Author's Note: As you can tell it's taking me longer to write a chapter than normal. Sorry to everybody who is reading this. I've been really busy and forgot how I was going to approach the next chapter. Hopefully the wait was worth it. So On to the story….
Rating: Well they changed the system, but this is an R fic because of the content. I strongly advise that if you cannot handle the subject matter than to stop reading.
Disclaimer: Well you all should know by now… Amber is mine however.
Angel of Darkness, Angel of Light
By Crys Skywalker
"Yo, Peter what's cooking?" A young girl with dyed black hair walked through the door. "It smells like bacon… Ya got company over dude?"
"Yeah something like that…" Peter sluggishly laughed. He allowed her to walk into the apartment. She smiled as she walked over to the table. Looking at all the food, she began to drool.
"Can I?" As she pointed to the bacon. Peter laughed.
"You dog Amber! It never ceases to amaze me how you always find the bacon." Peter sat in his chair as she grabbed a couple of pieces. She looked at all the plates and notice very quickly that there was one too many.
"Where's Mary Jane?" She asked smiling. Her implanted fangs glistened in the morning light. Peter shook his head.
"Do you always wear those?" He pointed to her fangs.
"What? They're apart of the outfit. You cannot be Goth without the vampire fangs… or really cool extra arms for that matter." She hinted. The juice that Peter was drinking was abruptly sprayed out. "Dude, not cool!"
"What are you getting at exactly? I know you girl… You're a genius and I know that brain of yours is up to something?"
"Peter, how dare you think so little of me, but in that case… Where's Otto? I know he's here." For the second time that day Peter swore he was going to choke.
"And how the hell did you find that out?"
"How do you think… Otto is all over the news; but nobody, even Spiderman, knows where he is… Which means something has happened and he's hiding here for some reason. What happened to him? You know that I like him." Amber scoffed at the fact that Peter never seemed to figure out stuff as quick as she did.
"If you like him so much why don't you partner up with him… It could do some good for the both of you!" Peter was astonished by her quickness.
"You know that Otto prefers to work alone!" she yelled back. MJ walked into the room; Peter gave her an odd look.
"Amber! What are you doing here girl? I thought you were in Albuquerque?" MJ hugged her friend. Amber smiled.
"Oh, you know the usual. Stupid monkey conventions… Man if I were them I'd leave my corporation alone. But they think all these meeting are going to get them into the door. Yeah right. Didn't Pete tell you I was here? I told him yesterday… Then I hear the Otto gets himself into trouble again and this fool won't tell me shit!" Amber rambled. MJ laughed. She knew that her friend was no where close to an idiot.
"No. He seem to forget to tell me that you were back in town. And I see that you still keep up with your favorite scientist. Otto is in trouble. But I don't know if he's ready to meet you yet." MJ spoke. Peter stood up angrily.
"Why did you just tell her that we know where Otto is?"
"Dude keep your pants on! Have even read that paper yet?" Peter nodded no. Amber pointed to the headlines that she was hinting on. Otto was on the front. 'Doc Ock Raped?'The headlines blared in all caps. "Unfortunately, everybody got their sources and JJ seemed to get information about what happened to Otto. I'm just really worried about him that's all."
"MOMMY! HELP! I'M SCARED!" A screamed came from the closet. Amber and MJ looked at each other. Peter walked over to the girls as the sobbing was loudly heard through the closet. Amber started walking towards the door. MJ grabbed her arm to stop her approached.
"No Amber… Don't approach him yet. He's having flashbacks and he reacts really bad with people he doesn't know yet. He's doing what you used to do." MJ warned. Amber's eyes went as wide as saucers.
"It really happened. He was raped?" Peter nodded by Amber's question. "Oh my…" She walked to the couch, sat down and held her knees to her body.
"Times like this I wish I was a girl. Great! He's been raped by a guy just like her and they are both being affected by this." Peter was exasperated by the reaction of Amber. MJ looked at him with the same look on her face.
"Well I guess you need to stay with her… I need to get Otto's panic attack down. Once he manageable we can work this out better. Amber, honey, are you going to be okay?" MJ asked as she gracefully walked over to Amber. Amber looked up at her with one of the saddest expression on her face.
"I can't believe that Otto had to go through what I had too. And with all the abuse that he went through when he was younger, that's so not cool." Amber muttered. She looked up. "Can I help in anyway?"
"Um, Why don't I first settle Otto out. I think there was an old costume that scared him." MJ suggested. Amber smiled. Peter sat on the couch beside her as MJ walked out of the room. He got Amber's attention and smiled lightly at her.
"Sorry that when you finally met Otto that it isn't the best of circumstances. I found him last night all severely messed up and I had to get him out of there. He's really embarrassed by the way he's currently acting. Just be careful, tread lightly, he's really nervous and terrified." Peter explained.
"Does he at least seem that he's going to recover from this?" Amber asked.
