Lizards

You know, sometimes one little negative can trump a dozen positives. Case in point, my life. Everything should be great. Cool new job as S. H. I. E. L. D. Student Instructor. Nova and Nick Fury are apparently out on some secret mission. So no one's here busting my chops. And when Doc and Hydra teamed up and attacked S. H. I. E. L. D., we kicked his metal cephalopod butt. Looks like the rebuilding of the Triskelion's going full force. Good work, guys. My old science pal, Dr. Connors, is running S. H. I. E. L. D. with Fury gone. Good to have friends in high places. And then there's the Web-Warriors. They're more than just my new team. They're all Spiders. What's making me such a webby downer? I kinda got some bad news. Someone at S. H. I. E. L. D., not a Spider, is a spy for Ock. It's up to the Web-Warriors to smoke them out. Welcome, academy students. Today, we've got some upgrades that will certainly blow you away. Not literally, we hope. Yes. You will be figuratively blown away. Quite figuratively. Oh. And did I forget to mention Agents Fitz and Simmons, two of the greatest S. H. I. E. L. D. techs of all time, are helping upgrade the Triskelion? Commence training program. Me and the Web-Warriors intend to use every chance we get to interrogate our fellow agents and find the traitor. So, Power Man, what I hear you not saying is that you wouldn't not do something illegal if you couldn't not get away with it? Is that English coming out of your mouth? How would you handle betraying everyone you ever cared about, Iron Fist? - Hypothetically. - I don't have a clue. My heart would be incapable of such betrayal. Gah! You must have a lot of aquatic friends, Triton. Any octopus buddies we should know about? Huh? Looking mighty guilty there, little mister. What are you hiding? Ugh! I deserved that. Okay. So when it comes to interrogation, we're no Black Widow. End session. Whoa! Very good. That was a successful first test. Isn't this test over? Someone tell this guy. Look out! The fail-safes are off. That bot, it's using lethal force. Lethal force? Why can't these things ever malfunction into giving hugs? - adic7ed. com - Can't say I'm really into this new training regimen. Hang on, Spidey. We're coming. Why don't stop not trying not to save him? Guys, less bumper cars, more saving. This thing is tough. Can't hold Nice work, bro. Any time, my bro. Sorry, everyone. So sorry. These wee little glitches are very rare. "Wee glitches"? Oh, I get it. - Understatement. - I don't know how that happened. I'm just glad you're okay. That thing went right for you. As if it had been reprogrammed to attack. Intentionally. - Wait. I'm totally lost. - He means sabotaged. - By Doc Ock's spy. - Right. I knew that. Let's not jump to conclusions before we have some answers. You three, find out what you can from the others. You're with me. I have an idea. That's not a bomb just sitting on the table, is it? Obviously, it's a prototype high-yield aerosol dispersal unit. Obviously that could come in handy next time Hulk uses the S. H. I. E. L. D. bathroom. It's meant to deliver tranquilizer gas. Could knock out an entire building with one small vial. So, today's malfunction, it's, um, not possible that it wasn't not an accident. If you're worried about sabotage, you can forget it. You actually understood what he just said? These bots came straight from the S. H. I. E. L. D. factory, then moved directly to the training area by your own students and calibrated on-site. Could the bot have been reprogrammed here? Not likely. We examined the remains, but its central processor was destroyed by Rhino's attack. Hiccups like this are bound to happen in upgrading the Triskelion. You said the bot was calibrated here? By who? - By your own Dr. Connors. - Dr. Connors? Don't worry. S. H. I. E. L. D. averages one equipment malfunction a year. So you won't have to worry about another one until - Whoa! - Ahhh! Looks like we're going to have to recalculate those averages! And I thought the new training routine was bad. You think this is a coincidence? - Highly suspicious. - Abandon lab! Looks like your guys' mission went smoothly. - Any luck? - Nada. If the spy was involved in that attack, he really covered his tracks. We just learned Dr. Curt Connors was the last one to handle that bot. Let's not forget, Connors was also once the Lizard. That's ancient history. I know what you're all thinking, but the spy is not Connors. I trust that man with my life. Listen. I know how hard it is to fight the evil inside. I do it every day. Maybe he lost. Easy solve. Lock him in solitary confinement for a few weeks and see if the attacks stop. We can't throw people in jail without evidence. And we won't give in to paranoia. Dr. Connors isn't the spy. We may not know who it is, but we do know who the mole's working for. - Doc Ock. - Agent Venom, go and guard the cellblock. Yes, sir, Spidey, sir. You can count on me. Maybe you should take your buddy Rhino, too. For, um, you know, extra muscle. The rest of us are heading to Doc Connors' lab. Oh, yeah. Interrogation time. Nobody's interrogating anyone. We need to ask someone with authority, someone we trust, to help us. Hey, Doc, we could really use A hand? Ah! Sorry, Spider-Man. I Dr. Connors! What have you done? Uh, let's talk this out, Spider to Lizard! Everyone scatter! Whoa, Doc Connors! I just told everyone you weren't the Lizard anymore. You're making me look bad. Told you. Connors was the spy. Finally, something I can slash. Iron Spider, alert the academy. Whoa! Where is it? Where is it? Robo-kid, grab the legs and tail. Sure. Give me the easy part. That wasn't so hard. Careful! He can extend his Ow! That really hurt. Spidey, why aren't you helping? Dr. Connors always keeps a supply of the cure in his lab. For moments like Bingo! No! They're all smashed! A bit overdramatic, don't you think? It couldn't have hurt that much. The Lizard's bite is contagious? My research indicates nothing about infections. - Time to update your research, Cho. - He's right. This is new. Ahhh! Ahhh! We're gonna be outnumbered in about 2. 