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Five
Kyler slipped away from the family while everyone was discussing their plans for the next few days. She walked down the hallway, keeping the lights off so that no one would notice her and question what she was doing. Halfway down the hall, she pressed her back against the cool wall and sighed. She was finally ready to carry out her plan and her nerves were getting the better of her. She was terrified of failure and she would never be able to live with herself if she messed up. She ran her fingers through her long hair, a nervous tick that she had picked up from her mother at a young age, and then continued down the hall until she found the bathroom. She then reached into her purse and pulled out a small, plastic box. Opening it, she found a purple pill waiting for her. She filled a paper cup up with water and then swallowed the pill with a shudder. When she turned to leave the bathroom, she ran into someone, which startled her and caused her to let out a soft squeak of surprise.
"Hey, what are you doing over here?" Dash asked, putting his hands on her shoulder and smiling at her impishly. "You're not hiding from us are you?"
"W… What?" Kyler replied, getting nervous for a moment. "Why… Why would I be hiding from you?"
"Well, I know my family can be a bit overwhelming sometimes. I would understand if you needed a break from them or something."
"No… No, it's nothing like that," Kyler assured him, hoping that he would leave soon so she could get back to what she was doing.
Dash chuckled and wrapped his arms around her waist, pulling her close to him. "Well then, perhaps you were looking for a little alone time then?" he murmured, burying his face into her soft hair. He inhaled, taking in the scent of vanilla and brown sugar then kissed her cheek. "I'm all for time together too, so let me show you a much better place," he whispered suggestively.
Kyler's heart was racing. She was wasting time! She needed to get rid of Dash so she could finish carrying out her plan. She looked around her, desperately trying to think of a solution. Her eyes landed on an old photograph of the family. J.J. must have been about five years old, leaving Dash to be about fourteen, and Violet to be about nineteen. Kyler reached her arms up and pulled the picture off the wall.
"What are you doing?" Dash asked with a chuckle, finding her behavior strange, but funny and cute.
"I'm sorry, Dash," Kyler whispered and she slammed the picture down on Dash's head.
Dash stumbled backwards, letting out a string of curses under his breath. Just as he was about to look up and say something to her, Kyler's fist collided with the side of his face. Dash dropped to the ground, unconscious. Kyler, who had never hit anyone that hard before, dropped to her knees before him and positioned her hand under his nose. When she was satisfied that he was still breathing, she wiped a few tears from her eyes and then stood up. She didn't have much time left to do what she needed to do. She was sure the family had either heard the commotion or would soon be wondering where her and Dash had disappeared to. She didn't want them to come looking for her too.
Kyler reached into her purse once again and pulled out a small box of matches. With shaky hands, she slid the box open and removed one of the matches. Just as she was about to strike it, she heard someone scoot their chair backwards from the other room.
"Dash? Kyler?" Helen's voice rang out. "Is everything alright over there?" Kyler heard J.J. mumble a comment that made the men in the room laugh. "I don't know," Helen said uneasily. "I thought I heard a crash a little bit ago." The men only laughed harder at that. Helen's heels clicked against the floor as she started coming closer to the hallway.
"Shit!" Kyler cried out. She hated being rushed for time. She pulled the match across the side of the striker on the side of the box. The match lit, but quickly went out. "Damn it!" Kyler said, her hands now shaking even more.
"Kyler?" Helen's voice sounded. "Is that you?"
Kyler quickly pulled out a second match, praying that it would work this time. I'm doing this for you Dad. Please let this work. Help me, Daddy… She swiftly pulled the match across the striker and watched it light. Through the glow of the small flame, she could see Helen's face at the end of the hallway. The older woman looked confused and slightly frightened. Kyler couldn't help but feel slightly guilty. But there was no way she was turning back.
Never allowing her eyes to leave Helen's, Kyler held the match up to the ceiling, next to the sprinkler system inside the house. Suddenly, the house filled with the sound of the fire alarm and the sprinklers activated. Kyler quickly ran from the hallway, pushing Helen out of her way as she went past. When she reached the living room, she looked behind her to see if the woman had followed, but she didn't. Instead, Helen was lying on the hallway floor, not far from her son, eyes closed. Kyler then moved to the dining room, where she had left the family when she went into the hall. Just as she had planned, they were all slumped in their chairs, eyes closed. She smiled; satisfied that she had been successful, for the time being at least.
"Now for part two," she said to herself quietly. She walked out to her car and then returned quickly with a large bag. She opened the bag and pulled out a handful of blindfolds, which she hurriedly secured around each family member's eyes. She then returned to the bag and extracted twelve lengths of black cord. She carefully wrapped the cord around everyone's wrists and ankles. Then, she rummaged through her bag until she found a small, black remote. Pressing the only button on the controller, she watched the cord turn from black to bright green. She grinned to herself, knowing that not even Mr. Incredible would be able to break through it now.
"Alright then," she said, finally regaining confidence in herself and her mission, "now we just need to move you. Shouldn't be too hard... Except for Father Fatty over there, you all look pretty light." She rolled her eyes at the sight of Bob, who was definitely going to prove difficult to move, but she had come prepared. She returned to her car and grabbed a metal ball, about the size of a basketball, and a touch pad. Then she returned to the house. She pulled Tony out of his chair and laid him down on the dining room floor. She then placed the metal ball on Tony's stomach. "Please let this work," she whispered. She turned her attention to the touch pad, which had several different options for her to choose. She tapped the option that read "Activate 1".
The metal ball shuddered for a moment and lifted a few inches into the air above Tony. A small, blue light scanned the young man's body and then vanished. Then, the ball began to morph and change shape. It went from being a sphere to a flat surface. It stretched itself out until it was the same length of Tony's body. Kyler then reached up and slid the metal sheet underneath Tony. Then, returning to her touch pad, she selected an option called "Close". Sides started to rise up from the flat surface underneath Tony and eventually, the unconscious man was enclosed in a large metal box. Kyler tapped the option "Transport &GPS" on her touch pad. She swiftly entered an address into a box that appeared on the screen and then hit "Transport". A bright light surrounded the metal box and then, before Kyler could blink, it disappeared with Tony inside of it. Kyler grinned, satisfied that her invention had worked the way she had intended.
She quickly ran back to her car and grabbed a second metal ball and repeated the process with Dash. She continued to do this until the house was empty and all the members of the Parr family were in the location that she had sent them. Then, she picked up her bags and left the house. She climbed into her car and stuck the key in the ignition. Before she could turn it, however, tears overfilled her eyes and she began to sob.
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