After the beating, Peter became acquainted with Gwen Stacy, who admired Peter's act of bravery.
There, he was somewhat of an outcast, and was continuously bullied by a stereotypical jock, Eugene 'Flash' Thompson, who knocked Peter down for defending a fellow student that he was picking on.
Under the care of Ben and May, and without a word from both of his parents, Peter grew into a teenager, enrolled in Midtown Science High School. Richard and Mary left Peter to the care of his aunt May and uncle Ben, and then left to continue their research.
After Richard saw the study himself, he left home with his wife Mary and Peter, along with some of his documents. While playing hide and seek with his father, Richard, young Peter Parker stumbles upon his father's study, which was ransacked by unknown perpetrators. Curt Connors ( Rhys Ifans), setting him on a collision course with Connors' alter ego, the Lizard. His search takes him to Oscorp and the lab of Dr. When Peter finds a mysterious briefcase that was his father's, he pursues a quest to solve his parents' disappearance.