Whitney Houston's 'I Will Always Love You' played throughout the speakers of the Midtown High School as it was played alongside a memoriam video of the members of the Avengers who died while saving the world. Vision, Natasha Romanoff, Pietro Maximoff, Steve Rogers and Tony Stark.
"Gone, but not forgotten." Betty spoke.
"Thanks to Kenneth Lim and Vihaan Ramamurthir for their help for that touching video tribute." Jason added as an audio of air horns were played on cue.
"This year has been nothing short of-"
"$*@# is crazy." Jason cut off Betty as the shit word was blipped. "It's like, insane."
Betty looked at the boy. "Jason."
"What?"
"No swearing."
"Nah, it's the last day of school. We're good." Jason shrugged.
Betty turned back to the camera to finish her words. "Historic. Over the last 5 years ago, half of all life in the universe, including our own Midtown High, was wiped from the existence."
A video showed a couple of students watching over a band practicing turned to dust.
Betty continued. "But then eight months ago, a band of brave heroes brought us back."
Another video showed a basketball practice before suddenly the students who got blipped appeared.
"They called it, The Blip." Betty added. "Those of us who blipped came back the same age. But our classmates that didn't blipped had grown five years older."
"Yeah, like my little brother is now older than me." Jason said.
"Yeah, it's math." Betty replied. "And even though we had blipped away through the school year and had already taken mid terms, the school made us start the whole year over from the beginning."
"It's totally unfair." Jason added. "It's not right."
"Tigers." Betty stated, which then a tiger roared audio played before she continued. "It's been a long, dramatic, somewhat confusing road."
"As we draw this year to a close, it's time to move on..." Betty gave a stern look to Jason before turning back to the camera. "...to a new phase of our life."
"Let's pray nothing crazy happens again because the Avengers isn't even like a thing anymore." Jason said. "Does anyone even have a plan?"
"I have a plan." Peter said as he sat in between Ned and Y/N in the art class. "Okay, first, I'm gonna sit next to MJ on the flight."
Ned and Y/N nodded.
"Second, I'm gonna buy a dual-headphone adapter and watch movies with her all the time." Peter added.
"Okay." Ned nodded.
"Three, when we go to Venice, Venice is super famous for making stuff out of glass, right?"
"True." Y/N replied.
"So, I'm gonna buy her a black dahlia necklace because her favorite flower is the black dahlia because of..."
"The murderer."
"The murderer." Peter nodded. "Four, when we go to Paris, I'm gonna take her to the top of the Eiffel Tower, give her the necklace, and then five, I'm gonna tell her how I feel. And then, six, hopefully she tells me...she feels the same way."
"Don't forget step seven." Ned pointed out.
"Step seven." Peter clicked his pen and was about to write on his notebook.
"Don't do any of that."
"Why?"
"Because we're gonna be bachelors in Europe, Peter." Ned replied before looking at Y/N. "Minus Y/N."
"Fair enough." Y/N shrugged.
"Ned..." Peter rolled his eyes.
"Look, I may not know much but I do know this. Europeans loves Americans." Ned replied.
Peter gave a confused look. "Really?"
"And one half of them are women."
"Okay, sure. But I really like MJ man. Okay? She's awesome, she's super funny in a kinda dark way and sometimes I catch her looking at me, and I feel like I'm stood up way to..." Peter glanced forward and saw the tan-skinned girl and Gwen walked to them. "...she's coming. She's coming, just don't say anything."
"Whaddup, dorks." MJ greeted the three as Gwen stood next to her boyfriend before giving a kiss on top of his head.
"Hey." Peter greeted with a smile.
"So, excited for the science trip?" Gwen asked the trio.
"Yeah, we're just talking about the trip." Y/N replied.
"Yeah, and Peter's plan." Ned blurted out.
MJ furrowed her eyebrows. "You have a plan?"
" I don't...I don't have a plan." Peter awkwardly replied.
"No, he's just gonna collect tiny spoons while travelling to the other countries." Ned said before giving Peter a wink.
"Like a grandmother?" Gwen asked.
"I'm not collecting tiny spoons. Y/N's collecting tiny spoons." Peter told her as Y/N looked at his brother with an offended look.
"Oh, okay. Well, that was a real rollercoaster." MJ awkwardly laughed. "By the way, travel tip, you should probably download a VPN on your phone just so the government can't track you while we're abroad."
"Smart." Peter smiled. "Will do."
MJ and Gwen then bid their farewells to the boys and simply walked away, leaving the trio.
• • •
"When I blipped back to my apartment, the family that was living there was very confused." May Parker told the crowds as Spider-Man and Scarlet Spider stood next to her in their respective Iron Spider suits.
