Chapter 56: A Panther claims a Spider.
A/N: I apologise for any spelling mistakes I make.
3rd POV: Peter and silver held onto each other a little longer, enjoying the others' presence after being separated for so long, but like all good things, it has to come to an end.
"We should stop now and get back to meet with the princess of wakanda." Silver advised but didn't relent in her hold on Spiderman.
"Yeah, we should." Peter agreed but didn't let go of the hug either.
(Omniverses)
Whilst many cooed at the sight of the 2 people refusing to let the other go, some had different thoughts on the scene.
The silver sable's of the Marvel omniverse, more specifically.
Silver sable from the TAS universe found the interaction rather odd considering that she only ever encountered Spiderman once but seeing the 616 spider totem doing the things he's done and how he is currently acting around her counterpart made her curious about her universe's Spiderman.
Silver from the spectacular universe was a little shocked to see the way her counterpart leaned into Spiderman as he embraced her before frowning. Silver remembered when she encountered her universe's Spiderman and soon met her an old love interest in the form of hammerhead. It was thanks to that villain that was she unconscious and wasn't able to save her father from being taken back to jail due to the actions of one spectacular spiderman.
On one hand, she could respect the wallcrawler for what he does in using his gifts in the service of others. On the other hand, her father was back in jail because of him.
So, at this point in time, she respected and didn't like him. If she ever met him again in the near future, she'll most likely attack him.
But then again, if she wants to defeat the totem, she would need to gain Intel on his abilities.
She wasn't using this as an excuse to know about her universe's Spiderman.
Nope, not at all.
Anyone who said otherwise is insane.
Meanwhile, silver sable (PS5) was definitely curious about the interaction between her 616 counterpart and the centre of the web. Her experience with the wallcrawler was during the whole devil's breath fiasco and battling the demons. Sure, their first meeting wasn't the best, and her perception of him downgraded every time she saw him in matters that sable international were involved with, not to mention from what Osborn had told her but it all changed when she agreed with the wallcrawler to put aside their differences and stop Martin Li from unleashing devil's breath. It further changed when Spiderman helped her with stopping Hammerhead when he didn't have to.
It also helped that she found Spiderman oddly charming in the short time she worked with him.
Silver then idly remembered meeting the man behind the mask when Miss Watson was interviewing her. She did find Peter interesting from a brief conversation she had with him after said interview. To find out that the 2 people that she met were one in the same was a surprise but not an unwelcome one.
She made a mental note to perhaps check in on the wallcrawler and see how he's doing as a way of repaying him for helping her. With his identity exposed to the world and beyond, it wouldn't be too hard to find where he currently is.
(Earth 616)
After a few moments more, spidey was the first to break the hug with silver reluctantly following soon after.
"Come on, we should go." Peter said, his mask coming back on after sending a mental command to his suit.
"Agreed." Silver said before reaching out a hand to grasp his. "I am truly sorry for telling you that I was alive, Peter."
"Doesn't matter anymore. You're here, alive and well. That's all that matters to me." Peter said as he gently squeezed the hand that held his. "When all this is over, do you wanna.... I dunno, hang out later at some point?" Peter asked nervously.
"I would like that." Silver answered, smiling at the nephew of May Parker.
The 2 then walked out of the room they were in and walked back to the main conference room where various agents from S.W.O.R.D and S.H.I.E.L.D were, but what caught both silver and Peter's attention was the various wakandans, more specifically the Dora Milaje that were also stationed out and inside the embassy, spears at the ready and watching everyone and everything that could cause harm.
(Omniverses)
The introduction of the Dora milaje caught everyone's attention. They could tell from the way they carried themselves that they were warriors of the highest calibre.
Wonder Woman (YJ and JLU) and hyppolita (JLU) observed the warrior women, reminding them of the many amazons that were trained to be the best of the best.
In the MCU, the wakandans, especially the T'challa, Shuri, Queen ramonda, and Okoye toom note of the 616 counterparts of the Dora milaje with noting some of the members that were also in the Dora milaje in their universe.
"It seems no matter the universe, the Dora Milaje are still the faithful protectors of wakanda and its people." The resurrected black panther said.
