47UPDATE: While working on this chapter Jinx and I have agreed that it would work better if we added it onto Chapter 1 instead so the story would flow better.
Dead: Hello everyone! Z2010Deadmeat here starting up another symbiote story with my friend JinxToTheMinx. Say hi Jinx.
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Dead: Jinx here has been reading over my chapters for my Agent Venom story and one day while we were talking we came up with this little separate idea from it since we are both big fans of the original Teen Titans show. For those of you who are here from the Venom story, I am still hard at work on it and expect another chapter out by the end of the week at the latest. So before we begin got anything else you want to say Jinx?
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To me, photography is an art of observation. It's about finding something interesting in an ordinary place... I've found it has little to do with the things you see and everything to do with the way you see them. -Elliott Erwitt
"I don't want to talk about it!" A humanoid creature composed of a strange red mass hissed between his razor sharp fangs to the similar but larger black creature with a white spider symbol upon its chest as the two battled throughout the burning warehouse. "The whole thing disgusts me! It's sick!" The red creature spat before being slashed sharp across the back by the one in black.
"Too bad!" The black creature snapped slamming his counterpart into the ground and wrapping a hand around his throat. "Arrangements must be made! You are number nine-hundred-ninety-nine of our lineage, this means-"
"This is none of your business Venom!"
"I'm your father!" Venom hissed to his child while tightening his grip on the red monster's neck. "Your actions caused us to end up on this world! That means-" Venom began before a swift fist to the face sent the black being flying backwards.
"That means nothing! Besides it was your idea to take a little field trip to Stark's lab! How was I supposed to know that machine would bring us here?! What does it have to do with what I refuse to talk about! " The red monster barked before leaping out the window with its arm stretched out as a red tendril fired out and attached to a nearby building allowing him to swing away in the middle of the night. With Venom leaping out and in pursuit swinging by a white tendril of his own.
"Don't be ashamed Carnage. It happens to us all!" Venom shouted out to his son as Carnage snarled.
"I'm not ashamed! I just don't want anything to do with it is all!" Carnage hissed as he continued to swing away hoping to distance himself from his parent.
"But-"
"Push this and I'll kill you! I'll finally do it!" Carnage snapped in anger as he fired several razor sharp tendrils at Venom wrapping around his parent's neck before clinging onto a wall while he held onto the tendril lines. "Maybe if my host had a little more sentiment. A little more 'human love' for his daddy...some of it would have crossed over to me! As it is, I feel nothing but cold empty content. I HATE YOU DADDY!" He declared as Venom was gripping at the tendrils wrapped around his neck.
"Good!" Venom declared as Carnage leapt into the air once more taking his father with him as the son continued to use his tendrils to swing in the air. "The relationship between symbiote and father, by our long tradition, be cold and, if need be, downright hostile. Any other way is beyond comprehension." He explained while still attempting to free himself from his restraint while they swung through the city. "Carnage I have loathed you like a son. Now believe me this thing that is happening, you cannot run away from it!" He urged as Carnage narrowed his eyes.
"If I cannot stop it from being born…." Carnage began before landing on a nearby building and using the momentum he released the tendrils holding Venom and sent him flying off into the distance. "...I'll kill it before it's a day old!" The son declared before leaping off the building and diving into the streets below. Landing onto the ground on all fours Carnage growled, his hands sharpening into claws he began to dig into the pavement. Tearing up the concrete and burying himself deep into the dirt beneath. If he couldn't run from this then he would bury it and suffocate it.
"RAHHHHHH!" Venom roared as he fired a tendril line at a nearby building to control his crash before slamming into a wall and fell towards the ground and landing atop a parked car in an alley parking lot. Smashing through the roof and setting off the alarm in the process, much to his ear's annoyance. "Good talk…" Venom growled as he crawled off of the vehicle slamming his fist into the hood to silence it before turning to find the owner of said car staring straight at him with his jaw hanging. Taking a moment to look back at the car and then back to the owner, Venom sighed. "Oh great." Venom groaned today was just certainly not his day.
-Meanwhile-
Crouching down on the edge of a nearby building's rooftop next to the warehouse -still ablaze from Carnage and Venom's fight- was the leader of the Teen Titans, Robin. The boy wonder's eyes narrowed slightly behind his mask as fire trucks and ambulances came to the scene to extinguish the burning warehouse. It didn't take a genius to figure out that something had caused the fire. Based on the two large holes in the top floor of the burning structure as well as the red and white strands of what appeared to be web like strands hanging from the roof Robin was currently on.
Pulling the Titan's communicator from his belt and flipping it open, he pressed the button and spoke into it "Titans, it wasn't just one person. There was two." His eyes looked between the two web-like ropes as one had been tinted red and another had been tinted white. "The same substance is at the scene just like the last incident two days ago. It has to be these newcomers again." He said as an image of an orange skinned girl with green eyes and red hair appeared on the screen to his device.
