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Ignite

Chapter Ten: Let The Chaos Begin

"Oh, Lily. You're still awake? It's already 2." Said woman looked up from her bowl of ice cream as she smiled at Susan and nodded her head.

"I'm so used to staying up with Reed, my body's not tired around this time," Lily said playfully as the blond woman chuckled and nodded her head. She sat across from her younger friend and pulled out a spoon of her own.

"Here." Lily set the bowl in the middle of the table and Susan laughed quietly as she and Lily ate out of it. The two sat in silence and as they munched on their snack. Susan noticed a perplexed look on Lily's face and frowned slightly.

"What're you thinking about?" she asked as the 22 year old looked up at Susan.

"Huh?"

"You looked like you were really troubled about something." Lily chuckled slightly as she shook her head.

"It's nothing serious, I'm just curious as to how this whole 'get along with everyone,' thing is going to work." Susan smiled as she took another bite of the chocolate ice cream.

"To be honest, I'm not really sure either, but I'm sure it won't be that bad," she assured as Lily chuckled and shrugged.

'I wouldn't be too sure about that one.'

Johnny smirked to himself as he slowly peeked over the couch, Ben sleeping like a rock with shaving cream in his hand. He quietly laughed to himself as he glanced around and smiled widely. He grabbed the feather duster off of the shelf and silently crept back over to the couch.

'This is going to be good.'

"Morning, Reed."

"Morning, Lily. Are you-"

"Yup, sorry! You know what they say, ladies first!" Lily smiled innocently as she quickly walked into the bathroom and shut the door, leaving Reed to stare for a moment. He sighed and quickly turned around to find the other bathroom. He released a content sigh as he quickly approached the other bathroom. As he opened the door, his eyes widened, a gasp filling the air.

"Don't you knock?" Susan exclaimed as she held up a towel and rapidly turned invisible. Reed, too embarrassed to actually make a coherent sentence, looked away and quickly closed the door, mumbling a sorry to the invisible woman. He stood in front of the door for a moment, a light blush appearing on his face.

'Oh Lord.'

"Hey, Lily. You got a pair of headphones I can borrow?" Johnny stood in front of the door across from his room and raised an eyebrow as he waited for Lily's reply. He knocked again and frowned as he received no reply. He looked around and shrugged, opening the door to the bedroom. As he walked in, he stopped, his eyes slightly wide.

Lily stretched as she stood in the middle of her room in nothing but a sports bra and shorts. She glanced down at her i-pod as the music played loudly in her ears. She wiped the sweat from her forehead, finished with her usual set of sit ups.

Johnny couldn't help but stare as Lily stood in front of him. He smirked, not wanting to ruin the moment; the earphones were no big deal at that point. He leaned against the doorframe of the room and crossed his arms as he began to lull thoughts over in his mind, rating Lily's body.

As Lily turned around to start her push ups, her eyes widened. Johnny kept his smirk as he watched Lily's face turn beet red. She glanced down at her body and squeezed her eyes shut as she quickly grabbed her comforter and covered herself up. She paused the music and glared at Johnny as he playfully frowned.

"Now why would you go and ruin the moment?"

Lily growled loudly, Johnny taking that as his cue to leave. He laughed as he quickly ran out of her room, a book flying in the air after him. "JOHNNY!"

'You've seriously got to be kidding me.' Johnny sighed for the fifth time as he tried to get Ben to rub his face with his shaving-cream covered hand. He stared at the feather dusters, not noticing a figure walking past him.

Lily read the lines of her book as she headed towards the kitchen, looking for a snack to munch on. She walked past 2 figures, but backed tracked, looking down to see Johnny kneeling behind the couch, shaving cream in Ben's hand. She rolled her eyes as she shook her head.

Johnny looked over his shoulder as he felt the duster get pulled out of his hand. He looked up at Lily with a raised eyebrow as she rolled her eyes at him.

"The guy's made of complete stone," she mumbled. She flipped the duster, the handle pointed in Ben's direction. Johnny smirked as Lily rolled her eyes and walked away.

"Moron."

"Reed? I got those samples…" Lily walked into the silent lab and looked around. Her eyes landed on the scientist and her eyes softened. She smiled as she quietly walked up to the sleeping man and shook her head.

"Is Reed in here, I have to-" Lily shushed the person walking into the room and turned around to see Susan looking at her with a confused expression. She pointed down to a sleeping Reed and Susan smiled slightly. She walked up to the two as Lily watched Susan smile sweetly down at the sleeping man.

