{Later That Night}
After a nice hot shower, you feel better. Without the symbiote, it's as if a weight was off of your shoulders.
You change into comfortable clothes and go into your living room. You sit on a stool near the bar, and take out your phone. You scroll through contacts, and tap on Clementine's name.
It rings, but she doesn't answer. You try again.
She doesn't answer. You decide to leave a voicemail.
You: I might not be somebody you'd want to speak to at the moment, I understand. But, I have to be honest. I miss you, Clem. I still love you...
You sigh in the middle of the message.
You: ...can we please talk? Call me back.
You send the message, and put your phone down. You begin talking to yourself.
You: Was that too cringy? I hope not.
• •
Clementine waves goodbye to Ruby as she leaves the restaurant. She walks down the sidewalk, looking at her phone.
She sees two missed calls from you, and a voicemail.
Clementine sighs, and puts away her phone. In the back of her mind, she still thinks you're at risk of getting hurt. After going through with Louis's plan, he's gone silent. She wonders if he's still watching from afar.
She goes into a taxi nearby, and the driver asks for her destination.
???: So, where too?
The driver turns out to be Gabe. Clementine looks at him, recognizing him from the Daily Bugle article exposing him to be a faker.
Before she can say anything, Gabe turns into Venom, grabbing Clementine's neck.
• •
{Later That Night}
The news anchor is reporting about a hostage situation at a construction site in the Financial District. You sit in your living room, watching.
News Anchor: Every attempt to rescue the hostage suspended in the taxi cab above has been thrwated by the Sandman.
They proceed to show footage of Sandman taking down SWAT team vehicles. You're surprised that Tripp Marko is alive.
News Anchor: Compounding the danger is the appearance of a strange black suited figure. Early reports believed it to be the black suited Spider-Man. But he has since been identified to be something entirely different.
They show footage of the black suited figure attacking SWAT team members.
News Anchor: The hostage has been identified to be Clementine Watson, an ESU student and journalist for Channel 4 New York.
Your eyes widen as they show grainy zoomed-in footage of Clementine in the cab.
You leap off your couch, and run up to your room. You pull out the briefcase from under the bed, and open it. There, you see your original red-and-blue spider suit.
It was time to save the day.
To save Clementine.
• •
The chaos continues. Bystanders and onlookers are told to stand behind the barriers for their safety.
Clementine's taxi cab drops down a few yards, causing her to scream. The onlookers gasp and yell, but several other black webs below catch the cab.
A little girl who's standing beside her mom looks up, and points.
Girl: Look!
Some people look back, causing a chain reaction of others to do the same. They see you, swinging down towards the construction site. They applaud.
Onlookers: Spider-Man! Spider-Man! Spider-Man!
They cheer for their hero. Just when all hope seemed to be lost, you arrived.
THWIP!
You swing up towards the top of the construction site where the taxi cab is. You land on the hood, seeing Clementine inside through the broken windshield.
Clementine: Y/N...they're going to kill us both.
You: I'm going to get you out of here, Clem.
Clementine: Watch out!
You get kicked in the back and are launched forward. The force breaks off the hood of the taxi, exposing the inside where Clementine sits. You climb back up, and face your assailant.
A/N: Credit for this re-design goes to cigz1 on Reddit.
The monster-like figure growls. His face begins to pull back, revealing their true face.
It's Gabe.
Venom: Hey, Y/N.
You: My god...Gabe?
Venom: Oooh, my spider sense is tingling...
He mockingly responds and shoots a black web at Clementine, pulling her to him. He holds her.
Venom: ...if you know what I'm talking about.
He smirks.
You leap at him, but he hits you with the side of his arm and launches you into the unfinished skyscraper nearby. You crash through the window pane and land near beams of wood.
Venom puts Clementine back into the seat of the cab, and leaps into the building. He webs your hands to the floor and pins you down.
You: We can find a way to settle this.
Venom: I'm thinking...humiliation. Just like you humiliated me. You ruined my life, Y/N. Now...I'll be killing you, then that girlfriend of yours.
The symbiote covers Gabe's face, turning back into Venom. He is about to strike you with his sharp claws, but you free your right hand an punch him. You kick him off, launching him out of the broken window. Venom shoots a web at your chest, pulling you out with him.
The both of you fall, punching each other on the way down. Venom kicks you, sending you further down. He shoots a web at a metal beam to catch himself, and you try to do the same.
THWIP!
You start to swing, and are going to loop back around to Venom. But your spider sense goes off.
Sandman's large fist hits you, causing you to hit the side of a crane. You land on the ground level, groaning. You slowly get up.
Sandman appears in front of you.
Sandman: I'm sorry about all of this.
Sandman punches you again with his large first, then grabs you. He slams you against the pavement.
You: Argh!
Sandman then uses the millions of grains of sand around the ground level to form into a large sand monster. He crushes you with his even larger fist, hurting you even more.
Venom is perched on top of the crane, watching from above.
You slowly start getting up, your suit starting to tear from the constant force of Sandman's hits. He hits you again.
Then another time.
You look up at the taxi cab suspended stories above you, and see Clementine. She's in tears watching you getting pummeled.
Before Sandman can bring down his fist another time, a small projectile shoots into his arm.
It begins to beep rapidly, then an explosion erupts. Sand goes everywhere, and Sandman lets out a deep groan.
The crowd looks up to see where the bomb came from, and they see a man on a glider speeding down.
It's Louis.
He hovers over and you look up while on one knee.
You: Louis...you came...
Louis simply smiles, and extends his hand. You grab it.
He helps you on to your feet.
Louis: Looks like just in the knick of time, huh?
You: A couple of minutes ago wouldn't have been so bad, either.
Louis shrugs.
Louis: What are you gonna do?
The both of you chuckle. Then, Venom drops down to face you. Sandman recovers from the explosion, and looks down at the two of you.
Louis: I call dibs on the sand dude. That other one freaks me out.
You: I'm not arguing with that.
Louis glides up. Sandman tries to swipe at him with his large hands. You swing up onto one of the open floors of the unfinished skyscraper, leading Venom into another area to face him.
The showdown was about to commence.