Spider Man: Web of Shadows

Chapter 5: City of Souls

--Stark Tower--

Peter and Tony looked at the symbiotes which were forming under the building. Big tentacles of it were slowly climbing up to the very top of the building. They looked worried, really worried.

"You know, I didn't remember him having that much firepower. Looks like someone came prepared." Tony then looked at his watch.

"Mr. Stark, what will we do? There is literally a giant squid below us. And Venom wants my so called 'gifts' so he can cleanse the city." Peter said

"It's alright, kid. I got this," Tony called his suit, "Because I'm Iron Man."

"Sir, the MK VIII is still repairing itself." J.A.R.V.I.S. echoed around the room. "You may want to try the MK VII if you will be going into battle with Venom."

"Didn't I repair the MK VIII last week." Tony started to get worried as he took another peek at the chaos below them.

"That was the MK IV, sir. You should really keep track on the suits that you repair."

"Nice one, J.A.R.V.I.S. I always keep track of my suits."

"Mr. Stark, we have some visitors." Peter said, as creatures with symbiotes as there armor were swarming the balcony.

"On second thought, I'll take the MK VII." Tony said, as two symbiote creatures started to approach him. "Now! Now! Now!"

A robotic suit of red and yellow released from the floor and covered Tony's body. Before the first symbiote attacked him, the suit started to function as Tony shot his repulsors on it. The second one came and tackled him on the floor. Peter came from behind and kicked him away as he helped Tony up.

"I ran out of web shooters. Do you have any leftovers?" Peter asked, as he kicked two symbiotes in the face.

"Yes. Inside the drawer behind Bruce's chair." Tony punched a symbiote in the face and blasted two that were running at him.

Peter quickly ran to the lab as he jumped over many obstacles. When he entered the lab, there were still piles of paper on top of Reed's, Tony's and Bruce's table. He went over to the table of Bruce and opened all the drawers. Before he opened the last drawer, there was a sign on it, 'SOME WEB SHOOTERS IF PETER BREAKS OR LOST ONE OF IT.'

"I should really start to read things before doing it." Peter said, as he attached the web shooters into his suit.

When Peter got back, Tony was fighting off about 30 symbiotes inside the room as blasts of blue bolts bounced around the room. Tony looked at Peter as he took 4 down with his repulsors, "Are you just going to stand there?"

"Oh yeah... sorry." Peter swung at the symbiotes and took 5 down. He could feel the tower started to crumble.

A symbiote creature tried to punch Peter in the face but he moved away from it and striked it with his hand. Another tried to hit him from behind but his Spider-sense worked as he jumped above and sprayed web all over it's face.

"Just keep on driving them out, kid." Tony said, as more and more bolts started to fire across the room.

The longer they fought, the more they got tired. They took out most of them as Tony and Peter stood side by side breathing heavily. Suddenly, Venom went inside the room and started to clap at them.

"I must say, the entertainment today was quite fun. I really enjoyed it." Venom said, walking over the bodies of the dead symbiotes.

"Shut up, freak. Why did you come all the way here anyways." Tony asked

"Looks like someone is... rude today. Do you have any thoughts on this behavior, Peter?" Venom looked at Peter who was deep in thought. "I mean after all, we are like brothers. We are both freaks while this billionaire is sitting on piles of money."

"Don't listen, Peter. I didn't know this guy was such a bad role model." Tony looked at the bodies of the fallen symbiotes. "Where did you get the army?"

"It's called producing. I like to see my civilization rise and produce. So we can become a great 'country.'" Venom looked at the window. "And where else to do it but in New York City?"

"I don't know. Maybe you could have done it in the Himalayas or in the small island called the Statue of Liberty. You should start building your city there." Peter said

"You're very funny, Peter. And I like that." Venom used his symbiote to throw Peter off the building.

Peter saw tentacles as he fell down. He used his web shooters to move away from it and successfully landed on one of the buildings nearby.

"Damn it. What the hell was I thinking." Peter said, walking around the building.

He couldn't go back up because those tentacles were in the way and the only way back up is to destroy it. Suddenly a explosion of fire came from the top floor of Stark Tower.

--Hospital--

"What the hell is happening over there?" Matt asked, as he could feel big explosions happening in the distance.

"You want me to check it out?" Karen asked

"Sure. But be back in 20 minutes. You don't know who might come in here."

Karen left the room as Matt was sitting on the bed, thinking about what he'll do next after he gets out of the hospital. Out of nowhere, Frank barged inside the room with bruises all over him.

"Matt, I have some good news and some bad news." Frank said, leaning on Matt's bed. "I found where the symbiote came from."

"And what is the bad news?" Matt asked

"It's located in the sewer under Oscorp's lab. And I'm not sure if we can attack it because there's a lot of creatures down there."

"Creatures? You mean people who turned into symbiotes?"

"Yes. Are you done healing that leg?" Frank asked

"A few more hours. My meditation is working effectively."

"Great. We're leaving in a few hours then. Oh and... Peter and Tony are fighting Venom on top of Stark Tower."

"Now that's a fight I would like to see then."

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