Maya Stark

Chapter 130: Scooby-Doo this shit

Pepper, Morgan, and I were all sitting together talking, like a normal family for once. It – like usual – didn't last long. When I first saw the orange sparks, I thought I was hallucinating. Then they got stronger, and I knew who was coming. I shouldn't have been so shocked. I left Peter to think over things all on his own and I saw the fight on the bridge on the news. I just figured if something was wrong, Peter would call me. If Strange was involved though... who the hell knows what's happening. The circle got stronger, and Pepper got quiet as I rose to my feet. Strange stepped through the portal.

'Miss Potts,' he says, regarding Pepper first. Then he looks at me. 'Your boyfriend is an idiot.'

I sigh. 'Sounds about right. What happened?'

'In short... he opened the multiverse.'

'What?' I say, crossing my arms. 'I'm sorry... how did Parker open the multiverse? I physically don't think he's smart enough to do that.'

'It's a long story,' he says. 'He needs your help, and the two other ones.'

I look around and huff. 'Not in here. I need to grab some things from the garage.'

I give Pepper a hug and then Morgan a hug, who seemed confused. I lead Strange into the garage and then start looking for the suit case for Peter.

'So, the multiverse, huh?' I say as I continue.

'He was trying to get you and your friends into college. He changed my spell too many times, opened the multiverse. Villains from different timelines and realities are in our reality. All of them wanting revenge on Spider-Man. It is up to you all to collect them so I can send them back to their time-line.'

I sigh. 'Right. Just another day at this point.'

'Peter did mention getting you guys a second chance at MIT,' he says, hesitantly. 'I understand that must be important to you, but this is more so.'

'I know,' I say, annoyed. 'Fighting monsters is always more important than any other form of my future.'

I finally find the case through the mess of papers and slip it into my bag with my computer, sliding my phone into my back pocket. My ring was securely on my finger and I was wearing jeans and Nat's sweatshirt. Not to mention the broken planet necklace Peter got for me, though my moon necklace was always in my bag.

'I'm gonna warn my friends we are teleporting into their houses,' I say, sarcastically, shooting Ned and MJ quick texts. 'Come on, let's get this over with.'

It didn't take long to collect Ned and MJ and make our way to the Sanctum Sanctorum. We walked in, trailing behind Strange. I looked around at the huge place as Ned was basically buzzing next to me.

'I can't believe I'm in the Sanctum Sanctorum,' he said.

'Neither can I,' Strange muttered.

'How did you know you were made of magic?' Ned asked. 'Because my Nana says that we have it in our blood and sometimes I get these tinglings in my hand—'

'You should talk to your physician,' Strange said.

I see movement out of the corner of my eye and turn to see Peter walking towards us. He looked very calm for someone who supposably broke the multiverse.

'Peter!' I say, running over to him.

'Hey!' he says, pulling me into a hug.

'Hey,' I say back.

He pulls away. 'I'm so sorry for dragging you into this, you just gotta help me find these guys—'

'You don't have to apologize,' I say, cutting him off.

'Yeah,' MJ said. 'You got us a second shot at MIT.'

'So, how did the bad guys get here?' Ned asked.

'He screwed up a spell trying to get you into college,' Strange said.

'Wait, what?' MJ and Ned said in unison.

'I thought you got us into MIT?' MJ asked. 'You did it with magic?'

'No, that was after,' Peter said. 'Let's just focus on the good news, okay?'

'No,' Strange said, 'let's just focus on the bad news. As of now, you have detected zero multiversal trespassers, so get on your phones, scour the internet, and... Scooby-Doo this shit!'

'You're telling us what to do, even though it was your spell that got screwed up,' I say. 'Meaning that all of this is kind of your mess.'

Strange looks offended.

'You know, I know a couple of magic words myself, starting with the word please,' MJ adds.

Strange considers us for a moment. 'Please, Scooby-Doo this shit. You can work in the undercroft.'

'The undercroft?' Ned said, excitement in his voice.