Ch. 1: Oh Crap

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"YOU CAN PUT ME DOWN NOW, YOU CAN PUT ME DOWN NOW!" MJ screamed as she held on to her boyfriend, Peter Parker, also known as Spider-Man, for dear life. Swinging from a web was not her jam.

"You okay?" Peter asked, putting her back on the ground. He was currently in his Spider-Man suit.

"Uh, yeah, I'm okay." MJ said with frizzled hair. "Just never doing that, never doing that again."

"Okay, well, I should probably get out of here." Peter said, not wanting to draw attention to him and MJ.

"Be safe." MJ told Peter.

"See you later." Peter jumped on top of a lamppost as the news came on the big screen. "This is breaking news."

"We come to you with revelations from last weeks attack in London. An anonymous source provided this video, which shows Quentin Beck, aka Mysterio, moments before his death. A warning, you may find this video disturbing."

A video of Mysterio played on the screen. "I managed to send the elementals back through the dimensional rift but I don't think I'm gonna make it off this bridge alive. Spider-Man attacked me for some reason. He has an army of weaponized drones, Stark technology. He said he was the only one to be the new Iron Man, no one else." Mysterio said. The camera showed Spider-Man walking up behind him.

"Are you sure you want to commence the drone attack? There will be significant casualties." Ediths voice could be heard saying.

"Just do it, execute them all!" Spider-Man had said, and sounds of drones firing could be heard.

People from the streets watched in horror, Spider-Man sitting right above them.

"This shocking video was released earlier today on the controversial news cite The Daily Bugle.net." The news reporter said. J. Jonah Jameson came onto the screen.

"There you have it, folks. Conclusive proof that Spider-man was responsible for the brutal murder of Mysterio, an interdimensional warrior who gave his life to save our planet and who will no doubt go down in history as the greatest superhero of all time. But that's not all folks. Here's the real blockbuster, brace yourselves, you might want to sit down."

Mysterio's video appeared on the screen once again. "Spider-Man's real name, Spider-Man's real name is Pe-" The video cut off, then began playing again. "Spider-Man's name is Peter Parker." A picture of Peter was shown on the screen, and Peter threw his hands on his head.

"What the f***!?" He screamed. He turned around and saw MJ looking around in shock as people began recording videos on their phones, as others were running away while some were screaming at him.

Peter began to feel dizzy. He put up his hand and shot his webs, swinging to his apartment. He crashed through the window and ran up to his aunt May, who was luckily home. He pulled off his mask and collapsed on the couch.

"Peter, what's wrong?" May asked, rushing over to her nephew.

"We're not safe, you're not safe!" Peter said in between sobs. "I screwed everything up."

May hugged Peter. "What happened?"

Peter took a deep breath. "They know. The whole world knows who I am and they all think that I murdered Mysterio, the 'worlds greatest hero.' I just really messed up."

"Oh gosh," May mumbled. "It's okay honey, we'll figure it out."

Peter nodded his head and there was knocking on the door. May went to go answer it, but Peter stopped her.

"Wait!" He said. May stopped and Peter cautiously opened the door, relieved to only see Happy Hogan standing there.

"I saw the news kid." Happy said. "I'm going to take you and your aunt to a safe place. Grab only important things, and leave all phones and laptops. People can track them."

Peter and May began gathering their most important belongings and followed Happy to the car. They drove out of the city and stopped at a wooden cabin that was on a lake.

Peter got out of the car and saw Pepper opening the door. She walked up to him and gave him a hug. "How are you doing?" She asked.

"Not great," Peter responded.

"Well, you two are going to stay here as long as you need while we get this all figured out."

They got their belongings and went inside, Pepper showing May where she would be staying. Peter saw Morgan sitting on the couch, playing a game on her tablet. He'd seen her before, but hadn't officially met her.

Peter took a deep breath and walked up to Morgan. "Hey Morgan, I'm Peter." Peter said, kneeling down to her eye level.

"Are you my big brother that daddy always talked about?" Morgan asked.

Peter was taken aback. "Y-yeah. I'm your big brother."

"Can you cuddle with me?" Morgan asked. "I can show you how to play my game."

Peter smiled. "Sure." He sat on the couch next to Morgan and she climbed on his lap, leaning her head on his chest. She began to show Peter how to play her game, and they played for nearly and hour before Pepper came to get Morgan.

"Morgan, it's nap time." Pepper said.

"But I'm not tired." She replied, wrapping her arms around Peter's neck.

"Too bad. I need to talk to Peter anyways, so you might as well go and at least try to get some sleep."

"Okay," Morgan got off of Peter and went up to her room. Pepper went and sat down next to Peter.

"Don't worry about this whole situation. Give yourself a few days to rest, hang out around the house. Don't get stressed. Once you and May are settled in, we'll begin to try and fix this whole fiasco. Okay?" Pepper said.

"Okay." Peter responded.

Pepper smiled. "Get some rest Peter."

Peter smiled and leaned back on the couch, closing his eyes.

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