Chapter 2 Meet the Elementals

The girl with the glowing eyes came out of the shadows showing her true self. She was about the same age as James although she was slightly shorter. She had an oval shaped head. Long arms that looked double jointed… well she looked double jointed everywhere really. She had freckles on her nose and cheeks. She had sandy brown hair that went down to her shoulders. One of her bangs had a weird curl to it so it was practically going in a straight line off of her head. She was wearing a jumpsuit with dark blue in the middle and light blue going up the sides. Her shoes looked like they were connected to her pants. They were dark blue. She had dark blue globes that ran halfway up halfway up her forearm with black buckles on them. On the middle of her chest was a blue 4 in the middle of a circle.

Despite them being 15 metres apart her arm stretched the whole way. "Hi my name is Reynard Richards, but you can call me Reynie"

James was hesitant to grab the hand of the girl, but he tried to be the leader. Her hand was freakishly soft because it was made of rubber. Reynie shrugged her shoulder, which made her arm do a wave slowly, but surely, moving their hands up and down.

If you are still wondering my father was Mr. Fantastic and my mother was the Invisible Woman. Hey guys come down here! None of them have tried anything yet. They must be trustworthy!" She yelled to the figures up on the ledge.

"Reynie!" the other male voice exclaimed "You're not supposed to engage the enemy until the end of our discussion."

Reynie raised her eyebrows "Enemy? They're the kids of the Avengers. Why on earth would they be our enemy?"

One boy made a little circle and floated down to the ground so he was in the shadows. The girl followed him making her body glow and stopped next to him. The first boy was much more subtle and jumped to the ground and made a crater. They all stepped out of the shadows at the same time.

The boy who made the crater was completely orange and made of rock. He had huge muscles. Even though when he changed back into a human he was actually quite scrawny. Despite being scrawny he was almost the same height as Tony. As a human he had a pale complexion. (They all did really). He had a surprising amount of orange hair. His eyes were a chocolate brown. His jumpsuit looked like a wrestling uniform. Except his uniform didn't have sleeves or gloves. He wasn't wearing shoes either. His entire suit was light blue, but he had a black stripe running up the middle. He like the rest of them had the 4 on it. He crossed his arms and followed their eyes to the girl in the middle.

The girl was just taller then Pym. She had big amber eyes that formed a constant glare. She had a thin face with a small nose and mouth. She had long blonde hair that stuck out practically everywhere. She looked very weak, but her hand was still on fire. Her jumpsuit was exactly like Reynie's, but she had a dark blue skirt that ran halfway down her thighs. Her gloves were a normal blue color and had holes for her fingers to poke through.

The last boy looked strangely similar to the girl, but had a few differences. His hair was also blond, but it didn't stick out. The pale complexion. His eyes were thinner and a light blue like Reynie's. He was about the same height as Azari. He had small muscles and broad shoulders. He had a thin face wearing a scowl. He like the first boys had his arms crossed.

Reynie smiled. She pointed to each of them: " The tall kid there is Bennet Grimm. My cousin in the middle Jenny Storm. Finally my big brother Sayer Richards although we call him Sayer Storm because he looks so muck like Jenny. Bennet has his father's power he can turn into the thing, but he can change back since he had a normal mother. He is pretty indestructible as the Thing and can jump really high. Jenny has her father's power to go on fire. She can put her body on fire and fly around with it and can throw fire too. Sayer has our mum's powers of force fields and invisibility. He also gained the power of telekinesis. I have our father's power to stretch our body every direction. I gained the power to make my eyes glow too… oops I forgot to turn them off. Anyway, we live down here with our two guardians." She explained.

Pym looked at Bennet with a questioning stare "You can turn into a orange rock guy? That's it? Lame!" he laughed.

Bennet sauntered over to Pym. Standing a metre above him. He looked down and grumbled out "Do you have a problem with that?"

"No! Not a problem at all hahahaha" Pym squeaked nervously.

Reynie smiled as the others laugh. She looked back at James; he seemed to glow for a second until her cheeks hid her freckles. (Blushed). "James you can let go of my hand now if you want." She mentioned all smitten.

James looked at their hands and back up to Reynie. His stomach did a flip and he felt slightly woozy. "Sorry" he mumbled out.

Sayer glared at him and stepped in front of Reynie "Well you seem trustworthy what are your names?" he asked heatedly.

Pym quickly got away from Bennet to introduce himself "Hiya! I'm Pym; my mother was the Wasp and my father was Giant-man. I can fly and shrink and grow really big and I can shoot stingers out of my hands." He said enthusiastically.

"I be Torunn; daughter of Thor, the mighty Asgardian. I can fly and I use my sword to fight. I have reasonable strength as well. My sword conducts thunder and lightning which can strike down my foes." Torunn stated proudly in her full suit of Asgardian armour.

"I'm Azari. My mother was Storm from the X – men and my father was Black Panther. I can generate thunder and I know how to use a staff. I am pretty acrobatic. I can also make this giant panther out of lightning… I'm not quite sure how I did though." He trailed off in thought.

"Hello I'm Alexandra Marya Maximoff, but Alex is fine. I can cast spells and fly. My mot-" She got cut of by Jenny pointing in Bennet's face.

"Haha! I knew she cast spells! I totally called it!"

"Anyway as I was saying my other was the Scarlet witch and my father was the Vision. And before you ask yes she did marry the Vision and yes he is my biological father. Don't ask how"

The four gave her a questioning glance and Bennet opened his mouth raising his finger.

"I said don't ask" she stated coldly

"I'm Hawkeye. How long have you been down here?" He asked quickly.

