Chapter 10: True Heroism
Eventually, we were brought into a car by the police chief. I sat down next to the Incredibles and looked at the old business looking man in front of us as he started to speak to us as the car was in motion.
"They've frozen all of Syndrome's assets. If he even sneezes we will be there with a hanky and a pair of hand cuffs. The people of this country are in debt to you."
"Does this mean we can come out of hiding…?" Mr. Incredible asked hopefully.
"Let the politicians figure that out…" he said while waving his hand a bit.
"But I've been asked to make sure that everything is taken care of. You did good Bob."
I smiled a bit and still felt really proud of myself though a bit of worry consumed me for different reasons.
The first one was less of a concern. How would I get Figaro and my stuff back from the island…?
But my biggest issue was... Where in the world was Syndrome? I find it a tad weird he just disappeared out of thin air. Wasn't he going to finish off the robot himself (well cheating of course; with his remote)? I thought he was going to proclaim himself some mighty super hero. If he didn't do that…Where in the world was he now…?!
I hated that I worried about him but I knew I still cared WAY more than I wanted too. I didn't want to admit it so openly but I knew I loved him. And I felt like that was never going to change…
"You were really great back there, Wendy…" Violet said suddenly which brought me out of my thoughts. I looked at her a bit taken back but grinned never less.
"Yeah well… You were even better!" I snickered and she laughed timidly and shook her head.
"Wendy… Do you really plan on staying Detoxia if the supers are brought back to the city…?" Mr. Incredible asked curiously and I smiled at him.
"Defiantly…! This was the most exciting day of my life! I finally get to be a hero…My own hero!" I said and hinted on the Incredigirl thing. Sure, a sidekick is great and all… But being your own hero sounds WAY more awesome to me!
He laughed and nodded, "I think you'll do great."
I felt my heart flutter at that and I giggled girlishly, "Why thank you, Mr. Incredible!"
"YEAH WENDY…! YOU WERE SO COOL! YOU WERE ALL LIKE…! FLYING AND SWOSH! A-AN-AND THEN YOU BLASTED THE ROBOT WITH YOUR GREEN POWERS AND BOOM! IT WAS AMAZING! NOT TO MENTION YOU HEALED VIOLET WITH YOUR POWERS!" Dash started to basically yell out dramatically in admiration towards me and I could do was sit there with a blush from all the compliments I was receiving while laughing like an idiot.
Suddenly, Helen gave a distressed look as she was on her cell.
"Bob, listen to this!" she stated and put her cell over close to Bob while setting it on speaker phone.
When she did I could hear some girl screaming and yelling incomprehensibly with a baby crying loudly in the background.
"Whoa, what's going on…?" I muttered as I stared over at Mr. And Mrs. Incredible with an odd expression.
Soon she calmed down on the next phone message but now she sounded almost creepily calm, "Hi this is Karri, sorry for freaking out but your baby has *special needs* anyway, thanks for sending a replacement sitter-"
"REPLACEMENT…? I didn't call for a replacement!" Helen spoke fearfully over the phone to her husband.
"Wait you two have a baby …!?" I was much ignored though as they started bursting out of the car towards their house.
"W-wait…!" I yelped and jumped out with the family and chased after.
We all ran in and suddenly were zapped and frozen as Syndrome was inside.
"Shhh, the baby's sleeping..." Syndrome said and started laughing wickedly.
OH BLOODY HELL, IF YOU EVEN LAY A FINGER ON THAT BABY, I'LL MAKE SURE YOU WON'T HAVE THE HANDS TO DO IT AGAIN! NOBODY TOUCHES POOR INNOCENT CHILDREN, ESPECIALLY BABIES! (Nobody messes with my maternal instincts!)
"You took away my future. I'm simply returning the favor… O-oh but don't worry, I'll be a good mentor, supportive, encouraging! Everything you weren't! And in time who knows he might make a good *sidekick*." Syndrome said with a smug smirk and then threw us over to the side and let us free of the zero point energy beam.
"HA-HA!" Syndrome laughed and suddenly blasted the top of the roof off and began to fly up with his rocket boots.
"HE'S GETTING AWAY BOB!" Helen yelled fear-stricken for her baby.
"THAT'S A POOR DEFENSELESS BABY YOU, TWIT!" I yelled angrily and glared up as he flew up with the crying babe.
