Peter was sitting by Aunt May as she laid there in a hospital bed beside Captain America. The Capt was doing much better and so was Aunt May but she was still unconscious.
"How you doing kid?" Steve asked.
"You know I have a name." Peter snapped.
"Someone's on edge. Did Drax come back and put estrogen in your food again?" Steve teased Peter.
"Leave him alone Steve." Nat sighed and she walked over to Peter's side. "She'll be ok."
"I know." Peter sighed and Bucky leaned over to the Capt and whispered in his ear for about a minute while Peter and Nat stared at Bucky and Steve and then Steve suddenly looked outraged.
"WHAT?! That little shit wants Peter to be put in the Winter Soldier program?! OH hell no!" Captain America said and Peter let out a laugh. Nat turned to him.
"That's really bad language Steve." Nat said and Steve turned to her.
"You know what Romanoff, just," Steve frowned and looked away and then back at Peter. "It would take him a while before converting you into a winter soldier Peter. It would take weeks with even the weakest of people, and with you, possibly months. We wouldn't let him have you for more than 24 hours. I hope you know that. Tony is crazy protective over you, he won't let you get hurt after everything that's happened recently, not like this."
"I don't know, he was beating the shit out of him when he found out that the guy had ordered for his parents to be killed and the kid let him go." Bucky sighed.
"I didn't let him go. Mr. Stark did because he didn't know who it was." Peter set the record straight and Bucky nodded.
"I assumed so. He didn't know back then and you seemed ready to pass out to be honest. Are you ok by the way?" Bucky asked Peter and Peter looked to him and nodded.
"I'm just, still taking a lot of it in." Peter replied.
"You got hit several times and each time was harder than the last, and he also nearly strangled you, so," Bucky started and Peter snapped at him.
"I'm fine! So can we just stop talking about it?!" Peter requested and suddenly May started moving and Peter looked to her and May slowly woke up as Bucky and Steve shared a concerned look for Peter. Nat just looked at the ground. Once May realized she was awake she sat up.
"Peter!" May yelled and Peter grabbed Mays hand and she looked to him.
"Hey, hey, hey," Peter sighed and May looked relieved to see him.
"Are you ok? I mean are you hurt? Did you get Norman?" May asked.
"No he got away. wouldn't let me go after him because I wasn't really mentally ready to fight him. Um, what do you remember?" Peter asked.
"Uh, I remember that he was after you and he killed your parents, but that's it. I passed out soon after he revealed everything about your parents." May sighed.
"May, you missed out on a little bit. Norman killed my parents because they found out that Normans company was in charge of a really awful program." Peter explained as gently as possible.
"It's true then. He was involved in the Winter Shoulder program. When your Dad heard the rumor and researched it, he informed all of us on what it was to see what we knew. None of us wanted to believe that Norman could be in charge of torturing good men to become lethal weapons." May sighed and Peter feared what her reaction might be. Then May looked to him. "What else did I miss?" May asked and Peter looked down at the ground. "Peter what are you not wanting to tell me?"
"May, he, uh," Peter sighed as he looked back to her. "His company are the ones who created the spider that bit me and gave me my powers. He didn't know I was the one who got bit. That's why he was after me. He wants to put me into the Winter Soldier program because I was supposed to be a weapon and he's determined to make me one." Peter explained cautiously and May looked to Peter in mixed emotion. She seemed angry, sad, and worried.
"That son of a bitch. The day he takes you and hurts you like that is the day that I die. I will fucking end him!" May sighed and Peter got worried.
"May, May please calm down. It took me forever to calm down. It's bad enough as it is. Please calm down, I'm begging you." Peter pleaded.
"No! No! I'm not gonna calm down! That ass hole turned his back against us when we were the only people he could call family! And now he wants to pretty much destroy you so he can force you to kill innocent people. I'm not fucking standing by so he can take you and hurt you!" May interrupted Peter and Peter closed his eyes as he started getting overwhelmed again.
"May, please just stop. I have to go after him because if gets him he will destroy him. I can't worry about getting him before you get to him too. If I can get him back here then you can punch the shit out of him, but you have to let me go after him. Please. He can't die, he HAS TO be put to justice after every life that he has ruined. He's hurt so many people and so death is too easy of a way out for him." Peter sighed and Steve smiled at what he said and then he looked to Bucky and Bucky smiled too.
