04x09 - Chapter IX: The Haunting of Mary Jane Watson

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I'd like to fire the nitwit who
decided this year's fund raiser

should be a pirate masquerade.

I look ridiculous.

I don't know, Jonah.

I think you make quite
a dashing rogue.

Parker! Take one more picture of
me in this get up and you're fired.

Aye aye, sir.

Attention, swashbucklers.

I'd like to point out our
main attraction tonight.

This is actual treasure

recovered from a Spanish galleon
that sank off the coast of Florida.

It's here on loan from the
George Cocteau Foundation.

Let's give Mr. Cocteau
a round of applause.

Shiver me timbers.

I guess the same genius
behind the pirate theme

came up with this brilliant stuff.

Jonah, this isn't a stunt.
It's for real!

What?

Help! Somebody help us!

Help!

Everybody get out of here, now!

And miss the story of the year?
Not on your life.

What are these things?
Some kind of robots?

Not even you can stop
my new automatons.

Mysterio.
I should have guessed.

After all, this robbery does
play like a grade B horror movie.

But this time, you're going to end
up on the cutting room floor.

Oh really? Unless these guys can fly,
you're all mine, Mysterio.

No, they can't fly,
but neither can he.

Jameson. Oh no.

Tata, Spider-Man.

I hope my tracer connects to
something in all that smoke.

Who are you?
What do you want?

I forgot how well Mysterio
prepares for a crimes.

But he forgot something too.

Hold it, fuzz head.
Another Mysterio trick.

And you fell for it,
you neanderthal.

Get us out of here.

Hang on.
No. They're empty!

Your blundering is gonna
get us sliced into fish bait!

That will stop them.

What if they can swim?

No way. It's flesh that provide
buoyancy, or hot air.

- Which means you'll never drown.
- Why you..

Be nice. I just saved
your life, remember?

You just saved face, that's all.

I think you wanted
to steal that treasure,

but Mysterio beat you to it.

Yeah right.

I'd love to listen to
you rant, squid lips,

but I've got another
fish to catch

and he comes with
his own fish bowl.

If my tracer connected
with Mysterio,

I should be able to pick
up his whereabouts.

Yes, got it. He's not far.

Spider-Man.
How did he... blast!

This snow job won't
stop me, Mysterio.

The source of this holographic illusion
has to be around here somewhere.

If I remember what I
saw before it kicked in,

there's a hydrant right here.

There. Holocube destroyed,
illusion gone.

But now, where is
that creep hiding?

Okay Spidey, you're
a native New Yorker.

What's wrong with this picture?

An exclusive club,
an overprized hair salon,

a trendy restaurant and
a neighbourhood deli?

Give me a break, Beck.

You've got to go another 30 blocks
to find a good deli above 66th Street.

You mustn't do this.

I can't go to prison, not now.

No. Let me go. No!

How come this Quentin Beck
guy rates a high security cell?

He's a tricky one.

He calls himself Mysterio.

He used to be a special
effects guy in the movies,

until he messed up on the Brooklyn
Bridge a couple of years ago.

He was doing special
effects on a movie

with that actress Miranda Wilson.

Remember her?

It was an action picture.

Beck was supposed
to the scene

with spectacular
explosions and stuff.

But Beck got sloppy
with the expl*sives

and the camera copter crashed.

It's a good thing
Spider-Man showed up.

He saved the pilot.

And he caught Beck.

But as for Miranda Wilson

when Spider-Man opened
the door of the car

there was nobody there.

Miranda Wilson was just gone.

Anyway, now the producers
want to finish that film.

- They have two scenes left.
- Really?

And because I resemble her,

I just got the job taking the
place of Miranda Wilson.

Oh great! Congratulations!

Where are they going to sh**t?

Wonder Studios?

Of all places.

This place was Mysterio's
base of operations.

He really put all kinds of deadly
traps and devices here.

Mysterio's safely in jail and the
studio's open for business again.

So why does it still
makes my skin crawl?

I'm happy for you MJ,

but are you sure this is the right
thing for you to be doing now?

