Spider Venom: War
Spider looked at Trevor with anger, he couldn't believe he had gone behind his back in order to meet with someone to try and get help to bring Spider Man down, now everyone would know he had been beaten, that he wasn't strong enough to defeat him on his own. He wanted to punch Trevor right now, so very much, he had embarrassed him, though he was angry at the fact he admitted to himself he did indeed need help to fight Spidey, he had that leather clad woman helping him, strangely she was able to fight it seemed. Though she didn't seem like she was on decent terms with the hero, it almost seemed like Spidey was irritated by her presence, maybe he could exploit that? It didn't matter now anyway, as this Shocker was going to be the main source of help now, not planning on conquering one of the two people that caused his embarrassment.
"We need to come up with an idea, is there somewhere we can talk that isn't so open?" Trevor said calmly, Shocker nodded, throwing his hand to the side, one of the three gang men opened a cellar door, Shocker went down first, the three men waited at the top, as if guarding the entrance to this den type place, Trevor hadn't even noticed the place during the day, Spider stopped Trevor with a hand placed on his arm, he looked at the black suited man. Spider went ahead, in case it was a trap of some sort, despite the signs saying it wasn't a trap, in his experience taking a chance wasn't worth it, so he lowered into the cloudy underground room, it was stuffy with smoke, weed, tobacco, smell of musky sweat, clearly this was a meeting point for more than just a few people, as the size was surprising, there were several rooms each with there own door to stop prying eyes.
Shocker walked through an paint peeling door, to enter into a fairly large room, with a few leather chairs, a leather couch, all in fair condition, at the edge of the room was a beaten desk with a lamp atop, a few pieces of paper, but the most notable thing was the wardrobe beside the desk and the blueprints of a building, Trevor was able to make out a single word 'Bank'. "Have a seat." Shocker said calmly, his voice was thick and rough, even more so than Spider's, truthfully Trevor was far more nervous being in the presence of this man than he was being near Spider, even when he was angry and choked him, this Shocker character was intimidating, he exuded anger. The guests took a seat each facing the masked menace as he placed his arms down with a heavy clonk against the wood of his desk. "Do either of you have a plan on how to take down Spidey?" came a strong irritated voice behind his mask, even saying his name angered him, Trevor leaned back, quietly just wanting to be as far away from this man as possible. "I say we go to a bank, rob the place. One of us lay ambush, wait for him to show up and then rip him apart together." Shocker spoke with frightening severity, he wanted to literally see Spidey's insides sprawled across the sidewalk, a truly sickening thought to Trevor, he imagined just beating the hero to a pulp not to kill him. But he feared saying anything to disagree with this man, as he was seemingly insane. "It sounds like a solid plan. I take it you've already got a plan to rob the bank in place." Spider replied with his icy calm, Shocker gave a roaring laugh "Of course, I didn't have the required man power to pull it off till now though. Granted I am putting a fair bit of faith in your abilities. Your goon here seems to be confident in your abilities." Shocker said, not caring that he used a derogative term to describe Trevor, Spider simply nodded, not stopping to defend the man, it was a minor thing, and he quickly deduced that not keeping calm and agreeing with Shocker meant you'd have to be prepared to defend yourself, clearly he was a quick tempered psychopath. "Very well, it seems like we have a plan. When do we put it into action?" he sunk in his leather chair as he waited for the response, Trevor looked to his side, trying to see how Spider really felt about the situation, he didn't seem happy, but it was obviously hard to tell since he had a mask on, though his body language wasn't relaxed, though he couldn't tell if that was because he was angry or if it was simply because of their company, truthfully he found himself unable to relax when sitting so close to a violent maniac.
"We'll do this plan in two days time. I need to do some finalisation on a few things, so that will give me enough time. There is a building across the bank that you can wait on the roof of, lay in wait for Spidey on that. The robbing will happen at two o'clock in the afternoon exactly, be sure you're in position then." Shocker's voice was that same threatening tone, as if he was talking to his lackeys, Spider simply took the insult though, knowing the chances he could get himself and Trevor out of his den with all his men around unscathed was impossible, so he had to continue to be insulted, now he wanted to punch Trevor more than ever as now he had to work with this insufferable man. "Okay, we'll see you then." Spider said simply, stating it, as he stood Shocker nodded, respecting him a little, a man that wanted to go up against Spidey had his respect, though he hadn't seen him in action, so it was a possibility that he was all talk instead of being what he represented, a tough strong individual that could handle himself in a fight. Though Shocker himself was able to handle himself, but that didn't help him against Spidey, he had been defeated multiple times, so he needed to do something that would mean he could get his revenge, or at least the money.
