Gift and curses

Peter starts to slowly wake up to see he's laying on a table in an unfamiliar environment and most of his suit is missing. In fact, he's not even wearing his outfit.

Feeling confused, he sits up and looks to see seriously advanced technology that would make Tony Stark jealous.

Peter sees across the room on a table is his Icer. Not wanting to feel helpless, he starts getting off of the table and starts fearing he might've been captured by HYDRA during the flight.

He approaches the table but his senses go off and he turns to see someone is with him.

She was a tall, black hair dark skin working on something that looks dangerous.

Feeling unprotected, he webs the Icer over to him and aims it at the girl.

That's when she suddenly notices he's up and she almost jumps.

"Looks like the white boy is up." Shuri tells herself. "Don't scare me like that, colonizer." She tells Peter.

"I'm only gonna ask this once; where am I?" Peter tells her.

"Ava was right, you are seriously agitated." Shuri says while focusing back on her project, ignoring him and the gun.

"That doesn't answer my question. Trust me, I will shoot if I don't get answers." Peter warns, seriously stressed out.

"Your Icer technology was designed purposely to protect the user, and to send a device that will render the attacked unconscious." Shuri informs him.

"Okay, how on earth do you know that?" Peter asks her.

"I know lots of things about you, Peter Parker." Shuri says.

Peter now starts to fear the worse and cocks his Icer. "There are only a handful of people who know my name. How do you know it?" He asks her.

"Ava told us when she brought you in." Shuri tells him.

"Ava?" Peter asks and looks around the room, completely confused. "Okay, let's get back to my original question; where the hell am I?" He asks her.

"My medical lab, in Wakanda." Shuri tells him.

"Waka-what?" Peter asks, never hearing of it before.

"You've been out for twelve hours." Shuri inform him.

"I was supposed to be under for a whole day." Peter informs her.

"Yes, but you arrived twelve hours ago." Shuri explains.

"Where's Ava?" Peter asks.

"Talking with my parents about allowing you to receive help from us, so might I suggest lowering your Icer." Shuri says and Peter sees he's still holding it.

"Sorry." Peter apologizes and drops the gun onto the table. "I've had a...bad couple of days." He admits.

"Being used as a mindless killing machine isn't exactly what I would call a bad day." Shuri replies to him.

Peter laughs at that when his senses go off and he sees two men approaching with Ava who runs to Peter and hugs him.

"I'm glad you're alright." Ava tells him.

"Ava, where am I?" Peter asks, hoping to get some answers.

"I'll let them explain." Ava says and steps out of the way for the two men.

"I'm king T'Chaka. This is my son, Prince T'Challa, And you've already met my daughter, princess Shuri. She's the one who was looking after you. Ava has told us much about you." King T'Chaka tells him.

"Well, I'm Peter Parker as you obviously know." Peter says.

"Welcome to my home." Ava tells him.

"I thought you came from Brazil." Peter replies.

"That's where my father brought me to train me to be the next White Tiger...before he was killed." Ava explains to him. "I just stayed there ever since because I couldn't go home until finding the man who killed him. That's when Fury found me."

Peter then feels the room shake and looks to see several trains bringing something around the caverns. "Those trains, is that magnetic levitation? I've never seen it used this efficiently." Peter says seeing them.

"Ava did mention you're a science nerd." T'Challa says.

"Those Light panels, what do you use them for?" Peter asks.

"Sonic stabilizers." Shuri tells him. "In its raw form, vibranium is too dangerous to be transported at that speed so I developed a way to temporarily deactivate it."

Hearing that send Peter into a sudden shock. "You're saying there's vibranium on those trains?" Peter asks her. "I thought Howard Stark had the last of it in the world." He states starting to get excited looking around the labs.

"Told you, he's a scientist at heart, but has the mind of an Agent." Ava tells them and the royal family chuckle at that.

"Vibranium is found and mass produced here. We are the protectors of it, and we use it allowing us to be more advanced than the outside world. Which is why we have hidden ourselves from the outside world." King T'Chaka explains to Peter.

