As he stood atop a towering building, Peter Parker gazed out over the sprawling, shadowy metropolis below. Clad in his sleek, new suit, he felt a surge of confidence and determination. Though his team had expressed some doubts about the suit's practicality, Peter was confident that it would serve him well in his mission to capture the notorious villain known as Chameleon. He had promised his colleagues that he would discard the suit as soon as the job was done, but for now, he felt invincible. The night air was cool and crisp, and the city seemed to pulse with an energy all its own. Peter took a deep breath and prepared himself for the task at hand.
"Spider-Man stalks the city. Everyone is going about their everyday lives like normal, not knowing that their hero was watching over them." Peter was beginning to monologue. "Keeping them safe and secure, so that they could go home."
"Are you...narrating?" Honey Lemon asks.
Peter jumped up as he looked down at the group. They were currently staking out the unveiling of some paintings at a gala. Fred suggested they stake it out, but GoGo, Peni, Teresa, and Wasabi couldn't make it. Well, GoGo said "pass", Peni had to get to school, and Teresa figured they'd have enough firepower to deal with anything. But Wasabi did have somewhere else to be.
"Uh...no." Peter lied.
"It kinda sounded like you were," Hiro commented as he sat aside Honey Lemon. "Is that normal?"
"When you're me and have been on as many stakeouts as I have, you need to entertain yourself somehow." Peter defended as he sighed and started to walk around. "And I lost my portable game system back in freshman year."
"Fred, how long are we going to wait out here?" Hiro was beginning to wonder. "I mean, what is going to happen?"
"Anything can happen here, museum gala is one of the top five things for villains to interrupt," Fred explained, popping his head out from the sewer pipe. "Right after parades and weapon demonstrations."
"He's not exactly wrong." Peter was sorry to say.
"This is so exciting! I can't wait to see the new Shimamoto exhibit." Honey Lemon cheered.
"Who or what is a what is a Shimamoto?" Baymax asks.
"Lenore Shimamoto. She's an amazing artist and kind of my idol." Honey Lemon explains.
Fred said, "I've never heard of her."
Honey Lemon said, "She painted 'City Rising.' The famous masterpiece they're unveiling tonight."
Fred said, "I've never heard of it."
"Oh, that's because it was lost for about a hundred years." Honey Lemon explains.
"Still never heard of it," Fred stated.
"Fred, I'm this close to crushing that sewer lid on your head." Peter started to warn his friend.
"It captures the city's rebirth after the Great Catastrophe of 1906." Honey Lemon finished explaining. "I'm a huge fan! Of the painting, not the catastrophe. That was terrible."
Then they heard what sounded like glass shattering, getting everyone to stop talking and look towards the museum. Then they watch the doors be pushed open by the security guard.
"The museum is under attack by an inhuman freak!" He cried out as he and several people ran from the museum. "Run for your lives!"
"Inhuman?" Peter was more confused by this than he would have been if someone had broken into the museum. "Who could that be?"
The team made their way into the museum and wondered who would break into it. Especially since the city is under the protection of Big Hero 9. It would literally have to be someone inhuman or psychotic to want to pick a fight with them.
Well...
"Nice try, supervillain!" Fred cried out, without knowing who or what was attacking.
It was Globby.
Globby seemed to have crashed from the skyline as evidenced by the hole in the ceiling, followed by the glass he was picking out of himself. Peter sighed and rubbed his head when he saw it was Globby. Truth be told, he almost forgot about him after everything that's been going on recently.
"Darn it!" Globby cried as he picked a piece of glass from his globby skin.
"You know, I wouldn't call Globby super," Hiro stated. "I'd see him more of a subpar."
"Well, subpar villain isn't a thing," Fred replied.
"Clearly you've never met the Human Fly," Peter stated, recalling one of his weirder villains when he first started out.
"Oh my, there should be a warning on that skylight." Globby whined as he plucked more glass out. "Glass May shatter."
"Yeah, who would have thought that glass may shatter if you were to apply pressure of...well, whatever you are to it." Peter scoffed.
"Time out, guys," Globby said as he tried to pluck the glass. "Really appreciate this. You guys are looking sharp, by the way. Spider-Man, loving the new black suit."
"Definitely a subpar villain," Hiro stated.
"Broken glass can be hazardous," Baymax stated.
"Fine. We'll wait." Fred sighed as they all waited for Globby to finish. It was a short while until finally he got out all of the glass and was ready to go at it.
"Okay, time in on three. One. Two-" Globby didn't finish as he stretched himself out to grab the painting Honey Lemon was talking about. "Psych!"
