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The French have an expression called Infant terrible! It means a child who does dreadful things! But this child is so powerful, that anything he does could cause a catastrophe!
Benjamin, why don't you take up a hobby? Something that will keep you out of here while I'm working?
His preoccupation with computers-- his detailed, seemingly foolproof plan-- his knowledge of scientific programming-- his complex, yet brilliantly executed moves-- It all adds up to one diabolically dangerous figure... The Mad Thinker!!
And now, by the authority vested in me – by nobody in particular – I most warmly welcome you to the rollicking ranks of the fabulous free-wheeling Fantastic Four!
It's a strange paradoxical world we live in... a man can be arrested for illegal parking... but there's actually no law against trying to conquer the planet!
After all these years... All our adventures... We're still together... We're still a team! The Greatest Team Ever!
I have the power within my own body! The power to stretch -- to alter my shape! The reason they call me -- Mr. Fantastic!
...having one afternoon to whip up a device to defrost an entire rampaging glacier isn't exactly my idea of child's play.
The Fantastic Four has never given up hope before ... We're not stopping now. If there's a way out of this, so help me - - I'll find it.
We've got to get to the bottom of his strange powers -- learn how to control them... After all, Sue, He's our only son.
You'll have to do better than that, Doom. You'll find Mr. Fantastic more than a match for you every time.
We are undeniably in dire straits. I beg you to keep a cool head until I can calculate some way of alleviating the situation.
Marriage is not easy, John -- it takes more love, effort, and understanding than you may think you have. But making it work is an experience greater than you could imagine!
All my life I've explored the wonders of the universe, yet what could be more wondrous than life itself?
I don't know how you managed to breach our defenses or mimic my powers -- but I swear that you will live to regret this attack!
And I'm afraid that as long as Mrs. Mason desires to remain in her present condition-- --even unconsciously-- --there is no way known to man that can reverse the situation!
Ugh!! The momentum of your fall yanked me off my feet! Are you sure you only weigh seven hundred pounds?!?
Maybe not "never," Johnny... But not anytime too soon. And even though we can't see him -- -- or even detect him -- -- I'm not convinced he's not out there somewhere... watching.
The Red Ghost and the Super-Apes were exposed to the same cosmic radiation that gave us our incredible powers. If their genetic makeups have begun to merge -- -- both in terms of personalities as well as abilities -- -- is it possible that the Fantastic Four could suffer a similar fate?
Chief Anderson must have sacrificed herself to stop them. And by doing so, she may well have also saved her nation.
Knowing the Watcher as we do, there are devices in his collection which may make the Kree unbeatable. Which is why we have to stop him -- whatever the cost!
The only logical explanation is that we've moved in time -- either to the future, or some parallel dimension.
I don't believe it. I'm Richard Reed, leader of the Tetrad, the toughest criminal crew in Shadow City! That's a lie.
What's your game, Lockdown? Or is that it? That this entire reality is nothing more than a game? But for whose amusement? Are you just one of the pawns... ...or are you the player?
You see, Franklin, our abilities are a gift. But with that gift comes responsibility -- -- to use our abilities to defend humanity and our world against harm.
He stripped Doom of his armor......and encased me in it. But if he thinks I'm trapped, he's in for a rude shock. Whatever it takes, I swear I'll find a way to beat him, and regain my freedom!
If he's as essential to the well-being of your world as you maintain, we need to find him, and restore the proper status quo between him and me.
You want to buy Pier Four with all the machinery, inventions and miscellaneous material it contains? That's your deal?
You represent the past, Diablo. The superstition of the dark ages. Won't you ever understand that this is the present, the time of science, of reason?
It's just a guess, old friend, but if I'm right, we could be up against the greatest threat we've ever faced!
Don't ever be sorry, Robert. You were the first of us... And the best... and we're going to have to lose you again... You were the best man I ever knew...
Should Abraxas reach the Nullifier before we do -- -- he can obliterate all the combined realities of the Multiverse -- and there will be nothing we can do to stop him!
You have severely underestimated us, Annihilus! Our mortal bodies may seem frail and weak compared to yours-- --but the human spirit can never truly be conquered!
Now Doom has it all! Now Doom can strike as never before! Now Doom's unspeakable ambitions can be fulfilled!
And let everyone sleep -- save Galactus and the Watcher. Let Doom be back in Latveria. And when the world awakes, let there be no memory of the horror that has ensued. That's all. There's nothing more -- I can do.
