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Baby Spider Protection protocol

Summary:

SPOILERS !!!! Don't read if you haven't watched the movie.

 

Regardless of what happened at the end of the movie, FRIDAY's protocols are still well in place.

Notes:

This movie destroyed me, this is what I wrote to cope a little (just a little).

 

Disclaimers :

I don't own Spider-Man or the MCU.

English is not my first language, please inform me of any mistake you might notice.

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Sometimes Pepper went down to the lab, she didn’t get why she had left it this way for that long, there wasn’t a point in keeping it functional without her husband around after all. She couldn’t remember why she’d kept it that way, and that was her real problem, she didn’t remember when and why she made the decision to keep Tony’s lab functional. She sat at one of the tables, a prototype for Spider-Man was out, it didn’t make sense, Spider-Man had been blipped, there was no reason for Tony to have been working on his gear before the battle that had cost her husband his life. 

She sighed, turned the lights off and walked back up to the kitchen, she had promised Morgan cookies after all. 

 

She had just put her cookie dough in the fridge when FRIDAY spoke up. 

Baby Spider Protection protocol activated, Boss Jr has been seriously hurt while on patrol, he requires immediate assistance.

“Boss Jr ?” she asked. “Who is Boss Jr FRIDAY ?” 

Peter Parker, he is Spider-Man and the owner of a third of Stark Industries. He requires immediate assistance, Boss, this isn’t your usual reaction to this type of situation, are you alright ?

“There has been situations like this before ?” she asked, not understanding what was happening.

Many, Boss Jr often finds himself hurt, I must insist that you go assist him. 

“Alright, I’ll go, I want you to play me the clips of all previous situations of this sort on my way.” 

She taped her bracelet, letting it expand into the Rescue suit and thanking God that Happy hadn’t brought Morgan home yet. 

She flew out, letting FRIDAY control the itinerary as videos started playing before her eyes. 

 

The first one was from three months earlier, FRIDAY had informed her the exact same way it had that night, but she hadn’t questioned it, not for a second, she’d immediately taken her phone out. She heard herself order Happy to protect “Peter” at all costs, saying that she couldn’t move at the moment but if it became truly serious to call her. 

The second one was from two weeks before that, she hadn’t hesitated that time either, she’d flown out immediately, left Morgan behind and called Happy to come take care of her. There hadn’t been a question, coming from her, she’d found Spider-Man in an alley, his enemy was webbed to the nearest wall, perfectly unharmed while the vigilante was seated, bleeding out from a gun wound. “God kid,” she heard herself say, “what good is your super sense if you still take bullets ? I’m getting you home, Dr Cho is already on her way.” He’d clung to her as she lifted him and flew him back to the cabin, once he was with Dr Cho she’d made a call to a certain May and once the Dr was done she went to get her daughter from her room. “Morgan, Peter is here, he’s hurt so you can’t jump on him, but I think he’d like a hug from his favorite sister.” “I’m his only sister, Mom,” had answered her little girl before running up the stairs and into Peter’s room. 

Come to think of it, she didn’t remember this room, she saw the door but didn’t remember what was inside it, she saw it as the video kept playing but she could find no memories of it in her mind. 

The third was from a week after the end of her world, a week after the sacrifice of her husband, she was planning the funeral when FRIDAY alerted her. “Oh my god, Peter,” had been her first words. “How could I forget to call Peter ?” She’d called Rhodey, telling him she knew he was in New York and asking him to bring Peter home as she called Dr Cho. The boy had arrived before the doctor, but it was alright, it was a knife wound and while it looked very bad from her point of view, hervideoself had seemingly been reassured and had called Dr Cho to tell her not to come before tending to the boy herself. Once he was all healed up she’d sat beside him in the bed and pulled him in her arms, “I’m sorry I didn’t call, ” she said, “I’m so sorry. You don’t have to go through all this alone.”

“I’m not alone” the boy had replied, “I have aunt May and even Happy. You just lost your husband Mrs. Stark, I’m so sorry, you shouldn’t have to take care of me above all that.”

“Of course I do, you lost just as much as I did, Peter.” Tears were running down her cheeks in the images. “I know he never told you that, but Tony saw you as a son, you’re family Peter, Morgan grew up hearing stories about you and I know she’s dying to meet her big brother.”

“Really ?” 

“Yes, sweetheart, really.” And she had pulled the boy closer to her, as if it was possible. 

 

She had called this boy family, had called him Tony’s son and Morgan’s brother, how was it possible that she remembered none of that ? 

You’re almost there Boss, do you want me to play another ? 

“No FRIDAY, get me there.”

It wasn’t long before she landed on a roof, a bleeding Spider-Man in front of her, he was facing the other way around, and all she could feel was unconditional love and freezing fear at the sight of the blood.

“Peter ?” she called. 

He turned and she saw his eyes widen before he took off his mask. 

