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Peter and Sam walked alongside together past large groups of people past them. Everything was becoming foggy in Peter's eyes, his head began to buzz. His walking pace began to slow down and leaned against a wall by his shoulder. Sam stops and turns to him in worry, he grabs his arm.
Sam:Are you okay Peter?
Peter:...I'm fine. Just a bit tired...don't worry too much about me
*his voice was faint while rubbing his head*
Peter's glasses weren't helping him with his eyesight so when his hand reached to remove them, he thought about the necklace he was wearing. He touched the gold necklace and didn't felt the locket, he only felt the chain of the necklace. He could almost hear the moment his heart stopped beating at this realization. Peter turned his head back to the trail they had just walked from and pushed Sam away and walked towards the direction of the coffeehouse they were in, retracing their steps. Sam was quiet when Peter had suddenly pushed him and was looking for something on the stone sidewalk.
Sam followed after him and notices that the locket from his necklace was gone. He then thought that Peter was looking for the locket so he decided to help too and look around the sidewalk. Sam could already see Peter's frantic expression of losing something so small, he then remembered of where he saw the necklace from.
The necklace belongs to Danny...I think I remembered him wearing it for a few days in the blue and with him gone, Peter had put it on. Is he...missing Danny that much? He only thought about him today when it was supposed to be a day between us, and I could only get a reaction out of him if Danny is brought up...Now I feel so stupid to think that I still had a chance with him since he's gone. Peter likes him...not me. I should have listened to Ava...
Sam felt his heart pounding and his mouth turning dry. He had the urge to cry but didn't allow tears to be formed in his eyes as he tightly shut them. He took a shaky deep breath before he continued searching for the locket that fell off. Peter was accidentally bumping into people as he kept looking anxiously, the top of his head had suddenly bumped against the chest of someone in front of him. That person grabbed his shoulder and spoke in a familiar voice towards Peter that made his eyebrows rise.
"Hey be careful, I have a boyfriend remember?"
Peter looked at the blurry figure in front of him and first noticed how short he was. Once his vision went into focus he recognizes the smiling expression of the boy in front of him. It was Bobby.
Peter:It's you...why are you-?
Peter sees Johnny behind Bobby with a puppy expression.
Peter:You're here too...did you two came together?
*he tried to sound as calm when he saw Johnny, he even took a step back as Sam stood beside him, looking at the two boys in fromt of him*
Sam:Hey, why are you-?
Johnny:Why are you out with Peter?! He has a boyfriend!
Before Johnny could approach Sam, his feet gotten iced on the ground by Bobby. Sam just crosses his arms and spoke with an arrogant tone.
Sam:So? Can't we go out as friends? They spend too much time together anyway...
Smoke was coming out of Johnny's head and the ice around him and his feet had melted into water, people were surprised and quickly rushed past the snow melting so suddenly. Peter would step back along with Sam from the intense heat he was setting off, surprisingly, Johnny was holding back from setting himself on fire.
Johnny:Peter's in a relationship! What kind of friend are you to do that to Danny?! Especially you Peter!
Peter:For the last time Storm, we're not on a date...do you see me as that type of person to hurt Danny?
Johnny opened his mouth to speak but he just closed it. Not saying a word. Bobby caught embarrassed glances from passersby that he nervously cleared his throat with a light cough. Bobby just forced a smile as he spoke with one step ahead of Johnny.
Bobby:How about we talk about this somewhere privately? We're attracting attention...
Peter:No. I have to look for something
Before Peter walked past Bobby, he stopped him by taking something out of his pocket. He hands it to Peter.
Bobby:Is this what you're looking for?
Peter grabs the gold locket from his cold hands, the locket was cold as Bobby's hand but he didn't mind it. His expression softened with a small and faint sigh of relief when he opens the locket showing the picture inside.
Bobby:Sorry if it's cold, I'm still trying to learn to not freeze as many things as I can
Peter:It's fine...as long as it's not damaged by Storm
Johnny:H-hey! I found it and it was my idea to give it back to you!
