Beautiful Ruins

Chapter 67

I walk into Stark towers, I've text Tony, Peter, and Natasha that I must talk to them, I'm sure Steve will have invited himself.

I head into the room Tony told me to come to, biting my lip. I'm aware of how much I fucked up tonight, Flash knowing I have powers isn't good, people coming after me isn't good either. They knew who I was, and I have no idea who they are, this doesn't put me in the best position. The room has changed slightly since I was last in here, the clear coffee table has been replaced with a wooden table and the coffee machine is in a different place.

"Hey" I say, surprised when I don't see Steve. Peter, Tony, and Natasha all look both concerned and confused. I sit down in front of the three. Tony takes a sip from a white cup of water as he looks at me.

"Did something happen on your date with Flash?" Peter asks, causing Tony and Natasha to stare at me. Peter bites his lip as he realises that I didn't tell my parents about the date.

"I didn't see the point in telling you unless it got serious" I say truthfully, I was going to tell them if we decided to go on a second date. Tony and Natasha both glance at each other, Natasha shrugs and Tony nods in agreement.

"What happened?" Tony asks me.

"These men had guns and started shooting on the street outside, they shot through the glass window and then held us at gunpoint, so I used my powers in front of Flash to get us away from them" I say, all three of them stay silent as they stare at me.

"Flash knows about your powers?" Peter asks me, staring at me with anger in his eyes. I nod silently, I know Peter isn't happy but what was I supposed to do? We could've been shot or kidnapped. Natasha is typing something quickly on her phone and Tony is looking at Peter.

"He doesn't know about you, I would never-" I begin to say.

"You think he's not smart enough to put two and two together?" Peter snaps, glaring at me. "He'll realise what my internship really is, and he'll tell the entire world! I can't believe you did this!" I know Peter's biggest fear is people finding out his identity, but Flash won't put it together.

"He won't, Peter. I'm sorry but I had no choice, they were threatening to-" I begin.

"All you do is screw with our lives! Tony is nothing but supportive and you brought a psycho girl into his building who tried to kill Steve, you almost got innocent people killed at a train station, you're the reason MJ got kidnapped, you bombed a building for crying out loud! What have you done for us?" Peter interrupts me, his voice rising and his face turning red. I blink. He's right, I have complicated my parents' life ever since we met. Everything always comes back to me.

The door opens and Steve appears. I close my eyes, of course Natasha told him to come, nobody in this building can do anything without Steve showing up. "Storm used her powers in front of Flash, a kid at their school" Natasha informs Steve quietly, that pretty much up sums it up.

"Pete, I understand you're worried and upset but it's not okay to throw Storm's past in her face like that. None of those things were Storm's fault" Tony says calmly, glancing at me.

"Flash isn't going to tell anyone, Peter, he doesn't know anything about you" I say, trying to calm Peter's nerves. "I know this suck, but I genuinely didn't have a choice, the other option was to let them shoot us."

"Why didn't you call Tony?" Peter challenges me.

"She did, but by the time I responded she'd dealt with the situation" Tony answers quickly. I close my eyes, Tony wouldn't have created a mess, even Steve or Natasha would've been able to handle this. My phone dings but I don't bother checking it, this is more important.

"I would never do this to you, I thought we were friends" Peter says, his voice calmer but as cold as ice. His eyes are stony and cold as he looks at me.

"We are friends" I reply, stung by Peter's comment. I didn't do this to fuck with his life, I did it because I had no other choice.

"You clearly don't know how to be a friend or a decent person! You've fucked up my entire life. Flash will find out and tell everyone and I'll never have a normal life again" Peter says, he turns to Tony. I don't look at Tony, too scared for what I might see.

"Peter, Storm did what she had to do to save somebody's life. I understand you're upset but I don't think Flash will realise your spider-man because of this" Steve says calmly. I bite my lip, Steve jumping to my defence is a bad sign. We've gotten along better lately but I'm fairly certain he still hates me.

Natasha and Tony stay silent, neither one of them saying anything. I glance at Peter; does he mean all this? I didn't think he'd be thrilled but I wasn't expecting this reaction. I thought he'd somewhat understand that I didn't have much of a choice, Flash could've been killed. I could've been killed or kidnapped.

"I'm really sorry" I say to Peter because I genuinely am. I know how important keeping his identity a secret is to him, I would never willingly do anything to risk people finding out, I just did what I thought was best at the time.

"I think one of the things I like most about myself is the fact I'm nothing like you" Peter snaps, glaring at me. What the fuck? Peter stands up and storms out of the room. Tony stands up and glances at me, I nod slightly. Peter's really upset; Tony should check on him.

"I'd better tell Fury" Natasha says standing up. She places her hand on my shoulder as she passes me. "He'll come around; you didn't do anything wrong. Letting Flash die wasn't an option." I can't even find the energy to give her a half-hearted smile, I think I've just lost my best friend.

"We always try our best to save lives, you did the right thing" Steve says sitting down next to me. I glance at him, if it was the right thing to do, then why do I feel so shit?

"I didn't want to hurt Peter or mess up anybody's life" I whisper.

"You don't mess up people's lives, Tony and Natasha love you. You saved all those people's lives at the train station and you're always willing to risk your life for the people you care about" Steve says softly, he stands up. "Should we train?"

"Okay" I answer, standing up and following Steve out of the room. 

*Author's Note* Do you think Peter should be mad at Storm?