New Beginnings Part Two

Chloe's eyes snapped open only to find herself floating in the middle of the vast emptiness of space. She felt weightless and saw the various stars and even a sun, brighter than ever before… She noticed the planets nearby didn't resemble anything she'd studied in Miss Mendeleiev's science classes and Earth was nowhere to be seen. This was not the Milky Way Galaxy.

If she was in space, how could she breathe?

And how did she even get here… the last thing she remembered was that black gel on her arm and that weird voice in her head. God, was she losing her mind now? Or was it because of some kind of Hawkmoth's akumas … making her float through space and yet able to breathe… Seriously, why was this happening to her? She just wanted to be left alone, by Hawkmoth, by Ladybug, her classmates and everyone else!

'We are not alone. We are safe.'

There was that voice again.

"Who are you and why the fuck are you in my head?" Chloe demanded. "And there is no we. I just want to get back to my room. This is ridiculous, utterly ridiculous!"

'We are still in our...your room. And as for who we … who I am, let me show you.'

Chloe watched as the fierce golden aura of the sun flickered before it combusted, releasing a wave of dark matter that wiped out all the planets. All that remained was globs of liquefied dark matter scattered across the galaxy alongside various debris and asteroids.

She saw the globs join together and pool the asteroids together forming a single comet coated in the black gel.

She watched as the comet hurtled through space, attracting other celestial bodies towards it eventually becoming a core of a planet itself. Over the course of millenia, dark matter evolved into a singular being, capable of sentient thought.

As astronomers and scientists from neighbouring planets landed on the planet to investigate the strange planet which emitted mysterious radiation, they bonded to a part of the mysterious being, which came to call itself Klyntar. When they returned to their home worlds, they brought a part of Klyntar with them. But while connected to a hive mind, the dark ooze inside their hosts continued to evolve till they became symbiotes, less dependent on the hive and more on their hosts…

And that started an age of turmoil for the entire universe as the Klyntar continued to spread, in some cases, the symbiotes taking over their hosts' minds and bodies… they started to grow their numbers by means of asexual reproduction, creating clones of themselves with their memories till date…

Eventually a herd of symbiotes found their way to Earth… Venom being one of them. Through several encounters with Earth's superheroes, Venom became the first true symbiote, choosing not to take over the host's body or mind, instead choosing to coexist with their vessel.

"Okay, that was a lot of exposition." Chloe said. She didn't know how but the information and the entire history of the symbiotes were literally dumped in her mind. That was a lot but not unbelievable, considering she lived in a city, which was under attack by a magical terrorist.

She closed her eyes.

"Why me?"

'Why not? We both have so much more to offer to the world.'

"There were thousands of people in New York yet you chose me. I am just a broken, unexceptional girl. I am a bully…"

'You are no different than Eddie Brock or Flash Thompson. Heroes in their own right, even if they weren't always good people. You are no different from me. I was a villain, driven by vengeance towards Spiderman but I got better. You can too.'

"I… After what I did, they won't ever trust me. Ladybug hates me. I outed the identities of my team. I helped Hawkmoth."

'They don't need to know it's you until you are ready for them to know. You don't need to be Queen Bee anymore, be Venom.'

"I wanted to get away from all this but I made things worse for Ladybug. It's time I fixed this. I am in. I will be your host."

'Thank you. You won't regret this, partner.'

Chloe's eyes snapped open. She was back in her home. She took off her jacket and rolled back her sleeves. There was no sign of the black ooze on her arms. No trace of the symbiote. No evidence of everything that happened the last few minutes ever being real… Had she made it all up?

'We are here.'

And there it was again. That voice reverberated through her head. It was different from Pollen's meek and gentle voice but at the same time, it made her feel at ease.

"Thank you." She whispered. Just then, her phone buzzed. An akuma alert.

Chloe smiled. She was ready.

"Wait, is there some kind of activation phrase for the powers?" She asked.

'No? It's instantaneous. You just have to think about transforming and I will lend my powers. Let me show you.'

Just as Venom said it, black tendrils wrapped around her from head to toe and she found herself in a totally black skin tight suit and a mask that covered her face too.

She picked up her phone from the bed and turned on the selfie camera. The mask was totally black except for white slits for eyes.

It was a tad too simple for her tastes.

'We can change it if you want.'

"No. It is fine. It should not be about how I look but what I do. And right now, we need to help Ladybug and Chat Noir defeat a akuma… Wait, how do I get to the Louvre? Is there like a grappling hook or-"

'We can synthesize webs. A lingering power from Spiderman. Let me show you how.'

Chloe felt her body move by its own as she leapt from the veranda of her suite. She started to scream but mid-fall, she extended her hand and true to Venom's words, a tendril of silver web shot out and latched to another building. Chloe used the momentum to swing herself across the street and then repeated the process, shooting another web and started swinging across rooftops. It was as if she instinctively knew how to do this.

'Memories from past hosts.' Venom supplied.

She could see the pedestrians looking up, thinking it was another akuma and panicking. She could tell them she was not there to harm them but she had no time to spare as the view of Ladybug and Chat Noir battling Mr Pigeon came to view. Seriously not how she wanted to make her debut as a new hero. Mr Pigeon was so lame and it had to be like the seventieth time this man had been akumatized.

She took a deep breath as she steeled her nerves. She had to make a good impression… From now, she wasn't Queen Bee anymore, she was Venom!

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