Becoming Mary Jane

Chapter 3

 This man is nuts. First, he makes me cry, and now he wants to introduce himself? I don't have time for this crap!

 "What the heck is S.H.I.E.L.D Headquarters, and why the heck would you make me watch that?" I ask sternly.

 "Look, I didn't mean to make you cry," Nick explains. "I just thought it would be better if you watched it instead of me telling. You wouldn't necessarily remember if I just told you."

 Well I guess he has a point. I mean, I should know what happened, and I'm glad I now do, but that video though. It was too depressing to watch!

 "Well in that case, thank you, but you still never answered my first question," I remind him. "What is S.H.I.E.L.D Headquarters?"

 "S.H.I.E.L.D Headquarters is a special organization that saves the world," Nick replies. "The Avengers work for us."

 "Who are the Avengers?"

 "You don't know who the Avengers are?"

 "Nope."

 "Wow, well they're a group of superheroes that sometimes work together. They're all great at what they do."

 "Well the only superhero I know of is Spiderman, which you guys somehow know it's Peter....but how?"

 "I know the identities of all of the heroes out there," Nick tells me.

 "How? Oh let me guess, by watching them daily on all of these computers, huh?" I say.

 "It's my job."

 "To stalk people? That's not how you make friends."

 "And that's not how you make friends with me by talking to me like that," Nick says. "Just so we make this clear, you are to speak to me with respect. We'll get a long just fine if you do that. Understood?"

 "Yes, sir."

 "Good. Anyways, here's what happened. After the clock tower incident, as you saw in the video, you hit your head pretty hard on the floor, which resulted in you being in a coma for a month. You're lucky Peter still caught you with his webs and that we got you here in time because if we hadn't, you would have been dead for sure. Also, if it weren't for our special medicine, you would have either not made it, or would have been in a coma for a longer amount of time."

 "You have a special medicine?"

 "Yes miss Stacy."

 "You know my name! Have you been watching me too?"

  "Well you're apart of Peter's life, aren't you?"

 "Just because I'm a girlfriend of a superhero, that doesn't give you the right to know my personal information, even Peter's!" I exclaim. "How much do you know about us?'

 "I do what I want, and I know everything I need to know," he says. 

 "Anyways, what's in this special medicine of yours?" I ask changing subjects since I don't feel like thinking about the fact that he's been stalking Peter and I for a long time.

 "That's none of your business!" he tells me.

 "Oh, so you randomly tell me you have a special medicine that cured me, but you refuse to tell me what's in it," I remark. "How smart!"

 "Do I have to repeat myself, miss Stacy? I do what I want!"

 As much as I want to tell him off, I decide not to. Why should I let him get the best of me? I don't know him; although he knows me, but why should I care? What matters now is that I'm awake, I'm okay, and I can see Peter again.

 I sigh. "Look, can you just please tell me when I'm free to go?"

 "Miss Stacy, you're not going anywhere."

 "What do you mean?" I ask.

 Okay, maybe he does matter. He's really scaring me right now!

 "You're staying here," he says.

 "Until when?"

 "Until I can find someplace safe for you."

 "Safe from what? I am safe!"

 "Safe from Peter Parker."

 Oh no! He's got to be kidding me! He can't do this. 

 "Sir, you don't understand!" I protest. The whole thing was my fault. Harry would have never kidnapped me if I listened to Peter. I just wanted to help him though. That's all! I knew he couldn't defeat Electro on his own. Next time I'll listen to him. I promise!"

 "Gwen, this isn't about you. It's about Peter. He made a promise to your father. He still wanted to be with you. I gave him a chance, but he failed. You nearly died because of him!"

 "No, I lived because of him. You even said so yourself! Harry's the one who tried to kill me. Blame him!"

 "He may have not tried to kill you, but he's too dangerous to be around with. That's why you must stay away from him!"

 "You know what? Fine! Try to keep me from him. But just a warning, you're no match for Peter. He will find me!"

 "Yeah, I don't think so."

 "And why's that?"

 "Because he thinks you're dead."