He stretched out some tentacles, like Peter had learned to do, and raced off down a hallway. Peter shot two strands of webbing and flung himself forward to chase him down. Fred bounced his way down the hall to chase after him. Honey Lemon just ended up running after him since she couldn't do what they did. Hiro climbed onto Baymax and waited for him to take off.
"Baymax, go!" Hiro commanded.
"He didn't finish counting," Baymax explains why he hasn't moved. "Technically it is still time out."
"Okay, three, go!" Hiro finished counting.
Baymax then did so as he flew down the hall to chase after Globby. Globby was throwing slime balls at them as he tried to make his escape.
As Globby was making his escape down the hall, Fred shot a strand of fire from his costume mouth to try and hit him, but only to melt a water fountain.
"Watch where you're blasting that stuff!" Peter cried as he made it past Fred and turned the corner to catch Globby. Shooting a gigantic net of webbing, Peter managed to prevent Globby from escaping. "Give it up, Globby! There's no escape!"
Globby turned the corner and managed to escape down another pathway. When Fred tried to blast fire again, it ended up almost hitting another painting until Peter grabbed it with his tentacles. But to his surprise, without the fire even touching him personally, it was almost like he was experiencing it firsthand.
"Gah!" Peter cried in pain. "What did I just say!?"
"Right. Sorry." Fred finally stopped trying to use fire.
At the end of the hallway, Honey was there waiting with a few of her Chen balls in hand. "Anti-sticky balls ready!"
When Globby came running through the doorway and stuck to the ceiling, Honey threw the chem balls and they released a small gas. After a short second, Globby couldn't keep sticking and ended up falling and literally splatting against the ground.
Baymax flew in and still seemed concerned for his health. "Do not move. You may be injured. I will scan you now."
"Don't worry, Baymax, they can take care of him in prison," Hiro states.
"Prison? They don't even make pants that can hold me." Globby informed them.
Then suddenly he morphed into a ball and bounced out of their hands.
"Boing! Boing, boing, everyone! Bye!" Globby cried as he got away.
"He can morph into a ball?" Peter asks.
"That's new," Fred said.
Globby bounced down the street where he was then hit by a bus, making a quick getaway from the tired heroes. He got on top of the bus and laughed at them. And then he was hit in the head by one of the signs and vanished from their sight. Even if they were to chase after him now, he'd likely find a way to escape, and they were all already tired.
The next day the crew regrouped at the Cat Cafe where they were recapping to everyone what had happened the last night. They were waiting for Peter as it seemed he was getting a late start from the constant nights he'd been out searching for the Chameleon.
"Globby is back?" Wasabi asks.
"And you let him get away?" GoGo asks.
"We saved the painting," Hiro stated. "Let's focus on that."
"The very famous painting? Perhaps you've heard of it?" Fred stated.
"Yeah, I've heard of it. Honey Lemon wouldn't stop talking about it." Teresa stated.
Honey Lemon's attention was drawn towards the doorway, and her reaction was immediate - she shrieked in horror at the sight before her. The group then flinched and turned their gaze towards the door, where they saw Peter shuffling in. He looked like he had been through a lot - his face was extremely tired, and his skin was an unhealthy shade of pale. His eyes were sunken in, and the dark circles under them were so massive that they almost looked like bruises. It was evident that he had not slept for days, and the exhaustion was etched all over his face.
"Uh, whoa." Teresa had never seen her brother look like this in a long time.
"Are you feeling okay there, man?" Wasabi asked as Peter sat down.
"I've never been this tired and hungry in my life," Peter says as he looks like he is gonna pass out. "I blame Globby."
Then an alarm went off on Baymax, getting everyone's attention off Peter as he started to eat some food. "Hiro, this is your reminder that you have a school project due today that is currently...10 percent finished."
"What?" Cass asks as she happens to be passing. "Shouldn't you have been doing homework last night? Here, at home? The work?"
"Aunt Cass, don't worry, it's me. I'll improvise." Hiro assured her.
"You mean scramble?" Wasabi asks.
"At the last minute," GoGo added.
"Always worked in high school." Hiro shrugged.
But all of a sudden, Peter's head hitting the table got everyone to return their attention to him. When he raised his head again, everyone was a little surprised that he seemed to be much more awake and even looking a lot better.
"Whew. I feel a lot better." Peter stated as he looked over himself. "Wow, maybe I just needed some food."
