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Unto thine stowy
"Cindy? Cindy!? Where are you!?" Said Ashton
"ASH. SHUT UP" thought Venom "She isn't here"
"Why is it so dark? Then?" Said Ashton
"Ashton. We are clearly somewhere in a new dimension" thought Venom
"But whe-…oh" said Ashton as the thought of Cindy was in his mind. Worried that he's basically dragged her into the unknown with him "…what have I done"
"Ashton. Don't feel entirely bad. You know I am partly to blame as well. We simply should've been more assertive around her" thought Venom
"Assertive?" thought Ashton as he finally took in his surroundings. There was heavy rain falling over his head as he stood under a billboard.
"Yeah. We could've told her to have a day off and maybe she would've been better off.." thought Venom.
"…I have no idea if she trusts us enough for that. Plus she really liked us being a duo.." thought Ashton feeling immense guilt looking at the rain as he then morphs into Venom as he looms upon the rainy city he is now in "….fuck.."
Then from a distance. They could hear ominous laughter. "That laughter…this…this FEELING." Venom thought with a growl, "No doubt about it, it's HIM." Suddenly, from around a skyscraper, came a flying figure dressed in what looked to be an all-green suit.
It was padded as if it was meant for some sort of biker, but also had armor to look menacing such as abdominal armor with abs built in, large metallic boots, and a crazy pointed helmet with horrible yellow eyes. Despite all the changes, Venom recognized this creature immediately
"Mask on, Ashton! It's the Green Goblin!" Immediately, Ashton allowed Venom to cover his body, the alien gnashing his teeth and licking all around.
"Bastard." Venom growled as he ran off the building and fired a strand so he could chase after the Goblin.
"Hey, it looks like there is a Spider chasing after him." Ashton thought, "But…for some reason I want them out of our way."
"Precisely! Damn, Osborn!" Venom shouted as he got closer and closer to the Goblin, "A monster like him doesn't deserve to be around, no matter what universe it is!"
Nearing the Goblin, it seems Venom didn't have to worry about worrying about the Spider Person getting in his way as the Goblin had thrown a dozen or more Spider Hunting Razor Bat Blades. The weapons chased after the Spider Person as they tried their best to avoid it.
"So long you pesky Spider!" Goblin laughed, "This Goblin has places to be and big, big plans to get—OUGH!" Goblin was cut off as Venom swung up and sucker punched him across his left jaw.
"THAT WAS FOR BEN!" Venom shouted out before letting out a loud laugh.
"Ben?" Ashton thought.
"Parker's depressed brother, we'll talk about it later!" Venom yelled out before going back to attacking Goblin, "We're not sure what it is you did, but whatever it was is never good. Luckily for you, we LOVE hurting people that deserve it!"
"Impressive!" Goblin faux-complimented with a laugh, "Let's see how your reactions are with a fair fight!" as he said this he tapped something on his glider with his foot, almost as if he was shifting up on a motorbike, and his glider sped up thanks to the mini turbine in the back blasting out more exhaust. The glider was fast, much faster than Venom was expecting. More than that, it was fast enough that it could have out paced the Spider Person with ease.
"He was toying with them?" Ashton thought.
"Get a load of this!" Goblin performed a quick 180 turn and began to fire at Venom with the machine gun that was built into the glider.
"SHIT!" Venom yelled out as he fired a line to his right to zip away, not without taking several bullets to the body, "It's not like it'll kill us, but it doesn't exactly feel good either." he groaned. Venom landed on a nearby rooftop and spotted a rooftop greenhouse with tons of plants and fruit.
"Not much, but it's something to throw." quickly, venom fired lines into the greenhouse and began bringing dozens of pots and planters to him, "Here, you look like you have a green thumb!" he laughed as he began throwing the pots and planters one at a time, the dirt hitting Goblin and blinding him as well as a pot that hit the glider and knocked hard enough off balance that Goblin fell off to the rooftop.
"We have you now!" Venom laughed as he licked his maw with his massive tongue. Zipping over, Venom went for a hammer kick but was caught off guard as the downed Goblin caught his kick and spun him around before throwing him through the greenhouse.
"I thought the original was annoying, and that Tarantula a nuisance, now here you are!" Goblin said with a laugh and slow clap, "Well come one, come all, I suppose! Bring on one thousand of you, in the end the result will be the same. We'll destroy and beat each other down again, and again, and again, until the whole city is crushed beneath our feet. In the end, one shall remain victorious, and I guarantee you, I have no intentions of dying in some jail cell or by your hands…creature."
he scoffed, "Don't you see? Your fight is meaningless, a losing venture. It doesn't matter how big you look, in the end, you are still an itsy bitsy spider."
Venom growled and hopped out of the greenhouse and landed in a crouched position, his hands on the ground as his frustration began to become more and more apparent with his look. His claws extended more, his pitch black look began to take on a slight purple hue, the spider on his back and chest becoming wider, and his jaw getting bigger.
"And they say I'm a monster!" Goblin taunted as he reached to the back of his belt and grabbed a pumpkin bomb. Activating the bomb, Goblin tossed it at Venom who caught it with a strand and threw it back to the green psychopath, however, instead of the bomb blowing up in Goblin's face, it blew up between Goblin and Venom thanks to the glider
The explosion was incredibly loud, and intensely hot, causing Venom to cover his ears and wince in pain. Goblin then jumped through the flames and residue of the explosion and sent several punches to Venom before picking him up and slamming him to the ground, before kicking his face and sending him flying across the roof.
"God damn green bastard!" Venom growled.
"This dude an actual monster or something?" Ashton thought.
"No, if he's like Goblin back home, his power comes from trying to recreate the Super Soldier Serum." Venom replied as he cracked his jaw back into place. He opened and closed his mouth as small black tendrils began to come out and wiggle around, "He's a tough one. But all Goblins are only human."
Suddenly, Venom jumped from his place and leapt towards the Goblin, massive cracks left in the ground from the force of his jump. "RAAAAAAGH!" Venom screeched as he tackled Goblin to the ground and began to pound him left and right with his claws. "HAHAHA, not so tough without your silly toys, are you Osborn?"
"Osborn?" Goblin laughed, "There is no Osborn! There is only Goblin! And for you, there is only death!" Goblin used his legs and kicked Venom up in the air, where he collided with the blades of the glider. "HAHAHA! Nice try, 'hero'!" the Goblin mocked as he jumped on the glider himself.
"This Goblin fights better than every Goblin we know!" Thought Venom as Goblin slashed him in the chest with his wristblade and punched him nearly off his glider.
"Not so bad, Spider Wannabe, certainly these gifts could be valuable" said Goblin as he pulls out a pumpkin bomb, "Such a shame for it to go to waste!" Goblin tossed the bomb in front of him and flew upwards so the majority of the blast hit Venom. The explosion caused Venom to get knocked off the glider, but he was able to slash at the back of the glider, causing it to go into a spin.
Suddenly, as Goblin's glider was spinning through the air, webbing attached to the Goblin's glider and the user yanked themselves up onto the air to stop the Goblin, but was knocked down by Venom's falling body. Both of them landed on top of a building, with Venom landing on top of the Spider Person's body. Venom rolled off the Spider and groaned as he got up to see Goblin maniacally laughing as he flew away across the skyline.
