stark, peter parker

viii. it appears you are bleeding out

"so is there anything you want to tell us about your girlfriend?" fury asked peter once he arrived in berlin.

"he's talking about edith." hill clarified, seeing in peter's eyes that he'd gotten protective about a potential mention of dakota.

peter frowned as he realized that they knew about him transferring the information to beck, and began to get nervous as he remembered he hadn't even told dakota that.

"i know i made a mistake, and i'm sorry, but he is not who you think he is." he said. "beck is a liar. mysterio, the elementals, it's all fake. he has some sort of illusion tech-- kodie thinks it's stark technology. that's how he tricked you, and tricked me into giving him edith." he tossed the device onto the table in front of him. "it's a projector. i pulled it off the fire monster in prague."

fury furrowed his brows. "so all that death and destruction we witnessed was created by this?"

he shook his head. "no, not just this. i think he's using drones."

"well, if this is true, then beck's very dangerous and we need to be smart." fury replied. "who else did you tell about this?"

peter zoned out as he began to feel his.. peter tingle, or whatever may had called it, going crazy. "he's here." he mumbled, looking up.

as soon as he spoke, hill, along with half of the building, disappeared. "it's just an illu- fury!" peter yelled as the man fell to the ground, shot by a drone. the drone then shot peter, sending him tumbling down a staircase.

"wow, peter, wow." beck's voice echoed throughout the open room. "i thought we were close. fury always had to die, but not you." drones surrounded peter now, their green lasers pointed at his chest.

peter struggled to his feet, looking around. "stop hiding, beck!" he yelled, webbing one of the drones only to watch it dematerialize. the room followed suit, and peter watched as everything around him disappeared. he was now in his old red and blue suit, and in a complete black nothingness.

"i tried to help you walk away. now you're making me do this. you told me you were just a kid." beck said to peter, who attempted to shoot a web, only for green smoke to spray from his hands. mysterio was suddenly behind him, his voice still echoing around the expanse. "you told me..." peter attempted to punch him, only for his figure to turn a brick pillar, "you were in love with the stark girl."

"peter?" kodie yelled.

he ran after the sound of her voice, bursting through a door only to realize he was now on top of the eiffel tower.

peter's jaw clenched as he watched dakota materialize, her hair blowing in the wind. "peter?" she asked softly, turning to look over at him. "what's going on?" she asked.

"i know this isn't real." peter said defensively, shaking his head.

suddenly, dakota's neck was grabbed by mysterio, who had materialized out of the full moon behind her. "do you, though?" beck asked, dropping her. peter immediately dove after her, screaming. "i don't think you know what's real, peter." peter's name echoed through his ears, and he held his hands up to his ears, shaking his head. "you need to wake up!" beck yelled, his voice distorted. glass shards then fell all around peter, surrounding him. "i mean, look at yourself."

peter reached out to touch the glass, shocked when the version of himself inside came to life and began to attack him. hundreds of spidermen then piled up on top of him, each one erupting from the mirrors.

"you are just a scared little kid in a sweat suit." beck told him, and peter looked around to see that he was now in his handmade suit, standing on a sculpture of captain america's shield. "i created mysterio to give the world someone to believe in. i control the truth. mysterio is the truth." he said, dropping behind peter.