One Side Covers The Other

The sun slowly rose, indicating that it was time for people to get up and prepare for another day.

While at the corners of a street, in the middle of an unknown and dark alleyway, a crooked bulge made out of black gooey substance could somewhat be seen.

The bulge had a purplish tone of black color while multiple white colored veins could be seen around and inside of the crooked bulge.

<Ba-Dum> <Ga-Dump>... <Bw-Gamp>

From time to time, the crooked bulge pulsed with an ominous tone, once or twice before stopping for a period of time, only to repeat the pulsing actions once again.

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<RIIIIIII~IIIIIIP> <TEEEEEAAAR~>

Then suddenly, the sound of the black substance being ripped and torn apart was heard, before a steaming tanned arm covered with scars suddenly tore it's way out of the crooked bulge!

<PHHhhhsss...>

Steam came out from the small hole ripped by the tanned arm while the arm weakly grasped the crooked bulge before more ripping sounds started to come from inside of the crooked bulge.

The tanned arm pushed towards the crooked bulge as the bulge started to get smaller and seep back inside the scarred and tanned body inside in a visible rate.

Then, from the tanned arm, came out a scarred shoulder that was also steaming.

After the shoulder, a head with long spiky hair slowly started to come out from the growing hole of the crooked bulge.

After the head came out, the bulge started to deteriorate at a faster rate, but in reality it was just seeping back inside the body inside, while a torso slowly started to come out from the middle of the gooey bulge, followed by different parts of a human's body.

The bulge got so smaller that it could not even be considered a bulge any longer, as it was now merely some black tendrils that attached themselves onto the wall behind the person whom was none other than Gabriel.

Gabriel's head leaned backwards as his mouth slowly opened up while his tongue dangled off of the edge of his mouth, causing the steam that was inside of his body to gush out from his mouth with a <PSSsshhh..>, before his body went limp and collapsed to the front.

As Gabriel collapsed down, the last remaining tendrils of black substance slowly started to retract back inside of his body.

<Twitch> <Twitch>

Gabriel's body twitched slightly as he blinked his tired eyes multiple times before he groaned in dissatisfaction.

"H-hey other me, you there?" Gabriel mumbled in a tired tone as he placed his hands upon the cold ground before he weakly tried to push himself back up.

[I'm here, Gabriel. Now please get up from this uncomfortable position...] His other groaned in a similarly tired tone, before Gabriel finally managed to push his body back besides the wall.

Gabriel leaned back before he held his temples while he spoke; "What... happened to us?" in a tired tone as he gave a sigh.

[The last thing I remember is... that we... we were in pain... the burning agony... suffering...] His other murmured in a confused tone, with a bit of fear mixed in...

Even if it was nothing but murmurs, Gabriel could hear his other just well. His other's murmurs caused a light headache for Gabriel as he rubbed his temples, while the memories started to wash in.

How the two were stealthily entering inside the abandoned factory...

How the two were delighted with the taste of brains...

How the two were angered with the fate of the young kid...

How the two went on a mad spree that was well deserved... and satisfying...

How... How the two were suddenly subjected to that.. that hellish torture...

Gabriel clutched his shoulders due to the sudden jolt of instinct. Even thinking about the agonizing flames made Gabriel shiver with fear and wariness. But Gabriel remembered another moment from yesterday.

He remembered their hate and disdain towards the boss, along with their determination and resolve...

"Yes..." Gabriel muttered under his breath as he slowly raised his head up and opened up his eyes.

Gabriel weakly wobbled while he used the wall besides him as a pillar of support, slowly managing to get up.

[Did you.. remember?] His other asked in a low tone, to which Gabriel responded with a nod accompanied by a grunt.

Gabriel then leaned on the wall besides him with his arm before he spoke with a harsh and determined tone; "Yes, I did... How about you?"

[Same as you..] His other simply grunted.

<CRACK>

Then suddenly, Gabriel clenched his hand which he was using to lean onto the wall, before Gabriel struck the wall with the back of his fist, creating a small crater while cracks surged through the wall.

Gabriel's strike caused him to be harshly pushed off of the wall, causing him to stumble a few steps before he managed to balance himself up.

After balancing his body, Gabriel subconsciously looked at his tanned and muscular body, only to see the scars and burn marks he had received from the hellish explosions yesterday.

"Tch!" Gabriel clicked his tongue in annoyance while his other cursed under his breath, as he had no sensible alibi for the reason of these scars. If May saw these, she would be devastated, let alone angry!

