A/N: Well here is finally another chapter of Fantastic Four: A New Addition. I did honestly mean to update sooner, but here's the deal. My grandmother got sick and was in the hospital. I couldn't tie up the phone line, and I didn't feel up to going on the computer much. Now my grandmother is back home, we moved in with her and all I need is my old computer's internet hooked up and I'll be all set to go. I'm on my mothers laptop at the moment and I need to email myself the work I've done since this stupid laptop doesn't have a port for the keychain thingy my dad has… which sucks. And all the floppies, if any of them are even blank, are at the house. And THAT sucks. So skipping any further details, I'm now able to update again. A bit of a bumpy story update ride but this story I think is almost done.

Disclaimer: Fantastic Four, as it has been for the past 8 chapters, is NOT mine.

Fantastic Four: A New Addition

EilayAdnayVolieay

Chapter Nine: Second Thoughts

That night, Rhia couldn't sleep. The fact that she had still done nothing to the Fantastic Four was bothering her. This was what she was meant to do! It was her job, her mission. It had been what she wanted to do. So why was it that now she was having second thoughts? She had tried to deny that it was second thoughts, but she knew now… part of her didn't want to hurt the Fantastic Four. Had they brainwashed her somehow in her sleep? Did they secretly know that she was actually Rhia disguised as Alicia? No, Rhia thought. That isn't why I'm having second thoughts. I'm having second thoughts because… because they're so nice. And maybe fighting for good isn't so bad after all. Evil, as fun as it is, isn't something you can count on. If someone is evil, they can turn on you. Someone who is good is always there for you unless you turn on them. Sue is just so nice, she's going through a lot with Reed and yet she still manages to put saving people from evil first. Reed works hard but he really is dedicated to his friends. Yeah sometimes work gets in the way but he's sincere and always tries to make it up to them even though sometimes he knows he just can't. Ben, although he appears large and ugly, really is just a fun guy, and he had a choice. The boss told us he did… he changed back into regular old Ben Grimm and then decided that protecting his friends was more important, and he changed back. Johnny… he's a funny guy and according to Sue isn't as selfish as he once was. Yeah he's still a bit of an idiot, but he means well. Who could blame me for having second thoughts about harming these people? When you actually hurt someone… its usually someone you don't know. If you get to know them first, you find it hard to do anything bad to them. What am I going to do? Rhia thought sadly. She got up and walked over to the window. She didn't want to betray the Fantastic Four's trust… she had grown to like them, all of them. Yet she didn't want to betray her friends… Ice, and even Jake. She didn't care about her boss—he was selfish, too selfish. He had a way of twisting everyone's arms into doing what he wanted, and he could twist their needs or desires, their dreams, into horrible, ugly things that he said were selfish.

"What do you want with us?" a voice asked. Rhia turned around, startled. She realized it was Johnny, and put on the blind act.

"What do you mean… Johnny?" Rhia asked. She pretended not to be able to see him.

"Drop the act. What do you want with us? You aren't Alicia. Maybe you fooled everyone else, but not me. Now that I know how you act when you disguise yourself as someone else, it isn't hard for me to pick up on. Becky," Johnny added. Rhia, tired of the act, morphed back into her regular self. It had gone on for three weeks… it was time to end it.

"To be honest Johnny, I don't know anymore. I… I was supposed to cause havoc, until our strength could build back up. But in the past three weeks, all I've done is try to convince Sue to talk to Reed before breaking the engagement. I haven't even contacted the others… I don't expect you to believe me," Rhia added when Johnny opened his mouth. "It doesn't really matter if you do or not. I just needed to tell someone, whether they believed it or not. And my name at the moment is Rhia… I change it frequently," Rhia added. Johnny, still not letting his guard down, sat down on a chair in the room.

"Rhia. Why do you change your name so often?" he asked.

"I don't know. I suppose its because my mother got pregnant with me and had a natural birth at home. She abandoned me there, and… I never had an official name. I was in an orphanage for a lot of my life, and most people just called me a nickname to do with me somehow. It changed frequently as well… finally I got adopted. You know the girl that came to help me fight you? Her parents adopted me. We never really got along much, and still sometimes don't. Her father was killed in a fire, trying to save a little boys life in an apartment. Her mother committed suicide because of the depression. By then, we were already old enough to live on our own. I've always changed my name since then… I guess that's why." Rhia had never told anyone that she had been adopted, and Ice never told anyone that Rhia was her adopted sister. It wasn't something they shared with people, and Rhia wasn't even sure if Ice had shared this tidbit with Jake. Probably not.

"I'm sorry…" Johnny replied. He didn't know how he was supposed to be angry with someone, when they shared a story like that. He knew he had to though. He couldn't let his guard down. "So that's why you fight against good? Because her father died because he was good and trying to save someone?" Johnny asked. Rhia looked at him confused. She had never thought about why she fought against those who were good. She had always just assumed that she did it because she thought it was what she was meant to do. But if it was what she was meant to do, then why was she having second thoughts about it?

