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Author's Note(s): Dang ya'll, I would've gotten this up sooner but I hurt my freakin' wrist and could hardly move it, much less type and junk. T_T
But I'z all better now! YAY! Got to watch some Zoids: New Century and Transformers (the 80's one) though, so that was fun. ^_^ Gotta love the good stuff! I'd like to watch Medabots, I remember liking that series when I saw it years ago. lol, Ah well! That's a series to check out another time!
Hope all my lovely readers enjoy the update! Can anyone guess who is going to make their debut in this chapter? Your hint is!: It's not da Moose!
Annnywho! Yeah. Kind of a short chapter, but meh, what can yah do?
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"Thank You For the Venom"
"Mister Sandman Bring Me a Dream"
For the rest of the day, Rose tended to what was needed; trying to distract herself from the nightmare that morning. The young woman sighed as she finished up some paperwork. Rose had quite a few painful memories that she hated remembering, and that dream showed two of them.
She'd done so much to try and escape her past. It was one of the main reasons she worked such long shifts; that way by the time she did fall asleep she'd be too tired to dream. Even that only worked so well…
But it wasn't like brooding about it would change any of it, so she tried to stay in a good mood. And although they had been bothering her less and less over the years. It still didn't mean she liked them when they did pop up…
Venom stayed quiet as it took in her feelings and thoughts. It seemed it's little host was experiencing some unpleasant memories. It didn't like it when it's host was upset about anything. It wanted to try to help her sleep better from now on. But that would require a stronger bond than their temporary one… Until then, it decided to help distract her.
'What is this "homecare" the rich boy spoke of? We don't quite understand…'
'It means that he gets to stay at home for the rest of his recovery and I will be going there to tend to him rather than here. And of course we can't forget that he wants full-time care. That means we'll be there a lot and probably for most of the day… I'll probably bored out of my mind though.' She filed the documents appropriately, pausing thoughtfully for a moment.
'Hmm, but I suppose it won't be so bad… It's better than tending to some of these whiny patients my boss pushed on me. They're either a bunch of annoying rich people who are so old I'm surprised they aren't dust piles with wallets, or hypochondriacs who just want to feel special.'
'If we don't like them then why did we get so upset earlier?'
'Because, I didn't even get a choice on the matter! After all that I've done to become a doctor and join a private practice group so that I could have some control over something, I get traded off like a lunchtime snack! I mean yeah, my boss usually pushes these irksome human piggy banks at me because of my skill or whatever, but I at least get to pick the least annoying ones… And for that I get special cases when they come in.' She could imagine the Symbiote nodding.
'Oh, we see… Well, from what we have seen, we should still be careful around this Goblin Boy. We never know how he will turn out once he is well…' At this she smiled reassuringly.
"We'll be fine… We always are…"
Finally her shift came to an end and as she headed out, she turned a corner and teleported to the top of one of the buildings in the middle of the city and closed her eyes.
"Okay, time to see if we can keep that promise…" Rose began using their ability to find others, so that she could find the Sandman. The minutes passed and she couldn't seem to find him. Rose was about to give up when she felt it rather than saw it this time!
"There! It's faint… But I can feel where he is… He must be on the move in his sand form… Probably why we can't find him so easily… Pretty smart really."
At that she opened her eyes and internally locked onto his signal; just as she had done with Spider-Man. While she had been busy of course, the symbiote had taken the liberty of transforming her into their black suit.
Smiling at this, she decided that it would be quicker to teleport close by to his exact location. So she did, and once she took a look around, they were able to see his cloud of sand slipping along the rooftops. She pounced gracefully and silently onto the wall of the building and quickly scaled it; doing a little flip as she landed a ways behind him.
"Well hello there, Sandy! Mind if we have a chat?" The mass of sand stopped dead, before it whirled into a little cyclone; Flint Marko's form materializing with a rather displeased look on his face.
"Do I know you?" Came his gruff voice.
"Yes and no. You remember that twit Eddie Brock?" The man nodded so she continued as smoothly as ever.
"He had this same black suit, but since he was dumb enough to leap at a bomb, I'm it's host now. And for now, we are still called Venom." The man seemed to become a bit suspicious. He didn't like that Brock fellow, so he had his doubts that this new Venom could be much better.
"So what is it that you want? I haven't got all night." She raised her hand and wagged her pointer finger.
