Harbinger of Kaos: Sentry's the real threat there, Norman can be beaten and so can Ares even but the Sentry is a guy that could stalemate the Hulk of all beings, not an easy thing to fight, let alone beat. If Norman's an idiot, he's a pretty lucky one considering he's been able to stay one step ahead of a lot of government agencies and heroes over the years and convince everyone that he's better than Tony Stark, granted at this point in Marvel it wasn't hard but still. The only reason that Namor and Emma were able to pull a fast one on Norman is because he and the other members of the Cabal had no idea that Namor and Emma had 'history' prior to the group's formation and none of them thought those two would be dumb enough to openly challenge Norman when he has the Sentry/Void in his corner. No Norman was able to control the Sentry pretty well and even the Void to arguably a greater degree with the latter saying that it actually liked Norman which is impressive considering the Void hates and wants to destroy everything because it can. Well to be fair, Franklin actually did shoot him by using his reality warping powers to turn his toy gun into an actual gun, so I'm pretty sure anyone would have been taking down a peg.

cabrera1234: Yeah, but Norman has assurances that it won't be so easy…

Darkspyder: We'll find out next chapter.

Dreamcastfan99: It won't end too badly for them in that someone will die or something, but it won't be a victory either. We'll find out Julia's reaction to all this in a few chapters.

Antihero1610: Yes and no. You'll see how this chapter.

Newavenger92: Pretty much yeah, Peter's basically a sort of cybernetic version of Anti-Venom to a degree. No Moonstone will not be in the harem… doesn't mean she wont try to sleep with Spider-man to spite her.

Disclaimer: I don't own any Marvel characters seen, mentioned or used.


"Reed, I don't like this, not one bit" Sue said as she and Reed were taking an elevator down to the lobby to meet with Norman and his entourage, leaving Johnny and Ben with Peter in Reed's lab for the time being.

"I know" Reed said with a sigh.

"You're not actually going to hand him over, are you?" Sue asked with an unsure tone.

"Of course not Sue, but something tells me that Norman isn't here just for Spider-man. He's after something else. If he wasn't, he easily could have had Peter captured long before he got here. I doubt that Norman wasn't tracking him since his fight with Daken, Venom and Bullseye"

"So, he's using Peter as an excuse to be here, for what?" Sue asked with a frown.

"I can hazard a few guesses, but nothing certain until I'm sure" Reed said as the elevator came to a stop "Just keep the room secured with a forcefield, if they try anything I don't want the fight to spread too far"

"I'll do my best honey but…" Sue trialed off as the elevator doors opened and the two were greeted to the sight of Norman in his Iron Patriot armor, Ares, Sentry and a squad of heavily armed H.A.M.M.E.R. agents. Sue swallowed nervously a she stared into the vacant expression on the Sentry's face "I don't think I will be able to contain him"

"Do your best sweetie, that's all I can ask" Reed said as he approached the group while Sue stayed close to the elevator and erected a forcefield around the room.

"Ah, doctor Richards, so good for you to actually meet me this time instead of having one of your children play receptionist" Norman nodded towards the leader of the Fantastic Four "I apologize for the suddenness of this all, but I have it on very good authority that there's a dangerous and unregistered 'hero' here and well…"

Reed's eyes narrowed as Norman trailed off before he nodded towards the shoulder that Franklin shot not too long ago "How's the shoulder mister Osborn?"

"…Fine" Norman said after several seconds of silence as the two men stared one another down to see who would speak first.

"Whoa… cool" Franklin said as he stood before Spider-man and stared at his new suit with his sister while his Uncle Ben and Uncle Johnny monitored the conversation between the Green Goblin and his father.

Valeria said that Norman was the Iron Patriot now but to Franklin, he'll always be the Green Goblin, a super evil bad guy. He did try to shoot and kill Franklin and his sister when he put on a Spider-man mask after all…

"Thanks kid… glad someone here thinks that this is sort of cool" Peter nodded towards the young but incredibly powerful Mutant child.

