Rain: And here I am with a brand new chapter for A Symbiotic Bond: A Venomous Titan Reborn so sit back, relax and enjoy the show!

Mario: Here we go!

A Symbiotic Bond: A Venomous Titan Reborn
Chapter Eight

Champion City
Garfield Mark Logan

"Y'know, we still have yet to give you or our heroic identity a name," Garfield noted to the symbiote as he sat in a crouched position above the city on a "Wayne Enterprises" building, which was the tallest building in Champion City.

"That girl...Rocket...She called us Spider-man...I loathe that name," The voice whispered darkly, which made Garfield nod his head in agreement. He let the name slide due to not having an official name but he didn't want that name.

He didn't want to further remind the symbiote of her former host.

Besides, Spider-man had never murdered anyone while he had.

While he still felt guilty, Garfield wasn't as beat up as he was two days ago when Rocket had approached him with her kind words of encouragement.

"Hmm...Hopefully we'll come up with a name soon. I do not want to be called Spider-man again," Garfield noted before he stood up from his crouched position and said "In the meantime, I'm starving."

"Oh! Can we get chocolate?" The voice exclaimed in excitement, which made Garfield chuckle and nod his head. During the last few days, Garfield had discovered that the symbiote had a deep love for chocolate but as much as Garfield loved chocolate, the symbiote loved it to obsessive levels, which amused the teen greatly. "Chocolate chip pancakes it is," Garfield noted with a chuckle before he stretched his limbs and said "I wonder if that diner is still open."

"Better be," the voice replied as Garfield leapt off of the building and let himself free-fall until he rolled into a ball and landed on the head of a gargoyle where then ricochet off of the head and slung himself to the cobblestone building across from him and landed in a crouch.

He then rose to his feet and dashed down the building at an angle before he leapt off and landed on a street lamp at angle where he then bounced from street lamp to street lamp at a fast pace and once he bounced off the final one, he landed into a roll on the ground in an alleyway.

Garfield flipped to his feet as his suit changed into a black hoodie with black pants and sneakers with his face visible before he walked out of the alleyway and straight to the diner where he opened the door and sat down at the counter to order his food.

As he sat there and waited for his food, he looked to the TV that sat in the corner of the diner and saw that it was on the news channel.

"Is it just me or is that rather attractive woman always on the news?" The voice asked curiously.

'I'm starting to think she's the only news anchor,' Garfield thought out his reply as he watched the channel.

"We here at Channel Champion News have been keeping a close eye on our resident new hero simply known as "The Spider","

The news then showed a picture of Garfield when he was at the bank.

"A person who has the abilities of a spider. From web-slinging to stick to walls and the like. We still have no idea who he is or why he has appeared but from his appearance, he has managed to stop numerous robberies from the local crime syndicate known as "SIN" along with the murderous mad man known as Oblivion. We here would like to extend an invitation to "The Spider" to come onto our news channel to give him a chance to speak."

Garfield quirked a brow at this as the waiter placed his pancakes in front of him.

The news station was asking him to speak to them?

Was this a new thing?

"So from us to the Spider, we hope to hear from you soon! Until then, this is Channel Champion News anchor Liz Allen signing off."

Garfield paid for the pancakes and downed them all, making sure to savor the sweet and buttery taste before he paid the bill and walked out of the diner and back through the alley and let the suit form over him once again before he zipped out on his web out of the alleyway, fully decked out in his suit.

Garfield swung around the corner and landed on the roof of a very beautiful highrise apartment building and for a moment, he stopped.

Even when he was Beastboy, Garfield was always moving from one place to another at high speed, never taking in the beauty of where he was but it was something about this view of Champion City which made him take note of it.

The glittering lights beneath him and miles away made it seem like there were millions of multi-colored fireflies. "Man...What a beautiful sight," Garfield noted.

"I know, its why I chose to live so high up here," Rocket's voice suddenly said from above Garfield, which made him jump in surprise and look up...Only to look directly down when he realized she was wearing a hospital gown.

