Agent Darryl Smith of the National Security Agency and Venom's government superior and watchdog assigns Venom with putting a scare into J. Jonah Jameson to keep him from publishing certain news stories about the investigation into Bastion and other aspects of Operation Zero Tolerance. But Eddie takes his assignment a little too literally and tries to kill JJJ. Spider-Man comes to the rescue and battles Venom with some help from Mary Jane.