-~<|¦3.The Missing Smile¦|>~-
-~<|¦The Missing Smile¦|>~-
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𝖄𝖔𝕾𝖊𝕭𝖚𝕳𝖆𝕽𝖔
"Hi!"
^~Talking
-Thanks!-
^~Thinking
'For!'
^~Whispering
"READING!!!"
^~Ear rape
"*Smiles* This!"
^~Action while talking
𝖄𝖔𝕾𝖊𝕭𝖚𝕳𝖆𝕽𝖔
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|Freyja's POV|
In mere moments, I was fully engulfed by Carnage. I felt how she quickly merged with my own skin and then turning into something like a thin silk, basically like a second layer of skin.
Out of surprise, I jumped straight up, seeing how my skin now looked bloody red with black veins and light purple highlights! I got scared, thinking that Carnage was eating me, but my train of thoughts stopped as I noticed something.
Looking at my hands, it reminded me of Spider-Woman's spandex. Curiously observing it, Carnage's voice rang in my mind.
Carnage: "-_Can you feel it, Frey? The power~?_-" she purred, but her question intrigued me.
Having been trained by my mentor, Natasha Romanoff, or more commonly known as the Black Widow in public, it is safe to say that I'm stronger than average humans, and I was able to know my own strength. But, with Carnage's question, I realized how my base strength tripled!
It felt like I can contend against Captain America and win with only a few injuries! Opening and closing my fists, a thought came to mind.
Looking at the floor below me, I reeled my fist back, and, punched the floor, creating a crack that resembles a spider web with a 3 feet diameter! Seeing this, I felt my jaw drop.
-Scratch being stronger than Captain America! I'm as strong as Hulk!- with excitement coursing through my veins, I frantically looked around me and saw another building across this one. The gap between them should at least be 25 feet, but, without thinking and going by instinct, I ran towards the building.
With each step, a crack formed beneath them and as my foot touched the edge of the top, I jumped! The feeling was exhilarating.
The danger was present, yet I ignored it and jumped! With the air hitting my body, my heart pumped loudly as I reached the top of the other building! As my feet touched the top, I didn't bother rolling to disturb the impact, because I didn't feel the need to do so!
Another crater formed beneath me, but I didn't mind it as I looked behind me and saw the previous building I was on. There was a difference in height between the two, the previous one being at least 11 meters higher than this one.
-I have to thank master for teaching me how to discern measurements without any tools.- I thought to myself as I felt my heart beat as fast as it can due to my excitement.
Not coming down from my high, I looked around me and saw more buildings varying in height! With a light chuckle, I ran once more. This time, I was heading towards the building connected to this one, only it was at least 9 meters taller.
As I reached the building's wall, I didn't stop running and ran horizontally! I was most definitely defying the laws of physics, and I liked it!
Reaching the top, I continued to run, and without care, jumped from building to building and climbing up tall ones!
While having fun, Carnage spoke in my mind once more, causing me to stop running up a building. Not bothering to stay on a horizontal plane, I crouched on the wall I was on.
Carnage: "-_Having fun, are we?_-" she asked with a rather warm tone that made me a bit surprised, because she never once spoke like this. But, being able to quickly calm down, I didn't mind it and just enjoyed how she wasn't talking like a psycho.
"YES!! Na-Na! Why didn't you tell me you could do this!?" I asked aloud, still high from excitement.
Carnage: "-_Fufufu~. That's because you wouldn't let me. Every time I try to merge with you, you would do anything to stop me. And I thought that you already knew, since you did see me with my past host._-" hearing her explanation, I scratched my cheek out of embarrassment, thinking how stupid I was for not realizing this sooner, but I did have a reason why I didn't let this happen.
"Well I thought that I needed to be insane for this to happen. And I may be suicidal, but I don't want to drag innocents into my madness." I retorted to the Symbiote.
Carnage: "-_That's fair. But Cletus was already deranged before we merged. But, are you seriously going to just run around, jumping from building to building and crawling like this?_-" she asked, confusing me as I didn't get why. And, as if knowing this, Carnage sighed.
