Chapter II: Tidings of Doom

LORD HORDAK'S JOURNAL

12th DAY IN THE FOURTH YEAR OF MY OCCUPATION OF ETHERIA

Curse that She-Ra; once again she foiled my plans for conquest.

Today, I along with Leech and Mantenna went to the village of Medii a few miles outside of Ethereal City to steal their cache of weapons, as I loading them up She-Ra came along and tried to stop me.

I engaged her in combat managing to strike a major blow, but just I was about to finish her off, she managed to sneak up on me and cut off my robotic arm.

Wounded and defeated, I was forced to flee without the weapons.

Later that day as Modulok was repairing the injury, strange things began to happen in the Fright Zone.

First, a class B intrusion, had occurred, Class B means something was teleported to the Fright Zone without my permission.

I asked Modulok to investigate, "It's some type of laboratory," he informed me as he read the screen. "Shall I send Horde Troops to check it out?" he asked me.

"No, I'll investigate this myself," I told him as he finished the last repairs on my arm and got off the cot to go see what was going on.

Just then, Shadow Weaver came in and told me that Horde Prime has requested that I come to Horde World immediately, what could I have done what that warranted my Presence on Horde World, my defeat today was a minor one; I mean the weapons were not even state of the art and She-Ra has defeated me before.

There was only one way to find out, I opened a portal to Horde World and left immediately.

REED RICHARD'S JOURNAL

JANUARY 25, 1997

After about three hours, we arrived back at Four Freedom's Plaza.

Ben and I wheeled out Sue and Johnny and took them to Infirmary to heal, Doom injured them badly, but it wasn't life threatening, something I am thankful for, if Victor had killed them, I would personally rip off his mask and kill him myself, but I have other things to worry about besides my dark thoughts of killing Doom.

His disappearance was disturbing; who or what would want Dr. Doom and his equipment.

I researched the usual suspects- Galactus, Dr. Octopus, Red Skull, Apocalypse, Magneto, Mephisto, Thanos, Kang etc- no one had any motive, it didn't add up, I was obviously missing a crucial piece of this puzzle.

I decided to take a break and go see how Sue was doing in the infirmary.

When I got there she was conscious and watching the news, the main story was of course the Disappearance of Doctor Doom. The reporters were interviewing all types of people.

"It's obvious, God decided that he had enough of Doom's villainy and just wiped him off the face of the earth," one religious scholar noted.

"Doom was obviously kidnapped by the Latverian Armed Nationalist Directorate (L.A.N.D.)," a political analyst said

The last interview they did was a UFO nut, "Doom's been abducted by aliens," the man told them.

"so what do you make of this case?" I asked my wife, I was curious as to what she thought had kidnapped Dr. Doom and what significance that had for us.

"I don't know, but out of all the theories L.A.N.D is the only one that makes sense," she said as she kissed me.

"You're right, but usually they leave some sort of ransom note, but this time there was nothing," I informed her.

"Don't worry about, honey we'll solve this mystery," she told me confidently, that's one of the reasons I married her, her sense of optimism never dulls.

She looked at me worriedly, "its looks like you need rest," she told me; I knew I needed it but I wanted to solve this mysterious first.

"I'll rest once I find out what happened to Dr. Doom," I assured her as I kissed her and left the room.

THE JOURNAL OF VICTOR VON DOOM, PhD

JANURAY 25, 1997 AD

Today my plan for conquering earth was foiled by the meddling Reed Richards and his pathetic band of heroes.

Just I was about to kill Richards, when his oaf of a friend Ben Grimm snuck up behind me and knocked me out, his ugly mug is the last thing I saw before everyone went black.

When I came, I found myself in a room strapped to a table with IVs in my arms, my armor and cape were placed in a corner, but from what I could tell that my mask was not with my armor.

There were robots monitoring my vital signs, apparently someone has rescued me. They were strangest creations; they wore black and white armor with a red bat on it. They were saying things like "Subject Victor Von Doom is stable," I will teach them that Doom is subject to one.

I undid the straps with a scalpel that was near the table, and ripped the IVs from my arms, and got up.

