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Hello readers it's me back with the final chapter in the black suited Spidey story arc…it's been a wild ride but now it comes to a close, so enough of me talking, but before I stop I would just like to say Read, Review (Feedback is Golden) and of course Enjoy….
Chapter 31: Symbiotic pt 5
Outside Fisk Research and Development Center
"So what's the plan Silver Sable" asked the Crippler as he looked through his binoculars at the Research Center. Sable took her binoculars off of her eyes and she turned to the Crippler
"The plan is to wait for Paladin's signal. He's taking out any and all guards and once he's finished with that he's going to locate Vanessa and then we will hit her hard" she replied seriously
"M'Lady" started Amy Chen turning to Sable "What shall we do if there are people inside with Mrs. Fisk"
"We kill everyone…..no witnesses" Sable responded quickly
"Looks like I'm in the right place" laughed the Crippler
"And one more thing Wild Pack….when we find Vanessa she's mine…I'll deliver the final blow….is that understood"
"Yes ma'am" they all replied together
"Good"
Beep! Beep! went Sable's communicator, she clicked the earpiece in her ear.
"Paladin report"
"We're good here Silver Sable security disabled….she's in the west wing lab. I'm turning on my signal; now let's do this I got a hot date later tonight"
Sable rolled her eyes and turned off her link with Paladin
"WILD PACK LET'S MOVE!"
Sewers
"God it stinks down here" said Anthony as he, Mark, and Jared traveled through the dark, stinky sewer tunnel.
"How far we gotta go Mark…" asked Jared putting his shirt over his nose to block the smell.
"Shut up….we're close just a few more feet"
"JESUS!...LOOK AT THE SIZE OF THAT RAT!"
"Quiet…..okay here we go" said Mark looking up at the vent, "Hand me the screwdriver and give me a boost"
Anthony reached into his bag and pulled out the screwdriver and he handed it to Mark. Mark took the screwdriver and he put his foot in Jared's hands. Jared gave Mark a boost up to the vent.
"This vent leads into the ventilation system and will put us in the restroom right next to the lab" He said as he unscrewed the screws to the vent. He caught the vent and he gentle dropped it to the ground. He grabbed the sides of the open vent and he pulled himself up and inside. He leaned out and held out his hand and Anthony grabbed it. Mark then lifted Anthony into the vent and once he was in they both lifted Jared inside. Once all three were in the vent they proceed to crawl through the vent and to their destination
Few minutes later: Restroom
Mark quietly pushed the vent off of the wall and he dropped into the restroom. He looked around and he saw that it was empty.
"All clear" he whispered. Anthony and Jared then dropped into the restroom.
"Nice" said Jared looking around.
"SHHHHH!" went Mark while creeping up to the restroom door. He carefully opened it and he peeked out. He didn't see anyone in his quick glance so he motioned for Anthony and Jared to follow after him.
Walking down the hall the three came to a stop in front of a set of double doors that led into the lab.
"Okay this is it….remember we're in and out" whispered Mark
"Right"
"Gotcha"
The three quietly made their way into the lab and the first thing they saw two people standing in front of what looked like a black hole. Mark's eyes widen at the sight of the black hole but he had to duck for cover when he saw a man in a wheelchair wheel over next the two people.
In the Lab
"Okay Ohnn I'm here I hope you weren't lying to me" said Vanessa irritably.
"Mrs. Fisk I rarely Lie and this project is my…..our Brain child and…..."
"Get on with it" Vanessa and Alystair interrupted at the same time.
"Right….okay the problem last time was that we could not locate where the items were being sent once they entered the singularity and the reason is because they were going nowhere"
"Nowhere" Vanessa repeated
"Yes…we recently discovered that the items were being transported into what we call dead space….meaning a place that's devoid of anything" said Alystair
"We found that out because when we reviewed the singularity's coordinates they were off by 1 decimal"
"1 decimal…..you mean 1 decimal threw off the whole singularity" she stated with disbelief
"Fisk….the type of math that we are doing 1 decimal is everything" said Alystair seriously
"Well….did you fix this 1 decimal" she asked folding her arms
"Allow me to show you" said Dr. Ohnn as he went to the computer that next to the black hole. He back to type into the computer and as he was doing that the black hole began to expand until it was big enough for a person to walk through. Dr. Ohnn back away from the computer and he went to go stand in front of the black hole. Dr. Ohnn took a deep breathe and he walked through the portal. Once he entered the black hole it immediately shrunk and disappeared.
"Where did he go" asked Vanessa with wide eyes. Alystair smirked to himself and he wheeled himself around. Vanessa glanced at him and then turned around as well. A black hole formed behind them and out stepped Dr. Ohnn unharmed
"I'm right here" he replied with a smile
"HAHAHA BRAVO GENTLEMEN….Bravo" she laughed in happiness
"We thought you might be pleased" said Dr. Ohnn
CLANG!
"What was that" asked Vanessa looking around the lab to see where the sound came from.
"IDIOT" growled Mark angrily at Jared who had dropped the screwdriver he had handed to him.
"It came from over there" said Alystair
"HAND NIN…" started Vanessa before she was interrupted by a large explosion
BOOOOOOOOOM! The wall on the far side of the lab was blown out and the explosion knocked Vanessa and Dr. Ohnn off of their feet and it also knocked Alystair out of his wheelchair. From out of the dust and debris four people stepped through the newly made hole in the wall of the lab.
"VANESSA!" shouted Silver Sable as she and her Wild Pack made their way into the lab.
"Damn Blondie" said Crippler to Bombshell as he looked at the destruction one of her bombs caused.
"I aim to please" she replied
"…cough….ugh….the hell" groaned Vanessa sitting up. She looked around and she saw Dr. Ohnn and Alystair starting to stir.
"Hello Vanessa" said Silver Sable stopping a few feet away from the downed woman. Vanessa turned to the voice and saw Sable and the wild pack.
