As Scream and MJ navigated through the hive mind, they heard Venom speaking to them.

"You betrayed us" Venom growled.

"We won't let you poison and destroy this world" Scream growled.

"We are healing the world, healing everyone" said Venom.

"By turning them into mindless savages of free will" MJ and Scream asked in unison.

"A small price to pay to permanently eradicate pain and disease everywhere" Venom replied.

"We will stop you. You won't get away with this" MJ and Scream said in unison.

"I'm afraid you don't have a choice. Even now, Peter is coming back to our side" said Venom.

As Scream and MJ exited the hive mind, they saw through the eyes of other symbiotes.

"No" MJ and her uttered in unison.

They saw Peter get surrounded in large black tendrils as other symbiotes swarmed both him and Miles.

"NO" MJ and Scream shouted in unison.

And just like that, they exited the hive mind and found themselves standing at the same vantage point as before.

"Pete" MJ uttered.

With that Scream quickly took off towards City Hall.

THE PRESENT

"We made it to City Hall in record time where I was thrilled to see you up and still fighting" said MJ.

Peter was speechless. Turns out that MJ and Scream make an excellent team. He should have been worried about MJ getting hurt, but he wasn't. He knew at that point that she was in good hands with Scream and just smiled.

"Wow, look at you two. Working together like a team" he said.

"It's nothing really, Pete. Just a good bond between host and symbiote" said MJ.

"You can say that again" said Scream.

"So, how was it? Beating up the…bad guys like that" Pete asked them.

"Not gonna lie. It was exhilarating" MJ replied.

"And now you know why I occasionally find this job fun" said Pete.

"Yeah, it is kinda fun" said MJ.

Just then Peter got a phone call from Dr. Connors.

"Dr. Connors? Hello" he answered.

"He's in my lab. He's-" Dr. Connors got cut off.

All he, MJ and Scream heard after that was a split second of roaring before the line disconnected.

They all looked at each other and nodded. Scream enveloped MJ and they rushed off to the Dr. Connors' lab. On the way there, Peter called Miles.

"Miles! Meet us at Connors' lab! Harry's there…and it doesn't sound good" said Peter.

"On my way" said Miles.

He hung up as Peter was swinging in that direction with Scream right behind him.

"There's a shortcut to Connors' lab through Central Park. Harry is in there! I know we can reach him" said Peter.

"What do you think he's after" MJ asked.

"I have a feeling I know" Scream replied.

"What" Peter asked her.

"The meteorite that we arrived in. Without it, Venom can infect people slowly. But with it…" Peter cut her off.

"Let me guess: he can accelerate the process" he said.

"Correct. He'll have the entire city covered in no time" said Scream.

They got to the entrance of the lab and quickly got inside.

In the lab, Venom took out all of the security guards. It was just him, Dr. Connors and Harry's father, Norman Osborn.

"Please. Just give me back my son" Norman begged.

Venom leaned in closer to him.

"We ARE your son" said Venom.

Norman looked away and Venom grabbed him by the throat, lifting him off the ground.

"Look at us! We are healthy and strong. This is what you wanted, isn't it" Venom asked him.

Just then, Spider-Man and Scream arrived on the scene.

"Stop, Harry! We can help you" said Spider-Man.

Venom threw Norman at them and Scream quickly used her tendrils to grab him and gently lower him to the ground. Venom knew he had to act fast as Scream and Spider-Man could now take him down. He turned around and quickly grabbed the other half of the meteorite. He put the meteorite back together and was about to get out of there when Spider-Man leapt in. Venom quickly turned around and grabbed him by the throat.

"Harry…stop" Spider-Man uttered.

Venom opened his mouth and revealed his elongated tongue. That was when Scream's tendrils grabbed onto his other arm and pulled to get him away but Venom held on tight.

Dr. Connors was speechless. There was another symbiote, but it was aiding Spider-Man instead of being against him. Venom could only let out a slight chuckle.

"Look at us. Aren't we three a fine pair" he asked.

He tossed Spider-Man to the ground and pulled his arm away from Scream's tendrils before jumping through the ceiling. Scream and Spider-Man got up and looked at each other as Venom got away.

"How worried should we be" Spider-Man asked her.

"Very" she replied.

Just then, they all felt the ground violently shake. Before they could leave to go after him, Dr. Connors stopped them.

"You both need to know – Harry's gone. Host and Symbiote are perfectly fused" he said.

That was something Peter and MJ didn't want to believe at all.

"We'll find a way to save him" said Spider-Man.

"You can't. But you can still stop the symbiote" said Dr. Connors.

"How" Spider-Man asked him.

"By killing the host" he replied.

Scream put her hand on Spider-Man's shoulder and he looked at her.

"Actually, we can free Harry. But it won't be easy. Venom will fight tooth and nail to stay on him" said Scream.

"Then I guess we'll just have to hit him hard enough to get to Harry" said Spider-Man.

Norman walked back in and turned his attention to both Spider-Man and Scream.

"Please…save my boy" he begged them.

Spider-Man put a hand on Norman's shoulder.

"We'll get him back. You have our word" said Spider-Man.

He and Scream turned around and got out of there. After a few minutes, they were back on the surface but by then the entire city was in a far worse state than it was with the Devil's Breath epidemic.

All of Manhattan was covered in black symbiote biomass.