A/N: I'm so sorry I haven't updated this since September lol I've had some major writer's block and had to take a break for a while from it. Writer's block is such a pain in the butt.

But here I am now updating with another chapter that I worked on last night :) I hope y'all like this!

(TW: Mentions of PTSD)

It was over the weekend and Carrie just wanted to stay inside the house and relax while reading her book. She have had a long week with the training and going to Professor Xavier's school and whatnot, one of her friends from school had invited her to go hangout with them today but she declined and told them she was gonna be busy. They were disappointed but understood and just spent the day without her.

There was nothing that could interrupt her of her relaxing Saturday.

Until a loud knock at her door made her jump and drop her book. That caught her off caught so bad that she felt like her heart was gonna jump out of her throat.

"Hey Carrie! Care Bear! Open the door" Tony called her.

She rolled her eyes and groaned, she hopped off the bed, opening the door.

"Hey, kiddo! Sorry to interrupt your little 'me time' but oh man! You have got to see this"

"See what?"

"Its on TV! Come downstairs and you'll see!"

She sighed and said, "Okay"

"I promise it won't be long" He told her.

She had no idea what could be so important on TV that Tony had to come into her room and interrupt her reading her book in peace but she was about to find out.

"So what is that you wanted to show me?" she asked, sitting down next to him on the couch.

She looked at the TV and saw that a trial for someone was going on, she didn't know why he would show her this until it was revealed who's on trial.

It was her old bully from high school, Christine Hargensen in an orange jumpsuit looking average without her makeup and her hair looked lifeless even with a ponytail she had.

She looked pissed off. Everything was stripped from her, her future to going to college, her life and her wealth. It was what she deserved after all the bullshit she put Carrie through and watching her getting her just desserts was absolutely delicious and satisfying to watch.

She watched as the girl cried and pleaded for her to not give her a long sentence but she wasn't the one to decide that, the judge gets to do that. She was obviously trying to manipulate the jury into feeling sorry for her and kept claiming she "had a mental illness" to excuse what she did.

Carrie shook her head in disgust while Tony was smiling in satisfaction that her bully was about to be sentenced to a possibly long sentence.

The former queen bee was crying and shaking, and kept telling everyone her fake sob story to get sympathy and even claimed none of it was her fault and that she was "manipulated" by her boyfriend but nobody was buying it. There was tons of evidence on her permanent record of her crimes and there wasn't any type of fake sob story to excuse for all the things she did.

"Please! Please don't do this to me please, I didn't mean any of it I swear! I have a bipolar disorder and my boyfriend took advantage of that and made me do all those horrible things, he should be the one that should be here not me! NOT ME!"

Carrie cringed at the girl's attempt at getting sympathy from the jury from her lies but her acting skills were totally unconvincing and nobody was believing her.

"Yikes! I seen better acting from a three year old" Tony mocked her. Carrie couldn't help but let out a giggle.

"And using a serious mental illness that she knows that she obviously doesn't have to excuse her crimes? I'm disgusted but not surprised. A Lot of people attempted to do that crap in trials to save face but most of the time, it doesn't work, so I don't know who they're trying to fool"

"Christine Hargensen, you will be sentenced to 20 years in jail without any chance of parole" The judge slammed the grovel.

"WHAT THE FUCK?! ARE YOU SERIOUS?!" She shouted in the courtroom. "THIS IS BULLSHIT!"

Carrie and Tony couldn't help but laugh as her fake sympathy persona faded and showed her true colors to the jury even though it didn't work with them to begin with.

The security grabbed her arm and proceeded to take her away to jail but she wasn't having it, she kicked, screamed and cussed, causing her knock down chairs and move tables. She spit one of the security guards and attempted to kick the other on in the face but he caught it just in time.

"Fuck you you fat piece of shit!" She spat at the judge, but he was unfazed by her insults. He just watch as she was kicking and screaming at the top of her lungs, "FUCK YOU! FUCK ALL OF YOU!" She shouted enraged at the jury.

"GET YOUR DISGUSTING HANDS OFF ME!" She tried to free herself from the guards as they got a tight grip on her.

"YOU CAN'T DO THIS TO ME! I DON'T FUCKING DESERVE THIS SHIT!"

"Chill out lady!" One of them said. "Quit acting like a wild animal!"

"Oh I'll show you a wild animal, asshole!" she insulted and threatened him but he wasn't phased by it.

The guards struggled to take her away when she looked into the camera and shouted, "IT'S ALL THAT BITCH CARRIE WHITE'S FAULT! NOT MINE!"

Carrie's smile quickly faded at the mention of her name on TV and her heart dropped.

"I swear White if you're watching this, I WILL find a way to get out of this shithole and come after you and kill you! And that is a FUCKING PROMISE YOU FREAK!" She threatened and shared more string of cuss words out of her mouth like poisonous venom.

Her threats sent chills down her spine even with her powers getting under control and her being an Avenger in-training, she couldn't help but feel, what's the word? Slightly intimidated, but what for? Chris was powerless now without her wealth and daddy to come save her and there's not a damn thing she could do to break out of jail. So she didn't know why she felt that way.

