Chapter 2: A War Between Hero’s

"Once again, the City Of New York has been haunted by the vigilante known as Ghost. Unlike Spider-Man who saves the people, Ghost does the opposite and..."

The news continued ranting on about the antics of New York's two vigilantes as Peter sat in the living room listening attentively. At this point, Akal was currently getting ready to head to the New York Sanctum as he wanted to visit the Ancient One.

His reasoning for this was to hopefully get an upgrade for his suit and hopefully he had the talent to learn the mystic arts.

"Peter see you in later and tell Aunt May that I've left." After speaking, Akal grabbed his backpack and excitedly left the building heading toward his destination.

It didn't take long to get there and soon he was standing in front of the Sanctum Sanctorum itself. One of the three bases of the masters of mystic arts.

Akal moved forwards and slowly knocked on the door. However, after waiting, there was no answer. Deciding to be brave Akal opened the doors which happened to be unlocked and walked into the large building.

As he stepped inside he saw the beautiful architecture that encompassed every inch of the interior. It looked mighty and refined.

"Helloooo!?"

*Crssht*

As Akal shouted there was an odd noise that came from the upper floor of the sanctum. As Akal was about to step forwards and ascend the stairs he caught sight of a bald woman who he recognized as the sorcerer supreme.

"And you are?" As the woman spoke a surprised expression was written all over her face. She had come over today because she noticed that she couldn't predict anything that happened within the sanctum. It was like a blank spot, unable to be seen through.

She anticipated that it may be something special and prepared herself for whatever was coming. But what she saw completely trumped her thoughts as it was nothing more than a boy...

"My name is Akal Parker! And I'm here to make a deal... Or maybe two!" Akal watched as the woman stepped down the stairs and walked closer to him.

"You are an anomaly... However, I shall listen to this deal of yours." Akal smiled as he thought of his next words carefully.

"I want to learn the mystic arts and in return, I'll owe you a favor... Also because I'm a first-time customer can you help me make a suit?" Akal nodded after finishing, consolidating his words as he awaited the ancient one's answer.

The reason he didn't bring Peter was mostly because he would gain a suit very soon as Tony Stark would make one for him, but because Akal had killed before he didn't know if Tony would make a suit for himself.

The bombing of the Vienna International Centre happened rather recently and the time for Captain America: Civil War was near.

'I'll just treat this as a cool experience.'

The ancient one seemed rather amused by Akal's answer and paused for a moment.

"I'll agree to this deal... If, you agree to help Earth when it's in danger." Akal nodded his head furiously as he agreed. He then swung his backpack off and unzipped it, bringing out a large sheet of paper.

"This is how I want the suit to look like. You don't need to add any magic stuff because If I have the aptitude I want to do that myself!"

The ancient one studied the design before her eyes opened wide and she mumbled quietly, "So It's you..."

"It's me?" Akal exclaimed, with his advanced hearing he had heard the ancient one mumbling and it seemed she knew something about him.

"Am I big in the future?" Akal got excited thinking about it, "Like Iron Man style? Or maybe... Or maybe the strongest avenger!?"

Akal awaited a response as he thought of many interesting scenarios in his mind. However, the ancient one shook her head responding, "I do not know. I cannot predict anything about you. But this suit I have seen..." The ancient one ended her words mysteriously as she walked away and motioned for Akal to follow.

As the ancient one walked forwards she raised her hands, keeping one still and circling the other in the air. As she did so a bright orange portal opened up, leading to another location.

'This is cool...'

---

It had been four hours since Akal had entered the Sanctum and spoke to the ancient one. After he arrived he was told to wait for five hours for the suit to be complete. He also took the liberty to test his aptitude in the mystic arts by trying to form a portal.

However...

"Ugh! Maybe magic just isn't my thing." Akal was currently frustrated as he had been trying to form a portal for more than three hours.

He had managed to make little sparks and one time he even created a portal the size of a thumb! He was clearly not cut out for the mystic arts...

"You can indeed learn the arts. However, it would take a very long time." As Akal was annoyed, he heard the ancient one's voice coming from behind him.

