"Later, I've got to get to school." Lindsay said as she was on her way out.
"Have a good day." Lindsay's mother said.
"Try to stay out of trouble." Lindsay's father said as Lindsay left. "I really hope she does. I know she's trying to be a hero, but I wish she leave all the superhero stuff to Spider-Man."
"I know you're concerned about her, but she's proven she can take care of herself just fine." Lindsay's mother said. "Let's just let her do her thing." As the two was just going through their morning, they weren't aware of the danger that was happening just outside.
"Target locked." Brutal was in the neighborhood and he was getting ready to get to his own work. He took a missile launcher and aimed it at the Harning Apartment. "Sorry about this, but if you're really associated with a criminal, you're going down as well." He fired a missile and it flew over to the apartment. As soon as it made contact, an explosion went off that shook the whole building. Lindsay felt it on her way.
"What was that?!" Lindsay questioned and hurried back to her apartment. When she got there, there were flames burning and part of the building was wrecked. "Mom! Dad!"
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Midtown High
Paul was having his free period and he was looking over the latest news. More about Spider-Man and Blite and how they say they are still a pair of menaces to the city.
"Doesn't that jerk or my boss ever shut up and give it a rest?" Paul questioned.
"I'm going with no." Paul turned around and saw Monica.
"Hey, Monica. What's up?" Paul said as Monica took a seat next to him.
"Just hanging." Lindsay said. "Spider-Man is good, but you can't blame the news about that Blite. She was part of the Rainbow Gang, right?"
"Yeah, but she's obviously changed. She's done a lot of good." Paul said.
"True, but from what I heard, she's one of those girls that likes to act bad." Monica said. "Speaking of girls like that, I wonder where Lindsay is. It's not like her to cut class."
"Good point. I haven't seen her flirting at me all day." Paul said. "I'm not sure if I should be concerned or relaxed." As the two of them were talking about it, Paul's phone went off and saw it was her. "Lindsay?" He said as he answered. "Where are you?"
"Paul, please come to the hospital after school. I need to talk to you." Lindsay said.
"What's wrong?" Paul questioned.
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The Hospital
Lindsay told Paul what happened. As soon as he heard about it, he rushed over to the hospital as soon as school was over. When he got in the lobby, he found Lindsay sitting in one of the chairs.
"Lindsay!" Paul called out and he noticed him. She got up and hugged him for coming. "Are your parents okay?"
"I'll show you." Lindsay said. Lindsay led the way to her parents. After that attack, both of her parents got greatly injured. She showed him their room and the two stayed out to let them rest.
"How awful." Paul said as her parents were covered in bandages.
"Luckily, doctors say both of them will be able to live." Lindsay said.
"How did this happen?" Paul questioned.
"Our apartment was attacked right as I was leaving for school." Lindsay said. "An explosion went off and both of them needed so serious help. For a second, I thought I lost them again." She kept her head down and Paul felt so bad for her.
"I'm sorry. I know what it's like to lose a parent." Paul said. "You said your apartment was attacked. Any idea who was behind it."
"I do." Lindsay said as she had a dead serious look and gave a dark feeling. "It was Brutal."
"Brutal? That maniac? How do you know it was him?" Paul said.
"Some people claim they saw him and it does fit his style. People saw a miniature missile fly through air." Lindsay said and turned away from him. "He just made a big mistake."
"Lindsay, I know you must be upset, but are you feeling anything else?" Paul said. "I'm starting to get a bad feeling."
"I thought I would never see my parents again when they were held captive by Goldberg. That feeling came back today." Lindsay said. "I don't ever want that feeling again."
"So what are you going to do?" Paul questioned as Lindsay was leaving. Somehow he knew he wasn't going to like the answer.
"Whatever it takes to get this guy. He messed with my parents? He's going to see just how badly he screwed up." Lindsay said. Paul was right. He doesn't know what she's going to do, but he knows it's not going to go well.
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The Daily Bugle
"A scoop to the hero: Spider-Man? That's not happening because he is no hero." Jamesith said as he talked over the phone. "Get back to me when you have something that is actually true." He slammed the phone on his desk to end the call. "What is wrong with the people of this city? What does Spider-Man have to do to prove he's a menace? Break a window?" That's just what happened as someone smashed through, but it was Blite instead of Spider-Man.
"Hello. You're Mr. Jamesith, right?" Lindsay said.
