The next day, Peter Parker was on his way to work when he saw another bank robbery taking place. He took out his camera and pointed it towards the bank. He zoomed it so that he could get a good look at the robber. What he saw astounded him, for it appeared to be Spider-Man. But it could not be Spider-Man, for Peter Parker was Spider-Man and he did not have his powers right now.
"Who is that?" Peter asked himself. "Oh no. I'm being framed. Jameson's not gonna let this one go."
Inside of the bank, the man in the Spider-Man suit held up a gun. The people inside were on the ground. In his off-hand, he held a bag. He pointed the gun to an accountant and moved it close to the bag for a second, a motion signaling for the accountant to give him money. The accountant complied. Money was taken out of the safe to fill the bag in the robber's hand. The robber in the Spider-Man suit ran out of the bank and paused so that nearby photographers could take pictures. After the pause, he tried running down the street. Police officers tried to stop him. The robber shot a web-looking substance at them. It came from webshooters that were not obvious to the pedestrians. Peter noticed as he zoomed.
"I need my powers back," Peter said to himself. "Would the people really believe this?"
The man in the Spider-Man suit shot a web at a building and started swinging away. Five of the Sinister Six watched from a rooftop as he disappeared.
"Did Spider-Man just rob a bank?" Electro asked.
"Doctor Octavius told me that he hired someone to disguise himself as Spider-Man to ruin his reputation."
"That seems unnecessary," Mysterio said. "I could have made a hologram projection of Spider-Man."
"Can your projections hold up bags of cash?" the Vulture asked. "In any case, I cannot wait to strike."
"When is Doc Ock gonna be here?" the Sandman asked.
"He said that he would be here after the robbery," Kraven said.
After minutes passed, they saw the sixth member of the Sinister Six appear. He used his tentacles to climb down a building and jump onto the sidewalk. The other members of the Sinister Six made their way down as he questioned the civilians.
"Where is Spider-Man?" he asked.
"He just robbed a bank!" a terrified citizen said.
"Looks like he wasn't the hero you all thought he was. Hey Spidey! Wherever you are, it's me, your old friend. You know, Doctor Octopus? Ring any bells? Let's have a little reunion and battle it out for old time sake. Come and get me! If you don't, we will terrorize these people! And by we, I mean the Sinister Six!"
Peter heard a sound and looked upward. He could see the Vulture swooping into the bank from above. He bashed guards with his mechanical wings.
"Vulture?" Peter said.
Sand was being blown in the direction of the bank by the air. The sand got together and created a gigantic sand-looking being that smashed through the walls of the bank. It then took the form of a human that Peter recognized as Flint Marko.
"Marko!" Peter shouted. "What are you doing?"
All that the Sandman could do was stare at him. The man with mechanical tentacles made his way towards Peter.
"You know this guy?"
"Octavius?" Peter said.
"Do I know you?"
"Take a picture!" Mysterio said. "It'll last longer!"
Mysterio released sleeping gas from his nozzles. People started running away. Within moments, Peter was knocked out. Mysterio picked up the camera and took pictures of himself.
"What the hell are you doing?" Electro said.
"Getting my good side. Do your thing!"
"Whatever."
Electro sent out waves of electricity that caused cars to break down. People inside of the cars got electrocuted.
"Shocking, isn't it?" Mysterio said.
Kraven punched the skulls of officers who were trying to subdue the villains. The Vulture flew out of the bank with his hands each carrying a bag of money.
"I am the best! I will get you, Spider-Man, wherever you are!"
"I will kill you!" Kraven said.
"I don't see him," the Sinister Six leader said. "Where is he? We must keep hurting these people until he arrives!"
His tentacles broke cars and walls. They almost struck a woman to death, but an old man with white hair and glasses pulled her away.
"Deja vu," the old man said. As the Vulture swooped down, he pulled another woman out of the way. Kraven tried jumping onto a man, but the old man pulled that man away, causing Kraven to hit his head on the ground. Electro tried shocking a different man, but the old man was able to pull that man away as well. Mysterio tried charging towards the old man, but the old man tripped him. "Being a hero never gets old."
"I don't think Spidey's coming," Mysterio said.
"We should retreat!" the Sandman said. "We'll strike on another day."
Mysterio got up and threw down a smoke bomb. When the smoke cleared, the only thing that the civilians could see was the sands of the Sandman blowing away."