Major Minor (Meets Jack - In - The - Box)
By well-wisher
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Into the secret underground lair marched a small army of brightly suited armed men, the henchmen of the master criminal mind known as Jack - In - The -Box.
On a large altar like structure in front of them, a 6 sided box opened its lid and a head with a long spring like neck popped up out of it.
"About time you got back, gentlemen", said the head, smiling, "Did the bank robbery go succesfully the way I planned it?".
"Yes Jack", said one of the henchmen, holding up a large bag filled with stolen banknotes.
"Good", said the head, "A few more bank robberies and I will have enough to regrow my body so I will no longer have to rely upon this box to keep my head alive".
Then the head, twisting to the right, looked over at an attractive young woman in a gold lamé dress standing beside the altar.
"Pandora", said the head, "Open the champagne. This calls for a celebration".
Bending, the woman pulled a bottle of champagne from a bucket of ice and popped its cork before pouring some fizzing champagne into a glass and holding the glass up infront of the head.
Flexing his spring just like a living limb, the head leant forwards and started to slurp from the glass.
But then, out through a tiny narrow crack in the wall of the room, ran the superhero Major Minor, alias Dr Magnus Minus; who because of the molecular lense he invented was able to magnify or reduce the size of objects and even his own body and, turning from the size of an ant-guy to the size of a giant, he stamped a massive boot upon the floor of the room causing shockwaves that knocked the criminal henchmen off of their feet and their disembodied leader off of his altar.
But then, the arch-criminals head popping back inside its box that was now lying on the ground, the box started to roll like a dice across the ground before hurling itself back up onto its perch and then, its lid flipping open again, instead of a head, now a gloved hand popped out holding a small sub-machine gun and spraying a roaring rain of bullets in the superheroes direction.
Fortunately, Major Minor used his molecular lense to reduce himself to his normal human size and the rain of bullets flew harmlessly over his head.
But then, the hand and the gun withdrawing back inside the box, the box turned itself over so that another side was facing upwards and, up out of this side sprang Jack - In - The - Box's scowling head.
"I recognize your face from somewhere", said Major Minor, "You were the head of a major crime syndicate weren't you?"
"Yes", said Jack in the box, "Until a rival gang member planted a bomb in my limousine. Now I'm just a head but atleast thats more than was left of him once I took my revenge and more than will be left of you when I destroy you".
"And how do you intend to do that?", asked Major Minor.
Jack - In - The - Box swiveled his head to the right to look at the woman at his side.
"My wife Pandora has a box too, a kind of interdimensional portal", he said and then, talking to the woman, asked, "Show him whats in your box, Pandora".
The woman took out a strange, small hieroglyphic covered box from a concealed pocket in her dress and threw it on the ground at her feet and then, suddenly, rays of strange green luminescence bursting out from inside it, the lid of the box flew open and, horrified, Major Minor saw eight giant green tentacles squeeze their way out of it followed by the bulbous head of a humungous, reptilian alien beast and then, opening eight mouths filled with long fangs and drooling slime, the beast roared.
Using his molecular lense, Major Minor magnified his fists to the size of boulders preparing to be attacked and then, leaning upon its eight tentacles, the beast catapulted itself forwards, lunging towards the superhero.
"Lets get out of here!", barked Jack - In - The Box to Pandora and his henchmen, "We'll let the monster deal with him".
Picking up Jack - In - The - Box in her arms, Pandora and the henchmen hurried towards one of the rooms exits just as Major Minor with one of his giant fists was knocking the slimy tentacled creature across the room.
But then the creature, shaking itself out of a daze, let out eight simultaneous screams before launching itself back towards Major Minor.
And the alien monster was strong even compared with a master of magnification like Major Minor; something inside its bulbous alien head had a tekinetic power that was helping it to pin him down.
But then, as he was wrestling off the monsters eight ferociously snapping jaws, the hero looked over and saw pandoras box lying, still open, behind it.
"Perhaps?", he thought.
And then, using his molecular lense, he magnified the box until it was as large as the beast then, with a carefully aimed haymaker from one of his giant fists, he knocked the creature back into its box before, rushing forwards, he quickly slammed down its lid.
Then, using his lense again, he shrank the box down to the size of a board game dice before stamping upon it with a magnified boot and crushing it flat.
"Try getting out of that now", he said to the beast.
But then he saw Jack - In - The - Box and his underlings getting away so, using his powers of reduction, he shrank the exit just as Pandora was about to carry Jack - In - The - Box through it.
"No!", cried Jack - In - The - Box with frustration, seeing the exit become a mousehole and realizing he was trapped.
"I've got another box for you, Jack", said Major Minor with a grin, "One with bars".
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