Valeria studied Peter's new suit with a critical eye before she nodded "Your suit is a remarkable feat of design and engineering. A perfect blend between an alien virus, it's Celestial altered cousin and the trace remains of the Venom Symbiote that had somehow remained in your body after all these years. Your quite possibly wearing the most advance Bio-mechanical suit on earth. It's easily decades if not more ahead of anything that Stark has produced"

"Yeah, just wish I didn't need to get gassed or whatever to get it in the first place" Peter said as he started down at his hand and concentrated and watched as the suit receded again.

Franklin made a face at that "Eww, gross!"

"It has to go somewhere Franklin" Valeria said with an eye roll.

"Well why can't he take it off like his other suits?" Franklin asked before he glanced up at Peter with curiosity "I mean if the suit reacts to your thoughts, can't you have it like come off without having to be inside you"

"To a degree yeah but according to your father my body has been altered to the point that it'd just make a new one after a while" Peter said with a sigh "Still, not bad of an idea. Least I'll feel sort of normal for a few hours. But then, I'd have two suits and with my luck the one I detached from will somehow become sentient and try to eat me"

Franklin nodded at this before he looked at some of the bio-lights on Spider-man "Can you also change it's colors too? I liked the red and blue more, less evil looking. Ooh, ooh, you can even be black and white again! You looked awesome with the black suit, even if it did make you kinda of a jerk and stuff!"

"Heh, I'll start working on that first chance I get since you and just about everyone I've met seems to think I look better in black" Peter chuckled before he glanced over at Ben and Johnny "So what part of the conversation are they at now?"

"Eh their taking pot shots at one another's works and ego" Johnny said with a yawn "Kinda tame really"

"And let's hope it stays that way" Ben said with a frown.

"If you can, tell Reed to make a crack at Norman's hair style, works every time. Or just tell him to tell Norman that Spider-man says what's up" Peter snickered before he glanced back at his hand and tried to see if he could have the whole sleeve of the suit regress back inside his arm.

After that, he'd see about getting the whole suit to retract until he needs it. It'd be a bit of a hassle to have to wear it twenty-four seven in his opinion.

Norman had been quite for a few moments as he stared into Reed's eyes and would occasionally glance at the man's wife who was watching them all like a hawk.

'If she's here, then that means only that flaming idiot and their brute of a teammate will likely be with Spider-man and perhaps even their children… perfect' Norman thought before he looked over his shoulder towards the leading H.A.M.M.E.R. agent "Burns, take your men outside for a few minutes and await further orders"

"Sir?" the agent said with surprise.

"I'll be out in a few minutes; mister Richards and I have a few things to discuss that are a little more… private" Norman said as he turned his gaze back to the leader of the Fantastic Four.

Burns stared at the director for a few moments before he nodded and signaled the rest of his men to follow him back outside. Once they were gone, Ares stepped forward, drawing his ax.

"We know he's here, do you want me to go and get him?" the God of War questioned as he rested his ax against his shoulder, the blade reflected some of the lights off it's near impossible smooth and perfectly crafted surface.

"No, that won't be necessary Ares" Norman said with a glance at the deity while keeping an eye on Sue in the corner of his eye, she was beginning to grow a little agitated at the idea of them being so close to her children "In fact, I want you to step outside as well. Make sure our people don't get into any trouble. God knows those men need someone with a semblance of authority to keep them in line"

Ares's brow furrowed at that before he nodded and turned on his heel and made his way to the Baxter building entrance, leaving Reed and Sue alone with Norman and the still silent, unmoving Sentry. Finally, Norman spoke after he made sure the God of War was out of ear shot and Reed's security cameras and recorders were for the moment, down.

"Mister Richards, I believe your familiar with my associate here?" Norman said as he gestured to the Sentry "Robert Reynolds, a man that has the power of a million exploding suns, or so they say"

"Yes, I know him" Reed said with narrowed eyes as he glanced at his former college with a nod "Robert…"

He didn't receive a response as the Sentry kept staring straight ahead with a blank expression. Almost immediately alarm bells began to go off in Reed's mind as Norman nodded.

