Volume IV: Carnage

This will be the seventh chapter of Volume IV, this will bring back ex-Bugle photographer Eddie Brock as he's released from Ravencroft after being there for two years, still locked up in at the institute is another patient named Cletus Kassidy. Eddie is still trying to adjust to being back into society but it hasn't been easy since everyone remembers his reputation as both Eddie Brock and Venom, he turns to his longtime friend Anne Weying who helps him. Around the same time, Peter is having some financial trouble so he decided to take a second job taking photos for the Daily Globe as he meets Anya's father Gilberto Corazon for the first time. Meanwhile the symbiote has been uncovered recently and found its way back to Eddie Brock, he became Venom again and seeks out a new host for the newly reproduced symbiote he created, he broke into Ravencroft and unleashed the symbiote unto Cletus Kassidy, turning him into the supervillain Carnage, Carnage will serve as the main antagonist of Volume IV, after he bonded with the symbiote and escapes, he gets back at everyone who's ever wronged him, including someone close to the Web-Warriors, they're about to face their biggest challenges against two symbiotes, Anne will intervene as she tries to reach through to Brock and reminds him not to lose his humanity as he'll become conflicted in his actions. This incident with the symbiotes will attract the attention of the Life Foundation and it's CEO Carlton Drake who became fascinated by the potential the symbiotes bring, he has great plans for them in the future.

Happy New Years 2024

The day is October 19th around 7:02 AM at the Ravencroft Institute up in Westchester County, Dr. Ashley Kafka is walking down the hallway with a couple of the staff, they're walking past a number of patients here, including Frances Barrison who is tied up in a straitjacket with a muzzle over her mouth for some strange reason, she's got pale sking and a black tattoo over her left eye, the next room is a 25 year old red haired man named Cletus Kassidy who is a deranged and sociopathic serial killer, Dr. Kafka and her staff came up to the room across Kassidy's where another patient 20 year old Eddie Brock who has been here for two years undergoing rehabilitation since he was defeated at the hands of Spider-Man and Ghost-Spider, he's in his room doing push ups to keep himself in shape until the staff opens up the door as Eddie Brock is curious as to what's going on.

"Mr. Brock, it's time." Ashley Kafka said.

"Time for what?" Eddie Brock is curious.

"It's time for you to go back to the world, Mr. Brock, you're being released." Ashley Kafka said.

Eddie is stunned to find out that he's finally being released from this place after two years, he's taking in a few of his personal items and walks out of his room as Cletus Kassidy heard the news about his neighbor's recent release.

"So... my friend Eddie Brock is finally free from his cage." Cletus Kassidy said.

"Looks like it." Eddie Brock said.

"I wish I had your luck, but I've been here for five years and there hasn't been any chance of freedom for me." Cletus Kassidy said.

"Yeah, I guess when you burn up an orphanage at 13 and killed off a lot of fellows orphans, that pretty much killed your chances at freedom." Eddie Brock said.

"No one ever understood why I did it, everyone just saw me as a monster." Cletus Kassidy said.

"I know the feeling, pal." Eddie Brock can relate.

"Who knows? Maybe my luck will change one day and we can meet up on the outside, the day I finally bring carnage." Cletus Kassidy said.

"Yeah, that's a big if... well... see ya." Eddie Brock said.

"Likewise Eddie!" Cletus Kassidy smiled as he wave goodbye.

Cletus Kassidy watched Eddie walking away while he stayed behind in his cell filled with newspaper clippings on his exploits as a serial killer, including an article from the Daily Globe exposing him as the killer of two dozen of victims that lead to his arrest and imprisonment here at the institute, meanwhile at another part of the building Eddie Brock is dressing himself up in regular clothes he wore from two years ago, he stuffed his personal items into his pockets including his wallet still has some cash for him to use, it has a picture of himself with his friend, a young blond woman name Anne Weying, after he's done getting everything he owns, he starts to walk alongside Dr. Kafka towards the outside and to the gate for his release.

"How are you feeling about this?" Ashley Kafka said.

"Honestly Doc, I'm still not sure what to think, it's been two years and not everyone has forgotten about Venom, the monster I was, all the things I did." Eddie Brock said.

"But you're not that person anymore, Brock, you've made real progress in the two years you've been here, this symbiote as you call it isn't a part of you anymore, you're not Venom anymore, right now you're just Eddie Brock, you need to figure out what to do with your new life, I know that it isn't easy but you can do it, just the past behind and focus on your future." Ashley Kafka giving some advice.

Eddie Brock gave a warm smile. "Thanks Doc."

"Good luck." Ashley Kafka walks away.

The gate opens up as Eddie Brock is walking past it and finally made it outside of Ravencroft, Eddie smells the fresh air and the sun shining around in the morning.

"Freedom." Eddie Brock smiled.

Eddie Brock is walking away from Ravencroft about to adjust back into society, unknown to him, one of the nurses who works there is on the phone with someone in the media giving out a scoop on the recent release on Eddie Brock AKA Venom.


Time is 9:13 AM in New York City at the apartment in the Lower East Side, Peter and Gwen are at the table looking through their bills and payments for this month next to the Daily Globe newspaper, some of them are overdue and needs to be paid as soon as possible, meanwhile Mary Jane is coming out of her room all dressed up for work, she went to the kitchen and poured in some coffee from the French Press into the mug, she then walks over to her friends at the table to see that they're having financial trouble in paying bills and payments.

"Money problems?" Mary Jane said.

"Yeah, something like that, we've just been too busy with our activities as heroes to make time to pay bills, not to mentions some payments on some of the stuff we've bought for this place." Peter said.

"I'm sorry to hear that, but you guys can pay off some of these bills, can't you?" Mary Jane said.

"Yeah, but my college fund isn't that big to cover for everything, if I use it to pay off most of these bills, I could end up depleting the fund completely." Gwen said.

"Even my freelance salary at the Bugle isn't enough, never imagine living in the city is so expensive." Peter said.

"I could throw in some bucks I've saved up last month, it's not much but..." Mary Jane offers to help.

"I appreciate it, MJ, but save that money for acting school." Peter said.

"Come on Tiger, you both gave me a place here, at least let me help a bit to pay off my rent." Mary Jane insisted.

"Okay, but it's not enough, we'll still be a few hundred dollars short of money and we need to save it on food *sighed* Maybe it's time I get a second job in addition to the one I've already got." Peter said.

"As what exactly? The only thing you're qualified to do is take pictures for a newspaper tabloid, so unless you're willing to branch out in other areas, what else can you do?" Mary Jane said.

"I don't know." Peter sighed until he spotted a newspaper on the table, he pulls it and holds it up in front of him, he smiled. "This is it! This is what I can do!"

Gwen takes the paper and reads. "Huh, the Daily Globe is offering more cash money for pictures of Spider-Man."

"Exactly." Peter said.

"But you already got a job working for the Bugle, wouldn't it be weird for you to work for another newspaper tabloid." Mary Jane said.

"Technically I'm a freelance photographer, not a staff photographer, so I'm allowed to work for more than one newspaper tabloid, besides where else will the Bugle find a decent photographer who can takes photos of Spider-Man?" Peter said.

"Right, never kill the golden goose." Mary Jane said.

"So now I'm a goose instead of a tiger, huh?" Peter said.

"Come on, it was just a compliment, the only reason the Bugle has risen sales in three years is thanks to your work." Mary Jane said.

"Geez, thanks for the strange compliment, MJ." Peter smiled.

"Anytime Tiger." Mary Jane said.

"Okay, first things first, I'll go out on patrol and takes some snaps of myself in action, after I'm done printing them out, then I'll head on to the Globe later and see if they'll buy some shots." Peter said.

"No doubt they'll buy them, the Globe needs decent pictures of the hero and you need money." Gwen said.

Peter sighed. "I know, typical Parker luck."

Gwen and Mary Jane giggled and laughed at that remark as Peter frowns, Mary Jane still giggles until she pulls her phone to check out the time but she even caught some recent news on it, she stopped laughed and frowned upon one of the news.

"Holy shit." Mary Jane is stunned.

"What is it, MJ?" Peter is worried.

"You're all not gonna believe this, Eddie Brock has been released." Mary Jane relay the bad news.

Peter is stunned. "Eddie Brock... he's out!"

"Unfortunately yes, it says that after spending two years in Ravencroft, he's finally out." Mary Jane said.

"I don't see what the big worry is, he doesn't the symbiote anymore, there's no way he's a danger to us." Gwen isn't concerned.

"No, but he still knows who we both are, he's been keeping that secrets for two years." Peter said.

"And after what we did to him, he still hates us, what's to stop him from exposing us?" Gwen said.

"Nothing, he's still discredited before the public after he sold that fake photo of Spidey robbing some cash, not to mention he's still blacklisted from the media thanks to Jameson, no one is going to believe him." Peter said.

"Let's hope so, but either way, we still need to be careful with this guy, he came after our loved ones in the past, he's unpredictable." Gwen said.

"He only knows about you and me, but he doesn't know about Miles or Anya, let's keep it that way. Besides, he doesn't the symbiote anymore, it's still buried in concrete and with any luck, it's already dead, there's no chance Venom will ever come back." Peter assured.


Later around 9:45 AM in New York City coming up at the bus station is a bus that travelled from Westchester County, a lot of people got off the bus and Eddie Brock is among them, he hides his appearance with a baseball cap and sunglasses as he's too recognizable, he made his way out of the bus station and took a cab, the cab is driving around the city as Eddie Brock hasn't been in the city for two years.

The cab eventually made it to the neighborhood of Murray Hill, it stopped in front of an apartment building as Eddie Brock gets off the cab and arrived at his destination, he made his way up inside until he reach the right apartment and knocks on the door, he waited as he heard footsteps come towards the door, it opens up as a 20 year old blond name Anne Weying sees someone outside her door.

"Can I help you?" Anne Weying asking the stranger.

This stranger takes off his baseball cap and sunglasses and reveal himself as someone very familiar to her, someone she never though she see again after two years.

"Eddie?" Anne Weying looks surprised.

"Hi Anne." Eddie Brock said.

Minutes later inside the apartment, Anne is pouring in coffee into the mug and hands one to Eddie Brock as they have a lot to talk about, including his past as the supervillain Venom.

"Thanks." Eddie took the mug and drank the coffee.

"Never thought I'd see you again, I thought you were still locked up in that psychiatric hospital in Upstate." Anne Weying said.

"I was, I just got release early on good behavior." Eddie Brock said.

"Didn't think you had the guts to come back, not everyone forgot, everyone still remembers you and what you did, how you became a monster." Anne Weying said.

"Yeah, Venom." Eddie Brock felt ashamed..

"Are you still that... thing?" Anne Weying is curious.

"No, not anymore, a part of me is relieved that Venom is gone, now I'm just Eddie Brock, a regular person without a job or a place to stay." Eddie Brock said.

"Is that why you're here? You need a play to stay?" Anne Weying said.

"If it's that much trouble, then I'll find another place to go, didn't mean to interrupt your life." Eddie is getting up.

"Wait... you can stay until you're up on your feet." Anne Weying said.

"Are you sure? Cause I don't be much trouble for you, Anne." Eddie Brock said.

"I do believe in second chances and people can change, I'm giving you a chance to prove it, so... you have my permission to stay." Anne Weying is being kindhearted.

Eddie Brock gave a warm smile. "Thank you Anne, you always see the good in people."

"That's just me, willing to help those in need." Anne Weying smile.

Eddie looks at the books on the table. "I see you're still studying law."

"Still got a year left, plan to work pro bono once I get my law degree." Anne Weying said.

"You're a good person Anne, better than I am." Eddie Brock said.

"So what do you plan to do?" Anne Weying asking.

"Now I'm going to find a job." Eddie Brock said.

"As what exactly?" Anne Weying asking.

"I don't know, I'm still blacklisted from the photography industry thanks to Jameson." Eddie Brock said.

"You mean Mayor Jameson?" Anne Weying said.

"What? Jameson is mayor?" Eddie is stunned by this surprise.

"Since last August." Anne Weying said.

"Wow, I really have missed a lot. Well... don't worry about me Anne, I'll figure something out." Eddie Brock said.

"I know you will, for now... welcome back Eddie." Anne smiled.

Eddie smiled as he at least has someone who cares about him despite his troubled reputation in the past, he's glad that he's just Eddie Brock and that Venom is no longer a part of him.


Meanwhile around 1:30 PM elsewhere in the city, a building is being demolished by a construction crew, the very same building that was the site where Spider-Man and Ghost-Spider fought and defeated Venom two years ago, where the symbiote is buried beneath the concrete, one of the workers is using the jackhammer to pummel down through the concrete until the horn rang loudly and everyone stopped working for the day, everyone started leaving the site and heading on home, a couple of workers came up to their still working with the jackhammer.

"Hey, didn't you hear the horn?"

"Yeah yeah, I heard, yabba dabba do!"

The guy laughed at that remark. "Okay Fred Flintstone, the rest of us are heading out for a bite, you coming?"

"I'm almost done breaking apart the concrete, can't believe this place was built two years ago and now it's being demolished."

"I know, people wanted to build something and after a year, they suddenly lost interest in it. So are you coming or not?"

"I'm going to finish up, you all go on ahead, I'll caught up as soon as I'm done here."

"Okay, don't take too long."

The workers waved goodbye as they walk away while the guy with the jackhammer is all alone at the site, he turns it back and continue pummeling through the concrete and piercing through with the chisel at the bottom, he kept on working until he felt something strange happening with the chisel within the concrete like it's jammed for some reason, he turns the jackhammer off and pulls it off the concrete hole to see something black and gooey on the chisel tip.

"What the? What is this?"

The worker is clueless as to what this black slime is within the concrete as he reach his hand onto the chisel tip of the jackhammer, he touched it as it came to life and clings itself to his hands, the worker panic as more slime is coming out of the concrete, bonding with the worker who is screaming in fear.

"NO! GET IT OFF ME! AHH!


Time is 3:03 PM just outside of the Daily Globe, Peter Parker has just pulled his motorcycle next to the sidewalk and parks it, he looks at the newspaper tabloid that is rivals with the Daily Bugle, this is actually a first time he's ever been here, he's getting off his bike and pulled out a folder from the saddlebag as he's about to make his way inside. Meanwhile inside at the floor where a lot of reporters and staff are working on story, already here on the floor is Eddie Brock as everyone here immediately recognized him for his terrible reputation, he arrived at the desk where secretary April Maye who is 19 years old blonde female and an intern reporter here.

"I'm here to meet up with your editor-in-chief." Eddie Brock said.

"He's busy." April Maye said.

Eddie Brock could tell that she's denying him the chance to meet the editor-in-chief Barney Bushkin who is inside his office speaking with his reporter Gilberto Corazon about the investigation of Spider-Girl.

"So you got anything on this Spider-Girl?" Barney Bushkin said.

"Nothing, she's too good at covering her tracks, just like the other spider heroes." Gilberto Corazon said.

