A/N: loving the feedback, guys :). Heres the next chapter
Spider-Man keep her distance as she followed Felicia through the rooftops of New York that evening. The sun was casting its orange and yellow glow across the sky, giving the skyscrapers a shimmer. Felicia leaped off the edge of a roof over to the next rooftop, steading her breath as she walked over to Eddie who had his back turned to her. Spider-Man stayed on the opposite roof, sticking close to the shadows as she watched Felicia approach him.
Eddie pressed his tongue against the inside of his cheek as he looked down at the city below. He raised his index finger and waved it as he turned around to face Felicia.
"I can't seem to understand why you're protecting her." He said, squinting his eyes at her.
Felicia rested her hand on her hip, "It says a lot about me, doesn't it? How I'm able to make amends. You should try it sometime."
Eddie's eyebrows shot up, "You mean forgive her? Do you know me at all?"
"I do, Eddie. Which means I know you don't want to do this."
"Do what?" Eddie played off.
Felicia took a step closer, "I overheard your little meeting. Fisk wants me dead and he ordered you to take me out. You don't need to is what I'm saying."
Eddie shook his head and laughed. He circled around her.
"I do because if I don't it'll be MY life on the line."
Felicia whipped around in time to see Eddie in the process of reaching into his pocket.
"Don't let him do this to you. You're not safe with him."
Eddie pulled out his knife and cackled, "I never enjoyed my life more than I do now, Felicia."
"You're only saying that because of that damn suit! Take it off!" Felicia implored.
Eddie took slow steps towards her, his arm raised with the knife in his hand.
"I like being bad. It makes me happy."
Eddie grabbed Felicia by the arm, holding her in place as he began to shoot his arm down. The blade never making contact with Felicia's chest when a web suddenly latched onto Eddie's wrist making him drop the knife.
Eddie felt his canines begin to sharpen at their points as he looked around the roof.
Spider-Man flipped over to the roof they were on and quickly stood in front of Felicia.
Eddie grinned wickedly at the hero, removing his hoodie to reveal the symboite underneath.
"Hey, Mitchell."
"Eddie."
Felicia had one hand gripped tightly around the handle of her grappling hook and the other clenched onto Spider-Man's waist. She noticed the hero's fingers hover over the trigger patch on the palm of her gloved hands.
Eddie rolled his shoulders back once the symboite latched itself around his body, forming his suit. It crawled its way to his head, strands of it slithering its way down his face as if waiting for the right time to go to full form.
"You just love sticking your nose into other peoples business, don't you?" He mocked, his claws beginning to extend from his fingers.
"If my friend is in trouble, yeah, I do." Spider-Man answered.
"Friend?! Ha! She wanted to kill you on numerous occasions. But don't worry," Eddie smiled as his mask began to form, "After I kill her...I'll kill you."
Pushing Felicia out of the way, Spider-Man dodged the claws that came slashing down at her. She somersaulted away from him until she was farthest enough to aim her web shooters at his legs, keeping him in place long enough to flip over to him and kick him down.
Venom screeched a deafening sound as he pushed Spider-Man off of him. He shot his own black webs at the hero, wrapping her torso and spinning her towards him and slashing her repeatedly in the chest.
Felicia shot her grappling hook at Venom's feet and pulled, causing him to fall back and giving Spider-Man enough time to free herself from the black webbing. The feline flipped her way over to him and swung her heel to his face, scrapping parts of his mask off only to have it reform.
Spider-Man winced as she held her hand over her chest, glancing down to see the blood beginning to seep through her suit. Shrugging off the pain she sprinted towards Venom and threw a combination of punches and kicks, all of which were blocked expertly by him. Felicia pounced over to assist the hero only to have her own chest slashed, bringing her down to her knees.
Venom flashed his fangs at the two before webbing them booth to the ground of the roof, scurrying his way to the edge. As he hopped off, Spider-Man threw her arm out and shot a web in his direction.
"Fuck!" She shouted when her web didn't reach Venom in time.
Felicia used her own claws to rip through the webbing on her feet. She crawled over to Spider-Man and ripped through hers as well. They walked over to the edge of the roof and looked around, hopping to catch a glimpse of Eddie.