"I never thought about it. Johnny, I… I don't know what to do. I'm supposed to help kill you, and the rest of the Fantastic Four, but I… I just can't. I've never killed someone before, and I don't want to hurt you guys because… because I feel as though I befriended all of you, but I don't want to fight with you because that would mean fighting against Ice and Jake… my friends. Ice, the other girl you saw me fighting with, and Jake… her boyfriend." Rhia looked out the window. Johnny realized she wasn't lying… she was truly confused about what to do. He knew that it would be best to try and convince her to fight with them, to be good, but he also knew that it would be wrong to tell her to fight against her friends. But that's just it… she thinks that we're her friends… but those other people are her friends as well. Either way she'd be fighting against her friends. Johnny thought to himself. He got up and sat next to her on the bed.

"Rhia… either way, you're fighting against friends. Is there no other option? What about not fighting at all?" Johnny asked. Rhia shook her head.

"It isn't a possibility. If I don't fight at all, they will consider me a traitor and go after me, and I'll only have to fight them now. If I fight against them, they'll consider me a traitor. If I fight against you, you'll consider me a traitor. And I'll have to kill you if I want to survive. But I won't want to kill you either… its just so confusing!" Rhia exclaimed. Johnny felt truly sorry for her. She wasn't meant to be evil… how she had ever got on to that path, he didn't know. But it wasn't the one that was for her. Some people, even though evil was bad, were meant to be evil. It was just who they were, whether it was a good thing or not. But there were those who weren't meant to be evil… maybe not meant to be anything but normal. And Rhia, was one of those people.

"Rhia… maybe you don't need to fight against us. If we just got Alicia back, maybe we'd only need to fight the one who made you do all of this. The one you take orders from. Your—"

"Boss." Rhia finished. She opened her mouth to tell Johnny where Alicia was being kept, but at that moment, Ben entered the room. He was shocked to see Johnny there and would have been angry except he realized that it was Rhia in that room, not Alicia.

"You! What have you done to Alicia? Where did you take her now?" Ben demanded. Rhia got up and backed away. Ben was ready to attack at any second.

"Ben, you were right, it wasn't Alicia. It was Rhia. She disguised herself as Alicia, but—" Johnny began to explain but was cut off by Ben.

"You! I should have known you wouldn't have changed that much. You see even a mildly attractive woman and you forget that you're a part of this team! She's evil Johnny, and all this time… you've known! How could you, Johnny? She knows where Alicia is!" Ben shouted. Rhia, scared and upset, jumped out the window. She morphed into a bird and flew off. Johnny ran to the window.

"Rhia, wait!" He called out, but there was no point. She was already gone and if she did hear him, she was ignoring him. Ben walked up to Johnny angrily.

"Ben, you really are an idiot sometimes. She's the only one that could have just now told us where Alicia was and you blew it! You scared her off! And she's not evil." Johnny added. He jumped out the window, and flamed on. He'd have to find her before she decided that she should fight against them. He didn't care at the moment what Ben thought. He knew the others would think the same as Ben and wouldn't listen to a word of reasoning.

The next morning, Ben was sitting at the table, with the phone nearby and jumping at the slightest sounds. That was how Reed and Sue found him, and they didn't know why he was so fidgety.

"What's up Ben?" Reed asked, pouring himself a cup of coffee. "Waiting for an important phone call?" Reed asked. Sue sat at the table and looked at her watch.

"Nine thirty. Shouldn't Alicia and Johnny be up by now?" Sue asked, "or did Johnny leave already to do something stupid?" Ben didn't answer at first.

"The last one. And Alicia's gone. We never had her… it was some woman that Johnny kept calling Rhia. She's one of the ones who kidnapped Alicia, and she fled. Johnny went after her."

"Why didn't you go with him?" Sue asked angrily. It wasn't like Ben to just sit and wait around.

"Because he wasn't going after her to fight her. He was going after her to bring her back. He said she's not like them, that she isn't evil. He also called me an idiot for scaring her off when she was one of the only ones who could tell us where Alicia was. He seems to think he was close to getting her to admit where Alicia was; I think he was just close to 'getting the girl' and didn't want me interfering, even if she is one of the bad guys." Ben replied. He was growing angry just thinking about it, so he chose to try and forget all about it. Sue sighed.

"Ben, I really thought Johnny had changed. Are you sure you're not just… judging him wrongly because of his past tendencies and because you were upset?"

"I highly doubt that, Susie, but its possible. Seems like anything is possible anymore… I didn't go after him because I knew that if I did I would want to ring that 'Rhia's' neck and that would mean fighting Johnny. No matter how misguided he may be about her, I would never want to fight the kid. Even if he is a self-centered idiot sometimes." Ben got up and walked over to the door.

"Where are you going?" Sue asked. Ben turned around for a moment.

"To get Johnny."

A/N: That's the end of this chapter, hope you enjoyed. By the way, there are only a few chapters left and next chapter will be full on action. Here's a blurb of what will happen: Ben, Sue, and Reed go after Johnny who is trying to talk to Rhia about the second thought thing. Before they find Johnny, Ice and Jake show up which leads to Johnny fighting with them. Little bit of extra events, something happens, Ice and Jake flee and Johnny, Sue, Ben, Reed, possibly Rhia (I can't tell you for sure… maybe she really IS evil … mwauhahahaha!) leave and fight the big boss who organized all of this, they find its someone they know. Sound good? I thought so. Read, review, and MAJOR action scenes next chapter. I'll get it out ASAP for you guys.