So, let's start from the beginning one last time.
My name is Ethan Turner, a normal 16-year-old kid living in New York. I can't say that I'm that handsome, and my heavy framed glasses and black hair only shouted 'Nerd' to others. You know, living in a life that was... normal. Nothing happened or didn't happen.
That was until one night.
I don't know what happened or why, but I was somehow transferred to a new dimension, a new world in which heroes are real. And I got to be one of them as well. Call me 'Noir.'
I know, it's not that original... No, not original at all. But I got spider power, and Spider-Man is already a thing here.
However, all of you want to know what happened, right? Well, sit back, relax...
This is the story all about how my life got flipped turned upside down...
C'mon, it's the perfect summary of what happened to me.
After a few moments of wanting to vomit and feeling effin' sick, I opened my eyes and noticed that I was not in my bedroom, but in a hospital. But what's worse is that a group of teens and a young woman(SHe looked like in her mid-thirties) with long brown hair and black eyes were surrounding me.
Before I can even ask what the fuck just happened to me, that young woman suddenly hugged me close. "Ethan! You're OK!"
Wait, why did she know my name? I'm in a hospital for no reason, and peoples are sighing in relief upon my awakening. Jesus, can someone tell me what just happened?
But I decided to act like I'm familiar with that young man and smiled.
"Ethan!" One of the teens- a blonde girl with green eyes suddenly called out, grabbing everyone's attention. "You're finally awake!"
Uh... What. The. Fuck. Who is she?! I-I don't remember I had a girlfriend or any 'girl' friend! Calm yourself, Ethan. Calm the fuck down...
"U...uh..." I fake grunted, stretching my head. "What exactly happened?"
"You just got bitten by a spider." The young woman explained. "You were on a field trip on Oscorp, but somehow another spider got out and bit you."
Wait, Oscorp? Did I just got into one of the infinite universes of Marvel?! What the fuck?! You've got to be kidding me!
"Peter got bit at last year's field trip." A redhead in the crowd added, sighing in relief. "It's a relief that you're alright this time."
Peter? Um... If I'm right, that 'Peter' is Peter Parker (Or Peter B Parker). So I can be in a normal Marvel universe, the insomnia-verse, the MCU, or anything in between.
Hey, I can even be in a fanfic's world!
"Nerds." A Teen said, and he looked like the Flash Tompson in the movie... Uh... I think it's Flash.
Feeling extremely awkward in the situation, I shook my head and looked up again. "Um... Sorry 'bout that but... I think my memories are fuzzy from that bite... Who are you guys exactly?"
The group was... shocked to say at least. "You're serious?!" That blonde girl exclaimed, leaning closer to me, a bit too close. "You don't remember me? I'm Gwen!"
OK... She's Gwen Stacy. And now I have to make sure that she won't get her neck snapped. But what can I do? Should I sit around and watch what tragedy happen to Peter Parker?
Calm down, Ethan. You're only going to gain attention if you don't.
I nodded awkwardly. "Well, uh... I think so... Gwen?"
"Uh... I hope you remember me but... I'll do it in reassurance." The young woman murmured to herself, releasing me from her hug. "I'm your Aunt, Catherine."
Aunt... It's the best that I don't question them for anything specific.
I nodded. "OK... Well, what now?"
"I'm Mary Jane." The redhead waved. "Or just MJ."
OK, it's the Marvel universe. Jesus, my life is going to be complicated...
After a few check-ups and a few more hours later, I was finally able to get out of the hospital. Catherine drove me back to our house- an apartment in the heart of Queens. It was normal, with three bedrooms (One of them was empty) and an open kitchen.
Once we entered the apartment, Catherine turned around and put his hands to my shoulder. "I know you may not remember me, but..." She trailed off, closing her eyes, and sighed. "I don't know what to say... Whatever. Uh... there's a journal you wrote in your room."
"I'll make us some dinner."
With that said, she walked to the kitchen and started cooking. Meanwhile, I opened the door with a bunch of stickers on it. From what it seems, it was my room. It's messy, a bit too messy and filled with unfinished gadgets and books. Not only that, a few photos were stuck on the wall.
I took a closer look at the photos. It seems to be about two older people and me, I presume them as my parents. Anyway, I didn't know how, but once I saw the gadget on the table, a blueprint instantly surfaced in my mind.
Uh... So I was a kind of genius?
Whatever, I opened a drawer and took out a small notebook. I opened it and gave it a good read. So my parents are both police on the west coast, but my father got Killed in operation with the gang...
Uh... That's an origin with a superhero. Superhero...
Wait, I got a spider bite on a field trip on Oscorp. Fucking Oscorp out of everywhere. Ain't that the origin of Spider-Man?! OK, so there's a Peter in this world, and he got a bite one year ago. We got a bite from different spiders, so we're not going to be like how Silk and he turned out.