Beca pulled her mask off in frustration and kicked at the gravel. She laced her fingers behind her hand and looked up at the sky as she released a long sigh.
"I-I wasn't fast enough. I'm sorry-"
"Hey," Felicia said as she walked over to Beca who was back in the middle of the roof, "It's not your fault. He's stronger than us. You know what that suit provides."
Beca looked at Felicia through the strands of hair that found its way to her face. She averted her eyes, her gaze falling on Eddie's hoodie that had been left behind. Beca reached down and looked through the pockets as a precaution. She looked to the side and noticed the blade shimmering from the rays of the sunset that showered down on them.
"Well this is, uh," Beca picked up the knife and turned it over as she looked at it closely, "Very..decked out for Eddie." She said regarding the amount of diamonds and jewels that covered the wooden grip.
Felicia smirked and nodded, "It must be Fisk's. He's got a thing with shiny objects."
Beca chuckled, "That makes more sense- Ah! Son of a bitch!" She yelled when her finger grazed the tip of the blade, instantly drawing blood.
"You okay?" Felicia asked concerned.
Beca waved her off, "I'm good ju-just a small...cut.." She trailed off, her vision suddenly blurred. Beca blinked her eyes one and twice, trying to rid the black spots that began to form. The roof looked as if it were tilting slightly to the side, making her trip over her feet and fall forward.
"Beca!" Felicia exclaimed, at her friends side within seconds. She cradled Beca's head in her lap.
"The...the.." Beca struggled to speak when she felt her throat tighten.
"What?"
Beca shut her eyes tightly and used the remaining of her strength to say, "Blade.." The red of the sky was the last thing she saw when it all went black.
"Beca?...Beca?!" Felicia reached over to grab the blade with the sleeve of Eddie's hoodie, wrapping it into a ball and tucking it under her arm before struggling to stand up while holding Beca by the waist. She shot her grappling hook and made her way back to the loft.
Chloe ducked her head deeper against her scarf as she rushed inside of Starbucks. She sighed in relief when the warmth welcomed her with open arms. Chloe dug into her coat pocket as she searched for her money, pulling her hand out when she caught the bill between her fingers.
"Shit." She muttered when her phone fell out of her pocket.
Just as Chloe was about to bend down and retrieve it, the person in front of her beat her to it.
"Thank you." She looked up when they handed her the phone, her smile growing slightly at the familiar face.
"Aidan. Hi."
Aidan smiled brightly, "What's up, Chlo."
"Getting some needed caffine for my friends and I. You?"
Taking a step forward as the line moved, Aidan said, "Avoiding homework. My paper is at home so I'm trying to stay faaar away from it."
Chloe giggled, "Procrastination is a sickness."
Aidan nodded, "It really is." He reached out and readjusted her scarf as it began to slide down her shoulder. Lightly hitting her in the face with the fluffy end. Chloe playfully glared at him and swatted him on the arm.
"So what are you studying to be?" Chloe asked.
"Anything in forensics. But mostly Forensic Toxicology. All those drugs and toxins are actually pretty interesting. I even spent two summers working with a lab so I'd like to think I have some experience in the field." Aidan said with a glint in his eye that showed Chloe how much he enjoyed it.
"That's pretty cool." Chloe smiled.
"What about you?"
"I wanna be a doctor." Chloe answered.
Aidan pursed his lips and raised his eyebrows, "Impressive."
"Next guest, please."
Aidan stepped to the side to let Chloe pass. Resorting to gently shoving her ahead of him. He chuckled lightly when he earned an eye roll. Once she had placed her order and paid for her drinks, Aidan stepped beside her for his turn.
"Miss, keep the line moving." He mocked annoyance.
Chloe scoffed, "So rude."
Aidan smirked and turned to the barista and smiled as he placed his order before meeting Chloe by the counter on the other end to wait for their drinks.
"So..," Aidan started as he leaned against the counter, "Did you know..that your earlobes line up with your nipples?"
The expression he received from Chloe was enough to have him bent over laughing.
"What type of weird shit do you look up in your free time." Chloe laughed, shaking her head in disbelief at the disturbing knowledge she just gained.
Aidan shook his head, "It's a fun fact. I read it somewhere."
"Do you have any others?" Chloe asked.
Aidan tapped his chin and smirked when he remembered another fact.
