Just a little warning, this chapter has scenes of torture in it, there's nothing too graphic, but I just thought that I'd warn you guys.
"Sir, the prisoner is awake," A guard informed Ross as he walked into his office.
"Good," He smirked, standing up at his desk. "We'll leave him stewing for a few hours, I doubt he's going to sign the Accords willingly."
"Of course sir," The guard nodded, turning round to walk back out again. Ross smirked, as his phone flashed and he saw the message pop up. Good. The fugitives, or rather the avengers as the government insisted on them being called again now, seemed to be doing as he thought. They knew that he would keep Peter on the raft, but what they didn't know was that work had been done on it since Rogers had broken the other fugitives out.
Another level had been added. Only a handful of people knew about it. Not even the government knew of its existence. They never would've approved the funding for it. He diverted funding from other projects into this and only had people that he was absolutely certain that he could trust working in the raft. This level was practically impenetrable. First to even get down the elevator to the right floor was an iris scan. After that a code had to be said, but there were only a handful of people with clearance level had their voice logged on the system so would be recognised. Plus whenever anyone was entering that wasn't Ross, he was immediately notified. No one was getting down there without him knowing.
A few hours passed before Ross finally left his office to pay the kid a visit. He had been watching the security cameras they had in the room. The extra bright light had seemed to daze him and there had been a few times when he had screamed out for help. He would be scared now. Easier to convince to sign the Accords. Good. People deserved to know what the freak was and how he was a danger to them.
Ross stared as Peter as he walked across the room to him, before stopping right in front of him. "It's good to finally meet you Spider-man."
"You know, if you were such a big fan of spider-man, you should've just asked for a photo and autograph, you didn't need to do this whole kidnapping thing," Peter retorted, glaring up at his captor. Ross chuckled slightly at that.
"It's funny you should mention autographs actually," He began as two guards came and stood in the doorway. "How about you just sign the Accords and then you can just go home? No one needs to get hurt."
"If you didn't want anyone to get hurt you wouldn't have gone after Morgan," Peter's eyes flickered nervously to the two armed guards in the doorway. Normally he wouldn't have a problem taking them on, but he was without his suit and tied up. It seemed he had no option but to keep them talking for as long as it took for Tony to find him.
At least he hoped Tony would find him. Maybe Tony would think that he was too much bother. After all, it was his fault that Morgan nearly got kidnapped. Maybe Tony's life would be easier without him. At least he had stopped Morgan from being hurt. It wasn't important if he was hurt. There was no one left who cared for him. May was dead. Ned was dead. There was no one left to mourn.
"Yet we still ended up with you," Ross reminded him. "Now, you will sign the Accords, we can either do it the easy way or the hard way."
"How about the neither way?" Peter asked, trying to sound more optimistic than he felt.
"Final chance kid, you gonna sign?" Peter didn't reply, instead he glared up at Ross and spat as hard as he could in Ross' face. Anger swept across Ross' face as he wiped it off. He didn't say anything, but nodded to the guards behind him. They stepped forward and moved towards Peter.
"Never gonna sign," Peter mumbled, though his heart was pounding in fear and his spider-senses were going wild. The first punch went to his gut, knocking the wind out of him. He groaned slightly, but it wasn't as bad as he was expecting, probably due to his quickened healing and strength. He knew that it wouldn't stop him from feeling pain soon though. He felt blood spurt from his nose and bones crunch at the next punch. Peter cried out slightly at this and he felt the metallic taste of blood in his mouth.
"This isn't going to get any better," Ross told Peter. "Sign now and we can go fix you up and you can be out of here and back with Tony in a few hours." Peter groaned slightly, but shook his head. As much as his nose hurt, he was stubborn. He wouldn't sign the Accords. Tony said that he wouldn't need to do it.
"Continue," Ross folded his arms, before leaving the room. The punches began coming thick and fast. He didn't know how long had passed before they left. All he knew was that the world around him was spinning and he could feel blood dripping down his face. He felt pain all over. He couldn't remember a time when he felt so much pain. He'd rather be anywhere right now. He just hoped Tony was on his way. He had to hope that he was on the way. The thought that he was on the way was the only thing stopping him from agreeing to signing the Accords.
