Chapter 16
Spider-man's entire body was aching after his battle with the lizard creature. He crawled back up the building where he had fought with the Lizard to get out of view of anyone that might walk by. He sat down, leaning up against the wall and rested. That battle took a lot from him. His body was aching from the blows he received from the Lizard.
Suddenly, his spider-senses went wild once again. "You've got to be kidding me!"
The Lizard came leaping over the ledge and landed on the roof top. Spider-man jumped back up onto his feet. "Die, warm-blooded abominationsssss!" The Lizard charged at Spider-man at full speed. Spider-man fired webbing towards the feet, hoping to stick him to the ground, but the Lizard's speed helped him leap up over the webbing. Before Spider-man could react; in mid air, the Lizard spun around, whipping his tail like a whip into his chest. It sent Spider-man crashing into the wall. Spider-man, after coming to his senses, took a step away from the wall. "My spider-senses are having trouble warning me in time against this thing!"
His spider-senses continued to ring continuously, and he was falling behind all the danger warnings that he was getting. He missed one dangerous warning which resulted in a large claw grabbing him by the head. The Lizard slammed his head violently into the brick wall, leaving a giant crack in the bricks. Spider-man began to collapse to the ground when the Lizard caught him by his neck and pinned him up against the wall. With his other hand, he raised his pointed claws inches away from Spider-man's eye pieces and his eye sockets that were behind the eye pieces. He gasped for air, struggling to looses the Lizards grip on his own throat.
"Nowssss, you diesssss, Sssssspider-man!" Before he could deliver the fatal blow, his eyes rolled back into his eye sockets for a brief second before looking back towards Spider-Man, who was helpless to do anything to stop the Lizard from killing him. "No, have to fight it!" The Lizard's speech again showed the tint of a human accent. He dropped Spider-man to the ground. "Must get out of here! Can't control it much longer!" The Lizard turned around and ran off, leaping over the ledge.
Spider-man sat up, his head still spinning from his head slamming into the wall. Reaching for his mask, he slid it off. His lip was busted open, with blood streaked against his chin. That was too close. That lizard creature was stronger, faster, and is just as agile as he was not to mention having similar capabilities as he did. On top of all, there was no way to stop it; it can not be killed. This may be one villain that he had no hope to stop.
The laboratory was reopened to the employees and Dr. Winstrom was one of the first ones there, figuring that she would run into Dr. Connors who always was the first one to arrive. He was obsessed with work for some reason. Anyway, she had not seen him for quite some time, and she was beginning to worry. His wife called her, telling her that she had not seen him since the day that lizard creature attacked. Martha was terribly worried about her husband's well being and being a friend of the family, Dr. Windstrom agreed to try to help find out where Dr. Connnors could be.
She knocked on the door to Dr. Connors office, but not to her surprise, there was no response. Reaching down, she tested to see if the door locked, but the door opened when she twisted the door handle and gently pushed. "Dr. Connors?" She put her head into the office and looked around to find the office empty.
She pushed the door all the way open and stepped into the office. The office was a mess, which was very unusual for Dr. Connors who was usually always neat and tidy. There on front of the desk was a little mouse cage with a little white mouse squeaking away.
She took a closer look at the mouse to notice that it was the same mouse that she had seen before which had only three legs, but somehow, it now had four. "What the hell? How is this possible?"
She stood up straight and notice notes scattered all over the desk. Curiously, she walked around the desk and took a look at the notes. On the front page was a basic outline of a person missing an arm. Next to that was the basic outline of a person with both arms. Underneath them was a formula. She flipped through a few pages and continued to read through the notes. After reading a few paragraphs, she gasped, nearly dropping the notes onto the floor. "He's trying to take the DNA of a lizard and make a formula that would regrow lost limbs. Oh my god!" A thought suddenly dawned on her, which explained everything that had been going on here perfectly.
Peter walked through the front door to his apartment, expecting to find Aunt May fast asleep in his bedroom and his living room empty, but instead, he found Mary Jane sitting on his couch. When she saw him come in, she leaped to her feet. "Mary Jane? I thought you would have gone back to your apartment by now."
"I suppose I was just a little nervous with you looking for that monster." Mary Jane at that moment notice the bruising on his face and his swollen lip. "Peter, are you okay?" She rushed to him and began to examine his wounds.
"I'll be okay, I just want to sit down and relax. As you can probably tell, I had another confrontation with that thing." Peter said, moaning as he sat down.
"Peter, I'm concerned. You've got some pretty nasty bumps here."
"I'll be alright after a good night sleep," Peter replied. "First thing tomorrow, I will go with Aunt May out of the city for awhile. It'll give me some time to think about how to stop that monster. It's funny though, that monster displayed some intelligence. He displayed hatred for all human life. He also had more of a human-like side who pleaded for me to help him."
"Are you telling me you think that is not just a monster, but has a soul?"
"Exactly!" Peter nodded. "That thing has three different personalities. I don't think that mindless predator is the real one. He may be human."
"What could have happened to him to turn him into such a beast?" Mary Jane replied.
"I have no idea," Peter replied. "Right now, I just want to lay down and get some sleep. I ache all over."
"I'll go and let you get some sleep, and maybe I'll pay you two a visit sometime tomorrow evening," She leaned forward and the two of the kissed passionately. "Catch you around, Tiger!"
Mary Jane smiled as she turned around and made her way to the door. "MJ!" Peter called out to her as she opened the front door. She turned around, her beautiful red hair swirling to catch up to the back of her neck. "I love you."
Those words brought a radiating smile from Mary Jane. "I love you too, Tiger!"
