"You are just a scared little kid in a sweatsuit, Peter. And you, y/n, are just broken."
The Spider-Men get off of Peter and disappear when he straightens up. His suit turned into his old homemade red and blue sweatsuit. Y/n's duplicates suddenly stop blasting her and disappear as well, leaving her panting on the floor. She strains to get back on her feet and Peter rushes over to her, helping her up. They glance all around them, seeing that they're now standing on a fallen stone statue of Captain America. Y/n feels a pang in her chest when her eyes land on Steve's giant stone head.
"I created Mysterio to give the world someone to believe in. I control the truth. Mysterio is the truth."
The two look up, seeing a huge statue of Mysterio standing in front of them. They suddenly hear a boom behind them, making them spin around to see Mysterio there. He blasts green energy at the couple, making Peter backflip away to avoid getting hit. Y/n bends all the way back, her hand touching the ground before straightening back up. She shoots magic at Mysterio and takes off into the air.
She and Peter get into a battle with him, the boy jumping around and shooting webs while y/n and Mysterio fly around, blasting green and purple beams. Peter fires two webs at Mysterio. Thinking he got him, he pulls on them, breaking part of the illusion as Mysterio disappears and a giant crane falls toward them.
The pair jumps out of the way right before the crane collides with the ground. What the hell, can this just stop already? y/n thinks, not being able to take any more of this. She looks up, spotting Mysterio flying at her and Peter in the sky. He blasts green energy at them so they jump out of the way. Y/n blasts him back but the purple beam goes right through him.
Oh, this is bullshit, she thinks. Mysterio continues to fire green lasers at them while they dodge each one. The two collapse on the ground and quickly get back on their feet, seeing a giant stone fist in front of them. The fist starts to collapse in their direction, making the two shriek and fall back. Y/n briskly lifts her hands and forms a forcefield around them.
Right when the fist hits the forcefield, it disappears in a cloud of dust. Y/n drops the forcefield, her eyes darting all above her in surprise. Peter lifts his head, his eyes widening when he sees a headstone in front of him. Y/n lowers her gaze, her eyes landing on it as well. Her heart stops when she reads the words engraved in the stone: "Anthony Edward Stark."
"If either of you were good enough, maybe Tony would still be alive."
Both teens feel their hearts being ripped out of their chests when Beck says this. They can't help but consider his words. Darkness and grief wash over y/n as she stares at the grave, very similar to how she felt all those months ago when she lost her dad... very similar to how she felt when she created that sitcom reality. Out of the blue, a hand shoots out of the grave, causing the pair to fall back in surprise. They fearfully yell and crawl away as a corpse in a destroyed Iron Man suit crawls out of the grave toward them. Y/n panics as the corpse lifts its head and looks at them. It's as if Tony's mad at her for letting him die.
Spiders crawl all over Tony's skull and one of them jumps at the pair. They feel disoriented as the spider's multiple eyes somehow turn into an army of Mysterios marching forward. "Deep down, you know I'm right."
The illusion zooms into a golden eye on Mysterio's suit. The eye blinks and when it opens, Peter and y/n appear running, trying to escape the illusion. They suddenly crash into some sort of invisible barrier and fall back. They land in a pile of snow, which confuses them. Skyscrapers start shooting up from the snow, making the two grunt as they squirm around, trying to not get hit by one of them.
"You made your choice. And all you had to do was step aside."
The couple is inside a snow globe, which turns out to be Mysterio's crystal ball head. He raises his hands and grabs his head, removing it from his body and lowering it to his torso. "And now you have-"
Beck is interrupted by a gunshot, thus breaking the illusion. They're suddenly outside of the abandoned warehouse and Beck falls to his knees, gasping for air. His body drops to the ground and Nick Fury appears behind him. The pair watches in shock as a few black vans pull up. Various agents get out of the vehicles and surround Beck, aiming their guns at him. Oh, thank goodness, y/n thinks as she and Peter lay against a pile of gravel. She turns to the boy and grasps his arm, worriedly asking, "are you okay??"
