Usually I give a fairly long intro to the idea of this story and what inspired me to make it but I got nothing at the moment, so I'll keep it short and simple…

Peter is infected with a hybrid of the Transmode and Techno-Organic viruses which instead of killing him somehow bonds with the dormant Venom cells still in his blood and in turn transforms him into some sort of cybernetic Symbiote hybrid and to find a way to keep himself from losing control and going on a murderous rampage is forced to join Norman's Dark Avengers or risked losing control of himself.

Now before people point out a few flaws in that idea by mentioning that Anti-Venom seems to have fully purged any traces of Venom that were still in Peter when they first met, lets assume some, not much, but some still somehow survived if for nothing else because his 'Parker Luck' somehow pulled one over Anti-Venom. Second, lets assume that Norman stumbled across samples of the Techno-Organic and Transmode Viruses and he's been trying to make a sort of new Extremis virus from them with possible failsafe's in it in case someone other than him tried to use it.

Now as to how I got this idea, I recently read Craig Kyle and Christopher Yost's X-Force run, highly recommend it. Particularly the Necrosha arc where it shows Selene had risen an undead army infected with the Transmode virus, they looked epic as hell and made me think, 'What if that was bonded to a symbiote or something close to it like Anti-Venom?' and boom, this story.

Disclaimer: I don't own any Marvel characters seen, mentioned or used.

The day that everything went to hell in the worse way possible started like any other for Peter Parker, who was unknown to the world, the Amazing Spider-man.

He woke up, resisted the urge to trade out his new his hot but extremely aggravating roommate, Michelle Gonzales's shampoo with web fluid, got dressed before having some breakfast and was out the door as Spider-man to begin his daily patrol. Something which had become harder and harder to pull off thanks to the efforts of H.A.M.M.E.R., an organization that was created to replace S.H.I.E.L.D. after the Secret Invasion of the Skrulls was thwarted, which Norman Osborn was placed in charge of. Oh, and the police, them shooting at Peter and trying to arrest him haven't helped much.

"Still can't believe that guy is now like the new Tony Stark or something… what the heck is this planet coming to?" Peter thought as he swung high over the ever-busy streets of Manhattan "I mean what's next? Dock Ock runs for President? The Jackal cures cancer? Jameson finally comes out and admits that I'm not a menace and should be treated with respect and will dedicate his life to publishing papers that say exactly that?!"

Peter was sure that the first two possible scenarios would happen on top of Hell freezing over long before Jameson ever did that.

"I should pay a stop by Doctor Strange's later, see if I'm cursed or something" Peter said to himself as he landed on a ledge overlooking Times Square and watched the various denizens and tourists of this city go about their day "Either that, or have him cast some weird mystical luck spell on me. I mean if Black Cat could have bad luck powers, why can't I have good luck powers? Seems fair to me. Heck maybe it'll cancel out my Parker luck and just give me regular ordinary luck…"

Peter watched the passing traffic below for a few moments before he shot out a web line and prepared to swing off when he suddenly noticed a figure swinging through the skyscrapers not too far away. Peter for a second thought it was Venom, Norman Osborn's 'Spider-man' for his team of Avengers but that thought was quickly crushed when Peter noticed that the figure was rather feminine…

'Hmm, it's not Jessica, she can fly which makes no sense and makes me question having a sit down with her to discuss her name and Anya last time I checked was still depowered and couldn't even pull off some of the things this person is before that… which means it's either possibly Mattie or Julia' Peter thought as he shot off after the unknown seemingly spider powered woman 'Come to think of it, there's a lot of Spider-women running around, hope that doesn't happen to me, it'd get way too confusing having like three Spider-men running around at the same time'

As Peter began to close the distance between himself and the unknown spider woman, he began to notice that her suit was black with a white spider emblem on her chest, something he was briefly able to see when she preformed a series of flips through the air, along with several white patches on her shoulders, hands and shins. He also saw that she was swinging on some sort of glowing web lines, as if they were made of some sort of energy and her hair was a strawberry blonde which meant-

"Julia… looks like she was finally able to come back to the states…" Peter muttered as he followed after the woman before he suddenly put on an extra dose of speed to catch up to the second bearer of the Spider-woman mantle.

It took a few blocks before he finally was able to get ahead of the spider powered woman and dropped down on a ledge in front of her "HARK FAIR ONE OF MY ENCHANTIGLY BEAUTIFUL FOLLOWERS OF THE SPIDER!"

"AHHH!" Julia shouted as she suddenly leaped over Peter, her head missing his own by centimeters before she landed in a crouch. She took a deep breath to calm her heart beat before she rounded on the man with a glare "Are you out of you mind?!"

