+Hecate Enters the Field+
Celeste slowly opened her eyes and then closed them again from the intensity of the light. Her head was splitting and her body was freezing. She felt something wrapped around her waist and something against her back. Her eyes immediately shot open after feeling whatever it was that was holding her groan. She looked around the room and noticed she was not at the Baxter Building immediately. She was lying in a deep red wooden cherry four-poster bed with red and white sheets and finish. The walls around her were a dark color of wood and everything looked antique. She slowly turned her head to look upon the person that was holding her and she came to find it was Harry. Looking closer at her state she noticed they were both naked and only half under the covers. She felt like screaming but something else pulled at her telling her this was right. Well either way she heard her phone vibrating on the floor and she had to get to it. She slowly and carefully pulled out of Harry's arm and grabbed a robe of his that was lying on the bedside table. She bent down and picked up her phone and then headed to the bathroom. After she closed the door the phone stopped. She started to look through her caller history and found 5 Sues 2 Reeds 6 Bens and 1 Johnny. All the other ones were from her agency. Celeste quickly dialed Sue's number while she looked herself over in the mirror to see how much of a wreck she was in.
"Hello Celeste is that you? Oh my god Celeste where have you been. We were calling all night worried sick about you. Even Johnny tried once to get a hold of you," Sue said worriedly.
"I'm fine Sue and of course I'm not going to answer any calls from Johnny even if I wasn't drunk," Celeste said.
"What, you were drunk. When? How," Sue asked frantically.
"Let me see Sue the only time I could be drunk was last night and the how part should be easy to answer. I drank," Celeste said grabbing Harry's brush and brushing her hair with one hand.
"You need to get home Celeste. My wedding's tomorrow and I need your help. You're my maid of honor remember," Sue said.
"I will as long as you can get Johnny out of that house," Celeste said unhappily.
"I'll do what I can, until then just get ready. By the way where are you," Sue asked curiously.
"Harry's place, I just needed somewhere else to stay last night and he offered," Celeste said.
"Wait a minute you guys didn't do anything did you," Sue asked cockily.
"I'll tell you when I get home nosey," Celeste said with a tint of a laugh in her voice.
"Alright, I'll call you when I get Johnny out of the house," Sue said.
"Alright Goodbye," Celeste said.
"Goodbye," Sue said as both her and Celeste hung up the phone. Celeste threw off Harry's robe and hung it up off the floor. She turned on the shower and as soon as it was warm enough she jumped in. She tried to remember all of last night's events, but only a few kept popping into her head. She remembered up to the point of Harry and her kissing and bits of their lovemaking, but the alcohol just sort of washed away the rest. Celeste was really hoping that Harry had enough sense to use a condom because Celeste was in no way ready for a child.
As Celeste was throwing on some shampoo she heard the bathroom door open and someone walk in. Celeste froze; she was also in no way ready to see Harry's this morning. Other than Johnny, Harry was the latest guy that Celeste had been with if you know what I mean and it was sort of weird that she had done it with him without even knowing him. God did she feel awful at that moment. Thankfully the whole time he was in there he kept quiet and didn't say a word until he left the bathroom.
"Celeste," Harry said.
"Yes," Celeste said.
"Last night…um…I'm sorry if in anyway I took advantage of you…um…it was… great though and I… don't really regret it," Celeste smiled and poked her head out of the shower and saw Harry smile at her soapy hair.
"I don't regret anything as long as you wore a condom and you don't regret it either," Celeste said.
"Then we're good because I did and do," Harry said. Celeste smiled even bigger and watched as Harry walked over to her. Harry leaned in and kissed her full on the lips and Celeste for once in a long time felt like something was right. Celeste could actually see herself with him unlike Johnny and Gambit. Harry pulled away and looked at her and said, "Mind if I get in there with you, I sort of need a shower too if you know what I mean." Celeste laughed and said in a seductive tone, "Come right on in." Harry smiled and said, "It would be my pleasure."
