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Getting to know Spiderboy: Chapter 19

Pairing: Peter Parker x OC Genre: Friendship/ Adventure/ Family

Story Summary: Ten minutes. Ten minutes was all it took. She found his backpack in the alley and left before he got there. Now, before Peter knows it, Ned thinks he has a secret girlfriend and Spider-man has to be her kibble runner.

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After removing the tracker from his suit and arguing slightly with Ned about deactivating the Training Wheels Protocol, Peter felt he was ready. This was his chance to prove himself. He zipped up his jacket and opened the door.

"The glowy thing's evidence. Keep it safe." He reminded Ned.

"Okay." His friend said dutifully, grabbing the power core.

Peter nodded and looked at the tracking program again. "They're moving…" The glow from the hologram illuminated the black threads around his wrist.

Nadia did say it wasn't a tracker… but…

She'd be so impressed if he really handled everything on his own. He didn't need to worry her with a panic button.

Carefully, he untied the cord and tossed it to Ned.

"What's this?" The other teen caught the cord bracelet and held it up.

"Uh, just something my partner gave me." Peter shrugged nonchalantly, "She said something like "break the cord" in case of emergency, but I can totally handle it. Keep it for me till I get back."

"You know you should think of a hero name already other than just calling her "partner" all the time."

"Later…" Peter said distracted as he double-checked the map.

"Alright, Peter. Be careful!" Ned called after his friend as the door to their room closed.

Peter stared down through the skylight somewhat longingly at his friends splashing around in the hotel pool. There were just some times that he missed being a normal teenager. Then he could be messing around with the rest of the team.

He sighed, taking a deep breath and putting on his mask.

::Good evening, Peter. Congratulations on completing the rigorous Training Wheels program and gaining access to your suit's full capabilities.:: A feminine voice spoke, making Peter jump.

"A-Ah… Thank you." The teen didn't know what else to say.

:: So where would you like to take me tonight?::

"Uhmmm…" The voice must have been a built-in AI, he concluded. "I put a tracker on someone. He's a bad guy." Peter nodded, putting his hands on his waist to try and steady himself from the jolt of surprise at this development.

::Tracker located. Plotting course to intercept target.::

Peter noted the red line tracing the path to his destination on the map that was displayed through his mask lenses.

He shrugged before he made a few leaps forward to start off. "Well, as long as I make it back to the decathlon, it's fine."

He hopped onto a truck just as he remembered, "Right… update."

::Update who, Peter?:: The AI inquired.

"Ah, see… my partner. I'm supposed to tell her if I go out on my mission." The teen said a little hesitantly.

:: I have a contact designated 'Sabrina' in my system. Do you want me to send her a text?::

"What? Mr. Stark knows who she is?" Peter's voice cracked. The AI knew who he was referring to as "partner." He groaned and mumbled, "You know what, I'm not surprised." Tony Stark was Tony Stark, after all.

Resignedly, Peter said, "Okay… Just send her a text saying I'm tracking the bad guys now."

When Peter found the tracker and heard the bad guys talking about a heist, the idea of catching the bad guys red-handed made him even more excited.

He was right to leave the bracelet in the hotel. He could totally handle a heist. And when he did, Mr. Stark would know what he was capable of and Nadia would be so proud. He grinned under his mask before he launched a web line to the cargo truck that drove past.

"Oh God… I'm such an idiot!" Peter berated himself as he pounded his fists uselessly on the door of the storage facility, panicking. If he had the bracelet, Nadia could have easily found him and portalled them out of here. But he didn't and his wrist was bare beneath his suit's glove… so he had to rely on himself to try and figure out the right combination for the time lock. He had to get to Ned. His friend had a bomb that was ready to go off if it was exposed to x-rays.

He groaned in frustration when the fifth combination didn't work. He took another breath and solved for the next one.

