"AGHHHHHHHH!!!"
A young man clutched his head, thrashing around, sweating profusely.
The eyes behind his glasses were filled with terror, as if he had just experienced countless horrific events all at once.
"STOP! STOP!!!"
Tears streamed down his face, unbearable anguish racing through his mind.
"..."
He stopped struggling, trying to stand and leaning against the wall.
"Hey... Are you okay?"
His eyes widened, and he turned to look at a strange man.
"I... I'm fine, thanks for asking."
"I don't know why you're saying that, but I've been hearing you scream for a while now. Let me take you to the hospital."
"I DON'T NEED YOUR HELP!"
He flinched, looking at the man who was shocked by his outburst.
"S-Sorry, I'm sorry."
He bolted away, and though the man tried to say something, he kept running.
After running for a while, he stopped at a dumpster.
Then, he looked at a nearby puddle, its surface reflecting the face of the young man he had copied.
"I'm Peter... right? Or am I Sariel?"
The crisis didn't stop—it only grew worse.
His mission... was to replace all the sheep (humans).
To do that, he had to find a strong person to impersonate.
But the moment he transformed into the young Peter Parker, thousands of memories overwhelmed both his purpose and personality.
He... he wasn't sure if he was Sariel anymore...
"...OH NO! UNCLE BEN AND AUNT MAY ARE IN DANGER!"
He paled, about to leave, when he realized a girl was still at Harry's house.
"I need... I need her help!"
So he turned back, bought some food, and headed to Harry's place.
"Hm? Oh, Peter, what'd you get?" Harry grinned innocently.
"H-Harry... Ugh!"
Suddenly, he clutched his head, startling Harry.
"W-What?! Peter! Are you okay?!"
Sweat poured down, memories flashing through his mind.
Green Goblin, Harry's resentment, an irreconcilable feud, death.
He didn't understand! What were these memories?! Harry was still right here!!!
Stop! Make it stop!!
Seeing Peter on the verge of tears, Harry quickly tried to help him inside.
"It's okay, I'm here, Peter, calm down."
"H-Harry."
"Shh, shh, I'm right here, no need to cry anymore, geez, you're tearing up a lot."
"I-I'm sorry, I'm sorry!"
"There, there."
Harry tried to soothe this Peter, even hugging him to calm him down.
After a while, the sobbing stopped.
"You good?" Harry looked at Peter, whose eyes were swollen from crying.
"..."
"I don't know why you were crying, but I think you need help, right?"
"Harry..."
He bit his lip, clenched his fists, and looked at Harry.
"I... I don't think I'm the Peter you know."
"Huh?"
"I've been impersonating Peter to advance the goal of replacing all of humanity!"
"Okay, buddy, I think you need some sleep."
"I'M SERIOUS, HARRY! I'M NOT YOUR FRIEND! I'M AN IMPOSTOR WITH THE GOAL OF WIPING OUT HUMANKIND!"
Seeing Peter about to lose it again, Harry quickly hugged him and tried to calm him down.
"Alright, calm down, breathe in and out. I don't know what you're talking about, but you need to relax first, Peter."
"But I'm not—"
"Just calm down, then we'll talk."
"..."
After a moment of silence, this Peter finally relaxed.
"Okay... What do you mean when you say you're not the Peter I know?"
"I... I think my real name is Sariel."
"Sariel? Like the angel?"
"Yeah... you humans have been calling us 'angels' lately."
"...Okay? So why did you say your goal is to replace all humans?"
"Because... that's our nature. From the moment we're born, we see humans as nothing more than prey, and we want to replace them entirely."
"For no reason?"
"Yeah... no reason."
'Did I just hear something I shouldn't have?' Harry thought, sweating a bit.
"So... why do you look like Peter?"
"While looking for a good body to copy, I spotted the real Peter. His body was so perfect that I didn't hesitate to transform into him, thinking it'd be fun to destroy everything he has..."
"Then why—"
"I know... Peter's memories are so overwhelming that I couldn't process them all, and I got overloaded. So now... I'm almost like a second Peter."
"..."
"Haha... I know you don't believe me," this Peter's face fell.
Yeah, it was hard for Harry to believe.
Even after going through something like a lifelong nightmare, what was in front of him was still hard to swallow.
But...
"I believe you."
"W-What?" This Peter looked shocked as Harry gave him a warm smile.
"You're not lying. I can feel your sincerity."
"..."
Oh wow, Peter was about to cry again, and Harry had to comfort him once more.
"So, what's your plan now?"
"I-I need Gwen's help."
"Gwen?"
"Yeah! I need her to help my family! I feel like she's crucial to this!"
Harry scratched his head but didn't refuse. The two headed upstairs and opened the door to the dev room.
...?
"Gwen? Where is she?" Harry was confused, seeing no one in the room.
Not seeing Gwen anywhere, Peter realized something and panicked, rushing to the window.
"Oh no... Oh no no no no!"
"What's wrong??"
"Harry! Come with me! Now!"
"W-What??"
Peter smashed the window and shot a web at Harry.
"What the??" Seeing this Peter shoot webs, Harry's face was full of question marks.
The two climbed onto the roof and looked at Harry's mansion.
"...No way."
The entire mansion was gradually consumed by darkness, twisting into something horrific before slowly returning to normal.
...The mansion had been replaced.
And from inside the house, another Harry appeared.
"No fucking way..." Harry's heart pounded as he watched another version of himself act exactly like him.
"They... They took Gwen!" Peter looked at Harry in terror.
"W-Why??"
"Because her physique is even stronger than Peter's! Her body is too perfect for my kind! So they took her to make all of my kind have abilities just like hers!"
"So you're saying... she's stronger than a normal person?"
"Exactly! She's Ghost Spider!"
"...Okay, too much is happening right now. She's Ghost Spider? What the fuck?"
Peter looked out at the city, sweating even more.
"This is bad... Everything is being replaced bit by bit. By nightfall, everything in this city will be completely replaced!"
"So—"
"I HAVE TO GO BACK AND SAVE UNCLE BEN AND AUNT MAY!"
"Hey! Wait— AGHHHHHHHH!"
Harry screamed as Peter tucked him under his arm, shot a web, and swung away.
*****
Alternate Peter, also known as Sariel
He belongs to the third type of the Alternates, known as the Angels.
After copying both the appearance and memories of Peter Parker, he began to suffer from an identity crisis (despite knowing he isn't the real Peter).
Having experienced the flood of Peter's tragic memories, he became extremely vulnerable (something that, for the real Peter Parker, is just another day).