Felicia Hardy-Thompson was almost finished decorating her house for her husband's "Welcome Home!" party when her friends Peter and Mary Jane Parker showed up.

"You're here early." said Felicia.

"We wanted to be able to say we were the first ones here." said Peter.

"You sure are a kidder, Peter, just like your cousin."

"Yeah, you'd be surprised at how similar we were." Suddenly a wailing noise was heard from another room.

"Excuse me." said Felicia before leaving the room, "I'm coming Felicity!"

"This is going to be the first time you've seen Flash since high school." said MJ.

"Yeah." said Peter, "I knew he was a good strategist, from how good he was on the basketball court, and that he was strong, from all those beatings, but for some reason I never pictured him as a soldier. Once I heard he enlisted, though, I knew he'd do great."

Later that evening, everyone attending the party waited anxiously for Flash to return. Not long after he did, but Felicia and the guests were shocked by what they saw: Sgt. Eugene Thompson was rolled out by Gen. Arnie Roth in a wheelchair with nothing from the knees down.

"What happened, Flash?" said Felicia.

"Grenades." said Flash, "Between the burn marks and the lacerations, there was no other option."

"That's unfortunate." said Peter.

"Yeah."

"You know," said Eddie Brock, who was also in attendance, "It just so happens that certain genetic engineers have recently altered a certain alien life form to no longer be parasitic and it might just be your ticket to walking on human legs again."

"Are you sure that they'll allow it?" said Eugene.

"Well since it's part of Project: Rebirth 2.0, I'd say it's allowed."

"Great. I'll volunteer ASAP."

Meanwhile over at Carnage's prison, the guards noticed the symbiote's strange behavior and called in a medical examiner.

"I've never seen anything like this." said the doctor, "It appears that some sort of reproductive process is happening."

"You're saying it's pregnant?" said police captain Pat Mulligan.

"Essentially, yes."

"Meaning there will be another one of those?"

"Yes, but chances are that, provided it's kept in the right environment, it won't be hostile." However the examiner's assurance was in vain, for the new symbiote, once separated from Carnage, immediately broke out of the cell by dissolving the wall. Once out it possessed the strongest person in the vicinity to be its host; Mulligan.