A Different Path, A Different Life

Prologue

A Traitorous Boyfriend and a Blob of Alien Goo

A young couple were stargazing when they saw what looked like a shooting star zoom low in the sky and crash to the ground not far away. "C'mon, Leslie, let's check it out!" the boy said enthusiastically. "I don't know." Leslie told him nervously. "It might be radioactive or-" "C'mon! It'll be alright!" her boyfriend said, grabbing her by the hand and pulling her with him.

When they arrived at the site, Leslie forgot her uncertainties for a minute and bent down to look at the meteor that had landed there. "Wow…" she breathed. Suddenly the meteor started moving, and before Leslie could jump away, black tentacles grabbed onto her arm. "Brad! Help!" she screamed, trying to yank free of the tentacles. Instead of helping, Brad ran away screaming, leaving his girlfriend in danger. Anger replaced fear for a second, and she yelled, "Traitor!" in his direction. The fear returned as the substance began to cover her body. She struggled fruitlessly to save herself. Suddenly she heard a voice which was not her own. 'Help…'

I do not own Spiderman. Or even a symbiote. Although I wish I did…

The scene in the first story is from Spiderman: the Animated Series, but changed to fit this story. I noticed that in Coming For You, I neglected to mention how Leslie ended up with the symbiote on her in the first place. You may have noticed that the Carnage symbiote was not there. That is because the Venom symbiote has not spawned it yet. I will explain that later in the story. Please review and let me know what you think.