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Issue 4

Torment

Peter Parker jolted up right out of the bed he had been peacefully lying in just a moment before. A stab of pain in his chest caused him to lie back down into the bed. He was out of his costume.

He examined his surroundings. Standing by his bed was Tony Stark wearing a business suit. Mary Jane was sitting on a chair next to the bed as well.

"Are you all right?" Peter asked her remembering Osborn's threat to hurt her.

"Yes, I'm fine," she replied.

"Peter, what's going on?" Tony asked. "Venom showed up here and informed us that you were lying on a building a few blocks away."

"How'd I get here?" Peter asked glancing around the room. It was definitely his room in the Avengers tower.

"After Venom told us what had happened," Tony said. "I flew off to get you and then stopped at the nearest hospital. After they fixed you up we had you moved here."

"How long have I been unconscious?" Peter asked.

"About two days," Mary Jane replied.

"Peter, what happened?" Tony asked again.

Peter sighed and explained how Venom had attacked him, and that his new host was Norman Osborn.

"The symbiote bonded with Osborn?" Mary Jane said. "How'd that happen?"

"I don't know," Peter said. "He didn't bother to tell me."

"All right, Peter you get some sleep," Tony said. "The Avengers are searching for Venom right now. Just in case some of us are staying here to protect you in case Venom shows up."

Tony turned and left the room. Mary Jane left as well after bending over and kissing Peter on his cheek. She then left the room turning the lights off as she went.

Peter closed his eyes, but sleep did not come as thoughts of Venom whirled through his mind.

He heard a crash and his eyes snapped open. The entire wall of one side of his room had been torn away. Venom stood there glaring at him. Peter tried to yell for help but Venom had already shot a glob of webbing at his mouth. He then fired more and more webs at him and pulled him out of bed.

Peter cried out in pain as Venom dragged him from his bed. His wounds being aggravated. He tried to break lose but was too weak.

Venom dragged him out of the room and began to climb up the side of the building, pulling the dangling Spider-man behind him. Venom reached the roof and stood at it's edge, dangling Peter over the streets far below.

"Quite a view, eh?" Venom said. "Perhaps you'd like a closer look?"

And with that Venom let go of the web lines and let Peter drop. About two feet, before he shot another web to stop him from going any farther.

Venom started to haul Peter back up, when the door to the roof was blown off it's hinges. Captain America and Wolverine appeared from the opening. Iron-man was not present probably because he still had to get his armor on.

"Don't come near me," Venom threatened. "Or I'll drop Parker."

Captain America threw his shield at Venom. Venom dropped Peter and jumped over the shield as it flew off the roof. Within seconds Venom had closed the distance between him and the two Avengers. He shoved Captain America off the roof. He was only able keep from falling to his death by grabbing a hold of the building's edge.

Wolverine tried to slash Venom, but he was too slow. Venom leaped into the air and dropped a pumpkin bomb. Wolverine took the full force of the blast and was knocked unconscious.

Venom dropped back to the building's floor and walked past Wolverine's unconscious form toward the edge of the building where Spider-man had been dropped off. He stopped only to trap Captain America, who had climbed back onto the roof, in a web cocoon. Once he reached the edge he scanned the ground below for some trace of Spider-man's body. There was no sign that Spider-man had just fallen to his death. The activity on the street below looked normal.

Venom whirled around just as he was struck by a venom blast from Spider-woman. The blast sent him falling over the edge, but not before he saw Peter being carried by Spider-woman.