. As Peter relished the taste of Felicia's juices, he reached out and gave her nub a quick pinch. Giving the sensitive sex organ a squeeze was the final push Felicia needed to experience her orgasm. Felicia let out a scream of pure ecstasy as an intense orgasm rocked her whole body.

"H-Holy shit, Spider...I've never cum that h-hard before..." Felicia panted out, as she tried to catch her breath, shudders running down her spine. "You're definitely a keeper."

"Glad to know I'm worth keeping around." Peter teased with a smirk, giving the white-haired beauty a wink as he licked her juices from her lips. "How about we move to the main event?"

"I've been looking forward to this all night." Felicia's eyes were full of lust and need as she gently pushed Peter onto his back and slowly crawled up his body. She dragged her erect nipples across his chest and rubbed her dripping womanhood against his fully erect shaft. "And it seems like you have too."

"Ever since I saw you in the dress, I've been thinking about how you'd look without it on." Peter said, reaching out and gripping Felicia's hips. "So yeah, I've been looking forward to this."

"Good to know we're on the same wavelength." Felicia said, as she leaned forward and gently kissed Peter on the lips. "We've both been waiting for this. So, let's not wait any longer."

Grabbing ahold of Peter's manhood, the busty, white-haired beauty lined Peter's rod up with her womanhood and slowly began to drop down onto it. Both Peter and Felicia hissed as more and more of his shaft entered her. Peter was surprised at how tight Felicia was, her folds tightly squeezing his shaft. At the same time, Felicia was amazed at how much Peter stretched and filled her. After nearly a minute, Felicia had taken all of Peter's shaft inside her. There was a slight discomfort due to Peter's size, but it was quickly fading away.

"How are you feeling, Felicia?" Peter asked in a concerned tone, noticing that she wasn't moving as her face scrunched up slightly. "I know it can hurt a bit at first."

"I'm fine, Peter..." Felicia replied, as she wriggled her hips a little to get more comfortable, which in turn caused the web-slinger to moan slightly at the sudden motion. "Just give me a minute to get used to you." Peter nodded his head and smiled at his white-haired lover. After a few more moments, Felicia rolled her hips once again. Instead of discomfort, immense pleasure shot through Felicia's body, causing her to release a soft moan. "Alright, we're in business. You can move now, Spider."

"Sounds good to me..." Peter said, slowly pulling out of Felicia. Both of them moaned at the movement. When Peter was about halfway out, suddenly he thrust back in. Peter had to stop himself from violently pounding into the white-haired beauty. The pleasure was intense and Peter wanted to pin Felicia down onto the bed and ravish her, to make her scream his name in ecstasy. But this was both their first time together, and he wanted it to be slower and more gentle. He wanted to make love to her first, there would be time for more aggressive sex later. Until then he had to hold himself back a bit. "Fuck...you're so tight Felicia."

"Shit...this feels amazing, Peter!" Felicia moaned loudly, as she began to rock her hips in time with Peter's thrusts. Soon they both had found a steady and pleasurable rhythm. As Felicia slowly rocked up and down, Peter reached up and grabbed his white-haired lover's bouncing breasts. Felicia moaned in pleasure as Peter's strong hands massaged her breasts. She enjoyed the slow and filling tempo they had going, it was intimate and loving. "Ah! Peter! You're amazing! I can tell you want to savor our first time, but you can go a bit faster!"

Felicia's words encouraged Peter to pick up the pace a bit. He grabbed ahold of Felicia's hips and began to thrust into her dripping womanhood faster. Felicia groaned in ecstasy as her pleasure shot through the roof. As Peter continued to pound into her, Felicia leaned forward and pulled him in for a passionate kiss. They both moaned as their tongues began to battle for dominance. However, Felicia squeaked in surprise when she felt Peter suddenly lift her up. Moments later, Felicia was on the bed once again, but this time she was on all fours. With a lustful smirk, Peter gave Felicia's bountiful rear end a smack. Felicia yelped in surprise as she felt a rush of pain and pleasure. Grabbing ahold of his manhood, Peter once again started to thrust in and out of Felicia. The sexy, white-haired beauty let out a loud moan, the pleasure the new position offered was fantastic.

"Fuck! Peter, you're the best!" Felicia screamed, rocking her hips back to meet Peter's thrusts. Peter leaned forward and reached around Felicia's body, pinching her erect nipples. Felicia couldn't contain her moans as Peter massaged and kneaded her breasts while also placing kisses along her neck. "Shit! I'm getting so close Peter!"

"I'm almost there too, Felicia!" Peter grunted out after giving Felicia's nipple a quick twist. Felicia groaned in pleasure as Peter continued to grope her large breasts, nibbling at her ear. Peter could feel a familiar sensation as he felt his own orgasm quickly approaching. After a few more minutes of intense pounding, Peter was finally at his limit. "Fuck! Where do you want it, Felicia?!"

"Inside! Don't you dare pull out!" Felicia exclaimed as she went over the edge into her second orgasm of their lovemaking session. "Fuck! I'm cumming too!"

Felicia screamed in pleasure as she felt Peter release his seed deep inside her. Peter wrapped his arms around Felicia and hugged her tightly against his chest. He gripped her chin and raised her head before capturing her lips in a passionate kiss. Felicia's body was twitching as she was rocked by yet another orgasm, being assaulted by immense pleasure. After a few more moments, Peter broke their liplock and slowly pulled out of Felicia, a mixture of both their sexual juices following after him. The web-slinger plopped down onto the bed, with Felicia lying down next to him. Both of them were panting lightly as Felicia snuggled up close to Peter, resting her head on his muscular chest. Reaching up, Felicia lazily drew circles on Peter's chest with her finger.

"Holy shit...that was better than I ever imagined..." Peter said, turning to flash his white-haired lover a wide grin. "I hope it was good for you too, Felicia."

"Are you kidding...that was fucking phenomenal...I don't think I can have sex with anyone else after that." Felicia said as a lustful smirk spread across her face. Peter quirked an eyebrow when he felt one of Felicia's hands snake down his body. Then he moaned as Felicia began to stroke his manhood back to life. Felicia e then rolled on top of Peter once again, her ass pressing against his shaft. "So, you better take responsibility, Spider. Because we're not even close to finished."

"Oh, believe me, I wasn't done with you yet." Peter said, a low growl rumbling in his throat when he saw the pure lust in Felicia's half-lidded eyes. The white-haired beauty began to giggle when Peter lunged forward and began to kiss her neck. The time for lovemaking was over, now it was time to fuck. "I hope you're ready, Felicia. Because I'm going all out now."

(The Following Morning: Top of the Empire State Building)

"So..." Peter muttered awkwardly as he rubbed the back of his neck. "Looks like we got paired together..."

"Yeah...we did..." Cindy said, averting her gaze as she felt the awkward tension growing between them. Even with the distance between them, she could feel her pheromones working on both of them. "Let's uh...let's have a good patrol."

"Sure, let's get out there." Peter said as he released a light sigh, feeling himself being drawn toward Cindy. "Okay, Parker, complete mental fortitude! Resist those pheromones and keep it in your damn pants!"

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"So..." Peter muttered awkwardly as he rubbed the back of his neck, looking off to the side. "Looks like we got paired together..."

"Yeah...looks like we did..." Cindy said, averting her gaze as she felt the awkward tension growing between them. They were both clinging to the side of the Empire State Building, gazing out at the sprawling New York City skyline in front of them. But, even though they were several feet apart, Cindy could still feel her pheromones subtly working on both of them. "Let's uh...let's have a good patrol."

"Sure, let's get out there." Peter said as he released a light sigh, feeling himself being drawn toward Cindy. "Okay, Parker, complete mental fortitude! Resist those pheromones and keep it in your damn pants!"

"Peter. Cindy. Do you copy?"

"We hear you loud and clear, Natasha..." Peter said, pulling his mask down as Black Widow's voice rang into his ear. "What have you got for us?"

"I've picked up police reports that Vulture is attacking a lab near your position. They've got some pretty valuable tech he might be trying to steal. All the other patrols are currently busy dealing with other threats. So, I need you two to handle this one."

"You think this may have something to do with Kingpin?" Cindy asked as she pulled up her facemask and glanced over at Peter. "He could be trying to steal parts they need."

"I'd be surprised if this wasn't related to Kingpin." Peter said, crossing his arms as his feet still kept him attached to the building. "Fisk is planning something big, so he's probably trying to get every criminal he can onto his payroll."

"That...that sounds like a big problem." Cindy said in an uneasy tone as her brow furrowed slightly, rubbing the back of her head. "How exactly are we supposed to stop him? He could have an army."

"For the record, I've gone up against some seriously insane odds and somehow came out on top." Peter said, watching as Natasha relayed information to the HUD in his mask. "So, I actually like our odds."

"Don't worry, Cindy. I'm pulling some strings to try and get us more support. So, don't count us out just yet. "

"Wow, you both sound so confident." Cindy said with a chuckle before she released a light sigh. "I wish I could be confident like that."

"You're still new to this whole hero thing, Cindy. Your confidence will increase as you get more experience. So, don't beat yourself up." Peter said, leaping away from the side of the building and firing off a line of webbing as the pair began to swing toward Vulture's position. "You should have seen me when I first started out. I. Was. Terrible. I'm lucky more people didn't get hurt with how often I screwed up."

"He's right, Cindy. I've some YouTube videos of his early work and...woof. It wasn't good. Trust me, you're doing stellar compared to this goober. "

"Okay! Okay! Give me a break!" Peter exclaimed as he springboarded off a water tower to launch himself forward. "When did this turn into a Parker roast session!?"

"I'm sorry, Peter. But, I must concur with Ms. Romanov. I've analyzed footage from the beginning of your career and it was...less than optimal."

"Oh, come on, not you too Karen..." Peter groaned, running his hand down his masked face. "I'm being attacked from every angle here." After performing a rapid loop-de-loop off a street light to gain a boost of speed, Peter looked back at Cindy and noticed that she was managing to keep pace with him fairly well. "Hey, Cindy, could I maybe get a compliment? I feel like I'm getting bullied by these two."

