Here's Chapter 5..... if anyone is still reading this! Well, happy reading...

Chapter 5: A Discussion

"Kids, time to get ready for bed!" Helen called out. There was a loud groan heard coming for separate rooms in the house. Then it was quiet.

"NOW!" Helen yelled again. The sound of slamming doors could be heard rather loudly from down the hall. A sure sign they were going, although not willingly. Helen turned back to Jack-Jack, whom she was putting in his crib.

"Come on, Jack-Jack, time for bed." She said softly to him. He looked up and gurgled, though it seemed to be working. His eyes slowly closed as he drifted off into dreamland. He looked so peaceful as he laid there. Helen wished her other children would be that calm.

Helen walked out of the bedroom to check on the kids. Much to her surprise, they were fighting, again.

"Violet, let me out!" Dash yelled from inside a force field, though his pleads were muffled a bit. Violet was holding it up, laughing at him.

"Why should I?" She said, clearly enjoying herself. All thoughts of Tony had completely left her.

"Violet, what do you think your doing?" Helen said, practically screaming. Violet spun around and dropped the force field quickly. Dash fell to the floor with a thud.

"I was... uh..." Violet stuttered. She seemed to be lost for words.

"She attacked me again!" Dash said, a smirk appearing on his face. Violet shot an angry look at him.

"Dash, what did you do this time?" Helen asked, lowering her voice a bit. She was still extremely angry though.

"Nothing!" Dash said quickly.

"He was trying to get into my room again." Violet said to her mother. Dash kicked her a bit in the back of her leg, though she took no notice.

"Dash, what have I told you about that?" Helen said, putting her hand on her head.

"Not to." Dash growled under his breath. "But she was trying to get into my room too!" Dash shot back quickly.

"I was not!" Violet defended.

"WAS TOO!"

"WAS NOT!"

"Both of you, be quiet!" Helen said, breaking up the fight. "Now both of you please leave each other alone!" After saying this, Helen walked backto the living room, leaving the kids still at each others throats.

"Haha, you got in trouble" Dash laughed at Violet.

"So, you did too." Violet said back. She left him and walked into the bathroom and locked the door. Dash kicked it in fury, then went back into his room to plot revenge on his sister.

"Kids giving you a hard time again?" Bob asked as his wife walked into the room, her head still in her hand.

"What? Oh, they were just fighting again." Helen replied in low voice. She sat down next to her husband and gave him a quick kiss on the cheek.

"They sure seem active these days, especially after Syndrome." Bob said casually.

"What are you trying to say?" Helen said, stretching her arm around him.

"Nothing, I'm just saying that..."

"Your trying to get me to agree to this, aren't you?"

"Agree to what?" Bob said, as if he didn't know.

"You want the family to go back into the Super Hero business."

"Well, yeah. But that's not what I was saying"

"Yes it was." Helen replied, taking her arm off his shoulders. "I told you I didn't like that idea, remember?"

"You said we would talk about it... as a family." Bob said to remind her. Helen looked at him.

"I did?"

"Yes, you did."

"Well, it's too late tonight. Maybe tomorrow." Helen said quietly. She got up and started to leave, but Bob grabbed her arm.

"Come on honey, this is important to me." Bob said, smiling at her. "It's important to you too."

"I know." Helen said in defeat. She sat back down.

"Ireally think you should consider the idea."

"Let me see the paper." Helen said, reaching out. Bob grabbed it off the table and gave it to her. She skimmed it a bit.

"It says they're looking for full-time Supers. " She said, stressing the word Full-Time. She put it down on her lap.

"I know." Bob said back. Helen leaned back on the couch.

"I don't think it would be good for this family, to do this full-time. I mean, the kids are still in school and Jack-Jack can't even walk yet!" Helen said rather slowly. Bob looked at her.

"We won't split this family up, Helen."

"How would we do that by becoming Supers again, it's a dangerous job, Bob!"

"I know" Bob replied slowly. He picked up the paper and skimmed it again, to buy some time.

By this time, Violet was out of the bathroom and ready for bed. As she was going into her room, she heard the voices of her parents. The didn't sound happy either. They sounded stern, as if this was important. Violet decided it wouldn't hurt to listen a bit and she crouched down and went invisible.

