Spider-Man: Lost and Found (18+)

Chapter 57: (I Just) Died In Your Arms

Nightwing walked through the halls of Titans Tower with a sense of purpose. All the while, musing at the fact that the base of his former team really hadn't changed much at all aside from the new me.bers inhabiting it.

Eventually, he reached the crime lab, where he found Peter with his mask off, slouched in a chair in front of fhe monitor. However, he didn't seem to be working on anything. Instead rubbing his temples with a weary sigh.

Dick gave a friendly grin as he crossed the room. "Hey, man. What you up to?"

Peter glanced back at Nightwing as he stepped up to his side and leaned back against the computer, facing him with his arms folded.

"Nothing really. Just uh... processing, I guess." He replied with a shake of the head, his mind still swirling with turmoil and concern over the fight his daughter had just had. He could still remember the look of sheer shame on her face and it made his stomach twist in a knot at the very thought. Though, he tried to take his mind off that, so he looked back at Dick. "Uhm... Whatcha got for me?"

Dick didn't respond at first, his eyes narrowing suspiciously a little. He knew his best friend well enough to know when he wasn't okay.

"Well, the League took all those villains in." He shrugged. "Still no word on that Prowler guy, but they're still looking. But hey, you know what that Deadpool guy did when they cuffed him?" He asked with an amused snicker.

Peter sighed, not really in a mood for a funny story,, but still decided to humor him. "What?"

"He kept asking for YOU over and over, claiming you'd vouch for him." Dick mused.

"Don't know him, so not gonna happen." Peter added quickly.

"Then he screamed Not my Batman! Then he literally tore his own arm off, just to escape." Nightwing continued with an amused chuckle.

Peter raised a brow at that in surprise. "The hell?"

"I know, right? Then he put it back on like it was a damn lego piece or something." Dick added incredulously.

Peter chuckled softly at that with a shake of the head. "Well alrighty then. Guess we can add super healing to the file. Jesus, he's like a rabid dog."

"For real, you have some strange people in your dimension." Nightwing mused, causing Peter to chuckle, though Dick could still tell by how quiet he was that he was troubled. The former Robin gave a sympathetic expression. "How's May holding up?"

Peter glanced up for a moment in surprise, but he knew how perceptive he could be.

So Peter shook his head with a worried sigh. "She's uh... She's not doing too good." He replied.

Dick gave a sympathetic expression. "That bad, huh?"

Peter nodded, "Yeah, she's been in her room since we got back yesterday." He replied with a sigh. "She's just... devistated. She's scared to go ANYWHERE at this point."

Dick nodded at that in understanding. "I bet."

"And that look on her face..." he added, looking off in deep thought. Then he shook his head with a sigh. "I didn't ever want her to feel that way about herself."

"Well this is a scary situation." Dick shrugged. "The fact that she's so worried about hurting people just proves she's a good person is all. She'll get through this."

Peter nodded quietly at that. "Yeah, I know, I just... So much keeps happening all the time." He sighed. "On one hand, I've got a secret society of supervillains who think they can fool me. On the other I have Mayday and... All I want is to be there for her."