REVIEWS: Thank you all so much for the reviews. They have really meant alot to me. Sean - I figured as much. Yes I was a huge fan of the origional MMPRs. In fact that would be an excelent starting point - so that's where I'll begin. As for the Mask and Highlander, I think I am familiar enough with them to make them happen. Look to my final chapter tomorrow for a synopsis of what my plans are. Thanks again for reviewing. Princessmoi - So glad you like. If I kept your interest through 26 chapters I am thoroughly satisfied with myself. Clio - Glad you like my take on their powers. I really wanted to establish an evolution that I can work on in upcoming fics. So glad you like. Soccergurl - Yes, this is the BIG fight scene. Glad you like Jack-Jack's powers. Looks like I'm going to have alot of explaning to do in fic two to rectify this with Jack-Jack Attack. Don't worry though, I have a plan. All will work out. Lover of Jack-Jack -You'll love this chapter. That's a promise. Hope the confusion didn't ruin your enjoyment though. Thanks for reviewing. Esunamoon - I came up with that scenario the first night I saw the movie. That's probably my favorite line too. Good catch on the typos. I must confess that I did not originally intend to publish this so I was a bit careless but even after editing it three times I still missed some things. Also I do my best creative work at night, unfortunately it's also sloppier since I'm tired; that just adds to the mess. I can't wait to do the third one either. In fact, if I didn't need the second one I would've skipped right to it; now I'm trying not to rush number two so it will be of good quality. I promise to all I will devote just as much care to both of those as I did this one. Thank you all again.
XXVII. THE FIGHT
The family was briefed on the car ride while they donned their uniforms. The new supers fighting with Positron were all disgruntled youngsters and all wore the single colored outfits with a matching mask, dyed hair, and gold letter that had now earned them the name rainbow gang. Now included in the group was five others. Unfortunately they only had basic information since besides Positron, Touchforce, and Mirror, only one other had tried to register with the SOA. Among the newbies, first was Nailer wearing the brown. He could absorb any metal into his skin and fire it back in the form of a nail. The second was wearing green and she was called Scatter. She had the ability to atomize anything non-biological then reassemble it elsewhere. The third was another very young boy wearing silver. They called him Mindtrap because he was multi-talented in telekinesis and his capacity for analyzing and learning. In purple, the fourth was a black boy called Micron. He could make anything he touched grow or shrink and it would stay that way for almost a minute before abruptly reverting back to its original size. Last was another girl in black called enhancer. She was the one who had tried to register with SOA and they knew her Name to be Zena. Apparently she had the same power enhancing ability that Jack-Jack has.
"Here you go," said Helen to her daughter as she handed over her uniform. "I made a few adjustments for you – Invision."
Violet suddenly shook from her depression and looked curiously in the bag. It was her Incredigirl suit but now included her purple trimmed Invision mask, a teal headband, and her little Invision bag with the logo on it. Violet was shocked; it was the perfect combination. "Thanks mom," she said with a smile.
"I know you'll do us proud," Helen said. "You've really proven yourself."
This was what the girl needed to hear. For the first time she really felt important and felt as though she could be of use. "Thank you," she said with watery eyes. They embraced. "I love you so much."
Dash got up from the machine that had automatically changed him into his suit and Violet stepped in. "Cool," he said.
"Dash! Where's your helmet?" Helen questioned him furiously.
"Don't worry mom," he said, "E gave me this headband to wear instead; she said it would work just as well."
"No sir. You put that helmet on now. I don't want a repeat event-"
"But mom this is what I was wearing when Positron threw me through that wall."
Mr. Incredible interrupted, "Dash, listen to your mother."
"Mom it really did work," Invision added moving away from the machine. "Besides if Dr. Angelo was right about these new manifestations in Dash then shouldn't he have maximum peripheral vision?"
Helen was dumbfounded. She couldn't argue with the logic since the helmet which had been modeled after Gazerbeam's did cut down on vision at the corners and she did see how hard of an impact he'd walked away from in his meeting with Positron. "Very well," she said stepping into the machine. "Just be careful."
Dash smiled widely at her. "Right mom!"
