"Edward?" I whispered quietly. Tears brimmed my eyes. Peter pulled me into a hug and called Tony into the room. He rushed into the room and froze as he stared at the TV.

"Jarvis, turn the TV off, now!" Tony demanded. The TV went black and Tony stuck his hand out, his palm facing outwards. Large parts of metal flew into the room and connected themselves together once they came in contact with his skin. Before we knew it, he was in a large, gold and hot rod red suit.

I started at it in awe. I didn't know it did that!

"Tony?" Steve asked as he walked in, "What's going on?"

"I'm just cold. I've decided to warm up in my suit." Tony smarted off before he flew through the ceiling.

"Mr.Stark! Wait!!" Peter pleaded as he slipped on his Spiderman suit.

"Pete, no," I stated.

"El!" He complained.

"I know exactly what he's doing. And you are not going to be involved."

"I can help!"

"No!"

"Fine. You win," He huffed. I sighed in relief.

"I'm sorry, but what does Tony think he is doing?" Steve questioned.

"It has to do with Edward. I can tell," I responded.

"Who's Edward?"

" Um..... He uh... no-nobody." I stammered. Real smooth. Speech: 100.

"You sure?" Steve questioned.

"I don't know," I whispered.

"Electra, who is Edward?"

"He..." memories flooded my mind. Him touching me. Him beating me for stepping slightly out of line, or for no reason at all. The small house my siblings lived in. Him using them as leverage. Him screaming at me while I cowered in the corner. Me waking up in cold sweats from nightmares.

I snapped back to reality. I shuddered and realized I was shaking. I rested my head on my hands as I thought about how I would answer. I flinched as Peter gently put his hand on my back in an attempt to calm me. I quickly relaxed once I realized it was just him.

Our heads bolted towards the hole in the ceiling as we heard a male screaming. Tony flew in through the hole in the ceiling, a struggling Edward in his arms.

We made eye contact. He completely stopped struggling and smirked. I felt like I couldn't breathe.

"Hey, sweetheart." He cooed. I looked down at my lap as a few stray tears fell down my face. The Iron Man suit came off of Tony and he guided Edward away, Steve following. I heard screams and struggles.

"Hey! Get back here asshat!" Tony yelled. Edward roughly grabbed onto my arm and yanked me up. Peter was also frozen in fear.

Right before Tony and Steve could get him, he slipped a hand up my shirt. I realized that he smelled strongly of alcohol as he went to remove my bra. Peter got up to try and help me, but Edward kicked his balls. I tried to shove him off of me, but he slapped me across the face. I whimpered in pain.

Tony and Steve quickly ran into the room and threw him off of me. I quickly moved next to Peter as they attacked Edward.

"See you soon, sweetheart!!" Edward yelled as they dragged him away somewhere. Thankfully, the triplets were preoccupied with Rhodes at the moment.

"I'm sorry, " Peter apologized.

"It's fine..." I trailed off. Peter wrapped me in a warm and caring hug.

I let out a few choked sobs and he hugged me a little tighter.

"Thank You, " I muttered.

"No problem, " He smiled. I leaned into his touch. I heard footsteps and quickly looked over to where they were coming from. It was just Steve.

"You okay?" He questioned, his voice was soft and calming.

"Yeah..." I lied. He could tell I was lying but decided not to push.

"Why is he here?" I demanded.

"I don't even know who he is, let alone why he's here. You'll have to ask Tony, " He complained. I simply nodded my head and debated on telling him who Edward was, but decided against it.

I buried my head into Peter's chest.

"El..." I turned as I heard Shawn's small voice. I wiped the tears from my face and walked towards him. I realized how scared he looked and looked back at Peter.

"Yeah, kiddo?" I asked, trying to sound as tranquil as I possibly could.

"Was that him?" He asked as he shuddered.

"Yeah," I breathed as I pulled him into my tight embrace. I felt a few of his tears fall onto my shoulder.

"I'm scared," He muttered.

"I know, kiddo. I know. I'm scared, too." I admitted, "I won't let him hurt any of you guys, OK?"

"Promise?"

"Promise." I smiled as he held out his finger. I intertwined my finger with his.

"You hungry?" Cap asked Shawn as he kneeled down in front of him. Shawn eagerly nodded.

"Go get your siblings, bud," Cap suggested. Shawn bolted upstairs and called for all of his siblings, waking baby Hazel in the process. I sighed and trudged upstairs to comfort Hazel.

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Once I had her calmed down, I decided it would be a good idea to go to bed. The night was restless. I got only three hours of sleep. With Edward in the house, it was hard for me to even think straight, let alone sleep.

I trudged down the stairs and I smelled food and heard my siblings laughing again. I went and sat back down on the couch. Peter ran in full speed and jumped over the back of the couch, collapsing right next to me.

"I love Morris," He stated.

"He's quite the character, isn't he." I laughed.

"You can say that again," He joked as he grabbed the remote. He turned it on and switched to Netflix as fast as he could.

"You ever seen Supernatural?" He asked.

"What? What's that?"

"'What? You haven't seen supernatural!?"

"No..."

"Oh boy," He stated as he clicked on the first episode. I knew that the show was going to be intense when the mother gruesomely died within the first ten minutes.

"Dad went on a hunting trip and hasn't been back in a few days," Peter said along with the character Dean. He must have seen this show a ton if he can recite some of the lines.

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We were already on episode five. Everybody was asleep except for us. Peter kept saying something about an all-nighter.

"I'm tired," I plainly stated.

"Here, follow me."

I got up and followed him into the kitchen. The clock I passed read '2:30 am'.

"Here," Peter offered me a glass container with tan liquid in it.

"What is this?" I asked as I turned it around and looked at it from different angles.

"It's a frappuccino. It has caffeine. If you drink it, you won't be tired anymore," He explained as he grabbed himself one as well. I hesitated before opening it and taking a sip of the beige liquid.

Within 30 minutes of downing the whole drink, I felt more awake and energetic.