Volume III: The Iguana

Note: This will be the seventh chapter of Volume III, this will introduce the Iguana, a mutated humanoid lizard that is running around underneath Manhattan as Doctor Curt Connors learns that he's responsible for unintentionally creating this monster. Meanwhile Peter and Gwen resume their internship under Dr. Connors as they're soon to learn about this science accident of his, Dr. Connors is facing another problem with himself as he learns that he hasn't fully gotten rid of the Lizard, it's still a part of him and will cause complications in his life. The three spider heroes will be on the hunt to find this Iguana and putting a stop to it while trying to help Dr. Connors with his condition. Meanwhile Peter, Gwen, and Mary Jane are still dealing with their own romantic feelings as Peter is feeling divided between Gwen and Mary Jane.

Flashback

One year ago, it's September 18th at Empire State University, Dr. Curt Connors is injecting the cure he made for himself into the mouse that is now part lizard thanks to his formula, in another part of the lab is a terrarium where his pet iguana Iggy is resting comfortably, Dr. Connors watched as the antidote does it work and undo the changes his formula caused, he witness Mickey transforming back into the normal three legged mouse, he smiled his cure was a success.

"It worked! Now to…" Dr. Connors flinched and dropped the syringe.

Dr. Connors looked to his right side to see that his right arm is being regrow as he's changing into the Lizard again like before.

"No... not now." Dr. Connors tries fighting it.

Dr. Connors got on the floor as he's having trouble maintaining control of himself, his entire skin turns to scales and he's growing a tail out of his back, he then hears a knock on the door as someone is outside the lab, he can't let anyone see him like this.

"Dr. Connors, are you in there?!" Gwen asking outside the door.

"Stay back, don't come in!" Dr. Connors still has some consciousness left in him.

Dr. Connors has fully transformed himself into the Lizard as he become feral and swings his tail around damaging the whole lab, including the terrarium the iguana was in, all of a sudden Peter and Gwen came in and finds what appears to be a giant lizard right before their eyes.

"What is that?" Gwen is shocked by what she's seeing.

"It looks like... a Lizard." Peter is equally shocked too.

The Lizard turns around to see a couple of teenagers here right before his eyes, he roared out as they both got scared by the Lizard it presents a danger to them and everyone around here.

"Run!" Peter grabs Gwen's hand and leads her away from the lab.

The Lizard chases after Peter and Gwen in his feral state, the terrarium that housed the iguana was all broken thanks to the force of the Lizard's tail, the Iguana crawls out what remained of the terrarium and is finally freed to roam around the lab the Lizard has wrecked, it crawled in closer to what appears to be Dr. Connor's sample of blood he was using to study his DNA for any anomalies, the iguana sticks his tongue out and started licking off the blood from the floor, after its done licking the blood, it crawled away from the lab and found its way outside on campus and it only continues heading far away until it reached the storm drain close to the street, it crawled insider and made its way deep into the sewers, the iguana disappears into the darkness of the deep, never to be seen again.

(Present)

It's one year later in present day, the day is October 16th around 3: 15 AM at midnight, in Chinatown at one of the chinese cuisine restaurants, the back door was broken down as a homeless man sleeping in an alley wakes up to hear sounds coming from the restaurant itself as something big came out with with green scales and a long tail as the homeless man got scared by the mere appearance of this mysterious beast, the monster rans away from the alley as it reached the middle of the streets and popped open a manhole, it then crawled itself down deep into the sewers where it came.


It's now 6:45 AM at the Connors Residence, Dr. Curt Connors is in his bed twisting and turning in his sleep as next to him his wife Martha is getting very worried for her husband as she shakes him trying to wake him up from his nightmare, but he's still wouldn't wake up as something is haunting him in his sleep that it's making it very difficult for Martha to help him.

"Curt? Curt, wake up! Curt!" Martha trying to wake Dr. Connors up.

All of a sudden Curt Connors suddenly wakes up from his sleep all shaken up, Martha held her husband very close all worried.

"It's the nightmares again, isn't it?" Martha held her husband very tightly.

Curt Connors sighed. "Yes, it's been happening lately, and all these nightmares are all connected to… the Lizard."

"Curt, the Lizard is long gone, he can't hurt you or anyone else, it's over." Martha assures her husband that this is behind them.

Billy Connors came into the room and jumped onto the bed surprising his parents, they're happy to see their son all waken up early.

"Morning sleepyhead, you're up early." Dr. Connors smiled at his son.

"Mom, can you make me some pancakes? I'm starving." Billy asking his mother.

Martha chuckled. "Okay, give me second and I'll be there."

Billy jumps off the bed and heads out of the room towards the kitchen, Martha got off and puts on her robe as she's about to head to the kitchen to cook her son pancakes for breakfast, she stops to look back at her husband.

"You coming, Curt?" Martha asking her husband.

"Be there soon, don't wait up." Curt Connors tells his wife.

Martha walked away as Curt got off the bed and heads towards the bathroom, he turns on the water from the sink and poured water onto his left hand, he then rinse his face as he gazed himself upon the mirror, he sees what appears to be an image of the Lizard he used to be, he's still haunted by his past and now these sudden feelings he gets deep inside like he had before while he still had the Lizard inside him, but he wonders if that's still the case. He wants to investigate his physiology and DNA to make sure that's completely free from the Lizard.


It's 2:43 PM at Midtown Science High School as Peter is sitting with Gwen listening to their teacher Raymond Warren teaching the class, but Peter is too distracted by other things, like his relationship with Gwen is now on hold as he's feeling divided between her and his romantic feelings for his best friend Mary Jane. He turns back to see Mary Jane sitting with Harry Osborn as he sees her more differently than before, he finds her more attractive, Mary Jane spotted Peter looking back right until he turns back the other way, she's also dealing with her own complicated feelings for Peter since he's the love her live and Gwen's. Peter turns to his right side to see Gwen still looking beautiful to his eyes as he still thinks about her a lot. Harry noticed something going on between his friends Mary Jane and Peter as they were looking at each other, he seen this kind of look in their eyes before from last year.

"It's been like week since she and I agreed to give each other some space, I still love Gwen with all my heart, but lately she's not the girl in my life, there's another, Mary Jane Watson. MJ and I have been best friends since we were kids, I've never seen as anything else until last year I kissed her and that's when my feelings for MJ began to develop, around Christmas she told me that she's loves me, and I told her that I love her too as a friend, but now I'm not so sure. Just recently she kissed me and to be honest, I liked it. Could it be that I'm falling for MJ?" Peter is saying in his thoughts about his feelings.

Peter is still thinking about his feelings for Gwen and MJ until the bell rang as school has ended for the day, everyone is getting up and leaving class including Peter and Gwen walking with their friends Harry and Mary Jane until Professor Warren wanted to speak to Peter and Gwen about something important to them concerning their future.

"Mr. Parker, Ms. Stacy, a word please." Raymond Warren told Peter and Gwen.

"Go on ahead, don't wait up." Peter tells Mary Jane and Harry.

Peter and Gwen stayed behind while Mary Jane and Harry both leave the classroom together as they're curious as to what Professor Warren wants with them.

