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Norman Osborn's having a mental breakdown after being cured, but are his memories actually trying to tell him something important?

Disclaimer: I do not own anything.

Note: This is the first work in a series.

The sea is beautiful, and so are its creatures, but not all humans are respectful of those most mysterious creatures out there, and most do not believe that merfolk exist. When a young merboy is captured, the other merfolk close to him must find him before it's too late, and they need help to do it. 

Disclaimer: I do not own anything! TW: Kidnapping NOTE: PETER AND TONY DO NOT DIE IN THIS FIC!

Family is everything to some people, and some will go to extreme lengths to get the family that they've always wanted.

The heir to Stark Industries is abducted one day after school, and Captain Stacy requests assistance form the BAU. The case is bigger than they had initially thought, and Prentiss must collaborate with S.H.I.E.L.D. if she wants to solve the case.Disclaimer: I do not own anything!

TW: Kidnapping, inability to have children, miscarriage, mentions of suicide

I did not like Spider-Man: No Way Home very much, but it would have been funnier if it had ended something like this:

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Scene cuts to a hall of Midtown High. Ned and MJ are standing at his locker. They’re sorting through his stuff.

Ned comes across a picture from their wild trip to Europe. He grimaces in confusion as he looks at it. He quickly urges MJ to also look at it.

MJ’s eyes widen as she looks at it as well. They each grip a side of the photo.

Camera pans to show the photo.

Image shows all three friends together. Peter is in the middle.

MJ (Speaking while pointing at the picture with confusion): “That’s the guy we saw at the coffee shop the other day.”

Ned and MJ (look up at each other and simultaneously speak) : “What the f---?”

Chapter One of four is posted!

Someone is kidnapping the children of known LGBTQA+ supporters and members across the states of the East coast, and it gains the attention of both the BAU and Tony Stark, especially when Tony Stark’s adoptive son is targeted.

Disclaimer: I do not own anything!

TW: Heavy topic of anti-LGBTQA+, homophobic actions, child kidnapping, child murder, attempted murder, explicit language, religious mentions, religious undertones, mentions of God, Blood, Daggers

NOTE: I SUPPORT THE LGBTQA+ COMMUNITY AND I AM A MEMBER! THIS IS FICTION! THE OPINIONS OF THE VILLAIN DO NOT REFLECT MY OWN!

This is the final story in my Finding Home series. It is complete.

The three Peters learn that a spell is not the only key to getting everyone back to their home universes. New friends are made, and the hope to return home is strengthened.

Tony, Pepper, Peter, and May had gone on a vacation to South America, and they were looking forward to a good vacation where they could relax in one of Tony’s houses on his private property down there. They should have known that any vacation with Peter Parker would be anything but relaxing. 

Disclaimer: I do not own anything!

Note: Jesus Christ's name is used like a curse.

TW: Blood and panic attack.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/43221645

Joint Dislocation

Summary:

Peter and Tony have to fight the Lizard, and one hit is really painful for the young spider. 

Disclaimer: I do not own anything.

TW: Hip dislocation

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Thank you for reading! Story under the cut.

Peter bit his lip as his spider sense went off in the middle of his walk home from the subway station. The hairs on his arm raised, and he soon heard screams ring out. He knew that he had to suit up. He quickly found a private place and took off his civilian clothes, grateful that his suit had easily been hidden underneath them.

He soon put on his mask and was immediately linked to a comms system with Tony, who had already arrived at the scene of danger. Peter was soon on his way to the site as he helped direct citizens where to go to try and stay safe.

Peter was slightly surprised as it seemed that New York city was being overrun by mutant lizards which were attacking anyone and anything in their paths.

Tony instructed “Keep helping evacuate people, kid. Be careful fighting these things. I’m going to target the leader up there who seems to be controlling them.”

Peter responded “Got it, Mr. Stark.”

Peter continued helping evacuate citizens, but quickly noticed that Tony wasn’t doing very well against the Lizard guy.

Peter took in a deep breath and said “Mr. Stark, I’m coming to you. You need back up, and no one else is coming yet.”

Tony replied “Kid, stay where you are and keep the lizards away from the people. S.H.I.L.D. will come soon to help.”

Peter bit his lip. He didn’t want to disobey Tony’s orders, but Tony really needed help. The lizard’s claws were slicing through the metal of Tony’s suit quite easily. Peter made the decision to disobey, and he soon joined the fight with the Lizard.

Tony wasn’t very happy, but once Peter joined the fight, it seemed to be getting easier to wind the lizard down. At least it was going well until Peter took a hit from the Lizard’s tail that had him slamming backward very hard and into the side of a building.

The air had been knocked out of him and his hip was screaming in pain, but with the air knocked out of him, all he could do was groan and do his best to stick to the wall and not aggravate what had to be a dislocated right hip.

Peter heard Tony’s worried voice through the comms “Kid! Are you alright?”

Peter took in a deep breath and calmed himself as he tried not to focus on the pain.

He soon replied “L-let’s just get this fight over with”

Peter then made the really reckless decision to continue fighting the Lizard with a dislocated hip. He did his best to not perch on his dislocated hip, but every once in a while, he had to balance on it and fight. He was pretty good at masking his pain. S.H.I.E.L.D. agents eventually arrived and neutralized all of the mutant lizards.

Eventually, the two heroes were able to take down and restrain the Lizard, who had reverted back to human form after being restrained, and seemingly had little memory of what he had done. Peter leaned against Tony as they watched the Lizard, aka Dr. Curt Connors, get taken away to a special S.H.I.E.L.D. facility that would hopefully help him.

Peter was sweating as he leaned even harder against Tony. The pain had gotten even more immense once the adrenaline started to wear off. The last thing Peter heard before passing out was Tony asking if he was alright.

~~~~~~

Tony was worried as the kid was wheeled into the MedBay. The kid had fought even after his hip had been dislocated. Tony kind of admired that the kid was strong enough to do that without showing much pain, but at the same time, he hated that the kid had risked his own health to help him fight.

Luckily, the kid’s healing factor had not done much work on the hip until after the emergency S.H.I.E.L.D. medic on the scene was able to get the kid’s hip back into place before it could begin to heal wrong. The kid was now passed out in one of the MedBay beds as Tony watched over him until May could get there.

~~~~~~

Peter slowly began the process of waking up.

He groaned as he was met with pain in his hip.

Peter’s internal monologue consisted of “Ow.Ow.Ow.Fudge.Ow.Fudge.Ow.Ow.Ow.”

He could feel his Aunt gripping his hand and he slowly opened his eyes and took note that both she and Tony were by his bedside.

He then cringed as he recalled what had happened.

He then said “Before either of you say anything, I’m sorry, but we got the Lizard, so it’s fine.”

May then said “Hon, you’ve got to keep your health in mind. You could have made your injury much worse than a dislocation.”

Peter bit his lip and nodded as he said “I know, but we were already so close to getting the Lizard down that I had to help. Mr. Stark wouldn’t have been able to do it alone, his suit was close to powering down because the Lizard had sliced through some of the casing.”

Tony then interjected “I know kid. You still shouldn't have fought with the injured hip. You scared me when you passed out on me. Please don’t do that again.”

Peter smiled and sheepishly questioned “So, how long am I grounded for this time?”

Tony answered as May smiled “Well, you’re grounded for at least a week. Possibly longer. May and I’ve already discussed it, and you shouldn't be going back to school for a couple of weeks while your hip heals. You won’t have to be here all the time, but May and I’ve agreed that getting around while here would help more than if you tried getting around in your apartment.”

Peter cringed and agreed. Spider-Man would be benched for a little while. He hated that, but he really needed his hip to heal without risking another injury to it, so he’d definitely take the punishment without complaint this time.

May then said “I’ve already talked to Ned and he’s going to be bringing your school work over every few days while other assignments will be posted for you on the class page. I’m going to remind you, that for at least a week, you won’t be having movie nights with Ned or your phone for any purpose other than school work. It’s purely studying for you, especially since you’ll be on bed rest for a while.”

Peter groaned at that information. He hated being cooped up, and it was going to be even worse since he was grounded. It also didn’t help that his school work wasn’t extremely challenging for him.

He was then pulled out of his thoughts by Tony saying “I’ll also be giving you some coding tasks to do for our current lab project, and we’ll be working on what to do to upgrade both of our suits to where the claws of a mutant lizard man can’t shatter the suit housing or pierce our suits and armor.”

Peter sighed in relief as he said “Oh, thank you. I won’t completely die of boredom this week.”

He then smiled and snickered sheepishly as May and Tony both rolled their eyes.

It was also then that he remembered he had a project with MJ that was due in two days.

His eyes widened as he took a deep breath and said “AW MAN! MJ’s GONNA KILL ME! WE HAVE A SOCIOLOGY PRESENTATION IN TWO DAYS!”

Neither May nor Tony told him that Ned had informed them that MJ had already texted him and said that she had gotten sick and tested positive for the flu and wouldn’t be able to do the presentation yet.

Organ Theft

https://archiveofourown.org/works/43224003

Will Peter Parker survive being kidnapped by someone who kidnaps people to steal their organs to use in organ transplants?

TW: Organ theft, blood, kidnapping, non-consensual drug use

Disclaimer: I do not own anything.

Thank you for reading!

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Peter hums along to his music as he walks to Delmar’s from his apartment. May had burned dinner again, but they hadn’t felt like Thai, so they had decided to get sandwiches. It was already after dark, as May had arrived home from a late shift.

Peter had hugged her and offered to be the one to get the sandwiches, and May had thanked him profusely. He checked the time on his phone as he waited in the small line. Ever since the shop had been remodeled, business had boomed for Mr. Delmar.

Peter eventually got his sandwiches, at a discount, courtesy of Mr. Delmar who’d known the Parkers since Peter was a baby. Peter waved goodbye to him and headed back towards his building.

He felt his spider sense go off minutely, but as soon as he walked past the alley, his spider senses screamed, and he yelled as he was yanked into the alley. He had dropped his phone in the commotion. He was afraid as arms encircled him. His adrenaline levels drastically increased and he managed to push himself out of his attacker’s arms, but then yelped as a needle pierced his skin.

He cried out for help, and tried to crawl over towards his phone, but he was feeling more and more tired as the drug entered his system. At the moment, he really hated that even with his heightened metabolism, he was still susceptible to most drugs.

He soon lost consciousness.

~~~~~~

May hummed as she tidied up around the kitchen and attempted to clean the skillet that seemingly had burned eggs crusted onto it. She glanced at her phone and noted the time. Peter had been gone for a little longer than she had expected.

She sent him a quick text, but became worried as he didn’t respond after a few minutes of waiting. She then tried to call him, but she got no answer. She then got on her tracking app and tracked his phone. It was showing up in the alleyway close to their building.

May was confused. She quickly grabbed her apartment keys and left the apartment after she had grabbed a baseball bat and locked the apartment up. She followed the tracker on her phone and cautiously called out for Peter at the mouth of the dark alleyway.

She cautiously entered the alleyway and shined her cell phone light around. She saw that there were a few things knocked around, and what seemed to be drag marks in the dust. She then located Peter’s phone and a dropped grocery bag from Delmar’s.

She was scared as she took in the scene. Her kid was missing, and his phone was in that alleyway. Her kid had been taken. She bit her lip and her hands shook as she shakily typed out Tony Stark’s emergency phone number.

It only rang for a minute before Stark answered.

“May, what’s going on? What’s the emergency?” Tony asked in a serious voice.

May shakily replied “It’s Peter. He’s been taken.”

~~~~~~

Peter groaned weakly as he began to regain consciousness. He was feeling awful. He immediately noticed that his clothes were missing. He was close to hyperventilating as consciousness slowly came back to him.

He had a headache as he opened his eyes to glance around his room. He weakly tried to move his wrists, but they were restrained and he was too weak to get out of them. Something was keeping him weak.

He really wished that he could rip the mask that was on his face off. He groaned and whimpered as he could feel pain radiating in his side. He weakly rolled his head to the side to try and see if he could look at the spot where the pain was radiating from, but he had no luck.

He was feeling so weak and the pain was overwhelming. He soon passed out again.

~~~~~~

Tony soon arrived at the alleyway where May Parker had called him from. She stared at him with fear in her eyes as he landed.

She questioned “Do you have a tracking signal for him? Did he have his suit on him?”

Tony responded “I’m sorry, May. His suit’s still in your apartment, and the other trackers are all in this alley. I’ve already got F.R.I.D.A.Y. scanning the footage from outside this alleyway in the time frame that you’ve provided, but neither of us can positively identify who took him. We just see that some guy in dark clothing took him and walked out of the alleyway while carrying him and then disappeared around the corner. We couldn’t even find anywhere where the guy may have taken him somewhere in a vehicle.”

May bit her lip and nodded. She was terrified. She had no clue how they were ever going to find Peter if not even F.R.I.D.A.Y.’s servers could find evidence.

Tony then said “I’m going to have Happy drive over here and get you to the tower after you get some of your stuff. We can’t know if this was random or targeted yet, and we need to keep you safe. I promise you that I’ll do everything that I can to get Peter back.”

May nodded and left with Tony to go back to her apartment. She knew that Tony had already contacted Happy.

~~~~~~

Peter was in vastly more pain the next time he woke. He was terrified as he opened his eyes. The pain was overwhelming as he rolled his head around and groaned. He made the mistake of trying to move his head, and he barely caught a glimpse of his now open abdominal region.

His breathing picked up and he heard someone in the room curse. Peter flinched to the best of his ability as he now noticed that his kidnapper was scrambling around while looking at him with worry. Peter’s breathing accelerated as he began to weep in pain.

He flinched away as his kidnapper rubbed his hand through his hair and tried to quiet him as he fitted another mask over Peter’s face. Peter whimpered and cried, but could not fight as the new mask was put over his face.

He could do nothing as an anesthetic gas filled the mask and his lungs.

It was no relief as the man tried to soothe him by telling him that it’d all be over soon and that he was sorry that he had miscalculated the dosage to give him to keep him out of it. Peter was too weak to rip his head away from his kidnapper’s gentle grip.

He could do nothing but cry as the man wiped tears off of his face. It was not a relief when he finally passed out again.

~~~~~~

Doctor Jeremy Tate teared up as he attempted to soothe the child back to sleep. He had never intended the poor child to wake up during the procedure. He had miscalculated how much anesthetic to administer to keep the child asleep. He held the mask over the poor child’s face as he wiped the tears away.

By the time he’d realized that his victim was a child, it was too late to back out. Plus, he needed the organs for his own patients. He hated that another child would be sacrificed, but it was a small consolation that this one child’s sacrifice could very well lead to the saving of multiple other children from his hospital. He’d been lucky so far that no one questioned how he had so easily been coming up with donor organs since he had started working at the children’s hospital.

He teared up as he removed another organ from the poor child that had woken up in so much pain. Once he had completed removal of the final organ he needed at the moment, he sewed the child back up and cleaned the area.

He took off his gloves and disposed of the surgical equipment once he secured the organs that he had taken. He really hoped that this kid’s organs would turn out to be a match with one of his patients. He would hate it if he had ended up taking this kid for nothing, though with the forged documents, the organs could be used elsewhere if not in one of his own transplant patients.

He then took out a syringe and filled it with a deadly drug that he knew should kill the child without causing him more pain. Had the child not woken up mid-operation it would have been a completely painless process.

He sniffled as he injected the drug into the IV port he had previously attached to the child’s arm. He would wait until the child took his last breath to take the restraints off and re-clothe him. Jeremy disposed of the syringe and knelt over his desk on the other side of the room as he did his best not to cry. He’d never killed a child before. It felt awful knowing that he’d made a huge mistake when choosing who to grab.

He eventually looked back over to the child and noted that breathing had ceased. He tiredly ran a pale hand through his short blonde hair as he sighed. He walked back over to the child. He gently removed the mask from the child’s face and caressed the child’s face while apologizing for the huge mistake he had made.

He removed the restraints and gently picked the child’s body up and took him to another room. He used the utmost care to dress the child in a nice set of clothing. Normally, he’d just dump the bodies in the river, but he felt horrible for his mistake. The lives of children should be valued above all, and he had just murdered one. He had taken one of his old suits out of storage. The sleeves were a bit long, as the child was smaller than he was, but the child looked nice in the old suit.

Jeremy sniffled and ran his hand through the poor child’s hair. He kissed the child’s forehead while apologizing again. He’d figure out a nice place to dump the child’s body later, but for now he had some organs to take back to his hospital for the lab to test.

~~~~~~

Sharon Jenkins shook her head as Jeremy arrived at her lab with more donor organs to test. She had no clue how he was still an employee of the hospital. Every time that he brought in organs for testing, he broke protocol by doing the removal without having prior tests done. They were lucky that the dolt hadn’t gotten them any malpractice suits yet.

This time he had two different organs. He had a kidney and part of a liver. Sharon rolled her eyes as he tried to flirt with her. She soon got the tests completed and sighed in relief as the Kidney appeared to be a match with the young teenager in their ER named Miles Morales. She was just glad that the organ was a match, and that they had just dodged an upcoming malpractice suit.

The liver piece turned out to not be a match for the patient that needed it at their hospital, but she cross-matched within their systems and located a match to someone named Cindy Moon. They’d have to call her parents and inform them that a match had been found.

