Hey guys, I'm here with an update for the story. :D It's about time, right? Hope you all enjoy this chapter!

A few hours had passed by and Lyla was still unable to figure out a cure for the mind control serum. Any idea she had turned out to be not right or not good enough. She was an AI, she was supposed to have all the answers! It was rare where there was a problem that she didn't have a solution for. But she just didn't have one.

It seemed like everyone was depending on her though. Miguel could probably find a solution eventually if she couldn't. At least, that's what she was hoping for.

Noir was still unconscious, which was a good thing. He was also tied up by webs, just in case he did wake up and tried to attack them all. This time, they were prepared for it. None of the Spider-Gang were one hundred percent sure they would be able to fight Noir, but Miguel knew he could. It wasn't like they would kill him.

Lyla glanced over at the other spider-people, who were talking with Miguel about the whole dimensional-glitching thing.

"How long are we going to have to stay here?" Miles asked Miguel.

"Well, long enough for your friend to get fixed and to figure out a plan to stop Alchemax. It's easier said than done," he said gruffly.

Miles didn't say anything after that. Instead, he looked over at where Noir was. Lyla was standing next to him, trying to find something to help him. Peni was sitting down beside him with SP/dr by her side. Miles felt bad for her. He knew that Peni had a closer relationship with Noir, almost like a father and daughter. It was like what he had with Peter, in a way. He hoped Noir would be ok.

It was pretty dark. Peter couldn't figure out if it was because of his mind being controlled or because he had just gotten knocked out. He felt like he could hear something. It sounded like someone was whispering something, but it was too faint to hear what they were saying. He was pretty sure they had never been there before. It was probably because of the mind control serum.

Thinking of that stupid serum, he still couldn't get over the fact that he had almost shot Miles. He could've killed the poor kid. If that had happened, he knew he would have never been able to forgive himself. He was just glad that the other Spider-Man had arrived when he did, or else things could've ended very differently. He preferred not to think about it.

Lyla wasn't really keeping track of the time, she was just searching for a solution. She had scanned over Noir and figured out what was in the mind control serum. Knowing that she could now gather ingredients to create a counter-serum that would hopefully work. If it didn't, then it was back to the drawing board. Again.

Miguel and the other Spider-People were, well, she wasn't exactly sure where they were at. She thought Miguel had said something about him taking the others to see the city, but she was pretty wrapped up in her work so she hadn't really been paying attention. She could always check for their location later.

If she remembered correctly, the little girl with eyes that took up half of her head, Peni, had been reluctant to leave but the others had persuaded her to come.

Lyla felt bad for the kid, she really did. Another reason to get the serum out of Noir and get him back to normal.

She had her back turned for only a few moments when she heard the snapping of webs and when she turned around, Noir was conscious and had somehow broken out of the webs with unnatural strength, even for a Spider-Person.

Before she could do anything, Noir aimed his gun at the very thing that was currently powering her. Then, he fired the gun and when the bullet hit its target, Lyla's world disappeared.

"-and this is the main Alchemax building, where the usual bad stuff happens," Miguel explained, looking at the tall skyscrapers that stood in front of them. It was bigger and a lot grander than the other buildings that were placed around it. Peni thought that the place was pretty cool, but it was no 3145.

It had been a while since they had left Miguel's Spider-Cave and while she was enjoying seeing his dimension, she was still worried about Noir. Had Lyla figured out a cure yet? If she had, was it finished and ready to be used? She knew she wouldn't know the answers until they got back, and the waiting was killing her!

A familiar tingling feeling began to stir inside her and she immediately recognized it as her spider-sense. It looked like the others recognized it too, because, at the same time, they all turned around. The first thing Peni spotted was a familiar silhouette staring down at them. However, she could tell he wasn't friendly.

Noir jumped down from the rooftop he was standing on, shooting a web at SP/dr's feet to keep it in place. After a little bit of struggling, it was eventually able to rip itself free.

Miguel wasted no time leaping into action, punching, kicking, and shooting Web at Noir, who was dodging the attacks like a robot who was just programmed to. It upset her to see her friend just a mindless drone. While Miguel hadn't hesitated, the rest of the Spider-Gang joined the fight a little more reluctantly. Even if they didn't want to fight, they had no choice.

Ham wished there was a way for the situation to lighten up, but it didn't seem like there was any way to make that happen. Noir was relentless and his attacks seemed like they were aimed to kill them, which Ham wasn't a real big fan of.

He pulled the gun out of Noir's hands using his webs. This was one of the many times he was grateful that he had been bitten by a radioactive pig because if he was still an itsy, bitsy, tiny spider he doubted he would be much help in something like this.

He takes his trusty hammer out of his pocket and bashes it into Noir's shoulder, enough to knock him off balance, but it wasn't hard enough to pop it out of place or anything else like that. Just what he would call a little nudge.

He just hopes they'll be able to stop Noir soon.

Miles just wanted this fighting to stop. He wished they hadn't gone to check out the wreckage of the Collider, because then none of this would be happening right now. Then again, if it had been a normal day, would he be the one to check out the Collider? He'd be by himself, and Octavius would've definitely gotten her hands on him. The rest was something that sent chills down his spine. If Octavius had managed to capture him instead of Noir, then she'd force him to terrorize his own city and his family. He could never let that happen.

While he was helping his friends try and stop Noir, he didn't notice the web from Noir's wrist fly towards him. Well, maybe he did, but he didn't see it in time. It grabbed onto his ankle and before he could do anything else, he was flung towards one of the nearby buildings. Miles doesn't have any time to grab onto anything to save himself.

The only thing he could do was raise his hands in front of his face to protect it, right before he collided into the building and his vision went dark.

Noir isn't sure what to do. He's tried to break free, he knows that he's tried. But the stupid serum was just too strong. He wasn't certain if his friends would be able to get him to snap out of it either. All he had was hope, which was something he had never really relied on before. The only person he had relied on was himself, really.

There were a few times where he tried to stop himself, but as usual, nothing happened.

However, when he slammed Miles into the building (which wasn't one of the windows) and saw the kid made no attempt to get to safety after he started to fall, something inside of him broke free.

"MILES!"

He wasn't sure if it was his voice that had shouted it or he just screamed it inside his head, but he was able to take control of one arm and shoot a string of web to catch Miles. It felt like thousands of needles were stabbing themselves into his arm and it hurt, it really did, but he wouldn't just watch Miles fall.

He tugged on the web, pulling Miles up to the roof he was standing on.

The moment of control only lasted a few more seconds though. Once again, he was pushed to a place where he could do nothing but watch.

Peter went after Miles right away when he saw him start to fall. He raced towards the kid and extended his hands, ready to grab him. But before he could, Miles was pulled away, back towards the roof somehow. He looked to see who had caught him and he was shocked to see that it was Noir who had saved him. Now that he thought about it, he did remember someone calling out Mile's name. Had it been Noir who shouted it?

He felt hope surge through him. Noir was still in there, which meant they could still save him. All they had to do was knock him out again. And last time, they had had the element of surprise. This time, they just had to face him head-on.

What will happen next? Is Miles okay? Will they be able to knock out Noir again? Find out next time! Hopefully the wait isn't as long!