The Sunshine Crew turns fantastic

The Sunshine Crew turns fantastic


Johnny Storm whined to his older sister Sue Storm. “Ah damn sis, why the hell do we have to go and meet them at the airport, and Pebbles gets to stay behind. Why can’t just you and Reed go, as it was Reed who spoke to that Capa guy over the phone?”

Sue sighed in annoyance, as her younger brother had been moaning for the last half an hour, none stop. She replied “Because Ben can’t go out in public at the moment, as he’s still getting used to his new form, and doesn’t need the press on his case.”

She added, shooting her brother a look of exasperated affection, as she told him. “As for you, we aren’t leaving you behind, well, we’d like the Baxter building to stay in one piece and not have burned to the ground by the time we’ve returned with the guests.”

Johnny shot his sister a very black look and commented sarcastically “So it’s alright to leave Pebbles behind, who has the ability to crash through walls with that body mass of his?” Sue growled “A wall can easily be replaced in no time at all, the whole building can’t.”

She added reasonably “Besides, Reed hasn’t finished conducting tests on all of us, plus he’ll need to conduct similar tests on the other five when they finally arrive.” She smiled “And of course there should be something about one of the members of the new group that you are sure to be interested in.”

Johnny eyed her suspiciously and asked “Why do I get the impression that I’m not gonna like this, sis?” Sue’s smile made her brother even more paranoid and sure that he was in for a disaster, that he for once wouldn’t be responsible for.

As soon as they arrived at the airport, Reed held a sign in front of him with the name Robert Capa on it, while Sue and Johnny stood on either side of him waiting. They did not have long to wait. The whole group spotted the sign Reed was holding out in front of him. Capa nodded briefly to Reed, and led the rest of the group over to Johnny, Reed and Sue.

As soon as Mace laid his eyes upon Johnny, he visibly paled. Mace grabbed Capa by the arm and hissed, as he pointed directly at Johnny, who had gone very wide eyed and slack jawed. “Please tell me you didn’t already know about that.”

Capa smirked and replied “I can’t do that, Mace.” Capa’s smirk was more then enough to set Mace off. He growled “You fucking knew already, didn’t you? Way to fucking go Brainiac. A little warning wouldn’t have gone a miss, thank you very much. What, do you enjoy leaving me out of the loop here?”

Capa’s smirk widened as he replied “Ah Mace, careful, you might just hurt my feelings with such accusations against my character. Besides, we need to keep you on your toes, as it wouldn’t do to have the inhumanly strong Popsicle slacking off now, would it?”

Corazon sighed clearly exasperated, as she commented “I knew that supposed truce between the two of you on the plane was far too good to be true.” She shook her head and rolled her eyes.

Trey smirked and added “I don’t care what you two say, I still stand firmly by what I said earlier on. I highly recommend you two get to it. Life would be less tense and a sight quieter for the rest of the team if you did.”

Mace glowered fiercely at Trey, while Capa snorted in disgust. At the sound of his snort, Mace turned his glowering gaze upon Capa. Mace sneered and said “I’d rather screw frosty the snow man, then Capa.”

Capa snorted and replied around a sneer “Yeah, I’d just bet you would, after all you and good ole frosty are practically ancestors. The two of you could have contest, to see who could piss up the most ice in the shortest time.” Mace growled and advanced on the other man.

Cassie moaned and pushed herself in between both men, before they could get physical. She hissed “Knock it off, both of you.” She then turned to face Johnny, Reed and sue, and smiled apologetically at them.

She smiled sheepishly and said “Sorry about these two, don’t mind them. They’re just in situation of serious denial and unresolved sexual tension and lust. Unfortunately they are both far too bull headed and blind to see it. As the saying goes, Denial isn’t just a river in Egypt. Don’t worry, you’ll all get used to them.”

Mace looked murderous, while Capa hissed “There isn’t any sexual tension between Frosty the snowman lover and I. you and Trey are imagining it. Drop it, I’m never gonna take Mace to my bed, and that’s final.” He added around a sigh “Can we please leave here; I don’t need the whole blasted airport knowing my business.”

