Chapter 21-Dash's Nightmare. (Credit goes to Incrediblesfan1 for the request.)

Dash was fast asleep late at night. He was tossing and turning as he had a dream. He was standing in a black space in his Super suit before he jumped at hearing, "DASH!"

He looked around and finally saw Helen giving him a stern glare.

"What's wrong, Mom?" Dash asked.

"You're what's wrong!" Helen snapped, scaring Dash.

"What?!" Dash asked.

"All you ever do is complain when something doesn't go your way or when something cool doesn't happen. You always want something from me and your father and use your powers for total nonsense. Sometimes, I wonder if you'll ever take anything seriously." Helen said coldly.

"Mom…" Dash said as tears began to build in his eyes.

Helen then said, "I get the feeling that you don't understand what it means to fight as a team, being the little showboat that you are. You're always putting us in danger with your little shows." before she turned her back to him and started to walk away.

"Mom, wait!" Dash said as tears fell from his eyes. He ran after her, but, the faster he ran, the farther away she got until she was finally out of sight.

"MOM!" Dash yelled.

Dash then shot up from his bed with a loud yell before he started panting, tears running down his face. He was really upset.

The next morning, Helen walked into Dash's room.

"Hey, honey, ready for us to go camping?" she asked, wondering when she got no response. Suddenly, she noticed his window was open and she rushed over and looked out the window.

"DASH?! DASH! Oh, not again!" Helen said before she rushed to alert everyone else.

Later...

"Where could he be?!" Elastigirl asked as she stretched across the rooftops, followed by Voyd and an airborne Aunt Incredible.

"Calm down, Elastigirl. We're sure to find him sooner or later." Aunt Incredible said.

"Yeah, he'll turn up." Voyd said.

At the same time, Miss Stealth and Frozone were accompanying Mr. Incredible as he searched the streets and alleyways with Edna in tow.

"No sign of him anywhere." Frozone said.

"I hope we find him before too long." Miss Stealth added.

"He can't be too far." Mr. Incredible said.

"Speed Demon will be fine, but we must find him before something bad happens, dahlings." Edna said.

Later on, everyone met up in the backyard of the Incredibles.

"Any luck?" Elastigirl asked.

"No." everyone said before they all sighed sadly.

"Why would Dash run away again? Is it because he doesn't think Mom loves him again?" Violet asked.

"No, he's far too sure his mom will never stop loving him." Voyd said.

"Let's try searching in his favorite places." Frozone said.

Everyone did just that. Elastigirl even checked near the stadium before they searched the city again, returning to the Parr house a few hours later without success. They all sighed in defeat.

Suddenly, Edna got an idea, "I know, dahlings! We can use the tracking device for his suit!" she said.

A lightbulb went off in Elastigirl's head. Dash's Super suit had been missing when she checked his room. She grabbed the tracking device out of her pocket and activated it, everyone breathing a sigh of relief when they saw it was in an area just a little bit out of the city with a blip group at their location.

"I'll go find him. You all wait here." Elastigirl said.

Everyone nodded before Elastigirl stretched across the city and followed the tracker to a forest. She stopped on the ground and looked around before she saw Dash huddled up in a tree.

"He must be upset." she said before she walked over and called up into the tree, "Dash!"

Dash looked down and once he saw his mom, he jumped down and ran and hugged her tight around the waist before he started crying hysterically. Elastigirl hugged him back and started trying to comfort him.

"Shh...shh...it's okay, Dash. Calm down. Tell me what's wrong, sweetheart." she said.

Dash looked up at her with tear-filled eyes, "I had a nightmare last night. You were blaming me for all the trouble I always cause, just because I always want something from you and Dad, don't know how to fight in a team, and because I endanger everyone and only care when something cool happens and use my powers for total nonsense. Then, you turned your back on me and walked away. I tried to go after you, but the faster I ran, the farther away you got until I was alone, shouting for you." Dash cried.

Elastigirl gasped at hearing about this, "Dash, listen to me, honey. I don't blame you one bit for any of that. I understand that you used your powers to play pranks because you were frustrated at being unable to use them for sports, and like I told you before, me and your father are always happy to do everything else for you. That's one of the things parents are for. You know how to fight in a team, otherwise, we wouldn't have beaten the Omnidroid, Evelyn, Venom, and many others. If you hadn't worked with me and your sister and father to fight, we might not be breathing or legal right now. You don't endanger us at all. Even if you get totally careless in battle, you quickly realize it and do whatever you can to make up for it. You also make sure to protect others, like when you stayed with Violet after she was knocked out by the Omnidroid. Whenever something cool does happen, you show interest in it, but still stay focused on our battles. To be honest, I find some happenings cool during our battles, too, such as you running on water. I'll be honest with you, Dash, when I first saw that, I thought it was one of the coolest things I've ever seen, and it still is to me. I know you take fighting seriously, otherwise, you would pay more attention to admiration during the battle than the battle itself. Don't ever think that I blame you for anything enough to turn my back on you. I promise you this, Dash, I will never, under any circumstances, be it torture, or threat of death, turn my back on you and abandon you. As your mother, Elastigirl, Helen Parr, I will always stay by your side, no matter what. I promise that on my life." she said with a smile.

Dash looked at her, his tears of sadness now tears of joy, before he hugged her tightly around the neck and cried, Elastigirl still smiling as she hugged him back.

"Mom, I love you so much." Dash said.

"I love you, too, Dash." Elastigirl said as they stood there for some time before they separated from the hug.

"Hey, Mom, can we spend a day together sometime soon? Just you and me?" Dash asked.

Elastigirl smiled widely and said, "Sure, sweetie. How would you like it to be tomorrow? I'll take you to get your last report card and then we can have the whole day to ourselves."

"That sounds great." Dash said before they hugged again.

Meanwhile, deep underground...

"All right, now we're going to…" Syndrome said as he and The Underminer made their way through the jail underground in a small driller tank.

"You've been getting pretty bossy since we started this little alliance." The Underminer said.

"Maybe so, but don't worry, I'm willing to let you take the lead on a few things." Syndrome said as they made their way through the underground tunnels.