Peter and Neo

My name...is Peter Parker. If you are reading this then you probably already know my story, but just in case, I'll fill you in on the details. When I was fifteen I was bitten by a radioactive spider while on a class field trip. Well, I found out that the spider DNA fused with my own and then I was able to do crazy tricks and stuff. Shortly afterward, my Uncle Ben was gunned down by a man trying to rob one of our local shops, my uncle was walking by and tried to get the man to stop...but in fear the man fired at my uncle four times. He died in a matter of minutes. He may have been gone, but what he left behind was the lesson he told me: "With Great Power, Comes Great Responsiblity" I remembered that as I searched for my uncle's killer...though I didn't truly understand it. I had found the man that killed my uncle and I gave him what he deserved but...I was still empty. That's when I realized what my uncle meant. With my power I decided I'd help others so that they didn't feel what I felt. That's when I decided to become a hero of the people, the Amazing Spider-Man.

I fought off some crazy bad guys, stopped a couple crime rings, fell in love...lost...that love. Fell in love again...and again...and...again. My relationships aren't great, they always fall apart...one way or another. I fought my friend's dad...my brother killed him, I fought a former friend now enemy and with a weird alien thing, fought in a Civil War of ideologies between two men I looked up to, and got teleported to this world: Remant. Here I had to stop some of my worst enemies to try and get home but I was stuck. Now, with the fall of Beacon...I don't know what happened to them. Same with my friends. I don't know if they are okay or not...last thing I remember is my girlfriend had her arm cut off and our friend Blake carried her away from me and Blake's weird...strangely obsessed...mentor, Adam's fight. I lost. And now...I am Spider-Man no more.

After the fall, I was rescued by the pint sized warrior that inexplicably became one of my greatest allies: Neopolitan. As far as I was concerned at the time she was something of a mercenary or hired muscle for Roman Torchwick who just happened to be in a relationship with Deadpool at the same time. It was that relationship and closeness to Wade that led her to me. Apparently she believes that I can help her find him, but I have no idea where he has gone. She seemed determined to go to Menagerie to search for him. She believes that he would go to Menagerie to destroy the White Fang. Turns out the lead is pretty solid as the Ex-Leader of the White Fang is there...so.. it's a start.

And that's our current situation. We've been on this boat that we hitched a ride on at the southern tip of the country of Anima, so now it should be a straight shot to the island of the faunus. But...maybe that's starting things too late in the story. To understand how things became the way they are...I should probably start where this new adventure, this Bogus Journey truly began.

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I remember...it started shortly after the fall of Beacon. I had been unconscious for who knows how long. I felt a sharp pain in my chest and I was suddenly able to breathe again after having my lungs practically closed off. When I had regained my conciousness all I could see around me was fire...ash. The taste of blood stuck in my mouth and the hardened liquid clogged my nostril. I had looked up at my saviour who hid her face by shoving a picture of Deadpool in my eyesight. She had tapped the picture for emphasis before showing her face to me with a smug smirk, her face was covered with soot, her clothes slightly tattered...she either went through hell to save me or she went through hell before conveniently finding me. She gave a smirk before giving me a card, a card I had recognized as the same tarot card Madame Web had given me when this whole ordeal started. So. I'm not done yet? I thought. My head hurt, obviously, as did my leg. I tried standing up, but collapsed immediately. It was weird. Spider-Man always gets back up, but why couldn't I then? The answer was simple: the previous fight with Adam, coupled with all the extraneous fighting I had done before hand left me extremely weakened...enough for Adam to essentially cut off my leg. Metaphorically of course, my leg was still very much attached, but without me being able to bend or even move my knee in anyway it may as well have been dead weight. Oh hell, who am I kidding, it was dead weight, I've never felt so useless in my life. I couldn't move my leg, and if I put any pressure on it the knee would give out and bend in all sorts of weird directions.