"Little girl you just don't know when to quit do you" growled Vanessa fighting her way to her feet, despite the fact that her ears where still ringing slightly, "If I can beat your Father what chance to do you have"
"The only one whose going to be beat is you BITCH!" shouted Sable drawing her sword and charging at the vulnerable Vanessa Fisk, but before she could impale the woman that she hated with a passion a sword blocked her attack inches away from Vanessa's head. Sable looked to see a man dressed in red and black ninja gear. The Ninja kicked Sable in the stomach and made her back away a few steps.
"What the hell" she said in shock
"What was that about being beat Child…..HAND SLAUGHTER THEM!" yelled Vanessa. Suddenly the whole lab began to fill with identical men in red and black ninja outfits and they all had their swords drawn at the ready.
"HAHA…Now things are getting interesting" said the Crippler pulling out his knives, "BRING IT!"
The hand ninja rushed Sable and the Wild Pack with the intent to kill.
"Holy shit Mark we have to get out of here!" said Anthony urgently
"We can't we have to get the final thing off of the list…..we need a motherboard stabilizer"
"What the hell is that" asked Jared
"It's something that's used in electronic equipment to relay messages and keep everything flowing smoothly, whatever this Toomes guy is building he needs something to stabilize the equipment"
"Okay where are we going to find a motherboard stabilizer?"
"I'm guessing over there at that computer, the only way that black hole is still open is because it's being stabilized…come on let's go" said Mark as she crawled towards the computer that Vanessa, Alystair, and Dr. Ohnn were standing by.
Sable and the Wild Pack were fighting against the hand and they were surprisingly holding their own. Sable blocked two strikes with her sword from two hand ninja. She spun around and slashed both of them across their chest killing them, only when she slashed them green mist seeped out of the wounds and then they disappeared.
"The hell" she whispered but she didn't have time to dwell on what happened because she had to duck from the two hand ninja that replaced the ones that she killed. Sable did a backflip and brandished her sword at her two opponents. As they stood there Sable quickly glanced around and saw that her wild pack were fairing about the same as she was against the well trained ninjas.
Amy Chen kicked a ninja in the face and then flipped another onto the ground. Amy then brought her knee down onto the ninja's throat killing him and letting out the green mist. The Crippler was laughing insanely as he stabbed anything that came within a few inches of him. He grabbed a hand ninja by the front of his outfit and then stabbed him in the stomach releasing the green mist. Bombshell while not having extensive training like her peers was fairing okay as she punched a ninja.
Sable smirked to herself as she glanced at the wild pack.
'I picked the right people….we can do this' she thought to herself as she charged at the two awaiting ninja.
"Smythe! OHNN! Get the hell up and out of here NOW!" she shouted
"Oh…..My ears" groaned Dr. Ohnn as he began to rise to his feet.
"My chair…where's my chair" said Alystair as he groggily looked for his wheelchair. Dr. Ohnn stood up and began to look for Alystair's chair when he spotted three people by the computer.
"What the hell" he started "GET AWAY FROM THERE!" he shouted startling them
"DAMMIT" said Mark as he saw Dr. Ohnn
"Hurry up Mark"
"Just a second" he replied as he popped open the back of computer console. He looked at all of the wires and he followed them to a palm sized motherboard, "Bingo"
Mark reached in and was about to start cutting the wires with the wire cutter but he saw Dr. Ohnn starting over
"Screw it" he said grabbing the motherboard and ripping it out of the computer making the coordinates that were being displayed scramble and sparks fly everywhere, "Alright let's go"
Mark stood up and was ready to run with Jared and Anthony but then they heard a strange humming sound that grew louder and louder.
"YOU IDIOTS WHAT HAVE YOU DONE!" shouted Dr. Ohnn looking at the computer console and seeing sparks fly. He took a step back and then turned to look at the black hole it began to shrink back to normal but as it shrunk it began to make a strange sucking noise along with the humming.
"SMYTHE WHAT'S HAPPENING!" asked Vanessa feeling the wind kick up.
"The Singularity…..it's destabilizing….anything that goes into that hole will disappear forever" he said shielding his eyes from the wind.
As he said that the wind began to kick up even more and anything that wasn't nailed down started to fly around.
All the fighting that was going on stopped as everyone tried to shield themselves from being sucked into the black hole. Dr. Ohnn fought his way to the computer and tried to think of a way to stop the black hole. Seeing the sparking electronics and few hanging wires he took off of his lab coat and using his coat as a shield grabbed a few of the sparking wires and he yanked them out. He turned to look at the black hole and he saw that it was beginning to flicker in and out. Looking at the flickering black hole Dr. Ohnn didn't notice some of the flying debris that was heading his way.
"OHNN LOOK OUT!" shouted Vanessa, just as Dr. Ohnn was hit in the head by a piece of the debris. The debris knocked him off balance and the wind was still kicked up so he began to fly towards the black hole.
"AHHHHHH!" he shouted as he was sucked into the medium sized black hole that was too small to fit a whole person through, "NOOOO….ARGHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Dr. Ohnn yelled in pain as his back snapped in half and he was pulled through the black hole just as it flickered out of existence.
"JOHNATHON!" yelled Alystair in shock. The computer console exploded once the black hole vanished.
Mark, Anthony and Jared made a dash for the double doors when two hand ninjas landed in front of them.
"BRING THEM TO ME!" shouted Vanessa in anger. The hand ninja held up their swords at the three thieves and made them back up slowly until they were standing a few feet away from her.
"WHO SENT YOU!" she growled while grabbing Mark by the front of his shirt
"No one sent us lady"
BOOOOOOOOM! Went an explosion in the lab. Bombshell reached into her bag again and pulled out another bomb and she tossed it at the charging ninja.
