"Adam which one should I pick, this fiery red, or this platinum silver?" Kara was holding two boxes of hair dye. Adam, had a huge headache and was only barely paying attention. They were both sitting on the barstools in Adam's kitchen, preparing to do Kara's hair.

"Your hair is dark black. Don't you need to bleach it first?" He asked, curious.

"Duh Sherlock. But I'm not focused on that right now, I'm focused on these colors." She shook both boxes in the air.

"Why did you buy both?" He sighed, rubbing his temples. "God, my head hurts. I'm not sure if that spider bit me or if you cracked my skull open with your phone."

"At least I killed it though," she shrugged. "You know I have arachnophobia. I almost left you there."

Adam rolled his eyes and pointed at the box of red hair dye. "Pick that one. I love the color red."

"I knew you would." She said smiling. "Go take a shower while I mix this up, you still have spider gunk on your head."

"Huh. I probably would've remembered that if you hadn't knocked me out and given me amnesia." He said as he walked towards the bathroom.

"Stop being so dramatic you big crybaby!" She playfully yelled back at him as she opened the container. Adam grabbed towels from the hall closet and closed the bathroom door. He took two pills for his headache before hopping into the shower.

Turning the knob to the hottest, Adam took a moment to let the hot water flow down his back, enjoying the scalding water. Then he grabbed the shampoo and poured a little onto his hands to lather his head.

"Huh..." He murmured, feeling a slight bump on his head. He pressed a little too hard and winced.

Shit. I gotta get her back for that sooner or later, deadly spider or not. He continued to lather his hair until he started feeling something sticky.

What the...? He tried to move his hands but they were now literally stuck to his head.

What the hell is this?! Adam started to panic. With all his strength, he struggled to pull his hands down. He managed to pull them down to his face and saw that they were covered in black goo, and it was moving, creeping down his arms.

"AHH!" He frantically tried to rip the goo off but his hands were useless.

"Kara...KARA!" He tried to move the shower curtain and slipped, his head hitting the brick wall with a loud thud. His vision began to fade just as the goo began to cover his eyes.

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Kara was playing music while working on her dye. In the midst of dancing, she noticed that the red hair dye mixture looked kinda pink. "Ew. What did I do wrong?" She picked up the box and started reading one of the sides.

"Adam hurry up! I need you to help me put this in so I don't miss a spot!" She shook the red dye solution a little, checking out color some more. "Maybe we should just buy another box."

"Kara!"

She heard Adam's muffled scream over the music.

"What's wrong? Are you okay?"

Seconds later there was a huge thump! and then, complete silence. She paused the music on her phone and ran to the bathroom. The floor in front of the door was soaking wet. She put her hand on the knob and started to turn the handle.

"Adam? Are you okay in-ACH!" A massive black arm jutted straight through the door and picked her entire body up by her chest, knocking the wind out of her. All she could see was the big black arm that looked like it was made of pure oil. Suddenly the door broke off the hinges and the creature threw Kara down the hallway. She slid across the carpet , skinning her right arm and cheek. She looked up and the creature was just staring at her from down the hallway, grinning and hissing like a demon. It's tongue flicked around in the air like a snake that lost it's mind.

The symbiote took Adam! She thought, in shock. It's gonna kill me!

Hastily, Kara jumped to her feet and ran to the door, screaming. It stumbled after her sluggishly but quickly, smacking into the walls as it lumbered forward. Before she reached the door, the symbiote shot a web that stuck to her back yanking her back into the kitchen. She slammed into the cabinets and hit the floor, her back flaring with pain.

"Weak. So... Sso... WEAK!"

Did it, did he just talk to her?!

Kara leaned over to the side of the counter and saw that it was still a little ways away from her. What could she use to escape?

The hissing grew louder and closer as she tried to figure a way out. Finally she reached up in front of her and opened a drawer, pulling out a long kitchen knife. Turning around to throw it and the symbiote was staring dead into her eyes from across the counter, reaching out to pick her up.

"NO!" She screamed. "DON'T TOUCH ME!" She started stabbing the wrist of the symbiote, trying to free herself from it's grasp. It's arm shook, but never let go. It raised her up to the counter and opened his mouth again.

"Weak... Weak. Grow... More." It's raspy voice snarled as its mouth widened to bite her head off. She kicked out and threw the knife at symbiote, who hissed louder as it him in the chest. It started to crush her, squeezing so hard she began to see spots. Kicking and fighting, she looked beside her and saw the hair dye mixtures. Stretching as far she could, she picked one up and threw it into the symbiote's mouth.

Instantly, it's tongue whitened and it's entire jaw melted off as it screamed in pure agony. It shoved her into the wall above the kitchen sink so hard the pictures fell and the wall shook, knocking food out of the cabinets.

This was her chance. If she could ignore the pain for a few moments, sure could escape. Kara quietly began to get off the counter when something changed. The symbiote's screaming died down and now she could only hear Adam screaming. Terrified for her life, she tiptoed around the counter and saw Adam's head but his body was still completely covered in the symbiote. His entire face was burning and blistering, so the chemicals from the dye had burned him too. He opened his eyes and saw her watching.

"Run, Kara! Get the hell out of here!" The symbiote started to creep neck up his neck.

"No! I'm not going to leave you! Just hang on!" She jumped and tried to run past him but Adam had no control. The symbiote used his right arm and shot a web directly at her ankle. It caught her and she fell to flat on her stomach, but she didn't give up. She ripped it off and kept running to his bedroom. Adam tried to regain control of his body, fighting against the symbiote and trying to keep it from covering his face again.

"Give up." It spoke to him. "GIVE UP!"

"Hell no!" He replied to the symbiote and himself. "I'm not letting you beat me!"

"Jussst help me!" It screamed in his mind. "I... Too weakk... Can't survive..."

"GET OUT OF MY HEAD!" Adam slammed his head against the wall.

The symbiote made Adam stand up and head towards the hallway, where Kara went.

"Save me... I save you." The symbiote echoed into his mind

Save me from what? He wondered.

"The spider."