Gifted Children

Chapter 16

Nick listened to the man, pulling down his hood. Isabelle did the same, wincing at the pain that was still in her side. Nick went to help her, but stopped when he realized he was still at gunpoint. The man continued to question the two.

"Where are the rest of your friends?" he asked.

"Th-they went...... away. They aren't with us," Isabelle spoke up.

"You guys weren't the ones responsible for this bank robbery?"

"No. Th-these guys were. We just stopped them," Nick explained to the man.

Then, the man seemed to change character a little bit. 

"Both of you. Come with me."

The man pulled Nick and Isabelle out of the bank, and into the alleyway to the right of the bank. 

Once they got into the alleyway, the man's voice changed.

"Look, you two are obviously not the criminals we thought you were."

"What? Who are you?" Isabelle asked the man.

The man then touched his neck, and a blue screen moved over the man's face, then his face was different. He looked much younger. 

"What the hell?" Nick asked him.

"My name is Peter Parker. (btw i changed the way that Markus looks so that they're not both Spooder-Mayn check it in ch. 13.5) I'm a part of the Avengers. I-" he was cut off by Nick grabbing him by the collar.

"So you're telling me someone who is supposed to be protecting the city shot my fucking girlfriend, and then PULLED ANOTHER GODDAMN GUN ON ME AGAIN?" Nick raised his hand to punch Peter, but Isabelle grabbed his hand to calm him down. He looked down at Isabelle, then let go of the man in front of him.

"We need to get your friends. And get to New York as fast as possible," Peter told the two after straightening himself up.

"Wait. Why do we have to go to New York?" Isabelle asked Peter.

"Because that's where Avengers headquarters is. Tony Stark especially requested you guys," Peter said with a smile.

"Alright, let's go," Nick said. Isabelle was off put by how cold he was being to her. Maybe it was just a bad day.

They led Peter to the hotel. As they were walking, Isabelle tried to reach for Nick's hand. But he just pulled it away. Finally, she spoke to him, but only so that Peter couldn't hear.

'Hey, what happened?'

'Nothing. I'm fine.'

Isabelle let out a long sigh, which made a sharp pain in her side spark up. 

"Nrrgghh" she said as she winced.

Isabelle noticed that Nick didn't even move a muscle to help her. A tear fell out of her eye as she realized that Nick really did not care enough to help her.

"Alright. we're here," Nick said as they got to the hotel.

Isabelle wiped her face and stepped into the hotel with the two guys. They all went to each room and explained the situation to each of them. All of the friends agreed to going to New York. They decided to stay at the hotel for the night though, as Isabelle was still pretty hurt.

Isabelle followed Nick back to their hotel room,neither of them saying anything. Isabelle was glad the twins volunteered to let Peter stay in their room for the night. Isabelle went into the bathroom to disinfect the multiple cuts on her torso.