Ned paced back and forth in the hotel room he shared with Peter. His friend wasn't back yet and he'd been gone the whole night. It was almost time to go. He spotted the black cord on the top of the bedside table and curiosity made him pick it up. Just then, Liz knocked on the door of the hotel room.

"Ned! Peter!"

The teen immediately stuffed the glowy thing and the bracelet in his pocket before taking a breath, wondering what he would say when he opened the door.

Nadia's phone barely rang once before she picked up.

"Peter! You-"

::Nadia! The glowy thingy's a bomb and Ned has it!:: The vigilante's high and panicked voice cut her off.

"Shit…" The young woman cursed. She didn't see it, but Peter's eyes widened. He'd never heard her curse. "My magic is still a bit weird since I got sick. Break the cord, it'll help me pinpoint your location."

::I-I… I don't have it-:: His voice cracked.

Nadia's eyes widened in disbelief, "What?! Peter!-"

:: I think the nationals just finished. I can't get a hold of Ned yet. Get to him! Get the glowy thing!::

No use getting mad.

"Alright… Alright. Where are you?" Nadia focused instead on pulling up a search and checking the exact location of the nationals.

::I'm near DC. I can see the memorial.::

"Keep dialing." She said briskly before ending the call.

Finding the building where the decathlon was being held, she tried to conjure a portal. It sparked for a moment but dissipated.

Nadia's mother had been watching her daughter from the entrance to the kitchen. "Nadia. Your magic is still a bit erratic. You won't be able to-"

"I know!" The young woman snapped. "But I have to try." She ran her hand over her face when the portal still didn't form. She breathed in deeply, trying to calm herself, knowing that chaotic emotions wouldn't help her either.

Anya sighed. "Here. Take these." She slipped the bronze vambraces from her arms and snapped them on her daughter's. "They'll help you manage your magic for now, but I'm warning you. Your spells will be severely limited. Be very careful."

Nadia nodded quickly and gave her mother a brief hug before finally conjuring a successful portal.

The elevator creaked ominously, causing its passengers to look at each other anxiously. Ned hoped Peter would swing in soon. He just talked to him on the phone earlier, Peter most likely knew they were at the memorial. Ned stuck his hands in his pockets to pull out his phone, but when he did, a thin black bracelet fell out. He eyed it for a moment.

"In case of emergency… break the cord…"

He picked it up and casually turned to face the wall…

God, I really hope this works.

Taking one end in each hand, he took a gulp of air and tugged. The black threads snapped and dissolved into golden sparks.

"Wow… that's awesome…" Ned whispered.

Nadia tried to catch the team while they were still at the building where the decathlon was held. She had no luck picking them out among the crowd of dallying students and teachers, so she quickly made her way to the Washington Memorial. The smoke and dust rising from near the top told her the explosion already happened.

Using the chaos as a distraction, she spell-switched her robes. She spotted a figure near the base of the memorial and recognized her as Michelle, one of Peter's decathlon teammates. Nadia arrived a second after Peter did.

"Oh my God! You made it! Can you portal me up there?"

Nadia shook her head regretfully, "It's risky with my magic right now. Get up there and get to them. I'll try to hold up the elevator from down here but hurry. My magic might..."

Peter nodded and leaped onto the side of the memorial and hurriedly started climbing. Nadia, on the other hand, dashed towards the entrance of the structure.

A guard tried to bar her from entering. "Sorry ma'am, it's not safe. We're not letting anyone in."

The young woman was extremely annoyed, "Do I look like a friggin' tourist to you?!" She pushed past and went to the bottom of the elevator shaft. "Get these doors open!" She couldn't waste her magic prying the doors open when there was perfectly capable staff.

The security guard was pretty dumbstruck and moved to do what the robed vigilante asked, using a simple button in the control room to open the doors.

Looking up the shaft, Nadia could see the bottom of the elevator quiver. It would be dangerous if she miscast and formed the barrier spell too high. Usually, a visual was enough, but her magic was unreliable right now. She bit her lip, quickly going through her options.

