REVIEWS: Thanks Mew for being my first review. I'm glad your enjoying it and finding it more or less easy reading it. PS - looking forward to the next bit from "Animal Catastrophe." Lemonjelly - I do know what you think of it already and I'm glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for reviewing and making me feel special.

A/N: This is the last of the short chapters. It puts the final touch on setting up for the main story. The next one "Rushing to the Rescue"is much longer, contains the first real fight scene, and is a major cliff hanger. Be sure to tune in for that.

V. ON THE DEFENSIVE

Helen walked up behind her eldest daughter and placed a loving hand on her shoulder. "You know, I think we forgot to ask a certain young lady what she wanted to do about her name," Helen said. Violet merely looked up at her. "Come on honey, tell me what's wrong. You know you can always talk to me."

"I know," Violet said. "I guess it's just that, nothing's wrong and I'm, OK with Incredigirl. I mean, I am an Incredible and I am a girl." She smiled a little trying to reassure her mother.

"Well sweetie you know that's just fine, in fact it's a perfectly good name. However, I can still tell something is bothering you."

"Well mom, it's just-" Violet hesitated. "It's just that when we were back on that island and me and Dash were confronted by those men all I could do was turn invisible and hide. Then when the one had Dash at gunpoint, I couldn't blow him to bits I just shielded dash. When Syndrome took Jack-Jack I couldn't throw a car at him; all I could do was block the falling debris. Even yesterday against that mole thing all I could do was protect Jack-Jack. And I just don't feel like I can do anything!" Violet was becoming very emotional.

"Oh Violet!" Helen gave her an understanding embrace that only a mother can give. "You have such a talent. It's not any super that doesn't have to make the choice of putting herself in harms way to protect others. Yes it's that much harder to fight off a bad guy; but you're a very smart girl and you'll figure it out. Why, look at me. When I first used my powers all I could do was dodge a punch. It took me a long time to learn how to throw one." She laughed a little. "Then of course there are supers like your father who can only roll with the punches. Any super will tell you they can find ways to beat a bad guy, but they only have one shot to keep from getting killed. And dead supers don't make good heroes." Helen said that last part with a smile.

"I guess you're right mom," Violet ended the conversation. She smiled at her mother to indicate that everything was better. But everything wasn't better. As soon as her mother had left the room she sank back into her mope and thought about how she was no good as a super.