A Monster's Will

Chapter 3

Groaning was heard before opening his eyes. Alex turns his body to his side before creating a hammer.

"Shove off clock!" He said. Alex swings the hammer but it swings all the way to the floor making him fall of the bed.

"What the hell?" Alex swore before he sees a red light buzzing over him. He looks around and finds himself in a cell with no windows or no doors. He then looks and he sees that he is still in his Green Lantern uniform.

"Mom? Dad? Lucy?" Alex asked before the bed he felled off shifts into the wall behind him. In front, another wall with a window slams down on the floor.

In an instant, the entire room drops down make Alex jolt from the speed. The young man creates a handle bar for him to hold on as the elevator continues descending. After at least 350 feet below, the room suddenly stops making Alex drop down to the floor.

"This isn't like the Tower of Terror ride at Disney Word." He muttered as he gets to his feet.

The red alarm stops blinking before ascending away. A large door in front of him suddenly opens, revealing a large pentagon shaped chamber. Alex walks out of the room and into the chamber.

"Hello?" Alex said, looking around the place. The door lead to the chamber closes, locking him in. "Ring, where am I?"

"Scanning... Classified facility Area Fifty Something." The ring replied.

Alex looks around before he sees a giant table with a chair. He wanders about who is sitting there. He also sees table and chair his size as well.

"I don't understand. Why am I here?" Alex asked himself.

"Is it just legs? Did they capture a giant pair of legs?" A voice said, getting Alex's attention.

"Who's there?!" He shouted aiming his ring at a open doorway. "Whoever you are, come out."

"Silence, B.O.B.! He'll hear us!" Another voice said.

"How? Legs don't have ears." The voice named B.O.B spoke out.

"Just shush!"

Then a noise caught Alex's attention to see a pipe above his table. It spits out a pile of oatmeal with a spoon before leaving.

"Well. At least it's better than nothing." Alex said as he goes to his table to eat. He takes the spoon and goes to eat when fast pace walking catches his attention.

"Who's there?!" He demanded before he takes to the air. He then lands on the large table, still aiming his ring. That is when he sees antennas from the edge of the table before to Alex's surprise, a small head with big eyes pop emerge. It is humanoid figure with the head of a cockroach.

"Hello." He said in a polite manner.

"Uhh.. Hello. You're a cockroach." Alex said.

"Yes I am. Pardon my manners I am Dr Cockroach PhD." The roach said offer a hand.

"Alexander Hudson, but you may call me Alex." Alex said shaking the scientist's hand.

"By Albert Einstein this is the second human we've have in here." Cockroach said.

"What do you mean sec-" Alex spoke before he slips and falls. He flips and hovers above the floor. Dr. Cockroach sees what happened and was amazed. Alex looks up before blue goo drips down and to the young man's amazement, it opens up a singular eye.

"Hi there!" The goo said.

"Big blue goo!" Alex shouted before he creates a large boot and kicks it to the large table, splitting the goo in half.

"My back! Just kidding! I don't have a back!" The blob said, laughing before putting himself back together.

"Forgive him, but as you can see, he has no brain." The scientist informed Alex.

"Turns out you don't need one. Totally overrated! As a matter of fact, I don't even..." The blob stops before gasping for air, "I forgot how to breathe! Don't know how to breathe! Help me, Dr. Cockroach! Help!"

Alex meanwhile looks in confusion.

"Suck in, B.O.B." Dr. Cockroach said, rolling his eyes.

"Thanks, Doc. You're a lifesaver." The blob named B.O.B said to Dr Cockroach.

"Ok. This is getting weird." Alex muttered to himself. He turns around before coming face to face with a hybrid between a man and a fish.

"Wow, look at you." He said observing Alex, "I know what you're thinking. First day in prison, you want to take down the toughest guy in the yard. Well, I'd like to see you try."

The fishman did some karate moves, trying to make Alex fear, but the human remains unfazed. That is when he does a handstand only for him to crack his back from his weight.

"Ow! Ok! Back ache!" The fishman said, getting to his feet.

"Ok. This is all too weird for me." Alex said.

"Gentlemen, this is the second human here, like Susan and she's is not the only one now." Dr. Cockroach said.

"No way it's a boy. Look it his boobies." B.O.B said, referring to the fishman.

"We need to have a talk." He spoke.

"This is Alexander Hudson. Alexander, this is the Missing Link. And this is B.O.B" Dr. Cockroach said.

"Benzoate Ostylezene Bicarbonate" The blue blob said. "What monster name they call you? What do people scream when they see you coming? You know, like, 'Look out! Here comes...!'"

"It's Alex." The young man replied.

B.O.B thought about it for a moment before replying with a scary voice, "Alex! Oh I just scared myself."

Then Alex hears snorting before he looks up, gasping. In front of him was a giant insect who roar at him.

"What the hell?!" Alex exclaimed before floating in the air which amazed everyone.

"How are you doing that?!" Link asked.

"He's a floating man!" B.O.B said.

"And he has powers." Dr. Cockroach said.

Link goes to the giant bug before he rubs the fur, "It's okay Insectosaurus."

Alex floats away from the giant bug before he bumps into something soft. He turns around before.

"Oh thank goodness. Another person!" The person said with gladness.

"Giant woman!" Alex said as he tries to fly back only for her to grab him.

"Let me go! I don't want to hurt any of you!" Alex said.

"No wait! I do not want to hurt you. I am not a monster like them." The woman said as she calms Alex down. He does so before being let go.

