Chapter 19
Four days without going to school. Four days of being inside the compound, at the lap pool or at the screening room. Just texting with Harvey, Ned, and Peter. Two days ago, my dad returned from his various trips. My mom was confined between her room and the office. The most important thing happened when I was strolling back to my room and I saw my dad giving a small peck to my mom. Well, at least they're sorting whatever they are dealing with.
After a long call with Peter in which he told me every single thing that happened, I used FRIDAY's decypher system to get into N.Y.P.D files but nothing about illegal weapons, that have alien tech, showed up. It's a dead-end.
I push the bathroom door and step into the crowded hall brushing pass some people. The TV starts playing school news. Talking about the most shocking thing to ever happen to the Midtown Community: the accident at the Washington Monument.
"hey!" Peter chirps behind me flashing a toothy smile
"what's up hero?" I mutter making him quickly blush "new backpack?" he purses his lips and nods "look at that" I point to the TV
"Up next: The Spider-Man mania is sweeping the school. How can you show your spider spirit?" Peter cheerfully smiles and squeezes my shoulder
he jerks his head to the stairs "come on, let's go"
We quickly walk downstairs trying to reach one of the exit doors
"Dude, dude, dude, dude. What is it like being famous when nobody knows it's you?" Ned runs to us with a smile plastered on his face
Peter cheerfully shrugs "Crazy, dude"
"You know, you're still trending topic on Twitter #SaveMeSpiderMan" I add making Peter happier
"I know! I tweeted about it yesterday... It's crazy. Should we tell everyone?" Ned innocently pleas
"No!" Peter and I say together
"Should I tell everyone?"
I shake my head "Ned...."
Peter softly shakes his head "No, dude. That's not a good idea"
"Okay, come on, we'll be late to class, from what I know you have a quiz" Ned points at us
Peter grabs my arm trying to frogmarch me to the door "we're not going to class"
"You're already in so much trouble for ditching the Decathlon Peter, and you Tannie, you're letting him drag you to the dark side!" he says making me chuckle
"Dude, listen, we figured it out, right? The wing suit guy is stealing from Damage Control. And what he takes from Damage Control, that's how he builds the weapons. So all we gotta do is catch him" Peter whispers our plan and I nod agreeing
"but you have a quiz!" Ned argues pacing in front of us
Peter purses his lips and sighs "Ned, I'm probably never gonna come back here. Mr. Stark is moving all Avengers upstate, you should see the house, Tannie showed it to me...so when I bring this guy in-"
"Dude, you want to be a high school dropout?" Ned worriedly asks
"He's not going to be a school dropout..." I wince at him
Peter shakes his head and again grabs my arm dragging me backwards to the door
"We are so far beyond high school right now, right Tannie?" he smirks at me and I nod
"uh, you could say that..."
We quickly spin to exit the school leaving Ned behind but Principal Morita is in front of us, the smirk on our faces drop immediately
"Stark, Parker. My office" he points
Uh-uh
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"Detention for both" Morita fills some papers and I turn to look at Peter who is sitting beside me
I peer my head to see the papers he's filling "how long?"
"undefined... until I say so" Morita shots me a look and motions us to stand up "go to class and then room D-07, I'm telling coach Wilson you'll be there"
Peter lets a soft grunt exiting the office but I curiously glance at the photographs in Morita's shelf.
"Sir..."
"Uhu?" he hums writing down something
"I read about your grandfather..." I mutter making him lift his eyes at me "Someone told me he liked a good joke..."
Morita snorts looking at the black and white portrait of Jim Morita "Yeah, that man, was something... nice try but you still have detention Miss Stark"
I sigh dropping my shoulders. Well, at least I tried...
I walk to the hall seeing Peter waiting for me. We go to our class and fortunately, we do our quiz. Three more classes and detention. Great. I text Happy I have some projects to work on so I'll be taking the subway.
"I have an idea," Peter says while we walk to detention
I groan trying to fill my algebra books inside my backpack but fail "mmhm? what is it?"
