( Plopping and bubbling )
( Gasping )
Where am I?
Stop it!
( Screams )
Mary Jane.
We were made for each other.
Made for each other!
Oh no, you can't run away from me.
( Evil laughter )
( Screams )
( Gasping )
You can't go home, dear.
( Laughing )
( Screams )
( Gasps )
( Screams )
Mary Jane, what is it?!
Huh?
Oh... nothing.
Nothing. I...
I-I must have fallen asleep, that's all.
You had the dream again, didn't you?
The one you've been having every night this week.
It's just a dream, tiger.
Don't look so worried.
Hey, look! We made it.
Niagara Falls.
I can't believe this old van actually got us here.
Well, it's about time.
This is probably the longest delayed honeymoon in history.
Sorry, M.J.
It was well worth the wait I assure you, Mr. Parker.
But I still think we should have used the money
on some other luxury like, our rent, maybe?
A bonus from Jameson is so rare, Mrs. Parker,
it demands to be spent on something special.
M.J.?
Yes, Peter?
I just want you to know that...
- Huh! - What's wrong?
Our boat! It's leaving.
No! It's the last one of the day.
Come on!
It's no use. We've missed it!
Grab my arm.
( Crowd cheering )
We were both all-American in track and field.
All-American?
Well, what's the point of being married to Spider-Man
if you don't get some of the perks?
I have to share Spider-Man with the world.
Right now, I want Peter Parker all to myself.
Now, what was it you were about to say back in the van?
This.
Our marriage,
the last few weeks with you
this honeymoon.
These have been the best times of my life.
I don't ever want them to end.
They won't, tiger.
Not as long as I'm around to love you.
Let go of her, now!
( Gasps )
Morrie Bench?
It's not possible.
I-I-I saw you evaporate into nothing.
Everything is possible for me, Red.
I told you nothing could keep us apart
not even oblivion.
Morrie!
( Grunts )
Leave my husband alone!
Husband?
You think I'm going to let this wimp stand in my way?
Uh uh. We were meant to be together.
I'm taking you back to New York, Red,
and we're going my way!
( Screams )
Mary Jane!
( Gasps )
Mary Jane!
( Gasping )
All that's left is her jacket.
With Bench's ability to move through water,
they could be miles away.
But Bench did say he was taking her back to New York.
I've got to get there as fast as possible!
Come on van, don't let me down now!
Tall buildings... at last.
I've got to look everywhere that Hydro-Man might go.
Places near water.
Where... is she?
I've been searching for hours now with no sign of them.
If anyone can help me, Terri Lee can.
Why for heaven's sake didn't you come to us right away?
O-or to the police?
I... I don't know.
I thought I could find her myself.
I didn't want to waste time.
The police are a waste of time?
Oh, I-I just knew something like this would happen!
Anna. Please, be calm.
No. May, I won't be calm.
You're my best friend
and I hate to have to say this in front of you
but, but Peter's actions are directly responsible
for Mary Jane's disappearance!
How dare you!!
How dare you accuse me
of harming the one woman in the world
I would give anything to protect!
Calm down, Parker. That's not gonna get us anywhere.
The best thing you all can do right now
is go home and let us do our job.
And please...
Let's keep Spider-Man out of this altogether, okay?
Terri Lee is right.
Spider-Man is useless, useless!
My wife's life is on the line
and I seem powerless to stop that maniac!
Am I too frightened for her safety to think clearly?
Why can't I come up with a plan or find a clue?
( Knocking )
Come in!
Felicia!
Oh, Parker!
I was on my way to the airport
when I heard over the news what happened.
What can I do to help?
Do? There's nothing to do.
Bench can be anywhere, do anything.
All we can do is sit here and feel the pain of losing her.
I can't believe I'm hearing this.
This isn't the time to give up.
What about Spider-Man?
You've kept him in the public eye for so long.
Isn't it time you asked him to do something for you?
Please.
Felicia, I need to be alone right now.
I... I am sorry.
I didn't mean to...
