It has been 3 years since Gwen died. 3 years since she died in the clock tower. 3 years since my web failed to save her. 3 years since I battled Harry. 3 years since Spiderman stopped appearing in New York City. 3 years since Peter Parker has been grieving over her death. 3 years.
It is the year 2017. Peter Parker lives with his aunt in their house. He has stopped being Spiderman for 3 years, thinking that putting on the mask will only endanger his loved ones even more. For 3 years, he has been working as a pizza delivery guy. But his salary wasn't enough to pay for their bills. Aunt May had started working as a nurse to help pay for their bills. Crime had increased drastically in New York. People, and even the police, always awaited for the arrival of Spiderman but he never did. The city was not as safe as before.
One day when he returned from work, he saw his Aunt May watching the television with a look of horror on her face. He glanced at the television and read the screaming news headlines "Harry Osborn a.k.a. The Green Goblin escapes from Ravencroft!". The scene showed Harry blowing up cars at Times Square. Aunt May noticed Peter behind her and turned around. "Oh, Peter! I didn't realise you returned. Go and change. I'll prepare dinner,"said Aunt May, getting up from the couch.
Peter went to his room thinking about Harry. How did he manage to escape? Will he come after me? Once he reached his room, he noticed a thumbdrive on his bed. It was the thumbdrive which contained Gwen's graduation speech. He never got around to watching it. But now, his mind was telling him that this was the perfect time to watch it. Now or never. He sat down at his desk and fired up his laptop and plugged the thumbdrive. After what seemed like eternity, he clicked on the file and it began playing.
"It's easy to feel hopeful on a beautiful day like today, but there will be dark days ahead of us too. There will be days where you feel all alone and that's when hope is needed most. No matter how buried it gets or how lost you feel, you most promise me that you will hold on to hope. Keep it alive! We have to be greater than what we suffer. My wish for you is to become hope.. People need that. And even if we fail... what better way is there to live? As we look around here today at all the people who helped make us who we are, I know it feels like we're saying goodbye but we will carry a piece of each other into everything we do next. To remind us of who we are and if we were meant to be. I've had a great 3 years with you. I'll miss you all very much."
Peter had a nagging thought in his mind. Harry was attacking New York City, endangering people's lives. There was no one to save them. It was time for Spiderman to return.