"Well I'm hoping that he's going to recover from this better than when he got his arms and lost Rosie. He's got major nightmares though. I think we got a little to almost no sleep last night."
"Ouch…" Amber winced. She looked up with Peter as MJ gently coached Otto to sit on the armchair. He stared blankly at the floor. His inky black hair stuck to his sweaty face. MJ turned to Peter.
"I need to do some laundry… Otto did it again and I better get him some clean clothes. I gave him a pair of my father's sweats so that should help."
"He did what again?" Amber tired to get eye contact with Otto but Otto shied away from her gaze. He whimpered a bit.
"LYNN! Stop that." Amber flinched from MJ's angry snapping.
"You never call me that… What did I do wrong?" Amber shied away from Otto.
"Here eat the rest of this and shut up." Peter smugly rubbed in. Amber stuck out her tongue and started to eat the rest of the bacon. However Otto didn't find the food appealing one bit. Looking up he whimpered a bit. His hand flew to his mouth.
"Bathroom, now!" Otto squeaked out at Peter. Peter got the picture quickly and ran him to the bathroom. Amber sat there with an odd look in her face. Retching was heard from the bathroom.
"So not cool. I'm not eating now… Bummer. Otto, are you going to be alright?" Amber yelled to Otto.
"That hurt. Who are you?" Otto muttered to the new female that he didn't recognize.
"You know that woman that we were telling you…" Peter set a hand on her arm. "Otto meet Amber, Amber this is the scientist that you are closely fond of."
"Hey ya dude!" Amber waved to Otto and then extended a hand to him. He shook it trying to figure her out.
"What do you do for a living?" Otto asked. Since he was stuck with her in the same room it was vital for him to find out her intelligence. With a smirk he noted that she only looked to be eighteen.
"Well I have a multi-million dollar computer company that I own. And on the side I dabble in psychics and Paleontology. I have three inventions that NASA is currently seeking funding for." Amber proudly pointed out. Otto's jaw hit the floor he didn't expect that one bit. She wasn't around here as he so thought. And for a bonus for him she was actually intelligent. He liked that the most.
"How old are you?" Otto glared deeply trying to figure her out.
"Twenty-five. So I take it you didn't expect that either?" She giggled at his expression. He nodded no.
"And you're here why?" Otto squinted in the light.
"Pete he needs his sunglasses. I'm here for stupid monkey business. I hate to leave New Mexico…It's way too stuffy here." She looked out the window.
"Well it's home… Leave it alone!" Otto muttered in anger. Peter handed Otto's sunglasses to him. He flopped down, and that's when Amber finally noticed that he didn't have his arms on him. She walked over to him and gently stroked his hand. He started to relax a bit. Tears started to surface from his eyes.
"It won't go away. I can't take the pain. No one will ever want me again. I'm so dirty." Otto whispered to no one. Amber frowned at his reaction.
"Have gone to see the doctor yet?" Amber asked. Otto tired to move away from her.
"It's too embarrassing. He's going to laugh and then turn me in. I can't go back there. I know as soon as I do, they all are going to know that they can abuse me." Otto let the tears of anguish slide down his face.
"You know what? I can talk to my personal physician. He can perform the procedure for you. Would that be better?" Amber suggested.
"I don't know. I'm really frightened of it happening again. I don't want anyone seeing me this way. It's too uncomfortable." He began to shake.
"Do you want me or MJ with you?" Amber hoped that he would say her.
"Hold me, please?" Otto out stretched his arms. She pulled him into a hug and rocked him slightly as she held him. Soon soft snoring was sounded from him. MJ walked into the apartment. She quickly saw that Otto and Amber were asleep in each other arms. She was glad to see that Otto was sleeping soundly. His hand was so close to his mouth that he looked as though he was going to suck his thumb in his sleep. Peter grabbed a camera and took a quick shot of the two asleep.
"I hope she didn't have anywhere to be today… Otto isn't going to wake up any time soon." Peter smiled leaving the two asleep in the large armchair.
TBC…
Author's Note: I've decided to put all of my thanks at the bottom. That way I can explain a bit ifs there were questions. Comments and Questions about the story are welcome. Criticism is welcome, but stupid flames are not… Anyway these Reviewers I want to thank especially. Smiles
To Gab: Well I haven't decided that if Otto was going to have any love life after this overly traumatic event. Let see if Otto is going to get over this ordeal or not… LOL j/k. Anyway there is some chemistry there between the two of them, so it is possible. I'm glad that you are enjoying the story. I'm trying to make this not too tacky, but still get a point across.
To Moonjava: Thank you.
To aleeock: I'm going to keep going. Hopefully this is going to be a completed story line; it just may take me awhile. I want this to be not so tacky… Keep reading, and thank you.
Smiles to all the readers out there and please read, review and reply for me. I love to have feedback.
