Post by Spider-Man on Apr 30, 2006 12:11:19 GMT -5
TOXIN
Much like his father Venom, Carnage produced a third Symbiote. Carnage felt only dislike and hatred towards his new spawn, even before he "gave birth" to it, both fearing that it could become much more powerful than himself, and being generally disgusted at the thought of giving birth. At the same time, Carnage's rival and "father" Venom became aware that Carnage was "pregnant" and sought out Carnage to talk about this new symbiote. Carnage had resolved to kill his spawn as soon as it was birthed. Venom was doing his best to protect the new symbiote, with the intention of raising it to become his new partner.
After the birth of his "son", Carnage felt too weak to kill his newborn (due in no small part to his attempt to repress the birth), so he tried blowing it up and burying it. Much to Carnage's dismay however, his newborn son would find a human host to live with, in the shape of Patrick Mulligan.
Prior to finding the alien symbiote, Patrick Mulligan was one of New York City's finest cops, yet he was also troubled with various personal problems. His stressful job, along with the strain of his new family (his wife just gave birth to their first son) were taking their toll on him. One night, while on duty, he came across the site where Carnage was giving birth and the newborn symbiote, needing a host to survive, bonded to him. Carnage resolved to kill both Pat and the symbiote currently hiding in his body (Toxin wasn't yet strong enough to manifest in a superpowered costume like the Venom and Carnage symbiotes.) Venom was still hopeful that he'd be able to use this new Symbiote as a partner, and fought Carnage to a standstill to protect Pat and the symbiote, who he christened Toxin, after himself.
At first, Patrick didn't realize quite what had happened to him, but before long, the Toxin symbiote had matured enough to gain both conscious thought, and the strength to form a symbiote costume on Pat's body. After Carnage attacked Patrick's wife and newborn son at his home, he realized the symbiote was a danger to both himself and his family. He walked out on his wife and child, and left the police force to try and come to terms with his new life. During a future confrontation between Venom, Carnage, and Toxin, Venom realized Patrick was dedicated to a life of virtue, or as close as he could come bearing the demon of the symbiote in him. Venom and Carnage formed a temporary pact to destroy Toxin, as it was clear by now that he was easily as strong as either of his predecessors, and was still growing. Spider-Man stumbled into the final confrontation between the symbiote trinity, and helped Toxin. After they fended off Venom and Carnage, Toxin had a conversation with Spider-Man, filling him in on what had happened to him. Spider-Man gave him a kind of superhero heart-to-heart, and passed on his Uncle Ben's message: "With great power comes great responsibility." Toxin resigned himself to a life of battling his base symbiote urges to indulge in violence and destruction, while trying to harness his power for good.
Much like his father Venom, Carnage produced a third Symbiote. Carnage felt only dislike and hatred towards his new spawn, even before he "gave birth" to it, both fearing that it could become much more powerful than himself, and being generally disgusted at the thought of giving birth. At the same time, Carnage's rival and "father" Venom became aware that Carnage was "pregnant" and sought out Carnage to talk about this new symbiote. Carnage had resolved to kill his spawn as soon as it was birthed. Venom was doing his best to protect the new symbiote, with the intention of raising it to become his new partner.
After the birth of his "son", Carnage felt too weak to kill his newborn (due in no small part to his attempt to repress the birth), so he tried blowing it up and burying it. Much to Carnage's dismay however, his newborn son would find a human host to live with, in the shape of Patrick Mulligan.
Prior to finding the alien symbiote, Patrick Mulligan was one of New York City's finest cops, yet he was also troubled with various personal problems. His stressful job, along with the strain of his new family (his wife just gave birth to their first son) were taking their toll on him. One night, while on duty, he came across the site where Carnage was giving birth and the newborn symbiote, needing a host to survive, bonded to him. Carnage resolved to kill both Pat and the symbiote currently hiding in his body (Toxin wasn't yet strong enough to manifest in a superpowered costume like the Venom and Carnage symbiotes.) Venom was still hopeful that he'd be able to use this new Symbiote as a partner, and fought Carnage to a standstill to protect Pat and the symbiote, who he christened Toxin, after himself.
At first, Patrick didn't realize quite what had happened to him, but before long, the Toxin symbiote had matured enough to gain both conscious thought, and the strength to form a symbiote costume on Pat's body. After Carnage attacked Patrick's wife and newborn son at his home, he realized the symbiote was a danger to both himself and his family. He walked out on his wife and child, and left the police force to try and come to terms with his new life. During a future confrontation between Venom, Carnage, and Toxin, Venom realized Patrick was dedicated to a life of virtue, or as close as he could come bearing the demon of the symbiote in him. Venom and Carnage formed a temporary pact to destroy Toxin, as it was clear by now that he was easily as strong as either of his predecessors, and was still growing. Spider-Man stumbled into the final confrontation between the symbiote trinity, and helped Toxin. After they fended off Venom and Carnage, Toxin had a conversation with Spider-Man, filling him in on what had happened to him. Spider-Man gave him a kind of superhero heart-to-heart, and passed on his Uncle Ben's message: "With great power comes great responsibility." Toxin resigned himself to a life of battling his base symbiote urges to indulge in violence and destruction, while trying to harness his power for good.