Chapter eight
A/N: Long chapter this time guys, sorry. All my other chapters have been kind of short. As is always, Disney owns the Parr family and I own the rest. Enjoy!
I groaned, opening my eyes. Looking around, I started to panic. The ground was far below me.
I screamed, trying to move. I couldn't budge. Looking down at myself, I saw that I was tied up in a thick rope. The rope had been tied to the top of a Ferris wheel, which was why the ground was far away.
"Shut up, will ya?" I heard someone shout over to me. I looked over, still gasping with fear. The villain that had come to my apartment last night was sitting in one of the cars on the Ferris wheel, her legs kicked up on the safety bar.
"Wha-what are you doing?!" I yelled.
"Waiting for Spectrum to show up. You're the bait." She smiled over at me. She looked familiar. I gazed at the ground, panting. I was scared of heights. I needed to distract myself.
"Do I know this…this 'Spectrum'?" I asked the woman.
"Oh yes, more than you think." She smirked.
"Well-I hope she gets here fast!" I smiled nervously.
"Oh yes, so do I." the villain smiled at me.
I knocked on Duke's door hurriedly.
"Hurry, Duke. Open the door…" I chanted to myself in a sing-songy voice.
The door opened slowly.
"Hmmm?" Duke leaned out towards me, his hair messy and only a shirt and boxers on.
"Duke-It's Violet. She went after Sundew by herself." I told him quickly, rushing into his apartment. He stared after me, surprised.
"What?" he asked, closing the door.
"Sundew kidnapped Max and…did you just wake up?" I asked.
"I-uh…yeah?" he answered, looking down at himself.
"It's almost one! Oh, never mind! That doesn't matter, Violet's in trouble!" I threw my hands up, starting to pace. Duke followed me.
"Hey, calm down! Let me get ready and we'll go help her-alright?" he asked, turning me around to face him. I stared at him in wonder for a moment.
"You'd do that, despite that fight we had?" I asked.
"Well…yeah. You're my friend." He shrugged. I smiled, and he looked down at his feet. "Just…give me a sec." he walked into his bedroom, starting to change. I turned my back to give him privacy.
"You should be more careful when you put your supersuit on. Zach got a picture of you without your mask the other night." I told him. He tripped trying to pull his suit on.
"What?!" he yelped.
"Yeah, I punched him out. Haven't seen him since." I hugged myself. Duke walked in front of me, trying to put his head through the top of his suit. I helped him.
"You did what?" he asked in amazement.
"Well, it wasn't like he was my megacrush or anything." I shrugged, and Duke smiled. I smiled up at him.
"Okay, let me get changed now." I spun him around, heading into his room. I could almost see him smiling as wide as he could.
The fairgrounds were abandoned this time of year; they were only used for the city's fair during October. The rest of the year they stood forgotten at the edge of town, a small River separating them from Metroville. There was a bridge, but it was closed with the fair, only opening in October.
Fortunately, I was a super and could easily get in and out of places most others couldn't. I was soon climbing the chain link fence that surrounded the fairgrounds. Dropping down on the other side, I gazed around cautiously. As far as I could see, the place was abandoned. But I knew better.
The farther into the fairgrounds I snuck, the more anxious I became. It was only when I reached the Ferris Wheel near the middle of the grounds that I found someone.
Sundew was waiting for me, and had Max tied up near the top of the Ferris Wheel. I paused.
"Sundew." I nodded.
"We've been waiting Spectrum." She smirked. Then, with a yell, she threw herself at me, hands wet with slime.
I ducked, creating a force field around myself. She landed next to me, standing and smiling. I stared as she placed her hands on the faint glowing field. She melted right through it. I gaped.
"Surprised?" she asked. I turned myself invisible, jumping up on the Ferris Wheel. I started to climb. Looking over my shoulder, Purple flashed in front of my eyes.
I threw the small force fields at Sundew, causing her to fall down, coughing, with the explosion. Making myself visible again, I drew myself up next to Max. I tried to untie him, not making much progress.