Peter stops in his tracks and chuckles at his own thoughts then spins to me and grabs my open backpack "Listen... I think that... we could go... earlier from detention" He mutters succeeding at placing my books inside and he hands it to me
I smirk and nod "thanks... yeah, like the way you think. Anyway, we actually would be at detention, right? just not the whole time"
A loud giggle comes from his lips "Great minds, think alike,"
The artificial lights make me wince as we step inside. I recognize the Pheller twins who are seniors and mostly known for skipping classes and then Michelle Jones that uh, what did she did?
"good, our last criminals!" Coach Wilson throws his arms in the air "sit and enjoy"
Peter sits first and then drags a seat next to him, the shrieking on the floor drawing the attention to us
"What should we do?" I whisper and he shrugs
"Nothing, you're supposed to do nothing," Michelle whispers without looking at us
"Actually, the school wants me to put you this video" Wilson turns the TV on and searches for a video
I roll my eyes and open my backpack to at least doodle something but Peter's hand stop me
"We're leaving soon"
I watch the TV and a chair appears, an obvious fake background of a school shows and suddenly my friend, the one and only Captain America 'coolly' sits at the chair, I let a small laugh. When did he agree to film this kind of videos? How many of these are?
"So... You got detention. You screwed up. You know what you did was wrong. The question is, how are you gonna make things right? Maybe you were trying to be cool. But take it from a guy who's been frozen for 65 years, the only way to really be cool is to follow the rules..."
Oh. This is gold.
"Tannie, grab your things... we're leaving" Peter whispers into my ear sending a shiver on my neck
In a swift motion, I grab my things and wait for Peter. He jumps from his seat grabbing my hand and running out of the classroom leaving Coach Wilson and the others behind us. We run as fast as we can across some halls, our chuckles for the rush of adrenaline mingle together as he stops and easily lifts a row of lockers off the ground. I wait for him while he grabs a bottle of web fluid returning the lockers to normality.
Once out of school property we catch our breaths and walk to the subway. The crowded train makes all of the people inside stick uncomfortably to each other. Peter's grabbing himself on the tube next to me, my shoulders crashing against the people beside me and Peter lightly passes his spare hand behind me. As soon as we arrive at his apartment, he signals me to wait until he's checked May's not inside.
His head disappears inside "May?" he spins to me and jerks his head "She's not here... come on"
We walk to his bedroom and instantly he puts his mask on.
I snort sitting in his bed "You really like to have a personal A.I., huh?"
"She's a nice lady, helps a lot"
Peter starts swiveling in his chair and then facing at me while writing some notes we wrote about our plan.
"Hey, Karen What's up?" Peter is reading our notes and I stand up next to him to hear
"Hey, Peter. How was your quiz?... wait my sensors detect someone else in this room, do you want me to activate Instant Kill mode?"
I take a step back at that and Peter looks at me and shakes his head
"No!. It's Tannie, I-I told you about her, she's with me, no problem"
"Great, face recognition is working on her right now," Karen says
I lift my brows and step closer again "what? why?"
"All these files are from Tannie Maria Stark, feel free to check them out!"
"Whoa... too many files... that's a lot of info, wait... is this you? oh, you look so tiny!"
I chuckle playfully poking his chest "Stop with that, let's focus"
"Activate external projector, please" Peter sighs once out of his mask and throws it at his desk
I tilt my head and see how a hologram coming from the eyes of the mask burst into the air. Just like FRIDAY's interface at the compound. I sit on the floor in the middle of his legs as we start watching the display.
"Listen, I was wondering if you could help us. We're trying to figure out who the guys under the bridge were that night, but I mean, we can only kind of remember part of a license plate-"
"I can run facial recognition on the footage of that encounter"
"Footage?" I ask reading the string of data in front
"Yes, Tannie. I record everything Peter sees"
Peter gulps and blinks "Everything?"
"Everything" Karen repeats
"Like all the time?"
"It's called the Baby Monitor Protocol"
I snort failing at suppressing a loud laugh "Hahahahaha, oh god...."
"Yeah, of course, it is. Um, yeah, just roll it back to when we first met.."