"No surprise there, not even the Bugle can uncover any secrets on these heroes, the only thing that managed to get them over the top is great photos of Spider-Man, too bad we don't have any photos that could give us an edge. But hey, don't let this get you down Gil, you're one of my best reporters, you even did a story on that psycho from five years ago, that was a bestseller." Barney Bushkin said.

All of a sudden coming in without an invitation is Eddie Brock who became inpatient and forced his way inside against April Maye's advice.

"I'm sorry Mr. Bushkin, he just came in..." April Maye said.

"It's alright Ms. Maye, I'll take it from here. What do you want?" Barney Bushkin said.

"Sorry to burst in unannounced Mr. Bushkin, we haven't formally meet, I'm..." Eddie Brock said.

"I know who you, Eddie Brock... Gil, could you excuse us for a moment." Barney Bushkin said.

"Sure, we can continue this another time, I'll be at my office." Gilberto Corazon is leaving the office alone.

Barney Bushkin then turns his attention to Eddie Brock. "Alright Mr. Brock, what do you want?"

"Since I got out, the hopes of finding a decent job has prove very difficult, no one is looking to hire me." Eddie Brock said.

"Can you blame them? With your reputation." Barney Bushkin said

"So now I'm very desperate to do whatever it takes to get what I want." Eddie Brock said.

Barney Bushkin sighed. "Stop wasting my time and get to the point, Mr. Brock."

Eddie Brock sits down with a smile of confidence. "Spider-Man."

"What about him?" Barney Bushkin said.

"I know who he is, the face behind the mask, interested?" Eddie Brock is willing to sell the secret.

Barney Bushkin then pressed the phone. "Ms. Maye, call security and have'm escort Mr. Brock off the premises."

"Yes Mr. Bushkin." April Maye on the speaker.

Eddie Brock is getting up startled. "What are you doing? Don't you want to know the secret of Spider-Man?"

"Mr. Brock, should I remind you that about two years ago you sold the Bugle a fake photo of the hero committing a robbery, the Bugle had to print a retraction and their reputation was tainted because of you." Barney Bushkin said.

"What's your point?" Eddie Brock said.

"That you're capable of lying to get what you want, Jameson had you blacklisted for a good reason, you already tainted the Bugle's reputation and I won't let you make that same mistake with this tabloid." Barney Bushkin said.

Coming into the office are two security guards as Eddie Brock felt intimidated now that he doesn't have the symbiote for it's power, he then looks back at Barney Bushkin said.

"You're making a big mistake, you don't know what you're doing?" Eddie Brock said.

"I know exactly what I'm doing, security, escort him out of my building and off the premises immediately." Barney Bushkin said.

Eddie Brock is mad the the editor-in-chief is rejecting his offer to know the secret identity of Spider-Man, he's forced to leave the office with security as April Maye and Gilberto Corazon watched and smiled along with most of the staff that Mr. Brock is being forced out of the floor and headed towards the elevator, one of the elevator is coming down while the other one is coming up, the elevator coming down made it to the floor and opens up, Eddie Brock is forced inside with security as the doors closed. Meanwhile the other elevator finally arrived at the floor, Peter Parker is coming out as he's actually standing inside the floors of the Daily Globe, it's somewhat similar to the Daily Bugle but different in some ways. He makes his way around until he spotted an office with the sign "BARNEY BUSHKIN: EDITOR-IN-CHIEF", he walks up to the desk where a blond female is sitting next to the office, she's reading a magazine not knowing someone is standing in front of her desk, she kinda reminds him of Betty Brant from the Bugle.

"Hi, I'm here to meet your editor-in-chief." Peter tries getting her attention.

April Maye lowers her magazine and sees a handsome guy in a black leather jacket holding a folder standing in front of her, she became stunned and blushed upon seeing him.

April Maye snapped back to reality. "Ah... can I get your name?"

"Peter Parker." Peter introduced himself.

"Hang on a second." April Maye pressed the button. "Mr. Bushkin, you have a Peter Parker here who wants to see you."

"Really? Sent him in." Barney Bushkin said on the speaker.

"Right this way... Peter." April Maye said all blushing.

Barney Bushkin is sitting in his office after he was fortunate to get Eddie Brock out of his building, he didn't want his tabloid's reputation to be tainted like the Bugle went through because of Brock, the office door is opening up as April Maye shows Peter Parker into the office and Mr. Bushkin gets up to meet the famous photographer who takes great pictures of Spider-Man.

Barney Bushkin gets up and stands to greet. "Mr. Parker, it's great to finally meet you, thank you Ms. Maye."

"Of course Mr. Bushkin, excuse me." April Maye gave on last look at Peter before closing the door.

"Peter Parker, I'm sure you already heard of me." Peter greeted himself.

"I have, Barney Bushkin, editor-in-chief of the Daily Globe, welcome. So what can I do for you, Mr. Parker?" Barney Bushkin introduced himself.

"Well, I saw your ad in the Globe's paper and I brought you these." Peter hands the man the folder.

Barney Bushkin took the folder and opens up to find photos of Spider-Man in action, all very impressive shots of the hero swinging around and fighting off some criminals.

"Wow, this is very impressive, great work." Barney Bushkin likes the photos.

"Really? Cause the first time I've sold photos for the Bugle, JJ called them crap." Peter said.

"Well this isn't the Bugle, kid, though I'm very surprised you've decided to sell us photos after years of working for them." Barney Bushkin said.

"At the time the Bugle was the only tabloid willing to buy my work, but since you've put in that ad, I'd figured it's time for me to branch out." Peter said.

"A wise decision, this is great work, I'll pay you 500 for all of them." Barney Bushkin said.

"Deal." Peter accepts the offer.

Barney Bushkin is writing a check and hands it to Peter. "Here you go, Mr. Parker, I hope to see you again with more photos."

"As long as you're willing to buy, I'll sell. Thanks Mr. Bushkin." Peter then takes his leave with the check.

Gilberto is waiting at his desk in his office where he set up a board on his investigation of Spider-Girl whom is part of Spider-Man's team, he's also looking into her teammates Spider-Man, Ghost-Spider, and Kid Arachnid trying to make a connection, he had a sense that there is something strange about Spider-Girl he can't quite figure out, he hasn't made any progress in the investigation since she covered her tracks very well, he attempts to drink coffee from the mug, but he finds out that it's empty. He walks out of the office with the mug and made his way to the table where all the snacks are, he picked up a carafe and poured in coffee into the mug, he looks around only to find Peter Parker coming out of Bushkin's office with a check after he got paid for the photos, he knows exactly who he is from his reputation and a certain school incident from years ago.

"Peter Parker!" Gilberto Corazon calling out.

Peter looks at the man who called out his name. "Ah yeah, do I know you?"

"No, but I know you, the name's Gilberto, many people just call me Gil." Gilberto Corazon introduced himself.

"Peter Parker, but you already know that." Peter said.

"Everyone knows who you are by your reputation, and this isn't the first time our paths have crossed." Gilberto Corazon said.

"What do you mean? We've met before?" Peter is clueless.

"Years ago I was there at your school when you and your classmates denounced Wilson Fisk on live TV, exposing him as the Kingpin of Crime, that publicity got a lot of people's attention." Gilberto Corazon said.

"It was the right thing to do, even though it did put a target on my back." Peter said.

"It was brave, foolish but brave, you're very fortunate to have Spider-Man watching your back, seems like you both are tight." Gilberto Corazon said.

"Yeah, you could say that." Peter said.

"Too tight that he even let you, a young kid from Queen take photos of him in action, in fact you're the only one who takes photos of him before anyone else does. How does that work exactly?" Gilberto Corazon said.

"Oh... well..." Peter is thinking of something to say.

"Papa!" Anya coming towards them.

"Anya." Gilberto Corazon smiled.

Anya hugged her dad as Peter is surprised to find out that this man is Anya's father, Anya stopped hugging her dad til she sees her friend Peter here.

"Peter?" Anya is surprised.

"Hey Anya." Peter said.

Gilberto Corazon looks surprised. "You two know each other?"

"Oh, I..." Anya is thinking of something to say.

"Anya is friends with Miles Morales, his mom works at the shelter with my aunt, it's how we met, Miles introduced us." Peter said.

"Huh, I see." Gilberto Corazon said.

"I'm guessing you two need some time alone, I should get going, it was nice meeting you Gil." Peter said.

"Likewise, Mr. Parker." Gilberto Corazon said.

Peter is leaving with the check after meeting Anya's father for the first time, meanwhile Anya and Gilberto are still around as he wonders what brings his daughter here at his workplace.

"Sorry to come in unannounced, dad." Anya said.

"Nah, it's fine, I thought you'd be at the Academy hanging with your friends." Gilberto Corazon said.

"I was, but my two friends are busy dating, so I'd thought I come out to the city and stop by your workplace for a visit." Anya said.

"That's very kind of you, well lucky for you, I have some time off for lunch, care to join me? I'm buying." Gilberto Corazon said.

"Why not?" Anya smiled.

"Great, let me get my phone and close up my office, then we'll head out." Gilberto Corazon smiled.

"Take you time." Anya said.


Later around 3:46 PM at the apartment in Murray Hill, Anne Weying is in her bedroom reading a law book to study, coming into the apartment all disappointed is Eddie Brock as he slammed the door behind him, Anne stopped reading upon hearing the door slam as she gets up and walks out of her room to find Eddie Brock face down on the couch as he's not having a good day after his visit to the Daily Globe.

"Hey, hey, just because I'd let you stay here, doesn't give you the right to slam my door." Anne Weying said.

"Sorry, just having a bad day." Eddie Brock has his face down on the couch.

Anne Weying sighed as she sits down on a chair. "Okay... I'll ask, why are you moping?"

Eddie Brock raised his head up and sits down as he sighed. "The Daily Globe turn down my offer."

"The Daily Globe? Aren't you still blacklisted?" Anne Weying said.

"I tried getting a regular job, but everyone blew me off, so I thought I'd trying to get a job there in exchange for some information." Eddie Brock said.

"What kind of information?" Anne Weying said.

"The identity of the man who ruined my life, Spider-Man." Eddie Brock carries hatred for the hero.

"Him again? Why do you hate him so much?" Anne Weying said.

"Cause he's responsible for all the misfortunes I had to endure, I was doing great at the Bugle, I had a chance to make a name for myself, even had a big scoop on the Lizard, it would've a Pulitzer until he and his friend Ghost-Spider stopped me and took away my chance for glory, they discredited me before Jameson and the Bugle. The next day I caught Spider-Man in black fighting a supervillain, I took some photos but he broke my camera and took away my chance at glory again..." Eddie Brock explained his reasons.

"And to get back at him, you created a fake photo of him committing a robbery and you sold it to the Bugle to ruin his reputation. Isn't that right?" Anne Weying said.

"He deserved it, all he ever did was make a mockery out of me, over and over again, he's the bane of my existence." Eddie Brock still hates the hero.

"I can't believe you're still carrying that hate for him. You wanted to get at Spider-Man and look where it got you, your name and reputation were ruined because of that big fat lie you created, if that wasn't enough, you became a supervillain and ended up hurting a lot of people!" Anne Weying reminded Eddie of his mistakes.

"Are you seriously defending him, Anne?" Eddie Brock is shocked.

"I'm not defending him Eddie, I'm saying that carrying around all that hate and resentment won't do you any good, I had hoped that you've moved on, but obviously you're still stuck in your own cycle of hatred." Anne Weying pointed out.

Eddie Brock sighed and calms down saddened. "I was very angry back then, after I lost my job and I was publicly humiliated, my whole world spiraled and everyone pushed me away, that's when I hit a low point and I went to that cathedral, that's was the night the symbiote came to me and we bonded, it turned me into Venom and it amplified all the hate I carried within me, it drove me to get vengeance on everyone who hurt me... I'm not proud of all the things I've done, Anne, I wish I could take back all the things I've done, but I can't, I'm still haunted by my past... and it still hurts."

"Eddie... I know that you've done things, terrible things, but you're not Venom anymore, cause right now all I see is Eddie Brock, a man filled with guilt and regret, you've been given a second chance, a chance to redeem yourself for all the things you've done." Anne Weying said.

"If only it were that easy, Anne." Eddie Brock still regretful.

"No one said it would be easy, Eddie, but you can do it, you can change, be better than who you were." Anne Weying said.

"And what am I suppose to be right now?" Eddie Brock is clueless.

"That's something you'll have to figure out, but you don't have to do it alone, you have me Eddie." Anne Weying shows her supports for him.

Eddie Brock gave a warm smile. "Thank you Anne."

"So... I was thinking of ordering Chinese, interested?" Anne Weying has the cravings.

"Dang, I haven't had any Chinese food in a couple of years, one of things I've missed since getting out." Eddie Brock said.

"Great, I'll make the call." Anne Weying smiled.


Time is 4:15 PM up in Harlem, the construction worker is possessed as he's wearing a black jacket and walking around the sidewalk as he seems to be searching for something or someone, he then passed by a Chinese restaurant called Genghis Connie's and continue on walking ahead, meanwhile inside the Chinese restaurant is Anya and Gilberto Corazon chowing down on some food, meanwhile an food courier is waiting as the waitress hands him a bag stapled with the receipt name Anne Weying and an address to Murray Hill, the courier is leaving the restaurant to make his delivery, Anya is picking up a piece of Peking duck with chopsticks and eat it into her mouth.

"How's the Peking duck?" Gilberto Corazon said.

Anya is still chewing til she swallows. "Mmm, delicious."

"Glad to hear it, so how was school?" Gilberto Corazon said.

"It's great, still getting straight A's." Anya said.

"That's great Anya, but I was wondering how are you doing? You mentioned your two friends are dating." Gilberto Corazon said.

"Yeah, my friend Ganke is dating a new classmate of mine, Danika Hart." Anya said.

"Danika as in from Danikast?" Gilberto Corazon said.

"You've heard of it?" Anya looks surprised.

"I'm an investigative journalist, you don't thinks podcast like hers doesn't get some attention?" Gilberto Corazon said.

"Right." Anya said.

"And what about your other friend?" Gilberto Corazon said.

"Miles, he's got this new girl he really likes and it looks likes she's really into him." Anya is giving off an expression.

"Oh!" Gilberto Corazon said.

"What?" Anya said.

"Nothing, it's just when you mention this subject about Miles, this seems to affected you in someway." Gilberto Corazon said.

"Meaning?" Anya said.

"Like you might be jealous or something." Gilberto Corazon said.

"Me? Jealous? No way Papa!" Anya denies it.

"Anya, it's okay if you're feeling this way, it's perfectly natural when you like someone." Gilberto Corazon said.

Anya is blushing and acted embarrassed. "Of course I like him, as a friend of course."

"Of course, if you need to talk about it..." Gilberto Corazon offers to listen.

"I appreciate it Papa, but I'm good, really." Anya tries to hide it.

"Okay, if you say so." Gilberto decided not to push through it.

Anya sighed as she wants to talk. "When we first met, Miles was like this shyish kid in school who's into art and had trouble fitting in, I knew that he had this crush on me, I didn't feel the same way about him at first, we just stayed friends."

"But..." Gilberto Corazon said.

"But now he's got this new girl Tiana and he's progressed so much as a person." Anya said.

