Disclaimers: I do not own The Incredibles, which is copyright Pixar Animation, Disney, and Brad Bird. No profit is being made from this piece. Unfortunately.

Notes: So... I missed my January update. I'm sure half of you are saying to yourselves, "I knew she would." Well, I'm tryin'. It might not be January, but I'm close enough! Besides, I have a job now. Ya'll should be able to sympathize with me, right? Please?

Also, have no concerns about 'Reflections'. The problem with me right now (beyond work) is that I'm having trouble getting dialogue, which is essential to this chapter. It will be up later this month (I hope.) Surely some of you RuroKen fans are Incredibles fans too, right?

Oh, yeah - I don't have a creative title yet, so this one is temporary. Brownie and credit points to whoever can come up with one!

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Return to Nomanisan

By Sean Montgomery

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Mr. Incredible was dead.

It was the biggest blow Metroville had been delt since Syndrome had unleashed the Onmidroid on the city years earlier. The greatest and one of the most praised supers had been killed while disarming a bomb, pushing the rest of The Incredibles out minutes before the plane exploded in air. Few had been harmed thanks to Elastigirl, but even the bravery could not lift the darkness that had fallen over the city.

Incredible Hero Has Final Save.

At least, that's what the papers had once said. After the headline had been sent to thousands of homes in Metroville, the Daily Express had a record breaking number of angry callers demanding that the headline be changed. The community of supers were upset as well, commenting that not only would the publisher's beloved newspaper but their reputation would be at stake if the headline weren't changed. The next day, the headline was different:

Farewell To The Greatest: Mr. Incredible Sacrifices All For Citizens Of Metroville.

There were no more phone calls after that.

The obituaries were uncomfortably full that day, not so much in amount but in devastating reality. Who would know that while Mr. Incredible got the whole cover of the newspaper to himself, Robert Parr would only get a paragraph categorized as a victim from the crash?

Robert Parr, 38, died today as a victim of the plane crash that killed Mr. Incredible. He leaves behind a wife and three children.

It wasn't the most glorious thing she had ever read in her life, but Helen Parr decided it was for the best. After all, Bob would have wanted to be Mr. Incredible when he died, not the mild-mannered man he tried to be.

It was better this way.

The funeral was worse than it should have been. After an elaborate affair with supers for Mr. Incredible, a simple ceremony commenced for Bob three days later. Conveniently enough, it rained. Violet Parr said it was oddly fitting for the atmosphere of their entire family which suddenly seemed to run on lifelessness. Each member lost a large amount of work and school days and only acted different if they were called to be The Incredibles once again.

Only, they weren't The Incredibles. After Mr. Incredible had died, it seemed unusual for the group to keep calling themselves that. Besides, if the namesake's gone, why keep the name? Dash explained his father would have wanted it that way. The name stayed.

Mr. Incredible was dead.

As well, it seemed, as the life of The Incredibles.