A Different Path, A Different Life

Reunited And It Feels So Good!

Hi guys! I'm on a roll! Two chapters in one day!

Ravencroft Sanatorium

Eddie POV

"Brock, you have a visitor." the guard said, opening my cell door. "Visitor?" I asked. I didn't know who would be visiting, considering my family had basically told me they never wanted to see me again, and I didn't have many close friends besides the symbiote. Maybe a lawyer? Or someone from the Daily Bugle?

"Eddie Brock?" a voice asked, and a young woman with long brown hair wearing a black jacket walked into my cell. "Hello." I said, standing up. "Do I know you?" "You don't recognize us, Eddie?" the woman asked in a soft voice. I was so shocked, I couldn't respond. Could it be…? Hope filled me for the first time in many weeks. She smiled. "How about now?" Something leapt off of her so fast that it was nothing more then a black blur, launching itself at me and covering me completely. I felt the familiar warmth of the bonding process and a comforting presence entered my mind. "Eddie, I've missed you so much." My precious symbiote had returned!

Venom POV(so we instead of I will be used)

The sound of an alarm snapped us back to the real world. The young woman which the symbiote identified as Leslie was lying dazed on the ground. Her features, and clothing had changed since she had arrived, and her hair color had lightened a few shades. We knelt down and asked, "Leslie, are you all right?" She groaned, than sat up. "Ouch… You couldn't have given me a little more warning? That felt like someone had covered me in sticky tape from head to toe then suddenly yanked it off!" "Sorry." we said sheepishly. Guards rushed into the cell and we pushed them out of the way, scooping up Leslie and keeping her face hidden from them. Dr. Kafka came running up to us. "Do you believe us now, Doctor?" we asked. She gasped. "Is that you, Eddie?" "Yes…and no." we told her. "We are Venom now…and always." We shifted Leslie to one arm, punched a hole in the cell wall, and jumped to the ground. "Eddie, don't go!" Doctor Kafka called after us. We rolled our eyes. Yeah right.

"You know, you could have used the door." Leslie grumbled. "And dealt with more guards, security systems, and weapons all while carrying you?" we pointed out. She sighed. "Okay, okay, you're right." We ran off the property of the sanatorium and kept running until we reached an abandoned alleyway. After checking to make sure no one had followed us, we put Leslie down. "Thank you…for everything." we told her. Leslie smiled. "You're welcome. Now you two stay together. I don't need another adventure like that again." "We have a question. Why did you do this for us, even with all the risks involved?" Leslie took a few minutes to answer. "A few years ago, my little brother was abducted from the parking lot of his school. He was only twelve years old. We don't know if he's dead or alive. It was a school parking lot, so people were there, but no one helped. When your symbiote came up to me for help yesterday, he reminded me of my little brother. I couldn't let what happened to me happen to either of you two.

"We're sorry about your little brother. If there's anything we can do, like search for leads or anything, let us know." "I will." she replied. We were quiet for a few moments. "Where will you go?" she asked. "Honestly, we don't know." we confessed. "We'll need to change states, maybe even Eddie's name. Eddie Brock is a wanted man here. We hope they didn't notice your face when we escaped. We don't want you to get arrested for aiding and abetting a criminal." Leslie shrugged. "I doubt they will. Your symbiote camouflaged me when we went into Ravencroft to get you, and I'm pretty sure they either thought you were kidnapping me or just didn't see my sudden change in appearance because they were looking at YOUR sudden change in appearance. No offense, but your change was way scarier." We chuckled. "None taken."

"I'll be fine, boys. Or boy and symbiote, or.. Never mind, this is confusing enough. Goodbye. I'm sure I'll see you again. Oh, and by the way can you do me a favor?" "Sure. What?" we replied. "If you see my traitorous boyfriend, punch his lights out. Seriously, to leave me in such a potentially dangerous situation…If you had eaten my brain, I would have haunted his ass." We blinked. "Okay…We'll do that if we see him. Goodbye, Leslie."

Leslie left, and we decided it was time to head our own way. We switched back into our human form, using our symbiotic half's abilities to change our appearance into that of a dark-haired man with a slightly different facial structure. This should keep us from getting arrested and/or separated again until we could figure out something more permanent. With that, we headed to find a place to stay for the night.

If you guys are confused about Leslie's change in appearance as well as Eddie's, I can explain. In the comics, it said one of the Venom symbiote's abilities to be able to change it's host's appearance, even letting the host become invisible at times. Venom and Leslie's plan was to go into Ravencroft saying she was a college friend of Eddie's, and she needed to change her appearance so she wouldn't get caught and arrested afterwards. And once the symbiote removed itself and Leslie's appearance returned to normal, between Venom's own change, which pretty much had the police's eyes on them, and them getting her out there quickly, they didn't get a glimpse of her real face. And even if they had, they probably thought that she was being controlled/brainwashed. Please review! If anything doesn't make sense, let me know and I'll change it.