The Goblin

"Sir, It appears as if Messers Stark and Stane have finally decided to confront their differences. Should I prepare a bath for your return?"

"Yeah Bernie, Expect me back in about an hour. If I'm not back, switch on the news." I reply to my Butler as I put on my armor. It looks like Stane finally found the balls to attack Tony. Can't let him get away with that now can we? Dealing with Stane as head of Stark Industries would be a nightmare.

Hopping on my glider, I fly out into the night to confront Stane. Hopefully I can catch him before he causes too much damage.

/

Damn it, I missed half the fight!

"Very clever Tony." Stane says as Stark releases some flares from his suit, blinding the much larger Iron Monger. Glancing at Starks suit, I can see that it is very damaged. Repulsors seem down, the suit seems crushed around the c.h.e.s.t area, and I see scorch marks all around it. Stanes on the other hand was designed for durability and the sheer ability to tank any hit. It had a few scorch marks, and it had some ice on it, but other than that it seemed in good shape.

Right now Tony was hiding from Stane till Pepper activated the main Arc Reactor and causing it to blow. Hopefully I can give her a few added seconds.

"If you thought that was good, try this on for size Chrome dome!" I say as I throw a flash grenade at his face.

"Son of a-" he yells as the flash bang blinds him for a few moments.

Hopping off my glider, I land on his back and have my mask run a few scans of the various machineries in his suit before spotting the same thing Tony does in the movie.

"This looks important!" I say as I reach in and rip out the targeting systems and visuals of the suit.

Grabbing me by my mask, Stane punches me in the c.h.e.s.t and flings me across the roof.

Unfortunately… the mask came off.

The c.h.e.s.t of Stanes suit lowered and his mask lifted with pieces shifting around to reveal Obadiah Stane.

"Alexander Osborn? That snotty brat that bought the Four Freedoms plaza out from under me and made all those body armors for the military? HA! I shouldn't be surprised." He says as he crushes my mask in his grasp and points his gun at me. "Once I killed Tony I was going to completely destroy Oscorp, but now you had to go and make it personal."

"Yeah, speaking of Tony…" I say as I point behind him.

"What?" he asks as he turns around just to see Stark fly into the air and punch Stane in the face with his ungloved hand.

Charging forward, I jump over the Iron Monger and toss a few sticky bombs to the joints of the suit.

"Hah, What was that supposed to do?" Stane laughs as he grabs Tony and flings him at me, spitting some blood out of his mouth in the process.

"This." I say as I sidestep Tony flying at me.

BOOM

Bombs I had just attached blew up, damaging the already weakened joints and knocking Stane back a few feet, straight over the glass ceiling and right over the Arc Reactor.

"Pepper. Hit the button now." I hear Stark whisper as he gets up from where Stane threw him.

"How Ironic. Both of you are trying to rid the world of weapons… And yet you give it the best weapons of all!" He pants. "And now… I'm gonna kill both of you."

"Not likely." I sigh.

FWOOOM!

And in that moment, The Arc Reactor released a huge wave of energy straight into the sky, electrocuting Stane and his suit and causing Stane to collapse. Falling right into the Arc Reactor, causing an explosion that nearly leveled the building.

Clutching my c.h.e.s.t, I collapse next to where Stark was lying down.

"Stark… How about the next time you make a suit of armor… you make sure people can't duplicate it?"

"Shut up…"

And with that… it was over.

/

(1 Week Later)

"I am Iron Man."

The line heard around the world.

Stark may be brilliant, but in releasing his name to the public, he brings in a lot more problems for the future, hence why I asked him to not mention me in this news conference. I can almost hear Coulsons exasperated sigh.

After the battle, I put on a collapsible half face mask (Think The Winter Soldiers) and a pair of goggles to keep my identity secret from SHIELD and to protect me from any fumes or fire that I would be dealing with. We climbed down into the Reactor chamber and looked around, making sure Stane was in fact dead and to see what we could salvage from his suit. Stark claimed to have found nothing, but I went away with a few gadgets I could use. After placing a minor bug in his computer system that would allow me easy access, we went our separate ways after he made a jab about my mask.

In the following week, we talked about the news conference and I was able to convince him not to leak my identity to SHIELD or to the Press. When he asked why, I simply stated that I pissed off too many people on a daily basis as Goblin and I had my brother to care for.

