I saw it. I saw it happen. My father. That night. I saw it happen. My mother. They fought. The knife. AARRGGHH! DEAD! BASTARD! I can kill. Guts. GRANDMA! Another and another and another and another. HAHAHAHA! It only takes guts. Another. Everything is dead. EVERYTHING I TOUCH IS DEAD! It only takes guts.

Cletus sat on top of the Empire State Building. How did he get up here. He thought. I was in jail. That bum. Brock. Eddie Brock. He must have broken me out. YES! I'm back. Cletus got up and walked to the window.

Cletus- MONSTER!

He looked into the mirror and saw a horrible creature. It looked like red and black liquid. It was hunched over. It had sharp teeth. Rows of them. Giant white eyes. Cletus back away. He took one step too many. He fell over the edge. Cletus screamed as he fell closer and closer to the populated street below. He heard a THWIP. A long line of sticky red and black material shot out of his wrist and back to the top of the building. Cletus screamed as the liquid line pulled him back up. Before he knew it, he was standing on top of the Empire State Building again. He was looking through the window again. Looking at the reflection of himself. Of Cletus Kassidy. Of Carnage.

Spiderman swung through the city. He had to have been seeing things. Eddie Brock is dead. He should be dead. Is he. Thinking back, Spiderman never checked to make sure. But if that was him, where is he? Spiderman had been searching for hours. No sign of Venom or Eddie. Spiderman wasn't expecting to see Venom. He saw the ashes of the suit drift into the wind. The suit was dead. It had to be. But Eddie. Eddie was alive.

Carnage stood at the edge of the Empire State Building. He jumped down and landed on his feet. People saw him and ran.

Carnage- I'm gonna suck these people dry.

He grabbed the first guy he saw and bit his neck. He sucked every cup of blood from his body. He threw the dead, dry body to the ground. He grabbed a woman. Carnage laughed an evil laugh. He was answered with a kick in the face by a scarlet and blue boot. Spiderman was looked at the two bodies and almost threw up.

Spiderman- Oh god. Oh God Eddie. What did you do? You have to pay for this. Oh my God. Eddie. Eddie, What did you do!?!? EDDIE!!

Carnage- Why are you calling me Eddie? I'm not Eddie!

Spiderman- Venom, Eddie. WHATEVER! You…you…you killed them.

Carnage laughed.

Carnage- Isn't it great? HAHA! You want to go next?

Spiderman- This isn't funny. Oh my god.

Carnage grabbed a twelve year old boy. He opened his jaw. It dropped down farther than any jaw should drop.

Spiderman- NOOO!

He jumped at Carnage, tackled him, and threw the little boy far from the action.

Spiderman- You're sick.

Carnage just laughed and tackled Spiderman. Carnage beat Spiderman. Spiderman didn't even have a chance to throw a punch. Spiderman thought, How could Venom be so strong. He thought. This isn't Venom. It's Cletus Kassidy. From the prison. He managed to get the words out.

Spiderman- Kassidy?

Carnage stopped throwing punches.

Carnage- Close. You can call me Carnage. Now I am going to do what nobody else could do.

Carnage unhinged his jaw. He was going to actually eat Spiderman when he was sprayed with machine gun fire. He turned around to see a SWAT team unit. He looked at Spiderman's twitching body.

Carnage- We'll meet again.

He jumped about thirty feet in the air and landed on top of a building. Spiderman just laid there. He looked and saw Carnage leave. Thank God, he thought. He couldn't feel his legs. He was spitting blood behind his mask. He felt like there was a hole in his stomach. A medic ran over to him.

Medic- Spiderman?

No answer.

Medic- This guy needs help. He's really hurt. I'm gonna pull your mask off.

Spiderman- NOO!

Spiderman sickly got up.

Spiderman- Just let me be. Be careful. I need to get help with this guy. Thank you.

Spiderman slowly swung towards one of his trustworthy friends' house.

Dr. Curt Connors sat in his living room, reading a book. He heard a small rapping on the window. He walked over and opened it. Spiderman fell through.

Connors- Spiderman? What happened.

Spiderman- no time. I need help.

Connors- I'm sorry. I'm not that kind of doctor.

Spiderman- I helped you before. (referring to the Lizard fiasco) Help me now. Friend to friend. Teacher to student.

Connors- What?

Spiderman pulled off his mask to reveal Peter Parker. One of Connors' students.

Connors- Oh no, Peter. I can't help you. I have to make a phone call. You'll be ok.

Peter woke up two days later. He was in one of Connors' reliable friend's care. He was a good man. His name was Doctor Alan Goldberg. He was a good man. An expert. He walked in the room with Connors. Connors had been there every day.

Goldberg- Well you're finally up. It's about time.

Peter- Dr. Connors?

Connors- Don't worry. He doesn't know.

Peter- What happened?

Goldberg- You passed out at Connors house. He called me and we brought you here. You're in pretty bad shape. You broke three ribs and have internal bleeding. You have to stay here for a little while.

Peter- No. I have something that must be done.

Connors- No Peter! You can't stop him alone!

Peter- I know. I know the people to call.

About an hour later, Spiderman stood looking at the Baxter Building.

R&R Next Chapter will have the Fantastic Four and you'll finally find out what happened to Eddie Brock and Venom.