Mission Failed, (Horribly)

by MainlyKnife

Summary:

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"Awh, come on, Curry! I ain't doing you no harm," Miles taunted, he didn't know her actual name so he just 'feminized' Curt.(That's the lizard's actual name right? Miles thought he listened well enough to Peter B…)

It made her angry if the loud growl was to go by, "Only my friends call me 'Curry'!" She roared, oh yikes is this another Liv situation?

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Or,
Miles gets to go on his first mission alone, it goes wrong obviously.

Chapter 1: Miles Struggles On His Own

Miles will admit he’s never been a ‘think it through’ kind of guy, he always runs into things head first and hoping for the best.

Usually, it works. He might be a bit beat up or something, but most of the time, Miles is A Okay after a more reckless patch of a mission.

Instead, this was one of Miles’ solo missions, Miguel hadn’t put him on one since he got recruited about six months ago. Slowly, it seems Miguel was starting to trust Miles, which was a score and also a loss.

Since it seems that the more Miguel trusts Miles, the more he critiques Miles’ every move, not that it bugs Miles, of course not. Although he would like it if he actually said he did a good job every once in a while.

Still though, Miles is excited, he knows this is his chance to prove he can do something right, besides rightfully screwing things up.

But he did say he never the think it through type, right?

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Miles walked through the warp, nausea tugging at his stomach and his skin tingling slightly, certainly an unwelcome feeling but he could manage.

The reason Miles was here, was a ‘The Lizard’ from some earth number too long for Miles to remember that was most definitely not supposed to be here.

It was rather easy to spot her in the loud, colorful city below Miles, she had posed herself on top of a huge building, one that Miles couldn’t name considering he thinks(?) that he’s in north–.... He means Canada. He shivers at the memories of Spider-Canada drilling into his brain that it’s ‘Canada’ not north america.

He swings into action(haha get it?), avoiding the signs and fire escapes that go too close to where he was swinging.

He flung himself in the air, getting high enough to see where he needed to go, and pulled himself there.

Once there, his ears were already bleeding. Ms Lizard over there wouldn't stop roaring, like where was he? Animal Jam?

Miles sighed, resisting the urge to cover his sensitive ears and walked towards the villainess.

"Ay! Lady! Cool it! I don't want noise complaints!" Miles shouted to her, alerting the giant lizard woman where he was.

"Ah.. Spider-Wo… Who are you?" She asked, more like growled but Miles is trying to be nice here. They circled each other for a moment, Miles reaching his arms up to cradle his head in a calm and relaxed position.

"Spider-man, sorry to disappoint," Miles shot some webs at her, trying to see how she reacts to better understand his opponent. She tore right through them, meaning he'll have to knock her out instead.

He fought back a groan of annoyance when she suddenly lunged at him, he wasn't paying attention to her villain monologue probably.

He slipped out from her hands easily when he went invisible, her leaning back looking for him as though he teleported.

"Awh, come on, Curry! I ain't doing you no harm," Miles taunted, he didn't know her actual name so he just 'feminized' Curt.(That's the lizard's actual name right? Miles thought he listened well enough to Peter B…)

It made her angry if the loud growl was to go by, "Only my friends call me 'Curry'!" She roared, oh yikes is this another Liv situation?

He dodged the piece of a wall she threw at him, this continued for a while since Miles couldn't get close enough before having a chunk of concrete thrown his way.

Sadly, Miles didn't look where he put his feet when he backflipped from a slab of ceiling, and fell down one of the holes that Scaly made.

She hopped down to join him, Miles groaning in pain from hitting his head when he fell, he'll probably be fine though, maybe a trip to the SHQ's medbay though…

His thoughts were cut off by a hit to his chest, he groaned again, tears threatening the corners of his eyes, but he scrambled up. Ignoring the spinning of the room and shocking Ms Government Lizard Spy.

Miles blinked a few times, the world seemingly going blurry and unfocused then too focused at the same time.

He couldn't dwell on it long, since Scale Foundation ripped a wall off from the supports, the chunk of wall brought a few with it, and chucked it in Miles' direction.

He clumsily ducked away, noticing the ground shaking as the supports were being taken away bit by bit, suddenly a flame of fear lit inside, his spidey sense-

(RUN!)

He tried to move from the place the building was caving in on, but he could barely move from the world spinning and the vertigo that came with it.

Miles braced himself when he saw the ceiling coming to crash down on his head, along with Ms Skin Suit as well.

