Standing in front of me was the Green Goblin himself, laughing.

I leaped and punched him in the face, a tooth flying out of his mouth. The Goblin hit the ground hard, wiped his lip, and started laughing again.

"I see you've gone a little aggressive, Spider."

I ran headfirst to him and tackled him with brute force.I started punching him endlessly. Over and over, his face swelling up more and more. But he continued laughing. His glider was about to hit me from behind, but I jumped out of the way while the Goblin grabbed it from the air and started riding.

I landed on the ground and looked above me, him laughing more.

I don't get it! How is he back? I must be hallucinating, only way to explain why I'm floating around in red clouds that I can stand on for some reason..

"Where am I? What do you want?"

"Where are we? Same house I liked to wreck since the day we met!"

There was a sudden pause as he grabbed his pumpkin bomb.

"Your mind" he finished.

He started throwing pumpkin bombs at me as I continuously jump all around to dodge them.

I grabbed one with a web thread and threw it directly at him. He caught it, pulled me over to him, and punched me with the bomb in hand. The bomb blew right in me face, tearing most of my mask off.

The explosion also made him fly back, but the glider retrieved him before he could impact the ground.

"Oh Spider-Man, you've grown since the last time we saw each other! A developing young adult! An Avenger!"

"It's called hard work, Norman. You threw that out the window once you became a madman!"

"And say...how's your blonde girlfriend doing?"

My fist clenched at the mention of Gwen. I was ready to end him. I was ready to silence him.

It seems that he noticed my response, as he said "Oh, too soon?"

I didn't even think. I just ran into him and punched him the chin. I grabbed him from the collar and smashed his head on the glider.I then grabbed the back of his head and slammed him into the glider with stronger force, breaking it in two while he slammed his face on the supposed floor.

Before he could stand up, I kicked him in the face, which made him role away. I walked over and grabbed him by the neck.

He struggled to speak, not having any breath left in him.

"Alright, was a little too soon." Said in between coughs "At least your gifted abilities will prevent something like that from happening again. Just think about it! Murder the killer before he does anything!"

"Not happening, this suit is going in the trash"

Goblin laughed "Really? You would think that the girl's death would be the final straw for you, but it seems like you will never stop doing this!"

"I think I misworded that. After I get a cure, I will go back to being Spider-Man."

"Cure? Idiot, don't you see?!"

He disappeared into smoke, and my surroundings go from red to green clouds.

"If they were never able to find a cure for something like the Hulk, what makes you think they'll save you?" his voice echoed "Think about why they called you here! Magneto was destroying them in the field, they knew that the only person they could now count on was the one who could potentially kill him! Think about why they're taking so long, why they act like they don't have a clue on what's happening. On why they are using you for backup."

The Green Goblin is knocking sense into me. I must've got knocked out really hard or something...this is unbelievable...

Thousands of Goblins emerged from the clouds and they circle around me. I punch one of them once, it disappears into a trail of smoke, making the same sound that pumpkin bombs make when they explode.

"They're using you! They're using your special abilities to your advantage! They won't let you retire, they got a weapon in their hands!"

"I know you're lying, get out of my head!" I yelled as I punched more of the Goblins.

"Let's take you on a small trip first" A giant image of the Goblin formed out of the clouds and shot a laser ray out of his fingertip directly below me.

I fall into a dark surrounding and slammed on the ground

I stood up with a groan.

"Ugh...where am I?" I asked. My voiced echoed throughout the place

"Can someone please tell me when I wake up?" I said

I started looking into the distance, and a spotlight appeared. The spotlight allowed a female to appear from the shadows, though she was unrecognisable. The female walked up, soon revealing blonde hair and blue eyes.

Wait a second...

"Peter?" the girl asked

My eyes widened "...Gwen?"

It was her.

It was Gwen!

"Gwen!" I ran over to Gwen to bring her in a tight embrace, the tightest I could ever offer. She was back, this might just all be a dream, but as long as she's here with me, I won't regret a moment I spend with her!

But as soon as I did it, I flew right through her.

Confused, I look back, and see myself out of the costume appearing from the shadows in front of Gwen.

I listened to the speech the two had.

"Hey Peter" she said

I still remember that voice of hers. Shy and quiet, but it used to give me such a warm feeling. It always made me feel better. But this time, her tone was somewhat depressing and heart breaking. It did the opposite of making me feel better, I wanted to help her every time I heard this tone.

