Chapter 2: The Family Tapes
As I wear my regular clothes again to go to Biology, I'm attacked by Flash and his group of a-holes, like seriously? Not cool, they start punching me in the halls when no one is around, and start kicking, after the hitting has stopped, I'm left with a gushing bloody nose, a cut lip, and a black eye. I run into my class, and everyone is shocked to see my face, I cover it up with my hoodie and head into the back of class, sitting with Liz, "Peter, what happened?" I turn to her, and make a surprised face, that the most popular girl in class is actually talking to me. "Um... I have a rash in my right eye, and the cuts, they're from a certain allergy." Liz sort of smiling, says "Really? An allergy?" she laughs. "Okay, well you should go to the nurse." I smirk a little, and duck my head down, and up, "Oh, I did, I did. She says I just need to put an ice pack, and of course, I did... For about 5 minutes." Liz and I laugh, but I catch Gwen looking at me in the front, and she turns quickly back. At lunch, Gwen, Davis, and I, sit together in the cafeteria, we talk about the upcoming Science test, and Gwen asks me how I'm doing with my cuts and black eye. I say I'm fine, it's all right, then the bell heads to go to my other classes, they go by quickly, and I head out after school, skating home. I greet Aunt May and Uncle Ben, and help Uncle Ben with the flood in the basement. It's dark in there, so we have a flashlight. I tell him I'll stop by the store, on my way home tomorrow. He tells me to look out for stuff that are important, so I go to the book-shelf, and pull out a box. Only to find in the box, video tapes of my family and I, when I was 5 years old. I take it upstairs, to show Aunt May and Uncle Ben. We all stand silent...
"Aunt May...Uncle Ben? What's this?" I ask with a slight sob. "Oh...Peter, those are all our family vacation tapes, your father asked us to hold it for him, until he gets back." I grab the box, and run up to my room, holding the box, I close the door, and lock it, grabbing my VCR, and inserting the tapes in. I see myself, 4 years old, telling my parents about emperor penguins. I laugh and cry at the same time, knowing this is the only time I'll see my parents... Through a tape. I notice another person in the video, He looks about 4'8, and 11 years old. I hear a knock on the door, and I open it, it's my Aunt and Uncle, "Peter, we understand this is a tough time. We just want you to know, we're here for you, for help on your parents. We're in this together, all right?" Uncle Ben clarified. "Okay, thanks Uncle Ben..... Do you know who all these people are in the tape?" I asked. "Oh my..." Aunt May said quietly. "That's Eddie Brock Jr. You loved to hang out with him when you were little, you guys were inseparable, like brothers. Then, the plane crash with Eddie's parents and yours, Eddie was taken to an orphanage. While you stayed with us." "Do you know where he is now?" I asked. They both shook their heads. And then, they both get up, "WAIT!! What about these people?" I ask again. Uncle Ben replied, "That's Dr. Curt Connors and her wife. He worked alongside your father and Eddie's dad, Eddie Brock Sr." I say nothing at all, and they close the door. I lock it again, and search up more information about the plane Eddie's and my parents were on when it crashed. I find out, that was the same plane in 9/11. My parents were part of that flight, flight 180. I google up more info on Eddie, and even search the Yellow Pages, but nothing came up. I'm at a dead end so far with the Brocks, so I head to Dr. Connors instead, he still works at Oscorp, and conveniently I'm going there for a field trip this Friday, things are about to get interesting.