Daredevil takes out Mr. Fear, but is knocked to the ground by the Punisher automaton. He then begins to hallucinate, seeing images of his father Jack Murdock. Spider-Man is attacked by Electro, Sandman, Vulture, and the Scorpion. He dodges enough punches and electrical discharges to be knocked to the ground by the Scorpion. He begins to have hallucinations of Uncle Ben.
Joe has found Betsy and is trying to keep them out of the fight. However the Rhino appears and grabs her. Joe punches the automaton with enough force to scatter the Hand ninjas behind them like bowling pins. He announces that the chemicals that negated the powers of Spidey and DD had the opposite effect on him. He then joins the battle using his restored super-powers.
Jonah suggests that they leave before they're all overcome by they succumb to whatever has incapacitated Spider-Man and Daredevil. As Joe reaches for Spider-Man, his powers return, allowing him to pull Joe away from an incoming laser blast. It's never explicitly stated or shown, but Dardevil's powers return as well.
In the control room, Jack is confused at these unexpected developments. He decides to change strategies and grabs Betsy amid the confusion. Once safely inside the control room, Jack releases poison gas into the other chamber.
While waiting for the heroes' demise, he explains to Betsy that Beck did commit suicide. He explains that he is Terry Beck, Quentin's cousin. He grew up idolizing him due to his talent with special effects, even when he became Mysterio. He was recently asked to join his hero's criminal enterprise and given his own identity. He too was surprised when Quentin killed himself.
At this point Spidey, DD, Joe, and Jonah come crashing through the wall in gas masks made of webbing. Mad Jack prepares to unleash his "explosive climax" but neither Spidey or DD is buying this. They - somehow - instinctively know to go to a fake control panel and rip it up. Inside they find the real Terry Beck - but it's a woman.
She explains that her real name is Maguire Beck and that she is a computer specialist that provided her cousin with a major technological upgrade. She admits to doing this for revenge since they never knew the real Quentin. She blames them for his suicide.
Betsy informs Joe that she will stop using Mysterio's likeness for her children's books. Instead she'll use him as the basis for new stories.
As they escort Macguire to the authorities, Spider-Man asks Daredevil what happened to Danny Burkhart. Once they leave the Mysterio costume picks up the cat and walks away laughing.
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