"Gwen..." the memory of myself said. My voice was noticeably breaking down "...How you feeling?"

Gwen looked down to the side and sighed "Horrible..he was so young-" she started to break down in tears. The Parker of the past went over and hugged her tightly. "He was doing so fine now and-" She kept swallowing on her words. She couldn't make out anything, but I knew exactly what she was talking about...Harry...

Oh man...Harry...

I still remember. It was weeks after graduation, Harry went completely missing. The Goblin suddenly made a comeback. I fought the Goblin, he died, then I found out who it was by removing the mask. Someone manipulated Harry to do this...and he paid the price he didn't deserve.

The funeral was filled with everyone from the class. People who moved to entirely different places returned for this, to honour Harry.

"You...you did it to him, didn't you?" I said as I looked to find Goblin, but he was nowhere to be seen. It was only me, the past version of me, and Gwen that were in the spot.

The two faded, and then a foggy image appeared in front of me.

It was an image of me and Gwen, laughing and talking together. Judging by the sunny environment, the outfits, and enthusiasm on both our faces, this happened when I told her about moving out. The apartment and all. Us living together, next to MJ, it was going to be great!

It was a memory of the same day before...

"...she died" I whispered as I finished my thought, bringing my head down.

The Green Goblin appears next to me, out of nowhere.

I turned to him "What...do you...want?"

"I'm showing that girl and my son to you for a reason"

"I still can't believe it. You manipulated your own son into dying for preparation of your return, and apparently that wasn't enough!" I yelled, referring to the death of both Captain Stacy and Gwen. I still remember when they were both killed by this...this...pathetic filth's hands.

It was the most tragic year I've ever experienced. Anxiety, depression, all of it, I couldn't take it well at any moment.

"He was too weak, he could never take care of himself. If he wanted to take my company after I leave, he'd have to learn on how to make sacrifices" He said

"You know that you're a horrible piece of garbage, right?" I said

"Oh, harsh" he smiled. He felt zero emotion over what I just said.

"Can you please just get out of my head?" I asked

"Not until you understand" He finished

"Understand what? You don't control this brain, get out!"

"Oh but I do control it..." he said with a sassy tone.

"Just tell me what you want!" I yelled

"Prove something to you. You don't want neither deaths to happen to another loved one again, right?"

"No, not ever."

"Well then, you can easily prevent that by accepting the power within"

"What are you talking about? What do you have to do with it?"

"Spidey.." He said

"What?"

"Spidey?"

"What?!" I yelled

His voice slowly started sounding more and more feminine. It sounded rather familiar actually...

"Spidey!"

"Gah!" my eyes pop open as I see Wasp standing to my right side

"You're alive?" Wasp sighed in relief and yelled as she looked to her right "Guys, he's back!"

"Alive? Wha-Where am I? What happened to Magneto? What time is-"

"You're in the Mansion, Magneto-"

"Is this real life?"

"Calm down-"

"Is this a dream?!"

"Chill!" she finished

The room got into a deep silence. Wasp sure knows how to show authority when she's angry.

I sighed "Alright...I'll calm down..."

"So can I continue?"

"Sure?" I said with uncertainty.

Before she could begin explaining, Hank Pym and Tony Stark walked into the room. Tony had a cast on...well, pretty much every part of his body. He was on a wheelchair that Hank pushed on. He looks really weird, but to be fair, he was literally being crushed inside a tin can.

"Wasp, you have permission to leave" Tony ordered.

Wasp looked at Tony with perplexion, probably due to him bossing her around like that "Uh...why are you speaking like Steve now"

"Jan, this is private matter, leave" Tony stated

Wasp looked directly at Hank, who was looking at her with sympathy "Jan, please"

"But Hank"

"Jan, please" Hank said

Wasp sighed and left the room with anger.

"Oh I see, you're hiding this disease thing from the other members of the team, haven't you?" I asked. Tony gave me a bitter look. He was not in the mood to talk, I can see why to be honest. He's literally covered in endless casts.

"We don't want to worry the others, that's why we're keeping this between the three of us, and T'Challa" Hank said. Tony looked like he was about to spill out some words at me, I'm thankful Hank did something before Tony could've gone all out.

"Oh, I see, but do you know how much this can break the team if revealed? I'm literally turning into a 7 foot monster!"

"Not the point, we need to talk" Tony gritted on his teeth