"So how's everything now?"
"It could be better," Elena stated as she held her cell phone while she stood in the kitchen. Elena needed time to think, plus her head was killing her. None of the pain pills Reed had given her worked. Danny knew he should've stayed at the Baxter Building, but opted out so he didn't get torched by Johnny.
"How's Sue?"
"Fine, I guess. Things a tense, but I think she's getting back to normal," Elena stated as she wetted a wash cloth. She had blood all over her head and neck, "Oh yeah, I won't be able to be around for the next couple days."
"Understandable," Danny replied.
Johnny suddenly entered the living area and stopped when he looked at her. Judging by the look on his face, Elena knew there was something wrong with the man. He just stared at her, "Johnny?" Danny's fist clench when he heard her speak his name. She said it differently than she did with other names, "Danny, I need to go," not 'have' but 'NEED'.
"Yeah, fine." Elena glanced at her phone confused before tossing it onto the counter with frustration making Johnny blink with surprise.
"Are you okay?" Elena immediately asked as she rubbed her neck with the wet towel.
Johnny walked towards her with a frown etched on his face, "Now you're asking?"
Elena's face flashed with hurt before she held the towel to her face, "Yeah, because something is happening in you and I'm extremely worried."
Johnny's entire body froze with surprise and confusion, "Wait, you haven't been acting weird because of me?" Elena shook her head while trying to get the blood off her cheek, "Then why have you been so weird?!" Elena opened her mouth but no words came, "Come on," he sighed before walking into the entertainment room, which had a workout area, pool table and couches.
"Johnny?" Alicia asked seated on the couch as Ben sat up from the bench press.
"They want to break the team up," this caught Elena and Ben off guard.
"What are you talking about?" Elena asked with an incredulous stared as Johnny sighed with a defeated look on his face.
"Reed and Sue. I just overheard them," Johnny explained as Ben and Elena blinked, Alicia listened carefully from her spot on the couch, "They want a nice, normal, boring-ass life," Alicia scoffed at that, "No more Fantastic Five."
"I'll be right back," Elena said getting up and running into the lab. She had a thought and needed a computer to fix it.
"Elena! I was just about to get you!" Reed said as Elena sat down in front of her computer and began typing, already knowing what Reed needed her to do.
Ben frowned as he looked over at Johnny. He stood to his feet as he approached his teammate "What do they expect us to do? Keep the team going just the three of us?"
"And what? Call ourselves the Terrific Trio?"
"When were they going to tell us."
"They'll tell you when they're ready to tell you," Alicia interjected, making the swimming in, "It's they're decision, not yours," she said, "You can't be mad at them for doing what makes them happy," Ben and Johnny shared a stare after Alicia's words
The moment was quickly interrupted as Reed walked into the room with an urgent look on his face. For that second, the bad news had been forgotten as the two looked to their leader, "Guys, we've got a problem."
"I was able to get into Hobble and other astronomical databases to find this on the surface radiation," Elena explained as the five stood in front of the huge computer monitor. Images of different planets appeared on the screen, each looking uninhabitable and dry.
"I'm sorry, how did you get into these databases so quickly?" Johnny asked breaking the situation.
"Please! I hacked into the Pentagon when I was sixteen on a dare! This was nothing," Elena smirked then suddenly realized she revealed what the dare was and Johnny looked at her with a gapping mouth.
"He's been to all these planets?" Ben asked curiously as Reed nodded, a stern look on his face.
"And they're all lifeless now. Barren. Some of them have even shattered completely," chills ran through Elena has she felt something pierce her mind making her slightly flinch, "Everywhere the Surfer goes, eight days later, the planet dies…" each member of the team shared a look of fear.
"How are we gonna stop him? We don't even know where he is," Ben pointed out as Sue frantically searched her brain for a solution.
"What about the craters?" Sue suggested as Reed sighed and typed in a few numbers into the computer. Hope sparkled in Mr. Fantastic's eyes as he stared at the screen.
"They're al appearing in numerical order," Reed said with a smile, "The last crater was in Greenland so the next in the sequence should be…" Reed looked down at he panel beneath him, "Latitude: 51 degrees, 30 minutes north; longitude: 0 degrees, seven minutes west."
Elena's eyes widened, "London."
"Sue, get General Hagar on the phone now."