"They are the same newcomers?" Starfire asked as she floated above the buildings of Jump City and looked down towards the streets beneath her as she searched for the ones responsible for the fire. Though, when the alien had looked, the ropes that Robin had described caught her eyes and were left on some areas like lamp posts as well as windows "It seems they have traveled through the streets but... in mid air." Reaching her hand out, her fingers met the web-like rope and it stuck to her like glue "It's like a Zylot Margna from the moon of Omnar V made these." She said trying to shake the rope free from her hand.
"Zeo-Magna what?" Came another voice as a green skinned teenage boy wearing a black and purple costume appeared on the screen of his communicator. "Please tell me it doesn't eat people!" Beast Boy quickly added worried that whatever Starfire had described was somehow on Earth and on the prowl for a green snack.
"Maybe it will only eat you." A young woman in a hooded blue cloak said to Beast Boy while flying over the city herself in search of the arsonists responsible. "Whoever or whatever did this was clearly using these as some way to get across the city." Raven deduced.
"I think I may have a lead on the new guys in town." Another voice came over the communicator making Robin narrow his eyes as he rose from his crouch. Not noticing the camera flash that occurred from street level below.
"Cyborg? What is it?" Robin asked only to hear his friend and comrade grunt in pain.
-With Cyborg-
A dark skinned man in a suit of cybernetic armor that also covered part of his skull grunted as he was forced several steps back wiping his face clean before looking down at the screen on his forearm.
"Whatever it is, it decided to land on top of my car!" Cyborg said before looking back up at Venom who growled at the metal Titan as he stood in a crouch like a predator ready to pounce upon his prey. While behind Venom was the damaged remains of Cyborg's prized possession the T-Car. Out of all things that had to be ruined, it was his baby with the roof smashed into the cab section and a large indenture embedded into the hood. "Nobody harms my baby!" Cyborg snapped dashing forward and swinging his fist at Venom who easily dodged each of the swings aimed at him.
Before Venom followed up with a swing of his own sending Cyborg flying backwards. "Back off kid! I'm not in the mood to babysit." Venom growled turning back to the T-Car and ripping a car door off of the frame and tossing it at his opponent who barely ducked avoiding the projectile as it was embedded itself into the wall behind him.
"And I'm not in the mood to have my own car thrown at me!" Cyborg retorted as his right arm converted into his Sonic Cannon and fired a blast at Venom who leapt into the air fast enough to leave an after image of himself behind in the process as the creature landed on the wall on all fours before raising his hand up and firing a glob of webbing into the cannon and jamming it. "Oh that's just not fair…" he muttered before another web line attached to his chest and flung him into the wall and producing several cracks on the brick before he was flung into the air and back down onto the ground.
"What goes up must come down! Venom taunted as he released the web line and landed back on the ground. "If it's any consolation, boy, I really needed to hit something after tonight." Venom said moving to the remains of the T-Car and picking the entire vehicle up in his arms and carrying it overhead towards Cyborg. "My night was ruined because of my child. Now yours is about to ruin your evening as well." Venom spoke before feeling an alarm go off in his brain and noticing the weight of the car in his hands lightened as it was covered in a black aura and was pulled away from him.
"Sorry buddy, but your night is about to get a lot worse." Robin said with his arms crossed over his chest as the other three Titans stood next to him atop the building as Raven lowered the remains of the T-Car away from the fight.
"Dude...I thought Plasmus was ugly." Beast Boy said looking at Venom who growled in response to that statement.
"Titans go!" Robin declared as the four descended upon the battle. Hurling several of his birdarangs at Venom who backflipped away from the weapons before blocking several of the kicks and punches the boy wonder unleashed to follow up the distraction attack. Grabbing one fist in his larger hand Venom back handed Robin away.
Starfire clenched her hands into fists, watching as her teammate was sent flying backwards in pain and began throwing Star Bolts towards Venom who hissed in pain as several of the bolts impacted and caused the impact points to ripple in pain. Throwing more of her signature attack at the monster, Venom growled as he ducked and swung his arm forward as it stretched into a tentacle and wrapped around her hands before flinging her into a wall.
"I am going to enjoy beating up a bunch of kids more than I should!" Venom growled pulling Starfire towards him only to have a dumpster slam into his side and into a wall while it was coated in a black aura. Releasing the Tamaranean and turning his attention to Raven as her hands were coated in the same aura that surrounded the dumpster.
"Azarath Metrion Zint-mmph!" Raven began chanting only to have a glob of webbing seal her mouth shut and preventing her from casting her spell and breaking her concentration on the dumpster. With the magic gone Venom had no issue forcing the dumpster off of him. Only to hear what sounded like an elephant charging him.
Turns out it was a large green elephant, which was currently intent on running Venom over. Spreading his feet out and taking a stance, the symbiote waited until Beast Boy was upon him before grabbing the elephant by the trunk and swinging him overhead and into the skies. Prompting the shapeshifter to quickly switch into the form of an eagle to regain control before he was incapacitated with a glob of webbing sending the bird falling down onto the roof beneath him.
Cyborg was quick to rejoin the fray as he fired a grappling hook and cable from his left arm at Venom's chest which latched onto him. Attempting to reel him in, Venom instead grabbed the cable and pulled Cyborg towards him and slammed his fist into his face when he drew close enough.
