Reed Richards watched as his fiancée walked away from the death scene in front of him. He turned back to the coffin and sighed heavily.
He was never good in situations like this. Funerals and such. Even though this particular funeral meant a great deal to him. He had no idea what to say to Sue. He didn't even know what to tell himself.
Ever since the four of them received their abilities they had all started to get under the thoughts that they were invincible.
Especially after they had beaten Doom. They raced into any danger without hesitation.
He never thought something like this could happen. Now they would be more cautious. Now Reed was afraid to let his girlfriend or his other friend out of his sight.
Since the death he found himself waking in the middle of the night and just watching Sue sleep. He could tell that she was dreaming. She would mumble incoherently now and again.
He went down the hall to the now only other occupants room and watch him. He knew this whole thing had been really hard on his friend. Especially since he and the deceased had a rocky relationship at best. He knew that guilt lay heavily on him and that he regretted a lot of things said over the years.
Then he would go back to a restless sleep of his own.
Reed's mind turned back to the present, the minister was finishing up. He was grateful for that. The awkwardness combined with the loss was really starting to get to him.
His mind wondered again. He thought back to that night. That water was cold. The children were screaming. He and Sue had worked to get the woman out.
He had been getting the kids out. Somehow the door slammed shut. They couldn't get it open. Or maybe they had just panicked. He hadn't panicked. He had been very calm in fact.
Reed had been running out of air. He fought tooth and nail to get Sue to the top. When they reached the surface he motioned for the other F4 member and they both dove back down. Sue cursed at him for pulling him away.
Finally they got the door open and pulled the lifeless body to the shore.
"Reed, is he okay? Is he all right?" Reed didn't answer. In stead he put his ear to the man's chest and listened.
A few moments later he slowly rose, "he…he's dead."
The doctor said that the massive water intake flooded his body causing his cells to burst long before he would have suffocated.
It hit the three of them hard. The two men looked at the body once in the morgue. Sue couldn't.
Now he could do nothing to comfort either of his friends or say anything to encourage the city that had grown to love all of them. People started to walk away.
He hadn't realized that it was over. Now what? Now nothing? That's it? He's gone? Move on?
He followed Sue, prepared to do anything she needed. He pushed his own pain down to save everyone else. So what else was new?
He was the last to walk away. The third stayed behind.
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