Venom woke to the smell of bacon.

He opened his slits of eyes and blinked them to see the sun was rising. He groaned as he slid off the couch and onto the floor. The memories hit him hard as he remembered where he was. He smiled to himself, thinking about how he met Vivi and her acceptance to his alien nature. He looked over the couch to see her cooking at the stove. Her hair was combed up into a loose ponytail and held by a green headband. She was wearing a black sweater with white leggings and black flats. Humming to herself, she placed two plates on the table and went back to cooking the eggs.

A set of arms wrapped around her waist, making her nearly drop her spatula. She squeaked as Venom rested his head on hers.

"I see you're awake," She commented, stirring the eggs. "Did you sleep well?"

"With the kinks in my neck I hardly noticed." He said, his hissing laughter filling her ears.

She smiled and reached behind her to swat him with her spatula. Thanks to spider sense, he was able to avoid it, making her stumble in the process. Acting fast, he reached his arm out and caught her before she hit the ground.

"Nice catch." She grumbled, getting out of his grasp. "But I can catch myself."

"Your welcome." Venom said, making her roll her eyes.

"Come on, I want you to at least eat breakfast before you go out and do your crimes. Which by the way will get you caught if you don't stop this fighting game." She mentioned, placing the eggs and bacon on the platters.

Venom sat down at the table and started to scarf down his portion of breakfast, getting a disgusted look from Vivi. She slowly ate hers before bringing out a small pocket notebook and pencil. She placed her fork down and started to write the details of Venom from his slimy tongue to his sharp claws. Venom stopped eating to watch her write, seeing her look up and back to her book.

"What're you doing in that book of yours?" He asked her, trying to lean over and see it.

Vivi covered the page she was writing on and blushed hard. "Nothing of interest to you, so don't even think about peeping!" She got up from the table. "I'm heading to work now. I'll be back around four. If I'm not back by then, you have a right to find me. In the meantime, stay out of trouble." She practically pleaded the last part out, hoping he'd get the message.

"Hey I can't help who I am. I attract trouble wherever I go." Venom pointed out.

Vivi sighed and put on her coat. "You attracted me, so does that make me trouble?" She closed the door behind her leaving bewildered Venom staring at her figure.

Central Library

Vivi heaved books onto the shelves, stacking them in alphabetical order. She loved her job as a librarian because of its quiet setting, good things to read, and inspiration for her books. She imagined herself putting one of her books on display for the world to see in front of this library. Working there for two years was putting a toll on her reading level, which were off the charts!

"Working hard today are we Bookworm?" A voice from behind her said. Vivi smiled and turned to see one of her favorite clients leaning against the bookshelf, Peter Parker. She and Peter had known each other for a while now, ever since she started working at the library. Vivi had come to know the teen with his interest in science and love for technology. They had become fast friends, often sharing their own ideas on the different superheroes.

"I was hoping you'd show up today. How's life doing for ya Parker?" She asked, putting the rest of the books up.

"Oh you know, a little of this, a little of that. Trying to pass high school with top marks." He rubbed the back of his head. "Among other things…"

Vivi giggled and patted his cheek. "Honestly Parker, you need to live a little. You work so hard every day for your friends and family. If you don't take time to relax, it'll be the death of you!"

Peter and Vivi walked to the main desk, chatting about how their lives were going. Vivi left out the parts where Venom coming to live with her and just simply told Peter about her new book idea.

"How about this; a super villain turned good guy by a change of heart! A cold, misunderstood person just wants to be accepted and tries to do things that make him seem better."

Peter nodded. "Sounds like you have a solid plan laid out."

"I did have a little help." More like the whole thing in front of me!

"Well if you ever need help with anything, you have my number." Peter waved at her. "I gotta go or else Aunt May will get worried about me."

Vivi smiled and waved back. "Tell your Aunt I said hello!"

"Will do and I want to be the first one to read your story when it's done okay?" He called back to her, closing the door behind him.

"Kay Parker, just don't forget to remind me next time!" She called back, laughing to herself.

"Are you going to finish putting those books away or chatting it up with the locals?" Said a voice behind her. Vivi turned to see her co-worker, Aliana Hempburn, smirking at her. She was brown-skinned and at a medium height with golden eyes. She has dark reddish-brown wavy hair that goes to her shoulders and wore black rimmed glasses. She wears a light gray long-sleeved dress shirt underneath a purple, dark purple, and blue diamond checkered vest, along with a dark gray bow attached to her dress shirt collar. Also, she has bright blue shorts with a brown belt, black leggings with a dark blue argyle pattern and a bright blue band above the feet, and white sneakers with black soles.

Vivi slouched over the main desk and groaned. For once I want to get out of work and hang out with a bad guy! She internally whined as she put the rest of the books away.

"That's right, every last book, now hurry up!" Aliana shouted, making her work faster.

Later that day…

Vivi hummed to herself as she walked down the street to her house. Her boss had given her a new set of books to read and her bag was full to the brim.

"What a haul I got today! I can't wait to brush up on some reading when I get home." She said to herself.

I wonder if Venom would like to read some with me. Wait...where did that comment come from? She blushed at her own thoughts and started running faster. Why am I thinking about him? I need him for my superhero book, not for a romantic relationship!

"Well this is quite a surprise." A sinister voice cackled, making her stop abruptly. She turned around to see no one behind her or in front of her. Slowly, she turned her head upwards.

Her words got caught in her throat. She dropped her books on the ground and felt her fist clench. In front of her crawling down the walls was the red symbiote himself. Tendrils of his own skin flailed around him, his white eyes glaring at her. She felt her heart jump a beat and her mouth growing dry.

"Carnage..." She finally said, backing up. "What a surprise to see you here."

"Why aren't you the polite one?" He replied, watching her every move carefully. "You must be Venom's new pet..." He snarled at the last word.

Vivi was taken aback by the sudden comment, anger rising up to replace her fear. "What was that? Did you just call me his "pet"?"

Carnage stuck his tongue out at her in a teasing way. "Yep you're only just a pawn for him. Eventually he will get bored of you and kill you." He jumped from the spot he was in and turned one of his arms into a blade. "Or I could do it now for him."

Vivi put her hands on her hips. "So that's what this is all about?" To be honest, she was downright terrified at the sight of the mass murderer, but used her fear to her advantage. "If you kill me he's going to come find me."

"That's what I want, a rematch between him and I. And your the perfect bait for the job. Your smeared blood on the ground will be most enjoyable for him to see." He advanced towards her, Vivi seeing she had no room left to run. "Let's make this quick before Webhead comes or something else."

With a swift motion, Carnage lunged forward to plunge the blade in her abdomen. But to his surprise, Vivi sidestepped and leaped away. Growling, he went to stab her again, but Vivi's instincts kicked in. She grabbed his arm and twisted it away from her. Carnage howled in pain at this sudden move. Grabbing her books, she started to run off. But Carnage wouldn't let his prey leave too easily.

"A chase huh? I can do this all night! The question is can you?" He taunted, swinging from his organic webs.

Vivi prayed that he wouldn't catch her or find her for that matter. She hoped that Venom heeded her call soon or things would get ugly.