Chapter Text
“On the edge of insanity”
Part I
Chapter 1
Pennelope Brooklyn Parker groaned as she barely picked herself from her own bed. The noise of everything happening in New York filtered over to her dingy bedroom. She dragged her body to the bathroom. Another day in her crappy apartment.
Because of her powers she was able to heal a lot faster than a normal human. Only way they work is getting sleep and eating which are both things she never does.
Bit of a backstory, When Penny was five she was kidnapped from her home. From there she was taken into HYDRA where they made a monster out of her. When she was 10 she barely escaped, destroying the whole base along with escaping. Nobody knew where the 10 year old came from. They just made some half-assed papers and kicked her ass into foster care,group homes and all that crap. She got sick of it so she just got herself emancipated. Well not emancipated, Penny can take care of herself until someone adopts her.
Now Penny was 15 years old and very different from everyone else. She was diagnosed with ADHD, Severe Depression and Anxiety. Usually she was supposed to have medicine to care for all of this but when you have a shitty life it’s the last thing you think about.
Penny’s powers are the four elements, Water, Air,Earth and Fire. She also has Super Healing,Strength and some others she didn’t get around practicing. Some magic too by accident.
When Penny looked at herself in the mirror she just grinned. Her blue eyes sparkling in mischief as she spoke aloud, “Another day in this lovely place”. Her long brown/blown hair was a mess. Her hair wasn’t actually dyed. It was like that since she was a baby. There were pieces of blond mixed with the brown. A very pretty combination with her eyes.
After doing her morning routine, Penny got ready to leave of the bathroom window with only her phone and backpack.Why because using the front door was overrated. Although Penny had a crappy upbringing she was considered a genius with an IQ of 265 rivaling Tony Stark's 170. Penny was actually going to Columbia with a full scholarship. She wanted to be a Lawyer. Why out of spite. She was actually on her way to take the bar exam since she completed college and was bored. At least her eidetic memory helped in some way.
Penny went out of the window and jumped out doing some acrobatics before safely landing on the floor. She stretched out her back a little and started to make the walk towards the place she’s going to be able to take the test in. Penny took her phone out and opened the tik tok app. Penny actually just fixed some stark phone she found somewhere and used that. Penny was actually very famous on Tik Tok with a follower count of 3.7 Million. People liked her because she was smart and funny and considered pretty.
Penny already had an illusion of her face. No bruises, no discoloration, just a pale face staring at the camera with haunted blue eyes. She just smiled and all that disappeared.
After clicking the record button she started talking, “Hey guys its meeee”
“So like how you know I was talking about how I wanted to become a lawyer. An people in the comments are telling me i’m to dumb or something? Well this bitch-”
Penny pointed at herself, “Is going to take the bar exam, hopefully I pass. I'm actually kind of excited to see if I will pass or not k baiii.
Penny then stopped the video and posted it. She then plugged her headphones with one side working in the audio jack and started on her music playlist.
After walking for an hour she finally made it to the testing site with only 5 minutes to spare. After filling all the information in, Penny got ready for the test with her pencils and bottles and then they were allowed to start.
Penny flew the test because she’s been studying for this while getting her degree in law. The bar exam was a two hour ordeal but Penny barely finished it in 45 minutes. Penny then went through every single answer at least three times. After the time was finished she went to leave the building and make her way back to the orphanage. It was 2-pm in the afternoon and Penny was hungry but broke. Penny instead went rifling through her backpack and found a twenty.
Penny nearly screamed in joy but just settled for a smile. Penny walked around aimlessly looking for a good place to eat. Penny barely ate as it is because she was working odd jobs just to take the bar exam. So the twenty was godsend. After an hour or more of wandering around Penny saw a sandwich shop that said Delmers. Penny felt like she heard this name before. Just a distant memory. Although it was small and dingy it looked ok. Penny wasn’t picky so she went inside anyway.
Inside the shop she saw three people, sitting down. It was a girl with blond hair and blue eyes similar to her own. Next to her was a boy with brown hair and brown eyes. The brown and blond hair look scarily similar to hers. Penny already let down her illusion. Her face barely managed to heal. All the blemishes were gone and the only think left was a slight scar under her eye that never went away. Next to them was Tony Stark. Penny didn’t really care about celebrities so seeing him in there, she couldn’t care less. Penny unconsciously surveyed the room looking for escape roots because hydra and co,
Penny managed to order her sandwich not really paying attention to the two teens staring at her in shock. While Penny waited for the sandwich to be ordered she logged in her tik tok account reading the comments and replying to them while slightly smiling.
“Here’s you sandwich miss…” The person announce
“Parker,” Penny finished for him
“Thank you for the sandwich” after paying for it.
She was extremely unaware of the fact that all the two teens behind her were extremely pale.
Penny turned around but had to bite back a scream because she felt a stitch burst. Penny quickly casted another illusion no one noticed. It hurt like freaking hell but Penny was used to the pain. Penny could feel the blood drip down her flat stomach but paid no attention to it. She sat down next to the three people. Right when she was about to eat the damn sandwich someone called.
Penny wanted to whine but unplugged her headphones because for some reason they don't work with her phone. The person calling her was Matt, a lawyer she knew, long story by the way.
After picking up the call, she responded with, “Heyyyyy Matt”
He responded with, “How was you bar exam”
“It was pretty easy, I finished it in like 45 minutes coulda taken less but whatever”
“I am not surprised”
“Yeah don’t be, anyway i got kind of emancipated”
Matt choked on something then cleared his throat saying, “Seriously how are you going to do almost adulthood”.
“Like how i’m doing it now” Penny replied
“Besides I’m getting a job in S.I because of how smart I am and my degree”
“Apparently I’m becoming head of interns or whatever ” Penny said in between bites
“When are you going to start” Matt questioned
Penny blew out a breath, “Tomorrow”
“I already took the tour on like Friday”
“Congratulations Penny” Matt said
“Yeah thanks Matty boy anyway since im already adulting myself I think im doing alright”
“I love being the ruler of myself” Penny sighed
“Anyway i’m going to explore New York since I’m bored” Penny then said
“Ok stay safe” matt replied
Penny then ended the conversation.
Penny mumbled her breath, “Time to make New York my bitch”
Before she was about to leave the brown haired boy called out, “Wait”
Penny turned around with an eyebrow raised, “This should be interesting”.