HOPELESS ☾Peter Parker - 1

FORTY FOUR

Tony Stark and Peter Parker fought harder than they ever had before, and were finally able to defeat all of the Hydra agents that Marie Blue brought to challenge them.

Once Peter knocked out the last man, he turned to Tony, panting and trying to catch his breath. Without saying a word, the boy lifted his hand off his knee and held out his fist. Tony Stark gave him a fist bump before turning and walking back in the direction of the room Aspen was in.

Their fight had pushed them all the way back into the center room, and they had to step over several bodies to get back to where they wanted to be.

All Peter could think about was how surely now there was no way that Tony Stark could deny him entrance into the Avengers.

The two made it to the door way and looked in. Aspen's back was to them and she was facing Marie Blue in a defensive stance. The tall woman noticed the men in the doorway and let out a frustrated groan before pressing a button on her wrist remote.

Peter and Tony jumped back when the room was sealed off by a concrete door sliding closed suddenly, locking them out of room number four.

Peter slammed his hands against the door and looked through the glass with worried eyes. Aspen turned briefly and saw her two friends through the small window. She wanted to smile, but she couldn't bring herself to so she simply gave them a nod and turned back around to Marie who had begun to speak again.

Another loud creak was heard throughout the building and Peter look down the hall only to see the entire ceiling of the center room collapse and crush everything underneath it. The end of the hall was now blocked by an endless amount of concrete and dirt, and Peter and Tony shared a worried look through their masks.

They were trapped.

"We have to get in there and help her, Mr. Stark. This building is about to collapse on top of us." Peter's worried eyes followed the cracks in the cement above his head and his fear continued to grow.

He peered through the window to see Aspen and her mother fighting. Both were expertly moving, and it almost looked as if it was rehearsed their actions were so smooth.

"There's no way to get this door open without bringing the whole building down with it." Tony truthfully told him.

"We're just going to have to wait and hope that Aspen get the remote fast enough." He said and Peter sucked in a breath, nodding his head.

"Have hope." He mumbled over and over under his breath, his eyes never leaving Aspen.

Inside the room, Aspen and her mother were fighting again. The young Blue noticed the ceiling was cracking and she grew more frantic. She needed to hurry up and get the remote.

A loud crashing sound emitted from the girl's left, and the girl looked over to see rubbled falling from the roof inside of her father's cell. The ceiling continued to crack, and Aspen was afraid that it would fall on top of him.

She needed to get him out of there immediately.

While she was distracted, her mother took that as a chance to land a painful blow square in Aspen's face. The young Blue was completely taken off guard, and her mind snapped back to reality. She watched, blinking her slight daze away, as Marie pulled a small knife out and held it in her daughters direction. She then spun and gained momentum before kicking Aspen back exactly how the girl did to her earlier.

Aspen fell back, tripping over her feet and landing in the pile of broken desk that had held Marie only moments before.

She felt glass slice her fingers and she lifted them up abruptly, gripping them together in an attempt to stop the stinging.