Rescue and Revelation

Violet placed the camera down. She jumped up and dove into the ocean. She swam underwater toward the drowning kid. The waves were very forceful above the surface. Below, it wasn't as vigorous and Violet had an easier time swimming. Fifteen seconds later, Violet swam up to the surface. She resurfaces, taking a gasp of air and wiping the water and hair from her face. She swims over to the drowning boy.

Meanwhile, back on the boat;

"Hey Violet, I just came to ask. . ." Tony stopped dead in his tracks. He looked around but no sign of his girlfriend. ". . .where did you go?"

Tony finally saw his camera on the railing. He then moved his head and found Violet's towel on the deck. Tony looked out to see and to his horror, saw Violet swimming in the raging ocean.

"VIOLET!!!"

The waves bobbed Violet up and down as she swam toward the kid. A large wave came to her. Violet dove underwater. The wave tossed her under. She resurfaced again in front of the boy.

"Don't worry. I'm here to help you."

"I CAN'T SWIM! PLEASE SAVE ME!" cried the boy.

Suddenly, a very tall ten foot wave formed. Violet saw it, gasped and dove under with the boy. Both were tossed underwater as the force of the wave pushed the two under. Seconds later, the two surfaced the water, coughing water out of their mouths. Violet wiped her eyes. She looked over at the little boy.

The boy said nothing. His eyes was wide open in fear. Violet turned around and saw another gigantic wave head right toward them. Violet gasped, took a deep breath and dove back underwater right before the wave crashed down on them. It tossed and flipped Violet underwater in addition to pushing her deeper into the ocean. Thirty seconds later, Violet and the boy resurfaced. Violet took a gasp of air. After she wiped the hair out of her face, she looked at the boy. He was unconscious. Violet's eyes widened in fear as she tried to swim to Tony's yacht with both arms carrying the boy, and using her legs to kick.

"Violet! Grab on!" shouted a voice. It was Tony.

He threw a life preserver into the ocean. Violet grabbed on to it and placed the boy's body on the inflated ring. Tony tried to pull them in. Suddenly, something grabbed Violet's foot. It dragged her underwater.

Tony pulled the kid on to the yacht. He looked around. His eyes widened in fear.

"VIOLET!!!"

Violet emerged out of the water, coughing and splashing excessively.

"TONY! HELP ME! HELP. . ."

Once again, something pulled her under. Tony jumped in and swam underwater to save her. He was shocked to see a giant octopus was right in from of him. It had a tentacle wrapped around Violet's foot. Tony swam to rescue his girlfriend. He tried to loose the grip of the tentacle by pulling it. After many unsuccessful tugs, Tony opened his mouth and took on giant chomp into the octopus's tentacle. Violet was released and she and Tony darted to the surface. They resurfaced, gasping for air, and coughing water out of their lungs. The two swam as fast as they could to the yacht.

"If only I had my powers." Violet thought to herself.

Just as the two reached the boat, the octopus grabbed Violet's and Tony's leg. Both tried as hard as they could to grasp the side of the boat, but no avail. The eight tentacled creature pulled them underwater once again. This time, it used its other tentacles to wrap around Tony's and Violet's body and neck. The octopus began constrict its tentacles, choking and crushing the teens bodies in the process.

As Violet and Tony struggled painfully to break free, Syndrome appeared. He stared at the squid and started to telepathically communicate to the octopus. Seconds later, the creature released the teens and swam away. Violet and Tony emerged from the water's surface. Tired and out of breath, they swam towards the yacht. Mr and Mrs. Rydinger was shocked to see their son and his girlfriend dragged on to the boat by a Super.

"Get to shore now. This place isn't safe." commanded Syndrome.

Mr. Rydinger did not hesitate to stop. He accelerated the yacht to the harbor. Mr. Rydinger was going so fast, the camera that Tony placed down on fell off and into the ocean. Meanwhile, Syndrome and Tony's mother too busy nursing the shocked, soaked teenagers. Violet pointed out Tony's camera as it fell into the ocean.

