Chapter 16: Recovery.
"I've never seen such a potent venom before." Recovery Girl says while standing beside the bed that your unconscious body is lying on. The top half of your costume has been unzipped so that Recovery Girl can examine the bite wound on your right shoulder. She leans over to get a closer look at the bite: a semicircle of one inch deep puncture marks on both the front and back of your shoulder. The area around the wounds is immensely swollen and the skin is starting to turn from an angry red to a dark purplish-black. "This venom seems to be completely resistant to my healing abilities."
"Is there anything you can do, Recovery Girl?" Toshinori asks, running a hand through your sweat drenched (h/c) hair.
"Without an antivenin...no. The venom is coursing through her veins faster than my quirk can heal her." Tears appear in the corners of Toshinori's eyes, "Did you say that she's survived a previous bite?" Toshinori just nods, "Then there's a good chance that she will survive this one."
You manage to regain consciousness and slightly crack open your eyes. "Tosh...inori?"
"I'm here, (Y/N)." You mutter something, very softly, under your breath. "What is it, (Y/N), my love?"
You motion for him to come closer and he bends down closer to your face. You quickly move to kiss the tip of his nose. "Gotcha nose!" You shout in delirium caused by your fever induced state. There's a sharp, shooting pain throughout your entire body and you close your eyes as you groan in pain. "Oh, I shouldn't have done that...I should not have done that."
Toshinori cups your left cheek, "Save your strength, my dear."
It feels as though every nerve in your body is on fire and it's taking every ounce of your self-restraint to keep yourself from screaming. You're struggling just to stay conscious. All of a sudden, your eyes roll back and your body begins to jerk uncontrollably.
Toshinori is alarmed, "Recovery Girl!"
"She's having a seizure. I need you to stay calm and roll her on to her side." The short grey haired woman tells the slightly frantic man while moving to place another pillow under your head. Toshinori takes a deep breath then gently rolls you over on your left side. She looks over at the clock, "Good. Hopefully it doesn't last long."
After a minute your body stops seizing and you fall back into blissful unconsciousness. Toshinori starts to run his hands gently through your sweaty, matted hair again. There's a knock on the infirmary door and Toshinori stops running his hand through your hair and transforms into his hero form. "Come in," Recovery Girl calls out and the door opens.
Aizawa enters the room and points over his shoulder with his thumb at Eddie. "I found him near the entrance. He says he's the only one who can help Red Force."
Recovery Girl looks at Eddie in confusion, "You have the antivenin?"
"Sort of," Eddie replies and tries to walk into the room, but Aizawa blocks his way.
"Sort of? You can't expect us to let you near Red Force with an answer like that. Tell us exactly how you plan to help her." Aizawa says folding his arms over his chest.
Eddie tilts his head as if he's listening to something, "No, V, don't. We can solve this without biting anyone's head off. I just need a little time to talk to them."
"Time is something that our Nibble is running out of, Eddie. We don't have time for this! If he won't move out of our way, we will move him ourselves!" A black oil-like substance begins to cover Eddie's body. Aizawa grabs the ends of his scarf and prepares to activate his quirk. When the transformation is complete, Venom is now towering above the grumpy, sleep deprived teacher. He reaches out and grabs Aizawa's left collarbone and half of his neck with a massive clawed hand.
"Holy shit," Aizawa activates his erasure quirk, but to his utter shock, Venom is completely unaffected.
Venom bares his teeth in a wicked grin at Aizawa, "It is a testament to our unending mercy that we do not bite your head off right here and now."
"That's enough!" All Might snaps, "This is neither the time nor the place. Venom, can you really help (Y/N)?"
The giant symbiote releases Aizawa, "We cured her the last time we bit her, we can cure her again. Nibble's fever may last for a few more days, but she'll live."
All Might nods his head, "Then go ahead and do whatever you have to do to make her better."
Aizawa looks over at All Might, "Are you sure about this, All Might?"
