Wonderland
How did I get here?
[We walked.]
That isn't what I meant and you know it.
(Spidey trusts us.)
[Yeah, but ... didn't we already know that?]
The Merc leaned against the barrier on the roof of the building that DD and Spidey currently shared as. their apartments.
Wade was in a haze with a love struck smile on his face. Just thinking back on the wispy brunette locks and doe like brown eyes was enough to nearly stop the merc's heart.
( He said he only trusted us! That's huge ... no one trusts us.)
[ I don't know. Maybe he just can't trust anyone else. We should not read too much into it.]
" Ah, what do you know anyway... he believes in me. If someone that... amazing says anything, I believe it too."
The merc let out a sigh of infatuation and rested his head against his hand.
(We sound like a love sick school girl.)
[Someone just snuck into the alley.]
The Merc refocused his gaze on the man clad in black as he stealthily began to scale the building.
[Is it an assassin?]
"Whoever it is knows DD and Webs are off in dreamland right now."
(How clever... let's kill 'em.)
Wade leered as his hand grasped at the handle of his sword.
[Wait... we can't kill him. Peter... he trusts us. If we do this... then he will feel alone again.]
Wade grit his teeth as he watched the man crack Peter's window open just enough to slip something inside and then slide the window shut again.
(Poison?!)
[NO! Barton said he was poisoned by a spider bite...]
(Then what else could it be?)
" Knock out gas." Wade hissed letting go of his blade.
[He wants to make sure Spidey won't wake up to stop him.]
(Can we kill him now?)
Wade growled and his voice came out dark and hoarse. "I got a better idea."
~ In Peter's apartment~
The apartment is nearly pitch black aside from the light leaking in from the now open window. The man dressed in black from his boots to his mask that hid his identity, was now at Peter's bedside. The man drew back the plunger on the syringe, filling it with a fresh sample of blood from the unconcious hero's arm.
He made quick work of filling it's contents into a prepared vial and tucked it away in his vest pocket. Then as the man stood he took a brief moment to look at Peter. " Heh, too easy."
" Yeah... I thought so too."
The man turned quickly to see Wade leaning on the wall with his arms crossed. "Scheisse..."
Wade drew a pistol and aimed it at the man, but in the same amount of time the man in black had a knife to Peter's neck. "Put the gun down or I end him. " Spoke the man with a heavy German accent. Wade glanced down at Peter but, returned his gaze back to the blade wielding man.
"You're not gonna hurt him. Not your little experiment..." Wade spoke callously. "Put the knife down... we both know you won't do 'scheisse'."
"Do not test me... this is a loss worth taking. When you consider the alternative that is." The man replied coldly as he dug the knife down gently enough on Peter's jugular to begin drawing a light stream of blood. "Tell me... do you know how long it takes to bleed out when this vien is sliced open? I would give it ten minutes. Now, I can tell you know this. You may even think that is more than enough time. However, the carotid artery..." As he trailed off the knife drags across Peter's neck, leaving a trail of blood as the blade cut away at the top layer skin. "Merely seconds..."
Wade growled and slowly lowered his gun to the ground before standing up again. " I could have killed you... just so you know."
The german man scoffed, " Yeah, well... you should have."
[(Told you!)]
In the blink of an eye the german man threw the blade at Wade and it buried itself into his chest sending him to the ground. Wade put a hand over the now bleeding wound as the man made his way out the window. His vision began to fade in and out. He must have blacked out because when he came to Matt was knealing infront of him holding the knife.
"Did you get him DD?" Wade asked as he sat up.
Matt stood up and pulled Wade to his feet. " Your plan worked. We got him and Peter is safe."
"Took ya long enough to suit up." Wade said as he walked over to the tied up goon. " Congrats on fucking up your mission." The man glared at him and Wade laughed just before he punched the guy square in the nose. As the man groaned Wade looked over at Daredevil who was now at Peter's bed side.
" His heart...it's beginning to struggle."
