I sigh before reaching out to grab a hold of his arm and slapping the bracelet onto his massive arm before backing up a few steps incase anything unexpected happens and it seems that the others also thought the same as Reed, Susan and Johnny also backed up giving enough space for Ben if anything out of the ordinary happens though I think that's the result we want, Ben is still in the middle of the room while the rest of us have backed up to the edges of the room interested to see what will happen to him and so we wait a moment but nothing seems to happen. "Umm, is this thing working?" Ben questions and I slowly begin to make my way towards him still cautious that something will happen though Ben seems to find my cautious pointless as he rolls his rock eyes at my actions. "It should be working, it worked on Reed and Johnny earlier so I don't see a reason why it shouldn't be working on you." I say and it's at that moment that orange rock start to fall off of Ben's body crumbling to the ground all the while his size begins to shrink in size with orange rocks peeling off of his entire body even his face which gives my a glimpse on the white skinned man that hides beneath the rocky orange surface.
"I- IT'S WORKING!?" Ben shouts in shock with a hint of disbelief and I'm beginning to see more of the man beneath the rock reveal himself one orange rock crumbling off at a time and it's at this point that the rest of the Fantastic Four realise as well, with Johnny shouting in joy and Susan smiling happily at the results. "I- I can't believe it." Reed's mutters shocked that my invention that only reacts with the mind seems to have worked in Ben and I am equally as shocked as I didn't expect it to work in any capacity whatsoever apart from limiting his strength though I can't say I'm unhappy with the results, to think my invention could even release the transformation caused in Ben by the Power Cosmic which is kinda like primordial energy or something. "U- UARGGH-" We are shaken out of our happiness by Ben's sudden scream and it's at this point we realise that Ben's transformation back to being human has suddenly stalled and is apparently causing him immense pain which can be sleazy seen by the guttural screams he is releasing, the areas of his body where the orange rocks seem to have crumbled off are suddenly regaling while other areas of his body shed the orange rocks creating some kind of sickening loop in which he seems to be stuck between both The Thing and Ben Grimm.
"Hold on Ben, we're coming." Reed says while rushing to his tech pad that he left on the conference room table which he picks up and starts to fiddle around on presumably trying to figure out some way to help Ben, meanwhile Susan seems to go straight for the problem at hand and is using her invisible force fields/barriers to try and remove the bracelet from around Ben's half rocky half human arm and it's honestly quite sickening to know that it's my invention causing him this pain when it should have helped him but there's nothing I can do in this situation and so I back up to get some distance and Johnny seems to do the same as well simply because there's no way he can apply his powers in this situation. His body is quickly switching back and forth between rock and flesh never seeming to decide on one or the other and not fully committing to either and while Susan tries to use her powers to remove the bracelet there seems to be some sort of invisible energy field, probably being caused by my invention/energy field and the power that Ben's giving off (Power Cosmic) mixing together in some weird way, that is stopping Susan's powers from getting too close to Ben and preventing her from interacting with the bracelet and so it seems we are relying on Reed to come up with some solution though that doesn't mean that Susan is going to stop trying.
It's at this point that I spot something that the rest of the people in the room have failed to see and it is that the bracelet that Ben is currently wearing seems to be overheating and malfunctioning with sparks leaving the contraption and steam rising from it and it seems like it's only a few seconds away from exploding and with the energy field that's surrounding Ben it's hard to say whether the explosion will be big or small and so I decide not to risk it and back up further but it's at this point that I realise that while Reed and Johnny are far away enough Susan in her attempts to remove the bracelet has gotten very close to Ben and seems to be in the metaphorical 'splash zone', the bracelet is going to blow up any second and so without wasting a second I quickly Spring towards Susan only hearing Johnny in the background squawking in surprise at my actions and I quickly snatch her up lifting her off of the ground and putting her over my shoulder before sprinting back towards where Johnny is though it seems that I didn't have enough time as it's at this point that the bracelet explodes blasting me and Susan forwards though thankfully it seems that we were far away enough not to get caught in the blast and only got affected by the air pressure real eased from the blast.
While rolling on the ground with Susan in my arms I notice that the blast seems to have affected Ben as well as I see a silhouette be blasted across the room through the smoke though I don't have time to think about it as I roll across the floor with Susan tightly pressed to my chest with my hand cradling her head into my chest is to prevent her getting damaged in any way as it seems my presentation has already become a shit show and I'd rather it be just one of the Fantastic Four being injured during my presentation than two and hopefully this will buy me enough goodwill that they will be willing to not kick me out and rescind my internship here, rolling to a stop on the floor with my back on the ground and Susan laying in top of me in a it of a shock at the unexpected explosion and I do my best to ignore the feeling of her chest pushed against me and my arms wrapped tightly around her middle across her supple back. "T- Thanks, I didn't realise that the device was about to explode otherwise I would've put up a barrier." I look down to see Susan staring up at me and I quickly let go of her sitting up while she seems to get a hold of herself and remove herself from my vicinity. "No problem, I had to do something when I saw that my invention was about to explode and you were so close to it." I reply.
