BGM-Spider-Man: Web of Shadows OST-Web of Shadows

Spider-Man: Look out! It's your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man! After freeing Vulture and Rouge from the symbiotes, I was given the choice to activate the Sonic Emitter or destroy it and keep my Black Suit. I was nearly convinced to destroy it until the memories of my friends and family reminded me of who I am. I activated the machine and destroyed all the symbiotes, or so I thought. Venom, Carnage, and Salem survived and are attacking the Tricarrier, so the New Avengers and I are off to stop them. There's nowhere else to run, Salem! Let's end this once and for all!

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Issue 23: Symbiote Dimensions (Part 1)-The Final Haunt

SHIELD Tricarrier

BGM-Transformers: Fall of Cybertron OST- The Great Exodus ~ Till All Are One

High above Manhattan, Spider-Man rides atop of the Moon Copter as it flies towards the massive SHIELD Tricarrier, which is attacked by the Symbiote Rulers and their vicious army. 'I fear the only way to destroy the creatures, is to destroy the ship.' Moon Knight proclaimed through the heroes' comm link.

"Sure, crash the Tricarrier. Any suggestions?" Spidey remarks dryly.

'A series of carefully-placed bombs would start a chain reaction, destroying the ship. You will find bombs in the hanger deck.' Moon Knight suggested.

"Great. Where's the hanger deck?" Spidey quipped.

'Behind those massive locked doors.' Moon Knight replied. 'I could hack those open if it wasn't for those anti-jamming defense emitters. Take those out, and I'll be able to hack through.'

"Take me in. I'm gonna end this right here, right now." Spidey declared.

'Good luck, Spider-Man.' said Moon Knight, as the webslinger jumps off to a hovercraft.

Spider-Man webzips to the flight deck, which is infested with symbiotes that have already corrupted SHIELD agents shooting at him. "Hold your horses! I'm no longer bonded to a symbiote!" quips Spidey, dodging their relentless gunfire.

"But they are!" Jessica Jones announces her presence, flying past the webslinger to uppercut an infected SHIELD agent.

"All of SHIELD have gone crazy!" said Thing, charging through a symbiote crowd, then jumps high into the air to cannonball a Symbiote Berserker, "It's up to us New Avengers to knock some sense back into 'em!"

"GO, Spider-Man! Disable the jamming devices! We got your back!" said Wolverine, as his claws slash wildly as he tears through the massive symbiote horde.

Spidey lifts up the lid of a jamming device while replying, "Thanks, guys!" and punches the device to oblivion.

'That's one! Two more at the back of the ship!' Moon Knight informs the webslinger.

Spider-Man swings to the back of the ship, swiftly dodging fire from below and countering symbiotes from above. As he nears the rear deck, an army of flying symbiotes led by a Symbiote Teryx Grimm block him, much to his shock. The Teryx roars, commanding its army fly ahead of it. "Anyone want to help little ol' Spidey form being bird food?" Spidey jokingly asks while dodging the ferocious tackles of the symbiotes.

Suddenly, the flying symbiote army was massacred out of the sky by the rebuilt Omega firing his gatling guns from the ground. "Nice shot, Omega! Good to see you lock and loaded!" Spidey compliments the Super Badnik.

"SHIELD repaired me using components from a War Machine Armor. Appropriate I use its weapons to finish the war against the symbiotes." Omega replied.

Near the robot, Daredevil lashes out at all symbiotes around him, knocking them down, "Hurry, Spider-Man! Destroy the jamming devices!"

"I'm on it! Just give me cover!" Spidey zips to the second jamming device. As he opens the lid, a Symbiote Slasher lunges at him but was quickly blocked by the indestructible skin of Luke Cage.

"Give the man his space!" quips Luke, smashing his fist onto the symbiote's face and sending it flying off the ship.

Spidey destroys the second jamming device and hurries to destroy the last one. While he does, Raven comes to his protection after spotting symbiotes about to attack him. The tribal huntress executes a single, impossibly fast sword strike at the symbiotes, killing them in a blink of an eye.

"You finished?" Raven asks the webslinger, watching him disable the last jamming device.

Spidey nods to her, "Yeah! Moon Knight, do your hacking thing!"

'Done. Hanger deck doors are opening, but I'm picking up symbiotes guarding the area!' said Moon Knight, opening the outer doors into the hanger deck.