He quickly turned around excitedly and watched as a portal closed behind her.

"Is it finished!?" It seemed she had finished early. Akal searched the woman in front of him but was unable to find any sign of his suit. The ancient one smiled as she pointed upwards, and a portal opened dropping a black case.

Akal caught the case with his impeccable reflexes and knew instantly what it was. He opened the case as fast as he could and what he saw made him very happy. So happy he forgot about his lack of aptitude in the mystic arts.

"Thank you so much!" Akal ran to hug the lady, but as he did a portal suddenly opened up transporting him to an alleyway near the subway.

"We will meet again soon. You are welcome." Before the portal closed the ancient one threw a sling ring and a book out of the portal.

"These should help you. If you want to learn more, you can always visit Kamar-Taj." With these words, the portal closed and Akal smiled.

He then walked to the subway and was soon inside Queens, New York. He quickly made his way back to the apartment however as he was near he spotted an expensive-looking car.

'Tony Stark!?' Feeling excited Akal went faster as he made his way to the door.

Before Akal went inside he had to calm himself down... He took a deep breath and opened the door.

"I'm back!" Akal lightly said. As he entered he noticed May on the couch watching TV, but there was no sign of Tony Stark.

"Hey, you and Peter never told me about the Grant with Tony Stark!?" May was pleasantly surprised as Tony Stark himself had entered her house and apparently had connections with her two boys.

Akal stood quietly as he thought, 'He's already in!??'

Seeing Akal stand quietly, May sighed before motioning him to Peter's room, "Go. He's already talking to Peter in his room."

"Haha... Thanks." Akal nervously laughed as he first went to his room to drop off his suitcase and backpack. After doing this he made his way to Peter's room and opened the door.

"So... You're the Spid-" As Tony was speaking he was interrupted, "Spider-Man." Akal opened the door as he saw Peter horribly failing to hide his identity.

"And you're the other one right?" Tony turned his head as he looked at the new arrival and paused trying to think for a moment, "The... The Ghost right? The not-so PG one."

"Yup, that's us." As Akal said this Peter looked at him with an expression of disbelief, "This sucks..."

"So, Mr. Stark what brings you here? Besides finding our crime-fighting identities, which nobody else but you, now know..." Tony looked at the two kids in front of him deeply, "I... Think you need an upgrade. Both of you."

Tony sat down and made himself comfortable, "But before I continue. What's the MO?" He paused before continuing, "What gets you both out of the bed taking the mantle of a hero?" He then looked at Akal saying, "Or... Murderous Hero."

Peter and Akal looked at each other for a second as a subtle nod incurred, "When you can do the things we can, but you don't... And then the bad things happen... It's partly our fault." Peter spoke for both him and Akal as Tony looked at Akal who nodded confirming his speech.

"But you... You kill." Tony looked at Akal and spoke in both confusion and surprise. Although Tony had no qualms about killing, a young boy was doing it and it didn't exactly feel right.

"I only kill when I think It's necessary," Akal spoke as if that was the end of the subject. He didn't want to continue speaking about morals when the one speaking was a massive hypocrite himself and would continue this for a while.

Silence ensued as Tony stared at the two kids, "You both got passports?"

"Nope" Both Akal and Peter answered at the same time however Peter carried on, "We don't even have a driver's license."

"How about going to Germany? I think you would love it." Peter looked slightly frustrated as he sat on his bed, "We ca-"

"Yes, we can go to Germany. But you need to tell our Aunt some reason." Peter looked at his brother before sighing and silently agreeing.

"That does it then. Someone will call you very soon." Tony opened the door and was about to leave but before he did he turned back, "Oh, Happy will fill you in on the details." With this closing sentence, he exited the room and went to speak to their Aunt.

"So... How was the trip?" Peter broke the small silence as he spoke to his brother. Hearing this brought a devilish smile onto his face, "Peter. Come to my room." The two boys quickly arrived in Akal's room as Peter noticed a suitcase on the bed.

"What's in that?" Akal didn't answer as he walked over and said, "Turn around until I say. It's a surprise." Although confused Peter did as he was told. After waiting patiently for a while Akal finished, "Turn around."

