SPIDER-MAN
a fanfiction by Chipolata
[Chapter 7]
"Father of Harry, but not the Potter kind,
Built this building of mine.
Floor B12 is where I'll be,
But how to get here? You'll never see!"
Green Goblin's riddle rang through Vegeta's head as he ran up the stairs. He took off his outer layer revealing his Spider-Suit. He pulled on his boots and gloves, and then realised he didn't know how to solve the puzzle. Pausing for a moment, he pondered what to do.
'Three hours. That's plenty of time.' Vegeta thought. 'The Goblin knows of my connection to Peter. Maybe the poem has some significance to him.'
Vegeta IT'ed himself out.
He landed in the center of New York, high in the air.
"What? But I locked onto Peter!" Vegeta exclaimed.
Vegeta then realized not just he falling, but he had no mask on! He shoved his mask over his head and only barely managed to shoot a web to swing on. He missed the pavement by two feet.
As he swung back into the air, Vegeta caught a glimpse of a glider fly off into the night, with Peter tied up on the back.
"Goblin!" Vegeta hissed, and swung after him.
Green Goblin turned and saw him coming.
"Naughty naughty, Spider-man! Thought you wouldn't have to solve my riddle if you followed me, eh?" Green Goblin cackled. "You cheat!"
"I'm a cheat?" Vegeta asked as he swung.
"It's not gonna be that easy!" Goblin yelled, and threw a pumpkin bomb.
Not expecting the bomb, Vegeta was hit square in the face. It exploded on impact. Though he was used to explosions of all kinds, it caught him off guard and he misfired his web. Vegeta fell to the street below, landing on a freezer truck.
The Green Goblin laughed and flew off, just as Vegeta blacked out.
"Spider-man? Hey, Spider-man, are you okay? Wake up!"
The voice cut through Vegeta's mind. Vegeta moaned, then opened his eyes. The truck driver had pulled over and laid Vegeta on a bus-stop bench. Vegeta sat up. In the reflection in the glass, Vegeta saw his mask was ripped, letting out a couple of tufts of his spiky black hair. The shoulder was also ripped.
"Thank goodness you're awake. He must've hit you hard." The truckie commented.
Vegeta stood up and shot a web into the air.
"Wait, what are you...?" The truckie asked, but Vegeta swung off into the night.
'Now what am I going to do?' Vegeta asked himself. 'Peter was my only source. Now how can I solve the clue?'
He continued to swing to no-where for a moment.
'Wait a minute,' he thought, 'He said he lives with his aunt! May. Hmm. Maybe she can help me.'
Vegeta swung onto the top of a building.
'This'll save some time.' He thought, and IT'ed himself out.
May Parker was putting on the kettle when the doorbell rang.
"Now who could that be?" She asked herself.
She opened the door.
"Are you Peter's Aunt May?" Spider-man asked.
"W-why yes I am." May replied.
"I need to talk to you. It's about Peter. And Mary Jane."
"Well then, come in." May said.
Spider-man walked in. "I think they've both been taken by the Green Goblin. There's another hostage, a Mrs Bulma Briefs. They're being held somewhere, and I don't know where."
May looked down, grimfaced at the news.
"But... the Green Goblin gave me a clue as to his whereabouts. I needed Peter's help to figure it out, but when I tried to contact him I found him kidnapped too."
Vegeta paused.
"You might be able to help me though."
May looked up at Spider-man, confused.
"Me?" she asked him.
"Yes. Does Peter know anyone called Harry?" Spider-man asked.
"Yes he does. Harry Osborne, they were best friends."
"Who was his father?"
"Norman Osborne. He's a very successful business man. He made OsCorp Industries. Their main building is on the other side of the city. What does Peter have to do with all this?" May asked.
"He's been my contact in New York, and my photographer. Thankyou for your help, I'll bring him back to you in one piece, I promise." Vegeta told her.
Vegeta was about to IT himself to OsCorp, when he realised if he did the Goblin would kill his hostages. He instead walked outside and begun to swing himself across town.
"Good luck, Spider-man." May Parker said as she watched him go.