I just hope Fury doesn't come in and-

…

You have to be kidding.

"Osborn." Nick Fury greets me.

"Creepy Pirate guy." I reply.

"I'm here to talk to you about the Avengers initiative."

"And I'm here to ask you how the hell did you even get in here?"

"Through the door."

"Haha jackass." I say sarcastically as I pour us a drink. What? I'm rich, I may only be almost 19, but I can still drink if I want. "What are you even talking about, 'Avengers Initiative'? Is it some sort of elite club my dad didn't tell me about?" I say as I try to play the part of spoiled rich kid with absolutely no idea what is going on.

"We know you are the Goblin, Mr. Osborn. And we know your Father was the Green Goblin."

"Please tell me how you came up with that crazy idea?" I say as I reach for a couple Razorbat. I would rather not use them, but I would rather be safe than sorry.

"We've been watching you Mr. Osborn, we see you when you fly in and out of here on that glider, and we saw your face on the security camera at Stark industries when you fought the Iron Monger."

"So you and SHIELD know who I am then, Huh? Who all knows? I'm assuming Coulson and Hill know at the least?"

If he was surprised by me knowing who they were, he didn't show it.

"You would be correct. I am here However, not to dwell on who does or doesn't know your identity. I am here to talk to you about the Avengers Initiative."

Setting the Razorbat down on the counter, I simply smile.

"Alright Fury. Let's talk."

/

After Fury left, I collapse on the couch and nurse my drink. Thanks to the Oz formula, I am (sadly) immune to alcohol, so I can't get drunk.

Fury's proposal was simple, If SHIELD needed me, I was to be on call to help. I wasn't going to help for the little stuff like a sting operation against a suspected terrorist, but for things like Loki or Ultron, I was going to be in their call list. He did claim that I was good, but I needed training, so he was going to send in someone to act as my bodyguard to teach me how to fight properly, not just a basic punch and kick like I have been doing. Lastly I was asked by Fury to make some Adamantine armor for SHIELD agents.

I agreed, but only to make the mesh weave stuff that I gave Spider-Man, not the full on Achilles Armor.

In exchange for me joining the Avengers, I did have a few requests. No sharing my identity with anyone except a few select people (Coulson, Hill, Black Widow, and Fury himself). I wasn't sure if Hydra was in SHIELD or not, and I was not about to take chances. Second, if they come across any problems regarding space travelers, they are to contact me for help immediately. An entire town was destroyed in Thor, and I have no clue how many people died. If I can stop it, I will. Also there is the added bonus of meeting Thor and studying Mjolnir. Finally, I was allowed free reign of what I do outside of missions with SHIELD. If someone like Electro or Venom attack New York, then I will step in and stop it. They will not be able to stop me for any reasons.

Downing the rest of my glass, I realize that things aren't really deviating from the original timeline, which is a good thing as I need to be able to predict what will happen if I am going to stop Thanos from getting the gems and for me to actually survive this crazy world.

Getting up and heading towards my workshop, I grab an EMP Emmiter that I had just finished after the fight with Monger (Go figure.) and activated it, completely wiping out any bugs that Fury may have placed before I got there. Luckily my tech is EMP proof so I won't have to worry about shorting it out. Putting it back up, I get to working on a project that I've been tinkering with the last few days. I was able to salvage a few things from the Iron Monger suit that Stark didn't catch. Chief among the salvaged parts was the Arc reactor and a repulsor from the arm. The suit itself should be relatively easy, especially if I can salvage some tech during the Stark Expo during the Iron Man 2 story line. During the last few days, I've been working on reverse engineering it, unfortunately I am having next to no luck. The fact that stark built this in a cave is shocking honestly, it really shows his genius.

Hopefully I can figure it out soon, If I can replicate the Arc Reactor at the least, My Glider will have nearly unlimited power, I would just need to find a way to power the reactor…

The way an Arc reactor works is it takes some power from an outside source, in IM 2 it is the Palladium chip, and uses it to launch Atoms around the reactor. Once they collide into each other it creates an enormous amount of energy. This energy is then used to power something else, unfortunately, the original power source can run out, so If I can find something to power the Arc Reactor indefinitely, I would have unlimited power for my glider or my other projects.

Another thing I need to work on is my suit. During the fight with Stane, he was able to rip the helmet off without too much of an issue. This is a problem I do not want to happen in the future, I do intend to fight people much stronger than me and if they can unmask me without really trying, then we have an issue.

