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Lustful-Angel96: Maybe, I've thought of having Peter bond with a symbiote outside the typical Venom so maybe
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Year one…
Peter at the moment was in a bad mood as he sat in his dark apartment brooding in silence in way that he'd make the Batman look like a cheery optimistic guy in comparison. The reason for Peter's bad mood had to do with his wife and her recent actions with the Justice League
He just found out that she, Superman and the Flash were in Australia and were 'asking' people to stop protesting the fact that the Justice League kept barging into their country without permission. A hero from there by the name of Galaxor asked them to leave, granted a bit violently but that's all Diana and Superman seemed to resort to these days, Diana and Superman attacked the man… and left the poor kid crippled
All because he stood up to his wife and Superman and told them to leave his people alone. When Diana returned Peter didn't say a thing, he was too busy watching the scene on his computer in the kitchen with the reporter later listing his injuries, several broken vertebrates, severe concussion, the poor kid was likely never going to ever walk. He didn't say a thing when she called his name or when she shut his computer and sat in front of him and forced him to look at her
It was when she said that he was being ridiculous and got up to change when he finally spoke
"…Would you do that to me?" Peter asked quietly
Diana looked at him confused "What?"
"If I stood up to you and Superman, told you to stop… would you snap my spine in half and leave me there on the ground?" Peter asked as he turned to look at his wife
"Of course not Peter!" Diana said in outrage "Why would you think something like that?"
"I don't know why Diana, after all it's not like you just did exactly that to some kid who was merely standing up to a bunch of people forcing their way into his home and telling him and his people what to do!" Peter said as he stood up
"Peter we told them to disperse and return to their homes and jobs!" Diana responded
"Diana they had every right to protest as it's protected by the fundamental rights and freedoms of their Constitution, and yes I looked it up!" Peter countered "And you took that right from them!"
"They were disturbing the peace Peter!" Diana rebuffed "That man attacked first, Superman and I merely defended ourselves"
"That's bullshit! Bullshit!" Peter yelled as he pointed a finger at Diana "He attacked you because you told him to basically fuck off and you and Superman weren't defending yourselves! You could have easily shrugged the blast off or restrained him in that lasso of yours but you didn't! You saw him as a man who wasn't afraid of you and decided to take him out so he wouldn't inspire others!"
Diana actually flinched at the volume of rage in his voice and her hand instinctively went to her sword at her waist which in turn caused Peter to back away and have his body tense, ready to move. The two stood there in tense silence for several minutes before Diana finally spoke
"…I'll be staying at the tower tonight" Diana said as she turned and went to retrieve her bag and a few things for her to take
"Not like I could stop you even if I wanted sweat heart. I don't feel like getting my spine broken" Peter said bitterly as he sat back down at the table and listened as Diana retrieved a few clothes and her shield before she left, she made sure to shut the lights off on the way out
Peter didn't know how long he sat there in the dark before he heard the communicator he got from Batman go off. Peter sighed in frustration and went to retrieve it
"Yes?" Peter asked as he pinched the ridge of his nose
"Is this a bad time?" Batman asked on the other end
"Something tells me you know it is. What do you want Bats?" Peter asked as he sat on his bed with a scowl
"I need you to come to Gotham, I may have a lead on Octavius and may need your help" Batman said in a neutral tone, clearly sensing that tonight wasn't a good time to possibly piss Peter off
Peter looked around his dark apartment and sighed in frustration after a long time "I'll be there in a few hours, any place you want me to meet you at?"
"Call me when you get here, I'll pick you up" Batman said before he ended the call
Peter placed the device down and went to retrieve his suit when suddenly he heard the chest banging again. Peter stopped and took a deep breath
"I don't need you tonight. Especially in my state" Peter said as he closed his eyes and tried to calm himself
The chest banged even louder as Peter started to place on his typical suit and just as he reached for his mask he heard a loud crash. Peter tensed and slowly looked towards the closet and saw Venom poke it's head out and look at him with its white eyes
But the thing was, Peter didn't see any kind of malice or rage in Venom's usually blank eyes, confusing yes but he could always tell what the symbiote was thinking by looking at its eyes. Brock said the same thing to him when Peter once questioned the former host about his relationship with the alien organism
What Peter saw in Venom's eyes was something he thought he'd never see in the symbiote's gaze…
Amusement
"What?" Peter said uneasy about the emotion he can see
Venom slowly made it's way out of the closet but mindful to keep it's distance from Peter as it watched him carefully. It than did something Peter thought he'd never see and has often called Eddie crazy when he mentions it
Venom spoke
"Interesting Peter… angrier than usual…"
Peter gaped at the symbiote for a moment before he snorted in grim amusement "Really Venom, you're going to call me out on being angry? Pretty sure this is your fault"
Venom shook it's head "Something different about this anger, something darker!"
