Author's Note: Alright so since no one has really picked a pairing I'm just gonna keep going. I will be adding another character as well, but he won't likely be coming in for a few episodes. He's not originally a he though so there's that. May add two the one I'm thinking I might not add is Glen Stacy. Gender bended Gwen, let me know if you think I should. I own nothing.
17. Falling In The Black
MJ had suggested to Piper that she bring the new kids along to movie night. Harry had seemed to be feeling a bit left out. In hindsight, it hadn't been such a great idea. But him turning movie night into a raging party was a worse idea. MJ waved as she spotted Piper coming into the penthouse. She and her new friends fought their way into the crowd.
"Hey Piper. Some party huh?" Piper frowned.
"I thought we were just going to be watching movies." MJ frowned and ducked as Flash threw a football to one of his friends.
"Apparently we're watching half the school party down at Harry's instead." Harry popped up next to MJ, a slightly forced smile on his face.
"The whole school actually, except for the ones who weren't invited." Harry glared pointedly at Sam, Ava, Danny, and Luke. Sam was stuffing his face with nachos. Piper frowned deeply.
"I invited them Harry. I thought if everyone got to know each other things would be cool." Harry looked away slightly. Piper reached out and lay a hand on his shoulder.
"Harry, I'm trying here." He shrugged off her hand.
"I don't need new friends. As you can see I've got plenty." Harry walked away into the crowd of people all of whom were adoring him, cheering and chanting his name. Piper felt tears sting her eyes.
"Guess that means you don't need me either." She muttered and felt a hand land on her shoulder. She looked up into Eddie's face. He smiled sadly.
"You ok Pipes?" Piper was about to reply when her spider sense went crazy. It was even worse than when the Malibu house had been attacked, worse than when the frightful four attacked. Her head spun and her hand flew to it. Eddie's eyes grew concerned.
"Sorry I need some fresh air." She rushed past him and out onto the balcony. It was nearly empty except for Flash who appeared to be standing at the edge of the balcony looking upset. He spotted Piper and swiped at his eyes. Piper's spider sense was still ringing, it was starting to hurt her head. It felt like a high-pitched whistle ringing through her brain.
"Parker? What are you doing out here?" Piper couldn't reply her head was ringing too much.
"Parker?" Flash sounded almost concerned. Then there was a squelching noise and they both looked around and spotted a slimy thing crawling up the side of the building. It hissed and grew reaching out towards them. Flash pushed her in front of him.
"Take the nerd! She's bite sized!" The creature hissed loudly and Piper dove to the side expecting Flash to do the same. The quarterback was a bit slower than she was though. The black mass of ooze wrapped around Flash as he screamed. His scream turned into a shrieking hiss as he snarled at Piper. She jumped avoiding a stretched out arm that tried to snatch her up. The thing that had been Flash snarled again smashing enlarged fists down into the deck. The whole thing shook and the sounds of the party stopped. Piper straightened back up as the thing hissed again and lunged. She tried to dodge but it swung out at her catching her in the side and sending her flying through a window back into the party. She landed hard, pieces of shattered glass cutting into her hands as she tried to pull herself up. The thing crawled into the room lumbering and hissing as it went. One of the boys in the party helped Piper to her feet. The thing that had been Flash roared tendrils reaching up and shattering the lights. Screams filled the room and in the confusion Piper managed to slip off into the bathroom and change into her spare costume. She always kept one on her usually hidden in a secret compartment in her backpack. She slipped back out into the living room, climbing up the wall. She heard Harry calling out for her, for Piper. Eddie seemed to have been swept off in the crowd of panicking teens.
"I'm right behind you! Go!" The last guest save MJ who was standing by the doors with Harry ran out, pausing to give Harry her number. Ava pushed MJ out the door and Luke and Danny grabbed Harry and dragged him bodily out of the apartment despite his protests. Piper leapt down from the wall landing in front of the creature.
"I'll only say this once, let the jock go slimy!" The creature hissed and swung its arms out at Spidey who dodged, leaping upwards avoiding the snaking tendrils by inches.
"I think it likes you webs!" Nova floated in through the window and stood next to Spider-girl. The thing hissed and swung at Nova instead hissing violently.
"I think it likes you better bucket head." Nova rolled his eyes and shoved Spidey back a bit.
