Hey guys sorry about not uploading these past few days I got busy with stuff also thanks Stark-Staffie for your review I'm glad you enjoyed that last chapter and I'll fix them up soon but thanks so he's the new chapter and I'll upload the next few chapters sometime tomorrow when I finish writing them but now lets talk about the more important stuff such as the FREAKEN TRAILER FINALLY RELEASED LIKE OH MY GOSH! I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT IT WAS FINALLY RELEASED! I cannot actually wait until it comes out even though it isn't that long but it` still so excited but it was so sad Tony looked so defeated and clint... I had a really sad theory about his family because he looked so sad. But he was so awesome and has back and Antman? Don't know about him I kinda think he's daughter could have found him maybe but he's back and it's just that I can't believe it! well anyways those are my thoughts that I just wanted to share sorry if this chapter isn't that good I had trouble figuring out what to write but I just ended up with this its a little angsty it doesn't have a lot of Christmas stuff in it only at the beginning but I thought it would be a good idea to have it like them coming over their fears or something after Thanos or something anyway hope u enjoy it :) (I don't own Marvel)
I smiled as Thor walked into the compound carrying a huge tree over his shoulders. He walked over into the middle of the living room and placed the gigantic tree on the ground and as he did snow rustled from it.
"Wow, Thor. Where did you get that tree from?" Pepper asked as she just walked into the room with Mr Stark and Sam Wilson. I still stood there gaping at the huge thing, it was pretty awesome. I still can't get over the fact that I'm hanging out with the Avengers for Christmas and so far it was pretty awesome.
Thor stood up after he finished steadying the tree on the ground and smiled.
"Well this," He said patting the tree. "I got it from a planet called Christmas." My smile turned into a confused frown. Christmas? A planet called Christmas? Is he serious?
"Uhhhhh? There's a planet called Christmas?" I asked. He nodded and continued to explain.
"Yep. It's not too far from Earth actually, it's a planet that snows continuously and has Christmas trees everywhere. The people over there are really nice, one of them even gave me hot cocoa. But I did have to get help carrying this beauty here." He said, and my eyes narrowed in confusion.
"Who did you have to get help from-?" I was about to ask when I was suddenly cut off by a loud, booming familiar voice.
"WELL, IT'S THAT TIME OF YEAR ISN'T!" It made me jump slightly and I kinda hoped no one saw, I think Mr Stark did because I think I saw him smirk but I'm just gonna pretend he did and it never happened.
But back to that familiar voice that just appeared, I turned around to face the hallway that Pepper, Mr Stark, and Sam just appeared from and a huge, excited smile appeared on my face. "MR QUILL!" I shouted and ran up to him to give him a hug which he gladly took in return and wrapped his arms around me. "Hw little Pete. How's it hanging?" He asked. I gave a small shrug. "Yeah, It's been alright."
"It's been more than alright," Tony said coming up from behind me as I stood back a bit and watched as they shook hands. After the events of the Infinity War, they had become closer and more like friends. "You know, he showed Thor how to snowboard?" He said, with a point of his thumb at me and with an amused smile on his face. Quill's reaction was awesome. His mouth opened wide opened, tilted his head so he could see Thor then looked at me. "Really?" He asked and I nodded.
"And then he and Shuri protected the tower, home alone style."
"No way. Why wasn't I invited?" He asked in a pretend hurt sort of way but I just laughed.
"Because you were away on another mission," Tony answered rolling his eyes in the process.
Quill went off to look at the tree Thor brought in admiration while I turned to dace the other Guardians and said hello to them.
"Gamora!" I shouted happily as I gave her a big hug which she gladly hugged back with a smile. "Hey, Peter, glad to see you again." She said, releasing me from the hug and ruffling my hair a bit.
"I'm glad to see you guys too."
"So, apparently it's Christmas." A voice came from behind Gamora. "You got any gifts for my kid?" Of course, it was Rocket. He was pretty cool, we've hung out a couple of times after the war when they came to visit and gave me and Shuri the idea for the web gun. I smiled at his remark and I replied.
"How could I forget? But you have to wait until Christmas day. You guys are staying until then right?" I asked hoping that they would because that would be so awesome. Spending Christmas with the Avengers aaaannnndd the Guardians of the Galaxy. Epic.
