F I V E

LILLIAN kept looking at the pendant that she had in her hands.

"How..." She muttered to herself as she put down the pendant in her desk and she sat down on her bed.

"This can't be possible....How did he easily found me...." She kept muttering to herself.

oOo

"Hey, Losers" Mj said to Peter and Ned who were sitting on their usual seat at the cafeteria. The two boys looked at her.

"Has any of you heard anything for Lils? It's been a week since I saw her" Mj said. After two days of mini vacation, every students returned to school. Everyone except for Lillian.

"No. She won't answer my calls nor my texts. I'm starting to get worry..." Ned said.

"Did you check her house yet?" Peter asked and Mj shook her head.

"No. She didn't tell me where she live." Mj answered.

"You mean, you've never been to her house?" Ned asked.

"No. If I knew where she live, do you think I'd be here and ask you the question?" Mj said.

"Well, let's just hope that she will answer one of our calls." Peter said.

"Whatever. Bye Losers" Mj said and left.

"What is wrong with her? She was nicer when Lils is here..." Ned said.

"It's not like she changed dude. She was like that before we met Lily" Peter said and Ned looked at him with a confuse look.

"What?" Peter asked.

"You call Lils, Lily?" Ned asked and Peter nodded.

"Yeah....is there something wrong with that?" Peter asked.

"No! It's just that...how come I never thought of that nickname before...usually I'm the one who's good at making nicknames..." Ned said.

"I know, but the name Lily fits her well...at least for me." Peter said.

"Anyway, that's not important. Don't you think it's a bit strange that Lily has been absent for almost a week?" Peter wondered.

"Maybe she's sick..?" Ned said.

"For a week?" Peter asked.

"Well some fevers do not go away soon right? Maybe she stayed to rest more" Ned said.

"I hope she's ok..." Peter said and Ned put his hand to his best friend's right shoulder.

"Don't worry. Lils is going to be fine. I sure soon she'll come back to school" Ned said and Peter only nodded.

oOo

"I knew you'd be here" Pepper said to her boyfriend who was sitting on his chair at his lab, looking at some files again.

"You found me" Tony said but kept looking at his work. Pepper walked in and sneaked a peek of the files that Tony has been holding. She sighed.

"Again? Tony, I thought we tal-"

"I know, Pepper. I know. But...I can't stop thinking about it..I need to find her identity as soon as possible. There's something strange to that person. And I don't even know if she's going to be a new threat to us!" Tony explained.

"Tony, discovering who is Violetta is something that you gave to Peter as his mission...give the boy some time and give yourself a break from this. You seriously need to relax and let the stress out from your body. You need to rest" Pepper said.

"I will rest as soon as Violetta reveal her true identity." Tony said and Pepper sighed.

"Well then I guess you leave me no choice" Pepper said and Tony looked at her confuse. Pepper grabbed his hand and lend him outside the room.

"What are you doing?" He asked.

"From now on, You, Tony Stark is forbidden to go to your lab." Pepper declaired and Tony's eyes widened.

"What?! You can't do that to me!" Tony said.

"Actually, I can and I already did." She said, but Tony ignored her words and tried to walk back in the room, but as soon as he got close to the room, the doors closed.

"FRIDAY, open the door!" Tony ordered FRIDAY.

"I'm sorry Mr. Stark, but Ms. Potts specifecally told me not to make you enter this room until I recieves her permission" FRIDAY explained with her mono tone voice. Tony turned around and faced his now fianceé with an 'annoyed' expression.

"Really? Do you really need to ban me from my own lab?" Tony asked.

"Tony, you need to get your head out from Violetta for a while. This Violetta thing is consuming you and you haven't even time to do some press or anything that concern your company. Look, all I ask is for you to focus for a little bit on your company and life. Violetta can wait. And besides, you have Peter to investigate about her. Just wait for his calls and informations that he'll give you. Ok?" Pepper said and Tony sighed.

oOo

"Dude, I think something is not right..." Ned said as he and Peter were building their new lego. Peter looked at Ned with a confuse look.

