Two of a Kind (Shriek)

[John Kilroy]

Spidercide swung around the city doing a sort of patrol. Considering it was New York there was always bound to be something to do. It was like an open world in a video game, even if you didn't run into a combat you could run into any number of colorful characters, from street performers to bums on the street to or construction workers eating lunch.


*GROWL* 

*Speaking of lunch*  He thought to himself. 


He decided to stop by Chick-fil-A where he got his standard favorite, a 5-piece spicy chicken tender, waffle fries, a side of Mac & Cheese and a iced coffee. Now he just needed to find a nice place to eat. As he did so he couldin't help but notice someone seemingly sitting by herself. As he got closer he realized that said woman was Frances Barrison AKA Shriek.

The memories Spidercide had of her were Peter's, and that was during the fiasco Gwenpool referred to as Maximum Carnage, but rumor traveled fast in New York even among the superhero community, and rumor had it that Shriek had broken up with Carnage, found herself amongst the X-Men and was trying to turn over a new leaf. THAT was definitely something Spidercide could both relate to and admire and if he could support her to keep on that path he would certainly do so. Plus there was the fact that Gwen REALLY wanted him to talk (and potentially do more) with other girls besides herself. She had feared especially as of late that he was seeing her as a surgote Gwen Stacy, and while she herself didn't necessarily mind that (especially given that she didn't know what her place was in a universe that was not hers) she didn't want Josh to essentially be Peter Parker 2.0, and as much as he hated to admit it, he couldn't help but think that Gwen might have had a point. Plus Spidercide had to admit....Francis was hot.

*Is there some kind of hidden superpower that all superhero and superhero-adjacent girls have where they all become Thicker than a Snicker? I think that's how the expression goes.* 

Once he saw that she too was carrying Chick-fil-A that sealed the deal. This was what one called an icebreaker. He swung over and crouched onto a nearby wall in that Trademark Spider-Man fashion.


"Ah I see you are a woman of culture." He said making it clear he referring to her Chick-fil-A "Do you mind if I join you?" he asked showing her his own bag.  

[kingrico]

"My sonic scream didn't hurt you, did it? I get angry when someone's hurting my man..."

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Shriek had been a member of the X-Men officially for 4 months now and was one of the more active members, she had started her afternoon fighting a group of robbers with some fancy weapons. “Come on fellas let’s not make this harder than it needs to be” Shriek had said looking at them and cracking her neck, of course, the villains shot at her actually hitting making her a little angry. “Fine I’ll show you what true power is” she would say smiling as the ground trembled slightly as she lifted off the ground. Shriek would swiftly remove the guns with her telekinesis, she would then cause the railing from a nearby porch wrapping it around 2 of the men.

She would then notice the other two making a run for it, “fools” she would say under her breath as she stopped both of them bringing them back towards her. Shriek would then sit them next to the other two locking them in as well, “Make better decisions next time” Shriek would mock before noticing her stomach growling, “I could go for some Chick-fil-A” she thought to herself before taking off.

Pre-ordering her meal she would arrive grabbing her sandwich and milkshake before walking back out finding a seat on a nearby bench, she would of course be startled by what she assumed was a Spider-Man talking to her based on what she can see with her echolocation. “Your next words of choice need to be made carefully after that statement Spider-Boy” Shriek would say, turning around looking at him.

Flashbacks of her previous encounters started hunting her again when she saw the suit at first glance, “Hmm, you're not Spider-Man I know” Shriek would say to him. Not wanting to be rude though she would agree to him joining her to eat on the bench. “So where are you from?” she would ask him.

[John Kilroy]

"You're right. I'm not Spider-Man. I'm his evil mirror twin, THE AMAZING WEB-MAN!!!!...Ok yeah I'm joking. It's bad I know I'm sorry." Spidercide rubbed the back of his head sheepishly. "The name's Spidercide. Not a very heroic name I know, I've yet to come up with a better one yet."

