Marvel With Spider Power and Omnitrix

Even after leaving the Oscorp building, Peter couldn't shake the horrifying scene he'd witnessed. His hands remained cold, his mind numb with shock.

"Dr. Connors is the Lizard? This has to be a nightmare."

But he knew it wasn't a dream.

While Connors had looked like himself physically, his entire personality had transformed. More damning was the laboratory mice they'd used for research a week earlier—it had mutated into something larger than a dog, savagely devouring smaller animals in the lab.

In that moment, Peter understood exactly where the creature from the Williamsburg Bridge had originated.

"I did this!" The self-blame hit him like a physical blow.

"If I hadn't shared Dad's formula with him, he never would have experimented on himself. He wouldn't have become... that!"

Once again, he'd ruined everything.

Every single time.

Peter felt his spirit deflate completely. He'd thought gaining superpowers might finally allow him to change his pattern of failure, but apparently he was still the same loser he'd always been.

Peter shouldered all the blame, never questioning why Dr. Connors had suddenly decided to use himself as a test subject. He only knew that regardless of Connors's current agenda, he had to save his mentor.

"I should tell the police..."

That was Peter's first instinct, and he acted on it immediately.

But arriving at the police station, he realized how naive he'd been.

Who would believe a teenager's wild story?

"What I'm telling you is the truth, Captain!" Peter said desperately, unable to understand why no one would listen.

"Okay, Mr. Parker." Captain George Stacy cut him off firmly.

"Dr. Kurt Connors is a respected scientist and physician, not some Godzilla monster as you're claiming."

As he spoke, George removed his police uniform and donned a suit jacket. He had better things to do than entertain a delusional teenager's fantasies—like picking up his daughter and enjoying the lemon sea bass dinner he'd missed the night before.

"What I'm saying is true!"

Peter stepped desperately into his path.

"Dr. Connors has been researching cross-species genetics, but his experiment failed and he transformed into a lizard creature! Spider-Man tried to stop him last night—"

George paused when Peter mentioned the masked vigilante.

"Spider-Man stopped him?" He studied Peter carefully. "Or here's another explanation: that masked spider freak, and the lizard monster are working together!"

George's anger flared at any mention of Spider-Man. Last night, the police station's entrance had been littered with webbed gang members—a direct provocation to the NYPD.

Who did this so-called hero think he was?

"What? How can you say that?" Peter stared in disbelief, about to argue when a pleasant voice interrupted from behind.

Peter turned to see a blonde girl standing nearby.

"You're... Gwen Stacy?"

Peter was genuinely surprised. Of course he knew Gwen—she was even more striking than Liz, his longtime crush. He'd never expected to encounter her here, much less have her know his name.

"What are you doing here?" he asked, stumbling over the words.

Gwen glanced between Peter and her father. George suddenly realized something troubling. He'd initially dismissed Peter as another love-struck student, but apparently this kid was making moves on his daughter! The audacity had even reached the police station—did this boy think he owned the place?

George's expression toward Peter turned hostile. He roughly pushed the teenager aside.

"She's here to see her father. Got a problem with that?"

"Dad!" Gwen protested sharply, and George immediately softened.

But he still glared at Peter. "Alright, Mr. Parker, I need to go."

George pulled Gwen away while she waved goodbye to Peter over her shoulder.

Normally, such attention from a beautiful girl would have thrilled Peter, but his thoughts remained consumed by Connors. His heart felt weighted with stones.

After leaving the station, the cloud of dread still hung over him.

"If the police won't believe me, I'll have to find Dr. Connors myself," he decided.

Connors was extremely dangerous now. Peter didn't fully understand what changes the lizard serum had wrought, but the mutated rat's aggression had been unmistakable.

"Where the hell am I supposed to find him?"

"I wish Ben could help me with this—otherwise I'll probably mess it up again."

In Peter's eyes, Ben was synonymous with competence. No matter what Peter botched, Ben always handled things perfectly. When Flash used to bully him, Ben had always intervened.

Peter sighed and decided to return home to ask for Ben's help.

Meanwhile, George and his daughter climbed into the police cruiser.

"Spill it," George said, his paternal instincts on high alert.

"What's going on between you and that boy? Are you dating?" he asked seriously. "Don't try to fool me—I can tell your relationship isn't normal."

"What?" Gwen shrieked. "What are you talking about, Dad? I barely know him! We're not even in the same class!"

Gwen's protest was frantic but honest. While Peter wasn't her classmate, she'd noticed him long ago.

He had excellent grades despite being a quiet nobody. He looked fragile but possessed a strong sense of justice.

Gwen had witnessed Peter defending other students from Flash Thompson's bullying multiple times. Flash might tolerate it once or twice for Ben's sake, but repeated interventions earned Peter beatings. Yet Peter never backed down, never let the threat of humiliation turn him into a coward.

"Dad, what did Peter want from you?"

"Peter?" George repeated in an odd tone, thinking that daughters were impossible to hold onto once they grew up.

You're calling each other by first names and claiming nothing's happening?

He gripped the steering wheel, started the engine, and replied with resignation: "He claims your teacher, Dr. Connors, was the lizard creature from the Williamsburg Bridge last night."

"It's insane!" George was still irritated by the accusation.

Gwen had been Connors's assistant during her Oscorp internship, and he'd generously offered to write her college recommendation letters.

But Peter Parker was calling him a monster—it was outrageous!

Gwen was equally surprised to hear her mentor implicated, but she said thoughtfully, "Dad, Peter almost never lies. Maybe he discovered something important. And..."

"Something's definitely wrong at Oscorp. Dr. Connors sent a message this morning giving everyone the day off."

Worry creased Gwen's features.

George's hands froze on the steering wheel and the engine suddenly stalled.

He reached for his radio.

"Attention all units: immediately investigate everything we have on Dr. Kurt Connors."

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