American Comics: The Matrix

Chapter 12 Family
"Hi, Aunt May."

Bant saw Mei from afar standing under the street light, leaning against the tiny light source.

"Little Ben?" Mei called out, surprised and relieved at the same time, her gray hair drooping down, she hurried to Bant and grabbed Bant's wrist with her wrinkled hand.

In order to support the family and raise their two children, she and Ben suffered a lot.

Aunt Mei didn't have much education, and for so long, she could only do dirty and tiring work like washing dishes, and her salary was pitifully low. But she never complained.

"How did you come?"

'Of course it's because I'm worried,' Bant thought.

For most of the Spider-Man universes, web-slinging events are as inevitable as fate. Sometimes you prevent one event, but others will be triggered one after another.

Bant was worried that if he prevented Uncle Ben from dying, Aunt May would be in danger, so he reminded Peter not to forget to pick up Aunt May after school. But even so, he was still worried.

Now it seems that he was right, because Peter still forgot about it.

Bant was a little annoyed when he thought of this, but in order not to worry Aunt May, he still said, "Peter went to the Osborne Group to find Dr. Connors, so he doesn't have time. I can only pick you up."

When Aunt May heard the name Dr. Connors, her heart skipped a beat. She knew that the doctor had a close relationship with Peter's parents, and Peter was probably looking for him to find out about his parents.

Peter has been obsessed with the suitcase left behind by his parents since he found it in the warehouse, which inevitably makes Aunt May, who raised him and is gentle and sensitive, feel a little uncomfortable.

She has always treated Bant and Peter as her own sons, but Peter's behavior during this period made her worried.

Maybe that’s not what the kids think.

perhaps……

Of course, more importantly, Peter's parents left in a hurry after leaving young Peter behind, and there has been no news to this day. She and Ben have tried to call the police, but there has been no news. They were obviously involved in a terrible incident, and she and Ben were powerless to do anything about it.

Because of this, May was even more worried that Peter would get deeper and deeper into danger, and by that time, they might be unable to do anything.

"Don't worry, May," Bant put his arm around Aunt May's shoulders and comforted her, "Peter is just a little too obsessed with his parents' affairs because he has been exposed to them for the first time in so many years."

Aunt May nodded, her eyes were red, and her rough palms tightly held Bant's hands, as if once she let go, her two children would immediately fly into the distance and disappear.

She actually wanted to ask Bant if he also wanted to find his biological parents like Peter.

But she didn't dare to speak.

Because she knew that if the child wanted to return to his parents, it was a reasonable thing to do, and she had no reason to stop Bant, just as she had no reason to stop Peter from investigating his parents' affairs now.

But if there really came a day when she might lose Bant or Peter, she might find it difficult to accept.

Fortunately, Bant held her tightly and said, "Let's go back quickly, Aunt Mei. I'm starving!"

In the darkness of night, Bant and Aunt May walked back home side by side.

When they got home, Uncle Ben had been waiting anxiously at the door for a long time. Seeing Bant and Aunt May walking back together, he hurried over.

"Bant, May?" Uncle Ben looked a little surprised. He obviously didn't expect that the person who would take May home would be Bant instead of Peter.

"Where's Peter?" he asked.

"Peter went to see Dr. Connors, so he asked me to pick up Aunt May." Bant had to repeat what he had said to Aunt May before.

But Uncle Ben is not as easy to fool as Aunt May.

He looked at Bant with a complicated look. Obviously, he had noticed that Bant lied for Peter, but in the end, he did not expose the lie, nor did he criticize Bant for lying. Instead, he felt relieved. Lying was wrong, but he also understood that Bant did it for his family.

All along, his two children were very sensible, but Bant was never the same as Peter, he was much more mature. Many times, Ben felt that Bant's appearance was a gift from God to their family.

"Thank you, kid," he said.

"It's nothing. This is what I should do." Bant said, "You can leave these things to me in the future. I am free every day."

"I really want to, but you went out too early this morning." Uncle Ben laughed with red eyes, patted Bant's shoulder with his heavy palm, and said, "Okay, you take Mei back first, I'll wait for Peter."

"It's so late, go in and wait." Bant put his arm around Uncle Ben and tried to pull him into the room.

Ben stretched out his other hand and held Bant down. His tone was gentle, but his eyes were firm: "No, no, I'll wait for him here."

With Bant's current strength, he could pull Uncle Ben into the house with just one little finger, but when he grabbed Uncle Ben's arm, it was like pulling a heavy mountain.

He knew that Uncle Ben stayed here because he wanted to have a serious talk with Peter. He also knew that during this conversation, Peter, who had just gained power and whose mind was full of his parents, would get angry and hurt Uncle Ben and Aunt May.

Moreover, it was because of this quarrel that Peter slammed the door and walked out, and Uncle Ben was shot by the robbers in order to find Peter. Although Bant had dealt with Dennis in advance, he still couldn't rest assured when it really came to this moment.

Without Dennis, there might be Sandman…

He wanted to stop the conversation and resolve the crisis in advance by killing Dennis.

But it's not as simple as killing a person.

Finally, he could only nod and walk into the house with Aunt Mei.

Compared to Bant, Mei looked more worried, and she obviously realized what was going to happen next.

"It's okay." Bant whispered in her ear to comfort her, "I think we should go to the kitchen and prepare something to eat. I think the two of them might get hungry after a while of arguing."

Aunt May was amused by him: "No, neither you nor Peter will quarrel with us, never."

She said this with great confidence, but walked towards the kitchen very honestly.

Bant looked at her thin back and nodded seriously: "You are right, Aunt Mei, we won't. If Peter dares to do this, I will let him know how powerful I am!"

"Don't fight." Mei said as she opened the refrigerator, "What would you like to eat tonight?"

"How about something simple?" Bant sat down at the dining table. "Fried chicken or pork chops? I'm so hungry now that I could eat a whole pig!"

Bant was definitely not joking.

Because of the Omnitrix, he gained spider powers like Peter, but this superpower was not complete at the beginning, but continued to increase over time. Obviously, Bant's superpowers are still growing rapidly.

The changes this growth brings to his body far exceed the changes during his entire puberty, which will inevitably lead to him needing to eat a lot to replenish energy until his spider abilities stabilize.

On the contrary, repeatedly transforming into an alien hero did not consume too much of his physical strength.

This aspect consumes the energy of the Omnitrix itself.

Just at this moment, there was a sound outside the door.

Peter is back.

(End of this chapter)