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Chapter 28: An Unforgiveable Deed
Otto grunted as he just managed to grab onto the white wall of the Clock Tower. He slid a bit, hearing a screeching sound as the tentacles were scraping against the hard wall before he finally stopped sliding and resumed climbing up the wall until he reached the destroyed balcony; there were only pieces left of the platform but the rest was covered from the roof.
He stared at the view ahead before he let out a loud irritated scream.
Spider Man gasped, temporarily forgetting that he had the ability to shoot webs. He resumed free falling until he saw a trail of smoke gliding around. Eyes wide, he rejoined his senses and fired his webs so that he can chase the smoke though he had a high guess as to who it was.
Growling, Peter chased after the trail until he was able to identify the object. Of course it was him. It was always him.
"Not this time, Goblin! You're not getting away!" Spider Man shouted, releasing another pair of webs.
"Get away from me!" Goblin snarled.
Narrowing his eyes, Spider Man released his webs; this time, destroying the other engine but on purpose. Sensing that they were going down once more, the Goblin gave out an annoyed screech.
"Stop destroying my glider!" he shrieked.
Ignoring him, Spider Man steered the machine roughly until they landed, away from the city and to an old offsite place that had fences surrounding the building which was far away from them. It looked to be abandoned but Spider Man paid no attention to it since he quickly climbed up the glider and then grabbed the Goblin so that the two of them got off the machine, letting the glider to be electrified from the live hazardous wires, frying the glider.
"You just can't stop meddling into other people's business, can you?!" the Goblin spoke harshly while Spider Man pulled himself up. He barely got up since he received a harsh kick upwards to the face, forcing Peter to go back down. He felt the warm liquid trickling down his face, feeling the searing pain.
Irritated, the Goblin kicked Peter to the side so that he was able to pull the vigilante by the scruff of his suit.
"I should end you…" he whispered furiously. "But first…" he gleamed madly, shoving him back down to the ground. "I think I'm going to reward you with an interesting story…on how I came to be…"
"I…I don't need to hear your story…" Spider Man coughed. "I've always had my guesses as to who you are but my allies were always against it," he breathed heavily. "You're Norman Osborn."
If he hadn't had his terrifying green mask, Peter would've been able to see the horrible grin that was on his face.
"Very good! I suppose you earned a medal for guessing right," he sneered.
"But why? Why go through all of this trouble? What's your goal?" Spider Man asked irritated.
"My goal is to make myself known! That I'm not just some man that could be pushed around!"
Peter staggered to his knees. "But you're already a respected man! Going through a villainous path won't change anything! Everything you have worked for, it'll just fall. You'll fail. You have a son! Doesn't he mean anything to you!?"
"My son is nothing more than a weakling! He'll never become a man like how I was. He's pathetic, a nuisance. He means nothing to me."
"I don't believe that," Peter hissed. "Harry loves you, Norman. Even if you isolate from him, even if you don't bond with him, he still loves you. Isn't that enough to come home?"
The horrid sneer grew wider. "Aw, not feeling a little sentimental, are we? What's the matter? Upset that you, yourself, don't have any living relatives to love you…Peter?"
Peter froze, his breath suddenly got caught in his throat which made him unable to swallow the lump.
"How'd you—"
"Guess who you are? Pfft, easy! You may have not realize it Parker but you actually left clues behind. It was only a matter of time before someone—like me—to discover your true identity just as how you discovered mine. And speaking about that, how'd you found out?"
"Like you said, it's easy. Those isolations…the sudden attacks on college…I figured them out right when Harry invited me over to his house. You were barely around so I knew that the Goblin…the sudden appearance…I knew it had to be you." However, I'll give you credits for creating a diversion by having an explosion at the OsCorp, to throw me off trail so that I could think that it was someone else who was behind the mask."
"You must be very smart."
Peter narrowed his eyes as he pushed himself up. "Now my turn. How'd you know who I was?"
Norman chuckled. "Playing twenty questions, are we?" smirking, he continued. "I think it's odd how you or rather Spider Man to show up right as soon as Peter Parker vanishes. You only had to slip up once, Peter and from there, I was busy trailing you until I figured it out who you were. And of course, there's dear ol' Iron Man who's so over protective over you. He treats you like a kid, doesn't you? But ohh, when you're Spider Man…nonono! There's no boundaries on you! You're free as a bird, wishing to do whatever you please! And that's where I would want to make a deal with you."
"Why?"
Norman laughed. "Think about it. I could squash you like a bug if I wanted to. I could end your pathetic life right here and no one will care about you or even notice that you're gone. But if you and I join together, we'll be an unstoppable team! No one can stop us! We're both geniuses in our own way! Imagine what we could accomplish together…what we could create! Or destroy! Causing the deaths of countless innocents with our selfish battles again and again and again until we're both dead! Is that what you want? Think about it, Hero!"