Tony tapped at his tablet frantically, giving a small smirk as he managed to get past the security. He clicked so he could watch the security footage. It took a couple of attempts to get the right one. Keeping his eyes fixed firmly on the screen, he watched carefully. He gasped in fear at what he saw. Heart pounding, his expression turned from anger to fear as he saw his kid get beaten to a pulp. He flung his tablet across the plane in frustration. Natasha looked up sharply.
"What is it?" Rhodey asked, walking over to pick up the tablet.
"They're beating him up," He whispered, standing up and pacing. He ran his hand through his hair. Too long. This was all taking too long. Peter needed him now. Rhodey watched the video coming from the security camera for a few moments before switching off the screen.
"Peter's strong," Natasha said comfortingly. And Ross doesn't want to kill him."
"I don't care if someone gives him a paper cut," Tony growled at her. "No one hurts my kid. And that looked a hell of a lot more a paper cut."
"I know," Natasha told him. "But getting upset isn't going to help the kid."
"I am going to kill Ross," Tony threatened. Natasha and Rhodey exchanged dark looks and Steve opened his mouth to object but Natasha gave him a subtle shake of the head. She doubted that Tony would actually kill him, but it wasn't worth the argument. Especially not with Steve. Those two still hadn't really forgiven each other.
"Did you find anything else from hacking in?" Rhodey asked, changing the subject.
"Ross has built a secret layer underneath the Raft," Tony replied. "Peter's locked up somewhere in there."
"Security will be tight," Rhodey commented.
"F.R.I.D.A.Y can hack it," Tony said quickly. He had no doubt of his hacking abilities, Ross may have power, but he was stupid. Though security was tight, the systems he used were outdated. It would take mere minutes to get in, or he hoped. He didn't know what he would do if Peter got hurt anymore than he already was. "In fact, F.R.I.D.A.Y can you hack the Raft, just the levels that aren't hidden. Then plant a bug for me so that the alert is sent to my phone, not Ross' computer if someone goes to the hidden layer."
"Of course sir," F.R.I.D.A.Y replied instantly, sounding almost as if she knew the urgency of the situation. "Already on it."
"We won't even need to try tricking Ross now," Tony smirked. "We can just bust into the base and Ross won't know we're there until our guns are pointing at his head.
"So kid, you ready to sign the Accords?" Peter looked up as he heard the voice. He didn't know how long had passed since the beating. The blood had dried on his face and the pain was had lessened slightly. His healing had started working but it was slower than usual, probably because he hadn't eaten or drunk anything in hours.
"Never," He whispered, his voice croaking slightly.
"How about a drink of water then?" Ross asked, smirking as a guard walked in with a bucket of water and a cloth. "Check his restraints, we don't want him escaping." Peter realised what Ross was going to do as the ropes around him were tightened and Ross put the cloth over his mouth and nose. He began wriggling and squirming frantically, but it was no use. He tried to scream as Ross poured water onto the cloth and it wasn't long before his lungs began to feel like they were on fire. Just as he thought that he was going to die, it was stopped and the cloth was removed for a few seconds.
Peter gasped frantically, trying to fill his lungs with oxygen. He knew it wouldn't be long before Ross started again. He looked up and saw the expression on Ross' face. He was smirking at his pain. "This will all stop if you just sign." Peter shook his head quickly though, not wanting to waste his breath on speaking. Tony would rescue him. He hoped that he would come soon though, he wasn't sure how much longer he would last.
A loud bang made Peter glance away from Ross to the door. Ross' expression turned to anger as four figures appeared in the doorway. Iron man was at the front of the group, his helmet down and face stony with Rhodey next to him with his guns raised. Natasha's guns were also raised and she already had a blood spatter on her cheek with Steve holding his shield up and looking behind to make sure that there were no guards left.
"Step away from my kid now," Tony's voice was dangerously low and Peter's heart leapt as he saw the look of fear on Ross' face.
Please don't kill me for hurting Peter. Thank you for all your reviews, I love hearing from you guys.