"I'm glad to see you again." He sighed. I smiled.
"Don't worry; I'll get us out of here safe enough, Max." I reassured him. Then, a ball of slime landed next to me on the wooden frame of the wheel. It melted straight through, and I jumped down to the ground.
"How do you know my name?!" Max wondered aloud. I smiled up at him before Sundew kicked me. She caught me on my chest, throwing me backwards with the force.
I landed in a pile under some spinning ride. Trying to sit up, I saw Sundew jump up to one of the cars above me. She dragged her hand along it and then leapt to the ground back by the Ferris wheel. I looked up in time to see the ride, dripping with slime, start to fall.
I stood, catching the broken car in a force field before it could crush me. Panting, I looked over at Sundew and Max…and immediately knew something was wrong.
Sundew was laughing in victory, and Max was staring openly at me. I looked down at the ground…and saw my mask lying in the dirt. Half of it had been eaten away by Sundew's slime.
Gasping, I looked back up, my hair falling in front of my face. I glanced over at Max, my eyes filling with tears as my mother's voice rang through my head.
'Your identity is your most valuable possession. Protect it.'
My force field started to weaken, and I dove out of the way of the car just before it crashed to the ground. I slid over to the base of the Ferris wheel. I panted, trying to keep control over myself. Glancing up at Max, I threw a small force field, releasing him from the ropes. I tossed another one at Sundew, sending her flying towards the wrecked car.
As Max fell, I enveloped him in a force field, landing him gently on the ground. Then, I felt a pain on my leg. I winced, my force field disappearing. Looking down, I saw that a small amount of Sundew's slime had landed on my leg and had eaten through my suit. It had reached my skin.
Max crawled over towards me, his eyes wide.
"Vi…you-you're…" he stammered, staring at me.
"I know." I replied, sitting up. "I-I couldn't tell you." I shrugged, a tear rolling down my face. Max wiped it away. We stared at each other for a moment, not being able to speak.
"But- you…you're a super?!" he shook his head suddenly. "I, I just can't believe this! All this time…" he trailed off, turning away from me. I was about to reach out to him, when Sundew pounced in front of us.
"Sorry if I'm interrupting." She sneered, picking me up by my neck. "But I have something I need to take care of…"
I was about to free myself, when I recognized her. It was Shane, the girl that was on the paper; she was Sundew. Why would she hate me this much? What was it that made her want to destroy me?
I kicked her, freeing myself. Shouting, I started to fight her hand to hand (which was actually quite dangerous).
Panting, Blaze and I arrived at the fairgrounds. Already smoke was rising, and sounds of fighting could be heard.
"We have to hurry!" I pulled Blaze behind me as I telekinetically ripped the chain link fence apart.
"Hey, cool your jets, I can walk by myself." He said, trying to keep up with me. We arrived at the middle of the fairgrounds, and were greeted by Sundew and Spectrum fighting. Between Spectrum throwing her small force fields and Sundew tossing balls of slime, it was a miracle we weren't getting hit by anything.
"Oh no…" I breathed, watching Spectrum.
"What?" Blaze asked.
"Violet, she lost her mask!" I whispered to him. He turned quickly, looking at Spectrum. Then, we both turned and looked over at Max, who was staring at the battle.
Sundew caught my arm and I yelled in pain as she held on, her hand covered in slime. With my labored breathing, I glared at her.
"What? Does that hurt? Oh, sorry, let me fix that!" she tossed me effortlessly on top of Max. I struggled to get up, watching as Sundew drew her hand along the base of the Ferris Wheel. Gasping, I looked up as the giant wooden structure shuddered, then gave way.
Springing to my feet, I made a huge force field around the falling Ferris wheel to protect me and Max. Struggling, I tried to keep the force field strong enough. Sundew was perched on top of a telephone pole, laughing at us. I groaned with the strain of keeping such a large force field from breaking.
I wrapped my arm casually around Viridian's shoulders, and she didn't even try to push it off. Instead, I felt her cringe.
