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Realizing they are not camouflage, Kyle was annoyed more than terrified at the moment, he asked in a surprisingly calm tone.

"Hey is there any reason why you stopped camouflaging?" Kyle muttered under his breath

*Is there a reason why you saved that scumbag?* Venom asked both confused and curious.

"I don't know, it was a spur of the moment decision, I didn't think I just did it" Kyle said too scared look around their cover.

"Who are you talking to and how are you doing this with that suit of yours?" The bothan man said through gritted teeth as he held his right hand over his left shoulder seeing tendrils forming around his neck, shoulders and back.

Ignoring the question Kyle focused his attention on the klyntar.

'You think we'll be fast enough to dodge those laser shots and find the sniper?' Kyle asked

*Possibly, though why are we not running away I thought you didn't want to get involved.*

"You're right I don't, but... (sigh) never mind" Kyle said out loud. "Let's just gun for the shooter when we get beat on him or her."

"Are you out of your mind?" The bothan exclaimed incredulously "you will get yourself killed."

"Shut up and stay put!" The host yelled out as he stood up from cover. It only took a couple seconds for the sniper to open fire him. Kyle saw everything move in slow motion even hearing his heart beat speed up, seeing the blaster bolt coming right at them. The adrenaline feeding Venom and fueling its bloodlust they instantly leapt to the right easily avoiding the danger.

*We know where the sniper is hiding at.* Venom said feeling the urge to hunt down and kill their prey, forming a wicked grin on their face. More shots were fired, Kyle felt the urge to bob and weave, he followed that feeling and watched as the bolts wizzed right pass him. He sprinted towards the building adjacent to the one he came from, dodging along the way. Once they got close enough the duo jumped up high to the wall then immediately scaled it at a very fast pace to the exact spot where their sniper was perched at. when they got to the window however the shooter had already left the room.

Kyle hopped inside to continue the pursuit by leaping over furniture to the open door and peering out to see where their target headed. Kyle could hear all sorts of things around the area which made it hard for him. Since this is his first time using the enhance hearing to find the culprit. So he wasn't good at utilizing it on his own yet, but Venom had a much better handle on it. The symbiote helped him pinpoint the location by using his hearing along with their sense of smell and touch via his feet with tendrils sprouting from his legs.

Then he ran down the hall to the right making twists and turns whenever needed. Though as they came close to the escapee they were met with shutting doors of an elevator they hastily made their way to the doors to shove a thin blade between them. No effort whatsoever pried the doors apart with both arms to see a female human and a barrel of a pistol being pointed at his face and the last thing he saw was a red flash followed by searing hot pain then darkness. Kyle fell back screaming along with the klyntar doing the same in his mind as he grasped his head in agony. The pain only lasted for a moment, regaining his sight Kyle got back up feeling frustrated at the same time fearful as they quickly open the door looking down at the retreating elevator.

Remembering the person who shot them was wearing a face covering attached to a hat/helmet and what appeared to be a brown trenchcoat with armored plating, two tubes connected at the center over the abdomen. Sporting pants of a lighter brown coloration alongside metal boots and shin guards.

They jumped down landing hard on the roof of the elevator. Venom morphed Kyle's arms into blades again and the duo randomly stabbed into it. Just enough to get a good look inside however the openings they made allowed the assailant to fire back at them. Some shots came close to grazing them, so they stabbed back into the roof in retaliation. The back and forth lasted for about five minutes until the elevator came to a halt. The assailant ran out as soon as the doors opened wide enough to slip by. They took this opportunity to punch through and tear a hole opening in to the ceiling.

The assassin's P.O.V

10 minutes earlier

She spent a good long hour waiting patiently for her target to arrive. Sitting in silence over looking the area from a distance and with her blaster sniper rifle. Finding the person of interest was easy enough, but getting the right room with a good angle from this window to the other across from it was time consuming.

'It will be worthwhile in the long run if this all works out.' She thought out.

After five minutes the assassin saw a sky taxi landed near the building across from her. The passenger stepping out into view, she immediately used the scope to zoom in to confirm who it was. Once he was recognized as her target she kept tracked of him using the scope, but lost sight of him. On the bright side she knew which floor he lives on. So she waits for him to enter his apartment, while she sat there and did clean sweep of the area again. The sniper spotted another sky taxi landing in front of the same building complex and witnessed three pykes exiting the vehicle. That got her attention drawn to them and was keeping tabs on their movements as they climbed the stairs, but the assassin lost track of them too.

