Summary: Unraveling truths is never a good idea.
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!!Warning!!// My need for angst
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"As you all know, we have lost some of our comrades. . . I know this must be hard for a lot of us. But we must keep going. If we don't all work together, everything we all know, and love will disappear."
Miguel's speech went on, his voice echoing through the full room of spider hero's. You watched from above, sitting on a pillar with Penny and Gwen standing behind you.
Gwen would glance at you. She couldn't tell what you were thinking. Not like you were always an open book. But it did seem you were grappling the seriousness of the situation the society is in.
Everyone's world is at the risk of being sucked in a black hole. And the main suspect?
"Alchamax." Miguel spoke as a hologram of the plans you swiped from your universes Alchamax showed.
"Some of you should be familiar with these plans. About 85 of you, went on a mission to steal the multiverse project plans from your universes Alchamax. . . It seems that, they have found a way to jump to different worlds. Using less power than before, just enough for two trips."
The room got even more tense. Mummers of worry floated through the air.
Penny looked up at Gwen, the young girls-tired expression turning to one of distress. Gwen put a gentle hand on the young girl's shoulder, to try and reassure her.
Your eyes narrowed as your hand gripped to a fist. This was not good. No more words needed to be said by Miguel for everyone to know how bad things will be soon. If Alchamax can make two trips without using a whole city's power, who knows what they will do.
Miguel glanced up at you, just for a moment.
"So, report, everything. Any suspicious activity that might cause a hole in the timeline, report it. And be on standby. If things get bad in one or more worlds, all hands-on deck. . ." Miguel took a good look at all the Spider heroes in front of him, taking off his mask, a grimace showing on his face.
"If things get too out of hand, for some of you, your cannon events will happen sooner than expected. So be prepared for the worst. That will be all. Dismissed."
Slowly, people began to leave the room, some immediately portaling back home. After that, you don't blame them.
You stood up to portal out but felt a tug on the sleeve of your suite. You look down and see Penny fully out of your robot suite.
You hear Gwen call your name. You look up and see the girl walk up to you.
"You're leaving already?"
"I got a city to protect."
"Are you talking about Gotham or New York."
"Is that supposed to mean something."
Penny glanced between the two older girls in front of her, clear tension in the air.
". . .Miguel wants a meeting with a certain group of us."
You sighed, shaking your head.
"And I'm a part of it." A clear no-brainer. Reluctantly, you hopped down the pillar, Penny and Gwen following suite.
You glanced around to see who was left.
Peter B, Noir, Jessica Drew, Pavitr, Hobbie and. . . odd. You haven't seen this one before. A young boy it seems, his spider suite a Black and red instead of red and blue.
The newcomer notices your shameless staring and starts to get nervous. Gwen appears next to him.
"Don't mind her." Gwen gave the boy a nod of reassurance.
God, you hated these meetings. It just made you worry. And you were worried about your world enough. If your Alchamex has been in contact with other Alchamex from other worlds, you felt screwed. Unlike other spider hero's, you didn't have any superhero connections to help you. You're not counting the two prowlers, they are your family.
You still had Black Cat, but your relationship with her was rocky, and confusing at the same time.
Cloak and Dagger? last you heard Cloak got into some trouble with Maphisto. Forcing the two to get into hiding.
Deadpool. . .? ha! hell no.
"Hellooooo anyone home?" You snapped out of your train oof thought as Petter B waved his hand in your face, you turn your head. Seeing everyone's eyes on you. Miguel had this stern look on his face.
You cleared your throat, feeling a little nervous now.
"So, who's the new guy." Your voice became deeper. As you look over to the boy. Before Gwen could hold the boy back he stepped up, taking off his mask
"Wait--!" Gwen was too late.
You froze as the boy smiled and held his hand up to shake.
"Miles Moralis. I'm a little new to being Spider-Man."
Everyone seems to get really awkward about the situation. Your shocked, baffled even.
