Chapter 14
Spiderman and Ironman stood back to back fending off their three attackers. Despite their great skill and powers, they were simply overwhelmed. It seemed when they repelled one attacker two more took his place.
Ironman threw a punch that collided with Carnage sending him flying backward as Serpentine went on the attack against Spiderman. After delivering several lightning fast punches to the hero, Spiderman finally knocked Serpentine off balance using a low kick and web-slung him across the room. However Tyranis took that opportunity to make his move. Closing in on the heroes he raised his staff overhead as a strange energy flowed through it. He then brought the end of the staff down onto the ground at full force creating an energy attack that sent the heroes flying backward and colliding into a nearby wall. They quickly rolled back onto their feet and resumed a fighting stance. Ironman raised one of his metal arms preparing to fire a salvo of rockets as the three villains closed in on them. Serpentine and Carnage were at the front while Tyranis was a few steps behind them. Once he strolled up behind his minions he commanded, "Finish them off!" Serpentine and Carnage were about to leap forward when something wrapped around both of their necks and jerked them to the ground and onto their backs. Tyranis quickly turned around to find Venom approaching them saying, "You wanted to dance with the devil- well here I am!"
Carnage and Serpentine freed themselves from the webs as Tyranis said, "You fool! I've given you the gift of vengeance and the opportunity to kill Spiderman but you chose the Queen instead!"
An evil smile broke across Venom's face as he replied, "We still plan on killing Spiderman but when the chance comes, we will do it of our own accord… Not because I was made to by some cheap conjurer of tricks!" Rage filled Tyranis' eyes when Venom insulted him. He quickly calmed himself and said, "So be it; you and your snow queen shall die together!" Tyranis then gathered a huge ball of energy to kill the Symbiote. At this point Elsa, Anna, and Kristoff managed to find a safe spot to observe the battle. As Elsa saw Tyranis prepare one of his energy attacks panic shot through her for she remembered what those energy balls were capable of doing. Much to everyone's shock Venom stood still waiting on the dark lord to make his move.
This particular energy ball was by far larger than the one Tyranis tried to hit Eddie and Elsa with earlier. The queen could only imagine what it would do to Eddie should it hit him. Suddenly Tyranis launched the energy attack forward sending it flying towards Venom. Elsa screamed as it approached its target. "Eddie no!" However what happened next shocked everyone- even Tyranis. When the attack was only inches away, Venom flung his arm in front of him knocking the ball of energy away from him. The energy attack flew to the other side of the chamber and totally obliterated the section of the wall it hit. Everyone gasped with shock as debris and bricks went flying everywhere. Spiderman shook his head in disbelief and exclaimed, "He's gotten even stronger- if that's possible!" Tyranis screamed in frustration and shot three more energy balls at Venom. As the super charged attacks approached their target they were met with the same result. Venom effortlessly deflected the energy balls and sent them across the chamber safely exploding far away.
Kristoff smiled and smarted off to the dark lord, "You're screwed now buddy!" To which Tyranis sneered at him. He suddenly thrust his staff forward shooting an inferno attack at the Symbiote. A few seconds later Tyranis stopped his attack and eagerly looked to see if he killed his enemy. The smoke eventually cleared as a voice mocked, "You missed!" Suddenly Venom emerged from the smoke and quickly web grabbed Tyranis' staff. Then with lightning speed he broke the mystical weapon across his knee and threw the pieces to the ground. The dark lord stumbled back in complete shock as he tried backing away from Venom.
"What are you?!" Tyranis managed to say as he quickly went behind Carnage and Serpentine. Venom took a few more steps forward and answered, "We are the reason why you should be afraid of the dark! We are perfection…." Eddie Brock made his own face appear in time for his next and final sentence. "I AM VENOM!" It was then the Symbiote covered his face again as he leapt into battle. Thankfully Spiderman and Ironman jumped into the fray as well. Before Venom could make his way to finish off Tyranis, Carnage intercepted him and said, "Let's see who the superior Symbiote is once and for all!" After saying that Carnage formed his right hand into a whip and attempted to use it. However Venom deflected it and used his Symbiote to stretch his arm and decked Carnage. After he knocked Carnage on his back Venom mocked, "C'mon did you really think that you had all of the good powers?" As his arm went back to place he quickly picked up Carnage and rammed him through a set of pillars in the chamber. He continued holding onto him as he ran along the side of the pillars while continuing to run Carnage through them. As he reached the end of the line he hurled the evil Symbiote across the chamber. When Carnage made impact he rolled across the ground violently, however before he stopped rolling Venom was already there. He quickly web-grabbed Carnage and slung him into the air then slammed him into the ground with blinding force. WHAM!
