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Wanda went to shake peter to wake him up only to have Peter forcefully grab her wrist. If Peter learned one thing over the past year it was to never let his guard down because when you do that's when bad things happen. He seen a lot of things that would made most people sick ranging from rape, murder, and serial killers. He's seen it all and unfortunately for him these things weigh on your mind if you don't work through them properly and that's 1 thing Peter doesn't do he just keeps on adding more and more baggage that is tearing him up inside. Finally realizing where he was he let go of Wanda's wrist apologizing for hurting her. But this little incident gave them a glimpse of the problems they suspected peter had.
"Whoa this place his huge! You girls live here?" asks an amazed Peter
"You could to if you want, we would be glad to have you." replied Jean with a warm smile that only a sister would give to her little brother.
The girls introduced Peter to Professor Xavier and they talked about the institute from the game room to the danger room and his dream of a world where mutants and humans could live together in peace. He also told peter about magneto and his plan to kill all humans. Which made peter sick 'Magneto huh. I'll keep an eye out for him and his followers' thought Peter to himself. Peter told him how he got his powers and the story he told the girls how ended up on the street. Then the professor took him to the living room where everyone from the adults to X-men to the younger students were waiting to meet him. Walking in and seeing all these people peter instantly tensed up and everyone noticed this. So they tried to give him his space and make him feel more comfortable. After a couple of minutes peter relaxed only a little but enough to make jokes until he noticed someone was missing
"Where's Laura?" Peter asks looking around the living room.
"Who?" They ask looking at him as if he's crazy.
"Like duh we forget to tell you guys Laura is X-23 new name!" Kitty exclaims with a huge smile on her face.
"Are you serious? I can't believe it." says a shocked Kurt with his thick German accent.
"Why's that?" asked a confused Peter
"Last time somebody tried to give her a name she threaten to throw them out the window." replied a slightly nervous Evan after remembering the incident.
"Yeah but that was like 3 months ago she totally worked on her anger issues since then." responded Kitty
"Out the window really? I mean she didn't seem like the type to bake cookies or something but she didn't seem that bad. I like her."
"Maybe like that's it maybe she likes you." replied a giggling Kitty.
Which caused Peter to blush a little. After a few more minutes the professor asked if anyone would wanted to show peter to his room and the girls minus Laura volunteered.
"So here's your room, we requested to have your room next to ours hope you don't mind?" asked Jean.
"No not really. But why?" questioned a slightly happy but confused Peter.
"Well we saw how tense you were back with the others. And we didn't want you feel uncomfortable this is your home now you should feel comfortable." answered Jean.
" Uh.. you noticed that huh?"
"Kind of hard not too, you look like someone was gonna attack you or something." rouge said
"You learn not to trust people when your on the street if you do you'll regret it." answers Peter with a stoic look on his face.
"Sounds like your talking from experience, care to share?" asked a now interested Wanda.
Peter sighed as walked in his new room and left the door open as a sign for them to follow him in. They closed the door behind them as Peter flopped on his bed.
"There are more dangers living on the street then people realize. There are dirty cops that beat the crap out of you because they can. You have to watch out for other homeless people attacking you. Gotta find a place to sleep so you don't freeze to death or get stabbed in your sleep. You also gotta worry about people kidnapping you and selling you as a slave. You let your guard down and that can be it for you. There's also days where you wonder if it's with it. Your always wondering am I gonna starve to death am I gonna find a place to sleep is that cut gonna get infected and kill me, it was tiring now that I think about it." peter said with a smile trying to show them he was fine.
To say the girls were shocked was an understatement they knew he went through a lot but hearing him describe it just made it seem more real. They knew that his smile was just a mask to cover up what he was really feeling, they had their work cut out for them.
"Alright enough of me feeling sorry for myself. How about you show me around this place." said Peter
"It's not feeling sorry for yourself, and it's good to talk about it, it helps you work through things, the professor helped me through my problems." quickly replied Rouge.
