Ch. 8: The Apartment
Luz let Boscha go when they arrived at an old rundown building outside of the city limits.
The bricks were cracked, the outside lights were flickering, and there were old boxes scattered around the curb.
"So...this is where you live?" Boscha asked, staring at the VERY poorly kept building.
"Yep! This is where I live. Just me and my family." Spider-Girl said as Amity separated from her and became human again.
"And it's all for free... because why ask the rich girl that you wear everyday to help instead." Amity said.
Luz groaned with a pout as she turned to Amity!
"Amity! I've told before, Mama Eda covered it years ago!" Luz said to her.
'I'm sensing this is a recurring topic.' Boscha thought.
"I'm just saying, Luz, I am here to help." Amity said.
"And I'm just saying, I don't need you to pay for everything, sweetie. Just being with me is enough." Luz said, holding Amity's hands.
"It's a matter of principles, Luz. Even if, despite living here for free, I still pay Eda rent." Amity said.
As they kept talking/bickering, Boscha had never felt so out of place in her entire life. Here entire kishin slaying, soul collecting, witch hunting life.
'Do I need to say something?' Boscha thought, glancing between them. 'Though, it's moments like this make me glad I'm single.'
"Look, let's not argue over nothing. Let's head inside, snuggle, and relax after a hard day's work." Luz said before looking at Boscha. "Oh. And maybe see if we can get you a room too IF-"
"I get it! Don't hurt your mom, witch or not. I promise as a three star meister, I won't hurt her." Boscha said with her hand up.
'Not like I could do much without a weapon. Even with my Soul Force.' Boscha thought, missing fhe feeling of her weapon partner in her hand. '... I feel so pathetic without Amelia.'
Hopefully she would wake up from her coma soon. Once the bickering was done, the trio walked inside and showed Boscha how much better than inside looked compared to the outside.
"Mom! We're home and we have a guest!" Luz shouted.
Hearing the steps being coming to them, a woman came to greet them. She appeared to look very similar to Luz, but with slightly darker tan skin, shorter height, and a slightly round body figure. Her hair in a short cut and wearing a pair of glasses, a nightshirt, and slippers whole carrying a basket of laundry.
'This must be her blood mother.' Boscha thought.
"Hola Mija. Hola Amity." She said in spanish accent.
"Hola, mami/Camila." Luz and Amity said as they hugged Camila.
"Did you girls have a nice day and did you say something about a guest?" Camila asked before noticing Boscha, who waved a bit. "Oh, the guest must be you."
"Yeah, my name is Boscha, Mrs..."
"Camila Noceda." Camila said, "Or Camila Clawthorne if you want, I tend to go by both."
"Okay, Camila. Nice to meet you." Boscha said as she shook hands with Camila.
"What brings you by?" Camila asked.
Well, you might now believe me if I told you." Boscha said as she looked at Luz. "Does she know or not?"
"She knows." Luz said with a nod.
"And I would also like to know how she found out your secret? Does she also have powers?" Camila asked.
"You could say that but not the same as us." Amity said.
"It's... been a long day. Is Mama Eda home?" Luz asked, scratching her head. "I want to talk to her."
"She's picking up dinner, she'll be home soon." Camila said, gesturing for them to follow. "We can wait for her upstairs."
"Great!" Luz said.
'And I'll get answers from Mama Eda's view instead of Boscha's.' Luz thought, still not fully accepting Boscha's answers about the DWMA and witches.
Luz did believe Boscha about Venom though and she would be in the look out for him on her patrols with Amity. Anything like that would be too dangerous to be allowed to walk free.
"So, what floor do you guys stay in?" Boscha asked Camila. "Luz told me you pretty much have this entire apartment to yourselves, so I'm curious."
"Like if Luz and Amity have an entire floor to themselves?" Camila asked as they all walked inside.
"Exactly, yes." Boscha said.
"We live on the top floor." Camila said, "Luz and Amity have the floor below that... because I got tired of cleaning that goo web stuff... still don't know if that's part of Amity or not."