"What if the whole family didn't participate in this?" Bob asked as he set the paper down.

"I believe you just said we wouldn't split this family up!" Helen said, a bit shocked. She never thought he would suggest that. But that very same idea had crossed her mind too. She just didn't want he family in jeopardy. She loved them and even the fight with Syndrome had her scared for their safety. It wasn't that she didn't want to become a Hero again, saving people's lives. She loved the thrill of it and, even if she never showed it, had always yearned to go out and patrol the streets once more.

"I know what I said. And I know you want to do this." Bob said. Helen looked at him a bit confused. She didn't know where he was going again.

"I just don't see how we could do this." Helen replied, looking at him again. Bob put his arm around her.

"I'm saying that we go back now, and when the kids are ready, they can join us."

"Violet, what are you doing?" Dash said, as he walked out of his room. Violet rolled her eyes, wondering how he even knew she was there. She looked down and discovered her pajama's were still visible.

"So, what are you doing? Spying?" Dash said, giggling a bit. Violet looked up at him.

"Shut up and get down." Violet said as she grabbed his shirt and pulled him down.

"Hey!" Dash said, but that was all he could say because Violet had covered his mouth.

"Just listen."

By this time, Helen and Bob were deep in conversation.

"I really don't know, Bob." Helen said in concern. Even if she wanted to do it, she didn't want to do it without her family. Though it seemed pretty important to her husband.

"Why don't we just try it, for a while. If it doesn't work out, we could always resign." Bob said, still trying to convince her.

"What would we do with the kids? They will want to come too." Helen said back to him. Bob scratched his head in puzzlement.

"Well, we don't have to tell them about it." Bob suggested.

"They're not dumb, you know. They'll figure it out sooner or later. Especially if we'll be gone all day." Helen responded.

"Maybe we won't go out together. You know, go in shifts every other night?"

"So your splitting the two of us up too?" Helen asked, making Bob think about what he just said.

"Your saying this won't work, will it?" Bob asked he, his spirits falling. This made Helen feel a bit bad.

"Well, it would work..." Helen said back, trying to cheer him up.

"And..."

"I'm just worried about the kids." She said finally.

"Come on honey. I know you want to do this. You know you want to too." Bob said. Helen rethought the suggestion over a bit.

"Fine, we can try it. BUT, if it doesn't work out, we're resigning right away until the kids are old enough." Helen warned him. Bob smiled at her.

"I know it will work out, you'll see." He said as he pulled her into a hug. They kissed a bit and then got up.

"Just don't go telling the kids about this just yet." Helen warned him.

" I know, I know." Bob replied back. They got up and moved slowly toward the hallway, right where Violet and Dash were.

"Quick, in here!" Violet whispered harshly in Dash's ear. She pulled him up and quickly ran into her darkened room. The two were silent until they were sure their parents were safely in their own room. Then Violet turned on the lights.

"I can't believe their going to be Hero's without us!" Dash said a bit loudly. Violet shushed him.

"I know." Violet said. She didn't like the idea either. Now her parents were going to be gone a lot, fighting crime, without them.

"So, what do we do now?" Dash asked her.

"For one thing, we don't tell them we know about this!" Violet responded.

"Why?" Dash asked

"Because, they'll kill us if they find out we were listening to them. They don't want us to know, remember?" Violet told Dash in a strict voice.

"So what do we do?"

"Pretend you never heard anything!" Violet said casually. "Now get out of my room and go to bed."

"Fine." Dash said as Violet shooed him out the door. Dash quietly tip-toed back to his room and Violet sat down on her bed to think. Why won't they let her fight with them. She was perfectly capable of fending for herself.Did her mother really think she couldn't handle it? It's not like she got in the way, right? But maybe, just maybe, they did.

Violet got under the covers and went to turn out the light. Then she heard something. It was faint, but still there, and it seemed to be coming from outside. She looked out the window, but it was too dark to see, so she turned out the lights and went to bed. It was probably just a squirrel or something anyway.

A/N: I wonder what was outside.... It's a mystery (DUN DUN DUNNNN) lol> I love suspence, don't you (Not that this story has a lot of it....)