Chapter Five
"There is someone to see you Master." Boris calmly said as he opened the door to Victor's chamber.
"Good, very good. Come in Slazinger." Victor said.
A very elegantly, yet poorly attired man entered the lair of Victor. One could tell from his entrance that he did not wish to be there at all.
"And, has my faithful royal huntsman brought back what would be the greatest kill you have ever caught?" Victor professed, rather pompously.
"Um, um, um..." Slazinger repeated fearfully, until Boris poked him in the back with a red hot poker Victor had provided him with for such incidents as this one.
"Ow!! N..n..no sire!"
"What?! YOU, once the GREATEST HUNTER in ALL OF LATVERIA, get a chance at doing what you LOVE MOST, HUNTING, and FAIL in EXECUTING what WAS the FINEST of THIS, WHICH WAS what you NEVER DID in YOUR PREVIOUS LIFE! LOOK INTO MY EYES NOW SLAZINGER! LOOK NOW!!!!
Slazinger tried to resist Victor's venomous stare, and for a minute, it seemed that Boris was on his side.
"Sire, I do not think he would have anything to do with that girl like you would."
"SILENCE BORIS! Now, YOU SLAZINGER, LOOK into MY EYES!"
As Victor hollered this, he grabbed Slazinger by the neck, and forced him to look into his then pupil-less, green glowing eyes. Victor witnessed Slazinger walking upon Earth in the form of a typical Manhattan mugger. Next, came Slazinger mugging a woman.
"Beautifully done Slazinger, but what about..."
Slazinger suddenly interrupted Victor.
"We are coming to her, or should I say, THEM Sire."
Victor then witnessed an icicle going through Slazinger's back. Then, he saw Slazinger transform into his demonic self, along with Reed and Marilyn on the top of the Baxter Building.
"WHAT? RICHARDS WAS THERE?!?!" Victor retorted.
What was then before Victor's eyes made him even more irate, for he was viewing Slazinger's quick, and quite wet and cold defeat by the two heavensent Fantastics. The dark Fantastic was not at all delighted with this vision, as he threw Slazinger away from him, and into the thick brimstone wall of his chamber.
"Well, it was at least relieving to know, AND see that you were not lying Slazinger. Yet, what displeases me is that you FAILED in GETTING the KILL I so desired! Boris, cart this rather pathetic one of my former subjects off to PURGATORY! Because of your miserable actions, you can bid farewell to the peacefulness of Limbo!" pronounced Victor.
"NOOOO! GIVE ME ANOTHER CHANCE SIRE. I PROMISE I WILL NOT FAIL YOU AGAIN!" Slazinger cried as Boris and an immense demon picked him up, and took him away from Victor's lair to Purgatory.
"It is so hard to find good help." Victor sighed, then yelled.
"NEXT!"
Fantastica was a very old fashioned, yet very utopian place of sorts. There was only one building in this land where time stopped, but was always night in the north, sunrise in the east, daytime in the south, and sunset in the west. It was a structure similar to that of an ancient temple. But inside, it was as modern as the Fantastics' old home in their previous lives. There was luxurious furniture, all kinds of electronics, and modern conveniences were at the Fantastics' command. One convenience that was not modern, but Susan was making good use of while sitting outside on the steps of her home was the ability to wish upon any sort of reading material, and have it appear right there for you. She was perusing through an Earth woman's magazine as she heard the calling of her name.
"Susan! Susan!"
Susan looked up to see Reed running towards her.
"Reed! What is it? What is wrong?" Susan asked.
"Susan, it is Marilyn, the poor child, she is..." Reed paused due to exhaustion, and trying to catch his breath.
"Oh Reed, hurry, tell me what it is!" Susan pleaded, as suddenly, a colossal rumble came out from the building her and Reed were standing in front of.
"Oh dear..." Reed mumbled.
"It must be Benjamin and Johnny. I swear, ever since Benjamin conjured up that television, there has been nothing but trouble between him and Johnny." Susan said.
"I know. I never heard such ridiculous arguments, even during our past lives." Reed responded.
Inside the white marble structure, Benjamin and Johnny carried on like children in a quibble that got started by a basketball game that was taking place on Earth, and on the television.
"At least FOUR of US have had tha decency ta LOOK NICE unlike you with that darn red baseball cap, red jacket, and red jeans." Belted out Benjamin.
