The next day Peter went to school tiredly and he felt awful. His head hurt ,his wound hurt, his back hurt. He had overworked himself like crazy. However, he had overworked himself before but it always felt better when he woke up. This time it seemed like he was in more pain when he woke up. Ned slid over to him during chemistry and shook his shoulder.
"Hey man, you're really pale, are you ok?" Ned asked.
"Yeah I'm fine. I'm just really tired. It was a long night." Peter replied.
"I don't know, you're starting to turn green man. Maybe you should just go to the nurse and see if you can go home." Ned sighed and Peter started to feel a numbness go through his chest and his head felt strange.
"I'm fine, I just," Peter was fighting whatever was happening to him very hard, and then he noticed that his vision was starting to blur and then he passed out on the table. Ned started to shake Peter's shoulders.
"Peter? Dude? Are you ok?" Ned asked and when Peter didn't move Ned realized that Peter wasn't snoring. "Wait a minute, you're not asleep. Uh, Mrs. Rafferty?" Ned sighed and the teacher looked to Ned and then she saw Peter and looked frustrated immediately.
"That's like the tenth time he has fallen asleep today. Wake him up Ned." The teacher said.
"I don't think he's asleep this time. He's not moving and he's also not snoring. I think he might have passed out. He was looking kind of green." Ned pointed out and , the teacher, walked over in slight worry and she shook Peter's shoulder and he still didn't wake up. In fact his hand and arm limply fell down towards the floor.
"Ned, help me push him back into his chair." sighed. MJ looked worriedly at Peter as Ned and gently grabbed Peter's shoulders and head and leaned him back into his chair so could make sure he was ok.
"I'm gonna go get the nurse. Keep, an eye on him Ned." sighed and she walked out of the classroom and Flash let out a laugh as everyone was silent.
"It all makes sense now. Penis Parkers strung out on performance enhancement drugs. I'm sure he needs them so he can juggle the Stark internship AND school." Flash joked and several laughed. MJ stood up and started to walk over to Ned and then looked at everyone else.
"Brave move, bullying someone who is unconscious. Why don't you all do something useful and start spreading your stupid rumors because that's apparently all that people can do these days." MJ said and then everyone started talking to each other and she shook her head. "I was joking, but ok." MJ sat down by Ned as everyone talked loudly to each other.
"What's going on with Peter? He's looked like crap all day." MJ asked.
"I don't know. He said he was really busy last night. That's all I could get out of him before he passed out." Ned replied.
"Yeah I'm sure it gets pretty dangerous when being Spider Man." MJ whispered to Ned and Ned didn't even realize what he was about to do.
"Yeah. It makes me worry for him. I mean if…." Ned said and then his eyes widened and he looked around and saw that no one else was listening and then he looked to MJ who had a smug smile on her face.
"I knew it." MJ sighed.
"Ok you can't tell anyone." Ned sighed and MJ let out a laugh.
"You and Peter are pretty much the only people I call friends, I won't tell anyone because I don't have anyone to tell." MJ replied and then she looked at Peter in concern. "He DOES look really green. Do you know if he has a wound or anything?"
"I don't know." Ned replied and MJ started to feel around his chest and then she felt something rough on his side and she very gently pushed it and Peter shot up and let out a cry in pain and started to breath in and out. He looked around at everyone who was staring at him and then he saw MJ who was right beside him.
"I think you need some air. This classroom has a pretty heavy atmosphere." MJ sighed as she looked at everyone who was whispering to each other about Peter, and then she stood up and Peter was reluctant.
"Come on, Peter, its ok." Ned sighed and Peter stood up and felt dizzy and leaned onto the table. "Woah! Dude slow down. Here use my arm." Ned offered and Peter shook his head.
"I'm fine." Peter sighed and he took one step and got dizzy and grabbed onto Neds arm. "Ok maybe I'm not." MJ, Ned, and Peter walked out into the hallway and they were trying to get Peter to the point where he could walk on his own, and they were eventually successful. The entire time they had been having a discussion so Peter could focus on something other than the pain he was in. Peter stood by the classroom door beside MJ and Ned and he shook his head.
"You can't tell a single soul MJ." Peter sighed.
"Oh I won't tell anyone your secret identity, but you got shot Peter. That bullet might still be in you, and if it is then it needs to be surgically removed." MJ explained. Peter refused to look at either of them because he didn't know what to do at this point. He now felt ill and knew something was wrong with his wound and he needed to see what it was.
"I got the bullet out. It didn't get in very deep." Peter sighed. "I'm fine."
"Peter you passed out. You wouldn't wake up. That's not fine." Ned insisted.
"Teacher, Principal, and nurse are coming. Be quiet." MJ whispered and Peter looked to see the Principal who was just as worried as the teacher was. They walked over to Peter and looked at him.
"Are you ok Peter?" The principal asked.
"Yeah. I'm alright." Peter lied and MJ looked worried for him and the principal caught MJ's glimpse.
"Michelle, is Peter ok?" The principal asked. MJ looked at Peter and then back to the principal.
