A/N: I apologise for any spelling mistakes I make.

3rd POV: Spiderman had just entered his room within the Wu Shi Academy. After Raiden had said that "the dark times" were almost upon them, many began to worry. They didn't understand, shao Khan was defeated, earthrealm had won the tournament, and they would never be able to merge realms. So what were the "dark times" that raiden spoke of?

(Omniverses)

Many began to speculate what raiden meant from "the dark times." It wasn't exactly specific, so many threw guesses out such as an invasion, an apocalypse, etc. But whatever it was, the god of thunder of the mortal kombat universe seemed intent to stop it.

But what was he willing to do, to sacrifice, in order to stop it? The only way they were gonna find out is through watching this.

(Mortal kombat universe)

Regardless of the question on their minds, they decided that they'd spent enough time in the dangerous lands of Outworld and that it was time to leave. Peter searched for Ben but saw no sign of him and could only sigh in frustration and began stalking off towards the portal that raiden opened up. Before he did enter, he managed to convince Raiden to allow Skarlet to come along since she was no longer allied to Shao Khan nor quan chi and would be a great defender of Earthrealm. Another thing that happened was Jade's confrontation with the arriving general kotal who had heard the news of Shao Khan's defeat. Spiderman couldn't hear what was being said between them, but judging by the animated actions between the 2, the chat was getting heated and eventually ended with Jade slapping Kotal across the face and walking towards the portal to earthrealm.

When the group returned to the shaolin Academy, they met up with Sonya Blade, who was watching over an unconscious Jax being given new Cybernetic arms by Special forces currently operating on him. After exchanging pleasantries and giving her the news that they had beaten Shao Khan, Raiden had a monk escort the tired warriors to another part of the academy where they will be given a room to rest and recuperate.

A lot of close calls had occurred, but the enemy was defeated. Now, what was next for the amazing Spiderman and his allies?

That was a question Peter was more than willing to not bother answering as he willed the top half of his suit to come off. Pete's hands ran through his hair, letting out a sigh as the days events caught up to him.

'When was the last time I took a break? Like a proper one? Or even slept?' The man from Queens mentally asked himself. 'I don't think I have ever since....' Peter paused. He did not want to think about that anymore.

The wallcrawler laid back on the bed, an arm over his head as he felt fatigue hit him. His eyes began to feel droopy, and he slowly began to close his eyes, feeling his mind drift away into the world of dreams.....

KNOCK, KNOCK, KNOCK

Peter's eyes snapped open at the sound of knocking at his door and slowly sat up, rubbing his eyes, a low growl escaping him before it turned into a sigh.

"Who is it?" Peter called out tiredly. He paused, feeling a gentle knock in his head and knew that it was psylocke. He opened his mind slightly.

'It's us, Peter.' The mutant telepath called out.

'We need to talk.' Storm said, her voice ever so gentle.

'Can't it wait until tomorrow?' Peter asked. He knew what they wanted to talk about, and he was once again attempting to put it off for as long as possible.

'No, Peter, this has been held off long enough. This is perhaps the only chance we'll get to talk about it. Who knows what will happen tomorrow or in the next few hours.' Psylocke replied. Determined to discuss what happened in his head.

'If you don't let us in, we can always just blast the door open.' Storm suggested, and Peter could hear the buzzing of lightning on the other side of the door. 'Your choice.' The weather goddess said.

Peter sighed, so much for putting it off. The wallcrawler stood up, his suit materialising around him, minus the mask, and he walked to the door, unlocking and then opening it to reveal the 2 beautiful women still clad in their heroic outfits and staring at him with conflicted yet determined gazes. Pete stood aside, and the 2 mutants walked into the room, pyslocke was leaning against the wall, and Storm was sitting on his bed, both X women staring at his back. Peter gently closed the door but did not turn to them.

"Peter, look at us." Psylocke said softly.

Peter remained staring at the door before sighing and slowly turned to them, his back leaning against the door and his arms folded.

"Where do you wanna start?" Peter asked, getting straight to the point.

Both mutants turned to each other, a mental conversation going on between them before psylocke looked back at Peter and hesitantly spoke.

