The Goblin

Chapter 2

Birth of the Goblin.

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After graduating College early, Norman (I refuse to call him Dad) started training me to take over the company and started teaching me the finances of the business. Shockingly the business was doing very well, except for one thing.

Someone was embezzling money from the company. Not much, just a few dollars here, a few there, nothing really noticeable. Unfortunately for the culprit, it has become noticeable.

This is why I am currently heading to his office at eight in the morning with my little brother Harry.

"So what are you doing home? I thought you had school?" I ask him as we walk down the hallway leading to his office.

"I do, but I wasn't feeling well today."

He was lying, but I didn't want to point it out right now.

"How about you? What are you doing here?" He asks me.

"Someone has been embezzling funds from the company, I think I know who, but I need to confirm my suspicions first."

After that we waked in silence until we opened his office door and saw Norman sprawled out on the floor.

Damn. Did he already try the Goblin serum on himself? That means Spider-man just woke up and is trying out hi powers right about now.

"Dad!" Harry yells as he runs over to his dad.

As soon as he yells that, three other people run into the office.

"Excuse me, but our father isn't feeling well, anything you need to tell him can be told to me." I cut them off.

"Sir. There was an incident…"

"What kind of incident?"

"Dr. Stromm… He is dead sir."

"Dead…?" a raspy voice says behind us.

Turning around, I see Norman sitting up with Harry's help.

"What happened?" I ask.

"As far as we can tell, he was killed. We don't know how though."

"Then find out, I do not want a court battle. Offer his family reparations for the funeral and offer our deepest condolences."

"Yes sir." She says. Soon after that they left

Hopefully things change a little bit while I'm here…

(Time Skip)

Yeah. Things didn't change.

Shortly after that event, Green Goblin attacked and killed the General and the test pilot of the Aerospace Exoskeleton. Unfortunately for Norman, this didn't stop Aerospace from expanding and offering to buy the company from the board of governors. Hence why I am currently sitting in a meeting with Norman and the Board of Governors

Technically I don't need to be here. Norman will discover that the company will be bought, He kills the board members, he gains control of the company and the sale gets canceled. I am literally here because Norman wants me to be ready to run the company should the need arise.

"As of today OSCORP Industries has surpassed Quest Aerospace as the principal supplier to the United States military. In short, ladies and gentlemen of the board, costs are down, revenues are up, and our stock has never been higher." Norman is saying to the board members.

"Wonderful news, Norman. That's why we're selling the company."

"What?"

"Quest is recapitalizing in the wake of the bombing. Expanding. They made a tender offer we can't ignore."

"Why wasn't I told?" Norman asks in shock.

"They don't want a power struggle with entrenched management. The deal is off if you come with it. The board expects your resignation in 30 days " One board member says. I really need to remember their names one of these days.

"You can't do this to me. " Norman says. "I started this company… Do You know how much I sacrificed?!"

"Norman, the board is unanimous. We're announcing the sale after the World Unity Festival. I'm sorry." Says one member.

"You're out, Norman. As are you Alex." Another one tells us.

"Am I?" Norman mumbles as I nod. We aren't quite as out as they think.

"What was that?" one of the board members ask.

Waving his question off, I simply tell him to not worry about it.

Time to do some more planning.

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Getting back home, I quickly excuse myself and head to my room. A few years ago I was able to pry a few boards back and make a secret entrance behind the mirror in my room, similar to Norman in the living room.

Yeah, such a public place just isn't smart.

Opening up the secret entrance, I walk in and look around. It wasn't much, but this was my workshop. Gadgets I'd make in my spare time, just a few things here and there, A razorwing here, a pumpkin bomb there, It is here that I am trying to perfect the goblin serum, and I can tell I am close, maybe not close enough to fight my father before he dies, but maybe close enough to take on Doc Ock. Definitely close enough to defend against the Chitauri.

