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Words in bold are to indicate which character is speaking.

Underlined text are for explanations of situations in general.

*Text in italics and between asterisks is for actions and thoughts*.

--- The use of the midscript is for scene change or time changes. ---

(The use of the in parentheses is for clarification within the texts)

//The use of diagonals is for the narrator (imagine that it is the voice of the guard for a greater investment in the story, it is also in bold because it is an extra character). //

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//Narrator//

It's been a little over a day since Peter had the conversation with Rili (Oc) about his super heroic life over all these years. How he has failed and has gotten up again to try once again. Learning from mistakes to be better than yesterday, opening your heart and feeling strongly.

He spent most of the day in the secret laboratory of the Beyond Corporation trying to come up with a new project to save people. And patrolling the city helping civilians and the occasional hero who asked him for a hand.

Currently Peter was sleeping peacefully at home having a somewhat strange dream, if it were not for the fact that he recognizes the feeling he was having of freedom, he was in the astral plane which unlike the other occasions he was here because of Strange, this time it was a sheet in the middle of the night, but modified in a more unrealistic way.

It was a horizon of a dark blue, almost purple grass, fused together, a bango-like sky combined with a full silver moon in the middle of this mind-blowing sight. The sounds he could perceive in the environment were of a light wind moving the grass in conjunction with the sounds of insects and the sound of a harmonious melody. Nothing overshadowed the rest, but they complemented each other.

He was just walking, admiring the view, waiting for the entity or user of mystical powers to communicate with him, having as his only guide the wind that became more intense when he took the wrong canine.

He felt quite calm as he didn't need his spider-sense to know that there was no danger, rather he felt that he was walking towards a place where there are no enemies only new acquaintances. Combined with the view and the light breeze it generated a quite pleasant experience.

After walking for a while he was able to observe a group of endemic animals of the region which to combine with the astral world had more fictitious appearances such as being of a larger size, bright golden eyes, with non-corresponding colors.

The group of fantastic animals, seeing Peter, stopped analyzing him with a sharp eye, and then roared in unison, generating a purple smokescreen where they disappeared to make way for a figure that Peter had not seen for years.

Since he saw her die.

//End of narration//

Aja Orisha: Hi Peter, it's been a while. *She greets in a nostalgic way*.

Peter: Aha... You're back... I'm quite happy. *He had a hard time speaking because of what he was seeing, but later he would manage to smile*.

Aja Orisha: I'm also glad to see you, and I'd like it to be just to say hello and have a nice chat, but I've reached out to you because I need to talk about something very important. *She would say with a little regret but keeping the seriousness in her voice*.

Peter: Of course, it couldn't be anything else, what's going on? *He would ask expectantly*.

Aja Orisha: It's about you and the recent changes you've had in yourself. *She responds by getting straight to the point*.

Peter *He realizes immediately*: You mean about my completely healed mind?

Aja Orisha: And your soul, you managed to rebuild it completely, but with new pieces taken from other lives other than your own. *She sees how Peter swallows hard*. Which raises a question you haven't questioned, where are the pieces you lost? Or who has them?

Peter *Surprised*: Wait, wait, are you telling me I can get them back? *He would say stunned*.

Aja Orisha: Yes, I know the way to achieve it and I'm sure you're ready to walk it. Because you have already managed to return to your best state after an unparalleled fall, now it is time for you to become what you should have been a long time ago. And then become something beyond. She would explain in a simple and concise way about what she had planned.

She uses the smoke from around her to graphically show her words of how she was at the top, then fell, then back to the top, then to an even greater peak and finally to much greater heights.

Peter: That would be very helpful to me and to others, as there are very difficult things coming. And all help is welcome. He would exclaim with excitement that he could improve even more.

Aja Orisha: That's why I came, to make sure you're up to the challenges ahead. Because I'm tired of so many half-hearted puzzles and people only half-helping, just waiting to react at the last minute. It's time to take real action. *She would say with a tone of annoyance at first and then pass a certain tone*.

Peter: The feeling of annoyance is mutual, so where do we have to go first?

Aja Orisha: Rather the person I need you to talk to first. *She looks behind Peter*. You can now appear. *She would say out loud*.

After saying those words, the smoke that still surrounded them began to swirl, giving shape to a female figure, which from her chest generated a golden spider that Peter recognized immediately. A few seconds passed to complete the image of the woman who began to walk towards Peter to give him a hug.

Crystal Catawnee (Dream-Spider): Peteerr... As you've been, Aja already told me a little bit about what happened, I'm so sorry, I want to know the rest from you. *She would greet energetically at the sight of Peter*.

