105 GOBLIN'S HIDEOUT

[Location: Safehouse] [New York City]

Frank and I were gearing up for the hunt. We are gonna hunt Green Goblin tonight.

"Aliens, robots as high as the sky, mutants, human experiments... Haaa..." Frank grumbled while gearing up, "Oh, not to forget Gods and underwater people. Isn't the list getting way too crazy by the time?" He shook his head and started putting the Kevlar armor over his shoulders.

"I know, right? They are nuts. Nowhere is safe in this world. You don't even know when an alien ship might crash down on your house and blow a crater. Or when one of those captured supervillains escapes and wreaks havoc in the city," I said while activating the suit, "Or those government programs that conduct human experiments in some shady research facilities and turn them into some freaky cyborgs and whatnot. Oh, and the list continues..."

"At least you have superpowers," Frank snorted.

"Hey! You also have enhanced strength and speed thanks to your gadgets. You don't give yourself that much credit," I told him while turning around to face him. "And don't forget those high-tech guns capable of blowing out an entire neighborhood, if aimed correctly," I added, grinning.

"Okay, okay," Frank chuckled, "If you put it that way, it doesn't look so bad," and double-checked his guns.

Frank came a long way from that gruff loner attitude to opening up with his thoughts to people. But his killer face while facing those criminal scums? Still as cold as ever. The man's a damn pro. He sure knows how to torture and kill someone in style. He was keeping himself busy, killing those gang members, taking advantage of the chaos I created. For now, those gangs have called a temporary ceasefire thanks to Emma Frost who took over Kingpin. I guess, I'll just have to stir the hornet nest once more.

"Ready?" I asked him after a long pause.

"Yeah. Let's do this," Frank nodded and strapped his gun to the thigh holster, and put his two combat knives behind the holsters near his knees. He checked the wrist watch which I had configured to show his weapon charges and armor condition. It's like a mini hud but with just those few important details.

We entered the garage.

"What's that?" I pointed toward the old rusted sedan that was sitting in the garage.

"Our ride," Frank grinned as he went into the driver's seat and turned on the engine.

"Really, man? What about those cool sports cars and those brand new SUVs we swiped from that drug cartel's warehouse? We could just choose any car we wanted and yet, why a piece of junk that is rusting by the second?" I told him as I frowned.

"Because there's no fun if someone notices you riding a nice car in such a fucked up neighborhood. And we are going incognito. We won't have to worry about cops stopping us at the checkpoint and under the rust, I've added some custom parts. From the outside, yeah, it a trash, but under the hood, that's a different story," he stated proudly.

"Why do I feel like you are taking revenge for making you explode your mini-van?" I took the side seat as Frank started driving out.

"I couldn't possibly hate you because of that. Even though I spent months working on that van and upgraded it to the max, and that it's been with me for years and you happened to have me explode it on our very first mission... Nope. I forgive you for that, Spider-Man," Frank smirked while driving.

"Yeah, right," I rolled my eyes behind the mask.

We drove out of the underground parking lot and went out onto the streets.

"Alright, let's go hunting," Frank accelerated as we sped out onto the highway.

I activated the tracker on the mini pad and located the green goblin signal.

"Where's the freak?" Frank asked me as he drove.

"He's heading north toward Manhattan Bridge. Just keep driving straight ahead," I said as I zoomed into the map.

"Got it."

After half an hour of driving, we arrived at the bridge. It was nighttime so there weren't many cars on the road. We stopped the car at a nearby gas station and waited for him to show up. He is nearby according to the tracker.

A couple of minutes later, a flying weird green hoverboard thing passed by us above the bridge.

"That must be him," Frank commented as he watched the figure fly past us.

"Yup! Norman aka Green Goblin," I replied while tracking the board as it flew further away from us. "Let's see where's he heading next.

Frank started the car as we followed the figure. I kept tracking Green Goblin's movements, making sure we stayed a safe distance behind him.

"He's heading towards Midtown," I informed Frank who kept driving, "Looks like he's not in a hurry. Probably up to something."

