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Thursday, 2 Days Before Johnny is admitted to St. Joseph's Hospital
"Johnny, the storms are pretty bad, you sure you wanna fly around?" I asked.
"Dude, it is PERFECT out there, I'll carry an umbrella." Johnny finished off as he zipped the material over his chest.
"Johnny...the umbrella will melt and/or burn." I said in a monotone with a bored look as I turned from the window to look at him. I had been accepted into the Fantastic Four's presence a mere 2 years ago. I hail from the planet Ashirae. I am more than one person, I am 6 all together. This is the time of the 'Civil War' as it has been declared. Heroes fight Heroes, and villains win the majority of the time. When I came to this world I had been thrown from my own world by a villain, the Avengers helped me to defeat the villain and I was crowned the queen. I gave the crown to my friend Miara. She contacts me now and then, more then than now, but I can't complain. She's the queen now.
After I gave the crown to Miara, Captain America invited me to stay with the Avengers. I took up the offer but me and Marvel Girl...let's just say the last argument literally brought the house down. I decided to move out and started living on my own. Almost half a year later I met Ben Grimm. Better known to the people of New York as The Thing. He was exceptionally kind to me and we immediatly clicked. We were fast friend but it was more of a father/daughter thing. I dunno why. We just clicked that way, I took the liberty NOT to tell him who I was, but he figured it out. People don't think he's so smart, but if you got to know him you'd believe me when I say he's REALLY smart. He's not a super sleuth or a super genius...he's just...super.
Okay, pun not intended after all I know he's a superhero but still. Anyways, when Ben started taking me around the city showing me the places, he began to ask me where I came from and got mega curious, he asked Mr. Fantastic, or Reed Richards, to run a background check on me, and found all of my Avengers records. He figured out my powers and everything. Even my Justice League and X-men contacts. Ugh, frickin nerd messed my life up even before I met him. And that's something he shouldn't be proud of by the way. I never asked for people to interfere in my life, but Ben just made his presence known. People would sometimes come up to him asking for autographs and I would stand there smiling at the way Ben could be so gentle with kids, of course I already knew he was gentle, okay I haven't really told you my age, I'm 17 so I'm kinda a kid but kinda not. Technically I'm like 100 or something in human years but I assume Ashirae years, anyways, back to the story. So Ben got Reed, and Sue and even Johnny in on it and informed the Avengers about what he was gonna do. Of course I had no clue what was up.
He got the info. on my birthday and no matter my pestering on asking him how he got my birthday he wouldn't tell so I had to wait till October 13th to find out what was up, and waiting one month ain't easy I'll tell you what. Anywhoos, he ended up giving me this huge birthday party and even Marvel Girl and I got along, maybe it was the whole personal space invasion thing that had made both of us have a stick up our butts (we shared a room). I was so happy and then when Ben told me what this was about I nearly blew the whole house, mansion, what ever the damn thing was, apart. Johnny ended up dousing me in water. And the couch never was the same, they had to buy a new one from all the scorch marks. Ben had told me that Reed had hacked into all of my files and gotten all my info.
I was really mad. But Sue and Johnny and Ben and yea, even Reed, had been so nice to me that night. And I didn't sense a majority of evil from them, in fact, for humans, they were well..what are those things humans call flying humans? Oh yea, compared to regular humans these four were Angels. Okay Johnny could use a bit more help but he's not that bad. Johnny and I got to be pretty good buds since we were closest to each other in age and Sue and I became best girlfriends for the sake of our sanity as women. My room is across from Johnny's and between Sue and Ben's, Reed is across from Sue's and next to Johnny's. It's funny when he comes in to wake Johnny and he finds me in there. He starts to swear...really hilarious since he has no clue how to swear. And I still don't get it. But Johnny always laughs and I guess laughing is contagious to me cause whenever someone laughs, I do to.
My English is shit and Reed invented a translator chip so I can talk in English. Easy way out totally. He's not that bad I guess. I'm still not used to him though. Ben isn't around as often as usual, I think he's working more now that the Civil War is loose. So I stay in the tower till Johnny leaves, I make him breakfast so when he leaves I do to. But I don't like stretching my wings as Johnny calls it. I like stretching my legs. I've gotten used to the gravity. It took forever. It's so much heavier here, I felt like lead my first couple of days and kept to the skies.
Anyways, So there I was, waiting for Johnny to leave as usual and finally he gets the picture. It's raining. He flies using Fire. He flies, he falls. He falls, he dies. He chooses not to fly and for that, I'm relieved, otherwise I'd have to get my ass out there to catch him. Not my fondest thing to do at 9:00 AM. So we decide to go for a walk now. We go to the park, he's in a duster and a scarf with dark pants underneath and a red turtle neck under. I decided to wear a skirt to my ankles with 'slippers' (shoes more like slippers than actual shoes) and a turtle neck as well, I wear a button down duster fully buttoned and a pull over hat, our costumes are underneath just in case. Reed says I should wear the costume when I'm out, but I don't need it. Every power I have changes the costume. You'll get what I mean later. But right now, Johnny and I decide to grab some hot cocoa at a local cafe.
