Molly Storm: The Daughter of the Human Torch

Written by monkeycat31811, Astar, and Emily H

Molly entered the floor of Johnny`s suite. She was an eight year old girl with straight long dirty blonde hair and green eyes. Her skin was light and she dressed in a pink summer dress with a denim jacket over it. On her feet she wore white sneakers. In her held she held a large suitcase. In that moment as she walked down the hall looking for her father`s suit she thought of how her life would be changed by this single event.

As she stood in front of the door to his room, she heard loud music coming from inside. She took a deep breath and opened the door. There she saw people drinking, making out and dancing. She felt out of place and kind of scaried. She walked through the crowd looking for her father, of course she knew how he looked he was famous for fighting with the Fantastic Four. She finally sees Johnny flirting with a blonde. He was surrounded by women with lots of makeup and small clothes.

"So why don't you spend the night?" Johnny asked the blonde women. "Me, you and your friend can have a lot of fun together." He smirked. The blonde kissed his lips and then kissed his neck. Molly cleared her throat.

"Excuses me?!" Molly shouted.

Johnny and the blonde looked at molly very confused.

"Uh...kid what are you doing here?" the blonde asked.

"I'm his daughter." Molly replied.

The blonde looked at Johnny surprised. But just Johnny laughed.

"I don't have a daughter. Who put you up to this, kid? I bet it was reed and ben."

Molly sighed.

"Anna Adams is my mom. " Molly told him. "You two were together eight years ago. But she left you because you cheated on her. I was born nine months later. She raised me by herself. It was just me and her, she doesn't have any family left. This year…she died as she died she told me where I could find you and now here I am."

Johnny laughed once again, but louder. "Wow Reed and Ben really went all out on this prank."

"It not a prank!" Molly shouted. "I'm your daughter! You're my father! And you have to come to terms and deal with it!"

Molly then went into her bag and showed him her birth certificate. He looked at the piece of paper with shock. Then she took out picture her mom gave her of her parents together at a party, her friend had took the picture for Anna. Anna was the only one who had that picture. Johnny looks at the picture with shock.

"How-how did you get this?" Johnny asked.

"Mom gave it to me." She replied simply.

Johnny stood up and addressed his party goers.

"Everyone get out! Party over!" Johnny yelled. His "friends" looked at him confused. "Get out I'm serious! NOW!" the people slowly leave.

Molly smiled as she watched everyone leave.

Johnny sat back down. He felt like it was hard to breathe.

"I have a daughter." He said more to himself, but still out loud. "A living human being who will look to me to take care of her. I couldn't even take care of a dog, I made Sue do all that." he runs his fingers through his hair.

She looked at her father with distaste. "Well if taking care of your own daughter is too hard I understand." Molly said sarcastically.

"No. its fine. It's just a lot to take in." Johnny told her. "I woke up a single guy with no worries or responsibilities. And now I have you. It's just a new chapter, something I guess I'll have to learn how to do." he looked at his daughter, at the small child he created. she was beautiful, she had his eyes and Anna`s beautiful smile and her perfect hair.

"So uh….so what do you want to do? What do like to do?" he asked.

She smiled. "I like to draw and read. My art teacher said she thinks I could be a real artist one day!"

Johnny smiled. "No kidding? That's pretty cool. Do you have any drawings with you?" He asked.

Molly nodded excitedly.

"Yeah tons of them! " She went into her backpack and brought out a picture she drew of her mother before she got sick. It looked like it was drawn by a professional.

Johnny smiled proudly as he looked at the drawing. Anna was sitting in chair smiling. She was dressed in a blue long sleeved shirt and her hair was in a high ponytail. Then he noticed around her neck was necklace he had gotten her so many years ago. It was a solid gold necklace with the words "my love" engraved on it. And he knew on the back on the necklace it said: love, Johnny.

"That's beautiful! How did you learn to draw like this?"

"I have always had a natural talent."

"Well you didn't get that from me." Laughed. "I was awful artist as a kid. We had to draw a realistic self-portrait in high school once and my drawing ended up looking like Stan from South Park."

"What's South Park?"

"..…it's a show." He replied simply, thinking it was best not to go into detail on the shows plot.

"Then I guess I get it from….mom." she suddenly started to burst into tears remembering what had happened to her. She hugged Johnny and cried on his chest.

Johnny was surprised by her hug but still hugged her back. Then kissed her head.

"Oh don't cry. Please don't cry." He said "uh...she's in heaven now were people are always happy. There are unicorns and princess and..." he pauses as he tries to think of other things little girls like. "And bunny's?"

She looked up at him, tears streamed from her face. "It's just...I loved her so much...and now she's gone...and...And...I just need you…I need you." She started to cry more.

"I'll take care of you, I promise. I'll be the best dad you`ll ever have. I'll be here for you no matter what, I promise."

She looked up at him. "Really?"

Johnny looked into her eyes. He knew raising a child would be difficult. He knew that he would need a lot of help if he wanted to be a good father. He knew the struggles he would have to face.

"Of course." he replied.

"Ok-okay. "She said wiping her tears away with her sleeve.

He put the drawing on the counter he was sitting by, then went into his kitchen and got her napkin to wipe her tears away.

"So this drawing can I keep this?" he asked. "I`ll put it on the fridge where everyone will see it."

She nodded. "You can keep it."

"It's nice to finally meet you." he smirked. "Sue, Ben and Reed aren't gana believe this when I tell them."

Molly giggled. "The other members of the Fantastic Four?"

Johnny nodded.

"There also my good friends. Even if I sometimes don't like to admit it. Sue and Reed have a kid too, but he`s six years old….I think. His name is Allan."

"Cool! I have a little cousin already!"

"I hope you'll like me, I'm really not that bad of a guy. I know I have reputation and all. But that's not the real me. I know your mom told you I cheated on her and… I did. But it wasn't on purpose I would never have done that to her. "

"Then why did you do it?"

He sighed. "I was out with my friends and I had a lot to drink and I….I saw this pretty girl and I wanted her. I didn't mean to hurt Anna, I wasn't thinking clearly, I loved Anna more than anything. That's why I've been drowning myself in liquor and women. Eight years have passed and it still hurts."

She was silent for a second. She then remembered all the things her mother had said about him. Molly was so excited to gain a father she forgot who this man was and how much she hurt her mother.

"You broke her heart...she loved you and you told her you did too. ...she once said that when she saw you with that other girl it made her see that you couldn't be trusted, that you were too much of a child to have a serious relationship with. That you couldn't change. That you were so blinded that you couldn't see that you had a great girl already. How do I know I can trust you?"

"Molly, you can trust me, I'm your dad. I love you and I'll do anything to protect you. Seeing you…..and knowing that you came from me and her….that you're my child. It will change me, I know it will. How could ever manage to hurt you…..What I did to your mom was not right and I felt horrible every day for it. I felt like a monster for hurting the women I loved….the women I wouldn't have minded spending my life with…..I just please, you have to believe me." He walked into his room, not wanting to see her see him cry. He never let anyone see him cry. Molly followed him. As he sat on his bed the tears escaped his tightly shut eyes.

Molly climbed onto the bed and rested her head on his shoulder. Then hugged him. He hugged her back, glad he had a great daughter like her to forgive him when no one else would.

Suddenly they heard a knock at the door of the suite.