"…why do I even bother?..." thought Ashton with a sigh.
"I'm sorry Ashton… I just felt.. rage when I saw him.." thought Venom
"No, no… I felt that too... it felt weird." thought Ashton "He seemed different than the previous ones we know…"
"Hey!" called out the Spider Person, their voice and body shape looking very feminine. Her outfit looking like a skin tight suit with a ballerina leotard with a double breasted V-pattern which was black, as well as ballet slippers which were a powder blue. The rest of her outfit was white, including a hood and mask. There was also a pink section of the suit on the inner-lining of her hood as well as her biceps, complete with white webbed pattern. And finally, her eye lenses, similar to Peter's, were white but had a pink outline.
"Two in a row, huh?" Ashton thought, immediately wincing as he thought about Cindy once again.
"?" said Venom. He could tell she was mad at him as she stomped on over.
"You could've gotten yourself killed doing this! Of all the people that tried to do my job. You seem to have done it the worst." said the spider girl angrily.
Venom couldn't give two shits about what she just said, "…and?" he replied, his form relaxing and going back to his normal, slightly less hulking look.
"'And'!? All you have to say is 'and'!?" said the spider girl, "Too many people try to imitate me! 'Oh I want to be Ghost Spider' and 'I wanna be just like you!' It's unbelievable!"
"…" said Venom not even phased which the lack of remorse made her even more irritated.
"Listen, you…Spider-Wannabe. You can't just be out fighting battles you can't win." said Ghost Spider unaware Venom is no ordinary so-called vigilante.
That outright pissed Ashton off and made his eyebrow twitch, slightly. Part of him wants to let his anger out, but compared to that Goblin…he realized he should show some restraint.
"…" said Venom with a slight growl as he felt a slight twitch, "Listen here and listen well. You don't tell us what to do." Ghost Spider could sense a rising hostility from him. "And certainly you will not be changing that."
as he restrained his mouth from opening but he sharpened his claws which didn't go unnoticed. Ghost Spider wasn't having it nor was she intimidated "And even if you were to change that, just what do you think you can do about it?"
Ghost Spider wasn't sure if he was threatening her or not. But in her mind those claws were no good. And he is definitely a danger to himself. "Alright. I'm gonna have to put you down if you don't do it yourself." she said with a nod as she punched her fist into her palm while Venom then had a much more noticeable twitch.
"…you threatening us?" Venom asked ominously.
"Don't know, you feeling threatened?" Ghost Spider replied with a snarky tone that didn't go unnoticed.
"Heh." Venom chuckled before covering his face with a hand as he burst into laughter, "Hahahahaha! Okay…don't say we didn't warn you." Immediately, without warning, Venom shot his clawed hand forward, trying to grab Ghost Spider's face.
Ghost Spider, however, was able to avoid the attack fairly easily. As if she was able to predict the incoming attack. "Damn, this guy moves fast." she thought, "My Spider Sense almost didn't detect it coming in."
Deciding to gain more distance, Ghost Spider performed a back handspring followed by a pirouette. She took a deep breath as she watched her opponent get down into a fighting stance similar to that of a wrestler.
"You're pretty fast, big guy. Guess maybe you may not be as defenseless as I thought." Ghost Spider performed a twirl before jumping in the air, performing a backflip and firing two weblines to the ground in front of Venom and launching at him with a double kick.
Venom simply scoffed and he formed a shield to block the attack. Ghost Spider hit the shield with both feet and groaned at how prepared the strange vigilante before her was. She tried to jump back and gain distance but felt her Spider Sense go off as Venom quickly reached his other hand out and put her foot in a vise grip.
He followed up by twisting his body and slamming Ghost Spider against the rooftop before lifting her up and doing it again before throwing her.
Ghost Spider quickly regained her composure in air and fired a webline to a water tower and swung to it. "Not too bad. Fast AND strong. Guess you have a full package, eh?"
"You said it, not us." Venom laughed. While Ashton was certainly caught off guard by it. But held in his laugh
Ghost Spider cocked a lens in confusion before they widened in realization before squinting in disappointment at the joke, "Hardy-har-har. Get all the ladies laughing with that one?"
"Okay." Ghost Spider thought as she analyzed her opponent, "Frontal assault obviously isn't going to work. He's strong, which means I need to catch him off guard myself. Guess I need to use my webs for their best purpose." she thought with a smirk.
She jumped down and acted as if she was going for another drop kick. Venom laughed and put up his shield again. This time, though, Ghost Spider quickly fired her webs behind her and quickly yanked back to gain distance, she then followed up by firing dozens of web balls at her opponent.
Many hit the shield, a few hit his feet and one hit his head when he put his shield down after realizing Ghost Spider backed away. "That's annoying." Ashton thought.
"It's as if she has never fought a symbiote before." Venom added.
Ghost Spider then fired more webs now that Venom's shield was down and put him in a cocoon. "Get a load of this, CRAWLER ASSAULT!" she shouted at the top of her lungs as she began a barrage of attacks against Venom, annoying him more and more because the punches she was throwing actually kind of hurt.
"That's it!" Venom shouted as he broke free and entangled Ghost Spider in a web cocoon of his own, holding her up as if it was nothing.
"What is this webbing?" Ghost Spider thought, "It isn't anything like my webbing. It's stronger, and gooey. It's like it's alive. Like it's organic!" Ghost Spider squirmed and tried to rip the webbing off her, but she could barely even move her hands.
"If you want to fight seriously, we'll fight seriously!" Venom yelled as he slammed Ghost Spider a few times before punching her repeatedly in the gut, "You show up, claim I'm ruining everything when YOU didn't even get close to the Goblin. You act as if you had the situation under control, then throw a hissy fit at me? Sorry, but last I checked, I was actually fighting him, while he was playing you like a damn fiddle. Then you have the gall to throw punches first, ask questions later?" He then thrusts her into a wall holding her down, "You have NO IDEA what is going on.." said Venom as he was about to slash her face.
Ghost Spider closed her eyes bracing for impact only for nothing to happen. Before Venom did. He then remembered her body language and tone.
She definitely has had a very bad day… and that he would rather not kill any Spider hero of whatever, he definitely didn't have the best approach to the situation either.
"…." Said Venom as he drops her, "…..We're sorry…" he said as Ashton's voice came out over Venom's. He then turned around and sprints away as Ghost Spider could only watch in the intense rain she sees him jump off the building.
She then gets up and runs over to where he jumped.
He was gone.
(A/N from here on I'll call her Spider Gwen)
To Peter
*blam*
Spiderman narrowly dodges another shot
"Stay still ya red wanker!" yelled an aussie man continually taking shots at Spiderman
"Well take off those shades! Im sure you'll see me better that way" said Spiderman as he then sees a running train float by and jumps onto it
"Augh!" yelled Spiderman in pain as he is grazed by one bullet
"hehehe" said the man as he aimed his sniper and pulled the trigger *click*
No bullet left. He then growled and pulls out an SMG
"Sniper if you please" said a Frenchman in a robber mask
"Atta boy spy" said the Sniper as the spy readied his pistol and spun his knife in his other hand.
