The Night Gwen Stacy Died
It wasn't true.
It couldn't have been true.
There was NO WAY he could've known his SECRET IDENTITY!
Peter had discovered that Norman Osborn, aka, the Green Goblin, was perfectly aware of who Peter was: SPIDER-MAN!
But HOW? Peter did not understand.
To make matters even worse, Osborn had sworn to take the girl he loved away from him, and Peter knew perfectly who he meant: Gwen.
And he was right.
Worried about the Goblin's threat, Peter decided to head down to the Stacy's house. Peter had been to the Stacy's house a number of times, and also had a good relationship with Gwen's father, George Stacy, who was captain of the city's police department. Instead of barging in on them in the middle of the night, banging on the door exclaiming "Sorry to wake you but has your daughter been kidnapped lately," Peter had decided to go around to the back garden, just to check in Gwen's room.
But he was too late.
Gwen's room was empty, meaning the goblin had already gotten to her first. Frantic with worry, Peter quickly suited up into his Spider-Man suit(he wears it underneath his clothing) and was about to rush out when...
There was a note, addressed to "Spider-Man." Peter could tell who's handwriting it was: Osborn's. Peter quickly stopped in his tracks and opened the note.
The note read:
Tick Tock, Tick Tock,
you're very late,
it's nine o'clock
It took Peter a few seconds to realize what the riddle meant: The Empire State University!
Peter used to attend Dr. Curt Connors's classes there, and class always began at nine o'clock. Morkum High, his old high-school, did come to mind, but Peter was sure it was the Empire State University building.
He knew it!
Peter webslinged through the busy city. Before he arrived at the Stacy's house, he made sure he had a full amount of web cartilage, and a few spare ones. This was a matter of LIFE or DEATH! Peter hoped to god he wouldn't have to bump into some sort of super-villain on the way.
Peter finally arrived at the State University building. There he was, the goblin, hovering right above the building on his Goblin Glider. Peter could not see Gwen though. His heart leaped.
"Ha ha ha ha ha" the Green Goblin laughed.
"WHERE'S GWEN!" Peter screamed. His heart was pounding.
The goblin laughed, and pointed to a gargoyle not far below. There she was, hanging upside-down on a rope, her mouth, arms and legs strapped. Peter couldn't bare the sight of this.
Just as Peter was about to rush to Gwen, the goblin chuckled.
"Na, na, na. Not so fast, Parker. You see, deary old me decided, why just kidnap the love of your life and trap her, when I could do so much better. You see, SPIDER-MAN, I attached a BOMB to your PRETTY LITTLE GIRLFRIEND over here(pointing to Gwen)! Heh, heh heh! The bomb shall go off, I say, in just under FIVE MINUTES! Your girlfriend will be all over the city!"
Suddenly, Peter charged at the goblin and knocked him off his glider. "That won't stop him" he thought, "but buy me some time." Peter reached Gwen and detached her from the rope and carefully brought her over to a ledge. He knew that impact on the bomb would cause it to go off. Peter unstrapped her arms, legs and mouth, enabling her to talk.
"Where's the bomb?" Asked Peter.
"I-it's on m-m-my b-back" replied Gwen, shaking.
"Don't worry, stay calm" Peter reassured her.
Peter recognized the bomb as soon as he saw it: it was a bomb from Oscorp, the company in which Osborn founded. He knew this because he worked at Oscorp, as a tour guide and a student tutor and teacher. This job enabled him to work with Dr. Curt Connors, his former teacher and fellow friend. Curt would work at the university on some days, and at Oscorp on others.
Peter had to be quick, but at the same time, careful. Osborn could arrive and attack in any minute, or in any second, for that matter. The bomb was going to go off in under a minute now! Back at Oscorp, Peter learned how to prevent bombs from going off. Referring back to his knowledge, Peter carefully tried to stop the bomb. He had to keep detaching this, detaching that, bla bla bla bla. Finally, with just under ten seconds remaining, Peter had stopped the bomb from igniting. He detached it from Gwen's back and sighed with relief. But just then, the goblin appeared out of nowhere and snatched a screaming Gwen away from him on his Glider(Osborn could now control his glider from distances away).
"Don't worry Gwen, I'll save you, just hold on" yelled out a panicking Peter.
The Goblin was heading to the abandoned bridge, which stood at least fifty meters above the rocky water. The bridge was abandoned because a while back, on the other side of the bridge, there were dangerous mobster gangs that were causing havoc. The goblin released Gwen and Peter managed to web her before she hit the water. Peter pulled her up and lured her into his arms.
"Spider-Man?!" She said, awkwardly.
"Gwen, I know this may come as a shock to you, but you know me."
Gwen looked confused.
"Of course I know you. You're Spider-Man!'" She says.
"No, I mean you know ME!" Behind the mask." Peter slowly took off his mask and revealed it to Gwen.
"Peter!" Said Gwen, shocked. "I-I-I-"
"You don't need to say anything" Peter reassures her. "All you need to know is that I love you. I love you Gwen. I know I've never said this before but Gwen, you're the love of my life and I want to spend the rest of my life with you."
"Oh Peter, I feel the same" replied Gwen, tearfully.
They embrace.
"Come on" says peter, putting his mask back on as they break apart. "We've got to keep moving."
Peter and Gwen were about to leave when-
BOOM!
The bridge had exploded! The explosion caused Peter to fly upwards. He had a few burns and a bit of rips in his suit. He could hear Osborn cackling. Peter had landed on a nearby building. He had realized that the goblin had set a pumpkin bomb on the bridge. Peter was panicking. He did not know where Gwen was.
"Gwen!?" He kept repeatedly calling out. "Gwen!?"
Peter searched the entire wreckage. There was no sign of her.
Then it hit him. Gwen must've flew towards the water when the bridge blew up! Peter frantically heading towards the water. Taking a deep breath, he dived into the water and began searching for Gwen. There she was, lying motionless on some rocks. Peter headed towards her and carried her onto the water's surface.
"No! No, no, no, no!" Cried Peter. Gwen's head was cracked open, with blood pouring out profusely.
"NOOOO!"
The Goblin then flew nearby on his glider and looked on with delight. Peter saw him.
"WHAT HAVE YOU DONE!" Screamed Peter, tears in his eyes.
"THAT WAS MY GIRLFRIEND YOU BITCH! I'LL KILL YOU GOBLIN! OH, I SWEAR. I'LL KILL YOOOUUU!
The goblin just laughed and sped off until he was out of sight.
Peter kept on sobbing as he remembered that fatal night.
He didn't even want to remember what happened next.
All Peter felt was pain and anger. He then remembered the time he anonymously sold his costume to an old bunch of no-good doers.
At a good price too.
Weeks after Gwen's death and-
Peter tried not to think about it.
Knock, knock
There was somebody at the door. Peter didn't want visitors at this time but reluctantly decided to answer it anyway.
It was Mary-Jane.
OK, so this was more of a flashback chapter. Later on in the story, I'll reveal to you the rest of the flashback. As you can tell, the chapter title "The Night Gwen Stacy Died" I got from the title of "The Amazing Spider-Man #121-122. The whole flashback and that is even based on that issue. Overall, thanks for the people who have read and please review. It would make my day. Chapter 3 coming soon.
MrAce531 :)
