Disclaimers: Still working on the global domination… so no, I don't own the F4 characters, so go sue some slanderous soul. (Like my alliteration?)

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Johnny's eyes focussed on the signature, his eyes widened in a mixture of surprise, horror and astonishment. "No…" the young man whispered.

The orange man nodded, "Yeah…" he said. The letter was dated just a week before, and the letter signed 'Victor Von Doom.' "It gets worse," Ben said.

"Worse?" the younger man echoed.

Ben nodded, and tugged on his arms motioned for him to come a little further away from the room Reed was in. He really didn't want Sue to heard any of this. When they were far enough away, he pulled out more sheets of paper, "I found more…" he said handing Johnny the papers he had in his hand.

Johnny sifted through the papers, "Have you read all these?" he asked, disliking the idea of having to read them all, due him being a slow reader. To his relief, Ben nodded, "And…?"

Ben took a deep breath, "It appears that Reed was working on a formula to help him and Sue conceive," he said slowly.

"What?" Johnny's eyes were confused.

Ben sighed, and nodded his head, "Yeah, I didn't know he was infertile either," he said. "He and Sue had been trying for a baby."

Johnny nodded, "That's why she's so down…" his statement was more of an observation than a question. "Poor Sue…" he said, feeling tears forming for his sister. "He hasn't told her about his plans?" he asked.

Ben shook his head, "It's not likely…," he said. "But that's not what the letter's are about," he said bringing attention back to their content. "Reed seems to be in contact with Victor because Victor is helping him with a formula of some kind…" he said.

Johnny shook his head and ran a hand through with blonde hair, "Why would he help Reed?" he asked. Ben was about to answer, then it dawned on him, "Oh," he said. "Strange how Victor helps, and now Reed is lying in a hospital bed half alive…"

Ben nodded, "What's worse is, I have no idea what he's taken," he confessed. "All the ingredients and chemicals… they're all in some kind of code," he pointed out a word equation to Johnny that made no sense.

"C-61?" the young man asked.

Ben made an expression that looked like he was trying to raise his eyebrows (he did this so often, it was an expression had called 'The Eyebrows').

The two men were silent for a second, "Do we tell Sue?" Johnny asked.

Ben shrugged, "I dunno…" he said. "She's gonna find out sooner or later…" he said, not knowing which he'd prefer. "Who do you think should tell her?"

Johnny was just about to volunteer, but he heard his sister's voice asking "Tell me what?" she was standing in the doorway of the relatives room.