"Okay, you've been hiding Nerd Heaven from me, and I'm both okay with it because that means you're getting better at secrets, and upset that I didn't see you were keeping a secret." Peter tells Ava.

"I brought you here, because I thought maybe Shuri could find a way of erasing everything that HYDRA placed inside of you." Ava tells him.

-

Peter later finds himself back on the table he first woke up on as Shuri is doing what she can to find what HYDRA planted inside of his mind.

"It was like...I knew what I was doing, but I couldn't stop myself." Peter describes his experience. "My mouth spoke words I wasn't thinking, went places I didn't even know about. Followed orders from people I want to see dead."

"Sounds like a even worse mind control than normal mind control." Shuri says as she uses her Kimoyo beads to scan his frontal lobe for anything helpful.

"It was like I was just along for the ride. Trying to break free of the pain...I remember every person they had me slaughter." Peter says as tears now slide down his face. "Every cry, every shout, every throat I slit...one of the people had a daughter. She was begging me to stop, not to hurt her father. I was begging me to stop." He says and breaks down.

"We'll help you, Peter. We'll do what we can at least." Shuri promises him.

"Thank you, Shuri." Peter tells her while pulling himself together.

-

"There's not much we can do to help him." Shuri tells her family and Ava while Peter was in the other room. "There's too much information placed in his head to just undo, and his mind is constantly changing and we can't just freeze his mind."

"What about cryosleep?" Ava asks, remembering how Fury explained thanks what HYDRA did to turn Bucky Barnes into the Winter Soldier.

Shuri thinks about it for a minute and sees there is potential in the idea.

"If we were to freeze him, it is possible to actually undo the damage so he can never become this...Agent H again, but the memories will still be there." Shuri tells her. "And there's no telling how long he'll have to be under."

"I'll do it." The voice of Peter fills the room and they look to see he's here.

"Peter, you sure about this?" Ava asks him. "You could be under for years."

"I can't trust my own mind, Ava, not until Agent H has no hope of returning. So, until they have a way of permanently getting rid of him, going under is the best thing for everyone." Peter tells her.

"I...I can't let you do this." Ava tells him. "I can't loose you."

"You don't loose me, I know you'll protect me. I can't do that for myself while I'm asleep." Peter tells her.

Ava engulfed him into a hug, just in case things go wrong or they can't save him.

"I'm gonna miss you." Ava tells him.

"I'll miss you, too." Peter tells her.

-

They have a chamber set up for Peter to go under and Ava watches as the top closes and ice fills the chamber until Peter is asleep.

"Thank you for doing this for him." Ava tells king T'Chaka.

"He is a good kid, from what you've told us and what we've seen. He is a victim of his powers he did not ask for." King T'Chaka tells her.

"You know, a small part of HYDRA is still out there...if they learn he's here, they'll come for him." Ava says and caresses the pod Peter is now asleep in.

"They will try." King T'Chaka replies to her. "But if they do, you will be there to protect him." He tells Ava.

"I'll never leave his side." Ava says, making it her oath to watch over her brother. They're not blood related, but blood doesn't mean anything to her, Peter is her family.

And she will do whatever it takes to make sure he stays safe until Shuri finds a way of saving him.

-

Peter's mind.

"Where am I?" Peter asks, looking around. "What's going on?

Peter looks around in the darkness before his senses go off and he looks to see Agent H is standing.

"It's time for one of us to die." H tells Peter.

Peter doesn't understand what's happening but charges to fight his dark side as he does the same.

-

One month later

Ava has been giving Coulson weekly updates on Peter on a sat phone so they can stay hidden just as a precaution. He doesn't know where they are, just what's happening to him.

"He's doing well, he's still asleep. But I assure you when he wakes up, he'll be like his old self again." Ava promise Coulson.

"That's the best news I've heard so far. We've been dealing with taking down the rest of HYDRA with what we've gotten rebuilt over here so far at the Playground." Coulson replies to her.

