Inside Castle Doom the air was heavy with the smell of ozone and old stone. The Throne of Latveria sat at the center of a hall lined with banners and iron torches. Above it all, screens of green light flickered, runes and holograms swirling in the air like ghostly data.
Victor Von Doom sat motionless on the throne, gloved fingers steepled under his mask. Before him hung a holographic projection of Zack Summers: the visor, the optic blasts, the Phoenix fire bursting from his arm. Next to it floated a smaller image of Laura, claws extended.
He raised one hand and the projection zoomed in, showing a hologram that flickered and shifted between images: Zack hauling the boy from the river, Laura beside him, Fin Fang Foom retreating into the clouds.
Doom: And yet he wields power that should not exist here? Unacceptable. Latveria will not be surprised...
Doom leaned forward slightly, gauntleted fingers steepled under his hood. The glow of the hologram reflected off his mask's cold steel features, making the eye slits glimmer like embers.
Doom: That boy has no knowledge of this universe… and yet, in one month he has sown chaos. He walks beside the daughter of Wolverine itself.
The hologram flickered as Doom rose to his feet. His cloak shifted like liquid shadow, boots echoing on the stone floor. The holographic images spun apart at a gesture of his gauntlet.
Doom: It was Doom… it is Doom… and it will always be Doom who pulls the strings.
He moved to the great window overlooking Latveria, green lightning crawling along his armor's circuits.
Doom: An incursion once torn the fabric of this reality. I will not allow another least of all from a red-eyed brat wearing my world like a mask.
He turned, the light catching the edge of his mask, his eyes burning behind the lenses.
Doom: Now… it is my time to hunt this Fake Cyclops.
Outside, thunder rolled over the mountains as Latveria's monarch extended one metal-clad hand. Arcane symbols ignited in the air around his gauntlet, a teleportation sigil already forming.
Doom: Before the incursion rises once again… that Doom will strike first!