Chapter 5- Night of the Goblin

Leo recreated the Green Goblin costume with the scraps left over from his predecessors' workshop. He added metal armor to the chest and wrists and boots. He colored the pink outer outfit black, making the costume look more gothic. He kept the basic design of the mask, just painted over the eyes with glow-in-the-dark paint, leaving little holes for him to see through. Last, he added a long, ragged black cape for dramatics. When he tried it on, it fit like a second skin. Finally, he put on the mask over his face and looked at himself through the mirror. He looked amazing. A more wicked version of his villainous grandfathers. He went to each of the gliders and attempted to activate them. They were all burnt out.

'I can recreate the glider as well.' He thought, 'but where would I get the equipment? I don't have enough here.' Then, he realized something, "Ah! My dad's labs! They worked on robotics! The have to have something."

He stuffed his costume into his backpack and walked out of the house and towards Osborn Chemical. He blended in on the streets to the place as a normal teenager. When he reached the back alley of the Osborn Chemical robotics building, he quickly put on his costume. He looked over to the chemical building and its one half missing. He remembered he was there when that happened. It was the cause of these new found powers.

Using his brute strength, he climbed up the drain pipe up twenty stories to the roof and he wasn't tired one bit. He ran to the door and kicked it in. He went down many stairs, going past floors after floors until he reached floor five- Robotics Factory. As he went inside, all the machines were turned off. As he wandered through the machine assembly lines, he suddenly bumped into something hard. When he turned, he saw a 5'0" tall skeleton of a robot. He examined it and pushed the 'activate' switch. An automated voice replied, "AI chip needed for activation." Attatched loosely to the thing's shoulder was its given AI. Leo placed it into the socket on its chest then activated it. It began to make a whizzing sound, as the automated voiced came again, "Intelligence, loading. Skills, loading. Personality, loading. Emotions, loading. Senses, loading." It paused, "Loading complete."

Suddenly, the automated voice faded into a man's of the age around twenty. "Hey, I'm awake." It replied. It looked at Leo. "Ahhhh! Masked man! Masked man! Burgaler! Sound alarm! Burg-" Leo quickly deactivated it.

"Damn it!" he mumbled, he was sure the security heard that. So he grabbed the robot skeleton and ran.
Carwright's frowning, glaring visage reflected off of the security camera screen. It was the next morning and he was very upset.

"Now, let's look at this again." He rewound and replayed the tape from last night. "This masked weirdo waltzed straight in there, played with one of my robots then stole it."

One of the five security guards from behind him said softly. "We're sorry sir, he broke in somehow, we didn't know. We-"

"I don't care," he interrupted without flinching, "you're all fired."

The five hesitated, but finally turned and walked out. As Carwright stared into the stilled screen of this masked man, he asked no one, "Who are you?"
That same Saturday morning, after Leo dropped the robot off at the mansion, he went home. He got a lecture from the Brooks about staying out too late, without calling, then the talk faded into a talk about drugs and alcohol. Afterwards, Leo locked himself in his room. On his caller ID, he noticed Mickey had called, but he decided not to call her back. He didn't want to lie to her again. Leo slept all day, catching up on the sleep he missed.
That night, a nervous young girl was walking down the street with a strange feeling she was being watched. She walked swiftly to get to her home, her safehouse. Suddenly, a tall dark figure rose before her. It said in a deep, evil voice, "Tonight, is your night to die!"

She screamed and ran the other way, but the figure gave chase, it pulled out a huge weapon. "Do not try to run, you cannot escape death!"

To be continued. Next Chapter- The Reaper