So this story will deal with Spider-man in the wake of the Superior Spider-man incident being transported to the DC universe will the wall crawler will shack it up with the Bat family in Gotham. It will be a harem story so just forewarning you now. The DC universe will be a bit of a cross between Pre-New 52, New 52 and a bit of the Arrow verse thrown in
Harem will consist of Black Canary, Catwoman, Batgirl, Huntress, Wonder Woman, Spider-woman, Julia Carpenter and Carol Danvers.
Other pairings: Batman and Talia al Ghul and Power Girl, Superman and Lois Lane and Maxima
Disclaimer: I don't own any Marvel or DC characters seen mentioned or used in this story
'Well it's official, my life sucks beyond belief' Peter thought as he sat in his dark apartment or Doc Ock's apartment. The reason why he was sitting in here was because of said villain's actions as both the Superior Spider-man and the late Otto being a general douche bag to the bitter end
Over a year ago the crazy villain with a tentacle fetish had switched his and Peter's minds, Ock got Peter's body while he was left to die in the man's failing sack of meat, it barely could be called a body anymore. And in that year long span Octavius as the 'Superior Spider-man' had… well he made Peter wearing the black suit look tame in comparison.
The man on several occasions left criminals beaten to within an inch of their lives and even outright killed a few of them. Hell, he punched Gargan's lower jaw off! Sure the arachnid themed villain was a bad guy but he wasn't that evil to deserve that kind of treatment. It didn't stop there either, Otto also used advance spider like bots to patrol the city and act as his own private army in way and even resorted to black mailing John J. Jameson to do so.
'Okay that last one was actually kind of funny' Peter would admit he felt a sort of thrill of good old JJJ being on the shit end of the stick for a change since the man as both owner of the Daily Bugle and Mayor of New York City has for some reason made it his life's goal to make him miserable and hated. Hell Jonah has even had a hand in the creation of several of his rouges
Otto also made it a point to burn, no… nuke is a better term, any bridges he had with Aunt May, Mary Jane, the Fantastic Four, the Avengers, Defenders and even the X-men. He even when as far as to alienate his own clone/brother Kaine! In short Otto Octavius as Spider-man was a complete shit storm and despite all of that that isn't what truly pissed Peter off, it wasn't how Otto mutilated, crippled or even killed criminals or even how he treated Peter's friends and family
No, what truly pissed Peter off is that no one baring like three people didn't even realized it wasn't him this whole time!
'I mean for fucks sake how did they not notice? Did not one of them at any point stop and think 'Hey Pete seems a bit too harsh and mean, maybe he's being controlled or been replaced by a Skrull or something, lets investigate'. I mean the only one who even had an idea on what was going on was Kaine and sadly Otto drove him off before he could really see what was happening.' Peter thought a little sullenly at the fact that not once did anyone question his sudden change in behavior
The Fantastic Four didn't even bother to investigate what was wrong with their honorary fifth member, they just cut off all ties with him, they even went as far as to file a restraining order against him! Granted that worked out in Otto's favor because now he didn't have to worry about them finding out and ruining his plans to be 'a better Spider-man'
The Avengers, sadly seemed to be okay with Spider Ock's actions, hell Tony Stark even said right to his face or Otto's that he was glad to finally see the web head taking his heroics seriously! It was even worse when Peter in his weird spirit form saw that quite a few Avengers agreed with him. The only ones who didn't seem too fond of the Superior Spider-man's actions were Steve Rogers, Jessica Drew, Carol Danvers and Bruce Banner.
