Chapter 3

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The awakening.

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I had a lot of fun writing this chapter, so I hope you'll have as much fun reading it, but won't be wasting time on rambling, enjoy =]

Cold and chilling wind howled as Patrioteer flew forward. He didn't know where, he didn't know if it was the right direction, but he had to move. He had to move at least somewhere to escape the thousands of thoughts that were circling in his mind. One worse than other.

Why would they need Peter? What had he done? Harry mentally punched himself understanding how stupidly it sounded. Of course, he ruined all their plans and beaten their asses multiple times. Of course, they'd want revenge, but…

Sudden quiet beeping made Spider man's partner snap out of his thoughts. Patrioteer's eyes widened when he understood what it meant. The signal. It returned. Harry finally saw where he was. Turning his head there, his eyes narrowed a bit.

The choice between calling him and flying there was difficult. On one hand, Harry didn't know if he had much time, but on the other… No, calling someone to be the backup would be the right thing to do. That's what Spidey would have done if he was here.

But… Patrioteer stopped. Who exactly to call for backup? Miles? Flash? His father? Heart was beating loudly in his chest. He had no idea who is the person behind all of this, he didn't know what they're planning and he didn't know…

Sudden call interrupted his thoughts. Spidey. Answering a call without thinking twice, he made the biggest mistake in his life, "Spidey, I got the signal! Don't worry, I'll be there any moment, you-" He stopped, hearing quiet chuckle.

"Oh, isn't this a quickly becoming famous Patrioteer, I see here?" Voice rasped and screen full of static finally became clear, showing familiar skull, "I was expecting the signal to return faster, but oh well, not everything goes how you planned"

"Taskmaster!?" Patrioteer's voice rose higher. He remembered everything Peter told him about this "skeleton," and it made his heart sink. Hands started to tremble, as he tried to remain calm, "Where is he!? Where is Spidey!? I promise if you done anything to him, I'll-"

"Oh, like father like son, you both are such fans of throwing demand words around…" The eyes on his skull face narrowed as he interrupted the hero, "But worry not, we had a nice chat, me and him. Let me show you…"

Patrioteer felt chills run down his spine as he saw how Taskmaster walked away from the screen and showed what was behind him. There, being held in the tight grip of two robots was Peter. Still with his mask off. Still unconscious.

"Spidey!" As the name flew out of his mouth, he saw how Taskmaster smirked. He knew, there was no need in using hero names anymore, "You… What are you planning to do?!" He made a dash forward in attempt to punch the villain's skull. He completely forgot that he's not there.

"Relax young Osborn or else I'll be more than glad to reveal his secret to everybody and this time... No playing with reality will help" He let out manic laughter, "But I'll give you a chance to show what kind of hero you are"

"What's that supposed to mean?" Angry hiss as quiet as whisper made Taskmaster walk closer to Peter and take him by his hair, "Let go of him, you psycho!" But his words had no effect as Taskmaster only chuckled silently.

"I would have been more careful with what you say, boy. Don't want to ruin your father's reputation, don't you?" White eyes locked on Harry's face, "Oh, you Osborns, Doctor told me a lot of your family downs and ups… Pathetic"

"Every family has its ups and downs and things got better between me and my father!" Harry barked, anger rose in his soul, blinding him, "Just you wait until I get to you and make you pay for what you've done!"

"I would have been more careful, if I were you" Taskmaster raised Peter's head higher, "I know more than you think, hero. I've seen what happened that day and I will be more than glad to make it happen again…"

"No…" Anger completely vanished, turned into fear, "No, y-you…" His voice was trembling as he watched how Taskmaster looked Peter in the face with a smirk as if he was nothing but bait for a monster to come, "You can't…"

"I can't you say?" Smirk on a skull face got wider, "I can and I will" He let go of Peter's hair and made a step away from him, "Things have changed. A lot of things and if you don't believe me…" He waved his hand in the air.

Harry's face turned pale when he saw how one of the drones flew closer to Taskmaster, holding something in its clawed hand, "This will be a perfect motivation for you to move faster, time is ticking… Tick-tock, hero. Tick… Tock…"

The call has ended. All Harry saw was his own face full of terror. No. No. No. No. No. No. NO! His mind was screaming loudly as he tried to find a way to calm down his racing heartbeat. He knew it's the trap. He knew what Taskmaster planned.

