All Of Me (Peter Parker x Reader)

Chapter 30

Liz and Katherine finally had a base. Once Katherine was walking again (far too soon for Liz's liking), the blonde had decided it was time to find a dwelling for the duration of her mission. If Katherine had to listen to Liz complain about hauling her one backpack's worth of luggage all over God's green earth one more time, she'd pull out a gun and shoot her, which was far too early. Liz hadn't even betrayed her yet, which was a surprise to Katherine.

They needed a place with ample space, a discreet location, and a wall thick enough to be soundproof. Luckily for her, Liz already had a place in mind. That place happened to be an old, closed-down seaport, which was the last thing Katherine expected from her. Apparently, it was where Liz had spent her initiation mission into HYDRA. It had been shut down for safety reasons, due to a gas leak and a risk of falling into the water because of a structural issue, but those were risks they were willing to take. It was dark, echoey, smelled of mold, had a minor rat problem, had no power, water, or plumbing, and was freezing in the winter weather- BUT... the isolated and fenced-in factors made up for it, allowing them the privacy they would need.

Despite having no power, water, or plumbing, they did like that it came with a small break room with a shitty kitchen and a bathroom. But things like that were an easy fix when Liz was concerned. Cleaning and tidying it up was a hassle, but there was no denying the excitement they got at having their own "secret lair". And it was there that Liz began to work on new inventions that would bring (l/n) to her knees.

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After (y/n) was discharged from the hospital, Tony and Happy immediately brought her back to the estate. While Pepper was waiting there, a tired look on her face, (y/n) didn't pay her too much attention, even with the flips in her heart. It had barely been five seconds through the door before (y/n) dragged Tony to the infirmary for testing, with him yelling at her for her treatment of his fiancée. To appease him, she promised that she'd apologize to Pepper later (which she meant). Angry but satisfied, Tony begrudgingly did as she asked- demanded.

After a tiny blood draw for blood tests, he made her do body scans, an MRI, anything and everything he could do. While Tony wasn't a doctor by any means, he learned a fair amount of medical topics, including biology, microbiology, biochemistry, and genetics, to help build the regeneration cradle, the machine that helped create Vision. Tony and (y/n) stayed in that lab for hours, carefully observing results and paying attention to anything that could indicate why (y/n)'s emotions were coming back. At some point, DUM-E had rolled into the room, holding its camera. Neither of them cared, and neither of them stopped it. It was hours before Tony finally found something.

"Huh... That's interesting," Tony muttered as he stared at the screen FRIDAY had pulled up.

(Y/n)'s head turned towards Tony. "What is?" she asked as she walked over to stand next to him.

Dum-E appeared next to her, recording everything. The screen was playing footage of what was happening during the blood test. She watched as small blobs moved around on the screen. They were her cells, each moving with a purpose. Each kind had a different size, shape, and moved at a different speed.

"Tell me, how much do you know about the immune system?" Tony asked her.

"Enough to only need a small refresh. Continue," she told him flatly.

"Ok," he said, pointing to a lighter-colored blob as it moved across the screen as if it were looking for something. "These are white blood cells. Lots of kinds, and they all fight and kill the viruses and foreign invaders in your body. And these," he said, pointing to a black blob that was just a little bit bigger than the T-cell. "Are the guys that keep your emotions down," he told her.