I DON'T OWN ANYTHING.

Chapter Five: First was battle, now is war.

Alchemax, in the aftermath of Carnage's/Osborn's first attack, the heroes (along with SHIELD and The Avengers) were trying to see how much damage the Goblin Underground had unleashed. Spider-Man himself was shocked to see Sarah Stacy of all people to come back from France. He studied her as her noticed he looked much older than the last time they met, as if she aged ten years in a few years' time.

"So what's the damage report?" Peter asked Sarah as she talked to Agent Coulson.

"Well we already know Liz Allen and my nephew Normie Osborn was kidnapped along with two dozen deaths and…hold on. There's one more kidnapping of a recovery patient." Sarah said the last part with intrigue.

"A patient?" Spider-Man man asked in his own confusion.

"Yeah, a Frances Barrison…" Sarah read off.

In that moment Spider-Man had a chill down his spine and he started to realize a someone who didn't anticipate the fight as he thought 'Ah crap…"

An hour ago…

During the fight between heroes and the Goblin Underground, in the Alchemax medical facility, a single creature walked its way to its master.

"Mother…" Doppelganger hissed as it found his master, a sleeping Shriek.

Shriek began to wake up as she saw her "son" and she looked both happy and afraid "Son? What are you doing here, you need to run before your that bastard finds you."

"Good boy, you found your mommy." A voice said behind the creature. The two looked to see Jackal standing there along with Carrion.

"Carrion?!" Frances yelled in shock.

"A Carrion, but not the one you know my dear. And if you mind Mr. Osborn needs you to come with us." Jackal said calmly.

"No!" Shriek yelled defiantly "I'm sick of being crazy, sick of the killing. Coming from the coma helped me realize I need help from you monsters!" In that moment Doppelganger growled at the two villains to protect its master.

"I was hoping not to this, but…" Jackal said in slight sarcasm as he pulled a strange device "…we all have to find ways to avoid Mr. Osborn's wrath." It was then Jackal pressed a button as Doppelganger began to screech in pain.

"No!" Frances tried to help but due to still recovering from a coma, she couldn't do anything but watch her "son" in pain before it stopped stiff.

"Now little mutant spider step away from Shriek…" Jackal ordered as Doppelganger did what he was told as his eye began to glow red. Warren then turned to Carrion and smiled "…Now can you put this dear to sleep for a bit."

Carrion then grinned as he released a purple mist that Shriek tried avoids breathing it, but failed as the toxin quickly puts her to sleep.

"Well that was fun." Jackal chuckled.

Present Time…

At Avengers Tower, Spider-Man and allies tried to figure out what's their next move as they know having both Osborn and Carnage returning as a monstrous hybrid along with an already loyal army on standby.

"So why would Osborn need to put his brain in Carnage of all people?" Mania asked.

"Simple, he needed an opportunity to gain power…" A new voice was said the Madame Web entered the group.

"Uh what?" Scarlet Spider said in confusion as Aracely approached the woman.

"You're like me…" Aracely simply said as she smiled at her fellow psychic.

Julia simply smiled as she responded to the teen "In the future, you will be more." Web then made her way to Peter as Spider-Man knew the stakes could never be higher.

"So just you know just what Osborn is up too?" Peter asked.

"Not completely, but I know he's finding anyone who has any family relations to his "family" and as we've seen they don't need to be willing."

"So I could be next?" Sarah asked the psychic.

"Yes, along with two other surviving members." Julia answered the Interpol agent.

"Two surviving members?" Agent Venom asked.

"Dammit I know who he's after next." Sarah growled.

"And who could that be?" Mania interjected.

"Harry and his son Stanley Osborn." Peter answered.

Goblin Underground, Liz Allen was waking up as she noticed her arms were chained as too was her son who had been crying to for some sense of safety.

"Normie where are we?!" Liz Allen asked her son in fear as she embraced him.

"Your home…" A sinisterly familiar voice said. The two looked up to see the door to their prison's door opened as Carnage stood in front of them with the symbiote revealing his face.

"The hell do you want Osborn!" Liz growled as she held her son tighter.

"Simple Ms. Allen…" Osborn said nonchalantly as he kneeled down as the symbiote flowed back to his face "…I want to know where my other family is."

Back in the Avengers Tower, Spider-Man tried to use their rescourses to try to find Harry Osborn's location. After the incident with Octavius trying to use his son the cure his illness in failure, Harry went into hiding to in order keep his son safe.

"Anything?" Flash Thompson asked as he walked to see his friend's progress.

"No. I can understand why Harry would hide from Norman, but now he's Carnage it seems nothing cans top him in whatever scheme he has."

"Well, I don't know if it can help, but I asked for some reinforcements." Flash said.

"Who?" Peter asked knowing that Flash's assets as Venom can be very surprising.

At the same time in a secret military base, Venom's former commanding officer General Dodge walked down a hallway as he found a group of soldiers chatting.

"Mercury Team…" Dodge said as the soldiers stood up in solute "…suit up. The red bastard is back."

"About time…" Howard Hodgen aka Riot quipped as he and his team made their way to their symbiotes.

Dodge then continues to a room with a glass door as it contained a lone woman sat with he back at the door while reading A Midsummer Night's Dream.

"Doctor Nieves…" Dodge said calmly as Tanis Nieves turned her attention to the general "…Carnage is back."

"We know, we just need the word to start." Tanis said calmly as her clothes morph into her for as Scorn as she formed her artificial hand into a fist as it created a static discharge.

To be continued.