BOOOOOOOOM! The hand ninja exploded in green mist. Bombshell laughed to herself pulling out another bomb, she cocked her hand and was about to throw another bomb when she was kicked in the back by a hand ninja. Bombshell fell to the ground, but as she fell the bomb in her hand slid across the ground towards Alystair and Vanessa.
Vanessa's eyes widen at the bomb, but she didn't have to worry because the two hand ninja grabbed her and Alystair.
"MOVE!" shouted Mark diving to the side just as the bomb went off.
BOOOOOOOOM! The explosion blew up part of the ground and it also cracked the large vat of boiling metal liquid that was nearby. The vat began to crack even more until like water bursting form a dam the vat broke apart spilling the liquid.
Mark from his position on the ground saw a shadow form over him. Turning his head he saw a wave of the boiling hot metal liquid coming right for him. The liquid hit Mark full on coating his whole body in the experimental liquid alloy.
"YAHHHHHHH…ARGHHHHHHHH!" shouted Mark in agony as the liquid seared into his flesh.
"HOLY SHIT!" said Jared as he and Anthony watched Mark rolling on the ground in pain of boiling hot liquid metal. Anthony looked up and saw that everyone was distracted. He quickly got to his feet and he grabbed Jared by the arm.
"COME ON YOU IDIOT LET'S GET OUT OF HERE!" he said urgently as the two thieves rushed out of the lab through the double doors and to the restroom where they came from.
Bombshell elbowed the ninja on her in the head and she quickly got to her feet. She pulled out another bomb, but before she could throw it Silver Sable landed next to her.
"oomph" she grunted from the impact. Sable pulled out the throwing star from her side and stood up to her feet.
"Silver Sable I think we need to go I'm out of bombs all I have is this one left" she said
Sable growled to herself as five hand ninja began to creep up towards them. She glanced to the right and saw Crippler get stabbed but he kept on fighting.
"Dammit…..WILD PACK RETREAT!' she yelled taking off in a run towards the hole in the wall that they came from.
"NEXT TIME VANESSA!" shouted Sable as ran through the hole, she was followed by Amy, Bombshell and then Crippler. The Hand ninja quickly ran after them but as they neared the hole a bomb flew into view. The hand quickly flipped back out of the way just as another explosion rocked the Lab
BOOOOOOOM!
Vanessa looked at the hole where Sable and the Wild Pack ran through and she balled up her fist in anger. The hand ninja looked around and saw that the danger was over and so they all wordlessly disappeared into the shadows, leaving a very irate Vanessa Fisk, a writhing in pain Mark Raxton, and a shocked Alystair Smythe alone in the destroyed research center.
Next Day: Saturday 8:00 am: Mary Jane's House
Laying in the bed was Mary Jane Watson who was still sleeping, and next to her was Peter Parker whose eyes was open but he had a blank stare on his face. Peter laid there staring at the ceiling and it was mostly because the symbiote still hadn't released control over his body yet and inside his mind he was trying his best to regain control.
'OH….MY….GOD….what have you done….this is bad…this is bad…'
'Nothing is wrong Peter Parker everything is right'
'NO EVERYTING ISN'T RIGHT IT'S WRONG WHAT HAVE YOU DONE' Peter shouted back in his mind
'We only did what you wanted…..and yet you are still not satisfied' replied the symbiote in a slightly annoyed tone.
'No I'm not satisfied…you forcibly take control of my body and they you seduce one of my best FRIENDS!'
'We seduced…..'
'NO YOU DID…listen to me GIVE…ME…CONTROL!' shouted Peter
'NO….you need us Peter Parker…..'
'NO….I DON'T!'
'Yes you do'
'NO I DON'T!" Peter shouted again using every ounce of willpower he could muster and the symbiote's control was broken and he could move his body again. He let out a breath and he slowly turned his head to the side and he got a look at Mary Jane who was still sleeping soundly. Peter gently as he could slid from out of the bed careful not to wake up the sleeping Mary Jane. Peter backed away from the bed and as he did that his street clothes formed over him. He looked down at the clothes and he quietly went to Mary Jane's door. Right as he reached the door he heard knocking.
"Mary Jane" said a voice
"Damn it" whispered Peter looking at the closed door
"It's me your Aunt Anna your Mom is out of town so she asked me to come over and watch you for a few days…..Mary Jane" said her Aunt as the door handle began to jingle. Peter turned around and saw that Mary Jane was beginning to stir. He frantically looked around and saw that her window was open. Peter jumped across the room and out of the window just as Mary Jane woke up and her Aunt walked into her room
"Wha…" went MJ groggily rubbing her eyes
"Mary Jane"
MJ turned her head and saw her Aunt standing at the door.
"A..Aunt Anna"
"How are you Dear"
"Uh….." went MJ as she looked around her room for any sign of Peter but he was gone "Uh…I'm fine"
"Listen your mother is out of town so I'm going to be watching you for a few days okay"
"Alright"
"Good….now breakfast will be ready soon" she said walking out of the room and closing the door.
"Okay" she replied falling back into her pillow, she ran a hand through her hair as she remembered what happened last night and then she turned to the open window.
"This is not good" she said to herself as she covered her face with her hands "Oy"
Parker House: Attic
Peter crawled through the attic window that he always kept unlocked and he dropped to the ground. He quickly ran to his computer and he turned it on. While his computer was booting up he looked around the attic for a pair of scissors. His eyes landed on the pair lying on the ground. He went over and he picked it up.
'What are you doing Peter Parker?'
"Shut up" he said curtly grabbing a portion of his clothes he pulled on it and then he cut a piece off. The symbiote quickly reformed after being cut. Peter took the symbiote sample and he placed it in a petri dish and he put the dish under the microscope. He peered through the microscope at the symbiote and his eyes widen in shock.
"Oh My God" he whispered to himself, "No….no…no…no" he continued to whisper as he took out a small needle and he pricked himself in the finger. He moved the Petri dish to the side and he pulled out a new dish. He wiped his blood in the dish and he looked through the microscope
"Dear God…. you're…..You're…."
