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Down at the docks, a man in a black business suit gets out of a car, telling his driver to wait, that he won't be long. A secret door opens in a trash barge--Tarantula's hideout. He introduces himself as Gullivar South. Tarantula asks if he's from the White House. South says not officially. Tarantula says he understood that he had the US government's full cooperation. South says not exactly, but certain policymakers in the capital support Tarantula's country's efforts to bring stability to South America, and that they'll do what they can to assist Tarantula's mission in the states, saying he'll provide information. He hands Tarantula a file on some more refugees--Elvira and her family.
Spidey's swings to meet MJ for a lunch break, wondering why can't any of his old enemies stay dead? Over lunch, MJ asks whether Peter will be going back to school to finish his degree. Peter says it'll be harder to get government help now that they're a dual-income family. MJ scoffs, saying she'd be glad to pay his way, but Peter demurs saying he'd get a greater sense of accomplishment out of paying his own way. That reminds MJ to tell Peter that Kate Cushing called after him, which leads Pete to run off for the work, leaving MJ with the bill. MJ realizes she forgot to tell him about the situation with Elvira. Meanwhile, Robbie's getting a hot dog on the street, standing outside Kingpin's high-rise building, wondering what goes on inside, and if Tombstone's there. He actually spots him outside the building, and begins to tail him. Robbie thinks to himself that he has to do something about Tombstone this time--but then Tombstone surprises him around a blind alley and pulls him in by the collar. Tombstone tells Robbie to stay out of his way and he'll live a long time. As he drops Robbie, Tombstone says it was nice talking to him, and that they shouldn't do it again any time soon.
Pete meets up with Ben Urich and a lawyer, Maggie Michaelson, in Spanish Harlem, to do a piece on the political refugees. Maggie says many of the refugees don't seek amnesty out of fear. Someone across the street sets off Pete's spider-sense--Pete pursues, following him into an alley, but he disappears. A gang of street thugs mistake Peter for the 'immigracion' and go to beat on him, but he bounds up to rooftop in the confusion of the melee. Pete reflects on the rooftop how the thugs reacted to him in fear as much as anger, how it's supposed to be the land of the free, home of the brave, so why do people have to live in fear like that? As night falls, Tarantula is busting up Elvira's family's apartment. Elvira, her husband and their kids flee to a nearby church. Tarantula pursues, thinking he had searched the neighborhood earlier in civilian clothing and found that those who cower in terror are easily controlled.
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