"You know Pete," Bucky sighed and Peter looked to him. "I understand that you might be scared of me, but,"
"I have nothing to be scared OF." Peter replied simply. " explained what ended up happening with all of you guys when you and Captain America turned against him. I understand. I get it, and so there isn't any logical reason for me to fear you. In fact it gives me more of a reason to trust you in all honesty."
"Wait." May sighed and she looked to Steve. "Where are you from Steve?"
"Brooklynn." Steve replied proudly.
"You're the little shit that gave Peter a black eye." May said and Steve looked slightly embarrassed as he smiled and then he looked to Peter who was even more embarrassed.
"With all due respect, ma'am, your nephew gave me two bruised ribs, a twisted ankle, and a broken finger. Not to mention the fact that he gave Falcon more injuries than me, and gave Bucky four bruised ribs, and don't even get me started on what he did to Ant-Man." Steve sighed and suddenly Scott Lang (a.k.a. Ant-Man) popped his head into the room.
"Yeah, I couldn't feel my ass for a week thanks to his stupid Star Wars idea." Scott sighed as he walked into the room.
"Sorry about that." Peter replied genuinely. "If it makes you feel any better you knocked me on my back and I couldn't get back up for twenty minutes." Scott let out a laugh.
"It's nice to see the face that belongs to the other insect themed super hero." Scott chuckled and Peter thought for a second.
"Uh, sorry to tell you this but Spider's are arachnids, so my costume isn't insect themed. Also I was actually bit by a spider, you just have technology that makes you really small." Peter corrected Scott and Scott frowned and decided to mock Peter.
"I was actually bit by a spider, meh." Scott joked and then he continued. "YOU STILL HURT MY ASS!" Scott snapped and Peter frowned at his comment.
"Forget your ass. Imagine a spider biting you and in a fraction of a second your molecular integrity and DNA change and cause your muscles to spasm at a million miles per hour. I'm pretty sure if I didn't have super healing abilities I would have passed out from the pain, and in the worst case scenario I would have died. So compared to your fat swollen ass, I'm pretty sure you and any normal human would prefer for their ass to hurt for a MONTHS instead of having to deal with MY shitty situation! It didn't last very long but it was the worst amount of pain that I have been through in my entire life, and just recently I had to sew my own gun shot wound shut without any pain killers." Peter snapped back at Scott.
"Oh I didn't realize we were having a pity party for Spider Man today. I didn't get an invitation. Besides, I'm pretty sure all of us, MEN have a shittier life than you do kid. So stop complaining" Scott pointed out.
"Actually, I have to disagree with you on that one. The kids had a pretty shitty past week." Steve corrected Scott.
"Even I have to disagree with you on that one Scott. I'm sorry." Bucky agreed with Steve.
"Great." Scott snapped. "GREAT, that's just friggin fantastic."
"Anyways there's no way to win that argument, because if you prove that your life is the shittiest, then at the end of the day, you still have the shittiest life." Peter added.
"Oh well I guess your smarter than me, aren't you?" Scott rhetorically asked as Bruce walked into the room.
"Actually I think that kid might be smarter than me, which is saying quite a bit." Bruce said and he looked to Steve. "How you doing Steve?"
"I'm doing fine, thanks Bruce." Steve replied.
"Hey, uh, Peter," Bruce said as he turned to Peter and Peter looked to him.
"Again, I'm sorry that chose me to be his best man. Please don't go Hulk on me, I really can't take another fight today. I've quite honestly had enough." Peter sighed in exhaustion.
"Oh you and your cute little tight ass is tired? Oh that's too bad. Well CRIME NEVER SLEEPS!" Scott yelled.
"What the hell are you talking about? You haven't been in a fight since our civil dispute." Bucky snapped.
"I've been, in…..a couple of fights." Scott sighed as he sat down.
"Oh be careful sitting down there, you might hurt your ass." Peter joked and Steve cracked up laughing and Bucky tried to hold his laughter in.
"Nice kid." Steve sighed.