Karmi was deeply engrossed in the task of examining the sample of the enigmatic creature that Peter had entrusted to her. Her lab was filled with the hum of equipment as she studied the creature's complex structure, completely captivated by its intricate design. Karmi couldn't help but marvel at the creature's physical characteristics, which bore a striking resemblance to that of a Symbiote. She carefully ran her fingers along the creature's surface, trying to decipher its secrets and unlock the mysteries that lay beneath.
Karmi decided to push the limits of her research by conducting a more thorough analysis of the creature. She took one of the guinea pigs that were loaned to her from the other labs and began meticulously recording the creature's behavior and reactions. She wanted to understand the creature's every move, every sound, and every nuance. This was a crucial step in Karmi's research, and she was determined to leave no stone unturned.
"My tests on this creature have made my recent hypothesis correct," Karmi said as she was recording her findings. "But it's more than just a symbiote, it's...it needs a sort of host to survive. It needs to...attach itself to another living creature. It can't fend for itself and exposing it to heat seemed to have damaged a very number of its cells. It is similar to the relationship between tapeworms and dogs. Tapeworms can't survive without dogs and latch onto them."
Karmi then opened the container to release the portion of the Symbiote into the container holding one of the guinea pigs. She watched as the small Symbiote then latched onto the animal and crawled its way inside. Vanishing a few seconds after latching onto the creature.
"Now...let's see what happens when you attach it to a host," Karmi muttered as she fixed the camera to capture everything between the two animals. But as she was sitting there waiting for something to happen, she got an alert to warn her she was going to be late for class. "Oh, shoot."
Karmi got up and grabbed her project for the next class and raced to make sure she wouldn't be late. Just as she left, the Symbiote consumed the entire guinea pig and made it attack its cage-mate. The parasitic guinea pig killed the second one in the cage before the parasite began to consume the animal it was attached to.
Once it finished with that, the parasite tried to use the corpse of the animal as a way to escape. It didn't end well as it turns out the walls were heated every time something smacked against them. The parasite was weakened by the heat and used up all of the energy from the Guinea pig and tried to find a new source of food.
Back at school, whilst Karmi and Hiro were attending their class on seismic building protection, Peter and the gang were working on trying to figure out how to fight Globby. They underestimated him the first time, and even though they managed to save that painting, Globby got away.
"Amazing." Honey Lemon said as she looked over a picture of the painting in her book. "And we saved it!"
"I do not understand the purpose of art," Baymax commented.
"Well, to make art is to be human. To be alive." Honey Lemon did her best to explain.
"I am neither," Baymax commented.
"Oh." Honey Lemon wasn't sure how she missed that. "Sorry. I mean, how can I explain this so you can understand? It can be really good for emotional health. Like art therapy."
"I am coded to expand my therapeutic capabilities," Baymax replied. "Perhaps I should increase my understanding of art."
"Oh, yeah, that should be fun," Peter replied sarcastically as he worked on some web bombs.
"Ooh, I can teach you!" Honey Lemon offered. "To me, art is about expressing your feelings."
"Do you mean, like this?" Baymax asks and shows his pain scale chart.
"Hm, not exactly." Honey Lemon replied.
Then the door opened, and they looked over towards the door to see Hiro walk into the room with a giant red mark on his face. Honey shrieked as it seemed like she figured he was injured or something.
"Hiro! What happened?!" Honey Lemon cried as she ran over to him.
"Relax, Honey, it's obviously just paint," Peter said with a sigh.
"Not to worry, this paint is non-toxic," Baymax tells him.
"So, I guess your presentation wasn't a masterpiece." Honey guessed.
"More like a disaster piece." Hiro scoffed.
Fred then slid into the area and showed off his phone. "Hey, check out this funny video I found!"
The video showed the exact disaster that got Hiro into his current state. His presentation broke and shattered followed by the top of his tower falling off.
"Fred, that's me," Hiro informed him.
Fred looked at the footage again and was surprised. "Hey! It is. Maybe just imagine it's another person. See? Now, you're laughing. Oh, that's a grimace. Sorry."
"It's alright to not succeed the first time every time, Hiro." Teresa offered some support, wondering what was wrong with her brother. "The best thing to do is to keep moving forward."
"You know what? It doesn't matter." Hiro promises. "I've got a ton of better ideas. I'll just do one of them."
"Great, let's see if we can keep track of how many fails that he makes," Peter replies.
"Okay, are you just tired, or is this that whole thing I read about couples starting to mimic one another?" Teresa asks her brother.
But turns out that Peter was right, as everything that Hiro managed to try was either a failure or something that the group had already done in their first year.
"I've got nothing," Hiro confessed when he returned to class. "I'm just no good at this."
