Killer ▹ Peter Parker [2]

5 | mysterious hero

5 | MYSTERIOUS HERO

The flight was awfully quick and the trip to the hotel was super fun. They took a boat on the river to the entrance of the hotel. Though the hotel was old and seemingly broken down, Val was in awe of Venice. Peter thought it was super cute seeing her eyes scan the entire city they passed. She was astonished that Venice's roads were made of water. And how old the city seemed.

Peter hopped out of the boat, then helped Val out, too, by grabbing her hand and pulling her up to him. They walked into the hotel together and nearly cringed at the sight. It was so bad. There was about a half inch of water flooding the entire first floor. Mumbles of distaste came from the crowd of students. "Okay, everybody! Drop your bags off, we're going to meet at the da Vinci museum three, let's go!" One of their science teachers shouted. Everyone climbed the stairs to find their rooms and drop their stuff off.

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Soon after, they all took off to the streets of Venice to take pictures and do tourist like things. "Peter! Take a photo of me!" Val posed by a dock of boats. Peter seemed distracted by something, as he hadn't been paying attention when she shouted for him. "Peter!!" Val waved her hands at him.

Peter shot his head at her and broke away from his train of thought. "Oh! Sorry!" He pulled out his phone, and Val readied herself. She stuck out her leg, placed her hand on her hip and smiled widely.

"Got it!" Peter announced, then waved her over to check the picture. Val scurried over and pushed her long hair out of her face to see it. "Pepper's gonna love it. Morgan is gonna be soooo jealous when she sees all those boats. She's been obsessed with boats recently." Val smiled at Peter. After losing her parents, even her godfather Tony, Valdís had no one left to take care of her. Her mother, Amelia, died fighting alongside Tony Stark to destroy Thanos and the infinity stones, once and for all. Her father, Steve Rogers, decided to take off back to the 1940s to reunite with Amelia, the love of his life. He must've thought Valdís was capable enough to care for herself without him. She was going to be forced to grow up into an adult and take care of business, all the while also being a superhero. It was huge burden to bear. Fortunately, Pepper Potts was kind enough to take Valdís in.

Pepper found a penthouse in New York City to live in while Val finished her last couple of years in high school, then she planned on moving her and her daughter, Morgan, all back to the Stark cabin. Although Valdís didn't feel comfortable enough to call Pepper family just yet, for it had only been a few months since she lost everyone, Pepper called Val her daughter. Pepper's heart was content and full, despite having lost her Tony.

"What about the masks? Over there?" Peter pointed. Val nodded and was practically skipping over to the stand.

Once they were over taking pictures, Val walked back over to the dock and spotted some crabs on the ground. "MJ would love to see this." Val picked up one of the crabs to analyze it.