This was growing annoying, Venom had more pressing matters to attend to than continue a fight against these brats. At the rate this was progressing, Carnage will have already killed his grandson by the time the older symbiote managed to track either of them down. Venom was no fool either, when the fight had started he saw what the metal man was using. A canon designed to fire amplified sonic blasts. AKA bad news for everything that Venom was, he needed to leave now if he was going to find Carnage. It was that thought that prompted the symbiote to cease this battle. As the Titans regained their footing Venom took several steps back before breaking out into a full sprint towards the teens before leaping high into the air and firing a webline onto a nearby building.
"Sorry kids I've got bigger fish to fry!" Venom declared fleeing the scene as the Titans turned to watch the black creature swing away with increasing speed
"He escaped." Starfire said, pointing out the obvious before she turned her gaze to Robin who narrowed his eyes.
"Hey will someone will help me get this off!" Beast Boy cried out as he returned to his normal form as the webbing around his body stretched but remained wrapped around him.
Raven simply ripped the web from her mouth and looked towards Beast Boy who had still been wrapped in webs. Holding her hand out, she used her telekinesis to rip the webbing. Freeing Beast Boy in the process.
"Whatever that thing is, it's after something. We need to stop him before that happens." Robin said watching the direction it fled.
"Then let's go get him." Cyborg said pounding his fist into his other hand.
-Meanwhile-
*SNAP*
*SNAP*
*SNAP*
A creamy skinned, dark haired, seventeen year old girl with emerald green eyes smiled as the photo came out of her instant camera and waved it around a bit to develop it quicker. Dressed in a pair of denim shorts, a black tank top with a red open hoodie, black converse shoes, and a red beanie with several bangs sticking out while the rest of her long hair hung freely behind her. The girl looked at the photo for a moment with a tilt of her head as she gazed at the image of Titan's Tower.
"Not bad, probably should have waited until morning so it would look clearer but I can't deny how cool it looks at night." Scarlet mused slipping the photos into a book that had been sitting in her backpack before zipping it back up while the camera hung from a strap around her neck. The young girl had only arrived in Jump City today with the little money she had left from working an odd job in Metropolis, and already she had a picture of the Teen Titans leader, Robin who perhaps had a perfect pose like his mentor -whom was impossible to gain a picture of- and of Titan's Tower.
Turning back towards the tower again, Scarlet took another look at the place before adjusting her bag resting on her shoulder, turning away, and heading away from the pier and back into the busy night time streets of Jump City where she would return to her tree in the city park. Which she took residence under for the moment. Until she could find another temporary job, it would be the best the teen could do. It didn't bother her that much though, she was use to travelling with little money, and always made sure the knife in her pocket was ready the moment she needed it most. It had been the way she lived her life for the last year or so and there was no point stopping now.
"Everyone stay back this area is off limits for the time being!" Heading down the street Scarlet paused as she heard what sounded like a police scene based on the man's order. Coming from the alleyway next to her, she turned her head to see the sight was indeed true based upon the large number of people crowding the area. Curiosity peeked she turned her attention towards the scene and began heading down the alleyway and towards the crowd gathered. Slipping between the people Scarlet managed to worm her way to the front and all the way to the police tape set up to see the sight.
"What the hell?" Scarlet murmured, it looked as if the pavement had been broken into a million pieces and tore through the dirt. Was this some kind of construction project or something? Interested, Scarlet pulled her camera up for a shot.
*SNAP*
"Hey!" The police officer on scene barked out pointing at Scarlet who jumped in surprise and lowered her camera while pointing a finger at herself in a questioning manner. "Yeah you, mind the camera! Last thing I need is something happening because of you flashing that thing." He said in a harsh and annoyed tone.
"Ok geez officer, rough night?" Scarlet retorted as she took the photo out of her camera. "Not everyday you see something like this, you know?" She continued while slipping the photo into her bag. "I just wanted to take a picture is all." She argued
"Watch it little lady, I'm not in the mood to take anyone to Juvie. Now step away from the scene bef-" Whatever else the officer was going to say was lost as the mound of dirt exploded with enough force to send not only the officer flying onto the ground but many others in the front of the crowd, including Scarlet. As the dust settled many of the crowd began to back up and run away in panic and fear. At the source of the blast was now a small crater in the ground with a lean muscular man naked gasping for breath.
"Gah….Venom never said birthing...hurt this bad…" Cletus Kasady the host of Carnage muttered in pain that had a mixture of his voice and the symbiote's as more and more red tendrils began to wrap across his body and combine into a single form. "...Make me feel this wasted…" Carnage growled as he finished reforming around his host before crawling out of the crater.
Need to find someone to bond the brat with. Too tired to finish the job now. Immediately Carnage's eyes locked onto the first thing he saw, a girl dressed in a red coat with a red beanie. She'll do.
"Ahh and here is our host for the evening." Carnage declared moving forward as Scarlet slowly backed away. The cop attempted to draw his gun and point it at the monster only to be backhanded as Carnage fired a web line and drew the dark haired girl close and grabbed her by the tank top as Scarlet struggled in his grip and attempted to reach for her knife in her pocket.
