Previously: Peter met S.H.I.E.L.D., learned he's from another Earth, and witnessed a terrifying alternate version of himself destroying New York in another reality. Now he's following the threads of chaos… and all of them lead to one woman.
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🗓️ Location: Westview, New Jersey — Restricted Perimeter Zone
Peter crouched behind an abandoned delivery truck, eyes narrowed beneath his upgraded mask. His newly adapted Webmaster thread flickered in and out of visibility as he clung to a surveillance camera.
> 🧠 DUMAS: "Alright, Sherlock. This is the location of your next danger — and probably your next power boost. Scans confirm a Nexus aura. Energy similar to the Scarlet Witch."
Peter sighed. "You're sure it's her?"
> DUMAS: "Unless someone else in New Jersey is warping reality like a child's coloring book? Yeah, I'm sure."
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Peter leapt into the air — webline shooting out, swinging over a silent neighborhood that shouldn't exist.
It was like walking into a TV show.
Old 50s-style houses. Perfect lawns. A mailbox labeled "The Maximoffs." And… humming.
A beautiful woman in a red robe was watering her garden.
Wanda Maximoff.
Only… she wasn't humming a normal tune. It sounded like static — like a broken signal from a dozen timelines colliding.
Peter dropped silently onto her front yard.
"Hi," he said, pulling off his mask.
She didn't even flinch.
"I know you're not real," Wanda said softly.
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Peter blinked. "I'm real."
"You're from somewhere else," she continued, still watering her plants. "You don't belong here. This place — it's mine. It's safe. It's… mine."
Peter took a step forward. "I'm not here to break anything. I'm just trying to understand why you're tearing holes in reality."
She turned then. Slowly. Her eyes were glowing red.
"Because they took everything from me."
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Suddenly the sky shimmered.
Peter's system flared:
> 📘 ALERT: NEXUS ZONE DETECTED
Anomalous Energy Spike: 78% Reality Instability
Threat Level: A
Power Signature: Chaos Magic (Uncontrolled)
> 🧠 DUMAS: "Abort. Abort. She's unraveling the timeline. This is a Wanda at 50% grief and 120% danger."
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Peter held his hands up. "Look, I'm from another world. You lost people — I did too. Uncle Ben, Aunt May, my entire Earth. But if you break this one trying to rebuild yours—"
"YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND!" Wanda's voice warped, and so did the street. Houses twisted, cars melted like clay, and Peter's suit shuddered as physics rewrote itself around him.
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🌪️ [Combat Protocol Engaged]
> Power Unlock: Spider Instinct Tier II New Trait: Reality-Tuned Reflexes
You can now sense reality distortions before they occur.
Peter dove just as a red whip of chaos magic tore through the air behind him. The air turned thick — not with heat, but with possibility.
Wanda hovered above the ground now, eyes glowing fully red.
"Get out," she hissed.
"I can't," Peter muttered. "Because you're not the only one who lost control."
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🕸️ Flashback: System Glimpse — Earth-199XΩ
A memory he never lived played in Peter's head.
Him. Older. Wearing a red-black suit. Holding someone in his arms — a girl with white hair and glowing hands. Wanda… from another world.
She was dying. Saying his name.
He watched himself scream as the multiverse collapsed behind her.
> DUMAS: "That's not your memory. Not yet. But it could be."
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🌪️ Back in Westview
Wanda paused mid-attack.
Peter knelt, not dodging anymore.
"I don't want to fight you. I want to fix this world — before it becomes like mine."
Wanda's eyes shimmered.
"You… saw me die, didn't you?"
Peter looked up. "I watched too many people die. I don't want to add you to the list."
She floated down slowly, chaos magic retracting like wings of fire folding in.
"Then you need to be stronger. Or this world will kill you too."
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> 📘 SYSTEM UPDATE:
You have formed a Mutual Link with: Wanda Maximoff
+10 Heroism
Power Copied: Chaos Pulse (Level 1) — Short-range blast that distorts physics. Cooldown: 3h
Nexus Energy partially absorbed. Your multiversal thread is stabilizing.
> 🧠 DUMAS: "Congratulations. You didn't die. And you've been marked by Chaos. Let's hope that doesn't curse you."
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🕷️ Later: Abandoned Rooftop, NYC
Peter sat on the edge, watching the moon rise behind the tower. His phone buzzed — a text from Nick Fury.
> FURY: You made contact with Maximoff. She's no longer hostile. That buys us time. Use it wisely.
Peter's hands curled into fists.
"Time's all I've got. Until the other me shows up."
Behind him, a shadow moved.
A black-suited figure stepped out of the dark.
"You're not supposed to exist here," the voice said. Cold. Familiar.
Peter turned slowly.
And faced himself.
But not Peter Parker.
It was Ben Reilly. The Scarlet Spider.
And he was fully under the control of the Multiversal Corruption.