"Heard what?" Johnny asked curiously.
"Your sister thinks we're getting too close. She doesn't know the half of it." She replied and grinned.
"Ah, Amara, you ready to test your powers?" Reed asked.
"As I'll ever be." She said as she sat on the nearest seat. "I thought Johnny could help you, cos he was there when it happened." Reed nodded and sat at his desk. "What am I thinking?" He asked. Amara grinned as she read his mind.
"You're thinking about Sue," she said. Johnny, who was leaning against the nearest wall, laughed quietly. Surprise, surprise, he thought.
"And you're not surprised," Amara turned to Johnny and said. Both men looked at Amara and then at each other. This went on for quite some time. Amara was asked to read their minds, block their attacks and move items across the room.
"If that's it, I'm hitting the showers." Amara said after three hours in the lab. Reed had taken some of her blood, saying it was for research. He nodded at her and she walked out of the lab. Johnny had left the lab after an hour and a half, Amara could tell he was trying to be supportive, but in the end was very bored.
After she'd had a shower, Amara changed and collapsed onto her bed. She'd changed into some faded jeans and a green tank top. Johnny barged into the room wearing his Fantastic Four suit.
"Amara, we need to go, there's been an attack. I think it's the Masks again. Put this on and meet us by the elevator." He said as he chucked her a similar outfit to his own. She leapt off her bed and quickly changed into the form fitting uniform. She was suddenly glad her mum had made her go to the gym so much. She felt a pang of sadness as she thought about her mum, but she didn't have time to dwell on it. She rushed out of her room after tying her hair up. She met the other members of the Fantastic Four and they all got in the elevator. When they got to the ground floor Reed told Johnny to fly over to the state park, where the Masks were.
"Flame on!" Johnny shouted and flew towards the park. The rest of the team ran to the park. Within 5 minutes they got to their destination.
"Amara, make sure everybody is safe. Ben, Sue follow me." Reed ordered. Amara nodded and looked around for any people caught up in the fight. She saw Johnny throwing fire balls at the Masks, which they somehow deflected directly back at the Human Torch. She watched him collapse and he didn't get back up. She looked around wildly; the others were too caught up in fighting to have noticed.
"Johnny!" Amara called out, she rushed over to his side, and all thoughts of the other people went out of her mind. She checked his pulse and cried out when she realised how weak it was. "Reed, he needs medical attention desperately." She shouted.
"Ok Amara, we're doing our best, just help the others." Reed replied. Amara got up slowly and turned to face her opponents. With a flick of her arm she used all her emotion to send them into a nearby skyscraper.
"Amara, stop it, go help the wounded," Sue shouted at her. But she didn't stop there she levitated them and slammed them into the ground. She felt arms wrap around her, stopping her from focusing her powers.
"Reed, get off me!" Amara screamed at him. "They killed my parents, they deserve this."
"Not today, 'Mara. They deserve justice not death." He said as Sue and Ben tried to stop the Masks from escaping. Amara collapsed in Reeds arms.
"Who are you?" Amara shouted at her enemies.
"We are part of a large number supporting Doctor Doom." Said the leading Mask, he laughed as he say the Fantastic Four's shocked faces. "You only stopped him, you didn't kill him. He's back and he's after you all, especially Amara." He stared directly into her eyes, into her soul.
"Ben, get Johnny. We're leaving." Reed shouted. Ben grabbed the unconscious Johnny and caught up with Sue as she headed towards Reed.
"Are you sure this is the best idea?" Sue said, shaking.
"Yes, look at what's happened to you, you're shaking and you only heard Doom's name. We need to have a plan." Reed replied as he turned and started guiding Amara out of the park.
"Reed, I had a thought." Amara said quietly. "If I'm part of the Fantastic Four now, it's not really the Fantastic four anymore, it would be the Fantastic Five. And we need new uniforms now." Reed chuckled at his cousin.
"Yes I suppose you're right. On a more serious note: Amara, you can't act like that in a battle again. You need to listen to me. You could have gotten yourself killed." He said
"I know, but I had to see if Johnny was ok, and they killed my parents…" She replied. "I suppose I'm trying to say it's a unique situation." They walked in silence the rest of the way home.