Neo offered me her hand and lifted me up before signaling me to follow her, "I can't," I replied, "I...I can't move my leg." the pain was excruciating, just standing on it made me want to cry. The girl snapped her fingers and signaled for me to hold still. She returned several minutes later with what would become makeshift splints. Just some wood. She pointed to my Web Shooters and gestured for me to stick the wood on my leg. "I can't." I said in an aggravated tone. I shook my wrist to show they were empty, "I have no more fluid. And whatever I had left is up in flames. I have no way to make anymore." the girl huffed in annoyance, "Don't give me that, it was your boss's asinine plan that did all of this!" she shook her head furiously and tried to explain, but I could only understand so much from gestures. She eventually picked up some rock that was part of a building, "What? Brick?" I asked in annoyance, she shook her head, "Rock? Stone, rubble? What? What is it!?" My frustration was beginning to show. She continuously shook her head and kept pointing to the brick, "Oh my god! I am not gonna play twenty-god damned-questions with you! Just tell me!" she crossed her arms and frowned before holding up two fingers. I rubbed my head in frustration and let out an exasperated and exhausted sigh, "Two words." I groaned. She nodded and pointed to the slab of rock, "Rock?" she shook her head and made a 'C' with her hand, "Cobble?" she shook her head furiously. Neo snapped her fingers and used her parasol to crudely draw a cube in the dirt, "Cube?" again she shook her head 'no'. Surely this was a test of patience. This wasn't the real world, in fact I've died and THIS is my eternal punishment in hell! Play charades with a mute! Neo used her hands to imitate stacking, "Blocks?" she pointed at me with an excited expression and made a 'C' in each hand then proceeded to 'stack' them. "C...blocks...Cinder-Cinder Blocks." she clapped her hands and jumped to cheer. She then put up one finger, "Cinder?" I asked and she pointed then nodded, "Cinder...a person named Cinder. It was their plan?" she nodded again, "Oh, that sounds great except I DON'T KNOW SOMEONE NAMED CINDER!" the pink and brown haired girl frowned and began to take off her jacket. "Woah, woah, what are you doing?" she ripped the arms of her jackets and tied the sleeves around my leg and the splints, tying them to my leg as a why to get it to stay.

She stood up and helped me up on my feet again before giving me some crutches that she...apparently had with her. "Thanks." I nodded. Neo snapped her fingers and motioned for me to follow her, "What? No." I declined, she stomped her foot and frowned, "In the time I've known you, you've tried to kill me and twice and have worked with Torchwick to kill my friends on several occasions. If you are looking for Wade, that's fine. But I'm going to find my friends, so I'm going to Patch. So long Short Round."

Neo quickly grabbed my arm, this girl didn't seem to want to take 'no' for an answer. She looked up at me with saddened eyes and it was at this point I noticed Roman's signature bowler hat hanging off her hip her sad eyes as she gripped Deadpool's picture and my wrist began to get to me. I groaned and sighed, "Look I'd like to help you, but..." I looked down, I wasn't sure if I should tell her or not, but since she's so insistent on it...she was looking for the help of Spider-Man, but..."I'm not who you think I am. I could tell as soon as I woke up. I don't have my strength, my body's adhesive ability isn't working and my Spider Sense didn't even alert me to how much pain I'd be in if I tried to stand on my leg." I took a deep breath, I hated to show it, but I could tell I had tears dripping down my cheek, "I lost...My friends are who knows where, Beacon is destroyed and my powers are more than definitely gone. I'm not a hero, I am Spider-Man no more." Neo let go of me before nodding. Just as quickly as I had woken up from my slumber I was knocked out again as I felt a blunt object hit me in the back of my head.

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I woke up several hours later with new clothes on me and a straightening brace on my leg. "What the hell?" I asked. I was noticeably away from Beacon, even Vale. Did that girl drag me out of town? I thought to myself. "Where am I?" I asked. I looked to my right to see the girl stoking a fire she had made. We weren't far out of the kingdom, I could see the walls if I stood up. I guess I'm in this for the long haul, huh? "Hey, Short Round." I called out. She turned her head and huffed in annoyance, she didn't trust me and I didn't trust her so...we have that dynamic going for us, "Why am I changed, where's my suit?" she pointed to a bag with my suit in it, but something was off. For some reason my unstable molecules weren't reproducing and the suit was staying a cut up, singed and ripped mess. "My suit was actually destroyed? And I thought it would take a nuclear blast or something." I suppose I don't truly understand what is different in this world. For all I know the over exposure to Dust could have had adverse effects to my stuff. "So then...what's the plan? Where are we going?" Neo looked at me after stoking the fire and smirked. She took the stick she was using to write in the dirt, 'Anima'. Anima, it was one of the four explored and established continents. Aside from being the second largest continent, it also housed the kingdom of Mistral. Mistral is one of the largest reaching kingdoms...but because of that, power can be spread thin. It would be a nice place to find refuge. "Why Anima?" I asked. She frowned and scrunched her face as if it was obvious. Neo pulled out the photo of Deadpool and pointed repeatedly, "Right." I nodded, "But what makes you so sure you'll find him there?" the girl clasped her hands together and used them to imitate a heart beating, "Love, huh? I guess you really care about the guy." I sighed, "Fine...but I don't know how much help I can be, I can't fight...I'm useless." Neo held her hand to her face and smirked, a face that definitely said 'Yeah I know you are'. Smug little one ain't she?

