Disclaimer: booze makes everything better but it doesn't make me own Spider-man.
Webhead volume 28
'it's been almost two weeks, it's still a little awkward working with George and Jean at the same time but it's better than him being in prison…. Valentine's day is tomorrow and gwen and have been doing pretty good but right now she brought me with her to her gym membership because apparently I need to learn how to not get my ass kicked.' Peter narrated as his girlfriend knocked him down on the padded mat straight on his ass, she walks up to his laying form reaching out a helping hand to get up in mellon pick workout shorts and a tight fitting white sleeveless shirt. "Come on pete. Knock me down!" She yelled out at him within her gym with a truckload of misplaced hostility, something Peter didn't fail to pick up on. 'this is definitely about more than just me not knowing how to fight' "I'm trying here gwen but I'm no bruce lee" but his joking attitude only seemed to further sour the blondes mood as she went from sparring with her boyfriend to aggressively attacking him. "All you do is joke and you can't fight! What would you have done about that taskmaster guy if harry didn't show up?! This is why you're always a walking bruise, maybe if you actually knew how to fight I wouldn't have figured out your identity GENIUS!" She belted out while clocking him right in the nose causing blood to spirt out.
After gwen had seen what she did and calmed down they sat on the floor there side by side, the brunette boy holding a stained tissue to his nose. "So MJ still not talking to you?" He asked her but you could tell it was said as a statement not a question. "Not just MJ. none of them are talking to me, I don't know what I'm gonna do pete." "Well you don't really know Cindy and GLory really well, the only other one left is jessica and would it really be so bad if she didn't talk to you again…?" He joked but by the very intense glare he was getting he knew gwen was not in the mood for jokes today "look gwendy if you just tell them you were shaken up from the attack they'll probably understand, no one can stay mad at you." He told her sincerely as their lips met.
As they left they left the gym his spider phone rang so gwen reminded him about Valentine's day tomorrow, in a way that threatened dire consequences if he forgot, before heading off to her car to go to school since it would start in about 20 minutes that morning. Once the heroic young man was left standing alone in the cold of a gym parking lot he answered captain dewolff, if george needs to talk with him he calls his normal phone so jeans the only one still calling the spider one, "yes captain?" "The sin eater struck again: street urchin blackie gaxton, I'll tell ya kid we've got a lot of fires burning at once here. Kingpin, goblin, sin eater and one of my officers said they saw that jungle freak standing on a gondola over in Staten Island." "Eehhh kraven's back…. He'd better not mess up any more impractical jokers moments, don't worry captain I'll get to it all." He told the overworked captain completely overworked himself before realizing he needed to get to school.
The school day practically flew by and gwen was getting more irritated by the minute from her friends cold shoulder. Peter did his best to reassure her but it just wasn't enough until finally at lunch things reached their breaking point. When the pair went to sit down at their usual table the very same friends, band mates mostly, sat among the long plastic stools and table. The second they saw gwen try to sit down they practically took her head off until the former timid nerd spoke out in the middle of the cafeteria for all to see. "LOOK GWEN HAS HAD A ROUGH YEAR AND WAS REALLY SHAKEN UP WHEN A MERCENARY HAD A SWORD TWO INCHES FROM HER HEAD THAT NIGHT. SHE MISSED ONE PERFORMANCE AND YOU JUMP DOWN HER THROAT, IF YOU WERE REALLY HER FRIENDS YOU'D UNDERSTAND." After the room fell into an eerie quiet no one really knowing what to say, jessica just stunned that Peter parker spoke up about anything so assertively, until something else more jaw dropping happened….
A large lion on a leash dragged into the room a tall, muscular man, with tanned skin littered with scars, bright green eyes, wild dark hair and goatee dressed in a olive green-brown sleeveless jacket complete with fur hooded collar and a lot of weapons. "Spider-man is one amongst you! We can smell him here! Come forward or the rest of the students will suffer." Kraven announced to the hungry students of midtown high now frozen with fear. Peter was at a lose not knowing how to get out of this when flash thompson brought attention to his table, he, Liz, glory, kong and Cindy had elected to sit at their own table today instead of the one consisting of Peter, gwen, harry, jessica, and MJ. Flash had instinctually fanboy screamed out "HOLY SHIT! ARE YOU TELLING ME SPIDEY ACTUALLY GOES TO SCHOOL HERE!?" As kraven turned to approach the athletic fanboy 'thanks for the distraction flash now hang in there' the web head thought to himself as he snuck away to put on his red and blues.
