A Sacrifice of Valor
"Okay Vi, here is my plan. Get Dash, Tony, mom, and dad and get out of here." Valor ordered.
"But what about you?" asked Invisigirl. Valor closed his eyes and tilted his head down. He later looked at his sister with tears streaking down his eyes. Invisigirl gasped and knew exactly what Valor was thinking of. "Oh no Michael. You can't be serious. This is insane!"
"I'm sorry Violet. I have no choice. This is the only way."
"No Michael! I will not let you stay behind. Do you hear me?" Tears began to cascade from her eyes. She fell to her knees, bawling excessively. "No Michael, I won't let you do it. There must be some other way. Don't do this please. I . . ."
"VIOLET!" shouted Valor. He sinks to his knees. He tries to reason with his sister, wiping the tears from her eyes. "Listen Violet. I have to do this. You can't encapsulate Asteroid Armageddon in a force field, nor can you put up a force field that can shield the entire Earth." explains Valor. He brushes Invisigirl's hair with one hand while wiping away her tears with the other. "Violet, I have to do this. I'm the only one that can. Please understand Vi. Doing this hurts me more than it hurts you."
"But Michael," cried Invisigirl, "please don't. I can't live without you. I love you Michael. Don't do this to me. You have been a great friend, a great brother. Please, I'm begging you. We are a family. I don't want that to be taken away from me."
Valor sighed. He then whispered the words of wisdom Rick Dicker told him in the Practice area. "Violet, some one once told me, "Family is not determined by the strength of the relationship, but by the measurement of how far you are willing to go yo show you really care for the people you care about most." Violet, I have to do this. I love you very, very much. Believe me, I am willing to go so far just to see you live another day."
Invisigirl continued to shed tears. Finally, she wrapped her arms around her brother. "Oh Michael. . ." she bawled.
"Violet. . ." he cried, embracing her very tightly. Tears were unreasonably shedding from both Super's eyes. "I'll never forget you Violet."
"And I won't forget you too." wept Invisigirl. She slowly lets go of her brother.
Slowly and painfully, the two Supers started to separate. Both separated away from each other; tears cascaded from their eyes. Soon, Invisigirl reached the doorway. The automatic doors slowly shut as Invisigirl took one last good look at her brother. Finally, the doors closed. Both Supers let out a long weep. After a couple heartbreaking minutes, Invisigirl tardily gathered herself together and went off to find her family. Valor wiped off his tears streaming out of his eyes. He then started to trudge over to the elevator that lead to the core.
Meanwhile, Mr. Incredible, Elastigirl, Dash and Tony were all busy battling robots, troopers and soldiers.
"DANGER! DANGER! TWENTY FIVE MINUTES UNTIL EARTH IMPACT!" sounded the alarm.
"Where are they?" wondered Elastigirl as she connected a devastating uppercut to a trooper's chin.
"I don't know Mrs. Parr." replied Tony. After he blasted a robot with his laser gun, he was able to distinguish a teenaged Super running with tears in her eyes. "Look! Here she comes!" He pointed out.
Invisigirl sprinted to her boyfriend. The first thing she did was leap into Tony's arms. As she clung on to Tony very tightly, she buried her face in to her boyfriend's jacket, sobbing her heart out.
"Violet, where's Michael?" asked Dash. Violet gazed at her little brother with sad affectionate eyes. She began to weep again.
Elastigirl's eyes widened as she could not believe the truth. "Oh no. . ." she gasped
"We have to go back and get him!" exclaimed Mr. Incredible.
"NOOOOOOO!" screamed Invisigirl.
What she did next was not only painful, but so difficult for her to do. She formed a force field around her mom, her dad, her little brother and her boyfriend. She levitated them up into the air. Tears were streaking out of her eyes.
"Violet, what are you doing!" inquired a surprised Dash.
"I'm sorry guys. He wanted me to tell you guys, "I love you." she cried.
At once, Mr. Incredible started to punch his way out of the force field. He was desperate to save his son. Each blow the force field took drained more energy from Invisigirl in addition to adding more pain. Invisigirl the forcefully threw her family into the space plane. The impact sent a shattering blow to Invisigirl's heart. In addition, it dazed the family a bit. By the time they were able to stand up on to their feet, it was too late. Invisigirl had just set the coordinates to Earth. The Space Battle Plane made it's way out of Asteroid Armageddon's docking bay and on it's course towards Earth. A teary eyed Invisigirl got out of her seat and made her way to a nearby window. She watched in despair as Asteroid Armageddon started to disappear into the vast area of space. . . and as Valor slowly slipped away from her life.
Back inside Asteroid Armageddon, Valor made his way back to the core. He slowly dragged himself to the core of the space module. Every step he took, another tear shed from his eye.
Simultaneously, both Invisigirl and Valor and slowly began to remember all of the good and bad times both have spent with each other. They remembered everything. The day the two met after Valor saving Invisigirl's life from two robbers; the day both learned about each other's history; the assault in the ocean on their way toward Nightmare's Island; their first fight together in the jungle which unfortunately resulted in both getting captured, beaten and taken away, the Incubus Operator; the time when the Parrs first met Valor, the battle in the air, escaping the island; the big brawl in the warehouse, the grueling final fight against Nightmare, the incident at the hospital where the Parrs decided to adopt Michael as their son; the mall brawl; the threat from Senator Bernard Pine about annihilating every super on earth; the battle between them and the SWAT Team on Nomanisan Island; Vigor; Valor vs Vigor; the time where Michael ran away from home and the time when he returned; the great combat at Senator Pine's secret base; the death of Vigor; the Summer Celebration; the time where Michael and Violet argued for the first time in their lives; the Bridge Battle; the sibling quarrel that significantly almost separated the two; the time where Violet took the beating of her life and Michael saved her at the very last second; the hospital trip where both apologized and vowed never to fight again; Snug's last flight, the confession Michael made to Violet explaining his real feelings; the space ride; the battle against Mastermind's soldiers, troopers, and robots; Valor v.s Invisigirl "2"; Valor and Invisigirl vs "Valor version 2.0" and "Invisigirl 2000"; and the last precious seconds the two spent with each other.
"Thank you Michael." cried Invisigirl. "You have been the bravest person I have ever met. Thank you for all of the great times we had together. And thank you for being such a great brother to me too. I love you Michael. . . thank you."
"Violet," sighed Valor, "we have supported each other ever since we met. Thank you for showing me what love is for the first time in my life. You have been the most incredible person I have ever met in my life. Thanks for all of the good and bad times we both experienced. Thank you Violet. . ." Valor raised his sword over his head. ". . .thank you."
With his last courageous strike, Valor slashed at the core of Asteroid Armageddon, ending the condemnation of the world. . . and Valor's life.
Meanwhile, Invisigirl could see from a distance the explosion that took his beloved brother's life. Her broken heart shattered once again into a million pieces. Even though Mr. Incredible, Elastigirl, Dash and Tony were also greatly saddened for the lost, but no one was more anguished or hurt than Invisigirl. She wept through the entire space ride home. Tears would never stop shedding. This pain that she just experienced was more unbearable than anyone could ever imagine. She didn't lose just a brother or a friend, she lost her beloved brother, her best friend. . .her Michael/Valor.