"Ugh…" I groaned as we finally got out of Oscorp.
Harry: "Pete? Gwen? Ned? Are you all alright?"
I walk to Gwen's car, open the back door, and fall across both back seats.
"I'm super," I say in the driest tone alive.
Ned gets in the passenger seat, Gwen in the driver's seat. She drives off fast.
MJ: "The heck was that about? They look pale."
Harry: "Yeah… they definitely did."
In the car — fast‑food parking lot
Ned is passed out. Gwen is passed out.
I sit up in the back seat.
"Dang it, man… I just wanted the powers."
I sigh.
"I did NOT sign up for this. Okay, doesn't matter. At least I'll have a team… but I'm scared to see how Ned is gonna transform. And it's just Monday… ugh."
I sit back and think.
"So we're all getting spider powers. Lovely."
I sigh as the stress really hits me.
"Man… I just wanna cry, bro. This is so dumb. I couldn't even save one old lady and a kid. What do I look like trying to be a hero? Ha… the Parker luck really is something."
"Huh. Guess mine was too. Double the bad luck—how fun."
"Why am I still awake? And they aren't? What in the wor—ld…"
I pass out.
Hours later, I wake up to screaming.
"AGHH—what the hell is going on?!"
I look around the car and see a dude who is 6'5, like 260 pounds of pure muscle.
"What the fu—"
Gwen: screams "WHO ARE YOU AND WHAT DID YOU DO TO NED?!"
The guy looks shocked and yells, "What do you mean?! I AM Ned!"
Gwen flips down the car window. Ned screams at his own reflection.
"AGHH—WHAT AM I?! WHO AM I?! AH—!"
Me: "SHUT UP! Both of you—shut up!"
They stop and look at me.
"You good now?" I ask.
Ned: "No, I am NOT."
Gwen: "Of course not! I got bit by a spider and now I feel light as a flower!"
"Isn't it supposed to be—"
Gwen: "Shut up."
"My bad, Gwen. Dang."
I step out of the car and they follow.
Ned: "I can't go to school like this, bro."
Me: "Yeah, no duh."
Gwen steps too hard, and the pavement cracks beneath her foot.
We all stare.
Ned: "Wow. I knew you had weight issues but DAMN."
Gwen: "YOU of all people shouldn't be talking about weight."
Ned: "Well I'm not the one who broke the floor just by stepping on it. And by the looks of it, my weight has gone down drastically which is VERY concerning."
Ned turns to me, eyes shining.
"Peter tell me did we get powers like magic powers"
"No, Ned. Not magic powers. More like changes in biology."
Gwen suddenly runs super fast, wind blasting behind her—then immediately slaps herself into a tree.
Ned and I stare.
Ned: "…isn't she supposed to be smart?
Gwen: stands up unharmed "I am okay."
Me: "Phenomenal. Now that we know we have powers… let's try them out."
(2 HOURS OF TESTING LATER — ABANDONED WAREHOUSE)
We learned:
Ned has natural webs
Gwen has natural webs
I do NOT have natural webs
→ Future me has to make web‑shooters. Fun.
Strength, speed, wall climbing —
Ned: "wow ok… so we have powers." He sits on the floor.
Gwen: "It's a bit more than an 'wow and a ok .'"
"So what are we doing with our powers?" Or what are you two doing with your powers
Ned: "Be a hero, of course. Save as many people as possible. Do my best, man."
"Noble," I say. "What about you, Gwen?"
Gwen: "…I don't know, honestly."
"Yeah, real." I sit back, thinking about if crap would hit the fan.
Ned smiles broadly. I look at him and can't help but smile back…
…but that came to a quick end.
ONE WEEK LATER
We're wearing ski masks.
Ned in a black hoodie. Gwen in a white one. Me in a red hoodie.
Helping people. Saving lives.
Then we ran into something we could NOT handle:
A gaping hole in the sky.
Aliens raining through.
Ned: "What the actual hell—?!"
Gwen shoves a civilian out of the way.
I run up a wall to get a better view
Hell is falling.
The Avengers arrive.
Ned runs in like a fool—
and gets impaled like one.
"NED!" I scream, sprinting toward him.
Gwen runs up too—
and gets shot in the head with an energy beam.
Her face becomes completely unrecognizable.
She falls — not dead, but seriously injured.
I look at Ned's body.
He's choking on his blood.
He points weakly at Gwen.
I swallow my guilt, leave his side, and run to her.
Doctor Strange flies overhead, spots Ned's dead body…
then disappears into the chaos.
I hold Gwen tightly as I run.
I stop, lay her on a rooftop.
Her face is healing—thank God—
but her eyes are burned
"Gwen… stay with me."
She doesn't.
She passes out.
And I break.
I cry for my friend's death.
For Gwen's injury.
For the guilt I for calling myself a hero
I pick Gwen up and take her to a hospital.
I remove what's left of her ski mask.
The doctors will think she's a victim—
which she is.
Before I left Ned, I made sure to do the same to him.
I knock hard on the hospital door, leave Gwen and I leap off the roof.
I swing through the city until I land on another building.
"Am I even meant to be a hero…?"
"I just keep letting people die… over and over…"
I cry.
"This world is unfair. This world is so unpredictable."
"Why did I have to be reborn? Why?!"
"Why do I have to go through this?!"
Why me?!
I scream and slam my fist into the rooftop. Tears falling hard.
"Why me…"
And then—
I hear a voice.
A soft voice
My sister's voice.
"Big brother… you can't give up yet. Not ever. Because you're my hero."
The memory cuts deep.
I laugh—broken.
"Of course. I get it now. I can't give up… because this body—this world—won't let me."
"Spider‑Man needs trauma… to be the hero the world needs.
"Haha… so damn lame…"
I close my eyes
END OF CHAPTER
I KNOW this chapter was insane and came out of nowhere, but tell me if you like it.
If you don't, I might remake it.Need comments to know fr Have an okay day, and a mediocre dinner ✌️