Vol 2 Issue 15: Unexpected Infiltration
At the underground of Mountain Glenn
The Goblin Nation are currently getting everything in their underground base in order, ranging from Goblin soldiers organizing some boxes and R.H.I.N.O. armor suits to Goblin Guards and Ultron Bots handling some bombs for some unknown reason. Norman Osborn is standing on top of one of the trains until Roman Torchwick, now known as the Goblin Knight, flies and land behind his master, kneeling.
"What do you want, Torchwick?" Norman asked his Knight without turning around to face him.
"I'm here to inform you that Spider-Man has been spotted in the city again, taking down more of our hypnotized army, as well as a few White Fang members that haven't been infected yet." Torchwick informs him while still kneeling behind Osborn.
"Hmm. Had a feeling he would show his face again. That boy doesn't seem to know when to truly quit." Osborn said, not surprised about Spider-Man's return. "Ah well, it doesn't matter. His disappearance did give me enough time to rebuild my Dimensional Transporter, now using the Vibranium I stole from my world. Now no one can stop my eventual conquest, no matter how hard they try." He said before turning his body to face his Goblin Knight. "By the way, Torchwick, how is your new power? The one you developed after getting infected by the ISO-OZ formula?" He asked his slave.
Torchwick smirks as he stands up to face his master. "Works like a charm. Although I did accidently kill a few of our men when testing it out though." He told Osborn with a smile. "I can't WAIT to test it out on those troublesome kids, especially Spider-Man." He said with a small laugh.
"You'll have your chance to fight the Spider. Just make sure you don't fail unless you want to test my wrath." Osborn warned his lackey.
"By the way, how about that other guy you once told me about? The fighter from the other dimension? How's he doing?" Torchwick asked his master.
"You mean Akuma?" Osborn asked him, with Roman nodding in response. "Don't worry. Akuma's fine. Ever since our battle, I infected him with my ISO-OZ formula, making him another one of my slaves, as well as being my strongest lieutenant. Right now, he's training on some other island in the world, and he'll come when he is needed."
"This 'Akuma' character really likes to waste time flexing his muscles, don't he?" Torchwick asked him.
"Yes he does, and with the ISO-OZ formula, he is almost as strong as me. Keyword: ALMOST." Osborn said to get his point across that Akuma is still no match for him, even with his new power. "I will say, when I injected the ISO-OZ formula into him, it had an interesting effect on him as his body was taking a different form, a bit different from the norm." He said.
"Why is that, exactly?" Torchwick asked him.
Osborn puts his hand under his chin to think. "I theorize it might have to do with his Satsui No Hado of his. Combining it with the ISO-OZ formula must have overtaken him and given him a new form. I'm still looking into it, but one thing is for certain, he is, and always will be, under my control, no matter what." He said to Torchwick before walking away from his henchman.
"Osborn, may I ask, where are you going?" Torchwick asked his master.
"There's something that I want to investigate in this mountainous area, something that I have been doing some research on and from what I learned from Cinder's plan thanks to MACH-X." Osborn answered him as he continues walking away. "If I'm right, whatever is in this mountain, will make taking over the dimensions a lot easier for me…" He said before stopping and turning his head to Torchwick with a devious smile. "And to piss off Cinder even more. I can't wait to see the look on her face when her plans fall apart without her knowing about it." He said to him.
"Then, what about the Spider?" Torchwick asked him, worried that Spider-Man might interfere. "Aren't you worried that he might show up?"
"Please, Torchwick. We're outside the city and it's getting late. I doubt the Spider has time to interfere when he has no idea where I am now. Besides, I hear he's going to be busy tonight." Osborn answered him.
"Busy? With what?" Torchwick asked as Osborn continues walking away.
"A dance." Norman simply replied as he vanishes from sight.
That night at Beacon Academy
"Little Spider…Little man…Little Avatar of the Great Weaver…Doesn't understand." A random voice said, talking to Peter in his dreams. "NEVER understood. What you WERE. What you ARE. What you are BECOMING." The voice continues to tell him crypt stuff. "You were Bitten. The venom was INSIDE you. The SPIDER was INSIDE you. But YOU couldn't FACE that…couldn't ACCEPT that…And what do we do with those parts of us we cannot face, cannot accept?" The random voice continued talking until Peter hears another voice calling out to him, now sounding a lot more familiar.
