It was a typical day at the Baxter Building. Reed Richards was working on the latest mechanism his four colleagues would eventually get to use in their exploits. His stepdaughter, sidekick, and lab assistant, Marilyn Richards was nearby, cleaning a few lab tools that Reed had recently used. In another part of the complex, Susan Storm Richards was performing the drastic job of doing the team's laundry. On the floor above, Sue's brother, Johnny was tinkering around with a part he was going to put in his sportscar. The only one practically not doing anything was Benjamin Grimm, who was sitting in the living room reading a Sports Illustrated magazine. Suddenly, an alarm rang out from the Watch Room. Quickly, Reed stopped working, stretched his head and neck out of the lab, and peered into the Watch Room. Mary followed behind in time to hear her stepfather say.
"Great Scott! A disturbance has occurred in Latveria! Dr. Doom must be at it again!"
Then, Reed reverted back to the lab, pressed a button on the wall to activate the intercom, and said in a loud, firm voice.
"Everyone discontinue what you are doing and hurry to the Fantasticar! I'll explain what is going on to all of you while we are loading up in the Hangar Bay!"
The Fantastic Five speedily ran up to the top floor, where the Hangar Bay was. In just five minutes, they had the Fantasticar ready to head off to Doomstadt, Latveria. Reed said over the Fantasticar's communications system to his co-pilot.
"Are we ready to take off Ben?"
"As ready as we can git!" Ben responded.
Then, five seatbelts clicked in unison, and the jets of the Fantasticar started with a thunderous roar. The team then headed out to Latveria. On the way to their destination, Mary had disarraying thoughts.
"Why is it, I feel like this is going to be so much different from our other bouts with Doom?"
Mary kept thinking over and over. An hour later, as they approached Latveria, Reed monitored the sky with an uneasy feeling. Over the communications system, he alerted Ben.
"Ben, start ascending the Fantasticar at least 50,000 feet. It looks like we have a dangerous storm ahead."
"Aye aye string bean." Ben replied in a humble, yet concerned tone.
The Fantasticar began to rise, and tried to avoid the storm it was embarking to fly under. A brilliant white-hot bolt of lightning suddenly struck the Fantasticar. Blue sparks erupted from the spot that was struck, and the jets slowly deceased. The Fantasticar started to descend uncontrollably. Three screams came out from the mouths of Sue, Johnny, and Ben. The other two who were not screaming, Reed and Mary, were staring out from the front compartment's window at where their possible final fate was going to be. Reed turned his head to look at his stepdaughter one final time. Mary had taken no reluctance in commencing to shed her tears. Reed, trying to look fearless in a time of pending death, but keeping a sad look on his face gently put his arm around Mary, and hugged her. Just as Reed began comforting his stepdaughter, the Fantasticar crashed. It impacted with a noise like a car crusher's amplified twenty times. Amazingly, there was no fire. A lot of dust was stirred, and took fifteen minutes to clear. Various little to medium pieces of the Fantasticar were strewn about the small field. But astoundingly, the main parts of the Fantasticar had remained intact. The Fantastic Five though, were unconscious. The storm raged over them. Lightning flashed, thunder roared, wind blew rough, and colossal drops of rain fell all about the silent, immobile vehicle. The intensity of the storm was almost as if it was an omen of what was to come next for the five superpowered friends. Right when the storm cleared, six strange looking figures moved down the nearby hill towards the Fantasticar. As the stars were beginning to come out in the sky above, the figures approached the vehicle with huge, strong, mechanized strides. The robots made all kinds of automated noises, but these noises were not loud enough to wake any of the unconscious Fantastic Five. All of the robots had the Latverian seal imprinted on their right arm. Slowly and carefully, the robots began to cut into the Fantasticar. The leader of this mechanized group said in a droning tone to capture each member. The robots Dr. Doom sent out did as their leader told them. Within ten minutes, each robot had the member they were ordered to capture in their hands, unawake and unaware of what was happening to them. But, most robots and machines always have a flaw. And, in the case of Doom's robots, their flaw was forgetting a minor thing about their orders from their master. This minor thing worked out in a fortunate way for a member of the Fantastic Five. A member, who would not wake up until that next morning, and until then, would be unaware of the fact that the fate of her only friends rested in her hands.
"Great Scott! A disturbance has occurred in Latveria! Dr. Doom must be at it again!"
Then, Reed reverted back to the lab, pressed a button on the wall to activate the intercom, and said in a loud, firm voice.
"Everyone discontinue what you are doing and hurry to the Fantasticar! I'll explain what is going on to all of you while we are loading up in the Hangar Bay!"
The Fantastic Five speedily ran up to the top floor, where the Hangar Bay was. In just five minutes, they had the Fantasticar ready to head off to Doomstadt, Latveria. Reed said over the Fantasticar's communications system to his co-pilot.
"Are we ready to take off Ben?"
"As ready as we can git!" Ben responded.
Then, five seatbelts clicked in unison, and the jets of the Fantasticar started with a thunderous roar. The team then headed out to Latveria. On the way to their destination, Mary had disarraying thoughts.
"Why is it, I feel like this is going to be so much different from our other bouts with Doom?"
Mary kept thinking over and over. An hour later, as they approached Latveria, Reed monitored the sky with an uneasy feeling. Over the communications system, he alerted Ben.
"Ben, start ascending the Fantasticar at least 50,000 feet. It looks like we have a dangerous storm ahead."
"Aye aye string bean." Ben replied in a humble, yet concerned tone.
The Fantasticar began to rise, and tried to avoid the storm it was embarking to fly under. A brilliant white-hot bolt of lightning suddenly struck the Fantasticar. Blue sparks erupted from the spot that was struck, and the jets slowly deceased. The Fantasticar started to descend uncontrollably. Three screams came out from the mouths of Sue, Johnny, and Ben. The other two who were not screaming, Reed and Mary, were staring out from the front compartment's window at where their possible final fate was going to be. Reed turned his head to look at his stepdaughter one final time. Mary had taken no reluctance in commencing to shed her tears. Reed, trying to look fearless in a time of pending death, but keeping a sad look on his face gently put his arm around Mary, and hugged her. Just as Reed began comforting his stepdaughter, the Fantasticar crashed. It impacted with a noise like a car crusher's amplified twenty times. Amazingly, there was no fire. A lot of dust was stirred, and took fifteen minutes to clear. Various little to medium pieces of the Fantasticar were strewn about the small field. But astoundingly, the main parts of the Fantasticar had remained intact. The Fantastic Five though, were unconscious. The storm raged over them. Lightning flashed, thunder roared, wind blew rough, and colossal drops of rain fell all about the silent, immobile vehicle. The intensity of the storm was almost as if it was an omen of what was to come next for the five superpowered friends. Right when the storm cleared, six strange looking figures moved down the nearby hill towards the Fantasticar. As the stars were beginning to come out in the sky above, the figures approached the vehicle with huge, strong, mechanized strides. The robots made all kinds of automated noises, but these noises were not loud enough to wake any of the unconscious Fantastic Five. All of the robots had the Latverian seal imprinted on their right arm. Slowly and carefully, the robots began to cut into the Fantasticar. The leader of this mechanized group said in a droning tone to capture each member. The robots Dr. Doom sent out did as their leader told them. Within ten minutes, each robot had the member they were ordered to capture in their hands, unawake and unaware of what was happening to them. But, most robots and machines always have a flaw. And, in the case of Doom's robots, their flaw was forgetting a minor thing about their orders from their master. This minor thing worked out in a fortunate way for a member of the Fantastic Five. A member, who would not wake up until that next morning, and until then, would be unaware of the fact that the fate of her only friends rested in her hands.