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When Miles finally came back from unconsciousness(?), or at least he thought he was unconscious but the force field-like thing, made out of glowing blue electricity said otherwise.

So, Miles can apparently make force fields now!

It was honestly pretty cool, he wasn’t too worried since he could see a way out when he was ready but honestly he didn’t kn–.....

Miles’ gut hit the floor.

 

The Lizard wasn’t here.

 

She wasn’t in the force field with him.

 

She was under the rubble.

 

She couldn’t have survived.

 

Miles forced in a breath, shakily he tried to count to five while breathing out, trying to push out the image his mind made of a dead body that was crushed beneath concrete.

Deep down Miles knew that it technically wasn’t his fault, that he couldn’t have stopped it either way.

It didn’t stop the horrible guilt that settled right on top of his ribs, pushing down on him with as much might as it could so it felt like he also got crushed by debris.

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Miles woke up.

That wasn’t the worrying part.

No, he was worried since he was in the medbay, tucked up tight like how the nurses and doctors in SHQ do.

He wasn’t under rubble or buried with a dead body next to him.

No, instead he saw Gwen asleep on a chair pulled up to his bed, head resting on his hand as she slept.

No, instead he looked over to see a heart monitor connected to his chest, why did he need that?

No, instead he fondly noticed Peter B. and Mayday curled up on an uncomfortable looking chair close by.

No.

Instead he found his boss staring at him from across the room, an eyebrow raised as Miguel held a pen to sign something or other while waiting for Miles to wake up.

Miles coughed when he first tried to speak, throat dry from sleep.

The second time, he mumbled a painful, “..Sir?”

Miguel looked at him unimpressed, “Yes, Morales, it’s me.” The man’s calm voice soothed a bit of Miles’ nerves from a panic attack that knocked him out(?)

“..What happened?” Miles tried to think back, but he didn’t remember being hit by anything to zonk him out or even fainting.

Miguel sighed, not in the way that he was mad or even disappointed, more so worry? But why would Miles’ boss be worried about him? Sure he almost died but he does that every mission!

“..Well, when we found you under some debris, it seemed you had gotten hit, but after we took you here they said you had a panic attack and made yourself faint.” The older explained slowly, the calmness infecting Miles until he realized what he said.

“That can happen?” Sure, Miles knew about anxiety and panic attacks since sometimes his friends suffer with them, but Miles never did.(to his knowledge)

“Sure it can, especially since you were in a air tight space that would’ve made harder to breath either way,” Miguel had put down his pen, and turned in his chair to Miles slightly, showing he was actually wanting to speak to Miles.

Miles felt his brow furrow, a conflicted face swiping over, “..huh..” Was all that he could manage to say.

Miguel obviously noticed Miles’ inner musings about the accident incident mission.

“Do make note it wasn’t your fault for what happened on that mission, Morales.” He said it like a statement, as though it would be absurd for Miles to even question other wise.

“But I could’ve-”

“Morales. You protected yourself in a dangerous situation, you cannot save everyone, that’s just the job.”

Miles felt a tear slip down his cheek, he stubbornly wiped it away, not wishing for his senior to witness this side of him.

But more kept falling and a small sob ripped from his throat, he was so caught up in trying to avoid looking at Miguel, he didn’t realize he was now sitting next to him.

Strong arms wrapped around Miles, comfortingly reminding him of his father, who would’ve been heartbroken if Miles just never came home one day.

“..You’re safe now,” Miguel whispered to him, and while he might’ve been uncomfortable with consoling the teen from the flood of memories of a little girl crying about a nightmare in his arms. Miles gripped back tighter so Miguel supposes he’ll let it slide.

 

“It’s not your fault,”

Chapter 2: Being Avoidant Of Failed Missions, Doesn't Solve Them

Summary:

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"Come on! You need to lighten up, you avoid the poor kid," Lyla's annoying voice sounded through the office, grating on Miguel's ears.

Really makes him wonder why he made her.

"I'm not avoiding him, I just don't feel the need to talk to him," Miguel mutters to the A.I glitching around him.

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Or,
Miles and Miguel almost bond!

After that, on Miles' request, he was never sent on a mission alone.

He didn't care who he went with, most of the time it was Gwen or Hobie, sometimes even Pav.

This time… He wasn't expecting Miguel to volunteer.

Miles was okay with it obviously! But his boss never really goes on missions.

