Chương 14: Chapter 14

When Sue and Johnny heard Alex's question, for a moment they seemed to have aged a couple of years, expressions of regret also appeared on their faces.

Sue looked at Alex for a moment, doubtful if she should discuss this with Alex who had just met in person moments ago.

But she remembered that he had saved their lives, plus it was a topic that would soon be known, so it would not cause anything bad if Alex knew about it in advance.

"We are currently experiencing financial problems here," Sue said in a soft tone of voice, slightly surprising Alex.

"Is this due to Reed's death?" Alex asked trying to hit the random answer.

"If it was only for Reed's death ... It could be fixed" Johnny was the one who said this, much to Alex's surprise.

"Johnny!" Sue exclaimed angrily at what her brother said.

"You know it's true Sue ..."

"But you don't have to say it that way! You know very well that Reed did everything possible to try to help. "

"Well, it didn't turn out very well, Reed seemed to be more focused on seeing how fascinating our powers were, than trying to come up with something that would help us earn some money," Johnny said as he looked Sue in the face.

"Reed at least did something, not like a certain person who only goes out to give interviews and his great obsession with cars" Benjamin said with a snort, throwing a not so indirect hint towards Johnny, that when he heard Benjamin's words he pouted .

"I can at least hold a fork like a normal person" Johnny said looking away as he crossed his arms, giving Benjamin's weak point.

"What did you say little torch?" Ben stepped in front of Johnny, a look of clear anger on his rock face.

"Enough both of you! Don't start your silly stuff in front of Alex! " Sue yelled at both of them, making them remember that Alex was watching them from a rather quiet side.

"I'm sorry you saw that." Sue apologized to Alex, but Alex only shrugged.

"What do you mean when you say that Reed is not the only reason?" Alex asked towards Johnny, who seemed to hesitate for a moment but finally decided to speak.

"Since our accident things have gone downhill, a lot of funds have had to be diverted for Reed's investigation to try to reverse our situation" Johnny sighed looking older than he was.

"Because of that, little by little we ran out of money to pay the staff, so many quit and left, but we still had some people with faith in Reed and that soon we could fix things, but when Reed died… faith they had in him died too "Sue said as a distant look appeared in her eyes, even if Reed's death was not more than 5 days ago, it still weighs heavily on the hearts of her closest friends.

"That explains why Benjamin is dressed as something similar to a janitor" Alex said making Benjamin feel a bit embarrassed. Since the janitor clothes didn't fit him, so he had to improvise.

"Someone had to keep this place clean" Benjamin said with a serious face, making Alex nod in agreement with him, since he was not willing to let his home deteriorate.

"But ... what do you plan to do now? ... if the situation is as bad as they say, soon they will not be able to maintain the building either" Alex asked with concern, since he was not sure what would happen to the rest of the fantastic 4.

Sue and Johnny looked at each other, and both it was seen that they did not agree with the option that they should take, but they had no other option.

"We will have to sell everything to Stark" Sue sounded sad with this, in this place were many memories that she had with her father, and selling it to Stark ... a company specialized in the sale of weapons, she did not like it very much.

"What will happen to Benjamin? Will he stay like this forever? " Alex asked pointing to Ben, who could not help but sigh, Benjamin wanted more than anyone to return to normal, also that there were no jobs available for someone with the appearance of him, in addition to being a circus freak.

Everyone fell silent at this point, as none of the Fantastic 4 was in the mood as they remembered what their apparent destiny would be. But Alex was thinking of a way to give them a solution.

Suddenly, the lighting came to Alex's head, this was an idea that would not only help the fantastic 4 not to lose their home, but also give a future headquarters for his company.

"I think I have a solution ..." Alex said attracting the attention of all those present, Sue when she heard these words from Alex she could not prevent a small spark of hope that seemed to be lost for a long time. Weather.

"What kind of solution?" Johnny asked as he raised an eyebrow doubtfully towards Alex, not that he despised him, but Alex was just a pizza delivery guy...

"I will present my project... League of Legends"

-Time Skip-

It was already the next morning, and Alex was in the public library reading many books. But all of these had a common theme.

How to build your own server, maintenance of a server ... They were just one of the few titles that appeared on the covers of books.

He had stayed up a little late yesterday explaining to the Fantastic 4 about the game, and how it would be a great source of funds in the future. At first they were a bit hesitant about the idea, because whoever has heard of a scientific research company before became a video game developer.

But in the end they ended up accepting because… they realized that they no longer had any other options. So they decided that after the server was armed, "using the computers in the Baxter building" they would have an official meeting where they would sign a contract where both parties would agree.

All agreements will be finalized at that meeting, but at this time Alex had to learn everything possible about the servers. Since he didn't want any mistakes.

A way to help Benjamin also crossed his mind, and by sheer chance he also coincided with the idea of seeking help for his father.

Alex was soon to pay a visit to the Ancient One in Kamar-taj. Alex was not afraid of her, since most likely she already knew that he was going to visit her monastery. If Alex was a problem for her, chances are, he would already be dead. And it's not like Alex can do anything other than run away, because he's pretty sure what his limits are, and magic isn't something he's immune to.

So Alex kept reading...

In less than a blink, 4 days had passed, and Alex was in one of the largest rooms in the Baxter building, only at this moment he was seeing his largest and most recent creation, his server that was made with the best components extracted of the computers there ...

There was only one thing left to do before starting everything, Alex took the phone from him and called a specific number.

Not a second passed before his call was answered...

End here.