This chapter is a recap! Proceed to Chapter 2 if you already read the Original!

Hi, my name is Gwen Stacy.

But maybe you already knew that, I've met so many people...

And so much has happened, it's hard to keep track of all the faces.

If you're new, I'll try to give you the short version... If not, well, jump to the next chapter.

Once upon a time, I was a dorky teenage girl trying to get through highschool. My biggest concern in the world was getting Spiderman to notice me, or something. I grew up in an age of super heroes and aliens.

"All these heroes and stuff are so cool, I wish I had some crazy super powers so I could help people too."

But you know what they say, be careful what you wish for. Because then a meteor came crashing down from space, and an alien hijacked my body. His name was Venom, and as far as tall dark and scary goes... He was pretty up there. Venom was a symbiote that couldn't survive without a proper host. And what do you know, I was a perfect match. Who say's fate isn't real? Anyways, our relationship was a little rocky at the start...

"Alright, you need to start giving me some answers if you're gonna be living inside my body, parasite."

"PARASITE?!"

"Yeah, parasite... You give me answers, and I feed you, how does that sound?"

"... Acceptable..."

But then an alien bounty hunter or something showed up, hunting Venom. And after a little bit of convincing...

"Listen to me you parasitic slimeball! If you're so convinced that we can't do ANYTHING to stop this guy, then our only real options are dying on our back, or dying on our feet. And with all the shit you've put me through today, I think I'm ready to outlet some of this frustration, so we're going whether you like it or not!"

"Alright, Gwen... Lets give your idea a shot..."

"Awesome... But first... You can change our appearance right?"

"Correct, did you have something in mind?"

"Bitch, you're in my head, you know exactly what I have in mind."

We decided to give the super hero thing a try. Next thing I know, I'm fighting alongside Spiderman and getting saved by Tony Stark. It was a hell of a weekend, but hardly the craziest thing that was going to happen to me. I moved into the Avenger's Compound, got introduced to Vision and the War Machine, before we ended up on what would be my first mission... And I wasn't ready for it.

"Emil Blonsky, codename... The Abomination."

"He's... Like the Hulk?"

"Blonsky was a super soldier, not unlike Steve Rogers... But while attempting to capture Dr. Bruce Banner, he injected himself with some of the Hulks blood and well... Wasn't a very good mix... The guy is a nutjob, megalomaniac, violent, and all those lovely qualities were enhanced when he became this thing."

We were tasked with containing a monster, one that could easily overpower any one of us. So we combined our efforts, and took the fight to the beast not far from Seattle. It was a brutal battle, and fighting on a battlefield surrounded by corpses gave me my first real look at what the Avengers were dealing with. What being a hero really entailed... And when it came down to it, I wasn't the one that pulled the trigger. I couldn't bring myself to do what needed to be done, it was all Venom...

"We need to consume more."

See, Venom had this interesting ability. In which having a "filled tank", would give us more power. And I guess meat was the strongest fuel we could find, aside from chocolate but I think the jury is still out on that one... We were surrounded by corpses, I didn't want to do it but-

"NO! Absolutely not! We are not... I am not..."

"They are already dead, Gwen! Are these useless corpses worth more than the living humans in that city!?"

"Shut up! They're still... People, I won't eat people!"

"Then the death of anyone else today is on YOUR head! This is what you wanted isn't it?! You want to fight, you want to save people, look at the bodies Gwen! DO IT! Hundreds more will end up like this because you hesitated, if you don't act... I will."

"I didn't want this... Everyone will think I'm a monster."

"Then I will take the blame."

"Venom..?"

"Tell them I overpowered you, tell them I warped your mind, whatever you have to."

"Why would you do that?"

"Because I don't care what they think of me, of us... I will do what has to be done, no matter the cost."

I didn't have a very good understanding of Venom early on. But I was starting to realize that he had his own desires and dreams, beyond just being a parasite forced to coexist off of another creature. I can imagine that being labeled as a completely dependent sludge ball would do some nasty things to your self esteem. He took pride in his strength, but also acknowledged when it wasn't his.

There was someone else, toying with us through our symbiote connection.

"We never should have gotten that powerful... I am no expert on my peoples physiology, but I don't think I've ever heard of a symbiote wielding so much power, not without a significantly stronger host."

"Do you think it might have something to do with that voice?"