"Yeah. He's just really tired and it's making him sick. He's been studying way too hard recently, but now that we know, this won't happen again." MJ replied.
"Ok well Peter, we are going to have teachers keep a close eye one you. Pass out like that one more time and we are sending you home." The Principal said and then he and the nurse left. looked to Peter, MJ, and Ned.
"Take a walk up and down the hallways a couple of times and then come back in when you're ready Peter. MJ, Ned, keep any eye on him." sighed and Ned nodded and so did MJ and then she left the three of them alone. Peter started to walk down the hallway as he thought about what had happened to him, and then he went into the bathroom. Ned followed him in without him realizing it and Peter pulled his shirt up and revealed that the stitches he had made were infected and had red around the edges and then it had a yellow-green coloring around the red. Ned walked in and saw his wound in the mirror and then Peter gently pinched his wound and pus came out. Ned gagged and Peter dropped the shirt and turned to Ned so quickly that he got dizzy, slipped and hit his head on the sink and fell to the ground as the ceramic sink got a chunk broken off by Peter's head. He was in so much pain that he couldn't even scream. The second he could talk he said something that Ned wasn't expecting.
"Don't call OR my Aunt May. Please." Peter sighed and Ned walked over and kneeled down beside him.
"Peter, dude, you need help." Ned said sadly.
"They can't know Ned. might take my suit away even though I'm an Avenger now and my Aunt May will freak out and she's been through so much Ned, I can't put her through anything else." Peter said as his voice shook. Ned paused for a second and then gave in.
"Come on man, let's get you up off this nasty floor." Ned sighed sadly and he helped Peter to his feet and Peter instantly started to turn green.
"Move out of the way." Peter said and then he ran into a bathroom stall and threw up in the toilet. Ned looked away and shook his head. Suddenly Flash walked in and heard Peter just as Peter stopped throwing up. Peter leaned against the stall and started breathing in out heavily as he grabbed toilet paper and wiped his mouth and threw it in the toilet and flushed it.
"Oh Peter, the second that the school finds out that your taking performance enhancement drugs, you're going to get expelled man. That must make you feel like shit." Flash joked and then Peter looked at him angrily and stood up and walked over to him and slightly stumbled and then pinned Flash to the wall.
"I'm done with your crap Flash! I'm sick and tired of it!" Peter snapped and Flash looked terrified.
"Dude, I'm sorry, just get off me with your freakishly strong hands." Flash said in fear and Peter stepped back and Flash ran out. Peter turned to Ned in frustration.
"Just help me back to class." Peter sighed and Ned looked worried for him.
"Peter, you're not yourself man. Maybe we SHOULD call . Maybe he can help." Ned suggested.
"No Ned! He'll take my suit away again!" Peter replied.
"Dude, you're sick. You're not making rational decisions right now. You just pinned Flash to a wall." Ned suggested and suddenly MJ walked into the bathroom.
"Hey why is Flash saying that you're crazy Peter?" MJ asked.
"The more important question is, why are you in the boy's bathroom?" Peter asked.
"Because I honestly don't care. Now answer MY question." MJ said.
"Uh, I honestly don't want to." Peter replied. Then MJ turned to Ned and crossed her arms and Peter looked to Ned hoping he would keep it a secret and then Ned quickly gave into MJ.
"Peter's wound is infected and he slipped and got a concussion and then Flash was a jerk and Peter pinned him to the wall and scared him!" Ned revealed and Peter looked to him.
"Dude!" Peter snapped.
"Bro! You're sick. You need help." Ned sighed.
"I AM FINE! Just leave me alone! BOTH OF YOU! Neither of you understand what's at stake here! You get to have normal lives! I don't!" Peter yelled and then he walked out and headed back to class. MJ looked to Ned and shrugged.
"What are we supposed to do now?" MJ asked.
"I don't know." Ned replied and suddenly a toilet flushed and a younger kid walked out and saw MJ and froze. MJ and Ned then walked out of the bathroom…..
Captain America was hanging out in his room at Stark Industries when his TV had a message pop up.
"Message from Spider Man's suit." The TV said in Karen's voice and the Capt. looked shocked and then he stood up.
"Kid, why are you calling ME?" The Capt. said and then he let out a sigh. "Accept message." Suddenly the TV showed video footage of Peter fighting.
"I know you're confused with why I am not Peter." Karen said. "Peter was put in the direct line of fire of a bullet wound." The video showed Peter getting shot and the Capt. slightly cringed. Then the video switched to Peter grabbing the needle and threading it.
"I love you Aunt May." The Capt. heard Peter say and he looked worried for Peter.
"Kid what are you doing?" The Capt. sighed. Then the video switched to a view of the closed shower and you could see Peter struggling behind it and he was grunting.
"He removed the bullet and stitched it himself. He is probably infected given the fact that he was in the shower and his skin had been exposed to a lot of dirt, soot, and chemicals that day due to his rescues. I believe he is in dire need of medical care." Karen explained and the Capt. nodded.
"Thank you for informing me. System, save transmission." The Capt. said and then his TV spoke to him in a male tone.
