CH 11: Fury? Dead? Yeah, right...

"Natasha, what's your status?" Steve's whisper-like sound came from the earpiece, just as she raised her hand, and shoved her makeshift claws into a guard's back!

"UUGGGHHH?!!!?!??" The guard screamed in pain, alarming the two other guards who immediately came to check. But just as they showed up Natasha swung her hand, and daggers made out of her Symbiote's biomass was shot towards one of the guards, stabbing him in multiple places and killing him.

The other pirate tried to shoot at the Symbiotic duo, but failed when Natasha raised her hand towards him. As she extended her hand, a tendril was shot towards him.

But it didn't kill him. The tendril wrapped around his chest, before she pulled on the tendril and sent the pirate flying towards her, just to raise her leg and knee him in the face so hard that his head shot away!

"Engine room secure." She spoke into the microphone on her wrist as she threw away the headless corpse, former pirate. As she walked away, she noticed the groaning, stabbed guard.

With a scoff, she raised her leg and stepped on his head. That may have been countless people's fantasy, to be stepped on by such a goddess. But it would be concerning if someone counted getting their head stomped into a mush a blessing. <People with "crush my head with your thighs" fetish have left the chat>

"(So you're not even going to offer me the chance to kill these bastards, huh? What an awesome host I have.)"

"*Eye roll* Were you going to take care of them?"

"(Neh. I'm bored, but not bored enough to take care of some pests.)"

"*Eye roll* Then why are you complaining?"

"(Cause I have nothing else to do.)"

"..."

"Sigh, forget it." She groaned before unlocking a door and walking inside. As she put a flash drive into one of the computers and started typing, Chaos's bored voice came :"(What are we doing anyway?)"

"Roger's mission is to save the hostages, our mission is to back up and save some files then bring them to Fury. Didn't you listen to a single thing he said?"

"(I lost him after the "I have a mission for you" part.)"

"Of course you did..." She sighed as she continued her job. "(We've got company.)" And a second or two later, the door broke and Steve rushed in before slamming the pirates' captain to the ground.

As he punched him, and knocked him out, Natasha smirked nonchalantly while he was panting :"Well, this is awkward."

"What are you doing here?" The blond man asked in confusion as he walked towards the redhead :"Backing up the hard drive. It's a good habit to get into."

Steve :"Rumlow needed your help. What the hell are you doing here?"

"(I don't like his tone.)"

Steve :"You're saving SHIELD's Intel."

Natasha :"Whatever I can get my hands on."

Steve :"Our mission is to rescue hostages."

"No, that's your mission..." She said and took out the flashdrive when the saving was finished :"And you've done it beautifully."

But just as she was about to walk away, he grabbed her arm :"You just jeopardized this whole operation." Causing her to nonchalantly tilt her head :"I think that's overstating things."

"(You might wanna find a cover.)" Chaos's voice, and the familiar tingling sensation in the back of her head, her Symbiotic Sense, alerted her when just when the pirate got up!

Just as he was about to throw a grenade at them, Natasha grabbed a keyboard and threw it at the grenade, causing it to fall beside the man as she grabbed Steve and ran at a fast, but not unnatural speed!

When the grenade was about to explode, she yeeted Steve towards the window and jumped right after him.

"*Pant*... *Pant* Okay... That one's on me." Natasha panted as they took cover behind the wall. But Steve just scoffed as he got up and left :"You're damn right."

"Sigh."

"(Why he acting like he's in his period?)"

"Sigh... Don't know. Guess he's just being sensitive or something."

"(Well, whatever. I don't really care. Can we go back now? I mean, our mission is finished. Their mission is finished. And the pirates are dead. So let's go back already.)"

"Yeah, let's. You wanna buy anything on our way back or order something? Pizza? Ice cream?"

"(Dino nuggies!)"

"*Chuckling* Fine. We'll have some dino nuggies."

"(Not we. Me. You'll be eating something else.)"

"And why's that?"

"(Cause I'm not willing to share my dino nuggies! Not even with you. So back off.)"

"How's that fair? Aren't we a team? We're supposed to be sharing everything."

"(Not when it comes to dino nuggies.)"

"Especially when it comes to dino nuggies."

"(I will fight you.)"

"Bring it on, bitch. We'll either share, or neither of us will have any."

"(You will not deny me my dino nuggies!)"

"*Smirking* I will deny you whatever I want. I'm the one who's cooking, or the one who's ordering. So you better know your place."

"(... Fuck you.)"

"*Smirking* Fuck you too."

-

"So should we just continue watching the Bee Movie?" Natasha asked as she slumped down on the couch :"Or should we watch something else?"

With a dish full of dino nuggies on her lap, she turned on the TV as Ali took a nugget and bit into it :"Honestly, I'm not sure... Just the first few minutes made me lose brain cells."

Natasha :"*Smirking* You have brain cells?"

Chaos :"More than your bitch ass will ever have."

Natasha :"*Yeah, yeah. Let's just watch it. We have nothing else to do anyway." She then chose the movie, and played it.

"There's the graduate, we're very proud of you, son!" The bee father of the MC of the movie said as he held up a paper :"And a perfect report card, all B's!"

"I don't want to watch this anymore." Chaos immediately deadpanned, causing his host to burst into laughter. But he didn't even care to make a snarky comment.

He just grabbed the TV remote, and got out of the movie. Once Natasha calmed down, she smirked at him while still cackling :"Hahahaha, why? Didn't you like it?"

"(Fuck you. I knew it was bad. But I didn't expect it to be this dumb! It was obvious that it was shit from the first few minutes! But are you fucking kidding me?! Seriously?! All B's?! Fuck you!)"

"*Cackling*"

"(Stop laughing! Pick something else already!)"