"I do... My memories of our history are negligible, but our kind didn't just evolve into existence like yours... We were created, for what purpose I don't know... What I do remember, is that somewhere along the way, as we consumed the other races of our homeworld, we lost connection to the one who created us."

"And now maybe... Whoever created you is trying to reconnect..."

"With every race we consumed, we gained higher sentience and complex thoughts, feelings. When we went after that Abomination, we were nothing but raw anger, hatred, a hunger to destroy, consume... We reverted to a primal mindset."

"And that's how it was able to reach us... So much power, and it all came from... Your creator, you think?"

"I do. A fraction of that beings power flowed through to us, why it would let us borrow its power... I do not know."

"It doesn't matter what its reasons are, or how much power it can give us... We can't do that again."

"I agree."

Venom feared his creators control, and I didn't blame him. But it wasn't just a fear of being controlled, it was the fear of losing who he was. It was very... Human, of him I think.

"I do not want to be mindless rage and hunger... I want to be, Me."

After the Abomination incident, we got sent on a small vacation while Stark handled the press. I wasn't technically an Avenger yet because I wasn't old enough to sign on to the Sokovia Accords, so deploying me in the field was sort of an oopsie. While everyone wanted to know who the "Woman in Black" was, I got to go home and visit my dad for the first time in a while.

Of course, what was supposed to be a nice relaxing vacation, turned into a conspiracy with lizard people.

I told you it got weirder didn't I?

It all started when we chased after some man in a high tech suit, evidently known as "The Prowler", after he interrupted our evening.

"Are we going to kill him?"

"No, but I am gonna kick his ass."

All we succeeded in doing was getting ourselves into more trouble, finding out soon after that the Prowler was working for an organized group using the Connor's Institute of Technology as a front for genetic experimentation. They were trying to create enhanced individuals, and messing with one of their agents got me into a lot of trouble with them. The kind of trouble that was bad for my friends and family. An investigative reporter named Eddie Brock pointed me in the right direction, but the Prowler made it clear that if I didn't back off, they'd hurt people I was close to.

This just pissed Venom off, that I could be so weak. So when one of their 'enforcers' came out to teach me a lesson, Venom didn't help me fight back.

"You can call me, Titania."

A super human woman, she was a brick house. Built like a tank with incredible strength and durability. With Venom, it probably would have been an even fight all things considered. Without him however... Well, I was beaten into a bloody paste. Afterwards I couldn't go home, I couldn't go to the Avengers, and ended up getting helped by my friendly neighborhood, Spiderman. But before I was able to come up with a plan, I had somewhat of a falling out with my live in alien...

"You know what? FINE! You're right! I was scared, and I didn't know what to do! In case you haven't been paying attention, I'm just a KID! I need help, because I really don't know what I'm doing! But just when I think I can actually do something with the only person I can trust to have my back, you abandoned me because you were throwing a tantrum!"

"I-"

"Look at me Venom! Is this okay? Was this worth proving a point?!"

"..."

"So that's it? You've got nothing to say?"

"You humans... You're infuriating, Too many emotions, so fragile... All it takes is one bad day and look at you, You're falling apart."

"I'd rather be falling apart, than a god damn parasite."

I didn't want to give up, so I pooled my resources, got into contact with Eddie Brock, and we put together a plan. With or without Venom, I was going to take back control. The CIT had found itself firmly at the top of my shit list, and we made them pay for what they did. Breaking into the facility under cover of night and making our way to the sub level we were confronted by the Doctor himself.

Turns out, batshit crazy was going around these days. Not only was he obsessed with creating more enhanced people, but Connor's had experimented on himself as well. Turning himself into some kind of freaky lizard man. Once again, this wouldn't have been a problem if Venom was cooperating...

We had to run, leaving behind a few enhanced subjects in their cages. We had our evidence, we just needed to get it to the Avengers or the police. Of course, they chased us. Titania had us cornered with a group of their armed men, and they took plenty of time torturing me. But no matter what they did, I kept getting back up, even if it hurt. Luckily, while I was being toyed with, Venom had a revelation of his own...

"Why?"

"Why are you putting yourself through this?"

"This is what I'm supposed to do. I'm supposed to be a hero right? This is what's expected of me."

"When did you become so strong?"

"I didn't."

"Why won't you help me?"