'What are we Peter Parker?'
"You're a Goddman Parasite"
'DO NOT CALL US THAT!' roared the symbiote
"Why not….It's true, you're a Parasite you're not trying to help me you're trying to take over…you're trying to assimilate me WHY!"
'IT is our nature Peter Parker….asking us why is asking why is the sky blue….for Eons we have traveled the Beyond landing on world after world civilization after civilization finding suitable hosts and learning all that we could before we assimilated the entire world adding to our collective and then moving on'
"Assimilate….. more like destroy" he replied watching as the symbiote sample in the Petri dish jumped out and crawled back to him.
'We preserve'
"…..what are you waiting for then huh…..why haven't you added Earth to your collective, you've been here long enough" said Peter
'Two reason Peter Parker the first is because we…..are tired'
"Tired"
'Yes…..it happens from time to time…we grow tired of moving from planet to planet and eventually we find a planet that is suitable with plenty of hosts and resources and we procreate….that last world that we procreated on was destroyed by the World Eater….'
"And now you've found your way to earth"
'IT is a suitable planet that fits our needs'
"What's the second?"
'You'
"Me"
'Yes you Peter Parker….normally once we attach to a host the bonding process does not take this long….you are not easy to bond with…'
"W-What do you mean bond…." asked Peter slowly standing up.
'Yes Peter Parker Bond…we find a suitable host and we bond with it and we blend into a civilization and then we assimilate, but you are proving hard to bond with, but that's fine because we don't want to assimilate this world anymore Peter Parker'
"A-And why is that"
'Because you love this world….and we…..love you and we only want you to be happy Peter Parker and we shall do that by helping you to rule this planet'
"RULE THIS PLANET…..NO!...I don't want to rule this planet…..I want…"
'You don't know what you want Peter Parker, but that okay because we know what is best for you and we will help you achieve…..'
"NO THE ONLY THING THAT IS BEST FOR ME IS TO GET RID OF YOU NOW GET OFF OF ME!" Shouted Peter grabbing ahold of the symbiote again and trying to rip it off of his body, but the symbiote refused to move.
'NO Peter Parker and besides….the bonding process is almost complete…..by midnight tonight…..we shall be ONE'
Elsewhere: Across Town: Battery Park
In an empty parking deck, Anthony and Jared stood leaning against one of the support beams waiting for their employer to show up with their money, but as they stood there leaning against the wall they couldn't help but think about what happed to Mark a few hours earlier.
"Did you see what happened…." Started Jared
"Shut up…..of course I saw what happened to him I was there wasn't I"
"We just left him there"
"So what" replied Anthony pulling out a pack of cigarettes and taking one and lighting it. He needed something to calm his raging nerves, "Where the hell is this Toomes guy" he asked blowing out the smoke
"YO TOOMES WE'RE HERE!" shouted Jared getting annoyed as well.
"Keep your voice down!" hissed a voice from beside them. They both turned to the side to see Adrian Toomes standing there with a scowl on his face.
Adrian Toomes stood at 5'8 and was bald. He had blue eyes, a long curved nose and looked to be in his early fifties, and he hand a hunch in his posture. He was wearing a long gray trenchcoat that covered his body, and he was wearing what looked like green boots
"Have you acquired what I asked" Toomes asked looking around
"Yeah we got it" Anthony replied taking the bog off of his shoulder and tossing it to him. Toomes caught the bag and then opened it and he looked inside and he saw the items that he needed. Toomes then reached into the bag and he pulled out the motherboard stabilizer and he looked at it with a raised eyebrow because it looked like it had been ripped out of something.
"What happened to the stabilizer?"
"We ran into a bad scene and had to get out of dodge but it should still work"
Toomes scrunched up his face and then he shoved the motherboard back into the back
"Thank you gentlemen for your hard work" he said turning around and walking away
"HEY WAIT!" shouted Jared making Toomes stop and turn to him "What about our reward….our money"
"Of course…where are my manners here's your payment in full" he said, and as he spoke two sharp feather looking daggers shout out of his coat and impaled Jared and Anthony through the chest killing them. The feathers removed themselves and returned to his coat.
"Again I thank you gentlemen for your hard work but your services are no longer required" he said to himself as he turned and left the parking deck.
In the Air
Spider-Man swung at break neck speeds through the air quickly trying to reach his destination.
'Where are we going Peter Parker?'
"I'm going to ESU….I know there has to be something in that place that can get you off of me" he replied
'Unlikely Peter Parker…..you need us'
"I don't need….SPIDER…AGRH!" he yelled as he web swung into a solid object but the reason why he didn't dodge was because whatever he hit was invisible. Spider-Man then felt something wrap around his waist and pull him to the side where he felt a rock hard fist slam into his chest sending him crashing and skidding across a rooftop.
"Ugh…..o-ow….." Spider-man gasped while grabbing his chest in pain. He slowly turned over on his back and he looked to see what hit him, and suddenly the invisible turned visible.
'Uh oh…this isn't good' he thought to himself as he saw Reed, Sue and Ben inside the fantasti-car that was hovering a few feet off of the ground.
"That was for my brother" said Sue
"W-Wait…..I can…ex…." Started Spider-man
"IT'S CLOBERRIN TIME!" shouted Ben jumping out of the fantasti-car. He cocked his fist back and aimed his punch at the downed Spider-man but he rolled to the side at the last sending making Ben miss. Ben's powerful punch cracked the entire roof causing it to cave in.
"Aw Crap" said Ben right before the roof broke apart and he and Spider-man fell through.
Ben and Spider-man burst through floor after floor of the building until they both hit the bottom floor full force. Ben being made of rocks wasn't too fazed by the fall. He stood to his feet and he shook his head a little bit.
