
And then there were two
"Venom" Fury hissed, not bothering to stand up or unwrap her tail from herself. Tony on the other hand was panicking on the inside. Even he could feel that Fury was weak and Venom looked strong from his healthy diet of bad guy brains. Tony wasn't sure how one killed a symbiote; but he was very sure Venom knew and could kill them both if he wanted. For some reason the only emotion Tony picked up from Fury was calm as she regarded his white eyes with her pitch black ones.
Venom moved suddenly and approached Fury. Tony flinched as he approached but he couldn't move while wrapped inside her. Venom bent down and pressed his head to Fury's, letting out a pitiful whine from his throat.
"Fury" Venom rumbled. Fury pressed back and relief flooded both her and Tony's bodies.
"Venom" Fury rumbled back, unwrapping her tail from her body. Relief flooded her body not because Venom didn't attack her, but because she wasn't alone. One of her kind was there; one of her kind was going to accept her on this massive planet. Tony suddenly understood Fury just a little better. How lonely would he feel being the only human on an alien planet of seven billion? He would even accept... OK maybe he wouldn't go as far as to accept Steve as his only companion but he would definitely think about it. Venom must feel the same way about Fury as Fury felt for him.
"Fury... you are weak." Venom suddenly started hacking and his whole body shook as his mouth opened wide. Fury opened her mouth and accepted some bloody mass that Venom dropped into her mouth like an adult bird with their child. Fury licked the stray blood off her teeth and swallowed everything, closing her eyes in bliss. Tony wanted to be disgusted but eating the mass was nothing like eating chocolate. Warmth spread through their body instantly like eating a warm soup after being out in the snow all day.
"Thank you... Venom." Fury stood and was eye to eye with Venom, pressing her face back to his. Both symbiotes let out small purrs and Venom gripped her arms like she would disappear from him. The moment was ruined by the arrival of the friendly neighborhood Spider-Man.
"Venom stop right there! Oh crap there are two of you?" Peter shouted in alarm. Venom instantly roared at him but Fury was on him in a second to stop him from attacking Spider-man AKA their little Peter.
"Do not harm him! Seek us out at the top of Stark Tower." Fury hissed and took off. Venom roared in frustration but took off in another direction. Peter struggled in picking a direction but eventually took off after Venom; giving Venom enough time to disappear.
Tony felt weird walking into Stark Tower like a normal person and taking the elevator back up to his penthouse. He was exhausted and looking at the time told him why. It had been a long time since he stayed up until three in the morning.
"The king is still in your penthouse and he's dragged miss Pepper out of bed." Fury said as soon as the elevator reached his doors. Tony groaned and threw his head back in frustration. He just wanted to go to bed but he put on a fake smile and entered his living room.
"Tony you are ok! T'challa said you threw yourself from your balcony!" Pepper shouted and ran to give him a hug.
"Uh yeah I was... testing out my new nano suit. The flight is not working at all so I had to go for a run. I'm sorry you got up for this but why don't you go back to bed and I'll speak to T'challa." Tony gave her a soft smile and pat her back. Pepper looked unsure but Tony just led her to the elevator "I promise I'm ok."
"Alright but call me as soon as you get up tomorrow ok?"
"I swear Pepper." Tony's smile dropped as soon as the elevator closed and he walked to his kitchen, ignoring the big problem still standing in his living room. He poured himself some juice and drank it down, wishing more than anything he hadn't thrown his booze out.
"Tony I swear to you I knew nothing of your parents. Steve told me you were still up and moving when he left you otherwise I would have personally taken you home." T'challa touched his arm softly. Tony let the touch remain there for a minute before removing his arm.
"What hurt worse was that Steve knew... he knew before I saw that video. He had TWO YEARS to tell me. Two years of lies, of sharing my bed with that weight on his mind and he acted totally normal... like he didn't have that horrible secret..." Tony reached into his pocket and placed a memory stick on the counter between them.
"Its a full copy of B.A.R.F... just take it and go T'challa. Never contact me again or I'll tell everyone where the rogues are." Tony turned away from the king and didn't turn back around until he heard the elevator shut. Tony sniffled and tried to keep the tears from flowing but he suddenly felt over whelmed and alone.
"He seems like an asshole." A deep rumbling voice said from the window. Tony nearly jumped out of his skin and turned so fast he slipped onto the kitchen floor. Venom climbed up like a large cat and picked him up like he weighed nothing.
"So Fury caught herself Tony Stark, very nice." Venom set him down on the couch. Fury's head popped out of his chest to greet Venom.
"I only synthesized with the best hosts Venom. What poor sap did you get?"
"A journalist." Tony and Fury both wrinkled their faces. Venom started retreating showing one Eddie Brock.
"Eddie fucking Brock are you serious? Didn't you get kicked out of New York?" Tony said crossing his arms.
"I wasn't kicked out of New York that's not a thing. I simply moved to San Fransisco for... love reasons." Eddie was turning red around his ears.
"Uh huh... so you got kicked out of California too? Something about a rocket exploding and the Life Foundation getting shut down due to multiple ethics and health violations?"
"You know that was me?"
"Well of course I knew it was you. Who do you think covered it up? The entire city is covered in cameras and caught you turning into a seven foot angry alien. Not to mention throwing a bunch of police around your former work place." Eddie opened his mouth to say something and then popped his mouth shut.
"That makes sense..." Eddie finally said. Tony gave him a small exhausted smile.
"I'm guessing by the state of your clothes that you don't have a nice place to stay right now... I have like 18 rooms you can choose from. Our aliens are the last of their kind on Earth so I'm sure they want to stay close. No funny business though. The walls have eyes and ears." Tony stood and headed to his room, not being able to take the night anymore.
"Uh thank you!" Eddie called after to him. Venom popped up to look at Eddie.
"Does this mean we don't have to go back to your shitty apartment anymore?" Eddie just glared at him.