Chapter 12: Meetings & Attentions

Once recovery was done for Will and Carnage, Liz and Willow were given the summary of the pair's condition and the memory flashes that happened to him. If Will remembers something from his shattered and damaged mind, those memories appeared and are painful at times. His mind wants to remember his past but then memories of what they did to him in the labs will make him break out of his mind and cause another panic attack for him & his partner. And sometimes, those panic attacks can lead to some chaotic events that Carnage unleashes which lucky that only happens rare times and mostly is very short-lived due to Emma, Betsy, or Jean or all three of them calming the pair down.

Now we see Will reading a book for some study as he was still a student here and most keep up his good grades at the Xavier School. He keeps up his education, getting good As and Bs for his classes while doing great with his recovery and training. In his right hand, we see a ball of red liquid forming and taking different shapes as he reads his book in his other hand and focuses his powers a bit.

Will can do a lot more with his blood manipulation powers but forming a ball in different shapes and using the powers he has gained from Carnage, helps him in doing good training. Of course, he could do much more than just form a ball of blood, oh a lot more would be something to see later on.

A soft yawn meow got Will's attention and saw Carnage in his cat form, jumping off the ground and onto his lab.

"Tried, Carnage?" Will asked which usually means his friend needs to get back to him as he can't stay outside of his main body and in his cat form forever.

"A little, not much. So when you're going to tell the girl you love her yet?" Carnage asked.

Will raised an eyebrow, knowing who his friend was talking about.

"Maybe soon but not sure yet...as I need to talk with Liz on a few things," Will admitted.

"Good but don't take too long as you know telepaths would read that thought a mile away. Which you got yourself a love circle forming," Carnage teased with a smirk.

"Love circle?" Will questioned.

"Yeah. I would say it would be a love triangle for three but circle as you got yourself more than one. First, Jean, Emma, Betsy, Ororo, and now Liz. Damn bro, you got yourself a harem coming along," Carnage laughed with a smirk as he formed back into his host's body and enjoy the blushing face of his host.

Will sighed, calming himself down and hated when Carnage teased him about his love life, which was complex at the moment. Complex from a certain point of view.

"Huh, Will?" A certain female voice, getting Will to see who it was, being Liz, and was a bit suprised to see her again.

"Yes," Will said.

"You mind if I set here?" Liz asked.

"I don't mind at all," Will replied.

Liz took a seat across from Will and was an awkward silence between them as neither of them didn't know what to say to the other. I mean it would seem like old friends meeting again but in a different situation and they just making it awkward themselves.

Breaking the silence and awkwardness, Will spoke, "So we went to school together?"

"Huh, yes, yes we did. We had the same classes in high school but we officially meet when you became my tutor which was most helpful as I struggle with my grades. You also know my brother, Mark, you two along with Flash, were good friends as well," Liz explained.

"Mark and Flash," Will hummed in thought out loud on those names, sounding familiar but can't remember them sadly.

"Yeah...you getting memory flashes?" Liz asked in concern, remembering what the professor told her and Willow.

"No...it's not like that. Saying something about some place or people doesn't trigger my memory flashes. And it's hard to tell when they come out, to be honest," Will replied.

"So like meet people you meet before or rather remember you meet?" Liz guessed.

"Yes, that's one of the ways or theories. Sometimes my therapy has brought up some memory flashes and pictures I have to piece together. One of them had been on my mind a lot, was the Spiderman's mask on a bed, you know of it?" Wil asked, hoping to dig up more and maybe a positive freed back in his memories would come.

"Now that I should know. You did have a few Spider suits on standby. No, you are not Spiderman or sometimes, it's hard to say to be honest. I...I think it would be better to tell that part later," Liz explained, not going to risk bringing up more bad memories in a memory flash.

"Yeah, good idea," Will agreed, a bit sad that no more memory flashes came up but glad at the same and someone that could help put together his past together. It's a small hope but it's the only one he has.

Before Liz or Will spoke, a buzzing sound was heard and got their attention. The flame redhead reached for her handbag, got her phone out, and saw that she got a text message from her mother. She read the message which explain her mother needs to pick her up at the train station it seems and was reasonable as her mother was going to return to New York sometime today.

"What's up?" Will asked.

"My mom, she needs a pickup and I'm going to bother one of the cars," Liz replied.

"Maybe Ororo and I could take you to the train station?" Will offered.

This made Liz happy and pleased that her close friend/crush wanted to spend time with her.

"Sure, I would go ask Ororo. Meet you at the garage," Liz said.

"Sure," Will agreed, seeing Liz getting up and heading out to find Ororo which shouldn't be hard as she was done teaching around this time.

Mabye this can work out and Carnage had a feeling that it might, being happy for his host while at the same time wondering who would win this love race. Or claim his host's first. His money was on Jean or Emma to be Will's first. This should be good.

Time Skip

South Train Station

The southern train station was busy but not too much to crowd or draw attention. We see Will, Liz, and Ororo at the train station in casual clothes, enjoying the company they had with each other.

"Oh...she's here. I would go meet here. You two should stay here while I break things down for her," Liz explained after getting a message from her mother she was close and would come to greet her.

"Wise and have her not bring things too quickly for Will," Ororo agreed.

Will nodded his head in agreement and watched Liz leave to head off for the pickup, leaving the pair to themselves.

"You seem a bit happy of late," Ororo commented.

"Yes...being hopeful really. I hoping that Liz can help me uncover more about my past but at the same time, I don't want to rush it," Will informed.

"Ah, understand. You know you are not alone in searching for your past, Will," Ororo said as she held Will's hand for comfort and support which made him happy.

"I know, Ororo. I know," Will smiled.

Ororo smiled and pair each other their time together while waiting for Liz to return but unknown to them, they were being watched closely and guarded. Some of those people were watching for something, the right time to strike, and waiting for the response from their boss to cause panic, but some X-Men here. Now they need to rethink their plan now.

However, unknown to this group and the two X-Men, someone else was watching them, a pure red visor glowing with power, waiting to strike with his own motive and change completely to something else. Or rather someone else, much more powerful & could give him what he wanted.

Something big was going down but who's the target? That's an interesting question and the game is afoot.