"Thank you Rouge but I'm fine. Now come on I'm getting hungry." responded Peter as he walked out his room to find Laura leaning against the wall next to his door.
"I was wondering where you were. You could've came in you know."
"I did not want to disturb you." Laura said plainly.
"Ah Laura can never disturb me." said Peter with a smile on his face which caused her to blush again
"Come on lets get some lunch." Peter said as he put his arm around her shoulder causing her to blush again and look to the side as they went downstairs forgetting about the other girls. Who watched the 2 walk away with surprised looks on their faces
"Did I just see what I thought I saw?" asked Rouge.
"I think so, I just can't like believe it. Laura blushing just seems impossible I was just teasing Peter about her liking him." replied Kitty.
"I did notice her blushing on the car ride her when he was asking about her abilities." said Jean
"Wow are little Laura is growing." kitty said while walking to her room.
Later that day
Wanda was walking to the bathroom to take a shower because it was to much trouble trying to take one in the morning with everyone lined up telling you to hurry up. As she reached for the door handle it opened showing a half naked Peter with only a towel around his waist. She couldn't help but blush as she noticed water droplets falling down his body. She blushed even more seeing his well defined muscles which caused her to look away not noticing the scars on his body.
"Oh hey Wanda." greeted Peter as he walked past her not noticing the blush that rarely graced the goths face.
"H-hey." Wanda responded sheepishly as she shut the door as he left
Peter made his way downstairs to get his clothes out of the washer as they were the only ones he had. As he walked down the stairs he greeted Tabitha and Amara as he passed them by. And they just stared at him with the mouths slightly opened as he walked past them
"Whoa and I thought the guys on the X-men had nice bodies but they got nothing on Peter." said Tabitha as she was the first to wake from here daze
"Yeah you got that right." agreed Amara still somewhat in her daze.
Just then a sly smile formed on Tabitha's face as she grabbed Amara by her arm dragging her up the stairs.
"Pool party tomorrow spread the word." was all that Amara needed to hear to know that the pool party was just an excuse to see Peter with his shirt off again not that she was complaining. So they took off to tell the rest of the mansion.
Peter got to his room and laid down on his bed thinking of the past day that changed his life. He was no longer on the street no longer cold and hungry. He was in his own room warm and full a first time in a long time. Then his mind drifted to the people that found him. He couldn't help but smile they were nice and warm to him well at least Jean and Kitty were. It's not that Rouge, Wanda, and Laura were rude to him they're just not the type to show so much emotion in fact from what he seen today they treated him better then everybody else. 'Wow I can't believe I didn't notice it before but man they were for a lack of a better word hot. Jean has that mature older girl feel. Kitty on the other hand is more of the party girl type you would think she was a bimbo by the way she talked. Boy was I wrong she's smart almost as smart as me. Let's not forget the goths Rouge and Wanda they have that look that tells you not to mess with them, although they're nicer then they let on. And there's Laura, now the other girls are cute in their own way even Rouge and Wanda but Laura was cute, beautiful, and sexy. I mean she's tall has long black hair and light skin. And her body would give Black cat a run for her money. (I decided to go with x-23 from the comics instead of the show.) Huh wonder what happened to Felicia?' Peter thought to himself only to be interrupted by the spider in him the responsible side of him 'What are you doing Pete? You know you can't let anybody get close to you. That will just distract you from your responsibilities and cause you pain in the end.' 'But Aunt May did raise you to be polite and respectful to women and I owe them a lot.' Peter the side that wants a life outside of Spider-man responded. Peter sighed
"Aunt May what do I do?" Peter asks as he takes out a picture of him, Aunt May, Harry, and M.J. As he looks at the picture his eyes starts to water it's been almost a year but the pain and guilt was still fresh. Before he broke down he quickly got up and went to his closet and got his suit and put it on. That was on bad habit Peter picked up he would look at the pictures and use the guilt to motive him
"I won't let you down again Uncle Ben, I promise." Spider-man said as he jumped out his window an ran into the woods that surrounded the mansion.
