"Hahaha! This little guy is quite clever! He made up a believable name pretty quickly!"
"Night Monkey! Poor Spider-Man's reputation is getting completely butchered!"
"Night Monkey! The 1st and 2nd generation Peter Parkers would never have dreamed that they would have such a ridiculous alternate name in this universe."
Ned's spontaneous "Night Monkey" alias brought immediate joy and laughter to people watching from all across the multiverse.
Aunt May couldn't help but laugh heartily at the absurdity. Anyone who didn't know the real context would think Ned was deliberately making fun of Spider-Man.
[Betty completely believed Ned's hastily fabricated explanation and began shouting desperately down to the battle below: "Night Monkey!!! Help us!!! Night Monkey!!! Please help us! Save us! We can't get down from here!"]
[Spider-Man heard the frantic screaming and looked up to discover Ned and Betty trapped high above on the Ferris wheel, "What?!"]
[He couldn't understand why Ned and Betty hadn't stayed safely in the opera house as planned, but had instead run out into danger and gotten themselves stuck on the most precarious ride in the entire festival.]
[Spider-Man spun around to assess the lava giant's position and found that it had grown significantly taller after absorbing all the metal from the destroyed carousel, and was now advancing directly toward him with menacing steps.]
[He instinctively fired a strand of spider silk at the creature, but he didn't expect that the webbing would be instantly ignited by the intense heat, with flames racing back toward him along the web line.]
[The lava giant raised its massive molten arm and brought it crashing down with devastating force. At the critical moment, Quentin Beck rushed forward and projected a shimmering energy shield to intercept the crushing blow.]
["Are you alright?"]
[The lava giant, seeing that it couldn't break through the protective barrier, began hammering the green energy shield with increasingly frantic and powerful strikes.]
["Time to switch to Plan B?" Quentin Beck turned his head to look at Spider-Man while maintaining the shield.]
["Yeah! We have to attack it with materials it can't absorb and integrate!"]
["I'll take the left flank, you take the right! Three, two, one! Execute now!!!"]
[As soon as he finished the countdown, Quentin Beck dissolved the protective shield, and the two heroes immediately separated in opposite directions.]
[Quentin Beck launched himself into the sky with his flight system. Seeing this tactical maneuver, the lava giant abandoned its pursuit of Beck and turned around to continue chasing Spider-Man, spewing torrents of molten fire from its hands. Spider-Man had no choice but to run for his life across the festival grounds.]
[He used his web-slinging to pull himself up onto a nearby building, with the flames following closely behind him and scorching everything in their path. With no other option, he performed a spectacular backflip and landed behind the lava giant, immediately firing webbing to grab a large chunk of stone debris from the ground.]
[Then he attached the web line to a sturdy lamp post and used the momentum like a slingshot to hurl the massive rock directly at the lava giant, the impact forcing it to stagger back a step.]
["Okay! Now hit it with everything you've got!"]
[Quentin Beck soared overhead and unleashed two concentrated energy blasts, carving huge glowing scars across the lava giant's chest and causing molten material to splatter.]
["Yeah! This strategy is working! Keep up the pressure! But don't get too close to it!"]
[Spider-Man immediately grabbed another large stone and hurled it at the lava giant with enhanced strength, coordinating perfectly with Quentin Beck to maintain a continuous barrage of attacks.]
[While listening to the intense sounds of their battle echoing through the streets, Nick Fury and Agent Hill drove at high speed toward the combat zone.]
["Spider-Man! I need you to coordinate with Beck for a flanking maneuver!"]
["Copy that! Moving into position!"]
["Whatever you do, don't let it get close to that Ferris wheel!"]
["Understood! Here I come!!!"]
[Spider-Man was momentarily careless and got caught by a devastating backhand slap from the lava giant, sending him flying through the air to crash heavily onto the roof of a parked delivery truck.]
[The lava giant roared triumphantly toward the night sky and slammed its massive fist into the ground with earth-shaking force. The tremendous impact caused deep cracks to spread rapidly through the cobblestones and even affected the structural foundation of the Ferris wheel nearby.]
[Due to the sudden collapse and destabilization of its foundation, the towering metal Ferris wheel began tilting dangerously toward the lava giant, with Betty and Ned screaming in absolute terror as their gondola swayed precariously.]
