As Gwen, Peter, and Eddie drove through town, a song blared on the radio. Peter looked at Eddie oddly as they listened to the rather peppy 80s sounding song.

"I-Is this Physical by Olivia Newton, Eddie?" Peter asked, sounding dumbfounded.

Eddie nodded and said "Yep. Got me a soft spot for '80s music. You don't like it?"

Peter shook his head "Nah. I just never…took you for a guy who listened to this stuff."

"Oh yeah" Eddie proclaimed "Its good stuff, y'know." Gwen agreed "Yeah Pete, it's got a nice upbeat tune to it."

The young man just blinked as he said "Okay."

Gwen then asked "Where we heading anyway, Eddie?"

Eddie smirked "We're gonna head to a nice nightclub. It's called The Tombstone Club. Ya dig?" Gwen nodded and asked "Tombstone? Sounds gothic!" Eddie shook his head. "Nah, it's named after the owner, Tombstone."

As Gwen and Eddie talked, Peter sat in the back still pouting. "This song? 'Ya dig?' I think I see a tape player…either this guy is

Elsewhere, high in the sky the Hobgoblin took flight. It appeared he too was heading for the very same nightclub.

He got there before them, and he landed in the back of the club. He stepped through the back. Bouncers tried taking him out, but he just lifted them into the air and tossed them. He nonchalantly walked to the desk of the owner of the club.

Behind the desk sat a very large man whose skin and hair were a pasty white. He opened his mouth to speak and his teeth were sharpened into fangs. "What is the meaning of this?" he asked. Despite his large burly appearance, he spoke in whispering voice.

"What am I here to do? It's called as hostile takeover! I'm seeking to become the new Kingpin of crime!" Hobby proclaimed in his high pitched, but still rather raspy voice.

"You'll never take this from me. I used to work for Kingpin. Now I am the Kingpin. Gentlemen, I want this man OUT!" Tombstone commanded.

More bouncers entered the room, but Hobby quickly disposed of them. "I may look like I joke" Hobgoblin began "But I'm not a joker, Lonnie. When I want something, I TAKE it. Got it? Give me what I want, or else you lose it by force."

Tombstone grumbled and thought to himself…

Back outside the club, the three people finally stepped out and into the club. Peter and Gwen began dancing, but then Eddie Brock shoved Peter out of the way and stepped in front of Gwen.

Peter pouted once more as Eddie and Gwen danced together. Then someone bumped into him. She was a redhead, and she had bounce to her step, not only this, but she was also very pretty. "Sorry about that, handsome." she said.

"Its fine." He replied.

She looked at him and said "A dance clubber without a partner, what a shame. C'mere." Peter scratched the back of his neck and said "I-I dunno…"

She detested "Nonsense! You just hit the jackpot, tiger." She then took him by the hand and they began dancing together.

Gwen looked over at Peter dancing with this redheaded beauty and she got instantly jealous. She looked at Eddie and decided "Let's take this dancing to the next level, Eddie." Eddie grinned and said "Let us."

They began dancing, and Peter looked over at Gwen and decided to ask "Hey what's your name anyway?" to the redhead. "Name's Mary Jane." Peter stopped his dancing as asked "Wait…wait…as in Mary Jane Watson?"

She nodded. "Wait a second…MJ it's me! Peter!" As soon as Gwen heard this, she stopped dancing with Eddie. She knew who Mary Jane was very well. They were best friends back in middle school. She knew they competed over one thing, though. Gwen thought "Mary Jane? My best friend…but also my old rival in the affections of Peter. I can't let her take him from me!"

MJ hugged Peter and said "Oh my gosh, Peter! It's been so long!"

"What brings you back to town?" he asked.

"I got my modeling job" she explained "so I came back here for the long run, isn't that great?"

Peter agreed "Yeah! It's been too long, MJ."

then asked "Where's Gwen? She was my bestie."

Gwen then stood next to Peter and said "Right here." Gwen then held Peter's hand, and made it quite clear to MJ about this. MJ didn't frown, but she smiled and exclaimed "Oh! You two must be dating! That's wonderful. You two always were like two peas in a pod. Very adorable, look Peter's even blushing. And so are you Gwen! So shy."

And they both were indeed blushing. Their faces were redder than a fresh apple. MJ said "It was nice running into you two again! But I gotta get goin'. But I'll call you guys, okay?" Both nodded and she walked out of the club.

Eddie stood back, watching the three of them talk. Black ooze formed over his body, but before he could do anything a loud voice spoke over the club's intercoms.

"Hello club goers!" the voice proclaimed rather merrily "This club is under new management! Your new pal Hobby-G will take good care of you folks, don't worry!"

Eddie faded into the background, for he knew this would draw out Spider-Man.

Peter looked at Gwen and whispered "Should we change into costume?" Gwen nodded and the both walked out of sight.

When they stepped back in, they were Spider-Man and Spider-Woman, ready to investigate just who the hell this Hobby-G is. It's clear he took notice of this when bouncers stepped out of the back room.

"Hold it right there, heroes!" one of them yelled. "Yeah! You best watch out for what you're doin'!" another added.

Both were easily disposed of and they walked into the backroom. There they both saw the man himself.

"Oh I truly do hate intruders…" he sighed. "If only you knew how to keep to yourselves. "

Spidey's eyes instantly went from normal to harsh squinting. He recognized the costume. "Who are you?" Spidey asked.

Hobby laughed. "I'm the king of the underground! But you may call me the Hobgoblin."

Spidey's scowl could be seen beneath his mask. "You know I hate goblins, don't you?" Hobby laughed again.

"Oh I'm aware" he claimed "But I don't care."

"I'm gonna take you by the cape and tear you to shreds!" Spidey yelled angrily. Spider-Woman grabbed him.

"Let's not be so harsh, fella!" she said. Then she herself was grabbed and dragged away. Spidey was too distracted by the rage at seeing a Goblin to notice this. But Hobby sure notices as he gives a wry grin.

"Oh sure you could stop me…" he said, rather smugly "Or you could save your kidnapped galpal. Your choice." Peter then looked behind him.

"Where is she!?" he demanded, but when he looked back Hobgoblin was gone.

Peter stepped back into the main dance hall of the Club and then saw it was empty. "Wh-where did everyone go?" he mumbled to himself.

A deep voice then said "They left…just means more play time for you, us, and little Miss Stacy."

"What did you do with her?!" Peter yelled.

"She's a bit tied up at the moment" the voice responded "She'll get back to you, though."

Peter leapt onto the dance floor. "Okay…whatever or whoever you are…I don't know what you want…but I'll do anything for her. Just let her be safe."

The voice denied "She's fine. We're afraid you won't be, though!" Something then grabbed Peter and threw him against the wall.

He got back up and looked into the direction he was thrown at, but he saw nothing. He walked over, but then he felt something dripping on his head. He looked up and gasped. What he saw was a hulking beast hanging above him. It's piercing white eyes stared back at him, and its teeth were dripping in green ooze. A tongue waggled out as his breathed rather heavily.

"What…WHAT ARE YOU?!" Peter said in a panic, backing away. The monster dropped down from the ceiling.

"You may call us Venom. We are your poison!" it explained "We will destroy you, Parker, just as you destroyed us. Ruin you just as you ruined us. We will make your life a living Hell, Peter Parker."

"I don't know what I did to you, but—" he tried to explain before being interrupted.

"SHUT UP!" it roared "You'll know what you did…when we let you look upon our face…and we kill you. Everything you've ever done to us has led up to this, Parker."

Peter backed into a wall and asked "I-is it too late to apologize?"