"The wife thought that I was a mistress." May added which made the crowds laughed. "Grandma thought I was a ghost. It was really a mess."
"Thank you all for coming out to support those who had been displaced by The Blip, and of course, thanks to our very own, Spider-Man and Scarlet Spider." May finished her speech and the crowds gave an applause to the web-slingers.
May moved away from the microphone and looked at her nephews, nudging her head towards the microphone.
Y/N looked at Peter. "You do it."
"What, why me?" Peter whispered harshly. "You do it."
May cleared her throat, shutting down the little arguments between the two brothers. She nudged her head again and secretly gave them a stern look. Y/N sighed and walked forward.
"Thank you Ms. Parker for having us." Y/N said to the microphone. "And thank you you guys for having us."
The crowds applause again before May continued. " And thank you Spider-Man and Scarlet Spider, they will be right back out to take photos and videos. Thank you."
The three made their way to the backstage and the brothers retracted their masks before letting out a deep exhale.
"Oh, my God." Y/N breathed out.
"That was amazing." Peter added.
"That was great." May smiled and clapped her nephews' hand.
"God, that was so cool. I was so nervous." Y/N said.
"I'm sorry, I was a little stiff. I felt like I wasn't in the pocket." May told them.
"No, I thought you did great."
"Yeah, well I actually do think you were a little stiff." May pointed to Y/N.
"Really?"
"Yeah, dude." Peter shrugged. "You are."
"I guess I felt that too." Y/N sighed.
"It's fine." May smiled and patted Y/N's shoulder. "Did you get your passport?"
"Yeah." The brothers replied.
"Mini toothpaste?"
"Yeah."
A rumbling can be heard. Y/N and Peter quickly activated their masks as they turned to the door. Fortunately, it was Happy Hogan with a paycheck.
"Sorry, I'm late." He said.
"Happy, hey!" Peter smiled upon seeing the adult.
"Oh, you look lovely." Happy said, looking directly at May.
May smiled. "Thanks, you too."
"Thank you." Happy replied. "New dress?"
"Uh, yeah...yes, it is."
The two brothers frantically glanced in between Happy and May.
"Is it new beard?" May asked.
"It's my...my Blip beard." Happy stated. "Because I grew it in the Blip."
Y/N looked at Happy and the adult turned to him. "Blip beard."
May smiled. "I see."
"A-Anyway, so, the reason I'm late because this was misplaced at the office, do you believe it? Because it's enormous. I mean, not the amounts, the size. The amounts are nice as well. They're very generous." Happy said.
"Pepper Potts said sorry. She couldn't be here." He added.
"I think I'm gonna go change the sternal under the vegan lasagna." May told Happy before turning to her nephews. "Spiders, go shake their hands."
"Will do." Y/N playfully saluted as May went back to the stage.
Peter turned to Happy with a curious look. "What just happened?"
Happy ignored the question as he looked at the brothers. "Heads up, Nick Fury's calling you two."
"Nick Fury gonna call us?" Y/N asked.
"Yeah."
"Why?"
"Why? Because he probably has some...heroes stuff for you to do. You two are superheroes. He calls superheroes."
"Well, I mean if it's really that important, he'd probably called someone else, not us." Peter replied.
Peter's phone buzzed inside his backpack. He grabbed the device as the screen showed that someone was calling him.
"Apparently not." Happy said as Peter and Y/N took a look on the screen. "See? No caller ID. That's him."
"Maybe you should answer it." Y/N said. "Maybe he wants to recruit us into some kind of like a new band or something."
"No." Peter shook his head. "Why would I need to answer it?"
"If you don't want to answer it then maybe we should let Happy answer it."
"No, you should answer the phone." Happy argued.
"Why?"
"Because if you don't answer it, then I have to answer it and I don't want to answer it."
"Well, why don't you want to talk to him?" Peter asked.
"Because I'm scared. Just answer the phone!"
Peter held up his phone and pressed the decline button. Happy looked at the teenager in shocked.
"You sent Nick Fury to voicemail?"
"Yeah." Peter shrugged.
"You don't sent Nick Fury to voicemail."
Y/N's phone then buzzed. The older brother groaned and pulled it out from his backpack and ultimately declined the call. Happy turned to Y/N.
"I told you, you did not-"
"Did you hear that? They calling us." Peter exclaimed.
"Yup, they calling us. We gotta go, see ya!" Y/N nodded and started to jog back towards the stage.
"No, you gotta talk to him." Happy said.
"We're gonna call him, we're promise you."
