A/N: Slight AU here folks, starting with Dash's exploration of the cave. Note that he started exploring a lot sooner than in the movie. Also, a tiny sliver of OOCness w/Dash and Violet on some parts.

Disclaimer: I own Chains, not The Incredibles. I also own my version of Violet, Jack-Jack, and Dash's superhero names.

Chains of Hate

By Corvus no Genmu the Prince of Slumberland

Chapter One: Meetings

Dash walked excitedly through the cave, the torch in his gloved hand lighting the way for him. He was worried about his parents as much as Violet was but he knew that they loved each other too much to get a divorce. At least… he hoped so… Suddenly, Dash's face met dirt in a very rough manner. Thinking it was one of the bad guys his mother had been talking about earlier, he jumped quickly to his feet, his fists held ready in nervous anticipation. Upon seeing no one, Dash relaxed slightly but not totally. Bending down to pick up his still lit torch, Dash spotted what had caused him, The Dash, to trip.

A rather dark looking chain with a strange weight at the end. The weight itself was in the shape of a dragonhead and matched perfectly with the chains in darkness, but what really unnerved Dash was that its white eyes were staring right at him. Of course, since the thing didn't have any pupils and were just stark white, Dash couldn't really tell. Looking up, Dash saw the chain went down a slight ways to a large rock that was connect to both the ceiling and floor of the cave. Said rock had, apparently, two chains wrapped tightly around it several times. The second chain also had a dragonhead-shaped weight attached to its end, albeit said dragonhead was forced through the chains several times and was faced upwards towards the cave's ceiling.

"Whoa…" Dash crept slowly, for him anyway, towards the rock. Upon going to the rock's other side, Dash saw a boy around Violet's age being pinned to the rock by the chains with his arms held high above his head where the chains seemed to connect with the strange metal wristbands that adorned the boy's wrists. He wasn't wearing a cool super suit like Dash, but rather normal-looking, albeit a bit ragged, clothes. He wore a baggy pair of black pants and a trench coat, which was more ragged than the rest, with a charcoal gray t-shirt that had what looked like two swords crossing each other to form an 'X' with a chain wrapped around the both of them. The boy's hair was a pale brown much like Violet's 'boyfriend' and his eyes, which had a mask similar to Dash's, were the same shade as his hair. … His eyes!

Dash jumped back in surprise to see the boy staring at him as he struggled to breathe with the chains wrapped taut around his torso and neck. Dash held up his fists in an attempt to look intimidating to the chained teenager. "Didn't think we survived that explosion didya? Huh? Didya? Don't think that I won't be able to kick your butt because I can and will if I have to!" Of course, Dash stuttered a few times during his speech.

"Under the present circumstances… I'd have to agree… with ya Dash…" wheezed the teen. Dash's eyes widened in horror.

"How'd you know my-I mean-" The teen wheezingly chuckled at the blonde-haired boy.

"This is a… cave, Dash… I heard everything your… mother said… as well as… you and your sister…" gasped the teen. Dash blinked.

"Oh…"

The teenager took as deep a breath as he could before speaking, "Dash… take your sister and… get out of this cave…"

"Huh? Why?" The dragonhead weight of the first chain weakly crawled over to them before landing with a thud, its snout pointing in the direction before the teenaged boy. Dash blinked rapidly and stared at the dragon head-shaped weight. "Did you do that?"

"…That's of no… importance… Look down there…" The dragonhead lifted weakly and moved a few inches forward before plopping down onto the ground again. "… Look… and tell me… what you see…" Dash shot the teen a weird look but did so anyway. About five meters away from where the teen was chained the ground changed into concrete. Holding his torch up higher, Dash saw that the rest of the cave had been turned into a concrete tunnel of sorts. Dashing back to the teen, Dash told him what he saw.

"Get out here…! Take your sister… and run…!" exclaimed the teen weakly.

"What? Why?"

"That shaft… is for the rocket… when it launches… the flames will go… through that tunnel… and out this very cave…" Dash's eyes widened and he quickly ran off to his sister before skidding to a halt and running back to the teen.

"Wait a minute! What about you?" The teen smiled sadly at Dash, a few tears falling down his eyes.

"I have nothing left, Dash… He who put me here… killed my parents… and my unborn sister… I… have nothing, Dash… but you… You have everything…" The teen wearily closed his eyes, the eyes on the dragonhead weights dimming as well, "… Go, Dash… go and save your parents… While there's still… time… Run, Dash… Run… as fast as you can…" Dash stared at him incredulously for a moment before running back to his sister. If he was going to get the chained teen out of the cave in time, he'd need help.

Even if it was his sister who would be helping…

Violet stared into the flames of the small fire that her mother had made shortly before giving them their masks, warning them, and running off to save their father from whoever had shot the missles at them. She was still ashamed that she wasn't able to help when she was most needed and slightly confused by what her mother had said earlier. What more power could she have? She already turned invisible and could create force fields strong enough to repel her hyperactive little brother.

"Speaking of which… Where is that little insect? He normally doesn't-" Violet was violently tackled to the ground by the said insect who was speaking at maximum velocity.

"Violet! Yougottacomehelpmeout! There'sthisguybacktherewhosaysthiscaveisreallytheexhaustpipethingtosomerocketandthatwehavetogetoutbuthe'strappedand-" Violet shoved her brother to the ground and clamped his mouth shut with her hand.

