The Amazing Spiderman

I don't own ASM or any related content

This fic will focus more on Harry and OC than Peter although Peter will be involved

Day One

She was only in New York for a short time to help James settle in, and then she would go back to England where she felt far more comfortable. It wasn't that New York wasn't an amazing city, it was spectacular and she felt safer in New York than in London. New York had Spiderman, she felt she could sleep easily knowing that there was a superhero who would come to her rescue if anything should happen.

The only thing that frightened Tanya about New York was the one monster Spiderman had not yet been able to defeat, the Green Goblin. Many rumours speculated who the man beneath the monster was but Tanya didn't care, she knew that he would be as twisted as the monster portrayed him to be.

James had moved from England to accept a job placement as Oscorp industries and had asked Tanya to come with him whilst he got accustomed to the city. They had known each other since they were young children and were very close friends. Tanya often got the impression that he was interested in something more but she ignored it.

James started his work as Oscorp immediately, leaving Tanya on her own from day one. He had his furniture but nothing was unpacked so she decided she would make it her task to turn the apartment into his new home.

She woke up as he was leaving for work, rolled over and glanced at the clock to determine the time was 7AM. She considered going back to sleep but knew that if she did then she would get nothing done and never get over the jet lag. So she forced herself out of bed and crossed to the mirror next to the window, as she rolled up the blinds she studied her hideous appearance. Her bright, blonde hair stuck up at the back and sleep gummed at her eyes, she rubbed the sleep away but it didn't make much difference. She knew the only way to fix this was a long, hot shower.

After ten minutes of rifling through boxes, she found 2 towels and headed for the bathroom. It took a further ten minutes to work out how the shower worked and to find the things she needed. Once she was finally happy she stripped off her pyjama bottoms and baggy shirt and climbed under the water. It was hotter than she expected but she didn't mind, she could live with that. Even after she'd washed her hair and body she stayed standing under the water until it grew simply warm instead of hot. It was only then she decided to get on with her day.

She twisted her hair up into one of the towels and dried herself with the other before holding it around herself as she walked back to her room. She picked out her favourite Victoria's Secret panties (lacy but practical, giving her a boost of confidence) and a bra to match (extra confidence). Knowing she would be spending the day ahead cleaning and sorting through boxes she opted for her faded blue jeans and green tank top. She tousled her hair a little before scraping it back into a ponytail to let it dry naturally. Once she was happy with her appearance she left the bedroom and ventured into the box jungle that was the rest of the apartment.

She never ate breakfast, she was never hungry. She normally began the day with a jog but was unsure of the city so wanted to orientate herself first and possibly find a nearby gym that she could go to once every few days. But now she did begin in the kitchen, this was always the easiest place to sort. She organised utensils and plates and mugs and cups into their various new homes and plugged in new equipment. She reached lunch time and realised how hungry she was in comparison to how little food there was in the apartment.

She returned to her bedroom to apply a little mascara and lip gloss and gathered her purse and phone into a bag. She pulled on a plaid shirt over her tank top and buttoned it up hallway, it wasn't cold enough for a jacket in September. She picked up her keys on the way out and left the apartment.

The air wasn't cold but it wasn't warm either, it was refreshing. The sun gave her just enough warmth whilst the chill of the air kept her wide awake and alert. She remembered that James had given her a place to get groceries just around the corner but at that moment she was more interested in finding a small café or something to get something to eat. She knew that if she walked just up the road a couple of blocks and turned a right then walked a few blocks more, she would be at central park. She decided it would be a nice idea to check out the park as it would be a good place to go jogging in the mornings.

So she began the walk, it was a nice day and a lovely city. Occasionally she overhead people talking about Spiderman and about the Green Goblin and assumed it was a normal thing to talk about in this city. To the people that lived here these heroes and villains must have seemed almost normal, they were a regular part of their lives. In England they didn't have anyone like that, they had the villains but no heroes.

Central park was closer than she realised and soon after she'd begun her wandering she found a place that sold hot dogs and cheeseburgers. Convincing herself she would spend extra time at the gym to burn it off, she bought a cheeseburger and ate it whilst walking through the park. She decided that she loved the park, and would definitely jog through it every morning.

Once she had finished her burger she purchased a map and put it into her bag so she could map out her route. She then walked back the way she had come and found the supermarket she could shop in to buy groceries. She piled her cart high with groceries, knowing she was only there for two weeks but James would still need to eat and he was the kind of person who would forget to buy groceries and actually eat them.

