The Underworld

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He was accompanied by his two caring parents and twin sisters.

We love you, reid!

Reid Smith was happily and healthily born in Laurel, Maryland weighing exactly 7 pounds and 2 ounces in March of 1995.

At around 11 pm on Friday, September 13th, 1997 an unexpected and tragic fire struck the Smith household. The whole entire house was burnt down to the point that all that was left was heaps of ashes, along with the five dead family members.

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Brad, do you see that over there?

Woah.

Under a mountain of ashes, a blinding light shone through.

Slowly peaking through the ashes was...

a hand,

followed by an arm,

followed by a leg...

Then all at once an entire body arose from the ashes to then stiffly land on what grass was left of the

It's, reid smith!

He has come back from the dead

Reid pushed the entire fire truck from his path and casually went on his way.

It seemed as though he had gained some sort of super-strength power in his time of being dead.

no family, no home. I have nothing left.

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uh oh Hello, young boy!

What are you doing roaming the streets all by yourself?

My family is dead and I-Oh say no more...get in the car, young boy, and I will take you to my home!

welcome!

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Can I get you anything to drink, uh...uh…

My name is, Reid.

Yes! Reid!

What can I get you?

A glass of water would be delightful.

From what was approximately a ten yard distance, Gerald was able to reach the fridge, get a glass of water, and return to Reid in the span of less than a single second.

Oh my goodness, Gerald! How did you do that?!

Ehhhh … let’s just say that I was born different than others. I have the ability to run at the speed of light

No way!

I was born differently too!

It’s a long story, but I was born with super-strength. I once lifted an entire firetruck when I was only two years old!

I have a feeling that we are going to be very compatible together.

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What is going on, Gerald? This is an absolute ruckus!

Sure right it is, young boy. There is an absolute ruckus going on in the Underworld right as we speak. This needs to come to a stop, once and for all. with your help, I;m confident we can do it.

What’s the Underworld? he's confident in me!!!

Follow me. We are going to the subway.

Reid was confused beyond belief as to what exactly was even going on. Gerald explained to him in the minimal amount of time that they had on the subway that under the town of Greenbelt, Maryland lies an alternate universe that no one knows about...

There is an evil, evil, man named Doctor Doom that needs to be stopped of all his absurd commotion. With your help, we can put a stop to this once and for all.

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Doctor Doom lives at the top of the highest skyscraper in the city...I know exactly where to go, lets go!

When they arrived at their subway stop, the doors of the train opened up to a world of insanity. All over the cityscape there were people running as though they had gone mad, fire bursting out from the tops of every skyscraper, cars toppled over on the side of the road...this was pure lunacy.

let's go, Gerald!

this is it, reid. it's time to kick some butt.

We have come to take you down once and for all, Doctor Doom! Your days of being evil are over!

hello, gerald and friend.

what are you doing, reid? hit him!

i'm so scared.

ha ha! is this some kind of joke? please, i have much better and evil things to be doing right now.

don't be nervous, young boy. you can do it!

do you really think i can do it?

i know you can!

7 C’mon, Reid, let’s get him! I have 100% faith in you. You throw the first punch young boy!

i have the perfect idea.

8 OHHHH, TODD!!!!!!!!!

All of the sudden, a flamingo of 10 feet tall came through the giant skyview window with a big crash and a bang.

todd, do your thing!

why isn't it working, reid?

there must be something else i can do.

todd could breath fire on anything that came in his path. though, his one weakness was rubber which happened to be exactly what doctor doom was made out of.

if we work together, we can do this!

reid and gerald put together their power of strength and speed to take doctor doom down.

we did it!

Gerald had fulfilled his lifelong dream--he killed Doctor Doom once and for all.

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10 how do you feel gerald?

Never been better, boy, never been better.

Well, what do we do now?

It’s time to go home.

The world was back to normal. No more destruction. No more fire.

Nothing. Everyone was as happy as could be--especially Reid and Gerald.

You did a great job today, Reid.

Thank you for everything. no, thank you, gerald.