Invisible Woman - All by Herself

It all started as a normal day only for Susan Storm. Being one of the most popular and beloved people on the face of the planet, being ridiculously overpowered and yet very controlled and humble, and being part of the greatest superhero family ever (In her mind, at least). Today as well, she gets up, assumes her position as a de facto ringmaster of the chaotic circus animals i.e. her dear husband Reed Richards aka Mister Fantastic, her affectionate yet boastful brother Johnny Storm aka Human Torch, and their own Ben Grimm aka The Thing.

The family then focuses on their work as Fantastic Four, with nothing out of ordinary. In fact, the day seems to be calm one, and the atmosphere is quite pleasant as well. Sensing the comfort window, Sue excuses herself from the control room, wanting to try the latest makeup kit she's recently acquired. She leaves the men behind, and retreats to her room. She spends a good time carefully applying the makeup, wanting to steal a certain scientist's eyes from his experiments. If the day remains calm, she thinks, she might just as well be able to convince Reed for a romantic date. And maybe more.

But, when she returns to the control room, all her intentions and hopes just... vaporize. All that is left is a pin-drop silence, utter confusion, and pure, unadulterated dread. The control room, is empty.

Sue Storm assumes the men must have left to answer some distress call, but there is no such signal received. Nor Reed or anyone else has left any message for her. Unless they're all going out together, Reed never likes to leave the control room empty. Unless there was some serious emergency, he would've waited for her to come back. And, even if there is some emergency that they've left to attend, not leaving any message, any communication behind... it feels very wrong. very, very wrong.

Without wasting a moment, Sue picks her phone and dials Reed. Then Johnny, then Ben. All not reachable. She takes a deep breath, and thinking they must be preoccupied in some mission, activates the communicator. But, this time as well, they're all out of reach.

Now panic is really beginning to set in. All the color on her face evaporates, the glossy makeup turning into a rather pale, distressed face. Still, not choosing to give up, she tries one last means. The SOS Communicator. This is meant to be only used in most dire states, but for Sue, it is now. This signal, designed by Reed, is truly one of a kind, a signal that can transmit messages and stay active in space, vacuum, underground, or even the negative zone. Surely, it can detect their locations, she feels. With a baited breath, she turns it on.

Not reachable.

Even Reed's state of the art tech has failed to locate them. There is no sign of ambush or struggle around, in the least. Everything looks quite normal, quite peaceful. Except, just that the 3 people Sue had left back there, the 3 irreplicable pieces of her heart, her life, are now gone without any trace.

For a moment, it feels like Sue might just faint in shock. But she quickly composes herself. If her family is in danger, then perhaps she is the only one who has any chance to reach them out, to find them, to save them. She doesn't know how she will do it, but she knows she will never give up. That she'll never rest until her family is back with her, safe, sound and smiling. No matter the cost.