Clobbering Goblins Time!

Right after the explosion, Reed got back to his feet to look around. He surveyed the damage but there was no sign of Peter. Reed started to remove what was left of his suit, which was damaged from the explosion, when he caught sight of the source of his troubles. He couldn't recognize the man from the distance, but he was flying around on some sort of miniature platform.

"Who is that?" Reed asked to no one in particular.

"That would be the Green Goblin," a voice called back.

Reed looked up, the only direction he hadn't checked since the car had exploded. Peter was hanging upside down and had also stripped down to his uniform. He left go of the webbing and flipped back down to the street where Reed was.

"How did you get out of the car?" Reed asked.

"The sun roof was open," Peter answered, "Once you were out that was the quickest exit for me. But it was also the easiest target for Goblin. I escaped just as the grenade he tossed went in. That was too close."

"Indeed," Reed said, looking around. "How many of these Goblins are there?"

"Why do you..." Peter turned around and spotted a second man flying around. "There are two. This one is called the Hobgoblin."

"Right, so which one do I take?" Reed asked.

"Take the hob... the yellow one," Peter replied, "The Green Goblin is going to come right for me no matter what."

"Fair enough," Reed said as he started to walk away towards the man in yellow flying around, "please be careful, Peter."

"I'll try, but make no promises." Peter said, as he checked his shooters which were near full capacity, which meant he was ready to give that green bastard one hell of a fight. He slug a web out to the lamppost closest to him and used it to sling himself into the air, get some space to start using the buildings to swing closer to his opponent. Once he was within earshot of the Goblin, he stopped swinging and stuck to the nearest building.

"Osbourne!" he called out, "Is that really you again?"

"Oh Peter," the Goblin replied, "So nice that you remember. I have to say it was a wise move to go public, taking away the only leverage I had on you. Even your aunt has moved away, that was unexpected."

"She's somewhere you'll never get her," Peter called back.

"Really?" the Goblin called out, "Is that a challenge?"

"More like your funeral," Peter corrected. He knew May was safe in the new town Reed located her too, and it was another piece of leverage the Goblin no longer had to hold over him.

"You first," The Goblin said as he tossed two more grenades at Peter.

Peter shot out a net of webbing and tossed both grenades upwards, allowing them to explode without harming anyone. Peter than swung to the other side, trying to punch Goblin but he flew out of the way, this time shooting stars out of his glider. Peter was able to move out of the way, barely missing the projectiles flying his way. He tried to shoot a web ball at Goblin but he was again too fast, shifting out of the line of fire.

"This ends now," Peter called out, "We're going to bring you down?"

"We?" Goblin called out.

"Yes!" a voice called out, "He said we!"

The Goblin barely had enough time to turn around and see the flaming man flying by him. As Johnny did so, he fired a brutal fireball that knocked the goblin off this flyer, sending him falling all the way to the ground. Peter knew the Goblin's tactics, so he fired a web at the Goblin's flyer so that when he tried to command it to save him, it crashed into the side of building rather than to his rescue. On the ground however was something else waiting for him... as in some Thing.

"It's clobbering time!!!"

Ben Grim had run all the way from Reed tower and while he was a little out of breath he had more than enough power to punch Goblin with every ounce of power he had just before he hit the ground. That punch sent the Goblin flying into and through a brick wall, knocking him out completely. Reed was holding his own with the Hobgoblin, using his arms like slingshots to fire his own grenades back at him. But once he realized that Johnny Storm and Ben were there, he high tailed it out of there when he realized that the other Goblin was down.

Peter swung back to ground and the four of them met on the ground. Once he was on the ground, Peter realized that Sue was there as well. She had been there all along, using her shields to protect civilians from fall debris from the battle while letting the boys take care of the menace. The people who were still around starting to clap and cheer, realizing they had just witnessed the new team, the fantastic five, in action for the very first time. They had made very quick work out of what would have taken Peter hours to take care of by himself, and it would have been very painful too.

"What do we do with the green one?" Ben asked.

"Contact Shield," Peter suggested, "They have a cell made just for him."

"Less paper work for us," Reed concurred, "I'll make the call. Peter, you hit with some webs so he cannot escape till Fury's men get here."

As Peter walked up and tied Goblin up with some shooters, he suddenly realized that Goblin was already awake.

"If you're hurt," Peter said to him, "Shield will give you medical attention, after they toss you into your custom made cell first."

"Well played, Parker." The Goblin replied, "I didn't really believe you had joined their forces. You didn't seem like a team player to me. You usually do the solo thing."

"Not anymore," Peter said to him, "I didn't just pick up a new team, rather than a new family. And as you can see, they're not pushovers."

"Indeed," the Goblin said, before passing out again.

"Everything all right Pete?" Johnny said as he landed beside him and flamed out.

"It's good," Peter replied, "Just some post battle jabs."

"Shield is incoming, will be here in five." Johnny told him.

"Great," Peter said, "this should be fun."

The Shield cargo ship landed at the scene shorting after it was secured by the local police forces. Ben was nice enough to pick Goblin up and carry him to the Shield agents who had a stretcher brought out for the villain. Fury was there and he walked up to speak with Peter.

"Nice uniform," he said to the young man, "It's going to take a while to get used to seeing you without the mask."

"You'll adjust," Peter told him, "The world will."

"Well, well," Fury said, smiling. "I wouldn't have believed it if I didn't see it with my own eye; Peter Parker, growing up so fast and going pro."

"Had to happen someday," Peter confessed, "I'm sorry Nick, I got an offer that I couldn't refuse."

"So I heard," Fury concurred.

"This isn't the end of the world," Reed said, finally stepping in. "We're both on the same side. It's not like he joined Victor or Red Skull's army, is it?"

"I suppose so," Nick said, looking at Reed. "Doesn't mean I have to like it."

"No, it doesn't." Reed said, agreeing with him. "But you have to respect the decision Peter made and live with it."

"Fair enough," Fury said before walking away and back onto the cargo ship that now had its prisoner. As it flew away, the five members of the team stood there and watched as it took off.

"He didn't look happy," Johnny finally said, breaking the silence.

"Do I look like a give a crap?" Ben replied.

"He's right," Reed said, "He's not angry enough to do anything about it, hopefully he'll settle down after time and we'll be able to work together again."

"Forgive me if I don't hold my breath." Ben said, as he turned away to start the long walk back to the tower.

"Later germs!" Johnny said as he lit of fire and flew away.

"Let's grab a taxi," Reed suggested.

"You guys go ahead," Peter said, "I'll walk with Ben."

Peter swung away to catch up with the big guy who had already covered half a block. The Thing's shoulders were so big that Peter was able to land on one of them and sit himself down.

"Hey Ben," Peter said to him, "Thanks for the help back there."

"No problem, kid." Ben replied, "Was a little too short for my liking."

"I guess, but you saved Reed and I a lot of time and trouble." Peter informed him, "and a lot of people could have been hurt during that as well. You really saved the day for a lot of people back there."

"I guess," Ben said as he kept walking, "Do I get a medal?"

"I'm afraid not," Peter said, but he pointed in a certain direction. "But there is this great place over there that serves my favorite pizza. My treat cause I got my first paycheque from the foundation today."

"I'm not a cheap date," Ben warned.

"I can handle it," Peter replied, "It was a big cheque."

"Do they have anchovies?" Ben asked.

"Yes, they do." Peter answered.

"Okay," Ben said, "Lead the way, web head."