"Why is no one else freaking out that Elena hacked into the pentagon?! The PENTAGON!"
"Alright, when he surfaces we have to make sure to keep the fight away from the people!" Reed called out as he looked down, the helicopter arriving at their destination.
"He's too fast for that. If I see Silver, I'm going after him," Johnny called out as Reed frowned. Elena glanced at Johnny with a worried expression. This wasn't to go well.
"You can't do that, Johnny. You have to stick to the plan and work as a team."
"Oh, so now we're a team!" Elena sighed as she looked out to the London sights while Sue and Reed glanced at one another.
"Of course we are. What are you talking about?"
"You know exactly what I'm talking about," Johnny shot back as realization came over the couple. Sue frowned at her brother as Reed gave him a sympathetic stare.
"Look, we were going to tell you guys—"
"When?" Johnny snapped form the front seat of the copter, "When you guys moved your stuff out of the Baxter Building?"
"Johnny, this isn't really a good time," Sue pointed out but Ben shrugged, jumping into the argument.
"The kid's got a point," he said surprising Sue and Reed, "You should've told us," Hagar glanced from teammate to teammate, his eyes landing on Elena who suddenly winced in pain.
"Alright, enough!" Reed snapped as he quickly put out the fight, "We'll talk about this later!"
Hagar shook his head as he shot an unimpressed stare at Reed, "What the hell is wrong with you people?"
Elena gave a unamused laugh before taking a sharp breath and holding her head, "Guys!" she called out in pain before looking up at them, the outer part of her left eye was slightly dripping blood, "He's here," she quickly changed her skin making the bleeding stop.
The moment they were out of the helicopter, the team rushed into action. Elena flamed up and flew over to the London Eye while the rest of the team ran there. Once she was high enough, Elena directed her wind so she could slow the fall in time for Sue to form a force field around it. The shield covered the circumference of the ride, giving Elena something stable to push the wind against. Reed stretched out from the other end and began to weave his body around and gripped the cables. Ben pushed up the structure from underneath and they all began to form the right balance to put the wheel back into place.
Meanwhile, Johnny stood on the ground, staring at the whirlpool within the River Thame that grew larger and larger. His eyes caught silver. The Surfer shot up into the sky and gave one cautious glance over his shoulder causing Elena to scream out in pain, her flames flickered before she caught herself, the surfer didn't even see this happen before speeding off to an unknown location.
Elena emitted another scream, faltering again when Johnny burst into flames to go after the Surfer, "No, Johnny!" Reed shouted. Johnny got struck by a snapping wire causing him to go off course and into Reed's arm. Flames spread up and down Reed's arms as they shrunk to normal size. The Eye began to fall from the loss of support and Elena cried out, when she felt something stab her mind. Her flames flickered out, making her fall to the ground with a crack of the concrete. Her head felt like it was about to explode or something.
"Guys! What are you doing?" Sue yelled, stepping back further than the end of the pier. Ben grunted as the weight of the Eye leaned against he nape of his neck.
Reed hovered in the air, having adapted the best he could to Johnny's powers, "Ben! Lift it higher!" he yelled. Ben grunted before groaning an 'I'll try.'
He lifted the Eye higher above his head. The centre of the Eye lined up with the support tower. Reed used Johnny's flames to weld the surfaces together making the Eye stand still.
Sue kneeled down, feeling weak from the strain of holding up the Eye. Elena was fully collapsed, coughing up blood as she struggled to stay conscious. Ben panted as he regained his strength. A family stood a few feet away, the father had been trapped in one of the pods when Johnny switched powers with Reed were now reunited with his family and looked at Ben with a smile.
Reed ran past Johnny, making sure to switch powers when he did, "Sue!" he called seeing her barely stand on her own feet. Reed rushed to her air, gently holding her up. Johnny stepped forward to help her but Reed shot his arm out, "Stay back…before you get somebody killed."
Elena spit the blood out of her mouth before feeling another sharp stab in her mind this made her groan, "Johnny," she looked up at the blonde and he moved to go next to her. He saw the crack in her diamond skin slightly growing. He reached out to touch it when Reed interjected.
"Oh my god," Ben gasped. The Five looked over at the River Thames which was now completely dried up. In the center, a giant crater.
AN: WTF is up with Elena's powers?! Like seriously! Anyways. Leave a review and no flames!
Xoxo - Scar