Carnage: "-_I have the same ability as Venom, Spider-Woman's parter, only I am better and have better arsenal that Cletus wasn't able to use because of his manic mind._-" hearing her mention this, I wanted to smack myself for forgetting something as great as that!
So, without a moment of hesitation, I aimed my hand at a different building, the building where Carnage brought me to earlier. Aiming towards the top, I thought about how I'm supposed to shoot out a "web", when suddenly, a thin, blood red liquid-like tendril shot out from the middle of my wrist and continue to come out until it reached and attached to the top.
I wanted to question how the "web" continued to go forward, but I was too excited and thought about finding it out later. Gripping the tendril that detached itself from my wrist and jumped away from the wall I was on.
I was currently around 260 meters from the ground, and the feeling of swinging was more exhilarating than jumping as high as I can, because I felt the pull of gravity more than jumping!
Then, since I just went straight towards the building, I didn't get to swing upwards, so I just landed on the wall. And, as soon as I stuck myself on the wall, the "web" retracted in mere seconds!
Not bothering to care about that for now, I thought about taking it slow and just crawled up the building without hurry.
Carnage: "_Fun, isn't it?_" The Symbiote asked as I passed by a glass wall, stopping as I saw Carnage in her human form in the glass.
"Yep!" I replied as I continued to make my way up. And as I kept passing glass walls, Carnage would appear.
Carnage: "_But, that's not all! It's strong too!_" she proclaimed, to which I nodded to and didn't stop crawling.
Carnage: "_Strong enough to destroy HYDRA._" Hearing her say that, I paused, remembering about our conversation earlier.
"No! Na-Na! W-" I tried to say that I wouldn't do anything bad, but I was stopped by Carnage who snapped at me.
Carnage: "_FREY! DON'T DENY IT! YOU WANT TO DO IT! TO DESTROY HYDRA! TO KILL EVERYONE IN THAT DAMNED CULT! TO RIP THEM APART! AND NOW! YOU HAVE WHAT IT TAKES TO DO IT! TO ACHIEVE YOUR DREAM!!!_" She shouted, shocking me to the core.
I wanted to retort, to say that I wasn't like that, but I just kept quiet as I looked at Carnage's manic smile, which unnerved me more than ever as she currently looked like me.
Carnage: "_Freyja. Don't tell me you don't want to avenge your parents?_" she asked, and I felt hurt by that.
"Of course I do!" I yelled as I nearly punched the glass wall, not taking her question quite well.
Carnage: "_Then isn't bringing them to jail a mockery to your parents? To HYDRA's victims? They've done unspeakable things, yet you'll just let them rot in a cell? No no nono! That's not what you should do, Freyja. You're parents were tortured, and you've been raped by members of that cursed cult! It's a wonder how your still fine with women when that happened to you. HYDRA deserves pain! Not justice! They deserve to be mauled, ripped apart, burned, tortured, killed! Stop lying to yourself and do what you want! Because you are strong! °WE° are strong! So let out your rage, and let's cause CARNAGE! FOR THAT IS WAS °WE° ARE!!!_"
Throughout Carnage's speech, I remained silent, her words slowly corrupting my mind. I wanted to deny it again, but a flash of the smiling faces of my mothers stopped me.
I didn't know if it was a sign, but I just let out a tear inside the suit as whenever I try to remember the faces of my parents, it would always be their corpses appearing in my head.
Clenching my fist, I put my forehead on the glas wall and just looked down, trying to stop the tears from falling. Thankfully, Carnage kept quite as I processed my feelings. A few minutes later, I sighed.
"Let's go to S.H.I.E.L.D HQ and find out what we can about HYDRA." I said, receiving a giggle a from my partner. Pulling my head away from the glass wall, instead of seeing Carnage, I saw my reflection.
The suit resembles Ghost-Spider's, only the theme was mostly red and then black veins with purple highlights. This wasn't the first time I saw the suit, as I saw it earlier while passing by a window, but I can't help but marvel at the design.
