Chapter 5
When Peter heard that Skip Westcott was dead, he felt a disturbing rush of relief.
When Peter heard that Skip had been murdered, he felt dread.
And when Peter heard that Skip had been tortured to death and then murdered in a signature that was comparable to Deadpool's, Peter paused.
He wasn't quite sure what to think.
Deadpool had killed someone. Like, full-on, murdered someone.
But...Deadpool had murdered Skip.
For Peter's sake, too.
After a long internal moral debate and a nice 27-minute existential crisis, Peter decided he appreciated it.
Although he was definitely going to have a word with Deadpool about his murderous tendencies. If the guy was being paid to do it, Peter sort of got it--a guy's gotta make a living, after all. But just for Peter's sake? For someone like Peter?
That was a little much.
There was a moment when Peter gazed into a picture of his aunt May, and he wondered what she would say of the man he'd become.
He hadn't abandoned her moral philosophies by a long shot, and he would never forget what Ben had told him. Regardless, though, Peter had found that sometimes May's thoughts on the matter were wrong.
May would probably have killed Skip herself, if she'd known he had spoken to Peter. So, Peter decided, she would definitely approve of Deadpool--him being a mercenary aside.
Peter scoffed lightly to himself, a smile on his face, and murmured softly,
"I wish you could've met him."