Chapter five
A/N: Here's one of the most tense chapters out of the whole story (this first part anyway). As usual, the Parrs belong to Disney and everyone else to me. I get really tired of repeating that, and I bet you're tired of hearing that. Sorry. Here's the chapter.
After a little searching, I found which warehouse Sundew was hiding in. Looking in through a broken window, I saw her sitting on a pile of sandbags with her legs kicked up on a table. The Blue Diamond was resting on the table. I tried to keep my breathing as quiet as possible, trying to find the best way to surprise her.
I fell through the window.
She glanced up quickly, jumping to her feet. I landed on another pile of sandbags, sending up a cloud of dust.
"Ommf." I grunted when I landed. Coughing, I picked myself up and tried to dust my black outfit off. Sundew was standing, hands outstretched and covered with dripping slime. So much for catching her off guard.
I dashed over to her, breaking out of the cloud of dust. Stopping suddenly, I saw her face look at me with admiration.
"Nice powers…" she circled me. I watched her warily.
"Give me the Blue Diamond." I told her. She pouted, stopping.
"After all the trouble I went through to get it? No, go get your own." She sighed.
"Fine, I guess I'll just have to take care of you first." I smirked. Backing up, I speed forward, running circles around her. Her short hair whipped around her head as she watched me calmly. I stopped.
"Why are you so calm?" I asked, thinking that she should have been at least somewhat scared.
"Your power's great and everything, but I think mine's better." She yawned. That did it. I was mad; there was no way her stupid power was better than mine. I mean, my power wasn't stupid…oh, you know what I mean.
"Oh yeah?" I seethed. Running to the far end of the warehouse, I stared her down. Then, as fast as I possible could, I ran full-force at her. Everything was a blur as I grew closer and closer. She watched me calmly with a smile.
Suddenly, right before I reached her, she stuck her hand out right in front of me. I barely made out that it was covered with slime before I ran into it.
Her hand caught me on my side, and I fell straight to the ground screaming in pain. It felt as if something had exploded, as if my skin had been torn apart. It was a burning, living pain. I clutched the spot with my hands, writhing and crying out, tears gathering in my eyes. It hurt so bad.
"Oh, stop being such a baby." She muttered, stepping over me and heading for the table.
I kept moaning, not being able to do much else. Looking down, I saw an open wound and skin. Her slime was eating slowly away at my supersuit. There was a big hole in it where my side was bleeding, and as I looked at one of my hands, I saw my glove slowly disappearing. I glanced back over to her, bewildered. She smirked.
"Surprised? My power is worse than it seems. Although I did hit you with an extremely acidic amount of it, usually it isn't all that bad." She jumped up on the table, crossing her legs as she sat down.
"W-why?" I whispered through clenched teeth.
"To teach you a lesson, you arrogant, overconfident super." She told me with narrowed eyes. Her voice dripped with hatred. I shivered, wondering how anyone could hate a super that much. "And because I need something from you."
I whimpered, closing my eyes as the pain cut to me again.
"Don't worry, you should be fine if you get to a hospital fast enough, otherwise…" she trailed off, leading my mind to the nightmares of what could happen if I was left here. "Now, you used to be part of a super family, did you not?"
"How…did you know that?" I gasped. She smiled.
"And you know Spectrum's secret identity, do you not? She is your sister, isn't she?" Sundew continued. I gazed at the ceiling, breathing heavily as I tried to ignore the pain. "Well?" she persisted.
"Yes." I said through clenched teeth.
"Very good. Now, Speed Demon, I need you to tell me her secret identity." She said.
"No-never…" I groaned.
"Hmmm, looks as if you need some motivation." She went over behind a pile of sandbags. She grabbed something and then returned, carrying Jack by his collar.
"Jack!" I gasped, sweat running down my forehead. He was struggling, looking frightened. His wide eyes saw me, and he started to panic.
"Let me go!" He wailed. Sundew thrust him up against the wall, holding him by his throat.
"Her identity, Speed Demon." Sundew commanded.
"Jack…use your powers…!" I cried over to him.
"I'll disintegrate him before he escapes!" Sundew yelled. Jack was frozen with fear. "Her identity!" She shouted over to me. I stared at Jack's eyes, panting because of the pain. Then, I shrunk in defeat.
"Violet." I looked away, tears running down my face.
"Violet who?" she commanded, pinning Jack to the wall harder. I turned back towards her, anger rising in my voice.
"Violet…Parr." I grimaced. It was silent for a moment.
"Very good…" Sundew smiled, dropping Jack. "You can have the blue diamond back, it was just to lure you here, and really, I only needed to do that to find Spectrum's weakness."
She walked over to me where I was panting. She stared down at me, a look of success on her face. I glared up at her, shaking in pain.
"Hmm, cute-but too young for me." She said loosely, stepping on me as she walked away. I howled in pain, twisting onto my side. I watched her leave, and was left to the sound of my sobs.
"Dash…" Jack asked quietly, walking towards me.
"Jack-go home. Now!" I yelled at him, "Hurry…tell them where I am!" I shouted after him as he tumbled towards the wall, disappearing through it. I sighed heavily, wincing in anguish.
For a minute, I thought I would have to wait half an hour or so until Dad or someone would be able to rescue me, and I started to whimper.
I had just saved a bus from crashing into a car in downtown Metroville and was getting the typical "Thank you, Blaze" shouts from the passengers when I heard a faint sound. It sounded almost… inhuman.
I got away from the commotion as fast as I could and followed the noise into a warehouse that looked abandoned. Dropping onto the floor, I glanced around nervously. There was a dark shape on the floor on the other side of the warehouse. Approaching, I started to realize who it was.
"Speed Demon?" I gasped, running towards the young man that was clutching his bleeding side, clenching his teeth and whimpering. Dropping onto my knees, I stared at his side. It was unlike any wound I had seen before. His supersuit was destroyed; it almost looked as if something had burnt a hole into it.
"What…what happened?" I whispered. He groaned, turning onto his other side and closing his eyes tightly.
"It hurts…help me, Blaze, it hurts so bad…" he sobbed.
"Hey, chill out, it's okay…everything will be fine." I tried to calm him down. He panted as I tried to gather him up in my arms. "We'll be home soon."
I ran towards the door, rushing out into the night and running as fast as I could towards the Parr's house in a panic.
I laughed as Violet finished her joke. We were eating a candle-lit dinner that I had cooked for us. It was romantic, even if we were only eating it in my kitchen.
Suddenly, Violet's phone went off.
"Oh, sorry, let me get that." She apologized. I took a bite of lasagna as I watched her face. She smiled at me as she listened to the other end.
Suddenly, her smile melted off of her face. She grew pale and put her hand up to her mouth. I dropped my fork, swallowing heavily.
"Oh- oh, my gosh- I- I'll be there as fast as I can!" she replied hurriedly before hanging up and throwing her phone into her bag.
She stood up, struggling to put her coat on.
"Violet, is everything okay?" I asked, standing up.
"Yes, I mean, no….I have to go. My brother's hurt. I have to go!" She cried, rushing out the door. I stood, staring out the open door after her.
A/N: I told you something bad was going to happen! Thank goodness that Jack wasn't hurt. It gets even more dramatic after this, so stay tuned. What will Sundew do now that she knows who Spectrum really is? You'll find out soon enough. Review! (You're probably tired of hearing that too, aren't you?)