Title: Daddy's Thunder

Summary: This is a 'Daddy Torch' fic. It's about the first few years of Johnny's daughter's life. It goes from birth to the age of 4.

Disclaimer: I do not own the Fantastic Four – they belong to Stan Lee. Anything recognizable is not mine.

A/n: NO FLAMES! Unless they're from Johnny…thank-you. VGxx

2nd A/n: This is my first Fantastic 4 fic.

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Johnny Storm stared down at the blue eyes that stared up at him. Wonder shone not just in her eyes but in Johnny's as well. He looked up at Reed and Sue and smiled.

"It's a girl." He said. His voice was a little saddened – but he still seemed happy that he had someone in his life now that Anna had left. Anna Wilson – Johnny's fiancée had died during the birth. Now Johnny had this small child to care for and somehow he knew that his sister and brother-in-law would help him through it. No matter how hard it was. Sue and Reed had two children already and were ready to help Johnny anyway they could.

"What are you going to call her Johnny?" Sue asked. Ben and Alicia appeared behind her. Johnny looked at his family, he sighed and shrugged.

"I'm not sure Sue. I guess I'm gonna need to huh?" Johnny said; she nodded.

"Yeah. But you can have a minute to think." She said. Johnny noticed the papers in her hands.

"Do I have to sign those?" He asked. Reed nodded.

"Yes. It's also her birth certificate. But we can sign the papers if you want." Reed told him, Johnny shook his head.

"Nah I'll do it. Can you hold her Reed?" Reed took the child from Johnny as he went to sign the papers. When he got to her birth certificate – Johnny glanced back at Reed and Sue cooing and smiling down at his baby. He bit his lip then smiled softly. He looked at the space he was given for given name(s) and looked back over at them. Sue gave him a soft smile. Johnny suddenly thought of the perfect name for his little girl.

When he finished he handed the papers to the nurse who handed him one more form.

"This one is for your own personal records Mr. Storm. Your sister can sign a your witness if you like." The nurse said. Johnny smiled he began to fill out what he could.

Child's Full Name: Rayne Elizabeth Susan Storm

D.O.B.: 16/12/2009

Place of birth: Brooklyn Private Hospital

Weight: 6lb 2oz.

Length: 19in.

Parent Information:

Mother's Name: Annabelle Jacqueline Andrews

D.O.B: 12/4/1979

Father's name:Jonathan Franklin Robert Storm

D.O.B: 15/8/1978

Parent signature:

Witness signature:

Johnny called his sister over and told her she needed to sign as a witness for this. Sue did as she was told. And without bothering to read the form she asked Johnny what name he'd decided on.

"Rayne. Rayne Elizabeth Susan Storm." He said; Sue looked at him squarely.

"Why me?" She asked. He smiled – finding it hard to find the words.

"Because you're my older sister. And you've looked after me for so many years." He said. Sue smiled warmly at him and gave him a hug.

"I like her name. It's cute." She said and returned to Reed to tell him the child's name.

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One Month Later

Johnny sighed, he was nursing a headache. He hadn't been out partying for weeks, not that he minded. For now there was only one girl in his life. And that was his beautiful daughter Rayne. She had adapted well to being left with Auntie Alicia when the four had a call. She'd coo and gurgle happily when placed in Alicia's arms and even when James and Peter Richards – her cousins – would tickle her stomach she'd laugh happily. They'd play with her until their parents came home when James – the eldest at 10 years – would pick her up and hold her out for his Uncle Johnny to take. James was lucky to have inherited his father's ability to stretch; Peter had inherited his mother's ability – invisibility. The sudden sound of Rayne stirring through the baby monitor got Johnny to his feet and to her room in less than a minute. She woke and started to whimper. Johnny picked her up and when she continued to whimper Johnny figured she'd need a change or a feed. He checked her diaper and indeed she needed a change. Finishing that he brought her to the kitchen. He was able to get assistance from Sue while he made up a bottle for Rayne.

"Johnny – you seem to have adapted to Rayne very easily." Reed commented when he spotted Johnny sitting in the lounge nursing his child while feeding her.

