//------------------------------// // Disharmony: New Enemies, and Old Ones // Story: Spiderman Equestria's Hero: Season 3 // by Adamverse //------------------------------// Spiderman and Spider-Girl had reached the apartment, but by the time they got there, the fire had been put out and Fluttershy had been taken to the ambulance. Adam wanted to go down there, but Twilight saw the police were down there; and they weren’t really on their side at the moment. “No Adam.” Twilight said, putting her hand on his shoulder. “Let’s get back to HQ, get out of these costumes and go to the hospital, we can see her there.” He wanted to be by his wife’s side, but his partner was right; Adam jumped away from the scene without saying a word, he began web-swinging to the HQ. Adam shot through the door of the hospital, the Rainbooms following him; he reached the receptionist’s desk and demanded to know where his wife was. “Excuse me, I’m looking for Mrs Fluttershy.” He said, with both worry and anger in his eyes. The woman at the desk asked him, “Are you Mr Shy?” “Yes.” She got up and asked Adam to follow her; but the rest of the group had to stay in the waiting room. The hero was led to the room Fluttershy was being kept in; but it was swarming with doctors. Adam barged forward to her side, and asked the doctors what was going on. “Is she okay, what happened?” “She’s in shock, something really scared her.” The doctor explained. “The people that brought her here said that the wall of her apartment was blown open.” Adam couldn’t believe what he had been told, when suddenly, the nurse started pushing him away; she said, “I’m sorry, you have to leave, and let the doctors work.” “No wait, I’m her husband.” But the nurse just kept pushing Adam away. Before they closed the door, Adam could hear his beloved saying something; “Those eyes, those horrible, glowing, yellow eyes.” The door closed and Adam was cut off from her; he had no choice but to walk back to his friends. At the HQ, the group was thinking of what they could do; Twilight put down the phone she was holding and explained to the group what she had just been told. “The doctors say that Fluttershy is going to be alright; they just need to keep her in the hospital for a day or two.” This made everyone sigh in relief, especially Adam. Now they could focus on stopping this goblin-wanna-be. While the room was in silence, Adam realised something from what Fluttershy was saying why he saw her in the hospital; he said out loud, “He knows who I am.” This caught the girls’ attention. “What?” Applejack asked. Adam explained, “Why would the Menace attack Fluttershy; unless he knew that she was married to Spiderman. This goblin knows who I really am.” Sunset stepped forward and asked, “If that’s true, how’d he find out; the only people who know, aside from Soarin and Fluttershy, are in this room.” “Adam, didn’t the Green Goblin know who you were.” Pinkie Pie asked. Everyone went quite for a second, they had all figured the same thing; they didn’t want to believe it, but Adam’s original theory just might be correct, the Green Goblin is alive. Rarity said, “But it can’t be, he fell from the cliff while fighting Adam; fell down to the rocks and perished.” “Don’t forget; Adam said the same thing when he returned last time. He thought the Goblin had met his end before; if he’s survived his demise, who’s to say he didn’t do it again.” Rainbow Dash replied. Twilight said, “That’s right; but wait a minute.” She then looked at her computer, she pulled up some files from the past cases, including one about the Green Goblin. “Here, listen to this.” She then played some audio of the Green Goblin. “We’ll meet again, Spiderman; for I am reborn!” She then said, “And here’s the Menace.” “But remember this one thing; Spiderman is nothing, without a goblin causing destruction.” The first to reply was Applejack, “They don’t sound the same; but they could still be the same guy.” Suddenly, the computer received a communication; someone one wanted to video chat with them. Twilight was hesitant, but Adam nodded at her, giving her the okay. She hit ‘accept’, and answered the call. She put the feed on the big screen so everyone could see; but all the could see way the shape of a person, the blocked out by darkness. The person on the monitor said, “Hello Spiderman, yes I know who you are; I know a lot more than you think. Like I know all about your little wife; I paid her a visit, but you weren’t home. So I had a little chat with her to get your attention.” Adam stepped forward, like he wanted to punch this person; but Rarity placed her hand on his shoulder and stopped him. The hero calmed down and said, “What do you want?” “To meet, on the battlefield; I’m going to do what the guy before me couldn’t do.” Saying all this stuff just gave away who he was. “You’re the Menace?” Twilight asked. The figure on the monitor replied, “That’s not for me to say, but you’ll see me very soon. Spiderman, here’s the deal; meet me where you ended the other guys career for the second time, and I will end this fight between us once and for all.” Suddenly, the video feed was cut. Knowing what he had to do, Adam walked away to change into his suit; Pinkie said to him, “It’s a trap, you know.” “I know it is, but this guy messed with my wife; no way is getting away with it.” Adam replied. He changed into his suit and was about to leave, when Twilight walked up behind him, wearing her suit. She said, “At least let me go with you, we’ll face him together.” Spiderman put his mask on and nodded at her statement, last time he didn’t have any help, but this time he would. Spidey said, “Let’s go.” Twilight put her mask on and they both began swinging to where Menace wanted to meet them, Canterlot Bridge. 