"And the board is what's drawing it here," Sue said.
"How do you fight something that eat planets?" Johnny asked in complete doubt.
"We have to get the board and lead it away from here before it's too late," Reed explained his half made plan to the group.
"We, do you think the General will go for that?" Ben asked. He brought up a good point.
"He'll have no choice."
Victor watched as the surface of the board pulsed and rippled in the chamber. A power hungry glow appeared in his eye.
"Thank, General….but I'm afraid, the truth is," Victor turned to face the General as he stood off to the side, "That, sometimes, Reed is right."
"Hey, you, come here," Ben said to the guard that stood just outside the heavy metal door of their room, "Let me ask you something."
The five of them ran down the hall only to find a heavy stone door flying down the hall. Sue ducked to the side and rolled across the floor. Johnny grabbed Elena quickly and tucked her into his chest as he pulled them to the ground.
"Awww, crap," Ben said whist the door flew straight at him. Johnny, Elena and Sue all hopped up and looked around.
"Ben!" Johnny and Elena shouted while switching their powers back. Ben pushed the stone away form the wall and watched as it fell to the ground.
Ben managed to pry himself out of the wall, "Ow, okay, that one hurt."
"Where's Reed?" Sue asked as she looked around the hallway to try and find him.
"Back here," Reed's voice was muffled and sounded as if his mouth was not in its normal shape. Ben moved away and the group saw a very flattened Reed. He was pressed flush against the wall and he was very lucky that he had his powers, otherwise he would've been killed. Elena watched as he pulled away from the wall and he returned to normal shape.
Sue, Johnny, Elena turned and ran down the hall as the other two followed behind. The room was trashed, everything was either shattered or bent. The board? Gone.
"Reed!" Sue called as all sets of eyes focused on the body that used to be the General. Half of his body was missing as he was frozen in a kneeling position on the ground. Elena covered her mouth as she painfully gasped. No one deserved to die like that.
"Victor. We've got to get it back."
"We need to get the Surfer," Elena stated, "He's the only one who understands it's power."
"Even if we break him out of this place, how are we gonna catch up to Victor?" Ben walked around the room to change his position. Reed nodded as if he knew something no one else did.
"Leave that to me," Reed typed a code into his small tablet. The others, except Elena, were left standing in wonder as they saw that nothing happened, "Don't worry. It'll get here. Let's go get the Surfer."
Ben crashed through the wall that led to where the Surfer was being contained. The Surfer looked up form the ground at the team that walked through the hole in the wall.
"Halt! Don't move!" a guard yelled, "Stay where you are!" Sue raised her hand and trapped the two guards in bubbles. Ben smashed the glass doors that lead to the Surfer.
"Pal, this is the luckiest day of your life," Ben said. Elena immediately ran forward changing the straps into diamonds before shattering them. Once he was free, Reed stepped forward and looped the Surfer's arm over his shoulder to help him walk. Once Reed was comfortable, the six of them moved through the wall and into the hallway.
"What the hell is going on?" Danny stood in the middle of the hallway with his gun raised at the Fantastic Five plus Silver Surfer, "Where is General Hagar?" Danny yelled.
"He's dead," Reed answered. Danny lost his stance for a moment before quickly recovering.
"If we don't get him outta here, we're all gonna be," Ben explained, trying to hurry the conversation up so they could get out
Elena took a step forward, drawing Johnny and the Surfer's gaze with her, "Danny," she started, "The world is literally at stake here. You have to trust us," she paused for a moment, "Please."
"We need to get to the roof. It should be here by now," Reed hurried up the stairs as fast as he could with a person leaning on him. Ben threw the door open when he reached the top of the winding staircase.
"What should be here?" Ben asked.
"Is it even ready?" Elena turned to Reed. The team all ran through the snow and onto the roof. They gazed in wonder at what looked to be a hovercraft flew around the band and landed in front of them.
"Holy crap," Ben gasped.
Johnny turned around and looked at Reed, "Reed," he said before running off to inspect the hovercraft in full detail, "This is by far the coolest thing you have ever done!" he yelled as he ran impatiently up the ramp to the craft. Johnny jumped up and down while he laughed as he got a better look at it. Elena smiled at his actions while the engine revved in the front as he looked at it, "Hemi?" he asked.
"Of course," Elena had rushed over to Reed and helped support the Surfer, "Okay, Ben, you get inside. Johnny, you fly behind us."
Johnny shook his head, "Oh dude, you gotta let me fly this thing."
"Forget about it. I'm the best pilot here. I should drive," Ben argued.
"Are you serious?" Johnny joked, "We'll be lucky if this thing can carry you!"
"I can fly circles around you blindfolded!"
"Ah, SHUT UP!" Elena yelled, startling everyone who stood there.
"And move it! I'm driving," Reed firmly said.
Ben and Johnny exchanged a glance before moving to get into the hovercraft. Elena and Reed helped the Surfer into one of the three seats in the center section, which Sue took the third seat. Ben took the back and Reed took the front. Johnny went next to Elena and looked at her.
"I'll follow next to you, okay?" Johnny asked as she strapped herself in. She nodded and looked up at him.
"I'll be alright," she gave him a sly wink before settling back in her seat as Reed started the hovercraft and flew up with Johnny close behind them.
