There was always that rush to wanna get right back into the fight. In his years as Spider-Man Peter had been in countless such engagements. The adrenaline hit hard and wouldn't let go. And he couldn't lie: part of it was damned exciting too.
It was like a drug. It was an addiction of a kind. And once one got used to super heroics one never wanted to go back. As aforementioned: Peter could undo the mutation. But he didn't want to. He did love being Spider-Man. Despite his complaining about Parker luck and just wanting to be a nerd from nowhere he still loved the adventure. The good fight. To be righteous...
His fists clenched tighter in his suit as he thought this. His powers were amplified by his health and mindset. He felt stronger. Maybe it was true; maybe not. It didn't matter.
They could have rushed in; but sandman was doing fine and cautiously approaching the combat zone again was the wiser move. A 15 year old rookie Spider-Man would have rushed right back into it. A 25 year old one not so much... like soldiers in war he was now a grizzled paramilitary combat veteran. Being an enhanced vigilante had made him that. He now had a ton of experience to rely upon. Experience is the best teacher Pete uncle Ben had used to say. And as his uncle had been named for wise Benjamin Franklin his uncle had been quite wise indeed.
Daredevil stayed right with him. The hydra/hand forces stayed near the church as this latest bout of insanity continued. The law had arrived and started blocking stuff off; but they also let the heroes deal with this for now. They were best qualified to.
Goblin ever cackled from above as he closed in. Peter and Matt maintained a steady pace of advance. Marko took down most of the reinforcements singlehandedly. The enemy didn't know how to deal with someone like him although Pete knew Marko's weaknesses.
Peter couldn't shake the feeling they were entering a critical stage of the fight. What happened in these next moments would determine everything else to follow.
They still hadn't really dealt with the purifiers let alone the cardinal situation. Everything was a moving part right now.
Goblin could wait no more. He dove down for Pete. That was his intuitive signal to move out. He flew up and fast for goblin; Matt pushed forward on the ground.
Goblin fired another salvo of rockets and bullets... Pete's HUD highlighted them. He fired off repulsor blasts and nailed the rockets mid flight. He zipped around; many of the rounds missed him. The ones that did hit felt like hail pellets.
"Come on bug! Let me squash you at long last!"
"Not today dead head." As they neared Peter waited until he was close enough that goblin couldn't move away; and then let him have a full chest blast head on.
Goblin cried out as the beam struck his glider's power core as intended and blew it up. Both the glider and its hellish agent were taken in the very hellfire they now served.
That was the end of green goblin; for now. These guys will keep coming back like resurrecting cylons from the new battlestar galactica.
Pete had won his bout for now. He focused swiftly upon the ground. Matt was engaging hand forces again. Marko had taken down the baddie backup and was now bashing away hydras as he made his way to reinforce Matt.
The enemy was converging around Matt though. That concerned Peter. Marko would get there soon but Pete didn't wanna wait that long. He dove fast for the baddies surrounding Matt and pelted them with many web balls from the air. This scattered them and Pete quickly followed up with repulsor hits to smash them down.
Marko turned into a sandstorm again and flew into the faces of the hitters seeking to bring down Matt. But they were instantly blinded and started to suffocate as Marko did what only he could do. Pete let him have them. Matt was safe. That was good enough.
Elektra had disappeared to god knew where. This wouldn't be easy for Matt as time went on. Matt waited in a crouch with batons ready to carry the fight forward. It wouldn't be needed. Spidey landed bedside him ready to go iron man on anyone that got in the way. Plus sandman was nearly done wiping them out.
Soon enough it was over. The enemy had scattered or was dead.
"Marvel scan the church—"
Spidey sense... The cathedral exploded...
It was a powerful blast; the concussion knocked all the heroes to the ground. What the hell? Him and sandman were back up first. Pete offered a hand to Matt who took it.
"Boss, sensors have just picked up mystique leaving the church's rear..." "track her!" "I'm trying... she's gone." Matt "what is it?" There was only one possible explanation now... "magneto."
Mephisto had sadistically reopened old wounds. Escalation was the only possibility now...