17 seconds. "Outnumbered" is my least favorite kind of "numbered. " Do not go in there! What? Hulk use the bathroom again? Dr. Connors bit Miles, who bit Scarlet. Now they're all lizards. Don't hurt them. They're still our friends. New strategy, retreat! Go! We'll hold them off. That'll buy us some time. Not enough. I did a quick mental calculation. At the rate this lizard virus spreads, New York will be overrun in 23. 6 hours, and the rest of the world in 3. 3 weeks! - You did that in your head? - Focus. - We need a plan. - Okay. First priority, prevent the lizard virus from getting out. Power Man, get the others and secure the perimeter. Group up in pairs at each exit, garage, lobby, loading dock. Why pairs? That's not as efficient. Because whoever the spy is, I don't want them to be able to work alone. Connors is the spy! Are you nuts? Possibly, because I still don't believe that. They'll never break through. Those doors have the strength of You weren't factoring in Iron Fist Lizard into your equation, were you? We need to find a way to revert them back, now. But how? The cure was destroyed. Not all of it. There's still one backup supply. But it's kept in the most dangerous, most high-security place in the entire Triskelion. The weapons vault? Detention block? Worse. Nick Fury's office. Cloak? You're supposed to be guarding the exits. I saw you were in trouble on the security cams. I came to help. Ahhh! Thank you, uh, weird teleporting Lizard Cloak. Don't worry. That'll come back to bite us, I'm sure. See if you can get Fury's door unlocked. Not gonna be easy. Fury's office is layered with defenses. Um, you can go first. Gee, thanks. Okay. Fury couldn't possibly have booby-trapped everything in here. Whoa! Fury wouldn't make it easy to find the cure. You think this is easy? Face it. Connors must be the mole. That cure was smashed. He did it so the virus would spread. Good find, Cho. Look, you don't know Connors like I do. Nothing would make him want to become the Lizard again. Uh-oh. There's only one vial! Huh? Abandon office! - Uh, is that - Triton. The lizard virus must be interacting even more powerfully with his Inhuman DNA. Giant Inhuman lizard? Great. The cure! No! We can't lose that cure! You've got to be more careful with this thing, Webs. Power Man, get out of here! Triton's like three lizards rolled into one! Did you forget my skin's unbreakable? There's no one better prepared to fight this lizard outbreak than me. So, that happened. Taser webs? That won't hurt him. It'll just make him mad. That's my point. Get ready to duck! Remind me to clean that up before Fury gets home. We gotta get to Fitz-Simmons' lab. We need to make enough of this cure to save everyone. Psst! Down here. Fitz and Simmons. Man, are we glad to see your non-lizardized faces. You know, "lizardize" is not a real word. Not the time, Cho. I only have one vial of the cure. Please tell me you have a chemical synthesizer. What? Do you think we're amateurs? Of course we do. Yeah! Knock-out missiles! Venom and Rhino! What a team! Huh? You hearing that? The squirrels? I'm sorry I made you puke up your acorns, Monkey Joe. No hard feelings? I think that's Mr. Lieberman. They're just tiny things. We can stop them. Or not. I always suspected those guys would turn on us. Whoa! I'll get the vent! Seal the door! Won't hold long. Then let's do this. Hey. Whoa. Whoa. Sorry. Sorry. It's working! Analyzing chemical composition. Oh, no. Spider-Man! You were right. Came back to bite us. Fitz! Simmons! No! The cure! Got it! Warning. Power level at 20%. Cho, you're using up all your suit's power. What are you doing? Buying you time. I'm gonna channel the last of my suit's energy to set off a conductive pulse. Too low for humans to hear but painful to reptilians. Like a lizard EMP? Great, but the synthesizer's destroyed. I've got nothing left! End of plan! Power zero. Deactivating. I don't trust Connors, but I do trust you to figure it out. Cho! Trust me? To do what? How do I cure everyone with one vial? I just want to say, it's an honor to fight with you, Alex. I know we weren't best of friends or anything in high school. And I'm glad we, you know, got past that. Huh? Why are you getting all sappy? We're gonna survive this. The aerosol dispersal unit! Fitz said you could knock out a whole building with a single vial of gas. Or was it Simmons? The ventilation system! All I gotta do is pop this in, and Seriously? Come on! Stay in! Oh, good, because there wasn't already enough pressure on me. Dr. Connors! Curt! It's me, Spider-Man. I know there's still humanity in you. There's got to be. I'm your friend. These are your friends. Help me save them. I know you're in there, Curt. I trust you. Hurry. Thanks. Huh? Welcome back, Monkey Joe. I never really doubted you. Where does he keep those things? Gotcha! Thanks for not biting me. Thank you for trusting me. My skin feels like sandpaper. Ugh! My mouth tastes like sandpaper. Only lasts a week. Safe to say, Web-Warriors plus reptile equals bad mojo. But why did you do it, Connors? Why turn into the Lizard again? - Wasn't me. It was - Mayday! SOS! Red alert! Spider-Man, I need your help! We're friends! Don't do this! Oh, boy. Back to work, team. Venom! Doc Ock? Gone. And no sign of Agent Venom. The prison walls are bashed in, - like by an enormous - Rhino. He betrayed us. He was the spy all along? Rhino was the one who injected me. So he smashed your lab and the vials of lizard cure. He must have. But I don't exactly remember that part. Search the Triskelion. Ock cannot have gotten far. He has Agent Venom. Where's he taking him? Hydra. Gotta be. We were wrong to doubt you, Spidey. We're sorry. And it won't happen again. Good. I'm counting on that trust. I'm gonna need it. We've had our backs to the wall for too long. It's time we take the battle to Doc Ock and Hydra. And we're not returning until we have Agent Venom back.