Scars That Last Forever II

Chapter Nine

"KAREN call Tony," 

This can't be happening. 

They can't be back. 

We killed them. They are gone. 

"Hey kid, is everything ok?"

Panic rises in my throat again. 

"Kid?"

"I-I," 

"What's wrong, you're scaring me," 

I take a deep breath. 

Tears cloud my vision. 

"They are back," My voice is barely above a whisper. 

"Who's ba- Oh My God! Are you ok? I'm on my way," 

The line went dead and I let my body slump against the opposite wall. 

Thoughts race through my head. 

Is Bucky ok?

I just want Bucky. 

I want my brother. 

Is that too much to ask?

I hear a whirl of repulsors above me and see the shiny Ironman suit approaching. 

He rips off his faceplate then looks from me to the HYDRA agents. 

"Peter..." His voice trails off. 

Without thinking I run up to him and wrap my arms around him. 

He hesitates for a moment then wraps his arms around me in return. 

"It'll be ok... shhh," he whispers into my ear. 

I want to listen to him. 

But I can't. 

My silent tears turned into sobs.

"Let's go back to the tower," I nod silently into his chest. 

After a moment I shift away slightly. Tony looks from me to the agents. 

He walks over to them and rips off a piece of the man's suit and shoves it into his own suit. 

DNA testing. 

He then takes out a small bag, 

I don't know where he was holding that. 

He pulled a piece of hair from each agent for testing as well then shoved that into his suit as well. 

I took a small step closer to Tony. 

"Hey, can you close your eyes, Peter?" Tony's voice is calm. 

I close my eyes. 

I tense as images from HYDRA flood my mind. 

I hear a whirl of a repulsor. 

He is killing the agents. 

I've thousands of people die, 

but I'm happy he told me to look away. 

I would rather not see the life leave another person. 

"You can open your eyes now," 

I look at the ground.

HYDRA is evil, but I don't want to see another lifeless body. 

It's too much. 

Sobs escape my lips again.