"Now you're starting to see him differently than a friend." Gilberto Corazon said.

Anya sighed. "What if I waited too long?"

"Anya look, the last thing I want for you is to think about boys, believe me, but I know this was bound to happen sooner or later." Gilberto Corazon said.

"Lucky for you I don't have anyone right now." Anya said.

"You will Anya, you'll find someone in time, someone who will take interest in you, don't give up on that." Gilberto Corazon said.

"Thank you Papa." Anya felt better.

"So how do you know Peter Parker anyway?" Gilberto Corazon said.

"Oh, I met him last year at the circus, you know the one that got attacked by the Tracksuit Mafia." Anya said

"How can I forget? Those criminals kidnapped you." Gilberto Corazon said.

"So how do you know about Peter anyway, Papa?" Anya is curious.

"By his reputation, he's the only guy in the photography industry who takes pictures of the hero Spider-Man, I even met him years ago at that school, I was among the press that day when he and his classmates spoke out against Wilson Fisk, exposing him as the Kingpin of Crime." Gilberto Corazon said.

"I heard of that guy, he sent those goons into that school, Gwen almost lost her life that day." Anya said.

"Gwen?" Gilberto Corazon said.

"Yeah, Gwen Stacy, I've met her too through Miles, she's Peter's girlfriend." Anya said.

"I see." Gilberto Corazon said.

"So what brings Peter by to your workplace?" Anya is curious.

"Recently the Globe put out an ad for decent photos of Spider-Man, Peter Parker came by and he sold his work to my editor-in-chief, one of the good things that happened given the unexpected surprise we've had today." Gilberto Corazon said.

"Why? What happened?" Anya said.

"Eddie Brock came by the Globe unannounced, apparently he wanted to sell some secrets on Spider-Man." Gilberto Corazon said.

Anya looks stunned. "What kind of secrets?"

"Like the secret identity of the man behind the mask." Gilberto Corazon said.

Anya gasped upon hearing this news.

"Are you okay?" Gilberto Corazon said.

"Yeah, just surprised, and did you find out?" Anya said.

"No, our boss just kicked him out of his building, he's aware of Brock's reputation and how he single-handedly tainted the Bugle with that falsified photo, the last thing he wants is to have the Globe suffer the same fate cause of him." Gilberto Corazon said.

"That's great, a very wise decision to make." Anya felt relieved.

"Yeah, and thanks to the photos we've got from Parker, things are looking to improve for the Globe in the future." Gilberto Corazon said.

"That's great, so are you working on anything of late?" Anya said.

"As a matter of fact I am, it's about Spider-Girl." Gilberto Corazon said.

"The new hero?" Anya said.

"The same, she's now part of Spider-Man's team, I've seen her once before during that fight with the Wrecking Crew, she made a name for herself, but there is something strange about her." Gilberto Corazon said.

"What do you mean?" Anya said.

"I get this sense that she's familiar somehow, like I've seen her from somewhere but I can't quite figure it out, so I've decided to investigate this story personally." Gilberto Corazon said.

"Really? Did you find out anything about her?" Anya is curious.

"All I know so far is she's Latina, about 5' 3" and probably around 15 years old, maybe more." Gilberto Corazon said.

"A Latina girl, that could be almost anyone in the five boroughs alone." Anya said.

"I know, a needle in a haystack, I was kinda hoping to talk to Parker since he's connected to Spider-Man til you came along and surprised me." Gilberto Corazon said.

"Sorry about that." Anya said.

"Don't be, it's always great to see your own daughter every now and then, I miss having you around." Gilberto Corazon said.

Anya smiled as she and her father got back to eat Chinese, Anya is still thinking about everything her father told her, especially the part where he's looking into Spider-Girl, he still doesn't know that his daughter is Spider-Girl, but her biggest worry is that there is someone out there who knows Peter's secret and is willing to sell out to anyone interested, she figured this is something Peter should know about.


It's 4:45 PM at Lower East Side at the apartment as Peter Parker just came back after a day of work after he sold some photos to the Daily Globe, Mary Jane already came home early from work as she and Gwen are at the table still going through their bills and payments to see Peter returned home, they're curious as to whether or not he was successful in selling photos to the Globe and getting paid.

"So Tiger, did they buy?" Mary Jane asking.

Peter holding up five 100 dollars bills. "They bought it!"

"That's wonderful Pete." Gwen is impressed.

"Way to go Tiger, though the Bugle won't be too happy to hear that you sold some photos to their competition." Mary Jane said.

"Hey, living in the city isn't cheap, gotta make a decent living earning, besides I'm still freelance, hope they'll understand." Peter said.

"I'm sure they'll understand, after all you're still their golden goose." Mary Jane teasing.

"The goose thing again?" Peter smiled.

"It's still a compliment, Tiger." Mary Jane smiled.

"Oh, by the way, I ran into someone at the Globe, you're not going to believe who it is." Peter said.

"Who?" Gwen said.

"Anya's dad, he works there too, I ran into Anya today and just found out." Peter said.

"So Anya's dad works at the Globe too, small world huh?" Mary Jane said.

All of a sudden Peter's phone is ringing as he pulls it out and checks the caller ID, it's Anya calling.

"It's Anya." Peter holds up the phone to his ear and answered the call. "Hey Anya, how is your day with your dad?"

"Pete, glad I could reach you, there's something urgent you need to know." Anya sounded troubled.

"What's going on?" Peter is curious.

"There's someone out there who knows your secret, some guy name Eddie Brock came by the Globe, wanted to sell out your secret but luckily their boss kicked him out, I just thought I'd give you a heads up." Anya warned him.

"I see, thanks for the tip Anya, I'll be careful." Peter said.

"Take care." Anya said.

"You too." Peter then hangs up the call with a worried expression on his face.

Gwen noticed it. "What's wrong Pete?"

"It's Eddie Brock, he was at the Globe today, he wanted to sell out my secret." Peter said with concern.

"What?" Gwen said.

"Great, one minute out of rehab and he's already trying to screw you." Mary Jane said.

"I know, some people don't change. But don't worry, the Globe turned down his offer and kicked him out." Peter said.

"After what happened to the Bugle cause of him, the Globe doesn't want to suffer the same bad publicity he caused, so you guys should be safe." Mary Jane said.

"But either way we still need to be careful, Brock's a ticking time bomb waiting to go off." Gwen said.

"I'd doubt anyone is going to believe him, he's got a history of making up and fabricating news cause of that fake photo, that's always going to stay on his record." Peter said.

"And if someone does believe his story about us?" Gwen said.

"Then we'll cross that bridge if it ever comes to that, besides without the symbiote he's not much of a threat, so we're all good." Peter assured his friends.

"Let's hope it's stays that way, I'd rather not run into Venom again anytime soon." Gwen said.


It's 5:30 PM in Murray Hill the construction worker in a black jacket is coming up towards the apartment building, inside the apartment containers of Chinese food are left open on the table as Anne Weying and Eddie Brock are eating Chinese, Eddie is eating more than Anne has as this caught her by surprise, Eddie is chowing down as much as he can as this is most decent food he's ever got in two years, he picked up an egg roll and puts it in his mouth.

Eddie Brock chewing and shallowing. "Mmm, damn this is good!"

"Wow, this is like your third helping." Anne Weying is stunned.

"Yeah, it's been so long since I got a decent meal, back at Ravencroft the food ain't that great, I missed so much." Eddie Brock said.

"Okay, but don't overdo yourself, the last thing I need for you to get sick and making a mess." Anne Weying said.

"Right... but seriously Anne, thank you for everything you've done for me, most people would turn their backs on me, but not you, you're... amazing." Eddie Brock said.

Anne gave a warm smile as she and Eddie are gazing into each other's eyes getting caught in a moment, whatever they're feeling isn't friendship but something else, they're about to give in until the door is knocking and the moment ended.

"You expecting anyone?" Eddie Brock is curious.

"No." Anne Weying is clueless.

"I'll go check it out." Eddie Brock gets up.

Eddie walks over to the door as Anne is still processing what just happened between her and Brock, Eddie then opens up the door to see a stranger in a black jacket outside of Anne's apartment.

"Ah... Hi, can I help you?" Eddie Brock being polite.

The man reach out his hand and unleashed the symbiote at it caught Eddie by surprise and he screams while the symbiote is bonding with him again, Anne heard screaming from the living room as she rushed over to see Eddie being attacked by black ooze, the symbiote finally separates from it's previous host and the worker fell down unconscious, Anne is terrified by what she's seeing, Eddie immediately recognized this as the symbiote he once bonded with, he's attempting to fight the bonding wanting to stay human but it's futile.

"AH... NO... GET OFF ME!" Eddie Brock being consumed by the symbiote.

The symbiote fully bonded with Eddie Brock again, stripping him away of his humanity and amplifying his suppressed hatred for Spider-Man and Ghost-Spider, he's getting back up on his feet as Anne is stunned and terrified to see what Eddie Brock has become again, a monstrous version of the black suited Spider-Man called Venom.

"FINALLY, BACK TOGETHER AGAIN!" Venom smiled.

Anne still terrified and stunned. "Eddie?"

"NO EDDIE ANYMORE, ONLY VENOM!" Venom roared out.

Anne yelled as Venom threatens but then stops himself upon seeing her, something inside tells him not to harm her, he couldn't shake off this feeling as he just leaves the apartment by jumping out of the window, Anne is surprised to find out that nothing happened to her, she's perfectly fine, Venom didn't kill her, he just left for some reason, but she rushed to the broken window to see Venom swinging away throughout the city, she terrified that Eddie Brock has become that monster again.

"No... Eddie..." Anne teared up.

Venom kept on swing around the city until he made it onto the top of the Chrysler building looking upon the city he missed so much since he went away.

"AH! HOME SWEET HOME! NOW WE FEEL COMPLETE, BACK TOGETHER WITH OUR HOST, AFTER SUFFERING OUR DEFEAT AT THE HANDS OF THAT MENACE SPIDER-MAN! NOW WE SHALL HAVE VENGEANCE FOR ALL THE MISERY HE CAUSE US, HIM, GHOST-SPIDER, JAMESON, EVERYONE IS GOING TO PAY! HOWEVER... THOSE TWO HEROES OUTSMARTED US THE LAST TIME WE'VE FOUGHT, AND NOW WITH TWO MORE HEROES AMONG THEM, THEY'LL PROVE TO BE EVEN MORE FORMIDABLE THAN EVER BEFORE, EVEN FOR US! WE'LL NEED TO TIP THE SCALES IN OUR FAVOR, LUCKY FOR US WE'VE FINALLY REACHED OUR REPRODUCTIVE CYCLE, TALK ABOUT PERFECT TIMING! ALL WE NEED IS SOMEONE TO BARE OUR OFFSPRING, AND WE KNOW JUST THE MAN FOR THE JOB!" Venom chuckles sinisterly.

Venom jumps off the rooftop of the Chrysler building and falls down from high up, he then swings away heading up north, he kept on swinging until he finally left the city and continue heading north towards Upstate, he knows a place where he can find host for his new offspring, someone who can help him defeat Spider-Man and his friends.


Time is 7:15 PM back in Upstate New York in Westchester County at Ravencroft Institute, a number of patients are roaming around the courtyard for some fresh air, inside some are watching TV, playing board games or puzzles, or drawing art, meanwhile inside the office of Dr. Ashley Kafka, the good doctor is looking up a recent article on the release on Eddie Brock which made her concerned on how it was leaked, coming into the office is the head of security.

"You asked for me, Dr. Kafka?"

"Yeah, I need you to do an investigation into the staff here discreetly, look for anything irregular." Ashley Kafka said.

"Is this over the article on Brock?"

"It is, it's no coincidence that this got leaked only minutes after he just got out, this wasn't suppose to be public." Ashley Kafka said.

"You think the leak came from one of our staff?"

"I hope not, but I want to be sure, can't have someone working for us violating protocols." Ashley Kafka said.

"I see, I'll look into it with discretion of course."

"Thank you *yawns* Okay, I'm heading on home for the night, see ya tomorrow." Ashley Kafka smiled.

"Take care Doc."

Dr. Ashley Kafka is walking down the hallway heading towards the exit, she then made to the parking lot and enters her car, she drives on to the gate as the security guard opens up for the doctor to leave the institute, she's driving out of Ravencroft and heading on home, unknown to anyone a dark figure is hiding in a nearby tree looking at all the security this place has. This individual jumps up high above the wall and avoided detection, the guards are coming out onto the courtyard where some patients are still outside enjoying the fresh air.

"Alright everyone, time's up, time to head back in!"

All the patients complied and went back into the institute for the night follow the lead security guard, the other is outside watching them go back inside as he looks around to make sure there aren't any patients roaming around outside, once the last patient went inside he was about to go into the building until he got webbed up by black webbing and pulled away.

Meanwhile inside the building itself, all the patients are being put back into their respective rooms for the night, one of the guards heard singing coming from one of the rooms, he went up to check who is doing the singing, it's none other than Cletus Kassidy still wearing a straitjacket, the guard opens up the door as Kassidy is still singing despite someone entering his room pulling out his baton from his ul

"Hey freak-show, pipe down why don't you?!"

"Now, now, that's not a very nice thing to say!" Cletus Kassidy smiles.

"You killed a whole lot of people, so you know what, I couldn't give a damn what you think, you monster."

Cletus Kassidy chuckles. "How's your wife?"

The guard was about to leave until Kassidy mentioned the man's wife and he felt provoked.

"Is she beautiful? Maybe when I get out of here, I'll pay her a visit, I'm curious to know how her blood will taste like!" Cletus Kassidy smiled sinisterly.

The guard felt more provoked as anger builds up, he swings his baton hard on Kassidy's head and knocked down the man, Kassidy chuckled as bleeding formed up on his forehead from the cut he received from that blow.

Cletus Kassidy chuckled sinisterly. "Is that the best you can do? I've hit harder before, you hit like a girl!"

The guard swings his baton down upon Kassidy, hitting him down as Kassidy still kept on laughing.

"Let's see who laugh now, freak!"

The guard was about to swing his baton again until his wrist got caught by a big black hand, he turns around to see a monster with sharp teeth, Kassidy is stunned upon seeing something not human before his eyes, he didn't seem scared.

"DON'T HURT OUR FRIEND!" Venom said.

Venom then tossed the guard out of the room and he hits the wall, knocking him down unconscious, Venom then turns his attention to Cletus Kassidy still bleeding on the forehead.

"Friend? Do I know you?" Cletus Kassidy is confused.

Venom strips away the symbiote from his head and shows Kassidy the face beneath it, it's his old friend Eddie Brock.

Cletus Kassidy chuckles. "Hi Eddie."

"See this place hasn't been treating you right." Eddie Brock said.

"Ah, didn't know you still cared? Did you come by to visit an old friend?" Cletus Kassidy is wondering.

"Not quite, we're in need of a partner." Eddie Brock said.

"Partner?" Cletus Kassidy said.

"We have some unfinished business to take care of, an old enemy who owes us a lot, I'm sure you've heard of him." Eddie Brock said.