"You do not ghosts Nick Fury!" Happy exclaimed.
I'll promise you, we're call him." Peter said before he closed the curtains.
"We're not gonna call him, are we?" Y/N asked.
"Yup, we're gonna call him...after our trip." Peter replied before the two made their way to the stage.
Minutes later, the two were bombarded by reporters and flashes of cameras. The reporters were asking some questions for the web-slingers. Though, they didn't quite understand due to the constant yelling.
"Uh, one at a time. One at a time." Y/N held both of his hands out before pointing out to a reporter. "Uh, you."
"Which one of you are the head of the Avengers now?"
"Uh, no. Neither of us. No." Peter shook his head. Y/N then pointed to another reporter.
"If aliens comes back, what are you two gonna do?"
"Uh, fight back? I guess." Y/N shrugged.
"Does anyone have a neighborhood question?" Peter asked them.
"Sean Winford. Queens Tribune." The reporter introduced himself. "What is it like to take over from Tony Stark? Those are some big shoes to fill."
All the voices around Peter turned echoes and ringing loudly as the reporters kept bombarding the brothers with questions.
"I'm, uh, I'm gonna go. Thanks everyone for coming." Peter stated and webbed away.
Y/N looked at his brother and turned back to the reporters. "Sorry, guys. We have to go. Thanks for the questions and thanks for coming."
Scarlet Spider webbed away and landed on the rooftop beside Peter. The older brother noticed Peter's expression.
"You okay?"
Peter looked at him. "Yeah, I'm good. I'm good."
Y/N then looked ahead towards where Peter was looking. An artwork of Iron Man painted on the wall.
"I miss him." Peter said and looked down, tears streaming down on his cheeks.
"I miss him too." Y/N replied and sat next to his brother and comforted him. The two superheroes sat in silence on the rooftop, grieving for the lost of their mentor, Tony Stark.
• • •
Y/N and Peter were in their room, packing up for the trip. Peter's phone buzzed on the nightstand. The younger brother took a look and immediately declined the call, knowing it's from Nick Fury.
"Hungry?" May asked from the doorway and threw a banana. Y/N was able to dodge the incoming fruit but not Peter as it hit him square in the face.
The three gasped in unison, before May letting out a laugh.
"So sorry. I thought you could sense that with your...Peter Tingle." May said.
"Please, do not start calling it my Peter Tingle."
"What's up? Y/N can dodged it but you can't?"
"That shows that I'm better." Y/N stated which garnered an eye roll from Peter.
"Yeah, right. Because you can dodged it." Peter huffed which made Y/N chuckled.
Peter sighed. "Look, I just really need this vacation. I need a break."
"Me too." Y/N sighed and rested his hands on his waist. "My back is kinda stiff from the constant swinging."
May walked up to them and pulled them for a hug. "You two deserve it."
"Thanks, May." Y/N smiled as the three parted from the hug. May was about to exit the room before turning back around to the brothers.
"You know what? You two should pack your suits, just in case. I have a tingle about it." May said before making her way to the living room.
"Please stop saying tingle, May." Peter groaned.
• • •
Peter looked out from the window of the airplane. The aircraft was about to take off to Venice as the passengers started to take their respective seats.
"Yo, Peter." Flash called out. "This is called an airplane. It's like the buses you used to take except it flies over the poor neighborhood instead of driving through them."
MJ took notice of the conversation and stopped, turning towards the stewardess who stood next to Flash.
"Ma'am?" The girl called out to the stewardess. "He blipped, so technically he's 16, not 21."
"I'll take that." The stewardess told Flash and grabbed the glass of alcohol that was in his grasp.
"She's lying. I don't even know this girl." Flash pointed out and walked off to his seat.
MJ smiled and turned to Peter, giving him a nod. The younger brother nodded back before Brad Davis stood in front of the trio, smiling.
"Classic MJ, right?"
Peter's smile faded away as he stared at the boy. "Did you know Brad was coming?"
"It's so weird." Ned shook his head, turning his head to Brad and MJ. "Like, one day, he's that little kid who cry and got nose bleeds all the time and suddenly, he blipped back and he's totally ripped and super mice. And all of the girls are after him."
"Not all the girls are after him." Peter scoffed.
"No, man. They're all after him."
"If he tries to lay a finger on Gwen, I'm gonna venom strike his ass so bad he wouldn't even be able to use the toilet." Y/N said while glaring at Brad.
"That's kinda...harsh." Peter said.
Y/N groaned and closed his eyes. "It's just...why me and Gwen got different seats? We're basically boyfriend and girlfriend."
