Arc 11Chapters 251–262

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Ch. 251The Time Stone Stirs

Peter helped Felicia master opening a portal, but the Time Stone’s dangerous surge revealed that Stephen Strange was using it without permission as Kaecilius’s betrayal began. Peter rushed toward the underground chamber where Strange, Mordo, and Wong were speaking.

  • Peter told Tandy the truth about Felicia’s past and his relationship with her and Jean.
  • Ben showed Peter and Tandy that he could briefly reveal human skin beneath the rocky shell on his finger.
  • Peter found Felicia practicing alone and encouraged her until she opened a portal with her Sling Ring.
  • Peter sensed the Time Stone altering reality and realized Stephen Strange was using it without permission.
  • Peter sent Felicia to alert Jean, Wanda, and the Sorcerer Supreme, then hurried to the underground chamber, where Strange, Mordo, and Wong discussed giving Strange a lesson.

Ch. 252The Ebony Blade's resonance

Peter and Strange were trapped in the New York Sanctum after Kaecilius destroyed the London Sanctum. As Kaecilius attacked Daniel Drumm, Peter sensed a mysterious connection to a black greatsword displayed in the sanctum.

  • Wong explained that the three sanctums protected Earth from incursions by other dimensions, and Strange learned that Kaecilius’s stolen pages revealed how to contact the Dark Dimension.
  • Kaecilius destroyed the London Sanctum, and Peter pulled Strange through the passage to the New York Sanctum before the blast wave struck.
  • Peter and Strange searched the New York Sanctum for Daniel Drumm, while Peter felt a strong resonance with a black greatsword in the relic room.
  • Peter and Strange found Drumm guarding the entrance, but Kaecilius and two zealots entered after twisting the sanctum’s space.
  • Kaecilius confronted Drumm and formed two crystalline blades as his zealots moved to attack from either side.

Ch. 253A Bloody Battle at the New York Sanctum

Peter fought Kaecilius and his zealots at the New York Sanctum, but Drumm was killed and Kaecilius trapped Peter in the Mirror Dimension. Peter escaped the Sanctum’s lock only to emerge in Central Park, while Strange remained in danger inside.

  • Peter saved Drumm from Kaecilius’s blade, defeated the female zealot, and sent her through a portal to Kamar-Taj.
  • Peter and Drumm fought Kaecilius, who twisted the Mirror Dimension and stabbed Drumm through the flank and heart.
  • Peter shattered Kaecilius’s crystal blades with bone spikes and rushed to Drumm, but Drumm died after warning him to protect the Sanctum.
  • Kaecilius sent Peter plunging into a deeper layer of the Mirror Dimension while Strange fled toward the second floor with Kaecilius pursuing him.
  • Peter forced open a portal, but the Sanctum’s defenses displaced him to Central Park.

Ch. 254The unsheathed Ebony Blade

Peter fought Kaecilius at the New York Sanctum and awakened the Ebony Blade, forcing Kaecilius to flee. After the Ancient One explained the sword’s curse, she offered Stephen Strange the role of guardian of the New York Sanctum, but Strange refused, shaken by having killed someone.

  • Peter returned from Metropolitan General Hospital to the New York Sanctum and attacked Kaecilius, who broke free of the magic array.
  • Kaecilius struck Peter through the display room with an enchanted war hammer, and Peter found and drew the Ebony Blade from the rubble.
  • Peter’s Ebony Blade destroyed Kaecilius’s crystalline blades and wounded his arm, prompting Kaecilius to flee through the skylight.
  • The Ancient One and Mordo warned Peter that the Ebony Blade could corrupt its wielder, while Peter kept it after it had saved his life.
  • The Ancient One offered Stephen Strange guardianship of the New York Sanctum, but Strange objected that he was a doctor and refused to kill again.

