After the "incident" on the bridge, the five were taken into a tent, set up by the police and firemen, to be examined and aided.

Elena was seated next to her uncle who glanced over at her. She softly smiled at him before leaning her head against his rocky shoulder, a gesture she's done for several years. They both stared at the ring that had been returned to him, "That was nana's right?" she softly asked peaking up at her uncle who nodded. He was shocked that she nuzzled closer to him, finding the position extremely comfortable. He smiled a bit, but it vanished as quickly as it came, sitting in silence for a moment, Ben looked at the ring and then at Elena making his heart lift a tiny bit. Sadly, the moment was broken by certain idiot.

"Where are your ears?" Ben and Elena glared up at Johnny as he gave Ben as serious look, his question wasn't a joke.

"Sir, there are some folks outside that want to talk to you," the five looked as they saw the chief of firemen walk into the tent. Reed glanced at the others, his eyes lingering on Susan. She quickly shook her head as he looked back at the firemen.

"We're not going public with this," Reed stated as the man gave him a very confused look, "We're scientists, not celebrities."

"It's too late for that, sir," the chief stated walking over to the television on the table and turned it on, the news please before them, "See that?" Susan and Reed both approached the screen with astounded looks on their faces, the description of them at the bottom of the screen. Elena and Johnny both stood to their feet as they walked to Reed and Susan and watched the news. The five of them read the description, the level of shock was rising, "That's what they're calling you," Elena felt her hands begin to shake, "The Fantastic Five."

"Cool!" Johnny quickly turned, wanting to face the media and without a second though, Elena grabbed his wrist, making him stop and look them.

"What do you think you're doing?" Susan asked him.

"I'm going to go talk to them!" he smiled.

"Wait!" Susan called out as she looked at her four friends, "We should think this through," she explained as Johnny struggled out of Elena's grip but failed.

Backing away, dragging Elena with him as he motioned towards the group, "Great! Brainstorm!" he headed out of the tent with Elena struggling to stop him.

"Johnny!" Susan yelled before sharing a look with Reed and Ben.

"Johnny, please!" Elena hissed when she felt his grip on her and purposely start bringing her along, now she was trying to get away from him.

"If you can't bet them, join them!" he smirked.

"Johnny!" he ignored his name as Susan, Reed and Ben quickly walked after him, "Get back here, right now!" Susan sternly muttered as Johnny glanced back at her and simply ignored her.

Finally the two stopped in front of the cameras and Johnny released Elena who had a feeling of fear sink into her. He raised his arms up to the crowd as they soaked him in and he smiled slightly, entertained by all the hype.

"Believe this?" Johnny asked as the three joined them, giving him a tired expression as Ben stood protectively behind Elena who was on Johnny's left.

The chief followed before walking in front of them looking at Reed mostly, "Which one of you is he leader?" he asked as Johnny puffed out his chest and placed his hands on his hip to make him look powerful.

"That'd be me," he said making the man and Elena chuckle.

"No, seriously," this brought out a slightly louder chuckle from Elena's lips as Johnny frowned. Susan glanced at Reed before nudging him forward slightly. He glanced back at her and saw the message clear as day. He hesitated, but looked at the chief before nodding his head.

"You're on," he said moving aside as he nodded his head towards the crowd.

Reed took a few steps closer and the see of reporters pulled closer. He took a deep breath and gained his composure, "Uh…during our recent mission to the Von Doom space station, we were exposed to an unidentified radioactive energy."

"Um, sir," a sigh resonated in the air as Victor looked up at his secretary and gave him a stern look.

"What is it?"

"Larry King just cancelled," his assistant explained, a perplexed expression crawled onto Victor's face, "Apparently, there's a bigger story," he held the remote to the plasma screen tv up and turned it on.

"Here they come now! You had to see it to believe it!" Victor's eyes dilated as he saw the five people walk on screen, "The band called The Fantastic Five," Victor clenched his mouth shut as his secretary sent a weary look to the back of his head.

"What happened on the bridge?"

"How can you stretch?"

"Does the glass cover your entire body?"

"Were you really on fire?"

"Is it true you can fly?" this question caught Johnny's attention.

"Yeah I'm working on it, it's actually really difficult," Johnny spoke out but was cut off by Susan speaking through him.

"No, actually, we do not know much more than you do at this point. We'll be going directly to our lab to diagnose our symptoms," Sue gracefully spoke.

"Symptoms? Is this some kind of disease?" a figure in the crowd asked nervously.

"No, it's not a disease," Elena spoke making all eyes land on her.