"Correct… did you also know that S.H.I.E.L.D. had yet to find a real certifiable weakness to use against him should they ever feel that Bob here's continued existence became… inconvenient for them?" Norman asked as he folded his arms "I mean Stark spent over three hundred million dollars in trying to find a way to take this man down when he was director, which in my opinion is quite a waste of money and resources. Surely that money could have been put to better use like say improving the various incarceration complexes that house some truly evil and twisted beings that plague this world from escaping and spreading more death and misery"

"Considering you're here Osborn, I can't help but agree" Sue spoke up with narrowed eyes.

Norman stared at the woman for a few moments before he chuckled "Good one… fantastic really…"

"That is what they call us" Reed replied, drawing Norman's attention away from his wife.

"Mister Osborn… do you want me to get Spider-man now?" the sudden voice of the Sentry caused Reed to almost flinch as he returned his attention to one of the most powerful beings on earth, rivaled only by the likes of the Hulk, Thor and Blue Marvel.

Norman hummed at the Sentry's question as he folded his arms across his chest and unknown to Reed, activated a small transmitter located in his suit's wrist. He then turned his attention to Reed.

"Mister Richards, where are your children at the moment?"

Reed's head snapped towards Norman with a glare and even though he couldn't see his wife behind him at the moment, she was sporting a similar look as well "What it's matter to you Osborn?"

"Just curious is all" Norman said with a simple shrug "Never know when something bad might happen…"

"Man, I don't like this" Johnny said as he and Ben stared at the screen, watching Reed and Norman talk "I mean that's the Sentry, the guy that could go toe to toe with the freakin Hulk"

"Yeah kid, I remember" Ben said in a grave tone "Really wish Stretch and Suzie didn't leave me up here. I'm no idiot, I know I don't stand a chance against that man, but still, I can at least put up some sort of fight against him if things go sideways…"

"Pfft, we could take him" Johnny said with a scoff as he held up a flame coated hand "Power of a million exploding suns, let's see if he can withstand just one, from me!"

"I think just hearing you yapping will be enough" Ben snorted in amusement.

As the two continued to watch the meeting with Norman and Reed, Peter was leaning against the table, rubbing his head as he heard an odd ringing in his ear. Franklin seemed to notice this and tapped on Peter's arm.

"Are you okay Spider-man?"

Peter grunted out a 'no' as he held his head in his hands "Can uh, can one of you turn off whatever it is that's ringing? It's really starting to bother me"

Franklin frowned at this before he glanced at his equally confused sister "What ringing?"

"I don't hear anything" Valeria said before she and Franklin both flinched at the sound of Peter slamming one of his hands into the table, cracking it.

Ben and Johnny both turned to see Peter was starting to stumble a bit.

"Someone turn off that fuckin ringing!" Peter gritted out as the sound became unbearable, his spider-sense had gone into overdrive and somehow seemed to be making the ringing sound he was listening to even worse. His suit began to ripple, the bio-lights pulsating at erratic rates before they began to dim.

"Peter…?" Johnny said as he and ben began to approach the man while Valeria and Franklin backed away as Peter fell to his knees, clutching his head to the point that they saw his fingers, which had turned into claws, digging into the metal and into the flesh underneath… drawing blood.

"STOP THE FUCKING RINGING!" Peter yelled out before suddenly several metallic tendrils lashed out of his back and nearly hit Franklin and Valeria before Ben grabbed them and backed away as Peter fell to the ground and began to thrash about, all the while letting out an agonized scream that was quickly turning into some sort of inhuman roar.

"Ben get them out of here!" Johnny said as he covered himself in flames before he was smacked away by a stray limb from Peter as he thrashed about on the ground.

"Uncle Johnny!" Franklin yelled in shock at seeing his uncle slam into the wall before a loud piercing roar came from Peter, freezing them all in place.

