Chapter 5:
"So, wait, your dad, who takes pictures of Spider-man is really Spider-man?" asked Clover landing back on the ground, Ala sat up.
"God, what is it with people taking so long to but two and two together!" said Ala putting her hands up in the air. Clover rolled her eyes. "Okay, well, now that were all like super hero buddies." said Ala and Jane rolled her eyes up and back. "I'll tell you about the evil dude that want's revenge in my dad for who knows what."
"Oh, getting interesting now!" exclaimed Jane bouncing up and down on Clover's bed happily.
"Yeah really, are you making this up?" asked Clover and Ala shook her head.
"No, that's who I was running from when everybody in Manhattan had to look up and see me crawl along a wall." said Ala tilting her head oddly.
"Oh yeah, that was you?" asked Clover holding up the Daily Bugle, the front page had her picture on it with her costume on, but the picture was really fuzzy. "Sorry, I didn't know, that's why you got angry before, right?" Ala nodded her head.
"Yeah, sorry about that too, you didn't know." she pulled out her mask from her pocket where she had neatly folded it and stuffed it in before taking off for Clover's.
"Oh, it's okay." said Clover, she still seemed shocked to see Ala with the mask.
"Anyways, I haven't had a chance to tell dad, so we need to go find him." said Ala.
"Ah, in case you didn't notice Ala, you're the only one with a costume." said Jane, Clover nervously looked at her closet.
"We won't need them." said Ala shaking her head.
"I have two just in case, we could go ahead and put them on underneath our clothes." said Clover.
"Cool!" said Jane smiling. She jumped up and headed for the closet. "Okay, lets suit up!" said Jane opening the door to the closet and pulling out the costumes. One was a yellow costume, with red gloves and boots with a red mask that went across the eyes but you couldn't see through it from the front. The other had a purple body with a blue S in the middle with black gloves, boots, and a mask that went over the eyes and forehead..
"Suit up? Lame." said Ala waving a hand at the phrase.
"Like you could come up with a better one." said Jane angrily, she grabbed the purple costume, while Clover grabbed the yellow.
"Yes, as a matter of fact...um, ah, everyone battle stations!" said Ala. Clover started laughing and Jane snorted.
"Real cool Ala." said Clover laughing in between her words.
"What?!" asked Ala. Jane started laughing and couldn't stop. Ala pointed her wrist out at Jane's mouth, a bit of web flung out and stuck her mouth closed. "Who's," said Ala laughing "laughing now?" she finished between her hysterical laughter. Clover was on the ground rolling around.
"Mm mm!" was all Jane could say. Ala got up and pulled off the web with ease. "How did you not get stuck?" asked Jane when Ala took the web and put it in Clover's trash can in the kitchen.
"Don't know." said Ala shrugging it off. "Anyways, it's probably a good idea to warn my dad of the evil dude now." she said after seeing what time it was on Clover's clock. Jane and Clover got dressed as quick as they could while Ala sat waiting. They walked out side with Clover some what leading even though she had no idea where to go.
"Where is he now?" asked Clover looking up at the buildings expecting him to swing by all of a sudden. Ala looked at the sky to see what time it was.
"Ah, probably on his way over the bridge." said Ala turning around. Ala's spidy sense started tingling. She brushed it off at first. A bomb shaped like a pumpkin came rushing at them and her spider sense flared. She pushed Jane and Clover out of the was and jumped to the left of it just in time.
"Hehehehehe!" came a evil, gleeful laugh from above. Ala turned on her side to see someone riding a flying machine. Ala clambered to her feet. There were people running and screaming, but Ala and her friends stood staring at him.
"Is this the crazy dude Ala? You didn't tell us he had explosives!" said Clover hysterically, she seemed like she was to stunned to move.
"I didn't know he did!" Ala yelled back panicking.
"You tell your precious Spider-man, I have something he will surly miss!" said the Green Goblin facing towards the running crowd, he clapped his hands in his evil glee. Three girls staring at him angrily as if planning what to do caught his eye.
"Yeah right!" yelled one of the girls, she was a red haired teenager and reminded the Green Goblin of something, or someone, actually two people. On that he had currently in his capture.
"Yes I do." he said tossing a bomb at them. The red haired girl grabbed her friends and pushed them aside again. "How did you miss that!!!" he yelled in anger, he tossed another bomb at them but again the red headed girl grabbed her friends and pushed another person out of the way.
"What are you trying to do, kill us!" shouted Jane angrily. The goblin laughed evilly.
"If you want!" he said this time tossing a dagger at Jane. Ala pushed her out of the way, the dagger cut through the side of her arm, it was only a small cut, but it hurt like hell.
"Come on, we have to get my dad now!" shouted Ala to her friends putting her hand over the cut to stop the bleeding.
"What's your dad going to do little girl?" asked the Green Goblin sarcastically gliding downwards to face her straight on.
"Like I'd tell you!" said Ala sticking out her tongue. She noticed he was close enough to touch, staring straight at her. "This button should be the one." thought Ala. She pushed it as fast and hard as she could and the Green Goblin barely missed hitting her as he flew out of control over her head.
"Tell Spider-man his wife rests in my hands!" he shouted, Jane picked up a rock from the ground and hurled it at him, it smashed more buttons causing him to fly upwards and out of their sight.
"Mom?" sad Ala, tears welling up in her eyes.
Jane, Clover, and Ala neared the bridge. "Will your dad still be here?" asked Clover, Ala shrugged her shoulders, whipping another tear from her cheek. "Okay then, do we walk?"
