Chapter 13 - Mutant Part 1 (1/2)
(3 Weeks later)
Peter took a quick break in his patrol as he retrieved his civilian clothes. He may go on patrol these days for around 18 hours, but he did occasionally take breaks to eat dinner. Dolling out the small amount of money that his photos provided, Peter bought a pizza and made his way to the abandoned warehouse.
He had been visiting quite a lot recently and there was only one reason, that girl. Peter still hadn't learnt her name yet, she didn't really talk much, and Peter didn't want to pry. After their first meeting 3 weeks ago, Peter had returned 3 days later to check up on venom. You could never be too carefully with these sorts of things, and Peter didn't want anything to go wrong.
What truly surprised him at the time was that the girl was still there when he got back. Not much had changed about her except it looked like she got a new black tank top from somewhere; Peter really didn't want to know.
He didn't want to judge her for trying to live, even if the only way people like them could get clothes like that was, either from dumpsters, or stealing them, maybe getting them from a charity organization. But she didn't strike him as a person to go to a charity organization for clothes. Peter really didn't want to know which one it was. After meeting again, they were still standoffish. But unlike before she didn't mind when he walked close to her.
Maybe it was because of the food he gave her, Peter honestly wasn't sure. But seeing that the girl was still inside the warehouse with an open roof, he had decided to give her some food. He didn't see any scraps around the place and had no clue what she did when she got hungry.
And now 3 weeks later, they had become a bit closer. As mentioned before they didn't talk much, but she had said some words like ”Thank you.” She said those words for the first time last week when Peter once again gave her some food. Peter didn't have to spend more money to give her food; instead Peter just started eating less.
If he was starting to get skinny before, it was getting much worse now, inside Peters mind, he just though 'She deserves it more' Now there was a lot wrong with that thought, but that conversation is for a different time. But because he had those thoughts he had started to meet regularly with the girl in the abandoned warehouse.
Peter moved fast making sure not to grab any unwanted attention as he made his way over to the place. Opening the door quickly he closed it behind him and spoke softly. ”Hey it's just me.” Peter found out it was better to tell her it was him, just so she didn't freak out or hide. One time he had arrived and didn't say a word, and he thought she was gone, until he turned to leave and nearly jumped to the ceiling. She was quiet as an assassin with her movements. She had been standing right behind him, with a cold look that could pierce his soul; it scared the crap out of him.
The most vexing thing for Peter at that time was that his spider sense didn't go off; he knew that they had become somewhat friends, but damn he still thought she would set it off! From that day on, he decided he would announce himself; he didn't want that to happen again.
Waiting for a few seconds Peter finally saw the girl appear from the other side of the warehouse. She seemed to meld with the shadows around her. 'Seriously did ninjas train this girl? Maybe a league of assassins?' Peter started to contemplate this as she made her way closer.