Disclaimer: I don't own marvel so I don't own the fantastic four
Ben opened his eyes and looked around. There were a crowd of people all around him. He sat up and saw the huge hole his body had created in the side of Mario's Pizzeria. He thanked God he had been sitting near the wall and crushed nobody in the restaurant; he wondered if anyone was hurt in the street. Then his mind turned to something more important, Alicia. Ben stood up and charged into the restaurant, Alicia was gone. Ben frantically scanned the faces staring at him.
"Where's the girl I was with," he asked a man sitting near him.
"S…she went that way," he said and pointed left. Ben nodded and ran in the direction.
"Alicia!" he yelled as he ran "Alicia where are you?"
"Ben, Ben over-," the rest was muffled. Ben looked up at the top of a flat roofed bar. Standing there was Alicia; a man whose skin seemed to reflect the moonlight covered her mouth. He wore a faded black cloak with the hood covering his face.
"Mr Grimm, how nice to see you again." The voice of the mysterious person was familiar but The Thing couldn't put a face to it. Whoever the person was, they had no right to do what they were doing.
"She's pretty isn't she," the person said in reference to Alicia. "It would be a shame to see her die wouldn't it."
That was when Ben lost it; The Thing jumped on top of the small one storey building and began to charge towards the figure and Alicia. As he got closer he realised the person had metal skin - the hands were well polished and so was the face which he could now see. "Doing some combat are we?" the metal man said menacingly. He threw Alicia to the ground. "Then taste this."
What happened next astounded Ben. Electricity flew out of the Metal Man's fingers and sent Ben flying backwards He landed just inches away from the edge of the roof. Ben got up and dodged the next bolt of electricity that was thrown at him; the second missed him by a millimetre.
"Oh, somebody's getting good at this Metal Man" as Ben decided to name him as he missed for the third time. Ben laughed. "And I see your getting worse," he said to his enemy. Ben punched as hard as he could. The Metal Man flew a couple of feet; he bounced back up and shot some more electricity at The Thing. It hit Ben squarely in the shoulder but it didn't seem to be very effective. Ben started to take large strides and quickly covered the ground between Metal Man and himself. He grabbed his enemy by the neck and began to punch him.
"Who the hell are you?" he growled.
"Wouldn't you like to know," Metal man said with what Ben swore was a smile. "Just thought you might wanna have a name other than Metal Man which I can call ya when you're dead." Metal man laughed. Ben glared and gave him another punch.
By now the fight on the roof had attracted the attention of many including a passing news van. Ben tried to ignore all the flashing lights but they were starting to distract him. He blinked and shook his head when someone shone a strong beam of light in his eyes. Metal Man used this to wriggle out of Ben's grip and sent him backwards with some electricity.