L-I am still not dead!

Yes, we know, so?

L-I'm not, so I thought I'd tell everybody

They already know, you're only trapped in a metal tube and falling unconscious from lack of oxygen, why on earth would they think you were dead? (Sarcastically)

J-and I'm in this chapter too!

Actually that was the last one, Anyway, I should be busy working out how to get Lia out of her tube, why don't you, oh I don't know, go and torment Heather or something?

H-Hey, I heard that!

J-you did? Oh well you are kind of fun to torment!

H-Right, that's it, you're getting it! (Runs at James who simply disappears)

Ok back to the story

H-Hey, I wasn't finished chasing J yet!

So? Who's the author here, why don't you go find him, I think he teleported to Australia.

H-That's not funny

I think you'll find it is, now leave.

H-(Glares)

I said leave, go go go! (Heather turns and walks off in a huff)

Right, now I've got rid of those two, I can continue.

L-I'm still not dead!

Right, that's it I'm locking you all out. Go! (Points to a door that appears out of thin air)

L-(Pouts but goes through the door anyway)

(Locks door) Finally I can get on.

Here's the story.

SuperminionXD

P.S. if any of you are interested I started writing another story, it is a collection of one shots about James's attempts to get powers, mostly Humour and Family with some Hurt/comfort and a bit of fluff mixed in.

P.P.S. In case you were wondering, James can't actually teleport to Australia, he can only do short range and he has to see where he's teleporting to, sometimes he does this through Heather relaying it Psychically which is what happened at the end of last chapter.

P.P.P.S. I should probably warn you about the massive twists that appear in this chapter, ok definitely stopping now. Let's just say there's more to this than anyone realises. A lot more.

P.P.P.P.S. I apologise for the longness of these author notes

Multi coloured spots danced in front of my eyes, otherwise I saw nothing. I could still hear the sounds of the battle outside, oddly amplified by the metal walls of my prison. I was suddenly thrown to one side of the chamber as I felt more and more dizzy. I was just about to give up and sink into the darkness when I heard a metal creaking sound I had not heard before. Soon after I felt light tough my now closed eyelids, my body ached for breath but in my semi-conscious state I was barely able. My eyes fluttered open and I saw two blurry figures, one red and blue the other black and pink.

"Aww I wanted Superman…" I mumbled as the darkness overtook me.

I didn't know how I got there but I was standing at the bottom of a big grand staircase, like you would find in a posh mansion or suchlike. It was carpeted red with golden rails but seemed to fade into whiteness after 20 or so steps. I looked around the room; it was a lot like an old fashioned mansion as well, with paintings of posh looking people framed on the walls. Then I realised, I had to find Mummy! I turned and went through a large white door.

The room I went into was exactly the same as the one before, except this time there were no stairs, I went through another white door and found myself in an identical room again! Why was this happening? I continued through another white door, into another picture room, the same as the last. The whole process seemed to go on forever, until at last I came to a room that was different. Instead of one white door, this room had another door next to it, a dark black one. This new door was the one I chose to enter. And I was right, in a way; the room I now came into was different from all the others. It was like a ballroom, only a lot smaller, in the centre of the room stood a woman.

She wore a long frilly dress, the likes of which I had only seen on TV Programs about long ago, it was light blue in colour and frilled with white. Her dark brown hair curled softly down her back, it was the same colour as mine, only longer and less messy. She stood, perfectly still, in the centre of the ballroom with her back to me. I slowly edged my way forward, towards her, still she made no movement. I walked slowly round her until I could see her face, then my heart leapt. It is Mummy! I gasped and moved to hug her, it is then that I realise she is still motionless, even her face showed no flicker of recognition.

'Mummy, it's me! Mummy are you ok?'