It was dark, so it seemed best that I got some rest...even though I was just unconcious, but that was beside the point. I lied back down as Neo continued to tend the fire. I didn't completely trust her still so falling back asleep was a bit of a long haul, but eventually my exhaustion took over and fell asleep. Looking back on it, doing that was extremely dangerous, not because the person who tried to kill me twice was right beside me, but because it was the middle of fall and it was getting really cold. I could have frozen to death! It wasn't until much later that I learned how I never got frostbite.

I distinctly remember Neo kicking me awake and me crying out in pain as she kicked my injured leg. Shortly after I officially woke up I grabbed the crutches handed to me from Neo and started to make my trek with her. Her strides were small because of her small frame but I was still moving in crutches, and I didn't have the stamina I once had, that much was certain through how tired I was getting. We had walked a couple of miles already outside of the kingdom, approaching a small village just outside but...I wasn't making things any easier for us. Neo groaned every time we stopped, and we stopped often. I was out of breath, tired and my shoulders hurt, there was no way I could carry on like this. "Why couldn't...we just...take a flight out of Vale?" I asked between breaths as I leaned against a tree. Neo shook her head vigorously and made an 'X' with her arms before pointing at herself, "Wanted criminal...but can't you like...change appearance?" she just rolled her eyes and continued walking. To this day I still don't know if there was a reason why we couldn't fly to Anima instead of walking to the edge of the continent and hitching a ride via boat, or if she just forgot. Though I bet on the latter until told otherwise because she had quite a red face when I pointed it out.

As we approached the village we noticed something was wrong the atmosphere felt much more tense and Neo already began to pull out her sword from her umbrella and put on Roman's hat before adjusting it. Grimm were spotted in the area, it seems that the fall obviously caused a stir in all of Remnant but nowhere as bad as Vale and all the villages surrounding it. "Okay, good luck. Hopefully a huntsman will help you out." I said sarcastically. Truthfully if she was harmed then I would be free to leave, I could just ask for a ride back to Vale and I'd head to Patch where I would likely find Yang or Ruby. Neo just shot me a look of anger, I think she realized I was being a little sarcastic.

Wanting to not get involved I immediately began to find a place to hide and watch from a distance. I knocked on a door of one of the homes hoping to seek shelter, "Hello!" I called out than covered my mouth quickly so I didn't draw too much attention to the grimm. The door suddenly began to open, when I stepped inside...it was a massacre. Blood splattered the walls and mangled bodies were left on the ground. Oh my god. I held my hand to my mouth, it felt as if I was going to puke. Had I always been that sick to the sight of the dead? I began hyperventilating, C'mon, move! There's nothing you can do for them now. I thought. I moved farther into the house and found a door with a kids room in it. Inside the room there was nothing to be found, but I noticed bunk beds, there was at least two kids at one time here...two kids that...will never see a full life. I got a little choked up and tried to keep a calm as I hobbled my way through the house when I heard snarling at the entrance I came from, "Oh son of a-" I quickly hid behind the counter in the kitchen as a Beowolf stalked through the home. I took a quick peek around the corner and saw the blood dripping from its maw, in a way it reminded me of Venom. I quickly hid my face and tried to calm my nerves. It was obvious that the creature was attracted to my negative emotions, this made things...difficult. Come on, calm down, calm down. Think of something else. I gulped. I could hear the Grimm outside howling in pain, seems Neo was doing her job quite well.

I tried to relax myself and think of things that would make me happier, ironically doing so made me think these creatures were similar to dementors from Harry Potter so that was one thing. I imagined myself with my team again, we would hang out after the tournament, Yang and I would probably go on a date, probably have it get ruined in some way by Ruby and the others and we would all laugh in the end. I imagined me finding a way to Earth and introducing Yang to Aunt May and Ben (my brother and eventually show her where my uncle was buried).

