crossworld (Barry Allen x Peter Parker)

Chapter 1

BARRY'S POV

"Barry you ready?" I shake the distracting thoughts out of my head and lock my eyes onto the soft horizon in front of me

"Yeah, yeah i'm ready" I pull my caul down over my eyes and crouch into the sprinting position. The line is silent for what feels like an eternity. And because um a speedster it's an even longer eternity than most peoples

"Go!" Cisco yells. I take off towards the center of the city, reaching my usual speed. Then cisco activates the tachyon enhancer and i'm propelled forward

It's such a weird feeling. I know speed, i live speed, yet this feels so strange. My feet barely touch the pavement and i can hear windows crushing in on each other. Another weird feeling is the losing of my balance, I can barely keep upright im going so fast

And as has happened in the past, i reach the speed to time travel... except this time feels different. I jump through the portal by mistake. With no time to pull out and no idea where or, more accurately, when i'm going, i take a deep breath and continue the path down the breach

I slide into a street covered in crispy yellow leaves, the skies are a light gray with whistling wind swirling throughout the park

Despite the cold, uncomfortable weather, there are more people than I have seen in one place huddled around picnic tables and tossing frisbees back and forth

Even though i'd love to stay and assess just what I've gotten myself into, I run away into an empty area of the city. Which was a lot harder to find than you'd think

I find an outlet store and dash in and out, making sure not to be seen. Once in regular clothes, i start to walk down a busy sidewalk... well they are all very busy, but this one seems to be extra busy. Not only that but i find myself in what seems to be some sort of town square, but instead of gardens or benches or fountains or any sort of landscaping, it's enclosed in buildings, towering over me. And if it wasn't stressful enough with the towers, people and weather, on each building has a massive screen displaying a number of different things from commercials to news. And they were all playing at once

I can't for the life of me figure out where i am and, more importantly, how to get out of here! I mean sure it's very interesting to say the least, however there was a lingering scent which just adds to the mass unbearable chaos of it all

I decide it's probably best to ask someone, even though most people here looking either homeless or angry. Neither would be very helpful and both would most likely wave me away

I slip inside some sort of hole in the wall sandwich shop and walk up to the counter, not after waiting in line for 15 minutes

"Next!"

"Hello sir, umm could you tell me where exactly I am?"

His italian accent is thick yet understandable

"You're at Delmars sandwich shop" he exclaims giddily

"No uh i mean what... city?" he stares at me for a few seconds before overcoming himself with laughter

"You're in New York kid!" he says, gathering himself. What is New York? I want more information yet Mr. Delmar, as nice as he seems, seems to think everyone knows about this place

I just give the best smile i can force and walk towards the door, as I walk out i stare behind me at the TV, which causes me to run right into a kid coming through the door

"Im so sorry!" I say putting my hands out to help him up

He takes out his earbuds and smiles

"It's fine" then he sticks his hand in the air

"Hey Mr Delmar"

"Peter, what'll it be today?"

Instead of walking out i just wait by the window. This kid seems nice... not only that but he seems to know what's going on

He walks over to the door and i stand up abruptly

"Hey, my name is Barry, Barry Allen. I've never been to uh New Port before and im kind of lost"

"Yeh i can tell" he says chuckling, he sticks out his hand and I shake it. Ok this is a good first step

"I'm Peter... Parker. It's actually called New York, i mean i thought most everyone knew about this place but apparently not... if you want i can help you find a specific place"

"Yeah, that would be gr-" the volume on the TV behind us goes up

The news man concernedly warns the people in the area of a venom attack. In seconds Peter gets tense

"Put your number in here" he says handing me his phone, I punch it in quick so that i can go help wherever I can

"I uh, gotta go... ill stay in contact" he says, running the other way towards the back door

I don't have any time to question it and race to crime scene, back in my suit. I look around, confused. I see people running, but I don't see a threat anywhere. There's no man, no monster, nothing causing a ton of damage

Then i see it. A mass of bubbling black goo puddling up from between the cracks in various pipes on a building. As it comes up, it forms a man. A big, muscley, gooey man with large eyes and even larger teeth

I jump back as he forms right in front of me and, as I expected, throws a punch my direction. Even though I expected him to do something of that sort, I am still surprised. So surprised that it catches me off guard and im hurled to the ground

As I try to get up and recover from the head injury, a man in a spandex arrives on the scene... in an unusual way. Now I live in central city, home to the impossible, i see very unusual things on a regular basis. But something about this person catches my attention

Thick sticky strings seem to come out of his hands, like enlarged spider webs, he's agile and small, and lands with grace, almost without the goop noticing him. The goop? Wow Barry, nice one. Cisco would be very disappointed

I watch from the pavement as he says something random and witty, then proceeds to send the fire department on him, the water and goo dont mix and the creature retreats back through the pipes. I can't help but wonder the science behind it all

I mean was it hit by the particle accelerator? Or maybe it was an experiment gone wrong. Whatever it is, i'm going to get to the bottom of it

As i get up i hear people chanting "spiderman! Spiderman!" so that must be what they call him, if it wasn't obvious enough already. We stare at each other for a few seconds, and I race away before he can try and talk to me

I hope that Peter kid calls me quick, i want to get out of here as soon as possible and back to Iris. and if I can help it, i'll never see this place again

As eager as I am to leave, I can't help but want to figure out who this spiderman is before i go, or at least seem him in action again. His attempts to stop the goop were amateurish at best, yet somehow his plan worked... if a plan was even involved. It seems to me like he took that thing down with witty comments and references to movies that came out probably before he was born... even before i was born

Yet something intrigues me. I have a feeling im going to be seeing him again... soon

here you go! chapter 1 of the weirdest thing ive ever written

let me know your thoughts lol

- spideyev