ACT 1: This story starts with Peter pondering about the whereabouts of Shathra (if she is indeed still alive) while helping out Joey, one of his students, with a science project. Joey believes Peter may be expecting somebody as he is constantly looking out the window but the latter replies that he is not and that Joey has his full and complete attention. However, we all know that Peter is in fact waiting for Shathra to make her move.

ACT 2: After Joey leaves to go home, Peter makes his way to the faculty lounge where he pours himself a cup of coffee. As he is about to have his first sip, Shathra, wearing her human disguise and using the name Sharon, appears on television, claiming that she and Spider-Man were an item years ago. Peter's spider-sense is kicked into overdrive as he instantly recognizes her. Sharon continues: "He has...well, I suppose the term would be an insatiable appetite for sex. But that's often the case with men who are trying to compensate for something. Where I became disillusioned, and when I decided to go public, was when I realized that so many of his so-called battles were staged for publicity, and that he was receiving kickbacks from some of the companies whose buildings were damaged during his fights. He'd make it look bad, and the owners would put in for far more damage than the fight really caused, in exchange for a percentage of the insurance settlement. He used to spend the money like it was water. We'd go to clubs and...well, as I said, he always was...what's the word? Kinky. [...] He talked a lot about the people he worked with sometimes – how they were freaks even by his standards. He used to laugh at them all the time behind their backs. It's a very different sort of world, I can tell you that much. I don't know how his wife puts up with it." The host then asks Sharon (a.k.a. Shathra) why she is coming forward now and why should anyone believe her claims. Sharon answers: "Well, on the first question, I guess the most honest answer is...I just got tired of the hypocrisy. I got tired for someone pretending to be something he's not: a decent, honorable guy. The people who think he's some kind of hero need to hear the other side. And isn't there always another side? Isn't that what the news has taught us about everyone...politicians, clergy, teachers...everyone? As for why you should believe me, well, if anything I'm saying is a lie, let him just come out and say so. He can say what he has to say...and I'll say what I have to say about him. Who he is, the kind of person he is. But he won't. And you want to know why he won't? Because I'm telling the truth."

ACT 3: Meanwhile, Peter calls Mary Jane to tell her that Sharon is lying. The phone rings and rings until finally a sobbing MJ answers. Peter swears to her that what Sharon is saying is untrue and that he will take care of it right away. At the height of his frustration, he crushes his cell phone and runs away.

ACT 4: Elsewhere, somebody else has watched the exact same news broadcast: Ezekiel! "I've been away too long. It's started." he says.

ACT 5: In the meantime, Peter has changed into costume and is web-slinging his way to the TV studio where Sharon is being interviewed. He arrives at the building, and without hardly any thoughts for the bystanders or anybody else, comes crashing through the window. A nearby security guard attempts to stop Spider-Man but the latter just knocks him out of the way. He confronts Sharon and tells her to tell them the truth. "Tell them the truth? Sure. I’d be happy to. Pet..." Spider-Man punches her before she can even finish her sentence. She crashes through a wall, only to emerge as her alter ego: The Spider-Wasp.

ACT 6: A fierce battle follows. Both are thrown back into the streets where punches are exchanged. Spider-Man seems to have the upper hand but while he is beating the living crap out of her, a nearby mother and her son are yelling, scared of what they are witnessing. Spider-Man is perplexed: "What's he pointing at me for? I'm not the monster, I...oh my God...what have I done? What was I thinking? I wasn't thinking. I was acting on instinct. It's as if..." The sight is apocalyptic. Cars are destroyed, a huge web is holding up Shathra (for now anyways!), people are screaming, pointing at Spider-Man and his opponent. Spider-Man realizes that this was exactly what Shathra wanted to happen. She wanted him angry, to lose control, to be like her. The spider to her wasp. Natural enemies. Pure and unambiguous. Our hero decides to fall back, to flee the scene. But as he attempts to swing away, Shathra shoots a poisonous stinger at him that partially paralyzes him. In a last attempt to retreat, he grabs on onto a passing taxicab and tells the cabbie to bring him out of there as quickly as he can. Once the taxicab is far enough, Spider-Man begs the driver to let him out. Without paying the fare, he runs out into a dark alley, fearing that if he does not keep on moving that his muscles will lock up from the paralyzing sting. He makes his way into a nearby building, crawling on instinct, until he finally drops dead exactly inside the spider exhibition of the Museum of Natural History. Hundreds of spiders cover his paralyzed body...