Agent-G: You're right, he hasn't. And also, thanks for the tip.
Karakin: Thanks, I'll try to.
The Uncanny R-Man: You'll have to wait and find out how Peter's reactions to the girls are. It could be any of them…
Idypebsaby: Kitty might get her revenge…And you'll have to wait and find out whom the wall crawler starts to take great interest in.
RikaTabithaStarr: There may be a lack of Romy, but look for some in a few chapters.
Xcoolcomic: Glad you liked the Kitty and Jean thing.
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In all of his encounters with bad guys, villains, and criminals, this Venom guy was the strangest Peter had encountered.
What baffled him more was that he knew the man inside the suit. Eddie Brock was a reporter Peter had come in contact with multiple times back home. They weren't exactly friends though.
But there was something else. Peter couldn't believe that this man had powers like his own. Or as it seemed. Peter didn't know they extent of Brock's abilities, but he was willing to bet the man didn't just buy the suit. Somehow, something had taken over him. Even though Peter hardly knew the ma's personal life, he did know Brock was not the same as this Venom guy.
But the main objective now was to stop him and any of his buddies from harming his newfound friends. Peter didn't doubt all of the mutants could handle themselves, but he did have to try and stop Venom. There were questions that needed to be answered. But then again, Peter wasn't sure if he wanted to find out.
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It was quiet in the study, which was only a few halls away from the library. Among the occupants of the study were Scott, Jean, Bobby, Jubilee, Roberto, and Kitty. Scott and Jean sat together on a couch near the fire, cuddled up. Bobby and Jubilee were the same, although they were locked in a heated discussion. Kitty was on the phone with Lance, and Roberto was gazing out into the nighttime sky, already missing the sun.
None of them heard strong but silent footsteps making their way toward the closed study door. The silent intruder was unnoticed by any of the others, standing just outside the study.
Until a stray thought entered Jean's mind as she was staring into the fire, her head resting on Scott's chest. She gasped suddenly alerting Scott. Whoever's thought she had caught, was certainly here to cause the X-men pain. And to capture them.
"Jean, what's wrong?" Scott asked, staring at her with concern. But Jean didn't answer. Her hand flew forward just as the door flung open.
Her TK slammed the door right back into whoever what's about to make an appearance, sending them into a wall in the hall. An angry growl told them all who it was.
Sabertooth.
The large and powerful mutant growled again as he stepped into the room, which was now full of alert mutants ready for a fight. Their feral opponent picked up the closest large object, a sofa chair, and tossed it at Scott and Jean.
A quick optic blast deflected the projectile to the side, but that gave Sabertooth enough time to catch him off guard.
The larger man tackled Scott to the ground, ready to tear his claws into the teenage mutant. But before he could, Jean lifted the angry mutant high up into the air, where he slammed into the ceiling. Sabertooth dropped onto his feet in front the fireplace.
His hand shot out and grabbed a fire poker from next to the fireplace. He swiped it across the dancing flames, catching a sparked flame on the tip.
Without even breaking a stride, he leapt forward, and swung his "flaming sword" at Scott. The optic blasting mutant jumped back, but the tip of the fire poker slashed through the front of his T-shirt, leaving a large rip in his T-shirt over his chest. But the flame residue started to burn, catching his shirt on fire.
That provided enough distraction for Sabertooth to attack quickly again. This time he lunged at the redhead, baring his claws for a swipe.
But an optic blast from Scott sent him reeling into a wall. Even though the teenage mutant's T-shirt was on fire, he was still in play in battle.
Jean thrusted her palms forward, pinning Sabertooth to the now cracked wall, using her telekinetic strength.
Using this time, Scott quickly tore off his ripped and flaming T-shirt, and quickly stamped on it so the flames wouldn't spread anywhere else. Luckily, Scott had put out the fire before it had burned his flesh. There was only soot on his bare chest and face. Scott quickly brushed it off, and took aim with his shades.
But Jean's hold broke, and Sabertooth jumped into the air, narrowly avoiding a powerful scarlet force beam from Scott's eyes.
Sabertooth crashed down near Kitty, causing her to gasp.