Sharon reported her findings to Jeremy, and Jeremy had his team prep Miles for surgery. Miles had been a patient in their ER for quite some time. Sharon then contacted her boss and got approval to notify the Moon family that a match had been made. She wondered how Jeremy Tate always seemed to come up with so many organ donors.

~~~~

Happy held May as she woke from a nightmare. She had dreamed about looking for Peter and never finding him. She had dreamed that they had held a funeral for him. It had been dreadful. She couldn’t help but sob in fear as Happy held her.

She didn’t even notice when Tony came running into the room. He and Happy shared a glance. Happy’s worried and sorrowful eyes portrayed a silent message to Tony that he’d been up with May for a while as May sporadically woke from nightmares.

Tony sat in a chair beside May’s guest bed and took one of her hands in his own. She looked up at him tearfully.

She said “I-I’m so scared, Tony. We can-t f-find him! He’s not showing up in any footage or anything!”

Tony sniffled and said quietly “I know. I’ve called in some help though. They work discreetly, but maybe they can help where I cannot. They don’t exactly operate in the legal sense as of right now, and I’ve contacted a few other vigilantes that Peter occasionally works with and told them to keep an eye out. I’ve got people looking everywhere. We’ll find him, May.”

May nodded as she turned her face into Happy’s shoulder and continued to weep. Happy held her for hours. All three of the despondent family members stayed together as they hoped to get the kid back.

~~~~~~

Miles Morales woke up to the happy faces of his parents. He smiled as he stretched slightly. He hadn’t expected to wake up in absolutely no pain whatsoever after his operation. He had expected to feel pretty rough until his body accepted the donor organ.

Hid mother held his face and she spoke. She must have been able to see the confusion in his face.

Rio said “Hey, honey. Everything went well. Your body accepted the donor kidney quite readily. It was rather miraculous. Your metabolism increased and your healing rate increased. You don’t even need dialysis. It’s almost as if whomever donated your kidney was enhanced. You won’t need to worry about that though. Your father and I’ve had some NDAs passed around because of this unexpected turn of events.

Miles then grimaced as he lifted his hand, which was now stuck to the blanket.

The three looked at his hand sticking to the blanket and then each other’s faces.

Miles said “Huh. I guess that this means we know who donated my kidney now.”

Rio and Jefferson shared a look of disbelief. They had no idea that Spider-Man would go to such an extent as to donate an organ to save a random citizen’s life. They were amazed that their son’s body hadn’t rejected the mutant organ. They wished that they could thank Spider-Man in person.

~~~~~~

Cindy Moon woke up after her surgery to similar circumstances such as Miles. Only, she found out about her new sticky situation before her parents ever did, and no one but her seemed to notice that her hands were sticking to the sheets. She knew that she had to keep it a secret if she wanted to stay safe. She wondered why Spider-Man would donate his mutated organs.

~~~~~~

Jeremy Tate got back to his secret hideout, and was very startled to see that the door was open. He raced into what was supposed to be his hidden place and looked around. It looked like nothing had been disturbed until he went into the second room where the child’s body was supposed to be.

He was shocked as there was no longer a body resting where he had left it. Someone had broken in and taken the child’s body. He wondered if the police would be after him anytime soon. Either way, he knew that he had to pack his things up and get out of his no longer hidden surgery lab before he could be found again.

~~~~~~

Peter groaned as he woke up. Everything was hurting. It took ages for him to try and open his eyes. He could feel that he had been redressed in unfamiliar clothing as awareness slowly came back to him.

His arms and legs were twitching so much now. He was in more pain than he’d ever remembered being in before. He twitched so much that his body rolled off the cot that it had been lying on. He groaned as his body hit the cold ground.

It had hurt so much, but it hadn’t felt like any stitches had been ripped. It also helped that the incision sites were mostly healed, but he could still feel the pain from them. Peter laid there as his body continued to twitch for a while. Little did he know that he had actually died for thirty minutes before the remaining part of his liver would send out special cells to revive him and destroy the poison that had been injected into his body.

He was just lucky that no brain damage had occurred due to the temporary bodily shut down.

He was eventually able to gather his wits and shakily stand. He gripped his abdomen as he was met with waves of nausea. Partially due to the fact that he’d been unwillingly cut open, and partially due to the fact that the chemicals which had brought him back had also released byproducts which made him nauseous.

He felt ill as he stumbled towards the doorway to whatever room it was he had been in. He didn’t see any phones, so he’d just have to get out of there himself and figure out where to go from there. He had no clue how far away from home he had been taken, but he did know that he could vaguely hear noises that correlated with the city.

He eventually made his way to the door of the place he’d been held at, and he opened the door. No one came out of the shadows to grab him. It seemed as if he had been left alone in the hellhole that had housed him for the past whoever knows how long as organs were stolen from his body.

He stumbled out into an alleyway. He recognized the familiar aura about the borough as he stepped out. He was in Manhattan, more specifically, Hell’s Kitchen. He stumbled along. He was just grateful that he was still in New York City, but he had to figure out an easier way to get to Stark Tower without causing more harm to himself.

He stumbled along a little further, no one paid him any mind. A wave of pain once again hit him, and he leaned heavily against a wall and slid to the ground. He had no idea how he was going to get back home. He was in too much pain to move. The external incisions may have healed, but it seemed like the internal damage was taking its time to heal, and sending waves of agony through him as it worked.

He grunted in pain, and was slightly startled as he sensed someone coming nearer to him.

He heard a familiar voice call out “Kid? Can you open your eyes?”

He then felt the person gently grip his face. He opened his eyes again. He hadn’t even realized that he’d closed them. All he knew was that once he heard Daredevil’s voice, he knew that he was safe again.

~~~~~~

Matt was angry as he patrolled. Someone had taken the kid, and it was unknown if the kid had been taken at random or if it was a Stark or Spider-Man thing. Matt hated that he didn’t have much to go on when looking for the kid.

He was ever vigilant as he patrolled, and late into the night, he perked up as he heard a familiar, if strained, heartbeat within his range of hearing. He quickly traced a path towards the familiar heartbeat. He could tell that it was strained.

Matt grimaced. He could tell that the kid was in pain. He quickly made his way to where he knew the kid was waiting. He soon jumped down beside the kid, who made no moves to show that he knew who had arrived.

Matt knelt down to Peter’s level.

He could tell that Peter’s eyes were closed and that his heartbeat was irregular as he questioned “Kid? Can you open your eyes?”

Peter didn’t respond to him and Matt’s grimace deepened. Matt gently gripped Peter’s face, and he could tell that Peter had opened his eyes for a moment, but he was distressed as Peter closed his eyes again and practically collapsed against him.

Matt cursed as he picked Peter up. He had to get the kid to Stark Tower. Something was drastically wrong. Matt could tell that something horrible had happened to the kid. He was angry, but he didn’t have time to waste on that anger until he could get the kid to a safe place that could help him medically.

Matt was careful as he quickly jumped across rooftops and made it to Stark Tower in record time. He was just glad that Stark’s stupid A.I. recognized him as a friend now that he was one of the ones trying to teach the kid some decent fighting skills.

It had almost been as if the A.I. had seen him coming. He hadn’t had to go through any hassle as he was immediately granted passage into the building and directed by the A.I. towards the MedBay.

Matt did as directed and sat Peter on one of the medical beds as Doctors rushed in. Matt grimaced and protectively stood by Peter’s bed, but out of the way of the medical team who was working on helping Peter.

Sooner rather than later, Matt sensed the heartbeats of the kid’s aunt and Stark. He also sensed the heartbeat of Hogan and Potts. He wondered when Potts had returned from her business trip that the news had advertised.

Matt reluctantly left Peter’s bedside as the doctors worked to stabilize him and greeted the small gathering of people who were greatly relieved that the kid had been found. He made sure that none of them rushed the bed as the doctors worked on helping the kid.

He could hear the A.I. issuing status reports of the kid’s condition to Stark through an earbud. He could sense the worry emanating from all of their beings. He managed to corral the worried family to the waiting area. He could hear the updates that were given by Stark’s A.I. through the earbud, and he froze at the same time that Stark gasped.

Whatever had been done to the kid, it had caused the kid to die for a short time. There was tissue damage on a small part of the kid’s heart. That explained the irregularity of the kid’s heartbeat. The only lucky thing was that the kid’s mutated DNA was fixing the tissue. Sometimes it was a good thing that the kid wasn’t a normal human.

He continued to listen in as his fury strengthened as he heard that someone had cut into the kid and stolen some organs. There was definitely going to be hell to pay in Hell’s Kitchen when he found whomever had dared to hurt the kid.

~~~~~~

Sharon was vaguely surprised when an announcement was issued to the whole hospital that Jeremy Tate had resigned from his job and that his patients were to be reassigned to other doctors. Sharon couldn't really say that she was broken up about it. She honestly thought that his leaving was a good thing for the hospital.

~~~~~~

Jeremy Tate returned the next day to what used to be his hideout after he turned in his letter of resignation. He didn’t want to risk getting caught by whomever had come in and stolen the kid’s body. Whomever was screwed up enough to steal a kid’s dead body from an already messed up place was too messed up for him to risk encountering.

He quickly began to gather all of his forged document copies and assorted items that he would take with him. He hated that he’d have to leave. He’d owned the place for quite a while and had gained so many organs through his illegal surgeries.

He wasn’t prepared at all when the place was stormed by the police, Iron Man, and the Devil of Hell’s Kitchen.

~~~~~~

It had taken a few hours, but Peter had finally been stabilized and was awake. Everyone had been greatly relieved when the kid appeared to be in little to no pain as he greeted them with a relieved smile.

It also didn’t take Peter very long to tell them what had happened. They had already known that the kid had been cut open and poisoned, but they now had an answer as to what place and what person to look for. The kid didn’t have a name, but Matt knew that it'd be easy to track down the guy that had nearly killed the kid.

Matt was glad that the place he’d found Peter was fairly close to where Peter had been held. Matt had led the way as Tony phoned the police for backup to pick the sick guy up before either he or Matt could kill him for nearly killing the kid.

Matt wasn’t so sure that he’d let the guy live either way. It was slightly cathartic as he busted the door down to the place that Peter had told him about, Iron Man and the police right behind him.

~~~~~~

Tate held his hands up in surrender as he was surrounded by threatening figures. He knew exactly what it concerned.

He paled as he said “I’m sorry. I didn't know that he was a kid when I first took him. Why do the Devil of Hell’s Kitchen and Iron Man care about this particular kid anyway?”

Matt practically growled as he clenched his hands and got in the guy’s face as he said “Because that kid is his kid, and my mentee. We’re family, and you tried to take him away from us. The only thing keeping you alive right now is the fact that the police are here and that the kid didn’t die.”

That was news to Tate as he said “The kid didn’t die?! How?”

No one answered his questions as Iron Man then shot him with a repulsor blast and Matt viciously kicked Tate until he was groaning and whining in pain. The police soon pulled him up after the two furious men were done beating him. He was handcuffed and read his rights. Secretly, he was kind of glad that the kid had survived. He hadn’t killed a kid after all.

~~~~~~

Daredevil and Iron Man parted ways with the police. Daredevil made sure that someone else was covering his territory for the time being while he returned to Stark tower to keep an eye on the kid. Plus, the other vigilantes were looking to him for updates on the kid’s condition.

Matt did finally have enough time to change into more comfortable clothes before returning to the MedBay to sit with the kid for a little bit while his aunt took a brief break though.   Pepper had been sitting with May as well while Tony and Matt had handled finding the man that had hurt the kid.

Peter was still drowsy, and recovering, and luckily, he would make a full recovery.

~~~~~~

Sooner rather than later, word got out that the serial killer dubbed "The Organ Stealer” had been caught and found guilty on all charges, and the patrons of the Children’s hospital had been enraged to know that the serial killer had been one of the main people treating their children.

Nelson and Murdock had been very eager to represent any of the families who had felt the need to sue once all of the details were released.

~~~~~~

Peter screamed in terror as his breathing caught. He flinched slightly as he was held close by both May and Happy. They had moved into Happy’s apartment about two weeks after Peter had been kidnapped because Happy had proposed to May.

Tony and the two of them had helped him get through the worst of the nightmares that had been caused by the kidnapping. Though on nights like this, where the nightmares were particularly vivid, he couldn’t help but scream in terror.

May helped coach him through the panic attack that had followed after they had hugged him. Eventually, his breathing returned to normal and his crying turned to small whimpers of fear. He hated that even after the guy was incarcerated, and he knew that he was safe, the nightmares persisted. Not even his nightmares concerning Homecoming were as bad as these ones.

He was glad that he had a good support system to get him through the worst of things.

~~~~~~

Slowly, the nightmares had lessened. They had really tapered off after news got out that Jeremy Tate had been murdered while he’d been sleeping in his prison cell. It had been many months since the kidnapping, and Peter was back to being Spider-Man.

One night on patrol, he felt an odd disturbance in his spider sense. It was trying to draw him towards something. He could tell that it wasn’t a threatening presence. He was rather curious as he let his spider sense lead him.

He was ever curious as his spider sense led him further away from Queens and more towards Brooklyn. He continued onward. Eventually, he could feel the presence of two other people. It was quite odd. He could tell that they were like him. There were two other people nearby who shared his powers. He could feel their spider senses linking and telling them that they were allies in the tangled web that was life.

Soon, he stopped in the middle of an open area, and he stared at two other kids who looked back at him. One was a girl whom he recognized from his own class, Cindy Moon. The other was a younger African American boy.

He was compelled to take off his mask. The three shared a look. They knew that they were connected. They introduced themselves to each other. They all shared the same mutant blood now. They were each confused as they quietly observed one another and showed each other that they had similar powers.

All three of them were confused as to why they had been compelled to come together, and as if someone had heard their question, a voice answered them from the middle of the clearing.

She said “Because, young spiders, you three are vital in saving this universe. I compel you to follow me. You have much to learn. You may call me Madame Web.”

The three young spiders warily followed Madame Web. They could sense that whatever she was going to tell them or lead them to would drastically impact all of their futures and likely the futures of everyone within their universe.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/43251883

Poison

What will happen when Peter is poisoned with tetrodotoxin? 

TW: Poison, attempted murder, language, paralysis

Disclaimer: I do not own anything.

@badthingshappenbingo

Tony greeted Peter warmly as he and Pepper picked the kid up after school. They had made plans to try out a new restaurant that was started by a close friend of Pepper’s as that night would be opening night, and Peter was excited.

“Hey, Mr. Stark, Ms. Potts. I’ve already texted May that you’ve picked me up. I can’t thank you enough for inviting me to try out the new restaurant on opening night.” Peter said as the two adults smiled.

Pepper said “It’s no problem, Peter. Tony and I just got out of a meeting, and we have a few hours before the grand opening and people are allowed to be seated. It’s a rather formal event so we’ll have to dress up a bit. You still have a dress suit in the guest suite right?”

Peter nodded and confirmed that he still had the dress suit.

They got to the tower and Peter flocked to the guest room which was pretty much his own room with how often he’d been staying there ever since Tony had bought the tower back after the Vulture fiasco.

Peter absolutely dreaded having to wear the suit, but otherwise, he had been very grateful to have been invited to join Pepper and Tony. It would only be a few more hours until they’d leave for the new restaurant.

Peter worked on some of his homework for a little bit before getting dressed. Eventually, the time to leave had arrived.

It didn’t take them very long to get to their destination. Peter was slightly surprised as it seemed that there was quite a bit of press covering the opening. He knew that it was going to be a busy event, but he hadn’t really expected it to be that busy.

The three left the vehicle and entered the building after briefly waving to the cameras. Peter was used to having to deal with the cameras due to the public announcement of the internship a few months ago. He just wished that he had remembered to bring his sunglasses.

He wasn’t really surprised when his spider sense tingled. It tended to do that when his senses were overloading, and he could tell that it was most definitely going to be a sensory overload night. They were eventually escorted to a table in a dimmer area of the restaurant.

Tony had noticed his slight discomfort and questioned “You okay, kid? Do we need to leave?”

Peter smiled briefly and said “I’m alright. The flashes just got to me again, so my senses are a little bit off. I’ll be okay.”

Pepper and Tony both frowned as Pepper questioned “Are you sure? If you’re not feeling good, we can leave through the back where the press doesn’t have access to.”

Peter smiled and said “I’m fine. I just forgot to bring my glasses.”

Tony and Pepper nodded in understanding and reassured him that he should tell them if his sensory issues get worse.

Once most of the guests were seated, the host of the grand opening, Pepper’s friend, gave their speech of thanks and hoped that everyone would enjoy their meals as the night went on. Soon, their orders were taken.

Peter was impressed as it only took about fifteen minutes for their orders to arrive at the table. He sipped his drink as another wave of irritation hit him as his spider sense spiked while their waiter grinned at them.

Peter just took a calming breath and started eating. He hoped that his senses would calm down soon. It had been a while since his senses had been overloaded by camera flashes like that. He had thought that being inside would have dissipated the sensory overload feeling, but it really hadn’t helped.

Over time as he ate, he started feeling more and more queasy. By the time he had gotten half way through his food assortment after about twenty minutes, he was feeling awful, and his spider senses were screaming. He had a feeling that something more than just a regular sensory overload was going on.

A wave of intense nausea hit him and he gripped his stomach as he did his best not to get sick at the table. He really regretted ordering the sushi assortment. He really should have heeded May’s suspicion that sushi wasn’t safe unless it was made with fully cooked meat, but he had wanted to try something new. He was regretting that decision.

He was also startled as it became harder for him to breathe. He was confused as the feeling continued to worsen. At this point, he was doing his best to stay upright in his chair. He could hear Tony and Pepper both asking him what was wrong, but his senses were screaming at him. He could barely focus on what they were asking as he fell out of his chair.