When we go in and shake the water off of the umbrella and our coats a bunch of little kids come up to us and both of us squat down and pick the two littlest ones up and carry them to a table in the corner. We tell them some stories and the parents come over to listen as well, laughing every now and then as we exaggerate, and cut out things (believe me, these kids are at oldest: 13, youngest: 5 so we watch the language), it's a usual Saturday routine. We usually do it later in the day though but today was too wet to miss it. We take our cocoa and the parents take their kids away thanking us and we of course, say no problem.
We finish our cocoa talking about random things and finally decide we'll go out flying but I'll have to carry Johnny who's completely useless in this rain and cursing it to no end. I choose my water side and mutter my incantation once we've left the cafe. On the sidewalk my hair changes from it's abnormal white color to an aqua blue color and the turtle neck stays where it is but changes to dark blue, my skirt changes to a medium tone blue and an apron appears around my waist, periwinkle blue, my hair is fastened in a bun, one you would see a mother wearing and my wings come out, rounded and pastel blue. I open my eyes to reveal crystal blue instead of the usual misty white. My skin tone lightens to a softer tan and I take Johnny's hands and head into the sky, going around to check out if the other heroes need any help around.
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St. Joseph's Hospital, Johnny's Room
"Maybe you two should leave before something is said that can't be unsaid." I hear Ben say as Reed and Sue come out of the door, nearly hitting me as I evade their eyes and bodies. I don't want them to see the tears. I'm the tough girl, I've never cried infront of people, I wasn't about to start now. I went into the room and just started balling. Ben isn't people. Ben is my father. We have adoption papers and everything. And as I lay my head on his lap he shushes me and tells me everything will be alright, but I'm still not sure as he explains that the doctor wants no negative emotions and I nod understanding. We talk to Johnny for the next couple of hours and Sue finally comes in.
"Hey you two, go get some coffee or something, I'll take care of Johnny." She says.
"You sure Susie Q?" Ben asks. I like Sue's nickname, I call her it sometimes, but usually I call her Stormie. Johnny's hothead and Reed is Flex, Ben is just Dad. Kinda funny to us cause the reactions that come from the nicknames...well...you'd have to see the initial reaction. The first one. It was mad funny.
"Go ahead. Hey Faer , take a chill pill and lay down." Sue says to me.
My real name is Elie. My Superhuman name Elementa when my personas are all combined.
My Fire Persona is Blaze, she's hot headed and rarely thinks things out, she can easily appear when I'm angered.
My Water Persona is Splash, she's maternal and thinks things through to the end to make the right decision, but she can't think on her feet quickly, she tend sto come out when I'm in a nurturing mood or someone who is close to me is being threatened.
My Wind Persona is Breeze, she's playful and quick-witted, and deffinetly cannot stand still, she tends to come out when I'm direly happy, or feeling playful myself, or even when I'm feeling Exceptionally confident.
Then there's my Earth Persona, who's name is Dustie, she's exceptionally calm, and very hard to bend to any desire unless it's the one she wants, she's my favorite one to transform into I think, because when I do, I'm usually at a meditative space in time and not much is borthering me, in other words, I don't turn into her often. My nickname is Faer, shortened from Faerie, and it's for obvious reasons. I like it, it makes me feel welcomed to the 'family' image we have going on here.
"I'll try, Don't push yourself Sue, Goodnight Johnny." I reply, adding my goodbye to Johnny in as I wave and Ben picks me up and sets me on his shoulder. I'm not tall, but not short at the same time, I'm about 5' 6" and I've got an athlete's build, for my line of work, that's deffinetly not questionable.
"She's right little one, you are looking pale." Ben says as I sigh.
"I know, I'm worried. I feel like I should have been there." I answer as Ben shakes his head.
"Only Johnny could be there, and those people didn't need to gang up on him so it's not your fault honey." He replies trying to soothe me as I try to take deep breaths.
The breaths don't help and I start to cry again. We stop in the hallway and he gives me a hug as people walk by whispering but we ignore them. He's sad that I'm depressed and that only adds to my depression, but I don't tell him because it'll make things worse. Maybe visiting Parker will cheer me up, I decide. Ben isn't to ecstatic about the idea. Parker isn't his favorite person in the world, but I promise not to help Parker out on his runs of the city, Ben doesn't notice my fingers are crossed behind my back though as I look him in the eyes spoon feeding him that lie. I don't lie often so Ben buys it. I pack up a napsack and then change into my Water Persona, or Water Sprite/ Faerie (however you want to look at it) form. I head over towards Parker's place and hope to god M.J. will make my favorite for dinner, lasagna. Her lasagna rocks my world. I mean seriously. I could LIVE off it and never get tired of it, it's that good. I also hope on my way there, one or both are home.
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A/N:
stay tuned for the rest, it gets better towards the end.
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