//------------------------------// // New Drive // Story: Our Responsibility // by ultspideyfan //------------------------------// Trixie flies close to Eddie as they walk down the streets of Brock's apartment. Eddie couldn't see her face due to the helmet, but he could feel that something was off. "What's on your mind Trixie?" "Oh nothing." Eddie looks at her, worry written on his face. "What?" "It's about Peter isn't it." Trixie stops dead in her tracks. She removes the helmet as she takes a seat in the grass. Eddie sits next to her, rubbing her back. "I don't know what I'm going to do with him. Ever since Ben died he's been so stubborn. It hurts seeing him come home each day with bruises. And...and you realize that there's nothing you can do to talk him out of it cause it's---" "His responsibility. Yeah I get it." "And I know we'll see him out here again. He can't ignore danger. And I get it. He doesn't want the past to repeat itself." "When is he going to stop destroying himself over Ben's death? He was---" "That's not the thing I was talking about. The Stacy incident. That's what's driving him now. That and Ben's death." This caught Eddie off guard. "That wasn't his fault though. Was it?" Trixie looks at Eddie. Tears were welling up in her eyes. "That was my fault. I talked him out of stopping Goblin. Saying that it was just bad guy banter." "I gotta find him Trixie; before he hurts anypony else!" Peter says while putting on his hoodie. "That's just bad guy banter to get you shaking in your boots Pete. Goblin doesn't even know who you are." Trixie says while munching on one of the leftover wheatcakes that May had left in the fridge. "We have to make sure of that." "Petey; has anyone ever told you that you worry too much? Goblin doesn't know anything about Spider-Mane other than that he wears a crappy costume." "You said you liked it." "I lied, but that's not the point. If Gobby doesn't know who you are then he can't hurt anyone close to you. It's that simple." Peter stands there holding his "mask." It was true that Goblin didn't know who he really was, but maybe....maybe he did. His Spider-Sense kicks in full gear, dropping Peter to a knee. "Pete?" "Something's wrong! I gotta go!" He throws his mask on as he jumps out of his bedroom window. "Peter would come home bawling. That's when I learned that Goblin had killed Gwen and her family. Burned them all whilst they ate dinner. Couple of days later Peter told me that Goblin did that cause he saw that Spidey and Captain Stacy seemed to share a bond." "Peter was right." Trixie nods. "And it was my fault." "But Peter blames himself for it I bet." Eddie says. "No. He just had a reason to keep swinging. He didn't blame anyone for what happened to them. But since that day---" "I've never stopped following my gut." Eddie and Trixie turn to see Peter. He stands before them looking disheartened. "I'm sorry Trixie. For lying. But Ponyville needs cleaning. I'm not going to stop till I've done that." "Then let us help you. You don't have to do this on your own." Eddie says. "Please let us help you." "I better not regret it." Peter says as he clips his web-shooters onto his bracelets. Trixie looks surprised. Eddie just smirks it off as the symbiote covers his body. Peter removes the jacket and sweatpants he was wearing, to reveal the new costume underneath. "White spider?" Venom questions as Peter slides his mask over his face. "Wanted to try something new." Venom inspects the new suit. The white spider on the front and a red one on the back. He kept the red and blue color scheme, with some of white cutting through the blue on his arms. Trixie makes it to her feet. She looks between Venom and Peter. She smiles as she wipes away the tears that remained on her face. She places the helmet over her head. "Let's go team!" Spider-Mane, Venom, and Trixie took to the skies ready to face the criminal underworld together.