Rite of Passage: The Amazing Spider-Man Reborn Page #5

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Yeah, you and me both, sir.

OK, bye bye.

Mr. Parker, why are you not in school?

- Got a free track.

- Well I do not have a free track,

so make your point quickly.

There may not be a dinosaur

running around Manhattan,

but there is something more

dangerous and I know who it is.

- You know who it is?

- Dr. Curtis Connors.

Of Oscorp?!

That's right.

Dr. Curtis Connors,

who's also my daughter's mentor,

- is that who you're talking about?

- That's the one.

Recently Dr. Connors gave Gwen

a glowing college recommendation,

it was beautiful, when I read it I cried.

But you would have me believe

that he, in his spare time, is running

around dressed up like a giant dinosaur?

Not dressing up as a dinosaur, he has

transformed himself into a giant lizard.

Let me ask you a question, do I

look like the mayor of Tokio to you?

I'm telling you the

absolute truth, this man has

worked for his whole life

on cross-species genetics,

he lost one arm and has

been trying to grow it back,

but there is something unbalanced by the

equation and he has turned into a full lizard.

He's using lizard DNA, he is dangerous and

he's planning something horrific, I know.

OK, alright, I get it.

Here's what we're gonna do, you're gonna go

back to meeting up with citizens of Tokio,

and I'm gonna go back to protecting the

citizens of this fine, fair city of ours.

Sergeant Butler, would you please

escort Mr. Parker back to school.

Captain Stacy, I'm not messing around.

Just bring him in, just

call him in, you have

to call him in, he is

a danger to everybody.

- Please, listen to me!

- Let's go!

- Jimmy...

- Hmm?

Give me everything we have on

Dr. Curtis Connors, OK? Right away.

Subject:
Dr. Curtis Connors, own

temperature 89.7, steady for 48 hours.

Blood panels reveal lymphocyte and monochyte

readings consistent with subject's past.

Clutching rate vastly

improved, marked enhancement

in muscle response,

strength, elasticity...

Eyesight similarly improved, subject

no longer requires corrective lenses.

This is no longer about curing ills,

this is about finding perfection.

In attempt to repress

regenerative relapse,

dosage has been increased to 200 mg.

You stopped me once...

You won't stop me again.

I'm getting stronger every day!

Oh, that sucked.

Peter Parker?

Come in.

Maybe...you should, consider

coming in through the lobby.

Also, my father is under the impression

that you require psychiatric help.

Peter, what happened?

You should see the other guy.

The other guy,

in this instance being

a giant mutant lizard.

Hey Gwen, honey, do you want

cocoa? Howard's making some cocoa.

No dad, I do not want cocoa.

Honestly, I'm 17 years old.

OK, I just thought I remembered

somebody saying last week that her

- fantasy was to live in a chocolate house.

- Well that's impractical.

And fattening.

Chocolate house?

- Sorry dad.

- It's good.

I can't have cocoa

right now because I'm...

Doing this... I have to have...

I have cramps.

I feel kind of pukey and just sort

of, like emotional, I keep crying...

It's brutal.

- You don't want to know,

trust me, it's bad. - Got it.

- Thanks daddy.

- Alright.

- Easy bugboy.

- What did you call me?

- No.

- It's OK.

- I know what this is.

- What is it?

Every day, for as long as

I can remember, my father

has left every morning and

he'd put a badge on his chest,

and strapped a gun to his hip.

And every day, for as

long as I can remember,

I havent known if he was

going to make it home.

I got you, OK?

I gotta stop him, though.

I have to, cos I created him.

What do you mean?

I gave him an equation.

I made all of this possible.

Something my father's

been working on, you know?

Secretly, now I realise

why he kept it a secret.

Why this is my responsibility.

I have to fix it.

Let's get out of here.

Let's get out of here,

just for a minute, can we?

- No. - Yeah.

- No. - Yes. Yes.

- No.

- Yes.

If my parents

see me leaving I'm dead.

Your parents are not

gonna see you leaving.

Peter Parker... Spiderman?

I'm not the one who needs help!

There will be no more

loneliness, no more outcasts!

Species-wide distribution could enhance

humanity on an evolutionary scale.

One has to adapt to survive.

That, changing like the

snake, I might be free.

To cast off flesh

wherein I dwell confined!

Would you give it all up?

After all you know you can do?

All the power you feel?

I can save them!

You are not gonna get in the

way of my plan, Peter Parker!

Go, go!

Nowhere to hide, Peter.

All these souls, lost and

alone, I can save them.

I can sure them, there's

no need to stop me, Peter.

You're not thinking straight doc.

Stop this! This isn't you!

Let's talk this out!

Doc!

Oh boy.

Alright, so you don't want to talk?

There you go.

Don't... Make me...

Have to... Hurt you!

Hey.

Where are you?

I'm fine, I'm OK.

I'm down in the sewer, I'm tracking him,

I gotta stop him before anyone gets hurt.

But we need an antidote,

do you know how to run a serum?

Yeah, I do it for

Connors all the time.

OK, OK, listen.

I need you to go to Oscorp,

I need you to access

the cross-species

file, it's a blue serum

file 12389.

OK, got it.

On my way.

I spent my life as a scientist, trying

to create a world without weakness,

without outcasts.

I sought to create a stronger human

being, but there's no such thing.

Human beings are weak, pathetic,

feeble minded creatures.

Why be human at all, when

we can be so much more?

Faster, stronger, smarter.

This is my gift to you.

- Stacy!

- What?!

We've got a confirmed sighting sir!

The lizard is heading

toward Canal Street station.

- What about Spiderman?

- He was inside the high school.

I want that Spiderman off the street!

The lizard creature has

released a biological agent!

All efforts of stopping him have failed, he

is now proceeding north on 7th Avenue, over.

- Hey, where are you?

- I'm at Oscorp.

- You have to get out of there right now, OK?

- The antidote is cooking.

No, no, no, Connors is on the way.

He's coming to you right now,

he needs the disbursement device.

- He's gonna infect the whole city...

- There's 8 minutes left.

You're gonna wait there for 8 minutes after

what I just told you? People are gonna die!

You leave right now!

Listen, that is an order, OK?!

I'm gonna get everybody out.

Gwen! You mother

hover, are you serious?!

He's heading south!

Stand down now or we will open fire!

You are surrounded,

there is no escape!

Clear!

Clear up!

All clear here, sir!

Freeze!

Down on the ground!

Put your hands behind your head! Now!

Parker?

It's headed to Oscorp, and your

daughter is there right now!

You got to let me go.

Hold your fire!

Paul, if I didn't see

it I wouldn't believe it.

I won't venture to say

exactly what it is that's

crawling up the both

sides of the Oscorp Tower,

but clearly it is not human

and it is very, very strong.

Time remaining:
1 minute.

Antidote complete.

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