"Ok," Mr. Incredible said. "There are eight of them and five of us not counting Jack-Jack." No one really liked the idea of him being there. "Any thoughts?"
"I'll take Touchforce," Dash said. "I'm fast enough that her power is minimized against me."
"Right," came the reply. "Vi can you handle Positron, your force fields seem to offer protection against him that we don't have."
"You bet dad," she said. She was more determined than ever now that she knew her father had such confidence in her.
"I'll take mirror again," Elastigirl said. "I've learned her secrets."
"Great!" replied Mr. Incredible. "I'll go for Mindtrap. I might be able to wear him down by throwing his stuff back at him. Frozone just contacted Mirage and said he'd keep the other four busy while we work and try to keep us from getting double-teamed. Ready?" he asked as they pulled up to the scene.
"You bet dad!" Dash answered for everyone.
"Ok, It's show time!"
The family ran from the car and separated in the streets each one looking for his or her evil counterpart. Elastigirl stopped just long enough to hand Jack-Jack over to Rick who had followed them there. "Take him," she said. "If he's absolutely needed we'll come back for him but until then don't let him out of your sight." Jack-Jack giggled profusely at the events that were unfolding before him.
"Very well," Rick replied. "Now hurry!" Mrs. Incredible rushed back to join the fight.
Dash was the first to reach his target. Touchforce shot back after colliding unexpectedly with the ten year old's hand. Of course the impact left a similar reaction on Dash who stumbled before turning around to make another run.
Mr. Incredible soon reached Mindtrap. 'There's only one way to beat a psycho,' he thought. Lifting up the largest truck he could find he hurled it at the boy but Mindtrap turned around just in time to catch it with his thoughts. He held it there for a second until Mr. Incredible heard the sound of stressed metal and saw the truck bend in to the shape of a missile. "Uh oh," he said and ducked out of the way just narrowly missing the projectile which had been flung at him.
Invision crept up to Positron using invisibility to mask her position. She threw up a force field around him and lifted him quickly off of the ground cutting him off from anything he could possibly polarize. He was effectively incapacitated. 'Great,' Invision thought sarcastically. 'I took out one now what do I do about the other seven?'
Elastigirl finally found Mirror behind a car. "Aha!" she yelled as she kicked into thin air behind a car across the street. She was shocked when her foot passed through thin air instead of hitting a mass. She looked back just in time to see Mirror jump over the car and run over to her side of the street kicking into thin air that sent Elastigirl flying backwards. 'She used a different type of symmetry to cast her reflection,' Elastigirl thought as she regained her footing and began to analyze the event.
Rick waited with Jack-Jack behind the car with a great vantage point of the fight. The kids seemed to be doing well but their parents were having trouble. Jack-Jack's excessive giggling at the scene gave their location away though. In no time Nailer was on top of them. Laying one hand on the car he ate away at its metal and fired three nails directly at the duo. "Gotcha!" Frozone yelled swooping in at the last second with one blast he knocked the nails off course and froze Nailers hand to the car giving Rick time to get away with Jack-Jack.
Mr. Incredible jumped out of the way of a tree just in time to catch a car. The impact landed him on the ground but he quickly returned the favor. The worst of it seamed to be that Mindtrap could catch and he really couldn't. Either way Mindtrap also had the advantage when it came to picking Mr. Incredible himself up and slinging him painfully against a distant wall.
Dash kept running back and forth against Touchforce. Literally at a stalemate neither seemed interested in changing their plans. Although Dash's young hands weren't capable of inflicting serious harm, they were also to fast receive Touchforce's blows.
Mirror had changed her patterns enough to keep Elastigirl running in circles. Every time she thought she had a lock on her, Mirror would show up elsewhere. She was unable to get enough symmetry around the girl to see her as she was. It was almost worse than fighting an invisible opponent.
Frozone next went after enhancer. As long as she was alone her powers were unusable. "Hold it right there little miss," he told her freezing her feet to the pavement below before moving on to find the other two members of his assignment as well as check back on Nailer.
