//-------------------------------------------------------// One Way Ticket -by APStories- //-------------------------------------------------------// //-------------------------------------------------------// Venom //-------------------------------------------------------// Chapter One: Venomous Loyalty "What the hell is that thing?!", a S.W.A.T. officer shouted. The lethal protector, Venom, was standing with the Equestria Girls and I, who all had flamethrowers. Rainbow Dash (my girlfriend) had bonded with Venom, a hulking black monster. "Guess what time it is? Time to die!", I said. Venom and the Equestria Girls shared a laugh. With a crazed, maniacal laugh, I activated my flamethrower and sent the officers packing. "That's your boyfriend?", Venom asked his host. "Yep. He's crazy, handsome, and I've known him since childhood", Rainbow Dash answered. Once the officers disappeared, I turned to Venom. "Alright. You're safe now. I don't know why these officers want you. I mean, you haven't done anything wrong." "Well, with you and the girls protecting me-", Venom started to say. "This just in. A red monster is on the loose in Canterlot. Citizens are advised to stay indoors at all times", a TV reporter said. "Carnage", Venom and I said in unison. "You know him?", Pinkie asked. "He's... my offspring. The 999th symbiote", Venom said. He reabsorbed back into Rainbow Dash. "I'm gonna go home and protect our daughter", I said. "I'm sorry I got you pregnant during freshman year, Dash." "It's okay, Alan. I love you. Our daughter was a blessing", Rainbow Dash replied. We kissed passionately. We separated. I ran off. "Awww, that's sweet", Venom said. Back at home... "Aura? Sweetie? Hello?", I called. "Dad? What's going on? Where's Mom?", my three-year-old asked. I kneeled down to her level. "She and the others are... not gonna be back for a while. Venom is in for the fight of his life. He's... facing off against his offspring. I'll stay with you", I answered. "Is Mom coming back?", Aura asked. "I hope so", I answered. I held my Ocellus plush close. "What's that?", Aura asked. "My... plushie", I answered with an embarrassed smile. "She's a changeling named Ocellus. I got her when I was around your age. I was thinking about giving her to you, but she's... special to me. It's the only thing I have from my family." I hugged my daughter. No Hero I got a darkness inside And it's talking to me I feel it rumble and writhe Like a hungry disease A face so ugly I hide But it longs to be free Once I've brought it to light I'll be gone underneath Swallowed consumed I am one with the beast You're not me, who are you What are we When I look at the face in the mirror I see Just a shell of myself I can tell you're no hero to me I've got something gut tattering, blood blackening My anatomy's unraveling, what's happening Genetically unfettered immortality A mask that I'll have on far beyond Halloween Just from one touch fastening, attached to me Feels like I'm galactically drug trafficking Just dabbled and got addicted, I love agony Identity gone, nothing much left of me I've become an unnatural catastrophe Infested with unfathomable fantasies Never knew there was such madness untapped in me Some venomous entity that we've become, haven't we? We're ravaging our enemies compatibly Dulled faculties I've forgotten what's empathy? As a matter of fact, lost all sense of me Doesn't matter cuz Venom's what we are meant to be Tongue's wrapping around, stomach growling now Hungry ravenous power, but I've atrophied, how? Won't be captured and held, I will rattle the cell Far from God's grace, I already fell Blood drunk from the carnage, I think I'm gonna drown Like the devil himself has been dragging me down But I've actually found part of heaven in hell We will topple your steeples and we'll shatter the bells Oooh, right never felt so wrong I know we've both walked paths On which we don't belong And now I have no doubt If I cast you out I'll be left with half myself I got a darkness inside And it's walking to me I'm buckled up for the ride With a hunger to feed I don't want you to hide If you long to be free We're no hero tonight We're the monster you need Swallowed consumed Venom running through me I won't be, nor will you Only we Now I look at the face in the mirror