Thea let out a yell of frustration into the air. A noise, specifically the noise of a trash can lid slamming shut, coming from a nearby alley shook Thea out of her thoughts. She decided to go closer to it to make sure no one was in trouble. To her surprise, she found Peter. Peter Parker was rummaging through a trash can. Just when she thought he couldn't get any weirder. Thea decided to remove her broach in order to appeal more to Peter. She tried to be as nonchalant as possible when she walked down the alley, pretending to be there by accident.

"Peter Parker!" Thea yelled down the alley. Her voice caused him to jump and hit his head on the trash can lid. "Ow, ow, ow," He said quietly while rubbing the back of his head. Thea ran down the alley as fast as she could and rammed herself into Peter, giving him the tightest hug in the world. He finally realized who she was and said looking down at her, "Thea? What are you doing here?"

Thea looked at him in disbelief and stopped the hug that she had on him. "Looking for you, you asshole! You think it's funny to disappear on us like that? And for what? To dumpster dive?" She banged her hands on his chest after every new question.

"It's kinda funny if you think about it," he said while rubbing the back of his injured head.

Thea glared up at him, her mouth hung open and with all the force in her body leftover, Thea smacked the side of his face. A large, red handprint leftover when her hand left his face. Peter then gripped the side of his face, a shocked look in his eyes. Peter stayed silent, looking down at Thea. She began to tear up, not having the courage to look back up at him after what she did. Still looking at the ground, Thea blubbered out, "I was worried about you Peter, your Aunt May was worried about you...I didn't know what happened to you or if you were okay and this is the reaction you have?" A single, silent tear fell from her eye and hit the ground.

Peter finally had the guts to speak up, "Thea, I had no idea...if I knew this would've happened I would have nev-"

"But you still did it!" She roared into his face, finally looking up at his injured face. "You knew this would happen, you knew aunt May would be worried and me too...I mean, for fuck's sake Peter, you left us and you ran away!" She said this taking a step back and waving her arms around wildly.

"What are you even dumpster diving for? Huh? Answer me goddammit!" Thea was full-blown sobbing now. Tears flowing and falling freely onto the ground.

Peter looked back at the dumpster then back at her before quietly saying, "J-just spare computer parts."

Thea didn't believe him for one second, he kept stuttering and didn't want to look her in the eyes. "I don't believe you Peter...what are you really out here for?" Thea questioned him, her eyes still full of water. Peter shifted from one foot to another, his arms behind his back.

Seeing as how he wouldn't tell Thea, she tried to go to open the lid of the dumpster, but before Thea could get a peek inside it Peter slammed it back shut. Thea turned around to look at him in disbelief, scoffing she said, "Wow, so you won't even let me know the truth now? Some friend you are Parker."

Thea whipped away from Peter and towards the exit of the alley, they were currently in. Her tears finally began to stop flowing, Thea realized that he wasn't worth the tears. Thea knew having friends on this mission would be a waste of her time and emotional state. That's what this was, a mission, and I had to remember that. Thea walked through the dark and dank alley until a hand grabbed her wrist, forcing her to stop and turn around. Peter gripped her wrist tightly, not wanting her to go.

"You want to tell me the truth?" Thea said, deciding to give him one last chance.

He stared at her for a moment, staying silent before he looked down at the ground and let go of Thea's wrist. Thea scoffed and turned back around, this time he didn't stop her.

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Peter tried to get Thea to stop. But what was he supposed to say?

'Hey, I'm sorry for not telling you this earlier but I'm Spider-Man, a superhero who risks his life every day so that people like you can live freely.' No that's insane, she can't know. But right now I wish I never became stupid Spider-Man so that maybe I would have one more friend left. Peter thought.

Peter stood there, in the dark and wet alley, as he watched her turn the corner. Peter ran back to the dumpster, and in pure frustration he kicked the edge of it, leaving a foot-shaped dent in the side of it. Peter opened the lid of the dumpster and pulled out his uniform, which now smelled like shit. Peter stared at it for a while before he let out a scream of pure frustration and anger and threw it into a pile on the floor in the middle of the alley. He leaned against the alley's brick wall and held his face in his hands. Peter thought over what just happened just minutes ago, doing this caused him to break down. Peter slowly slid down the wall, his hands still covering his face and he began to cry. Peter cried for everything that happened and for everything that went wrong in his life.