"Good thing no one was in the lobby" he said in his usual growling voice, "Now where is that punk" He turned and looked around for his opponent. Ben glanced down and saw some of the building debris was moving on it own. The debris lifted up as Spider-man pushed it off of him. Ben looked at Spider-man and he saw that parts of his costume were missing and his bare chest was showing, but suddenly the costume began to reform covering his body again.
"Fancy Costume punk"
"B-Ben…..wait…" came Spider-man's weak reply. The fall had hurt him more than he would care to admit.
"Only my friends call me Ben to everyone else it's the THING!" he shouted charging at the rising Spider-man. Ben rammed his shoulder into him and then quickly punched him with a left hook sending him flying through the glass window and skidding across the street.
'Get up Peter Parker….this creature…this thing is challenging you DESTROY HIM!'
"N-N-O"
STOMP! STOMP! STOMP! Ben stomped over to him and grabbed him and held him up.
"Yeah not so tough are ya…..ya BUM!"
"B-B-en….w-wait" Spider-Man started, but his hand moved on its own and shot black webs directly into Ben's eyes blinding him.
"GAHHHH!" yelled Ben dropping Spider-man who landed in a crouch. He then shot two web lines that connected to Ben's chest, and using his enhanced strength Spider-man yanked on the web and tossed Ben into a car. Ben hit the car and made it flip over three times.
'Fine Peter Parker once again we will assume control and do what is right…..and what is necessary'
They symbiote took control of Spider-man's body and he jumped out of the way. His spider sense alerted him to an attack, but he looked around and didn't see anything. Spider-man jumped to the side again feeling his spider sense buzz. What he was avoiding was invisible Spheres what was trying to enclose around him. Spider-man jumped in the air avoiding another invisible sphere, but as he was in the air Reed stretched into view and tried to wrap around him, but he twisted out of the way.
"Spider-man we just want some answers" said Reed still trying to wrap around the elusive wall crawler. Spider-man shot a web at Reed's face and pulled him in for a punch.
"How's that for an answer" he said
"You tell me" came a voice form behind him. Sue turned visible and was standing on one of her invisible shields. Sue concentrated and an invisible force field enclosed on Spider-man trapping him. Sue made the force field rise up to her eye level where she was staring into the white reflective lens.
"WHY SPIDER-MAN!" she growled "WHY DID YOU ATTACK MY BROTHER! I THOUGHT YOU WERE ONE OF THE GOOD GUYS SO YOU BETTER HAVE A DAMN GOOD EXPLINATION!" shouted Sue, but as she was yelling at him she was unconsciously making her shield smaller and smaller cutting off his air supply.
"UGH!" he gasped running out of air. Sue saw she was suffocating him and she opened the part of her shield that covered his face allowing him to breathe.
"WELL!"
Spider-man looked at her and suddenly a tendril extended from his mask and hit Sue in the face hard. The blow made her loose concentration and her shields disappear. She and Spider-man began to fall and as they were falling he shot a web and her and pulled her into a punch in the face. He then kneed her in the stomach and then chopped her in the neck knocking her out. The last blow made Sue plunge downward heading for the pavement.
"SUZIE!" shouted Ben pushing himself to his feet and seeing her fall, he wasted no time in sprinting over and catching her before she hit the ground. Reed pulled the webs off of his face and saw Sue unconscious in Ben's arms.
"SUE!" he shouted stretching over to Ben, "Is she alright" he asked taking her out of Ben's arms and checking her over.
"Yeah I think she's a'wright, but she's out cold though"
Reed and Ben looked at Sue and then they turned to Spider-Man who landed on the ground a few feet away. Ben growled at him and charged.
"YOU SONOVA BITCH" he shouted as he neared him. Spider-man stood still in his spot and he waited. Ben closed the distance quickly and thrusted out a powerful fist but Spider-man ducked and then grabbed his arm and using his momentum threw him a few feet away. Ben crashed into another car and rolled across the ground. Spider-man slowed turned his head to Reed and the unconscious Sue.
"Why are you doing this Spider-Man" asked Reed angrily
"You challenged me"
"You attacked us first"
"….Johnny was asking for it"
"Just like you're asking for THIS!" yelled Reed, his left fist quickly stretched out and punched Spider-man in the face sending him skidding to the ground. Reed laid Sue on the ground and kissed her on the head. He then stood and stretched his legs over to Spider-man and tried to step on him, but he rolled out of the way. Reed held up his left hand and he made in flattened and then he expanded it to giant size. He then slammed his giant hand on top of Spider-man. Reed lifted his hand up and to his surprise he didn't see Spider-man. Reed looked around until he glanced at his hand and saw Spider-man sticking to it. Once he was spotted Spider-man began to shoot web ball after web ball at Reed's face. After the last web ball Spider-man shot a giant patch of webbing in his face again blinding him. He then sprung off of his hand and then started to rain blow after blow on Reed's face, but as he was punching him Spider-man found that only half of his blows really landed because punching Reed was like punching dough.
"GET AWAY FROM HIM!" yelled Ben who had recovered and was charging over again. Ben threw a punch at Spider-man but he pulled Reed in front of the blow. The force of Ben's punch made Reed's head fly backwards and stretch across the street.
"REED"
"Idiot" said Spider-man jumping over Ben and kicking him in the head, and landing behind him. Ben spun around and tried hit him but he was too agile and he leaned out of the way. Spider-man then sprung backwards and landed a few feet away and began to laugh.
"You can not defeat…ARGH!" he started to yell and grab his head.
'GIVE ME CONTROL OF MY BODY!'
'STOP RESISTING PETER PARKER WE KNOW WHAT WE ARE DOING!'
'LET…..ME…..GO!'
Ben stood there stunned at what was happening Spider-man was standing there grabbing his head. Ben then turned and looked at his friends and he balled up his fist in anger and he started to charge at Spider-Man who had stopped thrashing around and grabbing his head.
Spider-man took his hands off of his head
'Finally I've gotten control of my body…Spider….'
