~14~

(Just a heads up, there's some pretty gory stuff in this chapter, but nothing too extreme. I would not suggest skipping over it.)

It's been a week since Norman attacked and Peter was really getting sick and tired of not being able to be Spiderman.

His dad and the others all agreed that it wasn't safe for him to patrol until Norman was taken care of. But god knows how long that could take.

He tried everything to convince his family that he was safe. 'The city needs me!''They're gonna think I'm dead again!''My suit upgrades need to be tested!''I'm so bored!'

But none of it worked.

He flopped down onto his bed and sighed. "Friday, call Ned and ask him to come over. I'm dying of boredom right now."

"Sure thing Peter, however might I add that it is not possible to actually die or become injured because of 'boredom'?" She replied.

Peter rolled his eyes. "Thanks fri."

A short while later Friday announced Ned's arrival and he came into Peter's room.

"Hey Peter! How's life stuck in the tower?" Ned asked as he sat down beside Peter. Peter dramatically sighed in annoyance and fell to the floor.

"It's horrible Ned! I'm dying of boredom!" He exclaimed.

"Once again Peter, that is not actually possible." Friday said.

Ned laughed at Friday's commentary but then stopped. "Are they ever gonna let you be Spiderman again?" He asked seriously.

Peter shrugged. "Not until Norman is caught."

Of course Peter told Ned everything. Ned was Peter's best friend and he deserved to know everything from if he kissed a girl to which deadly villain was trying to kill him now.

"Man Pete, this sucks. Is there no way you can go out? Crime rates are rising again!" Ned asked. Peter shook his head.

"I know they are... but dad won't let me out! Natasha and Bucky are constantly guarding the windows while Steve and Clint watch the security footage to make sure I'm still here."

Ned sighed. "Well at least if you're stuck here Norman can't hurt you..." he said sympathetically. Peter smiled and hugged Ned. "Yea... I guess so."

They hung out for a few more hours until Ned had to leave. He waved to Peter and said bye to the avengers. Peter sat in the living room after Ned left beside Tony.

"You know I really like that kid Pete, he's a good influence on you." Tony smiled. Peter rolled his eyes.

"Well you know he thinks I should patrol again! It's been a week dad, Norman is probably not gonna attack me, and if he does I'll just fight him off!" He pleaded.

Tony sighed and rubbed his temples. "Peter... I know how much this means to you. What if I let you go, but you have to follow some rules?"

Peter beamed with excitement. "Yes! Yes! Yes! Thank you!"

Tony smiled and sat Peter back down and made him look at him.

"If you see Norman, you either call us immediately, or if you can hide and get back to the tower as quickly as possible. Understood?"

Peter shook his head then jumped up happily. The other avengers walked into the room and saw the happy teen.

"What's going on?" Steve asked. Peter smiled brightly. "Dad's letting me go on patrol!" He cheered.

Bucky sent him a glare. "You're doing what now?" Peter rolled his eyes.

"It's okay Uncle Bucky! I'm gonna call you guys if I see anything okay?" He said. Bucky sighed.

Peter smiled and ran to put his suit on and texted Ned. Peterman: Great news! Dad's letting me go out on patrol!Iwaswatchingporn: that's awesome dude! Stay safe and catch the baddies!Peterman: will do!

Peter put his phone away and ran to the front room. He waved to his family before jumping out the window and cheering as he soared through the air.

He felt amazing. Stopping small crimes and helping old ladies cross the street, this was all he had wanted to do for the past week. Everything was going great!

But of course Parker Luck has to screw it all up...

Peter's spidey senses blared crazily, but it was too late as he felt a cloudiness encase his mind and everything went dark...

When he woke up, he was strapped to a chair with cuffs on his legs and wrists. The chair was bolted to the ground and his suit was bunched up in the corner and he was wearing some old grey clothes.

He groaned as he felt the pounding in his head. He groaned again when he realized he didn't have a chance to call the avengers because he got knocked out so fast!

He figured he would want to talk his way out of this one. "Okay something up! I was most definitely not wearing these clothes when I got here. Who changed me?"

Norman walked out of the shadows with a strange looking weapon in his hand. It was a long black bar with a blue tip at the one end. Peter sighed. He knew what these were, and they were not fun.

"Aww come on Goby, what's with you and the other villains always electrocuting me?" Peter said sassily.

Norman smirked. "Oh it's not me that will be torturing you this time Peter, it's my new son. Your replacement."

Peter chuckled. "Oh god! I can't believe someone would actually agree to that? Who is this guy anyways?"

A short figure walked out of the shadows, wearing a black mask. Peter couldn't help but think that this guy looked kind of familiar. He didn't have much time to think about it since the guy grabbed the weapon from Norman and began torturing him.

The black rod cane smashing down onto Peter's thighs. He felt the spikes on the one end tear through his skin and blood seeped through his clothes.

He screamed.

Then the electrical side made contact with his abdomen and Peter felt the jolt of electricity shoot through his body and his body shook, causing pulling at the cuffs and he felt his wrists and ankled bleed as the skin tore from the pulling.

He screamed.

The spiked side made contact again, this time on both his arms. The blood flowed down his arms like a waterfall, soaking his hands even more than they were before.

He screamed.

The electrical side made contact with his abdomen once again and this time Peter vomited from the extreme amount of energy. He panted and coughed, blood now replacing the vomit.

He screamed.

The guy dropped his weapon and began punching Peter in the face over and over again, Peter didn't know why, but it hurt like hell and he could feel his face becoming swollen. He figured whatever Norman used to knock him out and get him here must have also slowed his healing down.

He screamed.

It was finally over and Peter panted as he felt the blood flow out of many parts of his body. His nose was broken and bleeding, he was still coughing up blood, his arms and legs were covered in rough and uneven wounds, his wrists and ankles were bleeding from the cuffs, his head was pounding from the punches and the shocks and all he could feel was pain...

He screamed.

Norman and the guy laughed at Peter's misery. Suddenly Norman turned to his trainee. "Why don't you show Pete who you really are?"

The guy nodded and chuckled evilly as he slowly removed his mask. What Peter saw made him sick again. All the pain drowned out into the feeling of pure betrayal.

The one person he would of never thought of to try and kill him...

Ned...

Oh my god. That escalated quickly huh? Anyways super pumped for the next captain marvel trailer to come out tonight!!! Except to be honest I'm just not so patiently waiting for the A4 trailer guys. I know they say it's supposed to come out Wednesday, but I'll believe it when I see it. Thanks for reading!~Taco