Fight Your Fears

Valor continued to weep in disbelief. His father kept on tormenting him.

"You can't hide from the facts Valor. You destroyed the earth, you killed off millions of people, even your friends and you made every person fear your name. Yes. You are by far the most evil, vile, ruthless person ever to walk this earth."

Valor right now was on his knees covering his ears. He tried his hardest to block out his father's words of suffering but he couldn't. Nightmare's words continually echoed in his mind.

"Valor my boy, why do you keep trying to reject this nightmare of yours? You should be quite joyous to fulfil a dream we both share: global reformation, of evil that is. Don't fight it."

Suddenly, Valor had an idea. He got up and confronted his father. They both stared at each other. Finally, I spite of the grotesque incubus Valor had to face, he finally got the courage to speak in front of Nightmare.

"Dad, you are right about one thing. We both do share a common goal of world reformation. In addition, we both share the same qualities: ambition, determination, leadership and power. But there are some that I have that you will never be. Courage, friendship, and loyalty to good."

"Nonsense." said Nightmare.

Valor grinned at his father. "You are wrong about me dad. I was never evil, I am not evil, and I will never will be evil. Do you want to know what I am, was and will always will be?" Valor took out his V Sword. He raised his blade into the dark sky. A little ray of light shined down on Valor and his raised sword. As his courage grew, the light expanded. The light began to purify the destructed world. Things all of the sudden came back to life. Valor continued to confront his father. "I am the Courageous Swordsman. I am the Leader/Loner Warrior. I . . . AM . . . VALOR!"

His final, three, powerful words shrouded the entire earth in light, life and happiness. People came back to life and the rock idol of Valor disappeared. Valor regained his consciousness and broke out of his nightmare.

Valor was back into reality and in the containment room. He transformed his hand into his Metal Sword and began to manipulate the metal cuffs. He eventually attracted one of the hand locks, causing it to magnetize on to his Metal Sword. His hand was now free and later, he took out his sword. He slashed off the other cuffs on his hands and feet. When the last one was slashed off he fell on his face onto the ground. He got up and staggered to the Incubus Operator.

"If I destroy this thing, Tony and Invisigirl will be trapped in their nightmares forever." Valor had another thought came to him. "I escaped by fighting my fears. Maybe if I can communicate to the other two, maybe they can escape as well." Valor stumbled to Tony. "Tony!" He screamed at the top of his lungs. "I know you can hear me man. Don't let the nightmare frighten you. FIGHT IT OFF!"

Tony was crushed by what he has just witnessed. Violet's headband that he gave as a present was now destroyed. The ghostly Violet continued to anguish Tony.

"I never loved you, you big jerk. No one does. What, you going to cry now? Go on, be miserable." Ghost Violet mocked.

Tony did just that. Never had he felt so miserable in his entire life. The person he had cared about the most now telling him that he isn't good enough. Tony, all of the sudden heard a voice in his mind.

"FIGHT YOUR FEARS!" The voice sounded like Valor. He heard it again. "TONY, FIGHT YOUR FEARS."

Astonishingly, a ghostly form of Valor appeared in front of Tony. He jumped back all terrified.

"Valor. . ." he managed to say. "Is that you? Are you dead as well?"

"No Tony. I am just your imagination. Listen to me Tony. This entire place you are in is just a nightmare. If you snap out of it, this entire dream will vanish. But in order to do that, you must fight. Turn your intensified incubus into a delightful dream. You can do it buddy. Good luck."

Ghost Valor vanished. Tony wiped the tears from his eyes. He got on to his feet and faced Violet.

"You got something to say to me punk?" she asked.

"Yeah. There is. Violet, you are the most amazing person I have ever met. Plus, you are the prettiest person I have ever laid my eyes on." Tony's soft words of kindness began to transform the graveyard to a beautiful meadow with grass, blue skies, and purple flowers. "Listen to me Violet. You being Invisigirl is nothing to me. I want you the way you are. You are a brave, strong, beautiful person Violet." Tony picked up the pink headband, which was now mended and repaired. He put it on Violet's head. Vi, there is one more thing I want to say. I LOVE YOU VIOLET PARR!"