The robots tried to stop me, but even without my armor they were no match for Victor Von Doom. They attacked with blasters, lances and various weapons but my superior fighting skills proved to be more than a match for them.

Once they were defeated, I went to the corner and donned my armor and cape, then using the equipment built into my armor, summoned a spare mask I keep hidden in a pocket dimension. Once I was fully armored, I headed for the door at the end of the room.

The infirmary was part of a larger complex, a huge palace/factory, gears and wheels were turning; paintings were hung showing an army of demons; the guards that I had defeated were stationed throughout the complex.

After walking around this room I found, a large door made of gold and engraved with skulls and bats and a warning in some language that I did not speak.

Two guards stood guarding the door, at first they blocked the door with their spears, but then backed down as if they were expecting me.

"Doctor Doom, Horde Prime is waiting for you," the guard on the left said as he opened the door for me.

I walked in, the room which the door his was massive, conveyor belts crisscrossed the room and standing in front of the room was a huge throne hidden by shadow. Two glowing red eyes shone through the darkness and a large mechanical hand clutched the armrest.

"Welcome, Dr. Doom; Welcome to Horde World!" the being said, with each of his words, his eyes glowed brighter as if accenting his speech.

"Who are you?" I asked this being, curious as he was and how he knew me.

"I am Horde Prime, god of all evil in the universe," he told me.

He then told me his history and his goal, just then another being entered the room.

This one looked like a bat, with pale white skin; protruding ears; and red eyes. He wore black armor with a red bat on the chest and black and red cape.

"Hordak!" Horde Prime told the being who just entered "I am sick of your constant bungling of the conquest of Etheria, day after day you lose She-Ra and that pathetic Rebellion," he boomed obviously upset at this Hordak.

"Father, you know I am loyal to you, you know that She-Ra is powered by Grayskull, but I shall not fail you this time my Lord, Etheria will fall today," he assured his father, pleading with him to give him another chance.

Horde Prime sat for a moment in thought, "Hordak," he finally said, "You had your chances to conquer Etheria and you failed," he informed his son, his hand drumming the top of the armrest.

"NO MASTER! PLEASE LET ME HAVE ONE LAST CHANCE," he pleaded getting down on his knees.

"ENOUGH! GAURDS ESCORT HORDAK TO THE DUNGEONS," he ordered as the guard seized him and went to dispense justice to him.

"Dr. Doom, approach my throne," Horde Prime commanded me, I normally don't take orders from anyone but something told me that I was in the presence of a superior power.

"Doom, you have proved yourself worthy to be my Supreme Representative, you mission Doom is to go to Etheria and destroy She-Ra and the Rebellion," he ordered pointing toward a screen that showed this planet Etheria.

"Doom is no mere flunky, if anyone gives orders it will be Doom!" I told this Horde Prime.

"I am a god and can grant your heart's desire," he told me, I must say this has intrigued me, especially since I knew what a god's powers are capable of, I know for time was one when I acquired the powers of the Beyonder during the Secret Wars. I had used those powers to restore my face and crush my enemies, but they were stolen from me by that meddlesome Spider-Man, but now I had a chance of regaining my humanity again.

"Very well, Horde Prime I'll bite, but you must promise me that you will grant me my wish," I told him hoping he'll accept my terms.

"What is it you seek, doom?" he asked pointing at me

"My face," I said as removed my mask revealing my disfigured face "restore my face and I will serve you," I told him.

He thought for a moment, thinking over the terms of my deal, and after thinking it over he said "Agreed, but only after you destroyed She-Ra and the Rebels," he said.

"Agreed!" I replied, little did he know once I get my face restored I have other plans for this world.

Horde Prime opened a portal that led to the Fright Zone, his stronghold on the planet.

Waiting for me was mysterious woman dressed in red robe; her face was hidden save for her glowing yellow eyes.

"Welcome to Etheria Dr. Doom, I am Shadow Weaver at your service," she announced, I dismissed her and her forces; I have my own servants, my Doombots.

I entered the Doom Zone as I now call it and examined the equipment, much to my delight I found Horde Prime had transported my lab here to Etheria, now I can conquer this world and whatever power it contains.