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Chapter 14 - CH 14

"Hey, no, it's good Gwen, I mean, once Ptech is up, I might have some space for a bioengineer," he was trying to sound sincere but she couldn't help but laugh

"Peetech," she sounded back at him, "oh no, you're not calling your company PeeTech. Let me guess, even you thought PP Tech was too much?"

Peter's face scrunched in a frown and then it clicked, he wanted to name his company piss tech, even though he thought that the P was for his name it wasn't until someone else said it back that he realised.

"Hey, how about Parker Industries?" She said, making an arch with her hands. 

"Much better." He had to admit it was, but still she laughed,

"Oh god, PeeTech oh, Pete" each time she said it she laughed more and with the bright smile on her face so did Peter

With the first unofficially official date drawing to a close, Peter had to pay a visit to Aunt May and get ready for school again. They parted ways at her front door, the glare of George Stacy going unnoticed as Peter lent forwards and kissed Gwen on the cheek.

It had been a great day, and tonight was going to be even better. Tonight he would be Venom.

Peter was stoked about this, it was the first time that he'd be going out as the Venom and his whole body tingled with excitement.

He felt the alien liquid inside him bubble up and even as his vision darkened it suddenly sprang into a new life. The thick black viscous coating covered his whole body with an extra layer of muscle and he could even tell he had grown an extra eleven or twelve inches. His new symbiotic skin, or just the symbskin as he called it, felt warm around him. He knew it was coming from somewhere in his body, he had just no idea where, and it felt fleshy but tough. It coated him completely, and even though it was a full-body suit, Peter felt no different. He could still breathe and his senses felt sharper than when he was without it. Lights seemedbrighter and he could hear the girls talking and making deals across the street from where he was standing.

He flexed first, getting used to being the Venom again and then whipping a line out hoistedhimself up on the walkways that lined the upper floor of the warehouse.

His first job of the evening, while it was boring, was to check the antenna array he had built from old satellite receivers and tv aerials on the roof, and this was the fastest way. Peter wanted to keep his activities as Venom a secret and was building a secure faraday cage around the warehouse. So that everyone still had internet and cable he had constructed a receiver array from broken electronics taken from thejunkyard. Soldering and rewiring it, it just needed to be secured to the warehouse roof.

His thicker frame made carrying the dish up this high easy, and after setting it in place, his hand tightening around the bolts, moulding his symbskin into the shape of a wrench. His eyes, although covered, could see as if the skin was more a part of his own body than a coating and the light summer breeze felt good on what was now his skin. Trying his best not to think about being naked, he soon got all the wiring hooked up and once he added in power the warehouse would not only have TV but wireless internet that would be strong no matter where you were in the building. If he needed a wired connection he could set them up here and run a cable to anywhere he needed.

"Haaaa," the huge Venom creature exhaled, he had found that Venom could create a mouth but it was a jutting gagged maw filled with nightmarish teeth, so he opted to keep the suit sealed completely. Being honest with himselfthe black was a little goth for his taste, and he probably would have gone for red, white and blue but free superpowers were free superpowers. His fashion sense wouldn't be complaining if he had to make the suit himself. He could extrude and retract the black skin on command, forming and dissolving instantly, and making shapes had been easy, but it wouldn't change colour, it was always black. The only modification he had been able to make was a white spider design on his chest and he felt that was only as it was right. It wasn't a consciousthought, it had just felt right.

With his work done he decided to venture out into the city. A lot of places in Midtown were off-limits, even to young men, muggers not caring about gender anymore in the age of equality, and Venom headed into the seedier parts of town. He was going to avoid Hell's Kitchen, for now. The place claimed the lives of a lot of people and in reputation, Peter knew he could be seriously hurt or worse, even if he did have powers.

It wasn't long before he could hear shouts of terror and whoops of joy, a mugging. Some drunk frat girl had taken a wrong turn into an alley and found herself at knifepoint. Venom shot a web onto a nearby water tower and leapt, swinging down the alley and launching himself into the mugger. His feet connected with the midriff of the mugger and he went flying 

"You shouldn't be here, ma'am. Club Acapulcois that way," he pointed and with a tear-streaked face she took off running.

"Now now now though, what do we have here. Someone forgot it was garbage day and left this in the alley."

The mugger had shaken himself off and was pointing his knife at Venom now, "Hey, I don't want no beef alright, the girls gone, no harm no foul huh?"

"No harm no foul? NO HARM NO FOUL!" Venom's anger rose and he slammed a fist past the upheld knife, into the ribs of the man, "No harm no foul" he repeated over and over with each strike.

The mugger could only cough up blood as the huge monster pounded his ribcage. Venom, however, was reliving the worst days of his life. A woman's scream, and the sound of bones breaking, his uncle's killer walked free, a new school where the first person to talk to him, an unknown Flash, grabs and twists his wrist, telling him to stay away from her. Each bully, every shock, each time he was told "be quiet, don't complain, just take it," surfaced in his mind as his rage finally bubbled over. His fists moved on their own, but as the red rage cleared Venom looked down at what he had done.

Venom watched the mugger collapse in front of him, his breathing was as ragged as his own. His hands were shaking as he looked at theman's chest, barely moving. He hadn't meant to lose control, punish yes but not cripple. He searched the man's coat and found a wad of bills and a phone. The man had been smart enough to lose the wallets and purses of his victims and not to carry his own ID, but a phone was untraceable. Venom held the phone with two hands as he hit the emergency call button on the lock screen

"911, what is your emergency?" 

Venom's voice cracked as he spoke, "Uh yeah I found a guy at 6th and Walker, he's hurt really bad, uh, I got his phone and, help, please send help." Venom was still in shock as to what he had done, he dropped the phone, the tinnyvoice of the operator still questioning him, and zipping a line to the roof of another building, leapt and began to climb.