-Authors note-
Okay, it's here. Thank you so much for the reviews on the last chapter, those gave me the drive to continue this story. Enjoy and leave me some more love!
Chapter Two: We're Alive?
-Peter and Sam who knows how long since the wreck-
Peter and Sam were both shocked. For one Sam, was surpised that Peter was alive, second Peter could bairly believe, his friend who sleeps with the light on in his room, was standing before him in a dark and erri place. If that wasn't enough making creepy voices...Common!
Peter sat up slowly, using his hands and arms to aid in his accent. The floor felt like wet cracked cement with the occasional mixer of mud and rocks.
Sounds of rats, reptiles and insects scurrying around, echoed threw the dark tunnels.
The place haunted him with memories of when he had a face off with Lizard. Just thinking about it sent a spider like chill up his spine.
Even though he was incapable of seeing in the dark, his spider senses enabled him to make out a picture of his surroundings.
He knew that Sam was right in front of him, which made him a little nervous.
In the process of standing up, Sam caught him of guard, with a humongous embrace. Peter wasn't much of a hugger. Even when Ava hugged him, after they defeated kraken, he had pushed her off. It's not that he didn't like hugs, they just...felt awkward and uncomfortable.
"Ouch!" Peter faked a wince of pain in an effort to deter Sam. Nonetheless Sam hung on for dear life. He probably hugged Peter extra long just to make the poor spider uncomfortable. "There," Sam said while backing away, with an evil smile that hid itself in the dark, "you've been out forever, the guys and I thought you werent going to make it!"
It was still dark and cold. Peter knew without a doubt that he was in one of New York's many sewers. The confusion of the situation was almost too much for him to wrap his mind around.
How long have I been asleep? Where am I exactly? Where's Ava? Is she ok? And why am I not in a hospital!?He had so many questions and the last person in the world that anyone would want to explain them(yes even MJ).
Peter decided to start with question number one.
"Sam, how long have I've been asleep?"
Sam's hands began to glow, causing the bright blue light transcending from his palms, to chase the darkness away illuminating the room with its presence," A man could use some light every now and then." Sam stated, expecting to witness surprise on Peter's face, but being totaly ticked off and angery was a more accurate description.
There was a crackle, then a muffled voice, " Sam, this is Luke. Is Peter up yet?" Sam looked at his wrist, and for a second, had confusion written all over his face. "It's on your hip stupid." Luke added. He reached for the Walky talky that was attached to his belt. All the while flashing Peter with his bright lights.
Peter took note that Sam didn't have a communicator watch and used a walky talky instead.
"Thanks Luke. You won't believe this, Peters alive!" Sam turned to face peter, but he was...gone?
"No no no, Peters gone! I gotta find him, get back to you soon." Sam snapped his communication device to his waste and started to levitate in the air. He had the advantage of flight, so for even someone as bad at math as him. He calculated that it wouldn't be long till he found Peter.
Peter started off by walking, then jogging, then a full out sprint. He was glad his body was still functional. However his face and forearms felt stretched and when water touched them, it had an acid like sensation. The pain was agonizing. But nowhere near the amount that his heart felt.
He didn't mean to be rude to Sam or anything, he just needed to take some time to clear his head and get prepared for the answers that would surely wound him more.
As he ran in the darkness, his thoughts went back to the wreck.
The picture of Ava's cut and broken body laying on the road, burned in his mind. Tears and gritting teeth soon became his friend.
He kept telling himself, that it was an accident, however, he knew better than to trust himself. The wreck was on purpose.
It was an assassination!
Peter fell to his knees, all he wanted to do was to grieve for Ava and her loss of life.
Normally he would have hope in a situation like this, but after losing uncle Ben. He had learned you can hope all you want, but that won't stop death's hand from grazing anyone's face.
He could hear Sam's voice carry his name threw the the tunnels of the sewer system.
Peter knew that the flying maniac would eventually catch up with him, but he didn't care. He just wanted to take some time alone, except the reality of the situation and to be prepared for the loss of his friend, teammate ,and secret love.
In a different part of the God forsaken sewer, Sam kept on searching. He occasionally ducked under a beam or vine, but not really carrying.
"Peter!" Sam yelled, and yet the only response he got was the animals scurrying out of the way, and his voice bouncing of the walls. Then he heard voice coming threw his radio, "Wait a minute Sam, your telling me...Peter ran off?"
Sam stopped flying, and closed his eyes. He was already stressed that Peter had run away and know having to explain it to his team-mate was a little to much to ask for. "Luke, why don't you pay attention to what you are doing so you don't get caught and I'll deal with Peter."
There was a long pause, then a crackled voice came threw," This is Danny."
That was all it took to snap Sam's nerve into two pieces. "If you and Luke bother me again I will call the cops on both of you!"
There wasn't a reply, Sam was glad, what his team-mates were doing at that moment was crucial and they couldn't afford mistakes.
"How are you going to call the cops?" Luke asked with a playful tone in his dialogue. Sam face palmed, then turned off the Walky talky. There was no hope for them.
