Spider-Man sped through the city until he at last arrived at the house of Curtis Connors. He noticed that a window was broken. He went inside and found Morbius in the kitchen with Dr. Connors, his wife Martha, and their son Billy. Morbius had injected something into Dr. Connors.
"What are you doing to my dad?" Billy said.
"Making him strong again," Morbius replied.
"Leave them alone!" Spider-Man said. "They haven't done anything to you!"
"But their kind have. How is it that only I connect the dots? Isn't it obvious that Doctor Connors, the man with one arm, was the doctor who turned himself into Lizard? I shall leave you to deal with this."
Morbius broke through another window and flew away. Spider-Man ran over to Curt Connors, who was now lying on the floor. He was breathing heavily.
"Can you help him?" Billy asked.
"I want to," Spider-Man said. "We need to cure him."
"The cure!" Connors said between breaths.
"Where's the cure?" Spider-Man asked.
"He keeps it in a vault in the closet," Marta explained.
"What's the combination?"
"Uh... seven, three, twelve."
"Stay away!" Curt said.
Spider-Man held down the doctor who was transforming into a reptilian creature.
"Go get it! I'll hold him down."
"Come with me, Billy," Martha said.
Martha and Billy ran to the master bedroom. Martha went into the closet and used the combination to unlock the safe. It opened. She reached inside and grabbed one of the syringes containing the cure.
Meanwhile, in the kitchen, Lizard was fully formed. He tried shaking Spider-Man off of him.
"Stay with me, Doctor Connors."
"Get off!"
Lizard got up, and Spider-Man lost his hold on him. He hit the hero with his tail. Martha and Billy entered the kitchen.
"Martha," Lizard said.
"Here's the cure," Martha said.
Spider-Man shot out a web, and it attached to the syringe. As Martha let go, Spider-Man's web came off of his hand. The syringe fell on the floor, its glass broken. The fluid inside spilled on the floor.
"Why did that happen?" Spider-Man asked himself.
"Should I get another one?" Martha asked.
"No!" Lizard exclaimed. "Leave me alone!"
Spider-Man grabbed onto Lizard's head and tried pushing his face to the floor. It was working. He made sure that the fluid on the floor got into Lizard's mouth. Slowly, he changed back to a human.
"Oh God," Curt said.
"Are you okay, honey?" Martha asked.
"I'm fine now."
"What was that thing that did that to you?" Billy asked.
"You don't wanna know," Spider-Man said.
"The voice sounded familiar," Connors said. "Was that Michael Morbius? I've seen videos of his lectures."
"It was. But he is different now. I'll explain later. Right now, there is a lot going on in the city. Morbius released a few threats into the city. I need to get the Godstone out of John Jameson's neck so that he won't be Man-Wolf anymore. I need to stop Scorpion's insanity. And I need to stop Rhino from killing people, but his suit looks strong-"
"I've seen him on the news," Connors said. "I think it might be made of polymer. Morbius spoke highly about it in his lectures ten years ago. He thought it could make a good outfit for soldiers. I want to help you, Peter. I think I might be able to come up with something that could at least weaken Rhino."
"I don't want you to get hurt, Doctor Connors. With Morbius around, your family should go into hiding somewhere and lay low for a while."
"I will do that after I have helped you. You have saved my life twice. I owe you."