You must be under a lot of pressure
but don't give up on finding Mary Jane, Parker.
If you do...
you'll be giving up on the best part of yourself.
She's right.
I've let despair consumed me.
I've got to stop thinking like Peter Parker-husband...
and start thinking like Peter Parker-scientist!
Parker...
If you're not going to find Spider-Man
then maybe somebody ought to find him for you.
Somebody like... the Black Cat.
Don't you ever sleep, detective?
Not when there's a missing person out there somewhere.
And we've got a big, fat clue right under our noses.
But we've tested it five times.
We need fresh minds.
Maybe you don't require sleep, Detective Lee, but some of us do.
All right. All right, Betty.
We'll get a fresh start in the morning.
( Thumping )
Did you hear something?
Huh? Like what?
Oh... never mind.
I guess it is getting late.
I've been concentrating so hard on my work
I lost track of time.
Classes are going to start soon.
Don't want any over-achieving science majors interrupting my work.
I'm betting Bench, in his liquid form
passed through MJ's jacket during the abduction.
Bingo!
Huh. To look at these trace sediments, I'd say it's mud.
But it's so consistent... artificial.
I wonder...
Hey, who locked this door.
Oh, great. Perfect timing.
Who's in there?
Open this door!
Go away, Debra.
Peter Parker!
Is that you?
I've got experiments running.
So do I.
Just give me five minutes, Debra.
Oh, no way, Peter.
You've got to play by the rules like everybody else.
Hey!
Hey, some nut has barricaded himself in the lab.
Open this door!
( Banging on door )
These hydrocarbons aren't refined at all.
They're crude oil.
That's it!
I know where he's taken her.
Please, let there be some left.
Yes! My special batch of coagulating web fluid.
( Groaning )
It came in handy when I tackled Hydro-Man the last time.
( Crashing )
All right, you self-centered egotistical...
Now, where on earth did he go?
Found you, spider, at last.
The only place you might find unrefined oil
is either a tanker or a drill.
Bingo!
It's the only one within a hundred miles of here.
Spider! Spider!
Mary Jane?
Stay away!
You stay away from me!
Come back here, Red!
It's time we had a little heart-to-heart talk.
( Evil laughter )
( Screams )
( Yelling )
Oh, Peter!
Mary Jane, are you okay?
( Screaming )
Oh, no you don't, Spider-Man.
This is my party and you're not invited!
Look out!
Stop this, Bench before someone gets hurt.
Yeah. Someone like you!
I can't be hurt, wall crawler,
or didn't your attempt to destroy me last time convince you?
You did that yourself, Morrie!
Or have you forgotten all that?
Here's something else you might have forgotten.
( Yells )
Well, that's the last of my web fluid.
It won't hold him for long, honey.
We've got to get you out of here.
No way. I can't leave you.
Look MJ. I can't fight him with you here.
I'll worry about you and make mistakes.
Please, let me do this alone.
All right. I understand.
Be careful, tiger.
I love you.
I don't weaken quite so easily.
I have an entire ocean beneath me to feed my power!
Mary Jane won't get far.
And with her safely off the platform
I can really cut loose!
Great. He wasn't trying before?
( Laughing )
( Groaning )
( Evil laughter )
( Grunting )
Oh, no, no, no, don't worry wall-crawler.
You won't drown.
Look.
Ah, you see.
As soon as the platform sinks a few more feet
you'll be fried!
Meanwhile, I'll be hunting down Mary Jane.
Oh, yes. It's been real nice.
( Laughs )
No use!
It won't budge!
It's no use.
I've lost.
Mary Jane, forgive me.
Come on.
Cat, thanks.
Sorry I cut it so close
but I had to find a boat to get me here.
Unfortunately, that last step is a doozy.
I've got no way to web over to it.
We've got to jump.
The water's still electrified.
Even with my legs, I don't think we can...
We've got to.
Perfect.
Just ease her in now.
Who says there's never a policeman around when you need one?
Whatever you say, officer.
