Disclaimers: weep I don't own the F4 characters, no matter how much I want to…

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Sue looked wide-eyed at Reed, "What do you mean 'not human'?" she asked, repeating him.

Reed looked baffled, "Exactly what I said, the tests I just ran on her showed she wasn't human…" he repeated. "That's why we need to know exactly what happened," he looked a Johnny, who was string at the carpet, "In the best way you can explain," he added gently.

Johnny cleared his throat, "Ok," he said slowly and watched as the older male pulled a chair to sit on. "Remember a few nights ago Ben got attacked by the 'anti F4 fan club' people?"

Sue nodded, "When they threw chisels and hammers at him?" she asked.

Her brother nodded, "Yeah," he paused. "Well I wanted to go for a walk, I needed some fresh air. Seeing as no one seems to recognise us easily in the dark. You guys were watching TV, and Ben's with Alicia," he explained, "I wasn't doing anything."

"What does this have to do the gang?" Sue asked gently.

"I walked down the ally, and they were there," he told her. "I wasn't looking for trouble," he said defensively, he glanced briefly at the two, in case they though they did, before returning his gaze to the floor. "I went to walk away and they were shouting at me to do demonstrations, they were saying stuff like 'when's the elastic man gonna snap?' and 'one day rocky's gonna crumble'," he looked at Sue. "They said you were too young to be my mother, and asked if the reason she's no longer around was 'cos she was sick of the sight of me," he said with tears brimming his eyes.

Sue took hold of Johnny's hand and kissed his forehead, and rubbed his shoulder, "It's ok," she soothed as he let himself cry a little.

Johnny took a few deep breaths, and returned his gaze back to the floor, "I turned to confront them, and that's when one of them hit me," he said.

"Where?" Reed asked him studying his face.

Without looking up, Johnny touched his cheek, "There, with a bat…" he confessed.

Reed knew how hard it was for Johnny to admit when he'd had his backside kicked, and appreciated him confessing this to them.

Johnny took another deep breath, "They all started on me, about six of them. I don't exactly know what happened next; there were a few minor punches, then I felt a sharp pain in my side. When I looked down I saw blood," he touched his side, there was a hole in his shirt. "I…I… think one st…stabbed me," he stammered.

Johnny started trembling a little, and Sue held him closer to her. "The last thing I saw before I passed out was the girl, she just came out of nowhere…," he said. "Everything went black… and when I came to I couldn't feel any pain, and they'd gone." He shook his head, "For a second, I thought maybe I'd dreamt it or something, but then I saw her lying on the ground, I just didn't understand…" he paused finally looking at Sue then at Reed. "I felt for a pulse, and there was a faint one, so I bought her here…" he finished.

The other two were silent, absorbing the information Johnny had just given them. It was Reed who spoke first, "The injuries you listed, are you sure?" he asked.

The young man stared at him, "Of course I'm sure!" he exclaimed. "You think I'm crazy?"

"Shhh," his sister soothed, "Calm down," she said. "Reed, where's this going?" she asked her fiancé.

Reed shook his head, "It's just, the girl has a bruise on her face, and a stab wound…" he explained.

"What?" the siblings asked in simultaneously.

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A/n There you go, second chapter – rather the first if you don't count the introduction… Meh, I dunno… Please review, but no flames… Thank you.