Chapter 26: Fantastic Four part 3.

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(General P.O.V)

The day had been going great.

Susan Storm aka Invisible Woman had managed to get the three men out of the building.

Pulling Reed out of his science experiments and Johnny out of his garage where he kept meticulous care of his cars; before he inevitably crashed them on some stupid stunt, had been more difficult than one of their monthly fights with Doom.

In comparison, Ben had been even harder to convince for different reasons. His appearance.

People could be dumb. Most still acted as if Ben would suddenly go crazy and start attacking everyone.

Appearances weren't everything. She wished more would understand that.

The morning had started off well. Johnny had been anxious to leave because his new car would be arriving today and he had been a pain in the ass about it.

"Stop using your phone every two seconds to track the delivery Johnny. Your car will arrive just fine."

She said, frustration evident in her tone. Why couldn't they just enjoy the beautiful morning?

"But sis..."

Her younger brother begun when Ben snorted.

"It will arrive sure, but then flame boy won't resist wrecking it like he's done a hundred times before."

The Thing said.

"You're just jealous because the only car you're fitting in is a fucking Tank or a twelve wheeler, big guy."

Johnny quipped back.

"Language."

She sighed but was ultimately ignored.

"Why you..."

Ben begun growling. A few stares were thrown their way.

Reed caught Sue's eyes. She cocked her head at the other two who were already arguing. From the look she was giving him, she was expecting him to deal with them.

Reed sighed, turning to Ben and Johnny.

"When I said I would join you in this little excursion-"

"Family outing."

Sue corrected, one eyebrow raised at her Husband.

Reed swallowed another sigh.

"Right. Basically, Sue came up with this idea of a family outing for us to spend some time together. You two need to stop arguing for a second and enjoy the-"

That's when the ground begun to quake.

"Whoa... Looks like someone's been eating a lot lately."

Johnny took a dig at The Thing.

"One day, I'mma pulverize you FlameHead."

The Thing threatened.

"Bring it on, Rocky."

Johnny shot back, wisps of flames dancing above his hands.

"Really you two?! Now of all times?!"

Sue chastised the pair as the shaking intensified.

Cars on the streets screeched as they clashed onto one another. People started screaming and running away.

In seconds the whole street was in a state of chaos and Pandemonium. The other three looked at Reed.

Mr.Fantastic tapped his ear piece ,causing it unfold into a pair of high tech googles. He pressed something on the side of the googles. A beam of blue light shot out of the lense.

"I'm detecting a lot of seismic activity headed... straight for us!"

Reed exclaimed, stretching his body to encompass the others before he stretched his hands, wrapping then around a street light.

He contracted his lower body, using the sudden action to pull himself off the street like an elastic band, taking the team with him.

The spot they had been occupying burst apart as something came through from the ground.

"What in the hell...?"

Johnny exclaimed as a massive green creature with crystals at it's back loomed over them.

"I'm guessing that thing's not here for the Farmer's Market."

The Thing said, tearing off the hoodie he wore and revealing his rocky appearance to the world.

The creature roared out, eyes landing on the four of them.

"Face it Sis." Johnny said as the screaming intensified.

"This day was bound to be ruined from the start."

"Keep Giganto busy while I get something out of the lab!"

Reed said, leaving the rest to fight as he ran towards the Baxter building.

"Did he just name it Giganto?"

Johnny was left asking.

"You heard Stretch. Let's keep Giganto busy. It's clobbering time."

The Thing said taking a leap forward.

Fast forward a couple of minutes and the fight was not going favorably. The team was losing even with Spidey's help.

Then, just when things were about to transition into worse, the Fantastic Four and anyone on the street bore witness to something astonishing.

A sea of water flowed out of every gap and crevice, rising above even the monster and dwarfing it.

Standing on top of the giant wave of water, was a figure in a black and red costume that had a lightning insignia on its chest.

Held in his right hand was a golden Trident.

(Billy's P.O.V)

"Ready for Round 2?"

I asked the monster while extending out my Psionic range to communicate with the other Heroes for coordination.

(Hello, can you all hear me? I've never done this before so sorry if it's uncomfortable. My name is Shazam.)

I called out into the four-way communications I had created.

The monster's feet smashed the ground as it advanced towards the mountain of water I was standing upon.

(Whoa this is new.)

The Human Torch said, extracting himself from a hole in the building he'd been sent crashing into.

(Shazam! You made it!)

Spiderman's voice cut through.

(I'm guessing Water guy's a friend of yours Spidey?")

The Thing questioned.

(I don't really care as long as he's on our side. This thing is huge. We might need help with Giganto. Ah damnit, even I'm calling it that now.)

Human Torch added with a sigh.

