"Again! Again!" King cried.

Luz snorted before she picked up King, holding him close. "Alright, alright! You ready, Ori?"

Orion nodded and then summoned one of his stars and hopped onto it, having it float high in the air. "Yup!"

Luz then transformed into Spider-Witch again and swung into the air with King in her arms, smiling wide at the Titan's cheering. She swung around Eda's home a little before eventually swinging towards Orion and gently 'tossing' King into Orion's arms.

"Gotcha!" Orion smiled, hugging his little brother tight.

King laughed, his tail wagging back and forth rapidly.

Spider-Witch's heart melted as she hung upside down, facing the two. "You two are absolutely adorable, you know that? I will literally protect you from anything and everything."

"Well, yeah! You're a superhero. That's your job." King said as Orion floated them down. "I wanna do that too one day. And beat up a bunch of villains!"

Spider-Witch's eyes softened before she transformed back to Luz, who landed on her feet. "Well, King...you do know the job is dangerous, right?"

"Yeah! Of course!" King said. "I mean...a bunch of people are trying to kill you." He said casually.

Luz was clearly a bit taken aback before looking at Orion. "How old are you two again?"

Orion blinked and scratched his chin. "...uhhh...I forgot how old I am...but King's 8!"

King tried to show with all his fingers, but he only had six fingers in total, so he just stared at them awkwardly.

"Right. God kids." Luz said with a sheepish laugh before she took a seat with the two. "So...hope you don't mind me asking, but you two are from different races, right?"

Orion nodded. "Yup! King's a Titan,"

"And Ori's a Collector! Or...Archivist?" King asked. "Meh. I don't need to remember. They were jerks."

Luz turned to Orion, suddenly feeling protective of him already. "How so...?"

"Well...they just weren't very nice. They always saw themselves as above everyone." Orion said. "They never wanted to play nicely and whoever tried standing up to them...well...they were turned into statues."

Luz's eyes widened in horror at that, and she was left silent for a while.

"I never liked them...I never liked how all my siblings just acted so...so..."

"Evil?" King finished.

Orion nodded. "Yeah! So, I tried talking to them...annnnd they kicked me out."

'Note to self: beat up the next Archivist I see.' Luz thought.

"But! That's when Papa found me." Orion smiled. "King's dad adopted me and showed me a whole lot of good things! The Titans are better than my crummy race."

"And then Papa led an army to face The Archivists! And won!!!" King cried. "At least that's what Orion tells me...I...I never got to meet Papa."

Luz's eyes widened. "You...you didn't?"

"Titan eggs take a pretty long time to hatch." Orion said. "And...Papa had to leave before King hatched."

Luz's heart clenched. "So...you had to raise King all by yourself...?"

"No, not for long!" Orion smiled. "Papa left guards for us...and then Mama Eda found us! And now we're here...but, I do miss Papa...a lot..."

King went over and then wrapped his arms around his big brother. "It's okay...he's always with us, remember?"

"...y'know." Luz began. "I lost my dad too...and I still miss him...but I always like to think he's with me in here." She said as she pointed at her heart. "And hey! Maybe our dads are friends in the afterlife."

"Ooh! Yeah! Totally!" Orion smiled.

King nodded rapidly before standing. "Can we swing again? Please, please, please, please?"

Luz snorted and stood up. "Okay, one more time."

Spider-Witch swung home and then quickly transformed back, but tilted her head at the sight of her mother's car being gone. She went inside and looked around.

And after a bit of searching, she saw a note on the fridge.

'Hola, mija! Your sister and I are out shopping, we'll see you when you get back from Amity's! Invite her over again sometime!

Love, Mom.'

Luz smiled and set the note aside. "Awww...man, Vee, you're killing it with the cover stories." She said as she sat down on the couch, sighing softly. "It feels like forever since I've just relaxed..."

She then grabbed the remote and turned on the TV, not even really wanting to watch anything, just needing some background noise while she relaxed herself.

But then, the TV's sound was covered by another, the sound of glass shattering. And not even seconds later, Luz felt a black tendril wrap around her neck and yank her backwards through the hole in the window and onto her front yard.

Luz cried out in pain when she landed, but she quickly looked around to make sure no one was near before she transformed.

"Oh, you don't need to wear the mask around us..." A voice hissed before a black figure suddenly lunged from the shadows, punching Spider-Witch across the face. "Because after all...we WERE you..."

Spider-Witch managed to land on her feet before her eyes widened at the figure before her.

It was a taller and demonic version of...her. But wearing the symbiote that she had desperately tried to get rid of.

"...G-Grom...?" Spider-Witch whispered as she backed up. "B...but I destroyed you!!!"

The demonic villain, Scorn, laughed to herself. "Did you really think a little bell would do us in? You should've made sure..."

Spider-Witch lunged at Scorn, who just caught her punch and then headbutted her into the ground, but Spider-Witch managed to flip onto her hands and push herself back onto her feet. She then spun around and kicked at Scorn, who blocked her kick with her arm.

Scorn roared, revealing an inhuman tongue before they tackled Spider-Witch, shooting a web and taking her into the air with her and then throwing her into a building.

Spider-Witch landed against the wall, but before she could get up, Scorn grabbed her and forced her against it with a cackle.

"Y...you ensnared someone else...?" Spider-Witch realized.

"SOMEONE BETTER SUITED TO OUR GIFTS!!!" Scorn roared before being kicked in the chest.

Spider-Witch then began swinging away, trying to lead Scorn away from her house, but the villain quickly swung after her with a much different idea.

Tendrils suddenly shot out from Scorn's back, grabbing Spider-Witch and pulling her over as Scorn quickly swung over to the city where tons of civilians were.

Scorn grinned wide as her tendrils pulled Spider-Witch into her grasp. She then grabbed the hero's neck and hopped high into the air before smashing her into the middle of the city, causing the ground to even crack from the impact.

Spider-Witch desperately tried to escape her grasp despite the aching pain in her body, but Scorn held her up as her demonic mouth opened up, revealing rows of sharp teeth.

Everyone around screamed in horror and began running away from the fight, terrified to see their hero in such a state.

Spider-Witch then shot out a blast of fire into Scorn's face, forcing her to let go of her. She landed before webbing herself over and punching Scorn across the face and then kicking her while she was still in midair.

Scorn stumbled back, but tendrils started wrapping around her arm as she swatted Spider-Witch into a fountain. She then smiled wide as she inhaled a scent. "Do you smell that...? FEAR...it's delicious..."

Spider-Witch quickly got up, panting heavily before suddenly being punched into the air. Scorn then grabbed her leg and slammed her down into the ground again.

Scorn then stepped back, grinning wide as she watched her enemy groan in pain. "Awww...did you fall down?"

Spider-Witch breathed heavily and tried to force herself to get up, but Scorn stomped on her back.

"No, no, no...DON'T GET UP." Scorn sneered as she stepped off and grabbed Spider-Witch by the neck.

She held her up as the tendrils around her began forming a blade. Scorn stared at the blade for a moment before snarling like a lion and then making the blade disappear. "No...YOU HAVEN'T SUFFERED ENOUGH..."

Scorn, with Spider-Witch in her grasp, then swung away into the air.