Answers to reviewers' questions or statements:

MCRasengan: By this point the Illuminati is pretty much dead. Stark is in a coma, Black Bolt is in space taking over the Kree Empire and kicking the crap out of Vulcan, Strange is going through some kind of issues that will cost him his place as the Sorcerer Supreme and Namor's part of Norman Osborn's Cabal. T'Challa is back in Wakanda and Xavier, I'm not quite sure where he is exactly at the moment by I do know he gets caught by Norman at one point, so he may already be imprisoned.

Jason Chandler: Norman is able to easily manipulate the Sentry because the man isn't what I would call right in the head, and Norman uses this to his advantage. Someone on the side that supports the Superhuman Registration act, heavily hinted to be Tony Stark, more or less got Norman sort of pardoned for his crimes when he was made head of the Thunderbolts. Plus killing the Skrull Queen and helped beat back the Skrull invasion helped his image since everything went to hell under Stark's watch. Sounds like Marvel is sticking it to Fox by making the movie they tired with a younger FF but doing it better… plus if they try to go the route of the Ultimate FF I'm very interested. Might even get the whole Children of Tomorrow arc where Reed when insane and what not.

challengunnar dale: Theoretically Franklin could beat the Sentry, even at his current age and power level but at the end of the day, he's still like an eight year old kid who still has yet to truly master his powers where's the Sentry is a adult and has a fair amount of control over his god like power. He could try a telepathic attack on the Sentry, but his lack of skill wouldn't help, and it'd run the risk of letting the Void loose and well everything will go to hell after that, plus if the Sentry is in a right state of mind, he can resist such an attack on his psyche. But an adult Franklin Richards could have taken on the Sentry.

DarkJoey: Would have been satisfying to see her reduce the man to a vegetable drooling on the ground but in doing so, it would have set Ares and Sentry off and the H.A.M.M.E.R. agents would have attacked and with her children so close to her… it wouldn't have been worth it, not to her or Peter or the rest of the Four if Valeria or Franklin were hurt or worse in the crossfire.

Codespider616: Yes, Black Cat will show up.

Dave Bennett: We'll be seeing how Norman will keep Peter in line this chapter. A fight between the Avengers, Jason, Michael, Leatherface, Pinhead, Freddy, Chucky, and Ghost Face. The Avengers, at least if it's a team with people like Thor, Hulk, Wolverine, Spider-man, Iron Man etc. but if it's the more human members like Captain America, Hawkeye, Black Widow, Mockingbird and a few others, then things get drastically more interesting. If that's the case, then in the end I'd still say the Avengers though the fight will be far more even and probably cooler.

justafan: Sentry's obedience to Norman is a combination of the Void's doing and Norman's own manipulations. Plus the Sentry doesn't have much in terms of common sense.

keyblade master cole: Because it would be odd for Norman to not finally know who Spider-man is, again, especially if he has him at his mercy now and soon under his command.

megabrony: No, Peter's healing factor isn't up there with Wolverine or Deadpool's healing factor, but it's stronger than before. He also doesn't have immortality, or the ability to mimic any technology he touches.

Harbinger of Kaos: Yeah it probably would have been nice.

Rider Paladin: That won't be the last time Osborn contends with the Four and now that Norman has Spidey, we'll see just how far he'll go to keep it that way.

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


'Well it's official, this is without a doubt the worst day of my life… and given what I've been through over the years, that's saying something' Peter thought as he was escorted through a hallway deep within Avengers Tower by several H.A.M.M.E.R. agents and Ares himself. His arms were still locked in a rather advance Carbonadium harness of sorts and Norman had gassed Peter with chemical compound he created to nullify Peter's spider-sense all those years ago and just hours ago in Peter's fight with Daken, Bullseye and Venom.

"Still don't get why Director Osborn won't lock this punk up with the others" one of the H.A.M.M.E.R. agents muttered from behind Peter.

"Because dumbass, the boss has something special in mind for the web head, at least he has to if he's going to all this trouble for him" one of the man's comrades responded.

"Well if that's true, then why isn't he here himself?" the first agent asked with a audible scowl in his tone.