Venom attempted to continue his attack, but when he descended on him, Carnage countered the assault. Grabbing Venom by the throat Carnage formed his sledgehammer and knocked him in the head with it one good time. However when he tried delivering a second blow Venom blocked the attack and punched him. Carnage managed to break Venom's hold on him and escape. As he retreated across the chamber Venom was still on his tail. Reaching a nearby wall Carnage quickly formed his claws and attempted to swipe Venom with them. He managed to get a few licks on Venom as the Symbiote roared in anguish from the cuts. It was then Carnage formed a blade hand and attempted to slice Venom, however his enemy anticipated the move. Grabbing the blade hand Venom quickly lifted Carnage up and began slamming him into the wall repeatedly with terrifying force. BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! The Symbiote caused the ever growing indention in the wall to expand with each BANG! Whatever merciful side Eddie Brock had was dead and gone- if only for the moment as he continued his malicious attack on Carnage.
Kristoff, Anna and most importantly Elsa watched in stunned silence as Venom mercilessly caused a great deal of harm to Carnage. A few more BANGS! went by before Venom body slammed the other Symbiote to the ground. As Carnage lied on the ground Venom took that opportunity to yell up to Ironman who was free at the moment, "Wanna test out your shooting skills?" After that he snatched up Carnage and did the unthinkable; he mustered every bit of his strength and began pulling the Carnage Symbiote off of Cletus Kasady. The Symbiote began shrilling its high pitched noise as Venom continued to peel it off of the psychotic killer. Cletus began screaming violently at Venom, "ARRRGGGHHH! YOU PRICK!" Finally Venom managed to completely peel the Symbiote off of Carnage and threw it up in the air. Cletus screamed in horror as Ironman produced his arm cannon and blasted the Symbiote in midair. Enraged at what just happened the psychotic killer produced a knife and attempted to rush Venom with it. "YOU KILLED MY SYMBIOTE YOU MOTHER-" Before he could finish speaking Venom turned around and grabbed him by the throat with one hand.
Eddie Brock made his own face appear as he looked his enemy in the eyes and said, "Say goodnight!" Then the Symbiote covered his face again right before he snapped Cletus Kasady's neck killing him instantly. Venom roared in victory as he carelessly tossed the body aside and turned his attention to Tyranis and Serpentine. Whatever humanity Eddie Brock possessed had taken the sidelines as his primal side was in complete control. However the love he had for Elsa was alive and well for protecting her was his true motivation.
The sound of Kasady's neck cracking echoed throughout the chamber as everyone- including Serpentine and Tyranis turned around in time to see Venom throw away the dead body. As the Symbiote approached them another evil smile crossed his face while he said, "You have no idea how long I've wanted to do that!" As the rage fueled the fires in his eyes and mouth Tyranis shouted, "You'll be right behind him, Symbiote!" As he and Serpentine got into a fighting stance he added, "Carnage was an expendable asset; he can be easily replaced- you won't be!" It was on that note the battle continued. Thankfully Spiderman and Ironman jumped back into the fight as well. The fight was beginning to turn in their favor as the villains were outnumbered and out maneuvered. As Spiderman and Ironman backed Serpentine and Tyranis up against the wall neither villain noticed Venom descend on them until it was too late. The Symbiote brought both of his fists down on their heads at full force knocking them into a daze. He then quickly kicked Tyranis out of the way as he grabbed and threw Serpentine.
"You're next Snake-boy!" He mocked as he approached Serpentine.