Ch. 255Reversing a Predestined Death

Peter saved the Ancient One from her destined fall and joined forces with Strange and Mordo as the Sanctums fell. At the ruined Hong Kong Sanctum, Strange activated the Eye of Agamotto and began reversing time, restoring the neighborhood and its dead.

  • Strange sent everyone into the Mirror Dimension, but Peter escaped and covered three blocks with webs to catch the Ancient One when Kaecilius wounded her and she fell from the sky.
  • Peter caught the Ancient One and sealed her wound with nano-webbing, while Strange carried her toward a hospital and Mordo warned Peter that he had exposed his identity.
  • Peter declared the Heroic Age, then returned to Kamar-Taj and assembled Jean, Wanda, Ben Grimm, Felicia, and Tandy to defend Hong Kong after the New York Sanctum fell.
  • The portal to Hong Kong collapsed, but Strange, Mordo, and the surviving Ancient One arrived; Peter led them through a new portal to the destroyed Hong Kong Sanctum.
  • Peter, the Ancient One, and Mordo drove Kaecilius back while Strange activated the Eye of Agamotto and reversed time across Hong Kong, reviving the dead and restoring the ruined streets.

Ch. 256The One Who Defied Fate

Peter and the others fought Kaecilius’s followers while Strange used the Time Stone and repeated time loops to close the Dark Dimension’s foothold. After the crisis, Strange accepted the role of New York Sanctum’s guardian, Peter became temporary guardian of the London Sanctum, and Peter left Strange bewildered by claiming that Stephen Doctor Strange had taught him the mystic arts.

  • Ben Grimm, Jean, Wanda, Felicia, and Peter fought Kaecilius’s followers as the battle unfolded in reverse time.
  • The Ancient One restored the Sanctum and its dead, but she could not close the dark rift, so Strange flew into the Dark Dimension to confront Dormammu.
  • Strange repeated a time loop until the vortex collapsed, dragging Kaecilius and the remaining zealots into the Dark Dimension.
  • At Kamar-Taj, Strange declined the offer to heal his hands and accepted guardianship of the New York Sanctum, while Peter agreed to serve temporarily at the London Sanctum with Jean and Felicia as assistants.
  • Peter told Strange that Stephen Doctor Strange had first guided him into the mystic arts, then left through the portal to London as Strange stood bewildered.

Ch. 257A new home

Peter settled into the London Sanctum with Jean, Felicia, and Wanda, then returned to his laboratory to advance his research. After discovering how vibranium could promote plant growth and noticing interference linked to the Mind Stone, he began rebuilding his suit around a new vibranium-and-badassium core powered by the Stone.

  • Peter finished moving into the London Sanctum, where Jean, Felicia, and Wanda had unpacked and settled in.
  • Peter returned to his laboratory, where Sassy reported that the toxins in his blood had nearly cleared and that he could attempt the Mutant Spider Project again.
  • Peter examined seedlings grown with a vibranium mixture and detected unusual interference that he suspected came from the Mind Stone.
  • Peter conceived a plan to combine vibranium, badassium, and the Mind Stone in a new power core for his suit.
  • Peter embedded the Mind Stone in the new Arc Reactor, turning its glow gold, and began modifying the rest of the suit.

Ch. 258A new life

Peter told Jean, Felicia, and Wanda about the powerful mutant blood he had saved from a parallel universe and prepared a new suit powered by a Mind Stone core. After building a recovery pod to counter possible radiation poisoning, he began preparing to use Franklin Richards's blood.

  • Peter explained that his blood could absorb abilities and revealed the vial of blood from a mutant stronger than Omega-level, saying he might use it to prepare for future threats.
  • Peter described meeting his future self and daughter Mayday on Earth-982, then endured the women’s guesses about his daughter’s mother.
  • Peter finished a compact suit containing vibranium-infused UMF nanobots and a Mind Stone power core, then tested its transformations and Repulsor Cannon nozzle.
  • Peter designed a vibranium-lined recovery pod to help his body heal from possible radiation poisoning caused by Franklin Richards's blood.
  • Peter gathered with Jean, Felicia, and Wanda in the laboratory, activated the recovery pod, and retrieved Franklin's blood from its indestructible test tube.

