Unwanted Mayhem

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"Tell my family that I love them."

Those were May Parker's last words before the building exploded, taking her life away.

Those words were still ringing inside Mayhem's head as she looked in distraught at the burning building in front of her.

This must be dream. A horrible nightmare. It couldn't be possible that May just died in front of her. She's Spider-Girl and she has proven she can get out of any mess!!

'Yes, she'll get out', Mayhem thought as she ripped away from the webbing May threw at her and sat perched on the edge of a window sill, 'In a just a few seconds she'll come swinging out, with a few bruises and burns. She'll yell at me and then we'll go home and pretend that this never happened.'

She sat there for the next five minutes, looking on as the flames devoured the building and debris began to fall down at the street. She became completely unaware of the whole world, the only sounds in her head were May's last words and the sound of the crackling fire, until finally the shrilling sound of a siren brought her back to reality.

Down below, a fire truck had parked at the entrance with a few dozen police cars by its side. A crowd of curious spectators gathered around.

Mayhem looked back at the building in despair. Temptation to go inside the inferno was gnawing her insides and she felt just about ready to make the leap, but she didn't. The flames were everywhere and Mayhem knew she would drop dead the moment she stepped inside.

With a sigh, she jumped onto the roof of the building she was in, and ran off, her heart silently aching inside her chest

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The Parker residence, which was peacefully quiet a mere hour ago, was now erupting into skittish chaos. Mary Jane Watson-Parker was on the phone, desperately trying to get a hold on her daughter and leaving worry-filled messages, asking her where she was and to come home. Peter Parker was on the phone as well, except that he was calling everyone who knew May, asking them if they had any clue where she was and to watch out for her. In the middle of it all was the television, blaring away that an abandoned construction building had caught on fire and exploded and from what witness reports stated, Spider-Girl was seen going inside the building with an unknown super-powered assailant.

The witnesses also stated that they never saw Spider-Girl come out of the building before it exploded.

Outside of the house, perched on a nearby tree and watching the events through a window, was Mayhem or as the Parkers knew her, April. She sat there in silence, May's death and the events that happened shortly after she arrived home replaying over and over inside her again.

Her plan was really simple

Since she was a human and symbiote hybrid, she possessed the ability to change her appearance, and she had planned to use that as a way to replace May. Her parents wouldn't suspect a thing and they would be unaware of her death. Unfortunately though, May's mother was able to see through the disguise and without a word, Mayhem fled the scene the instant she began shouting at her.

After that, Mayhem knew she would never be able to step foot into that house again.

Her thoughts were cut off when she noticed a car park in front of the house and a familiar woman step out. Mayhem shivered as she instantly recognized the woman; she was Inspector Ruiz from the police department, meaning that she worked alongside May's father and from what May told her, was the one who sent out a warrant for her arrest after the woman named Gwen Reilly was found dead in an alley.