Guess I could say you "axed" for this, web man.
Stop. Spider-Man is ours and ours alone.
You may be our spawn, but that won't keep us from destroying you.
Stop this petty squabble.
The master commands you to bring back the interdimensional machine.
The dread Dormammu made you both what you are,
and you agreed to help him.
Do you dare go back on your word?
The heck with my word, man. I'm gonna bring this back.
I can't wait to see the horrors
Dormammu is going to commit when he gets here.
We must keep our word.
- Then hurry, fools. - You were lucky this time.
Mordo won't always be around to save your hide.
Eddie, come back. Eddie!
After them! We've got to get that probe back.
Well, well. This is certainly more than I expected.
I'm finally gonna see who you really are.
Hold it. I think he looks good in a mask.
What are you doing? I'm a journalist.
- You're also trespassing. - Trespassing? That's ridiculous.
- Here's my press badge. - I don't see no stinkin' badge.
What are you, nuts? You'll hear from my lawyers.
- I've got the best. - Thanks. Hey. You've been hurt.
Spider-Man, please, get War Machine to a doctor immediately.
Tony, I'm sorry I let you down.
Nonsense. You softened them up.
Now I'm gonna send someone in to finish the job.
- Who's he gonna send? - The guy named Iron Man.
We're even, Mordo. And now we can get back to unfinished business.
That suits me.
That was good, for an old guy.
Stop. I cannot leave my world unless an equal amount of life force
is sent here to replace me.
We don't have time for this. Our debt is paid in full.
Ingrate.
- I'll drag him back here. - Stop! I don't need Venom anymore.
You will be sufficient for this assignment.
Kasady's insane mind has bonded so completely with his symbiont
that he refers to himself as "I" instead of "we."
He has to be stopped. But where will he strike next?
Units three and four, move in.
I hate having my meals interrupted.
Just like sardine cans.
Snack time.
What is he doing?
I know that loud sounds and intense heat can stop a symbiont,
but that's no help to me right now.
I hope your life force isn't as useless as your life.
No. Why isn't it working?
Carnage. Your body can hold no more life force.
Come back so that you can be drained.
I'll catch you later for dessert.
- How do we stop that horror? - He's only half the problem.
Venom's still out there too. Somewhere.
Thank you for coming, Anna, Mary Jane.
I worry myself into fits when Peter is out this late.
Now, May, you stop that. If you don't, you'll make yourself sick.
I swear, Peter's going to be the ruination of that poor woman.
Hush. Maybe that's him now.
I'll get it.
- Parker here? - No, he's not.
Why, I remember you.
You're Peter's friend from the Bugle, Mr. Brock.
He's there right now.
Really? Thank you. Gotta go now.
Gotta get down to the Bugle.
Mr. Brock, I remember you too, and I know Peter isn't your friend.
- What do you want with him? - Inquisitive, aren't you?
And beautiful too.
No wonder we remember that he loves you so much.
Peter loves me?
It's all your fault those freaks got that device, Stark.
Your security staff is incompetent. And rude too!
They have low tolerance for yellow journalism.
Yellow? How dare you use that kind of language in a description of me?
You used the word "freaks."
These are human beings who have an illness.
You make it sound like they have the flu, Dr. Kafka.
These monsters must be stopped.
You know who's at the bottom of all this? Spider-Man.
He's the one who's attracting this trouble and has...
Why, if it isn't our old boss.
Perfect appetizer.
Ah, and here's the main course.
This is what we call service.
No! Eddie!
- You? - Eddie, listen to me.
It's the symbiont that compels you to violence.
You must fight its influence.
Yeah, Brock. Don't hurt me.
I've always thought the world of you.
- Stay away from him, Kafka. - Eddie.
Venom's appearance here caught me off guard,
but Dr. Kafka has bought me some time.
You see, you are strong enough. You can reject it.
No, Ashley. Our other is too strong.
Spider-Man!
Goodbye.
Eddie, no. If you destroy Spider-Man, the alien will take over completely.
- Aaah! - Can't afford to lose him again.
You were going to follow us?
What made you think you'd live long enough?
That was for War Machine. This is for me.
My head. It's on fire.
- Eddie. No! - Help me!
Fight the symbiont.
Shut up!
- I owe you one, lron Man. Thanks. - Don't mention it.
Any friend of War Machine's is a friend of mine.
Let's see if we can catch him.
This is taking forever. I got people to torment.
Transfer is almost complete.
And then we can say hello to hothead. I mean, Dormammu?
The urn is not yet full.
We need the energy of a few more lives.
Only a few? Too bad.
Where are they? Maybe Madame Web would know.
Except that weird old crone is never around...
Hey.
- Old crone, am l? - Look, I don't have time to talk.
I've got to help Iron Man find Venom and Carnage.
Hold your tongue and watch.
You see, time has already passed.
Where am I? Ravencroft?
We... No, I brought you back. You were right about my other.
When I spared Spider-Man, the symbiont nearly tore apart my mind.
Right now, it sees you as a threat. No, but I can't.
Keep watching.
I can't imagine how you must be suffering, Eddie.
I can stand it. I can stand it for you.
Ashley, I know you could never love a monster like me.
But I could love the man.
We must separate you from the symbiont before it's too late.
- No! - Fight it, Eddie. You must!
The alien is getting stronger.
Then we mustn't waste time. I have an associate who can help us.
Where are they going? Maybe I can...