The spy as he leaped from broken building to broken building to get closer to the train. Spiderman then webs a floating rock and launches it his way
The spy miraculously dodged but once the rock passed him. He was gone. Spiderman looked around the train as he could hear slight footsteps getting closer to himself
He then felt his spidey sense go off as he as he instinctively stepped aside feeling the graze of a knife
"Getting slower. Oui? Haha!" said the Spy spinning his knife his hand "At zis point I'll fillet you like a salmon"
"...you French?" said Spiderman
"Oui. Now surrender or die!" said Spy pointing his knife at Spiderman
"How about…. Non!" said Spiderman getting in a battle stance shooting a web and Spy disappears making Spiderman more wary
As once again his spidey sense sent of he instinctively darted to the side avoiding another stab making Spy growl in anger as he pulled
Spiderman punches the pistol out of his hand
Little did they know. Back by the end of the train. Thanks to his tall stature. Sniper caught the pistol
He then pulls out his submachine gun as he sees Spy sliding down the train carts. He them grabbed him
"Merci Sniper" said Spy as he was handed his pistol
They both aimed their guns at Spiderman
"Oh no" said Spiderman as he then ran as fast as he could to avoid the gunfire and jumped into the passenger cart
"WHAT IS IT WITH TRAINS HERE!?" said Spiderman as a few moments the Snipers kicks down the door as he and Spy proceed to fire at Spiderman "WHOAH!" as he bursts into another train cart avoiding more gunfire
He webs a chair and chucks it at them giving him more time to run
"STOP ZAT SPIDER!" yelled Spy as Sniper more carefully aimed his SMG and fired
"AH!" yelled Spider as some of the bullets grazed his leg running into the next train cart this time jumping onto the walls to get more momentum and some of those bullets get scarily close to him
He then sees the power box and webs a table and yanks it over to break it
The lights in the train cart went off only to be illuminated by the windows. Both mercy sighed in annoyance
"Shite. I'm on my last 15" muttered Sniper realizing he's on his last mag
"I trust you'll put it to good use" said Spy reloading his pistol
"What bullets you be using?" said Sniper as Spy bands him one "..Piss.. " as he hands it back because the bullet was too big for his SMG they then heard the door from afar
They both see a silhouette as they nodded to each other and aimed their guns
From Spiderman's perspective he then saw a flurry of bullets practically destroy the door as Sniper kicks it down this time holding 3 jars of a yellow liquid while Spy reloads his pistol
Spiderman then slowly crawled towards the door from which they came Sniper became aware of where he was ad he held onto one jar
"JARATE!" yelled Sniper as he chucked one of the jars at Spiderman
"Ew!" said Spiderman as leaped onto the ground
*blam*
The shot barely got him as he turned and ran
*blam*
"!" Said Spiderman as that shot grazed his side as he ran through the traincart trying to make as much of a mess as he could to delay them as he sees the fire extinguisher
His sense went off again qs he webbed the extinguisher closer to him
*blam*
Then all the flame retardant poured out
*blam*
Part of the table Spiderman was hiding behind got chipped
"Shoot him again!" Said Sniper
"Zat was my last shot" said Spy in annoyance as he twirls his knife again as Sniper rolled his eyes and chucked his last piss jar at Where he thinks Spiderman is and pulls out his machete
"I guess everywhere is a urinal for him" thought Spiderman feeling it now safe to stick his head out
"Get yer ass back here mate!" said Sniper lunging over to slash him
Spiderman dodges every slash Sniper tried until he felt a bit tired
"My turn aussie" said Spiderman clocking him twice in the face. Spiderman then felt his sense go off again as he looked out one of the windows
"Oh no" said Spy
*crash*
The three of then held on the cart as best as they could. However Sniper's hands start slipping
"No! AAAAAAHHH!-" yelled Sniper going out the window while train cart snaps off the rest of the train and slides onto the debris
It was stable enough for the both of them to stand up. Spiderman then narrowly avoids a backstabbing once more
"I'm going to carve you like a pumpkin" said Spy as Spiderman puts up his fists in return
"Well it's too bad it isn't Halloween" said Spiderman as he then shoots a web at Spy before he used hid knife to slide that with no problem catching Spiderman off guard "That is one sharp blade"
"indeed!" said Spy slashing at Spiderman at a breakneck speed
"Alright Pepe Le Pew let's dance without a cat to kiss!" said Spiderman as he grabbed Spy's arm making him drop his knife and a split second Spy headbutted him
"Gah!" Said Spiderman as he swings at Spy making to hit him oncoming the cigarette out of his mouth as the train cart them unexpectedly hits a rock
Spiderman took this chance to spin kick Spy out the window qs he followed suit. Once they both landed landed on a rock. Spiderman quickly got up and webbed the cart and pulled him away giving one final "cya" hand gesture
"YOU SUCK!" yelled Spy angrily as Sniper catches up to him out of breath
To Gwen
Gwen sat down in frustration as she undressed into more normal clothes. She felt a little bit of pain sitting down
"Well… after tracking Goblin all day and fighting electro. I thought it could never get worse" thought Gwen as she gets an ice pack on some of her bruises and she winces
As much as the mysterious man hurt her. It was as bad as getting an electroshock earlier as she puts another ice pack on her arm where she got am electric burn
"…I guess I went overboard.." muttered Gwen as she thought that maybe she could've avoided fighting him and avoided further damage. Though one of the last things he said to her made her curious
"You have NO IDEA what is going on…"
This made her think. What could he be referring to? Goblin plan? Other supervillain plan? Terrorists plan? A CONSPIRACY!?
And how long has he been around? Surely he must've done some things under her nose. She'll have to try investigating. She then looks at her phone to see her friend has texted her. Before texting back she then gets a few more bandages, brushes her hair and then grabs her earbuds
She then puts on her fav song. Gets on her bed. And vibes out
The next day
Waking up and getting ready. Gwen then puts her spider suit and putting her clothes in her backpack. Upon opening the window she inches out and closes it. Takes a few stretches while some of her injuries that stung a little. But thankfully has healed good enough to swinging again
Though she thought about her impersonator that actually beat her again. Maybe he's swinging or fighting crime. He strangely gave off more violent vibes to her. She
She then leaps to take a swing putting
"Let's see how the morning crime is" thought Gwen as she gracefully swung. Lowkey hoping that a more difficult opponent like Goblin or the new man
She then sees a man in a small sample stand advertising a German restaurant
"samples Das very gut" said the worker "Only today for ze month… hey. Is zat Goose Shpide?"
