Cherry and Lionel were shown to still be asleep, even though both of their phones were ringing when the kids came back.
"Whuh? Huh?" Lionel yawned, as he put his phone on speaker. "Who th' bloody 'ell is it?"
"Hey, are you guys coming and did you see the paper?" Helen's voice asked.
"Oh, you mean how we stopped Screenslaver again?" Cherry asked dully. "Yeah, we saw that. Uh, we might have to catch up with ya later, EG."
"Aw, don't tell me you guys are tired," Helen replied. "I thought you liked the excitement of keeping towns safe again like you did in Gotham City."
"Yeah, but we just don't have kids to worry about when we're done, we let them bring their friends along," Cherry reminded. "Lionel and I need to take five... Or at least 50."
"True." Lionel replied.
"So you're not coming?" Helen asked.
"It's complicated." Cherry said before hanging up suddenly.
"Yeah..." Lionel sighed. "Alright, let's get you over there." With a snap of his fingers, he teleported them all to the Fudo house.
The siblings were getting set up and were almost done, thanks to Akito's own super-speed before they looked over.
"Hey, kiddos." Cherry said to the Fudo siblings.
"Hi, Aunt Cherry!" The Fudo siblings smiled. "Hi, Uncle Lionel!"
"How's it going?" asked Lionel. "I kid, I kid, but you kids have fun while your mom and I rest up. Let us know when that Happy Platter thing is happening."
"We can do that," LJ said. "We'll try to keep it down long enough for you to rest."
"I appreciate that, even though I have a special way of making sure you kids are quiet for my sake." Cherry smirked slightly as some magic came from her fingertips as she raised her hand.
The group nodded as Cherry and Lionel went to get some rest after a tough time of crime-fighting with Elastigirl.
"This should be a good game," Akito said to the group. "Felicity's friend Carlos let us borrow it along with some others."
"Let's get our game on then," Gaz smirked. "I should warn you, I'm a pro, especially with the GameSlave."
"Then lemme see what'cha got!" LJ declared as he put on the VR gear. "Bring your... A-Game, so to speak!"
"Get ready, cuz I'm not holding back." Akito smirked as he did the same.
The two smirked at each other and soon began to play a game which was called "Hero Rising". Everyone else either sat and watched or just hung out with Vincent and Estelle while Cherry and Lionel would get some rest after running around in the excitement with Elastigirl. David, meanwhile, was chewing on his rubber elephant toy.
"Aw, nice! I'm owning it!" LJ declared. "Whup-whup! Speed boost, baby!"
"Not for long if I have anything to say about it!" Akito smirked while "chasing" LJ.
Zofia and Estelle smiled as they kept a close eye on David while Chrissy began to feel nervous around the toddler boy.
"Don't worry, Chrissy, he won't bite you." Kimberly told the blonde girl.
"...I guess I'm just a little nervous," Chrissy said. "Plus a little jealous. Especially considering how my life used to be."
"Jealous?" Zofia asked. "Pray tell what exactly?"
"Well... I wish I could've had a sister with me when I was with my parents," Chrissy said. "Or listen to my Aunt Diana more... Maybe I would've had a happier life with my parents before we went to that dumb TV Show."
"Diana?" Kimberly asked. "I didn't know you had an Aunt Diana... Until now, at least."
"Believe it or not, but she had a special secret." Chrissy replied.
The girls looked curious.
"...You might know her better as Black Canary." Chrissy then explained what she meant.
"Ohhhhhh... You mean Dinah!" Kimberly replied. "Diana is Wonder Woman's name!"
"Also Alice's cat!" Estelle piped up.
The others looked at her.
"Sorry," Estelle smiled sheepishly. "It's not often I hear that name."
"I'm sure a lot of people could agree with you on that, Sis." Vincent chuckled.
"Just sometimes maybe I should've listened to her instead of my so-called parents," Chrissy said softly. "The only really cared about the money."
"Well, now you have a better family," Kimberly replied. "And they're in it for the music, but I imagine having to work with Lynn Loud will be a heck of an adjustment for both of us."
"Well, we work with Jenny," Chrissy replied. "So it'll be different, but the same."
"Though Lynn's a bit rougher than Jenny," Kimberly said. "Jenny's a bit scrappy, but not too bad."
"I am not a Scrappy!" Jenny's voice called out.
"Scrappy as in rambunctious and adventurous, not like the trope named after Scooby-Doo's nephew!" Kimberly called back.
"Ohh! Okay then!" Jenny's voice replied as she went outside to practice more soccer for whenever she would see her friend again.