"Peter? You there?" Peter opens his eyes to see Blake helping him out to tie his bow, as the two of them are in their dorm, almost done getting dressed so they can attend the Beacon Dance. The hidden Spider hero is wearing a black suit with some red lines and a white vest, as well as a bow. Blake is wearing a short, purple, asymmetrical, halter neck dress that is split up the right side and has a black collar. Translucent black mesh covers her shoulders, decolletage and back, and decorative black swirls cover the left side of the dress and continue up the left strap. The outfit is completed with black pumps.
"Huh, yeah I was. Just dazed off there for a second." Peter answered her.
"Well, hold on. I'm just about done." Blake said as she finishes tying his bow. "There. Finish." She said with a smile as she steps back a bit. "Well, how do you look?" She asked him as Peter looks at himself in a mirror in their dorm.
"I look like a monkey man in a suit." Peter answered as he stares at himself in the mirror.
"No, that would be Sun. You're more of a spider man in a suit. Get it? Spider…man." Blake made an unfunny pun, making Peter groan in disgust.
"That was terrible." Peter commented.
"Coming from you, that's a complement." Blake said with a smirk on her face since Peter's jokes were never funny.
"Ha ha. Funny." Peter said in an unamused tone.
"Thanks. I'm improving." She said, causing Peter to lower his head and groan again.
He looks back up to see that Blake's bow is a bit loose and crooked. "Your bow. It's a bit loose." Peter said as he walks up behind her. "Here. Let me fix it." He offered as he starts fixing her bow to cover her cat ears.
"Peter, you don't have to do this. I could've done it myself." Blake told him.
"Well, I still have to make it up to you girls for my recent absent." Peter said as he finishes tying her bow.
"Peter, no one's mad at you for leaving. We all understood why." Blake said with a smile, although Peter looks a bit depressed, still feeling bad for what they had to go through with the Goblin. Blake takes Peter's hand to get his attention. "Come on, we should head out. Yang will be angry if you show up late, and you don't like it when she's angry." She told him.
Peter smiles. "Blake, I'm friends with the Hulk and his cousin. Compared to them, Yang has nothing on their anger, especially the Hulk." He informed her.
"Still, if you want to live, you should start going unless you want to get slammed to the ground." She told her friend. "And try not to do anything Spider-Man related tonight."
"I'll try my best. And you should go find monkey boy before he takes a banana as his date" He said.
Blake nods and smiles as she heads out the door, with Peter following behind her so he can lock the door. As he does that, he hears that same voice from before, the one that was talking to him a few minutes ago. "It is time. You have been ignoring us for so long. Accept us, Parker. Accept who WE are. Accept who YOU are. Embrace THE OTHER, unless you aren't WORTHY of our power." The voice tells him. Peter looks around his dorm, wondering where that random voice is coming from but finds nothing. The boy simply shrugs and closes the door to his dorm, not noticing that a couple of small spiders on the corner of his room were watching him before they disappear to the air.
In a large ballroom, filled with decorations and a large collection of flowers, Yang, in a short white dress with black heels as she stands at a podium. The doors in front of her open and she flips out upon seeing who walks in. "Ooohh, you look beautiful!" Yang happily expressed as she sees her sister walking in, along with Peter walking next to her.
Ruby groans as she looks distressed in her red dress with black lace, belt, and pumps. "Can we have a serious talk about how Weiss fights in these?" She asked as she tries to maintain her balance.
"I ask myself that exact question whenever I see girls fight in those." Peter said as Ruby struggles to walk to the podium, much to her laughing sister's amusement.
Meanwhile outside, Sun is seen walking around and wearing a new black jacket (closed up) with a white tie hung around his neck, which he proceeds to fight with before going inside.
"Stupid…dumb…neck trap!" Sun said as he stops to fix his tie.
"I knew you'd look better in a tie." Blake said from the distance to get Sun's attention. The monkey faunus stops his struggling and stares at the dark purple dress and bright blue bow worn by Blake, now looking like she traded her dark bags for violet eyeshadow, as she steps forward and takes him by the arm.
"Sooo, does this mean we're going…together?" Sun asked her as they walk to the ballroom.
"Technically, though my first dance is spoken for." Blake replied.
Inside the ballroom, streamers are hung through glass chandeliers, pink and blue balloons are everywhere, and students in dark suits and bright dresses are stepping with each other to the music between the white-clothed tables. Blake is spun around by Yang before they curtsey to one another, and Sun comes up and takes his date's hands as Yang gestures for him to do so. She goes to hang with Ruby, Peter and Weiss (in a similar white dress as Yang's) in the back of the room, watching Blake laugh and enjoy herself before smiling at her team.
