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A hero. That's all she's ever wanted to be. To be someone who helps others. Someone who always has the idea of doing something to help people.
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'Well that kinda sucks' Rayla thought as she put the gravity around her at a normal amount as she squeezed her shoulder which had just been shot by this dumb mugger. She turned back to the guy that had shot her and glared at him, then stares at Spider-Man before talking to the red and blue clad hero. "Do you mind webbing this guy up before I lose my head?" she asked in a slightly angered tone.
The spiderling gave a small salute (which Rayla rolled her eyes at) before swinging at the mugger with a kick to the stomach. He webs up the mugger with ease before turning back to his fellow superhero and bowing. "For you malady." He says motioning to the nearly unconscious man covered in webs.
"You're so weird, you know that right." Rayla says in a joking tone as spidey starts messing with what she assumes his webs come from. He looks up at her and gasp putting hand on his chest and what she can only assume a mock hurt expression under his mask. "betrayed by my only friend, how dare you." She looks at him with a mischievous grin. "If I told the avenger you said that what would they say. 'oh no spidey we thought we were your friends.'" She joked. Spider-Man's eye lenses narrowed at her before responding. "Gasp, you wouldn't dare." At this Rayla lets out a small giggle while he stares at her, his eyes still narrowed. She finally responds saying "you did not just say gasp, you're such a nerd."
She looks to him but turns her head towards the entrance of the ally when she hears police sirens and then hisses when she jostles her shoulder, which she now remembers was shot. When Rayla turns back to spider who's joking demeanor was now etched with slight concern as he noticed her wouned. "We should get going before the police arrive" her voice now serious as she talks. Spider-Man looks to her with concern one last time before speaking. "Ya, lets go, but G, you should get some help with that," he nods towards her bullet wound "before we continue our patroll." Gravinite looks at him with a exasperated look before speaking. "I-I can't spidey and I'm fine, the bullet went all the way through and my body's already healing it's self I can keep patrolling."
Spidey looks at her sighing before trying to get her to stop being so stubborn. "You can't fight like that, let me help you, please. I can take you to the tower to get it stitched up or something, but I'm not letting you keep patrolling unless you get your shoulder fixed up." He sounded concerned and sincere but she knows she can't exept his help, because it would risk her identity. And who knows what would happen if spidey found out the person who's been helping him fight crime is a runaway foster kid who's been reported for theft and violence. (all of which were false accusations) So there is no way she's gonna run the risk of reaveling her secret identity, especially if there's a chance that he will call child services and put her back in the system.
She frowns sadly at him and then speaks. "You know I can't spidey, I can't risk my identity, I know I can trust you spidey I really do but my identity needs to stay secret, I'm sorry." With that she lifts herself of the ground with her powers and takes of floating towards the sky.
When she turns back she notices Spider-Man is following her she stops and lands on a nearby rooftop. 'man this guys persistent' she thought as spidey lands in front of her in a classic superhero landing. "You know," She says with a smirk trying to distract him from her shoulder, "those superhero landings are really bad for your knees." Spidey instantly facepalms and then looks up at her, "DeadPool put you up to that, didn't he?" He says with a exasperated tone before seemingly realizing that she was trying to distract him. "Nu-uh, no, no distracting me you need to get help and I don't care if I have to give it to you kicking and screaming, so please let me help you so it doesn't come to that."
Uuhhg why does he have to be so stubborn and also did his voice just crack, how old is this dude, like not like she's judging cause she's only 15 but seriously how come she has never thought about that for all she knows he could some 30 year old man. (based that voice crack she doubts it but either way.) "Fine, let's go Spider-Man" his whole demeanour changes in delight when she agrees. "After you, Gravinite." He says as he aims his webs at a nearby building. "At least mines more creative than yours." She responds and very maturely sticks her tongue out at him as her feet start to leave the ground, she starts towards the tower Spider-Man not far behind.