A Symbiote's Best Friend

Jessica stood on the roof of Canterlot High and removed some of the clothes she was wearing mainly her shoes and hoodie. Once she was done she shoved them in to her bag and put her bag on to her back.

"Alright let's get going." She said mostly to herself but also to Sling. Jessica ran across the room jumped from the rood, as soon as her feet left the ground she felt Sling emerg and wrap around her entire body tightly. Sling had turned herself in to a skin tight suit with a large white spider symbol across the chest that connected to one of the back.

Jessica threw her arm out and from the back of her wrist shot out a black web with connected to a nearby tree. Using the momentum from her jump she swung from the web and away from the school. After that first swing she felt Sling cover her face. Sling formed in to a mask with two large white eyes. She also mixed in with Jessica's hair turning it from it's usual blond with blue tips to completely black. Sling finally created a hood and used some tendrils to pull it over Jessica's head.

"That will never get old." Jessica said as she continued to swing further and further away from the school.

"I couldn't agree more." Sling said.

Police cars circled the entrance to the bank. TV vans were scattered up the road with reporters stood out in front, trying to question some witnesses of the event occurring inside the bank.

A SWAT team stood outside the front door ready to enter. But unlike the officers Jessica and Sling knew a better way in. Jessica stood next to a vent on the roof large enough to enter.

"You reckon this could get us in?" Jessica asked.

"Most likely." Sling said. Jessica nodded and grabbed the vent cover and pulled it off. She put the cover to the side and entered the vent and started to descend down the vent. She landed on another vent cover and carefully kicked it off, making sure to catch it before it fell. She webbed the now loose vent cover to the ceiling before she moved on to the rafters.

"Alright, start getting these bags to the back." Said a deep male voice from bellow. Jessica looked down and saw several men carrying large duffle bags.

"Fifties styled suits and fedoras, yep theses check out as Joseph Lorenzini's guys." Jessica thought to herself. She moved silently over the rafters as she tried to find more of these intruders.

"So what's the plan?" Sling asked.

"Well, it seems we don't have a lot of time to be stealthy about this so I recon we just jump in and hope for the best."

With a sigh from Sling they both silently agreed.

"Plus I know how much you like to fight."

When the group of men started to come back Jessica dropped from the rafters behind them and immediately swiped one of the men's legs out from beneath them. His face hit the cold floor and blood shot out of his nose.

The other men turned around and drew their guns on Jessica. With a few placed webs she ripped the guns from their hands.

"Can't have you guys use those on me." Said Jessica as she rushed forwards towards the men. Her shoulder stuck in to the first man and knocked him backwards on to the floor. The others immediately took their chance and threw much after much at Jessica. She doged the first two but the third struck her in the cheek knocking her back a little.

"Kill her." One of the men said as the group rushed her. Jessica shook her head before webbing two of the men's legs together making the both trip. The third nan she kicked in the knee. He cried out in pain and as he fell to the ground her fist connected with his jaw. She watched as blood flew from his mouth, most likely from biting his own lip.

She rushed one of the men trying to free him himself from her webs. She grabbed one of his arms and straitened it our and brought her elbow down on it. The man screamed as his arm broke at the elbow.

The third man finally got himself free puched Jessica in the side before throwing a punch at her head. The punch connected and she staggered backwards. It wasn't long before she felt an arm wrap around her neck and something be pressed in to her lower back.

A gunshot rang out and Jessica screamed in pain before being pushed to the floor.

"So your the little Spider who has been ruining all my hits?" A man in a heavy New York accent said. "And I will say I don't know how you did it when you are this sloppy."

Jessica looked up and saw a man in a blue suit looking down at her. The man crouched down and pressed the barrel of his 1911 against Jessica's head.

"You don't impress me. But I'll give you a chance." The man said as he pulled the gun away. "Next time we meet I expect better."

The man stood back up and walked away from her.

"Alright let's wrap this up!" The man said as he walked towards the back of the building.

"We need to get you out of here." Sling said as she forced Jessica to get up.

"Y-your right... let's go h-home..." Jessica said weakly. She walked over to a wall and used it as support as she made her way to the front door. She pushed it open and stepped out, only to be met by the barrels of SWAT rifles.

"Wait, it's her." One of the SWAT team members said. The officers lowered their guns and seemed to look at Jessica in a mix of amazement and concern. Jessica looked towards the crowd of people in front of her and saw reporters making their way to her.

"You take the wheel." She thought to herself and Sling.

"Of course." Sling said. Jessica practically released full control of her body and Sling took hold. To Jessica it was like being on some kind of auto pilot. Before the reports could make it to then Sling used a web to pull Jessica to the roof tops.

Jessica laid face down in her bed, the wound on her back exposed.

"Ready to begin?" Sling asked.

"Ready as I'll ever be." Jessica said. She watched and Sling used a few tendrils to hold her down as some smaller tendrils pulled at Jessica's injury before entering in. Jessica winced and bit her pillow to stifle a scream.

She felt Sling move around for a moment before slowly pulling back out. Jessica hissed in pain as something hard was pulled from her back. The pain vanished as quickly as it started and a 9mm bullet was dropped in to Jessica's hand. Sling released Jessica and began to close the wound.

"Thanks... I owe you one." Jessica said.

"No, need it's why I'm here." Sling responded.

Jessica looked at the bullet in her hand and rolled it between her fingers.

"You know this wouldn't have happened if you had let me cut loose on them." Sling said.

"And what let everyone know I'm wearing an alien parasite." Jessica retorted.

"First of all parasite is a strong and offensive word to me."

"Oh yeah, your what? A symbiote?"

"Yes!"

Jessica chuckled and got up off the bed and threw on a t-shirt.

"Well atleast we know who Joseph is now, and the fact he'll be a pain in the ass." Jessica said and she left her room and walked down the stairs. Just as she reached the bottom she heard her front door open.

"Jess, you home?" A woman's voice called out. Jessica sighed.

"Yes, mom I'm here." Jessica called back.

"Well we need a chat.

"Crap." Jessica thought to herself before walking in to the living room. She saw her mom sitting on the couch with her arms crossed.

"I got a call from the Vice-Principal today about you sneaking out of detention. Got anything to say about that?" Jessica's mom asked.

"Well I already did the work they gave me, so there was no point on staying." Jessica said.

"Jess! Please, just take this seriously. I'm worried ok. You show up at the door one day saying how you wanted to come back and finishe school here. And you haven't given me a reason."

"It's just... I..." Jessica stumbled over her words, as she searched for an answer.

Jessica sighed and hung her head low.

"I don't know why I came back, I guess I was home sick or maybe I just missed you. And since dad died, I couldn't bear the thought of you being alone." Jessica said. She looked at her mom's face and watched at the anger drained from it and was replaced with one of guilt.

"I didn't think that was the reason. It's just since you came back you've been different. I guess your fathers death hit you harder than I thought." Jessica's mom said. She slowly got up and walked to her daughter before hugging her. "I'm sorry for being angry."

"And I'm sorry for not saying anything." Jessica said, a smile slowly crossed her face as she pulled away from the hug.

"Well I got good news for you, I got pizza for dinner. Your favourite." Jessica's mom said with a joyful smile.

"Oh, your just the best." Jessica said, sharing her mom's joyful smile.