Disclaimer: I do not own anything form the comic books. I do own on character which is Lindsay. And I own nothing branded.
When Lindsay woke she found herself in a lab. She was deeply scared. She looked over at her shoulder and found it was bleeding but had no bandage on it. She wondered where she was and if her wound was infected.
Then she heard a voice directed her way. She moved her sore body to peer over to see the cloaked man in the park. He introduced himself as Doom. Lindsay knew she could get out of this but she felt so weak. She couldn't even move her hand to strangle this strange man that is hurting her.
Doom said, "I see you know the Fantastic Four!" She didn't react but she winced in pain as he poked her sore shoulder.
He said, "Really, no answer? Or is it that you don't know?" Lindsay said although she was in pain, "No, I don't know who the Fantastic Four really are." Doom looked surprised, "You want to know their real identities?" Lindsay clearly was willing to know but when she felt it was weird that he was having to conversation with her, she turned it down. Doom then said as he was sitting in the dark room, "You should know them, they are the people you see and are close with everyday." Lindsay then thought about it then figured he must have been stalking her and the people she hung out with were probably the Fantastic Four.
But she couldn't believe someone she didn't know, even though he was hinting it. "What do you want from me?" Lindsay asked. Doom then looking at some computer screens heard her raspy voice so he answered instantly, "I am holding you captive, so your friends come and save you, but of course you know what will happen." Lindsay then asked, "Are you going to kill me?" Lindsay couldn't understand why Doom wanted to get revenge or harm the Fantastic Four.
Then Doom turned to look at her and replied, "Yes." Startled a little by his response Lindsay asked, "Why?" Lindsay looked at his hand and noticed the electric sparks forming in his hands.
He came close to her and that's when she noticed she was tied up real good, although she couldn't move anyway. But as soon he come closer he explained, "I hold a grudge upon them. And I want to shatter their every existence. Not to kill them immediately but to make sure they feel pain, which I have felt. " Lindsay thought about what he just said and gathered, he must be sickly patient with how this plan was going to work slowly and really mad at them. "How will they know I am even kidnapped or held captive?" Lindsay asked for reinsurance.
He looked through his metal mask and answered, "Good question, I already left them a memo, and if they care about you they will come, and of course they will."
He then pulled her forcefully off the metal stretcher. She hissed but as the pain faded away she glanced at her arm and the blood was dried onto her blue sweater. Then a thought come to her mind; why would the Fantastic four come to save me? She began to doubt if she would ever get saved. Even she needed to be saved. Although she had the ability to teleport herself out of there. She felt very weak and couldn't for some reason. She was used to her powers and had experience with them and so this made her curious. She was pushed into a freezing cold room full of frozen materials, when she then turned around a pole hit her making her unconscious.
During,
"Hey, guys!" Johnny called out loudly. Sue rushed along with Reed into the room that Johnny was in. Ben stormed in with Alicia.
Sue was annoyed at first, "Johnny what is it this time?" Then Johnny stood there holding an envelope that was just sent and came from the Von Doom building which was a whole new business now, Sue looked at his serious face and knew it wasn't a joke.
He handed it to Sue who opened it and pulled out a note along with a portable hard drive. The note said, "Watch me." Sue and the others rushed over to the computer and Reed plugged it in.
Alicia was informed by Ben on what was going on because she was blind so she didn't know easily what was going on, she could only imagine what was happening and it was a nightmare.
When Reed plugged it in, and clicked on it; it showed footage of Lindsay lying on the ground. Sue looked at the corner of the footage and noticed there was sound. She turned the volume on only to hear; "You only have a limited time in saving her or she'll freeze to death." Sue noticed that Lindsay wasn't moving at all. Sue and the others saw the time start from 3 hours and skip to 2 hours because they were planning.
