End of an era part 3

A lone figure sat in a dark throne room atop an obsidian throne with engravings of horror and evil etched into the stone and glowed like fire against the black stone. The figure occupying it was cloaked in a dark red almost black shroud with two glowing red eyes. His hands possessed claws and his arms held numerous writings written in black ink that seemed to pulse with twisted demonic writing and imagery that no mortal could understand without risking their souls forfeited. His legs and feet looked like they belonged to some sort of goat or another cloven foot animal and seemed to be covered in blood

The being was Mephisto, an ancient and powerful demon that has over the centuries adopted the title of Satan, Lucifer, and a host of other names that were related to the Devil moniker. He's not the only demon to do this and there are others that he will begrudgingly admit are stronger than him, but when it comes to personality and actions, Mephisto more or less is the very embodiment of what the 'Devil' is… at least to humans.

There are some alien species in the universe who have a version of a Devil made him look like a saint in comparison. Beings that even Mephsito wouldn't like to be in the company of, but that wasn't important at the moment

Because right now, the ruler of his hellish domain was…smiling. Smiling in twisted glee as he felt a shift in the human world and the universe at large and not just in this one but several others in the Multiverse as well, dimensions included. It was like a nuclear bomb on a universal level had gone off and Mephisto was loving what he was seeing transpire.

"So glad I got Peter now…" the demon lord whispered as he sat there with his mind racing at the possibilities of what to do with this development "Hmm…yeeeees… you're a lucky man Parker. I think I've found an even crueler fate for you!"

Mephisto's attention was suddenly drawn from the radical change in the human world as he felt a slight shift in his and leaned back in his throne and scanned his throne room and watched as a small black portal formed in the center of his throne room and grinned when he saw that it was the goblin he tasked with retrieving Spider-man from earth and bringing him here.

Mephisto let out a sigh of content that had flames erupt from his mouth and smelled of sulfur as he rose from his throne and slowly descended the small stair case that emerged from his seat.

Demogoblin saw his master approaching and kneeled, his head almost touching the white marble floor that clashed with the red and black walls that seemed to be made with a combination of flesh and stone and looked like it was pulsing

"Master, I've fetched the man as you wished" the demonic goblin said as he canceled out the chains holding Peter who suddenly sprung to his feet and backed away at the sight of Mephsito

"Mep" Peter said in an uncertain voice that was laced with fear "Love uh, what you've done with the place, very hellish"

Mephisto grinned at Peter "Ah Parker, so good to see you again. Not since you doomed my beloved daughter to an eternity in the Phantom Zone have we've been in each other's presence"

"Would you be offended if I said I was avoiding you?" Peter asked as he tried to look for a way out 'Not that it'd help since he controls this entire dimension'

For a long time Mephsito stared at Petr along with the Demogoblin until he started to actually laugh in genuine amusement!

Peter was taken back by this because while he could practically feel the malice in the demon lord's tone, it wasn't oddly enough aimed at him but more like the situation he was in if that made any sort of sense. Demogoblin seemed confused by what was so funny and decided to question his dread lord

"My liege is there something you find amusing?" Demogoblin asked with curiosity

Mephsito's laughter died down until he was quite before he turned towards Demogoblin "There's been a change in plans my dear servant…"

Demogoblin's eyes widened in surprise at this "What'd you mean lord?"

"What I mean is…" Mephsito said as he turned his attention back towards Peter "I won't be killing him like I planned originally before resurrecting him into a demonic warrior to unleash upon his friends and family and force him to watch as he slaughters his loved ones"

Peter couldn't help the small sigh of relief to hear that his original fate was avoided 'Thank you god, from now on I promise to never question or curse you again for as long as I live'

"So you will not punish the man lord?" Demogoblin asked in confusion and disappointment

Mephsito than snorted "I never said that, I just said I won't kill him"

Peter's eyes widened as his spider-sense flared and he just narrowly avoided Mephisto's fist by leaning back before jumping away from the Hell ruler

"That's it Spider, make this fun for me!" Mephsito said in glee

"You need Jesus Mep!" Peter said as he dodged another a punch and sent one at Mephisto's face. His fist didn't even so much as budge the demon's head before, faster than Peter could think, he was grabbed by the throat and held in the air as Mephsito grew to three times his orginal hight and slammed Peter into the ground

KRAKOOOM!

