Chapter 4
Dash woke up at the sounds of people talking.
"Hey, the kid's woken up," someone called. Everything was blurry. He opened his eyes wider and could make out the shape of a woman with fiery red hair and large gray eyes. He blinked.
"Who are you??" he muttered. Three more people came into view. His vision cleared and he saw who they were.
One was a young girl with curly dark brown hair. She had huge green eyes and rather large ears. She was wearing normal jeans and spaghetti stripes. Another one was a young boy about his age with black hair and black eyes. He was wearing a jumper and pants. The last one was a huge muscular man who looked a lot like his dad. He had blond hair, yellow eyes and a yellow suit.
"I'm Jade, this is my sister, Amber, shorty here is Jeff and Mr. Tall and Muscular here is Graham," the redhead, Jade, introduced.
"I'm Dash," Dash said. They smiled and waved at him. He waved back, confused.
"What's going on??" he asked. They glanced at each other.
"Syndrome got you," Graham said solemnly. They shivered.
"Syndrome?? No way!! He's dead!!" Dash cried. They shook their heads.
"He's not dead. He captured all of us. My sister and I were first, then Graham and then Jeff. He's using this weird machine to suck out our powers and then use them for himself. It hurts like hell. Believe me," Amber said.
"And the weird thing is, he only captured us because we're evolving. My family was left behind even though they were even more powerful than me. He can only use the machine on supers who are evolving," Jeff said.
"What are your powers??" Dash asked curiously.
"My senses are extremely hyper sensitive and I also have extreme martial arts training. I could even shoot a stun ray from my fingers that paralyzes people and machines. But now my powers are gone," Amber said mournfully.
"I have super strength. He hasn't taken my powers yet," Graham said.
"I can fly and I create small orbs that I can shoot far away. They're gone now," Jade sighed. Jeff grunted.
"I used to be able to create and control fire but they took that too," he muttered.
"He waits for a few days before he takes our powers," Amber murmured glumly. Dash felt dizzy. He suddenly shot up and started to race up the wall. He was walking on the ceiling. He stopped but didn't fall.
"Cool!!" Jeff cried.
"Super speed??" Jade guessed. Dash nodded and rushed back down.
"So far I can run on water, on walls and upside down," he boasted. They smiled at him.
Three hours later they were all sitting in their corners by themselves. Dash was talking happily to Jeff while the others sat, staring silently at the walls.
"Anyway, Amber is probably the friendliest. She's really nice and trusting. Jade is kind of suspicious at first but she's okay once you get to know her. Graham is a different story. He's really nice but when he's getting the power surge thingy he loses his temper and starts to hit us. It's really bad since he has super strength, but we know it's not his fault," Jeff said. Dash nodded, though he wasn't really listening.
He was pondering about his family, mostly Violet. He was wondering about whether he would ever see them again.
"Are you listening to me??" Jeff snapped indignantly. Dash snapped out of his trance.
"Oh, sorry. I was just thinking about my family. I miss them," he murmured. Jeff nodded sympathetically.
"I understand." Dash sighed and rolled over. He frowned, wondering what they were doing right now.
Violet pulled back. The jet rolled over unexpectedly, causing her to jerk sideways.
"How do you drive this frigging thing??" she screamed. She pushed the controls forward. The jet plunged down and she feel on top of the control panel.
"Damn!!" she screamed. She quickly scrambled back onto the chair and pulled back.
"Keep calm. Now, to check where we are," she murmured to herself. She checked the coordinates. She was near. Too near. She frowned. Something should have happened by now. She should have been sighted by now, shouldn't she??
As if answering her question there was a sudden beeping and she glanced at the screen. Three rockets were following her. She swore and plunged down to avoid being hit by one.
"Okay, I can do this," she murmured. She put the plane on
Autopilot then concentrated on making a force field big enough to protect the plane.
"Come on!!" she cried, as her force field disappeared once again. She looked outside and saw that she was near to the island.
"Good enough!!" she cried, then, grabbing a life jacket she jumped out.
CRASH!! She heard the plane explode behind her. She fell, her hair flapping in the wind.
She hit the water with full force. She felt the impact and it was as if she had exploded. The water rushed up her nose and mouth. She choked on the water as she rose to the surface.
"Dash, I'm going to kill you when I get my hands on you!!" she screamed, water gushing out of her nose. Her eyes were blurry due to the impact.
He turned around and saw the island, not too far away. Slowly she swam towards it, wishing her powers could help her. She was exhausted but she kept going. If not for the life jacket she would have drowned. She kept swimming until she reached the sandy shores of the island.
She disposed of the life jacket and crawled towards a small cave at the other end of the beach. When she finally reached it she collapsed inside, gasping for breath.
She made a small fire to warm herself up. She took off her costume and squeezed out the water. She squeezed the water out of her hair and lay back on the ground, tired beyond belief. She yawned.
"Dash can wait...I need a nap," she murmured, before dropping off to sleep.