[quote=@Vandy][color=39b54a]"Reed, Susan! This is a surprise. I didn't know you were back in town."[/color] He said as he shook each of their hands. [color=39b54a]"What if I told you that I've found a power source more efficient than any fossil fuel that could be burned without any of the adverse effects?"[/color] He smiled again gesturing at the machine in the center of the room. [color=39b54a]"And what if I told you that the room you're standing in now is being powered by that very energy source?[/color][/quote][center][img]http://s28.postimg.org/raf0bi5p5/fantastic_four_by_annikaclarisse_d4uaiox.png[/img][/center]
Reed’s eyes widened as he let Sue’s hand slip from his and he walked towards the hulking green machine. It emitted a green glow that seemed to soak everything in the room in it. There was no heat, no sound even, only the slightest sign of vibration to show that whatever fuelled it was active. Reed seemed transfixed by it, the gears in his head were clearly grinding away as he tried to figure out what was powering the machine, and he looked to Lex with an intrigued frown.

[b][color=cornflowerblue]“I would say you’ve been keeping [i]very[/i] busy since last I saw you. What is it? Some kind anti-matter particle? Dark matter from the Negative Zone?”[/color][/b]

Sue watched on as her fiancé floundered around trying to work out what was powering Lex’s machine. From the look on Luthor’s face he seemed to be enjoying having some degree of power over Richards. There weren’t many men on Earth that could outsmart Reed, even if only for a moment, but Lex was one of them. Fortunately for her fiancé, Sue Storm [i]wasn’t[/i] a man and she knew the second she saw the machine what was powering it. She tried to cut her husband’s floundering short by calling out to him.

[b][color=PaleTurquoise]“Reed.”[/color][/b]

Reed smiled at Sue.

[b][color=cornflowerblue]“Darling?”[/color][/b]

Storm lifted one of her hands, allowing it to fade in and out of view for a few moments, as it basked in the glow of the machine. It was green, the same colour as the meteorite that had crashed to Earth and led Nick Fury to send Reed, Sue, Johnny, and Ben on the expedition that would change their lives. She wasn’t sure how she knew for certain that it [i]was[/i] the rock, but she could, and she knew Reed would exhaust himself before making the connection. Occam’s razor – the answer was right under Reed’s nose. And it was green.

Sue looked to Lex confidently.

[b][color=PaleTurquoise]“It’s the meteor rock, isn’t it?”[/color][/b]

Before Luthor had a chance to answer Reed interjected with a bemused smile.

[b][color=cornflowerblue]“What? That would [i]never[/i] work. I tried for weeks to extract some kind of energy from it, darling.”[/color][/b]

Lex’s smug smile broadened a little and finally the penny dropped for Reed Richards.

[b][color=cornflowerblue]“Wait, it [i]is[/i] the meteor rock, isn’t it? How on Earth did you do it, Lex?”[/color][/b]