"Welp, this is awkward." Petter B mumbles, but is hit in the stomach by Penny who gives him a look to shut him up.
This. . . Miles starts to see how tense the room just got and starts to fell a little nervous. Pavitr had a nervous smile as he inched closer to you, elbowing you to snap out of it.
You cleared your throat, still very surprised, yet you make an effort to not be. . . well you. You shake his hand.
"Welcome to the team kid."
Jason didn't think covering for you while you had your meeting was going to be hard. And thank goodness it wasn't. But now he had another problem.
Apparently, Damian got a little too reckless during patrol, and now his face looks like he lost a fight with Creed in a boxing ring.
"I don't think it's too bad." Dick's comment made Tim and Jason give him a look.
"Nah, Y/n will might kill whoever did this." Jason sighed, already feeling your rage by just imagining.
"What?? Don't be silly Jay-bird! Y/n wouldn't hurt a fly!." Dick thinks your far too sweet and kind to ever do such violence(Even when he watched you take down thugs with your bare hands before)
Tim couldn't help but let out a loud laugh.
"You should see her when she's playing video games. She practically prays on her enemy's downfall."
As the three older men try to figure out if they should cover it up or deal with your flood of questions. Damian felt disappointed in himself, today was his sisters Birthday, and because of his recklessness she will start to fuss about him on her day.
"Aw, look he's pouting, cute."
Damian snaps out of his train of sad thoughts, looking up he sees the girls have finally showed up. Stephany, Cassandra and Barbra. The one who commented on his pouting was of course Stephany, causing him to go back to grumpy mode.
"Barb, Cass Steph! what are you guys doing here?" Dick approached the girls with a smile.
"We came for the party duh." Steph smiles as Cass sets down a few bags they brought.
"We got presents for our special birthday girl- oh god." Barb paused her sentence as her eyes landed on Damian.
"Damn, you look like shit- ow!." Stephanie ended up getting hit by Barbra for her words.
The meeting ended, you were quick to hop through the portal when Miguel tried to reach out to you. Closing the portal behind you. You check your watch; you have an hour before the party starts. You check your phone and see messages from everyone wishing you a happy birthday.
Dick: HAPPY BIRTHDAY CAN'T WAIT TO SEE YOU TN <3
Timmy: Happy Birthday sis🥳
Cupcake❤️ (Damian): I wish you a happy birthday sister.
Stupido (Jason): Bro get me a red-bull when your otw
Your rolled your eyes at Jasons recent message.
Uncle Jeff: Happy birthday my sweet girl, I'm truly sorry I can't make it to your birthday party. I hope you like what me and your tia got for you
You couldn't help but smile as you see the multiple birthday GIF's your uncle sent. Uncle Aaron couldn't make it either. Some thugs have been running amuck. Aaron thinks something fishy has been going on in the streets lately, and the police have caught wind of it too.
You start to worry again. Worried things might escalate soon like Miguel had said. Maybe you should ask Bruce to cancel the party. Say you're not feeling well. . . .
No, you can't do that. Bruce worked hard for this party, took time off to do this for you. And you haven't even properly apologized to him after that argument a month ago!
You go to the store to get Jason his damn red bull.
You walked into a store, as you grab Jason's red bull, your attention is caught by the tv in the small store, the news was on. Talking about the latest sighting of Batman and Robin, taking out yet another drug ring.
You wonder how Batman wasn't on your ass. Well, thanks to Jason constantly covering your tracks and telling you where and when Batman would show up.
What you can't stop thinking about is that other Miles. Seems like he only started just a few months ago. You can't seem to get the way he looked. So, hopeful. Happy.
A far cry from what your Miles looked like now.
Back at the manor, all of Bruce's other kids were trying to cover up Damian's bruise's with Stephanies makeup.
"That doesn't fit his skin tone it's too light!" Dick pointed out as he gave out a slight distressed sigh.
"Oh come on, Y/n won't notice." Stephanie was tired and just wanted to get on with the damn party already.
