The Agents of S.M.A.S.H. the Amazon, and the Kryptonian
Chapter 15 Fear Explanation
By: Major144
Disclaimer: I do not own anything. This is just a story for fun.
As Hulk went about calling Doctor Strange, Van and Diana asked Rick about, his fear of clowns.
"Well it all started, when I was a kid. My folks took me to a TV studio, where Obnoxio the Clown was filmed. They thought it would be fun to have m be part of the audience. When we got there we sat in the audience and watched as Obnoxio came out on stage, he asked for a few volunteers from the audience and me and a few other kids were picked out. We were all taken backstage, where Obnoxio and a bunch of other clowns put makeup on us, then they brought us back on stage and had us throw pies at some clowns. It was fun at first and then these clowns brought out this giant jack in the box and began to turn the handle. I was curious about what was in the box, so I got real close. Big mistake! The top of the box exploded into a bunch of sparkles and smoke, freaking me out and made me fall to my back hard. Out sprang Obnoxio laughing like crazy and all the other clowns started to laugh like crazy. My head was a little dizzy and all I saw were clowns laughing! I screamed, ran off the stage, and hid in the bathroom, until my parents found me." Explained Rick as he shivered a little.
Van and Diana exchanged a look of concern and then they both put a hand on one of Rick's shoulders.
"It's alright to be afraid Rick. We all have things we fear." Explained Diana.
"Yeah, but mine is pretty embarrassing." Admitted Rick.
"Well you take on scary things all the time and you manage to be brave." Said Van.
Rick thought this over and he began to see at what the two kids were getting at, when there was a flash of light and Doctor Strange appeared before the group.
"Thanks for coming Strange." Said Hulk.
"It was no trouble Hulk." Said Doctor Strange as he went over to Rick and touched his forehead with his fingers.
For several seconds nothing happened and then Doctor Strange removed his fingers from Rick's forehead.
"Well what's the verdict doc?" Asked Rick.
"I detected a large amount of dark energy coming from your subconscious and I believe it to be the cause of your nightmares becoming realistic." Said Doctor Strange.
"So how do we deal with it?" Asked Jenn.
"We must put Rick into a deep sleep and enter his mind through the dreamscape. There we must locate the source of the dark energy and defeat it." Explained Doctor Strange.
"Hate to break it to you guys, but it's not easy for me to just instantly fall to sleep." Said Rick.
"I can help with that." Said Red with a wicked grin as he cracked his knuckles.
"That won't be necessary." Said Doctor Strange as he waved a glowing hand at Rick.
Rick closed his eyes and instantly fell asleep on the couch.
"Your no fun." Grumbled Red.
"Now come we must hurry." Said Doctor Strange as he waved his hands in the air and the group vanished in a flash of light.
To be continued.