"Is everything alright, Professor Warren?" Gwen is wondering.

"Of course, Ms. Stacy, everything is fine. I know it's too soon but do any of you have plans after graduation? Any collages or universities you're looking up?" Raymond Warren asking them about their plans.

"Well, I for one am sticking to ESU, it's much closer to home." Peter tells Raymond Warren.

"That's goes for me too." Gwen is also going to ESU.

"I'd figured you'd both say that, remember Dr. Connors?" Raymond Warren told them about Dr. Connors.

"Yeah, you hooked us up with that internship at ESU under Dr. Connors last year. What about him?" Peter told Raymond Warren.

"He's still taking in high school interns, I've recommended you both again for the internship, that is if you're both still interested." Raymond Warren tells Peter and Gwen.

"Sure, why not?" Peter tells Raymond Warren.

"Of course, we've learned a lot from him last year, it'd be good to expand our minds." Gwen tells Raymond Warren.

"Excellent, I'll let him know that you've both agreed, he'll be expecting you later at the lab." Raymond Warren told Peter and Gwen.

"Thank you Professor Warren." Gwen thanked Raymond Warren.

"Yes, thank you." Peter thanked Raymond Warren.

Peter and Gwen shakes hands with Raymond Warren for giving them another opportunity like this, they left the classroom afterwards and headed out of the school as they have so much to do today, attending their internship under Dr. Connors again and doing their hero duties as Spider-Man and Ghost-Spider.

"I hope that this year's internship turned out better than last year's, because of…" Peter reminds Gwen of that incident.

"The Lizard, I know, I hope that Dr. Connors has fully recovered from that incident, can't imagine living knowing that his own experiments turned him into a monster. At least no one knows about the Lizard or that it's Dr. Connors, this whole thing is behind us." Gwen tells Peter.

Peter is also worried of how Dr. Connors is holding up from his trauma of being the Lizard, Spider-Man and Ghost-Spider worked so hard to cover up this whole incident as they went so far as to discredited Eddie Brock for wanting to expose the truth. Peter then got a ping on his phone as he pulls it out to see that he received a text from their friend Miles Morales telling him that he'll be at F.E.A.S.T. with his mom later.

"It's Miles, he'll be at the shelter later doing volunteer work with his mom. Why don't we go to ESU and check up on our old friend Dr. Connors?" Peter suggested to Gwen.

"Sure, let's go." Gwen tells Peter.

Peter and Gwen walked together as they're heading for Empire State University to attend their internship under Dr. Curt Connors and see how he's doing, Gwen looked at Peter as she can't help but like this feeling of them being together, she knows that they've agreed to give each other some space as he has feelings for Mary Jane too. She wonders if he still has feelings for her, Gwen still loves him too and has some small hopes that she and Peter can be together now that she's back in his life.


It's now 3:15 PM at F.E.A.S.T. as Miles is with his mother Rio Morales helping the injured homeless in need of medical care as one of the homeless is rambling about what he saw last night in Chinatown concerning a big green monster with scales, May is hearing rumors about a lizard creature roaming around Manhattan as from they're describing it sounds like the Lizard is back, the very same creature Spider-Man and Ghost-Spider faced last year.

"So you claimed that you saw what appears to be a reptile here in Manhattan?" Rio Morales asking the homeless man.

"I know what I saw, it was big with green scales and sharp teeth, it had a big long tail and sharp nails."

"Sure, if you say so." Rio Morales isn't convinced by this story.

May came up to Rio. "Rio, dear, care to give this guy something to calm his nerves and let him rest?"

"Sure, right this way." Rio Morales tells the homeless man.

Rio takes the homeless guy away as May and Miles are left alone to talk in private about this news.

"A Lizard here in the city? Sounds crazy." Miles tells May.

"Actually, it isn't, Peter and Gwen once told me that they've once faced a Lizard guy last year." May told Miles about the Lizard.

"So this Lizard is real?" Miles is surprised.

"Yeah, and it looks like he's back." May tells Miles.

"So what do we do?" Miles asking May what to do with this news.

"We better tell Peter and Gwen, let them know that the Lizard is back." May tells Miles to notify Peter and Gwen.


At the same time at Empire State University, Dr. Curt Connors is in his laboratory sitting down in front of a microscope as he study a sample of his blood for any anomalies, he detected something unusual in his blood that is not natural. He then switches to the computer for a deeper look into his DNA, he finds markers similar to that he found in his DNA last year, this confirms his theory about the Lizard. He thought he was cured of his Lizard condition last year, but he found out that it was only temporary and it only suppressed his Lizard genes for a time, now they're coming back stronger.

"My god… he's still a part of me." Dr. Connors is shocked by his discovery.

Meanwhile, his assistant Vincent Stegron came in and brought Peter Parker and Gwen Stacy, the two interns Dr. Connors took under his wing last year, they're the only ones who knows his secret at the Lizard and we're entrusted with it. Dr. Connors stopped his work as he knew that they were coming thanks to Professor Warren giving him the heads up that they've accepted the internship again.

"Dr. Connors, your two interns Parker and Stacy are here." Vincent Stegron informed Dr. Connors.

"Thank you Stegron, I'll take it from here." Dr. Connors assured Vincent Stegron.

"Of course, excuse me." Vincent Stegron takes his leave.

"It's nice to see you both again, especially you Gwen Stacy. I heard about what happened to your father, I'm sorry, condolences." Dr. Connors tells Gwen Stacy.

"Thanks." Gwen tells Dr. Connors.

"So how are you holding up? With everything?" Peter is wondering.

"Everything is fine around here, except last month one of our scientist was exposed to a unknown gas and turned himself into a supervillain." Dr. Connors told them about the Looter.

"Yeah, I heard, Spider-Man told me. But what about you personally? You know, the Lizard?" Peter is wondering about the Lizard.

"About that… I…" Dr. Connors is hesitating to tell them the truth.

Peter's phone is ringing as he pulls it out and see that it's Miles Morales calling.

"Excuse me." Peter walks away and answered the call. "Hey Miles."

"Hey Pete, I'm here with your aunt in her office, we have something to tell you, it seemed important, putting on speaker." Miles tells Peter.

"Peter, it's me, are you listening?" May talking to Peter.

"I'm listening, go ahead." Peter tells May.

"We heard something from one of our homeless here, he claims to have seen the Lizard in Chinatown very recently, if I didn't know better, it sounds like Dr. Connors might've relapsed into his other self again." May informed Peter about the Lizard sighting.

Peter looks back at Dr. Connors who was the Lizard last year, he's getting worried that he's back now and on the loose like before, both he and Gwen are here right now with the man as they'll have to confront him about recent event.

"Me and Gwen are here at ESU, resuming our internship under the man here. Thanks for the tip, we'll talk later." Peter hangs up the call.

Gwen turns around to see that call has got Peter worried for some reason, she walks up to him and wonders whats going on. Dr. Connors noticed it when he see Peter's expression of him, whatever it is, it's got to do with him.

"What happened, Pete?" Gwen asking Peter.

"We need to talk to Dr. Connors, it's important." Peter tells Gwen.