3 hours earlier Hidden behind the mirror in the toy factory’s manager’s office, deep within the Goblin Lair; something was concocting in a special chamber. A glass container opened up, revealing someone inside; the person stepped out of the mist looking completely different from how they used to. The person muttered, “Sorry Discord, but I’m afraid that your time at the wheel is over, I’m taking over.” The green mist began to vacate the area, revealing this person was wearing only his boxer shorts; he stepped in front of a mirror, revealing it to be Discord himself. “And now, it’s payback time.” laugh The rest of the Rainbooms didn’t want to just sit around and wait for something to happen, so they decided to try something themselves. “Sunset, can you pull up any unsolved case files in the system?” Applejack asked. She replied, “I can do, just that.” Sunset typed into the keyboard and brought up case files on the computer; it showed two files that haven’t been solved. One of them was about Taskmaster; the fact that still, no one knew his identity or his motive. And the other one, was a new one; the police had found a symbol spray-painted on the wall of the town hall. “Show us that file, Sunset.” Rainbow Dash said. Sunset Shimmer pulled up the file and read the details about it, “It seems that there’s this group of crooks, or freedom fighters as they call it. People who believe life was better before the town was, and I quote, ‘invaded by Meta-humans’. So far, they’ve destroyed public property and spray-painted their logo everywhere they can.” The logo was the planet earth, with a ‘C’ and an ‘H’ in the centre; Rarity read something from the file, “They call themselves, the ‘Clean Humans’.” “I don’t understand this, not all Meta’s are bad, some just made bad choices and had to face the consequences of their actions.” Pinkie Pie stated. The next slide showed a map of Canterlot City, and it had been marked with all the locations where the Clean Humans had done something; it seemed to form a circle on the screen. “It can’t be that easy; but if they wanted to keep the actions local’ the base of operation would have to right here.” Applejack explained, pointing to the centre of the circle. Rainbow Dash then said, “Then what are we waiting for, let’s go see what this is all about.” Pinkie, Rarity and Rainbow all went into the back room and changed into their super-suits; Rarity just had to step onto a platform and allow the machine that Twilight built to put the armour on her, Pinkie Pie used her powers to shrink down and jump into her suit so she could enlarge herself into it, and finally Rainbow Dash held her suit and spun around like a tornado putting it on really fast. When the ‘suit ups’ were finished, the three of them made there was to the location Sunset had sent them. Meanwhile, the two spider’s had almost reached the bridge, when that stopped on a rooftop; they quickly wanted to go over that plan again. “Okay, when Menace goes for me, you attack him from behind and take him off his glider; then we can finish him together.” Adam explained. Twilight replied, “Good plan, but maybe we can try something sneaky; to avoid there being too much damage. Because we both know how destructive that guy can be.” “Fair point.” Suddenly, without warn; the two of them were being surrounded by pink and purple smoke, Twilight covered her mouth, thinking it was a gas attack. However, Spiderman did nothing but put his face in his palm; he knew exactly who this was. Spider-Girl asked, “Adam, what’s happening?” The hero replied, “Twilight Sparkle, let me introduce to you, the mistress of the multiverse…” the smoke cleared, and the two of them weren’t on the roof anymore; they were in a cave like structure, covered in spider-webs. And sitting on a throne made of webs was, “…Madam Web.” “Greetings, Spiderman. It has been a while.” The sorceress said to him. He replied, “Yeah, it’s been a while since I told you to stop trying to get me to go back, and leave me alone.” Spiderman walked closer to the sorceress, “I thought I made it perfectly clear I didn’t want you to come back here.” “Believe me, Spiderman, this has nothing to do with getting you back to Earth 1. I am simply here on business.” Madam Web explained. Twilight stepped forward and asked, “What business?” Madam Web stood up from her chair, she lifted her arms into the air and summoned more of her smoke. The clouds began to generate an image, she was trying to show them something. “This world is the centre piece of a greater threat that is coming; this world will become a battle ground of good vs evil, only one side may win. And you, Spiderman; will lead the army of good into battle.” She said, pointing at Adam. “What are you talking about?” Spidey asked. He got his answer in a strange form; suddenly, his head began to burn with pain. He gripped his forehead and fell to the ground, Twilight ran to his side to