"It's more of a...byproduct." Amity said, glancing away with a blush.
'I'm still not entirely sure myself.' Amity thought.
"Okay, and the other 4 floors?" Boscha asked.
"Recreational or just empty." Camila said as they got into the elevator.
"Cool." Boscha said.
'Maybe I can move in if they're nice enough.' Boscha thought.
Camila pushed the button for the top floor, shutting the elevator as they all listened to the music.
'Soft rock music in an elevator? Nice choice.' Boscha thought.
Other than that, there was no noise from the elevator, not even the sound of talking.
I can't tell if this is normal silence or uncomfortable silence.' Amity thought, glancing at Boscha.
The elevator eventually reached the top floor, allowing everyone to get out and walk to Eda's and Camila's apartment living room.
'Damn, this place is nice.' Boscha thought.
The room was tastefully decorated, even better than hotel Boscha was staying it.
"Like it? Eda's style and mine come together for a nice living room." Camila said, walking to the couch.
"It's very nice looking." Boscha said.
"It's not as good looking as our place but it works." Luz said with a shrug.
"You only say that because we haven't cleaned up yet." Amity said sighs grin.
"Not true." Luz said quickly.
"Luz." Camila and Amity said firmly.
"Okay, fine, I'm a bit of a slob, but I always clean up!" Luz said as Boscha chuckled. "Oh, do you find this funny?"
"Yes." Boscha admitted.
Luz's dislike for Boscha grew more.
'I can't wait for mama Eda to kick your skinny ass back to the DWMA.' Luz thought as Camila turned on the tv.
The first thing that popped up was a news alert. It was about how a bus that was attacked and the people inside were all killed... it happened so fast that people on the street didn't even realize it happened until it was over.
"... It was him." Boscha said with a glare.
"Are you sure?" Amity asked, looking at the news.
"No doubt about it. Only a monster could cause that kind of carnage." Boscha said, clenching her fists. "He needs to be put down."
"Put down? I don't know who you are but my daughter doesn't kill." Camila said as she looked at Boscha.
"I know but against Venom, she might not have a choice." Boscha said before looking at Luz. "Does your "Mama Eda" have any weapons? Normal and/or magical weapons?"
"Duh. She's paranoid after all." Luz commented.
"Mija....." Camila said firmly.
"What? Mom, she's got so many different weapons, Mama Eda can be considered an arms dealer!" Luz argued before counting with her fingers. "Guns, knives, swords, rocket launchers, grenades; she could go to war with every gang in the city if she wanted to!"
"Where is it?" Boscha asked.
'I need a sword, I NEED a sword.' Boscha thought, really missing Amelia.
"The apartment across the hall." Amity said, pointing to the door.
Boscha ran out of the "living room" apartment and kicked down the door to the "weapons room" apartment!
"WE HAVE A KEY!" Luz shouted, facepalming. "Does she not care that this is our home?"
"I don't think she cares, I think she's scared." Camila said, suddenly concerned.
"Scared? Luz asked before she remembered what Boscha said to her and Amity.
Her friend, Cat was killed, while her other two were in intense care. One paralyzed, Skara, and one in a coma, Amelia.
Meanwhile in the weapons room, Boscha found a sword that was nearly an exact match of Amelia's weapon form.
'A 1832 model foot artillery sword, but the handle is a bit worn out and the sheath is banged up.' Boscha thought as she drew the sword, seeing it was in decent condition. 'It'll do. But I feel like I'm cheating on her by using this.'
"Are you coming or what?" Luz asked, already in her Spider-Girl/Amity suit with the mask and hood down.
"Yeah, I'm coming. Just thinking of bringing something else." Boscha said, faking looking around the weapon room.
"Well hurry up, the longer we take the more destruction this thing causes." Luz said, looking over Boscha."... And put on a mask or something."
"What? Why?" Boscha asked, putting the sword back in the sheath.