Dr. Connors asking Peter. "Is everything alright, Parker?"

"Dr. Connors, this is important, where were you last night?" Peter asking Dr. Connors a personal question.

"I was home, sleeping." Dr. Connors tells Peter.

"Are you sure?" Peter asking Dr. Connors.

"Why are you asking me this? What's going on?" Dr. Connors is getting very worried by these questions.

Peter sighed. "I don't know how to say this, but someone at the shelter claims to have seen what appears to be the Lizard roaming around Chinatown last night."

"What? Are you sure?" Gwen is surprised by this news.

"Unfortunately yes." Peter reluctantly tells Gwen.

Dr. Connors sighed. "I hoped this wouldn't happened."

"What are you talking about?" Peter is worried.

"Before you two came in, I was looking over my DNA sample, since you both know my secret, it's better I show you." Dr. Connors tells Peter and Gwen.

Dr. Connors walked back to his computer as Peter and Gwen came up and he shows them a sample of his own DNA on the screen.

"Look here, this my DNA sample, and these markers right here are what appears to be Lizard DNA still bonded to mines." Dr. Connors explained about the anomaly in his DNA.

"How could that be? I thought you were cured last year by Spider-Man." Peter is surprised and confused.

"The antidote I've created didn't cure me, it only suppressed the Lizard DNA inside me, they've been dormant for a year, now they're waking up, I just found out recently, the Lizard is still a part of me." Dr. Connors told them that the Lizard still exist.

"Then what my aunt heard at the shelter is true, the Lizard spotted last night must've been you." Peter tells Dr. Connors that he could've been the Lizard again.

"It's impossible, I'm pretty sure I would've noticed if I was transformed into the Lizard." Dr. Connors is having trouble believing it was him.

"But from we heard, you'd have no memory of what happened when you transform into the Lizard, it's possible that the Lizard took over in your sleep and you wouldn't noticed." Gwen tells Dr. Connors.

"You're saying that I've could've been the Lizard again and I didn't even remember it happening?" Dr. Connors tells Gwen.

"It's possible, we can't say for certain, I'm sorry." Peter tells Dr. Connors.

Dr. Connors looked very sad and disappointed in himself that the Lizard is back in his life again, he had thought he was free from that monster he created, but its still a part of him, Peter and Gwen can't help but feeling sorry for the guy, he was an innocent man haunted by the sins of his own creation and now it's coming back into their lives.

"Dr. Connors?" Gwen is worried for Dr. Connors.

Dr. Connors sighed. "We'll have to cancel the internship for the day, Parker, do you think you can reach out to Spider-Man and tell him that the Lizard is back."

"Sure, I'll let him know. Hopefully he and his friends will help you find a way to stop the Lizard again." Peter agrees to help Dr. Connors.

"Thank you." Dr. Connors is grateful to Peter.

"Don't mention it, it's the right thing to do. Come on, Gwen." Peter tells Gwen.

Peter and Gwen are walking out of the lab after hearing the news that the Lizard is back, they made it out of the lab and continues to leave the university as they have a job to do as Spider-Man and Ghost-Spider.


It's 4:23 PM at the Coffee Bean in Tribeca as Harry Osborn and Mary Jane Watson are hanging out together as friends, Harry is walking over to pick up their drinks as Mary Jane is sitting in her chair on the phone with Gwen and Peter informing her about recent events concerning the Lizard, Harry is heading back with their drinks as she's about to hang up soon.

"I see, thanks for letting me know, you both take care of yourselves out there." Mary Jane tells Gwen.

"We will, MJ.' Peter tells Mary Jane.

"Wish us luck." Gwen tells Mary Jane.

"Good luck." Mary Jane tells Peter and Gwen before hanging up.

Harry hands Mary Jane her drink. "Here you go, MJ, one caramel macchiato."

Mary Jane took it in her hands. "Thanks."

Harry sits down facing Mary Jane. "So what's going on?"

"What do you mean?" Mary Jane is wondering.

"What's going on with you and Peter? I was sitting next to you in class and I've seen the way you've looked at him. So spill, MJ, what's with you and Pete?" Harry is curious about Mary Jane and Peter.

Mary Jane sighed. "Remember that time at Coney Island?"

"Yeah, I gave you tickets for you and Pete, I was surprised that he'd agree to go given that he's a pretty busy boy with his job. I've seen you and Pete having so much fun, the only time I've seen Peter this happy was when he was with Gwen. Did something else happen between you two? I promise not to get jealous." Harry suspects something more with Mary Jane and Peter.

"Yes, later that night, me and Peter... we kissed." Mary Jane confessed about the kiss.

Harry's eyes widened. "Whoa, again?!"

"Only this time I'm the one who kissed him first." Mary Jane blushed at his subject.

"Wow... and how was it?" Harry asking how was the kiss.

"It was like the first time me and Peter kissed last year, he surprised me with a kiss and... I enjoyed it. I'm sorry to say this to you given that..." Mary Jane tells Harry.

"Don't apologize MJ, I'm completely over it. Go on." Harry wants to listen for more.

"After that first kiss, I've began to realize that I'm in love with him, I love Peter Parker." Mary Jane confesses her love for Peter.

"Does he know how you feel?" Harry is curious.

"Yes, last Christmas I've confessed to Peter that I love him, that he's the love of my life, but in the end he chose to be with Gwen, she's always been the love of his life, still is." Mary Jane tells Harry.

"And now Gwen is back and his feelings for you are now confusing him." Harry told Mary Jane.

"I promised Gwen that I'd be there for Peter, I just never imagined that I end up falling in love with him again, nor did I expect for Gwen to return home unexpectedly. This whole thing has gotten very complicated for all of us." Mary Jane tells Harry.

"Oh MJ, I'm so sorry this happened to you." Harry tells Mary Jane.

"Don't be, it's inevitable that Peter will choose Gwen in the end, she's always been the one for him." Mary Jane tells Harry.

"But things are different now, he and Gwen are now foster siblings living under the same roof." Harry tells Mary Jane.

"Yeah, but they're not blood related or even adopted, what's to stop them from getting together again?" Mary Jane tells Harry.

"Okay, you have a point there, but maybe Peter might be struggling between his old feelings for Gwen and his new feelings for you. He might end up getting back together with Gwen, or he could be falling for you too, MJ. This means that your romantic relationship with Peter is still a possibility." Harry tells Mary Jane.

Mary Jane remains quiet as she heard Harry telling her that she might have a chance to end up with Peter, but there is still Gwen Stacy who Peter still has feelings for, but the big question remains who will Peter Parker choose in the end, her or Gwen.


It's now 5:09 PM in Chinatown as Kid Arachnid is sitting on a rooftop of F.E.A.S.T. waiting for something to happen concerning this Lizard guy he heard so much about from Peter's aunt, if the rumors are true, then it's likely that he'll strike again very soon. He only faced a few of Spider-Man and Ghost-Spider's old foe, but never the Lizard, he is curious to find out soon.

Kid Arachnid sighed. "Still no trouble happening, I thought for sure this Lizard guy would show up by now."