Peter staring at his hand, having what Norman said process into his mind. They would both be an unstoppable force, that's for sure but is it worth it? No. Stop.
Peter Parker stands alone…
Peter shivered from the unexpected voice from Venom. Venom had been quiet for a while…
"No," Peter refused. "I have what I need here. I don't need to join a psychotic villain who does bad deeds."
Norman gave a small chuckle, letting his hand fall down. "You shouldn't have refused me, Hero. That was a bad choice indeed…" he snarled and began to advance on Norman.
Peter!
Snapping himself out of his thoughts, Peter quickly acted and not even letting Norman to attack, Peter delivered a blow to Norman's chest which forced him stumble backwards and into the live wires. Norman gave out a scream as the electricity burned out his flesh. Growling harshly, Norman picked himself up but Peter once again kicked him, having the Green Goblin to once more be pushed back into the wires, releasing another jolt of electricity through his body.
Peter panted, exhausted as he rested his hands on his knees, letting out a shaky breath.
T—thanks…
"Must…find…Spider Man…" Norman replied incoherently.
Spider Man scoffed. "With the way your memory is now, good luck with the search."
Lightning crackled as thunder boomed. Peter whirled around as he stared at the direction of where the thunderous rumble had taken place.
Iron Man.
In an instinct, Peter started to run towards the direction but he halted in his tracks, releasing his webs and trapped the disorientated Norman with them before he took off.
Iron Man grunted as he pushed himself up. This villain is proving to be difficult but even with the search he had conducted previously, it was still hard for him to defeat Otto.
Iron Man took a glance at his surroundings. He knew Spider Man had shown up but he still hasn't came back; he just hoped that wherever Peter is, he's alright.
Tony stole another glance at Stacy who seems to do alright. He was putting up a fight more than Tony realizes. He winced though when Stacy got smacked across the face from one of the robotic tentacles.
That's gonna leave a nasty scar.
Growling, Tony fired his repulsor but that only did little damage since the tentacle retreated back.
"Die, you fools!" Otto roared, annoyed that they were still living and because of that, they were in the way of Otto's goal.
Nevertheless, Stacy got up and resumed rapid fire at the man. He wasn't out to kill him but rather render him unconscious and to bring him to Justice for good.
Eyes narrowed, Otto used his arms as a shield, blocking the gunfire that was thrown at him.
"Enough!" Otto snarled as he then latched his arms onto the ceiling before he ripped it apart, having it crumbling it down.
Eyes wide, Tony immediately started to fly towards Stacy in time but Otto growled, not allowing him to get to the chief. Tony slammed himself against the already broken wall from the previous attack of the Goblin.
Tony tumbled down, away from the balcony. Nonetheless, he activated the boosters which helped him fly up and land.
The area was covered in dust but Tony quickly ignored it as he frantically started to search for Stacy.
"Jarvis!" Tony roared. "Find Stacy!" he shouted as he removed most of the rubbles.
"Sir...I've discovered a body...its...its Captain Stacy...sir...he's gone..."
Growling, Tony smashed the heavy boulder in half with his repulsor before getting rid of the others. At the last one, Tony felt his heart stop beating and his blood turned cold. Feeling numb, Tony lost his balance and fell to his knees, torn.
"No..." he croaked, picking up the lifeless body of Stacy.
"Stacy...Stacy!" Iron Man shook him though he knew it was useless. He lowered his head down, mourning for the loss.
A shaky hand came, gripping the metal of the suit.
"Tony..." Stacy gasped. "Win this...battle..."
And then, the arm dropped lifelessly to the ground. Trembling, Tony hugged the body before he gently put him back on the ground.
"Aww...not feeling emotionally...are we?"
Eyes flashing, Tony got up as he was shaking with rage.
"You'll pay for what you had done..." Iron Man seethed.
Otto cackled. "Not today!"
He released his tentacle, ready to strike him down. But just as Iron Man was ready to strike, something collided into the arm which made Otto stumble at the side.
"Too slow!" the newcomer replied as he attached himself on a broken half wall.
Growling, Otto flashed his eyes dangerously at the web crawler.
"Well if it isn't the pest, Spider Man. Here to rescue his daddy at the last minute..." he sneered. "Too bad you weren't here to face the death that already happened," he responded gleefully.
Spider Man narrowed his eyes. "What death?"
It was then that he looked around and he noticed that there were now only three instead of four.
He stared at the ground only to suddenly be hit from a ton of bricks. He lowered himself, staring at the body with numbness.
"Spider Man..." came the quiet voice of Tony. "He's gone..."