"Let me go you freak!" Scarlet spat out.
"If I had any spit left in me, I would finish this right now. But you can't go anywhere I can't find you…." Carnage whispered to the girl as several red and black tendrils unknowingly slithered across his hand and slipped beneath Scarlet's clothes. "...And that's a promise." He declared as Scarlet pulled out her knife and rammed it into the arm only for it to not pierce.
"What?" The teen muttered with wide eyes before being dropped onto the ground as Carnage leapt into the air and fired a web line, swinging away into the night. Watching as the creature fled to who knows where. Scarlet could only watch with wide eyes before looking down at her knife as she thought of his words.
"Just what did that…thing mean by that?" She asked herself as the officer slowly rose to his feet and hurried over to Scarlet to make sure she was ok. All the while unaware as the red and black tendrils seeped into skin and vanished without a trace.
-Meanwhile-
'It's happened, he tried to stop it and almost blew them both to pieces.' Venom growled in thought as he hid underneath a bridge. "But I can feel it, there is another one of us on Earth now. I must protect the thousandth of our line! Before its father kills it!' Venom thought before firing a web line and hurrying towards where he could feel the newborn's presence through the link his lineage held. One that Carnage was able to hide from meaning he had no time to waste!
-Jump City Police Station-
Scarlet was certainly not enjoying her current situation in the slightest. The entire reason why the girl was in the station was thanks to whatever that abomination was back in the alleyway. The officer that was on the scene had brought her back to have one of the physicians examine Scarlet to ensure that Carnage had not harmed her in any manner and according to the doctors, nothing was wrong with her. Which had been good on her part. It meant that she didn't have to go to some hospital and receive treatment.
However, that resulted in a different problem for the dark haired teen. When the officer offered to take her home, Scarlet attempted to brush it off as if it was nothing. But it seemed that he could tell when a girl was lying through her teeth about her home and family being just a few blocks away. So here she was, sitting on a bench in the middle of a police station for several hours as they looked up her records to figure out the truth. Speaking of the devil, the officer from before approached with a frown on his face while scratching the back of his head.
"I'll take it I'm not free to go, am I?" Scarlet asked sarcastically as the officer sighed sitting down next to her.
"You're pretty far from home aren't you kid?" The officer asked as Scarlet glared, crossed her arms and turned away from the man as he continued to speak. "Look its nothing to be ashamed of. Other kids have ran away from foster homes too. I know it's only been a year since the accident, but that doesn't mean you can go run off and do whatever you want."
"Says the guy who trusts kids my age to protect his city from Super Villains when the police are outmatched. Besides, I'm pretty sure the woman I was with hasn't even bother to place any missing posters up of me since I have been gone. Did she even sound relieved when you called her? Or just annoyed?" Scarlet shot back at the officer who shook his head and sigh as the girl refused to make eye contact. The cop knew she was right but had no means to retort or argue with that logic involving the Titans.
"Look we can argue about this all night but it doesn't change the fact that you are a runaway and not one of the Titans." The officer responded watching as the girl narrowed her eyes at the mere word he used to describe her. "We are going to arrange a Child Service Agent to take you to the airport tomorrow and escort you back home. End of discussion understand?"
"Sir, yes sir!" Scarlet said with a mock salute before stretching her wrists out. "Want to cuff me and escort me to my cell so I don't run away?" She asked in a sarcastic tone with a cold look on her face. Scarlet wasn't actually serious but if he did cuff her she'd be really pissed off and put up a fight. There was no way she was going to let the officer cuff her and keep her in the station to prevent any escape attempts.
"We are going to arrange for you to stay somewhere else for the night." The officer said getting up from the seat. "Just wait here and don't try anything or else we will have to lock you up. Understand?"
"Whatever." Scarlet muttered leaning back in her seat and looking away as the officer departed. Maybe she should just try walking out the door and see what would happen, just out of spite for this situation. After all, they wanted to take her back to the wicked stepmom and unlike Cinderella there was no Fairy Godmother or Prince Charming to bail her out of this and save her from the hands of evil. Not like this evening could get any worse for her, right?
*CRASH*
*BOOM*
Scarlet fell off her seat and onto the floor in alarm as a cop car crashed into the building and was sitting on its side in the lobby, where it crashed into the receptionist desk and almost had done the same to the lady behind it. A familiar hissing sound was heard as a large hulking black mass emerged from the hole the car created. With razor sharp fangs being glossed over by a long serpentine tongue, his large white eyes scanned the room. It looked similar to the red monster that been in the alley earlier that evening. Only this one was easily larger and had what appeared to be a white spider emblem on its chest with the legs wrapped around the sides of his torso and connecting to the emblem on his back.
"Hello officers, I am looking for my grandchild will you be willing to help me?" Venom asked as the officers in the room took cover, drew their weapons, and took aim ready to fire. "I'll take that as a no!" He hissed before leaping upon the officers with a feral roar as they opened fire upon him.
