Chapter 4: The Bad Days

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Laura didn't want to get out of bed. Her alarm blared as sunlight entered the small apartment room. Peter had already left for work and Laura could hear the sound of little feet in the living room outside the door. She didn't want to let her little girl see her mother like this. Last night was night of fighting the demons she kept fighting back everyday. Nightmares of what she's done, losing her mother all over again, and the pain.

Oh god the pain.

Memories of what The Facility did to her, all the experiments that they did to her. Every night she went to bed she experienced all of the pain again. Every night she woke up crying, sometimes she would go into the bathroom and start cutting her wrist. She promised Peter she had stopped that long ago

Sometimes though the pain is to much to bear anymore.

Laura slowly got out of bad, opening the door there was her daughter Sarah in her pj's and her black hair in a ponytail. Her daughter's green eyes lit up when she saw her mom. "Mommy!" The little girl cried as she wrapped her arms around her mother's legs. Laura smiled a tiny smile, even on the bad day her daughter never failed to put a smile on her face, even on the bad days.

"Hey kiddo, you hungry?"

The girl nodded, "Pancakes!"

Laura giggled, always pancakes with this one. Maybe that's why she had craved pancakes so much when she was pregnant. She never heard the end of Peter's teasing until she popped her claws at him. He stopped teasing her after that.

As Laura cooked her daughter breakfast. The phone began to ring and ring until Laura was able to answer the phone.

"Hello?"

"Hey kid. How's my granddaughter and the web-head?"

Laura smiled as she set the plate of pancakes in front of her daughter kissing her forehead before resting against the wall with the phone to her ear. "They're fine dad, we're all fine. Sarah's starting school tomorrow, and Peter's running his multi-million-dollar business." She got a chuckle from the old man which gave her a small smile.

"I just wanted to make sure everything was alright with my little girl I'm out on a job in Alberta and don't know when ill be back….Love you kiddo."

"you too." She whispered silently and hanged up the phone. Sarah smiled a toothy grin showing her mother her clean plate.

Laura was about to tell Sarah to go get dressed, but her cell phone rang. That could only mean two things. One was Peter trying to get ahold of her or second someone needed a favor. Thankfully for Laura it was the first one.

"Hey Wolvie." Said her husband on the phone. "Wanna go on a date with the spectacular Spider-Man?" he said with a laugh

Laura sighed, She really didn't want Peter to see through her disguise. He always knew when something was up with her. "I'd love to, you lovable bafoon. Just let me drop sarah off at your aunts and I'll be there. Our usual spot right?"

"Yup."

An Hour Later.

Laura standed on the roof of an old Chinese restaurant waiting for her husband to show up. When she heard the familiar thwip and a web hitting her back side she turned around only to be pulled into a kiss by Peter.

"Hello Mrs. Parker" he said with a grin his mask only covering his eyes now.

"you're an idiot , but your my idiot."

Once Peter was in civilian clothes him and Laura sat at their usual table. Peter could tell something was up the first few minutes of seeing her. She was still Laura, but it wasn't his Laura this was pain and sadness Laura. He put a hand on his wifes hand and looked her in the eyes.

"Whats wrong?"

She didn't meet his gaze she just stared blankley watching the cars go by trying to avoid having this conversation. She didn't want him to see her like this she didn't want to be a burden.

"P-peter its nothing I promise. I just have a lot on my mind is all. You know raising a kid, being an X-Man…."

Peter squeezed his wife's hand tightly, "Laura I care about you and you know you don't have to go through it alone."

Laura didn't say a word to him, she just stared out the window lost in her memories.

Flashback.

Laura kept snapping and breaking Rice's fingers one by one. With each scream and beg of mercy she enjoyed more and more of it. All of the pain and torment he put her through was ending tonight. All those times he called her an animal, or punished her sending Kimura after her stopped now. She started cutting into his skin at his legs then drove her claws deeper and up toward his calf muscle.

"Filthy animal" She whispered as she drove her claws in Rice's neck. She looked down at what she had done. Her mission was complete now all she had to do was meet her mother at the place she was told to meet her.

Walking out of the burning Facility and into the snowy mountains, she saw her mother. Smiling at her she ran towards her mother only to stop and sniff the air.

Then everything went black.

She opens her eyes to see blood on the snow and on her hands. Tears in her eyes she knows what she did, Laura looks down to see the body of her dead mother looking up at her.

End Flashback

When Laura comes to she and Peter aren't in the restaurant, they're in Aunt May's home. With herself, Logan, Aunt May and Peter all sitting in the living room. They all stared at her with a look of worry. She gazed at her family and looked down at her hands, then began to let the tears fall. No words needed to be said she just hasd to let it all out right now.

Peter sat next to her and held her tight as she cried, Logan and Aunt May sat in scilence as all of Laura's frustration and sadness let out. Once Laura began to settle down Aunt May spoke up.

"Laura sweetie, please tell us bothering you dear. We're all so worried about you. Peter was practically frantic when he called me."

The young Wolverine looked at her dad with a look of worry. He gave his daughter a nod of reassurance that everything would be okay. Laura took a deep breath and shakenly began to speak.

"F-for the past few nights I've been having nightmares of my past. The place I was "raised" in. The death of my mother, everything. I'm scared of putting you all at risk…. I'm terrified of putting my daughter at risk. I don't think I can protect any of you."

Logan looked at his daughter and with a smirk he said, "Darlin, if there's one thing we know is that you have a family and a lotta friends that would die protecting Sarah. As for protecting us you got webs over hear and you got me.."

Peter ran his fingers through his wife's hair whispering, "you don't have to do this alone Laura."

Suddenly a tired and half-awake five year old girl came into the living room.

"Why is mommy sad?" she asked.

Laura smiled through red eyes, "Mommy's okay now sweetie…. come give mommy a hug."

The little girl walked towards her mother and Laura held her tight in her arms on her lap. Sarah rested her head on her mothers chest and closed her eyes. "I love you mommy." She whispered softly.

"I love you too kiddo." She said trying not to cry again.

Laura realized then and there that she didn't have to be afraid anymore. She had a family that loved her and supported her. Her family was her lifeline if everything went to hell in a handbasket. She had people who loved her and cared for her.

Her family is what keeps Laura Kinney Parker together.