Chapter 24

Hi everybody! I said in my most Dr. Nick voice possible, hope you all have been having a good time recently whilst you were waiting for me to finish the chapter. On that note i'm sorry about the lack of a February chapter, this one just took ages to write but it's finally done and I hope it gets everyone pumped for the final chapter of the arc next time!

Now, onto the reviews!

Frosty Wolf: Might have to try work that into the plot somehow lol. Who knows, his behaviour has been suspicious but we'll have to wait and see if he has gone back on the green or not ;) Gwen's probably the trickiest character to write tbh but I do agree, she desperately needed therapy after those abductions and her dad kinda dropped the ball there.

Eddie will be a central figure of this chapter so I hope his actions here help get an idea of who he is now as he faces down the crimson symbiote!

Last Chapter was supposed to be the confirmation chapter of Otto being in touch with May, had it set up very quietly a few chapters ago so i'm glad there was some good pay off for it and we'll have to see where it goes from there ;)
In regards to the extra arms I got the idea while watching the first Spider-verse film and how Doc Oc in that film had concealled arms compared to the blatant iterations previously whose arms are near always on show. So to clarify, the staff didn't know he had them and they were his back-up plane incase anyone tried to hurt him whilst in Ravencroft like say...the Goblin?

I put the reference to the superior Spider-man there as a joke that just fit so well but I can say for certain now this story won't go the superior Spider-man route, I can't replace our boy Peter that easily.

In terms of a hint...Look to the past and see what clicks ;) (Pretty proud of that riddle tbh)

Hope you enjoy todays Chapter and thank you so much for the review!

Guest: Howdy! Thank you so so much for the review and kind words, they really are a great way to cheer up as I see you all enjoy this story with me :) I'm glad you like the buildup sure i'm trying to take an Echiiro Oda approach with as much foreshadowing as possible!

Your words of encouragement brought so many smiles to my face as I wrote this chapter as at its heart this story is a romance story so to hear people are enjoying that just, it's unbelieveable. Hope you enjoy today's chapter!

Bufa. mic: Hehe you were correct but hopefully I can write a suitably twisted Cletus now that he's found his true love. Actually not too sure on Shriek yet! Don't have any plans for her at the moment but she could be a plotline later in the story. Peter's gonna have a tough time repairing I can say that!

In regards to the other red-head, do you happen to have a specific chapter I mentioned her in? Went back through the chapters and couldn't find her unless you mean the supermodel at the rocket launch?

Thank you so much for the review btw, i hope you enjoy today's chapter :)

Spectacular Webhead 11: He does indeed, it's a shame Gwen can't seem to muster the courage to do it yet though. Yes, yes he is. Miles Warren is one twisted SOB i will say that and we are only just scratching the surface of it right now. Thank you for the review and I hope you enjoy the chapter!

"Spectacular" = Speech

'Spectacular' = Thoughts

"What is a 'Hero' though?" = Speach with a quote

*BANG* = Important Noise?

-Flashback- = Flashback setting

"I love you" = Written words

{4:00am} = Important Time/ Date

$Chocolate!$ = Symbiotes on their own

Disclaimer: Spider-man, Marvel and related IP belong to their respective owners. The author of this story owns jack-shit and holds no fantasy that they ever will.

Standing in the steadily darkening alleyway as the unholy shadow from notorious serial killer Cletus Kasady seemed to stretch and encroach on the horrified form of one Eddie Brock who stood further into the alley, watching as Cletus' manic smile seemed to grow wider and wider as he looked at the impaled corpses surrounding him.

'Venom, what the fuck is going on!?' Eddie thought to himself, and Venom, in a slight panic as to what the hell kind of situation they had found themselves in, he'd just been finishing off a chocolate pudding cup as he cut through an alley before heading to Peters only to get ambushed by this murderous looking wack-job.

$...I have an idea Eddie but if i'm right then we are SO fucked.$ Venom whispered into Eddies mind much to Eddie's shock who found it hard to believe that something could unerve Venom.

'What do you mean!?' Eddie hissed in his mind, trying to get more information out of the suddenly scared symbiote who was all of a sudden silent.

Sadly Eddie didn't get to contemplate the situation any further before Venom broke his vow of silence, shouting one clear word through their connection.

