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Chapter 2:

Poppy knocked angrily on Victor's door having waited outside for fifteen minutes. She was already dressed and prepared to join the others but as usual, Victor wanted the Von Doom siblings to make their entrance together.

"Are you done yet?" asked Poppy, gently kicking the wall beside the door.

Victor opened the door. He stood dressed and frustrated with the small black box in his hand.

"The pockets are too small!" he said through clenched teeth.

Poppy raised an eyebrow, "Put it up your sleeve? It's not like you'll be piloting the mission."

"What if I forget it's up my sleeve and drop it?" he said, closing the door behind him.

"You won't! Stop being so nervous, you know you can do this," said Poppy as they walked towards the changing rooms. She noticed that her brother still lacked confidence and said, "Just imagine the look on Reed's face when he finds out that you and Sue are going to be married."

Suddenly, Victor's face lit up. His usual proud look replaced his expressions of nervousness. He looked like Victor Von Doom again. He looked unstoppable again.

The siblings barged into the changing rooms to find everyone dressed and ready. Sue was sitting in the far corner looked very annoyed. Ben was admiring a photograph and Reed was admiring the material that the suits were made out of.

"How is everybody doing?" asked Poppy, catching everyone's attention.

She received a few smiles in response. One smile caught her eye and she turned slightly to her left. A young man, around the same age as Poppy, sat grinning at her like a child about to go to Disney Land. His hair was a light shade of brown and though he was sitting, he looked very tall, maybe about six foot.

"I don't think we've met before," he said, still smiling but now standing up holding out his hand, "I'm Johnny Storm."

Poppy shook his hand, "Ah, Sue's younger brother. It's nice to meet you, Johnny, I am Poppy Von Doom."

He looked puzzled, "Von Doom?"

"She is my younger sister, Jonathon," said Victor, patting Poppy on the shoulder, "now, if everyone is ready, I think that we should leave."

The group hadn't been in space for two minutes and already, some kind of argument started. Poppy decided to leave her brother to it. When it came to arguments, Victor always won. It had been that way ever since they were young children. So, during her twenty-four years of living with Victor, she had learnt to give up on an argument before it even started. Poppy was standing on the sidelines, growing tired with the high testosterone levels circulating the observation room so she caught Victor's attention and tapped on her own sleeve. Victor nodded and turned back to Ben and Reed who were still attempting to win the argument.

"Actually, if you'll all excuse me, I need to borrow Susan for a moment," said Victor, catching Sue's attention.

Poppy held her fist up in support for Victor and left the room to work with Ben and Johnny. She helped Johnny put Ben in his space suit as a conversation began.

"Please tell me that Reed is not trying to rekindle things with my sister again," Johnny said to Ben.

"Of course not," said Ben, "it's strictly business."

"Well his eyes say differently don't they?"

"Hey," said Ben, "two hearts got busted last time. Maybe she's not over it either."

"I hope she is because Vic's proposing to her right now!" said Poppy, casually.

Both men looked at her in shock.

"You didn't see it coming? And Reed has no chance against my brother."

"I hate to say it," said Johnny, "but she's right. I mean, you've got Victor, more money than God, stud of the year. Then you've got Reed, the world's dumbest smart guy, worth less than a postage stamp. That's a real toss-up."

He left Ben in the chamber and began the mission. Ben floated out into space whilst Johnny and Poppy checked the conditions and equipment from the booth. Johnny turned to Poppy.

"My sister is going to get married?"

"Unless she says no, yeah," said Poppy.

"Wow," sighed Johnny, shaking his head, "so does your brother really care about her? I don't want Sue to get hurt."

Poppy avoided Johnny's gaze. Although she was excited about the fact that Victor may marry Sue, she had no doubt that the main reason that he was proposing was to annoy Reed. And there were only two people in the world that he cared about the most: himself and Poppy. He always put himself first though. He might spoil Sue with gifts but he would never truly love her. But Poppy wasn't about to tell Johnny all this. It seemed wrong to tell him, like she was breaking some kind of sibling confidentiality agreement. So instead she shrugged and nodded, making it seem like she had no idea what Victor was feeling.

"Do you think that Sue will say yes?" Poppy asked. In the back of her mind, she always had a feeling that Sue only saw Victor as a boss or business partner. And the awkwardness between Sue and Reed had made her wonder if there were still feelings lingering between the two of them.

"It depends," said Johnny, shrugging.

"On what?"

"On whether she listens to her brain or her heart."

Poppy understood immediately and looked at Johnny out of the corner of her eye.

"Which would you listen to?"

"Well, I never listen to my brain, it's always telling me not to do anything fun so I'd follow my heart," said Johnny with a bright smile, "what about you?"

Poppy half-shrugged and before she could say anything more, Reed had rushed into the room, screaming for them to reel Ben back in. At first, Poppy was lost, then she noticed what was wrong.

The storm cloud had accelerated and was heading straight towards them. As the cloud forced Ben into the window in front of them, Poppy's thoughts switched to Victor and Sue's safety. As she turned to run out of the room, Sue sprinted in.

"Victor's closing the shields. We need to get everyone back inside!" she shrieked.

Poppy nodded but was still concerned for Victor's safety and began to run again. Before she could leave, the room exploded with the contents of the storm cloud and she was hit square in the back, sending her into the wall beside her. She tried to keep her breathing steady and her eyes open. The screams of the others were echoing loudly in the room as Poppy's mind swirled into darkness.

Sorry that it has taken a while for me to update, I have had a lot going on and have struggled to find time to write. Thank you for reading. Please review.