"Oh...uh sure..." Cindy said as she fired several strands of webbing from her fingertips, swinging forward to catch up with Peter. Pausing briefly, she appeared to be thinking of what to say, suddenly Cindy's face flushed slightly. "You're a great teacher, Peter...and an even better friend. I think I can speak for both Miles and myself...we'd be lost if you weren't supporting us."

"..." Peter said nothing for several moments, his mask hiding the massive smile that was on his face. "Thanks, Cindy. That means a lot."

"Seems like you've forgotten that other people besides Peter have been helping you out . "

"Oh!" Cindy exclaimed in embarrassment as her face began to burn even brighter red. "I-I'm sorry, Natasha! I didn't...you know I...what I mean to say..."

"Calm down, Cindy. I was just messing with you. Now focus up you two. You're nearing Vulture's location."

"Yeah..." Peter said, an explosion ringing out from down the street as a fireball burst out of the building in front of them. Gunfire and police sirens wailed as Peter and Cindy drew closer to the source of the commotion. "It's kind of hard to miss."

"What's the plan, Peter?" Cindy asked as they both clung to a side of a building just behind a wall of police cars. "Things sound pretty hectic down there."

"We should get a report of the situation." Peter said, scanning the sea of police officers and SWAT as he looked for one person in particular. It didn't take Peter long to find who he was looking for. "There. They'll know what's going on." Leaping off the building, with Cindy following close behind him, Peter swung over the officers on standby and landed on top of a squad car near the front of the pack. Seeing that the person he wanted to speak to was talking on a radio, Peter leaned forward and tapped them on the shoulder. Turning around, the person immediately frowned and sighed when they saw Peter giving an exaggerated salute. "Hey there, Yuri! Spider-Cop reporting for duty, ma'am!"

"Ugh, I get a raging headache every time I see you." Yuri said as she let out a light sigh and pinched the bridge of her nose. "And, if we're gonna do this Spider-Cop schtick, you better start calling me Captain Watanabe." It was then that Yuri finally took notice of Cindy, eyeing her up and down. "You multiplying or something? Who's the new girl?"

"I'm Silk." Cindy said, extending her hand toward Yuri. "It's a pleasure to meet you Captain Watanabe."

"Silk..." Yuri parroted as she reached out and shook Cindy's hand. "Nice name, I like it." Letting go of Cindy's hand, Yuri rested her hands on her hips. "I know damn near every costumed weirdo in this city, so you must be new. So...are you two partners? You've got a similar aesthetic going on."

"Something like that. We've got similar powers actually." Peter said with a chuckle, rubbing the back of his head. "Silk is actually pretty new to all this, so I've been showing her the ropes."

"Oh great, another web swinger, just what I need. I can already hear that loudmouth Jameson shouting about more 'menaces' ruining the city..." Yuri grumbled as she crossed her arms, looking back and forth between Peter and Cindy several times. "Speaking of 'menaces' I've been getting reports about sightings of several other wallcrawlers...you wouldn't happen to know anything about that, would you?"

"I...have no idea what you're talking about...but, if I hear anything I'll let you know right away." Peter mumbled, turning his head away to hide his face, despite wearing a mask. "Quickly changing the subject, we got word that Vulture is causing a mess. We're here to help out."

"Normally, I'd tell you to piss off, then you'd sneak in and help anyway. But, this time I actually could use you...and your friend being here is a nice bonus." Yuri said as she reached into a nearby police car and pulled out a tablet. After tapping away for a few moments, she turned the device toward Peter and Cindy. On the screen were several camera feeds coming from inside the lab. "Vulture hit the lab about fifteen minutes ago."

"What's he trying to do?" Cindy asked, watching Vulture speed past cameras and destroying anything in his path. "It looks like he's just causing wanton destruction."

"We don't know." Yuri said as she let out a light sigh and put the tablet away. "There's a lot of dangerous tech in that lab, but it doesn't seem like he's trying to steal any of it."

"It doesn't matter what his plan is, we need to stop him before he hurts anyone. Yuri, have your officers pull back, we'll handle Vulture." Peter said, leaping off the squad car and firing out a line of webbing. "Let's go, Silk!"

"Right behind you, Spider-Man!" Cindy exclaimed as she quickly followed after Peter. It didn't take the pair long to reach the lab, landing on the roof. Loud crashes and bangs could be heard within the lab as Vulture went on a rampage. "So, what's the plan, Peter?"

"I'll handle Vulture, you focus on helping any civilians left in the lab evacuate. Once all the civilians are safe, come help me." Peter said, a camera feed from the lab projecting on the HUD in his mask. "Okay, looks like he's in the lobby right now. Karen, help Cindy find anybody left in the lab. Getting them to safety is our main priority."

"Of course, Peter. I will assist Ms. Moon in any way I can."

"We'll enter through the vents." Peter said as he pulled the cover off a nearby ventilation unit. Glancing back, Peter saw Cindy clutching a hand over her heart as she took a deep breath. He felt an overwhelming urge to hold her tightly and comfort her. But, he knew that it was the pheromones messing with his mind. Quickly shaking his head, Peter rid his mind of those inappropriate thoughts. "You can do this, Cindy. I'll be in there with you and have your back every step of the way."

"Thanks, Peter. That actually makes me feel a bit better." Cindy said with a smile hidden behind her facemask. Taking one last deep breath, Cindy tightly clenched her fists. "Okay, let's get in there."

Entering the lab's ventilation ducts, Peter and Cindy quickly separated, going off to complete their own objectives. Cindy, guided by Karen, left to help the dozen or so civilians that were still in the building. Peter went to confront and stop Vulture before he could cause any further damage. The sounds of breaking glass and smashing objects grew louder and louder as Peter neared the lab's lobby. Spotting a vent cover that was placed over the lobby, Peter peered through it, getting there just in time to see Vulture speed by beneath him. Wasting no time, Peter popped out the vent cover and dropped down into the lobby.

"Alright, Adrian...why don't you give up before I..." Peter stopped midsentence when he got a good look at the Vulture. The person in front of him was definitely the Vulture, but it wasn't his Vulture. This Vulture's suit looked as if it was assembled out of scrap parts, with a pair of dangerous-looking rotors on his wings keeping him afloat. He also wore a fairly plain-looking, leather bomber jacket and cargo pants, with a helmet that resembled one that a fighter pilot would wear. "Well, looks like you're not my Adrian Tombs, that definitely complicates things. I like the suit though, it's got a real DIY look to it."

"Spider-Man...or, should I say Peter Parker..." Vulture said as he landed on the other side of the lobby, the claws strapped to his boots digging into the floor. "He said that you'd show up."

"Okay, really don't like that you know my secret identity." Peter said, his lenses narrowing slightly as he balled his fists. "And by 'he' I'm assuming you mean Kingpin. What'd he promise you? Money? Power? You really shouldn't trust Kingpin, he's just going to use you."

"I don't fully understand what's going on, but I do know that I was taken from my home against my will. And Kingpin said he'll send me back home to my wife and daughter if I help him. He's also throwing in a generous reward for my troubles." Vulture explained as he reached behind his back and pulled out a device that looked to be a weapon. "Look kid, I have no issue with you. The Peter Parker I know actually saved my daughter, so I owe him. So, I'll give you one chance to leave..." Peter's eyes widened slightly as Vulture powered up the weapon he was holding. "Or else I'll have to hurt you."

"You want to get back home?" Peter said, holding his arms as he slowly walked toward Vulture. "Then help us. Once we stop Kingpin, we'll send you back to your own dimension."

"How can I trust you?" Vulture asked as his grip on his weapon tightened. "You may be Peter Parker...but, you're not the Peter Parker I know."

"I get it. The situation you're in is seriously messed up." Peter said, stopping a few feet away from Vulture, still holding up his arms. "I know it's hard to trust someone you don't really know...Kingpin, however...you definitely can't trust him. He'll toss you away as soon as you're no longer useful to him."

"I...I..." Vulture said as he lowered his weapon slightly, gazing down at the floor. "I just want to see my family again."

"And I'll make sure you get back to them." Peter said, taking a few more hesitant steps closer. "Look, you're different from the Adrian Toomes I know. You seem like a good guy...a family man. It seems to me like you don't really want to be doing this. I know a police captain, Yuri Watanabe, I'll talk to her. We'll work something out and-"

"WAAHH!" Hearing a sudden, terrified scream, Peter whipped around to see a scientist clutching a briefcase as he collapsed to the floor. "It's the maniac who's been rampaging through the lab! Please don't kill me!"

"Calm down! He's not going to-" Peter stopped when his Spider-sense suddenly went off. Spinning back around, his eyes widened when he saw Vulture charging his weapon, taking aim at the scared scientist. With lightning-fast reflexes, Peter fired out a line of webbing that attached to the scientist's chest. With a yank, Peter pulled the scientist toward him, narrowly avoiding the devastating beam of energy that sliced clean through anything it touched. "Holy shit! That thing is not playing around!"

"If Kingpin can bring me here, that means he can also hurt my family. I've got no choice kid." Vulture growled as he aimed at Peter, charging his weapon once again. "Now, hold still."

"We were so close to a breakthrough!" Peter quipped, holding the scientist close as he leaped out of the beam's path. Ducking underneath another attack, Peter quickly fired out a line of webbing and swung toward the lab's entrance. In one quick motion, Peter set the scientist down by the doors and kept swinging. "Get the hell out of here!"

"Thank you, Spider-Man!" The scientist exclaimed as he dashed out of the lab, hugging his briefcase close to his chest.

"It's just you and me now, Adrian." Peter said, sticking to the ceiling above Vulture. "You want to do this the hard way!? Fine by me!"

Kicking off the ceiling, Peter shot toward Vulture at an incredible speed. Activating his wings, Vulture flew out of the way, narrowly avoiding Peter's attack. With a grunt, Peter slammed into the ground, partially caving in the floor. Spider-senses tingling, Peter sprang backward, dodging a swipe from one of Vulture's talons. Spotting a mail cart, Peter grabbed onto it with a line of webbing, spinning it around to gain momentum.

"Package for you, Mr. Toomes!" Peter exclaimed as he hurled the mail cart at Vulture. However, Vulture sliced clean through the cart with his razor-sharp wings, sending out a shower of papers and boxes. Using the rain of mail as cover, Peter catapulted himself toward Vulture. "Hey! You needed to sign for those!"