Gulping, I held my hand out and touched the wall. With anticipation filling my heart, I tried to pull my hand away but failed. Yeah, I just got spider power, Nice.
Remembering how to free myself from the wall(I got this from Into the Spiderverse.), I hummed the first tune in my mind- Sunflower and my hand got free. Clapping my face to ensure that I'm in the real world, I grinned.
I have superpower!
OK... Calm down, Ethan... What should I do now? Peter became Spider-Man because he thinks he's guilty of what happened to Uncle Ben. But I'm not like him, I just got tossed to this world for no reason and got spider power. But with great power comes great responsibility...
Urghhh fuck it, I should wait for a bit longer before choosing to be a hero or not. I should make up my mind. However, I should start working on a web shooter and police radio. And I should get a costume of my own.
Before I can think anything more, Catherine's calling snapped me back to the real world.
"Ethan, dinner's ready!"
Even though she's not my family from the 'old world,' but I should be nice and start to treat her like an actual aunt of mine. After all, she's somewhat hot.
But she's still my aunt, and I'm not going to do something pervert on her.
A few days had passed since my 'return', and I've used to my new life here. Apparently, I'm a genius (but no as genius as Peter) on chemistry and making stuff. Also, I've been great friends with Peter and his small group.
Who are the small group? It was MJ, Gwen, Peter and me. Yeah, Peter always got bullied by Flash, but I decided to stand up against him. He deserved better than what's coming.
Speaking of which, from what I've gathered, Spider-Man had been around for a few months by now. Not only that, Avengers are here as well. And the Avengers looked like their movie counterparts. With the fact that Peter looks like Tom Holland. So MCU? Whatever, it's not my priority for now.
Right now I'm having lunch with Gwen, both MJ and Peter had the stuff to do. Was the aura... awkward? Yeah, we're friends, and people are going to call us a couple or something like that. But from what I've observed, she is having a crush on Peter.
And with the dangerous fate, she's going to face... I don't know what I should do? Am I going to change the canon in a colossal way? What'll change if I change them?
Whatever, I'll do it anyway.
Seeing that I was entirely in my thought, Gwen tapped my shoulder. "Hey, Ethan..." She started, hesitant on whether continuing on or not. "Are you really Ethan? Ever since that field trip... You're different than what I remember."
"Really?"
"Yeah." She nodded. "You used to be the quiet one, like Peter. But now you're the opposite of what you used to be."
Oh... So that's how I used to be.
"I can try to be what I used to be if you want to." I jokingly said, giggling as Gwen just deadpanned at my answer.
"I'm not saying that's a bad thing." The blonde sighed. "Just stating facts."
"Yeah... Maybe the loss of memories is a chance for me to start over." I said, staring at the sky outside.
"You're already on that path."
"I know, just stating facts." I smiled as Gwen giggled at my reuse of her word. Even though she's not my type or I shouldn't have a crush on her, but I won't refuse that she's a beauty.
Peter, you lucky bastard.
We didn't say anything more afterward, just enjoying our lunch and the comfortable silence.
After some more classes(I ignored the teacher and focused on the web-shooters and the formula.), today's school finally over, and I was about to get back home. However, a blur of red and blue swung past my head, and I looked up, you guessed it, it's Spider-Man.
"What does it feels like to be up there, Peter?"
I smiled, looking at the sky for a short while before returning to my routine.
Once I'm back at my house, I quickly got back to my house and started working on the web-shooters. I found two old watches from a box under my bed(I don't know why it's there.) and took it apart.
Finding some video about how to make a wrist shooter, I studied the process and adapted it to the two old watches. After god knows how long, I finally finished the web-shooters. Sighing as I looked at the beauty in front of me, which looks like the web-shooters from the first Amazing Spider-Man film, I glanced at the clock next to them.
Wait, it's three in the morning. Whatever, it's Saturday, I think I'll sleep through today... Or not, I should work on the web formula by now.
So the web needs to be elastic, and I mean VERY flexible so I can stuff a large amount of it to a small magazine. It needs to be very strong as well, strong enough to hold at least one ton as well. Lastly, it needs to be cheap to make as well! But the question is, which formula is the best for my requirement?
I took a few online searches (Mostly on a forum which dedicated to cracking Spidey's power and anything around it.) and even more times on books that stockpiled on my desk. Luckily, after a few more hours of work, I finally cracked the puzzle and found the right formula. Looking at my clock again, it's six o'clock in the morning.
Finally feeling sleepy and yawned, I put the two web-shooters in the drawer and collapsed on my bed, letting my eyelid fell and sleep. By the time I finally awoke, it was already nighttime. Stretching in content, I went to the living room and saw Catherine cooking dinner for us(How considerate, thanks.)
She finished dinner after a short while, smiling as she saw me sitting at the table. "Finally awake, sleepyhead?"
