Ten months, that's how long the Reed Richards of this Earth told me I would need before I could boost again, before...I could become stronger.
But I didn't want too, I never wanted to become a power hungry lunatic, that's always been my greatest fear. To be so powerful that I loose what makes me human.
So now, I had a problem, Thanos was coming, and I had two solutions. Use Franklin's power...or fight them with my own.
I took off, swinging back to the Village. I landed at Strange's door and walked in, it wasn't even locked,
I remembered the directions to the kitchen and moved. Inside I found him sitting on a small table sipping tea as the whole kitchen around him was alive. I saw everything moving on it's own, preparing breakfast as if made by a pair of invisible hands. God I love magic.
Strange looked up from a large tome he was reading, "ah, so you're back. I had a feeling you would."
"I'm sure," I looked to him nervously, gulping away, "I...I'm sorry I ran."
"It's alright. It's only natural...after what I told you," Strange sighed, "please, sit."
"Thanks," I sat down as a cup of coffee floated into my arms, sugar flying out from the counter on the table, mixing itself into my drink. I raised an eyebrow, "huh, cool."
Strange nodded, "you'll learn how to do it soon."
I sipped my drink as I slowly looked at him, "so...what now?" So many thoughts running through my head, but before Strange, I had only one.
"You're afraid of what I'll say about you taking over Peter Parker's body."
"Yes," he was blunt, but I didn't care. The faster this was over the faster my heart will stop tap dancing inside my ribs.
"I must admit, when I first scanned you and found this...alteration, I was skeptical," I groaned, "I didn't know the kind of man you were. So when you left my home yesterday, I followed."
"You spied on me?" I asked in surprise.
He nodded, "yes. I wanted to see what kind of man you were. You spent the entire day saving people who weren't even yours to save. You helped people from a world not even yours, and then I realised, you may not be Peter Parker, but you are a damn fine Spider-man."
I was silent, his words rolling around in my head. "You offered me the magic teaching job before knowing what kind of person I was?"
Strange nodded, "yes. I did. If you had accepted immediately I would know that you desired power above all else, I would have wiped your mind and tried to bring back Peter Parker."
"Could you?" I asked immediately in fright, "c-could you do that?"
Strange sighed, "unfortunately, such an action would be pointless. I saw a little further into your head yesterday-"
"-Hey! Not cool!"
Strange smiled and continued, "I found that if I did bring back Peter Parker, it would be one that had never gotten a spider bite and never learnt to be Spider-man. I would be reversing all the good you have done, all you have become. Plus it would very, very painful for both you and Peter. So no, I decided against it."
"But you could do it, if I ever become too much of a problem," I narrowed my eyes, the threat clear.
"Yes, if I wanted too, I could," Strange nodded, "but as I told you, you are a huge part of the Web of Life, a big part of it. As such, I can't do it unless risking the Web collapsing in on itself. As such, you are very much safe from me Pe...I'm sorry, all this time and I never bothered to ask, what is your name?"
I blinked, "it's $#%#$."
Strange blinked, "I'm sorry?"
I sighed, "it's not your fault. Whatever being put me into Peter's head also prevented me from sharing any information I know about my old world and the knowledge from it. I can't even freaking say my own name. I had my world's Charles' Xavier look into it, he had no clue what to do either."
Strange nodded, "I see, interesting."
"How did you know I was from a world where all of this came in comic books?" I asked him, "as I said, my mind is protected, so how?"
"I used this," Strange pointed to an eye shaped golden amulet around his neck, "the Eye of Agamotto, powerful and very good at what it does. No secret can hide from me."
I blinked, "so can you use it to read my mind and find out details about my world?"
Strange shrugged, "I don't know, I haven't tried, nor am I going too."
"Why not?" I asked curiously.
"Whoever put you into Peter Parker's body is powerful, very powerful. And dangerous. If I do this, it might see me as a threat and try and destroy me. I would rather not risk it, besides, I have been sorcerer supreme for a long time, I have learnt during that period some knowledge is better left unlearnt."
I looked at him before slowly nodding, accepting his answer. It made sense, I suppose. He wasn't lying to me, I think, so he just wants everything to be in one pices, which if pretty much what I want as well.
I finished my tea and got up, walking out the door. "Where are you going?" Strange asked.
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