Things are starting to look up for the city itself. Thanks to Spider-Man and Venom, Iguana and Fang are captured and are heading back to jail where they belong. That just leaves two dangerous criminals remaining: Balancer and Hydra. Once they get that and get an antidote for the D-EL8 virus, this whole mess will be over.
"It's about time things started going well for us." Thomas said as he and Paul swung through the city. "Where do we head now? Are we going back to the shelter or are we going to meet with the others to catch more escaped criminals."
"I'm not sure. I think we can..." Paul was trying to decide his next course of action. That was right when his phone went off and he saw it was his brother again. "Hey, Mark. Did you make it back to the shelter?"
"Yeah. I made it back fine, but we have another problem." Marcus said.
"Another one?!" Paul complained. "Just when it seems like we have something going, another problem pops up. So what is it this time?"
"It's Jean and Monica. They're going to find Christoph Silvio and try to get the cure for the virus." Marcus claimed as he sounded rather worried on what was going on.
"What?! We don't even know where he is! He'll probably also have Sable International guarding him! If Sabastian sees them, he won't hesitate to kill them if he has to." Paul said as he didn't like where this was going at all. "Why would those two do something like that?!"
"Paul, there's something you need to know..." Marcus said as he began to explain the situation.
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Monica and Jean
Monica and Jean were a little freaked about the virus itself. They saw that Mrs. Porter was afflicted with the virus as well, and it didn't look good when they saw her cough up blood. That made them decide that they have to take action. She needs the cure and they had to try and do something. That's why they decided to go to the one place that could have the cure: Christoph Silvio himself.
"This is crazy." Jean said. "How are we suppose to get a former super criminal to give us the cure?"
"I don't know, but we have to do something." Monica said as she had look around the corner and were at the one place they could think of where the cure might be at. Just ahead of them was Silvio Industries itself. "If Christoph Silvio does have the cure, it would be there."
"How do you even know that he would be there? He could be at his home for all we know." Jean said.
"I don't know, but we have to do something!" Monica said as she was already getting annoyed and a little scared. "Jean, Paul's mother is going to die if we do something. We can't just wait around for Paul. We've got to try and find that cure ourselves." Jean feels the same was as Monica about this, so she went along with it.
"Okay. Let's check it out, but keep a low profile." Jean said. The two of them got moving and hurried over to the building. They were able to make it inside, but the entrance is probably as far as they're going to get. They spotted Sable International agents and quickly hid.
"How are we going to get around all those agents?" Monica questioned.
"We need to get to Christoph's main office, near the top of the building." Jean said. "That computer must have the answers as to where the cure is." They looked around to see how they could get to the elevators so they can get to the top floor. Monica soon spotted a passageway in the back that might help.
"Follow me." Monica said as she might have an idea. Jean just went along with it and were careful not to get spotted by Sable International. They soon reached the door and made it through without any problems.
"Where are we going?" Jean asked.
"There might be a room back here, or a set of backstairs we can take." Monica said.
"What?! You want to go up to about hundreds of flights of stairs?!" Jean said as she thought that was crazy.
"I hope you took polities." Monica said as she was more than willing to do that to help Paul.
"Monica, wait. In there." Jean said as she spotted something in a room. They both looked inside and it looked like a surveillance room, and there was only one guard in there.
"How are we going to get pass the guard?" Monica questioned, but Jean was already a step ahead as she went on inside. She snuck up to the guard and put the guy in a headlock and was trying to get the guard to pass out. It looked like what she was doing worked as the fainted and dropped to the ground. "Wow..." She certainly didn't expect that. "How did you do that?"
"Paul can't be around to save you all the time. It's good to take some self-defense classes." Jean said proudly with Monica impressed. "Okay... Let's see if I can figure this out." Jean took a seat and tried working the controls.
"Jean, there!" Monica said as she pointed to one of the screens and saw that Christoph was in fact in the building. That means he could know where the cure is. "It looks like he's near the top."
"Should we go talk to him?" Jean questioned.
"Nope Look who is with him." Monica said as they both saw that Sabastian was there as well. "No way that psycho is going to let us get anywhere near him. Our best chance of finding that cure is to get to his main computer. Hydra hacked into his computer before, but there might not be anything of a cure in there. However, there must be some updated information."
"We're taking a long shot on this, you know." Jean said. "What if the cure isn't here or anything?"
"We have to do something." Monica claimed. "Paul would take the chance with us. It's better than just sitting around and waiting for his mother and a lot of people to get killed." Monica is determined to go through with this and Jean could see that.
"No wonder you're a great reporter. You're pretty dedicated." Jean said. "Well, we need to figure out how to get them down here so we can sneak up there."