"Yes she will!" Jason and Tim both spoke in union.
Damian looked at himself in the mirror, the makeup isn't bad. He looked normal to the naked eye. But knows you will notice.
Damian spoke with a serious look on his face.
"Sister may act foolish but she is not that dense." Damian began to rant on about how many times you have confronted him about his bruises and how scary you got, interrogating him, demanding names. Even go as far as to question his teachers! during his class time too!
The girls paused and looked at each other before bursting into laughter.
Cassandra smiled as she took a sip of the tea that Alfred prepared for them.
"Ah, it seems Y/n really cares about you Damian. Thats sweet." Barbra felt somewhat relived. When she first heard about you and your whole situation. She did feel a little worried about how you would adjust. Especially after Bruce had told them he wouldn't be letting you know about the late night activates they do. But it seems that you fit perfectly without knowing this family's secret.
Maybe all this family needed was a little bit of normal.
Cassandra gets a notification on her phone from Bruce. The black harried girls voice broke through all the chaos.
"Bruce wants us upstairs. Y/n is on her way."
With that all of the children of Bruce Wayne hurried upstairs.
Rio and Miles step out of the car; Miles stared at the large manor in awe.
"Oh, we definitely having sleepovers here." Miles says as you step up next to him.
"Only if we got matching onesies!" You say with a wide smile. Miles let out a small laugh while playfully shoving your face. You held your aunt's hand while walking up the stairs to the large doors.
Tonight, might just be the last night you allow yourself to be rid of sorrow and guilt. Be rid of responsibility and pain. And just enjoy your time with loved ones.
"Something doesn't feel right Captain" Jeff turns his head to his fellow officer who had made that comment. And they weren't wrong. This whole day calls were coming in. Sudden blackouts in certain areas, calls from worried civilians about missing people or items like cars- hell a whole house went missing.
No trace of it. Just poof! gone. At first, it was assumed to be gang related. But the missing people, the missing house? showed back up. Just in random places in new-York. Sadly, that wasn't the reason why it didn't feel right tonight. . . .
It was quiet. Quite as in no vigilantes' sightings. Yeah, Spider-Woman has been gone for months. But the Prowler's? No sign of either of them.
Jeff should be happy they aren't meddling with police work for the night. But all he could feel was worried. And he wasn't the only one. Seemed like half of the city felt it too.
Felt that it wasn't safe to be outside.
Suddenly dispatch rang out from their walky-talkies, someone- or something is attacking Alchamex labs. . .
The party started; you were greeted by warm familiar faces and some new ones.
"Y/n, this is Cassandra." Dick introduced with a wide smile.
You gave the older girl a smile. "Nice to meet ya." You reached out for a handshake. Cassandra analyzed you for a moment before shaking your hand. Your strong.
"Heyyyy I'm Stephanie! Happy birthday!" You were almost tackled into a hug by a blond girl. You nervously laugh and nod. Her smile oddly contangoes.
"Thank you. Nice to meet you Staphanie."
She's touchy, like Dick. But not as bad as Dick. She kind of reminds you of Gwen if she kept her long hair. You turn your head and see a red haired woman in a wheelchair
"Barbra Gordan. Good to finally meet you Y/n" Barbra gave you a warm smile as she reached her hand out for a handshake. You were a little taken aback- but immediately gained composer, not wanting to just stare and be rude.
"Thank you for coming to my party. I really appreciate it." You were grateful that they had come. You have seen them in family portrait right above the fireplace in the main family living room. Meaning they are family. You're starting to feel a lot more happier knowing you're not the only girl here now. It feels nice.
"Mi Vida, come it's cake time." Rio pushed you to the kitchen where the others were. You were pushed into a chair. You start to get a little nervous as you see everyone's eyes on you, even more nervous when you see Bruce and Rio recording you with big smiles.
"Alright everyone, 1, 2, 3-"
"Happy birthday to you--"
Just as everyone sang. Your Spidey senses went off like a loud alarm. Causing you to freeze up.
