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“Hrk-”
Blood dropped from Peter's mouth, dripping down to his chin hitting the floor every second. The cold wet concrete floor hitting his bare skin, his costume was torn in pieces. A burning sensation was all over his body, breathing started to become a test for him. Each inhale was like another one of his ribs was stabbing him.
What happened…Peter thought, it's like the last hour or so was erased from him. He touched his face, and realized his mask was ripped too. One of his lenses and the right side of his jaw revealed his lip. When Peter started to go on his knees trying to get off of the cold wet concrete, he heard a sound. A groan coming from his right.
Johnny.
Peter's eyes quickly darted to the once flame brain, now slumped against a dumpster, battered up. His once bright light, extinguished.
He tried to stand to get to Johnny, but his knees gave in. Making him once again become one with the floor.
“Come on-Peter enough kissing floor. Plenty of that has already happened.” He muttered to himself weakly.
Peter used both of his arms, weakly pushing himself up crawling his way to his best friend.
“Johnny-” Peter groaned, pushing himself up sitting next to him, leaning against the wall with a sigh. The alleyway was dark and damp, no one around, no backup, and no recall of what happened. The smell of something burnt, with the mix of chemicals? Odd..
With the building around them, Peter recognized immediately where they were.
They were in Harlem? What the hell are they doing all the way over here? The Baxter building is by midtown, and Peter rarely comes here since Miles covers most of the ground nearby.
“Johnny-” Peter nudged him again, grabbing onto Johnny's shoulders trying to shake him, back to consciousness. That's when Peter realized his gloves were gone- his hands burnt- badly.He retracted his hand away from Johnny, staring at his hand in shock, and so much confusion. What the hell really happened here? It also popped in his mind that both of his web shooters were missing..
Great, the old Parker Luck. He thought
No time to think about that, he needed to get Johnny awake first and get out of here quickly. “Johnny- come on man, I really need you right now..” Peter murmured, shaking him again more harshly , with a hint of desperation in his voice. Finally after what felt like hours for Peter, Johnny's eyes fluttered open before he groaned. His eyes making his way to Peter.
“Thank god..” Peter spoke.
Johnny tried to speak but ended up immediately wincing. Peter caught on quickly and spoke immediately. “Dont-dont speak Johnny, rest. I'll get help..somehow.”
Peter turned to Johnny's pockets, and realized what he had to do. If Johnny still had his communicator, maybe he can use his, to reboot the communicator and call for the young avengers. Since the main Avengers are probably busy. And Peter communicator is lost, no idea where he had placed it.
“Johnny, hand me your communicator.” Johnny nodded with a wince, weakly reaching to his pockets grabbing a circular device before handing it to Peter.
Peter immediately took it, opening the back of the communicator. He started to play with it for a few seconds trying his best to reboot the communicator, while trying to ignore the throbbing pain in his body. Peter finally saw the communicator turn on with a black screen and the “A” in blue. He sighed in relief before immediately going to contacts and calling, Iron heart.
His fingers drummed against the communicator waiting for her to pick up.
He continuously glanced at Johnny making sure he was still awake, or not in too much pain.
“Hello?”
He finally heard Iron Heart's voice and sighed in relief. Finally something positive. With the main Avengers off world to deal with something with Mr.Fantastic and Invisible women, the young Avengers stayed put.
“Riri?”
“Peter? Why are you calling through Storms communicator, a little odd-”
“Riri, we need help..can someone pick us up, in Harlem by..120th street.” “You think duct tape and baby wipes can fix broken bones..?” Peter added the weak joke. . He felt like his time was running out.
“Bandages- Harlem-? what? Peter, what's happening?” He could sense the urgency in her voice , the shuffling through the communicator. She was already on her way without a thought.
“God my head hurts..” Peter closed the communicator without a second thought. “There coming..just hold on a little longer..”
He felt like he was losing consciousness, in and out of consciousness. His eyes felt heavy, too heavy he felt like if he blinked again his world would go dark.
Should he close his eyes?
But MJ..Aunt may- wait she's gone. He only has one person waiting for him at home..Was he really worth MJ time..After all these years.
Slowly he slumped against Johnny's shoulder, giving in. Closing his eyes, finally resting.
“Yo! Spidey Get up!”
He recognized that loud, obnoxious voice.
Amadeus cho.
He opened his eyes weakly, taking a glimpse of the giant green figure.
Also known as the other hulk, who can be fully conscious in his human form while being the Hulk. Iron Heart appeared flying down to the ground. Her iconic pink, black and gold suit shimmered.
“Took you long enough…” He blurted.
Iron Heart quickly kneeled in front of him and Johnny, a holographic screen appeared from her gauntlet.