Steve later took Ock and by proxy Peter aside and told him that he wasn't sure what was wrong with the wall crawler but he made it clear that he needed to stop, he was already journeying down a dark path and he doesn't want to see the Spider-man that he has come to respect and even idolize to become some kind of monster
Steve Fuckin Rogers, Captain Fuckin America, said he respected Spider-man and even looked up to him! It was a hell of a pick me up to hear that the man who set the standards for modern day heroes thought Peter was a great hero if not the best. Jessica and Carol said something similar all though it was a bit more emotional and Peter swears that he saw certain look in both their eyes that he's only ever seen in his parent's and aunt and uncle's eyes when they would look at each other when he was younger. Banner… well he in his own way said that he was worried and told him to get better or Hulk would smash him until he did
"Good old Banner and Hulk, resort to smashing things to make it better" Peter said with a dry chuckle. Hey it seems to have worked out pretty well so far for the jade giant, maybe he was on to something
Now eventually a another Spider-man named Miles Morales from an alternate earth appeared that Peter's teamed up with before. The kid, bless his little heart was able to quickly put together that Otto wasn't Peter and the young hero not only exposed the Superior Spider-man for who he really was but also was able to help Peter regain his body after a long brutal fight that Miles won by sheer dumb luck… and the timely arrival of Scarlet Spider and Eddie Brock now known as Toxin and Flash Thompson who was now Venom oddly enough
Now one would think that after this Peter's life would start to get better. Sure Otto was an asshole as Spider-man and 'Peter Parker' but the man did do some good. He helped Peter get his doctrine, started up a company called Parker Industries that was quickly starting to rival the likes of even Stark Industries, and even made some rather ingenious new inventions and gadgets for Spider-man.
But no, it didn't get better for the Queen's born vigilante, in fact Peter was willing to say it got worse if that was even possible! Turns out during his fight with Miles, Otto had set up a program to completely run Parker Industries into the ground and force the company into bankruptcy should he lose. So when Peter regained his body he didn't have a single cent to his name and his company that he was willing to admit was pretty awesome was left in ruins
'I didn't even get to do anything' Peter thought a little saddened. He had several ideas and inventions he could use to help improve the world like he did when working for Horizon Labs and the idea of ordering interns around was kind of funny. He wouldn't have been mean or anything like that but well who wouldn't abuse that power a little?
Now Peter was a smart man, like really smart. So smart that people like Reed Richards, Tony Stark, Bruce Banner, and Hank Pym have openly said that Peter's intellect rivaled there's and quite possibly even surpass theirs' in some ways. And following Ock around as long as he had had given Peter a good understanding of economics, accounting, management and other skills required to run a business. So even if Parker Industries was bankrupt he could pull it back together…
Until Tony Stark bought it out and absorbed it into his own company
Now Peter has never forgiven Stark for what he did during the Civil War and the events that followed or what he did to Banner both in his role in creating the Hulk and betraying his trust and banishing him from Earth along with the Illuminati. But buying up his company even though technically it was Ock's and using his ideas for himself, and only giving at cheap knock offs to the public, well Stark had risen to third place on Parker's shit list for that. Turns out Stark wasn't too thrilled at the thought of Peter actually making it to his level heroically, financially and intellectually
Tony Stark was just now barely surpassed only by Osborn, Mephisto and well obviously Octavius who regularly switched positions between number one, number two and number three of being the people he hates or absolutely loathes
'Though at this rate, Stark might beat out Osborn and Mephisto since they haven't done anything for a while and Otto's been on a role lately. I'm wonder how Normie poo is going to top this' Peter thought a little worriedly. The Green Goblin wasn't a fan of being upstaged by another one of Peter's rouges in making his life a living hell. Mephisto on the other hand, Peter wouldn't be surprised if that demon had something to do with all this
Peter let out a long dejected sigh as he looked out the window to see it was night time 'Okay Spidey your reputation is destroyed and at its lowest in years, most of your friends are against you and want nothing to do with you anymore, your practically broke and the only reason you even have an apartment at the moment is because Ock payed rent months in advance which was soon coming to an end. So how could it get any worse?'
Simple… Miles Morales
Now to be fair it wasn't the little guy's fault, kid was way too damn friendly and nice to the point that Peter actually would question if the Spider-man from another Earth was cut out for this life. Sadly, everyone seems to like the new Spider-man, even Jonah as openly and genuinely praised Miles's actions has Spider-man. The Avengers have even offered him membership into their ranks, making him the youngest member in the team's history!
Peter on the other hand was treated as a social piranha both in the super hero community and what's left of his social life outside of the suit. Jonah's smear campaign was back with a vengeance, police are now back to openly shooting him on sight, his place with the Avengers was removed, which ironically was given to Miles much to the boy's horror later on when he found out he was replacing his idol
And just when Peter thought things couldn't get any possibly worse than that, they did. Otto left a little contingency for Peter should he ever somehow regain his body. It wasn't something overly complicated or even that unexplained, no Ock had actually gone the simple route for a change
He left a small device in Peter's brain that would activate when it detected Peter's presence in his body again and gave him something that Peter has to admit was actually kind of clever.
