Beyond Heaven

The Airbus base was parked inside Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. Fitz was checking the signals, investigating whether Carnage had appeared here.

"This feels strange. Although Spider-Man thinks Carnage most likely came here, there aren't any symbiote communication signals at all."

Fitz voiced what he found strangest, then tried to discuss it with Simmons. "Do you think it's possible that Cletus already ran off, or simply never came here in the first place?"

Simmons thought about it seriously, then said with some uncertainty, "Probably not... After all, this is a fairly reasonable guess. That is, assuming Cletus really is a psychopathic killer and not a normal person pretending to be a psychopathic killer."

"If he planned to come to Cape Canaveral, what was he planning to do?" Fitz pressed. "For the rocket launch? And what for?"

"Hey, guys, the rocket's about to launch."

Skye came running over with a bag of chips. "Are you going to watch? It's my first time seeing a rocket launch in person."

In fact, it was Fitz and Simmons's first time too, but they rejected the suggestion out of safety concerns. After turning her down, they explained their misgivings to Skye.

Especially the fact that there were no symbiote signals whatsoever.

"It's like a general having absolutely no need for his soldiers. That makes no sense. And even if Carnage didn't need anyone's help, wouldn't they need to report back to him?"

After hearing this, Skye raised her own question. "But didn't Spider-Man say that Carnage's underlying logic is now that of a Hive Mind creature? Would that even require signals?"

"Of course it would. You could even say it's extremely important. It's not like every cell in your body only needs to..."

Simmons seemed to realize something as she explained, then reacted. "Like different