"Stop! You can't escape!!"
Gwen fell from the air and blocked Peter's path.
"Huh!"
Peter's breathing was a bit uneven, and he felt that his transformation would soon come to an end.
He looked at Gwen, and deep inside he knew: if he could choose, he would rather die than let Gwen find out that he was the Lizardman.
At first, Peter felt great anger and hatred toward Spider-Woman, before learning her true identity, because she had ruined his revenge twice and tried to arrest him!
But later, when he saw Gwen at school, he didn't know why she felt strangely familiar.
Especially her voice and the way she spoke, combined with a figure similar to Spider-Woman's, made Peter begin to suspect Gwen's identity.
Later, through careful observation and testing, Peter finally confirmed his answer.
Then he fell into a whirlpool of mixed emotions: confusion, shock, and being overwhelmed.
He didn't know how Gwen had changed, how she possessed such power, yet still looked like an ordinary person.
But Peter knew he didn't want to hurt Gwen.
Because Gwen was his good friend, the only one who was willing to help him when he was bullied.
And the only one who never looked at him through tinted glasses.
That's why Peter felt endless gratitude toward Gwen.
Since learning that Gwen was Spider-Woman, he had unconsciously been holding back during their fights.
Peter looked at Gwen in front of him, not knowing what to do.
To run? He wasn't faster than Gwen.
To fight? Not only was the effect of the serum soon wearing off, but even then Peter didn't want to hit her.
He found himself in a hopeless situation.
At that moment, he thought he should first find a manhole cover to escape from Gwen's sight.
But Gwen had already learned his pattern from the previous chases.
So, as soon as Peter moved, Gwen preemptively took position by the manhole and blocked his path.
"Give up! There's nowhere left to run!"
Gwen fought and tried to persuade him.
"...～…"
Peter stayed silent.
Boom!
Suddenly he rushed into a building, leaping up and down, distancing himself from Gwen's sight.
In Peter's heart, it was enough if Gwen didn't see what he really looked like.
Indeed, as soon as he entered, Gwen's speed was limited by the narrow space.
After climbing four or five floors, Gwen lost track of him.
"He got away again!?"
Gwen couldn't believe it!
And it was clear that this time the monster had already begun to weaken!
Gwen was convinced that this time she was fully capable of bringing him to justice!
"Something's not right! There's still a chance! As long as he doesn't escape into the sewers!"
Gwen clung to the ceiling and began searching carefully.
On the fourth floor, in one corner.
Peter was letting out muffled cries of pain, the genetic potion was about to lose its effect!
His tail began to fall off, and the green skin on his body slowly returned to normal.
Enduring intense pain, Peter looked through the window and saw the manhole cover down on the street, not far from him.
If he jumped now, he could escape.
Only if he did it before Gwen reacted.
...
Boom!
The sound of shattering glass rang out, and Peter, using his last ounce of strength, scratched deep grooves into the wall with his claws as he fell.
"!"
Gwen's gaze froze, and she also leapt through the window, spotting Peter in midair.
Gwen fired her web, swung forward, and at the moment she caught up to Peter, she kicked him with both feet with all her strength.
Boom!
The powerful blow hit Peter square in the stomach, and the wall behind him violently shattered and cracked.
And for Peter, whose potion had already weakened his defense, that blow broke several ribs and made him spit out blood.
After the hit, Gwen was thrown back.
In the next moment, under the dim light, she saw a face.
"Peter?"
Gwen couldn't believe it, wondering if she was seeing wrong!
Thud.
Peter fell to the ground.
The green skin completely disappeared, and the sharp claws on his hands fell off.
Peter lay naked on the ground, vomiting blood.
Gwen gently landed and stood a little farther away. (Read violent novels, just go to Feilu Fiction Network!)
She looked at that body, hesitating to approach.
Afraid to see.
Afraid of the truth she wouldn't be able to accept.
"Peter?"
Gwen carefully approached.
"What have you done!?"
"NO!!"
"Peter!?"
Gwen grabbed Peter's hand, her voice trembling.
"Gwen…" Peter weakly looked at Gwen.
"What have you done?!"
"I wanted… to become like you… special…"
"No, no, no! Don't die!!"
Gwen stared blankly at Peter as he took his last breath, completely lost.
"Don't worry… Gwen…"
"Gwen? No, no… I'm not…"
Gwen instinctively shook her head, denying it.
"Everything will be fine~"
Seeing that Gwen refused to admit her identity, Peter gave a faint smile, trying to comfort her.
In normal life, the two of them were good friends who shared everything with each other.
George, May, Peter, and Gwen occasionally gathered and had dinner together.
During school, both Gwen and Peter joined Oscorp as interns.
Later, Gwen was bitten by a spider and gained superpowers.
And Peter, to take revenge on those who bullied him, injected the genetic potion and also gained power.
But what Peter never expected was that the two of them had fought against each other under masks, unaware of the truth.
Especially this scene, the one he least wanted to see.
The last person he ever wanted to hurt, other than May, was Gwen.
But perhaps because of fate, every Spider-Man is destined to lose someone important in order to grow.
Like Peter and Uncle Ben, Peter and May, Miles and Uncle Aaron… and so on.
"No…"
Gwen screamed through her tears.
She couldn't accept that she had just killed her best friend?!
She killed Peter!!
Gwen's heart was full of self-loathing; for the first time, she truly regretted having superpowers!
If she didn't have powers, she wouldn't have become Spider-Woman, wouldn't have become a superhero and wouldn't have killed Peter with her own hands!
Even if she hadn't known it at that moment, Gwen could never easily forgive herself!
"Ah."
Alaric sighed softly and stepped out of the shadows.
"Gwen."
"Alaric…" Gwen lifted her gaze.
"Alaric!!"
The moment she saw him, Gwen could no longer hold back and burst into bitter tears.
She forgot to ask why he hadn't shown up earlier; now, apart from regret, self-hatred, and sorrow, she had nothing left.
"Gwen, do you want to save him?"
Alaric fell silent for a moment, then asked.
Peter was still alive, and Alaric could bring him back immediately.
Even if he had already died, Alaric could pull him back with time magic.
"I do!!"