At the Aquarium, Peter Parker was with his aunt and friends around with the best seats in seeing the newest exhibit about to be displayed in a few minutes. Plus, with a loud crowd, it seemed hard to hear the teens' communicators ringing. Not to mention they were shut down to prevent noise plus give them a break.

"Oh, this is exciting, Peter! A rare Dumbo Octopus. I can't wait," May Parker said with a smile.

"Yeah, Aunt May. I heard it's a new addition to the aquarium," Peter responded. "Thought you might be interested."

"And I'm glad you invited us to come along, too," Amadeus Cho replied, indicating him, Miles, and Flash. "The Dumbo Octopus is one of the thirty-four rare animals never to be seen in public. These creatures live in the deep sea, have ear-like fins used to propel around the water, and can live up to 23,000 feet below sea level. I'm looking forward to studying one up close."

"I'm just here for the snacks," Flash added.

"And I only came because I was already bored," Miles shrugged. "What about Ben? How come he's not here?"

Peter was stiff from that response. He had a feeling that Ben was with Rose and Hayden to learn about Rose's past. Along with the fact Ben may have feelings for her.

"Well, Ben wanted to handle patrolling around the city for a bit," Peter responded.

"Oh, yeah? And what about Hayden and his sister?" Miles asked.

"Hayden and Rose have some unfinished business to take care of," Peter said, knowing how much the new spider has been through. "Besides, Rose has some catching up to do with her new family."

"She been doing okay. I heard that Black Panther was going to take them to Wakanda in the next couple of weeks," Flash stated, feeling his stomach rumble a little.

"Talk about lucky. I barely go to any cool places," Miles responded. "Minus Spider-Verse dimensions, of course."

"I wouldn't mind going to a high-tech place. Wakanda's technology practically advanced. If not more advanced than what Tony Stark makes," Cho agreed.

"Hey, watch your mouth! Tony Stark is still a genius," Peter stated firmly.

"I know. I still think Tony is remarkable, too. There's no crime in having more than one favorite of technology and geniuses," Cho reasoned.

"Speaking of which, how much longer do we have to wait? I'm already starving," Flash nearly complained.

"Here you are, sir. Special made animal crackers just for today," a vendor said, offering a big box of animal shaped cookies. "Free of charge, in honor of our new rare sea creature."

"Thanks, man," Flash responded, already taking the box of animal crackers.

"Dude, seriously? Aren't animal crackers for eight-year-olds?" Miles questioned.

"With Flash, there doesn't seem to be much of a difference," Cho remarked.

"Hey! I'll have you know free food is free food," Flash defended, already opening it. "Want some, Pete? What about you, Ms. Parker?"

"Oh, no thanks, Flash. I'm trying to cut down on sugary sweets for a bit. But I do appreciate you wanting to share," May answered respectfully.

"I'm good, Flash. I don't feel hungry," Peter assured.

"Eh, suit yourselves," Flash shrugged, taking a cracker and eating it.

Soon, a speaker voice was heard. "Now, ladies and gentleman, boys and girls. We bring you one of the denizens of the deep, a creature so rare, it was thought extinct. The only one of its kind in captivity. We give you the Dumbo Octopus!"

The curtain fell, revealing a large tank. There, front and center, was the large Dumbo Octopus.

The crowd gasped in awe, already amazed at the new creature.

"It's the most beautiful sea creature I've ever seen!" May responded in astoundment.

"Fascinating," Cho replied.

"I'll say," Peter said.

BEEP, BEEP! BEEP, BEEP!

Looking down, Peter's com was going off. Meaning someone at S.H.I.E.L.D. must have reactivated the communicator in case of a serious emergency to chat.

"Huh? Hang on, I better answer this," Peter said, moving out of the crowd to answer his com with less noise. "Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man speaking."

"WHY DIDN'T YOU ANSWER THE FIRST TIME, WEB FOR BRAINS!?" White Wolf's voice shouted over the intercom.

"Ow! White Wolf, there's no need to be so impatient and shouty," Peter remarked, getting the ringing off his ear. "Besides, I just got out from the crowd after the Dumbo Octopus unveiling. What's the problem?"