She then webs one of the bratwurst samples and swings by stunning hin for a moment
"Amerika is very strange" said the worker as he then eats one of the other samples
"Hm. Bratwust probably should've put more mustard on it" thought Gwen as she stops for a moment to sit on top of the building looking down
She then lifts her mask slightly as she then eats the sample she took for a moment thinking she should've grabbed a mustard pack. She then hears from panicked people and some loud stomps. She quickly fondness her food, readjusts her mask and squints her eyes
It was Rhino doing an angry charge. This made her somewhat happy that she knows she can handle him. She then launches herself towards him
"I didn't want to go hunting today. But you made me reconsider" said Spider Gwen webbing his arm and swinging around him to slow him down
"Well itsy bitsy Spider. You'll have no water spit to climb after me!" said Rhino as he turns to grab a random car and tries to smash Gwen only for her to effortlessly
"I hope whoever owns that car has insurance" muttered Gwen
"Time for the rain!" yelled Rhino as the the grabs a vending machine and gives a little punch. And lot sof water bottles began shooting out at her
"You got to be kidding-!" said Gwen as she narrowly avoided the vending machine thrown at her
"Hey cherry soda" said Rhino as he crushed the can and chugged the soda. Tossing that aside. He gets into a fighting stance and does a bull stomp
Spider Gwen then looks at her surroundings to see how she can stop him. As he then did a charge at her
To Venom
Ashton stands at a bus stop as the day is rather cloudy
"Of course it had to be on a bad day" thought Ashton expecting it to rain later
"….I'm starting to wonder what's for dinner" thought Venom
"….good point. But… now that we are back to square one. What could possibly help us now?" thought Venom
"...If this place has a strange doctor. Then we'd be covered" thought Ashton
"I bet his brain will taste good" thought Venom as Ashton grimaced in slight annoyance before immediately changing expressions upon seeing a group of people walking
"Your hunger is… tempting…" thought Ashton shaking his head snapping out it "We'll get some food on a just a few moments. Be patient…. Now where's a grocery store"
Ashton then looks for a random grocery store. Grabs a few things and accidently bumps shoulders with another man
"Oh I'm sorry" said the man
"…" said Ashton as he turns to him and his eyes widened
Of all people. It had to be one of Peter's villains. That he really doesn't care about
"…No worries…" said Ashton nonchalantly as he realized who he Bumped into "..Mr. Carpenter… I see you look qs… normal as ever"
"Whats that supposed to mean" said Mr. Carpenter
"Well when your not at a damn SeaWorld I'm sure you'll look put of place when on your own adventure" said Ashton
"Hey! SeaWorld is awesome!" said Mr. Carpenter as something was approaching before they voted but heads
*crash*
Spider Gwen crashed through the wall fighting Rhino
"….well shit" muttered Ashton as he watched as she expertly kicked Rhino knocking over a shekd
"Hey it's the spidergirl again! Go talk to her"
"No" thought Ashton with a grimaced remembered the previous night as he turns to Mr. Carpenter
"You're going to have to sometime hehehe…"
"Good going pancakes. One pf your animal friends is here. Go talk to him" said Ashton
"Mmm… pancakes …wait Hey!... I don't even have my costume pn" said Mr. Carpenter
"I'm actually surprised Hubert" said Ashton as they both duck as Rhino is thrown "then put it on"
"Why!?" said Hubert Carpenter
"ALRIGHT YOU BITCH YER GONNA FACE THE HORN!" yelled an angry Rhino as he takes a stomp cracking the ground
"Heh. That's a funny costume he has" thought Venom
"yeah. And not like the Rhino mech he had" thought Ashton
"OK horn-head. Bring it on!" said Spider Gwen
"Well that's a lot of damage" said Hubert
"Moron just forget it if your not gonna talk to that Rhino thing" said Ashton not even caring about fighting Rhino getting a good several punches too his face making him tumble over to them both
"Ghost spider!" said Hubert as he makes a run for it forgetting he's not in his costume while Ashton simply shoplifts several chocolate bars
Spider Gwen catches a glimpse of the side of his face as he walks out
"Is that-" said Gwen as she then is punched by Rhino knocking to the ground. She then rolls to avoid a stomp
"Be still!" said Rhino "I promise this won't hurt a bit!"
"Well with a horn as long as that. I don't think you'd be tell the truth" said Spider Gwen confusing Rhino of a second. Before she punches his face and webs his legs. Then then webs multiple shelves to fall down upon him
"OW" said Rhino as Gwen webs more of him to make sure he stays down. Before giving his horn a flick a running off to swing away as the police get closer
Meanwhile
A man ominously watches some security cameras in fascination. First of recorded footage of Goblin flying before being interrupted by a man he doesn't recognize…. Venom
"Another spider…..man" said the man shrouded in darkness lighting a cigarette as he then changes footage to Venom fighting Ghost Spider "And powerful… that's what I like to see" and then lights a cigarette pressing button summoning an assistant
"Yes sir?" Said the assistant
"Mind telling me. Who is that person?" said the man pointing to the fight between Goblin, SpiderGwen and Venom
"…Is that not Ghost Spider?" said the assistant
"No" said the man moving his very large hand slightly
"Goblin?" said the assistant
"No" said the man in annoyance as he firmly points at Venom "Him" as he then changes to footage of Venom fighting Gwen though the rain is obscuring the fight
"Whoah…" said the assistant "But we know nothing of who he is. Nothing ever seem before yet. He seems to have similar abilities to Ghost spider But it's as if he appeared out of nowhere"
"I can see that" said the man putting his hands together "So here's what I want. Find out who this man is. And learn whether he could he friendly to our cause or not"
"Yes sir" said the assistant as the man gestures for the assistant to leave
"The clock is ticking. Ghost Spider. Your webs won't stain my city forever" said the large man as he lights a cigar
To Ashton
Looking uo at the clouds. Ashton sighs and then began to unwrap the chocolate bars he shoplifter one by one. Sliding them into his sleeves for Venom to eat
"this chocolate… certainly could be better" thought Venom
"The fucking things are were from a dollar store. What quality did you expect?" thought Ashton sliding the last unwrapped chocolate bare in his sleeve to hear quiet munching from Venom
"Well that satisfies some hunger. Bur I still want brains" thought Venom
"I'm more worried if are able to leave. And see Cindy and Peter again" thought Ashton "….I feel guilty"
"What happened with Peter isn't our fault Ashton. Neither did happen with Eddie" thought Venom making Ashton slightly wince "But. Cindy isn't entirely our fault. They were sure to do dimensional shit anyway. Knowing Mr. Octopus"
"Eh. Maybe" thought Ashton "But I think he may do it at a later time. We probably more or less give it a push.."
"Yes… not our fault! Not our fault! Haha!... err… not entirely" thought Venom as Ashton began to think of Cindy still in the spiderverse just looking for him or a way back home
"I have an idea. Maybe the shady bar is still in the same place! Let's go there and maybe we can find someone that could help us" thought Venom
"Holy shit. That's actually pretty good idea" thought Ashton as he then began to follow the route he took to get there last time
Going past several shady people. Ashton finds himself in the more run down corners once again. And then he notices the metal door. Ashton the grabbed the hand and forced the door open
"Interesting. Different door"
"Or we're breaking and entering" thought Venom. It sounded much quarters than he expected as he walked down the halls making his way towards the basement
He could hear bowling going in
"Da! Da! Da! I got new score!"
