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Johnny pulled Ava close to him as she teleported them back to her apartment so they could get some rest.

"You hungry?" Ava asked, walking towards the kitchen. She twirled a flame around on the tips of her fingers as she walked.

"Nah, I kinda lost my appetite." Johnny replied. He followed her to the kitchen, however. He leaned against the counter and watched as she retrieved a bottle of water from the fridge. She hopped up on the counter next to him and took a few sips from the bottle. Johnny moved down the counter so he was closer to Ava. She used her foot and pulled him closer so she could wrap her legs around him. He settled one hand on the counter behind her and the other on her hip. She smiled and pressed a chaste kiss to his nose.

"How did I end up with someone as amazing as you?" He asked. Ava smiled and ducked her head as the faintest of blush spread over her cheeks. She gently cupped his cheeks and ran her hands through his short hair.

"You got lucky, Mr. Storm. Really, really lucky." Ava leaned forward and pressed her lips to his again. He responded quickly until he pulled away.

"You know what would sound better?" He asked. Ava shook her head, obviously not knowing where he was going. He raised his hand up from the counter to cup her cheek.

"Mrs. Storm."

Ava felt as if a bomb had been dropped on her.

"What?" She asked.

"You heard me, Ava." He gently brushed a strand of her hair behind her ear.

"You want me to marry you?" Ava raised her hand and cupped his face as he dropped his to her hips and rubbed small circles into her skin with his thumbs. She let out a laugh and pressed her forehead to his. "This is so out of character for you, Johnny."

"I know." He ran his hand through his hair. "I don't know where that burst of confidence came from. I don't even have a ring. Wait...you never told me your answer."

Ava giggled and looped her hands around his neck. "Do I really even need to answer you?" The light that exploded in his eyes was enough to bring a smile onto Ava's face. He leaned forward and smashed his lips onto hers. She responded with as much fervor as he conveyed. "And I honestly don't care about a ring. If you know it and I know it then we're engaged. A ring right now, is the least of our worries."

"I love you. God, I love you so much." He murmured against her lips before connecting them again. He broke away again when he finally realized something. "She said yes."

Ava giggled and nodded her head. "I said yes."

"She said yes!" He yelled, causing Ava to move back but with a smile. "We're getting married!"

Ava nodded. "We're getting married." Johnny slipped his hands onto the backs of her knees and pulled her ultimately closer to him. His chest pressed flush against hers as he kissed her with no abandon. Ava hooked her ankles behind his back and hoisted herself up to get a better angle with his mouth. Johnny lifted her off the counter, maneuvering his way to her bedroom. (whoop whoop get it)

Now, you know what happens next, of course. Powers were switched. Kisses were exchanged and a million 'I love you's were whispered into the night. Ava laid her head against his chest afterwards and traced infinity signs into his skin.

"We have no plans for this wedding, do we?" She asked. Johnny shook his head as Ava looked up at his face. "How are we going to tell the others?" Johnny exhaled and ran his hand through his hair.

"Reed and Sue are busy with their own wedding. I'm thinking that we'll tell them after this is all over. When things can turn to normal again, then we'll tell them."

Ava used her elbow to prop herself up. "Nothing is ever going to be normal with us. Sue said that at her recent 'wedding.'" Johnny reached up and gently caressed her cheek with the end of his palm.

"I know. You deserve the best and I can't provide that for you." Ava shut him up by putting her finger against her lips.

"I know that. Lord knows that I know that. I love you for you. I'd rather have you in this life than not at all."

-:-:-

Johnny launched a dart at the board. It landed deep in the cork just above the center.

"How can we be working on the same side as Victor?" Johnny asked as he launched another dart into the circular board.

"You got me, pal. Things were a lot simpler when I could just whale on the guy." Ben replied. Ava took a sip of her beer but said nothing. Johnny went to through one last dart but it set ablaze and landed on the board. Johnny rushed forward with a small curse and poured the nearest drink on the flame to douse it.

Johnny then turned to the owner who stood behind the bar. "I'll pay for that."

"You better." He replied from across the bar. Ava stood from the chair she sat in and walked to the bar. After she paid off the tab and the 'burnt board' fee she returned to the table.

"Hey, hey, you're not a complete screwup." Ben said. Ava had only just missed what Johnny had said. She walked over to where he was standing and ran her hands over his shoulder to ease the tension there.

"Thank you."

"Look, kid, it's out of our hands." Ben said as he took a drink from the pitcher in front of him. "It's up to the eggheads now."

"Eggheads?" Ava asked. "What does that make me?" She pushed her lips out into a fake pout. Ben raised his rocky hands and opened his mouth but Ava cut him off. "I know what you meant, Ben. Nothing but love for you."

