Anger and intolerance are the enemies of correct understanding. - Mahatma Gandhi

Neon City - Hospital - Time: 11:27 AM
March 16, 2019

Spider-Man swung from building to building until he got to the hospital and hung upside down on a ledge while he looked through each window until he saw Richard in his hospital bed, whom was still burned from the explosion with his wife near him, for she had brown hair, to which he zipped himself back up on the ledge, put on his casual clothing as he became Ken King, dropped down into an alleyway, and walked to the front desk.

"Hey, is Richard Jenkins available to be seen at the moment?" Ken asked as the nurse looked at him.

"Are you a friend of his?" She asked as Ken rubbed his head.

"Er... somewhat, but yeah; I guess you can say that." He said as she stared at him for a bit and nodded.

"Ok, go on ahead; He's in room 212." She said as Ken nodded and made his way to the room and knocked on the door, waiting for a response and opened it.

"Professor Richards? H-hey!" Ken said as his wife; Olivia, and Richard looked at him.

"Who are you? I've never seen you before." Olivia asked.

"My name is Ken; Ken King. I'm a... well USE to be a High School student back at the Neon City High School a few years back, around 2014. Your husband showed me and a few friends of mine Oscorp." Ken said as Richard stared at him for a bit, but then smiled happily.

"Oh... I remember you now. Yes... I remember. But... why are you here?" He asked in question.

"Well I heard about you getting injured by the explosion and I was just really concerned about you. I mean, you help me and the others learn so much about Oscorp and I thought I'd repay the favor." Ken said as he rubbed his head. "I haven't forgotten about you."

"I'm glad you came to see me... it makes me happy to see somebody concerned about my health and not the science I teach." Richard said as Ken nodded and sat down next to him. "So... tell me, how have you been for the past years?"

"I've... been doing well on my own. Married, now have a kid, working at The Daily Bugle, you know. Getting around." Ken said as he looked at Richard. "And what about you? Aside from those nasty burns of course."

"I've... been doing well myself, aside from Spider-Man lying to me, and the projects I funded for turning up missing; Especially with the alien ooze a few years ago." Richard said as Ken rubbed his head more, knowing he was also referring to the Symbiote Suit he wore nearly three years ago, the very same that nearly changed his life forever.

"Yeah, I remember that thing full well." He said while looking down a bit, which caught Richard's attention.

"Is something wrong?" He asked as Ken shook his head a bit.

"Nothing really... Just thinking about it made me remember a friend of mine. His name was Nickolas Harvey, the same guy now named Venom." He said as Richard shook his head.

"Who would forget him? He was a liar to the public, and to me. After I lost the ooze, I'm surprised Oscorp decided to keep me around." He said as he started to relax on the bed. "I had to help with that portal that was later used in the future by Carnage, which I'm glad to have stopped working on and us destroying it... and then there's my recent one."

"Your recent one? Are you sure you want to tell me about it?" Ken asked, trying to pretend he didn't know to avoid suspicion while Olivia looked at Richard, to which he nodded.

"I'm making a suit, much like Tony Stark's Iron Man suit, but to help during a war, but to also help the hosts health with something such as cancer, or radiation... something I was exposed to sadly..." Richard said as Ken stared at him.

"Oh man... I'm... sorry to hear that. That... must be bad having that." Ken said as Richard shook his head.

"No, it's fine. All that matters now is I'm alive and I should be out in a few hours." He said while Olivia held his hand.

"That's great to know." Ken said as he then looked at his 'watch' and got up. "Well, I gotta get going, work, you know." He walked to the door and looked back at Richard. "It was nice seeing you again."

"It was nice seeing you too Mr King.. I hope to see you again." Richard said as Ken left the room and breathed deeply a bit.

"Maybe a bit sooner than you might think." He said to himself as he walked off.

Neon City - Daily Bugle - Time: 11:53 AM

Ken exited an elevator as he walked through the office filled with computers until he stopped at the secretary; Holly, a woman who was now at least twenty four years old and had black hair.

"Hey Holly!" Ken said as Holly looked up and smiled at him.

"Hi Kenny, it's nice to see you here. Is everything going ok for you?" She asked as Ken nodded.

"Yeah, I'm doing fine, both me, the wife and the baby is ok." He said as she smiled more.

"That's great! I'm glad things are going well for you, and the pay is helping you big time." Holly said as Ken nodded.

