Chasing Spiders (A Spiderman Love Story)

Tomorrow People (EDIT)

On our way to Peter's apartment I listened to Ned talk about the lego set he was supposed to build with Peter, suddenly I was hit with a head splitting migraine and the feeling that something was wrong. Ned stopped and looked at me with confusion and worry in his eyes, "hey are you okay?" I put a hand to my head and took a breath, "uh yeah, I don't know what's wrong, but I think I have to go. Could we try again tomorrow?" I asked him, knowing he was concerned by my behavior. "yeah, sure we can, Peter won't mind. He's probably busy anyway. Want me to walk you home?" I quickly declined, "no no, it's fine. I'm fine. I'll text you when I get there so you know I'm okay." I turned around and walked quickly back to my apartment, leaving a confused Ned behind me. 

As soon as I got home the pain had subsided, leaving me dazed. I shook it off and decided to lay down and rest, thinking it would help. I went upstairs and changed into a t-shirt and some shorts and curled up in my bed. I hadn't realized I was tired until just then and that's when sleep overtook me all at once.

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"Carter. Carter, we need to talk." I look up and see a woman standing over me. In my shock I rushed to get up to defend myself from the intruder and she spoke again. "Don't worry, you're dreaming." I scoff at her, "How can I be dreaming?" She doesn't hesitate before she steps forward,"Carter look around you," I stop and realize that we're no longer in my bedroom, but somewhere else. It doesn't take any time for me to realize where I am, and the fear sets in. I look around and see that I'm standing in the room that terrified me for most of my life. Where I was trained, tortured, and constantly trying to survive. "The Red Room where you grew up. It doesn't exist anymore, calm down Carter." I close my eyes and silently hope that I wake up. "Carter open your eyes, there's something you need to know." 

When I open my eyes, I see that I'm no longer in the Red Room, but on the roof of a building in New York, the streets are deserted and there's no one else here. I look at the woman in shock and finally ask, "who are you, and what is this?" She hears the fear in my voice and simple says, "This is a dream, and I am your mother." My eyes widen and I'm speechless. "I know you're confused, but I can explain." Before she continues I speak up, "My mother is dead. My parents are dead. You can't be my mom, and if you are, how are you here?" My mind is spinning with questions. She waits for me to calm myself before speaking again, "Carter, I'm here because you're life is about to change. There's something you don't know. No one knew. You come from a line of extraordinary people. People with abilities, and you're starting to develop them now." I look at her with shock, but that shock turns into suspicion. "Prove it. How do I know you're really my mom, and how do I know you're telling the truth?"

She's quiet for a long time, but then her eyes rest on my necklace. "Your father gave you that talisman, when you were a little girl. It was an heirloom from his grandfather and only you can use it." I glance at my necklace then back at her, "what do you mean 'use it?'" She smiles softly at me and I feel a sort of comfort wash over me. "You'll know when it's time." I wonder what she means but she continues, "I'm here because you need someone to help you with your abilities. Carter, you are a tomorrow person." I look at her in utter confusion, trying to understand what that could mean, she senses this and says, "Tomorrow People are are rare species of human with the ability to use our minds in ways no one else can." I stop and ask, "What does that mean? That I have powers? What? Are you gonna tell me I can fly or something?" she chuckles and says, "No sweetheart, just, remember the Three T's. Telekinesis, Telepathy and Teleportation. I can tell you how to hone them." I think for a moment about how impossible this is, but then again Nat had once introduced Wanda, the scarlet witch, to me... and this is a world where god's fight aliens, and scientists can turn into big green monsters, so maybe it wasn't that impossible.

"Okay, I'll listen." I said to my mother, making her smile at me. For what felt like hours, my mom explained to me how each ability can be used on their own, and that using more than one at a time would take a lot of training, but that only two tomorrow people had ever used all three at once. She taught me how to move objects from place to place, then showed me that I could move around on the rooftops if I focused my thoughts. My favorite was telepathy, she showed me how to jump into her mind and see her memories. 

I saw my mother and father playing with me when I was a toddler, I would run around wearing a blue dress, chasing them around the room for hours. I had a family, and my parents were good, loving people. I tried to go deeper, but she stopped me from seeing how we lost each other. "Carter, those are memories that you don't want." she would tell me, and I wouldn't argue because I knew she was right. "Time is almost up, you have to go soon," she whispered to me. 'I don't want you to go,' I thought to myself. "I know, but I'll always be here. Just reach out to me and I'll always come back to you."

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I woke up in my bedroom.

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    Forthe next few days, I continued to watch peter during the day, and meeting mymom at night. I spent my free time practicing my abilities, and learning frommy mother. Soon she even showed me how to stop having that dream over and overagain. "I know you don't like it, but there's a reason you keep seeing thatplace." My mom told me after I explained the dream to her. "I'm not sure whatit means just yet, but you'll understand when the time is right. For now, youcan move it away from your mind." So I put it away, knowing I would have toface it sooner or later. I found peace in knowing that it wouldn't be a concernin this moment.