"WE HAVE TO DO SOMETHING NOW!" Mrs. Incredible screamed and jumped up and watched her baby extend his little arms out towards his mother and crying hysterically.
"Not on my watch…" I muttered darkly and jumped up and soon began flying after Syndrome in the air.
Syndrome glanced down and saw me flying towards him with a face of pure disgust.
"YOU CAN FLY…?!" Syndrome muttered in disbelief and scowled loudly and tried to fly faster up as I trailed after him as fast as possible.
"Hold on baby! I'm coming!" I yelled out worriedly as the baby continued to cry but suddenly he turned to look at Syndrome and shockingly he literally combusted into flames.
The baby just turned into flames…
HIS WHOLE BODY TURNED TO FIRE…!
…..
Syndrome noticed this most quickly and looked at him in horror and then the baby transformed and now had metal type skin that was too heavy for Syndrome to carry as he started to sky-dive down a bit from the weight while yelling.
THAT BABY WAS A SUPER! I shouldn't be so psyched right now!
I took this to my advantage and flew over towards him and grabbed on to the baby.
"LET HIM GO!" I yelled out and Syndrome struggled to tug-a-war him back.
"NO…!"
"YES…!"
The baby then started to vibrate so furiously in Syndrome's arms he was having a hard time holding on to him. It was even causing me to have a difficult time clinging on to him. Abruptly, the baby turned red and looked like a demon as it grabbed on to Syndrome in rage and started to attack him.
I hovered at their side and watched with my mouth agape. I didn't even know what to say or do! The baby seemed to be taking care of itself quite well!
"Come on, baby! I'll take you back to your mommy!" I cooed and attempted to grab on to the demon like baby again.
The baby didn't listen though as he jumped onto Syndrome's back and started hitting him and pulling his hair out.
Dear mercy…
The baby then crawled down Syndrome's body and down to his leg and tore one of his rocket boots off.
"W-wait baby…! Don't!" I yelped and started to feel worried for Buddy now.
Syndrome's flight pattern was broken off and he zoomed upwards and hit the ship that was above the house roughly and in reaction making him accidently drop the poor little demon child.
Mr. Incredible from below threw his wife up and she caught the baby into her elastic arms. The baby changed back and cuddled into his mother lovingly as she brought him close to her.
I glanced down at Helen but quickly returned my attention back to Syndrome. He yelled and clung on to the ship's side as he was unable to fly properly now. I fly over in front of him and looked at him with pleading eyes.
"Syndrome, please…"
"THIS ISN'T THE END OF IT…!"He yelled out in rage to the Incredibles and me.
"AND I WILL GET YOUR SON, EVENTUALLY!" Syndrome added while looking down at Mr. Incredible before turning back to look at me.
I growled and grabbed on to him and tried to pull him off of the ship in fury.
"GET OFF!" he shouted in rage.
"NEVER..!"
He struggled to get me off but too much of my surprise he pulled his fist back and punched me as hard as possible. I screamed and stumbled back in the air while holding my face where he had punched me. Right as that had happened Mr. Incredible from below threw up a car and it was heading straight towards Syndrome.
"Oh no…" he muttered darkly as he saw the car flying forward. It then hit next to him and exploded and then propelled Syndrome over towards the jet engine.
I regained my composure and ignored the nasty gash and blood that was now running down my face as I flew straight up back towards Syndrome. I saw that he was clinging on to the ship for dear life as the jet engine was pulling him in.
My pale blue eyes widen in horror.
"BUDDY…!" I screamed fearfully and grabbed onto his arms. He looked at me panicked and attempted to hold on my arms to the best of his ability.
"HOLD ON!" I shouted and gripped on to his arms as hard as I could but I could feel the rush of the jet engine pulling him in and our hands were slipping from each other's arms.
I gritted my teeth roughly and then screamed as Buddy's cape suddenly caught on to the blades of the engine
"NOOOOOOO…!" I wailed out with a blood curling scream.
Buddy looked at me one last time with fear-stricken eyes before his long cape tugged him back and into the jet engine.