Gulping, he nervously touched his neck. Feeling cold metallic armor he calmed down a bit. You can do it. He thought. You can, just… His eyes widened when he saw a single drone fly in his direction. The drone had timer on it.

10 minutes…

The first thing he saw when his eyes opened was the face of the one who did all of this. Taskmaster. Making a dash forward, Peter hissed in pain. The move made Taskmaster chuckle, "Try to move less, Spiderman, unless you want your arms to hurt"

"Your arms will hurt when I break free from here!" Peter barked and tried to free himself. Rage that was boiling in his blood before he passed out seemed to return and return fast, "What have you told to Harry!?"

"What's that? So you weren't all the way unconscious… Interesting…" He walked closer to Peter and kneeled to look him in the eyes, "Don't worry, knowing your friend, he won't take it personally, quite opposite, he'll use it to feed his Osborn spirit and come here to help"

"Your plan won't work!" Peter threw his head forward and managed to hit Taskmaster with his head, "He knows it's a trap! He knows what you're planning to do and he knows that he-" He stopped himself when felt something sharp pressed to his carotid. The feeling made chills run down his spine.

"What was it again, hero…?" Taskmaster smirked, seeing how Peter stared at the drone. Smirk on villain's skull got wider when he saw how hero shut his eyes. He was completely petrified to speak further. Loud heartbeat was echoing in the cold and dark room.

"That's more like it…" Taskmaster took a step back, with a wave of a hand he made drone fly to him, "Always so loyal to your friends, too loyal…" He caught Pete by his chin and forced to look in his face, "What about your Aunt? What will she say if she's going to find out where her nephew is?"

Peter wanted to open his mouth, to say something, but couldn't. He knew it was just another part of his plan. He knew what Taskmaster wants and he won't give it to him, "Won't speak, huh?" Quiet hiss in his ear made Peter shut his eyes once again.

"Interesting to see how obedience you become every time someone threats to hurt your family or friends" Pain in the chin got stronger when Taskmaster raised Peter's head higher, "S.H.I.L.D trained you well, Ultimate Spider Man, the title you think you earned"

"Just image how many villains would stand before me to their knees knowing that I defeated Spiderman himself! The hero who has been ruining so many plans, a hero who keeps on protecting people, not knowing how rotten they truly are"

"So this is what all of this about" Peter finally opened his eyes and stared Taskmaster in the face, "Revenge because I kept on stopping your and other villain's plans of becoming success. You're just like Doc Ock"

"Doctor Octopus had his motives to take revenge on Osborns, and so do i" He finally let go of Peter's chin and waved his hand at the monitors, "He was treat as nothing but a dog. I and other villains kept on losing because of you"

"Sorry to break it to you, but that's how things are!" Peter's eyes narrowed, "Heroes always win and villains always lose that's how it works!" He saw how Taskmaster's hands clenched in fists, "Doc Ock learnt this and made a choice!"

Peter eyed the room in attempts to find the said Doctor Octopus, but saw no one, "He's helping you ONLY because you used mind control on him! And maybe if you understand this, you would be able to make a change t-"

He stopped when Taskmaster caught him by his collar and stared him in the eyes. Quiet roar on engine behind his back and cold feeling on his neck made Peter hold his breath. His whole body froze once again, yet eyes remained open.

"See the good in everyone even if there's nothing good left…?" Quiet dangerous hiss ringed in the silence. The drone moved even closer to Peter, "Full of love and believing in better future, your Aunt raised you well…"

Quiet sound of static behind Taskmaster's back made Peter look there slowly and carefully. There, on one of the monitors, he saw his Aunt May. She was worriedly speaking with Norman about something while the head of Oscorp was calling someone but it seemed to be ending with no result.

"You love her with all your heart, am I right?" Peter couldn't tear his eyes off the face of his Aunt, "And Norman Osborn, saved so many times by famous Spiderman. The father of your best friend. You care about them so much, as well as about all your friends"

"But what if we're going to take it away?" Peter's face paled a bit as he glared at Taskmaster. Something cold rose in his soul. Fear, "How are you going to feel if they will be in deadly danger and you won't be anywhere to help?"