When Peter turned what he saw made him jump back. In front of him was an intimidating suit that somehow seemed to meld into darkness.

After staring at the suit he was brought out of his trance by his brother.

"Pretty sick huh?"

Peter nodded before slowly speaking, "Have... You got two of those?"

---

"So you met a bald wizard called the Ancient One who made you a suit and taught you how to be a wizard!?" Peter and Akal were currently on a plane, about to meet the Avengers. It had been a day since their encounter with Tony Stark and Peter still couldn't get over the fact that his brother was now a wizard.

"Can I learn mag-" As Peter was speaking, Happy who was Tony Stark's head of security and close friend spoke, clearly annoyed, "Can you please! Be quiet."

---

The three soon arrived in Berlin and were on the move to their hotel. It didn't take long, but for Happy, the journey was incredibly annoying as he had two constantly energetic bickering teenagers, pestering him the whole time.

As they got into the hotel, Happy gave the two a quick brief on the situation, which was Captain America repelling the Sokovia Accords. Of course, Peter didn't pay much mind to the information, however, he caught a general grasp on the situation.

"This is your room. And this is mine. Both of you suit up." Before entering his room Happy left the pair some words as he went in and finally got a small break.

Akal and Peter entered the room and were instantly overwhelmed by the size. As the pair got suited up Akal saw that Peter was putting on his old suit and navigated him to another section of the room which happened to contain two suitcases.

As the pair opened their cases one showed a suit reminiscent of Akal's old suit however much more advanced and stylish, and the other revealed the full Spider-Man suit, that Peter described as 'The coolest thing'.

"Akal look at this thing! This is insane!" Peter was immediately excited, but Akal closed the suitcase and placed it on the couch.

Peter looked at him in confusion before remembering that he had gotten a suit from a literal WIZARD!

The two put on their suits quickly and as they finished Happy walked into the room. He stared at the both of them before commenting on Akal's suit, "You already had one?"

Akal nodded as he explained the great origins of the suit, "It came from a magical wizard. It looks cool right?"

Happy sighed as he turned around and started leaving, "Let's go." He grumbled.

---

"Okay, there's Captain America, Iron Man-"

"Black Widow..." Akal interrupted Peter's video as he turned to Peter and continued to speak, "She's so hot dude."

"Yeahhhhh..." Peter focused back on the line-up as his excitement continued to build up, "Woah! Ghost you see that new guy?" Akal looked at the characters that he once admired behind a screen. Now he was looking at them in real life and was even going to fight them!

"Yea he looks so cool!" As Akal and Peter watched, Iron Man shouted the signal word, "Underoos!" Akal and Peter scuffled as they heard this, "Oh... That's us! Let's go!!"

They both jumped out as Spider-Man webbed Captain America's shield and stole it before landing in a cool pose. Ghost on the other jumped out webbing Captain's hands and feet together landing normally next to Spider-Man.

"Nice Job kids!" Iron Man said. In response, the pair fist bumped as they spoke, "Dude that was sick! We just landed a combo on Captain America!" Akal excitedly said. After saying this he turned to Cap himself saying, "No offense by the way... We're both really big fans."

Spider-Man nodded, "Massive fan!" Iron-Man, shook his head as he turned his attention away, "You've been acting like a complete idiot, Steve." He looked into his eyes in a frustrated manner, "You 'rescued' Wanda, from a safe place she didn't want to leave. You. You dragged in Clint..."

"I'm trying to keep you from tearing the Avengers apart." Cap, looked at Iron Man unaffected by anything he said. In his mind signing those records was the worst thing.

"You did that when you signed."

*shwish*

After saying this Cap raised his hands and two arrows pierced through both webs on his feet and hands.

"Hey, Spider-Man there's a mini guy on the shield." Taking advantage of the fact that he knows the future Akal warned his brother.

"What? A mini guy!?" Spider-Man was confused but as this happened Ant-Man who had been on Cap's stolen shield turned normal-sized, knocking Spider-Man over and returning it to Cap.

"I believe this is yours, Captain America," he said.