Peter narrowed his eye as the symbiote began to approach Peter "You don't trust me… understandable… but I still care for you Peter…"
"Funny way of showing it" Peter said in an annoyed tone
"My kind is different from yours! We act differently in different situations, just like you humans!" Venom countered as it rose it's head till it was eye level with him
"That's…" Peter started before he actually thought about what Venom said "…that actually makes sense. I keep expecting you to act human when you're not. Wow, talk about an epiphany"
Venom nodded before it started to slowly attach itself to Peter "I only want to help you Peter, I've always wanted to help you and keep you safe"
Peter looked down at Venom with a doubtful look "How do I know you won't cross me?"
"Anti-Venom will see to our death… as will the damn Kryptonian" Venom said with loathing in it's voice
"Not a good history with Superman's people?" Peter asked as the mask formed over his head
"…Story for another time perhaps… assuming there is another time" Venom said before it went quite
Peter waited for the rage to appear and took a deep breath at the sudden flow of adrenaline his body was feeling, how is vision seemed to darken just a smidge et the corners. He examined himself for a moment before he grabbed the communicator and made for the door
"Venom… tonight is not a night you want to cross me" Peter warned before he shot off into the night.
It'd take Peter over an hour at least to get to Gotham which was located down in New Jersey, halfway to Atlantic City, with a combination of web swinging and hitching rides on vehicles going the same way, hell of a lot cheaper than a plane or train though
…
A little over an hour and forty-five minutes later, Peter on the container of a truck had finally exited the freeway and arrived in Gotham City. It was only Ten o clock but already it seemed later than that. Peter has never been to Gotham before but he's heard enough about the place to know that it's crime rivaled New York City's.
Crime lords, super criminals and a host of other wonderful things of the illegal kind
Peter launched himself off the truck and shot a web line out and began to make his way deeper into the city. After a few minutes he came to a stop on a building overlooking the Narrows and was about to contact Batman when he saw a distant explosion in the distance. Peter's eyes narrowed as he quickly made his way to that location
"Not even here five minutes" Peter said with a chuckle as he swung to the location
He came to a stop on a water tower and looked at the building that was on fire. It looked abandoned and on the verge of collapse even before it caught fire
'Hmm, it's abandoned, so no electricity meaning no electrical fires. Gas has likely been turned off so it can't be that either. Maybe a meth lab explosion or an arson started this' Peter thought before a figure burst out from the building wearing a black body suit that left his burnt arms exposed, a jet pack and held a flame thrower
"Or great a pyro… and he can fly too!" Spider-man said with a groan before he launched himself at the man with his arms spread wide
"HAHAHAHA! YES, BURN BABY BURN!" the serial arsonist known as Firefly shouted in joy as he watched the building burn. There was no one in it but he didn't care, he just loved watching the place burn
"STOP DROP AND ROLL HOT HEAD!" Spider-man shouted as he collided with the flying pyromaniac
"GAH!" Firefly shouted in pain as he and Spider-man fell towards the ground and landed on top of an old mail box that was rusted to the point that a kick could cause it to collapse
Spider-man didn't waste any time in ripping the jet pack from Firefly and threw it to the side and made to garb the men when his spider-sense flared. He jumped back as the horribly burned man turned around and tried to roast Spider-man with his flame thrower that was still operating despite taking some damage to it
Peter felt his suit and by proxy him tense at the intensity of the flames 'Man, now I know how Brock was feeling every time I brought sonics or a fire to one of our fights'
Firefly looked to see who tackled him and was surprised to see that it was Spider-man!
"What are you doing here web head! This ain't New York" Fire Fly said as he took in the wall crawler's appearance "And what the hell is with the get up? You trying to go goth!"
"Oh you know I was feeling a little angsty tonight and kind of hungry and what do you know, Bat's call's me and told me how there was this tasty looking Firefly for me to snack on! Sorry but I just couldn't resist" Spider-man quipped
Firefly gaped at the man "Y-You're going to try and eat me!"
"…Maybe, I'm kind of in the mood for barbecue" Spider-man said with a shrug "Why, would you prefer that I just kick your teeth and take you back to… where do I take you? Arkham or Blackgate?"
"Grrr Arkham!" Firefly yelled before aiming at Spider-man "But I ain't going back web head. Now burn!"
