DISCLAIMER: I own nothing and no one from Spiderman. I am just a poor college student who also happens to be a Spiderman fan. I make NO money from this. Please don't sue.
Chapter 1 Synopsis:
Here is the synopsis I promise those who did not want to read through the rape scene in chapter 1. For those that want to skip the synopsis simply scroll down to where it says 'Chapter 2: Dreams.' Thank you.
As Spiderman, Peter was knocked unconscious in a fight. He is captured by his villains, unmasked (although they do not know his identity, just his face) and restrained. The restraints are weird, floaty ball things that Doc Ock made. When Peter wakes up, a bunched of the bad guys rape him dry, until he bleeds and then some more. Aleksei/Rhino walks in on it and doesn't like it. The big man thinks they should just kill the boy instead of 'fucking the kid to death' and he has a really hard time believing Peter is Spiderman. Ock forces Peter to take someone in the mouth by tugging on the boy's family jewels while the Doc has some 'fun' with the kid's other end. Peter ends up almost choking to death. Rhino pissed, sees Peter stopped breathing and comes to the kid's 'rescue.' Rhino gets Peter breathing again, but Peter faints and is completely unresponsive. Cheated of their 'fun,' the other criminals realize with Spiderman off the streets they could actually get some 'work' done and go rushing off, thinking Peter would not be able to escape. Rhino is left alone with the boy.
Rhino first lays the unconscious Peter on the floor. Seeing all the blood, Rhino is worried about the boy's physical state. He goes searching the warehouse, which other criminals often use as a place to recover themselves or torture others, for medical supplies. Rhino does not find the IV was hoping for, but does find an enema and decides he might as well clean the abused kid out.
Rhino takes the unconscious Peter out of the restraints and to the bathroom. Unfortunately, Peter wakes up in the middle of the enema and freaks out and on top of that gets some bad cramps. Rhino has to put Peter back in restraints worried the kid was going to hurt himself. Rhino tries to get Peter to release the enema into a bucket, but the boy refuses, demanding to go on the toilet. Rhino makes Peter promise to behave before releasing the restraints and helping the kid to the toilet.
After Peter is done, Rhino says he may have to do another couple enemas seeing how dirty the water coming out for the boy was. Peter flips out, not liking the enema at all and tries to run, but the restraints catch him. Peter struggles and swears a lot and Rhino snaps, yelling at the kid that he wasn't giving Peter the enema because he wants to but because: "You have dried blood and other nasty stuff up in you. I do not care how fast you heal, not cleaning you out after all you went through is just asking for an infection or something."
Rhino gets his anger under control. Peter is startled because it looked like the big criminal might actually care then Rhino lets slip he had not taken Peter's ass yet. Peter gets scared, not wanting to be raped again and asked the man; "Why don't you just kill me already?" Rhino says no and starts to make sexual advances on Peter, saying he will be kind and that it will feel good and the restrained boy breaks down and starts crying.
Startled and not wanting to hurt the kid anymore, Rhino backs off and changes tactics. He firsts figures out Peter is 16 or older while cutting the remains of the Spiderman costume off the boy then tells Peter he has a beautiful body and asks the boy if he had been able to climax. Peter is embarrassed and freaks out a bit. Rhino calms him down and asks him if he is still hurt inside [from being raped]. Peter doesn't think so. They talk some more and Rhino lets the kid out of the restraints again. The man gives Peter a blanket, food and water and lets the kid recover for a bit. Then much to Peter's embarrassment, the man decides to push a tampon up the boy's ass to see if there was any more internal bleeding. Peter thinks about rebelling, but then complies. During this time Rhino figures out Peter is a virgin.
Rhino ends up sitting with Peter wrapped in a blanket in his lap while they wait to see if the tampon absorbs anything. The tampon, not being very streamline, causes Peter some pain when it is pulled out, but the piece of cotton came out without any fresh blood. Both Peter and Rhino are relieved. Rhino still insists Peter takes two more enemas to make sure the boy was clean out and there wasn't any bleeding deep inside him. Peter really, really does not like the third enema and even though Rhino helps him through it, the exhausted boy faints in the end.