"I got it!" said Syndrome as his rocket boots activated. He lifted off and dove underwater.

Mr. Rydinger arrived at the harbor minutes later. By that time, Violet and Tony were completely healed. Although a little shocked after the incident, they were able to stand up on their feet and walk. Mrs. Rydinger placed her arms on her son's shoulders.

"Honey, are you alright? Do you need to go to the nurse? Are you. . ."

"No mom. I'm fine." Tony assured.

Afterwards, Violet went to get her purse. Mr. Rydinger volunteered to take her home. All of the sudden, Syndrome appeared behind her. She jumped back in surprise.

"Why do you keep tormenting our family, even though we are out of commission?" she asked angrily.

He laughed. "I have a list of some things I can never get enough of." Syndrome rudely gazed at Violet's body in her bathing suit. "And you were just added to my list."

Violet looked disgusted. "You're a rude one. Please leave me alone. I had enough of you for one day."

Violet stormed her way past Syndrome. The Super laughed. Syndrome held up a camera. "I guess you wouldn't be wanting this would you?"

Violet turned back around and saw Syndrome was holding a video camera. "Give me that!" She demanded, snatching it out of his hand.

"Well, you're welcome." grumbled Syndrome.

Violet looked at the camera and saw that it wasn't working. She tried pushing random buttons to show any sign of activation. Finally, after pressing the record button several times off and on several times, she gave up. She placed the camera down, hanging her head in disappointment.

"Do you want me to fix that?" offered Syndrome.

"Fix? FIX? FIX?!" Violet glared, growing both in volume and in anger. "WHY WOULD I WANT HELP FROM A BIG FRAUD?!

Syndrome covered her mouth. Tony's dad came calling. "Is everything okay?"

"Yes of course. Violet here wants me to bring her home." Syndrome said.

"Okay. I just drive my family back home then." Mr. Rydinger responded.

As he drove off, Syndrome looked at Violet. "So, what was that again?"

Violet slapped his face. "I can't believe you. All this time, people believed you were a hero. People worshiped you, praised you. To make matters worse, they counted on you to save their lives." Violet paused. "You lied to them. You lied to everyone in Metroville. If it wasn't for you, my family and I would still be full-time Supers."

Syndrome grinned. "Keep going. Your accusations intrigue me."

"You don't have powers!" growled Violet. "You just extracted the DNA of the Supers of the Glory Days, cloned them, then strip their powers. That explains that big machine in that cave in Nomanisan. You took their powers and injected them into your body! How can you be so cruel? Taking the one thing that makes these good Supers proud of who they are, and what makes them so Super. . .and just using it on yourself? How can you be so cold? You were not, are not, and never will be a Super! One thing never changes about you Syndrome. You are just. . .one. . .big. . .super. . .FAKE!!!"

Syndrome's eyes broadened. "Are you finished?" he questioned. Violet nodded. A huge grin planted on his face. "Okay, I admit it. I did it. I started all of those accidents and events. I started the fires, paid people to rob, kidnap, and destroy just so I could be a hero. I even called the giant octopus to try to drown you. After you rescued the boy before I had the chance, I had to do something heroic."

Violet glared at her family's nemesis, her fist clenched. "You. . . you jerk! You just wait. I'm sure the NSA would love to hear about you and your "hero work."

"And exactly how are you going to do that?"

Violet gave him an odd look. "What are you talking about?"

"Well, you wouldn't be giving them that camera because it's practically broken. And besides. Who are the people going to believe, their former hero, or me?" he snickered. Syndrome laughed incredibly hard while Violet just glared at him. "Well, I better be going now. I bet there are many more civilians, waiting to be saved."

Syndrome grinned at Violet one last time, than flew off. Violet was furious. She started punching the air, pouting, and jumping up and down to emit the anger in her body. She picked up the camera and was about to smash it. Suddenly, she froze. Her eyes were wide open as she looked at the camera. The record button. . .was on.