Peter: Crystal, it's nice to see you, it's not your fault for anything, I have a lot to tell you, how it went as Dream-Spider. *He responds to the greeting in a friendly and affectionate way*.

Crystal (Dream-Spider): It was a little difficult *She adjusts her hair*, but it was also pretty incredible, I'll tell you details.

Aja Orisha *Smiles slightly*: I'm sorry to ruin the cute moment, but we have work to do.

The two of them, upon hearing Aja's words, stop hugging each other a little embarrassed, much to Aja's amusement, which she found adorable.

Peter: Oh, sorry, we got carried away.

Aja Orisha: Don't worry, now answering your previous question about where we should go, it's to your lab for the fragment of the Web of Life and Destiny that you have in store.

Peter: Let me guess you're going to boost Crystal's powers to go anywhere in the Multiverse like Madame Web. *He would say with a headache generated by the multiverse issue*.

Aja Orisha: Almost, but no, what I'm going to be is connect to the three of us and enhance our three virtues. Which are our connections to the physical plane where you lost your strength, the plane of dreams where your hopes are so and the astral plane where your lost spirit is. Crystal is more connected to the dream plane, while I am more connected to the astral plane and you...

Peter: And I to the physical plane. *He would complete by understanding everything Aha said*.

Aja Orisha: Exactly, each one is more linked to one plane than the other, but with the web of life and destiny we will be able to expand and unite our own connections. That will be more than enough to go deep into each plane, to recover each of your missing pieces and thus complete your healing.

Peter: It's going to be the synergy of a synergy that will give way to a weird quest, Great. Let's do it. He would smile at the implications and accept them.

The two girls respond by smiling at it and then use their combined powers to go to Peter's home who woke up from his sleep.

Crystal (Dream-Spider): It's good that you wake up sleeping beautiful, it's time to work. *She would say in a funny way*.

Peter: Good morning first and second, let me at least put my clothes on. He would say pointing to his body covered by his sheets.

Aja Orisha: Oh, we're sorry about that, we're giving you a moment of privacy. *She takes Crysta by the shoulders*.

The two leave Peter's room, allowing him to take a quick bath, pack his things, and send a message to Maxine that he'll be busy.

--- Peter's phone number ---

Today

Peter Parker

Good morning, Maxine, I warn you that today some Spider-Man themes came up so I will not be able to attend work today.

Maxine Danger

Okay, no problem, do you need The Spot?

Peter Parker

No thanks, that's fine.

Maxine Danger

Okay, you're careful.

Peter Parker

Anyway, see you.

--- Off the phone ---

Peter finishes dressing in his Spider-Man suit under his normal clothes and then goes down from his room to the living room where he received the smell of eggs and bacon. He went to the kitchen and saw how Aja prepared breakfast.

Aja Orisha: Surprised? Before leaving, you must have a good breakfast.

Crystal (Dream-Spider): Yes, please take a seat because I didn't have a chance to have dinner yesterday. *She raises her hand inviting Peter to eat with them*.

Aja Orisha: Also, to get Crystal up to date.

Peter: Okay, I think we can give a little time before we start. *He would say surrendering to the friendly offer*.

//Narrator//

The three of them have a leisurely breakfast, talking a little about the events that happened during the months that they did not see each other in the Peter and Crystal case, and years in the case of Aja with Peter.

Aja stated how he stayed in his Portland home after reviving, defending it from the different invasions that took place, such as the symbiotes when Knull arrived or the vampires in Blood Hunt. Although sometimes she would go out to watch her son Takhar to make sure he was okay.

Peter: I'm so sorry for what happened with you and Takhar, I wish I could have helped more. He would say it with little regret since to some extent it was his fault.

Crystal (Dream-Spider): Having to revive sounds traumatic. *She has a chill just imagining it*.

Aja Orisha: Don't worry, what happened, happened, now it's time to continue advancing. *She would say calmly looking them in the eye*.

Crystal recounted how she continued with her scientific research in Pasadena noting them in her scientific journal achieving quite good results, and on the super heroic side she was fighting the living nightmares, mainly in the dream realm and helping some others on the physical plane trying to imitate the friendly neighbor style.

Peter: I'm glad you did so well during this time, and I can't wait to read your progress.

Aja Orisha: You have good goals and a lovely vibe. *She praises her in a maternal way*.

Crystal (Dream-Spider): Enough, they make me blush hehe. *She covers her face with her hand and gestures with the other*.

Peter stated how despite adversity he managed to fix his mental state and his economic situation. And when asked about what adversities he replied that several months ago he was intoxicated and manipulated by the Jackal who kidnapped Mysterio to achieve it. Making him lose his powers and putting him in an ultra-nightmare illusion where he had to kill androids like his loved ones and then walk on broken glass barefoot.

