Mission Update

Helen and Bob rushed over to Michael's pigsty room. Once they did, they saw Violet on her knees weeping her heart out. Dash, Tony and Connor all gathered around her, and they all placed an arm around the teenaged girl. The parents gasped when they came to the room.

"Oh my God." gasps Helen. "Michael is . . . gone?"

"Oh, this is all my fault." cried Violet.

"No it isn't Vi." Tony comforted.

"I can't believe it. Michael's . . . gone . . . ran away." said Dash.

"We have to find him." suggested Connor.

"I'll get the homing device." Dash volunteers. He was about to sprint out of the room and find the device, when his dad stopped him.

"No . . . no . . . that won't work." He said. "Haven't you forgotten? E didn't make his suit, so he doesn't have a homing device at all in his Super Suit." Bob reminded. He went over to the phone. "I'm going to call . . . "

Suddenly, the doorbell rang. Bob made his way to the door. He opened it, and right on his doorstep, Rick Dicker and Mirage.

"Hello there Bob." greeted Rick.

"Rick, Mirage, what are you doing here?" he asked, letting them inside.

"Well, we came here for an update. I mean, when I couldn't find any trace of your kids at Nomanisan, I figured they would be back here. We came to see what info your kids got."

"Well, the problem is . . . my son Michael has run away."

"Oh my!" gasps Mirage. "That's horrible."

Just then, Violet walked in. She was followed by Dash, Connor and Tony. Rick notices Connor and asks Bob about him.

"Bob, who is he? A friend of Violet or something?" he wondered.

"Actually, when my kids got attacked at Nomanisan, he saved their lives. So, I guess you would call him a friend."

Rick went over to Connor. "Hey kid. You're Vigor, right?"

"What the . . . how the . . . did you . . . I mean what . . . " Connor stammered. "Who are you, and how do you know about me?" he finally asked.

"I am Rick Dicker. I am a part of the National Supers Agency, a delegacy initiated to ensure the protection of all supers. Don't worry, I know everything about you Vigor."

"Okay . . . you sort of freaked me out, ya know?" joked Connor. "So, what'cha doing here?"

"I came to get an update. I understand that you were at Nomanisan at the same time Valor and Invisigirl was."

Just then, Violet came in. She had the disk both she and Michael and she found in her hand. "Hey Rick. I heard you wanted a report of what Michael and I found. Well, we found this." She hands the disk to Rick.

"What is it?" wonders Mirage

"Well, it contains information we need about the missile launch. We found codes to deactivate the missile. In addition, we found that the launch site is in a rocky mountainous area in Colorado."

"Well, regardless the fact that Senator Pine is willing to anything to get this disk, even if that means killing anyone who gets in his way, we have to go over there." remarked Connor.

"Agreed," stated Mirage, "but what about your brother Violet?"

She looked down then back up. "Well, it looks like we have to go without him."

"Very well then." said Rick, making his way back outside. "Vigor, you are coming along with us."

Connor nodded, put his mask back on, and went and followed him. Suddenly, somebody grabbed her arm. Violet turned and saw her boyfriend, Tony grabbed her arm.

"Vi, I want you to take me with you."

"What? Are you kidding?"

"No. I want you to take me with you."

"Tony, I'm afraid you can't. Rick specifically told us he wants . . . "

"I don't care what he wants. I want to go with you."

"Tony . . . " Violet gazed at him with affectionate eyes. He gazed right back.

"Vi, every time you are gone on a stupid mission, I always have this sort of, empty feeling in my heart. Every time you're near, the void in my heart is filled." He took Violet's mask and placed it on her. "Please Vi. I can't just stay here, worrying about you. It can be very painful sometimes."

Violet smiled at Tony. "Okay, you can come. Are you sure your parents won't mind?"

"Don't worry about it. They don't mind. As long as I come home alive."

"You sure about this? I mean, how do you know you aren't going to die?"

"So you don't have faith in me, do you?"

All of the sudden, "VI, HURRY UP ALREADY! YOU'RE MAKING ME SICK."

"Little insect." scowled Violet, making her way toward Rick's limo.

The three teens, Invisigirl, Vigor, and Tony, were all driven to the airport. Once they got over there, they were all taken to a private plane, just for them. After they boarded, Rick and Mirage explained what they have to do.

"Listen up kids. Here's what you have to do. Locate his base, stop the missiles from exploding, and try to keep a low fatality rate."

"Man, that ain't cool." complained Vigor.

"Oh, try not to get yourself killed as well." added Mirage.

"Oh yeah, how could we forget." laughed Violet.

The plane arrived in a flat area in the Rocky Mountains. Vigor, Invisigirl and Tony exited the plane. Afterwards, the plane left. After Invisigirl watched the plane depart, she turned at Vigor, then at Tony. She really missed Michael and would give up anything in the world to have him back. She couldn't explain this feeling, but even with Tony with her, Invisigirl still felt very lonesome and even more afraid.