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After the battle of lady liberty things went a little differently than the original story. He had the same request, everybody forgets Peter Parker but there’s too many risks that could come with that.. well if he stays in this universe after. So Strange tells him the only thing he can do, “Peter. You won’t like what you will have to do for that.”
“Dr. Strange I will do anything! I just need to fix this!” Peter said panicked and recovering scared for his universe.
“Peter. You’ll-“ he pauses he looks like he’s trying to figure out how to say what he needs to, “You’ll have to go to a different universe.”
“I don’t care! I just need everyone here to be okay!”
Strange looks worried and sorry, “To get you to that universe easier you- Peter I’d have to kill you.” At that Peter freezes, he’s died before and he’s come back before but dying and coming back in a different universe that’s a first.
“I’ll do it Dr-“
“Stephen. Peter call me Stephen” He smiles but there’s something sad behind it “You have to know your friends won’t remember you and you won’t even be in the same universe as them. Are you sure?”
“I’m sure Stephen.” Peter smiles at him trying to be as reassuring as possible, “Just- Just let me say bye, please.”
Stephen still looks upset, disappointed that he has to kill a child. That the child isn’t even hesitating to sacrifice himself. The goodbyes go the same heartbreaking and a promise to come back if he ever can. He doesn’t think he’ll be able to but it’s the thought that counts right? As he walks back to Stephen, “I’m ready Stephen.”
“Peter. You’ll be coming back from the dead in a new universe, I don’t know the extent of the side effects. You have to be prepared for anything.”
“I’ve come back from the dead before-“ he pauses, he’s anxious everyone can tell but they know he’s too stubborn and they can’t change his mind, “will it really be that different?”
“I don’t know Peter but-“ He opens one of his portals grabbing a change of clothes and a backpack for Peter. “You need these, I can’t give you much because I don’t know what will stay with you but i trust that I can transfer these.” He puts the change of clothes into the backpack handing it to Peter who puts it on.
Peter smiles one last time shaking out his nerves, “Okay, let’s do this!” He feels a raging pain coming from inside him and instantly drops to his knees. It feels like one of Strange’s portals is opening from inside him destroying him from the inside out. He screams it hurts so much and his screams are cut off as he disappears in a puff of orange magic.
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He feels like he’s falling into a never ending pit, is this what it feels like to die again? He’s out of it not sure exactly what’s happening until he remembers, the battle of lady liberty, the universe falling apart, and finally Strange killing him.
He wakes up! He’s in a tube like a science project he’s surrounded by green goo feeling the familiar pressure that is his backpack on his back. He bangs on the glass hoping, praying it’ll break and when it does he tumbles out landing on his hands and knees and focusing on breathing. When he’s ready he takes in his surroundings noticing that he’s in some type of lab that he doesn’t recognize but it seems raided and abandoned.
He wanders for a bit finding a bathroom and a mirror the first thing he does is changing and while he changing he realized that Karen doesn’t respond to him anymore meaning he’s fully alone. The second thing he notices after changing is his eyes and hair, his eyes which were once a full brown now had a green to them which would appear natural to the human eye but to him it’s an odd unnatural shade. Then his hair which was once a full brown but now has an area of bone white hair just by his hairline which is odd to look at, he barely recognized himself. He’s the only thing he has left from his universe and even he’s changed so he punches the mirror shattering it and leaving a dent in the wall behind it.
He never gets that angry. What the fuck is wrong with him? Where the fuck is he? And how is he going to fucking survive without any money or family?