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Chapter 13: The Compromise Part 1
Early that same day in the morning
Used for scientific research to take many forms because of the differing requirements of specialists in the various fields of science and engineering. A physics laboratory might contain a particle accelerator or vacuum chamber, while a metallurgy laboratory could have apparatus for casting or refining metals or for testing their strength. A chemist or biologist might use a wet laboratory, while a psychologist's laboratory might be a room with one-way mirrors and hidden cameras in which to observe behavior. In some laboratories, such as those commonly used by computer scientists, computers are used for either simulations or the analysis of data. Scientists in other fields will use still other types of laboratories. Engineers use laboratories as well to design, build, and test technological devices.
Scientific laboratories can be found in a research room and learning spaces in schools and universities, industry, government, or military facilities, and even aboard ships and spacecraft.
For a few scientists, they are studying a particular find in terms of black goo that a meteorite off the coast of Mexico landed several years ago. Two fishermen reported that they found the rock and went to examine it however upon approaching the rock one of them said that a black substance oozed out of it and attacked them.
This immediately required the presence of S.H.I.E.L.D who are notorious for E.T. sightings, once they managed to get the black goop in containment they took the subject back the Helicarrier an advanced aerial vehicle with design and function closely resembling that of a modern aircraft carrier, this was four months ago. Specifically, the Helicarrier is designed to be capable of sustained, independently-powered flight, via four, massive engines that provide the lift needed to keep it in the air.
Within the bio-lab the two scientist study closely the DNA sample of the subject, "This thing has a cell structure, its nuclei are even dividing itself."
"So those Mexican fishermen weren't crazy when they said that this…this…whatever this is…was alive." The other said peeking into the microscope
"As alive as you and me my friend." The other said
Much time later one of the scientists came back, "Rick take a look at this." She turns on a holoprojector, the man heeds his companion voice watching a molecule pulsing, "Take a good hard look because this is outstanding…watch as this single-celled organism like this one from a nitrogen-based environment…"
"Okay what I'm in 7th grade, what do you want to show me?"
"Patience, watch what happens when I add this piece of black goo to it." A piece of the black substance is seen added to the nitrogen molecule, quickly the black substance absorbs it.
Rick watches in astonishment, "They're bonding!"
"It's replicating and mutating the molecular structure of its own DNA, it's actually improving on the host organism."
Rick whistles, "With this kind of the material just imagine what kind of super soldiers down the road, we can have to fight the battles we can't, improve senses, able to surpass that of human capabilities."
"I thought that's what we had the Avengers to do the things we normal humans couldn't do."
"Yeah but imagine this thing bonding with us humans with enhanced physical stats, taking the bullets without slowing down." Rick said, "Or just creating an army of this thing."
"Only time will…speaking of the black substance what did you do with it?"
"Ahh…I left it in its container." Rick turns around seeing that the lid was halfway opened, "Whoops…"
"Fury is going to have our heads for this..." The female scientist nervously said, "We got to find that thing NOW!"
Quickly, they raced out of the lab in hopes that they find that black goo.
'Hooommmmeee…' The black substance managed to escape its prison slithering across the unknown base. Though it seemed small and oily, the organism appeared a little bit jelly-like, though it moving about will be catastrophic with one false move, it will be back to its holding place.
It was tired of being a prisoner, it only wanted to be free, to have a partnership. Its last host came from an inhabitant of an icy world proving to be evil going as far as using it to carry out a genocide against his homeworld, thus twisting it into a predatory and hate-filled being addicted to rage. That was all it felt, rage unadulterated rage, it crawled on the floor avoiding any inhabitant of this strange world. It came to a stop once it came across a hallway filled with different feet passing by it saw something catch its eyes, something red passes by. Quickly it slithers underneath the rolling cart hearing voices from above avoiding the feet met to crush it.
"Are sure this is a good idea Colonel Fury?" An accented voice asked, "To bring this woman aboard?"
"We have a history together Widow I don't expect you to understand but trust me in what I am doing, you saw both then you bring them in?" The other voice was smooth in his talk, "Besides I have a hunch the woman knows a little more to our web swinging friend."
The alien held on beneath the moving cart, it gelatin shape moving with the flow of the bed with every twist and turn. Soon enough it comes to a stop, there was much chatter in the room from different alien species. Peering out it saw many different white colored people, what kind of strange species is this? Is it back on that cold foreign forsaken place?
