The Sunshine Crew turns fantastic

The Sunshine Crew Turns Fantastic

When Capa entered the lab, the first thing to hit him was both of Sue and Reed’s thoughts and of emotions. Sue was uncomfortable, while Reed was fascinated. He heard Sue thinking, ‘Oh my god, what exactly has he heard since we picked him up at the airport?’
Reed was thinking, ‘Amazing. I wonder if he can hear what I am thinking. Sue looks worried, you don’t need to be able to hear others thoughts and sense their feelings to know what she’s thinking’

Capa spoke up aloud, startling the other two, and replied, “No Reed, you most certainly do not need to have such powers to know what Sue is currently thinking. It is written all over her face, in fact.” Sue flushed brightly, when Capa raised an eyebrow in her direction.
Capa cleared his throat and told them, “I don’t make a habit of going around violating others trust and privacy thank you very much. Although I am still learning to switch it on and off properly.”

He smirked, as he commented slyly, his eyes dancing wickedly, “Although, I do enjoy pushing Mace’s buttons. I cannot deny it. It is rather quite entertaining to watch him blow up in a rage, when he knows I have heard certain things he rather I had not. Same goes for his emotions.”

Sue snorted at hearing this. Yes, Cassie and Trey were right. Capa and Mace had it so badly for each other. Capa frowned at her and said, “I’m going to pretend I didn’t just hear that. I’m going to pretend you’ve not turned traitorous after only having known me five hours.”

Sue laughed, as Reed looked at her in bemusement. Capa explained, “It would seem Cassie and Trey have converted another believer of mine and Mace’s none existent relationship. They’re really getting good at converting others to their cause after only five hours.”

Reed could not help but chuckle at Capa’s current situation. He had to admit that he too was starting to believe there was something between Capa and Mace. He could see both either did not see it, or were refusing to see it.

Capa looked at Reed in disgust. He commented blandly, “I don’t need to read your thoughts to know you agree with Sue and the others. God I hope Ben doesn’t believe it, Johnny already told me, and that Mace and I need to get it on.”

He scowled before scrubbing a hand though his hair and said, “Don’t you have some tests you want to conduct on me?” Reed cleared his throat and replied, “I do indeed. It should be interesting to see what that cloud did to you.”

Capa nodded and chuckled lightly when he heard Sue thoughts, ‘Oh wow, his eyes are the most incredibly beautiful and intense shade of blue I have ever seen. No wonder Mace is interested in him, he is very beautiful. Still, he is not my Reed. Oh I wish Reed would get his head out of his arse and see that I’m still interested in him’

Capa spoke up inside of her head, startling her. ‘Tell him how you’re feeling if he is far too dense to notice for himself. Maybe all he needs is a push in the right direction, but don’t push too hard, the result could end up disastrous and having the opposite effect to want you wanted’

Sue nodded at him before saying, “Well apparently one of your powers is telepathy. What else do you have?” Capa walked up to her and asked, “Do I have permission to demonstrate another aspect of my telepathy. It would mean having to physically touch you?”

Sue nodded and replied, “Of course.” Capa nodded back, before he gently placed his fingertips onto her temples. He told her what he had told Rosenberg. “I want you to imagine a closed door in front of you. Construct them against what you don’t want me to see, as each others thoughts can accidentally leak though to the other.”

Sue nodded and braced herself for what was to come. She gasped at what Capa was showing her. She spoke aloud, “Oh my god, its beautiful, is that the sun up close, and was is that stunning blue glow?”

Capa smiled gently, as he replied, “That was what I saw when I released the bomb I created into the sun. The blue glow was the after effects of the bomb being let loose, and heading straight for the heart of sun. I was right in the direct path of the sun. Here I’ll show you what happened next.”

He did just that. Sue gasped and said, “Reed it’s the same cloud that changed, me, you, Johnny and Ben.” Reed replied, as Capa lowered his hands from Sue’s temples, and then took a couple of steps back. “Yes. I realise that. The fact they now have powers like me, you, Johnny and Ben, easily confirms that.”

Reed asked, “What else did the cloud do to you?” Capa replied, “A lot of things in fact. I got the main and bigger blast, as I was directly in the path of the storm when it hit.” He added, “I’ve been affected mentally and emotionally, while the others have been affected on different physical levels.”