"Not right what?" Peter asked.

"Lils! She's been gone for two weeks! Even all the teachers were asking about her! The whole school were asking! And I don't really think it's a fever now or something...What if something's really wrong?" Ned said.

"I can't really say anything, Ned. Not even Mj knows where's Lily now...and even when we asked for her number from Mj, she still won't answer any texts nor calls." Peter said.

"Maybe you should ask Tony Stark her address! Maybe that way we can go to her house and look for her!" Ned said and Peter's eyes widened.

"Are you crazy?! I can't ask Mr. Stark that! Remember, I still don't have his number. I only have Happy's number" Peter said.

"Then you can ask Happy to ask Tony Stark to look at Lils's address!" Ned said and Peter shook his head.

"No way I'm doing that dude! That is just so not me! I can't stalk a girl! And besides, even if I ask Happy, he won't reply anything. He would probably just leave me on seen..." Peter said.

"Then...what about your personal A.I!....What's the name again?...Karie?...No..Ka...Ka....Whatever her name is. Why can't I remember her name!" Ned suggested.

"Ok, let me try that." Peter said and opened his wardrobe. He grabbed his Spider-Man masked and put it on.

"Uh, hello? Karen?" Peter asked.

"Hello Peter. What can I do for you today?" Karen asked.

"Can you help me find Lily's address?" Peter asked.

"I'm sorry, Peter. But to do that, I need this Lily's full name so I can look for the address" Karen answered.

"Uh. Her name is Lillian Hammer" Peter said.

"Searching......." Karen said but then she stopped talking.

"Is there anything wrong, Karen?" Peter questioned his A.I

"It appears that no address leads me to Lillian Hammer. Are you sure that is her name?" Karen said.

"Yeah. I'm sure" Peter said.

"I'm sorry Peter. But I could not find any address that belongs to Lillian Hammer" Karen said.

"C-Could you search for any files about her?" Peter asked.

"I will.....Nothing. I cannot trace no files about Lillian Hammer." Karen said.

"O-Ok. Thanks for your help Karen" Peter thanked his A.I.

"No problem,Peter" Karen said and Peter took off his mask.

"So, what did your A.I said? Did she give you Lils's address?" Ned asked and Peter shook his head.

"No...she said she couldn't find any address that leads to Lily....." Peter said and put his mask back on his wardrobe.

"It is strange...Karen usually finds people address within seconds..I even asked if she can find any files about Lily..." Peter said.

"And?" Ned questioned. Peter looked at him.

"Nothing! She said that she couldn't find anything about Lily! It's li-like she never exist! Because it is impossible not to have any files...." Peter continued.

"You don't think that she's an evil person...right?" Ned asked and Peter shook his head.

"No. Of course not. But...I just feel like there's something that she's hiding from us..." Peter said.

"What could it possibly be? I mean, she doesn't seem the type to have secrets and all.." Ned said.

"I don't know. But I'm going to find out.." Peter said.

Two hours later, Ned decided to go home and left Peter's house.

Peter was still thinking about how can't Karen find anything that's about Lillian. When he was still on his own world, the necklace that he took from the Science Lab once again glowed. Then the necklace started to glow even more, making Peter notice it. Peter looked shock and took the necklace to his hand. As soon as he grabbed it, it stopped glowing.

"What's the meaning of that.." Peter said.

oOo

"So? Any news...about...her?" Ned asked Peter as they were looking at Lillian's locker. Peter shook his head.

"No. Last night I tried to ask Karen something about Lily, but nothing! She can't find anything about her" Peter said.

"Look, Peter!" Ned said and pointed at something....or rather like someone. Peter looked where he was pointing out and saw Lillian smiling while talking with Mj.

"She's back.." Peter whispered.

"Let's go and say hi!" Ned said and was about to go and greet Lillian, but Peter stopped him by grabbing his wrist. Ned looked at Peter with a confused look.

"We can't just go yet" Peter said.