Speaking of May, Gabriel suddenly noticed that it was nighttime no longer. He looked up to see the morning sun which had started to shine into the dark alleyway.

He had also noticed that his flip-phone was currently missing, along with his clothes...

The clothes were not that big of a deal, but without his phone, Gabriel was not able to contact his family and reassure them about his safety or whereabouts.

"*Wait... phone... torn clothes...*" Gabriel thought for a moment before he opened up his eyes in shock and realization!

"Damn it, one problem after another!" Gabriel hissed in dissatisfaction as he hurriedly turned back and started to walk in a quick pace.

Seeing his actions, his other curiously asked; [What's wrong Gabriel? Why are you acting like this?]

"Damn it, don't you get it!? We dropped our flip-phone and our torn up clothes when we went berserk the first time!" Gabriel exclaimed in panic and anger.

[So what, we'll just go back there and pick the- ... oh no...] His other spoke in a reassuring tone before realization suddenly struck him.

"Uncle Johnny must have already notified the police about the events, and that was a day ago... So what would they think when they find our torn up clothes and flip-phone in the place where the thugs were hanging around?! How would we explain THIS to them..." Gabriel blurted out their current situation with a grim voice.

[D-DAMN IT!! Gabriel, we need to go back there, NOW!] His other roared with a rushed and panicked tone, while Gabriel opened his arms up in a sideways motion as black substance gushed out from his body with a quick and rushed behavior.

<BlUrLeArgGlantSs>

With the sound of the black substance warping and twisting around, Gabriel quickly turned into his purplish black form with white veins around parts his body.

Gabriel then quickly sprung towards a building before he violently ran upwards the building while leaving a trail of holes, craters, and cracks as he harshly ran up the building.

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After Gabriel jumped and leaped from building to building while trying not to attract any unnecessary attention to himself, he finally arrived at the alleyways of the backstreet where he first came across those thugs.

Gabriel scanned the alleyway, and quickly leaped in after he was sure that there was nobody inside the alleyway...

<Thud>

The ground beneath him cracked due to the intense force of his legs.

After landing at the alleyway, Gabriel and his other quickly started to search every nook and cranny of the alleyway while trying to find their flip-phone or the parts of their torn up clothes.

["Damn it, this side is clear."] Gabriel grunted as he clicked his tongue.

[This corner's also empty.] His other grunted in a similar fashion.

After checking a corner, Gabriel impatiently sprung himself towards another corner before he and his other started their search for their missing items once again.

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Gabriel and his other searched the alleyway for four times before Gabriel suddenly exclaimed in delight;

["W-wait, I found some parts of our torn up clothes!"]

His other quickly turned his attention towards Gabriel's line of sight and speaks in delight;

[W-WHAT?! NICE JOB, GABRI-... Are you fuckING BLIND, YOU FOOL!] before his other's voice turned angry as he suddenly shouted.

Hearing his other's angry shout, Gabriel furrowed his brows before he turned back to look at the clothing in his hand, only to notice that it was nothing more than some rags that were thrown out.

["W-Wha?! Guargh, son of a bitch!"] Gabriel grumbled in an angry tone as he violently tossed the rags out of his hand.

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While the duo argued with each other, in the corners of separate buildings and alleyways, multiple cameras are recording their every action, transmitting them onto a screen in front of a man...

The man held his arms behind his back as he watched the black creature with a slanted eye, before another man entered the view and gave the man who is watching the black creature a salute.

The man watching the dark monster slightly nodded his head. After the nod, the saluting man began to speak;

"Sir, we have gathered enough evidence about the identity of the target. Should we proceed and get in contact with the target?"

Hearing his subordinate speak, the man grunts in denial before he speaks;

"No, not yet. For now, continue with the protocol: [The Blackwatch]. Gather enough information about the target in order to be prepared for possible resistance or necessary precautions."

"Yes sir!" The subordinate said as he gave a salute one more time before walking away.

The man continues to silently watch the black monster that is at the other side of the stream...

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<BTang~>

["Damn it, fuck this! We'll take care of it later if it's necessary!"] Gabriel grumbled as he knocked a trash can with an angry strike.

[*Huff...* What do we do now then, Gabriel?] His other asked, trying to change the subject as he is trying to calm himself down.

