If I can find a seam, I can at least break through it. [Peter offers as an uncertain compromise. Neither of them have an actual plan. The brunette is at least trying to mentally make a plan.] If I can't get it with just my hands, I can at least go back inside and find something to help.
[He doesn't want to go back inside. He really does not, but, its an option.]
We'll figure something out. Soon as we know for sure.
[Normally he's planning ahead, normally he's got about eight steps and two different pathways figured out. But he's so out of it, he's tired, he's hungry, he's hurt and he's scared.]
Okay. Just... [Peter hesitates, debating with himself before untying the neck tie at the back of his hospital gown top.
He slides it off. Some embarrassment creeps briefly under his skin at being topless around his crush, but it doesn't last long.
He turns back to Leo, moving to just drape the large cotton-y hospital gown over him. He ties the neck ribbon gently, making sure it'll stay on and in place.] Here. It won't be a lot, but it's gonna be warmer than nothing, right?
[He's turning a little red, but makes sure to move towards the forcefield wall, scampering up it with only mild struggle since his ankle is not doing great.]
[Leo's still staring between the forcefield and the building itself, making sure no one is coming after them.
But he stills when he feels he fabric around him, looking up at Peter. Only taking a second to register oh he's topless Oh that's a thing okay moving on there are bigger things happening here before nodding and watching Peter go.
He's worried though, that ankle and no obvious ways out...]
[Peter doesn't hesitate to scramble upwards, higher and higher until he's very much almost out of sight. A strange blot against the skyline almost lost in the shift of the slowly rising sun.
The forcefield ripples vaguely under him, a track of his steps. He ends up looming over the building they had been kept in.
Peter seems to find something given the more violent rippling coming down the shield.]
[The rippling intensifies, making the forcefield glow brightly with each ripple. It only grows more unsteady until it finally knocks Peter back hard enough he loses his grip.
He falls. He flounders in the air, starting to go into the motion of a web swing until he's reminded he doesn't have his web shooters right now.
He sails down towards earth, trying to adjust himself for a hard landing. Only to have the air knocked out of him as a forcefield forms around him just as he seems to be reaching the height of the buildings rooftop. It hovers in the air before descending slowly back to the ground.
Doctor Reyes calmly walks out to meet the forcefield as it drops in front of the building itself within the property line.
She stands there, arms crossed just staring at Leo expectantly.]
[Peter falls, and Leo has to stop himself from shouting. He can't draw attention, not that loudly but his leg aches at the thought of running to catch him, he should, he has to-
As he crouches down to ready himself into a painful sprint when the bubble forms around Peter.]
No... [His eyes focus on Dr. Reyes stepping out, lowering Peter down carefully. And then staring at him. Something clenches in his chest.
He doesn't want to abandon Peter. He doesn't want to, but if he can break for it, if he can run, he can get the others and come back-
He thinks for a split second before he touches one hand down and bolts along the line of the barrier.]
[Reyes doesn't move after him, just stock still as she watches the teenager take off. He runs along the line of the barrier.
Peter lays back in the bubble breathing heavily and holding his chest as he glares at Reyes. He calls out, but his voice is dampened. Peter wants Leo to get out of here, get to safety. He needs to leave.
Leo seems to be getting closer to the damage Peter did to the forcefield. The split glitters under the sunlight, a promise he can get out of here in one piece.
One that is promptly snapped away as a forcefield seems to form under his feet as he gets within reach. He's snapped up in containment and pulled along.
The forcefield around the property slowly starts to knit itself back together.
Reyes never says a word, her expression at best chilly and mildly perturbed.]
[Fire shoots up his leg as he runs, already way slower than he normally is. Maybe that's why he got caught. Leo can't tell if it's his blood on the morning grass that made him slip, or the bubble as it formed around him. The momentum carries him face first into the wall of the barrier with a bounce.
He looks around himself before looking back at her.
Now that you two are done, lets see if I can get you properly settled, checked over for worsened injuries. [Reyes says smoothly, plainly as she begins walking. The two forcefields come towards her, bobbling in the air.
Peter wraps his arms tightly around his chest, glancing at Leo. Neither of them like being this helpless much less trapped. He tries to say something, but the dome is thick enough his voice doesn't reach out of it.]
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[Doctor Reyes sighs openly again. She gives Leonardo a disappointed glance.]
Put you two in quarantine, given your antics. Beyond that, if you adhere to my program, you will have better control of your abilities.