Peter stared helplessly and he quickly rush to the side of Stacy, cradling him.
"No...nonono..." Peter muttered incoherently.
He couldn't be gone...
Stacy...
Gwen.
Peter widened his eyes at the thought of how he was going to explain this to her...he couldn't...he can't.
But he owes her for that much.
"You murderer!" Peter roared, standing up after he placed Stacy back. "How could you?! He has a family! A daughter! How could you do this?!"
Otto chuckled. "Simple."
What he said next infuriated Peter as he said the next words slowly.
"I. Don't. Care."
Letting out a rage, Peter charged towards him and he could slightly feel Venom taking over.
Good.
Maybe he could finish this once and for all. If he finishes, there'll be no more deaths. No more pain. No more sleepless nights.
Otto fell backwards, tumbling down until he fell off the edge. Peter was about to destroy him but he felt a tight grip around his waist and Peter struggled to get free.
"Lemme go! Release me!" Peter demanded.
Iron Man refused and he whispered in his ear. "No, Peter...not like this..."
Two tentacles shot in the air before pinning it down to the ground, lifting Otto up.
"Let me go," Peter whispered, feeling himself falling down to his knees while he brought his head down.
"You see what you bring to this city, Spider Man?" Otto said softly. "You bring fear. You bring chaos. You bring death…And who's to blame but yourself? Surely, not Iron Man. He could only put restrain on you for a bit but you…you just break free and head into the city without a thought. You don't care what happens to the people."
Peter clenched his fists tightly; his head still being down. "No…" he muttered. "You're wrong. I do care what happens to this city. I'm not a curse nor a plague," he shrug off Iron Man's hold as he got up. "I may not be a perfect hero but at least, I can still fight back. I'm not afraid of the mistakes I make. Everyone does it. Because do you know why? It means that they're humans. But you…" he gritted his teeth. "You're going down."
Otto chuckled with amusement. "Nice speech. But all of this nonsense won't mean anything unless you actually do the deeds, don't you agree?"
Eyes flashing with determination, Peter walked towards him. "Right because you can't do anything while you're talking, huh?"
And then, Peter took a part of the broken wall and swung it towards Otto who simply had his tentacles hold the stone and tore it in half. That didn't stop Peter from running towards him though but Otto was quick and threw Peter out of the way, sending him flying away. As a result, Peter released an exclaim of shout.
"Jarvis, what do we know about the tentacles?" Tony asked as he dodged the menacing robotic arms before firing his own.
However, Peter immediately released his webs that got attached to the broken balcony rails and he launched himself forward like a slingshot so that he was going to perform a kick right at Otto. But as Peter flew forward, towards Otto, Iron Man released his attack just as Peter reached close to Otto. The beam went just slightly above Peter's legs and it struck Otto at the chest before Peter slammed his legs right at him with full force.
The two were sent crashing down into a new level (while Iron Man shouted: "Spider Man!") and the two were fighting each other. Peter grunted when he got slammed against the wall until they finally landed harshly against the ground. Peter gasped as he felt the wind knocked out of him but nevertheless, Peter forced himself to get up as he strained himself in the process.
Growling, Otto had his arms lift him up as the menacing arms danced around, clipping at each other.
"You think you could outmatch me!?" Otto shrieked before grabbing Peter by his ankle, dragging him upwards and then threw him through the clock's window. The window shattered and the clock got broken so that Peter is now lying on the handle that fell down straight; his body dangling.
Ripping apart a piece of a wall, Otto had it lifted as he walked towards Spider Man.
"You shall die!" he roared.
But before he could smash down the boulder, it got destroyed. Snarling, Otto turned himself around to see Iron Man flying down though Otto quickly threw more boulders at him in attempt to knock Iron Man out but that didn't happen. Iron Man instantly blasted the rocks all in one go and he flew into the dust that got created before delivering a punch that went across Otto's face.
Enraged, Otto continued to throw more objects at Iron Man though Tony dodged them with ease until Otto brought two of his arms, bringing them forward. Iron Man caught them and with his full strength, he started to bring them back; sort of like being in a tug o war.
"Stand down. Now," Tony growled. "Final warning."
"Never."
Peter hissed as he moved around. Luckily, he had Venom with him or otherwise he would face some serious injuries. Of course, he still has pain that went through his body but it wasn't that terrible.
Peter Parker needs to get up…he can still fight…we can still win.
With short breaths, Peter finally uttered the words, slightly shaking his head.
No…I…I…I need you…to go…Please…
Silence took forever and it feared Peter.
Venom…?
