A/N: Here's part four! I'm not changing the rating, but please read the warnings. There's some borderline mature content here.
CW: violence, mutilation, cannibalism (sort of? Lilith eats some people), allusions to rape/drug violence
Part four
Lilith wakes with a start. She is alone in the dark apartment. The light clink of the window latch a telltale sign that Venom is out hunting. She takes a few deep breaths, surprised when the coughing fit doesn't leave her spitting up blood.
Where was he? How long had she slept this time?
Food.
Now she remembers why she had woken. She's heard that voice in her nightmares. But this one is different. More tenor than bass, almost musical. It still sends a shiver down her spine.
Feed ussss.
The voice hisses again and Lilith's body jumps out of the sheets of its own accord. She crouches on the floor trying to process what's happening.
By the Gods it worked.
Her stomach growls loudly, reminding her that she had thrown her last meal up over a day ago.
FEED US
The voice demands, throwing their body onto the unlatched window. Lilith screams and her stomach lurches at the sudden loss of gravity.
"Okay!" She pants, clinging to the window frame desperately with...were those claws? "Down. Get us down. Then food." The new presence stirs within her and Lilith can't grasp that she's feeling someone else's thoughts in her head. They fall into a crouch on the floor and Lilith slumps into the rug as her other relinquishes control with an audible 'oof'.
She lays there for a moment, her blood coursing through her veins like lava. Wiping sweat off her face she strips out of Eddie's shirt and sweatpants, baring herself naked to the cool night air. She stands shakily and leans on the bed for support.
"Wh...why is it so hot?" Panting and stumbling she makes her way to the kitchen. Her other doesn't answer, chanting food over and over in her mind. Eddie had gone shopping, right?
The refrigerator door hangs in her hand, ripped off its hinges in her haste and she throws it to the side carelessly. She smells blood. Fresh blood. She rips out one drawer finding little of interest. Who the fuck wants apples? The next is better, filled to the brim with raw steaks. Lilith drools.
Yeesssss
That voice in her head hisses as she rips into a package, discarding the plastic and styrofoam on the floor. Two more follow. Then another. So engrossed in her meal she doesn't notice the tendrils creeping down her arms until her tongue is suddenly far too big for her mouth. Eyes wide in horror she can only watch as her mouth opens impossibly wide and swallows a blood drenched steak whole.
I'm going to puke.
That's the only warning as she hunches over on the floor, stomach convulsing against the raw meat. The other protests angrily, complaining that she's wasting it.
I can't process raw meat.
Pussy
Lilith laughs between heaves. You'll have to try harder than that, parasite.
She feels the creatures disdain, which is a mind fuck in and of itself. Some part of her registers that she's covered in blood and still so incredibly hot.
Shower.
She half crawls half stumbles back through the bedroom to the bathroom. Turning the cold water on she leans against the tiles and hisses as it hit her fevered skin.
"Fuck…"
Still hungry
Lilith grimaces, her stomach churning at the thought of putting anything in it.
When they get back.
The creature snarls and writhes beneath her skin. Lilith jumps back, running her hands over her arms and torso to still them. Her gaze is drawn to her reflection in the glass door.
Her other is dark purple, almost black. Her curls replaced with wild tentacles that turn shades of blue at the ends like some alien dye job. Pupiless eyes arch up the sides of her face edged with swirls of lavender. A gaping maw of teeth and tongue smile at her menacingly.
You see us now. You see what we are.
Lilith extends a hand, half expecting to feel the Klyntars velvety skin beneath her fingers, slightly disappointed when she meets only glass.
"Who are you?" Her voice is shakier than she wants it to be. Laced with fear as she gazes at her new shadow self.
I am Poison. And you are mine.
A few blocks away Venom is crouched on the roof of a dilapidated apartment building. He watches the alley below. A man in a hooded sweatshirt is talking with two teenagers. An exchange is made and the teens turn to leave. The man pulls a gun to their turned backs, humanity never disappoints.
Venom descends with an audible growl. He relishes the fear that fills the alley. The concrete cracks as he lands between the man and the teens who wisely run from the alley as fast as their weak human legs can carry them. Gunshots echo off the brick and Venom smiles.
"Oh, god. No please...I...it just went off." The man drops his weapon, knees shaking in terror. He raises his hands in surrender. Pathetic. Venom grabs him around the throat, lifting him in the air. The hooded man claws at the symbiotes arm desperately. "Please don't eat me!" Tears streak his face.
"Don't worry. I'm not going to eat you." The humans eyes grow wide as Venom chokes him. Waiting until he goes limp to throw him over his shoulder and make a mad dash back for their apartment.
When he arrives Lilith is gone. The shower is wet, the kitchen all but destroyed, empty of life.
Fuck. Eddies voice echoes in his mind.
Venom drops his captive unceremoniously next to the bed and handcuffs him to the frame. At least when he found her he'd have a decent meal ready.
Find her. Now.
He slips back out the window, climbs across the building face, and drops down in the rear courtyard. He senses her nearby. Her smell mixed with a familiarity he hadn't known he'd missed. He reaches for her, casting his conscious outward in search of a connection.
Come to us. Join us. Be one with us.