"I got this!" Neither of them noticed the black sludge detaching itself from Flash until it was lunging for Nova. He tried to shoot at it but missed and screamed as it wrapped around him. For a moment, he hung in the air hands glowing black ooze still shifting. Then the thing that had been Nova hissed and snarled at her and Spider-girl leapt aside as enlarged glowing fists swung at her.
"The heck did I ever do to you? I mean I kinda get Nova being mad at me cause he thinks I took his place as leader of the team but it sounded like there was an issue with him being leader anyway." Piper dodged another blow and leapt out of the window. The thing that had been Nova followed.
"Seriously this might normally be fun. Nova could use a good takedown in the ego department. But seriously this way it just isn't fair." She was trying to buy time. She needed to figure out what this thing was. Not a robot this time. Definitely organic, jumping from host to host. A symbiote then. She leapt up the wall shooting a line and swinging up to the roof. It followed her, like she'd guessed it would. It seemed fixated but she had no idea why. The others burst out onto the roof as Nova, actually him this time screamed.
"Get it off me!" He was bent double fighting the symbiote that was trying to take hold of him again. White Tiger turned to Spider-girl.
"How do we get rid of that thing without hurting Nova?" Spidey shrugged.
"My irresistible comedic banter has had no effect. That's all I've got." Piper couldn't see Ava's face but she could practically hear the condescending eyebrow raise. Luke rolled his eyes and raced forward.
"Kidding! Don't touch it! It'll stick to you!" Luke yanked the goo off Nova.
"Not if you touch it hard enough!" He tried to shake off the goo, punch it but it crept up his arms. Danny cried out watching his best friend engulfed in the goop. The now possessed Power-man ripped a large metal structure off the roof. Piper had to think on her feet. A symbiotic relationship, seeming to attach to the host via contact creating a nearly parasitic bond. Easiest way to get it off was to break the bond. Looked like the electro webs were going to come in handy after all.
"Alright slimy. I gave you your chance, time to take you down!" Piper snapped her wrist forwards shooting a web at Power-man. It struck him right in the chest and Piper pressed her wrist backwards just a touch more activating the electro webbing function. Electricity coursed through Power-man and the symbiote. The black goop started to drop off him as he wobbled.
"Come on Power-man, that's like static cling to you. Shake it off." The symbiote reformed around him and snarled at Spider-girl. Grabbing the metal structure it flung it across the roof. Piper barely managed to dodge it but it went sailing over the edge of the building.
"Aw schnitzel." Piper dove after the structure. She shot a few webs at it, tangling it in her webbing and just managing to catch it before it would have squashed MJ and Harry flat.
"That's right kids, your party favor tonight is not getting squashed into pancake-dom! Though I'd appreciate you moving, this thing is really heavy." MJ and Harry ran out of the way and Piper set down the large chunk of metal before scaling the building again. She reached the roof just in time to see Iron Fist lunging at the creature.
"Has no one heard of a long-distance attack!?" Iron Fist slammed said fist into Power-man's chest and the symbiote flew off leaping after Danny.
"Great Iron Fist! Keep it busy! We'll find a way to contain it!" But just as she said it the symbiote caught Danny around the ankle and yanked him down covering him starting with his feet.
"I can hear its thoughts. They… They're confused. Spider-girl. It wants… You?" Danny barely managed to finish his sentence before the thing overtook him completely screeching at Spider-girl who was gaping at the creature.
"Only one problem with that. I was kinda planning on being me for the rest of my life." Piper dodged and shot a web into the creature's eyes. It hissed and slammed its fists at her. She slipped past it and it hissed again. Then its hand began to glow. Iron Fist punched downwards shaking off the symbiote with a loud cry.
"Get out!" A wave of black goop began to head for White Tiger. It was Piper's turn to snarl.
"That's it! You're not hurting anyone else on this team! You want me creepy. Come get me!" She held out her arms and felt the goop wrap around her. Her vision went black and she felt darkness close in on her. Whispers echoed from the darkness.
'Never good enough. Public menace. Your fault your uncle died. Everyone you care about dies, because of you. Alone forever. Going to lose them too. Weren't good enough to protect Harry. Won't ever be good enough. You will fail no matter what you do. Better off gone!' She fell to her knees as the negative emotions overwhelmed her. An unknown voice echoed in her ears.
'Distilled aggression, pure Venom.' A silent scream fell from her lips as she fell into the blackness.