Cocking his fist back, Peter hit Vulture with a powerful right hook, sending the winged villain soaring back. Re-orientating himself, Vulture growled and angrily shook his head. Vulture's engines roared to life as he shot toward Peter, his weapon charging up. Getting in close, Vulture tried to slash at Peter with the claws on his boots, while also attempting to slice him with beams from his weapon. However, Peter's Spider-sense and incredible reflexes allowed him to swiftly dodge Vulture's attacks.

"Stand still, damn it!" Vulture growled, attempting to hit Peter with an overhead swipe from his claws. When Adrian's attack missed, his foot slammed into the floor, digging his claws into the ground. But, Vulture had put too much strength behind his attack and was unable to pull his foot free. "Son of a bitch!"

"What's wrong, Toomes? Seems like you're struggling a bit?" Peter taunted as he poked his head out from behind Adrian's shoulder, clinging to Vulture's back. With a growl rumbling in his throat, VUlture quickly aimed his weapon at Peter. "Ah, ah! This area is a 'no death beam' zone!" Using his web shooters, Peter yanked the weapon from Vulture's hands and fully encased it in webbing. "There we go. No that, that's-" Peter was cut off when the weapon began to violently shake around and hum with energy. When the web-coated weapon began to pulse with purple energy, Peter's eyes began to widen. "Oh, that can't be good."

"You idiot!" Vulture snapped, watching as a beam of energy randomly fired out, slicing clean through a nearby row of chairs. "You've overloaded the damn thing!"

"Yeah, that's REALLY not good!" Peter exclaimed as he hopped off Vulture's back and attempted to pull his leg free. Grunting with exertion, Peter was surprised when he didn't immediately pull Vulture's claw out. "What the hell, this thing is buried in there! Geez, you really wanted to kill me!"

"Quit yapping and help get me out of here!" Vulture barked, gasping in shock as two beams fired out and cut clean through his wings. "Preferably while I'm still in one piece!"

"Pet...I mean Spider-Man!" Cindy exclaimed as she dashed into the lobby, quickly rushing over to Peter's side. "I'm here to help!"

"Great! Cause I could really use it!" Peter grunted, continuing to try to free Vulture's leg. Letting out an exasperated sigh, Peter pointed toward the malfunctioning weapon. "Web that thing up a bit more to buy us some time, then help me pull this guy free!"

"On it!" Cindy proclaimed as she fired strands of webbing from her fingertip and fully encased Vulture's weapon once again. After she was finished, Cindy ran to Peter's aid and grabbed onto Vulture's leg as well. Grunting in exertion, both Peter and Cindy began to pull, the ground groaning in protest as they began to free Vulture's leg. "S-Spider-Man...I-I'm sorry! I almost let your secret identity slip out!"

"It's fine! He knows I'm Peter Parker!" Peter struggled to say through grit teeth, one of Vulture's claws finally coming free. "Actually...this guy's from a different dimension! So, we need to help him!"

"Well, he's almost AH!" Cindy yelped in surprise as a beam shot right past her head, slicing through the wall behind them. "Okay! On three let's both pull as hard as we can!"

"Let's do it! One! Two! THREE!" Peter yelled, the muscles in his arms straining as both he and Cindy used all their strength to yank Vulture's leg free. Suddenly, Vulture's leg popped free and all three of them fell backward. And it was just in time as a beam of energy sliced through where they had just been standing seconds before. "Let's get the hell out of here!"

Springing onto their feet, Peter picked up Vulture and dashed toward the front doors, with Cindy right behind him. A terrifying humming filled the lobby as Vulture's weapon began to glow brighter and brighter, shaking violently on the ground. Then, just as Peter and Cindy burst out of the lab, the weapon exploded in a brilliant purple fireball. Over a dozen beams of energy fired out randomly, slicing through the lobby and destroying large chunks of the building. With a soft grunt, Peter and Cindy landed on a building across from the lab, setting Vulture down as well.

"Good thing we told the police to pull back." Cindy said as she let out a shaky breath, watching as the lab was partially engulfed in flames. "God...what a mess."

"It could have been a lot worse if we weren't there. A lot of innocent people could have been hurt." Peter said, walking up next to Cindy, not paying attention to how close they were. Feeling the pheromones start to affect him, Peter quickly shook his head and turned to face Vulture. "Okay, Toomes time to start..." Reaching out, Peter pulled off Vulture's helmet. When Peter got a look at Vulture's face, his eyes widened slightly. "Wow...you look just like Michael Keaton."

"I get that a lot..." Vulture said as he let out a light sigh, shrugging off his destroyed wingsuit and sitting on an air vent. "Now, I'm sure you two are wondering what Kingpin had me doing at that lab."

"That would be helpful." Peter said, crossing his arms, as his lenses narrowed slightly. "Start talking."

"Look, you're not gonna like this answer, but I don't know what Kingpin wanted." Adrian said as he stared down at the ground, his brow furrowing slightly. "He just told me to go there and trash the place. He didn't tell me to grab anything or attack anyone. Just...go wild and cause some havoc."

"What the hell?" Cindy grumbled, quirking an eyebrow in confusion as she looked over at Peter. "Why would he do that?"

"Maybe..." Peter muttered as he stroked his chin, his mind racing through possible scenarios. It didn't take Peter long to come up with the only answer that made sense. "Vulture was just a distraction. Kingpin wanted our attention focused elsewhere while someone else stole what he really wanted from that lab."

"God damn it..." Vulture grunted, slamming his fist onto the air duct. "That bastard really was just using me!"

"This isn't good." Cindy said as she turned to look back at the destroyed lab. "Who robbed the lab then...and what were they after?"

"I don't know..." Peter said, pulling off his mask as he pinched the bridge of his nose. "But Kingpin probably just got one step closer to completing his plan. We need to start prepping for the worst." Looking over the roof's edge, Peter looked at the scrambling police officers below them. "Okay, Cindy, you get Vulture back to Avengers Tower. We can keep him there until we beat Kingpin. I'll go talk with Yuri and let her know what happened...and tell her what's really going on."

"Got it." Cindy said as she let Vulture climb onto her back. She felt her entire body heat up as she walked past Peter and stepped onto the roof's edge. "I'll see you back at the tower."

"See you later." Peter said with a wave, watching Cindy step off the roof and fire out a line of webbing as she swung back toward Avengers Tower. Looking back down at the road, Peter sighed when he spotted Yuri coordinating the police efforts. "Ugh, she's not gonna like this."

As Peter lept off the roof, several blocks away, in a dark alley, the scientist he had saved rested against a wall, breathing heavily. Clutching his briefcase tighter against his chest, a wicked smile spread across the scientist's face as he began to cackle. However, the scientist's maniacal laughter was cut short when his phone suddenly began to ring.

"Yes..." The scientist said as he pressed the phone to his ear. "What can I do for you, Kingpin?"

"So, Dmitri...was the plan a success?"

"It sure was." Dmitri said with a smirk, tapping the briefcase. "Those stupid spiders took the bait. That idiot Spider-Man even helped me get out of the building."

"Good. I knew the Chameleon would be perfect for this job. Now, get back here, we've still got work to do."

"On my way..." Dmitri said as took off his glasses, his face completely morphing and changing to an entirely different appearance. "I'll be back in twenty."

"Wait...wait...just give me a moment to process all this." Yuri said, letting out a heavy sigh as she pinched the bridge of her nose. Crouched on top of the wall behind her was Peter, who was nervously wringing his hands together. "Okay...let me see if I'm understanding what you just said. People from different dimensions have randomly been popping up across the city. While Kingpin is trying to build a device that will allow him to pull in villains from across the multi-verse and create an army. Is that right?"

"That...just about sums it up." Peter replied as he nodded his head, rubbing the back of his neck. "Sorry about not telling you sooner, Yuri. I was kind of hoping I could handle this on my own."

"Our little partnership doesn't really work if you keep things like this secret from me." Yuri said, shooting Peter an annoyed look as she crossed her arms. "But, I suppose better late than never. So, what's our next move?"

"The device Kingpin is building gives off a very specific energy signature that's not native to this dimension whenever it's used." Peter explained as he performed a flip off of the police car and landed in front of Yuri. "We've been searching for this signature, but Kingpin must know we could use it to track him. He's been creating dummy signals for us to chase after."

"So, at this point, it's essentially a waiting game. That's frustrating." Yuri grumbled, letting out an annoyed huff as she stroked her chin. "How many people know about this situation?"

"Not many." Peter said as he shrugged his shoulders. "Basically just my team and you right now."

"You have a team now? Great, more headaches for me." Yuri said, rolling her eyes as she rested her hands on her hips. "What about the Avengers? Can they help us?"

"Almost all of them are off on other missions. So, we probably can't count on them for help." Peter admitted sheepishly which caused Yuri to groan in frustration. "But, we're working on getting additional backup."

"Good. Because if what you're saying is true, we're gonna need all the help we can get." Yuri said, walking over to her car and opening the driver's side door. "I don't want to cause a panic, or worse, tip Kingpin off. So, I'll keep this to myself for now. But, I'll start forming a task force to help you out, I need to make sure I find people I can trust. You never know who Fisk has in his pockets. When you figure out where Kingpin is, let me know and I'll mobilize to back you up."

"Thanks, Yuri. I knew that I could count on you..." Peter said as he extended his hand toward Yuri. After staring at it for a few moments, Yuri shook Peter's hand and slid into her car. Before she could drive off, Peter tapped on her window. As she rolled it down, Peter rested his arms on the windowsill and leaned closer. "I really am sorry about not telling you, Yuri. From now on, I'll tell you right away if a crime boss is trying to create a multi-dimensional army."

"You better, Spider-Cop." Yuri said with a small smile before closing her window and driving off.

"Well, that went better than expected." Peter said, letting out a soft exhale through his nostrils as he rested his hands on his hips. Once Yuri's car was out of sight, Peter rolled his shoulders and performed a few light stretches. "Alrighty, I should get back to Avengers Tower, Miguel is gonna want a report on what happened."