She managed to get them into enough bags so she could carry them back to the apartment and was grateful it was only a short walk.

Once back in the apartment it was nearly 2 o'clock. It took her an hour to put away the groceries and a further two hours to finish in the kitchen and get the dining area into a considerably decent state. At five she was hungry again and knew that James would be hungry too upon his return from his first day. She decided to begin cooking an early dinner, ready for when James came home.

She recounted the groceries she'd bought and decided on a pasta in tomato sauce with sautéed vegetables and bread. She set to work quickly and was serving them onto plates as James walked through the door, loudly exclaiming that he had survived his first day at Oscorp industries.

"I'm home! I'm alive! I have not yet died!" he yelled as he walked into the kitchen/dining area. Tanya turned around and grinned at him.

"How was it?" she asked excitedly and he leant against the side of the counter.

"It was tiring. I don't think I've ever been so tired in my life."

"That'll be the jet lag." She replied, turning around and continuing to serve up dinner.

"Oh yeah probably." He smiled at her.

"Dinners ready." She said, turning back around and handing him a plate.

"Ooh aren't you a good little house wife?" he joked with a wink and gave him a mock glare.

"You call me that again and you won't be able to eat. What did you do today?" she leant against the opposite counter as she tucked into her own meal.

"They introduced me to their project and told me what they wanted me to be doing. They told me that it was a top secret project so you can't tell anyone…"

"If its top secret then should you really be telling me?"

"Who do you know to tell?"

"True, continue."

"Well, a lot of speculation has been flying around that our boss, Harry Osborn, is actually the Green Goblin! But apparently it's not his fault, like he accidentally injected this serum into himself because he was dying and he thought it would save him but whatever. Anyway, he doesn't want to continue being this crazy, green hobgoblin so he's hired a team of scientist, of which I am one, to come up with a cure. That's what I'm doing. I'm working on a cure."

"You said it was speculation?"

"Well it's not speculation that I'm working on a cure. It is speculation that it's for our boss who no one sees anymore."

"Harry Osborn is the Green Goblin? The Harry Osborn? I don't believe it." She said with a shrug as she continued to pile pasta into her mouth.

"Yeah. I don't know. I thought it was a cool theory."

"I wouldn't spread it around that you and your team are theorising that your boss is a monster who goes around killing people."

"You know it was never actually proven that the Green Goblin had any part in the death of that Stacey chick. Maybe Spiderman should have been a bit faster to save her."

"Oh so now you're criticising Spiderman?"

"Not criticising him, just saying." James shrugged and seemed to shrink within himself.

She shrugged herself as she finished her food and threw her things into the sink.

"Since I cooked and sorted out your kitchen for you, you can do the washing up." She grinned and winked at him as she walked past.

"Where are you going?" he called after her as she moved through the piles of boxes in the direction of her room.

"I'm going to get ready and then go out for a jog. I went exploring today!"

"You know it's dark outside don't you?" he yelled as she entered her bedroom and saw that, sure enough, the light was rapidly fading.

"I'm sure they have street lights in New York, James!" she replied and shut her bedroom door behind her. Once in her bedroom she shut the blinds and flicked on the lights. She pulled out the map and quickly memories a route that she could easily stick to. She changed into her jogging gear and strapped her iPod to her arm, securing the ear phones into place.

As she left the apartment she shouted a goodbye to James who had settled himself on the couch and was beginning to shuffle through papers which she assumed were for work. He mumbled a goodbye in return as she flicked on her jogging playlist and it began to blast loudly into her ears.

The city seemed even more awake at night and Tanya realised what they meant about the city that never sleeps. The lights brought everything to life and illuminated absolutely every colour and every detail. She loved it. She jogged lightly up the couple of blocks, having to stop every so often at a road but keeping going on the spot.

She reached central park and began to feel the familiar burn in her legs, she embraced it and used it to spur her on. She kept going deeper and deeper into the park. She knew she'd taken a wrong turn somewhere but felt confident that she could get out again. So she kept going, soon there were less and less people and less and less light.

She ignored the creepy sense that she was being watched and kept powering on, it started to get a little cold for her liking and she was in a part of the park where there seemed to be no one else. She saw a map up ahead and decided to stop and work out where she was. As she stopped she pulled the ear phones out and studied the map for a couple of seconds, panting.