"Okay, we're officially enemies of the United States of America, Victor is out there somewhere with unlimited power and we've got a giant intergalactic force that's about to destroy our planet in less than 24 hours. Did I miss anything?" Ben repeated everything that was happening into the comms that linked everyone together.
"I've got a lock on Victor's energy trail," Reed said, "He's headed over Southeast China."
Elena glanced over at Johnny who was flying next to her, he had a look in his flaming eyes that made her softly smile at him. Reed sped up as he drove through the energy trail he found. Elena watched on her screen, tracing the energy source through the air.
"Norrin Radd," the Surfer suddenly spoke, Elena perked up form where she was looking at her monitor and looked at the grey man.
"What?" She asked gaining Sue's attention, both looked at him expectantly.
"I was once called Norrin Radd," the Surfer replied as Johnny eased back to fly closer to Elena.
"Norrin, we're gonna need your help to save our world. Do you understand?" Norrin nodded before looking over at Elena. She looked so much like his love, that it almost hurt. The gash on her head was well protected by her diamond abilities, something he learned quickly through her mind.
Reed watched as Victor's energy trail disappeared from the screen. He shook his head in disbelief just moment before a wave of energy rocked the hovercraft. Elena was thrown against her restraints making her release a yelp.
"Whoa! What the hell was that?" Ben asked as Reed looked above everyone to see Victor fly over them.
"Victor! The board is drawing the Destroyer here! You have to give it up!" Reed yelled as if it would actually do anything.
"You know, I've never been the giving type, Reed," Victor replied. Reed yelled a quick 'hold on' before steering the craft down in evasive maneuvers to try and loose Victor. Elena held on and watched the screen as it displayed the route Reed was trying to take. Johnny flipped in midair to face Victor. He flew towards him at full speed but Victor easily countered it by using the water underneath them to 'douse him.' Johnny yelled and flipped through the air.
Victor aimed his force at the craft and created a crafter under them before quickly filling it back up with water again. This caused a huge shock wave to travel through the Hemi and rock it while it flew.
"We're sitting ducks!" Ben yelled.
"We're gonna have to split up!" Reed yelled back slamming his fist done on a red button on the console of the craft.
"What?!" Sue and Elena yelled.
"This ought to be fun."
Propellers and compartments appeared and opened all around the craft. Elena and Sue watched as a steering mechanism appeared which Sue took in her hands as she prepared to fly herself.
"Stay close to me, Sue!" Reed yelled as the craft separated into three sections which all flew on their own.
Sue just only managed to pull up as their section began to nosedive to the Earth. Elena felt Victor move behind them and seconds later the rock face in front of them came tumbling down. Elena and Sue let out a quick scream before miraculously making it out to follow Reed's pod. Elena turned back and looked at Victor who was able to damage the Great Stone Wall of China with one flick of his hand. The shards of bricks came flying through the air, directly at Reed. He was able to take precautionary measure to swerve around the bricks.
"He's really pissing me off!" Sue yelled. Another section of the wall was demolished as Victor clenched his fists together. Sue wasn't able to dodge the blast in time. Knowing he had to help them, Reed stretched his arm out and yanked it back towards him. The pod containing Sue, Elena and the Surfer was yanked towards Reed and out of the way.
"Surf's up, metalhead!" Ben yelled making Victor turn quickly and watched with wide eyes as Ben flew closer to him. He held his arm out and Victor ran right into it, causing him to turn off course and flip through the air. Once he was stable again, Reed flew directly up to him and hovered in the air.
"Victor! Only the Surfer can stop the Destroyer! But he needs his board!" Reed tried yet again to reason with Victor but it seemed to only push him further.
"Come and get it, Richards."
"Victor!" Johnny yelled, he turned to se that each pod was strategically placed around him with Johnny on his tail.
"Let's all go for a spin!" Victor cried out as he began to spin in the air. A massive surge of all was created as each pod was sucked into it with Johnny not far behind. Elena screamed as she gripped her restraints.
As they exited the air sure, they were sent hurtling through the air and towards a brightly lit town. Two pods crashed in the in the same street as they skidded across the ground. Elena gripped her restraints tighter as she was knocked around, before finally deciding to jump out of the pod and roll to a painful stop on the concrete. Sue groaned as she looked at the seats next to her, completely empty.
Elena struggled to her feet as she kept her eyes strained on the surroundings. She saw the Surfer as he stood in the middle of a group of people while they stared and gawked at him as he turned to face them. Elena struggled her way over only to freeze. The Surfer gazed up upon Victor who materialized a long spear in his hand. Elena followed his gaze forcing her into a run into his direction. The distance between the two only seemed to grow as she ran faster, flames licking her feet and hair.
"Norrin!" she yelled. The Surfer displayed no emotion as Victor arched his hand back to throw it. Reed and Sue threw off their restraints and ran towards the two while watching Elena run.
"Catch," Victor stated with malice woven tightly into his words as the spear left his hand. Elena's skin changed into diamonds as she made her decision. Her feet carried her merely inches in front of Norrin as the spear that was meant for the Surfer, pierced her chest.
AN: I MADE IT SHORT TO PISS YOU ALL OFF! HAHAHA! CLIFFHANGER! I'm getting close to the last few chapters. I'm purely sticking to the movies so there won't really be a long after story, only this. It's called a slow burn for a reason.
Recommendation! Make a sad ass playlist for the next chapter!
Xoxo - Scar