Chapter 36 - Student vs Teacher

𝘽𝙊𝙊𝙈!

Spider-Man's fist connected with the Lizard's massive jaw, causing a loud, booming crunch of an electrified fist meeting reptilian flesh. To Spider-Man's surprise, the punch seemingly did nothing to the beast, allowing the Lizard to grab Spider-Man out of the air by the leg and slam him onto rooftop with ease.

The force of the attack was so great, it sent Spider-Man through the building, causing him to crash through five floors before settling on the ground. "Ugh...." Spider-Man groaned as he lay with his back to the floor, looking up at the massive hole that the Lizard created using Spider-Man's body.

𝙍𝙤𝙤𝙤𝙤𝙤𝙖𝙖𝙧!

Connors screamed down toward the hole he created before using his massive hands to pull the roof of the building apart, sending massive chunks flying down toward the ground below and crushing a few creatures to death.

The Lizard then jumped down into the hole that was created by Spider-Man's body, delivering a mighty roar as he extended his arm toward the hero and crashed through the holes already created, enlarging them.

𝙍𝙤𝙤𝙤𝙤𝙤𝙖𝙖𝙧!

"Dr. Connors, stop!" Spider-Man screamed, getting back on his feet before using his Godspeed energy to shoot himself back up toward the roof of the building and meet the Lizard halfway through the building. This time, Spider-Man put a little more into his attack, sending an uppercut toward the Lizard's jaw, seemingly doing some damage this time around, though it was not powerful enough to stop the Lizard's momentum.

The Lizard grabbed Spider-Man by the chest and as the two continued to fall deeper within the building, breaking through the floors beneath them, Spider-Man continued to throw punches at the Lizard's reptilian face, punches that were almost to the point where the hero was no longer holding back.

𝘾𝙧𝙖𝙘𝙠!

Spider-Man hit the crazed scientist in his scaley, green face with a powerful left punch, causing his head to turn to the side. "Dr. Connors!" He screamed as the two of them crashed through one of the floors.

𝘾𝙧𝙖𝙘𝙠!

Again, Spider-Man punched the Lizard in the mouth, this time putting a little more power into it with his right fist. "Stop this!" the young hero shouted, hoping his punches combined with his words would somehow get through to the man inside the beast.

𝘾𝙧𝙖𝙘𝙠!

Once more, Spider-Man delivered a powerful left punch to the beast that was once his teacher. "I know you're in there!" He screamed tearfully, though his words would fall on deaf ears.

𝘾𝙧𝙖𝙘𝙠!

After Spider-Man delivered yet another strike with his right fist, prompting the Lizard to grab Spider-Man by the face and begin crushing the boy's skull with all of his strength. "Aaaaah!" Spider-Man screamed before charging his right fist with his blue Godspeed energy.

𝘡𝘛𝘛!

As Spider-Man charged his fist, his arm shook with immense power and he gave the Lizard one last warning before unleashing his attack in full. "Dr. Connors, I said... Stop!"

𝘽𝙊𝙊𝙈!

Spider-Man delivered a full-powered, Godspeed-infused punch aimed directly at Dr. Connors's chest, sending him flying through dozens upon dozens of floors.

From the outside of the building, the members of the Fantastic Four and the citizens inside Oscorp looked on in awe, as a shockwave of blue energy emanated from the building. As Dr. Connors crashed through each floor, a wave of glass and dust spewed outward, displaying to the world just how powerful Spider-Man had become.

Luckily for our hero, the building had already been evacuated, so there was no need for him to hold back at that moment.

The Lizard's body crashed through every single floor of the building, including the first floor until his momentum was stopped by a parked SUV and the concrete floor of the parking garage beneath the building.

"I warned you." Spider-Man declared, using his webs to latch onto the building and slingshot himself downward toward the seemingly unconscious Lizard. However, as soon as Spider-Man got close to the beast, his eyes shot open and his tailed struck the hero in the back of the head, sending him flying through multiple pillars of the garage, only stopping once his back made contact with a sedan.

Spider-Man groaned as multiple car alarms began blaring in his ears, causing his Spider-Sense to go haywire. "How is he still going? My head..." He said to himself, getting up out of the wreckage before his Spider-Sense began to focus itself once again. He directed his attention toward the Lizard, seeing a car door flying toward him at an insane velocity.

Spider-Man leaned backward, allowing the car door to zoom past his face and crash into the concrete wall behind him. The throw was so powerful, the car door was stuck inside the wall, causing Spider-Man's lenses to widen in reaction to the display of strength. If that had hit him, he definitely would have been decapitated.

'That punch nearly drained me completely, I don't have much more left in me, I need to end this now.' Before he could even catch his breath, more parts from destroyed vehicles began flying toward the hero. Using the last of his energy, the blue and black-wearing hero shrouded in his blue aura dodged each attack with ease.

As each piece flew at the hero, he quickly stepped to the side as if they were being thrown at him in slow motion, once again trying to plead with his teacher during each dodge.

"Dr. Connors!"

"Please!"

"I know you're in there!"

"This isn't you!"

"Listen to me!"

