Author's Note: Wow! I didn't know I'd get this much reviews! Thanks, you guys! Now here's the second chapter! I hope you guys enjoy.
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"Why?" Reed asked Von Doom. "Why the hell would you take me? What evilsome could you do with me?"
"I don't find any satisfaction in you," he told Reed, scoffing. "You aren't the one I want, anyway. I'm only interested in Sue Storm."
"No!" Reed cried. "Don't touch her. Don't you dare touch her, Von Doom. I swear, if you even lay a finger on -"
"I don't care what you have to say about your bonding with her, Richards, I'm taking my revenge. You know why? I was about to propose to her, until you messed up everything! So who cares what you have to say about all this," Doom said, clenching his fist. He pounded his fist on the chair Reed was sitting in, but not harming Reed. Reed swallowed, looking at the damage. "It's your girlfriend I want to destroy. But don't worry, I'll deal with you and your crew of heroes after."
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"Sue? Sue, talk to me," Ben said, waving an arm in front of Sue's face. She stared unblinkingly into deep space. Finally, she blinked and her eyes widened.
"He isn't the one that Doom wants," Sue mumbled. She looked up at Johnny and Ben. "It's me."
"You? Well, that's what I was thinking, too, but... why you?" Johnny asked. "Now why would he want you? And what does Reed have to do with this? No. Wait... Oh. Now I get it! Doom got Reed, thinking you will come after him alone or something, so he can get you. But why would he want to get you?"
"Bingo. There's another problem," Ben said, rolling his eyes. "Sue? Do you know why Doom wants you?"
"Who cares?" Johnny said, grinning. "We'll go to wherever Doom is, and beat the metal off of him!"
"Not helping, Johnny," Sue said, standing up from her chair. "Well - wait. Right before the storm cloud came, Von Doom was about to... propose to me. Oh. Now I know why he's so angry at me. He was about to freaking propose to me!"
"Propose? To you?" Johnny cracked. He laughed out loud.
"Johnny!" Ben cried. "How could you joke around in a time like this? And where would Von Doom keep Reed?" They all began to think.
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"What do you think you're doing?" Reed cried, as Dr. Doom continued to drag him. "Hey! What are you doing!" Reed tried to stop Doom by stretching his arms.
"Hey," Doom warned him, "I told you if you try to pull another stunt, you're dying first." Reed stopped and sighed. Then he looked up at where Doom dragged him to. His now-empty cartridge. Reed gasped and opened his mouth to protest, but he simply stammered.
"Y-You're going to keep me in here?" Reed finally asked. "W-Why? Aren't you supposed to be in here? And if you escaped, that means I can, too!"
"Not exactly," he told Reed. "No one works here. No one ever does! So, I replaced my now broken cartridge and replaced it with this new one. It's special, so you can't try to open it by stretching yourself. And plus, you don't have any other power, so what good is that to you? Now get in."
"B-But won't the cops be here?" Reed asked.
"Sure, but these things are soundproof, if you haven't realized. Now get in, Richards! NOW!" Doom cried. Reed sure didn't want to die, so now his only hope was his teammates. He climbed in very reluctantly, and Von Doom slammed the door behind him and locked it. Then he smiled to himself, thinking that Reed's punishment wasn't enough. So he picked up the cartridge, and threw it into the lake. He rubbed his hands together satisfactory, and smiled to himself again, before disappearing.
Meanwhile, Johnny was on flames flying around the city, looking for anything suspicious. He was carrying Sue with him, while she had a force field around her so she wouldn't get burned. Ben was running below them, and sometimes Johnny would fly quickly and Ben couldn't catch up, so that left him to search the city himself.
"What's that?" Sue asked Johnny, staring at a giant bulge in the lake. "Johnny! Hey, Johnny! Stop!"
Johnny obediently stopped and jokingly let Sue go, letting her dive into the lake. She rose to the surface, coughing and choking on water. She glared at Johnny angrily, then swam over to the almost-gone bulge. She climbed on top of it, when she saw Ben walk up to the side of the lake.
"Wait, Ben! I'm going to bring this over to you," Sue told him. He nodded. Sue pushed the cartridge over to where Ben was standing, using her force. "Can you open it? And be careful, you don't know what's inside it!"
"Okay!" Ben cried back. He lifted his right arm then brought it back, hitting the cartridge and making a giant hole. It was filled with water. He looked inside of it. "Nothing in here!"
"Really?" Johnny asked, flying down next to it. He jumped inside and turned on fire, dehydrating the water. The water was at least 3/4 gone, and he saw something laying lifeless in the corner. He walked up to it quickly, and noticed it was Reed. His eyes widened.
"Johnny! JOHNNY!" Ben cried. Johnny didn't know what to do first. Tend to Ben's need, whatever it was, or get Reed out. He lifted Reed by putting him over his shoulder, and climbed out of the cartridge.
"What is it, Big Guy?" Johnny asked, laying Reed on the ground. "And lookie what I found!"
"Sue's gone," Ben said, not taking his eyes off the city. "I don't know where she went. Where is she?"
"Shit," Johnny said, looking at Reed. "Ben, what do we do now?"