You saved the lives of the two most important women in the world to me. Don't forget that -- I never will. And that's why Sue and I want you to be Valeria's godfather.
They're not just mere distorted replications of your physical structure......they're manifesting garbled caricatures of your personality...!
Listen... you can't change back to your original, flesh-and-blood body anymore, Ben. That power is gone, now. I'm sorry...
Because maybe by turning his friends into celebrities... ...he could be forgiven for taking their normal lives away. Someday.
I understand your longing, Modulus... but you will never know the love I have for my family. For my son.
He knows. That's why he put me in here. He knows. He knows that I can't understand any of this! Franklin... all of you... I'm sorry. I can't save you. I'm not smart enough.
You'll never rise above mediocrity. Never. Not until you admit that you answer to resources greater than yourself.
We're in charge because we're responsible. We have to undo Victor's damage. And I say that when he does rise again, he finds we've left him with nothing. Nothing.
...even though when it came to protecting our children from Victor, you were utterly useless. No... less than useless. Oh, well. At least they have a father they can count on.
We traveled to the stars and flew through a storm of cosmic energy...we became something more than human, but we were still the same people. We still are.
You may tell your boss that we're tremendously honored by his gracious gesture-- but we're not yet done exploring. What gives this family its purpose and its joy isn't the destination... it's the journey.
And one of last things he said to me: "If you ever find yourself falling, Reed--and you will, life's one big free-fall--believe that somewhere, somehow......there will be someone there to catch you.
I've come to learn that, like any energy, the cosmic radiation inside us can't be created or destroyed. It can, however, be... reassigned.
We have to get to Johnny (A) before Galactus forces him into finding and condemning an inhabited world, or worse, (B)......before Johnny exhausts Galactus's patience.
Without our own dreams, we can't sleep properly. As the condition worsens, we'll become more irritable and less able to think clearly. It'll only be a matter of time before someone gets hurt, or hurts others--seriously, if not fatally.
It's nothing to do with destinies or desires, nothing supernatural about it. It's a random factor that no one could have anticipated... because it is almost beyond belief. The question now becomes... what do I do about it?
Peter, Ethan Edwards is a skrull. His father created the Super-Skrull......and his son is here to conquer the world!
Amazing...he must have used the cosmic rays as a carrier signal to teleport in... which requires a level of intelligence many orders of magnitude beyond our own--
Are you saying that we... you, and I... that our desire to understand... was the spark that lit the fire of creation?
Some things, it seems, are too big for the human mind to retain for very long. But I remember the moments. I remember the important things. And that's all that matters. The moments.
I've always worked hard to ensure that Ben would want for nothing. The different now is that he is controlling the purse strings.
Time and time again, your anger and power have threatened the entire planet. So when we learned that Fury sent you into space, we had to seize the opportunity. I have always thought of us as friends, Bruce, so I am truly, genuinely sorry. But for your sake and ours, we're sending you away. It's the only way we can be sure.
Absolutely, general. We've all realized this is much bigger than any one of us. Nothing is more important. We've put our personal lives on hold. Happily, I might add.
Odd. I'm not sure if it's organic, but...it doesn't appear to be entirely synthetic either. Fascinating.
Take away the law, and what are we? Savages, up to our necks in blood. The law is the law, Peter. I support it because I honestly believe we have to support it, no matter what.
Lack of understanding leads to fear. That fear is already there, festering. Without the law, what comes next is too horrible to -- the law is absolutely necessary.
Each one of us will have a gem. And never ever shall we use them. You will hide them from everything and everyone. We will be their protectors. None of us will know where the others have hidden them. It is the only way to keep them safe.
Simply put, Plan Vol 1 101 is "Fix everything." End hunger, poverty, disease and war. Increase freedom. Maximum potential, both individually and collectively. Create opportunities to challenge and enrich the human spirit.
We're thirteen years in the past, honey. In fact, if you look outside that window you'll see us just about to bump into one another. Can you see yourself over there with the green umbrella? ...And here's me smoking that ridiculous pipe. A ringside view of the first time we laid eyes on one another as adults. I love you, Susan. More than anything in the world. Happy Anniversary, darling.
This man is innocent of your crimes. If you know anything about me, you know my answer. There's always another way. And we're going to teach you.
This was the world that I had created. I know what I have to do to fix it...to make things right. There's no problem that can't be solved.
