Cures and Tragedy

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[Click, click, click. The door of Happy Hogan's apartment is unlocked. From the viewpoint of the entrance security camera, we see Peter opening the door as the villains enter Happy's living space in the following order: Norman, Otto, Max - who glances menacingly at the camera for a second, causing it to glitch, and finally Flint. The last one to come in before Peter is aunt May.]

"MY APARTMENT!" Happy all but shrieked, causing many people to jump and reach for hidden weapons.

Peter Parker: Where's Connors?

May Parker: He told me he wants to stay in the truck.

Peter Parker: (follows her inside) Okay.

Thermostat [vo]: Alarm systems, deactivated.

Happy was frozen, they were hijacking his apartment?!

[Spider-Man proceeds to close the door.]

Peter Parker: Okay. I feel kinda bad using Happy's place like this.

May Parker: No, no, no, no. He'll get over it.

Happy glared at May, who smiled innocently at him.

[Electro fires a dim pulse of energy at the TV, causing it to turn on. On the news we see that the majority of American society - 67% - has voted against the addition of Captain America's shield to the Statue of Liberty in a national plebiscite. Sandman sits down on the couch, immediately leaving some dirt on it.]

Flint Marko: Oh, sorry.

Many of the heroes felt sorry for Flint, he just wanted to go home.

[He tries to remove it, soiling it even more]

Otto Octavius: So this is your plan, Peter? Mmm? No lab, no facilities, just performing miracles in a condominium? What, you're gonna cook up some cures, some frozen burritos in a microwave?

Norman Osborn: [tinkering with the Dum-E robot] I could go for a burrito.

"He had better get his hands off my robot," Tony muttered darkly, more to himself than anyone.

Otto Octavius: He's gonna kill us all.

Peter Parker: Well, let's hope not. You're up first, Doc.

[He heads to his room next door]

Otto Octavius: What? (yelling after him) Hey, I told you. I don't need fixing. I don't need fixing! Especially by a teenager using scraps from a bachelor's junk drawer.

"He should be grateful," MJ muttered towards the screen.

[Electro walks up, clearly interested in whatever is in the other room.]

Max Dillon: No, no, no, no. He got something back there. I can feel it. Weird energy...

That's not good.

[Inside his room, Peter walks up to the covered rectangular box-like object from earlier. He removes the sheet, revealing an elaborate device made by Stark Industries.]

Norman Osborn: (frowning) What the hell is that?

Peter Parker: It's a fabricator.

[Spider-Man presses a button on its surface, causing it to unfold into what can be called a household engineering lab.]

Many gasps of awe could be heard around the room, causing Tony to smirk proudly, and Pepper to roll her eyes.

Peter Parker: It can analyze, design, construct... basically anything.

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