Spidercide then proceeded to land on the bench and sit down next to her. "As far as where I'm from, I'm from a secret underground lab that was run by an insane mad scientist that had WAY TOO BIG of an obsession with Spider-Man and Gwen Stacy...I wish I were joking about that." he sighed. "The truth is I'm a clone. So, I guess in a way I am Spider-Man. I have his looks, his powers even his memories...at least to a point, I'm just not the Spider-Man that you know. I guess you could say I'm his identical twin brother. I mean at the end of the day that's what clones are right?. They're identical siblings."

[kingrico]

"My sonic scream didn't hurt you, did it? I get angry when someone's hurting my man..."

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Shriek let off a small grin at the mention of him not being the original Spider-Man, “Well that’s obvious, your quirks don’t hit like his” she would reply to him, raising an eyebrow. That was at least tell he mentioned his hero name, letting off a sigh she shook her head “Spidercide… really that was best you could come with? There’s all kinds of spiders out here, Scarlet Spider, Spider-Man, Iron Spider and you went with that. We might have to work on that.” Shriek would say to him before standing up and folding her arms as she listened to him go on, she wasn't per say the best person to open up to but she respected it.

“Interesting a clone, you say all of that as if you wish to live in his footsteps. If it's something I know it's about living in the shadow of others, I spent a large chunk of my 20s living in the shadow of Carnage. I never stop to take a moment to figure out who I was without him, I killed, stole, lied, and ruined many lives in the name of love… and it got me nowhere.” She would pause for a second before pointing at the X on her buckle, “This… this is who I am without him, I’ve found my purpose in this world I’ve reconnected to who I am my Mutant roots.” Shriek would go on to say before walking up to him pointing her finger at his chest.

“You’ll never be able to find yourself if you're lost in someone else Spidercide, you need to let that life of his go and start your own. It is easier to live through someone else than to complete yourself. The freedom to lead and plan your own life is frightening if you have never faced it before. It is frightening when a person finally realizes that there is no answer to the question 'who am I' except the voice inside themselves.” Shriek would say before stepping back.

[John Kilroy]

"Well to be fair, that wasn't the name I picked for myself. The guy that...well created me gave me that name as a cruel form of mockery saying i'd commit mass spidercide on his behalf. the name just sort of stuck. I thought of going by the Azure Spider or the Blue Spider to match the suit, but to be honest they both sound like Internet OCs I guess instead of a fursona or a ponysona it'd be a Spidersona I guess?"

He stood up himself. "You got a point, and one of my friends is worried about the same thing. Though, if I may give a rebuttal I don't see it as living in his shadow so much as building on what came before. Whether I like it or not, the man behind the mask is still a part of me and I still share all of his experiences up to my creation. maybe my previous experiences are secondhand, but they are still my memories too and they feel every bit as real to me as they are to him."


He pulled up the bottom of his mask just enough to uncover his mouth and took a bite of chicken. "to be fair for all his flaws and mistakes, both of which I don't plan on repeating, there are worse people to take inspiration from than Spider-Man."

He let out a sigh. "I'll be honest, there is a question that's been eating at me ever since I...Spider-Man saw you with Carnage...but I'm aware I've not known you long enough to have earned that sort of trust. So I'll keep it to myself for now, besides I think I already know the answer. Look I get it. You show only what you want others to see to accomplish your goals You've got your walls, and you rarely let them down. I understand... probably better than most."

He took another bite of chicken he winced just slightly when Shriek talked about getting attuned with her mutant roots but it was probably not for the reason she was probably thinking and he was quick to explain. "I'm happy you were able to find another part of yourself aside from just being "Carnage's ex girlfriend"...But if I could give some advice? Don't do what so many other people born with super powers do and trade one single note lable for another. Being a m... being a mutant is not a personality trait. It's a physical one... it's not the sole thing that defines you you're so much more than that for starters..."