I screamed again and hot tears ran down my face suddenly an explosion then erupted from the engine Buddy was sucked into. I felt my body being thrown from the explosion and I was quickly thrown into a state of shock that was almost like unconsciousness. The world around me seemed to slow down into slow motion. I could hear an ear piercing ringing and everything else seemed to fade away into silence.
My body began to hurdle down towards the earth at an alarming speed and my eyes closed as the ringing continued to consume me. My body and mind gave away. I was too weak to react.
My mind shut off.
"MOM, DAD, LOOK ITS WENDY!" Violet screamed in horror as she saw me twirling downwards in unconsciousness.
Mrs. Incredible gasped and pulled out her elastic stretchable arms as she handed the baby over to Mr. Incredible. She caught me and brought me over towards the rest of the Incredibles family before I hit the ground.
She then set me on the ground gently and looked scared as the others did too.
"She's not dead is she…?!" Dash asked fearfully.
"Wendy, wake up!" Mrs. Incredible urged and tried to tap my cheek a couple times to wake me up but I was still completely out.
"Oh no…" Violet muttered miserably with her eyes as wide as can be.
But abruptly after Violet spoke a green energy suddenly began to glow from my entire body and the wounds on me began to heal themselves.
"Oh thank the Heavens! She's healing herself!" Helen stated in relief.
My unconsciousness didn't last long as my regeneration fully recovered my body within an instant.
I coughed painfully for a moment before I threw myself up into a sitting position as my eyes snapped opened in terror.
"WHERE IS HE…?! WHERE'S BUDDY…? BUDDY…!" I hollered in panic and Helen gasped and tried to hold me down a bit.
"Shhh, Shhh calm down…"
"NO…! NO… WHERE IS HE…?!" I cried out and shoved myself up from her grip and looked around at all the rubble from the ship that was lying around. My eyes scanned the area frantically.
"BUDDY…!?" I screamed out again and began running to random pieces of rubble and scavenging through them to find Syndrome.
"BUDDY, WHERE ARE YOU…!" I cried out and almost collapsed a few times from rushing so fast over to different places to try and find him.
The Incredibles looked over at me with pity as I ran around in hysterics, running, screaming, and crying.
"Wendy…He's gone." Mr. Incredible spoke up solemnly.
I froze and felt my body shiver in anger and severe heartbreak. I snapped back over in his direction with a glare, "NO, YOU'RE WRONG!" I yelled and started to run behind what was left of the house to search for more of the rubble.
"Come on, come on, come on, Buddy… P-please…" I muttered out in tears as I kept going through scatter pieces of metal, ash, and some fire.
It was then I noticed something white under a large chunk of the broken ship. I gasped in anguish and sped over and fell to my knees as I dug through to reach out for whatever was under it.
My hand made contact with an arm and soon I found Buddy.
"Oh my God… Oh my God…" I repeated over and over again as I used all my strength to begin and tug him out from under the large chunk of ship.
He appeared to be barely awake, surprisingly not completely unconsciousness but he didn't seem all there either.
He was bleeding more blood than I had ever seen in my entire life and it made my stomach flip in death rolls. I felt sick, so sick.
I trembled and shook over him and brushed some of his ginger hair from his face. His ocean blue eyes seemed to have a hard time focusing but he soon enough very slowly looked straight at my face while lying there very much near death.
"Oh no-Oh n-no… B-B-Buddy I-I'm so s-sorry!" I cried and kept brushing my hand through his hair as I looked down at him with the most sadness I had ever felt in my entire life.
He looked up at my pale tear-stricken face weakly, "W-Wendy…" he muttered shakily.
"I-I didn't know you… could fly…" he kept muttering and suddenly but faintly placed his gloved hand on my cheek while looking up at me affectionately.
I shook my head quickly as I stayed kneeling beside him.
"N-no, that doesn't matter…! B-Buddy p-pleas-"he cut me off as he ran his weak hand down the side of my cheek lightly.
He smiled faintly, "Wendy…W-what I said w-was wrong…"
"W-what…?" I breathed out in confusion.
He closed his eyes for a moment and breathed in deeply as he struggled to keep breathing as it began to become shallow.
"I-I was…Wrong….I-I….I do need you…I-I take it back…"
"Oh Buddy... P-please…That never changed…Buddy p-please…K-keep your eyes open… Keep speaking to me… D-Don't DIE! DAMN IT, DON'T DIE…!" I choked out and leaned myself on to him while crying out painful sobs.
