Symbiote Within - The Spectacular Spider-Man AU

Symbiote Within

It was a day or so after Spider-Man's intense battle with Venom at Midtown High. It was a close call, but in the end, Spider-Man shoved the gene cleanser down Venom's throat. This resulted in the symbiote separating with Eddie Brock, despite his best efforts to hold on to it. After that, Eddie was wheeled off for treatment, promising to seek vengeance while the symbiote escaped into the sewers.

Unbeknownst to both Spider-Man and Eddie, during the process of trying to hold onto the symbiote, when it was falling off of Eddie, a small piece of it slipped off and crawled into the back of a locker. Mary Jane Watson's locker, to be more specific.

A day or so after that whole incident, while Mary Jane was getting school supplies and books out of her locker, the small piece of the symbiote latched onto one of her books and hid in it without her noticing. Later, during class, it slid out of the book it was hiding in and into her backpack.

That night, while Mary Jane was asleep, the piece of the symbiote came out of her backpack and slithered towards her. It slowly latched onto her leg and quickly bonded with her while she slept, her not feeling a thing.

The next day...

After waking up in the morning, Mary Jane felt strange. Her senses were heightened and she had a lot more energy than usual. She found it weird at first, but quickly brushed it off, thinking she just got a really good night of sleep. However, as the day progressed, she noticed that her senses were still heightened, that she was as energetic as ever and she could somehow sense danger before it was coming, similar to Spider-Man's Spider-Sense.

That night, after going to sleep, Mary Jane tossed and turned in bed. It looked like she was having a bad dream, but it wasn't that at all. After that piece of the Venom symbiote bonded with her, a new symbiote was born...and it found its perfect host with Mary Jane Watson.

In her dream, Mary Jane opened her eyes and found herself surrounded by inky blackness with a single light shining down on her. She looked around for a few seconds before something swirled around her. It then went a few feet away from her and took shape as Mary Jane stared at it, confused as to what was going on.

The swirl of inky black substance took on a tall, fit and feminine shape. It had two big solid white eyes and what looked like really big and long hair or a huge mane going down its back. After that, Mary Jane took a step back.

"Wh-who are you? What are you" she asked, her voice trembling.

"I am Scream and you are my host" the figure replied.

The voice was both feminine and alien, echoing in the darkness.

"Host" MJ uttered.

She was confused at first, but quickly put two and two together.

"You're a symbiote...like Venom" she said.

Just mentioning Venom seemed to agitate Scream.

"I am nothing like Venom. He's a rejected, angry fool filled with nothing but hate. I am not" she said.

"How and...when did you bond with me" MJ asked, curious.

"During Spider-Man and Venom's fight in the school a few days ago, a piece split off from Venom and slithered into your locker. Yesterday, that piece bonded with you...and I was born" Scream replied.

MJ was surprised as she looked down at her hands.

"I guess that explains why I was feeling so energized today. That was you" she said.

"Yes. My kind isn't evil, we just want to find our perfect host. And currently, you are mine" said Scream.

MJ's mind raced.