Kara found out about James when she heard the message from the super watch he has and immediately brought him to the hospital.
Everyone quickly made it to the hospital and Lena met up with them after hearing the news and went to see him.
"What happened?" Peter asks.
"All I know is that he was shot in his own office from behind." Kara says. "They used a hollow point bullet. It...splintered."
"Who would do something so horrible?" Nia questions.
"Someone without a soul." J'onn says as he and Gwenyth joins them. "This has to be Manchester Black. At the march, he threatened me. Swore to come after me and my family, everyone I care about. Seems he started with James."
"We have to find him." Kara says.
"Stay with James. He needs his friends right now. This ends today." J'onn promises and leaves to find him. When he returned, a few minutes later, Peter was the only one around as Kara is in the bathroom, everyone else is with James outside the surgical room, or the vending machine. "I found him, he's done something terrible."
"I'll come with you." Peter offers.
"All right." J'onn agrees and they leave.
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The two of them flew out and found the pace where Myr'nn gave his life for the planet during the whole Reign year.
J'onn flew in and was engulfed in a circle of fire.
Peter quickly satrted taking it out using foam webbing.
J'onn watches as time slows down and Peter was affected by whatever's happening. Manchester stands behind him where J'onn sees him. And he has the Staff of H'ronmere.
"Hello, J'onn."
"How are you capable of this?" J'onn asks.
"When you broke into my mind to stop me from killing Lockwood, you opened up a motorway." Manchester tells him. "Goes both ways. So, whenever you poke around in my mind I can poke in yours. And lookie what I found. Your peoples most powerful weapon."
"You don't know what you're toying with." J'onn tells him.
"I do. I dug deep into your mind. And the ground." Manchester says. "You call yourself a man of peace, Martian, but your god was one of wrath!" He slammed the staff to the ground.
"You burned my father's grave to teach me a theology lesson?" J'onn asks.
Manchester laughs. "You forget H'ronmeer's punishments. You're a hypocrite. Wake up, man! It's time you followed the true righteous path. And we can put a stop to the hate that's burning this world up, just like it burned up Mars. We can stop it together." He says and vanishes.
Peter finally finishes with the fire after time restarts and was able to hear everything.
"What did he mean by punishments?" Peter asks, getting a bad feeling.
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At the hospital, Kelley Olsen, James' sister made it while Lena left to finish the super powered drug that will make anyone super and it might be the only way to save James now.
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"H'ronmeer tested the Martian people in many ways." J'onn tells Peter as he's in his Martian robes in his private eye place. "And when they failed him, they were punished."
"That's the god of wrath thing he was talking about." Peter guesses.
"We cant just track Manchester. We'll have to find him another way." J'onn says and meditates and Peter watches symbols surround them.
"The secret symbols. Your bible." Peter sees.
"Maybe they can tell us what Manchester is planning to do next." J'onn says as the symbols move around. "The symbols are full of tales of H'ronmeer's vengeance. When he would use violence to enforce moral law. Manchester can use the Staff to recreate the punishments, one by one. All because I let him into my head. All to force me into violence."
"You said you thought Manchester was a test. Don't let him bait you." Peter says to him. "Let's find him, and put an end to this."
"Yes." J'onn agrees.
Later, Kara called Peter to fill him in on everything that's happened to James and how it's too late for Lena's miracle drug.
J'onn tried to contact his father to help when he looks and sees a hand zombie Spider-Man.
"Peter?" J'onn asks.
"You just stood there, J'onn." Peter says when Kara walks in and is the same.
"You sat there and prayed. And sat there."
"While they came for us!" The two zombies say at once.
"You're not real." J'onn sees, knowing this is Manchester's work. "Manchester, show yourself!"
"J'onn?" Peter asks as he comes in and sees him yelling at himself and the zombies vanished.
"Manchester was trying to show me what could happen if I continue to sit by. I left you and the others alone to face danger." J'onn explains as he calms down. "Is choosing a path of peace worth it if it means I could lose everyone I care about?"
Peter looks sympathetic and understands. "I thought the same thing when I lost Gwen. Was being better than the criminals worth it if they're willing to take everything I love? Then you reminded me that being better than them gives them a chance to be better than before. The only way I have been able to do everything I was able to do over these years is because I know I can count on you. No matter what way."
"Thank you." J'onn says as that helps. "What should we do now?"
"Manchester wants you to hunt him so he can exploit your psychic connection and attack you, and we've been playing along. So maybe what we should do is let him find us." Peter offers and let Manchester be the cat and they play mouse.
-
They returned to the hospital where Peter sees Kelly.
"Kelly." Peter greets as she hugs him.
"Oh, it's been forever, Peter." Kelly responds.
"Sorry we couldn't be here sooner." Peter apologizes.
"You were where you needed to be." Kelly says and everyone walks around and Kara returns from the bathroom.
"Sorry." Peter apologizes for not being here. "I just...James is a friend. I couldn't stand by with the man who hurt him is running free."
"I understand." Kara promises. "You're never one to stand by when a friend is in trouble." With that, she pulls him into a hug.
"You feeling okay?" Peter asks her.
"Probably just a stomach bug or something." Kara promises him.
Lena and Eve showed up and went to see James and might have something.
As they're walking through the hospital, the power starts going on and off.
"A power surge?" Kara asks.
J'onn uses his powers and finds its Manchester.
"Manchester is at the dam. It powers the whole city." J'onn says. "With the Staff, he could wipe it out."
They then leave once again, knowing James won't make it without power.
-
"Manchester!" J'onn call's him out.
"It's about time!" Manchester shouts as he approaches them. "Come and get it, Martian of peace!"
Peter tries blasting the staff out of his hands, but all that did was have Manchester reflect the blasts and they cause a crack in the dam.
"Go. This war is mine." J'onn tells him.
Peter flies outside and begins to use his forcefields to keep the water back before using his lasers to close up the gaps.
At the hospital, they're getting ready to give the drug to James.
Manchester and J'onn continue to fight inside the dam.
"If you don't stand up and fight, you'll lose everything." Manchester promises him. "Again.:
He slams the Staff and shows J'onn his children.
Peter tries finishing up the cracks in the dam.
J'onn witnesses his daughters death's again and has had enough. He pulls the Staff free from Manchester and uses it on him.
Manchester starts to shatter apart and looks at J'onn's true form.
"You're beautiful." Manchester says and dies.
Peter flies in just when he left to see how James is doing.
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James was going to be okay, so they left him be...and then Peter remembered something.
Kara can't catch the stomach flu.
Before he could question it further, he got an alert and sees it's the spider drone he has kept in Lex Luther's cell.
He's missing.
Pulling up anything to explain where he could be brought to, he learnt about a transport.
He went to his mansion.
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Peter flew all the way out there and sees Lex just leaving the grounds.
"Spider-Man. Long time no see." Lex greets him.
"Alexander Luther." Peter muttered as the man leaps from the helicopter and Peter flies after him as a new suit catches him.
Peter quickly targets him and blasts him into the Daily Planet and shatters his suit.
Peter flies in and punches him into the globe on top. "It's been ten years since I've kicked your bald butt, and it's gonna happen again." He takes another swing at him, but Lex catches his fist. "Wha..? You have power?!"
"I have powers." Lex confirms when the suit starts blasting Peter in the back.
Peter tries using his metallic arms to hold back Lex and uses repulsers on the drone but Lex destroys the arms and punches him in the back.
Peter tries getting up when Lex picks up the planet globe and gets ready to crush Peter.
"How...did you do it?" Peter asks.
"How do you think I did it? I'm Lex Luther." He says and then slams the planet onto Peter.