Once the two left the den and were out of earshot of the gangsters Spider turned to Trevor ager filled his voice, "How the hell could you do that?! Don't you know you could've been skinned alive out there on your own?! Not to mention making it obvious to everyone around here that I can't do this on my own!" his fists clenched tightly into balls as he recalled recently the meeting with Shocker, now the embarrassment that others know of his weakness, not to mention how Trevor must perceive him as someone who needed someone else's help. "I did it because you need help! I can't stand around and watch you become some husk of a man because of Spider Man, I want to see him stopped by you, no one else. But if you're going to constantly go after him on your own and fail then what kind of existence are you living?! You need to stop him, period, now you can defeat him with Shockers help, we both know this, so why not just take the opportunity to do it?!" Trevor asked inquisitively, not understanding Spider's anger on the matter. "I wanted to do this on my own, to prove to myself I could be the one to defeat him. Now that you've taken that from me I feel betrayed!" it was strange, but he had opened up to Trevor, using being such a closed off individual he couldn't stand his own weakness in being able to hide his feelings, so instead of fighting anymore he slung himself and swung off. Trevor was left dumbfounded, not realising till now what he had done, maybe he had betrayed him "I just wanted you to be happy..." he mumbled to himself as Spider was gone in the darkness of the night, his black suit coupled with his silent manoeuvres meant he had disappeared almost instantly.
So he went back to Spider's hideout, feeling low about himself, Spider did have a point, though it wasn't a point he was glad about, he understood wanting to prove to others, but more than anything to prove to yourself you could achieve something, now that he had taken that aspect away, it was going to feel like a hollow victory more than anything.
Hours passed and Trevor was restless, not a single moment passed where his mind was occupied with the thoughts of his lover and friend. He was sitting on his chair, when suddenly he heard a slight clink above his head, his neck craned to try and see what it was, it came where Spider's nest was, so naturally he thought it was him, "Spider?" he called out quietly, a little scared that he was still mad with him. "Yeah it's me!" called back a drunk sounding Spider, a shattering bottle was heard not far from Trevor, shards of glass hit Trevor, luckily though there wasn't enough force for it to cause any real damage. "Hey! You know what?! Fuck you Spider! I just wanted to help, and if this is how you're going to react when I try to then maybe I should go back to the outside world and leave you here in your fucking den by yourself!" Trevor felt his own fists clenching in rage, he had waited hours, worried sick about his friend, now he returned drunk and throwing bottles at him. The black suited man jumped down, albeit a little clumsily as he stumbled a little as he hit the ground, "I like this side of you." said Spider seductively, Trevor wasn't in the mood though, not with a drunk Spider at least, "Go away, you stink of alcohol." Trevor pushed the man back, Spider fell back onto the ground, landing on the glass, a scream of pain was heard as he punched the ground, Trevor looked on in shock and horror before kneeling down to help "Jesus I'm sorry I didn't mean to!" his arm wrapped around his waist, Spider was too drunk to even complain as he was helped to his feet, he took him to his bed and laid him on his front. Trevor rushed to the where he kept the aid kit, which judging by the extensive scars on Spider's body was usually well stocked. He took some antiseptics out, a suture kit some gauze and tweezers then took it over to him, "Take your top off so I can help you." he tried to keep calm despite panicking inside, though it was more adrenaline than panic at this point. Spider in his drunken state didn't put up any fight, simply taking off his top, then flopping back down, his back had pieces of broken glass sticking out of his skin. Trevor used the tweezers to pick out the glass shards, dropped them on the table beside the bed, tipped some of the antiseptic liquid onto the gauze and dabbed it on the open wound, Spider didn't complain, just made a wincing sound and let Trevor continue. Then he took the suture kit and stitched up the larger cuts, though there wasn't anything terrible to stitch up, needless to say Trevor wasn't particularly good at stitching, so it wasn't very comfortable for Spider, nor Trevor for that matter. "Sorry I suck at this, I've never done it before." no reply came from Spider however as he was utterly passed out, from the alcohol as well as being in pain, Trevor took a moment to realise he had passed out. Once he was done with the kit he put what spares he had back into the first aid box, walking back he stopped, staring at Spider, quietly he contemplated something, "Should I?" he asked himself, wondering if he should remove Spider's mask to see what he looked like, taking a daring step forward he moved another step, then another closer to him, before stopping right in front of him. His hand reached down, fingers roamed across the skin of his neck before going underneath the material of his mask, though when he was about to unmask him he pulled his hand back, he couldn't do it, not yet, not without Spider revealing his face to him willingly, he had already betrayed him once today, even if it was unknowingly, this would be a betrayal he could avoid, he did want Spider to be happy, he didn't want to lose sight of that. "When you're ready, you'll show me your face." maybe he was ashamed of what his own face represented? Trevor smiled, kissed his back as he sat down on his chair and contemplated why Spider clung to his mask so fiercely, there was a reason, and to unmask him would be a betrayal of the worst kind to Spider, he couldn't do that to him, he cared too much for the man. He thought about Spider for a while, before his thoughts turned to the future, about the events that would be happening soon, Shocker, Spider Man, a bank robbery, all involved Spider and himself, the possibilities and outcomes were too many to comprehend.