"What the heck is wrong with you?"

"C'monC'monC'mon! I need your help!" Without waiting for her assent, Dash grabbed her hand and ran towards the chained teen with his sister yelling at him all the way.

"Let go of me you stupid little… insect…" Violet's voice trailed off and died upon seeing the chained teen. "Whoa…" The chained teenager weakly raised his head to look upon Violet. His eyes widened by a slim margin in surprise as did Violet's. 'His eyes look so… familiar…' thought the raven-haired girl.

"I take it… this is… your sister, Violet…?" he asked Dash. Violet blinked and turned to look down at her brother.

"Who is this guy, Dash?"

Dash blinked and said, "He's… I don't know…"

"… I am…… Angelon… But my super-hero name… is… Chains…" said Chains hesitantly as he continued to gaze at Violet wonderingly. Neither Parr children noticed the dragonhead-weight lift from the ground slightly to look up at Violet's face with its white eyes turning blue before it began to droop pathetically down to the ground again with its eyes still a radiant blue. They did, however, notice when Chains' eyes widen marginally again before his pupils shrank into tiny dots as his face became red as a cherry.

"Are you okay?" asked Dash, confused by the sudden blush adorning Chains' face.

"I-I'm fine…" gasped Chains, the eyes on his dragonhead weight changing back to white. "Just… struggling to… breathe is all…" wheezed the chained teen, raising his neck up slightly for emphasis. The teen glared as best as he could down at Dash. "I thought I… told ya to… take Violet and… get out of here…!"

"And leave you here so you can get roasted like a smore? Not a chance!" exclaimed Dash. Violet's looked between her brother and Chains and back again.

"What the heck are you two talking about?" Chains wheezed in a deep breath.

"This cave is an exhaust… pipe for Syndrome's rocket… which should be… launching soon… How soon, I know not…" Violet narrowed her eyes and stared at Chains suspiciously.

"How do we know that you aren't just one of the bad guys setting a trap for us outside?" Chains blinked in surprise before chuckling weakly.

"Syndrome is too… stupid and too… excitable when it comes to us… supers… The only trap he set… was on your father… and my parents…"

"What do you mean?" asked Violet, still suspicious of the imprisoned teenager. … Even though he was kind of cute… 'Focus, Violet! Mom and Dad's lives could be in danger!'

"Syndrome's planning to… kill… your parents…" gasped Chains.

"What!"

"He's planning to… kill your parents… just like he… killed mine…" wheezed Chains, his eyes gaining a tiny hint of moisture. "… Go… please…"

Violet eyes widened again in surprise. She hadn't expected that… '… If what he's saying is true… he's literally committing suicide!'

Violet turned to look down at Dash and said, "Dash, help me get him down."

"You fools…! Get outta here…! … Please…!" begged Chains, but the two Incredible Kids ignored him and, instead, focused on how to get Chains down. The links of the two chains were impaled by many small nails and quite a few rocks. Even the one that was on the ground was impaled. Dash picked up a few rocks and proceeded to bash at the smaller rocks pinning the chains while Violet made a small force field around the head of one nail. She then slowly raised the force field up, taking the nail with it. When the nail was completely out, Violet dropped the field and took a few deep breathes. Violet rarely ever had to move her force fields and the few times she did, she exhausted herself greatly. After taking a few more deep breaths, Violet went on to the next nail, with Chains protesting the whole time.

A little over half-an-hour later, Violet removed the last nail just as Dash finished pulverizing the last piece of rock. Chains drop to the ground with a thump; his chains retracting slowly back into his strange wristbands. Breathing a heck of lot easier than before, Chains said, "Thank you… You both didn't have to do that…" Suddenly, a low rumbling sound came from the end of the tunnel. The three supers' heads shot up and looked down at rapidly growing light from the tunnel's end.

"The rocket! It's launching!" yelled Chains. The teen struggled to stand but his legs weren't exactly cooperating with him after being chained to a rock for three days… Violet grabbed his hand as Dash grabbed hers and dragged them both out of the tunnel like a bat out of Hades with the flames biting at their heels. Somehow, through either sheer luck or Dash's great speed, the trio of supers managed to get out of the cave in time to escape the flames. Chains and Violet rubbed their shoulders painfully as Dash took a few deep breaths to steady himself.

Looking behind them, the trio saw the rocket climb high into the sky and soon disappeared from their point of view. Violet turned to Chains and asked, "What's the rocket for…?"

Chains turned his head to look at her, a faint blush touching his cheeks for Violet had yet to let go of his hand. "Um… I don't know really… I didn't get enough time to look at Syndrome's plan fully… But…" Chains looked up to stare at the rocket's smoke trail, "I believe it's heading for the nearest city…"

"It's not a bomb, is it?" asked Violet, her eyes wide with scared anticipation.

"No… The rocket contains an attack droid that Syndrome built… It'll attack the city once it lands…"

"Who's Syndrome?" asked Dash, "Huh? Huh? Huh!"

"… He's the one who killed my parents…" said Chains, his eyes downcast. Turning abruptly, he headed deeper into the forest. "C'mon… we need to find a safe place to sleep for the night…" A loud roar came from his torso. "… And something for dinner…"

To Be Continued...