Looking up, I aimed at the top, a "web" following after. As it latched onto the roof, I pulled onto the "web" and continued to do so for awhile, until when I felt it was right, detached myself from the glass wall and I was suddenly flung upwards!
It didn't take long for me to reach the top, and after going a few meters higher the the building, my momentum disappeared and I soon fell onto the top.
Finally there, I looked at a certain direction, Liberty Island.
With my previous suicidal thoughts now overpowered by determination, I ran to the edge facing Liberty Island, spread my arms, and willed a glide suite to appear.
¦Timeskip¦
|3rd Person's POV|
It has been a five days since Freyja and Gwen had their break-up. It's not an understatement to say that Gwen was affected by this. Having heard Freyja's side, the blonde couldn't help but blame herself for being so dumb.
Letting herself believe in such a misunderstanding, when she knew "all" about Freyja. They've been friends for years, yet she believed in other people rather than trusting her own girlfriend.
However, the girl was stubborn, believing that she wasn't at fault and blamed it on Freyja and Michelle, mostly Michelle, because, how can she stay mad at the girl when she's worked hard to get her grandmother's necklace!
And, speaking of the Michelle, the girl was acting different. She was more sarcastic, introverted, and erratic!
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Today was a Thursday, meaning class was in session, yet there was something missing. A smile.
In Midtown School of Science and Technology, there would always be one girl who'd be smiling, like always. Yet that smile has been missing for four days now, causing the whole school to worry.
Freyja Smile, the girl who keeps on smiling, was absent for four days now, and that wasn't normally. Usually, something like this wouldn't be noticed, but, since the girl was the most popular girl in school, having the looks, the brains, the build, the personality, there'd be no wonder she'd be popular.
But, the most worried were her best friend, Petra Parker, her "girlfriend", Gwen Stacy, and her half-sister, Michelle Jones.
Petran and Gwen were obviously worried and scared, as they knew they caused this, but Michelle was erratic, as she didn't know why. On Sunday, when she was looking for her sister, she didn't find her and only found a letter on her bed saying, "I'm going somewhere. I'll be fine. Tell mom not to worry. I love you two."
But Michelle did have someone to suspect for the cause, Gwen, her girlfriend who looked scared and pale for the past few days now.
So, at lunch, Michelle had enough of waiting for her sister to come back, so she had to take matters into her own hands. Michelle looked at every corner of the building, yet she didn't find the blonde. Ignoring her hunger, she thought about Freyja's favorite spot, the mini-park outside the cafeteria.
Then, finally, she found the girl she's been looking for. Angry and impatient, she stood in front of the blonde who was sitting under a tree, eating rather slowly.
Michelle: "Oy! Stacy! Where's Frey!" she shouted in annoyance, not really wanting to be near the girl as she was her baby sister's girlfriend, a total overprotective siscon.
Snapping at the direction of the familiarly irritating voice, Gwen wasn't afraid to show her anger for being talked to in such a way.
Gwen: "What do you want Jones!" replied the blonde with a similarly annoyed tone.
Michelle: "Tch. Are you deaf or something? You need me to shout it to your ear? *Leans in closer* I SAID WHERE'S FREYJA!" the brunette shouted as loud as she can, stunning Gwen and making her flinch due to the volume of her voice.
Gwen: "Fuck!" rubbing her ear, she was prepared to "attack" Michelle when the voice of reason came to intervene.
Petra: "U-Umm. Can you to have a civilized conversation. Please? I don't really want you two to start a cat-fight." the brunette beside Gwen cut-in to avoid the two from becoming violent.
And, with the shy girl putting a stop to the approaching fight, Michelle snorted as she crossed her arms.
Michelle: "Make it quick, Stacey. Tell me where is Freyja." she glared at Gwen as she watched her stand up.
Gwen: "And why are you looking for m-...my girlfriend, Jones?" the blonde stuttered, causing the pseudo detective to scrunch up her eyebrows.
Michelle: "None of your business. Just tell me where she is."
With her question ignored, Gwen was thoroughly angered and lashed out on Michelle.
Gwen: "Then it's none of °your° business!" retorted the blonde with a smug smirk.
