After Civil War #4
The thing is...
The thing is--
The thing is, they are losing the thread. They are forgetting the things they are here to do. Protect the innocent and the weak, save the world, do what they can to make things better.
They (Stark, Iron Man. Dr. Reed. What have you.) didn't trust him. To be a poster boy for the mutants, yes. But to actually fight other heroes?
He was never asked (ordered) to come along on arrests or fights between the others. He stayed in the Tower with Mary Jane, the Thing, and the Reed children. The children loved to watch him sketch.
But he was still there when the team came back after the Thor clone blasted a hole through Goliath's chest. He stood next to Peter Parker as Reed and Stark drilled a hole into the Thor clone's brain "to check his wiring".
"Did you know Tony had been holding onto that strand of Thor's hair since the first meeting of the Avengers?"
"I still can't believe we cloned a god."
"Do you ever wonder if we've picked the right side here...?"
Piotr walked out. Stark tried to stop him. Peter gave him a look over his shoulder and didn't say a word.
The thing is--
The thing is, they are losing the thread. They are forgetting the things they are here to do. Protect the innocent and the weak, save the world, do what they can to make things better.
They (Stark, Iron Man. Dr. Reed. What have you.) didn't trust him. To be a poster boy for the mutants, yes. But to actually fight other heroes?
He was never asked (ordered) to come along on arrests or fights between the others. He stayed in the Tower with Mary Jane, the Thing, and the Reed children. The children loved to watch him sketch.
But he was still there when the team came back after the Thor clone blasted a hole through Goliath's chest. He stood next to Peter Parker as Reed and Stark drilled a hole into the Thor clone's brain "to check his wiring".
"Did you know Tony had been holding onto that strand of Thor's hair since the first meeting of the Avengers?"
"I still can't believe we cloned a god."
"Do you ever wonder if we've picked the right side here...?"
Piotr walked out. Stark tried to stop him. Peter gave him a look over his shoulder and didn't say a word.