Hey guys, thank you so much for the reviews and adding my fanfic to your favorites and story alerts. Sorry it's been a while since I last updated. I'll try my best to make updates more regular. Here's the fourth chapter. This chapter has more Johnny and Elle in it. :)
A few days later, Elle woke up and found herself lying in what appeared to be a hospital bed. After blinking her eyes a few times to get them into focus, she got into a sitting position and looked around the room. She was in what appeared to be a very clean hospital room. There was only one bed in the room and that was the queen sized bed she was lying in, a white counter with a chrome sink was off to one side of the room and there were white cabinets above it, to the left of the room was a wooden door obviously leading to her own bathroom and to the right was another door which she guessed was her closet, and finally there was a white nightstand next to her bed and a vase with a dozen beautiful pink roses sitting on top of it.
A smile appeared on Elle's face as she looked at the flowers. Pink roses was her favorite type of flower. But she wondered who had sent them. As she thought about this, Johnny appeared in the doorway and saw that she was looking at the flowers.
"Morning beautiful," Johnny said as he entered the room and sat in the chair next to her bed. "I see you like my gift. Pink roses was your favorite kind of flower right?"
Elle turned away from the flowers and looked at Johnny with a shocked expression on her face. "You sent them?"
"That's right," Johnny told her. He then noticed that she looked awfully shocked and he spoke. "What is it? Don't you like them?"
"Oh no I love them," Elle said quickly. "They're beautiful. And yes, pink roses are my favorite kind of flower. I was just shocked that you remembered."
"Hey, I do remember some things," Johnny said. "Like the time we had our first kiss on your 18th birthday," he added with a smile on his face.
"It was just a simple thank you kiss for the flowers," Elle told him.
"Really now," Johnny asked in a teasing sort of voice. "It was pretty passionate for a simple thank you kiss."
"Oh shut up," Elle said as she playfully hit his arm with one of her pillows.
Johnny chuckled slightly before speaking again. "So, how are you feeling?"
"I'm okay," Elle assured him. "What about you?"
"I'm fine," Johnny said. "It'll take more than a cosmic storm to slow me down."
Elle chuckled before speaking. "Where are we?"
"We're back on earth in Victor's medical facility," Johnny explained. "We're in quarantine until the doctors make sure we're okay. I hate being in lock down. It sucks."
Elle chuckled again and Johnny smiled to himself. He was so glad that she was awake and smiling again.
"You know what I like about you Johnny," Elle asked.
"You like something about me," Johnny asked with a shocked expression on his face. "Funny, I thought you hated me."
"I don't hate you," Elle assured him. "I just hate some of the things you do that's all. It's impossible for someone to hate you."
A mischievous grin appeared on Johnny's face before he spoke again. "So, what do you like about me? Would it be my incredibly handsome looks? Or maybe my amazing smile?"
"No," Elle said causing the smile to fade from Johnny's face. "You always know how to make me smile or laugh when I really need to. I like that in a guy. Plus, you are pretty cute to."
The smile returned to Johnny's face after she said this. He had always thought that the reason she had said no every time he asked her out was because she couldn't stand him, but that apparently wasn't the case. He was glad there still might be a chance she would say yes if he asked her out again.
"So," Elle said after a few moments of silence. "Are the others awake yet?"
"I know Reed is," Johnny told her. "And Sue woke up about a half an hour ago. I just left from checking in on her. But as for Ben I'm not sure. I was going to head there after checking on you."
"I see," Elle said. "How long was I asleep?"
"A couple of days," Johnny told her with serious look on his face. An expression Elle rarely ever saw on him. "I was starting to get a little worried," Johnny admitted.
A shocked expression appeared on Elle's face after she heard this. "Really? You were worried about me?"
"Of course I was," Johnny said as he held her hand.
The moment he took her hand she quickly pulled it away and gasped.
"What," Johnny asked with a look of confusion on his face. "What is it?"
"You're hot," Elle told him.
"Yes we've already established that," Johnny said with a smile on his face. "But thanks again. You're hot to by the way."
"No, I mean your skin is hot," Elle said. "Come here, let me feel your forehead."
Johnny leaned in closer to her and she placed a hand on his forehead. "You do feel pretty warm," Elle told him. "Are you sure you're alright?"
Johnny chuckled slightly as he got to his feet and headed over to the door. "I can assure you I have never felt better Elle," he told her. "But I appreciate your concern. Oh and by the way, I'm loving your hair."
"What are you talking about," Elle asked with confusion on her face. "My hair's probably a mess."
"It's not that messy. But that's not what I'm talking about," Johnny told her. "Red looks good on you. But when did you dye it? You were unconscious since you got here."
