EPILOGUE

"Well, of all the battles I've had since becoming Spider-Man, this one officially takes the cake in being one of the craziest! One in which I am beyond glad to finally be rid of, and thankfully, one that ended on a positive note."

On the Hammer Industries rooftop, where the Clash of the Spiders took place, Peter is still standing victorious over the unconscious Otto. Moments later, Peter is soon surprised when he heard the sound of a metal door opening, causing him to turn around and look in the direction of where the sound was coming from.

Sure enough, at the very center of the roof, a large doorway was opening, and revealed the Avengers themselves on standing on a rising platform. Once they reached the roof, Iron Man looked around concerned, for while he was glad that he and his teammates took care of Ultron, he knew that the android was only HALF the problem. But, once he saw Peter still on his feet and Otto outcold, his worries soon went away, knowing that the Web-Head didn't let him down in beating the disguised Doc Ock, as well as take the title that was rightfully his. The Shellhead later spotted the hovering camera up in the air, and with a smile behind his faceplate, looked up to address the people watching. "People of New York, you are in for a treat," said Iron Man in his usual fun loving, if not eccentric tone, then pointed his finger at the surprised Peter. "First, we repent you with your winner, the REAL Spider-Man! A fact we've known all along and what makes us proud to have him as our teammate and friend."

Peter couldn't help but smile sheepishly under his mask, for even being long established as part of the team, he still got goosebumps whenever he heard Iron Man, Cap, or any of Earth's Mightiest Heroes declare him as one of their own. And is even more humbled when the rest of the Avengers gathered around him, all smiling proudly, even the skeptic Hawkeye.

All in which led a smiling Cap place his hand on Peter's shoulder to get his attention. "One of the few things Tony and I agree on, son."

Iron Man heard Cap's comment, and thus turned briefly and gave the Super Soldier a small nod of agreement. Afterwards, Iron Man turned and looked back up at the camera. "The second is to inform you that this whole thing has been a ruse that, as far as we're concerned, nearly succeeded putting New York, if not the whole world in jeopardy. And S.H.I.E.L.D., because we know you're watching, you're going to want to hear this."

"Tony told everyone, on national television, all about Ultron and Otto's plot, and got a hold of Hammer's computer records to use as proof. Naturally, Fury and the rest of S.H.I.E.L.D. came to Tony, and once he gave them what they needed, we went to work on rounding up baddies. Well, ONE of them anyway…"

After being unconscious for so long, a groggy Otto was starting to come to, albeit with his vision being somewhat fuzzy. Moments later, his vision began to clear somewhat, and found himself looking up of what appeared to be a metal ceiling. Though this alone was enough to confuse him, Otto song grew startled when found himself unable to move his hands and feet. Once his vision was finally clear, Otto looked down to see that instead of the young, athletically built teenage body he was getting used to, it was the overweight body strapped down on to a metal table. Frantically, he turned to the left to see the now lifeless body of Anton Gunther right beside him, then turned to the right to see the faint reflection in a window to see that he was now the middle aged, overweight body of Otto Octavius once more, dressed in blue scrubs. The shocked Otto later looked forward, and what he saw next was something that made his eyes grow large with fright.

It was that of Peter, still in his Spider-Man costume, along with the Avengers, Nick Fury and five S.H.I.E.L.D. agents, all of whom were pointing their laser rifles at him. Also with them was that of an angry Justin Hammer, now free from Ultron and wearing a white T-Shirt with a S.H.I.E.L.D. symbol on it, grey sweatpants and running shoes, all of which were lent to him by Nick Fury. With the knowledge of having been possessed by a humanity hating android, and being forced to wearing such embarrassing clothing after losing his suit, Justin looked at Otto with pure disdain, knowing full well that Otto had a hand in his misfortune.

Out of all the people present to talk to the stunned Otto, it is Peter who is the first to address him, all while crossing his arms and smiling behind his mask. "Welcome back, Ock!"

As a flabbergasted Otto looked at and his friends, he desperately to get out of his bonds, but to no avail. "This…this can't be happening!" he exclaimed in disbelief. "How did you know how to…?"

It was here that Iron Man is the next to speak up. "Figure out how to use that mind switching machine of yours?" he interjected with his usual laid back demeanor. "Well, after taking care of Ultron, we took a peek at your computer files."

Moments later, the stone faced Nick Fury stepped forward looked down at the restrained Otto. "And now that your back to your old self…you're under arrest."

