A/N: Well I must say that already I have a new idea then originally planned for this story... and no, it won't affect what you know thus far, so no worries there : ) And yes, I do actually to an extent plan out what will happen in my stories, including this one. Thanks to all who reviewed, and don't forget to review this chapter and let me know what you think! The only flames, by the way, that are welcome are the ones containing words of constructive criticism... basically, if you say "Fantastic Four sucks" in your review, that's a no-no. Plus it makes you look stupid. I had that happen once, back with one of my discontinued stories, a Harry Potter one actually, someone ACTUALLY reviewed, unsigned of course, saying Harry Potter sucks. I had to laugh at that one.

Disclaimer: Again, Fantastic Four doesn't belong to me. It belongs to Marvel, so... yeah...

Fantastic Four: A New Addition

EilayAdnayVolieay

Chapter Three: Bad Publicity

"So, tell me Mr Grimm, what were your thoughts when your fiancé left her engagement ring on the bridge that day?" Alexandra asked. Ben was a little taken aback at the straight forward question, and gulped down some coffee from his metal mug (thus avoiding breaking glass yet again).

"My thoughts? Shock, for one. I know I'm not exactly the greatest looking guy now, and I knew that would be a shock for her, but... I didn't expect for her to actually break off our engagement, without even speaking to me. I was shocked that she never gave me a second to explain... I tried to, believe me, but... it just didn't work out, I guess. I also felt betrayed... we had always told each other that we'd be together, forever, no matter what... and she just gave up." Ben replied. He left out the fact that Debbie had come up to him in the bar wanting to patch things up... nobody needed to know that right now.

"Terrible, terrible..." Alexandra muttered, writing furiously on her notepad. Ben went to reach for a cookie, but stopped when he heard Johnny snort.

"What?" Ben asked.

"Well, nothing, really..." Johnny trailed off. Ben glared at him.

"You got something to say, then say it Twinkletoes." Ben said. He reached for a cookie again and Johnny once again snorted.

"I just don't think you should be eating that cookie, looks like you've had more then enough to last a regular fat man three lifetimes and a half." Johnny replied. Ben started to stand, but deciding against it with the reporter right there, he sat, but he never reached for a cookie after that.

"Yes, well, anyways... Johnny. Tell me, what has been the worst part about these... powers, for lack of a better word?" Alexandra asked. Johnny directed his attention towards her and smiled.

"Well, swee— "

"Please answer without calling me anything other then Ms Winters or Alexandra, Mr Storm." Alexandra replied coolly. Johnny pretended to be hurt.

"Alright, alright... the worst part would have to be when we were stuck up here in this place, I mean really, I need to be out in the real world, not cooped up." Johnny replied, leaning back. Alexandra nodded, and turned to Reed and Sue.

"Alright, I know that there have been a lot of different rumors on your wedding, is there any information you care to let the public know?"

"Well," Reed started, "we're definitely not getting married on Pluto. Where this idea came from, we have no clue, but not only is it unreasonable its impossible... we can't exactly transport all of our guests out in space, and even if we did, we wouldn't get married in space suits." Reed finished. Sue nodded, taking over.

"And also, we don't even know when the ceremony will be, so the rumors that we're getting married in the... I think today's tabloids said Autumn, are clearly wrong." Alexandra finished writing all of this down, and when she finished she looked back up.

"Anything else that any of you want the public to know?" Alexandra asked. Johnny opened his mouth to speak, but she cut him off. "Great well this should be in the paper tomorrow, thanks so much for your time." she replied. Johnny threw his arms in the air.

"Well, I did want the world to know that Johnny Storm is single, but I guess I can always— "

"DON'T even think about it, Johnny." Sue warned, before walking Alexandra to the door. Johnny smirked.

"Well, you know me, Sue, I never do." Johnny replied. He went out to the balcony and jumped off, flying away.

That evening, it was only going to be Reed and Sue at the house... Ben was supposed to meet Alicia, and Johnny was... well, somewhere anyways. Sue had planned for a nice dinner, she even made lasagna and set up candles. Reed had gone out to the store for batteries, which had given Sue the time to plan everything. He had yet to return.

A 'dinging' sound was heard coming from the kitchen and Sue ran out. It was her timer going off, meaning that the dinner she had made was done. She grabbed an oven mitt and had just pulled the lasagna out of the oven when she heard the door slam. She put the lasagna down and walked out into the hallway. She saw Reed running into his office. She went to call out to him that she had made dinner for the two of them, but before she even had a chance, he walked right out of the building. I guess work will always come first, Sue thought sadly. Her thoughts were interrupted by a knocking at the window.

"Johnny?" Sue asked. She looked closer and realized that yes, it was Johnny, and she opened the glass door to the balcony. Johnny stepped in and immediately smelled the lasagna.

"Hey did you make lasagna?" Johnny asked. Sue nodded and put her arm around his shoulders.

"Yes, Johnny... at least I know I can always count on you to eat what I make," Sue said quietly, more to herself then anyone, but Johnny heard it as well. He looked at her questioningly but said nothing. They ate in silence, and when they finished, Sue went into her room to read, and Johnny went out to go play some pool.

Ben looked at his watch. He had been in the bar waiting for Alicia for quite awhile... he hoped she was alright. He knew she got along good despite the fact that she was blind, but he was still worried. She had never been this late before. He looked at his watch again. 9:34 pm. She was over half an hour late now. He went up to the bartender.

