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anyway heres the next chapter
Chapter 3
Alec ran towards to garage in top transgenic speed (He wasn't worried as to what Max is thinking of him, right?)…as soon as he got there he saw Max pull out her cell phone…Alec's cell phone rang behind her and she span around and wapped Alec along the arm…
"Alec what in the hell were you playing at…I thought you weren't coming…" Max took a step back and crossed her arms over her chest, using her trademark death glare to its full potential
"I started to get to talking to Herbal…got side tracked…sorry"Alec mumbled while rubbing his arm slightly. Max's glare lessened into a soft scowl and then into a very soft smile making Alec's heart race a mile a minute. They both walked into the middle of the dank garage and discreetly signalled for the other transgenics to take point, they knew they were in place by the low click they heard from another transgenic that vaguely resembled Mole.
Otto walked forward into the little spot of light that Max and Alec were standing in, the whole place was cold and Otto didn't like it one bit, he wondered how they could just set up an headquarters in a place like this, he was beginning to respect these creatures more now than ever before, what with them able to live in this place and their ability to outsmart and increasingly embarrass Ames White, which in turn made his working days more joyful.
"452….or is there another name for you now?"
Now Otto as never really met 452 up close before, only seeing fleeting images when she manages to escape on her pretty black Ninja
"Ot…her name is MAX!" Ah, Otto thought, this must be the infamous 494?
"Ot? My name is Otto, you must be 494…am I correct?" For some reason something about 494 bugged him, maybe it was his looks, maybe his voice or maybe it was just his smirk saying that he knows a thousand ways to kill a man in mere seconds, Otto thought about it and came to a conclusion that yes indeed it was the latter
"His name is Alec" Max corrected
"O.K, sorry I'm not really on first name basis…well we should get this over with huh?" he really didn't like this place
"O.K, what do you want to talk to Max about?" the dirty blonde transgenic dropped all facades and got right down to business, Alec was very protective of Max and sometimes she would see it and others she would just ignore like he just letting his soldier training take over
"White…has information regarding another transgenic, that goes by the designation of 328…and of some very strange happenings in Manhattan" Otto said while fiddling about with his briefcase, looking extremely troubled.
"What does he want with 328 and what kind of strange happenings?...I mean is it transgenic type?" Max wanted all the bases covering so Alec thought it'd be better if he asked most of the questions, cause Max can kinda be ruled by her emotions, and he didn't really think that Otto deserved a very brutal beating…just yet
"White seems to think so…but it seems different…like it wasn't planned in anyway shape or form…it just happened, I don't think it'll be very good for them if white gets there first"
"Meaning?"Max was getting extremely annoyed at him and Alec was rethinking his previous thoughts
"I can't really say" he looked kinda dejected and lost at this
"Well im bored of this…if you ain't gonna say any more then why the hell are you here?" Alec felt like grabbing Otto's head and pounding it into a nearby wall just to get some worthwhile information out of him
Otto didn't answer instead he just looked straight at Max…it wasn't a look that said the Max was hot, more like a look saying I know you.
"…would you quit that…staring at me like that makes me want to kick you ass from here all the way to Manhattan" Otto had the decency to look chagrined
"Ha….ha ha hahahaha…Otto you'd better say your sorry" Alec was loving this, Max ruled
"Huh? Sorry, you just remind me of Sue" Otto blinked out of his gaze to see a pissed off Max and a laughing Alec
"Sue?...who is Sue?" This raised an eyebrow or two, well both of Max's
"Sue is…no one" there's no way in hell he could tell them about his old babysitter that turned into one of the world's best superheroes, the one he always respected and adored even to this day
"Ahh, long lost love huh?" Alec said what he thought with a huge grin on his face and a waggling of the eyebrows
With that Otto came rushing at Alec preparing to lay into him but Max was there to stop him
"What the hell do you think your doing?" Max pushed Otto back and signalled for the other transgenic to stay put
"No wonder White wanted you dead Alec…your smart mouth pisses him off…and me too" he was literally foaming at the mouth with anger. Max saw this and wanted to make the situation better before all hell broke loose
"Stop it…Alec say you're sorry" Alec looked shocked at this, he gaped at Max
"What?...are you kidding me…say sorry to one of White's goons"
"Alec…"
Max started using the low tones again that made Alec very nervous…he often wondered about that…yeah she kicked his ass…but if there was a proper fight between them he thought he might win…or at least there'd be a draw…but Max being Max…she'd find a way to fight dirty.
