Marvel Zombies: Survival continues with our surviving hero, Ben Reilly,also known as Scarlet Spider. As a clone of Peter Parker (also known as Spider-Man), who was one of the few who started the infection, Ben Reilly tries to find a cure. Unsuccessful to find the cure, he survives through the start of the infection while encountering zombified villains and his clone brother, Kaine Parker, who is now bound with the Carnage symbiote. This is no longer a world of Marvel Heroes. This a world of Marvel Zombies.
"Kaine?!" Ben Reilly is surprised to to see his brother still alive. Kaine Parker managed to survive the infection by laying low his presence. He hid in the shadows, watching, and waiting. "You're still alive?"
"Yes. For now." Kaine says as he looks at his arm. The symbiote clears off his arm and reveals a bitten mark.
"Are…. you infected." Ben says as he gets up from his feet. Ben nervously stood up and clenched his fist. Kaine stood quietly.
"I didn't save you for my own meal. I was hoping you found a cure. Well by the looks of it, " Kaine takes a look around and sees the mess of the lab equipment, "You still haven't found it."
"Well, this mess doesn't mean anything. Again I was attacked by naked red over there, but no if you must know I didn't find it." Ben looks disappointingly at his feet "How long have you been bitten."
"Days." Kaine says.
"Days? What?! Nobody survived the infection that long for most part. This doesn't make sense. Unless…" Ben goes across the lab and picks up the microscope and a slide. "Quickly take a syringe and give me a sample of your blood." Ben then looks back at him, " And get that thing off before you do."
Ben took Kaine's blood sample and laid it under the microscope. He looked into the lenses and watched the the most extraordinary thing. "My god. Your blood, Peter's blood, no our blood has some kind mutation involved. It's fighting the infection! It's like a cure!"
"That doesn't sound like a cure. Peter was infected." Kaine says as he looks at his bitten arm again.
" You're right. Unless… the cloning! That's it! As clones, we can't get infected. Maybe, all clones can not. Kaine I need you to capture one of them. Someone who is infected."
" Anyone specific?" Kaine says as he covers himself with the symbiote.
" Someone who is not a biter. We can still die if we lose blood, and we can still get eaten." Ben says. "However, I have a feeling we are not the only ones who realized this discovery unless they were eaten alive." Ben puts his mask on. "Make sure nobody follows you." Ben then jumps out the window of the lab and shoots his web and swings out. "I don't want any more company when I'm not home."
Both Ben and Kaine went their separate ways. Ben thought to himself about his own clone brother. " Damn, I don't like the idea with Kaine and I. He always tried to kill me for the most part. He's the only one I got. It was always Peter, him, and I. The rest of Peter's clones were history. Kaine and I believed one of us would die before the other one does. I still fear it is still like that today." Ben swung down to hide from being sighted in the skys.
Ben then heard a boom. He turned to see a bright light. It was an explosion. He tried to web out of there but was blown away by it. He went through a window of a four story brick building, while the building itself collapsed on top of him.
Ben couldn't feel his body, but manage to crawl under the piling bricks. He then looked up and saw a girl with claws out of her fists. She stood there with long black hair and an X-Men uniform.
"Well good to see you spidey."
"Uh do I know you?" Ben replies. He got up, rubbed his head, and dust himself off. There was tears on his uniform from the building's collapse. " Those claws. So familiar." Ben thought to himself.
" Stop playing around Peter. It's me Laura. And what's up with the costume change. Actually, I like this one alot better. Nice."
"Laura… is it?" Ben asks as he takes off his mask and reveals his similar face of Peter but also reveals his blonde hair. "My name is Ben. Ben Reilly. I was uh- a close friend of Peter's." Ben then thought who Laura might be. He remembered the claws.
Instantly the both of them shouted in surprise. " Wait, you're a clone!"
" This is amazing. You haven't been bit have you? If you have great! Now, I can test your blood. If not um well good I guess." Ben replies.
Laura uncomfortably replies, "Um, No. Where is Peter?"
Ben looks down in sadness. "Peter was one of the first to be infected. Honestly, I don't know where he stands right now."
"Hey!" Two decaying figures appear. There Hobgoblin appears on his glider and Sabretooth on his hands and legs.
"Itsy bitsy spider climbed up in my mouth. Down came the blood that wiped the spider out! Hehe!" Hobgoblin horrifyingly sings.
"Will you shut it! Before I eat both She-Wolverine and this "Spider-Man" you've been craving for." Sabretooth says.
Laura and Ben instantly reply at the same time and leaped toward to attack them.
"My name is Scarlet Spider!"
" My name is X-23!"