Chapter 25
"Isn't that great?" Johnny then happily asked Ben as the rock like man took the toy out of Johnny's hands and then pinned Johnny's to the wall with his forearm.
"Uncle Ben, let Johnny go." Peter told Ben as the rock like man glared at Johnny as he smashed the toy into the wall as Peter and Johnny looked at him in shock.
"Ah! That was the prototype!" Johnny yelled in shock as Ben moved his hand revealing a destroyed wall and a crushed toy which then fell onto the ground as Ben freed Johnny.
"Uncle Ben?" Peter then worringly asked Ben as he grumbled at the two preteens as he turned away from them and began to walk away causing Johnny to look at him in shock as Peter looked worringly between Ben and Johnny just as a familiar voice filled the air.
"Ben!" Susan and Marcus yelled as they ran out of one of the elevators and over to a shocked Johnny and Peter who were walking over to the elevators.
"Johnny, have you seen Ben?" Susan worringly asked her brother as Marcus looked worringly at his son.
"Peter, did you find him?" Marcus worringly asked Peter.
"Yeah. Sunshine just left. Look, Sue, I'm sorry. I can't stay in this freak show. I gotta get back to the real world." Johnny told Susan as he walked away from Susan and Peter causing the young brunette to look at him with sadness in his eyes.
"You're calling that the real world?" Susan asked her brother in shock as Johnny stopped in front of the main doors of the building.
"Sue, stop. You're not Mom. Don't talk to me like I'm a little boy. I'm almost nine. Okay." Johnny told Susan causing the other blond to glare at him.
"Maybe I would if you stopped acting like one." Susan angerly told Johnny causing the blond to look at her once more.
"Do you even hear yourself? Who do you think you are?" Susan then angerly asked Johnny as she walked over to him.
"Johnny, please think about this." Peter worringly told Johnny as he looked at the blond with tears in his eyes.
"Why is everyone on my tail? If you guys are jealous, fine. I didn't expect it from you though." Johnny angerly yelled at Susan and Peter causing the brunette to glare at him.
"You really think those people out there care about you? You're just a fad to them, Johnny." Susan then yelled at Johnny as Peter growled.
"Let's try something new. You life your life, I'll live mine." Johnny then told Susan and Peter as he began to back away from them.
"Sound good?" Johnny then asked Susan and Peter before he turned around and then began to walk toward the revolving doors once more.
"Oh, and just for the record-They love me!" Johnny then yelled at Susan and Peter before he pushed the revolving door and walked out of the building leaving Susan and Marcus with a heartbroken Peter.
+Reed's lab, a few minutes later+
Beeping filled the air as Reed turned on the machine causing the doors of the chamber to open as Reed turned around and then looked at the machine with fear in his eyes before he gulped and then walked over to it with determaination in his eyes before he walked into the machine causing the doors to close as the lights flashed.
+Damon kids's room+
As the lights began to blink and the building began to shake, one by one each of the Damon kids began to wake up before they quickly climb out of their beds and then ran out of the room and straight into Thomas and Gaomon who were running toward's Reed's lab as well.
+Inside the elevator+
As the elevator's pulleys began to creak and the lights in the elevator began to blink, Susan and Marcus looked around worringly as the lights went out and the elevator stopped for a second before the emergency power kicked on.
"Oh, no. Reed." Susan gasped as the elevator's alarm buzzed as it stopped on the top floor causing the doors to open before Susan and Marcus ran out of the elevator not knowing the building was being watched.
+Top floor+
As the lights from the machine continued to flash, Susan and Marcus quickly ran into the lab as the doors of the machine opened just as the power in the building went off causing Kayla to cling to Casey as Susan, Marcus and Thomas looked worringly at the chamber as it began to open before Reed slowly walked out of the machine and onto it's steps causing Susan, Marcus, and Thomas to smile in relief as Reed stepped down the steps and then smiled at Susan, Marcus, and Thomas as the two blonds, the brunette and the Damon kids looked at him with horror in their eyes as Reed began to melt before he colasped in front of their eyes causing Thomas, Marcus, their children and Susan to quickly ran over to him.
"Oh, my goodness, Reed. What did you do?" Susan worringly asked Reed as she, Marcus, Thomas and the kids kneeled by Reed as Kayla, Casey and Nick began to cry causing 24 year old Alex and eight year old Eddie to hug their younger siblings as Thomas looked worringly at his friend.
"I can make it work." Reed weakly told his friends as Kayla freed herself from Eddie and then hugged Reed.
"No!" Thomas and Susan worringly told at Reed at the same time.
"I need more power to control the storm." Reed then weakly told his friends and the kids as Kayla continued to sob on her uncle's chest.
"You need a doctor." Thomas worringly told Reed as he began to rub his daughter's back knowing that Kayla and her siblings had quickly gotten attached to their new uncles, their new aunt and their new friend.
+With Victor, Victor's office+
"More power?" Victor asked himself as he watched everything through one of his moniters.
+With Reed and the others, Reed's Lab, the Baxter Building.
"Come with us." Susan told Reed as Thomas picked up Kayla before Marcus gently scooped up Reed and held him in a bride hold.
"Sue, Tom, Mar.." Reed weakly told his friends as Kayla cried in her mother's arms.
"One more try." Reed then weakly told his friends as Kayla looked worringly at her uncle with tears in her brown eyes.
"Uncle Reed, please. You need to rest." Kayla heartbrokenly told her uncle.
+With Victor, Victor's office+
As Victor watched the scene through the moniter, the raven came up with a plan before he picked up his phone.
"Leonard? Bring Ben Grimm to the Baxter Building." Victor told his assistent through the phone.
+Near Reed's lab, Baxter Building, a few minutes later+
A few minutes after the adults left and the kids returned to their rooms, Leonard led Bed into the main hall and toward Reed's lab where Victor was waiting for them.
"Ben. Come in." Victor told Ben as the rock like man and Leonard walked into the lab as Victor walked over to the machine from the back enterence of the lab.