Harry's apartment
Spider-Man lies in an alleyway, curled up in a ball next to a dumpster as the rain pours down on him. Harry crisscrosses multiple alleys searching frantically for him.
[which alley?] Harry texts Peter. Eventually Harry finds Peter, "Peter my god are you okay?"
Spider-Man groans in pain, "The ground is hard" he replies with a pained chuckle leading into a wheezy cough. Harry hands him his rain coat, Peter takes off his mask and boots, then they walk to the other end of the alleyway where Harry calls his limousine to pick them up.
On the way to Harry's apartment, Peter rings Aunt May telling her that he's studying with Harry. Harry let's Peter sleep in his bed and recover while Harry sleeps on the couch.
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The next morning Harry is woken to the front door opening, he peers over the couch and sees his father Norman walking in. Norman looks around inquisitively at the apartments contents, Mendell accompanying him. Norman looks at a photo, examining it closely oblivious to Harry's presence.
"Hi father, you're back, are you feeling alright?"
Norman takes a few moments to register Harry's question, "Ah, Harry, my son, I am feeling much better thank you."
Harry freezes in disbelief, he said thank you, he never says thank you.
"Harry, as you know there was an accident at Oscorp, though your father wasn't significantly hurt, he has suffered some memory loss. If you notice him acting strangely or forgetting things that's the reason."
Harry still stands silently in disbelief, "Ah yeah no problems, just glad that he's alright."
Norman looks smiles and nods his head at Harry in appreciation. He then heads towards the kitchen where Harry and Peter have left a mess from the night before. Harry runs over and begins to explain apologetically, "I'm sorry, my friend Peter stayed over and…"
"No need to apologize son, it's fine."
Harry again is startled by his fathers response, he looks across at Mendell with confusion, "He's had a significant experience, you may notice some behavioral changes along with the memory loss" Mendell explains.
Mendell leaves the two to catch up and they begin chatting unlike any time Harry can remember. Norman asks Harry about school and life. Harry tells his father about all the things he never would before, finally he sees me, Harry thinks himself.
Norman's phone rings, he speaks briefly and replies "I'll be there straight away." Harry's face drops with sadness, just like before work is always number one. Norman tells Harry that he needs to go, but asks if Harry would be available to catch up after School. Again Harry's lost for words, he nods his head eagerly with excitement as his Father runs out the door.
Peter then emerges from Harry's room. "Hey Harry, Was that your dad? Is he okay?"
"I don't know, he looks fine but he was acting really weird."
"Weird, how do you mean?"
"He was nice, we're going to catch up after school" Harry explains still confused.
"That's great Harry, really great, but what are we going to do about Octavius?"
"I'm already on it Pete, when you were sleeping I hacked into the Oscorp mainframe and got all the specs on the weapons he stole. One's called The Shocker, it doesn't seem too interesting, but the other one, The Nullifier, that's a doozy"
"Doozy? Who says doozy?"
"Concentrate Peter, it's designed to shutdown any electrical equipment it's fired at, like an EMP but focused in one direction."
"So he's going to shut down cars? Cause mayhem on the streets?" Peter asks sarcastically, "Maybe, or shut down substations, all of New Yorks power, the Stock exchange, hell he could even take down Iron Man with it."
"We need to stop him" Peter replies, this time with no sarcasm.
"Well the prototype he stole is basically out of juice, It needs something called isotope-16 to work."
"So where would he get isotope-16 from?"
"There's only one place around here, Fort Tyson."
"All right so tonight we stakeout Fort Tyson?"
"Yeah" Harry replies with some hesitation, "But maybe after I spend some time with my father, I should give him a chance." Peter agrees, Harry promises to joining in when he can.
German bar - Brooklyn
Octavius sits in the corner of the bar, drinking a stein, dressed in a large overcoat and a broad brimmed had to disguise his face. After a half hour of slowly sipping his beer another man sits down.
"Hello Herman, Wie geht es Ihnen?" Octavius asks in his native tongue.
"Danke, gut. Und Ihnen?" Herman replies.
"I've been better" Otto replies in English.
"Otto what's happening to you? I've seen all kinds of weird stuff in the papers."
"Herman don't worry about that, worry about why I called you here, what I need you to do, and how much you'll get paid."
"Sure Otto whatever you say… so what do you want me to do?"
I just want you to steal something for me, like you done in the past."
"For what you're paying Fort Knox wouldn't be out of the picture."