He left Peter with a tumor in his brain…
And sadly Peter's healing factor was nowhere near strong enough to get rid of it like Wolverine's could or Hulk's. He visited a doctor about it and found out that the damn thing couldn't simply be removed or treated. Peter based on his own calculations concluded he had at best seven months, a normal person who have less than half that time but Peter's healing factor was strong enough to keep him going a bit longer
He hasn't told anyone this and even if he did, who would even care or believe him anymore. It was a bit funny in a twisted sort of way, Peter always thought he would go out in a blaze of glory in a fight to save the universe or something. Instead he was going to be killed by something that's so normal so unassuming that it's almost laughable… almost
So in short Otto's escapades as the Superior Spider-man had left Peter hated, dying, broke, alone and miserable.
'Had I known this was what awaited me when I regained control of my body, I would have said fuck it and find a way to make a clone body that I could use instead, then kick the smug octopus loving bitch's ass' Peter said as he stood up from his couch and made his way to the mini bar that Ock had installed. Least the man had good taste in liquor
Peter flipped on the television in time to see another news channel praising Miles stopping the Sandman and Hydro man from destroying something that Peter didn't really care about.
'I can only imagine what he'll face when the universe decides to throw him a curve ball' Peter thought cynically 'Let's just hope he's up to the challenge…'
It's been over fourth months since Peter has gone out as Spider-man, even longer since he's had any sort of contact with his former friends and family. Carol had left with the Guardians of the Galaxy shortly before Miles appeared so she's likely unaware of what's been going on these last six months, Jessica has a baby to raise and Peter sure as hell wasn't bringing his issues on to her when she has something far, far more important to deal with. Steve had to deal with discovering that he was unknowingly a sleeper agent for HYDRA this whole time, and Banner was trying to regain his family's trust after 'Doc Green' who was like a baby version of Maestro trying to wipe out the other Hulks. Logan was dead which sucked beyond belief also and the FF still wouldn't talk to him. Daredevil has moved to San Francisco and Felicia Hardy kind of wants him dead now after what Otto did to her.
They all had very good reasons in his opinion on not being able to contact him, as for everyone else. No one had ever tried to get in contact with him again his Aunt May included and honestly…
Peter was tired
Tired of always getting the short end of the stick, tired of always having his good intentions thrown back in his face by a bunch of ungrateful assholes, tired of always being the punching bag of the media, superhero community and well tired of everything really…
Peter drowned his glass of whiskey and quickly refilled it and drowned that one, soon he was just drinking straight from the bottle. Peter doesn't know how long he sat there drinking his issues away or how many bottles he drank, but the next thing he knows he's sitting back on the couth at two in the morning looking at a loaded gun on his coffee table with a blank gaze. He found it under Otto's pillow when he first moved in here and for some reason Peter could never find a genuine reason to get rid of it.
The whole it's a gun and I don't like them thing seemed kind of lame in his opinion. Contrary to popular belief Peter wasn't against using fire arms, he just never had a reason to use them when he has super strength, speed reflexes and a host of other abilities plus his trust web shooters and occasional organic webs. I mean it was like giving the Hulk a Gatling gun, what was the point when he could do more damage on his own with his own hands than it ever could
'Do I just get it over with now, or do I let that little present in my brain from Otto do it instead?' Peter thought to himself as leaned forward and stared at the Glock
"How about a third option?" a female's voice suddenly spoke up
Peter lazily turned his head to see Julia Carpenter standing there in her typical jacket coat thing that he admits looks pretty cool in the whole Noir style
"Ah Madam Web, the most useless person I've ever met" Peter said with a slight sneer as he turned his attention back to the gun "If you're looking for Spider-man than I'm afraid you came to the wrong one. Miles lives over in Avengers Tower"
"I'm not here for Miles, I'm here for you" Julia said in a calm tone
"Sure you are" Peter said with a roll of his eyes "By the way where were you during the whole Superior Spider-man thing?"