"Facebook tracks the websites you visit when you're logged in. Now your friends and family will find out the next time you visit one of your naughty sites, Beale."
Chloe gasped and began to repeatedly smack his arm.
"Are you accusing me of watching porn?"
Aidan raised his eyebrow and smirked, "Should I be?"
"No!"
"There's no shame in it." Aidan laughed.
Chloe raised her finger and attempted to keep a straight face.
"I don't watch porn."
Aidan pointed at her accusingly, "That's what they all say."
Chloe folded her arms, "Have you seen my girlfriend? I don't need to watch porn to get all hot and bothered." She chose to ignore the way his face fell at the mention of Beca.
Aidan pursed his lips, "How long have you been together, by the way?"
"A little over a year." Chloe answered.
"Oh, that's great." Aidan spoke softly.
"Have you ever been with a guy? Or has it always been girls?"
Chloe looked down at the white counter and lightly tapped her nails against it.
"I've been with guys, yeah. Never worked out. Then I met Beca."
Aidan tilted his head, "Did you ever consider that maybe you just never met the right one?"
Chloe raised her eyebrow, "What are you saying?"
Aidan shrugged, "It's just an analysis. Like, if you just hadn't met the right guy."
Feeling a spark of anger burst in her chest, Chloe said, "Excuse you. I love Beca and I'm happy with her."
"It's just a question I didn't mean to offend you or anything. I'm asking questions cause I've never met a girl who, y'know, liked other chicks." Aidan babbled, he couldn't help his curiosity.
Chloe narrowed her eyes slightly, "No, I never considered it because I don't need to. I'm happy."
"Alright." Aidan nodded.
Chloe turned away for a moment when her drinks were placed in a cardboard cup carrier. She smiled brightly at the man as he slid it towards her.
Chloe turned to Aidan when he, as well, had his drink slid towards him.
"It was nice seeing you."
Aidan opened his mouth to say something but Chloe had already walked away towards the exit. He slumped his shoulders and went to take the empty seat by the window.
Chloe walked into the loft and carefully set down the carrier on the coffee table. Amy leaned over and grabbed hers that was labeled Mocha.
"They haven't come back yet?" Chloe asked, worry in her voice.
"Nope. Jesse keeps calling their phone's." Stacie answered.
Jesse emerged from the kitchen with Aubrey behind him.
"Voicemail. Voicemail. And another damn voicemail. Where the hell are they?!" Jesse cried. He went over to the loveseat and sat down, running his fingers through his hair in worry.
Before either one can say anything else, the sound of the window in Chloe and Beca's room opening followed by shuffling and struggling caught their attention.
"A little help in here!" Felicia shouted.
They ran into the room, gasping when they saw Felicia struggle to lay Beca down on the bed.
Chloe pushed through and dropped to her knees next to Beca.
"What the hell happened?"
"We- we were fighting Eddie and he ended up bailing and then Beca found the knife he tried to attack me with and it cut her and then she just ends up passing out." Felicia struggled out.
Jesse sat down on the bed behind Beca's head and pressed his two fingers against her pulse.
"It's faint."
"The last time I saw Bec pass out at the sight of blood was when she donated hers at the BloodDrive in our sophomore year." Amy said, "You'd think she would be over it by now."
Aubrey shook her head, "That can't be it." She turned to Felicia, "You said it happened after she cut herself?"
"Yeah." Felicia said.
Stacie furrowed her eyebrows, "Could it have been poisoned?"
"If so, we need to know now!" Jesse yelled.
Beca's head suddenly jerked to the side, her body beginning to shake vigorously.
"What's happening!" Chloe yelled, climbing her way on the bed.
Jesse shook his head as he held Beca's in his hands.
"I-It could be a seizure, I don't know. Her body is probably fighting the poison."
Stacie scurried to the other side of the bed, "Help her! Do something!"
"I don't know what to do!" Jesse cried, trying his best to sustain Beca.
With tears in her eyes, Chloe choked back a whimper as Beca's seizure came to stop.
"She's not b-breathing." Jesse murmured, his fingers back on her pulse.
"What!" Chloe yelled.
"She's not breathing!" He repeated.
Felicia watched as Jesse positioned himself beside Beca with his palms pressed on her chest, pumping down while muttering a plea under his breath.
