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"Wa-Wade." Peter's voice is strained as he calls out for Wade. Everything hurts and what doesn't hurt is numb, he can't feel it at all. "Wade." He tries again. Blood pools beneath him, he can feel his body trying to heal itself, but his healing factor is nothing compared to Wade's, and it's not quick enough.
"Petey? Peter?" Wade's voice is high and frantic. "Where are you? C'mon Webs, where are you?"
"Wade." He uses all the strength he can muster and yells.
Finally Wade finds him, under the rubble. He throws heavy chunks of plaster, drywall and wood. "Are you okay?"
"I'm cold, Wade." His voice shakes and he shivers as he speaks.
There is a metal pipe going straight through his abdomen, pinning him to the ground.
"You're gonna be okay, Peter. You're gonna be okay, just stay with me, baby boy."
"Wa-Wade, I'm n-not healing fast enough." Peter can taste the metallic tang of blood in his mouth.
"No, don't say that, you're going to be okay, you have to be okay." Wade murmurs, continuing to clear debris from Peter's body.
He reaches for Wade, catching his wrist. "Stop." He weakly tugs Wade towards him. "I love you." He confesses.
"I love you too, baby boy, but I can't stop now, I've gotta get you out of here."
"I'm n-not going anywhere, Wade."
"I'm getting you out of here, Peter. You're going to be okay."
"I-I'm d-d-dying." His voice shakes, he's cold and scared, everything is numb and painful and he just wants Wade to hold him.
"No."
"Take care of Aunt May for me, please."
"You know I will, but Petey you're gonna be able to take care of her yourself. You're not dying."
"I am. Wade, everything hurts, and what doesn't hurt is numb. I'm so cold, please just hold me, please. I'm not healing fast enough, if you get this out of me, I'll bleed to death before my body can close it up."
Wade's arms wrap around Peter as best as they can in their current position. "I'm not letting you die."
"You can't stop it, just hold me til I'm gone, please." Peter presses his forehead against Wade's chest above him.
Wade doesn't let go until hours later when the emergency responders finally get to them. He threatens them when they try to take Peter's mask off, "You're not unmasking him." He practically growls.
They all know who he is, who Deadpool is and eventually stop arguing with him. Wade helps them remove the metal pole from Peter's body. He refuses to let them take him, the police get involved, they call in mutant control and Wade ends up in the back of an armored van with a mutant power dampening collar on, headed towards The Ice Box.
They unmask Peter once they reach the hospital morgue. News of Spider-Man's death and secret identity spreads like wildfire.
Wade misses the funeral; he doesn't try to escape The Ice Box or the collar, he lets the cancer consume him. Wade dies slowly, painfully and alone in his cell.