Next chapter, again! Yay! Sorry it took so long, I've been really busy. I made up for it with loads of Heather/James, Sister/Brother fluff! I like doing that, in case you haven't realised yet. Probably because their relationship is based on my own with my brother, though J is actually more of a mix between both my brothers!
SuperminionXD
Reed froze as soon as he saw us, the three soldiers stepped forwards, he greeted the General coldly and led all of us into a back room. The General began to make a big thing about the fact that he did not come here by his own choice, he obviously really didn't like Reed, something involving missile defence, Ben said.
"As you may have heard, there have recently been strange occurrences, we have downplayed their significance to the public but we believe they may pose a risk to national security" the General explained, "these were taken by our spy satellites before all this started"
He took out some photographs and passed them to Reed, who looked at them and then passed them to Ben, Jonny was still busy trying, and failing, to attract the attention of the female soldier, who was ignoring him entirely. Ben passed the photos to me; I started at them and gasped.
"It's the silver comet!" I exclaimed, "It was on the news!"
Everyone in the room turned and looked at me strangely.
"Miss Jones, I can assure these photos have not been released to the public, and there have been no eyewitnesses or footage" the General protested. I frowned, I was sure I had seen something exactly the same on the news right before I collapsed? How could I have? Unless… No I shook that idea out of my head.
"Sorry, continue" I said awkwardly, they did so, Reed suggested that it would be possible to track the comets cosmic energy through the Baxter building but then refused to do so with the excuse of his impending marriage, had a feeling this was just for show though, I was sure he was just building it anyway in secret. After that we all went outside, Jonny was still trying, and still failing, to flirt with the soldier woman.
"About what happened earlier…" Reed tried to start.
"it doesn't matter, I'm glad you had fun" Sue interrupted him, "Besides, it was nothing compared to what happened at my bachelorette party, talk about wild"
She turned and walked away leaving him standing there; he turned and looked at me questioningly.
"Don't look at me!" I shrugged, "I don't do parties remember"
The next day my suspicions were confirmed when I caught Reed sneaking up to the roof, I followed him and found working on a half build machine.
"I should've guessed" I said out loud making him jump, "Well actually I sort of did, nevermind"
"You won't tell anyone will you?" He asked after he had stopped being shocked.
"I'm the queen of secrets" I smirked, he looked at me suspiciously, oops, "Telepath remember?"
This seemed to satisfy him and he turned back to his work, but at that exact moment there were heavy footsteps on the stairs.
"Hey Reed? You up here?" Ben shouted up the stairs, he emerged at the top soon after and saw us. "You're building that thing for the General aren't you? I'm guessing Sue doesn't know"
Reed looked awkward at being caught out again.
"No… look… don't tell Jonny" he stuttered slightly, then suddenly there was a whoosh and a blaze of orange light.
"Don't tell Jonny what?" Jonny asked, landing on the roof, still wearing the symbol covered suit, he looked round at the three of us and saw the half build sensor, "You buildin' that thing?"
After that we all agreed, reluctantly in Jonny's case, not to tell Sue about the sensor, I started helping to build it and preparations for the wedding continued.
Days passed and the day of the wedding arrived, I flew round the back of the venue to avoid the crowds. Looking down I saw Jonny and his Girlfriend of the day talking to the sea of reporters outside the front door.
I landed on the roof and went inside. I found the Sue's room, Alisha was already there. Sue was looking through the window at the crowds of reporters.
"This isn't how I imagined it" Sue confessed.
"It never is" Alisha replied.
"I know Alisha, It just doesn't feel right" Sue continued.
"Sweetie, I think even superheroes are allowed to have wedding day jitters" Alisha comforted, getting up from where she was sitting and perching on arm of one of the chairs.
"Hey, you can't drop out now! I only just found a dress that doesn't completely clash with my hair!" I complained jokily in an effort to cheer her up. Sue sighed.
"It's more than that, is my life always going to be a circus? Do we really want to raise kids in all this?" Sue questioned, "Face it, we're not exactly normal"
"Ben and I aren't normal, but we don't let it get in the way of us being happy" Alisha comforted.
"And who wants to be normal anyway, if you ask me it's boring!" I joked again, but was ignored.
"Do you love Reed?" Alisha continued.
"More than I've ever loved anyone" Sue replied.
"Then you've nothing to worry about" Alisha concluded, they both smiled.
"Thank you" Sue whispered and hugged Alisha who was a little surprised. Then Sue stood up and wiped her eyes. "Ok"
She went over to the full length mirror.
"Oh" she exclaimed.
"What!" both me and Alisha exclaimed simultaneously.
"I got a zit" Sue explained.
"Can't you put make up on it?" Alisha asked.
"No, I got it" Sue replied, she narrowed her eyes in concentration and the small spot disappeared. "Crisis averted, now all I have to do is concentrate on that area continuously for the next eight hours.