This got Ashton curious as he then peals through some of the broken planks and old see a giant man throwing bowling balls at pins with pictures of Ghost Spider on it
He then looked around and didn't see anyone else. And from what he could tell. This was a run down bowling alley bar as he then morphs to Venom and then crawls onto the ceiling. And this guy looked like a Hades man
"I will crush bug with my brute strength next time" said the Hades man chucking another bowling ball "For I am the king of pins"
"Is he… claiming to be kingpin?" thought Ashton
"possibly. But then again his English is broken so it may be the translation in his head" thought Venom
As he then crawls into the room to see it's a run down bar with lots of pictures of Spider Gwen that have been torn apart in many different ways
"..someone's really got a vendetta" thought Ashton as he then looks around and sees nothing worth of sort. So as he tries to quietly crawl away he accidently put a little too much pressure on the chelating making a hole in the weakened state
"WHO IS HERE!?" yelled the Hades man as he then pulls out two SMGs and then looks up at Venom
"…fuck" said Venom
"DIE" yelled the man as he opened fired at Venom who leaps off the ceiling and behind the broken pool table "Strange you have bug powers. But that don't deny doom"
Venom then shoots multiple web balls at the so called Hades kingpin
Venom leaped 9ut of the smoke to Hades kingpins open fire and punches one of the guns our of his hands
"TAKE THIS FUCKWAD" yelled the Hades kingpin as Venom quickly grabbed his arm to point the gun to the side so all the bullets would go out
*click*
*click*
"Der'mo" said the Hades man as he whacked Venom with a bowling ball
"GAH!" yelled Venom a bit mad as the bowling ball was then thrown at him. He then webbed it and sling hooked straight back at the man
"DOH!" yelled the Hades man crashing through a bunch of chair he then sees the other gun and quickly grabs it and proceeded to fire the remaining rounds at Venom which there were that many left "Cyka blyat"
As Venom then webbed him and trusted him onto a table and grabbing one more chair
"Now to make sure you stay down" said Venom holding up the chair
*smash*
Venom then moved him onto his back and sees he is still conscious
"Ok you so called kingpin. The hell are you doing here?" said Venom seemingly ready to punch him
"It seems you are a formidable one" said A voice from behind Venom before he could punch /the Hades kingpin again hearing multiple goons pint their guns at him
"?" said Venom turning around and his eyes widened in shock when he saw who it was "…Your…"
"I am indeed. Matt Murdock" said the blind man pointing his cane at Venom "Now please get off my client"
"This is your client Kingpin? The kingpin I know is bald. Not looking like buff Hades" said Venom nonchalantly while getting off Aleksei as he heavily resisted the urge not to punch as he couldn't tell if that was q compliment or not
"…what world makes you think that?" said Matt caught off guard as Venom noticed that his hair is longer and messier. Venom chuckles to himself
"My own head" said Venom with an ominous chuckle "So what?"
Matt Murdock gestures for the goons to lower their guns
"I noticed your fight with Ghost Spider" said Matt
"Yeah? So what's it to you then?" said Venom
"Well. First Person all. That's not kingpin" said Matt
"…Oh" said Venom
"I KNEW IT! HE WAS CLEARLY TOO DIFFERENT!" thought Venom
"He likes to call himself that because they are pretty much the same size" said Matt "But back on topic. We would like to have a word"
"Does this word. Have with some sort of tech or magic?" said Venom
Murdock raised a brow
"..no" said Murdock
"Then I'll pass. I have better things to do" said
"You won't be able to hide forever" said
"look Murdock. I respect you a lot. And God's plan is unknown to a lot of us" said Ashton crossing himself "But I think I'm gonna have to decline as he then swung away
A bunch of the thugs pointed their guns only for Murdock to signal them to stand down
"Let the boy run. No one gets far for long" said Murdock as he then turns to leave
To Peter again
"cmon. He has around somewhere.. he can't have gone far!" thought Spiderman
"Spiderman!"
A voice came from a speaker from what looked like a space ship eith a big skull on it
"Whoah… Crossbones did you get a spaceship!?"
"Wh-Crossbones!? I am not him!" yelled the speaker
"OK then whoever is in the space ship" said Spiderman in a deadpan
"Bah! Shadow Man, Hard Man, Snake Man! Get him! Everyone else to the weapsons!... wait is this thing still on? Oh f-"
Spiderman can't help but make a blank star as then the skull spaceship think started to activate some laser cannons
"Of course.." thought Spiderman as then a hatch opened and three armored men jump out
"I remember you! I want revenge for beating me!"
"I legit never met you before" said Spiderman
"You denying the awesome fight we had!?" said the really large armored man "YOU HESR ME YOU BASTARD! ILL CUT OFF YOUR NUTSACK! AND NAIL IT TO MY DOOR! Like one of those flying door knockers rich folk got. THAT WOULD BE YOUR BALLS!"
Spiderman was stunned at how both left field and absurd the statement was
"He's really salty about when you defeated him" said Snake Man with a slight chuckle
"What? I still nev-!" said Spider as he then avoided a rocket fist "DID YOU JUST SHOOT YOUR ARM AT ME!?"
"Nope. Physical copy. Pretty cool. I call it the Hard Knuckle. As I will give you a hard time!" yelled Hard Man as he does q massive leap making Spiderman instinctively jump out of the way as the skull ship activated its laser guns
Spiderman then turns around to run as the ship and the enforcers pursue him avoiding laser fire from the ship
"LET ME CRUSH YOU" yelled Hard Man taking another monstrous leap landing in the floating platform Spiderman is on causing it to crack and nearly lose his balance
His Spider sense tingles as he then instinctively dodged 2 throwing stars as Shadow Man pulls out a katana blade
Snake Man crosses his arms in amusement
Spiderman then webs some debris to launch at Hard Man and Shadow Man
Shadow Man slices them to pieces while Hard Man just lets it hit him
"Barely felt a thing.." said Hard Man tauntingly as Spiderman then gets an idea.
"Well tough guy! How about this!" Said Spiderman shooting his webs at both Hard Man and Shadow Man
Shadow Man slices the web effortlessly while Hard Man is dumbfounded to what Spiderman is trying to do as Spiderman sprinted closer webbing his legs
Shadow Man dashes over to him and slashes at him which only got minor scratches on his arms
"I think the gunshot is enough for now"!" said Spiderman ducking another swing and punching Shadow Man in the face and the noticed the ship stopped firing at him. So he then shoots multiple webs at the ship
He could hear loud muffled profanities in the ship as his senses went off once again as he then avoided another hard Knuckle
"So close!" said Hard Man as Spiderman then webs more the ship and webs Shadow Man to be stuck to the ground as Spiderman
The man flying the shop realized what he is doing
"No wait! Hard Man keep your balance!"
"WHAOH!" yelled Hard Man as he was then launched towards the ship's wing engines
*Kzzt*
"FU-"
The skull ship then began to fly in a crazy pattern away qs suddenly there was a noticeable opening. So he then webs Hard Man again
"Uh oh" said Hard Man
"!" said Snake Man getting up and aiming his arm cannons at Spiderman and started firing. But it was too late. Spiderman used his momentum to swing Hard Man into the opening portal crack
"Hard man!" yelled Snake Man as he then lunged over firing more shots at Peter as Shadow Man cuts himself out of the webs
"Well there goes Curly" said Spiderman as he dodges laser fire from Snake Man qs he then shoots web at Snake Man who ducks
"missed me!" said Snake Man as Spiderman then yanks what he hit which was a vending machine and Snake Man then ducks again "No matter" as he then jumps onto the machine
When he got closer. Snake Man goes for a spin kick in the air as Spiderman then webs his back
"Sorry Larry. But I don't want to stooge around right now" said Spiderman swinging him over to where he sent Hard Man
"WAIT NO-" yelled Snake Man as he disappeared into the opening as Spiderman's senses goes off once again avoiding more slashes from Shadow Man as Spiderman then drove his knee up to his chest
"!" said Shadow Man as Spiderman then webbed him and spun him into the opening
"And there goes Moe" said Spiderman to himself "…ok maybe that was bad comparison. But I need a bandage…and a shower.."
