Pardon the delay, I was distracted working on a new Loki fanfic based on a continuation of Season 2, but now I'm getting more ideas for this cases and the next!


Deep inside of the hive mind, Knull's link with Dylan Brock grew stronger. He continued to speak to the boy while his inner demons of darkness closed in on him. "You have a gift; come, submit to me, and you will be the first human to have a place in my kingdom, a grand place alongside my family!"

In the outside world, Dylan shook his head as he felt darkness begin to cloud his mind. "No, we have to hurry! Venom, wake up, we need you!"

"You cannot resist, child of shadows. Join me, son of Venom, you will be my son as well. It is your turn to wake up. Submit to Knull."

"Ughhh, NO!" Dylan continued to call out to Venom.

Pinpointing the young boy's location, Knull made his way to him at blinding speed! Soon he reached the Brock's shelter, descending into the room decorated with statues, chains, and torches where Eddie and Anne shielded their son. Despite their fiercest attempts to fend the villain off and their anti-Symbiote tactics, he brushed them aside and grabbed hold of Dylan, darkness emanating from his hand through the boy, whose eyes began to grow black.

"That's it..."

"So... c-c-cold..."

Meanwhile, Loki raced towards Knull on his fiancée's dragon, following Sleeper's directions along with the two Thors at either side.

"Oh, Ginger Thor, would you be able to have Heimdall send down an extra hammer or two, or perhaps we could pop in through a portal and borrow one?" Detective Loki requested. "It matters not what size and shape."

"Why, pray tell?" Red Thor asked. "Have you the power to enchant it yourself?"

"No, but I have a feeling we'll need it anyway."

"...Very well." As Red Thor retrieved the item in question, Detective Loki turned his attention to the red eyed, black and yellow Symbiote that flew alongside them.

"Do you have any unique abilities, Sleeper Venomson? Something that will help us against your creator?"

"I can produce different chemicals, I can camouflage myself from other Symbiotes, and I can find others members of my species that are hidden and track them down, family or otherwise. And I can do everything my father can do."

"Can you find Healer then? Is he inside of Knull?"

"I'd need access to your codex to track him, but I know that if Knull absorbed him, he is inside of his hive."

"I see. Now, tell me more about those other two abilities..."

When they retrieved the tools, they continued on their way to Knull, but Loki's eyes were suddenly drawn to a faint light from behind the barrier of darkness that surrounded the planet.

"What is it now!?" Red Thor groaned.

"What is that light? Or... who? Come on, Frelsir." Loki commanded the dragon to fly him closer, where he emanated his light magic around his body as a beacon, illuminating his view. As he looked closer, he noticed the light on the other side was moving, ramming into the barrier repeatedly, and he understood what needed to be done.

Inside of the Brocks' sanctuary, Knull grinned at Dylan as he continued to struggle under his grip. "Just give in. I mean you no harm, but your struggle is over. Submit."

"D-Dad!" Dylan desperately stretched out his hand. "Bond with him!"

As Eddie picked himself up and reached for Dylan's hand, Knull struck with All-Black, but a barrier of light stopped the blade from impaling Eddie! Yet before Eddie could reach Dylan, a white light enveloped him instead!

Knull turned his head around to find Detective Loki with the two Thors. "You've threatened enough children today, Knull, and I have unfinished business with you."

Back on Earth 199999, Ragnarok Loki called for his serpentine son, Jörmungandr, who came slithering out to meet him with a young woman in his coils. He ran to meet her, playfully picking her up into his arms and spinning her around!

"Rejoice, my darling Sigyn, for I bring glad tidings!" Loki exclaimed. "Odin, the god of hypocrites, is dead, and the rest of the Asgardians are soon to follow!"

"That's wonderful, Loki! You're free!" Sigyn cheered. "We're both free to live in peace!"

"That's what you think, creature of light!"

The couple looked around to find Mister E and his cult brothers surrounding them, each possessing their own natural, black goopy bodies.

"Ah, a betrayal and an ambush, is it?" Ragnarok Loki quipped. "Why am I not surprised?" His eyes settled on Grievance, who looked down in response. "I suppose you've come to take care of loose ends, correct?"

"Good guess!" Disaster replied. "It looks like all these Loki guys are detectives!" He and the other Symbiotes laughed, except for one.