"Tell me about it. Anyway, do you know where Robbie and Jameson is at?" He asked until elevator door opened, revealing J Jonah Jameson; a man with black hair and toothbrush mustache and started to get a bit of white on it, and Robbie Robertson; an African-American man with white hair and wore a suit, came out and walked together.

"KING! GET YOUR REAR END OVER HERE!" Jameson yelled as Ken was caught off guard and dragged into his office.

"Alright alright! Sheesh!" Ken said while he shook his head as he was let go and saw Robbie. "Hey Robbie, Jameson drag you here as well?"

"Doesn't he always?" Robbie asked as the two chuckled.

"If you two girls are done talking, King; Pictures!" Jameson yelled as Ken gave him photos, containing pictures of Oscorp after the battle of Doc Ock. "King, WHY didn't you get me a picture of Spider-Man being beaten by Octavius?!"

"...Er... Because I have a FAMILY to look after maybe? I had to think about them more than some sort of picture." Ken asked as he rubbed his head.

"Back in my day your JOB was your only family!" Jameson said as he smiled while looking at Ken. "Want to hear all about it?"

"Please don't..." Robbie said to himself quietly, but Jamson began to talk about it, making him annoyed. "..Of course..." Hearing it made Ken chuckle a bit.

"He'll never change, will he?" Ken thought as he pretended to listen to Jameson rambling on.

Neon City - Oscorp - Time: 1:13 PM

Professor Richard, still hurt from explosion, walked through the doors to his office, hoping to finish Project B.E.E.T.L.E until he then saw a few people observing the suit he created.

"W-what's going on here?" He asked as the CEO of Oscorp now looking at him. "Did something happen to the suit?"

"We're claiming the project now." He said as Richard looked at him in confusion.

"W-what? What are you saying?" Richard asked in shock.

"What I'm saying is this: After the events of last night, you're no longer working on this, or here. We are no longer funding you for this, and we're taking Project B.E.E.T.L.E for ourselves." The CEO said as Richard shook his head.

"Y-you can't do that! I worked hard on this! I've worked on it for two years! You can't take this away from me, it's all I have left!" He yelled in anger.

"I believe we can. This was property of yours, and you WERE property of us, but not anymore. And now it's ours... You're fired." The CEO said as Richard then stared in anger, to which in his mind finally snap into hatred and rage.

"Ever since I worked here, I've lost everything I ever funded for... and now going as far as stealing the only one I have left... That Spider-Man... he DESTROYED me, he DESTROYED my life! He LIED TO ME! I'll make him PAY!" Richard thought in anger as he ran toward the arm of the suit and began to type a code on a pad lock, opening it up.

"Richard, please give it up and hand us the suit." The CEO said as Richard entered the suit while he stared at the darkly.

"...Never." Richard said as the suit then closed on him, putting it on as needles inside the suit then seeped into his skin, making him scream as it began to help his health. "All of my life I've lost everything. I now lost my job, my future, and now to lose the one thing I loved to make ever since the genetically altered spiders... And it's all because of all of you, and that Spider-Man... I am no longer Richard Jenkins, but now.. call me Beetle, he and all of you are now..." He then rose his arms as a metal platting on it rose up, and began to shoot lasers at everybody, making them scream shortly until they were killed by either the lasers or by blasts caused by reactions. "...MY ENEMIES!" He began to rise up as wings resembling a beetle's came out of his silver back and flew through the window at a fast speed while a trail of light followed him.

Neon City - Daily Bugle - Time: 1:16 PM

Both Ken and Robbie pretended to listen to Jameson rambling on about how his family was his job until around the same time, Beetle flew through the building as it caused the windows to shatter, making everybody scream while they watched Beetle fly while shooting around.

"W-what in the world IS THAT?" Holly asked in shock.

"Beats me, but looks like something Iron Man would wear." Robbie said as Jameson stared until he looked at him.

"King, Robbie! We need a name for this guy! Give me a few!" He said as the two started to think.

"What about Vulture?" Robbie asked as Jameson shook his head.

"Ah that's crap! Holly, gimmie a name!" He yelled while Holly lifted her head a bit.

"What about Eagle?" She asked as Jameson growled.

"Now that's complete crap. You think people would want a being of destruction named after something patriotic? King! Name!" He said as Ken tried to look for Beetle.

"I dunno... looks more like a..." Ken said as he observed it, seeing it was the same suit he was in Professor Richard had in his office. "..a Beetle..."

"I love it! Robbie! Get a headline ready! Beetle: Now in the Dirt for Destruction! King, I need you to-" Jameson said as he planned to look at Ken, only to see he's gone. "KING!"