"No" Quiet whisper broke from his lips when he saw how camera moved a bit, revealing two Octobots and ten drones slowly fly in the direction of two adults. His brain started to work at incredible speed in attempt to find a way how to stop them.

"You hate seeing people you care about get hurt, don't you?" Taskmaster caught his chin and forced Peter to look at the screen, "You hate when you can't do anything when someone is hurting. You hate the feeling of being weak because heroes CAN'T be weak"

His eyes widened in terror when he saw how his Aunt got attacked. How tried to break free and got electrified. He saw how Norman was trying to do anything, but also got zapped. His heartbeat speed up, making his chest hurt when they both collapsed on the ground unconscious.

"This is what it feels like to lose" Peter's head lowered, eyes still open wide in pure terror. Taskmaster was right. The feeling hurt, "Now you remember this feeling, don't you? THIS is what each of us has to feel every time you celebrate your victory… Sweet isn't it?"

"And that's not all" Peter slowly looked at Taskmaster. The smirk on his skull got wider, "Once your friend arrives, that's when the real fun will begin…" He moved closer, "Your Uncle would've been so disappointed in seeing how you failed as a hero… If he was still alive" He whispered in Peter's ear.

Patrioteer made another turn and finally stopped at the tunnel. The same tunnel Spidey entered. His heart was beating fast, hands clenched in fists as he tried to remain calm. He wasn't aware of what happened in the city.

Taking a step forward, he jumped back and collapsed on the floor when piece of the ceiling fell off and almost crashed him. Taking deep inhale, he flew forward, scanning the location in attempts to see even a smallest hint that will tell him where to seek for Spidey.

"Tick-tock, tick-tock" Harry's heart almost stopped when another minute counted. Only two minutes were left. The thought made panic rise in his soul. If he won't make it in time, if he won't be able to save Spidey how will he be able to wear the "Partner" title? How will he forgive himself for such failing?

Understanding that there was no much time left, he raised his glove and was about to shot when spotted the vent, "Sometimes if you want to appear unnoticed use what surrounding you have. Vents, windows, tunnels, everything counts" Spidey's words echoed in his head.

"Right" He nodded to himself and jumped there. Opening the vent, he slowly crawled in it. The suit was making it difficult to move, but thanks to Spidey's training, he knew what and how to do. And finally he was using his knowledge.

"Figured what you're going to say to your friend when he's going to arrive?" Patrioteer's eyes widened a bit as he froze. Taskmaster's voice was sounding so clear and so close to him that his body was itching with desire to look behind his back every passing second.

Finally moving to the end of the vent he saw the villain. He was standing before stunned Peter and was waving his hand. Turning his head a bit to the right he saw tons of Octobots and drones, they were ready to attack.

"Finally you have arrived" Loud voice made Harry's face pale. He knew. As the thought appeared in his head, the drone made a dash and hit him in the face with incredible force. Breaking the vent's door, Patrioteer collapsed on the floor.

"Patrioteer!" Peter's once dull eyes sparked once again as he watched his partner stood and got ready for a fight, "No! That's a trap, you HAVE to get out of here!" He yelled, helplessly watching how Taskmaster waved his hand and robots dashed to attack his friend.

"He won't listen" The villain smirked, seeing how Harry was dodging from the attacks of robots, "He's as stubborn as you. Like I said, you both share more than you think" Peter's eyes moved from Taskmaster's face back to Harry.

If only I could free myself, maybe, just maybe… Peter thought as he tried to break free once again, but the feeling of cold metal against his carotid made it difficult. He knew that Taskmaster needs him alive to torture him, but at the same time won't hesitate in killing him if it'll be needed.

(I guess time to play the "will Spidey make it out alive this time" game) Chibi Spidey pressed the lever and the disk started to spin. The disk stopped on red X and it made Chibi Spidey shrug (Well, guess Parker luck is the only hope I have)

"Behind you!" Peter yelled, making his friend turn around and dodge from the attack in the last moment. The hero couldn't tear his eyes off the fighting scene. He needed to find a way how to help him, he couldn't risk his partner's life just because of his own stupidity.