"That's funny Herman, you're not far off the mark."
Oscorp Tower
Norman returns to the board room, the other members ask how he is, Norman notices looks exchanged between board members after Norman stalls in trying to remember their name.
"I know none of you care about my welfare and how I'm feeling, all you care about are your shares. Let me just be clear, your shares are fine and health, just like I am."
Norman begins the meeting praising Jameson on his media outlets keeping the profile of Spider-Man high. "This popularity and positive coverage has forced him to reveal himself numerous times, he's living up to the hero we want him to be which means we'll be able to capture him."
Norman reveals that the drones, which will be used to capture him, are still a few weeks away, but they have a new plan to capture the Spider-Man and learn his secrets.
Jameson exclaims, "The Octopus, Dr Octopus is going to capture him?"
Norman looks at Jameson with confusion, "Dr Octopus?" he asks, "Yeah, your man Octavius, with the four mechanical arms, I've named him Dr Octopus, it's selling papers like hotcakes."
"No, Octavius is not working for Oscorp anymore, we have a new weapon in this war" Norman announces, and then stands there in silence.
"Norman? What's your new weapon?" Jameson asks, "He doesn't have a name, he's one of our super soldier experiments, he's stronger and faster than Spider-Man and will be more than a match."
"That's great, what do we need Spider-Man for?" Jameson asks, "The only issue is that he's unstable at times, unpredictable, we still need a sample of his blood" Norman replies.
"Does he fly? If he can fly then send him out, get that blood" Jameson pronounces to the board who agree, some reluctantly. The board leaves the room after other matters have been discussed and Mendell Stromm enters the room.
"We need to get Octavius back and working on his project, you recruited him, can you get him back?" Norman asks not taking his eyes off the polished table, staring at his reflection.
"We have been unable to locate him, it seems that Octavius has set on a different path, and we've found evidence that Octavius brought the bomb that caused the accident."
Norman's body tenses in rage, he grabs papers off the desk and throws them into the air violently, "Otto did this, he'll need to pay."
"Yes sir, though the more pressing matter is who will continue his work?"
"Who else on this planet is capable of completing it?" Norman asks, regaining his composure. "There are two others, one is Reed Richards, he would have been our preference but he's locked away in the S.H.I.E.L.D. facility, then he's scheduled to fly to Mars."
"We don't have the forces to take on S.H.I.E.L.D. just yet, who is the other one?"
"The other man is Erik Selveig, he works for a university in Europe, we've traced him down to a flight he took to New Mexico this week."
"He's in the country? Perfect bring him in," Norman replies with the hint of a smile.
"Unfortunately we haven't been able to trace his movements since then, we're tracking his colleagues in an effort to find him."
"You can't find him? With all the resources at your disposal you can't find him?" Norman's frustration grows again, "Ok find Selveig, if you can't then we'll look at acquiring Richards, and Octavius… well I'll deal with him."
As Mendell walks away he stops suddenly remembering something, "Oh and by the way, the weapon Octavius stole, it needs Isotope-16 to work, and Fort Tyson is the only feasible place to get it."
Norman instructs Mendell to have someone watch the Fort and alert him as soon as Octavius is spotted.
Harry's Apartment
Harry waits in his apartment for his father. He fidgets nervously, an unexpected fear overwhelms him, Has he really changed? Has this accident made him realize what's important? Does he think I'm important? Harry's mind races.
Harry looks up at the clock for the hundredth time; If he's not here by seven then he's not coming.
The clock strikes seven, Harry's disappointment is total, this is the last chance and he blew it, Harry sits on the couch and turns on the TV and begins flicking channels when he hears the front door open, he turns to see his father enter with a smile, "Sorry I'm late son, little drama at work."
Harry smiles broadly, "No that's ok, nothing serious I hope?"
"No, nothing to worry about."
The two move to the kitchen, Norman has brought take away, they sit at the kitchen bench, Norman asking about Harry, his school and friends. Harry can see that there are large gaps in his memory, the big events and major people he remembers but the little things he misses, the details.
During their conversation Norman receives a call, "Octavius is here, at the fort NOW!" Norman looks at Harry whose disappointment is clear to see, "Ok, I'll be there right away."
"I'm sorry son, this is an emergency, but I promise I'll make it up to you."
"Don't bother" Harry replies and he returns to the couch to watch TV. Norman leaves the apartment in a rush and Harry takes out his phone noticing a missed call from Peter along with a text message [dr oc is here now].
