"Let's see." said Spider-Man as he evaluated his allies, "We have a man bonded to a partially insane alien who wants to kill me, a man who has a couple weeks before he dies of lifeforce starvation, and a man who tends to go too far when fighting crime. We aren't exactly the best team."
"We're all we have right now." said Venom. Suddenly a demonic creature burst through the window. He wore a tattered blue cape with a cowl over his monstrous face. His blue gloves had holes in them along his forearms.
"Hello." said the monster in a German accent.
"What are you?" said Cardiac.
"I am the Demogoblin, sent to Earth by Mephistopheles to spread fear and darkness. I have allied myself with Carnage and am here to kill you all."
"Great," said Spider-Man, "another Goblin. I haven't even come to terms with what the first one did."
"This is going to be much worse than what Osborn did." said Demogoblin, "I have selected specific torturous deaths for each of you." He approached Cardiac.
"Elias Wirtham," he said, "the heartless vigilante." The Demogoblin put his hand to Cardiac's chest. When he removed it there was a ball of blue tinged light in his hand. Suddenly Cardiac's ECG lines changed. They were now getting less steep, as though his heart were slowing down.
"Looks like Cardiac is going into cardiac arrest!" said the Demogoblin before turning to Cloak.
"Tyrone Johnson," he said, "the man given the burdensome power of darkness. Let's see how much he can take." He threw a jack-o-lantern at Cloak, it laughing maniacally as it flew through the air. When it hit him it exploded, leaving a cloud of darkness surrounding him. Cloak fell to the ground, moaning, consumed by the darkness surrounding him.
"Peter Parker," the Demogoblin said to Spider-Man, "the man who loved so many and lost so much."
He scratched the side of Spider-Man's face with his acidic claws, causing a searing pain, whispering in his ear "Remember Gwen? Uncle Ben? your parents?" Suddenly Peter's mind was filled with torturous mental images of Carnage shooting Uncle Ben to pieces with symbiote guns, Gwen getting thrown off an extremely tall version of the George Washington Bridge by the Green Goblin, falling to pieces when Spider-Man caught her with his web, Aunt May dying in the hospital, Harry dying from a drug overdose, and Morbius tearing his parents' plane to pieces for the symbiote. At the same time the pain from the scratch was spreading throughout his body.
"You will die from the poison with which I laced my claws while looking back on horrible memories." said Demogoblin, "Ahh, Edward Brock Jr.. The Catholic addicted to darkness. No doubt you're feeling the lust for blood. Why don't you join us? Together we could wreak unchained havoc upon this world!"
"We only wanted this power to kill Spider-Man, we don't want to kill anyone else but him." said Venom, "And besides, Carnage hates us."
"But I'm sure he'd be willing to accept you if you impress him. Don't tell me you're not the slightest bit tempted."
"We'll join you."
"What are you saying, Eddie?" said Spider-Man through the agony.
"I'm not done, Peter." said Venom, "We'll join you when a symbiote evades a pursuing Xenophage!" He kicked Demogoblin into the wall.
"You're going to regret this, Brock!" said the Demogoblin. He opened his shoulder bag and a bunch of tiny versions of Hellbat flew out and surrounded Venom.
"ARGH!" cried Venom as he collapsed to the ground in agony. The Demogoblin cackled in glee as he hopped on Hellbat. However, he felt a cold hand around his ankle. He turned around to see Cloak, still collapsed from the darkness, trying to pull him in. Eventually, through the struggling, Demogoblin was finally under Cloak's cloak.
"You fool!" yelled out Venom, "Do you realize what you've done?"
"What did I do?" said Cloak in an even deeper voice than normal.
"Didn't you ever hear the legends of the Demogoblin? If it enters the Darkforce Dimension, it unleashes a force of nature too powerful to describe."
"What?"
"The Carrio-" Venom was cut off by Demogoblin escaping from under the cloak.
"You just unleashed the Carrion virus!" Venom finished.
"I've heard of that!" said Spider-Man, "In the legend of the Demogoblin, an emissary of God was sent to spare the world from his wrath. He, unaware of what would happen, threw the Demogoblin into a portal to Darkforce. When he escaped, he spread the Carrion virus throughout the world, zombifying about half the population."
The Demogoblin flew throughout the city on Hellbat.
Who should be the first one infected? he thought to himself. He looked around and came across a young man with brown hair.
"Perfect!" said Demogoblin. He swooped down at the young man and grabbed him by the collar of his shirt, taking him to the nearest rooftop.
"Hello, Malcolm McBride." said Demogoblin, "Yes, I know who you are, but can you say the same about me?"
"You-you're the Demogoblin." said Malcolm, "My mother told me about you."
"So would you be frightened if I told you I was just in Darkforce?" Malcolm backed away.
"That's right," said Demogoblin, "I carry the Carrion virus, and I have chosen you be infected."
"No," said Malcolm, "I won't!"
"Oh, but you have no choice! One touch and you will be in my family. A delightful family, a powerful father, a mother who's always there for you, and two truly welcoming brothers." The Demogoblin reached out and touched Malcolm on the shoulder. He screamed in agony, collapsing to the ground. He began to decay before the Demogoblin's eyes. eventually he got up, staggering as he walked. He let out a loud moan, not from his mouth, but from holes in his decayed lungs. Malcolm McBride has become infected with the Carrion virus. Malcolm McBride is now a zombie.