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by Zeebop

Chapter 31

Days turned into weeks. The Fantastic Three grew increasingly frantic in their search. Alicia Masters spent most of the time with the children, and answered questions about "Where's mommy?" and "Is mommy ever coming home?" well as she could. Ben Grimm traveled around the world, h...

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Chapter 27

The Invisible Woman walked into the living quarters of the Baxter Building almost by instinct. H.E.R.B.I.E. nattered at her, electronic voice calm. The six-weeks pregnant heroine was asleep before she hit the bed. She slept a long time. when she woke up, H.E.R.B.I.E. was in full...

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Chapter 28

"Very well," Doctor Doom said. "Porkum dies. You have the word of Victor von Doom. But in exchange I demand...you." Sue Storm's heart stopped for a moment. "Me?" she said. "A relationship. An affair, if you will. You may maintain your pathetic sham of a marriage with Richards...

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Chapter 23

The piercing hurt more the next day. There was a little bit of dried blood. The Invisible Woman had spent some time looking up proper aftercare for piercings. How and when to wash them. She held an ice pack against her aching nose, and welcomed the numbness. Out on the streets,...

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Chapter 25

The Fantastic Four noticed the weight gain. Sue Storm's wardrobe changes to cover more of her figure. The increasing intensity of her workouts. The way she seemed to draw away from the family, more and more. In bed, Reed Richards had tried to touch her shoulder and she had flinch...

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Chapter 21

In the Baxter Building's living quarters, the Invisible Woman moved with a kind of languid grace. H.E.R.B.I.E. sat silent and still in their charging creche, the robot and most of the security systems temporarily deactivated. There would be no record as Sue Storm moved from room...

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Chapter 22

Weeks went by. Sue Storm smuggled Porkum's chemicals in. Worked them into clothes, bedsheets, food. Quietly dosing the family with the bio-contaminant, everyone except the children. She waited and watched, her corrupted mind eager to see what effect Porkum's material would have o...

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Chapter 22

The BluRay played in the Baxter Building's communication suite. Johnny Storm and Ben Grimm stood behind Reed Richards, who was seated at the console. Alicia Masters was with Franklin and Valeria. The three men watched grimly as Sue Storm worshipped her master's cock. Even with th...

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Chapter 23

The recording ended. Ben Grimm's stony lips ground like the San Andreas Fault. Johnny Storm's eyebrows were alight, the young man unable to control himself. Only Reed Richards gave no overt sign of his agitation. "The children are still safe with Agatha Harkness," he said. "Ben,...

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Chapter 24

"Pregnant?" Ben Grimm said. Reed Richards nodded. His face was almost as stony as his friends'. They watched through the monitor as Sue Storm slept in a hospital bed in the Baxter Building's clinic. Earlier, Mister Fantastic had told the children their mother had been attacked b...

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Chapter 23

Sensors devoted to detect dimensional incursions refocused. Artificial intelligences scoured the internet and darknet. Ben Grimm made a discreet meeting to Heroes for Hire, with a suitcase full of cash. Johnny Storm crisscrossed the skies of Manhattan, a special sensor about his...

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Chapter 24

"How is she?" Johnny Storm asked. Reed Richard's face was haggard. "She's resting. Physically healthy. The baby, too. She's almost due. Ready to give birth any time. Traces of temporal energy, they held her somewhere for the duration of the pregnancy. There are signs of...exces...

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Chapter 20

The portal in the rooftop hangar opened, and the Fantastic Four's interdimensional transport slid through and settled onto its landing gear. Three grimy adventurers into the unknown clambered down the ladder. There were bags under Reed and Johnny's eyes, the stubble on their chin...

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Chapter 23

"...and there were Doombots, Tony," Reed Richards finished his explanation. "Whatever's happened to Sue, Doom's behind it." Tony Stark was dressed in his latest version of the Iron Man armor, face plate open and eyes attentive as Mister Fantastic told his tale. Johnny Storm and...

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Chapter 23

"It's Doom," Reed Richards said. "I know," Strange said. Wong served tea. Ben Grimm was seated on the floor, playing with a spectral, talking basset hound. Johnny Storm paced, eyebrows alight, his whole manner agitated. The silver-haired Clea, in an elegant purple gown whose bl...

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Chapter 26

Reed Richards worked through the night. Contacting all of his allies. Already, he knew what his wife and Porkum had been up to. The superheroines they had suborned with Porkum's power. Those would be relatively easy enough to isolate and treat. His wife was the real problem. Espe...

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Chapter 21

Reed Richards' face fell as he stared at the screen. "What is it stretch?" Ben Grimm asked as he looked at his friend. "Sue. She's...I had her joint on all of my accounts. All the Baxter Building accounts. Our credit cards. I had centralized everything for better financial mana...

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Chapter 20

"Mommy? When can we come home?" Franklin's voice was plaintive. The Invisible Woman's heart leaped into her chest. "Your father gets home soon, dear," she said. "We...we have some things to work out. I'll let you know as soon as I do. I...have to go now. I love you." Not a wor...

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Chapter 24

At the Jean Grey Academy, a Franklin Richards celebrated his 18th birthday alone, putting the finishing touches on an essay for Prof. McCoy's biochemistry class. On the television in the small dorm, the news wsa playing, muted. He caught sight of his mother. She and Porkum were i...

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Chapter 25

A sensor pinged. Doctor Doom tapped a control, and a holographic screen lit up. Behind his mask, the Latverian monarch's scarred lips twisted into a smile. A dimensional rip. Not unusual for an X-Men compound. But the psionic signature matched Franklin Richards—and as his satell...