"Y-You can't die, Buddy… I need you too! I do…! I need someone to count on! I need to count on you!"
"Wendy…" he spoke quietly as he opened his eyes to look back at me. His whole body was becoming cold and almost death like.
"I love you…"
I jerked myself back up and looked at him eye to eye once more. Breathy noises fell from my mouth but no words could be spoken.
"I A-always have…I-I'm sorry…."
"NO…! Don't say that and then die on me! YOU CAN'T OKAY…!? I LOVE YOU TOO! I'VE ALWAYS HAD…! I CAN'T LOSE YOU…! I c-can't….Please….I need you….I-I really need you… Who's going to be my hero when no one is around…?"
He chuckled weakly and breathed out again and tried to speak but nothing but a little bit of blood dripped from his mouth.
I choked out another painful sob and then cupped his face into my hands as I looked at him intensely and leaned my forehead up against his.
"Don't close your eyes…Stay with me…" I begged and kissed the top of his forehead repeatedly and wished that was some kind of way to revive him from on-coming death.
"I-I'm... - I'm…. s-sor-…ry…" Buddy breathed out one last time before his bright blue eyes closed and didn't reopen.
"NOOOOOOOOO….!" I screamed and threw myself more on him and cried as I felt like my heart completely shattered.
I sat there on him and sobbed for a couple of minutes. His breathing had stopped and there was no sign of any life.
I grit my teeth together and felt panic strike my entire body like a whip.
I pulled myself away from his motionless body a bit and then placed my shaky hand on to his cheek as I stared down at him.
I slowly leaned myself in and placed my lips on to his own.
"I love you…" I murmured into the kiss.
Tears streamed down my face and dripped down on to his own now deathly pale face.
I clung on to him and didn't let go as I kept my lips against his own.
I wouldn't let go…
I couldn't….
I backed my face away just enough so our noses were now brushing up against each other. I placed my hands on each side of him and went into a deep concentration.
"H-Heal him… Heal him… Heal him….Please…Heal him…" I repeated over and over again and my hands began to glow a bright green from each side of him. I shuttered and put all my mind, body, and spirit into my power. I concentrated so much I felt my body give in from so much power being drawn out of me. I fell against his unmoving chest and I let my body lay there limp on him with my face never leaving his face.
I closed my pale blue eyes as more warm stray tears fell upon his face.
"Live… F-for me…Please, you can even take all my power with it… I don't care…if I have too… I-I don't care take it all…L-let him live… I love him…Please…" I whispered weakly.
I placed another kiss on his lips and suddenly my body began to shimmer and shine a bright green like never before. It grew larger and brighter around me and even began to glow around Buddy as I embraced him on the ground with a kiss.
The green lights flickered and danced around us. And bright sparkles and light engulfed us and suddenly I heard something…
A heart beat…
HIS HEART BEAT…!
I gasped loudly and jerked my head up to see him begin to squirm on the ground with his eyes still closed.
I began to start hyperventilating, "BUDDY A-ARE YOU…?!"
I then heard him groan and my heart lifted up from the heaviness it was set under.
"BUDDY…!" I shouted again in happiness.
The severe wounds on Buddy began to fade away slowly and his breathing seemed to rapidly return back to a normal pace.
I started laughing breathily in relief as his bright blue eyes fluttered open to see me again.
"Wendy…?"
"BUDDY…!" I shouted and shoved myself on him and began hugging him as tightly as possible. Buddy seemed a bit surprised but embraced me back just as tightly.
Once I let go of him I still sat on top of him and looked down at him lovingly, "I-I thought I lost you!" I cried out.
He seemed a bit out of it still as he pulled himself up, as I also pulled myself off, now we were both sitting there and facing each other.
"Y-You….You… Saved me…?" he muttered out in which sounded like disbelief.
"W-What…? Of course…! Why wouldn't I…?"
He looked at me in a daze and almost a bit remorsefully.
"W-why…? I treated you so….So…so poorly…"
I gave a sad expression and stared at him silently for a moment.
"I even hurt you…" he muttered lowly and slowly extended his gloved hand towards me and brushed his hand gently across the side of my forehead in where he had landed the hit.
