Harry O, Bruce B, Dick G [Call to Harry O] [At Oscorp, early morning, ring.]
[Locked to Bruce B] Doctor Banner, what happened?
[Locked to Dick G] Mr. Grayson, I'd like to start out by apologizing. Carnage was mine to safeguard, and I made a really horrible mistake that got Jason hurt, and that hurt your city. I promise that was never my intention, but intentions don't matter very much to the families of the deceased, and I don't expect them to matter very much to your family either.
My best friend in high school had a similar symbiote attached to him. He was my roommate, and I designed the original suit for him, so that SHIELD wouldn't kill him for being Venom's host. The suit worked, and he went on to join SHIELD and fight for the same people that wanted him dead when we were young. He's gone now, but Flash was strong, good, and when he found Carnage, he didn't want SHIELD to get its hands on him. So he gave Carnage to me. I had Carnage for a few years, until I got zapped back by the hotel. His containment unit required maintenance, and it failed. I got him back, but not until there was harm done, and not until he attracted the attention of a villain. To keep him away from that villain, I hid him. We knew where he was, but whenever we got around to moving him, something happened. Aliens, or a mutant pulse, and time passed. It shouldn't have, and there's no justification for it.
I've known Jason about a year now. I think maybe he wanted me to think he was okay, you know, just a boy. He told me Carnage was safe, and I concentrated on the integrity of the containment unit, when I should've been making sure Jason was okay. But I didn't know anything about his blood tests or fears. I only knew what Helena told me about Gotham, and it sounded like you guys dealt with bigger threats than us, and Jason said Carnage would be safe. Again, it was a wrong assumption on my part. I don't blame him. He was upset about himself, and I don't think he was thinking things through. I'm angry, but I can't hold him entirely responsible.
I know you have no reason to listen to any plea from me, but I don't think I could live with myself if I didn't try. My friend, Flash, he was so strong willed, but even he had trouble controlling the suit, and really bad things almost happened a few times. I lived with the Venom symbiote, and I designed the suit, and I know how it functions, even with whatever modification Doctor Banner and Mr. Nigma made. It'll still require Jason to have the will to take it off regularly, in order to keep the symbiote from bonding. That's not easy, sir. Jason did this because he thinks he's sick, and he wanted to be cured, to be normal. I don't think wearing symbiote on his back is going to make him feel normal. I care about him a lot. I already made things bad for him, and I don't want to make them worse, and Doctor Banner implied he gets to keep it.
Carnage is our problem. I know I made it yours, but that was my mistake, and I take complete responsibility for my lack of judgement. Please, please, sir, give it to Mr. Stark and Mr. Rogers. They'll make sure it's somewhere safe. Mr. Stark has containment units that can hold gods, sir. Please, I don't want this happening again, and while Carnage is only contained in a suit, one that anyone could put on if they get their hands on it, it might.
Thank you for reading. If I can do anything, anything at all, please let me know.