Eddie & Venom
Eddie Brock entered the shop of Ms. Chen.
"Hey Ms. Chen."
"Hey Eddie."
Hey Ms. Chen !"
"Hey Venom."
Eddie walked around the shop, gathering some food. But...
"Hey Ms. Chen, where is..."
"Oh, the chocolate delivery hasn't arrived yet."
"WHAT !"
"Oh no no." Eddie said. "We had a deal..."
"Well is not like it's my fault. Besides I kept it haven't I. I've kept the secret. So are you gonna stop protecting me ?"
"I am happy to it Ms. Chen !"
"NO, you can not eat Ms. Chen !"
"Wha...what ?"
"Just...do you have chicken ?"
"Eh....yes around that corner."
Eddie sighted and walked away.
"By the way. Have you heard the news ?"
"No I have been busy. You know, rebuilding my life after Drake destroyed it."
"The Rouge Avengers escaped prison."
"Oh those guys. We should eat them Eddie. They seem, delicious. Specially Captain America. "
"Yeah don't get ahead of yourself buddy. The Avengers probably have this one."
"But we could become super heroes ! We could impress Anne !"
"Look man. Anne is marrying Dan now, and I'm cool with it ok. I'm gonna go out there and search for someone new now."
"Well being the great hero will attract the ladies, I assure you that."
"Well...."
"Cletus Kasady also escaped."
That made Eddie stop.
"What the !" He turned to her.
"Yes. He used the commotion caused by the Rouges, and escaped the Raft."
Oh no no no. This is bad.
He had found the bodies, he had gotten Kasady sentenced to death.
Eddie is sure he is a target now.
"A relax Eddie. What is a simple man gonna do against us ? We will...."
"They said that he turned into a monster you know." Ms. Chen said. "One that sounds just like Venom, but red."
"On second thought. This is a bad thing Eddie. We should run !"
Venom made Eddie run away, throwing Ms. Chen the money.
"Bye Ms. Chen, keep the change !"
"Hey hey stop right there, what are you doing !"
"Running. If it's a red one, then we need to escape !"
"Wait wait. Do you think that Kasady really gained a symbiote ? But the only ones where you and Riot, and he's dead."
"Well, when he bit you, a part of me might have gone inside him....hey, I am a dad now !"
"So ?"
"So, something or someone must have activated the symbiote inside him ! and red ones are known to be restless hunters !"
"Oh sounds fun..."
Just then, a portal in front of Eddie opened.
"What the ?"
"Eddie Brock." A man said coming out of it. "I am Doctor Stephen Strange, member of the Avengers. I need you to come with me."
"Oh shit."
"Oh I like how this sounds !"
Eddie was brought inside the compound, where Tony waited.
"Ah Mr. Brock." Tony greeted. "Tony Stark."
"Yeah I know...big fan by the way."
"Thanks. Now have seat, so we can talk."
"Uhum."
"This is my friend, Yelena Belova. She's gonna take notes for us."
"Ok." He nodded at her, who nodded back.
"So you are quite an interesting individual Mr. Brock. Your connection to the fall of the Life Foundation and the Death of Carlton Drake, all of the is interesting, but that's not in discussion here. Now as you probably know, Cletus Kasady has escaped the Raft prison, using the chaos caused by Steve Rogers."
"Yeah..I know."
"Now Eddie. You were the only person outside the prison staff, that he agreed to talk to. Why was that ?"
"He said that he liked me. And yeah we have some things similar. Bad fathers, not the best childhoods. But he said that I was like...family to him."
"Like family ?"
"Hey guy is hard to understand."
"And he never talked about a escape plan I take ?"
"No."
"Now, you found the bodies, How did you do it ?"
"Well as part of the deal he let me inside his cell. I found some drawings he had drawn on the wall. When I played with them a little, I found it matched some areas around San Fransisco. Turns out that's where they were."
"A deal ?...what deal ?"
