30. (Side story) Superheroics 101 Part 5

Sorry for the delay, I'm a procrastinating bastard

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"So, are you doing anything after this? By the way, nice costume"

"If you keep at this I'll crush you like the flea you are!"

"Feisty, I like that"

Peter sometimes wondered how his life got to these points. Right now, he was in the ruins of his aunt's new FEAST center, which had gotten destroyed when Beetle's Syndicate tried to capture Boomerang, leading to a disastrous team-up between the former supervillain, Spider-Man and Spider-Man's new protege. He was currently helping re-rebuild it alongside what he was sure were Tombstone's goons, his regular roommate and his supervillain roommate, said supervillain roommate being in the process of trying to flirt with his new sidekick/apprentice, who was also helping rebuild the FEAST center.

"You know, I heard Spider-Man's your superhero teacher, I'm kind of his best friend, you know." lied Fred Myers (Meanwhile, somewhere else, Wade Wilson felt the sudden urge to beat up Boomerang, he also hoped that Spidey would be proud of him for not feeling the urge to kill Boomerang)

"Fred, if you and Spider-Man are such great friends, how come you two got in each other's ways some much while fighting the Sinister Syndicate?", Peter decided to ask, just to see what kind of bullshit Fred would come up with.

"Well, you see Petey, it's all that new girl's fault, she totally threw off our rhythm,'' answered Boomerang, before remembering who else was present, "No offense, though." he added as he slapped Nabe's shoulder.

"Don't touch me, you fly!"

Peter really hated his life sometimes.

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Spider-Man had been teaching Nabe for a few weeks now, and had decided it was time to ask something really important.

"Why did you decide to become a hero?"

"It all started ten years ago in Canada when I was just turning nine, not long after my birthday my entire family was kidnapped and experimented on.

I still remember my eldest sister having her head cut off, all so they could try to find a stay alive, even like that. Then, another of my sisters had her DNA mixed with wolves. I saw another one melt before my eyes. My poor younger sisters were turned into a cyborg and a swarm of insects. Before they could do anything to me, however, my mutant powers awakened and I fried their equipment.

Sadly, it was not the end for me, I was taken to one of the camps where they keep mutants. Day after day for nearly ten years, I endured their tortures, experiments and punishments, with no hope of escape. Until one day he arrived, clad in black armor and wielding amazing powers, his name was Momon-saaa~n. He single handedly brought down the complex and rescued me and everyone else. I stayed with him for some time, looking for any survivors of my family, until one day some people appeared to try and take me back, Momon-saaa~n managed to protect me, and while he was successful he was left dying, his last words to me were: "Escape to América, once you are there, you can find someone to help you find your family."

I managed to escape, but I promised to myself and to Momon-saaa~n's spirit that I wouldn't look for my family until I became as great of a hero as he was. Looking for someone to teach me, I found you."

All of that awful story was told with no emotion, as if badly reciting a memorized speech. Such a terrible past must have left Nabe without the ability to properly express her sorrow, was what Spider-Man thought.

"Why did you want to know?" asked Nabe.

"I needed to know if you were doing this for the right reasons, or if you were just some thrillseeker, or something like that." answered the arachnid-themed hero "That question was a sort of test, and you passed with flying colors."

Edit: Added a short explanation of the FEAST center's destruction