Back to Ashton
"I bet Peter has better luck…. Maybe he even found a girlfriend while at it" thought Ashton
"Well. He is the Spiderman. That nerd has his Rizz. While you have ME! I am the real rizzer of the two of us"
"That sounds fucked up when you say that" thought Ashton
"Ashy boy. Where would you be without me?"
"…" said Ashton
"exactly"
Ashton sighs as he then notices the German vendor. Feeling hungry and not in the nimrod for chocolate. He heads over
"Guten tag. Das vant to try German bratwurst?" said the vendor man
"Ja ich hätte gerne 2, hast du senf?" said Ashton catching the man off guard
"Ja" said Vendor Man handing him two bratwursts as he puts some mustard on both of them
"Ich gehe also davon aus, Dass Das geschäft gut läuft" said Ashton taking a bite from a bratwurst
"Ja aber langsam" said the vendor man as Ashton pulls put his wallet and pays
"Danke" said Ashton as the vendor man nod
"Remind me why we aren't in Germany again? We could sure fuck around over there"
"I think we'll easily be caught as a stowaway" thought Ashton "…And I don't think we can even afford to.."
"I'm sure Eddie would've found a way" thought Venom making Ashton roll his eyes
"I don't think Germany was high on his priority list" thought Ashton as he then eats more of the bratwurst and pulled the jacket sleeve so he could slip the other one in
He then could hear a chomp and some munching in his sleeve
"Not bad… not bad at all…" thought Venom as Ashton nodded to himself in agreement as he then from the corner of his eye. He sees a rather suspicious man "Ash. Look to your left" Ashton then finishes the rest of his bratwurst and sees a man with a seemingly super skin tight costume with black spots on it
"What about him?" thought Ashton
"I mean usually a supervillain in disguise would wear a trench coat so tightly in this weather. And the fedora too" thought Venom
"..good point" thought Venom as he then began to tail him as Ashton tries to get a better look at him "Looks strange"
Then the suspicious man then enters a mini grocery store as Ashton also walks in inconspicuously
They are the only two customers in the mini mart. The store owner was too busy looking at his newspaper to notice them both go in
"Hey do you have an ATM machine?"
"In back" said the store owner as Ashton then goes in the other isle and peeks theough the product placement om the suspicious man
"Ok.. ok.. I can do this.. just a big enough spot. And I'm in"
"Spot?" thiught Ashton asbhe then puts two and two together "This is a guy that gave Peter a lot of trouble in his younger days?"
"Yes. As those holes.. can go anywhere" thought Venom
"Cmon into the machine…into the machine" as the man named Spot then nervously puts a hole on the ATM machine "And get the money.."
He then sticks his in
Then a hole appeared by Ashton grabbed a bag of chips catching him off guard
"Chips?.. no" said Spot dropping the bag on the floor and sticking his hand in again the pull out the box of tic tacs "ok let's try this again" tossing it aside before doing it again. And pulling out a banana "You've got to be kidding"
"Hey what you doing man?" said the store owner suspicious
"Nothing! Just deciding" said Spot as he then then thinks to himself as Ashton then looks at the TV
"Look folks. The diabolical menace Ghost Spider is making those criminals do more tmdamage the the police would've done!"
Ashton looks at the TV where he could see Footage of Spider Gwen fighting multiple gang members on a moving van
He then turns to Spot who wasnt paying attention at all
"Perfect coincidence" thought Venom as Ashton slips a couple chocolate bars up his sleeve
"Gh!" said Spot as he kicked the ATM in frustration "Ow my foot" sticking his hand in the hole once again to out a hotdog "oo- hot hot!" dropping the dog on the floor
This catches the attention of the store owner who then quietly grabs a bat
"Ey man. I hope you aren't robbing me" saod the store owner
"It appears this Spot hasn't gotten used to his powers… he can be useful later…"
"Yes… but we need to keep him out of trouble first….but I want to watch this"
"Ditto"
"!" said Spot ducking under a swing from the bat "Wait just let me get rob you!"
"No one robs my store" yelled the store owner as Ashton watched in amusement as he kept swinging at Spot who is trying his best avoid the swings
"Oh come one the money I'm there isnt yours it's the banks so Im robbing the bank!" said Spot defensively as he barely avoided another swing
After a few more months of the store owner trying to whack Spot with some swings successful some not
Whiel watching Ashton then unwrapped most of the chocolate bars he found and Venom poked our in a split second to consume it all
"Oh this will keep me for a bit" thought Venom
Ashton then morphs to Venom after feeling he had enough fun watching after he threw a hole under the store owner that was too small for him to fit through
"Aye! You robbing my store" said the owner "SOMEONE HELP"
"Ha ha! Who has the bat now?" said Spot tauntingly giving the stopover stopover slight poke in the head with the bat as he turns the ATM on the side and tries to push it out of the store
But then he sees Venom's shadow silhouette
"Huh!? Oh uh.. So we meet Ghost Sp-WHAT" said Spot seeing Venom in place "You're not her. You are a guy!"
"Yes we are." Said Venom nonchalantly
"So you're like an imitation of her but black?" said Spot making Venom twitch slightly before holding it down
"I'm not her. And we are our own" said Venom
"…so like you're a villain as well" said Spot making Venom shrug in response "Alright copy cat! You'll face my po-OW" as he bumped his shoulder causing multiple products to fall on him with some going in one hole and going out the other that's on his stomach "Ignore that.. " as he then gets in a fighting stance with the bat
"Bootleg Ghost stop this robber please" said the store owner
"How long have you been like that?" said Venom
"That's none of your business now let me through!" said Spot and Venom didn't budget "Alright take this!" swinging the bat at Venom who then snatches it from him and tosses it aside
"Oh" said Spot as feeling a but nervous that Venom is going to beat him up as Venom grabbed him by the shoulder "Please be gentle ill be good ill be good!"
"Hey what about me man!?" yelled the store owner
Venom then stops to see where the store owner's legs are
Venom then shoves the legs in freeing the storeowner from the hole
"Thanks" said the storeowner a Venom then drags Spot outside the store
"Please no-aaah!" Said Spot as Venom threw him in the air and then Venom ran up the building and Spot again and yanks him on the rooftop "OOF"
Spot being scared for his life then crawls back from Venom approaching him
"Please don't kill me! I don't want to die! I just need money!" said Spot "Please giv-"
"Shut up!" said Venom "Now tell me. How long have you been like this?"
