The Girl with Venom

Chapter Four

A/N: Woot! 20 reads! That's 20 more than I expected to get! Here is another chapter for you twenty people who seem to think it is decent.

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~Rose~

"So technically," I begin, "you can give me super strength?" I question. I had been pestering Venom for the past fifteen minutes while waiting for the teacher to come to the classroom. To make sure it didn't look weird, I was holding my phone up to my ear like I was calling someone.

"Correct" Venom replies.

"So we could totally beat someone at an arm wrestle?" I laugh.

"If that is what you wish to use my abilities for"

"This is the weirdest thing that has ever happened." I think for a moment. "Hey, do you know what was happening to me on Monday?"

"That was when I first became part of you, your immune system was trying to reject me. It finally accepted me, and that is why you passed out."

"Oh," was all I managed to get out.

I look out of the corner of my eye and see my teacher approaching.

"Got to go," I say quickly. "Don't expect me to respond to you in class."

"I can hear you thinking. So actually you can respond."

"Stay out of my head," I say slightly annoyed. I put my phone in my pocket and walked inside the classroom. Taking my usual seat by the back of the classroom. My phone buzzes and I hold it in my lap to look at it.

A message from Peter reads "How are you feeling?"

"Better," I respond.

"Are you still hearing those things?"

"No"

"Good! See you later."

I shut my phone off and put it in my pocket as my class begins.

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~Peter~

The end of the school day comes and I grab my stuff to leave. I walk through the hallways and smile at some passing friends, wishing them a good afternoon. I walk out through the main gate and make my way down the street.

I am glad Rose is feeling better. She was acting really weird after first period, and I heard a rumor from one of my friends that she had a major freak out moment in the bathroom. Well they think it was her. No one is sure.

As I climb the stairs to my apartment, I wonder if Aunt May is home. I unlock the apartment and walk inside.

"Hey Aunt May, I'm home!"

There is no response. I do a quick sweep of the apartment and find her gone. Well I guess I'll go. I leave a note on the counter letting her know I'm going out and I'll be back soon. I go into my bedroom and toss my backpack on my bed. I strip off my shirt and pants, take out my suit, and start putting it on. I check my phone one last time and pull my mask on. Karen greeted me with her familiar statement of "good afternoon, Peter." I give her a greeting and opened my window. I crawl up the side of the building, and before I know it, I am swinging around the city, from building to building. I finish a swing and crouch on top of a building when I see Rose walking down the street. It looks like she's talking to herself. That's kind of weird. I mean, sometimes I talk to myself when I am under a high amount of stress. Maybe the rumors of what happened in the bathroom are true then. Suddenly, she stops talking and swivels her head and stares me straight in the eyes. I stare back and she stops walking. This feels wrong somehow. I have a bad feeling. I duck my head down and lean back against the wall. I hone in on my spidey hearing and hear her footsteps pick up again as she walks away.

I peek above the edge again and see she has turned the corner onto her street. I quickly start swinging my way home, still uncomfortable.

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~Rose~

"So can you do anything else cool?" I ask Venom while walking home.

"I can take over your body at any time and make it do what I want it to do," he replies.

"I would not describe that as cool," I laugh.

"I have a form too."

"A form? Does that mean you look like something or...?" I ask.

"Yes. How do think I got around on my home planet?" Venom asks sarcastically.

"Oh. That makes sense," I say. "Could you maybe show me your form sometime?"

"Yes. If you are ever in danger, that is what I would use to protect you."

"Aw that's nice."

"Look up and left. At the top of the building."

I swivel my head at the building Venom directed me to, and I see a masked figure crouching behind the roof wall. Gaining a sense of familiarity, I stop walking. The figure continues to stare at me while I stare back. Suddenly, his head disappears and doesn't come back up. That was weird.

"Indeed it was"

I thought I asked Venom to stay out of my head.

"You did, but your thoughts are so loud it is hard not to hear them."

I smile and roll my eyes as I begin walking again. I turn the corner and walk down the street to my apartment building. I walk inside and up the stairs to my apartment. I unlock the door and walk inside.

"I'm home," I say.

No one answers and I realize that my parents aren't home from work yet. I go into my room and toss my backpack on the floor by the desk. I go into my bathroom and find a sticky note on the mirror.

As a punishment for your earlier actions, I would like you to vacuum and mop the floor before I get home. Also: wash the car when I get home, make dinner for a whole week, and do all of the laundry for the whole month.

Well that is a long list. It's not like I could explain what happened. She would probably have about the same response as me. I discard the list in my drawer and look up at myself in the mirror, and an idea strikes me.

"Hey Venom," I begin. "Feel like showing me what you look like now?"

"Of course."

My skin starts to tingle and blackness ripples across my arm. My eyes become a swirling white again, and the blackness overtakes my body. I grow a couple feet, and I notice that my nails have become a longish black, and very sharp. When my- wait not Venom's- body stops moving it is a giant in all black, with what looks like some sort of blue veins. Venom crouches down a little and I see the giant white eyes.

"I can let you take control of my form, but I can also take it back any time I want."

I suddenly gain feeling, and I pick up my hand, causing my muscles to ripple and flex as I examine it. The claws are long and look deadly. I should feel scared, but instead I just feel strangely calm. I laugh a little in my head, because I look like a Dwayne Johnson but in an alien form. I smile a little, and I notice my teeth. I gasp and open my mouth a little. Inside are extremely long teeth crowded together on the top and the bottom. I close my mouth, now a little freaked out. It is a wonder how the teeth fit together comfortably. My body tingles and Venom's form is shrinking away and I am returned to my normal body.

My face looks fearful in the mirror and I begin to sweat.

"Why are you scared?"

I take a deep breath to calm my racing nerves before I speak.

"Um... that was just... unexpected," I finish quietly.