Felicia Hardy stood on the edge of the warehouse roof. Tonight was her first official mission. Sier was busy with some private matter, he told her to take care of the situation.

  “Feed. Break them. Make them fear us.” Venom spoke in her mind.

  Below her, a group of armed men moved crates from a cargo ship onto trucks. Drugs. They were dealing in the harbor, thinking no one would noti the dead of night. Felicia’s muscles twitched as the symbiote slithered across her skin, f Venom's signature suit with a rge white spider on her chest. She sed the area. There were at least ten of them, all heavily armed. Guns, knives, and God knew what else. And there were four trucks and three SUVs oandby. Some of them were loading the trucks.

  Then, there were two people talking near one of the SUVs, and from the looks of it, they were making a deal. They were the big bosses.

  "We’re here to stop them," she whispered, though her voice wasn’t just her own anymore. It was deeper, ced with the alieure that now shared her body. "Not to eat them. Remember, Peter said, we o create a good example by handing them over to the cops."

  Venom hissed inside her mind, annoyed but still listening. "We could do both," it suggested, "Break the puny ones and kill the worst ohey won’t be missed. Start with the one by the truck," His voice whispered in her mind, the creature eager to make the first move. "Break his neck. Quid ."

  "Let's smash them up first, then we'll see," Felicia webbed the guy by the trud pulled him into the shadows with a yelp, and then she webbed his mouth before breaking his limbs. That guy passed out from pain.

  she to the spot, behind the sed truck. Three people were carrying the crates from the ship to the trucks. As soon as they carried the batch of crates a behind the truck to stack them, Felicia took them out easily, one punch each. She threw the unscious bodies into the truck.

  "Four down, six to go," She smirked.

  Then she heard gunshots from the front. She quickly jumped on top of the trud saw the short burly guy shooting the already dead guy on the ground.

  "Motherfucker! 40% Cut my ass! Just die, greedy bastard!" The shuy yelled at the dead man. He emptied the whole clip. Seven shots. Whe round puhrough the head of the target, the shuy reloaded his gun. The remaining six, soon came running, hearing the gunshots.

  "The fuck was that?!" One of the men yelled in shock, seeing the dead guy. "You killed him? You insane?"

  "What? He wants 40%, well, the deal's off. We'll create our own turf, if you're too scared, then fug scram!"

  "Boss—"

  "SHUT THE FUCK UP!" the boss yelled and all the guys csped their mouths shut. "Fug take the crates from the ship to my truck, then move it to the Bronx. We'll move acc to our pn. With their boss go'd be easy to take over their turf."

  "We'll need more than just us to take over a turf, boss," One of them spoke.

  "Don't worry, my brother has already recruited Kingpin's scattered forces. With that baldy gohere was no oo lead. Not to mention that Emma fucked the rest of them... It'll be easy. Don't uimate your Boss! But first, we gotta shift the shipment fast, before his people notice, the's hideout in the Bronx and lie low for a few days and regroup. If not, we'll all be fug dead. NOW MOVE IT!"

  Just as the shuy finished his speech, Felided before them. The Symbiote rippled across her body when her boots touched the ground. All the men froze in fear.

  "Now, fels, how about you drop yuns and surrender like good boys," She said with an arrogant tone.

  "FIRE!" Shorty yelled, and all the six pulled their triggers. They stood there firing at the monster before them, but regur bullets were useless against Venom. The bullets just bounced off Venom like a rubber ball. They stared, dumbfounded when their guns clicked empty. The creature hissed, grinning at the trembling humans.

  Multiple tendrils shot out of Felicia's body, ing around their bodies. She trolled the tendrils to pull them up in the air.

  "Now, what should I do with you, naughty boys?" She questioned aloud.

  "Please..."

  "LET US GO, BITCH!"

  Crack! Venom's webby face sprout out of the tendril and she head of the guy who just called Felicia 'bitch.' Venom chewed his head off, before throwing the rest of the headless body. The remaining five paled with terror. Their voices broke in fear as they pleaded, g, bming everyoher than themselves, telling Felicia that they would just go far, far away, and wouldn't do something like this again.

  "So, Kingpin is really dead, huh?! And this brother of yours. Why don't you tell me his address and I might make it a little less painless for you," Felicia bargaihe tendrils squeezed their lungs.

  "B—Bro...trther, Bronx... St. Cathedral. They operate from there. Please let me go," The shuy pleaded.