The assassin sit her sights back on to where her target would be and waited. Ten minutes later the bothan she was after came into view along with the trio of pykes. Lining up the shot she took calm and steady breaths for a few seconds before taking the shot.

pew

'Damn' she managed to hit the bothan in his shoulder which is not a good thing. Now the pykes are on alert and taking cover. Then a few seconds later one of them poked his head out see where was.

pew

She open fired again just missing by a couple of inches. This gave the gangsters a general idea of where the assassin was perched at to return fire. Seeing that the bothan was still in her line of sight laying on the floor. So taking aim she fired upon him.

pew pew pew pew pew

In the attempt to eliminate the small time weapons dealer, she witnessed a shocking sight. The bothan was lifted off the ground, appearing to be flying in the air away from her view.

Pew pew pew

The assassin was able to dispose of the pykes that were left behind finally. Adjusting the scope turned her attention towards the stairwell seeking out the dealer, catching glimpses of him and someone else carrying him wearing an all black suit. She knew that they were headed to the front entrance. Focusing her sights there, the assassin didn't have to wait long when the target and his wannabe savior arrived. Then started taking shots at the two forcing them to hide behind cover. So being the "patient" person that she was kept her eye on where these two are hiding. A moment later the man wearing a black suit stepped out of cover, basically committing suicide doing this.

Pulling the trigger to end this person's life, but was surprised when said individual suddenly became a blur moving out of the way of her shot. She continued to fire at him and to her growing fear he was dodging every shot that was fired. Even worse is that the man was steadily advancing toward this building. The assassin became horrified at seeing him jumping up high into the air to stick to the side wall and immediately crawling on it. At that point she slung the rifle to her back and ran away from the window to the door of this room. She made way down the hall, making sure to memorize an escape path only taking a couple of turns before reaching the elevator. After pressing the button and waiting for a few seconds, the doors open. Stepping inside to press the button to go down, the gun for hire knew that she couldn't finish this assignment and decided to cut her losses for now. As the doors were closing her eyes widened in surprise at the black suited individual coming around the corner and looked right back at her. The mercenary's hand drifted to her sidearm and unclipped it. She saw the man sprinted towards the elevator for a couple of seconds before the doors closed. She felt relieved for a second before a black sword slide between them. The sword became thicker and changed shape then splitting away in two, prying the doors apart. She swiftly took out her blaster pistol and fired off a shot in the face of the person pursuing her. Forcing whatever creature it was to fall backwards screaming and doors shutting once again.

The assassin calmly rode the elevator as it descended, however the peace didn't last when she heard something land on the roof. A second later the same black sword protruded from the ceiling she press herself against the wall and crouch to avoid getting stabbed. She aimed her weapon up and started firing back through the holes that were made while dodging at the same time. This went on for five minutes until the doors opened enough so she could slip out.

Hearing metal being pulverized and torn she looked back to see the doors forcefully opened by sharp black claws. Gazing upon a dark hulking creature with its blank tear shaped eyes, maw of sharp teeth and tentacles coming out of its back including the shoulders. The creature looked right at her with a furious expression on its face.

"WE'RE GOING TO WHIP YOUR ASS WITH YOUR SPINE!"

now

After breaking their way in, Kyle landed on his feet inside and dug his fingers between the doors. While pulling them apart he noticed the extra muscle he gained and feeling the sensation of floating. He had a sneaking suspicion he wasn't in the driver's seat anymore and what confirm this was Venom's anger he felt towards the person who shot him in his face early along with threatening to kill this woman via spinel removal.

The attacker was quick to point a blaster pistol and shoot at them, but despite their size they were able to avoid the first onslaught of bolts easily. However due to the fact they are in a hallway made dodging more difficult on its own and their added mass much harder to do that.

"AAAAUHH" Venom roared out in pain at being hit a few times. This gave the runaway sniper time to put some distance between her and them.

'Dammit, that fucking hurts!' Kyle exclaimed even though he is well protected by his partner he can still feel its pain.

Kyle along with Venom noticed that shots they took were significantly less painful than the other time the two got from being fired upon by high caliber weapons. After a very short recovery period Venom shrunk down to its host original size followed by Kyle dashing after the runaway shooter. Kyle chase after her, leading him outside to a courtyard where they caught up to her. As Kyle was coming in close she still had her pistol drawn, looking over the shoulder pointed it at him then fired. Kyle ducked out of the way and leapt around to avoid the blaster bolts as best as he can. His reaction time is vastly better thanks to the symbiote since neither of them wanted to get hit.

The assailant backed up while firing at him while staying aware of her surroundings, moving closer to a vehicle that is nearby. She did manage to get only a couple hits on him, but he took her by surprise with a great burst of speed. Kyle Sprinted and ram into the assassin, slamming against the side of an air speeder. He had her pinned against the vehicle for a few seconds before he felt a wave of dizziness, numbing and the ground on his back.

