Chapter 2
Dash opened his eyes slowly. His throat was parched, his legs were numb and his right arm was throbbing painfully. He could hear voices.
"What...happened??" he murmured. There was an excited squeal and suddenly somebody was hugging him.
"He's okay!!" It was his mom's voice. He frowned.
"Mom??" he muttered. She hugged him tighter. He felt someone slap him in the back.
"Man, you scared us big time!! What happened??" his father cried cheerfully. Dash frowned.
"I just felt kind of dizzy and then I just fell. I was just going faster than usual, I couldn't help it. And then I just stopped running," he said. Violet walked into the room. He jumped off the bed and started to run circles around her, starting to feel hyper again.
"Did I scare you too?? Huh?? Huh?? Huh??" he said quickly. She scoffed.
"Like I would care about an insect like you!!" she snapped, but she ruffled his hair. He grinned gleefully and rushed away, searching for something to drink. Violet walked out of the room.
Bob and Helen looked at each other.
"I never would have expected it to happen at such an early age. It happened to me when I was fourteen!! Dash is so young...too young!!" Helen said, worried for her son.
"So now he can climb walls and run on water. I wonder what next...it's much too early for him to be evolving. Of course, since his power is speed." She was silent for a few seconds. Ben scratched his chin.
"It could be dangerous. His powers will go out of control. We have to keep him at home. It could hurt him!!" Helen cried, getting hysterical. Ben tried to shush her for fear that the children would hear but she went on rambling.
"Dash's powers are dangerous for him!! His heartbeat is already way faster than a normal one!! What if it goes out of control?? What if he crashes into a wall?? He won't be able to control his powers if they evolve too quickly. It's not healthy!!" she cried, raising her voice higher and higher. Bob covered her mouth quickly.
"Honey, calm down!! Someone will hear you!!" Bob said urgently. Helen breathed in deeply.
"It could kill him..." she whispered.
"Yea, it could. Evolving almost killed me," Bob said. None of them noticed Violet sitting, invisible, in the corner. She was listening to everything they were saying. Her eyes went wide.
"What happened to you??" Helen asked curiously. Bob sighed.
"Everything I touched broke. Just slapping the wall brought the whole house down on me. It almost killed my parents and I. My house was three floors high and it all fell on me. I was sent to the hospital for months. It got better after awhile though. I was able to control it," he said, holding her hands. He kissed her gently.
"Violet will have to baby sit him. Let's just hope she's up to it," Helen said, worried. They stood up and walked out. Violet frowned, becoming visible once they were gone. She frowned. Slowly she walked out, pondering deeply about what they had said. She heard a crashing in the kitchen.
"Hey Vi, we're going out for dinner so can you baby sit Dash??" Helen cried from the kitchen.
"Yea, yea!!" Violet answered. She heard Dash giggling wildly. He raced into the living room where she was. She grinned at him.
It could kill him, what her mother had said hit her and the smile slid off her face.
Dash raced towards the television and turned it on, staring eagerly at the screen. She heard the door slam close.
"I'm bored!!" Dash whined. Suddenly he started to race around her. She groaned and created a force field around her. He was blasted backwards into a closet. She winced as she heard a loud crash.
"Dash?? Are you okay?? I'm so sorry," she cried, rummaging through the contents of the closet. There were a few clothes and some trophies and old photo albums inside. She threw them behind her, desperately searching for her brother.
"Gotcha!!" She whirled around to find Dash standing behind her, grinning gleefully.
"I'll get you, you little brat!!" she cried playfully, and leaped forward. He laughed and charged away. She heard a loud crashing noise and turned around. She gasped in shock. There was a huge hole in the wall in which Dash had clawed through to get out. He appeared in front of her, his eyes widening in shock at the mess.
"I'm sorry!! I didn't mean to do it!! Please don't tell mom and dad!!" he pleaded. She pulled him closer.
"No...I won't."
A figure was watching this in the distance. His keen eyesight could see everything. He twirled his fingers together and smirked.
"So...the boy is evolving. And at a young age too. The boss will be very pleased to find this out. He will be an excellent addition to our...team," the person cackled. And with that he leapt away into the night, leaving no trace that he had ever been there.