Sue picked up the computer microphone and pressed the button and said, "She's not moving." And with their surprise the footage was live and she got a response, "She isn't dead, she is just catching her beauty sleep." The Fantastic four didn't know what to do or what was wrong with her. "What if it's a trap?" Ben asked. Reed then announced, "We shall plan what we are going to do. And it's quite obvious it's a trap, Ben. But we need to save her. However, we must get there fast."
Meanwhile in the freezing room,
Lindsay was lying still on the floor. She dreamt that she was standing in mid-air and she jumped off a building in mid-air and it was then after she jumped in her dream she heard herself saying 'don't give up'
She awoke and checked herself for other major wounds. Her head ached; she felt the dropping blood blind her eyes until she found the strength to wipe it away. There were no new ones. She was still sore and she couldn't move. Her arm ached and it felt like it was chopped off. But it wasn't.
She looked around from where she was lying. She saw a camera in the corner and thought, if that Doom guy is watching; he is truly disturbed. Lindsay didn't know what to do. So she continued to lay there, in complete agony and pain.
Back at the Baxter Building,
"We don't even know where she is." Ben said after a while. Reed was already working on it. He was trying to trace where it was coming from. And he figured it out. But as Sue was talking he double checked. Sue then said, "Do you know where she is?" Reed answered immediately, "She is in Latveria. I don't know how she got there but I think we should move fast." They took their laptop with them in hopes of finding more clues.
They got there by using a vehicle they made long ago. When they got there, Johnny was up above flying all flamed on. Sue using her force fields to levitate herself and Reed simply stretched himself and walked normal. Ben however, just upset as ever begun to stomp his way there. Along the way, Reed helped Ben by creating walkways so he could get over rivers and whatever else.
When they finally got there they decided to split up. Johnny went with Ben and Reed with Sue. It obvious why Sue went with Reed. But Johnny wasn't bothered; he just wanted to find Lindsay.
Ben and Johnny walked down the empty hall. They understood they were underground. And Ben couldn't notice the moisture in the air because of his rock hide.
Johnny didn't see it at first, but Ben noticed Johnny shiver a little. Johnny then heated his body.
Ben asked, "Were you just shivering?" Johnny looked at Ben and was about to say a witty comeback but instead mumbled, "Not anymore. There!" Ben looked at Johnny running away and started to chase after him.
Sue and Reed didn't notice the warmness in the air until fire sprouted from the walls. Immediately, Sue conjured up a force field on instinct. "What the heck was that?" She asked but there was muffled answer from Reed. They could have been toasted marshmallows.
"Johnny come back here!" Ben yelled as loud as he could without shattering the glass that surrounded the place. Ben would have run into Johnny but he flamed on and was looking in a room that looked frosty.
Ben immediately knew and took action and broke down the door. Johnny saw Lindsay lying there. As he ran into the room he approached her and checked her pulse, He felt a steady pulse and was relieved.
Lindsay then opened her eyes and she felt relieved to see Johnny. Ben noticed her deep cuts.
Johnny asked, "Are you okay?" Her eyes were wide open. Doom was right, it was Johnny he was the Human Torch. She relaxed and thought about something else. Lindsay asked, "Where's Reed and Sue?" Johnny said, "I don't know." Johnny looked over at Ben who was relieved she was okay.
They hadn't met but Ben was sure that Johnny felt deep about her.
Sue felt to her knees and saw that Reed was no where to be seen. She heard a voice and the voice said, "Sue?" She went invisible and turned around and saw Reed lying on the floor. She immediately ran to his aid and helped him up. He dodged it and wasn't wounded. She heard Johnny's voice on her communicator saying, "We found Lindsay." She picked the receiver and spoke into the mouth piece, "Okay, We'll meet you." They made it out but saw Doom standing there in the way; Sue turned herself and Reed invisible, now that she had more control over her powers. She made it past Doom with him knowing. She had to remain quiet.
Lindsay then spoke up, "Reed and Sue, they are in trouble." Lindsay lifted herself up and began to walk down the hall only to be stopped by Ben who was cautious that she would bleed to death.
