Ambition {𝟙𝟛} | Marvel √

chapter twenty-one

Eventually, Spider-Man found himself lying out on one of the containers, watching Emma again, still going to find a signal and trying to call Allie. He could watch her every hour, every minute, and never find himself bored. But no matter what, he always got instantly nervous around her, because when she glanced over in his direction, he instantly looked up to the ceiling.

"Alright," she heavily sighed, leaping down from the container she was on, beginning to head over to him, "I don't think I'm going to get a signal."

He looked at her again, sitting up. "It took you that long to realize that?" he asked.

"Oh, shut up," Emma muttered and he chuckled as he laid back down, staring up at the ceiling.

When she leaped up onto the container Spider-Man was lying on, he asked, "Hey, Karen, how long have we been here?"

"Thirty-seven minutes."

"What?" Spider-Man asked, sitting up as Emma looked at him confused, "Thirty-seven minutes?"

Emma groaned annoyed, unable to control her frustration. "Seriously?" she asked before jumping to her feet.

"This is insane," Spider-Man murmured as she glanced around their surroundings, "I cannot take this anymore. I gotta... We gotta get out of here."

Abruptly, Emma jumped off the container and headed into the truck trailer they were in before. Spider-Man flipped off and followed after her, his head tilting confused. "What are you doing?" he asked as Emma bent down, and unzipped Vulture's duffle bag.

"There has to be something here that can help us out of here," she told him.

He stood behind her, hovering over her shoulder as she began to go through the items in the bag. She pulled out and inspected a wheel-shaped metal piece, that didn't look interesting or helpful. "No," she murmured as she set it to the side. She reached back into the bag and pulled out something else, only for her to gasp when it was an Ultron head. She threw it in front of her, stumbling back a bit, staring at it intently as Spider-Man quickly bent down next to her, putting an arm around her.

"What is it?" he asked, placing his eyes on the head, tilting his head in curiosity, "That's awesome."

Emma harshly nudged him before carefully reaching forward and pulling out a purple glowing object. She and Spider-Man examined it together as he said, "Ah, hey, it's like the glowy thing."

"That glowy thing is an explosive Chitauri energy core."

Instantly, Emma dropped it before Spider-Man pulled them back and away from the core. "Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa! You mean, we've been carrying around a bomb?" he loudly asked.

"This is from the Chitauri?" Emma carefully asked.

"It would require radiation to transform it into an explosive state."

Emma sighed heavily before she quickly turned and stormed out of the trailer with Spider-Man following her. "What are you doing now?" he asked.

"I have to contact the Goddess of Trickery," she said.

"Now is not the time to joke," he said and she quickly glanced back at him, staring at him a moment.

"I wasn't joking," she said before she continued to walk off and he sighed loudly before pulling out his phone.

He knew there was no service but still tried to call Ned. Over and over again.

"Oh, come on, come on," he murmured, but no reception was available, "No, no, no, no."