Chapter 1: Symbiote Surplus
Our story begins in the city of Manhattan, where a couple was living happily with their newborn son.
"Eddie, your turn to feed Dylan!" shouted a blonde-haired woman who was cradling a child as a blonde-haired man came into the living room of their house.
"Coming, Anne!" Eddie called as he headed to the room of said child with a bottle in his hand. He took the child and fed him from the bottle.
Anne smiled before she heard a beeping. Eddie looked to where it was coming from and looked at Dylan before Anne said, "Go on. I'll take care of Dylan."
She then took him and sat in a chair before rocking him.
Eddie smiled before he ran and leapt out the window, hurrying to the scene of the crime and seeing a bunch of robbers. The robbers were about to head to their getaway car when a large jet-black mass slammed the engine, disabling it. The robbers looked scared before they saw a figure emerging from the shadows.
"What the heck are you?!" asked a robber.
"We…" the figure said before walking out. It appeared similar to Spider-Man with sharp five-fingered claws, three-clawed feet, white, mean-looking eyes, a large white spider shape on the front and back of its chest and a large mouth filled with razor-sharp teeth that turned into a grin as a long, snake-like tongue came out from between the teeth.
"Are Venom." the creature said with a snarl. The robbers shot at Venom, only for the bullets to have no effect and Venom to pull the guns out of their hands with a symbiote web. The robbers tried to flee, only for Venom to trip them with a symbiote tendril. Venom then webbed up the crooks and sent them flying towards the police, who caught them. Civilians clapped and cheered for Venom, who then swung off.
He continued to fight crime throughout the night, until it got late and he returned home. He found Anne there, still cradling Dylan.
"How was crime-fighting, Eddie?" Anne asked as Venom's head rolled back.
"Quite all right." Eddie answered as he sat down and Anne handed him Dylan.
"Well, now we can just relax." Anne said.
A few days later, however, something unexpected happened. The two of them were relaxing at home. Anne was tending to Dylan and Eddie was finishing up an article for the Daily Bugle. Anne went to put Dylan in his crib.
"Good night, my little hero." Anne said as she put the blanket over him before heading out of his room.
Just as she re-entered the living room, a loud shatter was heard. Eddie and Anne rushed into the living room. They saw a creature there that appeared similar to Venom, but red.
"Carnage!" Eddie said as he transformed into Venom.
"Well, well, what have we here? Your humble abode?" Carnage asked.
Anne tried to sneak into the back to watch Dylan.
"Now, now, isn't it rude not to introduce yourself?" Carnage asked, noticing her.
Anne gasped before she ran. Carnage tried to go after her, only for Venom to get in his way. Venom scratched at Carnage.
"Leave her alone!" Venom said. This sparked a fight between the two symbiotes that left the living room in tatters. Claws and teeth were flying left and right. Carnage eventually formed his hand into an axe and acted like he was about to strike Venom, but at the last second, pulled a fast one on him and sent it through the wall, where Venom heard a scream from.
"ANNE!" Venom yelled before he overpowered Carnage and forced him to flee. He hurried to the nursery, where Anne was lying on the floor in a pool of blood beside a crying Dylan in his crib.
"Anne!" Eddie said as he rushed over.
Anne groaned as Eddie lifted her up, "Eddie, tell Dylan I love him." she said with tears coming out of her eyes.
Eddie shook his head, tears pooling in his eyes, "Anne, no, I can't lose you!" he said.
Anne smiled, "I love you, Eddie." she said as she closed her eyes.
"No! NO!" Eddie said before he placed his hand on her shoulder and some of the symbiote slithered off him and flowed onto her. Within a minute, Anne had a suit that resembled a female version of Venom. The face peeled back to show Anne's face. Her eyes shot open and she gasped before sitting up.
"(Pant pant) What happened?" Anne asked.
Eddie hugged her in relief, "Anne, you're all right!" he said.
Anne smiled as she hugged Eddie before she looked down at herself and saw her Venom suit.
"Eddie, is this…?" Anne asked.
"Yeah. I gave you some of the symbiote to try and save you." Eddie said.
"So this is what a symbiote feels like." Anne said.
"Great, right? If you don't like it, I can take it back." Eddie said before Dylan started crying.
"Feeding time already?" Anne asked before a symbiote tentacle reached out and into the living room to retrieve Dylan's bottle.
"Wow." Anne said before she started feeding Dylan.
"Yeah, the symbiote does more than just power you up. How do you think I can swing like Spider-Man?" Eddie asked.
"Well, maybe it won't be so bad having it after all. One condition though." Anne said.
"What's that?" Eddie asked.
"You teach me how to fight. If I have this kind of power like you do, I might as well use it to defend our son." Anne said.
"Sure thing." Eddie said.
And so, the symbiote's tale weaves a new web.
