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Interlude: Prelude to the Fantastic part 3: Susan and Johnny Storm

The Past: Baxter Building: Susan Storm: 14yrs; Johnny Storm: 8yrs

"YOU'RE DOING WHAT DADDY!" asked/ yelled Susan Storm.

"I said we are turning the Baxter Building into a central hub for the intellectually gifted Susan" replied her father Dr. Franklin Storm.

"Which means what Dad" asked Johnny while he was playing his video game.

"It means Johnny that things are gonna get crowded in here" said Susan in a slightly angry tone.

"I thought you would be happy Susan you'll be around other intelligent people other than me, people who share your gift in the field of Biology" said her Dad

"I liked it when it was just you and me having the intelligent conversations" she replied

"What about me" asked Johnny still playing his game.

"I said intelligent conversations not ones about the latest celebrity break up" replied Susan

"Be nice Susan….listen ever since you mother left the government has been pressuring me to churn out more results and I keep telling them that I can't do it by myself, so they wanted to scrap the project, but then I came up the idea to invite more gifted minds to the project and they ate it up, but don't worry it's not just for adults it's for people of all ages that are naturally gifted in math and science, so I'm sure you'll meet people your own age" said Dr. Storm

"If you say so daddy"

"I promise Susan it will be Fun" he said

"For her maybe…..but not for me…I'm gonna be stuck in a building full of geeks….yay" said Johnny sarcastically.

"Do you want to know what would really be fun Johnny" asked his Dad

"What"

"If you went and cleaned you room"

"AWWW DAD you said these guys won't be here for another 3 weeks"

"Which gives you just enough time to make your room spotless….now go" said Dr. Storm.

"Man…this sucks" said Johnny as he stood and walked to his room.

"Susan please just give this thing a chance…..do it for me"

"Alright Dad…..I'll give it a try"

"That's all that I ask dear" he said while giving her a kiss on her forehead, and going to the main lab of the Baxter Building.

Three Weeks Later

Three weeks flew by and soon the Baxter building went from three occupants to at least 50 or more people, all with an affinity for science.

Susan and Johnny had just finished listening to their father give everyone the introduction speech and now everyone in the lab was mingling and talking with each other.

"You know I don't need a babysitter" said Johnny

"Yes you do, you know we can't leave you alone…you always end up in trouble" replied Susan, while she and Johnny were walking through the crowd.

"That is not true Sue" said Johnny

"Yeah it is" she replied stopping to face him.

"Is not"

"Is too"

"Is not"

"Is…." Started Susan before she was interrupted. While she and Johnny started to argue a boy Susan's age came up to her, which halted her argument with her brother.

"Hello m-my n-name is Michael" stuttered the boy holding his hand out to Susan.

"Hi…my name's Susan Storm and this is my brother Johnny" replied Susan shaking the nervous boy's hand.

"Sup" said Johnny

"I-I was going around trying to find people my age, and so far I believe you are the 5th person I've met that's in our age bracket" said Michael.

"I'm sure you'll find more Michael"

"I'm not sure I want to meet anyone else after meeting you" said Michael looking at Susan and blushing "but I'll try to see if I can find anyone else….it's was nice meeting you Susan" he said before rushing off and disappearing into the crowd.

"Well that wasn't awkward" said Johnny sarcastically

"Tell me about it"

"Man that guy had a major crush" said a voice from behind Johnny and Susan

"Obviously I mean I'm only 8 and I can tell….I mean a blind man could tell" said Johnny, but when he and Susan turned around they were faced to face with a blind girl. She was the same height and age as Susan, but the girl had brown skin, thick shades to cover her eyes and a blue and white cane.

"OH my Gosh I'm so sorry so for my brother…..he's an idiot he tends to talk without thinking" said Susan quickly.

"It's okay I'm blind not made of glass" she replied

"I'm Susan Storm and this is my little brother Johnny Storm"

"Nice to meet you…I'm Alicia Masters; my Father Phillip Masters is a chemical scientist here"

"That's cool our Dad is Dr. Franklin Storm who is a little of everything" said Susan

"That's why he's the chief" Johnny interjected quickly

"So what did you admirer look like" asked Alicia

"You know average looking nothing….extra…" said Susan as she started to trail off on her sentence, the reason is because across the room Susan caught her first glimpse of 20year old Reed Richards.

