Chapter 4
(NEXT CHAPTER NEW PLACE DIFFERENT PEOPLE)
Manhattan 2022
Whomp…was all that was heard in the Baxter building, it was still desolated as no one wanted to move anything after the Fantastic Four had disappeared, so no one was there to see the most stupefying moment since the pulse. The Fantastic Four had appeared from out of the blue, from thin air, quite literally. Sue was the first the wake up and notice, the place was so dusty and it smelt old…Sue wrinkled her nose to the smell, she looked around but couldn't see anything, she called out for Reed, Johnny and Ben to see if they were with her and okay…Johnny was the first to speak.
"Sue? is that you?...where are you? Wait hold up"
Johnny produced a flame by his hand so he could see Sue and where they were.
"What happened to the Baxter building? Sue do the lights work?"
"No Johnny, wake up Reed and Ben…I'm going to check things out"
"How? The lights don't work" Sue huffed, she hated it when Johnny was right, so it wasn't really often that she hated him
"Well go find me some candles then"
"Fine …I'll be back"
Sue just stared out of the window, she felt something was wrong, she knew something was wrong. Within a minute Johnny was back with some lit candles he gave one to sue and placed the others around the room…when Sue went to look around, he went to find a new paper, went to the elevator and was pleased to find that was still working…he went to the front desk but no one was there…strange, something was so wrong, so Johnny went out side to investigate, he walked down the street to the nearest shop, .only to find it empty…weird. Johnny glanced around and saw a paper shop, he purchased one and made his way back to the Baxter.
When he got into the Baxter he saw Sue using her force fields to stop the candles going out while Ben started to take the dust covers off of everything
"I don't remember putting dust covers over everything Susie" Ben said in his rumbling gravely voice that somehow still seemed to sound gentle
"Me neither Ben…this is all so strange" Sue was looking kinda pale and worried, Ben was worried about her, Sue normally handles things better than this but then again nothing like this has happened before
"I'll say…it's empty downstairs and too quiet…even the shop were empty, and I mean empty not even shelves" Johnny said while walking in towards both Ben and Sue
"Well if they were all empty where'd you get the paper huh matchstick?"
"The only place open pebbles, which happen to be a market, stall"
"Well pass me the Paper then Johnny please"
Johnny threw the paper at Sue and she caught and went to the kitchen table to read taking one of the lit candles with her, she placed both the candle and the newspaper on the table and sat down on one of the chairs. Once she got comfortable she began to read, a few pages in she stopped.
"Oh My God…2022…you got to be playing me…no way…Ohhh…What the hell?"
Johnny came running in towards the end of that little out burst from Sue
"What? What's wrong?"
"The paper says its 2022…it can't be right? Johnny go ask that vendor at the paper stall what the date is" Sue was worried, her instincts told her something was wrong but nothing of this type of proportion
"Okay…but wait what's that, Transgenics? What are transgenics? And who is that? Sue, she looks like you, but a brown hair brown, eyes type of you! Man she's kinda hot! OH MY GOD!!!!, No I didn't just think or say that…man" this made Sue smirk
"Johnny go to the vendor" Johnny nodded furiously
"Right away Sue" Johnny left by the main window, Sue normally would have yelled at him till she was blue in the face but she just didn't feel like it. Now Sue was all alone in the kitchen looking at the newspaper article, she was so engrossed in it that somehow she didn't even notice Ben turn up and sit down beside her.
