Ben's niece
Part 1
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Ben Grimm paced the floor as his girlfriend Alicia Masters sat on the couch, her eyes following the sound of his footsteps since she couldn't actually see anything. Reed Richards stood next to the kitchen counter reading a letter carefully, his eyes darting back and forth the paper as his wife Susan Richards read silently over his shoulder. Ben had just found out that his younger sister had died in a car crash and left him the official guardian of his niece Sophie Jones since her father and his sister's husband had also died in the car crash. Ben had always been close to his sister but she had decided to go to collage in England where she had met a young Welsh boy who she later married. The only reason Sophie had survived was because her parents had forced the officers to take her out of the car before they were saved. But as Sophie was being carried to safety the car had exploded, killing both Ben's sister and her husband instantly. Because of this, Sophie was on her way here and would arrive on the 18th of April, 2011 from Cardiff, Wales, the United Kingdom. That meant she was arriving tomorrow, which didn't give the Fantastic Four and Alicia very long to prepare themselves for her arrival. Ben stopped pacing for a second and looked at Reed. "Is it true what it says? I can't believe Louise is dead. Why would she leave me as guardian of Sophie? I haven't seen her since she was a baby, before I became this monster," he sighed and looked down at himself and then he sat down next to Alicia. She felt across till she found and then took hold of his hand, holding it in hers.
"You're not a monster baby," she whispered softly. He smiled sadly and kissed her forehead gently. Alicia always seemed to know how to make him feel calm. Reed looked at Ben. "It's right. She's arriving tomorrow. Your sister cared for you Ben, maybe her husband didn't have any brothers or family," he answered his questions with his wise voice. For some reason Reed always seemed wise even though he wasn't that old. Ben shook his head as he looked at one of his closest and oldest friends.
"He was an only child. I know that his parents are too old to look after an 18 year old so I guess I was the only option," he looked at Reed and Sue. "Can she stay here? Until I find her somewhere to stay that is," he asked, pulling Alicia closer. He needed his niece close to him until he found somewhere safe for her to live. Sue smiled at her friend. "Of course she can, she can stay as long as you want her to," she told him and kissed Reed's cheek to stop him disagreeing to what she had said. He smiled at his wife because he knew how Ben was. He knew Ben would have to check every place possible for his niece before he was willing to let her live on her own in a city she hadn't been in since she was a kid. Then reed frowned, his genius brain finally registering something. "What about Johnny?" he asked. Sue stopped smiling. Ben stood up. "If he lays one finger on her that idiot will be dead," he said, balling up his fists like he was ready for a fight.
"He will behave, I'll make sure," Sue promised. She didn't know how she was going to control her younger brother from trying to use and hurt Ben's niece but she knew she was going to have to find a way. For everyone's sakes. No one had seen Johnny for the last few days but they were all secretly hoping that he was safe and would be still somewhere recovering from all his partying while Sophie moved in.