My hopes fell as she made no movement, not even a flicker of her eyelid. It was almost like she was frozen. Just as I thought that the entire room seemed to chill, it was as if someone has opened a window and it was snowing outside. I shivered and looked around, there weren't any windows. I felt something behind me and whipped round. Standing there was another woman, but this one was a lot different. Her hair was grey and hung limp under a strange bonnet, her dress, which was also old fashioned, was plain black. Her face was old and wrinkled, but what scared me most was her eyes. They were pure, blood red with no pupil or iris. I tried to get away but bumped into Mummy's frozen figure.

The woman reached out her hand and touched my forehead. Immediately pain sprung up, it was like the needle all over again! Then the pain seemed to spread until it felt like my entire body was on fire, and not in the normal way. I looked down at my arms, red boils and blisters were appearing! I screamed and screamed but nothing happened. The strange red rash covered my entire body as I writhed in agony! Even my vision turned red!

Then all of a sudden it stopped. A strange cool, smooth feeling came over me. The creepy mansion and everything in it simply disappeared before my eyes. I was floating in an endless whiteness. The pearl I had seen before materialised in front of me, this time I had no urge to touch it, I simply stared, entranced by its beauty.

'Sweetheart, you are special, amazing, remember that always. And remember that I love you…'

Mummy's voice emanated from the pearl, as if it was her very essence, her spirit.

My eyes opened of their own accord and I saw that I was back on my mattress in Jo's room. I could see the white bumpy texture of the ceiling. What had happened? Last thing I remembered was the spider robots attacking and then… I frowned trying to remember. Mummy was… frozen? And that woman! What had she done to me! I shivered, my body felt strange, almost numb, except for the strange cold smoothness. The pearl, it spoke? And in Mummy's voice? I didn't understand, what had happened?

I started to sit up but caught a glimpse of something white and shiny. I looked down at my body; someone has changed me since I am now wearing my orange nightdress. But that was not what I first noticed, nor was it the strangest. Covering my entire body, or at least what I could see of it, was what appeared to be a thin layer of a pearl substance. I half lie half sit there, just staring at the strange new layer on my skin, it feels cold and smooth and catches the light in the exact way a pearl would. I finally worked up the courage and got out of bed, I went towards the mirror on the inside of the wardrobe.

On the way I saw that Jo was also curled up in his bed, but there was light coming in through the curtains, it must have been early morning. I gasped as I opened the wardrobe door and saw my own reflection in the glass. I was correct in thinking that the substance covered my entire body, a little more so than I thought. For it was all over my skin, but not just my skin, my hair and nails were also covered and even my eyes, which caused them to have a strange blank look, since neither the pupils or irises were visible through the layer, and how I could see I didn't know, and probably never will. The only normal part of my body seemed to be the inside of my mouth, the pearl layer ended just over my lips; the cold material clinked against my teeth. What had happened to me? Why was I like this?

Again I just stood and stared at my new reflection. But after a while I realised I would have to do something, without really knowing why I went out of the bedroom and made my way to the lab. I opened the door slightly but before I went in something stopped me. I looked into the room; it looked pretty much the same as normal with loads of high tech equipment everywhere. Uncle Reed was sitting working at one of the computers, his expression looked troubled, on the screen there was a picture that looked like a twisted up rope ladder, the 'rungs' of the ladder seemed to be highlighted different colours, most of them were just blue like the rest of the picture, but roughly a quarter of them were orange and another quarter seemed to be highlighted white. Uncle Reed looked up to a part of the room I couldn't see.

"Heather, can you come and take a look at this" he called; Auntie Heather appeared from the unseen side of the room and inspects the screen.

"Is that what I think it is?" she asked him, he nodded.

"Recombinant DNA, but it's not from Jonny" he replied.

"So where then?" She continues.

"I don't know yet, this DNA is different, it shows signs of a crude form of Genetic engineering" he explained.

"Wasn't Victor researching into something like that right before the mission, I remember it was in the news, didn't the board use that as one of the reasons to throw him out?" She gasped.

"Yes I remember, wasn't he trying to fuse an unidentified alloy to skin? There were rumours of human experimentation but it was dropped after he was claimed dead?" he remembered.