He saw straight up to her underwear.

'Lacy black underwear...Nice,' Garfield thought with a blush on his face.

Rocket floated down to to the roof with a blush on her face and said "Thanks for looking down so quickly...I forgot I was in a hospital gown..."

"No problem. Though thanks for coming down to my level. As much as I enjoyed the sight, your face is the true beauty I should be able to gaze at," Garfield replied before his eyes widened. He was trying to think that, not say it!

Rocket flushed at his words and said "I guess you're feeling better from the last time we spoke..."

"I am so s-sorry. I guess my filter crapped out on me," Garfield said apologetically but Rocket waved him off with a laugh.

"You kidding me? I'm flattered that your unable to hold your tongue around my beauty," Rocket said with a mock arrogant tone before she laughed sweetly and said "No worries."

"So what are you doing here anyway?" Garfield asked, eyes narrowed in amusement.

"I was actually looking for you," Rocket admitted with a rather shy grin on her face, which made Garfield blink in surprise.

"R-Really?" Garfield stammered out.

Rocket nodded and said "Yeah...I saw that the CCN asked for you to meet with them and wanted to talk to you about it but I was stopping off at home to change into some clothes. Little did I know..." She then laughed as she walked to a console that was against the wall and pressed a few buttons, which caused the skylight window behind Garfield to open up.

"Besides, I wanted to take you out for dinner, remember?" Rocket replied then smiled and leapt through the open glass into her apartment below. Garfield leapt down after her and landed on her gray marble counter and crouched down on it and looked around.

Her living room was a modest size, with one large crimson couch and a crimson love seat in front of a large plasma screen TV and fireplace.

The walls were cream color and the kitchen, which was a modest size as well, was connected to living room, only being separated by a bar counter, which he was crouched on.

In short, it had a homey feel to it.

"I'm going to go change. Make yourself at home," Rocket told him as she walked out of the room, which left him alone in the room.

"It seems that her injuries are completely healed," The symbiote mentioned, which made Garfield nod in agreement, his mind going over the curves on the heroine before the symbiote said "Keep you mind on track Garfield."

'Sorry, Sorry...It's just...I mean she's hella attractive,' Garfield noted with a blush on his face. He could feel the amusement the symbiote was feeling but he couldn't help himself from staring at her retreating form.

'Like a damn masterpiece...Kinda reminds me of Raven's curves,' Garfield noted before he flinched in surprise. 'Whoa, I need to really calm down. Rae would kill me if she knew I compared her curvy body to Rocket's. Hell, she could kill me for checking her out haha."

Rocket came out moments later in a black short sleeved button down shirt and a pair of black biker shorts, which made Garfield mentally thank the gods above from seeing her smooth, silky but athletic legs.

But he still wondered how she healed so quickly from her wounds. From what he saw the last time they met, she was still fairly wounded. Those injuries would have taken months to heal.

"How did you heal so fast?" Garfield asked Rocket, who sat by his side on a stool and crossed her legs, giving Garfield an ample look at her toned legs, which made him inwardly nervous.

"Thanks to my belt, which grants me most of my powers, it heals me quicker than most. Its not super healing but it gets the job done," Rocket replied as she leaned back against the counter to grab her phone.

"I'm going to order Chinese, want anything?" Rocket asked curiously.

"Sure. Tofu fried rice?" Garfield requested.

"Ah Tofu, you a vegetarian?" Rocket asked curiously.

Garfield nodded and replied "I am. Been one since I was a small kid."

"Really? How do you do it? I don't think I could ever give up meat like that," Rocket asked curiously.

"Well, I used to eat meat but after a few things happened to me, I decided to call it quits," Garfield replied, not really wanting to delve into his past like that. It wasn't like he didn't trust her, heroes are the most trustworthy bunch, but he didn't want to reveal he used to be Beastboy of the Teen Titans.

But why?

