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"𝐍𝐎𝐖, 𝐉𝐔𝐌𝐏,"
You were enamored from head to toe in black symbiote, and Venom leaped from one building to another, making his way through the city of Brooklyn.
Pushing your hands onto the ground, Venom boosted himself upward to jump, landing on the side of a skyscraper. Claws protruded as he climbed his way up to a building and crouched on top of it.
"Hmm," Venom took in the scenery of the city's night light, "The world is not so ugly after all."
"Some people are. On the inside," you spoke.
"You mean the government? The people who brought me to this stupid world?"
"You could say that,"
Venom sank back into you, returning control to you. You broke the lock on the fire escape at the top, and made your way into the building. You were careful to avoid the patrolling security on each floor of the building and reached the room where all the files were being kept.
You foraged through them, asking Venom about the details of the facility and the ones running it. Opening drawer after drawer, skewing through them for the needed folder.
When you came across a file labeled 'LIFE FOUNDATION', Venom recognized it at once. You read through the file, flipping the pages. Some had reports of how people had reacted to bonding with it and how many people were used for testing.
You grabbed the needed file, tucked it into your sling bag, and closed the drawers. When you looked for a way out, you paused on the glass windows of the building, having second thoughts about leaping through it.
"Jump," Venom ordered.
With a deep breath, you jogged forward in determination, gaining speed. But then stopped abruptly, inches from the glass, palms pressed against it.
Five minutes later, you were in the elevator area after pressing the button.
"Pussy," Venom spat.
"Shut up. I'm still learning to adapt," you defended, "I can't just break through glass and free fall through the sky like a skydiver,"
"Still a pussy."
"Oh, fuck you," you scoffed, stepping into the elevator and pressing on the button to go to the ground floor.
When the elevator doors opened on the ground floor, a large group of men, armed to the teeth were holding up their guns at you.
You barely had a second to process it all before they opened fire on you and you leaned against the wall of the elevator to protect yourself.
"See why I told you to jump?" Venom remarked.
The shooting had declined and a man yelled, "Mask," pulling up one to cover his face.
"Copy that," another man spoke.
"Mask," you said out loud.
"Copy that," Venom replied, taking over your body just as the bullets were fired at you.
Several smoke grenades were unbolted and hurled in Venom's direction. Laser points were aimed as they all fired at Venom.
Venom casually strode through the blockade, knocking people away with a swing of his arm. He caught a man by his throat and raised him into the air. He opened his mouth, whipping out his tongue lavishly, and bit his head off, dropping the body down.
"No, Venom! That's gross!" you groaned internally.
"That was food," Venom replied smoothly. He carried on fighting the soldiers, throwing some back while he bit their heads off to satisfy his hunger.
Once the men had been taken down, Venom sunk back into your skin, leaving you back in control.
A man had shot at your back, and an appendage of black took the hit. It whipped back at the man, strangling him, and tossed him into the wall at the far end of the corridor, "I got your back."
You smiled over your shoulder, "Thanks, buddy."
"You're welcome," he paused for a moment and added, "Buddy,"
You were about to exit through the front entrance when a familiar silhouette made its way to the building, swinging through the air. The distinct outline of a guitar behind their back indicated who it exactly was.
Hobie landed in front of the building, striding into it.
"Oh, no, no, no, no," you muttered over and over again, the black symbiote engulfing your form once again, "We need to use the back exit," you hurried over to the nearest exit door, bolting right through it.
"Ay, stay there!" Hobie yelled after you.
You found yourself in an alleyway and leaped up on it using your claws, crawling up the wall.
Hobie was hot at your heels, he looked around to find out where you had gone and saw a hint of shadow disappear onto the top of the building.
He webbed himself up, hauling himself to the building. He ran after the figure, leaping from the terrace of one building to another. He tried to keep up with the figure, but whoever that was, they seemed to be swift and agile.
Hobie saw the figure jump in between two buildings, falling forward with a flip.
When he reached the edge of the building, he watched the figure run into the street. The black symbiote sunk back into their body.
Once you were sure you had lost him, you checked behind your back to make sure, coming to a stop by an alleyway, leaning against it.
A web shot to your side, pulling you into the darkness between the two buildings.
You came face to face with the friendly-neighborhood-Spider Punk. The whites of his eyes widened in surprise.
"Y/N?"
Siren echoed from far down the road. The members of the Life Foundation were tailing, searching the street for you.
The men had stepped out of their vehicle and were scouring in full spirit, heavily armed.
"Oh no, they're coming," You panicked, "I need to go—"
"No," Hobie rested a hand on the wall beside your head, trapping you between himself and the wall, "If you run, they'd be hot at your tail. You need to slip away,"
You stared at him, the closeness making your mind go fuzzy, "What're you suggesting?"
The footsteps were getting closer and you both weren't exactly well-hidden because the alleyway was open to the street. You'd both be visible if someone walked past.
Hobie pulled off his mask, tucking it into your sling bag, "I mean, it's a bit cliché, and we got no other option—"
The men were yelling orders, and they had strode significantly closer.
Your heart jumped to your throat in a rush of anxiety, "Just do it!"
Tilting his head to the side, Hobie pressed his lips against yours, pinning you to the wall with a fierce kiss. His free hand rested on your hip, thumb moving back and forth.
You kissed him back as though as a reflex action, palms sliding up his chest and fisting the collar of his jacket.
Neither of you would admit it but you had missed this. Being wrapped up in each other, absolutely drunk in love.
The men ushered past by you both, paying no mind and dismissing the pair of you as lovesick fools.
Perhaps they weren't exactly wrong.
When you were sure they had gone, you pulled back from the kiss.
Hobie followed after your mouth, eyes drooping due to the intensity of the kiss. He blinked once. Twice. And then shook his head to regain himself.
You shrugged awkwardly, looking up at him, "Wanna hear a crazy story?"
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