Capa nodded to Sue and said, “You’re still marvelling over what I just shown you. Awe is coming off you in waves. It is one of the emotions that I don’t feel so overwhelmed by.” Sue nodded and smiled slightly, as she said, “You’re empathic, aren’t you?” Capa nodded.
Reed counted off his fingers, “You’re telepathic and Empathic. What else?” Capa lifted his hand and slowly and carefully levitated the beaker full of the blue acid off the table, allowing it to float in midair, before it landed smoothly in his hand.

Reed said, “Be careful with that, it is a form of acid that can be lethal.” Capa nodded, as he brought the beaker up to his nose, sniffing lightly. He nodded and replied, “I know exactly what this is. It’s one main purpose is to make metal and steel erode.”

Sue counted off her fingers and said, “So that’s telepathy, empathy, and telekinesis. What else?” Capa slowly levitated the beaker back onto the table without spilling a drop. He then said, “If my emotions get away from me, I can cause glass and other objects to explode or catch fire. I can even cause the structure of steel table top to collapse in on its self as if something heavy struck it.”

He went on, “When I woke up in quarantine, I wasn’t in the best of places emotionally. I caused the windows in my room to shatter. I also caused a steel table to cave in on it self. All the medical equipment caught fire or exploded and flung across the other side of the room. The screws in the door unscrewed themselves, before the door end up thrown through the window. I also accidentally threw a female nurse across the room, knocking her out.”

Reed had a look of awe on his face, while Sue choked out in disbelief. “And you did all of this with your mind?” Capa nodded, flushing slightly in remembrance of what he had unintentionally caused when he had woken whilst in quarantine.

Capa went on, “I also discovered I can see things that have happen to me and the other four members of my group, I have no idea why. I can also see and remember the most simple and mundane of things. I always had a photogenic memory, but now it’s beyond even that.”

He added, “My brain power and knowledge has increased to inhuman proportions. I found out at the age of four that I was a child genius. Before we left on the mission to save the sun, the others and I had to sit and take an IQ tests. I received a score of 190.”
He concluded, “When I returned from space and had woken in Quarantine, I was asked to sit another IQ test. My IQ this time around was much altered, was in fact revealed that I have an IQ of 340.”

Reed spluttered, “You have an IQ of 340?” He choked, “Jesus H Christ.” Sue asked, “Capa, what is 120000 add 250000, divided by 20000, times by 190000, take away 123000?”

Capa smirked and replied, “Mace did this, but he didn’t think to use such large numbers, or in such a complex order.” Reed asked, “But you can answer through?” Capa nodded and after twenty seconds replied, “The answer is 1254500.”

Sue choked, while Reed leaped out of his chair, and then quickly made his way over to the large chalkboard. He picked up a piece of chalk and starts rapidly writing down different numbers and long complicated equations. Less than ten minutes later, he dropped the chalk and breathed out in awe, “My god, he’s right, he’s absolutely right.”

Capa nodded and said, “That is how I ended up with the name Brainiac, courtesy of one Stephen Mace.” He shrugged and added, “It was very convenient, especially when it come to holding my own against all of those scientists I dealt with when I had to visit a science committee before I came here. I was up against rocket scientist, men and women who had been scientist longer then I’ve breathed air.”

He shrugged and said, “Anyway, that’s all of my powers. Except I feel more confidant and more comfortable in my own skin then I ever have before. I feel content both emotionally and physically. And of course I now have a much shorter leash on my temper then I had before the storm cloud.”

Sue nodded and said, “Well that’s you done. Could you tell Johnny to come in next?” Reed added ,“Oh and could you tell him we’ve got a few four inch thick icicles for him to play with, courtesy of one Stephen Mace?”

Capa frowned and asked, “What did Mace do?” Sue and Reed led him over to the metal tank from earlier on. Sue opened the door and allowed Capa to observe what Mace had done in there. Capa’s eyes widened, as he took a step back, as a brief, puff of mist escaped his mouth. He shivered.

Capa nodded and said, “Yeah, I can definitely see why Johnny might have fun melting all of that.” He pointed to the inside of the tank. He nodded once more. Sue and Reed then led him from the tank.