The X-Spider
"I can't believe you didn't tell us you were coming." MJ exclaimed to Peter, folding her arms.
"Like I said, it was short noticed." Peter said, sighing.
They were all sitting in his room, talking about the old times, and Megan told them embarrassing moments of Peter's at the Institute. Leaving out the mutant part, or course. Peter still wasn't ready for them to know, yet.
Harry turned to Megan, "So what are you at the school for?" he asked her.
"Oh...um, I got in for my...dancing..." Megan said.
"Really?" asked MJ, "I love dancing! I take lessons at Manhattan School of Ballet."
"Really? That's wonderful."
"Did you dance there?"
"Uh...no...."
"Where did you dance, then?"
"Er...I had a private teacher come and teach me. My parents spoiled me rotten, so yeah....."
"Oh, too bad. Did you do any plays?" MJ asked, a bit suspicious.
"Er, yes a school play. That's how I got into the school." Megan explained. 'God! She's nice and all, but make her shut up!' she thought.
MJ was about to say something else, but a Harry cut her off, "So you never told us why you two were here?" he said, turning to Peter.
"Uh well..." Peter said, trying to think of an excuse.
"In England it's a national holiday, he didn't expect to come at first because of the airplane pay, but since I owed him for all those times he got me out of trouble, I decided to fly him here, since I needed to see my own family. But their in Greece right now, so Pete invited me to stay with him, instead." Megan explained.
Harry and MJ seemed to buy it, and Peter silently praised Meg.
"When do you have you go back?" Mary Jane asked.
"Uh....depends..." Peter said, "It can be from two days to a week, I guess."
"This is great!" said Mary Jane.
"Yeah." agreed Harry, "How 'bout we head over to the mall?"
Megan was about to say something, but Peter beat her to it. "Thanks Harry. We'd love too."
Megan glared at him, thankfully unnoticed by MJ and Harry.
"We'll just go upstairs and get read." Peter finished. He grabbed Megan's hand and pulled her upstairs to his room. When he shut the door, Megan turned to him and glared. "What?"
"How can you even think about going to the mall at a time like this!?" she said, "The others are missing, and we should be looking for them, but noooooooooo you want to go to the mall with your girlfriend!"
"Er...what?" asked Peter.
"You heard me. We should be finding a way to save the others, but you want to go to the mall."
"No, no, no the part with my girlfriend."
"What? I didn't say anything about a girlfriend."
"Yes you did."
"No I didn't."
"Yes you did. You said ' but noooooooooo you want to go to the mall with your girlfriend!'." Peter said, folding his arms.
"Well then.....It just slipped out or something." Megan said, looking at her hands, which were nod fidgeting.
"Mary Jane is not my girlfriend."
"Okay, time to go to the mall." she said, practically sprinting for the door, but Peter grabbed her arm.
"I haven't seen either of those two in a long time, Meg. I just want one day to spend with them. You'll love it. Their great."
"Okay, only because it's the mall though." Megan said, grinning.
"Good, now lets get your clothes. Aunt May washed them last night." he said, and started to walk out of the room.
"Yippee I get to wear the same clothes from yesterday." Megan said sarcastically, and followed Peter.
"You look great!" Mary Jane said as Megan walked out of the dressing room.
Megan looked down at herself. She was trying on a black short skirt, a black tank top with an off the shoulder blue top over it. "Yeah. To bad I don't have any money."
"You came to New York without money?" MJ asked in disbelief.
"Well...er...I'm trying to cut down on my shopping."
Peter let out a loud cough. He and Harry we're sitting down on two of the chairs. Usually they would have been bored, but they had a lot to catch up on. Megan let out a soft laugh before returning to the dressing room, to change.
Mary Jane turned to the boys and smiled. "Its so great to have you two here." she said, "Especially Megan. Now I'm not the only girl in the group."
"MJ!" A voice suddenly shouted from the store's doorway.
All three looked to see two girls standing there. One was a short Hispanic girl with curly brown hair, the other was a pretty girl with blonde hair.
"Hey guys!" Mary Jane said.
Megan walked out of the dressing room, wearing her original clothes. The two girls walked over to the group, smiling.