"With how I dress, isn't that obvious? Plus, the voices in my head said it'd be funny and their never wrong… most of the time" Peter snickered at the spider powered beauty.

Julia shook her head at his response as she stood up while Peter rubbed the back of his neck "So… haven't seen you in a while"

"Well when Stark and Rogers decided to have a pissing contest and drag the rest of us into it, I decided that Canada would be better for me and my daughter. Granted there were a few hiccups here and there, but I was able to get her and myself out of this damn country before things went even further down the tube" Julia said as she folded her arms under her breasts.

"How is it up there?" Peter asked.

"It was alright, joined up with Omega Flight for a while" Julia said with a shrug "After I heard that Stark was removed from power, I decided it was time to come back to the states"

"Was this before or after Osborn was put in charge?" Peter asked.

"Before, had I known beforehand I would have stayed" Julia said with a sigh as she rubbed her brow "How the fuck does a sociopath like him get placed in charge of the world's security again?"

"Trust me, I ask that same question every night before I cry myself to sleep wishing for the good old days when Fury was in charge" Peter chuckled before he quieted down "So, anything going on or were you just out for a nice relaxing swing?"

"I'm going to meet up with a guy that I met the other day for coffee" Julia answered evenly.

Peter nodded at that "Good to hear… lucky guy"

Julia hummed at this "And you? What are you up to?"

"Just heading over to my job is all, just because the country is going crazy doesn't mean that my cost of living has dropped. If anything, it just went up!" Peter said with a groan "I swear Norman did this somehow just to make my life even more difficult"

Julia giggled at this before she turned to leave "Well I better get going before my coffee date wonders where I am"

"Have fun, oh and whatever you do, never order a double expresso if you plan to go web swinging later, trust me, you'll regret it no matter what kind you get or how much you drink" Peter said as he gave Julia a wave.

"I'll keep that in mind Spidey, see ya around I hope" Julia said before she leaped into the air and shot off a 'psi-web' and swung away.

Peter watched her go for a few moments before he shot off a web line as well and swung off the building and headed for Front Line, all the while unaware that things were about to take a drastic turn that not even the famed Utau the Watcher could have predicted… and that guy saw practically everything.

…

The Front Line while small compared to his previous workplace, the Daily Bugle, was still bustling with wall to wall activity and Peter had to almost rely on his spider-sense to navigate the cramped over populated office before he came before Ben Urich's desk, the Editor and Chief of Front Line who was currently on the phone with someone. Peter's curiosity was piqued as he saw the deep frown on Ben's face as he would nod and respond with simple one worded answers.

"Yeah… yeah… really?" he said with some doubt before his eyes narrowed interest "Odd… yeah, I'll give it a look, thanks for the tip"

"What's that about?" Peter asked as he stepped out of the way as a woman rushed passed him with several folders in her arms while Ben put the phone away.

Ben was silent for a moment as he tapped a finger on the desk before he let out a sigh "Apparently, Cletus Kasady was just spotted over by Queens"

"Cletus, Carnage?" Peter said with wide eyes "But how? He's dead, the Sentry ripped him in half almost a year ago"

"Well he's apparently up and walking again" Ben replied as he leaned forward on his desk "Could just be a case of mistaken identity but the man that told me this news has been pretty reliable in the past"

Peter nodded at that before he tapped his camera "You uh… you want me to check it out?"

At this, Ben's eyes narrowed "No, absolutely not"

"Why?" Peter said with a frown.

"Peter, it's Carnage, not Venom, or Rhino or, or even Norman" Ben stated with a hand gesture "This is a guy that forced Eddie Brock when he was still Venom and Spider-man to join forces to even have a chance of so much as posing a threat to him when he was on a rampage. And no offense Peter, you don't strike me as a guy that's as powerful as Thor"

"True, but I'm not going to walk wright up to the guy" Peter said with a laugh "I'll do what I always do. Hang back and see if Carnage really is somehow still running around, which we both know won't be too hard to figure out. If it's true, I'll…"

"You'll what, call in Spider-man?" Ben said with a snort.

"Maybe…" Peter said with a shrug.

Ben stared at Peter for several long moments as he considered Peter's request. He knows that the man can take care of himself from the numerous times they worked together back at the Daily Bugle… but this was Carnage, not what one would call a safe assignment, for anyone. Even Ben back in the day was very hesitant to do a story on the mass murderer, because unlike most of Spider-man's Rogues, Carnage played dirty and he played brutal, and that was before he got the Carnage symbiote.

Finally, after several minutes of tense silence, Ben sighed heavily "Fine, but under no circumstances do you take any risks. Am I understood? You scout the place out to see if Carnage really is back and if he is… we're go from there"

"Think Norman will send in his Avengers to deal with them?" Peter asked with a quirked brow.