"He wanted me to publish a pome for the love of his life. Once he saw it on the front page, he told me his story."
"Oh. Now Eddie. I might be going a bit personal here, but...well have you heard that Kasady somehow turned into a monster."
"Yeah I heard about that..."
"And I have been searching about some...lethal protector that protects the city of San Fransisco. A monster like the one Kasady turned to, but only hunts down the scumbags. And Eddie...you for some reason, are always around the area the monster is seen. Now it might just be a coincidence and...."
"OH FUCK THIS SHIT !"
Eddie suddenly stood up and a black thing took over his body.
"What the hell is that !" Yelena welped.
"It's...just like Kasady's." Tony said. "Who..are you ?"
"We are Venom."
"Venom heh....so buddy...may we ask what you are."
"I am a symbiote from another planet. I was brought alongside three others by the man named Carlton Drake."
"Huh, and how did you and Eddie...met ?"
"Drake tried to get us to bond with not worthy humans. Then Eddie appeared and I found him to be a comptable match. And seeing how he was such a looser, I decided to help him out."
"Hey !"
"You know..." Yelena said. "This might be weird, but I like you Venom."
"Thanks !"
"So you then what, killed Drake."
"Well, something like that. Drake bonded with another symbiote named Riot. Riot wanted to flee to our planet and get our people to invade with Drake's rocket. But I like this place, so Eddie and I decided to stop them, and after an awesome fight, we won !"
“I can see that. So you decided to stay and help out ?”
“Yes. The Lethal Protector !”
“And you eat....criminals ?”
“Mostly when there is no choice. I need a special cell to live. But it’s found in chicken and chocolate, I only eat when there is none of that. Also...brains are tastetier.”
“How did Kasady get his symbiote ? From what you said there were other two aside from you and Riot.”
“They died before him, as they found no way to feed.”
“So...how did this one came out.”
“I believe it had something to do with Kasady attacking Eddie and biting him. Eddie can explain better. It was a pleasure to meet you !”
Venom morphed back into Eddie.
“Come on man, a warning !”
“Sounds like that’s fun.” Yelena said.
“Trust me it’s not.”
“So Venom said Cletus attacked you ?”
“Yeah, when I was doing my final interview with him, he sort of grabbed me and bit my arm. Venom thinks a part of his dna entered his body, and together it made this new symbiote.”
“That’s how red ones are born !”
“He says that’s how red ones are born.”
“So just like that, he ate it and the monster is born.”
“Hm.....well mostly. But Venom says that it just doesn’t wake up on its own. Something from the outside must have made it wake up.”
“Something......oh god. I think I know what is it.”
“You do ?” Yelena asked.
“When Rogers freed his cronies of the Raft. He broke the collar in Maximoff. As soon as he did that, she sent a wave of her magic towards multiple areas of the prison. Including the execution chamber where Kasady was at the time.”
“Oh...”
“Yeah....he says that that’s a probable answer.”
Tony sighted. God Rogers, breaking your cronies was bad enough, but now creating this beast, inside the world’s number 1 serial killer ! What is that man thinking ?
“Well. Eddie, Venom. I propose...a deal. Fighting fire to fire and knowing about the monster will help us fight Cletus and his friend. So here is the deal. You help us take them down, and in return I’ll clear everything up in San Fransisco so the police will leave you alone.”
Venom appeared in Eddie’s shoulder.
“I like this idea Eddie. We can’t take them down alone.”
Eddie sighted.
“Ok. We will help you out.”
“Great, let’s get started !”
Tony, Yelena, And Eddie entered the meeting room where the others were waiting with some new faces. Thor alongside his girlfriend Jane Foster, And their friend Darcy Lewis.
“Hey Thor.”
“Hey my friends !” The Asgardian Prince said. “And hello new friend.”
“This are Eddie and Venom.”
Venom came out of the shoulder.
“What the !” Rhodey stumble back.
“Wow, that is so cool !” Darcy said, getting closer.