"Really, you're going with the whole 'I ain't going back' thing? I swear that's what every bad guy who uses fire I've faced said!" Peter rolled his eyes but jumped out of the way of the approaching flames and shot serval web bullets at the pyro who was too slow to dodge them and found himself blinded as the webs covered his mask's eyes
"AHH! What the hell is this shit!" Firefly tried to pry the substance off but soon found his hands stuck to it!
"Something that my suit can make, like webbing. You know because I call myself 'Spider'-man and spiders make webs, it's not that complicated. Also why Firefly for your super villain name? That sounds like something I'd hear a bad guy call himself on a Saturday morning cartoon that I use to watch, hell I still do!" Spider-man said as he shot a web line at the flame thrower and yanked it from the man's harness
"AGH! Why won't this shit come off! When I find you, I'm going to burn you to ashes!" Firefly shouted as he stumbled around, unable to see while he tried to free his hands
"While we're on the topic of questioning your choice of super villain alias you do know that Fireflies actually use a chemical reaction to produce their light right? There's no form of combustion in the process, instead they use a light-emitting pigment called luciferin and this enzyme called Luciferase with the assistance of other proteins that they possess" Spider-man said as he quickly approached the pyro and delivered a powerful punch to the man's gut and knocked the wind out of him.
"Then again bioluminescent fly doesn't sound as scary" Peter said with a shrug "Or glowy bug man for that matter"
The man slumped to the ground in a heap while Peter looked up at the sound of approaching fire engines and police cars "Let's hope Gotham's finest doesn't mind me being here. Unless they've heard Jameson's rants about me being a menace… again"
A minute later GCPD and the fire department arrived with Gordon himself and several of his men approaching Peter who was standing over a still down and cocooned Firefly while the fire fighters began to put out the inferno that's thankfully stayed contained to the abandon building
"Mr. Gordon" Spider-man gave a nod to the Commissioner of Gotham's police force and one of the few honest cops left. Well there was more but Gordon was the original… for the most part anyway
Gordon gave him a curious look "Spider-man? You're a long way from home young man…"
"Bats told me to come, was on the way to meet him actually but then…" he looked down at Firefly and nudged him with his foot "…hot stuff hear was playing with fire and I decided to help cool him off before he got burned"
"Thank you" Gordon gave him a nod of gratitude
"No disrespect, but he wasn't too hard. Had he been Molten man, a guy that's like a walking volcano or maybe Electro however… yeah… lot more damage around here…" Spider-man said as he picked the restrained pyro up "You mind if I take him to Arkham? It's not that I don't trust you guys or anything… it's just I kind of want to put off my meeting with Bats a bit longer"
"Why?" Gordon asked suspiciously "He won't like that"
"He called me at a bad time and I want to calm down a bit before I meet him. In case you haven't noticed; he has a habit of pissing people off" Spider-man said with a blank expression
Jim eyed Spider-man carefully before he gave a slight nod "Probably for the best, but you really think heading to Arkham of all places to drop him off will improve your mood?"
"Well seeing a bunch of deranged criminals locked up has way of making me smile for some weird twisted reason" Spider-man shrugged as he turned "Tell Bat's he can pick me up there"
He didn't wait for an answer as he shot off into the air and made his way to Arkham Asylum with the beaten Firefly in his grip
…
"Thank you for bringing him here Spider-man" a doctor said as he, Spider-man and a few guards made their way towards Firefly's cell with the man it was for in between them
"Your welcome, hey by the way. Can you guys maybe hold him longer than say I don't know ten minutes?" Spider-man asked sarcastically
The doctor scowled at the remark of how Arkham has a hard time keeping some of it's more dangerous patients contained
"Of course Spider-man, so long as the faculty at the Raft, Ryker's island and Ravencroft can do the same for you rouges" the doctor said
Spider-man laughed in amusement "…Touché doctor…"
It didn't take long for the group to arrive and drop the pyro maniac off. Spider-man checked to make sure he wasn't needed anymore before he turned to leave only to stop at the sight of Batman and Nightwing standing before him
"Uh, everything okay guys?" Spider-man asked nervously
"We have a problem" Batman said in a tense tone
"What kind?" Spider-man quirked his head to the side
This time it was Nightwing who spoke "A 'super' one…"
Peter's lenses widened as he said one simple word "Shit…"
…
Diana along with Superman, Cyborg, Robin, a restrained Two face and a doctor of Arkham were making their way towards Harvey's cell.