"Yeah, the one who put you in here, who wronged you." Cletus Kassidy said.

Eddie Brock nodded his head. "Yes... Spider-Man."

"Say I do help you, what's in it for me?" Cletus Kassidy is curious.

"We can get you out of this place, even provide you powers beyond imagining." Eddie Brock said.

"Powers? How?" Cletus Kassidy is intrigued.

"The symbiote we're bonded to is capable of reproducing itself, we can create another of our kind, but it needs a host to bond, out of everyone we've thought about, you are the perfect candidate, you have all the qualities the symbiote needs to feed on, your hatred and lust for destruction. So... interested?" Eddie Brock said.

Cletus Kassidy chuckled sinisterly. "Oh yeah! Any enemy of my friend is an enemy of mine!"

Eddie turns back to Venom. "GOOD... YOU WANTED CARNAGE, THEN GIVE US CARNAGE!"

Venom then unleashed his symbiote from his hand as it's began reproducing itself and spawn it's offspring onto Cletus Kassidy, the blood from his forehead came into contact with the newly birthed symbiote, forming an entirely different kind of symbiote as the blood attracted it and it moved itself towards the open wound on Kassidy's head and enters his bloodstream, mixing itself with Kassidy's blood it started to bond with it's new host, the guard woke up to see something happening to Kassidy, the straitjacket he wore is breaking apart as the symbiote is forming up all around Kassidy, he forms up claws and sharp teeth, he resembles Venom but all red and black, a new symbiote was born on this night before Venom's eyes.

Venom chuckles proudly. "MAZEL TOV, IT'S A BOY!"

Carnage chuckles. "CONGRATULATIONS DAD, CARNAGE IS BORN!"

Carnage refers Venom as his father since the new symbiote was born from him, Carnage is his offspring. The guard look terrified upon seeing what Kassidy has become, something more monstrous than he ever was before, something not human, Carnage then spots the man as he makes an escape but he was caught by a red tendril and pulled back into the room to be face-to-face with the monster that was Cletus Kassidy, now he's something else entirely, the man is scared for his life not knowing what's about to happen.

"Please..."

Carnage smiled as he formed up a blade from his arm and plunged it into the man's body, the man got pierced by Carnage and is barely clinging to life as blood formed up from his mouth.

"DON'T WORRY, I'LL SAY HI TO YOUR WIFE FOR YOU!" Carnage smiled.

Carnage pulls out the bladed hand from the guard and dropped him dead on the ground without any shred of regret or remorse of taking a person's life, if anything he enjoys it too much.

"HOW DOES IT FEEL?" Venom said.

"IT FEELS GREAT, DAD!" Carnage smiled.

All of a sudden the alarms went off and giving off a loud sound, both Venom and Carnage are in pain as their symbiotes are sensitive to loud sounds, Carnage's symbiote swings out a tendril upon the alarm light, destroying it and ending the noise, both Carnage and Venom are back to normal as security is coming down the hallway responding to a break in.

"TIME TO GO!" Venom said.

Venom and Carnage are heading out of the room and walking down the hallways only to see security guards coming their way, Carnage decides to test out the full potential of his powers, he formed tendrils from his back and unleashed sharp projectiles as they hit their targets, killing them instantly, Carnage looks around to see a lot of patients locked up in their rooms against their will, he decides to open up each of them, one by one as the patients are stunned to see a couple of monsters before their eyes.

"GOOD NEWS, TIME TO CHECKOUT!" Carnage smiled.

Carnage then sees one last door down the hallway, he opens it up with force to see Frances Barrison all trapped in a straitjacket with a muzzle over her mouth, she's became surprised by the appearance of red monster before her eyes, Carnage enters the room slowly as she has no idea what he wants from her, he formed up a blade from his arm which made her a bit nervous.

"OH NO... LOOK HOW THEY'VE TREATED YOU! NOT TO WORRY." Carnage said.

Carnage swings his bladed arm down upon the woman, only to cut off the straitjacket in half, loosing her arms, he then formed his hand and removed the muzzle from her mouth, Frances is surprised by this act of kindness Carnage is showing, she thought he was going to kill her, but instead he freed her.

"NOW I'VE SET YOU FREE!" Carnage said before leaving.

Carnage and Venom are making their way down the hall as Frances came out and is intrigued by this creature who treated her with kindness more than anyone she known her life, eventually the two villains bursted out of the institute as the front gate is still sealed shut, outside of the gate are local law enforcement armed with guns attempting to keep anyone from escaping this place.

"SO MUCH FOR FREEDOM, ANY SUGGESTIONS, DAD?" Carnage said.

Frances Barrison came up in front of the villains. "Allow me, it's time for this bird to sing!"

Frances smiles sinisterly as she's about to perform something to aid her new friends, she took a deep breath and let out a powerful sonic beam upon the gate, unfortunately Carnage and Venom are too close as her screams are affecting them, but it also blasted the gate off the wall as it fell upon some police cruisers and crushing some cops in the process, Frances then stopped screaming as Carnage and Venom are feeling better after it stopped, they see that she's something else entirely different from the other patients, she's got powers of her own, but they're more impressed by what she accomplished with that single scream.

"WHOA!" Carnage and Venom are impressed.

"Now we're even, this is where we part ways, boys. Hope to see you again, especially you Red." Frances Barrison flirted.

Carnage chuckles. "CAN'T WAIT!"

Frances is the first one to cross the gate passed all the downed cruisers and cops she took down already, Venom, Carnage along with other patients are looking upon the downed gate and their chance at freedom.

Venom chuckles. "TIME TO HEAD ON BACK TO NEW YORK, TOMORROW WE SHALL HAVE VENGEANCE!"

"AGREED, LET'S GO!" Carnage smiled sinisterly.

Venom and Carnage takes their leave from Ravencroft and the other patients took their opportunity to escape.


The time is 8:02 PM back in New York City, in Lower East Side, Peter and Gwen are alone in their apartment as Ms. Lions is resting on the bed in Mary Jane's room, the couple are finished eating some takeout they brought in and enjoying a moment to themselves while they still can while their roommate Mary Jane is out in the city enjoying herself and having some fun.

"It's all quiet here, MJ is out having a night around town and Ms. Lion is resting in her room." Peter said.

"Which means we the place to ourselves, better make the most of it while we can." Gwen flirted.

"What do you have in mind?" Peter flirted back.

Gwen smiled as she gets up and walks slowly and seductively as she stands at their bedroom door and gave Peter the look, he smiled as he gets up from the couch and walks over to their bedroom, Gwen stands at the door waiting for him until he caught up to her and kiss her passionately, Peter closed the door behind them as they then made their way onto their bed still kissing each other fully clothed, Gwen is on top of him with his arms wrapped around her back, pressing her body against his, Peter then rolls over and he's on top of her still kissing, they're both giving into their passion about to take things further until Peter's phone is ringing as they've stopped kissing for a moment.

"Hey, your phone is ringing." Gwen said.

"I know." Peter smiled as he got back to kissing.

Peter and Gwen smiles and got back to kissing again, but his phone is still ringing and now Gwen's phone is ringing too that got both their attention.

"Okay, both our phones are ringing, that's never good." Gwen said.

Peter sighed as he pulls out his phone from his pocket to see that Ganke Lee is reaching out, Gwen pulled her phone also as she's also getting a call from Ganke which made them curious as to why he's calling them urgently.


Later around 8:45 PM at the 13th precinct, Yuri Watanabe is all alone on the rooftop waiting for the heroes to show with a tablet in her hand, coming in swinging through the city are Spider-Man, Ghost-Spider, Kid Arachnid, and Spider-Girl as they've finally arrived and landed on the rooftop, she glad they made it as she's got something urgent to share with them in person.

"I see you've got my message." Yuri Watanabe said.

"Yeah, how did you do that? We're quite anonymous." Spider-Man said.

"I'd figured that you have someone tapping into our networks, so I've left a message and hoped that your guy gets it." Yuri Watanabe said.

"He did, but you said this was urgent, what's going on?" Spider-Man said.

"Very well, earlier around 7:25 PM the Ravencroft Institute in Upstate New York was attacked and a lot of patients escaped, there were some major casualties." Yuri Watanabe said.

"I'm sorry to hear that, but this is Upstate, what's it got to do with us?" Ghost-Spider said.

Yuri sighed uneasy as she holds up the tablet and shows the hero an earlier footage taken from Ravencroft's security cameras, it shows the guards being neutralized by black webbing and coming down the halls is someone they never expected to see again, Venom is the one who broke in and overpowered the guards, Spider-Man and Ghost-Spider are terrified to see their old nemesis has come back.

"It can't be." Spider-Man stunned.

"What can't be? Who is he?" Spider-Girl is curious.

"Venom." Ghost-Spider still stunned.

"The one you've defeated two years ago, this is him?" Spider-Girl said.

"The same." Ghost-Spider said.

"So who is this guy exactly?" Kid Arachnid said.

"His real name is Eddie Brock, an ex-Bugle photographer who once sold a fake photo to the Bugle in order to destroy my reputation, but his deceptions were exposed and he ended up losing his job, his whole reputation was destroyed in the process, he pretty much spiraled afterwards. He became Venom later on, me and Ghost-Spider fought the biggest the battle in our lives, but eventually we've triumph in the end, Venom was defeated and Brock was sent to Ravencroft after that night, that was the last time we've seen him, till now." Spider-Man explained some history about Venom.

"And now he's back." Spider-Girl said.

"I don't get it, he just got release from Ravencroft, why would he go back?" Kid Arachnid said.

"The witnesses who survived said that a monster broke into the institute to break out a patient locked up in his room, but later two came out leaving the institute and killed a lot of people." Yuri Watanabe said.

"I'm sorry, did you just say two?" Spider-Man is stunned.

Yuri shows more of the footage from Ravencroft, Venom broke into one of the rooms and tossed a guard out with force, then minutes later the guard recovered and attempts to escape but a red tendril came out of the room and pulled him in, then the alarms were tripped and a tendril came out and destroyed it, afterwards Venom came out along with another unidentified individual bonded with a red symbiote which surprised the heroes yet again, there's another one like Venom.

"There's another one?" Spider-Man is stunned.

"You don't know anyone about this red one." Yuri Watanabe said.

"No, we've never seen him before, we've only dealt with Venom." Ghost-Spider said.

"Who was locked up in that room Venom broke into?" Spider-Man said.

Yuri Watanabe sighed uneasy for the bad news. "That's the very scary part... the man who was locked up in that room... he's the most dangerous man to ever live... it's Cletus Kassidy."

"Oh no..." Spider-Man is more shocked.

"Just who is Cletus Kassidy exactly?" Kid Arachnid is unfamiliar.

"The notorious serial killer, when he was 13 he was sent to an orphanage after his relatives were all killed under suspicious and yet mysterious circumstances, two months later he set ablaze to the whole orphanage, killing everyone inside, according to witnesses he just stood by with a grin and watched as everyone inside was burned to death. But it wasn't enough, since then he's been committing more murders across the country, destroying a lot of lives. Eventually he was captured and convinced for 24 counts of murder." Yuri Watanabe explained about Cletus Kassidy.

"24! Dang, this guy's like Hannibal Lecter." Kid Arachnid said.

"So he's pretty straight up evil." Spider-Girl said.

"After his trial, he was declared legally insane and was sent to the Ravencroft Institute where he spent the last five years locked up, attempting to purge him of his killer instincts." Yuri Watanabe said.

"Makes sense, Eddie Brock was sent there two years ago, it explains how they crossed paths. It's bad enough we have to deal with Venom again, now there's another monster out there just like him, and worse yet a serial killer." Spider-Man said.

"Not to worry, Kassidy's escape has gotten a lot of attention, we've sent Kassidy and Brock's mugshots across the media and organized with other law enforcements across the state for a massive manhunt, there's no chance they'll escape unnoticed." Yuri Watanabe said.

"Venom's not gonna try to escape, he's going to come back here to the city." Spider-Man said.

"How do you know?" Yuri Watanabe said.

"Cause I know the man and how he thinks, the only thing that motives him is revenge, trust me Yuri, we're going to see him again very soon along with his new friend." Spider-Man said.

"I trust your judgment, very well, I'll alert the local media and have all the precincts be on the lookout for these two fugitives." Yuri Watanabe said.

"Good, cause as long as those two are out there, no one is safe." Spider-Man said.

"You stop Venom before, I'm sure you'll do it again." Yuri Watanabe said.

"Let's hope so... Web-Warriors, let's split up and patrol around the city, cover more ground, if any of you find them, don't engage alone, notify immediately, got it?" Spider-Man said.

"Got it." Kid Arachnid understood.

"Will do." Spider-Girl said.

"Be careful, both of you." Ghost-Spider said.

"Good luck." Spider-Man said.

Spider-Man and Ghost-Spider are the first to swing away from the rooftop and each going in separate directions, Kid Arachnid and Spider-Girl could see that this subject about Venom has made them more worried and determined than ever, they never seen this side of them before, this made them more concerned about what they're up against.


Meanwhile around 9:55 PM far away from the city at an abandoned industrial plant where Spider-Man once fought against Kingpin, it's also the same place the Brotherhood of Mutants hide out after their first assassination attempt failed, Carnage and Venom took refuge here to hide from the authorities hunting them down after their escape from Ravencroft, Carnage is on lookout to see a patrol car roaming down the highway passing by unaware of their presence, continues on to a nearby convenience store down the road, Carnage has an brilliant idea as he came back inside to see Venom all weakened for some reason.

"WHAT'S THE MATTER, DAD? NOT ENOUGH STEAM IN THE OLD LOCOMOTIVE?" Carnage said.

"NO... GIVING BIRTH TO A NEW SYMBIOTE TAKES A HUGE TOLL FROM US, JUST NEED TO REST AND RECUPERATE OUR STRENGTH, WE'LL BE READY TOMORROW TO FINALLY FACE OUR ENEMIES HEAD ON!" Venom said.

"TAKE AS MUCH TIME TO REST, DAD, AS FOR ME, I GOT A SCORE OF MY OWN TO SETTLE, A FEW HEADS TO LOP OFF! STAY HERE DAD, I'LL BE BACK LATER." Carnage said.

Carnage is leaving Venom behind to rest and recover his strength after giving birth to his offspring, he's got some scores to settle, enemies to hunt down.

Meanwhile far away from the industrial plant they're hiding at, the cops are coming out of the convenience store with cups of soda or slushies, they're heading back to their car but they never made as they both got attacked by tendrils that pierced through their bodies, killing them instantly as Carnage pulled his tendrils out and lets the cops drop dead, Carnage felt nothing but relief from taking a couple of lives. He then walks up to their patrol car and climbs inside, he found the in-car database computer.

Carnage chuckles. "TIME TO HUNT FOR SOME PAYBACK."

Carnage types the keyboard and access the police database looking for some people he's plans to hunt down he holds responsible for his incarceration, he was successful in finding the name and address of the first person he plans to go after, he continues using the database to find more names and addresses, he chuckles sinisterly as he got everything he needs to hunt down the people he plans to make them pay.