Invision continued her hold on Positron, as long he was there in the force field he couldn't do a thing but she could tell the rest of her family was barely hanging on. 'Who's that?' she questioned herself seeing a green form come toward her. It was Scatter and she was followed by a dazzling display of glitter glinting in the sun. 'What do I do?' she thought with both hands focused on Positron. In a defensive effort having no clue what she was up against she dropped one arm hoping she'd be able to use it as necessary in the coming onslaught.
Dash and Touchforce continued their cat and mouse. With neither party winning Micron joined the fray to make it a two on one. "Uh oh!" Dash yelled as he stumbled over Touchforce for at least the thirtieth time but this time landed right in Micron's waiting arms. "Hey let go!" he yelled but the already small super shrank to about the size of a mouse and fell to the ground. "Hey what the-" he yelled realizing what'd happened. "Uh oh!" He took off running just in time to dodge Touchforce's swift foot coming down on him.
Invision looked up at the shiny particles. They gathered over her head and instantaneously resumed their original shape of a large truck. Invision screamed and threw up a large force field just in time to protect herself but let Positron go in the process. He quickly got his act together and prepared to strike her with a lightning bolt.
"I got you covered!" Frozone yelled cutting off the strike with a blast of ice that coated the boy. "Hurry! You're the only one that can hold him, he'll be out of there in no time."
'There's no way to stop them outnumbered like this,' Mr. Incredible thought to himself as he crouched behind a truck to gain his composure. He thought about that for a moment interrupted only briefly by a tiny Dash running past. Then it hit him; the words that Dr. Angelo had said. 'Together our powers will be stronger. We can combine them in ways they can't.' He looked over and saw his wife take another hit from thin air. 'I've got a plan.' He got up, picked up the truck, and began running at Mindtrap. The boy waited for him thinking he could take him out with a close enough shot but Mr. Incredible abruptly turned right and slammed it down right in front of Elastigirl. The plan worked; Mirror instantly appeared against the background of the solid white paneling. Mrs. Incredible used the opportunity to give her a swift jab across the chin. "We can do this!" Mr. Incredible yelled.
"Together!" came his wife's response. She looked down at Mirror. 'She won't be getting up from that one any time soon.' The two hurried on to help the others.
Dash ran with all his might until he suddenly and abruptly resumed his normal size causing him to lose focus and tumble over a newly freed Nailer. He rose up quickly to meet the man's gaze but Nailer had already latched onto another car. He shot about eight nails at the boy whose escape to either side was blocked by a wall and a car. Dash gasped at the sight and flinched to the right when suddenly everything – including himself this time – slowed. 'This must be-' Dash didn't have time to finish his own thought as he twisted and contorted his body in ways he didn't know possible to dodge the shards. Everything returned to normal. "Ha ha!" he yelled and he looked back to Nailer who shot another wave at the boy. This time Dash flinched left and again he went into slow motion dodging the nails with various gymnastics but the corner of his eye barely caught something. He could see Jack-Jack who'd wandered from Rick and stood directly in the path of the last nail. It moved nearly as fast as he did but Dash, very thankful that he had the increased peripheral vision, in a last effort reached out and was able to coordinate his hand to catch it. Instantly he returned to normal speed and turned to throw the nail back at his adversary. Nailer screamed in pain as the hunk of metal lodged in his arm giving Dash time to grab Jack-Jack and run for cover. "Wait here little guy," he said placing him behind a car and running off to find Touchforce again.
Invision dropped her force field but hit the ground when the truck fell from its upright position right behind her. Scatter grabbed her by one hand restraining it and Micron arrived grabbing the other but without using his power. They pinned her up against a wall and Positron stood before her. He'd freed himself and Enhancer who now stood at his side hanging on his arm. She was obviously using her powers. "You've interfered enough," Positron said charging her, "now you die!"
"Vi-vi-vi-vi-vi," Jack-Jack called as he stormed beneath the legs of Positron. He'd recognized her peril and this time she recognized her name.
Positron let out an evil laugh and dropped the charge on Invision to put one on the baby. "Jack-Jack! No!" she screamed but he continued to run at his toddler waddling pace. Somehow recognizing the charge Jack-Jack burst into flame blocking any substance of himself that Positron could charge. He finally reached his sister returning to normal just as he wrapped his arms around her leg and squeezed.