Gabriel massaged his temples as he slowly worked his anger out while his body made out of black substance shifted back into his humanoid body, before he calmly replied;

"Now, my friend... Now we're going to head back home, in order to assure May and Ben that we are alright. Then, we are going to spend the rest of our day or two inside the bed, sleeping and crying our pent up emotions out."

[This, I can agree.] His other said in a tired tone that still had a tinge of anger inside it.

In an attempt to cheer themselves up, Gabriel "sheepishly" tapped his chest as he started to speak in a carefree tone;

"<Sigh> Now it wouldn't be good if we were seen walking naked around the streets, would it~?"

[Heheh... No, it would not.]

His other chuckled at Gabriel's sudden change of tone and behavior before multiple tendrils came out and shifted around Gabriel's body, creating an outfit similar to "Alex Mercer".

The only difference was the red parts were in a white color, while the lines/veins behind the jacket were slightly puffed out, giving it a 3D feeling and look to the jacket. And at the back of the jacket, there was an additional design of a skeletal head of a crow that had a few traits about Gabriel's symbiotic form, similar to the one behind the "Infamous Delsin Rowe", which was also puffed out.

After the process of creating clothes, Gabriel proudly puffed his chest up and gave a smirk, as he spoke with a sinister yet dominating tone;

"<Whistle> Impressive... you could say that, we're back..."

[In black...] His other finished the sentence in a similarly fashion as Gabriel placed his hands on his pockets before he began to walk out of the alleyway and back towards their house...

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After walking for about thirty minutes or so, Gabriel was finally in front of his house...

"<Inhale>... Alright mate, let's do this!" Gabriel took a deep breath and spoke before he knocked on the door..

Ten seconds or so passed before the door quickly opened up...

"G-Gabriel?! Holy crap dude, where the hell were you?!" Peter, who was in his "laboratory" clothes exclaimed in shock and relief as he quickly hugged his cousin with his plastic gloves.

"W-whoa!? Nice to see you too, Pete..." Gabriel exclaimed before he spoke with a nervous smile.

Peter quickly pulled Gabriel inside the house and closed the door, while May and Ben quickly hurried downstairs when they heard Peter shout out Gabriel's name.

When they came downstairs, they were met with a grinning Peter talking to a nervous Gabriel.

A lot of things happened between them, but if we were to cut it short, what happened was;

May and Ben quickly hugged Gabriel while May even began to cry, causing Gabriel to feel slightly guilty as he began to rub May's back.

After the touching reunion, May began to shout at Gabriel for being irresponsible for losing his phone and not coming home for a whole night, while Gabriel insisted that he was with a friend he knew and that he had accidentally passed out on his couch due to how tired he was.

Ben also inquired about some of the visible (Ya know, hands, neck, etc...) scars that Gabriel had received while he was outside, to which Gabriel simply shrugged it out by stating that he had fallen down some stairs.

Seeing that Gabriel had fallen off of some stairs and received some scars due to his lack of caution, May started to scold Gabriel even further as the latter could do nothing but sit still and nod his head while the words of lecture entered one of his ears and exited through the other ear.

While May was still scolding Gabriel, the latter looked at Ben and Peter with a pleading look, but the two only shrugged their shoulders and told Gabriel that he had it coming.

After being scolded for half an hour and grounded for a week, Gabriel quickly went upstairs and tossed his body onto his bed after he made sure to tightly close the door to his room, while Peter rushed back downstairs to his "laboratory", as he was in the middle of a breakthrough in one of his ideas, which was to create a substance that was light and flexible, yet would be able to withstand heavy pressure without snapping away.

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Gabriel was laying down on his bed, his clothes had transformed into a black tank top and gray trousers which were baggy.

He stared at his ceiling while pondering about multiple subjects, as he started to drift off...

After some time had passed, [Gabriel, what are you thinking about?] His other asked in a curious tone, as a small goopy head made out of black substance came out from Gabriel's shoulder.

Gabriel turned towards the goopy head, and spoke with a carefree expression;

"I've been wondering, doesn't having no name bother you?"

[A.. name?] His other asked in a slow tone.

"Well, yeah. While we're talking, you always call me Gabriel, yet I don't even call you by your non-existing name." Gabriel answered in a carefree style as he wobbled around the bed in order to get a bit more comfortable.

His other went silent as his face switched over different expressions for some time... Until he suddenly spoke in a low tone; [You.. might be right, Gabriel... A name, huh... My own name...]

Gabriel could feel the emotions which his other was feeling right now, so he cleared his throat before he spoke in a cheerful voice; "So I've been thinking, how about we choose your own name!"