Sue was talking to the wedding planner when she heard the door open and the projection of the desk clerk greet the person. Sue looked at the doorway and Celeste walked in holding the hand of Harry Osborn. Sue smiled and thought, 'It's about time she got someone good for herself.'
"So I'd take it that you're the maid of honor and you're the maid of honor's boyfriend," Sue's wedding planner said happily.
"Yes," both Harry and Celeste said at the same time. Sue smiled even bigger and this time Celeste noticed and shook her head.
"Alright let's get started on these right here. Well we've got all of decorations ordered and they'll all be set up tomorrow morning and the bouncers are…" right then Johnny walked into the room and plopped down on the couch and turned on the TV.
"Johnny, I thought you were going to go to that big event at the motor cross place," Sue said surprised to see Johnny there.
"It was cancelled besides I should be here with my sister and help her with her wedding plans. Oh Celeste you're here I didn't think you would be after last night," Johnny said deviously. Celeste glared at him and said, "We both know Johnny that you're here to bother me." Johnny shrugged his shoulders and said, "Why not." Celeste shook her head and looked at Sue and said, "Sue I'm sorry. I can't help you until you get Johnny out of here."
"Oh is poor Celeste afraid to be in the same room as her ex lover," Celeste was boiling but she managed to keep her calm and say, "No Johnny, I just don't want to deal with you're childish antics. I've learned to grow up, maybe it's time that you do." After that was said Celeste and Harry got up and left.
"Maybe we should do this later on today Miss Storm seeing how you've got trouble on you're hands anyway. Plus don't worry I've got everything ready the only thing we have to talk about is you and your brides maids' entrance," the wedding planner said.
"Thank you for all you're help, I'll call you later when it's not so hectic," Sue said escorting her to the door. After the planner was gone Sue stomped back into the living room where Johnny was sitting calmly on the couch, well until Sue threw him up against the wall and pinned him there with a force field.
"Sue what are you doing," Johnny yelled.
"Getting down to business on this subject. Johnny why do you keep bothering Celeste if you don't want her anymore. If you hadn't acted like a child yesterday she would have apologized to you and you two would be back together right now," Sue said.
"What," Johnny said looking at Sue surprised.
"Yeah Johnny, you know those pictures taken by that one camera man that you sent me to look for well I found him and paid him loads of cash to save your relationship with Celeste. I gave her the pictures yesterday and she was going to apologize to you when she found you with another girl. Johnny you've been trying to get back together with her for months why did you do something so stupid like that," Sue said.
"Because Ben told me too," Johnny said.
"What," Sue asked putting him down.
"Ben told me that if I made her jealous it might make her realize a few things and come back," Johnny said.
"Johnny when have you ever listened to Ben for advice on girls," Sue said.
"Never, but Sue I'm desperate. I've lost her Sue she isn't going to forgive especially after she's been with Harry Osborn. He's like the guy version of her and the one without powers. Celeste even told me a long time ago she would kill to be normal again," Johnny said. Sue looked at him sympathetically and then went and hugged him. "Johnny you're just going to have to wait it out now. You've made a mistake and now you're going to have to pay for it. It's Karma that's after you now," Johnny groaned and said, "I've always hated Karma."
"Tell me about it," Sue said with a hint of laughter to her voice. "Trust me Johnny someday Celeste is going to turn around and realize you were always right for her. I can look at you two and see the Yin and Yang sign." Johnny just smiled.
Harry and Celeste were now sitting at a café drinking some really tasty coffee when a familiar face walked in and Celeste had to about spit her drink back into her cup. There standing was her longest life friend Tom from the club 'Drop It or Top It.' There standing with him was his wife Angel.
"Tom," Celeste yelled and he immediately turned around and smiled. He poked his wife and pointed in Celeste's direction and she smiled as well. They made their way over to Celeste and Harry carefully.
"Harry I'd like you to meet two of my oldest friends, Tom and his wife Angel and guys I like you to meet my new boyfriend Harry Osborn," they shook hands and sat down.
