Issue 55: Secret Wars Part V
While Peter was being led to one of Hydra's focal labs, he waited patiently for his moment to strike. He was staring outside the cockpit window and saw that they were several miles out over the ocean. New York had all but vanished from sight when they passed through some kind of cloaking barrier and a small island came into view. On it, was had a single massive complex building built that towered high into the sky.
Peter stared at the facility with furious expression. A great deal of anger was boiling under his calm facade. He controlled his emotions and reigned in darker thoughts as they landed and before being guided out at gunpoint.
"Welcome, Mr. Parker, to the Hydra Island,"
"Real original," Peter thought as he resisted the urge to roll his eyes.
"Although you're a prisoner, we have great expectations for someone with your mind and... unique gifts. After all, since you follow my orders now, I intend to have you work as my assistant for a very long time," Maynard announced with an overabundance of confidence.
The Hydra agents thought nothing of it as they were under the assumption that Peter was being mind-controlled by Maynard.
"I look forward to working with you," Peter said with an almost gentle smile while thinking, "Those acting lessons with Mary Jane are really paying off."
The villain led them inside the building with a pep in his step, and as they entered, Peter saw the highly advanced technology lying about, stuff from the previous invasion was being heavily inspected and experimented with. There were items he suspected to be from Wakanda, materials from Chitauri weapons, and even some tech that was stolen from Tony's company.
Peter was led into a lab room that was filled with surgery equipment. He saw how several children that were being exposed to torturous chemicals that only had a slim chance to activate their X gene. There were body parts floating in pods filled with a glowing green substance, and the cries of their victims could be heard every now and then.
The Hydra agents left the room as Peter held his hands out and said, "If you would Doctor Maynard?"
"Of course, partner," Maynard responded like he and Peter had been best friends for years. He removed the power sealing cuffs and then stepped back before saying, "Now, if you'll follow me, I'll take you to talk with my superior."
Peter looked at the kids before him and separated from his Symbiote, "Start healing every victim you come across." Webster nodded its head as it began covering the children while Peter pulled out his spare costume.
"Didn't think I'd be using my spare suit so soon." Peter looked at Maynard and said, "Let's go, I'm curious as to how you knew my identity."
Maynard nodded his head and said, "Anything for you Peter, after without you I would have died all those years ago."
Peter had made Maynard into a loyal servant by implanting false memories of their Partnership. He made the guy think that he had saved his life and the two had been plotting the downfall of Hydra for years.
Although he hated mind-manipulation abilities, he had to admit, they had their uses.
Peter walked alongside Maynard until they reached a large empty conference room, the table was long enough for around 20 or so people, and each seat had a device in front of it that was for holographic display of the High Council members of Hydra.
Peter sat down and placed his feet up on the table while Maynard made the call.
"Hello, is anyone there?" Peter said as a black shadow appeared in a holographic form only the eyes were visible.
"So, Doctor Maynard, it appears you succeeded," The person spoke in a deep male German accent.
"Yes, Mr. Parker is under my control now," Maynard replied.
Peter stood up and did his best hail Hydra impression and said, "Now that I'm part of the group, I was wondering, how did you managed to uncover my identity?"
The Hydra Council member looked at Peter and said, "Why does he seem so normal?"
"Mr. Parker's intelligence is one of a kind, to make sure not to lose any of it, I left his personality intact," Maynard replied.
The Hydra official didn't seem to mind as he answered his question, "A certain operative that joined up recently gave us this information."
"Oh, may I ask for his name?" Peter asked.
The voice was starting to get annoyed, "You have no need to know, follow orders soldier."
Peter used his Space Amethyst to find the location of the caller and used a portal spell. As white spell circle appeared around his hand, the man on the other side of the call appeared in the room with a shocked expression.
Peter wasn't surprised in the least to see the Hydra Agent Doctor Johann Faustus.
Before he had a chance to do anything Peter invaded his mind and reaped every bit of information the villain had and took everything that was worth of value. After Peter finished his mind-scouring session, he discovered how they learned of their identity.
