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

Chapter 10: Final Fight II

He was about to throw objects lying around at Carnage when he dodged and hit Venom in the chest with a blade. He screamed in pain and looked at her.

»Oh no«, whispered Eddie.

Carnage pulled the blade back and laughed. You could clearly feel that he was playing with Venom. But when he made an attempt to move in Alex' direction, Carnage grabbed him by the head and pulled him towards him.

»You won't do that«, he threatened, flashing his fangs dangerously.

Venom took the chance and rammed his claws deep into his chest, so that this time it was Carnage's turn to scream.

When Shriek saw this, she directed a scream at Venom, which of course Carnage also received some of. They both writhed in pain and then hid in their hosts.

Cletus slowly stood up. When Shriek tried to help him, he pushed her away.

The high tones had also stopped the offspring, which gave Alex a slight lead. But he came dangerously closer and she lost hope of being able to escape from it.

Eddie stood up and looked at her. Since Cletus was also still weak, he used the moment and ran to her. He disappeared back into Venom's body, who at the last second let his hand shoot forward to prevent a symbiosis.

He grabbed it and... ate it? Alex watched him gratefully but in disbelief. But the joy did not last long, because Carnage treacherously pounced on Venom from behind, who then tried to get him off his back. No one paid attention to her panicked screams. Both were too engrossed in the fight to notice that she was still next to them and was almost crushed. When Venom finally collapsed on the ground, exhausted, Carnage grabbed Alex with one tentacle, who tried to defend herself, and Shriek with another. He began to climb up and clear his way. More chunks of concrete fell from the ceiling, burying Venom.

When he got to the top, he set them both down on the scaffolding and Carnage retreated.

»Who is she?«, asked Shriek, pointing to Alex, who was still tied up.

They both looked at him and Alex saw something in his face that she would never have expected. Not from him.

It was fear.

So Shriek didn't know that she was his daughter. But she didn't really understand why, until it *clicked* in her head.

He had cheated on her and she didn't know about it. Telling her about it obviously bothered him so much that he was about to come up with a lie.

Shriek looked at him challengingly.

»I'm his daughter!«, Alex burst out, getting surprised looks from both of them before Shriek turned back to Cletus.

»Is that true?!«, she shouted at him.

»Yes«, he replied curtly, nodding.

She slapped him.

Venom tried to fight his way out of the mountain they were still lying under, but he gave up.

»What are you doing?«, Eddie shouted.

»We can't do it.«

»Get up!«

Venom did nothing of the sort and stayed lying down.

»Look! They're not a team like us«, Eddie shouted when he saw them fighting up there.

The fight and falling pieces of ceiling had left so many holes in the roof that they could see the three of them.

»When this is all over, you can eat the two of them«, Eddie encouraged Venom, whose eyes lit up at the word eat.

That gave him new motivation and he finally managed to fight his way out of the mountain. Then he stood up and looked upwards.