"Maybe… or maybe he'll offer that crazed bastard a place on his team" Ben said with an eye roll.

"I… can see that happening actually" Peter said with a mental shiver at the thought of Carnage being on Norman Osborn's Avengers team "I'll head out now and let you know what I find"

"Remember what I said Peter, no risks" Ben called after the man.

"Yes mom…" Peter replied with a laugh all the while mentally prepping himself for a possible reemergence of Carnage.

'I sure hope that whoever called Ben about this was mistaken… or I'm in for a serious world of hurt' Peter thought with dread as he made his way out of the office and towards the nearest alley where he could change into his Spider-man suit.

…

Thirty minutes later, half of which was spent heading back to his apartment to stock up on a large amount of web fluid and the last few cartridges of his incendiary webs, Peter found himself looking down at the abandoned building that the apparent resurrected Carnage was sighted at. Most of the windows were boarded up and broken and graffiti lined the walls outside and likely inside as well. Peter's eyes scanned the area for signs of a mentally unhinged psychopath with a red symbiote before he let out a sigh as he stood up.

"Only way I'm gonna know for sure he's down there is by looking myself, which is gonna suck on all kinds of levels because he won't set off my spider-sense which means I can't dodge anything he throws at me unless I see it coming with my own eyes… times like this I wish I had Daredevil's radar sense thingy" Peter said to himself before he leaped off the building and shot a web line out and swung towards the structure, unaware of a shadowy figure trailing him from behind.

Peter landed on the ground in a crouch, his impacting making nothing more than a faint 'thud' before he slowly approached the entryway into the abandoned building. He concentrated on his hearing to see if that he could possibly pick up anyone inside the building. Aside from some distant water droplets into a puddle and rats, there was nothing else moving inside.

Peter took a step forward before he suddenly stopped and ran a hand over his head "Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa… whoa. Wait a minute, why the hell am I going into a creepy abandoned building that may hold a super dangerous homicidal psychopath with a crazed symbiote that's immune to my spider-sense without any back up? The hell am I in, a horror movie?"

He was just about to turn around and go and contact some of the others to see if they could come help, preferably Wolverine since the man could pick up Kasady's scent, if he really was here, and either Jessica or Carol for added fire power before he suddenly heard a pained scream from deep within the building that sent a chill up his spine.

"Ah, Fuck…" Peter said with a groan as he immediately turned and sprinted into the building without a second thought.

His eyes strained to see in the complete and total darkness, while his eye sight was superior to someone even like Hawkeye's, he didn't have night vision, something he thought was unfair. Peter also noticed that the air inside the building felt odd and it made him a little dizzy. He shook his head for a moment to try and clear his head. After a few seconds the dizzy feeling stopped but that unsettling feeling began to settle in. Peter stood still for a moment to see if it would pass or if something else would happen, but after several minutes of nothing, he reluctantly continued onwards. The next five minutes were spent trying to locate the source of the scream as Peter passed numerous empty trash filled rooms before he came to a stop as he entered a large room with a single person lying on the ground in the very middle with a light shined on them.

'Well this doesn't scream obvious trap' Peter thought as he scanned his surroundings as he slowly approached the prone figure.

He coudlnt make out any exact details about them other than that they were small, maybe a child or simply a person with short stature. He had just reached the person and reached out to see if they were find when suddenly the person looked over their shoulder at him and Peter's eyes winded as he saw their face.

Daken… the son of Wolverine… and part of Norman Osborn's 'Avengers' Team.

"Knew this was a trap" Peter said as he suddenly backed away from the man as he sent a clawed swipe towards the wall crawler before he backed into something big.

Peter stopped and slowly reached behind himself and felt something large, oddly warm, and overly muscled. Peter swallowed nervously as he slowly looked behind him to see Venom's grinning face looking down at him.

"Umm, hey Gargan, what brings you here?" Peter said before he was suddenly seized by the throat and lifted into the air by Venom who's tooth filled maw contorted into a grin "I'm guessing it wasn't the great deals they had on Amazon…"

"Helloooo Ssssspider-maaaaaaaan…" Venom hissed as he licked the side of Peter's mask with a barbed tongue.

"Ugh, dude two words, breath mint" Peter coughed as his nose was hit with the smell of rotting flesh and god knows what else "Also didn't Venom tell you Mac? I don't do tongue on a first date or you buy me a very expensive dinner"

Venom growled at Peter before he suddenly slammed him into the ground, knocking the wind out of him and causing him to briefly see stars all the while Daken got back up and placed his suit on.