After this, the battle ensued. Iron Man blasted off to grab Wanda Maximoff as James Rhodes in the war machine flew to fight Captain America.

Black Panther ran to find Bucky Barnes, who he believed had killed his Father, and Spider-Man went after Bucky and Falcon.

As the chaos continued, Ghost moved towards Ant-Man and Black Widow who were facing each other, "Look, I really don't wanna hurt you-"

*Bang*

Ant-Man was kicked away by Akal, who was now in front of Black Widow. The two stared in silence until Akal started speaking, "So uh... Nice to meet you."

Black Widow looked at Ant-Man before replying, "I didn't need your help. But thanks." After saying this she ran off continuing to fight.

'Did I say something wrong?' After thinking this he looked around seeing that everyone was fighting.

He looked to the side only to find out that Ant-Man was gone... As he saw this he felt his spider-sense tingling...

'Don't tell me...'

*BANG*

He felt a large force impact his stomach causing him to fly backward a couple of meters. After feeling this he saw Ant-Man resize saying, "Payback." Before running off.

Ghost quickly leaped back up on his feet and webbed around to see how the others were doing. He wasn't here to win. He was here to have some fun... As he did this he saw a huge truck being enlarged mid-air heading towards Rhodes.

Quickly, he webbed the truck and decided to use himself as a human catapult. He then pulled with all his strength, slamming the truck into the ground while it exploded saving Rhodes from being crushed.

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"Holy sh*t," Ant-Man said. Captain America looked at him staring, "What? I thought it was a water truck..."

Akal raised out of the flames as he patted the fire that was on him. Everyone stared as they watched him come out.

"OUCH! That one hurt." Akal examined his suit looking for any damage. Luckily the Ancient One had made it very durable and fireproof using some unknown material.

As Akal stood on the ground he noticed Cap, Ant-Man, Black Widow, Iron-Man, and Rhodes staring at him.

"What?" He said. Iron Man landed on the ground as he pointed toward his thigh, "Kid... Your thigh..."

Akal looked down only to notice that he had a large piece of metal lodged inside it.

'That's why it hurt so much...'

Akal stared silently. He had definitely felt the pain but his tolerance had been raised pretty high from his nights out. At this point, he could tank most injuries.

He pulled the object out instantly, and the wound healed in mere seconds.

"My suit! Sh*t, Maybe there's some cool magic to fix this?" The people watching stood dumbfounded at the revelation of this ability.

"That's awesome." Ant-Man said, "Yeah kid, does Spider-Man also have that?" Iron Man linked to the coms for as Ghost replied, "Nope. He does have similar though, I think it's around 7x faster than human speed...?"

"Good to know," Iron-Man replied.

As everyone broke out of their trance the fighting continued for a period before both sides were face to face once again. On one side stood Cap, Bucky, Ant-Man, Wanda, Falcon, and Clint.

However on the other side stood Ghost, Vision, Iron Man, Spider-Man, Black Widow, Black Panther, and War Machine.

"Hey Spidey, how was it?" Ghost looked at his brother who was donning the mantle of Spider-Man and wondered if anything had changed from the original.

"It was crazy! I was like BAM through a window then I-"

"Please! Don't start talking in the middle of a fight." Tony seemed annoyed as they were acting pretty childish. However, he quickly shook his head after he remembered that they are actually kids...

"My bad..." Both Ghost and Spidey said. They then turned as they saw their opponents standing menacingly.

A brief silence passed before both sides started running towards each other at full speed.

Akal's goal in this fight wasn't to win. He needed the events to go the same in the original and after that, he would start being a little more reckless.

Ghost ran speedily towards Wanda dodging her blasts. He then jumped forwards as he shot multiple webs intending to disable the use of her hands.

The webs travelled quickly as Wanda reacted instantly. She used her chaos magic to propel off the ground and fire a blast at Ghost.

*Bang*

The blast hit as he flew backward in the air. However, he quickly regained balance and landed cleanly on the ground.

'That one really hurt...'

He raised his head and searched for Wanda but he noticed that she had disappeared... Just as he was about to go assist the others he felt a tingling sensation on the back of his skull.

