Chapter 2: Calm before the Storm

(Mira's P.O.V)

I sat quietly with Violet, Dash and Jack-Jack. We were put in a small waiting room while Elastigirl and Mr. Incredible were busy with those who I assumed were the men in charge. I didn't say a word as I stared at the floor. Violet gave me a worried look.

'You Okay?'

'Not really, I was hoping to avoid being arrested.' I responded. She placed a shoulder on me

'I'm sorry, I didn't think this would happen. And...I kinda made a mistake.' Violet admitted. I gave her a concerned look.

'What happened?' I asked nervously.

'I was upset that Dash got perimeter duty, and threw down my mask, and Tony saw me...' She explained, cringing at herself. My eyes widened, I was now worried about this situation.

'Did you tell Mr. Incredible or Elastigirl yet?' I asked.

'No, not yet. And just out of curiosity...why haven't you...' Violet thoughts then trailed off.

'What?' Before Violet could tell me we were interrupted.

"Are you guys having a mind conversation? Cause it's really annoying to be out of the loop." Dash huffed and we turned to him.

"It's called using telepathy. And yes we were, usually it's when conversations are needed to be kept private." I explained.

"Yeah well, there's no one here but us. And one can barley talk." Dash said, gesturing to our little brother who was crawling around the bland room.

"Okay, whenever you want to tell me something that Violet doesn't have to know, let me know." I said simply.

'Wait you wouldn't tell me?' Violet asked.

'Depends on if it's life threatening.' Was my response. Just then Mr. Incredible and Elastigirl walked in. Followed by Dicker and another man.

"You're all free to go, get changed first." The unknown man said and we all got our own clothes and put them on. Before I knew it we were in the back on a truck in a silent ride.

"Well, that went poorly." Bob deadpanned and Violet grimaced slightly.

'Go ahead, it's better if he knows.' I told her through the mind. She then turned to Bob.

"Dad, this is probably not the best time to tell you about this but something else happened today with a kid and my mask." Violet said.

"What happened?" He asked, annoyed that there was more bad news.

"I was frustrated and threw down my mask and Tony happened to be right there when I turned around." Violet explained, rubbing her arm.

"Don't worry honey, we'll take care of it." Helen replied and well pulled up at the motel. Everyone got out and I was about to walk up the stairs.

"Mira, hold on a second." I turned and saw Dicker in the passenger seat. I walked over and he pulled something out of his jacket and handed it to me.

"This came earlier today, from your aunt." He explained and I took the rectangular package from him.

"Thank you." I said and walked to our room.

"What's that?" Dash asked speeding towards me.

"A package from my aunt." I said simply and sat on the bed.

"Well, are you gonna open it?" Violet asked and I hesitated for a moment before ripping off the paper and opening the box to reveal a pair of glasses.

"Uh, I'm confused. I thought you had 20-20 vision." Dash said as I took the glasses out of the box and examined them.

"I do, they're not to help me see." I then put them on and opened my eyes. "They're to make me seem normal." I explained and Jack-Jack giggled.

"Whoa, you have blue pupils now! How'd that happen!?" Dash asked excitedly.

"My aunt made a design for these a long time ago. They project a hologram onto my eyes, making it seem like I have pupils. It's better then using contacts, I can't stand those things." I explained as I took off the glasses.

"Wow, that's really cool. Um, is there any reason you chose blue for your 'eye color'?" Violet asked.

"My mom's eyes were blue. So with these I can have both my parents eyes." I explained and smiled softly.

"Well, it's suits you." Violet commented.

"Thank you." I said sincerely.

Later we got Chinese food take out and sat around the table. Dash beamed and was about to take an egg roll.

"Did you wash your hands?" Violet asked him.

"He didn't." I responded and Dash ran to the bathroom and ran back.

"With soap?" Violet asked.

"Nope." I answered. Dash ran to the bathroom again and tried to reach for the egg roll again.

"Did you dry them?" She asked and Dash shook his hands to dry the water and took an egg roll, stuffing it in his mouth.

"You don't need to be a mind reader to know that." I commented as Dash opened up a box.

"What? Is this all vegetables? Who ordered all vegetables?" He demanded with his mouth full.

"I did. They're good and you're going to have some." Helen said, serving some to him.

"Thank you Helen." I said, as I took some vegetables for myself.

"Are we going to talk about it?" Violet asked.

"What?" Bob asked, with his mouth full as well.

"The elephant in the room." Violet explained.

"What elephant?" Bob asked.

"I guess not then." Violet sighed.

"You're referring to today." Helen said all knowingly.

"Yeah, what's the deal with today?" Dash asked angrily.

"Some people don't appreciate other people helping if it causes damage." I muttered as I ate some carrots.

"We all made mistakes. For example, you kids were supposed to watch Jack-Jack." Helen said sternly.

"Babysitting, while you guys let Mira do the important stuff." Violet huffed.

"We talked about this. You're not old enough to decide about these things. And Mira wasn't supposed to be fighting, just giving us an eye in the sky." Helen explained.