Oh no. Not now. Please, why now?
You kept your small smile(now forced) as your Spidey senses went crazy over and over danger danger danger
Miles paused from singing, his smile fading as he noticed that look on your face. Something is wrong. Causing the boy to immediately check on Uncle Aaron's location. He was still at Alchamex labs. He hasn't sent in a signal for any trouble yet.
Sadly, Miles wasn't the only one who notice the change in your behavior. Jason has spent enough time around you to know when that face meant. Something was very wrong. He slowly backed away while everyone was distracted.
Let's not forget Cassandra who immediately saw the moment you froze. No matter how many times she analyzed you. All she saw was fear. But from what? You were just happy moments ago. She scans the room, to see what had possibly set you off. That's when she noticed Jason now in the halls, on his phone whispering in a rather aggressive way. Most likely speaking with one of his goons, glancing back to your direction here and there.
"Y/n, sweetie?" Rio's voice made you snap out of it.
"Make a wish Y/n" Dick says while watching you with excitement, Damian right next to him with the same look in his eyes. You let out shaky sigh before finally blowing out the candles. Everyone cheers and claps, Alfred hands you a knife.
"First slice goes to you miss."
Aaron kept his breathing slow. Trying to stay calm as Kingpin and his men were wreaking havoc trying to find him. He was caught listening in on the plans Alchamex had for New York. It was exactly the same plans that were in that hard-drive Miles had said you gave to him, wanting one of them to investigate, which made Aaron a little suspicious. If you found something, you wouldn't let someone investigate for you. You were stubborn like that.
But right now, Aarons biggest problem was to not get caught. He needs to get the hell out of Alchamex labs and notify you quick.
Just as he saw his opening out of the labs, a voice caught his attention. It was Docter Octavius.
Aarons eyes narrowed, what was Doc Oct doing out of prison? Actually- Kingpin, he wasn't supposed to be out either. . .
Aaron starts to feel to feel a pit form in his stomach as he creeps closer, listening to the conversation.
"Will this truly work?" An unfamiliar voice spoke.
"Heh, you doubt my work?" Doc Oct chuckled darkly.
"A cluster this big, Spider Woman cannot ignore it. Not when so many innocents are at stake." Doc Oct leans back on his chair, revealing the other person he was speaking to on a screen. Aaron couldn't recognize him. Maybe a new villain team up?
Whatever it is, it's not good. Their trying to lure his niece out of hiding. If he warns you and Miles, the two of you will show up and fall for the trap. If he leaves to try and get backup, he might not make it in on time before the cluster starts. Not to mention Kingpin and his goons are still surveying the area.
He has no choice but to try and destroy the cluster. Or die trying.
You couldn't focused. You had your hands under the table. peeking at your watch, using it to contact the other Spidey's immediately, you cant get to new York on time. And you can't just leave the part out of nowhere.
You jolt in surprise and turn your head while pulling your sleeve down.
"o-oh! Hey cupcake. Don't scare me like that." You chuckled while petting the little boys head. Damians eyes narrowed. He knew what he saw. Damnit, he aint gonna leave it be.
"What was that, on your wrist." The boy questioned as he reached out for you arm.
"Ah. . . well you see-- . . .huh?" Now that Damians closer, you seem to notice something off. You lean in closer, causing the boy to pause and lean away. A little surprised by the sudden closeness.
"Are you, wearing makeup?" Your scanned his face closely.
Damian swore his heart dropped. Shoot, he forgot about the makeup!
Before you could even reach out to prove your words. Dick and Stephanie whisked you away in a panic.
"HEY! TIME FOR PRESENTS!" Dick's shouting caught everyone's attention, he was so loud it caused you to flinch a bit. Super hearing. Dick noticed this and was quick to apologize.
There was one moment where you were alone, just for a few seconds to check your watch. That's when you saw a message from Miguel.
-Do not interfere, stay in Gotham. That's an order.
Just bear with it. Trust them.