He looked at Shriek very carefully almost with a laser guided microscopic focus. He took in EVERYTHING about her from her appearance, to the smallest almost invisible part of her body language to even the most minute facial expression that she may or may not have been trying to hide. Spidercide was freakishly good at reading people it was sadly what made him such an effective predator as John Diaz.
"...For starters you like Chick-Fil-A...a lot. If I had to guess you eat it every chance you get. You'd probably clear out the whole menu several times over if given the chance and if I had to guess some of the people that work thier know you by a first name basis because you eat there so often you also like a good coffee, I'm guessing...Starbucks...you like heavy metal and hard rock, though you do like the occasional pop song even if it's a guilty pleasure. Full disclosure, nothing beats Paramore in my eyes. I don't care if they are considered pop punk or not don't tell me you don't start singing along when you hear the opening rift of Misery Business...you know how to flirt, but most of the time it's not genuine it's done to get something out of people it's one of your streagths that you use to your advantage. In fact, I'd say you know all of your strengths and weaknesses and you know how to use them as assets to get what you want, but then there is the real you, and If people want to get to know that real you it's something they have to earn. Again, you have walls up and it's for a reason but when you do it's...special and even if the person your open to may or may not realize it."


After he finished his analazis he took a sip of his iced coffee. "How close or far am I? If i'm close please don't freak out I'm...VERY good at reading people most of the time. Body language and facial expressions can reveal a lot even when they are put on.  And it's something I've learned how to read Trust me when I say you're not the only one with a...spotted past that they are trying to turn away from. The point I'm trying to make is that you are a complex individual with your own thoughts, feelings, interests, and experiences. You're...you, and that's something that can't fit on a label Not "Carnage's Ex-girlfriend," not "m... Mutant not any single label. Don't ever lose sight of that. Sorry about my hesitation when saying the word... well mutant. I can't speak for others but I'm personally REALLY uncomfortable with the word. To me it's the superpowered equivalent of calling a black person or someone who's half black... well the N word.BUT that's a me thing. You can use whatever words you want."

[kingrico]

"My sonic scream didn't hurt you, did it? I get angry when someone's hurting my man..."

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Shriek gazed over at Spidercide slightly as he mentioned why he kept the name, “Yea Blue Spider does sound pretty ridiculous” she would say giggling before taking a bite of her sandwich. She would continue to entertain the conversation with Spidercide as it was a little entertaining to her, plus she was basically free at the moment and in no rush to go fight crime. Of course when he almost brought up her and Carnage she raised an eyebrow as if implying to choose his words wisely, as he moved on from that he attempted to give her words of advice that she wasn't keen on.

“Look Spiderling me joining the X-men doesn't have much to do with me trading labels, I’m well aware of my reasoning, and considering the person you're copied from I highly doubt you truly know how shitty it feels to have lived my life. Me joining the X-men was a way to actually be proud of something in my life, I set my goals now I am becoming a better Shriek” Shried would say replying to him before tossing the small piece of sandwich left towards the ground.

His ungodly accuracy on her likes was indeed a bit disturbing to say the least, but he wasn't far off from being right. “Fair enough you got some things right, and with that then you should know I’m well aware of what I'm doing with my life. Little girls no longer fear me, they want to be me. I've shown the world that even Demons have a good side so to speak. Me being a Mutant does not make or break me, it empowers me to be a better person to use my abilities for good.” Shriek would stand up and walk in front of him.

“Do you know why I have this patch on my face? I was shot in the head as a teen, I freaked the cop out so much he shot me. All it takes is one bad day to send you on a spiraling path down, I refuse to let others go through the same.” Shriek would say as she looked at him.

[John Kilroy]

"Eh Spiderling doesn't exactly work cause I'm a grown man...kind of creepy."

he sighed and shook his head.

"Yeah, got to stop doing that, I didn't mean it like that I'm sorry. I've just met mutants who act as if being a mutant is their own trait"

He then fell to his knees and did a pleading gesture. "Just please, please, PLEASE, don't turn into one of those mutant supremacist types.  Cibtrary to what some idots may say, we're all on the same team. No need to devolve into tribalism."

...I know more about that kind of life than you think. Just because I'm a copy of Spider-Man doesn't mean I'm an absolute copy.

I murdered people too..."