The next day it's October 20th, time is 7:45 AM in the morning, at the Spider-Cave May and Mary Jane are resting and sleeping on the cots, Miles and Anya are still awake and in their costumes, they're both tired as they've stayed up all night and are on alert, Peter and Gwen are still out there on patrol, the two heroes heard footsteps coming down the tunnels as they got up to check who's coming in feeling agitated, coming into the Spider-Cave is Ganke Lee with couple boxes of donuts and cup carrier with coffees to see almost everyone is here, Miles and Anya stand down in relief.

"Oh Ganke, thank god it's you." Miles sighed.

"Sorry if I startled you, I've brought everyone some snacks." Ganke Lee holding up the donuts and coffee.

Ganke sets them on the table nearby as Miles and Anya walked up to see the donuts he brought.

"Are these from Peter Pan?" Miles is wondering.

"Best donuts in Brooklyn." Ganke Lee smiled.

"Oh, thank god, I'm starving." Miles picked a donut and eat it.

May and Mary Jane are starting to wake up from their sleep upon smelling some fresh coffee in the air, they see Miles and Anya are having some donuts and coffee.

"Is that coffee I smell?" Mary Jane said.

"Sure, help yourself." Ganke Lee said.

Mary Jane is the first to get up from the cot as she helps May up on her feet, the two went over to get themselves some snacks for the morning.

"You all spent the night here?" Ganke Lee asking.

"Yeah, after the news of Venom's return, Peter and Gwen decided it would be wise for us to stay here til the matter is settled." May said.

Coming into the Spider-Cave down the tunnel is Spider-Man and Ghost-Spider as they take off their mask, they've just returned back after their night of patrolling around the city, they yawned as the others could tell that they're both tired out from staying up all night without any rest whatsoever.

"You're back, any luck?" Anya asking.

"No, still no sign of them, we can't even detect 'em since they're immune to our spider sense. We just need to keep looking." Peter feeling exhausted.

"Hey, take it easy, you're no good to anyone in this state, why not get some rest?" Miles suggested.

"We can't rest, Miles, not as long as those two are still out there! None of us are safe, don't you get that?!" Peter protested.

"What is going on with you two? We've never seen you like this before, you've both been pushing yourselves too hard than ever!" Anya is concerned.

Peter sighed calmly. "I'm sorry I snapped at you, Miles, it's just we know Venom and what he's capable of, he's a threat to all of us."

"You seem to know this guy all too well." Anya said.

"I do, cause Venom used to be a part of me." Peter said.

Anya looked surprised. "What?"

"Care to explain?" Miles is curious.

Peter took a deep breath before explaining the origins of Venom. "Very well, you both deserve to know the truth, it all started two years ago..."

(Flashback)

It's October 19th, 2022, the space shuttle piloted by Colonel John Jameson crash landed on the George Washington Bridge, sixteen year old Spider-Man and Ghost-Spider arrived there that day as they attempt to help rescue the Colonel and his team, they were successful but they ran into trouble in the form of Scorpion sent by J Jonah Jameson, unaware that the symbiote is coming out of the shuttle's hatch and down the hull, Scorpion hit Spider-Man pretty hard and banged his back against the hull and coming into contact with the symbiote for the first time.

"... the day John Jameson's shuttle crashed on the George Washington Bridge, me and Gwen went to rescue the astronauts, unaware of what was onboard, the symbiote came out and finally made contact with me..."

Later that night, Peter was unwell and asleep, unaware the symbiote attached to the suit is alive and came towards Peter, started to form up a new suit upon him in his sleep until it fulled bonded with it's new host. Later Peter woke up in the city upside down in a suit he's never seen before, he decides to test it out and realized that he's been given more power than ever before, not knowing what it's doing to him and his mind, amplifying his rage and aggression. Spider-Man fought against Scorpion again in the most brutal way, then he fought against Beetle in the same manner, he came close to crossing a line both those times until he came to his sense and realized what he's becoming, the suit was changing him, taking over his life.

"... it formed an alien costume which gave me powers I'd never dreamed of, made me more powerful than ever, but it started to take over my mind and I finally realized what it was doing to me, slowly turning me into a monster...

That same night Spider-Man was at the cathedral tower reflecting on all the things he's done cause of the symbiote and what he came close to doing, he climbed into the bell tower and attempted to remove the symbiote by force, but that proved futile until he banged himself against the bell and it rang loudly, causing harm to the symbiote, Peter realized that it was sensitive to loud sounds, he bang the bell again and he finally managed to free himself from the symbiote, but it later found another host to bond with, Eddie Brock, he turned into Venom that same night.

"... when I finally found it's weakness, I finally rejected the symbiote, freeing myself from it's influence once and for all, but that wasn't the end of it, it managed to find another host to bond, Eddie Brock, it turned him into Venom...

More than week later at the Daily Bugle, Venom took his revenge on Jameson and the staff, Spider-Man and Ghost-Spider both fought against Venom but even their combined powers are no match for this supervillain, Venom knew that Peter and Gwen are Spider-Man and Ghost-Spider due to the bond it shared with it's former host and even managed to used all the knowledge of Peter Parker against him, he came after their loved ones and used them against them in his twisted plot for revenge, but Spider-Man and Ghost-Spider were able to outsmart Venom and used the same weakness to separate the symbiote from Eddie Brock, they buried the symbiote deep within the cement, thinking they've finally seen the last of Venom.

"... we both fought against him but got overpowered many times in our encounter, cause of the symbiote bonded with me first, it knew everything about me, including that Peter Parker is Spider-Man, it shared everything with Brock, he came after all the people he blames for his downfall, but that wasn't enough for him, he came after our loved ones in his twisted quest for revenge, but we managed to outsmart him and beat him at his own game. We used the same weakness that separated me from the symbiote to defeat Venom, in the end we've managed to break it's bond with Brock and we buried the symbiote for good measure..."

(Present)

"... and that was the last time we've saw Venom, till now." Peter finished telling the story.

"How's it possible that he's back if you buried the symbiote?" Miles said

"We've stopped by the site where we buried it, it's not there anymore, it's been uncovered recently, the symbiote must've found its way back to Brock somehow." Peter said.

"Okay, that clears out one theory, what about this red one? Where did it come from?" Miles said.

"We don't know, we only dealt with Venom before, we've never encounter this new one." Peter said.

"This new symbiote didn't come out of nowhere, it had to come from somewhere." Anya said.

"There is a new theory we didn't consider." Gwen said.

"What kind of theory?" Anya said.

"We think it's possible that the symbiote is capable of reproducing itself asexually." Gwen said.

"Asexually?" Miles is unfamiliar.

"It's a form of reproducing an offspring from a single parent without a mate, that would explain how Venom is able to create another of its kind." Gwen said.

"So how do we stop them?" Anya said.

"It's not going to be easy, Venom was too powerful for two of us alone and we were barely luck to defeat him, now there's this new one in the mix, they could prove to be even more formidable than all of us put together." Peter said.

"So you're saying we don't have a chance against them." Miles said.

"Maybe not, we've defeated Venom before, he maybe all powerful but he's not without his weakness, and if this other one is anything like him, he'll have the same weaknesses, we still might have a chance to stop 'em." Peter said.

"If that's the case, count us in." Anya said.

"Are you both sure about this? This is a very dangerous enemy we're going up against, last time he came after our loved ones, he only knows about me and Gwen, he doesn't know about you two. I don't want you two to risk yourselves and your loved ones because of us." Peter said.

"You're not, we're a team, we fight together." Miles said.

"He's right, and we're not just a team, we're a family, we protect each other." Anya said.

Peter smiled warmly. "Thank you."

"So now what?" Miles said.

"There's not much we can do, all we can do is wait till one of them surfaces." Gwen said.

"Why don't you both get some rest, we'll monitor things over the net, if anything pops up you'll be the first to know." Ganke Lee suggested.

"Okay, let us know immediately and we'll be ready." Peter said.

"Will do." Ganke Lee said.

Peter and Gwen head over to the cots and rest up as the others are up and on alert in case either of the supervillains shows up.


Around 12:34 PM at Upper East Side at a residence, the place belongs to a city prosecutor and his family, the wife is in the kitchen helping her ten year old daughter with her homework, the man of the house is coming downstairs in his suit and a case for work to see his thirteen year old son in the living room watching TV on the news of the escape of two dangerous fugitives, one of them is very familiar to the prosecutor.

"Authorities are still on a massive statewide search for two fugitives, one of them is Edward Brock AKA Venom, the other is convicted serial killer Cletus Kassidy, both suspects are considered to be extremely dangerous, if sighted do not approach, notify the police immediately, the NYPD had advice locals to be on the lookout for these criminals, it is unclear if they're here in the city, till they're brought to justice, no one is safe..."

The prosecutor turns off the TV with the remote. "Don't you have better things to do than watch this trash?"

"Didn't you hear, dad? There's a killer out there on the loose."

"I'm aware, Cletus Kassidy."

"You know this guy?"

"Yeah... I prosecuted his case myself, sent him to that asylum for shock treatment, if it were up to me, he'd be getting the death penalty instead."

"Aren't you worried, dad? You said it yourself, you put him away and now this psycho is out."

"Not to worry, son, the NYPD is all over this case, his picture is out in the media, there's no way a guy like him will go unnoticed, it's only a matter of time til this psycho is caught."

All of a sudden a doorbell rang and got everyone's attention.

"Dear, someone's at the door!"

"I got this, honey!"

The prosecutor left his son in the living room and walks over to the front door, he opens up to see a stranger in a beanie and sunglasses.

"Can I help you?"

This guy takes of the beanie and sunglasses, shows himself as Cletus Kassidy and spooked the prosecutor.

"You!"

"Surprise!" Cletus Kassidy being joyful.

The prosecutor was about to scream for help but he was too late as a red symbiote hand got a hold of the man's hand and got tossed back inside the house by force as the rest of the family heard a commotion, they all went to see the prosecutor down on the ground, coming from the front door is a serial killer reported on TV as red slime is forming all around him, turning him into a monster with tendrils on his back, everyone is scared for their lives, Carnage sees the prosecutor with his family all together.

"Who are you?"

"THE GHOST OF CHRISTMAS PAST!" Carnage smiled sinisterly as a blade formed from his hand.


Time is 12:55 PM back at the Spider-Cave, Peter is still resting til he wakes up to see everyone still around, Ganke Lee still at the supercomputer monitoring for any activity, he gets up from the cot and walks over to the table, he got a cup of coffee that went a little cold and picked out a cherry glazed donut from the box, he took a bite from the donut and drinks the coffee to reenergize himself, he then spotted Mary Jane sitting alone with the phone in her hand thinking about the return of the symbiote as it brings back old memories, he walks over to check up on his friend.

"You alright, MJ?" Peter asking getting her attention.

"Huh? Oh yeah, I'm okay. Just thinking about the symbiote coming back into our lives." Mary Jane said.

"I know, but don't worry MJ, we've stopped Venom before, we'll do it again before he hurts any of you." Peter assured.

"It's not about Venom, it's about you." Mary Jane said.

"Me?" Peter said.

"And me, about what happened between us that day because of that symbiote." Mary Jane said.

Peter's eyes widen. "Oh, you mean..."

"Yeah, our first kiss together" Mary Jane confessed.

"How could I forget." Peter remembers that moment.

"I know that you were only comforting me during my vulnerable time and that you were under the influence of the symbiote when we kissed, but this felt different to me, when you kissed me, it was the most wonderful thing that ever happened to me, I never felt anything that wonderful from anyone, not from Harry or Flash, you were the only one who made my heart beat... it felt like love... I'm... I'm sorry if I brought this up, I know that you're still with Gwen, always and forever, what happened that day was only a moment and the alien made you kiss me..." Mary Jane felt embarrassed bringing this up.

"It's okay MJ... Can I be honest with you?" Peter said.

"Sure thing, Tiger." Mary Jane said.

"I don't think the symbiote made me kiss you that day, I thought so too till Aunt May told me the symbiote didn't completely change me, it just took away my inhibitions and amplify what was already inside me, she thinks that deep down I had feelings for you, romantic feelings." Peter said.

"And did you... have romantic feelings for me?" Mary Jane is curious.

Peter nodded his head. "Yes."

Mary Jane smiled warmly upon hearing that Peter does have feelings for her, all of a sudden Ganke Lee got an hit on the supercomputer.

"Jackpot!" Ganke Lee said.

Peter and Mary Jane broke off their moment as did everyone, they went up to Ganke Lee's side.

"What do you got?" Miles asking.

"There's been a tip from a civilian to the NYPD, a man matching Cletus Kassidy's description was recently sighed in Upper East Side." Ganke Lee said.

"When was this?" Peter said.

"About 20 minutes ago." Ganke Lee said.

"Okay, let's head out." Peter said.

"And how do we take this guy down if he has a powerful alien bonded to him?" Miles said.

"With this." Gwen holding up a grenade.

"What is it?" Anya said.

"The newest and latest sonic grenade, courtesy of Stark Industries, delivers a very power high sonic frequency all around." Gwen explained.

"Not bad, should prove to be very effective, symbiote hate loud noise." Peter said.

"Let's go." Gwen said.

Peter, Gwen, Miles, and Anya each got their mask and headed out to confront Cletus Kassidy as the others stayed behind and pray they'll succeed.


Time is 1:17 PM in Upper West Side, the entire area is sealed off by the NYPD as the Web-Warriors came in swinging through the neighborhood till they've reached the address of the place Kassidy was sighed at, squad cars are parked outside of the houses as Yuri Watanabe in SWAT uniform is leading the operation, the heroes finally made it and landed down next to Yuri and some SWAT officers aiming their guns at the house.

"What's the situation, Yuri?" Spider-Man said.

"Witnesses say that a man matching Kassidy's description forced his way inside the house." Yuri Watanabe said.

"Who does this house belong to?" Spider-Man said.

"A city prosecutor and his family." Yuri Watanabe said.

"Family? How many are inside?" Ghost-Spider said.

"Besides the prosecutor, a woman and two children, this could be a hostage situation." Yuri Watanabe said.

"And Kassidy? Is he still in there?" Spider-Man said.

"We don't know, we haven't gone in yet and we can't risk the lives of the hostages. I also don't want to risk our men's lives if that monster is in there." Yuri Watanabe said.

"Don't worry, we got this. Stay here in case in make a run outside." Spider-Man said.

"Well do, careful in there." Yuri Watanabe said.

"Okay, let's go in, quietly." Spider-Man said.

Spider-Man leads his lead towards the front door left partially opened, so far they haven't heard any sound coming from inside, they're still unsure if Kassidy is still inside since it's very likely he's immune to their spider-sense. Spider-Man slowly opens the door without making any sounds, all four heroes carefully enters the premise to find any sign of the criminal or the hostages, they made their way towards the living room until they all stopped upon seeing the sighed of the hostages, all four are dead and blood on the floor, all killed in the most brutal way, it's quite disturbing for them. Spider-Girl gasped and covered her mouth as she's shocked by this sight, Kid Arachnid felt like he's going to vomit but he swallowed it and kept it in, Ghost-Spider closes her eyes as she can't stand to see this anymore, Spider-Man is very disturbed to see that they were too late and lives were already lost.