Rhino undresses and washes the bloodied, filthy, half-unconscious Peter in the shower. That done the man lays Peter on a towel on the floor and considers his options. In the end the man cannot resist his desires for Peter's "spectacular" body. He decided, not wanting to hurt the kid, but still horny, to take Peter sweetly and make sure the bpy climaxed too, since he figured the teen probably needed the release anyway.
Peter comes back from his exhaustion to find himself sitting in Rhino's naked lap. The man was kissing the back of Peter's neck and rubbing the boy's erection to life. Peter is very reluctant and tries to struggle and make the man stop, even begging Rhino to stop. Rhino however does no such thing, but constantly tries to comfort the boy by telling Peter he does not want to hurt him and that it will feel good. Peter's body soon betrays him as Rhino continues stroking him and the boy start crying in despair not wanting to be raped again. Rhino is unsettled by this because he wanted the boy to feel good not cry, but continues touching the kid. Peter fought the pleasure, but it overcame him in the end. Despite himself, Peter starts crying out in ecstasy and arching against Rhino as he came close to climax. Rhino can't take such a hot sight and flips Peter onto his back, getting ready to start preparing the kid to take him. Then Peter sees the size of Rhino's aroused penis and freaks out again.
The boy manages to wiggle out of Rhino's grip and tries to run for it, but once more the restrains catch him. Peter sags in the restrains and starts crying again, begging Rhino not to hurt him. Rhino, feeling frustrated, but still concerned about Peter, takes pity on the boy and instead of preparing the boy, he flips him upside-down in the restraints and starts giving the kid oral. Peter can't believe how good that felt and after a moment starts licking Rhino too, hoping if he sucked the man well enough Rhino wouldn't take his ass.
The position changes to a 69 on the floor when Peter starts getting sick from being upside-down for so long. Getting excided, Rhino accidentally gags Peter and immediately moves away not wanting to choke the kid. Instead of continuing oral, Rhino lubes his fingers and starts preparing the boy. Peter would have resisted, but the restraints kept him from doing so. The fingering doesn't really hurt the kid, but the feeling of being entered makes his feel sick. The boy keeps trying to beg the man to stop while Rhino is fingering his ass, but the man continues to slowly stretch him. Finally, as Rhino start's working more fingers into Peter, the boy's pleading gets more desperate and Rhino takes pity on him giving the kid a 'break.'
After the 'break' Rhino flips Peter, who is still in restraints, into 'doggy style.' Peter is embarrasses with having his butt sticking in the air while Rhino finishes preparing him with four fingers. During this time Rhino concludes Peter is not gay because the boy was not getting stimulated from the treatment.
Done with the preparations Rhino, already hard, puts a condom on and some lube, getting ready to take Peter. Rhino grabs Peter and pulls the kid into his lap so their sitting chest to back while also releasing the boy from the restraints. Rhino tells Peter to relax and starts playing with the boy's nipples as he began to push his cock into the teen's tight hole. Peter is so shocked by the sudden entrance he can't make a sound, but then he clenches painfully tight around Rhino's shaft and screams. Rhino tries to get the boy to relax ,but Peter can't and starts begging the man to "take it out." Amazingly Rhino does.
The big man tries to comfort Peter, but that just made the boy cry harder so Rhino backs off entirely and lets the sobbing boy curl up on the floor. Rhino didn't want to hurt the boy and was worried he might have not prepared the kid enough, but there was no blood. Rhino realized the boy was just terrified and is worried that if Peter is not shown pleasure soon his sex life with either gender would be ruined. Rhino doesn't understand why he cares what happened to "the boy" but somehow he does.
During this time Rhino remembers he had not yet worked the boy's prostate and that, along with other things, could bring the boy to a quick climax. Peter starts crying harder when Rhino pushes his finger into him, but soon the tears disappear as Rhino starts working the kid's prostate and Peter starts feeling good. Peter is confused by this pleasure while Rhino starts stroking the boy's hardening cock. Peter soon cums and Rhino just watches in awe as the boy's beautiful boy twitched and squirmed in pleasure. Rhino can't believe how incredibly hot the boy looks when he is pleasured.
Peter's orgasm fades and Peter finds Rhino sitting on the floor next to him, watching. The man tells Peter he was beautiful and Peter blushes crimson, completely embarrassed and mortified he had cum in front of Rhino. Rhino chuckles, finding the boy's embarrassment cute, and licks up some of the sperm that was splattered across the boy's chest then tells Peter he is also sweet. Peter could have just died with embarrassment.