(Thirty Minutes Later: Avengers Tower)

"And he's finally arrived." Natasha said when she noticed Peter walking into the conference room, leaning back in her seat. "What took you so long?"

"I had to explain some things to the police captain." Peter replied, taking off his mask. He released a light sigh and sat at the large table. "But, the good news is, when we're ready to go after Kingpin, she should be able to back us up."

"We'll take all the help we can get." Cindy said as she sat on the edge of the table a few feet away from Peter. "Today was a mess."

"You can say that again." Miguel said, walking into the conference room as he tapped away on a tablet. Miles followed a few steps behind Miguel, having been his patrol partner. "You two definitely had a more eventful patrol than us."

"We spent nearly the entire patrol checking out energy signatures Miguel's drones had pinged." Miles grumbled as he crossed his arms and plopped down in a chair. "Although, we did have to stop this weirdo who called himself Big Wheel. He was kind of a pushover though, only managed to wreck a couple of cars before we took him down."

"Ah, you ran into Jackson Weele? Man, it's been a while since he popped up. I thought he had given up on crime." Peter said in an amused tone, leaning forward in his seat. "Did you happen to see the baddie we bagged?"

"I did!" Miles exclaimed as his eyes lit up, slapping his hands onto the table. "I swear, he looks just like Michael Keaton!"

"I know right!? I said the same thing!" Peter laughed with a large smile, turning in his to look at Miguel. "So, did you check him out? Where's he from?"

"Adrian Toomes, aka Vulture...but, you already knew that." Miguel said as he flicked through some information on his tablet. "From Earth-199999...owned a salvage company...has a wife named Doris...daughter Elizabeth...huh...if I'm reading this right...seems like this isn't his first time getting sucked into a different dimension. Very strange."

"No wonder he wanted to get home so badly." Peter said with a frown, his brow furrowing slightly as he sunk a bit deeper into his seat. "We need to stop Kingpin and get everyone back home. The fact that he's forcing people from different dimensions to help him..."

"I know how you feel, Peter." Feeling a hand on his shoulder and hearing a familiar voice caused Peter to perk up. Looking back, he saw Gwen smiling at him. "We heard a bit of what happened from Miguel on our way back from patrol."

"This Kingpin truly is a loathsome man and must be stopped at all costs." Haruka chimed in as she leaned against the conference room's doorway. "That kuso yarō will pay for what he's done."

"Good, the gang's all here." Miguel said, clapping his hands together to get everyone's attention. "Well, we've heard the gist of what happened, Peter. But, why don't you give a more in-depth explanation."

"Sure..." Peter said as he looked at the rest of his team, clasping his hands on top of the table. "We got word from Natasha that Vulture was attacking a lab downtown, so we went to check it out. After speaking with police captain, Yuri Watanabe, Cindy and I entered the lab. Once inside, we split up, she went to rescue any civilians still in the building while I dealt with Vulture."

"Did anything happen while you were handling the civilians, Cindy?" Natasha asked, quirking an eyebrow. "Did you notice anything odd? Or anyone acting suspicious?"

"No, nothing stood out." Cindy replied as she shook her head. "They all seemed pretty panicked and were trying to get out of the building as quickly as possible."

"So, you didn't notice anyone trying to take anything out of the lab?" Miguel muttered, stroking his chin as he paced around the room. "Peter mentioned that Vulture was likely a distraction while someone else stole what they were really after in that lab. One of you must have noticed something."

"Hold on a second..." Peter spoke up as he stood up out of his seat, his eyes widening slightly. "While I was dealing with Vulture, a scientist stumbled into our fight. I helped him get out of the building and I thought nothing of it at the time...but, he was clutching a briefcase as if his life depended on it."

"That's not too strange, but we can't rule it out." Miguel said, snapping his fingers and pointing at Natasha. "Can you pull up security footage from around that area and see if we can find our scientist?"

"Already on it." Karen's voice echoed throughout the room and a few seconds later a projection lit up from the center of the table. Dozens of video feeds filled the projection, with all eyes present on it.

"There! That's him!" Peter exclaimed as he pointed toward a camera feed from the front of the lab. Everyone watched as a scrawny-looking man, who was tightly holding a briefcase against his chest, stumbled out of the lab. "Karen, follow him."

"Where's he going?" Gwen mumbled, watching as the scientist completely avoided the police and seemingly began to walk around aimlessly. After jumping through several different camera feeds, they eventually caught the scientist walking into a dimly lit alley. "Oh boy, a dark alley? I'm not liking this."

"Me too." Haruka added as her eyes narrowed slightly. "Nothing good ever happens in a dark alley."

"Wait..." Miles said, pointing toward one of the screens. "It looks like he's on the phone with someone. Wait...what's he-" Miles stopped mid-sentence as he watched in shock the scientist take off his glasses, his entire face morphing and changing. "What the hell?! That dude's face just completely changed!"

"Chameleon." Peter growled as he slammed his fist onto the table. "Now it makes sense why we didn't notice anything. I shouldn't be surprised that he's working with Kingpin."

"So, they've got a guy who can completely change his appearance at will?" Cindy asked rhetorically, a frown spreading across her face as she unconsciously scooted a little closer to Peter. "I really don't like that."

"Whatever they wanted in that lab, they have it. So, there's nothing we can do about that now." Miguel said as he let out a light sigh, pinching the bridge of his nose. "We're playing defense right now, all we can do is react to whatever Kingpin is planning. So, until we catch a break, we're just gonna have to keep that up. We'll do another series of patrols tomorrow. For now, everyone rest up."

"Hey, Peter..." Haruka called out, stopping him before he could leave the conference room. "Can I talk to you real quick."

"Sure thing, Haruka." Peter said as he joined her at the opposite end of the room, everyone else leaving to rest up for the night. "What's up?"

"For our patrols tomorrow, I was wondering if you could make good on your promise..." Haruka said with a faint blush, rubbing her arm in embarrassment as she looked off to the side. "And show me the sights around town."

"I'd love to, Haruka." Peter said with a smile as he rubbed the back of his neck. "It's a date."

"Eep!" Haruka squeaked in surprise at the way Peter had phrased their sightseeing trip. With her face burning even brighter red, Haruka spun on her heels and dashed out of the room. "I'll see you tomorrow!"

"O...kay...that was weird..." Peter said with an awkward wave, before scratching his head as he stared at the doorway Haruka had left through. After standing in the empty conference room for a few moments Peter shrugged and walked out of the room. However, as soon as Peter stepped out of the conference room, he was stopped once again, this time when someone grabbed his hand. But, Peter was caught off guard when his entire body began to heat up. It didn't take him more than a second to realize who had stopped him. "Cindy...what are you doing?"

"I was holding back the entire time we were out on patrol...and it was really, REALLY hard. But...I don't think I can do it any longer..." Cindy said as she panted lightly, clutching a hand over her racing heart. Turning around, Peter saw that Cindy's face was flushed red, just like his own. Reaching back, Cindy began to unzip her costume. "We...can we please just do this already? If I have to wait any longer, I feel like I'm going to explode."

"..." Peter said nothing for several moments, feeling sweat forming on his brow as he watched Cindy pull down her costume a bit. He audibly gulped when she exposed some of her cleavage, feeling the last remnants of his resolve crumble away. "You're room. Now."

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"I was holding back the entire time we were out on patrol...and it was really, REALLY hard. But...I don't think I can do it any longer..." Cindy said as she panted lightly, clutching a hand over her racing heart. Turning around, Peter saw that Cindy's face was flushed red, just like his own. Reaching back, Cindy began to unzip her costume. "We...can we please just do this already? If I have to wait any longer, I feel like I'm going to explode."

"..." Peter said nothing for several moments, feeling sweat forming on his brow as he watched Cindy pull down her costume a bit. He audibly gulped when she exposed her shoulders and some of her cleavage, feeling the last remnants of his resolve crumble away. "Your room. Now."

Without missing a beat, Cindy grabbed hold of Peter's hand, practically dragging him along as she sprinted toward her room. They reached her room less than a minute later, slamming the door closed behind them. Cindy's breath hitched as Peter embraced her the second the door closed, capturing her lips in a fierce, passionate kiss. Peter immediately took charge and deepened the kiss, snaking his tongue into Cindy's mouth as they danced together. Cindy instinctively wrapped her arms around Peter's neck and pulled him even closer, their bodies now pressing against each other. As Peter's more experienced tongue dominated her's, Cindy moaned as he explored her mouth. She couldn't suppress the pleasurable shiver that ran through her entire body. Cindy tried to keep up, but she was soon overwhelmed by Peter's precise movements. Feeling Peter's tongue swirl and dance around her mouth caused a wave of excitement to wash over Cindy. After what seemed like an eternity of fiery liplockinh, Peter and Cindy eventually broke their kiss. They were both panting lightly, their faces flushed bright red as they stared into each other's eyes.

"That was better than I could have ever expected, but...I need more." Cindy said between pants, a smile spread across her face as she pressed a finger against her lips. Feeling an intense heat welling up within her, Cindy's breathing became a bit more labored. Reaching out, Cindy pushed Peter back down onto her bed and straddled his waist. Peter's face flushed in arousal as Cindy began to run her hands along his chest. "My body feels like it's running on autopilot, Peter. I feel hot from head to toe, and I can't stop thinking about you." While being completely inexperienced when it came to anything sexual, a satisfied smirk spread across Cindy's face when she felt something hard press against her thigh. Even if it was just the pheromones, she knew that she'd aroused Peter. "Do you feel the same?"

"It's probably just the pheromones messing with me, but when we're close, you're the only thing I can think about, Cindy. Like you, my entire body heats up and I have to overwhelming urge to get closer to you, to touch you, to...kiss you." Peter said with an awkward chuckle as he desperately fought the urge to reach out and start groping Cindy. "You're insanely beautiful, Cindy, and you have no idea how much I'm holding myself back right now. I am quite literally fighting all of my urges to not pin you down and ravish you."

"Well...we don't need to fight those urges anymore. We're free to indulge in all our desires." Cindy said in a seductive tone, partially pulling down her costume and revealing her bra-covered breasts and toned stomach. Leaning forward, Cindy pressed her modest breasts against Peter's chest and cupped his face. "So, why don't you stop fighting those urges and pin me down..."