$Duck!$ Venom yelled internally as Cletus grew tired of the staredown between him and Eddie, throwing one of the four bodies he had impaled at Eddie who in his confusion would've reacted too slow to duck beneath the body had Venom not taken control briefly.

Eddie was quick to come to his senses after the first body when a second one was thrown at him, covering his view of Cletus briefly as he and Venom worked in tandem to dodge to the right, the second body sailing by at speed before it crashed loudly into a set of bins further in the alley behind him.

The duo of Eddie and Venom weren't given a reprieve however as the third body was thrown at blitzing speed after the second, the form of a rather buff man compared to Cletus coming sailing at Eddie causing him to dodge left this time, his view heavily obscured by the body.

"RAAAHHH!" Eddie yelled outloud as the spiked tendril that had, unknown to him, been hiding behind the third body before it skewered him in the shoulder, blood spraying as it sent Eddie flying back into the alley where he crashed into the stone wall of another building.

Blearily opening his eyes after the shock of crashing into the stone wall curtesy of the pullsing crimson spike which was currently skewered through his left shoulder, Eddie saw something that immedietly caused him to gag in horror.

The sight which caused this was of course the sight of Cletus 'playing' with the fourth and final body, a young woman probably in her early twenties who Cletus had initially impaled through the heart but who was now missing her arms and had her torso ripped open by more crimson tentacles.

Cletus knawed on one her arms as his hand routed around in her chest cavity pulling out organs, that he'd throw behind him after sniffing or taking a bite out of him...Needless to say Eddie was horrified at the sight before him, anger bubbling inside him at this rat bastard infront of him.

$Grrrrr, that's it! Let's get him Eddie!$ The supportive growl of Venom in the back of his mind alongside his own anger gave him the strength needed to not only ignore the pain of the crimson tendril stuck in his shoulder but to rip it out completely, blood pouring from the wound.

Eddie watched as the tendril he had ripped free from his shoulder raced back to Cletus who smiled gleefully at it, seemingly whispering to it as it dripped drops of Eddies blood onto the young womans liver, almost like a seasoning for Cletus who soon dug into the bloody liver hungrily.

Eddie could feel his disgust and remorse for the victims rising behind the pain from his shoulder and a sharply spiking rage towards the maniac who took their lives as black ooze began bleeding from his pores till standing there was the full-formed villain known as...

Venom.

Looking up from the half-chewed Liver, chunks of the organ in his teeth was Cletus as he watched the transformation with a sharp but insane pair of eyes, his eyes briefly darting to the right where the tentacle that had skewered Eddie now rested, bobbing up and down as if in silent conversation with Cletus.

"Hehehe, oooooohhhhh let's see if I can do that too!" Cletus said aloud as Venom took a step towards the psycho, only to backpedal slightly when a crimson bloodlike ooze began to bleed out of the deranged red-headed mans body, much to Venom, and Eddie withins, shock.

'Venom what the fuck is that thing, and why does it look like you!?.' Eddie yelled within his and Venoms shared mind as the crimson ooze quickly began to form into a slimmer but still strong looking, crimson variant of what appeared to be Venom.

"Yessss, this is more like it...'gulp'...Tasty~" The crimson looking Venom said as he stretched his jaw wide revealing razor sharp teeth as he dropped the remainder of the young womans liver into his mouth, swallowing it before commenting on the taste as Venoms white oval-ish eyes narrowed.

$That, is a red-one! It must have split from me when that maniac bit us Eddie!$ Venom replied to Eddie who seemed surprised at the information that Symbiotes reproduce asexually, afterall he was still a scientist at heart.

Shaking his head briefly to refocus on the task at hand, Venom shot two strings of black webbing towards his crimson counterpart, effectively catching him off-guard in the moment before he very speedily refocused, his own white oval-ish eyes narrowing as he quickly sent out two of the tendrils flowing from his back at Venom.

Seeing the incoming danger Venom first dodged to the left, the crimson spiked tendril passing by harmlessly whilst the second tendril forced him to dodge to the right, just barely avoiding getting skewered again as he launched himself towards the crimson monster before him, pulling the webs he'd attached to it towards him and taking it of its feet.

Seeing the fellow symbiote coming flying towards him whilst he ran forward gave Venom the perfect force and motion to land a devastating haymaker into Cletus' symbiote covered face, sending him flying out of the alley and across the street into a restaurant with a mighty crash!

