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Truth and New Start

*Peter's place*

Peter held Kitty's hand gently as he got his self-prepared to speak to her about the depression he has gone through. He knew how tough it would be, but he also knew that he trusts Kitty and loves her enough to open up about his feelings.

Peter then takes a deep breath and goes into explaining, "Over the past months, I haven't been truly myself mentally and emotionally. I have been thinking that I was giving high power but have not lived up to the responsibility, and because of that, I lost Uncle Ben. Then there's the hurt that I keep feeling that it's because of me I lost Gwen, if I just would have made to her faster she would have been alive now. Of course, over time it didn't get better with M.j and me breaking up all over me being Spiderman."

He continues as he tries to fight back his tears with Kitty holding his hands tighter, "It's now to the point where I feel like since I became Spider-man, someone close to me dies or doesn't want me in their life. There are even times where I want to stop being the hero and just live a normal life, that way I won't hurt others around me, yet I couldn't live with the fact that people could die when I could have saved them especially I would be disappointing Uncle Ben for running from my responsibility."

At this point of venting, Peter couldn't fight back his tears as he kept revealing what he has felt on the inside, "I honestly felt I was alone, and I hated that lonely feeling, but I felt that it was the best way to keep my friends and family away from me not having to deal with losing them. I know I still have Aunt May, but I know she can't take care of me forever, I also know I have friends like Johnny but I'm pretty sure he couldn't relate to how I feel and the thought of The Fantastic 4 losing a member because of me something I wouldn't be able to deal with. Ultimately, I would like a relationship with someone who could help me overcome what I been dealing with, but as my aunt told me, you can't be happy with someone if you aren't happy with yourself which I wasn't."

Kitty was beyond shock from hearing everything that just came out of Peter's mouth. She never had a clue he had these feelings inside since they had gone a long time without actually talking to each other, but she also knew Peter would always joke around as Spider-man, so it made him hard to read at times. Realizing that it was more than just the breakup, Kitty curses herself for not checking up on him more as a good friend should do, even with him being with Mary Jane then that was not an excuse to not be there for him.

Kitty then spoke to a red-eyed Peter with a lovely voice, "Petey I'm so so sorry that I didn't know about this sooner. Losing people, you care about really does take a toll on a person, not just a hero, and it sucks that a good man like you had to deal with all that by yourself."

She did hold Peter's face in her hand to comfort him saying, "You don't have to go through anything alone, you got friends and family that care about you, most importantly you got me not just as a friend but as your girlfriend as well. You mean so much to me and I will be that girl that helps and supports you when you need me to."

Peter looked into her eyes and said, "I'm happy that you are back in my life, you help put a smile on my face ever since we met back up which I appreciate it. I love you too Katherine Pryde".

Kitty gave him a look and responded playfully, "Um that Kitty to you Bug-Boy Hehe."

Peter laughed at that and joked back, "My bad, I mean Ms. Shadow-cat haha."

Kitty with a flirty look only said, "Just kiss me my amazing Spider-man."

After saying that they both leaned in and kissed each, as they kiss it grew more passionately with Kitty softly moans while Peter squeezes butt gently. After a few mins, they stopped to catch their breath and held each other as they thought about what happened today.

"You know Petey; I believe we owe M.j an apology for the way we acted," Kitty told Peter with a grave look on her face.

Peter shook his head in agreement," Funny I was thinking the same thing. I wanted her to feel the hurt she causes me, but that doesn't make me any better if I stoop down to her level, but I think we should wait a few days to let her cool off since you did kind of went off on her physically haha."

"Yeaaa about that, I'm also thinking because I need to keep control of my anger some and now that we are dating I believe that we need to start getting advice from the log..." Kitty couldn't finish saying the full name without Peter interrupting her.

"NEGATIVE!" Peter shouted knowing where she was going with the conversation!

"Why not, we both are close to him in a way, and he had lived long enough to experience the stuff we have gone through." Kitty was trying to convince him with an innocent tone.

