Reed, Sue, Ben, and H.E.R.B.I.E. waited anxiously in the living room.
"He's been there for a long time," stated H.E.R.B.I.E.
"The kid's gonna come back and burn everything to the ground, I know it," said Ben.
"He's going to hate me," whispered Sue.
Reed was pacing back and forth, not knowing what to do.
'What the hell did I get myself into? And now I got my friends worried. God, Johnny is going to kill me! He'll burn me alive!'
"You alright, Reed?" asked Ben.
"Yeah! Yeah, I'm fine," said Reed, forcing a smile. "I'm great. Everything's gonna be fine. Johnny is going to come back, be upset about his car, yes, but he'll handle it like a mature adult."
"Stretch, have you recently been taking drugs?"
"No, why?"
"'Cause then what you said would've made sense," said Ben.
"Oh come on, Ben. Sure, Johnny has a tendency to act immaturely, but I'm sure he'll behave like a big boy."
'I hope.'
Ding!
"WHO THE HELL RUINED MY CAR!"
Everyone winced at Johnny's loud, angry voice.
"Or not," whispered Reed.
Johnny entered the living room with an angry look on his face. The other three members were sitting in chairs or on the couch, trying to act casual. Johnny walked over to where Ben was sitting, leaned over, and shouted,
"WHAT THE HELL!"
Ben leaned back and put his hands up in defence.
"You scratched Johnny's car?" asked Sue.
"It was an accident," said Ben. "I tripped. I swear I didn't do it on purpose, kid."
"I don't care how it happened! It happened and now you're gonna pay!"
"Johnny, relax," said Reed, putting a hand on the young boy's shoulder. "It was just a car."
"Just a car! Reed, what's something you love?"
"My PDA."
"There you go. What if someone took your PDA without you knowing, or you did know, whatever, and they go and play around with it and then they break it. How would you feel?"
Reed looked at Johnny surprised. "Not good at all. Wow, Johnny. I'm surprised at you. I didn't think you could make a such a good point and example."
"You can tell me I'm smart later, Reed! Right now I need to get back at Ben!"
"I accidentally tripped!" shouted Ben.
"I wonder why, you stupid, mountain of ugly bricks!"
"Hey!"
"STOP!" screamed Reed.
Everyone looked at him.
"Johnny, don't be made at Ben. It wasn't-"
"It was me!" shouted Sue, shooting up. "I scratched the car!"
Johnny gaped.
"With my purse!" she countinued. "And I'm glad I did it!"
"You did it?" asked Johnny.
"Mm-hmm," nodded Sue, arms crossed.
"You? My big sister? My own flesh and blood?"
She nodded again.
"How could you!"
"And how could you let me take the blame?" asked Ben.
"I'm sorry, Ben. I didn't know you thought you did it. I would never put them blame on you," said Sue.
''Cause you're a better person,' thought Reed.
"I'm sick of Johnny wasting his time with that car! He acts like it's more impotant than his family and friends! It's driving me crazy! It's just a stupid car!"
Johnny gasped.
"Easy, Susan, that car is very special to Jonathan," said H.E.R.B.I.E.
Reed was now bitting on his thumb.
"I shall never trust you or forgive you again," said Johnny.
"Shall?" questioned Sue. "Since when do you use the word shall, you little jerk?"
Johnny laughed a small, eerie laugh. "I'm the jerk? I got a scratch in my car, and I'm the jerk? Well I think the person who put the scratch there with her purse, shall be a jerk!"
"Stop saying shall!"
"Shall! Shall! Shall! Shall! Shall!"
"Take it easy, matchstick," said Ben.
"Can it, brickhead!" snapped Johnny.
"Don't yell at him!" shouted Sue.
"Shut up, car scratcher!"
"I CAN'T TAKE IT ANYMORE!" cried Reed. He walked away, his head in his hands, not looking at his friends. 'What have I done?'
"Reed?" said Sue.
"I can't stand the fighting! You shouldn't be fighting! Johnny, neither Ben nor Sue recked your car. I know who really did."
"You do?" asked Johnny.
"Yes. I should've told you right away. Now I'm going to tell you the truth."
"I think that's a good decision, Dr. Richards," said H.E.R.B.I.E.
Reed walked up to Johnny and looked him in the eye.
"Johnny."
The young boy looked at the man of science, waiting for a name.
". . . Doctor Doom recked your car."
"What!" shouted Johnny, enraged.
"What?" asked Sue and Ben.
"What?" said H.E.R.B.I.E., not believe that not only was his creator telling more lies, but a lie like that.
"Yes," lied Reed, his cheeks a little red. "He came over to try and kill me, but I was able to defeat him. But before me left, his went over to your car and put in that scratch. I tried to stop him, but couldn't. After he did it, he said, "There! I may not have defeated you, Richards, but at least I have damaged the object that, that annoying child Storm loves so much! Ha!" That's exactly what happened."
"That bastard!" yelled Johnny. "I knew he was evil, but this! This is beyond evil! This is worse then all the shit he did to us put together!"
"I doubt that, kid," muttered Ben.
"He's going to pay! The S.O.B.! I'm gonna go over there and kick his ass!"
"Johnny, wait!" shouted Sue.
But Johnny flamed on and left the building.
I'm gonna need some ideas for the next chapter. I don't know what to write for it. Can someone please offer some ideas?