"Vi!" Dash Parr yelled as he sped literally at an inhuman speed into Violet's room, "Come on, Mom and Dad just got news from Lucius that there's another invention and Honey won't let him come out this time so it's just Dad and Mom!" Violet sighed and closed her book as Dash raced back to her doorway and waited obviously impatient.
Violet knew he was hoping that his parents would end up letting him go out on this mission, just as he hoped for every mission. Really he wasn't bad when he was focused on "saving the day". However, most of the time, he still would end up letting his ego get the better of him and would pull 'cool' or 'funny' antics, which could be harmless, if silly, like adding his own sound effects in actual battles but did range into the deadly like literally racing into battles with no idea what was going on just so he could be the first "superhero on the scene".
Once Violet began casually heading to her door, Dash left and sped down the stairs. When she got to the family room, she saw her parent's finishing putting on their supersuits as they watched the television. On the screen, a scared female field reporter stood carefully behind a large building struggling to keep composure for the camera but looking ready to run at any second. The person operating the camera apparently became brave and peeked his camera around the corner of the building and showing an initially comical scene. About 50 yards from where the news crew were, a middle aged, balding man stood almost triumphantly on top of a school bus proclaiming something Violet couldn't make out in what sounded like an extremely forced deep voice. As the camera zoomed in on the man Violet could see he wore what looked like a rushed homemade supersuit mixed with a generic action movie hero's outfit. The spandex that enveloped the man was a bright highlighter yellow that served only to show that it was clearly made a few sizes too small with the seams holding together by nothing more than a miracle. The suit was accented with almost random strips of a deep forest green cloth which had apparently been superglued on as one of the strips on the man's arm had begun to come off. In the man's hands, he held some kind of gun the size of a microwave and Violet guessed this is what was making everyone so terrified of him.
The female reporter's voice began to speak and explained the gun was a molecular weapon. Apparently it looked to have the ability to make objects disappear in an instant. It was apparently being theorized that the weapon was either shrinking the objects down to microscopic levels or simply vaporizing them into oblivion with no traces. The gun had also been shown to have another ability that the man had accidently found based on his initial reaction. The gun could super energize objects to the point they would explode.
"Another one of Syndrome's inventions?" Violet asked, drawing her family's attention away from the screen. Dash leaned over the back of the sofa in front of the t.v. and surveyed his parents with eager attentiveness.
Since Syndrome's death, his henchmen had apparently found his store of personal inventions and prototypes and had begun selling them to people at random. The people who got these inventions were usually retired CEO's or retired from other positions of power who were now looking for a new way to get power. What made these people even more dangerous is that the former henchmen selling these inventions apparently had little idea of how to operate them or even at times what they did so the people buying them tended to know even less. They were usually easy to apprehend, but they had to be fast before there were any accidents.
"Yea, the man is calling himself the 'Rating Reformer' and is calling for complete media censorship." Her mother quickly explained as she crossed the room and grabbed the home phone.
"He says his teenage daughter was brainwashed by tv into doing the nasty with her boyfriend after he walked in on them." Dash staged whispered to Violet as he fought to not burst out laughing.
This has to be the worst unintentional punishment in the world Violet thought as she caught another view of the spandexed-man. At least no one knew her parent's alter egos and they certainly didn't go around announcing her embarrassing moments as some kind of rallying point. Not to mention, their costumes were actually flattering; this guy's daughter must be dying in front of her television right now…
"Dashel Parr!" Her mother scolded as she shot him a glare with the phone still held to her ear. Dash ducked back down on the sofa. Her mother tone then abruptly shifted pleasantly as she said, "Hello Mrs. West, this is Helen Parr. Jack-Jack's mom? Would you mind dropping Jack-Jack off here when the playdate's over? Bob and I need to go pick up our daughter. Her car has broken down somewhere...Yes, Dash will be here to watch him. Thank-you so much. Bye-bye" Dash's head immediately popped back up with a protest forming on his lips.
"Dash, someone has to be here to watch Jack-Jack and Violet's powers are better suited for this." Her mother said knowingly.
"Basically, I'm crowd support and protection." Violet said trying to soften the blow to a devastated-looking Dash.
"But-But I can carry anyone out of there in no time! PLEASE!" Dash pleaded.
"Dash, you know you can't possibly get everyone far enough away by carrying them all by yourself. Not to mention, Violet will also be able to try to shield some of the buildings so the city won't be completely demolished." Her mother replied.