"Peter....what we saw in your head..." psylocke paused, the fragmented memories coming back to her, and from Ororo's glazed look, they had returned for her too. "Was that -" the British mutant was about to ask but stopped when peter raised his hand up.

"I know what you both want to ask." Peter said, looking at both mutants in the eyes. "And the answer is yes, it was real. And yes, those 2 kids that each of you held were, in fact, our children." Peter said. He waited and watched as the shock washed over their faces, followed soon by uncertainty.

(Omniverses)

Spider UK and Spider Storm stared at their respective mothers' reactions. Both feeling a hint of concern for their mothers. Sure, the multiverse is filled with infinite possibilities, and them being born in another universe wasn't outside the realm of possibility, but the problem was that not only had psylcoke and Storm seen their universe's mother's memories, they had also felt the feelings that came with them, feelings that were so strong that it began to affect them and see their father in a different light.

"What do you think will happen now, brother?" Aurora Munroe Parker whispered to her half-brother.

"Don't know." William Billy Braddock Parker whispered back. "If I had to guess, dad will probably tell them to forget about it." He continued.

"Do you believe that they will even do that?" Aurora asked.

"No. No, I don't believe they will." Billy answered.

(Mortal kombat universe)

"Don't think too much on it, ladies, it's best to just forget about it." Peter said. The uncertainty disappeared from both mutants and was replaced with a hint of anger.

"How can you ask us to forget?" Storm asked, her tone calm, but the anger was there. "How could you expect us to forget the ⁵lmemories that we saw? Of my -" Ororo paused, the memory of holding her child in her arms, the feelings that came with it, joy, love, happiness, fulfilment, it all came back to her. "Of OUR child?" She finally asked.

"Ororo, listen to me." Peter requested, arms unfolded and was leaning off of the door. "The memories that both of you saw were of another life, possible futures, other universes, where that Peter Parker and his ororo Munroe and another Peter Parker and his betsy Braddock got together and had children. The feelings that both of you have are not real." Peter said.

"They are real to us." Psylocke spoke up. "We can't just forget them, Peter. We can't just forget our children, my son." Psylcoke then points to Storm. "Her daughter." She said.

"But you should." Peter said. "Just because you saw memories from an alternate universe doesn't mean that you should force yourselves to love me." The 2 mutants go to protest, but Peter stops them. "Don't lie, ladies. I could tell by the way you checked if I was injured, the gentle touches, the tight hugs that you gave me. You 2 were acting like worried wives." Peter said, bringing up their actions in Outworld.

".......perhaps you're right." Betsy spoke. "Maybe we were influenced by those memories." She suddenly moved and stood in front of Peter. "But what if we change that?" She asked, catching Storm and Peter's attention. "We link our minds together and live in a world of our own making, and we just...." She shrugs. "Get to know each other personally." Psylocke then places a hand on Peter's shoulder. "I want to know what it's like to be loved unconditionally, I want to know what it's like to live in a world where I can trust someone with everything, I...." betsy hesitates for a moment before taking a breath and continuing. "I want to the feeling of loving you, raising a family with you, and being married to you." She finished.

"She's not the only one, peter." Storm suddenly spoke up, moving to stand next to betsy and placing her hand on his unoccupied shoulder. "I wish to know the same things. The joy of motherhood, the fulfilment of a happy marriage, and the warmth of someone loving me eternally and me loving that person back." Ororo said.

Peter stared at both of them, opening and closing his mouth before he looked off to the side.

"I....i don't know about this." Peter hesitantly said.

"Why not? Is it not your dream to find someone you love and have a family with them?" Storm inquired. When peter nodded, the weather mutant continued. "Then why hesitate?" She asked. Peter looked at both of them before letting out a big sigh, his shoulders slumped as he spoke about one of his greatest fears.

"It's just -" the wallcrawler paused, trying to put his thoughts into words. "I'm afraid of loving anyone." He confessed. "Because I know that eventually, they'll end up crumbling away...." He paused, the image of Gwen Stacy dead in his arms as he cried in silence came to his head. "Or betraying me." The images of Mary Jane with Paul and black cat kissing daredevil all came to him, and he clenched his fists. "It's caused me to consider not finding my significant other because at the end of the day, all I've ever known is pain." He finished.

