Fractured Mind

Chapter 13

Harry thought he was going crazy.

The constant arguing was making his head throb. The Sinister Six, as Doc Ock called them, had a meeting tonight about the location of Spider-Man. He walked over to the window slit and peered out into the night. The fog on the river was illuminated against the dark sky. The abandoned fairgrounds warehouse had made a good meeting place for the lot of them. The smell of nail polish filled his nose and he whipped his head around.

"Felicia, do you really need to be doing that in here? My senses are going haywire right now," Harry scowled. Felicia was sitting on top of a desk painting her finger nails black. She was wearing a black dress that was mid-thigh length, and black boots with heels.

"Well, Mr. Osborn, you have me doing so much extra work these days, when else do I have time to pamper myself?" she asked with a frisky smile.

"Harry. Just call me Harry," he shook his head. He looked up at the upper level of the warehouse to see that Doc Ock was still arguing with the Rhino, Sandman, and Venom. The Rhino thought it would be a great idea to just go out in the open and cause as much chaos as possible to get Spider-Man to come out again. He was all about destruction and guns and blowing up things. The Doc agreed with him for the most part, but he wanted more time to plan and talk things through.

A loud bang caused Felicia and Electro to look in the area Harry was watching. The Doc had Alexsei pinned up against the wall with one of his robotic arms. Felicia shrugged and started to blow on her nails, while at the same time throwing Harry inviting looks. Electro had looked up at the scene, and back at Harry as if awaiting his command. Harry just shook his head slightly and leaned up against the side of the warehouse wall. Electro nodded and relaxed his body.

Out of everyone in this building, Felicia and Electro were the ones that he felt he could trust the most. They were the loyal ones, the ones who saw Harry as the leader of this little band of super villains he had put together. Ever since he had helped him escape Ravencroft, Electro seemed to always linger around him. Harry had no problems with this, but sometimes hearing him talk to himself and curse Spider-Man under his breathe would make Harry go a little stir crazy.

Another loud bang caused Electro to tense up again.

A moment later, Alexsei came swaying down the stairs. He had a dirty white towel over his nose that was quickly turning red. Apparently Doc Ock had smashed his nose in, which would make it the fourth time he had done this to him since they had all gotten together. It appeared the Doc had a bit of a temper problem; whenever his leadership got questioned, he turned jealous and violent. The last meeting hadn't gone so well, and the Doc had cut open Harry's face with one of his robotic arms. Harry, not wanting to cause more tension within the group, had shrugged it off for now.

"That octopus man no good!" Alexsei yelled when he realized that they were all staring at him. "I want fight! He just want time and words. It no good!" he tossed the dirty towel on the floor and walked towards the front door. "Next time we have meeting, I want action or else I leave and do my own work!" he slammed the door shut. Felicia rolled her eyes, causing Harry to smirk.

"I'm still unsure as to why Mr. Fiers recruited him," Doc Ock said slowly as he descended down the stairs, followed by Sandman and Venom.

"He was quite eager to join us. At the time, we didn't have many options. Plus, he was stuck with me in that godforsaken prison," Harry spat.

He didn't like Alexsei, but he sure as hell would take his side over Doc Ock any day. Doc seemed to think he was the leader of The Sinister Six, even though it was Harry who was funding the whole thing. He had supplied the robotic arms for Doc Ock, his Oscorp technicians had allowed Flash to experiment with the Venom Symbiote and given Alexsei the Rhino mech suit, among other miscellaneous tasks they were doing. Doc Ock had made it clear from the beginning that he would be in charge because his goals were the most important, and apparently he had 'great leadership skills.'