Peter Parker still needs us…
No…I don't want…to put you in anymore danger. I need you to get out. To get out of here…I know you now. You're not such a bad guy after all. You're just misunderstood, being used in a terrible way. I'm sorry…
Spider Man will die…
No, I won't…I still have Iron Man…He and I can finish. I just want you to start over. Find a new host and hopefully, you could figure out yourself. To become whatever you want to be.
Peter Parker…don't do…this…
I'm sorry, Venom. But it's the only way for you to live. Besides, I have enhanced healing ability, remember? I'm not going away anytime soon. This is not the end and it never is. Venom, please. Please do this…for me…?
NO! the voice wailed.
Please…Peter thought, shakily. Let me live.
And ever so slowly, Peter felt Venom sliding away from him. Inside of him, his DNA finally started to become red as the blackness faded away, disappearing until nothing was there. Wincing, Peter lifted his arm and he felt something slimy crawling on his until it reached at the tip of his finger. Peter stared at the form that lived inside him. He finally was able to see what Venom really was and needless to say, he was a bit…surprised. It resembled like a snake in some ways and the white eyes stared at Peter with a devastating look.
"Go…" Peter commanded.
And like that, the critter slipped away as Peter lowered his arm, allowing Venom to slither out of sight. Once he was gone, Peter released a pained gasp as he moved himself around, pushing himself up as he saw the scene in front of him.
Iron Man had managed to destroy one of the arms since it made a dying sound but not enough force to actually pull it off.
Iron Man…
Gritting his teeth, Peter finally got to his knees as he released another pair of webs that made him swing towards the fight. As Peter reached the scene, he slammed forward, having himself ram at Otto at the front. Ignoring the pain, Peter delivered a few punches across the face. Raging, Otto grabbed his wrist but Peter used his other hand though Otto also grabbed the free one as well. Otto then used his other arm and it wrapped around Peter's waist so that he was then flung across the room with the tentacle still attached to him. Peter crashed onto a wall before being thrown to the other side and then finally got smashed at the ground.
Giving out a frustrated shout, Peter ripped apart the arms that was on him and he flipped him over by using that tentacle Peter had just ripped apart from himself. Peter then released another set of his webs but Otto had his arms go in front of him, letting the webs get tied though the machine arm had just simply ripped them apart with ease. Otto then smacked Peter across but Peter landed on his feet before he flew towards Otto in attempt to get another punch on him. However, Otto quickly got onto his feet and slithered away in a quick blur, letting Peter punch at the ground instead.
The two then danced around the around the room, trying to get each other. Iron Man followed their trails of movements as he tried to shoot Otto with his repulsor. Growling, he deactivated them as he started to plan another idea.
Thinking, Iron Man flew up in the air as he started to make his plan by activating his repulsor once more. As he was about to fire them, an object collided into him, having him to slightly stumble forward but in doing so, it made him accidentally fire his repulsor.
"Damn it," Tony growled. "Do you guys mind watch where you throw?!" he roared.
However, he wasn't heard though he made his eyes go wide when he realizes that the repulsor was going to strike the extinguisher.
"Shit."
On the other hand, Otto threw a wall that was on him. That infuriating little insect was more persistent than he thought. Nevertheless, he was determined to finish him off even if it kills him. At least he can die easily, knowing that he had done the one thing every villain had struggled to do so. He threw the extinguisher but what Otto didn't realize was that there was another attack that was about to strike it.
As Peter was about to perform another attack of his own, the beam from Tony's struck the extinguisher and it send out an explosion, forcing the two to fly back from such a blast. Tony only got a little bit of it from the shockwave it got released.
Nevertheless, Tony quickly got up as he rushed towards Peter who groaned from the unexpected attack.
"Damn," Peter wheezed as he didn't realize that he was close to a window.
"You okay, Pete?" Tony asked, worried; his guard being dropped.
"Could've been worse but I'm spectacular…" Peter coughed, pushing himself up.
Tony helped him up but as he did, Peter suddenly felt his spider sense going off.
"Tony—"Peter started to speak but as he turned to face Tony, Peter gave out an alarm of cry as he saw the blade of the tentacle pierce right through Tony's armor.
Time seemed to be still for Peter as he watched the scene in slow motion. Peter had his eyes glued as Tony got whisked away from the side. He didn't even notice the malevolent grin from Otto as he threw Tony out of the window like a ragged doll.
Tony fell slowly until he was out of sight and was no more.
Author's Note: *slightly peeks out from her hiding spot* please don't kill me? *puppy eyes only to see the angry looks from the entire fandom* well damn…ehm…I'll buy…um…cookies? Happy endings? Um…um…a rainbow? Um...we're almost done the story...? Right then…okay…I'm gonna go now…fandom: GET HER! BURN HER TO THE GROUND! Me: *Runs aways*