"What is it?" I asked, turning towards her.
"Blaze-she's going to destroy the force field!" Viridian gasped. I turned to look. Sundew was balancing on top of a telephone pole, leaning her hand down towards Spectrum's force field.
"Blaze, you have to do something-hurry!" she pushed me forward as if that would spur me into action.
"What do you want me to do?! Tell me, I'll do it!" I shouted at her. She glanced up at the telephone lines then back at me.
"Could you destroy her by sending your power through the telephone lines?" she asked.
"Whoa-hold on there!" I stopped her. "Telephone lines are electric, I control fire. See the difference?"
"Is there one?" she asked.
"Well, yeah!" I scoffed, "A pretty big one!"
"Well I don't have any other ideas!" she yelled at me. I sighed, glancing from the telephone wires back to her.
"Fine." I told her, turning towards the wires. Getting a running start, I lunged up and grabbed a hold of one of the wires. It felt as if I had grabbed a lightening bolt while I was soaking wet. Pain coursed through my body. Screaming, I quickly sent my power racing towards the laughing villain.
Then, my arm gave out and I crashed to the ground as there was an explosion, followed by a deafening sound. I groaned, turning my head and trying to open my eyes. Someone ran over to me, laying my head gently into their lap. I blinked my eyes open, and gazed up at Lindy. She was staring at me with concern.
"Lindy?" I mumbled, trying to get up.
"Blaze, are you alright?!" she asked quickly. I could've sworn that there were tears in her eyes.
"I think so…" I grunted as I sat up, leaning heavily against her. "Are you okay?"
"Oh Blaze…" she half-laughed, half-gasped. I turned my head towards hers and saw that she was crying.
"Why're you crying?" I asked her softly, wiping away her tears. She looked down at me. Our faces were so close…
"Because you listened to me, you stupid jerk…" she laughed, still crying.
"Is that supposed to be a compliment?" I asked.
She smiled at me before leaning in. We both closed our eyes. Then, her lips grazed past my cheek as she turned away. I opened my eyes, sighing. So close…
"Sorry…" she whispered.
"No, it's fine. I understand." I told her, starting to get up. She stood, helping me up by grabbing my arms.
"It's-The Ferris Wheel fell…" she said, turning towards the wreck.
"What?!" I yelled, running over to the mess. I couldn't see Spectrum anywhere. "Why, why didn't you tell me?" I asked her.
"You were hurt…" she followed me.
"No, I'm fine. Where's Spectrum?!" I cried.
"Help! Anyone…!" we heard someone call out. We both rushed over to Max, who was trapped from his chest down by the ruined wheel. His eyes were wide.
"Where's Violet?" I asked him, leaning towards him.
"She…she must be, underneath all of this-I need to help her!" he cried madly.
"Hey, Max, calm down!" I told him. He looked surprised.
"How do you know my name?!" he asked.
"Smooth, Blaze." Viridian muttered.
Sirens were approaching. I glanced at the situation. Our villain had disappeared; there was a super without her mask trapped under the wreck (which would be impossible to move without super strength), a crazed boyfriend who had just been through a whole lot, and two weary supers who couldn't do much at this point. I turned to Viridian.
"You know what we have to do?" I asked her.
"Yeah, there's nothing else we can do." She sighed. She kneeled down in front of Max.
"We have to leave you, help is on the way. We'll meet you at the hospital. We have to get her family. Stay calm, alright?" she held his hand. He shook his head at her.
"But-you know who she is? How do you know Violet's family?" he asked weakly. Viridian glanced up at me, and Max caught on.
"I…know you guys." He breathed.
"We'll meet you at the hospital, okay? We have to go now." She told him before standing back up. She joined me and we both started to run.
A/N: Okay, that was probably the most dramatic chapter in this story. Although, the next one could be dramatic too, who knows? By the way, thank you all of you guys who have read this far. This is probably one of my least viewed stories. Thank you to all of you (3 persons and counting) who've reviewed! Get ready for the last chapter!