Issue 31: Intervention
After the oh so fun adventure of being in another dimension, Spider-Witch was now eager to right the wrongs that Grom had made her commit.
She landed at her front door, transformed back and walked inside...only to see her mother, her sister, Amity, Willow, and Gus all in the living room.
Luz's eyes widened. "G-guys?"
"Luz! You'll never guess who showed up to visit!" Camila giggled. "Well, it's fairly obvious actually."
"Hey, Luz." Gus said with a wave.
Luz looked a tad bit confused before waving back and then looking Amity, who simply winked at her. With a light blush, she took a seat. "What's going on...? Is this an intervention?"
Willow snorted. "No, no! Vee called us over."
Luz then looked back at her sister rather shyly, almost feeling unworthy to look at her. "Y...you did?"
Vee nodded. "Y-yeah..."
"I'll leave you five to chat." Camila said as she walked upstairs.
Once the five made sure she was out of earshot, Willow then stood up and grabbed Luz's shoulder. "YOU'RE FREAKIN' SPIDER-WITCH."
Luz's eyes widened, almost having forgotten that Amity told her they figured it out during Prom Night.
"FREAKIN'. SPIDER-WITCH." Gus repeated. "So, all those crazy fights and moves! All you!"
Luz slowly nodded. "Y-yeah...?"
"Guys, give her some space." Amity laughed. "I told them about the whole demonic parasite situation."
Luz's eyes then quickly softened and she looked at Willow, Gus, and Vee. "So...you guys know that wasn't me?"
"Honestly, we knew something was up. We just didn't assume it would be...well. That." Gus said.
Luz then looked just at Vee and walked over to her twin sister. "...a-about what I said...I am so-"
Vee then hugged her sister tightly. "Forget about it, sis...I'm just happy you're okay..."
Luz looked rather shocked that they just forgave her almost immediately. But, her worries beforehand were already washing away as she hugged back.
Amity smiled softly at the scene, just happy to see Luz was happy.
Luz then broke the hug. "And...I'm sorry for not telling you guys. Believe me! I wanted to! But-"
"Superhero 101: keep your identity a secret in case supervillains find out." Gus said.
"Whether they find out who you are and attack the people closest to you or they attack the people closest to you because said people know who you are." Willow added.
Luz blinked before she smiled wide. "You guys are literally the coolest. I really don't deserve you all."
Amity stood up. "Yes. Yes, you do." She said as she gently held Luz's hand with her cheeks reddening. "You deserve a lot for all you've done for this city."
Luz felt her face redden before she sheepishly laughed, rubbing the back of her neck. "T-t-thanks..."
Gus smirked. "Wow, you two didn't even need Prom Night to hook up."
"Sooo, when's the first date?" Vee asked cheekily.
Luz's eyes widened. "VEE-"
"Whenever Luz has the time, she'll be taking me out." Amity replied suddenly. "Remember, Luz?"
And sure enough, Luz did remember confessing her feelings to Amity and with the youngest of The Blight family saying she wanted an actual date before they considered a relationship.
A real relationship. It almost sounded too good to be true.
"O-oh! Uhh, r-right!" Luz said.
Gus whistled. "Smooth, Luz."
Willow snorted before eventually, her eyes softened. "So...not to bring down the mood or anything...but...do you know anything about Hunter?"
Luz's eyes widened at that as she flashed back to the massive fight her and her former best friend had in the abandoned hotel. "...not much, but...someone did this to him. And call it intuition, but I feel like that same someone is also responsible for a bunch of the baddies I've been fighting."
"Like Maestro, Warhammer, Snapdragon, Oracle, and all them?"
Luz nodded...before she held up a finger. "A-actually...Oracle was my-"
"The symbiote's fault." Amity corrected.
Luz sighed and nodded again. "The symbiote was still trying to 'understand' me, so it literally made a villain out of Owen O'Brien because I got angry at him."
"Whoa..." Vee mumbled. "I mean, the guy was a jerk, but...jeez..."
