"Don't I look spify," Spider-Woman said as she and Spider-Man ran across a rooftop toward the docks. She was refering to the black insolating gloves she wore over her regular ones. Peter had 'borrowed' them from the science lab at the university, a precaution against Electro's attacks.
"At least yours match your outfit," Spider-Man replied as they lept onto a higher building, his gloves a sharp contrast to the red and blue of his costume. Spider-Woman laughed in return. It was 7:58.
They sped up, leaping off the building and firing identical weblines, swinging through the concrete canyons of NYC at an almost sickening speed. Finally, the abandonned factory came into view. They landed on a roof about as high as the factory, on which Electro stood. His electric aura flared, powering up.
"Where is she," Peter demanded, forcing himself not to jump across and beat the hell out of him.
"I thought I told you not to come," Electro replied. "She's safe. She's in the warehouse. You can get her after I've killed this one," he added, pointing a finger at Alexia. Peter's fists clenched.
"Can you go get MJ? I'd like to have a talk with this maniac," Peter asked Alexia.
Alexia nodded, preparing to jump past Electro to the entrance to the factory.
"Where do you think you're going," Electro demanded.
Alexia lept through the air, flipping over as she avoided a bolt Electro sent after her. He fired off a few more as she landed on the ground and ran to the door, but she was too fast.
Meanwhile, Spider-Man had started to close the gap between himself and Electro, punching him in the face as he turned back. He was knocked clear to the other side of the roof. Spider-Man walked toward him, as Electro stood up carefully, forming a shield around himself. It lashed out against Spider-Man as he neared, but he lifted a gloved hand, and the bolt was absorbed.
In the factory, Alexia found MJ hand-cuffed around a pole. She looked confused.
"Where's Spider-Man," she asked.
"He's preoccupied outside right now. Oh, god, MJ, I'm so sorry about this. I got you into this," Alexia said as she stepped beside her and broke the cuffs.
"How do you know my name," MJ asked.
"You don't want to mess up your make-up just before an audition," she replied.
"Alexia?"
Alexia nodded. She removed the handcuffs from MJ's hands.
"Let's get you out of here," she said.
As they left the factory, Alexia glanced up to see Spider-Man get hit in the stomach with a bolt, thrown into a car.
"On second thought, you stay here. One of us will come get you when this is over," Alexia said.
MJ nodded, frustrated but understanding, and sat down on a crate. She hoped they'd be alright.
"Hey, Max! I'm the one you came for. Come and get me," Alexia yelled, now on the roof behind him. Max turned and smiled. He streched his glowing hands out to the side.
"Before you die, where's Angela," he asked.
"Somewhere you'll never get to her," she answered.
Max's ordinary eyesight was too slow to see her move as Alexia pushed him off the roof, into the street. He landed hard, but the fall was cushioned by the shield around him. Spider-Man was sitting on the car he'd landed on, still recovering, but before he could go after Max, he saw a familiar car come up the street and park close by.
Devon stepped out of the car, getting his camera ready, and didn't notice that they could all see him. Max got up as Alexia jumped off the roof, but even with her speed, she was not quite fast enough. Max caught Devon in an energy field, not hurting him, but lifting him up.
"Set him down now," Alexia yelled.
"Or what," Electro asked menacingly. Devon fought inside the field, but it was no use.
"Or life in prison will seem like a walk in the park compared to what I'll do to you," Alexia threatened.
Max laughed, lifting Devon higher. In the split second that Max took his eyes off of her, Alexia barrelled into him, shoving an elbow into his stomach. But as he fell, his arms flailed, knocking Devon into a wall. Spider-Man ran over to check on the injured reporter as Alexia waited for Max to get up. To her surprise, Max didn't get up. He floated upward, hovering just above the ground, his head lowered. When he looked up, and when she dodged, he raised himself onto the roof.
Alexia wasted no time, jumping after him. Electro launched a flurry of attacks at her, trying to keep her away, but each time she dodged she got a little bit closer. With each blow missed, the bolts went into the street, shattering windows, and causing cars to catch on fire and explode. Electro was slowly forced toward the edge of the roof, just above the river. In desperation, he put both of his hands together, and fired a massive bolt of lightning at Alexia. Her body responded on instinct, knowing that there was only one way to avoid the blow. She ducked, but knowing that he would lower his hands, she kicked him in the chest.
He was thrown backward, crashing into the water. Sparks flew all over the place, crackling over the surface, becoming more and more rapid. Alexia could hear an unearthly scream as the water suddenly exploded upward, creating a deafening sound like thunder, then stopped. Alexia could barely hear Peter coming up behind her. He placed a hand on her shoulder in a comforting gesture, understanding. They stood silently for a moment, watching the bubbles disappear and the waves stop.
"Devon's alive, but he's hurt. I don't know how badly," Peter said finally. Alexia turned to him.
"MJ's waiting for you in the factory," she mumbled.
They both walked to the other side of the factory and jumped off. Alexia ran to Devon, kneeling down beside him. He was unconscious, but breathing evenly. She lifted his head in one of her arms and held his hand with the other.
"Oh, Devon, I'm so sorry. This is all my fault... my fault...," she said through a muffled sob, beginning to cry.
Peter and MJ approached them as sirens peirced the air. Alexia stood up, carefully setting Devon back down. An ambulance and a stream of police cars came up the street. A cop car stopped in front of them. The police officer pulled out his gun as he opened the door, but by the time he got out of the car, he was aiming at air. Peter, MJ, and Alexia were gone.