Reckless(Spidy)

[The Joker]

Johnny Storm, AKA Human Torch. He belongs to the Fantastic Four, only they got knocked down a number, and their not so Fantastic anymore. Reed Richards, also known as Mr. Fantastic, and a husband to Johnny's sister, Susan, is dead, and its tearing him apart. Reed was a good man, the leader of the team, and probably the smartest man on Earth, Johnny never cared to check if that was true or not.

He and Reed were pals, not the best, but they got along pretty well. What tears him up is what his sister has to suffer, the loss of the love of her life, and ontop of that he feels guilty for being the one who didn't really lose that much. Ben and Susan, they knew Reed the best, Johnny lost a friend, but Ben and Susan lost someone they could never replace.

He leaned back in the smooth leather of his car, an expensive one, and fast too. He didn't even think twice about shifting it into a higher gear, the road was empty, and the alcohol he had downed removed any problems he had with going this fast in city limits. For a second his vision blurred, he didn't think anything of it, a side effect, but when it cleared up, there was a kid in the middle of the street, and Johnny had about two seconds to react before he ruined several lives.

He veered to the side, causing his car to flip over, fortunitatly, the kid was completely unscathed, although perhaps a little tramutized. The amount of adrenaline running through his body kicked out the effects of the alcohol, and Johnny's senses returned, not that it did him much good. The car hit its side and fell back onto its wheels, metallic piecies all around. He opend the door and walked out of the car, his head had been hit during the whole thing, he might even have a cuncussion, but he knew he couldn't stay here, he couldn't explain it all.

He powered up and flew off, not really caring if people saw him leave, he didn't care about his life that much anymore, he had spent the whole thing being selfish, even when his buddies and team mates were feeling the worst they had ever felt. He landed on a roof top and banged his head againts the wall, but he was still weak from the car crash, and banging his head on the wall did nothing for him, except knock him out.

He lay there on the roof top, stone cold, but a little poking or prodding would probably wake him up.

[Spiderman]

A cold night. Pete may of expected it to rain, or snow. Heck he liked snow, always reminded him of...snow? Shrugging he shirked himself on forward. He looked up towards the buildings, Why the hell was he walking like this when he could be webslinging?

Pete half considered it, He was about to pull of his clothes (he was wearing the usual black suit underneath) when he came across a kid crying. Half way across the road. Running up to the kid he crouched down. "Hey kid, what are you doing in the middle of the road?" The kid cried some more, and let out some intangible words. as it pointed to a fast red car that was swerved off the side of the road. Pete grabbed the kid and picked him up. Pulling him away from the side of the road. Squatting down again. He looked to the kid in all seriousness "Hey kid, don't Go standing in the middle of the road ok? did you see who did this?" The kid nodded and then made a hand movements of somebody flying "Oook?" Said Pete, obviously this kid wasn't giving out much more info.

Pete Walked over to the car and looked at it, it was a damn nice car! when he spied a vital clue. the numberplate read "Mr Flame" Pete Clenched his fists he knew exactly who it was "Johnny storm!" He said into the nothingness. Quickly calling an anoymus tip into the cops of the wherabouts of the kid Pete ran off so he could get changed.

There were two options really, either he was really close. or really far away, the kid could of course; fly. Pete was betting on the former. Jumping up to the top of one of the roofs he looked around when his foot his a lump of something, Staring down he noticed it was actually Johhny. Shaking him with his foot he looked down "Johhny, Johnny storm! wake the heck up!"

[The Joker]

Johnny groaned at the nagging voice of someone looking down on him. He waved his arm at the man, as if it would make him go away, but unfortunately it didn't seem to have any effect. He sat up and rubbed his head, it felt like he'd been hit by a truck, and he regrettably remembered what had just happend, not one of his finer moments.