I reached out and grabbed his arm lightly while looking at him carefully, "Syndrome-"
"N-no don't…please just…Just call me Buddy…" he muttered and looked down with a troubled expression.
I felt a smile twitch upon my lips, "Y-you don't know how long I've been waiting for you to say that…" I whispered out sadly.
He looked back at me a bit taken back but then looked down again and shook his head, "Wendy…I don't know what to say…"
"Don't say anything then…"
"No…That's the easy way out…" he spoke up and looked me back in the eyes.
"I-I'm … I… Jeez… I don't even know why I would bother… Why would you even bother to forgive me…?"
I shook my head and leaned in closer towards him, "Buddy…You're forgiven…"
"W-what…?"
I smiled lightly and then looked down with my smile, "Forgive and forget… You made some big mistakes Buddy…But not forgiving people only causes a burdened heart. I learned that…From you…Mr. Incredible made a mistake a long time ago…You never forgave him…You now are the one to make the mistakes but I'm not going to be the way you were… I'm going to forgive you… Because that is what a true hero does. Small virtues like that are what makes us super, Buddy…Not super-powers, catch-phrases, or flashy clothing…No…Doing what is right for the better of people and others because you have enough strength and love in your heart to do so is what true heroism is. No matter if you have the strength of million men or the power to barely get out of bed in morning, it doesn't matter. As long as you have those virtues and love in your heart… Anyone can be a super…All it takes is to believe that in yourself."
Buddy stayed quiet for a long moment while looking down as he processed what I had just said. I smiled and reached forward and took the black mask off of his face. His blue eyes shot back up to my own pale blue eyes. He looked confused by my action and I slowly reached to my face and took off my own black mask and set them aside.
"I want to see Buddy not Syndrome for a moment." I spoke up and then leaned in and pressed my lips up against his. He swiftly reacted as he wrapped his arms around my waist and brought me closer to him and he deepened the kiss.
"I love you…" we both muttered to each other in unison.
"Syndrome…" the voice of Mr. Incredible spoke up as he began to walk over towards us.
Buddy quickly pulled himself back and snapped his view over towards Mr. Incredible with a deep hateful glare.
"Mr. Incredible…" he muttered under his breath loathsomely.
The two stared back at each other with looks that could kill. I had to do something before this got ugly again.
"So he lived… Now he can spend the rest of his life in prison where he belongs." Mr. Incredible stated coldly and Buddy scoffed bitterly.
I looked back and forth between the two and then shook my head, "That's enough you two!" I spoke up and began to stand up with Buddy also standing up but not taking his eyes of animosity away from Mr. Incredible.
The two of them eventually both looked over at me a bit taken back.
"Look where all this has gotten us. We need to stop this right now, right here before it just ends up killing the both of you. And I want neither of you to die…" I said seriously and eyed both of them intently as they stared back and glanced at each other in distaste.
"Mr. Incredible… Okay so you made a large mistake that hurt Buddy terribly and it was most avoidable. Buddy you made the large mistake of letting that mistake rule your life as up until now. My point is… I see something that neither of you may see but I see redemption."
"Redemption…?" Mr. Incredible muttered in doubt as he glanced at Buddy who sneered at him with a frown.
"Yes, redemption…"
"Wendy, you're not telling me you think HE can atone for what he has done. Even if he does he deserves nothing but to be punished for his crimes." Mr. Incredible said and Buddy sneered again.
"YEAH, WELL APPARENTLY WENDY SEES SOMETHING IN ME THAT YOU DON'T, JUST LIKE ALWAYS! Now shut up and listen to her!" Buddy hissed and I sighed in frustration. Getting these two to console with each other was going to be one big unruly dog fight.
"Both of you be quiet…" I resorted and sighed again, "Look Buddy… Even though you most likely do not see it Mr. Incredible really IS remorseful for what he did to you 15 years ago. Right, Mr. Incredible…?" I said and glanced at Bob indifferently.
Mr. Incredible sighed and rubbed the back of his head, "Well yeah… I am sorry for what I did it was wrong and I really do wish I could have had changed the outcome of it…I just panicked when Bomb Voyage had latched a bomb on to you… It was so frustrating…I should have come to you afterwards to explain to you personally some things but I had to get married that same night…I was ignorant then to know how badly you took all of that…I didn't know… And I'm sorry, Buddy…" Mr. Incredible confessed and Buddy stared at him with a straight face but you could tell he was taking it in and mulling it over carefully.
