Oscorp tower

Osbourne waits in the boardroom for the rest of the board members to arrive. Last weeks events have been all over the media and the rest of the board have become concerned making numerous phone calls to Osborn, leading to this meeting.

Osborn updates the board with their progress; they ask about the goblin, "What is it? Do we have any liability?" Osborn tells them that the Goblin is in control and they have total deniability, just as they did for the previous experiments that were outside the law.

One board member announces to the board that they've gone too far and he is going to resign. Osborn sits back in his chair and stares intensely at the man.

"You and all the board have willingly entered into this venture, there is no turning back, no resigning. Anyone who attempts to exposes us will regret it."

The board member loses his steam and sits down reluctantly, defeated; he nods his head in acceptance. Norman details their plans to tease out and capture Spider-Man, utilizing the Goblin and Jameson's news outlets to lull him into a trap.

"Don't worry friends, once this is over you'll all be very, very rich" Norman concludes the meeting.

Oscorp Testing Facility - New York

Mendell works in the Oscorp testing facility separate to the Oscorp Tower facility. In the room Spencer Smythe works quietly in the background on his drones. The first drone prototype is being tested; it sits on a bench where with masking tape plastered across it with Spider Slayer written in big bold black texta.

Mendell is tweaking the goblins weapons when a large figure overshadows him; he turns around and stares at the Green Goblin. Beads of sweat drip off his green skin as his eyes dart around manically at the array of weapons.

"Get the experiment, Goblin must go now" he proclaims, looking around at the various weapons.

"Is now the best time? Maybe later when the spider is more likely to be out patrolling the city?" Mendell suggests.

"Now human, get me the glider" he growls. Mendell fetches the glider reluctantly, "This is the last prototype, make sure it stays in one piece, it will be months until we can build another one.

"Do not speak to Goblin, you are just human, I am beyond you" the Goblin roars stretching his arms out and displaying his true size and power, he then takes the glider with his weapons and flying off to the city.

Smythe looks across at Mendell, catching his eye he circles his finger around his temple, "He's gone crazy" he jokes, "He pays the bills" Mendell responds getting back to his work.

Midtown high

Peter hangs out with the gang, Liz and Flash are all over each other, super affectionate and very much in love. Peter looks over jealously at them thinking why he and Gwen aren't like that. Peter tries to cuddle up to Gwen but she shrugs him off, giving him and strange look. Peter tries again to cuddle up to her but she shoves him harder "What's with you Peter?"

Peter is lost for words not knowing how to respond. The gang head off to the classes Peter follows sulking behind the rest. MJ slows down and speaks with him, "It's ok Pete it's just a popularity thing, she wants to look goodin front of the rest of the school, you know?" Peter nods reluctantly agreeing.

During class the students begin to murmur and stop paying attention to the lesson looking at phones and messaging each other. The teacher becomes angry, "Everybody put your phones away, this isn't lunchtime any more, you're here to learn."

One of the students replies abruptly, "But sir the Green Goblin has just been sited flying through the city, he's just bombed a building, it's all over twitter."

"Really, show me" the teacher asks looking at the footage. Peter pulls out he's phone then sees the attack live in New York City, I need to do something. Peter gets up and tries to exit the room but the teacher catches him, "Where do you think you're going Mr. Parker?"

"I was just going to the toilet" Peter replies nervously, "Well you need a hall pass to get to the toilet, and you don't have one."

"Sir, could I get a…." Peter asks when the teacher interrupted, "No you can't Mr. Parker, you can sit down or else you get detention."

"But sir" Peter again is stopped, "no buts now sit down."

Peter sits down with frustration, I bet Iron Man doesn't have this problem.

When they are finally released Peter is held back and the teacher warns him about trying to sneak out of class. Once Peter is out he jumps online to read that the Goblin attack has finished and the Spider-Man was nowhere to be seen.

Peter contemplates if he should've skipped school to patrol, is it more important to protect the city protect his future? With great power comes great responsibility and his first responsibility is to his family, to Aunt May and the memory of Uncle Ben… they would want him to do well at school.

Peter Parker's House - Forest Hills

Peter returns home from school, reading the news about the Green Goblin on his phone as he walks.

He sits down on his couch disappointed, turns on the TV to the news describing the Goblin's attack. Aunt May approaches him, immediately reading the despair on Peter's face, "What's wrong Peter? Are you being bullied at school again?"

"No Aunt May its just…" Peter begins to explain but hesitates, realizing he needs to keep his secret.

"But what Peter? What's wrong?"

