Friendly Neighborhood Trans Spider-Man

Pain and Comfort

Peter can feel the heat radiating off of Reactor as he shoots off another surge of electricity. Reactor lets out a primal growl as Tony dodges it again. He shoots with both hands this time and clips Tony's armor. Tony gets blown back into the wall and lands on his knees.

Peter rushes to his side.

"Mr. Stark," he says, panicking, "are you okay?"

Tony waves him off and calls out to the Avengers through his comms.

"We found him. I need Cap and Scarlet Witch to come to the 2nd floor lab." Tony pulls himself to his feet. "Hurry please."

Peter can hear the two shout out affirmatives. Now hopefully Tony and Peter can fend Reactor off until they get there.

Reactor steadily advances toward Tony, paying Peter little attention. He has his bright white eyes fixed on Iron Man. Peter sees this as a chance to help. He scans the room, looking for something to hurt Reactor with. If he just takes away the energy bursting through the man's veins, Reactor wouldn't be a threat.

As if reading his mind, Reactor turns his head slightly in Peter's direction. He extends his arm, it pulses with energy. The energy spirals out from his shoulder, crashing through the air toward Peter.

Peter sees it coming and dives out of the way a second before the light will hit him. He dives into a roll, groaning in pain when his binder digs into his still sore ribs.

"You mortals cannot stop me!"

"Luckily," Wanda says, walking into the lab, "I'm not just mortal."

She reaches out and red wisps appear in the air in front of her. Wanda cocks her head to the side and twists her hand. The red wraps around Reactor's outstretched arm and launches him backwards.

The electricity in his body reaches out to the walls and ground, grabbing and pulling him back to his feet. He grins, flashing his bright white teeth. His electric tentacles stretch out to Wanda and Captain America, who has just walked in, shield at the ready.

Wanda waves her fingers, dragging the red strings to counter the electric tentacles. She does this with a bored expression, as if waving away an annoying fly. Peter's lips turn up in a smile, and he breathes through the pain, amused at Wanda's actions. She holds back the harmful energy from touching her team.

"We'll give you one last chance, Reactor. Power down and no one will hurt you."

Reactor draws back, his strings of light retreating back into his body. Tony lowers his repulser and steps forward, expecting surrender. Reactor's grin turns sinister as his body pulses with held back electricity. Peter knows what will happen before it does. He shoots out a web and tries to draw Tony back from the crackling light, but Tony's armor weighs more than Peter can move, even with his enhanced strength.

Steve moves before the surge of energy leaves Reactor like a tidal wave. He dodges in front of Peter, shield blocking the electricity as best as it can.

Wanda pulls up a shield of red, covering half of Tony's suit but still leaving him open to the attack.

The last thing Peter sees before the pain overwhelms him is Reactor's snear. As his vision fades to black, he hears the rest of the Avengers enter the room.

-+-

The first thing Peter feels is the pounding in his head. The second is the IV needle poking his arm. He feels vibrations in his throat and he guesses he groaned in pain. He's not all aware of his body yet, thanks to the drugs pumping through the IV.