"Yeah." said Ala nodding, she wasn't in the mood for jokes other wise she would have said something like: "No, you fly, I'll web sling, and we'll see how many people we get to point at us not to mention my dad will have a heart attack when he sees me up in the air." she almost laughed at the thought, but now was no time to.
"Okay." said Clover, Jane was trying to cheer Ala up by smiling at Ala every time she looked up. Ala broke into a run when they got to the bridge, she had seen her dad. She started waving her arms. Spider-man swung downward wondering what was wrong.
Meanwhile Jane and Clover were pretending not to even notice anything by staying a block behind. Jane kept looking over until Clover slapped her on the shoulder. "Stop it! He'll notice!" hissed Clover.
"Ow!! You broke my arm!" cried Jane making a fake moaning sound.
"Ala, what's wrong?" asked Peter as Spider-man. People were leaning out of their cars trying to get a look at the web slinger talking to the fourteen year old girl. A tear ran down Ala's cheek.
"It's mom," stammered Ala "she's been kidnaped!" cried Ala bursting into fresh tears.
"What!?" said Spider-man shocked and worried. "By who?!" he asked frantically. Ala whipped a tear off her face.
"The Hob Goblin, he's back for some reason." said Ala quietly, people were still trying to get a good look at her and Spider-man, she hoped none of them had a camera. "I don't know why." Ala wanted to just hug her dad tightly and cr some more, but that could spell her picture and her name in the newspaper thanks to old JJ.
"Where is he, do you know?" asked her dad still frantic.
"I don't know, I managed to push one of the buttons on his machine, he was about to hurt someone." said Ala, she didn't explain how she had managed to push the button, but Peter had a clue.
"Okay, you go home, don't get in this, I'll find MJ." said her dad, she could tell he was trying to act the best like himself but it was no where close mostly because he was shaking more than strict sounding. He flicked out a stream of web and swung off towards the city. Ala walked back over to where her friends were waiting.
"So, what do we do now?" asked Jane sagging her shoulders.
"We find my mom." said Ala walking back the was they had come.
"Do you have any idea where we should go first?" asked Clover doubtfully.
"I was thinking we should go where ever Ala found that nuts so dud, sounds like he's our first insane suspect." said Jane giving a look that said "who's the smart one now?" Ala's eyes lit up with the prospect of finding something useful.
"Great idea, it's by the school." said Ala and they all broke into a run.
They got to the deserted building in record time. First thing they did was duck into an alley and change into their costumes after making sure no one could see them. Jane smashed in the door with ease while people ran away as fast as they could. Clover had another trick up her sleeve and lit up the whole room with fire that came from her hand.
"Sweet." said Jane. Ala was to into her thoughts to notice Cover's other power. "You who?" Jane her waving her hand in front of Ala's face.
"Oh sorry, just thinking." said Ala snapping back to reality. They walked further into the building. Ala was in front leading the way since she could sense any danger that could be there.
"So, what floor were you on?" asked Clover walking right behind Ala.
"Top." she said "I don't know where the stairs are, I came in through the vent in the roof." Clover and Jane exchanged glances.
"Then, why aren't we now?" asked Jane.
"Can you stick to the wall or fly?" asked Ala and Jane looked down at her feet.
"No." said Jane softly.
"Sorry, didn't mean to be mean," said Ala "but that's not the only reason, he saw me before, he might be expecting at least me if he's the goblin." She found the stairs and gestured for them to follow her. They climbed up the stairs until they came to the last floor. Ala looked around and stepped forward.
"Well, looks like he's not here." said Clover scanning the dark room.
"Let me go first." said Ala walking further into the room, sensing nothing she motioned for them that it was okay, She spotted some papers on a desk at the side of the room. She walked over and started to read them.
I've been trying not to listen, it's to hard. He keeps telling me to avenge him. Peter
if you ever find this, I'm sorry for anything he makes me do, but no matter what your still my friend, even if you are Spider-man.
Ala read it and felt a shiver go down her spine. "Guess he isn't here." said Ala disappointed, it would be harder now to find her mom. "Lets go." said Ala after scanning over the rest of the papers and seeing nothing interesting or helpful. She grabbed the paper she had just read. Clover was looking into one of the mirrors and was fixing her outfit.
"What's this?" asked Clover noticing a crack in between the mirror and wall and hinges on the other side.
"What?" asked Jane and Ala at the same time and came over.
"This." said Clover swinging open the door.
"Ah, something evil probably." said Ala stepping in first followed by Jane then Clover. "Yep." she said seeing pumpkin bombs lined up on a shelf. Ala took one of them lightly, behind her mask she was frowning.
"So, what do we do now?" asked Clover tapping on the back of the mirror to the tune of one of her favorite songs, the anthem.
"Guess we find my mom." said Ala "If dad hasn't yet." she finished with hope in her heart. He hadn't failed yet. They backed out of the mirror. Ala tossed the bomb she was still holding and closed the mirror door behind them.
"Cool idea." said Jane laughing. Clover led the way back down the stairs.
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Don't know the New York layout at all...so if there's mistakes, sorry New York people!
Oh, yeah, thanks for all the reviews! I fixed a whole bunch of things, thanks to cateye1, you have a real eye for mistakes, get it?? Lol. :-) Thanks ashthedragon, and Jack Daniel Higgins for reviewing! I didn't know it was the Green Goblin too, my friend told me different. Grr...Lol. Oh and don't forget to still review! I really like reviews!