"Well, at least he can sit next to MJ and Betty." Ned shrugged before opening his laptop. "Anyway, on a more important things. It's a nine hours flight. We could play Beast Slayers all the time."
Peter eyed MJ and Brad, seeing the girl sat behind Brad. He then looked at Ned.
"I need your help to sit me next to MJ."
Ned sighed. "Seriously?"
"Yes, seriously." Peter said. "Y/N can help as well."
"Don't involve me in your plan." Y/N raised his hands.
"I mean, what about our plan? American bachelors in Europe?" Ned said to Peter.
"That's your plan. That's a solo plan." Peter replied. "Come on, this is my plan. Please."
Ned looked at his best friend in disbelief and sighed.
Betty, MJ and Gwen were talking among themselves until Ned came to them, interrupting their conversation.
"Hey, guys." He greeted the girls. "Uh, an old lady sitting in front of us, wearing a crazy amount of perfume and it's kinda setting off Peter's allergies."
"Um, you know, Betty, if you could switch seats with him that would be great." He added.
"He's allergic to perfume?" Betty asked.
Ned blinked his eyes a couple of time and breathed out. "Y-Yeah. Yeah."
"Since when Peter has an allergy towards perfume?" Gwen asked him.
"He said when he was, like, five or something and it makes his eyes water, and he can't really-"
"You said Peter has a perfume allergy?" Mr. Harrington asked after hearing the kids' conversation.
"Oh, uh-"
"I tell you from experience, perfume allergy is a no joke." Mr. Harrington said as he unbuckled his seatbelt and stood up. "I could feel his hives breaking out already."
"MJ, stand up. Ned, take MJ's spot. MJ, you take my spot." The teacher then looked at Peter. "Peter, come with me. Let's get you outta there."
Peter stood mindlessly as Y/N looked at him, trying to stifle his laugh.
"Y/N, are you allergic to perfume as well?" Mr. Harrington asked.
"No, I'm good, Mr. Harrington." Y/N replied and gave him a thumbs up.
"Okay, uh, Zach and Sebastian, you take Ned and Peter's seats." The teacher told his students before turning back to Ned. "Ned, thanks for bringing this to my attention. Your safety is my responsibility and Mr. Dell's but he's..." He glanced at his African-American colleague, who was taking a nap. "...I got it for now. Let's go, Peter. Let's go."
Peter reluctantly took his backpack and followed Mr. Harrington. Zach and Sebastian went ahead and sat on Ned and Peter's seats. Mission failed, but Peter will get it next time.
The class made it to Venice, Italy as they were now inside the Venice Marco Polo Airport. Y/N and Peter walked side by side before meeting Ned.
"Hey, man." Peter looked at Ned. "Did you see Brad and MJ on the plane? They were watching movies and laughing the entire time."
"Dude, don't worry, okay? It's nothing." Ned simply said. Suddenly, Betty came to his side.
"Hey, babe. Can you hold this for me, please?"
"Yeah, of course."
"Thanks." Betty replied and gave a peck on his cheek. The two gazed at each other before Ned booped her nose, which made the girl giggled.
"Um, what just happened?" Y/N asked his best friend after Betty completely leaving the trio.
Ned turned to him. "Well, we actually got to talk on the plane and it turns out, we have a lot in common. So, uh, we're boyfriend and girlfriend now."
"What ever happened to being an American bachelor in Europe?" Peter asked.
"Peter, those are the words of a boy. And that boy met a woman. A very strong and powerful woman. And now, that boy is a man." Ned replied.
"Babe?" Betty called out.
"Coming babe." Ned said before walking off, leaving the brothers.
Suddenly, A familiar blonde came to Y/N, wrapping her arms around him and burying her face onto his chest.
"You okay?" Y/N asked, chuckling.
"No." Gwen shook her head before parting. "You know how long do I need to hear about Ned and Betty yapping over each other? Nine hours! And I couldn't even get my beauty sleep."
"Aww, Gwen. You don't need your beauty sleep. You're already beautiful." Y/N smiled before pinching her cheek, making the blondie blushed a deep red.
"Okay, whatever. I'm just gonna stick to my plan." Peter huffed and walked away. Y/N and Gwen letting out a laugh after noticing Peter's change of mood.
• • •
They finally arrived at their destination and a place to stay for the vacation. A hotel that was barely even finished and not up to date.
"Everyone, here we are." Mr. Harrington told the class as he and the rest stepped into the hotel.
"Whoa, whoa." Mr. Dell looked below and saw a big puddle of water on the floor.
"This place is sinking." Flash remarked.
"I think you mean, charming." Mr. Harrington said.
