Act 2, Scene 13

Spiderman is swinging through New York, the unconscious body of Chang slung over him. As he swings past a huge all-glass skyscraper, far above we see the reflection of the Goblin on his glider, following him. Seconds later the first explosion rocks the night, following Spiderman's swing path. He is buffeted off course and has to hastily re-web back, hampered by the extra weight of Chang around his left arm, restricting him to only right-handed webs.

The Goblin is in fits of laughter as he produces bomb after bomb, tossing them with casual abandon at his nemesis. Spiderman is forced to use every trick he knows to avoid being blown to smithereens; evasive maneouvres that he might be confident of performing at peak are now made immeasurably tougher by his passenger restricting his movement. A stray bomb heads for a crowded intersection and Spiderman is forced to web it and fling it to safely, something he barely accomplishes.

GOBLIN: Who's bluffing now, bug?!

Out of control, Spiderman is forced to swing high and fast and crash-land on a rooftop, sliding along on his back cradling Chang's body to protect her from the impact. The Goblin rises to meet him, a picture of carefree insanity.

SPIDERMAN: Harry...let me get her to a hospital. She's an innocent in all this. You and me can finish up after.

GOBLIN (hopping off his glider to land on the rooftop): Innocent? Innocent? You know what, Parker? There's no such thing as an innocent.

The extent of his madness is becoming distressingly clear.

SPIDERMAN: No-one? What about MJ and Aunt May, Harry?

Chang begins to thrash in his arms. Her eyes roll whites.

GOBLIN: I make no promises.

SPIDERMAN: Listen to yourself. You're Harry Osborn! My best friend my whole life! You don't kill people!

Chang goes limp in his arms, the life fleeing from her body at long last.

GOBLIN: I am Harry Osborn.

And we see Norman Osborn standing beside Spiderman, beaming proudly, arms outstretched.

NORMAN: You are my son.

GOBLIN: Daddy...

And beaming smiling benign Norman washes away, to be replaced by the psychotic Goblin persona in all its hideous glory. As he says the following words we actually see the flecks of spittle fly from his foaming lips-

NORMAN: KILL HIM!

And it's now that Chang's eyes snap open, her pupils pools of black. Her mouth spreads unnaturally wide and with a snarl she bites into Spiderman's shoulder. He cries out in pain and surprise. We see a blackness spreading from her into him through her mouth, a suffusion which darkens his suit momentarily.

Ironically, it is the Goblin who tears Chang off, ripping her mercilessly from Spiderman and tossing her body aside, where it slides to a boneless halt. Spiderman manages to stand unsteadily for a second longer before he sinks to his knees. As we did with Jameson, we see the world through his eyes, a crazily spinning vortex with only the green leering mask of the Goblin a central constant.

GOBLIN: Well now...

He lands a massive punch to Spiderman's solar plexus, driving Spiderman clean off the roof and nosediving into the streets below.

GOBLIN: ...wasn't that interesting.

Spiderman manages to web and arrest his fall to some degree, but not fully, and the impact hurts him further. He tries to rise to one knee and hollers in agony, clutching at his ribs. We see his skin ripple and bulge as Chang's bite takes effect on him. His spider-suit, torn in many places now, shows flesh which pulses with an inner blackness. Spiderman howls in agony.

A pair of green boots hit the ground before him. The Goblin is enjoying himself.

GOBLIN: Misery-

A huge punch.

GOBLIN: -misery-

A huge kick.

GOBLIN: -misery!

And a second uppercut, which sends Peter fully forty feet up into the air before he crashes back down again.

GOBLIN: You took away everything I ever had.

He picks up Spiderman and holds him in place as he rains blows down upon him.

GOBLIN: You took my father's approval without even trying. Was it because you didn't have a father, Pete? You had to have mine? And then...when he wasn't good enough for you...you killed him. Before I had a chance to showhim what I could do.

Spiderman feebly tries to deflect one of the Goblin's blows. Effortlessly the Goblin catches his fist in his own. He squeezes and we hear the popping and cracking of bone. A low moan of pain is all Spiderman can manage. It's a clear echo of the moment during the social event earlier when Peter had caught Harry's fist. Now the tables have turned.

GOBLIN: You won't survive this, Pete. Get over it.

Calling his glider to him, the Goblin rises into the air with Spiderman his captive. New York's neon tapestry spreads out below them.

GOBLIN: So long, Spiderman!

He holds Spiderman high above his head and hurls him downward. They're over six hundred feet above ground level - in his weakened state, a lethal fall for Spiderman. We follow his falling body as he tries to web with his broken hand and finds he can't move his fingers for the pain. With his other hand he webs successfully, but his aim is shot and the webline goes between two buildings and snags on nothing. With only a second to spare, a second webline manages to snag a nearby building and change the trajectory of Spiderman's plummet. The Goblin watches as Spiderman avoids the ground below, swinging far enough to splashdown in the Hudson river.

GOBLIN: Hmm.

He produces a new type of bomb, activates it with a twist and drops it into the river. We follow it as it submerges, activates, shoots out many small capsules...each of which then explodes powerfully. We go back to the Goblin as he watches the river bubble and surge from above.

GOBLIN: Never hurts to be sure...

He laughs his trademark laugh and flies off. Below, the waters of the Hudson calm down, an unbroken mirror from which nothing emerges...