Sue led her brother into the nearest bed in the infirmary. She helped him lay down and sat down on the chair next to the bed while Reed took some of Johnny's blood and treated his many injuries. Johnny yelped as Reed touched his wounds.

"You need to tell us what happened to you Johnny," Ben said. "It's the only way we can help you…and Amara." Ben whispered the part about Amara. He, Sue and Reed had an unspoken deal not to mention Amara to Johnny…yet. Johnny nodded weakly and started to tell them what had happened.

Flashback

Johnny walked into the Von Doom corp. building straight after he left the infirmary. He had flamed on and flown to just around the corner of the building. He walked passed the lady at the front desk and headed for the elevator. He knew his way around the building as he had been here a few times to see Sue when she worked with Doom. He noticed that there were only a few people working here and there, but he wasn't surprised as it was after 5pm. The people that he saw looked up at him as walked passed them. He just smiled, hoping he didn't stick out too much. Usually Johnny Storm would have loved the attention of sticking out, but today he was on a mission. He walked into the elevator and pressed the up button. After a few minutes the elevator doors opened and Johnny stepped out into Victor's private office. Johnny was pleased to see a layer of dust covering the entire room as he walked over to Victor's desk. He was surprised that there were still sheets of paper strewn over the desk. He picked them up and read them all.

"Oh my god," he said once he had finished reading them he folded them and put them into his jeans pocket. He had thought ahead and brought some clothing to change into after he flamed on. The papers contained plans. Detailed plans threatening his families' lives. One sheet had mentioned something about a collar. The collar would have some kind of power over the wearer. In effect turning them into a mindless slave. He noticed that Amara was written onto the sheet. He gasped.

"Oh my god indeed, but you don't have to call me God," Johnny spun around at the sound of the voice. He recognized it.

"Mina?" he asked. A figure stepped out of the shadows and removed their mask.

"Yes it's me," she said and smirked.

"You work for Doom?" Johnny questioned, confused.

"Yes I do, thanks to you."

"What do you mean? What did I do?"

"Well when we first kissed, I knew you were with someone else. Dr Doom approached me and made me an offer I couldn't refuse. It would have been a lot easier for us if you hadn't brought your little girlfriend with you to meet me. But don't worry I forgive you." Mina replied. "Speaking of which, I think you know this man."

"What man?" as Johnny asked, he saw another Mask step out from the shadows just behind Mina. He watched as the new Mask removed his mask. Johnny realised the man in front of him looked familiar. The dark spiky hair, just on top of his head in an almost Mohican style but not quite. The blue eyes and of course the smirk.

"We met at the Torch. Remember? I asked that bitch to dance." The man, whose name Johnny couldn't remember looked disgusted with himself.

"Amara is not a bitch!" Johnny defended.

"Whatever. Anyway my name is Chris, and I'll be the one killing you tonight." Chris smirked. "You know what? You should have let Alexa dance with me. She-"

"It's Amara, Jackass." Johnny snapped. Chris just carried on as if Johnny hadn't interrupted.

"She defiantly liked me, did you notice that? I bet you did, the way you acted. I can see why she liked me more than you."

"I doubt it 'cos she actually has standards." Johnny shot back.

"Obviously low ones. If you had let me take her to Dr Doom that night you wouldn't be here. So blame yourself…or Amara for that." It was Johnny's turn to smirk. He knew he had struck a nerve, but what he hadn't noticed was another Mask sneak behind him. The next thing he knew was that he had a dart in his neck.

He woke up again later, he had no idea how long had passed. His head felt as if it weighed a tonne. Gotta lay off the drinking, was Johnny's first thought. Then it all came flooding back to him.

"I see you're finally awake." Doom, Johnny realised.

"Ooooo you really are an evil genius!" He retorted.

"And you really are an idiot. Grow up Johnny." Doom snapped. "You know too much about my plans. That's why you're not leaving here anytime soon."

"Why not kill me then?" Johnny asked though he already knew the answer: bait.

"That's right Johnny, you're the bait." Johnny was confused, had he said it out loud? "I tried making Amara fall in love with Chris, but no you stopped that. Then I tried putting you with Mina, but you didn't go along with that either. This is your punishment. Unless you feel like telling me everything about your fellow members of the Goody Goody Squad?"

"I would never betray them!" Johnny shouted. They were all he had in the world.