[Peter hits at the forcefield unhappily, calling out something at her that goes unheard by both of them. Reyes ignores Peter, just leading them further towards the manor.]
This is a program for young mutants to grow and become better. The two of you have proven you can't be trusted.
Uh, yeah, because you kidnapped us from our home, broke our things - if those evne really are our things - and won't let us leave! We didn't ask for this!
[Doctor Reyes offers no real answers. She merely walks them into the mano, the click of her loafers against old tile feeling loud in the quiet.
Peter just keeps glancing at Leo worriedly, shivering a little at the chill that follows them inside. He doesn't remember the inside of the building being this cold.
The doctor makes a point to separate them again. She leaves Peter in the hall as she walks Leo back to the infirmary.
[A routine isn't what Peter would call the shift of things. A routine implies they're settled here.
He doesn't feel settled in the asylum turned manor. Neither of them are settled here. They spin over escape plans regularly, trying to ride out the healing part of things to actually make plan come to fruition. Peter is healing faster, which means he can likely break through the shield again when Reyes is distracted.
For now, they're... well, here. Present but not settled. Present in Leo's room.
Peter knows he has his own space further down the hall, but he doesn't want to be that far away from his friend. Not when neither of them know what Reyes is really planning. It means the two huddle down together in Leo's bedroom when they aren't wandering the halls they can access.
Peter blows out a short breath, half awake as he moves to drape more blankets onto Leo. The manor was quiet this night, a bit too still, and the room was cold out of nowhere.]
You'd think this room would be warmer since it's so tiny.
[In any other context, he'd be more protective of Peter. Actively trying to find ways out, taking the initiative to plan and scheme -
But this is just his worst nightmare. If Peter weren't here, Leo isn't sure what he'd do because right now, just the two of them with no contact to the outside world and no perceivable way out, he wants to huddle up somewhere and ...Do probably what they're doing right now. Everything still hurts, but he's glad Peter's mostly healed up by now.
He huddles under the blankets shivering, lifts one side for Peter to crawl in.]
You'd think. If Don were here, he'd have some nerd explanation for why that is.
[Peter accepts the invitation, just settling under the covers, close to Leo. He knows he's about the only source of heat for the other teenager.
He loosely drapes an arm around Leo, just trying to hold him. Any other time he'd be more focused on how close they are right now. He's wanted to ask Leo out forever and just hasn't had the chance.
Right now, it feels distant and like something he shouldn't be thinking about when they're being held hostage.]
This place is super old and I doubt Reyes actually fixed anything before she started kidnapping teenagers.
[Seeing Leo all but... fall apart in some ways just makes Peter cling tighter to trying to be steady. Trying to make him feel better. Even if it's not a lot.
If he hadn't asked Leo to go out with him for a patrol, if he just... had stayed home, neither of them would be in this situation. Peter should have gone on his own, so Leo could be at home with his family. Peter didn't care if he was hurt, as long as Leo wasn't.
It's his fault.
The guilt just makes him click his teeth together uncomfortably.]
[As soon as Peter crawls under the blankets, Leo leans into him shivering. It shouldn't be this cold, and he hates that he's this susceptible to it.
If only he hadn't gotten hurt, he could've been faster. He could've gotten out and gotten help, they wouldn't still both be stuck here. He could be working out a plan to get Peter home...
He hates that this is how he gets closer to Peter. Why did this have to happen when he'd been working himself up to asking him out.]
[Peter just holds Leo, trying to give him as much heat as he can give the other teenager. Peter wishes he could generate more heat to help Leo warm up.
He gazes at Leo's face, on the verge of something something when the sound of scratching from the hallway makes the brunette pause. His attention shifted towards the old wood door.
Peter's spider-sense prickles, enough that he shifts out of under the blankets, balancing on his good leg as he moves towards the door.]
Reyes, it's like way past 11, we're sleeping or trying to! [Its more Spider-Man than Peter as he opens the door.
The smell of smoke that hits them immediately is overwhelming. Then Peter catches a glimpse of something on the floor. He can't quite register what it is. His reflexes are faster than his brain is.
[A whine almost cuts through his throat when Peter pulls away, curling in on himself more under the pile of blankets. It's too cold, it's way way too cold. Is this more bullshit testing training or whatever Reyes is wanting to do to them?
He can't stop thinking about when are they going to just put him on a table and cut him open and be done with it.]
