An Accidental Discovery
Chapter 42: An Accidental Discovery
Peter and Cindy were exhausted today. Not only today was filled with multiple meetings, but apparently, there was a sudden rush of crime popping up, and it was not stopping. Right now, Peter and Cindy were swinging their way back to their apartment to get some well-deserved sleep after all the crime-stopping they did in the night.
"You okay there Cindy?" Peter asked.
"Yeah. I'm just...really tired. That's all."
"No kidding. I thought this was never going to end."
"The meetings or the string of crimes?"
"Both of them," Peter moaned.
Cindy giggled at what Peter said. "Don't worry, everything is done...for now at least."
"Yeah. And the whole process starts all over again tomorrow."
Peter and Cindy then landed on the balcony of their apartment secretly. When they entered the balcony, they closed the balcony's doors quietly and took off their masks in their bedroom, thinking that they weren't being watched by anyone.
Sadly, they were wrong.
"Mom? Dad?"
Peter and Cindy froze in midair as they looked at the source of the voice from the corner. The voice came from Andrew, who was wondering who was in the corner of the hallway. He wasn't alone though. Alongside him was Alice who was curious enough as well.
"W-What's going on?" Alice asked.
"Oh! It's nothing sweetie! It's just-" Cindy tried to explain but was cut off.
"Why are you two wearing Spiderman and Silk's costumes?"
"Well uh...you see..." Peter tried to explain but failed miserably.
"And how did you two get here when we didn't see you at the front door?"
"Well uh...we-"
"And why do you have the masks? Are you two Spiderman and Silk?"
As the questions continued kept piling up from Andrew and Alice's mouths, Peter and Cindy were in a bit of a panicked state. They couldn't believe that out of all people, their children spotted them in their costumes right now of all times. They were hoping to explain this to Andrew and Alice when they get older, but they might as well cross that off the list. Not only that, but they were worried about how they might take this.
Eventually, the questions died out, giving Peter and Cindy a breather to think about what to do in this situation.
After a few seconds, Peter and Cindy came to a decision.
"Andrew, Alice, we'll tell everything, but we'll do it in the living room."
"Okay!" Andrew and Alice exclaimed excitedly as they left the room, leaving Peter and Cindy alone.
"This is going to take some time..." they thought.
After a few minutes of changing out of their costumes and wearing normal clothes, Peter and Cindy went into the living room to see Andrew and Alice sitting on the couch impatiently and excitedly. It looked like they seriously want some answers, and they want them now. Peter and Cindy let out a sigh as they have to tell the whole story now that they have been exposed by their own kids.
"So...where do you want us to start from?" Peter asked.
"Well...how did mom and dad become Spiderman and Silk?" Andrew asked.
Peter let out a small sigh. "It all started when I was in my high school years, during a field trip in Oscorp."
"Oscorp? That weird company?" Alice asked.
"Yes Alice, that Oscorp. Anyways, during the field trip in Oscorp, I ended up getting bitten by a radioactive spider. Your mother was there too as well when that happened."
"Really?!"
"Yes. In fact, the same spider that bit me also bit your mother as well."
"Huh...wait, were you and mom were together at the time?" Andrew asked.
Cindy gave her son a sad smile. "Sadly, no. We didn't know each other at the time. And if anything, mom had to go somewhere really far from here after I got bitten by the spider."
"Why?" Alice asked.
"Because of...well...family issues and safety."
"Oh."
"Yeah. Anyways, after I got bitten by the spider, a lot of stuff happened," Peter said.
"Like what?" Andrew asked.
"Well...I had to go balance crime fighting while handing high school at the same time. It was the same in my college years and even after that as well."
"Wow. Did you meet mom during that time?"
"Yes."
"How did it turn out?" Alice asked.
Peter and Cindy quickly blushed and turned their faces away from each other as they remembered the first time they met. They were relieving the memories of their first meeting, where it ended up with them kissing each other on the lips in heat.
Alice quickly noticed this and asked, "Mom, dad, are you okay?"
"Huh? Oh yeah. Just...relieving some memories, that's all," Peter quickly replied as he snapped out of his daydream.
"Of your meeting?"
"Yeah. After all...it was special," Cindy said with a blush.
"Wow. How special was it?" Alice asked.
"Really special."
"Huh."
"Yeah. Anyways, can you two promise us to not tell other people about us?"
"Why?" Andrew asked like there was nothing wrong with that.
"Because well...mom and dad have to keep their identities a secret. If anyone finds out about us, we...well...wouldn't be able to have any privacy around us."
Andrew and Alice shook their heads in confusion. "What do you mean by that?"
Peter let out a sigh. "Let me ask you two this. Do you like random people following you and your actions every day, without your permission?"
"No! That would be creepy!" Alice exclaimed.
"Exactly. I don't want people following you around unless if they're your friends. Not only that, but I don't want you two to get hurt from said people, okay?"
"Okay."
"Good. Now, any other questions?" Peter asked.
"Well...if you two are Spiderman and Silk, then does that mean we can do the same thing as well?" Andrew asked.
Cindy quickly stepped in and yelled, "NO!" Both Peter, Andrew, and Alice were surprised at Cindy's sudden outburst. Cindy then calmed down after her outburst and said, "Sorry, but I don't want you two to try pulling off the same stuff we do every day."
"Why?" Alice asked.
"Because like Peter said, I don't want you two to get hurt, not when you're this young. As your mother, I don't want you two to go out fighting crime at this age."
"But-"
"No buts."
Andrew and Alice looked sad before Peter decided to give Andrew and Alice some words of comfort. "Don't worry, I'll teach you two when you're older."
Andrew and Alice had faces of hope after hearing that. "Really!?"
"Yup."
Cindy gave Peter a face of worry. "Peter..."
"Don't worry Cindy," Peter assured. "I'm not going to put them what you went through. Not only that, but they'll need to defend themselves eventually because of the attention they may draw out. It wouldn't hurt to teach them a thing or two about self-defense and their powers."
After some thinking, Cindy reluctantly agreed. "Well...if it's you Peter, then I can trust you with it then."
"Uh mom, dad?" Andrew asked.
Peter and Cindy quickly turned to their kids. "What is it sweetie?"
"What was it like being Spiderman and Silk?"
Peter and Cindy looked at each other and smiled before telling their experience to their children in the form of stories...