Tiger, I see this as my big break.

I need it for my career
and for my sanity.

Peter... is that you?

Spider-Man!

I thought I heard Peter.

Look out!

Mary Jane!

Peter? Help me.

You'll never know how strange
it is to be gone for so long and..

...and then to return with no
memory of where you've been.

All I have are strange dreams,

weird images that
flash in my head.

Sometimes I think if
I don't do something,

I'm gonna go crazy.

Fine. I just hope this
action adventure movie

doesn't suddenly
become a disaster film.

- Five minutes, Miss Watson.
- I'll be right out.

Mary Jane. Mary Jane.

Who... who's there?

Mary Jane.

No. What's wrong with me?

Is this another dream?

Am I going crazy?

Please, stay where you are.

Wait a minute. I know you.

Yes, Mary Jane. I've come back.

To make up for having left
you so many years ago.

And, and this house,
it's never clean.

Lousy kids leave
everything in a mess.

Forget it. I'm out of here.

- Daddy?
- Yes, my dear.

Come with me.
Don't be afraid.

Where's the Watson girl?
I need her now.

I gave her the 5 minutes
warning ages ago, JS.

Er, she probably just has the jitters.
I'll go get her.

Why would she lock her door?

This isn't right.

Mary Jane. She's disappeared.

Not again?

What's this?

Mysterio must have
built these tunnels.

But why?

Father, where are we going?

Mary Jane, wait!

No.

Father, don't go.

Ah!

Argh!

My father.
He came back.

He was going to explain
what happened to me.

Ah Spider-Man.
Am I going mad?

I hope not, Miss Watson.

Maybe you're just tired.

Uh oh.

I'll just bet I know who is
really behind that apparition.

Always got a trick or two
up your sleeve, huh Beck.

Who's there?

Spider-Man.
Lovely of you to drop by.

Get over it, Beck.

I saw some pretty
bizzare things today,

so I came to check and see if the
man I put behind bars was real

or just another robot.

Ow!

It's me alright, in the flesh.

- It is you.
- Well duh.

And who created
the illusions I saw

in the catacombs under
Wonder Studios?

Catacombs? No!

Spider-Man, stay away from there.

If you go back, you'll face
your worst nightmare.

What are you talking about?
Give me some answers.

Aw, forget it.
This was a waste of my time.

Well, I did stick a spider tracer
on you, Beck. Just in case.

And you thought I was just
trying to pull your face off.

Nice try wall weasel,

but you can't trick a trickster.

You have, however, provided me
with the one thing I needed most.

A tiny battery to power
my ticket out of here.

Okay doll. The ship is
sinking and it's on fire.

Any one else would be
panic stricken, but not you.

You're super agent Tiffany West.
You got it honey?

Whatever you say, JS.

Scene 72A. Take one.

And action!

Bring on that hurricane effect now.

Somebody turn down the water.

It will put out the fire!

Oh no. Mary Jane.

Peter. Peter!

Peter!

Mary Jane!

How could she survive this?

Thank goodness I found you again.

Quickly my child.

You must follow me to safety.

What's happened to you?

And where are you taking me?

Just a bit further.

Then all your questions
will be answered.

Return to your world
if you wish to live.

How do you manage to be in
two places at once, Mysterio?

Bravo, Spider-Man.

This time I think you'll find
there's a bit more to Mysterio

than smoke and mirrors.

Looks like our little visit is over.

No! Stay out of this.

Oh good. I was just beginning to
think one Mysterio wasn't enough.

This is a tough choice but

I guess I'll go with the one who
prevented my untimely demise.

Are you ever for real?

You don't have time to find out.
Come this way.

Why should I trust you?

Because the automatons
that you've already faced

were nothing compared to
what's in store for you!

I acquired this deadly technology
from Wilson Fisk, the Kingpin.

Alistair Smythe was
brilliant with robotics

but as he's no longer with me,

his technology is mine to sell.

Very impressive, Mr. Fisk.

It's exactly the technology I need.

The simulac specifications are yours

if you can meet my price.

And not just money.