'We'll clear the area before you get here, Spidey!' Yang responded through the comms.

Dropping into the hanger deck is a team consisting of Blake, Yang, and Iron Fist. The bombs are guarded by Symbiote Berserkers and Beringels, who all roar at the incoming heroes. Iron Fist fires a chi blast that stuns most of the symbiotes, allowing Blake to dash and slash them at high speed while creating clones that deal followup slashes. Yang recoils herself and delivers a powerful kick at a Berserker before it could launch its own attack. She uppercuts it into the air for Iron Fist, who slams his chi fist into the chest of the alien and smashing it onto the ground to ensure a shockwave that eliminates the remaining guards.

Yang touches her earpiece, "Hanger deck's all clear, Webs."

Immediately after, Spidey swings into the hanger deck and shares a passionate hug with his ex-girlfriend, "I am so glad you're okay. I'm so sorry for what I did to you and your mom. I didn't mean-."

"It's alright. No need to apologize. I'm just happy you're you again." smiles Yang, letting go of the hug.

"To be honest, I'm gonna miss the Black Suit. Still think black looks better on you than red." Blake quipped.

"Make me a non-living duplicate for my birthday." quips Spidey, taking a bomb from its cache and webbing it to his back.

"We'll keep this place guarded until all the bombs are planted. Good luck, Spider-Man." Iron Fist said to his fellow Avenger.

"Thanks." Spidey replied, then looks at Yang, "After all of this, we're going to the movies."

Yang smiles with a shrug, "It's a date."

Spider-Man swings out of the hanger deck and towards the flight deck. While swinging through the air, he is assisted by Electro devastating flying symbiotes with lightning bolts. And as the webslinger lands behind a large gun turret, he spots Rhino charging through symbiotes and impaling one with his horn. "Thanks for the help, fellas!" Spidey said, thanking his villains for aiding him.

"I'm only helping you 'cause these bastards killed my sister." Electro scoffed.

"Leave the ugly aliens to us, webhead! Blow up this ship!" Rhino said.

Nodding to his friendly enemies, Spidey runs along the turret until he webzips straight through the gun and arrives in its interior. He drops the bomb into a hole before slingshoting himself out of the turret. He lands near the recovered Mercury Black and Emerald Sustrai fighting off symbiotes.

"You two are here as well?" Spidey questions both the assassin and the thief.

Mercury grins, "As if I'll allow you and Cinder all the fun."

"You freed us from the symbiotes and protected Cinder while I couldn't. This is the least we can do." Emerald smiles at the wallcrawler.

"Speaking of Cinderella, is she still bonded to the Toxin Symbiote?" Spidey asked in concern for the symbiote maiden.

"Surprisingly." Emerald shrugged, "Apparently, the symbiote had bonded to her DNA, making her a perfect host for Toxin and becoming one. The bomb did nearly kill her though. Right now, she's helping some of the heroes retake control of the defense system. If anyone could do it, it's her." She proclaimed, having faith in Cinder to succeed in her mission.

Meanwhile with Toxin's group…

The Symbiote Maiden is part of a team consisting of Rouge, Winter, and Mockingbird as they fight a horde of monstrous symbiotes through the interior of the Tricarrier. "How close are we to the command deck?" Cinder asks while slashing down a symbiote.

"Nearly there." says Mockingbird, jumping away from a turret shot, "The Symbiotes have turned the whole ship against us. We need to reconfigure so we can find out where Salem is."

Shortly after, Rouge kicks down a door that leads into the command deck, which has been conquered by symbiotic SHIELD agents. Toxin morphs her arm into a bow and launches fire arrows at the roaring symbiotes, stunning them. Mockingbird catapults an aerial somersault attack on a stunned alien and ends with a downward slash with her batons. She stands behind a computer and quickly hacks into it, "Give me cover while I regain control!"

While Winter sends a symbiote reeling with a series of slashes, Rouge kicks another across the face. And as Toxin webs the security turrets, Mockingbird finished restoring the defense system to their side, "Done! Tricarrier's back to our control!"

"For the next few minutes before we blow it up." quips Rouge, noticing the security weapons now attacking symbiotes.

"Check security cameras. Pinpoint the location of Salem or Carnage." Winter orders the SHIELD agent.