"Aw, look at our little cat, dancing with a monkey." Peter said as he observes them dancing.
"You know, that sounds really weird when you say it like that." Weiss told him as she turns her head to him.
"Hey, it's less weird when it's a spider and a cat." Peter replied, remembering his adventures with Black Cat back on Earth and the constant flittering the two do to each other, mostly Black Cat.
"Sooo, what do we do now?" Ruby asked her fellow teammates.
"Just have fun! C'mon, Pete!" Yang said as she grabs Peter's hand. "We're gonna check the remaining guests before we have fun, alright?" She asked him.
"Sure, but let me get some punch first." Peter said as he goes to get some punch, with Yang walking back to the podium, with Weiss going the opposite direction, leaving Ruby all by her lonesome.
"Does that mean I can change out of these stupid things and into my hood now?" Ruby shouted at Yang, but gets no answer. "Stupid lady stilts!" She said while waddling around in her painful footwear.
"Not enjoying yourself?" Ozpin asked Ruby, who is surprised to see her headmaster next to her.
Ruby shakes her head and laughs. "Oh, no, everything's fine! I'm just not much of a fancy pantsy…dancey girl." She said to him.
"Well, you can't spend your whole life on the battlefield, even if you may want to." Ozpin told her.
"Yeah, that lesson's been floating around a lot lately." Ruby said in an annoyed tone while crossing her arms.
"If you think about it, fighting and dancing aren't so different. Two partners interlocked, although one wrong move on the ballroom merely leads to a swollen foot." Ozpin started explaining to her as he stares at the dancing couples in the room.
"Or a twisted ankle." Ruby said while looking down at her feet.
"It's not every day that friends are able to come together like this. Time has a way of testing our bonds, but it's nights like these that can help keep them stronger than ever. Nights like these are ones we'll never forget." Ozpin finished explaining to her, with Ruby smiling at his words of wisdom. She then turns her head at the sound of the doors opening. Yang is back behind the podium, and smiles at the new arrivals.
"You guys are just in time!" Yang told the newcomers, which so happens to be Mercury and Emerald, as the two step into the ballroom.
"Wouldn't miss it for the world." Mercury said to her.
Peter walks back to the podium as he holds two cups of punch for himself and his date. "Yo, Yang. Got you some punch." He said as he offers her some punch.
"Thanks, Pete." She happily said and accepted the punch.
"So, you're Peter Parker?" Emerald asked the boy, gaining his attention.
"Yeah. Who are you guys?" Peter asked the two.
"The name's Emerald Sustrai, and my partner here is Mercury Black." She said as Mercury waves at Peter.
"Mercury and Emerald? Sounds like a weird tag-team." Peter said to the two.
Emerald sighs. "It is. This guy just likes to give me trouble." She said.
"C'mon. You like me. Don't deny it." Mercury said to tease her, with Emerald giving him an angry look, but he remains unfazed. He then looks back at Peter. "By the way, we heard you are the one who takes pictures of Spider-Man. Might we ask how you do it, and if you have any connections to him?" He asked Peter.
Before Peter could give them some form of answer, Yang puts her hand on his left shoulder. "Sorry, guys, but that's a Parker family secret. C'mon, Pete." She said as she drags Peter by the hand and to the dance floor.
"Hey, be careful with my hand! I told you, I need it to wear hats!" Peter told her as the two leave Emerald and Mercury alone.
"Well, guess we have to try later then." Emerald said to Mercury.
"Still don't see why Cinder wants us to keep a close eye on him. But whatever, orders are orders." Mercury said with a shrug before the two of them head to the dance floor, where random students are schmoozing at the dance floor.
Bartholomew Oobleck is shown to be listening intently as Peter Port laughs over some unheard anecdote. Ozpin is standing off to the side with Glynda until General James Ironwood offers his hand for her to dance with him. Jaune approaches Ruby, who is standing pensively near the refreshments tables.
"I see you're hiding at the punch bowl too." Jaune said to her.
"Yep." Ruby simply replied.
"To the socially awkward." Jaune said, causing Ruby to giggle as they clink their glasses.
"I guess things didn't work out with Weiss." Ruby said to him, aware that Jaune was trying to ask Weiss out to the dance but it didn't work out since she was interested in Neptune.