"Come here kitty, kitty." Sabertooth cooed sarcastically, and then dove for her. Kitty broke into a sprint, phasing right through the tackling mutant. She quickly joined Scott and Jean. Bobby, Jubilee, and Roberto spanned out to the sides.
Sabertooth jumped back up to his feet, growling once again. He couldn't decide which mutant to take on, so he decided to just attack all of them.
The feral mutant charged forward and dove, only to be batted backwards by a large shaft of ice from Bobby. But Sabertooth rolled onto his feet, immediately leaping forward. A crashed down onto Bobby a second later.
Sabertooth's claws tore along Bobby's chest, tearing through the front of his T-shirt. The feral mutant's claws raked down his broad chest, leaving a trail of bloody claw marks. Bobby grunted, but quickly countered by smashing a chunk of ice into Sabertooth's face.
Jubilee tried to hold him back with her sparks, while Roberto, unable to use his powers, settled for smashing a chair of his head.
Figuring that Sabertooth was not alone in this, Scott quickly blasted the larger man into a wall, and ordered everyone to retreat.
Roberto and Jubilee helped Bobby up, who was trying to stop the bleeding of his wounds using his ice powers. Scott, Jean, and Kitty all exited the room quickly after the other three.
But strangely enough, Sabertooth did not follow them. Even though he wanted to rip them to shreds, he knew the plan. It was only a matter of time before the final outcome would come forth.
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Downstairs in the foyer, Rogue, Sam, and Lance were all staring at a creature scurrying along the walls. They couldn't tell if it was a human or mutant. It's tongue whipped out at them, saliva flinging. Thankfully, they had managed to switch the chandelier on before their opponent had started to move. But it didn't attack, instead, it seemed like it was baiting them or just teasing them.
It's black uniform glowed against the dim light from the chandelier, but what freaked them out more was when the thing would launch into the air as a glob or something. It seemed it could change shape, like the whole outfit was just a very flexible substance.
Peter suddenly appeared at the head of the stairs, staring up at the thing that clung to the chandelier. It's head suddenly whipped in his direction, and a wicked smile curved on its lips. Then, the black suited figure pounced off the chandelier and tackled Peter to the ground.
"Peter!!" Rogue screamed, and lead the way as Lance and Sam followed her to help their guest.
The black suited figure peered down at Peter, as it pinned him down to the floor. The black suit over the face split apart, revealing a man with blonde hair and an angry glare.
"Hello again, Peter." The man whispered, as black tentacles retracted out of the suit and started to wrap around Peter chest.
"What the hell happened to you, Eddie?!!" Peter whispered harshly, struggling against the powerful binds. They only tightened their hold along Peter's chest.
"Let him go!!" Rogue bellowed as she reached the head of the stairs. Eddie turned slightly, keeping his hold on Peter. But Rogue shot her bare hand out, clutching onto his face.
It was like nothing she'd ever felt.
There was a little pain, but all the memories were a mixed together. Rogue cried out, as she felt her own energy drained. This man wasn't absorbing her, but the transfer was causing her too much trouble. She couldn't pry her hand away, and she felt the verge of unconsciousness gripping her.
But there was more.
The black material that man wore like a costume suddenly went spastic. It dissolved, or more, it separated from the man's body. The substance wrapped onto Rogue's arm while the rest started to move onto her waist and legs.
The tentacles on Peter's chest released, but as Peter realized what was happened, he immediately grabbed the goop with his fists and held it back from Rogue.
The absorbing mutant had finally pried her hand from the man's face, who then dropped unconscious.
Rogue stumbled backwards, as Sam and Lance quickly tried to help her. But the black goop that had made its way around her back shot out a tentacle that tore at Lance like claws. The ex-Brotherhood member tried to avoid into, but it slashed across his stomach. At the same time, another tentacle shot out like a whip, and snap forward. It lashed at Sam, striking him across the chest. The whip-like tentacle left a large rip in the front of Sam's T-shirt, as well as a bleeding slash. Both guys quickly grabbed onto opposite stair railings to steady themselves.
Peter was getting beaten up as well. He was handling three tentacles though, while still trying to keep part of the black substance from wrapping around Rogue. The girl was unconscious now, but she was held up by the goop Peter was holding.
