Well here is yet another chapter to Love of a Hero. Thank you to the two people who reviewed this story. I may take this story off if I don't get more interest.

Chapter 3: Angels and Demons

When Peter and Gwen got back to his place their was no one home. 'Thank God'. Peter saw a note from Harry on the fridge.

Pete,

Went out with MJ, won't be back till morning (I hope). See you later…much later.

Harry

Peter had to give Harry points for being cocky and overly confident. That and money were the only things he knew best. He would laugh so hard when Harry came home at 11 when he always did after a date with MJ. Maybe that's why Harry was so interested in her, besides being drop dead gorgeous she was hard to get. Taking in one last smirk he turned back to Gwen.

"The spare bedroom is upstairs on the right. If you need something yell okay."

"Thanks a lot Peter"

"Your welcome. Can we talk more once you get settled in?"

"Sure just give me a half hour okay?"

"Alright"

Gwen smiled and went upstairs. The room was pretty big but it had a nice feel to it. It took Gwen longer than expected to get settled. Who knew someone on the run could have so much stuff. Gwen freaked out a little when she heard a knock at the door but quickly calmed down. 'C'mon Ash. If it was Omega they wouldn't have knocked.'

"Gwen, it's Peter are you okay in there?"

"Yea, you can come in Peter"

Peter walked in and looked around to see what Gwen had done with the room.

"Jeez you have a lot of stuff for someone on the run"

"I was just thinking the same thing"

"You want some coffee? I have a pot all ready downstairs."

"I've got it"

Gwen extended her right hand and a white light flew out of it. A few seconds later the light returned and Gwen aimed it at the small table. When the light disappeared the coffee pot, two mugs, cream and sugar were on the table.

"How did you…"

"Orbing"

They sat down at the chairs in silence for a little bit just looking out the window. Peter didn't know which question to ask first and Gwen didn't know if she should just start talking.

"Gwen Hathaway isn't my birth name. It's Ashley Hargrove"

"Why did you tell me your name was Gwen?"

"That is my name now. When I escaped I changed my name to Gwen Hathaway. I know what your thinking, how could I have done it legally without my parents finding out? I wrote out the papers with false information and orbed them to the appropriate office. Then I made up false records and information. As far as the world knows Ashley Hargrove never existed."

"But why would you have to do that?"

" My father is a powerful attorney. He has friends in the defense department down in Washington. When he found out about the formation of Omega he told them that I was the perfect candidate. When Gen. McNeely found out about the different powers I had he was more than willing to recruit me."

"Why? What makes your powers so special?"

"Omega is basically made up of touch telepath's making them the perfect organization for interrogation. I have that ability plus orbing, telekinesis, pyrokinesis, astral projection and first and second class manipulation."

Seeing Peter's confused look she clarified better.

"First class manipulation is matter, meaning that I could do something simple like changing this coffee into tea or more advance like stripping a nuclear weapon. Second class manipulation is weather, which means I can create weather occurrences. Right now at my skill level I can create an f2 tornado and a category 2 hurricane."

"Jesus Christ. Are their any more people like you?"

"No, my mother had cancer before she found out she was pregnant with me so that's most likely how I got my powers."

"So your father just handed you over to these people when you were 15?"

"Yup. When I got to Omega headquarters in Colorado I was put through extensive testing. They took blood, bone marrow and tissue samples and took tons of CAT scans. Then I had 'resistance testing'. They threw me into a tub of ice water to see how long it took for hypothermic symptoms to occur. Then they hooked me to electric wires to test my voltage capacity. They opened me up to see if I had any anatomy differences. It was hell"

Peter sat there in utter shock. What kind of people would do that to another person? How could her parents put her through all that pain.

"After that I was put through a debriefing. I found out that Omega wasn't part of the Defense department. It's a secret organization with the sole purpose of world domination."

"Did your father know that before he handed you over?"

"Most likely. Since he handed Omega their best weapon he probably received a nice reward."

"How did you escape?"

"I sat tight for 3 month to increase my power level, then I blew out of there…literally."

Peter and Gwen went back to looking at the stars in silence. Peter tried to process everything he had just heard. What kind of people would let their daughter be tortured? They both heard the apartment door open and indistinct laughter coming from downstairs. Gwen tensed up while Peter opened the door to see who it was.

"Don't worry it's just Harry and MJ. C'mon you should meet them."

Gwen nodded and got up. She and Peter walked downstairs. Harry and MJ were in the kitchen looking for something. They stopped when they heard Peter and the stranger.

"Hey Pete I didn't think you'd still be awake. Who's your friend?"

"Uh this is Gwen Hathaway. Gwen this is Harry Osborne and his girlfriend Mary Jane Watson."

"Nice to meet you Gwen."

"You to"

"Uh Pete have you seen the coffee pot?"

"I'll get it Peter"

Gwen went upstairs to get the pot. After she was out of sight Harry smirked at Peter. Mary Jane walked over to the cabinet to get the coffee. Her face was hard for Peter to read.

"What were you two doing upstairs Pete?"

"We were talking. God is that all you think about?"

"Maybe"

Mary Jane scoffed when Gwen came back down with the coffee pot and handed it to Mary Jane. She smiled and started to make the coffee. Harry turned to Gwen with that stupid smirk still on his face.

"So how do you two know each other?"

Peter looked at Gwen. They had never figured out the exact cover story they would use. Gwen smiled at Harry and walked over to sit on one of the chairs at the counter.

"We're in the same English 101 class."

"Oh so you go to Fordham to."

"Yea I'm going for an English major but I'm having a hard time getting through my science requirement so Peter is helping me out."

"That's nice of you Pete"

"Harry uh…Gwen lost her housing so I told her she could stay here in the spare room. You cool with that?"

"Sure no problem. How did you loose your dorm space?"

"They double booked the same space. Since I am only a lowly freshmen I was booted."

"That sucks"

"I know. Look it's getting late and I'm beat so I'm going to head up. It was nice meeting you Mary Jane"

"You two Gwen"

"Night Gwen"

"Goodnight Peter, Harry"

Gwen walked upstairs to her room. She wasn't lying about being tired today had really warn her out. She smiled as she fell to sleep thinking about how nice and trusting Peter had been. 'Please let this last'. Then she fell asleep.

Well there you have it. Please review.