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Unlikely alliance

*late at Jessica's place*

For Jessica, karma finally caught up with her since tonight ended up not going to plan. From having a disgusting parasite capturing her and invading her mind, then using her as bait, and attaching itself to her and airing out her secret mission to someone who she never thought of growing close to.

Once she made it home, Jessica would lay in her bed crying as the memory of her fight with Peter continually plays in her head. At this point knowing it will be hard to fall asleep, a teary eye Jessica speed dials a very close friend who she can vent to about her problem.

"Hey, Jess how's it going?" the voice of Carol Danvers better known as Ms. Marvel answer the line in a somewhat sleepy tone considering how late it was.

"I know its late, but honestly not well at all. I did something terrible, and I'm not sure if I can fix it." Jessica admits causing Carol, on the other end, to become more attentive to her friend.

"Have you been crying? What happen?" Carol questions from hearing how sad her best friend sounded.

Jessica goes on and explains to Carol how she was assigned to track down Spider-man and recruit him to join the Avengers. Out of respect for Peter, Jessica doesn't say who Spider-man was underneath the mask and tells how as she got to know him and somewhat pretended to date him to further her investigation to determine if he's qualified for the team. Next, Jessica informs Carol about the situation with Spider-man getting framed and how Jess agreed to help him clear his name which led to the Venom capturing her and how the monster used her to get Spider-man. Lastly, Jessica brings up the fight with Spider-man and how he was rightly mad at her once Venom reveal her original reason of meeting him, and because of that, she feels guilty about not being honest in the beginning.

Carol processes the story and is entirely shock at Jessica's actions. Sure the media makes Spider-man seem like a menace, but his action contradicts the reports, so she couldn't get behind Jessica's reason for not wanting to bring him on board. As far as the fake girlfriend, Carol is disappointed that Jessica would resort to tactics like back in the day.

"Wow, this is a lot to take in Jess. While I am happy, you got out of that parasite trap, as a true friend I have to say you were wrong for playing with the Web head's heart considering how he confided in you." Carol said truthfully.

Jessica sighs, already expecting Carol to give it to her straight. "Believe me; I wish I could go back and redo everything. Now he hates me, and I can't blame him for that, I only wish..."

Carol picks up on the last part and pushes Jessica to speak her mind. "There's more to this isn't it?"

Jessica bites her lips nervously before answering. "The truth is; I was starting to have sincere feelings for him. I know using the L word now is too early, but I could see myself saying it to him someday. With everything he has been through, I want to be there for him and make him happy. to tell him everything until Venom stop me before I could. Now I won't have the chance."

Carol already figure Jess is crushing on her male counterpart, just needed the confirmation. "Sounds like you are giving up too quickly and you are not the type to quit so easily. Did you give up when you decided to walk towards a redemption path?"

"No," Jess answers remembering the struggle of transiting from her hydra days to where she is now. The early days were most certainly not child's play.

"Okay then. Yes, you hurt Spidey, however, is not the end of the world. If you truly want a chance with him than you need to make things right and fight for him. I can't guarantee he will take you back relationship-wise, but at least you can earn forgiveness from him and go from there. Something tells me he is not the type to hold grudges so you might win his heart if you try hard enough." Carol sends her words of encouragement.

At times like these is when Jessica is grateful for having Carol in her life. She keeps it real while being caring at the same time, not to mention they can relate to each other due to their dark past. "You're right Carol. I need to make things right regardless of the outcome, plus I never been the type to stand in the sidelines while someone I care about is need of help."

"That's the spirit! Now get some rest so you can fight for your man." Carol teases earning a light chuckle from Jessica.

"Hush you haha. Thank you so much for listening and giving me one of your tough love speeches."

"Anytime sis, it's what I do." The two say their goodnights with Jessica finally starts to calm her nerves and begins to go to sleep with now determination into helping Peter as well as fight for his heart.


*With Spider-man early in the morning*

While Jessica was emotionally sad with regrets, Peter dealt with anger and hurt about learning of the truth of Jessica's intentions. Funny how around the time Johan bashes him about him not being worthy of being part of the Avengers that a member of the team, who think that little of him, goes out of her way to get his hopes up not only in the hero side but romantically as well. When he went home that night, he had a little trouble sleeping due to a nightmare of his ex-Mary Jane taunting him on believing he could have a chance at love after her. Waking up the next morning despite not entirely in the best of moods, Peter swiftly gets ready for action using as much motivation as possible.

Landing on top of a building, Spider-man takes a second to come up with a plan on how to proceed. "Alright Spidey, time to get back focus on the multiple tasks at hand. Figure out who this imposter is and why he stole from Octavius, find Black Cat, and stop the fog from forming in the city."

"Not to mention makeup with Spider-lady." Venom chimes in as he pops out of nowhere and talks in Spider-man's ear.

Spidey jumps away out of fear yelling, "What the hell Venom!? I swear I hate that my spider-sense can't pick up on you!"