try and help him. Suddenly, Adam snapped out of it; the pain in his brain went away. Spidey stood back up and looked at Madam Web, with hate in his eyes. “What was that?!” Spiderman demanded to know. The sorceress explained, “What you have heard, is the future. One that will take place if you are not prepared; prepare yourself hero, to save your home, your friends and your wife.” With that said, the pink and purple smoke consumed Madam Web and her throne, the both vanished into thin air. “What was that all about?” Spider-Girl asked. Adam got up and replied, “I don’t know; that woman is just crazy.” Since the two heroes were finished here, Spiderman and Spider-Girl jumped off the rooftop and began swinging towards the bridge, they still had some business to take care of. Meanwhile, at the bridge; the police had stopped all cars crossing and were trying to keep the people back. Captain Gilda was on the scene, barking orders at her officers. “Keep the people back, we all know what this freak is cable of.” Gilda explained. She look up and saw the one they were here for flying around on his glider; she couldn’t figure it out, but there was something different about him. However, not far away, the two spiders had arrived on the scene; they looked over and saw the bridge, they could also see Menace flying around. Twilight said, “This is the place.” “The place where I ended the legacy of the Green Goblin.” Adam finished. Spiderman and Spider-Girl swung down to the police, wanting to get some info on what they were about to go up against; I mean they knew, but did the police. Spear Head saw the two heroes let go of their webs and land on the scene, he walked over to greet them. The officer said, “I know you two mean well, but you shouldn’t be here; not with the captain around.” He then pointed at Spiderman. “Especially after the stunt you pulled, breaking into the precinct.” Adam replied, “Sorry about that, but we need to put an end to this; tonight.” “I couldn’t agree more.” The three of them turned their heads to see Captain Gilda had noticed the two spiders were here; she walked over to them and said, “Officer Spear Head, I’m going to order this one last time; I order you to arrest Spiderman and his accomplice, now.” The rest of the police officers all gathered round to see what was happening; but Spear Head stood proudly and did nothing. Gilda then escalated the situation, by drawing her gun and pointing it at the officer; the rest of the police force all gasped with shock. “I gave you an order, take them in; all of you, arrest these creatures!” Gilda cried. Spider-Girl stepped forward, “Look lady, what is your problem; what do you have against us?” Gilda lowered her gun and replied, “I don’t understand why you officers are defending these creatures; it’s not like they’re human, or have feelings.” “Alright, that’s enough of that, ‘captain’.” Spidey said back to her. He turned to Twilight and said, “Come on, let’s do what we came here to do.” The two of the jumped into the air and began swinging upwards; Gilda pointed her gun at them, but Spear Head pushed it back down. The police captain turned to him and said, “You’re done.” “Enough.” He replied. “With all due respect, captain; get her back to the station. If she tries to leave, lock her up.” He said to another cop; this officer took Gilda to a car and put her in, she needed help. Spiderman and his partner had reached the top of the bridge structure, they could see Menace flying around; Spidey said to Twilight, “Whatever happens, we take him together.” “Of course.” She replied. They could see the villain had noticed them, he began flying straight for them; but as he got closer, Spiderman noticed something, the same something Gilda had noticed. He muttered, “Oh no.” Before Twilight to ask what it was; Menace crashed right into Adam and they began to fly away, towards the other bridge tower. Adam was dropped onto the tower, and looked up at the villain that snatched him; he finally saw it, this wasn’t the Menace. The Goblin cackled like the lunatic he was, before saying, “Miss me.” “No, it can’t be.” Spidey muttered. “You can’t be back.” “Oh Adam, you’re struggling to understand; let me explain it to you.” Green Goblin said to him. The villain jumped off his glider and walked over to the hero. “Do you recall the invention from Titley-Tech on Earth 1; the invention the made me into what I am?” Spiderman replied, “Titley-Tech’s performance enhancers; the green mist that doubles a person’s strength and speed.” “Bingo; me, their greatest creation.” Goblin replied. “For the longest time, you believed that I was Adrian Titley’s dark side, his evil nature. But the truth is, I am the performance enhancer.” Adam was more confused than ever, until the answers started coming to him; Green Goblin was the performance enhancer, it had nothing to do with Adrian Titley; Jack-T’s father. Anyone who inhaled the mist would have Green Goblin tucked away inside their mind, until he becomes strong enough to take control. The hero asked, “So you’re telling me…” “Adrian Titley did actually die the night you tried to cure him; he fell to his doom that very night.” Goblin finished. “But what about the Goblin I fought on this Earth; who was that?” Adam asked. Green Goblin explained, “The night Mr Titley died, my soul was transported to a