Ambition {𝟙𝟛} | Marvel √

chapter two

When Allie arrived at the Avengers Tower, and got to the Stark-Potts level, she hesitantly slowed down her pace when she heard Nick Fury and Tony Stark talking. She followed the voices which led to Emma's room. The two were in her room, looking over the damage of the bedroom, trying to see if there was any clues. But there wasn't.

"We'll find something..."

Allie then saw Nick walk out of the room, walking past her as he headed for the elevator. The girl continued to stay nearby, listening on the voices.

"Mr. Stark..." a squeaky voice said, Allie thought it was a girl, "Will we be able to find Emma?"

"I will — You'll stay here."

And then Tony walked out of the bedroom, but came to a stop when he spotted Allie. She straightened up, expressing an awkward look before he walked past her. And once any other adult was gone, Allie quickly slipped into the bedroom where she found a boy. A boy she'd never seen before, sitting on Emma's bed. He had combed brown hair, light tan skin, dark brown eyes. He looked sad.

He was gripping hold a red ribbon in his hand, his lips trembling before he started crying. Allie just watched him awkwardly as his eyes glistened over in tears.

"Who are you?" Allie suddenly asked, causing the boy to almost violently flinch in his spot, quickly looking over at the platinum blonde girl leaning against the door frame.

He quickly wiped his tears away as Allie eyed him oddly. "U-Uh...W-Who are you?" he stammered but Allie gave him an annoyed look.

"I asked first," she said and the boy pursed his lips.

"Um...I'm...P-Peter Parker," he nervously said and Allie's eyes lit up, remembering that name from just an hour previously.

"Oh. You're Emma's mysterious friend that I never knew about," Allie said and Peter eyed her confused.

"Mysterious? What?" he questioned.

"Doesn't matter," Allie said before her eyes finally were placed on the mess of a room. It saddened her...Emma's room was always clean and organized — and now it was a disaster. The one thing that did comfort Allie was knowing that if the room was a disaster meant that Emma fought off her attacker. Or at least attempted to.

"Who were you to her...?" Peter asked, noticing the sad gleam in her blue eyes. Allie looked back at him as he continued, "T...To Emma?"

"Oh, I'm—" But she caught herself before saying anything else. She couldn't say her name. And he clearly didn't recognize her, possibly from her now short and bright blonde hair. And remembering from the day before, Tony was putting her into school under a different name. Despite not wanting to go along with it, Allie knew it was what her parents would've wanted her to do. "—her cousin."

Peter stared at her confused, eyes narrowed. "Emma has a cousin?" he asked and Allie hesitantly nodded, "I've known Emma since we were five. She's never mentioned having a cousin."

"That...is so weird," Allie awkwardly chuckled as Peter continued to stare at her oddly, "Emma is just so...weird, sometimes, isn't she?"

"Yeah...sure," Peter muttered, before huffing, "Look — I was kind of hoping Emma's friend would be here. Maybe she could help us find Emma. The way Emma spoke about her made it seem like she could do anything and everything, and I'm just hoping—"