Peter didn't spare a glance at him. The locket was already put away in the front pockets of Peter's pants. Johnny tightens his fist from raising his voice at him but he just swallowed his words. The smoke from his hair and shoulders had faded away, Peter looked back at him with flat eyebrows with a small crunch in between, his mouth was trembling unable to speak and he glances away. Just looking at him longer made Peter remember Johnny's angry expression that overshadowed his worried face. Sam was looking back at Johnny and Peter from the weird tension, completely unaware of what the hell was happening.
Sam opened his mouth to break the silent tension but Johnny spoke before him. Johnny approached slowly with a calming tone and small smile.
Johnny:Pete let's talk...please? You gotten your locket back so...can we talk now?
Peter looks at him again and sees the hand that Johnny had reached out to him. Peter just took another step back as he shook his head. Johnny's hand slowly lowered with a small frown, he wasn't surprised anyway.
Peter:I'm...not in the mood to talk
Bobby was silently watching as he stood still between the yet again, awkward silent tension.
Johnny:But Peter, let's just talk about things please? I don't want us to break up again like last time...
Sam:...
Peter:...I don't want to talk Johnny...We're leaving, give me time...
Bobby just slightly widened his eyes in slight shock when Peter and Sam began to turn their backs on them. Johnny just froze. Sam looks back to Johnny's pained expression then looks up to Peter, with his glasses in the way, Sam couldn't notice his red eyes. Sam could only notice his pale lips trembling and felt his heart break.
What should I do? I never seen Peter act this way...Danny would know wouldn't he? Or would MJ know?
Sam reached his hand to grab his hand but both stopped when Johnny had spoke out, Sam's hand flinched. They both didn't dare to turn around to look at him, Peter then slightly turned his head to look at Johnny in the corner of his eye.
Johnny:Do you want me to tell Danny?
Sam withdrew his hand back and lowered his head, he suddenly felt a bit awkward.
Peter:Tell him what?
*he asks with a firm tone as he turned the rest of his body facing Johnny*
Johnny:That you went out with someone while he was away
Peter:This wasn't a date Johnny
Johnny:What will Danny think? What excuse will you say to him when he finds out?
Peter:Johnny! Don't bring Danny up just to make me talk to you!
Johnny:At least it gave you a reaction didn't it?! I know that you're keeping your date with him a secret!
Peter:It's not even a date! Don't say things that you don't even know!
Johnny:So?! Talk to me before I tell Danny when he comes back!
Bobby:Geez man...
Peter:I won't! I won't talk to you when you're like this!
Johnny:Stop acting like a coward Peter! Can't you atleast do something small for me?
*he sighed before his tone went soft*
Peter couldn't form any words and just shook his head again.
Peter:Johnny...I won't talk to you anymore. I won't keep working on you with the mission...ask someone else. I will explain to Danny when he comes back so don't bother...I don't want to see you anymore...
Peter's voice drifted away at the last sentence before walking away to the direction he was heading. Sam walked beside him, not turning back to Johnny and Bobby anymore. Black smoke rose from Johnny's head , burning the cap he was wearing, and flames began to form on his shoulders, passersby were quickly walking past them in fear of getting burned. Bobby just let out a sigh of relief of things not getting too far as he expected them to be.
Bobby:Hey man, you should calm down...
*he grabs Johnny's shoulder, steam slipping through the cracks of his fingers*
Johnny just gritted his teeth and whispered, "Flame On". He leaped up over the crowd of people, Bobby's hand had slipped off his shoulder and calmly watches Johnny angrily fly over the buildings. Some people around Bobby were struck with shock and began to whisper each other. Bobby rubs his forehead with his hand and slid his hand against the concrete, ice began to form under his feet and an ice ramp began to form. More people turned white in shock when Bobby had formed an ice ramp over their heads, the ice would slowy turn into water as Bobby kept following Johnny to reassure him some more.