Hearing what Gabriel had suddenly suggested, his other's face took a shocked expression before it was replaced with a happy and an anticipating smile.

[Yes, a name! I would like that... yes..] His other answered as he coiled around the air.

"Alright, how about.. uh... Steve?" Gabriel then started the guessing game.

[W-what, Steeve?! No way!] His other quickly denied the name, before he spoke with an excited tone; [Hmm.. How about Vice!?]

"Vice?! What kind of stupid name is Vice!" Gabriel quickly denied the suggestion.

[Pfft, It's a kind of stupid that's much better than "Steve".] His other quickly added in as he "rolled" his eyes before Gabriel could say anything else.

"Alright shush... What do you think of Michael?" Gabriel asked as he waved his hand around.

[I think that It's.. too cheesy.] His other simply responded.

"Fine, how about Eddie then! Ya know, like the black and red goop from Gu*lty Gear" Gabriel quickly spoke before his other could open up his mouth.

His other went silent for a bit before he spoke up; [Nah, I always found the name unfitting..] with a dismissive tone.

"Hmm... Alright, how about this.." Gabriel started to speak, gaining the attention of his other.

"How about you give me some specifications about what kind of name that you want for yourself?" Gabriel asked with a slight smirk.

Hearing Gabriel's suggestion, his other nodded in agreement before he started to slowly coil around the air while he kept making a pondering face..

His other then started to speak with a voice that was slowly turning into an excited tone; [I want my name to be.. unique... I would also like it if the name would somewhat fit my personality! Something that would be badass and intimidating, causing the ones which hears it to tremble and cover in fear while serving to show my might and danger to friend and foe!!]

Gabriel pointed his finger upwards as he spoke with a carefree expression; "Fluffles?"

[MOTHERFUCKER, GET SERIOUSSS!!] His other dashed ad Gabriel's head as he spoke with a sinister hiss.

"Hey hey, I'm just joking around, pal!" Gabriel placed his hands up as he quickly spoke.

His other sighed in annoyance as Gabriel spoke with a carefree expression while pointing upwards; "But you sure gave me a shit ton of specifications.. I was expecting something like long or short, the kind of meaning or some things like that!"

Gabriel then placed his hand on his chin and thought for some time. From time to time, Gabriel would ask a name at his other while remaining in the same pose;

"Hmm.. Sauron?"

[Everybody knows Lord of The Rings, pal...]

"You're right... How about Zed?"

[Not intimidating enough.]

"Are you kidding me?! It has plenty of intimidation inside of it. Like, I am ZED, the harbinger of death and chaos, the ninja of hellll?"

[Nope, none...]

"Oh, oh! How about... The Shredder!"

[You know that I love Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles just as you pal, but sadly the name ain't gonna work.]

"Damn it!"

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After a few more guesses later, Gabriel started to get slightly annoyed. He wanted to finish this thing up, but he did not want his other to regret his name of choice in the future...

Gabriel placed his hands on his head and leaned back at his bed, as he started to brainstorm for a name...

The time he spent with his other flashed upon his mind. All the things they had talked about, all the time they had been together, all of their experiments and fun discussions. Gabriel thought about everything that they have been through up until now.

The events of yesterday flashed upon his mind.. The words they had spoken to the boss as they beated him to the inch of his life before ripping him in two...

"..Venom..." Suddenly with a blank expression, Gabriel subconsciously blurted out something that had came onto his head.

Hearing Gabriel's words, his other turned towards Gabriel in a quick manner before he asked;

[W-what.. did you just say?]

Gabriel slowly turned towards his other before speaking with a blank expression; "..V-Venom... We had promised the boss that.. that we would become their.. Venom.." not realizing that he had found a name for his other.

Hearing what Gabriel had said, his other slowly coiled towards Gabriel as he spoke in a menacing yet happy tone while he had a pondering expression; [..Venom... Yess, that.. might work..]

Gabriel slowly rose from his bed and started to speak; "..I would be Gabriel... the part of us which interacts with people and gets stuff done without much attention..." As he spoke, Gabriel's blank expression slowly disappeared as a sinister grin took it's place.

[And I... would be Venom... the part of us which brings terror and agony to the hearts of all who are idiotic enough to oppose us! BweheheheHEHEAHAHA!] His othe-... Venom spoke while facial expressions which were similar to Gabriel's surfaced on his face.

[" One side, covering up the other!..."] They both spoke with anticipation and excitement in unison...