His “Sidekick In The Chair” No Longer Pt.2
a/n: I promise that pt. 3 will be longer. Also enjoy Motivational Era quote Pav header cause I made it while sleep deprived
You honestly thought that living with an alien inside you would be significantly worse than what it was.
Toxin would help you where he could. He would read recipes off to you while you cooked, he would help you with schoolwork and gave his opinion on your outfits albeit that the latter was unwanted.
There was just one thing that worried you: How was Pav going to react?
He was your best friend and it would break your heart if he didn’t approve.
“Are you sad?” Toxin asked as you set the kettle on the stove.
“Well, not exactly. I am just worried.”
“What about?”
“What if my other friend doesn’t like you?”
The voice was quiet, “I don’t think he has much room to judge.”
You scoffed, “Yeah but I just worry.”
“Too much.”
“Shut up.”
“Fine. But I crave chocolate.”
You rolled your eyes as you walked to the cupboard and opened it, “What kind?”
“Dark.”
You pulled out a bar of chocolate and began eating it, “Ya know, I think we should start training.”
“For?”
“Superhero work.”
“I see.”
You heard a knock at your door, you walked to it and looked through the peephole: It was Pavitr.
It had been a few weeks since he came to your house, you opened the door and looked at him.
“Look what the cat dragged in.” You joked, letting him in. You shut the door behind him, “So, what’s up?”
Pav looked at you, “I- Well… can we sit down?”
“Sure, I got a kettle on for tea.” You said, wondering where his sunny attitude had gone.
He followed you into the kitchen and sat at the table, eyes watching you intently. You noticed but you kept your attention on the teapot as you filled it with boiling water.
“Pav-“ you started but were cut off.
“Is there anything you want to tell me?”
You thought for a moment before turning around with the tea pot and two cups, “Is there something you want to know?”
You sat down the cup in front of him and poured his cup first, then yours.
“Has anything… strange happened to you?”
“There is something.” You started, “But you gotta understand that… I did it for a good reason and I am happy that I did. It’ll be good for us, we can both be out there and we can help people.”
He looked at you with confusion, “I know that it is inside of you that can’t be good!” He said, moving his hands as he talked.
You were shocked that he knew and you were wondering how he knew, “He has a name.”
“Oh he does?”
“Toxin.” You clarified.
“Might as well name him ticket to hel-“
Suddenly the crimson creature partially left your body to look Pav in the eye.
“Toxin!” You shouted, “Be nice. He’s our friend.”
You looked at the creature as it moved back to rest on your shoulder like a messed up parrot.
Pav looked at you with a shocked expression, he’d only seen it on your bed, not as a moving creature, “That’s him?”
“Yes, and he can be really sweet, right Toxin?”
“Right.” It grumbled out, eyes focused on Pav, who was reaching for his tea cup.
“Well,” Toxin said, eyes now locked to yours, “Is he the Spider Man?”
“You told him?” Pav said, leaning forward.
“He can read my mind, he found himself.” You said, taking a sip from your cup.
“What’s it like?” Pav asked. A smile came to your face: he wasn’t completely scared now, more curious than afraid.
“Well, It is like having a second voice of reason in you that you have very little control over. He also is very smart and helpful.” You held out your hand for Toxin to move to and encapsulate. “He can also cover my body, which keeps me safe from anything.”
“Can you feel things? Like if you fall or if something gets thrown at you?”
“Personally? No. But I can feel the force of a hit. Think like went someone turns on a leaf blower in your face or really close to your body.” You stood to allow Toxin to cover you. He stood and slowly moved to touch you, it was like a thick coating of shampoo that was very cool to the touch had invaded you. Pavitr was very impressed by it but a concern can to mind.
“Wow… It’s kinda cool. It doesn’t hurt you right?”
Your voice had changed into a blend of yours and Toxin’s, “Nah, if anything it helps cause I have to remember to take of him and that goes hand in hand with taking care of myself.”
“Does he eat weird things?”
“He’s asked for weird things.”
“Like?”
You had to answer this very carefully, it would either alarm Pav or ease his conscious. “He has asked for human brains but only for the chemicals! Only the chemical phenethylamine!”
Pav regained a look of shock and was about to open his mouth when you added on a small yet comforting detail.
“Phenethylamine is also found in chocolate.”
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*politely raises hand* Ayo do you have any thoughts on if fear toxin is even anything to worry about in the face of the Courage of Achilles?
Like Billy Batson would obviously have a terrible time if he’s exposed to it but would Captain Marvel, setting aside the fact he doesn’t need to breathe, be fine?
I don’t have a penny to give but I request thy thoughts.
Hey there!
So my answer here is two fold:
Technically there have been canon comics where Captain Marvel is affected by fear toxin (Shazam #12 i believe), bringing his greatest fears as Billy to the surface despite him being powered up. There have also been other non fear toxin induced events to a similar effect.
But to be perfectly honest, the comic I'm thinking of largely included him being affected by fear toxin as an excuse for a more experienced Batman to save the day and highlight his own inexperienced fighting style.