You were forced to sit in the middle of Cassandra and Jason.
"Ugh- Jason did you even shower bro?" Your face scrunched up as you watch the older man down the red bull you got for him. Letting out a deep sigh before smirking. "Nope."
The man then has the audacity to lean in closer
Cassandra silently brought you closer to her while giving Jason a look of disappointment. Jason just chuckled with a satisfied smirk.
"Okay okay! come on. Open your presents." Rio says as she held one hand on her stomach as she sat down while holding her son's hand.
Tim's present was actually surprising.
"oh my god. . . are these?" You stared in shock.
Jason took a peek and was quick to burst laughing. Cassandra glanced at what you had in your hands and almost did the same as Jason.
"Uh. What is it?" Miles questioned.
You smiled while showing everyone your gift from Tim.
It was a photo album, filled with baby pictures of Damian.
Damian was dumbfounded. He wasn't sure if he should glare and shout at Tim or just force you to stop showing those pictures.
Bruce looked at Tim with a raised brow.
Tim smirked as he explained why he gave this to you
"Well we all know besides from Miles. Damian is Y/n's top fav."
You nod rapidly, Damian puffs his chest with pride at that, earning an eyeroll from Miles.
"I'm totally adding the most adorable one into my wallet" You squealed in excitement, almost forgetting the dangers outside these walls, outside this city.
Your next present was from Dick, it was a was a new video game you were talking about just a month ago, you really wanted the game but was too shy to ask Bruce to get it for you. You made sure to give Dick a big hug, causing Dick to be a little emotional. It was the first time you hugged him- actually, Dick hasn't been around much so you two didn't get enough bonding time.
Maybe he should call out of work for the week and spend more time with you.
You turn your head, pulling away from Dick, fulling facing Damian.
"You're up next, Cupcake." Just as you knelt down, Damian quickly rushed behind his father. You tilt your head in confusion. Damian's been acting a little odd today.
Damian grabbed a box with two holes on each side. He shoved it in your hands and stepped away. You looked confused but just brushed it off. You began to undo the ribbon on the box
"Let's see what you got me-" You nearly choked on air.
Two small paws reached the edge of the box, its head poking out.
Miles's eye twitched in utter disbelief
"Is that a. . .?" Dick couldn't believe it himself.
"A lion?" Cassandra muttered, suddenly appearing next to you, who was still in shock.
"A cub." Damian corrected.
"It's still a damn lion!" Tim was about to hurl the coffee table at the younger boy. Bruce was trying his best not to shout, he was about to apologize till he saw you handle the young cub, holding it up.
"Heh, you kinda look like him Damian." You say as you held it to where you and Cass can compare.
This irked Damian immediately
"No, it doesn't!" Just as Damian protested, the cub let out a small whine.
"Your right, they do look similar." Dick chimed in, earning a nod of agreement from Cass. You laughed, holding up the cub higher in the air.
"Hey, how about I name you Damian, you like that name little guy?" You cradled the little cub in your arms, the cub lets out a small noise; you took that as a yes.
"Sister, please." Damians begging fell on death ears.
"Alright! your name is Damian!" you say proudly while holding the lion cub while standing, the pose reminding a few of them of that one scene in lion king.
This was bad. This was really bad. Jessica Drew has been in the society since the beginning. And she has never seen things get this bad. Who knew 85 universe's planned to kidnap their worlds spider hero and use them to power up the cluster?
What's worse is, the plan has worked for 48 of them. Miguel sent out warnings for the remaining spider hero's and sent out others to take care of the mess, all groups of 5 or less. Of course, Miguel left to your world to take care of it on his own. Probably for his own selfish reason to try and redeem himself for what had happened last time
Jess sighed as she sat down. Others are trying hard to help break out the spider hero's that had gotten captured. Most were trying to stop clusters from starting up. Looking at the schematics for the cluster, if it doesn't get the power up from the spider heroes. It will automatically explode, affecting anyone in a 6-mile radius,
How to stop the clusters from exploding? no damn idea. But that's what Jess and Lyla are trying to figure out.
