Disclaimer: The Incredibles and its characters belong to Pixar, Disney, and Brad Bird. Mr. Mahn and the name Aura belong to me, as well as the plot of this story. Please do not sue.
"Let me see the note," Violet looks it again. At first it appears blank, but Violet places an invisible hand over the paper to reveal letters, pieced together like most ransom notes,
Violet Invisible
If you value the life of this citizen, then you shall follow these instructions:
Meet a representative at 1165 Walt's Warehouses; Warehouse C, from eleven to midnight. Come alone, or
else.
"I have to go," she says, placing the note down.
"That is out of the question, you know that is suicide."
"Yes, but if there is a chance I can save Tony, I must take it."
After arguing with her mother, Violet receives no success. Despite her mother's request that she not go out and save him for herself, she begins to ready her self for the rescue.
"Good bye," she says heading out the window. She then flies off toward Walt's Warehouses.
Tony opens his eyes to see himself in a dark room. He is being held by a containment cell, much like the ones that Syndrom had used. Directly across the room from him he can barely make out a door. It seems that he is the only occupant of the room, though it is hard to tell. The only other light than his containment cell are the vacant computers.
"Where am I?" he asks himself trying to remember what happened to land him here, his head hurt a lot. Then he remembered the super suit, and then the man.
Just then the door hisses open, releasing a blinding light. It takes a moment for Tony's eyes to adjust. When they do, he can see that there are three people there. One a guard of some sort, another a scientist. He goes over to the computer. The last is a red haired man wearing black and white clothes. On his chest is a big letter A in white.
"Mr. Rydinger, nice to see you…awake," the man says walking up to him.
"Who are you?" Tony struggles against the containment beams.
"You, may call me Aura," he replies patiently.
"What do you want with me?"
"I think that you are hardly in the position to demand such information, but I will tell you anyways," Aura starts to monologue, "You are a valuable person, especially to certain super-heroes, mainly Violet Invisible. When you are valuable to super-heroes, you are worth saving. Do you know what I mean? Do you know why you're valuable." "Because I have her old suit?"
"That, and the fact that you know her personally."
"No I don't," Tony thinks about his previous thoughts on the matter.
"Oh, you don't know you do, but you do. Therefore, you are bait, so to speak. You are the lure to get her here."
"What are you going to do when she gets here, make an exchange?"
"No, no, no. I'm going to kill you. Yes, that's right. I'm not a Saturday Cartoon bad guy. I am cold and evil, and I will kill you," he smirks at the reaction on Tony's face, "Of course that will not be until you see her, de-masked and un-powered."
Aura laughs at his joke.
"I might even let you live until I conquer the world…kind of as a witness that I did it, you know?"
"You're sick."
"Silence!" Aura's voice echoes around the room, "You are not the one you can afford to make insults. You will pay for your comment."
Aura snaps his fingers and the scientist presses buttons. Then a jolt of electricity jumps through him
Tony cries out in agony, the pain rips through his body.
When it subsides he hangs there, too drained to hold himself up.
"How do you like my new invention. The Electro-Drain. Cool huh?" Aura looks Tony in the face, "Let that jolt be a warning, for anymore from you and I'll double for the next zap."
He turns and walks down the steps.
"Bones!" Aura looks at the scientist.
"Yes, Mr. Syn…I mean…Mr. Aura."
"Make sure that did not do too much to him. I have not calibrated the Electro-Drain for normal humans."
"Yes, sir."
The scientist then checks Tony.
"And now, I have some business to attend to, Aura checks his watch as he leaves, the door hissing shut behind him.
A/N: This was a very hard chapter to come up with, the whole getting Violet to head toward saving him. But I got though it. Sorry if it seems a bit choppy. Aura part gave some ease so all is well. Please Review.