A tentacle tore through Peter's still wet T-shirt, slashing his shoulder. The other two tentacles assaulted him as well, one slashing across his chest while the other one raked up his arm.
But Peter didn't give up. He kept yanking the black goop, until finally it stretched out, some of it leaving Rogue. But the substance seemed to have a mind of it's own.
As Peter got closer and closer to prying the suit off of Rogue, it fought back hard. Multiple tentacles slashed up and down Peter's chest and back. Another one formed like a stick, and batted him backwards.
Peter lost his grip momentarily, but dove forward, barely grabbing some of the goop as it started to wrap on Rogue again.
"Sam, now!!" Peter shouted quickly, hauling the goop backwards. Despite Sam being attacked just like Peter, he swatted the tentacles away, and cannonballed forward. His thermal kinetic shield blocked any other tentacles, as he came contact with the goop Peter had stretched out. Sam's momentum led him to continue on, dragging the goop forcefully.
Finally, the substance broke from Rogue and Peter let go. Sam stopped his momentum after toppling on the ground, and the black goop was sent flying in a slimy pile. Strangely, and continued down the hall, sliding along quickly.
Peter gave it one quick glance as it rounded the corner, and then quickly darted to Rogue. She collapsed into his arms.
"What the hell was that?!!" Lance demanded slowly, although none of them knew. He leaned against the railing, as injured as Sam and Peter. All three boys' T-shirts were in complete shreds, revealing long gashes along their upper body as well as their face. They were all sweating and breathing deeply, all of them exhausted.
"Guys, we have to trail that thing! Whatever it was, however it things, I'm sure it's looking for someone else." Peter stated sternly, glancing down at the unconscious Eddie Brock. Then he gazed down at Rogue, who he'd luckily saved along with the help of Lance and Sam.
But whatever that thing was, he had to stop it. Peter stood up, cradling Rogue in his arms, and dashed down the hall after the mysterious goop, Sam and Lance trailing him.
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A/N: And so the Symbiot moves on to someone else…You'll have to guess who. The battles aren't over yet, and don't forget about Mystique's team. They'll be revealed soon enough. Please review.
Karakin: Thanks, I'll try to.
The Uncanny R-Man: You'll have to wait and find out how Peter's reactions to the girls are. It could be any of them…
Idypebsaby: Kitty might get her revenge…And you'll have to wait and find out whom the wall crawler starts to take great interest in.
RikaTabithaStarr: There may be a lack of Romy, but look for some in a few chapters.
Xcoolcomic: Glad you liked the Kitty and Jean thing.
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In all of his encounters with bad guys, villains, and criminals, this Venom guy was the strangest Peter had encountered.
What baffled him more was that he knew the man inside the suit. Eddie Brock was a reporter Peter had come in contact with multiple times back home. They weren't exactly friends though.
But there was something else. Peter couldn't believe that this man had powers like his own. Or as it seemed. Peter didn't know they extent of Brock's abilities, but he was willing to bet the man didn't just buy the suit. Somehow, something had taken over him. Even though Peter hardly knew the ma's personal life, he did know Brock was not the same as this Venom guy.
But the main objective now was to stop him and any of his buddies from harming his newfound friends. Peter didn't doubt all of the mutants could handle themselves, but he did have to try and stop Venom. There were questions that needed to be answered. But then again, Peter wasn't sure if he wanted to find out.
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It was quiet in the study, which was only a few halls away from the library. Among the occupants of the study were Scott, Jean, Bobby, Jubilee, Roberto, and Kitty. Scott and Jean sat together on a couch near the fire, cuddled up. Bobby and Jubilee were the same, although they were locked in a heated discussion. Kitty was on the phone with Lance, and Roberto was gazing out into the nighttime sky, already missing the sun.
None of them heard strong but silent footsteps making their way toward the closed study door. The silent intruder was unnoticed by any of the others, standing just outside the study.
Until a stray thought entered Jean's mind as she was staring into the fire, her head resting on Scott's chest. She gasped suddenly alerting Scott. Whoever's thought she had caught, was certainly here to cause the X-men pain. And to capture them.
"Jean, what's wrong?" Scott asked, staring at her with concern. But Jean didn't answer. Her hand flew forward just as the door flung open.