"Eh, it's fine." Jaune said, not entirely fazed that he didn't go out with Weiss. "Neptune's pretty 'cool.' I get why she went with him."
"What do you mean?" Ruby asked him, confused on what he's talking about.
"Well, come on, not many people can pull off blue hair." Jaune said while drinking from his punch.
"No, I mean, Weiss came to the dance alone." Ruby told him, causing Jaune to choke in surprise.
"Uh, what?" Jaune asked as he turns to Ruby. They turn around to see Weiss trying desperately to coax life out of a wilting white rose. When she fails, she looks visibly upset.
"Yeah, she said that she had too much focus on to worry about boys." Ruby told him. Laughter draws Weiss' attention to Sun, Blake, and Neptune as the latter entertains the others with some impressions and other silly faces. Jaune, shown to be observing as well, becomes visibly perturbed.
"Hold my punch." Jaune said in a low growl. He hands Ruby his glass and no sooner than he vanishes from sight does she choose to drink from his cup. As Jaune makes his way across the room, shoving other students aside he stops short and watches as Pyrrha passes by. He watches her walk glumly up the stairs and seems to have a change of heart.
Jaune walks up behind Pyrrha as she stands on the balcony. "Hey, Pyrrha." Jaune greeted her as he stops walking.
Pyrrha turns around to face him. "Hello, Jaune."
"You okay? I haven't seen you tonight." Jaune asked her as he approaches his friend.
"Arrived late, I'm afraid." Pyrrha said, turning back to the balcony.
"Well, you look really nice." Jaune complemented her.
Pyrrha raises her hand near her mouth. "Thank you." She said as her hand falls away.
"Your, uh, date isn't going to beat me up for saying that, is he?" Jaune asked her as he nerviously tips on his nose.
"I think you're safe for tonight." Pyrrha replied.
"So, where is the guy?" Jaune asked as he rubs his hand.
Pyrrha turns back toward Jaune, with her head sinking in melancholy. "There is no guy."
"What?" Jaune chuffs nervously.
"Nobody asked me." Pyrrha said, shaking her head glumly.
"But that's…" Jaune gestures towards her. "You're Pyrrha Nikos!" He said with a shrug, dumbfounded. "H-How could nobody ask you?" He asked her.
Pyrrha turns toward the balcony. "I've been blessed with incredible talents and opportunities. I'm constantly surrounded by love and praise, but when you're placed on a pedestal like that for so long, you become separated from the people that put you there in the first place." She said, turning back to Jaune. "Everyone assumes I'm too good for them. That I'm on a level they simply can't attain. It's become impossible to form any sort of meaningful relationship with people. That's what I like about you. You treated me just like anyone else. And thanks to you, I've made friendships that will last a lifetime. I guess, you're the kind of guy I wish I was here with. Someone who just saw me for me." She finished talking to him, giving Jaune a look before walking away while he simply stares in astonishment.
"W-Wai-!" Jaune called out to Pyrrha, who ignores him and turns to a corner. Suddenly, Neptune appears on the balcony, gesturing toward Jaune.
"Hey, uh, Jaune, right?" Neptune asked him.
Jaune sighed. "Yeah."
"This party's pretty lame, huh? I mean, ballroom dancing. Pfft." Neptune told him.
"Yeah." Jaune said again, looking back out over the balcony.
"Cute girls, though, huh?" Neptune asked him, gesturing back to the dance.
Jaune growls as he turns back to Neptune with a gesture. "Is that all you think about?"
"Huh?" Neptune asked confused.
"Do you even care about the girls you're hitting on? How they feel about you?" Jaune asked Neptune, mad that Neptune is simply a one minded guy who only cares about girls.
"Whoa!" Neptune said, throwing his palms up. "Where's this coming from?" He asked Jaune.
"How could you just turn her down like that?" Jaune asked him as he opens his arms wide.
"Wait, h-who?" Neptune asked him, confused on who he's referring to.
"Weiss!" Jaune answered him.
"I, uh…it, uh…it just didn't work out, you know?" Neptune told him.
"What?" Jaune questioned his thinking. "You think that you're too cool, too many other options? Weiss Schnee asked you to the dance. What in the world could possibly keep you from go-."
"I can't dance!" Neptune interrupted him, looking shamefully at the ground.
"Beg your pardon?" Jaune asked him calmly.
