Chapter Four
"Marilyn, my child, what have I told you about using your ice darts?" The leader and older Fantastic of water and ice, Reed interrogated.
"You said to only use them when there is a clear, unblocked target." Marilyn answered.
"Right, and what you aimed at today was definitely NOT a clear, unblocked target." Reed sternly said, then continued.
"On top of that, those were probably two normal ravens you threw the dart at. They were more than likely looking for a place to nest."
"But Father, these ravens, there was something foreboding about them. A sinister kind of foreboding." Marilyn said.
"Well anyway, as long as you don't pull that little stunt again, just remember always aim at a clear, unblocked target." Reed said and went on.
"Despite you almost harming innocent life, we have at least learned how powerful our ice darts can be. Do you remember how strong that glass in the Baxter Building was supposed to be?" Reed questioned his daughter.
"It is coming back to me. Wasn't that the Indestructo-glass you invented in your previous life?" Marilyn asked in response.
"Exactly Marilyn! Just think, if our ice darts are powerful enough to shatter that, there is no telling what they could be stopped by!" Reed exclaimed as he suddenly heard the screams of a woman being mugged from below the rooftop he and Marilyn were sitting on.
"AHHHHH! LET GO OF ME YOU, YOU, AHHHH!"
The Fantastic dressed in a suit that was a tone higher than Marilyn's sky blue, but somewhat a light blue, with a matching tie, white shirt, and white dress shoes smiled as an idea came to him.
"Ah, let me show you how to properly use an ice dart my child." Reed said.
Reed positioned his hand just as his daughter did earlier when trying to kill the ravens, and an icicle appeared just like before. Gesturing with the dart towards the mugger below, Reed said.
"See the mugger down there Marilyn? He is quite a clear target from here, and there appears to be nothing that can obstruct me from stopping him committing his crime. Uranian precision!"
With that out, Reed threw the icicle towards the mugger's back. It hit precisely in the center, making the mugger yell out in pain, and let his feminine victim get away. As Reed and Marilyn watched the action from the rooftop above, the younger one asked.
"Father, that would not actually kill a man, would it?"
"It depends upon how painful and deadly you want it to be. That particular dart I threw, I wished for it to be painful enough so the woman could escape, but not fatal in any way."
As Reed said that, the mugger began to look at him and his daughter rather menacingly. His eyes began to glow a bright green as he hissed.
"I loooove how you ssssssaid that... You "wisssshed" for it to be painful. Well, in a moment you are going to wisssssh it wasssss more than painful!!"
The "mugger" began to grow wings similar to that of a pterodactyl, and his clothes disintegrated right before Reed and Marilyn's eyes.
"Marilyn, my child, get behind me, NOW!" Reed commanded, and Marilyn did as he said.
"I don't know who or what you are, but whatever kind of creature you may be, mortal or immortal, I shall put you in your rightful place!" Reed proclaimed.
"I don't know who YOU areeee! But, my master sssssaid I wassss to gooooo after the lasssss." The creature rasped.
"Well you are not getting a hold of my lass if I can help it. NEPTUNIAN SUBMERSE!"
With the uttering of those words, Reed transformed from his humanoid form into an equivalent of a tidal wave aimed straight for the Hell-sent creature. The creature, surprised at the sudden move became paralyzed with fear as the wave crashed down upon him. When the demon got over being stunned by the submerge, all he could manage to let out was a
"By the firesssss of Hadesssss, that wasssss COLD!"
And, those would be among the last words he would utter as Marilyn unleashed one of her more powerful attacks.
"I call upon the sacred northern winds to aid me, SNOW DANCER ATTACK!"
From all directions, as a strong northerly wind blew, came the thickest flakes of snow and ice, and all of them covered the evil entity as it hollered its final word.
"NOOOOO! MY MASSSSSTER WILL HAVE MY HEAD FOR THISSSS!"
Within seconds, the demon was gone, along with all signs of there being any sign of snow, ice, or water in the vicinity. Reed and Marilyn were speechless for a few moments, and then Reed finally spoke up.
"My child, apparently you were right about the ravens. My sincerest apologies, for I should trust your sensing abilities more."
"It is called intuition Father. I am quite sure Susan has told you a thing or two about it in our past lives, or currently. But, I accept your apology none-the-less." Marilyn said.
"I shall alert the other three to keep an eye out for Victor as I will Marilyn. This could not have happened at a better time with you just starting to undertake your training for your powers to become more focused and powerful. Not to mention your being alone."
Marilyn began to interrupt Reed with a question, but he continued, as if he could read her mind.
"Your being alone is supposed to strengthen you my child, and help train you for times when we may be captured by the evil Lord, or someone similar in his or her intentions, and you are our only hope."
Due to the seriousness of what Reed was saying, Marilyn held back with her question about why she was to be alone, wanting him to be proud of her, and feel she was braver than she really was presently.
"As much as it pains me, I have to leave you for now my child, and head back to Fantastica to tell the others of the threat of Doom and his henchmen. You should not have reason to fear since the sun is rising, and if I recall correctly, all creatures from the Underworld can be immediately eliminated by sunlight. Until we meet again, my beloved child, farewell."
With that said, Reed kissed his daughter on the forehead, and like Susan, disappeared in a flash of what was not purple, but blue light. Marilyn knew her father meant well, and wanted to think that everything he said was legitimate, but she knew it was not.
"I failed to tell Father this, but those ravens who were spying in on me were out in the brightest daylight..."
That thought, along with many others lingered in Marilyn's mind as she tried to venture off to her place of solitude in the Dreamworld, but failed in doing so due to so many of those thoughts being rather disturbing.