Started where he left off, the search for his friend continued.
Peter knew without a doubt, that Ava's death was on purpose and he wanted to make them pay dearly. He remembered hearing something hit Ava's side of the car right before the explosion, and when does a car explode all on its own?
He looked back to see a small light in the distance quickly approaching him. Sam looked like a torpedo as he flew in the center of the sewer.
Peter would have made a joke about it, but after everything he had been threw, the idea of making a joke was no longer appealing.
Sam caught up with him.
"What are you thinking?" Peter started to reply, but was instantly interrupted, "No wait, you aren't thinking."
"It was an assassination" Peter finally said with a crack in his voice. He had tried to sound as mature and strong as could, nonetheless his emotions took advantage of him.
"I know"
Peter already knew that wasn't an accident, but being told that Ava's life wasn't lost, but taken, fueled his hatred and remorse. "Who did this?" Sam stopped glowing, "Shield."
Peter was furious. He trusted Shield with his life and this is how they repay him! The feeling of betrayal made his blood boil with rage.
Sam walked over to Peter and placed his hand on his emotionally unstable friend , " I am sorry...Danny and Luke are trying to figure out who the assassin is. I'll take you to our base, and we'll clarify everything there."
Peter nodded his head not really sure what to think. He just let Sam lead the way.
-Luke and Danny-
At that same time in different part of New York. Luke and Danny, wearing black clothes and burglar masks. Hid behind a dumpster, that sat next to NYPD HQs. The sky was dark, it was around 10PM or so, and the perfect time to break into a building.
"Are you ready?" Luke asked over his shoulder, "Ready as Miyamoto Musashi was in the kaba wushu battle." Luke didn't bother critiquing his teammates choice of words, he understood that this wasn't the time for a chit chat.
"Ok then."
Luke got out of his hiding place, and snuck to a ladder that hung over head, he jumped up and pulled it down from its lodge. As it slide down, it generated an ear piercing sound, that made the hairs on Luke and Danny's forearms to spick upward and become all prickly.
Luke cursed, hoping that nobody heard the load sound.
Then with Danny following shortly behind, he scaled up the ladders limbs. Once they both climbed up the first floor they ascended the steel stairs that went in a circle leading up to the top of the building.
Luke put his right hand in the air, silently commanding his friend to stop. He pointed above them to a window. Danny pulled out a small hand held mirror and placed it in Luke's big hands.
Luke didn't hesitate, they had already planned every step, and there was no time to lose.
Holding the mirror just right, he was able to see inside the building. Luke cursed...again(he's kinda on a swearing spree.) There were three police officers, one was next to the window getting coffee and the other two were sitting at a table talking. Luke shook his head, there was no way those officers were going to leave any time soon.
"Plan B?" Danny asked threw his mask. "That's what it looks like...wait their moving." Luke replied, causing Danny to turn back around. "Alright looks like their gone."
Danny put his hands together as if thanking some Kung fu god. They continued up the flight of stairs, checking every time they came up to a window.
"Finally." remarked Luke as they climbed out of the iron cage and onto the top of the ten story building.
Danny walked over to a small glass window in the middle of the flat roof. Pulling out some glass cutters, he got to work.
All the while, Luke sat with his feet hanging over the roof, as he watched the people of New York scurry around, going about their business. There was nothing he could do, but wait for Danny and help if needed.
"Crash!"
Danny had cut a perfect circle, but it had managed to fall and break into many pieces. "It's ok, if I need you, I'll call you." Luke didn't reply, he just nodded his head.
Danny climbed threw the glass hole and landed on the top floor of the police headquarters. It was dark, but after opening his duffle bag and breaking a few glow sticks, the room lite up in a sea of green.
Danny was inside the control room, where all the brains of new York's security systems laid. He found his way to a desk that had a computer on it. Taking the black duffle bag off his shoulders and setting it down, he pulled out a laptop and a cord. He then booted up the electronic device and plugged it into the system. His fingers got to work, as he hacked his way threw the many firewalls.
Danny found the file that he was looking for, shortly after transferring it to his computer, he started packing up.
In the midst of getting ready to leave, the room's lights turned on. Two officers entered the room.
Man I hate the police, always showing up at the worst time, Danny thought as he grabbed his bag and silently hid behind the desk. His heart pounded inside his chest, more than it did when his parents caught him looking at "certain" things on the Internet.
"Hey Charlie, so what did she say?" Charlie looked at his friend, "We'll she said..." Charlie waited allowing his friends anxiety to build up, "she said yes!" He grabbed his friend and they both embraced laughing and rejoicing.
After a short minute of joy and thanksgiving.
"Charlie?"
"Yeah" He responded with tears in his eyes.
"There's shattered glass in the middle of the floor."
The police officers pulled out their pistols in unison and cautiously walked over to inspect the damage. Charlie's friend put up his hand signaling his friend to stop, kinda like what Luke did.
Grabbing his radio, he started to report the breach, then "oomph!" He looked back at Charlie to find him laying on the floor, knocked out "cold turkey".
