The human torch's flame

Chapter 3

The most striking thing about the building would be its size. The buildings chic design and perfect shape was as though Victor was trying to print his name all over the walls. You swallowed back something sour. 

Something about Victor seemed wrong. The fact that he was willing to hire you, was wrong. I mean, you'd ended up doing bombs for a reason and not a friendly one. His morals were wrong and everything. Or maybe it was the fact that he seemed to be Mr. Perfect.

Mr. Perfect who would give a second chance to a bomb maker and pay her in full trusting her with a larger sum of money than certain people could only dream of. Mr Perfect with his perfectly chiselled face and silky hair.

Well, Forgive yourself if that sounds 'awful' but the thought of Mr. Perfect being Mr. All-mighty-saviour didn't sit well with you.

Noises erupted from the corridor and soon your colleagues; Benjamin, Susan, Reed and Victor stepped out and were talking in loud voices as though they thought if they talked loud enough the moon would hear.

"not liking this. A new pilot? What happened to the other one. The one Johnny got a long with so well." Susan said, clinging to Victor's shoulder witch could visibly make Reed cringe his teeth.

"I think they got to know each other a little too well. Besides this girl is worth seven times the material the other had." Victor muttered in a low voice.

Reed saw me and took this as a chance to escape the love birds from cuddling in front of each other. He took a few steps towards you and Ben followed him. You didn't move. They soon were by your side. They, on the other hand were not wearing the skin-tight suit witch made you self conscious. You sipped your sipper so only you neck could be seen, not revealing too much 'skin'. Though in a skin tight body suit there was little way to avoid showing skin or curves. 

"(y/n) I presume." You nodded. He extended his hand in greeting but after the 'Johnny' incident you were reluctant to shake it.

"I'm not going to bite." Reed joked. You looked at his hand again then in his eyes. You quickly shook his hand and shook Ben's.

"It's not that..." I was about to finish my sentence when Ben interrupted.

"She met Johnny."

They obviously knew each other well. And by the way Ben was biting his inner cheek they didn't get along so well. In other words: you already liked him. Reed laughed as you just smiled weakly.

"I have." You said

Ben patted you on the back and said: "Don't worry. We've all been through it." 

You grinned. Apparently, Victor and Susan had finished their little romance and walked towards you. You shook Susan's hand lightly and gave Victor a nod. The door from behind you burst open and out walked Johnny.

He grinned as he saw Ben who seemed to immediately regret agreeing to the mission. 

"When are we leaving?" You asked eager to move from wherever Johnny Storm would be.

"We should actually start walking." Susan said, a cheerful smile across her face witch seemed fake but you didn't think it would be appropriate to point it out. "You guys get dressed. I'll show (y/n) around." Susan gave all the men their suits and walked towards the end of the room. You followed her.

"Hey, Don't I get a kiss? (y/n)?" Johnny called. You simply ignored him and walked towards an even larger room.

The room's was big enough to get lost in and admire the architecture for hours. Unfortunately, you had to follow Mrs. Storm who was already walking up some wicked looking stairs.

You rested one hand on the ramp and the other on the wall. The metal stairs to creak under your weight. Apparently Van Doom like style more than security but you could have guess that when he took the risk to hire you.

When you finally stopped walking, you were inside the shuttle. The walls were thick and covered in different alloys but it didn't seem nearly thick enough to be able to resist a trip in space. But then you'd never been in space.

Your hand rested on the cold wall of the spaceship, tracing its way across the bumpy surfaces of the ship's crust. Then you could see the front of the ship. Two seats were next to each other a thin window allowed a limited view of what was outside. Buttons, levers, and lights filled the remaining space.

Susan saw your eyes examine the machinery. She grinned, patted you on the back and moved further into the space shift. You sat in the (right/left) seat. You resisted the urge to flick the switches that would lead you into space. Even out of practice, you could easy drift this shuttle into space.

A hand went on your seat. "Cool, aye?"

You rolled your eyes and said: "I'd say it's temperature is around 61'F."

Johnny sat on the seat next to you and flicked the air conditioning. You flicked back off and observed the windows. In what will be a few hours you would be in Space. 

"So.... You ready to fly with the great Johnny Storm?"

"I'm reading to stop Johnny Storm from making a mess. That's what I'll be doing."

He grinned, obviously un-fazed by the insult. "You have attitude. I like you."

"Well I am still debating on weather or not I will go to prison for pushing someone of a shuttle." You say, joking of course. Johnny laughed. He would not take anything seriously and probably hadn't read your file.

"I think you just become my favourite person on board."

"That's easy. You and Ben are definitely not your favourite person on board. And Victor although, he's your step-brother his alter ego is unreal. Reed is Sue's ex. Sue hasn't and will not sleep with you.  But I am actually surprised that you didn't say you were your favourite person on board."

"Nah. I'm not that narcissistic."

You laughed. "Yeah right."

You stood up and started to walk towards the bunker. Johnny stood up and walked next to you. He did not have any sense of personal space as he wrapped his arm around your shoulder.

You grabbed his hand and slid it off your shoulder. You gave him a Seriously? look. He just shrugged and continued to walk with you to your bunker/bed.

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-Claire