God, you'd think she'd give us a rest-
[And then the door opens, and the smell comes through immediately. Leo's eyes widen and he grabs the edge of the blanket to pull over his face.]
[Peter is coughing, dragging the hem of his shirt over his nose and mouth as he tries to figure out just what that even was. Peter's heart is racing and he is trying to quell the panic prickling under his skin.]
Something- is out there!
[The wooden door shakes as whatever Peter saw hits the wooden frame hard enough to rattle it down to the hardware. Peter is quick to brace himself against it.]
I- I don't even know its- [He's coughing harder, ducking his head briefly as he tries to just get himself back together.] Its not a mutant or- one of us- its-
[The smoke just makes him feel like he has asthma again, and he can't catch his breath.
The built in viewing window on the door starts to rattle open, like something is trying to look in at them.]
[He's trying to keep the sheet he grabbed up to his face, but Peter needs it more. He shifts so all the weight is on his good leg, shoving his shoulder against the door with a cough and presses the sheet to Peter's face hoping that helps a little more than trying to keep the hem of his shirt up. It's gotta be, it's-
Oh god he can feel something trying to look at them.
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Yeah... Y-yeah, go ahead. If you can climb it and find an opening or seam, then-
[Then what? Leo doesn't have his sword, there's nothing for Leo to latch onto, Peter doesn't have his web fluid.]
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[He doesn't want to go back inside. He really does not, but, its an option.]
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[Normally he's planning ahead, normally he's got about eight steps and two different pathways figured out. But he's so out of it, he's tired, he's hungry, he's hurt and he's scared.]
I'll keep an eye out.
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He slides it off. Some embarrassment creeps briefly under his skin at being topless around his crush, but it doesn't last long.
He turns back to Leo, moving to just drape the large cotton-y hospital gown over him. He ties the neck ribbon gently, making sure it'll stay on and in place.] Here. It won't be a lot, but it's gonna be warmer than nothing, right?
[He's turning a little red, but makes sure to move towards the forcefield wall, scampering up it with only mild struggle since his ankle is not doing great.]
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But he stills when he feels he fabric around him, looking up at Peter. Only taking a second to register oh he's topless Oh that's a thing okay moving on there are bigger things happening here before nodding and watching Peter go.
He's worried though, that ankle and no obvious ways out...]
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The forcefield ripples vaguely under him, a track of his steps. He ends up looming over the building they had been kept in.
Peter seems to find something given the more violent rippling coming down the shield.]
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He falls. He flounders in the air, starting to go into the motion of a web swing until he's reminded he doesn't have his web shooters right now.
He sails down towards earth, trying to adjust himself for a hard landing. Only to have the air knocked out of him as a forcefield forms around him just as he seems to be reaching the height of the buildings rooftop. It hovers in the air before descending slowly back to the ground.
Doctor Reyes calmly walks out to meet the forcefield as it drops in front of the building itself within the property line.
She stands there, arms crossed just staring at Leo expectantly.]
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As he crouches down to ready himself into a painful sprint when the bubble forms around Peter.]
No... [His eyes focus on Dr. Reyes stepping out, lowering Peter down carefully. And then staring at him. Something clenches in his chest.
He doesn't want to abandon Peter. He doesn't want to, but if he can break for it, if he can run, he can get the others and come back-
He thinks for a split second before he touches one hand down and bolts along the line of the barrier.]
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Peter lays back in the bubble breathing heavily and holding his chest as he glares at Reyes. He calls out, but his voice is dampened. Peter wants Leo to get out of here, get to safety. He needs to leave.
Leo seems to be getting closer to the damage Peter did to the forcefield. The split glitters under the sunlight, a promise he can get out of here in one piece.
One that is promptly snapped away as a forcefield seems to form under his feet as he gets within reach. He's snapped up in containment and pulled along.
The forcefield around the property slowly starts to knit itself back together.
Reyes never says a word, her expression at best chilly and mildly perturbed.]
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He looks around himself before looking back at her.
He'd been so close. That isn't fair.]
Nice catch.
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Peter wraps his arms tightly around his chest, glancing at Leo. Neither of them like being this helpless much less trapped. He tries to say something, but the dome is thick enough his voice doesn't reach out of it.]
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He turns his attention to Reyes, glaring up at her. Ignoring the pain in his leg and his middle.]
What are you going to do to us?
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Put you two in quarantine, given your antics. Beyond that, if you adhere to my program, you will have better control of your abilities.