-Meanwhile-
While alarms and gunfire began to fill the night air surrounding the police station, a familiar red creature was perched on a rooftop watching intently as the scene began to escalate below. Carnage could possibly consider this scenario had a silver lining, while Venom's intention with that insufferable revolting spawn of his was something intolerable. Dear old dad was doing all the heavy lifting for him, while Venom was inside killing everything getting between him and the child. Carnage could kick back, relax and enjoy the show. The minute Venom left with his prize, he would jump both of them and finish the job just as planned. Bonus points for possibly killing daddy in the crossfire.
-Back inside the Police Station-
Crap, crap, crap, crap, crap. Scarlet thought to herself as she crawled away from the chaos of the black monster as it ruthlessly maimed, injured, and killed everyone in its path of destruction. Scarlet crawled under one of the detective desks near where she had sat to watch the scene before her unfold and had hoped this monster wouldn't come for her next. Just make it to the door, all I have to do is just make it to the door and run like hell. She was nothing but a seventeen year old girl and right now the cops were the only ones capable of dealing with this. Hell, maybe they couldn't even fight back with the way the monster had been injuring and killing innocent officers with ease!
With gritted teeth, Scarlet crawled out from beneath the desk and rose to a low crouch to move quickly away from the battle. Using whatever was available for her to remain hidden before continuing to put distance between herself and the monster. Just keep moving towards the back and escape through a window, that was the plan. That is before Scarlet felt something attach to the back of hoodie and suddenly pull her towards the grasp of the monster in question.
"There you are." Venom growled holding Scarlet by the back of neck as she tried to reach back and pry herself free. Even if the cops hadn't taken her knife away, it wouldn't make any difference based on the attempt with the red monster. All Scarlet could do was watch as the remaining cops that were still standing aim their weapons at the monster. Fearing to fire now that this creature had a hostage in its grasp. Like it would matter anyway based on the bodies lying on the floor, now as a result of them attempting to shoot the guy.
"What is with you freaks?! Why do you keep wanting to bothering me?!" Scarlet snapped in frustration as she could hear Venom chuckle in delight.
"Relax kid think of me as your family in law. Now come along!" Venom declared throwing Scarlet over his shoulder dashing out of the station before firing a webline and swinging away from the area. "I can't take the risk of Carnage finding either you or Toxin! At least not until he is ready to defend himself."
"Who? What are you talking about!" Scarlet shouted over the sound of the air rushing past them as Venom fled the bloodied scene. Another loud roar drew both of their attentions as Venom was blindsided by a red blur sending them hurtling to the ground. Pulling Scarlet close, Venom shielded her with his body as they slammed into the middle of a street, tearing several chunks of the road up in the process. While cars skidded out of the way with roaring horns and others hitting the brakes to avoid the unexpected appearance of the creature.
"About time you did something useful pops." Carnage laughed as he landed on all four several feet away before rising to his full height. The visible grin on his face obvious as Venom hissed in anger at the sight of his son slowly approaching while his right arm shifted and morphed into a razor sharp blade.
"Not now Carnage!" Venom hissed slamming Scarlet into a wall and webbing her into place against the brick building. "Stay put I'll be right back." Venom ordered as he moved towards his son cracking his knuckles.
"H-Hey! You can't just leave me here!" Scarlet yelled as she tried to pull her arms out of the webs but it had been no use. If the black-suited monster was so intent on keeping her safe, he was doing a bad job. Leaving her in the open and being pinned to the wall with webs and no way to escape? Yeah, sure, that was keeping safe from harm..
"Why are you so intent on keeping that brat alive?! Who are you kidding Venom?" Carnage asked slashing his father across the chest who hissed in response before ducking underneath a swing at his skull. "You're a cold blooded killer up to your eyes in blood just like me!" He roared before a fist was slammed into his abdomen.
"This is different, when Toxin grows up he'll be an ally-" Venom said pulling Carnage into a headlock.
"Who?" Carnage interrupted as he threw Venom over his shoulder and into one of the cars a citizen left behind while fleeing the scene.
"It is the name I have given to my grandson. Fitting, no?" Venom asked rising from the car only to have several small discs fly into his body and explode making him hiss in pain while Carnage was forced to back flip away from several green bolts of energy thrown at him.
"WHAT NOW?!" Carnage roared in frustration turning to the source as Venom facepalmed.
"Great them again…." Venom groaned as sure enough standing a short distance away from Venom and Carnage was the Teen Titans.
"Friends of yours?" Carnage growled turning his full attention to the group of newcomers.
"Oh yeah the best." Raven muttered sarcastically in her usual monotone voice.
"Friends that are going to kick your butt!" Beast Boy yelled out, waving his fist in the air.
"One's that get upset when you trash their car!" Cyborg said obviously still upset over the damages Venom inflicted to the vehicle earlier.
"Look I just want to kill the girl, let me do that then I'll kill the rest of you, deal?" Carnage said motioning to the restrained Scarlet. Only to receive several more Star Bolts courtesy of Starfire and a car engulfed in a black aura slamming into him from above. Releasing a feral roar, Carnage ripped through the car, throwing a bladed axe that had been produced from his body at the Titans as they dodged the attack and engaged the symbiote.