Peter clenched his fist, "Eddie! Fucking Venom! Putting together a team to defeat the Avengers huh?" Peter slammed his fist through the table, as he turned to Faustus and said, "Call them all."
Faustus nodded his head completely compliant,
"What is it, Faust, why have you contacted us?" The room was suddenly filled up with Hydra's High Council.
Peter waved his hand activating his portal spell and pulled them into the room before saying, "What's happening is the end of Hydra!"
Before they could make their move Peter scavenged their minds and lifted his mask as he started barfing. The stuff he saw was truly deplorable, "You sick fucking degenerates! I've seen a lot of shit, read a lot of books about people like you, but to actually see it. I've seen tamer shit in a hostel movie."
Peter barfed some more, what he witnessed was some of the most sickening things he had ever seen, senseless killings, cruel experimentation on the innocent, r a p e, torturing methods of the highest caliber, and many more heinous crimes that made Stalin look like a saint.
Peter wanted nothing more than to start spilling blood, but he bit back his anger and said, "I'm not going to dirty my hands, but you can be sure I'll be dropping you all off in a state where the death penalty is still legal."
All of the Hydra agents gulped, only Maynard seemed pleased, "None of you have any connection to the Supreme Council, other than the black box that gives you your orders, but let me tell you this, it won't save them, I promised to wipe Hydra off the face of the earth, and I plan on following through."
Peter walked out into the lab, called back his Symbiote, and began his assault. To make sure that they don't radio out and alert the other Hydra bases to, Peter used an Emp to shut down everything thing on the island. He ran from person to person, extracting and destroying the Demi-Symbiotes, some of the agents were wearing psionic resistant gear, and helmets, so Peter had to get rough with some of them.
As he made his way through the rooms, particular Hydra prisoners were being free from their prisons, "Hmm! Someone's here?" A giant 8-foot man wearing a full suit of metallic orange-red armor said as he stood up and walked out of the cell, crushing the ground beneath him as he stepped."
"Oh goody I been stuck here forever. I hope It's someone I may or may not have a guy crush on." A very familiar voice echoed in the prison chamber beside him, "I've been waiting forever to make my appearance."
Peter, who had been gathering up all of the Victims of Hydra's experiments, was standing over another scientist scanning his memories. Other than getting as much info as he could, he saw that they had prisoners that none of the scientists here were allowed to go near, and apparently, he just released them with his EMP.
He slapped his own forehead as he flung the scientist into a wall and webbed him up. The room suddenly shook as he said, "Oh, crap."
The wall beside him exploded as he removed his Symbiote and shouted, "Go get the innocents to safety." Suddenly a giant fist came inches away from hitting him. He jumped up to the ceiling and shouted, "Hey Jugs, is that any way to thank someone for freeing you?"
Juggernaut stared down Spider-Man and said, "Oh, then I guess should thank you, Spider-Man. Why don't you come down here and accept my heart fueled appreciation."
"I'd rather send you to Mars! And isn't it supposed to be heart filled appreciation?" Peter started using the Space Amethyst and tried to teleport Juggernaut away, when all of the sudden, his body was suddenly surrounded by a red glow that contained the might of the elder god Cyttorak.
With a single jerk of his body, the spell surrounding him collapsed and he charged towards a nearby support pillar and tried to break it down.
Peter webbed up his feet and pulled him off the ground, he then tried to use his magnetics to control and remove Juggernaut's armor when he found out that it was made of non-magnetic materials, "Son of a..."
Quickly webbing up the latches, Peter tried to pull the walking tank's helmet free. However, before he could do so, Juggernaut pulled on his webbing and punched Peter in the chin, sending him flying through the roof.
Peter grunted as he webbed the ground around Juggernaut and pulled himself into a flying rocket kick towards him.
Juggernaut raised his arm them moment Peter's feet connected, blocking the blow while the ground splintered around them and pushed Juggernaut's body halfway into the ground.