What is the true cost of a man's mistakes? What is the purpose of my life? How can I save my world in these dark times? And the one that changed everything: Who else seeks the answers to these same questions?
I've weighed all the options and I think that I can do the most good with the council. So if you'll have me, I'd like to join... I believe I belong here.
Still... a man-made city raised from deep within the earth, run by super-genius devolved monsters... You don't see that every day.
It's simple, Johnny. You ask yourself a question... What is it you stand for? When you can answer that, then you'll know.
We'll say farewell under the eye of the sun, where he will now rest for all eternity. Some souls burn brighter than others. Sometimes with the power of a million exploding suns. But in the end, the sun sets for us all. It always sets for each and every one of us. But the sun always rises. And every time it does, Sentry... I will always think of you.
So we'll begin here... with you and me. With a new focus for your ongoing and never-ending education. Our curriculum wil start at survival and end at the edge of an eternal tommorrow. The rules are simple... I teach one class, and it's pass or fail. Welcome to the Future Foundation... Together, there is nothing we can't do.
You have cancer, Mr. Sykes. In your pancreas, lungs, stomach...it's spreading too rapidly for treatment. I believe you had it prior to the accident, but the poisons you ingested...it has mutated. It's just...it's like nothing I've seen. ... Hard to be sure [you have] one month [left]...maybe two.
I've encountered the most amazing things in many a universe. Wonders that people could never imagine in their wildest dreams. But for someone like you to love me never fails to astound me, Susan.
We took the Infinity Gems out of circulation. ... For safekeeping. Because every time someone tried to put them together -- to create the Infinity Gauntlet -- Earth, our existence, held on by a thread. We simply took that option off the table.
But they are also not me. They do not have families or friends. They only have each other and their cause. They push worlds around and rebuild suns... This is much, much worse than any of you could have ever imagined.
But if we're only gone a few minutes-- Then we will ensure the Earth has a Four to stand for it. A minute, a second, a lifetime-- we do not leave the Earth unprotected.
Everything dies. You, me. Everyone on this planet. Our sun. Our galaxy. And, eventually, the universe itself. This is simply how things are. It's inevitable. And I accept it.
You might have a few billion years on me and mine, sure... But I'm Reed Richards. Nobody's smarter than me.
My dearest Valeria... today, I am filled with regrets, but I've so very little time for them. Almost none at all. I see many potential outcomes for the near future-- some optimistic, others less so... and it would pain me greatly if by some unfortunate series of events I was robbed not just of you, but of the privilege of continuing your education. Ad as I cannot control the former, this is a record of the latter-- all that I know. It is my hope that you will use my experiences--these lessons--to ease the transition into what you will one day become. It is my every expectation that you will be something much more than I was. Always endeavor to be your very best.
The thing about endgames is this... it's really two strategies in one. First you show them what they guessed might have been coming. And then... you show them what they didn't.
Over the past months we have all paid. But while you were playing hero, we were playing God. Our costs were much, much higher.
The problem with your plan, Quiet Man... You put our downfall togather like a scientist: Not with a plan but as a formula. Maybe because of what you lack mentally-- And by that I mean you're crazy-- But you didn't think to account for our personalities. The inner strength that my family has, that I've seen grow with us through the years. You forgot to include that in your calculus. If we're down, we rise. If we fail, we try again. If we lose the battle, we win the war. And that is what makes us... the Fantastic Four!
You spend your entire life looking for that one perfect someone, and when you find her, you think you'll never love anything more... Then you have children, and realize what a fool you were to believe that. And now, I have lost everything. We have all lost everything. My entire life I believed in better days. I believed in tomorrow. I hid that belief in my heart--A stronghold against a world that devours hope. But now the walls have fallen. I have been overrun. And I hope... I believe... In nothing.
I learned that the difference between living and dying is managing fear. Not being afraid so afraid of losing the things you love that you hold them too tight. I used to believe in universal contraction. Entropy and the end of all things. Well, I changed my mind. I'm letting go. Because now I believe in expansion. I believe we endure. Don't you see? Everything lives.
Ben, if it's just you and Johnny left, I have a favor to ask you... explore. Don't stop. You may not think you need it, but you do. And Johnny certainly does. The Multiverse is grand and the four of us only scratched the surface.
The FF aren't a building, Johnny. Or matching outfits. Or even a team. We're a family. And that will never change.
Well, I suppose for you then, the question is... is your faith in the interpreted word of God? Or is it in what God has taught you? The moral center he's given you?