"Okay, everybody." Mr. Dell gained the students' attention. "Drop your bags off. We're gonna meet at the DaVinci Museum at three. Let's go!"
"Vamonos!" Mr. Harrington shouted.
"It's Andiamo." Y/N corrected.
"Andiamo!"
"When you're in Rome, you do as the Romans do. When you're in Venice, the socks get wet." Mr. Dell said.
The class were taking a stroll at San Marco. Flash was doing his livestream, Betty and Ned were getting their picture drawn by an artist, the rest of the students were enjoying themselves while Peter was going to get MJ the necklace that he was planned on buying for her.
Y/N and Gwen were walking hand in hand alongside the San Marco dockyard. The older Parker was also spotted with a camera in his other hand.
Gwen sighed and lightly smiled. "This is so nice. Wish we can do this a lot."
"Well, unfortunately, there's a group of humans called villains in this world and they like to cause chaos." Y/N joked.
"True." Gwen nodded as the two were now staring across the Adriatic Sea.
Gwen slowly interlocking their hands together, which brought a smile upon Y/N's face. The couple enjoying their moment, which they didn't get a lot considering because of what happened to the world before.
As they stood next to each other in peaceful, Gwen suddenly spotted something in the water.
"Um, Y/N. There's something moving in the water."
"Probably the fish." Y/N replied.
"I wouldn't say a fish is that big." Gwen remarked.
Y/N looked towards where Gwen was looking and she was right. Then, a giant water monster burst out from the water, sending a big splash of water everywhere.
"Gwen, run!" Y/N yelled.
"But, what about you?"
"Regroup with the others, I'm gonna find Peter." Y/N replied. "Now, go!"
The blonde ran off, leaving Y/N. The older brother began to find Peter as the water monster began to destroy the buildings.
Y/N dodged every obstacles that were in his way, and was eventually met his brother.
"Peter!"
"Y/N! Oh, my God."
The two then hid behind a wall for a cover.
"Have a plan?" Y/N asked while activating his web-shooters.
"Webs don't work." Peter told him which made Y/N cursed under his breath.
Screams were heard from the distance. The two brothers looked ahead and saw the monster was making its way to the bridge.
"Oh, no. You don't." Peter muttered.
The two web-slingers made their way to the bridge, jumping from poles to poles and ultimately landed on the bridge by leaping off using a long pole.
"Go, go!" Y/N helped a civilian stood on their feet and ran off. He turned around and was then got hit by a big blast of water, sending him and Peter towards the railing.
The monster suddenly got hit by blasts of green beams. Y/N and Peter looked up onto the sky. A trail of green clouds making its way as the figure stopped in front of the monster.
"Is that Doctor Strange?" Y/N asked.
"Definitely not him." Peter replied. "We need to help him."
"How?"
Peter looked around before spotting a domino mask on the ground.
The figure continued fighting the water monster as he blasted green beams towards the monster. The figure then turned around and saw Y/N and Peter in domino masks.
"Excuse me, sir! We can help! Let me help!" Peter shouted.
"We're really strong and sticky!" Y/N added.
"I need to lead it away from the canal." The figure spoke.
The water monster rise back up and trying to attack the figure but failed. The figure then flew away and the monster began to follow him while destroying other buildings.
Y/N and Peter leaped off the roof and began to shoot webs along the building, holding it in place before webbing away to catch up with the figure and the monster.
The two landed on a roof, and saw the bell tower that was about to collapse. Y/N and Peter then made their way to the tower, shooting webs along the sides of the tower to keep it from falling before they landed on top of the tower.
Looking down, the figure was still battling the water monster. Unfortunately, the monster went ahead and delivered a punch, which hit the tower.
The tower began to slowly falling down. Y/N quickly shot two web-lines towards the opposite buildings.
The water monster sent the figure away with a punch, and ultimately hitting the tower again. Y/N slipped off from the floor and hit his head on the bell.
"Ow..." Y/N muttered.
"You okay?" Peter asked while looking down at his brother.
"You think?" Y/N asked back before suddenly he was hit on the bell again due to the post broke.
"Okay, I'm done." Y/N groaned. Peter stepped in and shot two web-lines. He then planted his feet on a still standing post and started to push the tower from falling.
The tower was almost hitting the ground as Peter tried to hold it. Suddenly, a huge splash of water hit him, releasing his grasp from the web-lines, ultimately fell onto the ground with the tower itself.
The figure descended on the ground, looking around the destruction. He then saw the remaining of the class cheered on him from the distance. He gave them a salute and flew away, leaving trails of green clouds.