Growling, Venom swung his head to Scarlet for a moment contemplating just leaving now with his target. Why not? If Carnage kept them distracted long enough, he may be able to get enough distance in time before his son slaughtered them all. Scarlet on the other hand, glared at Venom, clearly wanting to be released from the webs that kept her from going anywhere. Looking at the teens, she yelled
"Can someone break me free already?!"' Scarlet protested as Venom grinned.
"Gladly…I do not care what Carnage does to them regardless" Venom said, approaching the teen and in a few swift movements tore Scarlet free and like before, began to escape the scene by swinging.
"You are not leaving that easily! When I get my hands on you I'll rip both of you apart!" Carnage roared in rage as he broke out into a sprint before firing a red web line out and giving chase.
"Looks like we found both of them now." Beast Boy said as Robin narrowed his eyes.
"And they do not sound like friends or allies." Starfire pointed out noticing the hostility in Carnage's voice before he began his pursuit
"Then we go after them. We need to save the girl with them." Robin ordered his team as Beast Boy shifted into an eagle and took flight while Raven and Starfire also took to the skies in chase of their opponents.
-Meanwhile-
"Can you please tell me what the hell is going on? Why are you both fighting over me? Is there something you want?" Scarlet demanded, watching from her position on Venom's back as Carnage was catching up to them. That red guy is pretty dang fast..I'm scared to even think what will happen if he got his hands on me. By the sounds of it, he wanted me dead. But I don't know what I even did! Scarlet thought trying to understand what was happening to her all of a sudden.
"Look child, it's a family matter!" Venom stated barely avoiding a red tendril spear that flew past his head before it dissolved away into nothing.
"One that I am going to solve once I get my hands on both of you!" Carnage shouted forming another spear he lunged, slicing Venom's webline which sent him descending down towards the ground before firing another and barely pulling up in time to avoid crashing into the ground. While Scarlet screamed with her eyes closed as they nearly plunged to their death prompting the black symbiote to let out a growl.
"Just hold still long enough for me to put you out of your miseries!" Carnage snapped as a Starbolt slammed into his back and nearly making him lose his grip on the web line he had.
"What is with you and shooting at me with those….. whatever they are?!" He demanded turning to see Raven, Starfire, and Beast Boy chasing him now as well.
"Azarath Metreon Zinthos!" Raven chanted as another car was slammed into Carnage sending the monster crashing towards the ground.
"Put the girl down now please!" Starfire called out towards Venom only for a roar from behind made the Tamaranean look back to see Carnage once again airborne as his arms shifted into axes which he threw at the three Titans, forcing them to weave out of the way.
With the fight behind escalating by the second, Venom fired a webline taking a sharp turn down a different street hoping to shake off his pursuers. Only to slam into a shield of energy courtesy of Raven and barely control his descent to avoid harming Scarlet. Which led to Venom smashing straight through a stain glass window, belonging to a cathedral in the city. Which caused Venom to unfortunately drop Scarlet on the upper level -unharmed- where the church's organ piano stood while he landed on the bottom floor crushing several pews with his immense size and weight.
Adrenaline had been running through Scarlet's blood as she slowly got up onto her feet. Scarlet had finally been free of Venom's grasp, but she was not safe from harm yet. An obvious assessment of her situation as Starfire, Raven, and Beast Boy entered through the ruined window to see the sight of Venom rising up once more, ready to fight.
As Raven and Starfire flew forward to engage Venom, Beast Boy however, flew towards where Scarlet was as she regained her footing to make sure the girl was alright. Shifting back into his regular form he approached her only to hear a dark chuckle overhead as the one responsible was hanging off the glass that wasn't shattered by his hands and feet stuck to it.
"A church, how ironic. Perfect place for a sinner to find exactly what he needs for salvation." Carnage said dropping down in front of Beast Boy and Scarlet as his arm sharpened into another blade. "The blood of the innocent."
"Stay back!" Beast Boy shouted to Scarlet as he transformed into a grizzly bear and dashed forward and swung his claws at Carnage. Only to be smacked away by a tentacle from Carnage's other arm sending the shapeshifter back into his human form and crashing into Scarlet who stumbled backwards into the organ piano.
The dark haired teen's body accidentally pressing into the keys of the Organ keys, causing it to release a bellow of improper musical notes booming throughout the cathedral. Carnage released a pained scream as he gripped his head in agony while his red form began to wither and convult erratically from the sound of the music being produced.
Wait.
Music.
Sound.
Emerald eyes quickly darting down below to where Raven and Starfire was fighting the older symbiote, Scarlet could see the music was having an adverse effect on him as well! That's it! High sounds that were too much for their ears had some sort of severe effect on both monsters! Their screams sounded like they had been in pure agony.
"They can't stand noise…." Scarlet said before turning to the Organ Piano and slamming her hands onto the keys as the organ produced more musical notes filling the church halls with its booming sound. The anguish of the symbiotes roaring in pain and falling to the ground was all the confirmation Scarlet needed to continue sweeping her hands across every key upon the instrument to inflict more and more pain upon the monsters.
They were suffering so greatly their own bodies were turning against them. The Titans could only watch as it looked as if the symbiotes were attempting to split itself in two as they would catch sight of traces of human flesh beneath the withering mass of tendrils.
