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Chapter 22: How Do You Feel?

(A hospital, Wakanda, present, the next day)

Peter slowly opened his eyes, he felt like his face had been hit by a battering ram. While his face had mostly healed, the pain still lingered. He groaned in pain at the feeling. The blood had been cleaned up and bones reset. But that still didn't take away the pain. His physical condition is normal on the outside, but it wasn't on the inside. Peter's mind kept replaying the tag team fight.

(UUUGGGHH…Oh…Hey guys…How many days has it been?...WHAT?! A WEEK?!...Man I don't ever want to get in a fight with Tiger again…T-Tiger?! W-Where is she?! And why did she call me handsome?! Does she…no…it was only to distract me…N-Not that I'm sad or anything! I-It's just…hey there's Tony!)

"Tony?" Peter gasped. "Hey Spidey…feeling better?" Tony asked, standing beside his bed. "What do you think?" He grunted. "Yeah…she knocked you out. Saw the hit…it didn't look good…" The man grunted.

(Gee, thanks partner.)

"Funny." The teen grunted. "I still can't believe we lost." Tony added. "They're better fighters…Remember, they have training which we didn't have early on in our careers." Peter replied. "No, I think it was…" Tony didn't finish his sentence.

Peter grabbed his robe and pulled him to where they are looking at each other face to face.

"Will you just admit we lost? Get over it? Yes, you are the leader of the Avengers. But you also have to remember you're not the best fighter. You're not the strongest or fastest or most experienced. A leader needs to realize the strengths in weaknesses in everyone, most importantly in their selves." Peter growled, then let the man go.

Tony dusted off his robe and looked at Peter really hard. There was something in his eyes. He couldn't really tell what it was, but he knew something was wrong.

"How do you feel?" Tony asked. "I already told you." The youth grunted. "I'm not talking about physically, I already can tell. I mean how do you really feel?" The man replied.

Peter looked up at the man.

"I-I-I don't know…everything's messed up…" Peter grunted. "It has to do with her though…" Tony said. "Tiger? I-I mean who?..." Peter gasped. "White Tiger…really Peter? You're going to try to hide it?" Tony chuckled. "What you talking about Willis?" Peter replied in the iconic voice. "Mr. Parker, you're good to go. Your vitals are stable and all your injuries are healed. That was a marvelous match last week. Truly, you are worthy of being a Wakandan ally and warrior." The doctor said, a genuine smile on his face. "Thanks doc." Peter replied, half a smile on his face. "What about me?" Tony chuckled. "…Good day to you both gentlemen." The doctor replied with a forced smile before walking away.

After several minutes, Peter and Tony left the hospital and headed back to the palace. On the way back to the palace, the people cheered on the duo, well actually Spider-Man…but Tony acted like he was the one they were cheering for. Peter just waved and said thank you repeatedly. He wasn't really in the mood for that kind of attention.

(The Wakandan Royal Palace)

They entered the palace and were directed by a few guards to the dining room. They found Ramonda and Shuri eating, but the king and his guest of honor were nowhere to be seen.

"Hello boys, I see you're both better." Ramonda chuckled.

Tony sneered at her, but Peter didn't pay attention. They each sat down. Tony started to eat, but Peter just twirled a spoon on the table.

"I saw her knock you out with one hit. It was awesome." Shuri chuckled. "Shuri!" Ramonda hissed.

Peter ignored her; he just stared at the spoon he was twirling on the table.

"The way she was able to keep you from fighting her before hitting you, was my idea." She added. "Shuri!" Her mother scolded.

Shuri turned from her mother to see the expression of extreme annoyance and what looked like sadness on Peter's face. He just left the table.

"Oops…" Shuri nervously laughed.

Peter just laid on his bed and put his head on the pillow. He was alone with his thoughts and emotions.

'Jerk…I knew it…I just knew it…' Peter hissed in his mind.

(I knew Tiger was just using that to distract me…Once Kraven's captured I'm heading back…She'll just gloat over her victory…She might even mock me over how she was able to distract me…)

Tears flowed down his red face. He tried to keep himself from screaming and crying in anger. He decided he would go to bed early, he didn't feel like doing anything else. Perhaps getting some actual sleep instead of being knocked out cold by Tiger again would help him.

(In the dining room)

Ava and T'Challa had finished another training session. They had come from the jungle and changed back into their casual clothing and headed to get something to eat. They walked in to find Tony, Ramonda, and Shuri arguing with each other in a screaming manner. T'Challa tried to ask what was going on, but they didn't even notice he was present. He narrowed his eyes and let out a wild snarl. Those present stopped and stared at the king.

"Would someone like to tell me what's going on here?" The king sighed, rubbing his forehead. "Peter's not feeling well." Tony grunted. "What?" Ava gasped. "Is he?..." T'Challa started to say, but Ramonda interrupted, "He's not hurt son…well…not physically…" "What do you mean?" The king asked. "Your sister convinced our friend to trick Peter to not fighting last week. It's not the girl's fault…But it sure as hell is your sister's!" The Queen Mother growled. "Mine?! It was a joke!" She hissed back. "What are you talking about?!" The king hissed, annoyance in his voice. "I had Ava use her feminine wiles to distract Peter as a joke. She told me before the match of his way of messing with his opponents' heads by getting them mad. I guess things didn't work out to well…" She sighed in reply. "You guess? The poor boy hasn't been heard from since he left the table!" Ramonda hissed.

Ava's eyes widened in surprise. She then ran to Peter's room. Ramonda looked at her daughter and shook her head. T'Challa stopped anyone from following; he felt this needed to be between the Ava and Peter.

(Peter's room)

Peter slept, but uneasily. He had nightmares, nightmares centering upon Ava. The teen began sweating profusely as his nightmares worsened. Then his door opened, but he was still asleep. Ava hurried to his side. Her hands went to Peter's head. She turned him to face her. She gasped at the sight. His eyes had several bags under them, and his skin is extremely pale. Sweat poured down his skin.

"Peter…" She gasped.

Her hand went to his forehead, and she could feel it burning up.

"Peter! Peter! Wake up!" She said, gently caressing his face.

But he didn't. Ava didn't know what to do.

"Ok Webs, come on. You're stronger than this. You can get better. Don't worry about what happened last week. It's ok, nothing's wrong. Please just calm down. Just relax Pete, everything will be alright. I know you better than you think, this is nothing. I know you can get better. I believe in you Peter." She whispered in his ear.

After she said that, Ava could feel the changes. His fever had gone down and his sweating had stopped. Yet, there was still something there, but the worst had past.

"Huh…see I knew you could…"Ava sighed, relief in her voice.

To be continued…