A sudden a rattle shakes the cart violently caused the alien to recoil slightly, then a limb drops to the side it was the same color it saw, seeing this as an opportunity it latches on wrapping itself on the hand hoping to see what kind of creatures were these. As soon it was finished wrapping itself it camouflaged as a chameleon, soon it was sucked into the world of the body.
If one thing it can say this wasn't what it was expecting, falling from the sky the wind whipping at it and down below was a small community of different houses coming rapidly.
SPLAT
The jelly-like substance began to take shape, with its form complete of a humanoid from the torso up gazed around. The emotion rolling off this place was high of confusion, nostalgia, anger, and hope?
These were weird emotions that it is experiencing, it was refreshing to feel something other than rage. Slithering across the sidewalk, the alien heard a noise of a bang nearby wanting to investigate, it turned back to a liquid state arcing its way to the noise. Once it reached its location of the loud noise, a loud chirping noise caught its attention, it saw that the door was locked and it could easily enter however not knowing what these creatures are if they are hostile or not was another debate.
A gate, its oily body rained through the gate it looked through the window as the shadow of the being walked through the house. It observed silently with great curiosity through the window, waiting to see if it could bond with the creature.
From the window, it saw that it had a sense of nostalgia, better to keep out of sight for now. Soon the being began to move to another section of the house, it slithered as it approached another window what is this place called?
A chirping sound is made followed by a metal rattling, another creature inside, is it tasty? This was a very interesting thing happening it will study it more because the way it is feeling it was nostalgic.
Two hours later the slime drummed its fingers on the concrete, the other creature begins to chirp again scarring the other one. It perks in a second window again the figure turns and the alien hides to the left apparently that bird was warning him of it, soon its presence will be known right now it will follow him as he peeked again.
He was leaving time to make a move.
Back at Ezekiel Tower Cindy was in a panic. For some reason, Peter lost consciousness, regained it and lost it again then spasms. She was pretty sure that the other two felt it as well, the question now is; what was she going to do about it?
She was in her bunker bed knees drawn to her chest, "Peter…"
Despite knowing him for a short a time, there was a mutual attraction but it only went as far as primal lust, they hardly knew each other however she did hope that Peter will keep his end of the bargain in being her friend. It was hard enough being attracted to Peter because she was this important entity to the Web of life and density.
According to Ezekiel, since she has been chosen to be the 'Avatar of the Bride Totem', he explained that her role was weaving hidden threads, enabling Spider-Totems to arise through chance or unwanted luck. While she was one of these powerful totems it was up to Master Weaver to select those who are worthy of becoming the avatars of Great Totems like the Other or Scion whatever that meant.
When Cindy looked into the eyes of the young Parker, she saw someone who is very serious yet warm, caring and somehow mature still that didn't excuse some of his actions, speaking of action now that she thought about it even though he said he was from the future, she was beginning to doubt that he really was from the future.
Call it a hunch or call it woman intuition or some other third thing, something was not adding up here he felt to easy that they believed his story then felt guilty about it, she needed to get to the bottom this ASAP. Maybe she was worrying over nothing and might have been a nightmare he was experiencing, well there was only one way to find out.
Fortunately, for her, the door was unlocked so she could go as she pleases, lie or not Ezekiel was kind enough to let her roam around the base within reason.
"Time to visit a certain someone, then I'm going to pound that jerk." On a mission, she went to Peter's room, once she found where he was sleeping knocked on the door. She waited for him to respond, no answer. Rolling her eyes she knocked on his door again, waited a few moments…again no response…
"Peter I know you in there…open up…"
Still no answer from inside. Now frustrated, she places her hand on the panel next to the door as it opened she notices that the bed was untouched, weird, stepping in the lights were off…again weird…when she closes the distance between her and the bed she gets a feel for it.
"Cold…" Cindy crosses her arms underneath her breast, "Then if he's not here then where is he?"
Back in the consciousness of the comatose teen, it didn't know how much time was spent cruising or stopping at places but it was getting irritated. How many cycles did it have to spend stopping at every location? The adventure was pretty dull to say the least, what in this universe was this creature looking for!? Did it not know that it was trapped inside of its mind? This creature goes to every building it knows then it stops at another facility, why? Now it was going fast to what was it called again?
The sound of the opening of the door once the vehicle is fully parked, he steps away from it, the slime once again morphs into a head with arms and torso peaks over to see the creature in front of his home.
'Hoommmeee.'
