C219 Aether!

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"I am not getting stabbed in the name of science." Darcy comments as she follows Jane into an abandoned factory.

Ever since Jane caught up with her, they've been following that haywire gadget of hers, which has dragged them all across London.

As they made their way through the factory, a group of children came running in from the opposite side.

"It's okay, we're Americans!" Darcy yelled as she saw the scared looks on the kid's faces.

"Is that supposed to make them like us?" Jane asks with a roll of her eyes.

"Maybe they can make it go away..." The only girl in the group whispers.

"Ssh!" The leading child shushed her.

"Are you the police?" Another kid asks.

"No, we're scientists. Well, I am." Jane says as Darcy huffs. "Why?"

"We just found it." The leading kid says nervously.

"Found what?" Jane asks curiously. "Can you show us?"

Nodding their heads, the kids lead Jane and Darcy to a truck outside of the factory. One of the boys touched the truck, pushes it up with two fingers, and they all watch in amazement as the truck floats in mid-air.

"That doesn't look rigged." Darcy comments as she eyed the levitating truck for any hidden wires.

...

After studying the truck for some time, the kids then took them to a stairwell in the factory, where one of them threw a bottle.

As the bottle flew down the stairs, they all watch as it disappeared into thin air.

"Where did it go?" Darcy asks in shock.

Answering her question, the little girl pointed upward.

Following her gesture, they look up to see the same bottle reappear above them and continuously fall and disappear in the same spots in the air over and over.

"That's... that's incredible." Jane commented as she picked up an empty can and drops it down from the same spot.

Just like before, the tin can disappeared into thin air, but when she looked up to watch it reappear nothing happened.

"Why didn't it work?" Darcey asked in confusion.

"Sometimes they come back, sometimes they don't." One of the kids says with a shrug.

"I want to throw something..." Darcy's eyes wander for a nearby object. "Jane, give me your shoe."

Ignoring her assistant's idiocy, Jane picks up her gadget and starts looking over the readings.

"I haven't seen readings like this since..." She mutters.

"Your last visit with that muscly boyfriend of yours?" Darcy says with a teasing tilt to her voice.

"Don't touch anything!" Jane orders as she rushes off to study the nearby area.

While she got busy and Darcy played with the portal alongside the children, none of them noticed the CCTV cameras that followed their every move.

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"Did you see the look on that guy's face when we caught him sneaking off with that old lady's TV?" Ned laughed as he and Peter split a pizza in Central Park.

After spending a good portion of the day fighting crime in other cities, where Ned finally got the superhero debut that he was looking for, the two returned to New York to celebrate Neds big day.

Of course, they were dressed normally now, as they didn't want anyone to interrupt their celebration.

"Yeah, his eyes practically popped out of his head, like some cartoon character." Peter smirked as he grabbed another slice of pizza. "I should visit other cities more often. They're always so surprised to see me."

"Today was amazing..." Ned comments as he leans back with a content smile on his face.

"I'm glad it was worth the wait." Peter says as he remembered something important. "Oh, yeah... Have you come up with a superhero name yet?"

"How did I forget that!" Ned shouts as he shoots off of the bench and starts pacing back and forth.

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"...how about Blackout?" Peter offers his hundredth idea for Ned's name. "Because your suit is all black."

"Ehh..." Ned grunts, unconvinced by every single name that Peter has offered up thus far.

(A/N: Give me ideas for his superhero name)

Suddenly, their brainstorming session was interrupted as Jarvis' voice echoed from Peter's phone.

"Sir, you asked me to notify you should any anomalies appear in Doctor Foster's surroundings." Jarvis informs.

"What does that mean?" Ned asks as Peter whips out his phone from his pocket.

"Nothing." Peter says as he rushes off. "I gotta go. Text me any new superhero names you come up with!"

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Leaving the group, Jane follows the readings on her gadget which takes her to another part of the factory. As the readings get stronger and stronger, a gust of wind pushed her forward and Jane found herself teleported into another realm.

"Darcy!" She calls out in fright.

Her new surroundings appeared to be dark stone ruins, which littered the ground, like the remains of some lost civilization.

"Huh?" A familiar voice sounded behind her, causing Jane to jump and whip her head around. "You really know how to find trouble, Doctor Foster."

"S-Spider-Man?" Jane stuttered in realization as her nerves start to calm down.

After all, who better to show up in her time of need than the guy who can open a portal

to literally anywhere.

Well, she may have found Thor's company more appealing, though that would be for an entirely different reason.

"You should really be more careful." Peter says as he looks over the dark space. "As the possible future Queen of Asgard, your safety is pretty important. I'm actually quite surprised that Thor hasn't sent guards to follow you around yet."

"He tried but I refused." Jane says as she completely ignored the Queen of Asgard's comment. "I don't need men in golden armor following my every move."

"I have a feeling that he won't take no for an answer after hearing about this..." Peter muttered as he opened a portal, leading back to Darcy and the kids. "Go, I'm going to investigate this place."

"Wait, this is my discovery!" Jane tried to argue, but Peter wasn't having it.

"..." Without wasting words, Peter waved his hand.

Instantly, the portal swiped to the side and engulfed Jane before snapping shut, leaving Peter as the only person in the dark ruins.

"I'm sure she'll be p*ssed at me later..." Peter muttered to himself as he started to explore the area.

Looking around for a minute, Peter found the column holding the Aether. It was a large stone pillar that was separated from the middle as if the top portion was floating, leaving a few inches of a gap between the top and bottom.

Not only that, but an ominous red glow emanated from the thin gap.

"Well, here goes nothing." Peter muttered as he walked up and peeked inside.

Inside, Peter could see an ominous sludge moving around, as if it had a mind of its own.

"This may not be a smart idea, but whatever..." Peter commented as he reached his hand inside.

Suddenly, the red sludge shot toward him, wrapped around his hand, and entered his body in a matter of seconds.

Of course, Peter felt all of this with his Spider senses but chose to do nothing about it, becoming the host of the Aether.

At least, he wouldn't do anything about it for the time being.

After all, he should be able to remove it with a bit of the mystic arts, and even if he can't, the Ancient One could definitely do it for him.

'Hopefully, I don't regret this...' Peter thought as he felt lightheaded all of the sudden.

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Somewhere in space...

A large Dark Elf warship floated along, looking like a stranded shipwreck, as not a single bit of power was being used.

It merely drifted through space, like a slow asteroid.

Though that would soon change.

Inside the ship, hibernation pods filled with pale-skinned and sharp-eared Dark Elves started opening one by one.

The first to open was a pod away from the others, containing a man with distinguished and regal features for a Dark Elf.

[Insert picture of Malekith here]

The King of the Dark Elves, Malekith awakened, and with his awakening, the whole ship powered back on.

Rows and rows of lights brightened, illuminating countless pods filled with his loyal soldiers, who were ready to fight for the cause once again.

"The Aether awakens us." Malekith mutters as he instinctively felt the exact location of the Reality Stone. "The Convergence returns!"

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