Symbiosis

|Chapter 31|

POV Leo:

"I missed you too hon", leaning my back against the wall, bits of sobs broke through my quiet laughter, tears falling down my cheeks as Krisa pressed her face against my cheeks, whimpering tiredly, whining longingly, never letting go of my shell, "Leo?...", stepping towards me, Mikey's hand reached towards my face, only to stop just a few inches away from my cheek, "...those eyes...your cheeks- I-"

"Where the hell were you guys?...", his eyes widened at my words, stepping towards him, his words stuttered as he looked everywhere but me, "I looked for you day after day after day after day- I had fucking nightmares for god's sake! I thought you guys were kidnapped or worse dead?!-", I waved my of my hands in all directions, I was so angry, so mad, yet all he could see and hear were the sounds of my fears and worries bubbling over, "And it looks like I was right!-", pointing my hand towards the van, I knew his brothers were over there as well, yet part of me was confused, 'How did Angie escape so easily and why aren't the humans searching for him', Mikey finally looked up at me, moments like this I had to keep reminding myself of the trutch, he was older than me, yet as I looked at him, it still felt like I had to protect him, that he was my baby brother, "Look I'm not mad, you did the one thing I asked you to do and you did it perfectly, Kris looks happy and healthy and as for Jay I can't wait to see him-"

"Those humans aren't strangers, Leo..."

"What? Then-"

"That's April and Casey...they're our friends", my whole body relaxed when I heard those names, pressing my hand against the wall, it took me a moment to catch my breath as I looked at him, "Whoa!-", my back pressed against the wall as I hugged Krisa, "And Leo to answer where... we were at April's farmhouse out in new hampshire-"

"I-", those words were stuck on my tongue as I stared at him, "...I was just so worried...I thought I had failed at protecting the family I had just made...Look-"

I cleared my throat as I turned away, staring at the ground and rocks, watching as pieces of trash passed by. "Venom and I talked and...I think it best if we stay here..." Mikey's eyes widened, there were so many emotions, I couldn't tell what he was feeling. I could tell he didn't know where to look, whether it was the top ones or my own eyes. Something in my chest burned when he kept looking into them. I hated it. "From this point on..."

"Are-...are you serious?", reaching behind my neck, I pulled over my hood and covered the eyes that formed, blocking them from anyone's sight, I needed to hide them, no one could know. I nodded my head as I looked at him, "Yeah, we have no way of getting back anyway...plus I'm sorry Venom, with the whole war in our dimension, I'm not sure they would welcome either of us", Venom barely showed his face as he peeked over my shoulder, waving at Mikey.

"You are probably right, however, I agree with Mother, you should still try and find your way back, even though you don't have the knowledge nor skill to travel dimensions"

"What do you mean? I've traveled multiple dimensions, the prison dimension, dimension x, this dimension, in my opinion, that's a lot of travel- one moment hun-", passing Krisa back towards Mikey, I shoved the mechanical tail into my pants and wrapped it around my leg. I hurried myself as I tightened the bandages around my mouth, watching as Krisa began to whimper once again, "Uncle Mikey! Uncle Donnie told me to tell you to hurry up!", I froze as I tugged the wraps tight behind my head, my body staying still as I slowly looked up and saw who was standing, "Jay Lou?", he froze as well dropping the brasket he was holding, vegetables and fruits spilling everywhere, "P-...papa?", his voice sounded so quiet as he spoke, taking one step after another, he walked closer, squinting almost like for a moment he thought this was a dream only for his eyes too widened as he raced towards me, "PAPA!-"