Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer Page #4

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the whole end-of-the-world thing?

He's never been wrong

about this kind of thing before.

You know, I'm not exactly

a deep kind of guy.

Really?

But if Reed's right, and this is it...

...how do you want

to spend your last few minutes?

Part of me would like

to go out fighting.

But the truth is...

...I'd like to spend my last

couple of minutes holding Alicia.

That sounds pretty good.

I mean, not the 'holding Alicia' thing.

She's your girlfriend, not mine.

Want nothing to do with her.

Not to say she's not attractive.

She's very attractive.

She's so attractive.

Even with the-- I can't think of

a guy that wouldn't want to--

What I meant...

...was that it's nice

to have somebody.

Well, you got me, pal.

How's it going?

I can't find a link.

- lt'll be all right.

- No, it won't!

The whole world's

counting on me, and I just....

Reed, you're gonna find the answer.

- You always do.

- Thanks, Sue.

- You just need to relax.

- Yeah, right.

You do. Reed, you need to relax.

Take a deep breath.

Slower.

There you go.

Come on. Again.

See? I can already

feel your pulse slowing down.

- Do you remember that time--?

- A pulse.

A tachyon pulse.

I love you.

I'm glad I could help.

So exactly how does this thing work?

When we activate the field,

it'll separate him from his board...

-...making him powerless.

- Like a fish in a net.

- Yeah.

- Yeah.

- ln theory, anyway.

- How long until it's operational?

- Three hours.

- Three hours.

I can only go so fast,

since I'm working by myself.

- What do you need to make this happen?

- There are a couple of things.

Do your field engineers

have a beryllium casing?

What are you doing?

- Don't you knock?

- You're supposed to be helping Reed.

Tell him not to worry.

I'll be there to hold his hand

and finish his little project for him.

- Anything else?

- How'd you do it?

How did you come back?

It scares you, doesn't it?

The things I can do.

Did you know I could create

a force field inside someone's body...

...and expand it until they explode?

Give it your best shot.

Just get back to the lab.

Mr. Storm?

We're heading to intercept the Surfer

in 1 0 minutes, with or without you.

Were you waiting outside the bathroom

to try and catch me in a towel?

That was a joke. I was joking.

Why are you so down on me?

You don't even know me.

I know you very well.

I read your personality profile.

Confident. Reckless. Irresponsible.

Self-obsessed,

bordering on narcissism.

Okay, so you do know me.

All I've seen is a guy

that almost got his team killed.

Okay.

I've been a little off my game lately.

This is not a game.

- Sir, he's in position north of here.

- Good.

- General, give us a one-mile perimeter.

- Forget it, Richards.

You had your shot and you blew it.

This is a military operation now.

Jam the signal, get out of the way,

and let us do our job.

- You don't understand.

- No, you don't understand.

So let me make it clear for you

and your pack of freaks.

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 in and studied,

like a good little nerd.

And fifteen years later...

...I'm one of the greatest minds

of the 21 st century.

I'm engaged to the hottest girl

on the planet.

And the jock who played quarterback

in high school...

...is 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 to...

...and starts treating my friends

and me with some respect.

Give him what he wants.

I am so hot for you right now.

- Me too.

This is it.

You have your coordinates. Set up

your posts and rendezvous back here.

First squad, move out!

Hey. You scared me there, Smokey.

Look at you. You're cute.

Yeah, that's right.

Keep running, Boo Boo.

Overgrown furball.

- What's our status?

- Yeah. I'm good to go.

- Same here.

- Almost there.

Guys?

- We have a problem.

- What's wrong?

He's here.

Get out of there, right now!

Why are you destroying our planet?

I have no choice.

- Sue!

- Wait!

What do you mean,

you don't have a choice?

There's always a choice.

Not always.

Why are you trying to destroy us?

I am not the Destroyer.

Come on, Richards.

Jam the damn signal.

Maybe he needs a little persuasion.

- Fire one over the top.

- Roger, out.

- Open fire.

- Open fire.

Open fire! Repeat, open fire!

Fall back! Fall back!

- Let me just--

- No, wait!

Reed.

Come on, Sue.

All right, it's up.

Reed.

Got him.

Not so tough now, are you?

Victor! Stay back!

You're the quarterback.

Eyes on!

Keep your weapons trained!

- Perimeter secure!

- Move him out.

- Open the gate!

- Get him to the debriefing room.

- We had an agreement.

- Calm down.

The enemy has been captured.

- Where is he?

- Contained.

General?

Mr. Sherman.

If you'll excuse us,

we have work to do.

- I want to be there for the questioning.

- Not gonna happen.

Make sure our guests remain here,

comfortably.

Yes, sir.

General, what about the board?

It's in a chamber which

continuously scrambles the signal.

There are certain things

I'm not permitted to do...

...because they're considered

human-rights violations.

Fortunately, you're not human.

Are we prisoners?

How did that happen?

Apparently, they don't want us

interfering with their methods.

I can't imagine what

they're doing to him.

- I say he gets what he deserves.

- How can you say that?

I'm just saying maybe

the general's right about this.

The guy was about to destroy

the planet. He said so himself.

It doesn't make sense. He protected me

from the missile. Why would he do that?

Maybe he thinks you're cute.

There's more going on.

He said he wasn't the Destroyer.

Maybe he lied?

We need to get inside there

and talk to him.

But under the radar.

Is there any way

we could get some DVDs...

...or popcorn or something?

- I'll call it in.

- Great.

Thank you. Semper fi.

That's the Marine Corps.

We're the Army.

Right, I know it's the Army.

Captain Raye. Access granted.

General.

Von Doom wants to speak with you.

You should really be

a little more cooperative.

Mr. Sherman, let's take a break.

I know you are there.

What's your name?

Come on, you must have a name.

I'm Susan.

You said you weren't the one trying

to destroy our world. Then who is?

- The one I serve.

- Who do you serve?

I'm trying to help you, but to do that,

you have to tell me the truth.

Please.

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 can you 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.

Why did you try to protect me?

Because...

...you remind me of her.

Could you stop the Destroyer

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