We'd both been fighting our other half, I'd resisted the urges that Venom gave me and he tried to fight the fact that he liked the idea of being heroic. He liked the idea of being praised, and treated like something more than a monster, even if he couldn't admit it. So, we found a way to meet in the middle. And together, we defeated Titania.

"You're NOTHING compared to me! Why would I be scared of you!?"

"Because, bitch! I eat people!"

Afterwards, well... Afterwards we met up with Iron Man at the CIT, it seemed my party through New York had gotten peoples attention. And the Doctor had released his other experiments, turning his security staff into a horde of lizard monsters. Along with support from two more enhanced individuals trying to buy their freedom by helping him. There was Amy, a girl infused with DNA from Pietro Maximoff. And Kane, a man with various alien DNA spliced into his body, including that of our favorite Asgardian, Thor.

Once things were dealt with there, I said goodbye to a lot of people. To Eddie Brock, to my friend Miles, and to my Dad again. Because I had to get back to work. I also made promises, promises I couldn't keep. That girl, Amy, I wanted to help her, she was young... Younger than me. But once she'd been taken away, they never let me go see her.

When the time came for me to sign the Sokovia Accords, to officially make myself an Avenger, I couldn't do it. Because I refused to be used as a figurehead, for a set of laws I didn't agree with. So I stood in front of the world, and told them I didn't want to be an Avenger, and afterwards I returned home... Back to a normal life, but that didn't last very long either.

I still had a promise to keep, after all.

Through a series of back alley dealings and dirty work, I found the location of the enhanced taken away after the CIT incident. With the help of some former SHIELD operatives, we broke into The Raft and sprung them. Freeing Amy, Kane, and Titania. After that, we were on the run again. Hiding out in one of Kane's old safe houses in Manhattan. While we were together, I learned a lot about them... Kane was pretty agreeable, Amy was still sort of traumatized, so talking to her wasn't easy.

And Titania, well... I think maybe she had it rougher than all of us. I tried to force answers out of her, and that sort of back fired...

"I worked at the CIT as a tour guide, but that's hardly a job that can pay for things like medical expenses when your son has tumors growing in his brain. So I begged my boss for a raise, I told him I'd do anything if it meant saving my sons life... So he offered me a special treatment, said that even if I didn't survive he'd pay for everything himself. I woke up a week later, and I was a god... But my son died, alone, while I was asleep. Dr. Connors offered his condolences, and said he tried to help, but the cancer was too far along... But that's okay, because I got that huge pay raise, and this incredible new body and power."

"Mary, I'm so sor-"

"No, don't you dare pity me, You wanna know why I hate you so much? Because you're an optimistic little bitch who doesn't understand how the world works, you think things will just get better eventually, that anything can be fixed. Stupid, your life will get a hell of a lot easier once you understand that sometimes bad shit just happens, and there is nothing you can do about it..."

"But... Is that really it? Shit happens?"

Somehow, even after all of that we managed to make it work. Spending a year hiding out in a basement, turning into our own barely functional little family. It was nice to belong again, I don't think I could fit in anywhere besides with a bunch of other freaks.

And then Thanos happened...

You all know the story, aliens come to earth searching for magical rocks, and what Avengers remain get together an try to stop them. Short version? We lose. Amy dies trying to save us, Thor shows up late, and the big purple bastard Snaps half of all life out of existence. I lost everyone then, any friends or family I had left. Even Venom disappeared... For the first time in two years, I was alone in my own head and I hated it.

After that, we killed Thanos, but it didn't matter. The damage was done.

The years started to roll by. We had a small confrontation with Connors again after he escaped prison, the maniac was attempting to use Gamma Radiation to evolve his people further. And after injecting himself with the Titan Serum, the same super juice that gave Titania her power, he was too strong for us. Luckily, the Hulk was more than powerful enough to beat him.

But not before I was given a hefty dose of Gamma Radiation, and an injection of the Titan Serum myself. I hadn't really expected to get super powers from it, my radiation poisoning was so far along I thought I was already dead, and just wanted to get one last shot in on the big scaly bastard.

"Put. That. Down."

"This? You want, this? This right here? Well you know what?"

"Don't you DARE!"

Before injecting it right into my arm.

"FUCK YOU!"

Things didn't really get easier. The world was still a mess after losing Half the population, Iron Man wasn't helping, so we were working with a skeleton crew. Next thing we know, some celestial robot thing was sent to earth to collect energy released from the Snap. We sort of hastily threw together what Avengers we had, combined with a wizard named Wong, and intercepted it in Wakanda.

