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XXV. TRUTHS

Dr. Angelo walked into exam room A-113 to find the whole Incredible family waiting for him. "Hey Dr. Angel!" Dash greeted.

"Hey kiddo!" he returned. "How's that noggin?"

"Much better thanks," he replied, "and I don't know what you did but I discovered some cool new tricks."

"Let me guess," said the doctor. "Your time perspective slowed down and you were seeing things in slow motion?"

"Well, uh, yeah," said Dash, "That's it, except I was still going at normal speed. How'd you know?"

"Ouch, I bet that played havoc with the laws of physics," he replied. "But your powers will have their occasional spikes like that since you're at that age." Bob and Helen giggled remembering when they went through that age. "When supers are just a year or so short of puberty their powers can briefly manifest above their mature level in short spikes that often wreak havoc on the user."

Helen filled him in. "Your father nearly broke every dish his mother owned and I went through a time in which I'd bounce like a rubber ball every time I took a step." Violet had never had the experience though since she had been so restricted in using her power although there had been an occasion when her clothes mysteriously disappeared and another when every time she tried to pick up a spoon a force field kept her from it.

Dr. Angelo continued. "When I had your powers last week and some time to myself I did some experimenting. Since I'm an adult your powers manifested in me in their most mature form. I managed to run all the way to Canada and back in just over an hour, had nearly unlimited stamina. I was also able to perceive time very slowly for a couple of seconds making them seem like twenty or thirty. With enough concentration you can probably go a bit longer." Dash was amazed to hear all that he'd soon be capable of. "Oh hey, here's a good practice start for you." He threw Dash a book that was nearly a half inch thick; Dash just looked at it. "Go ahead, read it." Dash opened it and started. "Now, really concentrate on the words, and don't try to analyze it. There'll be plenty of time for that later." Dash complied and read on. He flipped one page, then paused, and flipped another. Then he flipped it again. Before long he had put his hand on the edge and was flipping through it like a cartoon flip book; he finished in about two seconds. "Well?" Dr. Angelo asked.

"Cool," Dash replied, "I now know everything about the Declaration of Independence." That was the subject of the book he'd been given.

"Really," said Dr. Angelo. "When was it signed?"
"July 4th, 1778," Dash answered.

Dr. Angelo laughed. "You'll get better with practice. It's a handy feature though. It has to do with rapid eye movement, an enhanced photographic memory, and the enhanced comprehension. I read nine books in one hour that night but don't do it too often, I got a major headache after a while. The brain still has to organize it you know."

"Right," Dash said as if he'd known all along.

"So wait," Violet interrupted, "that means I should be at my top capacity now but just yesterday I made two new discoveries."

"Well I imagine since you've always suppressed your powers that your time was much more subtle and you didn't learn everything there was to your power. In fact the very nature of your force fields makes it likely you weren't even able to fathom all of the possibilities."

"That makes sense, I guess" Violet said. "Do you think I've discovered them all by now?"

"I don't know," the doctor said while thinking about it. "Have you tried your powers in tandem yet?"

"What do you mean," she asked.

"When a super is blessed with multiple powers they usually work together to yield an even better result. Do you use force field and invisibility together?"

"Of course," she said. "I usually use invisibility inside the force field."

"Yes but have you turned other objects inside your force field invisible?"
"No, never," replied Violet.

"Dash, toss me that book back," Dr. Angelo asked. Dash did and he set it on the counter. "Ok, force field up." She complied putting a small one around the book. "Now focus on your invisibility." She did and went invisible. "Good, now focus on the field." It began to flicker; she too started to go in and out of invisibility. "Good girl, just a little more. Concentrate." Suddenly she reappeared and the book disappeared followed by the field a moment later. "There you go! Won't Dash be surprised when he starts running into invisible barriers in a week or so." Violet lost her concentration as she laughed at the thought returning the book and field to visibility. Dash just scowled at the premise. "It's a lot of little discoveries he said but they can add up." Violet smiled. "Yep that's one solid field," he said as he went up to pat it and feel its structure. Suddenly he was jolted back when he touched it. "Ouch!" he yelled, "it's charged. Packs quite a punch, that thing does."

"Really?" Bob questioned. "Dash always seems to bounce off and I've walked into a few myself but I've never gotten a shock."

"Hmmm," Dr. Angelo thought out loud. "This is just a theory I've been working on, but Bob would you just touch the force field."

"Ok," he said. He touched it and nothing happened.

"Now you Dash." He did the same and again without result. "Helen?" She to felt it and got nothing. Dr. Angelo reached back out and again he got zapped. "Well I'll be-" he said. "I had theorized a while back that supers might be able to interact with other supers in their family in ways that their powers would normally prevent. I'd never been able to test it until now."

"That must be how we did the hamster ball thing on the island and again yesterday," Dash said.

"That's right," Helen said, "you two are almost indestructible as a team." She emphasized almost for good reason.

"Quite amazing, it recognizes your genetic patterns" Dr. Angelo said. "You should all experiment with one another to see if you can come up with some other combinations. Oh but Bob, don't expect to find a combination with Helen since you two aren't really blood related."

"That's ok," Bob said putting an arm around and smiling slyly at his wife. "We've got our own little combinations that work very well."

"Bob!" Helen exclaimed blushing with embarrassment.

Dr. Angelo laughed. "Now I believe the reason we're here in the first place is Jack-Jack." He walked over and took the child from Helen. "Now you said he turned to fire then a blue gelatinous substance right."

"Yes," Helen said, "what do you think it is?"

"I don't know, it sounds like perhaps a non-compositional metamorphism where he changes composition but keeps his physical size and basic shape but there's only one way to find out for sure. Ready?" He placed a hand on his head. The others nodded. Jack-Jack then giggled from the process' tickling sensation. Dr. Angelo gave him back to Helen. "Wait a minute," he said allowing the energy to enthrall him. "Oh God!" he let out a scream that caused everyone to jump as he dropped to his knees. Bob rushed up to help him but stopped abruptly when the doctor burst into flame. He screamed louder but stopped as he shrank down into an orange, then grew to a small barking dog. Finally the transformation was complete and he grew into none other than syndrome, aiming a zero-point energy beam that caught Bob and threw him against a door knocking him out cold. Helen gasped and threw a punch that hit him across the face. He went down hard and reverted back to his original form.

A nurse opened the door startled by the commotion and saw him and Bob lying on the floor. "Emergency!" she yelled summoning a number of orderlies that rushed in and took the two away. "Mrs. Parr, wait here, I'll call for you as soon as we get him looked at."