KRACK! Ben's powerful punch hit Spider-man in the chest hard. Spider-man was sent bouncing across ground until he crashed into a brick wall leaving a huge dent.
"…" Spider-man couldn't even speak; the only reason why he wasn't dead or paralyzed was because of the symbiote.
"GET UP AND FIGHT ME PUNK!" yelled Ben stomping towards him. Spider-man reaching deep down started to push himself to his feet.
STOMP! STOMP! STOMP! Spider-man leapt out of way at the last second just before Ben punched a hole in the wall. Spider-man dropped to a knee as he turned to face Ben.
'Body is still shaking from that punch'
'You see you need us…..you would be dead if it wasn't for us'
'SHUT UP!'
"B-Ben…..hold on…..this isn't…."
"SHUT UP!" growled Ben yanking his hand from out of the wall. He then ran towards Spider-man who, quickly jumped into the air. He saw that there was no reason to keep talking because Ben wasn't listening and he was still hurting from that punch, so he did the only thing he could do, he shot a web and swung away.
"GET BACK HERE SPIDER-MAN! GET BACK HERE AND FIGHT ME YOU COWARD!" roared Ben as he watched him swing away.
ESU: Few Minutes later
Spider-man landed on the roof of the science building of ESU. The symbiote reshaped and formed into his street clothes and he jumped off of the building and he landed on the grass.
"ARGH!" he groaned grabbing his chest 'Fight through it Parker you gotta get this thing off before midnight'
'It is useless Peter Parker we will be with you forever'
"Shut up" he replied making his way into ESU
Peter entered the lab and the first thing that he saw was Dr. Curt Connors, His wife and Eddie Brock. The three turned their attention to the doors just as they closed.
"YOU SON OF A BITCH!" yelled Eddie running towards him
"EDDIE!" shouted the Connors. Eddie ran towards Peter and grabbed him by the front of his shirt and lifted him up.
"TELL THEM YOU WERE LYING! TELL THEM!" shouted Eddie in absolute anger.
"What are you talking about" replied Peter in confusion
"DON'T PLAY DUMB WITH ME YOU LITTLE BASTARD! TELL THEM YOU WERE LYING!"
"That is enough Eddie" came Dr. Connors voice reaching him and grabbing him by the shoulder and pulling him off of Peter.
"Dr. Connors he's lying"
"After this little display I'm certain he wasn't lying" said Dr. Connors dragging Eddie out of the lab.
"NO! Dr. Connors…..listen to me….PARKER IS LYING" he shouted as he was being dragged out of the lab. While that was happened Dr. Connors wife walked over to him and put her hand on his shoulder.
"Are you alright Peter?"
"I'm fine Mrs. Connors….what was that about" he asked looking at her
"Remember our discussion that we had…..well my husband and I talked it over and we decided that the best thing for everyone would be if we let Eddie go from the program, so you don't have to worry about him harassing you anymore okay" she said taking her hand off of his shoulder and walking through the doors after her husband.
"What the hell….wait a minute you did this"
'We did this Peter Parker'
'NO you did this…..I've got to get rid of you' she thought quickly as he ran over to one of the work stations.
"There has got to be something in here I can use to get you off of me" he said grabbing a few tubes and a syringe.
Few minutes Later
"NOTHING IS WOKRING!" shouted Peter slamming his hands down on the table.
'We Told you Peter Parker….it is useless we are here to stay…you may still hold little control but your control is slipping soon we will be one'
"NO" said Peter weakly, standing up from the work station. The symbiote formed his costume over his body.
"What are you doing…"
'We grow tired of being here…we wish to be Spider-man now'
"NO I said….." he started before he heard the doors begin to open. Spider-man jumped to the roof and he quickly crawled to one of the windows and jumped out just as Dr. Connors and his wife walked into the lab.
"Curt do you think we made the right choice"
"Of course we did" he replied, "Wait wasn't Peter in here" he asked
"Yes he was…I wonder where he went I didn't see him pass us at the front door"
"I didn't either…..oh well I'll tell him the next time he here that he, Debra, and Michael are our newest interns" said Dr. Connors
Daily Bugle: Jameson's Office
RING! Went the phone in J. Jonah Jameson's office. Jonah looked at the phone and he reluctantly answered it.
"Hello"
"Jameson" came a voice on the other end that sounded quite happy.
"Stryker" Jameson replied gruffly, "Where's my son I did what you asked"
"That you did I was quite pleased with the article a few more like it and we will have our foot in the door on this Mutant Registration Act"
"A few More….no that was a one time deal you said if I…"
"I said that if you wanted to see your mutant son again you would help me and you're not done helping me" replied Stryker sternly
"Listen to me you fat bastard do you know who I am I'm J. Jonah Jameson and I will not be strong armed into….into…..lying for you"
"Your not lying Jameson…..you're telling the truth. Mutants are real and they are a threat and once the whole world realizes this you'll be seen as a hero as will I, now you will see your son when I deem it's necessary, so until then keep publishing what I tell you…I'll be in touch" said Colonel Stryker before he hung up his phone with an audible click.
"STRYKER!" shouted J. Jonah in anger. He stood up from his seat and grabbed his phone and he threw it at the wall.
Betty Brant turned around in her seat when she heard phone crash into the wall. She scooted closer to the window and she saw her boss was in visible distress over something. Suddenly J. Jonah turned in her direction and he saw her looking, she recoiled slightly at being caught and she turned around and went back to work. J. Jonah stormed to the window and he closed the blinds, rustling them loudly.
BEEP! Went the intercom
Betty hit the intercom button
"Yes Mr. Jameson"
"STOP PEEPING MS. BRANT AND ANOTHER THING I DON'T" WANT SEE OR TALK TO ANYBODY THE REST OF THE DAY IS THAT CLEAR, IF ANYONE COMES THROUGH MY DOORS THEY WILL BE FIRED!" he shouted.