Venom literally picks the smaller man up and moves him to the side before moving towards the bed that you're on. Recovery Girl walks over to stand beside Aizawa. "This is the only option we have, Aizawa-san. I cannot heal her...the venom is destroying her body faster than my quirk can heal it."
Venom stops beside your bed and holds his hand over your chest. The black oil-like substance that is the alien symbiote begins to leave Eddie's body and disappears into your body. All Might's, Aizawa's, and Recovery Girl's brows all furrow, "What just happened? Did you just transfer your quirk to her?"
Eddie shakes his head, "Venom is doing what he can to heal her. Look," he nods at your unconscious body and All Might, Aizawa, and Recovery Girl watches in amazement as the bite wound on your shoulder slowly heals.
"Nibble is in worse shape than we thought, Eddie. There's a bunch of chemicals in her body making her infertile."
"Chemicals? Making her infertile?" It then dawns on Eddie exactly what Venom is talking about. "Dude, that's from her birth control, leave it alone."
Venom chuckles, "Too late."
Recovery Girl says, "In all my years I've never seen a quirk like this."
"Tokoyami's Dark Shadow is similar to Venom only it can't be transferred to someone else." Aizawa states.
"We should tell them, Eddie. We can trust them."
Eddie rubs the back of his head, "Are you sure, V?"
"Yes, Nibble trusts them and we trust Nibble. Besides if they reveal our secret we will reveal to the world his."
All the conscious humans in the room look confused, "What are you talking about, V?"
Venom's head emerges from your chest on a long thick strand and surprises the three U.A. teachers. "Nibble's mate is dying."
Eddie is stunned, "All Might is dying?! How can you tell?"
Venom's long tongue emerges from his mouth, "I can smell it. He's missing his stomach and his respiratory system is irreparable."
All Might begins violently coughing up blood in his shock and loses his hold on his hero form. Steam fills the room and when it clears Toshinori is standing there with his hero costume hanging off of his skeletal frame. Eddie's eyes widen, "Damn..."
Toshinori wipes the blood away from his mouth with the sleeve of his costume. "Please don't tell anybody about this Mr. Brock."
"Hey, don't worry about it. I have an alien parasite living inside my body that needs to eat people's brains to survive. So I know a thing or two about keeping a secret."
"I AM NOT A PARASITE! APOLOGIZE! NOW!" Venom snarls, getting in Eddie's face and baring his fangs.
Eddie chuckles, "Well, you do require a host to survive and eat their organs if they don't feed you...So, yeah, you're kinda..."
Venom forces your body to stand up from the bed then starts to envelope you. You are now standing in front of Eddie as a femaleversion of Venom; you stand at 7 foot 6, covered in a black oil like substance, and you now have a temporary left arm. Venom bends down to snap her jaws in Eddie's face, "APOLOGIZE!!"
All Might and Aizawa both take a step back in surprise while Recovery Girl's eyebrows shoot upwards towards her hairline. "Okay, okay. I'm sorry that I called you the p-word, V. Now will you get out of (Y/N) before you do more harm than good?"
Venom disappears back into your body, leaving you standing there confused. "Uh, did I miss something?" You ask, looking at Eddie who is standing in front of you then to your right at Toshinori and finally to your left at Aizawa and Recovery Girl.
Eddie sighs, "Come on, V. You know that's not what I meant."
Venom emerges from your back to nuzzle your cheek. "Our Nibble."
You chuckle, "Hello, Venom." You stroke underneath his jaw causing the symbiote to purr loudly. "You bit me again, didn't you?"
"You pissed us off when we couldn't beat you, so we used our venom to weaken you. You should feel honored...it's not very often that we have to use our venom to weaken our opponent."
Toshinori approaches you, "How are feeling, my dear?"
You smile at him, "I feel overheated, so I'm pretty sure I still have a fever. But other than that I feel fine, so I should be able to teach the rest of my classes."
"Oh no, you don't," Recovery Girl says. "You're staying here until your fever breaks, Red Force."