"If having special powers is a disease, then, yeah we got it bad," Elena sharply glared at Johnny.

"Excuse me, that thing doesn't look so fantastic," this comment bristled at the comment directed to her uncle.

"Ben Grimm is a genuine American hero," Elena sharply spoke up in Ben's defence as Johnny placed an arm on Ben's hard shoulders, squishing Elena between them.

"What she means is, every team needs a mascot," Johnny stated cockily making Elena sharply hit him in the ribs making him wince, "A new day is dawning, the day of the Fantastic Five!" Johnny praised before a bright light flashed upon them and Elena wiggled out of Johnny's grip.

"Now this is our disease. Our lives on the line…" Elena glanced away, "No more questions," she heard Reed say before turning away. Elena felt her hand hardening and she quickly turned away when she felt the fear sink in. Johnny glanced back and saw her shaking form as the others walked to where the police had rides for them.

"Hey," he said placed a hand on her shoulder, making the diamonds vanish.

"Just don't," she whispered before getting in the police car. Susan and Reed rode together, leaving Elena with Johnny since Ben was going to be riding in an armored police truck. Johnny reluctantly got in and the cars made their way to the Baxter Building.

Johnny glanced over to Elena who was nervously picking at her nails, "You worry too much."

Elena gave him a glare before moving her hands to her jeans, "The last time I was in the back of a police car, I didn't want to remember," she pitifully laughed, "But here I am. When I should be with Ben," she gave him another glare as they pulled up to the Baxter Building. She sharply hit him in the ribs before having the door open, "You're never going to grow up or get it, are you?" she snapped before climbing out of the car.

Johnny hesitated, taken back by the words she said but easily gained his composure back as he drowned in the attention from the media. Elena gave the cameras a smile and a wave before quickly walking over to where Ben got out of the truck.

Johnny rolled his eyes as he watched Elena walk with her uncle before wrapping his arms around the two.

"Come on, big guy. Give them a smile. They want to like you," he motioned to the kids cheering for the large man before walking ahead and dragging Elena with him. Ben hesitated as the kids stared up at him.

"Don't do drugs," he stated before walking inside the building as the crowd cheered louder than before.

The five walked through the lobby as the senior mail man approached them by the elevator doors, "I got the usual for you," the mail man stated handing Reed a pile of envelops, "Good to have you back, sir," the man smiled before turning to Elena, "I got a few letters for you two Miss Brighton," she took the few letters before glancing up at Ben.

"Could be it," she wishfully stated, not wanting to look through the mail yet, but glanced at Reed's handful and saw the stamps of FINAL NOTICE in red.

"We had a tough year," Reed tried to claim feeling vulnerable under Susan's blue eyes.

"Yeah, nine straight," Ben chimed gruffly and walked into the elevator. The metal doors shut and Elena leaned into the cool metal walls, feeling a peace after the lack of eyes on her.

The elevator began to groan, creek before jutting slightly which grabbed everyone's attention, "Either we're moving really fast or not at all," Johnny commented removing his sunglasses, then a sharp alarm rang making Elena jump in fright as a weight warning sign came up beside the floor indicator. All eyes fell on Ben who sighed as the doors opened once again, rejecting him out of the elevator.

"I'll take the stairs," Ben said in a bruised voice.

"I'll come with," Elena offered but he shook his head.

"Stay here Lenie," he ordered just as the metal doors shut, making her slump against the wall in defeat.

"How come Ben can't turn it on and off like we can?" Johnny asked curiously.

"That's what we're here to find out," Reed answered.

"If it happened to him…" Elena's voice faded.

"What? You mean, like, we won't be able to turn it off either?" Johnny inquired too worked up by the idea making Susan and Reed nod in response, "That would save time, ha!" Elena's eyes narrowed.

"You don't really want to walk around on fire for the rest of your life, do you?" Susan snapped darkly.

"Is that a trick question?" he smirked seeing Elena look at him after using her line.

"Grow up!" Elena barked making a bit of diamond over her sternum, "God, for once in your life, can you actually take something serious?"

Reed and Susan were taken back by Elena's outburst but suddenly realized why, like Johnny, her entire body was effected by her abilities, and being a walking diamond didn't sound enjoyable.

"Come on. Am I the only one who thinks this is cool?" Elena banged her head on the wall as the elevator door finally opened. The four walked out as Reed led the way.

"We should stay here until we find the extent of our changes and figured out how to reverse them," Reed explained as he walked deep into his home. The other three followed, having no objections to his plan. Johnny's eyes roamed around the large apartment and they widened slightly.

