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Chapter Five: Wedding Crasher

Lily was excited. The time had finally come. Reed was standing at the end of the alter and everyone was preparing to walk out. A wide smile was across her pink lips as Tide turned to Invisible Woman and grinned. The bride took a deep breath as she nodded.

"How do I look?"

"Beautiful." Staring at her former babysitter, Lily nearly teared up, though she was able to contain herself.

"I can't believe it!" the 24 year old said with a laugh. "You're about to get married, and to Reed!" That made the pair laugh. The blonde of the two sighed as she looked at Lily and smiled softly.

"Thank you for everything, Lily."

"Of course!" Hugging her tightly, Lily closed her eyes and smiled happily. "You deserve this, Sue. You're such a good person and you've loved Reed for so long." It was about time the two finally tied the knot.

Laughing, Sue nodded her head as her short veil sat over her face. "I-oh, I think someone's here to see you." Lily raised a brow as she looked over her shoulder. Her eyes widened as a grin stretched across her lips. She glanced back at Sue as the woman winked at her before nodding, motioning for her to go ahead.

There were still a few minutes before they had to be completely ready.

"Lily! Finally found you."

"Sorry! I was really busy," the former teacher said as she motioned to Sue. "I'm glad you could make it, Travis."

"Wouldn't miss it!" the man said with a smile as he looked back at Susan, the bride smiling and waving.

"Congratulations!"

"Thank you!"

"So then, what do you think? Me and Sue planned this entire set up, with a bit of help from Reed," Lily added as her date smiled and nodded.

"It looks great. Pretty impressive, I have to say." Lily smirked at that.

"Well, I'm good like that." With a chuckle, Travis nodded before he and Lily began to make their way out to the busy audience of the wedding.

"I'll show you where to sit-" Lily stopped when her eyes fell upon Johnny, who'd just walked into the foyer. He stopped as he looked up from his cuffs, blinking as he stared at the pair. Travis raised a brow as he immediately noticed the tension, glancing from Lily to the Human Torch.

"Lils."

The woman had been wearing the same colored and styled dress as Alicia, but her black hair had been parted to the side and curled, cascading down her back and over her shoulders. Her eyes were bright and matched the dress seemingly well and her lips were a light shade of pink, nearly shining in the light.

Needless to say, Johnny thought she looked nice.

"Johnny! Um," Pulling Travis forward, Lily smiled as she pat Travis' back. "This is Travis. Travis, this is Johnny."

"Nice to meet you," Travis said with a friendly smile as he held his hand out. "I've got to say, I'm a huge fun of the way you just burst into flame," he said as Johnny smirked, nodding his head.

"Always nice to meet the fans." He glanced at Lily as the young woman kept her eyes glued to Travis, doing her best to ignore the way Johnny stared at her.

"I've heard a lot about you," Travis added as Johnny forced a smile across his lips.

"You too."

"As much as the media likes to show you two bickering, Lily only ever has nice things to say about you." That caught Johnny off guard as he turned his head to Lily, the maid of honor clearing her throat and smiling as she began to pull Travis away.

"Lets get you to your seat, yeah?"

"Sure thing." Looking over his shoulder as Lily began to usher him towards the rows of chairs, Travis smiled one last time.

"Nice to meet you."

"Yeah…" Johnny's smile faded as he sighed. "You too…"

He was a nice guy. Not only that, but he was a good-looking, nice guy. And the way he and Lily complimented each other when they stood side by side was great. Except it wasn't great at all. It made Johnny's skin crawl, and when Lily's hands were on him, it made his insides burn. And although he was accustomed to the feeling of being on fire, there was something unnatural about the way he felt when he watched the pair. And he couldn't quite understand it.

Deciding to ignore it all, Johnny turned and grabbed a champagne glass from the table against the wall as he began to pour himself a glass. God knows, he needed it. He glanced over his shoulder and watched as Alicia carefully walked into the room, the florist beside her. Stopping where she needed to be, Ben's girlfriend smiled and thanked the woman beside her, the florist handing her the bouquet she needed before heading off to deal with some other situation. Taking a sniff, Alicia raised a brow.

"Johnny?" Said boy was still amazed by the way she could do that. "You know, you really shouldn't tease Ben so much." And the tone in her voice was similar to the tone Sue used on him when she chastised him about something or another.

"It was a joke."

"Hmm, I don't know," Alicia playfully shot back as the young man began to approach her side. "I think you're bothered by the fact that he's happy and in love. I think you're jealous."

"Jealous?" Johnny scoffed at that. He took a sip from his glass as he stood beside Alicia, staring out at the crowd. His blue eyes flickered around the landing zone turned wedding aisle before they fell on Lily, who was smiling at one of the guests and saying something. "Have you seen the women I've dated?" And although Johnny had meant to refute Alicia's earlier statement, he was a bit distracted by the way Lily's smiling face seemed to glow in the sunlight to really commit to what he was saying.

And with one short sniff, Alicia knew that Johnny's attention had been nearly stolen by the young girl (she had a very distinct smelling perfume, in Alicia's opinion).

