Chapter 2

Peter wiped his brow as he continued pulling weeds. He had spent the past day and a half searching the city for Kasady without success. He decided to do some yard work in order to have some time to himself to think. He had checked out Cletus's apartment and his old hangouts but had turned up nothing. He hated having both symbiotes loose especially Brock since Brock knew who he was and could expose him to the world at any time.

As he grabbed another handful of weeds, he suddenly felt his spider sense tingling.

*Oh God, no. Not here.* he thought. *Wait, it couldn't be Venom or Carnage since they know how to block my spider sense. Oh shit, you mean there's someone else?*

He quickly tried to think of who it could be as he turned around. The only ones he could think of was Doctor Octopus and The Green Goblin. But usually Doc Ock was such an egomaniac he couldn't resist announcing his entrance to the world and he would have heard the turbo thrusters on Harry's glider. As he finished spinning around, he noticed his five year old daughter May peeking at him from the side of their house. He stared at her as she smiled back at him. He knew that she had inherited his spider sense and if he was sensing danger, she could sense it too.

"May, is your spider sense going off?" he asked her.

"No, daddy."

Peter furrowed his brow.

*Well, why is mine going off then?* he thought.

"Honey, go back in the house, okay?" he called out to May.

Peter spun around and began to scan his backyard trying to determine where the danger was coming from. Suddenly he felt his spider sense become stronger as a blast of cold water hit his back. He spun back around to see May holding a garden hose in her hand.

"Now do you know why your spider sense is going off, daddy?" she said, between giggles.

Peter grinned at her and leapt up. May screamed in delight as Peter rounded the corner of the house. He turned just in time to see May scrambling up the side of the house, giggling hysterically.

"You better be glad there's a big tree blocking the neighbors view." Peter yelled up as May clung next to an upstairs window.

"Um...Peter Parker?"

Peter looked down as he saw a man and a woman approaching him. He glanced up quickly at the house and breathed a sigh of relief as he saw that May had gone through the open window.

"Yes, that's me." He said, hesitantly.

"I'm agent Mulder and this is agent Scully. We're with the FBI." He said as he and Scully showed their ID's

Peter sighed.

Oh Great, now I supposed Jameson got fed up with NYPD not being able to catch Spider-Man and now the feds are gonna be after me now

"What can I do for you?" he asked them.

"We got your address from the Daily Bugle. We're investigating the murders at Ravencroft asylum. We wanted to know if you knew anything about Cletus Kasady.

"Peter, who is it?"

Peter turned around to see Mary Jane and May standing behind him.

"This is agents Mulder and Scully. They're from the FBI." He said indicating them.

Mary Jane looked at Peter as she came up beside him and looked over at Mulder and Scully.

"Is my husband in trouble?" she asked, worried.

Scully shook her head.

"No Mrs. Parker. We just need to question your husband about the recent murders at Ravencroft.

Mary Jane exchanged a quick glance with Peter

"Um, what makes you think my husband would know anything about that?" she asked.

"Well apparently Mr. Parker here seems to be the only one who can get any decent photos of Spider-Man. We thought that maybe Spider-Man might be feeding him information about Kasady and his whereabouts."

"Um, no. He never tells me anything like that." Peter said, hoping he sounded convincing.

He hated to lie, but he knew that a pair of FBI agents would be no match against Carnage. As much as he hated it, he knew that he was the only one who had any chance of stopping him.

"Oh, I see..."Scully said, as she jotted down notes in her notebook. "Well, Um...Mulder. Do you have anything you'd like to..." Scully looked up at Mulder who was staring at Mary Jane, confused.

Suddenly his face lit up.

"Maximum Damage 3! You were Agent Wilcox." He said, pointing at Mary Jane.

Scully was taken aback.

"What?" she asked him

"You're Mary Jane Watson-Parker, aren't you?"

Mary Jane nodded.

"She was in Maximum Damage 3." He said to Scully. "You were great in it!"

As Mary Jane nodded her thanks, Scully looked from her to Mulder.

"Maximum Damage 3? I've never heard of that movie."

She said.

Mulder coughed.

"Well, it's um...direct to video." He said sheepishly.

"I mainly got it because she was on the cover of the video box in a bikini."

"Oh, that figures." Scully muttered as Mary Jane blushed and May giggled.

"So, are you planning to do anything else?" Mulder asked as Scully rolled her eyes.

"Um, well...at the moment, I do mostly commercials and modeling work." Mary Jane said.

"Modeling work? Really? I think you'd look good as a mod...OW!" Mulder said, as Scully suddenly elbowed him in the side.

He glanced over at Mary Jane and Peter who were trying not to laugh and May who was giggling softly behind them.

"Um...anyway, we'd really appreciate any help you could give regarding Kasady or Carnage...or Eddie Brock and Venom for that matter."

Peter raised his eyebrows.

"Venom? You're investigating him too?" he asked.

Mulder shifted his feet.

"Well, actually. I've been interested in Carnage and Venom and Spider-Man for a long time. We are part of a department called the X Files. We investigate people and things that cannot be explained normally. And you have to admit that all three of those people are not what you'd call "normal" "

Peter felt an amused grin creep onto his face.

"No, I guess not." He said.

"We've been a part of the X Files since 1993 and mainly what we investigate is alien sightings and UFO's. We're trying to prove the existence of alien life on earth, among other things"

Peter's grin spread even wider.

"Really? I had no idea the FBI was so interested in that."

Mulder coughed.

"Well, actually they're not. It's really just Scully and me. Everyone else kinda thinks what we do is weird."

"Yup, they think Mulder's downright spooky sometimes." Scully said, elbowing him in the ribs.

Mulder coughed as Peter and Mary Jane held back their laughter.

"Anyway...supposedly Brock and Kasady have both been infected with some sort of alien creature and that's why I'm so interested. I've also been interested in this Spider-Man since they first sighted him. They say he's half spider." Mulder said, looking at Peter.

"Um, that's right, to an extent." Peter said. "He told me he was bitten by a radioactive spider and gained certain abilities that the spider has."

Scully glanced over at Mulder who was excitedly writing down what Peter was telling him in his notebook. She rolled her eyes at him as she looked back at Peter.

"Would it be too much trouble to go inside and talk to you about all this? My legs are getting kinda tired standing here."

Peter looked at Mary Jane and gestured towards the house.

"Um...sure, I'm sorry. I forgot my manners. I should have asked you in sooner." He said, apologizing.

Scully held up her hand.

"No, it's okay. No need to apologize. I just think this interview is gonna take awhile and I think everyone would be more comfortable inside."

As Peter and Mary Jane motioned for them to come inside. Mulder and Scully followed behind them and May. As Scully looked over, he noticed Mulder staring at Mary Jane with a goofy grin on his face. She hit him in the arm and gave him a warning look.

"What? Can I help it if I'm a sucker for a cute redhead?" he said.

Mulder chuckled as Scully glared at him.

"Aw, quit being jealous Scully. You know you're the only one for me." He whispered. "Although, I would love to see you on a video box in your bikini...OW!"