"GAH!" Peter let out an agonized scream as he felt the crushing weight of Mephisto nearly bend his ribs to the breaking point

Mephisto grinned at this before he rose and threw Peter into the wall with enough force that the wall gushed out blood and bits of stone while the flesh held Peter there and seemed to wrap around him

"Oh this is wrong on so many levels" Peter gritted out as he tried to free himself before Mephsito's fist slammed into him and buried him deeper into the wall

Mephisto pulled his fist back and looked into the small hole only for his eyes to be hit by what looked like bolts of bioelectricity that momentarily blinded him followed by webbing covering his eyes as Spider-man jumped out and with all his strength punched Mephisto right in the face

KOOOM!

The shockwave created caused the wall to seemingly shiver while Mephisto took a step back before he halted Peter in midair as he tried to swing behind the demon. Mepshito began to chuckle as he ripped the webbing from his face and turned to smirk at Peter's floating form

"Enough of these games child"

Suddenly Peter was slammed into the ground by an invisible force that caused Peter to scream out in pain as he felt several vertebrae in his back pop out of place and three ribs in his chest break against the floor

"That had to hurt" Demogoblin laughed in amusement as he watched his master raise his cloven foot and slam it into Peter's down form

KRRRRAAAAK!

Mephisto laughed as he arsied his foot a second time and then slammed it down again and again…

KRRRRAAAAK!

KRRRRAAAAK!

KRRRRAAAAK!

Finally, Mephisto stopped and began to shrink down and observed Peter's bloodied and broken form with glee. Even the man's unstable molecules suit which was designed to resist tearing and damage

Mephsito took several steps towards Peter before he crouched down to the man's level and smiled "It hurts doesn't it Peter, lying here with your bones snapped, reduced to splinters…being an immortal I can't really say I know what that kind of pain is nor do I care because it like many others can fade…"

Mephisto than stood and began to circle Peter with a dark gleam in his eyes as he watched the arachnid themed man try to move only to collapse back on to the ground

"Tell me Peter, do you want to know the greatest pain you can inflict on a man? It's simple, take everything he loves, everything he's fought for...and erase it" Mephisto chuckled darkly at the beaten form of Spider-man lying before him "But what's even funnier is watching him try to regain what he's lost knowing that he'll never accomplish it"

Mephsito than leaned into Peter's body and began to whisper darkly "You took my children from me Peter, my prides and joy and the only beings that I've ever come to actually care for…"

"Y-Y-You want….m-m-me to say… s-s-sorry?" Peter choked out as his mouth was filled with blood and his vision was beginning to darken

Mephsito glared at Peter and hissed at him "I'm going to send you back… and I'm going to watch as you struggle and fail to regain what you've lost… and only when you've finally experienced what I've lost will I accept any pitiful apology you have"

"D-D-Don't… count o-on it…" Peter couched out in pain

"I actually intend to boy!" Mephsito growled as he grabbed Peter and lifted him in the air and threw him towards the wall that was beginning to part and form some sort of portal filled with black and white swirling energy

Peter closed his eyes as he entered it and felt his body ignite on fire

…

Fifteen years ago… Peter 19, Diana 4,985

"This was the lamest alien invasion ever!" Peter groaned out dressed in his red and blue suit with a few tears here and there as he sat down on a small rock

Peter had just joined forces with Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern (Hal Jordan), Flash (Barry Allan), Aquaman and Martian Manhunter in defeating a giant starfish from outer space called Starro…

"I mean seriously a giant starfish?! What, were the cooler aliens busy invading somewhere else?" Peter complained

