There is No Way Home

ET can't phone home

Peter and Elsa spent the next day packing up the apartment, which Kate paid for a moving truck to help move everything. If she only knew that most of Peter's things filled up barely the floor of the truck.

Not to mention all that Elsa had on her was the bag of clothes, which when Kate discovered, promised to take her on a girl's trip into town to get her more stuff.

As they were doing that, MJ and Ned learned there was no trace of Anna anywhere from missing person cases to the point she doesn't even exist.

Until they could figure out what to do, Anna was going to be staying with Michelle and have an excuse for her family saying she's a student at MIT and how she lost her place before she arrived in town.

It was the most plausible excuse as they didn't know Anna's exact age and she looked to be more of high school age. But it seemed to be enough that they shrugged it off until Anna found another place to live.

Michelle did need to learn who she was going to ask for help as she didn't know what to do when she left for MIT. She had three months to figure out what to do with Anna...there has to be someone out there who can help.

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Meanwhile, as a few days pass, Kate kept her promise as when they got settled in, she took them out on a tour all over New York. Their first stop was to see the Statue of Liberty, Elsa was amazed when she saw the giant symbol of America.

Touring all over New York was a wonder to Elsa as it's the longest she's ever been outside in years. And due to the weather, she was able to keep her gloves on for most of the day, comforting her as she was not ready to go out without the gloves.

Peter even got the two girls to pose for a few photos, which was a new experience for Elsa. For photos, she's usually told to be serious, stand up straight, etc. But while Peter was raking the photos, he told her to let loose. Do whatever she felt like doing.

Kate posed like she was leaning on the statue, and Elsa just mimicked the statue's position. It went like that throughout the whole day, Elsa being amazed by the wonders of the new world, Kate having some fun with her new friends, and Peter actually not being miserable for the first time since the spell.

They even met Kate's friends who were LARPers while in Central Park. They were some nice people, and Peter even recognized them as being people who knew Hawkeye and were 'essential' Avengers.

Then to finish off the day, they went to see the Rogers Musical.

One word to sum it all up.

Wow...

"Save us all from the state we're in!" The stage sang as they watched the Battle of New York taking place and people dancing sound with what looked to be bootleg Avengers with their costume designers. "Theresa a future, I know that. With the strength you bring us, we'll rise again!"

In the audience, Kate was a little shocked at how a traumatic event has been turned into...this. Elsa seemed to be enjoying herself, however, so she decided to stay quiet.

Peter on the other hand... was getting some terrible flashbacks. Flashing back to when his family was out, having a nice day. The day he saw Iron Man flying up to Stark Tower and was there when a portal opened up.

The day an alien invasion came down and murdered his parents, as well as his uncle. The day his aunt found him in a police station and promised to always be there with him. Seeing this offset version of Tony didn't exactly help him out either.

Memories of his mentor and hero come into his mind, making him wonder if Tony was still alive would he remember him? Strange said everyone would forget him, but he didn't mention the effect of past events or the dead.