Try as I might to imagine of something nice, the looming fear of a Beowolf literally feet away from me was too much to bare. Need to defend myself. I thought. I looked up and saw a kitchen knife, it wasn't much but it was something. Gotta go slow so it doesn't see me. I slowly reached for the kitchen knife, without it my only form of defense would be my crutches and my fists...and I if I tried punching it I'd surely break my bones. Gotta be careful. A loud creaking sound went throughout the house, the floor was definitely older than I had thought, Dammit. The creature shot it's head towards me and began to growl. "Uhh...clever girl?" I tried to joke my way out of the situation but without my spider strength my usual cocky demeanor came off flat. I quickly grabbed the knife and stood up to move, crutching away would be too slow, running would be risky but what other choice did I have?

The creature moved fast, like, way faster than I ever remembered. I used the counter to keep my distance between it, if I held out long enough maybe I'd live, "Short Round!" I called out. The Beowolf growled and hopped on top of the counter and began to slowly move towards me, "What? You can't do that! Monsters aren't allowed to go past the barrier that is the kitchen counter!" The beast opened it's mouth and snarled, I responded by slashing with the kitchen knife and cutting it's snout. It didn't take that too well as it jumped to bite me, I was lucky enough to duck under it causing the Grimm to ram it's face into the wall. I began moving to make my escape, If I can make it out the front door, hopefully I will have some assistance. I took a step with my left leg, so far so good, it was when I tried to make a move with my right leg that I felt the sharp pain. Even with the straightening brace all of the force shot up my foot and into my knee my eyes began to well up with tears of pain, but if I didn't move I would surely die.

Not being able to run was the worst part as I couldn't fully lift up my leg, this resulted me in tripping over one of the dead bodies, "Thanks, guess you wanted company, huh?" I asked with an annoyed tone. Before I knew it the creature was right over me. I tried slashing at it to get it to back away, even tried stabbing its head, but the bone-like armor broke the kitchen knife like it was glass, "AHHHHH! Short Round, help!" I called out. I stabbed the beast in the neck with what remained of the knife and it recoiled slightly in pain. The Beowolf growled and lifted up its paw to swipe at me I tried to get up and move but its swipe knocked me against the wall. When I slammed into the wall I also had knocked the back of my head against the wall where a support beam was, "Agh!" I cried out in pain.

The creature was now right above me again, I had no way to escape and only one form of defense left. I balled my hand into a fist and punched the creature in the snout, the resulting pain flaring in my knuckles, "AGHH!!" the Grimm roared in my face and began to open it's mouth, "Short Round! Please! NEO! NEO I'M GONNA DIE!" the creature jolted it's head forward and I closed my eyes waiting for my impending doom. I didn't feel anything sharp latch onto me and I opened my eyes, to my surprise the creature had stopped just inches from my face. Suddenly I saw a blade shoot out from its mouth.

Looking up I saw Neo, huffing and puffing with dirt staining her jacket slightly. She grunted and pulled the blade out causing the beast to start disintegrating. My heart was beating so fast it may as well have been running a marathon. My breathing was also extremely fast, I was hyperventilating. "Thank you." I breathed out, as tears rolled onto my cheeks, "Thank you." she didn't say anything just squinted her eyes and walked into the kitchen. She grabbed my crutches and tossed them at me, she then snapped her fingers and motioned for me to follow her. I thought we were heading out because the village was empty, "Wait..." I pleaded, "I can't go any farther. Please...let's rest." she rubbed the back of her head and nodded before motioning for me to follow her.

I crutched along, following Neo through the village, it seems it wasn't as empty as I had thought. Those who survived were simply hiding for their lives. Turns out once communication went down the village couldn't contact Vale for the assistance of hunters so they had to wait until someone cared enough to stop...they were willing to hideout until they died based off the hope someone would show up. "Thank you for your help," an elderly woman said. She looked to be the elder of this small village and judging off her attire, a holy woman. "Because of you we two we can give the dead a propper burial and go on as best we can." she nodded as she shook Neo's hand. The small girl pulled her hand away smiled nervously while slowly nodding.

I looked at the old woman and to the girl. I hadn't done anything. Neo was the one that did everything, hell, if I hadn't wanted some rest Neo likely would have just past on by without a thought in the world, "It wasn't me," I explained, "She did all the work I just...needed rest."