"Don't forget Venom." Cinder remarks with her arms crossed, wanting to save Eddie from his symbiote.

Mockingbird complies to her orders and searches for the Symbiote Rulers through security footage. One of the cameras show live footage of Salem and Devil Carnage hijacking the armory and switching between safes, "No sign of Venom, but I did find Salem and Carnage! They're in the armory trying to steal something!" Bobbi touches her earpiece, "Hear that, Carol? Head for the armory!"

Meanwhile with Shadow's group…

"On our way! And thanks for shutting down the shields!" Captain Marvel replies through the comms, leading a team consisting of herself, Dr. Strange, Shadow, and Qrow through a hallway, "Whatever Salem wants in the armory, she didn't want anyone to interrupt her."

"What does SHIELD have that Salem wants so badly?" Qrow wondered.

"You can ask her yourself once we stop her." Shadow replied stoically.

The second the heroes barge into the armory, Devil Carnage lunges at them with a swinging axe-arm and a psychotic laugh. Narrowly, the heroes jump back from his axe swing. Shadow quickly counters with a Spin Dash that knocks back the empowered symbiote. "Nice new look, Carnage. Did your sister give it to you?" Captain Marvel mocks the psychopath's new form.

"Actually, she did. Gave me magic powers and everything. Said I'm stronger than even a Maiden, whatever those are." Devil Carnage quipped.

Qrow scowls, posing with his scythe, "I want to meet the moron who thought it was a good idea to give a psychopath magic powers."

"Oh, I assure you. I am no moron…" quips Salem, walking away from an open safe and standing next to Carnage, "Though I will admit, you arrived sooner than expected. Alas, it doesn't change anything."

"Whatever you stole, you're not leaving with it. There's no way out. Give up! It's over!" said Shadow, as he and his team confront the villains.

Salem grins, "Over? No, Shadow…" She fires an explosive mystic bolt at the floor in front of the heroes, blinding them with smoke as she and Carnage walk away, "The best is yet to come. At the flight deck." She said, cluing them to their next destination as she warps herself and Carnage out of the armory.

"She wants an audience." Strange quipped.

"Then let's give her one." Carol touches her earpiece, "Avengers! Assemble at the flight deck! Salem is hosting a show!" She orders her allies before her group head back the way they came.

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Meanwhile with Spider-Man…

The amazing webslinger planted a bomb underneath the Tricarrier before swinging towards the flight deck. He finds all of his friends gathering in front of Salem and Devil Carnage, both that have been waiting for them. Spider-Man lands in front of his friends next to Shadow, and together, they confront the villainous symbiotes.

"Good work on making it this far…Allow me to praise you first. Spider-Man. I'm very impressed that you broke free from my mind control…" Salem smiles, greeting her gathered enemies.

"Thanks for that. I don't like people invading my personal space, so I'm glad to pay you back!" Spidey confronts her with that quippy declaration.

Shadow steps forward, "You're the one responsible for centuries of villainy on Remnant! Today's the day your tyranny ENDS!"

BGM-Shadow the Hedgehog OST-Showdown

Salem chuckles calmly at their threats, "How foolish…I am no longer the Salem you once knew. I have been reborn into the Symbiote Queen! And the Grimm-Symbiotes are MORE than superior…we are PERFECT! Do you REALLY think you have any REAL chance of defeating us?" She laughed.

"It's you who should be scared, Salem!" Shadow retorts, which quiets the queen as she listens.

Spidey points at the queen, "It doesn't matter WHO you are. You could be the Clown Queen for all I care. I made a promise to my friends to save the world they love so much…and I WILL!"

Salem scoffs with a stoic expression, "Then allow me to explain to you! How foolish and incompetent you inferior creatures are!" She summons her Chaos Emerald into her hand, then summons all seven Cosmic Emeralds as they float above her, much to the shock of the heroes.

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"Whaa?! The Cosmic Emeralds?!" Spidey remarked.

BGM-Shadow the Hedgehog OST-Definition of Insanity

"Now, the time is ripe! We will now commence the Summoning Ritual! Chaos…CONTROL!" yelled Salem, unleashing a massive Chaos Control that emits a white light which covers everything.