Ch. 259Spider-Woman

Peter inhaled a vaporized mixture made from Franklin’s blood and spent hours recovering as the vibranium pod accelerated his adaptation. The next day, he saw a news report of a new Spider-Woman in New York and recognized her as his legacy, leaving him curious about her powers.

  • Peter inhaled the gas made from Franklin’s blood, collapsed in pain, and was placed in the vibranium recovery pod by Jean, Wanda, and Felicia.
  • After more than five hours unconscious, Peter learned from Sassy that his blood toxicity had fallen to twenty percent and that his brain had undergone minor changes.
  • Peter recovered, spent the night with Jean and Felicia, and found no newly awakened powers during a scan the next morning.
  • Peter researched vibranium equipment before joining Jean to watch a report about a woman who had defeated Shocker in New York.
  • Peter recognized the masked woman as Spider-Woman and called her the first hero of a new generation and his legacy.

Ch. 260The idiot jumper's hero trial (part one)

Peter prepared a gift of equipment and training materials for Gwen Stacy, then followed her through a day of crime-fighting and decided she could become a hero with his guidance. After visiting Matt in Hell's Kitchen, Peter learned that Harry had been protecting New York as Glider and set out to reconnect with him.

  • Peter packed a custom suit, Silk-Shooters, and combat notes for Gwen, then left the Sanctum after promising Wanda help with a spell and Jean and Felicia a date.
  • Peter found Gwen at Empire State University and followed her as she rescued five people from a burning apartment building and later stopped several crimes.
  • Peter watched Gwen return home exhausted and decided to meet her the next day to discuss what it meant to carry the Spider name.
  • Peter visited Hell's Kitchen and reunited with Matt, who agreed to help mentor Gwen after Peter asked him.
  • Matt told Peter that Harry had become Glider and helped stabilize New York, so Peter planned to visit him.

Ch. 261The Idiot Jumper's Hero Trial (Part Two)

Peter returned to New York, reunited with Harry, and asked him to watch over a new would-be hero before experiencing a strange burst of pain. He discovered that Miles Warren was obsessively stalking Gwen Stacy and found a shrine to her, leaving Peter considering a test instead of calling the police.

  • Peter secretly watched Mary Jane at home and learned from her call with Liz that Johnny had told her he was back in New York.
  • Peter met Harry, explained that he had withheld his identity because he distrusted the Green Field Serum, and praised Harry for becoming Glider.
  • Peter asked Harry to keep an eye on the young girl using the spider symbol, then left and experienced a sudden, intense pain in his head.
  • Peter reviewed Sassy's files on Miles Warren and discovered Warren had a history of stalking blonde, blue-eyed women.
  • Peter broke into Warren's home, found a hidden shrine and diary devoted to Gwen Stacy, and decided the situation could provide an opportunity for a test.

Ch. 262The idiot jumper's hero trial (part two)

Peter tested Gwen Stacy by leading her to identify Warren as her stalker, then staged a second trial by making her believe Chief George Stacy had been kidnapped. Gwen reached the warehouse and defeated the armed guards, but Peter remained hidden as the next stage began.

  • Peter sent Gwen Stacy photographs of Warren's diary and challenged her to identify its author before the threat reached Chief George Stacy.
  • Gwen recognized Warren's handwriting on a recommendation letter, and Peter called her, returned the diary, and told her to bring it to her father.
  • Peter learned Warren had been arrested, then set up a fake hostage scene using holograms and sent Gwen a message claiming Chief George Stacy had been captured.
  • Gwen Stacy hurried to the warehouse after the caller threatened her father and warned her not to involve the police.
  • Gwen Stacy entered the warehouse and knocked out the armed guards as applause sounded from the darkness.
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