Chapter 74

"Ah Peter! Glad you could make it, please come," he dragged me forward, dismissing Flash and Harry off. They looked reluctant to leave but one glare from Norman ensure they ran with their tails behind their legs, fucking cowards.

"Connor, Natalie, Otto, Rosey, may I introduce this young man Peter Parker," Norman showed me off like a proud parent, putting his arm on my shoulder, "he's a friend of my son's from school and only recently I learnt of his amazing talents in the field of science."

I froze at the name Otto, Otto Octavius, the man who became Peter Parker's most feared enemy right behind Norman Osborn himself. He was the short man holding hands with Rosary, I saw matching wedding bands, she was his wife, which means….fuck...the events of Spider-man 2!

"So Peter, interested in science are you?" Otto asked with a genuine smile, "tell me, what's your favorite field?"

"I-I," I gulped, "I don't really have one. I just follow what interests me at the moment."

"Oh, and what would that be?"

I thought it over for a moment before answering, "alternate sources of energy."

"Ah, there you have certainly come to the right place," Conner, an older man with grey hair whose date looked young enough to be his daughter, though judging by where his hand was I highly doubt that.

"I'm sorry, what do you mean?" I asked, feigning ignorance. I knew the reason of course, Otto Octavius was trying to create an new source of energy, and he would do it by creating a miniature sun. That giant machine hidden under sheets must have been his experiment, meaning he was going to perform it now!

"Well you see my husband here is the leading scientist on that field," Rosey said patting Otto's shoulder, "and tonight he's going to change the world by creating the first source of clean energy."

I raised an eyebrow, "I think Stark already has you beat on that front."

Otto laughed, "true, Stark's arc reactor can power one of his suits, but my experiment can power an entire city."

I raised an eyebrow, "how?"

"Well now Peter you'll just have to wait and see," Otto said winking.

I snorted, "yeah, I don't think so, not the patient type, let's see," I looked over at the hidden machine and started to recall anything and everything Peter ever read about Otto Octavius. "You did your doctorate on the process of nuclear fusion fusion happening in the heart of stars and how one can create such a reaction without a large amount of capital mass. You did other things of course, gave several different contributions to the fields of mechanics and biotech, but...stars have always been your go to research subject. Five years about Osborn hired you and you have been working for him ever since...clean energy was it? You're...you're making a miniature star."

Their faces were ones of shock. Otto himself looked like he was going to have a heart attack, Norman was the only one who smiled like the cat that caught the canary.

"Told you he was clever," Osborn beamed.

"H-how do you know that?!" Otto asked.

"Educated guess," I shrugged, "you want clean energy, you study nuclear fusion in stars, put two and two together and boom."

"Peter, would you like a job?" Rosey asked.

I shook my head, "thanks ma'am, but I already have one."

"What? Where?!" Conner asked.

"The Baxter Building."

Otto's chuckled, "that actually makes sense. My word, how didn't you notice him before Osborn? He would have made an amazing addition to my team!"

"Alas that will always be my greatest regret," Osborn sighed, "well I'll leave you two and Peter to talk science, Conner, Nataline, would you like to get a drink?"

They left leaving me alone with Otto and his wife. I knew I shouldn't be too worried, the man wasn't evil yet, but at the same time, he was dangerous. I knew what was going to happen, the shields he had installed in his machine would fail and people would die...maybe I could prevent it?

"So Dr. Octavius, tell me, what safety measures have you installed that makes sure the world doesn't burn up in nanoseconds?" I asked.

"Well Peter you see I have four magnetic shield generators that keeps most of the heat and magnetic bursts within control. We'll be safe."

"I see...and when the sun doubles in size? Did you account for the sudden increase in sun that can causes an exponential increase in magnetic disturbance?"

"Excuse me?"

"Well you are going to increase the size of the sun right?" Otto nodded, "then won't the magnetic attacks against the shield, which also increased in size? Would the shields be able to handle the sudden stress?"

"I..." Otto trailed off, I could practically see the math running in his head. He suddenly stopped turning pale, "no...it wouldn't!"

"Otto?" Rosey asked.

"Rosey we need to change the settings, now! The entire system will fail if we don't!" Otto immediately ran off without another word. Rosey looked between me and her husband before giving a short apology and going after Otto.

I smiled, crysis hopefully averted. I saw Otto run up to four people, possibly his assistants, and together they quickly ran to Osborn. They whispered something into his ear and he looked pissed.

Osborn asked Otto why, and Otto pointed at me. Fuck. Osborn's eyes landed on me in surprise before he nodded at Otto. Otto and his team then went under the cover of his machine and I could see lights turning on under the sheets. I sighed, thank god.

I walked away, I so didn't need the Osborn glare right now. I walked to one corner of the party and sighed leaning up against the wall. I wonder what Cat is doing?

I called her up, "hello?"

"Hey Kitten."

"Oh, hey Tiger. How's the party?"

"Lame. The only ones here I can talk to are Flash and Harry."

"Hm, sounds tough. Did you tell him MJ's pissed?"

"Yup."

"Did he care?"

"Not really," I sighed. We talked for a bit before Otto announced the presentation was going to start. I had to hang up, though I promised I would call her later tonight.

Everyone all gathered around the giant machine, I stood in the back near the wash room just in case I needed to make a quick getaway in order to change into Spider-man in case everything still went to shit.

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