Frank nodded, his grip firm on the steering wheel. "We'll stick with him. Let's see what he's planning."

As we followed Green Goblin, I noticed that he was slowing down as he approached a street full of buildings. I zoomed into the mini pad and saw that it was a shopping mall.

"A shopping mall?!" Frank stopped the car around the corner from the mall entrance. "What does he want to steal in a shopping mall?" He looked confused as he stared out the window.

"He is stealing food and other supplies, duh!" I pointed out.

"Right... Even he needs food and supplies to survive, huh?" Frank scratched his chin. "Anyway, let's go inside and stop him before he causes trouble."

"And blow up the entire mall in the process? Nope. Let's wait and follow him back to his hideout. Then we can attack him and blow up his lair instead," I suggested.

Frank thought about it for a moment. "You got a point. Let's do that."

As Frank and I waited in the car, keeping a close eye on the entrance of the shopping mall, Green Goblin emerged after a while, carrying a large bag filled with stolen goods. He hopped onto his hoverboard and flew off into the night. Frank quickly started the car and chased after him.

We followed him through the streets of Midtown. The road was almost empty and we were keeping our eyes peeled for any sudden moves from the freak. Green Goblin eventually led us to an old abandoned warehouse on the outskirts of the city. There appeared to be nothing else around it except for some dilapidated buildings and abandoned factories.

"This looks like a perfect place to hide out," Frank parked the car far enough so Green Goblin wouldn't notice us.

"Alright, time for some recon," I took out my spider bots and drones from the back of the car and prepared them for deployment. "Here goes nothing!" I released the spiders and drones into the air. The little things scattered across the area, scouting the area for traps.

I controlled the spider bots while Frank took over the drones. We scanned every inch of the warehouse and surrounding areas. Soon, we discovered several booby traps hidden around the perimeter of the warehouse. Some of them were simple tripwires while others included explosives or poison gas bombs.

"Damn! Just how many traps did this guy install here?" I mumbled as I began to disable each trap individually using the spider bots. "Good thing he didn't use motion sensors otherwise I would have triggered all of these traps already."

Frank flew the drones over and around the building, "Multiple turrets and laser beams. Military-grade locks. Wait! That's too much explosives... This guy is really paranoid."

"No shit! Look at all those crates of weapons lying around the warehouse," I zoomed into the drone feed, "There's enough firepower inside to level down a small army."

Frank whistled in amazement.

"You are thinking what I am thinking?" I asked Frank.

"Take half as always and blow up the rest?" Frank answered without looking at me.

"Yep!" I nodded vigorously.

We continued dismantling every trap Green Goblin had installed around the warehouse until only one remained.

"This one is going to be difficult," I checked the infrared scanner readings. "It appears to be some sort of pressure plate connected to a bomb underneath the ground beneath this spot. A little trip, we'll trigger the explosion and everything else will follow suit. But the problem is the hollow space under this pressure plate. If we try to remove it without knowing exactly what kind of mechanism he used then it might set off the whole thing off."

Frank scratched his chin thoughtfully. "Hmmm.... He's hiding something in there if he has gone that far to protect it."

I pondered upon Frank's words. "True. Guess, I'll go in and check it out." I looked toward the screen, "Look at that bastard. Chugging cola and eating steak like there's no tomorrow."

"Wait!" Frank stopped me as I was about to go out. "Look here, closely." He zoomed into the building.

"Motion sensor?! A new version of motion sensors?" I exclaimed as I saw multiple circular objects placed on all the floors. At first glance, they appeared to be mines but upon closer inspection, I realized that they were actually motion sensors. They were emitting sound waves in a straight stream and are connected to each other via that sound wave frequency. Once triggered, all of these motion sensors will create a chain reaction causing them to explode simultaneously destroying everything within their range.

Frank sighed deeply. "You have to be careful on this one."

"Don't worry. You just keep an eye on him. And snipe him in case I fail," I patted Frank's shoulder.

"Roger that," Frank acknowledged and readied his sniper rifle.

I left the car and sneaked up towards the warehouse.

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