The reptilian menace attempted to rush Venom at full speed but the Symbiote caught him and laughed. It was then Serpentine extended his fangs and bit Venom on the shoulder. Dropping Serpentine; Venom grabbed and held onto his shoulder as he staggered back looking shocked- but then he smiled and stood back up as he put his hand down saying, "Just kidding."
An angered Serpentine hissed at him as the Symbiote said, "C'mon my name is Venom, what made you think your snakebite would hurt me?" Right after he said that Venom web-grabbed Serpentine and slung him across the chamber. However Serpentine used his superhuman agility to catch his balance and go back on the attack. He leapt high into the air and landed on Venom's back as he began hitting him really fast.
Elsa couldn't take it anymore as she watched Serpentine attack Venom. Running towards the battle Anna said, "Elsa no!" To which the snow queen replied, "I can help him, Anna; trust me." Realizing what she intended to do Kristoff asked, "What if you miss again?" to which Elsa answered confidently, "I won't!" She then ran up to the two monsters as Venom attempted to reach behind him to grab Serpentine. As he looked over and saw Elsa prepare one of her ice attacks he reached for his enemy with renewed determination. Venom was finally able to rip him off as he threw Serpentine and shouted to Elsa, "Now!" The Queen immediately fired her attack and hit Serpentine on both of his legs freezing them solid.
The villain crashed to the ground while screaming from the pain of the attack. Serpentine continued holding onto his frozen legs while in the fetal position until he saw Venom coming towards him. He tried to crawl away but he wasn't fast enough as the Symbiote closed in on him. Standing over him Venom smiled as he kicked him in the ribs knocking Serpentine on his back.
As Serpentine glared up at Venom, the Symbiote said, "I want you to watch this reptile man!" Then with all of his might Venom kicked the ice legs shattering them completely. Prince Hans appeared in his human form as he let loose a blood curdling scream. He tried crawling away again as he reached his hand out to Tyranis who was across the chamber and pleaded to him, "Master, help me- please…"
At this point Ironman happened to launch a rocket that exploded next to the dark lord causing him to soar across the room and land near Hans. Tyranis then rose back to his feet and began laughing as the heroes approached him. Not liking his sudden outburst Spiderman asked, "What's so funny?" to which the dark master answered, "You may have defeated my minions- but the battle is just beginning!" He then walked up to Hans and said, "It's time to show them our little trick…" All of a sudden Hans began laughing softly despite being in a great deal of pain. Looking up to Tyranis he answered, "Do your will on me, Master." All of a sudden the dark lord leaned over his servant and opened his mouth.
What happened next shocked everyone beyond words. Tyranis' mouth began to expand and open wider as Hans' body levitated off of the floor. At first his body slowly floated towards his master until something terrifying happened- Tyranis began sucking him into his mouth at full speed and swallowed him whole!
After consuming Prince Hans, Tyranis began howling with laughter as his body became engulfed with blue flames. At this point Kristoff and Anna made their way to join the rest of the group as Tyranis looked up to everyone and taunted, "Now you all shall see my true form!" His body began to morph and grow rapidly as he continued laughing manically. Before they could see the rest of the transformation a great smoke cloud emerged blocking their view of Tyranis. A few moments went by before the smoke cleared allowing everyone to see. Everyone eagerly scanned the room looking for the dark lord and dreading to see his new form- however no one was there.
"Where'd he go?" Spiderman asked aloud to which Venom answered, "He's still here- he's playing with us…"
Just after he said that the ground began shaking violently as everyone stumbled and tried to regain their balance. The earthquake only got worse until a terrifying creature emerged from the earth roaring. Once they saw him the group knew exactly who it was- Tyranis. The dark lord had taken the form of a four hundred foot serpent with fiery blue eyes and was completely skeletal. However instead of his typical human bones that Tyranis was normally made up of; his new skeleton was pure crystal with spikes coming from the crest of his head. The serpent was also capable of breathing fire as it shot out a raging inferno into the air. Not even flinching, Eddie made his own face appear as he said, "Elsa, Anna, Kristoff- ya'll might wanna sit this one out…"