"Would you prefer our enemy be more of a challenge?" the voice of Wonder Woman spoke up behind him

Peter turned to look at the woman and swore he felt his heart slam into his rib cage and out his chest like a certain alien from Hollywood. While he did see her plenty of times during the fight he never really got a chance to admire her beauty since he was busy avoiding being crushed by a giant space star fish

"…No…just wish my first alien invasion would be something I'd be happy to boast about is all" Peter said with a cough as he turned to address the amazon while he noticed behind her the Flash and Green Lantern were joking around with Aquaman and Martian Manhunter was watching all of them with an unreadable expression

Wonder Woman smiled "I know what you mean…but the day is saved and our enemy defeated. I call that a victory"

"Until the next alien invasion" Peter said as he stood up and scratched his head "Hopefully they'll be a little more interesting than a giant starfish with telepathy"

Wonder Woman chuckled as she looked over to see Batman and Superman speaking to each other "Something tells me that they aren't the best of friends"

Peter followed her gaze and chuckled "Yeah, Batman there can be a bit difficult to get along with but he's a good man"

"You've met before?" Wonder Woman looked towards him in intrigue

Peter felt himself blushing under his mask "Uh yeah I actually saved his life in fact. One of my rouges called Electro tried to fry poor Batsy over there and I arrived in the nick of time to save him and completely upstage him in front of Robin while I was at it"

"Well aren't you modest" Wonder Woman smiled before she held out her hand "Diana…"

Peter's lenses widened at her saying her name "…Did you just reveal your secret identity?"

Diana gave him a confused look "What do you mean?"

"You just told me your name" Peter pointed out with disbelief

"Because that is my name" Diana said slowly and with confusion not seeing what the issue was

Peter stared at her for a moment before speaking in a cautious tone "Your new to this whole superhero thing, aren't ya?"

Wonder Woman spotted a faint blush as she looked towards the ground "Is it that obvious?"

"Well considering you just told me your actual name…yeah in kind of is but don't worry" Peter said quickly when he saw the saddened look on the woman's face "You doing way better than when I first started out"

"Really?" Diana sked with surprise "How long have you been doing this?"

Peter shrugged "Since I was thirteen…well twelve and a half but who's counting"

Diana's eyes widened at that "You were but a child when you started…"

Peter nodded feeling a little self-conscious now "Yeah…but I don't regret becoming the person I am now. Actually, I can't see myself doing anything else"

"What drove you to become a hero?" Diana asked with wonder

Peter couldn't help but smile under his mask as his heart seemed to skyrocket "Tell you what Diana, I'll give you a look into my origin story on one condition"

"And what's that?" Diana sked as she folded her arms and tilted her head to the side

"Join me for a cup of coffee?" Peter asked sheepishly

Diana watched him for a long time with a thoughtful expression before she smiled "That sounds…nice"

...

Peter didn't know how long he was flying through the vortex of energy, all he knew was that when he finally landed on the ground, a road to be specific, it was dark out and raining.

Peter gritted his teeth in pain as he forced his aching body up in time to see a car come to a stop several meters away. Peter frowned as he saw someone get out and quickly run towards him

"Peter?!"

Peter's eyes widened at the voice of Barry Allan aka the Flash as he slowly stood up while clutching his side

"Barry, the hell you doing here on while I'm on that note where is here…and why are you driving a car?" Peter said as the man came to a stop before him

Barry was about to answer until he got a good look at Peter's condition and gasped "Pete your-we're in Gotham, just a few miles from Wayne manor and…what the hell happened to you?"

Peter groaned in pain as he felt his broken ribs shift in his chest "Long story, but remember Mephisto? Yeah he wanted some payback for the whole getting on kid killed and the other imprisoned"

"Damn…" Barry said as he helped Peter towards his mom's car "Look Peter I don't know how I'm going to explain this but, somethings wrong"

Peter couldn't help the sudden feeling of dread from filling his body as Barry helped walk him towards the car