"I'm sure you can handle this," Lily mumbled as she gave Susan's back a soft pat. Susan glanced at Lily as the woman walked out of the lab, and then looked back at Reed.

"Oh, Reed."

"Johnny! You're a damn cheater!"

"Don't be a sore loser!" Ben walked into the TV room and watched as Johnny and Lily played each other on the game system.

"Johnny! I swear if you don't quit that-"

"It's not my fault you just don't have enough skill to beat me." Ben smirked as he walked over to the two.

"Excuse me," he said innocently as he began to walk over the system. Johnny's eyes widened as fighter stopped battling against Lily's. He gapped as Lily laughed, beating his character.

"What..." He looked down at his controller and glared at the smashed cord. He snapped his head up at Ben as the man laughed, looking back at him.

"What?"

"Ben-" Johnny felt a hand pat his head softly as he looked up to see Lily walking past him with a smirk.

"Don't be a sore loser, Johnny. It's not my fault you don't have enough skill to beat me!"

"Ugh, Ben!"

'Alright, this is it.' Johnny gently caressed Ben's cheek with the handle of the duster, dedication shining in his eyes. He wasn't going to give up, he was going to finish what he had started. He watched as the handle ran over Ben's face and finally, the shaving cream had made contact with the target. Johnny threw his hands into the air, more than pleased with his victory, as he quickly got to his feet and sprinted out of the room.

Ben had been dreaming about all the good things in life, like he always did. When he slept, he always found himself in a better mood. He raised an eyebrow as he rubbed his face with his hand, but as he did, he felt something splatter all over his face. He slowly blinked his eyes open and as he did he looked at his hand and glared.

"Johnny? What are you doing?" Susan raised an eyebrow as she looked up from her charts she had been looking over for Reed, watching her brother sprint right past her.

'What was that ab-'

"JOHNNY?"

She frowned as she stared in said brother's direction and sighed. "What am I going to do with you?"

"Lily, did you ever finish-" Reed stopped in the middle of his sentence as he stared at Lily with a confused expression. She was staring out the window, the night sky drawing her attention. "…Lily?" The life in her eyes returned quickly as she turned her attention towards Reed with a raised brow.

"What's up?" she asked as his eyes softened. He looked at her with concern as he walked up beside her.

"What's the matter? You look like you've seen a ghost or something," he pointed out as Lily shook her head with a smile.

"It was nothing…I just…had a strange feeling is all."

"What kind of strange feeling?" he asked curiously as Lily shook her head.

"Trust me, it was nothing," she assured. The man stared at her with a serious gaze, but dropped the subject, not wanting to push the woman's buttons.

"If you say so." He began to walk out of the room, Lily following. She stopped at the doorway and frowned.

'I have a bad feeling about something.'

Silence set over a suite sized apartment as Victor stood over the faucet, his vision blurring. He stared at himself in his bathroom mirror and he could see it. His scars were getting worse and the skin on his hand had melted away and the metal structure was becoming way too noticeable.

He glared at himself as he tried to straighten his sight out. As he reached for the towel, he felt a shock run through his body, a spark going from his metal hand, to the outlet. He stared for a long moment as he carefully reached his hand out towards the outlet once more. His eyes widened as he felt a strange sensation running through his entire body. He pulled his hand away from the outlet as he stared at the electricity coming from his hand. With a swift motion, he closed his and into a fist and the lights of his apartment went off. He smirked in the dark as he turned and walked out of his bathroom.

"Interesting."

The ruckus coming from Reed's lab was more than distracting for everyone living the Baxter Building. The four occupants of Reed's apartment went about their day, trying to ignore the many people in their home and the rather disturbing sounds from the work being done for the generator.

Ben had decided to take a quick nap, feeling more tired than usual. Susan was making sure everything was going well, wanting to help Reed as much as she could. Since she was going to be busy, she gave baby-sitting Johnny duty to Lily, who was sitting at her desk, staring out the window.

She sat in front of her desk with a pen in her hand. She was in the middle of writing her letter of resignation to her school, seeing as they had basically offered to either fire her or let her quit. She released a sigh, but not because she had to quit, it was because somewhere in the back of her mind, she really didn't care.

'What's gotten into me?' she asked herself as she rubbed the back of her head. She cleared her throat and turned her attention back to the blank piece of paper laid out before her.

She felt like having to quit was the least of her problems, almost like she had something bigger to worry about in the future. She had a strange feeling in her gut and she couldn't help but want to worry. She shook her head and stared down at the blank sheet of paper.

