04x06 - Chapter VI: The Awakening

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I can't deal with all these
mixed up emotions.

Sadness, loneliness,
guilt over the loss of Mary Jane.

It's my fault she's gone.

But now, I have even more guilt
over my feelings for the Black Cat.

I think I'm falling
in love with her.

Am I being a traitor to
Mary Jane's memory?

And what kind of new curse will
my love bring to the Black Cat?

Tag Spider. You're it.

Hey. Why didn't my
spider sense go off?

Cat, come back here.

Is this the best you can do?

Boring.

I should be catching crooks,

but for once, I'm
actually having fun.

End of the line, lady.

- No! Argh!
- No!

- You could have been...
- Not with you around.

I want to be as good as you.

Instead I'm like a
damsel in distress.

You must think I'm a fool.

I think you are incredible.

I only wish I really knew the
woman under this mask.

Then maybe it's time you did.

Why don't I take off my mask
and you take off yours.

Wait. We can't take off our masks.

Why? We got something
special, can't you feel it?

All the way to my toes.

But we can't risk what might
happen to our love ones

if our secret identities
were discovered.

Ah, Peter Parker's here.

Now the party can really begin.

It's almost as if he
knows I'm Spider-Man.

You know I saw another one of your
Spider-Man photos in the Bugle.

How do you get those
fantastic angles?

He does knows I'm Spider-Man.

Osborn.

Mary Jane!

Mary Jane!

Believe me, the results
can be devastating.

I thought you were
different, Spider.

But you're just like every
other men in my life,

a big disappointment.

I... I am sorry.

Yeah, me too.

Look, I didn't mean
to get my claws out.

I better go.

She's definitely stirred a
long lost feelings in me,

but I can't take risks.

Mary Jane!

If the Green Goblin hadn't
learned my secret identity,

MJ would still be here.

Can I ever get close to anyone again

without putting their life in danger?

According to this infrared scanner,

there's a significant heat
source right inside that cave.

Looks like your calculations were
right on the money, Debra.

Yes, thanks to the Herbert Foundation's
satellite imaging technology.

This could be the discovery
of a lifetime.

Don't get your hopes too high, Clay.

Let's see what we find.

What's inside may be dangerous.

It's my project.
I'll go ahead and check it out first.

No way. I can't let
you go in there alone.

Won't that light wake him up?

Uh ah. The harmful rays
have been filtered out.

It's like moonlight.

Morbius, the vampire!

He's even more horrible
than I imagined.

I'm sorry.
I didn't mean to say that.

I know you two were friends
before this happened.

Michael Morbius was
more than a friend, Clay.

A lot more.

I just can't keep my feelings for you
bottled up any longer, Michael.

I... I love you.

You are a wonderful woman, Debra,

but my heart belongs to Felicia.

Dr. Connors, sir!

Is it true that Michael Morbius is the
vampire creature terrorizing the city?

I'm afraid it's true.

How exactly is Empire
State University involved?

Morbius tempered with ESU's
neogenics equipment.

He accidentally turned
himself into a creature

that needs human
plasma to survive.

- Where is Morbius now?
- No one knows.

The poor young man simply
vanished into the night.

So they never found Morbius's body?

Since he merged
genetically with a bat,

he may now be
hibernating like one.

The satellite photos
have located this cave.

It's the kind bats
use for hibernation.

- So it's true.
- Flash!

Don't you remember how
he almost k*lled me?

Is Michael Morbius more
important to you than me?

I'm sorry, Flash.
I can't answer that.

- Find anything?
- We sure did.

Bring the solar resistance box.

Just sleep, Michael.

Hopefully, I'll find a
way to awaken you.

Then the monster
inside will be gone.

Felicia, can you cover my class?

Doc Connors just called
a press conference

and I want to go get some photos.

Parker, l'll hardly have time
to pack for my flight tonight.

- Where are you going?
- To the west coast.

The Hardy Foundation is going to open
a Youth Science Center out there.

I'll be gone a few weeks.

Cool. Do this favour for me and
I'll pay you back when you return.

- I promise.
- Parker! Parker!

CHILDREN'S SCIENCE CENTER

Ladies and gentlemen,
I'm here to announce that a team

led by my brilliant assistant
Debra Whitman

and financed by a grant from
the Herbert Foundation,

has at long last recovered the
sleeping body of Michael Morbius.

