Flowers trapped in the web

Chapter 26

He got us to the hospital in record time, taking us straight inside

"I need a doctor!" he shouted, immediately people flooding over with a bed which I was gently placed on.

The jumper was swapped for bandages and the doctors began to wheel me towards the ER. Peter had left my sight and as I tried to turn my head to look back the female doctor instructed me to stay still.

"Spiderman can't be in the room whilst we're helping you"

"but-"

"I'm sorry but those are the rules" I sighed, resting my head back as they fussed over my wound.

"Got caught up in something pretty serious huh?" the man who was currently stitching me up asked and I could only let out a sound of pained agreement as I gripped the side of the bed, face scrunched up. "that Spider fellow of yours hasn't left" he glanced up at me "you must mean quite a lot to each other"

"that's classified I'm afraid" the joke elicited a chuckle, and I was glad he was having a good time.

"thankfully, the blade didn't cut you that deep otherwise it could have been a completely different story. Especially the one so close to your lungs" he said.

Yeah so basically the guy hadn't just punched me, but he had shanked me.

Lovely, I know.

"Do you have an emergency contact we can call to sign you out?"

"Can't I just sign myself out?"

"I'm afraid in your state your still prone to drowsiness and being lightheaded which could lead to further self-injury or the possibility of tearing your stitches." I hissed as he pulled at a particularly tender area.

"sorry" he muttered, cutting the surgical string stuff.

"uh yeah I have another number but I'm kind of hoping he'll turn up soon"

"oh? Another superhero friend to the rescue?" I pressed my lips together.

"something like that. Thank you for being patient with me"

"of course, just make sure to take care of yourself. Any problems feel free to come on back. I'll send a nurse in to get the number from you until your friend shows up" and with a smile he left me alone in the room.

It was weirdly quiet just sat in a white room, knowing Peter was outside somewhere, hopefully not freaking out too much. He also had my phone which was a bit of an L.

Some time passed and a knock sounded at the door.

"Miss Greene? there's a uh, well, Tony Stark is here and he's claiming to be an emergency contact?" the nurse said in confusion.

"yeah that's right" she nodded to herself before she let him in.

"hey kid, how are you feeling?"

"yeah fine, they gave me some medication earlier so can't really feel anything" he sat on the edge of my bed, studying my stomach where the puffy stiches contrasted against my pale skin.

"That girl called, she got home safely, thanks to you. It would've gone a lot worse if you weren't there. What I'm trying to say is that I'm proud of you. But don't do that again. Ever."

"no promises" he gave me a look and I laughed tiredly, leaning back. "can we get out of here now? Hospitals freak me out a bit."

"I've got to get the release forms signed but as soon as that's done, we're good to go. I think they might even let Arachnid in"