Reed, I know you. I'm glad you had fun.
Thank you.
Besides, it was nothing compared to what I did at my bachelorette party. Talk about wild.
No, you don't understand. So let me make it clear for you and your pack of freaks here. I'm the quarterback. You're on my team, got it? But I guess you never played football in high school, did you, Richards?
No, you're right, I didn't. I stayed inside and studied, like a good little nerd. And fifteen years later, I'm one of the greatest minds of the 21st century, I'm engaged to the hottest girl on the planet, and the big jock who played quarterback in high school? Well, he's standing right in front of me asking me for my help. And I say he's not gonna get a damn thing, unless he does exactly what I tell him, and starts treating my friends and me, with some respect.
[Pause]
Give him what he wants.
[The general storms off.]
I am so hot for you right now.
Me too. All right, Reed!
[Susan Storm has suddenly switched powers with her brother, and is floating outside a window, shouting at Reed. Reed sees her and responds in alarm.]
Sue! You're on fire!
[irate]
Ya think?!
Why are you destroying our planet?
I have no choice.
There’s always a choice.
Not always.
[restrained in the lab]
I know you are there.
[appears]
What's your name?
[no answer]
Come on. You must have a name. I'm Susan.
[still does not answer]
You said you weren't the one trying to destroy our world. Then who is?
The One I serve.
Who do you serve?
[does not answer]
Look, I'm trying to help you. But in order to do that, you have to tell me the truth. Please.
[the image of a ruined world appears on his stomach]
It is known by many names. My people called it... Galactus, the devourer of worlds. It must feed on energy to survive, both thermal and organic.
How could you willingly serve this thing?
Because I must.
Doesn't it bother you? All the worlds and innocent people you've helped destroy?
My service spares my world, and the one I love.
Did you know I could create a force field inside someone's body and expand it until they explode?
Give it your best shot.
[Reed is using his elastic power to stretch his thumbs across his PDA very quickly]
Ya'know, I've always been both impressed and disgusted at that.
Yeah, Sue says I'm addicted to it.
[To himself]
I wonder why she'd say that.
I've got to tell you though Ben, I'm starting to feel like a complete screw up.
Hey, you're not a complete screw-up.
Thank you.
Look kid. Its out of our hands, its up to the eggheads now.
You think Reed's right? About the whole end of the world thing?
He's never wrong about this kind of thing before.
[after a long silence]
Well, I haven't exactly been a deep kind of guy.
Really.
But if Reed's right and this is it... how do you wanna spend your last few minutes?
Part of me would like to go out fighting. [pauses] But the truth is, I'd like to spend my last few minutes holding Alicia.
[absentmindedly]
That sounds pretty good. [notices Ben's jealous stare] Not holding Alicia thing, that's, you know, your girlfriend, not mine, want nothing to do with her. [sees Ben's look getting worse] Not to say she's not attractive, she's very attractive, I mean, you know, so attractive. Even with the... [Johnny waves one of his hands infront of his face] can't even think of a guy that wouldn't want to–
[Ben pounds the table out of anger.]
What I meant, is that it's just nice to have somebody.
Well, you got me pal.
So, you and Alicia are doing well.
Heh-heh, yeah.
Yeah. So, how do you guys, uh...
Okay, okay! Let's just hope you don't wake up one morning to find out she was killed in a rock slide!
I'll show you a rock slide!
[Reed, Sue, Johnny, Ben, Hager, and the military are gathered in the building.]
What the hell was that?
We'll make adjustments. Next time, we'll be ready.
Next time? There's no next time. You can't handle this alone. That's why I'm bringing in some help.
General, if you bring in more soldiers and weaponry, you're gonna put innocent people in danger.
No more than you already have.
[Johnny stands up in surprise. As Sue looks shocked, Ben starts to get angry. They and Reed see Victor standing in front of them.]
Victor?
What's the matter? Afraid of ghosts?
[Enraged, Ben runs at Victor. Hager moves out of the way. Ben grabs Victor by the throat and slams him against a concrete wall. A soldier aims a gun at Ben and Victor.]
Since you're a ghost, you won't mind if I break your little neck.
Let him go.
[Points at Ben and Victor]
Don't you know who that is?
He's Victor von Doom. He's here under my orders.
[As Ben holds Victor by his throat, Hager turns to Reed. Reed turns to Ben and Victor.]
Ben, let him go.
[Ben lets go of Victor, who falls to his knees and coughs repeatedly.]
How is this possible? How are you still alive?
[Stands up]
No thanks to you four, that's for certain. [Wipes the dust off his jacket sleeve]
Von Doom's made contact with the alien. He's got valuable information.
Information that might just help save the planet. Now let's be clear about this, shall we? I hate you. All of you. But the world's at stake, and we need to work together to survive.
General, we know firsthand you trust Victor and you're gonna regret it.
So far, the only one I regretted trusting here is you, Richards.
Reed, don't agree to this.
Let's see what he's got.
