The Mercury Team task force, with
Scorn, quietly enters Doverton. Meanwhile, at the church, Carnage
(Cletus Kasady) is impersonating the pastor, forcing the congregation
to pull their own teeth. At the Ralsby Estate, Eric Morrell crashes
out, against the advice of the rest of the resistance, to see his
wife and kids—and Hannah, ordered by Carnage to kill Eric if she
doesn't want her kids killed—turns into a symbiote and attacks.
Spider-Man rushes to the rescue but is faced with the two “Carnage
kids.” But Hannah can't bring herself to kill her husband so Kasady
has them head back to town, with the promise that he is going to eat
the children. Spidey promises to not let that happen and pursues....
In town, the Mercury Team finds itself
in a battle with the transformed townspeople. At the church, Captain America is able to throw off the symbiote's control long enough to
send a special call for help—to Flash Thompson, the new Venom....