The Beginning of a War

"Look's like we have an audience web head," the Goblin commented, turning his eyesight to Mary Jane, who was on the floor, staring in fear.

"Leave them alone Goblin," Spiderman warned, guessing the Goblin's motives.

"Do you really think I would harm innocent people? Oh wait, I would," the Goblin shot back before throwing an orange sphere straight at the watching crowd and Spiderman. Only few were able to move from fear as everyone else just froze and watched. Spiderman took action and grabbed the ball and threw it into the air, exploding just a few seconds after it had left Spiderman's gloved hand.

"You're really the life of the party you know that?" Spiderman said sarcastically before tackling the Goblin off his glider and delivering punches to the Goblin's face. The Goblin then grabbed both of Spiderman's fists and delivered a kick to Spiderman's stomach, causing him to go reeling. The Goblin then delivered an uppercut to his face, sending him flying into a wall. Spiderman then fell to the floor, unconscious.

"That was pretty easy," the Goblin said as he walked toward the limp body of his enemy. Spiderman then got up and gave several web balls to the Goblin's legs, causing him to trip. The Goblin quickly recovered and threw a razor bat at Spiderman, which cut Spiderman across the chest before crashing into the wall. Spiderman then fell to the ground in pain while the Goblin started to take out a pumpkin bomb but was interrupted by a web attaching to his chest. Spiderman then pulled his enemy in and gave him an aerial bicycle kick to the face, knocking him backward.

Just then, the police came in and quickly took out a few rifles, aiming it at the Green Goblin.

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Mary Jane and John stood in shock at the two enemies that were in fighting pose and the police men that were aiming their guns at them. They then shot at the two, causing the Green Goblin to break way from the fight to get to his nearby glider.

"What's going on?" Louise asked as she ran out of the theater along with several other people.

"Take a guess," John replied as he pointed to the scene of the battle. Louise looked at the situation in shock.

"Oh my god…"

"We should get out of here!" John shouted as he grabbed Mary Jane and Louise's hand.

"Do you have to go so soon?" The Green Goblin called out as he flew by the trio and the other people by them. They all froze in fear at his presence. The Goblin gave his attention to only one person however, Mary Jane. The two looked at each other for a second before the Goblin flew off into the distance, moving about to avoid the bullets heading toward him. Spiderman tried chasing after him but stopped and knelt toward the floor, grabbing at the deep cut in his chest giving the Goblin a chance to escape. Mary Jane started to move toward him, but he then shot a web line and was off, to the direction of his apartment from what Mary Jane could tell.

"No…" Mary Jane started to say as she headed toward Peter's apartment.

"Mary Jane!" John and Louise called out chasing after her. Mary Jane surprisingly ran twice as fast as them, foolishly crossing the street while there were still moving cars about. The drivers shouted out at her with curses.

A few minutes later, Mary Jane had arrived at Peter's apartment, breathless. She quickly recovered and fumbled through her purse, searching for the key Peter gave to her. She found it and inserted it into the slot and opened the door. Mary Jane searched through the apartment, searching for any signs of her dear boyfriend, She came across the guest bed to find Peter in his spider suit minus the mask, lying n the floor in pain.

"Peter!" Mary Jane cried as she ran to his side. She quickly inspected the wound and quickly ran out to fetch some medical tape. She found some lying on the table in the living room and brought it back to Peter. She took a long strand and ripped it from the container with her teeth. She then removed Peter's shirt, stopping for a nanosecond to gaze at Peter's muscular chest but then got to the task and hand and wrapped it around his wound.

"Mary Jane?" Peter asked faintly as his eyes fluttered weakly. "Why are you here?" Peter was then holding Mary Jane's left hand softly.

"Oh Peter, how could you think I wouldn't come here?" Mary Jane asked as she reinforced Peter's bandaging. She then gently helped him get up and to the bedroom, also helping him get on the bed as well.

"You didn't have to come you know," Peter said gently.

Mary Jane gave him a kiss and after she broke the kiss she said, "Well I want to."

Peter quickly drifted to asleep and stayed that way for a few minutes before the doorbell rang, waking Peter up.

"I think that's John and Louise," Mary Jane explained. "We better get you change out of that outfit." Mary Jane followed her words and quickly removed Peter's bottom part of the outfit and helped dress Peter into a T shirt while Peter slipped on a pair of jeans. Mary Jane then rushed out to the door and opened it, revealing Louise and John's faces.

"We thought that we might find you here," Louise opened casually.

"John, Louise uh…hi," Mary Jane said nervously.

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After several hours of convincing and casual talk, Mary Jane finally got the couple to leave, giving Mary Jane time to take care of Peter.

"Hey Pete," Mary Jane said lovingly as she entered Peter's room.

"MJ…" Peter murmured.

"Are you feeling better?" Mary Jane asked hopefully.

"Yeah, I think I'm almost fully recovered."

"Fully?" Mary Jane asked, completely confused.

"Yeah, I have this weird power that helps me recover from wounds a lot faster. How else do you think I recovered from my wounds against the Green Goblin before the funeral?" Peter immediately stopped at his mistake of telling her. Mary Jane's face dropped at this and she ran to his side.

"What happened?" Mary Jane demanded. Peter sighed and decided to tell her everything that had happened.

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Harry stood over a large map of the entire city and several address books, searching for any sign of Peter. Ever since Peter had moved, Harry had no idea where the hell Peter would be. He had been searching for hours upon hours for any trace of Peter. He had not been able to track his aunt either wasn't sure of Mary Jane's apartment as she moved as well.

"Damn it where are you bastard?" Harry shouted in frustration. He slammed a fist into the floor, creating a very large dent.

"I can't find either of them. This is bull!" Harry would not give up though and he would continue his search. Then something came to him. Yes it was all clear, he would be able to find Peter, he knew just how.

"it's the end for you Peter."

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After a half an hour of storytelling, Peter finally finished explaining everything that happened. Mary Jane was tearing up from Peter's story, hurt that she was never there for him before.

"Oh Peter, I wish I could have been there for you," Mary Jane said hurtfully. Mary Jane pulled Peter into a hug, kissing his neck and reveling in his embrace.

"It's okay MJ." Peter spoke softly "We're here for each other now. We'll protect each other." The words then seem to have turned a switch on in Peter's mind. Harry, the Green Goblin, his strength. It all made sense. Harry is the Green Goblin, and he knows who he is. MJ couldn't be here, not with him.

"Mary Jane, I need to tell you something."

"What?"

"Harry knows about me and Spiderman?"

"He what?"

"He knows, and he's the Green Goblin."

"HE'S WHAT?!" Mary Jane shouted.

"He's the Green Goblin."

"Oh my god, he knows and he's the Green Goblin? Oh Peter," Mary Jane said worriedly with a stricken face.

"That's why you have to get out of here," Peter said blankly.

"No I can't," Mary Jane answered automatically. She grabbed Peter's face and pulled him into a kiss. She then broke it and looked into his eyes. "I'm not going anywhere."

"But MJ…" Peter began to speak before being pulled into a kiss again. When they pulled apart, Mary Jane just smiled.

"I told you, I'm not going anywhere." Mary Jane smiled and tried pulling him into a kiss again but Peter pushed her to the floor. "Peter what are you…" An explosion then ripped through the wall, blowing half of the room to pieces. The Green Goblin then moved through the smoke, looking straight at the couple.

"How sweet," The Goblin said amusingly. The Goblin let out his famous cackle. Never had the Goblin's mask's smile ever been so demonic.