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Chapter 2: Obsession Discovered

The next day while I was walking home from school, I was still thinking about how I could prove to my mom that I was good. Suddenly, I heard an alarm sound off. I turned to my right to see some guy dressed in black with a bulky bag come running out of a store. It was a bank robber! It was then that I got a crazy idea. It wasn't the brightest thing to do, but if it worked it just might solve my mom problem.

Without thinking about anymore, I darted towards the robber and stood in front of him, blocking his path. "Don't move or else!" I threatened.

The robber just laughed in my face, saying, "And who's going to stop me? You?"

He continued to laugh as he walked around me. I couldn't let him get away! This could be my only chance! Without thinking, I leaped onto the robber's back and clinged on tight. The robber tried to shake me off, but I wouldn't budge. Finally he ripped me off and threw me against a brick wall, bruising my whole body. Luckily I didn't hit my head, or I would have lost consciousness for sure.

I tried to stand up, but I couldn't because I didn't have any strength left. Straining, I lifted my head up to look around. Where were the police? I realized the robber probably set them up so they couldn't follow him. Well, it certainly seemed to be working.

I glanced ahead to see the robber looming over me. "Time to finish you off, kid!" he laughed wickedly.

I shut my eyes and grimaced in pain. I wouldn't believe this was happening. I knew it was the end. No… Now I'd never get to the chance to do anything meaningful in life. Why did I have to act like such an idiot? I should have just let the police handle it.

My thoughts were jolted away as I realized no pain was coming except from the injuries I already had. I heard various noises, and curious, I opened one eye. I opened the other after I saw what was happening. A tall, young man was lifting the robber into the air. He had on blue and black suet with an "I" in the middle, and he had mask. I watched with fascination as the robber tried to get out of his grip, but to no avail.

A few minutes later the police came and arrested the robber. The man with the suet strided over to where I was and knelt down beside me. "You ok, kid?" he asked gently. I nodded, and tried to stand up. When I started to fall, the man caught me and helped me up. I leaned against the wall for support. "What happened?" the man calmly questioned me.

"My name is Buddy. And I was just trying to stop the robber," I replied as I looked at him sheepishly.

"What? Are you crazy! You could have been killed!"

I bowed my head in shame. "I know." I stayed like that for only a few seconds, for my curiosity got the better of me. "Who are you anyway?"

"Why, I'm Mr. Incredible," he answered, standing up proud. "I'm a super."

I had heard of the supers before, but never paid much interest in them… until now. I looked up at Mr. Incredible and grinned. He was a superhero! He saved my life. I happened to glance at my watch, and my smile fell as I realized I was supposed to be home twenty minutes ago!

"I have to go no, bye!" I cried as I darted away towards my house. I knew Mom was going to be super made about this.

I reached home five minutes later, and burst through the door. Mom was there waiting for me with a look of extreme anger. I gulped, knowing what was coming next. If only there was some way out of this…

"Buddy Pine, where were you!" Mom demanded.

"Well-I-it wasn't my fault! There was this robber, you see. And I thought I could stop him, so I started attacking him. But then he tried to kill me, so Mr. Incredible-"

Mom cut me off short, "Hold it! Who's Mr. Incredible?"

I quickly shut my mouth, realizing I had said too much, but it was already too late. I sighed, and explained, "He's a super."

"You mean you interfered with a super?" I nodded as she continued, "Well! You know what you get for that?"

I gasped and started shaking my head. No… not now. My body couldn't take much more. Plus, I was in a good mood. My eyes darted across the room wildly, and I spotted Citrus walking in. without thinking, I ran to him and hid behind him. I peeked out to see Mom roll her eyes.

"Oh, come on, Buddy, are you really that low as to use your little brother as a shield?" Mom asked with a demanding tone in her voice.

I couldn't answer. I knew she was right, but I didn't think I could survive being hurt worse. And I couldn't see any other way to avoid it. I knew Mom would never hurt Citrus. I peered out from behind him again to see Mom storming over. She was about to move Citrus out of the way when we heard a door open and slam shut. My stepdad was home! While Mom's attention was focused on him, I saw my chance and sprinted to my room, locking the door.

When I knew it was safe, I walked over to my computer and turned it on. I wanted to find out as much information on Mr. Incredible as possible. I smiled as I thought about this. Now maybe I'd be able to focus on something that could take my mind off of my Mom for once.