"What if he succeeded, and she's the result?" she theorised, what where they talking about?

"That can't be right, she wasn't born then" he pointed out, "In order for it to be passed to her it would have to come from her mother"

"So her Mum was Doom's lab rat, that would explain the creepy obsession, but why kill her Mum and not just recapture her and why now?" She asked.

"My analysis shows that the original DNA was unstable and never fully manifested, but in her it is." He concluded, "Victor must have realised this, he had to have been watching her, waiting for the abilities to manifest"

"And imagine his surprise when she manifests Jonny's instead!" She finished, wait they were talking about me!

"What do we tell her?" Uncle Reed asked, Auntie Heather turns round and looks directly at me.

"Nothing, she already knows" she replied, the door swung open with a motion of her hand and revealed me, they both gasped. "I guess that proves our theory"

"Yes" Uncle Reed agreed grimly.

"I don't understand! Auntie Heather, Uncle Reed, what's happening to me?" I asked in a small voice. Auntie Heather immediately flew across the room and hugged me tight, but I barely felt it through my strange new coating.

"It's ok Lia, it's going to be ok" she comforted, but this only caused tears to well up in my eyes.

"You don't know that" I retorted sniffing.

"I wouldn't be so sure about that if I were you" she replied mysteriously, I giggled slightly and tried to push back the tears.

"If its ok, I think it would be best if I ran some tests" Uncle Reed suggested, I nodded and rubbed my eyes.

Auntie Heather guides me to the table I sat on before and he starts to get some equipment out. He got out a needle and prepared to get blood from me, but when he tried the needle simply bent against the hard surface, much like it would with Superman. Both of them seemed shocked, I was as well, and then Uncle Reed got out a pen-like device that was connected to the computer by a wire. He pressed a switch and the end of the pen lit up blue, he moved the pen above my hand so that the blue light reflected off the shiny white skin. He moved the light around different parts of my body and then examined the results on his computer.

"The coating seems to be a strange alloy, more durable than Adamantium, stronger than titanium or carbon steel!" he exclaimed. (Sorry, random reference, couldn't resist XD, you know there are a whole load of lines that are said in both films XD)

"I don't like it! I don't want to be like this!" I complained at his enthusiasm.

"I'm sorry, you should be able to control it, if you could locate the trigger" he explained, (Sorry quote central today XD) "Can you remember what you were feeling when it happened?"

"I don't know, I was asleep then I woke up and I was like this!" I explained.

"I see, that won't work, try thinking about it disappearing" He suggested.

"That might work" Auntie Heather agreed. So I looked at my hands and pictured them normal, to my surprise I saw the white layer dissolve into my skin leaving me just like normal.

"I did it!" I exclaimed, I jumped down from the desk, "Can I tell Daddy? Can I? Can I?"

"I suppose so" She laughed, I squealed and ran off. But before I get anywhere I am stopped in my tracks. Stood right in front of me was Lucie. She stood there solemnly, tears streaming down her face. She was wearing a strange navy blue cloak and a matching dress with white trimming.

"I'm sorry Lia, D-daddy says I have to" she stuttered.

"Lucie? What…? Why…?" I try to start too many sentences at once.

"I'm sorry Lia" she repeated, more tears spilled out her bright blue eyes. The slowly moved her hand so it was pointing straight at me.

"L-lucie?..." I cried, but it was too late as some very familiar white lightening shot from her fingers and hit me. I felt pain then everything went black.

Ok, yes I am mean; all will be explained in the next chapter. Probably. So? Any guesses as to who Lucie's 'Daddy' is? Please Please review, Lia is counting on it for her survival. Actually she's not but review anyway please.

Just to point out, no, Lia's is not the same alloy as Doom; I just put that quote in for the sake of it.

If you want an idea of what Lia looks like in her 'Pearl form' imagine the Silver Surfer from the second film only white and with hair, and a lot smaller and a girl, but you get the idea.

Bye for now

SuperminionXD