"Sounds like a personal problem." Venom shrugs before a seat.

Spider-man calms his self before confronting Eddie on his surprise visit. "Why are you even here right now, haven't you done enough damage in my life?" While he is still upset at Jessica, Peter hasn't forgotten Eddie's role for in this.

Venom sighs before giving his explanation. "We feel bad for reacting without having all the facts, for you can say we let our rage blinded us from the truth. Since we now know that we have a common enemy, we rather call a truce until the faker is taken down."

In only a few cases, Spidey could see Eddie's points. Even though he would rather fight him right now, it's better to team with an enemy you know to take on the enemy you don't. "Fine so we are partners but only for now. After this is over its payback time for using Jessica against me, and speaking of her, I don't want to hear any lies or dirt you discover out of respect for her privacy."

"Jeez we made a few tiny mistakes, we said we were sorry but if you insist you don't want the scoop on Jessabelle than our lips are shut." Venom groans in annoyance over Parker's petty grudge. Usually, he could care less about happiness in his rival's life, yet for some reason, the female spider hero feelings towards Parker intrigues him.

"Yeah, whatever. Now the imposter was a shapeshifter, so it's either Chameleon or Mysterio." Spidey states pacing back and forth slowly.

"Hey fish bowel was our idea, we thought of that!" Venom interrupts like he won the lottery.

"Than tell me this Einstein, who could have wanted to steal Octavius's technology." Spidey quizzes.

"ooh ooh, we know we know!"

"Who?"

"The Submariner."

"Submariner? Man get serious."

"The might Thor!"

"Are you out of your mind, on second thought don't answer that."

"Galactus!"

That random last answer is the last straw for it isn't getting them anywhere. "You know what forget it, Eddie. I will get Jameson's help with this. Unfortunately, we need to make a trip to the Bugle."

"Jameson!? We and I do mean we, hate Jameson." Venom angrily reminds him for the old man has screwed both of them over in the past.

"No you bonehead we are not going to see him in person, we going to use his computer database." Not admitting out loud, Peter did not want to go anywhere near his boss anytime soon.

"Ohhh are we going to surf the web?" Venom excited asks making Spidey shakes his head in irritation.

"Let's just go okay?" With their plan made, Spider-man and Venom set off to the place they work at in hopes of gathering the info they need. When the two arrive at the building, they stealthy enter the building and head straight towards the room where the dataspace files are in.

"Here it is the records room." Spidey shows Venom while entering the room.

"Surf the web, surf the web." Venom begs in a kid like matter.

"Shut up Brock we don't have enough time," Spidey warns him since technically they are not supposed to be there, and the last thing he needs is more heat on from the police.

Suddenly Venom begins to act strangely as if his spider-sense went off. "Wait could it be?"

"Could what?"

"Yess we sense our other." Venom talks out loud slightly scaring Spider-man a bit.

"Now you are freaking me out more than usual Eddie, who are you talking about?"

"It's our other, the symbiote named Carnage. We must stop him!"

"Wait now?"

"Yes, we have no choice!" Venom jumps through a window to go after the other symbiote leaving Spider-man behind.

"Oh great make more noise, I'm only breaking and entering here," Spider-man whispers angry at Venom's actions until his spider-sense goes off. Spider-man turns to see what the danger was, only to be shocked by the horrible sight in front of him. "Eddie might be on to something because whoever is behind all this... has symbiotes."


*Meanwhile with Spider-Woman at the same time*

"If I know Peter the way I do now, he would want to go to the Daily Bugle to find out if any news about the fake Spider-man has surfaced. I'm sure I can use my reputation with the security to gain access to the building." Jessica as Spider-Woman travels towards the building to do her own investigating to help Peter out the best she can. Stopping near her destination, Spider-woman takes a second to check out the property before making her move.

"Now this is an odd scenario; lights are on in one building and no security around in the front? Either a worker spent the night or someone breaking and entering the place. Regardless it looks like I need to do that superhero thing... oh wow Peter's personality has grown on me." Jessica somewhat blushes at the idea until her mind begins to drift towards her and Peter.

"Then again what I wouldn't mind him physically rubbing on me." Before going too far with her pleasant thought, Jessica shakes her head quickly to get back in mission mode. "Snap out of it Jessica, first focus on the issue at hand." Spider-woman heads off to the Bugle crashing through one of the windows where she too is confronted by Symbiotes. "You have got to be kidding me!"

TBC


A/N: I know it has been forever but here's a new chapter for you all. I think I have three to five parts left of this where the next untold love story to come. The next section will see the reveal of the fake Spider-man. Therefore I ask the question who do you think its behind the mask? Depending on the answers, the person might be chosen or than again who says I haven't decided already?

Surprising this story has been requested for an update as of late, but writer's block and lack of confidence in my writing kept me from doing so. With that said, thank you for the follows favorites and reviews on this story. Lastly, because I'm curious, what have you liked so far in this story so far?