Chapter 1 – Mayday
"Life Foundation control, this is LF1. The specimens are secured and we're heading home."
"Roger that LF1, you are a go for reentry."
"Copy that. Initiating reentry sequence. Point 4 by 103 by-OH SHIT! SEAL IT OFF! SEAL IT OFF! MAYDAY! MAYDAY!"
That was the last thing the space control team heard from the LF1 crew before the spacecraft came crashing down through the atmosphere. The magnificent spaceship that had explored the vastness of their universe exploded into a ball of flame as it collided with the Malaysian earth, sending its parts flying in all directions. Local law enforcement, firefighters and paramedics were quick to act, and soon the scene became flooded with people trying to rescue the crew and control the damages.
Carlton Drake, the founder and CEO of the Life Foundation, had immediately dispatched his best men to the crash site as soon as he got news that something had gone wrong. "I don't want to have to wait for a full cleanup just to get a status report," he said impatiently as he marched into the control room.
"We're collecting this data as quickly as possible," said Dr. Dora Skirth, one of Drake's best scientists.
"That's not good enough," said Drake as he brushed her off and turned to the closest person in the room. "Maybe you can tell me what happened?"
"There was some kind of breach. One of the astronauts sent a distress call," the employee responded quickly.
"What about the crew?"
"We're still investigating."
"W-W-Where did it go down?" The lack of information and the seemingly pure incompetence of his space control crew was driving Drake crazy. If someone didn't start giving him answers, he was ready to hire a new one.
"It's 20 kilometers west of Sibu."
Drake took a deep breath and steeled himself, "Did we at least retrieve all the samples?"
"N-No…we have three of them, one of the organisms got out of containment and it's missing. W-We don't know which one."
Drake felt sick as he turned away from the employee for a second in disgust. "You- you don't know which one?" he asked as he chuckled. "One of the first four living organisms we've found in decades of space exploration is missing and you don't know which one?!"
"I-I'm sorry, sir!"
"That's not good enough!" yelled Drake as he slammed his fist on the desk. "Get one of the jets ready!"
"Sir, it takes a day by plane to get from here to Sibu," said Dr. Skirth as she tried to calm him down.
"Our drone jets can do it in one hour."
"Sir, no flight cadet has been able to pilot those, it's too dangerous."
"I built those jets, you really think I can't pilot them?" It would have been ignorance and arrogance had it come out of another person's mouth, but this was Carlton Drake. A genius in all aspects of life and at that moment, nobody doubted that he was speaking the truth.
"The Malaysian government-"
"The Malaysian government can be reminded who sends them their supply of ARBs every month." With that said, Drake exited the room as fast as he came in and just as he promised, he successfully piloted the drone jets and arrived on scene at Sibu.
With his heat suit donned, he fearlessly walked into the burning spaceship that no other rescue worker had approached. The sturdy cockpit of the transport that was designed to travel in and out of the atmosphere was now on the verge of collapsing on itself. He walked past a few piles of ash that may once have been the human astronauts who were in here and saw the broken container that once hosted the extraterrestrial organism.
Suddenly, a grey slime-like creature jumped out from the shadow and tackled him with a force that was incomprehensible for something of that size. Drake felt the air knocked out of his lungs and before he even had time to react, he realized that the slime was trying to tear through his heat suit. The next thing he saw was a column of fire that fell down over him and then darkness.
Author's Note: I do not own Spider-Man/Venom or any of its characters. This rewrite is based solely on the movie and does not consider any other source material apart from the limited research I have done. This fanfic is simply what I believe would have made for a better Venom movie. Good or bad, reviews are most appreciated!