As Johnny left, Elle reached for the mirror on her nightstand and held it up. Johnny was right, her light blonde hair was now an auburn color. She was confused by this. Her hair was blonde on the space station. Why was it a reddish brown now? "Maybe the cosmic storm had something to do with it," Elle thought to herself. "I'll have to ask the doctors about it later. Although Johnny was right, I do like this color on me."
A few moments later, a doctor came in and ran some tests on her. He took her temperature which was normal and then took her pulse and listened to her heart which seemed normal as well.
"Well, the results from your tests look good Miss Grimm," the doctor said with a smile on his face. "We also drew some blood to make sure your blood cells were okay and they are."
"So how much longer do you think I'll need to stay here," Elle asked.
"At least one more day," the doctor said. "We want to make sure you're alright before we release you."
"Okay," Elle said with a smile on her face.
"If you want to freshen up, the bathroom is to your left," the doctor explained. "And Victor has supplied your closet with fresh clothes."
"Thank you," Elle said. As the doctor turned to leave the room she remembered that she was going to ask him about her hair. "Excuse me."
"Yes," the doctor asked as he turned back around to face her.
"I've got a quick question before you leave," Elle said. "Was my hair this shade when I arrived?"
"Yes it was Miss Grimm," the doctor said. "Why do you ask?"
"Because I've had blonde hair all my life," Elle told him. "But when I woke up, I saw that it was an auburn color. Could the cosmic storm have somehow changed its color?"
"Hmm, that is a good question," the doctor said as he thought about it. "I suppose it is a possibility. We still don't know everything about cosmic storms yet."
"I see," Elle said. "Thank you."
"You're welcome," the doctor said with a smile on his face. "Is there anything else you need?"
"No," Elle told him. "I'm fine."
"Alright then," the doctor said as he turned and left the room.
Elle got up from bed and she took a quick shower. After her shower, she went over to her closet and she took out a long sleeve black turtle neck shirt and blue jeans. After she put her clothes on she went back into the bathroom and she pulled her hair into ponytail. After she finished doing her hair, she slipped into a pair of brown shoes and she left the room to go and see Ben.
As Elle approached Ben's room, she heard Johnny talking in a very serious tone. The seriousness in his voice actually worried her so she stayed outside the room to listen a little more before she entered.
"What's wrong with me," she heard her brother ask with worry in his voice.
Johnny took a deep breath before speaking in a serious voice again. "I swear to you Ben, they've done everything humanly possible. You had the best plastic surgeons in the world."
"Give me a mirror," Elle heard Ben say.
"I wouldn't do that," she heard Johnny say to Ben in that same serious voice. "They said the shock alone could," but before Johnny had a chance to finish Ben cut him off.
"Give me the damn mirror," Ben shouted.
The moment she heard Ben shout this, Elle rushed into the room with a concerned look on her face. "Ben," Elle asked as she approached her brother's bed. She saw that he was looking at his reflection in a small mirror and a confused expression appeared on her face when she saw that he looked completely normal.
She then heard Johnny clap his hands together from behind her. She spun around and saw that he was backing away towards the door. "Unfortunately the doctors couldn't do anything to fix your face," he said with a chuckle.
"Johnny," Elle shouted with anger in her voice.
An angry expression appeared on Ben's face as he threw the mirror he was holding at Johnny. But Johnny ran out of the room as the mirror came flying at him and instead of hitting him, it crashed into a wall and shattered to pieces.
"Ben, calm down," Elle said as she sat in the chair next to him.
Ben closed his eyes and took in a few deep breaths. After he had calmed down he opened his eyes and turned to his sister. "So, how are you feeling," he asked. "Are you okay?"
"I'm fine," Elle assured him. "What about you?"
"Other than being furious with Johnny I'm fine," Ben told her.
"I'll go yell at him for you," Elle said as she got to her feet.
"Thanks sis," Ben said with a smile on his face. "But you don't need to do that."
"Oh yes I do," Elle said as she made her way over to the door. "I was listening at the door and he scared the shit out of me. I thought something bad had happened to you."
Ben chuckled slightly and he was about to respond when he noticed that her hair was a different color. "Hey, did you dye your hair?"
"No," Elle told him. "The doctors think that the cosmic storm may have had something to do with it changing color."
"Ah I see," Ben said. "You gonna change it back?"
"Nope," Elle said. "I think I'll keep it like this for a little while. I kind of like it. Anyway, you take it easy Ben, I'm gonna go yell at Johnny. I'll see you later."
"Okay," Ben said.
With that said, Elle left the room.
That's the end of Chapter Four. In the next chapter they discover their powers. I'll try and have Chapter Five up either tomorrow or the day after. :)