"Whoa…" he walked into the middle of the room to find almost an entire lab sitting in front of him.

"I'm going to warn you, it's going to be a little crowded in some areas," Reed shouted as he walked over to the light switch. Elena was use to this and simply leaning against one of the walls near Susan as she stared at Reed's personal lab, "What do you think?" Reed asked walking over to the two Storms.

"I don't know, Reed. I think you might be bringing your work home with you," Johnny said sarcastically as Reed chuckled before giving Johnny's back a pat.

"I still have my room and area right?" Elena questioned making Susan and Johnny look at her slightly shocked.

"You stay here?" Susan questioned, the bright blonde nodded and shrugged.

"Ben stays here a lot and I didn't want to cramp on his and that she-witches style so Reed let me stay here, plus I have my babies here," she smirked.

"Yeah, no touching those computers, I'm going to need them," Reed stated making Elena whine.

"Ugh, fine," she moved down the hall with Reed and the others following.

"Let me show you where you'll be staying."

Johnny followed after the man as he whispered in his sisters ear, so not to let Reed hear, "Busy guy," Susan sighed as she shook her head with an exasperated smile on her face.

"Sue, you'll be here," Reed instructed, "Johnny yours is next to Elena."

"Oh yeah," he smirked looking at Elena who was surprisingly smirking.

"Yeah," she quipped and rolled her eyes, "And across the way from Ben," she laughed before walking down the hall to her room before pushing the door open.

"Elena! Do not touch those computers!" Reed yelled.

"Awe, come on!" they all heard her groan. Johnny walked over to her room and his eyes widened at the sight of her large room. A queen sized bed was pushed into the window nook, giving the room as much floor space as possible. There was a built in closet and a pull down desk that hung from the ceiling. He saw the different type of floor and wall mirror, "Why all the floor space?"

She glanced back at Johnny, surprised to see him in her room and she shrugged before unplugging all her computers, "I like to have the floor open," he saw the several computers and lowly whistled, "Can I help you?" Johnny smirked making her roll her eyes, "Look, I really want to get out of these burnt clothes and shower, can you leave me be for a moment?"

Johnny smiled and took a few steps closer, suddenly Elena was 15 again and she was terrified, "Come here," he purred and Elena's eyes widened as his figured merged with a different mans.

"NO!" she screamed pushing past him and running down the hall and running into Ben before glancing down and seeing Victor walk off into the elevator.

"Lenie?" Ben and Reed asked seeing her frightened state. She wildly glanced around and sighed, "Wow, there," Reed hushed while stabilizing here, "Did you have a flash back?" she meekly nodded before hearing Susan and Johnny come running in.

"What's wrong?" Susan asked but her eyes softened when she saw Elena's shaking form, "The showers free," Elena nodded before walking down the hall to the bathroom and softly shutting the door.

"What was that?" Johnny asked completely confused of what happened.

Reed sighed and looked at the three, "Get settled and changed, we're starting in a few," Reed moved down to his own bedroom and got changed.

Elena came out, towel wrapped firmly around her tan body, white hair dripping onto her slim shoulders. Steam was pooling around her as she walked down the hall. She was humming a song that she heard on the radio.

"Lenie," Ben said coming out of his room after hearing his niece come out of the bathroom.

"Yeah, Uncle Ben?" she asked with a smile.

"Reed wants you in your gear," she nodded and reached for her door, "You okay?"

Elena nodded and glanced over at him, "The stress got to me," she shrugged, "I'll be fine," Ben's eyes flitted over to her shoulder, the scar still there, "Be careful, okay?" she brightly smiled before going to her room and closing the door. She got into a pair of navy blue spandex shorts, her black sports bra and pulled on a zip up sweatshirt that was once Ben's but she stole it years ago. She slipped on a pair of Nike galaxy shoes and glanced down at the diamond necklace hanging on her jewelry string on the window.

"Come what may," she whispered, "You'll find a way," she clasped the necklace around her neck and towel dried her hair leaving them in slightly damp waves. Elena glanced at her body in the mirror and sighed, "If only," she said glancing at the ballet slippers hanging on them then back at the stack of letters on her bed.

"Elena!" Susan yelled knocking on the door, "I'm coming in," she walked in and saw Elena standing there, looking at the pink slippers, "Reed's ready for you," Elena nodded before zipping her jacket to cover her abdomen. The two walked down the hall silently, the slightly shorter girl's eyes focused on the floor, "Johnny didn't know," Elena's eyes widened as she looked at Sue, "Still doesn't know," her lips twitched into a smile. When they got to Reed's lab they were taken back at the sight of a large box in the middle of the room with Johnny next to it.

