Jack-Jack awoke in the middle of the night. He scrambled out of Violet's arms in order to sit up; She had fallen asleep sprawled over the backseat, him tightly in her arms. Dash had laid the passenger seat out, and he was also asleep.

Jack-Jack was scared; he wanted his Mom, but hadn't seen her in so long. He crawled to the window and looked out at the desert. It was still, quiet.

He started to babble, and woke up Violet. "Jack-Jack, what is it?"

"D-d-do-dy!"

She rolled over, remembering how much she didn't want to wake up and face another day. "There's no doggy."

She heard footsteps outside.

She sat up quickly, looking outside, ready to defend her siblings if there was danger. There was probably some sort of coyote out there, but she didn't see anything now. She squinted her eyes, adjusting to the darkness. There was the dusty landscape, but also the outline of something.

She nudged Dash awake. "Dash, there's something outside. I'm going to see what it is."

She opened the door just a crack, turning invisible, and closed it again. She made her way around the vehicle slowly, and turned visible again, having seen nothing. Suddenly, she heard a growl.

"Who's there?" The incredibile powered on, lighting up the area around the vehicle, which was Dash's doing.

Penny stepped into the light towards the super. "Are you Violet Parr?"

Violet took a defensive stance. "Who are you?"

Her brother got out of the car, and in a moment was beside her, also in a defensive stance.

Bolt started growling again. "Bolt, no!" She told him. "These are the good guys." She turned back to face the supers. "My name's Penny, this is Bolt, and you three are in trouble."

"How do you know our names?"

"They announced them last night on the news."

Violet was taken aback, partly because this Penny knew there were three of them. Luckily, she didn't have to say anything, because her little brother beat her to it. "Why are you here, and how do we know we can trust you?"

Penny answered, "Because we caused the earthquake."

"Yeah?" Dash said. "Well, we didn't cause the hydroplane to crash."

"I know. And that's why we need each other."
This time Violet spoke. "That earthquake hurt people. How does that help us to trust you?"

"Because it wasn't an earthquake." She told them about Bolt, her father, and Professor Calico. "Those people Bolt super-barked were trying to get him because Calico wants my father's research. I have to find Calico, because then I'll find my father."

"Alright," said Violet after hearing the girl's story. "How do you think we can help each other? We don't know anything about Calico."

"Yesterday I was trying to get a flight to Bolivia. On the way Bolt had to super-bark Calico's agents, but then the military showed up so we couldn't get our flight. But I also have a contact on the west coast. I know a place near where I'm headed where you can hide out. I've been tracking your vehicle, and it can get us across the country in only one day, and it's virtually undetectable through any tech the military has. I was hoping you would give us a ride."

Later, in the car, after Penny had entered the coordinates, Dash asked, "So where exactly are we headed?"

"The most technologically advanced city in the World."