"I can't dance, man!" Neptune confessed.
"But…you're so cool!" Jaune said.
"Thank you. I try really, really hard."
"You would rather break a girl's heart and go to a dance alone than just admit to everyone that you can't move in rhythm to music?" Jaune asked him.
"That about sums it up, yeah."
Jaune turns back to the balcony. "Well, I certainly feel a lot better about myself." He said.
"Please don't tell anybody." Neptune said to him while raising his palms. "Look, if you want Weiss, she's all yours. I don't wanna get in your way."
Jaune turns back towards Neptune, placing his palms on the stone banister. "Do you like her?" He asked Neptune.
"Yeah, I mean I don't know her too well yet, but she seems pretty cool."
"Then just go talk to her." Jaune said, trying to help out Neptune. "No pickup lines, no suave moves, just be yourself. I've heard that's the way to go." He said while crossing his arms.
"Yeah, but then-."
"Hey!" Jaune stopped him from talking further. "You don't have to look cool all the time. In all honesty, if you could be a little less cool, I'd really appreciate it." He said to him.
Neptune considers Jaune's advice. "Yeah, okay." He accepted Jaune's help.
"Go talk to her. I guarantee it'll make her night." Jaune said.
"Thanks. You're a really cool guy, Jaune." Neptune said as he approaches Jaune, holding his fist out for a bump.
"Alright, don't lie to my face." Jaune said as the two of them fist pump and Neptune walks away. Jaune then sighed by himself. "All right, only one thing left to do." He said to himself.
Back in the ballroom dance floor, Peter and Yang currently slow dancing with each other. "You know? I think we really needed this." Yang said to him.
Peter takes a quick look around to see Blake and Sun also slow dancing while Ren and Nora are Waltzing. He also sees Penny dancing alone, guarded by two Atlas Soldiers. The spider hero smiles as he looks back at Yang. "Yeah, and you did a great job planning it too!" He told her.
"Aw, thanks!" Yang said while hugging Peter, almost crushing him. "It wasn't all me, though. Weiss did a lot too." She said.
"Yeah…I can see that." Peter said while getting crushed, looking at Weiss as Neptune approaches her and rubs his neck nervously. Weiss invites him to sit with her.
Yang let's go of Peter, as the hero regains his strength and breath. "Tomorrow it's back to work." She chuffs.
"Yeah, so we can prevent Armageddon." Peter said since they still have to find and stop Goblin.
"Don't you mean: GOBLINgeddon?" Yang asked him with a smirk.
Peter groans from that terrible pun while Yang just laughs at him. "Anyways, hopefully tomorrow we can handle whatever twisted plan Goblin has in store for us. I hope." He said, not sure how they can beat an immortal, godlike Goblin. Suddenly, fits of laughter and giggles draw their attention.
"I guess some people found my pun funny." Yang said, looking around to see why everyone is laughing all of a sudden.
Peter looks around as well until he finds the source of why everyone is laughing. "I think I found out why everyone is not laughing at your pun." He said to her, as the two of them see Jaune, wearing a white dress with a blue ribbon approaching Pyrrha. Peter pinches his nose as he shakes his head, feeling bad for Jaune.
"Uh, why is Jaune wearing that?" Yang asked him, confused on what is going on. "Did he lose a bet or something?" She asked.
"I'm not sure." Peter answered her. "Although, this does remind of that time Flash Thompson had to wear a cheerleader's dress for Halloween after losing a bet to me if I brought a cute date to my Fall Formal at Midtown." He told her.
"Really? Who did you bring?" Yang asked him.
"Mary Jane Watson. She's a redhead, like Pyrrha." Peter answered her.
"But I'm more charming, right?" Yang asked with a smirk, pointing at herself.
"Heh. Can't deny that." Peter said with a smile.
Meanwhile, Jaune has finally made his way to Pyrrha, with the latter looking at him funny. "Jaune?" She asked him.
"Eh, a promise is a promise." Jaune replied, causing Pyrrha to smile, then giggle, and then bust out laughing.
"You didn't have to!" Pyrrha said.
"Hey, an Arc never goes back on his word." Jaune said as he extends his hand to Pyrrha. "Now do you wanna stand there and laugh at me, or do you wanna dance?" He asked her.
Pyrrha offers her own hand to him. "I would love to dance." She said before Jaune pulls her to him and sweeps her away.
"Ren. This…is…happening!" Nora said, flailing excitedly.