"Yep, Ock was brought down, and brought down hard! Hammer, on the other hand, was a different story. True, he was a scumbag who prayed on the innocent, but seeing is how he was possessed by Ultron in this case, technically, he didn't do anything wrong. As such, he was more than happy to have Tony and Nick look through his files for evidence to arrest Ock, in exchange for not charging him too…which sadly, we agreed to. Sure, it left a bad taste in everyone's mouth, but Tony told us that when the right time comes, we'll make sure that he pays for his past crimes too. Which, for me, was fair enough, but I know that it was bitter pill to swallow for the rest of the Avengers to have to wait. And, while on that subject, there's somebody else I know who isn't exactly the patient type…"

Back in the Daily Bugle, Robbie, as Betty and the rest of the Bugle staff, were once again enduring the loud screams of a livid J. Jonah Jameson, who like everyone just watched Peter win the match and had Iron Man reveal the truth. "SHANANIGANS! SHANANIGANS!" Jonah roared. "I BET THAT WALL CRAWLING FREAK SET THIS WHOLE THING UP! HOW MUCH DID HE PAY OCTAVIUS TO HELP HIM WITH THIS CON!"

In the midst of Jonah's tantrum, Robbie heard his iPhone ringing, and as he pulled it out, he saw that it was an e-mail from Peter, along with digital pictures of his fight with Ock as an attachment. While he wondered how Peter managed to get them, Robbie smiled a little, knowing that these would be great for the front page of the next banner headline, and that he would show them to Jonah once he stopped his tirade…and hopefully did have a heart attack.

"Ah good old' Jonah, always a bright ray of sunshine. And yeah, I know that he was going to use the pictures I secretly took as part of his Spidey hate campaign. But it didn't matter…"

Back in the Parker residence, Peter, now in more relaxed clothing, as well as a black eye and bandage on his forehead, is seen typing on his computer as part of his new hobby, keeping a journal.

Little did he know, Gwen had just walked in the doorway, and upon seeing Peter typing, smiled as she entered quietly.

As for Peter, he continued to type what he was thinking. "At the end of the day, bad guys lost, good guys won, and everybody's better off for it," he unknowingly said out loud. "All in which I showed Ock who the real Web-Slinging misfit in this town is."

Finally, Gwen decided to make presence known. "One who apparently enjoys narrating to himself," she said playfully.

Naturally, this was enough to startle Peter, thus promoting him to turn and see Gwen right behind him. "Oh, Gwen hey," he said with a sheepish smile, then sighed and looked down somewhat annoyed. "Man, I do need to work on that."

Gwen giggled a little, then leaned in and gently wrapped her arms around Peter's neck, as well as gave him a small peck on the cheek. "Work on that, as well as coming back to me in one piece, Peter Parker."

A smiling Peter welcomed the warmed of feeling Gwen's touched, and thus used right hand to gently hold her arms close. "You bet, Gwendolyn Stacy," he said to her softly, then briefly turned to face her and gazed into her blue eyes, until finally, their lips touched.

Downstairs, however, a concerned May Parker is at the bottom of the stairway, whereas in the dining room, the Avengers themselves, this time in more relax civilian clothing, were all seated around the dinner table, all waiting to begin the 'family dinner.' "Peter, Gwen, are you coming down?" she called, silently hoping that the two lovers are not engaging in any 'funny business.'

Back upstairs, hearing May shocked Peter and Gwen enough to instantly backed away from one another. It was here that the blushing Gwen was reminded of why she came up to Peter's room to begin with. "Right, your aunt wanted me to get you to come down. Everybody's waiting."

"Oh, okay," said Peter, his face just as red, then turned to the door. "Yeah Aunt May, we'll be right down," he called back, then turned to his computer to save and turned off his computer, stood up from his chair, then turned his attention to Gwen, offering his hand to her. "So, you ready?"

Gwen took Peter's hand with and even bigger smile. "Wouldn't miss it for the world, Mr. Parker."

"Me neither," replied an equally happy Peter, then both he and his girlfriend proceeded to walk downstairs and have dinner with not just his aunt, but his newly added family members that were the Avengers.

"Not going to lie, Ock nearly had me this time, having powers similar to mine. But he lacked a few things that kept him from being a true Spider-Man. One, the motto of 'With great power, comes great responsibility.' Two, having the trust of Earth's Mightiest Heroes, who have grown to become not just your friends, but a close family….even Hawkeye. And three, the world's greatest girlfriend and aunt, who give you the strength to keep facing any challenge. All which made Ock fail in trying to take my name. Sure, he may have had cool weapons to back up his spider powers, thinking it made him 'Superior'. But personally, I'll take being 'Friendly Neighborhood' over Superior anyday."

THE END

AUTHOR'S NOTE:Hey guys, I'm reposting this to see if the site's e-mail notification system is working again. Last time I posted this, not a whole lot of people saw it, and for my followers, I do apologize. So here's hoping you guys get this and that everything is working again. But anywho, I hope you had fun reading this story! Personally, I felt it was more of an OVA (anime fan in me, LOL) than an actual sequel, but it was still fun to write. And if you want more web-slinging action, feel free to check out my latest story: SPIDER-MAN: BEST OF BOTH WORLDS! Until then…stay marvelous, True Believers!