Seeing Peter cum had brought Rhino's erection back to life, so he reached between the boys legs to check things out and was surprised with how loose the kid had become. It looked like cumming was just the thing Peter needed to relax. Peter embarrassed asks Rhino was the man did to him. Rhino tells the kid about his prostate and when he saw the confusion in the boy's eyes, assured the kid that just because he came like that didn't mean he was gay. Rhino also tells the boy he is bi: "Do not care much what sex I lay with as long as I get laid. I cannot be too picky as ugly as I am."
Rhino was getting all hot and bothered by the boy with cum splashed all over his fine chest and pulls the kid into his lap again, but this time so they are chest to chest. Peter was startled and blushes hotly when he feels Rhino's length against his belly. Rhino tells the kid he has not cum yet and Peter, exhausted, gives in.
Rhino works the kid with his fingers again until he can fit six fingers into the boy (three fingers from two hands) before putting on a fresh condom and slicking himself up again. The man asks Peter if he was ready and the exhausted boy says: "No, but since it seemed you must." Rhino assures the kid it will feel good once he finds the boy's prostate again.
Rhino is kind when he finally is inside the boy, waiting for Peter to adjust before starting to thrust. Peter really doesn't like being fucked, but Rhino also starts pleasuring the kid in other ways while they have sex. Peter lets go when Rhino finally finds his prostate and along with the feel of the man kissing and nipping his throat, rubbing and sucking his nipples and stroking his balls, Peter gives himself over to the pleasure. He begs Rhino to touch him and at that the man pulls out of him, rips off the dirty condom and begins rubbing their cocks together. Peter cum with a scream and Rhino also climaxes right behind him, but all the stimulation was too much for the exhausted boy to take. Rhino realizing Peter had fainted and lays the boy back on the floor. Rhino cleans himself and the boy off, wraps Peter in a blanket then sits down and tries to figure out what he should do with the kid:
(Last paragraph) The man sat back on the floor staring at Peter, trying to figure out what to do. He couldn't just leave the kid here, could he? He felt gratified the others hadn't seen the kid like he had: backed arched, head thrown back as he spurted his pleasure across his hot skin. Then Rhino felt loathed with himself for forcing the kid to do something the boy had obviously not wanted to do. He knew if it was allowed the others would torture the boy for weeks, months even, buzzing around this body, attracted to it like flies to carrion. And they would hurt the kid. Hurt him bad. Someone had to stop this. It would be kinder simply to kill the boy then leave him here. Rhino sighed rubbing his eyes his thoughts and emotions warring inside him. "What am I going to do with you?"
(End of Synopsis)
Okay so that ended up longer then I thought it would be… but then I guess the first chapter was almost 30 pages on my computer and this summery was about 3 so a page per ten pages isn't that bad. I hope I was descriptive enough to get what happened across while also not being too long winded. Anyway on to chapter 2…
Chapter 2: Dreams
They were torturing him again, cutting his body over and over as he hung helpless in the air. There was so much blood, a sea of red stretching over the entire floor. Peter knew it was an impossible amount. He should have long since been dead, but he just couldn't seem to die. He looked up tears flowing from his eyes to beg for mercy, but all he saw was Doc Ock's grinning face. People with no faces sprang up from the floor and gathered around what should have been his corpse, laughing. The touched him, hands ghosting over his torn and bloody skin. The bend in his left arm flared with pain as one of them bit him, more blood splattered on the floor, and Ock's giant grinning head floated closer. Eight metal arms sprang out from behind the head like Ock had really turned into an octopus. Each mental 'hand' held a knife and they all started to flick out towards Peter as they got closer, but they never seemed to reach him. All Peter could do was stare. The restraints held him too firmly. It hurt even to move. The laugher around him grew deafening until there was nothing else. It hurt his ears. He tried to tell the faceless people to stop laughing, but his words were lost in the sound. He knew it was them who were laughing even though they had no mouths, and that they were watching his torture with glee even though they had no eyes. Ock just got closer. Peter could feel the cold metal of the man's knives kiss his skin without drawing blood… yet. And laughter, laughter, LAUGHTER. Tears were streaming down Peter's face. His head hurt so much. Just when he thought his brains would explode, everything went quiet. Then the silence was so heavy he thought he would suffocate. Once of Ock's arms flicked out towards his eye, the knife shining impossible bright in the dim light. Peter couldn't look away! Suddenly shadows sprang up around him pushing the others back. Then Peter felt himself being lifted and the next thing he knew he was being gently held in dark clawed hands. He couldn't help, but notice one of them was stroking his naked body. "Little ssspider," a familiar voice hissed, then a tongue lulled across his face, tasteing his tears and leaving a line of wet spittle on his check. "You look ssso sssweet. We will like your sssweetnesssss tonight." Peter stared up horrified into the toothy grinning face of Venom. The symbiot's tongue snaked out from between those sharp, pointed fangs, reaching for him again. It lapped first at his throat then wormed it way up along his jawline as he tipped his head back trying to get away from it, but his body wouldn't listen to him. Even without restraints he couldn't move. "We will have ssso much fun with you this night sssssweet ssspider. Playssss together with our offssspring. Ssso much fun. You will be oursssssss." Terrified, Peter did the only thing he could do. He screamed.