Spider-man's entire body was aching after his battle with the lizard creature. He crawled back up the building where he had fought with the Lizard to get out of view of anyone that might walk by. He sat down, leaning up against the wall and rested. That battle took a lot from him. His body was aching from the blows he received from the Lizard.
Suddenly, his spider-senses went wild once again. "You've got to be kidding me!"
The Lizard came leaping over the ledge and landed on the roof top. Spider-man jumped back up onto his feet. "Die, warm-blooded abominationsssss!" The Lizard charged at Spider-man at full speed. Spider-man fired webbing towards the feet, hoping to stick him to the ground, but the Lizard's speed helped him leap up over the webbing. Before Spider-man could react; in mid air, the Lizard spun around, whipping his tail like a whip into his chest. It sent Spider-man crashing into the wall. Spider-man, after coming to his senses, took a step away from the wall. "My spider-senses are having trouble warning me in time against this thing!"
His spider-senses continued to ring continuously, and he was falling behind all the danger warnings that he was getting. He missed one dangerous warning which resulted in a large claw grabbing him by the head. The Lizard slammed his head violently into the brick wall, leaving a giant crack in the bricks. Spider-man began to collapse to the ground when the Lizard caught him by his neck and pinned him up against the wall. With his other hand, he raised his pointed claws inches away from Spider-man's eye pieces and his eye sockets that were behind the eye pieces. He gasped for air, struggling to looses the Lizards grip on his own throat.
"Nowssss, you diesssss, Sssssspider-man!" Before he could deliver the fatal blow, his eyes rolled back into his eye sockets for a brief second before looking back towards Spider-Man, who was helpless to do anything to stop the Lizard from killing him. "No, have to fight it!" The Lizard's speech again showed the tint of a human accent. He dropped Spider-man to the ground. "Must get out of here! Can't control it much longer!" The Lizard turned around and ran off, leaping over the ledge.
Spider-man sat up, his head still spinning from his head slamming into the wall. Reaching for his mask, he slid it off. His lip was busted open, with blood streaked against his chin. That was too close. That lizard creature was stronger, faster, and is just as agile as he was not to mention having similar capabilities as he did. On top of all, there was no way to stop it; it can not be killed. This may be one villain that he had no hope to stop.
The laboratory was reopened to the employees and Dr. Winstrom was one of the first ones there, figuring that she would run into Dr. Connors who always was the first one to arrive. He was obsessed with work for some reason. Anyway, she had not seen him for quite some time, and she was beginning to worry. His wife called her, telling her that she had not seen him since the day that lizard creature attacked. Martha was terribly worried about her husband's well being and being a friend of the family, Dr. Windstrom agreed to try to help find out where Dr. Connnors could be.
She knocked on the door to Dr. Connors office, but not to her surprise, there was no response. Reaching down, she tested to see if the door locked, but the door opened when she twisted the door handle and gently pushed. "Dr. Connors?" She put her head into the office and looked around to find the office empty.
She pushed the door all the way open and stepped into the office. The office was a mess, which was very unusual for Dr. Connors who was usually always neat and tidy. There on front of the desk was a little mouse cage with a little white mouse squeaking away.
She took a closer look at the mouse to notice that it was the same mouse that she had seen before which had only three legs, but somehow, it now had four. "What the hell? How is this possible?"
She stood up straight and notice notes scattered all over the desk. Curiously, she walked around the desk and took a look at the notes. On the front page was a basic outline of a person missing an arm. Next to that was the basic outline of a person with both arms. Underneath them was a formula. She flipped through a few pages and continued to read through the notes. After reading a few paragraphs, she gasped, nearly dropping the notes onto the floor. "He's trying to take the DNA of a lizard and make a formula that would regrow lost limbs. Oh my god!" A thought suddenly dawned on her, which explained everything that had been going on here perfectly.
Peter walked through the front door to his apartment, expecting to find Aunt May fast asleep in his bedroom and his living room empty, but instead, he found Mary Jane sitting on his couch. When she saw him come in, she leaped to her feet. "Mary Jane? I thought you would have gone back to your apartment by now."
"I suppose I was just a little nervous with you looking for that monster." Mary Jane at that moment notice the bruising on his face and his swollen lip. "Peter, are you okay?" She rushed to him and began to examine his wounds.
"I'll be okay, I just want to sit down and relax. As you can probably tell, I had another confrontation with that thing." Peter said, moaning as he sat down.
"Peter, I'm concerned. You've got some pretty nasty bumps here."
"I'll be alright after a good night sleep," Peter replied. "First thing tomorrow, I will go with Aunt May out of the city for awhile. It'll give me some time to think about how to stop that monster. It's funny though, that monster displayed some intelligence. He displayed hatred for all human life. He also had more of a human-like side who pleaded for me to help him."
"Are you telling me you think that is not just a monster, but has a soul?"
"Exactly!" Peter nodded. "That thing has three different personalities. I don't think that mindless predator is the real one. He may be human."
"What could have happened to him to turn him into such a beast?" Mary Jane replied.
"I have no idea," Peter replied. "Right now, I just want to lay down and get some sleep. I ache all over."
"I'll go and let you get some sleep, and maybe I'll pay you two a visit sometime tomorrow evening," She leaned forward and the two of the kissed passionately. "Catch you around, Tiger!"
Mary Jane smiled as she turned around and made her way to the door. "MJ!" Peter called out to her as she opened the front door. She turned around, her beautiful red hair swirling to catch up to the back of her neck. "I love you."
Those words brought a radiating smile from Mary Jane. "I love you too, Tiger!"