She was willing to save people she didn't know. But she was willing to do anything while bleeding to death. She would die. Johnny approached her and saw that she was worried and felt guilty. Johnny looked at her and thought, there is something familiar about Lindsay. Ben left the two alone as he waited for them ahead; talking to Sue when she found a safe place to talk.
Johnny looked at Lindsay who looked back at him. He didn't know who she was secretly and he didn't know they had met earlier but it made more sense to her now, on why he was scared. They began to walk out Johnny stopped bleeding by using his ability to tend to it. Lindsay walked out down the hall as Johnny followed.
They caught up with Ben who was now with Sue and Reed. Reed saw Lindsay's wounds and felt bad. Sue approached Lindsay and checked the wounds to make sure they weren't infected.
Reed then announced, "We are trapped, we can't get out." Lindsay looked at Reed and said, "He said he wants revenge, do you have any idea why? Wait, don't answer that he is just crazy and needs help." Reed looked at Lindsay and asked, "Who?" Lindsay replied in a raspy voice, "Doom." They all looked at each other and said, "Do you know what he wants?" Lindsay said, "He said he wanted revenge, but why?" Sue answered, "Doom was turned into a different person and tried to kill all of and didn't succeed. He was frozen and turned into a statue, kind of imprisoning him so he could do no harm to others." Johnny was listening to Sue, and there was no joking around. Lindsay tried to remember how see got there. She remembered the sounds and the trail. She turned her attention to the rest and said, "I think I know the way out."
They followed her and at the end of the hall there was a big door and Ben torn it down and there was an exit leading down a flight of stairs. The stairs didn't look stable. They looked as though they were falling apart.
The way they others came was one way only because the door gave out and closed behind them locking them in. Sue said, "I can create a force field if any one falls. Johnny I need you take Lindsay down there. Reed you help Ben." They followed orders. Reed helped Ben by creating a ramp to slide down. Sue levitated herself down and Johnny turned to me and asked, "Don't worry I won't burn you!" I nodded and felt myself being lifted up off the ground.
When Johnny landed he gently placed me on the ground and said, "See that wasn't scary." I knew he was joking by his smile.
We were safe. I saw a helicopter up above and Doom was in it. He yelled, "I see you found a way out. But you aren't getting away!" Lindsay was instantly confused at Doom's actions. Lindsay said, "Keep moving!" Reed asked, "But…" there was no time for agreement, they had to move. Doom pulled out what looked like a rocket launched. He aimed it at Johnny and Lindsay pulled him away and it exploded ahead of them. Sue saw it as it was about to happen and put up a force field to protect Lindsay.
They didn't know she had abilities. She wanted to escape, and wake up from the nightmare but it wasn't going to happen.
She stood there and before she knew it was over. Sue took down the plane with her force field along with Ben who was throwing it around. When Ben lowered the now trashed helicopter Doom was nowhere to be found.
They took Lindsay to their building and said, "Well, now you know we are the fantastic four." Ben pumped in, "Wait, you didn't know we were the fantastic four? That is so unusual." Johnny came in and sat down on the couch and said nothing. Lindsay said, "It's better to know the real you before knowing you are famous, isn't it?" Reed nodded.
Later,
Lindsay was at her apartment she tending to her wounds and noticed there was blood dried onto her skin so she picked up a cloth and wet it and wiped the blood off. And to her discovery she healed. She actually never had seen the healing process before.
She had a shower and thought about how she met the fantastic four and discovered they were her friends.
The next day,
She went back to school. She had been feeling weird all day.
The classroom was cold and so she put on a sweater. It helped. The instructor said, "Does any one of you know what the other name for spider is?" I raised my hand and looked around to learn that Peter had his hand up too. She found it odd that he knew a lot about spiders, but she thought nothing of it. She finished her class and left she never seen Johnny or peter after that because she wanted to get out fast. When she got home she watched the news, in hopes of seeing if anything was up. There was something wrong downtown.
