Spider-Man panted, "We.....Need to talk"

"Okay, Speak! Are you here to scold me? Or Are you here to tell me what I'm doing is bad or whatever generic shit you Superheroes say!"

Flash slowly took off his mask without hesitation. He had only known the guy for a few days but deep down he knew that he could trust his Uncle Flare, "I'm Flash Sentry", he introduced himself before taking a slight breath, "I'm your nephew", Flash's face had formed a warm smile.

Flare's eyes widened but he didn't deny anything he was hearing, he knew the name Sentry, it was the last name of his sister's wife

Flash continued, "I was told by The Master that you were my Uncle, he had spoke very highly of you but he told me about your fall to the life of crime and how you 'died' when you became The Gold Serpent, why is that? why did Aunt Spark and The Master say that about you? Why did they lie", Flash was speaking to his Uncle sympathetically, as if he and his Uncle were like a father and son

Flare tilted his head downwards along with his gaze and he finally spoke

**Flashback Sequence**

"You know I wasn't always like this but when I was bitten by that snake I was turned into a completely different person"

A young man with light orange hair, amber skin and red eyes was walking in the woods. This young man was Flare when he was around the age of 16.

"Back when I used to get mad, sad or just wanted to be alone I used to head out to a forest near my childhood home, it was just relaxing area for me to be in, but that would all come to an end when one day...."

Flare was stressed due to all his class work he had been given while his sister Spark devoured the work as if it were nothing, along with that he had been trying to master Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, something that despite the fact that Flare was the most talented student still took Flare a while to learn.

"I was walking through the woods when I came across a now extinct species of snake, a Gold Serpent"

"So that's how you got your name !"

"Indeed"

Flare was walking through his favourite path through the forest and was going to his favorite tree so he could climb it and maybe do his homework in peace but his plans would not go as planned

As Flare had gotten to his favorite tree a snake known as a Gold Serpent had slithered his way to Flare catching his attention.

Flare however knew how to take care snakes and he pulled out a switch blade and gotten into a defensive stance just in case he would have to use hand-hand combat.

"I used to carry a switch blade around, where I used to live no place was safe except for home"

Both Flare and the gold serpent stared at each other as Flare pointed his switchblade at the snake which intimidated the snake

The Snake quickly slithered towards Flare but unknown to Flare this was no ordinary snake. This snake was special for it's agility, quickness and stealth so the snake slithered right past Flare much to his surprise. The snake started it's attack on Flare by biting him in the thigh, it's fangs releasing all it's venom into Flare's bloodstream

Flare screamed in pain,"AHHHHHHHHH!", His scream could be heard from some of the locals who immediately started running towards the direction of the noise

Flare fell to the ground clutching his leg dropping his switch blade as the snake wrapped itself around Flare's neck and started choking him making Flare start to grasp the snake with his two hands

"That was probably the second most painful experience I've ever been through but even so I was able to get myself out of that situation"

As the snake was chocking Flare he saw his switch blade he used one of his hands to grab it. Flare used all his might and stabbed the snake in the eye making it hiss and slither off leaving Flare to clutch his leg as some people started rushing to Flare's aid

**End of Sequence**

"According to legend, the venom of a Gold Serpent was enough to change a person entirely so back then criminals used it to change their personalities along with how they looked, but when the venom affected me, the once kind person I used to be died"

Flash felt a bit of a connection between him and his uncle. When he got bit by that Spider it had also changed him at one point his ego had grown too much which ended up in detrimental consequences

"So what was your most painful experience?", Flash asked

Flare sighed, "When I had ran into my sister during my early years as The Gold Serpent. Her words still haunt me to this day", The words what happened to you? Where is my brother? were said by Spark when they had crossed paths years ago

"Why haven't ever asked for forgiveness?", Flash asked, "Aunt Spark seems like the person who would forgive you for everything you've done, even I forgive you", Flash said

"It's too late for me Flash", Flare stated finally saying his nephews name, "I appreciate your forgiveness but I have done far too many things in my life. Things I'm starting to regret the more and more I think about them"

Flash had no idea what to do. He had thought that he could get his Uncle Flare to ask his family for forgiveness but he was proved wrong even if he insisted his Uncle to do so.