"Wait, what 'is happening'?" Ren asked as he looks in front of him before getting dragged by Nora and to the dance floor with Pyrrha and Jaune.
"You might love this next song." Yang said to Peter.
"I will?" Peter asked confused.
Yang nods her head and points at the DJ. "HIT IT!" She shouted.
BGM- Spectacular Spider-Man TV Show- Theme Song (Special Request by Ultrasonic215)
Suddenly, the music changed into another Spider-Man theme, with everyone in the crowd cheering very loudly at it. Peter's eyes widen in awe as everyone starts dancing to the music.
"Think of it as another homecoming gift." Yang said before kissing Peter in the cheek. "Nice to have you back, Pete." She told him.
While everyone is dancing causally to the amazing theme song, Team JNPR is performing a short but elaborately choreographed dance, culminating in Jaune spinning Pyrrha.
"I had no idea you were a dancer." Pyrrha said to her partner.
"Yeah, well, these things tend to happen when you grow up with seven sisters." Jaune said, dipping Pyrrha and then spins her away.
Neptune and Weiss are shown to be watching the dancers. "So, what made you change your mind?" Weiss asked him.
"Huh?" Neptune said.
"You said you were embarrassed at first. What made you come talk to me?" Weiss asked him.
"You're looking at him." Neptune said as they both watch Jaune dancing with Pyrrha. "You got some good friends looking out for ya." He said to her.
Jaune and Pyrrha continue to dance. Ren and Nora do a kind of disco dance, Sun, Blake, Peter, and Yang join the mix and Penny and an Atlas guard are showing doing the "robot". Meanwhile, Mercury and Emerald are shown to be observing the students from the next tier.
"It appears all the dancers have partners." Emerald said to someone through her ear-bud.
"Including Parker?" Cinder asked her through the other line.
"Yes, he's down there dancing with the blond one." Emerald said, observing Peter and Yang on the bottom floor as the former performs some crazy spider-like moves.
"Good." Cinder said.
"Why should we worry about this guy again?" Mercury asked, still don't see Peter as much of a threat.
"Just shut up and keep a close eye on him." Cinder said to him. "Anyways, how long do I have?" She asked.
"You should probably be home by midnight, to be safe." Mercury replied to her.
Cinder is seen outside somewhere, wearing black clothes, holding her fingers to her ear. "I'll keep my eye on the clock."
"Be careful, Cinder. Spider-Man might show up at any moment." Emerald warned her through the ear-bud.
"Oh, I'm sure he's too busy rescuing some lady friend somewhere." Cinder said with a smile, seeing how she's the only one out of the three who knows that Peter is Spider-Man and is too busy with the dance.
Ruby makes her way to the exit, walking out of the dance and into the night air. She watches a figure running along the rooftops and then moves to pursue.
BGM Ends
Outside the Cross Continental Transmit System Tower, Cinder (dressed as a cat burglar), stealthily approaches an armed guard. She knife-hands the back of his head, rendering him unconscious with a stunned grin on his face. She drags him behind some bushes. Inside the building, Cinder approaches more guards.
"Excuse me, no one's allowed in this area." An Atlas soldier said to her but she doesn't stop walking. "Stop!" The soldier opens fire when Cinder does not heed him. She manages to overpower him, using his gun to take out another approaching soldier. She then throws him against a handrail. Two more soldiers rush her wielding batons. Cinder flash-forges a pair of black blades from fire Dust and trounces them both. Two guards are shown to be on an elevator. "Hey, man, do you know the Wi-Fi password?" One of the Atlas soldiers asked the other one.
"It's Beacon, but replace the E with a 3 and add a pound symbol to the end." The other one answered him. The elevator door opens to show Cinder waiting. One of the guards notices the fallen men outside. Both guards grow apprehensive as Cinder casually walks onto the elevator, the doors closing as she turns around. Thrashing sounds can be heard from outside the elevator.
Outside the building, Ruby approaches and sees the unconscious guard. She gasps and pulls out her Scroll, dialing for her weapon locker which crashes into the courtyard and opens to reveal Crescent Rose. Inside the building, the elevator doors open to show Cinder examining a Scroll. The two guards are knocked out.
"Oh! That's handy." Cinder said, pocking the Scroll and walks out of the elevator and toward the control consoles nearby.
"A part guest is leaving." Emerald said through the ear-bud.