"D-Does that include Mr. Robertson"
"ARE YOU DEAF MS. BRANT I SAID ANYONE IS THAT CLEAR!"
"Yes sir"
"GOOD!"
20 Minutes Later
An irate Eddie Brock stepped off of the elevator and into the Daily Bugle bull pen passing by journalists and reporters alike all the while grumbling to himself.
"Stupid Parker….get me thrown out of the internship…I'll show him….I'll get even….he got me fired….So I'll get him canned" he grumbled while he maneuvered through he bull pen until he started to approach J. Jonah Jameson's door. Eddie neared the door when Betty's voice stopped him
"Eddie I wouldn't do that if I were you he is not in a good mood" she said
"When is he not in a good mood?" he replied getting ready to open the door.
"Eddie NO!" she urged but her warning went unheard as Eddie entered J. Jonah's office.
Inside the office
"JJ we gotta talk" said Eddie seriously as he made his way to Jameson's Desk. He was sitting in his chair with his head in his hands and big bottle of scotch in front of him. Hearing Eddie's voice, Jonah slowly looked up at him
"JJ listen I've had enough of this okay….You can't have two photographers I was here first…and…."
"You're fired" said Jonah with finality
"…wait Hold on you haven't even heard what…."
"No I heard you Brock….I can't have two photographers and you wanted me to fire Parker because you feel entitled to your job because I hired you first….but let me explain something to you Brock that's not how the real world works. The world works by results who can prove their worth and Brock lately you haven't produced squat but Parker has, and so he stays but you can go" said Jameson in an uncaring tone while leaning back in his chair.
"What!... JJ you can't fire me"
"I just did Brock you can show yourself out"
"NO!" he shouted slamming his hands down on Jameson's desk. Jameson growled in his throat slightly and then he stood up. He went around his desk and he grabbed Eddie by his shoulder and he drug him towards the door. He opened it and he shoved Eddie out of his office.
"YOU'RE FIRED BROCK LIVE WITH IT NOW GET THE HELL OUT OF HERE!" shouted Jonah slamming the door shut.
Eddie stood there staring at the door shock plainly written across his face. Slowly his expression began to turn to anger as he balled up his fist.
"I told you not to go in there" said Betty. Eddie turned to her and stormed up to her desk and he grabbed it and flipped it over spilling all of her papers everywhere and causing everyone in the office to turn and look at him.
"HEY WHAT'S GOING ON" yelled Robbie walking over
"Nothing" growled Eddie passing Robbie and heading for the elevator out of the Bugle
THROOM! THROOM! Went the sound of the thunder outside followed by the sound of raindrops.
TV.
Hello and good evening New York I'm Michelle Burns bringing you up to the minute news. Our top story tonight A Battle Royal took place this morning between the remaining three members of the Fantastic Four and Manhattan's own resident vigilante/hero Spider-man. We were able to catch some of the fight but one thing was clear the Fantastic Four were no match for Spider-man as you can see on your screen. None of the members were available for a comment on the fight but we will keep trying and as usual Spider-man was not available either but more on that later. In other news there is a storm rolling in and our meteorologist say that its going be one of the worst storms New York has had in a while, so if you are out right now in the city I suggest that you get somewhere safe before you get caught in the storm….more news when we come back.
Hours Later: 11:30pm
THROOM! THROOM!
Sitting perched on the top of a Cross at a Church was Spider-man with his head hung low. He paid no attention to the rain as it feel down on him soaking him. He lifted his head and he looked at the symbiote that covered his body.
'The time of our Union is nearly here Peter Parker'
"...…."
'Why are you sad Peter Parker you should be happy you said that you Loved us you…..we shall be together Forever'
"...…" Spider-man didn't answer he continued to look at the costume. Finally he raised his head to the sky and he stood up, "Uncle Ben…if you're listening…..please….please help me"
11: 38pm
Entering the Church Eddie Brock whipped the water from the rain out of his hair. He then looked around and he didn't see anyone inside the church. He walked forward towards the bowl of Holy water. He dipped two fingers into the water and he did the sign of the cross. Eddie then let out a sigh and he walked down the aisle until he came to the second row that was right in front of the large statue of Jesus on the Cross. He kneeled down and he put his hands together.
"Its Edward Brock sir…..but I go by Eddie…..I'm sure you knew that. I….I humbly come before you to ask you a simple question…..why. Why are you testing me like this…I know you know how much I was looking forward to that internship with Dr. Connors. I mean I prayed for that internship for many nights and now…what I wanted most is gone and my dream job at the Bugle gone as well….….Why Lord, Why.
11:40
'Peter Parker what are you doing'
"RAH!" shouted Spider-man pulling at he costume with all of his might again, "I'm NOT GOING TO GIVE UP!" he responded back as he tugged at the symbiote.
'STOP!" roared the symbiote in his mind.
"ARGH!" yelled Spider-man grabbing his head in pain, Spider-man lost his balance and he fell. Spider-man landed on the balcony of the Church that was a few feet below. Spider-man fought his way to his feet and he saw that the balcony that he had landed in led to a large and old bell that was housed in the Church.
'STOP RESISTING!'
"NEVER!" he shouted taking his hands off of his head and pulling at the symbiote again.
11:45 pm
"I know that I've haven't been the most devout follower, I know I haven't given tides or….or done my share of community service…but….but I'm a good person…..or at least I try to be…..so why are you hurting me God…..why am I being tested like this…am I not supposed to have this internship am I not supposed to have the job that I want because of some greater good…or greater destiny…..…"
"GET OFF OF ME!" shouted a voice echoing throughout the church and causing Eddie to look up in confusion
"What the hell" he said
"GET OFF!"
Eddie slowly stood up and searched for where the voice was coming from
11:50pm
'It is no use'
"RAHHHH!" he yelled desperately trying to get the suit off of him, "GET OFF!"