and see Just how fearsome we are But you're far from a hero to me I put Aura to bed. In the living room, I called Rainbow Dash. "Dashie? It's me. I put our little angel to bed. I hope you come back. I can't bear the thought of losing you." On the other side, Rainbow Dash listened with a tearful smile. "I love you to pieces. If I have to tell Aura that you aren't coming home, then... I don't know what I'm going to do." My call was interrupted by another. "Oh, I'm getting another call. Talk to you later." I hung up and answered the second call. "Hello?" The response I got was complete gibberish. However, it sounded familiar. The gibberish lasted for about 5 minutes. I put the call on reverse, and sure enough, As The Lights Go Out by DAGames played. However, this wasn't the piano nor rock versions. This was a remastered version. The phone rang again. William Alexander Ryan/DAGames answered. "Hello? Mr. Kubicz?", Will called. "I'm here. What's up?", I asked. "Heart Of An Artist: Resurrection is coming soon, so I sent you that audio. What do you think?", Will asked. "I love it. As The Lights Go Out was my favorite track on the original Heart Of An Artist, so this was nostalgic. Good luck on both this and The Goliath's Throne", I replied. "Thanks. PEACE OUT!", Will answered. "Bye-bye!", I replied. I hung up. I hummed As The Lights Go Out. I put Eternal Swing into my radio and listened to the five songs. The songs are Build Our Machine, Gospel Of Dismay, Instruments Of Cyanide, Meet Thy Maker, and Mr. Crooked. I eventually fell asleep. After Mr. Crooked, the radio turned off. I eventually woke up. //-------------------------------------------------------// Let There Be Carnage //-------------------------------------------------------// Author's Note Did you honestly think I was only gonna use one symbiote? Fuck, no! Each of the Equestria Girls will be paired with a symbiote. Chapter Two: Magical Riot At Sunset's house... "If we're going to take on Carnage, we'll need some backup", I said. "I broke into the Life Foundation and captured the five artificial symbiotes. I almost got caught, but Aura was able to distract the security guards." I opened one of the canisters. A writhing gray liquid oozed out. It attached to Twilight, who screamed like a little girl. "Sheesh! You scream louder than me!", Aura (full name: Aurora Borealis Dash) said. The liquid absorbed into Twilight. "What the hell was that?!", Twilight asked. "Riot. Riot is what you would call a team leader", Venom said. The other four canisters remained closed. "Will I die?!", Twilight asked. "Is Riot gonna kill me?! Will-" I hugged Twilight. "Shh. Calm down, Twilight", I said. She returned the embrace. Out of the corner of my eye, I saw Pinkie open another canister. "NO!" But it was too late. The yellow symbiote had already absorbed into Pinkie. "What?", Pinkie asked. I facepalmed myself. "Which symbiote was that?", Venom asked. "Scream", I replied. "What's the purple one?", Rarity asked. "Agony", I said. Agony absorbed into Rarity. "Fluttershy, you take Lasher, the green one. Applejack, you take Phage, the orange one." Fluttershy and Applejack bonded with their respective symbiotes. "What about me?", Sunset asked. "I couldn't find a sixth one. Wait, where's Twilight?", I replied. "Some S.W.A.T. officers appeared. She went to go take care of them", Aura said. "Oh, sweet mother of pingas nuggets!", I said. I ran outside. A hulking gray monster was obliterating the entire S.W.A.T. force. Venom overtook Rainbow Dash and ran outside. "Shit", Venom said. Suddenly, he whispered something in my ear. I nodded affirmatively. I took out my phone, turned the volume all the way up, and played a song. The volume of the song caused Riot to quake. Colossal Carnage Marked with battle scars! (BLOOD FILLS THE AIR!) You laugh in the face through the eyes of a war cry! (WAR CRY!) You terminate the dark sky! (DARK SKY!) The ember still burns! FROM ASHES TO ASHES! YOUR DUST OF DAWN STILL BLEEDS! YOUR BODY'S BROKEN! FOR MACHINES WILL CRADLE THE SEED! YOU'RE THE HERO THEY NEED! As they descend, you will defend your honor. Through the eyes of a Devil! Take it to another level! Mark your name in the dust, the mechanical rust! It's a dog eat dog world out there now! Form your alliance with a tackle! Claim