The Unexpected

Unraveled

Author's Note: This is chapter thirteen of The Unexpected. Due to interest being shown in the story, I am glad to say that I'm resuming it. I don't know when or how I'm ending the story... a couple of ideas are running through my brain as we speak. I hope you enjoy the story. Leave reviews!

Fantastic 4 (C) Marvel
Allyson Richards (C) Me

Johnny's hand rested upon the spear, burning it continuously watching as the silvery liquid melted over her wound. Allyson's cries filled the air, feeling the metal drip on her skin...

He looked into her eyes, holding her neck up with his right hand, "Hold on, Ally. Hang in there..." he pleaded, eyes softening.

She looked at Johnny, biting her lip to keep herself from screaming, "It burns, Johnny..." she gasped out with a loud squeak, eyes widen to the point of despair, clenching her hand into a fist.

The rest of the team was fighting the Silver Surfer; Ben grabbed Reed by the feet and spun him around to hit the Surfer whom grabbed Reed by the neck and threw him across the street, causing him to land next to Johnny.

Sue stood her ground and send a blast of her power toward the Surfer who took it but turned around with surprise, "Susan." He said calmly, eyes turned from black to silver as they normally were before Doom's evil endeavors changed him.

Soon, Allyson's screams stopped and she huffed in pain from the melt that was seeping all over her body, but before Johnny could tell Reed that it did not work... something happened.

Allyson's eyes turned white, the melt seeped into her wound, and a white cloud filled with all different colors that you would in a white cluster in space engulfed her entire body as it pushed Johnny away.

He fell back onto his side, groaning at the already-pained area now doubled the pain and stood up slowly but quivered as he did so, "ALLYSON!" he yelled, desperately as he looked at the cloud...

Silver Surfer looked calmly at the cloud, "She's changing."

In addition, became confirmed, within the cloud, there were blue flames burning making the cloud turning into icicles and fall to the ground, breaking like shattered glass, as it revealed the new Allyson Richards.

Johnny's reaction showed that he was in shock, "Oh my god..." he whispered, speechless.

Reed stood there, looking at Allyson with eyes wide, "According to my calculations, it would have healed her wound, not..." he stopped in midsentence.

Ben and Sue looked at each other, before looking back at Allyson's new form, "This is impossible..." Ben said.

Sue shook her head slightly; "Nothing is impossible when it comes to radiation..." she spoke softly.

The Silver Surfer floated there, watching with no reaction on his face or words emerging from his silvery lips.

Allyson Richards is completely covered from head to toe, in blue flames, but they were not hot flames like Johnny's. No. They were... icy-cold flames, that if a single person were to touch her in their human forms, their hand would turn into icicles. Her head looked toward Johnny, with what seem like a smile upon her lips, "You did it, Johnny."

Johnny began to walk toward her, "I didn't mean to make you like this..." he held out his hands as if he were apologizing which he was.

She smiled, "No need to be sorry, Johnny..." she began to float toward him, she was a foot up in the air before the flames distinguished, causing her to fall into Johnny's arms, "I get to be with you, in no matter what state I'm in now. Flames or not... I'm with you, forever." She held his face, eyes full of love for him like never before.

He looked into her eyes, holding her close, placing his hands on her shoulder blades, "I don't know what to say..." he looked completely overwhelmed by his emotions.

Allyson closed her eyes, "Johnny," she began. "Before you, I thought I knew what love was like. But in the club tonight," her eyes fluttered open, "I was scared when I ran from you. I was frightened by if you were going to be the one to crush my entire human being... but you have only strengthened it. You have made me stronger than I have ever been... if it were not for you, I would be lying in that living room, sulking over Doom. But... the truth is," she held his face once more, "I'm glad that you're in my life and that I got a part of you inside of me... I love you beyond measure, Jonathan Storm." she shook her head slightly, fingering his cheek with her thumb, tears falling freely from her eyes down her cheeks.

Johnny smiled, "I love you too, Allyson." He leaned his forehead upon hers, and then realized, "Your skin is freezing."

She chuckled, "And your skin is burning."

"Okay, I hate to break up this love fest. But we still got Victor Von Dodo to deal with." Ben spoke up, watching Johnny and Allyson in each other's arms, sounding happy but irritated.

Reed nodded, "We'll worry about this later, but we have Victor to deal with, now."

Sue nodded, "Ben and Reed are right."

Johnny and Allyson stood there; looking up at the Silver Surfer with the others, "What happened?" asked Reed, looking at Sue.

Sue looked at Reed and the others, "I blasted him with my energy and..." she looked up at the Surfer, "Somehow, and he's back to normal."

The Surfer quickly responded, "I believe because my body is connected to my board that the energy from Susan cancelled out the formula which is form of energy as well."

Reed looked toward Surfer, "That makes perfect sense."

Sue looked toward him, "Reed?"

He looked at Sue; "I created a fail safe on the formula - in case it fell into the wrong hands - that Doom couldn't see." he began, looking at everyone, "If there was ever enough energy, it could cancel it out."

"Good thinkin', Egghead." Ben said.

Sue smiled, "That was very smart of you."

Johnny laughed, "Since when is he ever smart?" he asked, placing his hand on his chest.

Allyson punched him in the shoulder, "Johnny!"

He grasped his shoulder, "Ouch! Hey... that wasn't nice." He rubbed his shoulder.

She placed her hands on her hips, giving him a mad look, "And what you said about Reed was particularly nice either, flame-breath."

Ben laughed, "I like that one: Flame-breath! I wish I thought of it!"

Johnny snorted, "You think that's funny, Pebbles? How about this?" he yelled, throwing a fireball at his head.

He stumbled back, "Alright!" he walked toward him, "I'm going to make you ash!"

Sue growled, stepping in between them, using her force field to stop Ben from emerging toward Johnny who was being held back by Allyson, "Would you two stop it!?" both said at the same time.

Reed huffed, "Alright enough!" he held his hands up, "We need to get to Doom." He looked toward the Surfer.

The Surfer nodded, answering his question before he could ask it, "I will lead you to him."