*hides behind desk* Hi guys. I'm so so so so so so so so sorry for not updating in almost a month. Finals! Just a lot of studying and a lot of work to do but now I'm done! Woohoo! And I'm back to writing and reading stories on fanfiction! Yay! Hope you guys like this chapter. I know that was a big cliffhanger that you had to wait for a month for an update so I hope this chapter cheers you guys up :)

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Home by Edward Sharpe and The Magnetic Zeros

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Chapter 16: Wherever I'm With You

I didn't remember much after that. I do remember waking up a couple times. My eyes would slowly open and close. One moment, I would feel my body scrap against the cold hard grown. I watched the water below me rush in the crevasse beside me and then the darkness would over come me again and I would be out again.

I then awoke to a bright light shining brightly in my face. I must have been dead. My attacker must have killed me for no apparent reason...but why was I killed. What did I do? Have I done something wrong to deserve this punishment?

"Wake up, Miss. Jamison," A stern voice snapped at me.

The voice scared the fucking shit out of me and I went to run for it but I noticed my feet weren't on the ground. I was...I was hanging off the ground. I looked up at my left hand and saw it tied around a cable that sent a sharp sting of pain down my arm every time I tried moving it. I looked to the right and my wrist was also had a cable wrapped around it. My ankles were no exception. Below me, I saw the rushing water, that smelt horrible, below me.

Panic over came me and I looked around for a way to escape.

"Don't even try," the voice said. "We wrapped it so tight around you that you can't even move.

I looked back up again and couldn't see anything but a shadow standing in front of the giant light blinding me.

"Who are you and what do you want me with?" I asked in a panicked tone.

"Do you really want to know?" He asked as I squired more. Tears were rolling down my eyes from the fear and pain.

"Ye-Yes"

I saw a shadow step away from the light and into the shadows. My eyes opened in fear. I kind of had a feeling of who it was but at the same time, my brain was on the rocks now and it could always be my imagination...but it wasn't. My attacker then stepped into clear view and it was no one other than Dr. Connors with the grin plastered on his face.

"Hello, Miss. Jamison," he said with a chuckle. "Surprised to see me"

It was as if the fear flushed away from my mind and down into the waters below me and anger was the next thing on my mind.

"Dr. Fucking Connors!" I screamed at the top of my lungs as I struggled to get out from the cable's grips again but it was no use and I cringed from the pain that shot down my arms. "What am I doing here?!"

Dr. Connors smiled as he coiled his hands together.

"Well, my dear, we're using you as bait"

"B-Bait?" I asked in disbelf. "Bait for what?" I asked in fear.

"Well, for Peter of coarse"

Dr. Connors knew Peter was Spider-Man didn't he? But Pete was so good at hiding his identity. How did Connors know? I decided to play dumb and pretend I didn't know.

"What? Peter? What are you talking about?"

Connors rolled his eyes at me and let out a sigh.

"Don't play dumb with me, Miss Jamison," God, I hate when people call me that. "We know you know Parkers Spider-Man"

I shook my head.

"I don't know what you're talking about"

Connors let out a sigh and glared at me.

"So, we're going to play it like this, eh?" He let out a chuckle as he turned around. "Noah! Come here, please"

Noah? No...No he didn't

A figure then emerged from the darkness and came into the light. It was Noah but...he was different. He wasn't the small town North Carolina boy I recognized. He was different. He had this high tech equipment on like the kind you saw on G.I. Joe or something like that. He was equipt with guns. Some on his back, some hone his hip and I even saw one on the side of his right leg.

Noah stood in front of Connors with an evil grin on his face.

"Yes, Dr. Connors?"

"Noah?" I asked in disbelf. "Noah, what are you doing?"

"Noah, my friend," Dr. Connors interrupted me and wrapped his arm around Noah's shoulders. "Can you please show, Annabelle, here what will happen if she doesn't...'play' with us?"

Noah gave Connors a nod and looked over and glared at me for a second before turning around and typing something on the computer behind him. Connors smiled at Noah for a second and then looked back at me.

"You see, Miss Jamison, if you don't follow along and play by our rules, drastic things will happen to the ones you love"

Connors then stepped back, and so did Noah, and showed the computer screen behind them. There, on the monitor, was Ariel. Who was casually walking down the street my apartment was on shipping on her morning coffee.

"No" escaped as a whisper from my mouth and my eyes glued on the screen.

"We know her every move," Connors said. My head popped up to his direction. "So if you don't play along," he then gestured to Noah. "I'm going to tell our friend, Noah, her to kill her"

Tears started rolling down my eyes and I tried blinking them away.

"Ok," I said with a sob. "Ok, fine. Fine!"

"Then who is Peter Parker?" Connors said with a grin.

I gave him a glare as I let out a sigh. Regretting what I was about to say.

"Peter Parker is Spider-Man"

"Ah!" Connors said as he raised his hand in the air. "See! That's what we were waiting for. That wasn't so hard, was it?" I kept glaring at the doctor. "Oh, don't be like that. You knew this was going to come"

Connors then turned around and crouched down as he started typing something on the screen.

