October refused to turn on the TV or radio or even read the newspaper and she had good reason not to. The headlines were all the same, "Dr. Ock Reeks Havoc on City." The media had immediately labeled her father Dr. Octopus. Everywhere she went she had the media all over her asking questions about her father.

"How does it feel to be the daughter of an evil genius?"

"Your father went crazy, how does that make you feel?"

"Otto Octavius was nothing more than a hack. A failure..."

That last one had come from none other than Harry Osborne. And that's when she lost it. She hauled off and punched the bastard in his pretty little face.

She remembered what Harry had said when the demonstration had gone awry and her mother was killed. It was printed in every newspaper around the globe. "I'm ruined." Harry Fucking Osborne was only worried about his damn money. He didn't care how many people were injured or killed in the process as long as he got his payoff.

Harry buckled over from the punch. Blood seeped through his fingers and spattered in drops on the ground.

"October, what the hell..."

"My father's research was for the benefit of mankind not the benefit of Harry Osborne!"

October hadn't seen Harry since.

Good riddance.

Then she found out that her father, the person see looked up to more than anyone else was dead. She immediately blocked it all out of her mind. She found she was good at blocking things when she wanted. She moved out of her apartment and back into her parents' home to take care of her brother Reece. Her grandparents had offered to care for him, but she had refused. He was her responsibility now. The house was so empty without her parents. They had a large white house with a white picket fence. The stereotypical home of the perfect family. Her family had been perfect before all of this. October was just explaining to Reece for the tenth time why he shouldn't play with fire when the doorbell rang. Reece and Fusion followed closely at her heels as she walked to the door. She peered through the peephole to find...Harry Osborne. She gritted her teeth and said to her brother, "Why don't you go play with Fusion in the backyard Reece."

"But October..." He looked up at her with his pleading brown eyes and stuck out his bottom lip in a pout.

She couldn't help but laugh. He was pretty darn cute with his short curly hair and deep set eyes.

"Your puppy dog face may have worked with mom and dad, but it's not working with me young man. Now get a movin'," she smiled at Reece and gave him a gentle shove.

"Fine, but only if we can order pizza tonight. And it has to be ham and pineapple. You have to shake on it," Reece said picking up Fusion's favorite ball.

Fusion began to dance happily in circles. He loved playing ball. Reece tossed the ball down the hallway and Fusion barreled after it knocking into the coat rack making it rock back and forth.

"Reece, what did I say about playing ball in the house?"

"Is it a deal or not?" Reece crossed his arms and lowered his eyebrows.

"Deal," October stuck her hand out and shook his hand.

Reece grinned and ran down the hall. October laughed. Why did that kid have to be so damn cute? The doorbell rang again bringing October back to the situation at hand. She put on a fake smile and braced herself as she opened the door. Harry removed his sunglasses and smiled one of his famous Osborne smiles.

"Miss October Octavius, I haven't seen you in awhile. How have you been?"

October's smile faded immediately.

"What do you want Harry?"

"I just wanted to make sure you were doing all right..."

"Harry Osborne actually caring for the well being of others?" October crossed her arms in front of her chest and stepped out of the doorway toward Harry. "What do you want?"

"Well, actually we have something to discuss. Since you are the executer of the Octavius estate I have to settle it with you."

"Settle what with me?"

"Let's just say your father owes Oscorp some money."

"For what? Oscorp has always paid for his experiments. He did work for your company."

"While that is true, the second time he decided to do his little experiment I provided him with the Tridium he needed. Oscorp had only agreed to pay for the Tridium the first time he performed the experiment," Harry explained taking a small notebook out of his pocket.

"How much did he owe? I'm sure my parents have enough put away to pay back what he owed."

"2.5 billion dollars."

October's knees almost buckled beneath her. She grabbed the doorframe for support. 2.5 billion? Maybe she misheard him...

"Come again. Did you say b-billion?"

"2.5 billion dollars. There is only a small amount of Tridium on the planet so it's a little pricey..."

"So you are telling me that I have to pay you two billion dollars?"

"That's right. I know your family is wealthy..."

"There's no way I can pay you that, even if I sold everything. Everything they own," October was in complete shock. She knew Harry was saying something, but she could no longer understand him.

Please tell me he is bluffing.

"I'm sure you'll find a way to make it work. Anyway, here are the figures," he shoved a paper into October's hand. "I'm off to court to make it all official. You'll be receiving something in the mail soon from me. Chou!" Harry said with a wink. As he made his way down the sidewalk he began to whistle.

October walked inside and shut the door. She let her head fall hard back against the door sending a sharp pain down her neck, but she barely noticed it. She suddenly felt extremely nauseous. She clutched the paper in her hand so tightly her nails dug into her skin. "Scratch the pizza..."