Her TK slammed the door right back into whoever what's about to make an appearance, sending them into a wall in the hall. An angry growl told them all who it was.
Sabertooth.
The large and powerful mutant growled again as he stepped into the room, which was now full of alert mutants ready for a fight. Their feral opponent picked up the closest large object, a sofa chair, and tossed it at Scott and Jean.
A quick optic blast deflected the projectile to the side, but that gave Sabertooth enough time to catch him off guard.
The larger man tackled Scott to the ground, ready to tear his claws into the teenage mutant. But before he could, Jean lifted the angry mutant high up into the air, where he slammed into the ceiling. Sabertooth dropped onto his feet in front the fireplace.
His hand shot out and grabbed a fire poker from next to the fireplace. He swiped it across the dancing flames, catching a sparked flame on the tip.
Without even breaking a stride, he leapt forward, and swung his "flaming sword" at Scott. The optic blasting mutant jumped back, but the tip of the fire poker slashed through the front of his T-shirt, leaving a large rip in his T-shirt over his chest. But the flame residue started to burn, catching his shirt on fire.
That provided enough distraction for Sabertooth to attack quickly again. This time he lunged at the redhead, baring his claws for a swipe.
But an optic blast from Scott sent him reeling into a wall. Even though the teenage mutant's T-shirt was on fire, he was still in play in battle.
Jean thrusted her palms forward, pinning Sabertooth to the now cracked wall, using her telekinetic strength.
Using this time, Scott quickly tore off his ripped and flaming T-shirt, and quickly stamped on it so the flames wouldn't spread anywhere else. Luckily, Scott had put out the fire before it had burned his flesh. There was only soot on his bare chest and face. Scott quickly brushed it off, and took aim with his shades.
But Jean's hold broke, and Sabertooth jumped into the air, narrowly avoiding a powerful scarlet force beam from Scott's eyes.
Sabertooth crashed down near Kitty, causing her to gasp.
"Come here kitty, kitty." Sabertooth cooed sarcastically, and then dove for her. Kitty broke into a sprint, phasing right through the tackling mutant. She quickly joined Scott and Jean. Bobby, Jubilee, and Roberto spanned out to the sides.
Sabertooth jumped back up to his feet, growling once again. He couldn't decide which mutant to take on, so he decided to just attack all of them.
The feral mutant charged forward and dove, only to be batted backwards by a large shaft of ice from Bobby. But Sabertooth rolled onto his feet, immediately leaping forward. A crashed down onto Bobby a second later.
Sabertooth's claws tore along Bobby's chest, tearing through the front of his T-shirt. The feral mutant's claws raked down his broad chest, leaving a trail of bloody claw marks. Bobby grunted, but quickly countered by smashing a chunk of ice into Sabertooth's face.
Jubilee tried to hold him back with her sparks, while Roberto, unable to use his powers, settled for smashing a chair of his head.
Figuring that Sabertooth was not alone in this, Scott quickly blasted the larger man into a wall, and ordered everyone to retreat.
Roberto and Jubilee helped Bobby up, who was trying to stop the bleeding of his wounds using his ice powers. Scott, Jean, and Kitty all exited the room quickly after the other three.
But strangely enough, Sabertooth did not follow them. Even though he wanted to rip them to shreds, he knew the plan. It was only a matter of time before the final outcome would come forth.
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Downstairs in the foyer, Rogue, Sam, and Lance were all staring at a creature scurrying along the walls. They couldn't tell if it was a human or mutant. It's tongue whipped out at them, saliva flinging. Thankfully, they had managed to switch the chandelier on before their opponent had started to move. But it didn't attack, instead, it seemed like it was baiting them or just teasing them.
It's black uniform glowed against the dim light from the chandelier, but what freaked them out more was when the thing would launch into the air as a glob or something. It seemed it could change shape, like the whole outfit was just a very flexible substance.
Peter suddenly appeared at the head of the stairs, staring up at the thing that clung to the chandelier. It's head suddenly whipped in his direction, and a wicked smile curved on its lips. Then, the black suited figure pounced off the chandelier and tackled Peter to the ground.