"You need to clear everyone out! The man that mutated Star is there! He's the one that brought the Octopus!" White Wolf said sternly.

"Wait, what?!" Peter exclaimed in shock.

Suddenly, he heard screaming from where the unveiling was and hurried to see many people running away.

"Uh, I think we're a bit too late for that," Peter responded, quickly finding Aunt May and his friends through the panicking crowd on what's happening but couldn't.

A large man was quivering and shaking before letting out a massive yell, as his body morphed into a large male lion hybrid.

"Okay. I'm seriously getting some major Deja Vu here," Peter admitted, backing away to look for his team and aunt. "And not in a good way."

"Yo, Web-Head! A little update would be nice," White Wolf shouted from over the com.

"Right now, I think things are getting a bit wild here!" Peter responded, going to a corner to change into his alter ego. "If you and Star are coming, then get over as soon as possible! I'll be looking for the others in changing and evacuating the remaining people that haven't been turned into half animals!"

"We're on our way in t-minus five seconds," White Wolf said.

Already slipping on his Spider-Man outfit, Spidey hurried to look for his team. Turns out, he saw Iron Spider and Kid Arachnid already defending and evacuating the regular people from the mutated hybrids.

"Wow. You guys work fast," Spider-Man admitted, hanging upside down.

"With a crisis like this, we don't waste time," Kid Arachnid responded, dodging some attacks from the lion hybrid. "We even turned our communicators back on the moment things got crazy."

"Where's Agent Venom?" Spidey questioned.

"Out taking your aunt to safety. Along with everyone else," Iron Spider answered, using a stunned blast to keep the hybrids at bay.

Abruptly, a group of hybrids pounced on the Spider group; pinning them to the ground.

"Uh...I can't move!" Spider-Man groaned.

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRROOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

Suddenly, White Wolf appeared, slamming into the hybrids that freed Spidey and the Web-Warriors.

Then, Scarlet came in taking the lion hybrid down hard.

"Back off, punk!" the Brooding Hero responded.

"Geez, this is about as bad as that TV show where the animals took over the world," Hayden said, jumping high to land on the shoulders of a bear hybrid.

"Glad to see you two join the party," Spider-Man replied, almost about to get attacked from behind by a tiger hybrid but was kicked down by a female spider heroine.

"Make that us three," Star Spider replied, unleashing her stingers.

"Any idea what caused everyone to embrace the wild side of things?" White Wolf asked, as he sedated the bear.

"Unfortunately, no. One minute, we were seeing the opening of the rare Dumbo Octopus. Then the next, random people have turned into hybrids," Iron Spider replied, defending himself from another hybrid.

"And we didn't see a ray or anything like that," Kid Arachnid said, flipping back from two hybrids coming to him.

"So, that narrows it down. Anything in the air, boy genius?" White Wolf asked. "Star, double kick springboard!"

"I'm on it!" Star replied, doing a jumping double split kick to handle another group of hybrids.

"Scanning the air..." Iron Spider replied, using the suit to scan the area. "Air is completely clear. No dangerous chemicals detected."

"Okay. We covered machines, air…What else?" White Wolf glanced around as he fought. There had to be something around to cause this. Suddenly, he noticed one of the hybrids kicking over an animal cracker stand. "Genius. The animal cracker stand!"

"Now's not the time for getting the munchies, White Wolf!" Spidey shouted, webbing a group down from clawing him.

"Yeah, dude! You're starting to sound like Venom!" Kid Arachnid exclaimed, going invisible to tag more hybrids with his venom shockers.

Just then, Spider-Man got a communication call from Agent Venom. "Venom! What's the status update on the people who aren't mutated?"

"All out from the aquarium, Spidey. May is with me safe and…" Agent Venom soon felt a bit dizzy.

"Venom, what's wrong?" Spider-Man questioned.

"Uh, Spidey? I don't feel so good," The Symbiote Hero responded with a nearly shaking voice.

"Please tell me you didn't eat the cookies," White Wolf stated worriedly, getting the same signal of the commlink from his bracelet, too.

