Forewarn:

There are times in the series when Bomb Voyage speaks. Since he's only speaking in French, i will put the French sentences up, and their English translations in BOLD.

[I do not, and Never ever will, own the Incredibles, but I own my OCs.]

Here is ep 3:


The Neighbour and the Supers:

Moral; Not everyone can like you all the time.

Plot: The Parrs get a new neighbour, a donut shop owner called Graham, but Bob is surprised to discover he doesn't like Supers, especially the Wannabe Supers, and tries to befriend him and find out why. But when the villainous Bomb Voyage returns, and captures Graham, the Parrs will have to rescue him.


'The Neighbour and the Supers'

It all began one morning at the Parr family's house. The Parrs were having breakfast.

Just then, a loud horn sounded throughout the area. It made the whole house shake like a jelly.

"Villain attack!" Bob yelled, jumping under the table.

Violet screamed in horror, and turned invisible.

And Jack-Jack, the baby, burst into tears. Then, he turned into a monster, and was about to jump up when Helen grabbed him in her stretchy arms.

"That was a close call." she said.

"What was that?" Violet [who had turned visible again] said. "Beats me." said Bob, who had just gotten out from under the table.

They went outside, and soon saw where, or in a better saying, what the noise came from - an Eggman Movers moving van [the same one from Toy Story] coming past them and reached a house a short distance from theirs, give or take 20 feet.

"Since when did we get a neighbour since we moved into our new house?" Violet asked.

They could see a man getting out of a car park a few feet in front of the moving van. The man looked tall, and muscular, though not as muscular as Bob, and seemed to be somewhat in his mid 30's. his hair was dark black, and he had a bit of stubble on his chin. He wore a royal blue button-down shirt, navy blue jeans, and black shoes.

"Who is that?" Helen asked.

They watched him carry a few boxes into the house. "He must be a disguised Super!" Dash said. "Amazing! This is the first time we've had a neighbour for ages!"

"Not since our house was destroyed, Dash?" Helen asked her son.

It was then the man noticed them. Bob waved at him, but the man didn't wave back. Instead, he somehow or other scowled, and walked into his house.

"Funny." Bob said. "He didn't wave back."

"Rather bad manners, I'd say." Helen said.


The next day, Bob was out on the town, when he saw a donut shop nearby.

"I never noticed that before." he said.

As he got nearer, he saw customers entering the shop. "Must be popular." he said to himself.

Suddenly, a bunch of robbers burst outta the donut shop, one of them carrying a steel handle box.

Bob darted behind a building, staying next to the wall, so that no one saw him eavesdropping.

"What the-" he heard someone say, then, he saw the same man he saw before burst out, shaking his fist. "Get back here with my tip box!"

The robbers didn't make it far. AT that moment, a bolt of electricity zapped the robbers and stunned them.

"That was what I call shocking." He-Lectrix said, as he and the other Wannabe Supers surrounded them, and Brick tackled the robbers, like she was a one-man [or woman, in her case] rugby scrum.

Soon after, some cops turned up, and arrested the robbers.

Voyd used a portal to pick up the money box, and another to catch it in her hand, and present it to the man, but the man, instead of being pleased, glared coldly at her.

"Stupid freaks. Go away!" the man shouted at Voyd and the other Wannabes, snatching the money box from her, and storming back into his shop, slamming the door behind him.

Voyd felt hurt at this, as did the other Wannabes

She walked away, followed by the other Wannabes.

"Voyd?" Bob asked, running from his hiding place.

"Bob?" Voyd exclaimed, upon seeing Bob running toward her.. "Oh, no, um, we're not supposed to see you without your mask."

"And We're not to see you when you're not on superhero duty." Reflux said.

"No, no, it's okay, guys." Bob said. "My wife knows you, and I know it's ok if you guys see me without my mask."

The Wannabes reluctantly agreed to it.

"So, Voyd, do you know why our neighbour yelled at you?" he asked.

"Neighbour?" He-Lectrix asked.

"Yeah, he moved in just yesterday." Bob said.

"Oh, he's called Graham." Screech said.

"Graham? Is that his name?" Bob asked.