$Ha! Did you see that Eddie, together we even landed a blow on a red-one!$ Venom cheered in their shared mind, whilst Eddie was smiling satisfied something that was reflected on the face of Venom out in the world...atleast until the screaming started.

"AHHHHHHH!"

"OH GOD HELP, HEL-"

"NO, PLEASE NO, NOOOO-"

The sounds of terrified civillians screaming themselves hoarse in horror gave Venom a fright, not that either of them would admit to, before he quickly hurried out of the alley onto the street after realising his mistake...he'd sent that monster flying into a building that was obviously still occupied by it's staff and custimers, too say Eddie felt terrible was an understatement something which Venom was also feeling, he knew the viciousness of a red-one firsthand and realised what they'd unleashed.

When Venom got out into the middle of the road, he saw the results of his mistake...the crimson symbiote stood in the middle of the destroyed Chinese restaurant, corpses littered the floor all across the room as the red-one bit the head off what appeared to be a chef, the few survivors too scared to move.

Upon seeing the scene Venom was quick to shoot two more black webs at the crimson creatures feet before he reefed hard, pulling it off its feet and out of the restaurant where Venom was waiting with his legs tensed before speedily bring the right one up to launch a devastating stomp onto the red-one's chest.

*CRACK*

The loud sound of the concrete cracking echoed into the night, throwing dust up into the air that obscured Venoms view briefly that when cleared he was hoping this fight was done and over...he was hoping for not.

Laying on his back with a wide sharp toothed grin on his face was the red one, with the tendrils from his back crisscrossing over his chest effectively blocking Venoms stomp much to his confusion...confusion that was soon capitalized on.

Another tendril burst out of the red-one's chest, one that sharply pierced Venom's foot before shooting out the other side and into his calf now, the process repeating as the tendril made its way through his thigh after the second piercing.

"RAAAHHHH YOU WORM!" Venom roared out in pain, barely managing to try pulling away from the monster that had stiched itself to him with what might aswell have been metal-rebar in a red-fluid like form.

With a cruel grin, the red horror pushed Venom up off of him violently, the tendril still piercing Venom's leg as he fell up and onto the ground, their places reversed.

With a demented smile on its face the creature crabbed the tendril shooting out of its chest with both clawed crimson hands, giving it a slight tug to test its tensil strength before swinging Venom around like a rag-doll, smashing him into cars and buildings before reefing to slam him down into the concrete.

Dust erupted from the impact zone, completely obscuring the street as the tendril that had been in Venoms leg shot back covered in blood that the red-one happily began dripping onto it's long grotesque tongue, as if to savor the experience...and the kill.

Walking leisurely through the dust towards where its prey was, the red-one's skin seemed to almost purr in anticipation, the thought of such a rare meal seeming to push both Cletus and the symbiote that had taken host within him forward...only for the beast to let out a loud violent shriek into the moonless New York City night as it found it's victim vanished!

Hiding out of sight further down the road with his back against the wall was Venom who was panting in pain as he quietly did his best to sneak away from the scene, neither he nor Eddie had any notion they could win this fight as they stood now.

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"Ladies and Gentleman, I come to you today solemnly and with words of caution that we heavily suggest you take, what is it you may ask? Well, we have a follow-up from yesterdays Ravencroft escape, perpetrated by the notorious villain Venom who last night went on a murderous rampage throughout New York City!"

Peter and his Aunt May listened to the news coming from the TV both with looks of unease on their faces although for partially different reasons, afterall as far as Peter knew Aunt May had no idea about who Venom really was.

'Still, Eddie tell me this isn't you...' Peter whispered to himself as he dared to try hope that this was all some kind of grand misunderstanding, Eddie had been getting better, there's no way he could go on some sort of murder-spree throughout Manhatten!

"Don't believe me? Well, our sources reported hearing shouts coming from an alleyway located in Chinatown near the Chan's bodega on 21st street, when sounds of a struggle suddenly began intermixing before Venom barrelled into the Black Tortoise restaurant and began swiftly taking the lives of its staff and customers alike...I will warn you, we have a copy of the Black Tortoise's CCTV cameras and it is not for the faint of heart." The newscaster continued as his voice took a serious and somber tone towards the end.

