While The Immoral Quartet discussed the specifics of their plan, at Eddie Brock's home on the edge of Hell's Kitchen, Venom sat on one side of the couch, one hand braced against his knee, and said in an exceptionally serious tone:
"...That was more or less what happened. So now, I have a plan."
"Wait a minute!" Blue Spirit, one of the Symbiotes seated on the opposite couch, said, "You're not going crazy anymore?... Oh, you've always been crazy. I mean, you're not as worked up as before?"
"Hmph." Venom snorted. "How long did you think that would bother me?... What? Coward, shut up. I'm talking about something serious!"
Venom began fighting with Eddie in his mind again. Thunder, sitting nearby, rolled his eyes and said, "What exactly did you call us here to say? Hurry up, we have things to do."
"Things to do? What things? Take a lap along New York's power lines? Play goalkeeper for a Football Team? Fight in Kamar-Taj?" Venom's gaze paused on Thunder, Green Thorn, and Blue Spirit in turn. Having their usual routines exposed, they all coughed awkwardly.
"Agents of the Cosmos? Yes, the Agents of the Cosmos who once prided yourselves on justice have now willingly fallen into depravity on Earth. Where are your great ambitions? Your lofty ideals? Your righteous hearts that wanted to sweep away chaos across the universe?"
"You have no standing to criticize us, Venom," Blue Spirit said calmly. "You are not one of us, and you were once our enemy."
"There are no eternal enemies in this world, only eternal interests. I know the Agents of the Cosmos are in a very awkward position right now, especially in the Andromeda galaxy..."
One look at the expressions of the Agents of the Cosmos told Venom he had hit