"You should be sorry…" Buddy muttered darkly and I glared him a bit and he seemed to notice and he sighed heavily before thinking of something to add to the conversation.
"After that night it broke me… You literally RIPPED me apart! All I wanted was to help to be the hero that Mr. Incredible would love and want to work beside. But you know what you told me…! You never cared…-"I quickly cut Buddy off before he just made himself angrier.
"Buddy…Forgive Mr. Incredible… You have the chance to be the super you always wanted to be. And the first step to that is to forgive Mr. Incredible… You have too. You can't go on with that grudge any longer or it will continue to consume you and eat away at you. You have to find it within yourself to forgive him… You have too… If not for yourself or Mr. Incredible… Do it for me…" I stated firmly and watched him as he looked at me shocked.
Mr. Incredible looked at me wide eyed and then glanced at Buddy who looked down to the ground and grumbled to himself as he fought furiously with himself.
"Buddy please, you have to do this for yourself…. I don't want to see you like this anymore. I know more than anyone else you're capable of so much more and I believe in you."
"Even if I do… What's the point in it? I'm still going to be thrown into prison for the rest of my life…" Buddy muttered to himself darkly as he stared at the ground with a troubled expression.
I sighed lightly and glanced at Mr. Incredible as he watched Buddy fight a war inside his mind. It was obvious part of Buddy wanted to listen to me and just get all this madness over with. But the other side of Buddy that was torn and hurt cried out for vengeance.
"Buddy, if it makes you more apt to forgive me… I'll forgive you for what you had done to my family and all of Metrocity…" Mr. Incredible spoke up solemnly.
Buddy's eyes flashed over towards Mr. Incredible in stupor. He began to shake his head broadly, "You mean… After all I did to you… You still would…-"Buddy faltered and he legitimately looked like he couldn't comprehend Mr. Incredible's benevolence.
"Remember what I said about true heroism, Buddy…?" I spoke out softly and gently set my hand on to Buddy's shoulder as I looked at him intently.
He continued to stare at Mr. Incredible while breathing slightly heavily and almost shaking a bit. It was as if he was staring at an old dead friend maybe an enemy it was hard to understand the expression on Buddy's face. It looked so troubled and desperate to seek out answers to his confusion.
"W-why…? You're supposed to hate me…! I-I am your arch-nemesis…I-I'm…-"
"Buddy Pine…" Mr. Incredible spoke up and stared at Buddy sadly.
"No… I'm…I-I…."Buddy shook in his disorientation and his eyes grazed down to the ground and he almost looked panicked to grasp for a real identity.
"He's right, Buddy… You no matter what you call yourself are still Buddy Pine. Please… Be the Buddy I know and love… Don't do this to yourself… Make amends for a better, brighter future. You can do that... I'll make sure of it… You won't rot away in prison… All you have to do… Is forgive…You don't even have to forget but you know and I know you know that you need this more than anything else right now, Buddy. Please just do it…"
"But everything I worked for… Everything I planned…"
"It's gone…Now you need to start anew. It's three words away…" I continued to plead with Buddy.
He was balling his fists up into tight balls and his walls began to break and shatter. Tears began to engulf Buddy's vision. All that pain that had been locked up for so long came rushing out in full force. He couldn't control it. He couldn't do that any longer. Not even Syndrome could push it away.
"I…I…-" Buddy spoke hoarsely and began swiftly rubbing at his eyes to make the tears go away but the more he wiped them away the more came flooding down. I slowly walked forward and embraced Buddy from behind as his body was quivering in so much pent up pain.
He continued to hyperventilate and Mr. Incredible watched him with sad eyes.
"You can forgive me, Buddy. It won't make you look weak. Wendy is right, you know…" Mr. Incredible said quietly and seemingly couldn't believe himself at how much hurt actually was tormenting Buddy.
"I FORGIVE YOU, OKAY…!?" Buddy finally snapped out very loudly as he looked up from the ground and stared at Mr. Incredible through bright wide frustrated eyes.
Mr. Incredible started to smile lightly and he extended his hand over towards Buddy for him to shake. I backed away from Buddy and stared in astonishment. Buddy actually said it.