Harry grabs his coat and heads to Fort Tyson.
Fort Tyson
Peter hides in a park opposite Fort Tyson. He waits patiently for a few hours until he notices a man in a large raincoat and hat walking up and down the street past the fort's entrance.
That's weird, that's like the third time I've seen him go down this street.
Peter stares intensely at the man, trying to focus on his face, but he's too far away. Peter moves closer to get a better look at the man, when he does he notices the man's face, it's Octavius. Peter sends a text to Harry [dr oc is here now]. Peter gets changed into this costume, he leaves the mask off whilst observing Octavius, should I confront him, he's not doing anything yet.
Peter sits in the bushes contemplating what to do, after another twenty minutes of contemplation and observing Octavius Peter decides to take action. Peter pulls on his mask and as he does he hears the rustling of leaves behind him, he turns quickly to find Harry sneaking up on him.
"Hey Harry what are you doing here?"
"Dad got called away for work again, thought you might need my help."
"That's Octavius, I'm going to stop him."
"Stop him doing what? He's just standing there."
"He's going to steal the Isotope, he's got an evil scheme, we have to stop him."
"Do you think that's a good idea? Remember last time."
"It's not raining this time, I have the advantage, and I'm the only one who can stop him."
Peter puts on his mask and emerges from the bushes, walking over to Octavius casually.
"Hey Doc, what brings you to this neighbourhood?"
"The Spider, It took you long enough, you won't stop me this time."
Octavius throws off his coat and extends his tentacles out exposing their full extent.
"I didn't stop you last time… Can't we just talk this out arachnid to mollusc?"
Octavius uses his tentacles to tear down a light post and swings it at Spider-Man who dives out the way. "I'll take that as a no."
Octavius rushes at Spider-Man, swinging the light post and firing tentacles at him attempting to grab a hold of him. Spider-Man is too quick and agile, darting out the way of every attack with the help of his spider sense.
Spider-Man draws Octavius away from the fort, avoiding his attacks until Octavius realizes Spider-Man's ploy. Octavius suddenly stops his attacks and heads back to the fort entrance, walking on his tentacles above the forts walls drawing the attention of the tower guards and stationed soldiers.
"Hey Oc, where you going? I know Octopuses don't have backbones, but you're taking it to another level" Spider-Man taunts him following him and shooting webbing at his back and arms.
Octavius throws the remnants of the light post he attacks Spider-Man with and numerous other items into the watchtowers and fort attracting the entire forts soldiers to the fort walls.
Spider-Man now attacks Octavius, the two battle ferociously, Octavius flinging tentacles around wildly, Spider-Man avoiding them and shooting web at his face trying to blind him whilst tying his mechanical arms together. Octavius loses the upper hand and his tentacles begin getting tied up in webs except for one, Spider-Man's spider sense warns him of danger but he's too slow, Octavius' free tentacle grabs Spider-Man and flings him through the air and into the park.
Trees and bushes break Spider-Man's fall. He stands up gingerly and looks across at Harry who motions for him to get back into the battle.
Spider-Man runs back across the road where Octavius is tearing off the webbing from his tentacles and waiting for him. The soldiers of the fort stand at the gates in awe of the spectacle they are witnessing.
Octavius raises up on his tentacles and calls out to Spider-Man, "Is that all that you have hero?" Challenging him to another round. Spider-Man gets ready to attack when he notices Octavius' attention has turned away from him and into the sky beyond him. Spider-Man turns around and peers into the dark sky at a light approaching, it sounds like a jet or a rocket, both men stare as it approaches.
The light becomes an object, the object a figure, the figure a monstrous green man on a flying glider. As the two men stand and stare the glider circles them. The green monster riding it stares at them with intensity, with rage. It has long ears, green skin and a large jaw. It wears body armor covered with bombs.
"It is here, and it is here, they are both here, the one that made us and the one that we need to make more of us" the goblin speaks aloud facing the sky.
Spider-Man looks at Octavius who has a confused look on his face. As Spider-Man catches his gaze he shrugs his shoulders in confusion, Octavius responds in turn.
"Which one shall it be first, the traitor or the experiment, what shall it be?" the goblin speaks aloud to itself whilst continuing to circle the two.
"Excuse me, Gizmo" Spider-Man calls out to the goblin who stops his circling and maneuvers his glider close to the ground, facing Spider-Man.