“You remember… You remember me ?” he asked, almost broken.

“No, I’m sorry Peter, I don’t, but let’s get you to the cabin and you’ll explain everything to me, alright ?”

He nodded, seemingly not understanding, but accepting her help.

They flew off together and she held him tight as she brought him home. 

She settled him in the room she didn’t remember, there were Star Wars posters on the walls, Lego constructions on stands and also an Iron Man plushie on the desk. They managed to pull the suit off him and she tended to his wound, he’d been cut by a knife. 

“FRIDAY, what do I have to do ? What do I usually do ?”

His pills are in his bathroom, in the first drawer, you usually give him two and then you use the disinfectant on his wound, sometimes, if the wound has already healed, you have to cut again to make sure there is no infection. And then you stitch the wound. 

She immediately went to the bathroom to retrieve the pills and then proceeded to do everything FRIDAY had asked her to with more ease than she would have expected, it was as if her hands knew what to do before she asked them to move.

 

When she was done, he was still trembling.

“Do you want to explain everything to me now or do you want to wait after you’re better rested ?”

“How did you find me ?” he asked

“One of FRIDAY’s protocols.”

He nodded, “I made a big mistake, my identity was exposed and I asked Dr Strange to do a spell to make people forget, except I tried to modify it so that all those who already knew would remember. It created a breach in the multiverse and everyone from every universe who knew that Peter Parker was Spider-Man, villains from other universes appeared and so did two other Peter Parkers. We managed to save every villain from their fate, which was dying when they’d go back in their universe, but other people started to come and it was out of control, the only way to fix it was to make everyone forget who Peter Parker is, that’s why no one remembers me.”

“That was nine days ago, you say ?” He nodded.

“You should have come here,” she pulled him into a hug, he’d just spent nine days alone. “You’re not leaving, I know I have to learn to know you once again, that Morgan will have to too, but you’re staying right here with your family. We should inform the rest of your family, who else is there ?”

“Just you guys, and Happy, there was my aunt May, but…”

He looked at her and she knew, somehow she knew exactly what it meant. 

“Oh God, Peter…” she held him tight, needing to comfort him, it was the most natural thing in the world now that he was before her, her whole body wanted to make him feel better and she knew she loved him the way she did Morgan, so really it didn’t matter that she didn’t remember, that boy, that adorable boy was her child already.

 

Baby Boss and Happy Hogan have arrived. 

She nodded and let go of the child fast asleep in her arms, she had to explain everything to both Morgan and Happy. She pressed a kiss to the crown of his head before leaving the room.

When she arrived downstairs, she hugged her daughter before pulling Happy aside “Do you remember Peter Parker ?”

He shook his head, “Am I supposed to know him ? The only Parker I’ve ever known was May Parker and she died ten days ago. Is he related to her or something ?”

“He is, he’s her nephew and we both know him pretty well, a spell has been cast by Strange and we all forgot about him but I have every intention to be with him.”

“Are you sure he’s telling the truth ?”

“I found him thanks to one of FRIDAY’s protocols put in place to protect him and FRIDAY showed me footage proving that we were close. Even if that weren’t the case, as soon as I saw him I knew I loved him.”

Happy nodded, satisfied. 

“How are you going to explain that to Morgan ? Do you want me to take him to my home ?”

“No, he’s staying here, I’m just going to tell Morgan the truth,” she said, looking at the little girl who was in the kitchen, looking around.

“Mommy, where are the cookies ? You said there would be some when I came back.”

“The cookies are not ready yet sweetheart, can we talk for a minute ?”

The little girl nodded and her mother guided her to the couch, where they both sat.

“Spider-Man is your favorite superhero, isn’t he ?”

A smile immediately stretched her daughter’s lips. “Yes he is, because he’s kind, funny and he gives the best hugs !” the little girl frowned. “How do I know that, Mommy ? Spider-Man never hugged me…”

“I think he did sweetheart, Spider-Man’s real name is Peter Parker. You don’t remember him because Dr Strange had to cast a spell that made us forget Peter to save the universe, but Peter is your brother.”

“Peter Parker ?” she asked with a little frown. “Like me ? We have the same name because he’s my brother ?”

How had she not realized it ? Morgan Parker Stark, she couldn’t remember why they had given her that name, but it suddenly seemed evident. 

“I don’t really remember either, Morgan, but yes, I think that’s why.”

“I have a brother !” The little girl was overexcited. “When can I see him ?!”

“He’s upstairs, in his bedroom, but he’s been hurt and he’s sleeping now, so how about we finish those cookies so he can have some when he wakes up ?”

The little girl nodded and ran back to the kitchen. 

“What can I do, Mommy ? These have to be the best cookies ever for Peter !”

She smiled and joined her, as she looked at her little girl, so eager to do well for her big brother, she knew they would be alright.