That night, Mary Jane Watson was singing in a play at a theater on Broadway. She looked at the two reserved seats in the audience. May Parker was sitting in one of the seats, but Peter was not sitting in the one next to her. Mary Jane managed to maintain her focus after wondering what may have happened to Peter. When the performance was over, applause sounded throughout the auditorium. All of the cast members took a final bow. Mary Jane signaled for May to meet her in her dressing room.
Minutes later, May managed to find the dressing room and entered.
"That was a wonderful show, Mary Jane."
"Thanks. Do you know where Peter is at?"
"No. I have not heard from him. You have not seen him or spoken to him today?"
"No. Don't panic, but I think that something is wrong. Peter said that he was coming to watch the show tonight. He would have let me know hours in advance if he wasn't gonna be here."
"Well, we mustn't assume the worst. Hopefully, he just overslept while taking a nap."
"Yeah. You're probably right."
They heard a knock on the door.
"Maybe that's him right now," May suggested.
"Come in," Mary Jane said.
A man with a normal suit walked into the room with a large bouquet of flowers covering his face.
"These flowers are for you, Miss Watson."
"Who are they from?"
"Me."
"Oh."
"Were you expecting them to be from your boyfriend? Well, you are right about one thing. He has overslept. Now, so will you."
The man moved the flowers away from his face.
"Quentin Beck!" Mary Jane said.
"Your singing was lovely. I wish my movie hadn't been canceled so that you could've starred in it. You would have won many awards."
"Stay away!"
"Is that any way to speak to the man who tried to make you more famous? No boyfriend to save you right now."
"What have you done to him?" May asked.
"He is only sleeping right now. But when he wakes up, he will know the true meaning of pain. It's a good thing that we found the two of you here in the same place at the same time. I guess you're both in the wrong place at the wrong time."
Beck tossed the bouquet of flowers. A closer look revealed that the flowers were actually nozzles from which gas was coming. Beck put on his Mysterio helmet right before the gas put Mary Jane and My Parker to sleep.
"Are they asleep yet?" the Vulture asked.
"Yeah. Come and get the old one. Scorpion Venom take the girlfriend. Follow Doc Ock's plan."
"How much longer will Spider-Man be out?" Scorpion Venom asked.
"It should be just an hour or to."
"Then let's get moving!" the Vulture said. "We've got some revenge to execute. Not just against Spider-Man, but against society!"
"Society will pay!" Scorpion Venom said.