The screen of the TV began shifting to what was obviously the grainy footage of an old security camera in what appeared to be a Chinese restaurant, about 6 tables were filled with people ranging from 1 to 4 per table all eating peacefully with waiters checking on customers when suddenly there was a large bang as something crashed through the front window of the restaurant with a mighty impact.

Getting to its feet from where it landed after crashing into the restaurant, was what appeared to be the dark red form of what was unmistakeably a male symbiote who seemed to grin at the surrounding people who appeared frozen in fear.

That fear was soon made a reality when suddenly four tendrils launched out from from his back, skewering four individuals through their chests as the symbiote himself launched itself at some customers, red razor-sharp claws slicing into some of the nearby patrons and staff.

The carnage continued for another few seconds before what appeared to be webs shot in, attaching itself to the crimson symbiote who had just devoured someones head, reefing the monster out of the restaurant.

'Are those webs? I wasn't there last night! Either there's another Spider-man i'm unaware of or those webs belong to the REAL Venom, which means that's not Eddie or Venom but someone new...' Peter thought as he tried to pick up as many small details as he could from the grainy footage the news had used, relief momentarily filling him at the thought of Eddie's innocence before a knot of dread filled his stomach at the thought of facing someone new who was very willing to be that vicious.

"As you can see, after slaughtering majority of the restaurant's occupants, Venom was dragged out of the Black Tortoise by what we here at Metro News 1 have identifed as webs belonging to none other than Spider-man." The newscaster continued with a solemn look and tone to his voice until he spat out the webheads name much to Peter's confusion and fear, he had a bad feeling about this...

"Those of you who are regular watchers of our broadcast will know we have mostly remained neutral on the matter of Spider-man, atleast until the murder of Norman Osborn otherwise known as the Green Goblin when the so called 'Webhead' showed his true colours. I regret to inform you citizens that he has once again shown us this nature of his as whilst he did save the remaining few in the Black Tortoise, he did NOTHING to stop the further 3 massacres perpetrated by Venom last night!"

Peters blood froze like ice at the announcement, he'd been looking for Eddie and Cletus last night in Harlem before Aunt May had rung saying George Stacy had called to congratulate him on the renewal of his internship surprising her with the news who then decided to cook Peters favourite desert, Cherry Pie.
As much as it pained him last night, for once he decided to take a personal day and go home early after the fight with Gwen haunted him the rest of the night till the phonecall from Aunt May gave him an excuse to just go home and just wallow in his misery.

'I should of known this would happen when I took off home early, I can't believe I was so selfish!' Peter thought to himself as guilt crashed down on his shoulders whilst he blamed himself for thinking he could take a private night.

*KNOCK, KNOCK, KNOCK, KNOCK, KNOCK, KNOCK*

The sound of rapid knocking on the front door gave the two occupants of the Parkers living room a fright, both jumping slighty at the initial sound and it's ferocity.

Gesturing to Aunt May to stay quiet, Peter got up carefully as he made his way over to the front door, hesitant at the thought of who could be on the other side of the door after such a news report that was muted by Aunt May.

Closing his eyes briefly, Peter tried to use his Spider-sense to see if the person on the other side was dangerous before reaching out carefully to close his hand around the door handle, tensing his legs incase he needed to dodge, Peter reefed the door open quickly hoping to give himself the element of surprise only for him to blink in surprise at who was at the door.

"Oh Peter it's terrible, I need your help please can I come in?" The kind voice of who was unmistakebly Anna Watson sounded, not matching the urgency in her tone as Peter regained focus, stepping to the side to let his Aunts bestfriend in.

Closing the front door with a click of the lock, Peter watched uneasily as the two old women greeted each other briefly, both acting as support for the other before Anna Watson got to the crux of the issue.

"Oh May i'm so worried for her after seeing the news, she was working on the start of the fall catelogue at her modelling job and had to stay the night at a hotel nearby the office but there was one of those nightmarish scenes the news was talking about only up the road from where she was staying!" Anna said as she began to work herself into a panic, a panic which spread rapidly to Aunt May and Peter as they realised who she was talking about.

"Mary-Jane rang me this morning as I woke up to tell me to check the news and after hearing she was so close to it, I'm utterly relieved she was safe and terrified about whatever did that massacre, who knows where it is now!" Anna explained before her tone got more anxious and upset towards the end.