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Everything was dark and silent. Few people had popped up with their words echoing in his head.
"You're terrible...you're the worst person...you can't even bring my mom back"
"DANNY! Are you going to listen to him?!"
"Come...back...d-don't...leave...me"
"They wouldn't feel enough conpared to the Iron Fist, you'll have the city in your hand...no one would dare leave you Daniel"
Everything was slowly getting silent, a faint voice was calling for him. Danny couldn't think clearly of who the voice calling for him belonged too, he could nearly see white jn the distance and his body becoming stiff. Then he suddenly recognized the voice calling him was Peter...
Danny's back had jerked up with an arch and loud gasp once he opens his eyes, he was awoken by a H'ylthri placing their hand over his forehead to struck him awake. He began to breath heavily and stared wide eyed to the ceiling that was covered in vines and leaves. His body was trembling from remembering the terrible feeling of a vine that was roaming inside his body, his throat was still burning from it. How long was his passed out? What else did they do to him? Was he dying? Danny was sweating cold sweat down his face, he didn't realized that his mask gotten removed. Danny was suffocating from the hot room that wearing his mask wasn't any different. His body was still wrapped in vines but he couldn't fight back, he didn't have the strength to do so.
"Are you awake now Young Dragon?"
The voice was deep and hoarse, there was a tone of boredom and annoyance in its words. Danny didn't have the ability to speak and could only trail his eyes towards the thing that spoke. It was a H'ylthri that was a bit bigger in height than the rest of the H'ylthri, it's leaves were darker in the shadows than the rest. The H'ylthri watched from it's stone chair as Danny just froze, still processing everything that happened the last hour.
"Let me introduce myself first. I am Sssesthanag, the second leader of my brothers and sisters here. You must be Daniel Rand, the new Iron Fist of the immortal city of K'un L'un"
Danny was flushed red with his heavy breathing. He wasn't willing to talk.
"I heard you call out to someone before you woke up. Does the name Peter Parker ring the bell, Young Dragon?"
Sssesthanag was met with an angry glare from Danny. He looked like wanting to punch theough his throat of just bringing his boyfriend up. Danny began to forcibly struggle his arms free but the vines would only tighten. He came to a sudden realization of the vines from Master Khan.
"No need to force yourself free Young Dragon. Your body is still removing the toxins from the flower and dart before you can move around freely, don't harm yourself again"
Sssesthanag began to let out a chuckle as Danny stubbornly kept moving but the vine would just tighten.
"Hahaha! Didn't I say that you'll harm yourself? It is shocking that you managed to survive the flower...it should have killed you. If you haven't caught on, it was the same flower that we used to capture you and seperate you from your friends. We just used a small amount of pollen to not kill you"
Danny:...why?
*he managed to breath out, it was faint in a whisper but Sssesthanag could hear it loudly from afar*
"Why? Hahahaha! What do you think? You'll be useless to us if you just die from a poisonous flower, it will be also embarrassing. You'll even loose face from the grave if you actually did end up dying by it. Instead, you'll die doing a heroic deed when we're done with you"
Danny:...heroic? How is this heroic...? Is capturing innocent people and animals heroic to you?!
*his voice roared in the room, his face was turning red with his throat still burning from his outburst and still healing from the vine*
"HAHAHAHAH! Really? Do you really think we capture animals? We're made of plants and sticks, the nature and animals are our friends. We wouldn't dare hurt them unlike humans would...The humans deserves to be captured, but don't worry, they're being treated well by my brothers and sisters"
Danny:What are you doing to them? What are you planning on doing to me?!
"Young Dragon, it's a surprise. I know you don't enjoy surprises so sit still...we'll show you what we plan to do with you soon"
Danny:Why now?! Why didn't you attack before?!