"Yes, yes it is." He-Lectrix said. "He criticized us for being 'freaks', even though we stopped the robbers that took his tip box."

"He did?" Bob said, jaw hanging. The Wannabes nodded grimly.

"Well," Bob said, " I think I'd better have a word with him."

So, Bob went into the donut shop, and went up to the counter.

"You must be Graham, right?" Bob asked the man.

"Yes, it's my name." The man, now known as Graham, said to him, though his back was turned. He turned to face Bob. "I guess you must be my new neighbour." "Yeah." Bob said. "I am. We saw you move in yesterday."

"Right." Graham said. "I guess you're Bob Parr." Bob nodded. "I suspected as much. Now whadda ya want?" Graham said, turning away to wash the dishes.

"I heard about what you said to those supers that saved your tip box, and-"

At the mention of the word 'Supers', Graham became shocked, and annoyed.

"Supers?!" Graham started. "SUPERS?!"

"Yes," Bob said. "That's what i said. Supers. You don't need to be-"

But Bob was rudely interrupted when Graham grabbed him by his shirt.

"DON'T YOU DARE SAY THAT WORD IN THIS SHOP!" Graham shouted at his neighbour.

"Is it a swear word?" Bob asked.

"NO!" Graham yelled. "I mean the 'supers' word!"

"OH. That makes sense." Bob said. "But why don't you like... you-know-what?"

"You mean supers, don't you." Graham said.

"Yes?" Bob said. "I do."

"GET OUT!" Graham angrily shouted, pushing Bob outta his shop with a box full of donuts.

"No need to get rough, huh?" Bob said, as Graham pushed him through the door. "I mean, we are all civilized people, and I am your neighbour-"

"Don't you get it, Bob Parr?!" Graham snapped. "I. DON'T. LIKE. SUPERS!"

Then he slammed the door in Bob's face.

And then, he opened it again.

"By the way, that box is $10, if you're buying it." he said to him.


Later, at dinner, the Parr Family were discussing the situation between their neighbour and his dislike of Supers.

"He said what about Voyd?!" Helen said in shock to Bob.

"That's exactly what he said, honey." Bob said to Helen. "It's true; Our new neighbour doesn't like Supers."

"It just doesn't make any sense." Helen said. "Supers are legal again now. We did stop Evelyn and Syndrome, and saved the city. The public agreed to Supers being legal again."

"Yeah, we know, because it was made offficial in a court of law." Bob sighed. "Times have changed."

"Yeah, I really don't get how anyone can not like superheroes." Violet said.

"Says the one who once renounced superheroes." Dash said.

"Are we seriously still talking about that?!" Violet complained, still irked about the time she once renounced superheroes after the incident with her boyfriend Tony's mind being erased. "I denounced my renounciation, we went to the EverJust, saved everyone, and BAM! We're done with that incident!"

"What is she talking about?" Helen asked Bob. "Well," Bob said, "It's just something that happened while you were gone on Winston's campaign; involving Tony. It's a long story."

"Right..." Helen said uneasily.

"...So, to put my point well put; I don't hate Superheroes anymore, there." Violet said calmly. It was then she noticed her dad was smiling at her. "Dad? Why are you looking at me like that?"

"I knew you'd come around to your senses; I already knew that renounciation and hate wasn't gonna last for long." Bob said.

"Okaaaaay..." Violet said uneasily.

"Look, I hate to break up this very interesting conversation," Helen said, "But maybe there's a good reason why our new neighbour doesn't like Supers."

"Maybe it was something that happened in the times that Supers were illegal." Bob said. "I've been thinking, maybe if I befriend him, I could find out why he doesn't like Supers."

"Good idea... I think." Helen said. Violet and Dash nodded.

"So that settles it." Bob said. "Tomorrow, I'll go over and visit Graham, and try to befriend him."


The next day, Bob popped over to Graham's house.

Graham just so happened to open the door, and saw Bob Parr standing there, with a grin on his face.

"Bob?" Graham asked. "I just thought I'd pop over to say thank you for those donuts i bought off you yesterday." Bob said. I mean, it's the least I can do, cause, well, I am sorry about what you said to me earlier, over the whole super thing, and-"

Graham shut the door on him.

