Chapter 142: Secret Identity

Chapter 142: Secret Identity

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While waiting for Mystique's arrival, Peter started going over all of the data that he collected from Peggy. They just had their last day of testing yesterday, which means Peggy is now free to spend her days in leisure, cuddled up with Captain America.

At least until the other shoe drops, as she so eloquently stated a couple of weeks ago.

As Peter just started to go over everything, Tony saunters into the room wearing a Gucci robe. He looked to be completely naked underneath as he sipped a glass of brown liquid.

"Spidey!" Tony calls out as he walks over. "Just the man I was looking for."

"What's up?" Peter says as he looks up from his reading material to see his tipsy friend's appearance.

"You thought that you could hide it from me, did you?" Tony says as he points at Peter accusingly.

"I have no idea what you're talking about," Peter says as he leans back in his chair. 'Did he figure out my identity or something?'

"Don't play dumb..." Tony says as he takes another sip of his alcohol. "You made that woman young again. How?"

"Huh? I thought you knew that already..." Peter says as he internally sighs in relief. "How'd you find out?"

Peter never thought to tell Tony or anyone else for that matter, as he thought Fury would do that for him.

"I saw the tests you were running on her and asked around. Fury was happy to explain everything." Tony reveals as he took a seat across from Peter.

"Well, what about it?" Peter asked.

"I want to know why you keep hiding things from me." Tony says as he finishes his drink and slams it down onto the table between them. "First, it was the thing you're looking for on that planet, and now, you experimented on someone without me! Am I not your best friend?"

"Of course, you are." Peter couldn't help but smile at Tony's inebriated state.

"Then why do you keep hiding things from me?" Tony asks as he pouts like a petulant child.

"Because I, like everyone else in the world, have a few secrets that I'm not ready or willing to reveal at the moment." Peter says with a shrug. "Mine just so happen to be a bit out of the norm compared to others."

"Sigh, you're insufferable, you know that?" Tony sighs heavily as he stares at his best friend. "Why can't you just trust me a bit?"

"I do trust you." Peter raises an eyebrow under his mask. "You're one of the handful of people that know I use magic."

"Yeah, but that's because I would have blown myself up studying runes otherwise." Tony rebuts.

...

The room goes silent as Peter stares at Tony in contemplation.

'Eh, f*ck it' Peter thought as he resolved himself. "Okay, how about I share a secret with you? Will that make you feel better?"

"Yes!" Tony's former depressing drunk mood disappeared as he agreed happily.

"Alright, follow me." Peter says as he waves his hand and opens a portal to the mirror dimension.

"Where the hell is this..." Tony muttered as he followed Peter through the portal.

"The mirror dimension." Peter reveals as the portal closes behind them. "A parallel dimension to our own."

"Oh my god, you're dead."

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After swearing Tony to secrecy, Peter returned to the meeting room in the tower, where he continued waiting for Mystique to show up.

Tony may have been making jokes about his relationship, but Peter could tell that he felt a bit odd about the whole age thing. Having a best friend that's more than half your age is probably a bit weird, so Peter understood.

'Hopefully, he gets over it soon...' Peter thought as Mystique came walking in with a confident sway in her hips.

"What's the mission this time, Boss?" Raven asks as she stands across the large table with a hand resting on her hip.

"This one is especially secret and a bit more dangerous than the last." Peter says as he turns on the surveillance jammer just in case. "I'm talking completely off the books."

"Well, tell me about it." She says confidently and curiously.

"Alright, but I want to be clear." Peter says as he leans forward and stares directly into Mystique's eyes. "No one should know about this, not even Erik. If you can't accept that, I understand and will-"

"Fine, just explain already." Raven cuts Peter off, eager to know what this is all about.

"Hmm..." Peter didn't know if he believed her, but he'll still give her the mission anyway. 'I don't really mind Erik knowing, as long as he keeps quiet of course.'

Opening a folder, Peter pulls out a picture of a glowing blue cube and pushes it across the table.

"That is an artifact known as the Tesseract." Peter explains as she looks down at the picture curiously. "It was used in World War 2 by Hydra to supply the Nazi war effort with futuristic weaponry, among other things."

"You want me to get the cube?" Mystique asks.

"Yes and no." Peter says as he slides the whole folder across. "I want you to go undercover as you usually do, and find the exact location of the Tesseract. Once you've found it, you'll alert me and we'll steal it together."

"How so?" She asks.

"Something like the Tesseract will be locked up under a crazy level of surveillance and security. All that I need you to do, is be in place to shut down the surveillance. Without cameras, all I have to do is open two portals. One for you and another to grab the Tesseract." Peter explains the plan.

"And no one would know who took the cube." Raven was impressed.

"That would be the point, yes." Peter nods.

"Who has the Tesseract?" She asks.

Reaching over the table, Peter opens the folder, revealing many classified papers with the Shield logo. The folder contained everything that Peter has managed to find about the Tesseract since he started working with Shield.

It's not much, as Peter has been busy, but it should be enough to find the thing, especially with Raven's help.

"Shield?" Mystique was certainly surprised.

"Yup, will that be a problem?" Peter asks questioningly.

"No, but I want something in exchange for my silent services." She gives Peter an ultimatum.

"Sure, as long as it's doable and doesn't go against my morals." Peter agrees easily.

"That'll do..." Mystique nods as she takes the folder and walks to the door.

"Wait, you didn't say what you wanted!" Peter called out but she merely waved over her shoulder.

"You can pay upon completion of the mission."

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