Buddy was still shaking and tears continued to conquer over him as they slide down his face. Buddy looked down at Mr. Incredible's hand reluctantly.
I didn't say anything as I watched Mr. Incredible watch him carefully as he continued to hold his hand out for Buddy.
Buddy scowled a bit to himself before giving in everything and very, very slowly inching his hand over towards Mr. Incredible to shake as a gesture and seal of forgiveness that for so very long needed to be addressed.
Once their hands met, Buddy stared down at their hands in disbelief. Mr. Incredible began to shake his hand lightly even though Buddy wasn't reciprocating the hand shake as he was too busy entranced by the handshake and thoughts.
"You made the right choice, Buddy…Thank you…" Mr. Incredible stated lightly.
I smiled and nodded as I watched Buddy's face for the first time seem to falter into a small smile. It was like the heavy weight that drug him down was thrown off. All the hatred and sadness he pent up were overcome.
"I never thought I would be forgiving you…" Buddy spoke up quietly.
"Maybe, Wendy is right… Maybe, there is a chance of redemption in you. Buddy… I'm so sorry for what happened… I'm glad you looked up to me as much as you did, but I was not the perfect role model back then… And I realize this… But Buddy, this gives you the chance to make an identity out of yourself."
"He's right again, Buddy… You don't have to be Mr. Incredible's shadow. You can be your own hero! You can even still be Syndrome… Not the bad guy… But the good guy Syndrome… That person you always dreamt of being. You never really wanted to be evil Buddy… I always knew that. You have too much of a hero's heart hidden within you to be a villain."
Buddy tensed up a bit and his smile became a bit larger as he took his hand back from Mr. Incredible, "You really think I can still be a hero…?"
"Of course, you can! I mean it's going to take time now… You might be disliked at first because of what happened but people will come around and you can still be Syndrome and I can be Detoxia…! We can both be super heroes!" I exclaimed and bent down and picked up our masks and put mine on and then placed his own mask into his gloved hand. Buddy stayed quiet and stared searchingly at the mask as he was consumed in thought.
Mr. Incredible smiled but seemed a bit unsure, "He's still going to have to go to prison though…-"I cut him off quickly as Buddy glanced over at Mr. Incredible and seemed vexed at his comment.
"No… I'm going to talk to the officials about it. Buddy isn't going to taught anything by being thrown into some small stuffed up cell by himself… It's a pointless effort…" I said seriously and glanced over at the street as I heard cop sirens finally blaring loudly and racing towards us.
Buddy looked at me but he also looked over as the cops were parking and running over towards us with their guns out and pointed at Buddy.
"GET ON THE GROUND..!" they yelled and Buddy watched and began to glare deeply at the cops.
"Wait..! Hold on…!" I yelled and walked in front of Buddy and in the line of fire if they were to shoot.
They looked at me in shock as they all started to mutter, "Detoxia..?"
Apparently, my name got out faster than I thought it had… I would be fangirling about this if it wasn't such a critical moment.
"I need to speak to your Uhh boss…? Don't shoot him, alright…?" I said as I put my hands up a bit in defense and they looked at each other strangely but nodded but they still had their guns up and pointed in my direction in case Buddy decided to do something menacing.
I then sighed and watched as the chief came walking up while looking at me strangely. The rest of the Incredible's family was also walking up from behind him.
"Looks like we got him, please step aside Detoxia. You've done well…"
"No…" I said while continuing to stand protectively in front of Buddy.
"Wendy, what are you…?" Buddy muttered and stared at me strangely from behind me as I continued to stand firmly in front of him.
"No..? What are you talking about…?" the chief asked with a confused expression.
"Please, I know I'm about to ask for a lot but don't arrest him… Instead…Uh… Let me handle him! I'll take full responsibility for him! I know he's done more than just… some wrong but throwing him into prison isn't going to fix anything!" I stated defensively and the Parr family, expect Mr. Incredible were all looking at me in shock.
The chief stared at me doubtfully, "I know you've done a lot for this city but he has done a lot of bad. Why would you ever want him to be roaming the streets unpunished? You know the public will not like that."