"You asked for it." Peter said with a devious smirk as he lunged forward and pinned Cindy down, causing her to giggle in excitement. Not wanting to make Cindy feel like she was the only one showing skin, Peter began to remove his costume as well. Cindy couldn't help but moan when she saw Peter's chiseled body, licking her lips as she admired his six-pack and toned muscles. Her eyes raked over his immaculate body, burning the image into her mind. "I'm gonna make you scream my name, Cindy."

"Oh, is that a promise?" Cindy asked with a teasing smile, staring at Peter with half-lidded eyes. However, Cindy was caught off guard when Peter suddenly dove forward and captured her lips once again, sucking on her tongue for a few moments. However, Cindy groaned in disappointment when Peter eventually broke their liplock, a silly smirk plastered on her face. "Okay, that's a very good start."

"Oh, I'm just getting warmed up." Peter said with lust-filled eyes as he reached down and gently ran his fingertips down Cindy's side, causing a pleasurable shiver to run through her body. Gripping Cindy's partially-removed suit, Peter gave it a few playful tugs. "But, we need to get these suits off first."

"Good, I was getting hot in this thing..." Cindy said, reaching out and pulling on the leg of Peter's costume. "Help me take this suit off?" With half-lidded eyes, Cindy flashed Peter a seductive smile. "I want to feel your hands all over me."

"I can definitely do that..." Peter said with a grin as he slowly began to pull the suit down Cindy's toned legs. As the costume inched further down her body, Cindy could feel her face starting to heat up considerably. Once her suit was fully off, Cindy reached up and briefly hid her bra-covered chest. While Cindy knew that she was attractive, it was still the first time a man was seeing her naked body. Noticing that Cindy seemed to be nervous, despite the pheromones ramping up her lust, Peter leaned forward and placed a hungry kiss on her lips. When they eventually broke their liplock, Cindy was panting lightly, staring into Peter's eyes. "You look so fucking hot right now, Cindy...and I'm not saying that because of the pheromones."

"Heh, that definitely gave me a nice confidence boost..." Cindy said with a small smile, before nudging Peter with her foot. "Well, I've got my costume off, it's your turn now." However, as Peter reached down to remove the rest of his costume, Cindy quickly stopped him. "Wait! You helped take mine off, let me do the same!"

"That's only fair." Peter teased as he immediately stopped what he was doing and moved his hands away, a small smirk spreading across his face. Lying back on the bed, Peter clasped his hands behind his head. "Go for it, Cindy."

"Wow, being with three girls has made you kind of smug..." Cindy said, cocking an eyebrow as she sat on her knees in between Peter's legs. Reaching out, Cindy began to slowly tug Peter's costume down his legs. "I don't know if I like it or not."

"Oh, trust me, I could be SO much more cocky right now, but I don't want to be a total asshole..." Peter said with a chuckle as Cindy got his suit down past his knees. Cindy paused for a moment, admiring the sizable bulge in Peter's boxers. "Don't worry, if you ever catch me going too far, I give you free reign to kick my ass."

"Hmmm, I'll be keeping a close eye on you then..." Cindy said, now straddling Peter's waist and pressing her bra-covered breasts against his chest. With a teasing smile, Cindy placed a heated kiss on Peter's lips. "I do prefer your awkward and nervous side." As Cindy raked her fingers down Peter's muscular chest, she frowned slightly when she saw his various fading scars. "Man, these sure tell a story."

"Yeah, I could tell you where I got each of these..." Peter said with a soft chuckle as he felt Cindy trace a light scar that ran across his right pec. "This job does come with its fair share of hazards. Do this long enough and I'm sure you'll get some as well."

"I'm not looking forward to that..." Cindy said with a soft sigh, slowly running her hands across Peter's chest. "But, you're right, it's an occupational hazard."

"I'll be there to make sure you don't get hurt too bad..." Peter said as he reached up and cupped Cindy's cheek, her face flushing slightly. A low moan slipped past Cindy's lips as Peter's other hand rubbed across her toned stomach. Leaning closer, Peter whispered into Cindy's ear, causing a pleasurable shiver to run down her spine. "Now, I think we've put this off long enough." Gently pushing Cindy back down onto the bed, Peter hovered over her, a fiery look in his eyes. "I can't hold back any longer."

Reaching out, Peter practically tore off Cindy's bra and began to grope her modest bust. While one hand was busy massaging Cindy's breasts, Peter's other hand dove into her panties. Cindy bit her bottom lip and barely managed to hold back a moan as two of Peter's fingers snaked inside her. Peter's hands continued to pleasure Cindy, causing her to writhe around on the bed, tightly gripping the sheets. As Peter's fingers curled inside her, and his thumb circled her clit, Cindy couldn't hold back any longer and let a moan that practically shook the room. Feeling a wave of pleasure, Cindy's entire body shuddered as her back arched off the bed and her eyes fluttered.

"Holy shit Peter, I've never felt like this before..." Cindy moaned as she continued to wriggle and squirm, feeling wave after wave of pleasure rock her body as Peter's fingers continued to find all her sweet spots. Now panting slightly, Cindy was so lost in ecstasy that she didn't even notice that Peter had completely taken her panties off. A groan of displeasure rumbled in Cindy's throat when she felt Peter's fingers leave her womanhood. "Oh, come on, Peter! Why the hell did you stop! I was just about to cuAHNm!"

Cindy screamed out in pleasure when she felt Peter's experienced tongue slip into her soaked womanhood. Instantly, Cindy was a moaning and writhing mess. She bit her bottom lip in a vain attempt to hold in her cries of ecstasy. Cindy couldn't believe how amazing Peter's tongue felt, he seemed to know every movement and technique that would have her soaring in pleasure. Without thinking, Cindy reached down and gripped Peter's hair, doing her best to suppress her powers and not tear his scalp off. After only a few brief minutes, Cindy could feel a hot, tingling feeling building up in the core of her stomach, that slowly spread throughout her entire body. Cindy knew that her orgasm was quickly approaching, and one more small push would send her over the edge. As Peter continued to work his tongue, he reached out and used his thumb to massage Cindy's clit. Stimulating Cindy's clitoris was the last thing she needed to be thrown into her orgasm. Cindy screamed out in pure ecstasy as an intense orgasm rocked her whole body.

"God damn, Peter...that...that was incredible...I've never cum that hard in my life..." Cindy panted out, as she tried to catch her breath, several pleasurable aftershocks causing her entire body to shudder. "All your experience is seriously paying off."

"Nice to know all my hard work is paying off." Peter teased with a chuckle, licking his lips as he slid his way up Cindy's body and gave her a brief, tender kiss. "I should thank you for helping me further expand my skillset."

"You're being cocky again, Peter..." Cindy said with a smirk as she sat upright, lifting her leg up and using her foot to push Peter back down to the bed. Positioning herself between Peter's legs, she hungrily eyed his erect shaft and licked her lips. "However, that's not the cock I'm interested in right now."

Peter quirked an eyebrow as he was about to say something, but was immediately gagged when Cindy lunged forward and wrapped her lips around his shaft. Peter was caught off guard as Cindy began to rapidly bob her head up and down his manhood, showcasing incredible enthusiasm. The heat and wetness of her mouth sent waves of pleasure throughout Peter's body. Throwing his head back against a pillow, Peter tightly gripped the bedsheets. As Cindy eagerly took his manhood deeper into her mouth, Peter let out a long, throaty moan. Hearing Peter's pleasured moans encouraged Cindy to double her efforts as she began to twirl her tongue around his cock. Whatever part of his shaft Cindy couldn't reach, she began to stroke with her hands.

"Holy shit Cindy..." Peter groaned as he reached down and gently ran his fingers through Cindy's black hair. After a few more minutes of intense sucking, Peter could feel himself getting close to his climax. He knew that there was no way he could beat the pleasurable onslaught. "Cindy...I'm almost there...I'm about to..."

Knowing that Peter was so close to his orgasm, Cindy took him to the back of her throat. Hissing through his teeth, Peter couldn't hold on much longer. Suddenly gripping Cindy's head with both hands, Peter rapidly thrust his hips several times, completely burying his shaft to the hilt down her throat. After one final thrust, a growl rumbled in Peter's throat as he completely sheathed his manhood in Cindy's mouth. Both spider-people moaned as Peter shot his seed down Cindy's throat. After several spurts, Peter let out a contented sigh and pulled out of Cindy's mouth with a wet pop. After taking a moment to catch her breath, Cindy licked her lips, tasting the remnants of Peter's seed. With a gulp, she swallowed all that was left, finding the taste to be utterly addictive.

"Jesus, Cindy..." Peter said in between breaths, coming down from his orgasmic high. "That was amazing."

"I actually rather enjoyed that." Cindy said with a lustful smirk as she seductively licked her lips once again. "I've read online about giving men fellatio, but I never expected it to be like that...from most of the first-hand accounts I read, most of the women disliked the act...but that actually really got me going...in fact, I want to do it again...and again..." Peter's shaft twitched when he heard this response, causing him to audibly gulp. "But we'll have plenty of time for that later..." Crawling up Peter's body, Cindy gave Peter a brief kiss and began to slowly stroke his manhood, feeling it immediately start to harden in her hand. "Every instinct in my body is screaming at me to get to the main event."

"Yeah, I feel the same way." Peter said, smiling up at the seductive black-haired woman. After moving around on the bed, Cindy lay down on her back, and Peter positioned himself between her legs. Gripping his shaft, Peter lined himself up with Cindy's dripping wet womanhood. "Alright, here I go, Cindy..."

Cindy hissed through her teeth as Peter slowly entered her, feeling a mixture of pleasure and discomfort. However, it didn't take long for the discomfort to disappear, being fully replaced with intense pleasure, causing both Peter and Cindy to moan. The black-haired spider-woman was amazed at how much Peter stretched and filled her. After about a minute, Peter had fully buried himself inside Cindy. She had always heard that a woman's first time was a painful experience, but Cindy was surprised by how good she was feeling. She didn't know if it was just pheromones doing their magic, but Peter's manhood seemed to be the perfect size for her and felt truly amazing.

