Plans and Itineraries

Stepping out of the bedroom fully dressed and with her interdimensional twin guided out with an arm wrapped around her shoulders, Susan kept the woman close as she closed the door behind her. She had managed to find another spare set of clothes for the woman to wear and helped dress her with them, finding that she had improved significantly from the other day mentally, but still showed signs that she was not all there, such as having difficulty with buttoning up her blouse. Still, she was leaps and bounds better than the mindless nude sex **** who craved Reed’s adoration. Perhaps baby steps were in order.

“Now, remember what we talked about?”

“N-no going into master’s room without y-your permission?”

“That’s right! Now, lets see if Reed has breakfast ready. If I’m right he’s already burnt a bowl of cereal for the kids.” Susan snorted in jest, confusing the other woman as she led her out the hallway to join the others in the kitchen.

Passing by Johnny’s door as it opened, the Human Torch yawned and scratched the back of his head when he spotted the two women with half-open eyes pass him by. “Morning sis… Morning sis…”

“Morning Johnny, I think breakfast is up.”

“Is it Reed’s turn again?” He asked with a smirk, already smelling something from the kitchen. “Hope he left it all to HERBIE this time.”

Sharing a knowing look with her brother, Susan led her other self further down the hall where she found her husband fumbling with the oven while the rest of the other Susans watched on, providing encouraging words even while he scrambled to put out a small fire on the skillet. The tentacle haired one looked up to the pair and grinned.

“Hey there, you two, want anything from Reed? He’s trying to make scrambled eggs.”

“Trying is the word.” Giggled the wendigo woman, her nostrils flaring at the smell of eggs burning. Bringing a clawed hand to her fanged lips like a megaphone, the wendigo shouted out for Reed to hear. “Remember to add pepper Reed sweetie!”

Seeing the man nod frantically and stretch out his arm to reach for the spices on the rack, the collection of Susans shared a look and giggled… Except for the model in the group who leaned back and crossed her arms, watching as Mr. Fantastic winced and waved his hand after burning his finger, all while the building’s AI did damage control and salvaged what the man tried to cook. Turning her attention to the woman of the house, the super model leaned forward with a huff and rested her chin in the palm of her hand.

“So… How long have you been married to the king chef over there? He doesn’t seem to be good at frying bacon and even THAT you can’t get wrong.”

Shrugging with a smile after offering the woman in her arms to an empty chair, Susan looked to the other ladies at the table who shared in the hostess’s bemusement. “There are other reasons I married him, he might not look it, but he’s been a real treasure in my life.”

“Good in the sack too…” Murmured the succubus, sipping at a glass of water in her hand and looking away with a grin when Susan turned to the horned woman’s murmur.

“So, what’s their story then? Because they don’t look so happy about him.”

Turning to look over her shoulder at the trio sitting on the couch over at the living room, Susan’s smile fading slightly as she spotted them looking venomously back at Reed try and fail to make breakfast, even with HERBIE’s instructions and help.

“I don’t know… The one in leather I know TOO well…”

“Same here…”

“Ditto…”

Looking across the table to the alien, succubus and wendigo sharing the same cautious look at the woman wearing black and red studded leather, the model blinked back at their reaction and back to Susan who turned back to face her.

“You REALLY want to know sister? if it wasn’t for Reed over there, I’d still be who SHE is now.” The Invisible Woman pointed back at Malice with her thumb over her shoulder.

Slightly taken back, the model leaned over to look over Susan’s shoulder back at Malice, a little surprised to wonder what would cause her or any woman to become so cruel looking in every way and hate the man who winced and cried out burning his fingers making breakfast. This Malice looked like she belonged in some sex dungeon torturing men for their attention and wallets. At least that is what she thought before she was nearly strangled to **** by the woman’s powers the other day. Reading the woman’s glaring eyes and barely restrained sneer behind the leather mask she wore, it made her wonder just what happened to her to become so consumed with hate.

