14 year-old Peter Parker holds many secrets; some he honestly wouldn't mind telling people, but others he can't even admit to himself. He knows his life isn't normal, it isn't good, in fact it has many more downs than ups but sometimes he can't help...
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(Not in order!) TWs: blood, mentions of injections, bad injuries- possible side affects. If I miss any PLEASE let me know!
After what seemed like forever, Peter finally found an exit that lead to the outside. He had tried many doors by that point, they had all lead to different rooms, one of which had contained his web-shooters, he had eagerly picked them up before resuming on his journey. Alarms were already going off by the time he got out. He ran out the door, finding himself in an alley with a wire fence at the end. He ran up to it and side-vaulted over, without stopping. Peter then pulled on his web-shooters and swung from the buildings, eventually he recognised where he was -he traveled past this area sometimes when he wanted to buy a sandwich from Delmar's before school.
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After about half an hour, Peter arrived back at the orphanage, it was the middle of the day so he figured no one would be in, meaning he could just swing though the bathroom window. He was glad he always left it unlocked, just in case a situation like this ever happened. So he swung into the building through the bathroom window, once in he pulled of his mask and eyed his battered, bloody face. He heard a shrill scream from behind him.
He swiftly pivoted round to face the screamer. He realised with a start that it was Scarlett. "What are you doing here?" he hissed, more angry at himself than at her, he couldn't believe he had been so careless. "I-I had to stay off school to look after Lila, she was worried about you so she refused to go in." Peter was rather surprised that they cared that much. All he could utter was an "oh". He saw that she was just staring at his Spider-Man suit. He realised then that he would have to tell her the truth, but he didn't want any of the younger kids finding out. "I guess I better explain where I was, huh." He shifted uncomfortably, he had never had to outright tell anyone before. Ned had found out because Peter had needed help when on a mission, and MJ had overheard them speaking about it.
He spoke rapidly then, explaining how he had been bitten by a radioactive spider on a school trip and how he had resolved to use his powers to help people. He could see she was still confused about how he had gotten so badly injured, if he was just 'your friendly neighbourhood Spider-Man'. Peter sighed and told her about being kidnapped by HYDRA, he had predetermined that he would not tell her about passing out from not eating, or about how they had injected him with things. Instead, he said he had been waiting for a drug deal to take place and had gotten bored and fallen asleep, and that when he woke up he had found himself in a HYDRA base. He told her they had also discovered his secret identity and had done tests on him -which was true- but he then followed it up by saying they had just hit him and tried to get him to talk about Iron-Man. Which, of course, was a lie.
Scarlett was about to start questioning him when they heard a voice call out from the girls' room "Scarlett where are you? I'm getting scared." They had both forgotten that Lila was waiting for Scarlett. "Don't worry, I'm coming," Scarlett called out to Lila. Peter told her she should go look after Lila, but not tell her he's back yet because he needed to get cleaned up first. After Scarlett had gone, he locked the bathroom door and grabbed his shower stuff from his locker. He noted that there were in total eighteen injection marks -three on his upper left arm, three on the right, three on his left thigh, three on his right, there were three on his abdomen, and of course, there were three injection marks on his neck.
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