The feeling was becoming worse. His spider sense was screaming as he could no longer breathe, and he soon lost consciousness, unaware of the terror running through Tony and Pepper’s minds.

~~~~~~

Tony and Pepper were terrified as they called Peter’s name when they noticed that he wasn’t looking too good and no longer responded to their questions.

Pepper noticed that Peter’s breathing was off and said “Tony, his breathing’s off. Is this an allergic reaction?”

Peter then collapsed off of his chair and the two knelt beside him as Tony quickly pushed some buttons on his watch to signal a distress call. They could hear people from tables around them expressing their concern and surprise, but they weren’t worried about that.

Pepper was terrified as she noticed that Peter was no longer breathing, and less than a minute later he started seizing. It most definitely was not just because of an unexpected allergic reaction.

Tony cursed as they stayed beside Peter. Neither of them were sure what to do or how to help the kid. They were both dreading the fact that they had stayed even after the kid had said that his senses were going off. They should have known that it wasn’t just going off because of the sensory issues with the camera flashes.

Pepper kept a hand on the kid’s shoulder while she listened to Tony trying to get some information from F.R.I.D.A.Y. on how to help with the situation. She checked Peter’s pulse. It was still present, and it was rapid. The kid just couldn’t breathe, and she had no idea how to help. She had no idea if rescue breaths would help at all.

She watched as Tony checked Peter’s airway for obstruction, but there was nothing. The kid’s lungs had just seemingly stopped working. They’d been paralyzed.

It felt as if it had taken hours for medical help to arrive. Tony and Pepper reluctantly stayed back as the emergency team tried to help Peter. They were both worried as they heard the word poison being discussed.

Pepper had opted to stay behind as Tony decided to go with Peter to whatever hospital was nearest. The police were already present and they were collecting possible evidence of poisoning.

Everything was a complete mess, but all Pepper could worry about was whether or not Peter would be alive by the time she would get to the hospital after notifying everyone.

~~~~~~

Dan Tong smiled as he watched the commotion. He and his partner Rick had been ecstatic when they found out that Stark and friends would be coming for dinner. They were part of a much larger group who wished nothing other than to bring the wealthiest people in America to their knees. Dan was ecstatic when he first heard that he was assigned to find a way to eliminate Tony Stark or someone close to him and another wealthy man who was a secondary target to take out later in the month.

Now had been the perfect time to execute their first strike, and it was just glorious that one of them at the table had ordered the sushi platter that included pufferfish products. It had been the perfect opportunity since Rick was licensed to handle pufferfish among many other deadly chemicals.

They would have preferred that it had been Stark himself to get the improperly prepared pufferfish products, and it was kind of a bummer that they’d likely killed a kid, but at least Stark was going to feel the pain of losing someone. He was one of their many targets, and with luck, they'd soon be able to strike the other person that they'd been observing for the past month.

Dan watched with a small smile as Potts remained standing, almost unsure of how to proceed. He soon turned back and went into the kitchen to grab something for another guest and hopefully keep his cover.

~~~~~~

Tony directed the ambulance to take them to the tower. He had the authorization to order them to go there. He knew that his medical bay would be Peter’s best chance at survival. He was incredibly worried. He was riding in the front of the ambulance, but he could still hear the people in the back scrambling to try and stabilize his kid.

It took longer than he would have liked to get to the tower. He knew that the emergency medical crew would be waiting. He had pressed his emergency alarm while still at the restaurant, and whenever that happened, his medical team went on high alert.

He stood to the side as Peter was eventually rolled into the MedBay and orders were being relayed by the doctors. He watched with worry as multiple blood samples were taken. It was times like this when he was glad that he had the best doctors in the world and iron clad NDAs.

Soon, Peter was rolled out of his sight, and he reluctantly had to stay away. He ordered F.R.I.D.A.Y. to give him updates as frequently as possible on the kid’s condition. He felt as if he’d aged twenty years already as he collapsed into one of the waiting room chairs.

~~~~~~

Helen Cho analyzed the blood sample that she had been given. She was not pleased with the results. The kid had been poisoned with pufferfish tetrodotoxin. There was no known cure in existence. She was unsure of how to proceed since the toxin was already in the kid’s system.

She consulted other doctors, and they agreed that the kid’s stomach should be pumped since the toxin seemingly came from the ingestion of pufferfish. They had already started an IV to combat the hypotension and administer something to try and get the poison out of the kid’s system faster.

She and the other doctors were highly worried as nothing seemed to be helping the kid. They just couldn’t stabilize him, and the kid’s healing factor didn’t seem to be helping the situation at all. If anything, it seemed to be making the symptoms worse.

Helen bit her lip as an outrageously odd idea came to her. She quickly approached Tony, and hoped that he at least knew what was going on.

Tony looked up at her as she entered, and she did not wait to speak.

“Dr. Stark, I’m sure you already know, but nothing that we’re trying is helping his situation. I wanted to come to you before discussing a possible solution that may give us time to find something to help him. As you know, the poison in Peter’s system right now is a type of tetrodotoxin. I started thinking about possible connections between this tetrodotoxin and Dr. Banner’s derivative called Tetrodotoxin B. Bruce changed some of the tetrodotoxin’s chemical composition, and I was thinking that we could inoculate Peter with a larger dose of Tetrodotoxin B to put him in stasis and give us more time to save him. It will appear as if he’s dead, but he’ll simply be in a stasis-like state. I need yours and S.H.I.E.L.D.’s approval to get access to the drug.” Helen detailed as Tony stared at her in stunned silence.

F.R.I.D.A.Y. was the one to answer “I have already sent the request to Director Fury, Dr. Cho. You should hear from Director Fury soon.”

Tony wasn’t sure what to say. He pulled his phone out and started dialing Director Fury. He hoped that Fury would answer even though he was notorious for ghosting the man. Tony stood up and started pacing as the phone rang. Helen waited with him, as there wasn’t much that she could do until she received authorization to access Tetrodotoxin B.

An answer finally came, but before Tony could say anything, Fury spoke “Agent Hill will arrive in your MedBay with a parcel containing Tetrodotoxin B, Stark. I’ve already assigned agents to the case, and we’ve already apprehended those who poisoned the kid. We’ll debrief later. Keep me updated on the kid’s condition. We can’t lose that kid, Stark. He’s a major asset.”

Tony furrowed his brow as he replied “Thank you for the help, Fury, but why are you so interested in my kid, and why did you already know what was going on before the request for the drugs was sent?”

Fury huffed as he replied “We got intel that someone part of a larger criminal group that S.H.I.E.L.D. has been monitoring was going to make an attempt on your life tonight. We didn’t catch the perpetrators until it was too late, and the kid ended up getting poisoned. Oh, and you know why he’s on our radar, Stark. Just keep me updated on the little spider’s condition.”

Fury then hung up. Tony was concerned that S.H.I.E.L.D. was watching Peter and that they knew who he was, but that would be something to worry about for another time. For now, he just had to worry about whether or not his kid would survive through the night.

He then cursed as he realized that he hadn’t called May. He excused himself from the waiting room and dialed May’s number.

He grimaced as she answered with a worried tone on the first ring.

“How bad is it, and what exactly happened? I was on my break when I saw footage of Peter being rolled out of the restaurant.” May worriedly questioned.

Tony took in a deep breath to calm himself as he answered “It’s not good, May. He was poisoned with tetrodotoxin, but the doctors are doing their best to help him. He’s not getting better yet, but Dr. Cho’s found a temporary solution to give the team time to find a cure.”

He could hear May sniffle on the other side of the line.

May responded “I’ll be at the tower soon. My boss just saw the footage. I think that he’s waving at me to let me leave. I’m going to clock out now. I’ll be there in a bit.”

She hung up and Tony took another deep breath. He absolutely hated that their kid was so close to death, and he could only hope that Cho’s team would find a cure before the poison could kill the kid.

~~~~~~

By the time May had arrived, Hill had dropped off the package. Cho had not wasted time when injecting the drug into Peter’s system. She knew that they’d have to watch closely to ensure that the kid was still breathing. They had intubated the kid when he’d first arrived, but with the Tetrodotoxin B, so many things could go wrong.

Tony was allowed in the room while the team monitored Peter’s vitals closely as the Tetrodotoxin B took effect. He was able to hold Peter’s hand. The kid’s heartbeat was already irregular because of the posion, but soon, his heartbeat became nearly undetectable.

Tony was soon ushered back out of the room. Cho and the team could tell that Tony was becoming more and more worried as Peter’s vital signs declined. He was aware of what Tetrodotoxin B does to people, but it was still distressing to hear and see the signs that your kid appeared dead.

May hadn’t been in the room at that point. Tony had only been allowed because he’d followed Cho, and she hadn’t stopped him. Now, Tony and May sat in the waiting room, eager for updates on their kid’s condition.

~~~~~~

Helen Cho took another blood sample twenty minutes after the initial Tetrodotoxin B injection. The good news was that it was slowing down the deadly spread of the toxin in Peter’s system. She quickly took her blood sample back to the lab for analysis, and was thrilled with what she found.

It appeared as if the Tetrodotoxin B was binding with the tetrodotoxin that had been ingested. The only problem was that the quantity of poison in Peter’s system was in excess of what the Tetrodotoxin B could bind with. She’d either need to acquire more Tetrodotoxin B or find another way to get the poison out.

She hoped that they could find an alternate cure as opposed to using more of the Tetrodotoxin B. The more Tetrodotoxin B a person is injected with, the more chance it has to have deadly side effects. If too much Tetrodotoxin B is used, it could stop Peter’s heart before the poison could kill him.

Cho and her team would have to proceed with caution.

~~~~~~

Dan Tong and Rick Wong did not have a fun time as they were forcefully escorted into an armored S.H.I.E.L.D. vehicle for transport to prison. They knew that S.H.I.E.L.D. would question them relentlessly until they gave up their leaders and ratted out the rest of their group.

Fury observed the scene as the two attempted murderers were driven away. He knew that those two definitely weren't going to have fun when the interrogations would start.

Fury glanced around and sighed as he took in the amount of press that was covering what had happened to Stark’s kid. He casually walked back into the restaurant and approached Happy and Pepper. Happy was waiting with Pepper as she had to stay back and give a witness statement even though S.H.I.E.L.D. had shown up to handle things.

Fury made no indication that he noticed Happy Hogan’s scowl as he approached the two.

He spoke “Ms. Potts. I trust that you did not ingest anything poisonous, as you are not currently fighting to breathe.”

Happy’s scowl deepened.

Pepper questioned “What are you even doing here? Why did you come? This isn’t an Avengers level threat. Oh. Oh my gosh. Was it supposed to be an Avengers level threat?”

Pepper’s eyes were wide as Fury answered “It had the potential to be an Avengers level threat. We got lucky that the situation turned out as it did. Tonight's events have allowed S.H.I.E.L.D. to catch a couple of people from an upcoming criminal group.”

Happy practically growled as he said “What do you mean by it being lucky?”

Fury rolled his eyes as he said “Calm down, Hogan. I don’t mean that it was a good thing that the kid was poisoned. I just mean that it was a good thing that the perpetrators were caught before they could kill Tony or go after another target. Though, I must admit, losing the kid would be a major blow, especially where spiders are concerned.”

After that sentence, he was greeted with surprised looks from Hogan and Potts. Fury had tried to keep it on the down low that he knew Peter’s identity until Cho needed the Tetrodotoxin B. Fury hadn’t even needed to know the specifics of the kid’s enhancement to know that someone like Spider-Man would need an elevated dose of Tetrodotoxin B for it to work like Cho needed it to work.

Fury spoke again “My business here is finished. You and Stark are free to release whatever information you need to or want to release so long as it does not mention that a new criminal organization tried to make their first move tonight. This matter became public as soon as the first reporter caught sight of my S.H.I.E.L.D. team. I do have to say that it was nice working with your friend Ms. Potts. She’s a wonderful agent, and her idea for this was brilliant to weasel the stalkers out.”

Fury then turned around and left. Happy and Pepper watched as he left, surprised looks covering both of their faces.

~~~~~~

After another hour, Pepper and Happy had made it to the tower. Pepper had regained most of her composure as she had begun to compose a press release to post on SI’s website. They were all still waiting in the MedBay. Only a couple at a time were allowed in Peter’s room at a time. It was quite distressing to see that the kid was paler than usual, and wasn’t moving at all.

They all hoped that Cho and her team would come up with something to help Peter quickly. The longer the kid was under the effects of Tetrodotoxin B, the more chance there was that the kid wouldn’t recover.

~~~~~~

Earlier the next morning, Tony reluctantly had to debrief with Fury. He was enraged as Fury gave him the full details of the situation.

“FURY! WHY THE HELL DID YOU DO THAT?! YOU COULD HAVE AT LEAST WARNED US SO THAT I COULD KEEP MY KID AND PEPPER SAFE! HOW DID YOU EVEN KNOW THAT PEPPER AND I WOULD ACCEPT THE INVITATION ANYWAY! WHY DID YOU CREATE SUCH AN ELABORATE SET-UP?!” Tony angrily questioned.

Fury calmly looked at Tony and replied “It would have jeopardized the mission. Had you known that the threat was there, you would have overreacted, and things could have gone worse. Had you known that the whole thing was an undercover operation to weed out who was actually trying to get to you, you would have gone in guns blazing and there would have been more casualties. You’re too reckless, Stark.”

Tony glared at Fury as he gritted his teeth.

He eventually replied “I don’t care what you think about me Fury, but if you ever allow my family to enter a potentially harmful situation again just so that you can attempt to subtly catch someone who’s targeting one of the team, I will not hesitate to knock you off of whatever pedestal you hold yourself on! My son is dying because of your stupid decisions! If he dies, I will have your head!”

Fury rolled his eyes as he listened to Tony’s rant continue. He knew that Stark had power, but he was pretty confident that Stark couldn’t get him fired. Even if he could, it’s not like he’s worried about it. Looking at the plan again though, it had been a bit oafish that they hadn't weaseled the criminals out quicker.

He soon started listening to Tony’s rant again once he did hear a pertinent question.

Tony questioned “Why didn’t I ever detect that someone was stalking me? Why wasn't I informed that another criminal organization had formed?”

Fury grimaced and answered “Your A.I. did have the information, but I’ve had my team monitoring your servers and I had them block that information from your access. This wasn’t just a random hit on you, Stark. They’d been tracking your moves. You may have thought that it was just some random cook who got a lucky break, and yes it was lucky that they just so happened to have the supplies needed to poison the food, but they had plans far worse than just poisoning you. They’re going to a maximum security prison because you are only one in a long line of people they had plans to execute. This was not simply just a plan for revenge, Stark. Many of these details will remain classified until we can reform the Accords and get the team back together again. S.H.I.E.L.D. has been going through hell while trying to keep track of every single threat that the Avengers used to may have handled.”

Tony stared at him with stunned silence until he growled in anger.

“How the FUCK did you ever get that much access to my servers?!” Tony emphatically questioned.

Fury leveled him with a look saying “You really have to ask.”

Tony then balled his fists up in anger as he cursed Natasha Romanoff. The traitorous woman had done more than simply betray him.

Tony knew that he’d have to rectify that later and see if he could undo any damage that the S.H.I.E.L.D. idiots may have done to any of the coding within his servers.

He leveled Fury with another angry look as he said “This meeting’s over. I’m done here.”

Tony left before he could pound Fury into the ground. His anger had reached a new level.

~~~~~~

Ming Lee sighed as she tried to call Pepper again. She hated that she had lied to her friend when it came to the true reasons why she had opened a restaurant. It was just another assignment from Fury after she'd come up with the initial idea, and she had taken it without a second thought of how it could hurt her friendship with Pepper.

Now, Pepper was ghosting her. Ming couldn’t really blame her for that very much. Not to mention, they were going through a hard time right now because the kid that always hung around Stark was poisoned.

Pepper no doubt knew that she was a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent now.

Ming was slightly surprised when Pepper answered after the fifth ring.

Pepper questioned “What do you want, Ming? Was our friendship ever real?”

Ming winced as she replied “It was real, Virginia. You’ve known me ever since you were in college. I just hid my S.H.I.E.L.D. agent status from you because I was supposed to, even after you got further involved with Stark and learned about S.H.I.E.L.D.. I’m sorry about the kid.”

Ming heard Pepper sigh over the line and then say “I’ll talk to you again eventually, Ming. At this point, I don’t even know if I ever knew you. Give me some time. I’m getting tired of things like this being hidden from me. First it was Natasha being undercover here, and now you were undercover when I thought that I was just coming out to celebrate a friend opening a new business. I’m sorry, Ming, but I need time to think about a few things.”

Ming bit her lip and responded “I understand. I hope to talk to you again later. Bye, Virginia.”

Ming turned her phone off and rubbed her hands over her tired face. Sometimes it was hard being a secret agent for S.H.I.E.L.D..

~~~~~~

It was still a waiting game as Helen was trying new methods of treatment on the blood samples she had taken from Peter. The toxin was slowly clearing from Peter’s system, but not at a rate that would allow him to recover properly when coming out of being comatose due to the Tetrodotoxin B.

Helen wasn’t about to give up. She wasn’t going to let the kid die. That kid had been through so much in just the short amount of time that she’d known him, and she was never going to give up on trying to flush the poison out of the kid’s body.

She’d known him for about five months at this point, as she’d met him shortly after the incident with the Vulture, and they’d developed drugs that would actually help dull his pain when he got injured. She’d also helped him with calorie consumption problems.

She may be a geneticist, but she was also one of the few known people that had the expertise to work with enhanced persons. She once again observed the sample of Peter’s blood.

She knew that the Tetrodotoxin B was helping, but she was unsure if she could enhance those effects to fully flush the poison out of the kid’s system. Maybe she could try to modify the Tetrodotoxin B further so that it would attract and nullify more of the bad tetrodotoxin.

She had read the unpublished research papers written by Dr. Banner ages ago when she’d first started working with Tony Stark and Dr. Banner before the whole mess with the Accords. She knew the process of how to modify tetrodotoxin. She was confident that she could do it.

She quickly got to work on isolating samples that she could use.

Hours later, she smiled as she tested her new Tetrodotoxin derivative on a sample of Peter’s blood. She was happy as when she tested it, it was ten times more efficient at detecting and eliminating the bad tetrodotoxin.

After another few rounds of testing her new derivative, she was ready to attempt treating Peter. She had already received approval from Stark to do as she needed in an effort to save Peter’s life. She and her team were soon on their way back to Peter’s room.