"Probably because he's speaking to Miss Hand about him staying here now" was the response before the men went quite after Ares gave them a look of mild annoyance.

'Yeah, right, like I'm gonna spend another hour in this place with these people' Peter thought with an eye roll before he was shoved in the back by one of the H.A.M.M.E.R. escorts.

"Move it freak"

"Says the man with a badge of a hammer on his shoulder" Peter muttered.

"What was that wise ass?" the agent said as he went to shove Peter again before Ares placed a hand on the man's shoulder and gave him a hard stare that froze him on the spot.

"Enough, he's been defeated. There is nothing to gain from continuing to harass him other than making a fool of yourself" the War God stated.

"Yes sir…" the agent replied lowly.

"Thanks Ares, kinda nice to see some people on this team still have manners" Peter did his best to look over his shoulder at the Greek deity "And from the God of War no less, man wonders really do never cease"

"Silence!" Ares growled out as he sent a glare towards Spider-man.

"Big meanie" Peter grumbled as they finally arrived at the conference room that Norman wanted to speak with Peter in.

The doors opened automatically, and Ares shoved Peter in without a second thought as the H.A.M.M.E.R. agents waited outside. The wall crawler nearly stumbled face first into the floor from the amount of force Ares out into his shove before he regained his footing and examined his surroundings with a whistle.

"Wow, looks like you guys redecorated" Peter said as Ares dragged him over to a chair and shoved Peter into it. The Queens born hero let out a groan as his back collided with the chair before he looked up at the War God "You know, I could've sat down on my own thank you very much"

Ares grunted in response before he turned on his heel and marched back towards the doors and stepped out into the hallway before they closed behind him, followed by a metallic 'clank' to signify that the doors were now locked.

"Is it too late to mention I have to use the restroom?" Peter said before he let out a sigh and leaned back in the chair as he looked around the room to see that other than the wall to wall, flor to ceiling window on one side of the room, the only wat in or out was the doors he just came through and a air vent that was far too small for Peter to even begin to entertain the thought of somehow crawling through should he break free of his metal straight jacket "Great, this is just perfect…"

Several minutes passed as Peter silently sat in the conference room, he could faintly hear people on the other side of the door, likely agents to make sure he doesn't try anything like escaping. Peter grumbled as he examined his restraints and tried to think of a way to get them off, or at the very least make a run for it with most of his body secured before Norman had finally entered the room, this time dressed in a business suit rather than his Iron Patriot armor.

"Sorry to keep you waiting Peter, my conversation with Ms. Hand went on longer than I expected" the former Green Goblin said with an apologetic smile that Peter thought was anything but sorry.

"Uh, dude do I look like I care that your late?" Peter asked with an eye roll "If anything it just means I don't have to hear your voice for a little while longer and let me build up an adequate tolerance to that atrocious hairstyle of yours. I mean Harry can pull it off somehow but you, you look like one of those aging Hipsters that no one likes being reminded that they exist to give other Hipsters a bad name"

Norman's grin fell and was replaced with a scowl "Always one to joke around"

"It's part of my charm" Peter said with a grin.

"Yes, I'm sure Gwen would agree with you. Well maybe not with how you tried to save her but…" Norman responded with a dark smirk as Peter's own expression darkened as well "Ah, there we are…"

"What do you want Norman?" Peter snapped.

Osborn didn't answer, at least not right away as he made his way opposite of Peter at the table and sat down in a chair and leaned back in the leather before he let out a content sigh and centered his gaze on Peter.

"You see Peter, I don't know if it's come to your attention, but Mac is beginning to grow a bit, how should I put it… distant from the friendly image I've spent millions to have crafted for the general public to eat up. I mean do you have any idea how hard it is to explain Venom's tendencies to rip men and women's arms off or why it is there are videos of Venom eating squirrels' in the park?" Norman asked.

"Not as hard as the lawsuit that Squirrel Girl is gonna bring down on you guys for letting him do that" Peter snorted at the image of Squirrel Girl suing Norman's Avengers.

"Like anyone's gonna take her side against me" Norman said with a scoff "She's a mutant, not even qualified to be an actual X-men and I more or less saved the world where 'Earth's Mightiest heroes' have failed with a band of criminals"

"She'd still win…" Peter mumbled out.