After a pause he clarified. "I was created as a means to destroy Spider-Man and everyone he loved. That was the point of my entire existence to be used to kill and then be doesn't of. When I escaped my creator I went insane. I didn't know what I was, who I was or even what it meant to exist. I tried to go on dates to understand human emotion but when people didn't give me the answer I was looking for I lashed out and killed them...at least that's what I thought I was doing. I turned out I was trapping them inside of myself still alive, making them feel as if they were being digested, I made them suffer a fate worse than death. I was able to release them, but it still doesn't change the fact I know all too well about hurting people."

He couldn't help but cock his head to the side when she talked about her mark. "I always thought that was just a birthmark or a tattoo. I'm sorry that happened to you. Between you and me, the fact that you want to be good for the sake of being good and not wanting others to go through what you've gone through... already makes you more of a hero than Spider-Man. Trust me. You're an aspirational hero. The world needs more of those."

[kingrico]

"My sonic scream didn't hurt you, did it? I get angry when someone's hurting my man..."

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Watching the man get to his knees Shriek immediately picked him back up, “I’m no more a God then the men who create sentinels to eradicate my kind” she would say before letting the man carry on. Listening to his story she was slightly grossed out on the eating of humans sort of power, but she understood his struggles and pain. “Look your life is what you make it, people will judge you regardless of whether you killed somebody or not just keep doing what's best. Appreciate the flattering sympathy but I'm a big girl I can do without it” Shriek would say in her usual sassy tone but with a slightly friendlier voice.

Shriek would then look at a trail of cop cars passing by, she figured something big must have been going on and decided she wanted parts. “Well look I'm not much of a therapist to sit and discuss our feelings, there's current problems that need current solving. Now the X-men aren't currently available. I need a partner, if you're not scared I'll see you there" she would say before the ground beneath her hands started to shake before she took off.

Shriek flew above the buildings using her echolocation to look ahead, noticing a burning high rise, she took off heading a few blocks north towards the building. She noticed below the police in a shootout with some men that appeared to have some form of alien weaponry. Shriek would fly down landing on the ground with full force causing the road to buckle like waves. The men would start to stumble before falling. Realizing who it was, some of the men started to take off, “Oh why is the party ending already” Shriek would say laughing.

“Can’t you all see it’s a Xmen! Mutant scum have come to kill us all” One man would shout before firing his blaster at shriek.

[John Kilroy]

Joshua chuckled. as Shriek talked about how his life was what he made of it. "Yeah That quote basically sums up my life at this point. Pretty sure it's going to be on my tombstone."

He liked this woman she had a bit of an edge to her and in a way he found that appealing. He was smiling underneath when she said she was a big girl and didn't need the Pity.

"Ha ha, welp you're already better than 99% of people i've met on the internet then."

He then saw the cop cars at the same time she did. When she invited him to join her investigation he wasn't going to refuse.

"You kidding? I swim with sharks when they haven't fed yet. Let's go."

As Shriek flew off he followed behind via web swinging. He had to admit he was enjoying the view. She was a good-looking woman with a cool look. once they reached the location he saw her and the men with the alien tech. Some of the men deemed to flee at the sight of Shriek causing her to laugh but the others started to aim.

“Can’t you all see it’s a Xmen! Mutant scum have come to kill us all”

a man shouted before firing a shot, Spidercide swung in and tanked the shot sending him flying backwards, but he did a backflip landing perfectly on his feet in a rather cool crouched position if he didn't say so himself. He retaliated by firing webs at them and pulling them toward him and connecting with a double clothesline.

“Hey now don’t you read social media? Hating mutants was so last year. Now the people to hate are the lizard guys in Washington!"

“It’s Spider-Man!” Two other men fired at him but he dodged it, but not before Spidercide’s Spider-sense kicked in he dodged it and countered with a web bomb sticking them to a concrete wall.

“I’m not Spider-Man, but you’re going to wish I was.”

He then looked to some of the police. “Call an ambulance…they're going to need it.."