"That's what they all say," Doom yawned. "Someone will come for you later." He said and walked out of the cell and bolted the door. The cell lights were turned off leaving Johnny with only a dim light in the corridor. Johnny leaned against one of the damp walls. He clicked his fingers and a flame flared up. He used the light to look around his cell, looking for anything he had missed when the lights were on. Johnny noticed that none of the few pieces of furniture was flammable, and that the flame he had created was dying quickly. A side effect of the dart I guess, he thought. He clicked his fingers again and the flame flickered out. Johnny sat there in the darkness thinking out his options. He didn't want to die. I'm too young and pretty to die, he told himself. But he didn't want to snitch on his family.

"I don't have a choice" he said aloud.

"That's right Johnny." A voice said, seemingly inside his cell.

"Get out of here, Chris" Johnny spat. He hated Chris for many reasons. The most distinct was Chris thought Amara loved him. He could almost see the smirk on Chris' face.

"I don't think so. I was told to extract information from you, mate." Chris replied smugly.

"Don't waste your time." Johnny snapped.

"We have all the time in the world." Johnny frowned. "Didn't anyone tell you? Time runs differently here." Johnny's frown grew.

"Yeah, sure, and I'm Santa Claus." He shot back, sounding as confident as he could.

"Well you are going grey…" Chris started. Johnny growled at him. "We're nowhere near your puny friends." Johnny snorted in disbelief. "Grab him." Chris ordered. Instantly Johnny felt five pairs of hands get a hold of him. He tried to shake them off, but he was still weak from the dart. The hands hauled him into a standing position. Then they shoved him roughly through a door in the back wall he had not seen.

"Move," Chris said as he prodded Johnny in the spine. Johnny doubled over in pain; he didn't know why he hurt so much. He did know he was shaking uncontrollably. 'Get a grip Storm." He said inwardly. A picture of Amara rooted itself in his mind. He gritted his teeth and stood up straight. He would see her again. He ignored the pain and started taking steps forwards. He looked up at Chris, directly into his eyes and was pleased to see the surprise in them, He tried to smirk at him, but in his weakened state all he could manage was a grimace. This brought Chris' smug grin back. He pushed Johnny into a dimly lit room. The only items inside the room were a metal dentists chair and a table full of sharp looking implements.

"Not that one, Dooms voice boomed from every direction. "The next one." The Masks all nodded and dragged Johnny into the room opposite. The new room was also dimly lit and only had a few items inside it. One was a metal table with a device on top of it; the device was wired up to an electric socket. Also, in the centre of the room was a leaking pipe on the ceiling. Water was running from it quite heavily. Next to the burst pipe was a set of chains, also on the ceiling. The Masks holding Johnny took him over to the chains and tied him up under the shower of water. Within a few seconds, Johnny was drenched. Chris walked over to the metal table and picked up part of the device. He turned a dial on the main section on the machine.

"There are two things you should know about this, Mr Storm." Chris started. "One is that this device, at the highest setting, could turn your insides into ash." Chris paused as Mina walked into the room; she stopped in front of Johnny and smiled sexily at him. She ripped off his T-shirt and turned around to Chris. He nodded and she walked over to the machine. "The second is that I'm going to enjoy this more than I should."

"You know what Chris?" Johnny said. "I think you've been watching too much TV. Oh and you sound like a 5 year old." Johnny watched Chris' face turn into a look of pure hatred. Chris walked over to him and jammed the metal paddle into his chest. Johnny grunted in pain as 10,000 volts of electricity coursed through his body.

"I must say I am impressed. But that was the lowest setting." He nodded to Mina and she turned the dial up. Again Chris jammed the paddle into Johnny, this time his back. "I was told to find out all about Amara. Dr Doom was hoping this procedure would persuade you to tell us everything. I, myself, am hoping that you don't say a thing." Chris prodded Johnny with the paddle a few more times, each time in a new place of his stomach and back.

"Chris, you can stop now." Dooms voice boomed through the room. "We've got her." Johnny was in too much pain to hear what Doom had said. Chris growled and ordered Mina to untie him. The moment the chains were unlocked Johnny crashed to the floor. Mina pulled him up with surprising strength and told a group of Masks to hold him up. She exited the room and came in again with a shirt. She roughly put it on him. Chris then ordered everyone to follow him.

End of Flashback.

Susan gasped as Johnny finished telling them what had happened. She felt fresh tears flow down her face. She looked into her eyes and could see how haunted he looked.

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