"Do you really think people are just going to let you walk around with a sword and NOT call the police?" Luz asked blankly. "Unless you're dressed up like a vigilante while working with us, they're gonna see you as a possible villain. Not to mention that it would be dangerous to my secret identity."
'One of the upsides of just being your suit.' Amity said with a grin Luz couldn't see.
'Don't rub it in, sweetie.' Luz thought back.
"I'll figure something out." Boscha said.
"Figure it out fast. We need to leave NOW." Luz said as she walked into the hall to wait.
Boscha rolled her eyes before actually looking around the room, before opening a drawer and findinf a random ski mask.
"Not even gonna ask why she has this." Boscha said, putting on the ski mask and walking out of the weapon room. "Let's go, hero."
"Funny how you're so pushy, yet you forget that I'm literally your ride back into the city." Luz said with a grin.
"Did I forgot to mention I have years of training as a meister and hunting down kishin souls? I can do my than fight." Boscha said as she tied the sword to her waist. "I'm also a free runner and a selfmade parkour expert."
"Yeah, yeah, whatever. Let's go, you meister bitch." Luz said, rolling her eyes.
Luz walked to the stairs and headed up to the roof, making Boscha briskly follow from behind until they reached the top.
"Hang on." Luz said as Amity made the mask and hood come up, grabbing Boscha by the waist.
She fired a web and started swinging with Boscha in her arms.
'We need to find a way for Boscha to get around on her own if we're not around.' Amity said to Luz.
'Agreed. I don't want it carry her fat ass everywhere.' Luz thought.
'so you looked at her ass?' Amity asked.
'I don't need to look, I can feel it!' Luz thought.
A few minutes later, they made it to the city. Right about a mile from the attacked site, which was swarming with police to investigate Venom's attack.
'How dangerous was he to do this without anyone knowing?' Amity asked.
'Maybe Venom has a human form? I mean, we would've seen some giant raging monster on the news before now.' Luz thought as she rubbed her chin.
"How are we going to get closer to investigate? Maybe Venom was sloppy and left a trail." Boscha said, seeing the cops were still swarming the destroyed bus.
'She makes a good point. Amity, let's do a little camo.' Luz thought.
'On it.' Amity said.
Without telling Boscha, Luz shot a web line and swung down to the scene. Right in front of the police ad she tuened invisible.
'Wait, what?! They can turn invisible?! How many powers do they have?' Boscha thought as she quickly used her Soul Perception to actually see Luz and Amity from a distance.
In the bus, the two moved around the crime scene and around the police without anyone being the wiser.
'Alright, let's start inside of the bus.' Amity said
'Good idea.' Luz thought.
Luz delicately stepped inside of the destroyed bus, looking around for clue as she placed her hand on the ground.
'Let's look for prints.' Luz thought as Amity began to spread mauve/invisible webbing around the floor.
Half a minute later, the duo found a pair of footprints on the floor. Some really BIG ones.
'Jesus, this Venom guy must wear size 20 shoes.' Amity joked as she allowed Luz to see how big his feet were through their mask.
'Yeah but he must've had someway to get in the bus without people noticing. These prints look like they were inside of the bus when he went in a rampage.' Luz thought.
'Boscha said that he had abilities like us, right? What if tha means he can separate from a potential partner or store his goo form in his body?' Amity asked.
'If that's the case, then this chance just got a lot tougher since there are about 8,million people in New York City.' Luz thought as Amity pulled her webbing back into the suit.
'Then we have some work to do.' Amity said.
Luz nodded as she quickly webswung back to the roof, becoming visible as Boscha turned to them.
"What did you find?" Boscha asked.
"Nothing that can lead to a concrete location." Luz said.
"Shit." Boscha said, punching the edge of the roof.
"Relax. This doesn't mean we won't find him. Sooner or later, he'll slip up." Luz said.
"And that just means he's dead when he does slip up." Boscha said, glaring in the distance.
'No matter how long it takes.' Boscha thought.
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