Chapter 11

+With Susan+

"Ben! Ben!" Susan yelled causing Ben to run out from behind a van causing Susan to gasp in shock as Ben walked over to his shocked friends just as a small voice filled the air causing Peter, Kayla and Johnny to look around until they noticed a small girl around their age trapped between some cars.

+With the girl+

"Mom! Mom?" the girl cried as she looked around in fright just before the tank close by exploded causing Johnny to lept onto a nearby car, jump over it and then sheild the little girl just as the flames blew up a nearby car, hit Johnny and then threw some more cars into the air causing Ben to duck as Peter tried to sheild his sister causing Kayla to scream in fright and accidently use her sonic scream against a flying car causing it to be knocked away from her and towards a fire truck just as a burst of fire flowed down the bridge and towards the fire truck causing fire truck to swerve away from the car causing the truck to turn sideways and crash into the bridge's railings.

+With Thomas and Susan+

"Kayla! Peter!" Thomas yelled in fright as Susan jumped off of the car and then ran over to her friend just as some nearby tanks began to explode causing Susan to instantly hold out her hands causing a forcefield to appear around the fire before any more people could be hurt.

+With the fire truck+

As the fire truck continued to slide into the railings, the fire men began to slide off of the truck just as it stopped moving causing the fire men to hang onto the truck for dear life.

+With Susan and Thomas+

Thomas couldn't help but look at his friend in awe as Susan put out the fire with her forcefield and then groaned weakly causing Thomas to look at her worringly.

+With Johnny+

"Stay here, okay?" Johnny asked the little girl before he ran over to Peter who had a scared Kayla in his arms.

+With the fire truck+

"Coming! Hold on!" one of the firemen told his friend as he began to run down the ladder towards his friend causing the fire truck to groan before it began to teeter over the edge of the bridge causing the men to gasp in fright as Susan and Thomas gasped in fright.

However, before the fire truck could fall into the water below, Ben grabbed the back of the truck and grunted as he used all of his strength to keep the truck from falling into the water.

"Don't you-" Ben grunted as he began to pull the truck back onto the bridge.

"No!" one of the firemen yelled in fright as the ladder he was on began to unroll causing the man to scream in fright as he tried to climb up the ladder until he lost his grip and almost fell into the water until he grabbed onto the end of the ladder just as Reed ran to the side of the bridge as Ben began to lose his grip.

"Hang on!" one of the firemen yelled at his friend as the scared fire man screamed in fright until he stopped falling causing the confused fire man to look up and see a stretched out Reed.

"I got ya." Reed to the fireman before he began to resume his normal form and pulled the man back onto the bridge as Ben pulled the fire truck back onto the bridge just as a rescue team and another fire truck arrived on the scene along with a large group of cops who instantly surrounded Ben.

"This is the police! Get down on the ground!" an officer yelled at Ben through a bullhorn as he and the other cops aimed their guns at Ben.

"Don't shoot! He's a hero!" a woman yelled at the police as the people around her agreed with her.

"Get down on the ground now!" the officer yelled at Ben through the bullhorn as he ignored the people who began to yell at the police to leave Ben alone as Reed, Susan, Thomas, Steve, Tony, Johnny and Peter tried to run toward Ben causing the police to stop them.

+With Reed+

"Ben!" Reed yelled at his friend as Kayla jumped out of her brother's arms, ducked under the police man's arms and then ran over to Ben as the people around them began to clap for Ben.

+With Ben+

"You're a hero, Uncle Ben." Kayla happily told her uncle as the rock like man looked around in awe as the police let Reed and the others go just as Debbie ran through the crowd and then looked at Ben with fear and disgust in her eyes.

"Uncle Ben?" Kayla worringly asked her uncle as the rock like man noticed Debbie in the crowd and began to walk toward her causing Debbie to back up in fright causing Ben to stop and then look at the blond haired woman as she shook her head, took off her engagement ring and then broke Ben's heart as she placed the diamond ring on the ground before she turned around and then ran through the crowd causing Ben to the ring and then look at the crowd with heart brake in his eyes before he bent down and tried to pick up the ring as Reed and Kayla walked over to him.

"Here, Uncle Ben." Kayla softly told her uncle as she picked up the ring and then placed it in his hand causing the rock like man to stand up and then look at Reed and Kayla.

"I swear to you, I will do everything in my power, until there is not a breath left in me. You're gonna be Ben again." Reed promised his friend as he placed his hands on Ben's shoulders.

+Medical Tent+

As voices filled the air, Ben looked sadly at the ring in his hand as he sat on one of the beds while the cops talked to each other about Ben causing Kayla to glare at them as a fireman finished taking Susan's blood preasure.

"I told you I felt fine." Susan told the fire man as Thomas tried to get Kayla to sit still.

"They're being mean to Uncle Ben, Momma." Kayla told Thomas as he sat her down next to Ben as Johnny looked curiously at Ben.

"Where are your ears?" Johnny curiously asked Ben causing Peter to smack Johnny on his arm.

"Don't be rude." Peter told Johnny as Ben looked at him just as the fire chief walked over to Reed, Tony and Steve.

"There are some folks outside that wanna talk to all of you." the fire chief told Reed, Tony and Steve.

"We're not going public with this." Reed told the fire chief.

"Most of us are scientists, not celebrities." Reed then told the man.

"It's too late, son. Look." the fire chief told Reed as he walked over to the tv and then turned it on to the Fox News Network.

"When the New York Fire Department ladder truck became part of the tragedy." the news reporter's voice filled the air.

"See that?" the fire chief asked the group as he pointed at the T.V. causing the group to look at the T.V.

"But the rescue itself is not the story. One of the six stretched to an amazing length." the reporter's voice explained as the group looked at the T.V. in shock.

"That's what they're calling you, the Fantastic Six." the fire chief then told the group.