Spider-Man sighed uneasy. "Let's go... call this in."

Spider-Man lead his team out of the house as they're too late to stop Kassidy, a family of four were slaughtered, this is too traumatic for them to handle.

(Later)

The cops are still around along with the Web-Warriors as the corners are carrying out four body bags, Yuri Watanabe is coordinating the search for anymore sighting in Cletus Kassidy, she turns to see the heroes being all quiet together, she can't blame 'em from what they've seen, she went over to comfort them.

"How are you guys holding up?" Yuri Watanabe said.

"Not great." Spider-Man said.

Yuri Watanabe sighed. "I'm sorry you all had to see that... it's awful."

"Yeah... very awful." Spider-Man said.

"We're going to head back to the 13th, Dr. Kafka is coming down from upstate, hopefully she'll give us some leads to go on." Yuri Watanabe said.

"Yeah, okay." Spider-Man said.

Yuri walks away after trying to comfort Spider-Man as he and his team are still processing everything they've witnessed today, Kassidy just slaughtered a whole family without hesitation nor regret, this guy is more different than any of the supervillains they've come across before, he's a more darker and uglier, he's a total psycho.


Around 2:01 PM at Time Square, Carnage is on a rooftop looking down on the streets of people walking around minding their own business, he's overlooking live news on the Jumbotron about his recent exploits in the murders of the local prosecutor and his family, his mugshot has been sent to the media everyone, some people are starting to fear him again after he made his statement and letting people know that he's back to killing, everyone is afraid for their lives.

"A real tragedy has occur in Upper East Side as a local prosecutor, his wife and two children were all found dead in their homes, police believe this was the work of Cletus Kassidy, a notorious serial killer who recently escaped from Ravencroft Institute with the help of Eddie Brock AKA Venom, police are still searching for the two fugitives, but as long as they're at large, no one is safe..."

Venom came by Time Square to see that Carnage has been on a killing spree since last night.

"WE SEE YOU HAVEN'T WASTED PRECIOUS TIME." Venom said.

"I COULDN'T HELP IT, BEEN LOCKED UP IN THAT CAGE FOR FIVE YEARS, I MISSED THIS FEELING, THE TASTE OF BLOOD, IT's SO... GOOD. PEOPLE HAVE BEEN LIVING THEIR LIVES IN PEACE ONCE I WAS GONE, NOW THEY KNOW I'M BACK, BABY, BETTER THAN EVER!" Carnage smiled.

"DON'T FORGET THE REASON YOU HAVE THE POWER, WE HAD A DEAL." Venom said.

"DON'T WORRY DAD, I'LL HELP YOU WITH YOU SPIDER PROBLEM, AFTER I'M DONE KILLING ONE MORE PERSON, THE MAN WHO WROTE THAT ARTICLE ON ME, EXPOSING ALL MY CRIMES, RESPONSIBLE FOR MY DOWNFALL. WHO KNOWS, MAYBE YOUR LITTLE SPIDERS WILL COME TO OUR WEB AND WE GET TO KILL OF BIRDS WITH ONE STONE, INTERESTED?" Carnage said.

Venom chuckles. "OH YEAH."

Carnage chuckles. "TIME TO GO HUNTING, DAD!"

Carnage leads the way as Venom is excited in his quest for vengeances, but lately he's feeling a bit down hearing that innocent people lost their lives because of this monster he created, a part of him is still human but he shakes it off and proceeds with the plan and follows Carnage to aid him.


Time is 2:23 PM at the 13th precinct, Yuri Watanabe and her staff of cops are working overtime to catch Cletus Kassidy before anymore lives are lost, but it hasn't been easy for them to catch a serial killer with powers, meanwhile on the rooftop of the precinct the Web-Warriors are waiting for some news, most of them are getting over the trauma and loss they've witness recently, but Spider-Girl is the most affected of the group as Ghost-Spider is getting worried, she walks up to Spider-Man.

"Hey, how is she?" Spider-Man said with concern.

"How do you think, seeing all that... it's..." Ghost-Spider said.

"I know... I got this." Spider-Man said.

Spider-Man is walking towards Spider-Girl sitting on the ledge all quiet and traumatized as Spider-Man sits next to her on the ledge.

"Hey Anya, how are you feeling?" Spider-Man said.

"Why did he do it?" Spider-Girl said.

"What?" Spider-Man said.

"This Kassidy guy, why did he have to... none of the bad guys we've come across were ever this extreme, but this guy... he's something else entirely, what he did to that family... it's..." Spider-Girl feeling disturbed by all this.

"I know... none of the bad guys we've fought were ever like this, Kassidy was already a monster even before he had powers, it's like he's not even human anymore, and now with this symbiote as a part of him, he's turned into something much worse, some truly not human." Spider-Man said.

"I don't know if I can go on knowing that I've failed to save a few innocent lives, every time I close my eyes all I can think about is that poor family lying there..." Spider-Girl said.

"I'm sorry if you had to see that, Anya, I wish I could spare you from seeing that... being a hero means having to deal with the losses of life, seeing things that can give us nightmares, we do our best to save lives but that doesn't mean we can save everyone as much as we want to... but we can't find a way to deal with this and move on, then maybe next time no one gets saved." Spider-Man said.

Coming up to the rooftop is Yuri Watanabe with the tablet to see the Web-Warriors with news on the case, Spider-Man and Spider-Girl gets up from the ledge and turns to walk back.

"Captain, got some news?" Spider-Man said.

"Still no sign of either Kassidy nor Brock, but turns out there have been three other recent murders with the same MO, one in Newark, another in New Rochelle, and one in Scarsdale, victims were all killed in the same brutal way and so is anyone around them." Yuri Watanabe said.

"My god." Ghost-Spider is stunned.

"So the prosecutor wasn't Kassidy's recent victim, any connections between them?" Spider-Man said.

"There is, we ran their names to find what connects them, turns out they all were part of trial, the people vs. Cletus Kassidy, that prosecutor oversaw this case, the other three were all witnesses to Kassidy's crimes, they all testified against him." Yuri Watanabe said.

"So this is straight up revenge, Kassidy is getting back at the people who put him away." Spider-Man said.

"Guess Brock isn't the only one interested in vengeance." Ghost-Spider said.

"Are there anymore witnesses part of that case?" Spider-Man said.

"There are but they're all out of state, don't worry Spidey, we've called the US Marshalls and put each of them into protective custody til this matter is settled." Yuri Watanabe said.

"That's good, but as long as this psycho is still out there, no one is safe." Spider-Man said.

"But I'm more curious as to how Kassidy found all of them, I thought their information supposed to be confidential?" Ghost-Spider said.

"Last night a couple of cops were found killed just outside of a convenience store, their cruiser's database was accessed." Yuri Watanabe said.

"So he has everything he needs to find the people who put him away, we need to find out who else is on his kill list." Spider-Man said.

Yuri got a ping and pulls out here phone to check the text. "Dr. Kafka's here, she might be able to give us some answers."

"Right, let's go see the good doctor." Spider-Man said.

Yuri Watanabe went back inside as the Web-Warriors followed her into the precinct, a lot of cops working overtime today stopped upon seeing four heroes walking through following the Captain till she reached her office, Dr. Ashley Kafka is sitting and waiting with a box on the table she brought with her, she spotted Captain Watanabe along with the heroes as she gets up to introduce herself to the group.

"Hi, I'm Dr. Ashley Kafka." Ashley Kafka introduced herself.

"Captain Yuri Watanabe, I take it you know who they are, Doctor." Yuri Watanabe said.

"Of course, everyone knows the heroes of New York." Ashley Kafka said.

"I take it Mr. Brock hasn't said nice things about me." Spider-Man said.

"Just can't believe he's gone back to his old ways, after all the sessions I had with him, all the progress he's made these past two years, I really though he had changed." Ashley Kafka said.

"I know you did your best Dr. Kafka, I respect your passion in helping people rehabilitate, but some people just don't change. But right now we got bigger problems than just Brock, we're more worried about Kassidy and what he's capable of, he's already killed people he holds responsible for his incarceration, we need to know who else he's going after before it's too late. Can you think of anyone he would go after? Someone he would hate the most, someone he holds a grudge against, please Dr. Kafka, think." Spider-Man said.

"There is someone, a reporter, he wrote an article on him, exposing his past crimes, leading to his capture and arrest." Ashley Kafka said.

"Do you have the name of this reporter?" Spider-Man said.

"No, but I did bring a box of his stuff that was on the walls in his room, maybe there's a clue among them." Ashley Kafka said.

"Thanks Doc, we'll look through them." Spider-Man said.

Dr. Kafka hands the heroes the box full of Kassidy's stuff, Spidey unpacks and place each item on the desk as they start looking through them searching for clues to his next victim, Ghost-Spider found a torn up picture of a younger Cletus Kassidy with his family, faces all scratched up indicating a level of hate for them, Kid Arachnid found an old obituary from 12 years ago the night Kassidy burned down an orphanage, but it didn't mention Kassidy's name.

"Dang, this guy is certainly admiring his own work in burning an orphanage full of kids." Kid Arachnid said.

"Don't forget the scratches from this photo." Ghost-Spider showing the group the photo.

"Yeah, this is one very disturbed mind we're dealing with, and now with this symbiote bonded to him, he's something much worse, keep looking, there's gotta be something here." Spider-Man still searching through Kassidy's stuff until he stumbled onto something that caught his attention. "Hold on, I think I got something."

"What is it?" Spider-Girl is curious.

Spider-Man pulls out a newspaper clipping from the desk. "It's a clipping written by the Daily Globe from five years ago, exposing Kassidy as the serial killer, naming names of his previous victims, this has gotta be the article."

"Who's the reporter who wrote the story?" Ghost-Spider said.

Spider-Man looks for the reporter's name below the title and it stunned him. "Oh no..."

"What is it? Who's the reporter?" Kid Arachnid said.

"You're all not going to believe it, check it out." Spider-Man shows them the clipping.

The heroes all looked closely at the story and sees the name below the title, the story was written by Gilberto Corazon, Anya's father.

"Gilberto Corazon." Kid Arachnid said.

"No..." Spider-Girl is terrified.

"What's wrong?" Yuri Watanabe is confused.

"We need to go now, he could be the next target." Ghost-Spider said.

"I'll sent some backup to the Daily Globe." Yuri Watanabe said.

"Don't, if Kassidy hears any sirens coming, he might start killing everyone there and we know for sure that he'll do it without any hesitation." Spider-Man said.

"You got a point. I take it you got a plan." Yuri Watanabe said.

"Yeah, send us in first, we'll take 'em down without risking any of your men's lives." Spider-Man said.

"That would be the smart move, okay, go, I hope you all know what you're doing." Yuri Watanabe said.

"So do we, let's not waste any time, let's head out." Spider-Man tells his team.

Spider-Man opens up the window in Yuri's office as he jumps out and swings away, the rest of the Web-Warriors jumps and swings through the city following Spider-Man as they're swinging fast hoping to reach the Daily Globe and save Anya's dad along with everyone else before it's too late.


Time is 2:45 PM at the Daily Globe building, the executive floor is super busy as a notorious serial killer is on the loose and has already killed people along with Eddie Brock who helped him escaped from the institute last night, everyone is a bit on edge especially Gilberto Corazon since he wrote an story on Cletus Kassidy exposing his crimes that lead to his capture, he's pretty sure he could be next on the kill list. Meanwhile down below the building, entering the lobby are two shady individuals hiding their appearance with ball caps and sunglasses as this attracted the attention of the security guards suspicious of the two.

"Hey you two, you're suppose to check in! Stop right there!"

But all of a sudden black webbing was fired and trapped the two incoming guards as they've finally reached the elevator, they entered it and closed the door behind them as everyone in the lobby are scared by what they've just witness, they started calling the cops to notify upon realizing who they are. Inside the elevator going up, the two individuals took off their caps and sunglasses as they're Eddie Brock and Cletus Kassidy as they're still going up to the floor all while music is being played, neither of them are amused listening to this music til they've finally reached the floor.

Eddie Brock sighed. "Let's get this over with."

Eddie and Kassidy came onto the floor to see everyone is super busy as a serial killer on the loose has everyone on edge, coming out of the office is Barney Bushkin with a mug reading from the folder in his left hand, he stopped reading upon seeing Eddie Brock with Cletus Kassidy.

"You!" Barney Bushkin is stunned.

"Surprise!" Eddie Brock smiled.

All of a sudden black webbing was fired from Eddie and trapped Barney Bushkin, Eddie then transformed himself into Venom and Kassidy turned into Carnage as everyone is terrified and screamed, Gilberto Corazon is in his office as he heard the screams and went up to see what the trouble is, he opens the door partially to see two monstrous individuals here, he still remained hidden as he figured Kassidy is here for him. Venom walks up to a trapped Barney Bushkin all terrified for his life.

"Remember us? Told you you were making a big mistake!" Venom said.

(Murray Hill)

At the same time in the apartment, Anne Weying is still cleaning up the mess made by Venom yesterday, she's scrapping up some broken glass shard into the dust pan, she still saddened upon Eddie Brock relapsing back to his old ways, the TV in the living room is still on showing live news of the events happening at the Daily Globe building involving Venom and this new supervillain called Carnage.

"We are live outside of the Daily Globe building as two individuals barged their way inside and overpowered the guards, they made their way to the top holding an number of hostages, it's currently unknown the condition of the people inside but witnesses believe the individuals to be Cletus Kassidy and Eddie Brock..."

Anne Weying is stunned. "Eddie..."

Anne quickly gets up and rushes out of the apartment to confront Venom, hoping there is something left of Eddie Brock inside that monster she could reach out to.

(Daily Globe Building)

Back at the Daily Globe, Gilberto Corazon is still hiding in his office as Carnage and Venom are intimidating everyone here, they all remained quiet as Carnage is looking among the staff for his victim but never found him, Carnage then speaks up.

"I take it you all know who we are and what we can do, we're looking for someone, a certain reporter who wrote that story on me, anyone care to help us?" Carnage said.

Everyone still remained quiet as they refused to give up Gilberto to this monster, Carnage could see they refused to talk.

"No... very well." Carnage said.

Carnage then unleashed his tendrils from his back and roars out loud, scaring everyone as Gilberto is still hiding and terrified that everyone is being threatened.

"Then I guess I'll have to kill everyone here one by one til I finally find him, starting with you missy!" Carnage looking upon April Maye.

Carnage formed up a blade from his hand and threatens to kill April Maye, she's scared that this psycho is about to take her life, Gilberto couldn't let that happen as he came out of hiding and shows himself to everyone.

"STOP! I'M RIGHT HERE!" Gilberto Corazon yelling out.

"There you are, man of the hour" Carnage then reverts back to Cletus Kassidy. "Remember me?"

"Cletus Kassidy... you seemed different." Gilberto Corazon said.

"Lets just say I was reborn yesterday, now I'm a new man." Cletus Kassidy smiled.

