=Venom=

Venom 8

  Just as quickly as Rice realized he would be Venom’s first target he was face to face with the Symbiote. Venom burst through a door into the hall where he was waiting and slowly crept down towards him. Rice watched as Venom dissipated and Eddie was revealed.
  “One-on-one?” Scoffed Rice.
  “This is personal.”
  Rice tossed his gun onto the floor and held up his fists. Eddie was in good physical shape and visited the boxing gym twice a week during his down time, he wasn’t scared to go toe to toe in a fist fight.

  Archer called down to the security desk to lockdown the facility too late. Ana and Dan had already made it out and were waiting in the car at the Sip N’ Go with Mack.

  Rice got Eddie up against the wall and laid into his ribs, just before leaving an opening for Eddie to deliver a right hook, rocking Rice and knocking him back. Eddie followed up capitalizing on his stunned opponent. He stopped once he was bloodied and beaten allowing Venom to appear once more. He pulled Rice up into a seated position. And held out his arms to bite off his “Twitchy” hands before biting off his head. He searched the floor for Brie and began to panic. Level three was where they kept freezers full of the cadavers from their failed experiments.
  “Brie!”
  She could hear him faintly. “Eddie! I’m in here!”
  Eddie found the only freezer that wasn’t in use and opened it to find Brie on the ground with her hands tied behind her back. He quickly untied her and she turned to slapped him.
  “What has that for?” He yelled.
  “I don’t give a damn if you knew this was going to happen or not, don’t you EVER say you regret asking me out.”
  “O…kay…” Eddie didn’t realize his comment in the lab had upset her so much.
  “I could have left at any moment after learning about Venom, and I didn’t.”
  “You’re right.”
  “Well?”
  Eddie looked at her confused. He wasn’t sure what else it was she wanted from him.
  “Are you going to kiss me?”
  “Yea…I was getting there…I just didn’t want to cut you off during your…” Before he could finish Brie kissed him, something she wasn’t sure she would ever be able to do again.

  Venom got Brie to the first floor and knocked out a section of wall for her to escape.
  “Where are you going?” She asked realizing he wasn’t coming with her.
  “To stop Archer. My species cannot come here. They would destroy all life on this planet. I will return Eddie to you in one piece.” Assured Venom.  Brie stood on her tippy toes and gave the viscous Symbiote a kiss on the cheek before heading off the grounds. All security personnel were inside the building searching for Venom. But their resistance was weak against him and he finally made his way to Archer who was boarding a helicopter on the roof of the building. Just as it began to take off Venom wrapped a tentacle like appendage around the landing frame throwing the aircraft off balance. Venom pulled himself into the cockpit and snapped the neck of the pilot. Before taking a seat next to Archer who realized he had reached the end of the line staring face to face with the toothy Symbiote.
  “You have no idea what your species and mine could accomplish if we just work together.”
  “My species would devour all of humanity in a matter of months, maybe even weeks. You are a source of food.”
  “You don’t know that. You yourself are here living peacefully.”
  “I am not like my kind. I am one-of-a-kind.” Venom licked his lips before taking a big bite out of Archer, cutting him in half and then jumping out of the helicopter.”
  Brie found Ana and Dan’s car and quickly jumped in.
  “Where’s Eddie?” Asked Ana.
  “Taking care of Archer.” A loud explosion took place inside the building and they all turned. Ana screamed when Eddie came beating on her window yelling to start the car. He jumped in beside Brie and took a deep breath as they pulled off. They dropped Mack off at his house and then found a hotel on the outskirts of town to lay low for the night.

  Brie wouldn’t stop peeking out the window paranoid Archer’s men were outside waiting to storm their room. Eddie walked out of the bathroom after running the shower and tried to calm her down.
  “We’re good. He’s gone along with all the servers holding information on me and the Symbiotes.”
  “I can’t stop shaking right now.”
  He put his hands on her shoulders. “Go shower.”
  “Come with me.”
  Brie rested her head against Eddie’s chest as the water ran over their bodies.
  "Is it bad that I really want to pick up where we left off at my apartment?"
  "I guess that makes two of us."
  Eddie eased Brie against the wall of the shower and began kissing her, she lifted her leg and wrapped it around him as his hand explored the heat between her legs. He bent down to lift her up and she wrapped her legs around him as he eased inside of her.