~~~~~~

Peter felt awful as he regained some awareness. He could smell that he was in the tower’s MedBay, but he was confused as he couldn’t even open his eyes. He couldn’t even breathe on his own.

His spider sense was elevated to a painful level. He was panicking inside his head as he took note that his body was not responding to anything he was trying to get it to do. It also felt kind of painful that he wasn’t consciously breathing on his own. He could also feel that he was connected to an IV line as cool fluid entered his veins.

He could also hear the beeping of some of the medical equipment. He had no clue why he couldn’t move. He wished that his body would at least react to his sense of panic, but his heart rate remained the same at one beat a minute.

He was eventually brought out of his spiral as he heard Dr. Cho coming into the room while directing the nurse to check his vitals again. Peter was only a little bit relieved when he could hear Tony and May’s heartbeats. He knew that they were likely watching whatever was happening from outside his room.

He then heard them talking about something called tetrodotoxin. He’d vaguely heard about that before in school. Something about it was toxic if ingested. It then dawned on him that that was likely what had happened to him. He was so confused.

Peter was zoned out from the words the doctors and nurses were saying until he felt something get injected directly into his arm instead of intravenously. It was distressing to still be able to feel things, but not be able to move.

He wished that he could lose consciousness again, but it just wouldn’t happen.

~~~~~~

Helen smiled as she approached Tony and May in the hallway.

She spoke “I’m not sure how much of an update F.R.I.D.A.Y. has given you, but I can say that I have possibly found a cure. I formulated a modified version of Tetrodotoxin B that should be working to bind with the poisonous tetrodotoxin and get it out of his system. In a way, his body will still be absorbing the chemicals, but they will no longer harm him as the Tetrodotoxin B derivative is neutralizing the poison. I project that in a matter of a few hours, the poison will be completely gone from Peter’s system. It will likely be another couple of hours after that until he will wake up, as we did have to give multiple doses of Tetrodotoxin B and the derivative dose which will keep him in a comatose or death-like state.”

May and Tony let out a relieved breath. Their kid was going to be okay.

May happily said “Thank you Dr. Cho. I can’t express how much it means to both Tony and I that you figured out a way to save our kid’s life.”

Tony nodded along with May’s statement as he stared at Peter’s prone form through the glass while smiling. Helen smiled as she left the relieved parents. She’d continue monitoring Peter’s condition until he would wake up. She wanted to make sure that the poison would be out of his system completely before she celebrated.

~~~~~~

Peter’s internal panic calmed minutely when he heard Tony and May come into the room. He could hear when they sat down in the chairs that had been brought for them. He could feel when Tony ran a hand through his hair and kissed him on the forehead while May gripped his hand and soothingly rubbed a finger over it. It was almost as if they could tell that he was conscious, but just couldn’t move.

They stayed with him for hours, and he listened to them converse. He knew that they were both extremely worried about him. At a few different moments he’d even been visited by Happy and Pepper.

Eventually, he was able to slip back into unconsciousness, hoping that what Tony and May said about him waking up soon would become a reality.

~~~~~~

Dr. Cho was in the room when Peter finally began to stir. She had recently done another check of his blood, and was happy to report that the toxin was almost completely out of the kid’s system, and that the Tetrodotoxin B would be wearing off soon.

Peter happened to begin the process of waking up while Happy, May, Tony, and Pepper were all in the room. May held his hand while Tony kept a comforting hand on his shoulder. Pepper and Happy stood at the end of the bed while Dr. Cho monitored his waking process.

Peter groaned as he regained consciousness. Helen checked his IV once more and monitored Peter’s vitals. She was happy to see that they were mostly within normal range for a mutated spider-kid.

Eventually, Peter was fully awake, and tearful as his family members gently hugged him. Dr. Cho called her team into the room. She could tell that Peter was uncomfortable. They’d have to extubate soon.

She kindly requested the family members to back up for a little bit while she coached Peter through the extubation. It unfortunately had not been the first time that the kid had ever had to be extubated.

She advised against his speaking for a little while after extubation, as his throat would be sore for a little while, and luckily he heeded her recommendation, but she could easily see the longing in his eyes when he looked towards his family.

She and her team soon left the room after taking another blood sample for analysis.

Tony and May soon flocked to one side of his hospital bed while happy and Pepper flocked to the other. Peter smiled in relief as tears filled his eyes. It was a comfort when May gripped his hand and did the familiar motion of rubbing her thumb over it. It was even more calming when Tony gently passed a hand through his hair.

Once the tears had cleared a little bit, he motioned that he wanted hugs. His wishes were granted as a group hug occurred. He knew that F.R.I.D.A..Y. would have a photo of the hug on record for future uses.

Soon, Pepper passed him a Stark tablet which allowed him to communicate with them without straining his vocal cords much. He smiled and typed out a long message.

The message was dictated by F.R.I.D.A.Y. “Thank you for staying with me. I was so scared when I got sick in that restaurant and couldn’t breathe. I was so scared when I first woke up here and couldn’t open my eyes. You guys helped me get over the panic from that and relax. Thank you for not giving up on me.”

Tony then said “We’d never give up on you, kid. You’re a part of this family. I hate that you were scared and conscious during some of this mess.”

Peter smiled and Tony hugged him again.

F.R.I.D.A.Y. then announced “Dr. Cho has done analysis of the most recent blood sample and would like me to report that all of the tetrodotoxin has been removed from Peter’s system. He will make a full recovery.”

Once that announcement was made, more hugs were shared. Everyone was glad that the kid had made it through that horrific experience.

~~~~~~

Peter yelped in surprise as he fell off his lab chair. It had been about a month since he’d been poisoned, and he and Tony were now fixated on working on strengthening Stark servers. They were going so far as to create entirely new servers and encrypt them much better than the previous ones.

Peter had fallen asleep at his bench while finishing up the last parts of the encryption on the Spider-Man files. Tony had told him about everything that had gone on that night with S.H.I.E.L.D. and how they’d basically been spying on all of them using old codes that Natasha Romanoff had given Director Fury.

Peter had been a little bit alarmed that Director Fury knew his identity, but Tony had assured him that nothing bad should come of it. Though, that didn’t stop Tony from adding more safety protocols to Peter’s suit for if Director Fury ever did try to mess with him.

Peter shook himself out of his thoughts and yawned.

He wasn’t startled when F.R.I.D.A.Y. called out “Peter, I must insist that you go to your room and sleep. Mr. Stark has asked me to warn you that he will come down if you do not agree to leave the lab. He will also tell Ms. Parker if you do not sleep.”

Peter groaned as he said “Yeah, I know. I’m going. I just came up with the last touches to finish my encryption and make it stronger.”

Peter soon made his way up to the penthouse and went to the guest room that was pretty much his own room, especially since it was basically stated after the poisoning incident that Peter was his kid in everything but blood. That had been a PR nightmare for Pepper to clean up after Tony had posted that without her reviewing it first. Luckily, since he was a minor, he was not being bothered very much.

He flopped on his bed and almost immediately fell asleep.

~~~~~~

Tony woke up as his phone pinged. F.R.I.D.A.Y. had sent him a text alert that Peter had arrived back from patrolling and entered the lab. She did not want to wake Pepper.

Tony briefly pulled up the footage of his lab and watched with a smile as Peter worked on some of the encryption data for the Spider-Man files. The kid must have thought of something to add while he was out on patrol.

F.R.I.D.A.Y. texted “Should I warn him that it is late, and that he should wait for normal hours to work in the lab with you instead of by himself?”

Tony texted “No. Let him work. If he starts to fall asleep, issue a warning and tell him to go to his room and sleep. If he doesn’t do it, send me a notification, and I’ll try to convince the spider-kid to sleep. Oh, and tell him that I'll tattle to May if he doesn't sleep.”

Tony smiled warmly. The kid was a bit too much like him when it came to how much he liked to sleep, especially when he got an idea of something to do in the lab.

Tony sat his phone back down and yawned. He was happy that Peter was doing so well after everything that happened with S.H.I.E.L.D. and the poisoning. Soon, Tony fell back asleep.

I LOVE THIS SO MUCH!!!!!!!!

22 - TSSM

(set in spider nephew au)

Montana is not surprised that Norman Osborn had been able to obtain his phone number. Men in power always had their ways of getting in contact with the people whom they wished to speak to. His surprise actually came from the fact that the man wished to speak to him at all. Osborn seemed like the type to avoid speaking to those that were ‘less than’. And yet here Montana is, having accepted the invitation for a meeting inside of Oscorp. A dangerous place to be, no doubt. But Montana has a few weapons up his sleeves and everyone he trusts to act as backup knows where he is. Quentin had insisted that he take one of the illusionist's gremlins in his pocket, and Montana had obliged, knowing that the thing also acted as a recording device. 

Osborn’s office is impressive but not nearly as terrifying as any of Montana’s talks with the Big Man. Montana dismisses the decorations with a simple look and decides to hold himself causally. Osborn had no respect for him. And Montana returns that amount of respect in kind. 

“Ah. Montana. Just the man I wished to see. Have a seat.”

Norman says, gesturing to the chair across the desk. Sometimes Montana chooses to stay standing in situations like this. But this time he chooses to sit and look fully relaxed. Still ready to attack, but not looking like it at all. He can see the small wrinkle of annoyance that flickers across Norman’s face as Montana purposefully sits incorrectly.

“Howdy. What's a big shot like you want with a small timer like me?”

Montana leans into his accent heavily, knowing that it can disarm people. Lead them to think him a fool. Norman’s eyes tighten and then relax.

“I simply wished to get to know the man who claims to be the uncle of my son’s best friend. Your appearance was rather… sudden.”

Montana hums.

“I suppose it’d look that way. Kid’s ma didn't like our family and I respected the radio silence till the kid needed help.”

“And then you decided to stick around.”

“Yep.”

Montana says with a tilted grin and a small adjustment to his hat. What is this meeting about? Norman rises and walks to his window.

“I don't think Peter would be thrilled to learn of your crimes.”

The man says speculatively and Montana bites down a laugh. Does Norman think he can be shooed off so easily?

“He knows. Hard to keep secrets from a kid as sharp as he is.”

Norman turns back to Montana, confusion dashing across his face. Montana rises from his relaxed posture and walks casually over to the window to then lean against it.

“I ain't goin’ nowhere.”

Norman’s eyes narrow and Montana can see the man starting to see him as a threat. Good.

“My kid ain't scared of me. I can't say the same for you and yours. How much effort would it take to convince Harry not to speak to you again?”

“I think you misunderstand the purpose of this meeting.”

“Oh no Mr. Osborn, I think I've got a good read on what's goin’ on here. You want me to back off from my own family. And you thought threatening to tell Peter what a bad man I am would scare me off. I think you are the one with the misunderstanding.”

Montana drops his casual stance, tensing his shoulders and pulling himself up to his full height.

“Are you threatening me? Or Harry?”

The man's face is impassive and Montana wants to deck him. But the cowboy refrains.

“That hurts. I have nothing but the best wishes for your son. It just so happens I don't think you’re what's best for any child. Including your own.”

Montana starts walking towards the door.

“So I ain't leavin’. And if you try to run me off or take control of Peter’s life, I can't say what I will do. But I promise your gonna find that what the police have recorded is only half of what I can and have done for much pettier reasons. Good day, Mr. Osborn. Leave Peter alone and treat your own kid better.”

And he walks out, listening to the grinding teeth as the door closes smoothly behind him.

Thanks for the ask!!!

Story one of this new fanfic series is complete! This is based on @hermesserpent-stuff “Accidental Nephew” AU.

HI! Part two of my Refuge series based within the TSSM universe has been posted on A03.

Summary: What will happen when Tombstone goes after Peter? 

TWs: broken bones, blood and injury, blood, loss of tooth/teeth, guns, violence, non-consensual drug use, kidnapping

Disclaimer: I do not own anything!

Story under the cut and on A03!

Montana huffed as he did his best to calm himself. He didn't take kindly to anyone threatening the kid, and now his own boss had made a major threat towards the kid. He wasn't quite sure how to proceed, but he knew that it'd have to be done carefully. He entered the Group chat on his phone and sent a message for an emergency meeting at Ock's lair later that night. He didn't want them all crowding in his apartment while May and Peter were still staying there.

~~~~~~

Peter hugged Harry before leaving to meet Montana. Normally, he'd just walk, but with how crazy things had been, it would be better to have Montana pick him up. Peter took note that Montana was tense as they drove back to his apartment building.

Peter cautiously questioned "I take it that your meeting didn't really go well?"

Montana grimaced and responded without looking at Peter "Nope."

Peter didn't pry further, but he did wonder what had put his uncle on edge.

~~~~~~

Late at night, Montana left the apartment quietly.

It was quite easy to make it to Ock's lair. He was solemn faced as he entered the lair. Ock was quick to greet him, but did not yet ask any questions. It only took a little while longer for the whole gang to appear.

Quentin appeared to be the most worried as he took a seat by Montana.

Once everyone had focused on him, Montana began.

"As some of you know, I had a meeting with my boss Tombstone this past afternoon. It didn't go very well, as he accused me of not doing my job and proceeded to threaten Peter's life. I'd say that we could take them out of the city again, but we can't keep uprooting the Parker's lives every time a new threat comes around. We need to handle this differently, and Tombstone's not as direct of a threat as Osborn was. I have no doubt that Tombstone has spies watching Peter though." Montana said as the others showed varying degrees of surprise or exasperation.

Adrian rolled his eyes "Is it really worth it to protect his child if he keeps getting himself into so many messes?!"

Ock spoke "Of course it's worth it, Adrian. The boy is highly intelligent, and of much use to us. You know that, otherwise you would not have helped defeat the Goblin."

Adrian huffed and stood down.

O'Hirn said "One of us can always try to tag along with the kid. Sandman and I can try to schedule more tutoring schedules so he stays busy outside of school or patrol and he'd be with one of us most of the time."

Montana replied "That wouldn't work full-time, but it would help. I know there's no way to stop Tombstone from watching Peter, but so long as one of us is always around the kid, he'll be fine. We need to make a schedule for who'll stick around the kid each day."

Dan spoke "well, none of have really strict work schedules, so we'll probably just have to do it day by day."

Ock spoke "Precisely. I will also keep a closer eye on the surveillance system of his school. I know that the Enforcers likely have a job tomorrow, and I am going to be busy. Anyone free for a shift protecting the child tomorrow?"

Quentin spoke "I'll do it. Tomorrow's my day off at work. Plus, I can actually blend in and act as a substitute teacher and keep an eye on him all day. TInk helped me with my photostatic veil idea, so I can use tomorrow as a test run."

Montana nodded and said "Thanks, Quentin. Keep us updated if you spot anything suspicious."

The group meeting soon dissolved, all in agreeance that Peter must be protected.

~~~~~~

Tinkerer stood tall as he was escorted to Tombstone's office. He was unsure of what the meeting would be about.

He raised an eyebrow as Tombstone motioned for him to sit.

Tinkerer did as requested and Tombstone spoke "Tell me everything you know about Peter Parker."

Tinkerer furrowed his brow and said "He's quite intelligent, and as you know, he's been working in my workshop for a little while. He's improved upon the equipment that the Enforcers use and has helped me work on a few other projects. I know as much as Hammerhead has likely already told you."

Tombstone nodded and said "I figured, but I also need to know about his interactions with the Enforcers."

Tinkerer grimaced and said "Why such an interest? The kid has no dreams of working for us full-time."

Tombstone's eyes flashed with anger as he said "It is not your place to question my motives."

Tinkerer was not cowed as he said "It is my place to question you when you seem to have taken an interest in the kid."

Tombstone hummed and pursed his lips.

He then said "I see that Parker has gained your favor now as well. Just remember who your boss is, Mason. You either answer to me, or you will lose funding."

Tinkerer huffed and said "Fine. I will not answer any more of your questions. I don't need your funding. I just stayed on with you because you needed those suits for the Enforcers. You can find someone else to do that or they can hire me personally. I don't answer to anyone but myself."

Tombstone gritted his teeth and angrily ordered "Get out then!"

Tinkerer calmly stood and walked to the door. As one of the lackey's opened the door for him, he looked back at Tombstone and said "I suggest that you be careful. Peter Parker has many people who care about him, and you would be treading dangerous waters if you intend to mess with him."

