Chapter 12

*Disclaimer not my characters*

*Author's note – Before I begin with this chapter I just want to apologize for chapter 11. It probably sucked but, it was a necessary evil. I will continue to work on improving it.*

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        Mary Jane got back to her apartment. Her head was still throbbing from the painful ringing of the St. Patrick Cathedral bells.

        "I thought you said we were permanently bonded," Mary Jane said.

        Not yet, the symbiot replied in her head, it takes a full week for the process to occur. Spiderman knows this.

        Mary Jane snorted, "I guess a week can count as soon. But why did those ringing bells hurt so much."

        There are two ways to separate us, the symbiot said, loud noise and fire.

        "Well I don't want to get a head ache like this again," Mary Jane said, "We are going to stay away from Spiderman for the next two days."

        Fine, the symbiot agreed somewhat begrudgingly.

        For the next two days Mary Jane had to fight hard to control the symbiot from wanting to go after Spiderman. The mere sight of his picture in the newspaper the following made the symbiot furious with rage but Mary Jane managed to keep it under control. When the two days were up the symbiot was ready to go and take out Spiderman immediately.

        "As much as I want to let you get Spiderman," Mary Jane said, "I think we need to plan our own trap."

        The symbiot's rage immediately disappeared, A trap? What an excellent idea. Let us go set one up immediately.

        Immediately Mary Jane was covered in the Venom costume. She looked even more imposing then ever, "Let's have some fun!" She said.

        Peter meanwhile was having his own problems. Gwen Stacy had been following him around all day convinced that he and Mary Jane had broken up. There was a knock on the front door.

        "I'll answer it Aunt May," Peter called out as he ran down the stairs to door.

        He opened it up and found himself face to face with Gwen.

        Before Gwen could say anything Peter just exploded, "Look Gwen, Mary Jane and I have not broken up! I don't know how else to tell you that!"

        "That's not the way she sees it," Gwen said quietly.

        Peter looked into her eyes, "You haven't talked to her," he said.

        Gwen stared back, "No, but neither have you."

        Peter glared at her, "What does it matter to you? She's been really busy lately."

        Gwen turned away holding back tears, "I hate you Peter Parker!" She yelled as she left.

        Peter was hit with a pang of guilty, "I was to hard on her," he muttered, "But I don't see how else I can explain it to her."

        Gwen Stacy ran as fast as she could away from Peter Parker's house. She didn't care where she went she just wanted to get as far away as possible. She heard a noise above her and saw Venom swinging by, "HEY!" she yelled.

        Venom heard someone yell and looked for the source of the noise. Below her a young blond woman was waving her arms at her. Venom released the web she was holding and dropped to the ground. The woman ran up to her. Venom recognized her as Gwen Stacy an old girlfriend of Peter's.

        "You're that chick who's out to kill Spiderman aren't you?" Gwen asked.

        "Yes we are," Venom replied somewhat cautiously.

        "I've got some information for you," Gwen said, "I know Spiderman's real identity."

        "Who?" Venom asked.

        "Peter Parker," Gwen replied.

        Mary Jane was shocked, not by the fact that Peter was Spiderman, but by the fact that she wasn't shocked by the fact that Peter was Spiderman.

        "Why are you telling us this?" Venom inquired.

        "Because I hate Peter Parker," Gwen replied, "And I want to see him dead."

        "We will try our best to grant your wish," Venom replied.

        Before Gwen could even say thank you Venom fired a web and got away from there as fast as she could. Gwen was making her feel way too uneasy. But as she left a red-black puddle lay in the spot where she had stood to speak to Gwen.

        "What's this?" Gwen wondered as she bent down to get a look at the puddle.

        She stuck her hand into the thick sticky ooze and lifted some of it up. It clung to her hand like liquid tar. She tried to shake it off to no avail. The red-black ooze began crawling up her arm and it crawled forwards onto her feet. The whole puddle then lurched off the ground and jumped at her. She fell back as the ooze covered her whole body. When the new symbiot had covered her she stood up. She looked similar to Venom only her costume was a red-black colour. She had no pointy teeth or tongue but tendrils waved all over her body.

        "Peter Parker will soon know CARNAGE!" She yelled before letting out a blood curdling cackle.