Both Spiderman and Venom waited in hiding for the strange creature to enter its trophy room. A low rumble emanated from out of nowhere when suddenly a very large creature just appeared out of thin air. It was at least eight feet tall and had gauntlets with claws and a shoulder mounted pack with what looked like a camera or maybe a gun on it. It's face was covered by a metal mask and its head had long hair-like strands on its head. Both the super heroes set up there cameras and tensed for the pounce. With a snarl, Venom leapt at the strange creature, tackling it to the ground with his super strength. He did not expect it to be quite strong itself. With a swift and skillful move, the strange creature flung venom off and leapt up just in time for Spidey to land a flying double kick to the chest, causing it to fly back and his the wall, causing a long crack. As Venom leapt a second time, the big creature raised his hand and launched a net from its gauntlet, enveloping Venom and pinning him to the wall. Spiderman shot lines of web fluid at the creature, completely wrapping it up. He then turned to Venom and saw that the net was constricting, pressing Venom harder against the wall. The symbiote began to scream, with the bodies of both the host and the suite writhing. Thinking fast, Spidey fired a line of webbing at each of the anchors on the net and pulled hard. They loosened but the lines snapped before they came out. A sound of blades and a roar sounded form behind Spidey. He turned just in time to see the alien hunter cut itself free and charge at him, wrist bladed gauntlets at the ready. Relying mostly on his spider-sense, Spiderman dodged and ducked, punching and kicking where he could. As strong as he was though, he could do no more than bruise the tough skin and muscle of the creature. Leaping high, Spidey grabbed and stuck to the ceiling and fired a pair of small balls of web fluid from his web spinners. They exploded and encased the tall monster in sticky webbing, thicker than what he had used before. Thinking fast, Spidey ran and kicked at the creatures legs with all his might, causing it to topple over and crash heavily to the concrete. He then picked it up, it was heavier than he thought it should have been and threw it out of the gap in the wall. Moving fast, Spidey ran to Venom and saw that whatever it was that the net was made of was causing the symbiote much pain and it was beginning to slowly separate from Eddy Brock, who would literally be cut to pieces while he was still alive. Again, he shot web fluid at each of the anchors. This time, though, he made it thicker and much stronger. This time when he yanked, all the anchors came out and the net pulled away from Venom and snapped into its anchors. Venom leapt up and said, "We need to regroup, Parker. We know there this thing lives now. We can come after it at our leisure, but before we do we need a solid plan."

They both leapt to the sealing and crawled down a pipe. Just as they both climbed out the other side, two blue bolts flashed under them and exploded as they struck the wall. A roar followed and the two heroes knew that they were now the hunted and this Predator would not stop looking for them until either they were dead or it was. Before long, they leapt out through a city grate and took to the air. It was night and storm clouds were rolling over New York City. Rain was falling and the thunder rolled as the two heroes landed on top of a nearby building and ran under the cover of an overhang from another building. Spiderman bent over, breathing heavily and Venom watched out into the rain to be sure they were not followed. After a moment, Spidey said, "Okay. What do we do? That net seemed to effect the symbiote badly and I would assume that the creature's other weapons will do the same. Not only that, my spider-sense tells me that those energy bolts are probably enough to turn both of us into body parts."

Venom's face rolled back to reveal Brock's face. He was none to happy about the whole affair and was scowling irritably, "I don't know, Parker. I've only ever come close to killing YOU and a few measly criminals who were praying on the innocent. You fight super powered freaks all the time. You make the plan."

Parker pulled off his mask and wrung it out as best as he could and took a deep breath. After a moment he said, "As you said, we know where he lives. I think that when we go back there, we should be a little better equipped for just about anything. I'm gonna where my iron spider suit that Tony Stark gave me. That should help me out. I think…" and he paused for a second and put his still damp mask back on his face before finishing, "…I think it would be best to go back down there and make it to the treasure room only slightly earlier than we did today. That way, we can trap that hunter."

Brock looked at him with ill-concealed contempt and said, "Oh yeah? What about the fact that all its weapons can probably hurt ME? What about the fact that it is strong enough to take hits from both of us and still stand back up? Our webbing is nowhere near strong enough to hold it either. Do you have answers for those questions, Parker?"

Spider-man stood silent for several minutes and said, "Lets go to my hideout. We can finalize everything there. Between the two of us, I'm sure we can come up with semi-full proof solutions for everything."

This caused Venom to shake his head and laugh, not even attempting to hide his disgust for his temporary partner. They both took off and headed to an old apartment building in down town Brooklyn. When they arrived, Parker said, "Okay Brock. Help me out here if you think that you can do better than that. I think setting a well laid trap is the only way to catch this monster. What do you think?"