Be quiet. You can keep watching.
I conducted tests on this piece of the symbiont
I got from Spider-Man a few months ago,
and I've learned that a combination of high-range sonics and infrared heat
might separate you from the alien organism.
I'll take any chance to be human again.
And now, time passes again.
- How do you do this? - Transcend time and space?
It's simple. I practice.
We can hold it in this containment unit.
Sporadic sound pulses will keep it dormant.
Are we...? Am I...?
Yes, you're Eddie again, and only Eddie.
That's one less symbiont to worry about. What about Carnage?
Silence.
It's Kasady. Where is he?
He's waiting for a mutual acquaintance of yours.
- A strong woman. - Who?
You must keep your friends close
and your enemies even closer.
Wait. What's that supposed to mean?
She said Carnage was waiting for a mutual acquaintance.
But who does he know that I know?
Oh, no. There is one person.
Good evening, Detective Lee.
I told you we'd meet again to settle old accounts.
My, aren't we inhospitable.
I'll show you inhospitable.
You've ruined my surprise.
This is Lt. Lee. I need backup at my place on...
I'm gonna shred you to pieces.
Hello. Where?
I'll be right there.
- Ashley, where are you going? - Kasady's near Columbus Circle.
- You're not thinking of going there? - Kasady's also my patient, Curt.
- I took an oath. - Let me go...
Eddie needs your help now. Take care of him for me, please.
He's jamming the cartridges. The pressure's too much.
Hothead gets your life force, but I get the rest of you.
Hold it right there.
No!
Got to make sure he takes the brunt of it.
We needed one more life force...
- ...and you're elected. - Kasady!
If one person deserves this more than him, it's you!
Yes. This is the last life energy we need.
I must bring you back immediately.
I've got to find out where they went. But how?
Remember, a warrior keeps his friends close
and his enemies closer.
The only friend I can think of who can help me now is Iron Man.
But as for keeping my enemies closer, who was she talking about?
Brock. I need Brock's help.
He knows where Mordo's lair is. He's been there, as Venom.
Ashley?
- Dr. Kafka? - Easy, Eddie. She's not here.
- What? Where is she? - I tried to stop her.
Where?
- She went to help Kasady. - No.
I heard on the news, she's vanished with that lunatic.
Brock, if you really love that woman you'll tell us where Mordo is.
You want to go up against Carnage, Mordo and that fiery freak?
You don't stand a chance. I've gotta...
You're still weak from the separation.
- There's nothing you can do. - You're right.
There's nothing I can do, but there's plenty Venom can do.
- You can't be serious. - Easy, friend.
The last thing the world needs is to deal with that monster again.
Besides, if you rebond with the symbiont,
you won't survive another separation attempt.
That'll be the end of Eddie Brock.
If I don't, it'll be the end of Ashley.
We're wasting time, Brock. All I want is for you to tell me where they are.
Okay, okay. You win.
- At last, we are together again. - Brock, remember Ashley.
- Ashley. - Put Spider-Man down.
All right, all right. Not that you'll be much help.
But I can't do this alone. We're partners, for now.
Partners? Am I out of my mind?
Going up against Carnage, Mordo, and Dormammu
with this lovesick sociopath is not my kind of funny movie.
But now I see what Madame Web meant about keeping my enemies closer.
There. Full at last.
As soon as the portal clarifies release the contents of the urn.
Sorry to drop in without an invitation.
This is for meddling in my affairs.
Careful. They're some kind of mystic volts.
Didn't think they were spit wads.
Nice try, Mordo. Now you've earned a taste of my repulsor ray.
Tell me. Where is she?
Ashley.
Carnage. Release the contents of the urn.
All right, hothead. We've been waiting for you.
Do your stuff.
- Master. - At last,
a new world and new souls to consume.
Sorry, pal. Dinner's cancelled.
That worked real well, you wall-crawling worm.
I've got another idea. Can you and Iron Man can hold them off without me?
Who needs you at all?
Now, if I can reverse the polarity of this thing...
No.
It's okay, pal. You're going back to the old neighborhood.
- Now that's two I owe you. - Who's counting?
No!
- Turn up the power. - No. Mordo.
- Ashley. Ashley, you all right? - Eddie...
- I'm so glad you're safe. - You rebonded to save me.
Oh, Eddie.
I can feel the symbiont taking over. I'm a monster again.
Don't leave me, Eddie.
Carnage, the probe!
Brock, help me!
There is no Eddie Brock!
Now there is only Venom.
You got him. Now shut it off.
I've been trying, but it won't close.
Dormammu's created some kind of energy link between himself and Carnage.
It won't break.
We'll have to send Carnage through too.
I'm not going in there alone.
Ashley!
- Eddie! - I'll always love you!
All is lost, for now.
Hey, that belongs to Stark lndustries.
If Tony Stark has a problem, he can take it up with me.
He couldn't bear to live as a monster in a world of men.
Perhaps what's left of Eddie will find peace
in that other strange world he's in now.
I hope so, doctor. I honestly do.
He may have been my greatest enemy,
but in the end, he proved to be my greatest ally.
Oh, please. Not this. Not now.
I sense you're confused.
I am. Who'd have expected Eddie Brock to make a sacrifice like that?
You must learn to expect the unexpected.
You yourself might soon have to make such a sacrifice.
What are you preparing me for anyway?
A horror beyond belief.
Great. I'm real glad I asked.
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