"A simple 'you're welcome' would suffice." Bob muttered.

Later that afternoon, at the supermarket, Bob just so happened to bump his trolley into Graham's. "Sorry." Bob said. "Didn't see you there."

Graham just scowled at him. "Next time, watch where you're walking." He moved his trolley back, and walked away.

"Huh." Bob thought. "He's rather cranky after I upset him yesterday."

He suddenly saw Bonnie Anderson and her parents [from Toy Story 4], standing in front of him, with quite dumbfounded expressions on their faces. "Hi." Bob said.

Later, at the checkouts, Bob allowed Graham to go in front of him at a queue for a checkout counter.

"After you." Bob said politely. But Graham just stared at the queue, then at Bob.

"If you want me to get stuck in that queue, you have another thing coming." Graham said bluntly, as he walked to the express checkout.

And later, as Graham was loading his car with his groceries, Bob just happened to literally lift his car up, to move it from the space it was in, so Graham could get out.

"Have you ever seen someone with strength lift his car up before?" Bob asked Graham, as he carried his car to the other side of the car park.

"No." Graham said bluntly, "Never have, and never ever will. Good day." he got into his car, and drove off.

"Well," Bob sighed, "can't blame me for trying."


Later, that evening, Graham was busy mopping up the floor of his shop, and singing to some music from his headphones. 'Chop, chop, chop, chop away at my heart," he sang, whilst mopping the floor.

Suddenly, he heard the bell of his shop ring. "Huh?" he said. he took his headphones outta his ears and stared, as someone opened the door.

"Uhh, hi." he said. "Why are you coming in here? The shop's closed now." The silhouetted figure walked up to him, surprising him. it seemed to grab something from the kitchen - a frying pan.

"Now, I'd request that you put that down." Graham said calmly, as the figure walked toward him. "That's considered property of my shop, and I really need it for-"

CLANG!

Graham was knocked out.


That night, Helen was awoken by a call from Charlie Dicker. She stretched her arm to grab her phone from her and Bob's room.

"Charlie, what is it?" she asked Rick's niece. "It's the middle of the night!"

"Helen, I am really sorry; I know it's very late, but it's an emergency!" Charlie said.

"What?" she said. She listened to Charlie on the phone. "You don't say."

"What's up, Honey?" Bob called from the bathroom, with Dash, and Violet appearing as well.

"Charlie says someone's been kidnapped!" Helen said. Everyone gasped. "Suit up, everyone!" she called.

Without a second thought, the Parrs suited up, headed to the Incredibile, and sped off.

The Incredibile raced through the moonlit city.

"Look, Dad!" Dash suddenly called out. Mr Incredible looked out of the window, and saw Lucius Best, as Frozone, skating in.

"Frozone!" Mr Incredible called.

"Heard there was a kidnappin'." Frozone called. "Figured I'd come along and put the kidnapper on ice."

"Charlie," Elastigirl said via the communicator. "Any news on the captured citizen?"

"Tracking the signal now." Charlie said. "Follow that signal!" Mr Incredible didn't need to be told twice; he drove in the direction Charlie's signal was responding.


The Incredibles and Frozone soon reached a rooftop.

"This is where Charlie tracked the signal." Mr Incredible said. "But where's our captured person?"

It was then they saw Graham, tied up, and dangling upside down over the road below, with his mouth duct-taped shut. "I think we just found him." Elastigirl said. Graham saw the Incredibles, and muffled through the tape.

"Wow, That was easy!" Dash said.

"Correction." Violet said. "Too easy. Why no villains to-"

Violet was rudely interrupted when suddenly, There was an explosion on the building, which made the Parrs and Frozone take cover behind a forcefield that Violet threw up. It was an explosion even Edna Mode saw from her mansion.

Then, out of said explosion came the notorious French bomber villain, Bomb Voyage. He looked exactly like he did in the Boom! Studios comics featuring 'The Incredibles'.

Bomb Voyage gasped. "Monseiur Incroyable! On se revoit!" he shouted. ["Mr Incredible! We meet again!"]