"Too much! Too much!" Venom cried out suffering the worst of the effects as he gripped his head in pain trying to dull the music out but to no avail.
"Curse you child! Curse you!" Carnage screamed wanting to kill Scarlet more than ever but knew it was impossible now, his body was in too much agony to function. He needed to flee!
Barely able to stand, Venom broke out into a sprint which had him slamming through the main doors that had began leading out of the cathedral while Carnage leapt through the window, damaging it further before barely firing a webline in time to avoid slamming into the ground.
Once Scarlet was certain the creatures were gone did she cease playing the organ. A sigh escaped her lips as she then turned her back to the organ and sat down, leaning against the large instrument and closing her eyes "Well that's finally over.." She muttered feeling the events of the night finally catching up with her.
-Later-
"Yeah after she started playing the piano they went crazy and made a run for it!" Beast Boy said to Robin as the Titans stood gathered in front of the cathedral as Scarlet was sitting on the steps away from them so they could speak in private.
"You mean they hated the sound of her playing or what?" Cyborg asked confused by Beast Boy's explanation.
"He means they seem to have a weakness to sound. They appeared to be in pain by the volume the music was being played at." Raven clarified.
"As the loud sounds were occurring, I noticed that their bodies were showing human skin." Starfire pointed out. "It was as if there had been humans wearing the creatures like costumes."
Robin frowned in thought at the news concerning these two new strangers. So far what they knew was that while they displayed similar abilities, they were not allies. In addition to not only learning they were potential humans using some kind of costumes sensitive to sound but they were both obsessed with the girl sitting nearby. Something was not right, why were these two so interested in her?
Continuing to sit on the stairs, Scarlet watched the team but heard nothing between the team. Her distance had made it impossible to pick up who or what they had been talking about. So she propped her head up on her hands as her elbows rested on her legs They're the good team as far as I know. So I really shouldn't worry about what they'd say or do. After all..they did basically save me. Trying to stop those guys from taking me and-or killing me.
Starfire glanced over at the dark-haired girl with her green eyes and before her friends could ask what she was doing, she floated over to Scarlet and sat down next to her "Do not be sad, new friend." She said with a warm smile and took the girl's hands into hers. Getting Scarlet's full attention "I am Starfire, what's your name?"
Scarlet couldn't help but smile in return to the Tamaranean "I'm Scarlet. Just like the color ." Something about Starfire seemed to have brightened her mood. Finally, something happy and joyful for once today and not out to make her life a living nightmare.
"It's nice to meet you, Scarlet!" She then smiled widely with a giggle and hugged Scarlet. Surprising the girl in the process before she let her go "I do like that you enjoy the color red as well!"
The fact that this girl had been very cheerful after a rough night was very shocking. But Scarlet didn't mind this at all. She couldn't help but laugh softly which had Starfire tilt her head a bit in question "Oh don't worry about it, Starfire." Scarlet said before adding "It's nice to know that someone can smile, as well as make me smile after a crazy night of being chased and carried around like a ragdoll."
"Being sad all the time isn't always a good thing. I like to make people happy." Starfire replied as she began floating to move in front of Scarlet. Taking her hands and making the young redhead stand. Starfire then smiled "I'm sure the others would like to greet you!" With that, Starfire led Scarlet to the team "Cyborg, Robin, Beast boy, and Raven," said the Tamaranean as she rested her hand on Scarlet's shoulder as the other would motion between the team and Scarlet "I would like you to meet Scarlet! Scarlet, here are my best friends on earth, Beast boy, Cyborg, Raven and Robin!"
With a nervous laugh, Scarlet raised her hand and waved a little bit "Hey there." She said feeling awkward introducing herself to a group of superheroes basically. If the situation had called for it she would take a picture with her camera right then and there. Too bad her camera along with her bag had been left at the police station when Venom attacked.
"Its nice to meet you, but I need to ask you a few questions concerning those two creatures." Robin said seriously as Scarlet lost her smile and her expression turned into a frown. Of course the apprentice to Gotham's Dark Knight would want to bring everything back to the matter at hand.
"I'm just as in the dark as you guys are concerning who those two were or what they wanted." Scarlet said with a shrug of her shoulders. "All I know is that one is protecting me from the other, who is trying to track me down and kill me. I don't know why either, I encountered the red one first in an alley but it fled shortly after that. The black one mentioned something about someone named Toxin but I have no clue what that even means or who this person is." Scarlet explained as Robin's frown deepened as he looked at the others for a moment then back to Scarlet.
"I think you should come with us for the night, those creatures could be back soon and it may be best if we see if there's something they might have done to you." Robin advised as Scarlet shrugged her shoulders. It was either go with the group of cool superheroes to their place, or go back to the destroyed station and possibly be killed by the monsters before she is even sent back to foster care.
"Alright...sure better safe than sorry right? Or in this case dead..." Scarlet said muttering the last part under her breath with a nod as she followed the Titans away from the scene.
