THIRD POV

It was still the same night when both Spiders found out they had limited time until they perished. Both were currently in their shared dorm.

Y/N was deep in his sleep, while Gwen was still awake, sitting in the chair at the desk.

She was working on her web shooters. They had somehow jammed while they were glitching, so she was trying to make them work again.

She would also need to restock herself with web-fluid, because her cartridges run out.

Luckily, she had chemistry class tomorrow, so she will create them during class.

She wouldn't admit it, but she was jealous of Y/N. Reason?

He had organic webs, which are infinitive, well, unless he gets tired to the point he can't shoot them anymore.

Speaking of our other spider...

As she focussed on her devices, she heard soft rustling behind her.

She places down her web shooters on the desk and turns to see what was making that noise.

When she turned, she saw what was causing the noise.

It was Y/N, even though he was in deep sleep now, his body was shaking in bed, as he spoke out inaudible words under his breath.

Gwen immediately got up from her seat and kneeled down infront of him. She ran her hand through his face while shushing him.

This was the 3rd time she saw him do this.

First happent on their first night together stuck on this Earth. The 2nd was the night before coming to school and now, this is the 3rd time.

Y/N told her this happens regularly, him mumbling in his sleep. He said it started about 1 year and 5 months ago... exactly the same time frame when he... lost Anya.

She didn't want to push into it. He can talk about other traumatising things, but he never talks about... her. First two times, he only mumbled, but now? He was shaking.

She knew this wasn't normal mumbling in sleep or a bad dream.

This was a nightmare. And it always is the same one.

"A-Anya..." - She hears him say that same wor... no, a name. That same name.

She realised that this was a bigger problem than when Y/N tried to reassure it was nothing.

Her face softness as she places one hand on his cheek, while the other one unconsciously intertwines with his hand.

Y/N's cold face flinches at the touch of her warm hand, his spider-sense kicking in, but soon melts into her hands warmth, as his body starts to slowly stop shaking.

Gwen was surprised by his instant calmness, but she figures even that out. His body probably recognized the same pattern.

It registered her touch, thinking that it belonged to...Anya.

In that moment, she just realised how broken he actually was.

Her death didn't just break him, it tore him down to his core.

While she and her peter were best friends and possibly both had crush on each other, it didn't come close to Y/N and Ayna.

What those two had was an unbreakable bond. The only reason why it broke was because it was never meant to be broken from outside, but from inside, from their own hearts.

So when one heart stopped, so did the other along with it.

When Y/N was completely still in his sleep, Gwen climbed slowly and quietly over him and joined him under the blanket.

She snuggles behind him, sharing her warmth with him, while their hands stay intertwined together, as she drifts into sleep.

NEXT MORNING

Rattling can be heard as Gwen's eyes start to open. She slightly groans as her eyes try to adjust to sudden light coming through the window of their dorm.

When she fully adjusted to the light, she noticed that she was alone in bed. She looked up and saw Y/N, fully dressed up in his school uniform, sitting at the desk.

She crawled her way to the edge where she sat, placing her legs on the floor.

"W-what are you doing?" - She yawns as Y/N throws her a quick glance before returning it on the desk. "I noticed you tried to fix your web shooters, so I thought, why not upgrade them?"

This gets her attention. He finishes the last touches before grabbing both devices and turning around to face her, showing her his work.

She reaches with her hand as she takes one and brings it closer to her.

First thing she noticed, they were smaller now, but instead of a normal tube, the tube was now expanded, as it was now possible to turn to 4 different tubes with a single click of her finger.

"I noticed that you were able to fire only one web at a time with your web shooters, but now, you can fire more of them at once."

He tells her as he places the web shooter he had on his wrist and immediately clicked, as 5 webs were fired in different directions in the room.

Gwen was astonished as she looked at the work that Y/N did, what feels like he did in 30 minutes or less. "NO WAY! How did you manage to upgrade it?"

"Well, this wasn't my first time working on web shooters."

"But you had organic webs. Why would you need web shooters?" - She asked him as she placed the web shooter on the bed.

"They weren't meant for me..." - Silence took over the room as Gwen awaited his answer. He takes a big sigh as he looks down. "They were for...Anya."

This catches Gwen off guard. For... Anya? Why would she... wait, is he telling him that Anya was also a...

"She...She was also bitten by a spider?" - Gwen asks him, at which he slowly nods with his head. "Yes. There was another spider. Got bitten 2 months after I became Crimson-Spider. Called herself Spider-Girl."

Gwens processes the new given information until she connects it with the nightmare he had. Her eyes widen when she she realises - -

"She died as Spider-Girl, didn't she?" - He didn't give her a response as he simply looked away, covering his face with his hand. "And her de... she is the cause of your nightmares...?"