...
Peter gasped awake, his eyes flying open in fear. He tried to sit up, but found he couldn't move. A cold sweat broke out across his body and panic rose in him as he remembered being restrained and raped, but then he realize he was just tangled up in the blankets of a bed. He viciously kicked the blankets off, panting as the fear the nightmare had instilled in his continued to pump through his blood.
"Nightmare, da?"
Peter jumped, his head snapping towards the voice. Rhino, wearing plain clothes, was leaning against the wall directly in front of the boy's bed. Seeing the man, Peter yipped in fear and jerked back, hitting the headboard of the bed with a solid thunk. The boy was too scared to notice the pain as he now desperately clutched the blankets to his bare chest as he shivered in terror. Then the teen realized his hands were free. He was not restrained. Peter stared dumbly at his unhindered wrists, then started, his head jerking up as Rhino took a step forward.
Aleksei stopped, not wanting to panic the boy any more then he already had. The man could practical see the wheels turning in the kid's head. Then Peter looked up at him, looking completely lost and said one word.
"Why?"
Rhino sighed and leaned back against the wall again, feeling tired. "I am not sure myself."
"You had me. Why? Why? It doesn't make sense." The confused boy was frantic and hyperventilating and that would just not do.
"Shit kid calm down." Rhino move forward wanting to help the teenager, but Peter whimpered and jerked away, hitting his back on the headboard again. The blow was strong enough it shook a little dust from the ceiling.
Rhino frowned looking up at the ceiling. "Shit. Cat get your butt in here. He iz panicking."
"What the hell do you expect idiot? Give me a moment."
Peter blinked, surprised by the new voice. His gaze twitched left to the doorway it had come from. He knew that voice. "Felicia?"
"Hey Spidy," the woman called from the small kitchen, her voice soft and calming. "It's okay now. You're safe I promise. I'll be there in just a sec."
Peter heard a microwave ding before he turned his jaded gaze back to Aleksei. Something it the kid's eyes was just so hollow. Rhino flinched seeing that then he noticed the boy tense. The kid was going to run.
"Boy don't!"
Peter bolted for the kitchen, for the safety of a familiar, friendly voice or at least he would have if pain hadn't shot through his left arm at the first few steps. "Ah!" he cried out, clutching his arm as fire seemed to explode from inside his elbow. He dropped to the floor with a whimper and only then realized there was an IV in his arm.
"What? NO!" He moved to rip the needle out of his arm, panicking again, but then soft feminine hands were touching him, coaxing his own hand away from the IV.
"Honey. Honey. It's okay. It's just IV. It's to help you. Leave it there." Black Cat's voice was soft and soothing, drawing Peter's eyes up away from his arm and to her face. She was crouched by him in plain clothes, but her beautiful features and glorious mane of silver hair were as gorgeous as ever. The woman smiled kindly down at him, but he could still see sadness and pity in her eyes. His own eyes filled with tears.
"Felicia?" He hugged her around the waist and started crying. "Don't be a dream. Don't be a dream."
"I'm not," she hugged him back, petting his hair. "Oh darling I'm so sorry."