"Excuse me, but would you know by any chance why Alicia would be over half an hour late?" Ben asked. He usually wouldn't ask anyone something like that, considering that he was on a date and it would be normally embarrassing, but Alicia was never this late, didn't give any reason why she should be, so he was worried. The bartender shook his head, but nodded towards the phone.

"Do you have her number? Call her," the bartender replied when Ben nodded. So, Ben walked over to the phone and dialed Alicia's number. He hadn't done so before because he had just figured she was on the road, but now he was worried and hoped that she just couldn't make it for some reason. Her answering machine picked up, but the voice that came on was not Alicia's. It was oddly distorted and sounded more masculine.

"Hello, friends and family of Alicia. I'm sorry, but regrettably, Alicia can't answer the phone as she is lying on the floor of her living room unconscious. This one's for you, Benny," Ben slammed the phone down so hard that the phone broke off the wall, and ran out of the bar, and he grabbed a cab to Alicia's. On the way, he borrowed the cab driver's cell and called at the apartment building, hoping Sue or Reed would answer. No such luck. Johnny was already back from the Pool Hall, and he answered.

"Hello, this is the oh-so sexy..."

"Look Twinkletoes I don't have time for you, get Sue and Reed down to Alicia's ASAP," Ben replied, giving Johnny the address. He quickly hung up the phone and the cab driver stopped outside of Alicia's apartment. Ben tipped the cab driver, told him not to wait, and went inside.

"What do you mean, Ben said it was urgent?" Sue exclaimed. Johnny shrugged.

"How should I know, I was to busy thinking of ways to get back at him for calling me Twinkletoes, he just shouted at me a bit, grunted, and I think I heard the sound of scratching his— " Johnny started but stopped when Sue smacked him.

"DON'T say it, Johnny. Well, I don't know where Reed is, we'll leave a note and maybe if we're lucky he'll go to Alicia's... after we're already home and in bed," Sue muttered angrily. Johnny didn't say anything, and they headed for Alicia's.

Ben walked inside of Alicia's apartment. The place had been ransacked, by who or by what he didn't know, but it was looking bad. Drawers were hanging open, some just knocked right on the floor, papers thrown all over the place, broken glass on the floor, the works. Ben only hoped that Reed, Sue and Johnny got there soon.

Ben heard a crash coming from somewhere upstairs, and ran up the stairs which were strangely wet. He slipped a little bit, but made it up the stairs in one piece. He heard a scream, and ran even faster to the room it was coming from. He threw open the door at the end of the hallway, just in time to see someone in black jump off the building, with Alicia unconscious and tied up in their arms.

"ALICIA!" Ben shouted, but it was too late. He looked out the window, and saw whoever it was that had come to Alicia's place and ransacked it, was now gone, and had kidnapped Alicia. There was nothing he could do now, but wait for Sue, Reed, and Johnny to get there. And then... he would find Alicia.

"Damn it I am going to kill Reed when I find out where he's been!" Sue exclaimed, getting out of the cab and running up the steps to Alicia's. Johnny laughed.

"Yeah, right, I can see the headlines now, 'Invisible Girl murders fiancé Mr Fantastic over him not being home by curfew'" Johnny spelled out, laughing. Sue punched him in the shoulder.

"This is not the time to be joking, Johnny! Come on, lets go in and see what Ben said was so urgent," Sue replied, opening the door. What she saw was not Ben fighting some bad guy, or criminals tied up on the couch... it was Ben, sitting on the couch, looking like he was about to cry.

"They have Alicia," was all he said, before he stormed out of her apartment and left Sue and Johnny behind. They ran after him, closing the door as they left.

"Amazing," Reed whispered as the woman in front of him used her mind to move an object before her. He walked up to her, making sure there was no way that this had been staged, and when he realized there was no strings, that the objects were real, and that this woman's ability to control her mind was just as real.

"Fascinating..." Reed whispered again, amazed that he actually had met someone with such a powerful mind ability. He was smart, granted, but he wasn't smart enough or dedicated enough to actually control his mind the way she had.

"Well, to you perhaps, its all rather old to me now," the woman replied rather modestly. "I can read minds too, if I wish. Only some things, of course... when people are feeling overly emotional, anger and fear mostly, also of course when people are feeling desperate. Any other emotions... happiness, sadness, love... I can't read thoughts involving that." she added. Reed was even more fascinated then before.

"Amazing... some things science just can't fully explain," he replied. He took a sip of his coffee. They were at a café, discussing science mostly. While Reed had been doing research to track the woman who could freeze things in an instant, he had found out about someone else in town... someone who could move objects without touching them. He had come to see for himself that this person wasn't a fraud.

"Want to see something cooler?" she replied.

"Everything is falling into place." The deep-voiced man replied to himself. He had just gotten a report from one of his loyal henchmen from the outside world about what was going on. "Soon, we will launch the 3rd part of the plan... and get revenge."

A/N: I realize that this chapter was (compared to my regular standards) a little short, but I just couldn't get into anything else from the storyline without actually getting into stuff for the next chapter, which would make this chapter drag on endlessly. I'll have this chapter, and hopefully more, up by Friday, since I can't go online during school weeks. Yep, school started again... but hey, its all cool, my math teacher is leaving for surgery and for the next three weeks we'll have a substitute who for some reason will stop any subject at any time if you ask him a question about his bees. SUH-WEET! No homework ; ) Don't forget to review, and to those wondering, I did fix up the previous chapter, so that edit should be up by Friday as well.