You look at the much smaller, older woman in amusement. You say jokingly, "What, and deprive the children of my wonderful wit and knowledge?"
Aizawa sighs, "I will speak with some of the other teachers about filling in for you until Recovery Girl releases you."
You frown slightly, "I'll be fine. I can teach the rest of my classes for today. I only have two more: classes 2-A and 3-A."
"(Y/N), please stay here and rest. At least until your temperature goes down." Toshinori says and goes to cup your right cheek with his left hand.
Venom snarls and snaps at Toshinori's hand. Toshinori quickly pulls his hand back. Black tendrils wrap around your arm and legs and force you away from Toshinori. "Mine."
You see Toshinori tense and his eyes narrow. You turn your head towards Venom's, "Hey, V? Are you hungry?"
Venom's head begins to bounce up and down in excitement. "Starving."
"Well, why don't you and Eddie go back to my apartment and make yourselves chocolate covered tater tots and chicken nuggets?"
"Are they the dinosaur shaped chicken nuggets?"
"Of course. I know how much you love those."
Suddenly, Venom shoots from your body over to Eddie's, disappearing into his chest. "Let's go, Eddie! Dinosaur chicken nuggets! We can make a pile of bodies and a pile of heads."
Aizawa puts his hands in his pockets and walks towards the door to the infirmary. "I'll lead you out of the school." He walks over to the closed door.
"Thank you, Caterpillar-san." Aizawa sighs at your nickname for him.
"I guess we'll see you later back at your place. Don't forget...you and All Might each owe me an interview." Eddie tells you before turning and following Aizawa out of the room.
When they're gone, you turn to face Toshinori who is frowning at you. "You said that you would be careful."
You give him a big goofy smile, "Everything turned out just fine, Sunflower-kun. No harm, no foul, right?" Recovery Girl all of a sudden hits your right shin with her giant needle. "Ow! What was that for?"
"For winding up in my infirmary on your first day at U.A.! Just like your nephew! You better not end up being a regular like him as well."
"Dahahaha! I can't promise you that I won't, Granny-chan, but I'll at least try."
She sighs and starts to walk away, "Just like Midoriya...it must run in the family."
You laugh before turning your attention to Toshinori once again. "Aw, Toshi-kun...Don't be mad," you move closer to him and wrap your arm around his waist. "I'll stay here until my temperature goes down if it will put that beautiful smile back on your handsome face."
He smiles at you and wraps his own arms around you. "Thank you. Now that Eddie knows about my true form, I think I'll take you up on your offer to stay with you for the rest of the week."
Your smile widens, "Are you feeling a bit possessive of me, Toshi?"
His gorgeous blue eyes meet your own (e/c) orbs. "After Venom's behavior? A little."
You stand on your toes in order to place a gentle kiss on his lips while pressing your body against his. "That's kind of a turn on." Toshinori turns his head to the side and blood flies from his mouth from his surprise.
You sway slightly on your feet and before you know what's really happening, you find yourself being lifted bridal style into Toshinori's arms. He walks over to the bed that you were lying on before and puts you down. He kisses your forehead, "Get some more rest, (N/N)-chan, and maybe Recovery Girl will give you the all clear to at least teach your 3-A class." You pout slightly causing him to chuckle, "I'm going to go and find Izuku to tell him that you're okay. I'm sure that he's been very worried about you. We all were, my dear."
You yawn then grin at him, "You're not going to be rid of me that easily, Toshi-kun. You're stuck with me now because I don't plan on ever letting you go."
A/N: I kinda got carried away with this chapter. Originally, I only planned for Venom to make a small appearance in this chapter, but the antihero always seems to be able to make his way into the spotlight. However, this chapter is the last appearance of Venom...at least for now. The next chapter is going to be a bonus lemon chapter for Valentine's Day. It's not necessary to read so anyone who wants to skip it can.Thank you all for leaving comments! They really keep me motivated!