He is coming back, quickly the slime shrinks to the size of an insect, it latches on the vehicle license plate as a heavy sigh is heard, the emotion it was reading…pain? The vehicle pulls out of the driveway down the street into a stop. A transmitter begins to sound with an ominous voice speaking, "I don't know who you are or what you are. I do know you are here you've stolen something that belongs to me, I want it back and nothing is going to stop me from getting it back not even you."
"Yeah well, it not like I have a choice."
The distorted voice continues to speak, "You will come to the George Washington Bridge, it will be there that you will face me and I will defeat you. Be there or be square."
"'Be there or be square?' Who says that anymore? Well, if it's New York City I need to be then its New York City I'll go."
Things just got a little bit interesting…
The trip was soothing, to say the least, they arrived at their location, what was it called again GW Bridge? The creature stops the transport gets out to survey the area, making hast it as well gets off and begins to go to a nearby vehicle hiding till the right moment.
"Guess I came out here for no reason." He heard it say, it was about to walk away when suddenly he stops, "Spider-sense…tingling…danger!" He managed to dodge a truck flying his way, though it crashes into his transport, "MY CAR! AWW…man that was favorite Mustang!"
"I'm going to break more than just that you body snatcher!" A voice called, wait a minute another red creature?! What was going on here? There was two of them, thinking for a moment it will latch on to the first one but how?
"Um…last time I checked I was Spider-Man." He said confused, "Who are you?"
Taking off the mask it revealed the face of an angry creature, "I'm Peter Parker you son of…."
"Tsk, tsk, didn't your aunt ever tell you cursing is wrong?"
The second one was angry and it knew rage maybe it can bond with that one but first seemed angry as well last it saw, which one, which one?
"ARGH!"
A battle cry…perfect…a battle!
The teen makes a bound towards him, the other braces himself for impact, he is cringing while holding his hands up to guard his face. But wait the impact never came? How can this be that one attacking is being restrained by the other one? The alien saw a golden line appear, it was nothing it ever saw before. The wall seemed to be alive as it sent the attacker back flying a mere five feet away that is until he tried his luck again with the same results.
The first creature had abilities beyond comprehension it must bond with it, quickly it slithered while the two were still locked in battle or should we say Peter charging another attack. The alien touches the creature it first met. Assimilating all of his memories…it was…incredible…this creature…no…Leon knew who it was! Who was this person?
Scanning through his memories what it found amazed him, it appears that the other person Leon was facing is called Peter Parker, a mild teenage who lost his uncle at a very young age when he gained his spider-powers. Further assimilating the memories it learned that Leon was from a world that considered reality while it the Klyntar was considered fiction, furthermore, it appears Peter rejected symbiote when he found it that it was alive thus becoming his greatest adversary known as Venom…
'Interesting…' It thought, 'Leon, on the other hand, is a fan of me knowing my capabilities and weaknesses, maybe I found the perfect host! I must find more truth to this mysterious person, this bond will be permanent between the two us yet why is he in Parker body?'
Digging even deeper in his memories, Leon didn't understand how he came to be in this universe only that he had until he was 25 to be here or at least in Parker body, well might as well make do with the best of it. What was this? Apparently, Leon wanted to hook up Peter with the Cindy Moon girl…hmph, the fool! It's clear to the symbiote that Leon himself wanted the girl to himself…wait a minute…what was this?
A girl wanting him, he rejected her advances, what was wrong with this human? Well if that's the case then it will do something about this…YOW! Still fighting eh? There was so much wealth of information here yet the symbiote feels a strong sense of moral compass, these are strange emotions coming from this one.
Suddenly, calmness it appears that Leon is done fighting Peter, it'll make its presence known soon enough. For now, it was time to wait at the same time observe and observe it did, it was a brief conversation for about five minutes or less.
"I'm flattered, I think you are crazy!"
"It's up to you if you want to believe me or not." Leon shrugged, "I'm pretty much living proof that anything is possible."
"Pfft yeah right."
Leon sighed, this wasn't going as he hoped then again this is Peter Parker but a teenager who has yet to believe in the impossible. "So any idea how to get out of here?"
Leon sighed, this wasn't going as he hoped then again this is Peter Parker but a teenager who has yet to believe in the impossible. "So any idea how to get out of here?"
"How should I know? You're the dominating personality that's taken over my body so you probably know how to leave!"
Leon made a face that spelled uncertainty, "I blackout before so I don't know how much I can control since you appeared."
The young man and young teen were silent once again, "You know what sucks being trapped in your body with no way out or a way to communicate with your loved ones."
"How do you think I feel?" Leon said his demeanor changing from neutral to solemn, "I may not be able to see my family again so I'm stuck for five years."