"It's been 15 years since last we met." Mr Incredible said. "And it's certainly not been good for you." he added, motioning to Bomb Voyage's pot-belly, and balding hair.

Bomb Voyage looked down, and poked his pot-belly. "Eh bien, je me suis peut-être laissé aller un peu depuis ma retraite, mais maintenant, j'ai hâte de retomber dans la vilenie!" he said. ["Well, I may have let myself go a bit since my retirement, but now I'm itching to get back into villainy!"]

"He's been in retirement?" Violet said to no one in particular.

"Maybe he's just itching cause he needs a bath." Dash said bluntly.

"J'ai entendu cela!" Bomb Voyage shouted. ["I heard that!"] He eyed Dash, Violet, and Jack-Jack, and he said, "Et je vois que vous avez élevé une famille depuis la dernière fois que nous nous sommes rencontrés. Quelle bande de marmots de seconde classe bon marché!" ["And I see you've raised a family since last we met. What a bunch of cheap second rate brats!"]

The kids glared at him.

"Words hurt, you know." Frozone said.

"The word I'm searching for, I can't say, cause there's pre-school toys present." Mr Incredible said bluntly.

Almost immediately, Frozone whispered something into Mr Incredible's ear, then, he whipped out a script titled 'Incredibles the Series; The Neighbour and the Supers', and Mr Incredible whipped out a script, and he saw it was titled 'Toy Story'. Realizing his mistake, he exchanged scripts with Frozone, who pulled out another script titled 'Incredibles the Series; The Neighbour and the Supers', like the one he gave him.

Bomb Voyage glanced at the Incredibles' super suits. He looked disgusted. "Pouah! Quel imbécile a conçu tes super costumes? Ces tenues sont encore plus totalement ridicules que celles d'Incrediboy!" ["Ugh! What fool designed your super suits? Those outfits are even more totally ridiculous than Incrediboy's!"]

"Edna would certainly flip if she heard that." Elastigirl said to no one in particular.

"So why did you capture our neighb-I mean, that citizen we don't know anything about?" Mr Incredible asked Bomb Voyage.

"C'est une question qui est totalement classée. Ce n'est pas pour une bande de super-héros imbéciles comme vous de fourrer votre nez dedans." Bomb Voyage said. ["That is a question that is totally classified. It's not for a bunch of superhero morons like you to poke your noses in."]

"Cmon, everyone!" Mr Incredible said. "Let's get him!"

"Allez, Monseiur Incroyable! Voyons ce que vous avez appris au cours des 15 dernières années!" Bomb Voyage shouted. ["Come on, Mr Incredible! Let's see what you've learnt in the past 15 years!"]

The Supers set to facing down Bomb Voyage.

Elastigirl's stretchy body dodged all of the bombs Bomb Voyage hurled at her, and Jack-Jack, becoming a monster, batted the bombs away like baseballs, sending them flying away. Violet's forcefield protected her from the bombs that flew toward her, and Dash zipped around so much that the bombs that came to him all missed.

Frozone created a huge ball made of ice, and hurled it at Bomb Voyage, which hit him hard on the head. "Un coup de chance." Bomb Voyage said bluntly. ["A lucky shot."]

Mr Incredible tackled Bomb Voyage and knocked him to the floor. "I've waited 15 years to finish you off." Mr Incredible said firmly. But before he could punch him in the face, Bomb Voyage shoved him back, and ran toward the tied-up Graham, holding a sharp steak knife in his hand.

"Arrêtez!" Bomb Voyage shouted. "Un pas de plus, et ma capturée vise le record du monde de vitesse aérienne dans le monde!" ["Stop!" "One step closer, and my capturee goes for the world's vertical air speed record!"]

"What do we do now, Dad?" Violet asked.

Bomb Voyage grinned. "Très bien. Rendez-vous et je vais épargner sa vie. Que dites-vous, Monseiur Incroyable?" ["Very well. Surrender, and I shall spare his life. What do you say, Mr Incredible?"]

"Never." Mr Incredible said defiantly. "We don't make deals with supervillains. Hand him over."

Bomb Voyage glared coldly at the Supers. "Vous avez eu votre chance." ["You've had your chance."]

