The Unexpected

Confusion

Author's Note: This is chapter eight and I hope you enjoy... it's more of a Richards chapter with a bit of Ben. Leave reviews letting me what you all think!

Fantastic Four (C) Marvel
Allyson Richards (C) Me

After Allyson's encounter with Johnny and shower from her jog, she walked into Reed's laboratory seeing him put things together reminded her of a young toddler figuring out how to build blocks but in this case, he was just typing on the computer with graphics on the screen that looked like he was building something.

"What are you doing, Reed?" she asked curiously, walking down the steps as her shoes clicked on the ground.

He did not look up, continuing to work on his project; "Working on..." he continued on saying things that Allyson could not understand.

She sighed deeply, placing her hands in her back pocket as she walked closer to him, "Reed," her voice sounded a little more concerned and serious.

It caught his attention as he placed the piece into the glove before standing up, looking toward Allyson who looked just as concerned as the tone of her voice. "What is it?" he asked curiously, turning in his chair, looking up at his sister.

She looked at his face, seeing that he was in the middle of a major project and leaned into the screen, "What are you working on?" she asked, curious about his work.

He looked toward the screen, unsure if he should relay what he was working on but knew that his sister was not stupid and decided to tell her the truth. "I'm working on a formula," he answered, sitting up looking toward the screen.

Allyson hmmed, "A formula for what?" she asked curiously, taking her hands out of her back pockets and crossing her arms, leaning against his desk.

A smile came to Reed's face, clearly about to go into a big explanation of his work, "It's for help those realize the truth behind things and the truth behind the universe. Approximately, by drinking the formula..." he answered, looking toward it, "you can learn everything there is to know." He continued to type in, "But... a wrong mistake can make it something catastrophic."

Her eyebrows furrowed together, "Such as...?" she asked, trying to know what he is saying.

He stopped before looking at her, "I told you what I was working on earlier..." he said softly as his voice trailed off then realized that she didn't understand, "It's complicated."

Ben had walked in, "Hey, why isn't it brother and sister time?" he stopped, "I guess I should go then." He was beginning to turn around.

Allyson merely shook her head, smiling, "I was just leaving Dr. Richards to his formula calculations. How's this girl, Alicia that I hear about?" she asked softly, nudging him gently with her arm but obviously, he would not feel it since his body is made of rock like a mountain when he had turned back to her and Reed.

Ben smiled and if he wasn't a rocky man... he would have been blushing, "She's doing great." He answered, sounding very happy.

She smiled, "I'm glad. Tell her I say hi and can't wait to meet her." she tapped Ben's shoulder before walking out.

As Allyson walked out, she looked around the living room to find nothing but Sue on the couch, reading a book with her glasses on her face, "Hey Suzie," she said softly, walking over and sat quietly on the couch.

Sue smiled, "Hey Ally, what's up?" she asked softly, placing her bookmark in her book before placing it down on the coffee table.

Allyson said nothing for a long time, "Susan," she started, only using her full name when something was wrong, "I'm confused." She held her hands together.

She placed her hand on Ally's arm, "About what?" she asked getting concerned, looking at her face, as she got closer to her.

"About everything." She sighed, holding her head.

"Talk to me," she rubbed her back softly as her tone matched her touch.

Allyson looked up at Sue with tears about to break freely from her eyes, "Victor and you guys..." she whispered and continued, "I am a grown woman. What am I to do? Not believe everything that my ex-villain boyfriend told me? I love Victor and I trust his words as if they were my own. I heard your conversation with Reed last night, Sue. And I just don't know how to take this anymore!" she held her face.

Sue was about to answer when the alarm went off, hearing the words, 'Intruder Alert! Intruder Alert!' The two girls looked at each other and raced off into the laboratory where they were greeted with a surprise...