Sinker…

"Okay I guess I can understand that, just make sure to be more careful in the future and look after yourself since we can all take care of ourselves. More importantly what are you gonna be able to do if you aren't helping Reed on his project and start helping some other people here, Reed is the only one working on projects here and if you were to help anyone else here you'd just end up sitting in the couch and watching television with Johnny and Ben on the couch while eating junk food or maybe helping Johnny out with his maintenance of the vehicles but I don't think that's the reason you came here so what would be the point of staying if you're not actually gonna do some work and advance science?" Susan was just responding to what I had said earlier questioning who I would be helping in the Fantastic Four apart from Reed and mentioning how pointless it would be to help Ben and Johnny but she missed someone else out of that list and I saw my opportunity for some flattery to keep my place her stable and to also butter her up and get her on my side.

"What do you mean Susan? The person I would be helping instead of Reed, that would obviously be you right?" That's the hook and line and know it's just the sinker that's left which I think is gonna work out pretty well and while I'm not hoping for awesome results I am hoping to at least convince her to let me continue to work and stay here in spite of the danger and harm I would be in staying at this workplace environment where there's a villain attacking every few weeks and while before I managed to get by pretty unscathed in the past today I didn't which would probably make the Fantastic Four sceptical about keeping me working here in fear of my safety but if I could just convince Susan and have her keep my injury to herself than my position her would be safe and I would be free to continue my research, I honestly wouldn't mind working with Susan instead of Reed now because with me helping Reed to create the portal to the Negative Dimension I've gotten pretty much everything I need to know out of him about the subject and everything else I can learn by going through the databanks to which I now have full access since they trust me though I do still try to be subtle about what I'm researching plus Susan specialises in everything that Reed doesn't (when I say specialise I mean doesn't really focus on, if Reed focused on the subject her probably be the foremost authority) which is basically nothing to do with tech and more to do with biology and chemistry which I could do with learning more about since I do want to become stronger to deal with the dangers in this world and even the next world and learning more about my current biology and how to improve it could be crucial to my survival and I don't wanna half arse anything by just injecting myself with shit the moment I get my hands on it and actually wanna know what will happen when I inject myself plus I might be getting a Super Soldier Serum later if my plans with Felicia go to plan (not really a plan since I've just tried to make her into the Black Cat and hope she finds her father who'll know about the serum) and I want to actually be able to tell what it is and how it's made before I even think about using it.

"What, me? Why? I'm not working on any projects or anything, my job is pretty much to just make sure that the boys behave and don't blow up New York. When I'm not comforting Ben on his appearance which he admittedly doesn't do anymore or trying to stop Johnny from making idiot mistakes I'm working in Reed's lab and helping him with his projects, I don't know why you would try to help me because I have nothing I need help or an assistant for." Susan starts to deflect when I confirm that I want to assist her in her projects but at the moment she doesn't have any projects and I bet she hasn't had any projects for a long while since she's usually trying to help Reed in his lab as some way to gain the attention of her crush but the man is so oblivious that he doesn't even realise it and when she's not trying to get closer to Reed (which he makes nearly impossible for him since he's always working and ignoring her, dick move really) she is too busy trying to help Ben with his problems or dealing with the fallout of Johnny and his rash and stupid actions to actually focus on anything she wants to do herself because on top of all that she the glue that keeps the Fantastic Four together since she's constantly mending their relationships whether it's been a fight between Johnny and Ben for Johnny making fun of him or an altercation between Reed and Johnny because Reed won't make him some device which he wants to use for selfish reason she's always mending bridges and keeping them together, it must honestly be exhausting to do so much and not have any time left for yourself in the day and that's the weak point where I'll strike since she's already got some discontent towards the rest of the team for Reed ignoring her more focused on his tech and Reed and Johnny making problems for her so I'll be a breath of fresh air that'll actually be a friend and listen to her and be their for her and her problems which will make her want to keep me at the building since she wouldn't be able to carry on without me their to help and I'll need this soon since while Ben and Johnny are getting along pretty well with me I can only call the relationship between myself and Reed distant and I worry that he'll try to fire me since he is a very prideful man and I've shown him up a few times since I've been here by pointing out something hung he's missed or not following his orders like just recently in the battle against Blastaar so I do need more than half of the Fantastic Four on my side since Reed holds a lot of clout.

"Honestly I'm a bit disappointed Susan, I mean one of the main reason I wanted to come and work at the Baxter Building with the Fantastic Four was so that I could work with you. I read a few of your papers and I was really excited by the things you wanted to do and hinted at doing in the future, I mean you weren't like all the other pompous scientists and doctors you were really trying to help. I mean everything here's great but the things Reed works on while admittedly advancing science doesn't really help anyone much since the technology he creates is usually too advanced and dangerous to give to the rest of the world and the stuff he does give out is usually a quickly made product for the sole purpose of generating cash to keep the Fantastic Four going and funded which doesn't really help anyone else on earth, but you wanted to help people by developing medicine and researching virus and cures to help people and that's what I want to do as well and I want to help you with it. I was really looking forward to working with you when I first came here but you were basically a lab assistant and a nurse to help latch the other guys up, you are more than a nurse or a lab assistant Susan. You want to help people and I want to help you do it, helping Reed in his lab is honestly a waste of time for you when you could be working to help millions of people with your own projects, real projects." I voice out to her as I get up and grab my jacket and put it on and zip it up over my naked torso before picking up my bloody cut up shirt to take home with me since I don't want to leave any blood here as I don't want to leave any trace or something to be analysed and so I'm taking those bloody gloves and their bloody shirt back home with me since those are the only things that have gotten blood on them apart from a little bit of blood on my pants but I'm wearing those so I don't really have to worry about that but as I gather my things and voice out my thoughts I can see that Susan becomes visibly shook by what I'm saying and she becomes speechless at my words which are encouraging her to be better, honestly Susan probably doesn't have many friends or much of a life outside of this building since she got her powers and so there has never been anyone encouraging her like this before or pushing her to be better since Ben was usually too caught up in his own problems with Johnny having his own head up his arse and Reed to focused on his own projects which leaves Susan quite vulnerable which I'm glad to take advantage of since I'll be providing her with the encouragement she needs and she'll be keeping my position here stable so that I can continue my research so it's a win win.

"I'll see you tomorrow Susan, hopefully by the you'll have decided whether or not I'll still be working and assisting Reed in his lab or if I'll be working with you and making real change that will truly help people on earth. I'm off to go to the hospital to get myself properly checked, you're not just a lab assistant Susan. You are probably the only person in this building who would be able to actually develop something that would help millions of people, bye Susan." Leaving her shocked and speechless I quickly finish gathering my things and leave the room closing the door behind me happy that the shock prevented her from questing why I was taking my cut up bloody shirt home with me when I should've just thrown it in the trash since it's essentially useless but even if I did throw it in the trash that's too much of a risk for someone to find and then lol not be happy if it leaves my sight and I feel much better knowing where my blood is thank you very much, I quickly head to the lounge area where nobody seems to be around and quickly procure myself a bag to place my bloody clothes into before I head to the elevator to go back down to the lobby and the to my car after which I'll drive home and take a long sleep since I'm wasted.

Today was a very long day starting out with me seeing Gwen and Professor Miles Warren at Empire State University and then coming her and having an altercation with an extra dimensional alien, this day has been way too fucking long…

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