"Take a deep breath Anna, we don't want you having a heart-attack of your own now do we?" Aunt May said calmly as she held her friends hands, doing her best to ease the worries of her friend by making a dark joke.

"Of course, of course...although if I got half as goodlooking a doctor as you have then maybe it'd be for the better?" Anna began after taking a deep breath, regaining control over her emotions enough to make a joke back to May who smiled.

"Hush you! Now what is this help you need Anna?" Aunt May shushed her friend as she gently swipped her arm before a serious look took over her.

"I was wondering if Peter would escort Mary-Jane home just so I know she's safe, it'd ease my fears alot." Anna asked carefully knowing it might put Peter in danger too but her worry for Mary-Jane was just too much to ignore.

"Of course Mrs. Watson, MJ's a close friend of mine so there's no way i'd turn you down." Peter said resolutely as he watched visible relief overtake the kind old woman, Aunt May giving him a concerned but proud look.

"Now why don't you two head back over to Mrs. Watson's to wait incase MJ shows up early and I'll head out straight away to go get her." Peter suggested as he grabbed his keys, watching as the two women agreed, all three of them heading for the front door.

Watching as Aunt May and Anna Watson made their way safely inside the latters home, Peter was soon rushing back into the house to change into his Spider-man outfit, zipping out of his bedroom window as speedily as he could.

Making his way through Forest Hills as fast as he could, briefly pausing on a rooftop to send a message to MJ that read "Aunts are at yours, Anna asked me to escort you home given the news, on the way now."

Sending the message, Peter didn't have to wait long as a few seconds later a reply came in from MJ which read "Cheers Tiger, gotta admit it's rather unnerving being so close to something that horrific. I'm staying at the Jury's Inn on 41st street in Midtown just off Times Square, see you soon!"

Smiling under his mask that MJ appeared safe, now having an exact destination as to where she was to bring her home before going to swing off the buildings roof after putting his phone away only to pause.

'...Should I? She doesn't even want to talk to me, not after that fight...but Venom went for her last time and on the slim, slim chance that this actually was Venom again...Oh gosh damn it all i'll do it!' Peter thought hesitantly to himself beneath the mask of Spider-man, his nerves getting the best of him until he finally gave in and took his phone back out.

"You safe?" was the simple message Spider-man nervously sent to one Gwendolyne Stacy, not really expecting a response something that made him sigh as he went to swing again only to pause right before jumping once more due to the fact that his phone had just dinged in the inside pocket he kept it in.

"Yes." Was all the message sent to him from Gwen read, short and terse but hey atleast she responded given the fight.

Now with his heart a tad lighter knowing those close to him were safe, Spider-man began swinging off on his way to Manhatten, praying that nothing went wrong today as he began his search for Venom or the red version of him.

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"Yes." were the words Gwen typed out angrily and a tiny bit relieved that after their fight yesterday Peter still seemed to atleast care for her a little bit.

Flopping backwards on her bed with her phone in hand, Gwen stared at the message from Peter and felt tears begin to slightly sting her eyes due to the torn emotions she felt about him right now.

On one hand her privacy was very important to her, she'd been one of the first in school to get a VPN afterall, something which was reafirmed time and time again as she's been kidnapped by the city's criminals who have stalked her.

Something which was taken to the extreme by the Master Planner and Venom, both of which times her life very nearly could have ended, the thought of which made her feel sick and weak.

On the other hand she still felt her heart beat for Peter even through all this drama and trials, something which just made these emotions feel worse as he was the one person who wasn't supposed to do that.

And now Venom, the monster which had nearly killed her was once again loose and according to the news going on killing sprees! To say she was stressed would be an understatement not to mention how scared she felt knowing she had been a previous target of Venoms which made her fear he might try finish the job.

Putting her phone down gently on her chest, Gwen turned her head to the left where her pillow was, reaching over for it, particularly what was below it.

Checking that the safety was on before pulling and loading the gun she'd just removed from under her pillow, Gwen aimed at the ceiling pretending to fire before she sat up carefully with the gun, moving over to her window facing the street where down below two cop cars were stationed for her protection.

Her dad had made sure she would be protected whilst he wasn't there, even giving her one of his guns but try as she might, she still couldn't help but feel uneasy as images of a sharp toothed Venom flashed repeatedly in her mind.

