Chapter 126 - [BT] Parker Problems...

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So to summarise Mary Jane has just told me that Peter Parker is Spider-Man which has just come out of the left wing for me as it was only a couple of weeks ago that she was accusing me of being Spider-Man and at that time I thought that she should have already known that Peter Parker is Spider-Man by then since she lives next to him and should have heard a noise late at night before seeing him crawl in through his window dressed as Spider-Man but that did not happen because of me and the reason why that did not happen was because it was late at night and originally she should have heard a noise and Mary Jane should have just been relaxing in her room then heard the noise and then catch Peter in the act crawling into his room through the window dressed as Spider-Man but now she actually studies with headphones in which means that she didn't hear the noise and witness Peter dressed up as Spider-Man,l which was why she only suspected me instead and she was close enough to me to actually confront me about it and even though I'd already shut those thoughts down I apparently opened a new line of inquiry for her when I told her that if it was possible for me to gain powers from the spiders at Oscorp than it was equally possible for someone else to also gain powers from Oscorp as well and she must've put it together when she began to suspect Peter since they are neighbours and even if she does study most nights it was inevitable that one day she would look out of the window and spot Spider-Man crawling in through Peter Parker's window and if she kept an eye out she would probably witness the same sight every night so the conclusion was foregone, except in the comics she stayed silent and never mentioned it to anyone keeping it to herself and staying as far as possible away from it before eventually revealing to Peter that she knew when they began dating after Gwen's death (which will not be happening in this reality as for some reason Gwen decided to skip the last two years of high school and go straight to ESU so she and Peter won't be in the same classes when he attends and they shouldn't really meet which should keep her from becoming friends with him and then eventually meeting Norman Osborn and dying at his hands, though I don't even know if Osborn will become the Green Goblin in this reality since Harry Osborn is not friends with Peter and that might've changed the pathing of this reality although I sincerely doubt it) so why is she telling this to me and not just ignoring it like she did in the comics and what is she expecting to get out of this conversation apart from some juicy gossip that she will never reveal to anyone and more insight into the world of heroes.

"Hold on a second Mary Jane, you can't just say something like that. You need to have proof and be able to back it up plus why would you even think that little Peter Parker is Spider-Man, no offence but I used to protect the guy from bullies so I highly doubt that he would start going out in spandex and fighting crime even if he did get powers since he wasn't brave enough to fight against his bullies let alone hardens criminals." I say trying to see if I could deflect some of Mary Jane's suspicions because although I might not be taking a vested interest in Peters life I do respect the guy and I would rather not complicate his life more than needed as he is pretty important to this reality and if I messed with his current existence then I could be dooming this reality and possibly myself as I've no assurance that I'll be able to leave this multiverse before the the inheritors come looking to eat some Spider Totem's and who knows if this Peter was crucial to stopping them even if his purpose was just to be cannon fodder if he wasn't there then maybe an inheritor would have one less obstacle which could upset the whole story line and make is so that the Inheritors win and they would eventually come for me unless I left this multiverse but I can't think that I would have that done before they come so it would be in my best interest that I keep this Spider-Man alive so that he'd be pulled in to fight against the inheritors or would draw the Inheritors attention if they came here which would give me enough time to escape from them (maybe it would also be in my interest to also improve this Spider-Man as well such as getting him better tech, better experience, better martial experience so as to make him a bigger threat to the Inheritors, it wouldn't hurt to have a veteran Spider-Man to also fight the Inheritors maybe I could also figure out a way to make it so that this Spider-Man would be a lot less squeamish and maybe even deadly), I need Peter to keep being Spider-Man and be a lot loss focused on other things that would take away from his nightly activities.

