a spider in the wrong universe

the escape

peter's p.o.v. :
"mr. stark?"
i stand in disbelief, too shocked to make a move.

"are you- is this real?"

i examine him. he's standing oddly still. usually mr. stark would be fidgeting with something in his hands, his body constantly needing to be at work. he's wearing a familiar zip up and black pants. it's the last outfit i saw him in before we went to titan.

the voice that answers is not him. it's too monotone. "i'm afraid i'm not him peter. i thought it would be comforting however to see someone you hold so dearly to your heart." the imposter says bluntly

the flicker of hope in my heart dissipated. it's not real. i'm still alone.

"oh."

after a pause of silence i ask, "so who are you then? where are we?"

"i'm the spirit of the soul stone. i'm no physical being, that's why i took the form of anthony stark. stephen strange can't enter the soul stone, he's inhabiting the time stone for now." the not-mr. stark answers

"why am i here now? i'm kind of in the middle of something..." i look down and see that i'm still fighting the league of villains. i'm fighting unlike myself though, the power of the stones are fighting for me.

"your body is going into survival mode. as host of the time and soul stone, you now have survival instincts and techniques which you can see below. your body doesn't even need to think about fighting, it just does it. it works similar to you spider-sense."

"i-i'm the host of the stones? is this for-forever? i don't-" i start

the not-mr. stark puts his hand in my shoulder, "calm down young one. the time stone and i have deemed you worthy. you are pure at soul and heart."

"and im supposed to do what? how am i supposed to use these powers and return home? how am i supposed to defeat thanos? i'm just the friendly neighborhood spider-man, i don't know how to do any of this!"

"you have us to guide you. that is the purpose of this meeting. right now, my power and your spider-sense has taken over your body to fight while your conscience is here. however, you won't be able to fight like this every time you are in danger. you need to learn how to control the power on your own."

i look down and see myself still fighting. shigaraki is the only one standing. he's in a defensive position, trying to come up with a plan.

"how do i even learn to control this?" i ask

"as you know, the stones heighten your emotions. you need to concentrate on that and your intention as you did while training earlier. focus on the strength within you to tap into the power of the stones."

"but how-" i begin, but i slowly start to fade away

the soul stone cuts me off, "ah i see our time is up. you must return to your body. just remember, you have a pure soul. let it guide you through this."

my vision fades to black for a moment and my body feels like pins and needles. i blink a couple of times and as my vision comes back, i take a look around. all of the villains are sprawled out on the floor of the bar. i notice kurogiri is still missing.

carefully, i step over each of them and make my way out of the building. as i open the door, my spidey-sense flares. i narrowly dodge a red feather whipping past my head.

"mr. hawks! it's just me, i'm alright!" i yell as i walk out of the building with my hands up.

mr. hawks runs up to me and engulfs me in a hug.
"peter! you're alright? what happened??"

aizawa is close behind him and says, "peter? how did you escape? where is the league?"

"oh they're inside. i just..y'know." i say as i put my hands up in a punching gesture

mr. hawks and aizawa go into the bar but i look around outside. there's a whole team of police officers and pro-heroes. in the distance there's even some news reporters with the cameras focused on me. a team of paramedics rush up to me to check on me, but i assure them i'm okay.

i back away from the group of paramedics and police officers and re-enter the bar. the league of villains is gone, mr. hawks and aizawa are searching the building.

"where'd they go?" i ask

"as soon as we got in, kurogiri teleported them away." aizawa answers. "but you're alright and that's all that matters."

"yeah i'm glad your alright kid." mr. hawks puts his hand on my shoulder and i struggle to not flinch.

"let's get you back to UA. i'm sure everyone has a lot of questions." aizawa says

"yeah, okay." i reply, deep in thought about my earlier interaction with the soul stone.