(Apologies for the late update everyone.)
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Sport21: A Spidey Goblin would be quite sinister.
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Chapter 50: Rolling with the Punches
(Outside Oscorp, a week later)
A small group of the Academy hid in an alley, studying the building and it surrounding environment. White Tiger is leading the group personally, Iron Fist, Ka-Zar, Squirrel Girl, and Iron Spider made up the group. Tiger had left Power Man in command while she was on the mission, and hopefully returned with the device the Goblins held in their possession…and more importantly…Director Fury.
"I still think we should've brought Cloak." Iron Spider mumbled.
"He only said he'd go if Dagger went, and you heard Tiger: even though she appreciated her support in this, her powers wouldn't fit into a stealth op." Squirrel Girl stated.
"Quiet! I'm timing when for us to head in." White Tiger hissed as quietly as she could, not turning to face them.
"My friends, don't worry. He, Dagger, Nova, and Agent Venom willing be waiting to cover and ensure our retreat if we succeed." Iron Fist assured calmly.
"If?!" Iron Spider screeched.
White Tiger turned her head quickly, growling in annoyance. Iron Spider gulped in fear. The feline heroine grumbled under her breath and turned her gaze back to her target.
"I wish Zabu would've come, he is a great stalker." Ka-Zar sighed.
"Yeah, and my little buddies…I don't feel comfortable leaving back there. They weren't too happy." Squirrel Girl added.
"Sorry guys, trying to coordinate them in this situation would only increase the difficulty of the situation." White Tiger replied.
The two of them nodded in understanding. After several minutes Tiger saw their chance. She motioned for them to follow her and carefully bypassed guards then made their way into the building.
(Oscorp Tower, an hour later)
The group are carefully moving through the air vents in the building. Cho retracted his armor so the metal wouldn't ruin their plan as they snuck through the vents (he had upgraded his armor, he had studied how Star Lord's helmet morphed, he used similar designs to add to his armor). White Tiger motioned for the group to stop, her eyes looking down in a shaft to see the head office of the building.
"Cho, can your machine to scour the room? You said it had added features of enhanced dexterity and various methods of scanning." White Tiger whispered.
Amadeus Cho nodded, the gauntlet on his right hand and he pressed something the gauntlet's wrist. In the office, the drone quickly and quietly moved through the room. The spider drone scurried onto the desk, from its sides came two metallic arms with pincers like hands. It slowly opened one of the drawers.
"Wow, you made that kind of strong didn't you?" Squirrel Girl chuckled.
"Yeah, it has enhanced strength…Peter and I have been working on designs for these for some time. We knew it needed some alterations beside being a miniature, movable recorder." Cho replied.
'It seems you're still helping us, Peter…whether you realize it or not.' White Tiger chuckled in her mind.
The spider drone grabbed something in the drawer and pulled it out, revealing it to be the device Spidey-Goblin crafted. White Tiger turned to look at the group, some were sweating in anxiety. Quickly the drone crawled into the vent and Cho put the device away in his pants' pocket.
"Ok, let's go find the Director." White Tiger whispered.
The group nodded. Suddenly they heard the doors to the office open and White Tiger saw Goblin-Spidey walking into it. She wanted to growl, but knew it would only alert him. As they started to crawl away, they heard a growl of frustration.
"WHO OPENED THE DRAWER AND TOOK MY EMP?!" Goblin-Spidey bellowed, furious eyes locked on the open drawer.
The group turned to see Cho's face having been drained of color.
"Cho, what's…no…don't tell me you-" White Tiger whispered, first in confusion then in slowly building anger.
"I-I may have forgotten to close the drawer." Cho stuttered nervously.
"I thought you were supposed to be a genius? Why did you-" Squirrel Girl chittered in surprise.
"Hey! I'm not used to this kind of stealthy stuff." Cho hissed, interrupting her.
"I thought you'd be able to figure it out." Squirrel Girl scoffed.
Spidey-Goblin hissed in frustration then stopped. He began to hear whispers and hisses above him, a grin suddenly spread across his face.
(Seems we have some guests. Heh heh.)
Most of the group were bickering with one another, White Tiger and Iron Fist were trying to quiet them down. Then they heard a horrible crash of metal, and they turned to an unwelcome sight: a huge sickly green fist slammed through the air shaft into the vent. It pulled back out then suddenly Goblin-Spidey's head appeared in the vent, a wicked grin spread across his hideously, partially masked face and eyes wide with glee.
"HHHEEERRREEE'SSS GOBIE!" Goblin-Spidey exclaimed, eyes and smile wide with horrifying excitement.
Most of the group screamed in shock. White Tiger snarled in anger at him. Goblin-Spidey's eyes lingered on her.
"Oooh, helluva an as-" Goblin-Spidey started to chuckle.