A person's voice is screaming in terror as Kid Arachnid could tell that someone is in trouble.

"Careful what you wish for, Kid Arachnid." Kid Arachnid told himself.

He jumps off the rooftop and swings towards the source of the trouble, he followed the source to a fish market as a lot of people are running out in fear from something. Kid Arachnid jumped down and goes in to investigate who or what is causing the trouble, he looks in deeper to find something big and reptilian making a mess and feasting on the fishes in the boxes. The creature stopped eating as it turns back to see a person looking at him, Kid Arachnid has finally gazed upon what appears to be a giant lizard, it's big, green, and humanoid.

"Whoa! So you're the lizard I've been hearing so much about?" Kid Arachnid tells the Lizard creature.

This creature says nothing as he picks up a box and tossed it towards Kid Arachnid but the hero jumps up and dodged it, he then webbed up a line to the creature's arm, but this creature used up his super strength and pulled the line in along with Kid Arachnid, the creature then swings its tail hard and hits Kid Arachnid back as he crashed against a crate full of fresh fishes. The Lizard creature roared out and makes his escape from the fish market as Kid Arachnid is getting back up and removing all the fish he got on him.

"Ah, this stinks! Crap, this thing is getting away! Better let the others know!" Kid Arachnid tells himself in disappointment.

Kid Arachnid is rushing out of the fish market hoping not to lose sight of the Lizard creature he encounter, he made it outside as he sees something jumping around on top of cars and causing panic to all the people here, one of them got captured the image of the creature on his phone as it passed by, Kid Arachnid taps his earpiece and notifies his friends of the situation.

(Empire State University)

At the same time at ESU, Spider-Man and Ghost-Spider are both inside the lab as Dr. Connors is working on creating an antidote again and hopes that it'll be more effective this time in purging the Lizard from his DNA for good.

"Almost done, assuming I got the recipe right." Dr. Connors is mixing up chemicals for the antidote.

Spider-Man and Ghost-Spider both received a call from Kid Arachnid from their earpieces. "Spider-Man, Ghost-Spider, do you read me?"

"Excuse us." Spider-Man tells Dr. Connors.

Spider-Man walks away with Ghost-Spider as they needed the privacy away from Dr. Connors' ears to speak with Kid Arachnid about something important he needed to tell them both.

"Go ahead, Kid Arachnid." Spider-Man communicating with Kid Arachnid.

"Spider-Man, Ghost-Spider, you're not going to believe this, it's the Lizard, he's back and he's here in Chinatown." Kid Arachnid informed them about the Lizard.

Spider-Man and Ghost-Spider turns around to see Dr. Connors still here in the lab working on the cure, they're both confused as they already know that Dr. Connors is the Lizard and yet Kid Arachnid tells them that he's spotted the Lizard.

"That can't be." Ghost-Spider can't believe it.

"That's impossible, that can't be the Lizard, cause he's right here." Spider-Man is also having trouble believing this.

"I know what I saw Spidey, I just encountered something big and green with scales with my own two eyes, what it is it's definitely a reptile." Kid Arachnid tells them what he saw.

"Where are you?" Spider-Man asking Kid Arachnid.

"I'm still in Chinatown pursing this thing... wait." Kid Arachnid tells Spider-Man.

"What's wrong?" Spider-Man asking Kid Arachnid.

"Dang it, I lost it, found an opened manhole and I think it jumped down into the sewers, I'll go after it." Kid Arachnid tells Spider-Man.

"No Kid Arachnid, wait! It's too dangerous for you to go alone, you won't be able to find it if it's underground, the sewers are an easy place for something like the Lizard to disappear." Spider-Man tells Kid Arachnid.

"So what do I do?" Kid Arachnid asking Spider-Man.

"We're here at ESU, do you know where it is?" Spider-Man tells Kid Arachnid.

"Yeah, I think so." Kid Arachnid tells Spider-Man.

"Alright, head over here right now, we're at the lab complex of the university, I think it's important that you tell us everything in person." Spider-Man told Kid Arachnid.

"Alright, I'm on my way." Kid Arachnid tells Spider-Man he's coming.

"We'll be waiting here." Ghost-Spider tells Kid Arachnid.

Spider-Man and Ghost-Spider are done with their conversation with Kid Arachnid over the comms as they turn back to Dr. Connors finishing his work on the antidote to his Lizard condition, they're not sure how to explain this to him, but they'll have to.

"There, I'm all done, it's ready." Dr. Connors tells the heroes he's finished creating the antidote.

Spider-Man and Ghost-Spider remained silent as they're working up the courage to tell him about this recent Lizard related incident that happened in Chinatown, they're still not sure if this is connect to him and the Lizard, but they need to tell him about it. Dr. Connors could tell that something is on their mind and he could sense that it's related to him.

"What is it?" Dr. Connors is curious about their worries.

"That was Kid Arachnid, he encountered something in Chinatown, something reptilian, it happened at the same time you're here working." Spider-Man tells Dr. Connors.

"Something reptilian? That can't be me, I've been here all this time." Dr. Connors tells them it isn't him.

"We know, Kid Arachnid is on his way here to tell us all the details of everything he's know about this Lizard he saw." Spider-Man tells Dr. Connors.

"I see." Dr. Connors still felt uneasy about this whole Lizard thing.

"Hey, look at it this way, at least we know that you're innocent of everything that happened recently." Ghost-Spider being optimistic to Dr. Connors.

"I hope so, but I can't help but feel like I had a hand in this. I guess we'll find out soon." Dr. Connors not being optimistic.

Spider-Man and Ghost-Spider sees that this lizard subject is still getting to him, he learned that the Lizard is still a part of him, and now this new Lizard showing up out of nowhere causing trouble around Manhattan, Dr. Connors may not like what he'll soon learn about this new Lizard, he worked so hard to put this behind him and now it's coming back to haunt him.


It's 5:57 PM at F.E.A.S.T. as May along with her employees and volunteers are all watching the TV about the recent event that happened in Chinatown concerning this Lizard creature that has been sight and shown on video taken by smartphone, May believes that the Lizard is back and now roaming around New York causing chaos and fears to the people.

"Breaking news, a giant Lizard has been spotted very recently as a footage has been taken by smartphone and we can all catch a glimpse of the Lizard being chased by Kid Arachnid in Chinatown until it disappeared deep into the sewers and is roaming around underneath Manhattan, citizens are urged to report any sightings of the Lizard and to stay away until further noticed."

Meanwhile Mary Jane just came in to see that everyone is watching the TV about this Lizard sighting, May stopped watching as she turns to see Mary Jane here at the shelter, she walked away from everyone towards Mary Jane.

"Hey, didn't know that you would come. If you're looking for Peter and Gwen, I'm afraid they're not here." May tells Mary Jane.

"I know they're not here, they called me and they're at ESU with Dr. Connors trying to figure out this whole Lizard situation. I'm actually here to see you, if you're not busy." Mary Jane tells May.

"Sure, follow me to my office." May tells Mary Jane.

Mary Jane follows May as they enter her office for the privacy away from prying eyes and ears, Mary Jane needs to talk to May about her feelings for Peter.

