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Mask of my own face

Summary:

After the two Peters leave to their respective universes, Stephen is unable to cast the memory spell
Which means Peter has to leave somewhere where he doesn't exist

He ends up in Gotham, in a state that he's never been before
What's more wierd is his spider sense started speaking to him but who would count that

Notes:

Ages
Bruce- 47
Dick- 30
Barbara- 30
Jason- 26
Tim- 20
Stephanie- 21
Cassandra- 20
Duke- 19
Damian- 13
Peter- 8 (mentally 17)

(See the end of the work for more notes.)

Chapter 1

Notes:

I have no self control
Title from "a mask of my own face" by Lemon Demon

I haven't watched either spider Man movies or DC movies in a while and have never readed any comics so i'm sorry if i mess things up

Chapter Text

Goodbyes were sad, everyone knows that

Especially the ones that are forever

Peter knew this, experienced it

With Ben

May

And now Peter two and three

They may have not know each other for a long time but they’ve grown really close

 

And now, as he’s standing in front of Dr Strange, soon after Beck revealed his identity to the entire word 

He felt a goodbye creeping it’s way over

 

“There must be a way to fix this” Peter said

“I could cast a memory spell but I don't know if it’ll work” the wizard pondered

“What do you mean?”

“The universe is really unstable after the whole ‘multiple Peters and their villains’ thing, if I cast the it may not work properly and cause even more trouble”

“then what can you do?” MJ placed her hand on his shoulder

“There must be a way to fix this” Ned said, walking to Peters other side

Strange thought for a moment before looking at the spider teenager sadly

“Peter, i will have to transport you to a different universe”

Peter’s eyes went wide

“What? What do you mean?”

“I will have to send you to a universe, where Peter Parker does not exist, doing that will automatically erase memories of you from everyone that has ever known your name” Strange explained 

“that means we’ll forget you” MJ said, her voice wobbly

“But I don't want to forget Peter, he’s my best friend” Ned protested, Strange looked at the boy with sympathy

“I don't want to either, Ned but it’s the only way” he said sadly

“Can I at least pack my things?” Peter asked, staring at his feet

“Sure, just don't take too long” Stephen smiled softly

 

Peter swung to his apartment, it was completely empty and quiet, too quiet for his liking

He rushed into his room and grabbed his school backpack that was by the door, dumped all the books that were inside onto his bed and started putting in some loose shirts he could find. (Remembering to take his “i survived my trip to nyc” shirt and his favorite NASA one)

Three in two hoodies, a bunch of pants, underwear and socks

His phone and charger were placed in there as well

He chucked his wallet in too previously taking the money from Mays box under her bed, he didn't know if the world he was going to used the same currency as this one but better safe than sorry

Peter rummaged through his desk for a moment before he found what he was looking for, an old picture from when he and Ned where both 6 years old, in the picture Peter was getting a piggyback ride from Ned, they were both laughing with faces smeared with ice cream they’ve eaten earlier

Peter remembers that day well, he doesn't know if Ned remembers it too but oh well

He soon won't remember for sure

He folded the picture and placed it on the inside pocket of the backpack 

He went into the kitchen to take some good but stopped to look at the shopping list on the fridge

He and May were supposed to go grocery shopping after everything was over

Peter shook his head and opened the cabinets and grabbed some protein bars and took them to the room to chuck them into the backpack

He also took the chance of being in his apartment to change from his spider suit

He putted on a plain blue shirt, a gray hoodie over it, jeans and green sneakers

Then the nanobots all disappeared into his web shooters who were now disguised as bracelets

 

He came back to the statue of liberty with a full backpack on his back and tearfull eyes

“Peter” Ned walked up to him as he landed and took of the braided bracelet that he had on his wrist “here, for luck”

Peter took the bracelet and putted in on, right above his right web shooter

MJ then tackled him into a tight hug

Peter can feel her tears soak his shoulder

Ned joins in too, crushing his friend from the other side

“We’ll miss you dude” Ned choked out

“I’ll miss you too” Peter said 

MJ pulls away and unclips her necklace, handing it to Peter

“Your Black Dahlia I gave you?”

