Chapter 4

Early Evening

The sound of laughter erupted from the living room of the Baxter building, Reed, Sue and Ben were watching comedy DVD's and eating popcorn. The door to the elevator opened and a tall, brunette woman stumbled into the hall with tears pouring down her face. The woman was Lisa, but the three friends had never met her so they wondered who the hysterical woman was. Sue walked up to her as she dropped to the floor sobbing. Sue bent down over her.

Lisa whispered 'I've done a terrible thing, I'm so sorry'

'What's happened?' Sue asked in a soft voice while trying to figure out who the woman was and why she had come to them

'I couldn't say no, he's my uncle, he took care of me after my parents died, I tried to stop but he wouldn't let me, he said I owed him, I'm so sorry'

Sue looked at Reed and gave him a puzzled look before asking, 'Who are you? I'm sorry if something's happened but we don't know you'

'I'm Li…Lisa Sims'

'Lisa Sims? I still don't….Oh, you're Johnny's girlfriend'

'Yeah, no, I don't know' she wept

Sue looked concerned 'What's happened', panic showed in her face 'Is Johnny okay? What was the terrible thing?!'

'You've got to help him, my uncle has him, I don't know what he'll do!' she practically screamed.

Reed and Ben were now next to the two worried women. Reed crouched down and looked into Lisa's red, puffy eyes,

'You're uncle, who is he?'

'Victor, Victor Von Doom'