Around them a fire raged in what was once an office building, rammed into by the large ship. Half of it had collapsed, and a smaller building next to it had been leveled. The ship was wedged firmly on the land, and only the very tail of it touched the sea from which it came. There was a large explosion when it hit, and it hardly even resembled the grand example of naval engineering it had once been. The police and the paramedics had arrived at the scene, but they were nothing compared to the large number of injured. It looked like 9/11 all over again.
"Violet!" Dash shook his sister awake. Violet opened her eyes. They were in the dark. She remembered the impact and then the explosion, which must have shattered her forcefield. If the field had not been there, they would not have been alive now, but since she had, they weren't even injured.
They heard sirens and people searching through the debris. "Over here!" Violet called out. She heard people running. She and her brother stood up, Jack Jack still in Violet's arms. Through an opening in the building's side, they could hear people shouting. They stepped out into the light.
The three knew supers were illegal before, and so an armed presence was expected, but this was a disaster area, so they were shocked when a large number of cops and soldiers trained their guns on them with no hesitation.
"Open Fire!" Bullets flew everywhere. Luckily Violet protected them.
Violet didn't get why they were being shot at, but they needed to get out of there fast.
Dash started to run, and soon the violet orb was heading down the road away from the scene, followed by a large number of cop cars and even military vehicles. "Why are they shooting at us?!" Dash screamed.
"I don't know!" Violet screamed back. And then Jack Jack floated out of Violet's arm before she could stop him. He went through the forcefield and floated in front of the oncoming vehicles. The bullets just bounced off of him, and he shot a laser out of his eyes at the tires, melting them.
Violet dropped the forcefield and Dash got Jack Jack, and they ran into an alleyway. They kept going, weaving through buildings, trying to stay out of sight. Finally they reached an abandoned side of the city, the dangerous side of town for non-supers. Once they were hidden from view, they sat down to catch their breath.
"Violet," Dash seemed to be holding back tears. "Where are Mom and Dad?" Violet held her brothers tightly. Their parents had been on that ship, and they hadn't seen them among the survivors. Violet doubted anyone on this ship could have survived, but her parents were supers! They would have found a way. "They're fine Dash, they got out. They would have rescued us but they didn't know we were there."
"Dash, do you know why the hydroplane crashed?"
"No. You caught me and I don't know what happened. Do you remember anything Vi? When you were hypnotized?"
She shook her head. They could hear sirens go by, but they passed on. The three of them were tired, and Jack Jack had already fallen asleep. "Let's get some sleep Dash." He tried to argue, but was asleep just as fast a minute later.
Violet was going to stay awake to keep watch over her brothers, but eventually sleep overtook her as well.
Unbenownst to them, on a nearby rooftop, someone watched the supers from a pair of binoculars.
A/N: And the poll is up! Who do you predict it is? Let me know in the comments!