To my pleasure, he nodded I jumped up and shouted yas. I didn't see the small smile that disappeared as quickly as it came.
"Hey, so I heard you guys and Thor went on a mission to retrieve something?" He nodded. " Cool, can you tell me all about it?" I asked as I sat down crossed legged not caring if I looked like a kid at the moment. I just sat there and listened to the exciting adventures he and the rest of the Guardians and Thor went on
It was in the afternoon and Peter was on his bed reading a book he got in Secret Santa. It was called Science for Nerds from your's truly, MJ. He, unfortunately, had Flash as a Secret Santa he had absolutely no clue what to get him so in the end Mr Stark had suggested to get him one of those pranks where you opened a lid and a bunch of snakes came out but instead of snakes it would be his webs and he could tie him up and shut his mouth for the rest of the year but
1: that would give away his secret identity,
2: Even though it would be funny, he didn't feel like it would be right.
And 3: It would give his identity away.
So, he brushed that idea of the way and just ended up a plain, old Football which he immediately as Flash 'accidentally' kicked it in the back of his head that afternoon after school. Lucky his healing powers kicked in so it hadn't hurt that much when he went out on patrol.
He flipped the page and continued reading wondering when the other Avengers and the Guardians would be back. Once again he couldn't go and this time he actually fought to go because there was no one else to hang out with but unfortunately he lost when Tony stamped his foot and said no. Usually he's allowed to go on missions with the team but lately Tony keeps putting him on the sidelines and he hates it! But he's hoping that it's gonna blow over soon and he'll be allowed to go on missions again. Hopefully.
Suddenly he heard a crash coming from the living room that made him jump out of his skin well it kinda made him jump onto the roof. He hung upside down with one hand holding onto the roof while the other one was in the air. He managed to calm his breathing down and slowly and very cautiously jumped backed down on the bed.
What was that? His first thought was. Could it have been the Avengers back? But weren't they due to return in another few hours or something? He looked up to the roof and decided to ask F.R.I. .
"F.R.I.D.A.Y?," He asked, his voice in a whisper and his words were shaky. "What was that?"
"There seems to be a disturbance in the living area." She replied back. Peter took a deep breath to try and keep his breathing in control.
"Is it the Avengers? Or Loki?" Loki did say a few weeks ago that he would come and visit them for Christmas so it could have been him.
"No. I can't really detect what it is but from what I can tell it isn't from Earth." Isn't from Earth. What the heck was that supposed to mean? If it wasn't from Earth does that mean it was an alien then? An alien was in the compound and he was all alone. What was he supposed to do? Should he contact Mr Stark? No. No, he shouldn't. It's just one alien he could handle this. And plus who knows maybe it could be like that alien from the new Docter Who episode that was tony and adorable except when it attacked but all it was after was energy and this place was filled with energy so it didn't surprise him.
With this new found confidence, he got up from the bed, clenched his hands and took a deep breath and nodded. "Alright. I'm gonna check it out." He announced to no one in particular.
He walked out of the room with his hands still clenched into fists and a face filled with determination. Why he didn't bring a torch he didn't know but thanks to his new heightened sense he could sorta see through the dark now, so he didn't really have much of a problem and he didn't want F.R.I.D.A.Y to turn on in case it would startle the creature.
He finally made it to the living area. He minimised his walking speed to an even slower pace as he approached the entrance and held the door frame as he scanned the room. Seriously, it was like walking into a horror film.
He didn't see anything at first. Everything was still as it was since they left: the Tv turned off and the only source of light was the red light, the curtains still opened viewing the night sky with its twinkling stars barely while the moon was covered by the clouds, boxes of noodles and empty bottles of lemonade from the early dinner they had, and the Christmas tree in the middle of the room. The only thing was different was from the munching sound and growling coming from the Tree. Peter trailed his eyes to the sound of the noise and when he saw what was the cause of it made him scream.
"AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"
"AAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!" The little creature yelled as he yelled making it fall off the tree and landed on the table then fell to the floor.
Any normal person would run straight back to their room and his under the covers and probably call the police but Peter wasn't any normal person. He was Spiderman living in the Avengers compound although yes he was all that he was also a very curious person, which was probably one of his worse traits he had.