"Impossible! When did she learn THAT?!" Shadow retorts, as he and his allies cover their eyes from the massive light.

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BGM-Shadow the Hedgehog OST- The World Came Crumbling Down

The white light encompasses the entire planet and its orbit. Suddenly, three planets appear from a green light and circle Earth's orbit. Those planets happen to be Mobius, Remnant, and a mysterious orange planet. The orange planet then shoots out three massive symbiotic tendril-like roots at each of the three planets: Earth, Mobius, and Remnant, with each of their skies slowly being wrapped by the roots.

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BGM-Shadow the Hedgehog OST-My Perfect Plan

Back on Earth, Carnage stares at the night sky and notice the new planets and the symbiote roots wrapping around their worlds, "Wooowww. You actually gone and did it." He compliments his symbiote queen.

"Wh-What just happened?!" asked Captain Marvel, confused and horrified at what Salem had done.

Just then, the New Avenger receive a call from Ruby through their earpieces, 'Are you guys seeing what we're seeing on Remnant?!'

Suddenly, Sonic chimes in, 'Our planets are now sharing the same universe! Shadow! Was that-?!'

Shadow grunts, scowling at the symbiote queen, "Salem…She WARPED Mobius, Remnant, and some 'Symbiote World' to orbit Earth using Chaos Control!" He announced, completely shocking his allies with this horrifying news.

Cinder sweats with stunning disbelief, "Th-That can't be possible…?!"

"You were after the Cosmic Emeralds all along…To bring forth the TRUE invasion!" Spidey said to Salem, shockingly realizing her true mission.

Salem chuckles calmly, "…That's right. I had Venom use a Symbiote Stone to signal the nearest symbiote homeworld for invasion. Knowing that Mobius and Remnant, as well as the Chaos Emeralds, will be a threat, I needed the Cosmic Emeralds to warp them to the same reality and conquer all three worlds simultaneously. Using the space-time properties of Chaos Control was inspired by you, Spider-Man, during your final battle with Green Goblin to revive our universes. But I should really be thanking the progenitor of the technique, Black Doom. Your father, Shadow the Hedgehog." She proclaimed, shocking her enemies.

"Father?!" Qrow remarked.

"How do you know about him?" Shadow asks in shock and surprise.

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BGM-Shadow the Hedgehog OST-Professor's Fault

Salem explains herself, "Agent Rouge told me everything about you when she was part of the Hive. Black Doom was the leader of the Black Arms, the dimensional counterpart to the Symbiotes. He made a deal with your other creator, Professor Gerald Robotnik, to create the ultimate living weapon from his blood to retrieve the Chaos Emeralds for universal conquest. The one who was born from that deal…" She points at Shadow, "Was YOU, Shadow. The immortal hedgehog born from darkness."

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The heroes that weren't aware of Shadow's dark origins were left speechless. They were stunned to hear that he has the blood of an alien warlord that once tried to conquer the universe in the past. "Immortal…? That explains why he is so powerful. The son of an alien devil…He and Salem are more alike than I imagined…" Raven muttered.

Rouge grits her teeth with rage at the symbiote queen, "You soulless witch! How DARE you use me to reveal his secrets!"

Salem crosses her arms with her eyes closed, "The Ultimate Lifeform. Fighting for a world that FEARS your power." She addresses the black hedgehog, "They once locked you away because of it. What will stop humanity from doing it again? From trying to control you? How long will it be before you're just another weapon?" She asked, causing him to growl with rage, "Do you know who you really are? Do you know what your purpose is? Do you really think you are on the right side-?"

Suddenly, Spidey had the guts to web Salem's mouth to stop her from talking, much to her surprise and anger as she glares at him. "Man, you don't know when to shut up. Or make up new material." He quipped, "Unlike you, Shadow has learned from the past to build his own future. He saved the world several times with his powers, and will do it again. Don't act all cocky just because you warped a Planet of the Symbiotes. Divided or united, as long as ONE of us still stands, creeps like you will never win."

"Big words." quips Carnage, as Salem furiously rips off the webbing from her mouth, "Then the three of us will just have to KILL YOU ALL!"

"Three?" Spidey remarks in confusion.

BGM-Spider-Man: Web of Shadows OST-Track 21

'OH NO!' Moon Knight shouted through the heroes' comms after spotting something terrible from his Moon Copter.