He feels Eddie's confusion. That means something more, he could feel Venoms longing.
Venom?
The alien doesn't answer. He follows her trail, searching almost desperately.
Come to us.
Finally, he sees her on a balcony above the courtyard. The new her. Her skin looks like a galaxy, deep purple with flecks of blue and pink dotting her torso and shoulders. White veins stand in contrast, appearing as constellations against her flesh. Blue tipped tendrils mimic her her hair, dancing lazily around with life. She is a glorious sight.
Perched on the balcony railing she doesn't immediately notice them. Her attention focused on something below. The sounds of shuffling feet catch their attention and Poison leans over the railing precariously, purple and blue tendrils slithering around the iron bars for stability. Then in an instant she's gone, falling past the railing to the alley below.
Venom takes off after her with Eddie's voice screaming in his mind that she's going to eat someone. He isn't wrong. Seconds later they are behind her in the dank alleyway. One hand holds a blonde man against the brick, claws penetrating his shoulder and digging into the masonry.
"SCUM!" Lilith snarls. The man's head lolls to the side eyes glazed over in pain. His lack of coherence seems to fuel her rage and she sinks her claws deeper into his flesh. He yelps and whines.
"P...please…" He stutters, sweat and tears pouring down his skin. The scent of urine wafting on the bay breeze a clear indication that he had also pissed himself.
"Please?!" Lilith's alien voice is incredulous. "We grant you only a quick death!" At that Lilith releases him and without missing a beat removes his head from his shoulders.
Jesus fucking christ!
"Eddie?" She turns towards them in a half crouch, ready to fake on the new threat. Her voice sweeps over him like a symphony. Still sultry, still Lilith, but with a clarity he can't quite describe. It caresses his mind, soothing him and lowering his defenses. He feels at ease, comfortable in her presence. Even after witnessing her merciless kill.
"Bad guy?" Venom gestures to the headless corpse, slowly leaking blood across the alley. Lilith nods. Then they notice it. Another human in the alley with them. Heart rate slowed, something not quite right in their bloodstream. Venom steps closer, his hulking mass shadowing the smaller symbiote. The man's pants are undone, hanging halfway down his hips, genitals exposed.
"We should get her to safety." Lilith ignores the corpse, her attention now on a young unconscious woman slumped against the dumpster. Her shirt is unbuttoned, the rest of her clothes disheveled. Rage courses through Eddie to Venom, an understanding that causes the alien to sneer.
Disgusting. Eddie is silent, but Venom can feel his agreement.
Venom trails behind, watching his partner's back as they bounce across rooftops. The unconscious woman held tight against her in a mass of black purple.
Have they reached symbiosis already?
Lilith is a good host. Strong. Smart. Probably better than you.
Oh, geez. Fine then. Maybe you should have joined with her.
Lilith is good, but you are mine.
They wait on the rooftop while Lilith leaves the young woman by the emergency room doors. It's only a few seconds after she dissipates back into the shadows that someone comes running out, calling for help.
"We hunger." She growls as she rejoins him on the rooftop and Eddie's hairs stand on end beneath the liquid velvet. It's terrifying and sexy all at once.
Come. Venom doesn't speak aloud, but she seems to hear him anyway. Something Eddie has dozens of questions about. He holds his tongue, sensing Venoms need to provide for this new part of them.
Back in the safety of their apartment Venom presents his prize. The man is awake now. He grasps at his throat with his free hand, seemingly surprised to find his neck still intact.
"Oh my God. Oh my God...no." He screams at the aliens before him. Poison grabs his throat and squeezes tightly, claws drawing droplets of crimson that make Venoms mouth water.
"Be silent." She snarls, sniffing at his face. "We prefer quiet meals." Her tongue, a mirror of Venoms own snakes out to lap at the copper pearls. She hums, pleased with the taste.
The man cries and begs for his life, but the young Klyntar feels no sympathy. Her mouth opens wide and she swallows him whole, biting his hand off at the wrist to spare the cuffs. She tosses the severed appendage in her mouth and swallows hard, her lips smacking.
"Delicious." The symbiote hums to herself. She turns suddenly to face them, unblinking eyes scathing every surface of Venoms exquisite hide. "We are Poison."
"We are Venom." Something passes between them that neither human can fully comprehend. Memories from beyond the stars, things Eddie knows he hasn't seen.
Venom, what's happening?
Teaching.
You can communicate with her telepathically?
She is hive. He says it like that's an obvious answer.
Poisons skin ripples, purple giving way to Lilith's olive complexion. Human once more she's left gasping.
"H...holy shit." Lilith grasps her chest. "I...ate a person...two people...and I liked it." Eyes wide she stares at the cuffs still hanging from the bed frame, not quite able to process what had just happened.
"It's a bitch, huh?" Eddie says as Venom retreats within him. His thoughts buzz around in the back of Eddie's conscious. Pride, joy, belonging, family.
Family.
A/N: There she is, folks. This is a decent place to pause while I figure out where to go next so it may be awhile before I update again. I'm having some trouble with where to take this and have like six other stories I'm writing. I'm definitely going to explore more of Lilith and Poison in the future, I really love her character and hope you guys do too. Let me know where you'd like to see this go!