Because he walked up to it, very slowly of course. The creature rolled it's onto its stomach and stood up on its tiny little legs. It was as if his wish had been heard. It was small and tiny like the one in the doctor who episode but looked a little different, it was almost kinda cute. Except when it growled and stood back on its legs and retracted its sharp pointy claws that could match Wolverine's and it's sharp-very sharp pointy teeth and jumped at him.
"AHHHHHH!" He yelled as he tried to get it of him. It held onto its arm and he tried to flip it off by flapping his arm up and down. It made him jump and he started to walk back into the room bumping into the couches and the table and almost knocking over the tree but he didn't really care about all that stuff right now. THERE WAS A FREAKEN ALIEN TRYING TO EAT HIM!
"F.R.I.D.A.Y! WHAT THE HELL IS THIS THING!?" He shouted as he continued to get it off his arm. It still held onto him even when he grabbed one of the pillows of the chair and wracked at it.
"I cannot identify it, young sir. It is not in any of my records." Great. An unidentified creature was trying to eat him for no reason whatsoever well he guessed he could've approached this situation a little better but it just gave him a fright! So, it wasn't exactly his fault.
"F.R.I.D.A.Y! Contact Mr Stark!" He knew he shouldn't. He didn't want to bother Mr Stark because he could be busy saving the world at the moment but he was scared. He didn't know what this thing was.
"GAAH!" A sharp pain erupted from his arm. A burning pain shot through it and it felt like it was on fire. The thing at bit his arm!
It pushed back off his arm and jumped onto the other couch while he fell onto the other and onto his back.
He suddenly felt very dizzy and his hand were shaky and sweaty. His arm still felt like it was on fire while the rest of him felt like he had a million of snowballs thrown at him. He was freezing yet boiling hot at the same time. What was going on?
Before he blacked out he saw the mark on his arm the alien had left him; blood was gashing out and it looked infected. Then everything went black.
When he came to he could hear muffled voices. It sounded like there were three people in the room. One sounded angry, the other one sounded frantic and the third person sounded like they were trying to keep everyone calm.
"I THOUGHT THE TREE WAS SAFE!" The first person sounded. Peter groaned slightly and turned his head to the side trying to block out the noisy voices. "WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT THING ANYWAY!" Thing? What were they talking about? The second voice sounded confused and scared? Concerned?
"It was a smeiirgle. I had no idea it was on that tree let alone what it was doing on that planet. They're usually from the Gurgeron galaxy which is like ten galaxies away from that." Gurgeron Galaxy?
"Guys keep it down or get out. I don't want you having to disturb my patient." The third voice said in a hush but calm and gentle voice that made him feel much calmer than what he was.
The second thing that he noticed was the pain he felt. He first felt it in his arm that burning, sharp pain he had felt before he passed out was the first tone he noticed. He then felt as if he had been dunked into ice cold water at the same time. The two feelings made him uncomfortable and he let out a small groan which seemed to get the others attention as they stopped talking.
"Kid?" The first voice asked and he's senses started coming back to him and he realised that the voice belonged to none other than Mr Stark.
"'r 'S-'tark?" His words slurred a little as he spoke. His voice was raspy and he felt as though he hadn't drunken a drop of water in decades.
"Hey, kid. You're alright. Can you open your eyes?" Mr Stark asked, the anger in his voice completely disappeared and was replaced by a much more calmer and gentler one.
He felt something warm on his arm and he tilted his head a little and tried to pry his eyes opened, but he immediately closed from the blinding light and he heard someone shouting to turn the lights off. He heard Mr Stark say that it was ok to open his eyes so he did, slowly.
"Mr Stark?" He asked again as his vision cleared and could see clearly now that the lights had dimmed. "What happened?" He asked.
"There was an alien in the compound that attacked you. Thor says it was a smeiirgle whatever the hell that was but it bit you and made you very ill. Now can you answer me honestly?" Peter nodded. "How are you feeling?" Peter sighed and looked down at his arms. The left one-where the alien smeiirgle thing bit him -was wrapped up in a nice clean bandage. "My arm feels like it's on fire and could fall off at any moment while the rest of my body feels like it got chucked into a freezing cold lake. What happened to the alien?" He asked suddenly. He hoped that they got rid of it and it wasn't in the house anymore.