"It must be instinct." Johnny said simply. Johnny had learnt quickly from Sue how to feed, burp, nurse, change and put Rayne to bed. He'd also learnt the very important task of being able to get up in the middle of the night to look after her.

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One Year Later

Rayne had grown into a beautiful little one year old. Johnny loved her more than anything else in the world and she still laughed happily when she was put in Alicia's arms. Rayne had mastered some of the names of her relatives – these included 'Dada', 'Sue', 'Ben' and 'Pet' but she was having trouble with 'Reed', 'Alicia' and 'James'. She could get 'Ree' and 'Lee' out but she couldn't master even part of 'James'. He didn't mind she just had 'Cuz' for him.

Johnny was sitting watching X-Games when he heard Rayne start to whimper in her room. He got up and went in to get her. All she needed was attention, when he picked her up he carried her out to the lounge and turning the volume down a bit sat down with her on his lap. She settled and soon fell asleep on his lap. She welcomed his warmth and he could feel she was just the right temperature children her age were supposed to be. Johnny even had a nickname for her and she was only one! But it wasn't 'Princess' or 'Kitten' or any of the usual ones. No, Johnny called her 'Bunny'. Sue wasn't concerned each to their own she thought. Johnny didn't seem to be struggling at all with raising Rayne to be a young lady. However, Sue knew that if Johnny – at any stage – started to struggle, he'd ask for help.

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Rayne 2-yrs

Johnny looked down as he felt a tug on his jeans. He crouched and picked up the little toddler settling her on his hip.

"Daddy?" The small voice asked. Johnny put his toast on a plate before he answered her.

"Yeah Bunny?" He sat down the table and sat her on his lap. She snuggled into his warmth and wrapping her small arms around his neck.

"Why don't I have a Mommy?" Johnny almost choked. He looked down at his little girl; then up at Sue who looked at him with a raised eyebrow, when Johnny looked across at Reed; the scientist held up his hands.

"She's your kid Johnny. Deal with it." He said and got up. Johnny sighed; he looked down at Rayne and smiled softly.

"Well sweetheart – some kids don't have Mommies. Some don't even have Daddies. But some have both their parents. You're special because you don't have a Mommy. Because it means that there's no one to stop me doing this." Johnny started tickling Rayne and her questions about her mother were forgotten as her shrieks of laughter filled the large apartment.

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Rayne 3-years

"Sue…what am I going to do with her? She doesn't seem to have a power at all." Johnny said quietly to his sister while Rayne was watching TV. What he didn't realize was that Rayne could hear him as clearly as if he'd been standing next to her. She turned from the screen.

"Daddy?" Johnny looked over at her, "you could always do tests to see if I'm like you." She said, Johnny looked surprised.

"How did you­–?"

"I heard you."

"Heard me? But I was whispering to Auntie Sue and you're way over there."

"But I still heard you."

"Heightened senses. Rayne…you can hear me," Johnny dropped his voice to a whisper, "even if I whisper like this?" The child nodded. Sue looked across to the door of Reed's lab. The scientist looked shocked to say the least. He looked from Johnny to Rayne and back to Johnny again.

"Rayne – honey can you come with me for a minute?" Reed said, the child got to her feet and made her way towards her Uncle who picked her up and took her into his lab.

"Johnny – you'd better come too." He said, Johnny nodded and obeyed following his daughter and his brother-in-law into the lab. To see exactly what Reed was going to do to his daughter.

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Rayne 4-yrs

"Daddy!" Rayne ran towards her father as he stepped through the door of her kindergarten to collect her at 3:20. He smiled at the supervisors.

"Hey Bunny Rabbit. What do you say we go home and annoy Uncle Reed?" Johnny said ruffling her hair softly, she giggled and nodded excitedly.

"Yeah!" Rayne waved goodbye to her friends who waved back, smiles on their faces – the Human Torch had been in their Kindergarten. Johnny knew the kids would pester Rayne while she went there but he wasn't about to go through the hassle of putting her in a different Kinder right now.