[Peter hits at the forcefield unhappily, calling out something at her that goes unheard by both of them. Reyes ignores Peter, just leading them further towards the manor.]
This is a program for young mutants to grow and become better. The two of you have proven you can't be trusted.
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Uh, yeah, because you kidnapped us from our home, broke our things - if those evne really are our things - and won't let us leave! We didn't ask for this!
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Peter just keeps glancing at Leo worriedly, shivering a little at the chill that follows them inside. He doesn't remember the inside of the building being this cold.
The doctor makes a point to separate them again. She leaves Peter in the hall as she walks Leo back to the infirmary.
All Peter can do is watch Leo go.]
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He doesn't feel settled in the asylum turned manor. Neither of them are settled here. They spin over escape plans regularly, trying to ride out the healing part of things to actually make plan come to fruition. Peter is healing faster, which means he can likely break through the shield again when Reyes is distracted.
For now, they're... well, here. Present but not settled. Present in Leo's room.
Peter knows he has his own space further down the hall, but he doesn't want to be that far away from his friend. Not when neither of them know what Reyes is really planning. It means the two huddle down together in Leo's bedroom when they aren't wandering the halls they can access.
Peter blows out a short breath, half awake as he moves to drape more blankets onto Leo. The manor was quiet this night, a bit too still, and the room was cold out of nowhere.]
You'd think this room would be warmer since it's so tiny.
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But this is just his worst nightmare. If Peter weren't here, Leo isn't sure what he'd do because right now, just the two of them with no contact to the outside world and no perceivable way out, he wants to huddle up somewhere and ...Do probably what they're doing right now. Everything still hurts, but he's glad Peter's mostly healed up by now.
He huddles under the blankets shivering, lifts one side for Peter to crawl in.]
You'd think. If Don were here, he'd have some nerd explanation for why that is.
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He loosely drapes an arm around Leo, just trying to hold him. Any other time he'd be more focused on how close they are right now. He's wanted to ask Leo out forever and just hasn't had the chance.
Right now, it feels distant and like something he shouldn't be thinking about when they're being held hostage.]
This place is super old and I doubt Reyes actually fixed anything before she started kidnapping teenagers.
[Seeing Leo all but... fall apart in some ways just makes Peter cling tighter to trying to be steady. Trying to make him feel better. Even if it's not a lot.
If he hadn't asked Leo to go out with him for a patrol, if he just... had stayed home, neither of them would be in this situation. Peter should have gone on his own, so Leo could be at home with his family. Peter didn't care if he was hurt, as long as Leo wasn't.
It's his fault.
The guilt just makes him click his teeth together uncomfortably.]
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[As soon as Peter crawls under the blankets, Leo leans into him shivering. It shouldn't be this cold, and he hates that he's this susceptible to it.
If only he hadn't gotten hurt, he could've been faster. He could've gotten out and gotten help, they wouldn't still both be stuck here. He could be working out a plan to get Peter home...
He hates that this is how he gets closer to Peter. Why did this have to happen when he'd been working himself up to asking him out.]
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He gazes at Leo's face, on the verge of something something when the sound of scratching from the hallway makes the brunette pause. His attention shifted towards the old wood door.
Peter's spider-sense prickles, enough that he shifts out of under the blankets, balancing on his good leg as he moves towards the door.]
Reyes, it's like way past 11, we're sleeping or trying to! [Its more Spider-Man than Peter as he opens the door.
The smell of smoke that hits them immediately is overwhelming. Then Peter catches a glimpse of something on the floor. He can't quite register what it is. His reflexes are faster than his brain is.
Peter yanks the door shut again.]
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He can't stop thinking about when are they going to just put him on a table and cut him open and be done with it.]
God, you'd think she'd give us a rest-
[And then the door opens, and the smell comes through immediately. Leo's eyes widen and he grabs the edge of the blanket to pull over his face.]
Peter!
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Something- is out there!
[The wooden door shakes as whatever Peter saw hits the wooden frame hard enough to rattle it down to the hardware. Peter is quick to brace himself against it.]
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And it's smoking, whatever it is?
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[The smoke just makes him feel like he has asthma again, and he can't catch his breath.
The built in viewing window on the door starts to rattle open, like something is trying to look in at them.]
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Oh god he can feel something trying to look at them.
This isn't gonna hold- We have to move.
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enjoy peter acting without thinking part #8932
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