Spider-Man Homesick (Sequel to Spider-Man Homebound: Book 3)

Chapter 6: Resolution

The Avengers were all gathered. Quentin, Annie, and Peter weren't there. Soon Peter walked back in.

"Ok they are in Annie's bedroom. Quintin's keeping her warm and Annie is resting." Peter said and then he looked around the room. "This meeting, it's about a reality that only one of us has really noticed about Annie. They might have taken it to the extreme, but they were right that something was wrong." Peter looked to Steve. "I should have listened to you." Steve shook his head.

"No. Peter don't do that to yourself." Steve sighed and Peter looked around.

"Galactus, isn't as evil as we all have been led to believe. I should have known this from the beginning though. Every time Galactus is around, my spider sense doesn't warn me, which means he's not dangerous to me." Peter explained.

"But he tried to destroy you." Nat pointed out.

" And Annie tried to put me in a coma, which means that they actually agreed, they just took different approaches." Peter replied and Nat realized he was right. "I hate even thinking this about my child, but I cant believe that I haven't realized this sooner. Every villain Annie has fought, she has either killed or has tried to kill. She's exhibiting signs that are really bad. Every single one of them are red flags that we have to keep in mind. She has used her powers against us. All of these signs are pointing towards her downward spiral, however, since this all started with Galactus, Annie hasn't killed a single person other than Harry Osborn. And when she killed Harry Osborn, Galactus came and intimidated her. He was checking her impulses, which is something that we should have taught her to do."

Everyone looked shocked as they thought about it.

"What if Galactus is trying to turn us against her?" Bruce pointed out and Peter looked to him.

"He's not dangerous Bruce. The only one who says he was dangerous was Annie." Peter pointed out. "Galactus already said he didn't wanna die. So why get in a fight with her? He said that she was supposed to wield the stones, so why try and take them from her? We've all been blind to the reality that Annie has killed multiple people and she's only been alive for three years. Her go to defense is to threaten someones life, and it's not our fault that we didn't see, because she's damn good at acting brave. Galactus is trying to do what we failed at. He's trying to make her a hero and its actually working. Now don't get it twisted, I love my daughter, and I don't blame her. If I was raped by a maniac at the age of 13, my first defense would be to kill my enemies too." Peter tried not to cry. "She has known nothing but fear and heartbreak for most of her life and the people who raised her hasn't stopped it from happening. We have to let this unfold. I don't think he's going to destroy the world. I don't think he's going to kill Annie." Peter gave his opinion and everyone took it in except for Bruce who got pissed.

"Oh come on! Your gonna believe that world eater over Annie?!" Bruce shouted.

"No." Peter replied and he looked to Bruce. "I'm gonna believe my spider sense over Annie. Annie hasn't lied to us intentionally. She really does think hes dangerous to her. Bruce, I know people pretty well, and Galactus isn't trying to hurt her. He's trying to fix her problems and I'm not going to stop him from doing that." Bruce looked to Tony.

"Tony you know better than anyone here. Is Peter right?" Bruce asked and Tony got tears in his eyes.

"Part of Galactus's purpose is to determine what worlds are worth living. I don't think he wants earth to be destroyed, and I think that he thinks that Annie is going to do that. What if Annie's vision wasn't Galactus destroying the world? What if it was her? We can't be sure at this point." Tony sighed. "But I do agree with Peter." Tony sighed and Bruce looked worried and everyone else were in deep thought.