Really sorry this took so long, my life has been really busy lately. Anyway enjoy chapter 3 of The Venom Captor. I hope the wait was worth it. Enjoy. Also just so no ones confused, in the context of the story, all Japanese characters are speaking English when Peter's around, but Japanese when he's not.
Chapter 3 – Suspicion
The Venom captor spent the next few hours testing out her new powers. She went through the cards one by one, to see how symbiosis had increased the already powerful Sakura cards. She was most impressed by The Sword, The Jump, The Erase, The Power, The Wave, The Dash, The Windy, The Big, The Shield, The Freeze, The Arrow, The Earthy, The Watery, The Thunder, The Shot, The Fight and The Storm. She had a feeling that these would be the best cards to finally take down Spider-man. With the new powers she'd gained from Sakura and the power increase the symbiosis had given the cards, her victory was assured. After a while, the Venom Captor found she was getting hungry. It was craving the chemical it needed to survive, which it usually obtained from eating brains. The Venom Captor quickly found someone walking late at night. She was about to attack, but was stopped by Sakura's subconscious.
Even though the Symbiote appeared to have control, for some reason, Sakura would not let it eat the brain of another person. Sakura found, that she could not let herself do something so inhumane. The symbiote was a little angered by this, but eventually gave in. The Symbiote just hoped Sakura's subconscious wouldn't interfere, while it was fighting Spider-Man. It had a feeling this wouldn't be a problem, as its hatred for Spider-man was hopefully bigger than Sakura's morality. For now, the Symbiote would have to consume its required nutrients, through different methods.
One of the cards could help The Venom Captor get what she needed. She looked through the cards again, until she found The Sweet Card. Through accessing Sakura's memories, the Symbiote knew it could turn anything into any type of sweet. This included chocolate, which contained the required chemical. Having this knowledge, The Venom Captor waited for the coast to be clear, before making her next move. Once the streets were clear, she flew down and approached a parked car. She threw the Sweet Card into the air and raised her staff.
"Sweet," said the Venom captor activating Sakura's magic.
In no time at all, the car turned into chocolate, after which it was quickly devoured. The Venom Captor continued to devour, random objects until she decided she had gained enough of her required chemical. After this, The Venom Captor decided to head back to Sakura's house and do her best to blend into Sakura's life. She felt all she needed to do now, was wait and let Spider-Man come to her. The Venom Captor had a feeling Spider-Man would head to Japan, as soon as he got word of the Symbiote's escape. Little did Spider-Man know, the Symbiote was ready for him and more powerful than ever.
After a short flight back to Sakura's house, the Venom Captor landed at the front door and made the black suit disappear. She entered and made her way to Sakura's room. The Venom Captor knew, she needed to be as silent as possible, to ensure she did not wake Sakura's brother. To her horror however, she heard a car pull in at that exact moment. The Venom Captor assumed this was Sakura's father. Forgetting the need to be cautious, she ran up the stairs to Sakura's room, slamming the door a little too hard and jumping into bed. The noise awoke Sakura's brother. As before, Toya left his room deciding to check on her. He opened the door slightly and quietly, just in case Sakura was asleep. He did not see anything out of the ordinary, but like before he knew something was wrong. Toya knew there was nothing he could do about it now, so he closed the door and went back to bed.
The Venom Captor sighed in relief, believing she had yet to be discovered. She decided to go to sleep and decide what to do in the morning. Unknown to the Venom Captor, she had left a clue, to help with her defeat. While she had been away, Kero had gone back to Sakura's room and discovered the discarded card, The Firey. Kero had decided to keep a hold of it, as he had a feeling, there was an important reason as to why this card was left behind. Kero had no clue what this reason could be, but would keep it safe until he found out.
The Next morning.