This man amplified that fateful cosmic storm... he weaponized it -- and attacked our ship! He created the Fantastic Four!
The FF! The Unparalleled! The Monster Mob! We must all work as one! There's no time to argue! Follow my lead!
The Kree/Skrull War is over. One side must have finally prevailed, or... No... They couldn't possibly be at peace, could they?
And, Valeria, there's something you should know. Logan and Spider-Man were summoned to complete the roster. No one else came because no one else was needed. The program recognized that two members of the FF were already on duty. Your adventure isn't over. That was round one, and all that mattters is that you get back up and try again. You're my son. My daughter. I have complete faith that you'll do your best, make me proud... and be nothing short of Fantastic!
I'm sorry, Ben...But there's a reason for that. He physically can't produce teardrops. As long he stays a Human Torch...Johnny Storm doesn't get to cry.
Yet whenever I find myself lost in despair... I think of Sue. Who inspires bravery in everyone she meets. She's the strongest person I know... the most fearless. To the public, her contributions are often overlooked... but to those who know and love her... Sue is the most powerful of us all. Because she's always pushed the boundaries of what is possible... precisely because she doesn't know the meaning of defeat.
These may be the only Doombots Victor's ever built... that have killing us as their secondary directive.
So, as I was saying, Jamie...every family gets into their own messy situations. How about we have a proper get together where neither of us have to worry about hosting?
I often try to reason it out--why my kind seem to evade death, even after the fact. It feels sometimes like it's almost proof of a higher power, or someone who needs us to live to stop what's coming. To fight the good fight. I think... if ever there was a candidate to come back and fight the good fight... it's Matt Murdock.
Ironic. In exchange for giving her a human life, Death promised to tell us how our world would end. How it would happen in our lifetimes. Now that he's returned... I wonder if Thanos might play an instrumental role in our impending annihilation.
I learned that the difference between living and dying is managing fear. Not being so afraid of losing the things you love that you hold them too tight. I used to believe in universal contraction. Entropy and the end of all things. Well, I changed my mind. I'm letting go. Because now I believe in expansion. I believe we endure. Don't you see? Everything lives.
The FF aren't a building, Johnny. Or matching outfits. Or even a team. We're a family. And that will never change.
My father told me. He used to work here for a while with Howard Stark. Some secret-society, clandestine job with the unseen architechs of history.
A single glimpse of this advanced technology -- combined with the seemingly infinite amount of it -- leaves no doubt of where we are, Superman. This is Galactus's ship!
Order. Chaos. Eternity. Infinity. The In-Betweener. They're abstractions. Concepts manifesting themselves as entities.
Builder | Yo...you...you don't understand... This...this...means...everything dies. |
Thor | You first.[1] |
Caretaker | Unforeseen complications, Builders...this world resists. |
Builders | They all resist.[2] |
Captain America | Understand, people, this is real, it's headed our way, and it's scary enough to make space empires scramble. Ex Nihilo. These people--your Builders--created you and your sister, Abyss. What chance would we have if they make it to Earth? |
Ex Nihilo | Captain, the measuring of probabilities is-- |
Abyss | The answer is none. If that fleet reaches this system, the next step in human evolution is extinction.[2] |
Kl'rt | I have received grave news, fellow warlords...the invaders have claimed another world. Two hundred billion souls...gone. |
My'rl | And did you summon us here to prattle while Skrull warriors die...or are we going to meet them in battle? |
Kl'rt | You think I run from glory, My'rl? If there was glory to be had, I would surely beat you there. No, you are here because...there is going to be a gathering. A war council on Nomad. Word has spread of this invading fleet. I wish for us to go in the hopes we can...prevent what looks inevitable.[3] |
Gladiator | NO!! |
Supreme Intelligence | Probablility of survival approaching zero if we do not withdraw from this theater. We've lost a third of the fleet in under a minute. |
Ronan | We have to retreat. Now! Run! RUN! RUN![3] |
Jerran Ko | Well, when I die, I will be gone forever. And it seems in death, our masters see fit to make a mockery of all that I have done and all I am. |
Aleph | Declarative: Triumph before all, Jerran Ko. Declarative: Complete your maker's commands...in defeat, at the very least, we wound. |