White Tiger snarled as she pulled back her right leg then quickly extended out, her foot slamming into her foe's face. Goblin-Spidey groaned in pain as he fell to the ground, a hand on his pained face.
"What do we do now?" Squirrel Girl gasped.
"We have to get out of here!" Cho quickly replied.
"No! We won't get another chance like this! We find Director! First we have to get out of this damn vent! Come on!" White Tiger growled, instantly quieting the group.
They all quickly fell through the hole. Cho quickly had his armor morphed on, Iron Spider suited up. Tiger growled as her right hand grabbed the throat of Goblin-Spidey.
"Where are you keeping, Director Fury?" White Tiger growled, her other hand above the Goblin's face with every sharp claw extruded.
"Ahh, it's so cute that you're worried about him…or revolting…not sure which." Goblin-Spidey laughed then stated in contemplation.
"Don't play games with me!" White Tiger hissed, her voice raising in pitch and aggression.
Goblin-Spidey grinned in glee at the heroine's frustration.
"If you don't tell me, I'm gonna-" White Tiger snarled, her free claws slowly approaching Goblin-Spidey.
"Got it!" Iron Spider interjected, his armored fingers scampering along his arm, a holographic screen above his arm showing blueprints of something.
(What?!)
"He's being held a few floors below, in a large room…maybe a lounge or…lab…maybe-" Iron Spider started to say.
"Shut up! Let's move! Lead us there, Iron Spider!" White Tiger snarled, interjecting while pushing Goblin-Spidey back to the ground.
"Oh no you-" Goblin-Spidey started to say as he began getting up.
White Tiger snarled as she punched him, knocking him back to the ground.
"Heh, that felt good." White Tiger chuckled then ran with the others out of the room.
(Oscorp holding cells)
Director Fury had been doing his best from not going insane while he was held as a prisoner. He studied his cage carefully. He had been studying the habits and timing of the guards carefully. Despite not being in the field all that often, his skills as a spy are still as sharp as ever. Despite the constant humiliation from the Goblins, the knowledge of the advantage they have over S.H.I.E.L.D., and the thought of them conquering the world…something did make it tolerable (kind of): his new cell mate, the Green Goblin. Director Fury was told by Spidey-Goblin about the regime change, how he had humiliated the former leader before his entire army. He wanted to smile, but he believed he didn't have time to anything except work on an escape from the little knowledge he had of his current circumstances…and maybe smile internally too. Suddenly an alarm starting blaring.
"What the hell?" A guard grunted, his hideous face twisting in more horribly as a scowl spread.
"It's the alarm, you idiot!" Another guard spat.
"For what?" The first guard grumbled in annoyance.
"Intruders, the boss must not be pleased if the alarm is being blared." The second guard groaned in irritation.
"Should we go?" The first asked.
"We've been instructed to stay here and watch these losers." The second hissed in reply.
The Green Goblin growled in irritation at their words.
"Hey! Shut up!" One of the guards hissed.
Director Fury's gadgets had been confiscated after he'd been captured, they searched everywhere…it wasn't one of the best moments in his life. Originally when the Green Goblin was in command, he had been able to take certain utensils when he got his rare meals to try to use for his escape. When the new leader came onto the scene, his hopes of escape dropped greatly. Goblin-Spidey had ordered him to be searched every time he was visited…even worse than before.
'Please don't tell me…' Director Fury grumbled in his mind.
Suddenly a holographic screen appeared in the room, the furious visage of Goblin-Spidey dead center.
"B-Boss?!" The two guards gasped.
"Move the idiot with the one eye to further down the building! A group of the S.H.I.E.L.D. shits are coming after them! Move! NOW!" Goblin-Spidey hissed, his voice sending shivers down the guards' spines.
They both nodded and the screen disappeared.
"Hey! What about me?!" The Green Goblin grunted in annoyance.
"You're not our priority, jackass." One of the guards snarled, not even turning to face him.
The guards opened Fury's cage and one of them grabbed him by the arm. The Director of S.H.I.E.L.D. then took his chance. He slammed the Goblin holding him against the cage as hard as he could. His captor grunted in surprise and slight disorientation, his grip gone. Fury quickly jumped up and kicked out with his right foot, hitting the Goblin's face. The Goblin grumbled and hissed as he stumbled back, knocking into the other Goblin who hit another cage.
'Only chance I've had…now I gotta make the best of it.' Director Fury growled in his mind.
Normally the guards would have their weapons on him, literally the blast ends on a part of his body, usually the chest or head, to keep him in line. They forgot to do that, and the man took the opportunity. He grabbed one of their blasters, all his gear having been destroyed by the Goblins. The second Goblin snarled as he started to get up, hands going to his blaster. Suddenly, two powerful arms wrapped around his neck. The cage's electrical defenses tased the Goblin until it shorted out after the blaster the Goblin was reaching for hit the cage, the two mechanical systems canceling each other out with their different designs clashed. Director Fury growled in annoyance as the Green Goblin grinned as he dropped his…'tool'.
