After School

"Hello, is Mr. Satan around," Reed Richards asked the secretary of the guidance office, "Mrs..."

"Mrs. Nothingtodowithmarvelcomicsinanywaywhatsoever. Yeah, Satan's in. The room on the left."

Reed stepped into the devil's office and sat down in a flaming chair.

"What is the problem, my disciple," Mephisto asked.

"Well, you see, I need to get high grade on tomorrow's physics test – more specifically better than Doctor Doom's."

"Ah, you made a gamble. I like that. Well, how about another gamble."

"What do you mean?" Reed wondered.

"I'll make sure that you get a high grade on tomorrow's exam," Mephisto explained as he got up and slowly walked towards Reed. "All I ask in exchange is your soul."

"Okay."

"Great." Mephisto pulled out a contract. "Sign here," he ordered. Reed took out a pen and leaned toward the paper. But, as he held onto it, he got a paper cut which dripped onto the contract.

"That'll do." And then, Mephisto snapped his fingers and the contract disappeared into flames. "Tomorrow, your grades will be 105!"

"But there're two bonus questions! I want a 110!"

"Oh, now you're asking too much!"

"Fine!" Reed shouted. "105 it is." And then, he left the room with a smile.

Outside the guidance office he ran into Doom.

"I'm gonna get 105, Doom! Beat that!" And then, Reed slipped out the window, leaving Doom dumb-founded. But, quickly shaking it off, he proceeded outside to where he met with the Green Goblin, Magneto, Kingpin, and the Red Skull.

"All right, men, listen up," Doom said. "First of all – Fisk, did you get those textbooks the Watcher asked of us?"

"Right here, Doom. My men even managed to steal the receipts."

"Excellent! Pass them out. Now then, men, here's the mission briefing. We are to storm the high school and snatch the test answers." Doom pulled out a map and laid it on the asphalt. "Currently, we are here," he pointed a space just outside the walls of the drawing, "in the parking lot. We will enter through these doors," Doom moved his finger to show their villainous route, "up these stairs, down this corridor, make a left, go all the way down here, and it's the last doors on the right. Up until this point, we need to act casual. When we reach those final doors, we will also want to be sure that the janitor, Pyro, isn't around or else we'll be busted! Anyway, Magneto, will you be able to deactivate the alarms?"

"Aye, Doom."

"Good. We want to enter quickly and silently. Be warned, though, that Silver Sable and her Wild Pack are guarding the test answers. It will be the fight of the century. She may even notify Xavier. Therefore, when we're done, it's casual off! We will have to swiftly move out of the window and to the ground. Goblin, will your glider support all five of us?"

"Not Kingpin, Doom!" Goblin laughed. "The guy weighs a ton!"

"Why, you -"

"Cool it, Fisk," the Red Skull declared. "The last thing we need is to fight amongst ourselves. Besides, I'm sure that you can survive the drop of one story, Wilson."

"Excellent," Doom concluded. "Then, we'll just hop the fence. Magneto can help here." Doom rolled up the map. "But do know, men, that we are about to embark on a dangerous mission. Some of you may not come back alive."

"Yeah, well, this ain't D.C., Doom," Thing said, "we die and we get resurrected a few issues later."

"Thing? Where did you come from? This is villains-only!"

"Oh, sorry, Vic," Thing apologized. "I'll be on my way, now..." And, after making sure that Thing was gone, they proceeded.

"Let's move!"

And so, the five-some waltzed through the school. While passing Pyro, they resumed their lunchtime argument as to which hero is the worst of all, finally concluding on Frog-Man as Pyro climbed a staircase. When they reached the office which Doom had briefed on, Magneto did his first job and shut off the alarms. Then, the five charged in swiftly to see Silver Sable. The entire Wild Pack lifted their guns towards the five.

"Stand back," Magneto ordered, as he used his metal-controlling abilities to turn the guns towards their own and load them. The Green Goblin, meanwhile, lifted a pumpkin bomb, pointing it at Silver Sable.

"We're not paid enough for this," Sable spitted out. "You want the test answers? They're right here! Take them! They're yours!" Doom snatched the test answers as Kingpin leapt out the window. Goblin's glider arrived just outside and he, Doom, and Magneto stepped on.

"Red Skull!" Doom shouted back. "What is taking you so long?"

"What? I'm thanking Sable for being such a help!"

"GET OVER HERE!"

"Coming!"

Red Skull dashed onto the glider, which lowered to the ground.

"Nazi scum," Sable snorted. "Men, prepare to open fire! Aim for the Red Skull!"

"Um, Miss Sablinovia, we have a slight problem... You see, the guns are still pointed at us..."

"Curse you, Magneto!!!!!!!"