"Ugggh. It is nothing personal, Lokiii, but orders are orders." Grievance explained to his ex-host. "And you murdered one of usss first: Lord Knull said sooo!"

Loki frowned. "I thought Malice wasn't on your side, but if you wanted to kill him yourself, I... deeply sympathize, I really do. You see, the circumstances were quite extenuating-"

"Wait, wait, repeat yourself; did you just say Malice was the Symbiote you killed!? You... you killed my father?"

"...Indeed I did, but if you want... I could... we could bond again, and you could watch him die... as much as you want, from my memories." Loki offered as Grievance inched towards him. "Or- or, I could take you to another Malice from another universe, and you could kill him yourself! What do you say to that, friend?"

"Ohhh, I only have one thing to say to you. Youuu... are awesome!" He turned to his cult brothers. "You guys hear that? The Symbiote he killed was the traitor Malice: we definitely cannot kill this Loki now!"

"And why not?" Carpe Noctem asked.

"Because, any enemy of Malice is a friend of mine!" Grievance defended, moving in to shield his Loki. "He is one of us!"

The others turned to discuss the matter and faced Grievance again. "Then you are not."

"What? Explain that, Mister E!"

"Kill them both!"

"But..." Disaster interjected. "You said we weren't allowed to kill our fellow Symbiotes, that we're all brothers in kumbayaaa and all that religious talk you were spouting back in our hideout!"

"Unless that brother betrays the creator, and siding with that host is defying his direct order!"

"Oh, that's why..." Grievance turned to his Loki. "Any ideas, trickster?"

"Plenty." Loki scratched his board, and while every Symbiote present was stunned, he helped Sigyn climb on Jörmungandr's back before the humongous snake made a hasty retreat!

"Ugggh, after him!" Mister E ordered.

"What about Grievance?" Noctem wondered as he pinned the green-eyed Symbiote down.

"He's not the one Lord Knull directly ordered us to take down! Our universe's Loki is the threat, not him!"

"Yeah!"

Grievance hid from the dragons above and watched his former comrades chase after his former host. "They could do with some reinforcements..." He looked around. "Where are all the lightning-powered heroes when I need themmm? Oh well, I just need something fast!" After a few moments, a gigantic wolf came running in both his direction, towards his father off in the distance. "Ahahaha! Good doggy!"

"Eddie Brock, listen very carefully." A mysterious voice spoke in his head.

"W-what? Who are you? H-how do you know my name?"

"I go by many names: the Enigma Force, Captain Universe, the god of light... I have seen your bravery, Eddie Brock, and I have chosen you."

"God of light? What? Chosen me- for what?"

"Victory- victory over the one who commands the darkness. You must bond with me, or you and your Symbiote will not stand a chance against him, and everyone on this planet will die."

"But Venom is-"

"You cannot become one with the light and the shadow at the same time, Eddie. Bond with me, we destroy Knull together, and I will return you to your Venom, I promise you. You must trust me."

Eddie sighed. "Well, it's not like I have many options right now. But why me? You've got three super magical gods here to choose from; without Venom, I'm- I'm just a normal guy!"

"That is correct: each of them is already powerful in their own right, but you choose to fight for your family and your planet, regardless of not having powers of your own. That is why you are the one who must bond with me, so you can help them win!"

"...Alright, let's save my son together!"

"Good, but since you are so fond of Venom, I will give us a familiar form."

Knull squinted as Eddie's body morphed into one that resembled Venom's, only his blank white eyes oozed light that resembled fire, an unfamiliar symbol illustrating the center of his chest.

"That wretched light, and that insignia..." Knull groaned. He then glared at the two Thors. "It was you two... you let the god of light in through the barrier."

The native Thor smirked. "Mayhaps we did, mayhaps we didn't. Either way, you look scared, even paler than usual! So as I was saying before, it is time you feel the wrath of a true god!"

"And as I have proven to you time and time again, you are no god: you are nothing to me. How many times do I have to sink that message into your thick skull!?"

"I wasn't referring to myself." He nodded to Detective Loki, who blasted a hole between Knull's eyes with a powered up laser beam, while Eddie fired a blast from the other side! Unfortunately, the hole closed and patched itself faster than ever, thanks to Healer's added healing power.

"How? I necrotized your hands... how can you cast your spells!?" He turned to Eddie. "Did you heal him, god of light?"

"I did not. He is more resourceful than you think."

