I crawled around the castle for what seemed like forever in that one small air vent. Eventually, I reached a part of the castle I had not seen yet. It was a hallway, with what appeared to be normal doors, except they had every kind of lock and bolt you could and could not imagine. Looking over the corridor, I noticed four automated guards, each one in front of a door. This was where my only friends were. Right when I began to think of a way I could lure the robots away from the doors, all four of the mechanized aberrations started to move away from their posts, and down the hall. I smiled, that Talkboy was doing its job flawlessly. When the guards were out of sight, I slithered through the vent's opening into the hallway. I walked silently up to the first door on my left. Using my malleability, I molded both my hands and wrists together to form a giant sledgehammer. I took the "sledgehammer" and smashed the door open. Through the entrance I made, I went in to find a very startled Ben staring back.

"Kid, you, you..."

"Yes, I am here Ben! And boy, have you changed!" I exclaimed quietly.

As I said that, I noticed my arms going back to normal, and I could not stretch. It suddenly dawned on me that Doom had used power stabilizers on my friends. Even though Ben was human then, it was obvious he wanted out.

"Ben, even though it's going to cost your humanity, I need your help in getting the others out."

"Kid, I would take bein' tha Thing over bein' trapped in thiz cruddy joint." Ben replied as he stepped out of the cell with me.

As quick as my powers came back to me, Ben transformed back into the human rock-pile called the Thing. After his metamorphosis was complete, Ben went to the two doors on the right side of the corridor, while I took care of the other one on my side. The door I wrecked open led to the cell that contained Father. Father walked out with an aura about him that was very calm, yet you could tell he was ecstatic over what I just accomplished. He looked at me in such a praising way, and said.

"I just knew you could do it Marilyn."

"Don't I always." I replied with a smile.

Father then ordered the others to break out through the wall, and escape the castle, while me and him went to finish up with Doom.