"But no worries," Kimberly smiled at Chrissy. "It's going to be okay and we have a lot of fun together. You're better off without those jerks."
"You mean, not a Bubsy!" Lionel called.
Cherry was just heard snoring.
"Anyway..." Kimberly then said. "You're a lot happier with us, right, Chrissy?"
"Well, yeah." Chrissy admitted.
"Right," Kimberly smiled. "Focus on the good and not the bad, you'll have a much better life, even though it's pretty rough some of the times. After all, life starts at conception."
"Yeah, that's true," Chrissy replied. "Nothing left but to keep on moving forward."
The others smiled at that.
Eventually, after some game playing and resting.
"Hey, kids," Mo smiled as she poked her head in. "Wanna go visit The Happy Platter?"
The kids all glanced at one another.
"Sure, Mrs. Fudo/Auntie Mo/Mom!" came the various responses.
Mo smiled warmly as she went to get herself ready.
"Mother, Father, we're going to the Happy Platter." Zofia said as she came to the door of the room her parents were sleeping in.
"Okay, dear," Cherry replied. "Thank you for telling us."
"You all have a pleasant time," Lionel replied. "Mind your manners and what-have-you."
"We shall!" Zofia smiled before she went off with everyone to visit the Happy Platter.
"Still exhausted?" Lionel asked Cherry as they lay in the guest bed.
"Not as much as I was earlier, but still a little tired," Cherry said. "I haven't been worked this hard since Bruce made me train a little harder and extra longer after he finally came face-to-face with Joe Chill and confronted him about killing his parents when we got back to the mansion."
"Well, you did act a bit sassy and bratty and even talked back to him earlier in that week." Lionel reminded.
"Yeah, I guess I deserved that." Cherry had to admit.
"Yup," Lionel nodded. "Good thing I decided to keep my mouth shut. I hope the pets are having fun on their own world tour."
"Yeah... Wherever they ended up..." Cherry added. "They seem to disappear a lot... Though I guess that's part of Patch being associated with those Pound Puppies after he ran away from home at first."
"I figure that's a pretty interesting story," Lionel replied. "Considering I never really found out about how he met them."
"Well, I guess I'll tell you about it if you wanna know," Cherry said. "I can tell you while the kids go out to those who already know or I can give you the abridged version."
"Abridged is fine, yes." Lionel nodded.
"Well, it all started when Patch heard about Puppy School and wanted to go there," Cherry began to explain. "After begging and pleading Atticus of course."
"As dogs do." Lionel nodded.
"So, Atticus gave in and allowed Patch to go to Puppy School, it started out great and a lot of fun... Then Patch met a spoiled dog by the name of Vendella," Cherry then continued. "She began to challenge Patch and antagonize him and she soon got him to do something very dangerous and Patch began to feel like he was dangerous and decided to ditch his collar and run away from home before we all got back home from school that day."
"Yowza," Lionel winced. "Peer pressure between pups."
"Yeah, guess it even happens in the animal kingdom," Cherry replied. "Patch even told us how when he visited the farm during the summer that Two-Tone, Dipstick, and Mooch were a group of bullies."
"Two-Tone as a bully?" Lionel asked in surprise. "The times have changed, I can tell."
"So then Patch was a dog without his collar which of course meant a visit from the dogcatcher and he was soon thrown into Shelter 17 and there, he met Lucky the Border Collie who told him all about the Pound Puppies and what they did," Cherry then continued. "I guess The Pound Puppies are a legend that goes around the dog world considering I never heard of them until we found Patch again."
"Oh, neat!" Lionel replied. "At least you all found him."
"Yeah... I felt a bit sad for Atticus," Cherry had to admit as she rubbed her arm bashfully. "He lost his animal best friend after all. Patch was a little sad about leaving Lucky too," she then continued. "Especially since a little girl decided to adopt him."
"They still keep in touch though?" Lionel asked.
"Yeah, and it turns out that little girl was Atticus's cousin." Cherry replied.
Lionel shrugged. "At any other point, that would surprise me, but now, I'm used to that." he replied.
"Yeah, really..." Cherry said. "Still, I think that was a nice little surprise for both of them, especially with Patch coming back home to Atticus... Pretty nice to see the little guy come home and I tried to help out the best I could."
"Nice that you could put aside your mild animosity to help do the right thing." Lionel replied. "I believe that's definitely something to be proud of."
"Yeah, I suppose," Cherry said bashfully. "I have a heart after all."
"I thought it was just in a jar somewhere!" Dib's voice replied.
"Dib, don't say that about Mrs. Schwartz," Gaz's voice warned. "She could haunt your nightmares or make them come alive."
