"Hehehehe… I am Green Goblin. Your doom."
The twisted cackle slithered through the air just as two compact pumpkin bombs shot straight toward the newly minted Spider-Man and Spider-Gwen. Their spider senses roared like an alarm in their skulls — a sharp, panicked tingle-tingle screaming MOVE NOW!
They both leapt backward, flipping midair, narrowly escaping the immediate blast radius. But the fireballs burst with a deafening BOOOOM, shockwaves rattling nearby windows, brick chunks and twisted metal flinging across the street like lethal shrapnel.
Sparks and burning fragments rained down around them. Civilians scattered, screaming in pure terror as car alarms wailed.
Peter's heart hammered. Gwen's eyes sharpened.
Green Goblin hovered above them on his gleaming, weaponized glider, grinning like chaos incarnate. But this wasn't the Goblin that was supposed to emerge — he was bigger, stronger, covered in swirling green patches of scaled mutation. Mesogog's mutagen twisted the already corrupted mind into something far darker.
"Oh great," Peter muttered as he grabbed a lamppost to stabilize himself. "This goblin is stronger than anime goblins."
"You think!?" Gwen hissed, swinging up beside him.
"Come now, insects!" Goblin's voice rasped as he dove toward them. "Let me show you what true terror FEELS LIKE!"
He launched forward, and the fight erupted in a blast of motion.
The three shot across the city skyline — webs snapping, glider roaring, and explosions painting the day like fireworks gone wrong. Peter and Gwen moved in perfect sync, instincts bridging them like they'd been partners for years. One attacked high, the other low, trying to catch the monster off balance.
Peter flipped onto Goblin's back for a split second — only to get elbowed in the ribs with enough force to make his vision flash white. Gwen blasted a kick across Goblin's jaw, the impact echoing as pixels of venomous green light pulsed along his skin.
But Goblin laughed. Enjoying every hit. Thriving off destruction.
"Heheheh! Yes! More! Hurt me, little spiders! HURT ME!" (A/N: Cough! This was not intended in a bad way)
He hurled another bomb toward a rooftop water tank, making it detonate. Water cascaded downward like a wave crashing from the sky, slamming into parked cars. People shrieked as the flood swept them off their feet.
Gwen shot a webline toward a falling billboard support, struggling to keep it from crushing the panicked crowd below. Peter snagged two bystanders midair as they fell from a collapsing fire escape.
Their teamwork saved lives… but cost them momentum.
Goblin used the distraction. He fired a pair of screaming missiles from his glider. Peter barely twisted away in time, feeling the heat kiss his skin.
"This guy hits harder than rhino!" Peter yelled, breath ragged.
"Still have time to make comments!" Gwen snapped back.
Buildings bore the scars — cracked walls, scorched windows, broken signs. Police sirens echoed across the blocks as disaster spread like wildfire.
And Green Goblin… was having the time of his life.
"You both bore me already," he mocked. "Weak. Slow. Predictable!"
He grabbed Gwen by the foot mid-swing — WHAM — slamming her through a billboard. She crashed onto a rooftop, rolling painfully until she forced herself up again, breathing hard and clutching her ribs.
Peter webbed Goblin's mask, yanking. But Goblin snarled, ripping it free.
"Nice trick. Try THIS."
He backhanded Peter so violently that the webhead shot across the sky like a bullet before crashing through a neon sign. Sparks lit the day as Peter tumbled onto a traffic-choked avenue.
Civilians yelled hysterically, running from debris that smashed onto the street.
Gwen regrouped, swinging to Peter's location.
"You okay?" she asked, hauling him to his feet.
"Yeah," Peter groaned… then winced. "Okay-ish. My everything hurts."
Goblin circled above, casting a long shadow that seemed to laugh with him.
"So weak!" he taunted. "Die! Die! DIE!"
He let loose a bomb that shredded a hot dog cart. The vendor stared at the remnants of his livelihood — then screamed toward the sky:
"My HOTDOGS!!!"
Gwen blinked. "That's… tragic."