"Um excuse me? How much for the jungle vest? I know someone that would love it for next Christmas, I know it's almost a year away but a spider can never be too prepared" a young, and irritating, voice was suddenly heard crawling upside down in the doorway that connected the cafeteria to the outside hall. 'ok let's see if I've learned anything' What was next was a perilous fight between our hero and the hostile horrendous hunter amidst his classmates, practically being held hostage in his own school just because he attends. After Spidey was forced to dodge up on the ceiling flash tried to attack kraven from behind, nearly leading to disastrous results if not for the timely intervention of the friendly neighborhood Spider-Man. "Look I appreciate you want to help but it's too dangerous for you" the hero told his former bully who's actually a good guy at heart.
Eventually he managed to pull the fur covered hood up over the russian hunters head webbing him stuck, pantsing him again afterwards. When Peter rejoined his classmates, to none of their notice, flash was going on and on and on about how Spider-man saved him but his area of discussion, or more accurately hamster wheel bragging, shifted into just mocking the young man with a duel identity and how the closet he'll ever be to Spider-man is filming him over 30 feet away. 'every time flash seems like he's change he just takes two steps backwards.' MJ found her voice about what happened with gwen at the beginning of the month in that moment "look girl I know you've been through a lot and I'd never honestly hold you missing the show against you ESPECIALLY if you were just nearly killed by a lunatic. We cool?" She asked with gwen answering with a pearly white shit eating smile.
That next night it was february 14th, Valentine's day and as Peter was getting ready to leave the house he's stopped by aunt may "now remember Peter Gwen has been through a lot so try to be considerate and understanding but no funny business you got that" she told her nephew, a lot of sterness on the last part. When may was done double checking that the boy that's like her son was all set she just sat down at the kitchen table looking completely lost. "You sure you're gonna be ok here by yourself tonight aunt may? Look I know I've been distant lately but I'll always need you. You raised me, you're like my mother no you are my mother." He told her as he sat down at the table next to her, all she could do was give him a tearful embrace before she ushered him off ensuring that she'd be fine.
When he got to the door of the stacy household he knocked and as he waited the landlord, an old and frail looking man named stan started talking to him. "You know the stacys' huh? It really tore me up when I heard old georgie was locked up but I've heard the only reason he got out is Spider-man. I guess one person can make a difference. Nuff said." The man entered his apartment right as george opened the door to his and Gwens' "mister parker. While I don't really approve of you dating my daughter with your job it's neither my choice nor is it apparently yours so show her a good time tonight. NOT TOO GOOD! remember I'm still a cop…. With a gun." The slightly hostile and very intimidating cop dad that has a heart of gold underneath it all told his young allie while they waited for gwen to rush out the door dragging Peter behind her.
When they arrived for dinner at chez ditkos, a fancy french restaurant, they saw harry there with a woman who was a complete stranger. 'always using that osborn name and money to his advantage however he can' it was actually a very nice and romantic evening for the blonde and brunette, almost perfect but there's always that old parker luck. The green goblin suddenly crashed his glider into the restaurant right through an amazing stain glass mural, zeroing in on the owner Steve. "Haaheeeehaaaa! Mister Ditko. You're 3 weeks behind on your payment tisk tisk tisk and we know what that means" the goblin taunted the shy restaurant owner threateningly. 'wait the goblin is extorting businesses too?!' but before anyone could do anything harry, his random date and most of the customers long gone, stood firmly as he announced to the green and purple mad man enough was enough.
The goblin looked over to see who dares tell him to stop doing what he wanted only to see the young red headed osborn and immediately freezing up, clearly caught in an intense battle within himself before barely muttered out "harry….? help….. me….." eye's widening the wealthy heir finally knowing the truth he didn't want to accept "dad? So it is you! How'd this happen to you!? What are you doing!?" The armored green and purple man clearly ill only started maniacally laughing again before flying out the restaurant through a DIFFERENT window. "Eh super villains. He couldn't have left through the same window he came in! That's it I'm moving." Steve the owner of the ditkos restaurant complained with such evident disdain.
Harry walked over to where Peter and gwen stood with such somber hopelessness as he said to his super powered best friend "it's really him pete. My Dad IS the green goblin." Peter then spoke with such authority it was unheard of "don't worry harry we'll figure this out, right gwen? We are all a team now and we WILL get your father back man. Somehow."
A/N every time Spider-man fights kraven he WILL pants him, not sure why I decided that but I did. Flash was finally face to face with his hero. Cameos by both stan lee and Steve Ditko the creators of Spider-man. How bad do you think harry will be effected by his father's condition going forward? Honestly my shoulder was bothering me so much I've been drinking AND taking pain killers. Not a good combination so I'm sorry I've the story suffers for it. Until next time true believers!