- Vampire.
- What?

Please, please!
Don't be alarmed.

Morbius is in a
state of hibernation.

We're going to try to re-engineer
the lost science of neogenics

to restore Morbius
to his human self.

But Doc, aren't you
jeopardizing all our lives

by bringing him back to the city?

No! We're reviving a
victim of a horrible tragedy.

Wait till I write this up.

"ESU resurrects blood-thirsty vampire."

The city's gonna go ballistic.

It was my blood sample that
caused what happened to Michael.

What are you up to, Peter Parker?

I will exposed the last of this
mutated plasma sample

to the neogenic process.

No, no! Get out of there.

No!

Like the vampire bat whose
genes I have inherited,

I hunger for plasma.

I let him down, just as
I let Mary Jane down.

But if anyone can help Morbius,
it's Debra and Doc Connors.

They know more about
neogenics than anyone else.

Still, it's risky.

I'm glad Felicia's
going out of town.

Being here for this would
be too painful for her.

Miss Hardy?
Your limo is ready.

Come in please.
I'm just packing a few last things.

Dr. Curtis Connors' made a
shocking announcement.

He has discovered the body of former
ESU student, Michael Morbius.

Connors hopes to restore this mutated
creature to its human form.

It's getting late, Miss Hardy.

I can't go.
I'll call if I need you.

It feels like an eternity since
we kissed in the bell tower.

Oh, Michael!
I missed you so much.

Where have you been...

I am immortal and you,
my love, will be just like me.

I can't live a life that preys
on innocent people.

I must get help to change
back to the man you love.

No!

- I will love you always.
- Michael!

I gonna need some help
on this one, Boojums.

Serious help.

Well, we've done all that we can.
It's time to test it.

Doc, are you sure he won't wake
up and chow down on us?

That shouldn't happen, Clay.

The restraints are secured.

We are as ready as we'll ever be.

WARNING!
POWER SURGE

Look. Look!

Something's wrong.
I'm terminating the power.

The trace coil blew.
It will take time to fix.

Better take a break, Debra.

Exhaustion brings stupidity.

For a moment,
I thought we did it.

For a moment, so did I.

I am beginning to lose patience
with our Empire State compatriots.

It was a brilliant stroke of yours
to create the Herbert Foundation

solely for the purpose of
funding their research.

But they're close enough now.

I'll be able to handle
the final stages.

Good.

I will finally have a
chance to cure myself

and possibly make
us both immortal.

Where is the Black Cat?

She's usually found me by now.

Do you think maybe
she's still angry?

No, you're right, Bruce.

I should quit whining
and just do my job.

It's time I visit Doc Connors to see
how things are going with Morbius.

Still, I wonder what
Black Cat's up to?

That's far enough.

You can put that
thing down, Whistler.

You know my name?

I am a friend.
I'm here about Michael Morbius.

Unfortunately, Blade's in Europe,

hunting a particularly
elusive vampire.

It's just as well.
I want to handle Morbius myself.

But I need your help.

Why should I help you?

Because someone has to be ready in
case Morbius awakens still a vampire.

Just know that I want no
harm to come to anyone.

Please, help me.

I usually won't help a stranger,

not even a beautiful one.

But if Morbius the
vampire arises again,

someone must be prepared
to save the city.

- Who's there?
- It's just me.

I wanted to apologize for the way I
reacted to this Michael Morbius thing.

Look, I just want you to know,

if this is that important to you,

then I, I guess I'm
behind you 100%.

Why, that's the nicest
thing you ever...

What... what's that?

What on earth?

Shocker, get Morbius.

Piece of cake.

- No, they can't!
- They won't.

Flash, look out!

He's coming this way.

I am weak.

I must feed.

Let me guess.
Your experiment worked.

Sort of.

Shocker! Landon!
Why are you two here?

Who do you think the Herbert
Foundation was named after?

I, Herbert Landon,
paid for all of this.

Morbius belongs to me.

- Must feed.
- Get him!

He holds the secret to neogenics.

Are you alright?

I'll tell you when my
head stops ringing.

Morbius.

You. Why do you torment me?

I never wanted it to be
this way, Michael. Never.

Come to the lab where
they can help you. Please.

- There he is.
- Get rid of Spider-Man, now!