Felicia held the boy until he sobs slowly quieted then stopped. "Here, drink this," she said quietly when it looked like he might fall asleep in her lap.
Peter looked up groggily and frowned at the unknown kind of brown-looking liquid in the glass she offered. Black Cat's heart hurt to see the boy's face streaked with tears, but she kept herself focused on her goal. "Come on honey drink. We need to get something in you or your body will never be able to finish healing."
"We?" Peter's eyes darted back to Rhino who was leaning against the wall again. Fear rose in the boy, his heart starting to race. If they were working together-
"Ah." Felicia swatted his head lightly, scattering his thoughts. "None of that. The big oaf just brought you to me."
Peter's brows furrowed in confusion. "But… you know each other?"
"Both thieves at one point," the woman said simply. "Knowing people comes with the business." Her eyes then softened and she leaned close to him to whisper. "Please Peter drink. They don't know who you are. Not even Rhino. Everyone you care about is safe. You need to focus on yourself right now so drink."
Peter stared at her for a moment longer than nodded. It wasn't like his senses were telling him he was in danger or anything and it was Falicia. He trusted her.
The drink was some sort of nutrient broth...and it tasted awful. Peter coughed at the first gulp. "What the hell is this?" he sputtered.
A strange look came over the ex-catburglar's face. "You don't want to know, but believe me, it might taste horrible, but it's a major pick me up for your body. My own recipe. Now finish it."
The teenager did, but nearly gagged on the last bit then nearly heaved as his stomach revolted, but Felicia gave him some crackers to nibble on and a can of club soda and that helped.
"Are your taste buds dead?" Peter grumbled, finishing the last cracker and brushing the crumbs off his hands. He had almost forgotten Rhino was still in the room watching them.
Felicia gave a very unlady-like snort. "It's supposed to be effective, not tasty. Now quit complaining."
Peter opened his mouth to reply, but suddenly he felt really light headed. The world seemed to spin around him. He fell back against Felicia struggling to keep his eyes open. "You… added…"
"It's just something to help you sleep," the woman whispered gently. "You're body will never heal if you keep burning so much energy panicking every few seconds. Don't worry. I promise you will be safe."
The last thing Peter felt was her gentle lips kissing his forehead then he fell into the darkness of unconsciousness and he didn't have to feel anymore.
Black Cat gently lifted the boy up onto the bed and tucked him back in. A stray tear escaped her eye and she wiped it angrily away. How could this have happened to Peter? It just wasn't fair. He was one of the most selfless people she knew and now this. She hated so much to see him like this.
"Are you sure it vas vise to trick him like zhat?"
Felicia whirled on Rhino, fury flashing in her eyes. "Don't you dare tell me what's wise or not you asshole. We are going to talk right now. Actually I am going to do the talking and you are going to fucking listen or I am going to rip your face off, da?"
Rhino snapped his mouth shut and clenched a hard fist over his anger even as Felicia swore at him and made fun of his accent. The woman had every reason to be angry so he would grit his teeth and hear her out. "Da."
Unfortunately the man wasn't that good at holding his temper.
...
Peter drifted awake to the sound of people yelling. He started to get frightened again, but he could feel Felicia's warmth beside him and that calmed him. She was still sitting by him on the bed, gently stroking his hair, but her voice was anything but gentle.
"He's a kid Aleksei! What the hell were you thinking?"
"Vell I did not know he vas a kid until yesterday. Vhat zha hell vas I supposed to do?"
"Stop them of course! Oh and maybe not fucking him would have been nice too."
"And how vould I have stopped zhem? It vould have gotten me and zha kid killed. I brought him to you vhen I could did I not?"
"And you still fucked him didn't you, you fag?"
"Watch it bitch," Rhino snarled, his voice layered with his tell-tale anger. "I did not hurt him none. I just gave him a little release. He must have enjoyed some of it. You should have seen how he shot off."
"He's a teenage boy idiot! They're always up and ready. I'm in the right mind to-"
Okay that was embarrassing and certainly enough of that. "Hey, um guys," Peter levered himself up on his elbows, blinking sleepily. "Could you keep it down? Some of us were trying to sleep." He could see Felicia had take out the IV. If he had bruised his arm in his struggles, it had already healed… I guess I'm back to normal in that category.
