Chapter 29: Can I Have This Dance?
"Take my hand,
I'll take the lead
And every turn will be safe with me"
- High School Musical

He could feel his heartbeat beating in his ears, a numbing feeling overcame his body with every step he took. Everything around him was a blur, he could see the lights and the many teenagers making their way inside but his brain wasn't processing the information, all the laughs and the voices around him seemed to drown around him. He didn't even realized when he had reached the door until a familiar cold hand wrapped around his elbow, a pair of worried green eyes staring at him, he could see her lips moving but her voice never fully reaching his ears.

"Peter" Ember called out to him but she could see his mind was elsewhere, "Peter, look at me" grabbing his chin to force his eyes to look at hers she kept her voice calmed and caring as she tried to snap him out of his shock. "Are you okay? What did h he want?"

Instead of giving her a straight answer, Peter gently grabbed her hand away from his face, whispering apologetically "I-I need to go"

"I'll go with you" Ember argued, knowing he was about to do something reckless.

Peter glanced quickly over her shoulder, catching Adrian's eyes as he glared at the couple from his car. "You can't. I need you to stay here" he said, turning around and making his way inside before the blonde could try to argue, Peter could still hear Adrian's threat on his head, if he wanted to keep Ember safe he had to fight this one on his own.

Ember frowned, watching him go in a hurry, but she didn't try to stop him instead she turned around just in time to see Adrian Toomes driving away as he talked to someone on his phone a mischievous smirk on his lips as he gave her one last glance.

With a determined look Ember walked into the dance, her eyes searching around for Peter Parker but he was nowhere to be found, she inky spotted Liz standing wide eyed by the  corner.

"Ember" Someone called her name as soon as she walked towards the tall senior, "Everything alright?" Ned, asked as he stopped in front of her handing her a drink with a polite smile.

"I'm not sure, Ned" she answered, grabbing his hand and dragging him with her towards Liz.

"Liz," she called out to the girl once they were close enough, her hand still wrapped tightly around Ned's wrist. "Where's Peter?"

"H-he literally came to me said he was sorry and then he just ran away!" She exclaimed flapping her arms around in exasperation "I plan the perfect night to help him win you over and then he just leaves! Do you know how much effort and thought I put into this?" 

"What?" Ember gaped at her words, trying her best to process the newfound information.

Liz's eyes widened as she realized what she just said, "I-I mean-"

"It doesn't matter" Ember cut her off, remembering what she was really there for "where did he go?"

The senior just pointed towards the direction the boy had gone about two minutes ago and before she could even get another word out Ember was already running away dragging Ned behind her.

"Ember , wait" Ned tried to stop the blonde girl, confused about what was going on a why they were on such a hurry. "Where are we going?"

"I think Peter is about to do something really stupid" Ember argued not stopping for even a second as she ran down the hall searching for the dumb boy. "I think he is in danger"

"What?" Ned asked, yanking her arm to stop her from going anywhere before she explained what was going on. "Why would you think that?"

Ember sighed, frustrated "We don't have time for this Ned. Adrian Toomes is the guy with the wings and I think Peter just left to fight him on his own which is a very bad idea"

"Wait how do you know about the guy with wings?"

"I know a lot more than you think Leeds" Ember smirked knowingly, but a loud crash from the parking lot interrupted their conversation. "Come on"

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Peter Parker had a choice, he could either stay at the dance and have a normal night potentially win the girl of his dreams and forget whatever happened at the car, or, he could be a hero and stop the bad guys before they could cause more damage. To him it was a no brainer, no matter how great the first one sounded he would always choose the latter, because that's who he is. Peter Parker is anything but normal, and he is selfless, he will always put people's safety above his own happiness, and that is what makes him a hero.

And thats how he ended on his school's parking lot, wearing his first ever superhero suit and laying on the ground after getting slammed against the side of a bus. It hurt like hell, but still he pushed the pain aside and got back on his feet.

"I wasn't sure about this thing at first," his attacker, Herman Shultz now known as the Shocker, sneered at his pain as he admired his special gauntlet "but damn."

Without giving the kid any chance to defend himself he smacking his gauntlet against his face, sending him flying straight into another parked bus. Peter laid between the seat rows, trying to catch a breath, and think of a plan to get his web shooter and escape before Toomes wins.

But his peace was short lived as Shultz punched the side of the bus Peter was currently in, watching it flip around with a smug look on his face. The Shocker showed no remorse as he watched the fifteen year old crawl out of the vehicle, clutching his side tightly. He almost looked excited as he neared the kid ready to kill him.

"Why did he send you here?" Peter groaned trying to crawl away before the man could hit him again and successfully beat him to dead, but it hurt too much to even breathe.

"Guess you'll never know" Shultz grinned as he raised his gauntlet one more time.

"Hey asshole!" Both guys turned around towards the new voice just in time to see a blast of ice knocking the Shocker off his feet. "You are a big coward for you to go around attacking unarmed little boys on your spare time." Herman looked up from the ground to see Ice Sorceress staring down at him with her arms raised ready to attack again as she stood protectively in front of Peter.

"You just saved me the time of having to go find you" The Shocker could feel some blood trickling down his forehead probably from the glass he landed on, but he paid no attention to that. He just spitted out some blood at the girls feet before grinning at the her. "Now I can kill you both"

Ember grinned at the smug man, kneeling in front of him "Bold of you to assume you could" With a flick of her wrist she sent him flying once again freezing him agains the school bus.

As soon as she managed to trap him, she kneeled next to Peter, grabbing his face gently to make him look at her "Are you okay?"

"Your boyfriend should've listened to the boss, now you'll be the first to die" Herman said, charging his gauntlet and breaking his arm free from the ice. He raised his arm one more time, ready to hit the unsuspecting girl with it when a string of web attached it self to his weapon rendering it useless. Ned Leeds had finally come out of his hiding place and stood wide eyed, holding his best friend's web shooter on his hands.

"Nice shot!" Both Ember and Peter cheered him on, the sound of the shooters grabbing their attention making them turn around just in time to see the man staring surprised at his weapon. Within a second Peter had grabbed the web attached to Herman's gauntlet while Ember froze him to the side of the bus.

"Ned, the guy with the wings is Liz's dad" Peter said, approaching his best friend, unaware the Ned already knew that thanks to Ember "I gotta tell Mr. Stark."

However, Ned wasn't paying him any attention, he was too busy staring wide eyed at his blonde friend. Watching how she turned her hand into a block of ice before smacking it down the side of Herman's head knocking him out instantly.

"She just- " Ned began, his mind trying to make any sense about what had happened "She is-"

"I know" Peter cut him off in a hurry. "Liste I need you to-"

"You are-" Ned tried again to get a sentence out when Ember went to stand next to them.

"I know" Ember chuckled at his bewildered look, making her eyes and hair going back to their usual color which only made Ned's eyes go wider.

"Dude, Ice Sorceress is my date" Ned almost squealed at his best friend, who was getting very impatient. "That has to make the coolest guy in our grade, scratch that. The coolest guy in the entire school!"

"And that's great dude but I need you to focus" Peter grabbed Ned's shoulder's and gave him a little shake to get him to look at him instead of the giggling blonde.

"Right, what do you need?" Ned said, finally getting back to the real problem.

"I need you to call Happy Hogan. He's Mr. Stark's head of security. Get a computer and track my phone." Peter instructed him in a hurry. Once his friend nodded letting him know that he understood what he was supposed to do, he grabbed Ember's hand and began dragging her away. "Hurry, we gotta catch him before he leaves town."

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