Once the hero was close enough, he used his speed to dash beneath the monster, shooting a web at his legs. Using both his speed and his webs, Spider-Man crawled around the Lizard's body like a real spider would and began webbing him down.

In a flash, the Lizard's limbs were completely restrained in a web cocoon. Webs could be seen attaching themselves to the Lizard from the ceiling, the building's pillars, and the concrete floor of the parking garage.

Once the Lizard was unable to move, Spider-Man leaped onto his shoulder and perched on it. The Lizard began thrashing about, trying his best to break free from the prison of webs, but it was of no use.

𝙍𝙤𝙤𝙤𝙤𝙤𝙖𝙖𝙧!

The Lizard shouted once again, though Spider-Man grabbed the monster's mouth with his hand and held it shut to allow himself to speak. He had nearly nothing left within him, he had almost no more Godspeed energy to spend on this fight, so this was his last chance.

The Lizard, with the eyes of a beast, glared at Spider-Man hungrily as the young hero rested on the beast's shoulder. Taking a deep breath, Spider-Man retracted his mask, revealing his face to the man trapped inside the monster.

Eren Parker's face was solemn, his eyes were glossy and teary, and his eyebrows were furrowed. He was in pain, immense pain due to the fact that he was being forced to fight his own teacher in such a way, though he knew it was the only way.

Those monstrous eyes soon changed upon recognizing the boy and seeing his expression, just like they did for the lizard that attacked that woman, showing the eyes of the human locked inside. "Parkeeerrrr..." The beast growled, locking eyes with the unmasked hero and bringing a slight grin to the boy's face.

"Yes! Dr. Connors, it's me. I knew you were in there." Spider-Man's eyes became even tearier as he made eye contact with his teacher, the man within the beast once more. However, that brief moment would be just that, as the monster's eye's shifted back to that of a demon before the webbing began to snap.

"No, no, no! Connors, wait!" Spider-Man yelled, preparing himself to sling another web to replace those that were broken but he was too late. The Lizard immediately grabbed Spider-Man's wrist with his free hand before breaking free and grabbing Spider-Man's other wrist with his other hand.

With everything he had, the Lizard gripped Eren's wrists, breaking his web shooters and nearly breaking the boy's bones. Webs began spraying everywhere, getting into the beast's eyes and forcing him to let go of the hero and thrash about in pain.

Spider-Man fell to the ground and the Lizard continued flailing about, roaring and screaming as he pulled the webs off of his face. Spider-Man got back on his feet, getting into a ready stance as he began weighing his options.

'My body... I don't think I can enter Ultimate Godspeed anymore without any repercussions to my body.' The hero looked down at his wrists and his now destroyed web shooters. 'That's just great, no Godspeed and no webs.' He thought to himself as the Lizard was finally able to clear the webbing from his face.

'It's okay, Eren. You've done this before. This is just like Hydro-Boy, no webs, no Godspeed, just brain.' Spider-Man looked around the room for anything that could help him in the fight, noticing the many pillars that had been broken in their scuffle.

'That's it. I can bring the whole building down on him. If he could take that hit earlier, he shouldn't die from it. That'll buy us enough time.' Just as those thoughts raced through Eren's mind, Reed began speaking to the team through their earpieces.

"I have the decombinator ready." Reed spoke.

"Amazing, Reed! Come to the building that looks like it's about to fall down, I'm in there with Connors." Spider-Man spoke, just as the Lizard finished his tantrum.

"On my way." said Reed Richards, giving Spider-Man the perfect window to enact his plan.

Using his normal speed and agility, Spider-Man lept over to one of the pillars and perched on it. "Connors! I'll get you out of there soon, don't worry!" He shouted, triggering the beast to throw an entire car at the young hero.

Spider-Man dodged the attack, narrowly avoiding the same fate as the now-destroyed pillar behind him. Once again, Spider-Man attached himself to another pillar, prompting the Lizard to stomp toward the hero and use his tail to attack him.

Like before, Spider-Man dodged the attack and repeated this process over and over until there was nothing but a single pillar left to hold up the building. "Come on big guy!" Spider-Man said as he perched on the final pillar, angering the Lizard even further and triggering him to lunge at the hero with all of his might.

'Now!' Spider-Man said to himself internally before powering up into his Ultimate Godspeed form one last time and using it to zip out of the parking structure. The Lizard crashed into the pillar, stumbling forward and causing the entire building to begin to rumble above him. Before long, the roof above him began to crack and fall apart, causing pieces to begin landing on the beast, but not holding him down.

Having at least a small sense of what was happening, the Lizard roared one last time before stomping its way out from the parking garage, avoiding the falling pieces behind him in an attempt to escape from the impending doom of an entire building crashing onto him. However, the exit was soon blocked off by a massive piece of the building, locking the Lizard inside as everything around him continued to collapse.

From outside the building, Spider-Man stood and watched as the building began to collapse in its entirety. Through the sounds of concrete crashing, Spider-Man could hear his teacher let out one last bellow.

𝙍𝙤𝙤𝙤𝙤𝙤𝙖𝙖𝙧!