“I want you to have it, Ned gave you his bracelet, I’m giving you the necklace”

Peter accepted the necklace and clipped it around his neck

“Peter please hurry up” the teens hear the wizard say and look at eachother with even more tears

MJ kissed the corner of his mouth for a final goodbye and Ned does their secret handshake with him

 

It was time to go

 

Peter gave his friends (one being his girlfriend) one last look before walking up to Doctor Strange

“Okay, i’m ready” he wiped the tears that were almost spilling and putted on a brave face. Strange noticed and placed his hand on his back in a comforting manner

“Hey, it's gonna be alright” he tries to sooth him “i’m sure it won't be that bad there, i’m certain you’ll meet a lot of nice people there”

Peter didn't say anything, just looked at him for a moment before hugging him

Strange flinched at the sudden contact but soon calmed down and hugged back

“It’s gonna be fine Peter, i promise” the teen letted go, looked at him and nodded

Stephen opened the portal, it was dark on the other side, or maybe it was just the way the portal looked? Peter didn't know

“Goodbye Peter” the sorcerer said

Peter took a shaky breath and stepper into the portal

Into his new life

 

 

Peter was falling, that one was sure

He was falling and felt like shit, clinging to his backpack for dear life

 

He landed on cold concrete with a loud thump, his cheek laying on the ground, turning red from the impact but healing soon after

Peter picked himself up and sat down on his knees

He felt, smaller for some reason, but that wasn't his main concern at the moment

It was the constant buzzing of his spidey sense

The place he ended up in clearly wasn't save at all

Stephen was a liar

 

Not safe

In the open

Find somewhere safe

 

What the hell?

Was that his spidey sense talking

That has never happened before

Or maybe he just lost his mind

 

LISTEN

Find somewhere safe

Now

 

Okay, okay he’ll go find a safe space. He’s tired of the constant buzzing in his head anyway

 

Dummy

 

Now that was unnecessary

But he’ll ignore it

 

Peter stood up on shaky legs, and dusted himself off

He adjusted the straps of his backpack that got too long for him and went on his way

ignoring the urge to get on the nearest wall and just scitter on it until he found what he was looking for

 

Peter kept himself to the alleyways, only going on the main sidewalk when the spider sense warned him of something up ahead

And as he was walking his stomach started rumbling

He was about to take out a protein bar from his backpack when he spotted a rat by a trash can

 

Food

Catch it

 

What? No! He wasn't gonna eat a rat

 

But maybe-

 

NO

He wasn't gonna do it

But

As he watched the rodent his mouth started to water, and before he knew it he pounced at the animal and sunk his, unusually long fang teeth, into its back

The rat letted out a loud squeak and went limp in his hands. Soon after Peter felt the rodents insides liquify

He used on of his fangs to connect the two holes in the rats back, creating a thin slit

Peter pressed his lips into the opening and slurped everything that was inside

After he was done he putted his fingers in the slit and pulled, exposing the rats bones exposed

He took some of the flesh that was on the pulled over flap and slowly separated the meat from the furred skin with his nails. He then placed the meat on his tongue and devoured it

Peter repeated the process a few more times untill all that was left was only skin and bones

 

Peter felt disgusted

But also sickenly satisfied with himself 

 

Keep calm

Don't panic

Keep searching

 

Right, of course. He needs to find a place to say

Peter threw the rat remains onto the ground turned his eyes away from his doing

 

•••

 

After about an hour of searching he found an abandoned warehouse on the outskirts of the city

 

Perfect place to stay

No people around

 

Spider sense was right 

The warehouse was a perfect place to stay

Peter placed his hand on the door that opened on their own, he used this as a chance to slip in

When he was inside, Peter closed the door and looked around at his spacious new home

But something was missing

Peter looked at his web shooters and activated them, making them morph into their true shape

 

Peter got to work

 

The way his webs were placed could only be described as organized chaos

Webs sticking to every possible surface, creating an entire jungle gym for Peter to move around in

The teen effortlessly climbed his way onto the top of his web and grabbed some strands, connecting then with more fluid

He added some final touches and looked at his creation

A bed in the iconic spider web shape

Peter was proud of himself

The boy sat down on his “bed” and took off his backpack

He wanted to open it but decided against it

It can wait until tomorrow

He sticked the backpack on the two strands that connected in a V shape and laid down

The web was surprisingly comfortable 

Comfortable to lay on

Didn't Peter 3 did something like that once

 

Peters yawned and decided that thinking can wait

He closed his eyes and drifted off to dreamless sleep