That night I went out like I normally did, I went out and beat on criminals.

Three men held up a convenient store. One even had a car which I took out by webbing it to the ground. The other two ran out and I kicked one across the face. He flew away into a light pole with a thud.

I turned to the other man, "You guys are the first crime of the night!"

He swung the bat in his hand at me, which I dodged without any issue. I fell back, catching myself with my hands and spinning around to send a kick into his side. He tumbled into the vehicle, getting stuck on the webbing I had previously put onto it.

The police had just arrived on the scene when I finished up. I saluted before leaping into the sky and casting a line of web away to search for more crimes.

I also came across a woman. She was professionally dressed as many were in Tokyo when they left their office. Behind her was a man that was walking speedily towards her. Once she moved into the alley, he began to speed up into the same alley.

I crept behind, waiting to see if he was up to no good. This was a good decision as he eventually grabbed her from behind in a parking lot next to a car she had just opened. He pulled her back into the alley, letting her struggle and try to break free. I had seen enough when he attempted to reach under her skirt the first time.

She pushed his head into the wall, giving her an opportunity to escape that she took readily. He almost went in for another strike but was stopped by my web. I yanked him into the air, webbing several parts of him so he couldn't move.

She turned back towards him with pepper spray, oblivious to the absence of her assailant.

"You know, this is a big issue with our nation today." I remarked. The lady looked up before exhaling with a smile.

"Thank you so much, Spider-Man!"

"Don't mention it," I replied before hopping to the opposite wall, "Call the police then get yourself home, ma'am."

I leapt back into the air, casting another web and yanking myself away from the scene.

The rest of the night carried on with things like that, small crimes here, robbery there, someone not paying attention to the road in other parts.

It wasn't until midnight that something finally came up.

Our Spider-Sense flared and Venom shouted, "Above!" before throwing a tendril from my side and pulling me towards a building! We stuck to it and now stared face-to-face with a dog that was floating from a fleshy set of wings attached to where its head should have been.

"A dog? Seriously, that's messed up."

The dog charged again, another fleshy tendril shifting into a blade and attempting to stab where I was. I leapt up, however, flipping over the side of the building and landing on top.

The possessed canine floated up and towards me. It spoke, which was something that somehow still surprised me, "It was an error, I will admit. Once I kill you, however, I will take over that body of yours. Then eating will be much easier."

It charged once more, the spiked tendril flied towards my face and I was forced into action again. This time, however, I caught the tendril. My arm began to swell first. The rest of my body followed suit, emerging into the beast known as Venom. I pushed the dog down, slamming it into the floor and creating a crater with it.

"Make that two errors." Venom remarked. We swung our arm diagonally, sending the enemy into a brick wall that cracked as it made impact.

The dog shook its body, rushing forward for a fourth time We prepared for the strike, but was instead grabbed ourselves by the dog and pulled upwards. We shot a web at it, smacking it right in the face with the webbing and causing it to stop flapping the fleshy wings altogether. As it fell, we grabbed the dog by the torso then chucked it downwards. It landed in the same crater, creating a larger dent in the rooftop.

We need to finish it off now! Before it can get the chance to get back up.

Venom answered me with a cackled, We have an idea.

Three tendrils were shot from our chest, smacking the intact parts of the roof and sticking. Immediately, the tendrils pulled us down at an accelerating rate!

"WHOOOOOA!"

I couldn't help but scream as we were sent through the rooftop. The symbiote must have taken control because when the dust cleared we were on top of the dog using our left foot alone. Its back half was crushed by our toppling weight and the fleshy parasite was being held by my right hand tightly.

I felt like throwing up.

"Let's eat."

That didn't help.

Venom ripped off the parasite from the body of the dog. The alien in the other alien's hand began to change shape away from the dog's disfigured head. This is what allowed me to let Venom eat it. Only barely, however.

The same surge of energy came from this parasite as the others, and it felt just as good.

For me, however, that was as much as I could take in a night.

Tony turned to Spider-Man with a sigh, "I've got some good news and some bad news."

Peter nodded, crossing his arms, "Okay, hit me with the bad news first."

"It will take a until the portal is home so you aren't bugging me in the meantime."

"First of all, no." The vigilante explained, "I want to get through there as soon as possible. If that means it will be three in the morning when I do, I'm okay with that."

"Peter." Reed put a hand on the hero's shoulder, "When you go into this portal, you won't be able to stay there for long. A couple days, at most. Your atoms will not be recognized by the dimension you travel into."