Cinder sighs, hoping that it's not Peter Parker and he somehow found out about her plans. "Which one? Is it Parker?" She asked them through the earbud.
Emerald is shown to be dancing with Mercury. "Ironwood." She corrected her as she and Mercury look at Ironwood walking out the door as Ozpin gives his send-off.
"I guess the general's had enough fun for one night." Mercury said.
Cinder is currently hacking the computer, with random codes appearing on the screen as it changes into a Queen chess piece.
"Should we intervene?" Mercury asked through the earbud, as the other monitors in the room light up with the same chess piece.
"No…we're done here." Cinder said as she starts getting up from the chair. Before she could fully get up, the computer screen in front of her changes again, which surprises her. "What the? This is not supposed to happen." She said, wondering why the screen is changing again. Cinder immediately sits down and tries to fix the problem, but she is locked out. "I'm locked out? But how?" She asked herself.
Then, after the computer screen stopped flickering, it shows a symbol on the screen, but this one isn't a chess piece, in fact, it's showing a green insignia of some sort of goblin. "Huh…" Cinder's eyes widen as all the computer screens in the room start changing into the Goblin insignia.
"Hehehehe." A laugh is heard from the computer screen in front of Cinder, with the Goblin insignia still present. "I'm sorry, but I'm afraid that this tower has already been hacked. Please try again in the afterlife. HAHAHAHAHA!" Someone is heard laughing from the other line.
"Who is this?" Cinder demanded an answer from the voice.
"I…am the GREEN Goblin, not that you'll live long enough for it to matter, Cindy girl." Goblin introduced himself to her from the other line as he starts laughing again.
"How do you know me? And how did you know I was going to hack the tower tonight?" Cinder asked him.
BGM- Sonic Adventure OST- Strain
"I've been keeping a close eye on you, Cindy, along with Salem too." He said, surprising Cinder. "You must thank MACH-X for being such a good android for spying on you these past few months when you go to the afterlife. He was the one who hacked into the CCT tower MONTHS before you could accomplish it, infecting it with my Goblin Virus." He started explaining to her. "Not only it was designed to hack the tower for me to use for a certain 'purpose' later, it was also specifically designed to counteract and destroy your virus. Now no matter what you do, you can't hack here anymore. HAHAHAHAHA!" He started laughing again, causing Cinder to growl in anger and frustration that someone that is not Spider-Man is foiling her plans. "Now then…" A dark and black portal starts to appear in front of Cinder. "DIE!" A green and monstrous arm appears in front of Cinder, with the hopes of clawing her eyes out, but she jumps out of the way and lands at the other side of the room. "You're fast…" Another portal with a hand appears behind Cinder, grabbing her by the head. "But not fast enough." He said. Using his Lightning Dust powers, Goblin shocks Cinder, causing her to scream in pain while also destroying the Scroll she picked up from the unconscious guard.
Goblin let's go of Cinder as she faces plants the floor, struggling to get up from the pain of being shocked as the portal behinds her disappears. "While I would love to kill you now, I'm currently busy at the moment. So congrats, you live to fight another day, and as a reward for living, I recommend you get out of there. I think I hear someone coming from the elevator." He said with a laugh as the other portal in front of Cinder disappears.
BGM Ends
Cinder gets up from the ground, holding onto her right arm in pain as she notices the elevator doors opening. Ruby steps out of the elevator slowly, brandishing her weapon.
"Hello?" Ruby calls out to anyone, stumbling due to her high-heeled shoes. "Is anyone there? Hello?" Cinder rises from her hiding place and steps out toward Ruby. "Excuse me? You know, it's not a masquerade party, so why don't you take off that-!" She gets interrupted as Cinder produces a container of ice Dust and sends shards of ice flying at Ruby. A short battle ensues but it is interrupted by the appearance of Ironwood on the nearby elevator. Ruby is visibly glad to see him until she notices that Cinder has disappeared.
In a hallway, Cinder discards two bracelets and her mask to change from her stealth suit into a black dress and enters the dance. Two guards following her crush the bracelets underfoot and are visibly confused at the sight of the crowded dance hall.
Cinder taps Emerald's shoulder. "Oh, may I cut in?" She asked her.
Emerald steps aside. "Of course." She said leaving Cinder to dance with Mercury.
"And how's your night been?" Mercury asked her with a smile.
"Not what I was expecting." Cinder replied, giving Mercury a serious look.
"Should we be worried?" Mercury asked her.
