A/N: :D I finALLY FINISHED THE CHAPTER, FINALLY, AFTER STUPID SCHOOL WORK AND SPRING BREAK ARRIVING, I FINALLY DID IT. I'm so sorry for leaving you guys so sudden and not having updated in a while. School really likes messing with my schedule, so I'm just waiting for summer to come around at this point. But did yall hear about VENOM 2 coming out this year!? It got me motivated to finish the story! Also with the whole virus thing, please stay safe! Make sure to wash your hands, and take precautions! So, here's another long-awaited chapter of Scream! I'm sorry if it's bad, I'm pretty rusty after writing informational papers for so long, I honestly missed free-hand writing. Please enjoy!
NOTE: Sorry if the horizontal lines that separate the POV'S dont pop up, out here playing :(
PREVIOUSLY ON: Scream
"A-ANNE!" I screamed, dropping the photo, cupping my mouth with my hand so I could at least shut my self up, feeling the overwhelming sense of throwing up, and also crying. Actually pretty much both. I heard Anne running behind me, but I couldn't tear my eyes away from the photo that laid on the grass. And that folks, I believe was when I completely broke down.
What? Surely I wouldn't be the fucking only one crying their eyes out seeing a loved one with detached limbs would I?
-Anne's POV-
Before Lara's mental breakdown, I was looking around the fences that blocked us from entering. Why? Well, you know how weird these companies are, all of a sudden their fences are armed with electric charges, or even worse! Like death rays or something, I'm telling you guys, I'm pretty sure someone has done that before!
"Anne, hurry up, Eddie might be-"
I groaned in frustration "I know Venom, I know! But we don't know if Drake has anything around here that could set off some alarms or something! We don't want to draw attention to us or it could get dir-" Suddenly, a large wail was heard from behind us, making me jump. Startled, I whipped my body around and looked for the source, until my eyes landed on Lara kneeling on the ground, clutching a piece of paper into her chest, balling her eyes out.
"H-Hey Lara!? Are you okay?!" I sputtered out in a panic, not knowing what happened to my newly founded friend. Running my best through the dirt (damn these boots...), I reached her side and looked around to see what got her like this. But then, the sight of small photographs littered the ground caught my attention, and analyzing them from afar, they resembled screen caps from Saw. "O-oh my god.." I covered by mouth and turned back to Lara. The photos were disturbing, perhaps one of these people was someone she knew? Suddenly, Venom's head appeared from my shoulder.
"Anne, Lara's bad, she's-"
"-Having what you humans call a panic attack, yes no shit!" Scream's voice said in a sarcastic tone, their head appearing from Lara's back. God, I don't think I could get use to that anytime soon. "-Now can someone help her!? The shithead's not listening to any words I'm saying."
I didn't want to stand there helplessly, but what was I suppose to do?! How the hell can I gonna comfort someone who's relative probably died in a horrid way? I heard it was okay to let them cry it out... I CAN'T! I FEEL GUILTY! Trying not to panic and thinking of what our next move would be, I heard heavy heaving from behind me. Oh shit. I quickly looked back down at a hyperventilating Lara. "L-Lara! Take deep breaths!" I said in a rush, hugging her "Look at me Lara!"
I felt her body violently shake as I tried to move her black hair out of her face, what to do, what to do...
"Anne, Scream and I are gonna switch, be careful with Scream, we'll try to calm Lara down." Venom said, worry etched into their voice.
"And how are you going to do that?"
"We saw how you humans 'Comfort' someone while with Eddie one time, and we thought it'd helped Lara."
"Wait what-"
Well, I could have deserved a damn warning. Before I finished my sentence, a weird pulling sensation ran through my body and before I knew it, I was suddenly getting thrown back in the air. Landing on the ground, I felt a jolting pain run through my back. I'm too old for this...
"Oh great, now I'm fucking stuck with you now." Scream said disgustingly. I groaned while slowly sitting up from the laying position I got into. "Well, you could be a bit nicer!"
"Yeah, well what's the fun in that? All I know is that I'm murdering Venom later since the transition could have been SMOOTHER than it fucking was." Scream hissed out.
Poor Lara, is this the madness she puts up with? Worried, I looked over at Scream and Lara, hoping they didn't thrown back either, but, I'll just take my statement back. Venom and Lara were in the same spot, but instead of Lara kneeling on the ground, she was being held -cough-cradled-cough- by Venom, who uh, really wasn't just a phantom head and instead was a really, really large, and muscled, terrifying...Uh? Beast? Giant? Thingy? What were they? Seriously?
But aw, it was so cute! It was like a dog cuddling with a cat! Well, in a sinister, type of way.
"Weirdly, that looks terrifying yet adorable."
