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"She's regenerating fast," Dave muttered, stepping back. "We need to separate her from the symbiote."

"Working on it!" Peter fired off a rapid volley of web shots laced with mini sonic charges. The moment they made contact, pop-pop-pop!—bursts of sound sent shockwaves through the symbiote, making it screech and falter.

Shed stumbled, her form flickering as part of the suit peeled off. For a moment, her real face surfaced beneath the writhing black layer—pale, terrified.

"Help... me..."

But then the symbiote surged back with a vengeance, engulfing her completely again and forming a jagged spear from her arm.

She lunged at Peter.

"Heads up!" Dave shouted, flicking a portal open in front of the spear. It emerged behind Shed and stabbed into her own shoulder. She screamed, stumbling backward.

Peter looked at him. "Okay, that was cool."

"I know," Dave said, breathing hard. "Damn, man, I never felt this weak... is this what Mana deficiency feels like?"

Dave mumbled as he steadied himself, sitting down briefly while he began to refill his mana reserves. A soft, golden glow surrounded him as he drew ambient energy from the world around him, breathing slowly to stabilize.

Meanwhile, Shed, still fully under the control of the rogue symbiote, charged again, roaring louder, angrier.