"Guys," MJ said, turning too the rest, "This is Wendy Gonzales." she pointed to the Hispanic girl, "And this is Gwen Stacey." the blonde smiled. "This is Megan, and Peter. You already know Harry."
"Hi!" said Gwen. "Its nice to met you."
"Yeah." agreed Wendy, smiling.
Megan stared at the two girls. Wendy seemed nice, but Megan did not like the way that Gwen girl was looking at Peter. Then something clicked in her head. Stacey? I know that name. "Stacey? As in Captain George Stacey's daughter?"
"Yes." said Gwen, "That's me."
"Oh. I met your father awhile back. Nice guy."
"Yeah, he's great." Gwen said, smiling.
'Her eyes just won't tear away from Peter!' Megan's mind screamed. She had to gather up a lot of strength not to glare at the girl.
So the six teens sat at one of the tables in the food court. Peter laughed at one of the jokes Harry ha said. He looked over at Megan, expecting to see her laughing as well. But he only saw her leaning on her hand, smiling weakly. Not really paying attention.
Megan nodded her head to something Harry said. Her mind was really somewhere else. She was thinking about all those times she, Rogue, and Kitty would come to the mall. It started with her and Kitty practically dragging Rogue into the car, then a little shopping, then they would settle down at the food court and just...talk.
She smiled sightly at the thought of her two friends. Kitty was easy to get along with. On Megan's first day at the Institute they became good friends. Kitty always up and about talking to everyone, getting along with everyone. She and Meg were alike in many ways. They both loved shopping, they both always seem to be talking, and it was easy for the two to make friends.
But Rogue was a different story. Sure in the beginning the were roommates, but they never really talked. Rogue had always thought Megan was a rich snob, and didn't care about anything but clothes, and money. Megan had thought Rogue was just a stubborn witch who didn't care about anyone, or anything. But they had never really talked. There was the occasional 'hello's' in the hallway's, and they worked together during missions and DR sessions. But other than that, they kept their distance. Till one day Rogue was going off at everyone, because they were pestering her about being out late. Logan had smelled 'Gumbo' A.K.A. Remy Lebuea on her, and she did get home at midnight. Rogue yelled at them saying the usual, 'Why do you are? I can't touch anyway!' ya da ya day ya da.
Megan smirked, she remembered her exact words after Rogue had said that. 'Rogue will you shut up! When will you realize that the whole world isn't against you!? We're all pestering you like annoying hags because we care! Do you understand that concept or are you to stubborn to let that happen?! You need to learn that not everyone seems to hate you. Stop acting like a witch, and get a clue!' Everything had gone silent after that. You would think that after that, they would have hated each other, which technically they did. But one day they had gotten together and talked about everything. Actaully talked. They got to know each other, and soon after they were close friends.
Megan smiled wider when she thought about Logan. Logan, the man ho was like a father to her after they took her away from her home. He really only did it in the beginning because he felt sorry or her. She in so many ways was like him. Her own family had completely abandoned her when she needed them the most. Then he got to know her, and they just seemed to click. Much like he did with Kitty and Rogue. It was probably because Kitty and Rogue were complete opposites, and Megan just seemed to be in the middle of both of them. Her personality split between the two.
Now Megan frowned when she thought about how she might never get to see them again. Sure Aunt May was great. Wonderful! And she still had Peter, but still...it was like losing her family all over again. All today he mind seemed to space out, thinking about them. She really wanted to get to the sewers, but she also wanted Peter to be happy. He didn't get to see his friends very often, and it was the least she could do after all he's done for her...
"So do you guys want to head over and get some ice cream?" Gwen asked.
To be more specific, 'Asking Peter.' Megan thought bitterly.
"I up for it." MJ said, and Harry nodded in agreement, along with Wendy.
Peter looked at Megan and gave a small smile. "Actually I promised Megan a tour of the city."
"You sure?" asked Harry.
"Yeah."
"Ok then, I guess we'll see you later." said MJ slightly disappointed.
They left, and Megan stared at Peter.
"You didn't have to do that." she said, "I wouldn't have minded going."
"I would have. I saw you spacing out, like that. I knew you were thinking about the others, and that got me thinking." he replied. He got up, and held out a hand to her. "So what do you say to a trip to the sewers?"
