Miss America: The Daughter of Steve Rogers

Chapter 45

"I can't believe I gave Beck those glasses. I mean, how can I be so stupid?" Peter mutters out as I close the curtains in my hotel room. "He's probably spying on us right now or sending a drone to come and kill us."

"You had access to killer drones?" MJ asks with wide eyes and an agape mouth.

"Yeah, we didn't really want them especially after I almost killed Brad." Peter states.

"You almost killed Brad?"

"Remember the bus, with the swerve, swerve, after the rest stop?" I ask her and she nods. "You can thank Peter for that."

"Look..." Peter starts, trying to change the subject. "We have to call Mr. Fury and tell him that Beck's a fraud, but... I think he tapped our phone number."

"Okay, so what are you guys gonna do?" MJ asks.

"We need our suits," I say rummaging around in my backpack, pulling both Peter and my S.H.E.I.L.D. suits. "and we have to go to Berlin, and talk to Mr. Fury in person." Peter and I both start undressing. MJ immediately turns around, but we are still facing each other. We take off our shirts and we both glance up. My eyes land on his torso and I can tell Peter is trying to keep his eyes above my chest.

We both jump around, frantically, and finish getting changed. Then we look up and see Ned standing under the door frame. MJs eyes widen and Peter and I look relieved.

"Oh, Ned. Perfect." Peter says.

"The costumes look great! For... For the costume party, at the prince's castle..."

"She knows. We told her." I say, pointing to MJ.

"They didn't tell me. I figured it out."

"Oh." Ned says confused. "That's cool."

"Like, a long time ago."

"Look, Mysterio was a fraud." Peter begins to say.

"But he saved me and Betty's lives..." Ned starts.

"No, he's been faking the whole thing with illusion tech." I inform him.

"Yeah, he's using these, like, hologram projectors." Peter continues.

"Whoa. That's... crazy." Ned says, almost kinda hurt.

"Yeah..." Peter trails off.

"So, you guys were like, working the case together, or what?"

"It's been mostly me." MJ says. I look at her and smile and then glance back to Ned.

"Look, Ned, we need you to call May, get her to call Mr. Harrington, say that she wanted us to stay with my family in Berlin until this all blows over. Okay?" Peter tells him.

"Got it. Easy."

"Wow. You guys lie with such ease." MJ says. Peter and I look at both her and Ned.

"Gotta go." Peter says and we open the window.

"Wait, wait, wait... the projector. You guys are gonna need this." MJ says, tossing it to me.

"Don't tell anyone about this, okay? Anyone who knows is in danger." I tell them and we secure our masks and Peter swings us away.

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We make it to the train station, and land on a train heading to Berlin.

"I can't believe Beck is a fraud. He seemed so trustworthy." Peter mutters to me as he sticks us to the top of the train.