Some of the cops nodded and took cover. Others continued to watch. One thug sent a wild left hook which Spidercide dodge and countered with two heavy body shots, shattering the man’s ribcage. The man crumpled into the floor in a fetal position and vomited. Spidercide quickly closed the distance with another guy grabbed him. Spidercide suplexed the dude while he was Brock Lesnar.

Another guy fired at Spidercide and missed. Spidercide sprintend and performed a bulldog, making the guy eat concrete. Another man came from behind with a wild swing. Spidercide dodged and countered with a left hook causing the thug to go flying and tumble over himself. In summary 1 guy with a shattered ribcage, one guy with a busted face, two guys with concussions. Spidercide was not near as soft as his template brother Technically he kept to Spider-man’s no kill rule, but you’d be surprised with what you could live through for a normal purse snatcher it would have been overkill but since these were terriost that were shooting at police moments earlier, said police didn't mind the brutality. More guys started to pour in and Spidercide looked to Shriek.

“Their all your's sweetheart. After all I can’t have all the fun.”

He lept onto a wall to give her enough room to do her thing.

[kingrico]

"My sonic scream didn't hurt you, did it? I get angry when someone's hurting my man..."

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Shriek allowed Spidercide to handle the foolish goons while she did some investigating of her own; she wasn’t entirely convinced they were the only enemy here. Emitting electromagnetic waves she could sense everything around her and see even into the fire, “Hmm now who are you?” Shriek would ask walking into the burning building while protecting herself with a sonic field. As she walks through the first floor an eerie humming sound could be heard, “What the hell!” she would say before sensing someone else.

“You shouldn't have come here… Shriek, I was looking forward to fighting one of the main X-men like Rogue, Cyclops… or something but I suppose this will do.” A man would say before stepping out of the burning shadows, his armor showing underneath his jacket his orange helmet glowed against the flame. He would then rush Shriek who dodged his attack sending out a pair of blasts back that missed, she would then use her telekinesis to pull the metal out of the wall sending it towards him and knocking him down. As he tried to get up she would punch him with over 8 tons of force sending him flying out of the building into the middle of a crowd of people.

Levitating out of the building Shriek had just about enough of these mutant haters, looking at the dozen or so men coming towards her she levitated slightly higher. Her eye glowed bright as she used her dark empathy on nearby officers commanding them to attack but not kill the terrorist, looking at the man in the suit she would speak to him. “There was a time when I would have killed you for even speaking to me as if I am beneath you, so what I’m about to do to you consider this mercy…”

Shriek would then spread her arms out focusing her energy she would rip several of the light poles out of the ground, she would then cause the man to levitate slinging him towards Spidercide direction she would then cause the poles to hit him as he went flying. Shriek would then notice him knocked out flying over to him as he drop the ground, noticing the other men beaten down she would stop controlling the officers allowing them to handcuff the men.

“Now give me this suit”, she would say, ripping the helmet off. Taking the man out of the suit she would toss him to the side, “Spidercide have you ever seen anything like this?” Shriek would ask.

[John Kilroy]

Spidercide cracked his knuckles. "Chances are this is something black-market related. Some rich guy gets ahold of Stark's or some kind of alien tech, reverse engineer it and sell it to the highest bidder. As far as who thier supplier is...I don't know, but I have a way to find out."

He then picked up the guy.

"Alright buddy. You got about 5 seconds to tell me where you got those weapons and armor from before I put about 10 tons of PSI through your face."

as he dragged the man the man closer, he realized it wasn't a man at man at all. It was a kid.

he couldn't have been any older than 14 or 15. his eyes looked like they were glazed over. like he was in some sort of trance.

"Uh kid...are you ok?"

The kid seemed to snap out of it. He began to cry. his voice was a whimper. "Please...help me...it hurts. Voic in my head....he locks me in....make it stop...make it stop please!!!"

his head jerked and his eyes once again became glazed over as a smile stretched over his face. the kid then began to speak. Spidercide's face turned into a scowl. This kid was just a vessel. Someone else was controlling him.

"Hmmm, so this armor is not adequate enough to take on Supers just yet. More testing must be done."

"Who are you?" Spidercide growled.