Tony continued by opening a hologram between the three of them. It showed a small disk-like item with a crystal on the inside that glowed a soft pink, "The only reason Venom and Carnage might still be alive is because of that bonding thing you mentioned earlier. I already started working on a device that will remedy that for you, but I'll need a few hours to complete it." The hologram disappeared, then Tony turned to the boy, "I understand why you want to get those symbiotes back somewhere you can keep an eye on them. Carnage especially, is dangerous enough on his own. We'll get in there together this time and put them in their own vacuum sealed pickle jars." The billionaire patted Peter's back, "Go home, get your red and blue back up and running and get some rest. You look terrible in black."

Mr. Fantastic turned to the console connected to the machine before adding, "One of us will call you when it's ready"

With that the black and white suited hero nodded, "Okay, I'm going. Thank you guys, again." Peter began charging towards the hangar's exit. Once he jumped he flipped slowly and yelled as he faced them, "You're both my favorite heroes!"

He fell down to the night of the city.

I woke up,grabbing my bag and immediately walking downstairs as Venom shifted into my school uniform. Once I was at the bottom floor, I was fully clothed. I took a seat at the kitchen table.

My father turned the paper he was reading down, "Oh, so you finally decided to join us today? What's the occasion, did you get yourself a girlfriend or something?"

My ears began to feel hot, "W-what is that supposed to mean?"

"Well, the past couple of days you have been sneaking out of the house before even saying goodbye! I never even see you walk out of the door some days."

"I'm just happy he's finally eating breakfast for once." My mom replied for me.

A good thing, too. A bit of sweat beaded down my face for a second there.

Dad set the paper down as my mom set up the food at the table. He tapped the articles, "You see what's going on out there nowadays? Nothing makes sense anymore." My father waved his hand into the air, "First these mincemeat murders, which have been brought up to seventy-one now!"

Mom lifted a finger, "Don't forget about that Spider-Man person. He's been reaching out and giving a helping hand for us normal people." I finally got my food, so I began to chow down.

Dad nodded, "Yeah, but there's been a sighting of two monsters yesterday and last night!" He took a mouthful of rice before continuing, "A big monster was seen leaving the corpse of a mangled up dog in a building through a roof it probably made!"

Maybe someone should have thought about that before catapulting us into a building.

We were in the heat of the moment. The alien defended.

Then dad opened the paper to the front headline, "That isn't even the worst thing to happen yet. The second monster was seen writing something in English on a brick wall in front of a pile of mangled and bloodied corpses!."

I frowned, referring to the symbiote, Writing something? You think the other aliens did that?

It took a second for Venom to respond, Ask what was written, Shinichi.

What?

"What did it say?" It sounded like my voice, but I know I didn't say anything. I just about jumped from my seat, frowning down at my tie.

Dad picked up the paper with one hand as he took a bite of fish, "Let's see here…"

You can imitate my voice? Never! Do that again.

Shut it.

My dad finally continued, "Ah, here it is! 'A local translator for the police said the language was English. The message read, 'Carnage is here.' Is this a warning from English speaking terrorists? Who knows. One officer, however, reported seeing an almost anorexic looking humanoid with liquid for skin and claws on its left hand.'" He chuckled, "Crazy, right?"

Mom looked at me, then back to Dad, "This is not breakfast conversation, Kazuyuki! We just got Shinichi to sit down and eat."

I laughed, returning to my meal. Venom continued his rambling, He is here after all. This is a problem.

What are you talking about? I interrogated, frowning a little, We can handle anything the parasites throw our way.

He is not one of those parasites. He is someone we fought before. My stomach began to squeeze itself. It got tighter when he elaborated, Carnage is a symbiote like us.

I gasped a little, catching my parents by surprise. Mom leaned forward, "Shinichi? Are you okay?"

I nodded, adding a nervous smile, "Y-yeah, I'm good. I just remembered some homework I forgot to do last night."

My mom shook her head, "See? This is what happens when you don't eat properly, Shinichi. Make sure to eat a lot at lunch today and don't let it happen any more."

I nodded, "Y-yeah, sorry about that. I'll stay on it from now on!" I shoved more food into my mouth.

Dad continued with his food as he beckoned me, "I almost forgot. Your mother an I are going out today on a small getaway while you're at school. A fun little cruise I won at work! We'll be out of your hair for a couple days."

I perked up, "Oh, well that sounds like a good thing. You two don't get much time alone like that."

My mom scrunched her brows, "But with everything that's been going on, is that really a good thing to leave Shinichi alone like that? The murders, the big black monster and now this red monster; maybe we shouldn't."

I waved my hand, "No, don't worry about me! You two should enjoy yourselves, really." I reassured, "I'll be fine."

My father nodded, "You said it yourself dear, that Spider-Man fellow has been helping out the city so much recently." He took one last bite before placing the chopsticks down and smiling to her, "I'm sure with how much that's going on he's right on their tails right about now. By the time we get back, all three of these guys will be put behind bars with a good couple of shiners!"