“Hey Suzies.” Greeted Johnny, pulling a chair out to sit next to the super model version of his sister while the others greeted back at the Human Torch. “So, is Ben going to pick up the kids for the game with Jo’venn and N’Kella? They’ve been talking about it for a while.”

“OH! I almost forgot! They should be stopping by soon; I hope the kids are awa…”

“Okay… Meal’s ready!” Called out Reed, stretching out from the kitchen to place plates on the table in front of everyone present, and apologising profusely for the burnt eggs and toast. “Uhm… I hope you like yours well done.”

Pulling the man’s outstretched head close to kiss on the lips, the Invisible Woman ignored the other women cat call at the sight of the pair. Until it was interrupted by a voice from the couch.

“Once the owners of this haberdashery finally reconcile, can we finally get something to eat?”

“Coming.” Reed replied, sharing a smile with his wife and shrugging his shoulders… Which were still in the kitchen. “Duty calls honey.”

“Morning!” chirped Valaria, she and her older brother ran out from the hall to join the women at the table, surprising the woman they hugged at the waist before turning their attention to their uncle sitting across from her.

“Hey kids, are you ready for the game today? I heard Uncle Ben and Aunt Alicia should be here soon.”

Still looking down at the little girl hugging at her waist, the model looked back at the child’s real mother across the table, only to find the woman smiling behind her hand while the others smirked knowingly. Not sure how to react, the woman hesitantly patted the girl on the head while reaching for some of the burnt toast on her plate to eat, all the while the little girl’s mother watched on with amusement until she called her two kids’ attention. Quickly running to the opposite side of the table, Susan laughed when Franklin and Valaria practically collided with their mother in a hug. Still eating her toast, the woman watched as her exact double dotted over the two children, idly bringing her arm over to where Valaria had hugged her mere seconds earlier.

After that, breakfast went on without much more disturbance. Johnny had explained that he had no plans for the day and offered to keep an eye on the three at the couch. An offer quickly refused by the four-armed Susan who closed her eyes and shook her head.

“We’ve got someone already keeping an eye on them”

“Yeah, she’s in Reed’s lab, too bad she’s not much of a talker.”

Apart from that, breakfast continued until Reed gathered the empty plates and had HERBIE begin cleaning. Then everyone’s attention fell to a knock at the door followed by the Thing stepping inside with Alicia and their two kids in tow.

“Hey guys, we’re here.”

“GRIMM!” Cheered the rest of the Richards family and their guests, who quickly left the table to surround the two children standing behind the stony man’s leg with shy curiosity to the sight of so many versions of Susan Storm surrounding them and gushing over the sight of the two, wringing their hands together and dancing on their toes.

“Oh my GAWD they’re adorable!”

“A Kree AND a Skrull? I absolutely NEED to hear how THIS came about!”

“ALICIA, my goodness you look lovely.”

A little overwhelmed by the number of Susan Storms surrounding her, Alicia was almost taken back when a pair of strong, clawed hands gently cupped her own, then replaced with a smaller pair that felt smooth to the touch along with a quartet that gently shook her arm amicably.

“Uhm… Susan?”

“Susans, plural, it’s a bit of a long story Alicia.” Explained the Invisible Woman behind her guests crowding the married couple. “So kids, are you ready to go see the Brooklyn Dodgers play?”

Pff… Dodgers, what kind of a warrior’s name is that?” Scoffed the little green skinned girl with her arms crossed.

“Deh… You’ll get it soon kiddo, we’ll let you know when the game’s over Suzie, take care of yer guests.” Leaning forward so only the Invisible Woman could hear, Ben whispered into her ear and pointed back at Malice with his thumb. “And keep an eye on that big ol bag o bitch while we’z gone.”

“Don’t need to warn me Ben, just have fun.”

Waving off the couple and the kids as they went out for the day, Susan turned back to Reed who had wiped his hands clean and joined everyone else in the living room.

“Well, breakfast is done with… Let’s see what I can do to get all of you back home.”

Making his way back to the lab, everyone followed with him down the hall, even the trio at the couch who traded looks and nodded in a shared agreement, waiting for their time to act when it was right to do so.