"Why?" Ned asked.

"Because, we still need to find where she was these past two weeks" Peter said.

"Then we can ask her that question" Ned replied.

"Do you think she'll actually say where she was? Ned, she's been gone fore two weeks. She didn't contact neither of us three. I think there's something about her" Peter said.

"Let's just ask her. I'm sure she'll tell us" Ned said.

"Maybe later. But right now, I need to tell you something" Peter said and dragged Ned somewhere. Little that they know, Lillian and Mj saw them.

oOo

"Girl where were you?! You literally disappeared for two weeks without any signs!" Mj said to her best friend who was putting some books on her locker. Lillian looked at her with an apologetic look.

"I'm sorry, Mj. My parents called me and made me go back to Italy for family business. I didn't really used my phone back then. I'm sorry about it" Lillian apologized to Mj.

"Wait. Italy?" Mj asked and Lillian nodded.

"Yeah, my parents owned a house there and a company." Lillian lied. She can't really tell her the truth of why she disappeared out of nowhere. It was too risky.

"Wow. I've never thought that you lived there. So...you can..like speak italian?" Mj asked and Lillian nodded.

"Awesome. Can you say something in italian?" Mj asked.

"Quando confesserai il tuo amore per lui?" Lillian spoke in italian language. Mj looked at her confuse.

"What did you just say?" Mj asked and Lillian smirked.

"When will you confess your love to him?" Lillian said and Mj rolled her eyes.

"Haha very funny" She said and then looked somewhere. Lillian looked where Mj was looking at and saw Ned and Peter a few lockers away from them. They saw Ned was about to go to them, but Peter stopped him and dragged Ned somewhere, making Lillian a bit sad.

"Are they...mad of me?" Lillian asked Mj.

"Well...they were super worried about you. Everyday they would ask me if I knew any news from you...they were worried sick. Mostly Parker dude..." Mj responded.

"So...they're angry..." Lillian said.

"I don't think they'll be angry with you. I mean, well..probaly hurt because you didn't answer neither their calls or texts..." Mj said and put a hand on Lillian's shoulder.

"You should talk to them when you can. I'm sure after you explain the reason, maybe things will be ok soon" Mj continued and Lillian nodded.

"Now. Let's go to class. I'm sure Mr. Willow is going to be mad if we come late to his class" Mj said and Lillian laughed and nodded. And the two of them walked to their class.

oOo

"I am so glad that we have free period now. Now explain to me why you dragged me here, in the janitor's closet" Ned said as Peter locked the door.

"I need to tell you something. It's about the necklace." Peter said.

"What about it?" Ned asked and Peter pulled the necklace out from his pocket.

"Last night, after you left. The pendant started to glow purple again. At first I didn't notice it, but then it glew brighter than before. Seconds later, it stopped glowing" Peter said.

"What do you think it keeps glowing?" Ned asked.

"I don't know. I still need to figure things out" Peter said.

"Have you told this to Mr. Tony Stark?" Ned asked and Peter shook his head.

"No, I haven't. I haven't tell him about Violetta. But I'm already sure that he saw the news on the T.v" Peter said.

"Wait, aren't you suppose to report things to him? You know, about her?" Ned questioned.

"Yes, but I decided to report it as soon as I discover who Violetta is and why is the pendant always glow like that." Peter said and Ned kept looking at the pendant.

"Dude...look" Ned said and pointed out the pendant. It was glowing purple again.

"I really need to find the reason" Peter said and looked at the glowing pendant.

oOo

"Come on hurry!" Lillian said to her best friend who was running rather slowly.

"Can't we just take a break?" Mj asked and Lillian shook her head.

"No! And besides, we're almost there." Lillian said and the two of them were in front of the janitors closet when the pendant that Lillian has on her neck started to glow. Mj looked at her with eyes widened.

"What?" Lillian asked and Mj pointed her pendant. Lillian quickly looked at it and saw it was glowing blue.

"Why is that thing glowing?!"

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