Luz sighed. "And I don't even know how. If I did, I probably would've known how to turn him back...heck, it's come to my attention that I really don't know where all these powers have come from. I mean! I can do this now with no explanation!"
She then lifted her hand...and it lit ablaze.
Gus yelped and quickly rushed Luz to the sink, putting her arm over the water faucet and turning it on.
The fire quickly went out and Luz snorted. "Gus, that was me."
"...oh." Gus blinked. "Y'know, I probably should've assumed that."
Willow then walked over. "Well, we can also assume it was the spider that gave you those powers...but why? And how? And finally: where did it come from?"
"Whatever it is, we'll figure out together." Vee said.
Luz giggled before she fired two webs and then pulled all of them into a group hug. "Hooray for teamwork!!!"
They all smiled and hugged back, happy to see that Luz Noceda was back to normal.
Meanwhile...
Boscha didn't think she'd ever reach a low like this. Her 'friends' were slowly becoming distant from her, she had lost Amity to Luz Noceda's charms, and now it was becoming harder to get away with...anything.
Her mothers were starting to become suspicious that perhaps she wasn't a simple student trying to get by and instead a bully.
She didn't know where else to go, but she just wanted to be alone...so, she wandered into an empty church, sighing softly at the silence.
Boscha took a seat on the floor and looked down. "...where did it all go wrong...? I...I had it all! What happened?" She muttered.
She then looked up at the ceiling. "...what am I even doing? Amity's never gonna take me back...because of...because of her." She snarled. "Noceda...ever since she suddenly started doing those fancy flips, everyone's gone coo coo for her!"
Boscha then stood up, snarling. "It got even worse with that Spider-Witch gal! Constantly swinging in and making herself look good...she and Noceda are probably friends with how much of a goody two shoes they both are! I wish I could just get them both out of my sight!!!"
But then, suddenly, she felt something grab her leg. Boscha's eyes widened and she looked down...before she shrieked as black ooze began crawling up her leg- No. It was covering her leg and slowly surrounding the rest of her body.
Boscha tried to peel it off, but it didn't budge as it eventually reached her neck, and then the back of her head before completely surrounding her face.
The next thing she knew, she was...in a dark void, standing on a completely black web.
"Boscha..."
Boscha's eyes widened and she looked around. "W-who said that!?"
"We did...and we can taste the fear in you...you fear everything being taken from you..."
Boscha kept looking around, walking on the black web. "H-how do you know that...?"
"Tell us...do you hate Luz Noceda...? Do you hate the Spider?"
Boscha's eyes quickly narrowed at the mere mention. "Do you even have to ask?"
The dark voice chuckled. "No...but we have much to show!"
Boscha looked confused for a moment before a tendril suddenly attached itself to the back of her head and began showing her...memories.
The memories played like a clip show...of every single time Spider-Witch took off her mask to reveal she was Luz Noceda or where the girl effortlessly transformed into the hero.
Boscha was frozen in shock for a moment before the tendril detached from her head. "Luz...is Spider-Witch!?"
She then clenched her fist. "Why didn't I see it before?! I don't have two enemies...I have one."
"WE have one enemy...the Spider sought to destroy us too!" The voice sneered. "Bond with us, Boscha. Mind, body, and soul!"
"...yes...!"
Then, the ooze of the web began attaching to Boscha's body again, enveloping her in its darkness.
"ACCEPT THE GIFT THAT NOCEDA REJECTED!"
"Yes!"
"AND TOGETHER WE SHALL HAVE OUR VENGEANCE!"
Boscha grinned before waking back up in the real world, covered head to toe in a dark suit. She was taller, wearing a torn up cloak and with a large demonic spider symbol on her chest. Finally, her mask had grown an entire mouth and a third eye on her forehead.
"WE WILL HAVE VENGEANCE ON SPIDER-WITCH!!!" Scorn roared, an inhuman tongue sticking out of her mouth as she shrieked into the air.
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