Part 3

After a couple of hours of questioning Peter, Mulder and Scully left the house and began to drive back to their hotel room.

"What do you think, Mulder?" Scully said, looking at him.

Mulder pursed his lips.

"I don't know Scully. Something didn't seem right to me. It seems like Peter Parker was being evasive on a lot of questions, particularly the ones about Spider-Man. I think he knows more than he lets on."

Scully nodded.

"I felt that too. It seems like he was trying to protect Spider-Man in some way."

"It seems that way. It looks like he has a deal worked out with Spider-Man since he seems to be the only one who can get any decent photos of him. Maybe he's afraid if he leaks too much information, Spider-Man will cancel his agreement." Mulder said, scratching his chin.

"Maybe we should keep an eye on him then. He might still be useful" Scully said.

"Phew, I'm glad that's over." Peter said. "I was afraid I was going to slip up and reveal myself as much as they were interrogating me."

After Mulder and Scully had left, Mary Jane prepared dinner and now the three of them were sitting together at the table eating.

"Honey, shouldn't you have been a bit more helpful? I know you must keep your identity a secret, but they seem to want to find Carnage as much as you do." Mary Jane said.

Peter swallowed some mashed potatoes.

"MJ, I realize that but I'm the only one who can stop Carnage. If they try to go after him, they'll just get hurt."

Mary Jane slammed her fork down on her plate startling Peter and May.

"And how do you know that Peter? How do you know that they aren't capable of helping you defeat Carnage. I love you with all my heart Peter, but sometimes this lone wolf attitude of yours irritates me."

"MJ, I just don't want anyone else to get hurt." Peter protested.

Mary Jane sighed.

"Peter, I understand that. But I'm sure that Mulder and Scully have been in dangerous situations before. If they didn't want to risk their lives then I'm sure they wouldn't have become FBI agents in the first place!"

She grabbed his hand and squeezed it.

"Peter, I just worry about you, okay. It's rough for me and May to sit at home night after night, and wonder if you are going to come back to us. I realize that you have a responsibility to use your powers to protect the innocent but that doesn't mean that others can't help you especially if it's their job to put their lives on the line like you do."

Peter smiled

"I know you both worry about me and I'm glad I have people who do. You're right, MJ. They are in the business of protecting the innocent just as much as I am. I'll let them help me catch Carnage."

"You don't know how relieved I am to hear you say that, Peter." Mary Jane said.

She leaned over the table and they kissed passionately on the lips.

" I'm eating here, helloooooo. I don't feel like barfing."

Peter and Mary Jane looked over at May who was staring at them with a disgusted look on her face.

"Oh be quiet." Peter said, with a chuckle.

Carnage peeked over the walls of the stone fence surrounding Ravencroft. He had been coming back every few hours to check if Spider-Man had returned. He was anxious to continue their little fight. He had tried to locate Venom since Venom seemed to know exactly who Spider-Man really was, but had had no luck locating him either. He hoped to run into Venom just as much as Spider-Man. Not only because he hated Venom as much as he hated Spider-Man, but also he figured that if Venom knew Spider-Man's true identity, it might be worth the trouble to track him down and perhaps torture the information of out him before he killed him. Knowing who Spider-Man really was meant he could learn the identity of his loved ones and torture and kill them too. That to him was what made life worthwhile, the suffering of others. Especially if the others happened to be people that the web head cared about.

He was about to leave when he noticed a man and a women leaving Ravencroft. The man and the woman stopped and were talking to a guard outside the door. Carnage gave them a glance and was about to leap down from the wall when he stopped and took another look. The man suddenly seemed oddly familiar to the Kasady part of him. He pushed off from the wall and flew as fast as he could to the side of the building nearest the man and woman. He peeked around the corner and saw the man and the woman had his back to him as they asked the guard about the massacre he had caused.

Suddenly, the man looked over at the woman and Carnage realized why he looked so familiar. It was the man who had tracked him down In 1991 when he was just Cletus Kasady.

Well, Well, Well...We never thought we'd see you again, agent Mulder, Carnage thought to himself. We've been waiting a long time to pay you back for catching us and spoiling our fun.

He stared at the redheaded woman beside him.

She looks pretty, agent Mulder. Is she a friend of yours?

He watched as Mulder finished his questioning and left with the woman. Carnage grinned as he saw Mulder put a hand on the woman's back and smiled at her as he walked with her towards the front gate.

Well, it seems you and her are more than just partners. That's exactly what we hoped. We're also hoping you would hate to hear that your little friend was kidnapped and held by the man you helped put behind bars especially since we've become more powerful since then. It won't be so easy for you to catch us this time, agent Mulder and if Spider-Man or Venom decide to interfere, so much the better. We would love to take out all our enemies at once if we could.

As the gate closed behind Mulder and Scully and the guard walked back inside, Carnage pushed off from the side of the building and began to fly slowly overhead, keeping an eye on where Mulder and Scully were going as they drove off in their car.