Chapter 3: Happy birthdays

A whole year has gone by so far and I have only gotten two additional points in my willpower stat. The first only took me two months but, the second took me a whopping six months. It would seem that every activity that has anything to do with my stat points has an experience bar to the next point for it. I had asked my system, 'which I really should get around to naming so I don't just keep referring to it as system' if I could check the experience needed for the next point in any giving stat activity and it's response was I just had to concentrate on the stat while looking at my stat window and it would give me a break down of the stat and which activities I got a point in and how much was needed for the next one in that activity.

When I focused on my willpower it would seem my next point in it for struggling in my prison is (Eight months / one year eight months) it would seem that when I do stat related activities the time to achieve the next point is doubled. It is now my first birthday and Mom and Dad took me to Uncle Ben's and Aunt May's to celebrate as a family. Aunt may decided to invite her neighbor who has a daughter who is the same age as me, looks like I am about to meet Mary Jane Watson and if this universe is similar to Earth-18119 better known as Amazing Spider-Man: Renew Your Vows this is the girl I will marry and have Annie with.

MJ gets put in the play pen with me while the adults go off to drink and eat cake and open my presents. At least I don't have to do anything as I would not know how to play with a baby or any kid for that matter, I can't wait to be a teenager. As I let my body play toy the baby MJ I ask the system, "Hey I should give you a name, so I don't have to keep calling you system. Do you have any choices?" System responds, "No, I do not car what you call me as I am only here to make your life easier and give advice as i think you need it. If you need something else to do you could always check the status of other people." Shocked I ask, "I can do that? Why didn't you tell me this earlier?" "Yes, you can view anyone's status that is five levels higher and all that is lower. Also, to answer you second question you did not ask me if you could. How am I to guess what you might want if you yourself do not know." After a fist pump I say, "Ok that is good to know. Oh ya, I almost forgot I was going to name you I am thinking of Sarah. What do you think about that?" System responds, "Affirmative this one shall now be known as Sarah. Thank you for naming me Peter that means a lot to me."

I noticed the more I interact with Sarah the more she develops in to what seems like an A.I. instead of what I thought she was, a V.I. I think she will be one of my best assets in this world. I get startled from my thought as I hear screams of joy from the kitchen. It would seem that Aunt May told Mom and Dad that she was pregnant. I just hope that this universe is different enough so nothing bad happens to my little cousin and Aunt May and Uncle ben get to be happy this time. After the party is over Mom and Dad take me home and put me to sleep and I am thinking about asking Sarah about Aunt Mays' baby.

"Hey, Sarah, I wanted to ask if there was anything you can do to help Aunt may with her baby. I know that I can't really use you fully right now but there must be something you can do right?" Sarah was silent for a while until she told me, "I am sorry Peter but there is nothing I can do. If I intervened then it could affect your future and until you become Spiderman I am not really anything more than a voice in your head. We can only hope that this universe is different enough from the one where she gets pregnant and nothing happens to either of them." Hearing Sarah say that was not what I was hoping, I thought if I could get her to help aunt may I could somehow get her to save Mom and Dad.

Aunt May was at our house having lunch and asking advice about babies from my mom. Aunt May was now two months pregnant and so far, she was doing good and I was getting hopeful for her and Uncle Ben. That was when my infamous Parker luck kicked in and Aunt may clutching her stomach and falling to her knees. Aunt May, "Mary UGH!! I think there something wrong with the baby please call 911 and get me to the hospital please." Mom not even flinching got her cell phone out and called a shield cover vehicle for aunt may and got her to the hospital even faster than the regular ambulance would.

Mom and Aunt May came back from the hospital with tear in their eyes and stains on their clothes showing that they were crying for a long time. Uncle Ben and My dad were watching in horror as they feared the worse and Aunt May had cancer or something. Uncle Ben walked over to his wife and took her in his arms and hugged her so lovingly. Ben, "No matter what the problem is we will get through this together as a family." This prompted Mom and Aunt May to cry even more now. May, "Ben I-i-i-I lost the baby and the doctor said that if we tried again that I might die trying to bring the baby to term." Uncle ben paled at this and with tears in his eyes said, "I would rather have you in my life May and we could always adopt later."

My Dad ask my Mom in a whisper, "Is there nothing that shield could do for her? I know for a fact they have the tech for it. I mean hell we built most of it for them." Mom just shook her head saying, "No we can't do that or we would be exposing them to that side of our lives and I doubt Furry would be willing to do us any favors after we went over his head to get reassigned to the tech division so we could have Peter. If we were to try to get help them using shield recourses, they would have to be briefed about what it is shield dose and I don't think May can take that right now." Mom and Dad had Uncle Ben and Aunt May stay the night with us, so mom could comfort Aunt May and talk about being my godparents so that if anything happened to them they would get peter and everything they have. That did seem to calm her down a little, meanwhile I am crying and cursing my uselessness being stuck in here unable to do anything with my knowledge.

A whole ten months have past since Aunt Mays miscarriage and for the most part she seems to be getting better and is even smiling more. On a slightly happier note I turned two the other day and I got another point in willpower that was a good present. Though not all is good in the Parker house hold, Mom and Dad are starting to take "business trips" a lot these days leaving me with Aunt may and Uncle Ben more often. I think Fury has gotten Mom and Dad to go back out in the Field again as when I do see them they tend to be covered in wounds and I even over heard them talking one day about what they have been doing.

Mary, "Oh my god Richard I don't know how much longer I keep this up. Our business trips are going to cause May and Ben to think something is up with us, that maybe we're in trouble or something." Dad collapsed on the couch looking at Mom sitting at the kitchen table with her head down said, "Well we should only have a little while longer going on missions honey then we can be free of all this and we can go into business for ourselves and not have spies around our son and not have to lie about where we are to our family anymore." Mom let out the biggest sigh I have ever heard in both life times and said, "I know honey I just need to complain about the shit hand we're being dealt right now. I can't wait to start working with you to make the world a better place for our son and getting rich is just a nice bonus (Laughing)."

Two More years have passed since that night and I am proud to say that my body is now able to walk and is potty trained for which I am so thankful. No more diapers for me HAHA. Mom and Dad are now owners of their own business and they could not be happier or, so I thought. On a stormy night I get woken up by Dad and get carried to the car and in it looks to be most of my things. It seems that this is the night that my parents are going to get killed and I get to live with Uncle Ben and Aunt May. As we get to their house Mom and Dad say their good byes to me and hug my Aunt and Uncle and tell them what is going on. That they need to get the item they have to an old friend and that it is a matter of life and death.

I knew this was going to happen, but it is never any easier even if you know what is going to happen. The next morning Uncle ben is watching the new and that is when he sees that the plane that my Mom and Dad was on had crashed and everyone on board was dead and that it was a mechanical error due to the storm. Uncle Ben, "May! You need to come in here and see this right now." Aunt May was in the kitchen with me so we went into the living room and saw the report and what it was about. I was now an orphan and only I knew that Hydra had taken my parents and that they were not dead but being questioned and tortured. I will get them back and I will make Hydra pay for harming my family. Wow what a way for me to spend my birthday.