Chapter 5
When they arrived at the Statue of Liberty, Peter 1 took his phone and filmed himself. The others hid from the camera to remain in advantage once the villains will arrive.
Peter 3 sighed. “Max was the sweetest guy you could meet at OSCORP, well, not your OSCORP obviously”, he said and awkwardly laughed at Harry. “But then he fell into a pool of electric eels.”
“No one of them is entirely evil”, Peter agreed. “Not even Marko who killed Uncle Ben.” He leaned of the scaffolding, trying to crack his back.
“Are you okay?”, Harry asked.
“Yeah, just the back.”
“I suffer from a middle back pain too”, Peter 3 said.
“Let me help you”, Harry said and wrapped his arms around Peter’s stomach. It felt like all the times he surprised Peter with a hug from behind. Guilt overcame him. He had been so stupid for throwing all this away. Harry suppressed the thought and cracked Peter’s back. “Did I hurt you?”, Harry asked anxiously as he heard Peter sniffle.
“No.” Peter quickly wiped his tears away and turned around. “Thank you.”
But Harry saw the sadness in Peter’s eyes and pulled him closer. “You’re gonna be fine”, Harry assured him as Peter snuggled up to him. “I’m here.”
A sob made them part. Tears were rolling down Peter 3’s cheeks.
“Are you okay?”, Peter asked.
“Yeah, it’s just … you two remind me of what I lost. Gwen looked at me the same way Harry looks at you.”
Harry and Peter pulled Peter 3 into a tight hug.
“I’m sorry, Peter”, Harry said.
“She looked at me like that and I’m the reason she’s dead”, Peter 3 sobbed.
“I don’t know what happened but if there’s one thing I’m certain of, then that it’s not your fault”, Peter assured him.
“I couldn’t catch her in time.”
“Don’t blame yourself, Peter. That’s not your fault. Don’t torture yourself with what-if-scenarios. You couldn’t have changed it”, Harry tried to comfort him.
Peter 3 regained his composure. “Thank you, guys. I’ve always wanted brothers.”
Peter 1 returned to them. “So, now we have to wait.”
“We can do this”, Peter said.
Peter 1 tried to smile. “Yeah. By the way, what are the craziest villains you guys have fought?”
“We fought an alien made of black goo once”, Peter said.
“I fought an alien too!”, Peter 1 exclaimed. “On earth and in space. He was purple though.”
“Wow, I’m lame. I only fought a Russian guy in a rhinoceros machine”, Peter 3 said.
“A what?”, Harry laughed. “Sorry, but I’m just trying to picture a guy in a rhinoceros machine.”
“Yeah, it looked quite funny.”
“We need to focus”, Peter 1 interrupted. “Can you feel that too?”
“Feel what?”, Harry asked.
“They’re coming. My whole body’s tingling”, Peter 3 explained.
“It’s the spider sense”, Peter confirmed.
“Oh, yeah, I don’t have to offer a goblin sense, sorry guys”, Harry muttered.
“I’ll give you guys a sign”, Peter 1 said and left them.
“What’s up, Peter?”, a guy full of electricity said. That must be Max, the eel guy. “Give me the box and I’ll destroy it, but I’ll let you live.”
Peter 1 jumped off the scaffolding and Harry and the other Peters separated. While Peter 3 caught Electro’s attention, Peter 1 gave the magic box to MJ. But a giant lizard grabbed him by his foot.
“Open the cage”, Peter 1 yelled at Peter 3 and tried to get rid of the lizard.
“Pete, we need the lizard cure”, Harry screamed and as Peter 1 finally freed himself from the lizard’s grip, he was trapped in a fist of sand.
“I’ll manage the lizard and you help Peter 1 against Sandman, okay?”, Peter asked, and Harry nodded.
Harry flew over to Peter 1 and Sandman. He threw a goblin bomb onto Sandman and helped Peter 1 to escape onto the scaffolding. From there, Harry could see Peter and the lizard fighting on a crane. Come on, Pete, Harry thought and kept his eyes fixed on Peter as if he could somehow help him with his stares.
But Peter almost fell off the crane and Harry’s heart skipped a beat. Then the crane fell onto Sandman.
Harry couldn’t see Peter anymore. He ran to the edge of the scaffolding, hoping to get a glimpse of Peter, to see if he was well, if he was alive. “Pete!”, he screamed, his voice full of fear.
