Spider-Man: Evolution (Book 1 of 7)

Chapter 12

Peter was sitting by Aunt May as she laid there in a hospital bed beside Captain America. The Capt was doing much better and so was Aunt May but she was still unconscious.

"How you doing kid?" Steve asked.

"You know I have a name." Peter snapped.

"Someone's on edge. Did Drax come back and put estrogen in your food again?" Steve teased Peter.

"Leave him alone Steve." Nat sighed and she walked over to Peter's side. "She'll be ok."

"I know." Peter sighed and Bucky leaned over to the Capt and whispered in his ear for about a minute while Peter and Nat stared at Bucky and Steve and then Steve suddenly looked outraged.

"WHAT?! That little shit wants Peter to be put in the Winter Soldier program?! OH hell no!" Captain America said and Peter let out a laugh. Nat turned to him.

"That's really bad language Steve." Nat said and Steve turned to her.

"You know what Romanoff, just," Steve frowned and looked away and then back at Peter. "It would take him a while before converting you into a winter soldier Peter. It would take weeks with even the weakest of people, and with you, possibly months. We wouldn't let him have you for more than 24 hours. I hope you know that. Tony is crazy protective over you, he won't let you get hurt after everything that's happened recently, not like this."

"I don't know, he was beating the shit out of him when he found out that the guy had ordered for his parents to be killed and the kid let him go." Bucky sighed.

"I didn't let him go. Mr. Stark did because he didn't know who it was." Peter set the record straight and Bucky nodded.

"I assumed so. He didn't know back then and you seemed ready to pass out to be honest. Are you ok by the way? He beat you pretty hard." Bucky asked Peter and Peter looked to him and nodded.

"I'm just, still taking a lot of it in." Peter replied.

"You got hit several times and each time was harder than the last, and he also nearly strangled you, so," Bucky started and Peter snapped at him.

"I'm fine! So can we just stop talking about it?!" Peter requested and suddenly May started moving and Peter looked to her and May slowly woke up as Bucky and Steve shared a concerned look for Peter. Nat just looked at the ground. Once May realized she was awake she sat up.

"Peter!" May yelled and Peter grabbed Mays hand and she looked to him.

"Hey, hey, hey," Peter sighed and May looked relieved to see him.

"Are you ok? I mean are you hurt? Did you get Norman?" May asked.

"No he got away. Mr.Stark wouldn't let me go after him because I wasn't really mentally ready to fight him. Um, what do you remember?" Peter asked.

"Uh, I remember that he was after you and he killed your parents, but that's it. I passed out soon after he revealed everything about your parents." May sighed.

"May, you missed out on a little bit." Peter dreaded this conversation. He was scared how May would react. "Norman killed my parents because they found out that Normans company was in charge of a really awful program." Peter explained as gently as possible.

"It's true then. He was involved in the Winter Shoulder program. When your Dad heard the rumor and researched it, he informed all of us on what it was to see what we knew. None of us wanted to believe that Norman could be in charge of torturing good men to become lethal weapons." May sighed and Peter feared what her reaction might be. Then May looked to him. "What else did I miss?" May asked and Peter looked down at the ground. "Peter what are you not wanting to tell me?"