"Y-yeah." - Y/N gulped as she tried to calm himself from remembering that night once more.

"Im s-sorry..." - She then thinks back what she did last night. "I sorry a-about what I-I did last night. I r-r-really shouldn't have d-done th - -"

But she was interrupted by Y/N who placed his hand on top of hers. When she looked up, she found him looking at her with a comforting glance.

"No need to apologise. Besides, this may be the first night in a long time that I slept with calmness in my mind."

They may not notice, but both of their cheeks turn slightly red as they look away, but he still had his hand on top of hers.

"We should probably - -"

"- - go prepare for class."

"Y-yeah." - Y/N coughs as he gets up. "See you later."

"Y-yeah. See you, t-too..." - She tells him as both went to prepare themselves, before leaving their dorm for another day at the school.

Minutes later, Y/N was in the school hallway. When he opened his locker, his spider-sense tingled.

He looks over his shoulder and he sees that Morales kid who triggered his spider-sense.

The kid was kinda, slightly bulked up since yesterday. He was trying to put his pants down, which looked too small for him now. He is also a bit taller?

As the kid passed, Y/N averted his glance at Gwen, who was on the opposite side of the hall, as she also was glancing back at him with the same thought.

Y/N closed his locker as Gwen walked to him. "I also now sensed it. You think he got bitten last night?"

She whispered to him so nobody around would hear them. "Definitely. He got that spider boost to his body. He is slightly taller than you now."

"What should we do? Should we approach him?"

"No. He couldn't help us even if he wanted to. He just probably freaked out by it. Better let this Earth Spiderman teach him the ropes."

Gwen thought for the second before nodding with her head as they then split up and went towards their classes.

TIMESKIP

Gwen was walking to her 3rd class today.

As she was crossing the centre room, her spider-sense went off.

She looked over her shoulder and saw Morales kid behind, walking backwards?

She remembered what Y/N told her, but she had other thoughts... so she slowly started to walk backwards until...

As Miles was walking backwards, trying to find out where the deep voice inside his head was coming from, he was interrupted by a high-pitched whine as he bumped into someone.

As he turns, he sees it's the new girl from physics class.

Unaware of him, she let him bump into her on purpose.

"Oh! Are you okay?" - Gwen asked him.

"What?" - Miles starts to sweat as he swipes some of it off his forehead. On which Gwen picks upon.

"Why are you so sweaty?"

"It's a puberty thing." - He quickly realises what he said. "I don't know why I said that. I'm not going through puberty. I did. But I'm done. I'm a man."

While he talked, Gwen gave him a weird look.

Trying to sauve himself from embarrassment, he changes the subject. "- - So you're, like, new here, right? We got that in common."

"Yeah, that's one thing."

"Cool, yeah. I'm Miles."

"I'm G - -" - Gwen quickly tries to fix her mistake. " - - Waaaanda."

"Wait, your name is Gwanda?"

"Yes, it's African." - She is now becoming nervous. "I'm South African. No accent though, cause I was raised here."

While "Gwanda"continues rambling her fake out story, her voice fades away as Miles' view falls onto her shoulder. And his hand started raising... in slow motion...

"- - I'm kidding. It's Wanda. No G. That's crazy. Heh." - She finishes her rumbling as just then, Miles' hand lands on her shoulder.

"Hey." - He says in the deep voice... which obviously was bad. Gwen simply looks at it confused.

"OK then. I'll see you around."

Miles, ultimately devastated, drops his "cool" nature as he returns to his normal act. "Oh. See you."

Mortified, Miles goes to leave, but something strange happens... his fingers get stuck to Gwen's hair.

"Sorry... um... oh crap - -"

"- - Hey! Um, can you let go please? Ow ow ow ow ow, calm down - -"

"- - I can't... let... go..."

Miles tried to unstick, but just kept janking her hair, so Gwen grabbed him by the wrist.

"It's fine." - But Miles jerked it towards himself, which caused Gwen to get closer to him.

Only thing separating their close distance was a book Gwen held in her hand... which now also got stuck with Miles' second hand.

To make their situation worse, their scramble started to get the attention of nearby students.

"Miles, let go!" - She told him as now they started to run in circles.

"I'm working on it. It's just puberty!"

"I don't think you know what puberty is! Just relax."

"Okay, I have a plan."

"Great."

"I'm going to pull REALLY hard." - That truly was a terrible idea...

"That's a terrible plan."

"1... 2..."

"- - Don't do this!" - Gwen having enough, she decided to grab him.

" - -3!" - Gwen slides to the floor as she flips Miles over her, in the view of multiple students.

"AHHHHHHHH!!!" - While Miles screams of course.

