Mind the Otto, Man (I'm trying to make an Ottoman pun)

In a hospital room in the Queen General Hospital, laid a young man who had recently went through a horrible tragedy. He and his parents were caught in the middle of a failed experiment, which left both of his parents dead, and him in a coma. Now, a prisoner of his own mind, the boy was left in a void for several weeks as memories of a previous life played in his head. When he did eventually wake up, he woke a new man.

Nathaniel Otto Octavius woke up to find his life in shambles. His parents were dead. The nerves on his arms were badly damaged, causing his arms to be weaker, though thankfully, he could still use them to some degree's. And most of all, he woke up with the memories of his previous life.

His previous life wasn't much. Just a normal man who was a minor cog in a larger machine in the shape of multibillion dollar conglomerate. What did matter, was that he was an avid comic book reader in his previous life. Especially the comics and movies from Marvel, which told stories that oddly enough seemed to mirror his own world.

It was at that moment that Nathan realised that he was in the Marvel Universe. Or at least a version of it. In another world , his father would go to become the villain known as Doctor Octopus. In this reality, however, he had wife and child and had lived a relatively normal life. Life that was cut short on the day that would have been the greatest accomplishment of his life.

Under the investments of Oscorp and Roxxon Corporation, his parents sought to create a miniature Sun that would serve as a source of renewable energy. The experiment had started off good but quickly went sideways as his parents had severly overestimated capabilities of the machines designed to keep the sun contained. The sudden increase in pressure decimated the lab as well as the viewing room where the press and the investors were waiting.

Octavius Sr managed to painstakingly halt the machines using the harness he made for the experiment but it was too late as the sun emitted the equivalent of a solar flare that burnt him alive before before breaking through the glass and engulfing the viewing room. The only reason why Nathan survived was because his mother threw herself over him at the last second, sacrificing herself.

Nathaniel felt himself having a panic attack as the memories of his parents final moments flooded back to him and broke down on his hospital bed as he grieved the death of his parents.

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2 months passed in a blink of an eye and Nathaniel was finally released from the hospital. Except for his parents funeral he had spent the entirety in the hospital, recuperating from his wounds undergoing physiotherapy. He walked out with the support of a crutch as his feet were still not completely healed. A taxi awaited outside to take him home.

His home was a 4 story building his parents had bought which also doubled as their labs. The bottom two floors were where they lived, ate and slept while the upper two floors were furnished into state of the art laboratories. Ones that now looked emptier as the vultures in the form of Norman Osborn and Roxxon as they took his parents research and many of their machines as well as huge chunk of the funds his parents left him as compensation for the investments they lost due to the botched experiment while he was powerless to intervene.

Now that he was back, he was determined to put whatever was left of the lab to good use. Not only to get back at Oscorp and but because he was going to need all the help he could get to have even the slightest chance at surviving in the marvel universe.

Even now as far as he knew, the Avengers, X men and Fantastic 4 are actively battling Hydra, the Brotherhood of Mutants, Interdimensional Aliens and many other super villains. The timeline was no where near similar to anything I recalled so that made it all too dangerous for me to remain without any form of protection.

The first thing on Nathaniel's mind was to recreate Dr Octopus's signature prosthetic harness as his own arms were damaged and made it difficult to do precise actions such as writing, using delicate machines and assembling things. His father had created one for their experiments but it was destroyed in the explosion and its remains were confiscated by Oscorp.

And so he had to create one from scratch which unfortunately was going to be a chore because of his arms. He had no choice but to seek help. Unfortunately, he did not know who to trust so his options were limited. That was until he realized something. There was one person who could help him. One who conveniently enough was in the same class as him.

One couldn't help but wonder if a higher power was pulling the strings even for Nathan regained the memories of his past life as he had been placed in the same school and the same class at the one and only, Peter Parker aka Spiderman. Nathan and Peter had been fairly amicable but they were still more like acquaintances than actual friends. That been said he was also the best option he had.

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The very next day, Nathan made his way back to school even though he was excused for a week by the school. He did his best to ignore the pitying looks he received from the faculty and his school mates as he walked into the classroom. He spotted Parker panting at his desk, no doubt as a result of being chased by Flash and his goons. He looked at the desk next to him where his best friend Gwen Stacy usually sits and found it empty. I guess she stayed out late patrolling as Spiderwoman.

Yep in this universe, instead of Peter, it was Gwen who was bitten thus making this universe similar to the Spider Gwen universe. The apprearance of Spider Gwen or rather, Spiderwoman as she actually called herself was enough to prove this. This also meant that he would have to keep an eye out for Cindy Moon who in the Spider Gwen comics was the one who created the spider who gave Gwen her powers and was behind a lot of the misfortune she faces. He also needed to keep an eye on Matt Murdoch aka Daredevil as he might turn out to be the leader of the hand and the kingpins right hand man as in the Spider Gwen comic.

But for now he had more pressing matters as he walked up to Peter and said while suppressing a chuckle.

"Hello Peter."

Peter was surprised by my sudden appearance but quickly answered.

"Hi Nate. I thought you weren't coming until next week."

Nathaniel shrugged and said. "I have rested enough. Plus the classes might help take my mind off things. And to be honest..."

"I need your help." he added with serious tone