Ok, so technically you can't be mad at me for not revealing anything because you could figure it yourself...maybe...
Anyway, hope you guys enjoy the chapter and story in general.
Luke's pov
We made quick work of the mutants, and they all ran away in minutes. All of them except Leaper, who paused by the window.
"You lied. He's not in the dungeons," Her voice broke, and she glared at us with so much hatred that I stepped back. Then, she hauled her bruised frame through the window. The last thing she said was, "And Adrian won't even care."
"Monster!" I felt something break against my skin. I turned and saw my parents trying to inject me with something blue. Their eyes widened and they started shaking.
"What-what are you?" My dad asked. Rage bubbled inside me until I couldn't contain it.
"What am I? You wanna know what I am? You made me like this! Your super solider serum! You made me like this! You made this monster!" I screamed. They cowered below me.
"The serum? But that would-that would mean..." The woman gasped and covered her mouth to stifle a cry. I was quivering with anger. I raised a fist.
"Don't. This isn't you. Focus Powerman," Danny stood in front of my parents, the traitors. The others made a circle around them.
"Come on Powerman, we can talk about this," Spidey raised his hands in surrender.
"Move," I warned. They stood their ground. So this was how they wanted to play it. I shoved Danny out of the way and he went flying into the wall. My team stared in shock. He stumbled back up and leaned against the wall for support.
"Powerman please! No man is evil, neither are you," I hesitated only a little.
"Please! Listen to him! If not to us, then listen to your friends! Please...son," My dad whispered. I stopped.
"Wha-what?" I was suddenly confused.
"We're sorry. We thought you were...we're so sorry," Mom said.
"I didn't mean to. I would never. I wasn't thinking. I-I-I love you guys," I threw my arms over them and we all cried and laughed together. And those next four words filled me with extraordinary happiness, and relief.
"We love you Luke."
Runt's pov
I woke up knowing. Knowing. It was such a strange word to me...knowing. But with the knowing came something else, anger. Anger so intense it hurt. I knew why I was mad, I finally knew. I climbed out of the hollow and ran. I ran to the storage tree. It was where Adrian stored his armor. Surely enough, he was up there.
"Liar! You untrustworthy Liar!" I screamed. He looked at me in surprise.
"Runt? What are you saying? Why are you here?" He asked. He could have torn me to shreds, but he didn't. Confusion was stopping him from attacking and I used that to my advantage.
"You don't remember! None of you remember! But you're a sick liar Adrian! And you're going to pay!" My vision went red and I noticed my fingers hurting, tingling. I looked down and saw claws breaking through the skin. It didn't stop my ranting.
"I did nothing to you, and all my life you have tortured me!" I lunged at him and felt the confidence and strength of a big cat. Long, black fur sprouted from my face and body, a tail shot out behind me. My ears rounded and traveled up my head. My knees bended the wrong way and I fell onto all fours. I snarled and bared my fangs.
"Runt! Tobias, you're doing it! You're transforming!" He was excited, but he wouldn't be for long." I coiled up like a spring. I let the indescribable feeling of liquid power flow through me. I was a black panther.
"I am Shadow...and you're my meat!" I pounced on his neck. He squawked and slashed at me with his talons. I let go enough for him to fly away, over the open branches. I ran after him, pounds upon pounds of rippling muscle and spring-like legs. I sprinted and leapt in fluid, hypnotic motions. He was flying lopsidedly and low. It would be so easy to jump him. But it would be more fun to taunt him.
I watched him duck into another tree, this one with densely crowded branches. I easily jumped onto it and slowed to a swaggering walk.
"Adrian...Adrian...come out little bird," I smelled him nearby. A leaf moved to my left and I pounced onto nothing. But I had heard an intake of breath when I 'd jumped. I knew exactly where my prey was.
"You brought this on yourself little bird. I really am sad that I have to do this. But justice isn't always pretty, little bird. And neither is life, but don't worry about that little bird...yours will be over soon anyway," As I spoke I got closer and closer to where he was hiding. Jumping onto his quivering frame, I batted him through the branches with a massive paw. He barely even responded and I noticed his eyes were closed. I hit his wing, breaking it instantly. He still didn't move. I was getting mad.
"Maybe some sleep will jog your memory...," I used my tail to throw him against the tree trunk, his crumpled form slumping against the wood.
Danny's pov
I was glad to see Luke so happy. Peter and Sam were just helping me up from where Luke shoved me when a dizzy spell overtook me and I fell back down. Now the eyes were on me.
"Vision," I mumbled before darkness encased me.
"Iron Fist! Help...hurts...can't...breathe..." I heard a broken voice and saw Adrian being tossed around by some type of cat.
"Is that...Runt?" I didn't need to ask. I already knew. I had known.
"Yes, no, sort-of, he calls himself Shadow. He's not making sense, he called me a liar and just...transformed," He said desperately.
"I'm on my way. Don't try to fight him or anger him. It feeds him. The madder he gets, the more stable and powerful his form is." And with that, the image blurred and swirled until it became the expectant faces of my friends, and Luke's parents.
"Well..." Ava asked.
"Adrian and Runt need our help," I said, standing up.
"Then what are we waiting for? Help, is what we do!" Peter smiled under the mask. I nodded.
"Right, here's the plan," It took some explaining, but soon we were on our way to the tree I'd seen in the vision. Hang on Adrian, hang on.
And now the hunter...becomes the hunted, sort of. Don't worry, I'll probably reveal everything in the next chap which should be out tomorrow or the day after. Anyway...
Wolf out...