32 Origin #1

Opening scene It is late afternoon, it's been two weeks since the attack on the X-Mansion. Peter is in his room he has barely eaten or slept since then he hasn't left the house not even to go to work (Xavier called and told them he was sick for the last two weeks). I try to stop thinking about it but I can't the man's face is burned into my brain forever. I constantly find myself asking did this man have a family was he a good man who just had a bad job. Thinking about it rationally he probably deserved to die considering he tried to kill the X-Men and who knows how many others, but thinking those thoughts only make me more depressed. In the middle of my depression spiral my door opens up and I see Logan standing at the door. Without getting up I say "What do you want Logan"

"Just checking to see if your head was still in your ass," Logan says as he takes a sip of beer.

"Great, kick me while I'm down that helps," I say dryly.

"Kid you need to get back up you haven't put your costume on or even gotten out of bed in two weeks you should be going to your shitty job or playing hero not doing whatever the hell you've been doing," Logan says getting strangely serious.

"I'm no hero, heroes don't... kill people," I barely manage to say the last few words.

"Kid I-" Logan started to say but was interrupted.

"Look Logan I know what you're trying to do but no offense FUCK OFF" I scream the last line and rollover showing my back to him. Logan leaves and I'm back in my own thoughts imagining what I did how that man looked thinking about uncle Ben and what I did to him. I nod off to sleep at some point and when I wake up its early morning. My stomach growls and I decide to get up to eat something. As I open the door I see Kitty standing they're surprised to see me with her hand raised as she was about to knock.

"Kitty," I say my voice sounding hoarse.

"Peter.....hi I was just in the neighborhood" She laughs awkwardly as I stare at her rubbing the crust out of my eyes. "I made omelets for breakfast...cause it's the only thing I know how to make," Kitty says weakly "Do you want some," She says with hope in her eyes. I think for a second while I am hungry I don't want to go downstairs to the kitchen if anyone else is there.

"Kitty if it's alright with you I think I'll skip breakfast," I say my voice sounding ruff.

"Oh.....that's fine I'll save you a plate in case you change your mind," Kitty said with the most hurt look in her eyes unconsciously I reached out and grabbed her hand stopping her from walking away.

"Sorry...I didn't mean...sorry" I say letting go of her hand. Kitty looks at me and for a second I forget all my troubles and get lost in her brown eyes then my stomach rumbles.

"Come on" Kitty grabs my hand and starts walking us to the kitchen I follow I start to resist but I stop myself and just follow her. We enter the kitchen and I see there is no one else here.

"Where is everybody," I ask slightly curious.

"Doug's asleep, Logans in the garage working on his bike, Dr. McCoy's in his lab, Jean's in class with Scott, Storm, and Bobby left early this morning they both have dates," Kitty says listing everyone in the house.

"What about the professor," I ask noticing she left him out.

"Who cares about him," Kitty said with thinly veiled disdain. "Anyway your eggs are getting cold," Kitty said quickly changing the subject putting a huge omelet in front of me. I start eating the omelet was surprisingly good it was light and fluffy with a little cheese in the center.

"How is it," Kitty asks nervously.

"It's great Ghost thanks," I say with a half-smile. We eat breakfast silently and after we finish Kitty takes our plates and does our dishes.

"So what's your plan for today," Kitty asks.

"Plan?" I question.

"Yeah do you have work or are you planning on doing something?" Kitty asks. As she says this I flashback to the man I killed I remember the blood and my fist going through his chest.

"No...No plans," I say quietly.

"Oh.....Well, do you want to do something" Kitty asks as she looks at me like a sad puppy.

"Thanks, Kitty, but if its all the same to you I'd rather not," I say as I start to get up and go back to my room. Before I leave the kitchen kitty grabs my wrist stopping me.

"Peter look at me I want to help you I know you're going through a lot but I can't help if you don't let me," She says with a determined look in her eyes.

"Kitty I'm fine," I say looking away from her gaze.

"No your not Peter and lying to me isn't going to help," Kitty says as she grips my wrist tighter.

"What do you want me to say, Kitty," I finally look her in the eyes as I say this.

"I want you not to lie to me like you and Xavier have been for the last month!" Kitty states. What she said hit me hard I realize I've been such a terrible boyfriend to her. For the majority of our relationship I've been lying and keeping her at arm's length, I realize I'm a hypocrite I was mad at Xavier for the same reasons when we first met and here I am doing the same thing. Tears start to well up in my eyes as I say "I'm sorry Kitty I'm not fine and I don't think I'll ever be fine". Kitty pulls me close and I hug her back we sit for a few minutes and I just cry into her arms.