place; where I met that demon friend of yours, Nightmare.” Adam couldn’t believe this, now Nightmare was involved. “He and I made a deal, if he sent me to Earth 16 to kill you, then I would give him something in return; it cost me Adrian’s soul, but it was worth it.” “You gave up the soul of the person who created you, just to get to me?” Spiderman muttered. The villain replied, “Yep, all Nightmare had to do was lure some street thug into the toy factory and get him to use the mist; and from that day on, the Green Goblin was reborn.” Spiderman had taken the life of a man he didn’t even know, the night he thought he’d killed Goblin a second time; Adam’s heart began to ache, what had he done. Then the Goblin continued, “And did you really think some amateur could take my place; never! There was only ever one true goblin; THE GREEN GOBLIN!!” Once again, Goblin laughed like crazy. “No!” Adam cried, before tackling Goblin to the floor. “I won’t let you come back, ever!” Spiderman started punching him in the face, until the villain grabbed his wrist and threw him off. Twilight was watching the whole thing from the other tower, she was about to swing over and help her friend; but she was stopped by something. Four drones began flying around her, and standing on top of one of them; Screwball flew up to Spider-Girl and holding her video camera. “What is up, girlfriend; ready to make some awesome content for my channel?” “Screwball?” Twilight gasped. “You’re working for that goblin-guy.” The young blogger replied, “Yep, best job I ever had; and destroying a super-hero on camera, do you know how many followers that’ll get me?” Suddenly, the other three drone equipped machine guns, and they began firing at Twilight; she jumped out of the way of the blasts and began swinging away. Green Goblin and Spiderman were still locked in a fist fight; Adam managed to lay a few punches on Goblin, but sometimes the villain would block, dodge, or punch back. Eventually, Goblin ran to the railing and jumped off the tower, only to land on his glider; he flew back up to Adam and threw a pumpkin bomb at the tower. Spidey jumped off the tower, only to watch the explosion as he fell; before he hit the ground, he shot a web-line and saved himself. As Spiderman was swinging around the bridge, the Goblin was flying after him; shooting at him with the machine guns on his glider. It wasn’t any better for Twilight, Screwball was chasing her all over the place as well; until the hero landed on the tower again and watched the drones fly around. She decided to do something about this, taking out the drones first would be her best bet; but taking them out in a way that would kill two birds with one stone. Twilight shot a web-line at one of the drones, she then swung it around before letting go of the web and throwing it at Screwball. The drone shattered when it hit them one she was standing, she nearly lost her balance; the drone sparked a little, before working properly again. Now Spider-Girl had a way to stop her, but she also needed to do it quickly, so she could help Adam. Meanwhile, Spiderman was swinging around, he managed to turn towards his foe and fire Impact Webs; but Goblin would just swat them away. All of this was being watched from the HQ; however, some members of the team, weren’t there. Iron Heart, Quick Silver and Ms Marvel had arrived at the location they had been given; it looked like an old theatre, one that hadn’t been used in decades. “Is anyone else getting the whole ‘haunted theatre’ vibe?” Rainbow Dash asked. Rarity turned to her and said, “Stop that, Rainbow Dash; there are no such things as ghosts.” Pinkie Pie then said, “You’d be surprised, considering all the things we’ve seen; were-wolfs, vampires, magic and demons. For all we know, ghosts could be the next thing on the list.” The three of them entered the theatre, even on the inside, it looked pretty abandoned; until voices could be heard from the next room. The heroes crept into the room and hit behind some crates that they found, looking over at the people that could be seen. The whole place was swarming with people, all wearing opera eye masks; carrying boxes, holding guns and bats, even carrying bags of money. Quick Silver muttered, “This place went from ‘haunted theatre’ to ‘criminal underworld’ really fast.” Before being shushed by Rarity. Not long after, the three of them could hear something coming from above; flapping noises. Flying down from the ceiling was what looked like, a giant bat; Morbius, the vampire. Only he looked much like his old self; ghostly white skin, piercing fangs and blood red eyes. But with something new, giant bat wings growing out of his back. “Is he back yet?” the vampire asked. The thug he was talking to nodded his head, he then turned to the door and watched as the person they were talking about came in; with a bang. Someone was thrown through the door, it smashed open; and following the fallen person, was known other than… “Tombstone?...” Pinkie Pie whispered. The biker drug-lord himself, back from the dead it would seem. The guy who had just been thrown through the door was crawling away, and reaching for the gun he’d just dropped; he grabbed it and pointed it at Tombstone. “Darn it, boss; I said it was a mistake.” The thug said. Tombstone grabbed the gun and held it against his own