Welcome back to Ashes of Midnight. Last time, after returning from the successful raid on HYDRA last night, Cynder and the team, with help from the Midnight Suns and their use of social media, finally managed to track Fallen Venom and Spider-Man in their fight across New York City. Once they were located, Cynder set off to go aid the wall-crawler in battling the demonically enhanced Klyntar. So, how's this fight going to go? Read on to discover...

(The scene starts with the city in peril, as Fallen Venom's rampage off screen has civilians scampering for their lives. One woman gets knocked to the ground, and just as a thrown statue is about to hit her, Spider-Man slings in and saves her life, dropping her off on the safe side of a fire engine)

Spider-Man: Stay safe out there, ma'am!

Civilian: (Seeing something behind Spider-Man) I should probably be telling you the same thing!

(As she runs off, Spider-Man sees what's flying at him, a rooftop air conditioner, which he thankfully manages to dodge.)

Spider-Man: Geez. You'd think Eddie would've run out of stuff to throw by now! Or at least have a serious case of tennis elbow!

(And at that remark, Fallen Venom reemerges, still clearly pissed off at Spider-Man)

Fallen Venom: SPIDER-MAN! WE WILL SQUASH YOUR BONES AND BRING THEM TO MOTHER!

(Unbeknownst to Fallen Venom, a HYDRA trooper is waiting in the shadows, receiving orders from Crossbones)

Crossbones: (Via the HYDRA trooper's comm system) Subdue that animal and bring it to Site One.

(Wordlessly, the HYDRA trooper acknowledges the order, and four of them surround Fallen Venom, only for the lead one to get slung across the street, only to be saved by Spider-Man)

Spider-Man: Seriously buddy, I'd consider a career change. I know no job is perfect, but anything's got to have better coworkers than this.

(As Spider-Man finishes up, a portal opens, revealing Cynder has arrived, only to be confronted by a dozen HYDRA troopers. Spider-Man quickly slings in, ready to do his thing)

Spider-Man: Shall we?

Cynder: Let's.

(With no hesitation the duo heads into battle, and after a few minutes has the HYDRA goons down, and now they turn their attention towards Fallen Venom)

Fallen Venom: NO MORE GAMES! NO MORE RUNNING!

(Fallen Venom leaps from the top of the museum he was standing on and immediately confronts Cynder and Spider-Man)

Fallen Venom: You cannot stop us, heroes. BUT WE HOPE YOU TRY!

(With that, Fallen Venom flings a hot dog cart at the duo, but they both leap out of the way before it can hit, with Spider-Man actually web slinging the thing back into Fallen Venom's face. And with that, their battle is on, but this time, it goes better, and Fallen Venom is nearly on the ropes, with Spider-Man web slinging his arms to restrain him)

Fallen Venom: Mother's wisdom is Eternal! The Master's strength is Eternal! WE ARE ETERNAL!

(With no hesitation, Fallen Venom slings Spider-Man through the museum wall before breaking his bonds and turning his attention to Cynder)

Cynder: Sheesh, I've never seen you put up this much of a fight before, Eddie! But you're not unstoppable, both of us know that.

Spider-Man: (Seeing he's landed next to a speaker system) Not my worst idea ever. (Hooks up the speaker system to a microphone he picked up) Good Morning, Demo Venom! Here's a special request from all of New York to you, our slobbiest invader since Thanos!

(With that, Spider-Man slams the microphone into the speaker beneath him, causing the feedback to reverberate into one of the Klyntar's key weaknesses: sonic attacks. And after slinging and connecting a few more speakers, Spider-Man creates the ultimate sonic weapon and has Fallen Venom on his knees. But it doesn't last long, as Fallen Venom slings away soon afterwards, as Spider-Man lands, trying to regain his hearing)

Cynder: Now that was...

Spider-Man: (Yelling but he doesn't realize it) Extremely loud, I know! Just had to get bitten by a radioactive genetically altered spider with great hearing!

Cynder: I was going to say amazing.

Spider-Man: (Starting to get back to his normal volume) That's what the kids say. (Exhales exhaustedly) I think I'll just pass out now.

Cynder: Not in the middle of the rubble. Let me get you somewhere safe, Spidey.

Spider-Man: I'm going to trust you on that, Cynder...

(And as Spider-Man collapses onto Cynder's back, she takes off back to the Abbey, ending our tale today)

And that looks like a good place to end for now. Yes, I know I could have put any other hero in this scene that I wanted from this point in the game, but I really wanted to give Cynder a moment on her own. Expect more people next time though. So, what chaos can erupt now that Spider-Man is heading to the Abbey? Tune in next time to hopefully find out! Same time... same channel!