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After his moment alone in the alley crying to himself, Peter finally decided that it was time to come home. He already knew that Aunt May would be worried sick about where he was, she was a caring aunt like that. It wasn't going to be easy trying to explain why he was missing, however. Peter reached his apartment in one piece physically, but emotionally he was shattered. Pulling out his keys carefully, Peter opened the door to his apartment. As soon as Peter opened the door and crossed the threshold into the apartment, he heard May's voice. Her voice was soft and full of sorrow, "Peter...is that you?"

She walked out from the other room into the living room and stopped in her tracks once she saw him. She gasped out the words, "Oh, Peter, sweetie" before she rushed to Peter, crushing him in a loving hug. Peter immediately began to break down again in her arms. May saw this happen and pleaded for Peter to answer her what was wrong. Peter told her the story, about everything that happened tonight between Thea and him. She quietly comforted him, still in her arms, she began to stroke Peter's back softly. "It'll all be alright, she'll forgive you," she assured him. "Just give her time."

Peter stepped out of her hug and looked at her saying thanks. He looked at the clock on the wall, it read 11:53. Sighing a sigh of defeat, he said, "I better go to bed now. See you in the morning, May." She proceeded to wish Peter sweet dreams and assured him it'll all be fine in a few days time.

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Thea stepped into her empty apartment feeling nothing but betray and anger, anger at Peter. Peter, the boy who helped her in physics when she needed it, the boy who called her a friend, the boy who she was glad to call her best friend in return. If only he answered Thea's question, if only he told her the truth. The apartment was dark and quiet until Thea's phone's light came into the darkness. On the bright screen was the face of Tony Stark. Thea didn't want to have to deal with him tonight, but she knew that if she didn't answer him right away he would keep calling. Thea slid the screen open to answer his call, his face overtaking the entire screen.

"Hey kid, how's it going with the mission?" He said sounding cheerful.

"It's goi- " "You know what, I actually don't care right now, I called cause I need your help." He interrupted in a typical Tony Stark manner. Thea's eyebrows furrowed and her face contorted into confusion, "Help with what? I'm already on a mission right now, the same one you put me on," she remarked.

"You don't think I know that Thea? I wouldn't have called you unless I knew I needed your help." Tony stated, setting his phone down on a table. "I saw that Dark Matter has made a re-appearance in the past couple of weeks." He said this with a cocked an eyebrow toward the phone camera. Still confused by this call Thea asked, "Yeah I had to, to save Spider-Man. But what does this have to do with this call?"

This statement seemed to hit the head on the mark as Tony then explained that he needed help from Thea. "I may have accidentally made a mistake. I tried to make artificial life, but by trying to do so I created something more." Thea sighed at this statement. Only Tony Stark could do this by accident.

"I need to bring you in for a couple of days, just so we have the upper hand in fighting against these people." Tony looked down at the phone now back in his hands.

"What kind of people are we talking here?" Thea inquired. She brought her phone into her bedroom, trying to get ready for bed.

"There are kids, no more than a few years older than you, they have these powers. One of them can move things with her mind and the other is fast, and when I mean fast I mean super. Like he could be a Nascar driver without the car kind of fast." He elaborated on the subject.

"When do you need me?" Thea asked Tony, she was in her bathroom turning on the faucet and placing her toothbrush underneath the flowing water.

"The morning," Tony told her. "We need to leave to Wakanda by the afternoon." Growing more curious on the subject Thea asked, "What's in Wakanda?"

"I'll debrief you about it all tomorrow, it's getting late and we need you alive for the morning," Tony said back, cutting off any explanation of the mission. "Goodnight," Tony said with sincerity in his eyes.

"Night Tony," Thea said, she hit the end call button on her phone screen and hit the lights to her bedroom.

See you in the morning.

~ Author's Note ~

All rights to Spider-Man and original plot goes to the Marvel franchise and their fantastic movies and comics. I own new story lines and new characters, like Thea Quinton.

Could you guys tell what movie we are going into? This movie won't take up a ton of time with this story, but I still wanted to play with it. I think Age of Ultron will only take place in maybe 2 chapters in this story. Not a lot, but Peter will still be in the chapters, not with Thea in the same place though.

How are you liking the story so far? What are your theories? I would like to know.