"You have to teach me that!" I laughed.
After that I went into another room and changed into my bridesmaid dress, it was short with a sticky-out skirt and ice blue in colour, trimmed with slightly darker blue. I wore a small diamond shaped pendant the same shade as the dress and matching droplet earrings, and then I moved to the mirror and carefully clipped my hair out of my face with an ice blue flower slide. Overall the effect was good.
When I was finished I went round to the room where we all were going to meet. On the way there I met Alisha.
"Hi Alisha!" I said cheerfully.
"Oh, hey Heather" she acknowledged. We both continued to the room, when we got there Ben was already there. Alisha began to pin the flowers on the front of his suit and I sat on a table and swung my legs, soon afterwards Jonny arrived.
"Hey Jonny!" she greeted.
"Does that amaze anyone else?" Jonny asked, "How'd she know it was me? I didn't say anything!"
"To be honest you do kind of smell like ash" she replied, I smirked and tried not to laugh, Ben however did laugh.
"You're late" he told Jonny.
"Oh, let's not make today about me, it's Reed and Sue's big day, let's give them the attention for a change" Jonny replied, in a very un Jonny-like way, it was strange to see him allowing someone else into the spotlight, I smirked again at this thought. Ben then pretended to get hurt causing Alisha to slap him playfully.
"Don't do that!" she exclaimed, she finished pinning, "Ok, you're perfect"
They both chuckled and Alisha kissed Ben's rocky lips.
"See you upstairs" she said before leaving carefully.
"So, seems like Alisha and you are doing well, annoyingly so in fact" Jonny commented.
"Yeah, I know, I'm a lucky guy" Ben agreed.
"Yeah, you are" Jonny also agreed, I hopped off the table.
"I'm just going to leave before this gets any more awkward" I announced to anyone that was listening, neither of them were so I turned and left. Soon after I heard a roar from Ben, guess I left at just the right time.
I found my way to a room where James was, getting extremely frustrated over his tie and looking incredibly cute in his own miniature suit, his blond hair however was still messy, contrasting to the smart silver waistcoat* and his hands, though now un-bandaged, were still pink and shiny. I smiled and took the tie from him; placing it round my own neck I tied it loosely and then took it off again and fixed it round his.
"Thanks" he acknowledged, "Hey is he here yet?"
"No, and knowing him he won't be for a while, now hold still!" I answered, while trying to tame his wild locks, though his constant fidgeting wasn't helping.
"I'm trying!" he protested, "Anyway, when do we get to eat the cake?"
"After the wedding" I replied pointedly. "So no touching, no fidgeting, and definitely no sneaking off to beg the catering staff for food!"
"Aww" he looked at me dejectedly, seriously, it was really hard trying to be a guardian to a 12 year old while only being 20 yourself! Plus all the superhero stuff, my life is seriously messed up.**
"J" I said warningly, turning him round to face me.
"Ok, ok, I won't!" he insisted.
"Good, now remember what I said?" I continued.
"Um, no eating the cake?" he offers jokingly, I raise an eyebrow at him.
"You will stay in your seat unless instructed to leave by me or another responsible adult" I instructed, "And no, Jonny doesn't count"
He raised his hand like a schoolchild.
"What if something happens like getting hit by a plane or being attacked by a big evil shiny man?" he asked.
"That's not going to happen" I laughed, this time it's his turn to raise his eyebrow at me.
"Really?" he persisted.
"Ok fine, but only if it's a legitimate emergency" I relinquished.
"Yesss!" he celebrated, pumping his fist.
"That doesn't mean there's cause for celebration" I objected.
"Yeah, but with your guys' luck something is bound to happen" he pointed out, I sighed, he was probably right. I looked him up and down, straightening his tie.
"Ok, all done, now let's find you your seat!" I exclaimed, he sighed in relief, "and no messing up, remember, you're an ambassador for the Fantastic 5, who's going to take me seriously as a Superhero if I can't even look after my own brother, eh?"
"Ok Heather" he said uninterestedly, "Can we go now?"
"No, sorry, I've doomed you to spend eternity in this room" I joked.
"Hey, that's not fair!" he protested equally as jokily.
"Life's not fair!" I retorted, we both burst out laughing, "Let's go J-pickle"
"Don't call me that!" he objected.
"But that's what you are!" I replied, "One naughty little Pickle!"
I laughed and tapped him on the nose, he looked up at me indignantly and stuck out his tongue, even though he was twelve and considered himself grown up, he still could act incredibly childishly. I took his hand and led him out of the room. We made our way out onto the roof, J still sulking, and found the row of seats at the front that were marked reserved. As I was preparing to leave J at his seat the normally red and blue, now mostly black and white with only a flash of red, figure swung in.
"Make way!" Peter, as Spiderman, shouted, he let go of his webbing performed a flip and landed in the chair next to J, he looked rather comical with his mask sticking out of the top of his smart suit.