He could hear Tombstone's aggravated growling as he left the room and shut the door behind him. He calmly left Tombstone's hideout and headed for his own apartment. He had to update everyone on the group chat that Quentin had added him to.

~~~~~~

Peter sighed as he finally returned to school with Harry. His arm luckily didn't have to be in a cast any longer either. Luckily, Gwen and MJ policed the crowd of students that tried getting to them to ask questions. Peter was not really looking forward to the next week. He had quite a bit of work to make-up for his classes and now more was going to be added.

Luckily, nothing new had been added in his English class, as there was a substitute for the day. He didn't recognize their name or appearance, but their tone and the way they moved seemed familiar. The guy also seemed to be super passionate about the topic of the work they'd been given to complete while the teacher was out for the next week with the flu.

All the other classes seemed to pile on the homework though. He even had an essay to work on for his advanced biology course. He wouldn't have time to hang out with his friends or uncles for  a while. He considered himself to be good at school, and none of the assignments were really hard, but they would still be time consuming.

The day luckily came to an end after his chemistry lab. It had been an odd day purely because random classmates would occasionally come up to him and ask about his disappearance before Gwen or MJ could stop them. Peter was kind of flattered that they had practically made it their mission to keep other students from hounding him with questions that he didn't really want to answer.

He went to his locker to grab a couple of things and met Harry outside of the school. Gwen and MJ had already left.

Harry questioned "Did you want to hang out or work on our mathematics homework?"

Peter replied "Sure. We can either go to your place or Montana's place."

Harry then glanced behind Peter and smiled as he called out "Hey Quentin!"

Peter turned and smiled.

Quentin spoke "Hey guys! You two need a ride? I was in the area so I figured that I could pick you both up after school."

Harry answered "Yeah! That'd be great! Pete, can we go to your place?"

Peter nodded as they walked to Quentin's car.

Quentin smiled and said "Good! To Montana's we go!"

Peter smiled fondly.

~~~~~~

Quentin smiled in relief as Peter didn't seem suspicious of him. Peter had stared at him a few times during his English period, but luckily didn't seem to know that it was him. The photostatic veil that he and Tinkerer had made worked splendidly. Quentin had to admit though, it had been kind of fun substituting.

He knew that the normal teacher would be out for the rest of the week, so he went ahead and signed up to be the substitute for the rest of the week. He wasn't getting paid as much as his usual job, but at least he'd still get paid while using his false identity. He'd just take the next week off from his normal work.

They arrived at Montana's building soon and Quentin spoke "Go on up, kid. I'll be up there in a few minutes."

Peter soon left and Quentin got his phone out. He whistled as he sat in his car and opened the group chat to inform everyone that he had the in school surveillance of Peter covered for the week, but that someone else would have to pick him up after school.

~~~~~~

Peter and Harry finished their work fairly quickly and had enough time to relax before Harry wanted to return to his home. They luckily avoided talking about anything concerning the fact that Peter would be inheriting the Osborn fortune. Quentin soon had the honor of taking Harry home.

~~~~~~

Peter yawned as the day went by slowly. Once it was late enough, he'd gone out and patrolled a little bit, and unfortunately stayed up so late that he only got a couple of hours of sleep. Both May and Montana had reprimanded him for staying out so late, but it had been worth it. Granted, it probably wasn't the greatest choice, considering the fact that he couldn't stop nodding off in the middle of his classes.

He yawned as he leaned his head against his hand while trying to pay attention. Luckily, the bell soon rang, and it was the lunch period.

Peter just laid his head on the table and started snoring.

Gwen, MJ, and Harry shared a concerned glance as Harry said "He must have stayed up too late when studying last night."

Harry then glanced at a frowning Gwen. She'd have an earful for Peter later. She and Harry both knew that Peter was tired because he'd been out so late last night because of his Spider-Man duties.

All three of the friends were surprised as Peter's head suddenly popped up and his eyes were wide open.

Gwen could tell that Peter had suddenly become tense. Harry soon caught on and MJ noticed his change in demeanor.

Soon, Peter could feel the eyes of many students on him, and it was even worse than when he'd come back a few days ago. He tuned into many conversations around him and he heard many whispers of his name and the fact that he'd inherited the Osborn fortune and everything. Peter bit his lip. Someone broke the NDA and let all of the information out. Peter knew that there was going to be trouble.

Gwen and Harry shared a look as the intercom sounded "Peter Parker to the Principal's office."

Peter quickly got up and left for the office. He really needed to get out of the school before any reports could show up to harass he and his friends.

The other three friends shared looks of worry for Peter as they too could hear some of the conversations going around the cafeteria.

~~~~~~

Peter was greeted by both May and Montana as he arrived at the office. He'd already been checked out for the day.

Montana spoke "I'm sure that you may have already heard, but someone broke the NDA. We wanted to come and get you before any press could ambush you after school."

Peter steeled his jaw and nodded as Montana and May stood beside him while they walked out. Luckily, the press was not at the school.

The trip back to Montana's apartment was quick. The midday news was on and playing as they entered the apartment, and Peter was greeted with a picture of himself on the screen and a banner revealing that he was the heir to the Osborn fortune. All he could do was sit on the couch and hold his head in his hands as May rubbed a hand on his back in comfort.

Montana, however, was angry. He'd find whomever had broken the NDA and ensure that they paid for releasing the confidential information.

~~~~~~

Peter ended up having to take a day off from school, as reporters had been trying to contact him again. They'd also been trying to contact Harry for questions, but luckily, Harry was used to dealing with the press, so he gave no comments. Peter felt horrible about the entire situation, but there wasn't much that he could do. Harry had met him at Montana's after school to give him any homework he had missed and told him that thing would blow over eventually.

Peter wasn't quite sure if that would ever happen.

~~~~~~

"Boss, I don't think that going after the kid's going to end well. Not to mention the kid was the main benefactor of the estate when Osborn was killed." Hammerhead said as Tombstone raised an eyebrow.

"If you wish to remain in my employment Hammerhead, I suggest that you not question my actions or orders. I know what I am doing, and I do not need or want to explain my reasons to you."

Hammerhead grimaced and said "Alright. It'll be done. I'll make sure that one of our guys is on the security team at the kid's school."

Tombstone nodded and replied "You are dismissed."

Hammerhead soon took his leave while thinking that his boss's plan wasn't going to lead to anything good.

~~~~~~

As Peter expected, things were different when he returned to school a couple of days later. He would have waited longer, but he wasn't going to let the actions of the press control his life. He'd just try to take a note from Harry and express the fact that he didn't want to comment. Plus, it helped that they couldn't be too persistent, as he was still a minor.

Honestly, he could handle the reporters. The reporters were no where near as annoying as many of his fellow classmates who continued trying to ask him questions or be his friend. He hated the additional attention, and had no idea how Harry had dealt with that for most of his life. Though, he did have more of an understanding of why Harry could be so standoffish sometimes, and definitely understood why it was harder for Harry to trust people. You could never know if someone was truly trying to be your friend sometimes. Peter was just glad that Harry knew that he, Gwen, and MJ were his actual friends.

Not to mention it was kind of uncomfortable that the security around Midtown had increased since Reporters had been seen outside of the school. Peter could also tell that his uncles were worried about him. He was getting texts from them more than usual as they worried for him.

Peter was slightly zoned out as he munched on his lunch.

He only zoned back in when Gwen laid a hand on his shoulder and asked "Are you alright?"

Peter smiled lightly and responded "I'm fine, Gwen. Man, Harry, I don't know how you ever dealt with this kind of thing."

Harry shrugged and said "I lived with Norman Osborn for many years. Dealing with reporters and 'fake friends' was nothing compared to always being seen as a disappointment by him no matter what I did."

Peter was slightly surprised as someone sat their hand on his shoulder. He grimaced as he turned slightly and noticed that it was one of Flash's friends whom he couldn't even remember the name of. His spider sense was up a little, but he knew this guy wasn't an actual threat, just an annoyance.

"Hey, Parker! Here's an invite to my party! It's at my house tomorrow!" the guy said as Peter shrugged his hand off.

Peter said "No thanks. I'm not a party person."

The guy then frowned and said "Aw, come on Parker! It'll be fun!"

MJ spoke up "He said no. Quit bothering us."

The guy rolled his eyes and said "Really Parker, you're going to have a girl speak for you? Just come to the party. You can even bring these other losers with you. You're already on your way to being the most popular guy in the school because of how much you've been in the news, and you being at my party would be great for my own popularity!"

Peter stood up and huffed as he said "I already said no, and please don't talk about my friends that way."

Peter went to turn and leave, and the guy grabbed his arm. Peter turned around and glared at the offending hand that was gripping his arm.

The guy spoke "Just come, Parker! I'll even say please if I have to. I really need something to boost my reputation after I got a speeding ticket last week and my girl dumped me!"

Peter shook his head and wrenched his arm out of the guy's grip as his other friends stood up and practically pushed the guy away. Peter groaned. He could feel a sensory overload coming on. His head was hurting.

He grimaced as Gwen gently touched his shoulder. She looked at him and noticed that he'd flinched slightly. She went to say something, but Peter spoke "I'm going to go outside for a little bit. Sensory overload."

Gwen nodded and watched as Peter left. Harry wanted to follow Peter, but MJ said "Leave him be, Harry. He's overwhelmed."

Gwen nodded and said "He'll be alright. We'll check on him if he doesn't come back in before the bell rings. He'll have to come back in here though. He left his phone and bag at our table."

~~~~~~

"Agent 1187 reporting. I have eyes on the boy. I am leaving my post from within the school to follow the boy. I will radio further information in when it is clear for Mr. H. to come." the Agent reported as he followed Peter to behind the school's gymnasium.

Agent 1187 watched as the boy finally stopped and stood against the wall. The boy was hyperventilating and had his eyes closed. It was the perfect time to strike. Agent 1187 made their move.

~~~~~~

Peter was uncomfortable as he leaned against one of the gymnasium walls. His sensory overload had only gotten worse as he left the cafeteria. He closed his eyes for a little bit and held his hands over his face. He could tell that he was hyperventilating, but he couldn't do anything but ride the overload out. Not to mention it was annoying how his sensory overloads always set off his spider sense.

He was unprepared when he felt someone grab his arm, and his eyes shot open. Before he could turn around, a needle was shoved into his neck and he was pulled against someone as he tried to cry out, but his mouth was covered. He tried to pull himself out of the person's grip, but he was so tired and still aching from the sensory overload.

He made small noises of discomfort as he was gagged and blindfolded. He was feeling horrible. He soon lost his battle to remain conscious.

~~~~~~

Gwen and Harry went together to check on Peter. They knew that he'd likely gone behind the gym. When they got there, he wasn't there.

Harry said "Where could he be? He left his stuff at the lunch table, and he wouldn't just leave the school. I'll check the restroom and you check the halls in the five minutes of lunch we've got left?"

Gwen nodded and said "Yeah."

The two searched, but by the time the bell rang, Peter wasn't back or found anywhere close to the cafeteria.

They knew that something had to be wrong. Peter wouldn't just leave his stuff behind, especially not his phone.

They met MJ back at the table and she grimaced as she questioned "No sign of him at all?"

Harry and Gwen both nodded a negative.

MJ nodded and said "Okay, let's go to the office. They likely won't be much help, but we've at least got to tell them that there's a missing student."

It did not take them long to get to the office and speak with the principle.

The principle furrowed their brow and said "I'll have security check on a few things."

The three waited at the office outside of the principle's office while the head of security came in with a sheepish look. The guy headed into the principle's office and closed the door. The three friends shared a worried look as Gwen leaned closer to the door and listened in.

She heard the security officer say "One of my men has gone missing from their post, and none of the others have seen Mr. Parker. I'm sorry, but I think that my staff has failed to do their job. We need to go on lockdown and get the police here."

Gwen leaned back and bit her lip as she whispered to MJ and Harry that Peter was most definitely missing along with one of the security staff missing form their post.

Harry quickly got his phone out and started texting Quentin about the situation. None of the uncles were going to like this at all.

~~~~~~

Peter groaned as the blindfold and gag were taken off of his face. He had only just started to stir. He soon noticed that he was tied to a chair, his hands tied behind the back of the chair. He had a massive headache and his spider sense was still going off, but he wasn't having a sensory overload anymore. He was surprised when he looked forward to see that his kidnapper just so happened to have brought him to Tombstone.

Tombstone said "So, Peter Parker, what makes you so special that my Enforcers aren't doing their jobs? Is it because you're so obviously not suited to be a criminal even though you won't hesitate to make technology for them? What makes you so endearing to them? Why are you so important in the grand scheme of things? I know you're not biologically related to any of them, so what makes you special to them?"

Peter just bit his lip and looked away without saying anything.

Tombstone sighed and said "Answer me, boy."

Peter grimaced and looked directly at Tombstone, but refrained from answering. Tombstone looked to the side and made a small hand motion. Peter grunted as his head was knocked to the side by a punch. He could have avoided it, but he didn't want this guy even having a hint that eh wasn't a normal human.

Peter grimaced as he tasted blood. He could feel a little bit of it dribble down his chin. A tooth must have been knocked out. He spit out some of the blood as he flexed his hands behind his back.

He glared at Tombstone as the man raised an eyebrow.

Tombstone hummed as he said "Impressive. You don't even seem to be phased. That will not last very long though, unless you choose to answer me now, boy."

Peter said nothing as he stared at Tombstone. Things were about to get a little more painful.

~~~~~~

Montana was furious as he and Quentin got to the school. May had stayed behind at the apartment in case the police were to come by. Tinkerer had come over to stay with her while he went down to the school with Quentin. Montana knew that the others, including Dan and Ox, would be meeting at Ock's place to see if they could track down where Peter had been taken through Ock's cameras.

He didn't bother to even listen to the security people as he barged past them and into the school that was no longer locked down once they'd figured out that there was not a threat to any of the other students. Quentin followed close behind. Montana headed directly for the office. He knew where it was because he'd picked Peter up from there a couple of times.

He stalked in there and paused as he saw Harry, Gwen, and MJ.  Quentin walked past him and Harry stood up. Quentin hugged him and said "Hey, kid. We're working on trying to find Peter. I hear that you three are being kept here for a little bit because police want you to answer a few questions."

Harry nodded and Montana spoke "Well they can't keep you here, and they likely won't be any help. Unless they force you to stay here, you guys can go or come with Quentin and I. The students have been released for the day because of Peter's disappearance."

Gwen spoke "I'm coming with you two. I already texted my dad and said that I was going to be with Harry and MJ for a little while to study."

Harry and MJ both nodded in agreeance.

Montana nodded and then said "Alright then, I parked close. We'll take my vehicle to Ock's place."

The principle came out and said "Wait, Mr. Brice! You can't take them with you!"

Montana gritted his teeth and looked back as he said "I'm not taking them with me. They're following me. They have permission from the school to leave without the need of a guardian signing them out."

He then turned away as the principle continued trying to get his attention. He once again shoved past security people, who weren't really good at their jobs, and everyone got into his vehicle."

MJ sat beside Gwen and said "So, I'm guessing that Ock refers to Otto Octavius. How did Peter even get involved with this bunch of people that he now calls uncles?"

Harry shook his head and said "That doesn't really matter. All that matters is that Peter trusts them, so we should too."

MJ raised an eyebrow, but nodded.

~~~~~~

Peter's breathing was erratic as his head was held up by one of Tombstone's goons standing behind him. Blood was running into his eyes as he stared back at Tombstone. He'd lost another tooth, his nose was broken, and he'd been hit so many times that he'd be surprised if he had any unbruised skin left. Not to mention, it was getting harder for him to see between the blood getting in his eyes and the swelling from all of the hits.

Tombstone curled his fists as he said "Your refusal to speak is rather annoying, boy."

Tombstone looked up and motioned to one of his men "Again, but this time, break some bones."

Peter cringed as his head was dropped. He couldn't keep a scream from being released as his left kneecap was broken.

~~~~~~

Hammerhead grimaced as he stood outside of Tombstone's office. He couldn't help but feel that his boss's actions just weren't right. Don't get him wrong, he's a criminal, but there was no sense in beating a kid like that just to get some answers and threaten the Enforcers. He really felt bad for picking the kid up in his limo after Agent 1187 knocked the kid out.

Honestly, it was kind of impressive how well the kid was doing though. The kid hadn't said a word at all yet. There had been plenty noises of pain coming from Tombstone's office, but the kid hadn't spilled anything.

Hammerhead cringed as the kid suddenly screamed. He couldn't take it anymore. He had to contact Montana.

~~~~~~

Montana was pacing as Ock scanned his cameras. Tinkerer had even joined them to try and search through the footage.They had gotten footage that the kid had been put into an unmarked and unlicensed limo, so they were fairly certain that the kid was going to be taken to Tombstone. Only, they weren't sure which of Tombstone's bases they would have taken the kid to, and they couldn't afford to raid the wrong base.

Ock combed through the footage for hours, but nothing seemed to be working. The limo just disappeared from any footage once it gets close to the outer city limits.

Montana's pacing and Ock's arguing with Quentin and the Vulture did nothing to help calm the three teens that had come along with Montana and Quentin.

Gwen was aggravated as the three monitoring the cameras continued bickering over something stupid concerning the proper way to go through the footage.

Gwen stood and whistled loudly.

She spoke once everyone's eyes were on her "Okay. Everyone needs to cool it or stop arguing over things that won't help track down where Peter was taken. Since some of you have flight capabilities, why don't you try to go out and patrol and see if you can track down anyone who may have pertinent information. Mr. Brice, do you know if Peter had any other electronics on him that could have been tracked?"

Montana just shook his head. The kid's phone was still with them, so there wasn't really a way to track the kid's location that way.

Toomes grimaced and nodded as he said "Very well, Miss Stacy. I don't like taking orders very much, but you have a level head, and it does make sense to do so."

Toomes soon left the room.

Quentin just looked sheepish as he said "Sorry guys, I'm just worried. I'll send some of my gremlins out to search. Tink's already sent some of his drones out, but none of them have detected anything yet, and they don't go beyond city limits yet, so they're not helping much. I think that my gremlins can go quite a way's away from the city though, so they might help until we get a concrete location."