"Guys, are you two okay?" I hear Johnny running over to come check up on us and as both Susan and myself work our way up to our feet Johnny finally arrives helping his sister up off of the floor. "We're fine Johnny, thank you." Susan replies while I dust my self off of all the soot and dust that landed on me from the explosion and it's at this point that Reed runs up to us. "It seems we're all okay, come on. We need to check up on Ben and see if he's okay." He tells us before running off in the direction that I saw Ben's silhouette blast off into, I guess he must've seen what happened to him as well. "Cmon, we need to check up on Ben!" Susan says before running off to follow Reed and me and Johnny follow closely behind her heading in the direction Ben flew off into and I can only hope that he isn't injured too badly otherwise I'm gonna be in deep trouble, he was half human half rock monster at the time of the explosion so there's a chance that he could have been seriously injured and what if he's somehow ended up becoming some kind oh human/rock hybrid because of me, I need to make sure that Ben's okay otherwise my whole reason for coming here will be in jeopardy and I won't be able to access the information that would help forward my research.
Me and Johnny finally catch up with Susan just when she stops next to Reed and he seems to be staring ahead into a cloud of smoke but I can just about make out a silhouette in the smoke and I can tell that the silhouette is raised a few feet off of the ground though I can tell that the silhouette is man shaped I can't quite make out the thickness and size of the man inside through the dark smoke and so I can't tell what has actually happened to Ben, Reed proves to also have the same problem and so he goes about resolving it by stretching out his arms in front of him and wrapping them around each other in a pirate before he retracts it very fast creating a force of wind that clears all of the smoke from the surrounding area and gives a clear line of sight to Ben's location so that we can find out what has happened to him.
With the smoke cleared away we all have a clear view of what has happened to Ben and I can say that it isn't a pretty sight, I hope he doesn't get too angry about this...
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With the smoke cleared from our eyes due to Reed's ingenious use of his powers to make himself into a glorified fan we can clearly see what has happened to Ben Grimm and it isn't a pretty sight but then again he's always looked like an orange rock monster so I suppose although it's still a bit ugly he's already used to it so he probably won't be too mad but I feel bad knowing that his hopes have been shot down, embedded into the wall about a meter off of the ground is Ben in his orange rock form more known as 'The Thing' and although it's a bit of a letdown that he didn't return to his human form I'm still glad that his condition wasn't worsened or anything as that would result in a much worser situation for me as it would pretty much turn the entire Fantastic Four against me and get rid of any of the goodwill I had before so thankfully Ben is just his normal horrifying rock creature self or I wouldn't know what to do, the thing that I most disheartened about in this situation is not that Ben's hopes were smashed but rather that my invention was smashed as I can see it's no longer attached to Ben's spirits and is now spread across the room in several different parts as it was blown to smithereens.
Ben suddenly moves his arm out of the wall to grip the edge of where he's embedded before using it as leverage to rip the rest of himself out of the wall pretty much damaging the rest of the wall as he does so but in the end he pulls himself free of the bricks and plaster to stand on his own two feet and I'm just glad to see that he doesn't seem into be injured in any way but my mood is brought down when I see the look upon Ben's face as his expression is s morphed into a mix of sadness and anger which he shows as he punches the wall that he just climbed out of knocking it down entirely and making an open floor planned room as we've now got two different conference tables in the same area as a result of destroying the wall, the rest of us stay silent at his action as we know that it isn't right to speak up right now but Johnny doesn't seem to think the same as he's about to speak out and probably make an ill timed joke though thankfully Susan reaches out with her hand and wraps an about a meter force field around Johnny thankfully silencing him before Ben hears him though I can still see Johnny's lips moving inside the barrier with no words reaching my ears, I need something like this to shut him up as well in the future.
"What happened? It was working for a second but everything went wrong." Ben says despondently and I'm unsure about what to say so I'm thankful when Reed takes the initiative to speak to his friend and comfort him, maybe even give him a reason as to what happened as I've come up with some theories myself but I don't know if I feel right about pitching the ideas to Ben as it might just upset him more. "Something went wrong Ben, halfway through your transformation back to being a normal human orange rocks began to grow on your human parts while the orange rocks that were already there kept falling off to reveal your body underneath and it began a cycle when you were between some metamorphosis of Ben Grimm man and Ben Grimm The Thing, never becoming either." Reed speaks out to comfort his friend but even then I still see a glimmer of hope spark in Ben's eyes at Reed's words. "But it was working? Meaning that if you found out what caused the problem you could fix it and then use it to make me human again, right?" Ben's speaks out directing his question towards Reed which grinds my gears a little as this was my invention and if anyone should be fielding questions about it it should be me and not Reed, I made the damn thing and he's only known about it for fifteen minutes.