"Are you feeling better?" Kitty asks.

"A little" I respond. "I'm sorry," I say.

"You have nothing to apologize for," Kitty says breaking the hug and looking me in the eyes.

"Yes I do I lied to you when I shouldn't I could have hurt you and I put us all in danger," I said remorsefully.

"Remeber Peter I knew you were lying way before Weapon-X came knocking on our door and I was fine with it you thought you were doing what's right I can never blame you for that" Kitty says proudly. I looked at her and think I got a lot of things wrong in life but this girl was not one of them.

"Kitty," I say with a serious tone. "I swear I will never lie to you ever again you have my word," I say.

"Thank you, Peter, I will be honest with you too" Kitty states. "Now that we're being honest with each other can I ask you something," Kitty asks.

"Anything," I say confidently.

"You're new powers how do they feel," Kitty asks solemnly. I pause for a moment thinking about how best to answer her question.

"They feel like a rush," I say looking at my hands.

"Rush?" Kitty questions.

"Yeah when I first got my powers and became a mutant I was excited I felt like I could bend steel, later I found out I actually could, and these new powers feel like that all over again plus some," I say feeling the fount of energy burning inside me. "If I'm being honest Ghost my powers scare me sometimes what I can do and what I've done ever since then I never fully trusted myself with these powers," I say remembering my past.

"Then? are you talking about the attack," Kitty asks.

"No, I'm talking about my uncle Ben," I say solemnly.

"Uncle Ben your family's a touchy subject you don't have to tell me about it if you don't want to," Kitty says grabbing my hands.

"No I want too I'm tired of bottling everything up and shutting everyone out," I say with conviction. "I first got my powers when I was 15"

**********One year ago

"I think I got it try again," I say to another stagehand to turn on the light. She flicks the switch and the spotlight comes on.

"You're a genius Tiger," a girl with short red-hair says dressed in victorian clothing.

"I've been telling you that since I met you MJ," I say proudly.

"Well now it's official" She responds. "Now that Lady McBeth got her spotlight are you ready to practice," MJ says to the rest of the cast and crew. Peter watched from the rafters as Mary-Jane gave her heart and soul to perform for this year's high school play McBeth. "She was born for the stage," I thought she's always been a drama queen now she's just making sure everyone else knows it. As practice ended everyone decided to go out to eat to celebrate opening night was tomorrow afternoon and we were beyond ready with MJ as the lead and me on the set doing everything from AV equipment to making practical set pieces. As we were all leaving a big hand grabs me from behind and pulls me away from the crowd.

"Arghh" I groan as I hit the floor.

"Sup Parker," said a tall blonde muscular boy.

"Flash what do you want?" I say as I get up.

"I want you my puny friend to go home and jerk off to one of your little nerdy sci-fi movies," Flash says while getting close trying to intimidate me.

"But we're all going to go ou-" I'm interrupted when Flash punches me in the stomach and knocks the wind out of me.

"What I couldn't hear you could you say that again," Flash says with his hand to his ear mocking me.

"Why?" I manage to say between coughs.

"Cause every time you're around Mary-Jane finds some excuse not to spend time with me so ergo you need to not be there if I'm going to get some" Flash says with a disgusting smile.

"And I suppose what I want doesn't matter in this situation," I say still on the ground.

"Quick on the draw Parker you really are smart" Flash says towering over me.

"How about this you leave me alone and I don't tell everyone you got your dick stuck in your mon's vacuum cleaner when you were 12," I say with a proud smile on my face. Just then Flash's fist connected with my jaw and knocks the glasses off my face.

"How about this I beat you so bad you won't remember that or anything from the last 10 years," Flash says with an angry look on his face.

"C' mon Flash your always going on and on about your dick whats one more story and this one has the added bonus of being true" I say as I try to get up only to get knocked back down by Flash he beats me black and blue and by the time he's done everyone has left and I figure might as well go home I don't want MJ seeing me like this. I get home I try to get upstairs without being seen by my aunt and uncle.

"Peter are you home sweetie," May says in her trademark motherly voice.

"Yeah, Practice ended so I'm back," I say trying to hide my face and rush upstairs to my room.

"Dinner will be ready in 10 minutes so wash up" May yells up the stairs.