Norman rolled his eyes at this before he took a deep breath and slowly exhaled "I'm not here to discuss Squirrel Girl Mister Parker, no I'm here to discuss something far more important. I want you to replace Gargan as my team's Spider-man while I move Mac into a more… appropriate environment for him to thrive without being restrained by maintaining a public image of a kind-hearted individual, or as close as I can have him act like one"

"You want me to join your Avengers team?" Peter said with an incredulous expression on his face.

"Yes" Norman nodded.

Peter stared at Norman in total silence as his brain processed what it just heard before Peter did what any person in his position would do…

He laughed!

Norman's response was to have his eyes narrow in anger as Peter's laughter echoed across the room.

"Oh god, oh god… hehehehe- that's… that's…" Peter tried to say in-between bouts of laughter "Oh, whooo Normie, that has to be the best joke you've ever told! HAHAHAHAHA!"

"Stop laughing" Norman said with growing anger as Peter continued to laugh.

"Oh man, what's next? You gonna have Elektra be your team's Black Widow? Maybe call up Taskmaster and see if he's interested in being your team's discount version of a Captain America ooh, ooh better yet, let's see if we can find Vulture and have him be the new Falcon" Peter said before he broke down into another laughing fit.

"I SAID STOP LAUGHING!" Norman said as he slammed his hands down on the table, cracking it's polished wooden surface.

Peter's laughter died down as he looked at his longtime adversary with a more serious but still amused expression.

After a few moments, Norman let out a sigh as he ran a hand over his face before he resumed speaking "As I said, I'd like to make you my team's new Spider-man. You'll be paid, obviously and as an added incentive, I won't force you to tell me where your other little friends are hiding, so long as you cooperate with me and my team"

Peter stared at Norman for several moments before he shook his head "I'll pass, thanks though, I really appreciate the thought of you going to all this trouble just to offer me a job. Makes me feel even more special than before"

Norman was silent for a few minutes as he contemplated Peter's response with a thoughtful expression on his face before he spoke in a resigned tone "I suppose it was just wishful thinking of me that you'd be willing to work with me to help keep this world safe from threats, be they terrestrial or not"

"Wishful?" Peter said with a snort "More like delusional with an added slice of tripping and a hefty dose of bonkers"

Norman growled at that before he reached into his suit's jacket for a small tablet like device and began to hit a series of commands in it before he turned the screen to Peter. The wall crawler's blood froze as he was greeted to the sight of Mary Jane Watson at what looked to be some sort of photoshoot.

"Beautiful, isn't she?" Norman said as he turned the screen back to him "You know, aside from a few crap television shows and that half ass movie about some love interest for that 'Lobster-man' she's a pretty talented actress. I can even see a possible Emmy in her future if she's given the right movie that will let her soar. And her looks, to die for. I mean any man on earth would give his soul to the devil to have her curl up beside him at night… Bobby Carr truly is a lucky man to be with her"

Norman then glanced back up at Peter and saw the man glaring at him "So you can see why it would be a real shame if her boyfriend one day went over to her house and found out that she O. D. on some rather half-baked heroin that she got from some random ass drug dealer while she was filming in Singapore last month"

"You so much as even think of-" Peter started before Norman interrupted him.

"And her Aunt, oh her poor Aunt Anna" Norman said with an exaggerated headshake "I mean finding out that her poor niece had gotten into drugs and then upped and killed herself trying to get high… well take it from a parent that had to deal with a child of his own going through addiction, even though in all honesty I could truly care less at the time and still don't, it won't be pretty for her"

Norman then dropped the tablet on the table, the sudden sound the device made when it hit the wooden surface caused Peter to jump slightly as Osborn leaned on the table's edge with his elbows and rested his chin on his interlaced fingers "Then there's that rag of a paper the Front Line, terrible shame that this time next week it was mysteriously burned down with Urich inside it, having apparently been killed by some two bit hoodlum that cost him a descent gig when he had some random crime lord that tired to take over the Kingpin's holdings imprisoned from back when he was still a journalist for the Daily Bugle. And poor Robbie finding out his old friend had died, descends into alcoholism which eventually ended up with him wandering down the wrong street at the wrong time and he either dies by a hit and run or some punk that wanted his wallet"

Again, Peter didn't answer as he stared down at the table, but Norman could see that Peter was straining against his restraints, trying to break free through sheer raw strength so he could either escape and rush off to keep his loved one's safe… or more likely, so he can tear Norman apart.

