chapter five
"it was in the ashes that she found her phoenix, and boy was it worth the wait."
peter's pov
"Shit. What am I supposed to do? Where would she have gone." My mind had become a whirlwind of different thoughts and emotions.
"Language!" Bruce scolded and then began to laugh. Based off of the daggers being sent his way by Wanda and Carol, I wasn't the only one who didn't know what was funny.
"Is there anywhere that she would go? You know to calm down?" Wanda asks patiently. Shaking my head, I desperately claw through my mind for other places she would go.
"Just the junkyard, but I was passed out there for ages - she couldn't have gone back without me seeing." Why couldn't it be me that all of this was happening to? "She couldn't trust me! How am I supposed to be Tony if i can't even protect he-." My voice breaks at the end of the sentence.
"How are you supposed to be Tony? Peter, where have you got that from?" Carol exclaims.
"He said he wanted me to be better..."
"Kid he didn't mean he wanted you to be him, Tony was Tony... believe me I know." Bruce replies putting his hand on my shoulder. "If Pepper ever went missing, I know he wouldn't be able to think straight."
"That's different though he loves- loved Pepper..."
"Do you not love Lexie?" Wanda asks inquisitively. Sure I loved her, but it's not the same. Right?
"I mean I do, but..." Carol gives me a stern look. Sighing I re-evaluate my statement. "Yeah I do." From my peripheral vision, I can see all three pairs of eyes on me, watching apprehensively. "I still don't know what to do!"
"I'll do a perimeter flight over New York, see if I can see anything sketchy." Carol says before sprinting out of the room. It would only be a couple of minutes before she returned.
"If only I was superman..." Sighing I look at Bruce.
"Kid don't be stupid Superman doesn't exist." He laughs before beginning to walk off. "I'm going to check cameras around New York, be back in a bit." I nod before turning to Wanda. She smiles.
"You're lucky you know Peter, you have a lot of people that care about you." Her eyes are swimming with anger and pain. She had lost so much... we all had.
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A few minutes later, Carol strides back into the room followed quickly by Bruce.
"All I spotted was a suspect looking building near her house, could be something worth checking out together." Carol says before looking to Bruce indicating it's his turn to speak.
"I caught sight of Lexie on a security camera, obviously on the way home. She was being tailed by a hooded figure. I'm sorry kid it looks like a kidnapping." Wanda squeezes my hand, my heart races at a hundred miles an hour. "The last thing the camera caught was her being grabbed... then it just seemed to cut out."
"So they knew what they were doing. What if they knew about her powers?" Carol questions. Wanda nods.
"From what Peter has said with the right training Lexie could be a highly skilled weapon." I take a deep breathe, how could this be happening?
Lexie's pov
My head felt groggy. My eyes heavy. Every bone in my body ached. Both of my arms seemed to be attached to a chair, I couldn't remember how I could have possibly got into this situation. A throbbing sensation pulse through my mind.
"H-help!" I attempted to scream, all that emerged was a weak whisper. The dinners of the room made it hard for my eyes to focus on any details; It appeared to me that I was in some sort of warehouse. The silence absorbing me was eerie, I had always despised silence. Again, i attempted to call for somebody to help me, but my cries were getting lost in the empty void. Atleast that's what I thought until a figure emerged from the darkness.
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peter's pov
"What are we waiting for then? We know where she most likely is, let's go and get her!" I shout, a sudden excitement overwhelms me.
"Peter... we don't know who this person is." Carol says wearily. "We need to evaluate the situation more."
"But what if she dies! I-I can't lose someone else..."
A/N- What is going to happen to Lexie? Who is this mysterious figure? Make sure you favourite or follow this story to find out, and let me know your theories in the reviews. Thanks again for reading this new chapter of Rise of a Phoenix.
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