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Crash, crack, whop, again, crash, crack.
The fight in Earth-928 was getting harsher and rougher. Most of the Spider-society facilities have been destroyed (or at least damaged), or holes and scratch marks have been left behind. Due to every single Spider-person (well, except for Hobie and probably other oblivious ones) trying to catch Miles, it was almost impossible to look for a place where it was undamaged.
So many spider-people, thought Gwen. Too many. As much as it excited Gwen at first encounter, it overwhelmed her simultaneously. Would Miguel be able to catch Miles? Would Miles even listen to Miguel?
Unsolved questions left behind, Gwen flew through the air, then stuck to the flying train. Beside her was Peter, who was seemingly following Miles, climbing on the train with Mayday in his baby carrier.
“ You are a mistake ! “
Through all the passing wind, which was so fast, Gwen could barely understand what he was saying to Miles. Only the muffled sound of yelling and crashing of the metal whenever Miguel pinned Miles to the train was audible. And every time Gwen heard something audible out of Miguel’s mouth, it just made her feel more horrible.
Although Gwen was part of the whole plan, she still had a small belief that Miles would be able to circumvent this. He would overcome all the obstacles and reach for a happy ending like he did the last time with the collider.
Having two conflicting arguments of Miguel will take care of the situation and Miles will find out a way somehow , Peter shouted at Miguel, who was trying his best to keep Miles pinned to the train.
“ This isn’t what we talked about! “
From pain to betrayal, disappointment to misery, Miles looked down at Peter and Gwen.
“ You talked about this? You knew? … You- you all knew…? ”
Peter held on to Mayday's head as he avoided meeting Miles’ eyes, while Gwen frowned and looked upon her, seeing Miles’ gaze.
“ I- I didn’t know… How to tell you. “
“ That’s why you never came to see me. “
Miles screwed his face, showing clearly that he has been deceived. By Gwen. By Peter. Those whom he trusted so much. Gwen hated to see his face like that. It was not her intention to hurt Miles– She was only trying to ameliorate the whole situation–
Unable to confidently look into Miles’ eyes, Gwen cried.
“ Miles, it’s for your own good ! “
“ Who decides THAT?! I’m not a kid, Gwen- “
As her sentence hardly convinced Miles nor made him trust her, his anger was only being lit into bigger flames of exasperation. But as soon as he called Gwen, Miguel knocked him to the train again, looking miserable.
“ That’s exactly what you are. You’re just a kid, has no idea , what he’s doing! “
“ You… You- “
Bam.
Without giving Miles a chance to use his venom blast, Miguel shoved Miles into the train again. Miles gasped, as the wide metal of the train directly sent all the damage through his back to his chest.
“ Don’t, you, dare! “
“ Just because of you, EVERYTHING IS RUINED! “
Once more, Miguel thrust Miles into the train. Miles felt like his bones were broken. Just like what Peter from his dimension said before he died.
Coughing dryly, Miles glared at Miguel. As he got both of his hands on Miguel’s chest, electricity began to form around him.
“… Everyone keeps telling me how my story, is supposed to go. … Nah, Imma do my own thing. “
Gwen hopefully looked at Miles. I trust you, Miles.
Miles seemed to push Miguel away with the venom power, only if his body did not fall from the train. Being electrified and paralyzed, both fell from the train, leaving hundreds of Spider-people, including Gwen and Peter, on the train.
“ MILES! “
She yelled as both Miguel's and Miles’ bodies got smaller and smaller, leaving no silhouette at the end.
“ C’mon, Peter. We gotta go down! “ Said Gwen to Peter, who was still holding Mayday desperately, nodding at her.
All the spider-people began to unstick from the train, some flying, some using webs not to hit themselves to the buildings, some using their technologies to stay safe. Gwen unstuck herself from the train, too, and used her webs to dodge flying cars and other transportation.
How far did they go? How much more fighting are they going to have? Exhausted, Gwen ran back into the spider-people facilities.
I hope Miles’ defiance gets him into deeper trouble , which was what all Gwen thought. She sprinted towards the mess of collapsed parts of the building as soon as she saw the vague form of Miguel’s back.
“ Miguel! Please! This was not part of our conversation! I- “
As she approached Miguel, she saw a hardened, stiff face instead of an angry, frustrated one. Staring right into the mess, his whole body frozen, as if he was still paralyzed from the venom blast.
“ … Miguel? Why won’t you say anything? Why- why are you looking that way? Where is… Miles…… “
Slowly turning her face to where Miguel was looking, she couldn’t make a sound out of her mouth anymore.
A body. Miles’ body. Lying on top of all the mess, unmoving, motionless.
Gwen emptily stared at the body, Miles’ body, a body that should be fighting against Miguel right now, a body that is supposed to use the webs and swing around. Her world began to go soundless, blocking all other noises from other spider-people who were saying something to the scene.
It can’t be. Miguel promised. He wouldn’t have… killed him, right? Nothing’s wrong. It’s-
She rushed to Miles, telling herself that all was fine. Miguel was just a little shocked that Miles was knocked out or something. Everything seemed to be in slow motion. Everything so slow, so empty, so quiet-
“ Miles… Wake up. Wake up, Miles… “
She started shaking his shoulders with both her hands, trembling. When she looked up to see Miles’ face, her whole world began to crumble apart.
Warm body turning cold, the indelible sight of Miles just lying down, expressionless, face and head covered in his own blood, so much blood everywhere, soaking the asphalt under his head.
So much blood-
“ It’s- It’s okay… It’s okay… “
Gwen grasped Miles’ back, closing in to hug him. A weightless, strengthless head was put on top of her shoulder. His heart was not beating. The only thing she could hear was her own heartbeat reverberating through the cold body. Tears ran down her cheeks, the sullen expression on her face making everything blurry from the tears.
Abruptly, in her crumbling, quiet world, a voice broke through the silence.
“ … I didn’t mean to… “
It was merely a mutter under the breath, but Gwen could tell it was Miguel’s voice. She felt his presence as he stood behind her.
“ I… did not mean to, I didn’t mean to do that- ”
Gwen slowly turned her face to Miguel, Miles’ head still resting on her shoulder. Her glower made Miguel stop his sentence.
“ … Shut up. ”
“ I- ”
“ I said, shut the fuck up. ”
Gwen realized that she will be able to see Miles no longer. She broke his trust, she let him down. All the resentment, sorrows, anger, and agony were mixed up, suddenly cooling her head down. Gwen held Miles’ body up, putting the dead body on top of her shoulder.
Peter was there, standing, covering Mayday’s face with his chest, unable to look at the body.
“ Gwen- “
“ Peter. “
She cut him off as a wobbling voice called her name. Tears were still streaming down her face, yet she never felt so calm.
“ I’m going. “
“ Gwen, to where?! “
Peter seemed stressed, his facial expression making him look impotent. All the other spider-people were staring at her. Jessica was staring at her, shocked. Gwen really did not want to look at her face.
“ I’m going. ”
She turned her gizmo and opened up a portal, leaving without a word other than ‘I’m going’, only leaving a trace of blood drops on the ground.
Everyone was silent for a moment until Miguel turned his face around. His despairing face looked even more despairing.
“ … All in the units… Find Gwen Stacy. ”
This was all Miguel could do as the leader.