Fire Gem

Just Ask

"Ah, three down, two to go," a deep voice said. A smirk appeared behind a metal mask as a man watched an explosion from afar. The man wore a dark forest green hooded cloak, his hands and feet covered in metal boots and gloves to insure he was able to use his strength to its abilities.

The latch on the machine connected to Reed flipped, a gentle hissing sound escaping it. Reed's eyes looked around, trying to find what flipped the switch. The metal findings around his wrists were unscrewed and removed. The tank on the back of the chair started to move.

"Sue," he wheezed, she pressed and invisible finger to his lips.

"What has he down to you?" she asked while unscrewing his other bond.

"How romantic," A voice cooed form behind them making Sue gasp causing her to become visible.

"Victor, please," She said sidestepping beside Reed.

"Call me Doom."

"The machines works. It worked on Ben. It can work on you. We can turn you back," Sue said. Unbeknownst to everyone except Reed, light was emanating from his apartment.

"Do you really think fate turned us into gods so we could refuse these gifts?" Victor took a step closer to Sue.

"Victor, you always thought you were a god," Sue sassed, "Now back off."

"Susan, let's not fight," Victor teased.

"No, let's," she shot a blast of energy at him making him stumble backward and the window break behind him.

He looked up at her, "Susan, you're fired," he said as he shot a surge of electricity at her making Sue to fly through the air and hit the wall, "To think I was about to share my life with you," he walked past Reed and towards her. With a slight intake of breath she became invisible, causing him to exhale in frustration, "Marco..." his head moved from side to side, searching for signs for Sue, "Polo..." Victor still looked, "Marc—" Victor started to say but this time Sue cut him off with another surge of energy. She sent two more waves a him before he used electricity to stop. His arm shot out and grabbed her by the throat, "Did you say goodbye to your brother, Johnny?" he asked lifting her higher off the ground. On cue a female scream ripped through the building, the same scream that Reed heard when Victor was torturing him. Victor threw Susan to land next to Reed, the two shared a loving look, "It's time to end this," Sue looked up at Reed, panic visible in her face.

Then Ben crashed through the wall behind Victor, "No, Vic. It's clobberin' time!" his fist collided with Victor's chest, sending him flying back and against the wall. The wooden display fell and landed on him making Ben smile, "Damn, I've ben waiting to do that," he walked forwards and towards Reed and Sue, "Susie, you okay?" she quickly finished her work and released Reed, "Victor ain't that bad, huh? He's just a little larger than life, right?" Ben scoffed, "Maybe next time you'll listen to me before—" the lights suddenly went out, leaving them in darkness.

"Ben!" Sue warned as a figure ran towards him, pushing the both of them out of the window. They fell through the air and into a pool that happened to be on the roof of a building. They crashed through the glass ceiling and into the water, cracking the bottom of it. Ben landed a punch on Victor's shoulder, which caused the floor to cave in. The water fell through the cracks making it spill into the hallways, carrying Ben and Victor with them. The window at the end of the hall broke, allowing the water to fall onto the street below.

Ben and Victor crashed into a dumpster truck. The driver skidded to a stop, onlookers gasping as dents appeared in the side of the truck. The back of the truck gave way and Ben went flying through the air, landing in the windshield of an oncoming car. The women inside screamed as the car swerved around the road. When they finally did stop, Ben stood and looked back to the dumpster truck. The hatch slowly opened to reveal Victor.