Johnny, Ben, Franklin and Valeria stared in horror as suddenly Peter's lower jaw seemed to tear open and expand before it began to heal, and rows of serrated teeth began to form along with a long-barbed tongue that was reminiscent of Venom or Carnage. His body also began to change, growing in several sizes as what appeared to be added muscle developed before the once metallic but smooth surface of Peter's suit became more rigid, almost like an exoskeleton found on many insects, arachnids and arthropods. The once tear dropped shaped eyes were replaced with six glowing slits, three on each side of Peter's head and the spider symbol on his chest and back grew edgier, more angled and sharp, particularly in the thorax and the once dim bio-lights on his suit had all but disappeared.

"Ben, go now!" Johnny said as he slowly rose to his feet as he stared at the heavily panting form of Peter.

After several moments, Peter let out a heavy sigh before his six eyes turned towards Johnny and narrowed before he hissed in warning. The youngest member of the Fantastic Four responded by coating himself in flames before he held up a hand.

"Peter… Peter…" Johnny said as he kept his friend's attention on him as Ben quickly escorted the kids out.

It was just as Franklin was about to exit the lab that he brushed his arm against the edge of a table, causing a few items on the table to move. Peter's head snapped towards the terrified boy before he let out a low growl and began to make his way towards the young mutant on all fours like some rabid animal before Johnny blasted him in the side of the face.

"Hey!" Johnny yelled in hopes of diverting Peter's attention.

It seemed to work as he stumbled, more in surprise then pain before his glowing eyes narrowed and he turned his attention back towards Johnny before letting out another piercing roar.

"RAAAAHHHHH!"

Johnny winced at the volume of the roar before he shot into the air and sent a beam of fire towards Peter as he lunged at him with his tooth filled maw opening wide and his clawed hands extending outwards.

"I'm only going to ask you this once Norman, leave" Reed said towards the armored man.

Norman didn't respond as he kept staring at the slightly younger man before he spoke in a cool tone "Mister Richards… I think you should really check in on your children and the rest of your team"

Reed's eyes narrowed and was about to repeat his earlier statement, this time with a few ungentlemanly words before he felt Sue's hand on his shoulder. He looked back to see his wife with a worried expression on her face.

"Johnny or Been aren't picking up"

Reed's eyes widened slightly before Norman spoke again, this time with a hint of amusement and knowing in his voice.

"Is there something wrong Doctor Richards?"

Reed turned back towards Norman with a glare as he could practically see the man's smirk beneath his faceplate. Before Reed could speak, he and Sue finally heard Johnny's voice on their commlink.

"Reed, Sue, you need to get up here now!"

Reed took several steps away from Norman and Sentry along with Sue before he responded in a low voice, already knowing that Norman and the Sentry could likely hear him as if he were speaking through a megaphone, one from his powers and the other from his armored suit.

"Johnny, what's wrong? What's going on?"

"It's Peter, something, I don't something's wrong with him. He started to complain about some kind of ringing and then he-"

Whatever Johnny was about to say was cut off as both Sue and Reed could hear some sort of inhuman screech on the other end of the line followed by what sounded like muffled sounds of Johnny either hitting or being hit by something.

"Johnny?" Sue said with growing panic in her tone.

"Goddammit, get up here now!" Johnny said before a loud crash downed out what sounded like a pained yelp from the flame manipulating man just as the line went dead.

Sue and Reed both shared a panicked look and were about to rush towards the elevator before Norman spoke up again.

"I repeat, is there a problem Reed?"

Reed turned towards Norman with a glare as his wife rushed towards the elevator "What did you do Norman?!"

"What, I simply asked if something's wrong" Norman said with a shrug "Is there? It sounded pretty bad"

"What did you do!?" Reed almost shouted in rage as he took a step towards the red white and blue armored man before the Sentry appeared in front of him, his eyes glowing an ominous yellow.

"Don't" the golden Avenger said in a calm tone.

"Now, now, Bob, the man's clearly upset about something" Norman said as he patted the Sentry on the shoulder before he turned his gaze towards Reed "Mister Richards, if there's something wrong, I think as director of H.A.M.M.E.R., I should be filled in on it. After all, if whatever it is that's going on upstairs has you and your wife worried, well I can't help but feel a little scared myself"

"Cut the bullshit Norman, you know what you did!" Reed growled out in anger. He'd be trying to strangle the man for answers if it wasn't for the Sentry keeping him back.