Spidey touches his earpiece, "Moon Knight?! What happened?!"

Suddenly, a terrifyingly massive tentacle slam near the large assembly of heroes and villains. More massive tendrils were spotted rising from the edges of the Tricarrier, with one of them slamming so close to Spider-Man, stunning him with fear, "Ooooh boy…" He and his horrified friends look ahead and spot the source of the tendrils ominously climbing from underneath the ship and behind Salem and Carnage. It's a terrifyingly massive, five-headed Hydra-like symbiotic creature with bony spikes along its body and draconic wings on its back. Four of the heads are small compared to the main big one that has a mysterious white spiral on its forehead.

Cinder lowly gasps in shock and surprise as she recognizes the mutated symbiote, "Eddie…?"

The mutated Mega Venom stares down at the tiny heroes before looking at the bombs that Spider-Man planted earlier, now in his possession. "WHAT ARE THESE PETTY LITTLE THINGS?" Venom asked with a loud voice, allowing one of his heads to swallow the bombs and spit them off of the ship.

"Sweet Christmas…" muttered Luke, horrified at what he is staring at.

"Daddy! My, look how BIG you've grown! What did you eat? A Symbiote Stone?" Carnage quipped, jokingly revealing that Venom is harnessing the full power of his Symbiote Stone.

Spidey glares at Mega Venom, "You are in WAY over your multiple heads! YOU, your little family, that Symbiote World, and this ship are going DOWN!"

"I THINK NOT. WE CANNOT BE STOPPED. WE SHALL USE THIS VESSEL TO TAKE THIS UNIVERSE WHILE OUR WORLD BLACKENS ALL OF YOURS." Venom replied.

"What about the INNOCENT, Eddie?! THIS is against EVERYTHING you BELIEVE!" Spidey furiously retorts at his corrupted friend.

"EDDIE BROCK IS SUCH A 'SMALL' PART OF WHAT WE ARE…BUT YOU…" Venom narrows his gaze at Spider-Man, "YOUR POWER WILL COMPLETE US."

In response, Spider-Man unsheathes an aura stinger, "Over my dead BODY!" He retorts, prompting his friends to get into fighting positions.

"AS YOU WISH." Venom responded, prompting Salem and Carnage to take their fighting stances for the final showdown.

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BGM-Spider-Man: Web of Shadows OST-Mega Venom

Mega Venom spits out several symbiotes from its main mouth, commanding them as well as Salem and Devil Carnage to attack the heroes. "Everyone, protect Spider-Man! AVENGERS ASSEMBLE!" Captain Marvel rallies her team against the symbiotes.

Rhino charges through the symbiote horde with assistance from Wolverine, Raven and Blake slashing the ones on the sides, clearing a path for a majority of the heroes to launch a massive assault on Mega Venom. Captain Marvel flies around, blasting the massive symbiote in its back and wings. Omega fires missiles at his chest, while the Moon Copter launches hellfire missiles at his head to weaken him.

"WE WILL DESTROY YOU ALL! THERE IS NO ESCAPE!" Mega Venom burst with tendrils to deflect the missiles while knocking back Captain Marvel. He fires a laser from his main mouth, nearly blasting the Moon Copter out of the sky, while two of his heads web Omega.

"Can't we talk about this?" quips Spidey, webstriking and stabbing his aura stinger through a Venom head before swinging away.

"THERE IS NOTHING TO TALK ABOUT. YOUR TIME HAS COME, SPIDER-MAN!" Venom retorts, launching tendrils from his body to attack the webslinger.

"Don't you think it's time we patched up our differences? Tell me how you're feeling. Do you want a hug?" Spidey quips, dodging and bouncing off his tendril barrage.

"REJOIN US. REMNANTS OF THE GRIMM-SYMBIOTE SLEEP IN YOUR VEINS." says Venom, grabbing the webslinger with several tendrils and slowly pull him towards his chest, "WITH OUR POWERS COMBINED ONCE MORE, WE WLL BECOME THE ULTIMATE BEING OF DESTRUCTION!"

Suddenly, Wolverine and Winter slice Spider-Man free from the tendrils. Iron Fist delivers a powerful chi uppercut to Venom's main jaw, stunning him for Carol to blast down the head. "Sorry, Venom, but we're just no good together. Consider yourself rejected." quips Spidey, webzipping into one of the mouths and destroys it from within.

