Arwing's Musebox

Telling Dick about Venom had lifted a great weight off of Eddie. Not only had the boy not freaked out, but he'd accepted Venom and now thought they were the coolest dads ever. Dad, that was something Eddie still liked hearing from Dick. Venom had even promised to scare any bullies who dared pick on their son, even if he hadn't had to make good on that promise yet.

Eddie was watching TV while browsing the internet at the moment. Dick hadn't come home yet, but he wasn't too worried. Dick had said he would be a little late coming home, since he and his lab partner had a project they were working on. He'd promised to be home by dinner, anyway.

The news was interrupted by a special bulletin, causing Eddie to look up. Apparently there was something going on at a local store, a robbery. More importantly, a kid in a costume was there on the scene, with the news reporter wondering if they were a new wannabe hero or some kid being a daredevil. Either way, Eddie easily recognized the kid in the mask. And things didn't look good for him.

Is that Dick?

Immediately, Eddie rushed out of the apartment and ducked behind an alley, suiting up into Venom. The bike was fast, but Venom could get them there easier.

Leaping across buildings, the store luckily wasn't too far away. The group of gunmen were still there. Venom jumped off the building and barged through the front door, snarling.

The whole Thanos thing had shook the world. Sure, Earth was used to super powered threats by now, be they men in power armor, supernatural beings come to destroy or enslave humanity, or entire cities destroyed because a sentient robot interpreted his programming in a certain way. But Thanos had come very close to destroying half the population of the entire universe, thanks to the Infinity Stones.

Eddie and Venom hadn't known about it at the time, or else they might have caught the first fight to Wakanda's nearest neighboring city. Thankfully, they hadn't needed to. Thor's brother, the infamous Loki, had shown up, after seemingly having been killed, according to the God of Thunder. Loki's trickery and magic had helped turn the tide, so the Avengers had been able to save the world once more. The details of the battle were still vague, since most of the Avengers didn't feel like talking about it, but Thanos was gone.

That brought Eddie to where he was right now. In a lounge room, notebook in hand and his phone set to record, prepared to interview the one man who was willing to talk. Venom had agreed to stay quiet for now, as they always did when Eddie had to do an interview.

"So, let's get started," Eddie pushes the record button on his phone, before getting his pen ready. "You faked your death, is that correct?"