Surface Tension

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## Mission details

### Followed by

One Thing At A Time

**Surface Tension** is the first main missions in *Marvel's Spider-Man 2*, originating in Manhattan but taking place in the Financial District. Peter Parker has received the job of a physics teacher at Brooklyn Visions Academy, the school of Miles Morales, Ganke Lee and Hailey Cooper. However, class is interrupted by the untimely attack at the Financial District by Flint Marko A.K.A. Sandman. The missions serve as a tutorial of sorts for players, teaching most of the basic combat and traversal moves.

## Story

Harry Osborn is staring at a vat containing the Venom symbiote. His father, Norman Osborn, reassures Harry the treatment will be good for him, before bonding Harry to the symbiote. Harry wakes up in the vat, bonded to the symbiote, before it is sealed and he is placed in stasis.

Two years later, in the present day, Miles Morales is sitting in a classroom, appearing visibly stressed thinking about his college application. When the school bell rings, other students come pouring into the classroom, including Ganke Lee and Hailey Cooper. Miles greets his friends as the other students take their seats. Soon after, Peter Parker frantically enters the room and proclaims that he's here. Principal Evans introduces Peter as a new teacher for Brooklyn Visions Academy. As Peter introduces himself to his students, Miles signals for Peter to fix his collar as his Advanced Suit 2.0 is slightly showing.

As Peter begins teaching physics, Miles notices a large amount of dust blowing past the windows. Miles suddenly shouts that he needs to go to the restroom and excuses himself. Peter continues his lecture about surface tension, but the dust enters the classroom via an open window. A student notices this and closes the window. Suddenly, Miles storms back into the classroom, nervously asking Peter for his "help", prompting some of the students to giggle, confirming with Peter that this is not something he can handle by himself. Peter instructs the class to begin reading as he follows Miles outside, reminding him that he needs to be on his best behavior to keep this job. Miles leads Peter to the rooftop, revealing that Flint Marko is attacking across the bay, much to Peter's dismay. Peter accepts that he may be getting fired as he and Miles suit up and depart.

On the way to the Financial District where Marko is on a rampage, Peter and Miles communicate about Peter already being on the Principal's bad side for being late to class, and Miles's struggles with his college acceptance essay. They both agree to take care of things quickly so they can return to school. Peter and Miles receive a call from Mary Jane Watson, who is now working for the Daily Bugle under J. Jonah Jameson. MJ warns them about Marko's rampage, stating that witnesses spotted Marko visibly distressed and he exploded. MJ wishes them luck as Miles suggests to Peter to use new prototypes that are untested.

The two Spider-Men arrive to engage Marko in his large sand form, with the Financial District almost completely engulfed in a large sandstorm. Marko greets the two heroes by immediately attacking them. Peter tries to fight Marko, who catches him in his hand and throws him into a nearby building. Marko blows through the building to attack Peter further, who manages to evade him while saving the civilians caught in the crossfire. As Peter defends himself against a horde of human-sized sand clones created by Marko, he receives a call from Principal Evans, demanding to know where he is as the students have evacuated the classroom. Peter claims he forgot something from his car and is on his way back, but Principal Evans threatens him to return immediately or else. Peter informs Miles about the call, stating that while Miles should be safe as he's simply "cutting class", Peter may lose his job as a teacher for abandoning his students during a city-wide emergency.

Peter is trapped in a giant sand arm as Marko reveals his real body to face him, demanding Peter to leave him alone. Peter responds by using his webs to rupture a water pipe above Marko, causing the water to pour down on him. As Marko screams in pain, Peter attempts to attack the giant body, but is knocked to the ground and seemingly buried by more of Marko's sand clones, but Miles arrives to save him. Peter and Miles re-engage in combat with Marko's giant body, with Miles attacking with his Venom Power to cripple Marko by turning several sections of his body into glowing fulgurite. Needing more firepower, Miles contacts Ganke and requests him to find a large water source near their location. Ganke agrees, also casually revealing he is aware of Peter Parker being Spider-Man.

Ganke informs the duo of a large water source on top of a building they are near and the two head to it as Marko chases after them. As they arrive on the rooftop, Marko slams through the roof, causing the two to separate. Miles fights off several sand clones as Peter instructs him to head to the roof and he will meet him there. Miles receives a call from Rio Morales who pleads for her son to be safe as she and Ganke will cover for him at school. The two re-unite at the rooftop, where they manage to destroy the water tank on top of Marko, converting his giant body into mud. However, a large gust of sand sends Peter flying towards the ocean, where Miles tells him to "break out their new toy". Peter reveals that his suit now has wings, and he glides back to the scene where Marko uses the sand from a nearby beach to reconstruct his giant body. Upon getting close to Sandman once more, he begins to attack with a flurry of tornadoes and flying debris, which Peter manages to evade. Peter suddenly gets struck by a bolt of lightning, but Miles picks him up. Peter and Miles fight off a large hoard of sand clones as Peter instructs Miles to charge enough energy to attack Marko. Miles transfers his electricity to Peter's suit, who uses his Spider-Arms to fire a beam of energy, which finally defeats Marko.

Marko, back in human form, has been taken into custody, and he laments to the Spider-Men that he hasn't been okay in a long time. Marko informs them that they will also not be okay when "they" come for them. As Marko is being lifted to The Raft, Peter and Miles ponder what he could have meant.

In a cutaway scene that takes place six months prior, Kraven the Hunter mercilessly kills his target, expressing his disappointment that his target was unable to detect him and he did not provide a good enough challenge. One of Kraven's men suggests a new hunting ground for him, showing him a map of New York City and its various villains. Satisfied, Kraven tells his men to prepare to depart.

## Walkthrough

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