"Uh…Susan are you okay" asked Alicia

"…..."

"hmmm what did you say" said Susan turning back to Alicia

"I said are you okay?"

"Yeah why"

"Because you zoned out for a minute"

"No I didn't" she replied quickly

"Yeah you did sis…..you spaced out when you looked at that geek over there…OW!" yelled Johnny as his sister smacked him on the head.

"It's not nice to call people names Johnny" she said

"So Susan describe him to me" said Alicia curiously

"Tall….boyish good looks…..brown hair…..a knowledgeable air around him, medium build, mature"

"Ah….the older guy"

"Not by much….maybe a few years 5yrs give or take"

"Not too bad"

"Not bad at all…..wait a minute did we just become friends….because this seems like stuff friends talk about"

"Do you want to be friends"

"Yeah….I think I do"

"Well then we're friends"

"Cool"

"And as my first duty as your friend is to tell you that your Brother Johnny is gone"

'WHAT!" yelled Susan looking around and sure enough her brother had vanished from her side.

'DAMN IT JOHNNY' thought Susan as she tried to look for him. After a few minutes she gave up and went to find her father.

"Daddy!" she yelled as she went over to her Father who just happened to be talking to Reed Richards.

5 years later: Susan: 19; Johnny: 13 Reed: 25; Victor Von Doom: 25

"WATCH OUT!" yelled Johnny Storm as he rode his skateboard down the long Hallway of the Baxter Building. The people who were walking in the hall had to dodge out of his way.

"MR. STORM….WATCH IT BRAT…NO SKATEBOARDING" yelled several people who were almost knocked down as he continued to ride his skateboard. Making a sharp turn around the corner Johnny skated head first into his sister, which made her fall and drop her soda, and papers that she was carrying and him crash not too far away.

"DAMN IT JOHNNY!" Susan yelled as she tried to wipe the drink off the papers.

"HEY! It's not my fault you weren't looking where you were going" said Johnny quickly getting up and taking off down the hallway in fear of his sister's wrath.

"YOU BETTER RUN!...jackass" said Susan trying to gather her papers.

"Susan" said a voice

"YEAH WHAT...OH Reed Hello" replied Susan looking up to see Reed bending down to help her pick up her things.

"Let me help"

"Thanks Reed"

"No problem at all…so…uh when did you get back from your trip" asked Reed referring to Sue's month long biology research trip.

"A few hours ago, I was on my way to my lab to analyze my data when my bonehead brother greeted me in his usual way"

"Yeah….Johnny is a bit high strung" said Reed as he and Sue shared a small laugh.

"Ummm….Sue listen I…uh…I was wondering

'FINALLY…..he's gonna ask me out' thought Sue

"I was wondering if…..if.. I could help you with your research….uh. it seems very interesting"

'WHAT THE HELL' thought Sue angrily.

"Um...What" she replied

"Your research….I'm intrigued by it….I read some of your findings" started Reed before being interrupted

"Dr. Richards you are needed in the main lab" said a scientist

"oh….um I'm sorry Sue can you excuse me for a moment' said Reed, making his way to the main lab.

'DAMN IT' she thought as she watched Reed walk away. Shifting the items in her hands she angrily stormed off to her Bio lab.

'IDIOT…..Why didn't you ask her out….STUPID' thought Reed chastising himself while he walked to the main lab.

While she was storming down the hallway she was too busy being upset at Reed that she wasn't watching where she was going and she ran right into Victor Von Doom.

"Oh I'm sorry Victor….I wasn't paying attention"

"Nonsense Susan, no harm done, but why the long face my dear" said Victor putting on his most charming smile.