He put down his radio and rushed to his friends aid(bad idea). He heard footsteps, then looking back at the glass he saw a dark figure with a bag. He grabbed his gun and took aim, but Danny had already jumped up and out the window, escaping the conflict.
Danny took off his mask and ran over to Luke, "We gotta go right now!" Luke didn't need to now why. But if a Kung fu geek isn't talking in flip flops then it is deathly serious.
Sirens started to sound alerting the building of the threat.
They bolted down the flights of stairs, like little kids playing tag. Once they reached the last floor both of them descended the ladder, and jumped down landing on the hard cement.
Danny and Luke had previous shield training on how to disappear, so it wasn't a problem for them to get away.
"Did you get the video?" Luke asked as he bent over to catch his breath.
"Yep...we need to get to Flashes place so I can get threw these firewalls." Danny replied, while heading in their bases direction. Luke followed, but it took his big body a while to recover from the cardio vascular workout.
-Ava right after the car crash-
Ava woke up.
She laid in the middle of a vibrantly green field of grass. In every direction hills surrounded her, but not encasing her completely. The sun shone bright and strong making her skin sizzle in its warmth. She stood up, and instantly felt for her tiger amulet, but it wasn't there.
This place would have been beautiful, however she didn't have her amulet, and that made everything feel dark and cold. She started to look where she had been laying. Her hands dug into the grass, as she pulled their roots out, making dirt fly in every direction.
A tiger gracefully walked over and nibbled on her hair, in an attempt to get her attention. "Stop that!" Ava yelled, smacking the wild cat in the nose.
The tiger yelped, but didn't retaliate. Instead it just sat behind her, waiting as Ava worried and searched for her lost treasure.
Ava started to feel nauseous, scared even. She laid her head back and let the arms of grass hold her. Exhausted and scared, she covered her face and began to cry. The wild cat walked closer to her and licked the river of tears streaming down her face. The tongue felt rough against her raw cheeks, but at the same time it brought a strange comfort.
Ava reached back and started to pet the animal. Feeling its soft coat and powerful muscles, made Ava feel safe. There was something familiar about this creature.
She turned around to face her comforter. The tiger had a white coat, with sharp black stripes, giving it more wisdom in its appearance. It was almost like each strip added more dignity and respect.
The tigers body tensed as, it's ears pointed straight up awaiting vibrations in the air. Ava turned and faced the same direction the tiger was facing. The landscape was fairly flat, enabling her to easily see for miles. There was a small group of horses with men on top of them galloping in their direction.
Ava didn't know who they were, or what they wanted, but she knew they were on a mission to kill the poor animal.
She looked at her new friend, its green eyes were penetrating, not even a hint of fear was shown in them.
The tiger looked at Ava as if telling her to run for her life, and that's what she did. It started to rain and thunder, lightning was evident. Tears started to stream down her face mixing with the rain drops.
Ava stopped when she was far enough away, looking back she witnessed the men on horses surround the animal, and taunt it. They started to poke the tiger with their swords and spears, making the poor thing growl and claw back.
Although the Ava couldn't hear what they were saying, she could make out the horsemen's body language. They were laughing! Enraged, Ava started to run back to the tiger, she didn't know why she left when it told her to, for all she knew it could have been asking her for help.
She sprinted as fast as her legs could take her, mud flew off her feet landing on her shoulders and hair. "Noo!" she yelled, as one of the horsemen pulled his spear up and plunged its deadly tip into the tigers chest.
Once she arrived at the massacre, the horsemen looked at her and in unison said," Two lives remain from the past, one you have taken one you must give." Ava didn't care what these jerks were saying, she grabbed the nearest branch and threw it at one of them. But they had disappeared into thin air.
She looked down at the poor animal, laying in the mud.
Small yelps of pain transcended from its mouth, as it's lunges started to collapse from the gaping wound on its side. Ava sat down and embraced the head of the animal in her lap and stroked it's neck.
Then she felt the tigers fur get warmer and warmer. Her hands started to burn. "Ouch" she yelped, letting go of the animals fur and backing away. When the rain hit the tigers fur it turned to steam. Ava backed away even further, she was totally confused.
What the heck is going on? She looked at the tiger, but it's coat was to bright to even lay her eyes on. She looked away, then nothing...silence...
Ava woke up.
She was laying on a gerni. Her clothes were stripped off, and there were surgeons in the room, with shock and horror written on their faces. "Did the hole that we were performing on just now regenerate and close!?" said one of the female surgeons in shock. Shield agents rushed into the room with guns pointed at Ava. She put her hands in the air not having a clue of what just happened.
-Authors note-
Alright! Phew that took so long to write and I know exactly how to continue from here, but you must be patient and wait for the next chapter. Please leave a review! I'm always open to constructive criticism(this is my first fanfic by the way)
If you haven't noticed, I've been using very little dialogue, however that is all going to change after the characters cool off and get that adrenaline down.
And FYI, when Danny said some warriors name then a battle he fought in, I kinda had to use my imagination on that.