"…You can only fool yourself for so long, Torch." Johnny stared at Alicia's profile before he looked ahead, Lily approaching the pair with a deep breath.

"So! Are we ready?"

"Yeah, we are!" The three looked over to the hallway and watched as Ben with Sue on his arm came from around the corner. Wide smiles came across their faces as the bride smiled back at them bashfully.

"Hey! It's the bride of stretchy man." Sue laughed at that.

"Don't start."

"Nah, don't listen to him. You look gorgeous," Ben assured as Sue turned and smiled at him with a nod.

"Alright, lets get going," Ben stated as he approached Alicia, who wore a happy grin on her face. "We're on."

Lily watched as the pair began to make their way down the aisle, the orchestra playing a sweet melody as they walked. She then pulled herself away from the distraction as she glanced over at Johnny and Sue, the siblings sharing a moment with one another. She smiled before turning and grabbing her bouquet from the table behind her. As she reached for it, her eyes widened as a sharp pain began to shoot through her temples. She cringed as she held her head, squeezing her eyes shut while doing so.

It was the same pain she always felt. The pain she had felt before when she had been meditating. And the same pain from her dreams. Except, now there was no escaping the pain. Another surge of pain shot through her head as Lily leaned over the table and winced, keeping her eyes tightly shut. Her body stiffened as the shrill scream echoed in her ears, her chest clenching around her heart. With a few deep breaths, the pain began to subside, though it had left Lily completely shaken and trembling.

"Hey." Standing up straight, the maid of honor cleared her throat as she held tightly to her flowers, Johnny looking at her with a curious stare. He frowned at the way his friend shook before he took another step closer to her. "What's wrong?"

"Nothing!" Lily lied as she smiled, gaining all of her composure back. "Just a little excited that this is finally happening."

"Well, you know what they say. Fourth time's the charm." Lily giggled at the joke before she looped her arm into Johnny's, the brother of the bride guiding his partner down the aisle. He gave his sister one last glance as the bride looked back to him and smiled happily.

Turning his attention ahead, Johnny watched as Ben and Alicia separated and stood at their designated spots by the alter. He and Lily then began to walk slowly down the aisle together as cameras flashed at them, people murmuring with smiles.

"So," Johnny whispered as Lily glanced over at him. "That's the guy you've been seeing." Rolling her eyes, Lily smiled as she glanced over at Travis, who smiled back at her.

"That's him."

"Not what I imagined."

"What did you imagine?"

"That he'd be…fatter…and older." Lily shot a bite-less glare at Johnny as he smirked at her before the pair began to approach the end of their walk.

"He seems like a good guy."

"He is," Lily assured as the pair stopped at the end, staring at each other. Johnny's gaze softened as he reached down and gave Lily's hands a squeeze before he smiled.

"He's a lucky guy."

Lily's eyes widened as Johnny's fingers slipped from hers before he took his spot beside Ben. The 24 year old quickly gained her composure and shuffled over to Alicia's left side. She did her best to keep her eyes straying to Johnny as her heart fluttered in her chest. She closed her eyes for a moment before she smiled and nodded to herself.

Today was about Reed and Sue.

Suddenly, the wedding march began to play as everyone turned, Sue standing at the top of the small staircase. Her blue eyes shimmered in the sunlight as she held her bouquet tightly in her hands. Her gaze fell on Reed as the scientist stared back at her with an awestruck look on his face. He began to smile as she smiled happily back at him before carefully walking down the steps and making her way back to him.

The path always led back to him.

She was probably the most beautiful woman Reed had ever seen in his entire life (other than maybe his mother, Reed loved his mother). Mr. Fantastic was sure that his heart would burst if it beat any faster. He couldn't tear his gaze away from his future wife as she strolled closer and closer to him. Every other thought, every other concern Reed had was forgotten at the sight of Sue's smile.

Finally, they were getting married.

Stopping beside her groom, Susan tried to contain her excitement. Reed grinned before he and his bride turned to the officiator of the wedding. He began to speak, gaining everyone's attention, but not after he said two words did a beeping sound suddenly erupt, interrupting the ceremony. Lily blinked as her brows furrowed inward, Ben and Johnny raising a brow and looking to Reed. The groom mentally berated himself as he quickly pulled the palm pilot out from his suit jacket, a horrified look appearing on Sue's face.

"I can't believe you brought that to our wedding!"

"I know, but there's good reason," Reed explained as he glanced down at the screen.

Something was coming.

"Could we perhaps hurry this up a bit?" Reed asked anxiously, Lily shaking her head with a sigh as Johnny frowned, Ben grimacing, and the same thought crossed their minds: Reed was an idiot.

Before Sue could quietly scold her future husband, Reed's palm pilot began to flicker, the screen going on the fritz and quickly shutting off on its own. A sudden eerie feeling fell over the crowd as the breeze began to pick up. A low humming sound was carried through the air, chills running down Lily's back as she slowly looked up to the sky. Her eyes widened as the helicopter hovering over the wedding ceremony began to lose control, jerking in every which direction. The crowd began to panic, people getting up from their seats and running in order to take cover. Reed quickly took a few steps forward as he looked around the city, all the power shorting out.

