SPIDER-MAN: Shattered Equinox

by Kapwnage


Chapter One: Return into the Shadows

The price of greatness is responsibility.
-Winston Churchill

Spider-Man angered at the presence of Venom. The sight of the black goop sent shivers down Peter's back. It was pure evil at work inside that coat of thick black skin. Eddie Brock was destroyed by the symbiote, utterly taken over. His long sticky tongue shot out of his mouth and wagged around as the slobber slowly dripped from his lip-less mouth. The creature had large white teeth as big as Peter's hand which looked like something out a horror movie.

"What do you want Venom?" Peter grimaced at the scent of Venom's rotten breath, he jumped and webbed up to a building to get away. Knowingly, Venom followed.

"Thought I'd say hi to my favorite spider!" He grabbed Spider-Man around his neck and squeezed.

"I- thought you were- out- of town?" Peter kicked Venom's abs with full force, and was released. "Why'd you come back so early?"

"I know what happened with you and Doctor Octavious." Eddie continued to attack with vial punches to Spider's face.

"Why are you concerned, and why did you come after me?" Spider-Man dodged Venom's dull punches.

"Business, my dear friend. Business." He used his sticky, black alien webbing to pin Peter to the side of an air duct and using his tounge to sicken Peter. "Daddy's home now."

"Ugh, Venom. Do you kiss your mother with that face? Geeze'." He coughed, and pulled away, wincing at the smell.

Venom jumped off the building and disappeared into the darkness of the late New York alleys. Spider-Man was stuck webbed to an air duct. He quickly tore out of the symbiote's webbing and began to ponder at Venom's words. "What did Venom mean by 'Business'? For that matter, why is he back in town anyways?" He noticed the disgusting slobber on his mask. It slowly dripped from his chin and soaked the ground. "Now that's just disgusting! You know how hard it is to wash these things?"

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Ocatavious flipped on the lights in his secret laboratory

"Do you realize what this is, Goblin?" Doctor Octavious asked, pointing to his teleporter.

"No, it looks like a doorway for fatties! Hehehe!" Goblin laughed. His voice was extremely annoying and stung Doc's ears. He was a worthy comrade though. Once he had taken down Spider-Man, and he can do it again.

"It's what's going to make us gods!"

"Gods? Sounds good to me, boss! Let's get this thing runnin'!"

"Not just yet, I want to rally up some- backup." He chuckled.

"This sounds juicy! Who?"

"I've contacted every known supervillain that had crossed paths with Spider-Man, as far as I know, but only four have responded: the Vulture, Shocker, Venom, and master illusionist Mysterio. Since you agreed to help, you're my new number six, as I am five. I also tried to get Doctor Doom and Lizard to join, but Doctor Doom wishes to focus his efforts on the Fantastic Four, and Lizard's alter ego of Dr. Curt Connors has no vendetta against Spider-Man." He knew that keeping the team together would be a hard task. He quickly formulated a battle plan in which each individual member of the Sinister Six would battle Spider-Man in a carefully chosen location, giving each of them personal glory and Spider-Man an early death. "I've chosen an attack plan, and a place to accomplish our tasks."

"Where and whats this so called 'Attack-location'?"

"Ponyville."

"Sounds stupid."

"By far my egotistical friend. This new dimension is made of an intellectual species, far from advanced."

"Yeah, yeah. When do we get to kill?"

"You'll get a chance. All of us will." Doc smirked at the thought of killing Spider-Man, slow and painfully.

With a slight screech of the large metal doors, Venom stomped through into the base. "It's done, Doctor." The symbiotic covering Eddie's face slid off, revealing his bare skin. He looked at Octavious, who's grin grew even larger. Goblin became confused at the lack of information that Doctor has not told him.

"What's done?" He asked, slouching over a chair.

"I've created another symbiote from Venom's natural production, and had him bond it with Spider-Man."

"I'm not as much of a smartass as you, Doc. What do you mean?"

Octavious became frustrated. "I took neurotoxins and added it to the offspring of Venom, thus creating a new living symbiote all together."

"And what did Venom do?"

"Like I said, he snuck it onto Spider-Man."

"Without him noticing. Huhuhuhuh." Venom laughed. "He'll be a dead bug by next week."

"And what does this have to do with the teleporter thingy?" Goblin grew more confused.

"More than you know, Gobby." Venom growled.

"Listen you fat fu-"

"Cut it you two." Doc intervened. "We need to work together if we want this plan to work. The rest of our team is heading this way now. Once there all here, we head through this teleporter."

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The boiling sun hung on the horizon with a slight breeze. The air was dry and the stars began to shine through the thick layer of clouds and smog. The lights on the city streets illuminated the night's darkness. It was a sight of peace and quiet for Spider-Man as he swung high up above. His ears popped and shuttered at the high altitude, but he remained calm and content. The air breathed through his suit and it chilled his skin. "Wow, tonight is so beautiful" He said to himself. "No baddies, no fighting. Just swinging. Ah-" He relaxed his muscles, letting gravity take hold.
"Nothing could go wrong tonight!"

*BOOOOOOOOOOOOSH!*

A giant blue light illuminated the sky and reflected on the clouds. Peter landed on a roof top to facepalm at his thoughts.

"Yup, kinda expected that one."





*Authors note: It's awesome that you guys are loving this story! A lot of you have been guessing whats going to happen because of the "Dark" tag, and you have the right to be afraid. Be very afraid >:D ALSO! Expect tons of quotes from things like Army of Darkness, Clint Eastwood, the older Spider-Man shows or cartoons, Back to the future, and whole lots more. Stay tune, true believers! -Kapu*