A gallery of videos appear and I try to see the tiny images, then a video pops up of Peter fooling around in front of a mirror in his spider suit mask.
"Hey, everyone. Yeah, kick-ass party. Hey, what's up, Liz? Peter's told me a lot about you"
I giggle leaning to look better but a pair of hands cover my eyes from behind. I shake my head but he grips tighter and the video keeps playing in the back.
"Let me see!"
"Sorry, that's too humiliating. Karen, this is just me messing around. Go later in the day, later in the day" Peter let go of me and I adjust my sight to see again another video of him
Peter holds a wooden hammer "It is I, Thor, son of Odin!!"
"Holy shit, Peter" I cover my mouth
"No, no, no, no, no, no. That's definitely... no. That's definitely not what we wanted to watch. Just..."
"Your impressions are very funny" Karen adds
"Totally funny," I say making Peter sigh
"Fast-forward to the arms deal, please"
The video fast-forwards showing exactly the moment I remember, the three men outside the van.
I move my head closer to the video "okay..."
"hey, two on the right, who are they?" Peter asks
Karen zooms in the picture, two men are being analyzed.
"Searching law enforcement databases. No records found for two of the individuals"
"Nothing?" Peter disappointedly whispers
"One individual identified. Aaron Davis, age 33. He has a criminal record and an address here in Queens"
The hologram displays a criminal record of the man. With a chirp, I jump to my feet and spin to Peter. "Let's pay him a visit then"
Peter walk to his bed removing his hoodie
"Would you like me to activate the Enhanced Interrogation Protocol?"
"Uh, yeah please... you know, I think your dad overd-"
I snatch my backpack and start looking inside "overdid this? yes, he does it with everything. Before going, I need to change"
"Change? did you...? did you made a suit?" he questions me and I lift my eyes and smirk
"Give me five"
I run to the bathroom and close the door behind me. Hastily I remove my clothes and slide inside the soft fabric. This is it, Tannie. It's literally in your blood. A final strap in my boots and a final glance in the mirror. This is so weird, good weird. Months ago I wouldn't've thought I'll be in this position...
"Ahem...!" I clear my throat leaning against his door frame
Peter spins to me and rapidly steps back touching his bunk bed finally becoming stiff with parted lips.
"Whoa, Tannie... did you, uh seriously did this?" his index finger pointing at my suit
I look down and my cheeks pop in my face as a while smile spreads "Uhum, like it?"
(this is how I imagine the suit and gloves/, of course, you can think of something else)
Peter tilts his head, pausing to examine the suit from toes to neck. He looks up at me and smiles.
"You're wearing a onesie..."
My eyes drop and playfully flash an icy stare but quickly snort and punch him in his shoulder "Yes and I'm going to turn yours into dust if you tease me with that"
Peter snorts in response as I walk to his window opening his black-out curtain "Ready?"
Peter walks behind me and I slide his window open. I spin and see his puts his mask and nods "Ready!"
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I fly as high as I can to avoid being seen, I hide behind the cloudy weather, down there I see Peter swinging his way to the location Davis is currently in. With a soft 'swoosh' I land on the ground, it's mostly empty. Oh, it's a supermarket.
Peter and I walk together to the entrance of the parking lot behind it. I change again my hair and eyes color. Peter jumps and gracefully sticks himself in the ceiling and crawls near the car. I tiptoe behind a pillar as I turn to spy on Davis's actions. He meanders to his car and I spot Peter's drone following Davis. Peter softly whistles to me and I start walking to our target. Once I reach Peter, he flips down to the ground next to me
"REMEMBER ME?!" Peter's kinda metallic deep voice catches me off guard but I keep walking
Aaron jumps back too "Uh... hey..." he spins to me and flashes me a lopsided smile "What's up girl? Lookin' good..."
I lean my hand on the side of his car and Peter walks closer
"I NEED INFORMATION. YOU'RE GONNA GIVE IT TO ME NOW."
"All right, chill man, tell him to chill girl," Davis tells me but I keep a stern face
"You should start talking" my voice pops as a low whisper in comparison to Peter's altered one
"COME ON"
Davis winces "What happened to your voice?"