Dan nodded at Quentin's statement and said "Maybe we should just make our way through the bases that we know Tombstone has out there, Montana. He already knows that we'd do anything to get the kid back. He's going to expect us to retaliate anyway."

Montana grimaced and said "It's too risky to go in blindly to a random base of his. I don't want to risk that he'll move Peter around if we raid the wrong base."

Dan sighed and said "Montana, we've got to do it. We'll find the kid either way, and we can't let him stay in Tombstone's hands for very long. We both know that Tombstone does whatever he wants to do in order to get what he wants, and right now he wants something from Peter. We've got to risk it."

Montana nodded and said "Okay. We'll suit up and go. You three kids stay here and help Ock watch the cameras."

None of the teens looked thrilled about sitting and waiting, but they knew that they'd just get in the way if they went with the Enforcers to try and find Peter.

Montana spoke again "Quentin, be ready to tail us and act as backup. We should be able to do it ourselves, but we need to be ready just in case."

He then went to leave the room, but then his phone rang. Montana looked at his phone and grimaced as he recognized the number. Hammerhead was calling him.

He put the phone on speaker and threateningly said "Where's my kid, Hammerhead."

Hammerhead spoke "We're at the base about forty miles west outside of the city. Hurry, Shocker. Tombstone's hurting the kid, and I just don't condone that. I'll back you up when you get here."

Montana practically growled as he said "We'll be there soon. Don't think that just because you're helping right now, you won't face out wrath eventually. You still had a part in getting the kid to Tombstone."

Hammerhead just sighed over the line and hung up. They had an exact location now, presuming that Hammerhead was being truthful. Based upon the resignation and worry in the guy's voice though, Hammerhead was not lying.

Montana spoke again "Flint, O'Hirn, Quentin, you're with us. Quentin, you'll get Peter out of there and the rest of us will handle things. Tink, please hand me some of your enhanced restraint cuffs. It's time to wage war on Tombstone."

The Enforcers were soon suited up and ready to go with the others. They had a kid to get back.

~~~~~~

Peter was clenching his fists hard as he did his best to hold back his tears even though it was hurting his arm. He felt awful. His arm was broken again, and both of his kneecaps were in bad shape. This would take quite a while to recover from.

Tombstone spoke "I don't know how you handle this physical violence so well, but let's move on. Since that's not working, how about we move on to threatening those you love. You answer me or else that aunt of yous will face some consequences of your refusal to answer me."

Peter growled as he hissed out "Don't you dare go after her!"

Tombstone laughed and said "So, he finally speaks. How far do I have to go to get you to answer my questions though. Should I bring her in?"

Peter responded "Never. I'll tell you that I view the Enforcers as my uncles. What more do you need to know? Why am I so interesting to you?"

Tombstone growled and yelled angrily "You are a threat to my business, and I will not allow threats to remain within my midst!"

Before Peter could reply, the door behind him was opened and one of the lackeys reported that the base was being attacked.

Peter smiled painfully. He knew that his uncles had come, and Tombstone was doomed.

~~~~~~

Hammerhead let the Enforcers and company into the base. He said nothing as O'Hirn and Flint went a separate way and started destroying things.

He led the way to Tombstone's office. It was quite easy for him to just push the lackeys aside, as they were too wimpy to fire at him and definitely couldn't defeat the Enforcers. Not to mention, all of their guys seemed to be horrible shots. Hammerhead really had to reevaluate who he was hiring.

He was equipped with his own strength plus a couple of guns he stole from the lackeys along with his own gun. It was not going to be easy to take the Big Man down.

~~~~~~

Montana was furious as he entered Tombstone's office and saw that he was standing behind the chair in which Peter was tied to, and gripping the back of the kid's neck.

Tombstone looked at the group gathered around the entrance and said "Hmm. Hammerhead, I see that you have betrayed me to the Enforcers. That will be remembered once this fight is over. Meanwhile, my Enforcers tear my base apart just to get to this boy. Tell me, Shocker, what is so important about this boy?"

Shocker growled as he said "We already had this discussion, Lincoln. Release my kid."

Tombstone laughed and said "Why would I do that, Shocker. If I get rid of this whelp, you'll go back to doing your job properly."

Dan spoke "You're crazy if you think we'll ever work for you again after you hurt the kid."

Tombstone spoke "Snapping his neck will be easy. It'd be done before you could ever make a move towards me."

Tombstone was startled as a voice sounded from behind him "Not before me though."

Tombstone was then bombarded with some of Quentin's gremlins as Quentin laid a punch on Tombstone's face. Peter was no longer in Tombstone's grip. Dan quickly ran towards the chair and untied Peter and picked him up while Quentin was distracting Tombstone.

Montana spoke "Mysterio, move."

Quentin quickly moved back towards where Dan had carried Peter towards the door and took Peter in his own arms while Montana launched an attack on Tombstone.

Peter didn't complain as Quentin took him away from the fight.

Montana spoke "You know, after tonight, you ain't going to be the big man of crime anymore. You harmed one of my family, and NO ONE gets away with that, crime boss or not."

Tombstone just threw off another gremlin that had been trying to chew on his arm and gritted his teeth. He looked towards Montana and said "You really think that you can beat me! There's a reason that I've been the Big Man of Crime for so long. You can't beat me. You're lucky that I'm not killing you right now."

Montana shot at him with his gauntlets, and Tombstone dodged it easily.

Tombstone spoke "Pathetic attempt, Shocker."

Tombstone then grunted as he was hit from the side by Dan and knocked into Ox who punched him.

Tombstone growled as he spit out a tooth.

He then quickly drew his gun and started shooting. Montana was grazed on his right shoulder and Dan ran straight at Tombstone.

Things were about to get a lot more heated.

~~~~~

Quentin grimaced as he took in Peter's appearance while getting the heck out of Tombstone's base. The kid looked awful. Not to mention the kid was out. He wondered if it was from blood loss or something else. He could tell that the kid had multiple broken bones along with some severe bruising. It made him hope that the others were giving Tombstone the beating he deserved.

Luckily, their transportation was equipped with good first aid supplies. Quentin was glad that he was familiar with first aid, though he hated that it was the kid who had helped him become so familiar with how to perform the proper first aid. He started cleaning the cuts and wounds that he could while attempting to stabilize the breaks. They had to get the kid to Ock's fast. He'd know how to set the bones right since he had all of the proper medical equipment in his hidden laboratory. Kind of freaky, considering the lab was there for sinister reasons until Ock figured out that the kid was Spider-Man, but at least it could still come in handy.

He was honestly surprised, but grateful, that the kid didn't have any gunshot wounds, considering how much Tombstone liked his guns.

~~~~~~

Montana punched Tombstone after discarding the busted gauntlet that Tombstone had hit when fighting him. Montana was also quite pleased that he was the first to draw some of Tombstone's blood. After his punch, the brute fell back and spit out a tooth as blood ran down his chin.

Tombstone snarled at him and went to shoot at him again, but had run out of ammunition when he'd tried to gun Ox down only minutes ago. Ox had easily dodged most of the bullets, and the others had been caught by his awesome armor that was bulletproof thanks to some improvements done by peter and the Tinkerer. If only Montana had used the new bulletproof armor, then he wouldn't have a graze on his shoulder.

Montana got the firearm away from Tombstone and threw it across the room where Ox crushed it easily.

They were prepared when Tombstone pulled out another hidden gun. Montana sent a blast towards hm and knocked the man back into the wall which caused him to lose his grip on the gun. Dan was able to pull it away as well and Ox crushed it as Montana fought Tombstone hand to hand. Tombstone may be vicious, but nothing was going to stop Montana from making the man pay for hurting the kid.

The two continued to fight and eventually passed into the hallway, where Tombstone tripped over a fallen lackey. Before he could even try and get up again, he was held down by Hammerhead's foot.

Hammerhead spoke as he took in Tombstone's furious glare "I suggest that you stay down unless you want to die by their hands soon, because for that kid, they'll fight to the death. I warned you not to go after the kid, but you didn't listen. It's time for a new Big Man of Crime to take over and actually listen to their workers."

Tombstone snarled as he said "Even if I'm put in prison, I will be able to get myself out. I have enough money and a good reputation within the community."

Dan glanced down at Tombstone and stared him in the eyes with disgust as he said "You forget, Tombstone, that the Enforcers keep their own records of missions they go on for you. We served our time for some of those things and got out, but you were never caught because we covered your tracks because you secretly got us out. You forget that we keep proof of everything we do. we don't leave a paper trail, but we do keep records. You can thank the Tinkerer for never trusting you enough to not keep our own records once we first got our suits made by him. You will go to jail, and your reputation has been ruined. Proof of what transpired today with the kid will also get out. Your money won't be enough to keep you out of prison, Tombstone. Just be lucky that we're giving you a chance to live. Your hide may be close to impenetrable, but there are other ways to kill you. So even if you ever think of getting out or coming after us or the kid again, don't be surprised to find something rather dangerous in your drink, because we will be watching you."

Tombstone just snarled as Hammerhead moved to the side as Ox came and restrained Tombstone. They were so glad that Tink had sent them out with enhanced cuffs.

Dan could tell that Montana was still tense and ready to kill Tombstone as they started to leave.

Dan laid a hand on Montana's shoulder and said "Why don't you go check on Flint and O'Hirn?"

Montana recognized that it was a distraction tactic, but he didn't care. He nodded and left towards the direction where he could hear screaming from some of Tombstone's people. He knew that if he were to spend five more minutes within the immediate vicinity of Tombstone, the albino man wouldn't be living for much longer. Impenetrable skin or not, he'd find a way to kill the man. After all, he had hit hard enough to knock a couple of the guy's teeth out earlier.

~~~~~~

It didn't take Montana long to find Flint and O'Hirn. He couldn't help but be a little bit pleased as he took in all of the damage to Tombstone's property.

O'Hirn and Flint were both relieved when Montana told them that they had restrained Tombstone and gotten the kid out of the place. They had been there to cause damage, and boy did they do their job.

They soon headed out of the base and to their transportation. Luckily, Hammerhead was going to transport Tombstone to law enforcement with his own limo. Dan had reluctantly volunteered to go with Hammerhead to be sure that Tombstone was taken in.

Montana was really worried as soon as he got to their vehicle and noticed that Quentin was just cradling the kid in the middle seat while whispering reassurances wile Ox was looking on with worry.

Ox's eyes were teary as he said "Fawn hurt bad."

Montana steeled his jaw and got in the driver's seat as everyone else piled in.

Quentin spoke "We need to get him to Ock quickly. His pulse is off and he's sweaty. He passed out as I was taking him out of here. I don't think that the drugs they gave him ever fully ore off. Should Peter even be affected by drugs like this?"

Montana grimaced and answered as he hightailed it on the highway "I don't know how it works. I know that regular cold medicine works for him if taken in higher doses, and so does ibuprofen if taken in a large amount, but I don't know how normal doses of a tranquilizer woudl affect him."

Quentin hummed and held peter closer. The kid wasn't looking good at all.

~~~~~~

All at Ock's base were prepared when the posse of uncles got back. Vulture had radioed ahead from where he had followed them by air once they got back within city limits. Gwen couldn't help but gasp in fear when she saw Peter's condition though. He looked like he was on death's doorstep.

Gwen only stopped staring when MJ sat a hand on her shoulder and smiled softly.

She said "He's Peter. I know that he looks horrible right now, but if we know Peter, we know that he'll recover and bounce back better than ever."

Gwen nodded, but she couldn't help but worry. Harry seemed to be in about the same boat as he stood outside of the medical lab that Quentin had taken Peter into. The three teens watched as Montana and Quentin helped Ock treat the worst of Peter's wounds. They knew that Peter had multiple broken bones, and they were kind of glad that Peter was not conscious as the bones were set.

They only looked away for a brief moment when Dan came in with May. May stood at the window and leaned against Dan after looking in and seeing how hurt Peter was. She was teary as she curled her hands into fists. She knew that this wasn't a Spider-Man incident. She never had any thoughts that anyone would go after Peter Parker the civilian. Dan held her close as he steeled his jaw.

Eventually, only Montana remained in the medical area while the others poured out.

Ock spoke "I have taken a couple of blood samples, but I did find evidence that Peter was injected with something more recently than when he was drugged when he was taken. That would likely be why he had not regained consciousness. He had a broken knee and a broken arm along with severe bruising across his torso, head, and legs. He is also missing a tooth. His heart beat was erratic when he arrived and he was diaphoretic, but I have treated him to the best of my ability, as it is not recommended that he visit a doctor unused to dealing with human mutates, and I may not be a medical doctor, but I have the knowledge needed to help him medically. I have administered a proper dose of pain medication. His condition had been stabilized."

Everyone let out a collective sigh of relief that Peter had been stabilized.

Eventually, Ock's tests were completed, and it was confirmed that Peter had been overdosed with a tranquilizer shortly before the Enforcers had arrived at Tombstone's office to rescue him. It was also relieving that Ock had been able to combat the adverse effects of the tranquilizer, though it had not been a relief to know that Tombstone had likely tried to kill the kid via an overdose. With luck, Peter would be awake sometime soon.

Though, Ock had failed to notice that he had mentioned Peter's mutation in front of a few who were not yet in the know that Peter was Spider-Man.

Flint, O'Hirn, and Vulture were quite curious about what Ock meant by Peter being a human mutate.

~~~~~~

Peter groaned as he reawakened. He still felt horrible, but based upon his lessened spider sense, he was back in a safe place.

He opened his eyes and was greeted by the sight of his uncle Montana dozing in a chair beside the uncomfortable medical bed. May was dozing in another chair on the other side of the medical bed. He wondered what exactly had gone on after he'd passed out from the second tranquilizer that Tombstone had injected him with.

Montana soon stirred and noticed that Peter was awake. He leaned forward with a smile.

He whispered "Hey, kid. How are you feeling."

Peter replied "Not great, but at least the swelling's gone down and I can see properly again. It's also nice to not have blood in my eyes anymore."

Montana cringed but said "Do you need more pain meds? It's been a while since Ock gave you any."

Peter sighed and replied "I would not be adverse to it. Man, I'm aching and hurting all over."

Montana got up and said "I'll go get Ock."

Peter nodded and soon Montana had left and come back with Ock, who had a proper dose of medicine prepared. Peter hadn't even noticed that he had an IV connected until Ock injected the medication through it.

Peter questioned "What all happened after I was drugged again by Tombstone? I remember you guys coming into his office, but nothing after."

Montana spoke "We took Tombstone down, and he's imprisoned with no chance of getting out."

Peter sighed in relief.

He also cringed as he realized that he had disappeared from the school when he was supposed to meet back with his friends in the cafeteria.

He questioned "How are my friends?"

Montana answered "They're good. They only left a little while ago. They were worried about you too. You also don't have to worry about school for a little while. They'll be closed for the next couple of days while they reevaluate their security team and get a better security system installed since it was one of them who initially drugged and kidnapped you."

Peter nodded and yawned.

He sleepily replied "Thanks for coming to get me out of there."

As Peter drifted off, the last thing he heard before falling asleep was Montana's soft words "I'll always come for you, kid. Always."

~~~~~~

Hammerhead smirked as he entered one of the Big Man's bases after the news broke out that Tombstone had been incarcerated. Now that Tombstone was gone, it seemed that the power all deferred to him. None of the lackeys made a move against him, and someone had to take on the title now that Tombstone was in prison. He made his way to Tombstone's old office and went in. He sat in the chair that used to be Tombstone's favorite and reclined slightly. Yeah, he could get used to being the new Big Man of Crime.

EEEEEEE! This was nominated for the Irondad Creator Awards Best Identity Reveal category 2023! THANK YOU VERY MUCH TO WHOMEVER NOMINATED ME! <3<3<3<3!

Hi! Story three had been posted within my Refuge series.

TW: Blood, injury, non-consensual drug use, insomnia, daggers, stalking, anxiety, sensory overload

Disclaimer: I do not own anything.

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Months passed, and luckily things calmed down, especially after Montana hired a lawyer and media specialist to help Peter make an official statement and answer questions so that they wouldn't rag on him too much. The worst thing still remaining from the events in the past though, was the fact that Harry was fighting a battle to become an emancipated minor, and with little to no money of his own left, it was quite hard especially since he refused to take any of the money Norman had left Peter, but so far, he'd been allowed to live by himself so long as a social worker came by every day to ensure that he was fine.

One of the best things though, was that all of those close to him now knew his identity. Though, some were quite aggravated that they'd been hurting a minor for all that time. It had resulted in a couple of arguments, but soon things were settled.

He had had to take about a week off from school, and a press release had been issued about the kidnapping, so everyone unfortunately knew about that, but at least he didn't have to hide why he was injured that time. Peter had healed well from his wounds though, and he'd been back out patrolling for the past few weeks. He'd wanted to start patrolling again earlier, but May decided against it, as Peter was still healing. One good thing to come of it though was the fact that he'd gotten more work done in the labs and earned more money from the Tinkerer. The best part was though, that with some of the inheritance money, they'd been able to rebuild their home in Forest Hills, so they were no longer living with Montana.

The uncles were all even more protective than before. Peter'd seen more than one of them during his patrols just to keep an eye on him ever since he'd gone back to being Spider-Man. Not to mention Quentin was hanging around the school more as well. He blended in quite well, and made a splendid drama teacher after the old one passed away recently.  He'd had to leave his old job, but he'd discussed it with Montana and the others and everyone liked the idea that Quentin would always be at the school if Peter ever needed anything immediately. It also helped that Quentin also wanted to be there for Harry.

Not to mention, things in the criminal underworld had deescalated and become less harmful when Hammerhead took over after Tombstone's arrest. There were way fewer dead people. Hammerhead found it more useful to keep people alive and use them as informants as opposed to killing everyone who had any information he wanted. Crime had also gone down since Peter had revealed his identity to the rest of his group of Uncles because some of them had been really confused when they'd taken him to Ock instead of an actual medical doctor.

Peter was enjoying this night though. It was beautiful and it was the best for just taking a relaxing swing through the city.

He couldn't help but sigh and take off his mask when he reached one of the highest points with no cameras near in the city. It was so much better to see the view with unmasked eyes. Though, he had to wonder why his spider sense was still on the fritz. It always seemed to be at a low hum ever since he'd been rescued.

