Such a pretty face...Such a pretty smile...Such a pretty...Me...What am I doing here in an abandoned factory in the middle of nowhere? I was going to do something with my life. Help people. What am I allowing this costume to turn me into? Am I going to turn out like...Agony, upon seeing what she has become.
Agony is a minor antagonist in the Marvel Comics franchise. She is a Symbiote spawn of Venom and an enemy of Spider-Man and Venom.
Agony was one of the five Life Foundation Symbiotes that were forcefully spawned from the Venom symbiote. When it was trapped after its host was killed, it merged with the other Life Foundation's symbiotes (except Scream), to create a new symbiote called Hybrid, which bonded with Scott Washington.
After Washington was killed by Eddie Brock, the new symbiote hunter, this symbiote was presumably found by the U.S. army and was defused into Lasher, Riot, Phage and Agony again. Each of the symbiotes were given to each member of the Mercury Team. Apparently, the diffusion, or its near death, caused each symbiote to be weaker, unable to totally bond to its host.
The members of the Mercury Team helped Spider-Man, the new Venom, and Scorn battle Carnage, who was taking over the city of Doverton, Colorado.
The Life Foundation
Agony's original host, Leslie Gesneria
Leslie was a volunteer/mercenary for the sinister Life Foundation, an organization that was preparing for the M.A.D. (Mutually Assured Destruction) fallout of the Cold War and sought to provide a comfortable life for their wealthy clients after the impending nuclear holocaust. Leslie was picked from the organization's security force made up of cops, soldiers, and mercenaries to take part in an experiment. Venom went through a procedure where multiple 'offspring' were created from him - thus Agony, the product of a symbiote spawn and Leslie become one.
Leslie's lack of control over the alien inside her kept resulting in violence, so she and the other LF symbiotes kidnapped Eddie Brock in order to learn control over their powers. During Venom's time as Lethal Protector of San Francisco, Riot and her "siblings" were defeated by the combined efforts of Venom and Spider-Man. Leslie's symbiote was artificially aged to dust and his body was caught in a massive explosion.
It was later revealed that Agony and the other Symbiotes had survived due to efforts by the Life Foundation. They broke Eddie Brock out of prison and kidnapped him in a last ditch effort to communicate with their alien "others." Unfortunately Eddie refused to aid them, due to Carnage's example that his "children" became psychopathic killers. Looking in a mirror at a hotel that she and the others were staying at, Leslie revealed her face and showed remorse for her actions as Agony. She was the first to be killed by Scream while offguard, the latter having snapped from her schizophrenia and her symbiote's influence, believing that the symbiotes and any/all who hosted them were evil. Leslie's death assisted Donna in misleading the others into thinking Eddie Brock was picking them off.
After Death
Leslie's symbiote (Agony) survived, and was imprisoned/experimented upon in The Vault along with its siblings (with the exception of Carnage and Scream.) The symbiotes eventually merged together, and bonded with a man known as Scott Washington to form Hybrid.
Gemma Shin
Agony had eventually found its way to a new host named Gemma Shin, the deputy communications officer of Senator Peter Krane, who was secretly being manipulated by Carnage's Hive-Mind. She had later fallen under the control of Carnage, after he had been granted the power of Knull to contact with her and the other symbiotes via through the Hive-Mind. With Gemma Shin as her host, Agony eventually sought out Peter Krane himself in an attempt to assassinate him.
Venom War
At some point in time, Sable International managed to acquire the life foundation symbiotes, putting them to use in elite mercenary operations. During the events of Venom War, the Misery Symbiote (whose host was Liz Allan) was overrun in New York, along with a variety of heroes such as Daredevil, She Hulk, and many more. Requesting support, Liz sends Silver Sable and her elite team of mercenaries a contract to help her rid New York City of the Zombiotes. Upon arriving at the designated facility, Silver Sable's Team discovers that there are soundproof cages, and one of the members is confused as to why the package they were sent to retrieve, a "chemical" would need to be soundproof.
Suddenly, the Zombiotes invade and ambush them, and they activate special technology that enables them to take over. Her team would be transformed into Agony, Riot, Lasher, Scream, Phage, and a new Symbiote discovered - Flicker, piloted by Lina Abbas. The team manages to hold the symbiotes off for a while, but Navvab unfortunately succumbs to a zombiote bite and activates explosives around him to disperse them. The Agony symbiote leaves Navvab's dead corpse. Lasher is confused at what happened and asks the team. Phage answers that the agony symbiote got nervous and as a result it "bailed" to protect himself. The bracelet that each mercenary is equipped with have sonic emitters to ensure that none of the life foundation symbiotes fall out of line.
The mercenary group then gets into an argument about the each of them being a liability. Puma gets aggressive and punches Silver Sable, so she activates the sonic emitter sending him into excruciating pain. Unbeknownst to them, the Agony symbiote reforms itself and attaches itself to Silver. As it begins to bond with her, she sees her life flashing before her eyes, including her mothers death, her training, and her first date with her- Dominic Fortune III. Meridius then begins to converse with her, threatening her to "stay out of his affairs". The bonding process completes, and Silver Sable and the Agony symbiote now join forces as the Silver symbiote.
