This will be a collection of one shots taking place at different points in a fictional timeline that includes aspects from DC and Marvel, though it won't all be solely from the main universes and will have some aspects from different media and alternate universes. Characters will, with perhaps one or two exceptions, will get older from the year they were first introduced in the comics. I got this idea after reading the comic Superman & Batman Generations. I don't own any DC or Marvel characters. This is just a fan made story created for fans by a fan.
Reed Richards, if he thought hard, could remember when the world changed forever. It was difficult, due to how young he was, but it helped because he had been there to see it. He and his parents had taken him to Metropolis to visit his uncle Ted when he was four years old. All he could remember was a loud explosion and him smiling down reassuringly at him.
After that, things only got crazier. Other costumed heroes appeared in the world, which only proceeded to agitate his father Nathaniel Richards, a WWI veteran and cop who thought the idea of vigilantes that were praised by the public an insult to people like him who fought for the safety of the public every day. Reed admitted that while he admired the heroes growing up, with one in particular, he knew that they were the cause for his father's alcoholism and death, not that he blamed any of them.
He used to pretend to be a superhero, fighting the evil Nazis like all of them, but eventually he grew to accept that his destiny did not involve him wearing a cape. Instead, he focused his efforts on the one thing he was undoubtedly good at: science. So he studied hard and began desperately trying to figure out how he could use his intelligence to use. And thankfully he did, because he now knew that it was that decision that it led him to meet his best friend Ben Grimm.
Of course, Victor developing an unreasonable dislike of Reed also had something to do with it. Honestly, Reed couldn't believe how such a man could be that vain and arrogant. He was ashamed to admit that after Victor spoke his first sentence, he had wanted to hit the bastard. But instead, Reed turned his attention to more important things. Things that, for better or for worse, led to him and his friends Ben, Susan Storm and Johnny Storm being attacked by a giant green monster while all the citizens around them have run to a safe distance away from the danger.
"Hang on Susan!" Johnny yelled to his sister, flying above everyone with his body covered in fire, much like the WWII hero of old that Johnny has always been fascinated with.
"I've got it!" Susan yelled back, as invisible force fields began distracting the monster.
As Reed felt his body start to stretch and change to escape the ropes trapping him, Ben charged towards the monster with his rocky fist held high. In one quick move, Ben punched straight into the underground creature's stomach, causing it to drop Susan in pain. However, Reed was quick and launched his body towards her. His body and arms stretched towards her, outgrowing his clothes until he looked comical. However, with his hands mace wider, he gracefully managed to grab her and set her on the groun, his body quickly returning to normal shape as he stood beside her.
"Thanks Reed." Susan said quickly, breathing very fast. The scientist couldn't blame her, as this was the last thing he thought would happen when the four friends agreed to steal Reed's rocket in a desperate attempt to beat the commies into space.
"Hey, you love birds want to help or what?" Ben yelled at them, and the two turned around to see their heavily mutated pilotnhangign onto the arm of the beast desperately. Johnny was firing streams of fire at the creature, who roared in anger and began swinging Ben around with it's arm. Susan and Reed turned to each other, both taking a deep breath, before nodding and racing towards the beast.
As Reed stretched towards his best friend to help him, he couldn't help but be amazed at how fast the four of them were able to adapt to this. A week ago, none of them were fit to live amongst society. While Reed could barely stay solid and Susan remain visible to everyone, Ben and Johnny were pretty much breaking and melting everything they touched respectively. Now, somehow, they were acting like one of the great heroes they all grew up hearing about.
Of course, that didn't mean Reed was happy with this. Because of him, because of his arrogance that he now realized was so much like Victor's, his three friends were now no longer the normal people they once were. Because of him, Ben now looked like the monster they were fighting. Because of him, Johnny can barely take an insult without his emotions causing his flames to appear. Because of him, Susan struggled to remain visible and part of the world. Because of him, his three friends had amazing abilities, but where they worth the cost? Shaking his head, he turned his attention back to the situation at hand as he grabbed Ben, taken by surprise by how heavy he was, but managing to get him to the ground safely. Suddenly, as he looked around, he got an idea as he saw what little Johnny's flames were doing to the monster's skin.