"-He's at a very important stage of his treatment" the doctor said as he went over Two Face's file
Diana snorted "We're not returning him so he can just break out again doctor. We are moving him and the rest here to a far more secured facility"
The doctor look appalled "You don't have the right-"
"Your right, they don't get to decide" Batman said as he and Nightwing stood between the League and the inmates of Arkham
Diana looked at Batman with a sigh and turned to look at Robin "Well you were right, they are exactly where you said they would be"
Robin stepped forward and crossed his arms as he glared at the surprised forms of Batman and Nightwing while Superman and Diana put a hand on each shoulder
"Yep. Standing with the monsters" Robin said with a scowl "But there's only two of them. They shouldn't be much trouble"
"I wouldn't be too sure about that Robin" Nightwing said with a smirk "Also where'd you learn to count? There's four of us!"
"What do you mean Nightwing?" Robin glared at the first Robin
It was than Spider-man dropped from the ceiling and landed next to Batman much to everyone's surprise sans Batman and Nightwing.
"…Hey everyone…I'm a two one for one deal tonight" Spider-man sent a small wave at the shocked heroes, especially his wife "So what's this I hear about the relocation of criminals without consent?"
"Spider-man what are- WHY IN HERA'S NAME ARE YOU WEARING THAT!" Diana pointed towards the suit in shock and outrage
"Protection mostly, after all…" Spider-man said with a shrug while pointing to the man of steel "The last guy to stand up to Superman there got crippled. This here…" he tapped on his spider emblem "Will keep that from happening. Unless you'll stop him right? After all I am your husband and you'd never let boy scout there hurt me… right?"
Diana's eyes narrowed at that remark and Peter swore he could see a vein pulsing on her head
'Yeah, I'm probably kissing my marriage goodbye after this' Peter thought with a chuckle before he took a deep breath and calmed himself.
"Robin, what are you doing?" Nightwing asked the fifth incarnation of Robin and the most troubled in terms of morality
Robin looked surprised "What am I doing? I'm bringing criminals to justice. I'm standing with Superman and Cyborg and Wonder Woman"
He then pointed towards Nightwing with outrage "Look who tour standing with. Killer Croc and… um…"
Peter had to stifle a laugh at seeing the boy struggle to remember the Calendar Man's name. The man himself looked lees than pleased as he screamed out
"It's Calendar Man!"
It was when the man turned his sights on Diana and started to talk that Peter's humor died like a flame in water and he could see the sort of black inky aura form at the edge of his vision begin to grow
"Hey Wonder Woman! Do you remember me?" he leaned up against the glass "Last Easter I was trying to replace candy in plastic eggs with small little explosives and you broke my collar bone and fractured two of my ribs. I was even able to cop a feel, best date ever!"
It was then that Spider-man slammed his fist against the glass with a growl and caused it to crack and everyone in the room to tense. Some of the inmates like Killer Croc, the Riddler and Mad Hatter actually looked unnerved by his actions while Batman, Diana, and Nightwing looked on in concern at the sudden hostility of Spider-man
Calendar man had backed away from the glass with fear on his face as Spider-man glared at him with his lenses narrowing in anger. He then turned to the rest of the inmates
"Anyone else have anything to say to her!" He was met with silence
It was then that Superman stepped forward "Look, I'm not going to ask you to step aside, because I know you won't. But you're not going to stop us from doing this"
Batman glared at Superman "You shouldn't be here. You shouldn't be here with them!"
"Sure he should" the voice of Victor Zsasz spoke up with a deranged look on his face as he pointed to his scars "You see these? Each scar is a life I've taken. You have a scar now too don't you Superman? Did you like it, the release you get from snuffing out another person's light?"
Diana glared at the sociopath with disgust "Cyborg, are you patched in?"
Cyborg nodded "Yes, I have full control of Arkham's security system"
"Open door number eighty-three, Zsasz" Diana said in a hard tone
"No!" Batman said as Spider-man took a step
"Wonder Woman don't yo-" He started only to see the man suddenly vanish "…dare? The hell?"
Batman growled "Flash…"
"Uh Bat's I'm fast but I'm not that fast!" Spider-man said as he saw the cell for Mad Hatter open
The Alice in Wonderland inspired criminal looked terrified "No! I'm happy here. Close the door and I'll be goo-"
He suddenly vanished in the blink of an eye
Riddler who was watching this hummed in thought "Hmm Riddler me this…"
"No!" Cyborg yelled "You don't get to play your sick games anymore!"
"Where are you taking them!" Batman demanded as he glared at Superman with anger
Superman returned the glare with a stern look "A secure facility far away from here, where they won't be able to hurt anyone ever again. That's all you need to know!"
