Lost In Elysium: Norman is…in denial I guess. He thinks it's just some nightmare he has to wake up from.

Adamh619: Thanks, I try to make this…as interesting as I can. Though I don't know what you'll make of this chapter.

Man285: Heh heh, stunned I suppose?

Christmascookie26: You'll see.

Death Fury: Thanks.

Gold Testament: Things will get…complicated…

Chapter 7: Crisis Averted?

(New York City, Manhattan, a few days later)

Spider-Man sat on the edge of a building, thinking about the past few days.

(Hey guys…things…things haven't been great…SHIELD came in to take Norman away…to make sure Goblin doesn't come back…nothing's come up yet…Harry…he…he isn't happy…he confronted me…the Spidey me…saying I betrayed his trust…that all I'd done was separate him from his father once again…no one's heard from him…)

SHIELD had sent a squad of armed men to detain Norman under suspicion of evidence concerning a public menace and lying to an agent of SHIELD under questioning concerning peoples' safety. Harry begged for them to leave his father alone, but they took the man in anyways. Nick Fury contacted Harry to talk to him about the situation, but the teen only cussed the Director of SHIELD out, pulling no punches. Fury had also ordered Spider-Man to steer clear of Harry, but he said Peter Parker could try to calm down his friend. Things weren't that easy. Harry had isolated himself, no one had been able to contact him.

(I feel awful about doing this to Harry…but what else could I do? Green Goblin is a monster…he threatened so many lives…I just can't let him return…but…I don't know what to do now…)

"Spider-Man." A voice said.

Spider-Man looked at his comm, it was Nick Fury.

"Yes sir?" Spider-Man sighed.

"I need to talk to you and the others." Nick Fury said.

"I'm on my way." Spider-Man replied, then web-slinged away.

(SHIELD Academy, several minutes later)

Nick Fury stood in front of the Academy's students, who were holding a piece of paper in each of their hands.

"Thanks to Spider-Man's intervention, we have learned that Norman Osborn has been under the possible influence of the Green Goblin's return." Nick Fury said.

The group gasped, except for Spider-Man, murmuring frantically to themselves and to one another. Some growled and snarled over the memories of what the Green Goblin had done in the past.

"Everyone calm down. Norman Osborn is with Doctor Connors on one of our Tri-Carriers. Osborn is about to be tested soon to see if the Green Goblin's presence is still within him anywhere." Nick Fury explained.

The group grumbled bitterly.

"So the plan is for while Osborn is under SHIELD's …protection…the patrol pairs will also rotate guard duty over him as well. There will still be city patrols, but there must be guard duty to make sure nothing…extreme happens while Norman Osborn is being tested by Doctor Connors. I have modified a new schedule for the routines. They are on the papers in your hands currently." Nick Fury explained.

The students began to read the papers to see their assignments.

"You are dismissed, the schedule, as you know, starts now." Nick Fury said.

The group nodded.

"Let's go Cloak, we have patrol duty." Dagger said.

"You got it." Cloak said, then teleported him and Dagger away.

"Spider-Man, let's go. We've got first watch over Norman." White Tiger said.

"Y-Yeah…ok." Spider-Man said.

"A moment Spider-Man…White Tiger, please wait outside." Nick Fury said.

White Tiger nodded to Fury, but then turned to look at Spider-Man. He looked at her, then she left the room, following the others. Nick Fury and Spider-Man turned to look at one another.

"I know this is hard for you Peter…but you did the right thing by telling me. By alerting me to the possibility of your arch-nemesis's return…you averted a crisis…you've done well." Nick Fury said, putting a reassuring hand on Spider-Man's shoulder.

"Thanks Nick." Spider-Man said.

(But why do I feel so bad about it?)

Spider-Man walked outside to meet with White Tiger. Tiger stood against the wall, arms crossed.

"So that's why you didn't tell me." White Tiger grunted.

"Yeah…Tiger…I…" Spider-Man started to say.

"It's alright Spidey…but I wished you had told me…" White Tiger said.

Spider-Man sighed, rubbing the back of his neck.

"Fury told me to keep it a secret after I explained to him what Harry told me." Spider-Man said.

White Tiger narrowed her eyes.

(Osborn Penthouse)

The place had been trashed by Harry. Chairs were in pieces, glass was shattered and lying across the floor. The walls had been cracked. The penthouse had total been trashed. Harry stood alone amongst the wreckage, breathing heavy and pouring with sweat. His face burning red, eyes glaring, and teeth clenched. The teen's anger boiled within him like a volcano still erupting. He let out a furious yell that echoed through the room.

"Spider-Man…SHIELD…they betrayed me…they did this…to me…to my father…to our family…" Harry growled, knuckles crackling as his hands clenched into fists.

The teen remembered the memories he had of he and his father being separated, how SHIELD and their agents held his father in chains.

'They can't do this…I've lost my father too many times already…we we're just beginning to connect…to feel like a true family…like father and son…' Harry sobbed in his mind.

Tears flowed down his face as he cried and growled, teeth clenched. He slammed his fists repeatedly on the ground.

"I…I don't know what to do!" Harry cried.

(SHIELD Tri-Carrier)

Norman Osborn sat in a cell, SHIELD armed agents outside standing guard.

'I guess this is alright…not refusing to come with SHIELD made this non-hostile…I just hope this works out…' Norman sighed in his mind.

'Hahaha! Do you really believe so?!' The Green Goblin's voice cackled.

'What are you possibly going to do? We are under constant watch by SHIELD. There is no way out of here.' Norman scoffed.

"You truly do underestimate me don't you? When I am you." The Green Goblin's voice chuckled.

Norman's eyes widened in surprise. He turned to look at the mirror across the hall from his cell. He did not see the reflection of Norman Osborn…but the reflection of Green Goblin.

"I'm not going anywhere old friend. Hahaha!" Green Goblin laughed, Norman could see the reflection of the villain literally throwing his head back and laughing.

To be continued…