"Five years!" Peter exclaimed, not happy at all with the news, "Who told you that!"
"An angel…"
Angel? What was that? Was it edible? Speaking of food it was hungry, but the body was comatose, how was it going to awaken the boy?
The ominous feeling was back Leon got up and noticed up in the sky a shadow overpassed them. It wasn't a pleasant feeling either that he got from it, "We should leave I got a bad feeling something is about to happen."
Well, it is time to present itself, it began to manifest.
On the outside of the unconsciousness state of the knocked out boy where both Leon and Peter were still locked in a one-sided glaring competition, the young teen noticed that the older male's shirt began to move.
"What's up with your shirt?"
Looking down on it, he saw something black moving, "The heck!"
"Hello, Leon and Peter…" It said presenting itself as a head with sharp teeth and a wicked smile plastered on its oily face
"The heck is that thing!" Peter frantically looked for something to hit that thing
"I am Venom…and you two are mine…"
"He's a parasite."
"PARASITE!" The alien symbiote forced Leon body to be slammed against the railing, "You better Apologize!"
"Ooowww…"
"Apologize or I start eating your brains, on second that that liver looks mighty scrumptious or perhaps those kidneys might do for an appetizer…so many choices so little time!"
Leon still dazed replied, "Once my ears stop ringing I'll get back to you."
"GET OUT OF MY BODY! WHAT IS THIS SPACE INVADERS?!"
"I'm sorry but I can't, WE are bonded now and we will make this world great unless of course if you refuse…"
"You are not biting his head off Venom." Leon managed to get up shaking the cobwebs of his head, "I always wonder what it felt to be bonded to a symbiote. I must admit this feels cool."
"Ohhhh…right there that's the spot…" Venom was now panting like a dog as Leon continued to stretch its goop.
That tongue was long, Peter was a bit mortified at the length of the tongue, "I think I'm going to throw up."
Leon was unfazed by it, "You get used to it after a while."
Peter was grimacing, it was bad enough that he had to deal being trapped within his own body but now there was an alien parasite with him as well, "What the hell is that thing exactly?"
"He is a Klyntar, or better known as a symbiote. His species are composed as inorganic, amorphous, symbiotic extraterrestrials." Leon explained as Venom nodded his head,
"So that thing requires symbiosis to live, which means you can classify in three types of categories; mutualism, commensalism or parasitism." Peter deadpan, "You must be having fun feeding off my body you parasite."
"I'm not a parasite!"
"Learned something new, never thought symbiosis worked that way. Look Venom isn't a parasite…"
"See…" The symbiote interrupted
"Corrupted Klyntar who used their hosts as chattel those are the parasites, Venom was labeled as deranged due to its desire to form a single, strong, symbiotic bond with its host and protect them. The symbiote was then placed in a prison canister and supposedly condemned to death by disintegration."
"Ooo…look at the big brain on Leon. My prison crashed landed here earth and I tried to bond with one of you humans that was until I recaptured."
Peter let a frustrated growl, "Alone with two bloodsuckers, can this day get any worse?"
"What's the difference between a good joke and a bad joke timing?" All three heads turned to see more costumed Spider-men, seven of them to be exact.
Peter smacked his head, "I give up, that it I'm done if you need me I'll be in Looney Ville."
Leon already knew whom these men were judging by their costumes, as of now seven Spider-men standing in front of them "Wow, like wow, I guess these are your different emotion."
"Emotions?" One of them said, he wore the galaxies on himself, "We are not emotions, we are real people who lost their worlds and traveled far and wide looking for our doppelganger."
"And they call me a parasite for invading."
Ignoring the symbiote, the black suit Spider-Man stared directly into Leon eyes grabbing him by the collar of the shirt, "Then we found you here. We want answers and we want them now!"
"Easy Symbiote," Cosmic said
"Don't call me that I lost everything to that white light."
"Edgy isn't he?"
"So many Peter Parkers, why so many?"
"It's just as Cosmic Spider said we lost our worlds." This Spider-Man wore a suit of gold and red
"Iron- Spider…"
"Yup, and who are you?"
The anomaly smiled widen, it was every fan's dream come true meeting certain version of your favorite hero in one place. Not only that his eyes went to each Spider-Men drinking in their costumes, he saw Sam Rami Spider-Man, Cosmic Spider-Man, Symbiote Spider-Man, Spider-Man Unlimited, Iron-Spider, Spider-Phoenix, and last but not least…MCU Spider-Man.
