Peter sat in the familiar small office to which he had become so familiar with over the past 6 months...his therapists office, the clock on the desk rhythmically ticked as Peter waited on the lounging couch growing very impatient with every passing minute. he hated these sessions with a passion but he knew if he didn't attend them not only would the Avengers not take him back but he couldn't attend school in his current mental stasis and his still developing relationship with Ava would be halted since she told him if he didn't get help she would never sleep over with him again.
tick tock. tick tock. chimed the clock "come on Doc you're wasting my time here" Peter grumbled as he rolled and shifted on the couch to get comfy when finally a tall blond haired women in a pant suit with square framed glasses finally walked in.
"good afternoon Peter, sorry I'm late. now last week we were discussing how your hallucinations had finally subsided which is remarkable progress but your nightmares are...getting worse?" the psychiatrist asked. Peter shifted in his seat before nodding, he just wanted this over with as fast as possible. "well Peter after the trauma you encountered its natural to endure some psychiatric distress" the therapist hummed as she scribbled down on her note pad "do the nightmares vary from villains or have they become singular around one cause?" she asked.
Peter took a deep breath as he tried to remember his most recent nightmares most of them consisted of Sauron ripping his body to shreds but the others, the others were of Ava, feral Ava breaking his bones and the claws digging into his chest. "they consist of Sauron and sometimes White Tiger" he told her.
"White Tiger? Peter according to my reports you entered a relationship with Ms. Ayala a few short weeks after returning from pays Savage and if these reports are true she was responsible for a fair degree of your wounds" the therapist replied. she took note of Peter's shift in his body language, he became uncomfortable and continuously shifted in his seat he didn't like where this was leading.
"it wasn't her fault, she was under the control of her amulet. she couldn't help herself" Peter defended. he was upright in his seat now, as far as he was concerned Ava was why he survived the island, and he would have a go at anyone who would say otherwise and this shrink was starting to push the wrong buttons. "Ava is by far the best thing to happen to me in a long time doc! i'm here today because of her!" he snapped. with his blood now racing through his veins Peter darted from his seat towards the door his fingers just touched the cold metal handle when his doctor calmly spoke up again
"Peter...are you upset that I pointed out a possible breaking point for you and Ava? or are you upset because you yourself have thought of it and realized its highly possible and probable?" she inquired to him.
Peter hesitated at the door letting her words sink in. in truth he had thought about it before shamefully more than once "say I have...does that mean I don't trust her?" he nervously asked.
"oh no Peter not at all it just means you're not mentally blocking the memory and trying to trick your brain by creating a happier one" the doctor replied scribbling on her clipboard "Peter, you said Ava is the best thing to happen to you in a long time. tell me why"
a smile danced across Peter's as he thought back through his memories of his time with Ava "ha-ha where to start" he chuckled "Ava...she's amazing, brilliant head strong, determined and absolutely beautiful and she never lets me away with anything I wouldn't have survived that island this time if it wasn't for her...heh I think I really do love her" he finished.
the doctor set her notes on her desk and stopped the clock "that's all we have time for today Peter but this has been a most insightful breakthrough" she encouragingly told him.
with a smile on his face Peter left the office nearly floating down the hall for the first time in months he felt like himself again. like his nightmares were no longer a great weight on him. he reached the lobby still smiling even more when two slender arms snaked around his neck in a tight constricting hug with a set of plump lips pressed against his cheek "hey web head what the doctor have to say today?" Ava asked her boyfriend playfully pecking at his cheek
Peter looked back her from the corner of his eye "she said you're the best thing for me and that I should never let you go" he chuckled swinging Ava around into his arms
"she sounds like a smart woman" Ava happily replied "so can we go home? I've been patiently waiting and in all fairness i'm restless" she seductively whispered in his ear as she eagerly pulled him towards the door.
the teenage couple exited the building with Ava dragging Peter towards the subway unaware of six sets of eyes stalking them. 6 strangers stood on top of the building they had a primitive sense about them, different tattoos significantly marked each one they were hunters similar to Kraven. "the mistress was right the young tiger cub has followed her affections and led us to the Spider...we capture him and we'll find the master" the first one said "follow them wait until he's alone"
Peter and Ava returned home and quickly made their way to the bedroom. Ava wasted no time in tearing the buttons off Peter's shirt and pushing him onto the bed and in their blind bliss neither one noticed the ajar bedroom door open and a striped tail bobbed across the floor stalking the bed like shark on a seal. closer and closer it crept until finally a set of four pronged spear like fangs dug into Peters legs
"ow! you hairy little..." Peter growled springing up on his blankets throwing a pillow scarring Raja to the other side of the room "...god I hate him so much"
"its your own fault you know, you don't play with him enough so he lashes out" Ava laughed pulling Peter by his shoulders "and speaking of playing with tigers..." she gently dragged Peter back into the sheets kissing her way up his neck. with Raja hidden away in the closet the two love struck teens resumed their passion filled activity long into the night to which left a sleeping Ava curled up in the blankets and Peter ready to leave. he was still unable to sleep even after Ava drained him of most of his energy.
as Spider-man swung across the city he let the calming relief of swinging relax his over active brain but as he continued on his way his spider sense tingled as a bullet ripped through his web line. Spider-man dropped onto the nearest roof where he was surrounded by 5 hunters "we knew the tiger girl would lead us to you Spider-man and now you will lead us to our master Kraven."
"Kraven?" Spider-man asked bewildered, as far as he knew Kraven was lost somewhere on savage land island not that he knew where since he never encountered him there. but his thoughts were quickly interrupted by a high powered electric shock shooting through his body leaving him crumpled in a heap on the ground out cold
"load him up and restrain him by this time tomorrow we'll be in pays savage and his friends won't find us" the lead hunter ordered.
ok first off sorry for the delay in the resurrection of this story everyone but I hope you all enjoy it as it continues again