Valen: A Collector's Item

A Mess to Deal With

Loud whirling was heard next after the massive rumbling. Valen's hair was whipping all around her face as she squinted her eyes to look at something pulled straight out of Star Wars. She put her hand in front of her face as a bright light zeroed in on her.

Peter had an arm out to keep MJ behind him. The other failed to keep hold of the contraption as it flew out of his arm and into a car that was leaning on its side. He used his web to pull it to him but the massive bird-like structure hovering in the air had enough power for him to struggle to pull it back.

The large and dominant thing easily broke through the clouds as it parted them out of its way. The body of the spacecraft was angled at Valen. Two more lights pointed at her on the tips of its wing-like structure.

"ALIENS!" People shouted from the other side of the restaurant.

Peter was still trying to grab the contraption but it was useless as he couldn't keep his attention on the device. He needed to make sure nothing happened to Valen first.

A tornado of light beams stretched down to earth and encircled the silver-headed girl. Red, green, and white chaos started to pull her up and toward the spaceship. She tried rushing air at herself to pull her out of the beams, but it was futile until something on her leg jerked her down an inch.

"That's my girlfriend!" Peter yelled as both his hands held onto a web attached to Valen's joggers. His feet were firmly planted on the ground as he tried using his body weight to pull back, but instead, he started slipping.

"No. No. No. No!" His feet slid him forward until he was up in the air with Valen.

When he realized she was about to enter this unknown vessel and the door would cut her off from him, he changed strategy. Instead of pulling Valen to him, he pulled himself to her. In the last second before the door closed, he accidentally tackled Valen inside, both making a hard landing on their faces.

Valen sucked in air through her teeth as she rubbed her chin. She looked around as she lay on the floor until pushing herself off the metal ground.

"Gentle." She remarked sarcastically. "What is this?"

Peter was cautiously rising as he examined their hexagonal room. "I don't know."

The sound of stomping boots on metal grew louder and louder. Peter and Valen's suits crawled around their bodies until they were covered. An ice knife slowly grew in Valen's hand as she bent her knees slightly. Her free hand stretched to her side to grab onto Peter's shoulder-

"I wouldn't do that if I were you."

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"Where is my food?" Thor asked as he picked up a napkin full of Wanda's baked goods. "I'm starving."

"The kid ran into an altercation. They're having to pick up new food and need a new ride." Tony answered, walking in from the outside and sliding his phone in his pocket.

"What kind of altercation?" Natasha asked sitting next to Sam. On her other side, Bucky was on the floor with his back against the couch. They all held playing cards in their hands. "You know I can see your hand, right?" She leaned down and whispered.

Bucky looked at her offended and put the cards to his chest. He then would barely lift them away from himself and peek at them to see what he had.

Tony made his way to a rolling whiteboard that had three images of the men after Valen. Next to the pictures was a question mark circled many times with the word "Unknown" underneath it. He took the photo of Nitro out from under its magnet and ripped it in half. "Two, give or take, more to go."