Painful Goodbyes

All four of us launched forward as the villains did the same- the fight starting all over again.
"Okay, Spider-Men- sapphire" Peter called out, giving me a quick look.
"Sandman's first." He said
"I'm gonna lead him inside the statue" Peter 2 said, already moving.
"I'll meet you at the top" Peter 3 added.
At the perfect moment, Peter threw it across the air.
"Peter 3!" He shouted.
"I got it!" He called, catching it midair- but max's blast sent him flying backyards.
"Guys, I'm at the top! I need the cure!" Peter 2 yelled
"I'm coming" I shouted. I grabbed the cure with my powers and threw it up toward him. He caught it, activated it, and in seconds, the sand started to grow smaller.
I flew over and joined the three Spider-men as we watched Max's power surge and pulse with light.
"How do we stop him?" Peter 2 asked.
"I've never seen him this powerful." Peter 3 muttered.
"It's the arc reactor. We gotta get it off him." Peter said, locking eyes in it.
Max's eyes glowed.
"You're not gonna take this away from me" he said
Peter fried a web at the reactor-
"That's not gonna work." Max growled, blasting a wave of electricity straight at us.
"Okay- We gotta do this up close. Peter 2 go right. Peter 3, go left. Elizabeth, distract him. On me." Peter called.
I nodded and took to the air, firing blasts of blue energy to pull Max's attention. Lightning shot past me, close enough to burn.
"Hey! You missed me!" I yelled.
He just glared and shot at me again. The others tried to move in, but before Peter 2 could reach him, a metal arm swung out and grabbed him midair.
"Leave them. They're mine." Otto said.
"I don't need your help. I got it just fine" Max snapped
"Dr. Octavius- no." Peter 2 said softly, trapped in his grip.
Otto ignored him, I got ready to move in, then his arm grabbed the reactor on Max's chest.
"What are you doing? Get it off of me." Max yelled.
Otto's tentacle grabbed the cure and pressed it against the reactor. The energy flickered green, and max's power faded away.
"There you go." Otto said quietly.
But then I caught motion behind them- Ned and MJ running through a glowing portal, the lizard right in their tales.
"MJ!" Peter shouted. MJ threw him the cure, and Peter stabbed the lizard with it. The creature roared and began shifting back into a man.
"We gotta hide this thing." MJ said, grabbing the box. Ned panicked, waving his hand.
He opened another portal-
"Nice, Ned!" MJ cheered.
- then they both froze as Doctor Strange stepped through.
"Where are they?" He demanded. With a flick of his wrist, the box flew straight into his hands.
"Before you do anything, Mister- Doctor Strange, Peter's plan is working" Ned said
"What plan?" Strange asked.
"We are curing them" I said, landing beside MJ and Ned.
Strange blinked.
"Well, I'll be damned.... Did you just open a portal?" Strange asked.
"Yes sir, I did." Ned said hesitantly.
Peter swung down to us.
"Strange, wait- we're so close." He said
"Zip it! I've been dangling over the Grand Canyon for 12 hours." Strange snapped.
"I know, I know, I know-" Peter started.
"I mean, technically, you lost, so it's kinda your fault" I muttered. Strange glared.
Before I could say anything else, Peter 2 and 3 landed beside us. Stranges eyes widen.
"I'm sorry about that sir. I mean-" Peter started again.
"You went to the Grand Canyon?" Peter 2 asked
"He could have used your help" Peter 3 added
"No, no, no. It's okay. These are my new friends." Peter said.
"Oh, great" strange muttered.
"They're here to help. This is the wizard that I was telling you about." Peter said.
"Look I am really impressed that you've managed to give them all a second chance kids. But this has to end now." Strange said.
"Can the Spider-Man come out to play?" the voice froze us all.
"Goblin" peter whispered.
A green bomb exploded toward us. Otto deflected most of them. The goblin flew past, snatching the box. But strange was quick to grab it again.
But what he didn't notice was a bomb inside it.
"Strange, no!" Peter and I yelled at the same time-
- and then boom.
The explosion threw us all back. I threw up a shield around everyone, but something slammed into the back of my head. Everything went black.
When I came to, Peter 3 was holding me in his arms, his face streaked with tears.
"Are you okay?" He asked, voice trembling.
"Yeah.... Are you okay?" I whispered.
He nodded weakly, I caught a glimpse of his memories- the moment he couldn't save Gwen.
I hugged him tightly.
"You did good. She would be proud" I whispered.
He smiled faintly, eyes glassy.
Then I saw it- the sky above us splitting open. Purple cracks tearing through reality.
"The multiverse" I breathed.