Peter thinks for a minute for an explanation, "Someone is doing something bad, outside of school and I wanted to stop them, but I couldn't get out of school"

"Tell the police."

"The police can't do anything."

"Well if the police can't do anything then you shouldn't. One thing your uncle believed in is that we should trust in the Police, they have the power to uphold the law, not you and not me."

"I don't know, I think you'd give the police a run for there money."

"Damn straight" May replies.

"What about him" Peter points to the TV screen, "Who's going to stop him? Should Iron man not do the things he does because it's outside the law?"

Aunt May sits and ponders for a few moments, "Peter, your uncle always believed in standing up for what's right, normal people like us live in a world of police they are our heroes." May hesitates then ads, "But that isn't a world of people, it's a world of super humans, and we need super heroes to protect us from them."

Peter is sparked by her words.

"Sorry Aunt May, just remember something I need to do" Peter grabs his bag and runs out the door.

"Teenagers" Aunt May mutters to herself closing the door behind him.

Hell's kitchen - New York City

Swinging through the New York skyline, Spider-Man patrols the streets, on the lookout for the Goblin. During his travels he notices a young boy running playing with a ball when it drops and falls onto the road. The boy runs onto the road to pick up the ball in front of a car travelling directly at him. The boys freezes in fright, the car screeches its brakes but it's going too fast, Spider-Man swings through picking up the boy and delivering him back to his mother on the sidewalk.

The mother cries in appreciation, "Thank you for saving my son."

The boy not fazed by all the commotion asks, "How did you get your super powers?"

"I ate all my green vegetables, just like your mom tells you, and now look!"

Spider-man picks up a car off its front wheels, only the back wheels touch the ground, and then as he drops the car its alarm begins blaring. "Oops, sorry about that, I better get out of here!"

As Spider-Man swings away the boy asks his mother "Mom can we have vegetables for dinner?"

Spider-Man continues his patrol and notices a woman's bag being taken by a young boy who runs down the street through the crowd. Spider-Man swings behind him and shoots some webbing at the boy sticking him to a light post. As Spider-Man swings away the boy takes out a knife and begins cutting at the webbing when Spider-Man swings back and webs his other hand leaving him trapped.

Sitting on top of a building surveying the people below, Spider-Man thinks about the many people he helped tonight, Maybe it's not just super humans that need super heroes, I can help more people than any single police officer or fire fighter.

Whilst contemplating these thoughts, fire engine sirens break his concentration and his attention fixes to them, he follows them to a building on fire. As he swings up to open windows there is an explosion knocking him from the wall and down toward the street below. Slightly dazed he shoots a webbing and slows his decent landing softly on the ground. As he looks up a figure flies down at him, the Green Goblin.

Spider-Man dives to the side avoid the grenades heading in his direction, he quickly gains focus and the two stare intently at each other, sizing up their opponent and the situation.

Where's Iron Man when you need him?

Peter looks around at the gathering audience and takes the fight high and away from them. The two battle, Spider-Man avoiding the Goblins projectiles and countering with webbing, knocking the Goblin off balance and disorientating him with webbing to his face. Finally the Goblin has exhausted all his weapons and looks around for objects to attack him with.

"Rrrrraaasttellieee, blrrrtttt, Why? Why does it win? Why?" the goblin pulls off bricks and a gargoyle off building and throws them at Spider-Man. Easily avoiding the objects, Spider-Man begins playing with goblin, catching some of the bricks and juggling them whilst avoiding the other objects heading his way.

The Goblin yells in frustration at Spider-Man then flies off, Spider-Man begins his pursuit but hears the cries of a woman in the burning building, he looks back and forth between the two options and decides to help the remaining victims in the building.

Oscorp tower

Early the next morning Norman Osborn sits in his executive office examining all the footage supplied surrounding the vigilante called the masked marvel, now better know as Spider-Man. After spending all night examining news articles, photos and video footage something finally catches his attention, the first video of Peter rescuing people from a car crash, the one with his school blazer.

"Spider-Man is a boy, a school boy, from Midtown High. Now I know exactly how to get to him."

Midtown high

The next day at school during lunch time Peter sits with the rest of his friends eating lunch in the courtyard. As they do they hear a strange sound like a jet. The rest of the students in the yard stop what they're doing and look up into the sky at the sound as it approaches. As the sound grows louder everyone begins to murmur excitedly, "Is it a jet or Iron man?" they ask. As the sound bursts over the main building they see not a jet, nor Iron man, but a Green monster hovering on a glider.

The glider flies down low over the students, barely missing their heads as they duck out of the way. The green goblin yells at them, "Where is the spider, come out to play."

