Act 1: Our beaten superhero comes to Ezekiel in hopes to find some help but the latter explains that the moment Morlun touched him (Spider-Man, not Ezekiel) he made a psychic connection that permits him to find Spider-Man wherever he goes. Therefore, the shelter built by Ezekiel is now useless. Spider-Man asks Ezekiel to join him in the battle against Morlun but he refuses, fearing that exposing himself will cost him his life. Angry, Spider-Man departs.

ACT 2: Meanwhile, Morlun has been destroying parts of the city in order to get Spider-Man to show up and fight him. It works. As our friendly neighbourhood superhero arrives on the scene, Morlun is holding hostage a young child. In that instant, the pain is gone, the fatigue is gone, everything is gone with one exception: RAGE!

ACT 3: After rescuing the child from Morlun, Spider-Man jumps into battle, trying desperately to defeat his enemy. He manages a few good punches but nothing that seems to slow down Morlun. In a last attempt, he discharges some of his webbing around Morlun; enough to hold a sixteen ton truck. Unfortunately, the fiend just breaks through the webbing without a sweat. Spider-Man uses those few seconds to flee the scene.

ACT 4: During his escape, he stops to call in sick at his job – not realizing that several students who overheard the phone conversation are quite disappointed in the fact that Peter will not show up that day; thinking that he may never show up again.

ACT 5: His phone conversation is just barely over when the screams start again. Spider-Man knows that it is Morlun drawing him out again. And so he goes. The combat ensues between the two foes who swap blow after blow. Unable to overthrow Morlun, Spidey snags a web line to a passing car and is dragged away.

ACT 6: Meanwhile, Spider-Man is at a phone booth, calling none other than Mary Jane. The answering picks up. He hangs up the phone. Using his last quarter, he calls Aunt May. A really emotional conversation ensues between Peter and the woman who raised him to become who he is. The instant the phone is hung up, Morlun reappears; having found Spider-Man once again.

ACT 7: As they battle (away from the crowd; on the docks), Morlun gets the upper hand. As the villain is about to snap Spider-Man's neck like a twig, Ezekiel steps in. Working with Spider-Man, Ezekiel manages to punch Morlun hard enough to make him bleed for the first time (goes to show that with perseverance, everything is possible). The battle just rages on between the three of them. However, suddenly Morlun grabs Ezekiel by the head and manages to suck some energy straight out of his skull. Spider-Man grabs hold of a nearby pulley and punches Morlun with it. The latter releases his grip on Ezekiel who apparently falls to his death in the nearby river. Having satisfied his appetite for now, Morlun departs, telling Spider-Man that he will catch up with him later.

ACT 8: Our superhero plunges in the river to look for Ezekiel's body but finds nothing. He suddenly realizes that Ezekiel may have sacrificed himself in order to help Spider-Man more than the latter may think. When Ezekiel took Morlun off guard, he was able to tag him once real good. Just once, but it was enough to make him bleed. Breaking off the planks on which Morlun's blood had splattered, Spider-Man races back to his apartment to analyze the blood samples. Morlun's blood is an amalgam of every kind of cell: animal, bird, human, and insect. Purest form of DNA Peter has ever seen. Peter also guesses that the cells break down over time (I knew that!) and require periodic recharging from a source life form in each category. The purer the source the stronger the charge. "Whatever Morlun may think", ponders Spider-Man, "I'm not pure, and that may be my one chance to beat him. And I intend to do just that."

ACT 9: Southern New York Nuclear Power Plant. Performing a little work on the wires, a little jiggling of the equipment…a little webbing to lock the right people out of the building...and voila one simulated meltdown and nobody around to get in the way. Spider-Man now waits for Morlun to show up.