"Transmission saved." The TV said.
"Now send it to my phone please." The Capt. requested and there was a checkmark on the TV and then The Capt. ran down the stairs and saw Black Widow sitting at a table with Tony Stark and they were eating.
"We've got a problem." The Capt. said.
"How serious is it?" Tony asked as both Black Widow and Tony looked to the Capt. Just as he said this Bruce came in.
"Someone said that there was a problem?" Bruce asked.
"It's not really a big problem necessarily but," The Capt. started and Tony interrupted him.
"Your heart is too big Rodgers. We deal with the massive problems, not the small ones, not the ones in the middle, and definitely not the ones that are even considered big. We deal with the ones no one else can handle." Tony sighed.
"Let me rephrase this. YOU have a problem." The Capt. snapped.
"How so?" Tony asked in confusion.
"The kid got himself shot, and by shot, I mean he was in direct fire, strait to the chest." The Capt. explained and Tony still looked unphased.
"Kid? What kid?" Tony asked.
"What kid?! You know the kid you added into the Avengers! The Spider kid!" The Capt. said and Tony looked concerned as he stood up.
"He got shot?! Is he ok?!" Tony asked.
"Yeah, he sewed his own wound shut and probably earned himself an infection because he doesn't want his Aunt freaking out if he goes to the hospital." The Capt. said and Tony looked like it no longer mattered to him.
"Oh so he resolved the problem. Good for him. Don't worry Rodgers he's a smart kid, smarter than everyone in this room, probably, excluding me of course." Tony said and he got up and was about to leave.
"His suit sent ME the video. Why didn't it send it to you? Maybe because he doesn't want you knowing . You're his mentor, so why doesn't he trust you enough to come to you for help?" The Capt. said and then Tony turned to Rodgers.
"He's fine." Tony refused to believe that Peter was in danger and then he left the room and Bruce looked shocked with the way Tony was acting.
"Ok even I think someone needs to check up on the kid and I don't even know him that well." Bruce sighed as he was worried for Peter and The Capt. looked to Black Widow who was more worried than anyone in the room.
"He's just a kid. His Aunt is scared to death for him. I can't tell you the amount of times she calls Tony and he doesn't take her call." Black Widow sighed and then Tony walked back in and turned to The Capt.
"He can handle this on his own, so if I find out that you went to see him, you will be out of the Avengers. Am I clear?" Tony said.
"Yes." The Capt. said as he looked at Tony in disgust. "But if that boy dies, it's on your conscience, not mine." The Capt. said and then Tony frowned in anger at him and then left the room. The Capt. turned to 3Black Widow.
"Will you please go and see if he's ok. My guts telling me that the kids definitely infected. His suit wouldn't have said so, otherwise. That suit is programmed to only alert Tony if the kid is in danger, and the kid told the suit not to tell Tony and so it told me. Somethings wrong, and even though he is a kid, he's a damn good fighter and one day might be better than all of us. Go check if he's ok." The Capt. said and Black Widow looked to Bruce.
"You coming with me?" Black Widow asked.
"No. Thor needs to talk to me about something in a few minutes. Sorry. I would love to go talk to the kid but I can't. Also Peter Quill is on his way here as we speak regarding an infinity stone, so more than one of us should be here." Bruce replied.
"Tony AND myself are here though. That makes two of us." The Capt. pointed out and Bruce laughed.
"Tony doesn't count." Bruce laughed and The Capt. turned to Black Widow as he let out a laugh.
"Are you still gonna go?" The Capt. asked.
"Yeah. He lives in Queens, if I'm not mistaken." Black Widow replied as she started to get up and leave.
"Your not mistaken. Here's his address." Captain America said and he handed Black Widow a piece of paper and Black Widow nodded. "Take this too, you might need to show Aunt May the footage to get the kid to cooperate. He's brave, but stubborn." The Capt. handed her a phone and Black Widow looked down at it and saw video footage loaded.
"What's that?" Bruce asked and Black Widow pressed on it and it transmitted the video out in front of them and started from the beginning and showed Peter getting shot.
"SHIT KID!" Bruce yelled instinctively and Black Widow closed her eyes for a second.
"The second part is even harder to watch." The Capt. sighed sadly and then Black Widow heard Peter.
"I love you Aunt May." Black Widow heard him and looked up and saw the video footage of Peter behind the shower curtain grasping the sides.
"Ok, stop it." Bruce said as he couldn't watch anymore and Black Widow stopped the video.
"Is anyone else glad that he did that behind the curtain so we didn't have to see him?" Hawkeye asked as he walked into the room. "So the kid got himself shot. I've been shot, and quite honestly, I wouldn't have the guts to sew it shut without some type of anesthetic, or at least a bottle of rum. He's a brave and strong kid. Why didn't he just come to Tony?" Hawkeye asked as he sat down at a table.
"Well for starters, for some reason Tony has made the kid feel like he CAN'T come to him. God knows what it could be." The Capt. replied.
"Nat go, I'll fill him in." Bruce sighed and then Black Widow headed out…..