Johnny had gotten over the shock of seeing how much Mace resembled him, and was greatly amused. He agreed those two definitely had it bad for each other, no doubt. He also eyed Cassie appreciatively and smiled flirtatiously and held out his hand for her to shake “Hi, I’m Johnny Storm. Need some help there?” he asked gesturing towards her two suit cases.

Cassie shook his hand and narrowed her eyes at him, instantly catching onto the fact he was flirting with her. She mentally moaned ‘Oh god no, he’s flirting with me. I can’t deal with this right now, he looks exactly like Mace, literately, and they could be twins for Christ sake. Ok, now I’m disturbed. But hell he’s gorgeous. How the hell can I be attracted to him, but not to Mace, they look exactly the same?’

She cringed when she heard a very distinctive snort inside of her head. She was caught, and by her old crush of all people. She flushed when Capa commented lightly ‘Nice to know that you’re finally over that crush of yours on me. And as for being attracted to Storm and not Mace, well, that’s simple; storm appears be a harmless flirt, while Mace is a tosser. It’s not Mace’s looks that are off putting, it’s his personality, as far as I’m concerned’

Reed was shocked at the sight of Mace. He was like a mirror image of Johnny, it was astounding. He wondered if two guys who looked the same would clash, he hoped not, Johnny’s antics were more then enough for Reed. Also he agreed there were definitely unresolved feelings between those two men, whether it is sexual or not. He just hoped they wouldn’t let it affect their work.

Sue held her hand out to Corazon and shook the hand offered in return and said “Pleased to meet you, I am Sue storm.” She gestured to Reed “This is Reed Richards; he will be the one conducting the tests on all of us.” She concluded finally gesturing to Johnny “And this flirt is my younger brother Johnny Storm.”

Corazon nodded and replied “I’m Corazon; it is a pleasure to meet you all.” She added, gesturing to Trey. “This is Trey; he was one of our physicists.” Trey smiled slightly and nodded.

Corazon added gesturing to Cassie “This is Cassie, she was our ships pilot.” She nodded to Mace and said “This is Stephen Mace, who was our ships engineer.” Mace nodded, whilst smirking in Johnny’s direction, as the other man was eyeing him very intently.

Corazon finally said, gesturing to Capa “And this Robert Capa.” Capa nodded in reply. Reed looked delighted as he asked “Did you really design and create the bomb that reignited the sun? I’m looking forward to working with such a great mind.”

Capa flushed slightly and replied “Yes, I did design and create the bomb used to reignite the sun.” He added “But I would have never gotten as far as I did, had not been for the help of my team. Without their talent for their professions, which they did every single day for over three years, then I would have never succeeded, and let the paid load free into the sun. So they are just as much responsible as me, and deserve credit where it is more then due.”

Mace let Capa hear his thoughts, smirking at Capa as he did ‘At least you didn’t take all the credit for yourself’ Capa shot Mace a very dark look, making Mace’s smirk widen. Everyone noticed this.

Capa thought back ‘Get the hell off my back, damn it. I gave credit where it was due. I’m not arrogant to think it was I alone who prevented the sun from dying out. It is obviously more then a one person job’ He added irritably ‘We’d have had no oxygen had not been for Corazon and her plants’ he paused and went on, becoming angrier by the second.

‘We wouldn’t have had reliable calculations without the effort of Trey. Nor would the ship drove its self to the sun, without Cassie’s piloting skills’ He finally added ‘ The ship would have never run properly without it’s engineer, you. And without the other team members, there would have been no captain nor any form of councillor or Doctor’

Mace couldn’t answer him back, knowing the other man was right about everything he had just said, and had obviously meant it too. Mace sighed out loud and said “Let’s get out of here, I have headache and jet lag is a bitch.”

The others nodded and were led out of the airport, to Reed and Johnny’s cars. Reed and Sue took Corazon and Trey along with Cassie, while Johnny gave Capa and Mace a lift in his car.