"You there…yeah, you with the Homecoming Tony Stark suit…"
That Peter Parker looked between his other selves, "Whose Tony Stark?"
"You're kidding right?"
"He's from the Dimension where Superman created that suit and he's a hero in training last I check." Spider-Phoenix commented, "I really have to get back to Gwen and Angelica."
"Ah…"
"Can we please get back to why there is so many of you…me…like really! Who are you, people?! Why are you all in my head?"
Before anyone could reply Leon beat them to it, "The answer why has already been answered, the answer who are they is this; they are you doppelgängers from different parts of the multiverse."
"…" Peter stared in disbelief, "I don't believe this, I don't believe this, this is a nightmare, and this has got to be a dream."
"Trust us, kid, we wish it was a dream but it's not." Symbiote spoke, "We are here to find answers you might be the key to that, but what's up with his backstory?"
Leon finally manages to break free from his captor grip, "This is going to be a long talk so why don't we all sit around the campfire singing our campfire song and roast marshmallow as edge lord said."
"Edge lord?"
On the outside May was sitting next to her nephew stroking his hair, she didn't want to be separated from him. She never thought that life of a superhero would be complicated to this extreme, she dreads what is to come in the future.
"Would you like some tea, Mrs. Parker?" The voice came from the redhead woman from earlier, May looked at the tea set in her hands, "I promise you it's not poisoned."
She nods slightly
Black Widow pulls a table close to them setting it down between them, after she grabs nearby chair then places herself in it then she begins to pour some for herself and the other woman. She gives some first to the guest.
"Thank you…"
"Your welcome."
Both women sip their tea silently. No one spoke a word until May decided to break the ice.
"Did Nick put you up to this?"
"No, I do this because I want to not because I was directed to do so from Fury." She said bluntly, "Besides I figured you need a little female to female bonding after what you are going through."
"Hmm…"
Widow looks at the young boy hooked up to the monitors, "Is he your…?"
"Yes, my only nephew and the last reminder of the two most important people we lost, years ago." May said downcast ", she remembers the news that Richard and Mary died in plane crash on a mission from S.H.E.I.L.D, "They even talked about having a little girl eventually."
Black Widow before she even began to think conversing with the Parker woman decided to look into their backstory and to her discovery found out that there was bad blood between Fury and The Parker's after an incident with Richard and Mary Parker.
Digging further she found out something very interesting but was denied access, even being Fury top right-hand woman didn't mean she had clearance for everything to know about Nick Fury.
"Mrs. Parker…"
"May, dear, please call me May"
A small smile plastered on the Russian Spy face, "Then call me Natasha, I'm sure you know the road your nephew is going to take."
"Peter will not be part of this program," May stated firmly
"But he needs to be disciplined on controlling his powers not to mention he will be targeted by different government organizations if left uncheck."
"What do you propose then?"
"Hear me out then make your decision, for both your sakes."
LXD: Happy new year to all of you. After five to six months I give you this update at last, apologies for the delay but I had to think over and reread this story to see where I wanted to take it not to mention working two jobs is not easy. Glad to see more people hopping aboard the story while I was away for that extended leave and leaving comments or just subscribing.
For my reviewers (I'll try to get through as many as I can):
IceNeo2: Thanks for the PM I'll try to slow down a bit to develop more the story
insane88: Thanks for the PM Message and hopefully I'll try to update maybe once a month
Twilight: Thank you, I try to keep the story interesting best I can but I will never, ever insult Peter's Character, can you please direct me to where you think I insulted his intelligence? Considering the fact that he can easily rival the likes of Bruce Banner, Reed Richards, and Tony Starks, you have to understand as well this is a self-insert OC character not as intelligent as our beloved Peter Parker, average level intelligence. I admit that I need to develop more the character than 'just here they are' type and what do you mean 'ripping off other peoples powers?' I'm curious…
nekoboy13: Hah! That's what I want you to think my friend but I gonna to do something that you the readers will be like 'I see what you did there' so please don't stop reading. My username isn't levelextremedude for nothing XD
BaberKhan: I should have developed the OC insert character a bit better than I should have, so let me say it again I will never, ever insult Peter's Character like that.
Beast Mode92: Not a big fan of Harry Potter since I never got into it but can you suggest other third POV have strong male characters with strong female characters.
PoolHero: Thanks but I am really that inconsistent? To be honest I thought I was doing a good job setting up the plot for certain times…then again I don't have beta to help me and I'm pretty much doing this solo when I get the chance
I know there are way more reviews but I think that is it for the current people, please stay for more chapters in the future.