His body cut a trail of fire as he flew around Giganto, who was approaching Shazam and the giant wave of water.

The creature's left hand was poised to strike.

(So that's it's name. Good to know. I'll immobilize Giganto and you guys can handle the rest.)

I informed them, Solomon's wisdom informing me that was the way to go.

Giganto's huge clawed limb tore though the water easily.

Using my control, I expertly maneuvered the liquid to flow around it's body, over it's crystal back before binding it's hands and legs together, only leaving it's head out in the open.

Giganto released a keening wail as it fell onto the ground in a thunderous impact.

"Whoa-hoo! Now we're talking."

The Human Torch cheered out jubilantly, flying in with the aim to unleash his flames on the monster's face.

"Wait!"

A voice called out from the entrance of the building.

"Johnny don't hurt her!"

A man dressed in a blue costume appeared, his limbs elongated and his chest deflated inside as he held something in his arms. A large green egg.

"I think I know why it's attacking."

The man, who could only be Reed Richards said.

"Someone stole it's egg and brought it to the Baxter building. And because the staff was expecting Johnny's car to be delivered today, no one bothered to check any orders coming in. We were set up. Someone wanted Giganto to attack us."

Giganto let out a roar that felt more of a desperate cry than anything upon spotting the egg.

"She's just a mother trying to protect her child."

The Invisible Woman said softly.

I dove into Giganto's mind to confirm if it was true.

"He's right. Someone did steal her egg. She followed the scent here to the Baxter building."

I informed the rest while riding on a small wave of water to the ground.

The water dispersed the second I landed, rejoining the substantial amount keeping Giganto pinned down.

Johnny nodded at the smooth descent, throwing me a thumbs up.

"Sick."

Spiderman landed on top of the street light above us, briefly waving my way.

Despite my inner weeb almost going catatonic at the fact I was standing before Marvel's first team, I kept a passive expression on my face.

"So what's the plan now Stretch?"

The Thing asked, crossing his hands over his huge barrel chest. Up close, every move he made sounded like a bunch of rocks grinding on each other.

"We return the Mother and her egg back to where she came from, obviously."

The Invisible Woman answered in place of Mr.Fantastic.

"I can help with that."

I spoke up, continuing despite all the eyes that were now on me.

"I ree her memories. She left a massive hole in the middle of the street a few blocks back. We can use that to get them both back home."

The Fantastic Four looked at each other.

"That's a good idea. Johnny, I'll need you and Spiderman to clear the streets as we will be coming in hot."

Reed started giving out instructions.

"Sorry guys, I'm all out of web fluid. I won't be able to keep up with Torch."

Spider shook his head.

"No one can, web head."

The Human Torch said cockily.

"How humble."

The Thing's chest rumbled with his voice.

An invisible construct appeared around The Human Torch's mouth, stopping what he was going to say.

"You two better not start an argument right now."

The Invisible Woman admonished.

"I could carry it there. Then there wouldn't be a need to clear the street."

I suggested.

Reed and the rest looked at me weirdly.

"Sorry, did you just say you could carry Giganto who from a gross estimation might weigh over a 100 tons across several blocks?"

Mr. Fantastic enquired skeptically.

I smiled, twirling the Trident.

"Normally? No. But with this, things are a bit different today."

The trident was awesome. Just holding it was quickly rejuvenating my psionic energy and reinvigorating my stamina. It was decided, I wasn't going to give up this weapon.

It was mine now.

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The next scene would be aired on National Television.

It was a scene that was strange and incredible even by New York standards; the City was always prone to attacks and other strange phenomenon on a weekly if not daily basis.

The Fantastic Four and Spiderman rode at the front on Invisible Woman's construct, with the egg safely in Reed's hands.

Meanwhile I stood on top of a huge floating sphere of water, encapsulating Giganto's huge form with only it's head left in the open.

With the Trident of Neptune, this much was easy. The water handled Giganto's weight, I merely told it what to do.

The monster's eyes never left the egg at the front but now she was calmer.

I kept sending feelings of warmth and assurance over to her mind, ensuring that she caused us no trouble while I manipulated the water to flow towards where she had come through.

News choppers flanked us on the sides along with police vehicles tracking us on the ground.

We arrived at the massive hole in the street and found a barricade around it with dozens of officers swarming the area.

The Fantastic Four descended to the ground where Mr. Fantastic shared a brief conversation with the officer in charge.

There were a few gestures our way before Giganto's impatience got the better of her and she roared.

The Officer blanched along with weapons being aimed my and Giganto's ways. They let us through quickly after that.

Looking at the hole yielded no answer on it's true depth. It only awned widely. An ominous air surrounding it.

Only a week after entangling with the King-Pin and I was already back on another life threatening adventure.