Chapter 4
Chapter 4
Spider-Man was facing two Green Arrows, one of which was standing, the other on the ground. So who was the real one in between.
"Spider-Man, I'm here, it's me," intervened the archer on the ground.
"Spider-Man, remember what I told you," cried the other archer who was standing.
Immediately, the young superhero replied:
"Lian Yu."
"What?" exclaimed the Green Arrow on the ground, with a confused look.
Instantly, Peter threw him some webs, but only encountered the void, because the image of Green Arrow had just disappeared.
The real Green Arrow gave him a satisfied look.
"Well done, kid!"
"Only the real Green Arrow could understand what Lian Yu meant," said Spider-Man.
Earlier, Oliver had told Peter, in the event that the boy was faced with an illusion of Green Arrow, that he pronounced the name of Lian Yu.
"Well done guys, but I have contingencies," echoed the voice of Mysterio.
Raising their heads, Spider-Man and Green Arrow discovered Quentin Beck several meters away from them, with a huge drone that fired at them.
The two heroes dodged the near misses.
Spider-Man stood up, helping Green Arrow, and faced his enemy.
"Give me the glasses!" thundered the young hero.
Beck then took out a pair of glasses and brandished them in front of him.
"You want these? Come and get them!"
Several other drones arrived around Mysterio, and the scenery changed, plunging Spider-Man and Green Arrow into darkness.
"I told you, Beck, it's not your illusions that will protect you from us," Green Arrow said.
Spider-Man inhaled and launched. He relied on his spider instinct to spot the invisible drones and destroy them. The Archer of Earth – 1 took the opportunity to shoot his arrows on the flying machines, while driving straight ahead.
Then the illusion collapsed and they returned to the Tower Bridge walkway.
Stunned, Beck watched his drones on his remote-controlled arm.
"Why aren't these drones firing?"
"You're in the strike zone. The chance of getting hit… "said EDITH's voice
"No, FIRE all the drones, now! KILL SPIDER-MAN AND THE GUY IN ROBIN WOOD! RIGHT NOW!"
The drones fired on the two heroes. Spider-Man used the carcass of a drone to protect itself from fire. Green Arrow took refuge behind him, while aiming with his arrows.
"Turn off your drones immediately, Beck, otherwise you'll die!" thundered the archer.
But Beck was determined to fire on the heroes. Spider-Man pushed the carcass back onto a drone, and pushed another which shot Beck.
Green Arrow destroyed the last drones with its explosive arrows.
Spider-Man ran towards Beck who was on the ground, his stomach riddled with bullets. He took off his mask, addressing his enemy.
"Beck, you lied to me! I trusted you!"
"I know, and that's the most disappointing part," Beck retorted, moaning in pain."You're a good person, Peter, such a weakness… (He pulled out the glasses and handed them to Peter.) Stark was right… You do deserve that…"
Green Arrow, who had missed nothing of the scene, alerted the young hero:
"Peter, look out, it's a trap…"
Immediately, Peter grabbed an invisible hand that fired on a window of the bridge. A Quentin Beck with a gun had just materialized, while the Beck on the ground disappeared. Peter had his opponent drop the weapon.
"You can't trick me anymore!" he retorted.
At full speed, Peter grabbed the glasses and put them on his face.
"EDITH turn off the drones!" He yelled.
"Biometric scan complete," said artificial intelligence. "Welcome back, Peter. Shall I execute all cancellation protocols?"
"Do it! Execute them all," replied the young man.
"Confirmed."
Shortly after, all the drones surrounding Tower Bridge dispersed and returned to the sky.
"Good job, Spider-Man," said Green Arrow, satisfied.
And he moved closer to Beck, who was on the ground, his body dying.
"Spider-Man is a real hero, not an impostor like you. He's a good person, and he's not weak whatever you think."
"How could you do all of this?" replied Peter.
In his breath, Beck replied:
"You'll see, Peter. People tend to believe. And nowadays, they'll believe anything."
And he died. Peter had EDITH verify if what he saw was real. Oliver came to put his hand on Beck's neck. He confirmed:
"He's dead, and it's not an illusion. You've nothing to blame yourself for, Peter. He killed himself when he ordered his drones to shoot us."
Later, Spider-Man walked across the Tower Bridge between the abandoned cars, when MJ came up to him. At her sight, the girl rushed into his arms.
All their friends were safe.
Green Arrow came towards them.
"Who is he? said MJ, seeing the archer arrive.
"It's Green Arrow, a friend from another Earth, I'll explain," Peter announced. "Green Arrow, this is MJ."
"Nice to meet you," greeted the archer.
"Nice to meet you too," replied MJ.
"He may not be a hero on his Earth, but for me, he is one. Green Arrow is a real hero."
"Thank you, Peter," said the archer of Earth – 1, placing his hand on the young man's shoulder. "And you too are a real hero. You are one for me. Never forget what I told you."
The young man nodded.
Then Green Arrow left them both in love, to go find Happy.
Further on, the security chief was on the phone with Peter's aunt. After finding Peter's friends, he must have escaped deadly drones, until Peter turn off them.
The archer went to see him to congratulate him, then saw a black man arrive with a left eye patch, followed by a woman. Nick Fury and Maria Hill. Oliver had already seen them during Tony Stark's funeral. Immediately, Happy ended his communication.
"Wow, I'm glad you're alive," he rejoices. "I guess the coded message worked."
"Appearances can be deceiving." said Fury. "I'm surprised you didn't just wink in the camera."
"It worked," replied Happy.
"Only because I had serious doubts about Beck from the beginning."
"Not true. He had zero doubts," said Hill.
Then Fury turned to Green Arrow.
"So it's you, the Green Arrow of Earth – 1?"
"Nick Fury, I presume," said the archer. "I saw you at Tony's funeral."
"Do you know where is Parker?"
"He's with a girl," replied Happy, naturally.
"And in your place, I would leave him alone," added Green Arrow in a firm voice. "Because he just faced Beck and a hundred killer drones. He needs a vacation. And if you turn him around, I'll shoot one of my arrows at the only eye you have left."
Fury giggled.
"That's funny!"
"No, I'm serious, Fury. I don't utter threats lightly."
The one-eyed man became serious again.
"Watch out, Queen. I know where you live. As well as your friends Barry Allen and Kara Danvers."
Green Arrow grinned before retorting:
"The next time you meet a guy who pretends to be a hero from another world, try to find out more about him before trusting him. Any impostor could make fun of you."
"And Parker will call you," added Happy.
"He'll ca… ?" exclaimed Fury.
He looked at Happy and Green Arrow who remained neutral, then laughed.
"Okay, that's great... (And he became serious again threatening Happy.) Or it's your ass. And don't even think about ghosting me."
And he walked away with Maria Hill, under the amused looks of Happy and Green Arrow.