Conclusion or Second Time's the Charm
By
Carolyne Smythe
The Fantastic Four met back at the Baxter Building right after their surprising, and not to mention, embarrassing defeats. Ben was not shy about his anger over the whole situation.
"I cannot believe that one grain o' sand kept me from clobberin' that brat of a girl!"
"If you think that's bad, try being fooled by a freak into almost rebelling against your best friends!" Johnny replied to Ben's brash comment.
"I cannot believe I almost fell in love with another villain for a SECOND time." Susan pouted, almost on the verge of shedding tears.
"Well, if it makes all of you feel better, I was defeated my a mere massage." Reed spoke in a calmer voice than his other three colleagues did.
"I find it so hard to believe that we were defeated so easily by such corny powers!" countered Johnny.
"The next time we go against these villains, we need to use a different approach." Continued Reed.
"Each of us will take on a villain that's better suited for us. In other words, we each have to fight the one whose powers would not effect us."
The other three nodded their head in unison. This was one of the few rare moments where they understood where Reed was getting at.
"Now, one of you turn on the radio or television so we can find out where our opponents are going to strike next." Reed ordered.
Johnny turned on the radio. Right when it came on that moment, out came the following.
"We interrupt the music at the moment to bring you this news flash! Right now, four odd looking people have invaded the International First Savings Bank!"
Before they heard anymore, the Fantastic Four were up on their feet, and heading to the Fantasticar.
The Fantastic Four arrived at the International First Savings Bank within the course of five minutes. As they arrived, they saw the ones who had defeated them single-handedly earlier through an assortment of trickery and foolish powers. From what each member knew from their accounts of the battles, all four knew whom they were going to tackle. After they landed, Reed headed towards the one called the Masked Beatnik, Ben went to have a bone to pick with Massage Man, Sue walked up to the one known as Slight Breeze Girl, and Johnny went to have a rumble with the Purple Pooter.
"My sister told me of the horrible manners you have!" Johnny yelled out as he approached the Pooter.
"You mean that beautiful woman was your sister? Tis a shame how she turned on me like she did. But I don't have to tell you anymore, for the results shall be in front of your nose!"
The Pooter replied snidely. What occurred afterwards turned out to be a fatal mistake for the Pooter that easily became a victory for the Torch. The moment the Pooter let lose his power, it reacted with Torch's flames in literally a BANG! When the dust died down, the Pooter was still stunned.
"What the...? Why did it explode like that?"
"Why? Anyone can tell you how flammable methane is jerk!" Johnny immediately responded.
Meanwhile, it was a piece of cake for Sue to handle Slight Breeze Girl. All she had to do was encase her in a force field bubble.
"What?! But surely, my powers of controlling a slight breeze can help break my way through this!!" The girl said frustratedly.
Sue just smiled as the girl tried with her mere breezes to blow her way out of the bubble. Ben didn't even need but one punch to k.o. Massage Man.
"Didn't even need ta waste my Sunday Punch on that nut!" Ben exclaimed as he looked over a masseuse who was out cold.
Reed did not even need but a few sentences to make his tie-dyed opponent throw in the towel.
"C'mon ya old prude! Never will I fall to your strict, over bearing beliefs!" The Beatnik hollered out in such a drugged out tone.
"You can say all the rebellious things you want Beatnik! But, your comments cannot, have not, and will not change nor effect the opinions of me and nine tenths of Americans who do not agree with you!" Reed quipped back to the Beatnik.
"What do you mean man?" Beatnik asked back quizzedly.
"What I mean is that you can try to get everyone to agree with you, but our opinions on different things, especially the government and how it should be run will remain different."
"Gee, I never have thought of it like that man..." The Beatnik said in as dumbfounded a way as he had left Johnny earlier.
And right when the Beatnik was starting to ponder if everyone really was listening, and cared about his beliefs and opinions; Massage Man began to gain consciousness, Slight Breeze Girl gave up, and Pooter recovered from the explosion he caused, the police arrived to pick them up. And from then on, the world of the Fantastic Four would never be the same, for every now and then, they would look back on this moment and laugh at how these ridiculous villains actually showed them up.
