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[Drasthi P.O.V.]

I wake up to rain, cool drops streaming down my face. I wonder what happened to that Peter kid. Maybe he got off the streets, maybe not. His situation seemed temporary.

I pull myself into a sitting position as the downpour continues. In a minute I am soaked. I Could go somewhere else, but I really don't care right now. I stand, and feel my way along the wall to the end of the alleyway. That's when I'm knocked over.

[Peter P.O.V.]

I quickly jump to my feet, then I see who I knocked over.

"Oh! Sorry!" I say quickly.

"Peter?" She asks.

"How did you know?" I ask, pulling her up.

"I'm good with voice recognition." She says, nonchalantly, as if everyone is. "So, has your situation improved?" She asks.

"Yeah, actually. How did you know?" I ask.

"Well, your situation seemed, I dunno, temporary." She answers. "Bye!" She calls out, walking away.

"Hey!" I shout to her. She stops. "Drasthi, right?" I ask, coming up besides her.

"Yes." She says quietly.

"Why don't I meet you somewhere tonight. I'll bring pizza or something," I suggest.

"Where?" She asks.

"How about the alley near Atlantic and 131st?" I ask, hoping she knows her way there.

"Sounds good," She says, walking off.


I enter the living room to find all of the Avengers lounging around.

"What are you guys doing?" I venture to ask.

"Being lazy." Tony says.

"Hey, any news about the Vorty guy?" Clint asks.

"No, I haven't seen him around." I answer. "Why do you ask?" 6 pairs of blank eyes stare back at me.

"S.H.I.E.L.D. issued a mandatory order this morning." Natasha says coldly.

"We're supposed to find Vorty." Steve explains.

"Oh." I say. "Well, I mean, why not stage a drug deal?"

"Vorty followed a trail. He's not just looking for drugs, he's on a certain trail with certain people." Bruce elaborates.

"Criminal minds Kenny Lee and Joy Lee are behind the trail Vorty follows." JARVIS randomly reports.

"Well, let's find them first." Tony says, leading the way out.


[Vorty P.O.V.]

I swing my fist at Joy, but Kenny jumps in the way.

"Stay away from her!" He shouts.

"Stop dealing in drugs!" I shout back.

"Others do the same dirt I do, if not worse. Why me? Joy snarls. I don't answer, plowing down Kenny as a response. I jump to behind Joy, and am about to tackle her when something distracts me.

"There he is!" Somebody shouts.

"Spiderman!" Kenny hisses.

"And the avengers." Joy hisses, stabbing her syringe into me. I fall backwards, trying to jump anywhere, anywhere but here. "What are you doing here? Kenny, I didn't know we were so popular," She sneers as I hit the ground, out cold.

[Tony P.O.V.]

Peter watches as Vorty hits the ground. I'll deal with that later.

"Well, we don't really care about you." I say.

"We're here for that guy." Steve says pointing at the fallen superhero.

"Well you're not getting him." Kenny says, reaching to grab Vorty, but Peter shoots a web at him, and he's all tied up.

"A little tied up at the moment?" Peter teases. The fight starts. Joy Lee is terribly outmatched and is tied up in a matter of seconds.

"Well that was easy." Clint says. We all crowd around Vorty. Bruce pushes forward, finding a pulse within seconds.

"We'll have to get him back to lab to find out what he was injected with, but he seems fine for now." Bruce says.

"Should we, you know, take off the mask?" I ask.

"No!" Everyone shouts back at me. I shrug.


Back in the lab, Bruce found the substance was only Ketamine.

"Why would they only want him knocked out?" I ask to no one in particular.

"To experiment on him more, obviously." Natasha says. "My theory is Kenny and Joy are responsible for his, 'condition'." She says.

"I don't know. Vorty probably wouldn't feel safe knowing he was right next to the person that did it to him." Peter thinks aloud.

"Then it still makes no sense." I muse.

"We'll have to wait for him to wake up." Bruce decides.


[3rd person P.O.V.] 9 years ago.

Drasthi can't see anymore. Only when she dreams, a rarity itself, can she see vivid, rich colors waving through her unconsciousness. She can feel them experimenting on her. They stab her with needles all day, making it very hard to sleep at night. Although, Drasthi can't tell it is night. They go away, and that is what she assumes is night.

One day is particularly bad. They poke her and prod her again and again, and again and again, Drasthi wishes to be anywhere but there. She feels a final prick, and then it's all gone. She can't feel the restraints or the poke of the needles, and the beeping of the HR monitor is long gone. Drasthi's energy is diminished, but lying on the ground in this place, she knows she's escaped. But how?

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