“Darcy don’t get so close !” Jane said. But as always Darcy didn’t listen.
“Oh I look forward at experimenting with you in greater detail !”
“I like this one Eddie.”
“I can see that.”
Rhodey turned to Tony.
“They are good guys Honeybear. They want Kasady down as much as we do, and well. What better way to fight fire, than with fire.”
“I guess you are right then.”
Yelena looked around. “Where are Stephen, Carol, And Daisy ?”
“Stephen is setting Christine in the Sanctuary. She’ll be safe there with the protection spells and Wong. As for the other two....” Rhodey looked down.
“Rhodey...What happened.”
“We just got a call....Agents Fitz And Simmons are Dead. Daisy went to blow on some emotion and Carol went with her for safety.”
Tony stumble back....no. Not does two. They were so kind and pure, prodigies in the science world...
“How did...”
“Kasady.” He said. “He...that thing came in and ate them.”
Rhodey looked at everyone seriously.
“That thing is literally killing everything it comes across. The victims of the Raft haven’t been entirely identified and more and more keep coming. We need to stop Kasady out before he creates a massive carnage, so, let’s get moving.”
Meanwhile at a secret base.
Steve felt that for the first time, things were finally looking up.
The real Avengers were finally United again. They can finally get things back to the way they should be. They just need to plan their move carefully.
“So Barnes is safely in Wakanda.” Sam asked.
“Yes. T’Challa said that he would help him with the triggers as compensation for chasing him. I thought he had seen the truth behind the Accords, but he still supports them. He didn’t agree to help us.”
“The Black Panther is a reserve member of the New Avengers as well Steve. Not as active like Thor, but he will help them if needed. He’s very much on the other side.”
“Another Stark follower.” Clint growled, Wanda nodded behind him. “But oh well. That won’t matter after we knock the guy of his high horse. So what’s the plan Cap ?”
“As long as the Accords are still around, the world is in danger. The Avengers need to be able to operate freely without any restriction. The safest hands are our own after all. So we need to take them down.”
“And how are we gonna do that ?” Sam asked.
“We need to get to Tony.”
“Are tu serious. Why do you want Stark back !” Wanda yelled. “He’s a nussience. We should just get rid of him !”
“You might not like him Wanda, none of us might really do.” Natasha said. “But we do need him. At least we need his money and his tec in order to operate perfectly.”
Wanda grunted, not being able to argue with that.
Steve agreed with Nat, they need Tony’s money and tec. It’s for the Avengers and the good of the world after all. But Steve does want Tony back because he misses the man.
Despite all the mistakes he had made. Steve still wants Tony to be part of the family. Obviously this New Avengers aren’t the geniuses family, and he’ll be so glad once Steve gets rid of them. He’ll come back to them, and once he apologizes and makes it up to the team, Steve is sure they’ll welcome him back.
Then he and Tony will be back to how they were before.
Maybe...they can go even deeper than that.
Steve will admit that recently he has felt a strong attraction towards the genius...well for some time actually. He realizes he wants to be....closer to Tony. He never pursued that feeling before becasue of Pepper, but now that they broke up. It’s the perfect oportunity for Steve to finally get him.
Of course there might be come complications. Natasha told him that while Tony is bisexual, he does have a stronger preference for the opposite sex. And of of course Tony will probably still be bitter about Steve keeping the secret of his parent’s deaths (which he was right to keep.) But once Steve sits him down and properly talks to him. Steve will get him to see just how much of a perfect match they’ll be.
Then in their relationship Steve will be able to have Tony under control and be a very positive influence on the genius.
Things would be even better than before. It would all be perfect.
“So how are we gonna get to Stark ?” Clint asked. “He probably has FRIDAY ready to shoot us at sight, so I ain’t coming close to the compound.”
“And with Strange around, using Wanda is to risky. I think we need to wait until he goes to his next gala, and corner him. If he refuses to talk then we might need to...”