Batman than looked to Cyborg, his hand moving towards his belt "No more doors, only waring Cyborg"
"Listen to the Batman tin man" Spider-man said as he stepped in front of Riddler's cell and glared at Cyborg's form with narrowed lenses "Tonight, he's the friendliest guy in this room…"
The former Titan returned the glare as his body tensed for a possible attack from the black clad wall crawler "Door-"
He suddenly was electrocuted and fell to the ground screaming in pain. Peter was surprised by the action but none the less grateful, he wasn't sure he could take on the cybernetic man with Superman and his wife right there to stop him. One on one however, yeah he could toss the kid around with one arm, and that's without the black suit on
"Cyborg!" Diana said in shock as she leaned down to try and help him "Batman stop this now!"
Superman turned towards Batman with fury on his face "What did you do!"
Nightwing sighed in frustration "Okay that's enough!"
He approached Batman and pressed a button on the man's belt and looked towards the tense heroes "Okay, everyone let's just take a deep breath and calm down"
"Nightwing's right" Spider-man nodded before gesturing to the inmates "We don't want to look bad in front of the psychopaths and whatever the hell Croc is"
"Screw you!" the reptilian man said in outrage as he banged against the glass
It was then that Peter felt his spider-sense tingle and began to scan the room for danger 'Oh come on now what!'
Cyborg slowly stood with some help from Wonder Woman as he looked confused
"Are you alright?" Diana asked concerned about her teammate
"It's impossible… I've just upgraded my firewalls. They're completely impenetrable, I-" Cybrogs eyes widened in shock "The date signature!"
He then looked towards Batman with a look of betrayal and anger "You freak! You uploaded this virus the first week we met!"
"And it took you this long to find it? Wow, either Batman is really good at cyber warfare or that CPU of yours isn't as great as I thought" Spider-man said sarcastically
"Damn… that's pretty evil Bats" Killer Croc snickered
"You think that's bad? The guy hacked my phone!" Spider-man said in an annoyed tone "There are things on it that are extremely private!"
"Like what? Nude pics of your wife?" Killer Croc turned towards the web slinger with a dark smirk
"That is none of your damn business you sorry excuse of a gecko!" Wonder Woman shouted in outrage as she reached for her sword
It was than an arrow landed in between the two groups and everyone looked to see Green Arrow standing there. Spider-man beamed at the sight of the man that he's confident enough to call a friend
"Hey Green Arrow" Spider-man gave the emerald archer a wave "Welcome to the party, did ya bring the potato salad like we agreed?"
"Spider-man… Why the hell are you wearing that!" the man stared at the suit in shock, easily recognizing it from the stories he's heard from the wall crawler and Dinah in the past.
"Okay is everyone going to react like that when they see us like this" Peter asked sarcastically
"Oh hell, your saying 'us' now" Green Arrow sighed
It was than Spider-man felt his sixth sense flare again causing him to visibly tense
"Spider-man, what's wrong" Wonder Woman asked concerned at seeing her husband's reaction
"Green Arrow, are you hear with them too" Batman demanded, not seeing Spider-man tense
"What, no! I'm admitting someone" Green Arrow said annoyed
"Who?" Cyborg asked
Suddenly a voice spoke through the speaker system "Hello residents of Arkham! This is your beloved Harley"
"Quinn" Superman growled
"Wow Supe's your still hungover about that? Jesus man, let it go already" Spider-man quietly muttered. Sadly, it seemed both his wife and Superman heard it as they both looked to him with a glare
"Superman took away my mistah J! And now he's trying to take you all away too!" Harley spoke over the intercom as the cell doors began to open
"Uhh Bat's?" Spider-man said as he stepped away from the cells and moved towards his wife
"I'm letting you all out and giving you a chance to defend yourself!" Harley said as the floor began to shake "And I'm sending you some help"
"What the hell is that?" Green Arrow asked in surprise as the building shook and bits of the ceiling began to fall while the floor cracked
Batman growled in anger "She's turned off the dampers in the basement!"
"For who or better yet what?" Spider-man asked as he felt his spider-sense flare
Suddenly a large grey arm broke through the ground and made a grab for the shocked Robin
"Grundy!" the boy wonder yelled as he was grabbed by the head
Spider-man was about to help when suddenly the rest of Grundy came out and faster than Peter thought possible and the large being turned towards and grabbed him by the head… with his mouth
"GAH!" Spider-man yelled in pain as he felt Grundy bite down hard, the suit and his enhanced durability were just barely able to withstand the biting power of the undead super zombie
"PETER!" Diana shouted in horror as she saw her husband in the jaws of the large zombie get dragged down back the whole Grundy made along with Robin
Without any hesitation she shot after the three with her sword drawn and Superman and Nightwing right behind her
…
And done.
So next chapter is full of tragedy and Wonder Woman getting a first-hand look at Peter under the influence of Venom
