Lunareclipse

every second counts

Tony, Pepper and Peter sat in the kitchen. No one really ate the food in front of them.

Peter was still in his suit. After Tony had found him on the roof he had brought him inside. The blue sky had suddenly turned grey. Right after the door had closed behind them, the rain had started to fall.

When Tony had entered the kitchen with Peter, the masks and the sword, Pepper had already been sitting at the table, staring at the food in front of her. No one had said a word. Tony and Pepper were rightout confused. Some channels said Emma had been buried under the debris, others said she was a victim of the flames. Others simply said she was nowhere to be found. While Tony and Pepper just wanted to know what had happened to their daughter, Peter was lost in his thoughts, trying to figure out what had happened. 

Her sword had left a cut in the wall. It must have been activated when it had been thrown into the kitchen.

The sound of it retracting into the handle must've been what had broken him out of his freeze back there. But why would it retract if Emma wasn't holding or controlling it?

And her mask must've rebuilt like on the Shield mission. But why didn't she come out?

Wouldn't his spidey-sense have warned him if Emma had been in the hallway before it collapsed or if she had struggled with the flames?

Didn't she once say that her sword deactivated itself if she was out of reach or something?

The sound of a fork falling onto a plate broke their stupor. Peter got up without another word.

Still in his suit he walked down to the Avengers floor. Ignoring the looks of the heroes he went to the stairs.

He walked down to the labs. Emma had once told him about her notes. They could only be opened from her lab or her StarkPad. 

For the second time this day he hesitated. But his need to find evidence for his theory was bigger. Cautiously he opened the door to Emma's lab. It was just as messy as always. As he locked around he was glad to see her holo-desk still on. He rushed forward and started to search for the file. He could have just asked Friday but like the other heroes he didn't trust his voice. Instead he searched for notes as chaotic as her lab. 

Opening one file after the other Peter had lost track of time. He didn't care.

It was getting dark outside as he finally found a file titled 'Blue Moon Stuff'. He opened it. The desk was filled with sketches, notes and holograms of her suit and other things. He frantically looked through them. Scanning them for the sword.

Document after document he pushed them around until he finally found what he had been looking for. By then it was dark outside.

The heroes were in their rooms, trying to sleep but the uncertainty of the whole situation made it impossible for them to feel asleep. They didn't know that a few floors down Peter was trying to get something.

He leaned over Emma's notes, trying to find what he was looking for. He tuned out everything but the handwritten words in light blue right in front of him. Reading through the notes as fast as he could, he didn't notice the sun rise again. It didn't come to his mind that he had to go to school or at least tell May where he was. He kept on reading Emma's notes.

He finally found what he had been looking for. At the edge of the screen under 'safety stuff' Emma had written down: deactivation when suit out of reach or time x without contact. 

He searched the notes underneath for more details. Between sketches and random thoughts he found something more specific. The sword could recognise whoever touched the handle this also made sure that only authorised people could use the weapon. Also the sword connects to the suit once it's activated and can therefore tell how far away the suit is.