"Ah, she can't hear me," Dib's voice replied. "These walls are thick, right, guys?" he then asked the Fudo siblings. "...Guys?"
Cherry soon knocked on the wall to tell Dib that she could hear him.
"...Aw, Florpus." Dib then said out of fear.
"Dib? Do yourself a favor," said LJ's voice. "Next time you think of something like that to say? DON'T. SAY. IT."
"Are you kids about gone yet?" Cherry asked.
"Yeah, we're just loading up, Mom!" LJ's voice replied. "I'm sorry for Dib's stupidity!"
"Consider this his warning," Cherry said firmly before the kids were gone out the door. "Well, I think that about wraps up Patch's story with the Pound Puppies."
"Alright, that was a pretty neat tale, that's for sure," Lionel nodded. "Kept me thoroughly invested!"
"Yeah, sure was something." Cherry nodded.
And so, the others went to join the Parr family to get something to eat, though Bob looked hopeful that Violet would enjoy the experience.
"Why did we drive all the way across town for the 'Happy Platter'?" Violet complained as they stepped inside.
"We'd like a booth, over there, near the Philodendron," Bob told the woman in front before she took some menus and walked off to get them settled into their seats. "Good, right, near the Philodendron?"
"This platter doesn't look all that happy to me," Violet scoffed. "It looks bored."
Dash laughed at his sister's joke. "The Bored Platter!"
"I thought Vi would want a change of pace from drive-in food," Bob smiled. "Plus your friends are here."
"I like drive-in food." Violet said dryly.
"Does this mean vegetables?" Dash soon asked as they were given glasses of water.
"Vegetables are awesome!" Akito told him.
"Yeah, especially when they sing and dance and teach you about God." Gaz smirked.
"He's young, he'll learn in time," LJ shrugged. "Don't hassle."
"A balanced diet means vegetables," said Bob. "Might as well get used to it."
"Good evening, everyone." said the server as Violet took a long sip.
The second Violet saw who was the server, she shot water out of her nose. LJ tried very hard not to laugh, as Hiro looked on, a bit surprised.
"Gross!" Dash laughed at what happened to his sister.
"Is she all right?" Tony asked in concern.
"Yeah, it's okay." Violet said a bit weakly and wearily, trying to hide her face.
"Normally she doesn't ever drink like that." Bob commented.
"Okay, would you like some water, sir?" Tony offered as he took care of the wet mess on the table with his napkins as Violet looked like she would rather die than be in this situation.
"Yes. Yes, I would," Bob nodded. "This is my daughter, whom, you must know, right?"
"Hello." Tony said to the black-haired girl.
"Vi, say hi to-" Bob told Violet as she looked very exasperated.
"You should really stop, sir," Kimberly suggested. "My papa did something like this with my big sister and cousin when they saw a guy they liked at that Surfer's Paradise Hotel place."
"Yeah, there's train wreck and tire fire, and this is more like a boat crash, a train crash, car crash and plane crash... Mixed with a gas leak and a lit fuse," LJ added. "All at once."
"Well, I'm trying my best." Bob said to them.
"Please, Mr. Parr, you have a lot to learn about teenage girls." Chrissy retorted.
"I'm Dash: her little brother." Dash said to Tony eagerly.
"Hello." Tony smiled politely as Violet groaned.
"Really good water, very refreshing!" Bob smiled as he drank from his glass. "Spring water?"
"I don't know, sir, I think it's tap." Tony shrugged.
"Ah! Very delicious and refreshing." Bob said.
"Excellent tap." Dash smirked as he shook his glass.
Violet soon got up and went to storm off, feeling frustrated and embarrassed. Hiro decided that it probably wasn't a good idea to try and go after her.
"Good thinking," LJ replied. "We should probably just wait."
The girls looked a bit sorry for and concerned for Violet.
"I'm sorry she had to go through that." Dib said to the girls.
"It's okay," Chrissy said softly. "Violet just needs some time alone right now."
"I think she's starting her adolescence." Dash piped up while Jack-Jack drooled over his booster seat.
David nodded in response as he continued to nibble on the ear of his rubber elephant.
"Hopefully things don't get that bad for the rest of the night." Vincent stated.
"Maybe she needs something bigger!" Dash suggested. "Like a-"
"Okay, I think you need to settle down right now, Dash," Estelle told the younger boy. "Don't make things worse for your sister."
"Hmph... You always gotta ruin my fun, Estelle," Dash pouted and crossed his arms. "Why you gotta act so grown-up even though you're... What... 14?"
"Girls mature faster than boys, Dash," Estelle reminded. "Someday you might find yourself liking a lucky girl."
