PS: I've got the whole story written out, or at least planned out, so updates will be a lot faster...if y'all will review!
Sam's parents were horrified when they woke up and found him missing. They called all his friends and family members, even his Great-Aunt Agnes (who was, well, slightly off her rocker), but he was nowhere to be found. Finally, Mr. Chance called the police.
"Hello, police? My son's been missing since this morning."
The policeman was sympathetic but businesslike. He asked for information like where they'd last seen Sam and when they'd noticed his disappearance.
"Just this morning." said Mr. Chance. "He's never run away or done anything like this before. I can't imagine why..."
"Thank you for you report, Mr. Chance." interrupted the policeman. "We'll send out an ape right away and call you with any information we receive."
"Thank you." said Jr. Chance, hanging up. Mars. Chance looked close to tears, and And (Sam's little brother) looked scared.
"Don't worry." said Join Chance reassuringly. "They'll find him soon, I'm sure." But he didn't look very sure.
Meanwhile, Mia was stretched out on her bed with her face pressed to her pillow. She had been crying, but her tears had run out after a while. Now she just lay there, feeling more miserable than she'd ever felt before. Her boyfriend Sam was missing, without a note or any clues left behind. Just thinking about it made her heart ache.
Star, her Golden Retriever, came into her room. She seemed to sense Mia's sadness, because she put her front paws on Mia's bed and licked her hand gently. It'll be all right, she said reassuringly. (AN: Remember, Mia can communicate with animals.)
"Oh Star, I just don't know." said Mia, sitting up. She punched her pillow with her fist. "Why would he leave without telling anyone? Without telling me?" She stroked Star's coat absently, then buried her face in the soft mound of fur, crying again as if she'd never stop. Gee, this is depressing just writing it. I'm getting teary-eyed, can't imagine what you people are thinking... ; )
Her mother knocked on the door. "Mia? Vi's here."
Mia sniffed. "Okay, send her up." Vi would say something to make her feel better.
A moment later Vi came in and sat down on Mia's bed. She looked awkward. "So...how are you doing?"
"Well, gee. How would you be doing if your boyfriend had disappeared with no trace? If your heart was broken? Gee, Vi, I think you can guess." Mia said sarcastically, then immediately regretted her words. Vi couldn't help any of those things, and it wasn't doing any good taking it out on her best (and only) friend. "I'm sorry. I'm in a rotten mood right now, as I think you can guess."
Vi nodded. "It's okay. I understand."
"Friends?"
"Friends." Vi smiled. "You know, I think we should watch a movie or something, to make you feel better."
"I guess." said Mia dejectedly. Star whined sympathetically and licked Mia's hand again.
Just then Mia's mother stuck her head in the room again. "Mia, honey? This just arrived for you." She held up a small brown package.
Mia got up and took it. "Thanks Mom." she said.
"You're welcome, honey." Mia's mom smiled. "I'll leave you to it, then."
Mia started to open the package, then stopped. "That's weird."
"What?" asked Violet curiously.
"Well, there's no return address."
"Is it ticking?" Vi joked.
Mia half-smiled. "No, silly. Well, here goes." She tore off the rest of the wrapping to reveal a small black device with a screen, somewhat like a rectangular TV, except there were no buttons. The screen was black, except for a message in the middle written in neon blue. A circle contracted from the edges of the screen and beyond (lol) to frame the words over and over.
"Hold still?" asked Mia quizzically. A series of squares connected like a net shot out and covered her head. A computerlike voice chirped, "Match. The Soaring Ghost." Mia jumped and dropped the thing. The net dissipated and a little stick popped out of the top of the screen. Vi instinctively turned invisible, she had heard about how her dad had been lured to Nomanisan Island by Syndrome using one of these devices and she didn't want to be detected.
The "stick" began scanning the room. It went around twice but missed Vi because she was invisible. "Room is secure. Commence message." said the strange computer voice. Then the screen was black for a moment before a familiar face came on it. Familiar to Violet, anyway. She was so shocked she turned visible again.
No, not Mirage, but it was close. It was in fact...Syndrome himself! Vi gasped.
"What?" asked Mia.
"He...he's the one who..."
"Sssh!" He's saying something!"
Syndrome cleared his throat. "Well, hello Ghost - may I call you Ghost? Anyway, I bet you're wondering who I am and what I want. I'm the one who defeated the fearsome Omnidroid robot when it ransacked your charming city of Metroville several months ago. I'm the only real superhero around here. And I just thought you'd like to know that..." He winked and smiled, but not a nice smile. No, this smile was most decidedly evil. "...have your little boyfriend."
Mia gasped and turned pale.
"Yes, he is bait for you and all your little friends who so laughingly call yourselves supers. I fully intend to capture all of you, and when I do...well, I guess you'll find out soon enough. It's your choice." He shrugged. "You can try and rescue him, which you can't possibly do..." -he laughed evilly-"or you can join forces with me, the real super, and he'll go free. Or you can ignore this message and he dies. Like I said, your choice."
Syndrome smiled very evilly and chuckled, and then the screen blacked out. The weird, chirpy voice said, "This message will self-destruct."
Vi grabbed a clothes basket that was nearby and slammed it on top of the device just seconds before it blew. The good news was, it worked as both a containment unit and a silencer. The bad news was that some of Mia's clothes now now looked like they'd been through a volcanic eruption, or worse, they had so much smoke and soot on them. But at least it was better than having to explain why Mia's room looked as if, well, a bomb had gone off.
Vi sighed. "Mia, Syndrome is the most evil person I know. He tricked supers from the olden days into fighting early versions of the robot Omnidroid so he could get it ready to win a fight with my dad, and every single one was killed. Dozens of supers were murdered before he finally contacted my dad through a woman named Mirage, who said she had an 'assignment' for him. Basically, he ended up fighting the robot twice, and the last time it almost killed him. Syndrome's plan was for the robot to wreak havoc on the city for a while, then 'defeat' it and make himself a big hero. But his plan backfired; the robot turned on him, and we were barely able to stop it. Everyone thought Syndrome was sucked into a jet turbine and killed, but I guess he escaped." She frowned. "Anyway, he's back, I guess. And he's got Sam."
"No way." Mia said. She looked furious, even livid. "Nobody kidnaps my Sammy and gets away with it!"
"Sammy?" asked Vi, trying not to laugh.
Mia blushed. "Well...er..." She regained her composure and went back to her tirade. "We've got to rescue him - today!"
"Today? Mia, are you crazy? Tony's not even back yet, and we're just two teenage girls. Well, maybe we do have superpowers, but still. What can we do?"
She had a point. "Well, tomorrow, then." said Mia firmly. "That's when Tony gets back, right?"
"Yeah, but..."
"Okay then. Tomorrow we go to Nomanisan to rescue my boyfriend!"
Well, there you go. Surprise! Betcha didn't have a clue about Syndrome, huh? It gets even better later, when...well, I guess I'll just let you find that out later. Hee hee! This is so much fun! ; ) Well anyway, R&R, and please don't flame me and say there was no way Syndrome could have survived. Because he could have frozen the turbine thingy with his zero-point energy freezer thingy (don't I talk wonderfully?) and escaped. See? Besides, I'm too lazy to come up with another villain - I had enough trouble with the Elements! ; ) Who, by the way, you will see again. And one final thing: if your name happens to be Agnes, please don't take offense. I do not mean that all people named Agnes are crazy, I simply thought it might be funny to include a short cameo appearance (or whatever) by Sam's loopy great-aunt. Review! You review, I post!