78: A Black & Red Issue [04]

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- Flashback –

Kasady had always hated these so-called heroes.

He would call them hypocrites, discriminators, and selfish bastards.

Back when Cletus was a kid, he had hoped that some sort of hero would come and save him, someone like Captain America, but the bastards didn't come. They didn't want anything to do with him, a mentally disabled man like himself. They wouldn't help him.

So, he lost hope in them, and finally decided to do something himself. He wasn't a hero by all means, but Cletus considered him a hero of mother earth; he was saving her from humans every day. Every human he killed, reduced the insects latching onto her by a small percentage.

Anyways, this wasn't really what he was concerned with.

As he watched Spider-Man, there were many thoughts wriggling around In his head. Many voices, many say different things.

But there was one distinct thing in them, which was recognizable from a distance away.

His hate for Spider-Man.

His hate for this man; this bastard who was behind all his misery, was immense.

It was solely because of him that Cletus lost his Frances, just because of this bastard; Cletus wasn't going to let him live like this and be the hero. If he were a true 'hero' he would have helped Cletus, right?

Back when he punched his face? He should have helped him, no? Then, why did he leave? Why did he run away like a criminal?

He should have stayed behind and helped him selflessly.

Kasady was sure that's how real heroes were. Helping people selflessly and without discrimination. Spider-Man wasn't someone like that, at all.

So, as he had recognized the man behind the mask as the bastard who ruined his life, Cletus wanted to kill this man. But… Cletus knew that he was nearly not strong enough. Sure, he could give a good battle, and might even win if he played dirty, but he was sure that he wouldn't be able to win.

Why?

Simple, Spider-Man had this 'aura' right. This aura of dangerousness, an aura of a predator.

And of someone who had killed.

Cletus knew that well enough, why wouldn't he? He was a mass murderer himself. Of course he would know something this simple.

Anyways, instead of attacking Spider-Man like an idiot, and dying in the battle or winning an unsatisfactory win that would leave him injured, Cletus and Carnage decided that it was for the best if they retreated, for now; research some more, grow stronger, and then strike Spider-Man so that the man wouldn't be able to do anything and would die in his hands.

Cletus would make sure that this bastard suffers.

So, he withdrew, for now, this was for the best.

Days went by again, like they were an illusion, like everything was an illusion, but Cletus kept his focus on gathering information on Spider-Man.

And Cletus found many many interesting things about this bug.

Everything about his family.

But the most infuriating thing was that Spider-Man was a fucking kid!

He was bested by a fucking kid!

Cletus was so angry with himself that he wanted to go on a mass murder right there and then, but he controlled his urge. After so many years of living with; well, himself, Cletus had found a lot of ways he could control himself and further use his urges to his advantage.

Anyways, to the main topic.

Peter Parker.

He was the son of Richard Parker and Mary Parker.

Both parents were supposedly dead, but the information on them was so hidden behind veils that Cletus knew that there was a deeper thing behind this than what was let on to the world.

Meh, it wasn't his concern.

Peter had an aunt.

Good, Cletus could probably kidnap her.

But as it turned out in the end, he couldn't really kidnap Aunt May. Why? She was under someone's… something's protection. A thing Cletus, or more specifically, Carnage wanted to stay away from.

Upon asking, Cletus found out that Carnage didn't know what the thing was, all he told him was that it was an instinctual feeling.

So, Aunt May was out of the way.

Cletus frowned… who else?

There was Gwen Stacy, but… Carnage had warned him not to touch that girl. Upon asking why, it turned out that she was pregnant. Now, Cletus was all in for pregnant women, and especially on this occasion since he could get revenge on Peter Parker, but Cletus had to stop himself, again. Carnage told him that Gwen herself wasn't the problem, and neither was her pregnancy, the main problem was what she was pregnant with.

The kid inside her, that was the problem. Again, a thing Carnage didn't want to get near of, and warned him to do the same.

Cletus had no other choice but to cross Gwen out of the occasion.

With what Cletus had been able to find on Peter Parker, he couldn't kidnap George, or anyone of the sort since Peter didn't care enough about them, and it wouldn't be much effective. There were those two girls, Mary Jane Watson, and Liz Allan, but as it turned out, they were just Peter's sex toys.

Cletus had many himself, so he knew that Peter would not give a shit if something happened to them.

This left only one person…

"Yuriko Watanabe…" Cletus muttered.

That woman was close to 'Spider-Man', and in extension, Peter Parker. And as far as he'd been able to gather, Peter did care about this bitch.

"Haha,"

Cletus chuckled.

"Hahahahaha!" his chuckle turned into a twisted depraved cackle soon after.

Yes, yes, he could use this bitch!

Kidnap her, and lure Spider-Man in, then, then, then he could easily threaten Spider-Man, and, and then he'll be able to have his revenge!

He might just fuck this Yuri woman in front of Spider-Man. She was hot. But Cletus didn't really prefer Asians. Though he'd make an exception just to spite Spider-Man.

So, it was decided, Yuriko would be his victim, and bargaining chip.

Now, onto one last thing that he needed to do beforehand so that he won't have any trouble winning against Spider-Man.