You may be wondering why I am so intent on fixing the Oz Formula. Well, it's rather simple, I am trying to become powerful and this serum is the closest and easiest way to go about that. Spiderman got bit by a radioactive spider that ran off, Captain America's Super Soldier Serum is rather weak in comparison to the Oz Formula and it's been nearly impossible to perfect it, I do not want to hulk out everytime I lose my temper, so gamma rays and the Hulks blood is out, and I am not a mutant or god. The serum is the most logical choice after that, the only major problem is fixing it. When Norman and Dr. Stromm had created this, it was nearly perfect, the only problem was it caused the user to become violently insane and brutal. I personally want to keep my sanity. I would rather keep my wits about me when I fight.

Now the only issue I have is choosing a name and costume when I go out as a hero. On second thought, do I want to be a hero?

Screw that, yeah I'm going to be a hero.

Now to come up with a suit and name…

Sitting down I pull out a pen and paper and start sketching.

I'm going to keep with the Goblin costume like Norman, It will give me better protection and better defense against various attacks. Gas attacks, elemental based attacks, brute force, it all grants me better defense against foes like Electro or Sandman. Hopefully I won't need it, but its better safe than sorry.

Let's see… a gas mask incorporated into the mask, insulation from electric attacks, a HUD integrated into the mask connected to my glider and to the police radars, maybe claws on the tips of the fingers for close ranged attacks….

Drawing the costume on the paper, I finally have a rough outline. It looks Surprisingly different than the Green Goblin flying around now. The only similarity is the mask, but even that has been tweaked to a degree. After that, it looks nearly identical to the Green Goblin in The Amazing Spider-Man 2, instead of the more leathery suit of Willem Defoe, It has a more militarian, almost Iron Man type suit, showing off armor capable of taking a hit. (Think Green Goblin From TASM movie and you have my rough outline.)

The mask looks nearly identical to the Green Goblin mask of Defoe. Almost Power Ranger like, it gives me protection from gas based attacks using the gas mask that would be built into the mask. A HUD will be connected to the mask and it will connect me to the police scanners and my glider allowing me greater control and better power.

My Glider looks almost identical to Defoe's glider, but I am hoping to enhance it later. Maybe make a better power supply, maybe Stark will let me borrow some of his tech later?

Getting up and making a mental list of the stuff I need to make all this possible, I head out of my Workshop. Once Green Goblin dies, I will be able to make my suit and glider without any problems from him; I will also be able use Oscorp resources to better my original design for later.

Now to come up with a freaking name, who knew that coming up with a name was so hard?

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(A few weeks later)

"WELCOME TO THE OSCORP FESTIVAL DAY PARADE!!"

Today is the day Green Goblin becomes a public villain by killing the members of the board.

Honestly, I want to save them, I really want to save them… but they are all d.i.c.ks who will mess up my plans, so saving them is out of the options.

"Hello Alex, No hard feelings right?" one of the members ask while shaking my hand.

"Of course not Sir, It was understandable."

We were of course referencing the recent decision made by the board members to sell Oscorp against Norman Osborn's wishes.

"Have you seen your father? He should be here for the revealing of the news to sell Oscorp?"

"Don't worry Sir, I'm sure he will be here soon enough."

Walking over to Harry and Mary Jane, I grab a couple of drinks and stand behind them.

"Mind introducing me to your girlfriend Harold?"

You could almost hear his internal groan of embarrassment at my hands, he hates being called Harold.

"Mary Jane." He says as he turns to face me. "This is my overly annoying and embarrassing brother, Alexander Osborn."

Grabbing her hand, I bow down and kiss her knuckles.

"The p.l.e.a.s.u.r.e is mine darling." I say to MJ.

"Hey Alex, have you seen dad? He should have been here by now?" Harry asks.

"He said he wasn't feeling well. He may show up later though."

"What the hell? That's our Glider!"

Turning around I see the infamous Glider flying towards us.

Backing up a few steps to stay out of the blast range of that incendiary bomb, I watch the action unfold.

"OUT AM I!!" The Green Goblin yells before throwing the bomb and causing the Board Members to get vaporized.

"HAHAHAHA!!!" he laughs before Spiderman comes in and fights him.

Now, you may be wondering, Why am I literally doing nothing? Why can't I help Spider-man? Why am I so affable to the death of the board members?