"YOU WILL REJECT US NO MORE. WE WILL FIX THIS PROBLEM…THE PROBLEM THAT IS YOU." Venom lash out tendrils on most of the heroes, stunning the likes of Spidey and trapping him in a web cocoon. His fists and claws attack him, slam him into the ground, and would've finished him off with a drill claw if Rouge didn't come to his rescue and fly him away.

"You sure know how to pick 'em." Rouge jokingly said to the webslinger.

"Can't you take a hint? Spidey's not interested in you and your goo." quips Yang, standing atop of a head and repeatedly punching it with explosive punches.

"THE SPIDER IS OURS!" Mega Venom retorts, smacking the huntress away with a tendril.

"And I thought Adam was obsessive." quips Blake, creating five fire clones for Omega to shoot into a Venom mouth until it explodes.

Meanwhile, Devil Carnage laughs as he's about to slam his large twin axe-arms onto Toxin. She jumps away from his attack, only to be immediately caught by his webline and thrown across the Tricarrier. He dashes at her with his axe-arms, assaulting her with a spin slash then a vicious flurry of slashes, "You're showing your age, kid. I'll get rid of those frown lines for ya!" He slams his axes onto the ground, protruding massive spikes towards Toxin, who quickly flies away from them and hover in the air.

Emerald shoots ineffective bullets at Carnage to distract him, allowing Toxin to slam a barrage of flaming web balls down at her symbiote father, "If you didn't want me…why did you have me?"

Carnage deflects some of her fireballs, "A question I ask myself."

"Then ask yourself why won't you leave me ALONE!" shouts Cinder, knocking down her father with a large burning web ball.

"And let you grow big and strong?" said Carnage, while Daredevil tries to choke him with his clubs, "Grgh! Stronger than me?!" The symbiote then gets punched away by Jessica, "Fuck that! I'm not above having fun murdering a baby!" He leaps into the floor, morphing into a massive puddle that moves around and scratches all of the heroes with a flurry of protruding spikes.

"SHE CAN NEVER BE ALLOWED TO FEEL THE CHAPE OF LONG PANTS. METAPHORICALLY SPEAKING." Mega Venom remarked.

Carnage morphs back into his normal form, "Whatever the hell THAT means."

"DIDN'T THEY TEACH YOU ANYTHING AT SCHOOL?" Venom asked his son.

"School? I didn't go to no school." Carnage replied, jumping high into the air and bombarding his foes with sharp tendrils.

"RIGHT. YOU'RE AN AUTODIDACT." Venom commented.

"Get outta here! I'm self-taught, man!" quips Carnage, falling down and colliding his fist with Cinder's flaming fist, emitting a massive shockwave.

"WHY DO I HAVE THE AWFUL FEELING WE'RE KILLING THE WRONG SYMBIOTE?" Venom quipped, spitting out more symbiotes to give Mockingbird and Omega some trouble.

"Hey, you raised him." quips Spidey, swinging around Venom and hitting him with web blasts.

"NO. WE TRIED TO KILL HIM." Venom retorts with tendril strikes.

"And THAT'S the problem." Spidey remarks while dodging the tendrils.

"Do not allow Carnage's uniqueness distract you from our mission." Salem said to Venom while clashing mystic bolts with Dr. Strange.

"Hear that? Your Aunt just called me unique." quips Carnage, slicing Toxin's arm off while she yells in pain.

"The way I see it, your entire family is uniquely crazy!" Thing remarks while smacking Salem from behind her head.

Carnage drives a large and sharp tendril into Toxin and yanks her towards him. Enraged over the loss of her arm, Toxin explodes with flames, freeing herself and burning Carnage at the same time. Toxin regrows her arm while Mercury hits Carnage's face with an explosive flying kick, which barely pushed him back. The psychopath smacks the assassin away before being assaulted by a flurry of flaming slashes from Toxin's armblade.

Nearby, Salem gets pushed back by the combined power of Strange, Thing, Qrow, and Shadow. With a scoff, she summons her magic symbiote scepter to wield with her right hand and opens a dark portal above herself that launches several energy orbs at her enemies. The group were knocked down except for Shadow, who warped away from the blasts to hit Salem's head with a Homing Attack and knock her back.