Michelle's eye twitched seeing as to how the girl in front of her wasn't being any help, she wanted to just leave, but she didn't have a lead.
Michelle: "Stop being a bitch and tell me what I want to know." the taller girl got closer to Gwen, trying to intimidate her. But, unluckily for her, the girl had fought bigger foes as Ghost-Spider.
Gwen: "Stop being a slut and stay away from my girlfriend!" she did the same and got closer to Michelle, there foreheads now having an one inch gap.
Michelle: "What did you say!" she shouted. Michelle was someone who'd normally just ignore a person's comment about her, but she was really pissed as things weren't going her way.
Gwen: "I said that your a slut! Bullshit! I can't believe Freyja chose you over me!" the blonde blurted out, the misunderstanding coming back due to her emotions spilling out.
This shocked Michelle, not knowing why she'd accuse Freyja of cheating, and with her of all people! Her step-sister! Though most don't know that.
Michelle: "The hell you saying?" she asked, genuine confusion evident on her tone, which the shy brunette caught, confusing her too, as she slightly did think about Freyja cheating on Gwen with Michelle, which made her guilty for such a accusation.
However, Gwen wasn't herself as she let her emotions get to her.
Gwen: "You know what I mean!! YOU AND FREYJA HAVE BEEN CHEATING BEHIND MY BACK SINCE LAST WEEK! EVERYONE SAW IT! YOU TWO BEING TOGETHER! SO? WAS SHE GOOD? WAS A CHEATING BITCH YOUR TYPE? FUNNY HOW °I° DATED SUCH A FUCKING SLU-*Slap!*" with her emotions taking over, Gwen didn't even realize what she was saying, when suddenly, she was slapped.
It stung, but it was something she was used to with her daily basis of fighting crime, however, it did wake her up from her emotional problem. However, she was confused as to why the girl in front of her would slap her.
With her head down, Michelle clenched her fists until her knuckles turned white, stopping herself from punching the girl she had just slapped.
Michelle: "Don't you dare call her that. Freyja is a sweet girl that was just unlucky. You don't have the right to call her that. She didn't cheat on you. I was only with her for a week because I helped her out so that she could buy you your grandmother's necklace." the brunette revealed, shocking the two girls.
Michelle: "She did her best to get the money, and she never did anything that would be considered cheating. You may be her girlfriend, but you still don't get to call her a bitch, a cheATER, AND A SLUT! *Glares at Gwen* YOU DON'T HAVE THE RIGHT TO CALL MY SISTER THAT WHEN SHE'S BEEN AN ABSOLUTE CINNAMON ROLL TO A GIRL LIKE YOU!"
The girl began to shout, causing the two girls to cringe, but there initial shock was multiplied as Michelle revealed herself as Freyja's sister.
And, the girl herself had enough and just left the two frozen girls, not believing what they just heard.
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While the three girls had their "conversation", an abondoned facility was currently covered in red.
From the corridors, shouting was heard accompanied with gunshots and a feminine demonic laughter. Deeper into the facility, two scientists were currently running away from a red figure.
Scientist?: "Josh! Hurry up!" one of the scientists shouted at his co-worker as the ran through the corridor.
Josh: "I'm going as fast as I can Chad! Just keep shooting! We need to wait for reinforcements for this abomination!!" shouted the man named Josh to the now named scientist.
Chad: "You think it's easy!? Running and shooting at...t-that thing!?! Bullshit! The bullets aren't even doing anything!" replied Chad with a tired look as he would occasionally glance behind him to shoot the red skinned "human".
Josh: "That's why I told you to grab the grenade launcher!!"
Behind the two was a blood red humanoid with bloody tendrils surrounding its body, this was obviously Freyja in her Carnage "suit". The girl could have finished this earlier by "webbing" the two, but after the course of five days, Carnage has slowly influenced the girl, as she now barely bats an eye to gore and enjoys toying with her enemies.
Carnage/Freya: "_That's right you little shits! Run! Run like the disgusting rats you are! Hehehahaha!_" Freyja said in a demonic voice, instilling more fear into the souls of the two HYDRA scientists.
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