He stood up weakly, even super heroes had their limits when it came to car crashes, unless you were Wolverine, Johnny would kill to have his healing factor right about now. His eyes focused on the black shape infront of him, and he recognized it as Spiderman.
[red]"Got some new threads I see."[/red]

He shook his head a little and ran his hand through his hair, he was a mess, inside and out, he really needed to clean up his act before he actually does hit a kid. [red]"I came real close Spidy, almost hit that kid, didn't even know what the heck I was doing. Everythings been so wrong since... Since Reed died..."[/red] He sighed and leaned againts the wall. [red]"Guess the Fantastic Four's gone."[/red]

[Spiderman]

"Got some new threads I see."

Pete stared down at Johnny thoroughly disappointed. He kicked him again for good measure. "Yeah, i went to war." He said a bit blatantly then he probably would of liked.

"I came real close Spidey, almost hit that kid, didn't even know what the heck I was doing. Everythings been so wrong since... Since Reed died..." He sighed and leaned against the wall. "Guess the Fantastic Four's gone."

Pete wheeled around Johnny as he observed him, he could smell alcohol on his breath, he had stubble from not shaving, he could barely stand. The guy was a total wreck. It was like Johnny Storm was personifying What Pete hid deep inside him, all that pain, all that anger, all that hopelessness. "Johnny Storm" He said in a showy voice "of the world famous fantastic four, reduced to a drunken wreck" Pete stood here "There was a war johnny everybody lost somebody, I lost Mary Jane for god sakes!" Pete breathed out some air "We all lost people Johnny, its how we move on, how we cope, how we atone." He said as he pointed between the two "Thats what makes us heroes"

[The Joker]

Johnny didn't complain when Spidey kicked him again, he deserved alot worse then that. He rubbed his face, pulling on the stub on his chin, he had even neglected to groom himself, now that was sick. He sighed a little, just before Spiderman got all speechy, but in a way, what he said helped him. He looked down at his feet, ashamed. He had acted selfish all over again, like he was the only one this war had affected, but he was wrong, so very wrong.

[red]"Spidey..."[/red] He didn't really know what to say in reply to Spidey's words, they had hit him deep. He knew that Spiderman was feeling what he was feeling, even worse, he had lost a person that he was in love with, not just a friend, but Johnny didn't see Spiderman almost running kids over. He took a deep breath, he didn't feel much better, still horrible on the inside, but he wasn't going to show it, that wasn't fair to all the others who had suffered so much more.

[red]"They should have made you a team leader, cause you know how to give one hell've speech."[/red] He stood up a little straighter, he felt groggy and tired, but he didn't want to sleep for some reason.

[Spiderman]

Pete watched as Johnny was stumbling around. He seemed to take a while to try and reflect something in his own head? Hey maybe he was actually getting to him, No, that wouldn't happen. Nobody ever listened to him.

"They should have made you a team leader, cause you know how to give one hell've speech.

Pete smiled and rubbed the back of his head sheepishly. "me, head of team, Your forgetting something Mr. Wold famous Johnny Storm, People like you" Pete sighed and leaned against something
"Guess that would of made this a little harder for you, this would be a real reality shock for you" Pete sighed his head "i suppose for me, lifes pretty much always been like this"

[The Joker]

Johnny sighed inwardly again, he didn't know what to do with his life anymore, he had lost direction. Reed always knew what to do, he was the leader, he called the shots, even if Johnny got a little hot-headed, Reed was always there to guide him, and the entire group. There just couldn't be a Fantastic Four without a Mr. Fantastic... No one could ever replace Reed.

[red]"Even if we do get over Reed's death, thats it for the Fantastic Four, theres no way it can surrvive without him around, just no way."[/red] He hated his realist moments, but they were important in a way. There wasn't even a glimmer of hope that his team could ever be restored to anything near its former glory, it was impossible. Johnny knew he would keep saving lives, he had to, but he wouldn't be doing it alongside his friends and Susan, not anymore.

[red]"Think I can pull off solo heroing?"[/red]

[Spiderman]

"Even if we do get over Reed's death, thats it for the Fantastic Four, theres no way it can survive without him around, just no way."

