DISCLAIMER: I DON'T OWN SPIDER-MAN OR ANY OTHER INTELLECTUAL PROPERTIES OF MARVEL MENTIONED IN THIS STORY. THESE TURN OF EVENTS ARE PURELY AN IDEA OF AN ANNOYED FAN.

Hyphen edits 4/27/18 thanks to HaywireEagle will do other fixes later

Peter Parker, in his brain

This is the biggest headache headache I have had the displeasure of dealing with. Parker Industries is in shambles and it is my fault. I did not see any of this coming and I had make one of the most difficult decisions in my life, tearing my company down to protect the world. Not only had the Cap gone full Hydra, Doc Ock was hell bent on using Parker Industries tech for his own plans. I should have done a better check of everything he had worked on as me to avoid this, but even then it does not feel that it would have been enough. Everything piled on at the wrong time and I had to make quick and tough decisions. Some things could be saved while others had to be destroyed. At least on this long flight back to States I'll be able to organize and ruminate on what has happened and the next steps I need to take.

Shanghai was where I had to make my last stand against Doc Ock. It was home to one of Parker Industries most important facilities, our Asian region headquarters. Here there were many projects on going including advanced cancer research. Many desperate people could have been helped, but for now these advancements would have to wait. By effectively making all Webwares paper weights and disabling other Parker Industries services, I walked myself into a very complicated web of problems and Spider-Man can't help me right now.

As much as I would like to just don the spandex and fight whatever crime I comes across, right now is not the appropriate time. I have to take responsibility for what I did and need to preserve as much of Parker Industries intellectual properties as possible. Harry has been my right hand man throughout Parker Industries rise, and I can't keep giving him the short end of the stick because I go and decide to be Spider-Man. He is already doing enough by coordinating with Aunt May who stayed in Shaghai to consolidate Parker Industries assets and the Uncle Ben Foundations efforts to help our employees and others injured in Doc Ocks attack. I spent a while in Shanghai and Asia in general getting everything organized with Harry planning our next steps. Part of the process involves liquidating as many physical assets we have in Asia to consolidate Parker Industries for the shitstorm of lawsuits that will follow. Harry's corporate experience really came in handy and thankfully he is still willing to help me out.

Along with Doc Ock framing Parker Industries for the bubble that blocked off Manhattan during Hydra's reign, I need to deal with angry consumers and the obvious influx of lawsuits that Harry warned of. Bricking most of our tech probably wasn't the best thing to do from a business point of view, but Hydra and Octavius having access to everyone's lives is a whole other bag of worms no one wants to ever think of or open. Thankfully the whole Nazi Cap and Hydra takeover has been handled and there is some security and normalcy back. I'm going to have to call in some friendly help to patrol for me while I deal with business, being a non-existent, definitely jobless CEO will only cause more harm to the people depending on me. Everything is piling on and everyone connected to me is suffering in someway. Being Spider-Man can solve some problems, but after everything that has happened, and everyone I've hurt I need to think about them and what PETER PARKER has done to them. If it means Parker Industries has to close down or downsize I, Peter Parker, need to use all my power to fix this mess and see my decisions through.

Peter Parker, on a plane back to the States

"Max, how are things at Horizon U?", Peter asked one of his best friends over the phone.

"We are recovering after the Hydra takeover, and mutant government, however was

successful in taking important data.", Max Modell responded.

While using cellular devices on a plane is "dangerous" by regular standards, Peter was not in your average airplane. This plane had some Parker technology ,that wasn't bricked, that added more levels of protection to possible interference. This wasn't the Spider-plane or any of the other Spider vehicles that were compromised by the Octopus, but it was a plane Parker Industries had that could be mobilized in emergencies without too much overbearing technology. He liked the Spider-plane and its mouth watering features, but as Peter Parker, something more conventional was needed sometimes. Good thing he listens to Harry sometimes and doesn't just build for the needs of Spider-Man.

"Do you have an idea of what was taken", Peter inquired.

Back in the day, Octavius had a serious need to be seen as superior. Probably because his green suit made him seem fat which is why he needed the tentacles, not sure if that's totally true or not. Regardless, he had the ballsy idea to take over my body, and in the process succeeded and helped set the foundation of Parker Industries technology. While it didn't last long, it was a blessing and a curse at the same time. Octavius had inadvertently given me a platform to help the most people possible and make others lives better. However with it came an enormous responsibility to not fail those who depended on my decisions and the companies success. Octavius' takeover of my body led to other problems, mainly personal ones, that I feel guilty about and extremely disappointed in myself for letting happen. Gotta take the good with the bad, and right now bad is in style.

"He took specifications on many of Parker Industries Webware products and also on mechanical arms. Thankfully we had many of Spider-Mans equipment and special technology locked down in an isolated segment of the university, so he shouldn't have to much of an advantage. At best with what he has on mechanical arms he'll need several months to even begin construction, a lot of the components are expensive. Regarding Webware however, I think you've effectively locked him out of Parker Industries making what he took null.", Max explained.

At least with what Max has told me, I don't need to expect Octavius anytime soon, especially with Hydra going back underground. It'll give me some much needed breathing room.

"That's good to hear. What about everyone's well being? Is Hector and the team okay?" Peter asked.

"Everyone is healthy Peter you don't need to worry. In fact Hector is ecstatic, Parker Industries is already starting to receive lawsuits, which is firing him up."

"Well…..at least he's looking forward to that, it's his specialty."

"Why do you think I married Hector, his passion is very inspirational."

"Tell him to send some inspiration my way, I'm going to need all the help I can get."

"I'll pass the word along. And speaking of sending things your way, Harry has already begun coordinating the move of Spider-Mans and Parker Industries IP's to the Baxter Building. A cargo plane from Shanghai will come to California and bring everything back to you guys in New York. And a word of advice Peter, don't be mad about what happened. You made the right decision in denying Octavius access to Parker Industries infrastructure, and although it had a heavy price not everything is lost. I know what it is like to see your dreams crumble, but right now you can still steer your course. Take the initiative and do what you can. Horizon U will be fine, we can keep the lights on here, worry about the rest. We're with you 100%."

"Thank you for all the help Max. I'll do my best to dig us out of this hole. I WILL make this right. Talk to you later Max".

After our goodbyes I hung up and waited for the inevitable end to this plane ride. The media storm and attention was going to be relentless according to Harry. The fall of any international corporation is a big deal. We weren't dead officially, but we were pretty damned close.

CHAPTER END

AN:

So this is the first chapter of my first story. Not sure if I'll keep the title, but like everything else its a work in progress. I've had this idea for a Spider-Man fic for A LONG time, naturally because I feel like the comics are kinda killing the hype of Spider-Man and missing a lot of opportunities. This will be my vision of where Peter Parker should go, so some characters like Miles Morales won't be following the path they are currently in their comics. I'll mainly be focusing on what's been established in The Amazing Spider-Man comic since Secret Wars, with details from others to keep things somewhat cohesive with the larger universe. Since this is my first outing writing fics, I would really like any criticism you can provide. For now I believe the problems I'll have will be chapter length, character dialogue, and action scenes. As an intro I think this will be just enough to provide a jumping off point for the rest of the story. I'd also like any ideas you guys have maybe they'll be better than what I've been brainstorming. Even your opinions on Marvel or DC comics and their movie universes would be cool to see what everyone thinks would be welcome. Until later Spider-peeps(see it has a hyphen HaywireEagle should I add one for your name :pppppp).