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A man stops at Gwen Stacy's grave, leaving a rose for her while in Beatrice MacBride's home, Spider-Man, steeling himself as the heartless Spider, pummels Shriek and Carrion. Shriek is thrilled to see her brutal "husband" emerging. At Forest Hills Hospital, MJ tells the comatose May that she is leaving Peter to see her sister and father in Pittsburgh. Meanwhile, Beatrice convinces Spidey to ease up, infuriating Shriek who demands Carrion decide whose child he is. Unable to choose, Carrion turns his decay power on himself. Out of love for her "son," Shriek draws the Carrion virus out of Malcolm and into herself, rendering her unconscious. Soon after, the man who visited Gwen's grave stops by Midtown High. He tells a security guard he went to school there and wears a high school ring. Spidey takes Shriek to Forest Hills Hospital, then visits May's room. Again embracing his emotions, he returns home and finds MJ's note telling him she is leaving. He returns to the night, perching on a stone dragon and suppressing his feelings, vowing, "Now and forever... I am the Spider."