"Peter!!" Rogue screamed, and lead the way as Lance and Sam followed her to help their guest.
The black suited figure peered down at Peter, as it pinned him down to the floor. The black suit over the face split apart, revealing a man with blonde hair and an angry glare.
"Hello again, Peter." The man whispered, as black tentacles retracted out of the suit and started to wrap around Peter chest.
"What the hell happened to you, Eddie?!!" Peter whispered harshly, struggling against the powerful binds. They only tightened their hold along Peter's chest.
"Let him go!!" Rogue bellowed as she reached the head of the stairs. Eddie turned slightly, keeping his hold on Peter. But Rogue shot her bare hand out, clutching onto his face.
It was like nothing she'd ever felt.
There was a little pain, but all the memories were a mixed together. Rogue cried out, as she felt her own energy drained. This man wasn't absorbing her, but the transfer was causing her too much trouble. She couldn't pry her hand away, and she felt the verge of unconsciousness gripping her.
But there was more.
The black material that man wore like a costume suddenly went spastic. It dissolved, or more, it separated from the man's body. The substance wrapped onto Rogue's arm while the rest started to move onto her waist and legs.
The tentacles on Peter's chest released, but as Peter realized what was happened, he immediately grabbed the goop with his fists and held it back from Rogue.
The absorbing mutant had finally pried her hand from the man's face, who then dropped unconscious.
Rogue stumbled backwards, as Sam and Lance quickly tried to help her. But the black goop that had made its way around her back shot out a tentacle that tore at Lance like claws. The ex-Brotherhood member tried to avoid into, but it slashed across his stomach. At the same time, another tentacle shot out like a whip, and snap forward. It lashed at Sam, striking him across the chest. The whip-like tentacle left a large rip in the front of Sam's T-shirt, as well as a bleeding slash. Both guys quickly grabbed onto opposite stair railings to steady themselves.
Peter was getting beaten up as well. He was handling three tentacles though, while still trying to keep part of the black substance from wrapping around Rogue. The girl was unconscious now, but she was held up by the goop Peter was holding.
A tentacle tore through Peter's still wet T-shirt, slashing his shoulder. The other two tentacles assaulted him as well, one slashing across his chest while the other one raked up his arm.
But Peter didn't give up. He kept yanking the black goop, until finally it stretched out, some of it leaving Rogue. But the substance seemed to have a mind of it's own.
As Peter got closer and closer to prying the suit off of Rogue, it fought back hard. Multiple tentacles slashed up and down Peter's chest and back. Another one formed like a stick, and batted him backwards.
Peter lost his grip momentarily, but dove forward, barely grabbing some of the goop as it started to wrap on Rogue again.
"Sam, now!!" Peter shouted quickly, hauling the goop backwards. Despite Sam being attacked just like Peter, he swatted the tentacles away, and cannonballed forward. His thermal kinetic shield blocked any other tentacles, as he came contact with the goop Peter had stretched out. Sam's momentum led him to continue on, dragging the goop forcefully.
Finally, the substance broke from Rogue and Peter let go. Sam stopped his momentum after toppling on the ground, and the black goop was sent flying in a slimy pile. Strangely, and continued down the hall, sliding along quickly.
Peter gave it one quick glance as it rounded the corner, and then quickly darted to Rogue. She collapsed into his arms.
"What the hell was that?!!" Lance demanded slowly, although none of them knew. He leaned against the railing, as injured as Sam and Peter. All three boys' T-shirts were in complete shreds, revealing long gashes along their upper body as well as their face. They were all sweating and breathing deeply, all of them exhausted.
"Guys, we have to trail that thing! Whatever it was, however it things, I'm sure it's looking for someone else." Peter stated sternly, glancing down at the unconscious Eddie Brock. Then he gazed down at Rogue, who he'd luckily saved along with the help of Lance and Sam.
But whatever that thing was, he had to stop it. Peter stood up, cradling Rogue in his arms, and dashed down the hall after the mysterious goop, Sam and Lance trailing him.
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A/N: And so the Symbiot moves on to someone else…You'll have to guess who. The battles aren't over yet, and don't forget about Mystique's team. They'll be revealed soon enough. Please review.