Chapter 21: Hate Spreads Like A Virus.

The next night, a woman was looking in despair at her cat that had gotten stuck in a tree. Suddenly, a red blur went into the tree and down came Speed Demon holding the cat, which attempted to scratch him without success. He smiled as he handed the woman the cat.

"Here you go, ma'am." he said before the woman gasped and pepper-sprayed him, making him drop the cat and cover his face.

"Hey!" he shouted before he ran off with the woman smirking. Sunday night, aside from church, wasn't much better.

The Incredibles had just foiled a bank robbery and were walking back to their car, when they heard someone shouting, "Yeah, take that, you rotten twerp!" The family of Supers looked around a building and Speed Demon was suddenly hit in the face by an egg.

"Hey, what's the big idea?!" he shouted before he suddenly got pelted by more eggs.

"Hey, guys, check it out! There's the little idiot himself!" shouted a teen who was the leader of a gang, who started laughing. Miss Stealth looked behind them and saw a giant doll of him that had been set on fire and pelted with eggs. That's when she grew furious. She stepped in front of Speed Demon and put up a force field before she marched over and grabbed the gang leader by the throat and beat him up so badly tears were coming out of his eyes. The gang got scared and ran away. As the Incredibles looked at the ruined doll, Speed Demon started feeling tears coming to his eyes, but he fought them back. The next evening, the Incredibles were called to City Hall for meet and greets, but no one came up to Speed Demon, further depressing him. Time after time, Speed Demon was shunned by the public. Until, eventually, Speed Demon stopped showing up entirely, making stopping bad guys difficult for the Incredibles without his speed.

As the Incredibles walked into the house after a recent crime foiling, Violet said as she took off her mask, "This mess is stupid. Everyone's just overreacting to an accident." But, little did she know, overreacting was an understatement.