Peter bumped into someone and mumbled an apology before glancing up.

"MIA!?"

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Name: Mia Sign (Deadly Nadder)

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~Recap~

"This isn't real, this isn't real..." she kept chanting to her self.
But it was.
It was real.

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It had been nearly 4 years since Mia had "died" and most of the school had moved on. They'd had a small funeral and a school funeral. The school funeral was where they made cards and flowers and sent them to her parents. They also talked about her best bits. (Someone mentioned the pants picture and Peter still felt immensely guilty for it, even though she'd forgiven him for it)

The small funeral included her parents, her grandparents on both sides (2), her aunts and uncles (3), her cousins (2), MJ, Ned, and Peter. When Peter went anywhere near the parents, his spider-sense began going off. He tried his best to stay away from them all. He left when MJ started to cry to "comfort" her and Ned left as well. MJ went straight home, actually believing the article, while Ned and Peter went to his house to research more into it. Peter removed the earpiece he had and Ned marveled at it. Peter uploaded it to his computer and scanned through the imagery. "KAREN, scan these faces." KAREN took a couple of minutes to respond. "I will print a sheet off for you with all their details. I have underlined the more crucial parts." Peter thanked her and picked up the sheet. He and Ned began looking through it all. Only two had important reports.

Name: Алёна Ivanov

Age: 34

Criminal Records: Theft, Murder, Treachery to her nation

Address: Brooklyn Neighbouring Warehousing Unit

Name: Алексей Ivanov

Age: 37

Criminal Records: Theft, Murder, Treachery to his nation

Address: Brooklyn Neighbouring Warehousing Unit

The rest were all actors.

Maria Costash and Michael Nguyen played the grandparents.
Steven Mitchell, Sandy Marshall, and Hope McLinroy played the aunts and uncle.
Tom Holland and Natalie Portman played the cousins.

Peter researched the facility recognition on the two with records and found that they were Mia's parents... except, her surname was Sign and she was 100% not Russian. She was 50% American, 50% British. Peter thought for a second. "KAREN, scan them for any children? And scan for Mia's parents." KAREN was quiet for a moment. "Scan complete. Peter, they have no children and Mia's parents both died the year she was born. Their names were Hannah Sign and Thomas Sign. They were killed in a head-on collision with a truck, but when the car was taken in for inspection, there were no signs of blood anywhere in the car or the surrounding area. It has been an open case since then. Many theories surround this case such as the parents bailed on their daughter, they didn't want their child, they were financially unstable to raise her, they were wanted criminals... But, no. The two people scanned were not her parents." Peter thanked KAREN before shutting the system down. He shared a look with Ned.

"Mia's death was staged."

4 years later, neither Ned or Peter had any success in finding her. They'd told MJ, but she said she couldn't handle another disappearance, leaving the two boys confused. They kept up their search for 3 years before they gave up. Whoever had Mia, they hid her well.

Peter was 19 and was getting ready for MIT. He was looking for a small job to try and pay him enough money to afford travel to MIT and back every day. On his way through Queens, he bumped into someone. "Watch where you're going, asshat." He mumbled an apology before glancing up from his phone. His eyes widened, "MIA!?" He asked, shocked. Mia's eyes widened and she looked around wildly before grabbing his arm (hard) and hauled him into the nearest shop. She released her grip and stared at Peter with wide eyes. "How in the hell did you recognize me?" Peter sighed, "Honestly, I don't." Mia frowned and opened her mouth, but Peter beat her to it. "Who else would say asshat?" He blurted out. Mia's mouth remained open but closed slowly. "Is it really you, Peter?" He nodded, sitting down. "Why wouldn't it be?" Mia scoffed, "The amount of people who have told me they're someone that they aren't has cost me so much." Peter went to say something, but his sense started to buzz. Mia suddenly stiffened and glared at the window, grabbing something out of her pocket. Peter's sense suddenly blared in his head and he gasped sharply, bringing a hand up to press on it as the window burst open.

It all happened so quickly, it was like it was in slow-motion.

Mia stood up from her chair, her feet spread slightly apart.

Her hands grasped a gun.

She clicked the trigger.

The window on the other side of the pane smashed open with the bullet hitting the man with a rifle.

The man fell to the ground, blood spurting from his lips.

Mia grabbed Peter's arm. "Come on, we've been spotted. We need to hide."