He turned around and noticed another huge truck was flying toward him at incredible speeds.

"You heal fast right?" Without waiting for a response Wanda continued, "Good luck."

"Fu-" The truck slammed into Ghost sending him backward into the distance.

---

As Ghost was having trouble Ant-Man was currently enlarged using the whole airport as a weapon. Planes and whatever large object near him were being slammed into Iron Man and War Machine who he was currently fighting.

The enlarged Ant-Man was actually a distraction meant to bring the attention of the squad so they could escape safely from the airport.

Ghost crawled out of the sweet embrace of a smushed truck and the wall, having already healed his injuries. He then looked around and saw that the three heroes were about to take Ant-Man down.

Deciding to help he propelled himself towards Ant-Man's legs using his webs and slammed into them as hard as he could.

*THUD*

Ant-Man who currently had his legs tied by Spider-Man's web fell onto the ground and turned back to his original size.

Iron Man landed on the ground looking at Spider-Man and Ghost, "You both did well. But we need to stop that plane." He then looked at Ghost and said, "Ghost you're with me. Spider-Man check if there is anyone on the ground."

"What!? I can help too." Spider-Man was annoyed and thought that he could also help with the situation, "Look. If you fall 10,000ft from the air can you survive?"

Spider-Man thought for a moment before answering, "I'm not sure..."

"Then that does it." He looked at Ghost, "Let's go."

Ghost then webbed onto Iron Man as they flew into the air and followed the jet. They quickly caught up to War Machine who was also following, but as they were flying a beam flew past hitting War Machine disabling his systems.

"Go. Even if I fall I won't die. I'm immortal." Ghost saw this and motioned for Iron Man to save him. He then used Iron Man as a slingshot and zoomed towards the jet landing on it clean. With the help of his abilities, he stuck and stayed there silently.

'F*ck It's cold'

---

'Why is it even colder!?'

After what felt like a lifetime of flying, the jet finally landed in what seemed to be a snowy mountain in Siberia.

The jet opened and the two figures of Captain America and Bucky revealed themselves.

"H-hey guys..." Ghost jumped off the jet abruptly and landed in front of the two cleanly. Seeing as they had been followed Cap and Bucky readied their guards in anticipation of an attack.

"WAIT!" Ghost raised his hands showing that he wasn't here to attack, "I'm not an enemy!" The two lowered their guards halfway as they stared at Ghost, "How did you even get here?" Cap had no clue how he snuck on the jet all the way to Siberia.

Ghost sighed as he remembered having to survive that horrendous journey, "I... Uh stuck to your jet..."

"You stuck to it...?" Bucky looked rather confused, "Yeah, it's part of my powers..." After saying this silence encompassed the group.

"We can talk about it later. But for now, let's go, we need to find Zemo." Cap broke the silence as he motioned for the group to follow him. As he went he looked at Ghost saying, "You too. We could use the extra help."

The group walked across the snowy terrain and soon arrived at a hidden bunker with double metal doors that had been opened.

The group shared a look before entering and stepping into an elevator.

"Oh!" Ghost looked at the two figures that were patiently waiting and spoke slightly excitedly, "My name is Akal by the way. Nice to meet you!" He took off his hood and full face mask as he said this.

"Wow. I guessed you were a kid. But not this young." Steve looked at this companion as he remembered the events of the previous battle.

"My name is Bu-" Akal interrupted, "Bucky Barnes. I know." He then looked at Captain America, "And Steve Rogers. Nice to meet you both." After saying this both figures looked at Akal questionably...

"What? I'm a big fan." After finishing these words the elevator stopped and the doors opened. What revealed was a large underground facility that seemed to lead somewhere.

The three nodded to each other as Cap pointed towards the ceiling for Akal. Akal then scaled the walls and was soon stealthily maneuvering about.

*THUD*

Just as the group were about to move forward a loud noise caught their attention coming from the elevator.

'This should be Iron Man right?'

The group readied their guard as they watched the elevator door being ripped open, revealing Iron Man.

Tony walked slowly towards Cap and Bucky who were on the ground, "You seem a little defensive." He then looked around, "Is the kid not with you guys?"