"I've gotta help strange" I said, about to float up.
"Thank you, Elizabeth. Really" Peter 3 said.
"Anytime. One last favor, go help my Peter" I said, then flew toward the chaos.
"Strange! How can I help?" I shouted, hovering beside him.
"Keep them closed- as long as you can" he yelled back.
I lifted my hands, focusing every ounce of power I had to hold the tears in the sky together.
Moments later, Peter landed beside us, out of breath.
"Liz- are you okay?" He asked.
"I'm okay" I muttered, still straining.
"What's happening?" Peter asked.
"They're starting to come through and I can't stop them." Strange said.
"There's gotta be something we can do" I said desperately.
"Can't you just cast the spell again? But like the original way before I screwed it up?" Peter asked.
"We're too late for that. They're here! They're here because of you! Because of both of you!" Strange yelled.
Peter looked down, and I knew what he was thinking before he said it.
"What if everyone forgot who I was?" Peter asked.
"What if everyone forgot who we were" i corrected
"What?" Strange asked.
"They're coming here because of us, right?" I asked. He nodded.
"Because of who we are? So cast a new spell.
But this time everyone forgets who we are.
Every one forgets who Peter Parker and Elizabeth Pandora is. Make everyone forget us." Peter said
"No." Strange said immediately.
"But it would work, wouldn't it?" Peter's voice cracked.
Strange hesitated.
"Yeah, it would work. But you got to understand, that would mean everyone....who knows and loves you... We...We'd have no memory of either of you. It'll be as if you never existed." Strange said
"I know." I said, my voice shaking.
"Do it." Peter said.
"I can't" strange said.
"You can- please!" Peter begged.
Stranges gaze shifted to me. I knew what he was thinking.
"He can make everyone forget you. But he can't make everyone forget me" I said softly.
Peter frowned.
"What do you mean?" He asked.
"I have to do it myself. My powers...they're different. I can't explain it, but it has to be me" I said
Peter's voice wavered.
"Can you do it?" He asked.
I nodded, tears already blurring my vision.
"I can. But Peter- if I do it, you won't remember me. I'll remember you, but you won't-" I said
"What?" Peter whispered.
"Elizabeth.... You have to do it" he said finally, voice breaking.
"What if I don't want to?" I cried.
"You have to" he said, voice cracking on every word.
I nodded through my tears.
"Then go and say your goodbyes. You don't have long." Strange said softly.
Peter and I found MJ and Ned standing together near the rubble.
"Are you okay?" MJ asked, hugging me tight.
"Yeah. You?" I ask
"Yeah" she breathed.
I hugged Ned next while Peter hugged MJ.
"You're going to forget who we are" I said.
"What?" Ned said.
"Forget? What are you talking about?" MJ's voice cracked, panicked.
"It's okay. I'm gonna come and find you guys. And I'll explain everything. I'll make you remember me." Peter said quickly.
"It'll be like none of this ever happened." i added.
"But what if that doesn't work? What if neither of us can remember you?" MJ said, voice trembling.
"I know. I know. But it'll be okay" I said
"There's not something we can do? We can't come up with a plan or something?" MJ asked.
"There's always something we can do." Ned said.
Peter shook his head.
"There's nothing we can do. But it'll be okay." Peter said
"You promise?" Ned asked, tears running down his cheeks.
"Yeah, I promise." Peter said.
They did their handshake, then hugged tight.
I hugged MJ next, my throat tight.
"Please come find me" she whispered.
"I will. I promise" i said
Peter and I switched.
"Take care of yourself, Elizabeth" Ned said quietly.
"You too- and take care of MJ for me" I said
"Magic sucks. I hate it" MJ said.
"Me too" we all said at once.
We all hugged one last time.
"I'll see you guys later" I said, trying to smile.
Peter and I flew back up.
"I'm so sorry, Peter. I'm sorry I couldn't do more" I said, crying into his arms.
"No, Lizzie- it's not your fault. It's gonna be okay" he said, tears in his eyes.
We held each other for a moment that felt like forever. Then he kissed me. A soft, broken, perfect goodbye.
When we pulled apart, we rested our foreheads together.
"I love you, Lizzie" he whispered.
"I love you too, Pete" I said, my voice cracking.
"Elizabeth- you don't have much time!" strange shouted.
"I gotta go" I said quietly.
"I will see you later, Peter" I said
I smiled one last time before flying up beside strange.
"It was nice knowing you, Elizabeth" he said.
"Likewise" I nodded.
I raised my hands, blue energy glowing through the cracks in my fingers.
And with everything I had left, I made the world forget who Elizabeth Pandora was.
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