Fantastic Four2005

[Ben and Leonard walk into the lab where Victor is.]

Victor:
Ben. Come in.

[Ben and Leonard stop walking.]

Ben:
What is this? Where's Reed?

Victor:
Where do you think? With Sue.

[Ben turns to Leonard.]

Victor:
I'll take it from here, Leonard.

Leonard:
Yes, sir.

[As Leonard turns around and walks towards the elevator, Ben turns to Victor and walks up to him.]

Ben:
What do you want, Vic?

Victor:
To help you. The machine– is ready.

Ben:
[Walks closer] But Reed said it wouldn't be–

Victor:
He also said we'd avoid that storm in space. But we all know how that turned out. He couldn't generate enough power for the machine to reach critical mass. Yet another mistake for Mr. Fantastic.

Ben:
[Walks closer] And you can?

Victor:
Yes. Tell me, do you want to be Ben Grimm again?

[Ben looks down at his hands, then closes his eyes. He opens his eyes and looks up at Victor. The doors of the machine open. Ben steps inside the machine. He turns around to see Victor before the doors close. Victor sets the machine to its highest level, then presses a button on the machine. The levels rise as Ben groans from inside the machine just before the equipment begins to power down. Walking over to the containment area of the machine, Victor opens it, revealing a miniture storm. As the storm swirled around, Victor reaches inside the containment unit and uses his powers to power up the machine, causing lightning to flow from inside the containment unit and into the machine. The machine's power levels rise higher and higher as Ben's screams fill the air. As the cosmic energy flowed through Victor and the machine, lights began to flash through the lab and the top of the building, causing the lights in the building to flicker. In Reed's bedroom, Reed is lying on a bed when he slowly opens his eyes and notices the lights flicker. Sue is looking through a medicine cabinet when she notices the lights flicker. In Times Square, Johnny sees lights flashing through the building and runs to it.]