A/N: Thanks to all who reviewed and have enjoyed my story so far! Easy now on the thoughts of Reed being really gone... for starters if I got rid of Reed there would be no fulff!! Where's the fun in that? LOL anyway Chapter two as promised! Enjoy and please review!

Nixy


There You'll Be

Chapter Two:

It all seemed so surreal the fact that even though the leader of the fantastic four was missing, the people of New York just seemed to carry on as normal. Sue scoffed as she walked down the frozen goods isle of a shopping centre. She had been forced out of the house by Johnny that morning telling her that it was for her own good that she needed to get out and some fresh air and old routines would make her feel better. But she knew her brother better then that. He was just getting sick of cereal for breakfast, lunch and dinner seeing as that's all they had left in their cupboards.

So there she was pushing a shopping trolley down the tiled isles Morrison's, filled with dozens of civilians all staring at her like they usually do. She had gotten used to the whispers and the looks by now. Not to say she liked it much but that's what happened when you became a world famous super hero. Grabbing a couple of frozen pizzas she walked on not looking back at the people who had literally stopped in the middle of the isle to look at her.

She automatically walked into the breakfast goods isle and headed straight for the coffee. She didn't think twice when she reached for the unleaded stuff. It was only when she allowed her eyes to graze over the price tag that she clocked on to what she was doing. Reed was the only one who drank unleaded in the Baxter building and since he had been gone for over a fortnight there was still over half a bag left in the cabinet next to the fridge. She smiled weakly at her automatic habits but her smile faded almost as soon as it came.

'Not in the middle of the store Sue' she scolded quickly placing the coffee back on the shelf and wiping under her eye with her palm. She sniffed consciously looking around her to see if any one had spotted her yet.

'Abort the breakfast isle. Johnny will kill me if I bring home more cereal'. Her pony tail swayed from side to side as she speed her way out away from the cereal and around the corner. She froze almost guiltily when she saw a small crowd of people gathered in the centre of the isle behind the one she had just been in. She swallowed sheepishly as she very slowly began to push her trolley towards them, determined not to be intimidated by them. Besides the fact that they were standing right by the loafs of bread which is exactly where she wanted to go, they were not making it discreet that they had been watching her from behind the shelves.

Heaving a sigh, Sue carried on pretending not to see them as she stopped beside the small swaddle of people and reached in for a loaf of bread. It boiled her blood some times hearing the ends of people conversations and their voices halted in hushed tones when ever she approached. She could just imagine what they were saying about her now.

'Just ignore it Sue, they've come along way since they days when they used to chase you down the street.' To her surprise she looked up at the faces of some of the people standing there, inconsiderately blocking the bakery shelves. They were all women, some form of mothers meeting she must have lost her invitation to she guessed. All looked around her age if not older and all she would probably guess were married. She could feel her cheeks burning with embarrassment as all eyes continued to silently stare at her. The people of Morrison's were weird, at least the people outside shouted compliments at her. Swallowing, she gripped the bagged bread tightly before heading to the front of her trolley. She turned back towards the small crowd once again and opened her mouth as if to say something but froze once again. Fresh tears began to sting the corners of her eyes as she decided that anything she was going to say to any one now wasn't going to be something she wanted repeated so she turned away.

Johnny was definitely getting shopping duty from now on.


Johnny swung aimlessly on the lab chair as he sat in front of one of the three computers in the centre of the lab. Finding Reed was a lot harder then he had thought. How hard could it be to find a super hero? He had thought to himself when Reed first went missing. They had ruled out the idea of their fellow team mates death because they would have found something by now, there was no need to keep a lifeless corpse for ransom. He had been back to the scene with Ben a few days ago and collected some of the left over material from Harry's machine in hopes to trace the location of the power source. Sue was positive that even though Harry was in the same classes as her and Reed in college he was never an independent worker which meant that he had to be working with some one to get the robot armor. She didn't want to go back to the place so she stayed in the lab while the two guys went and searched.

They had managed to find a few bits and pieces left of the armor and was able to, with the help of Sue, attach them to the labs main computer. Johnny was at this moment running some tests on the metal suit that Sue had showed him how to conduct and was waiting for the computer to come back with results. His stomach grumbled hungrily and Johnny frowned. He couldn't stand the though of another bowl of Coco Pops that morning after having the chocolaty cereal for three days in a row. He had decided to wait for his Sister to come back from shopping but she was taking longer then he had thought she would. He hoped she was ok.

Just as the thought passed through his mind the sound of the elevator doors opening caused him to swing around on his chair to face them. He smiled at his sister who practically fell through the doors, her arms filled with about seven shopping bags each. She looked rather irritated.

"It's ok, no one get up, ill handle all of this!" she growled marching in the direction of the kitchen. Johnny leapt out of his seat and chased after her.

"Hey sis, you want a hand?" he asked once he had caught up to her. She paused in her tracks.

"Why thank you Johnny, how nice of you to offer!" she yelled throwing the bags down on the floor before storming off into the kitchen. Johnny looked at her for a moment, his brow lowered in confusion.

"Hey! What was that about?" he asked as he dragged all the bags from the hall way and dumped them on the long kitchen table. Sue didn't turn to him; she searched through the cabinet next to the fridge and groped for the unleaded coffee.

"Do not ask me to shop for you ever again" she breathed dangerously not turning to look at him. Johnny watched her make a mug of black coffee, his nose wrinkling in distaste.

"The answer will be no, I can't do it any more Johnny!" she yelled finally turning to face him. "I can't stand the looks or the talks, just a simple thing like food shopping is made into a walk down hells corridor just because people can't butt out of my business!"

Johnny stood in silence listening to his sister yell, he knew that it had nothing to do with shopping, she just missed Reed. They all missed him, but it was harder on her for some reason. Johnny had never really been in love before so he couldn't imagine what his sister was feeling right now. He decided it was best to just let her yell and get it out. Sue bit her bottom lip and leant against the kitchen side, her fresh cup of coffee steaming in her grasp.

"I can't do this any more" she whimpered, lowering her head so she didn't have to look at him any more. A single tear escaped from under her eye lid and slid down her cheek. Johnny took this as his time to act as he moved around the kitchen and to his sisters side. He looped an arm around her shoulders pulling her into a light hug.

"Why don't you go and sit down? Just relax, ill take care of all this and me and Ben can sought out something for dinner"

Her shoulders lifted in his arms as Sue let out a small laugh.

"What and submit myself to your cooking?" she joked. Johnny gave her a small squeeze lad to see that she was still able to find a funny side of things.

"I just feel so bad all of the time. We should have found him by now" she said quietly lowering her nose to the mug and inhaling the hot steaming liquid. Johnny raised an eyebrow. He guided her to a chair and sat next to her. Sue placed the mug on the table and hung her head in her hands.

"We're doing everything we can Susie..."

"Are we?" she interrupted looking up and meeting his eye. Johnny's mouth hung open, caught suddenly speechless.

"I mean I keep thinking that if we were doing everything that we could we would have found him by now. I mean we're super heroes for God sake. We have more power in our little fingers then the rest of the population has all together."

"Sis, you need to calm down" Johnny began reaching over for her hand. She gripped it tightly.

"I need him back Johnny"

Just then the two were interrupted by a small being coming from the lab. They parted slightly, both looking towards the noise trying to figure out what it could be. Johnny's eyes widened, the computer search was finished and the results were uploading onto the screen with every beep they heard.


A/N: dum dum dum!!