Mr Stark sighed. "It got away. But we are trying to find it and locate it to it's home so it'll be far away from here as possible." He answered not exactly an answer he was hoping for but at least it wasn't in the house anymore.
"So, what's wrong with me?" He asked with a cough at the end of the sentence. Tony sighed again and clapped a hand softly on Peter's good arm.
"Thor says that you got infected when the Alien bit you, but we got the antidote and you should be fine in a couple of hours," Tony explained.
"Thank God." He groaned and leant his head back on the end of the bed. Tony chuckled a little at the kid. "It's gonna be alright, kid. Just get some rest and you should be your happy and cheerful self in no time." Peter nodded and gave one more last look at Tony before he drifted off into a blissful sleep.
It was only about three hours later before Peter woke up feeling much better than he had. He opened his eyes to find he wasn't alone in the room and was surprised when he found Starlord, Rocket and Groot in there with him
"Hey, guys." He croaked. Older Peter jumped at the sound, he must've fallen asleep and Peter hadn't noticed. Oops.
"Pete, you're awake!" Peter smiled.
"Yep. Would it be alright if I had a glass of water?" He asked and older Peter nodded and nudged the sleeping Rocket who was sitting beside him. Rocket jumped in surprise and had almost fallen off his chair when he regained his balance and gave an annoyed look at Starlord.
"What did you have to go and do that for? I was asleep thank you very-"
"Hey, the kid's awake. Go and get some water will you?"
"Why don't you go and get it?"
"Because I want to talk to the Kid."
"Maybe I want to talk to the kid as well."
The argument had ended with Rocket crossing his arms and he hopped off the chair muttering a few unpleasant insults at Quill that Peter would rather forget. With all this commotion they had awoken a sleeping Groot who was staring curiously at Peter with concerned and worried eyes.
I am Groot?" He asked but Peter didn't understand him so he turned his head to Peter with a confused expression.
"Oh, he asked if you were alright." Peter turned his head back to face Groot who was still looking at him with the same expression.
"I'm alright, thanks, Groot." He replied with a comforting smile.
"Sorry about that. Rocket was just being a pain that's all." Little Peter shook his head.
"That's alright, I shouldn't have asked. I think he just wanted to make sure I was alright." This time big Peter shook his head.
"No way, you should have asked it wasn't your fault."
"Where's Mr Stark? Not that I'm not happy to see you guys here it's just I was just wondering." Big Peter replied with an expression that Peter couldn't distinguish.
"He had to go to a meeting. Trust me he wanted to stay with you until he woke up- he was staying with you the whole time but Ms Potts said he needed to come because it was a meeting he could not miss because of some stuff I can't really remember, so Rocket, Groot and I offered to stay."
"Oh ok. That's really cool Mr Quill. Thanks." Peter said excitedly a little disappointed though that Mr Stark wasn't there but he had to a meeting to go to so he understood, he'll see him later.
They sat there chatting for about fifteen minutes with Quill talking about missions they've been on, different planets they saved and the people they've, some dates he'd been on Gamora and movies as well and games.
"Woah, so you built that thing for Groot then? All by yourself?" He asked Peter.
"Not all by himself, I helped him with it you know gathering things and all" Came somebodies voice from the door. Rocket had returned with the glass of water in his hand. He sat back down on his seat and handed the glass of water to Peter.
"Wow, you did?" He asked, his eyes shining with excitement.
"Yup."
"But I built the majority of it though.'" Quill said, his hands pointing to his chest and he spoke as though he was the only who built it.
"No, I did."
"No, I did."
Peter and Groot looked at each other and just rolled their eyes and Groot offered Peter if he would want to play which he couldn't refuse so he had to accept
and plus he really wanted to play it.
"Woah, it's space raders cool. I haven't played this game in a long time." This caught the attention of Rocket and Big Peter who had stopped fighting and watched him as he played with prideful smiles on their faces.
Another hour and Peter was pretty much healed and feeling as though he never got bitten in the first place. He was never going to take walking granted again. He ran through the halls with socks on and skidded across the tiles from the living room to the kitchen.
"Woah there kid. It's only been a couple of hours you know?" Mr Stark said with a chuckle as he walked out of the kitchen and ha stopped in front of Peter holding his shoulders.