Brock shook his head and said, "No, no. We need to lure it out and into a secluded area where we have more room to move. Let's lead it to Central Park tomorrow. That is secluded enough and there is plenty of room to fight it. It's much better than staying nearly trapped in a sewer with it and its crazy weapons."

Spiderman shook his head, saying "It has a cloaking device, Brock. One that is more advanced than either Stark Enterprise or Oscorp can come near to mastering. The only way we will be able to sense it is by spider-sense. Perhaps if we lured it into one of the larger underground rooms or caverns in the sewers after having closed most of the other entrances? That way we will have plenty of room to move and it won't be able to go anywhere."

Venom rubbed his chin before saying, "Not too bad an idea. What about the fact that our best weapon, our webbing, is too weak to hold it? We are gonna need it tomorrow."

Spiderman pulled a chemistry set out of a drawer and began to set up a small workshop on an old desk. While he worked, he said, "Your webbing, since it is symbiote webbing will be much stronger than mine and should hold. I will be making a back of much more dense webbing and impact webbing. The only thing is that the cartridges will empty faster and my impact webbing will be slower and less accurate. As for its strange toughness, I think that the Iron Spiderman will be a little bit of help with that."

Venom nodded and said, "Alright. I like this plan. I'm going to get some rest. I haven't slept in almost month an even a man with a super powered suit like me needs to sleep every once in awhile." Spidey nodded as he began to mix chemicals and called after him, "Sweet dreams, Brock."

The next morning, Spiderman and Venom went to the sewer grate that they had used to escape the previous day. Cautiously, they retraced their steps and made their way back to the trophy room. When they reached it, all was quiet. Suddenly, Spideys spider-sense went off and a laser net closed behind both of them and the Predator appeared below them, throwing strange bladed weapons and firing its plasma weapon. Both heroes dodged and leapt in the limited space they had as sparks and debris began to fall around them. Thinking fast, Spidey fired a ball of impact webbing and Venom used his own to tangle the creature up. It crashed into a pool of slime. They were about to set upon it when a grating sound came from the bundle and the wrist blades shot out. Slowly but surely, they began to cut through. Spidey was about to leap upon it but when Venom said, "Remember the plan, lets go!"

Swiftly, they fled through the tunnels towards the larger underground caverns where they would hopefully be able to trap it. As they went, Spiderman began to set his new inventions up. They were motion sensitive web mines that would either block or entangle their opponent. When they reached their destination Venom said, "Look Parker, we need to kill this thing. There is really no other way to beat it. If you aren't okay with that then you should leave."

Spiderman shook his red and gold head and said, "I'm not leaving, Brock. We can do this together. If killing it is the only option than so be it. We will kill it. I'm gonna set more web mines and get a few other traps ready for our large guest. What are you gonna do Brock?" The symbiote smiled and leapt to a wall, saying "I'm gonna disarm it as much as possible."

Before long, the creature walked through the portal with its shoulder mounted gun swiveling around and a spear type weapon in its hand. It growled and look around. Suddenly, Brock fired two strands of web fluid and yanked off the shoulder mounted weapon and the mask. The creatures face was hideous, with a large forehead, an open mouth full of sharp teeth and four fleshy mandibles that extended from the corners of his mouth with pointed bone or teeth on the end of each. It roared its challenge to its unseen attackers as Venom leapt down to meet it. Suddenly, a series of explosions rang out in the cavern as the hunter pressed a switch on one of his gauntlets. Chunks of walls and supports began to collapse, causing Spiderman, Venom and the predator to dive for cover. When the dust settled, Spidey got up and switched his mask to night vision, just in time to see the hunter stand up not even twenty feet from him. He quickly look around. Venom was nowhere to be seen and there was no way out. Spiderman was alone with the creature.

Venom picked himself up. The symbiote had suffered a little from the blast as flames had licked at it. Brock, however was utterly unharmed. He retracted the face of the symbiote and put his head in his hands, trying to control the screaming creature that engulfed him. As the symbiote began to heal itself, Brock straightened and looked around. The symbiote gave him exceptional night vision, even in absolute darkness. The tunnel to the larger cavern was completely blocked and the only way to go back was back through the trophy room. He had to find a way in. As much as he hated Parker, the Brock half of Venom wanted to do the right thing and save his old enemy. He felt that, if he could do that then he could conquer any demon. The symbiote half of Venom had been changing over the years. It wasn't as aggressive or hateful as it used to be. It was more compliant than it was when he had first joined with it. As Venom made his way down the tunnel, he ruminated on why this may be.