"whu-What?" said Spot
"Don't make me repeat myself" said Venom
"Oh um… about a week actually" said Spot
"Then what happened!?" Said Venom
"We-well you see there was this experiment about possible hammers space and theory of placement and then there was a malfunctions caused by Ghost Spider!" said Spot who was prepared to go on a long further tangent
"OK that's enough.. can you control where the holes lead to?" said Venom
"I uh.. guess? Look pal if your ant me to steal stuff for you.. I only loom for myse-" said Spot as Venom then grabbed him by the neck as his mouth opened revealing his sharp teeth
"You will listen to me and only me!" said Venom scaring Spot to silence before dropping him "Look. I am prepared to help keep you out of trouble so long as you choose to help me with my goal. Am I clear?"
"Yes I can tell! I can try!" said Spot holding up his arms expecting a scratch for none to be around
"Good" said Venom "Now give me your phone" as Spot immediately hands it over so he adds him as a contact "Now then. I expect you can improve your traverse abilities. And I won't have to kill you… am I clear?"
"…yes.. yes you are" said Spot nervously
"Good. Here" said Venom dropping a large wad of cash on him
"Where did you g-….you didn't!?" said Spot immediately realizing the only way Venom could've gotten it. The vending machine earlier
"And if you need more… I'll find ways to sneak" said Venom "I want to give you an incentive to stay on my side" said Venom
"Oh…ok then…that works fine for me" said Spot as Venom then looks around and notices a donut shop as he tosses Spot his disguise he wore earlier
"Now.. stay out of trouble for now. I'll call you later" said Venom as he then jumped down to disappear. Leaving Spot to wonder what kind of job Venom wants him to do
To Gwen
Gwen watched as all the petty cooks are loaded into the van by the police
She also couldn't help but think. That had to be Eddie was at the store earlier. It had to be him. She thought he was still in Florida for his job. She wanted to go see him again if he really is here as she gets ready
She then readjusts her picture with her picture frame of her and her father
Remembering where she last saw "Eddie" at the store. Knowing him he would be seeing all the old places he loved visiting. She had one in mind at most
She then went to place she could remember right seeing him stay a lot. But she then began to think what time would he even go?
She decided he is mostly likely there either way or could even miss him. She wanted to take that chance so she heads to the place. The Photography exhibition
After walking a short distance. She sees the exhibit was open. She looked at all the new photos being put on display ranging from pictures of waterfalls, the city, and even simple things like cats
Thinking about Eddie. She then looks to find more historical pictures. Such as Theodore Roosavelt posing for a photo
Gwen then looked past multiple other visitors and of course. Sees a family man in the back corner seemingly entranced by a photo of a cat in a forest and familiar dirty blonde hair
She then walks to his side
"Hey" said Gwen seeing that it really is Eddie
"!" said Eddie before quickly regaining his posture "Oh hey.. I didn't expect to see you here"
"Me neither" said Gwen half lying "Liking cat pictures?"
"Cats are awesome Gwen they always have the look of curiosity" said Eddie as he turns to her "Get into any more fights with your friends lately?"
Gwen holds down chuckle as she gets a better look at him. She notices he seemingly had signs of multiple bruises. And a healing black eye.
"Well uh.. what about you?" said Gwen gesturing
"This?" said Eddie pointing to himself "You ever had those bad days where you end up fighting someone you considered a friend?"
To Gwen. This felt subtle in a way
"Are you by chance ok?" said Gwen
"Yeah, just a little… squabble you could say" said Eddie
"I see…. So what brings you back here?" said Gwen
"Eh, I like to see some familiar places. But I certainly didn't expect to see you here. How have you been?" said Eddie
"You know. Lots of drumming and entering adulthood early" said Gwen "So far I've been applying for a couple jobs but I've yet to hear anything back"
"Ah" said Eddie "Well its good to know you're sill going strong" as Gwen then began to debate whether she should ask him anything
"….do you want to grab anything right now?.. if that's ok?" said Gwen
"Well the thing is…. I'm actually going to see my girlfriend's dad" said Eddie making Gwen die inside a little bit "I doubt it would be good for him to see me with any other woman"
"Oh uh… who's the girl?" said Gwen
"Her name is Priscilla. She is from a Cuban exile family. Can you believe it?" said Eddie making Gwen surprised but also remembering that he did say Florida
"Then what's her father doing out here?" said Gwen
"Some sort of business trip I think. She had to stay back and take care of her mother so she is sending me to grab a bunch of things for her" said Eddie
"when did you arrive?" said Gwen
"Just last night. Long fucking drive would make anyone go insane" said Eddie
"…You were in Florida right?" Said Gwen
"Yup. Never moved anywhere else" said Eddie chuckled as he then checks his phone "Well shit. I have to go soon"
"But it's good seeing you again Ed" said Gwen giving him a smile
"Well thanks for swinging by buddy. It's Greta to see you again. Though it sucks we didn't see each other on better terms. But om sure we'll get another chance down the line" said Eddie as they give each other a fist bump "With all these Jameson tabloids. I'm sure Ghost Spider really wants to throw a hissy fit like anyone would"
Gwen blinked in surprise
"Cya Gwen" said Eddie as she watched him leave the exhibit
She can't help but think something is very off about him but at the same time. She feels nervous if she does pursue it would lead to
She then shakes her head
"No it can't be him….." thought Gwen as she then thinks about it. His somewhat beaten up look seems familiar to her
From what he said it still feels on the nose. She then imagine him in the Venom costume
But she then felt her spider sense tingle as from nearby as she noticed a large car go flying
"Now of all times!?" thought Gwen as she quickly hid to out her suit on
Later to Ashton
Ashton was once again eating a box of donuts on top of a rooftop… until a throwing star was thrown at the box pinning it to the ground catching him off guard
"!" said Ashton quickly getting to his feet
The armored man had a few more throwing stars he held with ease as Ashton instinctively suited up as Venom all aggravated prepared to fight. Only for the man hold up his hand
"Alright Ninja man! I'm sure you could've hit me but you didn't!" Said Venom pissed about the wasted donuts as he turns to a little robotic snake hiding in the rubble "And you… little snake thing….. I have no idea what you do. But I bet it's something stupid!"
"We have come seeking you. Mr. Brock" said the ninja man with a heavy Japanese accent. Making Venom's eyes burst open
"What did you just say!?" said Venom
"You know what I said" said the man making Venom narrow his eyes before he puts his sword away catching Venom off guard "Watashi wa. Shadow Man"
"…I like it" said Venom
"Arigato" said Shadow Man in a flat tone
"But the hell you want from me if it isn't a fight. The hell do you want?" said Venom
"I can tell you aren't from here. And neither are we Mr. Brock" said Shadow Man
Venom gestures for him to go on
"We have fought you before" said Shadow Man "And we know you are not from here. I can instantly tell when some isn't from around here"
"Well damn" said Venom
"Fascinating. fellow visitors like us. No need to eat them….yet"
"We aren't eating them" thought Ashton
"UGH.. fine…"
"And what we want. Is maybe a mutual deal" said Shadow Man "We may not be on the best of terms Mr. Brock. But I hope you would certainly lend a fellow traveler a hand when it comes to leaving here. For causing a mess may be fun. We don't intend to stick around for it"
"…fair point.." said Venom
"Then give phone" said Shadow Man
"What?" said Venom
"Keep contact. If you find way out. You contact me" said Shadow Man as Venom then reverts by to Ashton
"You look more different than usual Mr. Brock" said Shadow Man making his armor disappear into normal clothes
"then what should I call you?" Said Ashton
"Without my armor. Refer as Hitoshi. The other two will say their names when they want" said Hitoshi as Ashton reluctantly gives him his phone. After Hitoshi puts his number in
"Other two?" said Venom "What other two?"