forehead, “You got some stones, Racer; I didn’t nearly plummet to my death at that gold refinery just so you could make mistakes.” The thug was still holding his gun, Tombstone looked him in the eyes and shouted, “Do it!” Racer fired the gun. However, the bullet just fell to the ground, completely flattened from its impact to the drug-lord’s skull. Without hesitation, Tombstone picked up the thug by the next and threw him across the room; almost going splat as he hit the wall. “Now I’ll need a new driver.” Tombstone said, as he snapped the gun like a tooth pick. The three heroes saw the whole thing, Rarity was the first to talk, “We have to stop these people, before they go out and hurt more people.” “What I don’t understand is why this crew hates Meta-humans so much, if they have two of them as the bosses.” Rainbow Dash replied. Iron Heart and Quick Sliver were about to come up with a plan for attack, when Rainbow asked, “Wait, where’s Pinkie Pie?” Suddenly, the voice of their pink friend could be heard, “Hello bad guys.” The two heroes looked over the crates and saw Ms Marvel confronting Tombstone and Morbius; they kind of had no choice but to go out and join her now, so they got up and ran to her side. “Heroes? How’d they find us?” Morbius snarled. Tombstone turned to the vampire and replied, “What are you asking me for?” he then turned to his crew, “Get them.” He ordered. The thugs put down what they were doing and picked up anything they could use as a weapon. Rarity flew up to the rafters, where she was followed by some of the crooks; Pinkie Pie and Rainbow Dash stayed on the ground and fought. Quick Silver and Ms Marvel went to a different side of the room and began beating down their group of gang members. Rainbow Dash had five guys cornering her; but what she didn’t notice was two guys coming up behind her. Before they had a chance to get her, she used her powers in order to make everyone around her go slower; once they were barely moving, the speedster swung her leg around and kicked one of her attackers away, she did the same with the other one. They were both thrown onto two of the five other thugs; leaving just one guy left. He ran up to Rainbow and tried to punch her; but the hero just blocked the attack and punched him away. Pinkie Pie had the same amount of thugs as Rainbow Dash, but she had a different method of dealing with them. Using her powers, Pinkie made her hands grow; she then clapped her hands together, wacked four of the crooks together. When it came down to one guy left again, she stretched her arm at him and punched him away. “Yes.” She cheered. Meanwhile, the two heroes on the ground began to notice thugs falling from above; they both looked up and saw Rarity punched them away and allowing them to fall to the floor, to be knocked unconscious. When she was finished with them, she flew down to the ground and landed beside her friends. They all turned to Tombstone and Morbius, who were just watching the fight on the stage. “You ready to come in quietly, bad guys?” Pinkie Pie asked with a smug look on her face. Suddenly, without warning, Tombstone pulled out a bottle with a handkerchief in it; he also pulled out a lighter and lit the handkerchief on fire. He then smashed the bottle on the stage, setting it ablaze; before he ran away, he said, “Next time, ladies.” He and Morbius fled the building. Iron Heart flew into the air and used her suit’s fire-suppression system to put out the flames; but by the time that was done, the two villains were gone. “They got away.” Rainbow stated. Rarity landed back on the ground and said, “Well, like that brute of a man said; there’s always next time.” With nothing left to do here, the three girls called the station to come pick up the thugs; once that was done, they headed back to the HQ. Spider-Girl was still being chased by Screwball; however, she knew how to deal with it now. One of the drones that was chasing Twilight was charging right for her, until she grabbed it with her webs and threw it at Screwball; the drones hit each other made them both explode, Screwball jumped of at the last minute, but was now falling. She screamed as she went down; until something caught. Twilight looked over the railing to see what saved her; only to be shocked when Green Goblin flew right past her, holding Screwball in his arms. While laughing, he fired a cable from his glider; it wrapped itself around Twilight and tied her up. And as an added bonus, the cable electrocuted her; she was knocked unconscious. Goblin flew away from the tower, holding Screwball over his shoulder and dragging Twilight through the air; he flew past Spiderman, who’d been watching the whole thing. “If you want to see these two alive again, come and find me.” He pulled a card out of his bag and threw it at Adam; it stuck itself in floor like a ninja throwing-star. Laughing like the freak he was, Goblin flew away into the night. “Twilight!” Adam shouted. Spiderman picked up the card and read what was on it, “Come and find me; the place where you truly ended the Green Goblin. Where I plummeted to the rocky water for the second time.” Adam looked over his shoulder and noticed it straight away. The old abandoned church, the last place Spiderman and Goblin fought; and the smoke trail in the sky kind of gave it away, Goblin was already there. Twilight