Flare got up off of his feet and used all of his might to break the web around his body in half and he stood on the ledge of the building and he put on his wrist grappling hooks, "Thank you for everything you've done Flash, but I must find my own way." Flare took off his scarf and threw it to Flash , "And don't worry, your secret is safe with me"

Flare shot his grappling hook and jumped off the ledge swinging off into the night sky

Flash held the scarf in his hand, he stared at it before stuffing it in his jacket as he watched his Uncle leave. Flash looked to the ground and picked up his mask. Spider-Man put his mask on and swung off in a different direction back to his Aunt's house.

Spider-Man got back to his Aunt's house he landed on the wall and started crawling towards his room window. But when Flash got a quick glance at the window and to his shock his Aunts, Snowstorm and Firestar were in his room.

Spider-Man's lenses widened in shock as he tried to hide and looked for other ways to get into the house but to even more shock he heard his Aunt Thunderstar call out to him as they must've noticed he had came back from his fight with his Uncle

"Flash! You can come in!", She invited Flash to come in through the window, They knew I was gone

Spider-Man jumped in through the open window and he took off his mask, "You knew?", He asked still in a state of shock

"You're not as sneaky as you think young man", Spark teased, "Don't worry this will be our little secret and this doesn't change anything between us, you're still our nephew", she reassured him

Though Flash had a warm smile on the outside, he was being hard on himself even as going as far as blaming himself What've I done!? I completely became to careless and now a part of my family knows Spider-Man's secret identity

Snowstorm walked up to Flash holding her teddy bear and looked up to him, "Why Cousin Flash mad at himself, Cousin Flash Spider-Man?", she asked

Flash's eyes widened as he looked down at his cousin who had just looked right through him and he decided not to lie and he knelt down to his cousin. Flash sighed and kind of chuckled, "Look Snowstorm, your cousin Flash is mad at himself for being irresponsible, he did not do a good job on keeping his secret and now, and now he doesn't know what to do"

"You no trust us?", Snowstorm asked

"No it's not that! It's just if my identity ever got out to the public, than I fear that people, people who hate me would go after everyone that's close to me, even you guys"

Spark and Thunderstar looked at each other. They finally realized one of Spider-Man's inner conflicts, the loss of someone close to him, something most likely building up inside him all year since he became Spider-Man

"Hey!", Thunderstar said, "That's never gonna happen", She, Spark and Firestar all hugged Flash to try to comfort him

"CRASH!"

Flare crashed through the window of Mr.X's Skyscraper with a silent cold expression on his face

Mr. X chuckled and he spoke with a calm tone, "Ahh My favorite Mercenary! What brings you here on this fine night, maybe it's your termination", he said that as though it was an exciting event

"My Termination?", Flare asked

Mr. X sighed, "I am very disappointed in you Serpent. You had one job and you managed to have it compromised by a irrelevant vigilante, you're fired"

There was silence in the room for what felt like hours but in reality it was a few seconds.

Flare took out his gun and pointed it at Mr. X, "No.... You're Fired", He giggled as he shot Mr. X in the chest much to Mr. X's shock and fear, he had not actually prepared for his own death

Flare continued to approach Mr. X and continued to shoot him until the silhouette of Mr. X fell off his chair and laid on the ground motionless.

To really seal the deal, Flare took out a kunai and put it through Mr. X's throat making sure he can never come back to bite him in the ass

*****

Flare had made his way to the police turning himself in, "私は金の蛇です、あなたがする必要があることは何でもしてください (I am the Gold Serpent, do whatever you need to do)", He threw all of his weaponry on the police desk as a bunch of police swarmed towards Flare as they put him in handcuffs and put it out onto all media platforms that The Serpent has been captured

Weeks had passed and Flash could finally relax after his first 2 crazy weeks in Tokyo taking down The Serpent. But after that there was never any major villains ever to come out of the shadows and Flash finally let the police take care of the crime in Tokyo instead of him having to take care of it himself.