"Hey Gizmo, you were told what would happen if you eat after midnight" Spider-Man jokes with him whilst shaking a finger sarcastically at him.
"What does it mean, what is gizmo?" the Goblin asks circling Spider-Man.
"Gizmo, you know Gremlins" Peter replies looking at Octavius holding his hands out for assistance, "I don't watch that rubbish" Octavius tells Spider-Man.
"Gizmo, we don't know gizmo, we only know get the traitor, get the experiment."
Spider-Man looks across at Octavius and circles his finger around his temple indicating that the Goblin is crazy. As he does the Goblin throws a grenade at him, Spider-Man's spider sense alerts him to the danger and he dives out the way as it explodes.
The Goblin then flies towards him throwing two grenades at him, Spider-Man leaps out the way and uses his webbing to catch one and throw it back at the Goblin. The Goblin evades the grenade, which explodes behind him.
Octavius walks away heading for the Fort entrance, Spider-Man leaps after him firing webbing onto his tentacles then pulling them from underneath him. Octavius falls to the ground but he's other two tentacles stop his fall, then he flips around, ripping the webbing off and charges at Spider-Man. The goblin flies in from the side, Spider-Man looks back and forth between them, deciding what to do, Octavius swings a tentacle at Spider-Man, who ducks to avoid, and Octavius ends up knocking the goblin off his glider which hovers in mid air waiting for its pilot.
Spider-Man and Octavius continue their battle whilst the goblin picks himself up off the ground and programs the glider to return to him from his wrist mounted controller.
"brrkt flisct greeet" The goblin mumbles to himself, not pronouncing words just sounds. "The traitor again tries to destroy me, it will pay."
The Goblin flies towards the two and throws three grenades at them, Spider-Man's spider sense alerts him to the danger, he quickly looks up at the approaching bombs and leaps to safety. Octavius noticing Spider-Man's reaction picks up manhole cover from the street and throws it in the direction of the goblin, colliding with the grenades an exploding.
"Krrrick draeeit, Traitor" the goblin yells at Octavius as he flies in for an attack. Spiderman shoots webbing at the goblin to disrupt him. The three attack each other, Spider-Man trying to tie them down with the webbing, Octavius trying to avoid attacks from either opponent, and the Goblin trying to blow up anything in sight.
Eventually Spider-Man webs the Goblins face, and whilst he's blinded Octavius pulls him off the glider, takes hold of the glider and smashes it into the ground destroying it.
The Forts soldiers emerge with a tank in tow, they spread out to surround the three, Octavius sees the soldiers and leaves in a hurry using his mechanical tentacles to disappear quickly. The Goblin gets back to his feet and stares at Spider-Man, he runs towards him but Spider-Man darts out the way and, when seeing the extent of the military forces approaching, swings away to safety.
The Goblin stands there scratching his head staring at Spider-Man swing awat,
"Where does it go?" he asks himself aloud, he turns and walks over to the destroyed glider, attempting to activate the missing pieces with his wrist controller. The Goblin pushes the controls harder in an attempt to revive the wreck. Soldier begin yelling at the Goblin to lay down, the Goblin looks up in horror, "Arrrgghhhh" he yells, pressing another button on his controller a number of small grenades fly off his belt, roll along the floor and explode into clouds of smoke. The Goblin runs in the other direction, directly past Harry who still hides in the bushes. The Goblin enters a waiting black van that speeds away. Harry tries to take a picture of the license plate but he can't get a shot through the trees.
The General of the base who had been watching the whole incident returns to his office where a young soldier stands, sweating with fear.
"What is it private?" the general asks abruptly, "Sir, the Isotope-16, it's gone."
"What do you mean it's gone?"
The young soldier takes the general to the building where it was housed and shows him a large hole in the back wall, "The must have used some sort of device to break open the wall" the young man explains.
"How could this go unnoticed, where were the guards?" he asks furiously, "We were all watching Spider-Man out the front."
German bar - Brooklyn
Otto sits in the same place as their previous meeting, waiting for his accomplice. Herman approaches with a backpack and sits down, Otto offers him a drink, passes a large envelope full of money and thanks him for his help. Herman slides the backpack across to Octavius under the table. The two share a stein of beer and gloat at their victory.
"That device you gave me works really well, that could come in handy in my line of work" Herman explains, "It's yours, call it a bonus" Octavius replies with a smile and a wink.
"What's it called?" Herman asks, "It's called The Shocker."