Julia lowered her head at that "I was indisposed at the time"
"How convenient, again when I actually need your help, your either not around or unwilling to actually lift a damn finger. You see that right there is why I always preferred your predecessor as Madam Web. Sure she was cryptic but she was a hell of a lot more helpful than you've ever been!" Peter said as he stood up and approached Julia who actually tensed at the action
He brushed passed her and approached the bar and started looking for another drink "So what is it this time? Green Goblin has an army of Carnages''? Spider Queen back to kick ass and admittedly look good doing it? No wait doesn't tell, the universe is collapsing again along with several others and now I have to team up with more of me's and try to stop it!"
"No I-" Julia started but was again interrupted by Peter
"Why me? Why can't you go and get someone else to do it for a fuckin change! There's plenty of heroes in the world that could help. Better yet if it's mystical issue than why not mosey on over to Strange's place, he's the Sorcerer Supreme for a reason!" Peter said as he slammed his hand on the bar counter top and cracked it
Julia flinched at the action and took a step back "Peter, I know I haven't always been the most helpful and I know at times I've been frustrating but-"
"Uh-oh the world must be ending if you of all people are willing to admit that!" Peter said as he opened another bottle and began to drink from it "So who's invading this time? Skrulls, Galactus, Thanos? Or is it someone new?"
"Peter would you shut the fuck up for one minute and let me explain why I'm here!" Julia shouted angrily
Peter sighed in annoyance "…Fine"
Julia let out a huff as she crossed her arms "Look, as you know the web of life spreads throughout the multiverse and is anchored to each reality by a Spider-man or Woman"
"Or pig" Peter said with a chuckle at remembering Spider-Ham. That was actually funny
"Right now a darkness is rising and yes I know that's cliché but there is. And right now it's already starting to take its hold on this reality and another and it doesn't look like it will stop anytime soon, it's already sent a herald to prepare for its arrival" Julia started to explain the situation
"And I have to stop it" Peter said tiredly "And I can't have anyone else help me because they're all either busy or unable to."
"I'm sorry Peter… but there's more that you have to be aware of" Julia said tiredly
Peter snorted "And what's that?"
"…"
"…"
"…"
"…You won't come back from this…"
Peter's eyes widened at that bit of info. 'Won't come back from this? Damn… whatever it is must be pretty bad if for the first time ever Julia says I'm not gonna make it through…'
The two stood in his dark apartment for what seemed like hours until Peter final sighed in a sort of resigned tone "Julia, if I do this… can you at least promise me something?"
"What?" Julia questioned
"Promise me, that after this… you'll leave Kaine alone, leave Miles alone and all the others" Peter said tiredly
"Peter…" Julia started
"I don't want them to go through the shit I've had to over the years and have them end up where I am now. Alone, hated, forgotten…" Peter said as he placed the bottle back down "They deserve more than this" he gestured to the cold dark apartment
"Then who will defend the web?" Julia asked
"Why not you?" Peter questioned "You have the ability to predict multiple futures and different outcomes, you have the abilities of the former Madam Web, your powers that you've had since your days as Spider-woman and who knows what else you could do."
"Peter I can't" Julia said
"Can't or won't?" Peter asked before he sighed "Look Julia, you were given your abilities for a reason and honestly I think you can do more good, help more people than I ever could. The question is however, why won't you?"
Julia didn't respond as she slowly made her way to the couch and sat down, Peter soon followed her actions and sat beside her
"Look…" Peter started "I'm not asking you to take your responsibilities as Madam Web and toss them to the wind, I'm just asking that when the time comes, you step up to the plate instead of relying on someone else to do it for you"
Julia didn't say anything as the two sat there in silence. Finally, Peter let out a sigh "So where is this thing's agent or whatever that I have to fight and what can it do?"
"…Central Park… it possesses vast super human strength, enough to rival the likes of the Hulk when he's close to his World Breaker state, but it's weak now. It's body is still adapting to this universe so it isn't quite up to full strength" Julia said quietly
"Well it's a good thing I have something that actually might help give me a chance, or at the very least keep it busy long enough for the Avengers to get off their high horses and help out for a change" Peter said as he stood up and began to make his way to his room with Julia following him. In his room is where Otto had left something that Peter has been secretly hoping to try out
It was a combination of his Iron Spider Suit in terms of possessing several built in miniature arc reactors for power, repulseors and capable of supersonic flight perhaps faster if he tinkers with it a bit more. The suit's appearance looked like that of his old Anti-Sinister six suit that he used to stop Otto from destroying the world only it's red and blue color scheme was replaced with the red being black and the blue was now white.
