Amazing Justice: Mr. Adamantium

Aunt May, I'm Home

So this is what happened after the summit meeting. The Reach was exposed for their true intentions, and they will immediately be leaving Earth. The Light's public members, specifically Lex Luthor and Queen Bee, will be serving life sentences without the possibility of parole. As for Norman Osborn? According to Director Fury, Osborn will be going through Project TAHITI to ensure that he forgets that I was ever Spider-Man. He'll remember all the dastardly deeds he did as the Green Goblin, and he'll be serving a life sentence in the Negative Zone without parole. Sounds like a satisfying comeuppance to me. Osborn gets what he deserves.

After I turned my suit in to Tony, I decided to go to the apartment that Aunt May lives in with her friend, Anna Watson. I knocked on the door to see if she was home. A few seconds later, my Aunt May opened the door. Her eyes widened. "Peter...?" she asked. "Hey Aunt May," I said, "I'm home from my mission." Aunt May smiled and hugged me. "I'm so glad to know you're alright..." May said. I smiled and said, "I'm glad to see you, Aunt May. I really missed you and Harry. Can I come in, please?" Aunt May stopped hugging me and said, "Of course you can."

I went in, shutting the door behind me. "While you were away, your friends Wally and Artemis kept me company whenever Anna was away," said Aunt May as we walked to the dinner table. "Were they good company?" I asked, thinking of my friends. "They were indeed," said Aunt May, "though Wally was a hungry young man. Loved my cookies, always wolfing them down. Even the oatmeal raisin cookies you don't care for." That sounds like Wally alright. "Well, he's gotta keep that metabolism," I said laughing. "Care for some cookies?" May offered.

"Sure, I could use something better than the food Manta served Kaldur and I," I joked. We then had cookies and milk. "Sounds awful," said May. "You have no idea," I said as I dipped my cookie, "I found out that one of the teammates is in love with me." Aunt May gave a look of curiosity and asked, "oh, who?" Once I finished eating my cookie I said, "Her name's Barbara Gordon." Aunt May's curious look turned into a look of surprise as she asked, "Gordon? She wouldn't happen to be related to James Gordon, would she?" Aunt May knows the Commissioner? "Yeah, she's his daughter," I confirmed. Before I could ask, Aunt May rushed out of the room for a minute, but then she came back with a yearbook. "Come with me to the living room Peter, dear." Aunt May said. I decided to humor her and followed her to the living room, sitting on the couch. This was Uncle Ben's yearbook from Chicago University. "I haven't looked at this in years," said May, "but your Uncle Ben and I went to this college with Jim Gordon. He and your Uncle Ben were roommates." Whoa.

"Wait, for real?" I asked. "Yes, for real," replied May as she smirked. She turned the page to the college freshmen. There was Uncle Ben when he was a freshman. There was Aunt May when she was a freshman also, back when her name was May Reilly. And right there was Barbara's father. He looked younger. His hair wasn't a graying dark red, and he didn't have his mustache, but I could recognize his face. And those glasses. "Well I'll be darned," I said in surprise, smiling. "Your Uncle Ben was Jim's best friend," said Aunt May, "he couldn't make it to the funeral due to his work. But he did send his condolences." I sure can't wait to tell Barbara and Dick this little bombshell. Aunt May chuckled at my grin. "Do you have a photo of Barbara?" she asked. I nodded and got out my phone. I then found a photo of Barbara without her mask. Aunt May looked at the picture, smiled, and said, "She's beautiful, Peter. Have you developed any feelings for her?"

"Actually, yeah." I admitted, "After Gwen died, Barbara was another one of the many to comfort me. I started debating with myself whether I had feelings for her. When Megan confirmed Barbara had feelings for me, I realized that... I love her." Aunt May smiled and said, "That's so sweet. Well I think you should tell her how you feel when you see her." I nodded and said, "Yeah, I think I will." Suddenly, my phone rang. It was Dick. I picked up the phone and asked, "Dick? What's up?" Dick said on the phone, "Peter, we're gonna need you to suit up, and get to the Watchtower, ASAP. This is an emergency."