"You mean the animal crackers? Yeah, why?" Venom questioned, only to groan in pain and get cut offline.

"Oh, no. Scarlet! Aunt May is in trouble! Pin point Venom's last location with your communicator and find him!" Spidey shouted, holding off more hybrids.

"I'm already on it!" Scarlet responded, not wasting time by webbing out of here.

"Hang on, Scar-Boy! I'm coming with you!" Star volunteered, stunning another hybrid before following the brooding spider.

"Venom, stay put! That's an order," Hayden growled to his comm link before signing off.

"Does someone want to fill us in on what's so special about kids' food?" Kid Arachnid asked, seriously lost here.

"Well, if what White Wolf is trying to say is true, the cause of all these people being mutated have something to do with the animal crackers," Spidey answered, flipping a leopard hybrid by the tail and tossing him to another group. "Iron Spider, grab some samples before they're completely destroyed."

"Roger that, Spidey!" Iron Spider replied, going in to do just that.

"We need to corral these guys somewhere," Hayden said, doing a backflip to dodge an attack.

"If only we had one of those giant tanks that aren't filled with water. We could trap them there," Kid Arachnid responded, climbing up the walls for higher ground.

"That's actually not a bad idea!" Spidey shouted.

"Uh, oh. Now I'm afraid to know," White Wolf stated, flipping over two of the animal hybrids.

Meanwhile, Scarlet and Star Spider had to hurry in Agent Venom's last known location.

"I hope whatever animal Venom is, he's not too hard and dangerous to deal with," Star replied.

"Never mind Venom. We need to make sure May Parker is safe and not harmed," Scarlet said back, not stopping.

"You mean Peter's aunt? I've heard of her. Never met her, but I've heard good things,"

Just then, a few more wild animal-hybrids were coming their way. Scarlet and Star worked together in keeping these mutated people down with a few kicks, flips, and whole lot of webbing.

"Well, when this crazy animal situation is over, maybe you would like to come over at Pete's place and have dinner with us in knowing her better?" Scarlet offered.

Star smiled at that, firing one more web shot to keep a tiger hybrid's mouth shut. "I like the sound of that. Let's go hurry up and save May Parker already," Star answered, using her webs to swing faster with her brooding friend doing the same.

"Flash! Flash! UH, put your head between your knees!" May Parker shouted worriedly.

Hearing a voice, Star turned to Scarlet and noticed he recognized it.

"It's May! Something wrong with the punk," Scarlet replied.

"Then, let's go check on them," Star announced, making her way to where May was.

By the time they arrived, the two spiders were shocked to see what happened to Flash.

A massive gorilla with pointy teeth roared, pounding its chest angrily. There was also a white spider mark that matched Venom's symbol on its chest. Aunt May was behind him, as if he's keeping her away from people.

"Okay. Either I'm crazy or that giant gorilla is Agent Venom!" Star responded in shock.

"You're not crazy. I see him, too," Scarlet responded, taking his stingers out. "Venom, step away from May. Let her go or else."

"Scarlet, be careful. Regular Flash with his Symbiote is dangerous enough. Him combined with gorilla DNA may be much worse," Star warned, being cautious.

"He's still Flash in there. Just need to be quick," Scarlet assured, already lunging in.

"Star, what's going on? Why does it sound like King Kong is around?" White Wolf questioned through the communicator, as he snagged some tranquilizer darts.

Star stared in horror with Scarlet trying to go against Gorilla Venom before turning back to White Wolf. "Oh, nothing. Just Agent Venom gone Symbiote Ape on us and Scar-Boy holding his fight with him in rescuing May. Although, I'm having major concerns on all of this."

"WHAT?!" White Wolf shouted. "I'm on my way!"

Star then heard screaming and saw Scarlet flying across the room until he crashed into a wall super hard.

"Get the others here, as well, immediately! There's no way Scarlet can hold Flash for long!" the female spider nearly shouted, running to get May somewhere safe with Ape Venom distracted. "Ms. Parker? Are you hurt?"

"No, I'm okay. But I'm more worried about Scarlet," May responded in worry.