At that, Bomb Voyage sliced through the rope.

"GRAHAM!" The Incredibles screamed, seeing their neighbour falling down.

Meanwhile, down below, a deliveryman was arguing with the owner of the building the battle was taking place on. And there was a giant trampoline nearby.

"For the last time, we did not order a giant trampoline." the owner of the building said.

"You know, pal, you could have told me that before I set it up." the deliveryman replied.

They were too busy arguing to notice the tied-up Graham fall into the conveniently placed trampoline and get launched back up to the roof. Luckily, Elastigirl used her stretchy arms to grab him.

"You asked for it!" Dash said. He zipped round Bomb Voyage, confusing him. "S'il vous plaît, arrêtez de courir comme ça, vous me donnez le vertige!" Bomb Voyage shouted at Dash. ["Please stop racing around like that, you're making me dizzy!"]

"OK." Dash said calmly. He stopped. Then, he pulled Bomb Voyage's pants down. Bomb Voyage's white face turned bright pink at this.

"Le temps que je t'ai donné une leçon, espèce de gamin aux pieds rapides!" Bomb Voyage snapped, as he pulled his pants back up. ["Time I taught you a lesson, you quick-footed brat!"]

Before he could, however, Frozone stepped in front of him. "Time for you to chill out." he said, as he froze Bomb Voyage's feet to the floor, so he couldn't move.

Bomb Voyage struggled to free his legs, when a cough got his attention. He looked up, and he found himself staring at a stern-faced Mr Incredible. "Tu vas me frapper très fort, n'est-ce pas?" he asked. ["You're gonna hit me really hard, aren't you?"]

"Yes, yes, I am." Mr Incredible said. and he punched him HARD in the face, knocking him out.

Elastigirl untied Graham, and ripped the tape off his mouth.

"Is Graham ok, honey?" Mr Incredible said, running over to Graham. But he just so happened to slip on some of the leftover ice, and fall to the floor, face first. As he picked himself up, his mask fell off. as he stood up, Graham just so happened to catch a glimpse of him in his supersuit without his mask. Graham soon put two and two together, and suddenly realized that Mr Incredible was his neighbour, Bob Parr.

"Bob?!" Graham exclaimed.

"Uh-oh." Mr Incredible said nervously.

He, his family, and Frozone were horrified and shocked.

But Violet was the most horrified and shocked of all. "Oh no." she said.

But Graham could say nothing more; for he had fainted.

"Frozone, meet Graham." Mr Incredible said to Frozone. "He's our new neighbour."


Once they got down, the cops arrested Bomb Voyage, and the medics took Graham away to recover. The Supers retreated to the NUOOS base to regroup.

"I just can't believe that happened, Bob!" Charlie said, quite shocked upon hearing that Graham had seen Bob as a Super; the thing he despised.

"I know." Bob said. "It was a shocker for me too."

"I shoulda seen this coming! It's Tony all over again!" Violet complained, remembering when her boyfriend, Tony Rydinger, had accidentally seen her without her superhero mask when the Underminer attacked after Dash's track meet.

"So what are we gonna do?" Bob asked.

"Well, maybe she could erase his memory?" Dash asked. "That could work." Charlie said. "Uncle let me have his memory eraser technology before his program got shut down. I know how to work it."

"No." Bob said.

"No?" everyone said at once.

"No." Bob said. "I'm gonna set it straight myself. He doesn't like Supers, and it's time I worked out why for myself. I'll go up and ask him why he doesn't like Supers."

"If you're going," Helen said as she walked up to her husband, "We're going too." "Us too!" Violet and Dash said together. Jack-Jack burbled happily.


A day or two later, once Graham was well again, The Parrs paid him a visit. Helen knocked on the door.

"Enter." Graham called from inside.

The Parrs entered, and they saw him sitting at the kitchen table, drinking a mug of sweet tea.

"How are you doing, Graham?" Helen asked.

"Fine." Graham said calmly. "Just fine, thank you for asking."

Bob took a deep breath, and stepped up to Graham. "Graham, I've been meaning to ask you something. Something I really." he said.

"Well, Bob, what is it?" Graham asked.

"Why do you not like Supers?" Bob asked.