"Somethings never change, you're still that same guy with a thirst to kill, you've been leaving a trail of bodies since you've escaped that institute." Gilberto Corazon said.

"You're the one who put me there when you wrote that exposé on me, telling my past, uncovering my crimes, someone should've told you that you don't ever do something like that to someone like me!" Cletus Kassidy is upset.

"If you want me, I'm right here, leave these people out it." Gilberto Corazon said.

"Too late, you're the one who brought them into this, I'm going to kill them right in front, then after I'm done with you, I think I'll go pay that daughter of yours a visit!" Cletus Kassidy threatens everyone around Gilberto.

"YOU LEAVE MY DAUGHTER ALONE, YOU PSYCHO!" Gilberto Corazon felt his nerve touched.

"Or what? You're going to write another exposé on me? No one can stop me!" Cletus Kassidy grinned.

All of a sudden the windows break as the Web-Warriors all made it in time to stop Kassidy and Brock from taking anymore lives, Spider-Girl is relieved to see her father is still alive, Spider-Man and Ghost-Spider are stunned to see Eddie Brock again, only this in the company of the serial killer they're meeting for the first time, Kassidy smiled as he finally got to meet the heroes responsible for his friend's incarceration.

"Everyone leave now!" Spider-Man tells the staff.

The entire Daily Globe staff are running away as Brock and Kassidy did nothing but wait to confront the heroes in combat, Spider-Girl watches as her father is running away, Gilberto stopped to look at the heroes about to fight off the criminals, but the thing that caught his interest is Spider-Girl as he still can't figure out what is it about her that seemed familiar to her, he then proceeded to evacuate the floor with the other staff, the Web-Warriors sees the coast is clear and everyone is out of danger, leaving four of them to face the duo, Venom reverts back to Eddie Brock.

"It's been a long time... Spider-Punk." Eddie Brock said.

"I see you haven't changed a bit, Brock. Do you have any idea what you've done? You let a killer out and a lot of innocent lives are lost because of you!" Spider-Man isn't pleased.

"That's not really our problem, the only thing we care about is vengeance, for what you did to us." Eddie Brock said with hate.

"What I did to you... I SHOWED YOU MERCY! WHICH IS MUCH MORE THAN WHAT YOU DESERVED, AFTER WHAT YOU DID TO US!" Spider-Man said in rage.

"That's always been your problem, your inability to do what need to be done. You should've killed us when you had the chance, instead you spared us and now we're back to finish what we started two years ago, we swore vengeance and we will deliver it, against you, her, and everyone you loved!" Eddie Brock wants revenge.

"That'll never happen, not as long as we're standing, we've stopped you before and we'll do it again." Spider-Man said.

"We're aware, especially since you've recruited two more heroes into your so-called team, this time we came prepared." Eddie Brock smiled sinisterly.

Cletus Kassidy steps up. "So we finally meet, I take it you know who I am."

"Cletus Kassidy, the serial killer, so far I'm not impressed. We haven't met, I'm Spider-Man." Spider-Man introduced himself.

"Oh goody! Where's my autograph book?!" Cletus Kassidy cackled til he stopped. "Spider-Man, huh. Never met anyone like you before, this should be very interesting. Oh, one more thing, don't call me Kassidy."

Cletus Kassidy then summons the symbiote from within and transforms himself into the new supervillain right before their eyes, he's exactly like Venom only all red and tendrils forming from his back, he turns himself into Carnage

"CALL ME CARNAGE!" Carnage introduce himself.

"Dang, and I thought Venom was the ugly one." Kid Arachnid said.

Eddie Brock transforms into Venom "FACE IT, THERE'S TWO OF US AGAINST THE FOUR OF YOU! WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO ABOUT IT?"

"This... Ghost-Spider, now!" Spider-Man said.

Ghost-Spider has the sonic grenade from her belt and tossed it in the middle as it unleashed powerful sonic waves all around the area, Venom and Carnage are both very affected and in pain, the Web-Warriors covered their ears, the waves causes cracked on the screens and shattered glass everywhere, the symbiotes are having a hard time maintaining their bond to their hosts as the loud sounds is forcing them to separate, Carnage on the other hand sees the sonic grenade on the floor, he had his tendril fire off a sharp projectile at the grenade, destroying it, the sonic screams has stopped and the symbiotes maintained control as the Web-Warriors are surprised by what Carnage can do.

"IS THAT THE BEST YOU CAN DO?" Carnage smiled.

"Oh great." Kid Arachnid said sarcastically.

"Did you know symbiotes could do that?" Spider-Girl asking.

"No, that one is new to us." Ghost-Spider said.

"Wonderful, now what?' Kid Arachnid said.

"We do what we do best." Spider-Man said.

"What's that?" Spider-Girl said.

"We improvise!" Spider-Man said.

Carnage makes his moves and fires off projectiles from his tendrils at the Web-Warriors as they all scatter away to avoid the incoming bladed objects, Venom charges in after Spider-Man and tackles the hero down, he pinned Spidey down till the hero kicked Venom in the head and pushed him back hard, Venom recovers himself only to be zapped in the back by Kid Arachnid, Venom screams as he reached behind him and grabbed Kid Arachnid by the neck, Spidey rush to help his friend in trouble as Venom tossed Kid Arachnid at Spider-Man and the two heroes collided.

Meanwhile down below the building a lot of the Globe's staff are rushing towards outside as the NYPD are helping them get to safety, at the same time Anne Weying is making her way inside despite knowing that it's very dangerous, she reached the elevator and enters it, she's going up hoping to confront Eddie trapped inside that monster, she only hopes there's something left of the Eddie Brock she knew.

Back at the top floor, Ghost-Spider and Spider-Girl are moving in avoiding Carnage's projectiles til the enemy stopped and swings his tendrils at them, they all did some flips to avoid being cut by the sharp tendrils, this new supervillain is completely different from Venom in terms of power, a tendril came swing as Spider-Girl jumps up and fires off some organic webbing from her wrists, Carnage uses his tendrils to block and slice any webbing coming his way. Venom managed to punch Spider-Man hard against the wall as he's much stronger than the hero, Spidey is attempting to recover but Venom got his hand on his neck and pinned him against the wall.

"IT'S POINTLESS TO FACE ME, I'M STILL STRONGER THAN YOU AND... WAIT, WHERE'S THE OTHER ONE?" Venom is looking around.

All of a sudden Venom got punched in the face very hard with a zap of electricity as he's forced to let go of Spider-Man, Kid Arachnid appears out of nowhere and caught Venom by surprise, Spider-Man then sees that Carnage managed to push kick Spider-Girl away as he got his hands on Ghost-Spider and forms a bladed hand, Spider-Man could see that Ghost-Spider is in serious danger.

"Spidey, go!" Kid Arachnid said.

Spider-Man rushes to aid Ghost-Spider in the hands of Carnage as Kid Arachnid stayed behind to face Venom, Carnage holds Ghost-Spider up by the neck as he has his bladed hand ready for the kill.

"YOU'RE PRETTY CUTE, MAYBE I SHOULD GIVE YOU A KISS OF DEATH." Carnage taunts his prey.

Spider-Man charged in and tackled Carnage with so much force as the supervillain got pinned down hard, he let's go of Ghost-Spider, Spider-Man kept on punching Carnage in the face with rage til the villain headbutt Spider-Man and swings his bladed hand as the hero pulled himself back but his suit took the cut, he still remains standing despite it feeling nothing but rage.

"Don't you dare mess with her!" Spider-Man is angry.

"OH, I SEE, SHE'S YOUR GIRLFRIEND, MY MISTAKE, MAYBE I WON'T KILL HER JUST YET, I'LL FEAST UPON HER FIRST, THEN I'LL KILL HER!" Carnage taunts.

"Don't tempt me, you monster, you already killed a lot of innocent lives, I'll have no problem stopping you by any means necessary." Spider-Man said.

"YOU SEE ME AS A MONSTER, I AM WHAT LIFE MADE ME TO BE, I AM MERELY AN AGENT OF CHAOS!" Carnage smiled.

"And you get off on terrorizing and killing innocent people?" Spider-Man said.

"THAT'S THE THING ABOUT CHAOS, IT'S SO MUCH FUN! I'LL NEVER STOP DOING WHAT I DO BEST, AFTER I'M DONE KILLING YOU AND YOUR FRIENDS, THIS WHOLE CITY WILL FACE ABSOLUTE CARNAGE AND SOON THE REST OF THE WORLD!" Carnage said.

"That's never going to happen, not as long as there are heroes to stop you." Spider-Man said.

"ENOUGH TALK, LET'S END THIS!" Carnage said.

Spider-Man charged in as Carnage unleashed projectiles from his tendrils, Spidey summons his web shield from his wrist to protect himself, he kept on charging til he got close enough to tackle Carnage with his web shield with all his strength, Carnage crashed into Bushkin's office as he sees Spider-Man is getting the best of him, he swings his sharp tendrils at the hero as the hero tossed his web shield as it sliced through the tendrils, Spider-Man fires a web line at Carnage and pulls himself in for a strong punch to the face, Carnage then summons more tendrils from his back, Spider-Man unleashed spider legs from his suit as they countered the tendrils, Spider-Man then strikes with some punches to Carnage's face.

Meanwhile the elevator finally arrived at the floor as Anne Weying got off and went to see Venom fighting against Kid Arachnid who has managed to keep him at bay as Spider-Man is still in the middle of fighting Carnage, Venom is getting punched by Kid Arachnid's venom punches until he gained the upper hand by striking back with a double fist slam on the hero, Venom took out Kid Arachnid as he turns to see Spider-Man besting Carnage. Carnage got punched pretty hard as Spider-Man is about to take the opportunity to web him down for good measure, but instead he got webbed up himself unaware that Venom is the one who webbed him, the villain pulled Spider-Man towards him and punched him down on the floor.

"DID YOU FORGET ABOUT US?" Venom smiled as he then grabbed Spider-Man by the neck. "WE FINALLY GET TO PAY YOU BACK FOR ALL THE MISERY YOU'VE CAUSED US! THIS IS THE END FOR YOU!"

Anne Weying sees Venom is about to deliver the kill till she came out of hiding. "Eddie..."

Venom stopped and hesitates upon seeing Anne Weying before his eyes. "ANNE..."

Venom lets go of Spider-Man as he couldn't bring himself to finish him off in front of Anne, Anne steps up next to Spider-Man as she could see that there is something left of Eddie Brock inside Venom, Spider-Man sees a woman he never met before but his biggest surprise is Venom is hesitating to fight for some reason, Carnage recovers after the beating he suffered from Spider-Man, he sees the hero still weaken next to a young blonde woman who means something to Venom's host, Carnage smiled as he got an opportunity to strike back at Spider-Man, he picks up a desk from the office and tossed it very hard at Spider-Man, the hero is still weakened as he sensed something coming his way, a desk is coming towards him and Anne, he steps up to take the impact to protect Anne, but both he and Anne got hit pretty hard, Anne got pretty injured from the impact as it shocked Venom to see her hurt.

"NOOOOO!" Venom yells out.

Carnage walking with a bladed hand. "OOPS... DON'T FEEL SENTIMENTAL, DAD, SHE'S JUST COLLATERAL DAMAGE!"

Venom growls with rage. "YOU'LL PAY FOR THAT!"

Venom charges in and attacks Carnage head on, he forgo his vengeance against Spider-Man to get back at Carnage for hurting Anne Weying, both symbiotes are fighting against each other in combat as they've gone from allies to enemies, the Web-Warriors came up to Spider-Man's side while the two symbiotes are busy fighting each other, they see Spider-Man is still hurt but alive as they're helping him up.

"Are you okay?" Ghost-Spider said.

"Yeah, I'm good." Spider-Man then sees the battle between the two symbiotes, he's very confused to this twist of events. "What's going here?"

"Don't know, Venom was helping Carnage, then all of a sudden Venom turned on him for some reason." Kid Arachnid is confused.

Venom is punching Carnage with so much rage despite knowing that it's his offspring, he's being influenced by the host's emotions to Anne Weying, Carnage then punched back at his father, both symbiotes are struggling as they're charging their way, the Web-Warrior got Anne Weying and jumped away as they've charged towards the elevator doors, crashing through it and both are falling down the elevator shaft down towards the lower levels til they've arrived at the printing press room where all the issues of the Globe's papers are being made, Carnage punched Venom hard out of the elevator door as he crashed his back against the controls, the presses are turning on, Venom is recovering himself to see Carnage coming out of the elevator shaft.

"HOW DISAPPOINTING DAD, WHEN DID YOU GO SOFT?!" Carnage said.

"YOU'VE HURT HER, BIG MISTAKE!" Venom still angry.

"I SEE, SHE'S THE REASON YOU'VE GONE SOFT, OLD MAN, IF SHE'S THAT DISTRACTING, MAYBE I SHOULD GET RID OF HER!" Carnage smiles as he taunts.

Venom roared out loud as he charges in to attack Carnage, the supervillain unleashed projectiles from his tendrils as Venom is taking evasive action to avoid being hit, he managed to get through unharmed and tackled Carnage head on, the Web-Warriors all made it down through the elevator shaft and finally arrived at the pressing room to see Carnage and Venom still duking it out against each other, Venom is punching Carnage with so much hate, blinded by rage amplified by the symbiote, Carnage took the opportunity to strike back with a claw through the torso, injuring Venom, Carnage smiled as he headbutts his father and forced Venom to fall down to the floor hurt, unable to fight back.

"YOU DISAPPOINT ME GREATLY DAD, PERHAPS IT'S TIME FOR ME TO OUTGROWN YOU PERMANENTLY!" Carnage formed a bladed hand. "AFTER ALL, IT'S THE NATURAL THING FOR YOUR SON TO SURPASS HIS FATHER... GOODBYE OLD MAN!"

Venom is terrified to see his own offspring is about to end his life, Carnage is about to deliver the kill until a webbing was fired and stopped his arm from killing Venom, Carnage turns around to see Spider-Man is the one who stopped him and in turn saving Venom's life, Venom took the opportunity to strike back at Carnage while he's distracted, pushing Carnage back as he get's himself back up on his feet, Carnage is confused as to why his enemies decided to help his father.

"I THOUGHT YOU'RE ALL ENEMIES!" Carnage said.

"We are, but you're the bigger evil that need to be stopped." Spider-Man said.

"FOR ONCE SPIDER-MAN, WE AGREE!" Venom said.

Venom has decided to side with the Web-Warriors temporarily against Carnage, now it's five against one.

Carnage smiled. "FINE, I'LL FINISH YOU ALL OFF MYSELF!"

Carnage sent his sharp tendrils towards his enemies as all five scattered, Ghost-Spider and Spider-Girl both fire off volleys of webbing to keep Carnage pinned and distracted, Kid Arachnid cloaks himself to avoid being detected by Carnage's eye, the supervillain is still getting webbing fired at him until he unleashed projectiles from his tendrils and fires them at the two heroes as they jumped away to avoid being hit, unaware that Kid Arachnid still cloaked came up and strikes with a strong superman punch to the face, staggering Carnage back, Carnage counters by swings his tendril hard at something he can't see, he managed to hit Kid Arachnid and made a cut on his suit as the hero fell down all injured.