So as with most things, Cap's immunity to toxins (including fear toxin) varies based on what the writers want to happen in their story.
Personally, I think that he should be immune to standard fear toxin or at the very least be able to power through the hallucinations because of the courage of Achilles. I mean what's the point of having supernatural courage as a power if you can't overcome a chemical to induce fear? Especially if perfectly ordinary human Batman can do it with sheer willpower?
Mostly I think a lot of people have the tendency to downplay Cap's abilities while at the same time hyping up Batman and his rogues. If Cap's powers are actually understood and respected by the writers there really shouldn't be much to worry about with fear toxin (unless there's a a team up with a magical villain enhancing it or Billy is caught in it before he can transform. Then we might have an interesting story).
So that's my two cents on the subject! I'd love to other people chime in!
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His “Sidekick In The Chair” No Longer Pt. 3
A/n: I rushed to get this little part out. Pt 4 will be a fight scene.
Your mother woke you up, knocking on your door, “Sweetie! Pavitr is here!”
You and Toxin groaned as you rolled over, eye squinting at the wall that shined in the morning sun.
The door then flung open, it was Pav. “Let’s go! Come on! Why are you still in bed?”
He yapped at you like a chihuahua until you had your teeth brushed, fresh clothes and a spot of breakfast and tea.
He then told you what the morning would consist of and you were not exactly excited.
Candy bar wrappers littered the top of the roof as you laid, breathing heavily to the side. You had been working on mastering using Toxins abilities for hero work all day and you were ready to call it a day but Pavitr wasn’t.
“Come on! One more lap!” Pav said, blowing a whistle he bought for the occasion. He had been making you do laps, pushups, pull ups and burpees. He had turned into a very cheery drill sergeant.
Toxin swallowed the fifth bar of dark chocolate and almonds before speaking to you, “Is it too late to eat him?”
“It wouldn’t do you any good, He has no brains.”
Toxin grumbled at your comment, you raised up and looked at Pav, annoyance prevalent on your face. “Blow that whistle one more time.”
And he did.
You opened your mouth to say something but before you did, a red streak flashed across your vision and you watched as a string of crimson darted towards Pav. Instinctively, you grabbed onto it and pulled it up, watched in horror as is plunged into the television antenna above Pav.
He looked at you. You expected anger due to the fact it could have wounded him but he had this huge grin on his face like a kid in a candy shop.
“That was so cool!” He shouted, running up to you, “I didn’t know you could do that!”
You had been hard at work for the past few days. You had made a sort of under suit and helmet that you could use to listen in on the communication line, which was shared with Pav. You also updated his suit to make it more protective.
He, of course, was looming over your shoulder as you showed him what exactly you were doing to his beloved suit.
“Are you sure you should be cutting that?”
“Yes,” you sighed, “I know what I am doing.”
On the other shoulder was another critic, “I don’t want to have to hear his voice in my ear constantly.” Toxin hissed out.
“Hey!”
“Shush!” You spun around, listening intently. Sirens.
Pav’s spidey sense was catching up on what ever was making the noise, “Is the suit wearable?”
You quickly sewed the arm shut and tossed it to him. You pulled on your own suit and placed the helmet. “One, Two…” Toxin surrounded you, leaving only the eyes thin enough for you to look through, “Check?”
“Check, check!” Pav said, giving a thumbs up. “You ready for your first fight?” He said as he opened your window but before you could answer, he threw himself out of it.
“You ready, Toxi?”
“Yes and I get a nickname?”
“Yeah?”
“That is really sweet, I never thought-“
“I love you guys but come on,” Pavitr’s voice rang in, “It’s go time!”
You smiled, “We’ll talk later Toxi.” you jumped out the window and felt as a rope extended from your hands, you were web swinging.
You moved and weaved around the buildings, letting Toxin go on autopilot, following Pav’s directions.
You looked down at the city, mind drifting to when Pav once took you web swinging. He pretended to drop you and that put a end to that but you couldn’t help the smile that came to your face as you think about it.
As you swung into the vicinity of Pav, you saw it: Electricity
Light swelled and then popped due to the voltage. Electricity seemed to flow through the air and in the middle was a man who was glowing blue and rippling with strips of purple. You and Pav made it on top of a building.
“Any ideas?” He asked.
“Well, obviously water is out of the question.”
“If we get to close,” he added, “we will burn to a crisp. Or at the very least look like we licked wall outlets.”
“What’re options?” You asked, “No close range not water.”
Pav looked at you, “Is he a conductor?”
“What?”
“Does he absorb electricity?”
“I know what a conductor is, idiot. I am just wondering if you are trying to fry me from the inside out.”
Toxin spoke up. “I am. It doesn’t hurt me. It is not fun though.”
“I think we should try talking to them first.” You said.
“What?” Pav and Toxin said in unison.
“No one goes on a rampage like this for fun. They must want something or need help themselves.” You said, walking to the edge of the building.
“But what if they are just a bad person?” Pav said, walking right behind you.
You smiled to yourself, “Then you wouldn’t have followed me.”
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