Prologue
Hello, my name is Peter Parker, and I think I am about to die. You are probably saying; "Who can beat the Amazing Spiderman?" There is a whole list of baddies who would like nothing better than to punch my ticket and send me to an early grave. It's a wonder I lived long enough to finish High School.
But then I had always had something to come back to, something that made me go above and beyond my limits to return to. My family. My friends. Mary Jane Watson. But for the latter, at this moment, life has taken a cruel turn.
Even now as I stare up at what used to be, is, should be the love of my life, the light in my darkness, I cannot give up that thin glimmer of hope that everything can go back to the way it was, or that this is some terrible dream.
"Face it Tiger, you are fucked!" Venom hisses, her tongue lolling out between sharp needle-like fangs, oozing dark green saliva. You see there? That's part of her talking to me, even if she is completely bonkers at the moment. Don't think I am making light of this situation, I am screwed up emotionally over this fucking disaster. My heart has been dashed into pieces, and it's all I can do not to just fall apart and allow my girlfriend turned monster to rip my head off. But I cannot stop now, not while hope still remains in saving her.
"I don't want to hurt you MJ, but I cannot let you go through with this!" I shoot back. A futile gesture, Venom has gotten her blood up, and it would take more than words to bring it down.
"Boldly stated Peter, but there is nothing you can do to hurt us more than we already have been. GET READY!"
In that moment, as we lay our cards on the table, I think back to how this all began. Five months ago when this entire mess started. Back when Mary Jane was still human. And Venom was bonded to someone else... if only I had seen it coming.