"WHAT DO YOU MEAN, WHAT HAPPENED TO MY VOICE?"
"I heard you by the bridge. I know what a girl sounds like..." I snort at that and spin to Peter
"I'M NOT A GIRL! I'M A BOY. I MEAN, I'M A... I'M A MAN! SHE WAS THE ONE TALKING" Peter points at me and Davis is not buying it
A monotonous face appears and he sighs "I don't care what you are, a boy, a girl..."
"I'M NOT A GIRL! I'M A MAN. LOOK, WHO IS SELLING THESE WEAPONS? WE NEED TO KNOW, GIVE ME NAMES OR ELSE.."
But Davis slams the trunk shut and I see Peter stepping back and looks around in surprise. Instead, I flash my hands at him, my palms already glowing. Davis smirks at us.
"You ain't ever done this before, huh? not you girl, you seem badass"
Peter shyly turns and tries to discreetly whisper "...DEACTIVATE INTERROGATION MODE..."
"Look, man, these guys are selling weapons that are crazy dangerous. They can't just be out on the streets..." Peter's high pitched voice appears now and I take a step forward seeing how he's looking at his fingers in boredom
"Aaron... one of them just cut Delmar's bodega in half..."
He lifts his eyes at me and smirks "You know Delmar's?"
"Yeah, good sandwiches"
"Best Sandwiches in Queens" Peter mumbles beside me and Aaron shakes his head
"Sub Haven's pretty good, let me buy you one to prove you wrong"
I blush for the sudden twist and Peter shakes his head jumping beside me
"One, it's too much bread... and second, no"
"I like bread" Davis whispers
I turn to look at Peter "I don't know a lot about sandwiches..."
Peter sighs and rubs his forehead "I-I'll buy one tomorrow..." his eyes expand looking back at Aaron "Come on, man, please... ugh Stupid interrogation mode. Karen, don't ever do that again... come on T"
I look at Davis who is beyond bored. I start walking backward but stop when Aaron opens his mouth.
"The other night, you told that dude, "if you shoot somebody, shoot me." It's pretty ballsy and you flashed these rays that vaporized their shit...I don't want those weapons in this neighborhood. I got a nephew who lives here"
"Who are these guys?" I ask him
"What can you tell us about the guy with the wings?" Peter pleas returning at us
"Other than he's a psychopath dressed like a demon, nothing. I don't know who he is or where he is" Peter leans his head on the car and gives out a sigh "I do know where he's gonna be"
I smile "really?"
"Yeah, this crazy dude I used to work with, he's supposed to be doing a deal with him..." he casually says
Peter excitedly runs away from us and jumps to touch the ceiling
"Yes! Yes! Thank yo-"
"SpiderMan! he hasn't told us where he's going to be, come..."
"Right, of course. Yeah, my bad. Silly. Just..." he embarrassingly stutters and leans on the car "Yeah, where is he?"
Aaron sighs "Can I give you some advice?"
Peter tilts his head to the side "Hmm?"
"You got to get better at this part of the job... "
"I don't understand. I'm intimidating..." Peter crosses his arms making me chuckle
"Nah dude, she's intimidating with her power stuff" he again winks at me "Staten Island ferry, like in ten minutes."
Peter nudges me "Oh, that's soon..." I nod and spin to jog away. "Hey, that's gonna dissolve in two hours"
Davis points to his hand "No, no, no, no. Come fix this" and then points at me "and you, at least give me your phone!"
Peter gently pushes me forward as he waves goodbye "Two hours. You deserve that!"
"I got ice cream in here!" he cries out and we're almost gone of his sight
"You deserve that. You're a criminal. Bye, Mr. Criminal!" Peter jogs away with me
We stroll to the end of the parking building. I start levitating inches from the ground and Peter prepares to web and swing outside.
"Hey... I think I know my name...? I mean, I can change it but I don't know, maybe, if you lik-"
"Tell me! I'm sure I'll like it, but you should like it..."
I flash my teeth in a smile and sigh "I was thinking that you can call me Quantum T."