Dodging from another attack, Patrioteer raised his glove and shot. The drone was shot and collapsed on the floor. The syringe with familiar formula was caught by Taskmaster who made a back roll and pointed his gun at Peter aiming at his head.

"One move and we'll see if he truly has a brain or no" He hissed. Peter froze as well as his friend. Silence ringed in the room as two robots caught Patrioteer by his shoulders and pressed to the ground. His plan was working greatly, "Now, let's move to the pre final part"

As Taskmaster took a step towards Patrioteer holding the syringe high and still pointing his gun at Peter's head time seemed to go in the slow mo. Peter's heartbeat was the only thing he heard. Memories filled his head, made his face pale.

No. Clenching hands in fists Peter struggled once again to free himself. Loud static sound filled his ears as anger rose higher. He won't let Taskmaster win, he won't let his plan end a success. He is a hero and hero always wins.

"Forget about winning, Taskmaster!" He barked and finally freed his arms. The sound of broken metal made Taskmaster turn around, the syringe was only few meters away from Harry's horrified face, "The game's over!"

Peter shot webs towards Villain's hand with the syringe and pulled on himself, making the villain drop it. Taskmaster let out quiet chuckle as he jumped away from raged hero, avoiding his fist and making sure to keep his distance.

"I told you to leave, why didn't you listen!?" Peter barked, freeing his partner from the hold of two robots, while Taskmaster raised his arm in the air and waved it. Suddenly even more curtains opened, revealing secret doors.

"Because you wouldn't have left if I was on your place!" Harry barked back, making him freeze. Staring at his friend's face for few moments, Peter threw his partner away, saving him from the attack of ten drones.

Hitting the wall, Peter shook his head. The dizziness from the hit was weak, but it still disoriented him a bit, "Spidey look out!" Hearing the voice of his friend along with feeling his spider sense go off, Peter made a flip and jumped on the wall, avoiding another attack.

"Two against one, it's not fair is it?" Taskmaster laughed and raised both of arms in the air. Tons of drones started to circle around the room, creating a deadly hurricane that moved towards two heroes who exchanged glares.

Peter looked Harry in the eyes, his pale and worried face filled with determination as he nodded to his partner. Patrioteer did the same thing and flew forward to distract Taskmaster while Spidey will take care of drones.

"What, no jokes this time, Spiderman? You're getting old" Taskmaster dodged from Patrioteer's attack and counterattacked, "Or maybe, you're just scarred of losing focus considering your lack of knowledge of syringe's location"

The statement made Peter's face lose all the colors. Blue eyes scanned the location and stopped on the raging hurricane of drones. If the syringe was held by one of them, there was no way to see by who and worse than that. It was impossible to give the guarantee that it won't be used.

"You've lost, Spiderman!" Peter's blood turned cold when he heard loud scream and sound of something collapsing on the floor, "And this time there's nothing you can to do to make my plan fail" Taskmaster let out loud laughter and disappeared in the hurricane of drones.

Helping his friend stand, Peter kept on looking at hurricane of drones. It was slowly getting closer to them, "What's the plan?" hearing the question, he looked at Patrioteer and only gave him a weak and small smile.

"Like always, winning and celebrating our victory. We always win no matter what" He said, but his voice died down when he saw how close drones gotten to them. They were so close to them. He could hear the roar of thousands of engines that were circling around them.

Suddenly the light in the room flinched, it made both heroes raise their heads and look up. A shadow jumped down and a moment later the hurricane of drones was smashed by thousands of symbiote tentacles, "Sorry for being late to the party. Had some stuff to take care of"

Peter's eyes opened wide when he saw who it was. Spider-woman. MJ. Looking at Harry, he saw how his friend only shrugged, he was as surprised as he was. Turning his attention back to MJ, Peter saw how she dashed forward to take care of the drones.

Quickly analyzing the changed situation, Peter looked at his friend, "Take care of the remained Octobots, I'll go get Taskmaster" With a nod, they both split. Swinging towards the skull face, Peter felt how determination pulsed in his soul. Now or never.

