Alright! Here's another chapter, and I want to thank everyone who reviewed. I just found out my anonymous review were disabled! Sorry! Well I enabled it..so yeah if you want to review anonymously please do! I really want to know what you guys think of this story.
Umm…yeah…the beginning of this chapter takes place about…the day when the "incident" happened to Reed.
The italics mean its either a dream state, or thinking to ones self.
Chapter 5: Second Chance
-----Day of the incident: 1 hour after the bomb exploded----
A French supply boat was crossing the endless water as a crewman saw an unknown object in the water. A Frenchman looked closely at the object, and was in total shock.
"MAN OVERBOARD!" the Frenchman yelled as the rest of the crew on the boat rushed to help this mysterious man to safety.
Quickly the crew rushed and threw a lifesaver into the water as another man jumped into the water, and quickly caught hold of the mysterious man. "Pull me up!" the crewman yelled as he was ready to bring them to safety.
He quickly laid the body onto the deck and checked his breathing.
"o my god…..that's Mr. Fantastic!" another man quickly yelled. "….is he alive?"
The rescuer checked his pulse "No….there's no pulse…I'm afraid he's dead"
The whole crew stared at each other, saddened as they saw the lifeless hero lying on the deck.
Reed began to slightly twitch, as he let out a slight groan.
"He is alive! Stupid idiot you can't even tell when a man's alive" The crewman slapped the rescuer on the head.
"How was I supposed to know! I just freakin jumped into the water! My hands are cold! I couldn't feel anything!"
"Whatever...quickly speed up the boat! We gotta get him to a hospital"
Reed open his eyes slightly, he looked around, his body ached like crazy.
"Blood, there's so much blood" He thought to himself. Reed's body was bruised and injured all over. His clothes drowned in his blood, and his head was bleeding also. He was losing so much blood, he then fell unconscious.
-----Present Time----
"Just promise me you will come back…Just promise me…"
"I Promise"
Reed's eyes opened. He heard the slight beeping of the heart monitor as he had woke up.
"Where am I?" he questioned himself.
He looked down at his body, he was bandaged all over. His arms, legs chest, all wrapped, also he had a piece of cloth wrapped around hisforehead.He stared at his right leg as it was in a cast, his left arm, also in a cast.
"What the hell happened to me…."
A nurse was walking passed his room to deliver some food, just as she passed she quickly stepped back and looked in his room.
"Welcome back Sir" she said to him as she continued her was down the hospital halls. She must have notified the doctors because they came rushing in.
"A miracle…" one of the doctors whispered. "Contact the crewmans right away!"
Moments later 3 crewman walked into the room where Reed was hospitalized. His rescuer was staring at him. "So…you really did wake up.."
"Where am I what happened? Where's Sue?" Reed was confused.
"Who? You're in France, I saw your body in the water one day when me and my crew delivered supplies, but then you slipped into a coma….you were it bad shape, and you still are….no offence but the way we found you, you were practically dead, you have one strong will to live…...you're one lucky man, you just got your second chance..."
Reed began to remember everything, the weapon, the bomb, him diving into the water. Then he remembered the promise, the promise he made to Sue. "I have to go!" Reed quickly attempted to jump out of the bed, but fell to the floor. "Owww"
The men helped Reed back on the hospital bed. "You've been in a coma for more then a month! You can't just get out of here"
"I have to! I really do…."
"O yeah, I have something that belongs to you" The man walked to the small night table next to Reed's bed and pulled out a small crumpled up paper. "This belongs to you, and even when you were unconscious we still had to pry this out of your hands" he chuckled
Reed slowly unfolded the crumpled paper and a smile appeared on his face. It was the picture of Sue and him in the photo booth.
"Sue…" He whispered. "I really have to go!" he said as if he was in a hurry. Reed quickly attempted to jump out of the bed once more, but again, fell downward. "Um…can someone please take off these casts?"
"Sorry, but we can't let you leave, you got to heal, you got a few broken bones there." The man replied while helping Reed once again back on the bed.
Reed was frustrated. "THAT DOSENT MATTER! I HAVE TO GO!" he practically screamed back.
"……I guess we can let him go….hey…but if you get worst, don't blame us, we warned you." The man then motioned a nurse to cut off Reed's leg and arm cast off. Then handed Reed his old clothes back. "We only have your old uniform, we washed it, but its still pretty worn out." He lifted reeds clothes, it was ruined, ripped and torn. "If you wait till tomorrow we can probably get you some new clothes"
"Sorry, but I can't wait…can you please tell me, is there a plane taking off anytime soon back to America, especially New York?"
The man looked down. "No sorry, the planes have been delayed for a while, probably for the next month or so, they are worried for attacks about the weapon"
Reeds eyes turned wide. He wondered if he had stopped the weapon, he didn't know what happen. "Johnny…Ben…Sue…are you guys ok?"
"But there is one way you can get back to America, we have a supply boat that goes over and back, I assume there is one leaving soon, if you want I can take you over to the docks."
"Can you please?...Thanks."
Moments later Reed walked out of the bathroom, dressed in a damaged army uniform with his Fantastic Four uniformunder, which was also ruined. He then limped out of the hospital room with one hand on the wall to keep his balance. He was in so much pain, but he needed to get back home, back to Sue.
He looked at the crewman that was going to take him to the docks. Reed quickly lifted his hand off in attempt to walk to his car. Again, he fell downward. The crewman chuckled and walked up to Reed, and helped him up.
Reed finally took aboard of the boat. His leg was injured badly, his whole body ached. He went to the side of the boat and quickly plopped himself down resting his body. He looked down at his bandaged leg, it was bleeding again, but he didn't care.
He looked down at his picture of him and Sue. It brought a smile on his face, but then turned worried. "Please be ok Sue." He whispered to himself.
A crewman appeared and saw Reed, glancing at his picture.
"You have a pretty wife" the crewman spoke.
"She's not my wife…"
"Girlfriend?"
Reed chuckled in embarrassment. "No.."
"Oh, I get it, she's got you hooked in! You better hold on to her, don't lose her.."
Reed looked up at the crewman and smiled. "I know.."
It was the middle of the night, Reed stayed in a small room beneath the deck and stayed there for the boat ride, he couldn't move with out any pain in his body, just sitting there, leaning on the side, already hurt him. He was in too much pain to sleep, so he just sat there, allowing himself to think.
"How did I survive?" that was one question that really bothered him. He was glad he was alive, but he knew, the bomb was powerful, even though it was slightly contained in the water, being such close ranged to it. He should of died, his body should have been demolished, even his bones shattered.
Reed looked down, he saw the picture, he then knew how he survived. He couldn't die at least not like that, and not yet, he loved Sue, and he wasn't going to let anything get in his way between them.
Pain, more pain in his leg, and on his left rib, it was more painful then the rest of his body, he knew it was bleeding, the wounds never really healed yet. "Damn it…." He thought to himself. He began to get drowsy, everything began to blur.
"Just Promise me you will come back……Just promise" the moment flashed in his mind.
He felt the blood seep through clothes. "I Promise…." He whispered so softly, before he fell unconscious.
End of chapter 5. So….yeah…Reeds not dead…but he might die now….I was thinking about actually killing him, with the bomb…but you know, he's Reed…and when I tried to write the story with him dead, it ended in 4 chapters, and remember Reed's death was certainly an option, and could be one now….O yeah..if you were wondering how Reed got the picture in his hands, well, if your Re-Read the part in chapter 2 when he jumps into the water, i said that he had a piece of paper clutched in a hand. Please Review...i like reading them...1 question...would you guys get really mad if I kill Reed? its just a question...