[The massive amount of metal in the Ferris wheel structure immediately attracted the lava giant's attention, and it raised its molten hand while taking purposeful steps toward the collapsing ride.]
[Quentin Beck flew directly into the creature's path and fired a concentrated energy beam that struck its outstretched palm, temporarily slowing its advance toward the helpless civilians.]
[Spider-Man sprinted toward the endangered Ferris wheel and shot a web line, but in his haste, the webbing accidentally stuck to something unexpected floating in mid-air.]
["Whoa! What the hell is that thing?" Spider-Man was startled by the strange object and quickly flung it away into a nearby alley, where MJ happened to catch sight of the mysterious item.]
[Spider-Man didn't have time to investigate what that strange object might have been. The Ferris wheel was seconds away from complete collapse, and he absolutely had to save Betty and Ned immediately!]
[Spider-Man ducked and rolled directly under the massive legs of the advancing lava giant and rapidly fired multiple web lines to attach the falling Ferris wheel to the sturdy buildings behind it, preventing the structure from collapsing entirely onto the crowd below.]
[Nick Fury and Agent Hill finally arrived at the scene, and from their position they could see Spider-Man continuously firing web after web to stabilize the precariously tilting Ferris wheel.]
[Suddenly, a searing laser beam struck the ground directly in front of their speeding vehicle. Hill slammed on the brakes just in time, but spider web cracks from the intense heat appeared across the front windshield.]
[Spider-Man swung on his web lines and flew directly up to Betty and Ned's gondola. He pulled the web lines taut and pushed hard with his legs against the Ferris wheel structure to force it back toward vertical.]
[Quentin Beck continued his valiant struggle to keep the lava giant at bay, and Spider-Man shouted encouragement to his ally: "That's it! Excellent work! You've got this!"]
[However, as the lava giant was forced to retreat under Beck's assault, it inadvertently backed into a collapsed metal festival framework. The twisted metal structure struck the creature and was immediately absorbed completely into its molten mass.]
[The lava giant grew even larger and more imposing than before. Quentin Beck could only watch in horror and kept repeating, "NO! NO! NO!"]
[Spider-Man struggled desperately to prevent the Ferris wheel from collapsing while Quentin Beck attacked the enlarged creature again, but his energy blasts now seemed to have minimal effect on its increased mass.]
[Agent Hill looked up at the lava giant that now towered higher than the surrounding buildings and said with grim resignation, "It's too late! It's become too powerful!"]
[At that critical moment, Quentin Beck suddenly removed his distinctive helmet and turned to look directly at Spider-Man with a solemn expression, "No matter what happens next! It's been an honor to fight alongside you!"]
[Spider-Man heard the finality in his tone and realized what Beck was planning, "Beck! What are you thinking of doing?"]
[Quentin Beck closed his helmet again and spoke with calm determination: "What I should have done the last time I faced one of these creatures!"]
[Then, brilliant green energy began gathering in his hands, and the light became increasingly intense and blinding as he let out a powerful roar of determination.]
[Spider-Man looked at him with growing alarm and shouted desperately, "Beck! Don't do this!!! There has to be another way!"]
[But Quentin Beck was beyond caring about his own safety now. He launched himself directly at the lava giant and drove his energy-charged fist straight through the creature's molten chest.]
["Beck!!!"]
[The brilliant green light completely enveloped the dark red body of the lava giant, and the massive creature toppled backward to the ground. Then a tremendous burst of green energy erupted outward, blasting the lava giant into countless fragments that scattered across the festival grounds.]
[Spider-Man quickly secured the Ferris wheel with additional web lines and, after a rapid inspection to ensure it was stable, saw Quentin Beck lying motionless on the ground. He immediately leaped down and ran toward his fallen ally.]
["Mr. Beck?"]
[Quentin Beck was breathing heavily but was clearly alive. Seeing that he had survived the dangerous gambit, Spider-Man felt overwhelming relief wash over him.]
["Oh! Thank God you're okay!"]
[Spider-Man grabbed Beck's hand and helped pull him to his feet, supporting him as he recovered from the exhausting effort.]
[Betty, having survived the terrifying ordeal, turned her head to look at Ned with a mixture of relief and romance, "I kind of want to kiss you right now, but I just threw up in my mouth a little from all that spinning!"]
[Ned opened his mouth in surprise and, after a long moment of processing this information, reached into his pocket and said hopefully: "Well, I brought mints!"]
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