young avengers → infinity war & endgame [p. parker]

THE WAR: FIVE

"You create superheroes to take care of problems that can't really be solved another way."

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THE WAR

SPACE

     "So, Val gets to throw the space alien dude into oblivion? That's so cool." Despite Peter basically forming the lat minute plan from yet another pop culture reference, it didn't surprise Valeria that he'd be fascinated by what was transpiring before him. It was one of the things she most admired about the boy, she had once thought it was him being naive, but Peter was always able to find the light in a dark tunnel and run with it. He embodied hope, and Valeria knows it is what they need the most. "And if the wizard goes that direction also, can you--"

"Got it, Tony. Don't worry, I can do this. Go do your signature, sarcastic filled confrontation before Squilliam turns those needles towards us." Both Tony and Peter gave her an amused look, expecting her to say something else. "Both of you have been biting the urge to call him Squidward for the last 10 minutes. I want to be a bit original. You two forget I can feel and sense things, huh?" 

Watching Tony take the first step in the plan, Peter waited behind, not being able to shake the question away. "Okay, don't hate me because I know you said you'd tell me when we get back home but... do you like... know of anyone else that has similar powers to yours? Like, being able to sense things faster than others? Accelerated senses?" Half of him was curious because it was Valeria while the other half just wanted verification that he wasn't the only one with "spider sense" as Ned calls it.

"Peter, there's literally movies--"

"Without the lightsabers and jumps, Val."

She gave him a look, noticing his curiosity as she recalled back to the moment she had an interaction with someone with enhanced senses as herself. Valeria had accompanied Uncle Manny to Hell's Kitchen to visit an old friend: Claire Temple. They'd arrived unannounced, Manny was always big on surprises. When she offered to help Claire with throwing out the trash, Valeria encountered some a group of bug, brute men surrounding the building. It didn't take much for her to realize she had interrupted some sort of meeting, Valeria could feel the danger radiate from them. Fairly new to her powers, with little training at the time, Val didn't know what to do. She was afraid if she did something wrong, she'd kill them, even though that's what seemed to be their goal for her as they approached her. What happened afterwards went by like a flash, ending with the men on the floor in pain, and a man in a red suit standing in the middle of it.  Valeria could feel their senses clashing together, as he tried to read her heartbeat. 

"Are they going to be--"

"Don't worry about them, go on. Go inside, these streets aren't so safe these days."