"Is there anything you can do from here?" Monica questioned.
"Let me try something." Jean said as she tried working a little magic. She worked her way through the system as best as she could. "Maybe I can trick the system or something."
"Do you know how to do that?" Monica said.
"I might be able if I try..." "Oh wait. They're heading for the elevator." Monica said as they got lucky. They looked at the monitors and saw the two of them were heading for the elevators and coming down.
"That works." Jean said as they got up and got moving. The two of them hurried back to the lobby and hoped to catch that elevator without getting caught by lethal agents. They hurried back to the lobby and kept themselves hidden as they went for the elevator. Once they got there, Christoph and Sabastian came out, but it seemed like they were arguing. Monica and Jean didn't really pay much attention to that and just focused on the elevator.
"Quick! Now!" Monica said as she saw no one was looking. The two of them hurried inside and tried to get the elevator to go. However, Sabastian took a look behind him and saw the elevator just a second before it closed. When he saw that happen, he had a feeling that something wasn't quite right.
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Christoph's Office
Monica and Jean made their way up to Christoph's office. Once they got there, they hurried over and Jean got to work on his computer.
"Think you can find where the antidote is?" Monica asked.
"I think so." Jean said as she was doing the best she could on the computer. "Let's just hope Hydra doesn't know anything about it yet. If we lose that antidote, it's all over for all of us."
"In the meantime, do you think you can figure out what Christoph has been doing since this whole thing started?" Monica said. "I have a feeling he has something to do with all of this. Hydra was his greatest scientist, and they were the ones that created the virus."
"That stuff makes it obvious, but I see what you're saying." Jean said. "Why would Hydra release such a dangerous virus in the first place? What is he hoping to gain by doing all of this. In the meantime, do you think you can keep guard and warn me when something's coming." Monica went and did just that. She walked over to the door and saw if anyone was coming, but she saw Sabastian and Christoph were already coming.
"Abort! Christoph and his bodyguard are already on the way here!" Monica said. Jean stopped what she was doing, but there wasn't any place for them to hide. The two just ducked down and got under Christoph's desk.
"Who is in there?" Sabastian said as he entered the office, but saw no one.
"I told you that there's no one here. I don't have time for games, Sabastian." Christoph said. "Enough fooling around. I need to get to Oscorp to see how the antidote is coming."
"Not without my protection!" Sabastian said.
"I hired you to prevent the virus from getting out and you failed! Now look at what has happened! On top of that, your methods are a little extreme!" Christoph said. "I'm starting to think hiring you was a mistake!" He just stormed right out of there with Sabastian frustrated himself as he walked out of the office.
"Did you hear that?" Jean said as they came out of hiding. "The cure is being made at Oscorp! I thought that place got trashed around ten years ago!"
"It did when Paul fought the Green Goblin, but they managed to rebuild it. That is just what we needed." Monica said as they were on their way out. "We need to let Paul know what's going on." Just as she said that, her phone went off and it was Paul himself. "Hey, Paul. We were just about to call."
"What were you thinking heading into that hornet's nest?!" Paul said. "Please tell me Jean is with you!"
"Yeah, she's right here. Listen, we have something to tell you." Monica said.
"Wait until I get there! I'm getting you two out!" Paul said.
"You two! Stop!" They looked and saw two agents spotted them.
"Come on!" Jean said as they both ran for it with the agents chasing after them.
"Paul, how far away are you from Silvio Industries?!" Monica said.
"About two minutes!" Paul said.
"In here!" Jean said as she opened up and they both ducked inside with them locking the door.
"Paul, head for the north side of the building!" Monica said.
"Wait! Don't do anything too crazy!" Paul said, but it was too late for that. The agents were already trying to shoot down the door.
"Too late for sanity." Monica said as she grabbed a chair and threw it against a window with it being smashed open.
"Are you crazy?!" Jean said realizing what Monica was thinking.
"Would you rather take your chances with them?" Monica said. That was just when the door busted down. Jean made her choice as the two of them jumped out the window and put their trust in Paul making it. The two of them just fell down to the street until Paul came in and grabbed a hold of both of them. Once they got a secure hold on him, he started swinging.
"Jumping out a window?! Seriously?! You two are just filled with bad ideas today!" Paul said.
"All her idea!" Jean claimed. "But you are amazing for making that catch!" As they were swinging away, Sabastian hurried to the window. He was alerted of what happened and saw them swinging away into the city. Yet again, Spider-Man seems to have gotten the better of him and his me. He's had enough of Spider-Man and intends to put an end to him once and for all.