"It's nothing…..nothing that would interest you Victor"

"On the contrary my Dear anything that involves you would interest me, tell you what Susan I'll take time out of my very busy schedule to listen to your problems…say around 8 o'clock tonight we'll go out to dinner" said Victor

"Gee I would hate to interrupt your schedule Victor" she replied sarcastically.

"Nonsense I can afford the distraction they will be fine without my genius for a few hours…I'll see you at 8 my dear" said Victor walking away and leaving Susan standing there wondering what happened, one minute she was angry and wanted to punch something, now she had a date with Victor Von Doom of all people.

'Great a date with Victor….yay' she thought while walking to her Bio Lab

8pm Fazoso's Italian Restaurant

"Wow Victor…this place looks expensive" said Sue looking around the restaurant.

"But of course dear you are Dinning with Victor Von Doom; I accept nothing less than the best. Now Susan what seems to be troubling you" said Victor taking a sip of his wine.

"Victor its nothing really"

"Susan please do not insult my vast intellect"

'He is quite full of himself' thought Susan looking at him,

"You really want to know fine…. I have these strong feeling for a certain person and….." she started

"Say no more Susan I feel the same way as you…I admit it may have taken awhile for me to woo you, but as we spend our life together you will realize that I do things on my time and no one else's" said Victor putting his glass of wine down on the table and looking at Susan intensely.

"Wait…What…What are you talking about Victor" asked Susan

"Why the same thing you are talking about your undying love for me"

"Victor I do not love you"

"What…..outrageous…you just said…

"What I said was I have strong feelings for a certain person and that person is not you Victor"

"THEN WHO…WHO CAN YOU DEEM MORE WORHTY OF YOUR AFFECTIONS THAN VICTOR VON DOOM!" he yelled angrily

"Victor calm down….."

"DO NOT TELL ME WHAT TO DO I DEMAND TO KNOW WHO!"

"Fine you want to know it's Reed"

'RICHARDS….Y-You LIKE THAT BUFFOON RICHARDS!" yelled Victor standing up and spilling his wine and making his chair fall over.

"Victor you're making a scene"

"I DO NOT CARE ABOUT WHAT THESE NEADERTALS THINKS….THEY WILL ALL BOW BEFORE THE GREAT VICTOR VON DOOM ONE DAY!"

"Excuse me but I am the manager and I'm gonna have to ask the both of you to leave" said the manager of the restaurant

"GET AWAY FROM ME YOU IMBECILE!"

"No I'll leave…I'm sorry for the scene….enjoy your meal Victor" said Susan standing up and leaving the table and the restaurant.

"SUSAN! SUSAN! DON"T WALK AWAY FROM ME!" yelled Victor as he stood in the restaurant.

2 hour later

After a very long walk Susan Storm found herself back at her home the Baxter Building.

'Ugh…Today has been a disaster' thought Sue walking through the door and through the lobby to the elevator and pressed the up button.

"How can this day get any worse" she said to herself while waiting for the doors to open. The doors opened and standing in the elevator was the person she wanted to see, but didn't want to see at the same time.

"Oh…hey Sue" said Reed

"Hi Reed" she said curtly stepping onto the elevator.

"I was actually on my way to see you…to talk to you about something"

"If this is about my research then my answer is no…I prefer to work with my own team" said Susan while pressing a button.

"No…No it's not about that…I-I actually never meant to say that in the first place"

"Oh" she replied turning to face him.

"W-What I've meant to say w-was that Susan... you're the most beautiful woman I've ever seen a-and would it be okay if I kissed you" said Reed looking Sue in the eyes.

"Really"

"With every fiber of my being Sue,…..I know I've been slow in approaching you but that's because every time I see you my heart beats so fast It's the only thing I can hear and my words get caught in my throat and…and…and"

"Reed Shhhhh I get it…..the same thing happens to me whenever I see you" she replied stepping closer. Reed and Susan began to lean closer and closer until their lips met in a long and overdue kiss.

DING! Went the elevator as the doors opened, but the new couple didn't notice who was watching them until it was too late.