"Hahaha! Do you need an answer? It is simply because we wanted to. If you couldn't tell by our vines, Master Khan had worked alongside us. We planned to be in hideout for the remainer of our lives but Master Khan showed up and gave us a plan. He promised us freedom by controlling K'un L'un for his needs and eliminating you...We were told that the Iron Fist was in the city therefore we didn't dare attack earlier, but...we just found out that the Iron Fist wasn't in the city by our spies"
Danny's eyes were already bloodshot with fury in his eyes. His fist lit up and broke the vines, Sssesthanag looked unbothered as he watched Danny get wrapped in more vines around his arms and forced him on the ground. The vines felt like pounds that was squishing his arms hoping to crush them.
"Haha...that was quite entertaining to see Young Dragon. Please satisfy my curiosity, why weren't you protecting your city? How long did they lied for you?"
Danny just didn't say anything. He just kept his eyebrows furrowed while glarely deadly at the H'ylthri.
"Hm actually...you don't have to tell me. I already know...You left to avenge your parents' deaths and couldn't end up killing a mere weakling. You were going to become the king of K'un L'un and stayed away from the city by hiding with a team of individuals who wouldn't dare be compared to you. You even began to fall in love with some bug and rather stay away from your hometown...Tsk tsk tsk, if only I would know what would happen if I take your place and meet him myself"
Danny:SHUT IT! If you dare make a move then I'll kill you with my bare hands!
*he was screaming at this point towards him. Sssesthanag just turned a deaf ear to his yells while being easily entertained of Danny struggling to get free*
"Will you? You can't set yourself free from my brothers' vines, and you can't even form the Iron Fist, how will you even defeat me?"
Sssesthanag's mood began to uplift in surprise when Danny had snapped the vines with forcibly forming the Iron Fist. Danny was quickly when he approached and aimed his fist towards Sssesthanag's head but only gotten pushed against the wall by vines that charged against his chest and pinned him against the wall. The vines had covered his body that glued to the wall. Danny's head was hung flow as he grunts to set himsef free but his arms have gone numb at this point. Sssesthanag was astonished at this point.
He lets out a laugh with excitement as Danny breathed heavily and his messy hair covered in sweat. Danny gritted his teeth as he looks up to Sssesthanag with death in his eyes while the H'ylthri stood up and began to slowly appoach him.
"You are beyond what I had imagined indeed! Thank goodness I have made a move before you managed to kill me while asking important questions. You truly surprised me...You're so young yet so blind. Why waste your energy for mere trash? Didn't that person already left you? You're always the one who people always leave behind so why bother?"
Danny:I was the one who left...get your facts straight if you know everything about me
"Hahaha! You're extremely hilarious and entertaining. You get so easily angry by just bringing someone up, would you act the same way as before if I brought up Ava Ayala, Luke Cage, Sam Alexander, Mary Jane Wastson, Ward Meachum, Joy Meachum, Mac Gargan, Janet Sorenson...hm, no response. Too tired to kill me with your bare hands? Do you give up? A bit soon don't you think?"
Danny:..shut the hell up. You talk too much...
"HAHAHA! Do I? That must be what everyone says about you as well. We're quite alike aren't we?"
Danny:We're nothing like each other...what's the point of being compared to a maniac like you?
"Really? Is that what you see me as? How interesting..."
Danny didn't give another look to Sssesthanag and when he looked up, his eyes widened. It was almost like he saw himself walking at his direction. The doppelgänger had a sinister grin on his face with his hair neatly tied in a ponytail, its skin was fair and clean unlike the orginal Danny who was covered in sweat.
"How about now? Am I still a maniac in your eyes?"
Danny was speechless. He didn't know what to say and could only have a dry mouth and his eyes being bug eyed.
"If you didn't know Young Dragon, us H'ylthri have the ability to shapeshift from first glance. We might even have the same memories as the person whom we copy by doing the same technique we did to you...but there is some downsides to it of course. I only chose the ones that are the most precious to you instead of your entire memory file, if I do a stupid move by taking in every information of yours then I'll be another twin of yours. Terrifying thought isn't it?"
