Chapter 9
Arrival
Osborn was back at the penthouse. His mind was running frantically. He tried to figure out what was he going to do.
"Why did you do that?!" He screamed at the top his lungs
"Simple, because I could, Norman." The Goblin said to him
"They'll be after me. Don't you understand me? DON'T YOU?!"
"Calm down, Norman. You wouldn't want that blood pressure up and all."
He looked at himself in the mirror. He was still clad in his battle suit including the mask. Osborn stopped talking, grabbed a strange looking object that sat on his end-table and threw it at the large mirror. The mirror shattered into pieces as the glass splintered on the floor.
When the glass stop breaking, silence was throughout the penthouse. For once in a long time Osborn's mind was clear. He was calm and he stood there looking at the amazing view of the city skyline. Osborn walked over to it and looked above the populace. He then began to smile and he raised his arms above his head. He then began to cackle and just as it was going to get to it's loudest. Something caught Osborn's eye.
It was something in the distance, it was getting larger and larger by the second. Osborn's stared at the object for just a second and saw it rocket towards him. Then his warped mind came back to reality and he dove to the floor.
The windows broke apart and spread even more glass onto the ornate rugs and floors.
Osborn slowly raised his head and looked at what was standing above him. It looked like he was staring at darkness til he met two eyes that looked down on him.
"Don't even try." Batman said to him
"I didn't plan on anything." Osborn said jokingly and began to laugh. He reached for a pumpkin bomb and then felt something stick to his hand.
Osborn looked over and saw something covered his hand.
"Don't worry, it's not what it looks like." Another voice said behind him.
Osborn turned around and saw a blue and red figure. Shorter than Batman, he also looked impressive and in control.
"Glad you came." Batman said
"Well, you've got those rocket things. All I got are these webs." Spider-man replied
Batman didn't reply and returned his focus to Osborn. "Don't try it, Gobby. You've done enough."
"Let's see whose behind that mask." Spidey said. He reached down and ripped it off. Both of them were surprised to what they found.
"Osborn" Batman said
"Makes more sense then the amusement park owner."
"It wasn't me!" Osborn shrieked. "The Goblin was in control the entire time. Please you've got to save me."
"Sounds like one more for Arkham." Batman said
"Why am I not surprised." Spider-man said as he looked up at Batman. That gave Osborn his chance. He raised his legs and slammed them into Batman's chest. Batman flew backward and over the ledge that was covered in broken glass. He fell back and plummeted towards the streets. He watched as the floors became blurs, as if it was some type of nightmare.
Spidey sees Batman fall back. He runs over and sees the Dark Knight disappear into the night. He aims his hands as carefully as he could. He then fired his webbing and hoped he could make it.
As Batman fell to the ground. He saw a small stream of white come towards him. He reaches up with his hand grab onto it. The stuff covers his hand and Batman snaps forward as if he were on a bungee-cord. The force would've killed him without the armor.
As Spider-man carefully pulled up Batman, Osborn saw his opportunity to strike. He gets up and is about to slam into Spider-man. But suddenly, a loud noise cut through the silence and Osborn fell back onto the ground.
"Drop it, Osborn!" Bullock shouted as he trained his gun on Osborn.
As Osborn laid on the floor, and Bullock was ready to pull the trigger. Batman reappeared
"Thanks" He said to Spider-man
"Don't mention it."
The three of them surrounded Osborn. He was silent but with a strange expression on his face that could only be described as terror and joy combined.
"Ever see a joker look like that?" Spidey asked
"Never" Batman said
A growing pool of blood appeared under Osborn. He was silent. Not a word. The sound of sirens was in the air as emergency personnel went to other buildings the Goblin had damaged.
"Is it over?" Bullock asked both Spider-man and Batman.
Before they could respond. Osborn's lips began to move. His voice sounded normal and unlike the Goblin's
"Tell Harry that he was a good son." Osborn's voice cracked. "And that I loved him" Before he finished his sentence Osborn went over and pressed a small button on the side of his armor.
A noise enveloped the room, it caught Batman, Bullock and Spider-man off guard. It sounded as if a camera flash were recharging. The whine getting higher and higher pitched. They didn't know what it was but when they looked back down. Osborn left a wide smile.
All three ran towards the window. Then the penthouse shook as fire enveloped the room. A bomb had gone off all the three of them could do was jumped.
Batman grabbed Spidey and Bullock and rocketed into the air. It was cumbersome for him to be holding two people and the fact a wall of fire was coming after him.
The heat was intense and Bullock could feel his shoes dissolve. He couldn't even believe where he was. High above the streets of Gotham in the arms of a superhero. He couldn't even imagine how it could even get more surreal. Til he realize what had happened before the explosion at Osborn's penthouse. That just made it even more bizarre. Now the next question was. How was he going to explain to the press?