Reed was in his lab when he heard the happy squeals of Rayne – and braced himself, the door flew open and a little bundle of energy jumped into his arms.

"Uncle Reed!" Rayne wrapped her arms around his neck. He returned her hug.

"Hey Ray. How was Kindergarten?" He asked a little shaken but glad his niece was home safe and sound.

"Great! We made clay models that Miss Winters said we could take home when they dry!" She squealed with delight. Reed smiled, she was so much like her father.

"Wow, that's great." He said, trying to sound as excited as she was.

"I brought my painting home too. Daddy's going to dry it now for us to see!" Reed smiled Johnny could now control his flame enough to help Sue light the gas stove and stuff like that, so he'd either sit the panting out in the sun or he'd gently dry it with a flame. Sue appeared in the doorway.

"Hey Ray! You're home!" She said. Rayne turned in her Uncle's arms and her face lit up at the sight of her Auntie.

"Auntie Susan!" The small girl jumped off her Uncle and with incredible speed jumped into her Auntie's arms.

"Let's go and make some dinner how's that sound to you?" Sue said Rayne nodded excited.

"Yeah! Bye Uncle Reed." The small girl waved goodbye to her Uncle as her Auntie carried her to the kitchen.

"Bye Ray." He replied and sighed as he slumped back into his chair. Rayne was so much like Johnny a ball of uncontrollable energy. At least her powers were now known. Reed just had to talk to Johnny about them. After dinner will do Reed thought, yes after dinner will be the perfect time to tell him about his daughter's powers.

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"Johnny? Can I talk to you?" Reed said as Sue cleared away the plates. Johnny looked up and nodded.

"Sure Reed. What about?" Reed didn't reply but indicated to Rayne. Johnny caught on and looked to his sister.

"Hey Sue – can you do me a big favour?"

"What?"

"Can you bathe Rayne for me?" Sue nodded, but Rayne refused for anyone but Johnny to bathe her.

"No! I won't! I won't!"

"Bunny – please you have to do this for me. Ok? Be a good girl and let Auntie Susan bathe you ok?" Johnny said still the 4-year-old shook her head, "Rayne – look at me. Just this once Auntie Susan will bathe you…every other time I'll bathe you ok? Just this one time. I need to talk with Uncle Reed and it's grown up stuff. Be a good girl ok?" Rayne looked at her father with eyes that matched his perfectly – her eyes were questioning but Johnny didn't answer her. She sighed angrily but agreed. Johnny smiled kissed her forehead then got up and followed Reed to his lab.

"Ok – talk to me." Johnny said.

"These are the results of Rayne's tests." Reed said handing Johnny a folder.

"You did these tests last year Reed! Why are you giving them to me now!" Johnny said brandishing the folder at him.

"I didn't know what her powers were until now Johnny!" Reed said.

"So what is it?" Johnny asked opening the folder.

"Weather control and I have no idea where she gets the hightened senses from." Reed said, Johnny looked at him, disbelieving.

"What?" He asked.

"Weather Control – she's immune to the elements – especially fire. She's like a…I don't know – but if she were to touch you – unlike me or Sue – she wouldn't get burnt!" Reed said as if it were the most brilliant thing in the world.

"You mean I could put her in boiling water and she'd be fine?" Johnny asked.

"Basically yeah." Reed nodded. Johnny smiled – his daughter was perfect! She could change the weather. She was perfectly a Storm!

"Wait – if you're the Human Torch and I'm Mr. Fantastic – we have The Thing and The Invisible Woman – what's Rayne?"

"Storm."

"Too X-Men."

"Thunder Storm?"

"Thunder?" Johnny nodded, "perfect, Thunder it is." Reed grabbed a permanent marker and the folder from Johnny then wrote on the front in his large scrawl:

Rayne:

Thunder Results

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I plan to write this as a series of Rayne's life with the Fantastic Four. So look out for more 'Daddy Torch' fics! R&R Plz. Remember if you didn't like it don't click that review button Simple! VGxx