Previously: Peter defeated a corrupted version of Ben Reilly with Wanda's help and absorbed a new trait. But the multiverse is unraveling fast. Now, someone who can walk between realities is coming through… and not alone.
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🌀 Location: Queens Skyline, 4:03 AM
A tear appeared in the sky — shaped like a glowing star.
Electric-blue energy crackled at the edges. From within, fragments of other worlds bled through — shattered towers, alien creatures, even bits of destroyed Avengers logos.
Peter tightened his grip on the edge of the rooftop, watching.
"Here she comes," he muttered.
> 📘 SYSTEM ALERT:
❖ Dimensional Signature Detected
Identity: America Chavez
Status: Chased
Pursuers: UNKNOWN (Multiversal Class)
Risk Level: S
> 🧠 DUMAS: "You sure you wanna be here for this? That's not just a portal — that's a cry for help."
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💫 Boom
A girl flew out of the star portal mid-air, crashing into the rooftop 20 feet away from Peter.
She landed in a three-point stance — jacket torn, bleeding from her temple.
America Chavez.
"Yo," she said, breathless. "Which Earth is this?"
Peter blinked. "One where Spider-Man died six months ago. Welcome to the aftermath."
"Perfect," she groaned. "Just my luck."
Before Peter could ask anything else, the portal stayed open.
> 📘 WARNING: Pursuers Incoming
The air turned cold — like the vacuum of space was bleeding in. Through the glowing rift stepped something that didn't belong in any sane universe.
A shadow-being, ten feet tall, faceless, woven from black webs and shattered time.
It spoke with no mouth, but Peter heard it anyway.
"YOU ARE UNWORTHY OF THE THREAD."
America's eyes widened. "You followed me?!"
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⚔️ Combat Begins:
Opponent: Thread Warden — Hunter of the Web
Peter's suit flared to life — adaptive nanofibers crackling as it shifted modes.
He fired a web-line at the thing's chest — it passed through like smoke, then solidified, trying to pull him into the void.
"Not today," he growled.
America charged it, star-punch glowing — but the creature anticipated her, catching her fist in a spectral trap made of chronal silk.
> 📘 Chaos Pulse Ready
> Activating…
Peter unleashed Wanda's magic — a burst of red energy that distorted gravity.
The creature stumbled — or glitched. For a second, its body flickered through five other shapes: a Hydra Captain America, a dead Iron Man, an all-black Spider-Man, a Doom variant, and a shattered Watcher.
Peter stared. "It's absorbing timeline fragments…"
> 🧠 DUMAS: "It's not a being. It's a patch. A repair protocol designed by someone — or something — trying to clean up the multiverse by force."
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Peter looked at America, trapped in chronal threads.
"Can you open another star portal?"
She groaned. "Not without focus!"
He turned to Wanda — who stood behind him, hands glowing. "Can you shield her?"
Wanda nodded. "But if I do, I drop my hold on this reality."
Peter hesitated.
Then remembered Ben's last words: "The Web doesn't care who dies."
He clenched his fists.
"Then we fight it together."
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🔥 Combined Attack:
Peter leapt into the air, using Multiversal Glimpse again:
> 📘 Glimpse Activated: Earth-8282
You have temporarily learned: Strike Delay Echo
(Attack that hits one second after impact, through time.)
He landed a spinning kick against the Thread Warden's chest — it didn't move.
But a second later, BOOM — the delayed strike sent the creature flying into a billboard, fracturing part of its outer shell.
Wanda's chaos magic formed an X-pattern across the skyline. America shattered the threads holding her, stood up, and formed a starburst portal beneath the creature's feet.
"Say hi to the sun, freak," she snarled — and kicked it through.
The rift vanished.
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> 📘 SYSTEM UPDATE
+20 Heroism
New Trait Gained: Chrono-Link Reflex – You can now predict "time echoes" from enemies using unstable reality energy.
America Chavez Affinity: +1
Chaos Signature Stabilized (Tier II unlocked)
Next Unlock: [???]
> 🧠 DUMAS: "That thing wasn't alone. There are others. And someone built them."
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🌌 Aftermath
America sat on a rooftop ledge, drinking from a water bottle Wanda conjured.
Peter leaned against the wall, breathing heavily.
"So," he said. "Got a name?"
"America," she replied.
"Seriously?"
She rolled her eyes. "Chavez. Yes, seriously. And you?"
"Peter. But not the one you know."
She nodded. "Makes sense. You hit like the one I knew. But… you're more tired. Sadder."
Peter looked away.
"I lost everything. But I got another chance."
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Wanda stood beside them.
"This won't be the last time," she said. "More rifts are forming. I can feel it in the magic. Someone's pulling threads too hard."
America looked up. "Then we pull back."
Peter smirked. "You in?"
She shrugged. "If you've got pizza and sarcasm, sure."
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> 📘 SYSTEM MISSION UPDATED:
Objective: Assemble The Web-Core
Status: 2/7 Members Located
Threat: Multiversal Collapse: Phase I
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⚠️ Elsewhere…
Inside a silver-tinted room full of surveillance monitors, a hooded figure watched the footage.
The corrupted Ben Reilly knelt before them — reformed from shadow silk.
"Progress?" the figure asked.
Ben growled. "He's forming a team. And he's stronger than projected."
The figure stepped forward, revealing a metallic spider-emblem across a crimson cloak.
"Then we accelerate the collapse."
He turned to the monitors, each showing a different Spider: Noir, Gwen, India, 2099…
"Begin Phase II. The Web must be reset."