Ava and the girls had barricaded themselves inside the bunker, king of the hill was underway and their normal strategy wasn't working this time. "what the heck M.J? you said this would be a clinched win" Jessica hissed.

Paint spattered along the wall forcing the girls down lower, all 4 were pinned down in the bunker when Ava caught a glimpse of Sam racing up the hill to try and flank them. "Sam!" she shouted.

Sam stopped in his tracks, a decision he would come to regret.

Ava quickly lined him up and began to unload on him. unfortunately for Sam Ava was equipped with a long barrel so her shots, all of them, were dead on. His face was coated in paint and a few stray shots were directed somewhere a little more painful.

"OW! AAHa IT HURTS! SO FREAKING MUCH!" Sam wailed "guys! Avas out for blood run!"

Shots fired out from the bunker at the tree line for a continues minute until a set of metallic clicks echoed from inside. "did we get them?" Gwen asked.

"not really!"

The girls turned to see Peter standing in the back doorway with two six shooter pistols strapped to his legs "sorry girls but I think this ends your streak" Peter confidently chuckled.

"Peter?" they all chorused

"yeah, hi girls I'm home" he waved before quickly drawing his pistol, splattering the girls in paint. Ava was now on her own pointing her gun at Peter from just outside the bunker.

"give it up Parker I've got far more shots then you and a faster firing rate" she boasted.

"that's true Ava but I'm faster on the draw and only need one shot"

Ava looked at Peter with slight concern, his time in the old west and his reflexes did make him a better shot with six shooters but she had her own Ace. "Parker if you shoot me you're in the dog house for a month! What kind of jerk would shoot his new girl friend tell me that!"

"girlfriend? When did this happen and when did he get home?" M.J shouted.

"I wasn't going to shoot you Ava…Danny is"

"what?"

Ava felt a wave of balls pelt her in the back, she'd never been shot before, the stinging shot through her like hundreds of pins poking her in the back until she fell forward into the dirt. The game was over, the guys took the hill and finally won a game.

After the game they group went for lunch where Peter quickly made up a story about his 'vacation' and the girls told him about the western project and about M.J and Danny secret getaways

"M.J and Danny? Heh who saw that happening?"

Two by two everybody went for their food giving Peter and Ava some time alone. "so Ava what did you do for your project?" Peter asked.

"hmm wouldn't you like to know Parker" Ava smirked back "I did my project on the mysterious Arachnid kid, demon of the west"

"oh man 200 years in history and I'm still known as the demon kid" Peter groaned " I might have to go back and change my costume"

Ava quickly slid her hands around Peter's and pressed her lips to his ear "nah don't do that Parker, I kind of like the Arachnid kid look…you still have the costume right?" she whispered "cause I'd get extra credit for brining in a life like dummy especially one so accurate to the real one"

"I completely misread that whole situation" Peter sighed.

"did you really?" Ava winked.

something about her tone made Peter nervously swallow "she could probably eat me alive"

"did you just refer to me as a dummy?"

there it is the final verse, Peter is home and happy with those he belongs with. will he see Marek and the others again? anything is possible but for now the young hero is just looking forward to having his normal life again.

for the record ava went on to receive an A- for her report, having written about a debatable legend but providing a detailed attired dummy gave the teacher something to really mull over...

Danny and M.J lasted a year before Danny had to move away.

Luke and Jessica were given a surprise of a life time, a baby girl.

Sam, after meeting captain Stacey still gets to see Gwen but is now on full time chef duty when he visits.

Fury was still pissed that Peter destroyed the sceptre behind his back but when Peter gave him his old prototype six web shooters the tension defused.

May and Coulson continue their relationship (Peter continues to spy on them)

the green goblin resurfaced again reviving the Parker and Osborne clash (when you think about Peter's family had a hand in sparking the Osborn aggression)

as for Peter. he still swings around the city and chasing after Ava on his free time. at one time Spider-man was Peter's curse but now... now it's a part of him that will always remind him...he is by his very family nature a hero.

thank you everyone for reading and sticking with this story I do hope you enjoyed it, I always enjoy writing for you guys and I am sorry that I can't maintain a more regular presence here so it means a lot for everyone to review and see these stories through to the end. thank you.

Peter finished packing away his Arachnid kid costume, smiling at one last glance at the tattered sweater, shiny nickel silver revolver and even the pieces of broken stone. as he strapped the last strand of tape over the folds and slid the box under the basement stairs Peter failed to notice the eerie green glow emitting from the box after he turned off the lights.