"Whoa!" J exclaimed.
"Sorry I'm late, you wouldn't believe the traffic!" Peter apologised in his usual joking manner.
"Ok, boys behave yourselves, P-Spidey, if anything happens to J I hold you personally responsible" I warned then turned to leave, "Oh, and don't let him near the cake"
"Got it, Psy!" Peter replied, I shot a warning glare at J as if to say 'I'm watching you', he returned a wide eyed innocent look. I smiled then made my way down to the room we were all meeting in to start my 'bridesmaid duties' as I called them. Alisha and I were handed our flowers.
"Jonny, you shouldn't tease him so much" Alisha cautioned.
"It was a joke" Jonny replied monotonously.
"It's still mean" I pointed out.
"I think it bothers you to see him happy and in love" Alisha continued, "I think you're jealous"
"You think I'm jealous, have you seen the women I've dated?" Jonny retorted, I sniggered.
"No" Alisha laughed, "You can only fool yourself for so long, Torch"
"TADAA!" Ben's voice booms, the three of us all look over to see him leading Sue in her wedding dress, looking absolutely beautiful.
"Yay, it's the bride of stretchy man!" Jonny exclaimed.
"Don't start" Sue laughed.
"Hey, don't listen to him, you look gorgeous" Ben assured her.
"Yeah, Reed'd have to be crazy not to marry you now!" I laughed.
"Come on, we're on" Ben said to Alisha and they both left.
"You know, you don't look completely ridiculous in that dress" Jonny commented after they were gone.
"Is that obnoxious brother talk for you look kinda nice?" Sue questioned.
"You look beautiful" he concluded.
"Thank you" Sue smiled.
"Dad would be proud" Jonny continued after a slightly awkward silence, they both hug.
After that we had to quickly get ready, I ushered the small flower girl out the door and she walked slowly, scattering her petals. Then Sue and Jonny followed and I went after them, holding Sue's train. It was practically impossible not to smile as the violins played and we all walked forwards. We got to the front and Jonny and I split off and Sue joined Reed at the front. I quickly found my seat next to J and Peter. Though J seemed more interested in the person in the seat next to him than what was going on.
"Dearly Beloved, we are gathered here today to…" the priest began until his voice was drowned out by a helicopter.
"Sue and Reed! Congratulations on your wedding" someone from the helicopter shouted through a microphone. But the disruption stopped and the wedding continued.
"Dearly Beloved, we are gathered here today to join this couple, Reed Richards and Sue Storm, together in the bonds of holy… matri…mony" the priest began again but trailed off as there was a beeping and Reed got something out of his pocket. I began to get a headache, Not now! I put my hand on my throbbing temple. There were some whispers I couldn't hear then it started again.
"There are many kinds of love…" but he was once again interrupted by more beeping, my headache got worse, it was now pounding. Lights everywhere started going off, I could hear the 'voices' of everyone's confusion. Suddenly everyone seemed to turn around simultaneously, pain was still splitting my head to the point that I couldn't really think straight. Then all hell broke loose, the Helecopter seemed to also lose power, it crashed down towards the roof, guests began fleeing everywhere. The blades of the 'copter were smashing and dicing chairs, where people had been only moments ago.
"Run!" I shouted at James with my last coherent thought, he complied as dots invaded my vision I was dimly aware of the chaos around me but not really part of it. Then the pain sharpened, I thought I heard Jonny complaining about his designer suit or something like that. I caught flashes of things going through my head, the silver man from before emerging through a wall, shooting through a bus, followed by an orange flash that could only be Jonny, then miles above the earth, dropping what looked like a limp body. Then the images faded and I was back at the wedding, someone shaking me.
"Psy? Psy! You ok?" a voice shouted, I opened my eyes, it was Peter, well Spiderman at the moment.
"I think so" I replied, the pain of my headache had gone just leaving a strange fuzziness.
"Are you sure? I thought you got over your fainting thing?" he asked.
"This is different, I don't know" I replied, at that moment a blur ran up to us.
"Told ya so!" J exclaimed, "The weddings over, can I eat the cake now!"
I rolled my eyes, what did I ever do to deserve a brother?
*My brother wore something similar to this for my Uncle's wedding, except he was five at the time.
**Heather's dad isn't around anymore, I'm not entirely sure what happened since neither of them will tell me, but now it's only Heather and James. (Yes I know, my characters talk to me, it's probably strange, it's also annoying, especially since one of my characters from my other story hardly speaks at all! XD)
I'm sorry this chapter took so long, it's been in the works for ages and I'm glad I've finally finished it, now to get started on the next one! So what do you think of Heather's 'episodes'? any theories, I'll tell you this, it's not what you think, All that you know is at an end… actually it isn't but I felt like quoting, never mind.
Bye for now,
SuperminionXD