But looking at his offended face, Natasha just couldn't stop herself from wheezing at his reaction. She thought the movie was dumb too. But her Symbiote's reaction was just something else.

- (A few movies later)

"(That was... Something? I guess?)"

"*Smirking* What? You didn't like the Cars Movie?"

"(It's not about liking it or not... It's about it making sense...)"

"*Eye roll* Chaos, this is a cartoon. What did you expect? Cartoon's don't make sense."

"(Well, they're supposed to, even for just a bit! Like... They're all cars, so why are there sidewalks?! And how the hell do baby cars exist?! Does a mama car give birth to them?!

Are they built in a factory for a car family?! Then who's the one making the cars?! If they already have eyes, then are those lights considered their tits?!

Is that what those girls did after the MC's race?! Flash him?! If that's true, at night, when they all open their lights, are they all just... Driving around with their tits out?!

And how the hell do they have sex if they are attracted to each other?! I need answers, damnit! Why can't you just put some normal cartoons for us to watch?!)"

"Hey, you're the one who wanted to watch cartoons! Don't blame me here!"

"(I asked you to put on something enjoyable! Not something that makes me question my decision of wanting to stay here!)"

"Man, fuck y-" Just as Natasha was about to curse, her phone rang. With a glare at her Symbiote, she reached out and took her phone.

Seeing that it was just Steve, she shushed the red Symbiote before answering :"Just don't tell me you haven't called to complain about the mission again."

Steve :"No, I haven't... It's Fury..."

Natasha :"*Confused* What about him?"

Steve :"He's been shot."

Natasha :"..."

Natasha :"Where is he right now?"

-

Once again, the darkness of the night had enveloped New York. But just as always, the light of the houses, apartments, cars and such had kept "the City that Never Sleeps" bright.

However, even though it was night, but was still quite bright for a night, nobody could see what was moving in the night. Not even cats or other animals could see or even notice it.

Not like it was invisible or couldn't be seen by the naked eye. No. Because it was moving so fast to the point where nobody could see it. Only a wind passing by could be felt, and nothing else.

What was it? Well, obviously our MCs! Wanting to get to the hospital where Fury was going through a surgery as soon as possible, Natasha asked her host to go Symbiote Mode and take them there.

She was already fast. Being 20 times faster than athletes, at about 500 mph (804 kph) was no joke! However, it was still nothing compared to Chaos's full speed of about 3,660 mph (5,890 kph)!

"(We're here.)" Once he saw the hospital, he went into a quiet and empty alley before returning to his suit form. Once Natasha had control, she immediately sprinted towards the hospital, and to the surgery room from there.

As she opened the door and rushed inside, she saw a few agents of SHIELD in the room, along with Steve who was standing against a window and looking at the surgery going on. She immediately went to watch as well.

Natasha :"... Is he gonna make it?"

Steve :"I don't know..."

Natasha :"Tell me about the shooter."

Steve :"He's fast. Strong. Had a metal arm."

Maria Hill, Nick Fury's right hand man, walked to her side, as Natasha asked without taking her eyes off of the surgery :"Ballistics?"

Hill :"*Head shake* Three slugs, no rifling. Completely untraceable."

Natasha :"Soviet-made."

Hill :"Yeah."

"Can you help?" Natasha whispered. Whispered in such a quiet voice that even she herself barely heard it. But not the creature inside of her.

"(I can.)"

"Then do it."

"(I won't.)"

"Why?"

"(Too many eyes. Not the right time. We'll be hunted down if we show ourselves now.)"

"He'll die..."

"(He won't. I promise.)"

"How do you know?"

"(Trust me. Don't trust everything that you see with your own eyes. Sometimes, what we see, isn't the truth, or the reality.)"

However, his heartbeat started to get slower and slower. In the end, the screen let out that sickening, continuous beep sound.

Male nurse :"He's in V-tach."

Female nurse :"Crash cart coming in."

Doctor :"Nurse, help me with the drape."

Male nurse :"BP's dropping."

Doctor :"Defibrillator!"

"Chaos..."

"(Trust. Me. Please. He will survive.)"

Doctor :"I want you to charge him at 100."

Natasha :"*Whispering* Don't do this to me, Nick."

Doctor :"Stand back. Three, two, one. Clear." And then he shocked him with the defibrillator. But his pulse still didn't return.

Doctor :"Pulse?"

Male nurse :"No pulse."

Doctor :"Okay, 200, please. Stand back! Three, two, one. Clear!" But still nothing :"Get me epinephrine! Pulse?"

Male nurse :"Negative."

Natasha :"Don't do this to me, Nick. Don't do this to me."

"(He'll survive. He's alive. I know. I see it. I feel it.)"

The doctor and nurses inside tried to save him. But all for naught. His pulse still didn't return. Steve, behind the glass, sighed as he turned around and left.

Doctor :"What's the time?"

Female nurse :"1:03, doctor."

Doctor :"Time of death, 1:03 a.m.

"... He's dead..." Natasha whispered when Hill also left.

"(No, he's not.)"

"He doesn't have any pulse..."

"(He has. An extremely slow one.)"

"What are you talking about?"

"(Have you forgotten how our Symbiotic Sense works? Colored, alive. No color, dead. Activate your Symbiotic Sense.)"

With a frown, and a nervous bite of her bottom lip, she took a deep breath before activating her Symbiotic Sense. "... What the fuck...?" She whispered upon seeing Fury glowing a blue color.

"How is this possible?"

"(I can see and sense that he's alive. His heartbeat is just too slow. I don't know why, but it was definitely because of an external force, and definitely by his own freewill.)"

"So what you're saying is..."

"(He's alive. But wants to be seen and considered dead. I told you. You can trust me.)"