Suddenly, something in the back of her mind tingled and she knew the cord was snapped.

Ned.

She smiled in relief, the small beacon gave her a focus for her magic. She lifted her arms and concentrated on casting her spell a little below where she felt the magical summons.

:: It looks like your partner is building an energy field a few feet below the elevator.:: Karen reported, the AI having detected a spike in strange energy close to the elevator car.

"Okay- that buys us some time, right?" Peter said, trying to figure out how to break through the window near the top of the monument.

:: Judging how the field is in flux and the impact the elevator will cause from the slight drop, it might only hold for a few seconds.::

Peter took a deep breath and ignored the men who were shouting at him from the helicopter. Then, he jumped. Going over the helicopter's blades, he shot a web line and pulled to direct his momentum toward the one window. He heard a metallic snap and screams just as he broke through. The elevator started falling for a moment, then stopped.

On the ground floor, Nadia grunted and was pushed down to her knees. "Crap!"

From the top of the elevator shaft, Peter shot out as many web lines as possible, connecting them from the elevator to the concrete ceiling and the steel frame of the shaft.

He managed to attach three before Nadia's spell broke. The elevator shuddered violently, but it didn't fall.

Peter lowered himself to the elevator and pried the doors open for the last three passengers to escape- Ned, Liz, and Mr. Harrington. One by one, he helped boost them up onto the landing. Changing his voice a bit, he asked, "So… uh- is everyone okay?"

Liz and the others nodded, breathless. The elevator groaned again before the ceiling finally gave way and with a yelp, Peter fell with the elevator car. Just as the vigilante fell through a cloud of dust, he twisted and shot another line of webbing to the side of the shaft. Quickly, he rappelled down to the ground.

A lot of people were taking videos and pictures, he had to get going and change fast. He already missed the entire competition. His classmates and mister Harrington would be looking for him.

Where was Nadia?

He spotted the person he was looking for talking to another robed figure. The other figure's costume was similar to Nadia's, only dark purple and black with a deep hood.

Peter jogged to them, "Hey… Hey- uh…." He realized how the absence of a superhero name for Nadia would quickly turn into a problem. When the young woman looked to him, he gasped. "Your nose is bleeding."

She waved him off and swayed a bit before the other woman put steadying arms on Nadia's shoulders. "I'm okay." Pulling a piece of cloth from a pocket, she dabbed away the blood.

Sparks formed a portal and the two robed women walked towards it, Nadia looking warily at all the people bringing out their phones. She looked to Peter before stepping through the portal, the glow from the eyes of her mask seeming to intensify. "We'll talk when you get back."

Peter gulped, a tingle going down his spine. Turning around, he addressed the crowd. "Nothing to see here, people." When the portal shut, he nodded and waved before he ran out, heading for his backpack.

May was tearful and hugged Peter tightly when he got off the bus back in Queens. He looked around hopefully for Nadia but was both relieved and quite worried when she didn't seem to be in the school parking lot.

The next day, he dropped by the café to see her. She was clearing a table when he waved at her from outside, his half-smile hesitant and unsure. Her expression went a bit blank when she looked up and spotted him. With a curt nod, she met him outside.

"Nadia… I-"

She cut him off with a raised hand. "My shift ends in five minutes, I'll meet you at the apartment." Her sentence was short. She handed him a key and went back inside the cafe.

Peter felt downcast. Nervous and a little ashamed too. He walked to Nadia's place with his head down.

When he unlocked the door, Stevie was there to greet him. The teen took comfort in the canine's happy bark and knelt to hug and pet the dog. "Looks like I really screwed up, Stevie." He sighed.

"Peter Parker, right?" An unfamiliar feminine voice made him jump up. A woman was standing a few steps from him. She had brown hair in a ponytail and pale blue eyes. Something about her reminded him of Nadia. "Did Nadia send you over?"

