The sun was dying.
Johnny couldn't believe it. Reed had to be joking. But a look at the other man's face confirmed his fears. Reed wasn't one to joke about things like this.
"So what does this mean for us?" Sue asked shock apparent on her face.
"Well, I'm working on a project to jump start the sun back to its full strength. The government has given me full access to everything." Reed replied. He left them all standing in the kitchen to go back to the lab.
No one moved for a whole minute. The information they had just received was too astounding.
Ben spoke first. "I'm going to Alicia's." Sue nodded. He grabbed his jacket and left.
"Well, I'm going to go watch TV." Johnny said.
"Johnny!" Sue exclaimed. "How can you watch television at a time like this?!?"
"What else am I supposed to do Sue?" Johnny replied. He walked off leaving Sue standing there with her mouth open and went into his room.
It's not that he didn't care about the situation. He did. But what was he supposed to do about it? He wasn't a scientist. Besides, TV would take his mind off of the situation.
He flipped the TV in his room on and flung himself on his bed. An old Alfred Hitchcock movie was on. Ah, nothing better than a good old murder mystery to take your mind off of your current problems, he thought.
It wasn't working. He just couldn't stop thinking about it. What would happen to everyone if there wasn't a sun? He knew the answer to that question. Life would cease to exist.
He flipped the TV off and got up. Opening his door he noticed no one was around. Sue must be in the lab with Reed, he thought. He crept out of his room and around to the corner before the hallway came into the lab. He heard Reed and Sue's voices.
"I don't think Johnny is taking this seriously, Reed." she said.
"Just give him some time," Reed said. "We all have to deal with this in our own way."
"I guess so," Sue said. "How are we going to fix this though? Is there even a way to fix it?"
"Well, I have been going over some data and I think that if we could jump start the sun with an outside energy source it might solve the problem." Reed said. "The problem is finding something with that much energy."
Johnny was heartened. He knew if anyone would be able to solve this problem it would be Reed. The government didn't come to him for no reason after all.
He went back to his room and got dressed to go out. Since Reed had a plan already there was no need to stick around.
A/N: This is my first F4 fanfic. Please tell me if you think I should continue. I wouldn't call myself a writer by any means, I am more of a reader, but I came up with this idea and liked it so much I just had to write a story about it. If anyone wants to borrow the idea they are welcome to do so, just as long as they remember to tell me about it so that I can read their story.