"So Celeste how are you doing now that you're back in town," Tom asked.
"Well I won't say it's been perfect, but I won't say it's been awful either if you know what I mean," Celeste said and then asked, "How's Jarvis and Ashley doing." Everything went quiet before Angel spoke up, " Ashley's fine, but Jarvis…he's in jail. Spiderman caught him and his gang stealing and well you should know the rest." Celeste was boiling with anger now and said, "How long does he have to stay in jail."
"Until he's served his sentence of 1 month," Celeste calmed down and said, "Why did he get off so easily?"
"Because he confessed unlike the other guys who denied stealing anything," Tom said.
"Now that sounds like god child," Celeste said smiling.
"Yeah I just wish he hadn't got mixed up with them. He's just such a good kid. I don't know why he'd do something like that," Angel said.
"Maybe he felt left out or something," Harry said speaking up.
"How, we never left him out of anything and we always treated him right," Tom said.
"That might be the problem there. Kids his age probably want to be left alone and fit into their own crowd if you know what I mean," Harry said.
"I know it's just we don't want him to get mixed up with that crowd," Angel said.
"I understand what you're saying it's just that either way he's going to, but if you keep holding on he'll think that he has to keep it a secret from you. You got let him go to grow up and make his own decisions," Harry said and Celeste only listened closely thinking of her own past with her uncle. She had never had a real close relationship with him and she turned out alright, but the truth was she always felt like she was missing something. Before Celeste could speak up to protest what Harry was saying her world went dark and she found herself standing around a Chinese city. Reed was holding Sue in his arms and Sue's eyes looked blank as if she were dead. Johnny was standing off on the side next to Ben and some guy silver looking guy was looking at Celeste. "Trust yourself to make the right decisions. I promise to protect this with my life," he said as he took from Celeste's hands a small round crystal that looked like it was moving inside. He put it around his neck and then leaned down to Sue and began to heal her and that's when the vision stopped. When she opened her eyes her friends were shaking her frantically.
"Celeste are you alright," Harry asked frantically.
"I'm fine Harry, it happens all the time. When I do that I'm having a vision so next time don't try to kill me to wake me from it," Celeste said jokingly. Harry smiled and said, "I thought you were having a heart attack the way you looked."
"No I'm not having a heart attack," Celeste said and then looked to her other friends who were looking at her worriedly, but calmed down at seeing her alright.
"Celeste why don't you just give up those powers. I thought you said Reed created a power stripping machine," Tom said.
"He did, but I rather choose to be like this. Besides who wouldn't want to see their future," Celeste said.
"True," Harry said smiling.
Far off in the café sat a woman with long black hair pulled back into a bun. Her eyes were crystal blue, and her skin paler than a dead man's. She was slim and slender, but well built. She was wearing a business suit and around her neck was the same necklace that had been in Celeste's vision. She sipped on her coffee happily while staring at Celeste, "Soon child, you will get all you're answers, but it will still be to late." The waiter came by and put the bill on her table and she quickly paid and walked out.
Later that night Celeste was leaving the Baxter Building after helping Sue with her planning. As she was putting her things into Harry's limo so she could stay with him for the rest of the week until things cooled off between her and Johnny, she saw a flash of blue and red before she was tapped on the shoulder. She looked around and found no one there until she looked up and found Peter in his Spiderman outfit hanging from a pole.
"What are you doing," Celeste asked.
"Coming to get you, I need to show you something. Remember when we were in the hospital the other night and before we got into the discussion about your brother you talked about that vision you had of Golden Gloves," Spiderman said. Celeste nodded and he continued, "Well I found it." Celeste's eyes widen and said, "You're joking." Spiderman shook his head and then Celeste said, "Hold on a minute let me tell the limo driver to take my things to Harry's place and that I be coming home later alright." Spiderman nodded and Celeste jumped in and told the limo driver. He nodded and Celeste shut the window to the back and changed into her Mirage suit. When she got out she found Spiderman still waiting for her on the pole.
