What if: Venom - Let There Be Carnage (english)

Chapter 4: The Aftermath

Alex was sitting with some of the victims' relatives in a large room, with a curtained booth sticking out. She had sat down in the very back corner. She noticed that there was a free chair next to her.

She looked around and noticed that many of them were crying quietly. At least they would only be confronted with the murderer of their loved ones one last time.

When the curtains opened, he appeared on a stretcher. Next to him stood a guard and a man in a suit who was pressing a button on the desk next to him with one hand.

Kasady had already had a vein inserted into his arm, from which a small channel led to the desk. The man began to turn to Cletus and gave a speech. He said something about "the afterlife" and "finding peace".

Alex wasn't listening to him. She was too distracted when she noticed that he was staring at her with his ice-cold eyes.

»Enjoy the show,« he called out loudly.

The man at the desk looked at the clock on the wall. It was 12 o'clock. He finally flipped a switch and the first of three syringes containing an anesthetic was administered. He closed his eyes almost immediately, so the man pressed a second one and he was given a second dose, filled with a muscle relaxant. All it would take was one more and it would be over. But as soon as Alex thought about this, his whole body began to shake.

He suddenly opened his eyes and something strange began to happen. Long red veins appeared under his skin. The crowd panicked as he unhooked one hand from the buckle that held him to the stretcher and grabbed at the guard. The guard immediately drew his gun, but it was too late. Kasady had freed himself and pulled him to the ground. Then he took on the other one. The windows shattered and the man was thrown outside. It was as if a bomb had exploded, the shock wave was so powerful. Everyone sitting in the room was thrown away. Alex was hit by some splinters and was pressed against the wall. She saw him for a split second, but then she hit her head on the wall and landed unconscious on the floor.

She didn't notice how the monster broke through the back wall and then devoured one guard after the other. The shrill alarm that was triggered didn't bother him much. It continued on and landed in another cell block with dozens of prisoners. The creature laughed in a deep voice and grabbed some of them with its many tentacles as they tried to run away screaming. He bit off some of their heads. It ripped off the arms and legs of others before devouring them too. It was a real carnage. The monster soon got bored as guards burst through the doors and started shooting at him. How primitive. Bullets were useless and just bounced off. He gave them a little time to try and run away and didn't bother to torture them. He grabbed one and hurled it against the wall. He grabbed another and stabbed him with his claws, making him scream in pain, which the creature seemed to enjoy, then twisted away and left him to bleed to death slowly on the floor. There was nothing left to play with here. He broke through the wall and disappeared from this place.

When she woke up again, it was dark. The neon tubes had fallen to the floor, only one flickering on the ceiling. There were splinters everywhere on the floor, the chairs were scattered around the room. The others were still lying on the floor. Her head was pounding, but she slowly managed to sit up. From a distance she heard footsteps approaching. Several people stormed into the room and stopped in amazement. They were guards pointing their guns at every corner of the room, followed by paramedics tending to the injured.

Eddie and Venom had just arrived home. He was still angry, but more at himself because he himself had suggested visiting Cletus again. He should have known that nothing would come of it. He had just sat down on the couch with a sigh when he turned on the TV and jumped up again when he saw it.

»Breaking news: The well-known serial killer Cletus Kasady has escaped from prison. During his execution this afternoon, he managed to escape in a still unknown manner. Some relatives of the victims were present and are already receiving medical treatment.