"Tsk, tsk, Sandy! And after we went through all the trouble to bring you a present!" Using the same hand, she flattened her palm as a black blob bubbled up from it. Then the black mass receded as the bundle of letters appeared. She extended them out to him.
Flint regarded her for a moment before stretching out an arm; extending it all the way over to grab the letters before retracting back to normal. At first the ex-con just stared at the parchment in his hand in disbelief. Then he hesitantly untied the ribbon; being as delicate as possible. He opened one of the letters to see that it was indeed from his pretty little Penny. They watched him quietly; head tilted slightly to the side as they observed his reactions.
"I… Thank you… But, how did you get these?! And how did you…" She raised a hand to cut him off, smiling kindly; which was quite a feet for having such dangerous looking fanged teeth.
"A thief took her as a hostage yesterday. But she's fine, for we saved her and took her home. Before we left, she asked if we would seek you out and give you these letters, and a message from her."
"Wh-what message?" His hardened expression had softened and one could see the father coming out from behind the tough guy exterior. It made Rose feel somberly envious in that moment. She thought Penny was a pretty lucky kid to have a dad who cared so much about her, and yet it made her feel good to have been able to help them both out.
"She wants you to know that she misses you very much." Their tone was soft and expressed the appropriate emotion for the sentiment they needed to get across. If he could have cried, his eyes probably would have watered.
Instead, he cleared his throat and tried to keep composed, but from the green haired woman's smile, it was obvious she saw that under everything he had a tender heart. So he just smiled back; though a little sorrowfully.
"You know, when she was talking to us, we noticed how pale she was and how there was an oxygen tank beside her window…" Flint's eyes narrowed. Venom waved their hand nonchalantly.
"Relax Sandy, we have no malice toward her. She is an innocent. We are merely curious because we might be able to help…"
Thoroughly taken aback, the muscular man frowned, but they could see the hope welling up in his eyes through the suspicion.
"How?" He asked very slowly.
"Heh, we know of a doctor who will treat her… All expenses paid too! No need for daddy dearest to steal." His eyes widened, but it was clear he was still distrustful. Then again Rose decided, he had every right to be.
"And what do you want from me in return?"
"Hmm…" They pressed a finger to their lips in a playfully thoughtful way.
"We have nothing we want from you. But, we suppose you can just owe us a favor… Do we have an accord?" Venom held out their slender, clawed hand again and waited coolly. Sandman approached and after a split second of hesitation, he accepted the offered appendage and nodded.
"Yes."
"Lovely!" Flint felt something soft and square poking at the hand he was using to shake Venom's. When he pulled back he saw a folded piece of paper in the palm of his hand. He looked at her and she just smiled and waited. He unfolded and read it. It was the information of the physician's name and other contact information.
"Don't worry. We will make sure the doctor goes through the mother for you. All you have to do is call at the time and day specified and we can schedule it so that your daughter may see you."
He nodded and when they had hashed out a few other details and what he could tell them about Penny's illness; they parted ways and Venom decided to web-sling back home since it was such a nice night to be out.
Flint stopped a ways away; watching the mysterious black suited woman as she faded into the distance. He clutched the letters to his heart and whispered to himself.
"Maybe my luck isn't so bad after all…" And as he turned back to sand and whisked himself away, his hopeful smile could be seen before disappearing into the course granules.
To Be Continued!
Awww! Sandy can be so sentimental! Where as every other villain is just plain mental. Lmfao! But seriously though, Harry is so cute and cuddly for a sociopath! ^_^
So, now Rose has made good on her promise to Penny and even more so, she's gonna go out of her way to help the kid and let her see her dad again.
WHO'S AWESOME NOW SPIDEY? HUH? WHO'S AWESOME NOOOOOOW? ~Bitch Slaps a tied up Spider-Man~
Spider-Man: "T_T Rose is!"
Me: YE-EEEAH! Lmfao ya punk! ~snaps fingers and turns his suit bright pink with sparkles then throws him into a pit of ravenous Spider-Man fangirls then listens to his screams of horror.~ KUWAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!
Note to Readers: Only one Spider-Man was harmed in the making of this fanfic, but don't worry... He'll live... although he may have some memory issues... OH WELL! XD
Until next chapter! Review you lovely reader(s) you! And may the Slurpee be with you!