"That's very badass!" Peter gives me a thumbs up "T for Tannie?"
"Uh... I think? I was thinking it could be for Torch... You know, Quantum Torch? but I suppose it can be a double use... anyway, see you at the roof of the ferry port!"
I launch my self higher in the sky. The clear sky already appearing behind the gray clouds. I look below me as I spot the red and blue figure dancing through the buildings. I propel myseñf more and reach to the roof. I hear a horn of departure and beg for Peter to hurry up. Finally, I see Peter landing on the roof running as fast as he can towards me, the orange ferry pulls out of the dock, and I start flying.
"Come on!" I shout at him and fly next to the ferry
Peter easily takes a leap and his glider wings spread in his arms. He slumps against the metal structure clinging on the hull of the boat. He crawls on the corner of the window next to me and peeks through it. Still flying, I move to the other corner and also peek inside.
"Okay, Karen, activate Enhanced Reconnaissance Mode... It's the guy from the bridge, right?" he turns to me and I nod "Who's that other guy? Karen, how can Tannie hear you?"
"Activating a second line" I hear Karen's voice and a little spider drone sticks on my hair near my ear just like a bobby pin "Can you hear me, Tannie?"
"Loud and clear Karen... thanks Peter"
"There's no record of him in my criminal database. Incoming call from May, Peter. Should I reroute to your heads-up display?" Karen mentions
"I can't talk right now. I'll call her back...Hey, dronie, keep an eye on that guy. We can't let anybody get away this time" the drone hovers by the window "Come on Quantum"
Peter swings himself to the roof of the ferry and I fly to it, I land at the front of the ferry, four men are suspiciously standing. Peter arrives and motions me to kneel next to him.
"Who's the guy on the left?" Peter asks Karen
"Mac Gargan. Extensive criminal record, including homicide. Would you like me to activate Instant Kill?"
"No, Karen, stop it with the Instant Kill already!"
I narrow my eyes focusing on the already familiar man approaching Gargan, he mutters something to him 'white pickup truck'
Peter looks at me through his mask "Dronie, scan the ship for a white pickup truck... T... I'll flip over there and you cover the other way and the stairs ok?"
I nod and turn my eyes to the men "Sounds good..."
Peter cheerfully laughs and nudges my side "Don't you think this is perfect"
"Looks like it. We got the weapons, buyers, and sellers all in one place"
"Reading my mind now, huh?"
I open my mouth to say something but Karen speaks
"Incoming call from Tony Stark," Karen says and I rapidly look at Peter with wide eyes
"No, no, no. No, no, don't answer!"
I cover my mouth with my hands just waiting
"Mr. Parker. Got a sec?" my dad's voice sounds extremely close
"Uh, I'm actually at school," Peter says
"No, you're not!" Karen honestly adds and I facepalm
"Nice work in D.C...."
"O-okay..."
"My dad never really gave me a lot of support... And I'm just trying to break the cycle of shame with you and my daughter"
"Uh, I'm kind of in the middle of something right now" Peter adds and I nod at him to end the call
"Don't cut me off when I'm complimenting you!... Anyway, great things are about to-"
The horn of the ferry blares echoing around us. Oh shit.
"What is that?" my dad asks
"Uh, I'm at band practice!" Peter quickly says earning a punch from me as I shake my head
"That's odd. Happy told me you quit band six weeks ago. What's up?"
"I gotta go. Uh, end call!" Peter shouts and I finally breathe
"Hey...!"
"Now or never, come on!" I shout flying and Peter prepares himself to flip
"I'll take those!" he snatches the keys and flips to the down floor "Let's start the show Quantum!"
I fly my way next to Peter and prepare my attacks. My hands seconds from shooting.
"Hey, guys. The illegal-weapons-deal-ferry was at 10:30. You missed it"
Two mean hurriedly take out their weapons but I hit them disintegrating them. Peter quickly webs the guys and slams them on the deck and swiftly kick Gargan out of the boat.