"I know, I still think of him as the nerdy kid that lives next door but it's true and I have proof. I first noticed him one night while looking out my window and I spotted Spider-Man crawling along May Parker's roof and entering the Parker house through Peter's window and imagine my surprise when he ripped off his mask without even closing the window revealing himself to be Peter Parker, ever since then I've been keeping an eye on the Parker house just in case I imagined it but I often see Spider-Man swinging into and out of Peter's bedroom window and after I thought about it I realised he was also there when we went on the Oscorp trip so it's possible that he also got his powers the same day that you did which would fit the timeframe of when Spider-Man started appearing." Well I am impressed as she must've learnt from the first time she accused me of being Spider-Man without any evidence and this time she must've waited and observed enough just to be sure before she came to me with her proof but why did she come to me to tell me about it, is it just because she accused me last time and she's brought this to my attention to say you're right it's this guy instead or is this some kind of thing to prove that she can work out Spider-Man's identity or something after failing so spectacularly last time. "Okay Mary Jane I believe you but even so, when I swallowed the spider and got my powers I was in a coma for two weeks having to be constantly fed through an IV and when I went back to school I didn't hear anything about Peter also being off school or anything. Plus even if he is Spider-Man what are we gonna do about it, it's not like we're gonna go up to him and tell him we know and the expect to go on with our lives." I tell her trying to figure out what she wants to do with this information of hers, I also try to throw a little doubt in there as well by stating the difference in how we got our powers and hope that will take a little of the air out of her sails.

"Yeah well, maybe the spider he swallowed wasn't as potent or something or maybe he only ate a few legs or half of it or something, either way something from a spider at Oscorp got into Peter and gave him powers the same as you and I bet he wasn't in a coma because his powers are a lot less potent than yours and he probably didn't swallow a dangerous irradiated spider whole like you. I've seen him in the costume so there's no doubt about it even if we don't have all the facts like how he got his powers or why he's doing this and as for what we're gonna do about this, well I was thinking that we would tell the police or something because he's doing something incredibly dangerous and every night I watch him limp through his bedroom window with a variety of injuries bleeding out and he's gonna get himself killed. Even if he does have powers that doesn't mean he can't die and I'm worried that this idiot is gonna go out there and kill himself which would give his poor Aunt May a heart attack and I don't want that so I think we should tell the police or maybe the Avengers and get them to make him stop, maybe we can even tell his Uncle Ben and make him talk sense into Peter because he's gonna get himself killed at this rate." Huh I guess she wants to stop him from milling himself which fits because Mary Jane can be a bleeding heart at time and likes to help people if she can but I think this is a bit too much for her, what is she even thinking trying to tell the police which I definitely can't allow so I'll have to dissuade her of these actions. "Listen Mary Jane, I get where your coming from but we can't do any of that. If we tell the police or the Avengers you can sure as hell bet that other people are gonna find out about it and more likely than not some shady government agency or terrorist group are gonna try and take him and indoctrinate him to be one of them and work for them and if everyone finds out who he is him and his family will be in danger since even if he's only been Spider-Man for a little while he's already made several enemies and if they find out his identity they'll always be trying to kill him or hurt his family to get back at him so the best thing we can do is keep silent about this, we can't tell his Aunt and Uncle either since that would be intruding on somebody else's business plus his Aunt is so frail that she might have a heart attack and his Uncle has just been crippled so I wouldn't feel right putting this stuff on their plate since I doubt Peter would stop, we can't really do anything in this situation." I finish hoping that I've persuade her not to do anything rash, maybe I'll even get her to keep silent and even try to forget about this information.

"Okay, I guess Nick but... He's gonna get himself killed, what are we supposed to do, nothing?" She says broken hearted at the fact that poor fragile Aunt May May lose her nephew and have a heart attack after the bad news of Ben being crippled, it seems like I'll have to do something but this may just play to my advantage as well. "Yes Mary Jane, we have to do nothing. As much as I hate it anything we could do would just Milan's things harder for Peter and endanger him and we also aren't his friends so it's not like we could help him like that but I know how much this is bothering you Mary Jane so, I used to protect him from bullies so I could probably help him out and we might not be able to stop his extra curricular activities but I could definitely help make it safer for him without him knowing somehow." I finish feeling a plan come together but that's temporarily disrupted when I feel Mary Jane slam into me ambushing me, the two mammaries feel quite good pressed against me.

"Thanks Nick, I know I've been troubling you. I really appreciate you helping Aunt May not lose her nephew, that sweet old woman has been through enough." I enjoy the hug for what it is while trying to think through how to help Peter in the most subtle way possible after all it benefits me in the end if he's more prepared to fight against the Inheritors, several plans come together in my mind before being replaced to try and come up with how to help Peter in the best and most subtle way possible. It's certainly not easy with Mary Jane currently pressed up against me...

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