Peter immediately goes to the church after seeing it will go 11 p.m. soon. He goes at the top where the bell is and waits for it toll. The symbiote tries to stop Peter and go back, but the bell starts to toll. The symbiote cannot handle it.
Peter doesn't take the time and starts to remove it. First, the face, second, the chest, third, legs and finally, arms.
Thinking he got the rid of the symbiote, he runs away immediately.
"Finally. I can run away. Shame I didn't bring the web shooters with me." - Peter says in a tired voice.
He runs away to his home and makes sure no one notices him. Luckily, it started raining.
He goes home. Tired. He goes to sleep.
He wakes up. Still tired, he decides to get himself a coffee. After getting motivated, he immediately calls MJ for coffee.
"HEY, MJ! WANNA GO TO PETER PAN DONUT AND PASTRY SHOP AROUND 5 P.M. TODAY?"
"WHOA, Peter! How are you so energized this morning?" - MJ asks.
"My bad. I just didn't sleep that well." - Peter answers.
"Okay. Let's see at Peter Pan Donut and Pastry Shop at 5 p.m."
"Thanks." - Peter hangs up the call.
"Damn. The removal of that symbiote truly was hard."
He immediately goes to Curt Connors's lab to see what happened to the sample of the suit.
"Doc! WHAT HAPPENED TO THE SUIT'S SAMPLE?" - Spidey yells louder than an ambulance.
"Hello there, Spider-Man. I tested the sample. It turns out it is a symbiote." - Curt answers.
"It's like a symbiote. It can mimic anything and amplifies characteristics of the host. I think that 'symbiote' would have made you go mad. It could have eaten you alive, like you are some food." - Curt continues.
"I haven't finished my research, but I promise it will be quick soon."
"Well, ok, doc. I got to go. And do not even dare to make experiments with that thing that might cause another havoc. Also, tell your family I greet them. Bye." - Spidey reminds Curt as he leaves.
The time passed and Peter meets MJ at Peter Pan Donut and Pastry Shop as he promised. They sit and talk about stuff as usual. MJ pays the coffee.
"What's the problem, MJ? You seem sad." - Peter asks MJ.
"Ever had a bad day that stuck with you? See. My dad used to be a respected professor in his college. Even after all of that while having a wonderful wife and children like me and Gayle. Sadly, he wasn't satisfied and wanted to write so he could prove that he had skills and wanted to be another Fitzgerald. It didn't work. His temper got worse and worse and say things like 'Can't you keep those kids quiet? Madeline, it's your fault I can't concentrate!'.
Dad began switching jobs, moving from one college to the next. Everyone seemed fine until my dad hurt my sister over dance lessons. My mom finally gave up on her marriage a few weeks later when my dad was being honored by his college. Me, Gayle and mom slipped out of the house while dad was still at the awards ceremony. I do not remember anything else other than we went to my dad's sister and started living there. Aunt Anna was the best. They introduced me to you. You looked so serious even for a real bookworm. You always seemed so angry, even before your uncle died. I tried to talk to you, but you were always busy." - MJ answers slowly crying.
"You, Peter, are Spider-Man."
Peter laughs.
"No, I remember you coming to the house once and I found out you are Spider-Man." - MJ gets serious.
Peter breathes.
"I am. I was beaten by a radioactive spider while attending a demonstration of radioactivity at General Techtronics Laboratories East. After getting bitten by a spider that might have dropped through a 'radioactive ray'. I thought to myself I would become a monstrous spider, but instead, I got powers of wall climbing and spider-sense. I created web shooters myself. They can till extinguish the fire. Back to the point, I saw they offered $100 to the man who could stay in the ring three minutes with Crusher Hogan. I came home, changed, put on a hood and returned to the ring. Hogan laughingly called Parker the "Masked Marvel," but I lift Hogan over his head and carried him up a post. Afterward, a man in the crowd introduced himself to me as a television producer, encouraged me to go into show business, and gave me his card.
After appearing on television and becoming a celebrity, one evening, a thief was running away, I told the guard that it was his job to catch him. Some days later, I returned home to find out that a burglar killed my Uncle Ben. The police had cornered the man in the deserted Acme warehouse. I donned my costume and swung to the scene.
I frightened the burglar by crawling down the wall toward him. I covered his gun hand with web fluid and knocked him unconscious. When I saw the man's face, I recognized that thief who got away at the studio. I wrapped the burglar in webbing and left him for the police to find. I realized that my Uncle Ben would still be alive if I had caught the burglar. I learned that with great power there must also come great responsibility." - Peter stops.
MJ is left speechless so she hugs Peter. And Peter hugs her.
They leave.
"You know. Let's ask our aunts to visit your aunt this Sunday for lunch." - MJ requests Peter.
"I guess you are right." - Peter accepts the offer and they both go home.
Peter phones aunt May:
"Hello, aunt May. I was wondering if we could have a lunch at your home this Sunday. I want to ask you if MJ and her aunt Anna could come. I will ask my friend to come visit."
"That would be wonderful, Peter." - Aunt May responds.
"After a mass at Our Lady of Saints Church. See you there, Peter."
Aunt May hangs up.
"Oh, shit. The symbiote might still be there." - Peter thinks to himself.
The symbiote left the church hours ago. Somewhere around 10 a.m. It was going everywhere while no one was looking. It went to that place where MJ auditioned. Theatres don't accept crawling goos. Symbiote found MJ and got inside her purse.
She went to her apartment just to sleep for a while. This gave it an opportunity to bond to her. MJ wakes up with the suit similar to one Spidey wore before taking it off.
"What the? Isn't it a bit too early for Christmas?" - MJ asks.
The symbiote decides to morph the suit to look fitting for a super heroine: symbiote removes the part that covers the face and the nose, it allows the upper part of the head for the hair to be out and lower arms and lower legs are morphed to look like white gloves and white boots. It also removes the shine.
"Now we are talking." - MJ likes the suit and goes out to fight the crime.
YOU ARE READING
A Symbiotic Bond
ActionPoor 19-year-old Petey boy always had to hide his identity and sometimes deal with the destroyed suit. It has been three and five months since he became Spider-Man. He had in mind to have a sidekick who would help him in action. His wish came half t...