"Okay, what do you need to see me for?" May is curious what Mary Jane wants.

"To talk about Peter." Mary Jane tells May.

"I kinda figured that something was going on, Peter acting strange recently since Gwen came back, and I suspect it has something to do with you. Am I correct?" May told Mary Jane.

"Yes, you're correct. It happened around the time you flew off to London, me and Peter went out on a date together at Coney Island. We had so much fun together there, it was actually the first time I've seen him smile in a while since Gwen left. Later at night, me and Peter walked back and we arrived outside my home, we… kissed." Mary Jane confessed about the kiss.

May looked surprised by this news. "Oh my... so who initiated the kiss first this time? You or Peter?"

"This time it was me, I was the one who kissed him, and this time I liked it, it was the best feeling I ever felt, I never felt this way with anyone, not with Harry nor Flash." Mary Jane tells May.

"You're in love with him, aren't you?" May smiled at Mary Jane.

"Yes... I love him, I still love him." Mary Jane confess her love for Peter.

"Does Peter know how you feel for him?" May asking Mary Jane.

Mary Jane nodded her head telling May yes. "Last year, on Christmas, I finally confessed and told him that I love him."

May smiled as Mary Jane said those words. "Your aunt and I tried hard to pair you both up, hoping that you might end up together one day, but I guess you both ended up falling in love on your own."

"It's no surprise, me and Peter always known about your plans for us. Used to be before me and Peter were just next door neighbors and best friends, and after being Spider-Man, I became his trusted confidant, but since last year I've since the first time we've kissed, I've began to see Peter more differently than before, my heart started to beat in a way I've never felt before with anyone. I realize that he's the love of my life, but he's also the love of Gwen's life too, I had the worst luck in falling for my best friend's boyfriend. Now that she's back, I have no doubt that he'll choose her again like before, she's always been the one for him." Mary Jane tells May about Peter.

"Maybe, maybe not, both Peter and Gwen changed a lot in these past months, and so have you. Who knows, maybe Peter might start to fall for you again like before. You just need to wait and see who Peter choses, you or Gwen? They still hope for you yet, perhaps you and Peter might end up together at the end." May tells Mary Jane.

Mary Jane wonders if she's meant to be with Peter as something more than a friend, she recently met this woman Madame Web, she told her that she has a destiny with Peter in the future, perhaps there's more to Madame Web's predictions that she realizes, maybe she's meant to be with Peter as the woman she loves, but Madame Web's predication could have a number of different interpretations, the future is written yet, Mary Jane still doesn't know what her true destiny with Peter is, she has yet to find out as Peter will have to choose one of the two important girls in his life, her or Gwen.


It's 6:11 PM back at Empire State University, in the lab, Dr. Connors is with Spider-Man, Ghost-Spider, and Kid Arachnid as they watched the news footage of the Lizard that has been sighted earlier in Chinatown, both Spider-Man and Ghost-Spider are confused as this isn't like the Lizard they've faced before, Dr. Connors in particular noticed something very familiar about this creature as he suspects that he had a hand in it's creation. Ghost-Spider noticed a smell coming from Kid Arachnid that is giving off a stink of fish he got from the fish market earlier when he confronted the Iguana.

"What is that smell?" Ghost-Spider smells something in the air.

"Don't ask…. See? Told you I saw the Lizard." Kid Arachnid tells everyone.

"Yeah, but this is different, we've never seen a Lizard like this before." Ghost-Spider tells Kid Arachnid.

"It's definitely reptilian alright, but it looks like a…" Spider-Man is about to tell the final word.

"An Iguana... I think I know what this creature is." Dr. Connors suspects this creature.

"You do? How?" Spider-Man is curious.

"Because he's my pet iguana, Iggy, he disappeared last year around the time I became the Lizard, never to been seen again, till now." Dr. Connors explains about the Iguana.

"So how did you pet iguana end up like that? Were you experimenting on this creature?" Kid Arachnid is curious of the Iguana.

"No, there was no experiment, but I did create it, unintentionally. Last year, I found a sample of my blood on the floor near where the terrarium Iggy was staying in, I think that it must've taken in my blood that contained mutated properties that caused the mutation and that in turn turned it into the Iguana he is now. I'm so sorry, this whole thing is my fault." Dr. Connors felt guilty for creating the Iguana.

"Dr. Connors, don't be so hard on yourself. You couldn't know that this would've happen." Spider-Man tells Dr. Connors.

"Still, this Iguana is a monster of my own making, just like the Lizard. I thought I was finally free from this curse, that I put it all behind me, but my past is now coming back to haunt me, I can't escape it this time. What's happening right now is all my fault, this whole thing is on me and me alone." Dr. Connors still feels guilty for everything.

"I get that you still feel bad for bringing the Lizard into all of our lives, but you can't let this bring you down. You may not escape the past, but you can still stop it from hurting everyone. This is what we're going to do, we're going to find this Iguana and stop it, after it's done we put all this to bed and move on. But we can't do this without you, we need your help, you know the Lizard better than anyone, if anyone can't put a stop to it, it's you. So please, help us." Spider-Man asking Dr. Connors for his help.

Dr. Connors nodded his head. "Okay, I'm in till the end."

"Alright, then we're all agreed, Ghost-Spider and I will be out there on patrolling around in case the Iguana surfaces again, Kid Arachnid, you'll stay behind and keep Dr. Connors company in case he turns into the Lizard." Spider-Man tells everyone their part.

"Don't worry, I'll keep an eye on him." Kid Arachnid.

"Okay, be careful Kid Arachnid. Ghost-Spider, let's go." Spider-Man tells Kid Arachnid and Ghost-Spider.

"Right behind you." Ghost-Spider follows Spider-Man out.

Spider-Man, Ghost-Spider, and Kid Arachnid agreed to team up with Dr. Connors as they're working together to stop this Iguana and finding a way to stop the Lizard inside him from coming back again. Spider-Man and Ghost-Spider both leaves the lab and hoped onto their Spider-Cycles, they all headed out and went separate ways, Ghost-Spider is heading north and Spider-Man is heading south. Meanwhile on the street near the university, a manhole is opening slowly as a reptilian hand reaches out.


It's 6:47 PM at the Connors Residence, Martha and Billy just came home after their time into the city picking up groceries, Martha turns on the light as nobody is home, Martha figures that her husband is still at the University working on his research, she and Billy puts the groceries onto the kitchen table and unload the bags as Billy is wondering why his dad isn't home yet.

"Mom, where is dad?" Billy asking his mother about his father.

"I'm sure that he's busy at the University doing his research, but I'm sure he'll be home soon. Now, why don't you go into the living room and watch some TV while make us some dinner?" Martha tells Billy.

Billy rushed out of the kitchen towards the living room to watch TV, he picked up the remote and turns it on, he pressed and changes channels while his mother is still in the kitchen pulling out a pan to cook dinner. Billy kept changing channels until he sees one with the news about the new Lizard, Martha is turning on the stove until Billy is calling out to her from the living room.

"Mom!" Billy calling out to his mother.

Martha turns off the stove and stopped as she leaves the kitchen to check up on her son who is calling to her, she wonders what's got him like this judging the sound of his voice.