The goblin circles the yard a few times then throws an orange grenade with a green trigger on top, "Halloween has come early" he yells throwing the bomb at a group of students who flee in terror as the bomb explodes.

Students panic and running in all directions, Flash tells his group to run for the building, as they turn to flee they notice Peter already nearly at the doorway escaping inside the building.

The goblin continues throwing his grenades when suddenly one doesn't hit its mark and comes flying back at him, he quickly ducks to avoid it, Spider-Man has arrived

"Hey Gizmo, I didn't think you came out in the daylight, isn't that a rule?"

"It thinks it's so smart, it's only an experiment, our experiment"

"I'm not an IT, I'm a man… A spider man… Okay Gizmo, Time to put you away in the cuckoo house where you belong."

Spiderman leaps off the roof of the building where he was perched and fires webbing at the goblin hitting his arms and chest immobilizing them. He then immediately fires two webs onto his body and attempts to pull him off his glider.

The goblin and glider fly towards Spiderman and they collide into a single mass. The goblin breaks free of the webbing, knocking Spider-Man into the air and back onto the roof of the school. The goblin throws grenades and blades at Spider-Man, but is unable to hit him. The two battle along the roofline of the school until the goblin notices a girl running out into the courtyard.

Liz Allen has broken free from Flash's grip and runs back to their bench where she has left her bag with her phone, "I have to get a shot of this, it will go viral" she yells back as she runs into the courtyard.

The goblin sweeps down and grabs her flying back into the sky. He hovers high into the air crouching on his glider holding her dangling beneath him.

"Now hero time to make a choice, Rescue the girl or die."

Spiderman scratches his head, "Um, I think I'll rescue the girl… idiot"

The goblin is confused,"klrtit reeeee" he yells in frustration, "It will die, the girl and it will die" he yells at Spider-Man as he lets go of Liz who falls to the ground. Spider-Man shoots webbing and swings down to collect her. As he does the goblin throws blade, which cuts Spider-Man's webbing sending him hurtling towards the ground. He quickly shoots another webbing, regaining his momentum towards Liz, reaching for her outstretched hand. His fingertips touch hers but there isn't enough contact for him to grab hold of her.

Liz hits the ground and her body becomes limp and lifeless. Spider-Man swings back up to the roof and stares down as Flash runs towards her body, cradling it and yelling out with anguish "Noooooooo."

The goblin laughs and points at Spiderman, "You killed it, the spider killed it."

Spiderman clenches his fists with rage and swings back towards the goblin kicking him off his glider as he continues to laugh. The goblin lands on the school roof and the two battle hand-to-hand. The goblin uses blades both on his forearms and in his hands to attack Spider-Man. Spider-Man's agility ensures he avoids them and he uses his martial arts to beat the Goblin down.

As the goblin lies battered and beaten on the roof he uses his forearm controller to send the glider towards Peter with its front blades extended. Peter hears the glider approach and jumps up and out of its way. The goblin runs across the roof and jumps onto his glider, as he lands Spider-Man fires webbing into the gliders jet air exhausts causing its engines to falter and its flight to become haphazard. The glider flies erratically away from the school then nose dives crashing onto the front lawn. The goblin dives to safety just before impact but injures himself on landing. The goblin looks back up at Spider-Man on the roof and curses to himself. He limps towards the sidewalk and raises his hand in an attempt to hail a cab. The cab speeds off and he looks further down the street and yells "taxi."

A black van suddenly screeches to a halt In front of him and the goblin dives inside as it speeds off.

Spider-Man attempts to follow the van, looking for a tall building to swing from but there are none around. He then scrambles back over the roof to the courtyard, he swings down to the crowd gathered around Liz's body.

"Can I help, I can take her two hospital" he asks desperately.

Flash looks up at Spider-Man tears running down his face, "Haven't you done enough" he yells back angrily. Spider-Man leaves the scene and gets changed back into his normal clothes.

The school nurse and teachers force all the students away from Liz's body to make room. Flash won't leave the body as he cradles it tearfully; no one tries to move him.

Peter approaches Gwen and MJ, both in tears consoling each other. Peter approaches to comfort the two girls when Gwen pushes Peter's arms away, "You left us why did you leave us?" She asks angrily. Peter stammers in a response "Ah, um I was getting a teacher, getting help."

"And you didn't think to tell us? To warn us?"

"I just thought…" Peter replies trailing off as Gwen storms off "It's okay Pete, You did the right thing, this isn't your fault" MJ reassures him with a warm hug. Peter takes comfort in MJ's kindness, though guilt courses through is body, I let her die.