back to wake up from her slumber, when she stood up, she found quite hard to move; she then found out why. She was locked in a glass box, suspended over a cliff; looking down, she could see the ocean and rocks below. Looking at what was happening, she saw her container was being held on a chain, wrapped around a beam of wood attached to the church. Spider-Girl then looked to her right and saw a second glass container, and inside, was Screwball; Twilight didn’t know what this maniac had planned, but it didn’t look good. Suddenly, out of nowhere, Spiderman jumped off his web and landed in front of church; he saw his friend and Screwball hanging over the cliff. “What the devil?” he asked. That’s when he heard a laughter he was all too familiar with. Green Goblin rose up into view from under the cliff; standing on his glider, he hovered between the two containers. Goblin started with, “Ladies and gentlemen, welcome back to my favourite game; a watery grave.” The villain pulled a remote out of his back, “Once I pushed this button, Spiderman; my two little hostages are fish food on the rocks below. And your little friend shoulder bother trying to save herself; I’ve taken her web-shooters and she’s wearing a power damping collar.” Twilight then realised she was, and she couldn’t remove it. “Like before, wall-crawler; not enough time to save them both. So which one will it be?” Green Goblin asked. Spiderman thought for a minute, but he could hear Twilight talking to him; she was saying, “Spidey, I know she’s a criminal, but you have to save Screwball. I knew what I was getting into when I put on the mask.” He then heard Screwball say, “That’s right, save me.” Adam kept thinking, but then remembered that this was Goblin they were talking about; he said to the villain, “There’s no way to save them, or myself; this is all one big giant death trap.” “Judges?” Goblin said to himself, he then made the sound of a buzzer. “I’m sorry, we cannot except that answer; but thank you for playing.” Goblin then went to push the button; until Spiderman stopped him. “Wait, let’s make a deal; give me three questions to answer. If get them all right, you let them go; but if get even one wrong, you can take me instead.” Goblin thought for a second, but then he saw a way he could use this to his advantage; liking the idea, he replied, “Okay Spidey, you got yourself a deal.” Goblin put the remote away, and jumped off his glider, “Question one; who was the one that you stole from me?” Adam didn’t have to think, he replied with his answer, “Your son, Jack Titley.” “Correct.” The villain replied. Thinking about it, Green Goblin thought of his next question, “Okay, question two; who was the one, you murdered almost two years ago?” “The Green Goblin.” Adam answered with. Goblin replied, “Once again, correct.” It was now time for the final question, and Goblin knew exactly what to ask, “Final question; who are you?” Adam replied, with hesitation, “I’m Spiderman.” “Wrong!” Goblin shouted, he then laughed like crazy. “The correct answer was who you really are; but I knew you wouldn’t say, with witnesses.” Goblin took out the remote again and said, “Bummer.” He then pushed the button. The two glass containers opened at the same time, dropped Twilight and Screwball; Spidey acted quickly, jumped off the cliff after them. Spiderman used his webs to catch them both; this caused the two girls to swing into each other. After that, Adam shot another web-line back at the cliff; snagging it, and it allowed all three of them to hang there. The hero saw a safe place to put the two girls down, he lowered them by the web, until their feet touch the rocky surface. Twilight found a small rock and started chipping away at the collar, until it broke off quite easily. And before she got away, Twilight tripped Screwball over and held her down, “I don’t think so.” Meanwhile, back with Spiderman and Goblin; the villain had jumped back onto his glider and started flying around. Adam had to stop this guy, before anyone else he cared about got hurt. “Come and get me.” The Goblin cackled; before throwing a bomb at the hero. Spidey jumped out of the way and started to swing after him. The two of them had made back into the city; but during the commotion, Adam had lost sight of Goblin. The hero kept swinging around, hoping to find him again; this time, he wasn’t getting away so easily. Suddenly, out of nowhere, Green Goblin swooped in front behind Spidey and grabbed hold of him. He spun the wall-crawler around, so they were facing each other; Adam tried to punch his way out of his grasp, but Goblin had his hand over Adam’s mouth. Right up until Goblin raised his fist and delivered a powerful punch to the hero’s stomach. After that, Spiderman managed to jump away; he shot a web-line that latched onto the roof of a building, he then rapidly fired webs at the villain. The webs were a direct hit to him every time; but Goblin was able to break free from them and use his glider to cut the web-line, causing Spiderman to fall to a much lower roof. Green Goblin hovered over Spiderman, before jumping off his glider again; to make it a fair fight. The villain said, “Time to end this.” The villain pulled a bomb out of his bag and rolled it to the hero; when it exploded, the blast flew Spidey off the roof. Spiderman tumbled down to