"Where is this and who is she?...man is it wrong that I also think she's good looking? Shut up Sue"
"Talking to yourself, huh Susie? Amusement laced his voice
"Ben, look at this" Sue picked up the newspaper and handed it to Ben, pointing mainly to the picture
"Whoa, she is nice…wait that you ain't it sue, no it isn't, who is she?" Ben scratched his rock like head in puzzlement
"They call her a transgenic, I want to know were this is Ben" Sue was frantic, all types of thoughts were running through her head
"Transgenic huh? That's all stuff to do with genetics right? Anyway it says here that she resides in Terminal City, in Seattle, Washington…"
Johnny comes flying through the open window out of breath and looking extremely worried, Ben directed him to a seat but Johnny just started to pace around, something Sue would normally do, somehow it looked comical on Johnny
"Sue…the woman said that the date on the paper is right, we are in 2022"
That's something Sue forgot to point out to Ben
"WHAT? 2022"
Sue shot off of her chair, determination written on her face
"We need to get to Seattle, Ben can you shout Reed please"
Meanwhile back in Seattle, Max and Alec are in their apartment, Alec sitting on the couch while Max is running from room to room with handfuls of clothes and other bits and bobs that's she was awkwardly shoving into a backpack,
"Max are you sure we should be thinkin' this, I mean White could still be on to them and we'll be walking into a trap, Max…I don't want that to happen"
Max stopped what she was doing to look at Alec, there and then Alec knew that trying to talk Max out of this now would be a big, fat waste of time and effort, but he always liked a challenge
"Alec we can't just let White get his hands on them" Max sat down next to Alec and put her head in her hands
"But Max…those clippings were from years ago you can't possibly thinking that there still around?" He tried to reason with her, he didn't want her to get into more danger and sure as hell didn't want her to drag him with her
"White wouldn't waste time on this if he didn't think it was worth it"
"Fine if we go can we at least bring someone with us?" He gave up, he couldn't do it, he couldn't say no to her
"Whatever….who do you think should go umm?" Alec though hard about this, since Biggs there wasn't many transgenics that Max and Alec outwardly trusted, apart from one
"What about Ty? He hasn't been on a mission with us yet but we know he's capable Max"
"Yeah…I think that might actually work"
"Okay…I'll go get him while you talk to Logan about the Passes we need, get about 10"
"10? why in the hell do we need 10?" Alec rolled his eyes…again
"Just get them Max" now it was Max's turn to roll her eyes
Max went to phone Logan as Alec went to find Ty. Ty was a transgenic that Alec knew from a mission back in Manticore…Ty's designation is 450…so close to Max's. Max actually named him Ty because he had to stop and tie up his boots when he was talking to Max. He is taller than Max and Alec, around 6.4ft with dark brown hair and light brown eyes…he obviously didn't care for the clean shaven look as he had a slight stubbled goatee…but he kept his hair short that you could see his barcode as clear as day, stronger than Max and Alec, thicker built for fighting and carrying heavy weight. But the thing about Ty was that he was an advanced X-5, advanced in being faster in healing and stronger and also he doesn't feel much pain therefore not really bothered about having his barcode lasered off. As soon as Max had met Ty she took a liking to him straight away making Alec extremely jealous…they have fun together…and Alec actually loved to be around the two of them when they were in a playful mood…with Ty's sense of humour and the way Max laughs.
Alec hated to think about it but he wondered what type of DNA was in Ty.
Alec found Ty working out in the sparring room, the younger X series thought it would be a good idea, especially for those who had trouble sleeping
"Ty? Hey, Ty you here?" Ty appeared from behind a punching bag dressed just in black sweat bottoms
"What up Alec?, why you holla me?" Alec laughed at his verbal usage
"Been hanging around O.C. huh?"
"Shows does it?...well at least I'm not talking about myself in the 3rd person"
"Yeah…but O.C. gets away with it" they both started to laugh,
"Yea yea…soooo what chu want?" Ty got straight down to it, he walked to the bench to retrieve his vest and water
"Max and I want you to come on a little mission to New York with us…but before you ask, Max'll tell ya"
"Ask what?...about whether or not it's a transgenic matter?"
"Yeah that….so you comin'?"
"What and miss the fun of a road trip with my two favourite 'genetically empowered' people?...what are you crazy?" He hugged Alec playfully and rustled his hair
"That's the spirit…go on get packed and meet us in 30minutes in the mess hall"
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