"Hmph... Yeah, right." Dash rolled his eyes.
"Well, he is good friends with Lucius's niece." Bob remarked.
"Dad!" Dash complained.
"Oh, Mr. Best has a niece?" Vincent asked.
"Oh, yeah," Bob replied. "She lives with her mother in another side of town back in Metroville. We should let her come visit sometime." he then explained as Dash grumbled a bit while sinking in his seat.
"That might be interesting," Estelle said before looking over. "Oh, are you guys bored? Here, watch a cartoon." she then said, putting a safety feature on her tablet and pushed it in front of David and Jack-Jack.
The two looked at the screen a bit blankly before something appeared on the screen with an old-fashioned cartoon intro. "It's The Adventures of Mr. Incredible with Frozone and Mr. Skipperdoo!"
David gave a deadpan glance at Estelle, then lightly huffed out of his nostrils in response.
"Eh, maturity is overrated," Raul shrugged. "Just means you get less interesting faster. And it gives you a swelled head. Not like for real, I mean it makes you more arrogant about things."
Estelle narrowed her eyes.
"...No offense?" Raul grinned sheepishly.
"I'll ignore that." Estelle said before checking the menu for vegetarian options.
Violet sat outside of the restaurant with a sigh to cool herself down before she would go back in again. Hiro noticed this as he glanced at her from the window he sat beside.
"I suppose now would be a decent time to go and try talking to her," LJ advised Hiro. "Just take things one step at a time, you should be fine."
"O-Okay..." Hiro nodded. "I'll do my best."
"Go for it, Hiro," Estelle smiled. "I'm sure you'll do fine."
Hiro gave a small smile back and he soon went to go outside to talk with Violet, sitting next to her on the front sidewalk for The Happy Platter.
"Oh... It's you..." Violet said to him, a bit sourly as she hugged her knees while staring out into the distance. "I thought maybe you were my dad."
"Well, uh, I'm not," Hiro replied. "I just thought you and I could talk. Um, I'm really sorry about what happened between you and Tony, but I can tell that your dad brought you here to try to cheer you up about him and maybe get back together... Uh, before the memory wipe thing." he then said, trying his best to talk to her as he hadn't really talked to a girl his own age before unless one counted Karmi.
"It's okay, really," Violet shrugged with a sigh. "I just wish during that fiasco inside I coulda disappeared right then."
"I can honestly say that I've been in that sort of situation before," Hiro replied. "I've had those kinds of moments in my life where I wish that I could vanish."
"Well, it can't be as worse as this moment," Violet scoffed lightly. "Have your parents ever embarrassed you to death at a public place where someone you thought was the cutest kid in school and were always so desperate to talk to, but never found the guts to?"
"Well... I lost my parents when I was 3, so I wouldn't really know what that's like." Hiro replied.
"...Oh, my gosh..." Violet then said shallowly. "Hiro, I'm sorry, I just-"
"Nah, it's okay," Hiro said to her. "Besides, I had Aunt Cass and Tadashi, so it wasn't so bad, I guess." he then said with a small smile.
"Well, your family sure sounds interesting." Violet remarked.
"Hey, so does yours," Hiro replied. "Even if they did embarrass you."
"Yeah, I guess," Violet said. "I liked that ice cream we shared though."
"It was pretty nice." Hiro nodded.
The two seemed to scoot closer to each other as some chemistry seemed to brew between the two as they got lost in each other's eyes for quite some time.
"Well, this is an interesting sight." A voice giggled as it looked like they were about to kiss.
Hiro yelped, as he turned and saw Tadashi and Honey Lemon, standing nearby. "T-Tadashi!" The boy exclaimed. "I... Didn't think you'd get here so fast..."
"I had plenty of time," Tadashi replied. "Plus the grown-ups said you'd be here."
Hiro and Violet looked bashful.
"Erm... Well... Violet, this is my brother, Tadashi," Hiro introduced. "And his friend, Honey Lemon."
"Honey Lemon?" Violet raised an eyebrow at the strange name. "...That's a strange-"
"Yes, I know," Honey Lemon replied. "Our friend Fred gave it to me, but my name is actually Aiko Miyazaki."
"Oh... Well, that's a good name too," Violet said. "My name is Violet Parr."
"Well, nice to meet you, Violet," Tadashi replied. "I see that you and Hiro are getting along swimmingly."
"Heh... Yeah..." Violet replied bashfully. "My family just embarrassed me over something stupid."
"Ah, families just do that sometimes, you can't let it bother you," Honey Lemon smiled. "Why don't we come inside and join you?"