(Omniverses)

Black cat (TAS and spectacular) stared at the still image of black cat (616), making out with the devil of hells kitchen, knowing that Peter was nearby and that he spotted them. Black cat (TAS) narrowed her eyes at her counterpart. What the hell was she doing? Was she trying to make him jealous, if that was the case then she was fucking stupid, she then glanced at her spider and saw him slightly looking away at the screen and placed a hand on his arm. Peter (TAS) turned to look at her, and black cat mouthed the words, "I would never do that to you."

Black cat (spectacular) didn't know what to think at seeing her counterpart kissing daredevil. What was the point of doing the act? To hurt Spiderman? She shook her head. right now, she was looking for the location of a certain wall crawler, for she came across some interesting information, and she needed to....clear the air with him.

Gwen (spectacular) stared at the image of Peter holding her dead corpses as he cried over and felt numb. She was dead. It was in another universe, but she was still dead. Gwen tensed when a hand touched her arm and turned to see Peter staring back at her, concerned. Gwen smiled at her "friend" before looking back at the screen. She was in the here and the now. That's what mattered.

Spider gwen felt sympathy well up in her at the sight of Peter holding her 616 counterpart in his arms. She remembered the conversation they had during the battle with the inheritors, where they talked about losing his universe's gwen and her universe's Peter and how they promised to look after each other. Seeing this, it made her promise to herself that when he came back to his universe, she would be one of the first to check up on him.

(Mortal kombat universe)

"You may have found pain back then, Peter..." psylocke started. "But that can change now." Psylocke grabbed his hand with storm emitating the gesture, and the 2 mutants brought him to the bed where the 3 sat down. "If we do this, Peter, know that you will never be alone again." She said.

"And that you will be shown the love and compassion that you deserve." Storm finished for her mutant friend.

Peter stared at both of them before looking at their intertwined hands. The wallcrawler took a breath and closed his eyes.

"Let's do it." Peter said, a little anxious at what will possibly happen in the made-up reality.

Storm and psylocke closed their eyes as the telepath linked their 3 minds, and the mental version of their world was created.

What felt like years in that reality was actually seconds in the real world. They lived through everything.

The good....

The bad....

The ugly....

They learn't about each other, and what came from that was an increase. I'm their friendship, but as time went on in that reality, they saw each other differently, and that friendship grew to become love.

After that, there was marriage, a ceremony with the people they cherished, and no interruptions. The honey moon came next, and let's just say that the 2 ladies never stood a chance.

The next was the beginning of life being born and nurturing it. They watched as their children grew up, went to school, controlled their powers, became adults, followed in their footsteps and became heroes, got married, had their own family, and soon...

The 3 grew old and crumbled away....

The mental world that was created had ended....

Peter was the first to open his eyes, followed by the 2 X women who now looked at him with newfound warmth in their eyes. It was a look that Peter returned. He no longer saw them as just members of the Xmen. He saw them as his lovers, and perhaps one day, his wives.

'I have 2 girlfriends.' He couldn't help but think. "Now what?" Peter couldn't help but ask.

Psylocke was the first to act, turning Peter to face her and smashed her lips into his own, fireworks going off in their heads at the intimate contact. However, it didn't last long as Storm pulled Peter away from psylocke and pulled him in for a kiss of her own. Whereas psylocke's was a little rough and excited, Storm's was slow and tender, savouring it as if it would end too quickly.

The 2 broke apart, and the 3 laid back on the bed, Psylocke occupying Peter's left and Storm on his right, their hands on his chest as Peter's top half of his suit receded.

"Goodnight, my love/pete." Ororo and Betsy said. Recieving pecks on their heads.

"Goodnight, ladies." Pete said, holding them close to him as his eyes grew heavy, and he soon fell asleep, his 2 lovers joining him in the realm of dreams.

Little did they, as well as everyone else, know that the enemy was approaching the gates and that a fight for survival would soon take place.

A/N: Right, I hope you all enjoyed. I'll be honest, I was scratching my head with this one. It's not my best, but it's something. Apologies if this doesn't make sense, and if it's all over the place, like I said, I had trouble with this one. But hey, we're now moving onto the invasion.

A/N: anyways, thanks for reading this chapter, feel free to leave a review and as always.....PEACE✌️✌️