"Mr. Hamada, I am the one who gets to say they are no good," Granville replied to him. "Don't take my favorite part of the job."
"Well, go ahead and say it," Hiro said as he was prepared to hear it.
"No. I'm not letting you off that easy." Granville tells him. "You are going to rise to this challenge."
"What if I really am no good at this?" Hiro asks.
"You fail. After which, you will try again." Granville states.
Then Karmi came running in and held out another prototype she made. "Professor G? My new prototype is ready to go." She then gave Hiro an eye. "But if you want Hiro to say he's no good a few more times, totally your call."
After that, Karmi went back to her lab to check in on her experiments. She gasped at what she saw - both of the pigs were dead, and the glass for the cage was shattered. She looked around and wondered where the slime had ended up; she found it was crawling off toward the door she had left open. It didn't manage to get far before Karmi caught the slime and stopped it from escaping.
"What are you?" Karmi was shocked to see the creature kill the subjects and escape from the cage.
Failure after failure, Hiro retreated to the garage to try and come up with a solution while Fred, Baymax, Teresa, and Honey Lemon went to the museum to keep the painting safe. Hiro was desperately trying to find anything or think of something to finally pass this, so he grabbed some paper and crumpled it up before throwing it in frustration.
GoGo just happened to be entering with Peter and Wasabi when he did so and caught it. "Did you throw away a blank piece of paper?"
"I was just truing to save some time." Hiro shrugged as he took the paper back.
GoGo sighed as she rolled up her sleeves and prepared to swing her arm. "Okay, this is going to hurt you a lot more than it is me."
Wasabi however grabbed her hand and stopped her from doing whatever she was doing. "Whoa, what are you doing?"
"Slapping him out of it." GoGo explained her plan.
"You can't do that!" Wasabi proclaimed.
"You got a better idea?" GoGo asks.
Wasabi took a moment to consider what to do and came up with a...strange idea.
"Oh, Hiro, stop your fretting," Wasabi sang as he leaned closer to Hiro. "Hiro!"
Hiro freaked and jumped out of his chair in an attempt to get away from Wasabi.
"What...the heck...was that?" Peter asks in horror.
"Consider it a musical slap in the face." Wasabi explains to them.
"Oh, we do." GoGo assured him. Then she gets a message on her phone and she sees it's a emergency. "Looks like Globby is back."
"Great," Hiro said, seeing this as a distraction. He got up from his seat. "We gotta go."
"Uh, if you recall, my car is still at bottom of the bay." Wasabi reminded them. "So, how are we gonna get there?"
Peter got an idea as he grew a grin on his face. The suit formed around him, and tentacles flung off of him and grabbed onto the others.
"Oh, please tell me this doesn't stain." Wasabi begged Peter.
"Just hang onto something, you big baby." Peter scoffed at his friend. "I'll call Peni, she should be out of school by now."
Peter then crawled out of the garage and leaped into the air, all of his friends holding on as the tentacles were dragging them along.
"Oh, don't go too high!" Wasabi cried in terror.
Peni was the first to arrive at the museum, right behind Peter and the others as he released them from the tentacles, all dressed in their superhero attire.
"How did we get changed?" Wasabi asks in confusion.
"This stuff is useful for many reasons." Peter didn't explain further. He then looked to Peni. "You bring their gear?"
Peni then opened up her container and showed she carried the suits inside of the suit. "I really should add a second container to this suit if we keep doing this."
"Where's Globby?" Hiro asks the others.
"He's got the Shimamoto." Honey tells them. "But the museum is on lockdown."
"So, he is trapped inside?" GoGo asks.
"Subpar villain is gonna subpar." Fred shrugged.
Peter walked foreword and pushed some of his friends out of the way. "I've got this."
Peter then used his suit's strength to pry open the door in a second. This left a gaping hole in the locked-down doors. Suddenly, he noticed Globby come running out of the museum, seemingly prepared to use one of the art pieces as a ram to open the door.
Globby ended up falling down the stairs due to his moment on and smashed into a lamppost as well as landing on the sharp art piece.
Teresa winced when she saw that. "Ouch! You gotta admit that has to hurt."
"You think?" Globby asked as he got off of the art piece.
Then he stretched out one of his arms toward the museum. As Peter moved out of the way, Honey cried out, "He's going for the painting!"
Globby indeed grabbed the painting and pulled it back towards himself. "Well, he's got stick-to-it-avness," GoGo had to admit.