Knull laughed hysterically. "Look at you two stubborn cockroaches, continuing to swarm the exterminator! It was amusing enough for you to believe that you stood a chance with my children on your side, but now... it's straight up hilarious!"

Loki grimaced. "Is this what I sounded like to Fury and his men in 2012? Red-haired Thor, protect Dylan and his mother; Party Thor, you're with me!"

Knull shook his head. "I don't have time for the likes of you. Children-" Knull's dragons swarmed the structure, joining his main Grendel to attack Loki's team while Knull went after Dylan again.

"Loki, I'm ready for that move!" Red Thor exclaimed.

"As am I." Detective Loki telekinetically unsheathed his sword as the dragons approached. "Sleeper, you stay out of range until I signal you."

"Fine, but you know it'll take more than flames to harm Knull's elite dragons!"

"I'm well aware, thank you."

"Now!" Thor charged up his lightning and brandished one of the common hammers. He hurled the tool past Knull and his minions, and it struck the center of Lævateinn, the resulting vibration echoing throughout the room and incapacitating every Symbiote at once!

Then Party Thor zapped them all with his lightning while Knull's opposite channeled blasts of light through Eddie, destroying the rest of them except for one, as Red Thor fought off Knull!

"Loki, that Grendel has been brainwashed and changed by Knull against its will." Sleeper telepathically explained. "He is one of us, the one you knew as Rex. Dylan Brock, you can free him from Knull's control!"

"Right!" Dylan reached out through the hive mind, and Rex's red eyes changed back to white. Dylan smiled and focused again. "Now to free the rest!"

"Welcome back, Rex." Loki greeted. "If you wouldn't mind protecting Dylan from your creator, he did just free you."

"Mind? I'd love nothing more! By the way, I see you paid attention to my story."

Loki grinned. "An ancient fear that began with a hammer and a sword."

Knull sighed. "You won't stop until I destroy you myself. Alright then, here comes the exterminator!"

Loki, Party Thor, and Eddie then joined Rex, as the freed dragon grew into a fierce tyrannosaurus rex, and the trio attacked Knull together with their light powers, but he dissolved himself into a pool of darkness below. Then, out of that pool sprang dark tendrils that restrained his foes' arms, legs, torsos, and necks! Knull levitated over to Detective Loki and brandished his blade.

"Your light may be less diluted without my child inside of you, but his mind is one with my own, and I know all of your tricks now, wannabe god of mischief, including the one where my child moved around your internal organs to keep me from injuring them... very shrewd idea of his." He aimed All-Black at Loki's neck. "A performance you surely cannot repeat now! But you've put up an impressive fight for your short and meaningless life... any last words you want my prodigal son to hear?"

Loki looked his opponent in the eye and opened his mouth slightly, but instead of words, a concentrated beamed of light shot from the tip of the trickster's tongue, blasting off the tip of Knull's blade! "No, Knull, I'm afraid you don't know me at all, or you would have remembered my other moniker!"

Knull sighed while his sword's tip regenerated. "Yes, if only that useless failure Gorr had cut out that silver tongue when he had the chance, but I am not... like... him!"

"I beg to differ: you're both chasing a petty revenge against the gods, including those who've done you no harm, you've both clearly been driven to insanity, and you're both about to be destroyed alongside your weapon by the hands of a Loki!" Loki quipped as he gathered his magic. He formed a barrier of light around his body and shapeshifted into a snake, slipping out of the tendrils' hold and weaving between the oncoming ones.

Coached on by his temporary bodymate, Eddie used his new light powers to lasso the tendrils of darkness, using them to whip away the attacking ones! Knull grabbed Loki by the tail and thrust his sword between the serpentine Loki's eyes, but the bodily barrier he cast pushed it back. Eddie then used his borrowed energy to strengthen Loki's barrier while Rex shot his own tendrils to pull Knull as far back as he could! Knull exerted more force, and All-Black began to inch forward once more, beginning to break through the light!

"Thor!" Loki telepathically urged his brother, who aimed a blast of light at Knull and missed. "You've got this, Brother!"

"I can't seem to hit this creep! I just can't focus magic without my hammer!" Party Thor grunted. "I don't have enough experience with magic as you!"

"Well, there's no better time to learn!" As the dark blade drew closer, Thor attempted to focus. While he did so, Loki changed his form back to an Asgardian's and whispered behind his back.

Thor deeply inhaled. "Gotta save my brother!"