11:52 pm
Eddie followed the yells until they led him to an old wooden door. He put his ear to the wooden door in front of him and he heard the yelling get louder. He looked around and he didn't see anyone so he grasped the handle and he pulled the door open.
"GRRRRAHHHHH!"
Eddie walked through the door and he looked up. He saw a set of curved stone stairs that led upwards where he saw a black suited Spider-man struggling with his costume.
"What the….Spider-man" Eddie whispered walking forward slowly. As he walked forward he didn't watch where he was going and he stepped on a white rope that that was tied to the bell. Eddie stepped on the rope and caused it to move which in turned caused the bell to move for the first time in almost 10 years.
11:55pm
GONG!
'AHHHHHHHHHHHHH" yelled the Symbiote as it heard the sound of the bell
"ARGH!" shouted Spider-man as he felt the pain the symbiote was feeling 'SO MUCH PAIN' he thought
GONG!
"AHHHHHHHHHHH" the symbiote shouted again. Peter despite being in pain as well felt the symbiotes hold on him loosen considerably. He grabbed at a piece of his costume again and he pulled with all of his might.
RIP! was the sound in the air as part of the symbiote ripped off and fell to the ground squirming.
GONG! with each ring from the bell a little more of suit loosened up and Peter took full advantage and he pulled with all of his might and ripped more of it off.
"AHHHHHH" yelled Peter as he ripped a big chunk of the symbiote off of his face.
Eddie carefully made his way up the stones stairs. He made his way to the top and he pushed up the small trap door that led into the Bell tower and he peeked through just as Spider-man ripped part of the black suit off of his face.
"Parker" he whispered in shock.
Peter looked at the Bell and saw that it was slowing down and about to stop so he tried to step forward when his knee collapsed on its own
'NO….P-Peter P-Parker….'
"YES!" He shouted forcing himself to his feet and walking to the bell he rammed his shoulder into the bell causing it to move again and ring louder and faster
GONG! GONG! GONG! GONG! Peter grabbed more of the symbiote and pulled it off
'N-No…..y-you….need us'
"NO I DON'T
'You….said…you l-loved us…..we….love….you…P-Peter…Parker…d-don't kill us' begged the Symbiote, but no matter what it said Peter kept ripping at it pulling it off of his body.
"WHOA!" shouted Peter as the symbiote forcibly ejected him away from it. Peter flew into the wall of the bell tower and he slid down to the ground. He looked up in horror at the symbiote displayed itself in all of its black ooze glory. They symbiote began to grow and rise up and growl in anger at him.
"SPIDER-MAN!" it growled out and one of its slithering black tendrils shot out and tried to wrap around his arm, but he jumped away despite the fact that he was in pain.
"NO! I WON'T LET YOU ON ME AGAIN….YOU HAVE SINGLE HANDLY DESTROYED MY LIFE I WANT NO PART OF YOU!" shouted Peter sticking to the wall. The symbiote growled again and another tendril shot out. Peter jumped to the floor and he made a mad dash for the bell but the symbiote slithered across the ground and tried to wrap around him, but Peter saw it and he jumped at the last minute and he brought both feet down on the bell.
GONG! "RAHHHHHHHHHHHH" shouted the symbiote as it shrunk and fell to the ground in pain. Peter landed on the ground and he pushed the bell again and again and again. The symbiote roared with each ring and it tried to slither away but it couldn't the pain was too much for it to bear. The symbiote after a few seconds stopped moving and was a giant puddle of black ooze on the bell tower floor. Peter saw that the symbiote wasn't moving at all but he rang the bell three more times just to be safe. After the third ring he stopped the bell and he carefully walked towards the motionless ooze.
'I don't sense anything from my spider-sense…..it must be dead' he thought to himself as he took a few deep breathes to calm his raging nerves. He put his hand to his head he backed up a few steps until he hit the wall and he slid down.
"Oh …..My…. God" he said between breathes, "That was….the hardest…. battle of my life"
Peter looked at the black ooze and then he looked outside and saw that the rain had stopped but the black clouds where still overhead. He slowly rose to his feet and he limped towards the balcony, he looked up at the sky.
"It's over…the nightmare is over…..thank you Uncle Ben… for giving me the strength …..thank you" he said weakly as he jumped over the balcony.
Eddie Brock slowly pushed the small trap door open all of the way and he stepped up and inside of the bell tower. He made his way to the balcony careful to avoid the black ooze on the ground. He looked down and he saw a half naked Peter Parker jumping across the roof tops of New York.
'N-No….I can't believe it….Parker was Spider-man the whole time…..THE WHOLE TIME!...wait till JJ hears about this' he thought to himself as he turned around, but as he turned he was face to face with the symbiote. The symbiote was visibly weak but it wasn't dead.
"OH….My….." started Eddie before the symbiote formed a mouth and said a single word
"HOST!" it growled as a black tendril shot out and grabbed Eddie by the throat and pulled him forward. Eddie slammed into the symbiote and it quickly began to wrap around his body tightly.
"NOOOOO….ARGHHHHHHHHHH! ROAR!"
THROOM! THROOM! Went the thunder as the rain began to heavily pour down again signifying that the storm wasn't over and the worse had yet to come. The storm outside began to rage and intensify even more as lightening began to strike the ground. One of the lightening strikes flashed in front of the church illuminating the bell tower and the single figure inside.
"SPIDER-MAN!" shouted out a voice that was laced with anger and Venom.
End Chapter: Read and Review. Hey readers it's me Nomad88 back with the closing comments well that ends the black suit story arc and you can guess the villain I just set up, the nightmare for our hero is not over just yet. I hope everyone has enjoyed this story arc. I know it was a long one but I hope I crafted it well enough to where it was one of the more enjoyable arcs. I would like to know what you readers out there thought about this chapter and this arc so again review (Feedback is Golden) and then meet me back here next time for the next installment in this saga. This is Nomad88 saying until next time…
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