"I know. But it feels so great to be out of that bed. So, has the alien been caught?" He asked. It was a question he's been wanting to know since he woke up. He hoped that it was on a different planet now safe and it couldn't hurt anybody else.
To his relief, Mr Stark nodded.
"Yup. It's been mover onto another planet far from here and shouldn't be able to get back here." He answered and Peter took a sigh of relief.
"Thanks, Mr Stark."
"That's alright Pete." He wrapped an arm around Peter's shoulders and turned him around so now they were heading to the living area.
"So, I never got to ask. How was that mission you and the Avengers went on?" He asked excitedly but his smile disappeared and was replaced with a frown asTony sighed sadly.
"It went alright but I can't actually tell you much kid. I want to but Fury said that it was top secret so I can't actually say anything but how about this," He started and PwPeter could feel the excitement growing in him. "Next mission you go on, you can come with us."
"Really? You're actually letting me come with you?" He asked and started to bounce a little and he nodded a little reluctantly might I add.
"Yes, you can."
"Yes! Thank you, Mr Stark." It was going to be hard but Tony had a chat with Steve about it well more like Steve lecturing Toyn to get the Kid to go on missions again. He knew the kid was disappointed not going on any missions with the tram hut he had been so afraid that the same thing would happen just like it did on Titan but he knew he had to trust himself as much as he did to the kid to go on missions. He just had to be cautious with the Kid and make sure nothing happens to him.
"That's great cause we could really use his help on this mission." The voice made them both jump. They hadn't"?'t realised they made it into the living area and was surprised to see everyone there including the Guardians.
"Oh hey, guys," Peter said shyly a little embarrassed that he hadn't noticed that everyone was there.
"What mission?" Tony asked suddenly turning serious as he walked more into the room, Peter went to sit down on one of the couches next to Groot and gave him a small smile
"The Guardians got alerted some trouble. A ship is being made by some space bandits and needs their help and were just asking if Peter could come. They need his help." Steve explained.
"No. Absolutely not." Was Tony's reply. Peter looked at his eyes filled with hurt and his mouth opened in shock.
"But Mr Stark. You said it yourself that I could on missions again. Why can't I go?" He could feel anger starting to rise in him and he stood up, his hands clenched as he spoke.
"Come on Tony. Let the kid go, he can do this." Steve argued. He knew it could be a little dangerous but it's nothing bad. It was just a couple of aliens rading a ship that needed help saving. Steve wouldn't have let Peter go if he knew this was dangerous but it wasn't he had the Guardians with him so he would be safe. He just needed to get Tony to trust Peter with his more so himself. He needed Tony to trust himself to be able to let Peter go on missions again.
"It's not so dangerous to trust me on this. He'll have a comm with him do you'll be able to talk to him if needed and one of the Guardians would be with him the whole time, ok?" Tony took a deep breath. His hands were clenched just like Peter's but he was releasing them as he thought. He knew what he said to Peter. He knew that he had said he would let Peter go on missions but he didn't mean in space! He could get hurt or worse. He could get turned into ash again or stabbed or something but then again maybe he wouldn't. Maybe he would save some lives today.
He turned around to face Peter who still stared at him angrily and looked as if he was a kettle ready to explode. Tony put his hands on the boy's shoulder and spoke softly.
"Just come back safely, alright? Or otherwise, your Aunt and I are going to kill you." This time Peter took a deep breath and released his knuckles and nodded. Peter suddenly wrapped both hands around Tony surprising the man and as quickly as he could he let go and ran to go and get his suit.
Peter took a shaky breath in as they ascended away from Earth and into the dark depths of Space. He started out the window and watched the big round ball gro smaller and smaller as they flew away from it. He wasn't nervous per se he was excited don't get him wrong but maybe he was just a little afraid-nooo he was scared? Wait no that's worse. He was nervous. Yeah, he was nervous that's all."
"Are you ok?" Somebody asked cautiously from behind him. The voice was barely a whisper but it still made him jump out of the skin.
"Oo-ooh, Mantis h-hi. Y-yeah I-I'm good. Why do you ask?" He asked. She walked over to him and stood beside him.
"You look scared." Peter facepalmed.
"N-no. I'm not scared just-just a little nervous is all."