Sayer answered: "Well forever, I guess. I don't remember not being down here."

"How did Ultron not find you?" Tony asked speaking for the first time.

"AGH! How the heck are you?" Jenny screamed.

"My name is Tony Stark. I watch over the Avengers. You may have heard of Iron man." He replied

"Do you know a man name Jarvis?" Bennet asked monotone.

"My parents died when I was younger so he took care of me. He helped with the original Avengers as well. When Ultron attacked he and Captain America told me to take the kids away. I tried to get him to come, but he stayed and tried to help. I never know what happened to him or thank him for that matter." Tony explained with an edge of confusion and sadness laced in his voice.

Sayer and Reynie both look at him and say in unison "Do you want to?"

Bennet murmured under his breath "I hate it when they do that." Jenny nodded.

Tony looked thunderstruck "What do you mean"

Sayer served an answer "One of our guardians is Jarvis he has taught as all we know. He is on his deathbed right now back home. Reynie and I listened to him outside his door. He was listing of his regrets. One of them was about Iron something and Tony. I think we would all greatly appreciate it if you come with us to at least say good-bye. It would be a win – win situation" He finished.

Tony didn't seem to believe him. "Jarvis was old when it first happened I doubt he still be alive today." He thought. Hesitantly he nodded.

"Besides," Reynie piped up "You can't stay in your ship or you'll get ambushed. By something that is hopefully a scavenger." The four of them shuddered.

"We should grab things from the ship" Alex mentioned

"You mean we have to get back in the ship after all of that?" Pym whined.

The four looked and saw the hole in the top of the ship. They all raised their eyebrows. They walked to the back of the ship and Bennet turned into the thing and walked straight through the back. The other three filled off in behind him.

Reynie poked her head out of the hole. "Are you guys coming or not?" she asked happily.

They came in and saw that Reynie had begun grabbing things from the equipment and her head at the hole. Tony saw their wide eyes and mentioned "Don't worry you'll get used to it."

They all started grabbing things and had armfuls of tool and resources. Hawkeye watched as Alex dropped half the thing in her arms. "How are we supposed to carry everything?" Hawkeye inquired.

Reynie took the tools he was holding and all of the ones she was holding into one giant hand. She then grabbed Alex's mainly the ones she already dropped. She stretched so her head was pressed against the roof of the ship She then preceded by shoving everything into her stomach. Pym and Alex screamed and Azari looked like he was about to puke.

Reynie was now pressed up against the roof so she bent down like the spider thing she was earlier. "That's about all I can get… Sayer?" She questioned.

Sayer made a force field that was shaped like a box and threw everything he had into it. The others did the same.

Pym and James touched the box. It was hard and see through. But as they touched it, it rippled like when you throw a stone into the water.

"Stop touching it." Sayer hissed at them "It feel like you are touching my brain."

Pym apologized and James looked away when he felt Sayer's glare boring into him.

When they all left the ship Jenny ran ahead and yelled 'Flame on' and streaked off into the cave.

"What does she search for?" Torunn asked

"She is finding the way home. It's not hard to get lost here." Bennet voiced out deeply.

"Is your voice really that deep or are you just trying to be scary? Because you are very scrawny." Pym questioned him.

Bennet sauntered up to Pym again "I assure you if I was trying to intimidate you, I would grab you by the shirt and lift you off the ground. I would continue to talk to you with my eyes formed into a glare. When I finished I would let you go, you'd fall to the ground and I would walk away like nothing ever happened." He said peevishly

Torunn came up from behind Pym. "And if I was going to intimidate you; I would drop my sword on you so you wouldn't be able to get up. Put my foot on your chest. Make thunder strike in the background and threaten you in Asgardian" she explained

They both squared off on each other, glaring into each other's eyes. The silence was so thick you felt like you could cut it with a knife.

Tony was about to intervene, but they beat him to it. They both un-tensed their muscles and shook hands.

"I have respect for thee" Torunn praised

Bennet replied in his toneless voice: "Likewise"

Azari whispered to Alex. "She didn't speak like an Asgardian that whole time. You think she noticed?"

Alex quietly replied back: "She must've been caught up in the moment. Although I'm glad she didn't, I don't know what she is saying half the time."

They took a collective sigh as Jenny came back.

"Sorry I had to change my direction twice to find the house." She told them.

They started walking the way Jenny came.

James tried to break the silence that was hanging over the two teams. "So… since your parents were the Fantastic four can we call you guys that too?" He asked randomly

Jenny answered. "No, we call ourselves the Elementals. Fantastic four just didn't feel right for us. We are the elementals because it seems like we have the elements. Bennet is earth. I am fire. Reynie is water. And Sayer is air. So we just call ourselves that. You're the only people I know that have kept the same name."

"Oh" James said.

The silence was back, but this time Tony broke it. "So you never did answer my question of how Ultron never found you. He asked the foursome.

Reynie answered back this time. "Our parents were with us down here for awhile, at least that's what Sayer told me, and while my dad was down here he made a program that makes everything undetectable by machinery. About 13 years ago our parents went up to go get supplies. They took Sayer with them, although Jarvis said he snuck along. Anyway, they all went up and only Sayer came back. He was having a mental breakdown… that's my earliest memory actually. Despite our parents being gone the program he made stayed. That's how Ultron never found us. She finished melancholically.

Alex whipped her head towards Sayer while Reynie was telling the story and saw that he was slowly going invisible.

They all rounded the corner and what they saw brought a smile to Tony's face. There, looking as if it had not aged a day, was the base of the Fantastic four. The red 4 shining like the sun.

There in all it's might and glory was the Baxter Building.