Author's Note: This is what happens when I decide to go ahead and write a story based on a single idea. This is something I shared with my friends earlier, and they thought it was a good idea so I figured I'd write it while it was still fresh in my head. I guess, this could be considered part of the Avengers Crusade universe. I'm still not quite sure where its exact placement will be. Your not required to read Avengers Crusade: The End Is Nigh just to understand this fic, I just did this for fun. Hope you guys like it.

Spider-Man/Avengers: Tempest Of Time

It was the end of an age; Green Goblin, Norman Osborn and Spider-Man were engaged in their last battle. Heavy losses had been suffered on both sides, and tonight would be the end of it all. The two men stared at each other in a blazing warehouse, Peter in his battle-ravaged costume, with half his mask torn off and his costume in tatters while Norman stood with barely a scratch on him. Tonight it would end, with numerous tragedies leveled on him, Peter has sworn the complete annihilation of Norman Osborn.

Fatigue had set in as the Spectacular Spider-Man had been pushed to his very limit the last few days with Osborn having simultaneously carried out the abduction and near murder of everyone Peter held dear in his life, and holding them in separate locations for Spidey to find them. While at the same time Peter was tasked with battling his son Harry as the new Green Goblin, while Peter himself was under the Symbiote's control. With rage and anger having taken over his mind Peter was fighting a two front battle with himself and with the man trying to kill him. The battle ended with Peter giving Harry a savage beating with the Symbiote feeding off his anger tempting him to kill him so he could move on to their next target. It was when Harry started begging him for mercy that the cries broke through and made him realize what he was doing. The Symbiote mask retreated as he emerged from it with a look of shock on his face, his best friend's face bloodied and nearly unrecognizable. He started to retreat until Harry's psychosis returned and threw a Pumpkin Bomb at him, inbetween those moments the Symbiote took back control as he caught the bomb with his webbing and hurled it back at Harry's face as it detonated. The action finally broke the Symbiote's control on Peter as he looked down at his best friend in horror and fled.

Now a week later with Harry and Aunt May in critical condition along with the recent assassination attempt of J. Jonah Jameson and the death of Daily Bugle reporter Ben Ulrich; Peter now faced down the monster responsible for all these things. The Goblin smirked as he fanned eight little Goblin shurkiens between his fingers and hurled them at Peter. The Webslinger roared racing forward dodging each little throwing star as they flew at him, slashing his body as he dove towards Norman who tossed a Pumpkin Bomb at him point blank. The Wall Crawler knocked away with bomb at the last moment going off to the side as Spidey flying tackle punched him through a brick wall. The two men tumbled across the floor as Spider-Man pinned and pummeled him making him pay for the atrocities he's committed. The Goblin blocked his last punch and knocked Peter clean off him with a single hit. The Web Slinger recovered upside down on a rafter before it collapsed and he landed on his feet as Norman came at him with his fist drawn back, in his anger Peter webbed up to two discarded bricks and slammed them into the Goblin's temple, stunning him, before webbing up his ankle and tripping him and bring a section of the roof down on top of him.

A few moments passed as the dust settled, Norman exploded out from under the debris as Peter rushed at him dropkicking him in the face while he was still waist deep in debris nearly causing his neck to snap and sent him tumbling across the warehouse floor. The Goblin shook his head, clasping the back of his neck as Peter swung at him and snatched him off the floor and sent him crashing into a large pile of crates and grabbed his ankle and flung him out a window, plowing into a stone, square buttress on the neighboring rooftop. The Goblin groaned lying facedown in the pavement with a busted shoulder. As he started to recover two strands of webbing snagged his shoulders to see Spider-Man standing inside the burning warehouse and catapulted Norman back inside, and crash landed face first into another stack of crates before ending up on the floor as Peter stood over him. Spider-Man grabbed Osborn's shoulder and threw him up delivering his hardest punch to Osborn's stomach, rupturing it the villain groaned as he hovered in the air before delivering a haymaker to the Goblin's face sending him into another loaded crate. The wooden box behind him disintegrated, as Osborn lay propped up against its contents, with the left eye of his mask ripped off as Spider-Man walked towards him.

The Goblin was coughing up blood and couldn't find the strength to continue as Peter stood over him with half his mask and a menacing glare.

"Well…what are you waiting for? Do it, kill Me." he said in a weak voice, choking on his blood.

Though the temptation to end his life and the madness once for all, it was one Spider-Man adamantly refused.

"No, even though I've dreamed of this moment up till now…I'm not going to kill you. I've defeated you Norman. It's over." He answered shaking his head at his nemesis. But the villain only laughed, as he lay splayed out on the floor.

"Over? You think this is over?" he said as he started to get up.

"You think that just because you smacked me around and broke some of my bones and gave me internal hemorrhaging that its over? I've got news for you Peter its not over, it'll never be over. You don't get it do you? I know everything! I've threatened everyone you held dear in your life! I am the greatest threat you know! I'm not going away Parker, but you sure as hell are!" he said through his teeth activating his Goblin Glider. A large blade shot out of its mouth and rocketed towards him full blast.

His Spider Sense screaming in his head the Webslinger vaulted over the Goblin Glider as it flew under him and straight into Osborn. The villain was horrified as his glider came at him, but none more so than Peter seeing what was directly behind Osborn as the glider slammed into him and piercing a large gasoline container. The tank exploded claiming Osborn's life, as the fireball quickly expanded and pressed a wall of fire against the Webslinger as he screamed.