"I don't care what the public thinks… Have you ever heard of a thing called second changes, chief? I know that seems unbelievable after what has just happened but I will make sure to deal with him myself. He wants to amend for the wrong he has done and he can't do that if he's stuck in prison for the rest of his days! Just give me a chance… No, give him a chance… If you can do anything for me just do that…" I begged and was crossing my fingers tightly as the chief was mulling over the idea.
Buddy sighed and decided he should contribute a little bit to his own freedom.
"You should listen to her… I'm just saying…"
…Even if it wasn't a very good and helpful contribution…
Mr. Incredible decided to pry in as he stepped forward, "I think you should give her that responsibility, chief. Wendy is wise for her age. I can tell she knows what she is doing. After all he's done even I am asking you to let Syndrome be put under the responsibility of Detoxia. If anyone can keep Syndrome under control… it is her…" Mr. Incredible said firmly.
Helen looked horrified at her husband's words but didn't bother to say anything. Violet and Dash were a bit indifferent but they both trusted Wendy's word for keeping Buddy in check.
The chief sighed heavily and nodded after a moment, "Alright, alright… Fine… But if we find him doing ONE thing and I mean something as minor as taking candy from a baby. We will take over and take care of him ourselves." The chief implied seriously and Buddy's eyes widen.
He couldn't believe it… His own freedom was saved. After all the trouble he put everyone through. Not just Wendy but even Mr. Incredible himself pleaded for his freedom. He truly just couldn't believe it!
"If it makes anyone feel better… I'll pay someone to clean this mess up…" Buddy said a bit sheepishly as he glanced around at all the broken rubble of his trashed airship.
The chief sent him a warning glare and shook his head before gesturing his men to stop pointing their guns at Buddy. They obeyed and the chief began walking away while talking, "We're watching you Syndrome. Don't try anything…We mean it…" he said and began to walk off with the rest of the police force.
Buddy's tense body seemed to lighten up a bit as they began to walk away. And now it was just the Parr family and me.
"You're seriously going to let him go after he tried to kidnap my baby!" Helen snapped while holding Jack-Jack in her arms. The baby glanced over at Buddy and seemed to also sneer in distaste.
Bob sighed and ran his hand through his short blond hair, "That's a bad way to put it but yeah… I mean he's technically not getting away he's just not going to prison…" Mr. Incredible stated and glanced at Buddy who also had turned to glance at him a bit surprised.
I began to smile largely and I couldn't hold it in anymore. I rushed and threw myself into Buddy's arms and held him to me tightly. I was so happy right now! I actually was able to convince the police force to keep Buddy out of prison. Now that was an achievement worth praise after all he has jacked up.
Helen was obviously still not happy about the decision as she shook her head and looked peeved.
"You're not going to try and destroy Metrocity anymore are you…!?" Dash suddenly spoke up while eyeing Buddy with narrow eyes.
Buddy scoffed and shook his head, "No, I'm not going to try and destroy Metrocity!" he stated mockingly with over-exaggeration.
I backed out of his arms and looked up at him with a smirk, "Better not… You're my responsibility now." I said and he looked down at me and smirked back.
"Looks like the baby sitting roles have swapped…" I added and he rolled his eyes as I began to laugh at him.
"You're the worst baby sitter ever…!" I kept saying and he sneered playfully and pushed me a bit but not hard.
"Tell me about it…" Helen muttered darkly as she stared at Buddy through narrowed eyes and Jack-Jack blew out a raspberry at Buddy.
"So now what…?" Violet spoke up as she looked at everyone a bit perplexed.
"Well, I don't know about you guys… but Buddy and I have some discussing to do with super hero business and all that jazz." I said a bit dramatically.
"The city is still not accepting supers though, Wendy…" Mr. Incredible said as he looked over at me with his arms crossed.
"Do you honestly think this city is going to survive without heroes after what just happened…? Please they'll be begging for us back in… About a day… I'm sure…" I nodded and Mr. Incredible started to chuckle a bit.
"This is going to be a bit awkward for me isn't it…?" Buddy muttered randomly and I looked at him and grabbed on to his hand with a smile.
"We're goanna be the best duo of heroes Metrocity's ever seen!"
He looked down at me and smiled genuinely while squeezing my hand a bit.
"Well that's OBVIOUS enough…" Buddy stated and we both began to laugh with each other.
Things I say are going to be looking up for the better…!