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Chapter 42: Specific Sabotage
(New York City, Manhattan, a few weeks later)
White Tiger stood on top of a building, her back to her strike team: Iron Fist, Dagger, Cloak, Iron Iron Spider, and Squirrel Girl. She is staring down at a heavily guarded station. Squirrel Girl raised her hand nervously. White Tiger turned her head slightly.
"What is it?" The feline heroine asked.
"Not to put down whatever you planned…but why here?" Squirrel Girl asked.
"This is one of their most fortified locations near our base." White Tiger answered.
"Ok…um…but I thought you said to be random yet decisive in our attacks? At least…that's what I heard in the grapevine." The young agent replied.
"We have and they've been whittling down the Goblin's presence here on the north side of the island. With the Goblin fortification here near our base, we need to keep it away from it and drive them out...perhaps catching a few of the smaller fish will bring out a big one." White Tiger said.
"Ok, you're the boss." Squirrel Girl said.
"Right, let's get to work." White Tiger said.
"Shouldn't I be back at the lab? Doctor Conners is a smart man, but we need every capable mind work on the mass production of the antivirus." Iron Spider asked.
"You're here for air support, Amadeus. Besides, you've been kept out of action for too long. You need to get your feet wet again, refresh your skills. You've been only using the suit to analyze the serum. You need to keep up your combat prowess." White Tiger said.
"*Sighs* Of course." Iron Spider mumbled.
"What was that?" White Tiger grunted, her voice dripping with annoyance.
"Nothing." Iron Spider gulped nervously.
"Good." The feline heroine scoffed.
White Tiger grumbled under her breath in annoyance. She motioned her hand forward, signaling the attack. He group rushed forward and Cloak teleported all but Iron Spider above the fortifications.
"Go! Destroy this fort!" White Tiger commanded.
"Keeyah!" Iron Fist shouted as he lunged forward, his right fist ablaze with mystic energy and thrusted it forward, destroying the blockade the Goblins had created.
The Goblins poured forward, their sickening cries filling the air as they rushed around the debris. White Tiger grunted as she rushed along the debris and lunged forward, claws scrapping one of the monsters' heads. Iron Fist shouted as he fiery fist slammed into another's torso, sending it flying back. Dagger stood on top of a stacked set of cars the Goblins had organized and is firing off light daggers, aiming for arms and legs. Cloak teleported around the area, dropping Goblins from various heights to knock them out when the hit the ground and directly into his allies' attacks.
"I've got five incoming." Iron Spider said, flying over the battle.
He raised his right hand and a missile cartridge popped out then fired fire missile. The weapons flew towards the Goblins, knocking them out as they slammed into their foreheads.
"Taken care of!" Iron Spider called out.
"Good job! Keep up the mayhem guys! Keep them scattered!" White Tiger called out.
"Banzai!" Squirrel Girl called out as she bounced onto the heads of Goblins.
She lunged around swiftly slamming onto the disgruntled Goblin forces, the weight of her attacks sending each Goblin she landed on to the ground with a thud. The young heroine laughed as each of her targets hit the ground with a thud. The Goblins growled and bellowed as they flooded over the remnants of their barricades. The young heroes grunted as they struggled against the oncoming Goblins.
"Cloak! We've done enough here! Get us out of here! Dagger! Iron Spider! Cover fire!" White Tiger commanded, ducking under a punch then swiftly jabbing with her right fist and sending the Goblin to his knees.
Iron Spider and Dagger quickly unleashed a barrage of missile and sonic blasts in a frenzy, driving back the Goblins. Cloak swiftly wrapped them all up in his robes as they gathered together then teleported them away to a building a few blocks away. The group gasped and panted, trying to reenergize themselves from the fight, except for White Tiger.
"Good job guys, we were able to destroy an important barricade for Osborn's positioning." White Tiger said.
"I hope so…it's been too long since I could walk the streets freely." Dagger said.
"Yeah, we've been hiding in our corner for too long." Cloak added.
"I agree, that's why we've been attacking their blockades and barricades like we have: to weaken their defenses." White Tiger explained.
Gradually S.H.I.E.L.D.'s forces had been whittling down the defenses of the Goblin army little by little and street by street.
"But we haven't taken down a specific, vital fortification of Goblin's before? Why here and now?" Cloak asked.
"Yeah, I'm curious to why we attacked this specific barricade. We've been rushing different blockades around here. Why here?" Dagger added.
"HAHAHAHAHAHA!" A familiar, cruel voice cackled from a distance.
Some of the group lost the color in their faces when they heard that sickening laugh and a roaring engine.
"You?...He?..." Dagger gasped.
White Tiger cracked her neck from side to side and flexed her claws.
"You knew he'd come? But why?" Dagger gasped.
"Are you sure about this, Tiger?" Iron Fist asked.
"Yes, this needs to be done." White Tiger answered, anger thick within her voice.
"What? What are you two talking about?" Cloak asked, his voice having a hint of fear.
They gasped as the sickening laughing and roaring got louder and closer with each heartbeat, but White Tiger just growled in anger.
"What is this, Tiger? Tell us!" Dagger said.
"Yeah, I'd like to know. I want to know if this is a part of your plan." Squirrel Girl added.
White Tiger stared at the familiar looking machine as it approached them. She turned to face her group and nodded.
"You attacked that barricade….to lure him?" Dagger gasped.
White Tiger nodded in confirmation.
"Scouts reported that they've seen him near this area, patrolling we've guessed." White Tiger explained.
"You did this for him? Why? To set a trap?" Squirrel Girl asked.
"It's time to face my demons." White Tiger explained, her claws flexing out before them.
"HAHAHAHA! Looky at what we have here!" A familiar looking voice chuckled.
They all turned to see Goblin-Spidey in the machine he was in when he first faced off with Tiger and the others.
"Go guys. This is between me and him." White Tiger commanded.
"Tiger…he…" Squirrel Girl gasped.
"GO! NOW!" White Tiger bellowed, turning to them.
They nodded and Cloak swiftly teleported them away. White Tiger turned back to Goblin-Spidey.
"Ready for the next round?" Golbin-Spidey chuckled.
"Always. RAH!" White Tiger grunted as she flexed out her claws as she threw them out to either side of her then lunged forward as she bellowed.
To be continued…