Jerran Ko | I remember a time when this symbol on my chest meant life. Record my words for the code, Aleph...tell everyone that Jerran Ko said those were better days...and that they are now long gone.[4] |
Builders | What we want is the preservation of our universe. What we want...is to destroy a world. Earth. |
J'son | What? I knew it! All of this...over a useless, backwater...I...I could give you Earth. I believe I could do that if it means you would leave my empire alone. I would do that if it would stop this war now. |
Builders | Oh, you insignificant creature...this is not a war, it is a cleansing...[5] |
Ex Nihila | You must leave as well, Creator...this ship will not last long against the great weapons. |
Builders | We have been stung here today...it is an insult I will not forget. Scuttle the ship. Then join the third wing in the battle. Make your end mean something, Ex Nihila.[6] |
Ronan | There are hundreds of Council ships in orbit around Hala. Ships that defeated your fleet. Ships contained by great warriors who certainly see the military significance of this empire and are not afraid to act on it. Why do you stay? |
Builder | Because this is my world. Because you bent the knee. And you do not realize your position...Supremor. Tell your Accuser how beaten we Builders are. Tell him what happens next. |
Supreme Intelligence | Based on observed behavior...99.7% chance that the scattered Builder fleet reassembles. Reassembly a certainty, there is a 72.5% chance that the Builder fleet continues on along their previously projected path. There is a 27% chance that the Builder fleet returns to deal with the remaining Council armada. Such a conflict would result in Council defeat in 83.2% of simulated battles. |
Builder | Yes. And under all of these scenarios, what is the projected percentage that you Kree remain under Builder control? |
Supreme Intelligence | Assuming natural attrition of insignificant worlds and prioritizing the significant world groups...70.1%. |
Builder | I stay...because this world is mine.[7] |
Annihilus | Hssssssss! |
Gladiator | The drones are attacking one another. I can't believe...that was...that was it...our last gambit. Our final effort. All we had left. Mentor, summon my son. Rally all the Super- and Subguardians. |
Mentor | Majestor-- |
Gladiator | No. Not Majestor...I will die as I lived. As Gladiator, praetor of the Imperial Guard. This is the end, my friend...unless saved by some unforeseen miracle, we die...and I would face it head-on.[8] |
Captain Universe | Why? When did death become your way, my child...? Even when you stopped worshipping me, you revered life...why this? |
Builders | Because the universe is dying. |
Captain Universe | I know. |
Builders | All the universes are dying, and there's only one way to save this one. Destroy the axis point...and perhaps save them all.[8] |
Builders | You must know by now that the Earth is the axis point for the death of everything...you must know what conclusion must be drawn from this fact. |
Reed Richards | No, that's not true. The cascading effect of other dying universes is increasing. The rate of all things dying. Killing a single Earth is like comparing a pebble to a planet. You're thinking too small. |
Builders | Oh, I agree. Incrementalism is a waste a time, but ask yourself...what if we killed all the Earths? All of them. We believe that would save everything, and if not save it, then at least prolong it, perserving a more natural end to our existence.[9] |
Oracle | Take a look. |
Captain America | Whose idea was that? Why would-- |
Oracle | Why? This war was not won by an empire, ours or any other. It was not won by the Council, who broke. No, every time the battle turned, it was you Earthers, you...Avengers...that won the day. You held at the Behemoth...you turned the World Killers on their masters over Hala...and then you broke the enemy with a single man and a hammer that was thrown around the sun...we rallied to you, good Captain. We rallied to your standard...Dockrum VII is free again...and it is an Avengers World.[10] |
Black Swan | And just how did you solve this incursion, Reed Richards? |
Iron Man | We didn't have to. |
Black Swan | You're making my point for me. |
Beast | Actually, it's interesting...they were a multi-universal, ancient civilization called Builders. Who it seemed-- |
Black Swan | HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! The Builders, you say...how very ominous. That is indeed some threat. |
Iron Man | I don't think you understand what we're talking about. Perhaps you don't know what all we--and our friends--have just been through. |