Aubrey held Chloe close as she turned her head away from the scene in front of her. Amy chewed nervously on her lip as she whipped out her phone from her back pocket.
"I-I'm calling an ambulance."
Stacie shook her head, "Beca told us to never call. They'll ask questions. She's still in her suit."
"Does it look like we have any other choice!" Amy snapped.
Chloe steadied her breath, "Wait, I may know someone who can help."
Amy's finger hovered over the call icon on her phone screen.
"Who?"
"Aidan. He's studying to be a Forensic Toxicologist." Chloe said, already in the process of dialing his number.
Aubrey bit her lip, "Are you sure he'll be able to help?"
"Yeah." Chloe said, her phone pressed to her ear.
While Chloe left the room when he answered the phone, Felicia went over to Jesse who continued to pump his palms against Beca's chest.
"Come on, Beca!" Jesse shouted, opening her mouth and bending down to give her CPR.
Chloe walked back inside, "He's on his way. I told him to hurry." Her head shot towards Beca when the girl jerked awake with a gasp when Jesse smashed his hands down on her chest.
Beca looked around, her eyes landing on Jesse's, her hands grasping at her throat.
"I-I...can't.."
Amy ran out of the room when a loud knock on the front door rang throughout the loft. She pulled Aidan inside and rushed him to the bedroom.
"We need your help."
Aidan raised his eyebrow, "With what?" His eyes widened when he saw a crowd surrounding the bed, Beca dressed in her suit laying in the middle.
"Uh- what is going- "
"We'll explain later!" Chloe said, "She's been poisoned. Can you help her?"
Aidan blinked and rushed over to Beca.
"I believe so. How'd this happen?"
Felicia stepped away and retrieved the knife from its place in Eddie's hoodie.
"It's imbedded in the blade."
Aidan nodded, "I know what to do." He brought his bag over his shoulder and pulled out his laptop. He pulled up a screen that illuminated blue on his face as he hunched over it.
"I need a microscope or it's gonna be hard to analyze what she has."
"I have one!" Jesse said, running towards his room and coming back with the equipment.
Aidan turned to Stacie, "Get me a Q-tip. I can get a blood sample from her open wound on her chest."
Stacie rushed to the bathroom, returning with the required item in her hand.
Aidan wiped the swab against the wound and brought the sample to the microscope. After zooming in and out of Beca's blood cells he pulled away and slapped his knees.
"Tetrodotoxin. It's nothing too serious but she needs to be treated right away. Meaning she's gonna need to be taken to the hospital."
Everyone looked at Beca who simply nodded.
After they changed Beca into normal clothes and quickly patched up her chest, Jesse drove them to the hospital.
"What do we tell them?" Stacie asked from the backseat.
"Say she ate a blowfish. They have a poison that gives people Tetrodotoxin."
Aubrey nodded, "Alright. Thank you for your help...I'm sure we can count on your discretion?"
"Of course. My lip are sealed." Aidan reassured.
They finally made it to the hospital where Beca was rushed to immediate care. They waited in the waitingroom and Chloe went to sit next to Felicia.
"This is all my fault." Felicia said.
"We're not blaming you." Chloe said, "Beca's the one that's gonna get one hell of an earful when we get her back home." She joked.
Felicia chuckled lightly, "I'm still sorry."
"Don't worry about it. She'll be fine." Chloe said, trying to convince herself more than Felicia.
Amy walked over to Jesse who flipped through pages of a magazine from his place on a chair.
"Are you even reading it?" She asked.
"Nope." Jesse said.
Amy squeezed his shoulder, "Aidan said if it wasn't for you she wouldn't have made it. You did good, Swanson."
Jesse sighed, "Yeah, I guess." He stood up when the doctor approached them.
Chloe bit her lip, "Is she okay?"
"She's remarkable, actually. You can see her now if you want. She should be ready to go back home after one last examination..more for our curiosity to see how she managed to recover so quickly."
Jesse and girls smiled innocently.
"She's a tough cookie, doc." Amy insisted.
"That she is." The doctor led them to Beca's room before rejoining his fellow doctors in the next room.
"Hey, guys." Beca said in a weak voice.