"Fine….sorry…continue"Otto calmed down a lot when Max intervened, Alec tensed at that but then realise that he too calmed down when Max gave him a grateful look
"Okay…these things in New York…I can't explain, because I don't know, but take this briefcase, it's got all the info in there….I can't get in"
"Ahh, this will be a walk in the park…no worries"
"So…Sue…who is she?" Max was extremely curious about her now
"You'll find out"
With that Otto was gone…Max and Alec went to her office to open the briefcase…they got it done in less then a minute, but they only got to look in it about 5 minutes later after they stopped laughing at the fact that they opened it so fast…White was so predictable.
Max pulled out a press clipping from 2008… it read:
The Fantastic Four…Where Are They?
The Fantastic Four were the heroes of our time but where have they gone…Dr. Reed Richards, his wife Susan Storm-Richards, Her brother Jonathan Storm and their long time friend Benjamin Grimm have vanished….details relating to the incident are unknown…but sources say that it was due to an accident at the Baxter Building here in New York that the four are missing. Dr. Richards, also known as Mr. Fantastic, was working on a machine that would allow Ben Grimm to change between his rocky form and his human form, Ben Grimm is known as The Thing. Susan Storm (The Invisible Woman) and her brother Johnny Storm as he liked to be called (Johnny is known as the Human Torch) was helping Dr. Richards get the machine ready when it blew from a power over load. When emergency services made it to the scene the four were not there. The town of New York are mourning the loss of its greatest superheroes and towns patriarchs, but most surprisingly Victor Von Doom is also in mourning. The alter ego of Victor Von Doom is Dr. Doom who had made it his life to destroy the Fantastic Four, has not made a single attempt to wreak havoc on New York and was recently asked why. "Many people do know that my…relationship with the Fantastic Four has never been on a good basis, they all worked for me at one time and I even managed to kill Susan but the Silver Surfer brought her back to life, upon me killing her I thought that I would feel something other than hatred for myself but I don't…that's why I've put my company in charge of the investigation as to why they have disappeared and I also have asked the police of this city and it's citizens to kindly leave the Baxter building as it was. Thank you"
Max read this over…she can remember people speaking about this when she was younger, especially when the pulse happened, it was like people blamed them even though they weren't to know, many people blamed Doom as well and he fled the country, Alec startled Max out of her thoughts as Alec grabbed a photo and started to hold it up by the side of her head. Max was looking at Alec, whose eyes were continually switching back and forth between the picture and Max's face…all of a sudden a huge grin covered the whole of his face.
"See, Max? this is what I was saying earlier, 'bout you dying you hair, except she doesn't have an innocent face, she looks smart, wait Max, don't grab it yet…wait, let me read this…Susan Storm, Head of Genetic Research at Von Doom Labs, photo taken just after the failed research trip into space just after she and the other three from the Fantastic four saved a fire truck and it's team from falling of the Brooklyn bridge, Susan's brother Johnny Storm named her the Invisible Woman…"
Max grabbed at the photo that Alec was holding, he wouldn't give it her so she kicked him…hard
"Alec, give me that, whoa…man, really I'd look like that?"
"Yeah, well except the blue eyes, unless you wear contacts…"
"This is weird…she goes invisible, and she looks like me" Max sat back, trying to think all of this through
"Well I think it's the other way around Max, I mean she's what 23-25 in that picture and it says that was taken in…2005, 3 years before she vanished, you were born in 2000…so basically you look like her."
"Yeah well…shut up!"
"Good come back Maxie…top notch…thumbs up, you really worked hard on that one"
And with that Alec felt the wrath of Max and the shiny briefcase up side his head.
Alec bent down to pick up the briefcase when he saw another photo…well the back of it…he picked it up and read the back (Ben Grimm a.k.a The Thing)
"I wonder why they call him The Thing? Holy Shit…I thought we've seen some strange things in our time but…man" Alec said while picking the picture up and flipping it round
"What? Let me look…Jesus, what happened to him?"
"Huh….I guess we know why White was bothered about them….but it don't make sense"
"Yeah this happened years ago…why is he bothered about it now?"
"We should look at the rest before we make any conclusions"
They spent the next hour going over all of the details about these Four.
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