"What's going on?" Elena asked gaining the two attention. Johnny's eyes slightly widened at the clothes Elena was wearing.

"We're going to test Johnny's abilities first," Reed said as he put Johnny in the box. The three walked up to the booth. Elena took a seat in the booth and glanced at the computers.

"You just couldn't wait," she hissed seeing her computers in the booth.

"Now, what exactly am I supposed to do here?" Johnny looked around as he stood in the metal generator.

"Light yourself on fire," Elena muttered not knowing he could hear her.

"Alright then!" Reed and Susan looked at Elena with wide eyes. Then watched as Johnny concentrated on making his body burst into flames. He stared at his hand as it slowly became engulfed by fire. He closed his eyes and snapped them open as the rest of his body turning into fire, the sensation thrilling him.

"He's heating up from his core," Reed muttered looking at Johnny's charts.

"And his vitals are completely normal," Susan mumbled, Elena felt herself stand, looking at the heating box with wide eyes.

"We shouldn't be able to feel his heat from in here," Reed stated as beads of sweat rolled down his face, "Well not this much."

"I don't feel anything," Elena whispered still watching the box, then Reed looked over at her and gasped. The ends of Elena's hair was coming out in white/blue flames.

"Oh my god!" Susan gasped pulling out a fire extinguisher and hitting Elena with white foam, knocking her over, "He's over 2000 Kelvin already!"

"It's hotter than I anticipated…." Reed said thoughtfully, speaking into the comm. device, "Okay, Johnny back it down."

"I can go hotter!" the blonde replied.

"Johnny just back it down!" Sue growled had saw Elena huff as she stood up from the ground. The blonde didn't listen, heating up even more so within the titanium chamber. Flames shot off the side, lighting up the room in a dangerous glow that stung the eyes of Reed and Susan as Elena watching in fascination. Reed groaned beside the two woman as Sue shielded her face with her hands when she noticed Elena started to exert a glow from her skin.

"Johnny!" Reed reached over and slammed his fist into the emergence extinguish button on the panel just as Sue hit Elena again with the foam. A yelp in alarm called out from the chamber as Johnny's fame immediately went out as well as Elena's glow.

"Ow!" Elena snapped standing up and pushing open the door in frustration as the two scientists breathed a sigh of relief while Johnny laughed like a maniac in what was left of the chamber.

"Buzz-kill!" the blonde laughed, calling out to three from one of the many gaping holes in the side of the smoldering chamber. He was covered head to toe in cold white foam and presumably naked beneath that fluffy covering, "You guys are crappin' my style!"

"Johnny, you were at 4000 Kelvin," Sue stressed to the grinning blonde as Elena shot her a glare, "Any hotter, and you're approaching supernova."

"Sweet!"

"No, not sweet," Sue shook her head.

"That's the temperature of the sun," Reed added, "Not only could you kill yourself but you could set fire to Earth's atmosphere and destroy all human life as we know it."

Johnny stared at her a moment, the information sinking in. He looked ridiculous covered in the foam, "Got it. Supernova: Bad," he gave a double thumbs up.

"And you!" Reed hissed turning to Elena who was shaking the white powder from her hair.

"What about me?!" she yelled still angry Sue sprayed her.

"What was that?!"

"What was what?!" Elena groaned walking down the stairs to get Johnny a towel. She grabbed two and tossed them at him.

"Hair on fire and rapidly, blinding glowing skin. Ring any bells?" Sue asked.

"That happened?" Elena breathed, both scientists nodded.

"What happened?" Johnny asked as he stepped out of the melted box.

"A part of Elena's powers unlocked while testing yours," Reed sighed, "But I don't think we'll be able to test it since the box is damaged."

Elena rolled her eyes, "Giving me 10 minutes and you'll have enough titanium to build the Titanic," Reed looked at her making her sigh, "You can watch if your so paranoid."

Immediately Sue and Reed went to look at Ben. Elena in Reed's sight with her laptop.

"In order to identify the source of the mutation, we're going to have to isolate your DNA so we can take a look at your genomes," Ben stared at Reed with a blank expression as he looked over at Susan for answers. She chuckled softly as she patted his shoulder.

"We're going to give you a physical in order to see what got zapped," she clarified.

"Oh! Why didn't you say so?" Reed smiled at his friend as he walked over to the computer screen and began to run his scan. Susan walked up beside and both of them stared in shock.

"His internal organs are completely are completely solid," the two looked up at Ben as he gave them a nervous look.