"But seriously, you think Reed's right?" Johnny continued to throw darts. "about the whole end-of-the-world thing?"

"He's never been wrong about this kind of thing before." Ben replied. Johnny settled down into one of the chairs at the table and Ava sat in the chair next to him.

"Well, I'm not exactly a deep kind of guy." Johnny said, Ava took one sip of her drink and almost spit it out. She looked at him with one eyebrow raised as she smiled.

You sure about that? She set him through telepathy.

"Really." Ava said. She smirked and took another sip of her drink.

"But if Reed's right and this is it..." Johnny paused but raised his head to look at Ben. "how do you want to spend your last few minutes?"

"Part of me would like to go out fighting." Ben chuckled but Ava could see that it wasn't humorous. "But the truth is... I'd like to spend my last couple of minutes holding Alicia."

Johnny sat back in his seat. Ava's hand moved under the table and held his. He looked at her and smiled.

"That sounds pretty good. I mean, not the holding-Alicia thing- That's, you know, your girlfriend, not mine. I want nothing to do with her. Not to say that she's not attractive. She's very attractive. I mean, she's, you know, so attractive. Even with the, you know- I can't even think of a guy that wouldn't want to-" Ben interrupted him with a loud bang.

"What I meant...was that it's just nice to have somebody." Johnny said. Ava resisted the urge to kick him under the table.

"Well, you got me, pal." Ben raised his glass and the couple clicked their beers against his.

-:-:-

Reed worked no-stop to find the link between stopping the surfer and the board. He was working his ass and he was always coming to the same dead end. It was actually Sue who helped him out she brought up the word 'pulse' which sent Reed in one of his inventor crazes in which he completed the design for the object that was to separate the surfer from the board.

Victor approved immediately and they began to work on the finished design to ensure that it would work properly.

"So exactly how does this thing work?" General Hager asked the team.

"When we activate the field, it'll separate him from his board, making him powerless." Reed explained as the simulation of the pulse machine was displayed for him to see.

"It's like a fish in a net." The General gasped.

"Yeah." Sue and Reed said at the same time.

"In theory, anyway." Reed finished.

"How long before this is operational?"

"Three hours." Reed said.

"Three hours."

"I know, I can only go so fast, since apparently I'm working by myself now." Reed said whilst he crossed his arms. Sue stole a glance at the other side of the large room.

"What do you need to make this happen?" The general asked.

"Actually, there are a couple of things."

Sue dropped the papers she was holding on the table and waved Ava over to walk with her. They rounded the corner to find Victor working on something other than what he was supposed to be doing.

"What are you doing?" Sue demanded. If you asked Ava, she already had the mom voice down.

"Don't you knock?" He replied.

"You're supposed to be helping Reed in the lab."

"Tell him not to worry." Victor responded. He was way to calm for Ava's liking. She took a step forward and leaned against the metal shelves next to her. "I'll be there to hold his hand and finish his little project for him."

Ava clenched her fists hard as she felt her fingernails breaking the skin of her palms. Think happy thoughts. Think of Johnny shirtless.

Sue looked over at the gear that was placed on the table Victor was working at.

"Anything else?" He asked, obviously growing agitated. Ava stepped forward so she stood next to Sue.

"How'd you do it? How'd you come back?" She asked. Victor just chuckled.

"Scares you, doesn't it? Hmm?" Victor moved closer to Ava. She visibly tensed as he got closer. "The things I can do."

Ava allowed an almost wicked smile to spread over her face.

"Oh honey, I can get inside someone's mind and show them their worst fear. I can slowly shut their organs down one by one until they die a slow and painful death. I can make you feel heights of pain but I won't kill you. I'll make you want to die before I finally end it. Don't try to intimidate me because it will fail, miserably."

Sue looked over at Ava in shock. She had never heard her speak like that before.

"Give it your best shot." Victor taunted. Ava looked down at his chest before looking back up. Pain erupted in his gut. He raised a hand to hold his stomach as it ripped with pain. He looked at Ava with a deep glare. She responded with only a wicked smirk before she upped the pain a smidge.

"Ava." Sue warned. Ava ended the pain with what felt like a sharp stab.

"Appendicitis." She stated before flashing out.

Sue crossed her arms with a glare aimed at Victor. "Just get back to the lab."

-:-:-

Author's Note:

I am so terribly late with this update and I'm sorry about that. I hope this chapter makes up for it because some things did happen in this chapter that influence the future of this book. Hehehehe. I hope you guys like it and depending on how much time I have, I may post another chapter before Saturday.

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Bye guys and thanks for reading!

Edited at 11:13 pm on May 24th because i forgot the review answers. :P