"I'm afraid I'm at liberty to say Spider-Man, That information is classified. To be honest you were not supposed to get involved. As I told your friend, I was looking forward to fighting one of the main X-men."

"As I told your other friends, I'm not Spider-Man and when I find your sorry butt you'll find out why."

"Oh they were not orginally associated with this experiment. Just a remnant of a dying philosophical movement who don't realize that time left them behind. They made for good bait though for acctracting mutants to test the meddle of the experiment. As for finding me, I'm afraid That will never happen. Officially speaking I don't exist. Now I'm afraid this conversation has reached the end of its usefulness. Goodbye."

Spidercide put his hand to the kids head and shot needle-like spikes into it. he felt the electric crackle of what sounded like a computer chip getting destroyed.

The kid was snapped out of his trance and he started brteathing real heavily. His chest started to glow.

"I...I don't feel so good."

Spidercide's eyes widened as he heard a beeping noise. Without waisting a secound he plunged his hand into the kids chest, using his molecular muscles to keep the kid from bleeding out and closing up the wound once he got the object out. Pulling out a softball sized metal sphere form his chest.

"Oh Cr..." he quickly absorbed the metal sphere in his chest and.....

BOOOM!!!

He took the full force of the bomb and the entire top half of his body exploded in a shower of gore. The kid in the glasses put his hand to his arm. as tears fell from his eyes. What had he done?

"Spider-Man saved my life...and I killed him."

Suddenly Spidercide's legs started twitching as bloody red tendrils began to shoot out of a cavity from his torso. His body started to reform. Within 30 seconds he was whole again.

"Yowww..." he groaned cracking his back. "That didn't feel too good. You ok kid?"

The kid's jaw dropped. "How...?"

"Like I said kid I'm not Spider-Man I got his powers sure but I have powers on top of his. I don't THINK I can die. Doesn't mean I can't hurt though."

[kingrico]

"My sonic scream didn't hurt you, did it? I get angry when someone's hurting my man..."

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Shriek stood there looking down at what was now confirmed a boy, a side of her deep down still felt the need to end him now but she quickly buried it. The child asking for help mentioning a voice raised an eyebrow on Shriek, since now she was curious who this voice was. Turning to the armor as it now started to speak, Shriek listened carefully, “Well I’ll give you a good guess it’s not Mr.Sinister, it’s someone else… someone with a different motive.” Shriek turned around looking around at the scene she walked over to one of the goons picking him up, she searched his pocket pulling out a leaflet. “The Church of Humanity…”

Just as Shriek turned around she heard the beeping, and quickly shielded the boy in a Sonic Shield as the bomb ripped Spidercide apart. Watching his body reform though was a bit of a delight to see, really gruesome, “At Least we know you'll make a great intensive punching bag” Shriek would joke before walking up to him once he was done reforming. “If you're done with that I think I know where to start.” Shriek would say, handing him the leaflet.

“So there's that, looks like the Church is back at it in its religious anti-mutant campaign. Perhaps we pay them a visit after we get this kid to the hospital, though I believe the closest one is in Youngstown in upstate New York” Shriek would say, taking a deep breath and looking around at the scene. All of this just to trick a mutant to come and be a science experiment, yet these are the ones meant to save humans from them… weirdos.

“So are you up for a road trip?” Shriek would ask, smiling.

[John Kilroy]

"I'm always up for a road trip. Especially when I have a pretty view." Yes he was lying it on really thick. "Race you to the hospital!"

As they made that trip, Spidercide could not help but compliment Shriek. "You were great out there by the way. I think being a hero suits you." *Oh geez Parker could you be anymore obvious. You sound like a freaking dork.*  Spidercide's rizz game was neither subtitle nor smooth. but he could not help it. he found her attractive. She was physically attractive, she had a cool look and gimmick AND There was the fact that again, he could relate to a former villain not to mention there was somthing about her spicy personality.

