Alone and Broken

Seeking the Hidden

Hey! So just letting you guys know that this takes place 6 months after the last chapter. During that time Peter has been living on the streets and Tony has been in Wakanda working on some cool weaponry projects with T'Challa. This chapter follows Tony........

Tony sighed as he sat down in his private jet facing Pepper. "What's wrong?" Pepper asked Tony knowing that sigh meant he had something to say. "Oh nothing, just happy to be going home." Tony replied nonchalantly as he looked out the window.

Pepper looked at him and smiled, "You just want to go see Peter don't you?" She asked. "Well I'm mean I have to check on him, see what trouble he's been up to." Tony said.

Pepper just looked at him. "No you wanna to go see him because you love him. He's like your son." Tony turned to look at her, "and why do you say that?" "Because I've seen the way you look at him, you're always happy and smile when he's around. You help him with school, adding upgrades to his suit, why you even have an extra room in the tower just for him."

Tony smiled, "Okay yeah,I love him, but he's not my, our, kid." Pepper looked at Tony, "I know but we can still love him like he's our son.

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After a long flight, Tony and Pepper stepped off the plane and went inside the penthouse. The sun had just come up a few hours ago so it was time for breakfast.

As Pepper began cooking some eggs Tony began a list of questions for FRIDAY.

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"Any alien attacks?"
"No."
"Any robberies of the tower?"
"No."
"Any calls from Fury?"
"No."
"Any calls from any Avenger?"
"No."
"Any calls from Peter?"
"No."
"Any pro-, wait, did you say no calls from the kid?"
"Yes"

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That worried Tony, the kid always called him at least once every day, saying how his day was or what had happened.

"Pepper!" Tony called, "come here please!" Pepper hurried into the living room looking worried. "What's wrong?" She asked nervously.

"It's the kid, he hasn't called or texted in 6 months Pep, 6 months! Something must be wrong!" Tony said quickly. "FRIDAY! When was the last know sighting of Spider-Man?"
"Last night at 3 am, stopping a mugging on Main Street." FRIDAY responded immediately.

Ok so the kid is still Spider-Man, Tony thought, but he hasn't called. "FRIDAY, when did Peter last show up for school?" "6 months ago sir." FRIDAY answered. "What happened to him, where is he? Is he hurt, kidnapped?" Pepper asked with a shaky voice.

"It appears Peter Parker's aunt, May Parker, his last living relative, died in a car accident 6 months ago and Peter has not been seen since and presumed dead."

Tony froze, Peter had no one left, he had run and was thought to be dead. Tony stood up quickly. He activated his suit and flew off the landing pad. He was going to find Peter, he was going to find his son.

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Peter sat in his ally, under his shelter shivering as it poured down rain. He was so cold, tired and hungry. He hadn't slept in a week, eaten in  two or "lived" since three. After 6 months of not appearing, Peter Parker has been presumed dead, and he was fine with that. It's not like anyone cared. He slowly reached into his backpack and pulled out his blade.

He placed it in the puddle in from of him and wiped off the dry blood along its edge before lifting it to his wrist.

After a few minutes his arms were covered in cuts up to his elbow. He had thousands of scars and many new cuts to add to the collection.

He placed his blade back in his bag, rolled down his sleeves, and leaned against the dumpster before closing his eyes getting ready to sleep.

Just as he was about to go unconscious, he heard an old, familiar sound. Thrusters. Iron-Man's thrusters. He curled up in a ball. He didn't want Tony to see him like this.

Nononono this is bad this can't be happening, he thought to himself, but it was too late.