Part Nine

             Venom and Lizard collided against a bus car smashing the exterior. The force of the impact sent deadly shrapnel in every direction. New York City had become a ghost town with those hiding in their homes praying that the battle wouldn't reach them.

            Each monster fell on the ground facing the other, blood pouring from their mouths and collecting at their feet. Venom quickly rose back to his feet and backed off cautiously.

            The Lizard rose as well but found he was limping. Upon closer inspection he was dismayed to find the bone was shattered and that the skin hung on it by several strands of flesh. He hissed in pain and clutched the wound as blood seeped out from the torn muscle.

            He didn't notice Venom's approach and was dealt a blow across the jaw for his carelessness. Lizard tumbled on the ground and crashed against the hood of a jeep.

            "You're finished, Connors." Venom declared staring at the Lizard's injury, "You never had a chance; we're too good for you."

            The Lizard managed to spring forward and swipe Venom with his tail throwing him into a newspaper stand. "I need not fear your threatsss, you wassste too much time gloating."

            Both creatures launched what assaults they could. Venom slammed his right against Lizard while the reptilian abomination smashed both his fist against Venom's battered jaw.

            Jan stared out of the cockpit of the helicopter. The pilot turned the corner and immediately they were greeted by the sight of the Lizard and Venom tearing each other apart in the city streets. "Christ, look at that."

            The block had been literally torn apart by the feud. The pilot could barely see through the smoke bellowing from nearly every building around them.

            "Bring us in close and charge the sonic gun. I'll fire and then you deploy the electron-field when the suit has been disabled." Jan stated.

            The pilot nodded, "Understood." He jerked the joystick down and the chopper descended. Without warning, a flash of red and blue leaped past the cockpit also heading for the battle. "Wow! What the hell was that?"

            Jan sneered at the figure entering the battle. "Spider-Man."

            The Lizard wrapped his tail around Venom's neck and mercilessly began to strangle the life out of him. "Not asss defensssless as you would have hoped, eh?" A smirk wrapped across his lips. His mind had almost reached its most feral state yet.

            Any hopes of capturing him or S.H.I.E.L.D. arriving in time had evaporated. The only motive on Lizard's mind was killing his unstoppable opponent. "What!" He blurted.

            Spider-Man came down slamming both his feet on Lizard and hopping off landing a few feet from him. The latter collapsed to the ground to stunned to even react with cries of pain.

            Venom was freed from Lizard's grasp and fell down to his knees gasping for air. It only took a moment for him to recover. "Parker, you came back for us?" He stood back up with blood streaming from a gash on his forehead that had yet to heal. "We're impressed." It said sarcastically.

            "Well, I didn't want Connors here to hog all the action." Peter replied concealing the syringe in a small web-pouch in his hands. He did what he could to hide the terror that threatened to overtake him. There was no denying it, he was afraid.

            Venom charged at his prey suddenly gaining a second wind at his appearance. Peter backed off and dodged the initial charge. "Got to keep moving; I have to be smarter this time."

            Peter landed a glancing strike with a few kicks that kept Venom nipping at Peter's heels. He moved from the street towards the sidewalk luring Venom into closer quarters. Like a puppy the symbiote followed.

            Venom landed in front of Peter using his superior strength. "We'll eat your flesh!"

            "Somebody's been watching a little too much Freddy Krueger movies." Peter replied landing a powerful uppercut that forced Venom back a few steps.

            With his rage building up to a breaking point Venom lashed out swing his fist as hard as he could. Peter easily dodged such a clumsy move and landed a few painful jabs into Venom's ribcage.

            Gwen Stacy kept her eyes focused on the news reports each one more outlandish than the last. In the other room, Mary Jane could barely keep from vomiting. Her chest felt as if someone was squeezing the air out of her. It was like drowning.

            "I'm just going to wake up, Pete." Gwen said finally becoming impatient with all this waiting.

            "No!" MJ yelled from the kitchen into the living room. "He usually sleeps late. Just g-give him time." A tear streamed down from her face. She wiped it away as hard as she could. Uncle Ben was still sleeping; he'd be a nervous wreck when he saw this.

            "Hey, MJ, look at this." Gwen called casually.

            She brushed away a few strands of glorious red hair from her face. She looked totally disheveled. She wore her grief on her sleeves practically. "What?" MJ asked hiding her emotional level.

            "Spider-Man just showed up." Gwen said pointing to the television. The image was from a news chopper flying over a street that resembled something from a textbook photo of Germany after the war.

            MJ's face changed from misery to excitement. "Yes!" She roared happily. The feed given showed Spider-Man pounding Venom back, "Yes-yes-yes!" MJ hopped up and down laughing. Then she noticed Gwen was staring at her. She calmed herself down and then shrugged, "Sorry, I just sort of have a thing for him."

            "Oh."

            Suddenly, Venom seemed to have grabbed Spider-Man's fist. MJ's eye widened, "Come on."

            "You're doing better Parker." Venom said crunching Peter's hand in his fist. "Good, we want this to be nice and sweet." With his free hand he slammed Peter in the face throwing him against the side of a car.

            Glass was shattered the exterior was deformed with his impact. Venom leapt towards Peter without warning. Relying on instinct he managed to barely dodge it. For a moment Venom was up against the car, confused. This was the best shot he had gotten so far.

            Peter slammed the syringe into Venom's arm and injected the adrenaline blocker into his bloodstream. "How's that taste."

            "What was that?" Venom swiped Peter away from him and ripped the syringe from his arm. "Your pathetic trips won't stop us!" He took a step towards his quarry only to be stopped when the street started to spin. "What is this?" He shook his head trying to regain his balance. "Wh-what did you do to me?"

            "Put you out of commission, Brock." Peter took a step towards him confidently. "You're finished."

            Venom lashed out angrily, "No, you can't beat us!" He swung his arm only for Peter to dodge it and land an elbow to his face. He stumbled back but attacked again and met with similar results but no with a kick to the jaw. "No, please, we were supposed to win! We're stronger!"

            "You're a child." Peter wrapped his hand around Venom's neck and picked the symbiote from off the ground. "You just look for attention and devotion because you were never able to stand on your two feet. Well, I'm going to solve your problems for you." He closed his fist and pulled it back, "This ends here, Venom."

            "No, please." Venom covered his face as best as he could, "We don't want to die. Mercy, please."

            "Mercy?" Peter roared, "You want mercy! After everything you've done, you want mercy?" He shook his head angrily, "No! I am going to kill you! You tried to take everything I love! Now I'm going to repay the favor."