At the same time Laura was coming back from her "security checks". She would wake up multiple times at night to make sure everything was okay. She was headed back to her room when she heard Peter talking. She found it strange that he was up. She thought by how tired he looked today he would be asleep already. 'Who is he talking to? Is it kitty? They were awfully friendly today.' The thought of them in his room together alone at night infuriated her. So she quickly opened his door only to find an empty room with an open window. 'I knew he was hiding something. I wonder what it is? And why was I so mad over the thought of Kitty being in his room?' Laura thought to herself as she left his room making sure she closed the door behind her. And went to her room she shared with Wanda to go to sleep. Which wasn't easy as she kept wondering what Peter was hiding. But she wanted to respect Peter's privacy.
Peter was crouching on corner of a sky scraper looking down on the city he already stopped 3 muggings, 5 robberies, and 2 rape attempts. He was about to call it a night when he saw what look like a giant bird flying.
"There's something you don't see every day(pauses for a second) almost everyday, but not eeevveryday." Spidey says as he shoots out a web.
"Gobble gobble gobble." Spidey says as he swings beside the bird.
"What?" asks the bird a little startled and really angry.
"Just trying to speak you language Foster Farms." answered Spider-man.
"I am the Vulture you insect!"
"Actually it's arachnid but you don't see me getting all bent out of shape."
But by then the Vulture had enough he dove into Spider-man trying to cut him in half.
Spider sense
Spidey screamed through clenched teeth in pain as he was cut across the chest barely avoiding a fatal blow. As Spidey went to shoot out another web when his spider sense went off again before he could react he saw 3 small metal spheres flying at him and explode. Sending him flying through a window. Spider-man was coughing while struggling to get to his feet
"Shake it off web-head you faced bigger badder guys then him. You can't afford to let Uncle Ben down again."
And at that the image of Uncle Ben with a disappointed look on his gave him all the motivation he needed. He jumped out the window and started chasing after the Vulture. He hurt all over but pushed passed it. Once he got close enough he shot web that landed right on the Vultures back
"Look pa I caught me a big one!" Yelled spidey using his best country accent.
"I have had enough of you!" Vulture screamed as he took a sharp turn sending Spider-man straight into the corner of a building at 60 mph. But he didn't let go of his web
"I...think...that...cracked...a...few...ribs." Spider-man said through gasps for air. "O crap not again."
He said as the Vulture flew by a building making quick turn so Spider-man smacked into it, he gasped for air right before the same thing happened on the building across the street. The Vulture did this over and over again leaving a trail of buildings with cracked windows in his wake trying to lose the Web-head. Deciding to finish off Spider-man the Vulture dove straight down to the street. Spidey waited for the right moment and pulled on the webline he was holding onto sending him flying at the diving Vulture. Tackling him into the hood of a car. Spider-man groaned as he rolled off the Vulture and fell on to the street struggling to get to his feet.
Spider sense
He turned around expecting to see the Vulture but saw a dented car with 2 of his bombs laying on top of it. He was about to jump away from the car when he saw a little girl standing by the opposite side of the car on the sidewalk. 'Please let me make it!' He thought to to himself as he jumped over the car and shielded the girl with his body just as the bombs went off causing the car to explode and make the blast even stronger. The blast sent Spidey flying towards a wall at a great speed but he was able turn in the air and use his body to shield the girl from the impact that would surely kill any person without powers.
"You okay kid?" Spider-man asked through moans of pain. 'My back is killing me!'
"Y-yes mister Spider-man." said the frightened girl
"Thank you! Thank you so much I don't what I'd do if I lost my little girl she's my world!" Screamed her mother as she hugged the girl not wanting to let her go.
"No problem." replied Spider-man with a pained voice as he got up and shot a web a took of after the Vulture.