Peter tried to reach for his helmet, but Juggernaut was ready for him. He reached to grab Peter's arms, but Peter transformed them into lightning to avoid it. As the hero reached out, he felt the Juggernaut's hands passed through his own and then let his whole body burst into an electrical current.
Juggernaut was confused as to what was happening when Peter reformed right in front of his face. Spider-Man quickly touched ones of the fasteners around Juggernauts helmet seconds before Juggernaut slapped his hands together that resulted in a loud sonic boom.
The shockwave was powerful enough to dislodge and throw Peter's body into the air. However, he managed to take one of the latches with him.
Peter grunted as he felt someone catch him. He turned around to see a red-costumed anti-hero who was a constant source of headaches for him.
"Deadpool!" Peter shouted seeing that he was around the same age as him. The costume instantly made him think of Ultimate Deadpool.
"Hey, you know my name! I'm a big fan Spider-Man, can I have your autograph. I think it will be way more expensive after your dead. Can I get your autograph and then kill you?"
Peter raised fist knocking Deadpool's neck back, making a loud snapping sound as he shouted, "Owie! Harsh!"
Deadpool snapped his head back and said, "You better play nice author! You'll need my help for what's to come next, and you know it."
"I don't know who's writing this, but you better not fuck me over!" Peter shouted, making Deadpool smile before saying, "You can break the fourth wall too!?"
Juggernaut threw a large chunk of debris at them, and as they dodged, Peter shouted, "Apparently, I can now!"
"But how come you aren't crazy like me? Deadpool asked as he shot at Juggernaut's eyes, who in return placed his hands in the way so that they'd bounce off harmlessly.
"I prefer to believe that there's a chance that they're nothing more than scribes peering into another universe, or maybe even making an entire universe as they write, after all, our brains are quantum computers, who knows what we're capable of."
Peter webbed at Juggernauts feet and tried to pull him back, but Juggernaut grabbed them and started to pull. Peter held on to it and tried to keep Juggernaut busy when Deadpool said, "Wow I never thought of it like that."
"Yep, if everything is possible and exists in some way or form, then why should I care, I'm just going to live my life the way I want to, to the best of abilities, and without betraying my character. Hell for all we know the person writing my story is having their story written by someone as well."
"Interesting, very Zen. Are you sure you're not Iron Fist?!" Deadpool laughed.
The back and forward banter made Juggernaut fume as he shouted, "Will you two shut the fuck up!"
"Ahh, we're pissing the author off again!" Deadpool pulled out his sword and started to chop at Juggernaut's legs.
Was that supposed to do something?" Juggernaut lifted a brow before trying to hammer smash the merc.
Peter webbed his arms before they could descend on Deadpool and pulled him back. Wade's swords then used the force to pull back his blades, barely managing to cut the giant's thigh.
When he clenched his wound, Peter hopped on his shoulders and reached for the helmet. Spider-Man started to pull on the second helmet latch, when suddenly, Juggernaut started running, which never a good thing.
As the bulky brute smashed through a wall, he took the chance to grab Spider-Man and hold him in place while he bashed through multiple layers of the building.
Peter escaped by turning into his lightning form. He then shot over next to Deadpool and asked, "I think I can handle this if I play my cards right, so why did you say I would need your help earlier?"
Before Deadpool could answer a beam of energy shot towards them. Peter jumped up to avoid when it shot a clean hole through Dead Pool and made him shout, "Why?!"
Peter saw the person he recognized as Inferno, but in his universe, she was the also herald of Ballthakk.
The was woman wearing golden armor and her body was partially made of energy. She walked up beside him along with 6 other villains and grinned at the hero.
Peter recognized them as Mysterio, Stonecutter, the leader of the Hand Gorgon, Modred the Mystic, Kraven the Hunter, Styx the man with the touch of death, all of them radiating the energy of the Octessence.
"Awe! crap, the Autor isn't going easy on you at all," Deadpool said as his stomach healed up.
Peter sighed as he thought, "I wonder how things are going with MJ."