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Watching as the council members left the room, one by one, Peter leaned back in his chair, a thoughtful look hidden under his mask. The meeting had both gone good and bad. The expressions on the faces of the council members varied, some still uncertain, while others wore contemplative expressions.
The successful part of the meeting was that he was able to convince everyone to agree to empower their members. Meaning that starting tomorrow morning, everyone from agents, security guards, and above will be given the opportunity to take the Super Soldier Serum.
But that’s not all. Trusted members will also be given Extremis as well. The room was buzzing with anticipation and nervous excitement at the prospect of enhanced everyone’s abilities.
Many were fearful of the consequences of creating so many super-powered individual, but the looming threat of the Council of Kang’s was able to sway their decision.
As for the compound V that Peter revealed to them, that was put on the back burner while Tony and a few other trusted scientists verified its effectiveness.
After all, they didn’t want to give their highest-level members a serum that could have adverse effects. But as soon as that testing is over, Compound V will be given out to their most trusted members.
Tony Stark, always eager to explore new technologies, practically ran out of the room, clutching the sample of Compound V that Peter gave him in excitement.
Now, for the less successful part of the meeting…
Peter offered the Avengers the opportunity to join his new multiverse-level organization, but sadly, the whole idea was far too controversial, leading to nothing but arguments and shouting which took over the whole meeting from that point on.
The conference table became a battleground of conflicting opinions, and the air was thick with tension as each member defended their stance.
The argument of those who didn’t want to join was simple, they saw the multiverse as being outside of their jurisdiction. This universe was their home, and they had no inkling or need to police every other universe alongside it.
Magneto especially stood firm in his belief that they should focus on protecting their own world before venturing into the complexities of the multiverse, which truthfully wasn’t a bad argument.
By the end of it all, they never came to a decision, leading to the scheduling of another meeting, where they would hopefully come to a decision on this matter.
The discontent lingered as members filed out of the council room, leaving Peter with a sense of frustration. He had hoped to unite the Avengers and the Spider-Society, but that seemed like a harder task than he originally imagined.
It was a win and a loss for Peter, which left him feeling conflicted. He knew his multiverse plan would get some pushback, but he didn’t expect so much of it.
As he stood from his chair, he thought about how to approach the situation in the next meeting. Perhaps he needed a different angle?
Suddenly, Peter’s eyes flashed as an idea began to form…
With a determined expression, Peter exited the council room. He had the perfect idea to win them over. But first, he had some work to do.
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After stopping off at home, where he made it just in time for dinner, Peter spent some time with his family, explaining everything that happened at the Spider-Society.
The Ancient One was especially shocked when she learned about John and the multiverse game he was orchestrating to find a successor.
Of course, after dinner, just as Peter and MJ planned, they informed Leo of their intentions to adopt him, which made the little superpowered toddler ecstatic.
He was quite literally bouncing off the walls until it was time for bed. And even then, it was hell getting him to go to actually sleep. But they managed to do it nonetheless.
Giving MJ a kiss goodnight as she went to bed as well, Peter didn’t stick around and headed out into the night. After all, he had a lot of stuff to do in preparation for the creation of his new organization.
Seeing that he only has a single week until the first meeting of the new organization, Peter first needs to create a home base for all of the members to gather, similar to the Spider-Society.
His original plan was to simply evolve the Avengers into a Spider-Society-like group and recruit all of the Spider-People into the Avengers, as that would make things much simpler since the Avengers already had a ranking structure, bases, money, and all sorts of infrastructure to ease the transition.
But sadly, after that meeting, where a good number of his fellow Councilmen fought against his plans, Peter decided to simply start from scratch on his own.
At least for the time being.
Waving his hand and opening a portal, Peter stepped out and arrived above the dark ocean, hovering in the night sky. ‘This should do…’
He was far out in international waters, which is the perfect spot to build his base of operations. Without bothering to use Infinity Stones, Peter waved his hand and began to form complicated purple-colored spell circles in the air before him.