Starving.

Must have plasma.

I can't let him drain me.

No, Michael.

Michael, wait!

He's too fast.
He's getting away.

Are you okay?

Yes, thanks to you.

What is that thing?

Sorry. You've got your secrets,
I got mine.

I wish I have time to chat, but...

Black Cat, wait!

She gone, but where?

I just don't get it.

Black Cat saves my bacon

and then she ditches me?

Isn't that true to form
for Peter Parker?

Just when I start having
feelings for someone,

they get weird on me.

I want to feed.
I am so hungry.

No, Michael.
I can't let you do this.

Who are you to try and stop me?

No. Michael, it's me, Felicia.

How dare you use her name?

Look at me.

No.

You used to love me,

and I have never
stopped loving you.

Felicia, what has
happened to you?

A lot, but I'm alright.

I have missed you
desperately, Michael.

Get away. I am a monster.

No! You're still the man I love.

How can you love me?
I am doomed!

Felicia, will you help
me find peace?

Yes. Meet me in the clock tower.

It's been rebuilt.

I can't let Cat throw me off.

I'll deal with Morbius first,

and then think about what's
wrong between her and me.

Now, if I were Michael Morbius,

the first thing I'd do would
be to go and see the person

who loved me the most.

Good thing Felicia's out of town.

Hey, I don't remember
her having a cat.

Although you do look
kind of familiar, puss.

You didn't happen to see a

plasma-sucking monster
here tonight, did you?

My spider sense.

Long time no see,
web for brains.

Yes, we also thought Morbius might
come looking for his long lost love.

Great minds do think alike.

Finish him.

Let's get out of here.

Fine, but let's do it my way.

Thanks.

Why am I getting a mixed
message from you.

I'm sorry.
It's a difficult time for me.

Try to understand,
I'm going through something.

Something I have to face alone.

Cat. Cat!

What is wrong with you?

What you're telling
me is most disturbing.

I had no idea you had
feelings for this creature.

You've got to help me, Whistler.

I need one last thing from you.

Something that will end his agony.

This is what you need.

No. The hunger is too strong.

I must not. I can't!

Michael?

Can you help me, Felicia?

Yes. I've been given a device
that will end your misery.

You will never walk
as a vampire again.

But you will never
walk as a human either.

It will return you to
the limbo of sleep

between mortal and
immortal, forever.

It is the only way.
Do it.

Pathetic.

Didn't you think we'd remember

Morbius once used this
clock tower as his refuge?

I guess I had other things
on my mind, Landon.

I think about you as
little as possible.

Ah well, my troublesome
Miss Hardy,

we shall soon carry out execution

we originally wanted
your father to witness.

Clock tower. Morbius!

Are you alright?

Yes, now that you're here.

A guy could get the wrong idea and
think a certain someone likes him.

No matter what I'm going
through, I do care for you.

I'm just doubting
myself these days.

For what it's worth,
I think you're doing great.

Yeah, so great that I let them
get away with Morbius.

Well, they won't get far.

I just tossed a spider
tracer on their copter.

Very smart, Spider.

Come on.
We've got to follow them.

Wouldn't be a party without
the big guy, would it?

How much longer?

Only a few more minutes,

and then all the neogenic
knowledge will be ours.

Sorry. School's out.

What?

Cat!

Can't breathe.

No. Felicia.

Stop. Stop!

We shall meet again.

Stay back. Stay. Argh!

Landon. What in the name of god...

That ought to keep you quiet.

Morbius, keep away.
What's that?

Something that will
stop him, forever.

No, there's got to
be a better way.

Michael, come back.

Morbius!

I blew it, didn't I.

No. You did the right thing.

Part of him is still human.

There's hope he can be saved.

He'll seek out shelter from the sun.

We'll have to wait until
he st*lks at night again.

I just hope we get to Morbius
before anybody else gets hurt.

I thought that once I decided
to become a crime fighter,

I will instinctively know
the right thing to do.

I never expected my
emotions to get in the way.

How do you deal with
life behind the mask?

I wish I had answers for you.
But I don't.

But maybe I can help you get
through this, if you'll let me.

Thanks.

But I may need to get
through this struggle alone.

Why is love so complicated?

I'm sure glad that
Felicia is out of town.

Seeing Morbius is something
she could never have handle.