Flash and his relatives had heard about Flare's sentence to 76 years in a federal penitentiary which shocked him and his relatives. Speaking of which Flash had convinced his Aunt Spark to finally reunite with her brother and promised not to tell his Mom that he brother in law was still alive

Flash had also bonded a lot with his cousins showing them all types of Spider-Man tricks, but as time kept going so to did Flash's stay in Tokyo and he finally had to say goodbye to his family in Tokyo but before that he had to make one quick pit stop

"Why are we at Master Akira's dojo", Aunt Spark asked, "How did you even know about this place?"

Flash chuckled, "Well you're gonna have to discuss that with Firestar , anyways I won't take too long", Flash had gotten out of the car and walked inside The Dojo to say his farewell to The Master

"Master", Flash bowed

"Sentry", The Master or as we now know him as, Master Akira also bowed, "What brings you here at this time of night?"

"I am going back to America, specifically Equestria and to the city of Canterlot and I just wanted to say goodbye"

Master Akira tilted his head up a little as he smirked, "You have been an extraordinary student, you will be missed", Master Akira said

But Flash had one more question that he needed to ask just before he left Tokyo, "Master I have to ask", Master Akira looked at him with confusion, "Did you tell me about Spark and Flare because you knew who I really was, you knew I was Spider-Man"

The Master's eyes widened slightly but he still had a smirk on his face, "Do not ask questions you know the answer to", He said

Flash gave The Master a smirk of his own, "So you did know, I knew it!"

The Master gave Flash some final words to send him off, "Always be mindful of your physical actions, and always make sure you think before changing into a costume in the middle of an alleyway"

Flash bowed to Master Akira as he left, "I will Master, I will"

Flash left the dojo leaving Master Akira alone in his Dojo, The Master walked to the glass cabinet and he held the picture of Flash's parents and relatives and he spoke out of key so to speak, "You did good kid, you did good", he said looking at the picture of Flash's Dad

Flash and his relatives were all inside the airport as Flash was about to head to his flight he gave them one final goodbye, "Well guys this is it, this is gonna be a summer I'm never gonna forget thanks to all of you!"

Flash's Aunt Thunderstar who was visibly crying hugged Flash and acted like his mother for a few seconds, "Be careful and land safely"

Aunt Spark then went up to hug Flash handing him their number, "Flash if you need anything, any advice whenever you feel down in the dumps or you're stressed from your Spider-Man gig, were one phone call away", Flash smiled.

He then approached his two cousins first approaching Firestar, "Hey!"

"Hey!", She replied

He put his hand on top of her head, "Be careful in high school, always have an agenda to stay organized and don't hang with people you know are gonna be trouble"

Firestar chuckled, "Yeah whatever", they both shared one last secret handshake before Flash turned to Snowstorm picking her up much to her amusement

"As for you! Respect your parents and be a kind and empathetic person", She giggled as Flash put her down

"Flight 65B is about to depart I repeat Flight 65B, Canterlot City"

Flash's eyes widened, "Oh wow I really need to go", Flash and his relatives all went in for one last big hug before Flash started sprinting to the gate

He turned his head to look back and waive his hand goodbye to his relatives, "GOODBYE!"

They all waived goodbye and Flash could still see them even as the crowd walked past his gaze.

*****

Flash made it onto the airplane and he looked out his window as he watched his relatives finally leave, that same lump feeling in his throat came back and he couldn't help but smirk to his expense.

"Goodbye...Tokyo"

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Author's Note

And that was Chapter 10, of course we have the epilouge before we can finally say the book is done but this is the last chapter to this story and it has been a fun ride while it lasted and I am super hyped to be writing issue #4 next month

So in this chapter I finally gave a part of Serpent's backstory as I'm gonna leave him as a mysterious character. Now orignally Serpent was supposed to be arrested immediatley after the bridge fight but that was before I conceptualized the idea of Serpent being Flash's uncle

Another event that was also conceived from the Uncle Serpent event was Serpent or Flare killing his employer Mr. X, I'm gonna confirm it right now that Mr. X was the one who made Serpent the way he was for years and he had been torturing him along with making threats to Serpent's relatives

So another part in this chapter which I added was Flash realizing that Master Akira, (I lowkey just gave him that name btw) knew he was Spider-Man so yeah that was kinda cool