"Hence is why I know some things about you...I know your lover, your job, your friends and parents. We can change into anyone we want! How fun is that?! Imagine me changing into your boyfriend!"
In a second its body had completely turned to dark green and turned into red from his feet to neck, then lastly showing the figure's wide grin with blue eyes and brown hair appearing. Danny could only look away in disgust but his chin gotten tightly grabbed and forced to look straight at the "Peter" in front of him.
"Heh, what's wrong? Shy to look at your own boyfriend?"
Danny trembled. It sounded excatly like him. His voice. His body. He turned his head away not willing to look at him again. "It's not him", he told himself. It was just a shapeshifter "Peter" slightly tilted its head with a closed grin. It was expecting a reaction as he stared fixedly at Danny's features. He could feel the boy trembling and his eye pupils shaking, his lips were trembling as well before he bit his lips. The H'ylthri was a bit puzzled when they noticed the cut from his cheek with dry blood, he didn't noticed it before.
"Hah are you scared? Are you terrified to look at me? Why? Is it because I look like your boyfriend? You were putting up a fight before when I brought him up, where did that energy go?"
Its voice was deep yet fond when he spoke with Danny, it's cold breath against Danny's ear. This gave Danny chills from feeling the coldness of the H'ylthri's breath against his ear. Danny kept telling himself the same thing over and over again, it's not Peter. It's not Peter. Why do I feel like this?
"Peter" formed a frown as it stand back from Danny. Sssesthanag was starting to get bored from Danny's silent response. He rubbed his chin pondering what other taunts he can do, even his thinking posture was similar to Peter's. Danny felt the urge to throw up from this sight.
"This is clearly too boring...and here I am expecting a fight with you and yet, I'm disappointed"
It spoke as he looks at Danny head to toe with his hand still stoking his chin. "Peter" just lets out a scoff and turned his back to Danny and forms a smirk as it spoke.
"Take him away. I'm bored. I'll go out to have some fun first with some visitors along with finding my brother..."
Two H'ylthris were standing on each corner with the stone throne in between. They both stomped their feet towards Danny with vines heading towards him. Danny looks up again with dead eyes and sees "Peter" turning his head towards him and form a faint grin. Its hair began to form into long blonde instead of brown and have Danny's usual emerald eyes and strong jaw, its thin and built body turned masculine. It changed back to Danny's appearance, the cut on his cheek was even marked the same as the original.
"Take him to the pods along with the others. Make sure to keep guard so he won't escape, don't underestimate him. Wait for my command or my brother's to remove his chi, then...feed him to our children. They'll have an amazing feast with the Iron Fist in front of them"
Sssesthanag's tone was sincere mixed with carelessness. He placed his hands behind him and began to turn towards the door to leave but stops to speak quite loud for Danny to hear.
"It was an honor to meet with you Iron Fist. I hope this will be our last meeting with each other...I'll make sure to treat your boyfriend well. I doubt he'll see the difference between us and won't be able to see your dead corpse...In fact, he wouldn't be able to see it either! You'll already be eaten! Hahahahaha! How the table turned!"
Sssesthanag continued to laugh wildly to himself as he walked out through the doors. His laughter still echoing in the room ringing in Danny's ears. Danny was already removed from the wall by the two H'ylthris and remained wrapped in vines. They began to drag him out of the room and drags him down the halls, they kept glancing back at him with suspicion of his silence and his willingness. Danny had his eyes closed and slightly opens them when he felt his fists warm up. His fists began to glow under the vines and his arms shot up and freed himself.
Danny was heavily panting as he stood in front of the two H'ylthris. His eyes cold as he stared through the plants with his eyebrows furrowed with a wrinkle in between his brows.
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Bobby was walking behind the hot headed Johnny who left behind his black burnt footsteps on rooftops while melting the snow. Bobby listened to his complaints with his hands inside his pockets while Johnny.
