Avengers Academy

Chapter 28: Home

Once the truck that holds Laura in it is back to the academy, they wheel her off into the infirmary. This time she's hooked up to an IV and other tubes that contain serums that will hopefully get the stuff out of her system before she wakes up. No one is allowed to be in there for safety reasons. Peter is forced to watch her from the window in the door. The agonizing regret and pain he has is eating away at him as he watches he just lay they, helpless. He watches as every drop is pumped into her body. Peter wants to know everything.

Why does he have to stay away? What was the green stuff? What does it do to her body? It's gotten to the point where he's bouncing his leg. He impatiently stands up and looks in the window for maybe the hundredth time. Same position as before. Every minute that goes by feels like an hour. May eventually got there and helped Peter calm down. After about an hour of being there, she heads to the cafeteria to get food. Once she was out of site, Peter stood again. He noticed she had woken up. Peter was about to go in when she came up to the door and started banging.

But this wasn't the Laura he knows. The Laura he knows doesn't have glowing red eyes and looks like she wants to murder him. The stuff that was put in her hadn't fully gone out of her system yet. Laura was almost finished with the stuff that would cure her when she woke up. She continued to bang and scream as her claws came out. It terrified Peter but mostly angered him to see her like this. This is the awful things that only history books talk about for Hydra. But now it's their reality.

Security and a couple of doctors rushed to the door to secure her back down. He watched as they manhandled her to get her down. Peter had to run to his room to get away from the scene. All he could think about is her. May tried to get Peter to eat but he wouldn't. He didn't even listen to her talk he was that out of it. Maybe his future is done for. Maybe all he's ever wanted will never happen. It felt like more than three hours since he went to his room. It felt like the next day. Finally there's a call in his room.

"Hello? Ah huh. Yep, yeah I'll tell him. Thanks Tony. Peter that was Tony. It's safe to see Laura now." May rubbed Peter's back.

"I'm afraid May. I'm not afraid of her hurting me. I'm afraid of her not being the same person." May hugged Peter and frowned from seeing her nephew like this.

"Let's go see her. We won't know until we find out." They head back to the infirmary.

Peter was terrified. They get there and May let Peter go in without her. His shaking hand reaches for the door knob and twists. The door opens and he takes a shaky breath.

"Laura?" His voice cracks. Laura looks in his direction and smiles. This gives Peter a little more hope that she won't murder him on the spot.

"Peter it's ok to be near me now." She reassures him that she's not deadly.

Peter takes a seat on the edge of her bed. He continues to look down in silence, not knowing what to do. He knows what to say but can't seem to bring himself to say it. His eyes well with tears from anger and sadness from his and Hydra's actions.

"You're afraid aren't you?" She asks disappointed.

Peter looks up at Laura and sees the same exhausted girl that he found when he was in her position. Or at least he hoped. He just shook his head to disagree with her, fighting back his tears that she could see plain as day. The redness of his lower lash line gave it away.

"Come here" Laura whispered. He moved up moving closer to the top half of her. She sat up to get closer herself.

"Laura, are you-" He was cut off by her kissing him passionately. He gave it right back.

"Whatever question you had, does that answer it?" She asked quietly as she pulled away. All he could do was nod his head.

"I love you, Peter." Yep still the same.

"I love you too." He choked out, letting a couple tears slip. Laura wiped them away and placed her forehead on his before kissing him again.

"When we get back home, I promise to tell you everything. You need to know everything about me. I'm not going to hide anymore." Laura said just above a whisper. She'll start with why she's whispering right now and then go on.

"Laura you don't have to. I was the foolish one for acting the way I did." Laura shook her head to disagree.

"No you weren't. I should've told you but I was afraid. For right now I just want to be with you. If we get out of here before midnight and back home, I want to be with you in a different way too. Hopefully May has plans tonight." The last part made both chuckle before they kissed again.

Sure enough they made it back just in time for a late dinner, though they weren't hungry. May still offered to go get food. Laura flopped onto Peter's bed with a sigh. To feel the worn plush feeling under her made every bone, joint, and muscle in her body relax. She was sore from the touture but made sure not to think about it. She wasn't in the mood to get into it. Laura just wanted to soak up the glorious feeling of a normal bed.

"Oh good she's gone now." Peter said as May closed the front door.

Peter found himself being pushed by Laura by surprise onto his bed and Laura closing the bedroom door as she slowly took her shirt off. Peter fell onto the mattress with a dramatic thud and smile as wide as Texas. He took in every movement Laura did as if he were going to upload it to hard drive for a later date. His excitement grew with each article of clothing leaving her body.

"Man is it good to be home." Peter thought as he finally stood and began to undress himself. It was indeed good to be home.