"You know what Spider Man?!" Ant Man said as he stood up and his pride and dignity got the best of him. "I will take you on any time, anywhere." Peter pointed over to Ant Man's butt.
"Just not down there, right?" Peter asked and Scott frowned.
"STOP JOKING ABOUT MY ASS!" Scott snapped.
"I would but it's so big that it's so hard to joke about anything else. I mean when I fought you, it was impossible to miss." Peter sighed.
"My ass is not that big." Scott said as he tried not to cry.
"Neither are your skill sets, but for some reason they still had you on their team. I assume they were trying to replace the Hulk, because you both go from being really small to really big and have problems with your anger, except the Hulk has an IQ that's better than a rock's." Peter replied and Scott looked sad as Bruce smiled and shook his head while crossing his arms.
"I have skills." Scott sighed. "I can go from being small to being micro-small and can summon ants. Can you summon spiders?"
"No, but I'm sure I can get to help me make technology to do that." Peter answered and Scott frowned and shook his head. "Anyone can put your technology on and do what you can do. To do what I can do you have to get bit by a spider that is extinct."
"You're a little punk, you know that?" Scott asked stubbornly.
"Maybe." Peter replied. "But at least guys my age are supposed to act that way. What's your excuse?" Bucky couldn't hold it in anymore as he started laughing.
"Screw this shit. I'm out of here. I'm glad you're ok Captain." Scott sighed and then he looked to Peter. "Spider Man you can go die in a hole and no one would miss you." Scott started to walk away.
"They wouldn't miss me because they wouldn't know that I was dead, however you could die in front of an entire crowd and no one would miss you because no one knows who you are." Peter replied and Scott gasped and turned to Peter, shook his head and walked out. Steve turned to Peter.
"Nicely handled. Don't know what his problem is." Steve sighed.
"Anyways," Bruce said and Peter looked to him again. "I need to talk to you about something else. You see Nat was concerned and now she's got me concerned. So do you mind chatting with me for a bit?" Bruce asked and Peter nodded and stood up and turned to May.
"I love you May." Peter sighed.
"I love you too Peter." May replied and Peter walked out of the hospital room with Bruce. They went outside and the sun was just setting.
"You know Tony didn't mean it, right?" Bruce asked and Peter shook his head.
"No he meant it, he just didn't know who to blame. Trust me, I felt the same way when I found out what Norman had done." Peter replied and Bruce looked concerned.
"Peter, Tony is kind of complicated, he just," Bruce started and Peter stopped walking and turned to Bruce.
"Look, I'm not angry at , so if that's what you're worried about then I would appreciate it if you would just drop the subject." Peter sighed.
"I know you're not angry at him. Trust me, I know anger well enough, no matter who has it or how hard they are trying to hide it. You aren't angry, no, there's something else going on. You can act like an adult all you want Peter. That's your decision. But the truth is that deep inside you are still just a teenager. It's ok to be hurt Peter and I understand that you want to hide it from Tony, but you don't have to hide it from me or Nat. I want you to be able to show your feelings to us Pete because I know what hiding your feelings can do to a person. The longer you hold it in the worse it will get. Peter just talk to me. I'm not going to turn on you. You can tell me anything and I won't tell Tony unless it's dangerous to you." Bruce said and Peter felt like a wave of emotion had come up.
"You don't understand. Two men that were father figures to me have turned on me today. First it was Uncle Norm and now and I," Peter very quickly got dizzy but this time he didn't have anything to lean on and he fell backwards into a sitting position.
"WOAH!" Bruce yelled and he kneeled down over by Peter. "Ok so you can't even talk about this without having a panic attack. Peter that's not good." Bruce sighed and Peter looked to him as his body slightly shook and tears filled his eyes.
"He, he, he just pinned me to the ground. He tried strangling me, and I know that it wasn't meant to be used towards me but he hurt me and I'm trying to decide if I should just get over it or if I should talk to him about it, or if I should be upset with him. I'm so confused about it and I don't know what to do." Peter cried as he tried to breathe in and out.
