30 - Greater good is a concept that is hard for people to understand

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" You ordered for a missile towards my daughter while she was still talking and he wasn't even attacking ! " ; dad yelled at Hager . 

" Why would you even approve of it ? You have to stop acting like Victor's pet " ; mom said , equally angry . 

" We have the silver surfer in custody and that is the only thing that matters " ; Hager said unbothered . 

" I want to talk to him " ; I spoke up . 

" Won't be happening . Your work here is over and you will be put in a room where you will stay until I can say you go because we need to know what the silver surfer's plan is " ; Hager said . 

" And how do you think you are going to make him talk ? He doesn't understand a word of English ? And why would he even talk to you ? " ; I asked stepping up to Hager . 

" The device you made . Victor got another one from the lab , your lab " ; he replied . " We know about that . And the extracter " 

" The extracter is used to destabilize missiles and tanks " ; I snapped . 

" And Victor changed it a bit . Now it can extract powers , make him weak , so that he will talk " 

They were using my inventions in the worst way possible . 

" I can't wait to say I told you so when everything goes wrong  . I made the extracter for a good cause , to take down terrorist missiles and tanks . This , this is madness . After this , I will crush the company . Let's see where you get your weaponry from ! You can withdraw yourself from that deal . I don't care . I am sure Lydia will understand " ; I said to Hager . 

" Take them away " ; he said . 

We all were put in a room with a table and chairs . 

" This is horrible . He can't do this ! " ; Johnny said . 

" What else can we do ? "  ; Ben sighed . 

" I like Deputy Lydia better than this " ; I mumbled . 

She was Hager's boss and the reason why I had been allowed to help the army ever since I was a minor . She valued my creativity and ideas , above all , she was sweet and listened to what I had to say . 

" I still have the device and he still has it too . I can try to talk to him " ; I said . 

 " Don't " ; mom said . 

" Why not ? " ; I asked . 

" CCTV , these are special . They can read lips and transform them to words easily on screens . They are doing it right now " ; she said . 

I looked down " Can you get me out of here ? " 

" Sure " ; dad said . 

Johnny went to the door and opened it , talking to a rookie agent . Mom gave me some of her invisible powers and Ben Stood in front of the CCTV , just long enough for me to slip out through the door and run down the hallway . I spotted the experiment room and saw them using the extracter on the silver surfer . 

Victor was nowhere to be seen . 

They suddenly stopped the machine and all the experiments and walked out of the room and then I entered it through the walls cause I had matter manipulation powers . 

" Who is there ? " ; he asked . 

" Stacey " ; I replied . 

" Why can't I see you ? " 

" Told you , I have powers too " 

" Please make yourself visible to me . I need to see you " 

I did as he asked . 

" Why ? " 

" Why what Stacey ? " 

" Why do you need to see me to talk to me ? Why did you save me ? Why are you trying to destroy this planet ? Like , I get , way too corrupted people here , criminals , rude and evil people but there are still some who are good and kind " 

" I don't want to destroy this planet or any other planet but I have no other choice . If I don't , he will kill the people on my planet and my love . I have been away from her from decades , I promised her that I will come back to her after finishing my mission . When I saw you , you reminded me of her , I had to make sure you were okay " 

" Who is this he ? " 

" We call him galactus " 

" Space Mission Galactus ! " 

" What ? " 

" Years ago , my parents and uncles went to space to do some experiment and I presume to find this galactus , but they got superhero powers instead because of a space storm "

I looked around before adding . 

" You can have my powers and get out of here and complete your mission and go back to her . She misses you " 

" I cannot do that Stacey . I can't let you die " 

" She will ! If you don't do what he asks , she will ! " 

" There is another way . I can kill Galactus and then I will die and I will take him with me " 

" And what about her ? Hmmm ? She has been waiting for decades to come back to her ! You promised her and everyday she hopes that you keep your promise . She will miss you ! " 

" She will understand " 

" You have to complete your mission . Let this planet die . Don't do that to her . Greater good . The greater good for your planet " 

" She will understand . She will understand why I did , what I did . You remind me too much of her and I can't let either of you die . So , I will . I will stop Galactus " 

" Why ? We hurt you . My device has taken all of your powers , they tortured you " 

" Because people deserve to live , no matter who they are or what they do . They deserve to live so that they can be brought to justice for their crimes . And you , you deserve to live , to go on to do something great . Me sacrificing myself is my greater good " 

" This planet is going to be destroyed in 2 hours " ; he added . 

" we need to get you out of here - uh , what is your name ? " 

" Norman " 

" Well , Norman , we gotta go " ; I said as I took the extracter and gave him back his powers . 

" Come on " ; I led him out the room by his hand . 

I knocked out the guard in front of the room where the rest of my family was . 

" We have to go . Earth is ending in 2 hours and Norman needs his board back to stop Galactus " 

The base suddenly shook and lights flickered . 

" Victor " ; dad and I said together . 

We ran to the room where the board was kept and found the wall broken down , the board missing and Hager dead . 

" I . TOLD . YOU . SO ! " ; I yelled at his dead body . " You listen to me ! mE ! When I bloody say something ! " 

" Too late now kid , let's go " ; Ben said . 

" I told you so " ; I whispered again . 

" Stacey ! Let's go ! " ; dad said . 

" Yeah yeah " 




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