Spider-Man: The New Animated Series Season 2: Against All Odds
Author's Note: From this point on, I'm just going to write these stories by way of outlines, because I don't think the fight scenes or character development are really working out. Sorry to anyone who might be disappointed.
Episode 9: The Consequence
The episode starts out by going back to the climax of the fight between Spider-Man and the Green Goblin. As it turns out, when Spider-Man flung that pumpkin bomb back to the Goblin, the latter didn't die as originally thought; rather, he was only caught in the impact alone of the explosion, which sent him a block away. He crashed through a window of an abandoned, rundown apartment building, where he then crashed several floors below. The Goblin was knocked unconscious at that point, and when he woke up, he was met by Niske, Botya, and Majes. Niske tells the Goblin to lay low for a while with them, which will also give him the opportunity to make a new glider and weapons. The Green Goblin agreed to do this.
The episode then shifts back to the present, just after Spider-Man failed to stop Deadpool from killing Billy Russoliti. The Green Goblin has just finished constructing a new glider and some weapons to go along with it. Niske, Botya, and Majes come into his work area to tell him that, "It's time," to which the Goblin responds with: "Perfect timing," before activating his glider, ready to kill Spider-Man.
As Peter Parker stands across the street from the church from which the angels hide themselves, he is met by Mary Jane, who tells him that she's pregnant with his child. Shocked, Peter abruptly leaves MJ and goes back to his apartment to think about what this means to him. There, he thinks for a long time about how his child with Mary Jane would change his life before he's attacked by the Green Goblin. In spite of the attack, Peter is able to change into his Spider-Man costume and takes the fight outside, where the supervillain is able to explain how he survived their last encounter amidst their duel. The fight goes on for quite a bit, attracting the attention of local passerby and the police, before the Goblin abandons the battle when he sees Mary Jane among the crowd. He swoops in and kidnaps her, thinking to plan a sweeter revenge on his hated enemy than he did before. Spider-Man the swings after the Goblin to save MJ.
Spider-Man chases the Green Goblin all the way to the Queensboro Bridge, which was where the first Green Goblin had previously kidnapped Mary Jane. There, the Goblin places Mary Jane on the top of the bridge just as night sets over the city, and he and Spider-Man resume their fight. Much destruction ensues as the Goblin destroys several cars and kills several people in his attempts to finally end the life of Spider-Man. All the forces of 911 (the police, the firefighters, and the ambulance) arrive to commence what little damage control they can, with the firefighters doing their best to put out the fires, the paramedics taking away all the dead and wounded, and the police trying to shoot down both Spider-Man and the Green Goblin, occasionally causing more damage in the process. The fight becomes the scrutiny of some major media coverage from quite a few news networks; Brian and Bernie watch the event in horror for their friend Peter from off to the sidelines on the end of the bridge leading out of Manhattan; Beatrice Lange watches from her church base on her TV in cold objectivity; and Ugly Kid, with several minions, including Niske, Botya, and Majes, watch in glee at what the Antichrist knows is to come.
Eventually, the epic battle between Spider-Man and the Green Goblin culminates with one of the Goblin's pumpkin bombs exploding beneath the upper part of the bridge, where Mary Jane is. MJ is then thrown to begin falling to her death. Spider-Man tries to swing in to save her, but the Goblin continuously attacks him and blocks off the superhero's attempts to save his lover while she falls to her death. In the end, Mary Jane crashes on the roof of a car, and after witnessing this and screaming, "No!", the Goblin finally allows Spider-Man to swing over to his dying lover, just to allow him to have the grief sink in. Spider-Man lands next to Mary Jane, where he takes off his mask and reveals his identity to her. They then say their parting words to each other before Mary Jane passes away. Peter sobs at her loss before looking up, throws away his mask, and then tackles the Goblin off his glider. He then rips off the Goblin's mask, revealing Harry Osborn's visage. Soon, Peter and Harry's faces are revealed to the viewing public by all of the news cameras, with neither of them caring, as Peter then savagely beats his former friend to a bloody pulp. He then finishes Harry off by lifting him up his neck and then punching him right into on of the several burning cars across the bridge. Peter watches as Harry burns to death, screaming in painful agony, and after Harry also dies, Peter swings away. In response to all this, Brian and Bernie, in shock at what their friend did, decide to follow him. Meanwhile, Beatrice Lange shakes her head in expected disappointment, while Ugly Kid and his demonic followers throw a crazy, orgy-filled party at what had occurred on the bridge.
Less than ten minutes later, Peter stops swinging and lands on a rooftop to simply break down in tears again at the death of Mary Jane. Then, amidst his sobbing, he suddenly changes into a humanoid spider, becoming a rampaging monster known as the Man-Spider...
TO BE CONTINUED...