"I'm not hungry," I say back down.

"Not hungry Peter Parker not hungry. What's wrong dear" May asks as she starts to walk upstairs.

"Nothings wrong Aunt May I'm just not hungry I ate a big lunch" I try to close my door but May quickly catches it and sees my face.

"Peter Oh my God what happened to you," May says grabbing my face so she can take a closer look.

"Nothing happened I'm fine Aunt May," I say pulling away from her grasp.

"Your not fine young man, Ben come in here I need you to talk some sense into Peter," Aunt May says widely opening my door. Ben walks in and sees my face and then looks back at May and says May can you give us a minute. May looks at me and nods to Ben as she leaves. Ben sits down on my bed and motions for me to sit down too.

"So I see practice went great," Ben says jokingly. I don't look him in the eye and say "Yeah MJ's the lead she'd murder me if it didn't" I say back.

"Since it went so well I take it MJ's not the one who did that to your face," Ben says turning my face to him.

"Well it didn't go perfectly the spotlight burnt out and you know how MJ needs her light," I say joking back. Ben laughed then got serious.

"So how are you planning on dealing with Flash," Ben asked.

"I-I-I don't know," I say.

"You can always run away theirs no shame in it," Ben says.

"I can't run away if I run away he'll know I'm afraid and that's basically admitting defeat," I say with frustration in my voice.

"Well standing your ground and pissing him off doesn't seem to be working for you," Ben says flatly. "Do you want me to step in?" Ben asks.

"No I need to do this Flash is my problem Uncle Ben," I say resolutely.

"There is nothing wrong with getting help especially if you have a problem you can't solve on your own" Ben says putting his hand on my shoulder.

"I know but still," I say frustrated.

"You have your father's pride," Ben says with a sigh.

"Must be genetic, if it makes you feel any better I have your warped sense of humor," I say with a smile.

"My sense of humor is not warped," Ben says defensively.

"Oh, then you won't mind me telling Aunt May all the sick jokes you tell me when she's not around," I say.

"Please don't then well both be in trouble," Ben says holding up his hands defensively. We both laugh for a minute, but Ben makes me a promise he won't step in and get involved this time but if I come back home bruised again he will and no matter what I think I can handle. I go to bed early feeling tired from my long day. Throughout the night I toss and turn feeling uncomfortably hot and I practically sweat a river in my bed and no matter what I do I just can't seem to shake this fever. The next morning I wake up and notice my sheets are soaked with sweat and as I stand up and crack my bones I feel great completely refreshed even. I go to the bathroom to brush my teeth and get my day started when I look in the mirror and see my face is healed no scare bruises or blemishes perfect skin is staring back at me and that's not the only thing my pajamas look smaller like they might have shrunk I take off my shirt and scream "Holy Shit" My body looked totally different I had muscles. I wasn't huge like Flash but I was definitely cut like a gymnast I go to splash water on my face because I must be dreaming when I break the handle I try to put it back on but the handle is stuck to my hand and won't come off. I finally manage to let go of the handle and turn off the water when it hits me "I have powers".

"Peter are you alright in there I heard something break," May asks.

"Yeah I'm fine just an old faucet," I say back. I quickly get ready for school I put on my glasses but everything looks blurry with them on "I can see without my glasses AWESOME" I scream and run out the door before Ben or May could see me. I walk to my locker and catch a familiar head of red hair.

"Hey MJ," I say to her as she is walking by.

"Peter where are your glasses?" she questions.

"Don't need em" I respond casually.

"Don't need them what are you talking about your nearsighted have been since you were ten" Mary-Jane states.

"I can see fine anyway how was the party sorry I missed it," I say changing the topic.

"It was honestly a drag Flash kept hitting on me and wouldn't leave me alone" MJ spoke with an annoyed tone.

"Yeah Flash sucks ass you should hear what he did to his mom's vacuum," I say with a small laugh.

"Vaccum?" MJ said with a curious tone. Suddenly my head starting buzzing and all my hairs stood on end it felt my body was screaming at me to move. I ducked and a fist came flying right where my head was.

"Parker I'm gonna kill you!" Flash said with rage in his voice. As Flash said this the hallway stopped and everyone got out of the bully's way and formed a circle around us to view the fight that broke out.