As he said this Akal descended slowly on his web, "Hey Mr. Stark!"

Tony ignored him as he looked back at Steve, "Ross has no idea that I'm here. And I'd like to keep it that way."

Cap looked intently at Iron Man, "It's good to see you, Tony."

"So what should we call ourselves?" Akal wondered. The group all looked at him before deciding to ignore him and continued to explore the facility, "C'mon, let's go" Cap said.

After walking for a few moments the group entered an absolutely humongous laboratory.

"I got heat signatures." Iron Man said, "How many?" Cap looked around studiously as he scoured the surroundings.

"Just one." The group slowly moved forwards and were surprised to see that many super soldiers were dead, inside large orange tubes.

"An unexpected guest..." A muffled voice sounded as it came from speakers within the room. "Zemo..." Cap mumbled.

"No matter." As he said this a light dawned on one of the walls, revealing Zemo standing in a sturdy metal chamber that had a small window.

*BANG*

Cap threw his shield at the window causing no damage and causing his shield to zoom back to him.

"The Soviets built-"

"Can you hurry up with the monologue?" Ghost stood around impatiently as he already knew what was coming next.

Zemo stood silently for a few seconds before tapping a button, causing a recording to play on a small device.

What played was the assassination of Maria Stark and Howard Stark. Their car crashed as a figure slowly rode up on a bike. The person then grabbed Howard, pounding his head multiple times causing his death.

He then moved around to the other side and choked Maria to death...

The atmosphere grew tense as Tony contemplated what was happening. He then turned to Cap, "You knew, didn't you?" Cap slowly nodded his head and Tony turned to Ghost, "Kid go. You don't want to be here for this. It's going to get messy."

*BANG*

Iron Man smacked Cap sending him backward before he turned to Bucky raising his repulsor. He was going to kill this man...

*thwip*

Ghost launched his web, connecting to Iron Man's arm, and swung him away. Ghost then looked at Bucky, "RUN!"

"Tony, stop this. He was being controlled!" Cap stood firmly as his friend escaped. He nodded at Ghost expressing his gratitude as they prepared to fight.

Iron Man spared no words as he fired blast after blast. Cap blocked with his shield and Ghost dodged using his immaculate reflexes.

Iron Man then flew into Ghost, knocking him away. But Cap quickly slammed him with his shield, "Tony stop! Killing him won't change anything."

"I don't care." Iron Man blasted up onto his feet and threw a combination of punches and repulsor blasts at Cap ensuing a short battle.

*thwip*

*thwip*

*thwip*

However, Ghost who had now recovered suddenly shot his webs at Iron Man stunning him for a few seconds, "Go for the arc reactor!!"

Cap nodded as he took action, ramming his shield into the heart of the Iron Man suit.

*Fizzle*

The suit dimmed down as its functions started to deteriorate and Tony slowly fell to the ground.

"Sorry, Mr. Stark..." Akal walked over taking off his mask, "I know you want to kill him... But-"

Tony lay looking furious as he stared at Akal, "Leave." Akal flinched as he saw the expression of a crumbling man, "Go!"

Ghost placed the mask back on and solemnly went to leave with Cap. However, as they started walking they heard Tony speak, "Leave the shield! You don't deserve it..." Cap paused, "My father made that... Leave. It."

Cap dropped the shield on the ground and went to leave with Ghost.

'Sorry, Mr. Stark. If you killed him, the Avengers would be no more...'

---

Soon Ghost and Cap had made it in the jet and met up with Bucky. Cap looked at Akal who had now taken off his hood and mask, "Thanks..."

"Akal. Akal Parker, nice to meet you." Cap smiled as he put out his hand, "Steve. Steve Rogers, a pleasure." Seeing this Bucky also came over and greeted Akal similarly, "Bucky Barnes. Thanks for the help."

Akal then sat down, getting comfy in the jet, "So where we going?" Cap pressed numerous buttons as the jet began to lift off and answered, "We're taking Bucky to a safe place. After that..." He then looked at Akal, "You up for a mission?"

A small smirk descended onto Akal's face, "Yeah."

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