"Sir," Noah said as she stood beside him. "What do you want me to do?"

Connors stood up straight. "Hm," he then turned and looked at me and then to the table beside me where my purse sat. "Hand me that purse" he said as he pointed to it.

Noah nodded and turned to walk over to my purse. He picked it up and handed it back to Connors and Connors started searching through the bag.

"Hey!" I yelled. "Stay out of there!"

Connors ignored me and kept looking. He then pulled my cell phone out and smiled.

"Ah! Here we go," he then handed it to Noah. "Take this and leave it at Parker's house with a note"

"The same one we discussed about before?"

"Yes"

"But we won't really, will we?"

Connors let out a grin.

"Not exactly. Now go. We don't have much time. The doctor will be here soon" Noah nodded and then bolted down the tunnels and out of sight.

There was no way Peter and I were going to make out of the alive, was there?

Peter. I have to tell Peter

Were the only words that kept running through Gwen's mind. She couldn't believe what she just witnessed. The Lizard, he father's murderer, knock Annabelle out and carry her down the swears. Gwen tried, she really did. Grabbing the closet thing to her, a broom my chance left by the mall janitor when he fled from the beast, and started hitting him the hardest she could but it was no use. The Lizard pushed Gwen across the walk way and onto the street almost getting her hit by a car and when Gwen pushed herself off the ground and back to were Annabelle once stood, she saw the Lizard emerge into the sewers with Annabelle on his back.

What could Gwen do? She was just human. She tried to save Annabelle and she knew if she was to go after the Lizard, she would surely be killed. There was only one person in the city of New York who had fought the Lizard and lived to tell the tale. Gwen's ex-boyfriend and who was now Annabelle's boyfriend. The person Gwen knew who would do anything to save Annabelle. Peter Parker...and that exactly who she'd run to.

So, Gwen tied her perfectly straight blonde hair back and ran to her car and sped to Peter's house. Peter was sure to be home. It was Saturday and the only time of the day Peter would be busy was at night when he was patrol.

Gwen didn't bother to turn the engine off as she ran up to Peter's door and knocked fiercely on the old door. Gwen bounced back and forth on her feet and she waiting for the door.

"Come on, Pete," she let out anxiously. "Open up"

The door creaked open and Gwen was disappointed when she came face to face with little old, May Parker.

"May I help you?" May Parker asked with her warm smile.

Gwen felt happy when May Parker smiled at her but she knew that warm smile wasn't going to fix the situation.

"Uh...Uh," Gwen let out before looking at the person standing at the top of the stairs behind May Parker. There, Peter stood with a red apple in one hand and the other resting on the edge of the stairs, peering down at the front door with the most confused look on his face. "I'm here to see Peter" Gwen said, now looking back down at May.

May looked behind her and saw her nephew standing at the top of the stairs. "Peter? You have a visitor"

Peter nodded and jogged down the stairs.

"Yeah, Aunt May," Peter said as he now stood beside his Aunt and in front of Gwen Stacy. "I got it. Thank you"

May smiled at Peter and gave one last smile to Gwen before going back into the kitchen.

Peter turned back to the blonde girl still standing on his front porch and leaned against the door frame while munching on his apple.

"What's up? I thought you were with Annabelle?"

"We need to talk" Gwen said as she pushed Peter inside and closed the door. "Is there somewhere we can talk?"

"Ye-Yeah" Peter said as he started rubbing his chest where Gwen pushed him. "My room. Upstairs"

"Fine. Lead the way" Gwen said as she gestured to the stairs beside her.

Peter nodded and ran up the sitars and Gwen ran after him. They came into the room at the end of the hallway. Gwen walked in first and Peter walked in after, closing the door behind him. He then looked back at Gwen who stood there with a scared expression painted on her face.

"Whats u-" Peter barley had a chance to finish his sentence until Gwen interrupted him.

"He took her" Gwen blurted out with tears in her eyes.

Peter was now scared. He knew who Gwen was talking about but...it couldn't be.

"Who took her?" Peter said with his hands wrapped firmly around Gwen's shoulders.

"Co-Connors took her. He took her in the swears but...I don't know where"

Peter let out a sigh.

"I know where"

"You have to save her"

Peter then turned and opened his closet door and grabbed his Spider-Man suite.

"I'll go get her. In the mean time, go tell her family. Her dad can get the city to help look for her. Ok?" There was no response. "Gwen?"

Peter turned back to Gwen who was staring blankly at his open window. Peter then stood in front of Gwen.

"Gwen? What's wrong?"

"Is...Isn't that Annabelle?" She asked, pointing to the cell phone that sat on top of a piece of paper.

Peter stared at the phone, hesitantly. He recognized that phone anywhere. Slowly, he reached of the cell phone and snatched the piece of paper before the wind blew it away. He then brought the paper up to his face and read it.

"What does it say?" Gwen asked as Peter let out a sigh.

"I have to be in Central Park at 11:45 or else...he'll kill her"