"Kill me for what oh, I know because I was telling MJ how you thought it would be a good idea to put your dick in your mom's vacuum cleaner but the hose got stuck so you called me for help to get little Thompson free" I said this loud enough for everyone to hear and Flash only got more angry charging at me but thanks to my new powers I dodged his ist like it was nothing. He kept throwing punches left and right but I avoided them all surprising not just Flash but the whole school as well.

"When I get my hands on you Parker" Flash screamed.

"No thanks, I know where your hands have been," I say with a disgusted face. I charge forward and punch Flash right in the nose to my surprise I hear and audible crack and see blood pouring out of his nose. "I just broke his nose," I think "Awesome" as I'm revealing in my new strength a teacher walks in to break up the fight and MJ grabs me and runs us both away from the hallway and out the door to the parking lot.

"What the hell was that!" MJ exclaims.

"That was me being a Badass," I say with pride. MJ punches me in the arm I barely feel it.

"You show up to school without your glasses you pick a fight with the guy whose been tormenting you since freshman year and all of a sudden your this amazing athlete that can win fights like it's nothing whats going on?" MJ asks.

"I don't know" I answer honestly.

"What do you mean you don't know!" MJ says annoyed with my blase answer.

"All I know is this morning I woke up feeling great and I'm stronger than I've ever been it's amazing," I say happily. Suddenly a look of realization washes over MJ's face and she puts the pieces together in her head.

"Peter, were you sick last night with a fever?" She asked with a hushed tone.

"Yeah" I respond.

"Peter I don't know how to tell you this but I think you're a mutant," MJ says with a worried tone.

"Oh that makes sense," I say casually.

"Really Peter that's your reaction to a major life change you do know what being a mutant entails don't you People are ostracized made to feel lesser than some are considered national threats just for existing" MJ states the reality of the situation between mutants and humans.

"Yeah you wanna go do something fun," I ask MJ ignoring everything that she just said.

"The hell are you talking about Peter," MJ says rubbing her temple.

"I figured since we're skipping school might as well do something fun we could go to a party or something I mean we live in New York there's always something going on," I say without a care in the world.

********Cut to a house party

"Here MJ I don't know what it is but it's not bad," I say handing her a drink and sipping on mine. She takes the cup but doesn't drink it.

"What are we doing here Peter," MJ asks with a worried tone.

"I'm trying to have some fun maybe get drunk," I say as I down whatever alcohol was in my cup. "You wanna dance c' mon you love this song," I say trying to drag Mary-Jane to the dance floor on the way I accidentally step onto someone else's foot.

"Hey, man you just gonna disrespect me like that" A man with sagging pants and obvious gang paraphernalia says to me.

"Didn't see you?" I say as I try to walk away but he grabs me.

"You call that an apology you better say it like you mean it before you get your ass whopped," The gang member says.

"I'm sorry your head's stuck in your ass," I say looking him right in the eyes.

"Damn little man's calling you out," another man says.

"Don't think I won't bust a cap in your punk ass," The gang member says reaching for his hip.

Just then Mary-Jane grabs me and runs us both out of the party.

"What are you thinking this is the second time today you've started a fight" MJ loses all patience for me.

"I just hate bullies people that think they can do whatever they want cause they're strong or have some kind of power," I say remembering what Flash did to me yesterday. As we both walk with no obvious direction in mind I notice the gang member from the party is following us he is a good distance away and is hiding his face but I can tell it's him as I'm about to do something I hear someone scream "Peter Parker". I look over and see Ben sitting in his car with the windows rolled down.

"Uncle Ben what are you doing here," I ask confused and surprised.

"Looking for you the school called about the exciting day you two had now get in the car both of you," Ben says with the authority of a parent. Mary-Jane and I get in the car I get in the front seat and MJ gets in the back. The whole drive back was completely silent not even the radio was on and it was killing me sitting here and not saying anything. Ben dropped off MJ at her house a few doors down before he pulled in front of ours as I went to open the door Ben finally said something.

"What happened today," Ben asked looking me in the eye.

"Nothing happened I just got tired of Flash and fought back," I say while sighing.

"That's, not the type of person you are Peter you aggravate people but you never hurt them what is going on with you," Ben asked with concern in his voice. "And what happened to your glasses how are you seeing without them" Ben continued.

"I don't know I don't need them anymore," I say looking away from them.

"So you just woke don't need your glasses and are suddenly strong enough to beat up a guy twice your size," Ben says as realization dawns his face. "Oh my God Peter are you....are you a mutant," Ben says slightly afraid.

