Space Girl [P.Parker]

chapter 31

There was a power disturbance off in the woods near a nature reserve. When Luna heard, she was eager to suit up and investigate. She knew she'd find Peter in the area as well.

When she arrived, it did not take her long to spot Peter. He had his phone strapped onto his suit with duct tape. He and Ned seemed to be on a call.

"Do you see anything?" Peter asked Ned. 

"No." Ned responded. "It's—it's really dark."

Luna, who stood behind him, spoke up. "I do."

The startled Peter turned around. "Oh— Luna!" He exclaimed.

 "Luna!" Ned spoke through the phone, sounding just as shocked as Peter. 

"You know, I'm starting to understand what Nick Fury felt like. Let me tell you, it is not fun when Peter Parker is dodging your calls." Luna raised her eyebrows.

"I was...busy." Peter trailed off. 

"Busy fighting without me?" She crossed her arms. "I heard about the highway thing. I could have helped." She sighed.

"I—" Before Peter could respond, Luna looked behind him with wide eyes. "Peter..." Luna slowly backed away, causing the boy to spin around quickly.

Along the power lines behind them, was a figure of a man, surrounded by electricity. It was almost as if the man was see through and only made from electricity.

Peter raised his hand, causing a device he had on to glow. "Peter, what is that?" Luna questioned. He didn't respond. 

"Uh—you wouldn't happen to be from another universe, would you?" Peter called out to the figure.

"Another universe?!" Luna shouted. Once again, she was ignored. When the electric man gave no response, Peter used the device on his arm, shooting it at the figure, but it instead went right through and hit a tree, causing it to disappear.

"Holy shit! What just happened to that tree?!" Luna shouted.

The electric man tried to strike the two teenagers. They both jumped back, avoiding the electric blows. They continued to run. Luna had never felt so out of place in a fight.

When it looked like Peter was about to be hit, Luna grabbed him and pulled him aside. She used her powers to create a shield of trees, but lost focus after having tripped. The electricity shot towards them.

All of a sudden, they were blocked by a huge mountain of sand. A face of a man appeared in it. By then, Luna thought she might have been going crazy.

"Peter, it's me! Flint Marko!" The man in the sand stated. "You remember?"

"You know this guy?!" Luna questioned.

 "I-I'm Peter but I'm not your Peter!" Peter explained, ignoring Luna's question. 

"What do you mean you're not my Peter? What the hell is going on?!" The man yelled. 

"I second that!" Luna commented.

"Who is this? Is she hurting you? Do I hurt her?" The man in the sand looked to Luna.

"No! No this is— Look, I'll explain later! Don't hurt anybody!" Peter stammered. "First, can you help me stop this guy!" He requested, referring to the electric man.

"Okay." Agreed Flint. 

"You chase around him and I'll pull the plug! Okay let's go!" Peter webbed a power line and swung away while the sand man surrounded the electric man.

Luna was left confused without a plan. Hesitantly, she followed after Peter, lifting herself with the wind. He was now webbing all of the power lines in order to cut the electric man's power source.

Upon succeeding, both he and Luna fell back. While Luna remained on the ground, not hurt but rather too confused to stand back up, Peter stood beside the Flint and took off his mask. "Different Peter. Weird." Commented Flint.

"Thanks." Peter nodded, giving the man a high five, which just made his hand disappear, the sand spilling onto the dirt. 

"Sorry." Peter apologized.

"Don't worry about it."

Luna furrowed her eyebrows, watching Peter and Flint make their way towards the electric man, who now had a human body, but was completely naked.

"I got my body back." The electric man realized.

 "Hey, Um..." Peter spoke up. "This is gonna sound really crazy, but uh...this isn't your universe." Peter explained.

"Another universe?" The electric man questioned. Peter confirmed. 

"What?" Luna spoke up, but was ignored.

"That's what I was feeling. The power. It's different. I like it." The electric man's eyes glowed a bright yellow. 

"Easy, Buddy." Flint put his hand up.

"It's actually my fault that you're here." Peter explained.

 "Like...like the universe? Or the woods? I hate the woods." Inquired the electric man.

"I meant the universe, sir." Peter informed. 

"So what? Y'all just gonna stand here and act like I ain't butt-ass naked?" The electric man questioned.

"You know, as much as I am confused right now, that was the first question that came to my mind before any other." Luna spoke up, which finally made Peter turn back to look at her.

"Luna, are you okay?" He worried, noticing that she was still on the ground.

 "Physically, yes, Peter. I am fine, but we have a lot of talking to do." Luna replied sternly.

"Who's this?" The electric man pointed at Luna. "She's been here the whole time?"

"That's what I was wondering." Flint shrugged. 

"It's... it's my girlfriend. Her name's Luna." Peter sighed. Luna removed her mask. "Hi." She held up her hand to greet them.

Peter looked off to the side, noticing some firemen uniforms to the side. "Here." He webbed them and handed them to the electric man. "Put these on."

Peter used the device on his arm, causing the man to vanish.

Luna and Flint gasped. "What was that? What did you just do to him?" Flint looked to Peter in a threatening way. Luna finally stood up and stood defensively by Peter.

"Woah. Woah, Sandy." She moved over slightly in front of Peter.

 "It's okay. It's okay." Peter rambled. 

"Did you kill him?" Flint interrogated.

"I can explain everything. You just have to trust me. Please—"

"I don't trust you. I don't know you."

Just as the man was about to strike, Peter used the device on him as well, making him disappear just like the electric man.

Peter and Luna were now alone. They remained silent for a moment. Peter turned to look at Luna with a shameful expression. "Hey." He chuckled anxiously.

He could tell that Luna understood now what had happened. "I'll meet you Strange's tomorrow. You owe me an explanation." She said in a monotone voice, before flying off. 

"Bye, Luna.." Peter mumbled to himself with a sigh.