Johnny:I'll tell on him! Don't think that I won't tell Danny what he was doing today! Danny will be so mad!
Bobby:Is that even a good idea?
Johnny:Why isn't it?! Peter won't talk to me! Now we broke up again! I'll tell on him! I'll tell on him to his boyfriend!
Bobby just closed his mouth to his babbling. It was like a young kid snitching on his big brother to his mom. Bobby just shook his head at the thought.
Bobby:Just give Spidey some space. Things will just get worse if you involve yourself in their relationship just because he wouldn't talk to you about a mission
Johnny was the one who was quiet this time. The flames on his body began to fade away into black smoke and he sat on the edge of the rooftop, his leg dangling off with the other folded up with his arm resting on his knee. Bobby just sat beside him and both looked down to the crowded streets of people shopping and traffic. Bobby waited for Johnny to talk which lasted a few minutes for him to cool down and the smoke to officially fade away, revealing his usual casual clothing.
Johnny had finally spoke with a low tone that was a bit raspy.
Johnny:Sorry...It wasn't cool, was it? Did I scare you?
Bobby:You didn't. It'll take a lot more than you being angry to scare me, you know that I would beat your ass
Johnny:...I scared Peter, by getting angry at him...and I acted the same today and now he doesn't want to be around me anymore
Bobby:It is true that you should handle your temper...but it's not wrong for you to get mad. You have the right to be mad of him leaving the mission so sudden but you should also try to understand him...you two nearly died for handling one guy so it's obvious that he doesn't want to bump into him. Give him some time first and let his boyfriend handle him and talk about what happened today. I'll go with you on your mission
Johnny turns to him with surprise in his face. Bobby smiles at him then Johnny cleared his throat before he spoke.
Johnny:Are you sure? You said that you can't control your power yet and you don't want to overshadow him
Bobby:I know but he did say that you can pick someone else to join you, I don't want you to do it alone so I'll help...
A faint smile appeared on Johnny's face with his eyebrows still slumped with a small curve in between.
Johnny:Thanks Bobby...so how much time should I give Peter?
Bobby:You'll have to give him as much time as he needs. Don't try to force him and let him contact you first...and don't get someone else to do the talking for you
Johnny:I won't...I'll wait. But we should start on the drug dealing issue first
Bobby:Gotchu! So what's your lead?
Johnny:...
Bobby:You don't have a lead?
Johnny:N-not really...this is my first mission that doesn't involve my team
Bobby:They don't know that you're doing this?
Johnny:They do! They found out when they had to treat my hands, Sue forced me to tell them...
Bobby:Hm...
(This might take a while...)
Meanwhile, Sam and Peter had arrived home. The entire train ride was a bit awkward after their little run in with Johnny and Bobby. There was a moment in the train where Sam wanted to talk to Peter but when he looked at him, Peter would just be more concerned about the necklace that belonged to Danny. He saw Peter silently putting himself down for damaging it and nearly loosing the locket, this made Sam feel more guilty than before.
Although he and Danny weren't having a good relationship till now with Ava's situation, he doesn't want to damage their relationship. It was quite obvious that they like each other, and he felt that he was forcing Peter. Peter didn't enjoy spending time with him since he kept thinking of Danny and even defended him, this was all so he wouldn't tell Danny that he harmed himself while he was away. Peter didn't want to worry him. Sam's only choice was to give up, he was already too late and Danny had beaten him to it. What was the point?
Sam was trying to come up with what to say to break the awkward silence between them while stepping on the porch. As Peter took out his house keys from his pocket the locket had slipped out, making his blood rise. Peter was about to bend down to grab it but Sam got it instead. Peter had his keys in one hand as he waited for Sam to hand him the locket back.
Peter:Sam, the locket...
*he spoke with his free hand out towards Sam, but Sam was quiet and looked a bit hesitant as he looks down to the closed locket on the palm of his hand. Sam's voice was trembling when he spoke*
Sam:I...I'm sorry. It's my fault...