Peter responds, "And I knew him long enough to know that he will GUT ME (in Logan's voice) if he finds out we are dating again for I'm pretty sure he didn't like me leaving you for M.J like that."

"That was in the past baby, I'm sure he's not still holding that against you, and I won't let him touch hurt you. Besides you already know he's going to find out and give us the "talk" anyways so we might as well get that over with." Kitty said with comfort hoping, to convince Peter to go along with for if anyway from a guy's point of view can help him it would be Wolverine "for he is The best there is and well we know the rest."

Peter knew she was right despite the negatives about Logan; he could always count on him when it came to serious stuff.

"Alright babe we will go talk to him but if charges at me you better phase me away from his attack alright?" He asks her in a joking tone.

She laughs at him, "Hehe I got you, Petey."

With that, they head to bed together after a long day of revealing emotions and comfort.

*Elsewhere in New York*

After getting her self-fix up from the beating she got from Kitty, Mary Jane was laying down in her bed feeling upset and hurt about what happened today between her, Peter, and his girlfriend.

"I can't believe he let that tramp attack me like that and why did he seem so upset seeing me when I didn't do anything wrong?! Just because I want him to stop being Spiderman and take me back that gave him no right to snap at me the way he did!"

Little did she know, due to being blind by her anger, a black substance found its way into her house waiting for the opportunity to strike.

"GRRRR this is too much for me now, I should just sleep it off and hope for a better day tomorrow," M.J said as she forces herself to sleep even though she still was upset about what happened. With M.J fast asleep, this gave the black substance a chance to take control of her as it started to attach its self to her feeding off the angry emotion she was feeling and soon was able to enter her mind.

*MJ Mindscape*

Suddenly, Mary Jane found her self-waking up to somewhere that was not her room; it looked like being inside a sewer with dark cobwebs everywhere.

"Well well look who decided to wake up," said a voice. MJ looked around to see a shadow like a figure who in a way had the same body form as her.

"W-who are you? Where am I?" MJ asked.

"You are in a place which you humans call their mindscape. And, I am a Symbiote but have given myself the name Venom."

As soon as she heard the word "Venom," she gasps as she remembers her classmate Eddie Brock being under control by the black suit that made him become Venom who almost exposed Peter's secret identity and threaten her.

"What do you want from me? I'm acutely aware of who you are, and I don't want any part with you!" She told Venom out of fear.

"Tsk Tsk, why live with what happens in the past, for all I want to do is help you" Venom responded with an evil smile.

"What could I possibly need help with that you could help me with?" M.J asks feeling the anger she felt earlier.

Venom goes on to explain his purpose to her, "Well it seems that we have a fit of certain jealousy in common, for you see I too rejected by Peter Parker even though I was able to give him power and boldness while you could make him happy and made him feel like a man. Sadly, he cast us to the side. So now I'm offering you my service to help get payback."

Mary Jane was shocked by what she heard, part of her could relate to how Venom got rejected and wanted payback, but the other part of her didn't want to physically hurt Peter even though he deserves revenge due to him refusing to get back with her.

"Now dear, we are in your mindscape so I can feel and hear your inner thoughts, I know you're conflicted but don't you at least want to get payback on his new girlfriend for making you look weak, pathetic, and not worth Peter's time?" Venom was using M.J's blind anger to play mind games with her which seem to work for she wanted to hurt Kitty more than Peter.

"You know what, you have a point. I would love nothing more to get Peter back, and the best way to do that is to beat the hell out of his no good for nothing girlfriend. Okay, Venom I will take you on that deal, but I want to have control not you got it!?" M.j says agreeing to work with Venom.

Venom then grew an evil smile knowing that she doesn't understand how once he gets her as a host, the longer he stays with her, the harder it will be for her to separate herself from him.

"But of course my dear, you know I believe this is the start of a beautiful bonding" Venom said as his shadow figure form began to cover her body, giving her a new costume for the birth of Symbiote Mary Jane was born!

TBC