[Peter's First Person POV]

  I opened a portal and dragged Ezekiel to the desote nd of the North Pole. The cold in this pce was no joke. I threw Ezekiel on the snowy ground. Then, I raised a magic barrier around us, to prevent him from using any teleportation or dimension opener. If this version of him is with the Spider Society, then he must have one of those nifty gadgets on him that allows him to travel through time ay.

  Humm... Now that I see it, my magic proficy has increased way more than I imagined.

  "Now, talk. Depending on your answer, I'll kill you either painfully or sloainfully as your body boils out from the i. Tell you what, fuck that," I pulled him up by this throat and stabbed my stinger into his shoulder, pushing in toxin inside his veins. "I'll just give you the equal amount of pain plus ihat you caused me. So, you either die screaming like a bitch or speak. Oh, and don't even bother trying to escape using your shitty dimension portal. It won't work."

  I just stood there, watg Ezekiel writhe in agony, a twisted sense of satisfa bubbling up inside me.

  The old man's body vulsed in pain as the toxin flowed through his veins, burning him from the i. His once calm and unreadable expression was now repced with sheer terror, his eyes wide as they met mine, silently pleading for mercy.

  But mercy was something he ain't gon from me.

  "Arggg! Stop it, Peter," Ezekiel grunted. "The fate of this universe hangs on the bance."

  "Yeah... And whose fault is that, huh?!" I stepped on his hand and twisted my foot. Bones broke and knuckles cracked under my weight as I grinned. "Years of pain and only pain as those fuckers pushed those tless toxins and god knows what crap into my body... You have no idea what it's like to be in that pce. It was worse than hell. I'm just returning the favor. Enjoy it. Relish it. Yoing to be stuck here until you give me a satisfying answer or die... Hopefully, the tter."

  Ezekiel's hands fumbled for something in his pocket, and I saw him pull out a syrih shaking fingers. I didn't move to stop him—I didn't o. He stabbed the needle into his arm, pushing the plunger down with all the strength he could muster, but it was futile. The toxin I ied into him was far more potent than anything he could teract. I had made sure of that.

  His antidote barely made a dent. I could see it in his eyes—the realization that he was going to die. But still, he g to hope, as weak and desperate as it was.

  "Antidote? Really?!" I k down beside him and smmed the old man on his back. "You see that pit over there," I poioward a massive hole in the ice. "It goes pretty deep. So, once you're dead, I'll throw your rotten corpse there."

  "Talk," I growled, tightening my grip on his throat. "Tell me everything or this pain will be the st thing you ever feel."

  He gasped for air, his voice barely a whisper as he tried to speak. "Peter… You don't uand… There are things… forces beyond… your prehension…"

  "Bh, bh, bh... I don't care. But it sure is fun to watch you squirm like a worm," I grabbed his hair and smmed his fa the icy ground, relishing every little sound of his pathetic screams.

  Ezekiel's body spasmed again, his skin pale and cmmy. Blood dripped from the ers of his mouth as he coughed violently, struggling to form words. "The… serum… I knew… you would take it… It was the only way to… keep you alive… to make you… stronger…"

  I narrowed my eyes. "And what about the spiders? The powers? You orchestrated everything, didn't you? You maniputed my entire life just to use me as your on against Morlun."

  Ezekiel's lips trembled, his voice shaking with fear and pain. "It wasn't… just Morlun… There are others… more powerful… more dangerous… I had to prepare you… to give you a fighting ce…"

  "And look where that brought you," I smmed the old man's head on the snowy grouedly, enjoying the feeling of power, of dominand trol. It was addictive.

  "Please... I beg of you..." Ezekiel pleaded.

  "I really hate you, old man, but thanks to you I got a new life here. But how the fuck do you think I could ever fet those painful years? Those shadows, the smell of toxins, those bastards even ied cer cells and nuclear radiation into my body. Ahh... those were good times. Oh! Speaking of time, you don't have much left," I stood up and stretched my fingers.

  "I had no other choice. You think I e? I had to live every single day with that, knowing how I destroyed a life, just to make him a on and use it against those monsters. I know you won't five me, and you'll hate me to death, but everything was necessary. Every pain and every bit of suffering, you had to gh in order to gain strength and bee what you're destined for... I'm truly sorry, Peter." The old man groaned in pain.

  I chuckled and looked down at Ezekiel, feeling nothing but pt for the pathetic creature before me. "What a load of bullshit," I snapped my fingers. "If sorry was the answer for everything, then I too am sorry. I'm sorry but yonna die. Oh, look at your skin." I poi the boils and pus-filled ulcers erupting from his pale flesh.

  "I gave you a fug new life. A life better than your pathetic past. And look at you now. Power, money, women, you have everything now, all thanks to me. So, what if you suffered a few years of pain?" Ezekiel yelled in rage. He finally showed his real face.

  "Hahahaha! Now you are showing your real face, huh?" I kicked his stomach.

  Ezekiel curled up on the ground, blood dripping from his mouth.

  "Well, time's up. I'll figure it out my way if you don't want to speak. Although it's gonna be b without your screams, hahaha..." I stomped on his legs, crushing them like toothpicks.

  Ezekiel screamed in pain. "ARGGGGG!!!"

  I grinned and smmed my fists into his back, breaking his ribs and spine. "Fuck! This feels so good... Ahhh..."

  Ezekiel coughed up blood as I tinued my brutal assault, enjoying every moment of it.

  "Stop it! I'll talk," He finally spoke after some more beating.

  I stopped my brutal assault and sat beside him. "Good boy, now talk. Everything."

  "Morlun... is just a small fish pared to the bigger fishes that are lurking in the darkness of this universe. Knull, Thanos, and Gactus are ing for the earth. You won't be able to stop them. You need me alive. I help you." Ezekiel muttered.

  "Speak something I don't know, like how does my sedary mutation or power whatever it is work? Is it soul transfer, rebirth, or memory transfer?" I asked, genuinely curious about my current abilities.

  "It's rebirth and it's not mutation or power. It's a curse. You ot die no matter what you do. Even if your physical body perishes, your soul will be reborn in another body, maybe even in a different universe." Ezekiel spat.

  "Woah! That's... iing, I guess. But if it isn't a mutation, then what the fuck is this power?" I asked with a curious tone.

  "Even I don't know. I just stumbled upon the info in Norman's office about a teen boy with uable mutation genes. It was something new. After sing your body, I found traces of celestials. However, the celestial genes were mixed with human DNA..." The old man spoke with a groan.

  "What the fuck are you talking about?" I couldn't even believe the shit he is talking about. Celestial genes?!

  Ezekiel tinued, "Your body is a perfect mix of human aial genes. But that's impossible. I even sed your body multiple times, but I got the same result. But the wavelength of your soul was too high for a normal human. Only the Celestials have a wavelength like yours. You even had some weird energy flowing through your body. Legend tells stories about an immortal being cursed by the Gods to walk on the Earth forever. So, I decided to use you to stop the disasters. Your power was too weak. But the toxins and tortures awakened your potential right before your physical body gave out. After your death, I guided your soul using a occult magic t you into this reality... That's the truth..."

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