The assailant fired off a stun round into him. Shaking it off he tried to get up, but was shot with more stun rounds making it harder to do just that while staying conscious. As he took each hit his mind seem to slip away until everything went black. Venom felt its host fall unconscious, the klyntar wasn't effected by the stun shots in the same way the host was. The symbiote now understanding how these type of rounds work on Kyle's anatomy, Venom won't let this happen again.

the sniper stopped shooting once the black creature didn't move anymore. She climbed into the speeder with some difficulty due to a sharp pain in her left shoulder and back from being rammed against it. As she got in though the shooter looked back one last time at the beast only to see a growing, writhing humanoid mass of tendrils as it stood up. She stepped on the paddle of her vehicle to get away, however it didn't work out because before she could get any speed the vehicle was brought to a complete stop.

While retaking their true form Venom latched onto the speeder with both arms in the form of tendrils, even going the extra mile by anchoring their feet using smaller tendrils sprouting from the soles of its feet and calf muscles.

"Now where do you think you're going?" Venom asked as he crushed the thruster of her speeder making it impossible to be used as a means of escape.

she jumped out and ran as fast as her legs could go despite the pain. She look back in time to see the tar monster pulling the speeder to itself then tossed it to the ground before running after her. She fired off stun shots, nailing the monster every time, but to her growing terror the stun rounds weren't working against the beast anymore. In some strange way felt like it was toying with her, she switched to using regular rounds to hold it off.

Venom swiftly dodged the bolts that came its way easier with the open space they had. The klyntar launched a tentacle at her once it got close enough hitting the runaway shooter. She fell to the ground and dropped the pistol never having been struck by such force. Her hands reached for the sniper and as she was grabbing it, she felt the weapon being pulled along with herself. Then saw tendrils wrapped around her forearms and raised upwards, seeing another black appendage with a bladed tip coming around cutting the strap. Then she was turned around to face the dark creature while being hoisted in to the air. She kicked about trying in vein to escape for a few seconds before the pain from that blow she took a moment ago stopped her struggling.

"Leaving so soon without saying goodbye?" Venom taunted while crushing the rifle she had in its grasp, it got a good look at her and was taken by surprise slightly. The person they're holding captive changed in appearance, her skin became green, the nose being sunken in a little with yellow slit pupil eyes.

"Anybody would if they had to look at a face as hideous yours." She spate

"Well you're one to talk, why hide that snub nose, leathery lips and snot green skin hmmm?" Venom rhetorically asked not caring that a crowd of people were watching from a distance.

Then Venom felt a boot collide with its chin, it didn't hurt nor did they flinch from the blow, just stare and smiled menacingly at her failed attempt to escape.

"Aww how adorable, you thought that would work." Venom spoke squeezing her wrists slightly enough to make her groan in pain.

"Alright you got me I surrender!" She yelled "just hand me over to the authorities"

"Now when did we make that arrangement?" Venom said licking their chops while saliva is dripping down the chin.

"wha-No!" The gunner screamed kicking wildly after realizing what he is about to do, struggling in vein to break free. Venom grabbed her by the midsection bringing her closer as she leaned away terrified.

"let me go" she wailed in panic feeling claws digging deeply into her flesh "Stop please."

the assassin kicked harder at Venom's chest until they fell limp after a resounding *crunch* was heard. Venom held up the headless corpse of his prey staring at it while chewing. Savoring the taste for a few seconds before swallowing then immediately consuming the rest of her body in a ravenous messy fashion. Terrifying the crowd as everyone ran away screaming from the area hoping they weren't next to be eaten.

Venom saw this, quickly cleaned himself off, then look back at the gun the assassin dropped. Sending a tentacle out to pick up the weapon and store it in it's mass for later. Then went back towards the front entrance of the apartment building seeing if their injured bothan is still there. Along the way Kyle starting regaining his consciousness after moment as Venom drew closer.

'Huh? What hap- wait where's the shooter!' Kyle thought frantically as his heart rate skyrocketed after coming to his senses.

"Dead" was all Venom had to say. He was relieved knowing they weren't in danger anymore then realizing how he got knocked out.

'Damnit those stupid stun shots got me!' He thought out loud ashamed at his failure to react in time to avoid getting hit.

"It won't happen again, I will make sure of it." Venom reassured "we did not expect her to use stun rounds on us."

'But I know weapons in this universe come with stun settings, I didn't even it consider she would do that.' Kyle thought berating himself.

Venom saw the bothan setting on a bench still holding his shoulder, going straight to him. The dealer noticed them right away getting nervous as they got closer.

*What should we do about him?*

Kyle looked at the guy they've been following all night wondering what to do. While both Kyle and Venom pondering the subject spoke up to them when the two stopped just a couple of feet from him.