"You're not going anywhere Gob-" Director Fury started to say.
"Oh please, dear Director…do you honestly think stopping me from escaping will help you reunite with your precious gang of misfits? Heh heh, you don't have much of a choice here." The Green Goblin chuckled.
Director Fury snarled, his one good eyes narrowing in hatred at the villain, who just smirked back.
"Ok…maybe you're right…but…I can do this!" Director Fury growled, aiming the blaster up then fired an energy blast in unison with the last word of his somewhat broken statement.
Part of the ceiling fell into chunks around the Green Goblin's cage. The Green Goblin grumbled in annoyance, but smirked and clapped mockingly at the man.
"Bravo, bravo, an extraordinary performance...now you best hurry off, or you-" The Green Goblin chuckled, yet stopped when the man ran off before the statement could be completed.
The Green Goblin rolled his eyes in annoyance, but chuckled as he grabbed the bars to the door of his cage and started to open it.
(Oscorp Tower, same floor, present)
The partial group of Academy students battled their way through several Goblin, searching the floor for the Director. Ka-Zar leapt over two Goblin, then quickly kicked back, his feet slamming into their backs. As the Goblins fell forward, Iron Fist and Squirrel Girl leapt forward, giving either Goblin an uppercut which knocked them into/through the ceiling. Iron Spider flew around, firing off random repulsor blasts as he scanned for the specific room holding Director Fury.
"We should be close." Iron Spider said.
"More enemies come!" Ka-Zar grunted, hearing several erratic footsteps approaching.
From behind them, four Goblins raced forward, blasters starting to level with the group.
"Keeyah!" White Tiger shouted as she lunged forward.
Her claws flew forward, cutting through the metal of the blasters like a hot knife through butter. She jumped onto a wall with one foot then leapt off it with another, turning as she did, her other foot slamming into one of the Goblins' jaws.
"We don't have time for this!" White Tiger snarled, side-stepping a blast from one of her foes.
Iron Fist leapt forward, his mystically powered right fist slammed into the chest of one of the Goblins, sending him flying back and through a door. White Tiger and Squirrel Girl lunged forward, both of them swinging forth a swift punch onto either of the remaining Goblins, and sending them to the floor and out cold.
"Well done." White Tiger said, nodding to her teammate.
"No problem." Squirrel Girl chuckled.
Suddenly they turned to see several blast of energy fly from a corner, lights and shadows dancing as some fight occurred around the corner. The group could hear grunts and yells for a few minutes. Then they heard footsteps and found themselves face to face with the Director.
"Sir!" White Tiger gasped, running towards him.
Director Fury gave one of his rare smiles and suddenly kept himself from falling. The group's eyes were wide with relief and surprise.
"Sir? Are you ok?" White Tiger gasped.
"I'm fine…now…let's get the hell out of here." Director Fury grunted, composing himself.
(A rooftop of another building close to Oscorp, a few minutes later)
The group had fought fiercely through the building and found themselves temporarily safe. The backup team warmly reunited with the Director. They exchanged brief explanations of what had been happening since Fury had been captured.
"You've done well, Ms. Ayala. Thank you for keeping S.H.I.E.L.D. together in my absence, I'm proud of you." Director Fury said, a comforting smile on his face and a reassuring hand on the feline heroine' shoulder.
"Thank you, sir." White Tiger replied proudly.
"Come on, lets-" Director Fury started to say.
Suddenly an explosion and a guttural scream was seen/heard from Oscorp Tower. They saw the Green Goblin flying away on glider, which had smoke billowing from one of its sides. Also, they could make out a familiar figure from the blown open piece of the building. In his hands he held something big.
"Don't tell me…he has…a bazooka." White Tiger grumbled.
"Hey 'Boss'!" Goblin-Spidey shouted.
The Green Goblin turned and gasped, eyes wide in shock.
"Say hello to my little friend!" Goblin-Spidey called out, a wicked smile on his face, then pulled fired the bazooka.
The missile flew forward, cutting a path through the air towards its target. The Green Goblin gasped then screamed as he jumped off the glider, the huge missile instantly destroying the glider just a few second later. He landed on the rooftop with a thud and groaned as he started to pick himself up. He saw several hate filled eyes staring back at him.
"He's crazy!" The Green Goblin cried out, his eyes filled with fear and shock, hands grasping at the Director.
He saw something in the corner of his eye: a white clothed fist ferociously flying towards him, sending him into a deep and troubled sleep.
To be continued…
(Sorry for the late update everyone…again.)