"You're that chick, Blite. You're Spider-Man's menacing friend? Are you his girlfriend?" Jamesith said. Normally, Lindsay would have loved to hear that, but she's actually not in the mood. She grabbed him by the collar of his shirt and pinned him to the wall.
"I didn't come here to be a critic." Lindsay said. "I want information. I want you to tell me everything about that maniac named Brutal."
"Brutal?" Jamesith questioned.
"You hired him. You brought him here to New York." Lindsay said. "If I find out you're the one who sent him to attack today, you're in a lot more trouble."
"I don't know what you're talking about. I cut all ties with him after I learned how much of a threat he is." Jamesith said.
"Just tell me anything you can about how I can find him before I get really mad!" Lindsay said as she was about to strike him, but a web was shot and landed on her hand. Both of them looked to see Spider-Man showed up.
"That's enough, Blite. Let him go." Paul said.
"Oh joy. Now I have both menaces in my office." Jamesith said.
"I agree that Jamesith should be taken down a notch, but you're going a little far." Paul said. "This isn't the right way to track Brutal. Put him down." Lindsay didn't want to fight with Paul. So she did what he said and dropped him. "Jamesith, Brutal attacked a couple innocent people. You're the only one we can think of that can tell us where he is. He has to be stopped."
"While I agree that he is a madman, how am I suppose to know where he is?" Jamesith said.
"Because it's your fault he's here to begin with." Paul said. "You were the one that hired him to destroy me."
"True, but I severed all ties with him. I don't know where he could be." Jamesith said.
"Forget this. I'm not wasting time by playing Twenty Questions. I know one other who can tell me what I need to know." Lindsay said and was about to leave, but Paul grabbed her and stopped her.
"Blite, I know you're upset, but I don't like how you're handling this." Paul said.
"I'm not going to let you stop me. Sorry, Spidey." Blite said and kicked him in the gut. Blite went through the window and escaped.
"You always have been known to attract freaks." Jamesith said.
"Like there are any girls knocking on your door." Paul said and took off after Lindsay before she does something crazy.
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Ryker's Island
"Don't take too long. This guy really shouldn't be out of his cell for very long." A police officer said. Lindsay changed back to her regular clothes and went to Ryker's for a visit. "I'm a little surprised that anyone would come to see him."
"We've met each other before and I need to ask him a few questions." Lindsay said. Lindsay took a seat at a visitor's post and grabbed a hold of the phone.
"Hello, Lindsay. It's been so long." The person was the one person Lindsay hoped she would never see again: Goldberg.
"How the mighty have fallen." Lindsay said. "I'm glad you're stuck in this place. I wish I could enjoy it some more, but I didn't come here for a friendly visit."
"I had a feeling that's what this wasn't about." Goldberg said. "So why did you come all this way to see little old me?"
"My parents were attacked by Brutal. I want to know if you were the one that sent him." Lindsay said. Goldberg just laughed at that. "Don't laugh!" She slammed her palm against the glass. "I'm in no mood. I nearly lost my parents before because of you. I won't let that happen again. You're the kind of guy that takes revenge and I did betray you when you almost ruined my life."
"Careful, my dear. You're sounding like a crazy person." Goldberg said. "Lindsay, I've been locked up in here since Valentine's Day and the Rainbow Gang have been recently thrown back in here themselves. So how could I be the one who sent Brutal to attack your folks?"
"Cause you're a conniving, moneygrubbing, overweight troll." Lindsay said.
"I'm sorry, but I don't know anything about Brutal. I'm innocent this time." Goldberg said. "However, if you're looking for Goldberg, he might be looking for Blite or Spider-Man. I'm sure if they roam around the city enough, he'll come to them."
"Fine." Lindsay said and ended her little visit.
"It was lovely seeing you again, my dear." Goldberg said with a smirk of satisfaction.
…...
Lindsay
Lindsay actually followed Goldberg's advice. She changed back into her costume and was roaming around the city to find Brutal. She was actually trying to stand out as much as possible to get Brutal to come out.
"Where is he?" Lindsay wondered. "Was I just fooling myself? I actually listened to Goldberg. No matter. I'm going to find him and take him down." Lindsay walked around on the rooftops, but she wasn't aware that Brutal was already close.
