"Was that Bruce? Why does he want us to go in our suits?" Peter asked when Dick turned off his comms. "Yes it was Bruce and you'll find out when we get to the sanctum." Dick answered, quickly walking to the other room to change. Only a few moments later and they were both swinging over over New York the fastest they could. Once they made it to the sanctum Peter and Dick walked in. Making sure to close the door behind him Peter walked over to Bruce, John, and Stephen and addressed Bruce and John. "I realize this could be a very bad time but i never properly introduced myself. I am Peter" Peter took his right hand out of his pocket and held it out for a handshake.
John took his hand first, nodding and introducing himself with "I'm John" Bruce took his hand second and said his name (albeit a bit reluctantly) "Bruce" Peter smiled a bit and started to talk "so what did you want us here for-" he was cut off by someone he hadn't seen when he came in talking "y'know you shaking their hands reminds me of when we first met, through Nick Fury remember? You found out about the multiverse and went on a whole rant. Of course I was lying then but turns out there is a multiverse! Ha! Who would've guessed?"
The second Peter heard the voice he froze. Bruce's gloved hand suddenly lost the glove and his dark grey sleeve became small green rectangles and when Peter finally looked up at 'Bruce's' face all he could see was the face of Quentin Beck, a man who is supposed to be dead, not standing right in front of him still shaking his hand.
All of a sudden Peter was broken from his spiraling thoughts of panic and confusion when he heard Stephen say in a loud and angry voice "I thought I told you you to stop doing that" at the end of his sentence he threw his hand out in front of him and moved it in a circle sending a line of orange magic towards Beck. Once it hit him he turned back into Bruce and the magic traveled along an invisible line to the back of the room where Beck was being held in a sphere of more orange magic. When the magic reached him, Beck jumped back in a fake flinch.
When Peter realized he was looking at Bruce now he quickly retracted his hand and nervously turned to look at where the voice came from. Peter stood impossibly still, staring wide eyed at the man before him. But he was skeptical, he couldn't he feel his Peter Tingle ™. Granted when he first met Beck it didn't go off but Peter likes to say he was less experienced then so it doesn't count.
"Are you a hundred percent sure he's actually there? Like has anyone gone over and felt his flesh?" Peter asked "I'm ah pretty sure he's there. Wouldn't have my magic trapping air now would I?" As Stephen was speaking Peter felt his spidey sense go off telling him that was definitely not what Strange actually said. Immediately he put his hand up and shot at the sphere Beck was in. The webbing just managed to slip by the spinning magic and out the other side, leaving a little hole in the illusion of Quentin Beck. "So Parker figured me out? Honestly I was expecting a bit more from the two adult wizards not the teenage spider." Beck's illusion spoke.
Peter walked over to the illusion and began looking around (Stephen had taken down his "prison" the second a hole appeared in his "inmate"). "There isn't a drone or projector anywhere that could be playing this, it also definitely isn't a hologram nor is it prerecorded seeing as there's a hole in it and he's responding to things happening real time. He cant have gotten actual illusion powers right?" Peter assessed the situation and asked. "Oh but whose to say I haven't? I mean i've come back from the dead right? Its not everyday you get to do that! I also met a really interesting fellow the other day and he told me he was actually from a different universe! He seemed to like my story about almost defeating you and proposed an idea, a deal i would say." Beck answered giving a twisted smile before saying "I'll be seeing you soon Parker" and disappearing in a unnecessary cloud of green smoke.
"How did you know he wasn't real?" Dick asked being the first to break the silence. "Peter Tingle ™" Peter answered "did you just pronounce the "TM"?" "Well seeing as he's who we brought you over here for and now he's gone I think you two should leave and go do teenager shit. Let us figure some more stuff out on our end and then we'll call you." Stephen said ushering them out of the sanctum and closing the doors before either could protest.
Peter slightly shaken up and unsure about what exactly to do next, suggest the pair walk back to Peters apartment. Trying to raise the mood slightly Peter suggested they listen to J. Jonahs latest podcast episode, explaining he hadn't heard it yet. "You listen to it?" Dick asked "i mainly listen on patrol but you've been here so I haven't had time. But yes, i do" Peter answered opening the podcast. J. Jonah Jameson's voice sounded through Peters headphones and into their ears.
"J. Jonah Jameson here with more news on Spider-Man. Today I have a picture here that one of my fans created of what they imagine Spider-Man's protégé looks like with out his blue mask. Now my team has found a man who looks exactly like this photo but we cannot find any documents. Not a name. Not an age. Nothing. We have had some fans of the franchise say he looks scarily familiar to DC's "Dick Grayson" but seeing as that is a fictional character its easy to say that is purely coincidence. This man has been spotted with another who looks around the same age if not younger. Now the only thing my team has managed to pull up is a- what? What do you mean its false? WHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO DO WITHOUT- ahem excuse me never mind apparently both have no documents we can legally get so i'm signing off and contacting my legal team." The episode ended and Peter now distracted said "they're usually longer than that" and he looked slightly disappointed. Dick ignored the topic of the episode and laughed at his friend's disappointment. Happy his friends was no longer anxious Dick suggested a playlist for them to listen to and Peter let him find it. When they were about halfway through the playlist (it wasn't very long) they made it to Peters door and unlocked it.
As they stepped in Peters head phone piece fell out and he heard someone in his house say "this is a nice place you got here Peter."
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