Malice has had enough!

Staring out of the open hanger bay with the fantasticar nowhere in sight, Malice sneered, her eye and hands twitching in barely restrained rage before she screamed out loud, her powers crushing everything around her like the giant invisible hands of a child lashing out in a tantrum. Walls buckled, spare vehicles still being repaired imploded from incredible pressure, while fuel drums, cannisters and containers met the same fate as a crushed empty can of soda. Lights exploded from the ceiling and the walls buckled just as Malice stopped. Stopped, but far from calm. Turning on her heel, she left the ruined landing bay and returned to the lab.

There she found the vampire and Latvarian Queen overseeing their recaptured prises, keeping the Richards family in place on one side of the lab while the Susans from alternate realities were contained on the other. And between both groups was the Cat-burglar, her arms and legs splayed out with invisible shackles and blades of shadow pointed at her most vital spots.

“COME OVER HERE SO I CAN EAT YOUR EYES!” Hissed the alien Susan, snarling and snapping at Malice who entered the room, impotent in her struggles to break free in her blind rage. “I’LL RIP YOU APART!”

“I’LL FUCKING KILL YOU! I’LL KILL ALL OF YOU!” Roared the she-wendigo, her voice bellowing out like a bear at the three looking up at her and the others. Looking to the returned Malice, the two women in the evil triumvirate shared a look of disappointment to find her empty handed.

“They escaped…”

Breathing in sharply, Susan Von Doom closed her eyes and crossed her arms, looking back at the red and black leather clad woman with restrained contempt while the energy drainer floated in a bubble of invisible light behind her. “Then we shall find them, the Susan of this universe is NEEDED if we are to navigate universes in our favour.”

“They will likely head to this universe’s ‘hero’ agency for assistance, in my universe they were called the Thunderbolts…”

“I believe here, they are called the Avengers, how quaint.”

“You’re in a LOT of trouble NOW ladies!” Accused Franklin, struggling to break free of his shackles as the vampire made a simple gesture with her hand and brought the boy and his sister closer to be addressed. “When our mom gets back, she and the Avengers are going to kick your ASS.”

The moment the boy was close enough to see the pale woman face to face, he tried to keep up a brave front looking into the blood red eyes of the woman that shared his mother’s face… Until it all completely shattered when she gripped at his face, hissing like a viper and stretching her mouth impossibly wide to encompass his entire head in her jaws, her teeth razer sharp as her tongue licked at his cheek. When she pulled away and closed her mouth, her glowing red eyes burned with satisfaction at the sight of the terrified boy whimpering at the sight of her.

“I LOVE children did you know that?” She purred, tracing a gloved finger under his chin to wipe at his tears, while Valaria cried nearby. “Your blood is always the sweetest when it’s laced with fear.”

“PLEASE sister, don’t play with your food.”

Turning her attention to the Latvarian queen and back to the two children, the vampire turned on her heel and diverted her eye to the other Susans hanging nearby, particularly the cat-burglar who growled like an angry cat back at her. “Fine then, tell me kitty cat, why did you feel it was wise to cross us?” Closing her hand tighter, the shadowy blades inched closer until they became too uncomfortable to ignore, piercing the latex of her costume and visibly looking painful until the woman answered.

“I was in it for the thrill… And the money…” Panted Susan, breathing more easily when the blades eased up on her. “But this…?”

She looked over the two frightened children whimpering a foot off the ground, the sight of Reed hanging by his arms **** with his head down, the front of his shirt stained as he continued to drip blood from his mouth and nose from the beating he was given, along with the rest of this world’s loved ones either bottled up like prisoners or driven insane with rage. “My Reed may not pay attention to me, but it never led me to beating him to a bloody pulp and torturing my own kids for shits and giggles! You’re SICK!”

Turning their attention to each other, the two of the three evil Susans shared a smile, before breaking out into laughter. The vampire hiding her fanged smile behind her gloved hand as her laugh diminished to a soft chuckle. “Oh, dear sister…”

“DON’T call me that.”

