The Sensational Spider-Man (Marvel;Re)/Issue 5

The fifth issue of Marvel;Re's The Sensational Spider-Man comic and the second part of "The Devil At Work" arc.

Synopsis
Will be added soon.

Plot (unfinished)
Quentin Beck stares wide-eyed at nothing in particular. He is quite clearly tense, gripping his knees and breathing heavily. A wide-shot reveals he's sitting on an empty train. Mysterio stars at his reflection in the train's window. Mysterio is suddenly standing in a bathroom in front of a mirror, which he punches, shattering it and causing his hand to become bloodied. Mysterio looks up, revealing the mirror is suddenly completely okay, though his fist remains bloody. The reflection just goes back to mirroring Mysterio and not speaking. However, the strangeness isn't over, as Mysterio is suddenly sitting on top of a roof, staring off at the sunset. A hand reaches out to him, offering him a cigarette. Mysterio looks to his side, revealing a somewhat handsome man sitting beside him, smoking. He puts the cigarette back in its box. Mysterio goes quiet. All of the lights go out around Mysterio. When they come back on he's standing inside of a prison hall while wearing his supervillain costume. Mysterio starts walking down the hall of the prison, passing by many different cells until he reaches his own. Mysterio stands in silence at the cell door, which slowly opens. A hanging silhouette of Quentin himself is behind the door, revealing that Quentin is dead. Mysterio drops to his knees upon seeing this and the Devil, still in his humanoid form, placing a hand on Quentin's shoulder. Marduk gestures upwards towards "the other guy". Mysterio just turns around and looks at his corpse for a moment. Marduk offers Mysterio a handshake to seal their deal. Mysterio stares at Marduk's hand before letting out a massive laugh. Mysterio looks at Marduk with a mix of malice and madness in his eyes. Mysterio shakes Marduk's hand and fire erupts from below their feet as both men smile at each other.
 * Mysterio (thinking): Where am I...? You are on a train. Who am I? You are Quentin Beck. What's happening? You already know the answer to that question.
 * Mysterio (thinking): Who are you? I am Quentin Beck. But I am Quentin Beck. I am the true Quentin Beck. I am the you that you didn't realize existed. What are you? I am you. You're making me agitated. Good.
 * Mysterio: What the hell is going on...?
 * ???: You know what's going on.
 * Mysterio's Reflection: You've known what this is since the beginning.
 * Mysterio: No, I haven't.
 * Mysterio's Reflection: If that's true then why were you so scared on the train?
 * Mysterio: Who are you?
 * Mysterio's Reflection: I'm you.
 * Mysterio: No, not you. The you behind you. The you behind all this! Who are you!?
 * Well-Dressed Man: Care for one?
 * Mysterio: No, I haven't smoked in a very long time.
 * Well-Dressed Man: Suit yourself.
 * Well-Dressed Man: I gotta admit, you're stronger willed than you seem. Most other people would go crazy directly after the train. After that, I convince them that they need to be punished and they just go along with it because of their madness.
 * Mysterio: Who are you?
 * Well-Dressed Man: Come on, don't play dumb. You know who I am, Quentin...
 * Mysterio: I do... I just didn't want to admit it...
 * Well-Dressed Man: Well, go on... say my name.
 * Mysterio: Which one?
 * Well-Dressed Man: Whichever one you prefer.
 * Mysterio: You're Luci--
 * Disembodied Voice: This is the part where you confront the truth, Quentin. This is the part that everyone like you has to face eventually.
 * Mysterio: I don't think I want to see this part...
 * Disembodied Voice: You know you have to though, don't you?
 * Mysterio: I do...
 * Marduk Kurios: I know. This is never the easiest part for anybody. Sorry that you had to see this.
 * Mysterio: No you're not...
 * Marduk Kurios: Hm?
 * Mysterio: You're the Devil himself. You made me look at my own corpse so that it would break my will and make me more susceptible to going to Hell and being tortured for all my days. And now that this plan didn't work, you're going to show me all of the people I hurt to make me feel like I deserve my punishment. I'm not going to fall for it. And you can go to hell!
 * Marduk Kurios: Well... I mean...
 * Mysterio: Yes, I realized the moment I said it... Listen.
 * Marduk Kurios: Hm?
 * Mysterio: I'm still angry at you but... I just want to know... why did I do it?
 * Marduk Kurios: I don't know. I'm the Devil, it's not my job to know why they died. That's the other guy.
 * Marduk Kurios: You know...
 * Mysterio: Hm?
 * Marduk Kurios: You managed to stay sane even after all of the stuff I showed you and you even had the gall to stand up against me. If I'm being honest, I respect that a little. So, I'm gonna make you an offer. Real magic...
 * Mysterio: Real...?
 * Marduk Kurios: Ever since you got the idea of being the fake wizard Mysterio, you've been wanting to get your hands on real magic, right? Well, I can give you real magic... at a price, of course.
 * Mysterio: What do you want? My soul?
 * Marduk Kurios: Oh, no, definitely not. You can keep your soul. All I want in return... is a follower.
 * Mysterio: Hm?
 * Marduk Kurios: Not a lot of people give you credit because of the fishbowl helmet but you're actually a really big threat in your own right, Beck. So, if you join me and become my follower, I'll allow you to go on in the mortal world with real, demonic magic. You can even fight Spider-Man as much as you want. All I ask in return is that you spread as much sin as a human possibly could... Deal?
 * Mysterio: So I get to keep my soul... I get to still try and kill Spider-Man... and all I have to do is spread sin and act sinfully...?
 * Marduk Kurios: That's the idea, yes.
 * Mysterio: You know, for the supposed "Devil" you're not very smart...
 * Marduk Kurios: Excuse me?
 * Mysterio: That's what I was doing anyway...