"Caught in the Web of the Spider."

I nodded, sitting down next to her, "yeah. Tony insisted, damn bastard."

"I see...you did say you hated AI's so why did you let him install it?" Sue asked.

"He bypassed my security settings and rooted it into the main system. I can't remove her without reworking the entire system from scratch," I shrugged.

"You're very rude you know that?" Sexy huffed.

Sue chuckled, "at least she's got a nice attitude," she tossed me the helmet. Immediately I collapsed it into it's tablet form.

We sat in silence, the news running in the background. Slowly the air began to feel awkward, the last time we were lone like this...well...things happened.

I cleared my throat, "so..."

Sue nodded, "yeah...how have you been? We didn't really...you know, get a chance to talk after the ah...well..."

"The kiss?" I chuckled.

Sue snorted, "yeah, that. Look Peter, I just wanted to say that I'm sorry, I shouldn't have done that."

I smiled, "it's fine Sue, it was just a kiss," I shrugged, "besides, we were pretty lonely back then. And as kinky as me making out with my boss sounds it's not right."

"Plus you're a minor."

"Oh, right, forgot about that," I gulped, "I hope you don't get into any trouble because of that."

"No...probably not," she shrugged.

"So…." I looked at her, "this is one moment huh."

"Yup," she nodded. Cue the awkward tension once more. Suddenly Sue snapped to the TV, "look, it's Johnny!"

I turned to the Tv and sure enough there was Johnny, floating next to the man about to jump, talking him down. We watched and waited for five solid minutes, before finally the man agreed to step down, the people cheered and Johnny helped the man climb down to the ground and get into an ambulance.

"Good job flame butt," I grinned.

"He has his moments," Sue admitted with a proud smile.

"Yeah, he's really matured since he and Liz began to go out."

Sue nodded, "she's good for him," Sue turned to me, I didn't realise how close we were sitting. Slowly the scent of maple syrup began rolling off her body, her eyes diluting.

"Sue," I flicked her forehead, "no. Bad girl."

Sue froaned rubbing her forehead, "what are you talking about?"

"No fantasising about me," I winked.

"I-I wasn't doing that!" she cried out.

I shrugged, "you don't have to lie Sue, I'm know I'm sexy as fuck."

"Hey! I'm-"

"-Ah Peter! You're here I see," suddenly Reed walked in causing Sue and I to flinch in surprise. He blinked, "is something wrong?"

I hummed, "no, nothing, just, long day. Created a superhero helmet with an AI to market to super heroes, you know the usual," I smiled.

Reed narrowed his eyes, "right," he looked at Sue before shrugging, "anyway, it's good that you're here. I need to show you something."

I blinked, "ah, okay." Sue and I got up and followed Reed back into his lab.

The place looked newly built, which was true. Almost all his tech had to be replaced, since Doom did trash his lab the most. And while the rest of the lab looked clutched, the center of it held a familiar looking portal that was humming with energy.

I stopped at the door, Sue gasping as she looked inside. I growled, "Richard, you have ten seconds to explain why you built this thing again."

Reed gulped, "I-I wanted to show you that it worked Peter. We finally cracked inter-dimensional travel!"

"Are you fucking stupid?!" I cried out, the anger I felt when Doom nearly killed me seeping into my voice, "no, you can't be, you're the world's smartest man. And yet I have to believe you must be stupid because what kind of idiot would build this thing again?!"

"Peter-"

"-No Reed, this is too much," Sue shot in, "the last time you meddled with things you didn't understand you nearly got us all killed!"

"Some more than others," I growled as I grabbed him by his shirt collar, "when I gave you those blueprints I stole of Spiral's belt I didn't intend for you to build a fucking gateway Reed! Turn this off now!"

"Peter I-"

"-No! I don't want to hear it!" I cried out, "the last time you messed with this things you unleashed Doom! And who knows what's on the other side of this thing?! Turn it off, now!"

Reed sighed, "y-yeah, alright."

I sighed and let go of him, "thank you," I stepped back as he went to the controls and began powering the machine down. Slowly the green portal being generated closed in on itself and I sighed in relief, "thank God."

"Honestly Reed I don't know what you were thinking," Sue scoffed, "once was bad enough."

Reed rubbed his head, "I know, I know but….I felt bad about what happened to Peter. I figured if I could get this to work it would prove all that pain I caused wasn't for nothing."

I sighed, "Reed I don't care about all that. The only person responsible for my pain in Doom, and you are no Doom. I don't blame you for what happened, but by building this machine again….it' kind of hard to think you aren't fucking insane. Like, what if it lead to Hell Reed? You would have literally created a portal to hell!"

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