I waved toward my father, "See, exactly! You two should go, really. I'll be perfectly fine on my own for a few days." I got up from my seat, grabbing my bag, "I should get going for school. I'll see you two when you get back, okay?"

We all said our goodbyes and hugged each other before I left the house and began making my way to school. I sighed, thinking about everything that has gone one for the past couple of days.

An alien jumps onto me and gives me superpowers as another alien invasion was going down right under everyone's noses. Not only that, but I almost became a victim of one of them and had it not been for this other alien, I would have been done for. I became a superhero and a monster all in the same day, hospitalizing a bunch of guys beating up an old man and saving a girl from being ran over. I met a pair of parasites that don't want to harm humans and are even having a human baby, which I'm still trying to wrap my head around! And now this new problem.

"Venom?"

From my tie it emerged, the white lenses narrowed and tongue flicking about.

"Who is Carnage?"

"The memories of him are what we might call fuzzy. We fought them in the past, but we don't know how many times or how we did it."

I flipped my bag on my shoulder, rolling my eyes, "How do you not remember anything about him? From how the newspaper presented him, he seems pretty unforgetable."

The symbiote didn't answer, but instead turned back into the tie.

This got under my skin, "Hey, answer me you stupid pile of-!"

"Izumi?"

I stopped dead in my tracks. I turned around, meeting Murano's eyes with my own. There was a silence for a minute, one that was excruciating for me.

She finally broke this silence with the question I really hoped she wouldn't ask, "What were you doing?"

I panicked.

"When?"

"Just now."

"I'm talking to you."

"I mean before that."

"Before when?"

"Before I said your name."

"I, uh…How have you been?" I changed the subject.

Murano began walking, so I walked beside her, "Well, I've been really worried about you I guess. You haven't replied to my texts for a while now and I was starting to think you were avoiding me."

I recoiled, "A-avoiding you! I would never do that, Murano." I straightened up, "Honest."

She smiled, and even laughed a little, "I feel much better hearing that from you, Izumi." She opened her eyes back up and looked at me, "Still, I never see you walking in or out of school. Did you start an after school program?"

I shook my head, "N-no, I haven't. I actually found another way out of the school with way less people and I've started preferring going that way."

Technically it wasn't a lie, so my conscience was clear.

"No way! Where is it?"

"Um, actually kind of difficult to explain how to get there, I would have to show you." I almost immediately regretted saying that.

"Really? Why don't you show me today then?" She smiled at me, adjusting her scarf as she did.

I nodded nervously, "U-um, yeah, sure! Not a problem at all."

At that point, I couldn't tell which of the problems was the worst one.

The scientists and the web-slinger had just gotten the portal turned and Peter's device activated when the door to the hanger crashed open. As it did, a ball of red slime shot through and hit Mr. Fantastic in the shoulder!

"Reed!" Tony shouted, turning from the stretchy man to the uninvited guest. He pressed a button on his watch and a door opened on the other side of the hanger.

Peter immediately went into action back in his typical red and blue costume, meeting the red and black symbiote with a kick to his face then getting knocked away by a black hammer himself.

Now the Iron Man suit was just reaching the hangar, the right gauntlet attaching first and giving Tony the chance to fire at the symbiote. He dodged, launching himself forward and using his tendrils to weave back and forth between each beam. He almost got Tony too, had it not been for the mobile staircase Peter threw at him.

"Man, you really should have taken the express elevator, Eddie! Those stairs are really-," the chairs were thrown back but was cut in half by a repulsor beam before it reached any of them, "weighing you down." The web-head finished his insult.

Tony turned to the hero, "Hey, less yapping and more action, Pete!"

Reed finally was back up, elongating his hand and waving it towards the symbiote. With a screech, Eddie Brock turned his hand into a spear and jumped at the hand. Mr. Fantastic tried to retract but was cut by the blade at the same time. With another web ball that formed into a spike fleeting towards Reed, he turned to Tony, who's suit finally caught up with him. He blasted the spike out of the air and rushed towards the symbiote.

He, however, made a shield out of his arm and blocked the genius' shoulder strike. The shield immediately formed over the armor like a venus fly trap, constricting so much that Iron Man had to let out a grunt of pain.

Peter was about to move in but Reed stopped him. I grabbed Peter with his non cut hand which formed over his entire body.

"You need to find the other symbiotes! We'll handle Toxin." Reed threw Peter right in front of them portal. He typed on the console and it opened the dimension. 'They're in Tokyo, Peter! We'll catch up once we take down Eddie!"

