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Sue walked into the lab and headed over to the far corner where Reed and Ben were huddled. She sighed angrily and sat down on a nearby stool. Johnny is so irritating, she thought. When will he grow up? You'd think he was still a teenager.
"Everything ok?" she asked.
"Um, you could say yes." Ben said.
"We both noticed a little bit of the Kira persona earlier today." Reed informed her. Sue nodded and thought about the way Amara had just ordered herself and Johnny about.
"In what way?" Sue inquired.
"Just little things," Ben said quickly, defending his friend, after all who was perfectly happy all the time? Reed glanced at Ben and continued.
"At breakfast this morning, she used her powers to just bring a box of cereal over from the unit to the table." Sue raised her eyebrow. "We know it's a tiny thing, but Amara doesn't use her powers unless necessary. None of us do really. Another thing was that she seemed to take pleasure watching the news stories this morning. Anything about deaths or injuries. She even smirked earlier and she never does that."
"But as I said. It could be coincidental."
"It does fit with the way she just shouted at the two of us," Sue added. She felt bad about talking this way, but how careful did they need to be?
"I think for now we just have to keep vigilant," Reed summarised. He glanced at the door and lowered his voice. "I'll work on a few tests, just to see if we can judge a way to eliminate the Kira aspect."
"Should we bring Johnny into this?" Ben asked. "He of all people would notice a change in Amara's attitude."
"No, not yet," Sue replied quickly. Reed looked at her, his gaze full of questions. "It's too soon; I don't think he'd deal with it too well at the moment, do you?"
"That's understandable, we'll just keep an eye out as Reed said," Ben said.
"I think I'm gonna go shopping, I feel the need for some retail therapy." Sue announced after a few seconds. "I'll see if Mara wants to come, if not I'm outa here." She kissed Reed on the cheek and went to find Amara.
"Jeez Sue, knock next time," Johnny snapped at his sister. He hurriedly wrapped a towel around his waist and Sue shut the door.
"Sorry," Sue said quickly, embarrassed to have seen what she just saw. "Lock it and I wouldn't be able to get in." She heard her brother growl at her in frustration, followed by Amara's laugh.
"We're very sorry you had to see that Sue, probably scarred you for life," she told the Invisible Woman.
"No its fine," Sue replied, she was happy that things were so good between Amara and Johnny again. "I just wanted to know if you were up for shopping….but you're busy."
"Ohhhh, that sounds good," Amara said. "The shopping I mean, not what you were thinking."
"What was she thinking?" Johnny asked curiously.
"Nothing," Sue added quickly. "Just about shopping."
"Uh huh," Johnny said, opening the door and walking out. Amara chuckled at his expression.
"I'd love to go shopping but I need to sort a few things out so I'm gonna have to pass," she told the blonde. "And Sue, I am sorry about shouting at you earlier, I don't know what came over me."
"Its fine, perfectly natural," Sue replied smiling. Amara smiled back and walked into her room. She quickly changed into some clean clothes and tied her wet hair up into a bun. She turned away from the mirror to see Johnny leaning on her doorframe.
"Been there long?" she asked him, she hadn't sensed him come in. He grinned at her and came into the room, pulling her into a hug. "What's that for?" she asked him.
"Can't I randomly hug you?"
"You can, but you don't usually," she replied, but when she thought about they hadn't been together long enough for a 'usually' to crop up.
"What 'things' do you need to sort out?" he asked her. "I heard you say it to Susie."
"Oh, I was thinking about getting a job," she replied. "I don't like living off you guys."
"Why not? I haven't had a job since we went into space. Fighting crime's our job." Amara laughed.
"Yeah, but it doesn't pay," she replied. "It's gonna be hard cos I didn't apply for university, which means low pay, but it's better than nothing."
"I'm not gonna let you just work in a shop," Johnny replied. "No girl of mine will be a shop girl."
"Oh it's all about you," she replied jokingly. She knew Johnny was trying to be supportive, even though he didn't want his reputation to be in any way hurt.
"I thought about doing an online degree course," she confided. "That way I'm still available to help you guys." Johnny nodded.
"I like that idea more," he told her honestly.
"Yeah?" she asked a broad smile on her face.
"Yeah," he repeated. "Now that we've decided that, we have the day to ourselves."
"What about Reed? Isn't he sending us on a mission?"
"There's been no further activity as far as I know," Johnny told her. Amara turned to start walking to the lab. "If you go ask him, you know he'll give us some sort of mission."
"That is the point," Amara replied. "We're super heroes; we have to play the part at some point. Unless you're too scared after the cat incident?" She teased playfully. Johnny nodded slightly.
"But we should enjoy the time we have before the next big catastrophe."
"Big word there Storm," she grinned. He pouted at her. "Joking." A manic grin flickered over his features. "No, Johnny, no way, I know what you're thinking." She tried to dodge his arms, but he managed to pick her up. She squealed as he started tickling her.
