Chapter 21
Dr. Windstrom was at her home, waiting for Spider-man's arrival. Her best friend, Martha Connors called her up to tell her that she has given Spider-man her address. She was franticly getting her notes in order in preparation of what she was going to say to Spider-man when he arrived. The time she had to prepare was shorter than she expected. She looked up briefly from her work to see Spider-man sticking to the ceiling. "Dr. Windstrom, I presume."
"Spider-Man!" She jumped to her feet.
"I'm sorry to barge in on you like this, but I heard you had information on the Lizard that I need to hear."
"I was expecting you. Martha Connors called me immediately after you left her house. You now know that Dr. Connors is the Lizard, right?"
"Yes, I have been made aware of it. I've noticed the Lizard had three different personalities. He's battling for control over his body and I suspect the Lizard has a second personality himself; a more mindless monster part which I think he can occasionally turn on and off at will."
"I can't give you all the answers as in dealing with the personality conflict, but I can show you these. These are Dr. Connors notes," Dr. Windstrom handed Spider-man the notebook.
Spider-man accepted the book and looked through the notebook full of formula's and sketches. "Dr. Connors created a formula to regrow limbs using parts of a reptilian DNA."
Dr. Windstrom looked at Spider-man with a look of surprise. "You can understand those equations? You must be well versed in chemistry and other sciences."
"I am," Spider-man replied. "It's obvious that something is wrong with this formula to turn him into the Lizard. Anyway, I am really not interested on what turned him into the monster, I want to know how do I stop him? Several times he was killed and then came back to life. As far as I can tell, he can not die, but now that I know that Dr. Connnors, I don't want to take another chance on his life again."
"I can't explain any of that, however after studying his notes carefully, I think I have something more valuable. A way to safely stop the Lizard without harming Dr. Connors. Take this," She handed him a large syringe with a long, inch thick needle point. "This formula I made should counteract the results of this formula that is written in this notebook. If this is exactly the formula he used, than my formula will turn him back to normal instantly and permanently. This needle should be thick enough to penetrate his tough scaly skin."
"Excellent!" Spider-man replied, as he accepted the syringe. "I hope this works. If it doesn't, I don't think even I can stop that monster."
Martha couldn't sleep. She found herself sitting on the couch watching television. Actually, she was flipping through channels, since all that was on now were either infomercials or late night talk shows, which she was not a big fan of. Billy was still fast asleep, unaware of the events that was going on. She prayed that Spider-man would save her husband so she would never had to tell him about these horrible few days.
Suddenly, the front door came shattering open and leaping through the door was the Lizard. Martha jumped to her feet, screaming! The Lizard hissed as he took a step towards Martha. She stumbled backwards. "Curt! Is that you?"
"You betrayed messssssss, Martha!"
"What do you mean, Curt? I didn't betray you. I want to help you!"
"You wantssss to help by going to Ssspider-man!" The Lizard growled as he stepped towards Martha. "My ownsssss wife betrayed messs! That can not ssstand! I wassss going to ssspare you, but you have becomesss like all the other abominationsss." The Lizard knelt in preparation to leap.
Martha squealed as she ran through the swaying door that led into the kitchen. She franticly ran around the island in the middle of the kitchen as the door was slammed open and the Lizard leaped inside. The door fell off it's hinges and came collapsing to the ground. Martha stumbled backwards, nearly falling to the tiled floor. She turned and ran for the back door.
The Lizard leaped over the island and landed behind Martha who had grabbed the handle of the back door. The Lizard grabbed her hair and he yanked her back into the island. She fell back into the island, hitting her head on the corner of the counter top, and slid down the side of the island, unconscious.
The Lizard hissed victoriously as he knelt down in front of Martha. "You willsss watch me kill Ssspider-man before I kill yousss!"
Dr. Windstrom was at her home, waiting for Spider-man's arrival. Her best friend, Martha Connors called her up to tell her that she has given Spider-man her address. She was franticly getting her notes in order in preparation of what she was going to say to Spider-man when he arrived. The time she had to prepare was shorter than she expected. She looked up briefly from her work to see Spider-man sticking to the ceiling. "Dr. Windstrom, I presume."
"Spider-Man!" She jumped to her feet.
"I'm sorry to barge in on you like this, but I heard you had information on the Lizard that I need to hear."
"I was expecting you. Martha Connors called me immediately after you left her house. You now know that Dr. Connors is the Lizard, right?"
"Yes, I have been made aware of it. I've noticed the Lizard had three different personalities. He's battling for control over his body and I suspect the Lizard has a second personality himself; a more mindless monster part which I think he can occasionally turn on and off at will."
"I can't give you all the answers as in dealing with the personality conflict, but I can show you these. These are Dr. Connors notes," Dr. Windstrom handed Spider-man the notebook.
Spider-man accepted the book and looked through the notebook full of formula's and sketches. "Dr. Connors created a formula to regrow limbs using parts of a reptilian DNA."
Dr. Windstrom looked at Spider-man with a look of surprise. "You can understand those equations? You must be well versed in chemistry and other sciences."
"I am," Spider-man replied. "It's obvious that something is wrong with this formula to turn him into the Lizard. Anyway, I am really not interested on what turned him into the monster, I want to know how do I stop him? Several times he was killed and then came back to life. As far as I can tell, he can not die, but now that I know that Dr. Connnors, I don't want to take another chance on his life again."
"I can't explain any of that, however after studying his notes carefully, I think I have something more valuable. A way to safely stop the Lizard without harming Dr. Connors. Take this," She handed him a large syringe with a long, inch thick needle point. "This formula I made should counteract the results of this formula that is written in this notebook. If this is exactly the formula he used, than my formula will turn him back to normal instantly and permanently. This needle should be thick enough to penetrate his tough scaly skin."
"Excellent!" Spider-man replied, as he accepted the syringe. "I hope this works. If it doesn't, I don't think even I can stop that monster."
Martha couldn't sleep. She found herself sitting on the couch watching television. Actually, she was flipping through channels, since all that was on now were either infomercials or late night talk shows, which she was not a big fan of. Billy was still fast asleep, unaware of the events that was going on. She prayed that Spider-man would save her husband so she would never had to tell him about these horrible few days.
Suddenly, the front door came shattering open and leaping through the door was the Lizard. Martha jumped to her feet, screaming! The Lizard hissed as he took a step towards Martha. She stumbled backwards. "Curt! Is that you?"
"You betrayed messssssss, Martha!"
"What do you mean, Curt? I didn't betray you. I want to help you!"
"You wantssss to help by going to Ssspider-man!" The Lizard growled as he stepped towards Martha. "My ownsssss wife betrayed messs! That can not ssstand! I wassss going to ssspare you, but you have becomesss like all the other abominationsss." The Lizard knelt in preparation to leap.
Martha squealed as she ran through the swaying door that led into the kitchen. She franticly ran around the island in the middle of the kitchen as the door was slammed open and the Lizard leaped inside. The door fell off it's hinges and came collapsing to the ground. Martha stumbled backwards, nearly falling to the tiled floor. She turned and ran for the back door.
The Lizard leaped over the island and landed behind Martha who had grabbed the handle of the back door. The Lizard grabbed her hair and he yanked her back into the island. She fell back into the island, hitting her head on the corner of the counter top, and slid down the side of the island, unconscious.
The Lizard hissed victoriously as he knelt down in front of Martha. "You willsss watch me kill Ssspider-man before I kill yousss!"