||13|| Stressed Adults Are Not Helpful

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Victoria is seated on her bed, pulling out her phone after pacing nervously for an hour after she didn't see Ned at school two days in a row, hearing that he hadn't called in sick or anything, and he hadn't replied to any of her texts.

So she did the one thing she could think of.

[Chaos Group Chat]

Stick
Guys
Guys
Guys

Chicken
WAHT

Old man
Stop with all the messages

Mama Spider
How about you ask if something's wrong instead of immediately assuming she's just spamming k boys?

Stick
Something IS going on
My boyfriend has been missing for 4 days and I don't know what to do

Archer
You mean that Ned guy?
When was the last time you talked to him?

Stick
Friday
Behind the school
I haven't seen him since and he hasn't answered any of my texts
I'm worried

Mungo Jerry
The great Stick is worried?
This must be serious

Stick
This is serious Dad
My bestfriend and first boyfriend has gone missing
I'm not kidding

Mungo Jerry
Ik
I joke in times of stress

Stick
NO
STOP BEING STRESSED
THATS MY JOB U DA ADULTS
I came to u because I'M stressed

Mungo Jerry
Well sOrRy for worrying about a kid

Archer
She's upset shut up

Old man
Honestly

Stick
All of you shut up
This isn't helping

Mungo Jerry
Sorry

Archer
We're here to help

Old man
Always

Chicken
Need me to break some kneecaps?

Old man
CHICKEN

Archer
Guys stop
So what can we help with, kid?
Kid?
Stick?
Great

. . .

Stick
I'm scared

Archer
It's okay
We'll find him
I'm sure he fine

Stick
>:/
I need your help
Not for you to tell me things will be okay
It won't be okay if Ned is kidnapped
Or lost
Or being tortured
Or dead
Or being tortured

Archer
Stick calm down
Don't make me call you

Stick
Sorry

Archer
It's fine
I was gonna call you anyways

Stick
What?

[Incoming call from Archer]

"Hi."

"You okay, kid?"

"To be honest, not really," Vic replies meekly, burying her face in her pillow before she remembers that she has to talk.
"I mean, I'm kind of all buddy buddy with Mr. Stark, so maybe I can ask him to help look for Ned?"

"Since when are you all buddy buddy with Tony?"

"Since Saturday," Victoria chuckles lightly.
"I kinda marched up to his office to demand a chat and we sat and had caprisuns."

"Cool? Um, back on the topic of your boyfriend, have you checked his house?"

"No. I don't know where he lives."

"You don't know where your own boyfriend lives?"

"I've only known him for two weeks! I'm not just gonna ask for his address like a weirdo."

"You're right. Things were a bit different when I was in highschool."

"I'm gonna stop you there. It's fine, I'll ask Peter where he lives, and ask if he's seen him."

"And I'll keep an eye out. I think Peter's brought him over to the compound a few times, so I know what he looks like."

"Cool. Thanks, Archer."

"No problem, kid. Stay safe. Don't do anything stupid."

"No promises."

[Call ended]

Victoria did as she said she would.
She texted mr peterman

Stubborn Twig
Peter have you seen Ned?
I haven't seen him or made contact with him since Friday

Smol Spiderthing
Uh
Have you checked his house?

Stubborn Twig
No
I don't know where he LIVES

Smol Spiderthing
[Insert Ned's address idk]

Stubborn Twig
Bye ima go look for him

Smol Spiderthing
Okay?

. . .

Vicky hops on her bike and takes it all the way to Ned's house.
The whole five minutes.
Oh my.

Knocking on the door, no one answers. There was no car in the driveway.

Walking around the house, the girl finds an open window on the second story.
Looks like it's climbing time.

Climbing up the drain pipe thing, she shimmies through the window and into what she can only assume is Ned's room, considering the thousands of Star Wars and Avengers stuff littering every inch of the room.

But what she sees after that, causes shock to cover every inch of her face.

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