Peter Parker woke up early in his Hotel room the next morning, as it was crucial, he tell the University of Tomoeada, what he knew as quickly as possible. After a quick breakfast, he headed straight to the university. In less than an hour he arrived and headed straight for the division, that had been given the job of studying the Symbiote. He told them everything he knew, and even provided the University with backup notes he had brought from New York. The researchers were grateful for this, as the Symbiote was not the only thing lost in the wreckage. It was not long, before Peter had explained all he could.
"Is there anything else you can tell us Mr Parker?" asked the head scientist.
"No, that's the limit of my research I'm afraid," answered Peter.
"That's ok, thanks to you, we know a lot more than we did and we're grateful for that," stated the scientist.
"I'm glad I could help, both Dr Conner's and I are fully aware of the dangers this Symbiote could bring, so we want to do everything we can, to ensure it remains detained!" explained Peter.
"Which we plan to do, just so where clear though, are you positive the Symbiote's only weakness' are sonics and Fire? There isn't anything else that can stop it?" asked the scientist.
"Not that we're aware of I'm afraid," answered Peter.
"Well thanks again, we'll make sure this information doesn't go to waist," said the scientist.
"No problem, but there's just one more thing I'd like to ask if possible. Do you have any spare containers for capturing the Symbiote and may I borrow a few? I know a few people, who may be able to catch it," said Peter referring to himself.
"I don't see why not, but only if you promise to bring the Symbiote to us if you capture it. I'm aware Dr Connors wasn't happy about losing the specimen, but I'm trusting you'll respect the decision that was made, allowing us to study it," stated the scientist.
"You have my word. Trouble is the last thing, I want to cause," stated Peter.
"Very well," said the Scientist, handing Peter a few extra containers.
"Thank you, I will let you know of any further developments," said Peter, taking the containers.
"Thank you," said the Scientist.
With that, Peter left the lab and started rushing out of the University. Unfortunately, he was not looking where he was going and bumped into one of the students. Peter quickly grabbed the students arm and prevented him from falling. Unknown to Peter, this student was Sakura's brother Toya.
"Sorry," said Peter.
"That's ok. What's the rush?" asked Toya.
"Nothing much, I've just got something really important I need to attend to, sorry again!" explained Peter, before rushing off again.
Although brief, Toya couldn't help but feel something was off about this stranger. He did not appear to be much older than Toya and although rather skinny, he had managed to run into Toya with great force. Toya also had a feeling, that this stranger was somehow connected to whatever was happening to Sakura.
After leaving the University, Peter went to look for his web fluid ingredients. This was a little harder to accomplish, due to his unfamiliarity with the area, but eventually managed to find everything he needed. Peter headed back to the Hotel and began making cartridges for his web shooters. During his time of exploring the town, Peter felt the area was too small for him to fight at full capacity. He was used to fighting in densely pack cities with tall buildings like New York, as tall buildings were the key factor to his swinging abilities. Peter decided he needed to head to Tokyo, which was not too far away, and the taller buildings would give him a better chance, should a fight between the Symbiote and himself occur. All he needed to do, was bait the Symbiote into coming, by making his presence in the city known. Until then, he needed to come up with a plan. Sadly, Peter had no knowledge of the abilities gained by the Symbiote, meaning there was nothing he could do to properly prepare himself.
Meanwhile at Sakura's house
The Venom Captor decided, she needed to spend the day where she was and not leave Sakura's house. She had a feeling both Kero and Toya, were on to her. This would not normally be a problem, as both were opponents she could easily defeat. Unfortunately, much like the night before, The Venom Captor had a feeling, that Sakura's subconscious would not allow herself to hurt either of them. With that, she decided to remain where she was, to cause less suspicion. Unfortunately, her plans were interrupted with the ringing of the doorbell.
"Sakura your friends are here," called Fujitaka her father.
Suddenly the Venom Captor remembered, that Sakura had planned to spend the day with her friends. She thought maybe she should say she was not feeling well, but she did not want to risk anymore suspicion, so she decided to fulfil Sakura's already established plans. The Venom Captor headed for the bedroom door, as Kero spoke up.