Globby's fingers closed around the ornate painting, its intricate details etched onto the canvas. He watched intently as everyone else in the room assumed battle positions. Honey, determined to take down the enemy, held a Chem ball tightly in her hand, the weapon's icy exterior glinting in the dim light. With a fierce expression, she hurled the ball toward Globby, but with lightning reflexes, he sidestepped the attack, causing it to veer off course and hit Fred, who was standing nearby, instead.
"Ha! Not this time!" Globby cried.
"Yes, this time!" Wasabi cried as he prepared to strike. But then Globby turned into a ball and rolled over him. Wasabi was disgusted when he tasted something left as Globby rolled away. "I got some in my mouth."
"Let's take him down!" Peni cried as she and SP leaped into action.
"What she said," GoGo agreed as she rolled down the street to chase him. "Get him!"
"Right behind you, GoGo!" Hiro cried as he jumped on the back of Baymax.
Peter then shot a strand of webbing and yanked himself into the air. Fred defrosted and had Wasabi climb onto his back to keep up as they left. Teresa activated her wings and took to the sky.
Globby was bouncing down the street to escape from Whole and Peter, who were beginning to catch up. Peter had activated his web wings and was closing in on Globby, while GoGo was rolling down the street with her feet. She had one of Honey's chem balls in her hand and was preparing to throw it at the glob. However, just as she was about to throw it, a streetcar came into view, causing her to skid to a halt.
"Spidey!" GoGo cried as she tossed the chemical ball towards him.
Peter caught the chemical ball and kept his wings gliding through the streets. "I've got you now!"
Peter then threw the Chem ball towards him, but Globby managed to dodge the device. "Where! Oh, it's really happening!"
Peter was growing increasingly annoyed and angry. "I'm getting tired of this!" he exclaimed. With a sudden movement, he stopped his web-wings, causing him to roll onto the ground and send out tentacles toward the villain. "Get over here!"
Globby, however, bounced out of the way and the tentacles latched onto a few parked cars in the area. Globby cheered as he saw he actually managed to do it. Peni then came in and grabbed him, but that didn't work in her favor, as Globby only ended up going through the suit, and past Peni in the control center.
"Ew! He got in!" Peni exclaimed as she felt some slime left on her console. "Ew, I'll never be clean again!"
"My first successful art heist!" Globby cheers. "Who's number one now? I-"
Then Globby ended up smacking right into Baymax and Hiro, who were floating in the air. "That painting does not belong to you," Baymax inquired.
Hiro moved in and snatched the painting. "Thank you."
Teresa flew in and shot Globby, causing him to slip off of the robot and splat on the ground. Her electrical charges didn't necessarily knock him out like they would normal enemies, but it did cause him to become unstable and unable to stick to things.
"Well, this isn't fair." Globby stated. "Why do I even bother?"
"Alright, let's finish this," Teresa said as she held another one of Honey's balls. She tossed it towards Globby, who shrieked when he saw what was coming. But to everyone's surprise, he ended up turning into water and went down the drain. "Uh...did he just melt?"
Gobby found himself exiting the drain onto a shoreline in San Fransokyo. He had come out of the drain. He then returned to his normal form and looked over himself in surprise. He hadn't intended to turn into water; it just sort of happened.
"I can turn into water?" Globby asks as he looked himself over. "Whoa! What else can I do?" He then tried to concentrate on his fist, the mind device in his head glowing. "Metal!"
And just like that, his fist transformed into metal, causing it to become so heavy that it fell to the ground. Globby then focused again, and his hand returned to its normal state, which caused it to slingshot back and smack him in the face.
"Yes!" Globby cried in happiness. "What else?" He then tried to think of what else he could try out.
Testing out his new skills was becoming fun as he was using his powers to skate around the beach. Then he decide to try out something more challenging and created chocolate in his fist. When he took a bite, he was surprised how real it was.
"Vibranium!" Globby wondered if he could use other elements. But he was shocked to see his fist didn't transform. "Ugh, maybe I need to get ahold of that Captain America shield first." Then a different idea came to mind. "Oh, wait, what about that other guy? What were those made out of? Oh, yeah! Adamantium!" And yet nothing happened. "Oh, well."
But then he realized that, even without those two elements, there was so much that he could do with this amazing power. He could turn himself to anything and create anything out of his body.
Globby said, "This could be very useful." He was already getting some ideas.
Karmi arrived at SFIT the next day with a sense of urgency as she had to run more tests on the mysterious creature. She was perplexed as she had initially assumed it was a mere parasite that solely relied on a host for survival, but recent discoveries suggest otherwise. As Karmi delved deeper into her research, she realized that the creature was far more complex and multifaceted than she had ever imagined.