Well for one I don't want to die, I haven't perfected the serum so if I did do something then GG will put me on his hit list, so what if I'm his son, and as for the board members? I didn't like them and my plans involve me owning Oscorp, not Aerospace owning Oscorp.

Hey, don't look at me disapprovingly, Stark built stuff that blew shit up before he was Iron Man and Thor was literally a warrior Prince who killed people for a living before getting sent to Midgard. I'm allowed to make sure I stay head of my company. Like Batman said, I won't kill you, but I won't save you either.

Now, enough breaking the fourth wall. It has enough of a beating with Deadpool and She-Hulk in comics.

Focusing back on the fight, I see a chunk of concrete hit Harry on the head and knock him out.

Grabbing him, I drag him over away from the danger and head back to grab MJ, but before I could, the balcony we were standing on broke causing me to lose my balance and land on my knees and causing MJ to slip, almost completely off the balcony.

"MJ!!!" Spiderman yells.

Could you have been more obvious Pete? I mean really?

Pulling a Razorbat out of my pocket (OK, so I can help a little bit.) I throw it and hit a central power battery under the glider, the thing Spidey punches later in the fight, causing it to spark and catch fire.

"What!?" He yells as his glider starts to smoke.

Knocking Spider-man aside he starts to fly away. But in doing so he tosses a pumpkin bomb down by MJ, giving Spider-Man no choice but to let him go.

"WE'LL MEET AGAIN SPIDER-MAN!!!"

Running over, I catch the bomb before it hits the ground and I throw it as hard as I can off the balcony.

Thank god I practiced my pitch as often as I could.

BOOM!

The bomb exploded about twenty feet away from the balcony, but the explosion caused MJ to let go of the balcony. Plummeting down to the hard cement below, she screams in sheer terror.

"SPIDER-MAN!" I yell while pointing towards MJ, but he was way ahead of me. Diving after her I look over just to see Spider-Man catching her mere feet from the ground.

Watching them swing away, I just grin. Walking over to my brother, I toss him over my shoulder and head back inside.

Better get him home before he wakes up.

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"Are you sure you're ok?... What do you mean he saved you, Who is he?... Spider-Man?...Fine, how about I take you to dinner to make-… No I just want to take you out... yeah I'm sorry my dad never showed... I just want to take you out!... Fine… bye MJ… love yo-… Sigh…"

"Trouble in Paradise Loverboy?" I ask as I recline on the couch reading the morning paper.

"MJ says she is fine… apparently she was saved by Spider-Man…Why didn't you tell me this?"

"Because you didn't ask." I reply while nonchalantly turn the page.

Sighing in frustration at my behavior, he turns to Peter and starts talking to him.

"Hey Pete… I'm sorry I didn't tell you about MJ and I, I just wasn't sure how you would react…"

After that I sorta tuned them out and read the funnies in the paper.

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Later that day I head back into my secret workshop.

The Razorwings were a success if they were capable of piercing the glider. That said, that means I need to work on the designs of the Glider. If one Razorbat took it out, then it needs some work.

On the bright side, while Norman was busy having a temper tantrum, I was able to give designs of a slightly modified TASM Green Goblin armor to the Oscorp Scientists. The only real difference was that it looked more complete than the TASM one and it had a helmet that looked similar in design to Master Chief's helmet. I was able to convince them that if the Serum was a dud and we couldn't make the soldiers stronger, might as well make them harder to kill. This armor, once complete, would be able to take an armor piercing bullet to the c.h.e.s.t without the wearer having so much as a bruise or a sniper round to the head without even a headache.

The armor will be made of an experimental alloy, similar to Vibranium in its durability and how light it is, it is still not quite as durable as the real thing. I was thinking of calling it Adamantine after the mythical metal of Hercules's mace.

This material is four times as durable as conventional steel, but only half the weight. The final Armor will weigh only about… thirty pounds? Forty? Fifty at the most give or take. On the bright side, it doesn't restrict movement with how it is designed, you can twist, bend, jump, all without many, If any, restrictions.

Once they made the prototype, I was going to use one as my own armor, but with slightly different colors and a different helmet style, I may add a few gadgets too it too.

Getting to work on the Glider designs I sigh.

"This is going to be a long night…" I mumble.