You must use this technology
to destroy Spider-Man.

No. I have other concerns
besides Spider-Man now.

Then I suggests you drop them and
attend to that annoying arachnid

or forget about this technology.

I have prepared for your destruction

when I was arrested trying to steal
the treasure to pay off Kingpin.

But my surprise for you
is still in operation.

My design for your
ultimate destruction.

But if you want me destroyed,
why are you going to help?

I have my reasons.

What about Mary Jane?

Can you help me find her?

Only if you help me.

Looks like I have no choice.

The lizard? Here?

It is your worst nightmare,
Spider-Man.

Deadly automatons that I designed
to mimic your most powerful foes.

Remember,

they're only machines.

Real comfort.

Mysterio's right,
this is a machine.

And it has certain vulnerabilities.

Open wide.

Quickly, Spider-Man. This way!

Toro, toro.

I can't believe I'm having
to thank you for your help.

This isn't over yet, Spider-Man.

There's something down there.

That's more important to
me than eliminating you.

Just a bit further.

Argh!

- Father?
- What's the matter?

Don't you ever hug
your dear old dad?

Miranda Wilson?

Very good. You've got
brains as well as beauty.

No!

Okay, break it to me easy.
Where are we now?

I was going to stage this as the
scene of your final sacrifice.

I made them too
intelligent and strong.

And I see you've improved
on the originals too.

But they're still only machines.

Try to make that work to
your advantage, Spidey.

Flame needs gas to feed it.

Gas. That's it!

Okay, slobber jaw. Right here.

You too, needle mouth.

You were programmed to
make me your prime target.

I hope that's the
last of the robots.

Mary Jane!

Why are you doing this to me?

You possess something I require.
Your body.

You see. There was nothing magical
about my disappearance.

I merely fell from the bridge.

Something had gone terribly wrong.

I was a woman renown
for my great beauty,

and now it had been destroyed.

I can't let anyone
see me this way.

I crawled to the sewers like
the rats that lived there.

Miraculously, they led me to some
catacombs beneath the studio.

Without medical treatment,
my condition steadily worsened.

But then I was discovered
by Quentin Beck.

He had gotten out of prison and
come back for equipment he kept here.

He became Mysterio again

so he could steal the money

and buy robotic machinery
needed to save my life.

Quentin made me self-sufficient

by directly hooking my mind

to these new machines
and illusory devices.

Beck must really care about you.

Who could care about somebody
that looks like this?

But soon, this device will give
me back what he took from me.

My youth and my beauty.

Correction. Your youth
and your beauty.

It will put my mind in your body.

Urgh! No!

When I learn they were
going to complete my film,

I knew it was just a question of
luring my lookalike down here.

My father. How did you...

Once I knew you were cast,

I simply accessed city computers

to find out everything
I could about you.

But now your haunting
days are over.

Hoping for this day was the
only thing that kept me alive.

No, Miranda, you mustn't!

To the contrary Quentin, I must!

At last!

My face, my body restored to me!

Quentin, what went wrong?

I'm still trapped in my own body.
Quentin!

- I can't fix it.
- There's nothing to fix.

The machine was never designed
to work, was it Beck?

Miranda, what you wanted
was a scientific impossibility.

Why did you do this to me?

You said it yourself.

Hoping for this day was the
only thing that kept you alive.

Don't you see Miranda?
I love you.

No. It's impossible, Quentin.

I'm a hideous... monster!

All I wish is to be
with you always.

And so you shall.
Always.

What's that noise?

Get out of here, both of you!

I've just overloaded the energy
source to this complex.

You've got to get out of here too.

No. I'm staying.

So am I.

There goes my film debut.

I've been smogged.

Let's go.

Wasn't it cruel of him to
lead Miranda on like that?

Hope is something you gotta have.

It kept me going
when you were gone.

Ah...

Mary Jane, all this
has made me realize

just how precious you are to me.

Ah... I'm flattered, Spider-Man,

but I'm already in love with
the great guy, Peter Parker.

Mary Jane, there's something
I've got to show you.

TO BE CONTINUED...