"Damn...this feels...I can't even put it into words..." Cindy moaned loudly as she began to thrust her hips in time with Peter's thrusts. Within no time, they both had fallen into a continuous and satisfying rhythm. As Peter continued to pound into Cindy, he raised her legs and rested them on his shoulders. With this new position, Peter gripped Cindy's hips and pounded into her even harder. Cindy cried out in pleasure as Peter's thrusts became faster and reached even deeper inside her. She loved the rapid and powerful tempo they had going. "Fuck! Peter! T-This is insane!?"

"I don't plan on stopping any time soon..." Peter grunted, taking one of his hands off of Cindy's hips and reaching down to massage her bouncing breasts. "We're just getting started!"

"Oh, we're not stopping until I can't walk straight..." Cindy said with a smirk as she licked her lips, a seductive glint in her eyes. Showcasing her impressive strength and flexibility, Cindy suddenly wrapped her legs around Peter's waist and spun them around on the bed. With a grunt, Peter's back slammed onto the bed, with Cindy now riding him. Peter leaned his head back and moaned loudly as Cindy began to rapidly bounce on his shaft. "Let me take the wheel for a while..."

Not wanting Cindy to have full control, Peter started to thrust his hips in time with her bouncing. Hearing the black-haired woman let out a pleasured moan, Peter tightly grabbed hold of Cindy's hips and began to pound into her wet womanhood even faster. Cindy bellowed out in ecstasy as her pleasure shot through the roof. As Peter continued to pound into her, Cindy lunged forward and pulled him in for a fiery kiss. They both moaned as their tongues began to battle for dominance. However, Cindy moaned in surprise when she felt Peter sit up, steadily bouncing her in his lap. Their pace slowed down slightly as Peter and Cindy tenderly embraced each other, days of sexual tension finally starting to bubble over.

"Peter..." Cindy breathed out, staring into his eyes as they broke their liplock. With her heart racing in her chest, Cindy leaned back in and gave Peter several peckish kisses. "I don't care if it's just pheromones talking, but I love this. I've never felt this good in my entire life. I don't care about the other women, I'm happy just being able to experience this feeling with you now."

"Cindy..." Peter said with a small smile, sensing her passionate feelings with every movement she made. Suddenly, Peter's smile widened, and he leaned forward. He wrapped his arms around Cindy and hugged her tightly against his chest. "I'm glad you feel that way, Cindy. I know this whole situation is messy and not ideal...but I'll do everything I can to make you girls happy." Cindy could feel her heart flutter as she embraced Peter, burying her face into the crook of his neck. Feeling a wave of happiness, both Peter and Cindy's pace quickened, and it didn't take long for them both to approach their orgasm. "Cindy...I'm getting really close..."

"Me too, Peter...please don't stop..." Cindy groaned as she nuzzled against Peter's neck, giving him several gentle kisses along his collarbone. "Please do it inside...I want to feel you filling me up..."

Both Peter and Cindy moaned in pleasure as they experienced the second orgasm of their passionate lovemaking session. The fiery black-haired woman wrapped her arms around Peter and held him close, her body twitching as she rode out her orgasm, feeling his seed shoot inside her. After a few more moments, Peter slowly pulled out of Cindy, a mixture of both their sexual juices following after him. The web-slingers both flopped down onto the bed, with Cindy cuddling up next to Peter. Both of them were panting slightly as a thin sheen of sweat covered their bodies. Cindy had a satisfied smirk on her face as she lazily drew circles on Peter's muscular chest.

"Wow...that was fantastic Cindy." Peter said, turning to flash his new black-haired lover a smile. "I think that was worth holding off against our urges."

"I'll agree with that...and it really was spectacular..." Cindy said as a lustful smirk spread suddenly across her face. Peter quirked an eyebrow when he felt one of Cindy's hands slide down his body. Then he moaned softly as Cindy began to stroke his manhood back to life. Cindy then rolled on top of Peter once again, her toned ass rubbing against his shaft. "You did say that we weren't gonna stop any time soon. I hope you can keep your word."

"I remember you saying that you didn't want to stop until you couldn't walk straight..." Peter said as a low growl rumbled in his throat, lunging forward and pinning Cindy's arms down. Cindy giggled as Peter captured her lips in another passionate kiss. When Peter broke their liplock, he looked into Cindy's eyes and grinned. "There's no patrols until tomorrow, so we've got all night to enjoy ourselves."

(The Following Morning: Avengers Tower Roof)

"Man, I never get tired of this view..." Peter said with a small smile, staring out at the sprawling New York cityscape as he sat on the edge of the rooftop. Letting out a soft yawn, Peter's face flushed slightly as he remembered the long and passionate night he had spent with Cindy. They had only ended their lovemaking marathon a few hours earlier, so Peter decided to let Cindy get some much-deserved rest. As he basked in the morning sunlight, Peter perked up when he felt his phone start to vibrate. Taking out his phone, Peter's entire demeanor brightened up when he saw who was calling. "Morning, MJ."

"Morning, tiger. I just wanted to hear my lovely boyfriend's voice since you haven't come over in a few days."

"Sorry about that, MJ." Peter said as he let out a soft sigh, running a hand through his hair. "Things have just been so hectic lately. All this shit with different multiverses is seriously stressing me out."

"Are you guys any closer to catching Kingpin? It seems like he's always one step ahead of you."

"Tell me about it..." Peter groaned in frustration, pinching the bridge of his nose. "We're basically out here playing whack-a-mole, only able to hit back whenever something related to whatever he's got planned pops up."

"And...what'll happen if you can't stop him before he completes...whatever it is he's doing?"

"We'll stop him before he ever gets that far." Peter said in a determined tone as he tightened his grip on his cellphone. "I promise I'll keep you and everyone else in this city safe."

"I know you will, tiger...you always do. I...I just wish there was some way I could help you. I hate having to stand on the sidelines and watch you risk your life all the time."

"You do more than enough for me already, MJ. I don't think there are many girls who could put up with my crap." Peter said with a small smile, rubbing the back of his neck. "Just know that you're safe is all I need."

"...I love you, Peter."

"I love you too, MJ." Peter said as he felt his heart beat a bit faster, his face flushing slightly. "I'll talk to you later."

After hanging up the phone, Mary Jane let out a heavy sigh and sunk deeper into the couch she was sitting on. Huffing in frustration, Mary Jane tapped her cellphone against her forehead several times. She couldn't stop thinking about what he had just said to Peter. While she appreciated Peter wanting to keep her safe, she wanted to help him in some way. Mary Jane didn't have amazing powers like her boyfriend, but there had to be some way she could help him out. Letting out another sigh, Mary Jane suddenly perked up when an idea popped into her head. Unlocking her cellphone, MJ quickly scrolled through her contacts and dialed a specific number. After a few moments, a slightly agitated voice answered, followed by what sounded like an explosion.

"Hello! Who is this?! How'd you get this number!?"

"Tony Stark...this is Mary Jane Watson." Mary Jane said, quirking an eyebrow as she listened to what had to be an intense battle unfolding on the other end of the line. "Sorry to bother you, but I was hoping you could help me with something."

"Mary Ja...aw hell, did the kid really give you my damn number!? No wait...I bet you swiped it out of his contact list when he wasn't paying attention. Whatever, how you got my number doesn't matter! Now really isn't a great time, sweetheart! Could you call back in like an hour!? Jarvis, reroute all power to thrusters, I need to dodge this incoming fire!"

"It does sound like you're a bit preoccupied, Mr. Stark. So, I'll keep this brief..." Mary Jane said as she stood up from her couch and walked over to a window, looking at the bustling street below. "I want to be able to help Peter out. I can't stand being on the sidelines anymore as he constantly puts himself in danger."

"Jesus...that's why you're bothering me?! Go get bitten by a radioactive spider. I hear that's all the rage right now."

"I'm being serious right now, Tony." Mary Jane said in an annoyed tone, her brow furrowing slightly. "You're a genius. I'm sure you've got something that can help me."

"Appreciate the compliment, but I can't...wait, there may be something actually."

"Really?" Mary Jane asked as she perked up, resting her hand against the window. "What is it?"

"Well, it's not complete yet, but I have been studying your boyfriend's spider powers...AGH! Damn! That one was close! Anyways, I'll work out the kinks when I've got a minute and upload everything to Jarvis at Avengers Tower. You'll be able to fabricate everything there once you've got the finished schematics!"

"Thank you so much, Tony." Mary Jane said with a small smile as she clutched a hand over her heart. "I don't know how to thank you."

"You can thank me by hanging up and never calling again! Now, I've got to go, Cap needs a hand!"

"How will I-" Mary Jane was cut off when Tony suddenly stopped the call. Clicking her tongue, Mary Jane slipped her phone into her pocket. "Guess he'll get in touch when it's ready." Looking back out the window, Mary Jane gazed at Avengers Tower. "Don't worry, tiger, I'll be the one protecting you soon enough."

"Where the hell are you, Fisk?" Peter muttered, tightly gripping the edge of the roof as his eyes narrowed. "You can't hide forever."

"Don't worry, Peter. We'll find him soon enough." Yelping in surprise, Peter leaped up and nearly fell off the roof. Taking a moment to recompose himself, Peter turned to see that Hida was standing next to him with her arms crossed. "Apologies, did I startle you?"

"Damn right you did, you're like a freaking ninja." Peter said as he took a breath and stood up, standing next to Sakura Spider. "So, what's up?"

"Miguel wants us all to head to the meeting room, so that we can discuss our patrols for today." Hida said, before spinning around and hopping off the roof's edge. However, before Hida re-entered the tower, she turned to look back at Peter, her cheeks flushed slightly. "Don't forget, you promised to show me around town while we're on patrol."

"Of course, I remembered, Hida. I'll show you some of the coolest spots in New York." Peter said with a grin as he followed Hida back into the tower. After a brief walk, they entered the meeting room where everyone else was already gathered. As Peter entered the room, he briefly locked eyes with Cindy, both of their faces flushing red. Coughing in his fist to compose himself, Peter took a seat next to Gwen, who gave him a knowing look. "So, what's on the docket today, Miguel?"

