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A Meeting of Aliens

The whole Thanos thing had shook the world. Sure, Earth was used to super powered threats by now, be they men in power armor, supernatural beings come to destroy or enslave humanity, or entire cities destroyed because a sentient robot interpreted his programming in a certain way. But Thanos had come very close to destroying half the population of the entire universe, thanks to the Infinity Stones.

Eddie and Venom hadn't known about it at the time, or else they might have caught the first fight to Wakanda's nearest neighboring city. Thankfully, they hadn't needed to. Thor's brother, the infamous Loki, had shown up, after seemingly having been killed, according to the God of Thunder. Loki's trickery and magic had helped turn the tide, so the Avengers had been able to save the world once more. The details of the battle were still vague, since most of the Avengers didn't feel like talking about it, but Thanos was gone.

That brought Eddie to where he was right now. In a lounge room, notebook in hand and his phone set to record, prepared to interview the one man who was willing to talk. Venom had agreed to stay quiet for now, as they always did when Eddie had to do an interview.

"So, let's get started," Eddie pushes the record button on his phone, before getting his pen ready. "You faked your death, is that correct?"

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Venom and Eddie spoke with each other during the ride, asking one another what they thought of Loki and how they were eager to get to know him outside of an interview setting. Venom liked Loki so far. Eddie didn't think he could be friends with someone who didn't like Venom, or whom Venom didn't like.

He parked the bike next to Loki's car, carrying his helmet under his arm for now. "Honestly we could go for anything. We'll just take a look at those menus and see what speaks to us."

He nodded, tapping a code into the panel on the elevator before it started going up, whisking them to the top floor easily. He stepped out, leading them to through the foyer and into his penthouse apartment. "Welcome to my home. Make yourselves comfortable. I'll go grab the menus."

He walked towards the kitchen, looking back over his shoulder. "Would you like something to drink? I have wine, beer, juice, even soda if you like it." He ended up stepping into the kitchen, though he was still listening as he pulled a very nice bottle of wine out for himself, pouring himself a rather large glass.

He gathered the menus as well, stacking them up so he could easily carry them all out while still listening for the other.

Eddie stepped into the apartment, looking around the place and giving an impressed whistle. "Nice place you got here." He sat down on the couch, making himself comfortable. "We'll take a beer."

When Loki returned with the menus, they picked up a few and looked them over. It all looked good, in their opinion. "What do you think, Venom?"

The symbiote emerged from Eddie's back again, forming the head and face one more. "Hm. That Chinese place."

"I was thinking the same thing." Eddie addressed Loki then, giving him their order. "Gotta warn you, he's gonna want something chocolate for dessert."

He took the menu and their order, phoning it in and making sure to order extra. "Don't worry about dessert. I'm taking care of that right now." He said, tapping away on the phone he'd pulled from his pocket. When he was finished he walked over to them, sitting down beside Eddie on the couch and taking a sip of his wine.

"Everything should be here in the next hour or so. I hope thats alright for the both of you." He turned a bit more towards them, eyes flipping from Eddie's face to the face beside him. After a moment he reached out, fingers brushing against the symbiote curiously.

"We can wait an hour," Eddie said, before looking at Venom. "Can't we, darling?"

Venom just gave a faint grunt of agreement, too distracted by Loki's touch. The symbiote leaned into his hand. It was the first time he'd been touched tenderly by one he wasn't bonded to. Plus, Loki's hands felt nice.

"You gonna steal him from me?" Eddie teased Loki.

Loki looked at Eddie, smiling at the tease even as he continued to touch the symbiote. Venom truly was remarkable, but then again, Loki was starting to think both of them were. He hadn't found a human who had fascinated him so, not until meeing these two.

"I would never dream of stealing him away from you." He said softly, boldly letting his hand move from the symbiote to touch the human as well, hand trailing down his arm before he pulled away and took another sip of his wine. "So, you've told me some of your story. I would love to hear more. About both of you."

"Like we said, it's a long story," Eddie looked down at the hand on his arm, not shaking off the touch. The symbiote was a little disappointed that Loki wasn't touching him anymore, but he relaxed back against the couch. Somehow, the alien left no slimy residue on anything. Eddie took a sip of beer as Venom spoke.

"Four of my kind were brought to this planet and attempts were made to bond us to hosts. Many of the hosts did not survive."

"The Life Foundation wanted to use the symbiotes to take the CEO and all his rich friends into space, and using the desperate and down-on-their luck for test subjects. I was able to get in and take pictures for evidence, but then I tried to save someone I recognized. They'd bonded her to Venom, and that's when he made the switch over to me."

"I tried to make it work, and she held on longer than most, but she was still not an ideal host." Venom nuzzled Eddie's cheek. "Eddie is my perfect host.

He leaned against the couch, arm stretched across the back of it, resting very close to both the others. He was comfortable with them, it was obvious that he was.