Crystal (Dream-Spider): .... I wonder why you haven't left this city. She said it with a worried face for Peter.

Aja Orisha: You truly have a will as strong as Vibranium. *She puts her hand on top of the Peter in support*.

Peter: Thank you for your concern, I really appreciate it and as I said, things are finally really getting better. *He would say moved by the girls' concern for his person*.

After finishing telling part of their experiences and eating, the three of them left for Peter's laboratory in their civilian state.

//End of the narrative //

Peter *Open the Door*: Well girls I present to you Spidey's cave of solitude. *He invites them to enter with his typical humor*.

Crystal (Dream-Spider): Nice place, you can tell that you managed to get good things, even if it's second-hand. *She would say honestly*.

Peter: Thank you, Crystal, I tried quite hard. He proceeds to remove the fragment of the web of life and fate from a box that had several spiders in it. Excuse me, friends, but I must take your house for a job. Now I'm making a new one for you.

Crystal (Dream-Spider): Do you also can talk to spiders? *She asks curiously*.

Peter: No, well, sort of, but these spiders are a variant of mine that was eaten by thousands of spiders that acquired their consciousness.

Crystal (Dream-Spider): .... She had a face that showed her confusion.

Aja Orisha: Don't think about it so much.

Peter finishes making a new house for the remains of his variant.

Aja Orisha: Do you have them very abandoned?

Peter: No, I try to talk and give them food every day, although they can get their own food.

Aja Orisha: No wonder there are so many cobwebs in the place. *Looking at corners of the place*.

Crystal (Dream-Spider): That's good and nice to meet you. *She greets the spiders in a friendly way*.

Spiders begin to agitate and produce certain sounds that are incomprehensible to the human ear.

Peter: They are happy too; they like to have visitors.

Aja Orisha: Nice to treat you, now you can pass me the fragment to start the rite. *She responds to the greeting with a wave of her hand*.

Peter: Yes, here you go.

Aja would begin to manipulate the web of life and destiny, expanding it and connecting it to the three presents. They began to feel a fantastic energy running through their bodies and their beings synchronized.

Aja Orisha *Breathes a little heavily*: Ha... the connection process is over and now things are clearer. *She looks at her hands and then at others*.

Crystal (Dream-Spider) *Has a stunned sight*: This... Is it what you experience every day? *She would ask seeing Peter*.

Peter *Clutches his chest*: Yes... And this desire for adventure and to know new things, is it yours?

Crystal (Dream-Spider): Yes... and this desire to guide and protect is yours Aja. *She turns it over by pointing at it with her finger*.

Aja Orisha: That's right, we are now feeling the desires that define us the most. *She points to her heart to highlight her point*.

Peter: This is so...

Crystal (Dream-Spider): Mystic? *Complete the sentence eloquently*.

Peter: Yes Hahaha

Crystal (Dream-Spider): Hehe, it's so cool. *She manages to get used to the feeling*. And now where are we going?

Aja Orisha: At the beginning of each of Peter's and Spider-Man's physical problems, which may be the simplest step, but it can also be the most difficult because of how unpredictable it can be. *She would say seriously*

She makes a projection showing the place that caused Peter great problems throughout his life. The laboratory where he got his powers in the Midtown High School science exhibit.

Peter: Oh right, it's so obvious. *He gives himself the front because of the obvious situation*.

Crystal (Dream-Spider): Will it be open today?

Peter: They are almost not open on Saturdays.

Crystal (Dream-Spider): Well, we wait, go ahead. *She would say in a motivating way*.

Crystal would transform into Dream-Spider in an instant and without difficulty opens a portal inside the Midtown laboratory.

Aja Orisha: It seems that you don't need it to be at night or external means for your powers to work in their entirety. *She would say analytically*.

Crystal (Dream-Spider): That's because even in the day people dream. *She declares wisely*.

Peter: That's a truth that can't be denied. He changed into his Spider-Man suit in a golden flash.

The three would enter the portal to enter directly into the laboratories in search of the next step.

Aja Orisha: Where exactly it was where the spider bites you exactly.

Peter: It was the pillar there; I remember that there was the project I was taking photos of. *He points his finger to the spot*.

Crystal (Dream-Spider) *They position themselves in the place*: Okay... and ... Now what?

Aja Orisha: Look for a clue.

The three of them would look around trying to find some clue to their next destination until they looked up.

Peter: Ooooh come on... Again him? Why is he always the one at the end? *He would say very annoyed by what he saw*.

The reaction of the girls was not far from Peter's since on the ceiling there was a message that said "Find the Superior" written in green with several drawings of tentacles.

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Notes, clarifications and references

1. Comics and media used for the elaboration