"Whoever you are thank you for saving me, but where did a being of your kind even come from?" The bothan male requested

"You shouldn't be thanking us since we were planning on killing you ourselves"

"Oh? Could have fooled me" the bothan replied feeling confused.

'Whoa I wasn't planning on killing him'

*But I was* Venom replied casually *I mean we have to do something about him.*

"Well whoever sent you I can offer more than what you're getting if you let me walk away free" the bothan offered hopping to get off Scott free.

"what/what?'

"I'm offering you a better deal then what you're getting from whoever sent you." The bothan reasoned then groan from his wound.

'I don't- ask him who sent that Assassin'

"So any idea who wants you dead?" Venom asks

"Well I can think of a few people that come to mind, but Ziro the Hutt has been on my case since I setup shop here" bothan replied with exasperation "Even going so far as threatening and demanding that I pay tribute for allowing the sell of my products."

As he explained the situation they were getting attention from the locals within their current location. Knowing law enforcement would be on the way due to someone notifying them.

"Just tell us where to find him and we'll leave you alone." Venom said getting impatient.

"Ok" the bothan replied with his free hand raised.

One thirty minute ride later

"Ok so this took a strange turn" Kyle said sitting on top of a small cargo ship flying through the city.

*Least I got something out of it.* Venom sounded disappointed, the klyntar wasn't very happy that they didn't get any good action, but was satisfied with the outcome, while getting to eat something after waiting so long.

"Yeah, I can still taste her, why do I still taste whatever she was in my mouth" Kyle asked with reserve caution. He didn't feel the urge to puke his guts out this time around, but he was still a little unnerved by it.

*Because her flavor is so similar yet different at the same time.* Venom said with nostalgic excitement.

"How can you tell if something is similar if you haven't eaten anything like that before you met me." Kyle asked confused, he wasn't sure how Venom would have any recollection of a taste if it was hostless.

*genetic memory*

"Ok, that makes sense" Kyle jumped off from the vehicle once they came in to familiar territory to swing. On the way back the ponder something that should have shook him to the core, but didn't.

"It's a little weird how I'm just handling this ordeal." He pointed out to himself.

*Don't dwell on it, she was a threat and needed to be stopped.* Venom rationalized

"yeah I agree, but I should feel something" Kyle said as he landed on another flying car then jumping from it to glide through the air.

Meanwhile at the undisclosed location where a certain senator was lying low

Senator was busy working on documents and preparing for meeting later in the week. As Riyo read through one of the documents the sound of doors sliding open drew her attention. She was greeted by one pantoran guard that was wearing more armor and has better equipment than the previous ones.

At least this time no one won't die so easily. She still mourns and honors the previous men who served under her. Ms. Chuchi always dreaded the day when her guards on duty would have to lay down their lives in order to protect her. She just hope they would come out top with little casualties, but it didn't workout that way for unfortunately.

"Senator Chuchi your guest have arrived" the guard informed.

"Please, send him in" Riyo requested politely.

A few seconds after another pantoran male came in, this one being much older, well dressed with a hat that covered the back and sides of his head.

"Greetings Ms. Chuchi, I am glad to see you are okay and unharmed." Relief and worry was evident in his voice. Riyo stood up from her desk and walked over to greet him. "Though I do wish we had met under better circumstance, I nearly had an heart attack after I heard what happened."

"It's good to see you again baron Notluwiski, as fortunate as I was to escape the same can't be said for those men who were sworn in to protect me." Riyo lamented

"Yes and they knew risks of taking on such a task." He said in a honest tone. "Did they share any new information on the kidnapping attempt?"

"No, the coruscant guard have busy investigating this matter and I haven't heard back from them yet." She informed knowing that it be awhile before they apprehended all the people involved with the attempted kidnapping. "And the criminals that were left behind are all dead."

"What about this man who kept you from being abducted?"

"Still no sign of him and I'm not sure where he's going or if he'll even come out of hiding" she replied knowing Kyle needed to be found as soon as possible given the viciousness he displayed under duress. Including his carnivorous appetite, she didn't want to leave him to his own devices for too long.

"After committing act of predation on another person without a thought." The baron exclaimed a little apprehensive about any encounter with this person. "I would be careful if I were you. He may have put his life on the line and that has earned him the benefit of the doubt, but we barely know him and next to nothing about his intentions."

"I know, he had every opportunity to cause harm or leave at any moment, but he didn't." Riyo responded with certainty "And what little time I have spent around Kyle, he seem lost and confused. If given time I would have helped him adjust and find a way back to his home planet."

"There's nothing I can do for him right now, but wait until he is found" she replied.

"He will turn up eventually, hopefully he will stay out of trouble." Notluwiski said with some optimism.

"I just hope for everyone else's sake that nobody tries to provoke him" she says knowing the kind of damage he could cause.