Chapter IV: Angels and Monsters

QUEEN ANGELLA'S DAIRY

12th DAY IN THE FOURTH YEAR IN THE HORDE'S OCCUPATION OF ETHERIA

I left the palace about sometime after sunset, after about half an hour I reached the Fright Zone.

I walked up to the door and rang the bell, a robotic soldier answered the door, "Queen Angella Dr. Doom is expecting you, follow me," it said as it showed me the way to the dining room.

When we arrived I was greeted by the Doctor himself, the food was delicious and everything was perfect, yet I still felt that this Doom was no better than Hordak himself.

When we had finished eating, he walked up to me seat and said, "Angella, as you know I wish to bring to peace and prosperity to your world. My rule is unstable at the moment but with your help I will bring this world into a new age of power."

"What are you getting at Von Doom?" I asked him cautious about what he would do.

"Marry me Angella, with I as King and you as Queen, we will drive the Horde from Etheria and bring prosperity back to this world," he said as he produced a golden engagement ring.

Part of me wanted to say yes, he seemed like that's all he wanted peace and prosperity, but another part knew better, he was an agent of Horde Prime and he would soon signal his master and crush Etheria.

"Never! I will not marry you Doom, Etheria will not fall to you," I told him.

He looked at me, he snapped his fingers and soon I saw a woman with blue skin, it looked like She-Ra but I wasn't sure.

"If you will not serve me as a wife; then you will serve me as a slave," he said as his 'She-Ra' clone approached me, I tired to fight back but she was too strong.

They took me to a lab f some sorts; there were machines all around. They strapped me to a platform.

"She-Ra here tried to resist me, but she eventually came to hers senses," he said as he pointed to She-Ra as he worked some controls.

"You monster! What did you do to her!" I spat at him, trying to break free but the straps were too strong for me to break.

"I was not always a monster, I was human once, but my rival Reed Richards denied my humanity when destroyed my face!" he told me as he came closer and removed the mask that hid his face, never have seen such a haunted visage before, in it was love, sadness, pride, greed, and hatred.

"A face is not what makes a person human, it's his soul and heart and I see that you have none," I told him.

He waved his hand "It's too late for Philosophy, your highness soon you will serve me," he said as he threw a switch.

A huge machine descended from the ceiling, I closed my eyes and send an empathic message to Glimmer, she is only part empathic, but her powers are strong enough to pick it up.

I just hope she gets here in time!

PRINCESS GLIMMER'S DIARY

12th DAY IN THE FOURTH YEAR IN THE HORDE'S OCCUPATION OF ETHERIA

I didn't sleep this night, I kept worrying about mother, she never came home from that Doom Zone.

Just before midnight, I felt something, it was mother she was in danger, Doom had captured her and she need my help what could I do.

I went to the throne room and quickly called in Bow and Seahawk to discuss the problem.

"What's going on?" Bow asked as he and the other members entered the throne room.

"Mother's been captured along with She-Ra, we have to go rescue her," I told him.

"Curse this Von Doom to the Briny Deep, I'll keelhaul him if he's harmed one hair on Adora's head," Seahawk shouted as he slammed his fist on the table.

"As much I would like to agree with Seahawk and fight this fiend now, we don't how to fight this Von Doom, Angella went toe to toe with him and never returned we better plan this carefully," Bow suggested trying to calm Seahawk down.

He was right, if this rescue mission is to work we'll need someone who knows how to handle Doom and whatever he throws at us.

Just then it hit me, a way to defeat Dr. Doom and rescue mother and Adora, I just hope it works.

"Bow, when I watched the message that Doom sent, I could sense that he had hatred for a group of people called 'The Fantastic Four' I'm only partially Empathic but with your help I might be able to contact this Fantastic Four and bring them here," I explianed to him.

"Sure anything, tell us what we have to do," he asked me.

"All of you close your eyes and clear your thoughts of everything but this image, four people gifted with superpowers: a husband; a wife; her brother; and the husband's friend, just think about that and focus," I said as I shut my own eyes and thought about this 'Fantastic Four'.

REED RICAHRDS' JOURNAL

JANURAY 26, 1997

All night long, I kept thinking about Victor's disappearance, none of the clues made sense, the only case I have ever heard of person vanishing and not returning was the case of Marlena Glenn, but that was years ago she disappeared and she was in space, Doom was on Earth and had just recently vanished, so I knew that there was no link between in Marlena and Doom's vanishings.

While I was I thinking, I heard Sue scream in the next room. Thinking something fearful had just happened, I ran too her to see what was wrong.

"Sue, What happened?" I asked, She seemed as if she had been attacked mentally, but it was a look again of pain that was on her face, but one of sadness.

"I just got the strangest feeling, it was like telepathy but it was transmitted by emotion rather than thought, " she said getting up out of her seat.

"Can I run a bioscan of your mind and play back the message," I told her, trying to calm her down and curious myself about this feeling she got.

"Yes, maybe then we can make sense of it, " she said as we walked out of the room.

Moments later, I assembled the team in the lab, hooked Sue up to the bioscan and began searching her mind.

Soon as it began the message popped up:

Hear me, Fantastic Four!

My name is Princess Glimmer of Etheria; my world has been taken over by an evil man named Von Doom, you must help me, please!

"I don't like this, I think that dame is in cahoots with Doom," Ben commented to me, I could understand his concern but I was bit more open minded.

"I don't know, I think she's telling the truth," I informed him trying figuring the meaning behind this.

"I'd have to agree with Ben, on this one, how else would she have known about us, unless Doom told her," Johnny chimed in.

While I was still thinking, Sue gave the answer, "she's an empath, she has ability to read emotions and send messages by broadcasting those feelings"

Just to make sure she wasn't a crony of Doom I used the bioscan to send her message:

Are you working for Doom?

The reply cam a few moments later:

No.

That teared it for me, she was an ally of ours and nor an enemy, after making sure there were no objections from Johnny and Ben I sent another message:

Can you open a portal to your world?

A portal would provide us with the best way of getting there without wasting any time.

A few moments later, a portal opened before us. I uncooked sue from the Bioscan and the four of us left to this now world