"How bad is it? You know, I used to smoke!" this caused Elena to crack up laughing. She nearly fell off the table as she gripped her computer.

"Titanium is on the way," Elena laughed standing up. She gave the three a smile before handing Reed the computer, "I was a good girl," she smirked sauntering away to get something to drink.

"Oh my god."

"It's not invisibility, per say. You can bend light around other objects, even people, that is, if you could control your emotional state better," Reed began to write down his results, his last comment striking Susan slightly.

"Excuse me?"

"I'm saying, if you had a little more self-control you could locate the trigger," Reed explained, not going around anything or trying to make Susan feel better. He span around in his chair as he looked at the computer screen in front of him, "Can you remember your exact emotions on the bridge?"

"Hm. Anger…rage, frustration," she snapped her head right to reed, hoping he'd get the clue. Of course, he didn't.

"Ok, is there anyway to duplicate that feeling? Some memory or…" Reed waited for Susan's answer as she narrowed her eyes at him and smiled a bit.

"I'm sure I can think of something."

"You want me to do what?" Elena asked as she stood in the middle of the lab.

"I need to see how the diamonds effect the rest of your body," Reed stated making Elena sighed. She pulled off her sweat shirt just as Johnny and Ben came in.

"Oh! Glow's turn!" Johnny smirked sitting on the table next to Susan.

"Reed, it just happens," Elena tried to explain.

"Okay, like when?"

"Scared, nervous. I don't know!" she growled, "It happened when I first gave Johnny my ski jacket," she explained.

"And your arm was exposed to the cold," Reed stated making things click, "It's protecting you!" Everyone looked at him confused, "The diamonds protect you from harm," without thinking Johnny threw the apple he was eating at Elena's head. Before a person could blink, Elena's hair and face was covered in diamonds. With a furrow of her diamonized brows and the rest of her body was covered, except her clothes. Then Johnny noticed a trail of blue diamonds across Elena's stomach.

"What's up with the blue areas?" Johnny asked admiring the sight of her body.

"It looks like scar tissue is a different color," Reed stated.

"Why was she glowing earlier?" Johnny asked. Elena's grey diamond eyes snapped towards him, narrowing dangerously. Elena took a step forward but stopped when she heard the sound of soft bells that her skin made. Reed circled around her as she shifted where she stood. Ben watched his niece with soft eyes, she never liked the spotlight, she loved to be the person in the background, but more importantly she wanted to do what she loved and it was taken from her.

"I wonder if it could expand," Reed muttered.

"Like to another person?" Elena asked.

"I volunteer!" Johnny yelled but Sue shook her head as Reed's eyes widened as he looked at his screen.

"It's only your skin!" Reed gasped, "It's like your skin gained an armor to protect your body."

"My guess, him," Ben said pointing to Johnny.

"Hey!"

"Can you feel anything?" Susan flicked Ben's knee with a reflex hammer as best she could, waiting for some sort of reaction from him. He shook his head and shrugged.

"Not a thing," he said as Reed walked towards Ben, a hammer in his hands. He took a deep breath and pulled the hammer back.

"Okay!" he slammed the hammer into the stony man's knee and their eyes widened as Ben's leg kicked out, hitting a chair, and sending it across the room. The two stared back at Ben as he smiled weakly.

"Oops."

"Johnny stop!" Susan and Reed heard Elena yell and then Johnny's laugh. She came running into the room, her hand in diamond form, "Johnny!" she yelled as he reached for her with his flamed hand.

"Johnny," Susan groaned, then gasped when he grabbed her diamond arm and a bright light exploded in front of them.

"What the hell!" Elena screamed at Johnny as the light dimmed slightly. The three's eyes widened when they saw her, "Like seriously! What the hell!" she didn't notice her body. It was a bright white-blue flame, her diamond skin was glittering underneath. Her hair was blowing in bright wisps, "I can't believe you!" with each fuming moment the room swirled in hot wind.

"Elena!" Susan and Reed yelled.

"Not now!" Elena screamed before looking at Johnny, "I am sick and tired of your antics! Grow up!" Johnny slowly backed away, fear setting into him as he saw how he genuinely hurt her, "Okay what?"

"Your skin in on fire," Reed bluntly stated making her look at her hands with wide eyes.

"Oh my god," Elena breathed as Susan raised the fire extinguisher and hit both of the two. Before Johnny could see Elena's form she ran to her room for clothes.

AN: OH! So those are their powers! Cool huh? Okay, leave a review and no flames!

Xoxo - Scar