I run at the other two men and flash the floor melting it and glue the men in it so they can't escape. I spot how Peter dodges a punch from the other guy with a teaser in his hand. Suddenly, two men inside the parking floor run towards me but I create a force field launching them to the cars. I smile at how easy that was while walking backwards to where Peter is.
"I gotta say the other guy was way better with that thing" Peter raises his arm to me and we high five "I'm honestly, I'm, I'm shocked..."
From the corner of my eyes, I spot another man running toward us, so at the same time Peter shoots a web and I hit the man with a force field and the 'crack' of him hitting the floor makes me wrinkle my nose and Peter spins to me.
"Ouch!... are you man ok? our bad that was really hard!"
I deeply inhale trying to even my breathing yet the smashing sound inside the cargo area calls our attention. A man is bashing the head of someone against the truck... I step closer and for a brief moment, our eyes meet.
"It's him..." I whisper to Peter who doesn't hesitate to run where the man is but he stops
But out of nowhere men are surrounding us and targetting us with their weapons. I raise my arms trying to prove I'm not the bad one here.
Peter turns to me "Wait, what do you mean, FBI?"
"The FBI is the Federal Bureau of Investigation" Karen mentions
"I know what the FBI means, but what are they doing here?"
Just as I'm about to speak a mechanical wing bursts out of the truck. Who is that guy? The agents turn to it as the man flies towards all of us. The bullets start hitting the metal wings but useless, he's still approaching.
"Get out of the way! Get out of the way!" Peter shouts
In a flash, I push the agents away with a force field. Peter runs to the other people around us and my eyes stop in the weapon he's carrying, it has the same glowy core... just seconds when that flying thing grabs a car, I slide to the floor ignoring Peter's shouts at me. The car moves to my face but I flash it creating it to a cloud of dust.
"Get to the top deck. We're getting out of here!!" The coward says
I run to the other door where the black-skinned man tries to run away but I hit the doors welding the knobs. I start flying, Peter shoots the web at Vulture's leg and pulls, the agents start shotting at Vulture but he uses his metal wings to cover himself. I propel myself to where he is struggling, I throw my leg at him punching him in the chest. More kicks, more grunts. He attempts to fire to the cops but misses hitting the inside of the ferry.
In a swift move, I cling myself to his back circling my arm around his neck and tightening the grip. We are moving side to side, Peter weighs the flying man with a car attached to his web. He's starting to shoot in a frantic way everywhere, hitting the metal structure of the boat so I stretch my other arm to grab the weapon but he grabs my arm and flips me toward him and then hits me with that thing.
"Quantum!!"
A sting burning sensation fills my chest as I land on the water. My legs and arms fighting to get on the surface and I do. I launch myself again out of the water ignoring the cramp that is forming in my chest. I look up and catch Peter hanging from the wings and swinging over the water. I hit the man with a force field, finally catching him off guard and dragging him to the tip of the ferry.
Peter takes advantage of it and immediately shoots a web to the weapon the man is holding. I grunt and grunt until I land on the deck pulling the man to us but it's strong and heavy.
"Activate Taser Web!!" Peter says and the string of webs lights up with energy hitting the man
It works, the weapon at least falls to the deck but the smash makes it start haphazardly firing through all the ferry.
"Peter! stop that thing!!" I yell trying to contain the man in the force field
"On it!"
I turn my head back to see how he begins shooting at the weapon managing to cover it but when I spin to look at the flying man something hits me in my jaw flipping me back and smashing me against the floor. I shake my head and feel the metallic taste of blood, the tips of my fingers touching my lips and confirming that it's cut open.
"You're messing with things you don't understand!" the man shouts at us staring deathly with his green eyes, Peter running to help me stand but a high pitch boom stops him
The weapon's laser explodes inside the containing webs and the beams brake loose. A huge energy blast cuts through the ferry structure. I start army crawling to the weapon, the blasts getting bigger and definitely dangerous each second. With a groan, I stretch my arm towards the weapon and successfully hit it turning it to dust and stopping the energy beams.
"No! they are gone!!" Peter yells behind me as I roll to my back seeing how the man clings to the back of the other. Shit.