-Later at Titans Tower-
Scarlet wasn't certain how exactly they got their hands on this kind of technology but she certainly couldn't deny how freaking cool this place was! Never in her life, did Scarlet think she would get to be inside a superhero's headquarters, especially Titan's Tower! Eyes wide like a kid in a candy shop, she abided by Cyborg's request to not touch anything for the time being as they led her to their infirmary. For the next two hours they ran tests on her, taking a sample of her blood, scanning her body, and so forth in an attempt to determine what about this girl had interested Venom and Carnage so greatly. The equipment they had here was easily superior to what the doctor back at the police station had used earlier. Sitting atop a bed in only her black tank top and shorts, Scarlet watched as Cyborg looked over the results on a large screen next to her. While the rest of the Titans were scattered throughout the room.
"There's some kind of anomaly inside your body. Can't figure out what exactly it is but it's there. It's strange. I've never seen anything like this before in my life." Cyborg explained.
"How much you want to bet those crazies are after it?" Beast Boy asked aloud as Scarlet's frown deepened before looking down at the floor. That's what they were after? Something inside of her body? Could it be connected to whoever this Toxin person was?
"Is...whatever it is inside me going to hurt me?" Scarlet asked looking up at Cyborg who shook his head.
"Your vitals are fine, and nothing seems to be abnormal." Cyborg said, looking back at the screen showing her condition. "Heart rate is normal, white and red blood cells are normal. Whatever this anomaly is, it's not hurting you." At least not yet, it was left unsaid but it was clear that everyone was thinking it.
"We'll keep looking into it, maybe you should get some rest." Robin suggested to their guest while it went unnoticed to her, the look on his face was noticed by his fellow teammates. The boy wonder had a sneaking suspicion as to what was occurring and why she was a target for one of the two creatures. The moment he was out in the hallway did he hear someone follow him out as well.
"Robin? Is something concerning you?" Starfire asked as she normally grew worried whenever she saw her friend and teammate like this. "Do you think there is a connection between Scarlet and these new foes?" She asked as Robin nodded making sure they were out of hearing range before he spoke.
"It's how Scarlet described the way they knew each other. The black one had been related to the red one. As a hostile father and son relationship. Both of which were fighting over the same thing. The black one's grandson has something to do with Scarlet." Robin explained piecing together what he could based on the events that occurred tonight.
"Do you believe Scarlet knows the whereabouts to this Toxin and that is why they pursued her?" Starfire asked perplexed as Robin shook his head.
"Maybe, but she is still connected to it somehow Star. I just don't know how but after what happened in the cathedral, I bet there is more to those two creatures than we realize. Not two humans just wearing some kind of enhancement costumes." Robin finished crossing his arms as his mind continue to run through what little facts they had surrounding these newcomers. Deep down, he knew this wasn't over yet. Not by a long shot.
-Later that night-
Scarlet turned on her side with an annoyed groan for what felt like the thousandth time in the infirmary bed. Sleep was all but impossible to the young woman after everything that had occurred to her in the last twelve hours. It was a terrible exhaustion in her bones that prevented sleep no matter how hard she tried. It was going to be morning in just a few hours and she had yet to even sleep for a minute. How did the Titans manage this after every threat they stopped? Then again, they were pros and possibly just managed to grow numb to this kind of thing.
"Alright I give up." Scarlet declared aloud to herself as she sat up in the bed and tossing the pillow down onto the ground. Swinging her feet off the bed and getting up, she headed over towards the sink present in the room and turned on the faucet to wash her face clean. It might have been a bad idea but it was worth the shot, maybe it'd relax her so she'd be able to pass out easier. Turning off the water, Scarlet looked up at herself in the mirror while blowing a loose strand of her dark hair out of her face in the process. The reflection in the mirror displayed exactly how the girl was feeling at the moment, sleep deprived. Well not like it could get any worse right?
"Hello?"
Scarlet nearly jumped out of her skin as she spun around with hands gripping the sink as she looked around. Emerald eyes quickly searching every inch of the room for the person who had suddenly spoke only to find nothing in response.
Maybe it was just her imagination? Yeah that was it! The two monsters had scared her to the point of traumatizing her! She was so tired she was beginning to hallucinate from the lack of sleep. Maybe one of the Titans was pulling some kind of sick twisted prank using some kind of PA system? Right?
"No it was none of that. It was me." A deep but childlike voice replied making Scarlet squeak in fear before looking around again.
"Ok...very funny...whoever you are...joke's over, you can come out now…" Scarlet said backing further into the sink. Where was this prankster at?
"Turn around and look in the mirror." The voice said as Scarlet blinked in confusion. Slowly turning her body towards the mirror, what she saw made her pale. The sight of what looked like dozens of red and black tendrils moving across to where her tanktop exposed her collarbone. Fear immediately clung to her stomach as she quickly pulled up her top to see if it was happening anywhere else on her body.
It was.
The tendrils were rippling and moving towards the spot on her collar as Scarlet let go of her clothes allowing it to fall back in place while she took several steps back from the mirror.
No
No
No no no no no
One of those things, WAS INSIDE HER!
"Please don't panic!" The childish voice begged
Unfortunately for the voice, that is exactly what Scarlet did.
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