Peter nodded solemnly. "We have to hold him down for a while. Maybe help would arrive."
They shared a brief, exhausted grin before springing back into battle.
The fighting went airborne again, higher and higher now — among the tallest skyscrapers, explosions lighting the night like a warzone in the stars. Each blow left them aching. Each dodge came slower.
Gwen webbed Goblin's arm, jerking him down. Peter followed with a flying kick that actually made the villain grunt — proof they were still in the game.
But Goblin recovered instantly, grabbing them both by the neck, smashing them together midair before tossing them toward a glass façade. They ricocheted off the wall and spiraled downward, frantically firing webs to save themselves.
They landed roughly on a rooftop, gasping. Their suits were torn. Blood dripped across the concrete.
Goblin hovered above them like a devilish puppet master.
"Heheheh… I haven't even begun to show my real power."
His glider engines screamed — the sound alone felt like a threat.
Gwen glanced at Peter. Both trembling. Out of breath. Outmatched.
"Yeah," Peter whispered, unable to pretend otherwise. "We are cooked."
But they couldn't give up. Not while the city burned beneath them.
Their eyes hardened. They nodded. They pushed through the agony.
"HAA!" they yelled — a last burst of morale as they charged upward with webs blazing, hoping some help could show up soon. Hoping help wasn't too late.
Hoping they could live through the next few seconds.
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(DINO LAB)
"Alert! Alert! Massive threat detected in downtown area!"
Alarms blared across the Dino Lab, red lights pulsing rhythmically.
Dr. Tommy Oliver jogged over, typing rapidly on the console. A hologram displayed a hulking green creature with a long tail, deforming further with each second.
"Mesogog's mutagen…" Tommy muttered, eyes narrowing. "Highly concentrated."
He zoomed in on the live footage: Spider-Man and Spider-Gwen trading blows with the monster. They were holding their ground… barely.
"How… are they even standing against that?" he whispered, half impressed, half amused.
No time to hesitate.
Tommy contacted the Dino Rangers immediately. "We've got a situation. High magnitude. A mutated threat infused with Mesogog's mutagen is tearing up the city. And two enhanced civilians are trying to fight it alone."
Connor's voice crackled first. "New bad guy? Figures. We were due."
Ethan chimed in. "Hold up — mutated what now?"
Kira's tone was sharp and ready. "Where's the threat located?"
"Downtown," Tommy replied firmly. "He's strong. Too strong for civilians. Even powered civilians."
"So…" Connor exhaled. "We morphing?"
"You're morphed already," Ethan reminded him. "We were just dealing with that bastard earlier."
"That white ranger can wait," Kira snapped. "Innocent people are in danger."
Tommy gave a grave nod. "Dino Rangers… go save the day."
"Right!" the three responded, united and confident.
In seconds, they leapt into action — riding their Dino-bikes flashing outward like comets ready to clash with a storm.
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(BACK TO THE BATTLE)
Peter and Gwen were now on a skyscraper edge, both panting, vision blurry. Below them, chaos reigned — cars overturned, smoke curling up from detonated storefronts, terrified screams echoing.
Goblin drifted closer, savoring the fear.
"Heheheh… Look at you two. Barely clinging to life." His voice was a broken record of madness. "Let's start with you little bugs first…"
Peter and Gwen stared up at him, unable to move. They squeezed their eyes shut — a silent acceptance. A hopeless pause.
This was it.
Green Goblin roared, lunging.
And then—
ZAP! ZAP! ZAP!
Three beams of bright energy slammed into Goblin's side — forceful enough to knock him clean off his glider.
He spiraled downward with a startled shriek, crashing into a row of parked cars below — metal crumpling like paper.
Peter's eyes shot open.
Gwen gasped, stumbling but relieved.
A new voice rang out — bold, fearless, and almost cocky:
"Dino Rangers. Here to save the day."
Three silhouettes stood defiantly atop the building behind them, colors bold under the city lights: Red. Blue. Yellow.
Their help had arrived.
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