Wade snatched the blood sample from the goon's vest and walked over to check on Peter. He was sweating and his muscles were tensing up. " Is it gonna be bad?" Wade asked sounding worried.
Matt placed his hand on Peter's chest and after a few moments gave Wade a nod. " It's bad."
Wade grit his teeth. " Damn it! We gotta get him to Banner. You got a car?"
Matt shook his head. " We don't need Banner, taking him to the tower will only delay help. Where is this communicator?"
Wade looked around and spotted it on the counter and grabbed it, " I got it but how is this gonna help?"
" He should be wearing it." Matt answered as he put it on Peter's wrist. It immediately began beeping and a red light blinked on it repeatedly.
Wade pushed Matt and picked Peter up off the bed. "I've been through this once already. I am taking him to Cap!"
Matt grabbed Wade's shoulder. "Don't move him! It's too much on his heart!"
"Then what do you suggest I do?!" Wade yelled at Daredevil as he looked at the grimace on Peter's face. He was pale and sweating heavily as his muscles contracted and spasmed.
" You can't move him... he's seizing. Please put him down. You have got to trust me." Matt said calmly.
Wade relented but, couldn't let Peter go. Instead he sat on the bed and rested Peter against his chest. " What in the fucking fuck kind of Spider bit you?!" Wade yelled punching the headboard.
" Wade, Tony is coming. His communicator injected his medicine. Just be patient."
The German started laughing. "You can try to treat the symptoms all you want. It will make no difference in the end."
Wade glared at the man. " Something you want to share with the class sock head?"
(Sock head?)
[The ski mask. Don't make me explain bad jokes.]
"You fools, you know nothing." The german laughed again.
Daredevil walked over to the man. " And you do?"
The german grunted and choked out one final laugh, " Everything goes according plan. The boy will die. There is nothing to be done now. Without the venom, a cure cannot be developed. What will you do now? I suppose you could continue to watch him suffer."
Wade looked down at Peter. "He won't die." He said quietly as he wiped the sweat from the hero's brow.
" Oh, but he will. And he will suffer." The german broke out into a maniacal laughter.
Unable to deal with the psychotic bable any longer, Matt kicked the man on the side of his head with enough force to knock him out.
Not long after that did Ironman and Hawkeye show up to check on Peter.
Tony stepped out of his suit and walked over to Daredevil. "Nice job, now we have a prisoner who might be able to provide us with clues to Peter's condition."
"Well that was the idea when we caught him." Matt answered as he watched Clint walk the german onto the Avenge jet.
" I guess I meant to thank you for making sure he was still alive when we got here." Tony replied as he leered at Wade. " I honestly don't know what Peter sees in that unstable killer. I don't envy you having to keep him in check."
Matt wasn't surprised to hear Tony bashing Wade, especially after his well known past behaviours. But he couldn't help but see Wade in a different light. Maybe it was just a fluke, and he hadn't really changed. It was just too soon to tell.
Tony wasted no time in retrieving Peter from his apartment and it was again, no real shock that he refused to allow Wade on the jet.
Wade didn't fight it and as the jet took off, the merc just stood there watching it disappear into the distance. Matt sighed as he thought back to Peter's proclamation of trust in the man.
Maybe Peter was right to trust him. " Wade..." Matt spoke out catching his attention. " Why did you come wake me instead of stopping the intruder yourself?"
The Merc looked back to the sky and shrugged. " Because... I didn't trust myself not to kill him. "
Matt walked over to the merc and placed a hand on his shoulder. " You did well tonight. Peter was right to trust you."
Wade glanced down at Matt's gloved hand and then down to his blood drenched clothes.
" It was a smart play. Peter is unharmed because of your plan."
Wade didn't look at Matt. His opinion didn't really matter. Not to him at least. He is just going to disappoint him in the end. Everyone did... he can't remember a time anyone ever didn't. Everyone did... everyone except for one person. And that person trusts him more than anyone else. Over everyone that Spider-man had in his corner, he chose to trust Deadpool over all of them.
Even if he didn't understand it... he would NOT be the one to screw this up...