Thanks for the continuing support guys! Here's chapter 3!
"I need to tell you something." Ava looked at Peter.
"Oh, uh, really? What is it?" Peter questioned.
"First, have you decided about the Avengers?"
Peter was startled by this. He wasn't expecting her to ask him about that, then he realized how she reacted when he said he might be joining the Avengers.
"I, uh, well I, um…" Peter mentally slapped himself for forgetting how to speak english.
"Wow Parker thanks for your input."
"No it's just I, I wasn't really expecting that."
"Yeah well I...we really want you to stay. It's selfish but it's the truth."
Ava kept talking and Peter could see sadness in her eyes. This was affecting her worse than he ever imagined.
"Are you even listening!? Seriously Parker I'm trying to tell you something the least you could do is pa…" She was cut off by a familiar feeling. Peter had embraced her in a warm hug, just like she had done to him after the fight with the Hunter.
"Ava...thank you." Peter whispered into her ear.
Peter thought he heard a sniffle, and he did. Ava was crying. One of the toughest people he knew, was crying on his shoulder.
"Ava, what's this all about? I've never seen you like this before…" Peter spoke softly, concern and amazement in his tone.
"I talked to MJ Peter, she told me I needed to open up to you, to tell you what you mean to me."
"In that case I should tell you what you mean to me." Peter looked her dead in the eyes, he was smiling. So was she.
"This is an amazing opportunity for you but we want you to..I want you to stay."
"I don't want to leave any of you guys. I'm not sure what to do though, I mean you can't just turn down the Avengers."
"Goofball, I think you should go. This is huge for you, as much as I want you to stay, its wrong to hold you back from becoming the hero you were meant to be."
"Ava I'm sorry…"
Peter's apology confused Ava. "Sorry for what?"
"I'm gonna go clear my head, put things in perspective. I need to do this alone." Peter let go of her and started to walk away.
"It's fine, do what you need to."
He smiled back at her, this caused her to smile also. He could always make her smile.
Peter ran back upstairs leaving her there in the basement. Ava looked around while she was alone, a box under the table with two letters on it. "R. P." Despite not liking to snoop around, she opened the box. Inside were a bunch of S.H.I.E.L.D. files, Ava saw the names.
"Richard Parker, Mary Parker...are these Peter's parents?" Ava flipped through the papers and read everything not covered in black ink.
Peter's parents were agents, they had been called for a mission and had to do something about Peter...they left him with his aunt and uncle...
Ava looked further into the files, she covered her mouth in shock.
They...the plane...it crashed...They died on impact...Peter...
Ava, upon learning about Peter's parents, immediately understood all the hardships Peter had to go through as a kid. Underneath that goofy exterior full of jokes, Peter's life has always been full of tragedy.
Spider-man swung through the air of New York City at night. The lights of the city that never sleeps filling his view as well as the bustling crowds beneath him.
So I can leave my team and become an Avenger, or stay with my team and still be able to hang out with them. Can I be on both teams? Like Nova's with the Guardians of the Galaxy too...I mean I know I came out here to think but now seriously I need a distraction.
BOOM!
New York you never disappoint.
Almost on cue, a distant explosion caught the web slinger's attention. Spider-man turned around and swung for Central Park.
As he neared his destination he could see the masses of people bolting the other way, terrified of whatever he was heading right towards.
Spider-man arrived at Central Park, and as he landed he saw a crater and a cloud of smoke.
Spider sense! Not good!
A massive figure jumped out of the smoke at him, he barely had enough time to jump out of the way.
"Look if you're gonna be destroying the city, can we make it another time? I don't want all the glory of kicking your butt to myself. I hear it's bad for my ego!" Spider-man joked to the whatever-it-was he was fighting.
"Oh how I missed the jokes. It's like it was only yesterday." The figure was a man, and his voice sounded familiar somehow.
"Do I know you? Because I don't remember anyone named 'Raving Lunatic' on my Christmas card list."
The man lunged at the teen hero, sending a kick at Spidey's face he once again almost couldn't dodge.
He's fast! Gotta play this smart, read his moves.
Spider-man shot a web line at his leg hoping to trip him, but to Spider-man's surprise, the man used some sort of claws to slice through it.
"Gonna have to do better than those old tricks!"
"Who are you? I've never met you before!"
"You know me very well Spider-man, better than you realize."
Spider-man was caught off guard by this statement, but even more when he got a good look at his attacker. He didn't recognize him, but what he was wearing. Powerman's visor, and White Tiger's Claws, re-purposed to give him added abilities as well as refitted into his black bodysuit.
One thing shocked him the most.
Thwip!
Spider-man had been ensnared in a web. The mystery man had web shooters. He pulled Spider-man in towards him and used his claws to swipe at him. Spider-man twisted in midair so that the claws only grazed his chest, leaving tears in his suit.
"Hey! I should sue you know! That's so not okay!" Spider-man pointed a finger at him as he landed. "Now I'll ask once again, WHO ARE YOU!?"
The mystery man stood up straight. "Ask Madame Web." He turned around to walk away.
Spider-man too this opening to get a solid attack in. Spider-man jumped at him and prepared a flying punch. The mystery man sidestepped him and elbowed him in the ribs, Spider-man heard a crack.
"Better luck next time, I know I'm gonna need it." The mystery man said, Spider-man blacked out.