Nick Fury waited for several days, until Kraft had almost forgotten about the Human Torch. Only then did the Invisible Woman, Susan, finally realize something was wrong.
It wasn't that Susan didn't care about her younger brother. Johnny was a grown man, and as his older sister, she couldn't keep tabs on him every moment of the day. Besides, she was living with Reed now, not her brother, so it was perfectly normal for her to be a little slow to react.
Ironically, what made Susan realize something had happened to Johnny was how peaceful the past few days had been. No one had come knocking because her brother had caused trouble. Curious, Susan called Johnny, only to discover she couldn't get through.
"Reed! Something's happened to Johnny!"
Susan hurried off to find her fiancé.
"I told you that you needed to keep him in line, Susan. What kind of trouble has he gotten into this time?"
Ben Grimm, who was helping out in the lab, spoke in his deep, rumbling voice, his tone full of contempt.
Though they were teammates, Ben and Johnny didn't get along particularly well. Johnny often mocked Ben's mutated appearance and played all sorts of pranks on him. If not for Reed and Susan, Ben would have flattened that little punk long ago.
"Ben's right, Susan. We can't keep letting Johnny carry on like this."
Reed also found his future brother-in-law a real headache. He had already offended plenty of people by ripping off his clients, and after gaining his powers, Johnny had offended another batch on his behalf. Superheroes all had some connections with one another, and their Fantastic Four were among the least popular of the bunch.
"I'll definitely keep him in line from now on, but the problem right now is that