"He better not eat my host, because we're gonna have a big problem if he does.." Scream retorted. That made Anne have a double take. Oh no, no no, Venom better not be doing that. I swear I will stick this heel where it hurts, well if they could feel it. Suddenly, sirens started to ring through the air as I quickly looked back at Scream, who was standing, helping Lara up "H-HEY YOU GUYS, LET'S GO!" I screamed, my eyes widening at the trucks that approached us from afar.
"I-I don't think that was us was it!?" I said in a panic, "I don't think so~" Scream sang.
Oh man, I really hope everything could turn out okay...
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-Lara's POV-
Okay, so...Shit kinda happened am I right? Ha ha?
Okay, yeah, me, the fucking Lara who's always getting dragged into shit, had a panic attack. But right now, I have three questions in my head.
1)Where's Aunt Rosaline now?
2)Who set off the alarms?
3)Why are Venom's arms so comfy?
But those questions would have to be answered later.
I inhaled deeply multiple times, feeling the dread and anxiety that was in my chest die down, finally calming. "Are you alright?" Venom asked, helping me back on my feet from the weird, cradling position he had me in.
"I-I think I'm okay." I groaned, holding my head "Gonna have a bitch of a migraine for the next few days, but I'll try and manage that later. Right now, we have to get through and get Eddie, then beat Drake's ass. For the people's he's killed, and Rosaline..." I was on high alert when I heard Anne yell from behind us. OH M Y GOD ANNE-
I whipped my head around to look at her and at what she pointed at. Turning my head both ways, I noticed trucks, with guns, lots of them that were coming at us quick from both sides of the fence not too far away.
"ANNE GET TO THE BUILDING! WE'LL MEET UP OVER THERE! I'LL GET EDDIE!" She nodded and was quickly engulfed by Scream, who flashed me their sinister smile before jumping over the gate and disappearing.
"Alright Venom, let's go." I said, wiping my eyes. "Why didn't you say so?" Suddenly, Venom quickly deformed from his large state and covered me like what Scream had done before.
"WAIT WAIT-" And with that, Venom jumped over the gate and started to sprint through the woods. And shitt, can I get whiplash inside a symbiote?
Honestly, I'll ask Scream later. While Venom ran, some enemies appeared, but it took no time for Venom to cut them down, along with me begging for Venom to not eat them, he could probably do that with Eddie, but I did NOT like the sensation. Not comfy y'all, not at all.
"Eddie's nearby." Scream said, running faster. EDDIE! YES FINALLY! After all that running around I just want to- I stopped my thoughts. No, no, no. You guys are just friends, no more. Sure I felt a little deflated, but that didn't stop me from being overwhelmingly happy to see him again. I just want this to be over. For Rosaline, for Eddie and Anne and just...'Okay just stop. Let's take that piece of shit Drake down first, self doubt later.' I mentally told myself.
It was when we caught sight of Eddie, that I felt my heart race. Aw fuck, a heart attack now? But I'm not even 70 yet damn it-
Venom cut down the guard who was close to shooting Eddie in the chest.
"Well Eddie, I see your kind hasn't still gotten stronger." Venom said with pride. I sighed at the remark, but perked up when I heard Eddie respond with an adorable chuckle. Seeing Eddie through Venom's eyes, he looked the same, besides being more sweatier and dirtier than before. But I didn't mind that. Oh god here comes the butterflies. I felt the nervousness rise from my stomach, feeling self-conscious of how I looked, remembering how I resembled a mental patient who rolled in a ditch. "Lara, I'll see you later." Scream suddenly said.
WAIT, WAIT, WAIT, I'M NOT READY, CODE RED,CODE RED NOOO-
Venom quickly dissolved back into my skin, leaving me out in the open, infront of Eddie. I slowly looked up and met Eddie's gaze.
"So...Pretty night right?"
Are you fucking kidding me Lara.
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OUTTAKE:
-9 Hours earlier, A trip to the park-
Venom honestly thought this walking Eddie was doing was a waste of time. If they were to take over, they'd get to the park in one second! But no, Eddie cared about the "public seeing them." Venom didn't care. Venom observed every human that passed by Eddie while they were on their way to the park to meet up with Lara, in which Eddie felt really worried for (Venom knows how he feels, there's no hiding it when he's literally currently a part of him.) Venom was minding their business until they saw a sight they've never seen before. A human female, on a bench, cooing at a very, very much smaller one. It looked like the small one couldn't move on her own yet.
Then, as Eddie passed by, the small human began to emit a loud, horrid cry. Venom watched as the large female human grabbed the baby and held them in a very weird stance. Was it for battle? The sound soon finished, confusing Venom to the core.
"Eddie, what was that female human doing?" Venom asked, curious at what the sight was. Eddie glanced back as he continued his pace "That lady? She was trying to calm her baby down. Ya know, that usually how to calm them down."
"So it's done to comfort a human?" Venom concluded. "Err...Sure. In a way, it can comfort someone if you think about it."
Hmm... Venom took note of that. It may be useful in the future.
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P.S: I hope u enjoyed that smol outtake :)