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Five hours after injecting Curtis with the Connors Formula.

Currently Osborn was personally checking on Connors, although with all the medical equipment he had set up it wasn't necessary he felt safer seeing his partner's condition up close.

Although in the event of a medical complication he knew he wouldn't have the knowledge to help him.

His gaze soon stopped on the right side of the sleeping man's body, specifically his arm, for the moment things had turned out successfully.

A sort of dome formed around what should be the regenerated limb, basically it was as if it was changing skin as certain reptiles do.

According to the Osborn's calculations it was very likely that Dr. Curtis was close to waking up plus most of the doctors on the board were anxious to see the result.

It really was a pain in the ass to deal with the other people, more so when they had to do with the government.

After checking that the instruments were working properly Norman started to leave the room.

He approached an area where they had placed seats and a kind of stand to serve coffee or snacks to make waiting much more comfortable for all the people, soon he approached the place where Stacy was, since it was with the person who was more comfortable.

Gwen was preparing a cup of coffee and soon felt the arrival of Norman, with a little glance she pointed to another cup of coffee next to her, since they worked in the lab together she had the habit of preparing a cup of coffee or tea for Osborn when she felt he needed it.

"Thank you" mentioned Osborn as he picked up the cup and took a small sip of its contents, "How is he?" asked Stacy as she began to pour the sugar into her own cup.

"His signs are stable, and he is currently sleeping" Norman quickly replied, "Plus the regeneration process should be nearing completion by now" he continued.

"By the way your theory turned out to be true" said Osborn and the blonde just looked at him a little clearly not understanding what his words were referring to: "The skin change" he added to make herself understood.

"Oh" answered Stacy as she started to bring the coffee cup to her lips, but just as she was about to take a sip she understood what her boss wanted to tell her: "Are you serious?!" she asked in an enthusiastic way.

Norman just nodded his head, before starting to engage in small talk with an excited Gwen.

At least that way he wouldn't be bored while waiting for Dr. Curtis to wake up.

…

An hour later.

Dr. Curtis Connors opened his eyes and quickly saw that he was in the same room, a slight sigh of relief left his mouth, despite all the data that supported his research there was always a chance of failure.

However, he soon felt a sensation on his right side of his body that he hadn't managed to feel for a long time, his gaze soon fell on his right arm, and he could see how a dome of lizard skin and scales seemed to be covering it.

"Apparently Gwen was right" Norman's voice soon snapped Connors out of his thoughts.

"Sir" he mentioned as he became aware of the Osborn's presence, "Yes it appears she was right, I really didn't think I would be right" he continued, "By the way where is she?" he asked as he noticed the blonde's absence.

"She is with the medical board members, I preferred to keep the interaction minimal while the process was taking effect" explained the Osborn to which Connors only nodded understanding his boss's action.

"So how do we proceed?" asked Curtis: "The doctors are being informed of your awakening, so they will soon meet again, when that happens we will simply remove the dome and show the result" explained the Osborn.

"So this is the moment of truth right?" he asked looking for confirmation from Norman: "That's right, glory or dishonor this is the moment we will get one of the two" giving him the reason and adding a bit of his own reasoning Osborn mentioned.

For the moment of truth Norman invited the representatives of the medical board into the room where Curtis was, for the moment he had judged that there was no danger, Gwen was at Curtis's side as she asked her mentor about his condition.

After that and when 3 representatives of the medical board were inside the room Osborn spoke: "Dr. Curtis please begin" he indicated.

He just nodded his head before proceeding to move his right arm as he began to remove the remaining pieces of the dome with his free hand.

Within a few seconds the people inside the room saw a completely normal human arm that simply could not find any visual fault with it.

Both Gwen and Norman let out a sigh of relief to see that the arm was a human one and not something reptilian-like, on the other hand the 3 representatives and Curtis were watching the arm with fascination and in the case of Connors with a total feeling of euphoria.

What followed after that fact was more tests that took a few more hours, mainly the testing was to test the functionality of the new arm, things like holding things of different sizes and styles as well as grip tests among others.

It took about one hour until all the tests had been done, the results were undoubtedly favorable and to Norman's relief there seemed to be nothing abnormal about Curtis, there was not even a hint that The Lizard had been created, yet he kept his guard up.

After a discussion with the members of the medical board it was decided that Curtis would have to spend a few days under observation, all three people who were involved in the creation of the Connors Formula were in complete agreement.

Norman had already foreseen this scenario and had made the attached rooms similar to a bedroom, that way it would be like spending the night instead of being alone in the chairs.

"Are you sure it's okay for you to stay with us?" asked Norman when he saw that Stacy had no intention of going home.

Gwen just nodded: "This place has all the comforts, so there is no reason why I should go back home, besides that way the workload won't fall completely on you two" she explained quickly while looking at Osborn and Connors: "By the way before you say it, it won't affect my studies, I took a special leave for these days" she added shortly after knowing well how Norman was: "Right professor?" asked Stacy in an attempt to have reinforcements to support her.

Norman only looked at the Connors in search of an answer: "That's true" he answered in a few words as he was more interested in his regenerated arm, the Osborn only looked back at the blonde who had a victorious smile on her face.

"Do your parents agree?" he asked, "The last thing I want is to have to deal with the entire police department because the chief's daughter didn't come home" he added to Stacy's embarrassment.

"He wouldn't do that" stated Gwen however the look on Norman's face made her see that he clearly believed she was lying, "Mom wouldn't let him" she mentioned with sincerity and a little embarrassment.

"Besides yes, they know, and they agree" the blonde replied to Norman's question.

Norman just shook his head, for some reason he always ended up speechless at Stacy's actions and attitudes.

"Alright" the Osborn indicated to the blonde who only nodded before smiling and starting to work, Norman just looked at Curtis who was watching in amusement at the interaction of the two, it seemed he had just finished processing the fact that he now had a new arm.

Seeing his boss's look at him, Connors just shook his head, even he didn't know how to deal with Stacy's attitude: "Just let her be as long as it's not something important," he said.

Norman just nodded, at least that advice was better than nothing.