Norman smirked at the thought as he leaned back in his chair and slammed his hand into the table, drawing Peter's rage filled eyes towards his own "Then we get to my 'son', Harry and his darling ex-wife and their son"

Peter suddenly bucked against the restrains, the metal groaning slightly under the sheer exertion his muscles were emitting in trying to break free "You touch any of them Norman, and I'll tear your fuckin heart out-"

"I was thinking of something simple for Harry, maybe a relapse or something of that nature. Question is, do I go with alcohol, or the Goblin serum?" Norman said with a shrug "Or both, I've found the two make a rather nasty combination, especially if I have someone with rather impressive powers of persuasion nearby to… 'suggest' a few things to him. In such a state, poor old Harry will get it in his head for some reason that Spider-man is either sleeping with his ex-wife or trying to kill her and their kid, which wont be too hard to see as I'll have Gargan there, to sell the story that my boy went mad and tried to kidnap Liz and Normie and Mac fought with everything he had to keep them safe from the sick man…"

Norman sighed as he shook his head in sadness "But Gargan isn't like Sentry, or Ms. Marvel, or even Ares and as such, will be unable to atop the pumpkin bomb that Harry will throw from his glider that will strike the car they were trying to flee in and well… two more victims of the Green Goblin, my legacy"

"Are you fucking kidding me?!" Peter shouted in outrage "Your willing to kill your own grandson and his mother and destroy Harry just because I won't join your fuckin team of psychopaths!"

"I'm not killing them Peter, Harry is" Norman corrected with a smirk before it fell and was replaced with a frown "Granted, my popularity and credibility will take a hit, after all it'll look bad that my son went off the deep end and killed his own son, but it may gain my sympathy as well, thank god for PR"

Peter stared at the man in absolute shock, he always knew that Norman wasn't right in the head, in fact he regularly concluded he was insane, but this, the sheer calmness, the utter lack of genuine regret or even care of detailing how the man was going to kill Peter's co-workers, his best friend and his son, who happen to be Norman's son and grandson…

Norman then stood up and turned his back to Peter as he approached the window and gazed out at the city below with a thoughtful expression on his face "Now, after Harry's 'relapse' and subsequent murder of his son and ex-wife, I'll have him incarcerated in one of the best facilities there is to try and help him and at some point during his rehabilitation, Harry realizes what he did and instead of trying to atone for what he dead instead once again takes the easy route and hangs himself in his room, just as it looked like he was making progress"

"And Aunt May well… Aunt May…" Norman hummed as he cupped his chin.

Before he could ponder on it any more, Peter let out an enraged yell as he renewed his efforts to break out of his restraints. Norman watched with slight astonishment as several of the restraints began to crack and tear ever so slightly as Peyer stared at Norman with sheer and utter rage on his face. His suit suddenly started to flicker to life, the bio-lights flickering on and off and Peter's mask began to form before Norman pushed on a small trigger attached to his watch, different from the trigger that set Peter off back at the Baxter building, which suddenly caused Peter to let out an agonized yell as his spider-sense began to go off to the point that the web slinger for a brief moment actually blacked out from the pain. Osborn stood back and watched with a blank expression as Peter ceased his struggles and slumped into the chair, his head bowed as he tired to regain his bearings.

The director of H.A.M.M.E.R. chuckled as he approached Peter in several strides and came to a stop next to the now drowsy wall crawler. Several minutes passed as Norman stared down at Peter's silent form before he grabbed the man by the chin and forced him to look up at Norman's glare.

"You see Peter, I'm not asking you to join my Avengers as it's new Spider-man. I'm telling you, either you join my team or… everyone you've ever called a friend, everyone you've ever loved, hell every woman you've made out with or fucked will end up either dead, dying, or wish they were when I'm done with them!"