In Venom War Lethal Protectors #2, the Silver symbiote experiences several flashbacks concerning Sable's time with Dominic Fortune. Her team walked the streets of New York City, seeing it abandoned and in chaos. Sable expressed the concern that something was "in her mind" and that they needed to leave the city, however Tarantula told her that due to the lack of signal in the area they were unable to request an airlift. Suddenly, Scorpion was spotted in the distance and Silver demanded answers on why he needed their help. Scorpion said to Silver that he needed to get out of the city too, and was willing to pay cash. Before they could continue their conversation, however - he was bitten by a Zombiote and the crew had to abandon him as they kept running from the Zombiotes.
She instructed Lasher to protect the tank, to which they agreed to. They continued moving upwards towards a building while she instructed Stricklan/Scream and Flicker to clear out a path towards the street. Her team quickly moved across a power line however it was too late as one of the Zombiotes punctured the tank and caused it to explode. The cargo in the tank was revealed to be Shriek (Marvel), previously thought dead. Shriek explained that she was regrown in a lab along with the rest of the Life Foundation Symbiotes. Flicker expressed they had no time for conversation and insisted they needed to move. However, Shriek went rogue along and started fighting the rest of the Life Foundation symbiotes. However, she was quickly knocked out by Phage and taken to Dominic's ship, the Mississippi Queen which was known as a safe place during the event for the Wealthy.[1]
Shriek awoke from her unconsciousness and saw Dominic knocked down on the ground. Dominic became furious with Silver Sable, claiming that she only used him "as an asset". The Silver Symbiote along with Agony ordered her crew to put Dominic "somewhere he won't be found", to which the group complied. In the ship's dock, Strickland apprehended Shriek as she was trying to escape. Shriek mocked Stricklan, calling him an expert in apprehending "helpless women". Strickland striked Shriek, saying that no one cared about her condition, especially not Meridius as he shot her in the head, causing her to fall off the boat. Puma asked where Strickland took Shriek. Before his question could be answered, the outbreak came to Silver and her crew.
She activated "Lethal Protector" mode and ordered her crew to find Shriek and activate a sonic device that could harm the Zombiotes. Strickland escaped to the gambling room, where he explained to Puma (Marvel) that he deactivated the sonic emitter allowing the Zombiotes to break out in unforeseeable numbers. Puma accused Stricklan of being a traitor, and screamed at him, asking what he did. Strikland replied that he did what he had to do. While Puma was confronting Stricklan, Silver/Agony and her team were defending the boat. Silver ordered her team to evacuate the civilians.
Dominic managed to break free and saw the chaos occurring across the boardwalk. In a sudden twist, it was revealed that Shriek had survived the gunshot. Dominic was confused, asking Shriek who she was. Shriek explained that the life foundation had given her more upgrades before taking Dominic hostage. Flicker felt anxious as she felt the Zombiote horde progressing and told Silver that there was a chance that they could get to the sonic emitters before them. Silver/Agony instructed Flicker to hook up Shriek to the emitter to use her as a sonic amplifier. Flicker rushed to Shriek.
In the gambling room, Stricklan also activated "Lethal Protector Mode", prompting him and Puma to have a brutal fist fight across a table. Stricklan pleaded with Puma and argued that the ship was sinking. Stricklan offered to help Puma escape. Puma refused, and laughed in Stricklan's face, telling him that he reactivated the sonic emitter. The sonic emitter activated, sending a massive explosion that disintegrated Stricklan and his symbiote to atoms.
Before Flicker could rush to Shriek, Shriek pulled out a gun on Dominic, and demanded that Silver offer her a way out of the city. Silver/Agony refused, while Dominic begged Shriek to put down the gun, telling her that Silver Sable did not care about whether he was alive or dead. Silver/Agony denied this. Shriek let Dominic go before unleashing a massive sonic boom that separated Silver from Agony. Silver quickly rebonded to Agony, before roping Shriek up, slamming her on the Sonic emitter. Dominic grabbed Shriek's gun, and scolded Silver for attacking his ship, as well as being bonded to Agony before asking what happened to her. Silver, out of anger pushed Dominic aside before shooting him in the leg with Shriek's gun. Silver answered Dominic, telling him that nothing has happened to her, but rather the circumstances/mission has changed. She explained to Dominic that it doesn't matter how they feel each other, when they need to focus on saving the city and by extension, the world. Silver's team successfully evacuated the civilians to a safe place, and returned to her side. With the sonic emitter now active, the Zombiotes would be prevented from crossing the water to attack the civilians.
Silver asked Puma where Stricklan was, to which Puma told her that Strikland didn't make it out alive. Their mission complete, they returned to the helicopter. Shriek was angered by Silver and her team and allowed them to leave, but insisted that the sonic amplifier would not contain her forever. Safe on the helicopter, Silver was now enlightened by new insight from Puma. She explained to her team that Stricklan was influenced by Meridius in an attempt to sabotage the mission, which failed. Puma was upset and showed the team the view outside, which was full of fire and ash. Flicker looked outside the window with a sad face and asked the team why Stricklan did what he did. Silver told Flicker that the reason why Stricklan betrayed them is because he thought Meridius would win. Lasher asked Silver if she was okay. She told Lasher she was fine, but was curious if Dominic said any last words to her. Lasher shook her head, telling her Dominic did not have any. Lasher returned to her seat. As Silver continued to fly the helicopter, she reminisced about her time with Dominic and so, a single tear was seen running down her face. [2]
In Other Media
To be added
Gallery
Agony's death.
Agony looking at a mirror, before realizing what she has become.
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