"Billy, what's the matter?" Martha is worried for her son.

Billy points his finger towards the TV where the news of the Lizard sighted in Chinatown, her eyes became shocked like her son's upon seeing the Lizard again, but it looks different than the Lizard she and her son once saw before, this one is an Iguana.

"There is still no sign of this Lizard creature that made his appearance in Chinatown, residence all over Manhattan are urged to stay indoors and to avoid contact with this thing terrorizing the city, police are working tirelessly to put a stop to whatever this thing is."

"My god." Martha is stunned by what she's seeing.

"Is it daddy? Did he turn into that reptile again?" Billy asking his mother.

"I don't know, I hope not. But listen Billy, I have to go right now to check up on your father. I'll called the sitter come over and have her stay with you until I get back." Martha tells her son.

"But mom…" Billy is complaining to his mother.

"No buts, Billy. I'll be back as soon as I can. I just hope that your father will come back home with me. So stay here and be safe." Martha tells her son.

"Okay mom." Billy reluctantly agrees to stay here behind.

Martha kissed her son's forehead as she walks away picking up her purse and heads out of the house leaving her son behind as she heads towards the university to check up on her husband to make sure that's he's not the Lizard again, she hopes that he's still the same man and not this monster he created, but she may not like the answers she find once she gets there.


It's now 7:21 PM as Spider-Man is riding around Lower Manhattan in his Spider-Cycle patrolling around hoping to find this Iguana but so far he hasn't had much luck in location it, he hits the brakes and stops as Ghost-Spider is radioing in on his earpiece.

"Anything?" Spider-Man asking Ghost-Spider.

"Nothing, I'm still here in Upper Manhattan, I've been to Harlem and Washington Heights, still no sign of the Iguana. How about you?" Ghost-Spider informs Spider-Man.

"I'm still in Lower Manhattan, roamed around to Chinatown and Little Italy, nothing on my end. I was hoping that he would show up at some point, let's keep looking." Spider-Man tells Ghost-Spider.

"I'm on it." Ghost-Spider tells Spider-Man.

"Ghost-Spider…" Spider-Man tells Ghost-Spider.

"Yes Spider-Man?" Ghost-Spider asking Spider-Man.

"Just... be careful." Spider-Man tells Ghost-Spider.

"Thanks... you too." Ghost-Spider tells Spider-Man.

Spider-Man has had an awkward conversation with Ghost-Spider as they both still have strong feelings for each other, but both agreed to give each other some space to figure things out, he's having a hard time concentrating on finding the Iguana, he snapped back to reality and he then taps his earpiece communicating with Kid Arachnid.

"Kid Arachnid, do you read me?" Spider-Man contacting Kid Arachnid.

"Loud and clear, Spidey!" Kid Arachnid replied back.

"How are things with Dr. Connors?" Spider-Man asking Kid Arachnid about Dr. Connors.

(Empire State University)

Outside at Empire State University, Martha Connors got out of her car and walks around campus towards the lab where her husband usually spends his time on his science experiments and research, unknown to her something is hiding nearby watching her head inside the lab complex. Meanwhile inside the buidling, Kid Arachnid stayed behind in the lab with Dr. Connors, his mission is to make sure that Dr. Connors doesn't mutate back into the Lizard and go off rogue on his own while his two friends are patrolling around New York City searching for Iguana.

"Everything is normal here, our good doctor is still human as far as I could tell." Kid Arachnid informs Spider-Man.

"Okay, stay vigilant in case the worse happens and let us know immediately." Spider-Man tells Kid Arachnid.

"Will do, good luck Spidey." Kid Arachnid tells Spider-Man.

"You too." Spider-Man finished speaking with Kid Arachnid.

Kid Arachnid finished speaking with Spider-Man as he turns back to Dr. Connors loading up the antidote he created into the syringe in hopes that it will come in handy against himself in case the Lizard emerges and Kid Arachnid will be able to use it against him to stop the Lizard.

"How is the antidote?" Kid Arachnid asking Dr. Connors.

"It's all done and loaded, I've improved the formula to make it stronger enough. Never thought I'd have to remake it again." Dr. Connors tells Kid Arachnid.

"Hopefully it won't come to it, but it pays to be prepared." Kid Arachnid tells Dr. Connors.

"True... So you're must be the Brooklyn Spider-Man who made his appearance last month? Never thought there was another like Spider-man and Ghost-Spider roaming around New York." Dr. Connors tells Kid Arachnid.

"I'm still new to this hero life, I've heard tales about their adventures, but I never heard about the Lizard before. So what's your story?" Kid Arachnid is interested in hearing the story.

"About a year ago, I was working on a formula by studying Lizard DNA, I wanted to harness their unique gift in regeneration to regrow my arm back." Dr. Connors explained his origins as the Lizard.

"Did it work?" Kid Arachnid is curious.

"Yes, it worked a little too well, I succeed in regrowing my right arm back, but my experiment came with unintended consequences, it mutated me into the Lizard. Back then I while I was the Lizard, I began to have plans to mutate everyone in the world into Lizards like me, including my own family. But its thanks to Spider-Man and Ghost-Spider that it never happened, they succeed in saving me from myself. I thought that after they learned the truth, my entire life would've been over, but they chose to keep my double life as the Lizard a secret from everyone. I am forever grateful and in their debt for risking so much for keeping my secret." Dr. Connors told Kid Arachnid.

"If they trust you enough to keep it a secret, then your secret is safe with me, I promise." Kid Arachnid tells Dr. Connors.

"Thank you, Kid Arachnid, you're definitely got heart just like them." Dr. Connors told Kid Arachnid.

Kid Arachnid agrees to keep Dr. Connors's secret as the Lizard from everyone just like Spider-Man and Ghost-Spider. Meanwhile Martha Connors made her entrance unexpectedly and sees her husband Dr. Connors still here and still human, she found him in the company of Kid Arachnid, one of Spider-Man's partners and can't help but worry that this Lizard creature on TV is somehow related to her husband's work with the Lizard.

Dr. Connors looking his wife. "Martha?"

"Oh Curt, thank god that it wasn't you, when I saw the Lizard on the TV, I was worried that you relapsed back into the monster again." Martha tells her husband.

"It wasn't me that was out there, but this creature is of my own creation." Dr. Connors tells his wife he's responsible for this.

"What?" Martha is confused.

"It's a long story, but right now I need you to leave, it's not safe to be around me." Dr. Connors tells his wife.

Kid Arachnid watched Dr. Connors and his wife Martha debating about this whole situation, but his spider sense started to tingle strongly as the window ceiling came crashing down and the Iguana jumped down and surprised everyone here unexpectedly, both Dr. Connors and Martha finally see this Iguana with their own two eyes.

"Oh my god." Martha is frightened by the Iguana.

"Iggy." Dr. Connors calling the Iguana by his pet name.