The Rhino's, no Aleksei. His name was Aleksei. Aleksei's jaw dropped open and he stared at Peter. "You are avake!"
Felicia sighed, rubbing her eyes tiredly. "Damn I should have doubled your dose," she muttered under her breath. "I always forget how fast your metabolism works." She looked down then, stroking one of his cheeks gently, her eyes softening. "Are you feeling any better?"
"It has been ten minutes!" Rhino exclaimed still shocked.
"It would have been longer dumbass if you weren't bellowing your head off. Now shut up!" Black Cat snapped, still pissed. Aleksei grumbled something under his breath and leaned back against the wall again.
"Actually kitty cat," Peter teased lightly, getting her attention back and even making her smile a bit to hear a bit of his normal candor. "You're pretty good at shrieking right back. Now please," Peter sighed, laying an arm over his eyes. "I've got a headache."
Felicia's eyes filled with pity again. "I'm sorry. Can I get you anything for it?"
Peter arched a mildly amused eyebrow. "You really think I'd take something from you after last time?"
Felicia winced. "It was necessary. Besides I kept my promise. You're still safe aren't you?"
Peter sighed, curling up beside her. "Right now that's a very relative term."
Felicia felt her heart break as she realized the boy was trembling. He might have been putting on a good show, but he was still scared and traumatized by what had been done to him. She hugged him, desperate to help him any way she could. "Oh Pe- I'm sorry. Try not to think about it."
Peter was silent for awhile before he managed to get his voice back. "H-how can I not?" he whispered his voice shaking. "I'm going to have to face it sooner or later."
"Why don't you try eating something?"
Peter was startled by the sudden change in topic (which was kind of Falicia's plan) and blinked up at her. "Can I brush my teeth first?" he finally asked. "My mouth tastes horrible."
She smiled down at him. "Of course honey."
...
Peter rinsed out his mouth and spat into the sink once more, getting rid of any lingering toothpaste. He still felt awful, but at least his teeth didn't feel fuzzy anymore. And at least he was dressed now… Well sort of. It was just a fluffy white robe, but at least it was something. He had to admit Felicia had really been prepared. She had a new toothbrush still in the wrapper for him as well as dental floss and deodorant and a brush and almost anything else he could have wanted already at the motel. He would have been impressed if he wasn't so tired.
Peter sighed then looked up in the mirror. He'd been putting off doing this for awhile, scared what he might see and he had been right. It was not pretty. Peter gasped, staring at his reflection. He barely recognized himself with his hair all sweaty and sticking up wildly, his eyes with dark circles under them and red from crying and the tracks of tears streaking his face.
Peter gapped at the boy in the mirror for a while then blinked and shook his head. Grabbed a bar of soap, he started washing his face vigorously as if he thought maybe he could wash that strange boy away and find his old self underneath. Fresh tears mixed with the water he splashed on his face. It isn't fair. He splashed more water over his hair and watched it drip into the sink. God I feel so dirty. Dammit all it just isn't fair.
Peter slumped against the sink and started quietly crying again. Why did this happen to me? Why? What did I ever do to deserve this? His legs collapsed out from under him and he plopped on the floor sobbing, looking so much like a little lost boy just as Felicia walked in.
"Hey honey? Here are some towel– Oh Pe…" She caught herself before she said his name, not wanting Rhino to know more then he had to, but it was so hard. She just wanted to cuddle the poor boy and coo to him all day and somehow make it be alright, but things are never that simple in the real world.
"Honey shh," Cat knelt down and rested a gentle hand on Peter's shoulder, but he jerked away.
"Don't touch me. I'm dirty. On god I'm so dirty." The boy buried his face in his hands and started to weep in earnest.
"No. No your not!" Felicia grabbed the boy in a protective hug. Peter started to pull away, but then he simply sagged against the woman, crying in her arms. "You're never dirty. You're one of the best people I know."
"I can't do this Felicia," he sobbed, his body shivering against hers. "I just can't. It's too much."
"You can. You'll get through this. I swear you will," Black Cat held the boy as he cried. Rhino watched the scene quietly from the bedroom, feeling more disgusted with himself then he had in a long time.