"Well, at least I don't look tacky wearing a golden orange suit like some big ape I KNOW!" retorted Johnny."
Reed and Susan walked into the room after Johnny said what he said. With a voice of authority, Reed let out a...
"QUIET!"
With that out, Benjamin and Johnny took down the fingers they were pointing at one another, and said in unison.
"Welcome back Reed!"
Reed somewhat rolled his eyes at them, and said.
"You cannot fool me into thinking that what I heard coming out of this place when I arrived was not you two cutting up again. We will talk about that nonsense later. What I have to tell all of you right now is far more important than a petty argument!"
Reed told the other three Fantastics before him about he and Marilyn's encounter with Slazinger, and Marilyn's vision of and actually seeing the ravens. When he was done, the responses were varied.
"Reed, just because you had an encounter with a demon, and Marilyn saw ravens in a dream and in real life by coincidence does not mean Doom is on the loose!" Johnny said in a voice of disbelief.
"As hard as it may be to believe, I'm kinda in agreement with tha kid here." Benjamin spoke.
"Well, I believe Reed. For some reason, it does not surprise me that you would not agree, as immature as you two have proven yourselves to be lately." Susan said.
"I would like to say that after speaking with my child, that I have begun to feel vibrations of an evil beginning to stir. Since Victor is strangely one of our kind, it more than likely is coming from him."
After saying that, Reed got a unanimous response.
"Well, now that you have mentioned it, I have felt weird vibes." Johnny reluctantly said.
"Me too." Benjamin replied.
"I felt strong sensations too when I was helping Marilyn clean the living room. It has to be Victor causing these feelings for us to sense them." Susan said.
"So just think, Marilyn may have be the very first of us to sense Victor's coming the way she has acted so fearful recently about her mission and all." Reed voiced.
"If that is the case, aren't you going to pull her out of the Earth plane?" Johnny asked.
"Not yet. Marilyn shows promise of her powers reaching their strongest potential. When her powers touch that point, she will be as, or possibly even more powerful than I. If she proves to not hold her own at that point, that is when one of us will go fetch for her." Answered Reed.
And at that point, nobody knew what to say due to everyone feeling the strongest of concern for the youngest of their kind, and wondering if this really was the wisest of decisions Reed made.
"There is someone to see you Master." Boris calmly said as he opened the door to Victor's chamber.
"Good, very good. Come in Slazinger." Victor said.
A very elegantly, yet poorly attired man entered the lair of Victor. One could tell from his entrance that he did not wish to be there at all.
"And, has my faithful royal huntsman brought back what would be the greatest kill you have ever caught?" Victor professed, rather pompously.
"Um, um, um..." Slazinger repeated fearfully, until Boris poked him in the back with a red hot poker Victor had provided him with for such incidents as this one.
"Ow!! N..n..no sire!"
"What?! YOU, once the GREATEST HUNTER in ALL OF LATVERIA, get a chance at doing what you LOVE MOST, HUNTING, and FAIL in EXECUTING what WAS the FINEST of THIS, WHICH WAS what you NEVER DID in YOUR PREVIOUS LIFE! LOOK INTO MY EYES NOW SLAZINGER! LOOK NOW!!!!
Slazinger tried to resist Victor's venomous stare, and for a minute, it seemed that Boris was on his side.
"Sire, I do not think he would have anything to do with that girl like you would."
"SILENCE BORIS! Now, YOU SLAZINGER, LOOK into MY EYES!"
As Victor hollered this, he grabbed Slazinger by the neck, and forced him to look into his then pupil-less, green glowing eyes. Victor witnessed Slazinger walking upon Earth in the form of a typical Manhattan mugger. Next, came Slazinger mugging a woman.
"Beautifully done Slazinger, but what about..."
Slazinger suddenly interrupted Victor.
"We are coming to her, or should I say, THEM Sire."
Victor then witnessed an icicle going through Slazinger's back. Then, he saw Slazinger transform into his demonic self, along with Reed and Marilyn on the top of the Baxter Building.
"WHAT? RICHARDS WAS THERE?!?!" Victor retorted.
What was then before Victor's eyes made him even more irate, for he was viewing Slazinger's quick, and quite wet and cold defeat by the two heavensent Fantastics. The dark Fantastic was not at all delighted with this vision, as he threw Slazinger away from him, and into the thick brimstone wall of his chamber.