Pulling some goggles and gloves on, I get to work.

/

(1 week later)

"Hey Otto! How've you been?" I ask the good doctor. With everything that has happened recently, I forgot about the presentation he was going to give at Oscorp today. Once I was reminded (Thank god for Bernard) I immediately invited Stark, Peter, and the Fantastic Four.

"Mr. Osborn, I am doing well. My project is going as planned. Oh, and I looked at your notes on my project and I must say that you helped me correct what could have been a grievous oversight on my part."

Dr. Otto Octavious was a genius, He was about 5'7" and he was a little bit on the heavy side, He had brown hair and brown eyes. He was truly intelligent, even going so far as to attempt to create a miniature sun. Unfortunately he is forgetful, and when he showed me his notes on his project I immediately noticed a slight miscalculation. When he made this machine he accounted for the power the sun would produce as well as the heat, unfortunately he overlooked the gravitational pull that the miniature sun would produce. If he let things go as it was, then we would have a supervillain on our hands.

"At least it was fixed, that is all that matters. With this, we will be the leaders in clean energy! You are going to put Oscorp on the map Otto."

Well, more so than it already was.

Walking onto the stage, I look out to the crowd of people. There were a lot of various reporters and scientists here, in the back I could see Peter conversing with the Fantastic Four, and in the corner I could see Stark talking to someone on the phone.

"Attention everyone! If I can have your attention please! Thank you. As you all know, Oscorp has been attempting to branch out into different fields: Medicine, Civilian Technology, and most recently, Clean Energy." I say with a smile.

"He can sure lay throw a sales pitch…" I barely hear stark say in the background.

"Allow me to introduce the genius behind this project, Dr. Otto Octavius." I say as I gesture for him to come up to the stage.

"Hello Everyone, Ladies and gentlemen, my wife Rosie and I would like to welcome you this afternoon. But first, before we start , has anybody lost a large roll of dollar bills in a rubber band? Because we found the rubber band. It's a terrible joke." He laughs.

"But thank you for coming. Today… you will witness the birth of a new fusion-based energy source. Safe, renewable energy and cheap electricity for everyone. And now let me introduce my assistants." He says as he introduces the arms and put them on.

"These four actuators were developed and programmed for the sole purpose of creating successful fusion. They are impervious to heat and magnetism. These smart arms are controlled by my brain through a neural link. Nanowires feed directly into my cerebellum, allowing me to use these arms to control fusion reaction in an environment no human hand could enter."

"Doctor?" One of the reporters ask. "If the artificial Intelligence in the arms is as advanced as you suggest… Couldn't that make you vulnerable to them?"

"How right you are." He replies with a small smile. "Which is why I developed this inhibitor chip to protect my higher brain function, It means that I maintain control of these arms, instead of them controlling me. And now on to the main event. Give me the blue light Rosie." He says as the machine is uncovered. It really looks like three mechanical spires curved inwards towards a central point. Grabbing the Tritium, he places it in the middle of the machine and inputs a few things in the main terminal.

"Precious tritium is the fuel that makes this project go, there are only a few pounds of it on the planet however, so I would like to thank Alexander Osborn and Oscorp Industries for providing it."

I just smirk.

"Not a problem Otto."

Putting on the goggles his wife gave him, he starts the process.

"Ladies and gentlemen… Fasten your seatbelts."

Activating the machine, it honestly takes my breath away. A total of eight beams came from the machine and struck the tritium (which was a pain in the a.s.s to get let me tell you.) and caused a fusion reaction, creating a miniature sun.

"Doctor, we have a successful fusion reaction."

"The power of the sun… In the palm of my hand…" He mutters.

Looking around to make sure everything was running smoothly and that nothing was being drawn towards the machine, I start clapping.

"Everyone give a huge hand to Dr. Otto Octavius for this incredible leap for mankind!"

After that… everything went smoothly, once we made sure the machine was stabilized, we shut it down so we can set it up in a more secure location and everyone came by and shook our hands and congratulated us on a job well done.

I'm just grateful I don't have a six armed lunatic running around. Maybe I can convince Otto to let me look at his arms for a bit, Maybe I can tweak the designs and create an Iron Spider costume for Peter or something for the Goblin…

Something to think about.