Apparently having no other arguments, Dash turned to her father, looking for any sign of support. Her father's attention had been on the screen through the whole discussion and only at the sound of silence did he look around at them confusedly. Seeing Dash's face, he uncertaintly said, "Your mother's right, you can't come with us." Her father finished the sentence almost as a question and looked to her mother. Her mother smiled in approval and her father turned back to his son with confidence. Dash gave a defeated sigh and flopped back down on the sofa.
Her father stood up and stretched while commenting, "If you ask me, this guy has got the totally wrong target. He should be taking that gun and paying a visit to the 'boyfriend'."
Her mother shook her head and turned back to Violet, "You need to get ready; we'll head out after your father moves the cars from the driveway."
"On it." Violet and her father said almost in unison heading in their respectful directions.
Thirty minutes later, Violet and her parents pulled up in costume to the block where the proclaimed "Rating Reformer" was still on top of the school bus and still delivering his speech. Around him, Violet could see the empty blocks of ground where buildings had stood as well as what looked like a missing statue in the middle of a fountain. Violet could see people just inside of the remaining building, obviously scared to come out into the open while the psycho with the gun held such as clear vantage point.
"Okay, Vi. Your mom and I will get his attention. We need you to get those people to safety and be ready to deflect; he might get spooked and desperate." Her father said as he watched scene and began slowly moving in.
"Be careful." Her mother said giving her a quick kiss on the forehead before running to catch up with her father.
Violet entered the first building just as the "Rating Reformer" spotted her parents. The building was apparently some kind of daycare with only a few of the roughly two dozen people there being adults. Seeing her in her costume, the kids all burst into whispers and began pointing while the adults looked uncertain. She stood there nervously for a second before and a loud crash behind her spurred her into action
"Umm…Hi….I'm going to get you all to safety while Mr. and Mrs. Incredible stop the bad guy in spandex." Violet said in her best superhero voice, "I need all of the grownups to make sure all of the kids stay together and we're all going to walk quickly down the street until we get to the police, okay?"
The adults nodded in consent and began herding the children, who were still looking at Violet in awe, into groups. A minute later Violet tentatively exited the building at the head of the group and spotted her parents still trying to get close to the man, who was now firing the gun at her parents to keep them from being able to get any closer. He was close enough that Violet knew as soon as the group was completely out of the building, they would be an all too easy target. Keeping her back to the group and facing the battle, Violet ushered the group down the sidewalk. They had only gotten a few yards when Violet heard the man cry out:
"Protect the children before they can be tainted!"
He then aimed the gun straight at the group and fired, sending a bright red beam hurtling towards them. Violet threw a force field that was several times the size of the group in all directions to be safe as the kids screamed and covered their ears. The few adults tried to use their bodies as shields, covering as many kids as they could. Violet suddenly felt an intense pressure on her shield as the beam made contact and struggled to keep it whole. The two forces seemed to battle for dominance for a split second before a hole appeared. However, this hole wasn't in Violet's shield; it looked like it was between the red beam and her almost-transparent violet shield. The hole grew and then something red and white the size of a car shot out of it and crashed into the building Violet had just came out of. As soon as the object left the hole, both the hole and the red beam disappeared and Violet gratefully let her shield down exhausted from the effort. The "Rating Reformer" as well as her parents stared in confusion at what had just happened. Her mother was the first to react and launched herself at the man and before he could do anything she knocked the weapon away and wrapped her arms around his immobilizing him. Her father retrieved the weapon from where it had fallen and began inspecting it.
Violet turned back to the children and began reassuring them they were safe. The adults in the group began to regain control of the group as they initiated a mass game of "Quiet Mouse" and Violet looked back to the building where the red and white object had disappeared into. Curious, she carefully moved into the building and was shocked to see what looked like a bubbled-shaped UFO with fins crashed and broken along the back wall. As she got closer, Violet could he a boy slumped unconscious over some kind of control panel. She could see a cut on his forehead that was bleeding from hitting and cracking the glass of the, she guessed, ship. She was almost within arm's length of the ship when the glass pulled back and the boy roused. His head rolled to one side revealing his face that was now smeared with blood. Violet immediately jumped back and was about to turn invisible when the boy made eye contact. He had jet black hair that was styled in a weird point and wore a black t-shirt with a lightning bolt emblem. His deep chocolate eyes looked at her and he gave what looked like a smile and said:
"I'll have a cheese and mushroom large pizza." He then fainted again.