TIMESKIP

An electric razor buzz can be heard. Both Gwen and Miles were currently in the nurses office.

Miles looks on as his hand is freed from Gwen's hair. By Miles's expression, you can tell it was bad.

Gwen's whole right side was ravaged, while the imprint of his hand was very much visible.

"Nice to meet you." - Miles said, but she won't even look at him.

She stared at herself in her pocket mirror. "Sure. Total pleasure." - She responds fully annoyed as she shuts her pocket mirror.

With that que, Miles nervously gets up and exits the office.

Gwen sits there a little bit longer before sighing out and also exiting the office.

She received a few glances her way as she walked down the hall until noticed Y/N a few metres ahead of her.

Gwen could see his puzzled expression on his face as he listened to nearby gossips until his eyes landed on her, his eyes widening.

As she finally approached him, he was about to open his mouth, but she cuts him off. "Not. A. Word. About. My. Hair."

She gives him a glare as he shuts up for a few seconds, as they glance at each other.

"I was gonna say you need a hair fix at the hairdresser/hair stylist."

She groans as she scratches her ravaged side. "Is that bad?"

"I prefer not to speak. If I speak, I'm in big trouble. Big trouble."

She chuckles a bit as she playfully hits him in the shoulder. "You dick."

"Hey, I'm not the one who didn't listen to me." - He tells her as they start walking towards the exit of the building.

"I know, I know..." - She looks down. "You were right..."

Y/N shakes his head as she sighs. "Look. It happened and we can't change it, so here's a new plan. You go get your hair fixed while Ill go and scout the Alchemax Laboratories."

Gwen lifts her head up and glances at him with a surprised look.

"Y-You sure. I mean, shouldn't we - -"

"It's fine. I can do it alone. It's not my first time sneaking into some big facility." - He assures her as they exited outside.

Just then, they heard noise above them. As they looked up, they saw Miles on the side of the wall... sticking to it while he was being pecked by pigeons, who got stuck to his hands.

Oh, he also was shirtless, which revealed he was buffed a little, unlike yesterday.

Y/N and Gwen looked at him perplexed.

"...Što u jebenom svijetu...(What in the fucking world...)" - Y/N swears as they see Miles disappear around the corner. They stay in silence, before Gwen turns to Y/N.

"...You sure you still don't want us to help him?"

"You want your other side ravaged, too?"

"..."

"That's what I thought."

With that, they walked away to the next building.

TIMESKIP

Alchemax Laboratories

Hudson Valley, NY

Y/N can be seen swinging through the forest as he made his way towards his destination.

He actually started glitching through the hallway of his travel, so he took a public bus for the rest of the journey to the Hudson Valley.

As he finally saw the glimpses of the building in the horizon, he teleported to the ground and walked over a big rock.

Climbing on top of it, he has the view on this Earth's Alchemax.

"What a waste of money for a generic build..."

To say it atleast, he wasn't impressed at all. He fired a web to the tree and jumped as he swung towards the laboratory.

Y/N lands on the roof where he spots an entry to the ventilation shaft. He rips the metal board and crawls his way in.

"How the fuck is this ventilation so clean?"

He crawled, looking through the vents for Olivia's office.

{START OF MUSIC}

After some time, he stumbles upon the office which had hexagon lights hanging from the ceiling.

"I guess we are screwed." - Y/N mumbled as his suspicions of her being Doc Ock were confirmed true.

He opens the vent and drops down.

Lights were currently turned off so there was no need to use his phasing powers to turn invisible, it would just make him glitch even more if he did.

He looks around until he spots the computer. He jumps over the table as he is now infront of the computer and turns it on.

But he came upon a problem.

He needed a password.

"Jebem ti. (Fuck) I hate when old people know how this stuff works."

Seeing he can't get in, he decided to look around the office.

He came upon usual experiments and files he was used to since his doctor Octavius did most of those stuff too, before he became a slave to his four tentacle arms.

That was until he came upon a certain white folder file.

PROJECT MULTIVERSE

Opening the folder, he was immediately met with 2 pictures.

On the first one it was a woman with black hair with a streak of white hair while the other picture was of a boy.

Underneath them were two names.

Vanessa and Richard Fisk.

"He's doing this to bring his family back..."

Y/N felt bad for this version of kingpin. He too would do anything to see his father, 2 best friends... and Anya again.

"...But that does not justify blowing the entire multiverse into sheds."

Flipping more pages, he found out that the Super-Collider they were building only had two cannon machines instead of his 3 in his dimension.

And the worst part, there was no stabiliser for it.

When he flipped the next page, his eyes widened in shock when he read the name of the title on it.

