After her brother and Emma left the room Ruth waited for the sound of their foot-steps to fade before she got up and shut the door. Jumping out of bed, the teen quickly sprinted to the other side of the room and closed the door locking it behind her, also to be safe, she pulled down the blinds to the window then settled down in the center of her bed.

" Ruth.....what are you doing?" The voice asked, causing the teen to jump slightly.

" W-who are you!? And how do you know my name!!??"

The voice only laughed at her question then went silent. Suddenly Ruth noticed a black web-like mark on her forearm and watched with wide eyes as it began to erupt out of her skin taking form.

First it was just a black glob that slowly formed something that resembled a head, then a pair of ghostly white eyes appeared and lastly a toothy grin spread across the thing's face, all the while Ruth watched in horror as the thing neared her face. The two held an intense staring contest for what seemed like hours before the mysterious being finally spoke up.

" Well......at least you aren't as pathetic as some of my other hosts....."

Ruth raised an eyebrow and looked at the odd creature that was literally coming out of her body.

" Host? What does that mean?! Who and what are you!? And why are you in me!?!?" The small burnett demanded as she pointed a slender finger at it. The black object laughed again and flashed her a Cheshire grin.

" We....We are Venom.....are you are mine."

~

Fury paced the waiting room of the lab while his team searched for a former host. Sure most heroes had been used as a host one time or another but there was only a handful of people who really KNEW the symbiote and somehow they had all gone into hiding. Frowning, the one eyed man paused then sat down at his desk and re-read the files about former hosts.

Eddie Brock, the original host, had the symbiote for several years before settling down and passing "it" to a agent name Flash Thompson. Thompson was Agent Venom for a long time, but when he died "it" was put in containment for safety and shopping led to this event. Sighing, Fury buried his face in his hands, knowing if "it" found a bad host things could go sour quickly .

" What to do.....I can't call Wade....that's out of the question And I don't think Parker would be thrilled to deal with it....he's still a kid. "

Groaning, the Avenger's director shook his head violently. It seemed his last options was to either call Deadpool, find Brock, or involve the teenage Avenger...and in reality he didn't like any of those options.

~

" Mine? " Ruth scoffed. " Did you really just say that?!" The teen asked in disbelief. " Look pal! We don't belong to anyone!"

Venom smirked and looped around her shoulders and neared the other side of her face

" You are our host.....cooperate and we might let you live.."

The teen frowned at the symbiote and shot it an uncertain look.

" Might let me live? Might let me live? You just met me, and get you think you own me?! Heck you know nothing about me!"

" We know everything about you....we are in you're head...."

"Oh really? " Ruth scoffed. " Alright, tell me what you know." She snapped, all fear having now been replaced with mild anger. Venom swayed slightly from one side to another then started.

" We know that you are a small depressed individual-"

" Anyone looking at me could figure that out-" the burnett interrupted, receiving a sigh from the alien.

" True, but they do not know that your depression is not from your sisters....that's only part of it. You suffer with the thoughts of suicide ever since Eugene...you're eldest brother passed away-"

" Ok....I get it-"

" And your convinced that your not as smart as your other siblings, nor as pretty, you also are bullied at school because of your love for strange things like horses and transformers-"

" Okay Venom...You can stop now...." Ruth whispered, curling her knees to her chest, knowing that everything that he was saying was true.

" But that's not all! You feel like you are overlooked because you are different from the rest of you're family and that you feel like you're only friends are Emma and Carson-"

" Please....stop now.." the teen whispered, feeling her voice crack.

" We also know that you are still heartbroken since the day you went to ask Josh out and openly professed his love to another girl, who was very much like you in many ways....just slightly less weird....so to sum it up, you are a sad, single, lonely individual." Venom concluded and looked down at the small teen who was trying to force back the tears.

" Thanks...." the girl mumbled sadly. " For reminding everything about myself that I hate."

Although she tried to keep it back, a tear escaped and started to roll down her red cheek. Shaking his head, Venom placed a black goo under her chin, and formed a finger like object and gently removed the tear from her face.

" In sense Ruth, you might be considered a loser. But on my planet I too was a loser before I came here and have dealt with many losers......I can fix you."

" Nothing can fix this sack of crap ok...."

" That's what some of the others thought....here why don't you see what I mean."

" What does that mea-"

Before she could finish, the memories of past hosts flashed before her eyes:

The loss of a job for doing what was right. Losing the love of his life and everything he had....

Another was a school bully who later felt bad for his ways and joined the army, losing both his legs as he did so.

Next was a teenage boy who lost his parents and uncle and was now burdened with the responsibility of helping others

There was also a twisted mercenary who had cancer, and was cruely experimented on until it left his body leaving him scarred and slightly insane...

" We fixed them....well except for that last one.....he was crazy, but they were all kinda like you."

" I'm sorry about Flash....." Ruth whispered. Venom did something that looked like a.shrug and frowned slightly.

" He was saving the world because he had the power to do so......"

" And I could....save the world...like a hero then?"

" Only if we want too." The symbiote replied, flashing her a large grin. The teen sat up and smiled at the black alien, sending him more of a smirk.

" Well Venom......let's do this."

" We knew you would come to you're senses....what exactly are we doing though?"

Ruth let out a soft chuckle towards the strange alien that now lived inside her.

" I'll let you decide on that..."