Black Swan | System-creating, universal migrants. Creators and Engineers...more than capable of destroying worlds. Did you not find it strange that they were limited in how they moved throughout your universe? That a race so advanced was limited to traveling in what was essentially a straight line? It's because their vessels were not built for traveling great distances outside of their Superflow. See...they invested heavily in their conduit, and now without it, they are trapped and unable to elude Rabum Alal--just like you, just like me. Tell me, Stark...do I sound like I know what I am talking about? [...] Are you aware that these Builders are confined to under five thousand realities? Who worries about a kalbi when facing an idimmu? [... "Who worries about a dog when facing a demon?" ...] |
Reed Richards | I understand. There are worse things out there. |
Black Swan | No, you haven't been listening at all...there are worse things coming. You fret Builders...but what if it had been the Mapmakers? Not just their Sidera Maris...but the masters themselves? What if it had been the Black Priests? And what if it had been the Sinnu Sarrum? The Ivory Kings? What would you have done? All of this...like children...playing. What you just went through...it only had the appearance of finality--it lacked the effect. That ends now.[11] |
Invisible Girl | You can't blame yourself, darling! |
Mister Fantastic | Of course I can! As the leader of the F.F. I'm responsible for everything! |
Silver Surfer (Norrin Radd) | Truly, there is a spark of divinity in all who live, and think... and strive! |
Mister Fantastic (Reed Richards) | A spark that will one day ignite... and illuminate the universe! |
The Thing (Benjamin Grimm) | Sheeesh! Billy Graham's got nothin' on you! |
Mister Fantastic (Reed Richards) | The Silver Surfer reached Galactus in time! Earth is saved! |
The Thing (Ben Grimm) | Sheeesh! We may haveta start collectin' unemployment insurance! |
Mister Fantastic | It's hopeless, Johnny! |
Human Torch | Never thought you'd say that, Reed! |
The Thing | You know Stretcho, kid... if he can't do somethin', he figgers nobody can! |
Mad Thinker | TOTAL VICTORY IS MINE! |
Reed Richards | NOT QUITE! You made one miscalculation! |
Reed Richards | Johnny, There's only one thing to do -- ! |
Johnny Storm | Don't say it! I'm way ahead of you Boss Man! FLAME ON! |
Reed Richards | Johnny, we can use a smoke screen. |
Johnny Storm | I dig you, Reed, FLAME ON! |
Mr. Fantastic (Reed Richards) | No Ben! You're no match for him! |
Thing (Ben Grimm) | SHADDUP! Ya wanna give me a complex? |
Mr. Fantastic | Hurry! No telling how long the X-Men can hold out! |
Spider-Man | Yeah! Where's the rest of the alphabet when you need it? |
Death's Head | I remember! Our deal was that you were supposed to send me home. You reneged. Bad business. Should kill you now, yes? |
Reed Richards | You admitted as you were leaving you were a killer. |
Death's Head | It's all point of view. I prefer title of Freelance Peacekeeping Agent. But let bygones be bygones. You aren't of this time either. Why--? |
Invisible Woman | Right now, I could cheerfully wring that girl's neck! |
Mr. Fantastic | I don't know. Her fearlessness reminds me of you. |
Invisible Woman | Keep this up, I'll wring yours, too. |
Mr. Fantastic | I don't understand. What am I choosing? |
Doctor Strange | How our universe will end. |
Sentry | You betrayed me, Reed. You helped me design the Watchtower -- only you would've had the technical know-how to bypass Cloc and give him an order he thought was coming from me. Why did you do it - wasn't it enough to kill me? Did you have to destroy everything I was in the process? |
Mr. Fantastic | No! I... I don't remember -- Robert, you were my best friend. I would never knowingly have hurt you... you have to believe me -- |
Sentry | No, I don't. You once told me you'd trust me with your life. You said I could expect the same from you. Always. How easily we forget, huh, Reed? |
Johnny Storm | Ready to go home? |
Reed Richards | We're not going home. |
Reed | We're gonna be fine, Sue. |
Sue | We're losing our home, Reed. |
Mister Fantastic | Brock is in a holding cell on level six...I've been monitoring his condition and I've noticed that there is a small aberrant growth on his frontal lobe-- |
Nick Fury | He's got cancer? Good. |
Mister Fantastic | You've done a remarkable job keeping me out of the loop on this situation, Fury...do you happen to have a plan? |
Nick Fury | Yep. |
Mister Fantastic | I see...well, you have my number. |
Nick Fury | $#@* you, Reed. |
Namor | This diorama cost my foundation nearly ten thousand dollars, Richards. |
Reed | Consider it the start of my tab, Namor. |
Johnny | Namor's not such a bad guy. |
Reed | You're not such a bad guy. |
Nick Fury | Real simple, Reed. See, now that we've all kissed and made up, the government is your friend again. |
