章 36: 35. What's wrong??

Dying hurt. It hurt like hell. He had a hell sword plunged through his chest by a mutant magician. And as weird as that was-

-having being born again as a grown man is weirder.

And way more painful!

Splash!

The cold water is certainly soothing some of the pain. Until after a few seconds later he needs to breathe for the first time in his new life.

He quickly stands up, takes a deep breath, and shouts, "AARGHM AALLIIIIIIVEEE!" Peter then feels the cold wind hit him and wraps his arms around himself, "Oh g-god that's-s cold!"

He just remembers that K'un Lun is hidden somewhere high up in some snowy mountains, so the cold was to be expected.

"C-c-could've at l-least p-put me in the h-hot springs," he mutters to himself as he looks around the area to see where he is, "A b-botanical garden, while a n-nice place, it's-" Peter stops talking as he sees who is standing behind him.

Iron fist and Master Yu Ti with surprised expressions on their faces, 'At least I think so, hard to tell with Yu Ti's face covered,' and Hope, who looks shocked too, has her eyes covered thanks to Danny placing his hand over them, 'Why would he-oh right.'

He looks down and sees he is naked as the day he was born, and the irony of that is not lost on him, and standing in the middle of a small pond that he assumes is sacred to this place. So Peter does what he does best.

"E-excu-cuse m-me," he tries to say but the cold wind makes it hard, "This is n-not a p-peep show."

Bad humor with poor timing.

'Yeah, my sense of humor definitely had a part in me being killed.'

*****

(Death's Realm)

In the realm of Death, the embodiment of such is sitting on her throne of skulls in silent thought. Her mind is on what had transpired at the trial. On what she did.

Does she regret it? Death does not regret anything. She was at the beginning and she will be the end. So regrets are not something she has the privilege of.

Still, it does bother her. For some unfathomable reason, it bothers her. The original plan that Mephistopheles had, while obviously more for him, still would have been beneficial for her. Yet that plan went out the proverbial window the moment she did what she did.

She is taken out of her thoughts when she senses Uatu entering her domain. What could he possibly want?

"Mistress Death," Uatu greets politely.

Death does not respond, merely waits for him to explain why he is her domain.

"I came to thank you for your assistance in the trial."

She rolls her eyes. Of course he did. The fool thinks that whenever earth life is preserved then it should be celebrated.

Perhaps that is what bothers her. She is Death and she assisted in preserving life. And after mulling over it some more she realizes while she feels like that might be a big part but it's not the only reason.

She stands from her throne and descends the steps, "If you'll excuse me," she says as she reaches the bottom of the steps and walks past him, "I have some business to attend to."

With that, she leaves. Not waiting or even listening for a response, with a destination in mind.

Hell.

*****

(K'un Lun)

"Ya ever croak on me again!"sniff" I'll come straight to the afterlife an' beat ya senseless for being so stupid!"

The scene in front of the doors that the Avengers team were ready to break down was one of Ben Grimm hugging a recently revived Spider-Man as hard as he can.

Said hero, covered head to toe in webbing to conceal his identity along with his modesty, is having a hard time breathing.

"Ben," he tries to choke out to his long-time friend, "I'd like to keep that promise. But you're making it kind of hard by making my spine touch my chest."

Iron Man places a hand on The Thing's shoulder, "All right big guy. Ease up on the dainty little spider."

Thing lets go of him and Spidey drops to the floor like a sack of potatoes. While the rocky hero rubs his eyes to clear his tears, Spider-Man is helped back to his feet by Captain America.

Steve pats him on his back with a soft smile on his face, "It's good to have you back soldier."

Spidey smiles back, "It's good to be back Cap," before looking at the billionaire Avenger and giving him the stink eye, "And I resent the dainty little spider comment."

Iron Man just shrugs, "Get thicker skin."

The rest of the Avengers say their 'welcome back' and 'happy you're alive again' speeches while Spider-Man just takes it all with a happy smile. And while they all are doing that, Wolverine stands on the side looking at the revived hero with suspicion.

Steve Rogers notices this, "Logan," he says grabbing everyone else's attention too, "What's wrong?"