The human torch's flame

Chapter 9

You were both on the Helicopter and the turbines were making it nearly impossible for you to hear anything. God knows how Johnny got the ride.

"Jump on 3." He yelled.

You rolled your eyes and jumped of before he could start counting. Immediately Johnny appeared next to you. He said: "Not bad." The mountain was covered in a thick layer of snow. Fir trees were in no way scares and their green needles were something to boast about.

"It's beautiful."You answered under your breath.

"I was talking about the other view." He said, as his eyes were plastered on you.

"Stop staring, you are going to have an accident."

"Do I get a kiss if I get hurt?"

You laughed. There was no doubt that Johnny did had a certain charm. You smiled and you could see Johnny grinning. He started getting closer and closer to where you were snowboarding. You were about to slid away when he put a had on your waist and kissed your check.

You blushed ferociously.

You were laughing together, witch just seemed weird. Then out of the corner of your eye, you saw flames lick their way across Johnny's suit. At first you thought, 'did NOT get enough sleep today' but as you blinked a few more times, you realized that the flames were real.

"Johnny stop. You're on fire." You yelled but he seemed to have heard only the last part as he answered:

"Thanks, not too bad yourself."

In any normal situation, you would have rolled your eyes and maybe punched him in the chest. But because his chest was wrinkled with miniature flames that were slowly becoming a bomb fire. You decide you like your fist better un-scorched and yelled:

"No. You're on fire. Combustion. Hydrogen and fire = boom. Flames, fire, feu, fuego,  brand."

You finally made your point across as you started slowing down but the slopes angle did not help you to stop. Johnny looked down at his clothes and then wide-eyed started trying to pat the flames out. You rolled your eyes and yelled.

"Roll in the snow. The snow equal water."

He took your point a little to seriously, and jumped off. For a second, you thought he was flying but that was probably just a hallucination. What wasn't a hallucination was the fact that his body looked as though it was made of flames. Your snowboard halted. Johnny's burning form traced it's way through the air and took off.

"JOHNNY!" You yelled. There was a loud crashing sound. You immediately dropped your snowboard and any equipment and ran to the crash site.

There he was. Perfectly at ease but a little surprised. All his clothes had evaporated and he was left in a pool of melted ice. Fortunately, the water was opaque and nothing was visible through the water (not that you were looking, *wink*)

"Are you alright? You don't have any burns. How are you feeling?"

He smirked and said: "Fine." There was a short pause in witch you regained your normal heartbeat. "Care to join?"

You laughed and answered: "I wonder how it happened. You can't just spontaneously combust without any burns. That's impossible."

"Come on." Johnny said as he raised his arms in the air. You gave him a confused look and he explained: "A hot naked man in a sauna surrounded by ice in the middle of nowhere and you want to talk about science."

" Well, I am not getting in there. Ever heard of hypothermia. You are basically asking me if I want to have it. My answer is the same as any sain person; NO."

"Did you not hear the hot naked guy part?" He asked, raising an eyebrow and now splashing water everywhere.

"And who knows if what you have is an infectious disease. I don't want it. So now the question is: How will we get back to the hospital without you flashing people and causing car accidents? And why this happened? Also is it related to the cosmic storm?"

"You know technically that's three questions."

You rolled your eyes and took of your jacket. Letting the cold wind bite through your clothes. You shivered and thought for a moment. You then handed Johnny the coat and turned around.

A voice from behind you, that could only be Johnny's, spoke: "what am I supposed to do with this?"

"Cover yourself, genius. I don't want to get flashed." You said, miserably failing at trying to warm your cold chest by rubbing your hands along your arms.

A few seconds latter, you heard water drip and cloth material being scrunched. You waited for Johnny to pronounce his actions as done but no word. Then you realized that it might not be the best idea to urn your back on the world's most notorious prankster.

"Boo." Johnny said from behind you. You jumped a little. Or so you thought.... When you looked around you saw Johnny fifteen meters away. You gave him a confused look, one that he reciprocated.

"You went zap ." He said, forcing to form a coherent sentence that wasn't really so coherent once you thought about it. Your eyes trailed down to see the pink Jumper you had previously given to him. It wrapped around his waist and was help by a single hand.

Given you a clear view of chest and up. To say that he was well built would be an understatement. His stomach looked as though he had carved abs out of it. You came to the conclusion that his clearly defined muscles were more 'agreeable' to see bare.

You quickly averted your gaze to Johnny's face. Who was that of delight, astonishment and amusement. The grin on Johnny 's face grew wider and he said:

"I think you just teleported." He finally said.

"That's...."

"Awesome?" Johnny offered.

"Almost scientifically to transport me without the stand-still of my molecules."

"Seriously?" You bit your lip and gave him a smile.

"Come on, let's get you dressed before you catch hypothermia. And I can run some blood tests."

"Want to get me dressed so soon? But nothing's happened yet."

"And nothing will." You snapped back at him.

"Yes, ma'am." Said Johnny in a mocking tone as he followed you down the mountain.