"Johnny!" he yelled as loud as he could. "Try aiming for the mouth!"
The new human troch, which Reed knew the press would quickly call Johnny, nodded at him before focusing his flames. As Reed had expected, the monster recoiled in agony and moved backwards away from the hole it had dug out from, causing Reed to react quickly to ensure his paln worked. Stretchign forward, he wrapped his body around the green, scaly legs of the beast as fast as he could. The skin felt cool and rough against his skin, but he ignored it and straned to stay around the legs as the creature tried to prevent the inevitable. But despite it's best efforts, the green creature still tripped and fell to the ground with a loaud smash, without a doubt crushing many cars.
"Susan! Use your force fields on it's arms!" Reed yelled at Susan, who reacted quickly once she saw it was reaching towards Reed. As the arms lifted, they were somehow blocked and then forced to the ground. Seeing that taken care of, Reed looked towards Ben. "It's time to use that strength of yours!"
Ben didn't even need to be told. Despite not being a scientist, Ben was not stupid. Leaping onto the monster's trapped body, he ran towards the monster's grotesque head, fists raised. It only took seconds for the creatures to be pummelled into unconsciousness and soon, the four friends stood beside each other observing the damaged caused by their fight against the creature.
"Well...we are going to be in so much debt, our great-grandkids won't even be able to go to school." Johnny muttered, no longer on fire and instead in his natural blond haired and blue eyed form.
Reed stayed close to Susan, who was covering her nose with a tissue he had quickly got her form a slightly destroyed shop to clean up her nosebleed. She tended to get those when she strained her powers, but they've gotten less and less common. Hopefully, the owners will forgive him for his little theft.
"But what caused this thing to attack us?" Susan asked, making Reed nod in agreement. It was, after all, a good question that Reed himself wouldn't have asked himself until much later.
"Not what. More like who." a strong, male voice responded from above them, The four looked up in surprise, only to have all their jaws dropped in amazement.
Superman smiled at them as he glided down to the ground, a man in green clothes being held with one arm who was quickly dropped to the floor once the hero was on the ground. The man of steel himself stepped towards the four of them, a kind and welcoming smile on his face. The same warm smile he had given Reed twenty-three years ago when he had saved him form being hit by that car, with a face that doesn't seem to have aged a day.
"So, I see you've taken care of this little guy's subterranean monster." he stated, his bright red cape moving slightly from the breeze. "Good job. Very impressive for first timers."
"Uhh...Yes, I..." Reed responded stupidly, unable to come up with a coherent sentence. None of his companions were able to talk either, not even the smooth talking Johnny.
"I will get my revenge!" the small man suddenly shouted. "I swear to you, mole man will have his revenge."
"I swear, the names they come up with are just getting dumber and dumber." superman muttered as he looked at the so called mole man, before turning back to the four of them. "I better get this guy and that thing turned into the authorities. So, are the four of you a team?"
Susan, thankfully, was the first to answer and prevent anymore embarrassment. "Well, you see sir, we were just in the same accident that gave us our powers. We're not really a team or superheroes for that matter."
"Really? What a shame." superman told them. "You guys were really good. The way you worked together was amazing. Just like clockwork."
Reed was practically yelling in joy on the inside from the fact the greatest hero ever had basically just said they would be good superheroes. Sadly, the man of steel turned away from them and grabbed mole man by his clothes when it became apparent the small man was trying to escape.
"I better deal with this guy. The authorities will be here soon to take that monster away." he told them, the kindness and goodness still evident in his words, as he began to lift from the ground. However, he gave them one last look before leaving. "I really think the four of you should become a team. After seeing what you can do, I bet you could be fantastic."
And with that, he was off, leaving the four of them to look at each other in amazement.
And that was the first chapter, which shows the first meeting between superman and the fantastic four. This is generally what this fanfic will be about, first meeting between DC and Marvel characters and the consequences of all of them consisting. So, I plan for the next chapter to take place in 2011 and on a more modern character. Tell me what you think and if there are any spelling errors. By the way, in case no one figured it out, the name of this fanfic comes from DC universe and Marvel universe, which I merged together to make MC universe as I honestly couldn't come up with a better name.