You were out on the balcony, already had opened your presents. Tia Rio's present for you, were ultrasound pictures!
Your gonna have another baby cousin. Your happy now. Nothing can bring you down now. You smiled to yourself as you stared at the ultrasound pictures. You're definitely framing these.
Bruce's voice breaks the silence. You turn your head and give him a small smile.
"All good. Just needed some air." You turned back to the pictures, letting out a small sigh. You looked relaxed, tired- but relaxed. And happy, making Bruce smile fondly at you. The older man walks up next to you.
The small box of kyes in his pocket. He hopes you will like his present. Not the most heartfelt one's that everyone else has gotten you. Even with Rio's reassurance, he still felt nervous. He wants to speak but is afraid he will say the wrong thing just like before. What if you hate his gift? what if you hate him more because of it? What if-
Bruce froze. Staring down at you in shock. You shift in place, standing straight.
"I know it's a little overdue, but I really am sorry for disrespecting you when you were just doing your job as a parent. You were just trying to protect me, but I lashed out on you instead. . ." You looked so sad now. Your sad expression makes Bruce panic! he didn't want you to be sad on your special day.
He gently places his hand on your shoulder.
"No, I should be sorry. I overstepped my boundaries. I shouldn't have doubted you. And I shouldn't have just scolded you without hearing you out. My job as your father is to protect you, yes. But it's also to understand you. Not shut you down, which is what I did. I'm sorry" His soft tone, and warm expression. His words caused a wave of emotions stir up in your chest.
Suddenly you hug him. A tight hug. Like you didn't want to let go. Bruce paused but was quick to hug you back.
Bruce pulls away and reached in his pocket, handing out a small red box. You let out a small chuckle and took it from his hands, based on the box you expected some fancy ring or bracelet. But what you didn't expect were what looked like car keys
"what . ." You looked up at Bruce who had a smile on his face, he signaled to something that was down below the balcany. You turn your head and was quick to notice a car that didn't belong to anyone in the manor at the moment.
"Yep, she's yours. I- I know you don't like anything too fancy. So, I managed to find something that was still in good shape, but needs to be worked on. I know how you like fixing things, this could be like a project." Bruce watched as your face lit up with excitement.
"I love it. . . I love it! oh gosh thank you so much Bruce!" You hug him again, this time accidentally using your superstrength. nearly knocking the air out of him.
"Y/n. . . sweetheart. . . I can't breathe!" Bruce wheezed out. You quickly let go.
"S-sorry" Seems like you lost control for a second. Can you be blamed though? You don't think you have been so happy in so long.
Suddenly they hear something from the door. There, Alfred stood.
"Miss Y/n, Mrs. Morales is taking her leave now."
You nod and rush to go say goodbye.
Bruce smiled as he watched you leave. Alfred walks over and stand's right next to Bruce.
"Miss Y/n seems to be happier today." Alfred was glad to see you actually smile. And hopes it last. Bruce nods in agreement
"She's even being more friendly to Jason." Alfred remembers the first few weeks of Jason being around. You two would bicker about the smallest things, he has seen you become so petty over what Jason would say or do. And Jason always turned to violence when arguments would get heated.
He remembered seeing the security cameras of the manor one night and once saw the two of you having a standoff for the last cupcake. Which ended in Dick scolding the two of you for causing so much noise so late at night and gave the cupcake to Damian.
"Hasn't she always been friendly with Jason?" Bruce chuckled out, knowing damn well he was wrong.
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A/n: Sorry y'all got lazy. Promise next chapter shii will go down.
What Alfred saw on the security cameras
Reader's Spidey senses kicking in while her family is singing her happy birthday.
What Jason and Reader think they look like when patrolling together
Penny the moment Gwen questioned reader what city she was protecting knowing damn well it would start something.
Reader when meeting the other Miles at the meeting
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