Carnage then walks up with a bladed hand about to take the hero's life, but two sets of webbing cling to both sides of Carnage, to his left is Spider-Man holding his synthetic webbing while to his right is Venom as both of his enemies are keeping him from killing Kid Arachnid, Spider-Girl and Ghost-Spider both fired a web line at Kid Arachnid and pulled him away from Carnage as the villain uses his tendrils to slice off the webbings and broke free as he stretches out his arm and punched Venom hard, then he stretched and grabbed Spider-Man's neck and pulls him in closer.

"LOOKS LIKE I'LL FINALLY GET TO DO WHAT MY FATHER FAIL TO DO, KILL SPIDER-MAN!" Carnage smiled.

Carnage opens up his mouth about to bite down on Spider-Man's head until Venom steps in and webbed up Carnage's head to keep him from killing Spider-Man, he then pulls Carnage away and Spider-Man was cut loose, Venom pulled and grabbed Carnage by the head, Spider-Man is stunned he was saved by his enemy who tried to kill him in the past.

"NO ONE KILLS HIM EXCEPT FOR US!" Venom said.

Venom then tossed Carnage with all his strength towards some barrels full of leftover solvents labelled as flammable as he crashed and got dosed in large concentrations of it, Carnage is getting back up despite knowing he's dosed in some chemicals looking at his enemies, the Web-Warriors and Venom are stunned to see that Carnage is able to keep on fighting, even the five them combined are no match for Carnage as he's more powerful than any of them.

"Dang, this guy is too tough for all five of us put together, we keep on hitting him and he still won't go down!" Kid Arachnid said.

"What else can we do?" Spider-Girl said.

Carnage chuckles manically. "NOTHING, JUST ACCEPT THE INEVITABLE, AFTER I'M DONE WITH ALL OF YOU, EVERYONE SHALL EXPERIENCE CARNAGE!"

Carnage formed blades from his hands and extended his arms to swing in for the cut, all five of his enemies are jumping away to avoid the blade strike, Spider-Man is swinging above in the air as Carnage unleashed his tendrils to strike at the swinging hero, Spidey does his best to avoid being hit as there's too much sharp tendrils coming at him, it's getting very hard to dodge them until one of the tendrils strikes at the light fixture above the room, breaking a glowing lightbulb apart as sparks flew off and rained down upon Carnage's tendril, the chemicals he was doused in is flammable as the spark came upon contact and ignited the solvents on the symbiote as flames formed up all around Carnage.

"AHHHHH!" Carnage screams out loud.

Carnage is screaming out in agony as he's being burned alive, the symbiote is the most affected by the flames the Web-Warriors and Venom are stunned to see that the symbiote is weak against fire just like it is to sound, Carnage is suffering in pain as he's rolling around on the floor trying to dispersed the flames but it's impossible, the Carnage symbiote is being forced to separate itself from the host, Cletus Kassidy has been forced away from the symbiote but left only with burn marks on his skin, the Carnage symbiote is being burned away right before everyone's eyes until it's nothing but ashes. The Web-Warriors walked up close to see Cletus Kassidy unconscious on the ground suffering from the burn but still alive.

"Dang... I did not see that coming." Kid Arachnid is surprised by this unexpected event.

"Neither did I, the guy did burned a lot of people and now he's the one who ended up getting burned." Spider-Man said.

"Guess it's true what they say, what goes around comes around." Ghost-Spider said.

"By the way, I can't believe I'm about to say this, but... thanks Brock." Spider-Man said.

All of a sudden without warning, Venom got a hold of Spider-Man's neck and holds him up in the air, the other Web-Warriors are terrified their friend is in danger and Venom is double crossing them, they attempted to help their friend out but Venom fired off his black webbing at each of them, trapping them down for good measure. Meanwhile Anne Weying finally came down the stairs and arrived at the pressing room where Venom has Spider-Man in his hands and the other Web-Warriors are trapped in black webbing.

"YOU'RE WELCOME, BUT THIS CHANGES NOTHING, WE STILL HAVE SOME UNFINISHED BUSINESS!" Venom smiled.

"Eddie!" Anne Weying yells out getting Venom's attention. "Don't do it!"

"THERE IS NO EDDIE ANYMORE, ONLY VENOM!" Venom said.

"That's not true, I know you're in there Eddie, please, prove to me that the Eddie Brock I know isn't gone... I know there's still something good in you, please Eddie, don't make the same mistake again... don't lose your heart..." Anne Weying reaching out.

Spider-Man is being choked by Venom's hand as he can see that Venom is struggling, feeling conflicted in whether to take his life or not, Venom suddenly let's go of Spider-Man's neck and dropped him down as the hero is coughing and catching some air, Venom placed both his hands on his head as still struggling with himself, at part of Eddie Brock is still inside him fighting to take control of his life, Venom eventually submits to Brock's will as he turns to Anne, Venom's head reverts back to the face of Eddie Brock as he look upon Anne.

"Anne... I'm sorry..." Eddie Brock apologize.

Eddie then reverts his face back to Venom as he heads towards the elevator shaft and heads back up, Anne got to see the Eddie Brock she knew but she's disappointed that he chose to leave her, Spider-Man caught his breath after being choked, he's relieved and yet surprised to find out that Venom spared his life after he had the opportunity to get his vengeance, but chose not to, he get's up to help his friends trapped in black webbing, after they all got freed they see that Cletus Kassidy is still out cold from the burns he suffered, but he's still alive.


Time is 4:02 PM at the Spider-Cave, the Web-Warriors are back at the lair resting and recovering from their intense battle against Carnage, they suffered some injuries and cuts from the fight, Mary Jane, May, and Ganke Lee are watching the recent news on the supercomputere about the attack on the Daily Globe by Carnage and Venom, but fortunately nobody was killed as many staff evacuated including Anya's father, the police are carrying out Cletus Kassidy who is injured and burned, strapped tightly for good measure, but Eddie Brock is still unaccounted for, he's still out there.

"Earlier today, an attack occur at the Daily Globe building by two individuals identified as Eddie Brock and Cletus Kassidy made their way inside and held a number of hostages, their target seems to be a reporter named Gilberto Corazon who wrote an story on the notorious serial killer from five years ago, but luckily thanks to the intervention of our locals heroes, the hostages were saved and the notorious serial killer has been captured, police are transporting the criminal back to Ravencroft where he'll be under lock and key, but unfortunately Eddie Brock, also called Venom, is still at large..."

"What happened to that psycho Kassidy? He looks like hell." Ganke Lee said.

"He got dosed in some chemicals and got himself burned, he would've been killed but the symbiote pushed him out before he was burned to ashes, it saved his life. Now he's on his way back to the institute to live out the rest of his miserable days." Peter said.

Anya scoffed. "Wish I could say I feel bad for him, but honestly I don't."

"It's okay Anya, I don't think any of us have any sympathy for that sick man, especially for all the terrible things he's done, but at least the symbiote is burned, Carnage is gone for good." Peter said.

"I wish we could've done better for the lives he had already taken." Anya said.

"I know, but we stopped him before anymore lives were lost, including your dad, that's what matters." Peter sighed as he walks up to Anya. "Listen, I'm sorry that you had to experience that horror from earlier..."

"I know... it's just how we have to live." Anya said.

"Look, if you ever need to talk about this, we're here for you no matter what, you're not alone Anya." Peter said.

Anya smiled warmly. "Thank you... all of you."

"Anytime." Peter smiled.

Anya smiled and sighed. "I'm heading out to see my dad, I've been anxious to see him."

"That's good, I'm sure he'll be relieved to see you too." Peter said.

Anya hugged Peter for comfort in helping her through the day before she waves to her friends all saying "Bye!", she leaves the Spider-Cave to go see her father, meanwhile Gwen is still helping tending to Miles's injuries as Mary Jane came up to Peter to finish their conversation they had earlier, Peter noticed Mary Jane looking at him.

"What?" Peter looks confused.

"Nothing, it's very sweet that you being a big brother to Anya." Peter said.

"She's like the little sister I never had, plus I have a little brother in Miles, so... yeah, I'm pretty much the big brother of them both... But I'm guessing you didn't come to talk about that." Peter suspects there's something else.

"I... wanted to finish our talk we had earlier." Mary Jane is blushing.

Peter sighed calmly. "Listen MJ, what I said earlier about me having feelings for you... I meant it."

Mary Jane smiled. "But your heart is with Gwen right now."

"It is, but that doesn't mean that I still don't feel something for you." Peter said.

"Do you ever think about what our lives could've been like if you fell for me before Gwen?" Mary Jane said.

"I still do... and to be honest, I would've been so happy being with you, you a truly amazing woman MJ." Peter said.

Mary Jane smiled warmly. "Thanks Tiger, but you're already so happy being with Gwen."

"I am." Peter smiled.

"Good for you... and I'm glad that you're still here, I was getting worried that you've might've been in serious trouble." Mary Jane said.

"I was, Carnage came so close to killing me, but I was saved by Venom. Can't believe that I'm about to say this but we've couldn't stopped Carnage without him, he was a big help to us." Peter said.

"Honestly Tiger, I did not see that coming, Brock saving your life." Mary Jane said.

"Neither did I, I thought maybe he was the same monster he was before hellbent on vengeance... but I guess I was wrong, something has changed in him, something... good." Peter said.

"Let's hope so Tiger... let's hope so." Mary Jane said.


At the same time at the Life Foundation headquarters in Queens, in the office of the company's CEO, Carlton Drake is with his two security goons Donna Diego and Trevor Cole as he's examining security footages of the incidents at both Ravencroft Institute and the Daily Globe of Carnage and Venom, the symbiotes has caught Drake's interest due to their enormous powers and the greater potential they give to their hosts, he sees this as the next step in human evolution for the future.

"You both did me great service, did anyone see you?" Carlton Drake said.

"No Mr. Drake, we've been very careful getting the drive before the NYPD could, this can't be traced back to you." Trevor Cole said.

"Let's keep it that way. What's the status on the symbiotes?" Carlton Drake said.

"The red one was completely burned to ashes and its former host Kassidy is being transported back to the institute, as for the other one, he's still missing but alive." Trevor Cole said.

"Good, I want your team to find him and bring back the symbiote alive for study." Carlton Drake said.

"Yes sir, it'll take longer, but we'll find him." Trevor Cole said.

"Better get started." Carlton Drake said.

Trevor Cole and Donna Diego both excused themselves from the office as they start their hunt for the Venom symbiote, Carlton Drake then accesses the files from the shuttle mission two years ago where John Jameson stumbled upon the comet where the symbiote originated, he's been aware of the symbiotes for sometime as he has plans for them in the future.


Time is 4:55 PM at Washington Heights at the apartment of Gilberto Corazon, the man is relaxing calmly after the horrible day that happened at the Daily Globe, Carnage came and threatened everyone all to get to him, he thought he was about to die today and he would've left Anya fatherless, she's would've been left without a father or a mother, but he's relieved that he and everyone else was saved thanks to the Web-Warriors, he got to see Spider-Girl again, all of a sudden the door is knocking as he gets up and walks up to open it, his daughter Anya is here.

"Anya, I was about to..." Gilberto suddenly got hugged by his daughter.

"Thank god you're alright, Papa!" Anya still hugging her father in relief.

"I'm alright Anya, I'm here." Gilberto hugged her back.

"I saw the news about what happened, someone came for you..." Anya still hugging.

"I'm okay, I'm not going anywhere, I promise." Gilberto Corazon said.

Anya stopped hugging. "I'm just glad that you're okay."

"I am, thanks to the heroes, they saved all our lives. I even got to see her again, Spider-Girl. I got that feeling again from before, there's something odd about her that I can't quite figure out... but the important thing is is that she came to our rescue in time, because of her and her friends, I'm still here in the world in the presence of my daughter." Gilberto Corazon is thankful to Spider-Girl.

Anya smiled as her father is thankful to her without realizing that Spider-Girl is his daughter, but she's more happy that she still has a father here alive as she hugs him again, she's feeling a bit better and getting through all the things she's seen, she still hugs her father as she looks upon a photo of her father with her mother Sofia with her six year old self, she already lost her mother, her father is the only thing she's got left in the world, she's just grateful that she got to save him and have him here with her.


Time is 9:45 PM nighttime in Murray Hill, Anne Weying just got back to the apartment after she spent hours roaming around the city trying to find Venom, but no such luck, he's underground, Anne Weying sat down on the couch and checks her phone to stroll down the photo gallery til she came up to a photo of herself with her friend Eddie Brock from two years ago, way before he became Venom, she teared up that she lost him again as she started to see him as something more. Unknown to Anne, across the street above another building is Eddie Brock, looking from a distance at Anne being all sad as he too is feeling sad and teared up, he's forced to leave her behind and cut himself out of her life.

Eddie Brock teared up. "Goodbye Anne... I love you."

Eddie Brock is leaving the rooftop as Anne Weying got this feeling that she's being watched, she turns to the windows and rushed, she was too late as she didn't see anything, but she felt like Eddie Brock was watching her, but now this feeling is gone along with him.

(Later)

At a bus station, Eddie Brock is hiding his appearance behind a sunglasses and a baseball cap as he managed to avoid being noticed by someone, he's about to board a bus bound for San Francisco, he took his seat as everyone is on board and the bus is leaving the station, the bus is driving it's way through the city until it crossed the bridge and Eddie Brock took one last look at the city he's leaving behind along with the woman he love, she won't be safe as long as he's in her life, so he leaves her for her own safety, he still has the symbiote within him, at first he was a supervillain obsessed with revenge on Spider-Man, but now he's still figuring out what he's meant to be with this new power of his, he can't be the same guy he was before, he needs to be something else entirely, but for now he's gone from the city.


It's almost midnight at Ravencroft Institute as the place is still being fixed up by Damage Control after all the damages Venom and Carnage had done, Dr. Ashley Kafka is walking down the hallway to see a number of patients locked up, at least most of them as the head of security is giving the doctor details of damages this place suffered and the number of patient accounted for.

"What's the status on the patients?" Ashley Kafka said.

"Most of them have been found, but there are still a few unaccounted for, including the mutant."

"How unfortunate, how many staff do we have left?" Ashley Kafka said.

"Not much, at least twelve guards lost their lives when Kassidy escaped."

"I see... and Mr. Kassidy?" Ashley Kafka said.

"See for yourself, Doc."

The head of security opens up the door to show Dr. Kafka the serial killer Cletus Kassidy in his newly secured room all strapped down and muzzled for good measure behind solid glass, he's still has his eyes closes and some of his skin are burned.

"How long has he been like this?" Ashley Kafka said.

"Since NYPD brought him here, he hasn't woken up yet. We had him strapped down for good measure."

"Good, at least he won't hurt anyone anymore." Ashley Kafka said.

Dr. Kafka walks away as the head of security close the door leaving Cletus Kassidy all alone in his room, all of a sudden the psycho woke up unable to move, but something red is roaming around his eyes as a piece of the symbiote is still within him, no one has seen the last of Carnage yet.

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