Stabbing the stinger into their mouth, they were surprised to feel the stinger burst into motion! As the stinger pulsed venomous bile directly into the spider's body, its two blades cut up and down the flesh; it rhythmically stabbed agony through them, but the pain passed, and was replaced. The wasp spider felt a profound relief, and pulled the still-stuck stinger from their mouth, barbs hooking and mutilating their mouthparts. Their pain was replaced with an uncontainable energy. After a short while, the spider grew restless and darted from their web, in search of more venom. The wasp spider treaded along the half frozen ground for countless hours in a haze, becoming very weary, until they saw another bee flying above, the buzz giving them strength again. The wasp spider followed, running as they never had before, quickly coming to a tree before them. The shadowy form of bees above danced across the spider, and looking up, they could see the tree's trunk extending tall above them, extending up into a replica of the sky above, the green leaves a vast expanse with bees darting in and out of a nest like the sun. They did have a nest! The wasp spider wondered if he could join them there, have company again, love again. The wasp spider finally reached the nest, its radiant beauty nearly too much to bear. A bee quickly flew down and appeared in front of them, and for a brief moment, the wasp spider was entirely stunned, entirely enraptured by the form within their eight "simple" eyes. The honey bee approached, and stung the wasp spider. To them, it wasn't painful anymore. Soon the wasp spider was engulfed by a cloud of bees, stinging their body; they didn't resist. The blanket of bees felt warm and comfortable, but just before the end, they felt it again, PAIN. JAKOB Eggers Jakob Eggers (They/Them) is a fledgling AuDHD writer studying English at Coastline Community College, and "The Wasp Spider and the Honey Bee" is their first foray into publication. They are hugely interested in anthropology, psychology, politics, world-building, and, of course, writing and hope to use these interests to create a fantasy series and various other writings in the future.
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