"It's ok, I understand. I'm a little scared myself, I have been after the whole... incident with Titan." She explained. "I think everyone is a little scared to be honest although we won't admit it. But we all ended up the same way and I think it left some scars with us but we're all trying to act strong for each other but we're getting through it, together like we always do. So, it's ok to be scared."
Peter didn't say anything at first. He didn't know what to say really and just said. "Yeah, I know. It's just hard."
"Hey guys, we're nearly arriving." Older Peter said from behind them and Peter and Mantie could ser outside the window a ship not that much larger than there's being attacked by a much bigger ship. Peter just hoped to whatever God was listening to that it was just some bandits and not someone like Thanos.
The ship ascended just above the attacked ship and Peter's iron spider mask covered his face as the doors opened.
"All right a-holes and spiderkid, let's go and kick some butt," Starlore said and he pressed a button on his mask and it covered his face and he flew off at the ship and started to shoot the bandits.
Mantis and Drax went second. "Let's kick names and take asses," Mantis said putting a mean face on as she jumped with Drax following her with a yell, the expression made Peter chuckle a little. The next to who jumped was Rocket and Groot with Rocket yelling: who are you calling a-holes you a-hole?"
It was just him and Gamora now. He took a step forward and looked down below taking a shuddering breath. He couldn't do this. He couldn't do this he was not ready. How could he think he was ready. He should be ready but he was not.
He jumped a little as he felt a warm hand on his shoulder. "Hey, you ok?" Gamora's gentle voice asked him. Her voice was filled with concern yet it was calm. It kinda reminded him of Aunt May, the way she calms him down after a nightmare or something.
Peter nodded. "Yeah, yeah I-I'm all good." She gave him an unconvincing look and Peter sighed deciding there was no point in telling the truth with her, she can read you like a book!
"It's just that I don't think I can do this
s. After what happened with Thanos-I'm just scared I guess. I thought I could do this but I can't." He sighed and just watched the scene down below him. He knew he should go now and help, they needed him. He needed to go down there but he couldn't.
"Hey, hey. It's alright. It's ok to be scared. If I'm being honest and don't tell older Peter this or anyone for that matter-I's kinda scared to. Especially after what happened... you know it took me like two months for Peter to get me out of bed and do missions again?" Peter looked at her with wide surprising eyes and shook his head.
"Well yeah, it did. But I've learnt to move past that fear with the help of the team. They have my back and they have your's and so do the Avengers. They wouldn't have let you come on this mission if they didn't think it was safe heck we wouldn't have allowed if we didn't think it was safe. But it is, they really are just idiot bandits who know nothing about fighting to trust me we've fought them before. But Peter," Her voice grew more confident which made Peter feel less afraid.
"You can do this, I'll be right behind you alright?" He took a deep shaky breath before finally nodding. She put a hand to his cheek and gave him a smile. "I believe that you can do this and so can everyone else."
"Ok, let's go. And Gamora," He said just before they jumped off. "Thanks." He said with a smile and she smiled back to and they both jumped off to join the battle.
They had just finished destroying the bandits and it was awesome! Peter was teamed up with Gamora but he occasionally helped out the others too if they needed some and after they were all knocked out he had wrapped them all up in his webs.
"Ooh, you should add a bow in the front." Mantis suggested. He shrugged and chuckled a little and created a bow at the front as she said. It made it look funnier.
"Well done Spiderman," Drax said as he clapped a little too hard on Peter's back.
"Thanks." He muttered with a smile. He got to work with Drax to in the battle. They ended up trapped together surrounded by the bandits before he was picked up by Drax and was swung in a circle as he shot his webs at each of the aliens.
"It was pretty cool wasn't it?" He asked and Drax nodded with a laugh.
"Yeah, you did great out there man. Thanks for the help, we really appreciated it." Older Peter said coming up next to him. "We should probably head back to Terran now. The others are probably a little worried."
"Yeah, I think Mr Stark's probably losing his mind now."
"Yep." And they made their way to the ship and back to Earth but before they did Peter gave Gamora a grateful smile and a nod which she gladly returned before they entered the ship and took off to Earth.
Hey, guys hope you enjoyed this chapter sorry if it was a bit confusing at the beginning at the end I was gonna do something like Peter getting sick or something on the mission again but then it kinda changed to that but I like it and I hoped u did too and thanks for reading please review. :)
