Truth is... I'm a Stark

Revenge

{AN: the song above has nothing to do with the chapter, I've just low-key become obsessed with it lately. It's pretty dark so you can listen to it to set the tone for the chapter.}

BANG!
His spidey sense alerted him a moment before the loud noise suddenly rang out in the streets. He watched as the robber stared down at his blood-soaked hands  before running off into the night. He swung close to get a look at the face of the man who lay limply on the floor.
No, it wasn't - it couldn't be.

Oh but it was.

Junior ran to the man, but not as Spider-Man or even as Peter Stark. He came as Peter Parker.

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May Parker was tough as nails; she worked for SHIELD after all, she wasn't expected to be any less - even if she was just a nurse. She never cried, whether this be out of physical pain or emotional pain, the tears just never poured.

She never cried when field agents, some close friends, were rushed to her, blood seeping through their uniforms. No, she just bore it and stitched them back together like rag dolls.

She didn't cry when her brother-in-law and his wife, who had become her closest friends, died in a brutal plane crash. No, she pushed away the woeful memories and reminded herself and Ben that at least they had each other.

She didn't cry when she lost her leg in the destruction during The Battle of New York. No, she gritted her teeth, ignored how twisted her leg looked and attended to the small boy who lay near her. It was what she signed up for after all, plus, the air had already started thinning underneath the rubble and her crying would only cause the child to be more afraid then they already were and start bawling, which would only waste more of the little air they had. Besides, about two months later, Tony Stark hooked her up with a bionic leg and a nice apartment in the upper class end of Queens. The only thing he wanted in return was for her to show up to a couple of career days and attend parent's evenings for his secret son. Yeah, Tony Stark had a kid, May and Ben were shocked too. But Peter was a sweetheart, so she didn't mind if he had sleepovers with Ned in her and Ben's apartment or even when he stayed over simply because he wanted to be closer to his school. In fact, she liked the company, it gave her someone to talk to when Ben was on a mission. May Parker definitely had nothing to cry about.

So when she received a call from the hospital that Ben had been taken there but died in an ambulance, she didn't cry. No, she couldn't bring herself to; she just felt ... empty, as if her body was on autopilot - she was outside her body watching her life play out without anyway to control it. She didn't scream or cry or fall to her knees and wail: she muttered a small, "I understand," and left to go see Ben and bring Peter, who (for some reason) was at the hospital, back to the apartment. May could've sworn that he had gone to Ned's house to study but by this point she was beyond caring. Before leaving, she spared one final glance at the lasagne that cooked on the stove, she had made dinner for three, now there'd only be two to eat it. Though, truth be told, May wasn't feeling very hungry anymore.

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Peter pushed through the small crowd that had formed.
"Ben, UNCLE BEN!" he called frantically and fell to his knees and dragged himself to the man who lay, writhing in pain on the floor. The teen's wide eyes scanned the man's body for a bullet wound and was dismayed to find one in his chest. Peter dug his hands into the chest cavity and pulled out the bullet and pressed his hands on the wound to stop the bleeding. A young man nearby caught on to what Junior was trying to do and quickly shed his coat in favour of handing it to the teen to help Ben more effectively. Peter gave him a quick nod of thanks and continued to press down on the wound.
"P-Peter, kiddo?" Ben asked.
Peter gave him a watery smile and nodded, "yeah Uncle Ben, it's me."

To be frank, the two had never been super close; Ben was still an active SHIELD agent so he wasn't around a lot. But when he was, he was never anything but kind to Peter: he took him to carnivals, out for ice cream when he got good grades and just generally treated him like a part of the family. Junior loved his father, but something about Ben just felt so down to Earth and fatherly, he couldn't help but feel drawn to him and, even though he'd never admit it, Ben saw Peter as the son he never had.

Ben tried to mumble something but Peter quietened him. "You should save your breath," he explained. Ben just shook his head and cupped Peter's face in his hand.
"I think it's my time kiddo," he started with a wistful look in his eyes.

Nonononononononononononononono

"Tell May that I love her..."

OhGodohGodohGodohGodohGodohGod

"You're a good boy Peter..."

Please...

Ben stared at Peter fondly, his dark brown orbs gazing into the young boy's dark green ones. He gave a final smile before his face went lax...

Junior wasn't completely sure of what immediately followed, it was if everything was moving in slow motion and his body had escaped him.

"Hey sweetie, do you want to ride the ambulance with your dad?" The lady who worked at the corner shop asked Peter in a calming voice, though, she too, seemed quite shaken. That's when the harsh realisation hit him like a ton of bricks.
His uncle was dead.

He was too overcome with emotion to even correct the woman. Now, you would probably assume that it was a wave of varying emotions that fell upon Junior. But no, he only felt one
...

Rage.

Why was he stupid enough to think the universe would just give him something for once!? Every time he lost something he got something back so it only takes common sense to assume his powers would come at a cost.

Oh what a price...

Peter was tired of this cycle of sorrow and little gratification. He had power now, he would change the way the universe worked. But first, he'd get the one thing he wanted... revenge.

{AN: that was a bit...dark. Oh well, hopefully you enjoyed that chapter. If you did, please vote and comment.

'Just because you find that life's not fair it
Doesn't mean that you just have to grin and bear it
If you always take it on the chin and wear it
Nothing will change'
A quote I felt was fitting for the ending theme of this chapter.
Stay safe my spiderlings, sorry for the late update :)

~ Scarlet_Spidey}