Title: Family Crisis

Author: Dana

Rating: PG (PG-13ish)

Warnings: Violence you know normal Comic book warnings.

Summary: The truth about Valeria's father comes out but it's not who they were told it was.

Disclaimer: I don't own them!

Valeria Richards sat on the floor of her playroom playing with her Barbie dolls. She could hear her mother and Uncle Johnny in the kitchen arguing about the guest list for his birthday party. Her brother, Franklin, was with her Uncle Ben at a baseball game. Her father was in his lab working.

Beep!

She heard the familiar sound and turned around with a smile. "Hi daddy."

"Hello." He said with a smile. "Is your mom or Uncle Johnny here?"

"They are in the kitchen. You want me to go get them?" She asked standing up.

"No." He said quickly. "Remember what I said about it being our secret." Then he smiled. "But not for long I promise."

"Uncle Johnny's birthday is tomorrow." She said excitedly. "They are going to have a big party but no clowns." She pouted. "You going to be there?"

"No but I'll make sure your Uncle gets a birthday present he won't forget. Remember I wasn't here." He said and was gone.

"Jonathon Storm for the last time you can not invite all the women from the Miss Universe pageant."

"But come on sis you said I could invite anyone I wanted. This is the last birthday before the big 3 0. I should be able to have a big party." He said with a pout on his face.

"Quit that!" Sue said laughing. "You look like Val when you do that." Then she grew serious. "No Miss Universe contestants."

"Fine. But what if they just show up?"

"No." She said turning away.

"How about one?"

"No."

"You are no fun." Johnny said turning away. "I'm going out." He called but stopped when he saw Valeria standing there. "Hey Val you want to go to the park?" He asked her.

"Yeah! Can I mom?" She asked looking at Sue.

"Fine but no flying Johnny!" She called after them. She watched them leave. She didn't know which was harder to wrangle. The five year old or her twenty eight year old brother.

"Here Johnny." Sue said handing him one more envelope. "This seems to be the last one." Sue said as she shifted Val who was sleeping in her lap on one side and Franklin was sleeping on the other side but being the thirteen year old, he didn't cuddle. It was very late the next night and she was too tired to get up. She didn't know how Johnny managed to pull it off but he had gotten a date with Miss Germany. Maybe he knew he wasn't going to get yelled at at his birthday party.

"Thanks Sue." He said taking the envelope from her. Reed was busy typing on his laptop not even watching them. Ben had walked Alicia home and hadn't gotten back. Sue kinda hoped those two would work it out again.

"What the..." Johnny said looking at the card. "Is this some kind of joke?" He asked standing up and looking at Ben who Sue hadn't noticed come home.

"Is what a joke junior?" Ben asked coming over to them. "Maybe somebody has you confused with someone else."

"What is it Johnny?" Sue asked trying to see the card. She saw it and let out a gasp . The front said.

Happy Birthday to the best dad in the world

Reed looked up from his work. "What's going on?"

"Someone gave me a card that says Happy Birthday to the best dad in the world." He opened the envelope and he went white as a sheet.

Sue reached over and took it from him. Her hands shook as she read it.

It was a paternity test. It said Johnny Storm was the father of Valeria Richards.

"Who could send this?" Johnny asked.

"It's someone's idea of a sick joke Johnny. We know Val's father is Von Doom."

Reed looked at the card and moved the paper. "Well it's not signed." He started. "Don't worry Johnny. We'll get to the bottom of this."

"What's to solve. It's someone's idea of a sick joke." His body started to heat up. "I'd never..." He took off.

"You want me to go after him?" Ben asked.

"No." Sue said quietly. She wondered what was going on.