Peter nodded, looking through the portal which faced downward at a street between skyscrapers that compared to some of New York's tallest. Spider-Man took a deep breath, pulling his mask over, "Hold your breath, Parker."

He jumped into Japan's borders from the sky and the portal shut behind him.

I was finally in class, and had been for over ten minutes. We were given the formulas and the equations to test it on. Some of the guys were talking amongst themselves, mainly about the teacher's body. It made me sick for two reasons.

First of all, she was an alien that finds nothing wrong with killing people at the drop of a hat. Secondly, she was pregnant with a child that was conceived purely for her own weird experiment.

I only sighed, I can't tell them the truth though and that's the worst part about it.

We could tell everyone and kill the parasite in front of everyone.

You really are a monster, you know that.

I shook my head, returning to the board. Actually, everyone was silent and looking at the board. Tamiya was staring blankly at the crowd of students with a face I recognized as a parasite's glare. I tensed up, waiting for her to attack the students.

One of the girls, Akiho Suzuki, stood up, "Ms. Tamiya, are you okay?"

"You idiot!" She mumbled.

At the same time, Venom sent feelings of shock through me as he mindlessly droned, He's here.

Who's here? There was a pause before something that felt like our spider-sense going off, though it was in two directions and were telling me different things. Downwards, I felt one I felt since I had befriended the symbiote, danger. The second tingling, the one coming from the roof, it was different. It was familiar. Like I knew who it was.

"How do I find these situations so easily?" Peter remarked to himself as he stared down at a school with a gate that was torn off from its hinges. Within the entrance a man laid propped against lockers. Alive, but injured. "I'm glad I had to learn Japanese from working with Hiro in San Fransokyo, otherwise I would have a difficult time insulting baddies!"

He launched himself from a rooftop, casting a web in front of him and yanking himself towards the building. He landed at the entrance, rolling forward and meeting with the man at the lockers who was injured and now accompanied by men and women in suits who were tending to him.

What surprised him was that they recognized him, "Spider-Man!" The woman exclaimed, rushing towards him, "Please, help us, there's an intruder in the building."

"This dimension has a fellow Spider-Man, huh?" Peter nodded before turning to the man on the ground, "Did you see who did this, sir? Maybe a bulking mass of black goo about twice your size and muscles three times as big as your head?"

He shook his head, "N-no! Can he do that? He just looked normal to me."

Spider-Man stood, "Probably not the same guy. This should be handled lickety split, don't worry." I turned to the staff, "Do your normal procedure for intruders in the building and I'll distract this weirdo long enough for your students to mozie on out of here."

They all went into action as Peter ran back outside and webbed the top of the building. He pulled back, creating just enough tension to flick himself up and onto the roof. He ran across the top, scanning for a man walking by himself through the halls.

No! We must go back, Shinichi! We must see for ourselves!

I was rushing through the halls, trying to keep plenty of distance between me and the class so I could respond, "I can't do that with all of these people around."

We must go back, we need to!

"I said no, Venom!" I shouted.

"What's a 'venom?'" I turned to find Suzuki right behind me, "You've been acting strangely for a while. You and Murano hardly ever walk together anymore and it's really making her upset."

"S-sorry about that, Suzuki. I've just been really busy lately." I raised my hands, "Can we not do this right now? This is a really bad time."

She paused and was about to retort when one of the boys shouted, "Look, that's the intruder right there!"

I rushed to the window, immediately recognizing Mr. A walking through the halls by himself. Shit, this is bad!

A girl pointed in another direction this time, up onto one of the rooftops. "Look! Is that Spider-Man? He's wearing a different costume this time."

He was crouched on the edge of the roof, peering down at Mr. A as he walked through the halls. His costume was much more colorful than my iteration, red stood out the most as it replaced the mask down to the shoulders and around streaked down the front to a kind of belt. The red was laced with black accents in a web-like pattern. He also had gloves and boots that were the same red. On his mask was two white lenses encased in black. On his chest was a small speck that due to the enhanced sight Venom gave me, I could recognize it as a spider. Finally, where it wasn't red, it was a dark blue that shone in the light of the day.

I was in awe, the person Venom kept telling me about, the base of his abilities, was in front of me now. And strangely enough, another name kept coming up rather than Spider-Man. For some reason, I kept seeing the name of Peter Parker.

The hero dove forward, webbing the second floor above him and pulling himself as he swung in a pendulum motion, increasing momentum and smashing through to where Mr. A was and slamming him through an open door.

We must go down and help him, Parker has no clue what he's up against.

"I agree." I slid behind the crowd and through a classroom. Through it, I opened a window and climbed out of it, letting Venom form over me. "Should we continue as Spider-Man or Venom?"

Spider-Man is already there.

"Then, we are Venom."