A Symbiote's Best Friend

"No, let go of me, I need to help him!" Yelled Jessica. She struggled against the slimy restraints that held her back from Eric. She watched as Shocker raised his gauntlet at Eric.

"You can't save him... he's already gone Jess." Sling's voice echoed around the room. "You can't save everyone."

"I have to try!" Jessica yelled again. With all her strength she pulled herself forward but this was a futile attempt as her restraints simply pulled her back. A pair of black arms wrapped around her. "N-no... I need to help."

"That's not what he wanted Jess, he wanted you to run." Sling said in a calm voice. Jessica tried once more to break free but the arms tightened their grip. She watched as Shocker balsed Eric with his gauntlet.

"No!" Jessica screamed. She closed her eyes and looked down. "I... I could have saved him."

"You couldn't have. If you did, we would have been caught." Sling said. Jessica looked up and turned to look at what was holding her back. She looked up slightly and saw a head with a large pair of sharp white eyes looking at her.

"We need each other, and we need to protect each other." Sling said as she began to cover Jessica. "Together we are stronger, together we are safer."

Jessica slowly relaxed and completely stopped all attempts to escape her restraints. Her vision went dark as Sling covered her face.

Jessica jolted awake and almost fell over she instinctively looked around and found herself standing on top of a extremely tall building in the dead of night. She looked down and found herself at the edge with the tips of her feet hanging off the edge.

"What the hell!" She yelled as she tried to back up but found that her feet were stuck in place. "Sling, why am I up here!"

"It's time for you to conquer your fear of heights." Sling said. She sounded like she was trying to mimic a drill instructor. "You will step forward off this building and use your momentum to swing to greater heights."

"Sling don't make me do this you know how I feel about heights!"

"Now, jump!"

Jessica, tried to step back again. Sling prevented her from stepping back and forced her foot forward.

"Now wait just a moment!" Jessica yelled. Sling didn't care and slowly pushed her weight forward. Eventually Jessica fell. She let out a scream and yelled at Sling. "Your crazy, you are absolutely crazy."

"Now, swing." Sling ordered. Jessica didn't listen as she fell, eventually closing her eyes. Suddenly Jessica felt herself stop. She opened her eyes and looked up. She saw a long thick tendril attached to the building. Following in with her eyes she saw it was coming from her back.

"Thank you." Jessica said as she let out a sigh.

"We really need to work on getting rid of your fear of heights." Sling said.

"Yeah, but probably not like this. Also you are absolutely insane for doing that."

"It was worth a shot."

Jessica yawned and let Sling slowly take her down the side of the building.