"Caught in the Web of the Spider."

Chapter 232: Chapter 229



"Which she did?"

I smiled, "yup. When I found out I….I wasn't mad. Honestly I wasn't. I was impressed, she was smart, I was just so happy she wasn't in jail that I didn't care she used my injuries as an excuse to run away. And when I could, I tracked her down. Only….she was already planning on running away.

"She had too, her father was a fugitive and she didn't want him to leave her again. So she became one as well, she became a criminal...I offered to come along, I told her I would do it. But when I did….she tased me."

Xavier observed me, "you were willing to give up your entire life here in New York, your family and friends, just for her?"

I pointed at my head, Xavier quickly understood as he opened a telepathic channel. I thought out, "yes, I would. When I got these powers...I was forced to be Spider-man. I knew I had to be a protector, try and help people when I could. And then I forced myself to be a better Peter Parker, to be as smart as I could, for my family. But Felicia...she was the only part of my life I wanted. So yes, if I could, I would have dropped everything for her."

Xavier broke the connection and sighed, "it's...hard to read your thoughts Peter. I'll admit though….it's not often I see someone feel the world around them is a lie."

I shrugged, "it feels that way to me."

"You see yourself as three people don't you?" Xavier hypothesised, "one part is Peter Parker, the other is Spider-man. And this third face...you see it as your true self don't you?"

I nod, "yeah that….that's pretty accurate. Scary accurate." 'Seriously, one look in my head and he figured that out? Greatest mind in the world indeed.'

"I see...and why do you feel that is?" Xavier asked.

I groaned, "I...it's complicated. It's like this. When I got my powers I didn't want to be a hero, but I felt there was a part of me that forced me to become one. When I was Peter Parker, there was a part of me that compelled me to be the best. But now? Now I have nothing. Spider-man is broken, dead to the world. And Peter Parker's greatest achievement, working in the Baxter building, had been blown up to bits. So I find myself wondering, what the hell should I do now?"

Xavier smiled, "Peter, I think you aren't seeing the whole picture here. No one is asking you to bee a hero, you do that all by yourself. People don't just do something because they have to, not unless they are forced to. You chose to be Spider-man, you chose to be a scientist. Maybe now you must ask yourself if you are truly satisfied with who you are."

I thought it over, and found myself agreeing with the man. He didn't have the whole picture, he didn't know who I really was, but….maybe he can help me.

I looked at him, "Charles...I want you to look into my mind."

Xavier's eyes went wide, "I'm sorry?"

I stared him down, "there's….there is a part of my mind that is locked away. When Jean first acquired her powers she tried to read it but found herself unable to… I'm not sure why. But I want you to try. I want to explain to you what's going on. Please."

Xavier looked at me for a moment before sighing, "very well Peter, if that is what you wish, I shall comply." He rolled around the table and stopped right in front of me placing his fingers on my head and sighing, "try to relax, you won't feel a thing."

I nodded as I closed my eyes and let go of all my worries and thoughts. Suddenly I felt something come into my head. I heard Charlie's' voice, "I'm inside Peter, would you like to come in as well?"

I shrugged, "yeah, if you can."

"One moment," he replied and suddenly my eyes began to grow heavy.

I found myself floating in a pink void, completely empty of everything. And suddenly the area below me began to grow, slowly the pink turned inside out, I found myself standing in a city filled with buildings I was familiar with.

It looked a little bit like New York, but a super compressed version of it. I saw the Baxter building right next to Midtown high. I saw the Avenger's tower next to a library Peter used to visit and a hospital where he spent a month recovering from a broken arm.

"Where am I?" I thought out loud, finding my avatar doing the same. I looked down, I wasn't in my civilian clothes anymore. I was in my red and black costume.

"This is your mind Peter," Xavier said as he suddenly appeared next to me.

"Ah!" I cried out jumping back, "how the hell can you sneak up on me in my own head?! That's not fair!"

"I suppose it isn't," he smiled looking around, "interesting. For you your mind is in the form of the places you visited, a very unique way of remembering things."

"Ah, yeah, I kind of based it around the memory palace principle, you know."

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