"Can't believe Eric had a twin." Ava states referring to Billy Koenig who was the only person at the Playground when the team first arrived. "How's Fitz?"

"Fitz is doing well. All things considered." Coulson assures her.

"Maybe when Peter wakes up, we can help cheer him up a bit." Ava tells him.

"He could use a picker upper like that." Coulson says. "I gotta go. Director business."

"Yeah, I understand. I'll keep you updated on his condition." Ava promises before hanging up and looks to the team Shuri put together to help erase all of HYDRA's hypnosis from his mind.

-

"The world does nothing but take from us." H tells Peter while he picks up the beaten Peter. "Why fight something as obsolete as HYDRA? They bring order. Balance. They can give this power of ours a purpose."

"These are my powers! HYDRA took my parents, my family. I'm gonna finish avenging them by finishing you!" Peter promises and kicks at him to fight him more.

He's not down yet.

-

Two months since cryosleep

S.H.I.E.L.D. has been going through some trouble as HYDRA is still trying to figure out where they sent Peter as they want their mos powerful asset back.

But since they don't know where he is, they can't get anything out of the agents.

And there seems to be a new player who can teleport anywhere in the world.

-

"You are weak without HYDRA!" H informs Peter and punches him across his mind.

Peter has been fighting this guy for the longest time and it feels like an eternity.

Peter tries climbing back up but he's too bruised.

"You have nothing, You're all alone." H says and pulls out his blade.

"He's not alone!" A voice says and the two look over and see Gwen is here.

-

Three months after

Trip is dead, HYDRA is becoming weaker by the day, but also stronger at the same time. Skye has somehow gained powers while Mack and Bobbie were working with what they call the real S.H.I.E.L.D.

Skye has met her parents and learnt her real name is Daisy and her parents are what are referred to as inhumans.

Coulson has brought the two different S.H.I.E.L.D.'s together so now they've become stronger.

Oh, and Socovia was destroyed by a robot named Ultron that was created by Tony Stark who also created a android named Vision.

And it turns out there are a bunch of people called Inhumans, and they have powers like Peter's and two were Skye's parents. That is until S.H.I.E.L.D. stopped them from turning the world into Inhumans.

And...Coulson lost his hand and Fitz got him a replacement robotic-hand.

-

"Gwen?" Peter asks as H is just as confused.

"Hey, Spidey." Gwen greets while kneeling down next to Peter. "You need to stop this guy."

"I...I can't. He's too strong." Peter admits.

"Pete, He's has your powers. Meaning he has your strength. He thinks he's stronger, you think he's stronger...but that's not true. He has no humanity in him, your humanity is what makes you stronger than him. Now...get up." Gwen tells him.

Peter realizes everything she said is true, and he needs to do just that. No matter how many times he falls, he has to stand back up for what's right.

Peter starts to rise up and looks to H.

"Go kick his ass, Spidey." Gwen tells him.

Peter charges at H with all of his strength and the two of them begin fighting hand in hand as he remembers he's not alone. Not now not ever.

"Peter." The voice of Natasha enters his mind as he webs H with his web shooters that suddenly appeared and he kicks H across the room.

"You're stronger than the rest of us." Coulson tells him.

"You're braver than most of us." Clint echoes through him.

"You're the future of S.H.I.E.L.D." Nick states.

"You will always have us, Tiger." Michelle's voice enters his mind as he leaps high into the air and punches H in the face, sending him toppling.

"You're right about one thing, H. I've been whatever everyone else wants me to be. I've been fighting with one arm tied behind my back." Peter admits to the now beaten HYDRA Agent. "You are what's been holding me back. I've been holding onto things I can't control. But what happens when I let it go?" He asks and webs H into the air.

"These powers are my gift...my curse...my responsibility." Peter tells H as he slams him into the ground.

"Who...are you?" H asks Peter.

Peter walks to H and looks into his soulless eyes with his hope eyes.

"Peter Parker, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D." He says before punching H, causing him to completely designated and a flash of white appears and everything goes dark.