Peter looked to his hands for a while, Pausing before looking up to him "Johnny" He said silently "I've only ever been part of a team once in my entire life" He began to pace a little "I've been Spiderman Since i was fifteen, i have been physically hated, brutalized, i've had every foressable reason not to be who i am thrown at me" he paused a little and looked at Johnny
"until now, until this moment, you have always pretty much been forced to be part of the fantastic four" He leaned against one of the poles and stared into Johnny "I was never forced to be Spiderman, i made a choice. Now you need to make a choice"

Pete stared to the ground as he remembered all the reasons why he was Spiderman, funny isn't it, that they were so few. "What do you think Reed richards would want out of you, to drink and run over a bunch of kids, or to find a way to make his name, his legacy mean something johnny?"

[The Joker]

Johnny frowned and looked down as Spidey got back into his speech, it hit him right deep down, the words that he said echoing through his mind. Johnny had been a part of the F4 because everyone else was there, he supposed he had never really made the choice, although he had quit and come back, he never really left, he'd always been a part of that team, now that wasn't an option.

The last words especially got him. He knew Spiderman had to be harsh, he had to get his point across, and he was thankful in a way that he did it like this, it was putting sense into his head, and giving him the choice to use it. He looked up at Spidey, he almost felt like crying a little, but he was tougher then that, at least he thought he was.

[red]"Your right, I gotta be me. It doesn't matter whether I'm in the Fantastic Four or the Avengers, all that matters is that I'm me, the Human Torch, and if I can't be that, then I don't deserve to be a hero."[/red]

[Spiderman]

Your right, I gotta be me. It doesn't matter whether I'm in the Fantastic Four or the Avengers, all that matters is that I'm me, the Human Torch, and if I can't be that, then I don't deserve to be a hero."

Pete listened to the words of this broken man, Pete had felt this way sometimes, Heck how many times had he given up being Spiderman only to be forced back into the job. Like it or not, Peter Parker WAS Spider-man. Pete Smiled as he playfully hit Johny on the shoulder "hey! no one said you could be an avenger!"

Pete shook his head at Johnny "hey none of us REALLY deserve to be a hero really, not the people we are. Its what we do that makes us heroes..." Smiling again "well none of us But Capt. America; that guy never wakes up wrong!"

[The Joker]

Johnny smiled a little as Spidey slapped him on the back, he didn't really want to join the Avengers, a little to military for his taste. He didn't bother telling Spidey that he was just using it as an example, he seemed smart enough to figure it out on his own. He stratched the side of his face again, the damn hair growing there made it all itchy.

[red]"Thanks Spidey, I needed that."[/red] He smiled a little again, wondering what would happen now. He wasn't gonna sit here and talk to Spiderman about his problems all night, there was only so much moral someone could hand out before it gets old and uneffective. [red]"So what're you gonna do now?"[/red]

[Spiderman]

Pete kept his eye over Johnny as he thanked him, Pete breathed out a loud sigh. He didn't really like speeches, Speeches were more Tony Stark and captain America territory.

Pete was however glad that he seemed to have gotten through to him. that was a good thing. Really and he was actually quite impressed with himself. And even more so with Johnny, He was just as broken as he was sometimes. It was just his little inner voice that made him go on. That little inner voice he liked to call 'Uncle Ben'

"So what're you gonna do now?"
Asked Johhny, Pete Smiled and shrugged "I hardly ever really have a plan, But i will most likely run into some random super-powered wierdo, i always seem to. However how about we help you" Pete moved himself and johnny near the car "If your gonna go onto a new life, your going to have to learn the biggest thing that comes with it, consequnces"

[The Joker]

Johnny smirked a little at the sigh, he had gathered that Spidey didn't much care for the speeches, it did seem more like some of the other heroes thing. He followed Spidey as he took him back to his recked car, which made Johnny frown, it seemed he was gonna have to clean things up.

He let out a little sigh and nodded, he would have to deal with his choices, good and bad, he couldn't just run away from his problems, thats not what heroes did. He crossed his arms and looked down at the trashed car, it could be fixed, but it wasn't really speical to Johnny.

[red]"Alright, guess its time to clean up the mess."[/red]