Maybe it was the traumatic experience that gave him his morphing powers to begin with or maybe it was how they were erased or maybe it was due to wanting his Beastboy persona to die with his powers due to wanting a fresh start.

Which made sense to him. Here he was, in a new city with new powers talking and saving new people...People didn't wonder why he wasn't with the Titans or why he decided to go solo, he was just a new hero that people appreciated.

He wasn't just a member of the Titans, he was his own hero now. 'But Beastboy is a part of your past,' Garfield thought to himself. 'He was you for all these years. You can't just drop that persona totally because of how "He" perished or because you got hella cool powers.'

But at the same time, he felt as if he was disrespecting his partner for thinking on his past powers, like the symbiotic wasn't good enough or something, which is super wrong to him...Maybe in time, he could talk about Beastboy but as of right now, he is peacefully resting in the past.

"I wonder what could have happened that made you dislike meat," Rocket said to him as she began to dial the number to the Chinese delivery service before she said "From the tone of your voice, it sounds like its quite the tale."

Garfield laughed and waved his right hand and replied "Maybe I'll tell it to you one day. In the meantime, how did you get your powers? I've been curious about them since I saw you that day in the rain..."

Rocket grinned and said "Well...I was walking one day when this ship crash landed in a park..."

Champion City
National Diamond Museum

"Hey guys, I'm going to go bag a bite to eat, You want anything?" A security guard asked his fellow guards, who nodded enthusiastically at the question, while sitting down their Uno cards

"Grab me a box of donuts," One guard said, with three other guards nodding in agreement.

"Grab me a large double cheeseburger with a strawberry milkshake," another the guard replied cheekily, which made the first guard snort in amusement.

"We have donuts, donuts and more donuts Joey, take your pick," The first guard said with an amused grin on his face.

"I'll take donuts with sprinkled donuts on it," Joey the guard replied with a smile. The first guard nodded and walked out of the security room out onto the main floor. The first guard walked past a large blue diamond known as the "Zoe" Diamond, which sat in a display case beneath a large skylight window.

The guard stopped and admired the diamond for a moment before he made his way to the break room. Once the guard was gone, two shadows appeared above the diamond display.

The sound of glass opening could be heard before the sounds of two people repelling down was heard and when they rappelled beside the diamond, the two became visible.

The first teen had long flowing platinum white hair and she was dressed in a skin tight leather suit with a "V" neck that showed her bosom that had white fur around the "V" neck shape of the suit, along with white gloves and fur around the edge the fur and a black domino mask.

The other teen beside her was a teen in a black suit with a red "X" on his chest and back of his hands, a long flowing cap and a black helmet that held a white skull on the front of it with a red "X" on its forehead.

But while their outfits were radically different, the metallic collars with green lights on it was the thing that they shared.

"We got two minutes before they notice," the female teen said with a frown on her face.

"Let's get this in one then. We don't need that bastard on our case some more," The male teen responded before he opened his hands, to reveal a red "X" on each palm which sprayed out red mist around the glass to reveal dozens of red laser beams around the glass case.

The female held out her right index finger, which a sharp claw popped out of the glove, and slide her hand through the many lasers and cut a medium sized hole in the glass before she pushed the glass into display but quickly caught it and slide it out of the case and handed it to her partner.

She then reached her hand back into the display and grabbed the diamond from its resting spot before she withdrew her hand and grinned at the male teen, who chuckled softly as he glued the edges of the glass.

The female slide down a white and red card into the case and quickly placed the glass back on top of the case before the two rappelled back up to the skylight and disappeared into the night.

The guard came back into the large room and walked past the diamond display, boxes of donuts in his hand before he paused ran back to the display and saw a simple card in the spot where the diamond was and quickly shouted "Oh shit! They struck again!" before he ran back to the security room.

Donuts still in his arms.

Rain: And that is the end of this chapter. So this held some Rocket/Garfield bonding while also revealing the first big arc villians so what will happen next? Only one way to find out!

Mario: See you next time!