"I'm sorry I yelled at you" I say to Tony and Charles as I sit down in front of them. When I woke up Natasha said I was free to leave the cell and said that Tony and Charles wanted to speak with me, I quickly showered and then headed up.
"It's fine" Charles says dismissively, Tony nods in agreement and comes over, giving me a quick hug. I smile as I return the hug, I am so grateful for Tony even if he isn't my biological father. "We want to discuss something with you."
"Is it Ashton?" I ask quickly, Ashton's body has found its way into my nightmares, taunting me for not getting justice. Ashton deserves justice, I know that, but I don't know how to find his killer, I have no idea where to begin.
"No, it's about you. How would you feel about leaving Stark towers and coming somewhere with me?" Charles asks. I blink, where would we go? I don't know where Charles has been the last few years.
"I can't leave Henry" I answer, I'm not getting separated from Henry again, I'm not risking something happening to Henry and I can't help him because I'm too far away. I don't want to leave Peter either, but I know he'll be okay with a long-distance friendship.
"Henry, Milo, and Peter would come, they've already agreed, MJ and Ned are also coming to support everyone" Tony answers, if those three have agreed then wherever we're going must be alright, Henry wouldn't agree unless he was certain there was no danger to us.
"Will you come?" I ask Tony, I don't want to leave Tony back here, he is my father in every way. I'm growing close with Charles, but Tony was the first adult figure who truly cared for me, he wasn't just using me for my powers and skills.
"I need to stay with the avengers" Tony answers, glancing at me. "It's not forever, Charles is going to help you train and then you'll all come back, it'll just be a few weeks."
"What if something happens? What if-"
"Storm, we'll be fine, I want you to focus on yourself for once, you're always worrying about everyone around you, but we're okay, I want you to use this as an opportunity to try and heal" Tony interrupts me. I guess he's right in a way, all the things I've been through and people I've lost are really getting to me, I feel emotionally and physically exhausted, like there's nothing left in me.
"Okay, but-" I stop talking as someone knocks on the door. Tony tells them to come in so they enter. It's Henry and Peter.
"We'll let the three of you talk" Charles says, he and Tony leave the room, Charles glances back at me and gives me a reassuring smile. Going away with Charles does sound tempting in some ways, I feel like I haven't had a moment of peace since I woke up in Stark towers, not that my life with the x-men was a breeze.
"Henry has to tell you something" Peter announces as they sit on the white couch across from me, I glance at Henry, waiting for him to speak. "But before he does, are you done with your angry rage spiral?"
I consider Peter's question. I don't feel angry anymore, just worn out and exhausted. "Yeah, that's over. I'm sorry about what I said to you, I know you cared about Clover."
"It's okay" Peter says, I smile at him, and he returns it. I glance back at Henry, wondering what he has to tell me. He doesn't look nervous, but he rarely does. Henry and Scarlett were always great at hiding their emotions when they wanted to, specific things can reveal what Henry is feeling, but I hardly ever saw Scarlett falter when trying to hide her emotions.
"It's about Ashton" Henry says, I blink, has Henry figured out who murdered Ashton? I'm slightly surprised Henry hasn't gone and ripped the person apart; Henry is vicious when it comes to protecting the people he cares for.
"What happened?" I ask, a part of me wants to flee so I don't have to have this conversation, but I know Ashton deserves justice and it's not like one day I'll magically forget about him, Ashton was my first friend.
"We know where he went after he left here with Clover" Peter tells me when Henry doesn't speak. My heart sinks as I see the expression on Peter's face, I have a feeling I'm not going to like the answer.
"Did Clover..." I can't even finish the sentence, I know Clover would not have killed Ashton, she was a good person, she just made a bad choice. Henry shakes his head.
"There's two Ashtons'" Peter reveals. I gasp, my eyes widening as I stare at Henry. Does this mean our Ashton is alive? Is Ashton a twin?
"The body was Ashton's, our Ashton" Henry says quietly, his eyes are filled with sadness, I'm sure he thought the same thing initially. "He's not a twin, it's more of a human clone, I'm trying to find out who sent it here and why."
*Author's Note* Poor Henry, for a split second he would have thought he had his brother back.
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Beautiful Ruins
حركة (أكشن)"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...