Peter rapidly nods. "Yeah, I'm okay. How about you?"
"I'm okay," she affirms, nodding. She looks up to see Fury approaching them. "Fury," she calls as she and Peter strain to get out of the gravel, grabbing onto each other for support.
"Beck's people are trying to find everyone who could expose him. Who'd you tell?" Fury asks, standing in front of them.
"Um..." Peter utters.
"I know you guys told someone so just tell me."
"Um... okay," Peter voices again, setting his hands on his head.
"Who did you tell?"
Y/n furrows her eyebrows, wondering how he knows about Beck's people already. "How'd you get that info so fast?" she questions.
Fury ignores her question and repeats, "who else did you tell?!"
"Just Ned and MJ from our class. Maybe Ned told his girlfriend, Betty, but that's it!" Peter instantly babbles. Fury chuckles and shakes his head, crossing his arms over his chest. Y/n finds this suspicious. "What?" the boy asks.
"You are so gullible."
"What?" Peter asks again.
"I mean, you're smart as a whip. Just a... sucker," Fury replies, Beck's voice leaving his mouth on the last word. Blue swirls cover Fury, turning him into Beck with a strange transparent helmet over his head and a projector on either side of him, shining bright lights on the couple.
"And now all your friends have to die."
A new illusion forms around the two, their surroundings going black as giant metal scraps fall all around them. "Oh, my God," Peter voices as the two stumble back. They lift their arms to protect their heads as things continue to fall. Y/n feels like she's losing her mind. "Stop it..." she desperately utters, her breathing becoming unsteady.
"It's easy to fool people when they're already fooling themselves."
The pair moves backward as they dodge the debris plunging toward them. "No..." the girl cries again, getting more frustrated by the second.
"But for what it's worth, y/n and Peter. I really am sorry."
The teens stop in their tracks and y/n loses it, not being able to take anymore. "STOP!" she shrieks, squeezing her eyes shut and grabbing her head as she bends over. A burst of lavender emits from her, wrapping around Beck and Peter's necks, thus breaking the illusion. Y/n lifts her head when she notices the lack of chaos around her and her eyes widen when she sees Beck on the ground choking. She hears more choking behind her, gasping when she sees Peter on the train tracks, choking as well. She glances down at her hands, horrified by what she has just done.
"No," she cries, lifting her hands, which are glowing lavender. "I'm sorry, I'm sorry," she mutters, distraught by the fact that she hurt Peter. She removes her magical hold from the two men's necks and runs over to the boy, helping him stand up. "Pete, I'm so sorry," she cries.
The boy catches his breath and nods. "It's okay," he breathes out. His eyes suddenly widen and he looks behind her, gasping when he sees a train fast approaching. Y/n turns and sees it too but before either of them has time to react, the train hits them. Their bodies fall underneath the train and y/n rapidly grabs Peter's arm, poofing them inside the cabin. The girl almost loses her balance and leans against the seat beside her. She hit her head pretty hard. Peter pants as he drops into the window seat and rips his mask off. Y/n follows, dropping into the seat next to him.
They both pant and cough, feeling their ribs hurt when they breathe. The girl slowly turns her head to her boyfriend, concern filling her body when she sees the blood on his face and how in pain he looks. "Peter," she whispers, grabbing his hand.
The boy turns to her, sadness filling his eyes when he sees a bloody gash on y/n's forehead. "Y/n," is all he whispers before passing out. This alarms the girl and she tries to sit up, feeling pain when she does.
"Pete. Pete?" she voices, gently slapping his face to wake him up. However, her eyes begin to feel heavy and she drops her hand, the world going black as she slips into unconsciousness.
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Beck really undid months worth of progress Dr. Raynor made with y/n in a matter of minutes 😳 Made her have a Wanda moment...