Thank you for reading and reviewing. Here's Chapter Two! :)
Ben, Reed, and Elle stood on a platform near a construction site. They were wearing construction hats for their protection and they were looking through binoculars so they could see the road better. Ben let out a disgusted sigh when they saw a young man around 24 years old. He had brown hair that was done in a buzz cut and dark brown eyes. He was wearing a red shirt, a black leather jacket, black pants, and black shoes. He was also driving a red motorcycle and making out with a woman who was driving a car next to his bike. How they were doing this without driving into a ditch Elle didn't have a clue.
"That's Johnny alright," Elle said as she lowered her binoculars.
"Can't do it," Ben said as he lowered his binoculars and turned to Reed. "Cannot do it."
"External SRBs, orbital system engines," Reed said as he lowered his binoculars and turned to Ben. "It's just like the shuttles you flew in," but before he could finish his sentence Ben cut him off.
"No," Ben said with anger on his face as he walked up to Reed. "I cannot take orders from the underwear model."
"Oh come on now," Reed tried to reason but Ben cut him off again.
"That wingnut washed out of NASA for sneaking two Victoria Secret wannabes into a flight simulator," Ben told him.
"Youthful high spirits," Reed said.
"Reed, they crashed it into a wall," Elle said as she walked over to the two. "A flight simulator. How the hell do you do that?"
Reed sighed after Elle said this. He then turned to Ben. "When have I ever asked you to do something you absolutely said you could not do?"
"Five times," Ben told him as he turned to leave.
"I had it at four," Reed said.
"Well this makes five," Ben said as he walked down the stairs.
Elle chuckled after he said this. She then patted Reed on the back and headed down the stairs after her brother.
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Reed and Ben walked into the men's changing room. Reed walked over to an armchair and sat down and opened up his laptop while Ben took out a picture of him and his fiancee.
"I miss you already Debby," Ben said with a sigh.
"Captain on the bridge," a young male voice shouted making Ben jump to his feet.
Ben groaned and rolled his eyes when he realized that the voice belonged to non other than Johnny Storm. Johnny held up a digital camera and took a quick picture of a very annoyed looking Ben.
"Digital camera $254," Johnny said with a smile on his face as he walked into the room. "Memory stick $59. The look on your hard-ass former CO's face when he finds out he's your junior officer," Johnny said as he sat down in a chair and looked up at him. "Priceless."
Ben walked up to Johnny with an angry look on his face. He reached out a hand acting like he was going to strangle him making Johnny lean back slightly. But instead of strangling him, he just grabbed the zipper of his uniform and pulled it down slightly adjusting his uniform.
Johnny laughed nervously as Ben walked away from him. "Thank you. Sweet," Johnny said in the same nervous voice.
"Hey guys," Elle said as she walked into the room wearing the same tight blue uniform that Johnny was wearing.
Johnny's eyes grew wide when he saw her enter the room. "Hello," Johnny said in a singsong voice as he got to his feet and walked over to her. "Has anyone ever told you that you look incredibly hot in that uniform?"
Elle rolled her eyes and she walked away from him.
"Okay okay I'm sorry," Johnny said as he grabbed her arm to stop her. Elle turned to face him and she folded her arms. "Does incredibly cute work?"
"Same old Johnny," Elle said as she headed over to one of the other chairs and sat down.
"She wants me," Johnny said.
Ben rolled his eyes and he pulled out a blue uniform that looked exactly like Johnny's and Elle's.
"I can handle the ship," Ben said. "I can even handle Mr. Blonde Ambition. But I don't know whether I should be flying or doing Swan Lake in these suits," Ben said as he indicated the blue uniform. "I mean who the hell came up with these?"
"Victor did," Sue said as she walked into the room wearing one of the blue uniforms. "The synthetics act as a second skin adapting to your body's individual needs."
"See that means, it keeps the hot stuff hot and the cool stuff cool," Johnny explained.
"Really," Elle said with sarcasm in her voice as she turned to him. Johnny responded by flashing a smile and winking at her.
"Wow," Reed said as he got to his feet and walked over to Sue. "Fantastic."
Sue smiled thinking that Reed was talking about her but the smile quickly faded when he took the blue uniform that she was holding from her. "Material made from self-regulating unstable molecules," Reed said with a smile on his face. "I've been working on a formula for this."
"Great minds think alike," Sue said with a hint of disappointment in her voice.
Elle rolled her eyes as she got to her feet. As she passed Reed she gave him a small thump on the back of the head.
"What was that for," Reed asked as he turned to Elle.
"For being the world's dumbest smart guy," Elle told him as she left the room.
"What's she mean by that," Reed asked as he turned to Ben who pretended like he didn't know either.
"Here you go Ben," Sue said in a friendly voice as she handed him one of the flight suits in her hand.
"Thanks sweetie," Ben said with a smile on his face as he took it from her.
"Reed," Sue said with a small hint of anger in her voice as she tossed a flight suit at him before walking out of the room.
Reed caught the flight suit and watched her leave with a look of confusion on his face.
Sorry this chapter was so short. The next one will be longer and there will be more Johnny and Elle in it. I'll try and have the third chapter up soon. :)
