Chapter Eight.

Duel in the Desert

Edna Mode sat in the large white Building. Second Sight had told her Chance was coming for Jack-Jack, and would be directed to her building. She was surrounded by machines that were constantly humming, beeping, and buzzing. She would make sure that Chance met his end in this Desert. She waited for a sign that he was here. She saw a car flying into view, and landing just a few feet from the building.

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Chance stepped from the car, and started sweating a few seconds later. He wasn't used to the heat of Arizona, and had been blown away by how fast the sweat came from his glands. He saw the building Dash mentioned, and began walking over to it. A lizard fled its perch upon seeing Chance walk by, and being the massive tower of muscle he was, he stood out like a sore thumb, even to the animals that lived in this desert. Soon, he reached the door. He knocked upon it.

"Who is it?" asked a voice on the inside, but sounded like its owner was under some sort of trance, for it was monotone, and slowly spoken.

"I'm here for um... Jack-Jack." Said Chance.

"Come in," said the slow and trance like voice. Chance turned the knob and walked in. The building only had one room, and a small one at that. The whole room was full of machines.

"Why would someone need all this machinery for one baby?" asked Chance under his breath. He walked a little further in. Suddenly, he was startled by the feeling of being flung. A platform had flung Chance from the building, and he landed hard on his back, but he recovered quickly.

"If that's your idea of a practical joke," said Chance, "you're not funny." All of a sudden, the white walls fell from the building, showing gray metal. The gray metal turned into a giant Robot. Chance ran back to the car, but the robot shot a laser at it, completely obliterating it. Chance had no choice but to fight this robot.

He didn't know if Jack-Jack was inside or not, but the lady in the trance certainly was, so he needed to disarm the robot without hurting her or the baby (if he was inside). The robot began to blast lasers at Chance. It was hard to scan inside the robot for some sort of weakness while dodging lasers. Chance then got an idea. He ran with Dash's speed around a few mesas, and the robot gave chase. He ran into a maze of mesas, and the robot followed him in.

"Where is he?" asked the monotone voice of Hypnotized Edna Mode. "He is here somewhere, I can feel it." Chance, meanwhile, was atop the tallest Mesa. Now that the robot didn't know where he was, it was much easier to scan it. He was relieved to find the baby was not inside. He found that there were some machines spraying some potion, and some other ones were making special noise. That explained the Woman's monotone voice. She was under a trance, and these machines were keeping her in said trance. Chance knew that if he disarmed these machines, he would end the trance.

Chance then dove from the mesa he was on. Flattening his torso and arms, he became aerodynamic, and could glide on the wind a distance from the mesas. He then picked up a rock, and tossed it at the robot, it flew in front of the face of it, and it turned to face him, like he had planned. The robot smashed through the mesas in its way to reach Chance. Chance began charging at the robot, as it was charging at him. Faster and faster he ran, almost reaching Mach speed. He took an epic dive, combining all of his borrowed powers, and with the sound of tearing metal, he found he had been successful.

Edna Mode snapped from her trance. She looked around, trying to get a bearing on where she was. Last thing she could remember, she was yelling at a man who broke into her house. Slowly, she was getting memories that seemed disturbing. Building a cage for a two year old. Going to the house that was being torn apart by robots and grabbing the defenseless baby.

Chance went up to her and asked her if she was okay.

"I am fine, darling," she said, "thanks for ending that trance. I know I destroyed your car, but inside this robot, there is another car. But it will be a long drive back to Metroville."

"Why don't you let me worry about that?" asked Chance. They made their way to the car, and Chance was able to get the car from the robot. He waved his hands madly over it, and that turned it into the same high tech superhero type car that Edna had destroyed.

They were back in Metroville within minutes, and Chance landed the vehicle. They walked into Edna's house. She opened up the cage. Just as she did, The Parr Family burst in.

"My Baby," cried Mrs. Incredible, grabbing Jack-Jack and hugging him tightly.

"You have saved all of us," said Mr. Incredible, "But Violet is still trapped with that madman, Second Sight." Dash looked like he was hit with a realization, and ran back to the Parr household. When he came back, he had in his hand what appeared to be a lock of black hair.

"I heard from Mirage," said Dash, "that your glove can take DNA from a Super, and you can mimic their powers. Here, I have a lock of Violet's hair. You can get her powers." Chance quickly agreed, and grabbed the hair strand. He began practicing making himself invisible and making force fields. Soon he had it down to a science; Chance was a quick learner.

"Before you go on your rescue mission," said Edna, "you must have a suit that can adapt to all of your powers." Chance took a minute to touch Jack-Jack's hand and get his powers, and then said,

"No thank you." But Edna wouldn't take that sitting down,

"YOU NEED A SUIT; DO YOU KNOW WHAT YOU ARE FACING?" She threw paper balls at him, and it wasn't until the others told him to agree that Chance told her.

"Okay fine, but please be quick about it, I need to save Violet."

Suddenly, a voice echoed off the walls.

"Bob," cried a voice, it was that of Lucius, "there you are, where have you been?"

"Chance," said Bob, "let me introduce you to my friend Lucius." Chance shook Frozone's hand, and this had his power.

"What the heck was that?" asked the man, confused, "I felt like something went into my hand."

"This glove allows me," said Chance, "to mimic the powers of other Supers. You still have your power, I can just copy it. That being said, how do you do your power, whatever it is?" Lucius showed Chance how to make ice from the moisture on his person or from the humidity in the air. A few slow hours later, Edna had the suit ready. Chance used her bathroom to change into the Incredibles uniform she made for him.

"I'm coming back with Violet, or..." Chance paused clearly not liking what he was about to say, "I'm not coming back at all." Chance got into his car. He used a device in the car to use Violet's hair strand to track her location. Chance began to fly to the lair in the sea.

The final battle nearly here. Chance will have to use all of his borrowed powers to save Violet. Second Sight will surely be a challenge. Can Chance do it? Stay tuned to find out.