The Iguana roared out loudly as he's about to make his move on Dr. Connors, Kid Arachnid jump in and strikes with a drop kick, knocking Iguana back hard saving both Dr. Connors and his wife Martha. Kid Arachnid slowly approached the Iguana carefully but the reptile recovers and strikes back with his tail knocking him back hard and Kid Arachnid crashed himself against the desk, he's being overpowered by the Iguana as it's too much for him to handle alone, he taps his earpiece and calls for backup.

"Spider-Man, Ghost-Spider, do you read me?!" Kid Arachnid reaching out to his friends.

"Kid Arachnid, what's going on?" Spider-Man asking Kid Arachnid.

"It's the Iguana, he's here at ESU, I could some assistance if you got any!" Kid Arachnid asking his friends for help.

"Got it!'" Ghost-Spider tells Kid Arachnid.

"On my way, I'll get there as soon as I can!" Spider-Man tells Kid Arachnid.

Kid Arachnid turns to Dr. Connors and his wife. "Run!"

The Iguana charged in for an attack but Kid Arachnid jumped up towards the ceiling above the Iguana, meanwhile Dr. Connors and his wife Martha took this opportunity to make their escape as Kid Arachnid is doing his best to hold back the Iguana. Dr. Connors leads his wife away from the conflict, they've almost reached the exit until Dr. Connors felt down and stopped, he's feeling something strange happening to his body, Martha noticed it and got worried for her husband.

"Curt? Curt, what's wrong?" Martha is very worried.

"I don't know, feeling something happening to my right side." Dr. Connors is in pain.

Dr. Connors felt something happening to his right limb as he and Martha watched something growing out, his right arm is regenerating itself as Dr. Connors realizes what this means and so does Martha, the Lizard is coming back and taking over his life again.

"Curt, your arm!" Martha is shocked by what she's seeing.

"Martha, run!" Dr. Connors tells his wife to get way from him.

Martha steps away as her husband is forming up scales all over his skin, and he's growing up in size and growing a tail too, his hands is growing out claws from his fingers. Kid Arachnid strikes back at the Iguana with a strong venom punch and it crashed it's back against the wall, the hero then turns to see that Dr. Connors is changing right before his eyes, the transformation is complete, the Lizard is finally back and turns his attention to Kid Arachnid as he see him as a threat and roared out like a Lizard.

"Oh crap, I'm so screwed." Kid Arachnid is in trouble.

The Lizard charged in at Kid Arachnid and tackled him down onto the ground as the Lizard tries using his mouth to bite the hero but Kid Arachnid used his hands to hold back his Lizard head as hard as he can, even though Kid Arachnid has super strength so does the Lizard as he's doing his best to hold him back.

"Doc, this isn't you!" Kid Arachnid reaching out to Dr. Connors inside the Lizard.

"An… ti.. dote." Lizard speaking out in Dr. Connors' voice.

"What?" Kid Arachnid didn't fully understand what the Lizard is trying to say.

"An… ti… dote… Cure… me…." Lizard speaking in Dr. Connors' voice.

Kid Arachnid understood what the Lizard is saying, he said 'Antidote, cure me,' Dr. Connors was trying to reach out to him and telling him to use the antidote he created for the Lizard condition, he looked to his right side to see the syringe loaded with the cure, Martha Connors is still here and sees the syringe too, but Kid Arachnid can't get to it as the Lizard is still in control and pinning him down, Kid Arachnid will need to make a move to break free.

"Forgive me for this, Doc." Kid Arachnid apologizing to Dr. Connors in the Lizard.

Kid Arachnid still has his hands on the Lizard's head as he unleashed his venom blast and shocked the Lizard with so much voltage making the Lizard roared out in pain, Kid Arachnid took the opportunity to push kick the Lizard off of him hard as he flew off towards the ceiling and fell back down on the ground, Martha couldn't run away and leave her husband behind trapped inside the Lizard, she rushed to the table and picked up the syringe, she about to rush to use it on her husband but the Iguana recovered it's strength and see the woman as it got back up and jumped up in front of the woman, Martha stopped as the Iguana is in front of her blocking her way to the Lizard, Kid Arachnid see that Martha Connors is in danger.

"Mrs. Connors!" Kid Arachnid screamed out.

The Lizard recovered his strength and sees that Martha is in danger by the Iguana, seeing her like that really got to him. The Iguana roared out and has his claws out ready to attack, Martha screamed out in fear as her life is about to be taken, the Iguana is about to execute his strike but the Lizard charged in and pushed back the Iguana hard and saved Martha's life, both Kid Arachnid and Martha are amazed by how the Lizard just saved her life. Both Iguana and the Lizard are fighting against each other as the Lizard still has part of Dr. Connors' conscious inside him and is driven to protect his wife. Ghost-Spider just jumped down from the opened window ceiling and joins next to Kid Arachnid as she sees the two Lizards locked in combat against each other.

"What's going on here?" Ghost-Spider is confused.

"At first I was fighting the Iguana, then the doctor turned into the Lizard and I fought him, and now they're fighting against each other after the Iguana threaten Mrs. Connors' life and the Lizard just saved her." Kid Arachnid tells Ghost-Spider.

"I guess a part of Dr. Connors still exist inside the Lizard." Ghost-Spider tells Kid Arachnid.

"And Spider-Man?" Kid Arachnid asking about Spider-Man.

"He's still minutes away, he'll be here soon." Ghost-Spider tells Kid Arachnid.

The Iguana bit down the Lizard hard in the collarbone, causing the Lizard so much pain, Iguana stopped biting as he picked up the Lizard off the ground and tossed him hard towards the wall, the Iguana gotten the best of the Lizard as he approached the down reptile and attempted to finish him off with his claws, but Kid Arachnid and Ghost-Spider both joined in to help the Lizard by jumping up and executing double flying kicks together and knocked the Iguana back hard and saving the Lizard's life. The Iguana recovered itself and attempts to strike back but Ghost-Spider manages to web down his feet stuck to the ground, immobilizing him, Kid Arachnid rushed towards the Iguana and jumped on top of his back, Kid Arachnid charged up his hands and touched the Iguana's head, he unleashed his venom blast upon the creature, causing so much pain as it starts to lose consciousness slowly, it then fell down on the ground with his eyes closed. Kid Arachnid jumped off as he and Ghost-Spider webs up the Iguana together for good measure. Spider-Man finally arrived and sees that Kid Arachnid and Ghost-Spider got the situation under control, they've finally took down and captured the Iguana.

"Sorry I'm late, I came as fast as I could, but looks like you got the situation in hand. Nice work." Spider-Man tells Kid Arachnid and Ghost-Spider.

"It's not over yet." Kid Arachnid tells Spider-Man.

Even though the Iguana has been taken care of, the Lizard still remains as it's getting back up on his feet, Spider-Man sees that the Lizard is back just as Dr. Connors has predicted, now they have another threat to take care of, stopping the Lizard and saving Dr. Connors from himself.

"Any ideas how to stop him?" Spider-Man asking anyone for their opinion.

"This." Martha holds the syringe.

"Dr. Connors recreated the antidote to the Lizard, all we have to do is get close enough to use it." Kid Arachnid tells Spider-Man.

"Last time I used it, I strike the needle directly into the heart for it to be most effective, that's where we inject the syringe." Spider-Man tells Kid Arachnid.

