Hiding

After spending the afternoon at Ned's house, I was in a hurry, I promised May to not be late for dinner and it was already dark outside. I was running through the city as fast as I could until something caught my attention on the floor of a poorly lit alley: a pile of clothes. I slowed down and went to the clothes, there was some blood on the floor. I searched for my phone in my pocket and lit the flash light on. Once I could see clearly the scene before me I was shocked to find a pale little boy lying in an adult-sized shirt, he had a large wound on the head. "Who would be cruel enough to beat a small child like that?" I thought as I was thinking about how to react.

"Okay, don't panic" I whispered to myself. I reached the child's shoulder and tried to wake him up by shaking him gently. He didn't respond and I tried to call him : "Hey kid, are you alright? Wake up!". The child started to wake up and he opened his eyes but he closed them quickly and I remembered my flashlight was on so I turned it off. He opened them again and after a while he raised his hand to the  gash on his head, then he sat up. He looked at me, he seemed confused. 

“You’re awake! That’s good! I’m Peter, what’s your name? Let’s take you to a hospital, you look like you were hit pretty bad.” I spoke softly, I didn't want him to get scared or get hurt by trying to run away. When I mentioned the hospital, the boy began to look even more pale than before. He looked at me with fear in his eyes and mumbled "No hospital." I wanted to ask why but before I had the time to speak the kid passed out. 

Once the boy fainted I definitely started to panic, the child had a head wound, had lost blood and didn't want to go to the hospital. What was I supposed to do then? I couldn't possibly heal him myself. I took a deep breath to try to calm myself and started thinking. I could see the boy's steady breathing and I felt myself sigh in relief. I then quickly got the idea to call Mr Stark, maybe he could help me to figure out what to do. I unlocked my phone and found out I missed 7 calls from Aunt May, I ignored them and quickly dialed Mr Stark's number. 

After 3 beeps the comforting voice of Mr Stark answered the phone. "Hey Peter, what's up?"

"Hm H-Hello Mister Stark ! So this is kinda awkward but I may have found an unconscious bleeding kid in the streets and he said he didn't want to go to the hospital so I was wondering if you could maybe help me."

Once I finished rambling I waited for an answer. I heard a long sigh. 

"Wait, so you mean you found an unconscious kid in the streets and you thought it was a good idea to call me instead of an ambulance because the kid asked you to not go to the hospital ?"

I nodded. Then I remembered he couldn't see me. 

"Uhm yep… But he looked so scared…

I heard another sigh.

-Okay kid we will take care of him at the tower, just bring him here quickly.

-Oh thank you Mister Stark, I'll be here in five minutes!"  

Once I hung up I slid my phone in my pocket and gently took the child in my arms and ran as fast as I could to the Avengers Towers. I could feel the boy steadily breathing in my arms but that head wound didn't really look good. I climbed up some roofs to get to the Tower faster. Once I got there I ignored Jarvis' voice and ran to the lab where I knew I could find Mister Stark and maybe even Mister Banner. I went down the stairs and stopped at the lab's door which opened quickly. 

Mister Stark and Mister Banner were both waiting there. Once they saw the child I held in my arms and the bloody clothes, Mister Stark pinched the bridge of his nose while Mister Banner's skin got slightly green. It quickly became normal again after he took a deep breath. 

"-Who would do that to a small child?" Mister Banner muttered as he took the boy in his arms and slowly put him on the bed to examine his head. 

The room was silent while Mister Banner worked on healing the kid but suddenly my phone rang. I took it out of my pocket : Aunt May was calling me again after I ignored her calls for an entire evening. I was in so much trouble. I quietly got out of the room to answer the call, leaving Mister Banner and Mister Stark alone with the boy.