Not long after the explosion the police found Spider-Man severely burned but alive, Captain Stacy quickly called over the medics as they surveyed his broken form. His costume was in shambles with burns covering 90% of his body, and had the right lens of his mask melted over his face. The medics attended to him putting him on a stretcher and raced to the nearest hospital. While the scene where the Green Goblin's reign of terror ended, was nothing more than a mere shell of the ruptured tank and not a trace of the madman to be found. Elsewhere the nefarious Goblin soon found himself in a dark area of indeterminable space. A faint glow gave him form, as the smell of brimstone and burning flesh filled his nostrils and the Goblin soon realized where he was.

A terror the villain had never known filled his form with dread as he walked towards a glowing yellow crack in the wall and could hear the wailing and see the torment of spirits damned in the lake of fire. Then a cloak of darkness overtook him, a shadow burning and smelled of sulfur made its presence known lightning a hellish spark in the depths of his immortal soul. Norman stood rigid and slowly turned to see the lord of the abyss standing over him. Mephisto.

A demon of crimson skin with wild black hair, and an upturned collar evocative of how mankind viewed him, Mephisto was the ruler of Hell. Known for making many Faustian deals with those unfortunate enough to cross him. A being of incalculable evil and wholly unpredictable the demon lord of Hell stood over his newest resident flashing a grim smile.

"I always wondered when you'd show up." he said in a deep foreboding voice.

His non-existent heart was racing as he gazed up in terror at the overlord. No! This couldn't be! It wasn't his time yet, he was sure of it! Surely there was a way out of this; Mephisto loved making deals with mortals, and from what he heard they were worth it. Maybe he could charm a sweet one out of old Mephisto? And so he started the greatest pitch of his nonlife. Arguing with Mephisto about how he was a great villain and deserved to have his final revenge against Spider-Man, and that if he would allow him back into the living realm he would show him what true supervillainy was capable of. Mephisto was pleased with the man's outrageous claims and humored Osborn returning him to life. The demon however took this deal one step further; if he would travel back in time and kill Tony Stark before he became Iron Man then he would gain his soul back free and clear. The deal was too perfect and consented shaking hands with Mephisto and was restored.

Now armed with time manipulation powers, Norman reappeared on the very spot he was killed and took in his first breath of mortal life. And let out an exuberant sigh reveling in his rebirth. The villain surveyed the area noting the destruction and was amazed that he went out in such fantastic fashion. It truly was a death worth dying, to go out in a literal blaze of glory. Before he began his task for Mephisto there was one last task to attend to and teleported out.

At the New York Methodist Hospital, Peter Parker was in extremely critical condition having barely survived the battle and was covered in gauze from head to toe in his hospital bed. And was placed in an induced coma to recover from his injuries, and was in the same room as Aunt May who was also recovering from her injuries. A rift quietly opened within the room at the foot of Peter's bed as Norman teleported into his hospital room. A sinister smirk was on the villain's face seeing both May and Peter together and walked towards his bed, placing his hand on top his blanket that covered the Webslinger's chest.

"Oh how the mighty have fallen, try as you might you'll never be rid of me. I will miss our time together Peter, but all great things must come to an end." he said to the comatose Peter, producing a large knife from inside his blazer.

"I had seen our last battle go a little differently in my head. But that's life for you. I'll try not to enjoy this too much, it's really a shame that you can't fight back." he said aiming the knife at Peter's throat.

At that moment Police Captain George Stacy burst into the room with his gun drawn at the Goblin's back.

"That's far enough Osborn. Drop the weapon." He ordered.

Norman looked over his shoulder as two more of New York's finest flanked the captain at the door. Osborn smirked and held up his hands slowly turned towards them and hurled the knife at the nearest officer striking the right man in the shoulder and leaped through the hospital window before teleporting out. Captain Stacy and the other officer raced over but could see no trace of him as more officers came in and attended to their brother joined by Harry and Mary Jane. With the former sporting horrific scars down the left side of his face.

A block away from the hospital Norman reappeared looking back over his shoulder at the establishment. Killing Parker will have to wait, he thought with police swarming the area to find him. It'll be some time before he has another chance to murder his arch nemesis and activated his time travel powers to complete his task and win his Faustian deal.

Traveling a few years into the past, he arrived on the Afghan battlefield where industrialist Tony Stark would experience the fateful ambush and capture that would transform him into Iron Man. A fate that was as well known and divulged in modern times as Captain America's. A fate that shall never pass so long as he had anything to say about it. He walked quickly along the dirt path up to where the humvee carrying Stark would soon intercept and blow him halfway to hell. The insurgents had already struck as the sound of gunfire filled the air and Norman quickened his pace up the hill to see them doing battle with the army. Two of the soldiers guarding him were already dead, while a third one had just been shot standing next to the rear passenger's window. He crouched down behind the insurgents who miraculously never caught sight of him and could see Tony creeping out behind the armored door of the humvee and take cover behind a dune.

It was there Norman made his move and snuck up behind the fighter that would launch the rocket at Tony Stark. Norman snuck up behind him striking him in the back of the neck and took the bazooka for himself. Seeing a frantic Tony in the crosshairs and fired, and watched as the rocket struck killing him, direct hit. His fiendish task complete, the villain smirked looking past the scope of the bazooka and was transported back to the present.

Author's Note: Short, sweet and more or less to the point. I basically wrote this after wanting to expand on a plot thread where Spidey and his supporting cast are introduced into the Avengers Crusade as a possible ally to the team after Norman Osborn takes over SHIELD in that story. So now that Norman's done the deed the question remains: If Tony Stark was never Iron Man what happens to the Avengers? Thoughts? Let me know what you think. Hope you guys liked it. And of course there will be more.

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Green Gallant.