[CENTER][h1][color=b22222][b]The Amazing Spider-Man[/b][/color][/h1][b]Peter Benjamin Parker[/b]  |  [b]Mary Jane Watson-Parker[/b][hr][sup][color=b22222][b]"Adapt yourself to the environment in which your lot has been cast, and show true love to those with whom destiny has surrounded you" 
~Marcus Aurelius' [i]Meditations[/i] VI.39[/b][/color][/sup][/center]
	Mary Jane sat on the edge of her bed, rubbing her arms against her legs. Just minutes ago, she was panicking about her recent situation, where her lower body, up to her waist, had been magically replaced with a giant spider by an ancient Egyptian ring that by chance had fallen into her possession. But now, after receiving some helpful information from this universe's local Sorcerer Supreme, Doctor Strange, MJ was able to reverse the effects caused by the ring.

	[color=b22222]"Alright, MJ. I've got to take that ring back to the good doctor. Especially if I want to get any sleep tonight."[/color] Peter was still in his Spider-Man costume, with only his mask pulled up off his face, when he inquired about the Egyptian artifact.

	"This is an interesting situation." MJ muttered aloud.

	[color=b22222]"You're not thinking about [b]stealing[/b] it, are you?"[/color] Peter asked, shocked at what his wife was saying, especially since she was quite startled by the powers of the ring. [color=b22222]"That sounds like a terrible idea, especially since we would have one of the most powerful sorcerers and a prestigious museum hounding for that artifact."[/color]

	"Don't be silly." MJ brushed off Peter's initial concerns, "Even if I did want to steal it, you're guilt-complex would be quite problematic."

	[color=b22222]"Then what are you suggesting?"[/color]

	"Well, since you're the only one with the superpowers in this relationship, maybe it might be insightful to walk a few days in your shoes, so to speak."

	[color=b22222]"It's still stealing."[/color] Peter continued to protest the idea of his wife committing a crime.

	"Still stuck on the stealing thing?" MJ placed her hands on her hips and rolled her eyes at Peter. "We won't be stealing it. We would just ask Doctor Strange if we could borrow it for a little bit. He even said that he was going to talk to the museum about transferring the item to his possession to further safeguard it. If whoever was trying to steal it is planning to make another go at the ring, we would have the benefit of surprise because they wouldn't know that [b]we[/b] have the ring."

	[color=b22222]"I don't know about this..."[/color]

	"Please just ask."

	[color=b22222]"Fine."[/color] MJ bounced off the edge of their bed and planted a kiss on her husband's cheek. She then handed over the Egyptian ring, so that if Doctor Strange wanted Peter to give it back, he wouldn't have to come all the way back to their apartment to do so. [color=b22222]"I guess I'll be back."[/color]

	"I'll brainstorm some costume and name ideas while you're gone." MJ had already started to pull out some paper and art supplies even before she had finished her sentence.

	[color=b22222]"Great."[/color]