"I'm BACK!"
*Author's disclaimer – characters are altered versions of Marvel's characters. They are not my own creations. (Well actually some are but they aren't very important so just ignore this for them.) *
*Author's Note – This story is the sequel to The Other Host and follows that timeline exactly. If you are reading this story and becoming incredibly confused about what is going on I suggest you read and review the prequel first.*
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Joe Thurman hated his job. He was a night watchman for Ward E at the New York Penitentiary for Criminally Insane Women. Every night he had to walk past the holding rooms were criminally insane women muttered under their breath to themselves, cackled maniacally, moaned as if in pain or just sat their staring out into the hallway waiting for him to pass. Every room he passed made him feel uneasy.
As he walked down the corridor that night he came across one of his colleagues, Jim. Jim was looking inside one of the holding rooms.
"It's a shame really," Jim said shaking his head as Joe approached.
"What is?" Joe asked him.
"Her," Jim said, "She doesn't seem to be the type that can go on a murdering rampage."
Joe recalled that the women in this cell had once had superpowers and had been convicted on over one hundred counts of murder.
"Superpowers can do that to you I guess," Joe replied, "Combined that with an unstable young woman and it probably shouldn't surprise anyone."
"I guess you're right," Jim said.
Jim then turned and walked away down the corridor. Joe looked in the cell at the woman inside. She was sitting in the middle of the room facing away from the door. She looked so still that Joe thought she wasn't breathing. He looked down at the name tag on her door, "Gwen Stacy," he read aloud.
He took one last look inside the cell and was startled when he saw the woman was right up at the door. Her eyes locked onto to Joe's and he felt himself paralyzed with fear. Suddenly her hand smashed through the bomb-proof glass and her fingers wrapped around Joe's neck. Choking Joe tried to reach for his revolver but she reached her other hand through and unlocked the door. She then released Joe and kicked the door open violently. The door swung open and smashed Joe in the face breaking his nose and leaving his face a blood smeared mess. Joe fumbled for his gun but Gwen stepped out of her cell and stepped down hard on his hand. Joe yelped in pain as his bones were crushed. She reached down with one arm and lifted Joe up by his tie. Joe was surprised at how deceptively strong she was. Suddenly a red-black ooze covered her entire body creating a skin tight outfit. Her face had two large white eyes and a maw for a mouth which had jagged edges to serve as teeth. As Joe watched in horror her free hand formed into an axe blade.
"Carnage is back!" she declared.
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This is just the opening chapter if you have any ideas just leave them in your review or e-mail me at anime_nut@hotmail.com