"You scared us half to death, Bec." Jesse said, furrowing his eyebrows.
Aubrey reached out and gently stroked her hair, "You're a pain in my ass but I'm not too proud to say that you scared me too."
Beca smirked, "You love me, that's why."
"Don't push it." Aubrey narrowed her eyes and gently tugged at Beca's hair.
Stacie stepped to the side, "It's all thanks to Aidan that we even knew what happened."
Aidan smiled and looked down.
Beca grinned, "Thanks for the help, dude."
Aidan rubbed the back of his neck, "No problem, Bec- uh..Miss. Spider-Man? Uh...Madam?"
"Beca is fine, bro." Beca laughed, "Keep it to yourself, though."
"I will." Aidan nodded.
Chloe gave everyone the universal signal to leave her alone with Beca. Once everyone left the room, she sat down on the chair beside Beca's bed.
Raising her eyebrow at how Beca seemed to be looking at everything but at her.
"Beca. Look at me."
Beca cleared her throat and turned her head.
"Yeah?"
Chloe deflated. Her girlfriend was in a hospital bed.
"I told you not to go."
Beca shut her eyes and nodded, "I know. It was all a waste, we didn't even catch him."
Chloe reached out and took Beca's hand, "Hearing Jesse say that you stopped breathing had to be the most terrifying moment I've ever experienced. We literally just finished talking about a future together and then I need to watch you die in front of me?"
Beca sunk deeper in the pillow that rested against her back. She looked at Chloe and her heart broke when she saw tears beginning to form at the corner of her girlfriends eyes.
"Chloe, doesn't the fact that I'm okay mean anything?"
"Yeah," Chloe answered, "It means you just dodged a bullet and should be more careful."
"I will." Beca said, her tone not at all sincere.
Chloe shook her head, "You say that all the time and you ALWAYS end up getting hurt- "
"Doing what I do means getting hurt, Chloe." Beca snapped. Not at all appreciating the lack of understanding.
Chloe scoffed, "You almost died today, Beca..you technically DID and to THINK..that doesn't spark any sort of recognition that maybe you should be more careful!"
Beca looked away and shook her head as she pressed her tongue against the inside of her cheek.
"This is the life I chose. I know what I walk into the moment I put that suit on and you know what YOU got yourself into when you started dating me."
Chloe pulled her hand away and stood up, walking over to the window and shaking her head. She couldn't believe what she was hearing, did the doctors put her under medication? She really hoped so because it seemed like Beca was talking without thinking about it first.
"I love you, Beca. I'm IN love with you. That means I fucking give a damn about whether or not you get back home or not. Maybe YOU don't since you think being New Yorks savior is so much more important than the people who love you."
Chloe turned around, tears streaming down her face, "New York just loses Spider-Man. Jesse. Amy. Aubrey and Stacie. Your Aunt May, dammit! And ME. We lose Beca Mitchell. The city doesn't know who goes out and risks her life for theirs...we do and that should mean something to you or at least push you to get yourself home in one fucking piece."
Beca blinked away the tears as Chloe walked out the door, the doctor coming in soon after.
"Alright, Ms. Mitchell. You're ready to head on home."
The ride back to the loft was silent. Aidan had left shortly after leaving Chloe to talk to Beca so that left everyone else to suffer the awkward silence in the car. Yes, everyone heard the argument. They were just trying to pretend they hadn't. Stacie kept her attention on her phone, Aubrey on the buildings they passed, Amy busied herself with an intense game of glow hockey on her phone as she versed Felicia, leaving Jessie to pay more attention to the road while trying to limit the amount of times he would glance at the passenger seat where Chloe had been with her arms folded and her gaze trained on the road. He looked through the rearview mirror at Beca who fiddled with the hem of her shirt and who would also glance over at Chloe.
Finally, they made it to the loft. Everyone scurrying away to their rooms. Beca, however, planted herself on the couch to give Chloe space and the chance to cool off. Little did she know her absence was the reason Chloe had trouble falling asleep that night.
A/N: You all hate me, I know. But not all relationships are perfect xD. At least now Beca can finally open her eyes and realize that there are people who care whether or not she returns home. Where do you think this leaves them?
Adain knowing? What are your thoughts?
What are your thoughts on the situation with Eddie?
Have a good one :)