"Why is she here?"
Twilight hissed at the sight of Felicia, poking her chest. Black Cat swiped the alicorn's hoof away, not caring about Twilight's anger at the mere sight of her. "Nice to see you too, princess." she replied sarcastically, rolling her eyes. "Love the costumes you two." she gestured to Sunset and Twilight, who were wearing the uniforms they wore back on Earth. "Brings me back."
"Peter!" the lavender alicorn growled.
Miguel nudged Peter, prompting him to answer, "Uh... I know you're angry, honey..." he began slowly, watching his wife fume, "But hear me out! Felicia could help us with this Sloan situation. Okay?"
"Look, Twilight. We don't have to time to deal with your grudge right now. We're wasting time in finding Sloan doing this! I mean you've been grumbling at the sight of her for thr past five minutes." Miguel told the jealous princess
Sighing, Twilight held her head, "Fine, but for now." she began to walk away.
"She's a feisty one." Black Cat admitted.
Peter chuckled, "You have no idea..."
"You mentioned that you could track down Sloan, right?" Luna wondered aloud.
Peter nodded, "That's right. I created a new set of spider-tracers. They're connected to my web-shooters now, where the signal sets off on my hoof the closer we get." he explained, holding up his wrist, revealing his web-shooters.
Celestia turned to the heroes, "As much as we want to aid you, we must attend to Canterlot for repairs. We wish you the best of luck in your quest to stop Sloan."
"Thanks." replied Peter. "C'mon, everypony." he gestured for them to move ahead. Peter put back on his mask, then rubbed the sides of his head, 'Spider-Sense tingling... Again... But we're not near Sloan yet, and the portal in Canterlot's closed! What's causing it?!'
Hiding in the shadows, a strange spider creature followed the heroes, all of them unaware of its presence. It crawled up the side of a building into an alleyway. It's time to attack was near. It just needed the heroes separated.
Sometime passed, and the group left the Friendship Express, at the closest stop where the tracer led them. "How much farther, Peter?" Rainbow groaned impatiently, "There's no way Sloan and that octopus pony got that far ahead."
The hero rubbed his head again, "I-I'm sure it's not too far." he studdered a bit.
"You alright, Parker? Don't think I didn't hear that studder." Miguel questioned.
"Yeah... I'm good. We're almost there."
Twilight looked at her husband, though she couldn't see his face underneath his mask, she could tell whenever he was starting to wear down after battle. "Is it another headache?" she asked with concern, holding his forehead. "You've been getting those a lot ever since Miguel showed up."
"It's nothing... Just my Spider-Sense..." Peter revealed.
Miguel raised a brow under his mask, "You're Spider-Sense? But we're nowhere near danger."
"I know. That's the strange thing about it." replied the stallion, placing his and Twilight's hoof off his head. 'Okay, Spider-Sense. You can stop messing with me now. Do that thing where you point me to the danger like with Scorpion earlier...' he stopped, 'No? Fine...' his thoughts grumbled.
Rarity put a hoof under her chin, "Unless of course, we're nearing Sloan right now and that''s triggering it..."
"Doubt it... This is something else." explained the strained stallion with a shrug.
"Just don't push yourself, Parker." Miguel warned his predecessor.
Behind them, Black Cat nudged Applejack, "Is he always like that?" she asked.
"Not really. Where have you been since Peter caught ya back in Manehattan?" she asked.
Felicia chuckled, "I'd rather not say. I'm sworn to secrecy after all."
Applejack rolled her eyes, "Sure."
A rumble sound caught them off guard.
Peter turned around and faced Pinkie. "Pinkie... Don't tell me you're hungry now of all times..." he groaned, planting a hoof on his face. The pink pony shook her head.
"That wasn't me! My tummy would rumble louder if I was, unless it was my Pinkie Sense, but I've never had a signal that was just a grumbly stomach!" she explained.
"...Right." said Miguel slowly, processing what Pinkie has just said. 'Is she always speaking that shocking fast? How do Parker and the others keep up with her?' he thought. "What the shock is a Pinkie Sense?" he asked aloud.
Twilight sighed, "Not even I have an answer."
"Think the Spider-Sense, but for her and it involves a lot of spazzing." Peter said, "I'm just not sure how it works."
"Yeperoo!" shouted the pink pony.
Fluttershy turned to the party pony and asked worridly, "Is your Pinkie Sense going off now?"
"Nope!"
Spike sighed in relief, "Thank goodness."
Sunset and Trixie trotted ahead to Peter, Miguel and Twilight. "The closest rift should be nearby." said the blue unicorn. "I informed Sunset of our research and she said she'd take a closer look once we get back to Ponyville."
"Yeah, I'm sticking around until all of this is over." Sunset informed the group, "I'm sure Celestia would understand if I'm gone for a little longer than expected."
Rainbow Dash nodded, hovering over the others at a smooth pace, "Cool! The more ponies the better!"
"Yeah. Thank you all." Peter said, putting on his mask, with Miguel doing the same. "With all of you here, Sloan and that Doc Ock fangirl won't know what hit them." he declared.
"Is he ready?" asked Sloan, standing next to Doc Ock at the next rift to harness. "I have a feeling that the Spider-Men and thei friends are on their way here judging by their strange ability to counter the power of the portals."
"That's what you predicted?" asked Serena.
