The door opens, fire emerges at my fingertips until I realise it's S.H.I.E.L.D agents, the fire quickly dies down. We're safe, we'll be back at Stark towers soon, then I guess we try to forget everything that just happened. I glance at Scarlett's body, a part of me hopes I can forget her, so I don't have to mourn her, the other part of me is afraid of who I'd be without her.
I glance over at where Magneto was, he's gone. I glance at Peter, he's sitting up and MJ is next to him, he gives me a reassuring smile, letting me know he's okay. Clover comes over to me, she extends a hand and I let her pull me up to my feet. I thought Scarlett had lost all shreds of her humanity, but a part of her still cared for me. I'm sure she knew how this would end; Magneto would hunt someone down to the other side of the planet if they hurt Mystique.
"You got hurt" I say, touching the cut on Clover's cheek. Clover pulls me in for a hug, holding me tightly. I grab onto Clover, I came so close to losing her tonight, I can't go through that again. If Scarlett hadn't of shot Mystique, who knows how this would have ended, the four of us could have all been killed.
"I'm okay, I promise" Clover says, stepping back. She glances over her shoulder and Peter and MJ. "We're all okay." I'm so glad MJ and Clover are safe; I truly wasn't sure how today would end since I thought I'd be fighting Loki.
I glance down at Scarlett's body, a lump forming in my throat but no tears form. I glance around and see a S.H.I.E.L.D agent placing Mystique's body into a body bag, I'm sure they'll experiment on and research her body, trying to find out as much as they can about her. I glance back at Scarlett's body, her last move was to save us, her last move can't be scientists using her as research. Flames emerge from her body.
"Storm?" Clover asks, placing her hand in mine. I glance at her; she looks at me puzzled. I nod to the body bag with Mystique, Clover still looks confused but then I see her start to understand. Scarlett's last move isn't going to be scientists cutting open her body.
An agent walks over to Peter and MJ, kneeling down beside them. A second agent begins to walk over to us, glancing at me and then at Clover. "I'm Agent Hill, are you ok?" she asks, she looks somewhat familiar, I've seen her walking around Stark towers, she works closely with Fury, the two of them are together a lot.
"We're fine" Clover answers, holding my hand tighter, like she fears we're about to be separated. I hold Clover's hand just as tightly, nobody is going to hurt Clover again, not if I have anything to say about it.
I glance down at the blood on the floor and quickly glance away. "Let's get you both on the jet back to Stark towers" Agent Hill says, and she begins to walk out of the building. I follow her, still holding Clover's hand. I have no desire to stay in this building anymore, I hope I never come back here, what happened here is the type of thing I'll always remember, despite how much I don't want to remember.
I glance at the jet; I think Tony knows how to fly one. It's a great thing to know, seconds matter in emergencies and a jet is much faster than a car. We walk onto the jet, and I sit down next to MJ, Peter on her other side.
A few agents have followed us onto the jet, but some others are still in the building, probably combing through each room for any possible clues about the x-men.
"Are you ok?" an agent asks us, I nod quickly. I glance over at Peter, he took a pretty hard hit, he seems fine now but he could have a concussion or something. MJ immediately informs them about Peter's injury, a medic walks over and begins to look at Peter's head.
I can feel MJ's eyes on me as I stare straight ahead, my entire body feels frozen, like it's paused. I'm numb, it's like I can't feel anything right now. A large part of me hopes this feeling stays forever, I'm not prepared to mourn Scarlett.
"Storm?" Clover says tentatively, I open my mouth to say something, but nothing comes out. What am I supposed to say? If I hadn't have gotten involved in Peter's life or if I hadn't met Clover, her and MJ wouldn't have been kidnapped. The x-men might not have figured out spiderman's identity and Clover would have continued living her life on the move, the x-men wouldn't have even known she existed.
"I'm sorry" I manage to say to Clover and MJ, my childhood almost got all four of us killed, I'm probably better to be alone.
"This wasn't your fault, you saved us" MJ says, I may have saved them, but their lives were in danger because of me. I close my eyes; I really wish my past would stay in the past, but it appears my past will keep haunting my present.
"You're not responsible for this, this all started a long time before we were even born" Clover says firmly. She places her hand under my chin, forcing me to look at her. "You saved us." I smile as I glance into Clover's eyes, I don't know what I would have done if something bad happened to her, I can't imagine my life without her.
"I'm really glad you're ok" I whisper, my heart racing a little as I stare into Clover's eyes. "Both of you" I force myself to look away and glance at MJ, who gives me a small but genuine smile. The jet starts lowering to the ground.
I glance at Peter. The medic didn't seem overly concerned about his injuries which is a good sign. Peter needs to be in good health considering we're probably both about to be yelled at by Steve and Fury, possibly Tony as well.
Once the jet reaches the ground, MJ and Peter stand up immediately and rush out. I stand up and see Ned waiting. I smile as I see Ned hugging MJ, he wanted to come with me and Peter, but Peter nicely pointed out he doesn't have superpowers and isn't trained in combat like Clover.
Ned gives Clover a hug as soon as we reach him. He smiles brightly at me, his smile fading as he takes in my expression. He glances at Peter.
"Scarlett betrayed us and then shot Mystique to save Storm, Magneto killed her" Peter says quietly. I nod, that's basically what happened. Ned glances at me, looking sympathetic but also unsure of what to say.
"Come on" Clover grabs my hand and leads me towards Stark towers. I think Tony will initially be annoyed we left and went on a dangerous mission, but I think his annoyance will turn to concern once he hears about Peter being hurt and Scarlett dying. He knows a part of me cares for Scarlett, even if I wish I didn't.
The five of us walk into Stark towers, not prepared for the scene that awaits us. MJ raises an eyebrow, Clover glances at me, and Ned and Peter stare at each other. We can hear loud music coming from somewhere and it looks like there's flashing lights.
"Are they having a party?" Clover asks. What the actual fuck?
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Beautiful Ruins
Acción"Maybe there was a fleeting moment where I wanted to be a hero and believed I could be one, but the truth is I'm not, I won't ever be. My past does define me, it made me a villain" - Storm. Fifteen-year-old Storm is the daughter of Black Widow and I...