Not only was he using his cosmic energy to form these spells, hence the purple light they took on, he also used a fair share of chaos magic as well, which gave the spell circles a reddish glowing aura around them.
As the spell circles were finished, Peter pointed his finger below, and the spells descended swiftly, swallowed up by the ocean in a matter of seconds, the waters brightening as they sank deeper and deeper.
Time passed as seconds turned into minutes, and it seemed like nothing was happening until the water began to pulse and wriggle, drawing Peter's attention. “?”
And instantly, out of the water came rocks, sand, and soil, which continued to rise and spread until an island the size of a small to medium-sized city was formed.
The newly created landmass was a blank canvas, mirroring any other island with sandy beaches and greenery, which seemed to grow at an unnatural pace. Trees rose into the sky, and other foliage blended seamlessly with the surrounding landscape.
The air buzzed with the residual energy of Peter's magic, giving the place an otherworldly feel. The ocean, now surrounding a newly made landmass, seemed to rage for a while, but after some time passed a serene balance was found.
Satisfied with the result, Peter descended onto the newly formed land. The foundation for his Spider-Society-like organization had been laid, and he could feel the potential for something great in the air.
“Now it’s time to start making some buildings and infrastructure…” Peter muttered as he waved his hand once again, drawing some more spell circles. ‘I feel like I’m playing the Sims right now…’
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By the time morning came, Peter was finished with the island. It had everything they would need. Training areas, meeting rooms, apartments, and so on.
Best of all, it was all powered through electricity spells, even the water from the many sinks and fountains were drawn from magic, making everything much easier. After all, getting power and water to an island is not an easy task.
But even better than all of that, Peter was able to give the place both Wi-Fi and cell service through magic and the many Stark Industries satellites circling the globe.
Of course, he didn’t leave the island unprotected either. Other than his and Tony’s Tardis, which is so scarily protected that it could most likely kill some minor multiverse-level gods, Peter’s new island is the most well-protected place on earth.
He could say that without a shadow of a doubt.
‘I pity the first idiot that tries to sneak inside…’ He thought, a wry smile on his face.
Looking at his new island base, Peter couldn’t help but smirk as he felt it was most definitely superior to the Spider-Society, which seemed to stroke his ego just a little bit.
Although it had a similar futuristic design to the Spider-Society, Peter’s magical way of building allowed him to bring his imagination to life down to the smallest and minute details.
With everything done on the island, Peter returned home to eat breakfast with his family before running off again. After all, he needed to enact the plan that would spur the Avengers into joining his new organization.
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Stepping out of a star-shaped portal, Peter appeared in the conference room of a large space station. Outside the thick, reinforced windows, he could see the Earth spinning on its axis, bright and beautiful as ever.
As the portal snapped shut behind him, an alarm began to blare, but Peter didn’t mind it and just took a seat at the head of the conference table, kicking his feet up and waiting patiently.
Barely a minute later, the metal doors across from him swung open, and a few members of the Justice League came running in, alarmed and wary looks plastered on their faces.
Batman, Superman, and Wonder Woman.
They seemed ready for a fight at first, but the second they saw Peter, they stopped and froze, recognizing him immediately.
Smiling at them, Peter waved and said, "Yo."
Instantly, Superman seemed to calm down as he smiled welcomingly and asked. "What are you doing here, Peter? Did something happen?"
Peter leaned back in his chair, adopting a nonchalant posture. "Nah, nothing's wrong. I just thought I'd drop by for a little chat. Why? Am I not welcome?"
Wonder Woman crossed her arms, her posture relaxing as compared to before. "No, you’re very welcome. But did you have to come to the Watchtower and set off the alarms? We’d thought a thief had snuck in…"
Peter chuckled. "Sorry about that. I was just so excited to invite you guys till join me in my new endeavor..."
Batman narrowed his eyes. "What endeavor?"
Peter grinned. "Well, thanks for asking. You see…”
A/N: 1685 words :)