Vigilantes // Civil War

2| Caught in the Middle of a Heroic Act

"Hey Eleanora."

I hear a familiar voice greet me. I turn around, resting my back against the lockers, to see my good friend Michelle Jones. A small scoff escapes from my lips, remembering that she used my full name.

"Why do you have to use my full name Mj?" I ask turning back around to open up my locker.

Mj rests her shoulder against the locker besides me and watches as I open my locker. "Because it's a pretty name." She answers truthfully. "I don't understand why you won't embrace it."

I roll my eyes pulling out my math book and rest it in my arms. "Because you should hear the teachers try to say it. El-ie-nor-a." I say imitating the teachers that used to call me it. "It's just so much easier to say El."

Mj shrugs her shoulders as we began to walk to our english class. "Oh!" She exclaims, causing me to jump. "Have you heard about that new vigilante?"

A small gasp escaped my lips. "A new vigilante?" I asked. How could there be a new vigilante? I was the only one, but now there's another?

"Yeah, here I'll show you."

I watched as she fished for her phone in her backpack and brought it out. After a few seconds she handed me her phone with a video playing on it. It was a video of a man trying to break into a car, but before it was too late, a person dressed in red and blue swooped in and stopped him from breaking into the car. I could not believe my eyes. A new vigilante?! Who does this person think they are? I was the only vigilante Queens needed.

"Wow." I say a bit annoyed with whoever this person is.

"Yeah, imagine how Shadow Phoenix feels with this new vigilante in Queens, stealing her job." Mj chuckles, putting her phone away.

I slightly grimace, still annoyed with this new vigilante. "Oh, I'm imagining it." I saw through gritted teeth. I never told Mj about my powers and how I was Shadow Phoenix. I didn't want her to worry about me getting hurt like my brother does.

After a bit, we reached our english class. I went to open the door, but before I could someone beat me to it. I look up to see who it was that placed their hand on the door nob and wasn't opening the door. It had been Peter Parker, he was one of the smartest kids in my math class. I was never personally friends with him but I knew of him. Mj and I awkwardly stood there as we waited for him to open the door. I noticed that he had been staring at me this whole time which caused me to smirk a bit. I turn my head to Mj who also noticed that he had been staring at me as well. She wiggled her eyebrows a bit causing me to roll my eyes and look back at Peter.

"Are you going to open the door or are you going to keep staring at me?" I asked with a small smile. Peter shook his head exciting out of his trance and smiled a bit as well.

"Yeah I'm so sorry." He apologized opening the door for both Mj and I.

I thank him, still smiling at him, and walked into the class with Mj rushing to my side.

"He's in love with you!" She whispered exclaimed as we made our way to our seats.

I scoff rolling my eyes at my immature friend. "No he's not, we don't even know each other." I actually found it weird that he kept staring at me, but also a bit cute. Mj continued on about how cute the way Peter was staring at me. I eventually blocked her out as she went on about it and looked across the room to see Peter walking into the classroom. I couldn't help but smile again as I made eye contact with him. He looked down shyly causing me to chuckle and turn back to Mj.