"Don't worry. Spidey, White Wolf, and the other Web-Warriors are on their way," Star assured, escorting the older woman farther away from the fight until they were near the exits. "Get to safety. Run back home and don't stop until you get there. I'll make sure Scar-Boy doesn't get hurt.

May couldn't help but smile warmly. "I believe you. Go help him."

Nodding her head, Star web-slinged out back to where Scarlet was. And she came just in time. Because it looks like the brooding spider was taking a hard beating against Ape Venom.

"Scarlet!" Star exclaimed, now getting very mad. "GET AWAY FROM HIM!"

Without warning, the female spider launched herself at the Symbiote Beast and harshly used her elbow to push him away from the brooding spider.

"Guys, move! King Kong Symbiote Sized Problem!" White Wolf yelled, already coming to the scene.

Spider-Man and the Web-Warriors hurried with White Wolf to see Venom as a gorilla version of himself.

"Whoa! Venom's gone ape?!" Kid Arachnid replied in shock.

"The mutation must be effecting not only Flash but also his Symbiote," Iron Spider deduced.

"Everyone, split up and try taking him down simultaneously. He can't attack all of us at once," Spidey ordered, looking over to where the female spider was. "Star, check on Scarlet. If he's badly hurt, get him out to safety."

"I'm on it!" Star responded, getting down to examine the brooding hero.

"I'll back her up," White Wolf stated, moving beside his sister.

With the Spider Heroes handling Ape Venom, Star looked over Scarlet in worry for any signs of broken bones or dislocated injuries. She gently pressed on a few muscles on him to see any hurting reactions.

Thankfully, Star only found some mild bruises that made her sigh in relief.

"He's fine. Might have a small concussion, but nothing else that's severe," she replied.

"Good. Let's keep it that way. Put him there and we'll go after...Wait. Sis, did you leave May Parker with someone?" White Wolf asked in concern.

"No, I left her near the exit and told her to get to safety from there," Star responded, helping Scarlet and webbed over to the corner away from Ape Venom before placing the brooding hero down gently. "She knows better than to run back inside here where it's super dangerous."

GGGGGGGGRRRRRRRRRRRROOOOOOOOWWWWWWLLLLLLLLLLL!

White Wolf growled. "Sis, trouble."

Looking up, Star could see the Web-Warriors dodging and having difficulty with Ape Venom.

"And I thought Flash's breath was bad before this!" Spidey quipped. "He's definitely gone bananas!"

"Less puns, more action!" Iron Spider exclaimed, grabbing one of Venom's incoming fists from hitting him.

Kid Arachnid jumped Ape Venom from behind and tried wrangling him. "Whoa! Easy, Venom! We're trying to help!"

"Guys! I don't think any of that is helping!" Star shouted. "Gorillas have very little weaknesses."

"Except…Hmmm…Web-Head, do you see any food carts that don't have those crackers?" White Wolf asked. "Maybe some drinking refreshments?"

"I think so. And I see where you're going with this," Spider-Man replied, hurrying over to the snack stand to get a water bottle. "Hold him off!"

"WEB-HEAD, CATCH!" White Wolf shouted tossing a canister to the web head.

Spidey was quick and caught the canister before pouring the water inside to create a large enough water bomb mist.

"What is that?" Star questioned.

"It's a quick acting sedative made from plants in Wakanda. I place it on my daggers so it knocks out the issue in front of me," White Wolf said.

"And you're sure it will work on Venom? Especially with his Symbiote?" Star questioned, watching Kid Arachnid and Iron Spider keeping Ape Venom at bay. "What if it's not strong enough?"

"It's made by a special plant that Wakandans use on their skin. It's super active. We also used it on Carnage," White Wolf said confidently. "Even works well with water.

"Okay. Let's do it, then," Star responded, getting out her stingers just in case.

"Iron Spider! Kid Arachnid! Get ready to fall back!" Spider-Man called out, ready to toss it at Venom.

White Wolf watched as the two spider heroes moved out of the way as Spider-Man moved high above Venom Gorilla.

"Time to hit the showers, Venom!" Spidey exclaimed.