"Easy Gargan, Osborn wants him alive" Daken said as he crouched down next to Spider-man's head "Took your sweet time getting here"

"Well when I heard that Carnage was probably back, I thought it'd be prudent to get a few 'welcome back' gifts for him" Peter said as he slowly began to raise his web shooter towards Venom.

"Oh, like what?" Daken asked with a snort.

"Incendiaries!" Peter beamed before he shot off a line of web fluid that suddenly ignited when it came into contact with the air and Venom's surprised form.

"AAAAAGGGHHH!" Venom screamed in pain as he suddenly leaped back from Peter, the symbiote lashing out in various directions as it tired to escape from the flames, causing Daken to stumble back in surprise and allowed Peter to send a kick into the several decades year old Mutant's chest, knocking the wind out of him and sending him flying into the nearest wall.

Peter let out a sigh as he sat back up and rubbed the back of his head "Well, Ben wasn't wrong, there is a symbiote wearing sociopath here… just not the right one… or even a half decent one. Man, I actually feel a little bad for Venom, going from Eddie Brock to that tail swinging chump"

He looked to see the flames that were hurting Venom finally go out and allowed the former Scorpion to let out a pained gasp before he turned towards Peter with a dark glare on his face. Peter gave the current host of Venom a sheepish expression under his mask as he stood up and was about to move away from the very enraged 'Avenger' before suddenly Daken was behind him and Peter felt his two bone claws pierce his back.

"GAAAHHHH!" Peter screamed as he rammed his elbow back into Daken's chest in reflex, causing the Mutant to back up in pain and remove his claws out of Peter's back as a result.

Peter, after taking a moment to regain his bearings, then grabbed Daken by the shoulders and threw him towards Venom as the large lumbering brute dashed towards Peter after seeing that Spider-man was wounded. Peter didn't stop to see what happened when the wo collided with one another as he sprinted towards the exit while fighting to maintain consciousness. The way things were going, on top of the fact that Peter's spider-sense didn't seem to be working in regards to Daken, which he had a feeling was related to him feeling dizzy earlier, staying here will end badly…

'Plus I only have like three incendiary cartridges left and I know for a fact I'll need twice that for Venom. Granted I really only need one, hell half of one since it's Gargan and not Brock under that suit, but it's best to be over prepared when it comes to symbiotes, that one especially' Peter thought as he neared the exit before suddenly an arrow landed in the entryway and began to beep.

"Aww butter biscuits…" Peter said as he turned and tired to run back before the beeping arrow exploded, the shockwave sent Peter flying and caused the entire building to shake form the force of the explosion.

"…Okay ow…" Peter groaned as his ears began to ring and his body ached from head to toe.

…

Outside on a rooftop overlooking the entryway to the building that was now occupied by Spider-man, Venom and Daken, Bullseye who was Norman Osborn's 'Hawkeye' on his Avengers team, lowered his bow with a smirk on his face.

"Heh, you ain't going anywhere bug…" Bullseye said as he looked down at a small metal briefcase lying next to him holding a special arrow specifically created for this little unsanctioned op.

Well Osborn sanctioned it… it's just the rest of the team and H.A.M.M.E.R. wasn't aware of it at the moment and by the time they do… well, Bullseye hopes he has a camera to catch the expressions on their faces.

"Bullseye, report"

'Speak of the devil, or Goblin in his crazy ass case' Bullseye thought with a snort as he answered "Bug's taken the bait oh great and powerful overlord. He heard that Carnage may be back, and he came running to see if it's true just like you said. Christ, does this guy have any sort of social life? I mean does he just sit around waiting to hear one of his usual baddies is on a rampage so he can swing into action?"

"I've wondered that myself truth be told but it matters little now. The gas that I created years ago to nullify his spider-sense should have begun to take affect by now" Osborn said with obvious satisfaction "Have his possible escape routes been taken care of?"

"Yeah, just blew out the main entrance now. Sewers are trapped and rigged, and the only way out is the rooftop access which I have a clear line of sight of. Trust me boss, he ain't going nowhere unless he's suddenly learned to teleport, or his super friends come to bail his red and blue web spinning ass out" Bullseye said with a dark grin as he tweaked the end of his bow "Hey, when we're done with the bug, can we maybe see if we can't try this on Daredevil? Sure we'll gonna have to alter a few things but we can probably make it work and if not… just kill a bunch of assholes in his neighborhood and he'll come running regardless. Trust me, I know"

"…We'll see" Norman responded after a few moments "Let me know when you've made the shot"

"Got it" Bullseye said as he reached for the brief case.

"And don't miss" Norman warned before he ended the call.

…

And done.

Next chapter, a wounded Spider-man vs Venom and Daken!