Megan smiled. She jumped out of her chair, and hugged him. "Thank you." she whispered in his ear, smiling.
Three uniformed men walked the streets in New York. No one paid them no mind, since many military ships docked at the river.
"You take the north end." one soldier said to the other two, "You take the south end, and I'll take the sewers."
They nodded and split up.
"It stinks down here." Megan said, while holding her noise. "How the Morlocks can stand it is beyond me."
"Shh..." Peter said, hushing her, "We don't know what could be down here."
"Oh please Pete. Please tell me you don't believe in the sewergater or something."
"Of course not but...." suddenly he stopped in his tracks.
Megan continued on, until she noticed he stopped. She turned around and looked at him confused. "What's up?"
"Something's not right..."
Suddenly a man jumped out from behind the corner and pointed a gun at them.
"Look out!" Megan screamed.
The guy shot at her, Megan waited front he impact but it didn't come. Peter had jumped in front of her, and had taken the shot in his shoulder. Peter's eye's closed, and he fell onto her. Megan stumbled back a few steps from the impact, but steadied him.
She waited for another shot, but it never came. She looked over Peter's shoulder, and saw a young girl with dark brown hair, touching the man's leg. The man seemed paralyzed, but his eyes were moving. After a few more moments the girl took her hand off, and put on bear claw gloves. She turned to face Megan, with a blank look. Then a...thing came out from the corner. He looked like an alien or something.
"Hello. My name is Caliban." the thing said, though it sounded like a man's voice, mixed in with a snake... He turned his head to the girl "And this is Torpid."
"Er...hi." Megan said, trying to keep herself and Peter standing, "I'm Lantern, but you can call me Megan. This is Peter." she said, and she lifted Peter slightly. "Are you part of the with us." said Caliban.
He started to walk off. "Guess that's a yes." Megan mumbled to herself, and she followed him.
Torpid watched them leave, then turned to the uniformed man in hatred. Knowing he would be paralyzed for hours, she smirked and pushed him under the murky sewer waters.
Peter slowly opened his eyes, to see Megan staring down at him in concern.
"Peter!" she exclaimed, and she hugged him.
Peter looked around, and saw they were somewhere in the sewers, he was sleeping on a stone bed...or something like that. He looked at Megan in confusion.
"We're in the Morlocks liar." she said, reading his face.
"Oh...how did we get here?" Peter asked.
"Caliban brought us."
"Who?"
"I'll explain everything later." she smiled, then frowned, she brought up her hand to hit him, but luckily he caught it.
"What were you going to do that for?" he asked.
"One: Don't ever scare me like that again! Two: Next time I say 'Watch out!' it does not men, 'Jump in front of me, so you can save me!'!"
Peter stared at her in disbelief, then shook his head.
"You want to tell me what's going on?" he asked.
That's when two figures walked in.
"Pete, meet Caliban." she pointed to a green creature, thing, "And Torpid." she pointed tot he young girl. "There part of the Morlocks."
"Where are the other Morlocks?" Peter asked.
"They were taken." said Caliban. "By those men."
"All of them?"
"Yes. Torpid and I were out taking care of some business."
Peter sighed and slumped, "What are we going to do now?"
"No, Pete. Caliban can help. He can sense other mutants. He can find the others." Megan said, excitedly.
"And that is all that we can do." said Caliban.
"What? Why?" asked Peter.
"There are other mutants who will need our help. I can give to the location of the others, but then its up to you."
"But no pressure." Megan said sarcastically.
"Right." said Peter turning to Caliban. "So where are they?"
"Off the coast of England." Caliban replied.
Hi all! Again I am so sorry. I have been o busy, its not even funny. My teachers just won't lay off! So I didn't have time to do that much, so I couldn't respond to reviews, again. Sorry! Well I got good news and bad news. Good news is, I made the dance team at my school. Bad news is I made the dance team at my school, and I won't have that much time to update. And this weekend I'm heading up to my brothers, so I can't update then either. I'm sorry. But I promise this story will end. And you will love it! There is going to be a sequal, and a threquel, so you can look forward to that too.
Well don't forget to review! I love you all! And again, I'm sorry!