the alley way beside the building; first hitting a fire exit and then a dumpster, before rolling onto the ground. Goblin jumped down with ease, he walked over to Adam and picked him up off the floor. “All those times, all those chances. I offered you friendship, Spiderman; and you spat in my face.” Suddenly, Goblin delivered a strong punch to Adam’s face, almost breaking his jaw. Over and over, Goblin punched Spiderman in the face; until he threw him across the area. When the villain charged at Adam, the hero turned and sprayed webs at him; trapping him for a split second. But Goblin just tore through the webs and grabbed Adam by the neck; he threw him in the opposite direction they were facing, before jumped after him and kicking him right in the chest. Adam hit the wall and fell face down into the concrete; he lifted his hand up to try and fight back. He managed to spray a small web, but Goblin stood on his wrist and said, “You’ve spun your last web, Spiderman.” “You won’t get away with this, Goblin.” Adam managed to say. But Green Goblin just replied, “We could have ruled the world, together; you and me. If you had stayed out of my way, your little wifey’s death would have been quick and painless; but now that you’ve really ticked me off, I’m going to finish her, nice and slow.” The fact that Goblin was talking about Fluttershy like that, was making Adam mad. Goblin pulled a dagger out of hit bag and pointed it at Spiderman, “Fluttershy and I; were gonna have a heck of a time.” With that said, Spiderman lost it. He jumped up and punched Goblin in the jaw, which pushed him away; when the villain backed against the wall, Adam shot two web-lines at his feet, pulled him onto his back. Once he was down, Adam shot two more webs at the fire exit that was above them; using his strength, he pulled it down onto Goblin. When the Goblin saw the threat coming down on him, he quickly jumped out of the way. Recovering from the shock of that, Green Goblin looked around to find Spiderman; but he was gone. Suddenly, Spidey swung towards Goblin, yelling loudly; he crashed into the villain and threw him against the wall. Adam pushed Goblin against the wall and started punching him; over and over, right in the face. Goblin finally fell to the floor, he put up his hands, gesturing Adam to stop; Goblin muttered, “Spiderman, stop; no more.” Green Goblin took off his rubber mask, revealing Discord underneath. Adam gasped, “Discord, it was you.” Thinking about it, it being Discord kind of made sense. “How could you do this, I’ve seen your file; you’re not a murderer? You killed those people.” “Please, the Goblin killed them; he tricked me. He told me he’d give me a legacy, one that wouldn’t be forgotten; but I never wanted death, just a little destructive chaos.” Discord explained, but Adam didn’t notice him push a button on his wrist. He dropped the mask and stood up, “Please, I don’t want this anymore; help me.” Discord reached his hand out to Spiderman. Spidey replied, “I can make sure you get the best help; but you’re going to have to answer for what you’ve done.” He took Discord’s hand, helped him fully rise to his feet. But without warning, Adam’s spider-sense went off; warning him about the danger from behind. Discord suddenly said, in Goblin’s voice, “Goodnight, Spiderman.” Goblin’s glider was on a direct course for Adam’s back; the hero quickly jumped out of the way, meaning the threat was now about to hit Discord. “Oh dear.” He muttered. However, before the glider could hit him, Adam shot a web-line at the machine and halted it still. Using all his strength, he threw the glider into the sky; where it safely exploded from overloading because of all the momentum built up in it. Spiderman shot an Impact-Web at Discord, trapping him where he was; “Time to go, Discord.” The hero said, holding the villain by the arm and jumping up to the rooftops again. Spiderman and Discord arrived on the roof of the CCPD; not to Adam’s surprise, Spear Head was waiting for him, and so was Spider-Girl. The web on Discord had dissolved, so the officer put the villain in hand-cuffs; the two spiders road down in the elevator with them. When they reached the floor with the cells, Adam asked, “May I?” “Go ahead.” Spear Head took the cuffs off Discord and Spidey walked him to a cell; they past most of the other villain on the way. Arriving at the holding cell that was empty, Adam opened the cell door and pushed Discord in; however, the villain muttered, “Don’t worry Spiderman; every ounce of the Green Goblin has left my system, even the knowledge of your real identity. It seems you got lucky.” “Even so, I’ll be keeping an eye on you, ‘lord of chaos’.” Adam replied, slamming the cell door shut. Twilight walked up to Adam and asked, “You ready to leave?” However, Spidey replied, “Not just yet; I have some people I need to talk to.” Spiderman then walked down the hall to each of the cells; the first one he visited contained four super-villains. “It’s a shame you lot were caught so easily, you could at least of put up a challenge.” Adam said to Trixie, Spit-fire, Ragamuffin and Winter Breeze. The Blizzard replied, “Oh yeah, just you wait. Just you wait, Spiderman. This ain’t over be a long shot.” “Yeah, all it takes is just a little time; we’ll be back on the streets very soon.” Pyro said. Mysterio and