"It's too late."

The helicopter began to zoom towards the building as screams filled the air. Having no control, the pilots began to panic as they hit the building, skidding against the ground. Acting quickly, Reed noticed a pair of adults standing in shock as the helicopter began to rush towards them. He stretched his arms out and quickly pulled them away from the wreckage, Sue then running up and placing a shield up in order to keep the copter from hurting anyone else.

"Hold on, Alicia!" Lily yelled over the wind as she grabbed the woman's wrist and began to run away from the copter, Ben quickly rushing forward and holding the tail-end of the copter and breaking it off. Holding the woman by her shoulders, Lily smiled.

"Are you ok?"

"Y-Yeah," Alicia assured before Lily nodded and carefully sat her away from trouble. She then turned, but as she did so, time seemed to move slowly. Her eyes widened as a shining blur appeared in the sky, flying over head. She stared long and hard for a moment before her head began to spin, the dull ache returning quickly. She stumbled back a few steps as she lost her footing, her eyes shut tightly. Her legs gave out from underneath her as she began to fall, not before someone caught her.

"Whoa, I've got you." Lily leaned back against a pair of sturdy arms as they held her gently and carefully. She kept her eyes shut but leaned into the body holding her close, the heat exerted from the man all too familiar.

"Johnny?"

"Yeah, it's ok. I've got you," he assured as he held her, looking up at the sky and watching as the silver figure flew through the air. He then looked to Reed, who looked to him, both wearing a knowing look.

"Johnny."

"But…this is dolce…" Reed rolled his eyes as Johnny sighed, looking down at Lily. He frowned as the woman in his arms blinked a few times before she looked up at him. He hesitated before a hand clasped his shoulder, catching his attention.

"I'll take care of her." Johnny tried not to stiffen as Travis smiled down at him before kneeling down and helping Lily sit up. Tide looked at her teammate as she nodded, Johnny nodding back before he stood to his feet and shook his head. He began to sprint towards the edge before he dived through the air.

"Flame on!" So long, Dolce.

Looking around, the ceremony had been completely ruined. The chair as been torn apart and the aisle had been blown away. The flowers withered away and were knocked messily to the ground, everyone slowly coming out from their cover. Their eyes glanced around until everyone stared down at the bride, who sat at the alter with tears streaming down her face. She quivered as she quietly sobbed to herself before a pair of arms wrapped around her, pulling her close. Though comforted by the touch, Sue continued to cry, Reed holding her close before sighing and closing his eyes.

So it seemed their wedding would be postponed once more.

Johnny definitely had a bone to pick with whoever or whatever this thing was.

One, his sister's wedding had been completely ruined.

Two, his very expensive suit had been completely destroyed.

And three, well, he didn't have a three, but that didn't seem to matter to him too much.

Flying after this stranger, Johnny pushed himself to keep up. He shook his head as he trailed a little behind. His eyes widened as he watched the strange silver being fly right through the building, not breaking a single window or brick. Scoffing, he flew around the skyscraper and waited for the being to emerge from the inside. His eyes widened as he watched it appear through the wall, leaving a ripple effect, almost like he was moving through water.

"That is cool." Gasping, Johnny quickly moved aside as the silver man flew right past him, leaving him in shock for a moment. Not wanting to waste any more time, Johnny flew after him without hesitation.

The chase continued on for a bit, the two suddenly flying out of New York in into D.C. Though Johnny had always wanted to visit, the circumstances weren't quite what he had imagined. Although it was a chase, Johnny almost viewed it as a race. His blood rushed through his veins and his adrenaline was pumping as he flew faster and faster. They flew over the city before the Human Torch shook his head.

"Time to end this." Having prepared to attack, Johnny hadn't been expecting the man-like creature to suddenly turn and grab him by the neck. He gasped as he choked, giving his target a sheepish smile.

"Can we talk?" He cringed as he felt the hand squeeze tightly around his neck. Suddenly, they were flying through the air, but they were going up. The clouds flew past Johnny (or maybe it was him flying past the clouds) as the silver creature held him tightly. Reaching the outer layer of the Earth, Johnny could feel his lungs burn, his flames blowing out and a sudden wave of coldness coming over him. His body began to grow lax as he grew sleepier and sleepier, no strength left in his body.

"Ok…you…win…" And with that, Johnny was fall back through the Earth's atmosphere.

The intruder stared after the young man as he watched silently. His gaze was hard, but not empty. He watched for a second longer before he turned around and stared out at the stars. One shined the brightest out of the batch, catching the creature's attention. His gaze hardened as a chill ran through his already cold body before he knelt down on the board he used to travel.

"Your herald summons you," his low voice echoed in the emptiness of space. "Another world awaits," he said as he bowed and let his head hang low.

"Let it be done, quickly."