“Captain Stacy!” I addressed Captain Stacy as soon as I entered my home.

I could see Captain Stacy sitting in the living room, with Aunt May consoling him that Gwen would be alright.

“Ah! You are here, Peter.” Captain Stacy said in a fatigued tone.

At this moment, Captain Stacy didn't look like the proud police captain I used to admire. All I could see was a tired father who just wanted his daughter.

“Any news of Gwen.” I asked hesitantly.

“No, not even a single clue. MJ said that Gwen had went on a small patrol after school. However, there was no news of her after that. The signal of her tracker disappeared and there has been no sighting of Spider Woman since then too.

I checked the entire area where the signal had last appeared but not a single clue. The only thing I found was a disappearing web which proved that she had been in the area.”

I knew more or less what Captain Stacy was feeling. Ever since his wife had been killed by an accomplice of a murderer he had encountered, Captain Stacy only had Gwen remaining in his family. Despite the fact that he could often not be a part of Gwen's life, he loved her dearly.

“Don't worry, Captain Stacy. We will find Gwen for so now that I am here. With the help of my magic, I would surely be able to track her. Besides, she is Spider Woman. No one can hurt her easily. Come, we need to hurry.” I said to Captain Stacy, telling him to not lose hope so easily.

“You are right, Peter. I can't just sit around, wallowing in grief when Gwen is somewhere out there. Let me show you where I found the web.” Captain Stacy said as he stood up, my words lighting a spark of hope inside him.

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“Is this the place?” I asked Captain Stacy as we stepped out of an alley after arriving through a portal.

“Yes, this is the place. That is where I had found the web.” Captain Stacy pointed to the corner of a building where the slightest traces of the web could still be seen.

“But there are no signs of battle here. Gwen would not have been kidnapped without a fight and her Spider Sense would have made an sneak attack impossible.” I said since the scene before my eyes could not have looked any more common.

“I asked every pedestrian nearby but unfortunately no one had seen the actual moment where she disappeared. There was one person however who told me that he saw Spider Woman swinging by but she disappeared after entering this block. Unfortunately, he had not given it much thought, thinking that she was crawling on the walls.” Captain Stacy told me everything he had managed to find.

“Thank you, Captain Stacy. This information will be helpful in finding the exact area of Gwen's disappearance. Now, let me see what I can do.” I said, ready to search the area using the magic spells.

I quickly activated my suit’s Chameleon mode so that my spells would not be seen by a passerby.

“Let's start from here.” I decided to start from where the web had been found and as such, used an observation spell to find anything peculiar.

“This!” To think that the matter was this grave. Until now, we had been thinking of Gwen's disappearance as a unique case of kidnapping through unusual means.

Yet I now knew that this assumption could not be true. Because I could sense minute spatial fluctuations in the air just a few metres away from the building where the web had been found.

Could it be the work of a mutant with teleportation ability? But there was no other mutant with teleportation ability according to Professor Xavier and Mystique who knew virtually every mutant out there.

Just to be sure, I decided to check what kind of spatial fluctuations they were with my Dragon Sense. Every type of spatial fluctuation had a distinct feeling. The spatial fluctuations generated by a portal created by a sorcerer had a much different feeling from the spatial fluctuations generated by an interdimensional portal. Even Kurt's teleportation generated distinct spatial fluctuations.

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“Fuck” I cursed as I realised what kind of spatial fluctuations they were with my Dragon Sense. Because the spatial fluctuations gave a feeling which was similar to the interdimensional portals created by interdimensional monsters and even the ones created by Spider Supreme.

Just how had Gwen fallen into this kind of matter?

“What happened, Peter? Why do you have this kind of expression?” Captain Stacy asked as he saw the change in my expression.

“The situation is much more complex than we had thought. But I would do my best to bring Gwen back.” I told Captain Stacy the truth because I knew that an experienced police officer like him would easily pick up my lie. So, I could only tell him that I would do my best.

“Gwen will come back, right?” Captain Stacy asked, wanting to have at least this much assurance.