Molten Man said nothing, they just went back to staring at the wall or holding their head against the bars. Adam then walked over to a cell that was similar to the one that held Morbius for a short time; the hero said to the inmate, “They will find a cure for you at the new Ravencroft Institute, Jacob.” Man-Wolf turned to see the one who put him here, “I’ve given up trying to cure myself of this dreadful curse; but maybe you’re right. But if you’re lying, no cell will keep me from tearing you apart.” Once that talk was done, Spidey walked to the cell next to him; Juggernaut’s cell. He said, “I will admit, I did have a bit of help bringing you in this time. Maybe next time, I’ll make it fair.” “It’s bad enough you lock me back up, now you have to rub it in.” Juggernaut replied. Adam then said, “Come on, Bulk; you were given incredible powers. And the first thing you do is start robbing places. The only person you have to blame for you being here, is yourself.” After saying that, Spiderman walked away. The next cell contained the former crime-lord, “Filthy Rich; you know, should have gone to see your family after you escaped. Let them know you still care.” “What family? Not that it’s any of your business, but I received a letter here yesterday, from my wife; she’s wants to divorce. She said that she didn’t want a crazy crime boss being the father of her daughter.” Filthy Rich explained. Spidey then replied, “I know it doesn’t mean much to you; but I’m sorry to hear that, ‘Rich.” Adam then walked away. The cell that Adam walked over to next, was not one of his favourites; Blue Blood’s cell. “This place suits you, Blue Blood.” Spidey stated. The so called, ‘Living Laser’ stood up and stopped sobbing on the ground, “Is it too much to ask; to have a cute little girl be with me and be with no other guy, and for her to do whatever I say whenever I say it.” “You’ve got problems, Blue Blood.” With that said, Adam walked away. And finally, the last cell Adam wanted to visit, also contained four villains; Smythe, Bulls-eye, Dragon Man and Screwball, all sharing a cell. These guys didn’t look like they wanted a conversation, but the said things to Spiderman, like… “This won’t be for long.” “Time to say your prays, bug-boy.” “I’m going to burn you alive.” Ignoring their comments, Spiderman walked back to the elevator with Twilight; they’d done it, the city was safe again, for now. Spiderman and Spider-Girl arrived back at the HQ, everyone was there to greet them; and I mean everybody. When Adam walked into the control room, standing with her friends was Fluttershy, his beautiful wife; well and fully recovered. When she saw her husband standing in the doorway, tears began to fill her eyes; not waiting any longer, the two of them ran across the room into each other’s arms. Spidey stroked Fluttershy’s hair, “Are you okay, my love?” he asked. “Yes, I’m fine. Now that you’re here.” She replied. Adam took off his mask and looked into his love’s eyes, he then wasted no time kissing her deeply; she returned the kiss, wrapping her arms around his neck. The others just watched in awe, feeling happy for the reunited couple. When the two of them broke the kiss, Adam decided something there and then; he threw his mask to the floor and said, “No more.” Fluttershy asked, “What do you mean?” “I mean, I’m done putting you in danger; because I’m done being Spiderman, forever.” Adam replied. All the girls in the room gasped with shock; Sunset walked up to the two of them and said, “Adam, are you sure? I mean, I know we didn’t all think it at first; but this city needs Spiderman.” All the girls were discussing this amongst themselves, until Fluttershy asked for quiet; she then turned to her husband and said, “Adam, Sunset’s right; this city needs Spiderman. And I don’t want you to give up this life.” “But Fluttershy, as long as I’m Spiderman; we’ll never have a normal life.” Adam explained. She replied, “Adam, I don’t need a normal life; because with you, at least I have a happy one.” She let took her arms off him and picked up his mask, she handed it back to Adam. The hero took the mask and put it back on; out of nowhere, Applejack said, “It’s good to have back, Spiderman.” Suddenly, without warning, the crime-alert went off; Sunset sat down at the desk and checked the computer, "Guys, bank robbery down town; three hostages, officer already on their way.” Rainbow Dash stepped forward and said, “I think this is going to take a team. What do you guys say?” Everyone seemed on board with Rainbow’s plan, the five heroes stood together strong and mighty. But then, Pinkie Pie asked, “Uh, guys; what are we called?” “I’m not sure, darling; but it has to be something amazing, for such an amazing group.” Rarity replied. Adam suggested, “Spiderman, and his amazing friends?” “No.” Sunset replied. That’s when Fluttershy came up with an idea, “What about, ‘Equestria’s Heroes’?” Sounded good, but Twilight said, “But we’re not in Equestria.” “Who cares, I like it.” Rainbow replied. “Me too.” Pinkie said. Spiderman then stated, “Then it’s settled.” With that said, Equestria’s Heroes left the HQ and made their way to the scene of the crime; but don’t worry, this isn’t the end of the story. Earth 16 still has a lot of things to throw at our heroes; but at least they can face them, together. The end…. For now….