"I knew you would come out eventually." Brutal said as he was about to shoot another missile. "They're like lambs to the slaughter." Brutal fired another missile and thought that would finish Blite off.
"Blite!" Paul came swinging in and got her out of the way before the missile could hit her.
"Nice save." Lindsay said.
"There he is." Paul said as they spotted him.
"Good. Now let me go." Lindsay said.
"You really are losing it. I'm not letting you fight him." Paul said.
"You can't stop me." Lindsay said as she pushed herself off from him and landed across from Brutal.
"I knew you would come out eventually." Brutal said.
"I want to know why you attacked those innocent people in that apartment you blew up earlier." Lindsay said.
"I did that to get to you." Brutal said. Lindsay was a little concerned that her identity was out. "I heard that they have some ties to you and you're a criminal. I'm bringing you down."
"I've change. Who told you that?" Lindsay questioned.
"I don't need to explain anymore to you." Brutal said as he changed his missile launcher to its saw form. He charged right at her to attack, but Lindsay slid under his attack. She jumped up and kicked him right in the head, but the mask soften the blow. "People wonder why I wear the mask." He reached out and grabbed her with him throwing her to the floor. He was about to cut her in two, but Paul shot a couple webs and pulled her out of the way.
"Blite, I need you to calm down." Paul said, but Lindsay wasn't listening as she kept the fight going. "Blite, stop! It's not worth it!" Lindsay wasn't listening. She kept trying quick attacks him, but Brutal was doing his best to block each of her attacks.
"What are you getting so worked up about?" Brutal said.
"None of your business." Lindsay said as she kept trying to get a hit in.
"She's going to get killed." Paul said as he raced over to help her. Brutal swung his saw at Lindsay, but she jumped out of the way. Paul slid between his legs and webbed his legs for him to trip.
"You want some too? Okay." Brutal said as he had his weapons change form again and launch a missile. Paul jumped over it and shot a web to catch that missile. He tossed it to the sky so it wouldn't hurt anyone. Brutal got back up and was going to try again, but Lindsay jumped to try and kick him with both legs. Brutal saw the attack coming and knocked her back. That was when Paul shot a couple webs and used them like a slingshot for him to tackle Brutal and it forced him to drop his weapon.
"Without that, you got nothing." Paul said.
"Think so?" Brutal said as he grabbed him and tossed him off.
"You're mine!" Lindsay said as she jumped right on him. She ripped the mask off to get a clear shot at his face. She kept driving her fist against him and kept beating him around with him moving back. Lindsay wasn't stopping at anything. Brutal was finally able to smack her off, but he was near the edge of the roof and lost his footing. He fell, but was able to grab the edge and held for dear life. Lindsay walked over and stomped on his hand so he fall. "You messed with the wrong people."
"Blite, stop it." Paul said. "Listen, I know you want revenge, but this isn't right. I get how you feel. How do you think I felt when I faced the man who killed my father? I wanted nothing more than to make him pay, but the Craze Killer got to him before me."
"That means you'll never get your revenge." Lindsay said.
"I know, but perhaps that's a good thing." Paul said. "I wondered what would have happened if I got my hands on him. I probably would have done something I would have ended up regretting. Revenge is like a poison and it gets worse if you let it control you. Blite, this isn't you. Don't do something you will regret. If you do, I'll have to stop you myself. Do you want us to fight as well?" Lindsay didn't want that, but she didn't want to do something so extreme either. The only thing she could do was let go.
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Reserved Waters
"Lindsay, this is a serious issue." Peter said. Lindsay decided to let Brutal live, but he was still taken into custody. They paid a visit to Peter and Peter was lecturing Lindsay about her actions.
"I know. It just felt like I was going to lose my parents like with what happened with Goldberg." Lindsay said.
"You made the right decision in the end, but you better watch it next time." Peter said. Lindsay understood as she felt like a child who just disappointed their parent.
"No way!" Paul shouted as he was looking at the news.
"What?" Lindsay said.
"Look." Paul said as he showed the news on the computer. It said that Goldberg and the Rainbow Gang have escaped from jail.
"No!" Lindsay said.
"I thought it was strange how Brutal knew your parents were connected to Blite." Paul said. "That whole thing was really just to distract us so they could escape."
"I think you might be right." Peter said.
"So be it." Lindsay said. "If they want to fight, they got it." Lindsay's ready, but Goldberg is back in New York and beating him won't be easy a second time.