Norman then leaned in towards Peter and his voice dropped to a low whisper "And then, I'm going take you, I'm going to take your Aunt May, and I'm going to lock you both in an empty, soundproof room and then I'm going to trigger your more bestial side, like back at the Baxter building, and I'm going to watch you tear apart your poor beloved Aunt. Then, when your finished tearing her apart, I'm going to knock you out and wait for you to wake up so I can force you to spend the rest of your fuckin life watching the recording, over and over again until either your will to live breaks, or your sanity…"

Norman than stood up and backed away and gave Peter an expectant look as the man kept staring down at the table, his face slightly shadowed by Norman's body being in the way of the lights "Now, what is your answer Mister Parker?"

Luke let out a sigh as he rubbed his brow in exhaustion as he stood before Reed Richards, Johnny Storm and Ben Grimm. Behind Luke were the members of the 'New' Avengers, Carol Danvers aka Ms. Marvel, Jessica Drew aka Spider-woman, the new Captain America Bucky Barnes, Barbara 'Bobbi' Morse aka Mockingbird, Clint Barton formally Hawkeye now going by Ronin, Danny Rand aka Iron Fist and finally James 'Logan' Howlett aka Wolverine.

"I'm sorry, but are you telling me that not only did Norman somehow find a way to weaponize strands of the Transmode virus and the Techno-Organic viruses that Stark kept around to screw with, but he used said weapon on our teammate which in turn caused him to change into some sort of metal Venom and then proceeded to capture him and now has him in his custody?"

"In a nutshell" Johnny said with a dejected look on his face "Norman showed up at the Baxter Building with his heaviest hitters, after he had several of his other guys attack Spidey earlier. Guy's been planning this for a while"

"And at the first sign of a fight, you throw him to the wolves to save your own sorry asses?" Logan said with a growl.

"Forgive me Logan, but considering my children were less than a hundred feet from the Sentry and Ares at the time, I didn't feel like risking their lives for a fight that we still would have lost in the end" Reed said with a narrowed gaze towards the longtime X-men member.

"Yeah keep telling yourself that, then again wouldn't be the first time you fucked over a friend of yours" Logan said with a shake of his head as he turned on his heel and made his way to the kitchen for another beer or seven.

"Well, what are we gonna go now?" Carol asked with a frown "We can't just leave him under Norman's mercy, or lack thereof"

Jessica nodded in agreement "She's right, we gotta get him out of there. Right now, Norman could be tearing him apart to find out where the rest of us are"

"I don't think so…" Bucky said with a frown "From the sounds of it, Norman put a lot of time and effort to capture Spider-man, alive. Wouldn't make sense for him to kill him in an attempt to find the rest of us"

"You do know this is Norman Osborn, right?" Carol said as she looked at the second bearer of the Captain America mantle "A guy who thought it'd be a good idea to dress up like a Goblin and throw exploding pumpkins at people, at what point does that sound like it makes any remote bit of sense?"

"I'm just saying, it's a gross waste of resources for such little gain" Bucky said with narrowed eyes towards the blonde heroine "Even for a man with a questionable sense of sanity like himself"

"Oh come on it's freakin Osborn, it doesn't have to make sense for us for it to make sense to him!" Clint said as he made for the door "Come on, we know he's at the Tower. Let's hit it and get our man back!"

"Clint stand down" Luke said with frown.

Clint rounded on Luke "I'm not gonna sit around while Osborn of all people-"

"I said, stand down" Luke reaffirmed with a growl "Going in there halfcocked ain't gonna do Spider-man any favors except making him feel even more guilty when your ass gets kicked by Osborn's people. We need to be smart about this and plan out our attack"

"And since it's Spider-man that Norman has, you can bet your ass the security around him will be at its absolute highest. Osborn's likely pulled out all the stops to keep his prize secured" Carol said as she folded her arms under her bust "I've heard enough from Spider-man to know that Norman has an almost unhealthy obsession with the man, hell, from what I heard when I was still with Stark when he was in charge of S.H.I.E.L.D. and Norman was still Director of the Thunderbolts, he constantly pushed to be allowed to hunt down Spider-man and would jump at the mere mentioning of his name or a rumored sighting"

"All the more reason to get him out" Clint said as he reached for the door.