"Four? Where are the other three then?" He asked curiously, tilting his head as he looked at them. "I mean, not that I have heard anything about you regardless, but certainly if there were others like you out roaming the world...wouldn't they have caused some kind of outcry? Or do you know they have other hosts."

It truly was fascinating to think about. He'd heard the Life Foundation had been shut down after a few mysterious circumstances. So something would have had to happen to the others. He smiled when Venom nuzzled Eddie, looking fondly at both of them.

"Two of them did not survive the experiments, and we killed the third. Don't be too torn up, Riot was an asshole."

"Riot bonded with the CEO himself, Carlton Drake, and they were going to go into space and bring back more symbiotes. Let's just say Earth dodged a bullet there." The Avengers may have saved the world time and time again, but an invasion of aliens like the symbiotes would have given them a run for their money.

Those few days after the battle, thinking Venom had died, were some of the worst days of Eddie's life.

"Well, seeing as I doubt anyone could really fight something such as you off easily, Venom." He said quietly, shrugging a shoulder as he continued watching them.

He took another sip of his wine, licking his lips slowly and really just staring at the two of them. He cleared his throat, standing up when he heard the doorbell and heading towards the door. "That is likely our dinner." He said, turning to glance at them.

"I've ordered a specialty dessert from a chocolatier that should be here shortly as well." He opened the door, paying the delivery boy and taking the bags of food. He carried everything to the coffee table, sitting back down.

Venom regarded Loki right back, utter fascinated by him thanks to the interview. Loki was the first man he'd ever met that wasn't from Earth or his own planet. He had some knowledge of Asgardians, thanks to reading that information from Eddie's mind, but neither knew what a Jotuun was, and he was at least raised Asgardian.

When the doorbell rang, Eddie sat up slightly, so Venom could slip down and hide himself, just in case. It was only when they heard the door close did Venom slide back up.

"You want us to get some plates while you lay everything out?"

"That would be nice. You can get another beer if you wish as well." He took a small sip of his wine before he started pulling boxes out of the bag. "If you could, please bring me the bottle of wine from the fridge as well." He said quietly, smiling at him.

"So, you have both allowed me to ask questions and learn more about you." He said, shifting on the couch. "But I feel you are both curious about me. You've learned some from the interview, but certainly there are questions you want to ask off the record." He said, tilting his head.

Eddie got up from the couch and retrieved three plates and some silverware from the kitchen. Eddie knew how to use chopsticks, but he figured there was no harm in having backup eating utensils. Upon returning to the couch, he served himself and Venom some food.

"You could say that. You said you were a Jotuun, and we're pretty curious about just what a Jotuun is."

"Ah." He had wondered if that would come up. He took the plate the other carried for him, filling it slowly as he contemplated his answer. "The Jotuun are a race from the realm of Jotunheim. A barren wasteland of ice. A hostile place where nothing grows and very few things can live." He said quietly, keeping his eyes down.

"Odin found me as a babe. A runt left to die in the frost." He sighed, brushing his fingers through his hair. "Another term for them are Frost Giants. When Odin found me, took me, he cast an illusion over me to hide my nature from everyone, including me. I did not find out for a very long time." He said, setting everything down and sitting back slightly.

He was silent for a moment, the air around him seeming to shift slightly before suddenly smooth pale skin gave way to etched blue, emerald green eyes shone a crimson red and small horns grew from just below his hairline on either side of his forehead. If either of them reached out to him, they would feel the coolness radiating from his skin. His skin didn't freeze the way that a normal Frost Giant's would. It would just feel cool to the touch.

Eddie and Venom listened with interest, idly starting on their dinner. Eddie ate slowly, compared to Venom picking up an egg roll with his tongue and eating it on one bite. He could sense Venom wondering what it would be like to be bonded to a Frost Giant, and live on such a world.

When Loki began to change color, they stopped eating and just watched with utter fascination. They hadn't been expecting that. Venom leaned in even closer, apparently forgetting about things like personal space. Cold didn't bother him, and he was half tempted to lick Loki, as one would be tempted to lick an icy metal pole.

"We are not repulsed by this."

Crimson eyes lifted, studying the two and looking for any signs that either of them were disturbed by what they saw. Then Venom spoke and his eyes widened only slightly. "You aren't?" He asked curiously, obviously surprised.

"I was raised as an Asgardian so I grew up on tales of war with the Frost Giants. Children were told legends of the monsters that inhabited Jotunheim so you can just imagine how I felt when I learned of my true heritage. Even now it...sometimes makes me uncomfortable." He turned his head to look at Venom, at the way the symbiote had moved into his personal space.

"Both of you may touch if you wish. As a runt, my skin is not as cold as a fully grown Jotuun. I am merely cold." He ended up reaching out himself, touching Venom, though ready to pull back if he needed to.

"No offense, but it was a jerk move for your dad to keep that from you, especially with the way you grew up thinking of them." Granted, neither of them knew Odin, but he couldn't imagine hearing stories of monsters all one's life only to learn he was one of the scary monsters himself.

