Hello, internet! Welcome to my very first straight-up Spider-Man story, set in the "Symbiote Conquest" aka "Bad Ending" timeline of Spider-Man: Web of Shadows, with Spider-Man leader of the Symbiotes with Black Cat at his side as his Harley Quinn of sorts. I thought it'd be a fun idea to have Carnage get thrown into that timeline, because if I'm not mistaken, the Web of Shadows game was made while Carnage was presumed dead, and as we all know from reading the comics, that's not the case. Also, let there be no mistake: Carnage isn't going to take orders from SHIELD or anyone else, although he WILL have to play nice with others sometimes. Now, seeing as Web of Shadows came out several years ago, I thought it'd be a good idea to tell how Spidey turned to the dark side and gave in to the symbiote's influence in the form of this little prologue. Seeing as it's going to be quite short, I'll be uploading Chapter 1 of this story as soon as I possibly can, if all goes as planned. With that being said, let us begin!

Prologue

"You either die a hero, or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain."- Harvey Dent

In The Skies Above New York City...

Spider-Man stood on the SHIELD helicarrier, facing the massive, writhing, slimy, and monstrous black mass of alien symbiote before him that he'd nicknamed "Venomzilla." However, Peter Parker wasn't wearing his traditional red and blue suit. Rather, he was wearing his black alien symbiote costume once more, with a more powerful build, white spots on the back of his hands where his webbing came out when he shot it, and a large white spider symbol splashed across his chest, the legs of which connected to an identical symbol on his back. He'd gotten this living costume back a few days earlier during a fight with Eddie Brock, aka Venom, who was currently trapped inside the monster before him.

However, not long after he gotten his black suit back, Peter had begun to make some… questionable decisions. It started with allowing two gang leaders to kill each other. Then, it escalated to abandoning Mary Jane, the Girl Next Door and his wife, in favor of the now symbiote-infected Felicia Hardy, the Black Cat. His choices continued to get even worse after that, causing the majority of his friends and allies in the superhero community to believe, rightly so, that he'd fallen under the influence of the symbiote he wore, and it was inching him ever-closer to crossing the line between hero and villain.

And now, his fall to the dark side had come down to the decision he was about to make as Spider-Man saw Venom, the real Venom, begin to emerge from Venomzilla.

"Take my hand!" Spider-Man called out to Venom as he held his hand out to Venom, who desperately tried to grab it in an attempt to escape the monster he was trapped inside.

But, just before Venom's hand was able to grab onto Spidey's, the Web-slinger shot a web at one on the helicarrier's turbines and used the opposite end of the web to form a choke collar, which he threw around Venom's neck.

"So long, Brock," said Spider-Man as he gave Venom a mock salute before he jumped off the helicarrier to a nearby building.

Venom, meanwhile, was pulled kicking and screaming into the turbine that Spider-Man had attached the web to. Almost as soon as Venom made contact with the turbine, it exploded, causing the helicarrier to start falling towards the harbor, Venomzilla roaring and screaming the whole way down. Mere seconds after the falling ship landed in the water, it exploded violently, the flames of the explosion consuming Venomzilla in its entirety. When the smoke cleared, all that was left of the helicarrier and of Venom's murder were several pieces of red-hot metal.

…

Spider-Man stood on the rooftop of a skyscraper overlooking the symbiote-infested New York City, a sinister smile concealed by his mask.

"Well, darling," said a nearby female voice, distorted somewhat by a symbiote. Spider-Man didn't need to look to know that the voice belonged to the Black Cat, who looked, at least to Spider-Man, sexier than ever with a symbiote bonded to her as she ran her clawed hands over her beloved seductively. "I promised you the city, and it's yours. What do you desire? We await your command, sir."

"I always thought that with great power came great responsibility…" said Spider-Man, his voice darker than obsidian.

"And now?"

Spider-Man chuckled as he looked down at his hands and gave his response.

"I never knew what power was."

Spider-Man raised his arms slowly, and as he did so, every single symbiote-possesed citizen of the Big Apple let out a bellowing roar in dedication to their new leader and King. Now, with an entire army of symbiotic soldiers at his command and with Black Cat at his side as his Queen, Spider-Man would begin a campaign to claim the world for the symbiotes.

New York City was just the beginning.

Well, that does it for the Prologue! Stay tuned for Chapter 1, and Carnage's triumphant return! Be sure to fav, follow, and review, and I'll see you guys next time!