"Yeah." I nodded, giving her a small smile in response. "If I worried you for waking up this late... I'm sorry 'bout that,"
"You don't need to apologize, sweetheart." Catherine lightly knocked my forehead, giggling. "That spider bite must be exhausting for you."
OK, she's the best aunt I'll ever have, protect her at all costs!
"But I still want to say sorry."
Catherine just smiled, putting the dinner in front of me. "You know..." She said in a soft tone, her smile quickly turned to a somber one. "You are starting to look like Jack, especially on the stubborn part."
Jack... That's my father.
"Yeah, I admit that I'm a bit stubborn," I replied with a faint smirk.
"And now you have his signature smirk."
"C'mon, he's my dad."
"I know." For the second time in fifteen minutes, she giggled again. "This is going to be the end of me." She jokingly said, and I just laughed innocently.
Yeah, living in a world which hero exists with superpower is excellent, but this is what I like in this world. Someone that you'll do anything to protect.
And at that moment, I think I found my reason to be a hero. I'll do it to protect someone's smile and hope. I may be not able to save anyone, but I'll try my best.
After some more sleep and woke up on Sunday morning, I took out my web-shooters and the new filled-web cartridge and went to the building's roof. Today I'm going to test the web and the web-shooters.
Once I'm on the roof, I crawl onto a wall which mostly unnoticed by everyone. I internally prayed and aimed my hand toward the edge of the roof. I jumped from the wall and quickly double-tapped the button in my palm. The web-shooter worked perfectly, and a strand of web line fired out and attached to the edge.
I hung my bodyweight to that only web line and... It didn't snap! Nice, I did it on the first try! OK, now both the web-shooters and the web itself was secured, it's time on the costume.
Since I'm a big fan of the Noir version of Spider-Man, I decided to use black and white as it's only coloring. And no spandex, I don't want to leave too little for the imagination.
With that said, I decided to buy a leather jacket and a ski mask. I'll make the mask like the stealth suit's one combined with Noir's goggle. I bought a goggle with a one-side glasses and snitched it to the ski mask from the inside. And with that, the mask is done!
I took a small mirror from the bathroom and tried the mask on. It looks somewhat great! Not only that, the mask feels comfortable and breathable. Taking off the mask, I tried on the black leather jacket and grabbed a pair of black jeans from my wardrobe.
I looked at my reflection from the mirror, smiling as I look like a replica of Spider-Man Noir, only that the jacket was a normal one with zipper. I took our a pair of gloves and wore them over the web-shooters, then I wore the mask.
I took a final look at my reflection and... I look great!
And with that done, I took off my costume and put them in a secret part of my wardrobe. And it's the time for the radio part.
I scrambled through the journal from my other-self. Looking for any mention of radio of anything like that. But unfortunately, I didn't found any. Sighing as I noted the time on my clock, I decided to call it a day and go to sleep.
The next day passed slowly, and I decided to have a walk with our small group, mostly because Gwen and MJ practically forced Peter and me to hang out with them. But after all, all those Spider-Man businesses must be taking a lot of time from Peter, and I want to know them better.
We got into a small restaurant at Queen, and we got something to eat. While waiting for the food to come, MJ decided to speak first and broke the silence between all of us.
"So, how's the 'new life,' Ethan?" She asked, quoting the 'new life' with her fingers.
"Great, I think." I shrugged, giving her a faint smile in the process. "I read the old diary and filled up with some past."
"I heard that you're going to do some music, right?"
"Yeah, I just bought a bass." I nodded.
Yep, I'm a bassist back in my old life.
"Oh, that's perfect!" MJ grinned, clapped her hands together. "Gwen and I are planning on forming a band!"
Peter just sighed at her sudden change in mood. "Here we go again..."
But for me? I just froze in place, and my brain just went to overdrive. So MJ and Gwen are in a band... So Spider-Gwen is going to happen in this universe too?! Oh god, what universe I got myself into!
It's a world of a fanfic. I'm sure about it.
"I'm the drummer." Gwen casually waved, sighing at MJ as well. "The band's name is Mary Jane's, or what we decided for now."
"So, you're going to recruit me?" I jokingly said, raising an eyebrow.
"Yeah, can you be our bassist?" MJ nodded, leaning across the table to me, a bit too close to me. "Please?"
Oh no... not the puppy eyes! I'm weak to that!
I used all my strength to resist to urge to say 'yes,' but... it's not strong enough to resist MJ. C'mon, it's Mary Jane!
"Fine..."
"Yay!" MJ cheered, raising her hands in victory. "Now that's set, we're going to have our first meeting tomorrow!"
"Tomorrow?!" Gwen and I exclaimed in unison, widening out eyes in disbelief.
"Poor Ethan..." Peter murmured, wincing as he noticed the glare from the redhead herself.
After giving Peter a small glare, MJ instantly changed back to her happy self. "Yeah! I've been converting my garage to a band room for a while now."
