"Reed! Just wake up already!" Johnny cried, shaking the bed violently. He frowned, full of anger. "REED!"
"Hm?" Reed mumbled, shaking his head tiredly. He slowly opened his eyes and saw Johnny close his eyes and sighing relief. He sat upright, suddenly alert. "Where am I? What happened? Where's Sue?"
"Whoa, whoa," Johnny said, standing up from the chair. Reed was going to get up from the bed but Johnny stopped him. "Let me try to answer those. You're back in your bed, a lot of things happened, and..."
"And Sue? Where's Sue?" Reed asked. Then he caught the expression on Johnny's face. "She's GONE? B-But I thought you and Ben were with her...?"
"Hey, I'm sorry Reed, but we miss her as much as you do, okay?" Johnny said, giving him a weak smile. "We'll find her."
"Johnny, you don't get it, okay? If we don't find her now it might be too late!" Reed cried, jumping out of the bed. Johnny followed him down the hallway.
"Ben!" Reed cried, knocking on Ben's door as hard as he could. "C'mon, let's get going!"
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"Reed! Hey, Reed, wait up!" Johnny cried, running after Reed on the sidewalk. He considered flying besides him, but then he would be going a little bit too fast for him and Ben. "Hello? Are you even listening to me!"
"I am not slowing down for anything," Reed said, clenching his teeth. "We have to find her. I have a plan."
"But where are we going?" Ben asked, a couple of feet behind the two. He sighed and mumbled to himself, "And to think... We had a pretty good start today."
"I realized something was missing after I had dropped my files and went into my room," Reed said, turning around to face Johnny and Ben. He gave a weak smile. "I had just finished a device that tracks wherever it's at. It must've fallen on somebody. I think it fell on you, Johnny."
"Me? Why would you need to track me? I'm right here!" Johnny cried, motioning to himself with his hands. He then looked around on his outfit, looking for the device Reed was talking about. He stopped and looked up at Reed confusedly. "No. Freaking. Way."
"Exactly," Reed said, getting something out of his pocket. He held it up in front of Johnny's confused face. Then he put his hand in his other pocket and fetched out a square-sized object. Johnny walked over to Reed's side and peered at it. It was a tracking device. Johnny was about to faint.
"Y-You want me to...?" Johnny started to say, looking at the ear phones in his left hand. "Hey, I'm not good at spying. Do you realize how much racket I make in the building?"
"Yes, but you're the only one who can fly. And, you can be quiet when you want to. And I can't do it, because I'll make an even bigger racket than you," Ben said, rolling his eyes. "Just do it for Sue, Johnny. She's your sister, for goodness sakes!"
"Yeah, but she's your girlfriend!" Johnny said, looking at Reed. Reed simply closed his eyes and bowed his head, sighing. "Err. Sorry." Then Johnny sighed and stomped his foot on the ground stubbornly before saying, "Okay. Fine, I'll do it. But where do I go? The Flaming Torch, to the rescue again! Heh."
"That's the part I'm thinking of still," Reed said, looking into deep space. He looked at Johnny and Ben and asked them, "Where would Von Doom keep Sue?"
They all looked at each other thoughtfully before saying in unison, "The power source." They looked up at the buildings when the power shut off, leaving the cold dark night black.
Johnny cried, "Flame on!" and was off.
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"Ow," Sue said, her eyes closed tight in pain. She put a hand on the side of her head, where an enormous bump was forming. She took her hand away and put it in front of her face. She was bleeding. She looked around and stood up, grunting from the pain. She looked up and her eyes widened. A cackle escaped Doom's lips.
"You know what is so much fun?" Doom asked Sue, smiling. She growled.
"Letting me go, perhaps?" she asked, standing up. She stood in a position so it would be easy to move quickly. "What am I doing here? I can barely see a thing! All the lights are killing my eyes!" She shielded her eyes with her arm, and felt a powerful blast overcome her. She moaned in pain, too hurt to get off the ground. She looked up at Doom her eyes full of confusion and depression. There's nothing I can do now, she thought. It's all over. My only hope is Reed, and the other two. She sighed and got all of her strength before standing up. She squinted her eyes, looking around for Doom. He was gone. She stood frozen in her spot, looking around cautiously. She was ready to fire any second. She thought, He must be behind one of the things that holds the power. She bit her lower lip and started walking to the first power voltage holder. She quickly looked behind it, then stomped her foot on the ground.
"Dammit. Doom, where are you? Show yourself!"