Spider-Luz

Ch. 31: Family

Skara started to wake up.

"Mmm, mmm. My head." Skara muttered, slowly blinking her eyes open.

"Yeah, a good few kicks will do that." Luz said, hanging from the ceiling, "Do you remember anything?"

"I...I don't know, it's all a bit fuzzy and-" Skara shot up in the bed in shock as she looked up at Luz. "HOW ARE YOU DOING THAT AND WHO ARE YOU?!"

"I'm the vigilante you've heard so much about." Luz said, dropping from the ceiling, "And I know things you don't know of... such as your family."

"W-What do you know about my family?" Skara asked, cautious.

Luz pulled out the flash drive.

"I found this when I was tracking you... it can tell you things you probably don't know." Luz said.

"Like where I am right now?" Skara asked, reaching for the jump drive.

"I'll fill that in after you see what's on it." Luz said, giving Skara the jump drive. "I'll be back with my laptop and something for you to eat, if you're hungry."

Luz closed the door and took her mask off.

"Oh I am so unsure of what to do." Luz said.

"I figured as much." Eda said from behind Luz.

"So, I have another niece, huh?" Eda asked.

Luz would've jolted in surprise if she wasn't used to Eda sneaking up on her without setting off her spider sense.

"Yeah, it would seem so."

"How do you think she'll take the news?" Eda asked.

"Hard. VERY hard, but hopefully, learning she has a sister will help cushion the emotional blow." Luz said as she walked past Eda.

Luz started walking towards the kitchen.

"And what are you going to do about the whole secret identity thing?" Eda asked.

Luz stopped.

"I... I don't know."

'I should've thought more ahead but maybe I can just not tell her yet?' Luz thought.

Luz just was so confused, a lot has happened in the last hour. The hospital was damaged, Amity was missing, the monster turned out to be her sister, and her mother worked for the same company that gave them both their powers! Blight Industries! It was too much to take in!

'I feel like my brain is going to overload from all of this crazy shit soon.' Luz thought.

Luz walked to the kitchen. For now, she can focus on making Skara a meal before revealing everything to her. Hopefully some food WILL cushion the mental and emotional blow. It was going to be hard. Meanwhile with Skara, she was staring at the jump drive as she had multiple questions going through her mind and praying that whatever was in the drive could answer them. She had no idea what... what she even was... she became some giant lizard creature.

'How did I become that? Did I hurt anyone? Did I KILL anyone?!' Skara thought as she trying breathing to stay calm. 'Did-Did baba know about this and keep it from me?'

Skara was so scared, and confused, and so many other emotions that she didn't know she had. But one of them at the moment, strongest of all, was fear. Skara was so afraid right now, afraid of HERSELF because she didn't know how or when she could transform into that lizard monster again! She just sat there, hugging her arms. Skara didn't know what was going to happen next and that also scared her.

'... I'm a freak.'

Skara began to cry in silence, feeling more scared and alone than ever before as her worldview came crashing down. She was so focused on her sorrow, that she didn't notice Luz coming back into the room with her laptop and a hot meal.