Um...Now that I've joined(Actually forced) into a band, maybe I should do some test petrol tonight. I remembered that Dad had his investigation notebook in my room, and it's mostly about gang hideout and stuffs like that.
Well, thanks, dad, even though you're not my dad.
Then our burgers came, and we ate in comfortable silence, and we talked more about music afterward. What surprised me is that Peter is a music nerd as well(He's mostly for indie music)
After a few more talk and some laughter later, we decided to call it a day and separated on our way.
Bu~t, my day is long from the end. I quickly got back to my home and my room. I changed into my costume and my web-shooters, putting on my mask, I opened my room's window and crawl to the roof.
"OK..." I peeked over the edge, shivering as I saw the height of my apartment building. "Remember what Peter said to Miles... 'Leap of Faith.'" I clapped my cheeks, taking a few steps behind.
Taking a deep breath, I dashed forward at full speed and jumped. Yeah, Web-slinging is cool and fun, but I should take it one step at the time.
With my spider power, I landed on the roof of another apartment building. I continued my dash and jumped again. Seeing that I'm not going to land of another roof, I quickly fired a string of webbing and pulled myself to that building. Landing on the roof with a roll, I paused for a second and ready to dash again.
But then, a scream from the alleyway startled me.
"HELP!"
I narrowed my eyes under the goggles and peeked over the edge. Two men were robbing a woman. OK, one man was holding a knife in his hand while the other man was looking out for any threat. I stick to shadow and crawl on the wall, closer to the scene.
"Shut up, you bitch!" The man with the knife threatened, pointing his knife closer to the woman. "Johnny, is there anyone coming?"
"No, boss," Johnny replied, not aware of me.
So maybe... I can do this stealthily, just like how Noir's work in Shattered Dimension. Nodding to myself, I crawled a bit closer and aimed at johnny.
It's going to hurt... Poor Johnny.
I fired two lines of webbing, attaching at his shoulders and pulled him up. "AHHH!" His screaming was fortunately silenced by a punch to his face, knocking him out. I webbed him to the wall and turned my focus back onto the alleyway.
"Johnny?" The other man yelled, eyes darting around in fear. "Where the fuck are you?"
The woman just took a few steps back in fear, her eyes locked to the shadow.
The man steps forward, swinging his knife everywhere in more fear. Taking this as my opportunity, I jumped down and landed right behind him. Not letting him have any time to react, I turned him around and gave his face a hard punch.
I fired some webbing to keep him in place(on the wall) and turned around, walking closer to the woman. "You're OK, miss?" I asked.
The woman hesitated for a while before nodding. "Y-yeah, I'm fine..." She shuttered, taking a few moments to process the situation. "Thank you, Spider-Man."
"Uh... I'm not Spider-Man." I awkwardly said, rubbing the back of my neck. "I just have the same power as him."
"T-Then how should I call you?"
How to call me? Oh wait, I never thought of the name of my hero identity. Um... I'm a fan of Noir and this costume is basically a replica of his outfit... So Spider-Man Noir?
No, that's too lame.
Just Noir?
No, that should be a nickname.
Noir-Spider?
Jesus, that was stupid.
So back to just Noir?
Yeah, that's a unique enough name for me.
"Call me Noir, miss," I replied, giving her a wink under the goggles(I think she didn't see that).
The woman nodded. "Thank you, Noir."
OK, now that's cringy. But since I can't think of a new and better name, I guess I'll stick with it for now.
"I think you should call 911, let the police handle the rest," I said, gesturing to the two robbers who were still webbed and knocked out. "Now I have someone else to help, see ya."
I winked again(OK, I think she saw it this time.) and jumped to the rooftop — time for more patrol.
I continued running through rooftop to rooftop, stopping someone stealing a car and someone else stealing a bicycle(Just like that one in Homecoming.). Then I decided to take a small break.
And that was the moment that I saw 'him.'
Spider-Man was swinging through the street I was next, giving me a good look at his costume. He was wearing the Stark suit. I mean that same Stark suit. Then, my Spider-Sense suddenly buzzed, and he turned his around and saw me.
His eyelid widened in surprise, and I waved at him casually, smiling under my mask before turning toward the opposite direction. Now back onto my petrol.
I don't know what I'll have to face, super villain, complicated love life(One thing that must exist in a Superhero's life, unfortunately), loss of loved ones...
Yes, I'm not Spider-Man, but I'll try my best to protect those smiles.
Everyone, welcome to Spiderman: New spiders!
So uhh... You can say this fic as an SI, but I think it's more like a story from an OC's perspective. Wait, Ethan is from our universe... So... It's an SI?
Whatever...
Since I already have another fic on a weekly update, so this fic will probably be a bi-weekly, or irregularly.
Anyway... I hope you like the story so far!
RR Plz.