"Yeah, LJ, Zofia, Akito, Estelle, and Vincent's parents said you all decided to come here for dinner," Tadashi replied. "It's not Aunt Cass's place, but it seems interesting."
"Even if some call it 'The Bored Platter'." Hiro said to Violet playfully.
Violet chuckled a little at that as she got up and went back inside with the others.
Everyone sat together, sharing conversation with each other until Hiro and Violet came back with the couple of extra guests.
"Oh! Hey, Tadashi," Akito smiled. "Hi, Honey Lemon."
"Hi, there." Tadashi and Honey Lemon greeted.
"This is my brother and his friend," Hiro told Bob. "It's alright if they eat with us too, right?"
"Sure, why not?" Bob allowed. "It's nice to meet you two."
"Nice to meet you too." said Honey Lemon.
So they all had a talk while they had their dinner, though Violet seemed to be getting along with Hiro.
"Looks like this dinner wasn't such a total bust." remarked LJ.
"Mm-hmm..." Zofia nodded in agreement.
"Hopefully those two work out better than with Violet being with Tony." Kimberly remarked.
"Oh, yeah," Estelle agreed before beaming as she bit into her burger. "Mm... It's almost hard to find a good veggie burger at a place like this, but this is amazing."
It was a good dinner overall as Violet seemed to be getting over Tony a lot faster than one expected.
Eventually, the group finished their meal, and they headed back to their houses.
"So, Vi, did you have a good time?" Estelle smiled at her friend.
"Yeah, I guess this turned out to be pretty great after all," Violet smiled back before rolling her eyes. "Even if I had to put up with Dash. Why couldn't I have had a sister?"
"Well... I'll be your sister!" Estelle suggested. "I always wanted one too."
The two girls beamed at each other on that.
"Baymax okay?" Hiro asked Tadashi.
"Yeah, he should be fine until we get back," Tadashi replied. "If there's an emergency though, he can come right over."
"Cool!" LJ beamed. "I reckon that tonight went off pretty well."
"It was something." Zofia said.
"So, where are your parents?" Honey Lemon asked curiously.
"Exhausted from their new jobs," LJ replied. "We thought we'd come out with our friends for dinner and trust me, you do NOT want to disturb my mother from her rest." he then warned.
"Sounds like Aunt Cass after a movie marathon with Mochi." Tadashi commented.
"Heh, good one," LJ chuckled. "I hope that Mrs. Parr is doing well on her mission, without our parents' help."
"Yeah, I hope so too," Zofia nodded as she carried David. "We better turn in for the night. Hopefully we can play some more video games or find a good movie to watch."
"Sounds like a plan," LJ replied. "Back to the Fudos, or back in the 'bago?"
"Back to the Fudos." Chrissy stated.
"Works for me!" LJ declared. "ThunderCats, HOOOOO! Let's head on back to base!"
"YEAH!" The others cheered and they went back to the Fudo house.
"We're so popular." The Fudo siblings chuckled together as they went back to the house.
When they came inside the house, there was a book left on the coffee table of the living room which had a note that said: "TO LJ" on the cover.
"Mysterious book with my name on a note attached to it?" LJ asked, quickly running over to it. "Ohohoho, I am definitely giving this a once-over!"
The others went to get settled and comfortable after quite the dinner.
LJ smiled as he opened the book before flinching as a holographic image appeared.
"Greetings, LJ!" Thor waved his hand with the Vulcan hand gesture as seen in Star Trek. "If you're seeing this hologram, this means that your new adventure will start very soon. I have been doing some looking for your mother and it seems we have just the mission for you."
The image soon changed into a futuristic-looking city.
"Behold the world of Shuggazoom City!" Thor's voice then narrated before showing a young boy with black hair. "This will be your new friend: Chiro. And this will be your new team," he then added as a group of colorful robotic monkeys were shown. "I know how strange it looks, but this is the Super Robot Monkey Team: Antauri, Sparx, Gibson, Otto, and Nova."
The holograms soon went back to Thor's image.
"After your current mission, meet me and whoever else you wish to bring with you at the old house," Thor then said. "Good night and have a pleasant tomorrow." he then said before the hologram dissipated and the book showed him everything else he might need to know about his upcoming brand new adventure.
LJ gushed giddily. "Eeeee... Yip-yip-yahooeee! This is going to be the greatest adventure ever!" he exclaimed.
"Just remember to wait after this one." Zofia smirked.
"Yeah, yeah," LJ replied. "I'm still pumped."
"And I'm happy for you." Zofia nodded.
