Ch 8

After Petra learned that Mysterio was a fraud, she called Nick Fury and he came next to the side walk in less than a minute. "You got a lot of explaining to do." Fury said.

Petra went in, then she tried to put on the seat belt but somehow it was so tightly attached that it just broke right off with a loud SNAP!

Petra just gave a nervous glance and Fury sighed in frustration.

Eventually, the car made it to the HQ and Fury bought Petra inside the room where Hill was waiting.

"So, is there anything you wanna tell us about your boyfriend?" Fury said sarcastically.

"Look, I messed up and I'm sorry but Beck is not who you think he is." Petra said. She had to tell them the whole truth while she still had a chance. "He's been faking the whole thing with drones and holograms."

"Well, if this is true then Beck is very dangerous and we need to be smart." Fury concluded. "Who else did you tell about this?"

Before Petra could answer, suddenly, blue holograms made everything disappear and even Hill vanished. "No, it's just an ill-"

It was too late.

A drone fired its guns and Fury was sent flying by the bullets.

"Fury!"

Then Petra raised up her fists as the drones swarmed her.

Wow, Petra. Wow. Beck said as he began his supervillain monologue. I thought we were friends. Fury always had to die but not you. I tried to help you walk away. Now you're making me do this.

"Stop hiding, Beck!" Petra shouted as she tried to web the drones but to her shock, they just disappeared too.

Then Petra was in a school hall with green smoke.

You told me- Petra found Mysterio and tried to punch him but instead slammed her fist into a concrete column and a spark of pain shot up her hand.

You wanted to run after that boy.

Then the illusion changed to Mysterio holding Harry by the neck.

"What the heck is going on?" Harry asked.

Petra knew this wasn't real but still couldn't shake off the overwhelming fear.

"I know this isn't real."

Do you, though?

Then Mysterio dropped Harry and Petra dove after her only too slam her head against the floor.

I don't think you know what's real, Petra.

Then the illusion shifted to a building in Queens and a Mysterio fist punched Petra into a mirror abyss.

You need to WAKE UP! I mean, look at yourself.

Petra did, then suddenly many Spider-Girls were attacking and they all pounced on her as she struggled to get them off.

You are just a scared little kid in a sweat suit.

Then Petra saw a group of fallen Avengers statue and the one on top was of course, Mysterio's.

He's making a mockery of everything.

I created Mysterio to give the world someone to believe in. I control the truth. Mysterio IS the truth!

Then Mysterio himself flew down and blasted green energy blasts. Petra dodged them all, but not the falling crane that slammed her down screaming into a graveyard with a single tombstone.

When she got close, she read Iron Woman's full name.

Antonia Edwina Stark.

If you were good enough, maybe Toni would still be alive.

Suddenly, a zombified Iron Woman of all things erupted out of the ground and Petra scrambled back only to slam her head into a glass wall as she was trapped in a snowglobe.

You made your choice. All you had to do was step aside. And now, you-

BANG!

Suddenly, the illusion stopped and there was Nick with his pistol standing over the dead Mysterio.

"Beck's people were trying to find everyone who could expose him. I know you told someone so just tell me. Who else did you tell?"

"Just Ned and Harry from my class. Maybe Ned told his girlfriend Betty but that's it!" Petra said.

Then Fury laughed for some reason.

"What?"

"You are so gullible. I mean, your smart as a whip. Just a...sucker. And now all your friends have to die."

Then Petra was placed back in the illusion as she ducked the pieces of debris falling around her.

"It's easy to fool people when they're already fooling themselves. But for what it's worth, Petra, I really am sorry." Beck finished.

Suddenly, a train rammed into Petra at full speed and she could barely climb in before she passed out.

Meanwhile, Beck had EDITH pull up Petra's class. For his plan to work, he needed them to fly home from London.