"What a sha... so close, Gwen."
From the top of a nearby building near the Freedom Tower, Arthur and Jean watched the confrontation on the upper floor through high-precision binoculars.
Arthur sighed, his gaze sharp.
Jean frowned, her mind racing.
"Arthur, did you see that? The Lizard... he dodged like he had the sa danger sense as Gwen."
"That’s not possible."
Jean turned to Arthur, puzzled.
She had seen Gwen demonstrate that ability before — the famous "spider-sense." Without using any equipnt, Gwen had instinctively dodged one of Jean’s surprise attacks with almost inhuman ease.
"Only Gwen has that ability," Arthur replied, shaking his head. "As far as I know, it’s unique to her."
Jean pressed her lips together. "Then how did the Lizard...?"
Ruby’s voice echoed through their earpieces:
[The Lizard’s preemptive detection was likely a result of pure survival instinct. When any organism faces the threat of imminent death, a primitive reflex kicks in. We could call it ’self-preservation instinct.’]
[However, the odds of it being that precise are extrely low. Peter Parker probably reacted purely on reflex...]
Jean nodded, still deep in thought.
"Gwen’s spider-sense is always active, like a constant premonition..."
"Exactly," said Arthur. "Which is why I believe she can handle this."
Jean smiled faintly. "You trust her that much?"
"I trust the ten minutes she has," Arthur replied calmly.
"Ten minutes?"
"It’s going to rain. And if Peter releases the Lizard serum into the clouds, whatever he’s planning could beco irreversible. Gwen has to stop him before that happens."
Jean clenched her fists, eyes fixed on the tower.
"Co on, Gwen... we’re with you."
Arthur remained silent, eyes locked on the rooftop.
If things got out of control... he wouldn’t hesitate to act.
On the rooftop of the Freedom Tower
The sky was starting to darken. Heavy clouds lood like a bad on.
The Lizard leaned against a tal structure, his predatory eyes fixed on the blue tube in Gwen’s hand.
"So that’s it... you used the stolen serum to create an antidote."
"Bingo," Gwen said, twirling the tube between her fingers like a dagger.
She raised an eyebrow beneath her mask.
"And since you figured it out, I’ll reward you with a sting. Just... stay still, okay?"
Without waiting for a response, she launched herself at him. The fight ignited — fierce, a clash of pure speed and strength.
The Lizard roared and slashed with his claws, but Gwen dodged precisely, flipping, leaping, countering with kicks and webs.
But sothing was off. He was faster... stronger.
"You... you’ve changed," she muttered, narrowly avoiding a claw that sliced through the floor like a blade.
"I’ve evolved," he growled. "I’m the new dominant form of life. You can’t stop !"
Gwen was kicked in the shoulder and thrown against a tal wall. But she was already back on her feet before the dust had even settled.
"Spider-Woman, you’re weakening."
"Or you’re deluding yourself again, Peter."
He laughed, his yellow eyes glowing with arrogance.
"You’re no longer my match. Who can stop now?"
Gwen didn’t answer.
She simply hurled herself at him again like a speeding shadow. The battle raged on — tiles shattered, beams twisted, tal tore under claws and fists.
But then, the Lizard retreated. He pulled a dispersal device from his back and locked it onto the ground.
"Enough gas. You’ll be the last obstacle before the rise of a new era for humanity!"
He charged with ferocity. Without the burden of the equipnt, his movents were deadly. His claws now glowed with a green sheen — venom.
Gwen was forced to move faster, her senses nearly screaming as each slash carved through the air dangerously close.
The Lizard spat a stream of corrosive saliva, lting part of the structure next to her.
"Hey!! That was a new wall, you jerk!
Even transford, couldn’t you at least have so public manners?"
The Lizard snarled and lunged again — but hesitated for a second.
Gwen cracked her neck. Her movents had changed.
Sothing was different in her stance.
"Spider-Woman... what are you doing?"
She smiled under the mask.
"Getting used to my suit."
"What?" He blinked. Only now did he notice her costu looked different.
"This... suit..."
"Designed with help from soone very close," she said. "I’ve adapted to it during the fight. Now... I’m ready."
The Lizard roared in fury.
"Doesn’t matter! You’ll die either way! DIE, SPIDER-WOMAN!!"
He lunged forward, cracking the floor beneath him with sheer force.
Gwen simply jumped to the side gracefully, as if she could predict his every move.
"What’s going on...?" the Lizard muttered. "She’s... different."
Gwen turned, the eyes of her mask glowing against the lightning in the sky.
"You didn’t get stronger, Peter. I just stopped holding back."
"This ti, I’m serious. And if you won’t co back willingly...
Then I’ll make you co back by force."
The Lizard roared and tried to bite her, but Gwen ducked, spun, and delivered a brutal uppercut to his jaw.
BOOM!
The Lizard’s body was launched into the air like a missile. Gwen wasted no ti. She leapt, fired a web, grabbed his leg mid-air, and slamd him back down into the rooftop.
"That’s for every person you killed and every person you almost turned into a monster."
The impact cracked the concrete.
The rain finally began to fall.
And Gwen... was just getting started.
Stairwell to the rooftop — monts before the rain began
George led a small team of tactical officers. All were ard with 12-gauge shotguns, eyes filled with tension. The tallic scent of guns mixed with nervous sweat hung thick in the air.
"You go first," George ordered with restrained authority.
"Take the high ground and spread out. When I give the signal... fire."
But as the first officers reached the top of the stairs and saw the rooftop, they froze.
They didn’t move.
Annoyed, George pushed past them.
"What are you waiting for? Move!"
And then he saw it.
There, under the gray and threatening sky, Spider-Woman was tearing the Lizard apart with furious strikes.
The monster that once terrified them now looked like a cornered animal, unable to defend itself against her wrath.
"This is... this is insane," murmured one of the officers.
Later, when interviewed, their statents were clear:
"We climbed expecting to face a monster... but the monster was the one getting wrecked. Spider-Woman... she flipped the whole damn table."
George, who had always loudly criticized Spider-Woman, swallowed hard.
For the first ti, he felt sothing toward her.
Respect... or maybe fear?
Gwen, anwhile, no longer heard anything around her.
The world had disappeared — only she and Peter remained. She knelt beside the Lizard, breathing heavily. The rain was falling in heavy drops now.
"Peter..." she whispered, pulling the syringe from the antigen kit.
"...I tried everything."
With a firm motion, she injected the serum into his arm.
The monster groaned softly, but then... sothing happened.
In an act of pure madness, the Lizard scread, lifted his own left arm — and ripped it off.
With a wet snap, green blood sprayed into the air.
A second later, a new arm began to grow.
"I told you," the creature hissed, grinning wickedly.
"I am the perfect evolution. You can’t stop ."
Gwen fell silent. The look in her eyes changed.
She could no longer afford to hesitate.
(End of Chapter)
Give so power stones there you go~😉
The reason I didn’t update yesterday is quite simple.
I needed to travel to another city for a relative’s birthday, and with my infinite wisdom, I forgot to transfer the files to my cell phone, much less to Google Drive.
It was only after I got there and opened the phone to do the updates that I noticed this problem.
A small observation is that none of them were complete yet, especially MLS and MMS, I intended to finish there but because of my fit of stupidity I couldn’t do anything.
Anyway, when I got ho it was already past 2 in the morning, so I just lay down and slept like a log.
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