Two months passed before the Green Goblin did anything more. Peter knew the Goblin was out to get him, he didn't know why he did, he just did, so he wondered why he was taking this long. He didn't think about this when he received a text from Gwen. " airport, on my way back, imy" Peter was glad that she was back, but he was also afraid for her. He thought about Police Captain George Stacy's, Gwen's father's, last words.
"You're gonna make enemies. People will get hurt. Sometimes the people closest to you. So I want you to promise me something, okay? Leave Gwen out of it. Promise me that. Huh? You promise me." He did promise, but he didn't keep that promise.
Gwen hadn't seen Peter since she got back. She was too busy with work and other things. She tried taking the first opportunity she got, but she didn't find Peter at his dormitory room. She found a note on his desk.
It said "Gwen, had to go to the hospital, Harry overdosed on oxycodone, be back ASAP. Love, Peter"
"Aw, but Peter." she said as though he was there, "I had something to tell you." She did not realize there was someone else there.
"Well you won't be able to tell him!" whispered a man on a robot bat outside. The Green Goblin swooped in and grabbed Gwen.
"Badbat," he said, "rewrite the note!" Badbat put the note in his mouth and spit it out.
When Peter returned to ESU he found a different note on the table than what he wrote to Gwen.
It said "If you want to see your little girlfriend one last time, meet me on the George Washington Bridge at 1:21 AM tonight." Peter was furious.
"He has crossed the line," he said, "he will pay, he will DIE!"
That night Peter woke up at exactly 1:21 AM. Why he did without an alarm clock, he didn't know, but he changed his PJs into the Spider-Man jumpsuit and he swung out the window.
When he arrived at the George Washington Bridge, he saw the Green Goblin hovering over one of the pylons, his hand around Gwen's neck.
"Spider-Man." said the Goblin, "we meet for the last time!"
"Possibly." said Spider-Man, "But if one of us is going to die it will not be me or Gwen!"
"I must say I admire your new demeanor."
"Thank you." said Spider-Man, "Now let's finish this!"
"Before we handle that," the Goblin said, but instead of finishing his sentence, he dropped Gwen off the glider.
"No!" said Peter as he grabbed her hand.
"I can't hold on!" and Gwen's hand slipped out of Peter's. Peter managed to grab her arm instead.
"I wouldn't let go, anyway." said Spider-Man. However he found himself unable to hold on either, even with his increased strength. Gwen's arm slipped out of his hand.
"NO!" Peter yelled again.
"There's no way you can save her, Spider-Man." said the Goblin, "She's doomed, you hear me? Doomed!" But Spider-Man did not give up. He shot a web down, and just before she hit the water, the web latched onto her ankle. However he could not hear the sound that was made way down there, which even there was the quietest of noises, the sound almost like someone stepping on a rotten twig.
"YES!" he said as he hauled her up, "I did it! Spider-powers, I love you. Not only am I the most dashing hero on two legs, I'm easily the most versatile. Who else could save a falling girl from certain dea-" Peter stopped talking as soon as he saw Gwen up close. She wasn't conscious. "Gwen?" he said, "Can't you hear me?" he got no answer. "I saved you, baby. Don't you see?"
"Romantic idiot!" said the Goblin, "She was dead BEFORE your webbing reached her. Face it Spider-Man, a fall from that height would kill anyone BEFORE they struck the ground!" the Goblin flew away.
"No." Peter said, "Please don't be dead. I saved you baby." his voice got quieter, "I saved you." Peter's heart boiled with rage. Anger, fear, rage, power, all flowed through his veins. He wanted the one thing in the world that no man should want, revenge.
"I'll get you Goblin! You're the creep who's going to pay! I'm going to destroy you slowly... and when you start begging me to end it, I'll remind you of one thing, you killed the woman I love and for that you will die!"