A/N: Since you're at the second chapter, I'm assuming you either don't care about spoilers, or you've already seen the movie. Can we agree on two things? 1-The Tony Whump was great until the last ten minutes of the movie, and 2- Shuri's arms are incredibly skinny

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We wait at the hospital for six hours. We see countless people come and go, most of them eyeing us. It should piss me off, none of them even trying to hide the fact that they're staring, but I'm more worried about Mr. Stark than I am about the people pointing cameras my way. Besides, I figure maybe it's a good distraction to see some of your heros while waiting for updates on loved ones who may or may not survive.

Eventually, a few more people come to wait with us. Captain America, the Winter Soldier, and Hawkeye, who still has unshed tears in his eyes. The Hulk follows soon after, and the people at the nurses station help to fashion a makeshift sling for his arm. Pepper and Rhodey both step out of their armor, leaving them in sentry mode to guard the doors. There is rioting on the streets, people who came back going back to where they used to live, only to find others had moved in. There was fighting, and more than double the average of gunshot wounds checked into the hospital.

Aunt May shows up during hour five, and I get choked up. I try to run to her, and when too many people get in my may, I jump to the ceiling, crawling my way to her. I land in front of her, and she looks at me, holding me at arms length for a moment, before pulling me in for one of the strongest hugs I've ever felt. She wipes tears off both of our cheeks. I hadn't even realized that I was crying. "How did you find me? How did you know I was here?"

She laughs a little, and I am overjoyed to hear the noise. "Oh, Peter. You're famous now! You're all over social media. I just had to find the right hospital. And let me tell ya, the battle worn suits? Terrifying. I brought you some clothes, you need to change. That goes for you guys too. Come on, up!" She gestures to the group that I have been sitting with. "Your pictures are all over too, and y'all looked miserable, sitting here. I get that that has nothing to do with the clothes, and everything to do with why you're here, but you still need to change."

One of the most iconic and popular pictures from that last hour of waiting was of a little woman from Queens standing over Captain America, who was still carrying his broken shield, with one hand on her hip, the other holding a shopping bag and pointing down a hallway, a challenging look in her eye.

After everyone had changed, she hesitantly spoke up. "Alright. I hate to ask, cause this is a really horrible time, but what happened? You guys look like you've been through hell, and crossed through a war zone on the way back. How is everyone who vanished back, and why did you think it was a good idea to go through with the plan without warning the world first? People reappeared back where they vanished from. Do you know what that means? Those who disappeared from airplanes fell out of the sky. From the underground systems? A lot of them were killed by the subways. The same with trains, and with cars and people in the street. If we'd had warning, we could have prepared for that! There was- we- just what the hell happened?"

I lean into her side as the others explain. Over the noise their making, I barely hear someone calling out for the family of Tony Stark. Standing up, I motion for Pepper to go over to the lady, and move to support Colonel Rhodes, who had the left side of his leg brace damaged in the fight. I offer to take him to his suit, so he could stand on his won, but he tells me that it's more useful as a guard, to protect those in the hospital from the rioters. I nod, and we make our way to the nurse, standing impatiently with a clipboard.

Once we're standing next to them, I begin to back away, allowing Rhodey to lean on either the wall or Pepper, but both of them grab me, Rhodey on my right and Pepper on my left, silently forbidding me from leaving. I nod, and Pepper speaks up. "What's the damage? Will he be okay?" She notices the look on the nurses face. "Is he even still alive?" Her voice is full of panic.

The nurse nods, still looking at her clipboard. "Yes, yes he should make a full recovery. We weren't able to reproduce whatever the hell was in that vial you gave us, so we don't know about any long term effects, but he should be fine. What did you give him, anyways? If you can get it, we may need more of it. It isn't exactly FDA approved, but honestly? After all the shits that happened the last few years, I don't think many people will actually complain."

Both Rhodey and Pepper glance at me, silently asking if I want to speak up. I start to shake my head, then reconsider. "I uh- I can't- I can't really make more. Not the same way at least. I don't have any lab equipment or anything like that, and I can only make about a vial per day. I don't know what dosages should be, and I've only tested it on two living beings, three if you count myself." I see her questioning look. "A mouse that I found, half dead in a trap, and Mr. Stark. The mouse seemed to be fine, but I couldn't account for outside factors, or anything like that." I stop talking, seeing her slightly frustrated look. "I know I shouldn't have given that to anyone without more thorough trials and such, but he would have died if I hadn't. We still had to give him CPR."

"That was a real stupid thing you did, kid. You sure as hell shouldn't have done that. Especially without permission. You said you tested it on yourself? Was there any side effects that we should look out for?"

I look around sheepishly. "Well, I'm pretty sure my identity has been blown, right?" The nurse nods. "I'm a genetically modified human. I sorta might've isolated the healing factor from my DNA. Mr. Stark was helping me, before I vanished, but he thought it was all theoretical. He didn't know I'd actually done it. He said that the theory was sound, that it might actually be able to help people someday. That was the goal, at least. I used some of his lab equipment, had Friday run simulations. It all checked out, I didn't want anything bad to possibly happen if I did make it, so I-"

The nurse cuts me off with a hand on my shoulder. "Like I said, he should be fine. You guys can go in and see him, but only you three. You," She points at my chest. "Are allowed ten minutes with him before one of our head doctors wants to talk to you about what you gave him."

As if we planned it, all three of us look back at our ragtag group of people, before turning back and nodding.

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A/N: Drop a comment if you liked it! They mean a lot, and I love receiving feedback.

Also, I know in the real world, a nurse probably wouldn't act like that, they prolly wouldn't ask to keep using the experimental miracle drug, but I feel like they should be given a lot more slack. The world fell apart, then came back together in a disastrous way. If someone can help, screw the laws. Ya feel?

Next chapter should have Peter trying to explain to the doctor, possibly a panic attack, and Hulk!Bruce intimidating the doctor into letting Peter finish explaining when he's calmed down. Or maybe not, we'll see.