a twisted path

[RATED M FOR GRAPHIC DEPICTIONS OF VIOLENCE, SUICIDE/SELF-HARM MENTIONS, AND STRONG LANGUAGE]

Gwendolyn Stacy never wanted her life to end up like this. Torn, broken to tiny, microscopic pieces, so far beyond repair of any kind- and to make it worse, she held the weapon that had destroyed it in the palm of her hand. As far as the media was concerned, Spider-Woman had violently murdered Peter Parker with no clear motive.

Their stance was clear. She was a menace.

Distraught, but unable to tell anyone of the horrible secrets that plague her thoughts, Gwen begins to withdraw into her own little world. She has dreams of different lives-ones in which she didn't kill her beloved, ones in which he killed her, ones in which they both lived together-and prefers to spend her time losing herself in those fantasies.

But when a mysterious woman appears and explains that the visions Gwen has are truly from different realities, she feels hope for the first time in a long time. The woman offers her complete and easy transportation to this alternate dimension, and only asks one thing in return...

For the girl to swear her allegiance to an organization called H.Y.D.R.A.