Black Widow's Sexy New Symbiotic Catsuit

Epilogue: Entertaining the Possibilities

Jake stood in front of a giant, transparent plastic cage that held Chimera. She was punching the wall as hard as she could in hopes to break free, but to no avail.

"Mr. Thompson," a voice echoed throughout the room. "Just what are we learning from Miss Brant?"

"Ah, Director Fury!" Jake said, greeting his new boss. "Sir, what we're unlocking… is absolutely incredible. Chimera's DNA is so unlike anything we've ever come across. Human, yet not. Symbiote, yet not. A perfect hybrid between two species that really have no business whatsoever having DNA that is remotely similar, nonetheless forged together."

Fury nodded. "Very good. So, if we may, what are the practical results of your experiments and research?"

"Well, sir, if you could extract her symbiote from her, and combine it with another symbiote… the results would create another creature just like her. A hybrid of sorts, a… chimera, as she prefers to be called."

Fury nodded, and wandered to get a closer look of the rampaging creature in the tiny plastic cage.

"Don't worry, sir, she's locked up good. That plastic is partially made from vibranium, meaning she can slam and slam it all she wants, but-"

"That isn't what concerns me, Mr. Thompson, but I appreciate your proactive security of the prisoner," Fury stated. "What concerns me is what could happen if we turned other symbiote hosts into… that."

"Are you asking if we should do a full-scale troop battalion with hundreds of chimeras? Pardon me, sir, but we tried that at Oscorp, and the results-"

"I understand, Mr. Thompson. I'm just entertaining the possibilities… for now," Fury said, looking at the Chimera while formulating a plan for the future.

"Jake!" Natasha yelled.

Jake turned around to see Natasha, dressed in plain clothes, walking up to his desk at the lab.

"Hey there, Nat- well, I'm a SHEILD agent now, is it more fitting to call you Agent Romanoff?" Jake inquired.

Natasha laughed. "Call me anything you want."

Jake nodded, and then sat down. "So, I've done some investigations into the suit. And, well… your suit, Project Hercules, was such a… pioneer in Oscorp's symbiotic weaponry division that I'm still discovering things about it I never knew about it. For example, what our friend Miss Brant pointed out about taking on the gender of its host? It was there, right there," Jake said, tapping the screen of his computer, "coded in the DNA! And we never saw it!"

"So," Natasha asked, puzzled and crossing her arms, "why am I here?"

"Ah. Well, in going through the DNA sequencing, I found this."

A coded light sequence appeared on the DNA shape on the screen.

"What is it?" Natasha asked.

"That's the question exactly. What is it? The truth is… I don't even know! All I know is that it's… a function. An adaptation. We didn't code whatever it was into the suit. Whatever it's doing, it's doing on its own." Jake paused, and turned to face Natasha. "Remember when Betty Brant, the Chimera, wanted to use your suit's DNA to… 'activate' the 'essence' that Venom had, uh, unloaded on to her, so to speak?"

Natasha nodded.

"Well, similar to that, your suit just needs something to activate this. And then, it could become a weapon… it could become something we've never seen before. We're talking something beyond Chimera, even. But I don't have the first clue as to what it could be…"

"So," Natasha chimed in, "you're warning me that someone might try to use my suit to activate… something? Any idea what could be used to activate it?"

Jake nodded. "I do, actually. You see, Hercules was merely part one of a full endeavor to create symbiotic super suits. We intentionally held back on a certain element in the design because we wanted it to be separate. However, our test subject escaped…"

"Wait a minute, wait a minute," Natasha interrupted. "You're talking about the Booted Beauty. The symbiotic boots."

"Yes, Natasha, I am. And I'm here to tell you right now that if those boots were ever to be worn by a person who was also wearing your suit, the results would be… unpredictable. Dangerous, yes. Catastrophic, even."

Natasha looked worried. "Well, just keep tabs on the Booted Beauty, and make sure she never finds out about me or the suit-"

"That's the problem. We don't know where she is. And the boots could be in the possession of anyone."

Natasha walked away, contemplating what Jake had just told her, worried about a scenario where she might have to battle another symbiote-enhanced individual, and of the untapped potential of her suit that Jake had just told her about…

THE END…

…FOR NOW!