myresponsibility | 003

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003 | VOICE

[Private to Bond]

[So. Two things.

1. Peter did not expect to be paired this quickly.

And 2. Peter did not expect his inmate to be James freaking Bond. How are you supposed to warden James Bond? He knew there were people like that on board after talking with Kay - and really, kind of a bummer he hadn't been handed like, Darth Vader's file or something, but hey - but it was still totally unexpected. He'd thought he'd end up with someone who was like, a car thief or a serial killer or basically someone he'd never heard of before, and this was kind of crazy.

Still, he reads the file quickly and doesn't take long after that to get in touch with him over the network, kind of excited to get started on this.]

So- [Oh crap. What is he supposed to call you? Mr. Bond? Bond? James? ... Jimmy?

Okay wait, he's chickening out of committing to a name for now.] We should probably talk.

[Warden Filter]

So, obviously I'm kind of new at this whole thing, and I'm not usually one for gossip, but if anyone's got any information on stuff I should know [Oh crap oh crap seriously Parker you need to decide on what you're going to call him sooner rather than later.] about my inmate, you know, like. From before I got here? Let me know.

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Finishing up high school, yeah. [You Brits and your crazy school system.] What are you hoping to hear? I kinda feel like I could say I'm the youngest president of the United States and you still wouldn't think I was qualified.

[Whatever it's much more interesting. Also, you child.]

On that we're agreed.

You didn't answer my question.

[Just a look for that, Parker, well observed. He just didn't think it was worth answering.]

So I didn't. [And you know what, going to turn on his heel and head back down the hall with his file B( Bond is totally the mature adult here B(]

[Uh huh, sure. Well, sorry buddy, Peter is just going to follow you. Wherever you're going. Look, he's barely even limping!]

Why'd you try to kill Poison Ivy?

[Hnnnnnn. He doesn't react, just keeps walking. Would you like a limp on the other leg to balance things out, Pete?]

Heard about that, did you.

[You have to catch him first!]

From her warden, yeah. Weird name, right?

[He will throw shoes at you B(]

Weird woman.

[Bring it, shorty.]

What's she like? I haven't met her yet.

[...If that is the name he decides on he will die in his sleep]

Meet her and find out. [ARE YOU SERIOUSLY STILL FOLLOWING HIM KID]

[Never sleeping again. B(]

Or you could tell me what to look out for.

[Smart boy 8| Also stopping short on the stairs (if he is bumped into so help him god)]

I wrapped my hands around her throat and it felt a bit like burning alive from the inside out.

I highly suggest trying it for yourself.

[Nope, fortunately, Peter has good enough instincts to avoid that from happening, although he is definitely staring at Bond a little, surprised.

Well, okay. Maybe not that surprised. Her name was Poison Ivy.]

Is she [He searches quickly for what Kay had said, and man when did his life become a comic book? (When you were bitten by a radioactive spider, Peter.)] a mutant?

[Seriously Peter, that was the moment, THAT WAS THE TIP OFF.]

She's green. [So deadpan. What the fuck is she if not a mutant.]

[IT COULD JUST BE A NAME, I MEAN YOU KNEW A WOMAN NAMED STRAWBERRY FIELDS.]

I guess that answers that question. Have you talked to her, since it happened?

[NO HE KNEW A WOMAN NAMED AGENT FIELDS sob there was a reason she didn't tell him her name B(]

How long are you going to keep this up?

Until you graduate, or one of us disappears.

[Hi guess who is stubborn and overconfident because superpowers.]

[God help him. He half rolls his eyes, then makes as if to start down the stairs again - but then his arm snakes out to grab for Peter's collar.]

[And - thank you, Spider Sense - Peter is jumping back just far enough to avoid it, although he's careful not to jar his injured leg too much.]

Didn't you ever learn we use our words when we're upset?

[Well that's. Faster reflexes than he expected for some teenager. Bond takes a step closer, face set in a hard frown.]

If you think for a moment that I'm going to stand for you following me about and asking inane questions, you're bloody mistaken.

You could ask me some inane questions. Mix things up a little.

[He's still keeping his distance though. Fool me once, and all that.]

[That's good, keep backing up >(]

Why are you here, Parker?

[Not backing up, holding his ground. B(]

I'm guessing you want more than the cryptic "I made a deal" line?

Obviously. [Don't be a smartass B(]

[If you looked up smartass in the dictionary, there would be a picture of Peter Parker.

But alright, all joking aside, Peter's expression gets more serious and sober, because this is something he takes seriously, and he wants to make sure Bond understands what's going on here, plus or minus actually admitting he was Spider-Man.]

I know how ridiculous this is going to sound, [Although, really, they were on a ship with someone who went by Poison Ivy, who was green and could apparently kill you by touching you, so. Maybe it wasn't going to sound that ridiculous.] but right before I left, this guy I used to intern with [Close enough?] kind of accidentally mutated himself into a giant lizard. He was trying to regrow his arm using cross species genetic, you know, take the trait that lets lizards regrow their tails after they've been cut off and adapt it to his DNA to replace the limb he'd lost? But something went wrong and he went kind of nuts.

He was planning on gassing the whole city and turning everyone into lizards like him. It was crazy, everyone was panicking and trying to figure out how to stop him, and I kinda got caught up in the middle of it, which is why I look like I got hit by a car. [He has to stop for a second, speaking deliberately when he continues, because he doesn't actually really trust himself to stop his voice from breaking if he doesn't keep his jaw locked as he talks.] My girlfriend's dad is- was the police captain, and he tried to stop Dr. Connors. He died.

[And it's said - in his tone, but also in his expression and posture, the way he can't really look at Bond when he says it, the tension - in a way that someone with Bond's background should know really means "he basically died in my arms".]

The Admiral offered me a deal for him, so I took it.

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