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Swinging through the Queensboro bridge as fast as he could, Spider-man began making his way towards 41st street as soon as he got onto Manhatten, rooftops, buildings and civillians passing by as he swung.

"COWARD! JUST LEAVE ALREADY, NEW YORK DON'T NEED YOU!"

"MURDERER, YOU BELONG ON DEATH ROW!"

"CRIMINAL, GO CORRUPT ANOTHER CITY!"

The angry loud voices of the civillians below who saw him swinging by were enough to cause Peter to frown heavily beneath the mask, the words even more vitrolic than the usual ones he'd received ever since the death of the Green Goblin.
It wasn't long however before Spider-man saw a glimpse of something off to his right as he made to turn off 59th street.

'Wait, was that?' Spider-man thought stupified and nervous as he turned and began heading in the direction of where he could've just sworn he'd seen him...Venom.

Swinging towards where he could've sworn he'd seen Venom, Spider-man saw another glimpse further up ahead, causing him to continue the "Chase" until he eventually lost track of him at an abandoned construction sight in the Upper East side.

"Come out, come out wherever you are 'Mr. Big Black and Spooky', so long as you promise not to bite i will too." Spider-man taunted the shadows around him whilst staying on high alert, afterall the news did report that Venom killed a lot of people last night and whilst he knew more then anyone not to always trust the news, the severity of the situation did not equal carelessness.

Unbeknownst to Spider-man however was the dark shape crawling down one of the metal beams behind him, their presence masked...atleast until they stepped onto a particularly loud piece of gravel which caused Spider-man to jump around in alarm, startled that his Spider-sense didn't warn him.

In his fright of what was unmistakeably Venom, white chested spider and all, Spider-man let loose a haymaker instinctively that knocked Venoms head to the side, before he turned it back with an annoyed growl whilst glaring at Spider-man.

"Eddie, you in there?" Peter asked the supposed mass-murderer before him as he backed away slowly from the pissed off looking Venom.

"Damn it Pete." The voice of one Eddie Brock could be heard as Venom retreated back inside him whilst he rubbed his jaw, say what you want about him but you can't deny that Spider-man has a mean right hook.

"Eddie what the hell happened to you?!" Spider-man said in alarm at seeing the state his former bro was in, blood pouring from the wounds in his shoulder and left leg, ultimately soaking his clothes blood red whilst the wounds tried to heal.

"Got jumped by this bloodthirsty red-headed manic who bit and tried to shishkabob me!" Eddie said angrily but with a wince as he sat down on a pile of pallets.

'I mean how many bloodthirsty red-heads can their be on an island...' Peter thought to himself watching as Eddie ripped up a jacket that had been left on the pallets he was sitting on, using the torn shreds as a makeshift bandaid as he wrapped them around his wounds.

"That must've been Cletus Kasady, he's been a rather prolific serial killer in the city these past few months, i've been tracking him but he always manages to slip away." Spider-man informed Eddie who paused in his wrapping but was nodding at the information, a frown on his face.

"Well I got bad news for us then, because when that piece of shit bit me, he took a piece of Venom too! Apparently symbiotes reproduce asexually 'cause after getting him off me, he began spasming before erupting with blood red tentacles that speared people at his command, it's how he injured me this badly too." Eddie said with a wince as he tightened the last of his makeshift bandages.

"Jesus Eddie, how did you get away?" Spider-man asked worriedly as he watched Eddie test his movement whilst constrained by the cloth bandages.

"No small amount of luck, snuck away after it slammed me into the ground creating a dust cloud, been waiting for you and avoiding it ever since." Eddie finished his explanation when suddenly the relative silence of the abandoned construction site was interrupted by the ringing of a phone.

"Uh hello, who's this?" Spider-man said hesitantly after receiving a phone call from an unkown number.

"Peter! It's George Stacy, I got your number from Gwen because we're in dire straights right now, I need you to get Spider-man to Times Square on the double, we've eyes on Venom and he's taking no prisoners." The somewhat panicked voice of Captain Stacy could be heard coming from the phone alongside the sounds of gunfire.

"On it!...Heads up Spider-man will have company." Spider-man replied on the double before the vesitages of an idea began to form in his head as he looked at Eddie who sat there watching and waiting.

This red symbiote beat one spider already...but what about two?

That's the end of chapter 24 everyone, hope you all enjoyed the new piece of this story!