Invision never knew if he was enhancing her powers or if she was just enraged but something clicked inside her. She let out a scream an projected a force field straight out from her arms knocking Micron and Scatter out cold before expanding to its normal shape to protect her and Jack-Jack from Positron and Enhancer.
Mr. Incredible ran back towards Mindtrap having just been thrown four blocks by his mental powers. He stopped in shock to see his wife's powers had been used against her and she had been mentally knotted around a light post and Mindtrap stood ready to kill her with a final blow. "NO!" Mr. Incredible yelled jumping and delivering a kick to the distracted bad guy just in time to save his wife. Mindtrap crashed through a brick wall and several offices. "Are you ok?" Mr. Incredible asked struggling to free his wife.
"I think so," she said trying to assist him. They finally freed her and she brought her arms around him embracing him and kissing him passionately. "I love you, you know?" she said.
"I love you too," was the reply.
The two rolled away just in time. Mindtrap had thrown a number of the bricks at them that he'd just knocked out. "Go," Mr. Incredible said.
"But you can't do this alone!"
"I know," he said. "I'll keep him busy while I can. Help the kids and get everyone back here as fast as you can." They quickly kissed again fearing for everyone's safety. She complied and he ducked out of the way barely missing yet another truck, which was actually the same one he'd used on Mirror just a bit ago.
Dash and Touchforce had resumed their hit and be hit game each hoping the other's stamina would give out first. Suddenly Dash stopped up against a wall and Touchforce regained her composure and smiled evilly at him. Even so Dash's smile was bigger and he spoke. "Gotcha this time," he said staring past the girl. Touchforce turned around to see Mrs. Incredible stretched into a trampoline between two lamp posts. Dash took the opportunity to plow his whole body into Touchforce at top speed. The impact sent Dash hard into the wall but also sent Touchforce stumbling into Elastigirl. His body automatically applied a great force but her elasticity gave it right back smashing him through the brick wall above the spot Dash had just hit. Dash stumbled to his feet dazed but Touchforce didn't get up.
Frozone suddenly slid down over the duo's heads and they turned just in time to see him coat Nailer in a thick layer of ice. The man had almost taken mother and son by surprise. "Thank's Frozone," Mrs. Incredible called out.
"No sweat," came the reply. "That block won't melt for hours and he's got no metal under there. Sorry I disappeared but I had to help Rick to safety. He was out of it after Mindtrap nearly hit him with a car."
"Oh my God, where's Jack-Jack!" Elastigirl screamed.
"What! You mean they were together?"
"Look!" Dash yelled. "There he is!" He pointed the others in the direction where Jack-Jack, Invision, Positron, and Enhancer were locked in a war of energy projection and super enhancement. "Frozone," Dash said, "I've got a plan but I need a distraction. Can you do it?"
"Right on Speedo." He quickly skied in and engulfed the bad guys in ice. Positron's enhanced powers broke the trap instantly but it was enough to drop his assault on the Incredible kids. Invision recognized this and dropped her field. Elastigirl then reached out and pulled Enhancer off Positron allowing Frozone to blast them both again.
Dash ran to his siblings. "Come on Invision, hamster ball!" he said.
"Right!" she said putting a bubble around them.
"Kids," their mother called to them. "Your fathers in trouble, Mirage just informed me that Mindtrap's got him penned and is about to kill him. They've worked their way far across town. You have to go. We'll keep them busy here."
"Got it mom!" Dash said starting off.
"Dash go faster!" Invision yelled at him even though they traveled near the speed of sound.
"Come on Jack-Jack," he said, "help Dashy out." The baby floated over to him grabbing his neck and they instantly accelerated to near light speed. They came in sight of the battle almost instantly to see Mr. Incredible penned under a large pile of rubble and Mindtrap coming down on him hard. As they reached striking range Jack-Jack reached up and grabbed his sister giving her the ability to lift all three of them in the field as well as raise the field and its momentum into the air to smash into the boy. The impact left him motionless on the street and Invision dropped the field allowing the three to roll to a stop. Jack-Jack giggled profusely over the ride.