“This is not something I can answer as I don't have this much experience. Only Ancient One can tell anything in this matter. I will call her immediately.” I answered honestly.

I immediately messaged Ancient One about the entire matter. Ancient One, realising the seriousness of the situation, arrived at the scene in just half an hour.

“Please save my daughter, Ancient One.” Captain Stacy literally begged Ancient One as she stepped out of the portal.

“Don't worry, Captain. I will do my best to save your daughter.” Ancient One said, reassuring him.

Ancient One casted a spell but not the one I had thought she would. Once the spell was casted, I could see every nearby person moving away from here as if this place had been cursed. In just a few minutes, the entire street was empty.

“A small mind trick. It will make sure that no one disturbs us here.” Ancient One explained that she needed the street empty to completely analyse the spatial fluctuations. Next, she even created an illusory barrier.

Now that the street was empty, Ancient One took a deep sigh and created magic circles in both of her hands, clearly going to cast a grand spell.

Ancient One clapped her hands together, causing a giant spell circle to materialise high in the air with the symbol of an eye on the centre. The eye symbol glowed as if analysing everything beneath it.

Ancient One's face deepened into a frown as she clearly didn't like what she had just learnt from the analysis spell.

“Eye of Agamotto, open!” To my surprise, Ancient One even used the Eye of Agamotto so that she could find what actually happened here.

Due to the effect of the Eye of Agamotto, a holographic image of Gwen appeared. Ancient One was recreating the past to learn the truth of Gwen's disappearance.

We could see it clearly with the power of the Eye of Agamotto that Gwen was just swinging like usual when a portal suddenly appeared in front of her and sucked her in before she had any time to resist.

Ancient One repeated the scene a few more times before closing the Eye of Agamotto and removing the grand analysis spell.

“What was that portal, Ancient One?” Captain Stacy asked anxiously.

“I can't tell it here. Perhaps Peter's home would be a good place.” Ancient One said instead of reporting the result.

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“Can you tell me now please?” Captain Stacy asked Ancient One in a desperate voice once all of us were seated in the living room.

“I will be truthful, Captain Stacy. It is impossible for us to have any control over Gwen’s situation. In other words, we can't find Gwen.” Ancient One answered truthfully, saying the bitter truth without any hesitation.

To be honest, I also had this assumption but I just didn't want to accept that Gwen had suddenly disappeared and I couldn't even find her.

“What do you mean you can't find Gwen?” Captain Stacy shouted furiously at Ancient One.

“Calm down, George! Shouting will not change anything.” Aunt May said, consoling Captain Stacy despite being sad herself at the news.

“Please find Gwen. She is the only one I have left.” Captain Stacy begged Ancient One tearfully once he calmed down.

“I wish I could do anything, Captain Stacy. But Gwen has been flung across dimensions, her destination unknown. We can't even find the dimension where she landed, much less go there.” Ancient One explained what had exactly happened with Gwen.

“Can't you travel across dimensions like Spider Supreme?” Captain Stacy asked, his voice desperate.

“Spider Supreme's situation is different. In Kamar Taj, the study of interdimensional travel is actually outright banned since it can invite dimension invasions. Only the Sorcerer Supreme had the right to study it and only if it involves the fate of the entire Earth.” Ancient One explained her helplessness.

“Why did this even happen with Gwen?” Captain Stacy asked sorrowfully.

“This is something I unfortunately don't know.” Ancient One answered, looking lost for the first time.

Suddenly, both mine and Ancient One's eyes widened as we sensed intense spatial fluctuations in the living room.

A rainbow portal I knew all too well manifested and from it appeared,a drone?

It was indeed a drone although its entire body was covered in runes and it had a spider symbol on it.

The back of the drone opened, revealing a projector inside it which soon activated.

“Hello, everyone!” A hologram of Spider Supreme appeared from the projector and greeted us.

“I believe I have the answers to all of your questions regarding Gwen who all of you are searching for endlessly.”