Reed seems to be trying to find the right words to say so I take this opportunity to answer Ben's question about my device as I am the foremost authority on it, not Reed. "Ben, there is no problem in my device as it worked on both Johnny and Reed and It either works or it doesn't work, there is no in between. Plus I'm sure that Reed's probably already working on a way to solve your issue so I think it's better to wait for his solution rather than rely on my shoddy device that has clearly not worked for you." I speak out and I'm confused when Reed sighs and shamefully hangs his head while Ben clenches his fists so tight I can hear the orange rocks grinding against each other and he growls at me. "REED'S ALREADY TRIED TO CURE ME AND ITS NOT WORKED, IT NEVER WORKS!! HE'S ALREADY TRIED EIGHT TIMES AND IT WORKS FOR A WHILE BUT EACH TIME IT STOPS WORKING AFTER A WHILE AND I WAKE BACK UP AS THIS THING!! I CAN'T KEEP WAITING FOR A CURE THAT WILL NEVER COME!!" Ben roars out practically deafening each of us and makes Reed's shame burn even more though I'm surprised at the fact that Reed has tried to to cure him eight times and each time he's failed, Reed is not the type of man to fail that many times at a single thing.
We all stay silent for a few moment at his words with Ben's heavy panting being the only sound in the room even though he hasn't strained himself at all, it seems that in all the drama Susan released her barrier that was keeping Johnny isolated from infecting the rest of us with his stupid jokes and I realise this when I hear him speak out into the stagnant air breaking the silence. "Hey Nick, didn't you say that either your device works or it doesn't? Then what happened to Ben as something was very obviously working before it stopped for some reason." Johnny speaks out and I'm surprised at the fact that an actual relevant thought left his mouth and it actually has some basis, I'm also a bit angry at him as well as he's just brought up a question I really wanted to avoid and I can now see each member of the Fantastic Four looking to me in askance wanting to now the answer to Johnny's surprising question, I sigh before opening my mouth. "My device works by implanting a belief into the wearer subconscious and that belief is that their powers aren't working and the only have the strength of an average human which means that it either works on people or it doesn't as their powers don't care about the users thought or subconscious, the fact that the process of transformation started for you only to be stalled and disrupted halfway through the transformation can only mean one thing." I speak out with reluctance as I didn't want to share my theories at all as they are bound to anger and sadden Ben.
"And what's that then?" Ben spits irritably and I ignore it for the moment as I can imagine how he feels knowing that he might never return to being a normal man. "It can only mean that there was a thought in your subconscious that was even more powerful than the thought placed in you by my device and both thoughts must have been opposing each other which resulted in a fight between both of them in your subconscious which was essentially symbolised by the the cycle transformation you were having before ultimately the thought that was in your subconscious before my device was put on you won and reverted you back to the Thing, at least that's what I think but I'm not a physiologist or anything so I could be wrong." I take a breath after telling him the bad news and j can see him visibly get angry at the information I've given him. "Who could've put such a thought in my subconscious? Was it Doom? Did he do it just to make Reed fail in trying to cure me? Why?" He begins to go on a tirade though thankfully he hasn't resorted to showing his anger through his actions as that would result in a lot more damage and probably injure me as well (as I wouldn't be able to display or use my abilities to avoid his rampage).
"Ben, I think it's best to get some sort of therapist/physiologist here to take a look at you but it would probably be best to get a telepath to give you a once over as we don't even know if my theory is correct and even if it is we don't know that this has been done to you by anyone." I speak out to direct his thought to how to resolve the issue at hand instead of getting angry and depressed at it but it seems that Ben chose to focus on one part of what I said instead of the message i was trying to show him. "What do you mean 'we don't know that this has been done to you by anyone'? What other probable reason is there?" I'm getting tired of the fact that everyone here seems to be nitpicking my words and reading between the lines, looking for nuances.
"It's possible that there is a chance that.. That the subconscious thought might be your own without any.. Interference from anyone else..." Why did I say that? I'm half expecting to get punched through the wall any second now...
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<AN> I now have a Pa treon up and running and when a chapter is ready it will go up on Pa treon first so please take a look. Some support from you guys would be appreciated and motivate me.
Currently 14+ Chapters.
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A special thank you to my patrons Tim Brown, Stormrall, Turtle, Wanous, Matthew Laird, Sage Honos, Shawn Smith, Derrick Porter, Alex, Manuel Arauio, Kieta Aki, Darth Bane and Arun. Thank you for the support.
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