Cletus needed to get stronger, or more specifically, Carnage needed to get stronger. And how could he do that? By eating brains of course. So, Cletus went on a hunting spree. He ate many humans' puny little yummy heads, and could even feel that he was getting stronger, albeit quite slowly.

No matter. He would eventually get there.

So, that was exactly what he did, for days. Cletus ate brains, all kinds of brains, be it humans, animals, or birds; Cletus tried everything. But the strength increase wasn't enough. It had gotten to a point where Cletus was so very frustrated at his progress.

"Carnage!" He whined. "I wanna do it faster! Isn't there a faster way?"

~"Of course, there is…"~ a deep, guttural voice resounded inside Cletus' head.

"What is it?" Kasady asked. "What is it?!"

~"I…"~ Carnage started, with a certain edge apparent in his voice. ~"We need to find my father, he's of my kin. I can… get stronger by a big margin if we eat him, yersss."~

"Of course!" Cletus stood up, "Let's go find him!"

And find they did. Edward Charles Allan "Eddie" Brock. That was his name. It was relatively easy to find information for Cletus, especially with the help of Carnage. Hmm. Cletus could kill that man, yes, it would be easy, from what he'd been able to gather, Eddie was not trained in any way.

And while Cletus wasn't formally trained himself, at all, he was quite 'trained' in the art of killing as he'd learned it in the field, practicing on countless human creatures. Hmm. He could easily take care of Eddie, but there was a problem.

There was Venom, Carnage's 'father', or so his brother told him. And if Cletus were to go with anything, he was certain that if Venom was Carnage's father, he would be strong. So, he needed a plan. He wasn't a planning person, really; but recent times had taught him to plan. He wouldn't be able to enact his revenge on Peter Parker.

So, instead of blindly going for Venom, Cletus formulated a plan.

He came up with one.

Which was risky, and could backfire, but it had the most chance of him winning as well.

He would need to select a location. Lure Venom there, and defeat and eat him, promptly get stronger, and then consequently kill Spider-Man too.

Hmm. Yes, let's do that.

Cletus went ahead and kidnapped Yuri. It was fairly easy to do so, with Carnage's help. He just had to make sure that she didn't get hurt or know that she was kidnapped in the slightest. He didn't want to hurt her, not now. After all, her reactions should be as pure as possible when he would eventually call Spider-Man there.

Cletus laughed at the thought. Oh how much he was waiting for that time!

Anyways, Cletus went ahead and tracked down Eddie Brock. He would eat Venom now, and wait. Spider-Man wouldn't know that his girl was kidnapped, and even if he knew that she was kidnapped, how would find them?

Cletus was certain that he'd have to cause some big mayhem to attract Spider-Man's attention when he eventually decided that it was time. For now, though, he gave Yuriko some harmless drugs. She wouldn't be hurt, and she wouldn't even know that she was kidnapped.

She would be having a happy dream, which was as real as it could get. Her mind would be at ease. For Cletus wanted her purest reactions. He chuckled again, getting some sort of twisted amusement from all this.

Anyways, Carnage found Eddie.

He had a plan. He wouldn't fight him here since this was a relatively crowdy place, Spider-Man would arrive if that were to happen. And Cletus didn't want Spider-Man this early in the game.

So, Cletus just walked toward Eddie in his human form. He walked with calm and slow steps, and stopped beside the man.

"Eddie Brock?" Cletus asked curiously. "Hello," and offered his hand for a handshake, with a smile on his face and his eyes unblinking.

Eddie looked at him, some suspicion apparent on his face. Wow. Was he caught? Bummer.

"Hello?" Eddie accepted the handshake, albeit hesitatingly.

Cletus' smile broadened while he frowned inside.

'Brother,' he called out to Carnage. 'Are you sure this man's Venom?'

~"Yes… But I do not sense Venom… strange."~

Cletus frowned but wiped it clean quite swiftly.

"I'd like to invite you to this address," Cletus handed Eddie a note with the address of an abandoned factory written on it. Then, as Eddie accepted the note with a weird look on his face, Cletus leaned forward, smiling. "And please don't forget to bring your slimy friend eh?"

By the end of his sentence, Cletus' face had already contorted into half of Carnage's.

Eddie paled, and Cletus backed away with the same smile plastered on his face, and the same unblinking eyes.

"Don't be late~"

Then, he vanished.

Not literally, but it was similar enough. He just fully transformed, and jumped away, hiding quickly so no wandering bug(hero) could interfere.

Now, this was a clear trap, and Cletus knew that Eddie wasn't a fool enough to come there, but… let's just call it his gut. Cletus was sure that Eddie would come there with Venom in tow.

And that was when he would attack, kill, and eat Venom. By doing so, he would become stronger, and then, finally, he would be able to kill Spider-Man, or Peter Parker, with relative ease and close to no injuries.

An overwhelming victory.

And as the bastard would be wriggling on the ground, that's when Cletus would wake Yuriko, that Asian bitch up, and fuck her in front of Peter.

Hmm. It would be fun.

And easy.

Cletus chuckled; oh, how he couldn't wait a single second.

Anyway, wanna read 20+ chapter ASAP?

ø /Lord_Kismet