She watched as the guards finally took her away and she was out of sight, still yelling and screaming like a mad man, or in this case, a mad woman.

Tony changed the channel and let out a whistled, shaking his head, "She's a real piece of work alright. I'm surprised her daddy didn't try to come to her defense this time. I think he possibly might have disowned her or something"

He looked over to his adopted daughter, who obviously felt upset at what she saw at the end.

He turned to her and said, "Hey, you alright, Care Bear?"

"Oh, um, I'm fine" She held her knees to her chest, looking sad and it was quite obvious.

"Kid, I may not be able to read minds but I even I know you're not fine and I can see it now"

She sighed, realizing there was no lying her way out of this, she looked up at him, "I…. Um,".

"Hey, hey, it's alright" He said in a soft, gentle voice, "You could tell me anything, I'm here"

"I…. I got kinda scared when she said my name and threatened me on live TV like that. I know she's going to be locked up but…."

Tony looked at her with a concerned look on his face.

"...The way she was yelling and threatening me on national TV, swearing she was going to get me, I just can't help but feel like she was bullying me again to my face, it took me back to that place again and I just-" She sighed and shook her head, trying to fight tears starting to form in the girl's blue eyes, sobbing and covering her face.

"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to sour the mood like this" She apologized

Tony embraced her in his arms and gave her the biggest hug, "Don't ever feel like you should apologize for how you're feeling, I should be the one who should be apologizing to you right now. if I knew she was gonna mention you while screaming death threats like that I would have never shown you it"

"Oh, no! It's not your fault, you were just trying to make me feel better that my tormentor is getting her punishment. I'm not mad at you"

She really wasn't, she was more mad at Chris and her demon followers for leaving permanent emotional scars on her for all those years of torture in the first place. Sure, she was in a better environment now and had a good life here but that doesn't mean the scars aren't there anymore. This was something she was trying to heal from since she left that town and obviously it gonna take some time.

"Listen to me, Carrie. And I want you to listen good. I understand you feel that way, you have every right to after all the stuff she put you through. I just wanted to let you know that there's absolutely nothing to be afraid of"

"I know but..." She sighed and looked down at her socks. "I don't know"

"Hey Care, bear with me, think about this, you know who you're under protect of, right?" He pointed at himself.

"Yeah, you of course" She smiled.

"Not just me but SHIELD, don't forget that either" He reminded her.

"Oooh! Right! The Agents of SHIELD, I almost forgot about them"

"And on top of that you're about to be a kick ass Avenger soon with your bad ass telekinetic powers and look at her position now, her reputation is tarnished forever and she's gonna rot in jail for the rest of her 20 years, so yeah I can pretty much see who's the winner here in this"

Carrie slightly smiled. "I am?"

"That's right, kiddo! so if anyone's to be afraid, it should be HER! She deserves to know what it feels like to be scared and helpless, no benefit of the doubt for her whatsoever" He shrugged after that.

And that was true, she had an extremely strong support system and protection behind her to make sure she was safe and not everyone had that. Chris is stuck in the slammer with nobody not even her followers (Who're most likely facing the same fate as her) or father who disowned her for tainting the family name. There was no way in hell anyone was gonna bail her out, there's no possibility.

"And besides, what's she gonna do when she gets out in 20 years anyway?

Carrie nodded in response, "Well, I might, um, go back to reading my book"

"Oh and one more thing?"

"Yes?"

"If you ever have one of those, well, set offs in the future, just come to me and let me know, I'll try to help you cope with it the best way I know how, understand?"

She nodded, "Yes, thank you".

He let out a chuckle, "Anytime Care bear. I'm always here if you need me, kid, remember that".

"I will"

He himself was struggling with PTSD as well, he didn't wanna admit that but he actually did, he didn't wanna let her or anyone else know that. However, he was willing to help her cope with it anyways because there was no way he was gonna let her deal with this on her own.

Although, he felt a bit hypocritical on his part because he told someone he was gonna help them with something as serious as PTSD, yet didn't want anyone to know about his to this day. He had his own reasons though but that didn't stop him from feeling hypocritical.

But he knew sooner or later she was gonna find out and ask about it one day when one of his symptoms start to show again. They were gonna have to work together and find ways to cope with PTSD

Unless she already found that out about him, she was telekinetic so that wouldn't surprise him if she already did.

But who knows?

Also, the whole thing with Chris' life being ruined was quite funny actually, Chris was rich and popular before she got arrested for the stunt she tried to pull at the prom and for her past crimes, now Carrie is the one who's rich and powerful at the end, except Carrie never used that power to oppress others unlike Chris, instead Carrie used it to help others in need, like at charity events.

Chris was the one who got Karma at the end and was gonna know what it was like to be bullied and tortured but not from school mates like Carrie did but from prison cell mates, and once they hear about what she did, they were gonna make her 20 years a living hell and Carrie is the one who got the last laugh at the end.

Oh how the tables have turned for the better.