"OOOOOOOO SUSAN'S GOT A BOYFRIEND, SUSAN'S GOT A BOYFRIEND…..WAIT TILL DAD HEARS ABOUT THIS" yelled Johnny at the top of his lungs as he took off down the hall on his skateboard, in the direction of their Dad's room. Breaking apart Reed and Sue saw Johnny skateboarding down the hall.

"JOHNNY GET BACK HERE!" yelled Sue grabbing Reed and running down the Hall after her brother.

2years Later: Susan Storm 21; Johnny Storm 15; Reed Richards 27; Victor 27

"Dad I gotta get out of here…IT'S BORING" said Johnny to his Dad, Dr. Franklin Storm who was sitting at his desk in his office.

"I agree with you Johnny" he replied looking at his son

"Wait….What….I was expecting an argument"

"Well Sorry to disappoint you Son….but I do agree with you, I was waiting until you turned 15 to see if you truly had any interest in the 'family business' but I think you've made it abundantly clear that you don't so I've enrolled you into school at Midtown High, you'll be around kids who I think you'll find to be more of your pace"

"Thanks Dad…I think…when do I start" replied Johnny

"Next Week…the reason you couldn't start this week is because I want you there with me tomorrow as we unveil my life's work" said Dr. Storm

"Congrats Dad on the life's work thing…I'm happy for ya"

"Thanks son, but the thanks goes to Reed and Victor without the two of them this project would've been scraped years ago, which reminds me do me a favor and go get Reed and Victor I want to go over some last minute figures" said Dr. Storm getting up from his chair and heading to the main lab.

"Sure thing Dad" said Johnny as he headed to Reed's room first.

Johnny was walking to Reed's door when he heard giggling coming from the inside. Johnny then knocked on the door.

"UH Reed….My dad needs you and Victor to go over some last minute stuff"

"T-Tell him I'll be there in a m-minute…..make that 20" replied Reed

"Okay" said Johnny pretending to walk away, creeping up to the door he placed his ear on it

"okay he's gone" said Reed

Johnny then opened the door to see Reed and his sister in bed together

"OH I KNEW IT!" yelled Johnny before he ran away laughing.

"JOHNNY!" yelled Sue and Reed at the same time.

Johnny was still laughing as he approached Victor's door, but again he heard a voices coming from inside the room. Silently approaching the door he put his ear to the door and listened.

"Von Doom this plan of yours better work" said a voice

"It will work because I Victor Von Doom came up with the plan you large headed Neanderthal" Victor replied

"Watch Who…"The voice started

"NO YOU WATCH…wait….we're not alone" said Victor quickly

Johnny stumbled forward slightly as Victor's door quickly swung open. Johnny looked up into the eyes of a very pissed off Victor Von Doom.

"What do you want Storm" Victor said in a low menacing voice

"U-hh…m-my Dad wanted you and Reed t-to go over some last minu…" he started

"Fine" Victor growled slamming his door shut and brushing past Johnny and heading to the main lab.

"That guy gives me the creeps" said Johnny to himself "Well I'll only have to put up with him for one more week because I start school next week…..wait….Damn it….I start school next week" he continued as he realized that while he didn't have much to do at the Baxter building he didn't have to do as much school work as a regular teen because his dad was always busy, but now he will be getting the full school experience.

"Fantastic" said Johnny as he made his way to his room.

End Chapter interlude:Read and Review. Hey peopleAnother back story down and one more is coming, and after that we get back into some more spidey action. I hope that these origin stories are interesting and fulfilling, because they are necessary. If I didn't put in these interludes in the later chapters might be confusing and I don't want that, but like I said One more left and honestly in my opinion it's the best because what are the Fantastic Four without their greatest villain, so until then...

Ps: In case anyone was wondering exactly how long volume 2 is going to be, the answer is: I don't know...yet, but what I do know is that from what i have written right now I know that it's gonna be longer than 50 chapters, the reason being is that I want a certain amount of things to happen in volume 2 before I can move on to Volume 3, but I promise that more action is coming, more shocking devolopments and completely original ideas are on the horizon just stick with me, Nomad88 sigining out...

Next up: Prelude to the Fantastic part 4: Victor Von Doom