The Venom Inside

We now find North Star exiting the LPU Science department.

Boy, Dr. Rex really doesn’t hold back on the homework, thought North Star, before he heard a familiar voice.

“North Star! Hey, North Star!” called out Lightning Dust, running up to North Star.

“Lightning Dust? What are you doing here?” asked North Star.

“Well, I tried to call you yesterday, but no one was home. Anyways, I was wondering… is that offer to go to the Gala with you still on the table?” asked Lightning.

North Star suddenly looked nervous. “W-well, as a matter of fact, it is,” he said.

“Perfect, because it looks like you’ve got yourself a date. In other words, yes, I’ll go with you,” said Lightning.

North Star grinned from ear to ear. “That’s wonderful! So, I’ll pick you up at 7:30 two weeks from today, okay?” he said.

“Sounds wonderful,” said Lightning, turning to leave.

“Say, have you heard the rumors?” asked North Star.

“What rumors?” asked Lightning, turning around to face North Star once again.

“Well, they say that some kind of creature killed some ponies who were mugging a young mare,” said North Star. “Of course, everypony thinks the mare is crazy, but still.”

“Really, is that so? Well, I gotta go, I have some… shopping to do. See you at work tomorrow, North Star,” said Lightning before she flew off.

“ I have to do some shopping”? Was that really the best you could come up with? said the symbiote from inside Lightning’s head.

Well, it was the best I could do under the circumstances, replied Lightning.

Right… let’s just get back home and continue planning our revenge, said the symbiote.

Back on the ground, North Star watched as the girl of his dreams flew off. Lightning, why do I get the feeling there’s something you’re not telling me… oh, well, at least she said yes to going to the Gala! he thought.

~

Meanwhile, in a desolate corner of Los Pegasus, has-been musician Vinyl Scratch walked the streets. Her record label had betrayed her and left her to fend for herself.

If only there was some way I could make a HUGE comeback… get everypony to like me again, thought Vinyl. She looked up at the sky with hope, and saw something. It was a big blue  electric sign that seemed to say “VIN.”

Curious, and maybe a little hopeful Vinyl climbed up the building and looked at the sign. It didn’t say “Vinyl Scratch” as she thought, but rather “VINTAGE SIGNS INC.”

I should’ve known! My music career is finished! Why should anypony remember me?! snarled Vinyl in her mind as she charged up her magic. She then fired a blast at the sign. The resulting blast of electricity from the sign struck Vinyl’s horn, causing a large explosion...

~

When Vinyl woke up, she felt a little… different.

“What just happened?” said Vinyl. She then noticed her voice sounded a little different, distorted somehow. As she went to scratch her head, she caught sight of her hoof. It had turned electric blue. “What the-? What’s happened to me?” said Vinyl. She ran over to a nearby vent.

Her jaw dropped like a bad habit when she saw her reflection. Her body, which had been white before, was now the same shade of blue as her mane and tail, and her sunglasses had become her eyes somehow… and she was also crackling with electricity.

I wonder… she thought. Raising her hoof, she fired a bolt of lightning. Vinyl smiled. She now wielded one of Equestria’s most powerful forces: lightning.

As of this moment, Vinyl Scratch is no more… in her place is… Killerwatt! And nothing can stop me from doing whatever I want, just because I want to do it!, thought Killerwatt, before she leapt into a nearby electrical wire and began to travel down it…

~

Meanwhile, at her apartment, Lightning Dust sat on her couch, listening to one of her favorite songs on the radio while tendrils from the symbiote threw darts at a dartboard with a picture of Rainbow Dash on it.

Just you wait, Rainbow Dash… me and my new best friend will put you in your place… thought Lightning, before the electricity in the apartment fluxed. Suddenly, she had a feeling of foreboding.

Just then, a news report came on the radio. “We interrupt this song for a breaking news update. An unknown assailant has just appeared out of an electric wire and is currently holding up the First Equestrian Bank in downtown. As far as we can tell, this pony is seemingly made out of pure electricity and is extremely dangerous. More on this story as it develops,” said the newscaster pony.

Lightning Dust smirked. This is it! This is the moment we’ve been waiting for! Let’s rock, Venom! Lightning told the symbiote as it crept over her form…

~

Down at the First Equestrian Bank, Killerwatt, who was completely ignorant of the trembling hostages, was using her new powers to crack the electronic lock on the safe. “Come on, come on!” she growled.

Just then, a large bench came flying at Killerwatt, which hit her from behind. “Ow! I’m gonna fry whoever did that!” yelled Killerwatt.

“Is that so? Well, then you can take comfort in knowing that we won’t go down so easily,” said a dark and menacing voice. A creature that resembled a pegasus, but solid black with large demonic wings and a ghostly white mane and tail entered the bank.

Killerwatt sneered. “And just what are you supposed to be, exactly?” she asked.

“We are Venom. But, you can just call us the one who will put your sorry flank in either the hospital or behind bars… whichever comes first,” said Venom, before she launched two tendrils at a teller’s desk and hurled it at Killerwatt.

Killerwatt simply teleported out of the way. “My turn,” she said, before firing a bolt of lightning, which hit Venom head on.

Lightning Dust had been struck by a few bolts of lightning before, but never had it hurt as much as this. It felt like her very body as being torn apart. “Arrrrgh! What… just happened?!” hissed Venom.

“Ooh, looks like somepony doesn’t like electricity… this will be more fun than I thought!” said Killerwatt, charging up another bolt. Venom gritted her teeth and dodged just as the bolt left Killerwatt and hit just where she was by a few inches. She snarled and summoned another tendril and wrapped it around her but this was a bad idea as the electric mare soon charged herself up and zapped the symbiote again.

“Stop doing that! It hurts us!” The symbiote told Lightning who made a mental note not to touch an outlet in the future. She then made claws at her hooves and slashed at Killerwatt and drew blood. This enraged Killerwatt as she started to charge another bolt and Venom knew instantly that this one would kill her.

Thinking fast, Venom grabbed a nearby water cooler in her tendrils and threw it at Killerwatt. The water splashed all over Killerwatt, which seemed to hurt her. “Mommy! Make it stop!” she cried as the water sizzled on her flesh.

“It looks like somepony doesn’t like water… perhaps we will be the ones who have more fun,” snarled Venom. She then shot a web at a nearby fire hydrant, yanked it off, and then used her tendrils to douse Killerwatt in the torrent of water.

“Arrgh! Nooooo!” yelled Killerwatt, before a burst of energy discharged from her, sending Venom and the hostages flying.

When the smoke cleared, Killerwatt was once again Vinyl Scratch, and was covered in electrical burns.  She whimpered as Venom towered over her. “P-parley?”  she said.

“Sorry, this isn’t Pirates of Equestria. Although, we have heard that Dead Stallion’s Chestis pretty good… maybe they have a movie night in jail… or, maybe the hospital,” said Venom.

With one kick, Venom sent Killerwatt flying through the wall, knocking her out cold.

The job done, Venom let out a mighty roar, before flying off, leaving the hostages awestruck and terrified.

~

In a dark laboratory, a shadowy figure watched the fight between Killerwatt and Venom unfold.

Hmm… perhaps the big black one could be of use to further my plans better than the pale one, mused the menacing figure. A long robotic arm with a claw at the end reached out and pressed a button on the figure’s desk. The arm looked like a tentacle.

“What is it, sir?” barked a female voice on an intercom.

“I have a new request I would like for you to do… bring me Venom. Dead or alive it matters not,” said the figure.