"Oh trust me, Nat is laying into Tony pretty hard right now. Look, we should have stopped him. But you can damn well guarantee that we aren't going to let that stupid Green Goblin hurt you Peter. If they take YOU, then we WILL come back and get you." Bruce sighed. "I mean we might wait till after Tony's wedding but," Peter couldn't help but laugh as he wiped the tears away and he looked to Bruce.
"You don't think I should be upset?" Peter asked and Bruce shook his head.
"I do think you should talk to him about it. He's never really been a big talker, but he seems to love talking to you. I don't think you even understand how much Tony cares about you. He said that other than Pepper you're the only other person he has loved." Bruce explained and Peter looked shocked. "yeah, he said that. Steve and Tony were best friends and Tony nearly killed Steve to get to Bucky when he found out that Bucky was the one who killed his parents. Trust me, you're not the first person he's lost control with and you won't be the last. Next time this happens though, please lay Tony out so you can help him snap out of it." Bruce requested and Peter nodded in understanding.
"You know, Bruce, I don't really understand why you guys care about me so much. I'm just an irritating little kid." Peter pointed out and Bruce shook his head.
"No you're not. Your incredibly brave and quite honestly, I think a lot of us could learn quite a bit from you. You take responsibility much more seriously than we like to, and you try to save everyone and think of others before yourself. You even think of others before you think of villains. You're an incredible young man, and we all are kind of growing quite fond of you. Even Thor likes you. He's quite angry that he isn't the best man, but as he has seen how you and Tony interact, he's starting to understand, and so are the rest of us." Bruce sighed. "You know, none of us thought Tony knew what he was doing when he went to recruit you, but now we understand. You're a better human than most of us, and so you're a stronger hero by far."
"Ant Man can't stand me." Peter joked and Bruce laughed.
" Well if it makes you feel any better, none of us can stand Ant Man, but we all love YOU. Ant Man doesn't like anyone who can beat him in a fight, and as I hear it, you kicked his ginormous ass, and helped Tony defeat him. When you can think faster and better than Iron Man, that's saying something." Bruce sighed and suddenly Thor walked out with a coffee cup in his hand.
"Hey Bruce, can you explain to me how to operate the coffee brewing legacy known as The Keurig?" Thor asked. "The Winter Soldier made me a cup of the wonderful energy supplement known as the Americano and I desire to have more."
"Go ask Bucky!" Bruce yelled.
"Wait, why are you drinking coffee in the middle of the afternoon?" Peter asked in confusion.
"No, not coffee, The Americano. Keep up Spider Child." Thor said.
"yeah, yeah,yeah its Spider MAN, and an Americano is a type of coffee." Peter replied.
"Oh is it? Well then I desire more. Do you know how to operate the Keurig young Avenger?" Thor asked and Peter frowned.
"I've never used one of those in my entire life. I just use a normal coffee maker." Peter replied.
"There are other ways to make the Americano?" Thor asked as he was intrigued.
"You can't make an Americano without some type of Expresso machine." Peter explained.
"I think you misunderstood me. I do not wish to EXPRESS myself through one of Tony's machines. I just desire to make The Americano." Thor replied and Bruce gave in.
"UGH! Fine! I'll help you. Just give me five minutes with Peter!" Bruce snapped.
"Oh are we having a discussion about Tony man handling him?!" Thor laughed and Peter looked at the ground sadly.
"I think we're done mocking my pain here." Peter sighed as he stood up and Bruce stood up with him.
"Peter, I'm not trying to mock your pain, and neither is he." Bruce tried to explain.
"Well, you know what, it's quite honestly none of your business when it comes to what is going on with me. You guys don't understand. You ever lost absolutely everything?" Peter snapped.
"Actually yes!" Thor yelled.
"You're from Space, you don't count!" Peter snapped at Thor and Thor shook his head.
"Why so angry Peter?" Thor asked.
"I'm done." Peter sighed and then he walked away and Bruce walked over to Thor.
"You really are a fucking idiot at times. You know that?" Bruce snapped.
"The kids in pain. Maybe it's best that we let him harness that in his fights. It always helped me." Thor replied in his defense.
"Come on, let's make your stupid Americano." Bruce said and then he walked off and Thor followed him.
"Maybe I should try the Caramel Latte instead." Thor thought….