The Other Host

By Booksaboutnothing

*Author's Note – None of these characters are mine. (I may add my own later). And this story starts with Spiderman getting rid of the symbiot that would later fuse with Eddie Brock to become Venom. However there is another possible host.*

          The clock tower rang repeatedly. Peter Parker crawled free of the sticky black ooze that was the symbiot. He fired a web and lowered himself to the ground. Dressed in nothing but his boxers Peter decided it was best to turn tail and run straight home.

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          Mary Jane Watson looked up at the clock tower. She hadn't heard it ring it quite a while. As her eyes went back to ahead of her from the tower she noticed Peter running away in his boxers. Then from the other side of the clock tower she saw Eddie Brock creeping around.

          "Oh I bet that Eddie is responsible for this," M.J. said to herself, "He probably hid Peter's clothes in the tower somewhere."

          Taking care to avoid Eddie M.J. entered the clock tower and looked around. They must be up near the bell, M.J. thought, that's probably why it was ringing.

          As she started up the stairs she stepped in a puddle of black sticky goo.

          "Gross," M.J. said trying to wipe it off her shoes.

          But the goo clung to her hand and started to spread over her body. Mary Jane opened her mouth to scream but the ooze made it's way into her mouth gagging her. She staggered around and began knocking things over before she fell to the floor.

          Eddie Brock heard the commotion and made his way inside to see what had happened, "What the hell?" he muttered looking at the figure lying on the ground in front of him.

          It was a female figure dressed in some skin tight black costume that had a large white spider mark on the front that covered her entire body. She wore a black mask that looked similar to Spiderman's. The figure sat up facing away from him and rub her head with one hand.

          "Who are you," Eddie asked trying to sound intimidating.

          The figure stood up and turned around to face him. A crack appeared in the mask and Eddie realized it was a mouth. Hundreds of needle sharp teeth and a long lizard like tongue appeared inside the mouth.

          "Who are we?" the figure asked in a voice sounding like both a woman and a man speaking at once, "We are Venom!"

          Eddie stepped back as Venom advanced towards him, "Hey, hey," he tried to reason, "No need to get violent. I was just asking."

          He accidentally stepped into a bucket which got caught on his foot. He fell on his back and Venom stood over him. She bent down and looked him in the face. Her tongue was hanging out dripping saliva onto Eddie's face. Where ever it touched his skin it hissed and burned but Eddie was too afraid to even flinch.

          "Do you know where Spiderman is!" Venom demanded.

          "No why would I?" Eddie asked wishing he did have some way of knowing.

          Venom picked Eddie up by the shirt and held him in the air, "Then you are of no use to us," Venom said and she threw Eddie at the nearest wall.

          Eddie hit the wall and smashed through it. He heard a snapping noise and when he landed on the ground he realized that his back had been broken.

          "And I thought Spiderman was a real pain," Eddie muttered to himself before he fell unconscious.