PREVIOUSLY: After revealing his identity to the world during the Civil War, Peter Parker find himself and his family targets of the world's most dangerous criminals. With his Aunt May downed, shot by a sniper's bullet and barely hanging onto life, Peter has donned his old black costume as a dark warning to the world that he’s no longer the man he used to be.

While on a date with Daily Bugle reporter Betty Brant, Flash Thompson was being mysteriously stalked by Midtown's High school nurse, the mysteriously named Miss Arrow. For months, the questions around Miss Arrow have grown: From her contact with Spider-Man's old villain Mysterio (and a mention of her "superiors") to odd-looking stingers growing straight from her wrist. Now, Miss Arrow has shown the ability to control spiders and used that ability to kidnap Flash straight from a local bowling alley (ruining a perfectly great day with friend, real-life PBA bowler Kelly Kulick). What happens next is anyone's guess...but it all starts next to a tow truck.

Having lost his handgun to webbing, the overzealous police officer opens the trunk of his squad car, revealing an arsenal of weapons. As he pulls a shotgun out, Spidey appears behind him. The police officer warns Spidey to give up or else. Infuriated, Spidey snatches the cop's shotgun and breaks it in half, telling him that he has no idea what "giving up" means. Slamming the trunk of the squad car shut, Spidey tells the police officer that giving up would be a blessing because that would mean that his wife would no longer have to live in fear and his aunt would not be clinging to life in a hospital. He then tells the cop that Captain America gave up only to wound up on a slab so he wants to know what he has to say to that. Ignorant to Spider-Man's plea, the cop tells Spidey that he is under arrest. Realizing that trying to convince the cop is pointless, Spidey swings off, unaware that his actions were captured on tape by a video amateur.

Coming to, Flash Thompson is shocked to see that he is all webbed up and hanging from the ceiling. He is even more surprised to see Miss Arrow hanging upside down on a webline attached to the ceiling. Flash demands to be released, calling Miss Arrow a "monster" and "not even human" and telling her that Spider-Man is going to kick her butt when he finds her. Arrow climbs her webline and comes near Flash, only to tell him that Spider-Man is the monster, not her, and that he did – out of selfishness – things that went against the order of things. Confused, Flash asks what Spider-Man did that was so wrong. Arrow replies that he lived and explains that he should not have, which is why she is there – to right the wrongs, to restore the balance. Before she can continue he rant, she suddenly bends over in pain and falls to the ground. She lands on her feet, as the pain starts to dwindle. Still sweating profusely, she shoves her hand inside her stomach – remember she is entirely made of tiny spiders – and removes some kind of embryonic sac containing thousands of spider eggs. The egg sac in hand, she points over to Flash and tells the unborn spiders to say "hello" to their daddy. Totally taken aback, Flash wants to know what the heck she is talking about, referring to her calling him "daddy", especially since they haven't been intimate. Arrow replies that he is right in stating that they haven't been intimate. Particularly, Flash hasn't, with anyone, for quite some time. Since he has been out of action for such a long time, he has a huge amount of tantric energy built up within him, which is why she was drawn to him and therefore needed to keep him away from the other women while she was gestating. Arrow explains that when the sac hatches, hundreds of beings just like her will emerge from the sac, which is more than will be required to destroy Spider-Man. The only drawback is that the whole birthing process is quite elaborate and the host is destroyed during said process. Seeing as she does not want to die, she plans to shove the egg sac down Flash's throat, then she will have him release his tantric energy into her, which she will then siphon back into him, and twenty-four hours later, her children will hatch fully formed. Arrow grabs hold of Flash's face and attempts to force him to open his mouth. Clenching his jaw, Flash refuses to open his mouth, infuriating Miss Arrow. Just as she threatens to break his teeth, Spider-Man arrives on the scene. Totally enraged, Arrow leaps from the ceiling toward Spidey. On the way down, her stingers sprint out of her wrists. Bracing for her attack, Spidey draws his stingers out as well. They then clash.

At the Daily Bugle, one of the computer technicians shows J. Jonah Jameson and Robbie Robertson the footage of Spider-Man breaking the overzealous police officer’s rifle in half, which was captured by a video amateur who posted the footage on the internet. Jonah tells Robbie and the computer tech to find the guy responsible for the video so as to get an exclusive for the newspaper. Uncharacteristically, Robbie refuses to do it, citing that they should cut Peter/Spider-Man a break. Jonah is stunned to hear what Robbie is suggesting and goes on to say that Peter has made fools of them for years, selling them pictures of himself, betraying their trust. Robbie rhetorically asks Jonah what more he wants from Peter. He already unmasked, he is on the run from the law, his aunt is hospitalized, and Captain America is dead. Jonah argues that he had nothing to do with Captain America's death and wonders why Robbie brought that up. Starting to get agitated, Robbie retorts that he did have something to do with his death; him and every blowhard who could not see the brave men and women for the selfless heroes they really are. For years, he – Jonah – has chastised the heroes, stoking public sentiment against them; he might as well have pulled the trigger. Robbie wonders if perhaps Jonah knew deep down inside that Peter and Spider-Man were one and the same but did not say anything about it because he loved the circulation boost and the money it brought in. Robbie grabs hold of Jonah and instructs him to watch the tech's computer screen of Spider-Man breaking the rifle in half. Robbie points out that it is not a story or a circulation boost of dollars signs; it is a man and a co-worker, and a friend, who is in a world of pain. Robbie then suggests that perhaps for once, they should not add it, and walks away, telling Jonah to do what he wants because – after all – he is the boss.

Spider-Man and Miss Arrow are going at it with no restrain. When Spidey comments negatively about his stingers, Arrow reveals that they only emerged because he is fighting someone whose being is rooted in primal forces of chaos and darkness. She is not surprised that he is disgusted by them while she revels in them. After all, she is his "other", female to his male, dark-skinned to his light, strength to his weakness. In a moment of carelessness, Spidey is stabbed in the shoulder by Miss Arrow. Instantly, the poison in Arrow's sting starts to slow Spidey's reactions, to the point where she gets the upper hand and sends him crashing to the ground. As Spidey lies half-unconsciously on the ground, Miss Arrow grabs hold of the egg sac and approaches him. Still hanging from the ceiling, Flash yells for Peter/Spidey to wake up. Kneeling down in front of Spidey, Miss Arrow explains that only a hundred spiders or so will spawn from Spidey, as a host, but that will be more than enough to ensure their birth and his death. Arrow pulls Spidey's mask back and prepares to show the egg sac down his throat.

Back at the Daily Bugle, Robbie Robertson returns and stops by J. Jonah Jameson's office to apologize for the behavior he displayed earlier. Robbie is sorry for the way he handled the situation and feels bad for having said things he should not have said. Jameson replies with a stern "good" and proceeds to tell Robbie that he is fired and to get the heck out of his building. Robbie walks out of Jameson's office and closes the door behind him, without saying one word.

To be continued.