Disclaimers: I don't own the F4 characters, I am yet to win the lottery.

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Sue had been sitting at Reed's side holding his hand in her left, and the cup of very disgusting herbal tea in her right. It tasted foul, cheap and stale, but she didn't want to throw it away because Johnny had bought it for her. Still, he had gone with Ben somewhere, it was safe for her to go and find a vending machine and get a regular tea.

She kissed Reed's for head, whispering she'd be back in a few minutes. She didn't know if he could hear her, the doctors had said he might me. But she knew they didn't know anything about his condition, if anything she should have known more.

The first machine she'd found had an 'out of order' sign by the tea button. She cursed herself, she'd only seen it after she'd put in fifty cents, and the 'reject coins' button didn't work. Shrugging off her mistake, she went off in search for one without a sign, making a mental note to check the machines before putting in the money.

That was when she'd heard her brother's voice coming from the direction on the relatives room.

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"Tell me what?" she repeated, with a little force in her voice.

Ben looked at Johnny, he nodded. "You should sit down," he told his sister.

"Why?" she asked in a hard tone. Johnny knew that tone, she used it the day with father had told them to sit down before he broke the news of their mother's death.

He walked to her, and put took hold of her hand, leading her to a chair. Ben closed the door, then joined them.

"We know about Reed," her brother said slowly.

Sue nodded, she knew what he was referring to, "How did you find out?" she asked.

Johnny looked at Ben, who handed Sue the letters. "It appears he's seeking help from an old acquaintance," he tried to crack a joke, failed terribly.

Sue put a hand to her face, "No…" she said weakly reading the signature at the bottom of the first letter. Tears fell down her face as she saw the words on each sheet, her eyes only settling on one word - 'Doom.'

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a/n another shorty, next chappy will be longer :)