Reaching over, Eddie gently touched his fingers to Loki's cheek, feeling it cool to the touch and marveling at the etches on the skin. Eddie suddenly had an image of sitting close to Loki on a hot say and cooling off. Venom gently touched his forehead to Loki's other cheek, letting out a pleased little purr.

A silent conversation passed between man and symbiote, and Eddie said, "You know, since you showed us what you really look like, we think it's fair that you should see us get all big and scary."

Venom's head disappeared into Eddie's body as he stood up and walked over to the other side of the coffee table. The black ooze emerged again, covering Eddie's body, their height and muscle mass increasing, until Venom's head seemed to swallow Eddie's.

They grinned as Loki. "Behold."

He had nothing to say to the statement about Odin, his jaw clenching before he shook his head. "It took me a long time to forgive him though. He didn't...we didn't have the best relationship but even so, I did finally realize he loved me." He would at least say that. Odin might not have been a good father to him, but he had tried regardless.

When Eddie reached over he closed his eyes, tilting his head slightly into the warm touch to his skin. Within moment he felt the other though and he smiled, leaning into him as well. His eyes opened once more when Eddie spoke, looking confused as he moved around the table.

And then the man was changing, being engulfed by the symbiote and Loki couldn't help himself as he stood quickly and moved closer. He took in every inch, but none of it seemed to scare him like it would anyone else. Instead, he looked excited and even more interested. "Absolutely fascinating." He whispered, reaching out to slowly touch them, feeling them.

"This is extraordinary. You both are...exquisite."

Their skin felt slick, almost pleasantly slimy, yet they left no residue. Loki's hands were cool on them, sending pleasant little tingles through the symbiote's essence. They'd been half afraid Loki would change his mind and cower before them, but his fearlessness was a nice surprise, and earned him that much more affection from them.

"We thank you. Nobody has ever called us that." One of Venom's hands touched Loki's shoulder, feeling that coolness again. "If we had been in Wakanda, we would have eaten Thanos' head."

Speaking of food, they reached down, took one of the plates and tilted the contents into their gaping maw, swallowing it all in one gulp.

The slick feeling was certainly pleasant and it only added to the coolness of his skin. It was a feeling Loki could get used to if given the chance.

"Well, it is the truth. You are both exquisite and anyone would be lucky to know you both." He said softly, unable to stop the flush that rose in his cheeks, turning the blue an attractive shade of purple instead.

Then he chuckled, shrugging a shoulder. "I don't know. Thanos was not a simple being to kill. He was smart. He planned his moves." He said quietly, ducking his head and moving away. "I am only glad to have helped rid the universe of him."

After a few moments he recalled the illusion that made him blend in with the rest of the planet. He sat, beginning to eat quietly.

"See how clever he would be without a head. Or better yet, see him try to use that gauntlet after we bit his hand off." Venom quipped. "Were he still around, we would make him pay for what he did to you. All of it."

As Loki's glamour went back up, Venom shrank, the symbiote going back into his host. Eddie sat back down on the couch, as a thick tendril emerged again, forming Venom's head once more.

"Let's just say Venom can sympathize with the whole not liking heat thing."

"Heat in general does not bother us. Fire can kill my kind. Fire and high sound frequencies."

"I would have loved to see that. To be honest, any torture he may have recieved would have made me happy. As it were, I feel he was not punished enough." He admitted softly, trying to not think about what he had been through.

Though when they talked about Venom's weaknesses he looked over at them. "He used fire many times against me. He would..." He hesitated, clearing his throat. "He had many chambers and he would lock me in, the room would be engulfed in fire with me trapped in the center of it. Nowhere to escape. No way to get away." He said, shaking his head and wincing.

He reached up absently, touching his neck and shoulder while wincing. His illusion covered it, but he had scars from where he'd tried to escape and where Thanos had done more.

Venom gave a sympathetic little chattering noise, leaning towards Loki to nuzzle his cheek again, catching a hint of those scars. He liked Loki, and hated Thanos for what he did to their new friend. Eddie ate more of his dinner as he watched the symbiote try and comfort Loki.

"Thanos sounds like he was a grade-A asshole." Figuring that a change of subject was in order, Eddie asked, "So, your thing is magic and illusions?"

His eyes slipped shut at the nuzzling, smiling softly as he leaned into the affection. He continued nuzzling for a long time before opening his eyes to stare at Eddie.

"Yes it is. There was a time when my illusions could only work when my target was surprised or...rather simple minded, but now I can cast an illusion over anyone." He stated, tilting his head a bit. "And with magic...well." He held his hands up, moving them together before the air shimmered around them and a beautiful flower formed in his hand. If the two looked closer, they would realize the delicate flower was made entirely of crystal and diamond.

Eddie put his plate down to lean in and get a closer look at the flower, while Venom did the same. Both of them stared at it with awe, admiring its beauty. "That is so cool," Eddie whispered.

"Lovely."

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