-

Peter starts waking up and feels like he's starting to warm up.

He feels...warm?

He's actually feeling something that isn't pain, feeling like it's been forever since he's been frozen but at the same time it feels like he was just put under.

Then suddenly he wakes to see several kids staring at him.

They see he's awake and start running out of the hut Peter now finds himself in and walks out of the hut to see a lake, and Shuri waiting for him.

"Are you playing around with that boy again?" Shuri asks the kids. "You're teasing him again. Don't wake him, he must rest." She tells them when Peter approaches her.

"Good morning, Peter." Shuri greets him. "How are you feeling?"

"Better than I have in years, actually." Peter admits and breaths in the fresh air of the country. He feels like he's at peace, like there's nothing holding him back now. "Thank you."

"Come, much more for you to learn before leaving." Shuri tells him and drags him off. "I wanna see what you can do with our technology."

"Challenge accepted." Peter says and follows her.

-

Peter is now just sitting at an cliffside to search the wonders of this hidden city.

"Thought I'd find you here." Ava calls out from behind.

"This place is incredible. I see why you want to keep it a secret." Peter says as she joins him.

"You think it's time we returned?" Ava asks him.

"What do we do now?" Peter asks her. "S.H.I.E.L.D. needs time to rebuild, and...I can't believe I'm saying this, but I need time away from S.H.I.E.L.D."

"I thought you'd feel that way, that's why Coulson has a bit of a surprise waiting for us." Ava says before standing up. "He's offered us a leave from S.H.I.E.L.D., try being normal kids."

"Where?"

"He said you have a few friends in New York." Ava says and Peter is shocked to hear Coulson is offering them to go where this adventure started.

"It's gonna be a real change of pace." Peter warns her.

"Surviving high school can't be any different from surviving your training." Ava tells him.

"When do we leave?"

"Quinjet is all gasssd up ready to go." Ava says and Peter looks to see she brought herself here on the jet. "And I promised Shuri you'd stay in touch with her."

"Let's see what life has in store for us." Peter says and stands up.

-

Peter and Ava met Coulson at the Playground so they could pack up all their stuff to head to an apartment Coulson has ready for the three of them. He even had Simmons hack into adoption records to make it seem Coulson adopted Ava for the past year.

"I'm gonna miss you." Simmons says while hugging Peter.

"I'm gonna miss you guys as well." Peter says hugging her.

"Promise to stay in touch?" Fitz asks and gives Peter a hug.

"You won't get rid fo me easily." Peter jokes before holding out his Agent S suit. "You mind putting this somewhere?" He asks them and hands it to Fitz. "You never know when Agent S might return...but right now, I need to be Peter Parker."

"Go find yourself, kid." Skye, who is going by her birth name Daisy Johnson recently, says and hugs her friends.

-

"My name is Peter Parker. After 14 years of being the greatest agent of S.H.I.E.L.D., I have done all I can for the organization. I have finally got justice on the people who murdered my parents, and avenged them. Now it is time for me to be someone else. It's time for me to be...something else. It's time for me to stop being what S.H.I.EL.D. wants me to be, it's time for me to be Peter Parker." Peter puts in his final mission log. Not knowing if he will be back or not.

Now they're driving off from the Playground in Lola, ready to start a new life.

Once they got to their apartment, Ava and Peter started setting up their bedrooms as Coulson got them all their basic things and they can get what else they could need before returning to school.

For Peter, he knows he can't just hide his true self, but he still wants to help people. But not for an organization, for the people.

Then he remembers the nickname Gwen always called him.

Spidey.

That's when he got the perfect idea.

He went out, got himself a hoodie, gloves, jeans, and a ski mask with a pair of goggles. That, adding his web shooters, now he will no longer be Agent S, humanity's shield. He will be known as the one and only...Spider-Man.

-

Meanwhile, in a old Oscorp laboratory, Norman has restored his Green Goblin gear to perfectly function.

And now, he is building a device that will help him scower the multiverse to build a spider army for him to control.

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