I crouch and finally stand on my feet but a sudden vibration below me makes me jump back. Peter feels that too because he begins staring inside the cargo floor. And that's when the ferry begins to split. Oh no. A deep sound of the metal diving itself in half makes me fly again and splashes of water start rising on the cargo hold. Peter runs beside me but the crack between us starts pulling him away from me.
"Oh, my god. What do I do? Karen, uh, give me an X-ray of the boat and target all the strongest points"
"Try to hold both sides as close as possible! I'm going to try to weld the ship together!" I shout at him as he leaps to the pillars
I propel myself inside where people are, yelling at them to go and retract themselves away from the opening. The gap is becoming wider and wider so I position myself in the middle and my hands begin to create a force field barely surrounding the halves. I start groaning trying to pull together the ferry, water rising below me as well as some blazing flames near my flying feet and threatening to go up. It's heavier than I thought, my arms start burning.
I catch a glimpse of Peter leaping over and over again shooting webs and trying to bind the sides together. I need to start welding some parts... I stop the force fields and fly to the end of the ferry only managing to weld a small area. An abrupt calm and silence forms inside as everyone stands stiff looking at us.
"Yeah! Thank you, guys!" A man starts clapping and other people follow
But the webs start breaking apart, the cars above start going away with the water flow and people start shouting and backing away from the gap which is getting wider. No, no, no...
"Quantum hold me!" Peter shouts at me and he jumps exactly in the middle of the gap, I surround him with a force field and he shoots two strands of webs his arms are outstretched he hangs between the two sides, trying to hold them together I push him more so he could pull more
Peter yells in pain and the sides begin to move closer narrowing the gap in the middle
"Yes! it's working!"
As soon as the floor sticks together I frown spinning to look at Peter who looks everywhere.
"I-I didn't... I didn't..." Peter mutters at me but and engine sound catches our attention as we turn in sync at the window
OH SHIT
My ad hovers outside holding one half of the boat "Hi, Spider-Man. Band practice, was it?"
I lick my lips and gulp "Uh... I'll check if everyone is ok, you deal with him
"Yeah! IronMan!!"
Peter hums and swings down to the cargo hold.
I approach the frightened people asking them if they are ok,. Some of them questioning me what just happened. I run and turn to all the corners of the ferry seeing if everyone needs medical attention but everyone begins to take out their phones. My eyes look up and see from the distance police boats approaching the scene. As soon as I see my dad flying away I kick the doors open and step outside flying to the top platform of a mast. The sound of helicopters flying to the ferry as well.
"Tannie, we need to go..." Peter whispers as I fly next to him
I nod and stretch my arm "Yeah, come on"
Peter jumps clinging to my side. With a 'swoosh', I leave behind the ferry as I fly to the coast. I place my feet on the roof of a building just meters from the chaotic scene. Peter leaps away from me and perches to the edge of the roof pulling his mask off. I climb next to him and also swing my legs.
A lump in my throat forming as my eyes scan the ferry. Smoke rising to the sky, innocent people instantly being carried out. What...? what I did? We had him... we did but... Oh god.
"You're quivering..."
I turn to look at him "huh?"
"Your jaw is clenched... and your mouth is quivering..."
"I just... I can't... we had him... all of them" I blink looking at his watery eyes
Peter looks down, barely even blinking "I know. Everyone was ok?"
I nod rubbing my eyes and letting a long deep sigh escape "Terrified but yeah..."
A blasting swift in the air makes us spin and I see how my dad flies to us, my nails digging to my palms
"...I-I need to..."
"Yeah, go, go..." Peter reassures me
I begin to levitate in front of the roof but my dad propels himself faster and floats meters behind us
"uh-uh, young mysterious lady, I need to talk to you too... don't make me paralyze you"
My stomach hardens, I gnaw on my cut lip tasting again the metal liquid...
"Previously on Peter Screws the Pooch: I tell you to stay away from this. Instead, you hacked a multimillion-dollar suit so you could sneak around behind my back doing the one thing I told you not to do and you brought again your little friend who is so rude that can't even face me..."