"Oh shit!" yelled Peter holding his tub of cream in fighting stance.
3D-Man giggled, "Sorry for the scare man." he said.
Peter looked at his hand holding the cream and embarrassingly placed in on the hospital bed. "It's fine, just though no-one else was here. Anyway I was holding a flashbang when it went off, resulting in this" Peter responded showing 3D-Man his burn.
"Sounds rough. Was it that Mirage guy?" asked 3D-Man.
"Yeah, how did you know?" questioned Peter.
"It's all over the news, you're the only hero to catch a proper villain recently. You're really popular kid" replied 3D-Man.
"Really? Wow" said Peter in triumph, proud of himself. "What happened with you?" he added.
"Just a couple cuts from a mugger in an alley, Just wanted to make sure they didn't get infected or anything like that" he replied.
"Better safe than sorry" Peter responded.
"You know it" he replied.
"You feeling ready for tomorrow?" asked Peter.
"As ready as I can be. I've trained for this for years, I just gotta do my best and prove it to myself not the others. You?" replied 3D-Man.
"Sorry man, but I think we're kicking your ass tomorrow" replied Peter.
"You cheeky bastard" 3D-Man responded while chuckling.
"I couldn't resist" replied Peter.
"Can I show you something?" he asked.
"Go for it" replied Peter sitting next to 3D-Man on the hospital bed.
3D-Man pulled out a photo with him, a black women and child. "See her? My daughter. Isn't she just wonderful? She's the reason I keep on fighting, so she can live in a safe world. My baby girl" he said grinning at the photo.
"Yeah, she looks nice" replied Peter.
"That's my daughter" replied 3D-Man looking quite angry.
"Oh, I'm sorry, I didn't know how to reply!" Peter mumbled over his words, thinking he offended him somehow.
"I'm only joking, call it revenge for that earlier comment" 3D-Man replied giggling.
"Thank god, you definitely got me you asshole" replied Peter also giggling. "So, how did you get your powers if that's alright." questioned Peter.
"Glad you asked, the story is wild. I was walking back home from work when I collapsed out of nowhere. When I woke up I found myself in a new environment with things that you could never dream off with a large window, right in front of me. The Earth in all it's glory. Even in my situation I could only admire this beautiful planet, but things took a much worse turn. I was experimented on for god knows how long, by these weirdly human looking aliens. They wore clothe just like us but had long green ears and so many wrinkles, if you could call it that. My life was just wake up, watch how the aliens communicated on how to torture me or get their new data before being forced back to sleep due to my screams." replied 3D-Man.
Peter tried not to make his horrified facial expressions known, as he continued to listen to this story feeling uncomfortable.
"Eventually their tests lead to me having the ability to convert myself to the 2D dimension. After this I think they viewed me as failed product and I woke up naked in a random field and portrayed as a crazy man. Now people think its just me being quirky. Everyone questions why I wasn't killed and left to live, and even I question it myself everyday. Why was I left alive? But everyday I'm thankful for that choice and one day I hope i'll be able to question them myself, maybe they can explain the purpose for my power." continued 3D-Man.
"Dam, that's tough. I hope you find that purpose you mentioned, but at the same time somethings just happen. Not everything has a reason, this entire universe being made is pure luck and there was no reason for its existence but here we are. So be happy about the things you've experienced, not things you haven't." replied Peter.
"Thanks, kid. I didn't expect such wisdom from a guy barely in their twenties" 3D-Man chuckled.
"Yeahhhhh, early twenties sure are something" replied Peter.
"Most people aren't as accepting of the whole alien kidnap story" wondered 3D-Man.
"The universe is so vast so I don't doubt there's aliens out there, along with so many things that can't be explained why should your story be easy to understand or comprehend" answered Peter.
"What about your origin story?" inquired 3D-Man
"Mines not very fancy, I just got bitten by a spider and somehow I developed these powers, hence the name Spider-Man." replied Peter.
"Not everything needs to complicated, sometimes simple is the way to go" he replied nudging him with his shoulder.
"I don't follow?" replied Peter.
"You have much to learn kid. Really? You need to find yourself a girl" responded 3D-Man.
"I don't need advice from a grandpa about girls alright, I've already had my fair share" Peter replied.
"Alright, calm down" chuckled 3D-Man. "We better get some rest for tomorrow, gotta be in top shape to whoop your ass" he continued.
"Don't get ahead of yourself or you'll break your back." Peter snapped back.
"We'll see" 3D-Man responded leaving the room smiling.
Peter soon after also went back to his room thinking about the wild day he had. He also realised he has a strange knack of finding complete psychos from Supercharger and now Mirage.
3D-Man was also a little strange, it's still hard to believe the entire alien kidnapped thing but it wasn't impossible he thought. Besides that he was a real cool dude and he couldn't wait to kick his ass. Respectively of course.
THE NEXT DAY
Everyone lined up on the top of Avengers Tower as Capt America detailed everyone about what was happening.
"Today are your mock battles. Soon a few helicopters will arrive and take you to the battle grounds where the mock battles will be held. The finer details will be told when we arrive." he said.
The helicopters landed as everyone was guided to their respected one. Peter could feel the anticipation as he took a seat along with Iceman and Shadow. Soon, he will show the world how great of a hero he can be.
STREETS OF NEW YORK
"They're on their way to the battlegrounds now, sir" said Wanda.
"Good, soon we start our attack. Make sure everyone is ready I want to get this done quick and easy. Also please tell Sabertooth to try and keep his cool today, If he goes berserk he may ruin all our preparations." replied the man, taking off his shades.
"Understood" replied Wanda.
"Today, I become king" the man told himself.