By
Carolyne Smythe
The Fantastic Four met back at the Baxter Building right after their surprising, and not to mention, embarrassing defeats. Ben was not shy about his anger over the whole situation.
"I cannot believe that one grain o' sand kept me from clobberin' that brat of a girl!"
"If you think that's bad, try being fooled by a freak into almost rebelling against your best friends!" Johnny replied to Ben's brash comment.
"I cannot believe I almost fell in love with another villain for a SECOND time." Susan pouted, almost on the verge of shedding tears.
"Well, if it makes all of you feel better, I was defeated my a mere massage." Reed spoke in a calmer voice than his other three colleagues did.
"I find it so hard to believe that we were defeated so easily by such corny powers!" countered Johnny.
"The next time we go against these villains, we need to use a different approach." Continued Reed.
"Each of us will take on a villain that's better suited for us. In other words, we each have to fight the one whose powers would not effect us."
The other three nodded their head in unison. This was one of the few rare moments where they understood where Reed was getting at.
"Now, one of you turn on the radio or television so we can find out where our opponents are going to strike next." Reed ordered.
Johnny turned on the radio. Right when it came on that moment, out came the following.
"We interrupt the music at the moment to bring you this news flash! Right now, four odd looking people have invaded the International First Savings Bank!"
Before they heard anymore, the Fantastic Four were up on their feet, and heading to the Fantasticar.
The Fantastic Four arrived at the International First Savings Bank within the course of five minutes. As they arrived, they saw the ones who had defeated them single-handedly earlier through an assortment of trickery and foolish powers. From what each member knew from their accounts of the battles, all four knew whom they were going to tackle. After they landed, Reed headed towards the one called the Masked Beatnik, Ben went to have a bone to pick with Massage Man, Sue walked up to the one known as Slight Breeze Girl, and Johnny went to have a rumble with the Purple Pooter.
"My sister told me of the horrible manners you have!" Johnny yelled out as he approached the Pooter.
"You mean that beautiful woman was your sister? Tis a shame how she turned on me like she did. But I don't have to tell you anymore, for the results shall be in front of your nose!"
The Pooter replied snidely. What occurred afterwards turned out to be a fatal mistake for the Pooter that easily became a victory for the Torch. The moment the Pooter let lose his power, it reacted with Torch's flames in literally a BANG! When the dust died down, the Pooter was still stunned.
"What the...? Why did it explode like that?"
"Why? Anyone can tell you how flammable methane is jerk!" Johnny immediately responded.
Meanwhile, it was a piece of cake for Sue to handle Slight Breeze Girl. All she had to do was encase her in a force field bubble.
"What?! But surely, my powers of controlling a slight breeze can help break my way through this!!" The girl said frustratedly.
Sue just smiled as the girl tried with her mere breezes to blow her way out of the bubble. Ben didn't even need but one punch to k.o. Massage Man.
"Didn't even need ta waste my Sunday Punch on that nut!" Ben exclaimed as he looked over a masseuse who was out cold.
Reed did not even need but a few sentences to make his tie-dyed opponent throw in the towel.
"C'mon ya old prude! Never will I fall to your strict, over bearing beliefs!" The Beatnik hollered out in such a drugged out tone.
"You can say all the rebellious things you want Beatnik! But, your comments cannot, have not, and will not change nor effect the opinions of me and nine tenths of Americans who do not agree with you!" Reed quipped back to the Beatnik.
"What do you mean man?" Beatnik asked back quizzedly.
"What I mean is that you can try to get everyone to agree with you, but our opinions on different things, especially the government and how it should be run will remain different."
"Gee, I never have thought of it like that man..." The Beatnik said in as dumbfounded a way as he had left Johnny earlier.
And right when the Beatnik was starting to ponder if everyone really was listening, and cared about his beliefs and opinions; Massage Man began to gain consciousness, Slight Breeze Girl gave up, and Pooter recovered from the explosion he caused, the police arrived to pick them up. And from then on, the world of the Fantastic Four would never be the same, for every now and then, they would look back on this moment and laugh at how these ridiculous villains actually showed them up.