Author's Note: I don't own anything except Lindsey was an OC.
Lindsey ran and ran until she could no longer do it. Her broken heart was beating furiously as she tried to keep her breath in check. She was so upset she could not see straight. She was furious and angry at both her father and Peter. She didn't want to see either one of them.
Lindsey approached the door she was looking for and knocked. "Lindsey?" Gwen gasped.
Gwen saw the sadness in Lindsey's eyes and could tell that something was wrong. The two former friends felt horrible. "Gwen, I-"
Lindsey gasped as Gwen hugged her. Nothing more needed to be said between the two of them. The hurt, the pain, and anger between them was all gone. Lindsey felt it as did Gwen. It would be a long road to repair their friendship, but it was one that both were willing to take in this desperate time. They needed each other. They both needed a friend.
"May I come in? I need to speak to your father?" Lindsey asked.
"He just left," Gwen admitted, "He got a call about something going on downtown between a lizard man and Spiderman."
"My father is the lizard man, and Peter is Spiderman."
"I knew about Peter, but not the lizard man."
"I thought he was gone, apparently I was wrong."
"We all were."
"I guess I'm going after to save my father."
"Not Peter?"
Lindsey didn't say a word as she ran to find her father. She tried to think of where he might be. She heard a police car go by and she followed. She could hear her father yelling at Peter, taunting him and attacking him. She had to stop him. "Dad!" she yelled.
Her father turned to look at her. He was all scaly and creepy looking. "Please, don't hurt him."
Peter was laying on the ground clutching his arm still covered up. "And why should I listen to you girl?"
"Dad, please, it's me!"
Gwen caught up and froze when she saw the lizard man. She ran over to support Peter and the police surrounded them. "Dad, listen to me, this isn't you," she was crying.
The lizard man stomped his way over and although Lindsey was trying to be brave, she was so scared. He looked confused as Lindsey tried to touch his face. "Dad?" she asked.
"SHOOT HIM!" screamed a cop.
Lindsey freaked out and turned to stop the cop from shooting her father. "Lindsey no!" yelled Peter lunging up.
The bullet came shooting out at her father but she tried to dodge the bullet away from him. Lindsey froze and looked down at herself. There was no bullet wound. She turned around and her father was okay. He was on the ground and he was transforming. Lindsey turned around to see Peter had caught the bullet in a web. "Arrest him!" yelled another cop.
Lindsey ran to her father and tried to hold onto him as they arrested him. "Lindsey let him go," came the voice of Officer Stacey.
"He's my father, I won't lose him again," Lindsey cried.
"You can visit him, but for now we need to lock him up."
Lindsey broke down into tears. "I can drive you back to Peter's house," offered Officer Stacey.
Peter took off his mask. "It won't be necessary; she doesn't belong with my Aunt and I anyway. She doesn't belong with me. It was always my notion that when someone is in a relationship with another that they support each other."
"You're asking me to choose between love and my father?" yelled Lindsey.
Peter was silent.
"Then I choose my father."
Peter felt a few tears stinging down his face. "Until you can make the right decision, we are over," Peter yelled, "Come and get your stuff first though. I don't want to be reminded of your presence."
Lindsey watched as they dragged her father away. "Lindsey, I'm sorry," her father called to her.
"You can stay with me?" offered Gwen.
Lindsey was broken. She lost both her father and Peter. "I loved you Peter," Lindsey softly cried, "I did."
For a brief moment, Peter began to regret his decision. He was angry and lashed out at her, but her words still hurt him. "Go," he demanded.
Aunt May showed up at the scene. She didn't need much explanation. She could tell what was going on. Lindsey walked over to Peter sadly. "This is goodbye," Peter whispered on the verge of tears.
"Please, please no," Lindsey begged.
"You made your choice. Now go."
Lindsey and Gwen walked together down the sidewalk. It was over between Lindsey and Peter. Gwen and Lindsey stopped by the house to get her things and Officer Stacey was driving not that far behind them. He helped load the car and when it came time to leave Officer Stacey turned to Peter. "You may be losing the greatest thing that ever happened to you," he whispered.
"If you love someone, set them free, and if they return they were always yours."
"That doesn't always work Peter, sometimes when they are set free, someone else comes along and takes them away."
"Is that what happened to you?"
Officer Stacey didn't say a word. "There's only one living reminder of her on this earth."
"You loved Lindsey's mother, didn't you?"
Officer Stacey nodded and said, "Take a few days and cool off. Then come find her."
Peter ran to the house and then jumped on the front porch. He watched Lindsey turn to leave with Gwen. She looked back at him, hurt and betrayed. She couldn't even manage to speak to him. Peter watched as the car drove away. He immediately regretted his decision.