"Thanks, Sis," LJ replied. "Though to keep the amount of characters on my end to a manageable size, I'll need to work something out."
"Sure, you can probably think of something eventually." Zofia smiled.
LJ smiled back, glad to have this time with his sister.
When it was getting dark outside, Cherry seemed to be more energized and woke up with a yawn and stretch before she jumped out of her bed and began to sway around. Lionel got out of bed afterwards, and joined in with her.
"The night feels young," Cherry said as she glanced out the window. "I'd go to a Rocky Horror showing if we were back home."
"I don't think you should do that while we're out of town," Lionel replied. "Any other ideas?"
"I'unno," Cherry shrugged. "Maybe a moonlight flight."
"Sure, sounds fun to me." replied Lionel as he changed into a bat.
Cherry soon did the same and they began to fly out the window together. The sounds of honking cars, hooting owls, and howling wolves filled the air as the two took flight under the endless diamond sky.
"Well, at least it's anything but dull." Lionel stated.
"That's just how nighttime is in cities," Cherry replied. "Always a hotbed of activity."
"Yeah, that's a good point," Lionel said before they perched onto a tree branch. "You think the kids are having fun?"
"They always seem happy when they have those friends with them," Cherry replied. "Sometimes makes me wish I could've been more social when I was that age."
"Yeah, you and me both," Lionel replied. "Guess we gotta get this story's progress going somehow."
"I liked going back into the action of a hero/vigilante again, but it was really exhausting," Cherry said. "Good for Helen though. Maybe if she goes up against Screenslaver in a big battle sequence, we could come back for that as back-up and maybe her family can help too."
"Hopefully!" Lionel replied. "But we'd best move to the next scene so that way whoever's reading this doesn't get bored!"
"Hmm... All right... By all means." Cherry replied as she decided to "turn the page" which changed the scene into something else.
"Alrighty then, some progress!" Lionel exclaimed.
The next day, Bob woke up with a five-o-clock shadow on his face, and Dash holding his math book.
"Dad, we're doing fractions and 'dennis-mals' and percentages; I don't get'em." he said.
Bob blearily blinked the sleep from his eyes. "Aren't you... Didn't we get all caught up?" he asked.
"Yeah, we were caught up," replied Dash. "And now, we're doing fractions and percentages and 'demicals'."
"Decimals..." Bob corrected, until he saw something on TV, mentioning that car he used to drive back when he was still Mr. Incredible.
"...Of the Incredibile, or the supercar once driven by superhero Mr. Incredible." said the news reporter.
The scene then cut to an auction, where a wealthy-looking guy was with another reporter.
"It's the kind of thing you buy when you have everything else." The eccentric, Victor Catchet, stated.
Bob was bewildered. "They said it was beyond repair..."
"Hey, it was in perfect condition." said Victor.
"You used to drive that?" asked Dash, excited.
"They said it was destroyed." Bob exclaimed.
"Long-thought lost or destroyed, the famous car turned up at a private auction." said the reporter.
"They said it was..." Bob struggled to find the words. "...THAT'S MY CAR!"
Akito, Estelle, and Vincent soon poked their heads out. Bob suddenly stormed off and ended up walking right into the pool before yelling underwater and came right back out.
"Mr. Parr...?" Akito asked in concern.
"Not right now," Bob told him as he stormed off suddenly. "Stupid water feature!"
"This car's just loaded with amazing gadgets." Victor smirked as a woman interviewed him for the news.
"Care to demonstrate?" The woman asked hopefully.
"I'd love to, but, we haven't figured out how to make them work, yet." Victor replied.
Bob smirked as he soon came out with his old car key and soon turned the car on which startled the people at the auction.
"Wow! How'd you do that?!" Dash gasped before he zipped up to his father to try to use the key.
"What are you doing?" Bob scolded his older son. "This is not a toy! That's a rocket launcher!"
"NO WAY?!" Dash gushed as he took the key and hit the buttons on it. "Which one launches the rocket?"
"Hey, this is not your car." Bob glared.
"It's not your car, either." Dash glared back.
"It is, so! It's the Incredibile."
"Well, why's that guy have it?"
"He shouldn't."
Akito and Estelle soon came to try to calm down Dash.
"Launch the rocket! Launch the rocket! LAUNCH! THE! ROCKET!" Dash chanted excitedly.
"Dash, settle down a little, okay?!" Estelle called firmly, using her "babysitter voice".
"We're not launching anything!" Bob exclaimed. "Do you think I want an angry rich guy coming after me right now, when I'm trying to not to... Distract... Your mother..." he sighed and slumped down on the chair. "...Rich guy got my car..." he pressed the remote, and the Incredibile powered down.