Am I ever glad to see you.
Tell it to the judge, miss.
Hey, wait.
What are you doing?
That was a little too close.
Hey, don't take this the wrong way
but just how did you manage to be here anyway?
Peter Parker's wife is missing.
I thought since you sometimes work with Parker
you'd be looking for her too.
But why are you back in New York?
What about Morbius?
Is he here too?
No, he's still overseas.
Why aren't you with him?
The short answer is, I wanted to get away.
Morbius never lets up on his mission.
He and Blade are obsessed with ridding the world of vampires.
I couldn't handle that obsession anymore.
I needed a break.
I needed to be with somebody a little more light hearted.
Somebody like you, Spider.
I'm sorry, Cat.
It's too late for that.
Much too late.
Well, that certainly feel a bit foolish.
Cat, I'm not the footloose, fun-loving guy you knew.
I understand.
Your friend's wife is in terrible danger.
I just hope Mary Jane
is smart enough to stay ahead of that creep
until we catch up with him.
So do I, Cat.
Grand theft is no laughing matter.
Oh, the boat.
Well, I just...
Just get in the car.
No, you don't understand. I...
No sign of them.
They can't have gotten far.
We search.
We search until we find them.
Then I lowered myself into the boat
and ran into you guys.
How many times do I have to tell you?
Just until we hear the truth, miss.
The clerk is checking into...
Don't you get it?
Bench is still out there.
He won't stop until he finds me.
Well, then. It's lucky you're safe in a building full of policemen.
Yeah. Lucky me.
The truth.
His name's Morrie Bench.
Yeah, she's here, but she's being questioned.
Visitors aren't allowed.
I think you can make a little exception in my case.
( Screaming )
( Laughing )
What on earth was that?
I think I've got a pretty good idea.
Come on.
Hey! Hey!
What's going...?!
Run all you want, Red.
You won't get far.
Still no sign of them.
This is hopeless.
Nothing is hopeless.
Mary Jane knows I'm looking for her.
She'll find a way to signal me.
What I really need is a weapon.
Hey, wait.
"Potassium perchlorate."
Why does that sound so familiar?
Aw, they're so beautiful.
How do they get those wonderful colors?
Oh, it's very simple.
If you burn strontium nitrate,
you get a brilliant red light.
And for blue light, you use potassium perchlorate.
That's it.
Mrs. Parker, you are getting to be
as much of a science whiz as your husband.
Strontium nitrate, where are you?
Come on out, Red.
You're only delaying the inevitable.
Oh, nice try. Yeah.
Yeah, but that won't work this time, Red.
Besides, I've got plenty of water to feed me
and I'm not about to fall to pieces.
That's why I've got something else in mind.
That's odd.
What is?
I've never seen pollution like that before.
Brilliant.
Mary Jane, you've done it again.
Spider...
It's only a matter of time before I find you.
Sorry, Red.
But now I'm really steamed.
I don't mean to sound like Dr. Ruth
but, Morrie, is it possible the lady is trying to tell you something?
By evaporating you, boiling you
and fleeing in terror from you?
I am sick of your interference.
Mary Jane, get out!
I can hold him here.
( Laughing )
Whoops.
I guess I'm just all thumbs.
Cat, this isn't your fight.
Don't be greedy.
It's our fight.
I realized I'm not attracted to adventurous men
despite their dedication to causes
but because of it.
Maybe it's time for me to become a bit more dedicated like them.
Would you two just shut up and stand still?
( Groaning )
Cat.
Just you and me, pal.
Are you all right?
Hmm, hard to believe I came here to rescue you, isn't it?
This time I'm not leaving anything to chance.
I'm finishing you off myself.
Bye-bye, Spider-Man.
It's time to flush the bug down the drain.
Oh, no!
No! Argh!
No. It's not possible.
You can't do this to me!
Peter?
Wh... what's happening to me?
Mary Jane.
( Sighing )
Mary Jane?
How could you...?
I mean, how on earth did you...?
I... I don't know.
I really don't know.