"Maybe I do, maybe I don't" Norman nodded as he folded his arms "You see mister Richards, I have no idea of what's going on but if you perhaps fill me in on it like I've been politely asking, I may be able to provide some sort of assistance. Or… I can just say to hell with it and have Bob here go up and take a look. Which would you prefer?"

Reed started at the smug man for several moments in anger before Norman shook his head in mock disappointment "Fine, have it your way…"

He tapped Sentry on the shoulder with his hand and spoke "Go-"

In the blink of an eye the Sentry raced up into the ceiling, tearing through the reinforced concrete, steel, Vibrainium lined walls and support beams. Reed took several steps back to avoid bits of falling debris while Norman glanced up into the hole with a blank expression on his face as he spoke in a tone to low for Reed to hear.

"Bring him to me… alive"

Johnny let out a pained groan as he was held up by Peter, his glowing eyes staring into Johnny's own. The second bearer of the Human Torch mantle's suit was torn in several places, blood leaking from his side and his forehead. His left arm hung uselessly at his side, having been broke at the elbow and his right leg had a large gash in it from when Peter swiped at him after he turned his arm into some sort of jagged sword.

"P-Peter…" Johnny coughed out as he stared into the multiple eyes of his transformed friend "I-It's me… J-Johnny…"

"HSSSSSS" Peter hissed in response as he began to open his jaw, intent on tearing into Johnny's skull before they both heard several muffled booms before the ground exploded from under them as something golden raced through and slammed into Peter.

The force of the impact forced him to drop Johnny in response as he was sent flying across the lab and into several of Reed's inventions and various other instruments scattered through the lab. Johnny landed on his side with a groan before he pushed himself up and looked to see what it was that came up through the ground before he paled at the sight of the Sentry hovering several feet in the air, his eyes and hands glowing with energy.

'Okay I'll admit… he actually looks kinda scary' Johnny thought with a gulp as the Sentry stared down at him for several moments before he turned back towards Peter as he emerged from under several destroyed machines.

"Stand down Spider-man or I'll put you down, hard" the Sentry said in a cool tone.

Peter let out a dark growl at the sight of the Golden hero before he was suddenly pinned to the wall by the Sentry. Peter tried to claw at the man's blank face but did little then cause him to frown before the glowing fist of the Sentry slammed into this face. The room shook slightly from the sheer force of the blow before Peter went limp, still seemingly conscious if the faint growls were anything to go by. The Sentry stared at Spider-man's body as it regressed into the more humanoid shape it had, the tooth filled maw sealing shut and the suit taking on the more streamlined appearance it had earlier. The Sentry stared at the man in silence before he raised a hand to his ear and activated the ear piece within.

"Mister Osborn, Spider-man has been incapacitated but otherwise alive"

"Good, good… secure him and bring him down. I'll have a few men secure him and prep him for transport. We're done here" Norman said.

"Yes sir" the Sentry nodded before he hefted the now more human looking Spider-man over his shoulder and approached the hole he made before Johnny suddenly got in-between him and the only way out of the lab at the moment.

"Put him down golden boy!" Johnny said as he struggled to keep standing.

The Sentry didn't even so much as pause as he brushed Johnny out of the way, sending the man flying across the room as a result before he dropped down into the hole and slowly descended back down to the lobby just as the Thing re-entered the lab and rushed to check on a down Johnny.

Twenty minutes later Norman watched with silent glee as Spider-man was secured to a harness that restrained his arms to his chest and his legs had several locks on them to keep him from moving much before he was secured to a sort of dolly with Ares personally escorting him to the transport that H.A.M.M.E.R. had sent for Osborn to have the wall crawler transported to a more secure facility. The feeling of finally beating Spider-man was only heightened by the looks of rage on the Fantastic Four not too far from him. If it wasn't for the Sentry hovering only twenty feet away or Sue and Reed's two children standing in the entrance to the Baxter Building, Norman was certain that the Four would be attacking him, his H.A.M.M.E.R. agents, and Ares in a vain attempt to free Spider-man.