Luckily for him he was able to place a tracer on him earlier. Spidey turned the corner as fast as he could tackling the Vulture through a window. He went to punch the Vulture when his spider sense went off causing him to jump back barely dodging his razor sharp wings. But that gave him enough time to attack throwing 2 spheres at Spider-man. But theses weren't explosives 1 was a flash grenade and the other was a concussion grenade blinding and disorientating Spidey. As the Vulture flew out the building he grabbed Spider-man by his shoulders causing Peter to scream in pain as the sharp talons dug into his shoulders causing blood to ooze out. The Vulture flew about 10 stories above a building and threw Spider-man at a great speed at the roof of it. Due to the grenades Spidey couldn't save himself as he slammed onto the roof causing him to scream in pain. After a few minute he started to get up as the effects of the grenades started to wear off.
Spider sense
Spider-man turned his head to see the Vulture flew towards him with his arms crossed in front of him so his wings were sticking out.
Starting to run across the roof "Hey how do fly like that? Not going answer me? How rude!" He screams as he dives of the roof the building narrowly avoiding being decapitated.
'All right time to end this.' spidey thought to himself. Before the Vulture knew what happened two webs were sticking to his chest followed by Spider-man with his feet together kicking him in the face causing his head to snap up and launching Spider-man above him. Spidey then clutched his hands together and hit him on the bottom of his chin. Using the momentum of the swing to flip forward and deliver another kick sending him flying at a downward angle towards the side of the building. Turning so he was facing upwards Spider-man shot 2 webs at the wall pulling himself towards the Vulture feet first slamming him into the wall causing his suit to crack. But he wasn't done yet using his feet to stay connected spidey leaned back so he started to fall head first bringing the Vulture with him. Just before he was going to crash onto a car he flipped causing the Vulture to land on the car with Spider-man on his chest making his suit to break apart. Spider-man ripped the rest of the suit off of the Vulture and webbed him to the wall. He took off as soon as he heard the police sirens since they had a tendency to try to arrest and shoot him. As soon as he landed on the bus headed towards Bayville spidey collapsed breathing and panting heavily trying to stay conscious.
"Pull it together Pete just keep it together for a little longer and you can pass out on a nice warm bed. After I stitch up these wounds of course." he groaned to himself.
He hated stitching himself up he wasn't bad at it since he was used to fixing his costume up all the time. He groaned again.
"Crap! I forgot about my costume." he looked at himself inspecting the damage. "Might be easier to make another one."
40 minutes later
Spider-man jumped over the wall and limped through the woods that surrounded the institute making sure he didn't trip any alarms he heard about earlier. As he limped through the space between the mansion and the woods he hoped no one was up. He didn't notice Laura watching him through the hallway window on her 3rd "security check" of the night. She ran towards his door and listened as he came through his window.
Sniff sniff sniff
'Blood.' Laura quickly opened his door with a worried face.
Peter quickly jumped into his bed and covered himself with the covers when he heard his door open. He looked up to see Laura with a worried look on her face.
"Laura are you okay?" asked a concerned Peter
"I smell blood." she responded with her eyes staring daggers at him.
"Oh yeah, I fell while I was out running." said a nervous Peter. 'Damn I forgot about her nose.'
"Awful lot of blood from a fall." said Laura as she took another sniff.
"Well it was a pretty bad fall." Peter was never a good liar.
"You always run this early."
At that Peter turned to the digital alarm clock by his bed seeing it was 5:23 in the morning. 'Man I'm not getting any sleep tonight. I mean this morning aahhh what does it matter.'
"I'm sorry I worried you laura but I'm really tired." That made Laura blush a little
"I was not worried I was just suspicious that is all." she replied as she turned around hiding her face and left.
Peter sighed as he waited a few minutes before he got and put what was left of his costume in the back of his closet as he reached down and pulled out a metal box with blue and red material. He pulled out a bottle of rubbing alcohal, needle, and silk string. 'Gonna be a long night, I mean day.'
I would like to thank all the people who read and reviewed my story. I'm glad you enjoyed my story. Also if you have any suggestions for a story arc feel free to tell me. I really want to make this a long story. I'm thinking of making sequels, 1 when he's in college and the other after college. So I can use all the arcs I can get.