CHAPTER 4-GIRLS NIGHT OUT
6:00 rolls around, and Bob and Dash are watching TV, laughing.
-Voice on TV#1-" You're drunk."
-Voice on TV#2-" Yah, and you're ugly. Tomorrow I'll be sober, and…you'll be ugly for the rest of your life."
In the back of the house, Mirage walks through the hallway and stops in front of Helen's room. Helen is putting shirts away, and turns to see Mirage standing in the doorway.
-Helen-" Oh hi Mirage."
-Mirage-" Hi. I want to thank you for the invite to stay here, and I hope it won't be of any inconvenience."
-Helen-" Oh no, it's no trouble at all. I thought it would be easier for you."
Mirage stares at Helen, who seems uneasy.
-Mirage-" Something bothering you, you seem a little tense."
-Helen-" It's nothing."
-Mirage-" I know that you probably don't trust me, and I can understand that, but believe me, I am sorry for what I have or might have caused to your family. I really want us to be friends."
Helen smiles, then all of a sudden, a loud beeping sound echoes through the room, and continues beeping. Helen runs over to the wall, activates a switch to reveal a radio panel, and deactivates the alarm. The static on the radio slowly clears up out of the transmission.
-Voice over radio-" …robbery at Metroville General Electrics factory. Subjects are armed and dangerous. Use extreme caution, over."
She turns the radio off, and scrambles through her dresser.
-Helen-" Damn, I can't find my suit."
Helen continues to scramble through her drawer, but can only find her old Elastigirl suit. She rolls her eyes and sighs.
-Helen-" I guess this will have to do."
-Mirage-" I'll come with you, we can take my car."
-Voice-" And where do you two think your going."
Both Helen and Mirage to see nothing, then Violet appears. Helen quickly hides her suit behind her back.
-Helen-" We're just going out."
-Violet-" Then why are you trying to hide your super suit. Are you trying to do hero work behind dad's back and hide it?."
-Helen-"( laughs slightly) He should be one to take. Now honey, I just don't want your father worrying, that's all."
-Violet-" Then I'm going with you."
-Helen-" No honey, this is to…"
-Violet-" Mom, I'm not a child anymore. In a few years I will be an adult, and I know how to take care of myself. I'm not afraid to use my powers, and I want to help you and dad out."
Helen smiles and walks over to her daughter and runs her finger's through her hair.
-Helen-"Okay. Go and get your suit, but hurry, and make sure you brother and father don't she you with it."
-Violet-" Come on mom. You're talking to the master of vanishing."
Violet runs towards her room. About a minute later, she runs into the garage door where her mother and Mirage are waiting. Helen turns to her husband, who is still watching TV with Dash.
-Helen-" Bob, the three of us are going out for a couple hours, and we'll be back later. There are leftovers in the fridge for the two of you to eat."
-Bob-" Ok, where you going?"
-Helen-"( Sarcastic tone) Bowling."
Bob laughs
-Bob-" Okay, well were ever you go, have fun. Love you."
-Helen-" I love you, too."
The three girls walk out of the door and into Mirage's car, and take off. After they leave the area, Mirage activate a switch to raise the tinted windows. After which, Helen grabs her suit, and starts to change. Violet disappears, and after a couple minutes, she reappears in her suit, as well as Helen in hers. Mirage activates another switch take moves her seat into the back, and Helen stretches into the front and grabs the wheel as Mirage changes into her suit. Mirage also took super name of Mirage because she was not on any record. She has finally realized her powers after many years of hiding them even from herself. Her powers were illusions, and she mainly works with Rick with data and processing information, but she occasionally goes on secret missions. After she changes, the seat moves forward, and Helen retracts back. Mirage looks in the mirror to see Helen pulling her suit in and out, trying to get comfortable.
-Mirage-" So how does it fit after all these years?"
Helen gives her an angry look.
-Helen-"( Slight sarcastic tone) You try putting on a fifteen year old suit after having three kids, and tell me how it fits."
She continues to stretch and un-stretch. After ten minutes, they come a block away from the factory when they notice the police being shot at. Mirage pulls her car into an alley, and the three supers run out to the building. As they do, Helen catches a reflection of herself in one of the store windows, and stops to look at herself. She thinks to herself This is tight around the chest and thighs. She turns her back, and looks at her backside. I thought my butt looked bigger in my new suit, but this is worse. She sighs and runs off into the distance. At the factory, the gunmen continue to fire at the cops, who try shielding them selves behind the squad cars. There are about six men and women surrounding the entrance, while two gunners stand atop of the building. As they reload their weapons, a force field is raised around the officers, and Elastigirl summersaults towards the gun-men. The gunners on the roof aim at her, but for some unknown reason, run into the building. Mirage notices this, and runs up to Invisigirl, who is standing next to the squad cars. In the distance, Elastigirl stretches a leg out and sweep kicks two gun-men, but is suddenly fired at. She jumps out of the way, and continues to as the bullets fly past her. Back at the squad cars, most of the cops manage to find cover, as Invisigirl lowers the field. Mirage turns to her.
-Mirage-" I think something big is happening inside the building. I'm going in to investigate."