"Those humans have brainwashed you and your feeble mind. Allow me to remind you of the truth!" Salem taunts the black hedgehog.

"I've heard JUST about enough from you! You really enjoy hearing yourself talk…don't you?" Shadow quipped.

At the same time, both dark warriors tackle each other at incredible speeds and knock each other back. They jump into the air and teleport, moving faster than the eye can see as they clash all over the Tricarrier before returning to the flight deck where Shadow collides his energy fist with Salem's scepter. Their clash discharges incredible energy, with both combatants scowling and struggling to overcome the other.

"Impudent hedgehog…why do you resist?" Salem asked, before their stalemate pushes each other backwards.

"A LONG time ago, I made myself a promise. I put the past behind me and REFUSE to let anyone tell me how to live my life. This is WHO I AM!" Shadow responded.

"I see…Then come. Show me the power of the so-called 'Ultimate Lifeform'." Salem goaded him to another round of fighting.

"I don't care if you're an immortal, because before this is over, I will show you the TRUE power of Chaos Control!" Shadow declared.

Shadow dashes at full speed towards Salem. The dark witch fires an energy sphere with the intent to trap him, but Shadow easily warps away from it and reappears behind her to deliver a lightning-fast combo of devastating attacks while he chuckles ominously. He kicks her away, but she quickly stops herself and lashes out tendrils from her scepter. Shadow jumps above them and shouts, "Disappear! CHAOS SPEAR!" and hurls energy bolts down at the witch. She blocks the explosive attacks with a barrier, but was immediately surprised when Shadow appears behind her with a grin, "Gotcha!" and traps her in an energy sphere that distorts space.

"Good technique, Shadow!" said Dr. Strange, conjuring a massive glyph beneath the trapped Salem, "Now let us combine our power!"

"You brave enough to handle THIS?" Shadow taunts her, "Sayonara. Chaos…BLAST!" He snaps his finger to initiate the technique.

"BY THE FLAMES OF THE FALTINE!" Strange yelled.

The energy sphere detonates and explodes from within, seconds before Salem was consumed in a gigantic pillar of fire followed by a massive explosion. "Did you get her?" asked Qrow, as he and Thing regroup with Shadow and Strange. They stare at the massive smoke left from the explosion, then notice ominous red eyes glowing from within. Suddenly, Shadow gets entrapped by a magical sphere while Strange, Thing, and Qrow are pulled down and restrained by tendrils from the floor.

Salem rises from the smoke, looking relatively unscathed as she hovers in the air, "Excellent strategy." She mocked them, "Unfortunately for you, I took the precaution of using magic to modify my symbiote. No longer am I vulnerable to fire and sound." She throws her scepter near her restrained enemies, and draws her symbol creating a magic circle to hit them with an explosion in it.

Shadow's group was knocked back from the massive explosion, looking wounded as they have some trouble standing on their feet. Before Salem could launch another deadly attack, she was devastatingly struck down by a bolt of pure lightning from the sky. The attack was so powerful that it nearly destroyed her symbiote and caused her to scream, "AAAAAAAAAAH!"

"THAT was for my sister, bitch!" said Electro, landing near Shadow's group.

Shadow mockingly smirks at the wounded witch, "Well, well. What you lost from fire and sound, you gained to electricity. It doesn't matter what you make yourself. You will ALWAYS have a weakness." He notes her weakness to electricity, visibly angering the witch.

Meanwhile, the Moon Copter lights up Mega Venom with its 20mm cannons and hellfire missiles, nearly depleting his Aura. Venom roars furiously while firing a powerful energy beam from his main mouth at the Copter, finally blowing it up. Thankfully, Moon Knight ejected before the explosion and lands next to his allies.

Raven stabs a Venom head with her fire sword, forcing it to open its mouth. Roaring, Wolverine jumps into the mouth and slashes the head from within until it blows up. "Open wide." said a smiling Rouge, hovering near Luke Cage as he struggles to open a Venom head wide open while trying not to be eaten. Rouge throws several bombs into the mouth and leaves with Luke before they explode, obliterating the remaining small head.

