Ice Queen || Johnny Storm

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" Can't do it. I cannot do it. And I don't think Nat can either" Ben said.

"External SRBs, orbital system engines. It's just like the shuttles you flew in --"

"No. I cannot take orders from that underwear model. That idiot washed out of NASA for sneaking two Victoria Secret wannabes into a flight simulator." Ben interrupted.

"Youthful high spirits." Reed said looking into the binoculars at Johnny Storm kissing a girl on a motorcycle.

"He broke Nat's heart."

"I know" Reed simply replied.

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In the locker room where Natalie, Ben and Reed were packing stuff into a locker of their own.

"Captain on the bridge!" Johnny Storm came in. Ben stood up straight in attention as a camera flashes.

"Digital camera: $254. Memory stick: $59. The look on your hard-ass former CO's face when he finds out he's your junior officer: priceless." Johnny said. Ben reaches up to him as if to grab him, but at the last moment grips Johnny's zipper and zips him up.

"Well, well who is this hot woman?" Johnny said noticing Natalie.

"You don't remember me? Let me refresh your memory. I'm the girl whose heart you broke a long time ago." Natalie said with a cold voice.

"Nat? Jesus you look good. Dang I didn't recognize you with your hair so long."

"Clearly." Natalie replied "and you obviously didn't change a bit."

Ben detecting a cold tinge in the air from Nat, changes the topic to the uniform." Who the hell created these uniforms?"

"Victor did" Susan said entering, wearing a blue uniform and carrying flight suits of the same.

"The synthetics act as a second skin, adapting to your individual needs to"

Johnny interrupts "Keep the hot stuff hot and the cool stuff cool."

"Wow. Fantastic. Material made from self-regulating unstable molecules. I've been working on a formula for this." Reed said not noticing Susan's angry face at not being noticed.

"Great minds think alike." Susan said

"Guess some think faster than others" Victor said coming in.

A man follows Victor in and says "They are ready for you."

Victor smiles "Showtime."

Deep in space in the space ship, a group of 5 people walks towards the command centre.

"If you behave, maybe next time daddy will let you drive." Johnny said

"Keep talking, there won't be a next time." Ben said.

"If you don't shut it, I'll be the one to guarantee that there won't be a next time. Got it?" Nat said walking ahead of Ben and Johnny who has a small hint of a hurt look. Reed stayed behind to look out the window and seeing the earth.

"Long way from the projection booth at the Hayden Planetarium, isn't it?" Sue asked "Yes. Yes it is." Reed replied, with a look of awe on his face.