"GHOST WOMAN. YOU WILL BEND OVER BACKWARDS" yelled Hard Man from afar catching both their attention
"…is he one for you?" said Venom
"yes… but I told him to not cause trouble when I was gone" said Hitoshi as he quickly puts his armor back on
"I'm itching a fight anyway Hitoshi. I promise I'll be gentle" said Venom then launches himself towards Hard Man who was in a fight with Spider Gwen
Shadow Man then looks in minor annoyance while also interested in watching the fight
Hard Man manages to grab Spider Gwen and hike her up. Ready to punch her. Then Venom webs a trash can and thrusts it towards Hard Man hitting his side
"Huh?" said Hard Man "Who threw that!?"
"Well it was round like you, so you might be twins" said Spider Gwen as Hard Man then gets hit by another one this made Hard Man grimace at her in response
"Alright I know it's you Venom" said Hard Man as Spider Gwen then wriggled herself out of his arm and jumped back over to Venom
"Venom huh?" said Spider Gwen "You poison people when you bite them?"
"There certainly won't be much left after a bite " said Venom with a slight ominous tone "Venom rolls off the tongue well"
"Ladies love it" thought Venom
Hard Man then proceeds to shoot multiple fist rockets at them
"Whoah if your trying to punch us you should be closer!" said Spider Gwen as they both jump back to dodge more of it
"I'll show you something that's hard to miss!" said Hard Man he them does a massive leap at them taking them as Venom then gets an idea as Venom then lunged at Hard Man and they both lock hands trying to force bring each other down through brute strength
"Well Venom you are like Spiderman and weak Hulk" said Hard Man
"Please. Hulk is a raging buffoon in his green mode!" " Said Venom "And you…seem more competent than Blob"
"Blob? Who the hell is that?" said Hard Man before Venom punches him straight in the face "Ah! Douchebag!"
Before Venom punched him harder in the chest. But due to his Hard exterior that didn't phase him very much
"You know that wouldn't work" said Hard Man
"Not if I do THIS" said Venom using his strength to drag Hard Man to the ground. Hard Man then shoots out another hard knuckle hit Venom giving Hard Man a chance to get back on his feet
Spider Gwen then deduced that his head is his weak point so began to think about what could knock him down. When she notices his attention is all on Venom she then gets an idea
Spider Gwen then sneaks over to web Hard Man's legs
"Huh!?" said Hard Man as both Spider Gwen and Venom then punch him knock him over "Ugh.. my head. Venom turns around to give Shadow Man a subtle gesture which went unnoticed by Spider Gwen
But before Spider Gwen could do anything more. Shadow Man threw a bunch of throwing stars making Spider Gwen stop in her tracks as he jumped down on front of Hard Man
"…This isn't over!" yelled Shadow man as he threw a smoke bomb and suddenly he along with Hard Man was gone. Venom looks around to see the green snake boy still watching as it then slithers off
Spider Gwen then looks at Venom now that she has a better look. She then imagined Eddie behind the mask again
Venom quickly check his phone
Asshole – Hitoshi
"Of course.." thought Ashton
"Maybe they can actually help. If they aren't so mad at Ghost girl here"
Venom then turns around and was about to web sling away until he felt Spider Gwen grab onto his arm
"..." said Venom squinting his eyes at her as she lets go
"Relax big boy. I don't intend on fighting this time" said Spider Gwen
"Then what is it you want this time" said Venom
"I'm sure you know" said Spider Gwen making Venom look at her with curiosity "we didn't get off on the right foot first, I want to avoid having no friendlies"
"Well. Say that to all the failed photography I've seen" said Venom as hearing that put a firm image in Spider Gwen's mind as she inspected him
"…Eddie?" Said Spider Gwen as Venom shook his head "Don't lie to me. I know you when I see you!"
"…" said Venom
"look Eddie. I'm sorry for fighting you… I was so… mad that day…" said Spider Gwen "You know stubborn I could be"
"She certainly was stubborn enough to punch first"
"…" said Venom
"I just want to say. I understand. From all your struggles you've been through. Like your fights with Peter"
"Ok so maybe the Eddie here isn't much different than hours"
"And I know you are stressed out. But listen. There are people willing to listen." Said Spider Gwen "But after everything that's happened. And I know you don't intend in becoming as destructive as many of the bad people here"
"…?" said Venom
"I think we should together as you an I are alike…. If that is ok with you…" said Spider Gwen
"….tell me something about Eddie then" said Venom sounding a but more like Ashton further cementing in Spider Gwen that he maybe Eddie
"Lets see… during sophomore year when I met you. Flash tried to treat you the same way he treated Peter. You and Flash both had issues. Your fight with your father and Flash lost a relative.. Peter tried calming down flash while I tried calming you" said Spider Gwen "And you both nearly got expelled and I tried to help you with your cat.."
"Holy shit. She knows that story?.."
"if dad genuinely knew someone like her. Peter would've mentioned her. Besides that was his Aunt May that help dad with the cat… not whoever this girl is…" thought Ashton
"And… for many of the hardships that I've been through. You were there when you were able" said Spider Gwen "And I know you are likely hiding your powers from everyone you know.."
"she could be…?"
"No… there's no way May would've punched first even when she's frustrated" thought Ashton
"…" said Venom "I see"
"What do you say?" said Spider Gwen holding out her hand
"…show us our face then" said Venom
"Ok" said Spider Gwen ad she then unmasks and Ashton could get a good look at her. Irish descent, long blond hair, she is beautiful
"Wow…. Damn Ashton. If she thinks of Eddie you can say yes to get in on that action" thought Venom
"Its me Eddie. Gwen Stacy" said Spider Gwen
"….very well" said Venom once again sounding more like Ashton
Venom then retract his mask to reveal Ashton. Gwen was then stunned. She thought she was correct but nope
"Do I look like Eddie to you?" said Ashton
She was still stunned. He was not the person she thought he was. Rather than blonde hair. He had messy dark brown hair
"I…." said Gwen as she had plenty of thoughts flow through her head
For as cute as he may be. He also looked very similar to her friend. She was nearly stunned
To be continued
So here's what I promise. More focus on Gwen and Ashton next chapter
Trivia
1: there have been multiple portions edited by Theallaroundnerd. And he wrote the entire beginning fight. Thank you so much buddy
2: Most of this was editing when I was listening to The Ghost Giant OST on Vinyl and a lot of Jack Stauber
3: Across the spider verse was such an awesome movie. Though it sucks that we have to wait longer for Spiderverse 3, Spiderman 4, and Venom 3. I'm sure this gives them a chance to make the movies better than they would've been without the delays
4: I hope you can forgive the lack of Silk in this chapter. I promise she will get referenced more often the next chapter
5: Shadow Man, Hard Man, and Snake Man are all characters from Mega Man. But they are kinda changed and OOC :P
Next up: A Venomous Deal