Peter:...it's not a big deal, it's a locket. You can give it back so I can fix it before Danny comes home
Sam:I'm sorry...I forced you to go out with me and I can tell that you didn't enjoyed it
Peter:Well...some things did happen today so we can do this another time
Sam:No. I don't...want to make you go out with me because you want to keep a secret from Danny that you harmed yourself...I like Danny...
Peter:...what?
Sam:Danny's a good person...I can't even conpare to him, can I? I like being his friend and teammate...I don't want things to end between us because of my feelings towards you
Peter:...
Sam:...I'm sorry Peter. Today must have been so awkward for you with Danny gone and...we even ran in with Johnny and because of me, I made the situation between you two worse
Peter:That's not true...it was the hot head's fault for trying to threaten me to talk to him, he's just an idiot
Sam:Still...I don't want to cause anymore troubles for you and your relationships...so I'll back off and see other people. Maybe I'll have a chance next time if I feel like it...
*he lets out a small chuckle at the end as he looked down to his hand*
Peter:...maybe. I don't know what will happen in the future between me and Danny, but I already dealt with alot with him the past weeks we've been together...I might not let go of him that soon...If you know what I mean
Sam:I do. Your feelings for each other is something that people would envy...
Sam's finger began to twitch and he looks up to Peter and hands back the locket. Sam's hand was shaking when Peter grabbed it back with a faint smile when he sees looks at the carvings. The smile fades when his vision went blurry when he looked forward to Sam and would blink a few times. He began to wipe his eyes as he moved his glasses over his head, Sam was baffled to see this. He didn't question why Peter was wearing glasses and only of it as an accessory, then remembered Peter nearly falling back at the city before seeing Johnny.
Sam:Did something happen to you? Is your eyesight bad?
Peter:N-no...it's fine. It just went blurry for a minute...
Sam:Do you need help getting inside?
Peter:No I'm fine...are you going back inside too?
Sam:...no. I'm going back to see Ava, do you want to come with me?
Peter:N-no...
Sam:...uh huh...will you be fine?
Peter:I will...I need to fix Danny's necklace...
*he had a soft tone when he spoke and a small smile. Sam just smiles to himself and he kicks Peter's foot, grabbing his attention*
Sam:Okay so I'm heading out now! I have to check on Ava again and see how she's doing
Peter:Okay...bye Sam
Sam:Bye bye!
*he waves at Peter with a bright smile as he walked off the porch*
Peter's smile fades away once he faces the door and opened it with his keys. Peter steps inside and closes the door, he finally took a deep breath. Peter entered his room and sat behind his desk, he placed the locket and golden necklace in front of him to see the problem of why the locket fell off. The chain that connected the locket had a wide crack, it caused the locket to slip out and fall off.
Peter stared at the locket trying to think of ways to fix it but nothing came to mind. He rubs his head trying to force himself to think but it didn't work. He felt tired. So exhausted. Seeing Johnny and going out with Sam, it was too much for him and it drained his energy. Even going outside made him felt like he ran a marathon.
His attention had scanned towards the broken mirror, remembering the night before. He blinked and looks away to his bandaged hand and removes it to see his cuts on his knuckles. His knuckles were pink mixed with purple with faint red cuts. Peter his stomach twirl by looking at it and he looks away by lowering his head, his hands inside his hair with his elbows on the desk. He forced his attention on the golden necklace but felt empty. He couldn't describe the feeling but he didn't have the urge to do anything. He couldn't fix his costume. He couldn't clean the mess he made to the mirror. He couldn't heal his hand. He couldn't sleep. He couldn't fix a necklace that was cared by Danny. He couldn't talk to MJ and Johnny. He couldn't do anything. He couldn't even heat up ramen noodles in the kitchen.
