a spider in the wrong universe

the note

peter's p.o.v. :
aizawa, hawks, and i rush back to the dorms. the flight with hawks was calming on the way to aizawa's room, but now the flight back is filled with anxiety. is bakugou going to get hurt because of me?

we make it back to the dorms and rush to bakugou's room, pushing past all my confused classmates. they question us as we barge into bakugou's room, but the dorm stills when we see the state of it. his belongings are everywhere, scorch marks from his explosions litter the walls, showing obvious signs of a struggle. my heart drops when i see a note.

written in scrawny handwriting the letter says:
'peter parker,
bring the stones. alone. in exchange, we'll release your friend. fail, and he dies. you know where to find us.
- the league of villains
all for one'

"what does it say?" a classmate shouts. a couple other kids ask the same question.

aizawa and hawks are reading over my shoulder and i feel them stiffen.

i look up at them, "no no no- i can't. the stones they- they can't have them. i don't even know-" i struggle to breathe. it feels as if my clothes are restricting me and the room feels like it's getting smaller. classmates are pushing through trying to read the letter. somebody grabs it from my hand but i can't be bothered to get it back. i'm too distracted by my thoughts.

how many people are going to die for my mistakes? how many people are going to get hurt while i survive, unharmed?

i feel a hand on my shoulder and my senses go haywire. i immediately flinch away

a voice, "kid it's alright we'll find-"

"NO!" fear cuts through me and i shove the hand away with a bright orange aura lighting up the room.

the room stills and everyone's pushed to the walls of the room.

"don't call me kid and don't touch me! another person is going to get hurt because of me! my friend is going to get hurt because i couldn't figure this out on my own! i cannot let another life be taken after i just let half the universe get wiped out. i'm supposed to look out for the people of new york. and after becoming an avenger, the people of the world. but now i can't even look out for one person!" the orange aura doesn't go away, if anything, it gets stronger.

"peter, that wasn't your fault. you did the best you could-" aizawa attempts to shut off my quirk, but we both know it won't work.

with fear and anger pulsing in my veins, the orange light gets brighter and i realize my feet are no longer on the floor.
"well my best wasn't good enough." a memory of mr. stark flashes: 'i wanted you to be better.'
"i promised myself i would find a way out of here, i would train to become a better hero to be able to save my universe. but i cant. im failing. i miss my home, i miss my family, i miss mr. stark."

hawks reaches out to me to pull me back to the ground, "ki-pete its okay, we'll find bakugou and we can help you. we'll help you get back home and stop thanos."

confused whispers come from the edges of the room. i look around and remember the presence of my classmates. reluctantly, i take hawk's hand and lower myself to the floor. the orange aura dissipates and i suddenly feel exhausted. i put my head on hawk's chest and allow myself to be pulled into a hug.

"it'll be alright peter. we'll get you home."