This is Part II of the Thanksgiving Special. Last time, while Cynder searched the greenhouse at ESU for some Eclipta Alba, the scene shifted into Spyro's mind, where he was hallucinating Doctor Octavius basically telling him off for not stopping him from becoming Doctor Octopus. But thankfully, Cynder finds the plant and administers it to Spyro and Spider-Man. Spidey then starts giving out what they need to make the antitoxin, starting with some synthetic atropine Spyro pointed out at one of Harry's research stations. As Cynder arrived and started searching, the scene shifted into Spider-Man's head. So what's the webhead seeing? Read on to discover...
(The scene picks up at one of the Oscorp research stations, where Cynder is searching for a synthetic atropine kept within to save Spyro and Spider-Man, still hallucinating and slowly dying from Scorpion's toxin. But we don't stay on this scene for long, as we soon zoom into Spider-Man's head, where we see him entering another hallucinatory version of Octavius Industries, similar to Spyro's last time, and face to face with another hallucination of Doctor Octavius.)
Spider-Man: Doc...
Octavius: You're too late, Peter. You're all too late. Just as you were all too late to help me.
Spider-Man: Doc, this isn't you!
Octavius: And that's where you're wrong, Peter. This is me. The me that polite society found inconvenient. The parts of my mind that I suppressed. The part of me that you all helped unchain!
Spider-Man: Doc, please, I'm sorry. All of us are, we'll find a way to help you. The Dragon Realms have some of the best mental health facilities on Earth!
Octavius: (Getting pissed off) Oh, stop deluding yourself! You never help anyone! Your purple friend pulled a planet back together! His girlfriend can lead armies with no problem! But you? You can't even save those you care about from themselves! The poison isn't in you, Parker. IT IS YOU! EVERYONE YOU TOUCH SUFFERS!
Spider-Man: Doc please, stop running, let me... let us at least try!
Octavius: I want nothing to do with you! You are nothing but a failure, at love, at life, at career, at everything!
Spider-Man: I'm not giving up on you, Otto! Please, just talk to me!
Octavius: So you can treat me like all the rest? Containing me, suffocating me? The very things I've been doing to myself for years?! No. (As a giant pair of Doctor Octopus' tentacles burst from the fragmented ground) This time, I will let my genius shine on it's own! And there's nothing you can do to stop me!
(After reaching Doctor Octavius this time, the scene flashes out of Spider-Man's mind and returns to the research center, where Cynder is holding a container)
Cynder: Got it! I've got the atropine!
Spider-Man: Good... now we've just got to mix up the antidote...
Spyro: Where're we going to find a lab that'll let us do that now?! We're fugitives!
Cynder: I know a place. (Throws Spyro and Spider-Man onto her back) Hang on guys, we're heading back to Octavius Industries.
(As Cynder takes off towards the lab, it seems her resistance to Scorpion's toxin is starting to be overtaxed, as now she's hallucinating a call from Scorpion)
Scorpion: Still with us? I admit, Octavius really underestimated your poison tolerance.
Cynder: And it'll cost him dearly. We've almost got the antidote mixed up.
Scorpion: Oh, Cyndy, don't worry about spoiling my fun now. We've got so much more planned. I'll be seeing you three soon enough...
Cynder: Count on it, Gargan.
(At this point, Spyro starts to take notice of Cynder's conversation)
Spyro: Cynder? Are you... okay?
Cynder: (Snapping back to reality) Yeah. (Starts to lose altitude slightly) Looks like my Poison Element is getting overtaxed. Hope there's enough atropine to make antidote for three.
Spider-Man: There should be. Hopefully...
(And as Cynder continues to fly towards their destination, our tale ends for today)
This concludes Part II of the Thanksgiving Special. For Part III, join me in The Injustice Wars. So, it looks like Spidey harbors some serious guilt about this whole thing. But is that really a surprise? Its Peter Parker we're talking about here. But more startling, Cynder's Poison Element is being overtaxed by Scorpion's venom. Will the trio make it in time to make the antidote? Tune in next time to find out. Same time... same channel!