Weakened by the loss of his small heads, Mega Venom collapses on the flight deck. Immediately after, Rhino manages to impale Devil Carnage with his horn before Yang punches him off, causing him to crash in front of Venom. Right after that, Electro and Strange combine their lightning attacks and blast Salem in front of Venom as well. Before they could retaliate, both Carnage and Salem were webbed by the likes of Spider-Man and Toxin.

"Is it time to unleash the Chaos Inferno?" Omega asked the members of Team Dark.

Rouge smiles, "I believe so. Shadow?"

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Shadow grabs his green Chaos Emerald while shouting, "CHAOS CONTROL"! He freezes time while Rouge lifts Omega up into the air by his head. Omega then reconfigures his arms into laser cannons and fires giant purple laser beams down at the frozen symbiotes.

With a simple snap of his fingers, Shadow release his enemies from the time freeze, causing them to instantly feel that devastating team attack which ended with a massive explosion. The force from the attack was so powerful that it flung away the Chaos Emerald that was in Salem's possession, which is swiftly caught by Shadow.

"Shadow! The final Chaos Emerald!" Spidey noted.

"Finally…I finally obtained all the Chaos Emeralds. With their power, Salem and her army are finished!" Shadow declared.

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Suddenly, the smoke from the explosion disperse and reveal the wounded bodies of Salem and Devil Carnage, and an Aura-less Mega Venom. Salem grunts in pain, as her immortal body heals her wounds. Luke scowls with a scoff at her, "Self-healing. Gotta love it." He said sarcastically.

"That's the annoying thing about immortals. But it doesn't mean they're invincible, especially when they can't put up a fight against a spider and his amazing friends!" quips Spidey, mocking the immortal witch.

Salem scoffs stoically, "I see…Perhaps I have underestimated your inferiority as lifeforms…none the less…"

"THE TRUE POWER OF THE KLYNTAR WILL AT LAST BE UNLEASHED!" Mega Venom proclaimed. He looks to the sky and unleashes a mighty roar that shakes the heavens, "GROOAAAAAAAAAAH!"

The symbiotic roots that have nearly wrapped the entire Earth begin reacting to Venom's roar. Thunder crackles across the planet as the biggest Symbiote Army in history fall out in gunships and flying vehicles, with armored symbiotes carrying energy rifles and are all accompanied by Symbiote Dragons. One of the dragons leads the attack on Manhattan, as the aliens hit major cities around the world and cause significant damage simultaneously.

The heroes could do nothing but watch in shock and horror of the symbiotes falling out of the blacken sky. Mega Venom speaks, "THE ROOTS ARE NEAR IN DEVOURING YOUR WORLD INTO THE ABYSS. BEFORE LONG, OUR SPECIES WILL HAVE SPREAD OVER THE ENTIRE PLANET. IT IS ALL OVER FOR HUMANITY…" He looks down at Salem, "SALEM. HEAD TO THE SYMBIOTE WORLD. LAUNCH THE REMAINING FORCES ONTO MOBIUS AND REMNANT!" He laughed.

Salem smiles, "At once."

The symbiote witch opens a portal to the Symbiote World and walks through. "You have another thing coming if you think I'm gonna let you get away with this!" Spidey quips, web-zipping into the portal.

"There's no place you can run from me, Salem!" Shadow proclaims, following Spider-Man into the portal.

"NO! It's a trap!" Strange shouted at them, but it was too late as the portal closes.

"A trap where all of you will DIE!" laughs Devil Carnage, as he and his massive father confronts the remaining heroes for another round.

"Shadow…" Rouge said with a worried expression.

"Peter…" Yang muttered with a concerned face.

"We're counting on you two!" said Wolverine, sincerely wishing his friends luck before his group are ready to take on Mega Venom and Devil Carnage for their final battle.

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KFX Here: The final showdown has begun. If you've been paying attention, you would know that the heroes of Mobius and Remnant have been dealing with their own little symbiote invasion off-screen, so to speak. Now we're ready to see how each world are gonna tackle the TRUE invasion, while Spider-Man and Shadow faceoff against Salem in the Symbiote World (NOT Klyntar, aka the planet where Knull is sealed).

Question of the Chapter: Should I include the Gods of Remnant in the final battle against Salem? I have been thinking about it since they barely did anything in this series before they got killed. Explain why or why not.

Next Time: Advent of the Immortal Symbiote Goddess, Salem!

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