Plus Miles was pretty sure Miguel still hated him.

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On the other hand, Miguel was only(slightly) freaking out.

Lyla had put his name under Morales' mission overview.

Currently, Miguel was pacing in his office, trying to figure out if he can have someone substitute.

"Come on! You need to lighten up, you avoid the poor kid," Lyla's annoying voice sounded through the office, grating on Miguel's ears.

Really makes him wonder why he made her.

"I'm not avoiding him, I just don't feel the need to talk to him," Miguel mutters to the A.I glitching around him.

Shit, Miguel couldn't find any spiders that Miles knew, they were either Peter B. or they were on break and Miguel is that bad of a boss.

Miguel sighed, pushing into his seat with his hand pinching the bridge of his nose.

"..Fine, I'll do it just this once," Lyla cheered as Miguel groaned in annoyance.

Barely a minute goes by and he hears a hesitant knock and some nervous shuffling.

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Miles already didn't like this.

Not the mission–that seemed rather easy actually–no, Miles was in Miguel's office right now.

Being stared down at, while he just stood there not knowing what to do.

Miguel didn't exactly seem angry but he certainly didn't seem happy.

He said that he'll be done doing something in a bit, and for Miles to just wait.

Miles doesn't wait well.

Especially when Miguel's in the room. Since the big fight he had over letting his dad die or not, whenever he's close to Miguel, his spidey-sense freaks out.

Miles sighed, feeling the constant–(RUN) (AWAY) (LOOKOUT)–it gets annoying quick.

Suddenly Miguel stood up, pushing off the seat and putting away any papers he had out.

Then he looked towards Miles, making said teen straighten up as if he was in the army.

Honestly, SHQ is rather similar..

"Alright, let's go." Miguel said, breaking Miles out of his thoughts easily.

"Mhm!"

Miles scrambled closer to Miguel as he opened a warp, the colors mashing together.

"Did you read the overview of the mission?" Miles grimaced at thinking about the feeling of going through the warp before he even stepped into it.

"Y-Yeah, just a loose Vulture, right?" Miles looked up to Miguel, who was apparently already looking at the teen.

"Great, don't screw it up."

Miles deadpanned at the man as he walked into the warp, colors swallowing his bigger frame.

"..wow thanks for the faith, boss.." Miles mumbled as he also stepped into the warp, stomach twisting uncomfortably at traversing the multiverse.

You'd think he'd be used to it now.

When Miles stepped through, he was immediately thrown backwards–thankfully the warp was gone–into a wall.

This is what he gets for going on a mission with a man that screws with his spidey-sense.

Miles coughs, glad he doesn't bleed from the mouth since it definitely feels like he should be.

He stumbles up, ignoring the searing pain in his back and going to join the fight Miguel's having with the.. Neon Vulture?

Geez, he looks like the scratch note Miles got for his seventh birthday..

Right, The fight.

Vulture was flying around Miguel as the man tried to web him, before suddenly diving towards Miles.

On instinct, Miles made a web ball, electrified it–which he didn't know he could do–but…

It hit Miguel instead, Miles didn't have time to check on him before he had to swing away from the glowing bird.

But Vulture landed on top of Miguel, digging the talons into him.

Miles swung in, kicking Retro Vulture's face, making him let go of Miguel–who was under Vulture just a second ago.

"Ey, you good boss?" Miles called out to him from where he was webbing the Bright Vulture down, as the man writhed below under the webs.

Miguel didn't even reply, only came over to help web up Mr Fluorescent Bird.

When they put him in an electric field and threw him into a warp leading to basically a zoo of bad guys, Miguel looked over to Miles.

"You hit me." Wow, okay that's what we're talking about.

"By accident!" Miles tried to defend himself.

Emphasis on tried.

When Miles looked to Miguel, he saw that the electricity had not only fucked with his suit, but also…

Miles snorted from trying to hold back a laugh as Miguel's hair had stood up from the electricity.

Miguel didn't find it as funny as Miles did, since he basically grounded Miles from going on a mission for a month!

A Month!!

 

"Come on Man! You can't!!"

"Morales, don't call me 'man'."

Notes:

I swear this is the last time I'll do this

when I post a oneshot then add another chapter

Notes:

And then Miles went to the spider-therapist!

pls comment im so lonely

Please don't comment anything rude about the fandom or characters unless actual criticism about my writing.

Series this work belongs to:

• Part 1 of Intricate Spiderwebs