2 Years Later
Layla had qualified to be a hero, but stayed in Mr. Boy's class, although she skipped a grade.
It was graduation time for Warren and her. It was the day that they would pick out their names and sidekicks. A week ago, Warren accidentally fell in a vat of toxic waste while fighting Royal Pain again and gained the additional power of being able to manipulate electricity. He planned to leave and go to Empire City and learn how to control his electric powers from Cole McGrath, the only other known superhero with the same powers.
"Will you be okay with that place?"
"Of course."
"It doesn't really have any vegetation."
"I'll survive."
"Hey guys." Will and Zach walked up to them.
"Hi Will. Hi Zach." Layla said.
"Hey guys, check out this." Zach said. Everyone looked at his hand as it transformed into a huge blade, then to an abnormally large hand with claws, and back to a regular hand.
"How'd you learn to do that?"
"I fell into a vat of toxic waste."
"More like hid." Warren said.
"So, do you think you have a name for yourself?"
"Firestorm, I think."
"A little close to Firestar."
"I know, but I can't get a better one."
"How about you Layla?" Zach asked.
"I'm just going to go with Leafstorm to go along with Warren."
"I guess you guys will be working together then?"
"You know it."
"All seniors, report to the front of the school now."
"Let's get it over with."
1 Week Later
"Where are we going to put a base?"
"I don't know, maybe our house, like at Stronghold's."
"Yeah maybe."
Warren's cell phone rang and he saw from the caller ID that it was Cole.
"Hello?"
"Are you ready to start training?"
"I guess so."
"Meet me at Zeke's pad."
"All right."
Zeke's
"All right, just will the electricity out of your hands."
Warren shot a bolt of electricity at a mannequin. Suddenly, it dodged out of the way.
"Whoa, calm down." He said, walking over to Warren.
"Who are you?" Warren asked.
"I'm Mr. Fantastic, the leader of the Fantastic Four."
"I thought they were dead." Layla said.
"They are, I'm the only one left, but I want to create a new incarnation of the team."
"So, you want the three of us to join?" Cole asked.
"Precisely."
"All right, I'm in." Cole said.
"I've got nothing to lose." Warren told them.
"If Warren's going, then I'm going."
"Damn Cole, with you joining the Fantastic Four, a lot of money can be made." Zeke said with a plan already formulating in his mind.
"No Zeke, you're not going to make money off this."
"I figured that New York has enough heroes, so we could just stay in Empire City."
"We?" Cole asked Zeke.
"Fine, you."
"What about your headquarters?" Warren asked.
"I'll have it flown in from New York."
"Great, call me for the first team meeting."
Warren and the Fantastic Four kept Empire City safe for one year before Galactus arrived.
"How do we fight it?"
"I've got an idea, but it could kill Cole."
"What is it?"
"I created a black hole generator a few years back, but I never had enough power to get it working to the size where it could suck Galactus in."
"And you want me to power the generator with my electric powers."
"Right, Warren will need to do it too, but you're the one who might die because you can fire out more energy than he can, and you'll end up draining yourself which might kill you unless you can absorb more electricity in a short period of time."
"Give me an estimate."
"About 30 seconds."
"All right, the world means more than my personal safety."
"I'll get the generator." Mr. Fantastic ran as fast as he could and grabbed it.
"He's coming, we'd better use it now." Layla pointed at the shape that was slowly blocking out the Sun.
Cole and Warren both grabbed on to the generator and willed the electricity to go in.
"The power is at 1%." Reed said.
They both also grabbed on to a streetlight and forced more electricity in.
"2%"
Cole closed his eyes, and when opened them, he stuck his hand into the air and tried to absorb all of the electricity from Empire City. It all came at once in the form of a lightning bolt. It struck him and all of the power went to the generator.
"100%!" The machine came to life and created a black hole over the United States. Galactus could not stop himself from being sucked in and he flew in just before it closed.
"We did it!" Mr. Fantastic yelled, but suddenly, he stopped and fell to his knees.
"What's wrong?" Warren asked.
An ambulance was nearby and picked him up. Meanwhile, Warren was holding on to an unconscious Cole who still had smoke coming off his body and whose clothes were singed, but not burned off thanks to Warren. Warren was forcing electricity through Cole to keep him alive.
"Will he be okay?"
"Yeah, but he was knocked out by the overload of electricity when the lightning bolt hit him."
Hospital
"Mr. Fantastic suffered a heart attack after the battle and is in intensive care, but I wouldn't be surprised if he doesn't make it." The doctor said.
"This is an important news flash!" A TV said, "The Superhuman Registration Act has been put into effect. If you are a super powered human, you are required to show the world your secret identity and register with the government. This is required, or else you are in violation of the law and you will be found by the registered heroes and put in prison."
"I'm safe." Cole said.
"I guess we should register too." Layla said.
"I won't." Warren said, "Why should we register? Heroes have rights too. And that includes having a secret identity."
"I guess we'll be enemies then."
"I guess so."
Warren and Layla stormed off in opposite directions, leaving Cole to decide which side to join by himself.