Chapter 8: symbiotic relationship

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The hallways long and with white paint with blue lining tiles. People in lab coats walking around. Walking around then seeing a big room labeled testing area. The cart in which they put Carnage into was there. Max looks to see it opened but empty. Max shakes his head walking back outside hiding behind a box.
"Why did I leave Kevin alone, this is stupid , I gotta get us both out of here."
Max running back a few feet to find the closet to turn the knob realizing the door easily slides open. Max looks inside seeing Kevin nowhere in sight, he's gone. Looking down on the floor are shades that one of the men was wearing.

Running back around the facility seeing no Kevin in sight Max begins to feel very scared for his brothers life not his own.
"Perhaps he tried to leave. Max heads back to the elevator seeing a shoe, Kevin's shoe. He heads up trying to find his brother. Heading up he sees the warehouse empty nobody in sight. No boxes everything gone. 3 men standing. On man holding Max's mother and another holding Kevin. One smiling holding a hand gun the other two not holding guns.
"Let then go!"
"You know kid, you could've stayed home but now look what you did you came all this way to watch your family die."
"Don't hurts my sons please!" Max's mother pleads.
"Max it's okay everything will be fine."
"Kevin! I'm sorry I left you I'm sorry!"
Kevin smiles not fazed by any fear.
"What do you say kid you wanna die first?"
"Do you wanna know something my brother told me once?"
"What's that kid?"
"Karma is a bitch."
Kevin shoves the man holding him sending him falling down. Goo forming around him lifting him up, the huge suit of Carnage, the black and red marking. He grabs the man eating him while then grabbing the man holding his mother and eating him whole. One man reaching for his phone but Carnage grabs him eating him before anything else. Staring at Max walking up to him.
"HEY MAX"
"Carnage you saved my brothers life."
"WRONG HE SAVED MINE. HE WALKED INTO THE ROOM IN WHICH I WAS HELD IN THE CONTAINMENT SEAL AND HE RELEASED ME SO I KILLED THE MEN AND INFECTED HIM. HE IS THE BRAVEST KID, I DID NOT HAVE TO TELL HIM THAT HE IS SAFE WITH ME IN HIM THAT HE LET HIMSELF GET CAUGHT"
"Well thank you Carnage."
"Max... is this your... friend?"
"Mom meet Carnage.
"Carnage? Can I have my son back?"
"YES DO NOT WORRY" Carnage sinks into Kevin.
"That felt weird Max."
Max hugs Kevin tightly. Max's mom joining in the hug.
"Mom I'll explain everything from the beginning but first we gotta get out of here before anything else bad shows up."
All of a sudden Kevin stops pointing at a huge figure at the end of the warehouse. A big alien suit. The other alien symbiote.
"Trouble Max he says he is trouble." Carnage forms again, into a huge suit.
"RIOT YOU HAVE COME"
"THEY COULD NOT HOLD ME OF COURSE. DO YOU SEE THIS EARTH CARNAGE, FILLED WITH RESOURCES, WE MUST TELL OUR HOME WORLD OF THE TREASURE WE HAVE FOUND. THIS WORLD WILL BE OURS FOR THE TAKING"
"NO! THIS WORLD DOES NOT DESERVE US, THE HUMANS NEED THIS EARTH TO LIVE!"
"YOU ARE A TRAITOR CARNAGE. IN YOUR WORDS I GUESS THAT MEANS ONLY ONE OF US BEING ALIVE DECIDES THE FATE OF THIS EARTH IS THAT RIGHT?"
"THAT IS RIGHT RIOT!"
"THEN LET US SETTLE THIS ONE AND FOR ALL!"
"Carnage! We both started this together it's only fair we both finished it. Let my brother go."
"YES, WE ARE PARTNERS RIGHT?"
"Partners."
  Carnage sinks into Kevin. Kevin reaching out grabbing Max's hand and watches as the good travels like slime from Kevin's hand to Max's sinking into his skin.
"Kevin go back outside with mom and be safe both of you, me and him have to finish this fight for the sake of the world okay."
"Max beat him up okay."
Max's mom hugs Max, "I don't know what really going on but, win this fight and explain to me everything okay, I need my son alive."
"Get somewhere safe mom, I'll be fine."
The two leave the ware house and Max stares at the silver monster 10 feet from him.
"We finish this together right Carnage?"
"YES. ALSO THANK YOU, KEVIN HAS TOLD ME YOU CAME BACK TO SEARCH FOR ME"
"You changed my life for the better of course I came. And we have a job to do, now let's kill this ugly son of a bitch!"
The two run at each other, as Max runs the suit forming around him making him as big as Riot, the two clashing. Punch after punch each landing sounding like thunder clapping. A battle between extraterrestrial beings. A sight not to be missed, but the fate of this fight depending on the fate of earth. Punch after punch each alien falling to get up. Carnage getting up forming a sword from his arm and slashing at Riot Who forms the same thing, now both sword fighting. Then back to punching. Carnage dodging a blow and grabbing Riot throwing him up to jump and hit him sending him crashing down like a ball. The ground crumbling from the battle. Each fighting for their lives. Max trying to think of a plan in beating this guy. Then remembering something.
HIGH FREQUENCY VOLUME AND FIRE CAN BE DEADLY TOWARD OUR KIND
Sound can hurt both of them including Carnage but fire can be used to kill only one. Looking to the right seeing 5 tin cans of propane gas. Flammable, possible to explode so best be "careful" with them.
As Carnage and Riot fight Max tried to talk to Carnage and Carnage talking to him from inside his head not alerting Riot.
"Carnage you said your weakness is sound and fire."
"YES WHAT ABOUT IT"
"Well sound would hurt both of us so that's not a good plan but look at those flammable tin cans over there, if we can throw Riot there and ignite them , we can easily end Riot , right?"
"YOU ARE VERY SMART MAX. THAT IS A GOOD PLAN. I HAVE A PLAN MYSELF TO LOWER HIS GUARD THROWING HIM OVER THERE"
"Then let's do it and kill this bitch!"

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