Somehow Peter ended up lying curled on the floor with his head in the woman's lap. She just let him cry, stroking his hair softly and rubbed his back as he violently expelled all his pent up emotions, frustrations and fears."Shh Petey," she murmured, softly. "You'll be okay. You'll be okay."
Aleksei's head jerked up. What was that? Pete? Not Petey. Black Cat had slipped up and said the boy's name. Ah shit. He didn't want to know the kid's damn name and now he'd never be able to forget it. This sucked… but it sounded like a nickname. Maybe an alias? Aleksei could only hope.
"Oh my poor little spider," Felicia continued to coo over the boy, stroking his hair as his sobbing quieted. "You'll be okay. I promise I'll help you."
"I'm okay now Felicia," Peter sighed after a bit longer and pushed himself up to lean against the wall. He was completely drained now, so much so he almost felt numb. He looked around vaguely and realized this was not the bathroom he had been in before. "Where am I?" he asked quietly, looking back at Felicia.
"Safe," she said, reaching out to tuck a lock of his messy hair behind his ear.
Peter frowned at her even though the word was comforting. It's amazing how much meaning can be conveyed in just one little word. "That's not what I meant Felicia."
She sighed. "I know. We're in a motel. I know the room's kinda crappy, but it's the only cheap place I knew that has a usable kitchen and a bathroom you don't have to share with anyone else."
Peter nodded, leaning his head back against the wall and closing his eyes.
Cat could see how drained he was. "How are you feeling," she asked softly.
"Tired," he breathed not even opening in eyes.
"Then let's get you back to bed."
...
Felicia half walked, half carried Peter back to the bed in the main room. He was almost asleep by the time he hit the mattress. He wiggled under the covered and curled up with a tired sigh. Felicia laid down next to Peter, hugging the boy to her. Normally Peter would have been embarrassed with a woman lying next to him, but today her added warmth was welcome.
"We'll get you home as soon as you're ready honey." Peter heard her say through the darkness of his closed eyes.
"Thanks… for everything." he mumbled. He wasn't sure he could face other people right now. He wasn't even sure what he would say.
"Sleep," Felicia whispered. "We'll talk when you're feeling better."
Peter didn't need any more encouragement. His physical and emotional exhaustion quickly pulled him down into the depths of a deep sleep.
...
Felicia laid with the boy for a few more moments until she was sure he was asleep, then she sat up with a sigh, rubbing her eyes. "Oh hell."
Aleksei finally chose that moment to speak up. "You know his name," the big man said quietly, not wanting to wake the boy. "Who he iz and he knows you. Zha other you."
The woman head jerked up from her hands and she paled. "How… What did I say?"
Rhino thought about messing with her a bit, but decided against it. Especially when the little cat somehow slammed him back into the wall, her arm at his throat and her claws the barest inch from his eyes. "What did I say?" she snarled.
"Vhoa do not get your panties in a wad."
Felicia slammed his back into the wall again. Rhino had no idea the woman was this strong… or maybe she was just really, really pissed. "What did I say?" she hissed dangerously. In all his years, Aleksei had never seen Black Cat act like this.
"Just Petey alright?"
"Oh," she blinked and stepped back from him. "Good… and shit."
"Jeez you need to cool it chick." Rhino brushed the wrinkles out of his shirt, glancing over to see if they had woken Peter, but the boy hadn't so much as twitched.
"Huh?" she blinked up at Aleksei as if she had forgotten he was there then looked down again thinking. "Uh… Yah…" she said absentmindedly.
"And zhey say I have zha bad temper," the man grumbled then stopped, seeing the way the Cat was looking at the sleeping boy. "You really care about him."
The woman shrugged a shoulder, trying to dismiss the comment. "I've known him for awhile. He's done right by me."
"No," the man said slowly. "It iz more zhen zhat."
Felicia shot him a glare. "Don't push it fatso," she snapped. "I'm still pissed at you. And besides what about you? You've been practically mooning over the boy. What the hell is that all about?"
Rhino started then frowned at the question. "How about zhis: I vill not push it if you do not push it."
"Deal," Felicia nodded. Obviously they both had things they did not want to discuss and especially not with each other. Currently a fragile peace hung between the two of them and neither man nor woman was going to threaten it, not when an abused child they both somehow cared about in their own way was depending on them to help him pull his life back together.
TBC…
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