Spider-Man
The Dark Goblin
by Lee Homer
Disclaimer: All rights go to Marvel Comics and Disney. The story is non Spider-Man canon and is based off of the limited series and one-shots of the 80's and 90's.
Chapter Seven
Round 2
Mary Jane wriggled at her restraints as she made not of her surroundings. The Goblin had shackled her to a metal girder which over looked a dark abandoned lab. She was going through a wave of mixed emotions while she tried to make sense of what was happening to her. She already figured out that she was used as object to get at Peter. She knew that the didn't do anything to anger the Goblin in general, but she couldn't figure what he was going to do to her. She took the advantage of free speech as the Goblin didn't gag her. Each scream echoed through out the damp and dismal halls of the facility. Cold, murky water dripped on her. The air smelt of thick smoke and damp, light leaked through the cracks in the wall and boarded up windows, making her sight restricted. Her heart raced along with her adrenaline levels. She called out again.
"HEY! SHOW YOURSELF! LET ME GO!"
Suddenly, a dark slender shadow emerged in the light. The Goblin emerged from the shadows and slowly walked up towards MJ. She lowered the girder she was restrained too. He got within her personal space and displayed a sinister grin. MJ had no choice to stare into the Goblin's bright demonic eyes.
"For a beautiful woman, you sure have a mouth on you." he said, laughing. "Don't be frightened my dear, the pain will be quick."
"Just what is your problem?" Mary Jane snarled in fear as tears streaked down her face. "Peter didn't do anything to you. Why are you trying to hurt him?"
"Such a stupid, pointless question, don't you think?" The Goblin replied, replacing his grin with a frown. "Your husband hurt my family. I believe in revenge. It's the sweetest belief any man could want. This is my revenge. I just feel sad that it has to happen to such a radiant woman such as yourself."
"Peter won't let you get away with this." Mary Jane stated. "He's had to kill in the past!"
"Oh please!" The Goblin scoffed. "That idiot won't kill me. He hasn't got the guts to do so! I am much stronger than my cousin Harry ever was!"
"Harry was on drugs!" Mary Jane continued. "He took substances that made him go insane. He had to deal with the voices in his head! That's what killed him. Not Peter."
"And what about Norman!?" the Goblin snapped. "He may have survived but he was dead thanks to Spider-Man!"
"Norman Osborn killed my husbands first true love." Mary Jane replied as she began to shake. "I had to watch his heart break, that's what made us stronger, and all because he knew who The Green Goblin really was. I don't know who you really are, but you come from a family of psychopathic monsters!"
Screaming, The Goblin slapped a piece of masking tape over MJ's mouth. "Shut up! Shut up! Oh I'm going to kill you right now!"
"You'll do no such thing you bastard!" Spider-Man screamed as he smashed through a boarded up window. "If you lay so much as a finger on her and I'll snap your neck in two!"
The Goblin laughed as Spider-Man lunged towards him. He dived out of the way, allowing the wall crawler to miss his attack. Spider-Man fired his webbing, which snared the Goblin's legs. He pulled back on web lines, tripping the Goblin up.
"Look at how weak you are without your glider." he said as the Goblin struggled to get up.
"What makes you think that I was going to fight you without it?" The Goblin replied as pressed a button on his gauntlet.
Spider-Man's spider-sense tingled as the glider emerged from the shadows and headed straight towards him. The glider rammed the wall crawler head first into the wall before he steered course and landed right before the Goblin. The Goblin hopped onto the glider and levitated.
"This is how I always dreamed it of happening." he said. "I finally get to hurt you and then kill you. Just like the way you deserve to go."
"Norman has poisoned you!" Spider-Man said as he pulled himself out of the hole he had made. "And Jameson has taken you for an idiot as well. Norman Osborn was a maniac who wanted to end the lives of a million people. He neglected Harry in the process that drove him to narcotics!"
The Goblin through his bags of tricks at Spider-Man, but the wall crawler easily dodged each attack. He continued his statement as he swung around, avoiding the oncoming pumpkin bombs that were being launched at him.
"They were a troubled bunch, Gobby. They just blamed it all on me because I was an easy target for them. Norman nearly killed my loved ones because I stumbled on his secret. He is the worlds biggest liar and you chose to believe him. What sort of lies has he been feeding you?"
"I chose to do this!" the Goblin replied with a growl. "Despite their flaws, my family had an honorable name. A name which was tarnished with you webs! They would never have done this if you didn't ruin their lives!"
The Goblin threw himself at Spider-Man, sending him flying into another room. Spider-Man lifted himself out of the debris, narrowly avoiding the next attack. He back flipped onto the wall and fired concentrated web shots, aiming at the Goblin's eyes. This however, made the Goblin even angrier. He flipped the switch on his glider and two mini machine guns flipped downwards. Both barrels unleashed a hail of gun fire which plastered the wall. Spider-Man dived for cover. He had taken cover behind an old computer terminal, flinching as stray bullets ricocheted off the concrete wall behind him.
