(Read
Wide Awake before this)Maryland Institute Annapolis
Victor Von Doom wakes in a cold sweat on a cot in an exam room. He looks around and sees Dr. Essex sitting in the corner staring at a data pad, "Sinister, where am I?" Essex looks up, "Its about time you woke up."
He explained, "Project Wide Awake had you dropped into a hell dimension, luckily the current leadership owes me favors. Hellstorm brought you to me and I went to work." Sinister tossed Doom a hand mirror.
Doom brought it up to his face and was shocked, "My face? You've restored my original face." Sinister grinned, "Body too, I cloned your original body and transferred your mind to it." Doom was curious, "Why?"
Sinister stood up, "Three reasons, 1. There is not one living person on Earth whose ever seen your true face, we can't even find a photo of you beyond the age of 12, 2. Your relationship with Ferrum has made you a terrific distraction which has until recently allowed me the level of freedom required for my research and finally using a direct genetic match made the transfer process so much easier."
Sinister tossed him some clothing, "One of my assistants will show you to your room for the night, I will explain the situation further when I return."
5 hours later
Essex walks into a lab and sees Doom finishing something with a machine, "Busy?" Doom doesn't look at him, "Just removing your genetic control system from my body, the fifth redundancy was somewhat tricky but the rest could use some improvements." Sinister shrugged, "Had to give it a try." Doom turned,"I would have been offended if you hadn't."
Sinister pointed to the door," I have something to show you, your current body is actually the second clone of you." As they entered another room Doom saw his body in a 3 piece suit and tie staring blankly at him. Sinister smiled, "Allow me to introduce the Governor of Maryland Victor Dominick, I made him as a bit of a joke several years ago, virtually mindless and being controlled by nanites of my own design. I've been using him to run the state without having to deal with the mundane politics. This is your new secret identity for the time being."
Doom glared at him, "Do you really expect me to volunteer to be your pawn?" Sinister shook his head,"I was thinking of this as a mutually beneficial arrangement, you'll get your vengeance, I'll get that buffoon to focus his attention else where while I do my work." Doom replied, "So Stryfe and I continue to play cat and mouse so he doesn't notice the snake in the grass?" Sinister grinned,"Exactly."
Doom nodded, "So who is responsible for what happened to my country? If Stryfe could've done it he wouldn't have waited so long." Sinister nodded,"Little Ms. Marvel has decided to start playing our game. Shall we show her how its done properly?"
(To be continued)
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