Meanwhile, Hiro was whistling as he walked through their lab. GoGo and Wasabi were the first to notice of him as he strolled through.
"All right. Someone's in a good mood." Wasabi commented.
"Yeah," Hiro said with a smile. "We crushed our last mission. We had Globby so scared that he wet himself."
"Actually, we have some news about that," Teresa called everyone to Honey's lab area. "Honey? Wanna tell them?"
"Well, as it turns out, the volatile chemicals that made Globby, well Globby, combined with the neurotransmitter." Honey reminded them, creating a small demonstration.
"Right. We are aware of this." GoGo confirmed.
"Well, it would seem that now Globby has learned how his thoughts can control his Globiness?" Honey didn't know how to explain properly, but then showed a small pile of goo turn into ice.
"You trying to say that he can now turn into any element on the periodic table?" Peter asks, dangling off of the ceiling. "Great. So, we haven't seen the end of him."
"That villain is on his way to super," Wasabi said in worry.
"I don't care if he's a solid, liquid, or gas." Hiro proclaimed. "We can take him."
"Oh, I hope not gas," Wasabi said in worry.
"Where's Peni and Fred?" Hiro wonders.
"We had them keep an eye on the library," Peter informed him. "In case our walking booger strikes again." Then his phone went off, causing him to look and notice that it was a message from Bette, saying that Jameson was looking for his photos. "And now my boss wants his stupid photos."
With a clatter, Peter threw his webbing to the ground and stalked towards the door, his jaw clenched tightly. His abrupt departure left his teammates in an uneasy silence, unsure of what had provoked his sudden outburst. The tense atmosphere lingered even after the door slammed shut behind him, leaving the team to puzzle over what had caused Peter's uncharacteristic display of anger.
"What is with him recently?" GoGo asks them. "It's like he's acting like..."
"You?" Teresa asks, getting a glare from GoGo. "You know, I have heard that some couples begin to take traits off one another."
"I am not like that." GoGo denied it, getting some questionable looks. "Wait, is that what I am like?"
"I think he just might be tired." Hiro tried a different angle. "He has been helping us out every night looking for the Chameleon."
"A good night's rest is important for one's stability," Baymax said from across the room, working on a painting. "Perhaps art therapy could be beneficial for him."
Baymax then walked off, leaving his painting behind, and left them wondering what he drew. When they approached the canvas, they were all left with a little horrific image of seeing Baymax ended up drawing sketches of all of them, just with X-ray scanning. All of them were shown with no skin, just their skeletons and an outline of where their skin would be.
"Should we be worried?" Wasabi asks in concern.
"He's painting what he knows?" Honey tried to defend Baymax.
Upon closely scrutinizing Peter's X-ray, Teresa discerned an anomalous and conspicuous presence of black and viscous material that seemed impervious to Baymax's X-ray technology. This finding piqued her interest as it could be a probable cause for her brother's inexplicable fits of anger and erratic behavior. She resolved to delve deeper into this matter to uncover the underlying cause of the mysterious black goo on the X-ray and its potential impact on her brother's behavior, tiredness, and hunger.
After the team's encounter with Globby at the art museum, Eddie returned to the Bugle with hopes of selling his footage. Despite his best efforts, the footage turned out to be subpar and only got worse as the team's attacks made it challenging for him to capture a stable shot. The constant movement and chaos made it nearly impossible for Eddie to get a clear and steady shot, resulting in footage that was not up to par with his usual work. Nevertheless, Eddie remained determined to make a sale to Jameson to finally scoop Parker on the job.
"What am I looking at here?" Jameson asks as the shot is terrible. Eddie turned the tablet over to help him look at it right-side up. "Was that supposed to make it better?"
"Proof." Eddie tried to sell it. "Spider-Man and his team broke into the museum and helped that Globby guy escape. It's all in the footage."
"Where?" Jameson asks. "A toddler could get a better shot than this." Then there was a knock at the door. "Enter at your own risk!"
Peter stormed into his workplace; his frustration palpable as he slammed the door shut behind him. His eyes scanned the room and landed on Eddie, who he knew was still attempting to get him fired. Peter couldn't help but feel a twinge of resentment towards his colleague, but he also knew that Jameson, their boss, was unlikely to let him go. After all, Peter was the only one who had managed to capture decent footage recently, and the entire team was on edge to keep an eye out for Eddie's sneaky attempts at getting footage of them. It was a cutthroat industry they worked in, and Peter had to keep his wits about him if he wanted to keep his job and provide for his family.