  Felicia smmed the remaining five on the ground, multiple times, making sure their bones were broken until they were all hanging unscious. She threw them on the ground. "Well, live the rest of your pathetic life in the hospital, sweetheart," She snorted and turowards the shuy. Venom's face popped out of her shoulder.

  "We should give another warni some ans. Maybe a kidney or brain..." Venom said as his rge tongue licked the shorty's face.

  "No. You had one. Besides, he's just a small fry. Let the cops deal with them, meanwhile, why don't we swing by the Bronx? I'll let you loose for once," she decided.

  "Haa. Why are you suddenly being generous?" Venom asked in amusement.

  "Let's just say, I hate drugs..." Felicia said as she searched the shorty's body and found a phone. She called the cops and then made her way to the Bronx.

  She made sure to clear the dead body, by pnting it in one of the SUVs.

  ...

  [Bronx]

  Felicia swung toward the Bronx, her movements effortless as the symbiote enhanced every jump and leap. Venom hummed in the back of her mind, clearly pleased by her promise of a rampage.

  "Yoing to enjoy this," Venom whispered, its hunger for destru palpable.

  Felided softly on a rooftop near St. Cathedral. The area was surprisingly quiet for such a notorious hideout. Her eyes sed the surroundings: old buildings, worn-out streets, and dim streetlights. The perfect cover for shady dealings.

  "Looks like we've found the pce," she muttered.

  Venom's tendrils twitched excitedly. "Let's tear it apart."

  Felicia approached the rge, old church quietly. It didn’t take her long to notice the guards, strategically pced around the building. They weren’t ordinary street thugs—they were armed and ready, no doubt guarding something importah the church.

  She let Venom take over, the suit’s mouth f into a toothy grin. With a burst of speed, Felicia swung down and silently took out the first two guards with ease, smming them against the brick wall. Their unscious bodies crumpled to the ground.

  "Let’s not waste time with the small ones. Inside." Venom growled.

  Felicia ehrough a side door, the old wooden structure creaking under her weight. Ihe cathedral was just as quiet as the streets. A few men were gathered near an altar, speaking in hushed tones. None of them noticed her yet. She moved swiftly, staying in the shadows as she sed the room. It was then she saw the door behind the altar, leading to the underground base.

  She tapped into Venom’s senses. She could feel the heat signatures beh the cathedral, dozens of people. There was something big happening below.

  "You ready?" she whispered.

  "Always," Venom answered, its excitement growing.

  She stepped forward, no longer b with stealth. The men by the altar turned, eyes widening in shock at the sight of her.

  "Who the hell—"

  Before the man could finish, Felicia unched a tendril at him, ing it around his body and smming him into the wall. The others raised their guns, but it was useless. Venom's suit deflected the bullets as if they were nothing. She leaped forward, knog them out with quick, brutal strikes. One by ohey fell.

  With the immediate threat gone, Felicia made her way to the undergrourance. She could feel Venom’s eagerness, its hunger growing stronger with each step.

  "Time to let you loose," she whispered as she opehe door to the hidden base.

  The underground facility was massive, filled with crates, ons, and men in the middle of a rge operation. They were loading drugs, discussiory, pletely unaware of what was about to e.

  Felicia stood at the entrance, watg them for a moment. Then, she took a step back.

  "Go ahead," she said, allowing Venom to go on a rampage.

  With a roar, Venom surged fetting out of her body and rushing forward. Although he was out of her body, a tiny thin tendril was still ected to Felicia. It was a whirlwind of violeendrils shing out in every dire, grabbing men and throwing them against walls, breaking bones, snapping necks. Venom's monstrous form ripped through the warehouse, tearing apart crates, and dev anyone whet too close.

  Screams echoed through the underground chamber as Venom rampaged. The men tried to fight back, but their bullets and knives were useless against the symbiote’s hunger. Felicia stood back, arms crossed, watg with a smirk.

  "Now that's more like it," she muttered.

  Venom tis massacre, ripping through the operation with savage precision. The remaining men were either fleeing ging for mercy. Venom didn’t care. It was hungry, and these men were nothing more than prey.

  As the chaos subsided, Venom feasted o of the criminals, and its hunger finally sated. Felicia stepped forward, watg as the symbiote fis meal.

  "Had enough?" she asked, amused.

  "For now," Venom growled, its voice low and satisfied.

  Felicia surveyed the se. The underground base was in ruins, bodies strewn across the floor, the operation pletely dismantled. She had no doubt that this would send a message to the rest of the city's criminal underworld.

  "Good. Let's get out of here before the cops show up," she said, turning toward the exit.

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