Chapter 56: Fallen Heroes.
Violet looked guilty as she helped her family look for the soldier's hideout.
"Dad, don't you think you were a bit rough on Dash?" she asked.
Mr. Incredible looked at her and said, "Violet, be needs to learn that his actions have consequences."
"Yeah, I get that, but, grounding him for 2 months may have been a bit too much." Violet said.
"Violet, it's not your place to second guess your father's decisions." Elastigirl said.
"She's not wrong, though. He did offer to fix it, taking responsibility for his actions, and you just rejected it." said an unfamiliar voice. The three Incredibles looked and saw a blonde-haired young man wearing a Pokemon shirt underneath a Captain America jacket with blue jeans, Nike shoes and glasses.
"Who are you? How long have you been standing there?" Elastigirl asked.
"Name's Eric and I've been standing here for two minutes. I'm here chasing after the guy who did all this mess in the city. If you're looking for him, I know where his hideout is." the boy answered.
Mr. Incredible looked at him and said, "Are you positive?"
Eric nodded, "Positive as can be, Mr. I, or do you mind if I call you Mr. Parr?" he replied. Mr. Incredible got wide-eyed before he grabbed the boy by the collar.
"What did you say?!" he asked.
Eric calmly pushed his hand off and said, "Calm down, I know your secret identities because I just happen to know a lot about you. Don't worry, I can keep a secret." The three Incredibles eyed him suspiciously before deciding to just trust him.
"Now, come on, time's a-wastin'." Eric said before he led them to near the city's exit and guided them to the location of the soldier's hideout.
"Eric, did you hear what happened with Dash?" Elastigirl asked.
Eric nodded, "I think you guys were a little too harsh on him. He wanted to fix his problem and you just grounded him." he said.
Elastigirl and Violet looked at the ground with guilt while Mr. Incredible just said, "Maybe, but what's done is done, Eric. He's grounded for two months and that's final." As the Incredibles and Eric neared the soldier's hideout, they were confronted by a huge swarm of Velocipods, which they defeated the same way as in the city. The soldier had retreated to an old style colosseum-like stadium and smirked as the four heroes entered.
"Hello, Incredibles. I see Speed Demon decided to chicken out.' the soldier said before he rushed at the heroes with the Velocipod, only for Mr. Incredible to catch it and toss it back, causing it to bump into the wall and damage a couple of the blades. The soldier smirked before he activated the sentry guns and shot at all four. Mr. Incredible was able to outrun the shots, Elastigirl stretched to avoid them, Eric managed to avoid the bullets by predicting where he was going to shoot, but Violet got it the worst. Sure, she was able to protect herself from the gunshots, but all the bullets hammering away at once caused her energy to quickly deplete and soon enough she couldn't hold the force field and ended up getting shot in several places, though, thankfully nowhere fatal. She fell to the ground, bleeding.
"Violet!" Elastigirl shouted before she stretched to her daughter only to get punched and crushed against the wall multiple times by a robotic fist. She fell to the ground, unconscious as Mr. Incredible took notice and angrily trashed the Velocipod. The soldier, however, had seen it coming and ejected quickly. Mr. Incredible quickly threw the remains of the pod at him as he fell, only for him to get grabbed by the robotic fist, which the soldier had a spare of.
"This is my revenge, if not on Speed Demon, then the next best thing, his family." the soldier said before he had the hand batter Mr. Incredible before he shot him in the arms and legs, causing him great pain and gradually weakening him. However, when the hand threw him to the ground, he managed to struggle to his feet and catch the soldier off-guard with a strong punch to his armor, giving it a small crack and actually knocking him back some. The soldier grew furious before he punched Mr. Incredible in his shot arm and kicked his shot leg, making him fall to ground in pain, where he then started thrashing the beaten heroes.
"Leave them alone!" Eric shouted before he rushed and grabbed the soldier around the neck from behind, trying to knock him out, only to be picked up and thrown into the wall. Meanwhile, a news crew had arrived.