“I called you over an hour ago- you guys didn't think to call for backup?” She said, “Tony start a scan over Spidey, and Torch wounds.” Tony was an Ai, Riri installed, and named after THE Tony stark, unfortunately it also sounds like him too..
Amadeus Cho, kneeled down looking at Peter. Eyeing him down,
“Look at his hand. It's been burnt like those patties Nova made except for more flesh.”
Iron Heart moved her scanner to Peter's hand, as she grabbed ahold of his arm.
He winched, holding his breath while he saw her inspect the burn.
“It looks like the kid got serious 3rd burns, with multiple broken bones, same with Torch except his left shoulder is fractured, same with his arm.” The Ai finally spoke.
“Hold up, im picking up something on both of them, traces. Something familiar.”
Iron Heart voice perked up
“What is it Tony?”
“It looks like the burns are from the same radiation of Torch powers..and there are small traces of Web on Torch.”
Amadeus looked at us both, his eyebrow raising with a disgust look.
“You're telling me , you guys got in a fight and called us? For being immature, and help you clean up?” “Youve gotta be kidding me!” He exclaimed
Peter winced at the yell, but he didn't understand. Sure him and Johnny often get into arguments with each other , over different perspectives on situations. Plus his best friend!
But he never once laid a hand on him- that was a lie. He did once. But he was under control! This is different! He doesn't even remember attacking Johnny, or how he ended up here.
“This isn't like them to suddenly fight to their death Cho,” Riri said.
“Something else happened, Spidey, what's the last thing you can recall?”
Peter thought about it for a moment, he woke up today, went on patrol. Got lunch with Johnny, and Danny Rand. Than he chased down-
Morbius.
Did he-no he couldn't not be that powerful-but he did. Somehow he hypnotized Peter and Johnny to fight?
His hand instinctively went to his neck, his fingers felt two circular holes in his neck . Morbius bit him, he tried turning him into a vampire- It has happened on several occasions with Morbious trying to turn sides, but someone was always there to stop him..
And the only way you can really become a vampire is if you're near death.
“JOHNNY!” Peter's head turned immediately to Johnny, his pain was forgotten as he looked over Johnny's neck to see any bite marks.
Johnny's face was in agony and complex, looking at Peter weirdly.
“What is it?” Riri asked, looking over Johnny at the same time Peter did.
Peter was panicking, not for him. But for his friend. “Morbius- he was here. He hypnotized me and Johnny to fight- and he got away but he bit both of us-”
The seconds those words slipped out of his mouth, Riri gasped and Amadeus cho immediately grabbed Johnny by his shoulder , cradling him in his giant arm. Before he hyper jumped onto a skyscraper, probably skipping his back to Avengers tower with Johnny.
“Come on idiot.”
Peter was glad Amadeus didn't ask stupid questions and took Johnny instead of him. He had speed healing Johnny unfortunately didn't. Riri grabbed him by his shoulder gently, carefully lifting him up. As she then put his arm over her shoulders before flying.
Once they got over 30 feet in the air making their way back to Avengers tower.
“Miles was going to check what happened but his mom had an emergency.” She spoke.
“Yeah, hoping he wasn't going to see this. I looked better the time I was in my underwear on patrol.” He joked, with a soft laugh.
The joke didn't click with Riri
“Yeah don't remind me again, having to hear about that was cruel.”
“What even happened spidey? I know Morbius is really strong- so is Torch but there is a third party..”
Peter thought about it for a moment, a third party? But who can it be..?
“Have there been any break in or out of the raft or any intergalactic villains?” He asked
“No..but, now that you mention Morlun was seen in Wakanda, Black Panther contacted us hoping the Avengers were here- he wasn't really pleased for me to answer with Tony Ai.” She sighed, before ‘Tony’ spoke “Yup, he immediately was able bypass our system to contact the Avengers airship.”
“Morlun? Are you serious- like -your not joking!?” Peter stammered.
“Why would I joke about-”
Before she can even finish, Peter felt the pain worsen in his head. Instead of his spider sense telling him to move for danger, it's as if the sense were being overwhelmed in a really bad way..
Morlun- hes working with Morbius? How, Morlun can travel intergalactic and sure hes been on Peter butt for a while for the spider totem, but working with a guy who said he changed, but didn't.
“Riri- go faster hurry!” Peter exclaimed, clutching his head with his right hand.
He really wanted to say a bad joke at this time, about the pain and something else- but this isn't timing appropriate.
“Tony activates the thrusters!” Riri scowled.
“Alright kid, chill.”
A beep came from Peter's left side before he held onto Riri's shoulder tighter.