"Ready," Spiderman said holding a hand out to her.
"Yeah," Celeste said grabbing his hand.
"There's a few dry spots so I thought I'd carry you. Is that alright," Spiderman asked. Celeste nerves were shot now. Flying was one thing, but swinging and not knowing where the dry spots were really had her unnerved.
"Yeah as long as you promise not to drop me," Celeste said.
"I won't, just trust me," Spiderman said as he pulled her up and she wrapped her arms around his neck and her legs around his waist. Immediately he jumped from the pole and toward the street. He shot out a web and began to swing while Celeste began to let out one or two screams.
"It's alright I'm not going to let you fall alright," Spiderman said and Celeste said, "I'm just afraid of heights."
"Wait a minute don't you fly, how can you be afraid of them," Spiderman asked.
"It's one thing when you know you're in control, but it's another when you don't," Peter laughed and said, "Well don't worry I never drop my passengers on purpose." Celeste heart tensed and she said, "Oh great that's the best reassurance I've ever heard." Peter laughed and just kept swinging. Finally after making it downtown and a few more swings Peter stopped and landed on a small building.
"We're here," Celeste pulled away from him and looked down and found the gym called Golden Gloves and just like her vision Hecate was walking out of it and toward the other direction. Immediately Peter noticed Celeste expression change on her face. Her expression darkened and she looked like her evil self again.
"I'm going to take a guess and say she did something really awful to you," Peter said.
"Yeah she killed my pregnant mother and my father when I was only 5 years old," Celeste said and Peter face turned to a shocked expression.
"What are you going to do," Peter asked.
"Kill her," Celeste said before jumping down and then flying after her. Celeste slammed right into her and started punching her. Peter stayed right behind to protect Celeste incase anything happened. Hecate managed to punch Celeste in the stomach and send them both flying in opposite directions onto a building. Spiderman managed to catch Celeste before she fell off the side though. Hecate used her own powers to stop herself. She merely floated back onto the building.
"You knew this was coming Hecate. You killed my parents now it's you're turn," Celeste yelled.
"Aw does poor baby Celeste miss her mommy and daddy," Hecate laughed evilly and said, "Come on bitch give me all that you got." Celeste managed to get out of Peter's grip and send a huge wave of ice daggers Hecate's way, but she merely created a huge cloud of blue fire that melted them away.
"See you can't beat me, I'm the most powerful mutant on earth," Hecate said and then continued, "I gained that title by killing you're mother." Celeste lashed out again only this time she used all the water in the air making the air seem really dry and hot to Peter who had to get far back to be able to breathe. Celeste made it into a huge ice wave and threw it at Hecate who merely floated up out of the way. Celeste melted the water and sent it up after her but Hecate used her telekinetic power to send it back down to Celeste who was pushed back into a wall really hard.
"See you can't handle me, just like you're mother couldn't. I drained her off all her powers and I'm going to do the same to you," Hecate said landing on the building and coming Celeste's way. Celeste managed to get up and this time do something she hadn't been able to do in a long time. She lifted Hecate off the ground with her own telekinetic power and throw her into the next building. Celeste got up and took after her and punched her so hard that she went flying through the building. Celeste followed again and began to punch the living shit out of her. Hecate finally managed to regain her senses and kick Celeste in the stomach and send her a couple of feet back as well. This went on for over ten minutes before Celeste finally managed to wear her down and freeze her to a wall. They both were breathing really hard, but that didn't keep them from saying a few words.
"Why, did you kill my mother," Celeste yelled using her power of water in someone's blood to hold her up. Hecate laughed an evil laugh and said, "Like I have to tell you." Celeste pushed past her limit and managed to tighten her grip on Hecate, but as if she was never there she vanished. Celeste's eyes widen along with Spiderman's.
"NO, NO, NO," Celeste yelled breaking the ice and looking around frantically.