"Where's Okoye, though?" Shuri asked, standing next to her brother as she looked around on the screen to try and spot the woman mentioned.
"Perhaps I'm not a part of the Dora milaje, or I could be elsewhere in the symkarian embassy." Okoye suggested.
"It's a possibility." Queen Ramonda said. "But if they are here, then that means the counterpart of shuri is not far. I'm rather curious about how this one acts." The Queen added.
"They look like they can put up a fight." Chun Li said as she observed the wakandans.
"When royalty is involved, you need the best of the best to guard them. You can never be too careful." Cammy answered before remembering the warning that Madame Web gave. "And with the warning that Spiderman was given, it's better to be safe than sorry."
(Earth 616)
"It seems the princess has arrived." Silver said, pointing the obvious.
"Yep. The question is, where is she?" Spidey asked as he looked around.
As the totem searched, he suddenly tensed as he felt eyes upon him, it felt like that of a predator who was eyeing their prey and getting ready to strike, a feeling that he has felt from those like kraven the hunter and the inheritors. The totem looked around carefully, trying to find who was staring at him, Julia's warning coming to mind.
"Is there something wrong?" Silver asked as she took notice of Peter's tense form.
"I... don't know exactly." Peter replied as he continued to look around. "I'm being watched, I know I am, but I don't know by who. I think for now, just keep an eye out, I doubt everyone's gonna agree with these alliance talks, so it's best to be safe than sorry." He advised.
"I'll let my people know. I suggest you inform the directors as well." Silver said, about to move to inform the security in the embassy before pausing and glancing back at Peter. "Be careful." With that, Silver moved to speak with the staff.
It was only after the leader of the wild pack left his side that the feeling of being watched increased, though this time it felt like it was coming from all around him, making him not move from his place.
'Where is that coming from?' Spidey mentally asked as he looked around.
"《This feeling....》" The voice anansi had Peter pause his search and listen to the spider god. "《It's so familiar... wait...》" The spider god remained silent for 10 seconds before he spoke once more, though he sounded a little more panicked. "《Crap we're screwed. We're screwed, I didn't think she would be here. Peter, we need to go somewhere, anywhere but here!!!》"
Peter was gonna ask anansi why he was suddenly panicking before he stopped as he looked outside a nearby window and spotted 2 figures standing on the roof of a building. The spider totem moved closer to get a better look.
The first thing the centre of the web of life saw was the flaming skull and the staff with a moon at the top of it. At first, Peter believed it was moon Knight and Ghost Rider, but once he got a good look at the attire of the flaming skull and spotted the beak skull, he knew it wasn't the avatar of the moon god and bike riding spirits of vengeance.
It was, in fact....
"《Konshu? Zarathos?》" The spider god asked in surprise at seeing his old friends that he had made when he became a god.
Konshu and zarathos stared back at the wallcrawler, knowing that he was able to spot them. Zarathos gave a little wave before he then pointed behind the spider totem.
"《Why's he- OH SHI-》"
"Hello Spiderman." Someone greeted from behind the totem, causing him to whip his head around and come mask to mask with none other than...
Princess shuri.
(Omniverses)
Everyone took in the appearance of the princess, with many from the Marvel omniverse noticing the fact that she was dressed as the black panther, which made many wonder a few things, 2 of which being....
Did shuri become the black panther instead of T'challa?
Did she take up the mantle after T'challa stopped?
Meanwhile, in the MCU universe, shuri was not too pleased with the attire her counterpart wore.
"What is with that suit? Where's the vibranium armour?" Shuri questioned, not understanding why her counterpart that kind of outfit when wakanda has vibranium that could be used to make a better suit that can absorb damage and redirect it.
T'challa looked at the counterpart of his sister and noticed one big difference between the one beside him and the one on screen. Whilst his sister was a fighter, she was modified in a lab working with vibranium to create technology that would benefit the people of wakanda whilst the shuri on screen was more of a warrior like him, trained to hunt apprehend and perhaps of needed, eliminate targets.
It made him wonder what the story of the 616 counterpart of his sister was.
(Earth 616)
"So good to see you after all these years." Shuri said, a growl escaping her throat near the end. "I hope you've been well.