"Well, it was at least relieving to know, AND see that you were not lying Slazinger. Yet, what displeases me is that you FAILED in GETTING the KILL I so desired! Boris, cart this rather pathetic one of my former subjects off to PURGATORY! Because of your miserable actions, you can bid farewell to the peacefulness of Limbo!" pronounced Victor.
"NOOOO! GIVE ME ANOTHER CHANCE SIRE. I PROMISE I WILL NOT FAIL YOU AGAIN!" Slazinger cried as Boris and an immense demon picked him up, and took him away from Victor's lair to Purgatory.
"It is so hard to find good help." Victor sighed, then yelled.
"NEXT!"
Fantastica was a very old fashioned, yet very utopian place of sorts. There was only one building in this land where time stopped, but was always night in the north, sunrise in the east, daytime in the south, and sunset in the west. It was a structure similar to that of an ancient temple. But inside, it was as modern as the Fantastics' old home in their previous lives. There was luxurious furniture, all kinds of electronics, and modern conveniences were at the Fantastics' command. One convenience that was not modern, but Susan was making good use of while sitting outside on the steps of her home was the ability to wish upon any sort of reading material, and have it appear right there for you. She was perusing through an Earth woman's magazine as she heard the calling of her name.
"Susan! Susan!"
Susan looked up to see Reed running towards her.
"Reed! What is it? What is wrong?" Susan asked.
"Susan, it is Marilyn, the poor child, she is..." Reed paused due to exhaustion, and trying to catch his breath.
"Oh Reed, hurry, tell me what it is!" Susan pleaded, as suddenly, a colossal rumble came out from the building her and Reed were standing in front of.
"Oh dear..." Reed mumbled.
"It must be Benjamin and Johnny. I swear, ever since Benjamin conjured up that television, there has been nothing but trouble between him and Johnny." Susan said.
"I know. I never heard such ridiculous arguments, even during our past lives." Reed responded.
Inside the white marble structure, Benjamin and Johnny carried on like children in a quibble that got started by a basketball game that was taking place on Earth, and on the television.
"At least FOUR of US have had tha decency ta LOOK NICE unlike you with that darn red baseball cap, red jacket, and red jeans." Belted out Benjamin.
"Well, at least I don't look tacky wearing a golden orange suit like some big ape I KNOW!" retorted Johnny."
Reed and Susan walked into the room after Johnny said what he said. With a voice of authority, Reed let out a...
"QUIET!"
With that out, Benjamin and Johnny took down the fingers they were pointing at one another, and said in unison.
"Welcome back Reed!"
Reed somewhat rolled his eyes at them, and said.
"You cannot fool me into thinking that what I heard coming out of this place when I arrived was not you two cutting up again. We will talk about that nonsense later. What I have to tell all of you right now is far more important than a petty argument!"
Reed told the other three Fantastics before him about he and Marilyn's encounter with Slazinger, and Marilyn's vision of and actually seeing the ravens. When he was done, the responses were varied.
"Reed, just because you had an encounter with a demon, and Marilyn saw ravens in a dream and in real life by coincidence does not mean Doom is on the loose!" Johnny said in a voice of disbelief.
"As hard as it may be to believe, I'm kinda in agreement with tha kid here." Benjamin spoke.
"Well, I believe Reed. For some reason, it does not surprise me that you would not agree, as immature as you two have proven yourselves to be lately." Susan said.
"I would like to say that after speaking with my child, that I have begun to feel vibrations of an evil beginning to stir. Since Victor is strangely one of our kind, it more than likely is coming from him."
After saying that, Reed got a unanimous response.
"Well, now that you have mentioned it, I have felt weird vibes." Johnny reluctantly said.
"Me too." Benjamin replied.
"I felt strong sensations too when I was helping Marilyn clean the living room. It has to be Victor causing these feelings for us to sense them." Susan said.
"So just think, Marilyn may have be the very first of us to sense Victor's coming the way she has acted so fearful recently about her mission and all." Reed voiced.
"If that is the case, aren't you going to pull her out of the Earth plane?" Johnny asked.
"Not yet. Marilyn shows promise of her powers reaching their strongest potential. When her powers touch that point, she will be as, or possibly even more powerful than I. If she proves to not hold her own at that point, that is when one of us will go fetch for her." Answered Reed.
And at that point, nobody knew what to say due to everyone feeling the strongest of concern for the youngest of their kind, and wondering if this really was the wisest of decisions Reed made.