"Are you sure?" Alex asked and the woman nodded, "Ok. Sorry. It's just that I have never seen a tall... gorgeous..."

Indeed she is gorgeous. This woman has blue eyes, but really caught Alex's attention is her snow white hair. She wears a gray and orange jumpsuit and converses.

"I'm Susan." Said the girl, offering a hand err finger

Alex uses his ring to create a hand her size which surprises Susan, "I'm Alexander Hudson, but I prefer Alex for short."

Susan shakes the hand which she can feel it.

"How did you do that?" She asks.

"Oh. It came from my ring."

"You want to sit so we can talk?"

"As you wish, Susan."

Susan picked up the small chair and table, allowing Alex to sit down.

"So, what's your story?" Alex asked Susan.

"Well, before I ended up here, I was at my wedding, getting ready to marry Derek." Susan began, "That is when a meteor came out of the sky and slam into me."

"Are you ok?" Alex asked.

"I was lucky. But then, just as we were about to say our vows, I began glowing before i grow. I grew so big that destroyed the church. That I when I was captured and now I'm here, but I'm not a monster." She said before growing sad.

"I was hit by a meteor too, well the meteor exploded and I survived. I wondered in darkness before Ion bathe me in bright green light. Next thing, I was in the hospital wearing this suit and this ring." Alex explained.

"I lived in Modesto."

"We just moved there a few days ago." Alex said.

"I can't believe it. I wasn't even told." Susan said in amazement.

"Looks like we're gonna be neighbors." Alex said, smiling.

"So what that symbol on you?" Susan ask referring to the logo on Alex's chest.

"The Green Lantern Corps." He replied.

"Wow. Are like a superhero or something?"

Just as Alex is about to answer, a large door opens up abd a man riding a jet pack approaches.

"Monsters, get back to your cells." He ordered them.

Susan, Dr. Cockroach, B.O.B, and the Missing Link return to their cells. Susan turns and looks at Alex as she enters her cell.

"Who are you?" Alex asked.

"The name is General W.R. Monger, son. I'm in charge of this facility. Now, follow me. Since you know how to fly. It's time for your orientation."

Monger leads Alex to a large area of the facility where men and women work. Some of them see Alex in wonder.

"In 1950, it was decided that Jane and Joe Public could not handle the truth about monsters, and should focus on more important things, like paying taxes. So the government convinced the world monsters were stuff of myth and legend and then locked them away in this year facility." Monger explained.

"I assume that is during the early years of the Cold War when the US and the Soviet Union compete in an arms race." Alex said.

"And we were the first to have monsters. We could have used them as weapons to combat Russia, but that would cause problems." Monger said.

They then reach to another part of the facility.

"So I assume I am going to be here." Alex said.

"Indefinitely." Monger said.

"Can I least contact my parents? My dad is a cop."

"I'm sorry but they will never know," said Monger, "This place is an X file, wrapped in a cover-up and deep-fried in a paranoid conspiracy. There will be zero with the outside world."

They move to a large area where a watchtower is shown. On Alex' right where the other monsters in their own cells. First Alex sees Insectorsaurus who roars at him before chirping. Alex waves at the giant bug who licks the glass. Next, the young man sees the Missing Link's cell which is full of water. Alex sees the fishman lifting weights.

"...seven, eight." Link then "struggles" to lift. "999, 1,000. I can't believe I did ten sets."

Thirdly, Alex sees B.O.B bouncing a ball off the wall before it knocks his eye and he bounces it back to his head, laughing. Alex raises an eyebrow in confusion. Fourth, Monger and Alex sees Dr. Cockroach building the exact model of the Little Boy nuclear bomb made out of lego.

"Alexander! You wouldn't happen to have any uranium on you? I just need a smidge." The scientist says.

"Rescind Dr. Cockroach's toy box privileges immediately" Monger spoke to someone via radio.

Finally they reach to Susan who sits down on her bed before seeing Alex. Susan approaches before putting a hand on the glass. Alex sees before putting his hand on the glass, imagining both hands touching.

"We had the prison psychologist redecorate your cell. Try to keep you all calm-like." Monger shows Alex's cell to him. It has a soft bed with a bookshelf with some novels and a soccer ball.

"Thanks. I do appreciate." Alex said as he walks inside.

If you want, you can always keep Susan company. Oh, and one other thing. The government has changed your name to Green Lantern." Monger said before the cell closes.

Alex looks at his new room before sitting down on the bed. He lays down before staring at the ceiling. Alex is now trapped in a facility in the middle of nowhere. He fears that he will never see his family again.


Meanwhile, light years away, a large mothership orbits what remains of a destroyed planet. Inside the bridge of the ship, a figure sleeps before a computer awakens.

"Begin reanimation sequence." It said with a female voice.

A pod opens up revealing an alien with six eyes and tentacles.

"Who dares to wake me?" The alien said.

"Quantonium has been located on a distant planet in the Omega Quadrant."

"The Omega Quadrant? Lame."

"The trajectory of the Quantonium meteor has been traced to sector 72-4, the planet locally known as Earth."

"What a miserable-looking mud ball. Send a robot probe! Extract the Quantonium with extreme prejudice. I want it all. Every last drop!"

"Yes, Gallaxhar."

The mothership launches the robot probe to Earth to retrieve the Quantonium.

"Nothing can stand in my way now." Gallaxhar said.

Earth will soon be visited by an unknown threat.

Will write more. Just a quick heads up, I might do a mixture of both the video game and movie version of Monsters vs Aliens. Requests are open and no flames.