Chapter 20

"Where did he go?" Peter asked as he tried looking around for Mr. Toomes. "He went that way," Athena said as she pointed at the giant hole in the ceiling. "Okay, come on," Peter said as he grabbed Athena and shot a web out of the warehouse. Athena immediately wrapped her arms around Peter.

As they left the warehouse, they saw Mr. Toomes on a billboard. Peter landed on the billboard and then shot a web at the back of Mr. Toomes' wings. Mr. Toomes flew off the billboard, taking Peter and Athena with him.

Mr. Toomes landed on the jet, along with Peter and Athena. Mr. Toomes attached his wings to the jet. "I have an idea," Athena said as she slightly moved towards the wings. Which was difficult since the only way that Athena didn't fall was because Peter was holding her. She kicked the wings to drag Mr. Toomes out. Then, the wings started moving. Mr. Toomes started targeting Peter specifically. Peter brought Athena to the top of the jet before going after Mr. Toomes.

Athena walked over to the edge the best she could without flying off of the jet. Athena tried to figure out ways to help, but before she could come up with an idea, Peter's web broke and he started falling towards the turbine. Athena used her powers to catch Peter before he got to the turbine. Mr. Toomes on the other hand wasn't so lucky. Part of his wing got stuck in the turbine.

Athena then moved towards the door of the jet and she pulled on the door and it opened. She went into the jet and closed the door behind her. She moved towards the cockpit to see where the pilot was. When she looked, there was no pilot. "Shit," Athena said.

Then Athena heard the sound of metal scrapping on top of metal. Then it stopped. "Athena! It's heading towards the city!" She heard Peter yell and Athena mentally swore as she sat down in the pilot's seat. She turned the wheel and tried to aim it towards the beach.

She managed to succeed, but she couldn't slow the jet down. The jet landed roughly on the ground and Athena tried her best to get out of the jet. Lights were flashing and the jet was getting warm.

Athena managed to make it out of the jet right before it exploded. She hit the ground hard as she heard something in her hand crack. A piece of hot metal grazed Athena's face causing her to scream out in pain. She touched the wound and flinched, but the piece of metal was still stuck in her cheek. She pulled it out, managing to ignore the burning sensation she had on her fingertips.

Athena started to look around for Peter and she eventually found him. He was fighting Mr. Toomes and was not winning at all. Athena raised her hand and used her powers to get Mr. Toomes away from Peter. Mr. Toomes was flown back a couple of feet as his wings started to spark and malfunction. Then his gaze went to behind Athena. Mr. Toomes took his mask off and flew over Athena's head and grabbed onto the box behind her.

"No! It's gonna explode!" Peter yelled as he noticed the sparking of Mr. Toomes wings. Peter shot one of his webs at him. "Time to go home, Pete!" Mr. Toomes said.

"I'm trying to save you!" Peter yelled and Mr. Toomes cut Peter's web and started to fly away. Then, Mr. Toomes wings began to spark even more. Athena formed a small knife-like thing and threw it at what was holding the box. The pieces of metal broke and the box fell to the ground. The wings began to malfunction even more and caused Mr. Toomes to crash into the ground. "No!" Peter yelled as he ran into the fire that Mr. Toomes wings made.

He came out a moment later with Mr. Toomes on his back. Athena went over to him to help and she managed to help tie Mr. Toomes up. She got distracted afterward by sharp pains shooting up her arm. She looked at her wrist and saw a bruise beginning to form, but she knew it was much worse than just a bruise.

Sirens began to get closer and the two of them quickly left the beach and waited near a rollercoaster on the pier. Now that she didn't have to worry about explosions and cops, she could finally assess her injuries. She probably had a mild concussion from the explosion, a broken wrist, and a few cuts and bruises. Nothing too bad.

"We should go," Athena said as she pushed herself up from her seated position. "Yeah," Peter said as he watched Mr. Toomes being arrested.

Athena didn't show up to school for a couple of days. Tony refused to let her go until she was healed up a little. When Athena finally did show up, she had to be filled in on everything that happened.

"Liz is moving?" Athena asked she wasn't overly close to the girl, but it was still a sad series of events. "Yeah," Ned said, Athena nodded. "Probably to get closer to her dad. Makes sense," Athena said as she started to get a headache again. She didn't know what it was about the school's lights, but them mixed with a concussion wasn't good.

"Are you okay?" Peter asked.

"Yeah," Athena said and she looked up from her food to see skeptical looks from both Peter and Ned. "What?" Athena asked.

"You look like you're in pain," Ned said and Athena gave him an annoyed look. "My wrist is broken and I have a headache, how am I supposed to look?" Athena asked.

"Bad choice of words. Sorry," Ned said.

*After School*

Athena walked out of the school and went straight to Happy's car. As she got in, she saw Peter sitting in the seat next to her. Athena just gave him a weird look and he just shrugged it off.

They drove to the Avengers building and got out of the car. Athena saw Tony Stark standing by the door and Athena looked at him and then at Peter. He started walking towards Tony. They went into the compound. "What's going on?" Athena asked.

"Tony wants Peter to be an Avenger," Happy said with a small smile. "Are you smiling?" Athena asked and the smile dropped. "No," Happy said, Athena laughed and walked into the compound.

Athena went up to the medical wing. As she approached, she thankfully saw the doctor inside the room. "Ms. Brown, what can I help you with?" The doctor asked.

"I have a few injuries that I need to get checked out," Athena said and the doctor nodded. She started to check on Athena's injuries and the doctor just confirmed what Athena was thinking. "It looks like you have a sprained wrist and you have a mild concussion. Take it easy until everything is healed up, okay?" The doctor said and Athena nodded. "Thank you," Athena replied.

Athena walked up to her room in the compound and started to do her homework.

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