Peter approached Jameson's desk and placed the drive down on the desk. "Footage and photos of the Big Hero 9 versus Globby."
Jameson took the drive and moved over to his computer to look over the photos and footage. Eddie was skeptical about how Peter got that footage as he was looking everywhere for how Peter managed to get this footage. "How did you get that footage? I didn't see you there."
"I'm better than you," Peter told him in a stern tone.
"Ha!" Jameson seemed to be happy with Peter's footage. "Great work, Parker. This is perfect."
"You act like it's something new," Peter told his boss, slightly surprised at himself for standing up to Jameson of all people. "Now my check?"
"Yeah, yeah, talk to Bette, she knows where to go from there," Jameson said, not taking his eyes off the footage.
Peter nodded in agreement as he complied with Jameson's request to leave the office and head towards Bette. As he made his way out, he left Eddie behind, causing Brock to wonder how Peter was always able to secure incriminating footage and come out on top. Brock started pondering over the possibility of figuring out Peter's secret. However, as he was lost in thought, another idea came to his mind. He remembered the other photos that Peter had taken of previous crime scenes, and a sly smile spread across his face. He realized that those photos could potentially be just as useful in helping him with his own successes.
Peter made it to the elevator after finally getting paid and his phone rang. Seeing it was GoGo, he picked it up and wondered what was wrong now. "What is it?" He asked.
"Fred called, the museum is moving the disaster painting to a museum," GoGo informed him.
"Sounds like the right move to me, what's the problem?" Peter asks.
"Which means it is in a truck crossing a city," GoGo explains to him.
"Oh." Peter understands what the problem is. He stepped into the elevator and as the doors closed, his suit morphed around him. He pushed the button to have him go upward towards the ceiling. "Yeah, I see your point. I'll see you out there."
But as it turned out, Globby was already hard at work as he relentlessly chased after the armored car, determined to seize the valuable painting inside. The pursuit was intense, with the car swerving and dodging, trying to evade the sticky and elastic substance that Globby was shooting at it. However, it was only a matter of time before Globby's webbed material latched onto the car and caused it to spin out of control, eventually crashing into a nearby wall.
As the driver fled, panicked and terrified, Globby quickly made his way to the car and used his acidic powers to dissolve the roof, creating an opening for him to slip inside. With a sense of triumph and satisfaction, he finally laid his hands on the painting he had been trying to take, and he couldn't help but feel a sense of pride at achieving something he had set out to do.
"Got it!" Globby cheered as he then leaped out of the truck.
But when he exited the vehicle, he learned that he was already surrounded by the entire Big Hero 9 team. "Don't you ever give up?" Hiro asks.
"No, I think today is my day." Globby proclaimed.
"Aw! I love your positive attitude." Honey tells him. But then she prepared a chemical ball to capture him. "Sorry about this."
The game was on, and Honey tossed the ball toward Globby. However, the ball didn't go in the direction she predicted because Globby had turned himself into a springy material. This caused him to be able to send the chemical ball back towards Honey, who shrieked as the chem ball hit her. The impact caused her purse to short-circuit.
Teresa took her turn as she flew her way in and took several electrical shots toward Globby. However, the guy had turned himself into rubber, which allowed him to conduct the electricity. He then punched Teresa with it, causing her to spaz out and smash into a window. Her pack short-circuited in the process, leaving her defenseless.
Peni went in to try and take Globby down with Fred's help, but that plan didn't work. Globby used some goo of sorts to wrap up Peni's mechanical suit's arms, causing her to lose control and crash into the ground. Fred tried to bounce, but Globby used cement to keep him in place.
When GoGo went in to help, Globby used diamonds to make a rough pavement for her to run on. Unfortunately, this caused her to trip and fall. When Baymax and the hero went in to finish the task by using Baymax's rocket fist, it only ended with Globby wrapping it up with goo and smashing it into the ground. This sent goo everywhere and knocked everyone down.
Globby was left unharmed since he ended up using his powers to turn himself into a rock. He then laughed as he morphed out of his transformation. "At first you don't succeed; try turning yourself into chocolate." Then he wrapped himself around the painting and rolled off. "Got to bounce!"
Globby then laughed as he bounced off down the street while laughing the entire way.
"Well, that happened," Teresa said in surprise.
"Where's Spidey?" Honey wonders.
"Out of all of the times to bail, it had to be tonight," GoGo said with a growl.
Suddenly, seemingly out of nowhere, Peter lunged at Globby with full force, surprising everyone with his speed and agility. The two of them hit the ground with a loud thud, rolling a few feet away from the rest of the team. From a distance, it was hard to make out what was happening, but it looked like a fierce struggle between Peter and Globby. The rest of the team could only watch with bated breath, hoping that Peter would emerge victorious.