~~~~~~

Kraven growled as he used his long range goggles to watch the spider perch at one of the highest points in the city. He smirked as he saw the spider unmask. He'd been watching the spider-child for a while, but it was great to get confirmation that his target was indeed Peter Parker. It would be time for the final hunt soon. The spider would fall by his hand.

~~~~~~

Peter yawned as he did his best not to fall asleep in the middle of English. He'd gotten plenty of sleep the night before, but the book they'd been assigned to read in the class was just so boring, and he couldn't help but doze off out of pure boredom.

Luckily, the bell soon rang and he was able to go to his next class. Harry met him in the hallway, as they had the next class together. Peter immediately noticed that Harry looked more downcast than usual.

Peter furrowed his brow and questioned "What's wrong Harry?"

Harry sighed and responded "I can't live by myself anymore and I don't qualify for emancipation. My social worker wants to place me in a foster home with the next couple of weeks."

Peter grimaced and looked down.

He looked up and responded "Do you think they'd let Aunt May take you in. I know that she wouldn't hesitate to take you in."

Harry shook his head and said "It has to be someone already registered to be a foster parent, and I know that's not your aunt."

Peter sighed and said "I'm sorry, Harry."

Harry just nodded as they proceeded to their next class.

~~~~~~

The school day went fairly quickly, and Harry was allowed by his social worker to go to Peter's home and work on a project they had been assigned.

May overheard their conversation about Harry's current living situation as they were coming in.

She spoke "Hello Harry. I couldn't help but overhear that you're having some issues with emancipation. Let me get you the number of a friend of mine that helped me when I last had some legal issues to take care of."

Peter and Harry just stood there as May pulled out a business card for Nelson and Murdock's firm. Peter wasn't really surprised that those were the people she had been talking about.

Harry took the business card from her and saved the number of the firm into his phone.

He responded "Thanks, Ms. Parker. I'll give them a call tomorrow. Do you think they'll actually be able to help?"

May snickered as she said "Trust me, they're some of the best lawyers I've ever known. They'll take your case."

Harry nodded and he and Peter went up the stairs to Peter's room. May called up to them that dinner would be ready in about an hour.

~~~~~~

Peter and Harry worked on the project for a little while until Peter cringed hard.

Harry was surprised when Peter just dropped his notebook and gripped the back of his neck while looking towards the window.

Harry spoke as he looked around the room "What's wrong, Peter? What's the danger?"

Peter cringed and said "I'm not sure, but I know it was a brief spike in my spider sense. I looked out the window, but nothing dangerous is there, and I don't hear anything abnormal. It's been going off all the time ever since I was rescued from Tombstone's base, and sometimes it just spikes randomly. It's become quite annoying and even painful sometimes. Almost like a miniature sensory overload."

Harry frowned and said "Maybe you should tell Ock about it. I know that he's been helping you with some of the more spidery aspects of your biology."

Peter nodded and said "Yeah. I'll do that. Right now though, we've got to work on this project. it's due next week, and I cannot afford a fail."

~~~~~~

Kraven left quickly. He had deployed an experimental drone to spy on the spider-child. He was quite fascinated by how well the child's danger sense worked. As soon as he had the drone close to the window, the child had cringed and looked towards the window, but not in enough time to see or hear the spy drone. Kraven was so glad that he had invested in getting the tech from A.I.M.. Both that and his enhanced cat senses were coming in handy. It would help him monitor the spider's actions without ever having to be close.

~~~~~~

Gwen and MJ noticed the next day that Peter was rubbing his neck more often and seemed to be unfocused.

MJ spoke "Did you forget to buy anxiety meds or something, Peter?"

Peter shook his head and said "No. I don't take anxiety medication. That is something to think about though, considering how I've been feeling for a while."

Gwen pulled him to the side after MJ left and questioned "What's really up, Peter?"

Peter rubbed his neck again and answered "My danger sense just won't stop going off no matter what I do. It's constantly buzzing and now it's causing sensory overloads more than it ever used to do."

Gwen still seemed concerned, but the bell rang and they were both about to be late for their next class.

Peter said "I'll see you later Gwen."

Gwen watched him go with worry.

~~~~~~

Peter and Harry walked together to a convenience store after school. They'd be going back to his aunt's house to just relax since it was a Friday night and they planned on hanging out for a while since Harry's social worker had already approved.

Honestly, Peter was just glad that he wasn't being tailed by one of his uncles. Quentin had offered to drive them, but Peter had declined. He needed a little bit of space, and luckily Harry understood. Peter never liked having a lot of attention on himself.

The walk to the house would be a lengthy one, but it would be worth it. Peter needed the time to just walk and hopefully clear his head. He needed the time to just walk around without thinking about any of his problems or Spider-Man things. Maybe that would help his spider sense calm.

He and Harry walked quietly together. Granted there were still a lot of people around, but it was nice to try and tune them out. It was harder to do with enhanced senses, but not impossible.

All was pretty calm until Peter felt a sting on his neck and reached up to feel what had hit him. He didn't feel anything though.

Harry had stopped and started questioning "What's wrong, Peter?"

Peter didn't feel anything abnormal so he just said "I think that I got stung by something. Do you see a bump on the side of my neck or anything?"

Harry took a look and hummed as he said "It looks like a bug sting? It's red, but not swelling very much. You okay?"

Peter rubbed his neck again as his spider sense amplified again.

He groaned and said "I'll put some antibiotic cream on it when we get to my house. It should be fine."

Harry nodded and they continued walking, unaware that they were being watched by a grinning Kraven, who was very satisfied with the micro-sized darts that his supplier had developed. A.I.M. would be pleased to know that the items he had commissioned were working quite well. The little spider had no idea what had just hit him.

~~~~~~

Peter tossed and turned. He was so restless, and anytime he came anywhere close to sleeping, his spider sense would screech or he'd have some sort of nightmare if he managed to fall asleep. Whenever he'd wake up, he'd be breathing hard and he could hear an eerie echoing of drums.

No matter how much he tried to get comfortable, they nightmares and drums wouldn't stop haunting him.

~~~~~~

Harry frowned as he glanced at Peter. The teacher was in the middle of a discussion about natural selection, and Peter looked like he was about to drop off. Harry was used to Peter looking like he was tired, but right now, he just looked like he was sick as well.

After class ended, he approached Peter.

"Hey, Pete? Are you sure that you don't need to go home?" Harry questioned.

Peter rubbed the back of his neck and replied "No. I'll be fine. I just didn't sleep well last night, and I've been having nightmares."

Harry grimaced and replied "Anything you think I can do to help?"

Peter sighed and shook his head "No. They'll ease off eventually. I just happened to have a really bad night, and I think that I'm going to have a sensory overload soon. My neck is aching massively."

Harry grimaced. He knew that whenever Peter's spider sense became overwhelming, Peter would pretty much shut down.

Harry nodded and said "Yep, I'm calling your aunt to check you out for the rest of the day. You don't look very good, especially compared to how you usually look when this happens."

Peter sputtered and said "But I was going to study with MJ and Gwen at lunch."

Harry hugged and said "I'll just tell them you got sick. It's not a lie."

Peter sighed and nodded. To be honest, he wasn't feeling great, so it probably would be better if he went home.

Peter heard Harry make the call, and soon he was called to the office and checked out by May.

May drove him home. They didn't talk. Harry had warned her that Peter had seemed to be about to go into a sensory overload.

Once they got back home, Peter went straight up to his room and collapsed on the bed. Hopefully, he'd actually get some rest this time.

~~~~~~

It was not a restful period. The nightmares continued, and the drums pounded louder each time. Peter had no clue what he could do to get them to stop.

~~~~~~

Another week passed, and Peter's friends were worried. He continued to look worse and worse as the week went by, but he'd refused to stay home.

Harry had even texted Quentin about the situation. Quentin had come down at the lunch period to check on Peter and grimaced.

Quentin spoke "Kid, do you need to go to Ock? Maybe he'd be able to help or figure out what's causing all of this?"

Peter sighed and said "Probably. I'll go after school though. I've got a few errands to run."

Quentin grimaced and replied "I can drive you. You don't seem to be in any condition to be off by yourself."

Peter nodded. He was glad that he had protective uncles.

~~~~~~

Kraven watched as the boy left Beck's vehicle. He smirked as he took note of how sluggish the boy's movements were. He'd been watching the boy via a camouflaged drone throughout the day, and he was looking weaker and weaker. The boy looked exhausted. It would be time to strike soon. He needed to weaken the prey before trapping it and taking it to a location where a true hunt could take place.

~~~~~~

Peter got even less sleep the next night. He and Harry were going to go to the library after school to study, but Peter wasn't sure that he'd actually be able to focus.

He couldn't help but yawn and hope that he'd get more rest later. He hadn't yet remembered to go see Ock and see if there was a solution to whatever was happening. He'd been forgetting to go to either of the labs ever since the nightmares came back with a vengeance, and he knew that his uncles were getting worried.

~~~~~~

Peter was slightly surprised when Montana came to pick he and Harry up after school. He and Harry got into the vehicle. Harry sat in the back and listened as Montana and Peter talked.

Peter smiled warmly and said "Hey, Montana."

Montana frowned and said "Kid, it's been a while since you've come around my place. Have you been looking at the group chat? We've invited you quite a few times, but you've only responded a couple of times.

Peter rubbed the back of his neck as he said "I haven't been feeling great lately, and my spider sense has been off the charts for some reason. I can't sleep without having nightmares or even fall asleep easily. I forgot to stop by Ock's lab the other day and keep forgetting to go to the Tinkerer's lab as well on the normal days which I work."

Montana grimaced and replied "You haven't been out as Spider-Man in a while either. I should have asked you about this sooner. Harry, do you mind if we skip your study time and I take Pete to Ock's?"

Harry let out a sigh of relief "I don't mind at all. Gwen, MJ, and I have been worried about him for a while. Quentin's been keeping an eye on Peter as well and recommended that he go see Dr. Octavius, but I think you're the only one that could actually get him there at the moment."

Montana smiled and nodded as Peter leaned his head back a little. He let out a sigh. He didn't even remember talking to Quentin about going to Ock's.

~~~~~~

Kraven was ready. It was time to get the spider. As soon as that car stopped, he would move.

~~~~~~

The ride to Ock's didn't take very long. Peter's head was pounding with a headache. He hadn't even attempted to fall asleep and he was hearing the drums and his spider sense was going crazy. He stepped out of the vehicle and was dizzy as he stood. He gritted his teeth and held his head as a wave of pain hit him.

Montana and Harry stood with him, but there really wasn't anything that they could do to help him. Peter felt a pinch in his neck and yelped. He began to feel drowsy and sick. The last thing he heard was Montana's startled yell as he collapsed.

~~~~~~

Kraven acted. The dart to the boy's neck worked quickly, especially since the slow release microchip filled with drugs from last time was still affecting him.

Kraven quickly dropped down and grinned as he took in the other boy's terrified gaze and Montana's furious one.

Kraven growled as he bared his teeth and said "Move aside, Shocker. The spider is mine."

Montana was holding onto Peter as he said "No. Not a chance. You aren't going to hurt him, Kraven."

Kraven just laughed as he replied "You are weaponless Shocker. You have no say in this matter."

Kraven lunged and pushed Montana back. Montana unfortunately had to let go of the unconscious Peter, whose body rolled to lie beside Montana's vehicle.

Neither Kraven nor Montana had noticed that Harry had run into Ock's base to try and get help.

Kraven easily knocked Montana out and grabbed Peter. His parkour was quite impressive as he escaped with his prey.

~~~~~~

Ock grumbled as he collected the unconscious Montana. He had seen a scuffle break out on his cameras, but he had not arrived on the street in time ot pursue Kraven and get Peter back. He would have to track down Kraven's base if they ever wanted to see the spider child alive again.

Montana most certainly would not be happy upon regaining consciousness.

~~~~~~

Peter groaned as he woke. His head was hurting, and his spider sense was going off. He could also faintly hear the pounding of drums. He tensed as he heard a menacing laugh.

He groaned and sat up. When he dared to look up, he was met with the sight of Kraven.

Kraven laughed as he said "I knew it would work, little spider. Your danger sense has been off even more since I used a microdart on you. It included a microchip inundated with drugs that would release in periodic intervals. I knew that you'd be so distracted that I'd be able to catch you and bring you here to my estate. Not to mention the near constant presence of my camouflaged drone has had you on edge as you could sense, but not see it once it was completed. All you can sense is danger, and I can tell that it's been driving you insane. I have brought you here tonight to face me in a battle to the death. I know you can hear the drums! You will fall by my hand tonight, spider. You will have a few minutes to run as a head start as I like to chase my prey, but it won't do you much good. Prepare to die."

Peter cringed and groaned. He was breathing hard as he stood and stared at Kraven. He wasn't scared of this psycho! Man, he hated the aftermath of being drugged, He still felt so weak!

He curled his fists as Kraven threw a fake spider suit at him.

"Suit up, spider! The final battle will begin soon once you have regained your full mental capacities!" Kraven said as he left the room.

~~~~~

Montana was furious when he regained consciousness. What use was he if he couldn't even help his nephew escape a threat?! He immediately got his suit and put his gauntlets on. He'd be prepared to fight as soon as they could figure out where Kraven had taken the kid to. He had noticed that Quentin and Tink had arrived though. Ock, Quentin, and Tink were working on trying to track Kraven down and checking cameras. Harry was sticking around and Montana took note that the laptop screen showed some of Kraven's financial records.

Unfortunately, the other two Enforcers as well as Toomes, O'Hirn, and Flint were all out of town. They wouldn't be able to help with this situation. Montana curled his fists. He recalibrated his gauntlets as he waited for anyone else to say something. Every once in a while he would glance at his phone when a message came through in the group chat. Everyone was worried about the kid.

The dang kid just couldn't stay out of trouble.

~~~~~~

Peter had reluctantly taken the head start. He had enough time to look around, but all he could see were trees and grass. No sign of any roads or anything to help him get a sense of direction. He figured that Kraven must own a rather large property. Too soon though, Kraven made his first move and tackled Peter.

Peter got out of his grip and punched Kraven. He then kicked him back by a few feet. Kraven ran at him again.

Kraven growled after Peter flipped over him.

He spoke "I see that you failed to put on your costume, little spider. No matter, I still know that you're the spider. You will not escape me!"

Peter couldn't help but grimace. This guy truly was nuts.

~~~~~~

Tinkerer spoke "Kraven has a property located in upstate New York. If I were a betting man, I'd sat that he likely took Peter there. I've sent my research on Kraven to you, Octavius. Do either of you know anything else useful about the man?"

Ock simply said "No." as Montana elaborated.

Montana said "No. Kraven was very secretive. None of us knew much about him. Thanks for sending me the location. Our posse will be ready to roll out soon. Thanks for the enhanced cuffs as well. At this rate, I'm going to have to carry them everywhere I go with how much this kid gets into trouble. Are you going to fly us?"

Tinkerer snickered and said "Yes, and good luck. The property will have enhanced security systems around it, but I'm sure that won't be a problem since Quentin is coming with us as well. Not to mention, most of it can be bypassed since we'll be taking the copter."

Montana nodded. It was time to go get his kid......again.

~~~~~~

Peter struggled in Kraven's grip as the man pinned him to the ground. Peter was breathing hard. He grimaced as Kraven moved one hand to get a dagger off of his belt, and Peter used Kraven's minor distraction to punch him in the solar plexus. It had been a quite awkward and uncomfortable maneuver to perform, but Peter had managed, thankful for his flexibility. Kraven grunted and fell back as Peter jumped back up into a fighting stance.

He gnashed his teeth as Kraven got another dagger and now wielded one in each hand. Peter kept his eyes on Kraven as Kraven circled him. Kraven once again made the first move. He lunged at Peter with one of the knives. It grazed Peter's left bicep, but Peter now had an advantage. He was behind Kraven, and had the ability to kick him in the back. Kraven flew forward and rolled after Peter's hard kick.

Peter quickly grabbed a dagger that had fallen to the ground. He definitely wasn't experienced in fighting with weapons like that, but he had to think of something, especially since he'd refused to put on that fake costume and web shooters that the guy had provided him with. Luckily though, he had some training with knife throwing thanks to his extended family on Montana's side. Hopefully, using the same techniques with a dagger would be similar.

Kraven came rushing at him again and went for a headlock, but Peter dodged just in time and managed to get a cut in. Kraven had howled in pain as the dagger sliced some of the skin on his side. His claws seemed to sharpen as he observed his wound.

Peter's eyes widened as Kraven spoke "You have drawn blood, spider. I'm rather impressed. Let's finish this though."

Peter could practically hear the memory of Billy instructing him on the best spots to aim for in a fight if someone were trying to hurt or kill him. He knew what places would be best to go for when going for either the kill or even a non-lethal blow. He never thought that he'd have to apply the knowledge to real life, but it may very well save his life if he acted soon.