Mr. Fantastic | You could not have picked a worse time to have this conversation. |
Nick Fury | The audit. I know. |
Ben | Save the speech, big shot. We get it. We gotta use this power to help mankind, right...? |
Reed | That's right, Ben. |
Invisible Girl | Ben! This creature could tear down the city! For god's sake, let's not make things worse if we can help it. From now on, we work as a team...! Remember, this is what we're here for......Right, Mr. Fantastic...? |
Mr. Fantastic | Don't worry, hon. We'll take care of it. |
Invisible Woman | So what's the number? How few people do you need before you can change the world? |
Mr. Fantastic | Four. |
Sue | Is that Lindsay Lohan? |
Reed | Thank goodness she's on our side. |
Wasp | Dr. Richards? |
Reed Richards | Hank? |
Wasp | It's on, bitch. |
Galactus | The fate of your world lies in your survival, and you wish to risk your life and the lives of everyone on earth on a fool's errand? |
Mr. Fantastic | I can't watch this and do nothing-- I have to try. |
Galactus | Then do what you must......as will I. |
Invisible Woman | What have you been hiding from me? |
Mr. Fantastic | Oh, Susan... |
Invisible Woman | What's happened, Reed? |
Mr. Fantastic | I've done something terrible. |
Dr. Nemesis | I've isolated the coordinates for the dimensional gateway. This proved especially tricky as they exist at the crux of a spatial and temporal intersection. You'll let me know if I'm too fast for you. |
Mr. Fantastic | I did discover Unstable Molecules. |
Dr. Nemesis | Yeah. We're very impressed. |
Spider-Man | Where you need to be? |
Mr. Fantastic | The door understands your desires. If you want to, it'll take you not just where you think you should be, but to where you need to be. |
Spider-Man | Can it take you back in time? |
Mr. Fantastic | And erase your sins... Stop yourself from making the horrible mistakes we've all made? |
Spider-Man | Yes. |
Nathaniel Richards | Only one way to find out. |
Reed Richards | Remember what I told you about the thermonuclear reactor? |
Valeria Richards | It's not a toy. |
Reed Richards | That's right |
Mr. Fantastic | It's the only time he ages. We need to go further. |
Nathaniel Richards | Are you sure? I don't think you understand what it means to be ageless, son. |
Mr. Fantastic | I'm sure. |
Invisible Woman | You have these doubts...Constant and unrelenting. Some large and some so very small. Am I being too strict? Am I too lenient? Do I praise too often or not enough...Being a parent, having children...it's a constant war between uncertainty and hope. So you live in fear...and there are these doubts...I want to know...was I...were we-- |
Mister Fantastic | Did we do a good job, son? |
Franklin Richards | A perfect one. I love you guys. |
Builder | Tell me human...do you possess the ability to destroy your own world? |
Reed Richards | Yes. Yes we do. |
Builder | Then what are you waiting for? |
Maria Hill | I'd get prepared if I were you. |
Mr. Fantastic | For what, exactly? |
Maria Hill | Your day in court. |
Namor | "It matters." The way you people talk about your lives-- Like they mean something... "It matters." I am the greatest man I know... But compared to this, I'm nothing. Just as you... are nothing. Am I the only man here with the courage of his convictions... Or am I the only one with conviction at all? |
Mister Fantastic | Namor... Don't... It's not worth it. |
Namor | These lines you won't cross... These things you won't do... They shame you. How dare any of you put yourself--your damned morals--above the lives of every living thing? The truth is, you people aren't worth that... And neither am I. Our lives are a pittance. A petty, small nothing... |
Black Panther | Namor! NOOOO! |
Namor | Of course this is worth it. Now watch... As I do what you could not. |
Iron Man | I am Icarus. |
Mister Fantastic | You do know the point of that story is that he flew too close to the sun, right? |
Iron Man | Do you know who thinks that way, Reed? People who have never flown. |
Maker | You know, I look at your face... which is my face... and I see the age on it. I wonder, how it became so sentimental? So soft. So weak. |
Mr. Fantastic | It's easy, Reed. When you learn to care about things other than yourself. |
The Griever | What is this? Deception! |
Mister Fantastic | No, Griever. This is the Fantastic Four. Meet my family. Or should I say... my extended family. |
Joanna Jeffers | So I'm related to a space amazon and a cyborg cowboy? |
Mister Fantastic | Yes, Joanna. This is our half sister Huntara. And our half brother, Arthur, the War Marshal. |
Huntara | Are you certain this woman is a Richards? She seems rather plain. |
War Marshal | Must be why pappy never mentioned her. |
Joanna Jeffers | I'm sitting right here. |
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