"Celeste calm down we'll find her agai…," Peter started.
"No we won't Peter. It's taken me this long to find her. I'll never see her again. I want her dead don't you get it. She killed my mother and my father, plus my unborn sister. She's going to pay for what she did. I've had to live a life in hell for what she has caused," Celeste said falling to her knees as she began to cry. Peter took off his mask and came toward her and gathered her up in his arms. Peter slowly rocked her as waves of tears and cries washed over her. "Shhh," Peter said as he continued to rock her, "Everything is going to be fine, I'll help you find her again I promise," Peter said.
"I just want her to pay," Celeste said in a whisper as she slowly closed her eyes and fell asleep from exhaustion. Peter looked at her sympathetically and picked her up. He held her closely as he slipped on his mask. Peter then jumped off the building still holding her tight as he swung toward Harry's place.
When Peter got there he quickly changed back into his normal clothes learning from what happened last time he had entered with someone close to Harry in this kind of state. Peter walked into Harry's living room and sat Celeste down on the couch slowly.
"Peter," Harry asked.
"Hey Harry, I brought Celeste home. Spiderman found her passed out on a building and really tore up. He thinks she got into a fight she couldn't handle and asked if I could bring her back home since he was really busy," Peter said coming up with an excuse for being there.
"Oh well tell him thanks. Is there any real bad damage," Harry asked walking over to Celeste and checking her out.
"Not really, just a few scrapes, cuts, and bruises. All in all she should be fine," Peter said.
"Pete will you help me bandage her I can't exactly do it by myself," Harry asked. Peter nodded and they began to clean her cuts and wrap them. Harry took her to his room and undressed her and put her in one of her huge t-shirts and put her in bed. When he walked back out he found Peter on the phone talking to Sue. When he got off he turned toward Harry and said, "I told Sue, she said she'd send Ben over in the morning to check her and see if she's up to going to the wedding."
"Oh okay," Harry said.
"Harry," Peter said.
"Yeah."
"Do you really like her," Peter asked.
"I don't know, but it feels like it in a way. I feel this attraction toward her, but I don't know it's confusing," Harry said.
"Well if you do care for her that much, please don't hurt her. A lot of people care for her," Harry smiled and said, "What, are you worried I'm going to get my butt kicked by the Fantastic Four, Pete."
"No I'm worried I'm going to have to kick your ass," Peter said smiling. Harry and Peter laughed at this while Harry showed him the door.
Celeste the whole time was in Harry's room having the worst nightmare of her life.
Celeste stood on a cliff looking out at a desert. In the middle of the desert stood a man who looked like the devil himself. Somewhere off in the distance Celeste could hear two babies crying. The dream shifted and she was in complete darkness staring into her mother's eyes.
"Protect them child, you're our only hope to a better future. You're the Mary of your time, trust in yourself," her mother said, but then a face engulfed hers and it was her Uncles.
"You're just like me you know it and you'll always be just like me," Victor said. Celeste stood there screaming, but no sound came out. She felt herself falling and then she felt like she had hit something soft and she opened her eyes.
Celeste opened her eyes while Harry shook her awake. Celeste had apparently been screaming and Harry had been trying to wake her up. "Celeste it's just a dream okay. It's just a dream," Celeste grabbed hold of Harry tightly and held him close, " It felt so real. Is my past ever going to stop haunting me?" Celeste asked.
"I don't know, I don't think your past will never stop haunting you. It's what makes us who we are," Harry said rubbing her back to calm her from shaking.
"Harry, when you're father died what did you feel like doing," Celeste asked forgetting that Harry didn't remember.
"I'm sorry Celeste I can't remember," Celeste pulled him closer and they just stayed like that through the night until Celeste fell asleep again in Harry's arms.
Okay I think that will do it for this chapter. Alright the next chapter I'm sure I'm going to make is going to involve a lot of Johnny/Celeste action. I just thought you guys should see this side of Celeste. Well I hope you all enjoyed the chapter.
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