"Uh… yeah?" He answered hesitantly. Who was this lady? She looked like she was in her thirties.

"Anya Capelli. It is very nice to finally meet you." She held out her hand and smiled. Peter reluctantly took it. Capelli meant she was closely related to his partner. "Nadia does talk a lot about you."

"Sh-she does?" A hopeful look crossed the teen's face for a moment before his eyes turned down again. "Not so much now though, I think." Peter mumbled, "She's mad."

Anya looked at the boy sympathetically. "I know what that is like. Even when she was little, she hardly ever got mad. When she does though…" The woman huffed out a laugh.

"I screwed up real bad. She… sorta tried to… h-help me out. I-I pretty much… ig-ignored the help and made her- made her worry." Peter stuttered, doing his best to explain the problem, but be discrete about Nadia's vigilante activities.

Anya nodded, walking to the kitchen. "Soda? Water?" Peter followed and shook his head, taking a seat at the small dining table.

"You definitely riled her up when you told her you did not have the cord she had given you. Quite mad she may have been, but she insisted on going to DC to help you, even if her magic was still a bit unstable." The woman prepared herself a mug of tea.

"She was panicking so much about it, she had to use these to better control her arcane energy." She held up one arm, pointing at a wide bronze band Peter had seen on Nadia's arms at DC, before taking a seat herself. "She will be mad for a few days. Maybe go harder than necessary on you during your training, but she always forgives."

Peter sat with his mouth open, staring at the woman.

She knew.

As though reading his mind, she said easily, "Yes, I know your alter-ego, Spider-man. Your voice is hard to mistake for another person's if you recently heard it. Keep that in mind." Anya seemed to smile with her eyes as she gave him a sly look.

"You're a sorcerer, too?! Is-Is it a family trade or-or something?" Peter asked excitedly.

Another hero?

She let out a soft, breathy laugh. "In a way, yes. I would have thought Nadia might have told you a little about me."

"I-I don't… I don't think so. Are you her aunt?" Peter tried to search his memories for any conversation about Nadia's family. She only really every talked about her grandmother and her-

"Mom? I thought you were going to be out until tonight?" Nadia appeared at the entrance to the kitchen.

Wait…

"Mom?!" Peter's voice cracked, confused stare flickering back and forth between the two women.

And that was how they relocated to the living room and Nadia ended up explaining how her mother's magic messed with the speed of her aging… which explained why Nadia's mother looked only slightly older than May when Nadia herself was supposed to be just twenty-three.

"You were the other sorcerer at the memorial," Peter concluded.

Anya nodded, sipping at her tea. "I had to bring Nadia home after she stressed her magic. Sorcerers in our family rarely ever get sick. When we do, recovery is swift. But it interferes with our control of mystical energy for a while longer, even if our bodies are well."

"Are you okay now, Nadia?" Peter asked, concerned. "You had a nosebleed back at the memorial."

Said young woman nodded sternly, before nudging Stevie off her lap and standing. "Speaking of which…"

Peter gulped at the serious glare that Nadia was throwing him, putting up his hands. "Nadia-" He backed away slowly, "Nadia, I-"

"Why the hell did you just leave the cord!?" She yelled, gathering a small sphere of magic in her hands and throwing it roughly at Peter. Stevie went wild again and started dashing around the room.

The mystic sparks pushed him roughly back and made him sputter. The force shoved him through a wall of shattered glass and made him disappear into the mirror dimension.

Nadia stomped through right after him.

Anya sighed. It had been a while since she saw her daughter mad like that. It was strange, but it was a good sign. Nadia only got that mad when it concerned people she was close to. Anya looked to the grey dog that had started to calm down but was still pacing across the carpet anxiously, whining.

"They'll take a while." Anya addressed the retriever. "Do you want to go for a walk?"

Stevie barked and eagerly went to sit at the door while he waited for the woman to get his leash.

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