"If you want I'll watch Jack-Jack next time." I offered.

"We are old enough to help out." Violet said.

"Yeah!" Dash agreed.

"Isn't that what you tell us, Dad?" Violet asked, tiring towards Bob who was eating some broccoli.

"Yeah, well, 'help out' can mean many different things." Bob said.

"But we're supposed to help, if there's trouble." Violet reasoned.

"Well, yeah, but..." Mr. Incredible started.

"Aren't you glad we helped today?" Violet asked.

"Yeah, I know but..."

"You said that you were proud of us." Violet added.

"Well, yeah, I was. Am!" Bob said.

"We wanna fight bad guys!" Dash exclaimed and Jack-Jack babbled something similar to that.

"No, you don't!" Helen said sternly.

"You said things were different now." Violet protested.

"And they were, on the island. But I didn't mean that from now on..." Helen explained.

"So now, we've gotta go back to never using our powers." Violet huffed.

"I'm already used to that anyway." I muttered and took an egg roll.

"It defines who I am." Dash declared.

"We're not saying you have...What?" Bob asked his son in confusion.

"Someone on TV said it." Dash explained.

"Can we just eat? The dinner, while it's hot?" Helen asked hopefully.

"Did we do something wrong?" Dash asked worriedly.

"Yes." Helen said.

"No. We didn't do anything wrong." Bob growled sternly.

"Superheroes are illegal. Whether it's fair or not, that's the law." Helen explained.

"The law should be fair. What are we teaching our kids?" Bob asked.

"To respect the law!" Helen cried.

"Even when the law is disrespectful?" Bob asked again.

"If laws are unjust, there are laws to change them! Otherwise, it's chaos!" Helen explained in a loud and stern voice.

"Which is exactly what we have!" Bob exclaimed.

BAM! Helen had slammed her hands on the table and we were silent as Bob took an egg roll and ate it silently. Something about the tension unsettled me. Then again, I was never faced with this many arguments before.

"I just thought it was kinda cool." Violet commented, breaking the silence.

"What was?" Helen asked, in a calmer voice.

"Fighting crime as a family." Violet said, looking around the table.

"It was cool. But it's over. The world is what it is. We have to adapt." Helen explained.

"That doesn't mean it will be easy." I sighed.

"Are things bad?" Dash asked.

"Things are fine." Helen assured him and Dash used his super speed to finish eating his meal.

"May I be excused?" Dash asked and didn't wait for an answer as he sped off, placing his dishes in the sink and sat in the bed. He turned on the t.v to a monster movie of some sort.

"How much longer in the motel, Dad?" Violet then asked.

"Uh..." Bob hesitated to answer.

"Not much longer, honey." Helen assured her.

After dinner Violet and I sat with Dash as we watched the movie. Helen and Bob were outside and sitting by the pool.

"You were kinda quiet at dinner, everything okay?" Violet asked.

"I didn't really know what to say. I've only been part of this family for a while. And back on the island, I was allowed to use my powers, I just didn't as much. Mainly because I was scared to use it. Now, everything is different for me." I explained.

"Oh, I see. Well, have you at least felt better about your powers?" Violet asked and I nodded.

"Yes, I've improved a great deal. When I rarely used them at all and actually did use them, it drained my energy so I had to go off into my mind-scape to 'recharge'. Now I've been using them a lot more and have gotten used to that. I have to re charge less and less." I explained and gave Violet and Dash a smile.

"I owe you two for that. Thanks." I said sincerely. Violet then wrapped me in a hug.

"It's nice to finally have a sister." She half joked and I laughed softly.

Later when we settled down Helen and Bob came back, but they headed back to the door not too long after.

"Where are you going?" Violet asked.

"The fresh air is especially good tonight." Bob said, yeah he's hiding something.

"If Jack-Jack wakes up..." Helen started.

"I know the drill." Violet sighed and Helen kissed us goodbye and I noticed Violet's gaze drift towards Helen's boots.

'Do you know what they are really doing?' Violet asked me and I shook my head.

'All I know is that they are hiding something, maybe they don't want us to worry.' I thought.

'Great...' Violet seemed to mutter sarcastically in her thoughts and we turned back into the screen.

'Ug, it's so clear to see that guy is the one behind all this!' Dash thought, but he didn't seem to noticed I heard it.

"Dash you're thinking out loud again." I deadpanned.

"Dang it!"

I laughed and turned back to the screen. Part of me can't help thinking that all of this is the only calm we'll feel, before the storm hits. The only question was, what would the storm bring?

Author's Note:

Yes, Chapter 2 done! Sorry that took so long, I'll try to get more writing done sooner. Hope this was all worth the wait, I know it's not that long, just beta with me.

Anyway, please leave a review! And if your still interested in the theme song competition, please P.M me for any questions! I'll be happy to answer them! And I'll see you all in Chapter 3!

Disneyheart3: I did have a Merry Christmas, thank you. I hope your new year is going well!

Ciandoo: Aww, I'm glad you liked it! I will definitely keep it up!