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Noah was an ordinary man living an ordinary life. He worked as a programmer in a technology company, enjoyed watching Marvel movies and series, and dreamed of having superpowers. He didn't have many friends, but he made do with what he had.

One day, he started to feel unwell. He felt chest pains, shortness of breath and dizziness. He went to the doctor and was given the worst possible news: he had a serious heart condition, and there was no cure. He only had a few months to live.

Noah was devastated. He didn't want to die, he wanted to live. He wanted to fulfill his dreams, to see the world, to fall in love.

He spent his last days at home, watching Marvel movies for the umpteenth time. He had always liked Spider-Man growing up, he was his favorite hero. But as he got older, he began to hate the people who made the Spider-Man comics, he always wondered why Peter had to suffer so much and be such an idiot.

One rainy night, he was watching Spider-Man: Far From Home when he felt a sharp pain in his chest. He fell to the ground, holding his heart. He knew it was the end. He closed his eyes and mumbled:

- I wanted to be Spider-Man...

He felt a bright light invade his mind, and everything went dark.

When he opened his eyes again, he found himself in a different place. He was in a small, messy room, full of posters and books. He looked in the mirror and saw a familiar face.

- It can't be... - he said, incredulous.

He was Peter Parker.

Along with the surprise that he was Peter Parker, came memories of the original Peter, and a few warnings: firstly, that he would have Superman's powers, secondly, that any women he was interested in would be willing to share him with other women, and thirdly, that he would be given an artificial intelligence called

Brainiac.

Peter took a deep breath, went to the bathroom to wash up and get dressed for school. He went downstairs and found two elderly people having breakfast.

Aunt May - Peter, good morning! You look a bit confused.

Peter - Ah... hi, Aunt May. I'm fine, I just... had a strange dream.

Uncle Ben - Strange dream? About what?

Peter - About... about me being a... a programmer.

Uncle Ben - A programmer? That's interesting. Do you like programming?

Peter - Yes, I do. I... I know how to program games.

Aunt May - That's good, Peter. You're very intelligent. You have a bright future ahead of you.

Peter - Thank you, Aunt May. You're very kind to me.

Uncle Ben - We love you, Peter. You're like a son to us.

Peter felt a pang in his chest. He remembered his real parents, who had died in a car accident when he was a child. He felt guilty that he was living someone else's life, but at the same time grateful to have a new family.

Aunt May - Peter, aren't you going to be late for school? You have to catch the bus.

Peter - Oh, that's right. I have to go. Bye, Aunt May. Bye, Uncle Ben.

Uncle Ben - Bye, Peter.

Peter left the house, instead of going to the bus stop he decided to use his super speed to get to school faster, he went straight to the bathroom, and took advantage of the minutes he had before class started to talk to Brainiac.

Peter - Brainiac, make a mobile game that's simple but fun and create a company with the name Parker Industries.

Brainiac - Okay, Peter. I've made a mobile game that's simple but fun. It's called Temple Run

I've also set up a company called Parker Industries. It's a game and app development company that aims to create innovative and fun products for the public. I registered the company in your name, and made a website for it.

You are the owner and the only employee of the company for now. But you can hire other people if you like. I'll help you with everything you need, from programming to promoting your products.

Peter - Great, Brainiac.

After talking to Brainiac, Peter decided to go to the classroom where he would meet the extras who had made the old Peter's life so miserable.

Peter arrived at the classroom and immediately saw the extras who had been bothering him so much. They were Flash Thompson, the bully who always teased him, Liz Allan, the most popular girl in school who called him a failure, Harry Osborn, the son of the owner of Oscorp who ignored him, and Mary Jane, his neighbor and childhood friend who abandoned him to be friends with the popular students. Peter felt a mixture of anger and contempt for them, and decided it was time to take revenge.

He sat down at his desk and waited for the teacher to arrive. He knew that the teacher would give him a surprise test, and that he would do well. He was very clever. He also knew that the extras would do badly, because they hadn't studied at all.

The teacher arrived and handed out the tests. Peter took his and began to answer the questions with ease. He finished in a few minutes and handed the test back to the teacher. He looked at the extras and saw that they were panicking. They didn't know the answers and were trying to cheat each other.

Peter smiled mischievously and asked Brainiac to hack the four of them's cell phones, making the answers to the tests appear in their message boxes, then he made Liz's cell phone play loud music.

The teacher heard the music and got angry, got up and took Liz's cell phone, when he took the cell phone he saw an exchange of messages between her and Mary Jane with the answers to the test, he suspected Harry and Flash so he asked for Flash's cell phone, and saw that it also had the answers to the tests he took the tests and gave Zero to the four.