Peter bit his lip and threw the dagger, hoping that the calculations he'd quickly made in his head would account for the difference in the blade size of this dagger and the knives that he's learned with on the Brice family's land.

Peter ducked and rolled out of the way as Kraven released an angry roar and rolled. Kraven made injured wildcat sounds as Peter's heart raced. Peter couldn't help but be relieved. The knife had hit the exact spot that he'd aimed for. It had hit the patella of Kraven's dominant knee and downed the man. Peter had thrown the dagger with enough force to break the bone. Peter couldn't help but cringe at the amount of blood flowing from the wound though.

He quickly took in his surroundings and grabbed another dagger from the ground that Kraven had lost his grip on when he'd rolled after being impaled in the knee. Peter didn't hesitate to run. He just hoped that he was running in a direction that would get him as far away from Kraven as he could.

~~~~~~

Montana and Quentin both were well equipped as they arrived at Kraven's place. Tinkerer had given them infrared goggles, so that it'd be easier to track the whereabouts of Peter and Kraven since Kraven's property was rather large. They'd arrived by helicopter. Tinkerer had flown, and he'd continue to scan the area from above and report anything of use to Montana and Quentin through their comms.

Ock would make use of his time by raiding the mansion and seeing if he could find anything of use. He was also in charge of calling the authorities in to come get Kraven once they were able to incapacitate him and find Peter. Montana and Quentin made sure that they were connected on comms and went separate ways in order to cover more ground.

~~~~~~

Peter was breathing hard as he ran away. He didn't even really know what direction he was going, other than away from the main threat.

He let out an 'oof' when he hit someone though. He felt arms come around him and immediately started to struggle until he finally heard his Uncle Montana's voice. Peter only relaxed slightly as Montana released him.

Peter turned towards him with a smile and did his best to regulate his breathing. Eventually he was able to speak again.

"H-Hi." Peter simply said as Montana shook his head and pulled the goggles off.

Montana calmly took Peter in his arms again and hugged him. The kid had really needed it. Peter just let his head slump against his Uncle's shoulder for a minute.

Montana spoke "How injured are you?"

Peter sighed and said "Not bad. Just a few cuts, and lots of bruises. I got a good hit in on his knee with a dagger, but I wasn't sure about his stamina even with an injury, so I just started running."

Montana hummed and said "We're not far from the tree line. I've already sent a discreet message that I've found you, but we've still got to track Kraven down. The authorities should be here any minute if Ock did his part right, so we'll be skedaddling pretty quickly."

Peter nodded as Montana started to lead them out of the woods.

It wasn't a long trek, but soon after leaving the woods, they heard growling sounds. Peter knew that Kraven was close. His spider sense spiked and he pushed Montana away just as Kraven launched himself out of the woods and pounced on Peter. Kraven's claws dug into Peter's shoulders. Peter couldn't help but let out a cry of pain. He blocked out whatever nonsense Kraven was trying to spout and acted upon instinct.

He curled his legs up towards his torso as best as he could and he kicked. Kraven flew backwards and hit a tree. Before he could even think of getting back up, Ock was on the scene and restrained him as he cursed and continued going on about how they were ruining his destiny.

Peter had stood shakily and Montana was quickly by his side again. Peter leaned on him heavily as the wounds on his shoulders continued to bleed.

They were all startled as they soon heard multiple alarms blare. Montana listened to Tinkerer through comms about what was going on and repeated "It's the proximity alert. Police personnel along with a Ravencroft transport vehicle are arriving. They've been looking for him for a while now.

Soon, Quentin had joined them back at the scene, and all of them watched as the police finally arrived. They had aimed their guns at the villains, but hesitated when they saw Peter and the state that he was in. Then they realized that the one called Kraven was restrained by Ock. They were still wary, but they knew who the real threat was.

Ravencroft personnel took charge of the scene and had Ock assist them as they restrained Kraven for transport. They made use of the cuffs that Tink had created. They also took care of bandaging Kraven's injured knee.

Kraven hissed and growled as he yelled "No! NO! I will not let you restrain me any longer! It is my destiny to destroy him!"

He could be heard growling and snarling up until the back doors of the Ravencroft transport vehicle were closed.

The cops were just standing around, and were surprised when Ock spoke to them. He approached the one in charge of the scene.

"Hello, officer. This drive contains all of the incriminating files you need along with other sensitive information on Kravinoff. I trust that no move will be made against me or my associates at this time, as this was a rescue?" Ock spoke calmly.

The officer replied "No. We're not even equipped for that. We were just called out here on emergency. No hostilities."

Ock just nodded and the officer called his superiors. They woudl need a detective on the scene and would have to close off the property to conduct a full investigation of events. Ock was not worried though, he had already hidden the information that Kraven had been after Peter because of the Spider-Man persona. It was quite easy to fabricate evidence that Kraven had gone after Peter because of his closeness to many of the members which used to belong to the Sinister Six.

The chaos had quieted some, but it was still a rather eventful time.

Peter was still trying to regulate his breathing. He had defeated Kraven on his own. He had defeated the crazy guy on his own as Peter Parker. It had been rather different using his spider abilities while outside of the costume, but it had saved his life.

He leaned heavily against Montana as a wave of exhaustion hit him. The adrenaline rush must have worn off. Not to mention, for the first time in a while, his spider sense was silent.

The last thing he heard before passing out was Montana's startled shout as he started to fall.

~~~~~~

Peter couldn't help but groan as he reawakened. He was achy all over, but honestly felt better than he had in weeks. He soon opened his eyes to see that Montana and Quentin had already noticed that he was waking up.

Peter yawned and groggily questioned "What happened?"

Montana answered "You fought Kraven and had a major adrenaline crash, kid. Not to mention once we got you back to Ock's lab he scanned you and found that you had a microchip in your neck that was periodically injecting you with drugs. Ock and Mason were able to remove it though."

Peter smiled and said "Thanks for coming for me guys, but I'm still really tired. My spider sense is actually silent at the moment, and I'm really tired, so I think that I'm going to pass out again."

Montana and Quentin both laughed.

Quentin said "We'll still be here when you wake back up, Pete. Get some rest."

Peter nodded and yawned again. He was soon asleep.

~~~~~~

Harry hated that he'd had to rush off for an emergency meeting with his lawyer. He'd wanted to be there when Peter was brought back, but unfortunately he couldn't be. Not to mention, he'd be busy for the next few days and wouldn't be able to visit him, but he was at least getting updates via text from Montana and Quentin. He was just glad that Peter was relatively alright and finally able to get some rest.

~~~~~~

Peter was soon well rested and ready to roll again. Once he'd woken up the second time, after about ten hours of sleep, he felt monumentally better. The only thing he hated was that Aunt May had been terribly worried. She hadn't even known anything about the situation until he'd been brought back, and she was terribly angry about it, but glad that Peter was safe again.

Not to mention, the news hadn't caught wind of anything. That was sort of a blessing.

It was finally the night before he had to return to school since he was finally mostly healed, and Montana was hosting a movie night at his place. Everyone would be in attendance.

Montana smiled at Peter as they worked on popping popcorn in the kitchen. He was glad that Peter was feeling much better now.

Montana remembered a previous thought and said "Well kid, I have a job for you if you want it. I need your help designing some armor that I can keep on me at all times so that I'm always ready to help if help is needed. When you got taken by Kraven I didn't have any of my armor on me, and I couldn't beat him in a fight. I at least want some gauntlets that I can masquerade as watches."

Peter smiled and replied "That's a great idea. I'll write some plans up and take them to Mr. Mason. I'm sure that he'll help."

~~~~~~

Soon, most of the group was in attendance. Peter answered the next knock to the door, and Harry was there.

Harry hugged Peter, happy that he was relatively fine now. His wounds from the fight with Kraven had healed well, and there was minimal scarring.

Peter was going to be coming back to school the next day. Harry had been updating Gwen and MJ via text, but only saying that Peter had gotten sick. Even though Gwen knew the secret, Peter didn't want her to worry too much, especially since she tended to hover. Plus, this way he'd hopefully avoid receiving the look.

Harry briefly looked at his phone and sighed after reading a recent notification. Peter could tell that something was wrong.

He questioned "What's up, Harry?"

Harry rubbed the back of his neck as he said "Mr. Murdock has arranged a meeting with me and my social worker among some others for tomorrow, and I'm nervous. I really just want to stay by myself or at least decide who I can stay with. I really hate all of this legal stuff."

Peter smiled lightly and did his best to reassure Harry. He really hoped that things would turn out well.

He and Harry soon took their respective seats on the couch.

~~~~~~

Peter hoped that Quentin was alright, as he had left midday without texting he or Harry.

Harry had been worried as well, but had seemed to calm as he received a text reassuring him that Quentin was fine.

The remainder of the day was filled with anticipation for Harry, as he had a meeting after school. Nothing Peter, Gwen, or MJ said could ease Harry's worries.

As the day ended, they wished him luck, and Harry parted ways with them as he got into his social worker's car. Murdock would be meeting them there.

~~~~~~

Harry was utterly confused as he entered the meeting with the lawyer May had recommended and his social worker. Matthew Murdock was a strange man, but he was quite great at his job, so Harry wasn't too worried. The only thing worrying about the meeting was the fact that he had no idea if CPS was going to move him in with people he had no desire to live with or get to know.

When they entered the meeting, his eyes widened. Quentin was sitting with the CPS people and his social worker. Harry then furrowed his brow. He was so confused. He thought that meetings like this were supposed to be confidential. Was Quentin pretending to be a CPS person to ensure his safety?

One of the women from CPS spoke "Hello, Mr. Murdock. Thank you for your presence. It will really help with finalizing the documents if all goes as planned."

Matt smiled and nodded as everyone took their seats. The meeting officially began.

Harry's social worker introduced herself "My name is Madelyn Smith, and today's meeting was called to discuss the placing of Harrison Osborn into a safe foster home."

Harry shrank into his seat as she continued speaking.

"I must say though, that an application for adoption has already been submitted by an interested party, Mr. Quentin Back."

Harry's eyes widened as he sat forward and glanced at Quentin who was smiling at him sheepishly.

Miss Smith continued "It is quite odd how these proceeding have occurred, but somehow things were fast tracked, and Mr. Beck has been approved if the minor, Harrison Osborn, wishes to accept the offer of adoption."

Harry furrowed his brow as he stuttered "Yeah, yeah, yes, I accept. I trust Quentin."

Matt spoke "I have the needed paperwork with me to proceed as I was contacted before this meeting proceeded."

Harry was still surprised and stunned as the paperwork was doled out and signed. The meeting was not taking long.

Matt spoke again "Thank you for agreeing to host this meeting, and this paperwork will be submitted to the state. An official hearing will be held at a later moment, but now that the paperwork has been signed, Harrison Osborn is now in the custody of Mr. Quentin Beck and at the time of the hearing may so choose to change his last name."

The meeting was soon over.

Matt walked out alongside Harry and Quentin soon joined them.

Matt questioned "Well, Mr. Osborn, are you planning on changing your last name?"

Harry glanced nervously at Quentin and rubbed his neck as he said "If Quentin'd be fine with that, I'd love to change my last name. I don't want to be an Osborn and have that name define me for the rest of my life."

Quentin patted Harry on the shoulder and said "I wouldn't mind it a bit, kid. I hope that you don't mind that I pulled a few strings to take you in?"

Harry smiled and said "I don't mind it at all. You're like an uncle to me."

Quentin laughed and said "Great! It's settled then! Harrison Osborn is no more, but Harrison Beck he shall always be, if he so chooses!"

Harry smiled widely and said "And a great Beck I hope to be!"

~~~~~~

Detective George Stacy observed the scene once all other agents were out. He had already viewed some of the digital files, but had easily noticed that someone had encrypted them and edited them. He had decided to go back to the Kravinoff mansion and observe the source files. Those would be much easier to decrypt than the copies.

He sent all other agents away as he worked.

It took him quite a while to decrypt everything, but he didn't become one of the best detectives for nothing. He had skills that many of his fellow detectives could not boast about. If only they knew of his past before he'd become a detective. He had quite liked being a secret agent, but that was all in the past.

He watched through all of the footage concerning the incident and read through all of the documents that had been hidden. He knew that the paper trail had likely already been destroyed, but he'd been lucky that the digital files remained deeply hidden until he'd unearthed them.

Once he observed the actual evidence, he sighed. He wasn't too surprised that Kraven had targeted Peter because of his spider qualities. He'd known that Peter was Spider-Man for quite a while now. That boy would never know how many times he'd covered his butt and protected his identity from being revealed.

He sighed once again and made the decision to completely erase all of the files pertaining to Spider-Man and Peter. He'd protected Peter's identity almost since the kid had first become Spider-Man, and he sure wasn't going to jeopardize that now. He'd protect that kid and his identity whenever able and needed.

Once all of the data was fully erased, George shut everything down and exited. The others present shot him questioning looks, but he wasn't going to answer to them. He'd just keep his impassive face on and let them think that he had found no additional information.

All in all though, George was extremely glad that Peter had made it out of that situation alive, and that the Spider's identity would remain a secret.

A/N:  Thank you for reading.

I am not a social worker or have anything to do with law processes, I just wanted a certain event to happen, so I took creative liberty and threw how real law and CPS works out of the window.

Hehehe.....Can you tell that I like it when Peter Parker's the one attacked as opposed to when he's using his Spider-Man persona? Can you also tell that I'm obsessed with kidnapped Peter Parker stories?

Thanks for the tag @webtrinsic1122​!

I have WAY too many WIPs to name them all, so I’ll just list a few along with the fandom they belong with.

Star Wars Rebels - Allies

Star Wars Rebels - Curios

The Spectacular Spider-Man - I’m Alive

The Spectacular Spider-Man - Always Watching

Spider-Man - May The Eternal (Part of a series)

Amazing Spider-Man - Baby Cat

Danny Phantom - A Child’s Love

Emergency - Innocence

Emergency - Yearning

How To Train Your Dragon - Curiosity Spurns Discovery

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Thank you @namesmox for the tag!! I am very curious about your works 👀 I have so many WIPs tho hehe 😅

Attack on Kamino

Don't come in (there's blood on the floor)

Mayhem

Ahsoka whump deaf

Ahsoka whump

Preying on Hunters

New uniform

"She was right behind me—"

CODY AND SOKA

"Ahsoka got captured by space pirates"

It's not romantic, I swear (lies)

You tried to kill me (can I get your number?)

names and fireworks

Slurred movements

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Hi! This is fic 4 of my Family Matters series on AO3!

Disclaimer: I own nothing except for my plot.

Fic 5 of the Family Matters series has been posted!

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Wow, I have many to chose from of just the published fics.

Also, I’ve gotta admit, I forgot about some of them until I went back through my completed stories.

Lets see, I’d have to say these following ones are my favorite five (in no specific order) that I’ve written so far....

1. https://archiveofourown.org/works/33792382 - Venom’s Compassion

      -This one is in the Spider-Man and Venom fandoms. 

      - Description: What if Venom wasn’t as much of an anti-hero that he       portrays himself as? What if he's hiding something about his past from Eddie? Why does it involve Peter Parker? Tragedy follows Peter Parker, and after this most recent death, he takes a turn towards emotional instability. What will happen when a figure from his past returns?

2. https://archiveofourown.org/works/44724028 - Knife to the Throat

       - This one is part of the Star Wars: Rebels fandom.

       - Description: Someone thinks that it's a good idea to try and take Ezra. It wasn't a good idea. 

3. https://archiveofourown.org/works/42692556 - Poison

        - This one is part of the Emergency! fandom.

        - Description: What happens when an ex-nurse from Rampart General Hospital has the opportunity to get revenge on the paramedic, John Gage, who got her fired? 

4. https://archiveofourown.org/works/41307981 - Doom

        - This one is part of the Emergency! fandom.

        - Description: Will the new doctor at Rampart lead to Johnny's doom? 

5. https://archiveofourown.org/works/37249966 - Day Twenty - Caged

       - This one is in the Marvel, Spider-Man, and Iron-Man fandoms.

       - Description: Hammer's finally out of prison, and he wants nothing more than to make the Avengers suffer. Even if his qualms lie mostly with Romanoff and Stark, he still hates all of those goody-two-shoes! 

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I got an email saying you sent me a question, but it doesn't appear in my inbox. and now I'm not entirely sure if tumblr is letting me tag you.

Favorites would have to be (not in order)

To Hollow the Soul : So self indulgent and the first story i wrote for freakazoid. It stars mainly dexter and an oc Geist who is a clone of freakazoid.

The Thaw: Warming up to Friendship: First attempt at a prequel, and I love barry sam and len in this. flash is a delight to write i tell you. i think this fed into billy's story in thundersnow really well and got me to write part of tight rope.

Sapphire, Rubí, Esmeralda!: this one isn't talked about much anymore but Donald duck in college with magic was a jam for a while. i still like this starting fic/

Thundering Hooves : a cowboy, vigilante, and a knight, shining knight live on a ranch. what more could you want? and all the silly research i ended up doing lol

Accidental Nephew: I like this because peter interacts with so many villains and is the start of the series going nuts.

my brain is blanking bad rn but writer friends jump on this, and tag me if you wanna.

Im pretty sure @adgaea and @catch-all write

@badthingshappenbingo

Prompt: Missing and Presumed Dead

Fandom: Iron Man , Spider-Man, Marvel

Summary: Peter and Tony go missing after never meeting Happy once charity gala that they attended had concluded. They are presumed dead after bodies with their DNA and faces are found. Little did everyone know, neither of them had been killed.

TWs: presumed deaths, broken bones, shock collar, electrocution, threats of human trafficking