Peter got up the next morning feeling much better; if a little bit tired but felt that he should be okay now that he no longer had to worry about being possessed by the Symbiote. He got dressed and to the living area of the apartment when there was a knock on the door; "Liz; oh what a wonderful surprise... Do come in!" May said after answering the door and Peter's eyes widened when he saw that it was indeed his girlfriend at the door in her jacket.

"Not that it isn't great to have you here but what are you doing here? Shouldn't you be going to school as well?" Peter asked Liz after May invited her in and she took a deep sigh.

"How are you feeling Peter? I just wanted to see how you are getting on? You know with that King guy on the streets?" Liz asked with a smile that some might say suggested that she was hiding her true motive for coming here and Peter shook his head.

"Trust me Liz; I am not to worried about that brute and I feel just fine!" Peter assured her but Liz sighed as she shook her head and Peter looked concerned. "Are you alright? Do you have another reason for coming here?" Peter asked but Liz put her smile back on.

"Actually... I kind of pestered my brother and my parents to let me come here to ask you if you wanted to ride with me to school? They drive me there before going to work themselves." Liz offered and Peter had to admit that being driven to school with his girlfriend sounded like just what he needed to get his mind completely off from the Symbiote.

After May gave her blessings; they walked down to the outside and there was the Allans to greet Peter and Liz was embarrassed as they warned that Mark was there in the back so they shouldn't get up to anything in the car.

Peter relaxed in the car ride as Liz held his hand and put her head on his shoulder and glanced out the window; the car dropped them off and Peter waved at Sally who shook her head at him as she went and embraced Liz.

"Getting the fancy treatment today huh Parker? Bet if you get your license; you will want to borrow Liz's folks' car since no way could you afford something half as good." laughed Flash as he went to join Sally and Liz with their popular group. Peter sighed and he wondered if Flash even remembered about him getting to go to that wrestling event last year thanks to Peter.

Peter noticed a tall man in a trenchcoat with a goatee and a hat standing by the gate but he paid him no mind as he just went through; waving to Harry who went to say hello to his popular crowd of friends but noticed Liz looking away from Harry who looked nervous at her direction.


Peter later in his art class was drawing an image that was in his mind and could possibly be an after effect of the Symbiote's possession of his body and when it was in his mind. The drawing was of 'the King in Black' on some sort of demonic throne and an evil smirk on his face. "Feels... Unique and like some sort of heavy metal album cover Mr Parker... What are you going for?" asked the art teacher as Peter had his mind scrambled to find some sort explanation.

"Sir, I was... Going for some sort of alien dark god..." Peter replied remembering what the Symbiote had said to him in his dream and the teacher and his classmates looked his way upon him saying that.

"Well then Mr Parker..." muttered the art teacher going to the next student as Peter had a glance outside the window and noticed what he thought was the same man in trenchcoat from earlier. His eyes widened when he saw on the man's shirt a white spider symbol that was in his mind as of late; as possibly a change to his suit design.

He looked away and then back but then back to the window but the man was gone; "Just need a better sleep tonight Parker, you are in no danger as there was no Spider-Sense..." Peter thought to himself as he noticed Harry coming to see his drawing.

"Looks more like a devil than a god Peter; not really something that I would think of if I considered if aliens had religion." laughed Harry as Peter shook it off.

"Very funny Harry..." Peter said but then remembered something. "Hey Harry; is there something going on between you and Liz? I think that she wasn't exactly happy to see you this morning." Peter asked remembering that and it gave Harry pause as if he really didn't want to answer.

There was the art teacher calling Harry back to his desk and Harry looked like he was relieved; "Nothing Peter; just had a little disagreement that will blow over..." Harry simply said as he got back to his desk and Peter decided to leave the topic alone for now even if he thought that there had to be more going on.


After school Peter felt much better as he reached the gate but he ended up finding his shoulder grabbed much to his shock in a strong grip; he looked and was stunned to find the man in a trenchcoat from earlier. "Spider-Sense; what is going on... Wait, why are you not registering HIM as a threat!" Peter thought in his head as his mouth was wide open as he recognised the face of the man as Kraven.

"Aren't you that Kraven the Hunter guy? Sorry my Aunt May said not to talk to strangers; especially if they are wanted criminals." Peter whispered to him and Kraven smirked at him; wait why would he be bothering Peter Parker anyway?

Unless...

"My friend has been in your head and shared with me everything about you; what your schedule is and who you are. I must say that I am disappointed; to think that this foe that has beaten me is something more than a high school child... Insulting to think that you have bested me..." Kraven whispered to Peter and his eyes widened as he grew nervous at the implications of what Kraven was saying.

"You should have killed me when you had the chance..." Kraven whispered as Peter got his shoulder loose and felt much more tense.

"I really have no clue what you are talking about..." Peter retorted about to run away to get away from Kraven but found him catching him by the throat and lifting him up with the onlookers getting back and screaming to call the police. Peter wondered what was going on and why his Spider-Sense was failing him.

Then Kraven's size and mass grew larger and Peter had full on panic as Kraven was covered by the Ooze; "You were told that one half of us were inside your head and we weren't lying; you spurned us and shall pay! Messing with your head was a start but now to get serious!" Venom snarled into Peter's face.

Confession time: the previous arc was going to be called the Last Hunt but I realised it could have spoiled the reveal of who was the Lethal Protector in that storyline.