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Chapter 33: Regarding Spiders and Goblins
(New York City, Manhattan, S.H.I.E.L.D. Academy, a week later)
The foraging missions had been successful. Groups led by a few members of the Academy each, they succeeding in gathering food, water, clothing, medical supplies, etc. They had also had guards hidden in strategically vital places around the building to alert the people inside in case the Goblins mount an assault. Turrets had been stationed around the building with motion sensors for extra defense. Director Fury had been designing plans with his top minds to take down the Goblin horde. The Goblins could be seen on every street, around every corner, and patrolling the sky. Director Fury had scouts wandering around the borough, trying to find spots to organize and make further outposts for the Goblins had took over the other safe houses and smaller stations across Manhattan. He is sitting in his desk, looking over the most recent field reports.
"So Osborn has several dozen battalions of his lackeys positioned around the Empire State Building, he's secured every street level path to it with several guards. Routine patrols to check on this building are taken by three glider squadrons every hour. That's only the beginning, he's putting Manhattan on lockdown. Let's see, Goblin guards are positioned at every main exit out of Manhattan, a detail of two dozen of his soldiers are stationed at the docks. But where the hell is the main force of his army?" Director Fury grunted, talking to himself as he read the reports.
There was a knock on his door.
"Come in." Director Fury sighed.
White Tiger enters the room.
"How can I help you, Ms. Ayala?" Director Fury asked.
"Any news?" White Tiger answered with a question.
"Same as usual, Osborn's hold on the borough grows ever tighter. I'm guessing he's having his machine modified to spread the disease over a wider scale…or perhaps something else…but I can't be for sure. Yet he, his wretched boy, and Peter haven't been seen since the…incident." Director Fury explained.
White Tiger remembered the event all too well. She had stood there in horror as she watched Peter's body twist, snap, and crack as he underwent a terrifying transformation. At the end of it, he had taken the form of his greatest enemy. His personality vastly changed into a psychotic wreck, but he still talked as much as he did before the change. But there was something else about him, he just felt…well, Tiger didn't want to think this…but she felt this overwhelming sense of evil from him. The transformation had altered her and the main team some time ago just like it had done to Peter. Their minds had become poisoned and maniacal in nature. She couldn't barely in process in her mind a possibility for how Peter has changed.
"I grow weary of how Peter has changed. It affected the psychosis of Norman and Harry greatly when they each first turned, as did you and the others. We saw how Mr. Parker was, but that was only a glimpse of what he could be now." Director Fury said.
"What plans do you think the Green Goblin has in store for him?" White Tiger asked.
"I don't know…and I have a feeling I don't want to know. Now with Mr. Parker's transformation, he could very well be the polar opposite of the proud young man he we've all grown so fond of." Director Fury answered.
Over time S.H.I.E.L.D.'s agents had all slowly become accustomed to Spider-Man and saw him for the good individual he is. He had earned the respect and admiration of the organization, to varying degrees of course. He fought hard and climbed his way up the ladder of trust amongst S.H.I.E.L.D. Director Fury had been for a long time annoyed with the wall crawler's…impulsive tendencies. Though the young hero proved his conviction and while still annoyed at times, the Director saw his passion. But now…that same young agent was now a cackling henchmen of their enemy.
"With Mr. Parker as a Goblin, there's no telling what mayhem will happen because of his new form and state of mind." Director Fury said.
"I seriously hope we can save him and all the innocents in the city. Then I'm going to wring the necks of those responsible." White Tiger growled, her knuckles cracking as her thoughts wandered to the Green Goblin and the Hobgoblin.
"Well I'm afraid that won't be for some time. We are no where near being able to work an assault on Osborn. Since we are outnumbered a million to one, we are in a damning position." Director Fury sighed.
Despite the passionate and determined intent to take on the Green Goblin, they were in odds that by the numbers, had no chance of bringing down the Goblin horde.
"We can't give up hope, sir. If we do, they win. We are the only thing that stands between them and spreading their virus further." White Tiger said.
"Yes, I know. Doctor Conners has been working on more of the antivirus, mass producing it to use against the Goblins. We'll try to spread it across the city with Osborn's own damn machine, but also use them as ammunition and other tranquilizing weapons to cure the infected Goblins to change them back." Director Fury said.
"Good, but I ssssoooo want to get my claws on those bastards. I really want to tear them to shreds." White Tiger growled, her claws bared before her and the Director.
"I know Ms. Ayala, but you must be patient. To take them down, we have to plan carefully and do this systematically. We can't go in guns blazing, even though I personally want to. They took the city under my goddamn nose and transformed all those people. Still…we have to do this professionally, and bring them down." Director Fury sighed, openly replying to White Tiger's comment.
White Tiger nodded in understanding.
"Is there anything else?" Director Fury asked.
"No sir." White Tiger answered.
"Alright, get some rest. I will soon have more field reports from agents and will design more plans on what to do next." Director Fury replied.
White Tiger nodded in understanding and left.
To be continued…
(Sorry guys, I don't know when the next update for this story will be.)