Chapter XXXI: Heroics

"So she somehow got away?" Syndrome asked the guard beside him.

"Yes sir. We don't know how she got out of her containment. All the monitors when blank before then."

"In that case, I'll just have to have it go after her." Syndrome smiled.

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Looking back, Ushio could tell she'd made it. When she'd gotten outside, several guards had spotted her escape. After a quick scuffle, she'd ran into the jungle once more. As night had fallen, she believed she was safe at last.

Sighing in exhaustion, she sat down. It'd been a long day and any rest she could get, she'd take. The cool night air blew on her. Ushio shivered a bit. She knew she could start a fire, but that it'd lead the guards to her.

Resting a bit, a large rumbling alerted the girl. Getting to her feet, she looked around. Whatever it was, it wasn't natural. Glancing over to the volcano, a huge cloud of smoke and fire erupted out of it. Yet, it was no volcanic eruption. A strange rocket jetted out into the sky above.

"What the…" Ushio murmured.

Going back to resting, Ushio heard something rustling. Turning her attention to it, she observed nothing out of the ordinary. Still weary, the girl turned around only to feel a sudden force throw her against a tree.

"What was…that…" she got to her feet.

Conjuring her Keyblade, she assumed a defensive stance. Something was out there, that she was sure of. Seeing some leaves falling in front of her, she quickly got into a blocking position just in time for something to collide with her key.

Once the pressure let up, she lunges forward with a strike. The blow hit thin air, yet something was there. Attacking the same spot, it appeared as though Ushio was hitting nothing, but she could feel all her blows land. With a mighty hit, whatever it was lurched back and revealed itself.

The creature was a huge, bipedal chameleon. It appeared yellow and green with a large Heartless emblem on its chest.

With the Stealth Sneak exposed, Ushio knew her target at last. As the Heartless revealed itself, it seemed more weary of the girl. Staring at her, it fired lasers out of its eyes. Ushio jumped to dodge them as they appeared to come straight for her.

Slashing away, Ushio chipped its endurance down bit by bit. The creature seemed to use its element of surprise as it main source of power. Now that it was out in the open, it wasn't as hard. Clapping its hands together, it launched a energy projectile towards her. She dodged the incoming blast and rushed to the foe. With one final push, she strung several hits together. That seemed to be the final straw as the large lizard collapsed to the ground and faded.

Now that her problem was done, Ushio hiked into the jungle a bit further. Given the battle, she couldn't be to sure others wouldn't follow. Finding a nice nesting place, she laid down, exhausted. Despite the situation, she found herself drifting off to sleep.

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A loud alarm blared out, waking Ushio from her slumber. Jumping to her feet, she made quick work of her surroundings. Somehow, the guards had found her. Yet, as she looked around, nobody was surrounding her.

Mystified, she walked a bit, looking for its source. Making her way through some trees, she spotted a trio of hovercrafts. Getting closer, she noted the guards surrounding a pair of kids. One disappeared as the other ran off at incredible speed.

"What?" one guard cried.

"They're supers!" another called out.

Two guards got in their hovercraft as they flew off. Ushio readied herself as she stepped out of the brush. The remaining guard fired his blaster into the jungle opposite of her.

"I know you're there, Little Miss Disappear." he called out.

It appeared he still hadn't Ushio. As she started moving towards him, she noticed a large branch float into the air. With several swings, it beat the guy down. With the guard on the ground, the girl that Ushio had seen before reappeared, holding the branch. The guard, still conscious, tripped her as he went for his blaster. Grabbing it, he fired as she disappeared once more. With his attention of her, Ushio stood right behind him. One solid sweep of her Keyblade latter, the guard was on the ground, out cold.

The girl reappeared, noticing what Ushio had done. As Ushio approached her, she was swept off her feet as a blur went by.

"Woah, Dash, she's fine." the girl called out.

The blur came back and stopped to reveal the boy from before.

"Sorry about that." he said.

"That's fine. Given the situation, it's understood." Ushio replied. "I mean, with everyone gunning for you, you don't know-"

However their talk was interrupted as another guard appeared. He aimed his blaster at Ushio and the boy. As Ushio still sat on the ground from, she knew she could do anything in time. She prepared for the worst.

However, that didn't happen as she opened her eyes to see the girl having leapt in front of them. Looking around, it appeared some kind of bubble surrounded them. Try as he might, the guard's blaster fire bounced off.

"How are you doing that?" the boy said.

"I don't know!" the girl replied.

"Whatever you do, don't stop." Ushio joined in.

The boy, Dash, from what Ushio put together from earlier, started to roll the sphere as he ran. The barrier they were in took off at great speeds as Ushio found herself almost floating in the air from failing to keep up. Before long, the trio rushed through the jungle and started rolling onto two unsuspecting people. From the flashes of faces that rolled around, she recognized one was Mr. Incredible. Somehow he'd made it out of captivity.

"Mom! Dad! Hey!" the girl said as the two continued to roll around the outside of the sphere. Stopping the barrier projection, the five rolled forwards into the ground.

"Kids." the woman they'd hit said, looking at the pair.

"You're all right." Mr Incredible said. "And you, you made it out of there." he turned to Ushio.

As the family hugged it out, Ushio joined them in getting to their feet. At this point though, several hovercrafts zoomed by and encircled them. Mr. Incredible and the woman who appeared to have elastic based powers made short work of them.

In the aftermath of the attack, more guards and hovercrafts came. Everyone went on the offensive. Ushio swing her key as the guards approached closely. With everyone doing some of the work, the numbers dwindled. As everything seemed to be going in their direction, they were hit with a strange beam that fixed them in place.

"Time out!" came the familiar voice of Syndrome.

Ushio tried moving to no avail. Whatever this was, it had her stuck.

"What have we here?" Syndrome asked. "Matching uniforms? Oh no! Elastigirl?" he laughed, looking at the woman. "You married Elastigirl? Whoa! And got busy! It's a whole family of supers. And don't think I forgot about you. I mean, who could forget a strange girl who just shows up and takes out my guards and the Heartless I have protecting the island. Boy, that Aster guy was right. Looks like I've hit the jackpot! Oh, this is just too good!