Chapter 4
"Susan, every man dreams he'll meet a woman he can give the world to. In my case, it's not just a metaphor." Victor then told Susan before he walked over to the strange looking control panel and then pressed a button on the control panel causing a computer voice to fill the air.
"Opening viewing station shield." the computer voice told Victor and Susan as the shield around the station began to lower revealing a beautiful view of the Earth as Susan walked over to one of the windows and then looked down at the Earth.
+With Reed, Thomas and Kayla+
Not knowing that the shields were down, Reed wote some things down in a booklet just as a beeping sound filled the air causing the raven haired man to look at the computer screen next to him while Thomas wrote some things down in another booklet and Kayla drew on a piece of paper as she sat on the floor near Thomas.
"That can't be right." Reed mumbled as he stood up and then looked worringly at the screen causing Thomas to look at him worringly.
"What can't be right?" Thomas asked his friend as he walked over to him while Reed began to type on a nearby keyboard just as a computer voice filled the air.
"Event threshold in T-minus nine minutes, 47 seconds." the computer voice warned the group causing Kayla to look curiously at her mom.
"Mama, what's that mean?" Kayla curiously asked Thomas as the blond looked curiously at Reed.
"Reed, what's going on?" Thomas then worringly asked his friend before he looked at the computer screen and then paled.
"That's impossble. It should be seven hours." Thomas then worringly told Reed as the raven haired man nodded.
+With Susan and Victor+
"We've been together two years now." Victor told Susan after he hid a ring box behind his back and then walked over to her.
"It's been a good two years, Victor. The company's accomplished so much." Susan smiled at Victor.
"Right. Of course. The company." Victor chuckled as he looked down at the Earth.
"But, you see, I've come to realize, that all the accomplishments in the world mean nothing without someone to share them with." Victor began causing Susan to smile.
"Um.." Susan began before Victor interupted her.
"I've lived my whole life unafraid of taking big steps. Now it's time to take the biggest step of all." Victor then told Susan as he turned to face her.
"Victor-" Susan began before Victor interupted her once more.
"If it helps, think of this as a...promotion." Victor told Susan before he took a deep breath and then let it out.
"Victor, I-" Susan began as Victor took out a small black box and then opened it.
"I have four words." Victor interupted as Susan looked at the small ring in shock.
"Four little words that can change our lives forver." Victor then told Susan as Reed's voice filled the air.
+On the platform+
"The cloud is accelerating!" Reed yelled at Victor and Susan causing the two to look up at him and Thomas who was holding his daughter in his arms.
"We've got minutes until it hits not hours." Reed then worringly told his old friends as Kayla looked curiously at her Uncle Reed.
"Victor, that storm is deadly. We need to abort." Thomas then warned Victor as Susan ran away from the raven haired man.
+With Victor+
"Get a grip, you two. We didn't come all this way to lose our nerve at the first glitch. Just close the shields." Victor told Thomas and Reed as he put away the ring box as Susan ran onto the platform.
+With Reed, Thomas and Kayla+
"Ben is still out there." Reed then worringly told Victor as Thomas explained to his daughter what was going on and why he and Reed were scared causing Kayla to glare at Victor.
+With Victor+
"So reel him in." Victor told Reed and Thomas.
"Look, we came here to do a job, so let's do it. Quickly." Victor then told Reed and Thomas causing the two men to run off of the platform and toward the room where Johnny was observing Ben.
+With Susan+
"Victor, Reed and Thomas are right. We have less than six minutes." Susan worringly yelled at Victor as he quickly climbed up the steps and then ran over to Susan who was checking the data on a computer.
+With Reed, Thomas and Kayla+
"Ben, you need to get inside now!" Reed worringly yelled at his old friend through a communactor in his ear as he and Thomas ran over to Johnny causing the preteen to turn around and look at them.
"What's going on?" Johnny asked the worried trio.
+With Ben+
"I ain't done arrangin' your flowers yet, egghead." Ben told Reed throught he communactor as he slowly turned around to see the space station.
+With Reed, Thomas, Johnny and Kayla+
"Ben, turn around." Thomas then told Ben through another communactor causing Ben to turn around and then pale as the Cosmic Storm hit the space station causing it to shake.
+With Ben+
"Guys, I'm not gonna make it." Ben worringly told the group through his communactor.
+With Reed, Thomas, Johnny and Kayla+
"Ben, you gotta jump! It's the only way!" Johnny yelled at Ben through the communactor as Kayla looked worringly at her uncle as Reed looked at Johnny.
+Outside+
As the Cosmic Storm got closer to him, Ben lept from the platform he was standing on and then floated toward the enterence to the space station.
+With Susan and Victor+
"What are you doing?" Susan asked Victor in shock as he tapped on a computer screen.
"Closing the shields." Victor told Susan.
"You can't just leave them out there." Susan angerly yelled at Victor.