Mr. Incredible was amazed by the technology in the underwater craft that he and Paragon were riding to Nomanisan. High-tech, state of the art....looked like the government spared no expense. He couldn't help but to think about what this mystery man had planned for Syndrome's body. Cybernetics? He had heard a little about the lab before...supposedly they had dabbled with meshing man with metal...cyborgs they called them. Did this guy try to bring Syndrome back? Or the question is...did he? I guess he's find out soon enough as soon as they reached Nomanisan. For now, maybe he'd find out a little about his partner.

"So Paragon, how long have you been doing Super work?"

Paragon perked right up at being able to just sit and talk with his hero.

"I've been doing undercover hero work for the government for a few years now since the Super ban was lifted. By the way, the way you and your family totally destroyed that robot....awesome!!!"

Mr. Incredible just laughed.

"Thanks Paragon. Anyways, what's the name mean?"

"Paragon? Perfection. I try to make it a priority to do perfectly in everything I do, especially my shapeshifting."

"Ah.....so that's why that Empath guy made that modesty crack."

"Yeah...he and I go back a couple years. He started heroing for the government about a year after I started.He and I have never really gotten along. He just seems to have a problem with me being a perfectionist."

Bob could see why Empath could have a problem...heck, anybody probably would. Who likes a perfectionist?

"Anyways Paragon, why are you such a fan of my work? Why me of all people?"

"Well Mr. Incredible. It's a funny story. About twenty years ago, when my mother was pregnant with me...she was driving over a bridge when she was run off the road by a maniacal driver. Her car busted through the side of the bridge and was barely balanced. To tell the truth, it probably should have fallen off. She was in tears, thought her life was over. When she thought all was lost, she felt the car lift up and land back on the road. A Super saved my mother's life....and mine. It was you."

Mr. Incredible saved thousands of people in his early Super days. He briefly remembered the accident. While he was being so hard on himself for letting Buddy turn into Syndrome and letting all of those Supers die because of his mistake...because of him, another Super lived. Maybe this was his chance to redeem himself....

"I wanted to thank you Mr. Incredible. Thanks to you, I'm here. That's why I'm such a big fan. You're the reason I became a hero."

Ever since the nightmares began, Incredible started to lose sight on why he became a hero in the first place. Undoubtedly, he now remembered why.

"Thanks Paragon, you don't know how much that means."

A huge grin came over Paragon's face as Mr. Incredible said those words. A voice came over an intercom at just about the same time.

Now arriving at Nomanisan Island

Mr. Incredible felt chills come over him. This was the place it all started three years ago. The deaths of the Supers, Syndrome, the Omnidrome, Mirage, his family finally able to come out of hiding...Bob wasn't sure he wanted to come back here, but he had to. He had to find out what was going on. He had to find out if Syndrome...

"Ready chief?" asked Paragon.

Mr. Incredible finished zipping up his wetsuit and putting his scuba gear on.

"Ready...so the plan...we'll go in underwater and surface at the coast. We'll play it quiet until we can find out who is running the show here right now."

Bob saw that Paragon wasn't putting his wetsuit on.

"Aren't you getting ready?"

"I am ready boss," Paragon said with a load of confidence. "When I jump in, you follow and just hold on.

Bob looked down at the pool of water in the middle of the floor. He wasn't exacly sure what Paragon was up to. Paragon then took a leap, and in mid-air, shapeshifted into a dolphin before splashing into the ocean.

"Ah....smart boy."

Bob put his mouthpiece in and jumped into the ocean. He grabbed ahold of Paragon's fin and held tight as he swam as fast as he could towards Nomanisan. He'd find out soon enough what was going on. He just hoped it wasn't what he thought.