With a jump, he kicked the villain in the face, sending him flying across the room. Raising his fists in the air, Peter dashed towards Taskmaster. Punch after punch, block after block. They were fighting. None of the two was willing to give up.

"If it wasn't for your friends, you won't have made it" Taskmaster hissed, looking Peter in the eyes. Their foreheads pressed, anger on both faces. Blue eyes narrowed, white eyes open wide and staring in his soul, "Just admit it!"

"NEVER!" As the words broke from his mouth, he hit Taskmaster with his head, before taking by the collar and throwing away. Anger once again rose in his soul and this time it gave him power. Sprinting towards the villain, Peter punched him in the face, then again and again.

This time Taskmaster wasn't trying to stop him, on the opposite, he was laughing and the laughing was making anger only stronger, "Go on, hero, do what you have to do!" He laughed, looking him in the face, "Defeat the villain. Kill me!"

Hearing the last word, Peter's fist froze few meters away from Taskmaster's cracked face. Blue eyes slowly widened at realization of his actions, "Gotcha" Before he understood the meaning of the words, he was caught by metallic tentacle.

By the sound behind him, Peter understood that one of his two friends was also caught. Trying to break free, he turned his head and saw that it was Harry. His armor was damaged horribly and no longer functioning as it should. MJ was nowhere to be seen just like drones.

"Love is what's going to kill you" Turning his head back to Taskmaster, he saw how the villain stood. Smirk on his cracked face was wider than ever. With a wave of his hand, the drone flew closer and gave him the syringe.

"No. No, no, no, no, no!" Peter's eyes widened as he saw how Taskmaster started to walk in their direction. With another wave of the hand, the Octobot that held his friend walked closer. Now Peter and Harry were able to see each other faces.

"The history will repeat itself, and this time in a new form" With is Taskmaster raised the syringe higher in the air. Both teenagers stared at needle with terror, yet it was a fake terror because they saw what was going on behind Taskmaster's back.

"Better repeat your history of losing, you psycho!" Symbiotic web caught Taskmaster's arm and pulled on itself, making him growl through his teeth. Spider-woman with quick move broke villain's arm, making him drop the syringe.

Waving his hand, Taskmaster made Octobots drop two heroes, "Thank you dear, you did just what you needed to do" With it he threw his hand forward. Something moved in the shadows and the familiar tentacle of Doctor Octopus flew forward at incredible speed.

Quiet yelp of pain broke the silence when the needle pierced the neck. Taskmaster's smirk grew even wider when he saw how green serum was quickly pumping in the body of his victim and how the said victim collapsed on the floor.

His heartbeat speed up making his chest hurt. Breathing was escaping his throat in raging gasps as the pain was slowly rising, making his body shake. Each passing second was turning the barely feeltable pain into an agony.

Until the moment the it reached its limit. With loud scream he twitched as his body started to break and shift taking higher and muscular form. Ears grew long and pointy. Parts of his skin ached as they were revamping into mossy green one. He let out a cry of agony as he tried to fight with the change.

"I told you, my plan will end up a success!" Taskmaster looked at the trembling in agony figure on the floor before looking at the two remained heroes, "You've lost, heroes. THIS time, the villain has won!" With it he let out loud laughter.

Suddenly agonizing screams stopped. Silence filled the room as two pairs of eyes stared at the giant shadow on the floor. Two hearts were beating loudly as they waited for what's going to happen next, but nothing happened.

Taking a look at Taskmaster, he saw how he only took a step back. He wasn't willing to fight anymore, there was no need to. Exchanging worried glares with MJ, he took a cautious step closer, fearing the worst.

Suddenly the figure moved, making him back away.

Quiet growling that was escaping its throat turned into loud roar that broke the silence.

The monster had returned. More powerful and dangerous than before.

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And here it is and just KLK:LNL:KLKJK:LKLJKJHKSDHAJKHJKSDAJKSDK! (- words can't describe my emotions right now XD)

Anyyyyways, yeah! Yeah, yeah, yeah! I did it! I did it! I did itttttt! FINALLY! The Goblin monster had returned and oh my art styles everything looks just like I planned it to look. Heck yeah! Can't wait to write next chapter cause it will be even more epic than this one!

See you all in the next chapter! =D