After dropping off the kid to a hospital, he took the lead and led them to the Church of humanity...and it was totally abandoned...the parking lot, was nearly completely empty...it had MAYBE four cars in the parking lot. On the walls of the church were various pro-mutant graffiti signs one Spidercide particularly found amusing was a picture of a VERY creepy looking Uncle Sam with bulging eyes abd a warped smile wrapping his arms around a mutant kid in a very disturbing manner.

Spidercide could not help but chuckle. "I guess people aren't exactly feeling "The Gospel of Mutant Hate" as of late." he tapped Shriek, and pointed out the VERY disturbing graffiti of Uncle Sam chuckling  "Remember kids...Uncle Sam wants you." 
He then noticed another picture. It was a pic of Captain America punching a similarly creepy Uncle Sam's clock in a way similar to the picture of his WW2 Propaganda Comic where he punched out Hitler. Spidercide Read the Caption above the artwork and the hastags that accompanied it.

 "Remember the TRUE Enemy: #CaptainAmericaWasRight #MutantsAreHuman. #Truth #Justice #TheAmericanWay" "Well would you look at that? I wonder how vindicated the Anti-Registration guys are feeling with everything going on right now?" The political winds were changing.  

[kingrico]

"My sonic scream didn't hurt you, did it? I get angry when someone's hurting my man..."

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Shriek gave great considerations of who could be behind the attack while flying upstate, there could be an endless number of mutant haters out there but this one had to have access to some decent amount of money for that suit. Arriving in Youngstown she looked around at what appeared to be a quiet town, with a population of little under two thousand nothing seemed out of the ordinary. Going over to the church she would notice the abandonment of it with Pro-Mutant graffiti on the wall, her facial expression still blank as she stares at the images. “As much as I would love to believe that people have suddenly become Pro-Mutant I'm not buying it, especially in a town that was a main base for the Church of Humanity before”. Shriek would say before squinting her eyes and noticing something inside the church, walking up to the door and opening it.

As she stepped inside she looked around noticing the subtle images of mutant hate, walking up to the podium she noticed a purple card with a small writing on the back. “One step forward… two steps back. P.M, ” the card would read with nothing else on it. Slipping it into her pocket Shriek continued looking around, as she walked towards the backroom she heard footsteps ahead of her. “Spidercide?” Shriek would call out before pausing, generating echo waves she was able to see all around noticing 3 men just ahead in a room.

Shriek continued going forward before attempting to quietly open the door, before she could though shots let off through the door. She put up a shield just in time as the bullets bounced off, becoming rather annoyed she punched a hole through the wall grabbing one man by the neck and pulling him through. Leaping into the now bigger hole she punched one man into the other sending them flying against the wall, grabbing their guns she would squish them with ease.

“Who do you work for? Who sent you?” she would say picking one of the men up and looking him in the eye.

“If… if we tell you P.M will kill us” He would say before secretly pulling out a knife and stabbing Shriek in the arm, letting off a sonic scream that could be heard for miles. Not realizing she also had caused both mean ears to start bleeding from being directly in front of her, knowing they were both deaf she left them to be. Stepping out of the room holding her arm her face pissed off still, she was eager to figure out who this P.M figure was.

[John Kilroy]

Spidercide followed Shriek into the room and watched the whole situation unfold. He felt himself get flown backwards as she accidentally let out a sonic scream. For as much as he was often compared to a symbiote he was thankful he was not one. Once he got back to his feet, he started to duplicate. Yhe two guys were injured and more importantly, Shriek was injured. Once he healed the two guys ears (much to thier surprise and shock) he focused on Shriek, sitting her down on a church pew

"Hey, come here. come here, I got you." He thn inserted his tendrils inside of her skin and began to repair the superficial, and internal injuries. "I learned to have super fine control of body. I can turn my veins into surgical hands. Kinda nasty looking. You're keeping a braver face than I would have." Admittedly this might have been a bit of a fib but he was trying to complement her. however, his eyes began to widen when he noticed she had...marks on her bare arms. The first thing he wanted to ask was where Shot got those, but he thought better of it. If she wanted to talk about her past she'd do so when she was ready. In the meantime, he finished patching her up. "There you go. How do you feel?"