"Glad you could finally join us." Miguel said, letting out a light sigh as he tapped away at a tablet he was holding. After a few moments, he threw up a 3D projection of New York in the center of the table. One-by-one, dozens of red dots began to appear across the map, no real pattern between their placements. "As we previously theorized, Kingpin has definitely figured out we can track him by the energy signature my device gives off when its activated. Each of those red dots is a ping from one of my drones in just the last twelve hours alone."

"Shit, that's way more than last time." Gwen said as she watched the amount of red dots continue to increase. "What the hell are we going to do?"

"We just have to ramp up our efforts." Natasha said, setting down her phone as her eyes narrowed slightly. "I'm about to meet some of my contacts. Hopefully, I can shake some info out of them."

"There has to be something that will help us find Kingpin..." Miles muttered as he intently stared at the projection, looking for any possible patterns. "We know that Kingpin must be getting close to setting his plan in motion." Noticing an odd cluster of red dots, Miles' brow furrowed as he stood up from his seat. "What about these clusters? What if Kingpin is using them to mask the larger energy signature emitted by his device?"

"That's...actually a good idea kid." Miguel said, his eyes widening as he zoomed out the 3D projection. "If we use Miles' theory..." Tapping away on his tablet, Miguel highlighted all the clusters of red dots. That took the number of areas they needed to search from over a hundred to just fifteen in total. "That significantly reduces our search area."

"So, we've got our new targets to scout." Cindy said as she scanned over the clusters scattered across the city. "They're still spread out across the entire city."

"That also means they could have been areas where Kingpin tested the device." Hida chimed in, her eyes narrowing slightly as she crossed her arms. "So, we should expect to run into trouble."

"Hida is right." Peter added as he nodded his head, looking at everyone gathered in the room. "We've already run into a few people Kingpin has brought in from different dimensions. There are sure to be more."

"You heard him, be on your toes out there people." Miguel said, tapping a few times on his tablet as a list of all their names appeared on the projection. "Teams will be: Miles and me, Gwen and Cindy, Peter and Hida, and Natasha will be flying solo. Each team will hit at least three of these clusters, and we'll mop up any we missed tomorrow. Any questions?" Seeing that everyone understood their assignments, Miguel nodded and slipped on his mask. "Good. Everyone be ready to go in five. Miles, I'll meet you up on the roof."

"Ready to go, Hida?" Peter asked as he pulled out his mask and put it on. "I'll show you all the coolest places in New York."

"Right behind you, Peter." Hida said with a smile, flipping up her hood as she walked with Peter out of the room. "So, what's our first stop?"

(Three Hours Later: Streets of Manhattan)

"Those first two spots were a total bust." Peter said as he let out a soft sigh, clasping his hands behind his head. "No bad guys. No clues. Nothing. If Kingpin or his goons were at those places, they covered their tracks perfectly."

"What's our next plan of action?" Hida asked, walking beside Peter as she noticed people giving her inquisitive looks. "Should we head to the next designated area?"

"Nah, let's take a break for a bit." Peter said as he stopped, resting his hands on his hips. "I'm starving, let's get a bite to eat."

"Oh?" Hida asked in a curious tone, quirking an eyebrow as she turned to face Peter. "What did you have in mind?"

"Well, you'll never get the full New York experience unless we get you a slice of pizza." Peter said enthusiastically as he gestured toward the building they were standing in front of. "And this place has the best pizza in all of New York."

"Here?" Hida said skeptically, staring at the small, slightly rundown-looking building. "This place doesn't exactly instill much confidence. But...I'll trust your judgement, Peter."

"I promise you'll love it." Peter said as he opened the door for Hida, both of them entering the small restaurant. As soon as they were inside, Hida was shocked to see that the place was packed, with there being almost no room for them to stand. However, before she could worry about how long it would take them to get their food, Peter nudged her with his elbow. "Watch this..." Reaching out to the man in front of them, Peter tapped him on the shoulder. "Excuse me."

"What do you..." The gruff-looking man in front of them stopped mid-sentence when he saw who had touched him. His eyes widened in shock, and his entire demeanor changed, a large smile spreading across his face. "Oh shit! It's Spider-Man! No fucking way!"

Instantly, everyone in the restaurant whipped around to face them. All of them swarming around Peter, high-fiving him and hounding him for an autograph. After firing off some quips and taking some pictures, Peter and Hida soon found themselves at the front of the crowd. Standing behind the counter was a man who appeared to be in his early sixties, with salt and pepper hair, wearing a flour-stained smock. Spotting the wallcrawler, a bright smile spread across the man's face, and he stepped out from behind the counter, giving Peter a tight bear hug.

"There he is, my favorite spider guy!" The man let out a hearty laugh as he roughly patted Peter on the back. "What can Vito do for you?"

"Well Vito, my friend and I were doing some crime fighting in the area..." Peter said, gesturing toward Hida and gently pushing her forward. Giving an awkward wave, Hida smiled at Vito. "And we were hoping to get a slice."

"BAH! Just a slice? No! Vito will give you and your friend a full pizza on me!" Vito laughed as he slapped Peter on the back again, causing him to sputter and stumble forward. "You saved my shop from those thugs who were shaking me down! It's the least Vito can do! HAHA!" Stepping back behind the counter, Vito poked his head back into the kitchen. "HEY! Get me a large pie for our spider friends!" After a brief exchange, Vito returned and flashed Peter and Hida a beaming smile. "It'll be just a minute."

"So..." Hida said, looking between Vito and Peter. "You said that Spider-Man saved your shop?"

"What the hell did she just say?" Vito asked as he quirked an eyebrow, giving Peter a confused look. "Sorry, sweetie, I don't understand whatever language you're speaking."

"Ah, here, let me help you out, Vito..." Peter said, taking out a spare pair of earpieces and offering them to Vito. "Put these in and you'll be able to understand her."

"For real..." Vito asked skeptically as he took the earpieces and examined them for a moment. Seeing Peter nod his head, Vito shrugged and put the earpieces in. "Okay, talk to Vito again."

"Oh, sure thing." Hida said, causing Vito's eyes to widen slightly as he understood her perfectly now. "I was just asking how Spider-Man saved your store."

"Holy shit! These things are awesome!" Vito exclaimed with a grin as he marveled at the technology Peter had given him. "And yeah, it was about two weeks ago." Vito crossed his arms and nodded. "Some local gangsters were trying to extort me for 'protection' money. But my arachnid friend here put those bastards in their place. You should have seen it, had them running like chickens before he webbed them up, haha! The next day, he found out where their little gang was holed up and shut down their entire operation."

"Wow, very impressive." Hida said with a smirk, nudging Peter with her elbow as he rubbed the back of his head in embarrassment. "Looks like the people around here really like you, Spider-Man."

"Oh my, yes! We love Spider-Guy! Ain't that right?!" Vito bellowed, which was quickly followed by several agreements from the crowd behind them. Leaning forward on the counter, Vito eyes Hida up and down. "So, who are you, new spider girl? And what's with the no mask thing? Not worried about people finding out who you are?"

"You can call me Sakura Spider..." Hida said with a smile, pulling down her hood as she shrugged her shoulders. "And I'm from...uh...out of town. So, I'm not really worried about people seeing my face."

"Ah, an out-of-towner." Vito said as she stroked his chin, before flashing Peter a grin. "I'm sure our friendly neighborhood spider guy told you that you needed to try Vito's pizza while you're here?"

"He did say it was the best in the city." Hida said, causing Vito to let out another boisterous laugh. "Mighty big expectations, Vito."

"I don't know about best in the city, but my customers sure like my food." Vito said, just as one of his employees stepped out of the kitchen and handed him a box of pizza. With a beaming smile, Vito handed the steaming hot pizza to Peter. "It was a pleasure to meet you...eh...Sakura Spider. You and spider guy feel free to stop in again anytime!"

"Thanks, Vito! You're the best!" Peter said as he and Hida waved to the shop owner as they walked out of the restaurant. After a brief swing, Peter and Hida found themselves near the top of the Chrysler Building, sitting on one of the metallic gargoyles that jutted out from the building. Pulling off his mask, Peter opened the pizza box and offered Hida a slice. "Let me know what you think."

"..." Hida said nothing as she grabbed the slice of pizza and took a bite. After a few moments, her eyes widened and she quickly took several more quick bites. In a flash, Hida had finshed the entire slice and was diving in for another. "Holy crap! This is the best pizza I've ever had!"

"Told you." Peter said with a grin, grabbing a slice of his own and digging in. After demolishing his slice, Peter let out a contented sigh and gazed out at the sprawling city before them. "Man, I never get tired of this view."

"It truly is amazing..." Hida breathed out as she clasped her hands in her lap, a small smile creeping across her face. "This city truly is something."

"I knew you'd like it here." Peter said, pausing to grab himself another slice of pizza. "So, I take it you enjoyed our little tour of New York?"

"You seem to know every interesting spot in the city." Hida said with a smile as she leaned back and gazed out at New York's skyline. "The Statue of Liberty...that Sanctum Santorum building...Central Park...and so many other awesome places. It was better than a guided tour."

"It sucks Dr. Strange wasn't at the Sanctum, I would have loved for you to meet him. He uses crazy magic, and he's got this awesome cape that he can use to fly around." Peter said, scooting a little closer to Hida as he joined her. "Wong wasn't there either. You'd love him." Grabbing another slice of pizza, Peter glanced at Hida. "So, what's it like in your dimension?"

"On the surface, it doesn't seem that much different than this one. I did some web surfing yesterday, and from what I saw, our dimensions have a lot of similarities." Hida explained as she grabbed another piece of pizza as well, pausing to take a bite. "A lot of the same heroes, Captain America, Iron Man...Deadpool. The Avengers. I was actually approached by Captain America to start a team of heroes in Tokyo, called Samurai Squad. That's how I met Deadpool. We've also got another member named Neiro...but that's a whole can of worms."

"Wow, you've got your own team? That's amazing. You're awesome, Hida." Peter complimented, causing Hida's face to flush slightly. "So, you're from Tokyo? I've always wanted to go there."

"Well, next time I'll be the one giving you a tour." Hida said with a grin as she scotted even closer, her hips pressing against Peter's. "I'll show you all the sights."