"And how do you plan to do that?" Johnny asked with a raised brow "No offense ninja boy, but I don't see a lot of real muscle on the team that could help you break into that tower and hold off Norman's people while you look for Spidey at the same time"

"Thanks for the vote of confidence storm, feel like I could take Galactus at this point" Carol said in a dry tone while Luke and Danny gave Johnny a similar look to Carol's to the Human Torch's sheepish smile.

"What about Strange?" Ben asked suddenly "Can't he whip up some sorta spell to get you guys in there and bust Spidey out?"

Bucky shook his head at this "According to Strange, there's powerful spells protecting that tower and… I don't think Strange is powerful enough to break them now"

Reed's eyes narrowed at this "What do you mean? He's the Sorcerer Supreme, from what I've noticed over the years, he's the most powerful Sorcerer on earth. How can he not get in?"

"Oh, you didn't hear?" Jessica said with slight surprise "Stephen's no longer the Sorcerer Supreme, it's now Brother Voodoo"

"Wait what? Since when?" Reed said in clear surprise.

"A few weeks ago, it's a long story" Carol explained.

"Kinda thought you'd know since you two are all chummy behind everyone's backs" Luke said with a pointed gaze towards the world's smartest man.

Reed adverted his gaze while Ben stepped forward "Hey, that isn't fair-"

"Ben, just don't" Danny said with a raised hand "Or else you'll be here for hours arguing with him. Just roll with it for now and get him back later. Or tell his wife and she'll chew him out for you"

The Thing grumbled as he shot Luke a scowl before Bucky cleared his throat and stepped forward "Okay, so we have a man captured and secured in one of the most heavily guarded and secured locations in the world all the while likely under torture to give up our locations. We need to move fast"

"We need to find a way to get the Sentry out of there, he's the biggest gun Norman has at his disposal" Carol said.

"Anyone got a line on Banner?" Johnny asked.

"No and I don't see him helping us anytime soon" Jessica said with a frown "What about Thor?"

"Same boat probably" Danny said as he rubbed the back of his head before he and Luke shared a look. Bucky saw this and decided to speak.

"Something you two would like to share?"

"We… might have a solution" Luke said with an uneasy look.

"What is it?" the former Winter Solider asked.

Before Luke could say anything, Clint beat him to it "Oh hell no, anyone but him!"

The New Avengers and three fourths of the Fantastic Four turned to see Clint glaring at Luke "He won't help us"

"He will if we mention Spider-man's been captured. I don't think he's that far gone… not yet" Danny reasoned.

"What or who are you guys talking about?" Carol asked with a frown.

"Daredevil… he's the new leader of the Hand" Luke said with a heavy sigh.

Everyone barring Danny and Clint stood there in complete shock at the bomb that was dropped.

"Daredevil, he's now the head honcho of the Hand?" Bobbi said with an incredulous expression "The organization of near unkillable assassins, that Hand?!"

"Is there another?" Luke asked.

"Holy shit…" Jessica said with as she ran a hand through her hair "Why the hell is he in charge of them now? Hell, how is that even remotely possible?"

"Again, a long story" Luke said as he folded his arms across his chest "He's got the manpower. Hell, he probably has the only people on earth at the moment that can get us in that Tower without Osborn knowing and get Spider-man out of there without a fight"

"Question is, will he help us" Clint said with a shake of his head "Wait, I already know the answer, no he won't"

"What makes you say that?" Jessica asked.

"If he wanted Osborn gone, you think he would have done something by now?" Clint responded with a look.

"What about the X-men?" Bucky asked as he glanced around "They have people that can help us-"

"Wait, where's Logan?" Luke said as he scanned the room and saw that the Wolverine had yet to come back from the kitchen with his beer.

The group of heroes moved to the kitchen and saw that it was empty and the window was wide open with a single empty beer bottle on the windowsill.

"He didn't" Jessica said with worry as she glanced at carol who had a similar expression.

"He did" Reed said in a grave tone.

James 'Logan' Howlett, the Wolverine, had seemingly gone off to wage an all-out, one-man assault on Avengers Tower.


And done.

Next chapter, Induction into the Dark Avengers.