Peter entered his room and reached for the closet and pulled out a large jar that contained the suit. As Peter quickly found out, the suit was designed to act similar to a symbiote in that it could alter it's appearance and 'bonded' with its wearer, making it a hell of a lot harder for anyone to take it off him and enhanced his physical abilities as if he was wearing Venom again. The perks were that this artificial symbiote wasn't affected by sonics and fire and it didn't leach off Peter like a parasite or alter his mood in any way.
While it did have a sort of sentience to it and was capable of increasing said sentience because of a self-adapting algorithm Doc Ock had made, it wasn't overly intelligent at the moment. Still it was smart enough to offer basic tactical data for its wearer not too different from Stark's A.I. FRIDAY
'Of course the first time I'm going to wear this thing, it'll also be the last' Peter thought a little sadden he won't be able to use this suit after this. It really was a marvel and Peter had to admit that this was probably Otto's greatest achievement
Peter opened the jar and not a second later the suit latched on to him and formed. Peter saw the suits HUD start up and begin to run a systems check and felt a brief rush of energy course through his body. He rolled his shoulders and stretched a bit as the suit settled. The largest arc reactor formed on Peter's chest into the shape of his classic spider symbol and activated, casting a faint blueish white glow
Peter turned to Julia and held out his arms "Well…" his voice had a sort of electronic growl to it because he thought why not "How do I look?"
Julia stared at him for a long moment before answering with a small smile "You do know I'm blind right?"
"…I know that!" Peter said after a few moments of awkward silence
Peter than pulled out a large crate and opened it to reveal a host of different web variants that he made over the years and a few recent ones that Otto had made. Considering that this was going to be his last hurrah he decided to have the suit assimilate all of it and load the built in web shooters with the standard variant.
He then turned towards Julia "So… I guess this is it huh?"
Julia gave him a sad smile as she approached and cupped his chin "Perhaps… but if there's one thing I've learned since becoming a hero Peter. It's that just because this journey is coming to an end doesn't mean another won't be around the corner for you to take"
Peter had the suit's helmet retract as he gave her a tired smile "Wow, that's the most pleasant cryptic thing I've ever hear you say. That's now my favorite one"
Julia smiled sadly before she leaned up and gave Peter a small kiss on the cheek "Good luck…"
"Thanks… and Julia, give Carol and Jessica-" Peter said
"I know…"
Peter nodded in thanks before he leaned in and gave a small kiss on Julia's cheek and have his mask reform. He than turned and shot out the window towards the park to face down this new and final challenge. It didn't take him long to arrive at the thankfully empty park or to find the thing he'll have to face.
'Whoa… that thing does not look friendly' Peter thought as he saw what Julia said will likely kill him and seeing it now, he believes her
It was nearly nine feet tall and had grey skin, green shorts and was covered in what looked like bone armor that gave it a rather frightening appearance. The creature turned to see him approaching and let out a growl. Peter landed not too far away and watched as it narrowed it's red eyes at him
"So how do you wanna do this? I attack first or you attack first?" Peter asked as the creature let out a roar and began to charge towards him "Alright you attack first…"
Peter activated his repulseors and fired
And done.
Spider-Man's suit as the same appearance as his 'Ends of the Earth' armor but it's black and white, the red is black while the blue parts are white, and the large black spider is a glowing at reactor. Also because the suit is similar to the Superior Iron Man suit and acts like a sort of symbitoe, Peter will be able to use similar albeit limited shape shifting abilities. His max strength in the armor is just above 100 tons but below 200 tons and his suit is capable of traveling at super sonic speeds. Aside from the repulseors, web shooters and the minor shape shifting abilities similar to that of Venom or Carnage who can change the shapes of there arms into like knives and stuff it has no other offensive capabilities
So next chapter Peter faces down this enemy that you shouldn't be too hard to identify given my description. This fight eventually will lead him into the DC universe where he'll meet the Batman!
Stay tuned as Spider-man faces down his Doomsday!