CHAPTER 1

"Venom please stop!!!" peter parker stood in what had to be the closest thing to hell he had ever been in. He was standing in a lab. But not just any lab doctor Connor's lab. Venom had broken in and was attempting to overload a dozen or so of the machines. If he succeeded he would flood several miles of downtown New York with lethal amounts of radiation. And if people didn't die at first they would mutate and then things would get really bad. Dodging a punch from venom peter did his best to unplug several of the machines and turn off others. But this proved to be very difficult with venom being hell bent on ripping him to pieces.

He could hear Doctor Connors behind him working frantically trying to shut the power off for the whole room. Vaguely peter felt appreciation. When venom had attacked he had expected Connor to change into the lizard, but he hadn't, at least not yet. So far he had managed to stay relatively human. The only change had been the tail. Webbing up a dozen large boxed and books peter pulled them hopping o god that they would knock venom out. But venom was faster and simply ducked the attack, the books and boxes however kept coming and peter was forced to dodge them, with a rolling leap. As he sailed through the air peter felt one of the books connect with his shoulder. A loud crack like a gunshot cut through the night air and peter let out a yelp of pain as he felt his arm dislocate from his shoulder.

Lean to one side as he landed peter was forced to roll to the side as venom did his best to body slam him. "WE WILL KILL YOU SPIDER!!!! DIE!!!!!!!!" venom's symbiote went crazy. Large tendrils shot out from his body and cut dangerously through the air. Even with his spider sense peter could barely avoid some of the angry tendrils. Behind him he heard Connor's yell in triumph and a moment later the whole room was thrown into pitch darkness as the power went out. It was only with his enhanced senses that peter was able to still see venom in front of him. he was moving slowly pushing himself to his feet, visible shaking with rage, and hatred. For a long moment peter thought for sure that venom was going to jump out the window he had broken to get in. but then venom let out a roar of rage and hurled himself with all his speed and strength at him.

And try as he might he could not get away, in time. Even as he leapt upwards trying to stick to the ceiling he felt venom grab his foot and felt his leg joints scream in pain as venom carried him through the air and finally crashing into a machine behind them. Peter gasped for air as venom's weight crushed itself against him. cutting off his ability to breath. He could feel venom's horrible breath on his face and he could smell it even through his mask. Even as he was pinned there, he could hear Connor's somewhere in the room. It sounded a bit like he was changing and as if to complete that though 2 reptilian hands appeared on venom's shoulders. Venom only has time to show surprise before he was hurled through the air across the room finally coming to a stop as he hit the large lead and steel door that led to Connor's radiation chamber.

With a grunt of effort venom raised the door high over his head and threw it with all his might. Sending it sailing through the air so fast that peter could even hear it whistle as it flew. But by simply sticking the ceiling he was able to avoid the door. "Venom it's over you've lost. Go crawl back to your ally." Venom let out another roar and smashed his fist behind him, rushing a small control panel in the process. A moment later the panel sparked and a cool female voice sounded throughout the lab. "Warning radiation chamber activated radiation flooding in 30 seconds. All personnel get to clear zones." Looking to the now fully grown lizard peter could only hope for a miracle. But to his surprise the lizard spoke. "We need to get out of here the chamber runs on separate power. I can't shut it off!" but Venom had other plans.

Using his symbiote like webbing he caught Connor's off guard and succeeded in sticking him to the wall. With one last roar of fury he threw himself at peter, who had no change to move before Venom was on him. Grabbing peter by his bad arm Venom threw peter with all his force and succeeded in throwing him through the open door to the chamber and then threw himself in too. Pinning peter to wall Venom let out a low moan of triumph. In a whisper so low that only they could hear it he spoke. "Well parker a radioactive spider gave you your powers. Wonder how more radiation will affect you." Fighting with all his might peter was still unable to move Venom who only grinned as the female voice returned. "Radiation in 10 seconds. 10…9…8…7…6…5…4…3…2…1…radiation commencing."

Peter let out a shout of "NO!" as the machine whirred to life. The first thing that hit them was the light; it was like looking into the sun. The light was so bright that, it appeared to bleach Venom's suit and turn it from pitch black to pure white. Then the sound hit them like a punch to the gut. The sound was so strong that even in his rage Venom was forced to let go of peter and cover his ears, letting out another roar as he did so. Dropping to the floor peter did like Venom and cover his ears from a noise that to him was doing its best to kill him. His head pounded and all he could do was lay there and feel his body beginning to tingle. Then finally the feeling hit full force. Peter's vision swam in front of him as the radiation hit him full force.

His whole body felt tingle like it had fallen asleep. He could hear his heart and could feel it doing its best to beat out of his chest. He could just barely make out the form of Venom in front of him. Venom writhed on the ground. His symbiote was going crazy several times it tried to recede back into his body and there were times when he could see Eddi Brock the human kneeling in front of him, his eyes wide with fear. But at other times Venom knelt before him, roaring in anger and hatred. The last thing peter felt was a kind of pulse that shook his body so hard it caused him to roll over onto him back. Gasping for air peter's eyes darted around. Looking for some way to save himself. He tried his webbing but watched in horror as the webbing melted in front of his eyes. But the light was dimming now and even the sound was dying out. Slowly peter felt his mind beginning to slow and with a final gasp peter blacked out.

4 DAYS LATER

Gentle caresses were the only thing he could feel. They felt so nice, so gentle, like the hands of some beautiful person all over his body. Slowly and with great effort peter managed to open his eyes and view the world around him for the first time in 4 days. He was in a tank surrounded by green liquid. Outside the tank he could see the figure of Doctor Connor's sleeping in a chair. For a moment he wondered how he was breathing but this was answer soon enough as he felt oxygen being pushed into his mouth, and into his lunge. A devise similar to a scuba divers mouth piece, was in his mouth. With his strength returning peter moved until he was right against the glass and knocked on the glass, sending a low hollow tone through the water.

Outside Connor's stirred but did not wake. And again peter knocked. This time Connor's woke, looking around the room blearily until he noticed peter who was waving from behind the glass. Waking up at once Connor's moved and typed a few commands into a small panel in front of him. a moment later the liquid around him began to drain and within minutes he was standing on his own. A moment later the glass cracked and with a loud crash shattered. Stepping out of the remains of the tank peter gasped air as he tore the devise from his mouth breathing in fresh air. Dropping to his knees as a fit of dizziness over took him he felt Connor's hand touch his shoulder.

"shhhhh breath deeply, you've been on nutria-air for 4 days now. What do you remember?" peter gasped a few more times before speaking. "Venom doing his best to make sure I glow in the dark. Dock did anyone see you move me? Did anyone see me without my mask?" Connor's shook his head. "No. I moved you before the police could arrive. This is a secret lab I build in case I needed to be held in lizard form. We're about 40 stories beneath the ground. Don't worry your secret is still safe." Sighing with relief, peter bent down and let his head rest on the ground. "I'm so dizzy." Connor's chuckled. "as you should be. You haven't had to support your own weight in 4 days. Your inner ear needs time to adjust to not being suspended by water…………….peter…………Eddi…….he didn't survive."

Peter's head snapped up sharply causing a lance of pain to hit him. but he did not look away. "what?" Connor's shook his head and spoke again. "he didn't survive. The symbiote tried to save him but, I don't think it could connect to him anymore. He died. He's been buried and everything. I paid for it, I have a video if you want to see." Peter shook his head and Connor's nodded. "ok." Resting his head back on the ground all he could think was Eddi was dead.

Eddi…..venom…..the nightmare was finally over. But at the same time he felt coldness in his body. And even in his soul.