"Marilyn, my child, what have I told you about using your ice darts?" The leader and older Fantastic of water and ice, Reed interrogated.
"You said to only use them when there is a clear, unblocked target." Marilyn answered.
"Right, and what you aimed at today was definitely NOT a clear, unblocked target." Reed sternly said, then continued.
"On top of that, those were probably two normal ravens you threw the dart at. They were more than likely looking for a place to nest."
"But Father, these ravens, there was something foreboding about them. A sinister kind of foreboding." Marilyn said.
"Well anyway, as long as you don't pull that little stunt again, just remember always aim at a clear, unblocked target." Reed said and went on.
"Despite you almost harming innocent life, we have at least learned how powerful our ice darts can be. Do you remember how strong that glass in the Baxter Building was supposed to be?" Reed questioned his daughter.
"It is coming back to me. Wasn't that the Indestructo-glass you invented in your previous life?" Marilyn asked in response.
"Exactly Marilyn! Just think, if our ice darts are powerful enough to shatter that, there is no telling what they could be stopped by!" Reed exclaimed as he suddenly heard the screams of a woman being mugged from below the rooftop he and Marilyn were sitting on.
"AHHHHH! LET GO OF ME YOU, YOU, AHHHH!"
The Fantastic dressed in a suit that was a tone higher than Marilyn's sky blue, but somewhat a light blue, with a matching tie, white shirt, and white dress shoes smiled as an idea came to him.
"Ah, let me show you how to properly use an ice dart my child." Reed said.
Reed positioned his hand just as his daughter did earlier when trying to kill the ravens, and an icicle appeared just like before. Gesturing with the dart towards the mugger below, Reed said.
"See the mugger down there Marilyn? He is quite a clear target from here, and there appears to be nothing that can obstruct me from stopping him committing his crime. Uranian precision!"
With that out, Reed threw the icicle towards the mugger's back. It hit precisely in the center, making the mugger yell out in pain, and let his feminine victim get away. As Reed and Marilyn watched the action from the rooftop above, the younger one asked.
"Father, that would not actually kill a man, would it?"
"It depends upon how painful and deadly you want it to be. That particular dart I threw, I wished for it to be painful enough so the woman could escape, but not fatal in any way."
As Reed said that, the mugger began to look at him and his daughter rather menacingly. His eyes began to glow a bright green as he hissed.
"I loooove how you ssssssaid that... You "wisssshed" for it to be painful. Well, in a moment you are going to wisssssh it wasssss more than painful!!"
The "mugger" began to grow wings similar to that of a pterodactyl, and his clothes disintegrated right before Reed and Marilyn's eyes.
"Marilyn, my child, get behind me, NOW!" Reed commanded, and Marilyn did as he said.
"I don't know who or what you are, but whatever kind of creature you may be, mortal or immortal, I shall put you in your rightful place!" Reed proclaimed.
"I don't know who YOU areeee! But, my master sssssaid I wassss to gooooo after the lasssss." The creature rasped.
"Well you are not getting a hold of my lass if I can help it. NEPTUNIAN SUBMERSE!"
With the uttering of those words, Reed transformed from his humanoid form into an equivalent of a tidal wave aimed straight for the Hell-sent creature. The creature, surprised at the sudden move became paralyzed with fear as the wave crashed down upon him. When the demon got over being stunned by the submerge, all he could manage to let out was a
"By the firesssss of Hadesssss, that wasssss COLD!"
And, those would be among the last words he would utter as Marilyn unleashed one of her more powerful attacks.
"I call upon the sacred northern winds to aid me, SNOW DANCER ATTACK!"
From all directions, as a strong northerly wind blew, came the thickest flakes of snow and ice, and all of them covered the evil entity as it hollered its final word.
"NOOOOO! MY MASSSSSTER WILL HAVE MY HEAD FOR THISSSS!"
Within seconds, the demon was gone, along with all signs of there being any sign of snow, ice, or water in the vicinity. Reed and Marilyn were speechless for a few moments, and then Reed finally spoke up.
"My child, apparently you were right about the ravens. My sincerest apologies, for I should trust your sensing abilities more."
"It is called intuition Father. I am quite sure Susan has told you a thing or two about it in our past lives, or currently. But, I accept your apology none-the-less." Marilyn said.
"I shall alert the other three to keep an eye out for Victor as I will Marilyn. This could not have happened at a better time with you just starting to undertake your training for your powers to become more focused and powerful. Not to mention your being alone."
Marilyn began to interrupt Reed with a question, but he continued, as if he could read her mind.
"Your being alone is supposed to strengthen you my child, and help train you for times when we may be captured by the evil Lord, or someone similar in his or her intentions, and you are our only hope."
Due to the seriousness of what Reed was saying, Marilyn held back with her question about why she was to be alone, wanting him to be proud of her, and feel she was braver than she really was presently.
"As much as it pains me, I have to leave you for now my child, and head back to Fantastica to tell the others of the threat of Doom and his henchmen. You should not have reason to fear since the sun is rising, and if I recall correctly, all creatures from the Underworld can be immediately eliminated by sunlight. Until we meet again, my beloved child, farewell."
With that said, Reed kissed his daughter on the forehead, and like Susan, disappeared in a flash of what was not purple, but blue light. Marilyn knew her father meant well, and wanted to think that everything he said was legitimate, but she knew it was not.
"I failed to tell Father this, but those ravens who were spying in on me were out in the brightest daylight..."
That thought, along with many others lingered in Marilyn's mind as she tried to venture off to her place of solitude in the Dreamworld, but failed in doing so due to so many of those thoughts being rather disturbing.