At that very moment, Ghost Violet disappeared and before Tony was a artistic scenery of a meadow. He later woke up into reality and broke free from his nightmare. Valor, with the blade in his hand, slashed off Tony's cuffs. Tony fell on all fours on to the ground.

"Tony, you okay man?"

"Yeah, but it was horrible. I was in a graveyard and saw a ghostly figure of. . . VIOLET!"

Tony and Valor rushed over to the beaten Violet, who was stuck in her nightmare.

"Tony, I want you to try to communicate with Invisigirl. If we can help her wake, she might be able to escape from her bad dream.

Tony and Valor tried to motivate the dazed out teenage super heroine.

In Invisigirl's dream, she was drowning in the ocean. She tried to swim up but her weariness and pain just gets worse and worse. She was about to give up till she saw a bright light in front of her. Invisigirl looked up and saw her two best friends Valor and Tony in front of her.

"Surprised to see us Invisigirl, or should I say Violet?" inquired Valor.

Violet let out a gasp of air, which turned to bubbles and floated to the surface. Invisigirl finally realized that she was now out of air, but Tony gave her reassurance.

"Don't worry Vi. We are with you. Everything is going to be all right. Please, take a breath."

Invisigirl thought he was crazy to breath underwater but she did anyway for two reasons. One, if Valor and Tony are able to stay alive underwater, maybe she can too. Two, she always does whatever Tony requests because he has been very kind to her all the time. She inhaled and later winced.

"Hey, I can breath. Wait, Valor, Tony, I thought. . . weren't you. . . what happened. . ."

Questions stirred in Invisigirl's mind. She didn't know what to ask first. Finally, Valor concluded.

"Listen Invisigirl. This is only a bad dream. This isn't real. The only way to escape is to fight out of it. Remember this one last thing. We are your friends, and we give you strength. As long as we are in your heart, you will find the determination you will need to fight and endure the battle till the very end."

Valor touched Invisigirl on the face and a bright light shined. When the light faded, Valor was gone, but she felt him in her heart. Invisigirl turned to Tony, who now has a big smile on his face.

"He's right Violet. No matter what happens, we will always be there." Tony gave her a kiss on the cheek. "Here is something that will help motivate you. I love you Violet, and go get em' Invisigirl."

A bright light shined and Tony entered her heart. Doing that gave Invisigirl a power boost. She now felt like her father, strong and almighty. The metal ball cuffed to her foot now felt very weightless. She mustered all her energy and swam to the surface. When she emerged, she woke up from her nightmare.

"Violet!" Tony shrieked. Valor took his V Sword and slashed at all her cuffs. When the last one had been cut, she fell but Tony caught her. "Violet! Are you okay?"

"Yeah, I am now." she responded.

"Oh my goodness Violet, how could they do this to you."

"Don't worry Tony. I don't feel a single ounce of pain when I am with you."

Oh Violet." Tony gave a little cry. "Back there, I mean. . . you know, I had never been so scared in my entire life. I thought I lost you forever."

"You do love me, don't you?" she asked.

"Yes, my little purple flower, I love you very much."

She couldn't believe what Tony just said to her. Tony Rydinger, the cutest, handsomest boy in Western View Junior High, called her his little purple flower. Plus, he even admits to her that he loves her very much.

"Wow, isn't this a Kodak moment." Valor wittingly remarked.

Tony turned to the other super. "Violet, who is this."

"His name is Valor. He s a Super like me. He is the finest swordsman I ever known. He helped me find you"

Well, thank you. That was very cool of you to do that." complemented Tony.

Don't worry," said Valor.

Suddenly, they heard a boom from the door. Valor brandished his V Sword and Invisigirl assumed a fighting stance. They began to wonder. Did the guards know the escaped from the Incubus Operator? Are they coming in to kill us? What ever was out there, they were trying to get in. Suddenly, the door was knocked down to the ground.