"Hello sweetie!" a male voice yelled from the shadows and she jumped around.

"Aren't you a fine specimen!" a different voice crooned and two men emerged from the shadows. They swaggered over toward her with a look in their eyes that suggested their intentions were far from savoury.

"I'm just going. I just wanted to see where I was." She said and made to move off but they stood in her path so she stopped again. Adrenaline began to pump through her as fear spiked in her heart. One of the men produced a knife casually and held it in his hand, not as a threat, just a warning.

"I don't think you're going anywhere gorgeous. You're going to stay here with us. We'll give you all the help you need."

"I don't need any help thank you." She swallowed. She figured that if she stalled long enough then she could get her breath back and make a run for it. She could probably outrun them, she had been running almost every day for the past two years. She had a lot of stamina.

"Are you sure?" one of the men crooned, the taller one.

"We would love to help you find your way. In fact, why don't you just come on with us." They advanced towards her and she took a step back but forced herself to stay put. The taller man reached out and touched her cheek lightly, tracing his hand down to her jawline as he stepped closer. She stood her ground and refused to move, building up the courage to run but for moment frozen to the spot.

"We'll help you." He grinned and suddenly moved violently to place his hand around her throat. Before the knife had a chance to flash she quickly kneed him in the groin with a grunt and, as he doubled over, howling in pain, she turned and ran.

She didn't know where she was going, if she was running in the right direction or not, but she just ran. She heard a gleeful cackle echoing and assumed it must be one of the men so ran even harder. But then she heard something new above her, like the sound of jet engines. She turned and saw something all too familiar, getting all too close. The Green Goblin. She ran even faster and powered herself even harder. Her headphones fell, taking her iPod with them but she left them behind.

"Come and get me Spidey!" she heard the Goblin squeal in twisted delight and she almost cried out herself. Her eyes searched for somewhere she could hide but she knew it was no use, there was nowhere. She stopped suddenly and turned around to face the direction in which her attackers should have been pursuing her. She could see them running toward her brandishing their knives and she was tired now. She couldn't outrun them after all and now they would kill her. She stumbled back a few steps, clearly terrified and this seemed to spur them on. They were close now, almost on top of her. She took a large gulp of air, ready to scream. Spiderman had to be nearby if the Goblin had just been overhead, he would hear and hopefully help her.

She was ready to scream just as the jet engines suddenly got closer and closer and the two men seemed to slow with fear of their own, but they didn't stop. They were roughly five metres away when suddenly, there was a heavy arm around Tanya's waist and she was being yanked from the ground.

She screamed then, out of real terror. The arm held on tight and swung her around so she was securely standing on the deck of the Goblin's aircraft. The arm held her tightly but she knew this was no rescue mission, she'd just been there, she was right.

"Come and get her Spidey! Or I'll drop her from the top of the Empire State!" the Goblin screeched and soared suddenly higher and higher until they were almost in the clouds. Her fear of heights kicking in, Tanya instinctively flung her arms around the Goblin's neck and clung to him, screaming.

"What are you doing?" he seemed confused. His voice was high and sickly. He tried to push her away slightly, not liking the seemingly affectionate way she clung to him. It was anything but.

"I don't want to die!" she screamed, trembling now in fear.

"You're afraid of heights or of me?" he asked, he was toying with her and she could feel it.

"Both!" she answered honestly and she felt him chuckle as he moved both hands to her waist and pushed. Her feet lost their grip and her arms slipped and she fell. She screamed as she fell through the air, flailing as she fell.

She was caught suddenly, held in the arms of someone and as she opened her eyes she half expected to see Spiderman, but no. the Goblin was laughing gleefully at his trick and she reluctantly clung to him again, desperate not to allow him to see how frightened she was. He laughed for a few more minutes as she began to cry, but then suddenly looked pained for a second before looking at her. It was the first time they had looked directly into each other's eyes and she could see that there was a human there. A real life man who was possessed by this demon.

"Sorry sweetheart, looks like you're coming back with me." he crooned in his sickly sweet voice and began to zoom again. She screamed and sobbed and clung to him, screwing her eyes shut but it seemed to make no difference.

The Goblin finally flew in through a window into the bedroom of an apartment. It was a fancy apartment, Tanya knew this from the comfort of the bed she was thrown onto with a grunt. The Goblin ignored her, and relief washed over her mixed with terror mixed with thankfulness. Overcome with emotion, Tanya fainted.