Graham sighed. He was hoping that Bob hadn't brought up the 'supers' topic. "Do you really wanna know?" he asked.

"Yes, yes i do." Bob said.

Graham sighed as he got up. "Wait here." he said. He went into a cupboard, and rummaged around a bit, then he came back out, and he held out a newspaper in a nylon bag. On the front page cover was the headline; 'MR INCREDIBLE SUED'. Bob gulped - he remembered that paper all too well - the one paper from all those years ago that started with many others, which soon declared that the Supers were to be illegal.

"Is that you, Dad?" Dash asked. "It is." Bob said uneasily.

"Do you remember Oliver Sansweet?" Graham asked Bob.

"Yeah, that's the same guy who sued me." Bob said.

"You catch on quick, I must admit." Graham said, as he put the newspaper on the table. "You see," he explained, pointing to the cover, "My parents were good friends of Oliver Sansweet. They were quite saddened when they heard about that he was gonna commit suicide."

"The same suicide that I messed up?" Bob asked.

"You are good." Graham said.

"That moment was the one that changed our lives forever, after me and my wife's wedding." Bob said.

"Exactly." Helen said. "Supers became illegal after that, and we were forced into being ordinary civillians."

"Graham," Bob said, "There I one thing i need to know - why do you dislike us?"

Graham sighed. "I guessed you had to bring that up." he said.

He went outside, and the Parrs followed him out, to near his pool. "Hey, we can see our house from here!" Bob said, seeing their house.

"That's the trouble, Bob." Graham said to him.

"It is?" Bob, Dash, Violet, and Helen chorused, for quite different reasons.

"Well," Graham sighed, "Ever since you and your family stopped Evelyn Deavor and saved the city, and Supers became legal again, things have changed. I mean, you and your family live in a fancy stick-out house; your youngest child has about a gazillion uncontrollable superpowers, and your wife is friends to a bunch of super weirdos; one of which is an old man! A senior citizen!!"

Helen's eyes narrowed.

"Truth be told, Graham," she said. "They were a bunch of Super wannabes I met when I was on Winston's campaign. Sure, they're all different, but so are we. That makes us Supers, as both superheroes, and a human family."

"And Jack-Jack's powers," Bob added, "well, sure, they're uncontrollable, but they're what makes Jack-Jack unique. Like all of us."

"That said, but I'm still one who can, and always will, dislike Supers, even if they are legal again." Graham said firmly.

"So... does that mean we're not gonna be friends?" Bob asked.

"Nope." Graham said bluntly. "We're NOT gonna be friends. And we never will be."

"Well, that's ok." Bob said calmly. "I know now that not everyone can like people and Supers all the time, and I guess we can learn to accept that."

"Good." Graham said firmly. "I'm glad you're reasonable about this, Bob."

"Yeah." Bob said, as he turned to go. "But," he said, turning back to Graham, "before we go, howzabout me and you do a 'not friends' fist bump?"

"Nope." Graham said.

"You know you want to." Bob said convincingly.

"Nope." Graham said again. "Nope, nope, nope, nope, nope."

"Well... ok." he said eventually, giving in. "But just this once." He held out his fist. "Not friends." he said to Bob.

"Not friends!" Bob said, doing his fist bump. Unfortunately, Bob Parr's fist bump was more of a punch, which sent Graham flying backwards, and falling into his pool. Jack-Jack clapped happily.

"That was awesome, Dad!" Dash said excitedly. "Do it again!"

"I guess I really don't know my own strength." Bob said.

Helen went up to him. "I think it's probably for the best, honey."

"This," a soaking wet Graham snapped to the viewers, "Is why i dislike Mr Incredible."

The Parrs knew that their new neighbour disliked Supers, even though they were now legal again. But now they knew that not everyone HAD to like Supers all the time. And they knew that they had to accept it - after all, not everyone liked Supers being legal again.


Author note

Well, there you have it.

The Parrs' new neighbour doesn't like Supers.

And the Parrs do know they have to accept it - after all, not everyone likes Supers being legal again.

Right.

Next episode: The Curfew Club.

Expect it to come in August... sometime after my holiday in Spain.

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