REVIEWS: Soccergurl - Thanks again for the wonderful reviews. I was really hoping to inspire some laughs with that chapter. I hope you guys like action because there's some in this chapter and much more to come later on. Thanks again!
XV. SEALING THE DEAL
"Ok, so what's up with the car," Violet asked her father. Her embarrassment had faded quickly and she didn't dare bring up the subject of 'no children' so this seemed to be next on the list.
"This 'car,'" he said, "as you call it is the Incredibile."
"Wait," she stopped him. "You mean this is the suped up auto you used to tell me and Dash about in bedtime stories? I mean, don't get me wrong it's a nice car but it's not exactly what I expected."
"Well of course not," he retorted. "Do you really think Bob Parr can be seen driving around in a car like the Incredibile? This is all a façade."
"Oh, well can we transform it?" she asked.
"No," Bob said bluntly. "I can't just turn it at a whim. Even supers can't just go joy riding; that would get me in big trouble. I'm only allowed to turn it during emergencies." She just looked at the floor board disappointedly. "Or," he continued slyly, "in a very open space where there's no one around to see you." This got a smile out of her. "It's late tonight but I'll take you out some time. Just don't tell your mother." This time she laughed at him.
Suddenly the car's police scanner started beeping followed by an announcement. "Attention all units, attention all units, robbery under way at Metroville Veterinary Clinic. All vehicles in area please respond."
'Hmmm,' Bob thought. This was not as uncommon of an event as it sounded. Thieves had hit nearly every vet in the county stealing animal tranquilizers and other dangerous drugs that could be sold to teenagers at high prices to get 'high.' If there was one thing Bob didn't like and had in recent years grown to hate, it was people who hurt children. The problem with these crooks though was that they were fast and always escaped before police arrived. Bob pressed a button on the scanner, which instantly flipped back to reveal a map detailing the location of the vet, the police, and the Incredibile. Violet was obviously impressed. Bob looked at the screen. "Not a cop in five miles; they'll never make it in time. Looks like you might get to see this thing in action sooner than I thought," he said to Violet.
"But we're at least ten miles away ourselves!" she complained. But her words fell on deaf ears as her father had already begun tapping buttons on his new wrist communicator.
"Mr. Incredible, how can I help you." Mirage's face appeared on the tiny screen.
"Hello Mirage, I received report of a vet robbery and am preparing to intercept."
"Who is with you in the car?" she asked.
"Violet," he replied.
"I'm sorry Mr. Incredible," she replied. "No children."
"She won't be assisting, merely tagging along." Violet frowned at him.
"Very well," Mirage said with a distrustful look, "but she must wait in the car."
Violet couldn't believe what she was hearing. Her own father wasn't even standing up for her rite to be a super.
Mirage continued. "We have no other supers in route or in the area and these men are fast so you must hurry. There are six of them; four in back gathering the medicine and two up front standing guard. A seventh man is ready with a get away vehicle – white van – on the west side."
'Wow,' Mr. Incredible thought, 'Rick hadn't been kidding about getting top notch information."
"ETA – two minutes and fifty-seven seconds," Mirage finished. Violet didn't like the way she was flirting with her dad.
"Mr. Incredible out," he said as he turned the wrist com off. He then reached down and pressed a button and took his hand off the wheel. Pressing another button his seat dipped backwards.
Violet lunged for the wheel convinced they would crash before she realized the car was driving its self. 'That's cool,' she thought. Then her father shot back up dressed in his hero outfit. 'That's very cool,' she thought as a machine put his gloves on his hands.
"You ready?" he asked pressing another button. Violet just watched on in amazement as the car almost instantly transformed into something spectacular. "Hold on," he said as he took back control and pressed a final button jetting them both down the street at a speed that would even impress Dash.
Violet would have screamed if she wasn't holding the seat so tightly. 'This must be how Dash sees the world,' she thought. She might have started to relax if they hadn't gotten there so quickly.
"Hah! Two minutes and forty-eight seconds," her father said. He got out and Violet started to follow him. "I'm sorry Violet, you have to wait here."
Now she was completely infuriated. 'It was one thing for him to put on an act for Mr. Dicker and Mirage, but to flat out not let me come? How can he do that!'
Mr. Incredible shot around the building. "Hey, Hey! Umph!" came the sounds from the getaway driver as Mr. Incredible took him out. It was quick but obviously enough of a disturbance to alert the others.
"Let's get out of here!" another called from inside the building.
Violet was highly irritated. 'I could've snuck up on him with my invisibility and taken him out without a sound. This is so not fair.' Now she was convinced. 'I'm going to be a super whether my parents – and the government – like it or not. And I know how I'm going to do it.'
Back in the clinic, the crooks had attempted escape out the back door but found the route blocked by their own van placed there by Mr. Incredible. They all ran for the front but Mr. Incredible met them there. Even more scared by that match up they turned again but the small front room did not provide for quick evacuation. Mr. Incredible knocked each out with a single swift blow and left them lying on the floor. 'They may be fast but they sure aren't smart,' he thought. He then walked to the back and brought in the getaway driver who was out cold over the wheel of the van. He dropped him in the front with the others and double counted. 'One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight! Ok I guess the reconnaissance isn't perfect yet,' he thought. A few began stirring but were far from moving and sirens were quickly approaching. "You guys are lucky the police are coming. I wouldn't go so easy on you," he said. He smiled contentedly at his work and rushed out to meet the arriving officers. The first police units were running up to the building as he emerged. "You'll find all eight in the front room," he told them. "The getaway car's out back."
"Thanks Mr. Incredible," one officer said. "We've been after these guys for a while."
"No, no," Mr. Incredible finished. "I'm just here, to help." With that he ducked his head into the car, smiled at his daughter, and started home.
