Smoke and Fire|| A Fantastic Four AU

Chaos' Embrace

              Blakeleigh's Point of View

                Present Day

It was just another Friday night we were all out in downtown New York doing a bit of shopping, nothing seemed to be out of the ordinary happening. It was a pretty relaxing, uneventful day.

"Y'know it's a pretty chill day," Johnny said.

"Hey! Don't jinx it, the moment you think it's peaceful is the moment chaos ensues." Braxton shakes his head at Johnny.

"Braxton's right, babe," I added. "Don't jinx it." Little did we know that chaos was already starting to stir within the air. Suddenly an arrow was shot through the air toward me with a smoke bomb to follow. Braxton steps in front of Maria, watches her six, and watching mine, Maria and I shift into our werewolf form ready to fight.  We find the source of the arrow.

"Zach?! What the hell?!" Maria and I question in unison.

"Y'all know this guy?!" Johnny asks.

"That's my brother," Maria sighs. "As for what his problem is I am unsure."

"Zach, what the hell is up with you?!" I reclaimed my human form walking towards him, Johnny not too far behind, Zach didn't answer and he went to get another arrow as I went to try and grab the arrow from him, I was suddenly unable to get much closer to him, I look down toward his feet as I see this dusty substance surrounding him. "Mountain ash?! Explain Zach! What are you up to?!"

"Werewolves are the reason I lost my family, they're the whole problem. They're angry ticking timebombs that need to be eliminated."

"Guys, Maria and I can't get past that surrounding him, it is sort of like a deterrent for werewolves. We need y'all to be our defense." Before Johnny could block me from Zach's arrows I felt a slight prick. "Ow, fuck!" Johnny and I groan pulling in unison as I pull the arrow from my flesh. I raised an eyebrow looking at where the arrow had previously pierced my flesh confused as to why it hadn't yet healed. "Wolfsbane?! Really?! Mountain ash, wolfsbane, you sure as fuck came prepared!" I growled at him.

"Johnny get them out of here!" Sue commanded.

"Oh, no need to worry. My mission is already in motion!" Zach smirked.

"What the hell is that supposed to mean?!" Braxton asks before Zach can answer he is nowhere to be found.

Maria's  Point of View

Later on back at the Baxter Building, Johnny sits by Blaleleigh's side as Reed assesses her wound that wasn't seeming to self-heal.

"Alright, so this will sting a bit but we have to get the remaining wolfsbane filtered out of Blakeleigh's system," Reed looked at Johnny knowing that he would feel the needle going into Blakeleigh's arm, Johnny winced a bit feeling the prick of the needle going in.

"I don't get it, Zach shows up in New York, seemingly targeting Blakeleigh claiming that 'werewolves are the problem' was even prepared with mountain ash and wolfsbane, then he shoots an arrow at her. Then disappears telling us not to worry that his 'mission' is already in motion?" I sigh shaking my head trying to make sense of my brother's words he left us with 'My mission is already in motion'"

                    Johnny's Point of View
                           Hours later
"He used to have the hugest crush on me but now that I'm a werewolf it's as if I'm a monster?! An abomination?!" Blakeleigh rolls her eyes. "Not really that I care nor does it matter what he thinks of me." She cuddles into me with a grin.

"You're right, it doesn't matter what he thinks of you, you're my girl now." I kiss her cheek. "Wanna get some sleep?"

"Sounds great." She smiles.

"REALLY?! WHICH OF YOU FIVE GUYS LEFT THE FUCKING TOILET SEAT UP?!" I hear Blakeleigh yell and I groan checking my phone, eyes widening seeing as the time was 3:30 in the morning.

"Babe just put it down." I quietly say from our bedroom knowing she could hear with her heightened sense of hearing from the bathroom.

"If you five would just put the fucking toilet seat down, we wouldn't have to put it down before going to the bathroom in the middle of the night!" She groans.

"What's going on?!" Maria, Kayson, Sue, and Reed are all awake at this point.

Later that morning
Kayson's Point of View
"That's just like Blakeleigh, she doesn't have rage like that! We need to get to the bottom of it before things get too," Before I finish Blakeleigh steps in with her arms crossed.

"Too what? Out of control?!" She scoffed. "Teah I just about bet Johnny would love that! He'd probably think it's hot or something." She mumbled.

"Blakeleigh," before Johnny could even finish his sentence she was already headed to the elevator, backpack on her back.

"Until y'all can respect me I'm out of here!" She steps into the elevator.

"Blakeleigh, wait we should really talk about this." Johnny tries to reason with her. Before he could follow her into the elevator the doors were already shut and the elevator already in motion.

Johnny's Point of View
Something was seriously off with Blakeleigh, she wasn't like her calm and reasonable self, and for some reason, she was unexplainably angry with everyone. I go after her and even try mind-linking with her to talk to her to try to find her but it's as if something is interfering with our telepathic communication. Something wasn't right and I was determined to get to the bottom of things.

"Guys I'm not finding her and she won't respond when I try to contact her." We all are out searching for her.

"It has to be something to do with that arrow Zach shot her with," Maria states. "She even left her comm piece behind and won't answer calls or texts." When we finally find her she has her arms cuffed behind her back to a support beam in an old abandoned warehouse.

"I told y'all my plan was in motion. Part one, gain control over Blakeleigh's mind, part two, trap her here to torture her a bit, have her kill Maria eliminate one of the monsters then kill every single one of you."

"Well, I don't think your plan is going exactly as you had hoped!" Sue goes behind Blakeleigh invisibly slipping the handcuffs off her wrists, my arms were stinging making it obvious that wolfsbane was weakening her to keep her from breaking out of the cuffs. I wipe away the mountain ash and pick up her unconscious body into my arms holding her close. We get her back to the Baxter Building and Reed runs some tests to find out that the arrow Zach had shot her with had a chip that he was able to use to take control over her mind Reed removes the chip and the wound from where the chip had been heals and Blakeleigh wakes up.

"What happened?!" Blakeleigh looks around the room. Zach was in jail and out of contact with Blakeleigh. We could finally be at peace.