this town with a battle! May the heat rise up from the fog! Through a war that will be won! See the world through collateral damage! WHAT A COLOSSAL CARNAGE! The government traction has broken this faction! They had a dream and the dream was death! Avenging the fallen! The revolution has answered the calls, now you march onward standing TALL! BLEED FOR ME! LET THE VIOLENCE ENSLAVE THE BELIEF! FINALLY! CLAIM THE FLAG AND RUN FREE! As they descend, you will defend your honor. Through the eyes of a Devil! Take it to another level! Mark your name in the dust, the mechanical rust! It's a dog eat dog world out there now! Form your alliance with a tackle! Claim this town with a battle! May the heat rise up from the fog! Through a war that will be won! See the world through collateral damage! MORE AMMO FOR THE TOTAL CRISIS! BRING HOME THE BURNING FLAMES! MAKE HISTORY TAKE BACK EVERYTHING! SUMMON THE BURNING FLAMES! THE MECHANICAL MARTYR! CONSTRICTED DISASTER! IMMORTAL RETRACTOR! THIS WARRIOR SHALL CONTINUE! You will divide the deeper kind of evil. As they descend, you will defend your honor. THROUGH THE EYES OF A DEVIL! TAKE IT TO ANOTHER LEVEL! MARK YOUR NAME IN THE DUST, THE MECHANICAL RUST! IT'S A DOG EAT DOG WORLD OUT THERE NOW! FORM YOUR ALLIANCE WITH A TACKLE! CLAIM THIS TOWN WITH A BATTLE! MAY THE HEAT RISE UP FROM THE FOG! THROUGH A WAR THAT WILL BE WON! SEE THE WORLD THROUGH COLLATERAL DAMAGE! WHAT A COLOSSAL CARNAGE!!!!!!!! However, that didn't seem to work. "I have one more song. Hope it works", I said. Game Over The nightmare has just begun We are the darkness that Corrupts you inside Let the story unwind Torn away from your mind When the timer starts ticking We all know what you are thinking You can hide all you might But the nightmare begins tonight We take our places in The corner of your brain All the cameras sustaining All the images remaining Controlling your demise Dead children in disguise Let me take you on a journey From the torture that infests tonight WAS IT ME WHO CAUSED THE BITE WAS IT ME WHO BLED THEM DRY WAS IT ME WHO TOOK THE PAST AND REINVENTED ALL YOUR CRIES WAS IT ME WHO SUFFERED MORE ALL THE BLOOD STAINS ON THE FLOOR DOESN'T MATTER ALL THE SAME CAUSE IT WAS YOU WHO WAS TO BLAME NOW FOLLOW ME TO YOUR DEFEAT! Game over We couldn't take it anymore Game over How could you kill us more and more The silence was pure But the blood Was always yours Game over Begin the clocks that kill your time Game over Summon the cyanide No more fears Inside these tears You're all that remains Inside of our DOMAIN Do you remember the Corruption long ago Getting ready for the show Getting ready to blow Closing off the cry of phantoms Darker times in the asylum Brought you to the brink of Madness, let the party come alive Maybe the only reason We were left alone Was the calls on the phone Telling lies right to the bone Hope was nothing more than Dreams, nothing left to redeem Couldn't care about the obstacle Your soul is all we want tonight WAS IT ME WHO KILLED THEM ALL WAS IT ME WHO TOOK THE FALL WAS IT ME WHO STOOD BEHIND THE PHONE AND ANSWERED TO THE CALL TO THE CALL WAS IT ME WHO BURNED ALIVE YOU'LL FIND OUT IN NIGHT FIVE DOESN'T MATTER ANYMORE IN THE END WHAT WAS IT FOR?! Game over We couldn't take it anymore Game over How could you kill us more and more The silence was pure But the blood Was always yours Game over Begin the clocks that kill your time Game over Summon the cyanide No more fears Inside these tears No mercy for The darkness near Our dying grace is To remove you WITHOUT A TRACE! LET THE BLOOD BATH BEGIN! Let the silence break As the night soon fades May the chimes of light Wade through the cracks And harmony sustains... The children still trapped Their tired minds Have snapped They made you Believe in peace But the fools are Just the same We just want to See you in PAIN Game over We couldn't take it anymore Game over How could you kill us more and more The silence was pure But the blood Was always yours Game over Begin the clocks that kill your time Game over Summon the cyanide No more fears Inside these tears No mercy for The darkness near Our dying grace is To remove you WITHOUT A TRACE! DIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIE! Riot reabsorbed back into Twilight. "Oh, whatever", I said.