Making his move, Spider-Man activated the canister and tossed it towards Ape Venom before landing in the other side of the room.

Venom roared angrily, feeling the water all over him that fell in his mouth and breathed the moister in.

"It takes five seconds to take affect...should be a few more seconds...now." White Wolf said calmly.

On cue, Venom stopped roaring. He appeared woozy before collapsing on floor; completely knocked out.

"...Is it safe now?" Kid Arachnid questioned.

Iron Spider scanned Venom with the suit. "Yes, all clear. He's fast asleep. Whatever White Wolf had, it was strong enough to sedate both Flash and the Symbiote."

"So, what now? Venom is still a wild gorilla hybrid with a bunch of other civilians around the same situation," Star pointed out.

"We take them all at S.H.I.E.L.D. and see if Connors can figure out a cure," Spider-Man answered. "Luckily, we found a few empty tanks to trap the hybrids at the Dumbo Octopus exhibit."

"And, thankfully,we were able to snag some of the animal crackers to examine better in what they have and figure out a way to create an antidote," Iron Spider added, showing the animal crackers from his hand. "Don't worry, Star. We'll have everyone back to normal."

Star over at Scarlet in deep worry. "It's not just the mutated people and Flash I'm concerned about the most."

"Look, Spidey, why don't you and the others take care of the crew? Star and I will go check on May," White Wolf said calmly.

"Copy that, White Wolf. We'll call you if we find anything," Spider-Man replied, taking over from here.

Star didn't want to leave Scarlet with the unconscious and bruised condition he was in. But she knew that Spidey and the Web-Warriors will get him to sick bay.

"Please, be better when I come back," Star whispered to Scarlet, giving the brooding spider a soft kiss on his forward without the others noticing before leaving with White Wolf.

White Wolf smiled. "He'll be okay, sis. He's tougher than steel."

"...I know. He's survived worse than this," Star replied, rubbing her arms slightly. "I just...I just can't help but feel responsible. I don't know why."

"We all feel like that when someone gets hurt, but right now, we need to focus on finding May," White Wolf said calmly.

"Okay. She's either still around the exits or already gone back home," Star said, getting her thoughts together. "Once we see May okay, we can worry about Dr. Moreau, next."

Just then, the female spider felt a slight headache. As if she felt a different sense/presence of something else.

"Sis, you okay? Did you hit your head?"

"Yeah, I just...Have this weird feeling," Star answered, placing a hand on her head. "Like a part of me is somewhere close yet isn't."

"Huh, sounds like a soul bond," White Wolf said, as he glanced around.

"I haven't felt a pain like this since..." Star started, only to get a small flashback on this familiar sensation. One she never liked. "We need to get out of here."

White Wolf glanced around before leaping up onto one of the banner signs posts. Then, releasing his tether line and swinging up onto one of the roofs.

Star focused in meeting up with White Wolf by teleporting at his location before keeping herself balanced from falling.

"I can still sense him. I don't know how, but he seems to have some of my DNA that's causing me to get this hurting headache," Star responded, placing her hands on her head. "Ugh! It hurts!"

"Here. This should help elevate some of the pain," White Wolf said, reaching into one of his pouches and grabbing a small canister of ointment. "Rub this on your temples."

Not hesitating, Star reached for the ointment and applied it to her fingers before rubbing them on her forehead. It seemed to help a little.

"Any better?"

"...A little bit, yes," Star admitted, feeling her head not hurting as much as before.

"Sis...maybe you should go to the med bay, too. I can find May on my own," White Wolf suggested.

Star Spider shook her head at that. "No. I can't leave you by yourself. Besides, whatever I just experienced, it's gone now. Thanks to that natural product you gave me."

White Wolf stared for a minute before nodding. "All right. But if you feel off again, we pull out."

"Fine by me. Let's go and see if you can keep up," Star responded, taking the lead while webbing out of here. "I know where she lives. I once visited outside the Parker house to give Scar-Boy something before recovering out of the city."

White Wolf released his line and swung, after his eyes focused on Star's back in watching out for her.

'I'm here, Star...I'm right here,' White Wolf thought to himself.