"And because of that the two of you stopped here to help. You may not have helped directly, but you helped inadvertently." the woman nodded, "It was destiny that you arrived." she gave a soft smile.

Some time later, we were greeted by the remaining townsfolk who thanked Neo for helping their village. They were able to start burying their dead and a woman who runs a small inn gave us some rooms as payment (good thing too, as we had no form of payment). The problem however was that the woman who ran the inn spoke to Neo and mistook the two of us as brother and sister or some form of relatives, so we ended up in the same room; different beds, thank god, but...same room nonetheless. The room was small, and kinda shabby but it was better than sleeping out in the cold.

Neo pointed at me and then gestured to the bathroom. "Thanks." I nodded. I didn't have any clothes so I kinda had to deal with the same clothes for the next few days but...well...again, better than nothing. I walked into the bathroom and began removing my clothes, groaning in pain as I did so, it was the first time I could get a good look at myself after the battle. The scars from slashes were there, but where I was shot...there were no bullet wounds, it was as if they were never there at all. I turned on the shower and thanked whatever god was listening for running water. I started to finish undressing myself by removing the straightening brace, to my surprise my leg was only red with the knee being inflamed. I'm no doctor, but considering what happened to it I'm surprised it has any function at all. I tried to stand up to get into the shower and as soon as I hopped in I slipped and hit my head against a soap rack and my bad leg was under the weight of my body, "AGH!!" I cried out.

I lied in the shower and just thought about how my life came to this. After everything I've done, no matter how hard I was hit and however many times I was knocked down I would get up...but now. Now was different. Now I couldn't get up, without my powers...I was nothing. Neo burst through the door to find me lying on the floor crying in pain...both physical and emotional. Unexpectedly she rushed to my side and held my head up, I wasn't embarrassed then, I don't think she really was either, actually I think she felt sorry for me. Perhaps she felt the way I did. She lost everything and, in a sense, so did I. We were two sides of the same coin. The water continued to splash against my body, and against Neo, but she didn't seem to care she just sat there and stroked my hair as she helped me sit up. "I'm sorry." I apologized, "I can't do anything. I won't be of any help to you. I'm...I'm useless."

Neo pulled out a scroll and put it in front of my face, "I need you." she typed out, "You are my key for finding Wade. Because if I find him, he'll need you too." she continued typing, "You may not be some hero, but sometimes that's how life works. But like everybody else you have to get over this hill, because you still have a job to do. Now, quit your bitching, take your shower, and get some rest. We leave first thing in the morning." Stern but somewhat motivational. If anything comes out of this, it's to find Wade, finish the job and go home.

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The next day, as Neo conveyed to me earlier, we would leave the village and continue our trek to Anima. Before leaving Neo used money that she pulled...from somewhere and bought some light provisions as well. The only thing she didn't buy were sleeping bags, but the lady at the inn was nice enough to give us some blankets for the travels. The people of the village who survived waved us goodbye and wished us good luck on our adventure. "What's this?" I asked as Neo handed me a large backpack and she continued walking with a noticeably smaller bag with her, "Hey, I can't carry all of this Short Round. I don't have the strength anymore!" I called out, "Short Round! Dammit Neo, I'm in crutches! Wait up at least!"

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So I was on my own with a former enemy who only cared about me to get to Deadpool. We had started our journey that, as I said before, has been going on for several months now. And a nice conclusion I can make, similar to Bill and Ted's second outing, this whole Journey has been Bogus.

Oh, but things get much...MUCH better (I say with the absolute MOST amount of sarcasm in my voice).

To be continued...

A/N: Back Bitches! This is...very difficult because I don't have source material now, so I get to wing the hell out of this fic. I have no idea how this will all turn out, but hopefully it turns out perfectly fine.

So now I get to deal with, possibly my most interesting and difficult situation, essentially having a one man show with Peter and Neo not saying everything. Everything we learn about Neo will be from Peter's point of view. So is she truly trying to help Peter for Wade's sake, or is this whole situation just for her own benefit? We'll find out.

I think one of my other major problems will be deciding how long this series will be, will it be 20 chapters, will it be 5? I don't know, we'll see.

Okay, until next time, remember to PM for questions, follow, favorite, and leave a review, I'll see you then.