"So, you're not gonna steal your car back from the rich guy?" asked Dash.
Just then, Jack-Jack let off a sneeze, launching himself into the air, before he phased through the wall of Violet's room.
A few seconds later, Violet ran out of the room, screaming. "WHAT THE HECK IS THAT?!" she asked, pointing to a miniature magenta-colored monster, who changed back into Jack-Jack.
"That would be your baby brother." Estelle remarked.
"Jack-Jack has powers?!" Dash asked out of amazement.
"Well, yeah, but-" Bob said as he went to pick up his baby son.
"You knew about this?" Violet asked.
"Why didn't you tell us?" Dash added.
"I dunno." Bob said as he went to put Jack-Jack back inside of his crib.
"We're your kids!" Dash defended. "We need to know these things."
"You tell Mom?" Violet then asked.
"No!"
"Why not tell Mrs. Parr?" Estelle asked.
"Because, I didn't want... Because, it's not the time." Bob tried to explain, though he was starting to get more and more stressed out about being the best stay-at-home dad he could be.
"Come on, man!" Dash complained.
"Why?" Violet added.
"Because I'm formulating, okay?!" Bob suddenly snapped as that was the last straw. "I'm taking in information, I'm processing. I'm doing the math, I'm fixing the boyfriend and keeping the baby from turning into a flaming monster. How do I do it?"
Akito looked like he was about to answer that question.
"By rolling with the punches, baby!" Bob then continued, having a personal rant. "I eat thunder and crap lightning, okay? 'Cuz I'm Mr. Incredible, not Mr. So-So, or Mr. Mediocre Guy. Mr. Incredible!"
The kids all stared at him for a few moments.
"We should call Lucius." Violet suggested.
"Yeah, that guy is so... Chill." Vincent smirked.
"NO! I can handle it!" Bob replied. "There is no way I'm gonna..."
Just then, Jack-Jack sneezed, rocketing through the roof. Bob ran outside, smashing through the window, and catching him as he landed in the pool.
"I'm calling Lucius and the others." Violet decided as she walked off, ignoring Dash's outstretched high-five gesture.
And so, Lucius was called along with the others.
"Looks like it's time to see the Parr family again," Kimberly smiled. "I'm not sure how they could mean Jack-Jack is a lot of trouble right now..." she then paused. "Hmm... Maybe he's going into the terrible twos."
"Either way, we'll be prepared," Jenny said as she soon came by in a metal suit of armor made out of pots and pans. "I know I am."
"...Seriously?" Kimberly narrowed her eyes.
"I'm not a baby person, okay?" Jenny shrugged. "I imagine a baby in a superhero family would be huge for anybody."
"Yeah, especially since at this point in his life he's developing his powers," LJ replied. "Granted, David isn't much of a hassle, he's pretty easy to care for, but Jack-Jack is a bit more rambunctious and outgoing, I assume."
"I'm sure it'll be alright though." Kimberly said.
Eventually, Lucius arrived with the others and a young girl with dark hair with a dark pink bow on her head with a lighter pink T-Shirt and darker pink pants that matched her bow with white sneakers.
"Hey, Eira." Dash said to his friend.
"Hey, Dash," The girl replied. "I hear there's trouble and Uncle Lucius had to be called."
"Yeah! You gotta see this!" Dash said to her, taking her hand and leading her into the living room.
Jack-Jack was shown to be sitting in the middle of the floor with everyone staring at him.
"Looks normal to me," Lucius said as he observed the youngest Parr child. "When did this start happening?"
"Well, since Helen got the job." Bob replied.
"I assume she knows."
"Are you kidding? I can't tell her about this," Bob replied before an old video clip from about 15 years ago of his wife was shown on TV then. "Not while she's doing hero work. I've got to succeed. So she can succeed; so we... Can succeed!"
"I get it, Bob, I get it!" Lucius told his friend. "When was the last time you slept?"
"Who keeps track of that?" asked Bob. "Besides, he's a baby! I can handle it, I got this handled!
"So, you good then?" asked Lucius. "You got everything under control? Right?"
"If that's the case, I got an appointment in Michigan to get some things settled." LJ shrugged.
"I got this handled." Bob told his best friend.
So... You're good then?" Lucius asked. "You got everything under control, right? I mean, when my sister sent over Eira to help her control her powers, it took some time, so she just decided to move in..." he then muttered a bit. "That and something else big and hairy than random powers."
Jack-Jack then suddenly disappeared.
"What the-" Lucius sputtered in shock.
"Language, Uncle Lucius, don't make me get Mom's jar." Eira smirked.
