After returning home, having supper, and talking to my new mother, I went to my room to start thinking of a game plan.
"Time to start thinking of any advantage I can think of." I say as I start writing into a journal
"Due to the fact that there's no Google searches for symbiote, any semblance of venom, or others of its species I can say for relative certainty that the general public does not know about my weaknesses to fire and loud sound. I can integrate DNA from others into myself to see if I can get any semblance of advantage as well as that goes for other animals as well, make sure to visit a zoo. I can integrate materials such as metal and concrete into my symbiote form allowing me to have an increased level of durability as well as a minor resistance to heat if I grab the correct materials, hopefully that'll be able to cancel out at least partially the weakness to fire. I already have the abilities of a frog thanks to Apex bonding with one before he found me. My abilities should entail increased jump height, extendable tongue, super strength, super speed, as well as if the frog had eaten any insects I could also gain the ability of them as well which could mean flight, the ability to crawl on walls, and ridiculously fast reaction times."
I make sure the door is locked to my room so my mother doesn't pop in unannounced. Facing towards a mirror I have on a wall, I will the suit to come over.
Completely black without any discernible features other than a white ring where my eyes would be, and a thin line where my mouth would be. Upon opening my mouth I see rows upon Rose of teeth poking straight up and sharp.
"Serrated curved teeth would serve a better purpose due to the fact that the serrated part would allow flesh to be torn a lot easier when going in and them being curved inwards would prevent prey from getting out once I get a good bite on them."
As I say this to myself I can see the teeth changing themselves to fit exactly how I imagined. Nodding to myself I continue looking over. Overall I have a bit of a feminine charm with my curves being hugged perfectly if I do say so myself, that's a bad idea.
"They will obviously know I'm female by my silhouette alone no matter what I do so if I were to maybe increase the broadness of my shoulders and just overall increase my size I should be able to trick them into thinking I'm either genderless or male. If I also add tendrils similar to that of a frog's tongue I can get around the not being able to web swing yet issue as well as if I give control to Apex over those limbs I will have essentially more sets of arms to do whatever needs to be done. Finally spikes, spikes, and more spikes on my shoulders, knees, knuckles, elbows, along my arms, underneath my feet and hands, and along my back"
After making the changes I look like almost an exact copy of agent venom from the comics. After looking over myself I approve, now to make another form. That's right if you can shape shift why not have specialized forms the one I was just making was the one for agility based, now for one tank based.
Massive increase in muscle mass and overall body size I also lengthen my arms to the point of which I am quadrupedal allowing for a better weight distribution and stronger arms. I enlarge my jaw the point of looking similar to a pitbulls jaw. Taking inspiration from what I understand about snakes I make it so that my jaw is able to unhinge allow me to swallow things ridiculously larger than what I should be able to. Taking inspiration from the fly DNA that was in the frog's stomach I am now able to projectile vomit ridiculously strong stomach acid allowing me to slowly burn through flesh and concrete. Overall it's a patchwork of ideas but not too dissimilar from what venom looks like, other than looking like a gorilla.
After all is said and done it's dark due to the fact of it being late November. I leave my room to tell my mother I'm going to sleep early today night since I don't feel too good might have been what I ate for lunch, brush my teeth, go to my room, close the door, put up a decoy of me sleeping with a couple of extra pillows, sneak out the window, sprout my wings, and fly.
Sticking onto the sides of high-rise buildings whenever I need a break is a good idea as I continue to fly around the city looking for anyone who will not be missed.
Not even 15 minutes after I leave the house I see some guy attacking a woman and ripping her clothes off. In no time at all I land on top of a building shoot my tongue out to grab him and reel him back to my location. In less than 5 seconds me and the guy are gone from the location leaving a confused woman who thought she was going to be in danger.
"Aaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhh-" I managed to shut him up when he got to me, as we left I had one of my tendrils wrap around his mouth so he would keep quiet as I carry him away from the previous location. It would be unwise to eat someone right where they disappeared, if the woman ever reported that she was assaulted and the man disappeared and they find blood stains of him they'll be on higher alert than if he just disappeared. Once we make it to a quieter part of the city in an abandoned building I drag him inside wrap him up and even more of my tendrils and I shove my fingers directly into his ears.
"Apex could you find a way to get this guy's memories they could be useful if he was affiliated with the gang."after saying this I could feel as the symbiote stretched further into his ear canal through his eardrum and even through his skull to get to his brain. Once it hit something else I was slowly starting to get information from him. He was part of a game called the green Cornwall, a game that is mostly centered around Hell's kitchen but tries to stretch out as much as they can usually leaving to horrible gang wars causing many civilian casualties due to their idiocy. I start dragging information out of him safe houses, places to store weapons and drugs, and any gang leaders were the first to go. Second to go was any semblance of experience he has with wielding weaponry such as knives and guns since I am not to well versed in combat. After I dragged all information possible that I could find useful from him I simply told Apex that I had no more use to him. With one quick chop half of his body from his waist up is gone. With the rest of his body dealt with as well we decided to search for one of the gang leaders. Halfway across the city I managed to find it, an abandoned factory teaming with plenty of guards and people packing drugs.
With a grin I say to myself "well Apex looks like we're eating good tonight"
Sneaking up on the outer guards was easy being pitch black in the middle of the night and being able to pull people into the darkness with a tendril, everyone was easy pickings and not a single thing of them remained. Their clothing was broken down whatever couldn't be used as nutrients was used as an outer layer of extra defense as that include bulletproof vests, their weapons after eating enough Apex and I found a way to launch spikes out of my tendrils with even more force than an armor piercing round, and their bodies fuel in the tank with all their extra bones I managed to layer that just underneath the first layer of my symbiote giving me almost an exoskeleton. With all the guards on the outside taking care of I can move comfortably in the light outside of the factory which is where the second part of my plan kicks it. I make sure to block off all exits with either a combination of my symbiote gunk and metal scraps that I found. Now with no one being able to escape without climbing out of a window I moved to one of the skylights, cliche I know. Before I jump in I make note of every light I can find. As I jump in all my tendrils shoot out nearly every light in the entire factory.
Scream, swears, and gunshots are all that can be heard. I stick low to the ground, just because I'm probably bulletproof doesn't mean I want to get shot. I slowly start sneaking up on everyone one by one. A scream followed by a crunch is the only thing of evidence I leave behind as I swallow them whole or completely bite their head off and carry the rest of their corpse to eat along the way to the next guard. After all is said and done 30 guards on the outside 35 on the inside with over 40 people packing drugs weapons and 1 gang leader all "mysteriously" disappearing, along with all the weapons, armor, drugs, and money.
"I feel bloated"I say to myself as I walk my way home without the symbiote.
"No s***, you ate almost 100 people tonight."
Apex snarked back.
I put my mouth underneath the color of my sweater "yeah I know, I just didn't know symbiotes could eat so much before getting full."
"We as a species are used to not eating for decades at a time. What you essentially did was prepare us for a hibernation cycle."
"I didn't know symbiotes had a hibernation cycle, how long does it usually last?"
"It lasts for however long the planet has before it explodes sending us flying across the cosmos."
"So assuming I didn't do anything crazy I wouldn't have to eat people for a while?"
"No, with you constantly on the move, using the suit, and your ambitions for more power we are going to need to eat a lot more."
"Fair enough, it's not like we're on short supply of gangs in New York. With all that being said I think I just want to go to sleep, and get ready for school tomorrow if the repairs have been done already."
After that enlightening conversation, I climb back through my window,get into bed, and fall asleep...
Only for 4 hours later the alarm clock beside my bed goes off.