-Invisigirl-" I'll give you some back-up."
She turns invisible as Mirage runs towards the building's entrance. As she does she starts to split into five Mirages. One of the gun-man starts firing at one of them, but the bullets fly right through her. Confused, he starts firing rapidly, however they are blocked by a force field, then is suddenly hit in the stomach by something. Invisigirl suddenly appears with her leg in the man's gut, and spins and back kicks him in the face, knocking him out. As Mirage enters the building, her doubles slowly disappear. A few minutes pass by, Mirage sneaks further into the back, and notices the two gun-men from the roof run into a room in the distance. When she closes in, she peaks around the corner to see them standing next to a large pile of machinery and Freeze.
-Henchmen #1-" This it boss?"
-Mr. Freeze-"( Emotionless, echoed voice) Yes. I want you two to load everything into the truck, and then rendezvous the others outside."
-Henchmen#2-" What about the supers?"
-Mr. Freeze-"( Emotionless, echoed voice) They are of no concern. I will deal with them."
The two henchmen load some equipment onto a cart and roll it out of the room, almost hitting a large crate. Freeze stands in the middle of the room.
-Mr. Freeze-"( Emotionless, echoed voice) Soon my love, soon all will be ready."
He walks towards the door. Before he exit's the room, he thrust an arm into the crate. It vanishes to reveal Mirage, who is being held by the throat.
-Mr. Freeze-"( Emotionless, echoed voice) Mirage, isn't it."
-Mirage-"( Chocking) How…did…y..you…know…I…wass…"
-Mr. Freeze-"( Emotionless, echoed voice) When will you supers learn, the icy cold silence reveals all to me, and you can hid nothing from me."
He pulls her closer, and looks into her eyes.
-Mr. Freeze-"( Emotionless, echoed voice) I can also see that you've had a loss in your life, a year ago to be more precise. However, you know nothing what it's like to loss someone, and the pain it causes."
Mirage is shocked over how much he knows about her, her name, the loss of Buddy. Still holding her at the throat, Freeze walks into the distance. Outside, Elastigirl stretches her arms out to Invisigirls, grabing her arms. She spins in a circle, and hurls her daughter at a couple of henchman, but before she collides, a force field raises around her. A woman in the distance pulls out a machine gun, and starts firing at the two supers, while another henchman fires at Elastigirl. Invisigirl vanishes, while Elastigirl stretches to a nearby light pole, and pulls herself out of the line of fire. The women continues firing at the super, but is mysteriously hit in the face, and tripped. As the machine gun hit's the ground, the impact causes it to go off, hitting the other henchmen in the arm and leg.
-Emotionless, echoed voice-" Enough of this!"
Elastigirl turns to see Freeze standing at the factory's entrance holding Mirage up by the throat. He turns to Elastigirl.
-Mr. Freeze-"( Emotionless, echoed voice) Tell your daughter to make herself visible, and for the two of you to cease fighting or I'll crush Mirage's lungs."
Elastigirl's eyes widen, as he slowly tightens the grip on Mirage's neck, causing her to chock. Suddenly, Invisigirl appears next to her mother. As some of the other henchmen gain consciousness, a truck comes screeching from around the corner, and stops next to Freeze. Three henchmen enter the truck, while two of them run over to the injured henchmen.
-Woman-" Easy, Charlie, I got yah."
-Mr. Freeze-"( Emotionless, echoed voice) Leave him. He should have been more careful, now he's paid the price for his incompetence."
-Woman-" But he's one of u.."
Freeze points his gun at the woman
-Mr. Freeze-"( Emotionless, echoed voice) Then perhaps you'd like to share his fate."
She looks at the other henchman, and the two of them run into the truck. As Freeze walks into the truck, he tosses Mirage to the side, and the truck starts to take off. As it passes by, Invisigirl notices something, a set of numbers and letter on the back, and when it leaves, she and Elastigirl run over to Mirage. Mirage starts coughing, and Elastigirl kneels down next to her.
-Elastigirl-" How you holding up?"
-Mirage-" I've been in this situation before, so I'm used to it. You should've stopped him.
-Elastigirl-" It wasn't worth it. He was could've of killed you, and I didn't want that to happen."
-Mirage-" Thanks."
Both of them smile, and she rises to her feet. The three of them walk over to the injured henchman.
-Invisigirl-" Alright creep, where's Freeze."
-Henchman-" I ain't no squealer, he may have left me here, but I ai…"
The man passes out due to the loss of blood. As the Ambulance comes to pick up some injured officers, the supers carry the henchman over to the van. After the paramedics take off, and the police go in the factory to investigate, Invisigirl turns to her mother.
-Invisigirl-" We'd better get home before dad starts worrying. I also think we need to get you out of that suit."
Her mother turns to her, and gives her an angry look, then all three supers run into the distance.
Author's note- I hope everyone is enjoying this. I decided to make Mirage a super, and by the description in the story, her powers are obviously illusion and some mind manipulation. As for the illusion part, if anyone has seen Hound from the Gneration 1 Transformers, you know what I mean. Anyway, I will be posting the next chapter soon.
Reviews anyone?