'…I really should care more about the fact I'm basically being forced to quit…but for some reason, I just can't seem to find the time or the urge to mind.' She didn't really understand it at all. She had worked so hard to get where she was and to have all of that taken away should have upset her more, but it didn't even faze her. She rolled her eyes and decided to ignore the thought, that's was the best way to handle situations like that.

'You'd think at my age, Susan would have a little more faith in me.' Johnny rolled his eyes as he walked out of his bedroom. He wanted to catch the X-Games on TV, seeing as he had nothing else better to do and everyone else seemed to be busy doing something else. Before he began to head down the hall, he stopped and looked over at Lily's bedroom to see the door open. Curiosity got the best of him, and he opened the door and raised an eyebrow. He stared at Lily as she sat at her desk, not moving an inch. He raised a brow as he walked into the room. He was surprised at how out of it she was, she hadn't even noticed his presence.

He leaned against the doorframe and sighed, deciding to use his manners for once.

Knock Knock

Lily jumped slightly as she look at her door and saw Johnny standing there. She raised an eyebrow and smirked as she turned her body.

"Well, would you look at that! You do have some small hint of etiquette!" Johnny rolled his eyes as he smiled slightly and stood up straight.

"You writing your letter?" he asked curiously as Lily sighed and nodded her head.

"Yeah, they're only giving me a day to do it," she explained as Johnny nodded his head. His eyes softened as he watched Lily frown and stare out the window.

"You know, that look really doesn't suit your face." Lily's eyes widened as she stared up at Johnny, shocked by his statement. He gave her a smile as her eyes softened and she smiled back.

Johnny's heart skipped a beat and at that second, he looked away, not wanting to get wrapped up in the strange moment. Lily did the same, her grip on her pen a bit tighter than before.

"You know, you remind me too much of Reed." Lily raised an eyebrow at that as the young man in the doorway laughed. "You worry to much and work too much. You know, they say people who worry a lot get older faster."

"Where did you learn that? The back of a cereal box?"

"If you must know, yes." Lily laughed, enjoying the feeling of actually being relaxed. Johnny smiled, happy to see the comfortable look on his housemate's face.

"I'm watching the X-Games, if you want to join me." Lily stared at Johnny as he gave her a playful smirk. Her eyes softened as she sighed and shook her head.

"Nah. Thanks, but I should really finish up this letter before I do anything."

"Alright, but it's your loss," Johnny said playfully. Lily chuckled a she shook her head and watched the man walk away. She stared for a few minutes, not really sure how she was feeling, but after her fourth sigh, she decided to focus back on her task at hand. She stretched and smiled, feeling a bit better.

"That guy, he has a weird way of making people feel better." Lily chuckled and shook her head, her hand flowing as the words wrote themselves on her letter.

"You're kidding me," Johnny snapped as he watched a motor biker attempt to do a simple trick and fall. He rolled his eyes as he stood to his feet, wanting to snack on something. He walked into the kitchen and grabbed some popcorn, the sound of cheering from the TV catching his attention. He quickly walked out of the kitchen, glancing down the hallway to see if perhaps, Lily had taken up his offer. He sat back on the couch and watched with dismay at the fact that he was watching an amateur act as if he knew what he was doing. Suddenly, all of his pent of frustrations came to the surface of his brain. He stood up, taking a stand.

"I've got to get out of here." He headed to his room, but slowly back tracked as he stared at the closet. He smirked as he pulled out a dark blue suit.

"Heh.."

"Ah! All finished," Lily said to herself. She smiled as she folded her letter up and stuffed it into an envelope. She stood to her feet and stretched, feeling accomplished for the day. She looked around her room, searching for something new to catch her attention. Her eyes softened as she stared out, across the hall. She smiled slightly and walked out of the room, deciding that maybe Johnny had been right.

'I guess that guy's not as stupid and slow as I thought he was.'

Although she would never say it out loud, she and Johnny had grown close through their time together, and it was like she had seen every different side of him. She frowned as she stopped walking. 'What the hell am I thinking?' What concerned her most, was the fact that she loved every side about the guy. No matter how much she pretended to detest him or how much she acted like she couldn't careless about him, he was one of the most important people to her.

She took a deep breath and sighed, walking out to the living room. "Hey, Johnny. How's-" Lily's raised an eyebrow as she saw the TV still on, but the room empty. Her heart began to race as she quickly walked into the kitchen. She called out for Johnny and began to panic as she heard nothing.

'Johnny, please don't tell me...' She sprinted down the hallway as she quickly swung his bedroom door open. She found the room empty and closed her eyes, everything good she had thought about Johnny, completely gone.

"God damn it, Johnny."