I feel so useless...why don't I have the urge to do anything? I feel so tired...am I just being lazy? But...I want to do things but why can't I? I'm...so pathetic and useless
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The group had arrived at the H'ylthri's hideout by following the footprints. The entrance was as tall as the H'ylthris with vines covering it like blinds. They all had their weapons in hand while walking through the vines. After walking through them, they were met with another forest with animals. Sparrow and Davos were both dumbfounded to see animals happily running about and eating from bushes and trees.
Davos:I expected the H'ylthri to be disclosed, why are animals here?
Conal:The H'ylthri are plants so maybe they formed a bond with the animals here
Davos:Pfft sure...
Conal:...
Sparrow:Should we split up to find Daniel? We don't know how large this place is and we don't know if the animals here are aware of the situation or not
Davos:Is it a good idea to split up? What if one of us gets caught?
Miranda:Then the other group will look for him, it sounds like a good idea to me
Sparrow:Good. We'll meet up here at dawn for a new plan to eliminate the H'ylthri
They all agreed and went their own ways. Davos and Sparrow were one group and Conal and Miranda were another. The birds watched from the trees with their wide shot black eyes locked on Davos and Sparrow.
Green blood was splattered on Danny's pale cheek and blonde hair. He stood over withered leaves and branches with two bright yellow balls in his hand. He crushes them as it's bright dust slips through the cracks of his fingers. Danny opens his hand and watches the dust on the palm of his hand get blown away, there was a faint glow left behind on his palm. Danny suddenly felt a bit tispy from nearly falling down, he supported himself with his shoulder against the stone wall. When he looks up, he sees light and smoke coming out of a hole in front of him with a chill.
Danny forced himself up with his hand rubbing his other arm from going numb. He stumbled through the hole and just went blank. There were pods everywhere. People were inside them unconscious and were connected with vines that acted as tubes. They were separated into sections and rows, they were probably more than hundreds, filled with citizens of K'un L'un; women, men, teenagers, soldiers, and Lei Kung The Thunderer.
He ran towards Lei Kung's pod and slapped against the pod. It felt slimy and soft when he pushes his hand against it but it wouldn't rip, it's slimy substance would attach to his hand. Lei Kung wouldn't open his eyes or move from the disturbance. Danny just wiped his slimy hand against his costume and ran down more isles of pods. He saw three empty pods that didn't have the weird cover like the rest.
Were they planning on putting me in there? And are the other two for Davos and Sparrow? But why us three? Were they expecting us to come and left three untouched?
As he thought this, he smelled a foul odor from another room near him. He turns his head and sees smoke coming out at the end of the road with an open hole in the stone wall. He held his breath as he walked towards it expecting there to be more pods but instead...he was met with corpses. Danny froze at the sight of this with his eyes widened and his hands fell beside his waist. The corpses in front of him were withered bodies with their grey skeletons still attacked to their clothing and dirty hair, they were all wrapped in vines and attracted flies and bugs.
Danny suddenly didn't have the urge to breath anymore, to stop himself from smelling the rotten corpses in front of him. It was the most terrible smell he had ever smelled before in his life. It smelled worse than rotten food and a trash can. He covered his mouth to stop himself from throwing up at the extreme odor. Danny was extremely dazed from the sight that even his vision began to get blurry to the point of tearing up. Unknowingly, he stepped inside. He was looking at the corpses and he slowly walks past them as if he was taking a stroll with a blank expression.
Danny looked up and saw a familiar corpse and stumbled through it, something about it was familiar to him. Once he stood in front of it, he instantly knelt down. His eyes were bloodshot with his pupils shrinking, his face turning pale and getting goosebumps. He couldn't let out a word for over ten minutes despite his mouth being open as if struggling to let a word out. The corpse had its entire body wrapped in vines, more than the rest of the corpses. The corpse still had long brown hair that was the length to his shoulders and a black outfit with a hood that would have covered his head. The outfit was familiar to Danny from that jailbreak a year ago, he could still remember the numbness in his muscles of his arms and chest.
"...Conal...?"