Walker nodded, "Yes. They managed to find us at Canterlot at the most inopportune moment. They are aware of the rifts as well most likely, meaning that we are running out of options until I can fully control the energy I have gathered to make the gateway stable."
Patel smirked, "As a matter of fact, that creature is ready to do your bidding. I have planted a few chips on his body, forcing him to do as we say. I have released him and is awaiting his next orders within the gateway room as we speak."
Chuckling, Sloan turned away, "Excellent. Now, I have to find Tarantula. He must still be in this dimension somewhere."
"I hear some evil scheming going down." whispered Spider-Mane, propping himself on a tree, 'My Spider-Sense is giving me the most painful migrane right now! Something big must be going down soon!' he turned to Twilight and the others.
"Hm... They seem to love planning." Black Cat teased.
Spider-Mane 2099 nodded, "Sloan and Ock have always been like that. They have egos as big as their schemes. But with all of us here, their plans are over, even if Tarantula showed up, they'd still be outnumbered." he explained quietly.
"Good to hear." Sunset replied, "Let's get them while they're unprepared." she said.
"Right." agreed Trixie.
At that moment, all of the ponies jumped from their spots and faced the two masterminds standing next to the rift. "Surprise!" shouted Spider-Mane. Sloan and Ock glanced at the team ready to foil whatever they had planned.
"Ah. The Spider-Men. You think you won, but you are wrong." Sloan bragged.
'Well. That's like a cliche villain saying right there.' Spider-Mane mused in his mind.
"I dunno, dude. It's like what? Twelve against two? I thought you science types knew how to count!" Dash yelled.
"That's where you're mistaken! We have a few more trump cards waiting for you!" Ock boasted, pressing a button. Suddenly, a large number of robots jumped out of the portal, surprising the heroes. "Alchemax has generously supplied us with the necessary opposition to stop you from stalling us any further through me robots!"
"Jam it!" shouted Spider-Mane 2099.
"Jam?" wondered Pinkie, "I don't have any bread or peanut butter with me, though!"
"Ah, shock it." groaned Miguel.
Black Cat rolled her eyes, "None of you told me they had robots. Heh, I kind of regret coming here." she chuckled to herself, glancing at the tall inorganic beings in front of her.
Shrugging, Spider-Mane spoke, "We thought we got rid of them! And you never asked!"
Without saying another word, Sloan hopped into the portal. "Wait! Son of a glitch!" Spider-Mane 2099 grunted. "Spidey! We gotta follow him! Quick!" he ordered, unfurling his wings and flying ahead.
"Right! Girls! I'm sure you can handle Ock's robot army. We'll face Sloan ourselves!" Spider-Mane declared.
"I'm coming with you!" Twilight said, "Remember, I'm never leaving your side at times like this."
"Alright." Peter agreed.
Sunset stepped forward, "Me too. The four of us will prove a match against whatever Sloan has waiting for us."
"Go get 'em, guys! We can handle this army of tin cans!" Rainbow boasted.
Doc Ock 2099 seemed to fume at the insult to her creations, "What did you just call my robots?"
"You heard her!" Spike grunted.
"Grr... Attack!" at that instant, the robots charged forward, forcing the remaining ponies to counterattack.
"Just go, Spider! We can tear these apart no problem!" Felicia said to the four that were heading into the rift.
"At least she's staying behind." grumbled Twilight so the others couldn't hear her. The three then followed Miguel into the portal.
Peter fell face first onto the metal floor. A second later, Twilight and Sunset followed his actions. The wall-crawler tried to move on all fours, but he noticed that he had fingers. 'Oh my God... I'm human... I'm back on Earth!' he realized, standing on his feet. He felt his costume and noticed that it was still on him. "Huh. Magic, I guess."
Spider-Man 2099 turned around, "Glad to see you're not taking a nap, Spidey. How the shock do your clothes fit you?" he asked the three, wondering how their clothes changed with them. The former alicorn and unicorn stood up.
Twilight looked down, "Sweet Celestia! We're on Earth!"
"Magic, Spider-Man 2099. We enhanced our costumes to morph just in case something like this happened, where we changed forms." Sunset explained.
"Can we stop this conversation?" said an elder voice.
The four turned to see Walker Sloan controlling that gateway, "Alright you Val Kilmer soundalike. You may not know us, but we're the guys who are gonna stop your plans!" Spider-Man declared, a scowl forming on his expressive mask.
"I do not care. For you forced me to bring something the Professor brought out just in case you'd arrive." Walker ignored the boast. Tremors were heard, alerting the heroes, but something was off to Peter. "He should be here soon."
"Is this what triggered your Spider-Sense?" asked Miguel.
Spider-Man shook his head, "No... It's weird. My Spider-Sense isn't going off right now." he revealed.
A white muscular hand gripped the doorway. The creature appeared to be a white creature, larger than the four, with a black spider insignia on its chest. Something about it seemed familiar to Peter and Twilight. "Ladies and gentlemen..." Sloan began.
'No...' thought Peter. "Guys... I think I know why my Spider-Sense isn't going off!"
"Why?" wondered Spider-Man 2099.
Spider-Man gulped, "I think that's a symbiote!"
"A symbiote?" blurted Twilight and Sunset. "But I thought Venom was it!" Twilight hissed.
"I-I've never seen this one before!" revealed Peter. 'Let's not even discuss Carnage right now...'
"...Meet Anti-Venom. But you may know him by his real name: Eddie Brock."
"EDDIE!?"