Alice revived from the accident, realizing that Dan was seriously injured, and required hospitalization.At the NYPD headquarters, Peter reported to a disbelieving Capt.Stacy that Dr.Connors, Gwen""s scientist-mentor, had "transformed himself into a giant lizard...He""s using lizard DNA.He is dangerous, and he is planning something horrific." In fact, Connors was conducting further experiments in an underground sewer lab, reporting on his own enhanced mutant super-capabilities, and reinjecting himself with an increased serum dosage.Peter also discredited Eddie Brock""s front-page photo of the black-costumed Spider-Man that was designed to incriminate him, by asserting it was one of his own archived (and plagiarized) photos, causing Brock o be fired by chief boss J.Fran confides that she feels liberated, vibrant, young and free, desiring more adventure and a "new life" after twenty years of domesticity:After 20 years of doing what was expected of us, we""re free.