A/N: Thanks for all of the reviews! I know I haven't gotten to what Helen/LiveWire and Dash/Swift have been up to, but I will soon. Promise. Those chapters just involve some major effects on the story so we won't go there yet.
Violet began to quickly take off her parachute now that they'd reached land. If the bad guys didn't see them coming in, they were lucky. Even if they were, they couldn't take that chance. It was time to move and move fast. Violet examined the situation at hand. They came in close to the hot spot they were checking out. A hour, maybe two tops and they'd be there. She looked over at Empath who was more than happy to be back on the ground. Vi was still trying to figure out what his powers were exactly. Emotion based? Feeds off emotion? Feeds off them to do what exactly?
"You almost ready there sunshine?"
"Ehhhh....give me a couple more minutes. This is all your fault anyways."
Empath seemed to be laying over the top of a huge rock. Didn't look very comfortable, but from the sound of it, she knew what he was doing.
"You sound a little sick there. You going to be ok?"
"Oh yeah, I'm going to be JUST fine. Don't worry about me, ok Ms. Let's Push Empath Out of an Airplane?"
Violet was about to laugh when she heard sounds coming from some trees nearby. She didn't know what was going on, but she wasn't about to take any chances either. Violet turned invisible and hid out of the way near some rocks. She should have said something to Empath, but he was a big boy. He could take care of himself....or so she hoped.
Empath pushed himself off the rock he was just getting so intimate with a minute ago.
"Yuck. Breakfast tasted SO much better going down...wait a second. Invisigirl? Where'd you go?"
Empath turned around to look for Invisigirl, but he didn't exactly get what he was looking for. He turned and ended up looking down the barrels of three guns. The guys holding them didn't look so friendly either. Empath, always the smart alec, raised his hand, smiled and waved to them.
"Uh, hi guys. You must be the welcoming committee."
They looked far from amused.
"Funny," replied one of them. "Here, let me tell you a joke of my own wiseguy."
"Um, can't we talk about this guys? Please?"
Before Empath could react, one of the men pulled the trigger. All Empath heard was a loud bang as he closed his eyes and awaited the impact of the bullet. It never hit. He opened one eye to see what was going on only to find himself surrounded by a purple forcefield.
"Uh, ok...how the heck did I do this?" wondered Empath.
"You didn't," someone whispered. "I did." It was Invisigirl.
Empath cracked a smile as the bad guys began to panic. They didn't know what to do.
"How the heck did he do that?"
"He's got to be a Super!!"
Invisigirl began to whisper to Empath again. "Ok hotshot. I'm about to let the field down. Let's see what you can do with those powers of yours. You ready?"
Empath could see the fear in their eyes. That's exactly what he needed. "I was born ready sweety. Let me loose."
Vi let the field down, but not before kicking Empath in the shins. "Sweety indeed."
Empath extended his arms out at his foes and opened his hands with his palms aimed out at them. They didn't know what he was up to...or what was about to happen. Empath concentrated on their fear...pulling it out of them and into his palms. He could tell they were completely creeped out...and he was loving every second of it. Empath closed his eyes, clinched his fists and lowered his head. The bad guys weren't exactly sure what he was about to do, but they weren't about to let him. They took aim and fired away, trying to take him down before he tried anything. Violet deflected each and every single bullet. All of a sudden Empath's head jerked up and a smile came across his face...not a normal one either, it looked pretty evil. Empath's eyes flew open and they were glowing with power. The bad guys were in the middle of reloading their guns when Empath decided it was time to make his move.
"Ok boys....you want to play...let's play."
Empath reached out towards their guns and let loose with a bolt of lightning from his hand. The electricity surged through their guns shocking them. All three of them dropped their weapons in front of their feet. Empath reached out again towards the weapons. He made them lift up into the air with a flick of his wrist and sent them flying away into the mountains. He took one step towards the terrified men in front of him and they took off running. A wall of fire exploded in front of them.
"Where you going boys? I'm not quite done yet. Invisigirl....catch."
Empath levitated one of the men into the air and sent him flying towards Violet. Violet put up a force field and the man went crashing into it, knocking him out cold. Empath then turned to the remaining men and grinned.
"Hmmmm....which one's next....eeny meeny miney..."
Before he could finish, Invisigirl appeared behind both of them and grabbed ahold of their heads. She then proceeded to slam their heads together, effectively knocking them out cold. The second they were down, Empath's powers vanished. Vi then walked towards Empath with a strut reminescent of her mother back in the old days.
"Sorry, I was getting tired of waiting for you to finish them off."
"Gee, thanks."
"I'm impressed though. Electric powers, fire powers, telekinesis...you're full of surprises there Mr. Empath."
"You haven't seen anything yet. Depending on how powerful the emotions are that I absorb...I can pretty much do anything. The only problem is that as soon as my source is gone, so are my powers. Pretty much the only con of my powers."
"So, what do you think. Should we wait for them to awaken to interrogate them?"
Empath shook his head.
"Nope. Let's take care of this now. Well, I will at least. I'm not sure if a girl could handle it."
Vi was extremely irritated. "What's that supposed to mean???" she screamed at him.
"Nothing. Just need a catalyst."
Empath reached out and fed on Violet's anger. He then put his hand to one of the men's heads and closed his eyes. He opened them just as fast and pointed out towards a cave in the northeast.
"What is it?" Violet asked.
"Don't worry about it. I'll explain on the way. Let's go."
Empath took off running towards the cave. Violet wasn't sure what was up there, but she knew she'd find out soon enough. She wondered how the rest of the family was doing as she ran.