To be completely blunt, this thing ragdolled us. We were no match for it, the only one that even had an effective weapon against it was Thor, and he was drunk. Lucky for me, that Gamma Radiation had some lasting effects, and I was turned into the She-Hulk through an excessive bout of rage. And then, with Wong's support, and Stormbreaker in my hand, we destroyed the Purifier.

It just cost me an arm...

Things were quiet after that, for a few years at least. We were all still coping with the defeat we suffered at the hands of Thanos, desperately wishing we could go back. And our wishes were eventually answered, in the form of Scott Lang, Ant Man. I won't claim to understand how a Quantum Tunnel works, but with Stark's assistance, we managed to traverse time itself.

We collected the Infinity Stones from the past, losing Black Widow, and somewhere along the way I spoke with a creepy skull faced woman on the planet with the Soul Stone... Anyways, we snapped our own fingers once the stones were together. After five long years, we brought everybody back!

Unfortunately, Thanos from the past came after us. Using Quantum Tunnel technology he stole from Nebula. We were dead to rights, before Doctor Strange showed up. Him and Wong opened dozens of portals, across space and reality, summoning thousands of allies and friends the Avengers had made over the years. In one final battle, the fate of the universe was decided...

And I had my old friend returned to me, if only for short while.

It all came down to the wire, with a mad grab for the Iron Gauntlet. But while Thanos managed to get the stupid glove, my powers combined with Venom's once more, we greatly overpowered him. And in his moment of triumph-

"I am... Inevitable!"

We struck, Venom took Thanos' entire arm, and absorbed the stones into his own body. Giving us all the power we needed to bring an end to this once and for all.

"And we, are Venom."

And that's it right? We kill Thanos, snap his entire Black Order out of existence and the entire universe lived happily ever after.

No such luck.

You remember the voice? The creator of the symbiotes? Sorta left him out of the story until now, because this is where he gets important.

The Symbiote God, Knull, who seeks to consume all life in the Galaxy and plunge it into darkness. A being that has killed celestials, created the symbiotes, and wields unimaginable power even while bound to a dead world in the darkest part of Space. And some time ago, he planted a target firmly on my back. He wants his children returned to him, every surviving Symbiote, which meant Venom. But with the Snap that killed Thanos, Venom was killed as well. The radiation from the Infinity Stones was too much for him, and he wouldn't have survived the Gamma Radiation in my own body for long anyways.

The parting was bittersweet, to lose him after just getting the bastard back. But he left me with a wish, something to keep me going forward...

"This was the only way to free you from Knull, And in turn, I believe you can free what little remains of my people from him."

Venom left me with all the he could, the egg of a new Symbiote growing inside of me. With every generation, Knull's control over their species weakened. And grown inside of me, this symbiote would be adapted to my body perfectly. So I moved forward. I would honor his wishes, somehow, someway I would find out how to kill a God. This journey, it took me far away from the earth... But not before I left my enemy with a stinging message, making it clear what my intentions were.

"This is not a warning, and I am not here to bargain... This is a Declaration of War. You want this symbiote? Well you're gonna get it, and me, and a whole lot more when I come for you. So you sit tight in your prison, because I'll be coming for you when I'm damn good and ready."

"You understand NOTHING! You want a war with ME!? I am a GOD! And you are nothing but a pathetic mortal! I will make sure everything you care about falls before you! You will have to climb a mountain of corpses to reach me! And YOU WILL BEG FOR DEATH BEFORE THE END!"

"Hmph, clearly you haven't been paying attention... I'm ready for anything you can throw at me, I'm ready to sacrifice anything to make sure you die... I'll wade through an ocean of gore and carnage to put you down for good. Now stay the fuck out of my head."

And then... Well, then I left Earth behind. Saying goodbye to my friends and family, departing with the Guardians of the Galaxy, who promised me a ride to Xandar where I could begin my search for leads. It was going to be a long journey, a monumental undertaking to bring down a God...

But I was ready for that.

I started out as a wide eyed teenage girl obsessed with heroes.

But now, I'm a monster, an Avenger, a Hulk, a wielder of both Stormbreaker and the Infinity Stones, a titan killer.

How hard could it be to add "Godslayer" to that list?

I guess we're gonna find out...

My name is Gwen Stacy, and this is the other half of my story.