  She fell asleep shortly after they got out of the shower and Eddie walked over to Dan and Ana’s room. Dan opened the door to let him in.
  “Everything okay?”
  “Yea, yea, everything’s good, Brie just fell asleep. I wanted to see how you guys were doing and say thank you.”
  “What else could we do? Call the police? I got to admit, it was quite the adrenaline rush. But I think I prefer the Emergency Room.”

Two months later…

  Brie and Eddie moved into a new uptown apartment together. Brie was showering while Eddie kept an eye on the food on the stove.
  “I love it when Brie cooks.” Says Venom.
  “You and me both, my friend.”
  “She is what you would call ‘wife material’ is she not?”
  Eddie shrugs. “Yea…I guess. What are you getting at?”
  Eddie sampled a spoonful of the chili Brie was cooking.
  “We should give her a baby.”
  Eddie started coughing uncontrollably as Brie walked into the kitchen.
  “Are you okay? Did I make it too hot?”
  “No…no…wrong pipe.” He cleared his throat and took a second look at her. Venom was right about one thing, Brie was definitely someone he could see himself marrying. There was a knock on the door and he shook the thought away as he went to answer it.
  “Mr. Brock.”
  “Mack, what’s up?”
  “Can I come in?”
  Eddie opened the door and Brie greeted him from the kitchen.
   “I’m supposed to turn these files over to some federal agents in an hour.”
  “Why are you here, kid? You trying to threaten me?”
  The two sat in silence staring each other down for a moment before Mack wiped all the files pertaining from Eddie from the hard drive.
  “Your secrets safe with me. Unless you go rogue.”
  “If I do, you will be the first person I visit.” A view of Venom appeared behind Eddie, startling Mack.
  “Leave him alone.” Said Brie, tossing a kitchen rag at him.
  “Whoa…”
  “Thank you.” Said Eddie.
  “I figured it would only cause more problems for you…the both…the three…of you. And if your not harming anyone…what’s the point.” His eyes never left Venom. “I should probably get going.”
  Brie walked him to the door and let him out. “Stay out of trouble.”
  “I will.”

  “The food was great babe.” Eddie gave Brie a kiss on the cheek and cleared the table.
  “Delicious.” Added Venom.
  “Better than a human head?”
  “Hmmm…a close second.”
  “I have something for you…the both of you.” Brie walked into the room she used as an art studio and came out with a medium sized canvas. She turned it around to reveal a comic styled painting of Venom and Eddie.
  “That is BAD ASS!” Venom was super excited and grabbed it from her hand.
  “Now that’s cool. I think we should hang it in the bedroom, right above the bed.”
  Brie laughs. “No. Definitely not.”
  “What? Scared you’re going to knock it down when you’re taking advantage of me?” Eddie places the painting down on the table.
  “You like it.” Teases Brie.
  “I love it.” He says with a kiss. “And I love you.”
  “Mmm, how much do you love me?” She wraps her hands around his torso.
  “Enough to hear wedding bells.”
  Brie looked at him blankly. “Are you serious?”
  “Yea…I mean…I’m not proposing right now…I’m…I'm just saying the thought’s crossed my mind.”
  “Not saying I’d say ‘yes’…but your odds are pretty high.” She admitted, playfully blushing at the idea of Eddie proposing.
  “What kind of ring would increase my odds?”
  “The ring doesn’t matter.”
  Eddie let’s her go and leaves her stranded in the kitchen while he goes into his desk and rummages around. He walks back over and drops down on a knee.
  “Brie Thompson, will you marry me?”
  “Is that a peach ring?” She laughed as Eddie held up the circular gummy candy.
  “They get stuck in Venoms teeth, it keeps him quiet for a few minutes.” Eddie took her hand and slid the candy on her finger.
  “Yes.” She giggled.
  Eddie picked her up and kissed her. “I want you to know this is just a practice run. The real thing will be much better.”
  The playful moment is cut short when Eddie’s phone rings. It’s the warden from Riker’s Island Prison.
  “Mr. Brock? I was hoping to speak to you about doing an interview with one of our inmates out here at the prison. Normally, I wouldn’t entertain the idea of something like this but I’m hoping it may lead to some answers in some pending investigations we have going on.”
  “Who’s the inmate?”
  “It’s Cletus Cassidy. He’s requested you specifically…”