"Hmph." Lucius rolled his eyes.
"Okay, Jack-Jack want a cookie?" Estelle soon asked, cooing and in a sweet tone as she took a cookie jar out. "Yum-yum, cookie. Jack-Jack... Yum-yum, cookie. Cookie. Uh, can he hear me?"
"Yes, from another dimension." Bob nodded at the brunette girl.
"That is creepy and that's not good." Lucius then said before Jack-Jack appeared in Estelle's left arm and she let him take a cookie as she smiled at him, allowing him to eat it before she put away the cookie jar. "That is not like-"
"Not like our other kids." Bob finished with a nod.
"Full powers, totally random!" LJ exclaimed.
"So now, he's what? Is he good?" asked Lucius.
"Yeah, you'd think so, right?" replied Bob. "Obviously, I can't keep giving him cookies! But if I stop-"
Suddenly, Jack-Jack turned back into his monster form and lunged at his father in a fit of rage.
"Jack-Jack! No! Bad!" Estelle scolded the baby boy.
"No biting the daddy!" Bob cried out.
"What the?!" Lucius flinched.
Later on, they were on the couch as Jack-Jack settled himself down, back to normal, while everyone else began to realize how horrifying Jack-Jack could be as a baby with his abilities. Jack-Jack soon finished sucking on something that seemed to melt in his hands before whining for more.
"Okay." Lucius said to Jack-Jack, making an ice ball in his hand and allowed the baby to take it.
"I think I just need a little bit of me time," Bob suggested. "Then I'll be good to go."
"Oh, you need more than me time, Bob. You need major life realignment on a number of levels," Lucius advised. "Starting with baby super-freak, here! You need some solid outside the box thinking. I don't think that Fudo girl can keep up with Jack-Jack and she's one of the most highly recommended babysitters in the neighborhood next to Kim Possible when SHE was a babysitter."
"I'm not sure if even I can keep up with this," Estelle said as she looked wore out and like she lost some sanity. "I-I-I mean, I've been babysitting for a couple of years now... I even have my own Facebook page, but this?! Hahahaha... THIS?!" she then laughed crazily as her left eye twitched. "This is beyond me!"
"Estelle! GET A FRAGGIN' GRIP!" LJ exclaimed. "Raul? The hose!"
"Turning on the hose!" Raul exclaimed, turning on a waterspout that blasted Estelle with a jet of water.
"Yaugh!" Estelle yelped as she was sent flying and ended up on the floor and twitched a bit.
"You okay, Sis?" Akito asked as he and the others circled over her.
"I'll be fine," Estelle said softly and wearily. "I think I need to take a little vacation from babysitting for a while."
"Sounds like a good idea to me!" LJ replied. "You know what they say about all work and no play!"
"Heh... Yeah..." Estelle smiled wearily as she rubbed her head. "Sorry, Mr. Parr, but I need a babysitting break."
"Fair enough; I think I know someone else who should babysit Jack-Jack anyway." Bob allowed.
"This should be interesting." remarked LJ.
"She's an old friend of the family's." Bob nodded.
The Fudo siblings looked at each other knowingly. "Edna." they then said.
Bob got ready to go and to drop off Jack-Jack over to Edna, looking very exhausted.
"Well, this explains why that Kari McKeen girl threw a fit over babysitting Jack-Jack during that one mission." Vincent remarked.
"Hopefully she can take it." Akito nodded.
"Better her than us," LJ shrugged. "I think I can make that stopover now and get it out of the way. Anybody else want to tag along?"
"I'll go!" Kimberly and Chrissy volunteered hopefully before looking at each other and laughing as they said that at the same time.
"Uh... Stopover?" Akito asked LJ. "You mean from that book you got the other day?"
"Uh-huh!" LJ nodded. "That's the one, the very same, spot-on, spot-on!"
"Hmm..." Akito paused thoughtfully. "Maybe I'll take a look for a minute."
"All right, but you better not hog the spotlight," LJ reminded. "This is my mission, remember. You can come along and take a look, but no using that flight, super-speed, super-strength, or anything unless it's absolutely necessary."
"Aw, come on, I wouldn't show-off like that," Akito replied. "I just wanna see what it looks like up close."
LJ nodded and soon got himself ready to go.
"Please don't," Chrissy said to Akito. "It's cool you can do what you do, but try not to show up LJ since he was asked for this and not you." she then advised.
"Alright, let's go!" LJ declared as he nodded, teleporting the group to Royal Woods in a BLIP of light.
"Did they just...? ...Nah." Bob muttered to himself before shrugging and going back to what he was doing.