"Sakura, can I still come?" asked Kero, wanting to keep an eye on Sakura.
The Venom Captor knew Kero often came along with Sakura and her friends, just as long as he stayed in her bag, out of sight.
"Of course, just remember to stay out of sight," said the Venom Captor in Sakura's voice and picking up a bag.
The two headed down stars to meet Tomoyo, Meiling and Shyaoran. The Venom Captor was hoping, these three would not notice anything different, but two of them did. Meiling did not notice anything out of the ordinary, but both Tomoyo and Shyaoran immediately knew something was not right. Tomoyo, was always able to tell if something had changed about Sakura, even if that change was very small. Despite not having any magical abilities, Tomoyo could tell Sakura was different and it frightened her. Thankfully, she did not let it show. Shyaoran on the other hand, like Kero, also noticed that something was different about Sakura's magical essence. Her magic felt stronger, but not in a good way.
"You guys ready to go," asked The Venom Captor Smiling, doing her best to appear as Sakura would.
"Yeah, this is going to be fun," said Meiling, eager to start the day and still oblivious to the change.
Both Tomoyo and Shyaoran nodded in agreement, trying their best not to show they were suspicious. The Venom captor however, was also suspicious of them. It once again considered eliminating them, but once again, felt that Sakura's subconscious would prevent her from doing so. In the end, they all decided to leave the house and go about their day as planned. Both Shyaoran and Tomoyo remained cautious around Sakura, but remained close to avoid suspicion. When no one was looking, Kero crept out of Sakura's bag, as he felt he needed to talk to Shyaoran in private. When the coast was clear, he flew over to Shyoran and began pulling on his ear.
"Ow, what are you doing?" asked Shyaoran.
"I need to talk to you brat. It concerns Sakura!" explained Kero, pulling the boy out of site.
"You've noticed it to haven't you. Sakura's magic has changed," stated Kero.
"Yeah. She seems much stronger than yesterday. But how's that possible?" asked Shyaoran.
"I think she's being controlled by something," stated Kero.
"Controlled?" asked Shayaoran.
"Yeah, I left her room last night to get some snacks and while I was gone, she started screaming. I rushed back up to check on her, but she was acting as if nothing had happened. Later that night, I saw her leave the house, upon which I saw her consume the cards with some weird goo, which turned them all black. After that she covered herself in some weird black costume, that looked identical to the goo and flew off. I have a feeling, that this weird goo, has taken control of both Sakura and the cards!" explained Kero recalling the events of the night before.
"Do you know if this has anything do with Clow Reed?" asked Shayaron trying to make sense of the situation.
"I don't think so. I have a feeling this goo was not originally magic in nature. However, that may have changed after taking control of Sakura!" explained Kero.
"Then what should we do?" asked Shayaron who was getting concerned.
"I don't know, not only that, she left a card behind," answered Kero.
"Which one?" asked Shayaron.
"The Firey," answered Kero.
"What do you think that means?" asked Shayaron.
"If I had to guess, I'd say the thing controlling Sakura is either weak to or afraid of fire, but I can't be certain of that, as I have no idea what this thing is," answered Kero.
"Do you still have the card?" asked Shayaron.
"Yeah, I decided to hide it, just in case she decided to destroy it or something," said Kero.
"When we get back to Sakura's house, give to me. I'll keep it safe," said Lee.
"Good idea, now let's get back before they notice where gone," said Kero.
"Ok, I'll fill both Meling and Tomoyo in when we go home tonight" said Shayaron and they headed back to the group.
The five friends went about their day as planned before heading back to Sakura's house. While there, Kero snuck up to Sakura's room to retrieve The Firey card. After heading back down, he made sure Sakura wasn't looking, before handing the card to Shayaron. Kero had a feeling this card was crucial, to defeating whatever it was that was controlling Sakura.
Thanks for reading chapter 3. Please leave a review, because all feedback and criticism is appreciated. More to come.