'I'm almost wishing that they would' Norman thought with a chuckle as he watched Spider-man being taken into the aircraft 'Finally give me an excuse to deal with them without arousing too much suspicion… don't I doubt I'd be able to somehow justify the Sentry ripping Reed's brat of a son's head clean off to the media… Especially with how fuckin liberal they've become recently'

Times like this that Norman hated the freedom of the press, it could be so inconvenient for him at times.

He had just taken several steps towards the aircraft as it started up it's engines before he found himself being hoisted into the air by an invisible grip that completely immobilized him. His suit's alarms began to go off as the arms, legs, and chest areas began to experience a dangerous build up in pressure, the armor denting as something pushed down on it.

"You're. Not. Taking. Him!" Sue growled out in anger as she approached the restrained armored Avenger with a glare to free fire.

Norman simply raised a brow at the woman before he glanced over her shoulder towards to see Franklin and Valeria. He then smirked as he returned his attention towards Sue.

"Not setting a very good example for your children miss Richards" Norman said as Sue tightened the hold she had on the man.

"Your one to talk!" Sue hissed in anger.

"Possibly" Norman stated before he glanced at Reed "Richards, call your bitch back, we wouldn't want your son and daughter to bear witness to… a rather unfortunate confrontation"

The Sentry appeared beside Norman, his hands glowing, emphasized the man's point. Sue turned her glare towards the golden Avenger and was about to create several bubble sized forcefields in certain parts of his brain that'd leave him convulsing out on the ground before she felt Franklin's hand on her arm. She turned to see the young boy looking up at her in fear.

"Mom… is Spider-man going to be fine?"

"He will be, if you stand down" Norman said, seemingly unconcerned that at any moment, the Invisible Woman could crush his body.

Sue glanced back at Norman's form with a scowl before she slowly lowered him back to the ground. Once the man's armored boots made contact with the ground, the energy building in the Sentry's hands died down and he hovered several feet back. Norman steadied himself before he glanced towards the Sentry and gave the man a dismissive nod.

"You can head back to the tower Bob, we'll be along shortly. Give your wife my regards and I hope that you two will be able to attend the party I'm hosting later tonight"

The Sentry nodded before he shot off into the sky with a sonic boom, causing several people to flinch while Norman turned his attention towards the glairing forms of the Fantastic Four, amusement in his voice as he spoke.

"Now, now, if Peter behaves himself and you people don't give me any grief, I'll be more than happy to allow you visitation rights" Norman said with a dark grin under his faceplate as he turned and made his way towards the waiting transport "Now if you all excuse men, I have a new member of the Avengers to get registered, briefed and a host of other mundane things…"

Norman didn't bother to see or hear what the superhero family had to say as he climbed on to the jet before it rose into the sky and shot off towards Avengers tower. Norman had just removed his helmet and wiped some of the sweat off his forehead when Ares approached him with a frown as he nodded towards Spider-man.

"What will we do with him?" the God of War asked.

Norman stared at the restrained form of Spider-man before he silently walked over to the man and placed his hand on his face. Peter tensed as Norman sent a sort of neural shock through the suit, causing Peter to growl out in pain as Norman began to slowly rip the mask portion of the suit off until finally he was met with the face of the man he's hated for years. It just like that, a wave of memories of him finding out who he was and what he did with that information came rushing back to him. Norman rubbed his head in slight aggravation before he smirked at the man.

"Well… this explains so much" Norman said as he looked at the damaged mask of Spider-man's new suit before he tossed the ripped off thing away and knelled down in front of Spider-man with a dark grin and looked the man dead in the eye "Welcome to my Avengers… Parker"

Peter's response was a silent glare that was slightly marred by the black eye he was sporting thanks to the Sentry as Norman began to chuckle before it delved into a full-on laugh that was oddly reminiscent of his days as the Green Goblin…

"HEHEHEHEHE-HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!"


And done.

Next chapter, the Fantastic Four contact the New Avengers in light of recent events…