"Heh, it's another date then." Peter joked, earning him a playful punch in the shoulder from Hida, whose face was bright red. Chuckling to himself, Peter tugged down Hida's hood. "Sorry. Sorry. I won't tease you."

"Hmph!" Hida huffed in annoyance as she crossed her arms, but her expression quickly softened. "I'm glad you're the one who found me, Peter." Hida leaned over and rested her head against Peter's shoulder. "I'd be so lost without you and the others."

"We'll make sure you get home, Hida." Peter said, wrapping an arm around Hida's shoulder and holding her close. "I promise."

"..." Hida said nothing for several moments as she simply enjoyed Peter's company. However, they couldn't stay like this forever, they had a task to complete. "I think we should get going, Peter."

"As much as I'd like to sit up here all day, you're right." Peter said, grabbing his mask and partially putting it on. Standing up, Peter used his web shooter to snag one last slice of pizza. "Let's get going."

"Hopefully, we'll find something." Hida said as she grabbed the last slice of pizza and hopped onto her feet. "So, where are we going?"

"The location is pretty close by..." Peter said, finishing off the last bite of pizza as he pulled down his mask. "It's in Hell's Kitchen."

(Five Minutes Later: Abandoned Apartment Building Within Hell's Kitchen)

"This is the place?" Hida questioned as she quirked an eyebrow, standing outside a relatively dilapidated-looking 6 story apartment building. "It doesn't look like anybody's been here in years."

"Yeah, we're in the right place." Peter said, scanning through the information that was flashing through the HUD in his mask. "The cluster was in this building."

"Ugh, I'm getting bad vibes from this place." Hida muttered as she looked at the broken and boarded-up windows. "Let's make this fast."

"I'll take the lead." Peter said, stepping up to the door and trying to pull it open. However, the door seemed to be locked. Putting in a little more muscle, Peter tore the door open, causing Hida and himself to cough as they were hit by a wall of dust. "Damn, this place needs to be tidied up."

"You're telling me..." Hida said as she tapped Peter's shoulder, pointing toward something down the hall. Looking where Hida was gesturing, Peter's eyes widened when he spotted an unconscious man. "Looks like we aren't the only ones here."

"This is one of Kingpin's thugs." Peter said, kneeling down and examining the unconscious man. "But, who took him out?"

"Whoever it is..." Hida said as she gestured further down the hall, noticing that seveal more thugs were knocked out cold. "They did a REALLY good job."

"Let's head in further, maybe we'll find this mysterious badass." Peter said, walking down the hall toward the stairwell. As Hida and Peter ascended the stairs, they found more unconscious goons, with guns scattered across the ground and bullet holes lining the walls. Reaching the fifth floor, they could hear what sounded like fighting coming from one of the abandoned apartments near the end of the hall. Slowly approaching the door to the apartment, Peter reached out to open it. However, he yelped in surprise and lept back as someone smashed through the door and slammed into the opposite wall. "Holy hell!"

"Looks like you're a little late to the party..." A familiar voice said from within the apartment as a figure stepped out of the dust and shadows. Suddenly, Peter and Hida's spide-senses went off as a final goon burst out of the apartment behind them and aimed a handgun at them. However, before either of them could react, the thug was knocked out when a baton richotched off the floor and hit him in the head. Catching the baton as it bounced back, the figure stepped out into the hallway, and Peter wasn't surprised to see that their mystery badass was Matt Murdock, aka Daredevil. "Spider-Man...and a friend?"

"I should have known it was you who did this. Hell's Kitchen is your stomping ground after all." Peter said, crossing his arms as he watched Daredevil nudge one of the unconscious triggermen with his baton. "Impressive work as always."

"Impressive is right. I can't believe he took out all these guys by himself, there had to be at least thirty of Kingpin's thugs." Hida said as she let out a low whistle, admiring Matt's work. "Who is this guy?"

"The name is Daredevil." Matt said, putting his baton away and approaching Peter and Hida. "I'd tell you more, but I don't know you yet."

"Oh, this is..." Peter stopped mid-sentence and whipped his head toward Matt, seemingly caught off guard by something. "Wait, you can understand her?"

"Yeah, I learned Japanese a few years ago." Matt said with a smirk as he rested his hands on his hips. "One of my clients was Japanese, so I brushed up on it to better communicate with him."

"Client?" Hida parroted in a suspicious tone, shooting Matt a skeptical look. "Are you an assassin or something?"

"I'm actually a lawyer." Matt replied, which immediately seemed to ease Hida's mind. "A really good one."

"I can attest to that. He's gotten me out of a few legal binds." Peter said with a chuckle as he rubbed the back of his neck. "So, what brings you here?"

"The same thing that probably brought you two here..." Matt said, his face hardening as he frowned. "Fisk." Turning around, Matt gestured for Peter and Hida to follow him. The trio walked into the last apartment at the end of the hall. Inside, there were several unconscious goons, along with almost a dozen crates filled with guns and military-grade equipment. "I got a tip about a weapons deal happening in this building. It looks like it was accurate. But...that's not the most interesting thing I found." Opening the door to the bathroom, Peter was surprised to see the Prowler knocked out and tied up. However, it wasn't the Prowler he knew. "Recognize him? Or rather, you shouldn't recognize him."

"Damn it, another one...things are really starting to get out of hand." Peter said as he let out a heavy sigh and crouched down in front of the Prowler. "Karen, run the new program Miguel made for you."

"On it, Peter."

"Let's see where you're from." Peter muttered, the lens in his mask briefly glowing as he scanned the Prowler. "So, you're from Earth-1610. Karen, call Yuri and let her know she's got some bad guys to round up."

"Already called her when you entered the building."

"What exactly is going on here?" Matt asked as he reached out and grabbed Peter's shoulder. "What is Fisk planning?"

"Something really bad...and it would take me too long to explain everything." Peter said, letting out a soft sigh as he stood up. "You stopping this weapon deal really helped, though. I'm sure it will slow Fisk down at least a little bit. So, thanks for that."

"Well, I may be able to do one more thing to help you..." Matt said as he walked over to one of the weapon cases and spun it around. Instantly, Peter recognized the logo on the side of the crate. "I think this is your next lead."

"Sable International..." Peter said, walking over and inspecting the crate. "There's no way she'd...no...I can't be sure. Looks like I'll need to talk to Silver Sable."

"Good luck with that." Matt said as he began to walk out of the apartment. "I'll see if I can find some other ways to disrupt whatever Fisk is planning." Stopping in the doorway, Matt turned his head to look back at Peter and Hida. "And when you go to take down Fisk...if you need backup...you know how to get in touch."

"Wow...he's intense." Hida said, gazing at the doorway Matt had walked out of. "So, looks like this Silver Sable may be able to give us some answers."

"Yeah, this is probably our best lead right now." Peter said as he let out a light sigh, starting to walk out of the apartment. "I just hope Silver won't shoot me when she sees me. We seem to swap from being friends to enemies every time we run into each other."

(That Night: Avengers Tower Roof)

"Man, it's been a long day..." Peter said, suppressing a yawn as he walked out onto the tower's roof. "I'm just gonna get some fresh air then..."

Peter trailed off when he spotted Miles sitting on the roof's edge. The young man had headphones in, so he hadn't heard Peter step onto the roof. Thinking that Miles probably wanted some time alone, Peter was about to leave. However, he stopped when he heard Miles sniffle. Feeling a paternal instinct, Peter walked over and stepped up onto the roof's edge. Miles was surprised when Peter suddenly sat down next to him, quickly wiping his eyes.

"P-Peter!" Miles awkwardly exclaimed as he sniffled again, trying his best to hide the fact that he was crying. "W-What're you doing here?"

"I originally came out to get some fresh air before bed..." Peter said, before giving Miles a comforting smile. "But, then I saw you out here and I thought I'd join you. Is that okay?"

"Yeah...I guess so." Miles muttered as he gazed out at the Sun setting behind New York's cityscape. "I just needed to clear my head."

"Look, Miles, you don't have to tell me anything...we can just sit in silence and enjoy the view..." Peter said, reaching over and placing a hand on the young man's shoulder. "But, it's obvious something is bothering you. And if you want to talk, I'll listen."

"I don't..." Miles started to say, but quickly stopped and let out a heavy sigh. Pausing for a moment, Miles sniffled again and wiped away the tears that were forming. "I just...I just miss my family, man. I haven't seen my parents in days, they're probably worried sick about me. And who knows what the hell is going on back in my dimension. With no Spider-Man...god, I don't even want to think about it."

"I can't even imagine what you're going through right now, Miles. It's a lot for someone as young as you." Peter said, smiling softly as he gave Miles' shoulder a squeeze. "I wish you could experience being a normal kid, enjoy it for a bit. But, with the powers we have...if you're gonna do what I do...things are going to be crazy all the time. It's going to be so, SO, hard, and there will be times when you'll want to quit. But we have a responsibility to people who need help...and it's my responsibility to make sure you get home, Miles. You have my word, you'll see your parents again."

"Thanks, Peter..." Miles said with a smile as a single tear fell from his eye. Suddenly lunging forward, Miles embraced Peter in a tight hug. "I feel a lot better now."

"I'm here whenever you need me, Miles." Peter said, gently patting Miles' back as he tightened the hug. After a few more moments, Miles ended their embrace and stood up. "Get some rest, Miles. You look exhausted."

"Yeah, Miguel really put me through my paces today." Miles said with a chuckle as he stifled a yawn. "I'm probably gonna fall asleep as soon as my head hits the pillow." Beginning to walk off the roof, Miles stopped in the doorway leading back into the tower and turned to look back at Peter. "Thanks again, Peter...good night."

"Night, Miles..." Peter said, giving a wave as he watched Miles disappear into the tower. Letting out a soft sigh, Peter returned to looking at the almost completely set Sun. "I'll definitely get you and everyone else back home, Miles."

"You always did have a way with kids." Yelping in surprise, Peter almost fell off the roof for the second time that day when he heard a voice suddenly speak up from behind him. Whipping around, Peter's eyes lit up when he spotted a familiar face floating in the air, energy radiating off their body. "I got a message from Tony. Looks like you guys could use my help."

"Carol?!" Peter exclaimed, a huge smile spreading across his face. "Tony really sent in the cavalry."