"I've got to act to fast!" he thought as he desperately tried to find a vantage point. "I've got to keep him away from Mary Jane. The Goblin's glider is like an advanced Predator drone. It's relentless. I wonder what else he has in that bag of tricks?"
Seizing his moment, Spider-Man leaped upwards and clogged up both gun barrels with webbing. He flipped forward and planted a kick on The Goblin's jaw. The force of the impact threw the Goblin off course, causing his glider to spiral. He was able to quickly rectify the problem just as his jaw took another blow from the wall crawler's fist. Spider-Man continued his sting of moves, keeping the Goblin off guard. They had eventually brawled their way into anther chamber hall that was completely masked in shadow. The Goblin seized his moment. He swung his glider into full reverse to back away from the attack wall crawler. He gained a safe distance and threw a volley of pumpkin explosives that impacted on the ground. The immense explosion, forced Spider-Man into the side of a metal chamber. The explosion knocked his body so hard that the initial impact dented the metal structure of the chamber. He felt disorientated. His eye sight was fuzzy. There was a ringing sensation in his ears. He hoped he could grab a few seconds to recover, but the Goblin wasn't willing to allow a breather.
"Getting tired yet?" The Goblin snarled as he hovered up to Spider-Man's level. "I must admit, you put up a pretty decent fight, Spider-Man. Sadly, it's time you considered the fact that it is the end for you and your wife."
"No." Spider-Man gargled, as he spat out blood under his mask.
"Oh didn't you know?" The Goblin continued with a sinister laugh. "I was going to let her go, but she deserves to suffer just like you do. Then once I see to it that you are both dead and buried, I will attend seek and attend to the rest of your family and your friends. I will erase the entire Parker legacy. I will watch it burn and it will be...GLORIOUS!"
Spider-Man growled as the Goblin's spine chilling laugh echoed throughout the building. He felt his strength return in one huge rush. He pulled himself back together with the sensation of rage filling his mind. He growled before thrusting himself at the Goblin with his fists clench. He landed on the glider, tipping the Goblin off balance. As he did this, the got behind the monster and repeatedly punched him in the back of the head.
"What are you doing!" The Goblin screamed as he realized they were going to crash. "We're going to be mush!"
"That's what you get!" Spider-Man replied. "That's what you get for putting my wife through this, for putting me through this and for trusting your deluded family member! You need to locked up with him!"
Suddenly, the glider took a sharp turn and the force caused the wall crawler to lose his grip. He rolled across the ground and watched as the Goblin continued to go out of control. The force became so intense that the wind blew the Goblin's mask away, revealing Dylan's battered and bruised up face. He screamed as he went spiralling towards an electricity conduit. He looked down and panicked. The gliders systems had overloaded. Spider-Man's spider-sense tingled. The conduit was still active.
"Oh no! He's heading for that electricity conduit generator and it's still active!" he realized as his senses tuned in on the danger. "I could let him die but then I wouldn't know any better that way. I've got to pull him clear."
He raced towards Dylan and fired a web line as fast as he could. The webbing missed by inches and all the wall crawler could do was watch in horror. the glider exploded, hurling Dylan's body into the generator. The room lit up with a bright electrical explosion. the light was so intense that Spider-Man had to shield his eyes from a safe distance. He had to dive for cover once again. The explosion threw debris in all directions, all of which was metallic in origin.
Minutes later, the room fell silent and the smoke settled. Spider-Man emerged from cover and surveyed the area. Smoke filled the room along with an electrically charged sensation in the room. He checked himself over. His suit was in tatters. His mask was ripped and an eye lens was shattered. The gravity of the situation was all to familiar although the shock hadn't set in. He walked back into the other room to find Mary Jane. Despite the fact that she was trussed up, she had been protected from the blast and was unharmed. It took him seconds to free her from her bonds.
"what happened? Are you okay?" she asked as she held her husband closely.
"He's dead." Spider-Man replied bluntly. "We just need to go. Come on, I'll take us home."
"Peter, this can't keep happening to our lives." Mary Jane replied with the sound of fear in her voice. "It just can't."
"I know baby." Spider-Man replied as he comforted her. "Sometimes I wonder why you even put up with me. This is the Parker way."
Mary Jane smiled at the remark. "Yes. yes it is. Take me home Peter."
Spider-Man held onto Mary Jane as he fired a web line and swung off into the city. The rain had subsided and the sun emerged over the distant buildings of the city. Their ordeal was over, but for Spider-Man, he just had to know who the Goblin really was.