Amara ran to her Victorian styled house. She still lived with her parents, she never told anyone this as she found it embarrassing.
"I'm home, sorry im late, there was an attack on the shop Janice and I were in, luckily the Fantastic Four showed up." Amara called to her parents. "Don't worry though, I'm not hurt and neither was anyone else," she chuckled. "Apart from the bad gu-" Amara screamed and stopped in her tracks. She held on to the nearest wall to stop her legs from buckling. She closed her eyes, praying that when she reopened them the scene in front of her would just be a hallucination. She breathed and slowly opened her eyes.
"Oh, my God! Mum? Mum, are you ok? Please don't be dead." She ran to her mother, Amara shook her, trying to get her to wake up. He mother wasn't moving and there was a large cut across her chest. Amara screamed again as she saw her dad's prone form lying behind the sofa. Behind her she heard plates smashing. He was lying in a pool of his own blood. "This isn't happening," She said as she turned around, startled by the sound of the plates. She ran to grab the phone and dialled the emergency services.
"Please state the nature of the emergency," a monotone voice on the other end of the phone said.
"My-my parents are…dead. I came home and they were laying here." She sobbed.
"We will send over an ambulance immediately. And honey? Try not to look at the bodies ok?" Amara just put the phone down after she gave her address. She ran back over to her parents bodies and checked their pulses. She couldn't find it on either of them.
Johnny leapt off of the wall he had been sitting on. He rushed towards Amara's house. He had heard a scream, followed by smashing plates.
"Amara? Hey you here? What's wrong?" He called as he entered the house. He saw Amara slowly walk into the hallway, her face was completely devoid of emotion, but her eyes were endless holes filled with sadness. Amara breathed a sigh of relief as she saw it was Johnny. A part of her had thought it was who ever had murdered her parents. She walked back into the family room and sat by her mother. "I heard screaming and smashing…of plates I guess. Oh God…" Johnny said as he followed her into the room. "Amara, what happened here?"
"I-I just…found them here" She burst into tears, thinking about how she would never be able talk to her parents again.
"Shh…it's ok sweety" Johnny comforted as he walked over and hugged Amara. "I know this is hard-"
"How? How do you know?" She screamed at Johnny, he didn't even flinch, as she started hitting him. Johnny noticed that every time she hit him something seemed to fall to the ground. I have to tell Reed about this…later he thought. "You can't even begin to understand! To see your parents, your only family, lying in there own blood…" Amara couldn't continue as more sobs started.
"Amara we need to leave, the murderer could come back at any minute ok?" Johnny started guiding her out of the house.
"No! I can't leave them like this, they'll be all alone. I need to stay with them."
"Honey, they're…dead. There's nothing more you can do." Johnny said gently. He didn't want to be harsh, but she needed to understand. Amara just sobbed and leaned against his chest. Johnny led her out of her house.
"Reed? Susie? Ben? Anyone home?" Johnny called as he and Amara entered there apartment. He laid Amara on the couch and covered her with his jacket. She had fallen asleep on the flight over to the apartment.
"Johnny, why are you back? I told you to stay with Amara." Reed asked as Johnny entered the lab.
"That's just it, I followed her back to her house and was waiting outside and I heard her screaming. Reed her parents…they were murdered, there was blood everywhere. I brought her back here. She's asleep" Johnny added as Reed headed into the living room.
"Are you sure they were dead?" Reed asked and Johnny nodded. "Poor Amara, you did the right thing, bringing her here. Was there any evidence of who did it?"
"I didn't have chance to look, Reed. God, her parents were lying on the floor, she wouldn't leave them. You think I looked for evidence!" Johnny replied, his voice rising in anger.
"Johnny! Calm down, he didn't mean it like that." Sue said as she walked in. "What happened?"
"You fill her in, im checking on Amara." Johnny said and he stormed out. He couldn't believe how heartless Reed was sometimes. It was like the scientist part of him made him forget his emotions. He walked over to the sleeping form of Amara and took her to his room. She may as well have my bed, I'll take the sofa. He thought to himself. He laid her in his bed and walked back out.
"Johnny, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to sound like I didn't care, but it is imperative we find out how they were killed. It could be a link to the masked people we saved her from." Reed said.
"I'm sorry to, I was a little harsh, but you should have seen it." Johnny shook his head. "Anyway, I'm crashing on the sofa. Goodnight."
"Night Johnny" Reed said as he walked to his and Sue's bedroom.
"Hang on, earlier tonight, when I found Amara in a state, weird things happened." Johnny said.
"What kind of weird things?" Reed asked curiously.
"Well when she first screamed I heard plates smashing, but I suppose that could have been anything. But then when she shouted at loads of things crashed to the floor with no apparent reason." Johnny told him.
"It could be linked to her power. Like Sue it's probably linked to her emotions." Reed said thoughtfully. "Night Johnny" He said for the second time. Johnny just waved and headed for the couch.