"Easier said than done, he'll see us coming and he'll put up quite a fight." Ghost-Spider knows from experience.

"He'll see you both coming, but not me." Kid Arachnid tells his teammates.

Spider-Man and Ghost-Spider understands what Kid Arachnid has planned, Kid Arachnid takes the syringe from Martha's hand as he's the best chance in getting close enough to the Lizard undetected to inject him with the cure.

"We got your back." Spider-Man tells Kid Arachnid.

"Good luck." Ghost-Spider tells Kid Arachnid.

Spider-Man and Ghost-Spider both walked up front as the Lizard charged in and attacks them both, they split up in either direction creating a diversion for Kid Arachnid who turned himself invisible to everyone's eyes and waits for the opportunity to move in and inject the cure. Spider-Man runs around getting Lizard's attention as Ghost-Spider jumps up and swings in for a drop kick and strikes Lizard hard, but the Lizard strikes back with this tail and hits Ghost-Spider so hard, Spider-Man runs up and strikes with a flying knee and pushed back the Lizard hard as it fell down on his back. The Lizard attempts to get back up on his feet but both Spider-Man and Ghost-Spider webbed down the hands and feet, pinning it down as he felt himself pushed down by something on his chest, Kid Arachnid appears out of thin arrow and quickly pierce the syringe down hard into the Lizard's chest and injects the cure directly into the heart as the cure does it work by being disturbed by the heart throughout his bloodstream. The Lizard screamed out loud as he's feeling the effects of the cure working and changing him back to normal, the scales turned back into human skin and his right arm shrinks back into his limb, Dr. Connors is back to normal as Martha is happy her husband is back, Dr. Connors realizes that he's back to his old self again.

"Martha." Dr. Connors smiled at his wife.

"Curt." Martha is tearing up in happiness.

Dr. Connors gets himself back up as his wife came up and hugs him now that he's back to his old self again, Spider-Man, Ghost-Spider, and Kid Arachnid are glad that they've saved the good doctor from himself and captured the Iguana in the process, they all looked at the creature still trapped and out cold from the fight.

(Later)

A group of press are outside the lab complex of the university as S.H.I.E.L.D. agents are wheeling out the Iguana all restrained in steel shackles as they're bringing it on board the quinjet awaiting to be transported to the Raft to be safely locked up, the press all taken pictures of the Iguana and assumed that the Lizard has been capture and this nightmare is over. Spider-Man, Ghost-Spider, and Kid Arachnid are all looking down from another building of the scene, they looked to see Dr. Connors in his new clothes leaving the school grounds with his wife as nobody is aware of Dr. Connors being the Lizard, the couple down below looked up to see the heroes who saved their lives once again, they smiled as they're once again in their debt. The heroes waved them goodbye as they leave the school grounds and headed home in peace.

"Looks like nobody is aware of Dr. Connors actions as the Lizard, we've managed to cover everything up and erased the security footage from the system." Spider-Man tells his teammates.

"It seems like all they care about is that the Iguana has been captured and the streets are safe once again." Ghost-Spider tells her teammates.

"Looks like our job is done here." Kid Arachnid tells his teammates.

"Agreed, let's go home." Spider-Man tells his teammates.


It's 10:03 PM at the Parker Residence as Peter and Gwen are in the living room eating pizza and watching the news on the TV of their accomplishments in defeating and capturing the Iguana and making the streets of New York safe again without anyone having to worry about any monster popping out of the sewers, and no word of Dr. Connors involvement in this Lizard incident, they've covered everything up very well, Dr. Connors is all clear for now.

"Here at Empire State University, the so called Lizard that has been terrorizing the city has finally been captured thanks to the hard work of our local spider heroes, it is still unknown as to why this creature attacked the school, but the fact remains is that he's finally taken by an unknown agency to the Raft where he will remained locked up and unable to hurt anybody, the streets are safe again to go out."

"Nice work out there, Gwen." Peter tells Gwen.

"Thanks Pete, you're not so bad yourself." Gwen tells Peter.

"We're quite a team, you and I... and Miles of course." Peter tells Gwen.

"Yeah.. of course." Gwen tells Peter.

Peter and Gwen are in an awkward moment as they still have an attraction to one another, but both are proud that they've did a great job in saving an innocent man's life from the scandal once again. Peter and Gwen looked at one another until the door bell rang and they snapped back to reality, Peter gets back up and walks up to the front door, he opens to find Mary Jane here.

"MJ?" Peter is surprised.

"Hey Tiger, sorry to come by this late, but I came to see Gwen if that's alright with you." Mary Jane tells Peter.

"Sure MJ, come on in." Peter invites Mary Jane.

Mary Jane enters the house to see Gwen Stacy coming towards them and wonders why her best friend came this late at night to see her.

"I'm here, let's go up to my room." Gwen tells Mary Jane.

Gwen walks upstairs to her bedroom as Mary Jane follows her up, Peter remained behind downstairs as they needed to be alone to talk. Gwen and Mary Jane enters the bedroom and they have the privacy to speak alone away from Peter's ears, Gwen might have a feeling what this is all about.

"Okay, we're alone, so what did you need to talk to me about?" Gwen asking Mary Jane.

"It's about me and Peter… listen, I'm… " Mary Jane trying to tell Gwen.

"Listen Mary Jane, you don't have to feel guilty for kissing Peter while I was gone, me and Peter weren't together anymore, neither of you did anything wrong. After all I was the one who asked you to be with Peter while I was away." Gwen tells Mary Jane.

"But still, everything is now complicated, you're back home, Peter and I are more confused than ever." Mary Jane tells Gwen.

"Mary Jane... do you love Peter?" Gwen asking Mary Jane about her feelings for Peter.

"Gwen, I…" Mary Jane felt uneasy by this question.

"Mary Jane, I promise not to be upset, I just need an honest answer from you. Do you love him?" Gwen asking Mary Jane.

Mary Jane working up the courage to confess. "Yes... I love him with all my heart."

"So what's holding you back?" Gwen asking Mary Jane.

"You... Peter is still in love with you, Gwen Stacy." Mary Jane tells Gwen.

"Yes, he is, but I can tell that he's in love with you too. That's why me and Peter are still separated, he loves both of us and he needs to figure out who he loves the most, you or me." Gwen tells Mary Jane.

"I know Peter, he'll choose you in the end as always." Mary Jane tells Gwen.

"If he does, then I'll gladly return my feelings and we can be together again happy like before... but if he chooses you, then I'll step aside and let you two be happy together." Gwen tells Mary Jane.

"You'd do that?" Mary Jane is surprised by Gwen's words of kindness.

"I love Peter so much that I want him to be happy with the woman he loves, his true love." Gwen tells Mary Jane.

"So do I, Gwen, so do I." Mary Jane tells Gwen.

Mary Jane and Gwen are both best friends in love with the same guy, Gwen is Peter's first true love but Mary Jane is also his true love, but both girls will have to wait to see who Peter will choose in the end, Mary Jane or Gwen. All three teens have a long road ahead of them in romance as the only one of the two girls will be together with their true love Peter Parker.

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