"I-I-I think so," I say stuttering as I say that my heart pounds in my chest afraid of how Uncle Ben will react.

"Peter why didn't you tell us you can tell us anything," Ben says as he pulls me into a hug.

"I don't know I thought I could deal with it," I say hugging him back.

"You got to let go of your pride sometimes it's what me and your Aunt May are here for to help solve problems whatever they are," Ben says with love.

"Speaking of your Aunt May we got to tell her too," Ben says.

"Is that a good idea with her heart condition I didn't want to scare her?" I say slightly afraid of how she will react.

"No excuses Peter we don't keep secrets in this family now your gonna come out of the closet to your Aunt," Ben says with conviction.

"Uncle Ben coming out of the closet is a gay thing, not a mutant one," I say slightly annoyed by his lack of understanding.

"Well whatever you kids call it you're telling your Aunt," Ben says as he rolls his eyes. We both laugh a little and head inside.

"Peter thank god your ok," May says running toward me and pulling me into her embrace.

"May you might want to sit down for what we're about to say," Ben says.

"What!?" May exclaims.

"Please sit down Aunt May" I say with concern in my voice. May sits down and says "Is Peter telling us he's gay?" May asks looking at Ben.

"No!? Aunt May why would you think that. You and Uncle Ben need to get out more" I say frustrated.

"Ok your not gay so what do you want to tell me that's so important," May says losing patience. I look at Uncle Ben and we exchange a look and he nods his head telling me to say it.

"Aunt May I'm a mu-" I stop mid-sentence when the buzzing goes off in my head and I instinctively jump towards the ceiling and stick to it. Before I even realize what I've done I hear gunshots and the window breaking. I look down and see Uncle Ben on the ground bleeding and Aunt May screams. I drop down and grab Ben.

"UNCLE BEN HOLD ON AUNT MAY CALL AN AMBULANCE" I scream and get her out of her shock and she does as I tell her. Ben tries to say something to me but I can't make it out.

"UNCLE BEN DON'T TALK SAVE YOUR STRENGTH," I say not realizing I'm still screaming. The ambulance arrives and they quickly check on Ben but stop and look at me and May I realize what they say before they even have a chance to say it.

******ten mins later

Aunt May and are sitting in the kitchen where it happened wearing blankets the EMT's gave us. The police arrive and ask us both questions I'm not really listening till the officer's radio chimes and they say they have the suspect in custody. The police officer describes the murderer to us both and I immediately realize who it is the gang member from the party the guy I pissed off. I start crying and confess to Aunt May.

"I'm so sorry Aunt May its all my fault I started this the bullet was meant for me," I say with tears in my eyes.

"IT'S YOUR FAULT BEN IS DEAD BECAUSE OF WHAT YOU DID DO YOU UNDER-" May starts screaming when she all of the sudden she stops and clutches her chest.

"SHES HAVING A HEART ATTACK" One of the officers screams and gets the EMT's back in and take her away to the hospital.

*******Present Day

"That was the last time I saw her," I say to Kitty. "After that, I figured she wouldn't want me around anymore so I left"

"Oh, Peter," Kitty says as she pulls me in close "I'm truly sorry that happened to you and I want you to know I don't think any of that was your fault".

"Thanks, Kitty but it is," I say wiping the tears out of her eyes. "If I didn't go to that party or piss him off my Uncle would still be alive," I say like its a fact.

"Peter is that why you became Spider-Man because you blame yourself for what happened," Kitty asks.

"If I'm being honest with myself yes," I say with a thousand-yard stare. "I became Spider-Man to somehow make up for what happened or to prove to myself that I'm a good person pretty selfish reason to be a hero huh," I say with a thin smile.

"Peter what your Aunt said isn't true she was probably just scared and confused after she saw her husband die," Kitty says comfortingly. I smile at Kitty.

"Thanks, Ghost I don't know how you do it but you always make me feel better when I'm down," I tell her.

"Peter this might be overstepping, but do you want to go see your Aunt I'm sure she's worried about you and it sounds like you miss her too," Kitty says looking me in the eyes.

"Not gonna lie I want to see her again, but I don't want to hurt her like I did before it's probably best f I stay away," I say.

"She's family Peter you should at least try to talk to her," Kitty says. I think for a minute and weight the pros and cons of going to see her.

"Tell you what I think about it if I still feel this way tomorrow I'll go to see her deal," I say getting up fro the table extending my hand to Kitty.

"Deal" Kitty replies and shakes my hand.