PROJECT TRANSFER EARTH 42 > EARTH 1610

"Što u svijetu... (What in the world...)"

Before he could read it, his spider-sense went off as the doors to the office opened.

"Yeah, yeah, I'll pick it up for you." - An male scientist walked into the office as he turned the lights on.

He walked up to the table where Project Multiverse was placed on.

"You just start the collider. I will be there in 20 minutes."

The scientist picked up the folder and proceed to exits the office as he turns the lights off.

When doors closed, Y/N phased back into visibility as he was sticking to the ceiling.

"They are starting the collider tonight? I gotta go inform Gwen."

{END OF MUSIC}

Scene changes as Crimson-Spider can be seen swinging through the forest as fast as he could to return to New York.

As he was about to fire another web, he started to glitch. "ARGH!!"

Y/N falls on the ground, snow softening his landing, as he rolls until he hits the tree.

"JEBOTE! (FUCK!)"

As he glitched, he also felt the ground around him start to shake. It felt like an earthquake.

As he glitched, his view started to go black once again.

HE ONCE AGAIN WAS LOOKING THROUGH THE BLACK LATINO KID, WHOS NAME HE FOUND OUT FROM GWEN WAS MILES.

MILES WAS POSITIONED AT THE TOP OF THE SOME RUBLE AS EVERYTHING AROUND WAS IN SHAMBLES.

HE WAS LOOKING DOWN AT THE SCENE WHERE KINGPIN, TOMBSTONE AND A BATMAN RIP-OFF LOOKING GUY WERE STANDING UPON DOWNED SPIDERMAN, WHOS MASKS WAS TAKEN OF BY KINGPIN.

THAT SPIDERMAN WAS PETER PARKER, BUT WITH A BLOND HAIR.

THEY SEEMED TO BE EXCHANGING WORDS, BUT Y/N COULDN'T HEAR ANYTHING, JUST WATCH...

WATCH AS KINGPIN BROUGHT HIS FITS DOWN ONTO SPIDERMAN... AND KILLING HIM.

Y/N gaps as his view is back to reality as he was laying on the ground, his glitching had stopped.

"No... No no no no, not again!" - Ignoring his pain, he got up to his feet and started both swinging and teleporting as fast as he could towards Brooklyn.

If his previous vision turned out to be true... he really wishes that this one doesn't happen.

TIMESKIP

{START OF MUSIC}

"We interrupt this broadcast for a special report. Sad news tonight. The hero known as Spider-Man has died after injuries related to another powerful earthquake in Brooklyn. Over a montage of people around the city finding out SpiderMan died, we hear - -"

"- - Multiple sources are confirming that Peter Parker, a 26 year old grad student and part time photographer, operated as SpiderMan for at least a decade, saving by some counts thousands of lives around the world. With these tragic seismic events on the rise, one can only wonder, is there anyone who can keep New York safe?"

People look at cell phones in Times Square as multiple News Anchors spread the same news.

"Peter Parker, Spider-Man, is dead. / He is survived by his wife Mary Jane and his aunt, May Parker. / Our hero Spider-Man is gone."

While civilians all were looking down at their phones or nearby tv outlets, Crimson-Spider is seen swinging around the city until he reached the Visions Academy.

As he lands at the window to his dorm, he takes off his mask, revealing that few tears have escaped out of his eye pockets.

He swipes them away before crawling through the window.

As his feet met the dorm floor, he immediately heard the noise on his left.

The noise he heard were... sobs.

He looked at his left and on the bed, he saw Gwen, her legs close to her chest as her head was buried into them, as soft sobs escaped her mouth.

"Gwen?..." - Y/N called out to her, which got her attention as she lifted her head and looked at him.

Her face was red as tears were flooding through her eyes.

Not even saying anything, she quickly jumped towards him and embraced him in a hug.

Y/N quickly wrapped his arms around here, as he wasn't surprised at sudden movement from her this time around.

Y/N knew why she was crying. And he didn't blame her. Maybe this Peter may not be their Peters, but he just liked them.

Gwen buried her face into his chest as she started crying, while Y/N strengthened his hold of his arms around her, closing his eyes as he too finally let out tears to escape out.

There they sat. On the floor. 2 broken spiders, entangled with each other, in a web of comfort.

{END OF MUSIC}

THIS DAY MAY GIVEN BIRTH TO A NEW SPIDERMAN

BUT IT ALSO WAS A DAY THAT SPIDERMAN DIED.

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Taken a few days, beside school and my stomach problems, here is the chapter.

Next chapter, we go straight to Alchemax again because Y/N forgot to make a goober 🤦

Besides meeting 2 new spider people...

He gonna meet this Earth's version of his counterpart...

... Who caused for his nightmare to appear.

Bye!