At the back of Peter's mind, the son of Richard and Mary Parker heard anansi whimper in slight fear.
"《Peter, if you have any self-preservation left, I suggest you run.》" The spider god urged.
"《Why?》" Peter asked his past self. Anansi didn't answer but instead called upon a small portion of the power from the Web and pushed it to Peter's eyes. From there, Peter was still able to see Shuri, but there was an outline of something giant behind her staring down at him, but with the power of the Web of life still flowing through him, the outline began to take shape and the spider totem's ese widened behind his mask as he identified what, or rather who, was looking down at him.
'Bast?!?!' Spider-Man yelled in his mind.
(Omniverses)
"WHAT?!?!" Those familiar with the panther goddess yelled, the wakandans were the loudest, wondering why Bast was seemingly with shuri.
(Earth 616)
"《RUN BITCH!!!! RUUUUUUUUNNNNN!!!!》" Anansi yelled as loud as he could, causing Peter to have a temporary migraine, that quickly faded away.
"Is there something wrong, Spiderman?" Shuri asked in concern as she approached Peter, placing a hand on his shoulder. "You don't seem well." The hand on the totems suddenly tightened, the claws of the panther slightly sinking into his suit as her eyes glowed purple for a brief moment. "Perhaps you should take a moment to sit down. I'm sure the talks can wait a little longer." Shuri then moved a little closer. "I can lead you somewhere where you can rest in peace~~" the sister of the king of wakanda suggested with a growl at the end.
"I'd like that." Peter began, trying to find an excuse to escape the clutches and gaze of shuri. "But I uhh... gotta inform the directors to about a security concern." Peter quickly said before attempting to move past the panther.
Peter only made it 5 steps before a hand was placed back on his shoulder, and a body leaned into his.
"You know..." shuri whispered in his ear. "I always enjoy my hunts, anansi, watching as my prey tries to escape from me only to find out that there's no escape but you...." The sister of T'challa then began to forcefully lead Spiderman out of the main conference room. To everyone else, it seemed like 2 people catching up after not seeing each other with the way shuri had her arm around Spider-Man's shoulders, but it was a different story if they knew what was going on. "You were always the tricky one to catch. Every time you annoyed me and I hunted you down, you managed to escape me." The 2 went out of the conference room and walked down the same path that spidey and silver took to have their moment of privacy. "But it was from your attempts to annoy me and get me to open up that a friendship formed between us....and then you died." The clawed hand clenched his shoulder again. "And then I find out through the screens that you came back to live, reincarnated as a mortal. I suppose it was fate in a way that I also took a mortal form, and we found each other again." Shuri then slowed her pace, forcing the silent Spider-man to do the same. "I promised myself that when you would return to our universe, I would hunt you down and finally catch the one prey that always eluded me~~" shuri then stopped and spun Spiderman around. "And I finally have you~~~!!" Shuri practically spat.
"Shuri-" Spider-Man tried to speak before the panther goddess in human form grabbed the wallcrawler by his suit and tossed him into the empty room and stormed in after him, slamming the door behind her.
Purple runes soon lit up the empty room, creating silencing seals, locking the doors, and blocking the windows. Peter took the time to get up before he was suddenly grabbed again by the female panther and heaved up into the air and slammed him into the table before jumping on top of him.
"Finally. Just me and you, alone." Shuri whispered as her clawed hands travelled up Spidey's body before placing it on his chest. "And no one will interrupt us~~" she growled.
"Can't we talk about this?" Peter hopefully asked, not wanting to possibly be mauled by the woman on top of him who was also subtly grinding against him.
"No." shuri answered before leaning her masked face closer to the totem's. "I will not let you escape or talk your way out ever again. YOU. ARE. MINE!" Bast growled.
"《........we're screwed.》" Anansi solemnly declared to his reincarnation.
Peter couldn't help but agree....
They were totally screwed.
A/N: Alright, another chapter down. The panther goddess makes her appearance and has reunited with anansi. What is she gonna do with him? Well, I have to find out next time.
A/N: Anyway, thanks for reading this chapter. Feel free to leave a review and, as always.....PEACE✌️✌️
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