“I’m here”, Peter said and climbed up the scaffolding and relief spread through Harry.
“Guys, it’s not working. We need to work as a team”, Peter 1 stated.
“But how?”, Peter 3 asked. “I’ve never worked in a team before.”
“We did”, Peter said and pointed at Harry and himself.
“But I didn’t”, Harry protested. “At least not the me that made it into this universe. I don’t know what the other me did. I don’t know how we did it.”
“But I was in a team before”, Peter 1 interrupted. “We have to focus. Just trust your tingle, or” He looked at Harry. “Trust Peter’s tingle and coordinate our attacks, all right?”
Peter nodded. “When Harry and I teamed up, we killed Sandman first and then …” Peter took a deep breath to regain his composure. “Then we killed Brock. We chose one at a time.”
“We’ll manage this”, Peter 3 agreed. “And, guys?”
“Yeah?”
“I love you.” Peter 3 pulled Peter 1, Peter and Harry into a hug before they jumped off the scaffolding.
They found a good place to attack but Sandman, Electro and the lizard were standing directly in front of them.
“Sandman’s first”, Peter 1 instructed.
“I lead him inside the statue”, Peter said.
“I’ll meet you at the top”, Peter 3 said and swung up.
“I’ll distract the others”, Harry decided.
“I’ll help you”, Peter 1 said.
“Be careful”, Peter begged.
“We’ll meet at the top”, Harry promised and ran with Peter 1 at his side towards Electro and the lizard.
“Do you have the lizard cure?”, Harry asked, and Peter threw the cure right into Harry’s hand.
“I’ll distract Electro and you cure the lizard, okay?”, Peter 1 said.
Harry nodded and faced the lizard. They punched and kicked each other and as Harry was close enough, he rammed the cure into the lizard’s neck. Green smoke appeared and made him cough. As soon as he could see again, the lizard wasn’t a lizard anymore, but an older man who looked frightened.
“Who are you? Where am I?”, the man asked.
“I’m Harry Osborn.”
“You’re not”, the man protested.
“Well, I certainly am.”
“I may be old, but I’m not stupid. I know how my boss looks like.”
“I’m your boss?”, Harry asked in surprise. “Who are you?”
“Curt Connors. And you’re not Mr. Osborn. So, where am I?”
“You’re in New York, well, not your New York. And I am in fact Harry Osborn, CEO of OSCORP Industries, but not the Harry of your universe. I come from a different universe. And you’re not the Dr. Connors I know”, Harry tried to explain.
“So, the multiverse is real?”, Dr. Connors asked. Harry nodded. A grin appeared on Dr. Connors’ face. “I knew it!”
“I need the cure!”, Harry could hear Peter yell from inside the statue.
“I’m sorry, Dr. Connors, but I have to go. Just stay here. You’ll be home soon”, Harry excused himself.
Harry jumped on his glider to fly on top of the statue where he met with the Peters. Electro was flying in front of them.
“How do we stop him?”, Peter 3 asked.
“We have to get the arc reactor off him”, Peter 1 explained.
“You’re not gonna take this away from me”, Electro said in a threatening tone.
The electricity forced them to split up.
“Peter 2, go right. Peter 3, go left. Harry, you go from behind”, Peter 1 instructed.
They did as they were told but all of them were thrown backwards.
Harry and his glider fell off the scaffolding but somehow, Harry managed to get up on his glider and fly the way back on top. As he arrived there, he saw Otto Octavius freeing Peter 3 from his ties made of pure electricity. Then Dr. Octavius slammed the cure right into Electro’s chest. Peter 3 took care of Electro and Harry approached Peter.
“Are you alright?”, Peter asked immediately.
“Yeah. How about you?”
“Me too.”
“Peter. Harry.” Dr. Octavius smiled as he approached them. “It’s good to see you, boys.”
“It’s good to see you”, Peter said, and Harry nodded politely. Harry liked the scientist even though he had almost ruined him and his father’s company.
“You’re grown up”, Dr. Octavius noticed as he looked at Peter. Then he looked at Harry. “But you look exactly as I remember you.”
“Yeah, I don’t know why”, Harry muttered.
“So, you’re not married?”, Dr. Octavius asked.
“No”, they admitted.
“I wish it was like that though”, Peter whispered.
“I wish it was like that too”, Harry agreed.
Dr. Octavius sighed. “That’s very sad. I wanted you to find your happy end.”