“DEAR… Sister… If you had our mindset, you’d see how… Parasitical it is to have children in our lives, such disgusting little urchins. MINE didn’t even satisfy my thirst, even after I fed off my former husband and my brother. Snacks really… Their corpses certainly made good furniture; I’ve been using Ben’s stony remains as a throne for years.”

“Oooh, such imagination.” Cooed Susan Von Doom. “I should take notes.”

Shimmying her shoulders, the vampiric Susan smiled back over to the Latvarian Queen. Then the sounds of the maddened Susans over their heads gave the two women a terrible idea. “I say… Did I ever tell you how I dealt with some of my most unruly subjects sister?”

“NO… Pray tell.”

“If you want your enemies to suffer the MOST, inflict their pain with a garnish of irony.” Gesturing with her hands, the succubus, Alien, Autobot, Wendigo and Sister of Battle struggled in her grasp as they were lowered and gathered in front of the vampire queen in front of them. Nodding to the vampire, the pale woman knew what she was getting at. Staring into the eyes of the wendigo snapping and snarling at her in mindless rage, the vampire began to stare into her, whispering honeyed words.

“Tell me… Who do you hate?”

“YOU…!”

Smiling more wickedly, the vampire continued. “No… You hate Susan Storm, the one who escaped, she’s the weakest of us… The COWARD who couldn’t fight her own battles, you’re not a coward… Are you?”

A guttural roar bellowed out by the beast woman, froth and drool dripping from her chops as she continued to stare into the vampire’s eyes. “Hate her! HATE HER! FUCKING COWARD! I’ll eat her ALIVE!”

“Ohh, I’d like to see… That?” Looking over to the energy drainer, Susan Von Doom gasped as it was plucked from the bubble of invisible light and pulled towards the hands of Malice behind them. “What are you doing sister?!”

Sneering back at the two women, Malice glared down at the device in her hands and turned it on, reversing the flow of the energy if it were ever fired. “I have grown tired of your machinations sister, we had victory, POWER in the palms of our hands and you decided to brandish it like one of the many jewels in your pocket. Power should be TAKEN!”

Aiming the energy drainer at herself, Malice grinned at the other two who watched on in shock, just as the trigger was pulled. The former cosmic powered Susan Storm blinked and looked up in horror when Malice took in all the comics radiation into herself. Stepping back, the vampire and queen looked on in horror as laughter filled the lab, followed by dark shadows that pooled and crept up the walls in defiance of the lights overhead. Franklin and Valaria looked away terrified, while the rest of the people hanging overhead were either still **** or horrified at what formed from the intense overflow of cosmic radiation. It’s presence so corrupting and traumatic, the floors began to rust and creak as if the entity before them was decay and rot personified. Looking up at Malice, the two Susans watched as a clawed hand let float the cosmic drainer in its palm and crushed it to bits, sprinkling the debris to the ground where the metallic pieces turned into living metal cockroaches and scurried off out of sight. Stomping towards the Latvarian Queen and the Vampiric woman, Malice’s shadow loomed over the two, suddenly filling the lab with a chill as their breath could be seen as a fine mist.

“This… This was not part of our plan sis- ACK!” Clutching at her throat, Susan Von Doom fell to her knees as insidious laughter echoed out and caused the overhead lights to flicker.

“I HaVe ChAnGeD ThE TeRmS Of ThE DeAl SiStEr… PrAy I Do NoT ChAnGe ThEm FuRtHeR…” Letting Von Doom go, the woman fell to her hands and knees and coughed out a deep breath, sitting up and moving away as the creature before her turned its gaze from her to the Vampire.

“Well?” Hissed the disembodied voice, filling their ears and minds with her intrusive voice as she pointed an elongated talon back at the still raging wendigo. “DoN’t StOp On My AcCoUnT. CoNtInUe…”

Swallowing hard, the vampire looked to her compatriot and slowly turned around to face the wendigo fully in her thrall, whisking the beast aside as she then turned her attention to the blood red succubus hissing back at her.

“Tell me sister… Who do you hate?”