"Dad, are you ok!" Dash asked running to his side. Invision removed enough debris in floating force fields to allow him to free himself.
"I am now," said Mr. Incredible as he broke free and embraced his three kids. "Thanks to you."
Suddenly Positron appeared in the direction they'd just come from with Enhancer at his side and Frozone and Elastigirl over his shoulder. He threw the dazed supers in a pile with the others and gave an evil laugh. Mr. Incredible instinctively threw a large piece of debris at him from the pile but Positron merely polarized it and deflected it. "Ah Mr. Incredible, your family makes a formidable team but we are the next generation; we are the supers of tomorrow. Your powers are feeble compared to ours. We are the future! Supers born of supers."
Mr. Incredible suddenly recognized the voice. 'Kenai Paladino,' he thought, 'Gazerbeam's son.' That explained the strength of his powers. 'Just like his father.'
"Yeah well dodge this." Invision said hitting him with another force beam projected from her hands – this time she was several feet away from Jack-Jack. The beam hit him and he fell hard; no longer being charged, Enhancer dropped too. Invison ran to Positron and raised him up in a force field.
"Give it up!" Mr. Incredible said. "You know you can't break from her field and Enhancer's powerless without another super."
"That's not entirely true Mr. Incredible," the woman answered. "I'm called Enhancer for more than one reason." Suddenly Invision dropped to her knees. Enhancer had increased the effects of gravity on her.
"No!" Mr. Incredible yelled as the whole group charged her but she brought them all to their knees. 'Mirage forgot to mention this,' he thought.
Invision screamed with pain as her chest caved inward and she could barely hold the field on Positron. As the effects got stronger everyone screamed out in agony. None of them could do anything with such tremendous force acting on them.
Under pressure, Jack-Jack began crying; then he flamed. He burned brighter and brighter as he became increasingly upset. All of the sudden he disappeared, but unknown to the others he'd morphed into a hydrogen form of himself and, no longer restrained by the earth's or Enhancer's gravity, he floated up. As he rose the wind blew him towards Enhancer. Passing over her he again morphed into lead and with the increased effects of gravity came down on her with tremendous force.
Enhancer lost her hold on everyone with the devastating impact. The whole family returned to their feet and ran to help him except for Invision who was intensifying her force field around Positron. The group then ran smack into a wall of gravity created by Enhancer preventing their passage. As Enhancer and Jack-Jack grabbed hold of one another both were enhancing the other's powers and the process continuously multiplied. Enhancer seemed to be winning as the gravitational force was too much for the baby. Everyone watched in horror. Jack-Jack's expressions became more and more intense as he sank lower to the ground in tears. Finally very upset, he flamed. He burned higher and brighter with intensity while shrinking lower and lower to the ground. The family cheered him on from outside even though it seemed useless. Violet wished now more than ever that she could protect her brother even though she had always hated being the baby sitter before. 'He has to do this one on his own,' she thought as she reaffirmed her hold on Positron with new anger. Finally Jack-Jack's emotions overtook him and the flames died; the family gasped knowing for sure he was dead.
Instantly the toddler trembled and the earth shook under him. All held their breath in horror. At last his emotions took control of him and the red demon form once again embraced his body and he leaped up grabbing Enhancer's head and swinging her from side to side. She screamed wildly at his torture.
"He's going to make it!" Mr. Incredible yelled. Suddenly the gravitational field began to glow around them. Invision – familiar with energy manipulation saw the signs and with her free hand engulfed herself and her family in a force field just in time. The gravitational field blew up pounding them all with intense energy but Invision's field held strong. As the dust settled Invision dropped her field. It then became appearant of how the battle had ended. Enhancer was out cold and Jack-Jack sat on top of her in his little red jumper and black mask giggling.
The whole family walked up and hugged him even Invision now that the cops had arrived with equipment to take Positron off her hands.
Everyone looked around. Only then did they realize that they had fought their way into the Parrs' old neighborhood and once again there sat a little boy on a tricycle. He yelled. "That was totally wicked!"