“Rogers !” Fury yelled threw the coms. “Get your ass in the control room NOW !”
Steve looked at his team in confusion.
What could Fury want ?
The team headed to the control room.
“Fury.” Steve said. “What is it ?”
“Rogers. Remember the question I asked you when you brought them back from the Raft ? About if any inmate aside from those three escaped the prison ?”
Steve sighted. He’s very grateful for Fury’s help, but his paranoia is annoying.
“I told you Fury, no one but us got out.” If a villain had tried to get out. Steve and his team would have defeated them.
“Oh really. Then explain this please.”
Fury turned the TV on..
“Cletus Kasady has been named the top fugitive of the country. Just a day after he’s escape from the Raft, and he’s already leaving a blood bath behind, auhtorties say...”
Steve head Sam, Clint, and even Nat gasp at the name, but he didn’t understand. Who is this man ?
“So Rogers. If no one escaped, then tell me, HOW THE FUCK IS THE WORLD’S NUMBER 1 SERIAL KILLER. OUT OF THE RAFT, LEAVING CARNAGE WHERE HE GOES !”
Steve stumbled back a bit.
“But...I didn’t saw him....who is this man ?”
“Cletus Kasady.” Hill explained. “He’s the most dangerous serial killer that has ever...,existed really. Before his imprisonment, he had more than a hundred victims on his name, and always avoided police. It was Stark in fact, the one that finally got him arrested. He was to be executed at the Raft at the same time you and Romanoff broke in and....well now he’s out there again.”
“So what ?” Wanda said. “He’s just a normal man. If Stark took him down, we can do that easily.”
“Oh yeah Maximoff. I would be so worried about a normal man. Oh no if that where the case, I wouldn’t be so worried. Sadly though, it seems Kasady is NOT a normal man anymore.”
Fury then showed them the picture of a.....red monster !
“WHAT THE FUCK IS THAT !” Clint yelled.
“That Barton. Is Kasady. Somehow he turned into that..thing !”
“You are telling me a dangerous man like him, got a Hulk like transformation !” Sam yelled.
“This is a fucking disaster.” Fury said. “The President’s efforts to pardon you fail after they caused national and international outrage. We didn’t know how the hell we would get back the Avengers legally, and now this ! At this point, getting Stark might not even be enough.”
“Hold on Fury. We can still fix this.” Steve said. “Sure he might have that creature. But we can take him down.”
Everyone looked at him.
“We are the Avengers. The real ones ! We took down Loki, and we took down Ultron. I doubt Kasady will be as dangerous as they were. We are the best qualified team to take him down. And by doing this, we can finally show the world who the true heroes are.”
He saw hope enter his team’s eyes. This is just the chance they need. They can proof to everyone that the real Avengers are still around to protect them.
Fury sighed. “Alright, take him out. But Rogers, you must do it before Stark and his team does. Because if they get him first, it will be seen as Iron Man cleaning Captain America’s mess again, and whatever minimal chance we have to get you pardoned and back in command of the Avengers, will be gone for good. Got it ? Now go, capture him or kill him, it doesn’t matter this time.”
“Don’t worry Fury. The New Avengers Don’t have our comarade and power. We’ll take him down before he can even act. Come on guys, let’s make a plan and go.”
Steve left the room. His team following his command.
Despite the situation, he couldn’t help but smile. This is the chance they have been waiting for. A dangerous villain out there that will show everyone that Steve and his team are the true Avengers. The true heroes.”
“Hang on Tony, we’ll be back soon, and we can be a family again.”
“Sir.” Hill asked. “Thinking they get to him first, Do you think they can actually get him ?”
“Well either they do, or Kasady kills them....brutally. He won’t take prisoners. For their sakes they better give it their all.....say Hill. Get us a chopper ready.”
“Where are we going ?”
“The Raven.”
“The Raven ? Why ?”
“Because that’s where Francis Barrison is. And I’m pretty sure she’s the person Kasady is after.”