As Peter was hurled off of Globby, he felt a rush of adrenaline. He instinctively activated the tentacles of his suit, grabbing onto the side of the building and propelling himself back toward his enemy. With expert precision, he generated two sharp blades from the suit and launched himself at Globby, slashing him with relentless fury. Not content with inflicting mere physical damage, Peter then used the suit to create a slimy cocoon around Globby, effectively trapping him. To ensure that his opponent stayed put, he then lifted a nearby car and placed it on top of the cocoon, pinning Globby to the ground. With a final burst of energy, Peter sprang up and body-slammed the car, unleashing a powerful shockwave that left both Globby and the surrounding area in a state of stunned silence.
"We are growing tired of this!" Peter proclaimed to Globby in anger. He created his blade and readied to slice his head. "What the hell do you want with that painting anyway?"
"Maybe I just like art," Globby said with a smile, Peter not noticing that Globby was turning the back of his head into acid. "You ever think of that?"
"Don't lie to us!" Peter stated, placing the blade under Globby's neck. "Now-"
Peter's heightened senses immediately alerted him that something was amiss. He felt an impending danger, but before he could even react, the car he and his companion, Globby, were on exploded with a deafening roar. The blast sent Globby hurtling in multiple directions, but he was able to pull himself together, albeit with a visible struggle.
Globby watched in horror as the explosion unleashed its fury upon Peter, causing something otherworldly to happen. The force of the blast propelled Peter towards the epicenter, and a scream of agony escaped his lips. As he struggled to endure the excruciating pain, he noticed the creature attached to him reacting to the sound of the explosion. Karmi's research on the creature's sensitivity to noise was proven right, as the flames caused it harm. The deafening sound continued to pierce through the air, leaving Peter and the creature struggling to cope with the aftermath of the blast.
In the chaos that ensued, the creature was torn apart, small pieces flying every which way. Amid the flames, Globby saw something that chilled him to the bone - a demon-like face with the Spider-Man lenses as its eyes, trying to break free from the inferno.
Without wasting a single moment, Globby sprinted away as fast as he could while Spider-Man was struggling to gather himself. The raging flames showed no signs of subsiding, but Peter managed to crawl a significant distance, enough to distance himself from harm's way. However, the intense fire and deafening sonic noise weakened both Peter and his suit, making them vulnerable to further damage.
Meanwhile, Teresa was hovering over the explosion site and noticed that her brother was injured. Without any delay, she rushed to his side and found him unconscious, though his regenerative powers had already kicked in, and he was in the process of healing. She realized that they needed to leave the scene before any authorities arrived, and she wasted no time in carrying her brother away to safety.
After a long and arduous journey, Globby finally arrived at the rendezvous point he had arranged with the mysterious individual who was willing to pay top dollar for the painting. As a hired professional, this job was of utmost importance to him, and he had gone to great lengths to ensure its success. The location of the rendezvous was an abandoned restaurant, hidden away from prying eyes and unsuspecting passersby. Despite the desolate appearance of the place, Globby knew he was in the right spot and his heart raced with anticipation for the exchange that was about to take place. And the person who hired him turned out to be none other than the same man who recruited Kraven from the woods.
"You actually achieved it." Obake had to say he was surprised.
"Here it is." Globby handed it over. "Sorry about the globs."
Obake then used a laser and cut a small part of Globby. "Some further study could show further potential."
"Potential?" Gobby was surprised to hear. "I knew Mom was wrong about me." Then he felt something moving inside of him and shuttered. "Whoa, hey, what else is in here?" Then he noticed a small black goo trying to escape. "Eww, I got a bit of Spider-Man on me."
Obake halted in his tracks as he spun around, his attention caught by a tiny fragment of the Symbiote that had somehow managed to cling onto Globby during the explosion. His eyes narrowed with caution as he extended his hand to grasp the minuscule specimen. As he held it up to the light for closer inspection, his mind whirred with the possibilities of the secrets this small piece could unlock - the mysteries it could reveal about the symbiote's composition and abilities, the potential applications it could have in his research and experiments. With a slow and deliberate movement, he carefully secured the fragment in a small container, his mind already racing with the possibilities of what he could learn from it.
"Now this and the painting could help us further," Obake told him before turning back to the painting. "Lenore Shimamoto the artist doesn't concern me." He then smashed the painting and revealed there was something hidden behind it. "But Shimamoto the scientist is of great interest to me..."