"Very." She answered. "The plan failed. Someone stopped me." She said to him.
"Who? Spider-Man?" Mercury asked her.
"No." Cinder said, looking behind Mercury to see Peter dancing with Yang and having a good time. "It was someone named the Green Goblin, and I fear he may be an even greater threat than the Spider."
"So, what now?" Mercury asked her.
"For now, let's enjoy the rest of the night. After all, it is a party." Cinder said as she and Mercury continue to dance. Jaune and Pyrrha are sitting at a table, Sun and Blake are dancing, there is a squad of red and yellow soldiers outside and Ironwood is shown approaching Ruby before one last shot of the Goblin insignia appears on the computer screen and the clock chimes midnight.
Somewhere at Mt. Glenn
"Ah, here it is." Goblin smiles to himself, standing in some sort of cavern deep at Mt. Glenn. What stands before him are some rocks blocking his path before he punches them away with one strike. Goblin walks into a huge chamber, where in the middle lies an enormous winged dragon, with large red bat-like wings, a pair of legs and a tail. The red membrane of the wing is translucent. It has rough black skin, with white bone-like spines along its body, including an external skull, rib cage and rows of dorsal spikes.
It also has three bony spikes on its tail and large claws on its hind legs. Its skull has a pair of large prominent horns and six yellow-red eyes. Its jaw has teeth extending down along the creature's neck, beyond its skull, such that its entire neck also opens when it roars.
"Hehehe, so this is the Grimm Dragon Cinder seems so interested in. How pathetic." Goblin said while crossing his arms and smiling.
His constant talking awakens the Grimm Dragon from its slumber as its eyes start moving and gets up from the ground, releasing a monstrous roar right at the unfazed and smiling Goblin. Before the monster could attack him, Goblin jumps up and uppercuts it from its jaw. He then stands on top of its mouth, forcefully opening it wide enough that he broke its mouth so it can't speak properly again before punching it in his head, knocking it down to the ground, unconscious. "Tsk. Too easy." Goblin said as he turns around and walks up to the beast. He takes out his DNA sampler and injects it into the dragon, taking its DNA. "And now, the magic can begin." He said, injecting HIMSELF with the Grimm Dragon DNA he stole from the dragon. As the vial from the sampler finished injecting the DNA into Goblin, he uses his fire powers to burn the dragon alive until it evaporates. "AAHAHAHAHAHA! That will surely piss off Cinder when she finds out her dragon is no more! And now…" Goblin is interrupted as he sees hundreds of other Grimm creatures approach him from everywhere, but instead of fighting, the Grimm stand and kneel around Goblin, as their appearance go from a dark black to a dark green color.
"Mmmmassssttteeerrr…" The new and improved GOBLIN GRIMM actually start talking to their new lord, causing Goblin to laugh maniacally.
"Ahahahaha! Excellent! Thanks to my Demonic Aura and the ISO-OZ formula in my system, now merging with the Grimm Dragon DNA I injected myself with, I can control and influence the Grimm of this world, turning them into my own goblin pets!" Goblin said as he surrounded himself in a green aura. "NOTHING CAN STOP ME NOW! NOTHING!" He said as he laughs to himself, with his Goblin Grimm continue to kneel before him.
*BGM-Dragon Ball Z Kai Buu Saga- Next Episode Preview (Kuu Zen Zetsu Go Version) *
Peter Parker: Hi, I'm Peter Parker. Man, what is going on with me? Ever since the dance, I've been hearing some strange voice in my head.
Madame Web: It might have to do with the mystical part of your powers, Peter, trying to say something to you.
Peter: Mystic? That can't be. I got my powers from a radioactive spider, remember?
Madame Web: Are you sure the radiation from the spider gave you your powers, or was the spider trying to give you those powers before the radiation killed it?
Next time on Spider-Man: Battle for Remnant:
Mystery of the Spider (Part 1)
Peter: I'm not liking where this is going.
KFX here: Sorry you guys had to wait a while for this one. College is back for me, so again, expect some chapters to be uploaded late. Anyways, we have another three-parter, which I dub "The Other Arc." I've been sort of leading up to this moment since Volume 1, and now we finally get to explore the mystic side of Peter's powers. Why is his Aura so different from the others? Why is it so powerful? What IS special about Peter? Fans of this story arc from the comics might recognize some things I'll do in the next three chapters, but I'll also have my own twists and additions thrown in as well. Stay tuned.
