(Book 3 in the Nightingale series)
"This whole living on your own thing is hard."
Life can be hard but it's harder when you are playing the role of a high school student and a superhero.
As Allison's past starts to close in on her, Peter's whole lif...
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"Green Goblin?"
"Hello, Allison."
She was being dangled above the Manhattan East River on Green Goblin's flying mobile.
"Have fun."
The Green Goblin gave his terrible laugh and dropped Allison from his flying mobile. She fell right into the river and struggled to come back up for air.
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~ An Hour Later ~
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Somehow she rolled up on a river bank. Clothes wet, phone ruined, jacket missing. She took off her converse and socks before she got up and started walking home. Wherever home was. She was in the middle of nowhere. A little while later she looked up at the dark sky and whispered something.
"Dad?"
It started raining which just added to the situation. After a while she made it to a small part of the city and found a phone. Allison dug around in her pockets for any form of change. She found a few cents near the phone that was just enough for a call. She put in her home phone's number and listened to it ring.
"Hello?"
"Peter, hi."
She broke into a few tears from hearing his voice.
"Alli? Where are you? May is worried."
"I don't know. I ended up somewhere and my phone is ruined, my clothes are wet, and my shoes are also wet."
"Alright, what are you near?"
She looked at the signs around her.
"Bowlerland."
"How did you end up in the Bronx?"
"I got dropped in the river."
"What?"
"Just please come get me."
"Alright, I'll be there in an hour."
Peter pulled up to Bowlerland after Allison waited for an hour. She climbed into the passenger seat and broke down in tears.
"Are you good?"
"No, I just wanna go home."
Peter drove them to Allison's apartment and held her hand the whole way.
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~ Later ~
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Allison sat in her bed rethinking everything. She pulled out her sketchbook and started drawing. She felt forced to draw the Green Goblin's face. Peter walked into her room while she was drawing and stopped.
"I've seen him before. Aunt May saw him too. May! Come in here!"
May came into the room and looked at her drawing.
"I saw him."
"He goes by the name Green Goblin and he dropped me in the river."
Allison took a moment to process what she just said.
"Who is he?" Aunt May asked.
"They're all coming," Allison said, "and they want me and Peter."
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